"Hello?" Arielle said annoyed through the phone.
"ðð³ðªð¦ððð¦, ð ð¯ð¦ð¦ð¥ ðºð°ð¶ð³ ð©ð¦ðð±." Stefan said desperately.
"Yea, you got another witch at your beck and call, use her, not me." she went to hang up the phone but Stefan spoke again.
"ðð°, ð¸ð¢ðªðµ, ð±ðð¦ð¢ð´ð¦." he urged, "ð ð¥ð°ð¯'ðµ ðµð©ðªð¯ð¬ ðð°ð¯ð¯ðªð¦ ð¬ð¯ð°ð¸ð´ ð©ð°ð¸ ðµð° ð¥ð° ð¸ð©ð¢ðµ ð ð¯ð¦ð¦ð¥ ð©ð¦ð³ ðµð° ð¥ð°."
"Which is?" she asked curiously.
"ð ð¯ð¦ð¦ð¥ ðµð° ð§ðªð¯ð¥ ð¢ ð¤ð¶ð³ð¦.." the vampire hesitated before finishing his sentence, "..ð§ð°ð³ ð¢ ð¸ð°ðð§ ð£ðªðµð¦."
"You got bitten!?" she asked almost in disbelief. Arielle could hear Stefan from the other line hesitating to tell her something, "Look, if you don't tell me the truth, then theres no chance in hell that I'm helping."
Stefan sighed, "ðð¢ð®ð°ð¯ ð¨ð°ðµ ð£ðªðµ, ð ð¯ð¦ð¦ð¥ ðµð©ð¦ ð¤ð¶ð³ð¦ ð§ð°ð³ ð©ðªð®." he revealed.
Arielke thought about it for second before giving her answer, "Fine, I'll help." she told him.
"ð ð°ð¶ ð¸ðªðð!?" Stefan asked, surprised the girl would help.
"Don't question it, just accept the help." she told him rolling her eyes.
"ðð©ð¢ð¯ð¬ ðºð°ð¶."
"Yeah, I'll text you if I find something." she hung up the phone after saying goodbye and started looking through her spell books.
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"Hey, sorry I'm late, had to make a pit stop." Arielle said as she walked up to Stefan.
"For a milkshake!?" Stefan said pointing at her frosty drink.
The girl shrugged, "Cookies and Cream." Arielle said, as if it's supposed to be justfied, "Want some?" she asked.
Stefan shook his head in disgust and they started walking into Alarics aparment complex.
After a couple moments of silence Stefan spoke up, "Thank you again, I know you and Damon aren't exactly...close."
Arielle snorted at his words, which were true, "Consider this me thanking you." she told him as they walked up the stairs.
"For what?" he asked.
"Helping Care control herself when she turned." she said.
Stefan nodded in understanding and a soft smile formed on his face, "She's a good person and friend."
Arielle studied his face for a second, "Right." she mumbled quietly.
The two finally got to Alarics apartment and Stefan went to knock but Arielle just burst in, as if it was her own house.
Stefan followed after her, in slight shock. They walked in and saw Katherine sitting on the bed, "Hello, Katherine." the male said making the vampire stand.
"Two days, I've been waiting. I'm supposed to be free of Klaus' compulsion by now. He's supposed to be dead." she said walking closer to the pair.
"Quit whining, you sound like Elena." Arielle said sitting on the couch.
"You forget, I can kill you, Arielle." Katherine spat.
"Go ahead, but make sure you don't get my shirt dirty, this one's kinda my favorite." she gave her a fake smile and sipped on her milkshake.
"We ran into complications" Stefan said trying to take the conversation elsewhere.
"Complications?" she repeated angrily.
"Doesn't really matter. I just need to find him." Stefan said.
"Meaning-" Arielle started standing up, "-If you know where he is, you better start talking." she finished flashing her wolf eyes.
Katherine went to answer but stopped and pushed Stefan into a nearby wall. Arielle looked back at the doppleganger in confusion.
"What are-" she stopped once she heard the door open and she saw Elijah and Klaus walking in.
"What are you doing here, little witch?" Klaus asked.
Arielle went to answer but Katherine interrupted her, "Klaus, you're back. Look who decided to come for a visit." she revealed Stefan to the hybrid.
Klaus' gaze drifted off Arielle and shifted towards Stefan, "You just keep popping up, don't you?" the hybrid said sarcastically.
"I need your help....for my brother." Stefan pleaded breaking out of Katherines grip.
"Well, whatever it is, he's gonna have to wait a tick. You see I have an obligation to ð®ðº brother-"
"And you're ð´ð¶ð¤ð© a family guy." Arielle interrupted with a small smile, setting her milkshake down.
The hybrid glared at her before continuing, "-Anyways, I have an obligation to my brother that requires my immediate attention." he turned to leave the room and Arielles eyes flickered to Elijah but she turned away once he looked back at her.
