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I liked writing this chapter. It's a good mix of several things. Both a little humor, arguing and revelations.
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Third person p.o.v
The next morning, Elena left early to go to the boarding house. She wanted to tell Sarah and ask her to come, but she came home so late last night from her coffee with Mason, and she wanted to let Sarah sleep even though she was dying to know what had happened between her and him last night. But then again, if Damon's allegations were right, then how safe was he for her sister? That was why she had invited Ric to come to the boarding house for a talk about just that. Ric knocked on the door and Damon answered.
"Do you want anything to drink?" Damon asked. "Coffee? Bourbon? Bourbon to coffee?"
"Elena mentioned that you needed my help." Ric said and sat down on the couch, ignoring the vampire in front of him.
"Yeah we hoped you could help shed some light on the Lockwood family." Stefan said.
"Now why would I know anything about the Lockwood family?" Ric asked.
"We wouldn't but your dead vampire wife might." Damon said tauntingly.
"Isobel's research from when you were at Duke together."
"You said that she had spent years researching this town." Stefan said to Ric.
"Isobel`s research here in Mystic Falls was focused on the folklore legends, at the time I thought most of it was just fiction." Ric told them.
"Like that amazing vampire story." Damon stated sarcastically.
"Aside from vampires, what else?" Elena asked more seriously.
"The lycanthrope." Ric told them.
"Like werewolves?" Elena looked just as skeptical as the two vampires did and she got more and more nervous for her big sister by the second. Which was a very strange feeling for her.
"No, no way. Impossible." Damon stated.
"Is it?" Stefan asked him.
"I have lived over 160 years, and I`ve never come across a single one. If werewolves exist, where are they?" Damon asked everyone but no one knew what to say.
"Why do you suspect the Lockwood's?"
"Because the vervain didn't affect the mayor on Founder's Day, but the Gilbert device did and it affected his son Tyler." Damon answered him.
"And on the school carnival yesterday, his uncle Mason exhibited unhuman behavior when he fought one of the carnival workers. We figured that they're some sort of supernatural entity." Stefan told Ric.
"We were hoping Isobel's research could help us figure out what it is." Elena said with hope in her voice.
"Well, her things are still at Duke. I mean her office is still there, she's technically still a missing person." Ric said.
"So, can we get access to it?" Damon asked but Ric didn`t know if he wanted to go and snoop through Isobel`s things.
"Ric, we don't know what we're dealing with here. If this wolfman thing is true, then I've seen enough movies to know that this is not good. If Mason Lockwood is, Lon Chaney, then the Tyler punk may well be Lon Chaney Jr. Which means that we're screwed." Damon said, and then Elena knew for sure that Mason Lockwood were no good for her older sister but she knew she couldn't just tell her to stop talking to him. She needed to show her evidence on that he couldn't be trusted.
Sarah's p.o.v
When I woke up the next morning, I had a big smile on my face. Last night's talk with Mason really helped. We talked together for hours, and it made me feel good. I managed to keep the vampire stuff out of conversation but I told Mason about how much Damon got on my nerves and he understood that well. He got the same vibes from him. I looked at my phone and saw that I'd gotten a text from no other than Mason.
M: Good morning Sunshine. Thank you for a lovely talk yesterday. Hope you had a good night's sleep and that you`ll have a great day. Don't forget to take care of yourself and tell your sister how you feel about what happened last night.
Looking at that text made me smile and thinking about how we left things yesterday. I got the feeling as if he wanted to kiss me but instead, he just kissed my forehead, making my knees go a little weak.
I walked into the bathroom and took a shower but this time, I used the shower in the bathroom I shared with Jenna. I figured I had to try. I didn't feel that good about it so it was rather quick. I ran out of there and into my room, which made Jenna peek her head out of her own door.
"Sarah? What are you doing? Did you use our shower this morning?" She yelled through the door.
"Yes, I tried." I yelled back.
"Good for you." Jenna said and stood in my doorway.
"Hey, I know you're still not fully forgiven me or Elena but I want you to know how sorry…"
"Aunt Jenna, seriously. I know, I know you're sorry and I still feel that I can't tell you everything that's going on with me and I've started to feel that being here, makes me fall back into my old routines and I don't want that." I could see the sadness in Jenna's eyes. Yesterday was a good day for the two of us. Today, not so much. I don't know what to say but my emotions are all over the place now and I needed more time.
