AN: Very sorry for the late update. This is the most troubling chapter I have ever written. As it's the last chapter, I wanted it to be perfect. I wrote it couple of times in different ways and this is the best way I could come up with. I hope you like it because honestly this chapter left me exhausted. Anyway lets see how it goes. On with the story...

Chapter 50: Leaving The World Of Vampire Diaries

"Are you ready?" asked Bonnie in her patience cold tone of voice. I nodded my head lightly.

"Do you have the ring on?" Bonnie asked for confirmation the umpteenth time. I nodded my head again to answer her question. I lay on the ground in front of the abandon witch house. Bonnie needed to draw power from the earth to do the spell properly like Abby showed her. That's the only way to make it work. I heard Klaus groaning in pain not far away from me. He was unable to move a single muscle. The hybrid wasn't too far away from where Bonnie and I were at the moment. Actually I could clearly see him writhing in pain. Jonas was keeping Klaus down with his powers and Elijah was giving him a little support by holding Klaus's forearms behind his back and making him more incapable of moving.

"What are you doing to me?" Klaus yelled as Katherine put her hands on Klaus's chest. She wanted to be the one to stop Klaus's heart. Five hundred years ago Klaus slaughtered her entire family. Though Katherine can't kill him but this was a very good way to get her revenge.

"Putting an end to you Klaus" said Katherine strongly. Bonnie rechecked my hand again and saw the ring on my finger. She then started chanting spells when she felt my heart getting connected with Klaus's. Abby and Jamie stood at a little distance, looking worried as hell. Suddenly my heart skipped a beat and my mind went back two days ago in the past. I started remembering everything that had happened in the mean time.

Flash Back

It was early in the morning. Klaus woke up naked in the woods, trapped within the circle after two days like he was supposed to. He could change into a werewolf at his will now and the full moon can't control him anymore. Katherine wanted to come along with me but I told her not to. I needed her to keep Bonnie and others from meeting each other. Katherine also informed me that everyone has found out that Anna once compelled Alaric to forget about something I told him. And she is planning on taking off the compulsion as soon as Alaric gets all the vervain out of his system. It would only take him three days, maybe even less to get off of vervain. And tomorrow will be the last day of it. I have to finish my work before that happens. No matter what, I have to desiccate Klaus and die before Anna could make Alaric remember everything I told him.

The other day when I had walked out of the boarding house and went over to Bonnie's. I started staying over there, waiting for Klaus to wake up. I haven't seen anyone in the meantime. And I was very thankful for that. Bonnie and I, we discussed a lot of things during my stay with her. And as we needed to change a few things for the benefit of the plan, because of the current situation, my staying with her was quite helpful. I told Bonnie that due to the circumstances at the time neither Uncle John nor Jeremy would agree to be used in order to do the spell and moreover they might want to stop us from doing this as well. So we can't even let them know about it. I had told Bonnie that I would do it. I told her that I would get Jonas to make me a life resurrecting ring just as the same as Jeremy and Uncle John. It will bring me back to life. Which by the way I never planned to do and I am never gonna ask Jonas to make me any kind of any ring. Bonnie however agreed to the whole thing rather quickly. She didn't need much of my persuasion because now that Klaus is a hybrid everyone is in danger and we needed to stop him faster. And the fact that Klaus became a hybrid without even touching his doppelganger, would soon rise many questions. Klaus would find out in no time that Elena is the key to make more hybrids. That would certainly put Elena's life in danger once again and Klaus might abduct her from her home this time. Bonnie wanted to stop Klaus as soon as possible like me.

Back to the present, Klaus looked up at the sun with a wide smile. He was absolutely amazed. Obviously Klaus was happy that finally he broke the curse and became a hybrid. This has been his dream for a thousand year now. Elijah threw clothes at Klaus. The older original was standing there with his hands in his pants pockets. I was there too but at a little distance from both of the original. I didn't really want to see a naked Klaus at the moment.

"It's good to see you woke up finally" spoke up Elijah. Klaus slowly sat up. It reminded me that I was currently living the timeline of episode 'As I lay dying' from season two. The finale.

"It feels amazing" Klaus said feeling his new powers and strength rushing through his body. The hybrid grabbed the clothes those were lying on the ground now. However Klaus hadn't noticed yet that he was still inside the circle and couldn't get out until Jonas lifts off his spell from it.

"How long has it been?" asked Klaus as he stood up and stretched his body. After all he stayed a wolf for one and more than a half days. His body must be still arching from pain a little. Klaus started to put on the clothes as Elijah replied him with his calm tone of voice.

"Almost two days." Which was exactly what Elijah said in the show.

"Full moon came and went, you still remained a wolf." Elijah informed Klaus like I knew he would. Klaus grinned hearing that, a genuine happy smile playing on his lips.

"I can change at will then, it's good to know" said Klaus in his British accent. I walked closer to the originals when Klaus got decent enough. His eyes fell on me immediately and his face darkened a little. Does he remember me taking his blood? I certainly didn't want him to throw an anger tantrum for it.

"I see you are still here." Klaus spoke up with bitterness in his voice. I shrugged my shoulders at him nonchalantly before answering him.

"Why? Were you expecting otherwise? We still have a deal to complete Nik." I sounded professional. Klaus glared at me and tried to walk out of the circle but couldn't. His jaws clenched visibly and he rolled his eyes angrily.

"Why am I still inside this circle? I believe your purpose of keeping me inside is over. Now that I am back to my human form I am completely harmless" said Klaus and I couldn't help but snort at that.

"Two days as a wolf and I didn't kill a single soul." Klaus sounded disappointed when he said that. It was clear that he wanted to kill people. Though Klaus tried to make it sound otherwise. I scoffed at him for saying that too.

