Chapter 20

I was at the Boarding House with Damon, Elena, and Stefan. We were coming up with a plan to kill Klaus.

"Alright, let's say that Mikael followed Elena in here. He tried to grab her, so he could use her as bait." Stefan said.

"And you what? Vervained him?" Elena asked.

"No, we vervained him! This guy is an Original. To make it realistic." Damon said looking at Stefan.

"Okay, fine. We vervained him, and in the process discovered that he had a dagger." Stefan said.

"Which he planned to use on Rebekah, but instead." I started.

"We drove it through his heart." Stefan said looking at me.

"And what happens when he asks to see Mikael's body?" Elena asked.

"Good point! You my brother have been compelled to do what Klaus says. So the idea is to lure him back here and kill him..last thing we need is you getting tripped up and tongue-tied." Damon said, making a good point.

"That's true." I said pointing to Damon.

"Well, don't look at me. I am just in charge of getting him back here." He said. I sighed.

"Klaus is smart. If we tell him that Mikael is dead, he'll want proof." I said making Elena nod in agreement.

"Then I shall be dead." Mikael said walking into the room. I looked at him surprised.

"What if he wants to see you in person?" Elena asked.

"Well that means our plan is working. Klaus will absolutely want to see my body. You lure him here, and I will kill him." He said confidently.

"With what? Those daggers won't work on him." Stefan said.

"Well, I'm in possession of a stake fashioned from the wood of the ancient white oak tree. The one that left these ashes when it burned." Mikael explained.

"Where is it?" Stefan questioned. Mikael then dipped a dagger in the ashes of the white oak tree.

"Not here. The knowing of its location is my insurance policy." He answered.

"Against what?" I asked.

"You leaving this in my heart. You see, a vampire can't dagger an original without dying. So ... it falls to either one of you." Mikael said to me and Elena. I saw the look on Elena's face. She was scared.

"I'll do it." I said. Mikael nodded and handed me the dagger.

"Are you sure?" Elena asked me. I nodded.

"Thanks." I gave her a smile.

**time skip**

Stefan was on the phone with Klaus. He told him about how Mikael was dead, daggered.

"I wanna see him. I want to see his rotting body for myself." Klaus said on speaker phone.

"Well, he is here. Come by whenever." Stefan said.

"If you are lying to me Stefan, your compulsion will expose you. So, answer with your life: Is what you are saying the truth?" Klaus asked. Stefan looked at me.

"It's true. I saw it with my own eyes." Stefan said.

"I want to talk to Rebekah." Klaus said.

"That's not a problem. She is right here." Stefan said handing the phone to Rebekah. She took the phone and looked at me. I nodded.

She sighed before answering.

"Hello Nik." She said.

"Rebekah, love. What's this I hear about Mikael's tragic run in with the dagger?" Klaus asked.

"It's true. He's finally out of our lives for good. I miss you. I'm miserable here." She said, and she made it sound genuine.

"I'll be home soon." Klaus said.

"Good. I'll see you then, brother." She said before she hung up the phone.

"He bought it. He's coming home."

"Now- was that easy or what?" Damon asked.

"Let's just get this over with." Elena said. I sighed and pulled the dagger out of Mikael's chest.

**time skip **

Elena went to the Homecoming dance with Matt, since he couldn't go with Rebekah, since Elena daggered her. My dad just dropped me off at the high school. I started wallking, but stopped still in my tracks when I saw police cars surrounding the school. I quickly spotted Caroline and rushed towards her.

"Caroline!" I yelled getting her attention.

"What happened?"

"The gym is flooded." She said.

"But we're moving the dance to Tyler's house."

"Caroline." Tyler called from by his car. He motioned for her to come.

"Sorry. I'll see you there." She said running off. I sighed.

"Well how am I supposed to get there?" I asked out loud.

"Need a ride?" I heard from behind me.

I turned around and saw Stefan standing there behind me in a suit. I sighed and nodded. He smiled and led me to his car. He opened the door to the passenger side and I got inside, as he closed the door behind me. He got in on the driver's side and closed the door. The car ride was silent. Neither one of us said a word.

We arrived at the Lockwood's, and when I opened the car door, a hand was held out. It was Stefan, again. I took his hand and got out of the car, closing the door behind me and letting go of his hand. I walked ahead of him towards the front door of the Lockwood mansion. I walked inside and heard music coming from outside. I walked to the backyard and saw a band playing.

"Nice Ty." I said out loud.

"Thanks." I heard from behind me. It was Tyler, carrying a box of beer.

