𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓
you couldn't kill me even if you tried for a hundred years
SENIOR prank night, the first step in the journey that was senior year of high school in Mystic Falls.
As they were setting up mouse traps all around the class room the door opened and the traps were all set off.
"Oh, come on! Seriously," Caroline groaned out as the lights turned on and they all stared at the culprit - Matt - who stood in the doorway. Echo chuckled as her best fiend continued, "Do you know how long it took for us to set all this up!"
"Forgot about senior prank night, huh," Tyler joked looking at his friend who looked utterly confused and shocked.
Matt let out a breathy laugh. "Clearly," he answered looking around the room where everyone was in.
"How could you forget? We've only been waiting for this since like freshman year," the blonde vampire scolded him.
"Yeah, Matt. If I'm doing this, you're doing this," Elena argued with the blonde boy.
"Exactly." Echo smirked.
"I'm kind of surprised any of you are doing this," Matt said in shocked.
Bonnie spoke up, "Caroline's making us."
"We're about to be seniors. These are the memories that stay with us forever, and if we don't," before Caroline could finish her statement for the hundredth time, Echo finished for her, "And if we don't create these memories now, then what's the point of it all."
Caroline looked at her best friend with a roll of her eyes. "Go ahead and make fun, I don't care."
The Lockwood boy just shrugged his shoulders. "You're all lame. And I've got ten more classrooms to prank," he said taking a bag of things walking out.
Elena started to walk away, but Caroline called after her, "Hey! Where are you going?"
The brunette turned around smiled at her friend. "To superglue Alaric's desk shut. I'm making memories."
Caroline smiled back brightly. "I love you!"
"Hey, what about me?" Echo pouted up at the blonde.
Caroline smiled at her, and kissed her cheek. "I will always love you more, O."
ECHO walked down the halls of the school reminiscing about every story the halls hold. She had just got down supergluing the principles stuff up on the ceiling. It took a lot of glue, but it was so worth it.
She stopped and frowned upon hearing voices approaching her. She furrowed her brows at the sight of people who she knew was suppose to be in the gym.
As they passed by her, she grabbed one of them asking, "Why are you guys not in the gym?"
Shrugging, the boy told her, "Some guy caught your sister and got busted. I think she's still in the gym now."
Echo let go of his arm, heading towards the gym, and looked inside to see Klaus holding Tyler.
She watched as he said, "I'm going to make this very simple... Every time I attempt to turn a werewolf into a vampire hybrid, they die during the transition. It's quite horrible, actually." He bit his wrist and made Tyler drink his blood. "I need you to find a way to save my hybrids, Bonnie. And for Tyler's sake... You better hurry." With that, Klaus snapped Tyler's neck killing him.
Instantly, Echo ducked down, trying to think of something to do. Knowing she'd be no help if she was caught, the brunette ran away from the gym, pulling out her phone calling Damon, but getting no answer. "Of course you don't answer when I need you, asshole!" She whisper-shouted in anger.
Not wanting to wait for someone to come help her, she rushed to her locker where she held a bag of weapons.
Dropping to the ground, Echo pulled out her throwing knives, and their holsters tying them on her wrist. Moving swiftly she also grabbed her bow and wolfsbane laced arrows before rushing out through the hall, heading back towards the gym.
Echo took a deep breath,?reaching the double doors before she walked, in holding up her bow at Klaus who was near her sister along with a blonde she had never met before.
"Echo, run!" Elena shouted, fear laced in her voice.
"I was wondering when you'd show up," Klaus stated, thrilled to see the now short haired girl who was either incredibly brave or dumb.
"Get away from her," Echo demanded, holding up her bow, aiming straight for his heart. "Now."
Klaus looked at the dark haired girl, impressed with a wild smile on his face. "You've got a warriors heart, love. I don't know whether to be impressed or threatened." She scowled at him and he chuckled. "You got the eyes of a killer, love. But, you and I both know you can't kill me with that little thing."
Echo took a deep breath before replying, "You're right. I can't kill."
Klaus smirked at her, thinking he had gotten her in a spot she couldn't get out of.
"But I can hurt you," she retorted, and in a split second, she shot her wolfsbane laced arrow directly into his thigh, and another one in his shoulder, and another in his hand when he tried to catch it.
Quicker than a bullet, the blonde sped over to Echo, ripping her bow out of her hands before speeding behind her, holding her by her throat. "I'm Rebekah, and you just hurt my brother." She looked up at her older brother, asking, "Shall I rip her throat open?"
"Not again," Echo hissed and used all of her strength to flip the blonde over her shoulder, and within seconds the blonde got back up her back facing the brunette.