"I understand." Jenna looked like she was about to cry, but tried to keep it together. She realized how badly hurt I was, and that I couldn't just forgive everyone overnight. For example, I was beyond mad at my little sister for just leaving me with Damon last night at the carnival. What stroke me as most odd, was the fact that my neck wound healed but the scars on my wrists didn't. I tried to give Elena a chance but she just took Bonnie and left without even dragging me along. Sure, she tried to call me a few times but that was it and when I came home last night, she was already asleep and I couldn't exactly wake her up to yell at her. I was dreaming away about the text I got from Mason and felt like a little schoolgirl. I heard that Elena and Stefan came back from wherever they had been but it was still early. I heard them talking in her bedroom.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Stefan asked her.
"Which part? The digging through my birth mother's life work or going to Duke with Damon?" Elena asked.
"Either, both." Stefan said.
"Well, I'm sure about the first part, but then again Ric is a good buffer so and then I have to talk to Sarah about it." Elena said and that was when I showed myself.
"Talk to me about what? The fact that you left me at the carnival with a murderous vampire to take care of your friends, or the part that you want me to come with you to Duke because you don't want to go alone with Damon?" Elena jumped when she heard the sound of my voice and actually looked embarrassed. She tried to speak up but I wouldn't let her get the chance to speak.
"I thought yesterday that I would give you a chance, and try to get my life and our bond back on track but once again I got kicked in the ass by you. On what planet do you think that I would go with you to Duke?" I asked her. Elena didn't know what to say and kept her mouth shut. That made me just more upset and angry.
"Why do I even bother?" I said mostly to myself, threw my hands in the air before leaving to go into my own bedroom, and collapsed on the bed. I picked up my phone and sent a text to Mason.
S: Good morning to you too. I had a very nice time with you yesterday and I know it`s much to ask but do you want to do something today?
There was a knock on my door, I turned around to see whom it was, and it was Stefan.
"May I come in?" He asked politely.
"Sure, I guess." I said staring at my phone.
"I know that things aren't that good between you and Elena but she is really trying to make it better." Stefan told me and that made me angry.
"Well, she has a darn funny way to show it. I'm so sick of how she's always thinks about herself and not caring about how it affects other people." I said harsh but truthfully.
"Ok, look at it this way. If you go with them to Duke, you can get us some more answers about what the hell that's going on here and you have my blessing to torture Damon as much as you want." Stefan said with a playful and hopeful tone, and that made me turn around and look at him.
"Do you mean I can do what I want, and still don't have to deal that much with Elena?" I asked, looking hopeful.
"Whatever you want. Plus, you can get to know your history teacher a little better." Stefan said with a smile. I sighed, got up and got my bag. A trip where I don't have to listen to Elena's crap at all. I like that.
"Fine! I'll go but not because of Elena. I would prefer that she didn't talk to me for the time we are there." I said as I threw some items in the bag.
"Who knows, maybe this trip is exactly what you need to get to talking again." Stefan told me and of course, he would say anything for his precious Elena. The fool was in love with her.
"Well, we'll just have to see. Won't we?" I said and lifted my bag off the bed and walked to my door where Elena stood.
"Thank you…" She started but I cut her off.
"I'm not doing this for you." I spat as I walked pass her. I walked downstairs and saw Ric and Jenna standing in the doorway talking to each other.
"Are you going as well?" Jenna asked me when she saw the bag.
"Yup. Stefan talked me into it." I said shortly to her before turning to Ric.
"Hi! I'm Sarah. The niece with all the problems you didn't know your girlfriend had." I said before walking outside without stopping. I could hear Elena coming right behind me.
"Hey, are you ok? I'm so sorry Jenna. It's me that she's most angry with, not you." I heard her say to our Aunt.
"Well. Please take care of her and make sure she takes her meds." Like I would forget that. Damon stood against Ric's car with a smirk on his face but when he saw me, I turned into a frown.
"Are you coming too?" He asked with a groan.
"Why? I thought that you didn't care." I said before jumping in the car after I gave Ric my bag.
"Touché." Damon said.
"I'm sorry you can't come too Stef." He said tauntingly to his brother and Elena looked like she could murder him.
"Call me if you need anything. You too Sarah." Stefan told the both of us.
"Relax brother. I'll take good care of them." Damon told him. Elena scolded ay him before obviously kissing Stefan in front of him. I suddenly felt a little bad for Damon. I knew how he felt about my sister. Even though it grossed me out that both of them wanted her mostly because she looked like Katherine.
"Ok, time to go." Damon said and I looked out at Stefan.
"Hey Stefan? Could you please tell Caroline that there's no hard feeling about what happened yesterday? I forgive her." I asked Stefan and he nodded.
"I'll let her know." He told me before Elena closed the door. As the car drove off, Elena turned and looked at me.
"Why is it so easy for you to forgive Caroline and not me?" Elena asked me. I sighed and looked at her.
"Caroline didn't ignore me for seven months, you did." I said before turning to my book and plugged in my headphones. I got a text message from Mason and now I felt a little bad for him.
