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Chapter 2: The Salvatore Siblings

Sarah was stood outside, leaning against the wall, when Stefan walked out the front door to the boarding house. His backpack was slung over one shoulder and under one of his arms he held an old book. If he had seen Sarah, he didn't show it as he walked off down the driveway. Sarah rolled her eyes and then ran out in front of him using her enhanced speed.

"So you're ignoring me now?" Sarah asked, curious to know what her brother thought of her.

"Basically, yeah," answered Stefan as he stepped around Sarah and continued walking. She chuckled lightly and then turned to follow. She caught up to him easily enough and fell into step beside him before he stopped and turned to his sister. "Can I help you with something?"

"What? Am I not allowed to spend quality time with my brother?" Sarah asked with a mocking grin.

"Not until I figure out what you and Damon are up to," Stefan said before he started walking again. Sarah continued to follow him at his side.

"What's with the book?" Sarah asked, eyeing the book in his hand. It was old, well over a century, with a leather binding and hard yellow pages that had faded in its long life.

"Elena asked to see it," Stefan answered bluntly as he walked. Wanting to know more, Sarah snatched the book from Stefan and ran a head a few meters before opening the book to see what it was.

"Wuthering Heights, by Ellis Bell," Sarah read aloud from the first page. Her eyes flickered up and saw Stefan sigh as he walked over to her at normal speed, clearly not in the mood for his sister's games. "Or as she was really know, Emily Bronte," Sarah finished as Stefan reached out to grab the book. Sarah closed the book and then held it out of reach from her brother. "Wonder why Elena would want this?" Sarah asked innocently but Stefan could see the mischief in her eyes.

"If you must know. Me and Elena were talking about it last night. I mentioned I had a copy of the first addition and she asked to see it," Stefan admitted.

"This isn't my copy is it?" Sarah asked as she looked the book over before Stefan snatched it back.

"I don't know what happened to your copy. But this one, is mine. Now if you don't mind I've got to get to school," Stefan said as he walked past his sister.

"And what are you going to do about the girl that Damon bit?" Sarah asked, spinning on her heels to watch her brother walk off.

"According to him, you bit her," Stefan replied, looking back over his shoulder as he walked off.

"You don't actually believe him do you?" Sarah asked, genuinely surprised that Stefan trusted Damon more than her. She knew she'd screwed Stefan over in the past many times, but Damon had done far worse things to him than her. True she had helped Damon with some of those things but she still thought herself more trust worthy than her eldest brother.

"Honestly. I don't trust either of you," Stefan said before turning back away from Sarah and walking off down the road towards the school. Sarah stood and watched him leave before racing off. She knew Stefan would try to handle the problem with Vicki, but she also knew he was weak and his compulsion might not work probably. So she would deal with Vicki. But first, she needed a snack.


Jeremy was walking up to Scarlett's trailer when he begun to hear shouting from the mobile home. He slowed his walking pace as the shouting increase. From what he could hear, Scarlett's uncle was yelling at her for getting in the way and being a burden. Scarlett was shouting back at him about how she hated him and her own Father and wished she was on the street instead of being stuck with her uncle. Jeremy stood outside and listened for a while, wondering how on earth the two could be talking to each other like this. He would never talk to Jenna like they were talking to each other. After a few more minutes of shouting Scarlett then emerged from the trailer, slamming the door behind her as she stormed out with her backpack on her shoulders.

"Everything alright?" asked Jeremy as Scarlett approached him. Scarlett didn't even speak to Jeremy, she shoved past him and continued on towards the school without even apologising. "Scarlett wait!" Jeremy called after the girl but she didn't stop, look at him or even speak. She just continued on in the direction of the school. Jeremy jogged after and caught up easily enough but had trouble keeping up with her power walking pace. "Is everything alright?" Jeremy asked again and again Scarlett ignored him. "Scarlett?"

"Oh my god will you just leave me alone!" Scarlett snapped as she abruptly stopped and turned to Jeremy. He would have bumped into her if he hadn't jumped at her sudden shout.

"Sorry, I just-"

"I don't care Jeremy! When are you going to get it through your head that I don't like you! I don't want anything to do with you and all I want is for you to leave me alone!" Scarlett shouted into Jeremy's face as she pushed him back into a tree trunk before storming off again.

"I'm...sorry," Jeremy said, but Scarlett was too far gone to hear it.