"But I'm not the one throwing it. I'm just doing what Klaus wants." I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"It's not a party, Myra. It's a wake." He said. My eyes then widened as I looked on stage.

"Good evening everyone! I wanna thank you for being here with me to celebrate! It's been a long time coming!" Klaus said making eye contact with me. I sighed and felt a presence next to me, and guess who it was? Stefan ... again.

"Hello Klaus." Stefan said turning towards me. I turned around to see Klaus standing behind me. I moved backwards in fright, bumping into Stefan.

"No need to be afraid love." He said with a smile.

"Why? You kidnapped me and then compelled Stefan to feed off of me. You've done nothing but give me reasons to be afraid." I told him.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go ... anywhere else." I said walking away from them. I started walking away, but after walking around for five minutes, I stopped when I saw Andrew. I sighed and tried to walk away, but he saw me and headed towards me.

"Hey. There you are. You totally ditched me at the bomb fire." He said.

"Listen, Andrew, you and me..it's not gonna happen." I told him.

"Why? Are you ... are you seeing someone?" He asked clearing his throat. Before I could say anything, someone else did for me.

"Actually she is. So you should back off, before I'm forced to do something you won't like." Stefan said wrapping his hand around my waist and pulling me closer to him. I sighed and looked at Andrew, who looked between the two of us, scoffed, and walked away. When he was gone, I pulled out of Stefan's grip.

"You didn't have to threaten him." I said angrily.

"Why not? He's a douche." He said with a scoff. I looked at him with a "Seriously?" look.

"Says the vampire with no humanity." I said walking away from him. After ten minutes of grabbing a drink and listening to some of the music, Klaus stepped in front of me.

"Where's your date?" He asked me.

"Didn't bring one." I said. He looked at me confused, and I laughed in realization.

"Oh no. No no no. I didn't come with Stefan. Well, I came with Stefan, but he wasn't my date." I explained to him.

"And to answer your question, I don't know where he is."

"Well, seems I have you to thank for Mikael's demise." He said offering me a drink. I refused it, and he took a sip of it.

"He came at me. I didn't have a choice." I told him.

"Still I'm impressed. It's not easy for a human to dagger an Original." He said happily.

"But not impossible." I told him.

"You seem nervous." He said looking at me.

"I'm not nervous. I just don't like you." I said annoyed.

"Let's get straight to the point then, shall I, love? People have been after me for 1000 years. And I am always one step ahead. So whatever it is you're thinking of trying, go for it, give it your best shot. You won't succeed. " He said with a smirk as he walked away.

I sighed and walked inside the house, looking for Damon, Elena, Stefan, anyone. I heard something going on in Tyler's dad's office. I opened the door and saw Damon about to stake Tyler. I used my powers to inflict pain on both of them. Tyler and Damon groaned and fell to the floor. I stopped the spell on Damon, but made Tyler go unconscious.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You weren't supposed to witchy migraine me!" He said angrily.

"You weren't supposed to kill my friend!" I told him angrily.

"He tried to bite me!" He defended. A white stake was on the floor, and Damon quickly picked it up.

"What is that?" I asked confused.

"Nothing." He said quickly.

"Oh my god is that the ...?" He cut me off by shushing me.

"They're everywhere!" He mouthed referring to Klaus's hybrids.

"Why do you have it?" I whispered.

"Because I'm the only one who can get inside the house!" He whispered-yelled.

**time skip *

Damon and I were hidden, waiting for Mikael to stab Katherine, who was playing Elena at the moment. Mikael and Klaus were arguing right now.

"My whole life you've underestimated me. If you kill her you lose your leverage. So go ahead. Go on. Kill her. Come on, old man. Kill her. Kill her !!!" Klaus yelled. Mikael laughed.

"Your impulse, Niklaus. It has and will forever be the one thing that keeps you from truly being great." Mikael said. I looked through the crack of the curtain we were standing behind and saw Mikael stab Katherine. He laughed again and looked at a shocked Klaus.

"Now." Damon whispered. I used my powers and did a spell on Klaus, causing him to groan in pain. Damon sped forward and moved behind Klaus and stabbed the white oak stake into his stomach. Katherine stood up and threw wolfsbane grenades at the hybrids.

I stopped the spell on Klaus and Damon was about to kill him. It was all going to be over, but out of nowhere, Stefan knocked Damon off of Klaus. My eyes widened. I looked and saw the stake on the floor. I moved towards it, but it was too late.