M: Yeah, I have some free time now during the day but I'm busy tonight. Maybe an early lunch at the Grill or something.
S: I have to cancel on you. Stefan talked me into going to Duke today. I'll talk to you when I get back.
I sighed a little before turning back to my book but now I couldn't enjoy it as much as before.
Third person p.o.v
Tyler were in his father's old study that now belonged to his mother, who took over as mayor after he died. He had many questions and he wanted answers.
"Have you ever been down at those old ruins in the woods?" He asked his mother.
"The old Lockwood Estate?"
"Yeah. What do you know about it?"
"It was the original plantation house, beautiful antebellum architecture and if it hadn't burned to the ground, we would probably be living there." Carol told her son.
"What's the deal with the freaky underground cellar?" Tyler tried to see if his mother knew anything about them.
"We don't talk about those rooms." Carol said quickly, not wanting to tell her son about how things were before.
"Why not?"
"Well, this is the south, honey, but no one like to reminisce about the slave days." Carol said as they heard Mason walk through the front door. He had just finished reading the text he got from Sarah and he was actually glad she went out of town especially when it was a full moon, but he was sad that he didn't get to see her. He could hear Tyler and Carol talk together in the study.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" He asked.
"We're just talking about the old Lockwood property. I'm thinking about having some friends over to the swimming hole."
"Be careful. If anything happens on property, this family is liable." Carol said and Tyler promised to be careful. Mason was a little worried about it but he just had to trust that everything would be fine.
Sara's p.o.v
Elena had dozed off after my continuation to ignore her but I was staring out into nothing completely in my own thoughts. So, when Damon spoke to me, I jumped ten feet in the air. At least it felt like it.
"How are you doing back there? Are you sad that you had to give up time with your boyfriend?" Damon asked me but I didn't answer him.
"You know, this whole pretending to hate me is getting kind of old." Damon said and it surprised me that Ric came to my defense.
"I don't think any of them is pretending, you did kill their brother." Ric said and I liked him more and more by the second.
"There's something about that statement you're not thinking about. He came back to life."
"Thanks to a ring you didn't know he was wearing." I said without looking at him.
"Why are you so sure I didn't know?" He asked me.
"Did you?"
"Yes." He said and I scolded at him. I knew he was lying.
"You're lying." I stated.
"Sarah, I'm not lying! It's a big tacky thing. It's hard to miss." Damon said and I was feeling angry again.
"Hey Ric. Can you please be a darling and tell Damon what a giant ass he is?" I asked nicely. Damon rolled his eyes at me.
"You're a giant ass." Ric said, turning his head to Damon.
"Oh, come on!" Damon exclaimed and I couldn't help laughing.
"Sarah, 1, Damon, 0." I said loudly to myself, and it made Elena wake up.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Ric and I are stating what an ass Damon is because he didn't see the ring before killing Jeremy."
"Ah, then I agree." Elena said as she yawned. Damon started to feel a little alone in the car and I didn't really care.
Third person p.o.v
Stefan and Bonnie where at Caroline's to help her get a daylight ring. Bonnie had never done it before but she promised she would try because she promised Stefan. Caroline studied the ring they had brought to her and the girl as she is she had to complain.
"So, I don't get to choose the ring I have to wear for the rest of my life?" She asked.
"Hey, if you don't want it…" Bonnie tried to say.
"No, she wants it." Stefan said quickly. Caroline sighed.
"Now what?" She asked.
"Now comes the time when I explain the rules." Bonnie said. "The witch who spells the ring has the power to de-spell it. So, if you do anything to hurt anyone."
"I'm not going to hurt anyone." Caroline told her.
"You're a vampire. That means the urge to kill will always be there, and you've already hurt Sarah." Bonnie spat and Stefan tried to stop it before it went out of control.
"Caroline knows that and she feels sorry for it. Sarah has forgiven her, what she hasn't forgiven is the fact that her sister and someone she considers a friend just left her while she was bleeding alone with Damon at the carnival." Stefan said and that made Bonnie feel bad.
"Bonnie, you're supposed to be my friend." Caroline said calmly.
"I can't ignore what happened, ok. If you want to be friends, you have to prove that the Caroline I remember isn't gone. Now put the ring on the bed." Bonnie told her and Caroline did as she was told.
"Did you really think I meant to kill that guy at the carnival or even hurt Sarah?" Caroline asked Bonnie.
"He's still dead and Sarah is still hurt." Bonnie said but the last part was meant for herself as well. She had hurt Sarah too but it was easier to blame Caroline than herself.
"Do you want me to cast the spell or not?" Bonnie asked, but Caroline didn't say anything. Bonnie then started to chant under her breath whilst the sun shines on the ring. A few seconds later Bonnie were done with the spell, closed the drapes, and gave the ring to Caroline.
