"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win" - Stephen King. Katherine flees with Elena's prone body after breaking the hybrid curse and nobody has seen them since. Not even Caroline is privy to their whereabouts. Trouble looms near and caution disappears into the void when news of Klaus Mikaelson has been tamed. Sequel to Sweet Cruelty

Years flow like an unrepentant river, Carrying the soil of life away, Holding far more than they can deliver, A magical intervention enters the fray.

"I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up By people who you trusted? That's bad." Tupac Shakur. Longing for the power of magic he had been born with, he turned to mayhem and violence in hopes they would compensate for what he'd lost. Like a rag doll, he had been discarded and rejected until they grown bored of normalcy. Ties into AAU chapter 5.

1st Series of AAU collection. "Take my hand, I'll teach you to dance. I'll spin you around, won't let you fall down. Would you let me lead, you can step on my feet. Give it a try, it will be alright." - He Is We. Set during season 1 Bloodlines. AU. Damon didn't come to Elena's rescue, Katherine did. Will Elena be just a means to an end? Minor Datherine. COMPLETED.