𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐎 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒

𝟐𝐱𝟐𝟏

I hated being out of the loop. This was ridiculous. Eventually he was going to have to let me go. What did he really need me for? Did he have a secret agenda? Hopefully, I'm let out of here sooner rather than later. I'm tired of not being fed either. And wearing the same outfit! Like come on! You'd think since he's been on earth for literally a thousand years, he'd of learned some manners, but no, still a dick.

Damon had been bit by Tyler. Believe it or not, I didn't want Damon to die. He was actually one of my best friends, but he doesn't need to know. He's a good person deep down, he just acts like a jackass. He's my frenemie and we have a good dynamic. I wasn't ready for that to just go away. Who was I gonna make buy all of my food?

Damon rolled up his sleeve, to showcase his werewolf bite to Katherine and I, who stood in opposite sides of him. The bite looked to be spreading. It was veiny and inflamed. I remembered how Rose had been as the bite started to spread more and more. I didn't want to think about the same thing happening to Damon.

"So that's what a werewolf bite looks like." Katherine stated, looking at it wearily.

"Yep." Damon answered.

"It's not that bad."

"Wait till the hallucinations start." I muttered knowing they could both still hear me anyway.

"So that's it? You're just gonna die?" Katherine questioned as Damon had stood and rolled his sleeve back down. He looked at her stoically as I looked his way only.

"Well, that depends. You know anything about a cure? Either of you?" He questioned looking between the both of us, blankly. In his eyes, I could see that he looked genuinely tired.

"I'll figure something out. I'll ask the witches. You can't just die on me." I stated determinedly...as soon as I get out of this damn apartment. I saw how the bite quite literally made Rose lose her marbles and go all ghostface on us before it inevitably killed her.

"Don't waste your breath Mira. I'm fresh out of luck." Damon sighed before putting his jacket on that was splayed out on the couch. I walked behind him, mirroring his every move.

"I am Damon because you're my friend, my old douchebag nut job of a friend. You can't just give up and die, that's not you! You want me to just live with that?!" I shoved him, aiming to get his attention, to get him to look me in the eyes. Once he had, he looked down at me somberly before putting his hand on my shoulder.

I looked up at him with glassy eyes as we engaged in silent conversation amongst each other. Who would've that I'd been emotional at the thought of Damon Salvatore dying? No one ever—that's who.

"A hundred and forty five years and...no last goodbye?" Katherine questioned him as he was getting ready to leave.

"You don't get a goodbye." He said brushing her off, not really wanting to hear anything from Katherine.

She sped in front of him blocking him from leaving, obviously affected by his attitude towards her. "Don't. Don't leave mad." She stated whilst looking him dead in the eye.

"Us ending up on good terms isn't exactly on my bucket list Katherine." He stated persistently. It's like I was watching a soap opera, except I had no food to enjoy it with. Speaking of food, I am starving! I know everyone else sucks the life source out of people, but I don't!

"Klaus made me call Jenna to lure her out. There was nothing that I could do. I didn't have a choice."

"Oh you had one! You just didn't give a shit enough to make the right one. As long as Katherine Pierce gets out of a bind it's all sunshine and rainbows! She'll lie, kill, and manipulate just to get her way and she won't even say sorry for it." I spat her way. She didn't give a shit about Jenna or anyone for that matter!  There wasn't any need to lie about it, she had vervain.

"That's why I gave you the vervain. So you had a choice." Damon said as a matter of fact.

"It was her or me." Katherine looked at me as she said so before continuing, "I chose her".

"I helped you. You owed me. Now when Klaus dies, you're gonna walk out of here without a scratch and Elena's aunt dies. Somehow, you're the only one that wins. How'd that happen?" Damon said in a disappointed tone before questioning her.

"I didn't let love get in the way." She responded cooly.

"Oh please! When it comes to Stefan you always let love get in the way." I stated exasperatedly, fed up with hearing talk. She glared my way before turning towards Damon.

"Enjoy an eternity alone, Katherine." He told her, voice filled with exhaustion as he walked towards the door.

"What are you gonna do?" Katherine asked him.

"I'm gonna offer myself as a replacement to Klaus." Damon answered as if it was the most obvious thing to do.

"What?!" I exclaimed as Katherine simultaneously said that Klaus wouldn't take him. His blood had been impure due to the werewolf bite, chances are, his death wouldn't activate Klaus's curse since he would've been dead enough already.

"I'm sorry Damon..but Jenna's dead, there's nothing you can do about it. Either of you." Katherine said sincerely before looking at the both of us side by side. I looked over at Damon with glazed eyes only to meet his defeated ones.

There really was nothing any of us could do. This sacrifice was happening. Jenna was gonna die, so would Elena. Apparently Damon was on the grim reaper train too, and I didn't even think he qualified.

