I groaned, pulling the sheets around me. My bedroom was right next to Stefan's, since Elena had burned our house down to the crisp. Way to go twin. Either way, I didn't blame her. At least not completely. Jeremy was still dead, and I wasn't sure how much emotion Elena had buried under her no humanity surface. My room was pitch black. It felt kinda creepy to be honest. Silas was still out there, lurking around in the woods. Ok, maybe not the woods but you get the idea.
I rolled over turning my bedside table lamp on. I looked around the room and couldn't see a living soul. Or a dead soul for that matter either. I quickly pulled away my sheets and went up to the mirror Stefan had fixed up for me. While Damon had taken Elena to New York, Stefan and I had some spare time to bond. So we had went down to the local shop and bought some stuff for me so I could decorate my new bedroom.
I put my long, wavy brown hair into a clip and put on a pair of denim jeans and a oversized cream shirt. I passed by Stefan's bedroom and saw he and Elena work out. She was breaking cinder blocks. I grinned and went down the stairs, and into the kitchen.
"Morning Damon," I said as I entered the kitchen. He was making some omelettes for me, as usual. This had become our daily thing since Elena and I had moved in here. Well, none of us had practically seen her for more than twenty minutes as she was always out, living her life.
I don't have any plans to live forever. Yes, I know, it's sad. I'll leave Elena, my own twin, along with the Salvatore brothers, Caroline and Tyler. I guess this drama wouldn't exist in 80 years, but still. It was a sad thought but they'd get over it. I was apparently buried in deep thoughts, because Damon's voice shook me out of them and I jumped up slightly from my chair.
"Hey, you ok?" He asked as he pointed to the plate in front of me. I looked down to it and then sighed.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just... I was thinking about the fact that I don't have any plans to become a vampire," I say as I leaned over the kitchen counter and grabbed a fork and started eating.
"No? Nada?" He asks as he continues cooking. I shake my head.
"No, it's so much drama around it, you know? What if Klaus dies, and then I'll die anyway. I thought the whole point of being a vampire is to be immortal and all that juicy stuff," I say as a loud sigh escapes my lips. He chuckles.
"Since when did you become so negative?" He asks as I look up to his oh-so-lovingly blue eyes. I shake my head and plunge my fork into the eggs once again.
"I don't know. I've just had a lot of time to think about stuff lately, including weather or not I wanna change into a vampire. And I just feel like... maybe it's not worth it," I say as our discussion gets interrupted by the sound of Damon's ring tone. I grin as he picks up his phone and clicks on "answer".
"Damon speaking," He says as I giggle and the grin grows bigger.
"Caveman. You sound like you work at a office," I mutter quietly though I know he can hear me, because he gives me a look as I pick up my plate and head for the zink. I hear a womens voice on the other side of the line, but I can't make out who. He ends the phone call and grabs my forearm.
"Come on, we're going to the hospital," Damon says.
"What? I didn't hurt myself," I say looking down at my hands. He chuckles.
"No, smarty pants," He says with a grin. "Liz called. There's been a few accidents at the hospital she wanted us to see."
"Ok, then," I say as I nod slowly.
"You just missed the doughnuts," I hear Damon say as I turn my back around to see Stefan. I smile at him softly, and he returns it.
"Yeah, I was with Elena, burning off a few hate filled calories. What happened to you two helping me?"
"Oh, yeah, about that... I'm busy," I say.
"With what?" He asks as I take up my school books from my bag.
"Finals," I say with a grin. He shakes his head and turns to Liz who has joined us.
"Hey guys, thanks for coming," She says as I nod.
"Why were we invited?" I ask. She gives me a warning look. This would be bad then.
"Well, the hospital has kept the blood bangs empty ever since they were raided last month. We thought at the very least it would keep the vampire population away," Liz says. I give her a confused look.
"It didn't?" I ask.
"Take a look," She says as she drags the three of us into a room with a patient who has his wrist cut open. My eyes widen.
"He did this?" I ask. I don't get an answer, but her looks say that this wasn't his fault. I inhale deeply.
"There are four other victims in this wing, each one almost completely drained of blood," Liz says as I take another step towards him.