Sarah was sat on one of the school benches waiting for Stefan to show himself while also picking out her next meal. Young blood always looked so good to her, especially when she had missed out on breakfast. She had just picked out a nice looking girl that was on her own reading a book when the bell rang. At that moment her eyes moved over to the school doors where she watched as the students flooded out in a hurry to leave. She scanned through the faces for her brother's but never found him. She did however find Elena who was walking with a boy that she recognised from the party the night before. He was dressed in a football jersey. The two teens made their way over to a bench and sat down. Sarah was about to listen in when she spotted Stefan sitting alone on another bench. She ran over to his side in the blink of an eye and was so quiet that Stefan didn't even realise she was there until she spoke.

"What you up to Stefy?" Sarah asked, using the nickname she'd give him a lifetime ago. Stefan turned to her with wide horrified eyes, Sarah just smiled back, the same way Damon would have.

"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked, panic sneaking into his voice.

"Helping you," answered Sarah as she listened in on the conversation between Elena and her friend.

"Now there's talk of some missing campers," the boy said to Elena. By his tone Sarah guessed he was distressed. Her eyes flicked away from the two for a second and over to Stefan to find that he was listening in as well. She smiled at their strange family bonding before turning her sights back on Elena.

"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" Elena asked.

"She said it was a vampire," the boy said. Sarah looked back to see the fear on Stefan's face. When he looked to his sister she only smirked in reply before returning to her eavesdropping.

"What?" Elena said in surprise.

"Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters 'vampire' and then passes out," the boy explained.

"Ok, that's weird."

"I think she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guy?" the boy asked in surprising turn of conversation. But that didn't make it any less interesting to Sarah and from the focus on Stefan's face it was interesting to him too. She could see he was struggling to maintain his hearing. He really needed some human blood otherwise he'd lose all the tricks that come with being a vampire.

"Matt, the last thing that I want to do is hurt you," Elena said.

"You know, I'm...I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I want to be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night," said the boy called Matt as he got up and left the bench.

"Let's go," Stefan said as he got up from the bench only to be pulled back down by Sarah. "What are you doing?"

"Since we're here. Why not introduce me to Elena," suggested Sarah with a devilish smile.

"No. Sarah, we have to take care of this now," Stefan said firmly as he glared at his sister.

"Of you go then. I'll just introduce myself to Elena then," Sarah said as she and Stefan look over to Elena, who is looking around the school yard presumably for Stefan.

"Sarah, please. Not here."

"You know what? I'm kind of hungry. Perhaps Elena would like to join us for lunch," Sarah said as she got up. She was about to call out to Elena but Stefan grabbed hold of her wrist and ran to the side of the school just before Elena laid eyes on the bench they'd been sat at. At the side of the school Stefan shoved Sarah against the wall in a threatening manner, pinning her wrists against the wall.

"Don't ever show up here again," snarled Stefan as his eyes turned red with blood and black veins appeared around his eyes. However rather than be intimidated, Sarah just laughed. Then with one strong kick she sent Stefan flying into the fence.

"Don't act like you can boss me around Stefy. You may be older than me but we both know who's the stronger," Sarah snarled down at him. Then her features softened and she helped him up of the ground. "Now come on. Let's deal with this. And then you can introduce me to Elena," Sarah said but Stefan made no comment as the two ran off towards the hospital. Not surprisingly Sarah beat Stefan there. She arrived just as Matt was leaving Vicki's room. Perfect timing. Sarah then ran into the room to find Vicki in a panic.

"What-What are you doing-" Vicki stammered, but Sarah didn't have time for Vicki's questions. She grabbed hold of the girl's head and made her look into her eyes. In an instant the compulsion took effect and Vicki fell silent as she stared into Sarah's green eyes.

"Be quite and don't scream. Just be still," Sarah commanded. She was about to continue with her commands but then the pumping of Vicki's blood began to fill her ears. She could see the dry blood on her neck and she could feel her fang form in her mouth. Sarah knew she'd have to feed soon, so she figured why not feed now. She tilted Vicki's head to the side and was about to bite her neck when she was pulled back by her hair. "OW!" Sarah shrieked as she turned around to find Stefan glaring at her. "Why'd you do that?"

"Because you were about to feed on her," Stefan snapped angrily.

"Of course I was, I'm hungry," Sarah snapped back as footsteps began approaching the room.

"Finish the compulsion," Stefan ordered and Sarah turned back to Vicki, locking eyes with her again. "Hurry."

"You're not helping," Sarah snarled as she lost focus. She closed her eyes and took a calming breath before opening them and staring into Vicki's eyes once more. "An animal did this to you. That's all you remember," Sarah quickly said.

"It's all I remember," Vicki said in a trance like tone.

"Time to go," snapped Stefan as he grabbed onto Sarah and pulled her away from the bedside of Vicki.