"Come on Mira. I'm not letting you stay here any longer." Damon looked at me awaiting for me to follow him. I looked back at Katherine to see a somber look on her face before it was replaced with a blank stare. I scoffed at her before making sure that nothing of mine was left at Alaric's. I was going to be at this ritual to see what could possibly be going.

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"It's time to get some actual food. Not Doritos and air." Damon said as we got into the car. I looked at him and really processed the features on his face. He looked tired yet, he seemed content and I didn't like that not one bit.

"So that's it huh? You're just done! You're just going to let death stop you?! What about Stefan? What about Elena? Don't you care?!" I shouted at him. He sighed as he just continued to look at the road. I scoffed at him and shook my head. What the hell was his deal? He's just going to leave this earth and not tell anyone what's wrong with him.

"Answer me!" I yelled at him.

"What would you have me do huh?! They've got enough problems already! And you saw what happened to Rose, this is unavoidable. Telling Stefan, Elena, and the others isn't in the cards for me right now. Let this go." He yelled back at me exhaustedly as he stopped the car. He looked like his mind had been made up. If anything they'd find out from someone else because it sure as shit wasn't going to be Damon.

"Let this go?! Are you nuts? Stefan would never be able to live with himself if you died, especially if he didn't know about it. You're just gonna leave him without so much as a goodbye? He's not Katherine, he's your brother and I know you promised him an eternity of misery but, deep down I know you love him." I stated, looking him over to see he had unshed tears in his eyes before he swallowed them down and started heading to the grill.

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As Damon went inside to get my lemonade and nachos. I just thought about everything that's gone on in the past few days. I've been kidnapped and held against my will, I haven't eaten any real food in three days, I haven't seen my parents who are probably worried sick, my secret bff was going to die and no I don't mean Elena, I haven't seen Caroline in a while, Klaus and I are sort of frenemies and Katherine. Katherine is an enigma. I didn't quite get her as a person, but then again why would I? She's the bad guy.

As I was fiddling with the rings that adorned my fingers, Damon put the bag of food in my lap before heading to the boarding house.

When we walked through the  door, Damon went to his room and plopped onto his bed. I followed him to his room to make sure he wouldn't die or anything and put on some cartoons since I'm nice like that. As I was sitting at the edge and grubbing on my nachos, fries, and my burger (A/N: Damon's so real. Like okay soft spot for Amira!) someone had been knocking on the door. Who the hell could that be?

I shoved the fry in my mouth before helping Damon out of the bed, just in case he got lightheaded or something, and we headed to the door.

"Heard ya." Damon stated as we headed toward the door, yet the person knocked again. "Relax we're coming!" I sighed as Damon was about to trip. I grabbed his arm to see him close his eyes momentarily before rolling up his sleeve to see that the bite was getting progressively worse.

"Come on." I urged him before he rolled down his sleeves uttered wow to himself in disbelief. He turns the door knob and opens it to reveal none other than John Gilbert. Hooray!

"Great. I was just thinking about getting a bite to eat." Damon stated full of boredom.

"Elena hasn't returned any of my calls for days. I need to see her." John ignored his snide comment before letting himself in.

"Oh yes! Do come in John!" I exclaimed sarcastically with a fake smile adoring my face. Damon threw a smirk my way before closing the door behind John.

"Well, you're a day late and a daughter short, John." Damon informed him.

"What are you talking about?"

"The old man who wants to spill her blood over a rock got her." I flippantly remarked.

"Klaus has her." Damon backed me up before continuing, "The sacrifice goes down tonight."

"How could you let that happen? You were supposed to keep her safe. Wasn't that the sum total of your plan, to keep her safe?" John scolded Damon.

"Well your daughter is a very slow individual-." I started before Damon cut me off.

"She is safe. I fed her my blood." Damon revealed while scowling at John. I snapped my head in his direction as John and I simultaneously said you what looking at him as if he possessed two heads. Now the bitch was going to be immortal! I can't even stand her as a human let alone as a supernatural being!

"When Klaus kills Elena in the sacrifice she will come back to life, granted as the thing you hate most in the world but no one really cares what you think." Damon sized John up and down before John attempted to push him. Now John why would you try that? I mean seriously. No wonder Elena's so slow she gets it from you!

"You do not want to mess with me right now." Damon breathed heavily after pushing John into the wall.

"I would listen to him." I advised as I sat back down on the couch and continued eating my food. Man, what the hell was I going to tell my parents?! They're going to kill me and probably never let me live this down...

"You ruined her life. You know that, right?" John stated.

"You helped." I commented under my breath.

"I know, John. I took her choice, destroyed her future, trust me I get it. It actually gets worse." Damon said, actually taking accountability with a hint of regret in his voice.

"How could it possibly get any worse?" John asked, looking back at Damon.