"No thanks to you for that. You would have killed many by now if you weren't trapped inside this circle Nik and you can only get out of here when you will agree to take us straight to the coffins. It's time you hold the end of the deal." I said courageously. Klaus sneered at me angrily but nodded his head anyway after thinking of something for a while.

"Fine, I will take you there and hand over our family to Elijah." Klaus said through his gritting teeth. I raised an eye brow at him suspiciously.

"In case you are thinking about back stabbing us, you should know that Katherine is at the cemetery right now where Mikael is sleeping peacefully. Any wrong move from you and she will wake him up. And even though you are a hybrid now, Mikael could still kill you. So keep that in mind." I said with nonchalant tone of voice. Klaus glared at me dangerously. He was silent but I knew he agreed with me because clearly he doesn't have a choice but to comply. Though Katherine was no where near the cemetery but Klaus didn't know that, did he? Besides, Mikael is the only threat we have got at the moment against Klaus and we must use it in order to get what we want. After everything settled with Klaus, Elijah called Jonas and the spell was off from the circle instantly. Klaus slowly stepped out of it but didn't seem very happy.

"Where are Maddox and Greta?" Klaus inquired.

"I am afraid they are both out of your reach now" answered Elijah and a low growl escaped Klaus's chest. For a moment it seemed like Klaus wanted to attack both of us but he didn't because obviously he couldn't.

"They are not here. I have kept them out of town" spoke up Klaus venomously. Obviously he was talking about the other Mikaelsons.

"Then we should start going then" said Elijah and he motioned for Klaus to start walking. Elijah walked with Klaus while I trailed behind the two.

It took us almost four hours to reach the place where Klaus kept the other members of his family, daggered and locked up in boxes. It was a huge warehouse with wooden boxes all around the place in rows and columns. Elijah has kept his dagger far away from himself and Klaus. It was under Jonas's protection at the moment. Klaus had a sour look on his face the whole time. I really wanted to tell him to cheer up but didn't. Klaus was already in a bad mood. I didn't need to make it worse. Elijah opened the first box and there lay Rebekah, their beloved sister. Then the next one revealed Finn. I also opened one coffin. That was closest to me. It revealed Kol. He was looking grey and like a cement corpse but handsome nonetheless. I couldn't help but stare at him for longer than I intended. I even felt an urge to pull the dagger out of his chest. But I kept that desire to myself and closed the coffin once again. Elijah went to open the fourth coffin but it didn't open. I saw Klaus tensing up and so did I. We looked at each other and understood why the other one is worried suddenly. I couldn't afford Esther waking up because she would ruin everything I did in a blink of an eye.

"Who is in this one? And why wouldn't it open?" inquired Elijah. Before Klaus could speak up, I cut him off and answered Elijah's question.

"That one is for him Elijah. It's magically sealed and will only open when Klaus dies forever. Isn't that correct Nik?" I said and Klaus just nodded with me, sighing in relief inwardly. However, Elijah frowned at us suspiciously but nodded anyway dismissing the thought I hoped.

"I believe our deal is done here." Klaus spoke up in a clear and loud voice.

"Yes, it is done Niklaus" said Elijah. I sighed in relief too. At least one job is done for me.

"Now that, that's settled, I have a few questions to ask" said Klaus, while particularly looking at me. I knew exactly what he is about to ask us.

"How come I am a hybrid without even touching the doppelganger when I was supposed to kill her in the ritual?" asked Klaus. Elijah and I looked at each other and he nodded to me.

"Making you Kill the doppelganger in the ritual was the witch's trick to make you incapable of making more hybrids like you. Because only with the doppelganger blood, you could create another successful hybrid. Clearly the witch knew about your plans and didn't want you to create another whole new supernatural species in this world and disturb the balance of the nature more than it already is." I explained to Klaus. He looked deeply into my eyes, searching for a hint that would say I am lying to him. But he found none because I wasn't lying a bit to him.

"How would I know you are not lying?" Still Klaus asked with suspicious in his voice. I sighed at that tiredly.

"You know I am not lying Nik and you have got the proof already." I said and Klaus sighed out heavily while rubbed his hands over his face. Elijah and I looked at each other knowing what's coming next.

"We have a problem then, don't We?" said Klaus just as I expected. "If the doppelganger blood is what I need to create more hybrids then I can't leave her behind in Mystic Falls. I have to keep her with me." He said that firmly and dared us to say otherwise.

"I know that and I will bring her to you." I said calmly. Klaus frowned at me doubtfully as he heard me saying that, not believing me a bit.

"Now would you really?" asked Klaus narrowing his eyes at me. I sighed out heavily.

"When I talked to you about sacrificing Elena in our first meeting, I wasn't talking about letting her die in the ritual, I was talking about now." I said rather calmly. Klaus and I stared at each other for a while. He cleared his throat before speaking up again as if to vanquish the awkwardness between us.

"And how I suppose you are going to do that?" Klaus asked with smooth tone of voice.

"Leave that to me." I said confidently. Klaus didn't say anything to that further but he has his doubts alright. I looked at Elijah.

"I want to go home, stay with my sister for the night before we have to say goodbye."

End Of Flash Back

Klaus let out a painful scream. Snapping me out of my two second visit to memory lane. Bonnie was chanting her spells continuously, not even flinching when Klaus groaned in pain. He was getting weak with every passing moment and so was my heart. Bonnie had her undivided concentration on performing the spell. She was going through pain too. It was a really dark magic after all and it was taking a lot of power from her. My heartbeat got slow to slower and it skipped another beat painfully this time, making me groan as well.

Flash Back

I stood in front of the boarding house, feeling a little nervous. I knocked on the door hesitantly and waited for someone to open the door. It felt so weird standing out there. I thought about running away couple of times already. But I needed to do what I came to do. And I came here to forgive everyone for what they did to me and whatever happened between us. Tomorrow Klaus will be desiccated and I will die and leave them and this world forever. I didn't want them to have a bitter memory of me as a last memory. If they remember me at all that is. Also I wanted to have no unhappy memory of them for myself. I didn't want them to feel guilty anymore. I wanted to have beautiful last moments with my friends and family. Even though I am not of their world but over the time I got related to them and I am connected to them all in a way which is extremely beautiful in my opinion. The door finally opened and Stefan was standing there. He got surprised at first when he saw me standing at their door and got happy too almost immediately.