"We were never here," Sarah managed to add before they left the room. The only reassurance she had was the fact that Vicki repeated here order before dropping her head back down on the pillow. "You didn't give me enough time," Sarah said as she and Stefan walked away from the room and down the corridor, hearing Matt and a nurse walk into the room behind them.

"It'll have to do," Stefan said hastily as he pulled Sarah along by the arm. As they rounded the corner of the corridor, Sarah looked back and saw that Matt was coming their way.

"Two secs," Sarah said pulling her arm from Stefan.

"Wait, Sarah what are you-" Stefan froze when he saw Matt come round the corner and lock eyes with him. Neither of the boys got a chance to say anything to one another as Sarah reached up and covered Matt's mouth with her hand. She used the other to grab the back of his neck and then ran out off the hospital without anyone noticing. In a second they were outside next to the fire exit with Sarah pressing Matt against the stone wall. Matt tried to scream but couldn't because Sarah still had her hand press against his mouth.

"Sorry about this cutie, but I'm going to need you to be quite," Sarah said with a sinister smile that only increased Matt's panic and struggle however he was no match for Sarah's strength. "I said, be quite," Sarah ordered and with the aid of her compulsion Matt stopped trying to scream. He continued to struggle, but Sarah barely noticed. She then grabbed the side of Matt's head and yanked it so that his neck was exposed. She bared her fangs and her eyes changed into a green irises surrounded by blood and black veins. She dug into Matt's neck and started sucking away at his blood. The taste was so good and filled her body with such relief that she had to break to sigh before resuming. She was about halfway through her second drink when she was pulled back. She stumbled back but managed to regain her balance as her face returned to normal. She looked to Matt and found Stefan standing between him and her.

"Enough," Stefan snarled, while behind him Matt held the wound on his neck to try and stop the bleeding.

"What's going on?" stammered Matt from behind, Stefan and Sarah didn't answer him.

"Go on Stefy. Have a look, have a taste," Sarah said, trying to push her brother.

"Sarah, don't," Stefan said as he began to feel the smell of blood enter his nostrils. He closed his eyes to try and gain control of himself but in that moment Sarah grabbed onto him and spun him around to Matt. When Stefan opened his eyes all he saw was the blood dripping from Matt's neck and the pain on his face. Stefan couldn't stop himself as his fang grew in and his eyes turned red. He could only imagine what Matt saw, but he felt like a wild animal that was about ready to feed on its prey. The conflict going on inside him was indescribable, it was supernatural instinct verses his morality.

"Go on Stefy," whispered Sarah in his ear, picking up on his internal conflict. "Just a bite, it won't hurt. Then we can wipe his memory. It'll be like it never happened." Sarah stood beside her brother watching him breathing heavily as he held himself back from the defenceless Matt. Matt was frozen in fear, waiting for one of the two monsters opposite him to attack. Sarah stood still, waiting with an eager smile for Stefan to take a bite out of Matt.

"No!" Stefan said definitely as she tore his eyes from Matt and stepped back.

"Fine," Sarah groaned with a roll of the eyes, annoyed that her brother hadn't done what she wanted him to do. She bit down on her wrist and then shoved it against Matt's mouth. He tried not to swallow the blood flowing into his mouth but it filled up to quickly and since he couldn't spit it out he had to swallow it. Once he had the wound on his neck began to heal. "There, all better. Now," Sarah said as she held Matt's head still and stared deeply into his eyes. "Forget you ever saw me and Stefan at the hospital. Then go back inside and check on Vicki," she ordered. When she let go, Matt went back into the building via the fire escape.

"What the hell was that about!" Stefan snapped once Matt was gone.

"Relax, I was just having a snack," Sarah said innocently as she looked over her now blood stained nails.

"Why were you trying to make me feed on him!" Stefan demanded and Sarah smiled as she looked up.

"You can't fight the hungry forever. Sooner or later, you're going to have to feed. Embrace it and control, don't let it control," Sarah said but her words didn't seem to get through to Stefan. He just grunted and walked off. Sarah sighed and then followed him out of the side alley.


"I picked up dinner. Tacos. I had an urge for guacamole," Jenna said in the kitchen as she held up the brown bag with their dinner inside.

"No, I'm good, thanks," Jeremy said as he head for the back door, putting on his hoodie.

"Eat anyway. It's a ruse. I want to talk," Jenna said, but Jeremy just kept heading for the door, ignoring her. "Hey, you!" Jenna said, putting on the best authoritative voice she could summon from inside her. "Come. Sit." To her surprise Jeremy actually did as told, she didn't let it show though. "Back in school, freshman year, I could eat my weight in nachos, with extra cheese. It was my munchies food for whenever I was crushing on someone," Jenna explained, getting Jeremy's attention.