"Silas," I mutter quietly as she asks if I think it's him.
"Or a doctor with some very questionable bedside manners," Damon says playfully with a chuckle.
"Wouldn't you just love that?" I ask as I turn around to face him. I have a grin on my face.
"But 5 victims?" Liz asks, interrupting our convo. "That's a lot of blood, and it's not like he can take it with him."
"Unless he's fueling up for something big," Stefan says as I nod in agreement. Something big was brewing and it wasn't good.
"Big?" Liz asks, "Any details would be helpful, considering I'm dealing with 5 grieving families out there and a psychic killer on the loose."
"Silas wants Bonnie to do a spell to drop the veil from The Other Side," I say.
"I have no idea what that means," Liz says all confused.
"It's a invisible wall that seperates our plane from the plane of all dead supernatural creatures," Damon explains, "Now, Silas wants that to go away so he can take the cure, die, and not have to spend an eternity in a supernatural purgatory."
"And when do you suppose Silas plans on doing this?" Liz asks. I inhale deeply as they all turn to me, since I'm the only one who knows because everyone but me is dodging Bonnie and Silas.
"Next full moon," I say, "Tomorrow night."
I walk through the woods slowly. The sun was slowly setting, and I wanted to visit my brother. It hadn't been a full month yet since he died, and I had been putting my feelings off. Just like Elena had.
It was completely different though. I was still a human, she had actually flipped her switch since she had been turned into a vampire. I didn't have that option. But it didn't mean I wasn't numb. Lately, it felt like we had lost so many things and people that the grief was put off for a later time when the big break down was coming.
I didn't have the time to grief. Of course I didn't want to. But my feelings were bubbling up inside and I didn't like it. Both me and my twin were very emotional, but I usually kept them inside until it boiled over and I did something stupid. One of the many bad traits I had gotten.
I sighed as I reached his tombstone and sat down on the ground. I wiped away some dirt from the tomb stone.
"Hey, Jer," I say as a few tears build up in my eyes. "You know, I've really thought about our memories lately. How did things really get this screwed up? You were only just a kid. You were supposed to grow up. Start a family. Get married to the love of your life. Get kids. Get everything you've ever wanted from life. But you don't have those options anymore, Jer. And it hurts me down to the core. We should have kept you in Denver, you were safe and had a normal life. A human life."
Tears were flowing down my cheeks as I let out a loud sob. Things weren't meant to be this screwed up. I inhaled deeply and relaxed my muscles.
"I couldn't have gotten a better brother. Jer, I love you. You always looked after us, even though we were meant to look after you. You were the youngest," I traced my finger against his name on the tombstone, "Rest in peace. You deserve to feel peace after the horrible life you had. We all do. I'll see you again sometime. I love you," I say as a cold and strong wind blows in over me.
I clutch my jacket closer to my body to keep my body heat up. The wind gets stronger and stronger so I decide to race back to my car. As soon as I get back to it, I pick out my phone and dials Caroline's number.
"Hello?" I hear Caroline's voice on the other side of the line.
"Caroline, what's going on? There was this really strong, unnatural wind blowing in," I say as I start the car.
"Yeah, we all noticed here over the grill. The power is completely out in the entire town," Caroline says.
"Wow, that's so weird," I mutter, "But the full moon isn't until tomorrow so what is going on?"
"I have no idea," She says quietly. My hearing barely picking up on her words.
"Well I'm coming over there, so don't leave," I say as I hang up and drive as fast as I can to the Mystic Falls Grill.
I walk into the Grill seeing Elena throwing darts at the dartboard. Caroline is sitting with Rebekah at the bar while Matt is working. Candle's are lit over the entire grill. I walk over to Caroline and Rebekah before I walk over to Elena.
"Hey, you two" I say as I order a cup of water from Matt, "So I know where Katherine is."
"You what?" Caroline asks with slightly widen eyes.
"Damon called me and said that Bonnie was with Katherine and that she's doing the spell tonight. At school," I say with a sigh as I let the water slip down my throat.
"Well, are you gonna tell Elena?" Rebekah asks, I look at my twin as Rebekah continues talking, "Because she's a delight right now."