Sensing Echo was close, Rebekah grabbed her arm, and twisted it behind her back. Echo stomped down on the blonde's foot, and brought her elbow back, making Rebekah's nose crack under the pressure, and bleed.
Klaus let out a yell, "Stop!" Stopping in their tracks, they both looked over to see Klaus holding Elena by her throat. "This was fun and all, but it's time to settle down."
"Fine," Echo spat, "But let her come over to me."
Klaus growled in annoyance but let Elena go who ran over to her sister, hugging her tightly.
Rebekah snuck up behind Elena and her sister taunting her. "So this is the latest doppelganger. The original one was much prettier."
"That really does not make sense seeing as they look exactly alike," Echo retorted, rolling her eyes, and tightening her hold on Elena.
"Enough, Rebekah. Take the wolf boy elsewhere, would you?" Klaus told his sister, huffing.
Rebekah took Tyler by his arm and dragged him along with her.
ELENA and Echo sat on the gym floor, comforting Dana and Chad when they heard the low sound of the doors opening and shutting.
Looking up, their eyes landed on Stefan as he entered the gym.
"Stefan," Elena said with hope and love, while Echo said, "Stefan," in anger. She went to stand up, wanting to get her revenge, but was stopped when Elena grabbed her hand.
Stefan ignored both twins and made his way to the hybrid who sat on the bleachers, "Klaus."
With his hands entwined, Klaus questioned, "Come to save your damsel, mate?"
Stefan's immensely tensed as he stood at the bottom of the bleachers. "I came to ask for your forgiveness. And pledge my loyalty."
"Well, you broke that pledge once already," reasoned Klaus to the younger vampire.
Assuring Klaus, Stefan said, "Elena and Echo mean nothing to me anymore. And whatever you ask of me... I will do."
"Fair enough," Klaus agreed uncrossing his hands stepping down off the bleachers. Making his way towards the twins and the two humans he said, "Let's drink on it." Pointing to Dana and Chad who were frightened beyond belief, he ordered Stefan, "Kill them."
Hearing him, the two humans stood up as Klaus looked back to Stefan, awaiting him to do as told. "What are you waiting for? Kill them."
Both twins looked unsettled by the command as Elena voiced her concern saying, "No! Stefan, don't. He's not going to hurt me. He already said-"
Before she could finish her thought, Klaus smacked her so hard that she fell on the floor. Echo was quick to launch herself at Klaus, but was easily thrown across the gym, landing on her butt, and slid a little.
Stefan sped over to Klaus, his fangs out, but Klaus grabbed him by the throat stopping him from doing anything. "She means nothing to you? Your lies just keep piling up," Klaus told him gripping his throat still lifting him off the ground a little.
His voice rough and loud Stefan begged the hybrid, "Let them go! I'll do whatever you want, you have my word!"
Echo groaned as she stood up, and quickly made her way to Elena who had a bruise growing on her cheek.
Klaus didn't care about what Stefan told him, and spat, "Your word doesn't mean much. I lived by your word all summer, during which time I never had to resort to this..." Staring Stefan straight in his eyes he compelled him, "Stop fighting."
Elena shook her head and begged, "Don't do this."
"I didn't want to. All I wanted was your allegiance. Now I'm going to have to take it," Klaus told him. "You will do exactly as I say when I say it. You will not run, you will not hide, you will simply just obey." He compelled Stefan who's face went slack, no fight left in his eyes. "Now kill them. Rippah!"
Stefan vamped out and rushed towards Dana.
STEFAN fed on Chad as the twins watch in horror, and coming up from behind them, Klaus whispered to them, "It's always nice to see a vampire in his true element. The species has become such a broody lot."
Elena shook her head. "No. You did this to him."
Chad's body fell to the floor as Stefan turned looking at the two girls, blood dripping down his chin.
"I invited him to the party, love. He's the one dancing on the table," Klaus replied sarcastically.
Snapping, Elena spun around to stare at the hybrid, "But you're the one who supplied him with the alcohol."
Klaus shrugged not caring.
Echo clenched her hands by her side, losing her patience, and she raised her fist, and flogged him in the mouth as hard as she possibly could. "Rot in hell, you son of a bitch!"
Instantly, Klaus smacked Echo, sending her flying, but before she could touch the ground, he grabbed her by the neck. "Don't ever do that again."
Before Echo could do anything, Rebekah marched into the gym heading directly towards Elena, yelling at her furiously, "Where is it?! Where's my necklace?"
"What are you talking about," Klaus asked confused as he dropped Echo who just barely caught herself.
Showing him a phone, Rebekah said, "She has my necklace. Look."
Seeing the picture, Klaus looked back at Stefan. "Well, well. More lies." He looked to the brunette asking, "Where... is it?"