"Seriously?" Jeremy asked with a light laugh.

"No. That was just to get your attention," Jenna answered honestly, as she began to unpack the meal on the counter in between her and Jeremy. "Now from what I hear, you've gone back to following Scarlett Foster around."

"You hear that from Elena?" Jeremy asked with a groan, not surprised that his sister ratted him out.

"Didn't have to, I heard her yelling at you from hear," Jenna said with a smirk. "So what's so special about this girl then?" Jenna asked as she eat a chip cover in guacamole.

"I don't know...she's just..." Jeremy struggled to find the words to describe her.

"Hot? Smocking? Got a big rack?" Jenna threw out her guesses causing Jeremy to laugh.

"No-no...well yeah. But that's not why I like her. She's strong, tough, but she hides her sensitive side. Did you know she can play Miley Cyrus?" Jeremy asked with a wide smile.

"No. But by all means tell me more," Jenna said as she took another chip from the bag. From then on she listened to Jeremy tell her everything he knew about Scarlett, everything from her favourite colour, her favourite subject, favourite song to her most dreaded class, to what had happened to her parents. Of course Jenna already knew that part. But then Jeremy told her about what had happened that morning and how Scarlett and her uncle had been fighting loudly before she stormed out. Jenna asked if the two argued a lot and from what Jeremy knew, they did nothing but fight.

"I think you and I should pay a visit to Scarlett. Come on," Jenna said as she grabbed her jacket and the two headed for her car that was parked out front. She didn't want to say it to Jeremy, but she had a suspicion that Scarlet's uncle might be beating her. Of course she had no evidence but that was why she was going to Scarlett's home, to make sure the girl was safe. It was bad enough she had to lose her mother to her idiot of a father, but to then get passed off to an abusive uncle. It wouldn't be surprising she was pushing Jeremy and everyone else away.


Walking up the drive way towards their home, Stefan hadn't said anything the whole walk home. Sarah had tried to get a conversation going but Stefan was still mad at her for trying to make him feed on Elena's friend. Apparently that crossed a line for him. What was she supposed to do? She was hungry and she had to feed. Just because Stefan refused to accept what he was didn't mean she had to.

"You do know I'm trying to help you right?" Sarah asked as they walked towards the old boarding house. When Stefan didn't say anything back she continued on talking. "If you don't get control of your blood lust then who knows what you'll end up doing to Elena." At the mention of his girlfriend's name Stefan stopped and turned to Sarah.

"I have it under control," Stefan said firmly as he locked eyes with his younger sister.

"Do you really. I saw you at that party with Elena. There wasn't even blood around and you lost control, how long do you think it'll be until your tearing out her neck."

"I know what I'm doing Sarah!" Stefan said angrily.

"Really? So tell me, do you always look like that when you 'know what you're doing'?" Sarah asked, staring at Stefan's eyes that had turned bloodshot with black veins. A second later Stefan realised what she was talking about and relaxed his features. Slowly the blood left his eyes and his black veins faded. He closed his eyes and took a calming breath. "I'm just trying to help," Sarah said as she put a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Well you have a funny way of showing it," Stefan snapped before walking off towards the house. But then he suddenly froze and stopped in mid step. He was listening in on something that was being said inside the house. Sarah also focused her hearing on the house and instantly recognized the voices as her other brother and Elena.

"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end," Elena said form inside the house.

"I'm a fatalist," Damon said. Sarah watched as Stefan run into the house, she didn't waste any time in following him. She wasn't about to let Damon have all the fun in tormenting Stefan. Stefan stopped in the front hallway but Sarah ran towards the wall to hide herself from Elena.

"Hello, Stefan," Damon said before even looking at Stefan. Elena turned back to see her boyfriend standing in the hallway, a serious look on his face. From the corner of his eye Stefan could see Sarah standing against the wall, out of sight from Elena, just waiting to make her entrance. He didn't look at her though, his eyes were focused on Damon and Elena, ready to jump in if Damon made a move.

"Elena, I didn't know you were coming over," Stefan said.

"I know. I should have called, I just..."

"Oh, don't be silly. You're welcome any time. Isn't she, Stefan?" Damon said but Stefan gave no response, only a hard stare at Damon as he cosied up to Elena. "You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some-Ah Sarah, there you are," Damon said as his sister stepped out from the hallway and into the living room.

"Have you met our guest?" Damon asked gesturing to Elena who smiled nervously towards Sarah.