Klaus grabbed the stake and drove it through Mikael's heart, causing him to burst int flames and die. I dropped to the floor, in my knees.

"What the hell did you do?" Damon asked Stefan. I looked at Stefan, shocked.

"He's earned his freedom." Klaus said walking from outside, into the front part of the room. Stefan stopped clutching Damon, got up, and faced Klaus.

"Thank you my friend. You no longer have to do as I say. You're free." Klaus said un-compelling Stefan. Stefan turned to me, but I was in the Boarding House seconds later. I looked up and saw a distraught Damon holding me. He let go of me and walked into the living room, where Elena was. I walked into the living room, slowly, still in awe at what just happened. Elena looked at me, waiting for anything. I tried to say something, but I just couldn't. Nothing was coming out. I was speechless. I sighed and just walked to the front door. I walked outside and leaned forward against part of the house. I pulled out my phone and called Stefan.

"Hello?" He said into the phone.

"What the hell ?!" I yelled into the phone.

"Klaus was dead. Our problems were solved, and you were going to have your freedom anyway. So, what the hell? Why did you save him?"

"If I didn't stop Damon, Klaus was going to kill him." He said.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Klaus told all his hybrids that if Damon killed him, they were supposed to kill Damon." He explained.

"But I thought you didn't care. You're humanity switch is off." I paused.

"Unless..it isn't."

"Goodnight Myra." He said. I was about to say something, but the line went dead. I sighed and walked back inside and saw Elena cupping Damon's cheeks. They were looking at each other intensely.

Both their eyes lingered down to each others lips. My eyes widened before I cleared my throat. They both turned to me.

"Damon, do you mind if I crash here?" I asked.

"Sure." He said clearing his throat as Elena backed away from him. I nodded and walked upstairs, heading straight to bed.

**time skip*

This morning, I woke up to a phone call from Bonnie. She said she's been having dreams about some coffins at the old witch house. She asked me if I could go with her. I told her sure, and right now, we were standing in front of the house.

"You ready?" I asked her. She nodded and sighed. We both walked into the house. I heard whispering voices, which I have never heard before.

"Do you hear that?"

"You hear them?" She asked. I nodded.

"Those are my ancestors. All the witches from the Bennett witch line."

"Cool." I said looking around the room. We walked down into the basement and saw nothing.

"You said this is where the coffins were?" She nodded.

"I don't see any coffins." I said walking further into the room. I turned to Bonnie, but jumped in fright when I saw Stefan standing in front of me.

"What is with you and Damon scaring me like that?" I asked as I tried to calm my breathing.

"What are you doing here Stefan?" Bonnie asked. I scoffed when I realized.

"He followed us here." I told Bonnie crossing my arms.

"Wasn't too hard. You two should probably be more careful." He said.

"What do you want with us?" Bonnie asked walking towards me.

"Relax. I just need your help." He said putting his hands in his pocket.

"Why would we help you? You saved Klaus's life." I said angrily as I took a step towards him.

"Let me fill you in on a little secret about Klaus. He kept his family with him at all times ... daggered. Stored in coffins. And now I have them, and I need you two to help keep them hidden." He said looking at me and then Bonnie.

"Are you out of your mind? You're just gonna make him angrier." Bonnie said angrily.

"That's what Stefan does best now. Make people angry." I said turning around and running my hand through my hair.

"His family is his one weakness. As long as I have that, I can ruin him." He said confidently.

"We don't have enough power to hide four Originals!" Bonnie said.

"You're witches. You both hate Klaus. I know both of you can figure something out." He said, and that's when I got an idea.

"Bonnie, remember when you and Jeremy went to Dr. Martin's house and you said you found a whole bunch of grimoires?" I asked her. She nodded.

"Where are they?"

"I have most of them in my basement. Why?" She asked.

"Maybe there's something in one of them about how to hide the coffins." I told her. She smiled and nodded.

"Yes. I think I read about it in one of them. Let's go get it." She said walking towards the door. I started walking, but Stefan grabbed my wrist. I looked down at his hand, which was grabbing my wrist, and looked back up at him.

"When you're free..I uh, have some things to say." He said looking at me.

"Yeah..sure. Just, um ... call me." I told him clearing my throat. He let go of me and then I walked towards Bonnie. She gave me this look as we started walking.

"What?"

"So, you and Stefan, huh?" She asked with a smile.

"What? Me and Stef--"

"Before you try and lie, I know you Myraliana Saltzman. And I know how you feel about him. So tell me, what's going on with you two?" She asked.

We walked towards her car.