"Jacq, what are you doing outside? Please come in." Said Stefan and he stood aside to let me in. I entered the house feeling a little awkward.

"Thanks." I said shyly and felt quite uneasy. We stood in complete silence for a while then Stefan spoke up first.

"I am glad to see you Jacq" said Stefan and he really meant it. "Though I am curious about what brought you here? We haven't seen you in two days." For some unknown reason, I felt king size uneasiness as Stefan talked to me.

"Is anyone else here?" I asked instead and avoided answering the question why I am here. Stefan shook his head in reply of what I asked him.

"Everyone is at your house right now. Elena is still very upset and everyone is just trying to console her. I was heading there myself" said Stefan and I nodded to that and couldn't help but ask.

"Is Damon there too?" Stefan sighed out heavily and shook his head in reply.

"No, Damon must be at the Grill right now with Ric and Rose. He is keeping himself drunk all the time since you left that day." My face visibly fell and darkened hearing that and Stefan noticed it instantly.

"I am sorry, I wasn't trying to... I mean I didn't mean to make you feel guilty for that." Stefan apologized quickly. I shook my head to myself and exhaled a deep breath.

"Stefan, can we please not talk like strangers? This is getting weirder every passing second." I finally said and Stefan smiled at that.

"We miss you Jacq." He said softly and looked intensely at me. I started to feel tensed up and nervous suddenly. Stefan noticed that again.

"Is everything okay?" Stefan asked a bit worriedly and I nodded my head vehemently.

"Yeah, everything is fine." I said with strong tone of voice. God this is getting harder instead of getting easier. I was fiddling with my fingers due to the nervousness I was feeling. For a moment I had nothing to say. Words refused to come out of my mouth.

"How are you doing? I mean, are you having any problem from the bite lately?" I asked Stefan hesitantly. The way Stefan was looking at me, it made me more uncomfortable around him. He was looking at me with a strange expression. There was sadness, guilt and then there was love, care and affection mixed with regression. It was a strange look indeed. It shook my inside as I looked into his eyes.

"No, I am good. It's like I was never bitten in the first place" said Stefan assuredly. I smiled a little at him hearing that.

"Well that's good." I said and again lost words to say.

"Yeah, thanks to you for that. I never got a chance to thank you for saving my life.. once again" said Stefan gratefully. I couldn't look at him anymore. His eyes got extremely intense for me to handle. I looked away from Stefan and looked down at me feet instead. Stefan came closer to me and stood very near.

"I don't know what brought you here Jacq but I am thankful of that" said Stefan and he inhaled a deep breath and made me look at him again.

"I have something to say to you. Something that I have to say Jacq. Otherwise, I will never find peace in my mind. I know that what I did to you, what I thought of you is unforgivable. And I am not asking for your forgiveness. I don't have that courage." Stefan started saying. I tried to speak up and interrupt him but he stopped me from saying anything.

"Just let me say it Jacq, please. Just hear me out once" pleaded Stefan and I nodded to him silently. "Since we met, you have been saving my life continuously. You were there for me when no one was, and when there was no hope for me. You gave me a purpose to live. Whenever I was consumed by darkness, you were there to pull me out one way or another. And now you have saved me from inevitable death when it was impossible for me to be saved. And this time you saved not only me but Elena as well. I love her more than anyone else in this world Jacq and I couldn't have lived without her. By saving her, you saved me." Stefan took a deep breath before continuing.

"I just want you to know that no matter what I do, no matter how much I try, I will never be able to repay you, for everything you did for me." Stefan's eyes got shiny from tears that came into his eyes suddenly. And I was finding it hard to hold back my own tears thinking about how soon our time together came to an end. It's true all beautiful things comes to an end.

"I just wish I could do something for you in return but I don't know what to do to help you. I have no idea how to repay-" I cut Stefan off this time by engulfing him in a hug. He was breaking down terribly from inside and I could see it clearly. Stefan is like my big brother and I love him too. Like Damon, he is also very important to me. I have loved him since I was in my world. Just not in a romantic way.

"Listen to me, Stefan. I didn't do anything for you. You have nothing to repay me for. Saving yours and others lives was my absolute necessity. I had no other choice. You don't have to feel in debt of me. Whatever I did, I did it for myself." I spoke honestly and took a pause as my throat became heavy and husky.

"Keep saying that to yourself Jacq, but I know that you did everything because you care about us and not just because you had to. You don't love us just to fulfill some stupid tasks. And you really can't make me not feel grateful to you. I will forever feel guilty for not trusting you enough when you needed our trust. I wish I could do something, anything to erase that guilt" said Stefan helplessly. I pulled away from him a little and looked him in the eye.

"You have nothing to feel guilty for Stefan. I forgave you for what happened a long time ago. I forgave all of you. I don't want to remember those moments. Please stop reminding me of them. Can't we just be normal again?" I requested and Stefan nodded happily and have me a tight hug again.

"Let's go to your home Jacq. Everyone will be very happy to see you."

End Of Flash Back

It has been only a few moments since Bonnie started chanting her spells. But I started to feel a horrible pain in my chest suddenly. It felt like someone pushed their hand inside my chest and started squeezing my heart mercilessly. A low groan escaped my lips but that got covered up by Klaus's painful angry scream. He was struggling hard now to get out of the hold Elijah had on him. And he was succeeding too. Any minute Klaus would throw Elijah off of him and attack Jonas. Jamie quickly shot Klaus several times with both Vervain and Wolves bane darts. Abby gave a hand to Jonas and started using her remaining powers on Klaus as well. It overpowered Klaus's strength once again and his struggles became futile attempts to escape his fate. I looked at Bonnie's face and saw the veins on her neck and face turning black, making it visible through her mocha colored skin. She was in pain too, probably more than me at the moment. But I changed my mind when my heart gave another painful twist and my breath got caught in my lungs.