"Hi, I'm Elena," Elena said holding out her hand.

"Sarah. I'm Damon and Stefan's little sister," Sarah said as she shook Elena's hand.

"And isn't she a cutie?" Damon said jokingly as Sarah walked over to him, only to slap him on the arm. "And feisty when it suits her," Damon added with a smirk towards his sister.

"Ignore him. It's what I usually do," Sarah said which caused Elena to laugh a little.

"Thanks for stopping by, Elena. Nice to see you," Stefan said, causing the other three people in the room to look to him, the mood dropping instantly at the sight of his brooding face. He was stood still, eyes focused on his siblings who grinned back at him, mischief in their eyes.

"Yeah, I should probably go. It was nice to meet you Damon, you too Sarah," Elena said politely.

"Great meeting you too Elena," Damon countered charmingly.

"Always the charmer," Sarah said sarcastically with a grin towards Damon, he only grinned back. "If you ever what to know anything about these two, come to me," Sarah said with a subtle wink to Elena which made her laugh.

"Will do," Elena said before turning to leave, but Stefan stood in her way. "Stefan...Stefan?" Elena said to her boyfriend, but he didn't seem to hear her. He was to focused on his smiling siblings, waiting for them to make a move. After a moment he stepped aside allowing Elena to pass but his eyes remained on Damon and Sarah. Elena then left without another word, leaving the Salvatore siblings alone in the house.

"Great gal. Whoo. She's got spunk. You, on the other hand, look pooped. Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess...hospital," Damon said all while Stefan continued to stare at both him and Sarah.

"Someone had to clean up your mess," Stefan said sourly as he walked into the room, passing Damon and Sarah.

"And by someone you mean me," Sarah corrected him.

"And you nearly created another mess," snapped Stefan turning back around to his siblings.

"Ooh. What'd ya do this time Sarah?" Damon asked mockingly.

"I tried to have a bite out of the girl and he pulled me off. Then I bit into this other guy and-" Sarah started to explain but Stefan cut in.

"It doesn't matter. The point is the problem has been dealt with."

"No thanks to you. You rushed me so much that I'm not even sure the compulsion worked properly," Sarah snapped back as she marched over to Stefan.

"How long was Elena here?" Stefan asked, ignoring Sarah and looking over to Damon.

"Not long," Damon said with a shrug as he turned to leave.

"What kind of game are you playing, Damon?"

"Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?" Damon said mysteriously as he exited the room. Sarah wasn't far behind him. Her priority now was making sure that whatever Damon was planning wouldn't drive Stefan away. She needed to keep them both together and in Mystic Falls if she was to have any chance of reuniting her family.

It was night before Sarah found Damon again. She had wondered into the mystic grill to escape the crowd outside and then spotted him sitting at a booth in the restaurant alone. Sarah walked over and slide into the seat opposite her brother, flashing him a smile as she sat down. The Grill was busy, mostly because people were waiting inside for the comet to appear in the sky. Sarah and her siblings had already seen it in their life time, and there were more import issues going on than a ball of fire passing through the sky. No one paid any attention to Sarah and Damon, to them they were just two people waiting for the comet to appear. As appose to what they actually were, two vampire siblings.

"What do you want?" Damon asked more harshly than Sarah had been expecting him too.

"I need to know what you're up to," Sarah answered bluntly, her smile turning serious as she stared into her brother's eyes.

"Join the club," Damon replied with a knowing grin as Sarah sighed. Nothing was ever simple with Damon.

"I'm serious Damon."

"And I'm not telling you," Damon snapped back, his mood souring suddenly.

"Damon-"

"Don't start," Damon cut in before Sarah could say anything more. "I know what you're trying to do, just like what you've been trying to do for years now. You really think it's going to end any better than it has in the past?"

"It doesn't have to be this way Damon. We can go back to being a family," Sarah said hopefully as she leaned across the table, looking deeply into her brother's eyes for any sigh of the same hope she had.

"This family's been dead for over a century. Move on. Me and Stefan did a life time ago," Damon said coldly as he got up to leave. He got out his seat but didn't manage to leave the table as Sarah grabbed hold of his wrist.

"I'm not ready to give up," Sarah said sincerely with her heart in her eyes.

"Move on Sarah. Go and start and new family, one that will actually appreciate you," Damon said as he pulled his wrist from Sarah's hand. She knew he was trying to spare her from whatever he was planning, but she could never abandon her brothers. No matter how much they fought, she would never give up on reuniting her family. She watched Damon vanish into the crowd that was in the restaurant and sat for a moment before leaving. Whatever he was planning Sarah was sure he was about to make a move, so she remained close to the town centre and waited.