"All done." She said, Caroline took the ring and put it on.
"So that's it? I mean nothing witchy happened. No flickering lights no gust of wind. Have you ever done this before?" Caroline was beginning to get snarky.
"Caroline." Stefan said slowly, trying to warn her, not to piss off the witch.
"What? I just want to make sure that it worked." She said and by now, Bonnie have had enough and pulled the drapes wide open. Caroline prepared for the worst but nothing happened.
"It worked." She said smugly.
"What if it hadn't Bonnie?!" Caroline exclaimed.
"She's all yours." Bonnie whispered to Stefan before walking out of there.
Sarah's p.o.v
I didn't know I had fallen asleep before Damon actually threw a magazine at my head and waking me up.
"Damon! What the hell?"
"Rise and shine, porcupine, we have arrived and you're snoring like a lumberjack or something." He said to me.
"I do not. You're stupid and I don't like you." I said as I walked out of the car but Damon wouldn't leave me alone. He tried to trip me all the time towards the stairs.
"Damon, stop it!" I said to him and was getting angry.
"Damon, please leave the girl alone. I'm going crazy over here!" Ric said and threw his hands in the air.
"Thank you, Ric. At least someone has manners." I said before walking away from Elena and Damon.
"So, Isobel was officially employed by the anthropology department given that most paranormal phenomenon is rooted in folklore." Ric explained to us, and I found it interesting. We walked up to a girl sorting through some papers.
"Hi! I'm Alaric Saltzman, I talked to you on the phone earlier." Ric said to the girl.
"Yes. Of course, I'm Vanessa Monroe, research assistant, comparative folklore." She said eying Damon up and down and it made me want to barf.
"Let me grab Isobel's keys." Vanessa told us.
"I'm sorry, this is my friends Damon, Elena and Elena's big sister, Sarah. I hope that this isn't too much of an imposition." Ric said as I waved like a retard.
"Please, Isobel's office is right through there. Isobel was one of my first professors. I'm a grad student, she was brilliant and one of the reasons I went into folklore. I have to ask, has there been any news?" Vanessa looked at Ric.
"No, I'm afraid not. That was something the four of us new was bullshit but I wasn't going to tell that to her. Vanessa opened the door to Isobel's office for us and I loved old rooms. There were things everywhere and I just loved it.
"I'll grab the lights. You guys take a look around. It's fascinating, isn't it?" Vanessa left the room and we started to look around.
"Hey Sarah, catch." Damon said and threw something at me. In reflex, I took it and noticed it was a human skull. I panicked, screamed out and dropped it on the floor, making both Ric and Elena to jump.
"Why do you always have to be such an ass?" I said angrily and the bastard only smiled.
"I live for it." He said and I was fuming with anger and muttered things under my breath only he could hear and that made him snicker.
"Where did she go?" Damon asked about Vanessa. I was standing right beside Elena when Vanessa returned and once again, I pushed Elena out of the way at the same time that she fired. I closed my eyes, waiting for impact but it never came. I opened my eyes and saw Damon hovering over me with an arrow in his back. He looked at me quickly before falling to the ground in pain. Ric took care of Vanessa, and pinned her to the wall, Elena were shocked and I tried to help Damon. He got up on his own but he couldn't get the arrow out.
"Sarah, would you take the arrow out of my back please, I can't reach it." Damon asked me nicely. That was new. Even though I've only known him for like three days.
"Why did you push me out of the way?" Elena asked me as I made myself ready to pull the arrow out of Damon.
"Because, that's what you do for family." I said and pulled it out, making Damon grunt.
"And it gives me pleasure to bring you even more guilt than you already have." I said and dropped the arrow.
"That bitch is dead." Damon said slowly.
"You're not killing her." Elena said.
"Watch me."
"If you kill her, I'll never speak to you again." Elena did not just say that did she?
"And what makes you think you have power over me? Because I took an arrow for you? Newsflash I took one for your sister, not you. You are severely overestimating yourself." He told Elena and for once, I agreed with Damon. That was weird.
"Oh, right I forgot that I was speaking to a psychotic mind who snaps and kills people impulsively. Fine, go ahead. Do whatever you want." Elena said.
"You're trying to manipulate me." Damon stated.
"If I was trying to manipulate you, you mean by telling the truth then ok. Guilty." Elena told him. All of this was so complicated. I followed Ric out of the office with Vanessa who was freaking out. It was kind of fun to watch.
"Please. I freaked! You would have done the same thing. It is not possible. Katherine Pierce can't be alive and Damon Salvatore died in 1864. I read Isobel's research." She told him.
