That's what changes, that it's not Are you going to kill me?, it's not running, it's not Daddy please don't do this. It's not Caroline being trapped and useless and mindless because she's compelled, it's something else. It's her hitting Damon in the head with a fire extinguisher that makes a sick, gross noise when it hits him, it's her getting away from Bruce before he turns, but she still can't stop it.
Because in the end, she hadn't let what Alaric did happen to her. She fought him, they staked him - and they tried to get away, before he snapped her neck. Before she came too, and she's still trapped at the desk and she can feel it, feel all of it, and she's crying and he lied, because he's not here to save her and it's all she can think as Alaric tortures her.
And Elena doesn't do it, she doesn't stake her, and she's so relieved because she knows what's going to happen now, because she lived it.
And then Alaric snaps Elena's neck and the stake, the metal chased wood digs into her chest and he kills her, and it's blinding pain, and then-
She wakes up with a gasp, and the sound she makes is one of terror and she's trying to clamber away from whatever is holding her and she doesn't realise it's Klaus, and the wave of pain from her head doesn't help at all. "Oh god," she breathes, and she's sort of crying even though she doesn't want to, and she's somehow fallen or climbed from the bed and she's sitting on the floor, her back against the wall.
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That's what changes, that it's not Are you going to kill me?, it's not running, it's not Daddy please don't do this. It's not Caroline being trapped and useless and mindless because she's compelled, it's something else. It's her hitting Damon in the head with a fire extinguisher that makes a sick, gross noise when it hits him, it's her getting away from Bruce before he turns, but she still can't stop it.
Because in the end, she hadn't let what Alaric did happen to her. She fought him, they staked him - and they tried to get away, before he snapped her neck. Before she came too, and she's still trapped at the desk and she can feel it, feel all of it, and she's crying and he lied, because he's not here to save her and it's all she can think as Alaric tortures her.
And Elena doesn't do it, she doesn't stake her, and she's so relieved because she knows what's going to happen now, because she lived it.
And then Alaric snaps Elena's neck and the stake, the metal chased wood digs into her chest and he kills her, and it's blinding pain, and then-
She wakes up with a gasp, and the sound she makes is one of terror and she's trying to clamber away from whatever is holding her and she doesn't realise it's Klaus, and the wave of pain from her head doesn't help at all. "Oh god," she breathes, and she's sort of crying even though she doesn't want to, and she's somehow fallen or climbed from the bed and she's sitting on the floor, her back against the wall.