Jenna pulled the car to a stop nearby the pickup truck that was parked a few feet from the trailer that was Scarlett's home. Jeremy was out before she had pulled the car to a stop but she wasn't far behind her nephew and they met at the door of the trailer.

"Hold it there cowboy," Jenna said as she grabbed hold of Jeremy's fist that was about to pound on the door. "Let me do the talking," Jenna said pulling Jeremy away from the door as she stepped forward. She didn't want her nephew to start throwing around accusations and if it turned out to be true and he was hostile then she could hold him off while Jeremy ran for help. She then knocked on the door. There was a rustle from inside the trailer and then a few seconds later the door opened.

"What'd ya want?" the man on the other side of the door mumbled.

"You Scarlett's uncle?" Jenna asked, trying her best not to look at his shirt that was at least two sizes too small for him with a big yellow stain on it.

"Who wants to know?" the man grumbled back.

"Concerned citizen. Is Scarlett in?" Jenna asked peering into the trailer, but she couldn't see her.

"No she's not."

"Where is she?"

"How should I know." His reply made Jenna's blood boil, how could a guardian care so little about the child they were supposed to be raising. She would never treat Elena or Jeremy that way and she would be shouting at anyone that tried too. She treated them as if they were her own kids.

"When will she be back?" Jenna asked, clenching her fist and fighting the urge to punch the slob in front of her.

"Hard to tell. Could be a tomorrow, could be a couple of days," the man replied.

"What do you mean?" Jeremy asked from behind Jenna.

"She ran away," answered the man bluntly.

"She what?" Jenna exclaimed in wide eyed shock.

"It's not a big deal. She does it all the time. The longest she lasted was five days before she came crawling back," he sniggered at that for a second before he was slapped by a furious Jenna. "What the Fuc-"

"You, shut up!" Jenna shouted in anger as she glared at the slob of a man that stood caressing his bruised cheek. "Come on Jeremy," Jenna said as she turned on her heel and marched back towards her car. Jeremy ran after her and got into the passenger seat as she started up the car and slammed it into reverse.

"What are we doing?" Jeremy asked as Jenna looked back behind her and started to turn the car around.

"We're going to find Scarlett. And then I'm calling the police," Jenna declared before changing gears and driving back towards the main road that would lead them back to town.


As it turned out Sarah didn't have to wait long for Damon to make her move. After a few minutes of wondering around the town square she heard the faint sound a girl screaming. She focuses her hearing and tried to find out where the scream came from but instead of more screaming she heard talking.

"You really have to stop screaming," Damon said.

"No, please, stop. Don't..." Sarah recognised the voice as Vicki's and that she was in distress. She looked up to a nearby roof and saw Damon holding Vicki by the edge. She ran over in a blur and then jumped up to the roof, appearing on the other side from Damon and Vicki.

"Not who I was expecting," said Damon when he saw his sister standing across from him. Once he finished Stefan then appeared at Sarah's side, his face serious. "Now that's who I was expecting," Damon said more enthusiastically as he pointed at Stefan.

"Let her go," ordered Stefan.

"Really? Okay," Damon said as he pushed Vicki towards the edge of the roof.

"No!" Vicki screamed but no one below heard her.

"No-no-no!" Stefan quickly said as he stepped forwards his eyes widening. Sarah tried to hold her horror in but she could fell her eyes widen and her lips part as Damon smiled at his siblings.

"Relax," Damon said pulling Vicki back towards him. "I don't need her to be dead...but you might," Damon added with a evil grin as he turned to Vicki. "What attacked you the other night?"

"I don't know. An animal," Vicki said. Sarah already knew Damon's plan. He knew her compulsion had been interrupted by Stefan and as a result would not be as strong. Because of that it would be easy for Damon to override her compulsion and control Vicki.

"Are you sure about that? Think. Think really hard. What attacked you?"

"A vampire," Vicki answered in horrified realisation. Sarah stood still and watched as Damon shattered her compulsion like it was nothing. As far as she was concerned what ever happened to Vicki next was on Stefan, because he wouldn't let her finish her compulsion.

"Who did this to you?" Damon asked, holding Vicki by her shoulders.

"You did!" Vicki shouted.

"Wrong!" Damon said with a sinister smile.

"Don't," Stefan said and in that moment Sarah realised what Damon was about to do.

"Come here," Damon said as he let go of Vicki's shoulders and took hold of her head. He locked eyes with her and began his compulsion. "Stefan Salvatore did this to you."

"Stefan Salvatore did this to me," Vicki repeated as she stared into Damon's eyes.