"Then you should know how possible this is." Ric said.
"Even I believed it right away but then again, I'm crazy." I said with a smirk and not making thing easier for Vanessa. Ric gave me a look and I knew I had taken it a little too far. Damon and Elena joined us.
"I'm Elena Gilbert, Isobel's daughter and the descendant of Katherine Pierce. And this is Damon Salvatore that you just shot." Elena explained.
"I would be extra nice to me right now." Damon said and I rolled my eyes. Oooh, big scary vampire.
"Look, we need your help, we need to see all of Isobel's research, anything related to Mystic Falls." Elena explained. This was going to be a long day. Right now, I wished that I had stayed back in Mystic Falls and had a normal day with Mason instead of this crap but as the history buff that I am, I couldn't help finding this interesting.
We walked back into Isobel's office with help from Vanessa this time, and it was papers everywhere. I didn't even know what I was looking for. Vanessa picked up a box and handed it to Elena.
"This box contains the research from when Katherine arrived at Mystic Falls, April 1864." Vanessa said.
"Is this all that there is about her?" Elena asked as I started to look through the files.
"All that I know of." She said and Elena sighed. She picked up some vervain and gave it to Vanessa.
"Here."
"Does vervain really work?" She asked.
"Nope! Not at all." Damon said from the other room.
"Can he hear us?"
"No that would be creepy." Damon whispered.
"Well you are creepy, so that sums it up quite nicely." I said looking up from my file. Damon only winked at me.
"Can he read minds too?" Vanessa asked.
"You know, if you want to see me naked, all you've got to do is ask." Damon said with a smirk.
"Oh god! There's an image I`ll never get out of my head." I said with a groan and Vanessa blushed.
"No, that he can't do, he's very capable of being a first rate jackass." Elena told her and that actually made me laugh. Elena can be funny if she sets her mind to it.
Third person p.o.v
Now that Caroline finally had her daylight ring, Stefan took her out for a hunting trip in the woods, far away from people. Caroline wasn`t entirely sure about this but she was willing to try anything.
"So. what do I do when I see the rabbit?" She asked Stefan uncertain.
"Chase, it, catch it and feed on it." Stefan repeated for her.
"Isn't killing cute defenseless animals the first step to become a serial killer?" She asked.
"Well, you sort of skipped serial killer and went straight to vampire but if you're not serious about this then please tell me now."
"Of course, I am. I swear that I am, it's just that I haven't been out in the sun for days and everyone is at the swimming hole having fun, and Matt is there and he finally told me that he loved me. But I've been blowing him off and now you want me to eat bunnies and I'm kind of freaking out about the fact that I may have lost my best friend because I bit her." Caroline rambled on. Stefan tried to hold a serious face. Even though Caroline was a vampire, she sure acted like a normal teenage girl with normal teenage issues.
"And now you're laughing at me." She stated.
"I'm not laughing at you. None of this is funny, trust me." Stefan said.
"Its just that when you become a vampire all of their natural behavior get sort of amplified."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean as a human, I cared deeply for people, how they felt. If they were hurting, I felt their pain and felt guilty if I was the one who caused it and as a vampire, all of that got magnified."
"So, you're saying, now I'm basically and insecure neurotic control freak on crack?" Caroline realized.
"I wouldn't say it like that but. Hey let's hunt ok and then after that, we'll go to the swimming hole. And for the record as I've said before, Sarah doesn't hate you. She loves you and she has forgiven you. She's just out of town with Alaric, Damon and Elena." Stefan said.
"Wait, how did that happen? Sarah is mad at Elena and can't stand Damon." Caroline exclaimed.
"Because she needs to know what Mason is before she gets too attached to him, and I thought that maybe this would be a good chance for her and Elena to talk and get things out in the open." Stefan said.
"You know, no matter how much I love Elena, what she did to Sarah, was not cool. Don't be surprised if it takes a while." Caroline said more excited now that she knew she was going to the swimming hole.
They party was already going on at the fullest and many people where there having a good time. Matt was standing by his truck filling up his cup with beer, thinking about Caroline and the fact that he couldn`t swim because of the stupid cast on his arm. Tyler came up to him.
"Is it me, or did Aimee Bradley's ass get hot?" Tyler asked with a grin.
"All class, all class. So, I guess this means you no longer think that you can work things out with Sarah?" Matt asked.
"No. I think we're better off as friends. Besides, she and Mason has gotten very close since he came back to the memorial on Thursday." Tyler shrugged.
"What? Are you serious? Wow. That's a little weird." Matt said.
"Yeah well. It is what it is. So, where's Forbes?" Tyler asked.
"I wish I knew." Matt sighed.
"Are you guys on the outs already?" Tyler made an 'I feel sorry for you' face.