"You'd be surprised. This town just sucks." I stated while pouring myself a drink until Damon took it away. Douchebag!

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Damon, John, and I were on our way to the crypts. Why? I had no idea but, I was going to find out. We had to make a stop for John to get the Gilbert journals before we headed there. So if I'm right, it means we're getting involved in the ritual in some way shape or form and the keys are through the Gilbert journals and witchcraft. I'm assuming I'm the witch in charge, since Bonnie's dead. I think our problems would all just be solved if we let Klaus kill Elena but they won't listen to me.

Luckily we finally made it. I walked in the crypts behind John to see Bonnie and Jeremy. I stopped walking right then and there as Bonnie stood up. I let out a shaky breath as Bonnie walked toward me.

"Bonnie." I whispered as I wrapped my arms around her tightly, scared to let her go. I was so unbelievably glad that she wasn't dead. Bonnie Bennet was one of my best friends. Her "death" hadn't sat right with me from the beginning. She deserved to eventually get the hell out of this town have a family and be the best version of herself she could possibly be. Not going through inner turmoil with all of this supernatural business. Now that I know she's alive, I am not letting anything happen to her for the sake of Elena or anyone else again.

"Mira. I'm so glad you're here." She sighed in relief as she hugged me just as tight.

"Believe me Bon Bon I am just as glad if not more. You've got some explaining to do." I let her go as I looked her over.

"Yeah yeah save it. Where's Damon?" She rolled her eyes playfully before asking John and I.

"Upstairs hashing it out with fake crocodile Dundee." I responded as I skimmed over everything John brought.

"We found something in the Gilbert journals." Bonnie announced as Damon and Alaric joined the rest of us downstairs.

"Jonathan journaled the story of a mother who called on Emily's services. The woman's baby was sick, dying. Emily cast a spell that would bind the woman's life force with her child's." John explained.

"Skip to the save Elena part." Damon interjected while I sighed already having enough of this. I was ready to go home and see my parents, potentially get the worst scolding known to man, and call it a day. Let's wrap this up. Save Elena, unfortunately, and be on with our merry selves.

"Well, the child died but the mothers life force flowed through her restoring her to life." John continued.

"Is that what your gonna do Johnny boy? Be a daddy and a martyr?" I asked rhetorically while Bonnie slapped my arm.

"Ow! What?! You guys were thinking it! I'm just avidly voicing all of our opinions collectively." I shrugged while Damon nodded his head and agreed.

"We already know Elena's gonna come back to life...but she'll be a vampire." Jeremy said, stating the obvious. Point Damon everyone.

"Not if her soul remains intact." John rebutted.

"Her soul?" Damon and I questioned simultaneously before glaring at each other. That little copy cat.

"You're gonna put your faith in some act of God mumbo jumbo?" Damon questioned John before staring at Bonnie and I for back up.

"I refuse to let Elena become the thing I've spent my life protecting her against. And you can call that God or mystical energy or whatever you want but yes, I'm putting my faith in it." John stated firmly stepping closer to Damon to make his point clear.

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I was watching as Bonnie performed the spell on John. If I saw even a drop of blood, I wasn't gonna let her go through with it. She's already lost enough protecting Elena and everyone else so I'm gonna protect Bonnie.

"Come on Bonnie we got a hybrid to kill." Damon stated impatiently while snapping his fingers at her.

"Shut up and sit down! She needs to concentrate for this to work!" I slapped him upside the head.

Bonnie then opened her eyes and announced that the spell had been done.

"That's it?" Damon questioned and Bonnie hummed and nodded her head. "Let's go." He said softly before walking out of the door and the rest of us following him. Well, more like Bonnie, Damon and I.

Bonnie bid Jeremy a farewell and told him she'd be back soon and he asked what she meant. Jeremy wanted to come with us. I knew he couldn't since all three of us can defend ourselves and he can't. We can't worry about saving his sister if we're worried about him, it would just be a lose lose. Before I knew it Bonnie had put Jeremy to sleep with a kiss and John caught him. I knew that when Jeremy woke up he was gonna be pissed about that, but it was for his own good. If that was the only little Gilbert could be safe then that was the necessary risk we needed to take. Elijah followed us and Bonnie and I made sure that we put a barrier spell so Ric and the others couldn't leave.

"Bonnie! Mira! What is this?" Alaric asked us when he couldn't get through the invisible barrier.

"We can't put anyone else at risk." Bonnie stated.

"I can't stay here with Jenna out there!" Alaric exclaimed. I had felt bad for him. But, there's already enough of us involved in this as it is and Ric isn't supernatural. Sure he's a hunter but that won't always be the best defense especially not against a 1000+ year old hybrid.

"We're sorry Ric." I stated before I turned around and lead the way.

"You can't do this! Damon?" He exclaimed before looking towards Damon for some help.