I stare at her and contemplates weather or not I should. I nod slowly as I walk over to Elena.
"Hey twinnie," I say with a grin. She doesn't return it, her face is completely emotionless. I sigh. "How are you holding up?"
She let's out a sigh, as she grabs another dart. "See that dartboard? All I can picture is Katherine's face."
"So progress then," I say with a grin. "So I got a call from Stefan and Damon. Well, actually it was only Damon but Stefan was there. But that's not the point. I know where Katherine is."
"You what?" She says quickly as she turns around and grabs my arm slightly.
"Jesus, you're gonna end up hurting me," I say. "School. She's with Bonnie."
"Come on, we're leaving," She says dragging me with her out to school. Woohoo.
I stand with Caroline in the cafeteria with flashlights. We look around the room.
"Hey, there you are," We hear a familiar voice say as we both turn around to see Stefan. "Any luck?"
"I'm afraid not," I say with a loud sigh.
"We searched the whole school," Caroline says in agreement, "She should be here."
"Hey, did you happen to see where Elena ran off to?" I ask Stefan. He nods.
"She's with Damon looking for Bonnie at the other side of school," He replies.
"Ok, well, I'm gonna go join them," I say as I start to walk out but I feel a hand on my lower arm, Stefan.
"No, why?" He asks.
"Because I told Elena where Katherine is, and if she gets hurt, it's my fault. I can't stand that," I reply as he lets go off my arm. I run out of there.
Elena, Damon and I walk down the hallway. We just called Stefan, or he called us actually, and said that we're probably on the wrong elevation. So we told him that the boiler room is just underneath us. I inhale deeply. Suddenly both of them stops walking, so automatically I start walking too.
"You're gonna have to stay here," Damon says.
"Are you kidding me?" Elena says, clearly getting pissed off.
"We really need to stop Bonnie from doing the spell, and if you get all murderous and screw it up," Damon says but Elena cuts him off.
"Is that really the reason?" She asks him. We all understand that it was really a question to do-you-still-love-katherine.
"As self righteous as Stefan is, he has a point," Damon says, "Behind your rage, there's a tidal wave of feelings. All of your guilt, all of your grief, every emotion you've ever put off, and killing Katherine is gonna let it all in. And if you can't handle it, then we're back to square one."
I nod in agreement, before Elena starts coming with arguments. "And if I can? What if killing Katherine takes away all that grief and guilt? What if killing Katherine let's me feel all the good things that I've lost? Damon, help me. As soon as I get over this hurdle, I'll be me. I'll be able to think clearly, I'll be myself and everything will be back to normal."
"She's strong," I tell my twin, "And crafty. And you'll die."
A loud sigh is heard before she quickly pulls out a stake with vampire speed and slides it into Damon's stomach. Then she vamp speeds over to me and punches my head into the lockers. The last thing I hear before everything goes black is at least I'll die trying.
I blink a few times in a row as my consiousness returns. I groan as the pain in my forehead comes back and hits me hard.
"What happened," I mutter as I see Damon and Alaric in the front seat.
"Your sister happened," Damon says with a chuckle.
"Hey, not cool to chuckle," I say, "I'm hurting badly back here."
I lean against the window before I realize that Alaric is sitting right in front of me. Alaric. He's a ghost.
"Oh my god!" I squeal, "Alaric! How are you?.. How? But Jeremy... And Kol?"
"Jeremy is with Elena. They're meeting us all at the Salvatore Boarding House. And Stefan is dealing with Kol," Alaric tells me. Damon stops the car and Alaric goes out, but right before I do, Damon turns around to me and hands over a red little tube full of some old liquid.
"Is that...?" I start but he cuts me off.
"Give it to Elena. Or whoever you want," He says before he leaves the car too. I inhale deeply. Kol? Would he come back to life if he ingested it? I let out a sigh. Kol. I choose to ignore him, this one time. But I know I'm gonna regret it.
Hi guys! First chapter. I was pretty excited to write this story. Actually I am. I was gonna write 4x23 first, but I decided that this was a pretty important chapter for the story so here's chapter one.
And what's the business between Kol and Hayley? And who's gonna get the cure from her? Well, you all probably know that already. ;)
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