Chapter three
Lily's POV
I stepped out of the warm water and reluctantly into the cold room. Grabbing the towel off the hot radiator, I wrapped myself in its warmth and grabbed another towel and wrapped my hair up. After pulling the plug out of the bath and letting the water loose, I walked bare foot into the bedroom and pulled Damon's draw open pulling out a shirt. Pushing that draw shut and pulling mine out, I picked out a pair of matching underwear. Dropping the towel, I shoved the clothing on in a blur anxious to be warm again.
I rubbed at my hair with the towel and chucked it in the washing basket with Damon's from earlier.
Turning around I walked back into the bathroom and picked up my brush, combing through my hair I took deep breaths, concentrating on only what I was doing.
I brushed my hair straight and pulled out the hair dryer from under the sink. Plugging it in, I switched it on high and ran it down my hair with the brush. When my hair dried it bounced up and curled naturally. Eventually all my hair was dry and curly. I unplugged the dryer and put it back under the sink.
Slowly I looked away from the mirror and walked back into the bedroom. I had been trying not to think about it but it had seeped through the gaps of my walls about what had happened this evening and I knew I had to apologize to Stefan. I would before I went to bed.
When I walked into the bedroom I saw a dark figure in the corner of my eye and I turned to see Damon. I smiled but it slowly faded again as I saw the expression on his face. "What?" I asked.
He stepped aside and I saw a flash of blonde hair and light tanned skin.
"Alice!" I ran at her and she grunted as I slammed into her, enveloping her in a tight hug. I pulled back. "What the – how?"
She sighed. "Lily."
Elena's POV
"Who was that at the door?" I asked, turning to Stefan. We were sat on the sofas in the living room; Stefan sat next to me, Caroline on the other side and Demetri in the love seat beside Caroline. Katherine had the other three seat sofa to herself; her eyes flickered to me as I asked the question.
"I don't know." Stefan answered.
"It was a girl." Caroline said, looking at Stefan.
"Her name's Alice." Katherine said. Then quieted as she listened in upstairs. "It seems its Lily's long lost sister."
"Alice?" Stefan said. "She's dead. She was in Lily's dimension."
"Apparently not."
"You don't think something has happened, do you?" Demetri said suddenly. He had always been a 'talk when talked to' sort of guy. But he had seemed to have gained his confidence ever since Lily had got back. Stefan had said it was because of his loyalty to Lily. And when I had asked why he was loyal, Stefan had said it was because whoever changes you, you become loyal towards them - until they turn into narcissistic bitches like Katherine.
"What do you mean, Demetri?" Stefan asked.
"I mean, Lily came back from the dead, and now her sister has come back from the dead. That wasn't supposed to happen right? So what's gone wrong?"
"We'll just have to wait for an explanation." I interrupted.
Lily's POV
"What the hell is going on, Alice? How are you here?" I said.
"Lily . . . when you came back, you made like – like a hole, a split in between dimensions, causing us to come back too."
"What?" I said shaking my head in disbelief. Then it clicked. "Us?"
Alice hesitated, her hands shaking. "You didn't just bring me back." She paused again and finally added quietly. "You brought the WHOLE dimension back."
"What!" I gasped.
"That's not the worst thing – Klaus – "
"Klaus, oh shhhii . . ." I trailed off and squeezed my eyes shut, rubbing them with my fingers, my breathing speeding. "What's he doing now? Don't say he has some sort of plan to kill me." I laughed nervously. Alice's eyes fell to the floor. "He has?" I laughed again in shock and fell to sit on the bed. "I shouldn't be surprised." I said, half to myself, then added to Alice. "What does he have planned then?"
"He's got the whole dimension on his side." She looked at me with serious but sad eyes. "Lily, if you don't die in the next four days. The whole dimension does. They don't go back to the bottom, they just fade out. Go. Forever. Klaus told all of them, and they don't want to die. Some of them are just scared, some are angry. But they all want you dead." She paused, and added quietly. "And that's not going to happen."