"No, we're fine. I`m fine, I'm just not sure what she is." Matt said honestly as Mason's truck stopped up by the road.
"What's your uncle doing here?" Matt asked.
"I don't know, I thought he would be with Sarah." Tyler said and walked up to him.
"Are you busting us, or are you joining us?" Tyler asked Mason.
"Neither, why don't you just make sure that everyone is out of here by dark." Mason told him.
"Why? Do you need the place for yourself so you can take Sarah out here or?" Tyler smirked at his uncle.
"No, it's not like that."
"Where is she anyway?"
"She went with Elena and your history teacher to Duke and I have no idea why." Mason told him a little upset.
"Can you make sure that there's no one here after dark or not?" Mason asked again.
"Why? What happens after dark?"
"Someone ends up wasted and dead at the bottom of the lake." Mason said and it made Tyler laugh a little.
"You heard your mom. The family is liable if anything happens."
"Don't be a party killer." Tyler whined.
"Hey, I didn't say stop partying, I just said you have to take it elsewhere." Mason said with a grin.
"Alright. We'll be out of here." Tyler promised. Mason drove off and let the teenagers get back to business. He didn't mind that they were drinking. If they didn't do it here, they did it other places. He just hoped that Tyler did as he asked, it wasn't safe for the kids out there in the woods tonight.
Matt was still playing at his beer duty when Amy came up to him.
"Hey Amy." He said politely and handed her a new cup.
"Thanks. You know you`re missing all the fun in the water." She said with a flirty tone.
"Well, this thing is not waterproof so."
"Too bad. So, there's a full moon tonight. Are we going to light a fire later and tell ghost stories?" Aimee asked with a smile. Before Matt could respond, Caroline showed up.
"Matt!"
"Caroline! I've been calling you." Matt said, glad to see his girlfriend again.
"I know, I got hold up but I'm here now so." She said and turned towards Amy.
"Hey Caroline" Aimee said a little uncomfortable.
"Go and find someone single to stalk Aimee." Caroline said compelling her so she would leave.
"Seriously?" Matt said.
"She was flirting with you."
"She's harmless. You don`t have to be rude." Matt told her.
"You're mad." Caroline stated.
"You've been dodging my calls all day and you get to show up here and be the jealous girlfriend. It's kind of lame, Caroline." Matt said before leaving her behind and he was quite upset with her. Stefan came up to Caroline.
"Hey, I saw that. You compelled her." Stefan stated.
"Well, she deserved it." Caroline said crossing her arms.
"Nobody deserves to have their mind messed with for shallow reasons." Stefan explained.
"Why is everyone sticking up for Aimee Bradley?" Caroline said angrily.
"Hey, don't let the jealousy get the best of you." Stefan tried to calm her down.
"Oh, so now I have magnified jealousy issues too. That's just freaking great."
"I told you that this was't going to be easy."
"Yeah well, I might as well just have stayed dead. This entire personality thing is killing me." Caroline said in defeat, making Stefan laugh at her.
"Shut up Stefan."
Sarah's p.o.v
Elena and I were still going through some of the papers but came up with nothing at all. It was so frustrating.
"Any luck?" Damon whispered in my ear making me jump. I hated when I snuck up on me like that.
"There's nothing in here about Katherine that we don't already know." Elena told him.
"You know it`s a bummer that we are not friends anymore because I could tell you what I know." Damon told us.
"Now who's manipulating who?" Elena asked him and I just rolled my eyes. She was trying so hard not to show how much she actually liked him even though she didn't want to show it.
"Hey guys check this out." Ric said and I tried to hurry over to him but like the unlucky person I am, I caught myself on something and fell smack onto the floor.
"I'm ok!" I yelled and got up. Everyone was looking at me and that made me blush. Ric shook his head, and gave Vanessa the book he was reading.
"There's no record of werewolf mythology in Mystic Falls, but here are some records of some lesser known legends. Everything from Scandinavian skin-walkers, to the Marechal de Retz." Vanessa said and I could feel the wheels turning in my head. I didn't understand anything of what she was saying.
"All of this translates roughly into the curse of the sun and the moon." Vanessa explained.
"It's native American." Ric said.
"Aztec. It explains one origin of the werewolf curse traced through Virginia. The short story was 600 years ago; werewolves and vampires plagued the Aztecs. They terrorized the countryside and made farming and hunting impossible. Until an Aztec shaman cursed them, making vampires slaves to the sun and werewolves servants of the moon. As a result, vampires could only prowl at night and werewolves could only turn on a full moon. When the full moon crests in the sky, whoever unlucky enough to fall under the werewolf curse turns into a wolf." Vanessa told us.