Flashback

Stefan held my hand and gave it a light squeeze to show me his support. We both were sitting in his car in front of my house. Everyone must be in there. I was feeling nervous to face them.

"Don't be nervous Jacq. You have no idea how much they are all missing you" said Stefan reading my mind. I sighed out heavily. It's now or never.

"Okay, lets get inside." I said and we both got out of the car and walked up to the door. Stefan grinned at me encouragingly and then stood right in front of me, hiding me from the view of whoever would open the door. The person wouldn't be able to see me right away. Guess, Stefan wanted my coming back home, to be a surprise to everyone. Only if he knew that I came back only to go away from here forever and leave them all behind. Stefan knocked on the door and someone opened it.

"Stefan, why are you standing outside?" I heard Jenna's voice. She must be frowning in confusion at Stefan.

"Jenna, can you call Elena at the door please" said Stefan. Jenna must have nodded and I heard her calling for Elena from the doorway. In a moment Elena came there.

"What's wrong Stefan?" asked Elena worriedly.

"I have a surprise for you" said Stefan happily. I felt my heart beating faster against my ribs and making loud noises in my ear. Stefan moved away from in front of me and I came face to face with Elena. Her jaw dropped seeing me there. Not literary of course. A gasp escaped her mouth and eyes got widened immediately. Jenna had the same expression on her face.

"Hi!" Was the only thing I could say to them. I also smiled a little which must have looked quite Strange. Well I was feeling strange. Elena didn't think for a second after that and she jumped on me, engulfed me in a tight bear hug. I hugged her back with as much enthusiasm as possible. Elena started sobbing on my shoulder after a moment and I felt my eyes getting teary too.

"I was so worried about you... Where have you been?...I am so glad you came back... Jacq... I am so sorry... I just don't know what else to do... I am sorry Jacq-" Elena was crying so hard that she couldn't even talk properly. I felt bad, I felt guilty now for putting her and everyone else through hell. I should have just forgiven them that day.

"Please stop crying Elena. I have forgiven you already. Let's just forget what happened, please. I want to forget about that, I need to. Please help me." I said and Elena pulled away a little from me and nodded her head vehemently. I glanced inside the house and saw others standing there as well now. They all were looking at us happily. It felt like happily ever after. And I knew that this is the best I could get before my departure. I glanced back at Elena and she let me go to the others. I hugged Jenna at first then Jeremy. Caroline and Tyler were in the line as well.

"Thank you so much for forgiving us Jacq" said Caroline in a teary tone of voice. She was over whelmed by happiness at the moment. We all sat together just holding each other as a huge family. I didn't know how long I spent like that but what an amazing feeling that was. I wish I could have that my whole life. But I was grateful that even at the dusk of my life, I got the opportunity to experience something like this. Even though no one wanted to but we had to break apart. Girls wiped the happy tears away from their faces and boys just sighed out heavily in contentment. Caroline looked at me with concern in her eyes.

"Jacq, Damon is in a very bad shape right now. He is going through hell. I think you should go and talk to him at least" said Caroline and I sighed heavily but nodded to her in agreement.

"I was thinking about that too. He is at the Grill right?" I asked Stefan again for confirmation. He nodded and said-

"Come, I will give you a ride there" said Stefan but Jeremy interjected him right away.

"It's okay Stefan. You stay here. I will take her to the Grill." Stefan and Jeremy looked at each other and Stefan nodded in understanding. Jeremy wanted to spend sometime alone with me and I was glad for that. After all Jeremy and I were closer than I was with Elena. And we had a great relation from the beginning. We got out of the house and Jeremy started driving towards the Grill. We reached there in no time. Neither one of us could talk while we were in the car even though we had a lot of things to say to each other. But both of us wanted the other to speak first. Its just that there was so much uneasiness between Jeremy and I that neither could start talking. But after Jeremy pulled over the car at the parking lot, he turned to face me. I looked at Jeremy in the eyes and saw guilt dancing around in them. I sighed out heavily seeing that. I didn't want him or anyone else to feel guilty, not anymore.

"Don't Jeremy, please don't feel guilty anymore for what happened." I said in a pleading tone of voice.

"You really forgave us, didn't you?" Jeremy asked with a strange voice. In his tone, there were both sadness and relief. I just nodded to his statement, confirming his assumption. Then Jeremy suddenly got mad a little and frowned at me angrily.

"How can you forgive us so easily Jacq? You are not up to something, are you?" Jeremy asked me suspiciously and for a moment I got flushed but quickly composed my expression back to normal before he could properly notice the culprit look on my face.

"No, Jeremy. I am not doing anything this time. I just don't want you guys to go through hell anymore." I said and inhaled a deep breath before speaking up again. "I don't want to see you or anyone else suffer from guilt. It hurt me more to see you suffer like that." I said softly but strongly. And what I said was true indeed. I do feel hurt seeing them in any kind of pain. It has been like that for a long time now. And now I wish I didn't let myself get so attached with everyone here. It was just making the good byes more harder for me. Jeremy pulled me in tight hug after that.

"Thank you Jacq, you are the best sister in the world. And I am just so lucky to have you. Promise me that you will never leave me." Jeremy said pulling away from me a little and looked straight into my eyes.

"Promise me that you will always be with me." When Jeremy spoke those words, I wanted to open the car door and ran away from him right away. How can I promise him something like that? How can I say to him that I will never leave him when I will leave him and everyone else tomorrow? How can I possibly promise him that when I have only one night left with them? I sighed out heavily, eyes getting teary without my permission.

