You know what your brother Klaus is planning and what he's going to do to himself, and you refuse to let it happen. Like your other brother Elijah, you have always believed there has been a way to redeem Klaus, and you've come to believe that your niece Hope could be the key to that redemption. And now, just when Klaus is ready to give up his own life so that his daughter will stay safe, you realize this must be it, the redemption Elijah has been trying to find for centuries.

 Now that you've seen it, you know you can't let Klaus die. Now that he has been redeemed, you know things can get better, and being his older sister/brother, you feel the need to protect him now more than ever.

 You make sure you're in Mystic Falls by nightfall. This is the night Hope will turn for the first time and the night Klaus will be able to take the magic of the Hollow into himself. You know he went to Caroline Forbes for help, and this her daughters will be performing the spell, which is why you make sure you get to the circle before Klaus does.

 Of course, Alaric Saltzman is there keeping watch over Josie and Lizzie as they cast the spell.

 "Hey! What are you doing here?" Alaric demands as you run into the circle.

 "Stopping Klaus from throwing his life away," you answer.

 The Saltzman girls continue with their spell, and you close your eyes and prepare yourself for what's coming. You hear Klaus scream you name, but you don't listen, and when he approaches you, you shove him to the side and the dark magic is thrown into you.

 When you collapse to the ground, you can hear the whispers, the voices in your head, the same ones Hope talked about.

 "What have you done?" Klaus says, looking down at you in shock.

 "I just saved you," you reply, getting back on your feet.

 "Niklaus!" Elijah comes running from the woods, and look at you both. "Tell me you didn't."

 Klaus shakes his head. "No." He points at you. "There's your culprit. Beat me to it."

 "Y/N?" Elijah gives you the same shocked look Klaus gave you. "Why?"

 "Why do you think, Elijah? The two of you were fighting over who was going to do this, so I did it. I'm older than both of you, so I'm supposed to be looking out for you, anyway. Look, you two have been through so much, and you deserve to have a little time to live. I've lived long enough, you know?"

 You hold out your hand to Klaus. "Give me the stake."

 "No. No, I won't let you do this."

 "I've already done it, Klaus. Now, give me the stake, or I will find some way to use this magic to hurt you."

 He slowly pulls the stake out, looks at it hesitantly, and then holds out to you.

 "I'm sorry to go like this," you say, "But it might be best this way. A long goodbye would just be too hard. Say goodbye to everyone else for me, and tell them I'm sorry it had to be like this."

 You stab yourself through the chest with the white oak stake, and give your brothers one last smile as you feel your life force drain away.

~~~~~~

 Finn Mikaelson, the brother you had always felt the closest with as a child, awakes back in the world of the living. How it happened, he doesn't know, but does know it must have had something to do with your sacrifice. You saw a glimpse of each other as you left and he returned, but however it happened, he had returned.

 He continues down the sidewalk, on his way to find your family, wondering just how aware they are of the sacrifice you made that night.