AN: Welcome to another chapter, and once again, I am so proud of the feedback I'm getting for this story, which so far has been positive.
I've decided to change my plans a little and introduce some of my OCs in this chapter as a set up and to hopefully get you guys interested.
I own nothing.
Elena walked out of the house, Stefan by her side. "I have to admit, I've never seen my aunt like that," Elena says.
"As much as I don't think she'll admit it, she thinks of you as her children now, and there is something threatening her children," Stefan offers Elena.
"That kind of makes sense," Elena admits as she takes her phone out. The first person she called was Bonnie, informer her that she needed to meet them at the Grill. After that, she called up Alaric and told him the same thing.
Elena and Stefan arrive at the grill and see that Bonnie had arrived, but Alaric hadn't. The pair sat down across from Bonnie. "What's up?" Bonnie asked.
"Big stuff, but we need to wait for Alaric to get here first," Elena stated.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow, but wasn't able to pester Elena as Alaric walked into the Grill. Elena waved him over. Once Alaric had gotten seated, Elena started into her explanation. After a very little bit, the server came over to take their orders.
"Hello, I'm Meg, can I get you started with any drinks?" the server said arriving at the table.
"You're new," Bonnie stated.
"Well, today is my first day," Meg said.
"She means new to town, it's a small town, everyone knows everyone," Elena clarified.
"Oh, yeah, got here about a week ago, figured first thing I should do was get a job," Meg said slightly nervously. "So, drinks?" Meg asked, in an attempt to change the topic.
The group let it go as they had more important stuff to talk about. The told the girl their orders. As she was walking away, Stefan caught the glint of metal off her leg, and with a second glance saw something that surprised him. "Before we get back into things, it might be worth looking into this new girl especially closely," Stefan states.
"And why do you think that Stefan?" Alaric asks.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, she has either a dagger or a combat knife strapped to her leg," Stefan replied.
"Yeah, I think that would warrant extra observation, but back to the bigger issues," Elena says, continuing on her explanation. They had to stop a couple more times when their server came around, but they finished up before the end of the meal.
"Wow, that's a lot to take in," Alaric said.
"That's an understatement," Elena states.
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A truck stopped in front of the cabin that Anna and her mother had been staying in. Damon, Anna and Jeremy got out of the car and started walking up to the house. Anna took a key out of her pocket and unlocked the door.
As soon as they had entered, Pearl's voice traveled through the house. "Anna, you're home, and with someone." She soon walked into the entryway. As soon as Pearl spotted Jeremy, she used her vampiric speed to grab him and hold him against the wall. "Anna, why did you bring a Gilbert…" Pearl started to ask before getting thrown off of Jeremy by an angry Anna.
"You will not touch him mother, nor will you threaten him," Anna told her mother.
"And why shouldn't I?" Pearl asked picking herself off the floor.
"Because Jeremy is my Mate," Anna said. The new surprised Pearl to say the least, and her face showed it.
"I guess we need to discuss some things now don't we," Pearl said.
The group moved over to the sitting room, where Harper was. Seeing Jeremy, Harper got up, ready to attack, but a look from Pearl told him to do no such thing. He sat back down, and the rest of the group took their seats as well.
"So, you two have become Mates, what will this mean with John Gilbert in town?" Pearl asks.
"He won't bother Anna, you won't have to worry. I know my uncle, the one thing he holds above everything, though he doesn't show it well, is family. He won't attack her knowing it will hurt me," Jeremy explains, relieving Pearl's fear.
"On top of that, his Aunt Jenna is giving John one of those scary female lectures," Damon adds.
"So, what happens from here?" Pearl asks.
"Well, Jenna has invited me to move in with Jeremy, which I have accepted, so I'm here in part to pack my stuff up. She also asked us to invite you over for dinner tonight; she would like to have a chat with you, guardian to guardian," Anna explained.
"Well, let's get you packed, and tell Jenna I'll be there," Pearl says.
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Jenna came back from the kitchen. "John, we've known each other for a while. You should know that I don't threaten people, most of the time. When someone threatens the wellbeing and happiness of Jeremy or Elena, I do deal out threats, but only ones that I'm willing to follow up on. You are threating either the wellbeing or happiness for both Elena and Jeremy, so you have much to fear," Jenna said, sitting on the edge of the coffee table, looking directly at John.
All John could do was nod, but that was enough for Jenna. "First, your ring, I've been told what it does, and you don't deserve it, so give it over," Jenna ordered in her tone of voice that left no room for disagreement, though John didn't make a move to take it off. After about half a minute, Jenna spoke again, "Take it off before I take it off for you."
That was enough to scare John, as he quickly took off the ring and gave it to Jenna, who took it and put it on her own finger. "Now, if one of your schemes ends up hurt Jeremy, Elena, or any of their friends, including the vampiric ones, I will find a way to tear off that useless dick of yours and shove it in your mouth," Jenna said, her voice filled with conviction that made it so John knew that it wasn't an ideal threat.
"You will pack up your stuff and leave before Jeremy and Anna get back, or I'll throw you out without any of your stuff, I don't want to see you again," Jenna said, getting up and walking up to her own room to get ready to meet Pearl.
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Meg walked into the living room of her house, which was also occupied by another woman. "So Meg, what did you find out about the inhabitants of this town?" the other woman, who was residing on one of the couches working with a computer, asked.
"Well, Trish, I already found an interesting mix of the supernatural in this town, we have some good vampires, a witch, and a whole lot of vervain in circulation. If I heard correctly, we also have a vampire who recently found her mate. I'm definitely like it here," Mel responds before leaving the room.
AN: There you go, another chapter done. I hope you're enjoying it.
I intentionally left the physical descriptions of Meg and Trish vague, but I will have better descriptions of them later on.
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