The original looked away from his friend and then to Stefan, "You understand how important family is, or you wouldn't be here. My brother gave me his word that he would reunite me with my own."
"And so I shall." Klaus said. Elijah back to face him but before he could react Klaus daggered him. Arielle let out a screech as Elijah fell to the ground.
Arielle ran to his side and went to pull out the dagger but Klaus stopped her, "I wouldn't do that, Arielle." he warned.
The girl looked up at him with furious eyes, "What the fuck is wrong with you!?" she screeched.
The hybrid stood up ignoring her, "Leave him be, little witch, or else." he threatned.
Arielle stood up and went to sit on the kitchen island, grabbing her milkshake on the way. Klaus looked at Stefan, and in the blink of an eye, he sped him to wall, stabbing him with a stake.
"You feel that?" he asked sinisterly, "It's scraping against your heart. The slightest movement and you're dead." he whispered in his ears.
"He's just trying to help his brother." Katherine pleaded for Stefan, seeing the amount of pain he was in.
"Arielle said you could help." the vampire breathed out, "Make me a deal. Just give me the cure." he pleaded in pain, "I'll-I'll do whatever you want."
Klaus' eyes flickered between Arielle, who was sipping on her milkshake completely unbothered, and Stefan, who looked to be in agonizing pain. He released Stefan and walked to stand infront of Arielle.
"How could I help?" he asked innocently.
"Oh, I don't know for sure, but I have....a hunch." she told him.
"A hunch?" he repeated, the girl nodded, "You came because of a hunch?" he asked again.
"Gosh, do you know what that means? Because you keep repeating it as if it's the most unbelievable thing in the world." she said annoyed.
The hybrid rolled his eyes at her and started pouring himself blood, "Trouble is, I don't know if he'd be any good to me the way he is now." he threw the blood bag aside as the cup filled up, "He's just shy of useless."
Arielle rolled her eyes, "Can you just name your price?" she asked, already done with his dramatics, "I'm starving and you being so dramatic isn't helping."
"I heard about this one vampire, crazy bloke, always on and off the wagon for decades." he began, ignoring Arielle's comment, "When he was off, he was magnificent. 1917, he went into Monteray and wiped out an entire migrant village." he continued, "A true ripper." he finished.
"I haven't been that way in a long time." Stefan panted holding the spot where Klaus held the stake.
"Well," he tutted, "That's the vampire I can make a deal with. That's the kind of talent that I can use when I leave this town."
Stefan used whatever strength he had left and stood up, walking closer to where Klaus was, "Katerina, come here." not wanting to reveal she was on vervain, the doppleganger walked towards him.
Once she was close enough, Klaus grabbed her wrist and bit her. Katherine screames in fear, realizing she was going to die from the wolf poison.
That was when it hit Arielle, " You know what the cure is." she muttered, making the hybrid smirk in her direction.
The hybrid bit his wrist and fed Katherine his blood. Stefan and Arielle watched the wolf bite heal in realization, "Your blood is the cure." Stefan muttered.
"No shit sherlock." Arielle mumbled, quite loudly.
"Gotta love mother nature." Klaus said with a smile.
"Now, let's talk, you and I." Klaus said to Stefan.
Klaus took out a vial and started filling it up with his blood, "You want to save your brother? How about a decade-long bender? I have big plans for you when we leave this town."
Stefan shook his head, "I'm not like that anymore."
"Well, that's too bad. You would have made a hell of a wingman." he began to pour the blood in the sink but Arielle muttered a spell to make the vial go to her hands.
"Sorry, but I'm on Stefan's side." she said holding up the vial, with a sweet smile.
"Give the vial back." he said through gritted teeth.
"No." she said simply, "You daggered Lijah, you're not getting this back unless you take the dagger out of him."
Klaus gritted his, trying his best to not rip off her head, "Little witch, I advise you too hand that back, or else I'll rip off that pretty little head of yours."
Instead of showing any sign of fear, Arielle smiled, "No." she gasped in fake fear, "Please, if you wanted to kill me, you would've already."
The hybrid looked away from her and then sped towards Stefan. He grabbed his heart in hand, "Give it, or he loses his heart." everyone gasped in shock at the sudden movement.
Stefan shook his head, "No, no, get that to Damon." the younger vampire pleaded.
"No, give it back." Katherine yelled against Stefan's plead.
"Yes, little witch, give it back." Klaus said, with a sickening smile.
Arielle looked at everyone and waved her hand in the air. The two older vampires fell to the floor, with their neck snapped. Stefan looked around and then towards Arielle, "Thank you." he said.
The were-witch shrugged, " I said I'd help, not gonna leave you halfway." she started walking towards the exit but stopped once she noticed Stefan wasn't following, "Are you not coming?" she asked turning back to him.
"No, if I don't stay, Klaus will find out Elena's alive, I can't have that." he explained.
Arielle nodded in understanding, "I'll get this to Damon, I promise." once Stefan gave her a nod, she walked out of the apartment.
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