"I don't have it anymore."
"You're lying!" Rebekah accused and impulsively vamped out, biting Elena's neck.
"Get away from her, bitch!" Echo shouted and ran towards them just as Klaus pulled his sister off of Elena.
Yelling at his sister, he shouted, "Knock it off!"
While they were busy with screaming at each other, Echo rushed to her sisters side, kneeling down next to her, holding her protectively.
Shouting back, Rebekah demanded, "Make her tell me where it is, Nik!"
Klaus kneeled down, looking at Elena who glared up at him as she held her neck, trying to stop the bleeding. "Where's the necklace, sweetheart? Be honest."
Echo snarled as she spat out, "She's telling the truth, dick. Katherine stole it."
"Katerina. Of course." Standing back up Klaus said, "Well, that's unfortunate. If we had the necklace it would make things a whole lot easier for your witch, but since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it, shall we?"
Walking over to the controls, Klaus made the buzzer sound and the clock appear on the board signaling a 20 minute countdown.
He went over to Stefan compelling him again, "Twenty minutes. If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then, I want you to feed again. Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena." Looking back at the twin, he said, "On second thought. I want you to feed from Echo, too. Devour her, if you will."
"No, Klaus! Don't do this to him," Elena begged.
"I will come back and I will make pottery with your bones, asshole!" Echo threatened, not caring how weird it sounded.
Klaus glared at her before starting to walk away. "No one leaves. If they try to run, fracture their spines."
STILL in the gym Stefan, Echo, and Elena watched as the clock counted down leaving just over six minutes left on the clock.
Thinking quickly, Elena said, holding a napkin to her neck, "Caroline's dad! Stefan, he was able to resist compulsion. I don't know how, but he did it. Maybe it's possible."
Pacing back and forth sweaty he sarcastically replied, "Yeah, yeah. Maybe it's just mind control, right? Maybe it just takes some focus, a couple decades of training. No big deal."
Trying to encourage him, Echo told him, "Stefan, you can control this. When that buzzer goes off, just... just drink from me."
"You don't get it. I can't stop! I'm a ripper! A ripper doesn't stop! I listen to the words that come out of your mouth, and all I hear is the sound of your heart pumping blood through your body," Stefan yelled at her. Lowering his voice he added, "And when that clock ticks down... I'm going to have to feed on you. The both of you. And you want to know what's worse? I'm not going to be able to stop."
Shaking her head, Elena denied, "I don't believe that. You can fight it. You just have to want it bad enough."
"Why, because I love you?" He bit back at her.
Speaking up, Echo shouted at him. "Yeah! That's right, Stefan. Because you love her! You'll fight because after everything that you've done to her, you owe her that!" She then walked up to him, standing face to face. "And don't think I forgot when you ripped my throat open in front of Damon. You better hold back on eating us, or I will kill you."
AS the last second disappeared and the clock went to zero, the twins took off running, and somehow they both took two different directions, separating them.
Echo ran through the school, going from one hallway to the next trying to get out of there as fast as her legs could carry her.
The Gilbert girl pushed through a door, and closed it looking through the small window in it. She then turned around and started moving, but bumped into Klaus who said, "We've got to stop meeting like this."
Stefan entered the cafeteria his eyes landing on a broom taking it breaking it on his knee. He dropped the brush end and held the remaining makeshift stake in front of him stabbing himself in the stomach with it.
Klaus entered with Echo, holding her by her arm, and Stefan looked at them. "I'm impressed, but not too impressed," Klaus stated before he threw Echo to the ground, and rushed towards Stefan. "Why don't you turn it off?"
Grunting he said, "No!"
Echo pulled herself up to her feet, her body aching.
Klaus stared Stefan in the eyes. Come on. Your humanity is killing you. All the guilt must be exhausting. Turn it off."
"No."
Klaus clicked his tongue. "You're strong." He pulled the stake out of Stefan's body. "But you're not that strong. Turn. It. Off."
Stefan's eyes and face changed. He turned his humanity off without much of a fight, and that only angered Echo even more because it proved how much he didn't actually love Elena. If he loved her, he would've fought until the moment he took his last breath.
Klaus smirked and turned to Echo. "I think a test is in order, don't you?" Klaus swiftly walked towards her stepping behind Echo, pushing her hair away from her neck,
"Ripper...Perhaps you'd like a drink.. from the hunter's neck?"
Echo narrowed her eyes and glared at Stefan. "I will never forgive you for this, and neither will Elena."
And just like that, Stefan's face changed one last time his humanity fleeing him, and he rushed over to Echo, biting her neck, and ignoring her screams.