"I will always be with you Jeremy." I put my hand over his heart flat on his chest, feeling the beating of it vividly.

"In here." I promised Jeremy that and really meant it. And everyone will always be in my heart too, I promised that to myself. However Jeremy looked suspiciously at me. I didn't let him think about it much.

"I need to go see Damon." I said quickly and prepared to get out of the car. I hugged Jeremy for one last time. I probably wouldn't see him or others again neither they will see me. I sighed inwardly and got out of the car finally. I walked towards the Grill and bumped into Matt at the entrance. I will miss him too. I talked to Matt for a while about random unimportant things. But it was good talking to someone in a carefree way.

"Damon is inside, at the bar." Matt told me as I asked him about Damon. I thanked him and walked inside. I found Alaric, Rose and Damon drinking together. I had no idea, what to do or say to them. The nervousness I felt when I met with Stefan and others had returned once again only thrice much more this time. I gulped down the nervousness and made my way over to them hesitantly. Rose saw me before I could reach them.

"Jacq!" She exclaimed in surprise. Both Alaric and Damon turned to see me when they heard Rose. My eyes met with Damon's breathtaking blue ones first that always reminds me of open deep blue sea. But at the moment they looked confused. Damon couldn't believe his own eyes that I was really standing there.

"Jacq!" Came out of his lips in a whisper.

End Of Flash Back

I grabbed fistful grass in my hands as unbearable pain shot through my entire body. I closed my eyes shut tightly. I couldn't look around anymore. My sight was getting blurry with tears. I tried not to scream out loud but a painful groan escaped my lips anyway. I tried to blink away the tears from my eyes and keep watching the beautiful world around me for as long as I could but it proved to be a hard thing to do at the moment. Klaus was getting weak as well and not because of the spell anymore that Jonas was performing on him. The hybrid was getting weak because his heart was not beating properly anymore. I knew that because my heartbeat was coming to a stop too.

Klaus was turning pale, lifeless slowly and I was feeling numb as well. It seemed like days and years for me but it has only been a few moments now since we got connected, Klaus and I. Bonnie started bleeding from her nostrils and she was shaking with pain too. But still she kept chanting and murmuring spells and words. Jamie walked over to Bonnie and wrapped an arm around her to give her some support. I wish Damon was with me at that time, holding my hand and saying soothing words to me, make my pain go away with his amazing voice. But he can't do that and it's entirely my fault or should I say doing. Saying goodbye to Damon was the most painful thing for me. Certainly more painful than dying. What I did to Damon, was the most hardest and cruelest thing that I have ever done in my whole life. It was worst among all the bad things I've done. But I had to do it.

Flash Back

"Jacq!" Came out of his lips in a whisper. I could only smile at Damon a little from where I was standing. I was too nervous to walk up to him that moment. What I am gonna say to him? I had no words. Suddenly my mind seemed blank for no apparent reason. Ric and Rose were looking at me with confusion and probably wondering what I was doing there? Or where I was for these past two days? Without saying anything else, Damon turned away from me again and gulped down more liquor from his glass. Alaric and Rose looked at each other sensing the tension and seriousness of the situation. Damon didn't want to face me again. He was hurt definitely and probably a little mad at me too. I did say terrible things to him after all. Things that Damon couldn't bare to hear at all ever again. I sighed out heavily to myself and walked away from there slowly. But I had to talk to Damon, for one last time at least. I found Matt again. He was taking orders from a table outside of the Grill indoor. It was already evening and the moon was shining brightly up in the sky. Though it was not a full moon but the light it was spreading tonight was bright enough to see in the dark of the woods. I walked up to Matt.

"Matt, can you do me a favor please?" I asked politely.

"Yeah, sure." He said immediately.

"Can you give Damon a message for me?" I said and Matt nodded, a bit confused though.

"Can I borrow that?" I took his pen and writing notepad where he writes orders from the customers. I flipped to an empty page and wrote a small message in it for Damon.

"I need to talk to you Damon. Meet me at the cemetery... please!"

I tore the page out and folded it twice then handed it to Matt, "Make sure he reads it." I said and walked away from there.

It has been half an hour since I came to the cemetery and waiting for Damon to come. I had put some wild flowers on the Gilbert couple's grave. Again wishing if I could meet them in person. They must be very wonderful people and more wonderful parents. I wish I had come into this world earlier and saved Elena and Jeremy's mom and dad as well. I sighed heavily to myself thinking of their tragic accident. By then, I started to lose hope and thought that Damon wouldn't come. Perhaps he is too angry at me and doesn't even want to talk to me. I was thinking about leaving myself when I felt a presence near me. A very familiar presence indeed.

"Damon!" I whispered out to myself and turned around to see him standing there, right in front of me, just a few feet away. Though my face didn't show it probably but inwardly I was very happy to see him here. I feared that I wouldn't be able to see Damon and talk to him for the last time. My death wouldn't have been peaceful if I hadn't met him one last time. I had to talk to Damon, see him, hear his voice, and touch him in order to feel him before leaving this world. I had sighed out in relief seeing Damon standing there within my reach at that moment.

"I feared you wouldn't come." I spoke out my heart truthfully. Damon didn't come closer to me though and stood where he was standing as if rooted on the spot.

"What do you want to talk about?" asked Damon with anger in his voice. Yes! he is definitely mad at me. His voice was stern and cold. I sighed out heavily and took in a deep breath before speaking up again.

"I am here to apologize to you Damon." I said softly but really meaning it from the bottom of my heart.

"For what?" Damon asked and then started walking closer to me steadily.

"I shouldn't have hurt you like that the other day. I am sorry for saying those things to you. I was just angry about what happened." I said as convincingly as possible. Damon stood right in front of me that time and only a little distance remained between us that I so much wanted to close. He looked down at me with his piercing blue eyes and his arms were crossed over his chest.

