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Prologue

Bonnie POV

"Elena, I don't think we should do this." I announced my concerns as we walked through the forest.

"I know, but I don't know what else to do. We need help. Stefan can't do this alone even if he does have Alaric on his side." She told me as she walked around a huge boulder. We were heading to the old Church that lay in ruins in the middle of the forest. It was the one where the vampires were supposed to be burnt in 1864, but of course that didn't happen since my ancestor, Emily, put a spell on them to be able to survive in the tomb right under the church.

"So, by meaning of we need help, you want me to call Damon, Stefan's older and psychotic brother, to Mystic Falls so he can… help?" I asked her, trying to make sense of what she pulled me out of bed at 7 AM on a Saturday to do.

"Yes, we need his help. The tomb vampires have been killing people all around the town. We need to stop them before someone else gets hurt. Stefan can't fight them all off, even with Alaric's help." She told me. Since John Gilbert opened the tomb, the vampires have been running amuck. 10 people so far have been reported to have been attacked by animals. In other words, 10 people have been killed by the vampires. Since my Grams died last month, I haven't been much help to Stefan, but I know who I am now and I'm going to protect the people I love.

John Gilbert, Elena's uncle who turned out to be her father, left town after Isobel showed up. They were looking for the device Jonathan Gilbert made back in 1864 that was supposed to help destroy all vampires, but since Anna and Pearl took off after the tomb was opened, they weren't able to get it. I found the entry Emily made back in the Grimware about the device so, I know how it works and why she gave it the power to work. She wanted to balance out the wrongs she did. Katherine saved her life so she had to be loyal to her, but Emily knew what Katherine was doing was wrong. She was playing with people's lives, killing them when she got bored so, Emily did the only thing she could, she cast spells on Jonathan Gilbert's devices to make them work.

"So, if all we have to do is call him, why can't we just use a phone?" I asked curiously. Elena started at me annoyed.

"Um… maybe because we have no idea where he is, never mind have his number. For all we know, he could be in Iceland. I can't believe you just asked me that." she scolded me. I glared at her and shook my head.

"I was only trying to lighten the mood!" I protested. We were approaching the church fast and the closer we got to it, the weirder and more nervous I felt. There was definite power here; I could feel it. I was squeamish about going near the tomb for I was still afraid there might be a vampire close by, but I took a deep breath. You are powerful, Bonnie. You can give vampires aneurisms instantly and can fight, you'll be okay. I gave myself a small prep talk right before we arrived.

"Okay," I said as I poured some water into a tin bowl. The reason we needed to do the summoning at the tomb was because the only effective way to summon a vampire was to do it in a place where a lot of vampires previously lived. This and the boarding house were the only two locations we could think of and since Stefan would have our heads if he found out we were calling his brother, I decided this was the only place we could do the summoning at.

Sprinkling some paper ash into the tin bowl, I started chanting in the ancient language. After about 30 seconds of chanting, I dropped a couple of hair strands into the tin bowl. They immediately went up in flames. They were supposed to be Damon's, but I could only hope so. Since Damon hasn't been in the boarding house since… I don't even know, we couldn't be sure if they were his or some other ancestor's.

Zack had given us the hair brush he claimed belonged to Damon, but I was still unsure. Zack had been a great help in fighting the vampires, because of his grand knowledge of the town's past and of vampires. He was also on the town's counsel, which was a blessing in itself. Without the inside knowledge, we would be blind to know when or who the counsel suspected as vampires.

Lexie, Stefan's friend came to visit a couple of months ago, but her boyfriend yanked her out of her when he found out about the tomb. Alaric, who is currently dating Aunt Jenna, helps out a lot when we need him, but there is just so much he can do. Katherine wasn't inside the tomb, for that I was horrified. That means she has been running around somewhere out there, causing harm to innocent people.

Stefan seems to be over her though, that I am happy about. He and Elena deserve to be together. They have both been through so much, it is only fair. Jeremy is still moody over Vickie's death, but what has gotten him even more upset these couple of weeks is the fact that his new friend; Anna skipped town. I know she was a vampire and she actually tried to kill him once right before John opened the tomb, but she was only trying to get her mother back. I understood her actions. Jeremy still doesn't know about vampires, since Stefan erased his memory, but what I'm nervous about is the fact that Stefan drinks animal blood. Not that that is a bad thing, because when it compares to drinking human blood, I'm all for it, but it also means that the mind control may falter.

Another thing that has given me little sleep at night is Vickie. As I said before, she was killed by a vampire, but right before that, she was a vampire herself. One of the tomb vampires saw her in the forest one day and turned her because he was bored. She ended up killing someone and trying to bite Jeremy. Stefan killed her after she threw Elena into some wood, hurting her.

I was kind of nervous to be bringing another vampire to Mystic Falls, especially one that Stefan didn't want here, but as Elena likes to repeat; we need help. Without my Grams for support, I need to make my own decisions. I just hope that this one won't be one to regret. I chanted the last of the spell as I sprinkled some water into the bowl again. The flames instantly went out. I opened my eyes and took a deep breath.

"It's done." I declared.