"Can they control the transformation?" Damon asked.
"If there was a choice, it wouldn't have been called a curse." She said and I was more confused than ever.
"So, what does this mean exactly?" I asked dumbfounded.
"It means that your boyfriend might be one, and your ex- boyfriend might be one as well. You see, it's not smart to mix between two from the same family." Damon told me.
"Werewolves will attack humans but instinct in centuries of rivalry has made them hunt their prey of choice. Vampires." Vanessa said, and that made all of us look at Damon.
"Well if werewolves were hunting vampires I would know about it." Damon said with certainty in his voice.
"Not if there aren't that many werewolves left alive. Hundreds of years ago, vampires hunted them almost to extinction."
"Why would they do that?" I asked a little concerned.
"To protect themselves, legend has it that a werewolf bite is fatal to vampires." Vanessa told us and made us all something to think about. This could be dangerous and I'm not sure I could handle it. If Mason really was a werewolf, Damon would kill him and I couldn't let that happen. I cared about Mason and didn't want him to get hurt.
Elena went outside to talk to Stefan on the phone and I stood in the window, looking at the moon who was getting higher by the second and I was wondering what Mason was doing right now, if the werewolf story was true I mean but everything else were true, so why not this? Was he scared? Did he hurt people? Would he hurt me? All these questions circle in my head and I almost didn't notice Damon standing next to me.
"You look lost." He said.
"Excuse me?"
"Lost in thought I mean. What are you thinking about?" He asked me.
"Nothing that concerns you. You made that very clear yesterday." I said and walked away from him. Elena came back inside.
"Well, I managed to warn Stefan so hopefully they will be all right." She said. We continued to look through a little more of Isobel's stuff, even though we've been looking through them all day. Then I found a picture of Katherine and showed it to Elena.
"Hey, have you ever done any research on doppelgangers?" Elena asked Vanessa.
"Well, the word means a lot of different things to different cultures but typically a doppelganger is a living, breathing double of one self." Vanessa said.
"Does Isobel have anything that explains the link between Katherine and me?"
"That is all she had on Katherine unfortunately but I can tell you that doppelgangers usually torment the people they look like, trying to undo their lives. It's not very uplifting."
"And more things we already know." I said almost banging my head against the wall. I was starting to get tired, and I needed sleep soon.
"I just want to know why we look alike." Elena said and I couldn't blame her.
"It's a head-scratcher, isn't it?" Damon said and it made Elena turn to look at him.
"Do you know something or are you just being yourself?"
"Well, if I know anything, I'm not going to tell you. Not with that attitude." Damon said.
"That's good Damon and this is coming from someone who wants to be my friend but you know what; Friends don't manipulate friends. They help each other." Elena said, I sat down in a chair and put my head on the table. I had a massive headache and had a hard time keeping my eyes open. I really needed to get home soon. The last thing I remember, was thinking about the last happy memory I had of my parents. The one when we were playing Pictionary.
Third person p.o.v
Damon and Alaric could see how tired Sarah really was, and it didn't surprise them to hear soft snoring coming from the office. They looked at her and figured it was about time to leave soon.
"What's going on?" Elena asked as she came out of the bathroom, and that was when she saw her sister fast asleep with her arms tucked under her head.
"We should get her home. She's exhausted." Elena whispered to the boys.
"I've got her." Ric said and walked over to Sarah. He carefully lifted her up and she didn't even stir. Elena walked out to the car first and tried to get the door open but it's locked.
"Here, let me help you." Damon said, and unlocked the door. Elena tried to get into the car but he stopped her.
"You're not going to be able to hate me forever." He told her.
"Can we just go now please?" Elena asked as Damon took an old book out.
"You didn't dig deep enough." He told her, and Elena looked at the binding.
"Petrova? I saw this on the shelf." Elena told him.
"Katherine originally came from Europe. Petrova was her real name. Katerina Petrova to be exact."
"How did you know that?" Elena asked.
"Back when I saw it engraved on an old heirloom. Men snoop too, you know. Let me know what you find, I'm very curious." Elena got in the car when Ric walked over with Sarah.
"Can you hold her while I get the door?" Ric asked Damon and he nodded. When he got Sarah in his arms, she snuggled even closer to him and buried her face in the crook of his neck. Her sweet scent hit his nose and he hadn't noticed that about her earlier, and the way she moaned in her sleep, it did something to him, even though he didn't want to admit it. He blamed Elena's hostility against him. Sarah seemed so innocent in her sleep, and he felt the urge to protect her. Damon placed Sarah in the car as carefully as he could and Elena helped him supporting her, so that she could get her seatbelt on without waking her. Elena could see the concern Damon held for her older sister, and he had only known her for a few days. This could turn ugly very quickly.