"He's a vampire. A vicious, murderous monster," Damon continued.

"Please, Damon. Please don't do this," begged Stefan as he stepped closer towards Vicki and his brother. Sarah remind still. She already knew how this was going to end, or at least she thought she did. She knew her brothers too well. Damon was never going to let Vicki rat out Stefan to the town. That would end Damon's eternal torturing of him in an instant. He was just playing with Stefan. So Sarah relaxed her muscles and folded her arms across her chest as she enjoyed the show. A thin smile appearing on her face.

"Let's see what happens now," Damon said as he ripped the bandage from Vicki's neck exposing the dry blood on her neck. He shoved her towards Stefan who caught her, all while Vicki screamed. Sarah laughed as Stefan's face changed and his eyes locked on the blood and Vicki's neck. "I'll let you take it from her sis," Damon said gesturing towards Sarah who nodded appreciatively. In a flash Sarah was beside Stefan, whispering in his ear like she was his inner demon tempting him to feed.

"On you go Stefan. Just look at that blood. Imagine what it tastes like, imagine how much more powerful you'll be once you feed. You'll be in control and you'll be able to protect Elena from anything, even Damon," Sarah whispered into Stefan's ear. He heard her, despite Vicki's panic and struggle to break free of Stefan's grasp on her. With each word from his sister, Stefan's fangs moved closer and closer to Vicki's blood covered neck. "Go on Stefan. Do it for Elena. Drink. Drink her blood. Do it now!"

"No!" Stefan snapped as he pushed Vicki away, his face returning to normal.

"God damn it Stefan," Sarah groaned as she walked over to Damon's side.

"What, I'm sorry, did I disappoint the both of you?"

"Yeah actually," Damon muttered.

"Well I don't care. You can try to do it whatever sneaky way you want, but I won't feed on anyone!" Stefan declared passionately.

"And what about her?" Damon asked pointing to Vicki who was cowering in the far corner of the roof, staring at the three vampires in horror and stunned shock. "If you don't kill her, she'll squeal."

"Oh stop being so dramatic," Sarah said as she walked over to Vicki. Before she could get to Vicki though, Damon ran out in front of her and blocked her path with a glare.

"What do you think you're doing?" Damon snarled as he glared at his sister angrily.

"We both know you're not going to let her expose Stefan. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to torture him for all eternity like you promised him," pointed out Sarah as she stepped around Damon.

"Otherwise you won't be able to torture him for all eternity," Damon said in a high pitch voice that was meant to be an imitation of Sarah but actually sounded nothing like her.

"Over a hundred years and you still haven't got any better at imitating me," Sarah said smugly as she looked back at a scowling Damon, annoyed at her for ruining his fun with Stefan. But knew it was over from the second Stefan said he would let Vicki go and not kill her.

"I've got you Vicki," Sarah said as she knelt down to Vicki's eye level and took hold of her in her arms.

"No," Vicki whimpered as she looked down, tears falling from her face. Sarah would be lying if she said she didn't feel bad for what Vicki had been through the last few days, partly because it was her brother's fault.

"It's okay," Sarah said as she took hold of Vicki's chin and lifted her head. Their eyes connected and Sarah began her compulsion. "Forget everything that happened. You took some pills and woke up on this roof, we found you here. Forget all about me and my brothers being vampires and go back to your life," Sarah commanded as Vicki stared into Sarah's eyes, hypnotized by the beautify forest green colouring . When Sarah was done Vicki shook her head from side to side, like she was waking up after a nap.

"What happened? Where am I? Oh, I ripped my stitches open. Ugh..." Vicki groaned as she looked at her now bleeding neck that was without a bandage.

"Are you okay?" Stefan asked as he approached Vicki and Sarah.

"I took some pills man. I'm good," Vicki said as if she was stoned.

"Take her down to the Mystic Grill. You'll find her brother or someone that will take her off your hands there," Stefan said to Sarah. She nodded before helping Vicki up to her feet and then leading her off the roof. As she left, she heard Damon say to Stefan that he was going to be staying in Mystic Falls for the time being. At least something good had come out of all this. With her two brothers staying in town she'd have a better chance of brining them back together. She'd just have to keep an eye on Damon though, he was clearly up to something and with Damon it was never good.

After a short walk, Sarah entered the Mystic Grill with Vicki holding on to her. Instantly she was swarmed by a group of teenagers that took Vicki from her and sat her down. She was thanked by multiple people but none of their thanks meant anything to her. She actually ignored them all until Elena grabbed her by the shoulder. Sarah looked over her shoulder and smiled at the familiar face.

