Elena had managed to talk Maddox into playing rock, paper, scissor with her to pass the time when vampire woke up with a quiet groan. Elena giggled as she saw the vampire trying to find an escape route without being noticed.

"We know you are awake." Elena sing songed as she beat Maddox paper with her scissor.

"Don't bother trying to get through." Greta spoke up as she saw the looks the vampire were throwing the fiery ring around him. "I spelled the circle. You're trapped, no matter what you do."

"Why are you so friendly with him?" the male vampire, who Elena now saw was one of her class mates, asked slowly. "They kidnapped us!"

"Because I'm not kidnapped, Aiden." Elena shrugged and patted Maddox on the arm as they ended their game.

"You helped them take me?" Aiden got up from the ground.

"I did not." Elena denied. "But I knew that there would be a need for a vampire to be sacrificed in this ritual. And a werewolf. And me."

"Vampires aren't real." Aiden sneered. "And is this some paganistic hell cult or something?"

"Vampires are real. You feel that burning in your throat? That's the thirst for blood." Elena hummed. "And it's not a paganistic hell cult."

"But it is a cult?" Aiden looked scared and freaked out.

"I don't know if they would consider it a cult." Elena shrugged. "And if it was a cult, what would they call it? The Cult of Klaus?"

"What about 'Cult of The New Order'?" Greta piped up with a laugh.

"Cult of the Hybrid." Maddox offered.

"That is awesome!" Elena laughed and Greta nodded in agreement.

"From this point forward, I dub this 'The Cult of the Hybrid." Greta said somnolently.

"You are all insane!" Aiden called out.

"You're the one who is almost pissing his pants in fear, you have no room to talk. # Pathetic." Elena sneered at him.

"Hashtag?" Aiden looked slightly confused.

"Oh, it hasn't gotten enough traction yet, but you just wait, in a few years it'll be a big thing." Elena informed him. "Well, you'll have to take my word for it, you won't be alive to see it."

"You're just going to let them kill me?" Aiden demanded to know.

"Pretty much, yeah." Elena nodded. "And even if you weren't used in this ritual, I would've killed you anyway."

"What did I ever do to you?" Aiden screamed at her.

"Nothing, I just feel the need to kill something." Elena shrugged with a chuckle.

"Who's that?" Aiden asked as they heard a groan.

"Must be the werewolf, duh." Elena sneered, then she looked between Maddox and Greta. "Please tell me it's Jules? Pretty please?"

"It is." Maddox nodded.

"Yes!" Elena threw a fist in the air.

"What's happening to me?" Jules clutched her stomach in pain.

"I cast a spell to slow down your transformation." Greta smirked as she made a ring of fire appear around Jules. "Your insides are trying to tear themselves free."

"Greta." Elena walked up to her and kissed her full on the lips. "You are awesome and I adore you."

"Hey, hands of my girl!" Maddox called out.

"Sorry." Elena smiled apologetically at him before she turned towards Jules. "Does it hurt?"

"Yes!" Jules screamed out in pain.

"Good." Elena laughed and walked back over to where Maddox was standing.

"Why aren't you trapped by a fiery ring?" Aiden wondered.

"Because I know she won't try and escape." Klaus said as he walked into the Quarry. "She is here willingly."

"What?!" Aiden called out in shock. "You would willingly let him sacrifice you?!"

"Obviously." Elena drawled and had to stop herself from laughing as she reminded herself of Severus Snape.

"Why would you let him kill us?" Jules gasped out in pain.

"You and your pack tortured my best friend and then you tried to make me into your pack bitch/baby maker." Elena glared at her. "Your boyfriend, Brady, got his heart ripped out after he tried to rape me. It brings me absolute happiness to know that I'll get to watch you die."

"Are we ready?" Klaus asked even as he turned a dark look at Jules.

"Everything is set." Greta nodded.

"I've got the moonstone." Klaus walked up on a nearby hill and pulled the moonstone from his pocket. "I spent 500 years looking for this. I hate to part with it."

"The moon has passed its apex." Greta said as she accepted the stone from Klaus. "Remember everything you need to do?"

"I remember." Klaus inclined his head.

Greta dropped the moonstone into a stone bowl filled with flames and sparks flew as the moonstone was destroyed. She began to chant a spell in Latin as Klaus approached the fiery ring containing Jules.

"I hope you suffer." Jules glared at Elena.

"You first." Elena sneered back.

"Shall we?" Klaus glared down at Jules.

As the ring of fire around Jules disappeared, Jules eyes turned yellow and she tried to use her werewolf speed to rush at Klaus. Klaus got the upper hand without much effort and quickly pinned Jules to the ground, plunged his hand into her chest and ripped her heart out.

"That was epic!" Elena called out making Klaus smile at her enthusiasm as he walked over to Greta.

Greta continued to chant as Klaus held Jules's heart over the ceremonial bowl and squeezed the blood into the flame.