"You really meant what you said though, didn't you? You sounded very convincing to me." Damon said that in a matter of fact tone but I knew he was hurting badly from inside.

"I didn't mean them Damon." I defended myself immediately but Damon didn't buy that and looked away from my face.

"You don't need to care about me or my feelings anymore Jacq. And certainly not feel guilty about hurting me. Why should you? You said it yourself that... I lost you." Damon's voice shook while saying that and my heart crushed in my chest hearing his hurt tone of voice. I breathed out a small mocking dark chuckle.

"I wish it was so easy Damon." I said and inhaled a small breath. "You see, I am incapable of not caring about you. I can't help but love you. I am just helpless in this matter. And I am hopelessly in love with you Damon. You can't lose me even if you want to." I said and meant each and every word from my heart. Even the last part, I meant it really. I will always be with him even when I would be dead. I just know that. Damon looked back at me and stared intensely in my teary eyes for a while. Before I knew it I found myself wrapped in Damon's arms. He held onto me as if his life was depending on me.

"I can't live without you Jacqueline Gilbert. I love you too much. I feel dead every time you stay away from me. I won't survive if I ever lose you" said Damon with hurtful voice. A drop of tear escaped my eye and rolled down my temple.

"You have no idea how fiercely I love you Damon. That's why I will do anything to keep you safe." I said and Damon pulled away from me a little to look straight into my eyes and pierced my soul with his gaze. His eyes bored into mine and I felt my heart started beating faster suddenly.

"You don't need to do anything to keep me safe Jacq. I am the one who should protect you and I will. I will never let anything happen to you." Damon said promisingly. Only if he knew that he won't even get a chance to protect me. It's too late now. I am not the one to be protected. It's him and everyone else who needs to stay alive and safe. I didn't say anything against what Damon say though.

"Will you take me somewhere else, away from here? I want to spend some time alone with you." I said and Damon nodded to that eagerly.

"But only if you accept this again." Damon held his mother's locket in front of my eyes, letting it swing idly. I smiled and nodded to him. Damon put the chain around my neck and the locket was back to where it felt belonged. I fondly touched it lightly. Damon suddenly pulled me closer to him again and claimed my lips with his. He kissed me with complete love and passion. But there were desperation and need too. I kissed him back with as much enthusiasm. His lips moved against mine longingly. I missed those soft lips, I missed the feeling of kissing Damon. I didn't want it to end ever. But being human I needed to breathe, much to my disliking, I had to break off the heavenly kiss and take some air in. Damon had his forehead pressed against mine.

"I am sorry for hurting you too Jacq. I am sorry for not being with you when you needed me" said Damon and I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face in his chest.

"I already forgave you for that." I said assuring him.

"Where were you Jacq? I have missed you so much" wondered Damon and I sighed heavily while inhaled his mind dazzling scent that I had missed so much. I love breathing in Damon.

"I was around Damon. I can never go too far from you." I said in a whisper. Damon made me look at him again and cupping my face gently, he kissed my lips once again.

"Do you like watching stars?" Damon asked and I nodded my head, though wondering why he asked that. I found the answer one hour later. Damon brought me to the old cliff where he had taken me once before. Specifically the day Tyler triggered his curse. The sky was very clear and the stars were twinkling brightly. Damon and I lay beside each other on a blanket, spread over the ground in the open, right under the night sky, holding hands and staring up at the stars. It was extremely romantic and perfect in every way possible.

"This is amazing." I spoke up with amusement in my voice.

"Yes it is" said Damon. I turned my face to the side so that I could see him.

"I didn't know you could be so romantic." A blush crawled up my face as I said that. Damon looked at me too and smirked noticing the blush on my cheeks.

"Back when I was human, before Katherine came into my life, I always wanted to do this with my unknown future wife" confessed Damon and I raised my eye brows at him.

"Wife?" I asked dumbly at first but then realized that Damon is actually from ancient time.

"Right, I forgot you are from the eighties where dating and having girlfriends weren't so popular." Damon laughed a little at that and shook his head to himself.

"It wasn't such a bad thing, you know." He defended his time and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Fine, whatever you say Damon." I said. But suddenly Damon's facial expression changed and he turned serious. I got confused at that and frowned at him.

"Jacq, I have something to tell you. It will probably ruin this moment but I need to say it" said Damon with seriousness in his voice and I got worried immediately. Did he find out something about tomorrow? Did Damon do something stupid to stop it from happening? What did he do?

"What is it Damon?" I asked with concern in my voice. Damon sighed out heavily before speaking up.

"I did something bad when I thought you betrayed me." I got more confused at this. What could he possibly have done?

"What did you do Damon?" I asked seriously again because he was hesitating to answer and I was dying in anticipation.

"I slept with Rose." Damon blurted out and started apologizing immediately. It took me a while to catch up the whole thing because Damon was kind of blabbering out apologies. I rolled my eyes at him. Here I was thinking he had blown off my plan or something terrible like that but actually he was talking about cheating on me. Well any other time I would have definitely be pissed off at Damon for that and wouldn't have talked to him for days but not tonight, not this time. Now is absolutely not the time to get mad at him for reasons so little. Well it wasn't a little reason but I just didn't want to fight Damon in our last time together. I tried to speak up but Damon was apologizing continuously and didn't let me say a word. I shook my head to myself and crushed my lips on his to shut him up. Damon was taken aback at the sudden move. He was shocked too, probably expecting me to slap him and not really kiss him after hearing his confession. I pulled away from his lips when his urge to apologize more died down. We stared into each others eyes. Damon was clearly confused. I cupped his cheek with one hand and caressed his face gently.

"All I need is your love Damon. And as long as I have that, I don't care if you kiss someone else or sleep with another girl." I said and put my hand on his chest where his non-beating heart is. Though the heart doesn't beat or pump blood anymore, it felt very much alive to me that moment.