"Sorry buddy. They're right." Damon said as he followed Bonnie and I.

"No! You-you can't do this! Amira! Bonnie!" Ric shouted as we all got in the car.

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The ritual was finished. Klaus had been at his most vulnerable and it was Bonnie's time to shine. I know i shouldn't feel bad for Klaus but I kind of do. I just think he went about breaking the curse the wrong way for sure. As soon as we got there Bonnie sprung into action. I saw Eliza and Greta watching Bonnie and we're ready to attack. I put a sleeping spell on Eliza while Damon snapped Greta's neck. After he did that, Damon grabbed Elena off the ground and was walking towards where I was helping Stefan get the very large stick protruding out of him. Stefan had told Damon to get Elena and I out of there.

"We aren't leaving without you Steven!" I exclaimed over the wind. Thanks a lot Bon Bon, can barely hear myself think.

"I'm not leaving until he's dead! Go!" Stefan exclaimed before Damon grabbed Elena and ushered me over with him.

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Damon, dead Elena, and I made our way back to the crypts. As Damon and spied through the door to put Elena on the nearby couch he uttered he'd stake her himself if she came back a vampire. I smacked him on the arm in response to that statement as I usually do. He then pushed her hair behind her ear and whispered that he couldn't stand it if she hated him forever. That big ol softie. He's such a wimp for her. Like she isn't totally with Steven, aka his brother, right now...

Jeremy and Alaric ran to where they heard us come in and asked how she was.

"Well she's just a bit dead." I shrugged as Damon glared at me playfully.

"We don't know yet." Damon stated.

"What about Jenna?" Alaric asked us. Damon and I side eyed each other before he turned around and told Jeremy he was sorry. I couldn't look at them. I knew I would've cried at their faces.

Elena then gasped awake as I backed away from her as my heart was pounding out of chest. Damn she scared the crap out of me. Why the hell did she have to gasp like that?! Jeremy rushed over to her and Ric, Jeremy, and Damon had asked her if she was okay and she told them she was fine.

Well that's all hunky dory. I needed to get home and hear an earful from my family. I made Damon speed me back real quick. I stared at my front door, mentally preparing myself for the worst punishment possible. I unlocked the door with my magic before closing the door behind me and locking it. I heard my parents yelling my name in hopes that it was me before I heard footsteps running down the stairs.

"Mom! Dad!" I exclaimed before they ran down and hugged me. I hugged them just as tight. I didn't know how much I missed them until now. Just smelling them and knowing that they were here to comfort me. They were crying and because they were I was too. Never take your parents for granted folks.

"We were worried sick about! Do you know how many people we contacted!? We even told Damon to report to us!" My mom yelled.

"And you know we aren't the biggest fans of Famon speedy." My dad chimed in. I rolled my eyes at that.

"I'm aware believe me. I'm sorry that I worried you guys like that it was all my fault. Maybe if I had kept my mouth shut I wouldn't have even been there. Also I have so much to tell you guys starting with my dreams becoming a reality." I apologized before rambling off in the end.

"Wait what do you mean sweetheart?" My mom asked as all three of us moved over to the couch.

"A while ago I had a dream about this girl, who mind you looked almost identical to me, the girl was trying to save me while I was drowning in a big glass tank. Then while I was held hostage by Klaus I saw her and she had nachos. I love nachos and you guys know this. She's also a witch just like me. She has brunette hair and the only difference between us is that her eyes are blue and mine are green, courtesy of dear old dad. Who the hell is she? Do I have a doppelgänger? No she can't be. We'd have to look exac-." I started to ramble racking my brain before my parents cut me off.

"She's not your doppelgänger speedy."

"Oh thank god. I can't even deal with Elena's doppelgänger let alone my own." I sighed in relief.

"She isn't your doppelgänger because she's your sister sweetheart." My mom stated quietly while holding her head down.

"Repeat that again. I have the hearing of an old man and I must of had a really bad concussion from Klaus because I thought I heard you say sister and news flash I don't have a sister."

"Yeah speedy you do." My dad nodded as he and my mom looked at each other while my jaw was on the floor.

You've gotta be fucking kidding me!

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left you folks with yet another cliffhanger! also don't be fooled. the james family did go to jenna/johns funeral. i just needed to end with this moment being shared because it will change a lot of things for amira moving forward. also, this will be my first update within this book in like a year or two (sorry guys!) so i will ensue that i give you folks what you want and i will continue to write for this book so you guys can see kat and amira blossom into the best love story ever. since my summer classes do not start until next month, i have no choice but to hook you guys up with more content. but buckle up your seatbelts because we have one more chapter to go before season three and a few more ocs of mine will be introduced. also, make sure to pay attention to the small things, they will matter later on. but i appreciate you guys for being patient with me and sticking around. i will not let you down! in elijah fashion, you have my word.
-b❤️