"Does that mean it's working?" Klaus asked as he looked at Greta.

"It's working." Greta nodded.

"You know..." Elena turned to look at Aiden. "This could have been karma and poetic justice rolled into one."

"What are you talking about?" Aiden glared at her.

"You are being sacrificed in the same ritual that a woman named Kathrine turned herself into a vampire 500 years ago to escape." Elena laughed. "It would have been really funny to me if Kathrine had been the sacrifice."

"Me too, but I feel that death was too easy for Katerina." Klaus chuckled as he walked over to Aiden's fire ring, then he stopped and turned to look up at the top of the Quarry. "Well, well, I don't recall you being on the guest list."

"Stefan?" Elena murmured shocked.

Stefan must have said something because Klaus nodded, "Very well, then."

Klaus left to talk to Stefan and Elena started to hum to Aiden, as she danced around the fire ring he was trapped in.

"Don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by

For you may be the next to die

They wrap you up in bloody sheets

To drop you six feet underneath

They put you in a pinewood box

And cover you up with dirt and rocks

It all goes well for about a week

And then your coffin begins to leak

And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out

The worms play pinochle on your snout

They eat your eyes, they eat your nose

As you begin to decompose

A slimy beetle with demon's eyes

Chews through your stomach and out your sides

Your stomach turns to rancid grease

And puss pours out like melted cheese

You spread it on a slice of bread

And that's what you'll eat when you're dead

And the worms crawl out, the worms crawl in

The ones that crawl in are lean and thin

The ones that crawl out are fat and stout

And the worms crawl out, the worms crawl in

The ones that crawl in are lean and thin

The ones that crawl out are fat and stout

Your eyes fall in and your hair falls out

Your brain turns into maggot pie

Your liver starts to liquify

And for the living, all is well

As you sink further into hell

And the flames rise up to drag you down

Into the fire where you will drown

Your skin melts off as you descend

And Satan tears you limb from limb

Your suffering will never end

And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out

They'll eat your guts and then shit them out

And when your bones begin to rot

The worms remain, but you do not

So don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by

For someday, you'll be the one to die

And when Death brings his cold despair

Ask yourself, "Will anyone care?" – The Hears Song by Rusty Cage.(song at the top of the page)

"That was a very fitting song." Klaus applauded as he and Stefan walked back to them.

"That was morbid." Aiden said disgusted.

"So's your face." Elena shrugged making Klaus chuckle. "What are you doing here, Stefan?"

"I didn't want you to die alone." Stefan admitted softly.

"That's so sweet, pretty boy." Elena gushed teasingly.

"Shut up." Stefan grumbled. "And I'm not pretty."

"Well..." Klaus hummed with a smirk.

"You can't argue with the thousand-year-old soon to be hybrid." Elena chuckled.

"Just get on with the ritual." Stefan told them with a huff.

"Welcome to the Cult of the Hybrid." Elena chuckled.

"The Cult of the Hybrid?" Klaus looked intrigued.

"Well, Aiden asked if this as a paganistic ritual or cult and when I said it wasn't paganistic he concluded that it was a cult." Elena laughed. "And then we tried calling it The Cult of Klaus but that didn't sound good and Greta said something about The Cult of The New Order. But it was Maddox who came up with The Cult of the Hybrid so that is what this is now."

"Does that mean you'll worship at my feet?" Klaus laughed.

"No, but I will admit to you being badass and epic." Elena grinned.

"Whenever you're ready Greta." Klaus chuckled as he walked over to the ring of fire containing Aiden.

Greta started on the next part of the spell, chanting in a similar but different tune than earlier, which dispels the fire around Aiden.

"Say 'Hello' to Death from me." Elena smirked at Aiden.

"Go to Hell." Aiden snarled back.

"Nah, I'd probably rule hell within two weeks and get bored." Elena sing songed.

"Please help me." Aiden begged as he looked at Stefan.

"If you had begged me two years ago I would but you see..." Stefan looked Aiden in the eyes. "Elena have thought me that I can't take the life of every being on to my shoulders and after finally learning and accepting that, I only care if my family and Pack dies."

Suddenly Aiden vamp-sped over to Greta and ferociously bit into her neck, making Greta scream. Klaus rushed after him and staked Aiden in the back, pulled him off Greta, who had fallen to the ground. Aiden gasped as Klaus released him and he fell to the ground.

Stefan vamp-sped over and offered Greta his bleeding wrist to heal her neck before going back over to Elena.

Elena started to hum 'Let the bodies hit the floor' under her breath as Klaus flipped Aiden over onto his back and staked him in the heart. Klaus released the stake from his grasp and stood up as Aiden became grey and decayed.

"And he is dead." Stefan murmured. "That was anticlimactic."

"How do you feel?" Elena looked at him.

"I don't really care." Stefan sighed and looked relaxed. "What I said earlier was true, I only care about our Pack."

"Yay!" Elena hummed.