"I just want a little place in there Damon. That's what I need and that's all I will ever ask for." Damon frowned at me this time and didn't seem too happy either for some reason.

"Why are you being so nice and forgiving Jacq? What's going on?" Damon asked suspiciously. I shrugged my shoulders at him nonchalantly as if nothing is wrong and I wasn't getting tensed up at all.

"Nothing is going on Damon. I just don't want to fight with you or anyone else anymore." I answered simply but Damon didn't let it go easily.

"Why?" Damon asked. I scowled at him angrily.

"What do you mean why Damon?" I couldn't say anymore because suddenly Damon pinned me down and hovered over me completely. He was looking damn serious now and I gulped down my nervousness. Why was he being so aggressive?

"Why are you acting like tonight is the last time you are going to see everyone. What's with this forgiving shit Jacq? What are you up to, huh?" Damon demanded answers. I tried to play cool with him.

"I am not up to anything Damon. I am just relieved that finally Klaus will be gone from our lives for good and soon everyone will be safe once again. I just want to forget about the past and the problems of it and give a fresh start to my life. Is it too much to ask for?" I said and Damon stayed silent for quite sometime before speaking up again.

"I swear Jacq if I find out later that you are endangering your life in anyway, I will seriously turn you into a vampire this time and create the sire bond between us. You won't have any free will then. I am warning you for the last time" said Damon and I just nodded my head to him. After a few more seconds Damon calmed down finally and leaned down to kiss me. He captured my lips with his and started kissing me with urgency. He licked my bottom lip, asking me to open up. I parted my lips for him and he pushed his tongue in my mouth. I moaned lightly as I tasted his sweetness. Damon deepened the kiss and started kissing me more wildly. His hands started roaming over my sides and ribs, sending shivers through my whole body. I couldn't help but touch his broad shoulders and chest. He suddenly grabbed my wrists with his hands and pinned them above my head, not appreciating the tease touch. Damon was getting wilder and more passionate with each passing second. He slowly intertwined our fingers and started kissing my neck and throat hungrily. He kissed the nerve near my ear and whispered in a husky voice.

"I want you." I didn't have any power to say no to him and didn't want to either. Our making out slowly turning into making love within moments. It was amazing as always. We stayed out there together the whole night, wrapped around each other, loving each other immensely till the dawn came up.

"We should go back Damon." I said watching the darkness slowly leaving the sky. Damon kissed me again and nodded, agreeing to leave easily, thankfully. We got dressed up again and Damon drove me back to the town.

"Can you take me back to the cemetery again? I need to do something there." I said and Damon frowned at me confusingly.

"What do you need to do in the graveyard Jacq and at this time?" asked Damon and I just quietly replied-

"You will see." Damon didn't argue further this time and took me there. Once we reached the cemetery again I walked up to the Gilbert graves. The flowers I had put last night were still there. Damon came up to me and wrapped an arm around my back and kissed on my shoulder lightly as if to support me.

"You still miss them, don't you?" Damon asked, feeling sad for me. I shook my head in answer though.

"I just wish they were still alive." I said and suddenly Damon tensed up while having me wrapped in his arms. I looked back at him wondering what happened. But I didn't need to ask Damon anything to know why he got tensed up suddenly because when I noticed where he was looking at, I got the answer immediately.

"What are you doing here?" asked Damon with annoyance as Elijah stood not far from us with a calm look on his face as usual. I sighed out heavily.

"Damon!" I called his name. Damon looked back at me with confused eyes.

"I just want you to know that I am really very sorry for what's going to happen right now. You have no idea how terribly guilty I am feeling for doing this to you. And this is all because I love you Damon. I loved you with everything I have in me and I always will." Damon frowned at me with confusion as I said that. He started to get worried and tensed up. Sensing something wrong is going on.

"What are you talking about Jacq?" asked Damon but instead of answering his question, I stepped away from him and before Damon could grab me again, Elijah stood between me and Damon. Elijah looked deep into his eyes and compelled Damon.

"You will not move." He said and Damon found himself unable to move.

"And you will do as I say." Elijah spoke up again in his compelling tone of voice. I started walking away from them with tears running down my eyes uncontrollably. I had whispered after going a little further, hoping that Damon would still hear me.

"Goodbye Damon."

End Of Flashback

I had asked Elijah to do me a favor. I had asked him to compel Damon. Elijah had compelled Damon to move on with his life. Damon would remember me but he will never be miserable about my death. And most importantly he will never try to kill himself over me. Damon would be happy for me instead, happy that I am getting peace finally. He will mourn me only for a day or two but after that, no more sorrow for him. Damon will start a new life and he will search for a new love, one more time and hopefully for the last time. Damon will find peace again and he will be loved by someone more perfect for him than I ever was. Someone must be out there, made only for him and him alone other than me and that person will love Damon like I love him, or maybe even more than me. He just needs to look for her and find that girl. Damon will not be alone for eternity, I just know it. There has to be someone who would capture his heart again. I will always be there though in his heart but I am also leaving a huge empty space in it as well. So that when Damon would meet that special someone, she would be able to get in his heart easily enough. Damon will live happily for eternity and not suffer anymore ever.

I know that I took away Damon's choices from him. And what I did to him was terrible. I didn't even give him a chance to save me. Damon must be somewhere sleeping or unconscious, waiting to wake up and start fresh again. And believe me, I am the one who is missing his presence most at the moment. I now understand Elena and why she had Jeremy compelled by Damon. It's because we loved them and we don't want to see them suffer at all. Love, it's a very selfish and wretched feeling indeed. It makes us do things sometimes that we despise the most. Love turned me selfish and mean. I didn't want to judge right and wrong anymore and that's why I had Elijah compel Damon. I couldn't let Damon die, I couldn't let him suffer for his whole life. What happened to Damon after he thought Katherine died, wouldn't happen this time. Damon won't turn into an emotionless monster again. Even the blood bond wouldn't make him do anything stupid. And all of these because I love him, I love Damon extremely. When I said to Damon that I would do anything to keep him safe, I really meant anything. He will be okay, I knew that. After all he still got Stefan, Elena, Rose and Ric, and everyone else to take care of him. And sooner or later love will enter his life again.