"Alright." We got into the car and she started driving.

"So the night of the sacrifice, he was going to sacrifice himself to save Jenna. I thought I was never going to see him again. So I told him how I felt. My feelings for him. He told me he felt something for me too, even though he was with Elena. Since I thought I was never going to see him again, I kissed him, and he kissed me back. " Bonnie's eyes widened.

"Yeah. I know, But that's not the half of it. When Klaus kidnapped me, I woke up in a room and Stefan was there. And long story-short, we kissed ... again." She looked at me with her mouth wide.

"I know! But the night we found all the drawings in the cave, I ran into Stefan. And he told me that he found Mikael. And I was so happy because then Klaus's compulsion would wear off. And he said, 'And then I'll go back to the normal old brooding Stefan who's in love with you right? "

"He said that?" Bonnie said surprised.

"Yes! But everything is so screwed up, Bon. I don't even know if his humanity is on. If he's pretending, he's really good at it." I told her.

"And what about Elena? I told him I could never be with him because of her, but I saw her and Damon last night, and I think that there's something going on with them."

"No ... Are you serious?" Bonnie asked shocked. I nodded.

"Woah. I can kinda see that." She said as we both laughed. When we stopped laughing, there was a silence. Neither of said anything until Bonnie spoke up.

"So, do you love him?" She asked. I nodded.

"Wow. That's--"

"Stupid, right?" I said looking down.

"No. I think it's amazing that you're moving on, especially what happened with your last boyfriend. It's really brave of you to put yourself out there, especially with everything going on." She said with a smile.

"Thanks. I needed that." I said with a smile. We arrived at her house and got out of the car. She unlocked the door, and we headed to the basement door. We opened the door, walked down the stairs, and Bonnie found the boxes of grimoires.

"Alright, I know it's in one of these. But, we just have to find it." She said.

"What's the family name on it?" I asked her.

"Jaques." She said. I nodded and started looking. As we continued to look, I got a phone call.

"It's Elena." I said to Bonnie. I answered the phone.

"Hey, what's--"

"You're dad got hit by a car!" She yelled into the phone.

"WHAT?" I yelled in shock.

"He was wearing his ring and it was a hybrid who ran over him, but he's still ... dead." She explained.

"I'm on my way." I told her. Bonnie looked at me.

"My dad got hit by a car." Her eyes widened.

"Oh my god! Is he okay?" She asked.

"He's dead, but he was wearing his ring and it was a hybrid who ran him over, so he'll come back. But I have to get over there." I told her.

"Of course. When I find the book, so I'll call you and tell you." I nodded and ran to Elena's, which wasn't far from Bonnie's. When I got there, I saw blood all over the porch. I slowly walked into the house.

"Elena?" I yelled.

"In here." She said. I followed her voice, and she was in the living room. I saw my dad, dead on the couch.

"Oh my god." I walked over towards him and saw blood and deep cuts everywhere.

"How did this happen?" "Klaus compelled Jeremy to walk in the road and stay there as one of his hybrid's came speeding down the street, about to hit him, but Alaric pushed Jeremy out of the way, and he got hit instead." She explained. I sighed and sat down on the other couch.

"I just thought someone should be here with him."

"Where are you going?" I asked her.

"The old witch house to convince Stefan to give Klaus the coffins." She said as she headed towards the door.

"He's not gonna do it." I told her.

"He will, once he finds out Klaus tried to kill Jeremy." She said walking out the house, and closing the door.

*time skip **

Still nothing. My dad hasn't woken up yet. It's taking a lot longer than usual. It's nighttime and Bonnie called a little while and told me she figured out how to hide the coffins. Her ancestors hated Klaus as much she did, so they did a spell on the coffins so Klaus couldn't see them. Suddenly, my dad gasped. I quickly moved towards him and helped him sit up.

"Hey." I said with relief.

"How's Jeremy?" He asked.

"I'm not sure. I've been here with you since Elena called me and told me you were hit by a car, which was a while ago." I told him. He sighed and groaned as he adjusted his seating. Just then, he started coughing violently into his hand, with blood in it.

"Oh my god!" I yelled horrified.

"Something's wrong! The ring!" He yelled collapsing on the floor as he groaned in pain.

"Dad? Dad!" I said moving towards him on the floor. Just then, the front door opened. It was Elena. She saw my dad and her eyes widened.

"Call an ambulance!" She nodded and the ambulance arrived a couple minutes later.

"What happened?" One of the paramedics asked.

"He got hit by a car and he's coughing up blood." I said panicking.