"So if I'm alive, you die?"
She nodded. "It was my time long ago, Lily. Don't let this overrule you. You have to be ready to protect yourself."
"What about Mom? Did she come back?"
"No, the Guardians are still down there." Alice said.
I paused for a long moment, the silence filling the room. "So what do we do?"
"We run." Damon said, finally speaking, his face tense. "We have to get you away."
"No! I can't just leave here." I said. "If I do, the whole town will have to suffer for it, and Klaus won't give up."
"You are not dying on me again." Damon said, taking a step towards me.
"Damon's right." Alice interrupted. "If you stay you'll be put in danger. Believe me, there are too many for you to fight."
"I'm a hybrid, I'm strong – "I began.
"You are not being put in danger like that. So what if a few people die for you." Damon said.
"I'm not leaving and letting the whole of Fell's Church die."
"Lily –"
"No." I said, and my face grew dark. "I'm staying here. We knew something was coming . . . and now it's came. We're not running away from it. You said yourself, we'll be ready."
Damon nodded stiffly. "Okay."
"Alice, do you want to stay here tonight?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, I've got to get back. They'll know something is wrong if I don't."
I nodded. "Okay." I pulled her into a hug. "Be careful."
"I will." She said as I let her go and she left the room. "Goodbye Damon."
"Goodbye Alice." He said his eyes tight.
I looked to him. There was a moment of silence and then I said, "I'm tired." He nodded and pulled me by my hand to him and kissed my forehead. "Goodnight." He whispered and left the room.
I sighed and pulled the bed cover back and lay down. Here we go again.
Alice's POV
As I left, I heard a voice in my head; we have to get Lily away from here. And I gave him a silent agreement.
"Alex! Alex, wake up." I said when I reached his still body.
His hazel eyes opened in a daze, blinking several times. He groaned and rubbed at his forehead.
"Oh, my God. I am so sorry." I gasped, pretending to care.
"What happened?" He asked, sitting up and I supported his back.
"I kneed you in the face. I am so sorry." I said and he laughed.
"It's okay, we're only human." I laughed myself and fell to sit in the dirt.
"Yeah." I agreed and Alex stared at me, his eyes sad.
"This girl –"He said. "She's your sister, right?"
I looked up at his face. It genuinely looked like he felt for me. "Yes."
"If I were you, I wouldn't want to kill her." He said.
"Yeah, well . . . I have to. Klaus compelled me."
He narrowed his eyes as he spotted my slip up. "You wouldn't know that if he had." He said.
My eyes flickered back to his and I opened my mouth to say something.
"Relax, I won't tell Klaus. The only reason I'm here is because I have nothing else to be here for. This is my only purpose." He fidgeted with his hands.
"You don't want to kill her?" I asked.
"I don't know her . . . but I'm sure she doesn't deserve it."
"She doesn't." I snapped.
"Okay." He said. "I'll help you."
"Help me?" I frowned.
"Help you save her."
"Help me? Just like that?" I asked. "How can I trust you?"
"Alice. I don't want to live anymore; I want to be in peace. I should have died a long time ago."
I hesitated then slowly I nodded. "All right." I kept his eyes for a moment, and then he said.
"We'd better get back."
"Yeah." I shook myself out of my daze and stood up, brushing myself off. "Yeah we should."
Damon's POV
"Stefan." I said. Lily had fallen asleep and now I was interrupting the little mothers meeting in here. "I need you to come for a little drive with me."
Stefan frowned. "Why? –"
"Just. Come."
He kissed Elena on the cheek. "I'll be back soon." He said.
I was already in the car when Stefan jumped in. "Where are we going?"
"To Rick's house."
I started the car and sped down the drive onto the motorway.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because we need to get Lily away from here, now." I said. "You heard what Alice said; I can't lose her again."
"And what exactly can Rick do?" He said.
I looked straight ahead as I said. "We need Vervain and wolfsbane."
Ooh cliffhanger :D, what do you thinks going to happen next?
Kellie xx