From the cemetery I had gone to Bonnie's dad's house. There I left a letter for Bonnie, an apology letter:

Dear Bonnie,

When you will open this letter to read, I will be long gone from your world. You have probably figured out already by now that the ring I was wearing was nothing magical. And I am not coming back to life. Bonnie, I can't express in words how terribly sorry I am for tricking you like that. I don't know if everyone still remembers me or just forgot everything about me completely the minute I died. But if you do remember me, I want you to know that Bonnie, you have nothing to feel guilty about. I would have died anyway even if you hadn't stopped my heart. I was meant to die from the beginning. I hope you find it in yourself and forgive me someday for my vicious treachery. And I also want to thank you for giving me the peaceful death I yearned for such a long time. You have no idea what it means to me.

I would like to inform you of somethings too. You must know about them, so that even after I am gone you can protect everyone from danger. I am sure you've already found out from Ric that I am not from your world. I came from an alternate universe. When I first arrived here, I had Ric made numbers of stakes out of white oak tree wood. They are the only weapons against the originals. Though I am sure Elijah will never let the situation go to where you would need to use the stakes on them but still I am telling you about it just in case you ever need them. However never use it on Klaus, you can't let him die and you already know the reason why. Those stakes are hidden in the abandon witch house. Ric will show you where. Keep them safe in your possession.

Another important thing Bonnie that only you should know about is that, Klaus had a coffin with him that wouldn't open easily. It's sealed with magic. And only you and Abby could open it by performing spells together. But never ever open that coffin Bonnie. I am repeating again, never open that box. Because in there lies Esther, Klaus's mother. If she ever gets out she will kill everyone, all of her children including Klaus and she would attempt to free the world from all vampires. No matter what, don't let that happen Bonnie. She already tried to kill Elena once by letting Klaus believe that he needs to sacrifice the doppelganger in the ritual. And she could do it again if she comes back. Klaus's desiccated and chained body should rest in the old Lockwood cellar. I had showed Mason the magical cave in where no vampire could enter. It would be the safest place to keep Klaus's body along with his mother's coffin. And also make sure Elijah or any other original does not find out about Esther, or they might try to open the coffin misunderstanding their mother's intentions.

One last thing from me, and it's about the rings Jeremy and Uncle John possess. Those rings are kind of dangerous. Each time they die and before they come back to life again, they go to the parallel universe for sometime which is called the other side. Where they meet many people including Esther. She could motivate them into releasing her. Never let that happen too. Jeremy or John could turn into killers as well and murder people without them knowing about it. The rings could badly mess up with their heads, so be careful about that. Another thing you and Elena as well should know about is that, Isobel is not as heartless as she appears to be. She loves Elena dearly. Pearl got her locked up, but it's time to let her out. Ask Isobel to start a new life and be the mother she never got the chance to be but had wished for nonetheless. Convince Elena to accept her, and help her recognize her mother's love. The same goes for Uncle John. He could give up his own life for Elena, he just doesn't know how to show the love he has for her. Elena once lost her parents, help her get new ones because this time she could have a whole family again. Jenna doesn't need to do any sacrifice anymore. She can have her own responsibility free life like she wants to. And start a life for herself with Ric without anyone to worry about. And don't hate Katherine so much. She is a changed person now.

I guess this is it Bonnie, my dear witchy friend. You all have given me so much happiness that I never thought I could have in my life. You turned me into a good person. From you I've learned how to care about someone and love them. For the first time, I got friends and a family and some one to love. I can't thank you enough for that. And I could only say that I love each one of you dearly. I got the opportunity to experience the beauty of life with you. And now even in my death, I am sure I will be thinking of everyone every moment. I wish I could spend some more time with you but every beautiful thing comes to an end sooner or later. I have so many more things to say to you but I am afraid my page doesn't have much space left. I have to stop here Bonnie. I know you will do a wonderful job of protecting everyone. Take care of yourself too.

Your guilty friend from another world

Jacqueline.

After dropping the letter off to Bonnie's house, I had spent sometime alone with myself. Then I had called Klaus and asked him to come to the abandon witch's house to get Elena. Once he came there Klaus was attacked by Jonas and Elijah. They were already prepared for him. Klaus yelled angrily at me and put on a tough fight with Elijah. But Jonas was able to tame him with his powers. Then Bonnie started doing her part and before I knew it, my heartbeat was coming to a stop and so was Klaus's. The pain I was feeling a while ago, wasn't there anymore. I was feeling nothing except that my life was fading away from me and I was feeling very sleepy. I started seeing dark spots before my eyes and my breathing became every slow. Suddenly I got blind and I didn't see anything but darkness around me. My heartbeat almost vanished and it's only a matter of seconds that it will stop beating forever. How fast this moment came, how fast the good time ended!

My heart made a very loud and strong beating sound.

Everyone's faces started flashing before my eyes, their smiles and laughs, the moments I spent with them. The first time I met with everyone. The times I had fun with them and burst out in laughter. The times I was embraced and loved by them. How I cherish those memories!

My heartbeat was weak this time.

Damon, the love of my life. How I met with him. How he crawled into my life and became my life. I vividly remember the first time we kissed. It was so amazing.

My heartbeat was inaudibly this time.

Everything beautiful comes to an end sooner or later. And that's what makes a beautiful thing more beautiful. My life here would become more beautiful with my doom. And so I say-

My heart beat for one last time.

Good bye the world of vampire diaries.

The End

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