"Thanks for finding Vicki," Elena said sincerely.

"Actually it was Stefan that found her. Me and Damon just happened to be there. They're...talking, so I brought her here," Sarah explained with a smile to Elena.

"Well, thank you anyway," Elena said before heading over to check on Matt and Vicki. Sarah remained in the restaurant until Vicki's bandages had been replaced by Matt and then decided it was time to leave.

"Hey," Sarah stopped and looked around to see Matt approaching her.

"Hey," replied Sarah as she turned around to face the teenager, her hands shoved in her pockets.

"Elena told me you and Stefan found Vicki. So tell him I said thanks," Matt said as he shyly looked at the ground. Sarah managed to hold down a chuckle, she found it cute that Matt was embarrassed to talk to her.

"I will. And you're welcome," Sarah said turning to leave.

"So do you go to school?" Matt asked, Sarah once again stopping, turning back to him. "It's just I haven't seen you around."

"I was at boarding school for a while, but I got sick of it. I only arrived in town a few days ago," Sarah explained.

"You thinking of going to school here?" Matt asked, finally looking into Sarah's eyes. Sarah laughed a little before bobbing her head back and forth.

"Thinking about it. Take care Matt," Sarah said before finally leaving. Matt smiled to himself and then turned away before his smile turned to a frown. How did she know his name? Matt wondered before seeing his sister and forgetting all about it.

Outside, Sarah was walking down the street when Stefan appeared at her side. She didn't react or comment, just continued walking with him keeping pace.

"You're going to have to do better than that if you want to scare me Stefy," Sarah said looking to her brother with a smirk. He smiled back, which actually surprised her more than his sudden appearance.

"I'll work on it," he joked.

"A smile and a joke!" Sarah said in astonishment. "It must be my lucky day." Stefan chuckled at that. "What's got you in such a good mood?"

"I just got Elena's phone number," Stefan said producing a piece of paper.

"Seriously," Sarah said, eyebrows raising. "It took you this long to get her phone number. No wonder me and Damon are constantly out smarting you," Sarah said, that time Stefan didn't laugh. "So what do you want?" Sarah asked trying to keep the conversation alive.

"I was just going to head home. Care to join me?" Stefan asked.

"You really want me staying in the same house as you?" Stefan shrugged.

"Well, Damon's moving in either way, and if he's going to be living with me it seems silly for you not to," Stefan answered with a thin smile. "So what'd ya say?" Sarah smiled at her brother, a genuine heartfelt smile.

"I'd love to," Sarah answered. She was finally getting somewhere. In one night she had managed to keep both her brothers in town and move them all into the same house. At this rate they'd be back to being a family in no time. And with that Stefan and Sarah headed for home.

Sarah had thought that would have been the end of her night, turns out she was wrong. She and Stefan were sat in the living, Stefan writing in his journal and Sarah reading a book she'd been wanting to reread for a while now. Then suddenly the door bell rang. The two vampires looked to the front door and then to each other before Stefan vamp speeded over to the door and opened it normally.

"Hi," Stefan said as he stood in the doorway.

"Hey," Elena said back.

"Would you like to come in?" Stefan asked stepping aside. Elena peered in and could see Sarah sat on the couch looking directly at her. The two smiled and waved to each other before Sarah looked back down at her book, though honestly she wasn't reading and was still listening in on the two.

"The comet's actually this way," Elena said as she pointed behind her and walked back outside. As Stefan followed her outside, Sarah sat her book down and slowly walked over towards the front door, listening to the two all the way.

"Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier," Elena apologised.

"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things...I didn't like it." Sarah had no idea what the two were talking about but that didn't stop her from listening as she approached the doorway unnoticed.

"See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, write in my diary, like I have been since my mom gave me one when I was ten. It's where I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should probably be telling you," Elena explained, all while Stefan listened patiently.

"What would you write?" Stefan asked.

"I would write... Dear diary, today I convinced myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that...the world's just going to come crashing down, and I...don't know if I can survive that."

"Do you want to know what I would write?" Stefan asked, Elena nodded her head gently. "I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here," Stefan said as he stepped closer to Elena. Then he leaned in, and they kissed. Then Elena took hold of his face, and he hers, and they kissed again. And Sarah watched them, leaning against the doorway with a smile on her face. As much as she loved to tease and annoy her brother, it brought her nowhere near as much joy as it did when she saw him this happy. When Stefan pulled away from Elena and looked towards the door, Sarah was already gone.

"What is it?" Elena asked looking towards the doorway.

"Nothing," Stefan said with a smile before they went back to kissing.