Stefan walked up to Elena and hugged her, "I'll see you on the morrow."

"I think I might take a sleep-in tomorrow but as long as you make sure to have lunch ready, I'll be there." Elena hugged back.

Greta started to chant the next part of the spell with Klaus by her side as she poured Aiden's blood into the ceremonial bowl. Klaus slowly walked over to Elena and she decided to meet him halfway.

"It's time." Klaus murmured.

"Are you excited?" Elena asked softly. "To feel whole again?"

"Honestly? I'm both excited and nervous." Klaus whispered to her so no one else could hear.

"If no one has told you I just want you to know," Elena smiled at him. "I'm proud of you."

"Thank you for doing this." Klaus looked at her with gratefulness and a dimpled smile. "And I really hope that whatever you and your friends have found to save your life will work."

"You're welcome and I'm confident that it will." Elena offered her neck to Klaus. "By the way, your dimples are adorable."

Elena were slightly surprised that the fangs sinking in to her neck didn't hurt. Klaus pulled her closer to him as he drained her and she could feel herself grow weaker and weaker. When the world went black for Elena, she didn't notice Klaus placing her body gently on the ground while placing a bloody kiss on her forehead.

XOXOXOX

The first thing Elena noticed when she woke up was that she was laying on something soft yet hard. She opened her eyes to look around and saw that she was in a forest somewhere and the thing she was laying on was a moss-covered hill.

"Where am I?" Elena wondered out loud as she got up. "What is this place?"

She didn't get an answer, obviously, so she decided to walk around and explore. After an hour of walking she came upon a stream with what looked like clean water and feeling thirsty she bent down and cupped her hands in the water to drink some.

"Who are you?" A voice sounded from behind her, making her jump.

"Dear God and his dancing gay Archangels!" Elena exclaimed in surprise, then she turned towards the voice with a glare. "Don't sneak up on people!"

"My apologies, Miss." The man bowed his head. "I am just unused to meet anyone here."

The man had shoulder length brown hair, stubble on his square jaw and dressed in medieval clothes, but what really caught Elena's attention was the sadness in his brown eyes. He looked familiar in some way but she couldn't place from where.

"That's alright." Elena smiled kindly. "If you don't mind me asking, where are we?"

"I don't rightly know." The man admitted. "Most of the time I sleep but sometimes I awake and I'm here."

"It's quite beautiful here." Elena looked around, the sun was rising from the east, making the forest come alive in green.

"It is quite beautiful." The man smiled, but Elena was too busy looking around to see that the man wasn't looking at the forest but at her.

"Nature has always been beautiful." Elena murmured. "Sadly, most people are too busy with trivial things to appreciate the beauty around them."

"You are correct about that." The man smiled at her and bowed. "My name is Finn, Miss. Would you honor me with your name?"

"Elena." Elena curtsied with a smile.

"Well then, Miss Elena." Finn walked closer to her and held out his arm to her. "Would you allow me to escort you through this forest?"

"I would be delighted." Elena smiled and took the offered arm, feeling a tingle in her tummy as it reminded her of Elijah.

Finn had led her along a path that she hadn't seen earlier when he asked, "If you don't mind me asking, how did you come to be here?"

"I don't mind." Elena assured him. "I died as a willingly sacrifice in a ritual."

"I'm sorry." Finn murmured softly.

"I'm not." Elena smiled. "I got to meet you, didn't I?"

"That is very kind of you to say." Finn smiled back at her.

"So how come you are here?" Elena asked. "If you don't mind me asking."

"I don't really remember." Finn admitted. "I know I have been here for a very long time, but the details are murky."

"I'm sorry if I brought up unpleasant feelings or memories." Elena apologized.

"You didn't, it's just not something I have thought about in a long time." Finn told her. "I think this is a place someone placed me in so I wouldn't die. I think I was sad and lost and wanted it to be over..."

"Sometimes it hurts to breathe and sometimes you just want for it end. That's when you take a deep breath and look around you at your life and ask yourself if you really are as low and deep in the black abyss as you can be?" Elena began softly. "If the answer is ; then you have things to fight for, even if it's just the thought of seeing the beauty of another sunrise. If the answer is ; then you really shouldn't give up, after all, the only way for you to go from this point is up."

"That was very... beautiful and sad but also inspiring." Finn murmured.

"It is one of the things I say to myself when I feel like everything is hopeless." Elena admitted.

They spent hours walking around the forest and talking about everything and nothing until Elena felt herself fade. "I think I'm waking up."

"Did you not say that you died in a sacrifice?" Finn asked confused.

"I did but a friend had found an elixir that would hopefully bring me back and it seems like it worked." Elena explained.

"I'm happy that you are going to be okay." Finn smiled sadly. "But it saddens me to have you leave."

"Somehow I have the feeling that this isn't the last time we shall meet." Elena smiled and managed to kiss him on the cheek before she faded completely.