"Pulse pretty weak. Looks like internal bleeding. We gotta get him outta here." The first paramedic said.

"Let's move!" The second paramedic said.

Just then, someone appeared at the door.

"Let's not and say we did. Why don't you two meet us at the hospital?" He said.

"What?" I asked.

"What no!" The paramedics started to leave.

"No, no, no, wait. No wait! You have to help him !! He's my dad! What are you doing?" "You can still save his life. Here, take my blood." He said raising his wrist.

"You're one of Klaus's hybrids." I said in realization.

"And I can't get in. Elena, you're gonna have to invite me." He said.

"No. Why are you doing this?" I asked.

"Klaus asked for his family. Elena didn't deliver." He said looking at me. My dad started coughing again. I kneeled down next to him.

"Daddy ... I'm right here." I said rubbing his back.

"He's gonna die. Might want to invite me in, Elena." He said. I looked up at the hybrid with tears in my eyes. Suddenly, the hybrid was hit in the back with an arrow and fell to the ground. Elena ran to the door and saw someone.

"Jeremy!" She yelled in relief.

"He's not dead yet." Jeremy said walking into the house, passing Elena.

"Where are you going?" Elena asked. He picked up a meat cleaver from the kitchen and went out of the house again.

"Jeremy, what are you doing?" I asked standing up. He then cut the hybrid's head off. My eyes widened.

"Aahhh!" Elena said turning her head.

"Now he's dead." Jeremy said standing up, completely unphased by what just happened.

"We've gotta get Alaric to the hospital now." He said dropping the knife and heading towards my dad. Elena turned to me, and we were both shocked at what we just saw. I was pacing back ad forth outside of my dad's hospital room, waiting for some news from Dr. Fell. Just then, the door opened, with my dad there. I ran up to him and hugged him. He hugged me back and kissed the top of my head.

"What the hell happened?" I asked him.

"The ring brought me back to life, but didn't heal me. But after a while, I was perfectly fine. The doctor thinks I'm crazy." He said with a laugh. I punched him in the arm.

"Ow!" "Don't you ever scare me like that again." I told him.

"Yes sir." He said with a smile. I sighed as we walked out of the hospital. Once we got outside, we walked to my car, which I got from my house when I went to pick up some new clothes for my dad.

"I'll drop you of at Elena's. I have to go see Bonnie about the coffins." I told him.

"Is Stefan gonna be there?" He asked me. I nodded and sighed.

"So what is he? Humanity Stefan or non-humanity Stefan? I can't tell."

"You and me both." I said pulling up to Elena's house. My dad got out of the car and gave me a smile before heading inside. I then quickly drove to the old witch house, went down the stairs, and found Bonnie there, with Stefan. I then saw all the coffins.

"This is the one I dreamed about." Bonnie said pointing towards the coffin. I moved towards it and tried to open it.

"Don't bother. It won't open." Stefan said.

"What do you mean? Is it locked?" I asked.

"Nope. Just won't open. I've tried everything. Blow torch, ax, crowbar. Can't even scratch the finish." He explained.

"I think it's closed with a spell." Bonnie said.

"Meaning whatever is in there, should probably stay in there." Stefan added.

"You said you wanted to make him suffer. The witches led Bonnie here for a reason. I think whatever is inside this coffin is our answer." I told them.

"I think you're right." Stefan said looking at me. I looked at him before looking at Bonnie.

"Alright, well I'm gonna get out of here. I'll see you guys later." Bonnie said walking away. Once she was out of view, I looked down and sighed.

"So, what was it you needed to talk about?" I asked him.

"I ... uh ..." He paused and moved towards me. "I wanted to apologize."

"You'll have to be more specific." I said crossing my arms.

"I'm sorr..for everything I've put you through, .but especially for biting you." He said looking into my eyes. I shifted the weight in my feet and looked at him.

"I hate myself for what I did."

"I know you did it because you were compelled by Klaus..so I forgive you." I told him walking towards him.

"But now that the compulsion has wore off, I need you to be honest with me, because my heart can't take not knowing." He looked down. I grabbed his chin and lifted his face up so we were looking into each other's eyes.

"Do you love me?" He just stared into my eyes.

"Please ... tell me .." I said as my eyes started to water.

"Yes .." He said causing me to smile.

"I love you Myra." He then sighed causing me to furrow my brows in confusion.

"But I hurt you. And every time I see you, all it does is make me remember how much pain I caused you. So I can't be with you." He said, and just like that, he was gone. And I stood there, heartbroken.