Lie Detecting Mood Ring
DG32173
Sarah: just an idea I had. I hope you enjoy.
DISCLAIMER
If I own it, I will put that I own it in a claiming section before the chapter. Otherwise, it's safe to assume I'm only borrowing it.
WARNINGS
PARALLEL UNIVERSE! Rated M for my sanity. Not that I have any. Elena's viewpoint.
SUMMARY
Elena gets sick of finding out that she\'s believed Stefan when he's lied to her again. So she has Bonnie enchant an old mood ring to be a lie detector. Damon finds out about this and decides that twenty questions with Elena is going to be really fun to play. Add in alcohol and the fun is just getting started. Damon/Elena
Chapter 1
The Enchantment
I sigh as I climb the steps to Bonnie's front porch. I ring the doorbell and wait, hoping that she'll be able to fulfill my request. I hear a pair of feet running down the stairs and hope that I don't have to face her dad. He's never happy when Bonnie practices her magic here. The door swings open to reveal Bonnie. "Your dad's not around, is he?" I ask pitifully.
"No, why?" Bonnie says, opening the screen door to let me in.
"Good, I need you to enchant something for me," I tell her, going straight to her living room.
"You're not talking about a daylight ring, are you?" she asks when I pull a ring box out of my pocket.
"No," I say, opening the box to show her the sterling silver mood ring resting in white velvet. "I need you to enchant this mood ring so that I'll always know when someone's lying to me."
Bonnie grimaces. "Stefan's been lying again, hasn't he?' she asks.
"When doesn't he?" I groan. "Now, I need you to make it so that the lying alert is both visible, like it turns red, and I can also feel it, like it heats up a bit. That way I don't always have to look at it to know that someone's lying to me. But see if you can find a way to make it so the spell only works when the person is lying to me while I'm touching the ring. I don't want it to hear people making lies to other people and constantly heat up or whatever you make it do. Nor do I want it to activate when I'm making lies to someone not in the know, like Jenna."
"The best I can do is make it activate when someone is lying to the person wearing it," she says apologetically. "I'm still trying to master my powers."
"I guess that'll work. I'll just have to make sure it doesn't get in the wrong hands," I tell her.
She takes the ring from the box and holds it in her palm, staring at it intently for several minutes. "Okay, I think I got it. Let's test it. Elena, lie to me about something," she says.
I think for a moment and decide that the easiest thing to try lying about is my age. "Ask me my age," I tell her.
She rolls her eyes. "How old are you, Elena?" she asks.
"Twenty-one," I tell her with a grin. The ring in her hand turns bright red and Bonnie hands it to me. I take it, and gasp in surprise at feeling the residual heat. "It worked," I say, grinning as I slide the ring on my right ring finger.
"Now you just have to be careful not to let that ring fall in the wrong hands and we're good," she tells me. "Also, I should warn you, the heat from the ring will grow more and more intense with each subsequent lie told to the wearer. But it will never burn the wearer."
"Good to know. Thanks so much for this, Bonnie," I tell her, hugging her tightly.
She returns the hug just as tightly. "Anytime, girl," she says. "At least this way, you will no longer believe someone when they lie to you."
I smirk as I pull away. "I'm going to the boarding house. I can't wait to see Stefan's face when I call him on his bullshit," I tell her.
"Show him!" she laughs as she shows me to the door. "See you in school tomorrow, Elena. Be sure to tell me how it goes!"
"Sure thing, Bonnie," I call over my shoulder as I climb down the stairs of her porch and make my way to my SUV. I turn when I reach the driver's door, wave my goodbye, and then climb in. I buckle up, start the engine, and pull out of Bonnie's driveway, turning in the direction of the boarding house, a grin on my face.