Part I-Women Act Like Little Girls

"Don't try to make me grow up before my time."-Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

"Are you sure you two will be able to handle it?" Bonnie Bennett's dark eyebrows creased with worry as she looked at her room. It looked normal enough, twin bed, pink rug, a bunch of old stuffed animals in a corner. The only thing that wasn't normal was the piles and piles of handmade potions, some of them were done and some were just test subjects.

"Bonnie, we'll be fine," Elena Gilbert reassured her. "Me and Caroline can handle it."

"Yeah," Caroline Forbes gave her friend a squeeze. "You just concentrate on looking beautiful and having fun in Hawaii."

Bonnie smiled, but her bottom lip trembled. "It's just I can't bear to leave you guys alone specially with the whole Silas business. I feel guilty."

Elena rolled her eyes playfully. "We can take care of ourselves, besides you need this vacation."

"And it's not like you can miss your Aunt's wedding." Caroline handed her, her red suitcase. "Don't worry, we'll protect those potions with our lives."

"I didn't even know you knew how to make potions," Elena mused. "You're like Hermione."

"I just started," Bonnie grimaced. "And believe me, I suck. I messed up on some any of them. Hopefully, I'll do better once I come back from vacation. Take good care of them."

"Those are the last of them," Caroline sighed as she put the last of the potions in the Lockwood cellar where they believed they would be safer here than at Bonnie's house. No one would look here.

"What do you think these do?" Elena said amused as she picked up one of the flasks filled with amber colored liquid.

Caroline shrugged, "Who knows? Just don't touch it."

Elena put the flask down.

"Can we get out of here?" Rebekah snapped. "It's already starting to rain."

Elena sighed, annoyed and wondered why Rebekah even offered to go with them. She had seen them putting the potions in Caroline's car and asked, no demanded to come with them, but they both wish she would leave already.

Caroline perked up. "There's someone outside."

"Tourist?" Rebekah guessed.

"No," Elena said, the fury evident in her tone. "Katherine."

The three girls went upstairs and found Katherine standing in front of them. A smirk on her pink lips and an evil twinkle in her eye.

"Where is it?" Katherine demanded, her brown eyes darted towards Elena and then back to Caroline. "Come on, Elena where are the witch's potions."

"They're not here." Caroline lied.

Katherine rolled her eyes.

"What do you want them for?" Elena asked, trying to get her voice not to quiver from fear.

Katherine smirked as she used her vampire speed to go down to the cellar. She pushed the metal doors open and pulled out the amber flask that Elena had just be holding.

Rebekah reached for it as well and tightened her grip.

"Let go," Rebekah snarled.

"You let go," Katherine gave Rebekah a kick in the stomach, she fell to the floor but the flask loosed in Katherine's grip and they watched as the amber liquid fell on each of them.

"What did you do?" Caroline demanded as she started removing the amber liquid from her clothes.

"You just had to get your way always don't you, Katherine?" Elena snapped staring at the amber liquid on her arm that was slowly dissolving.

Katherine smirked, she refused to lose her cool. "Always, Elena."

Rebekah frowned as she looked around, her dark eyes anxious. "Is anyone else feeling a bit. . .prickly?"

"No," Caroline fibbed.

Katherine gripped the stone walls in hope that they would hold her up, she was feeling a strange sensation in her belly. "Damn it, Gilbert," she scoffed. "What the hell was in that potion."

"I don't know," Elena gulped. "You tell me."

"Have you've heard from Elena?" Stefan asked Damon, later that night. Elena usually spended the night at their house, but she usually came earlier than this. She had texted him earlier and told him that she and Caroline were doing a favor for Bonnie.

Damon raised an eyebrow. "Do I look like Elena's gatekeeper?"

The things had been tense between both brothers ever since Elena had chosen Damon.

"I don't know as her boyfriend shouldn't you be concerned?" he said sarcastically.

"Nope, then I'll get worry lines like you, brother."

"Ugh, neither Caroline or Rebekah are answering their phones."

Damon looked up from his chair. "The sister is with them, that's odd."

Stefan shrugged. "Yes, apparently they've teamed up, but considering the fact that Silas is running around town. . ." he trailed off as he began dialing another number.

Damon stood up and looked at the screen over Stefan's shoulder. "Who are you calling now?"

"Hello," the other voice answered.

"Klaus, is Rebekah there?" Stefan demanded as soon as he picked up. "Elena and Caroline were with her, but they still haven't return."

"I'm not aware of my sister's social life," Klaus's clicked his toung on the other side. Stefan could tell that he was painting because he was half ignoring him. "Nor do I care."

"Well, I think you'll do care that Caroline is also missing." Stefan retorted back.

Klaus let out a low growl. "I'll be right there."

"What's Elijah doing here?" Damon scoffed as soon as Klaus and Elijah meet up with them at the edge of the forest.

"I'm concern for my sister," Elijah said simply. "And Elena is a dear friend of mine. I haven't meet Miss Forbes, but if my brother is fond of her she should be a charmer."

"Enough talking." Klaus scowled. "Are you sure this is where Caroline could be?"

"Yeah," Stefan agreed as he showed them Carolinas' text. "They were doing Bonnie a favor in the woods."

Damon paused for a moment. "Do you think they might be at the Lockwood cellar?"

"There's a possibility," Elijah said. "Let's see first, otherwise, we'll split up."

"I'm cold! I want to go home, I want a hot drink, and I want a blanket, and I want my new Cosmopolitan magazine!"

"Shut up, Katherine this is all your fault!"

"Say that again Blondie and I'll tear of your liver."

"With what, your fingernails? You don't have fangs anymore."

"Stop it, both of you we're never going to get things done if you don't stop fighting."

"You're not any better, Rebekah."

Elijah stopped short. "Children's voices. Little girls voices."

"Little girls, at this time at night?" Klaus smirked. "You are losing your mind, brother."

"No, brother, listen."

They used their vampire hearing and the little girls voices became clear.

"They must be trapped or something," Stefan replied, anxiety entering his voice. "We need to go help them-"

"Saint Stefan," Damon said sarcastically. "Or maybe we could just let the wolves eat them."

Stefan glared at him.

"Ok, fine. You brother need to get a sense of humor."

"As soon as you get a conscience."

The four of them followed the familiar path to the Lockwood cellar. The voices became louder and more desperate.

Klaus smirked, "Come out, come out wherever you are."

Elijah scoffed. "Are you trying to help them or scare them?"

"A little bit of both."

They reached downstairs and they found themselves facing four very familiar individuals though younger and smaller than they remember them to be, no older than six year olds. Two of them shared the exact same features though one of them had curly brown hair and the other one straight brown hair, and the two other little girls were blond.

"Elijah!" the smaller looking girl with the curly brown hair hugged Elijah's pant suit leg tightly. She looked at him with brown, wide eyes. "You came for me! You came for me! Yay! I'm safe!"

Elijah squinted a little. "Katherine?"

Katherine nodded eagerly.

Damon let out a whistle as he looked at the other three little girls, Elena obviously, the other little blond hair girl that looked like she was about to cry, Caroline and the other one Rebekah. "You guys have a lot of explaining to do."

-End of Part I-

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