Mystic Falls
Tyler managed to drag Aimee Bradley with him down to the old Lockwood cellar, and he was making out with her. The other ones at the party had already gone elsewhere just as he promised Mason.
"Wait, wait. No, I'm sorry." Amy said stopping Tyler from kissing her neck.
"What's the deal? Come on." Tyler said and made a move to kiss her again.
"No wait I can't, I'm not into it." She said honestly.
"Then why did you come with me?"
"I don't know. I`m not even sure if I was flirting with you, I like Matt." Aimee told him.
"Ouch. Uhm, ok." Tyler felt as if had been kicked in the balls. It's not every day he gets stuff like that thrown in his face.
"I should go, I'm sorry." Aimee said and walked away from him, and for the first time since he broke up with Sarah, he was actually turned down by someone and it hurt his pride a little.
After Stefan's talk with Elena, he walked around in the woods to see if he could find Mason anywhere, and to look for Caroline. That was when he suddenly heard an animal growl and he followed the sound. Stefan found Mason's car in the middle of nowhere. He walked up to it and noticed claw marks on the ground and he thought he saw movements inside of the truck. He noticed two yellow eyes looking at him, and suddenly a wolf came through the back window. Stefan tumbled to the ground and watched as the wolf took off through the forest.
"Caroline." Stefan mumbled for himself and took off through the forest. He had to find her before the wolf did.
Caroline were walking around in the forest with Matt. It was deadly quiet around them.
"This seems like the spot." Matt said.
"For what?" Caroline asked but were silenced by a kiss that turned out to a full-blown make out session. Suddenly Matt pulled away at the sound of growling.
"Did you hear that?" he asked put Caroline were too fixated by the blood rushing in his veins and pushed him against a tree and kissed him more roughly. She completely lost herself when Matt cut his wrist and attacked him drinking his blood. Stefan came out of nowhere and got her off.
"Caroline stop!" He told her and she regained focus.
"What did I do? I have to help him." She said and tried to get past Stefan.
"I know you do, but we need to leave the woods right now." As on cue, Caroline heard the growling.
"What was that?" She asked alarmed.
"Matt stay down, do not move." Stefan compelled him, before turning to the newborn vampire. "Caroline, you and I are going to run. It will follow us and we will lead it away from Matt ok. Run as fast as you can do you understand me?" Caroline nodded.
"Go, now!" Stefan pushed her forward and took off after her. When Caroline reached the old Lockwood cellar, she stopped.
"Wait! What is that?"
"It's a werewolf, he will kill us and he can." Then they heard a voice behind them.
"Hey. What are you guys doing here?" Tyler asked.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked and out of nowhere, the wolf attacked Caroline. Stefan managed to get the wolf away from Caroline but it stood up ready to attack again. Without knowing why, Tyler stood up for the two vampires.
"No!" Tyler roared and the wolf focused on him. The wolf looked at him for a few seconds before it took off in the forest. Caroline and Stefan found Matt again and compelled him to forget what happened to him. It was the best thing for him not to remember it. Caroline felt horrible as it was.
Tyler walked around in the woods in search of the wolf. He found Mason's car and saw the damages. He picked up some clothes not understanding what was going on.
"Do you want to toss me those?" He heard from behind him and looked at a very naked and dirty Mason. He did as he`s told and he started to realize things.
"It was you." He stated and Mason nodded. He didn't know what else to do and they both knew what the other were thinking. How would they keep this hidden from Sarah?
Sarah's p.o.v
I woke up sometime during the drive back to Mystic Falls. At first, I couldn't understand what was going on. The last thing I remember where me staring at the picture of Katherine Pierce.
"What's going on? Where are we?" I asked rather sleepy.
"We're on our way back home. You fell asleep in Isobel's office so we figured it was about time to head home." Elena said and I stretched a little.
"Oh. Well sorry to ruin your road trip." I said with a yawn.
"There was nothing more to find anyway." Damon called from the front seat before looking at me with the hint of a smile, and I could not understand why he would do that towards me.
"How far are we from home?" I asked.
"It's not far. 20 minutes maybe." Alaric said. I looked out the window and my mind was twirling. Could I feel safe with Mason? Did I want to feel safe with Mason? I knew he just got back here and things were moving so fast but after what I learned today, I knew that he was a werewolf but he was still the guy I knew. Elena touched my arm and got me out of my thoughts.
"Hey. Where's your head?" She asked me and I didn't know what to say.
"I'm just tired I guess. It's been a long day." I replied the best I could.
When we finally got home, I felt relieved. I just wanted to relax and go to bed soon. Alaric walked into the house first, and I volunteered to take our bags from the car. That way, I got some time for myself. I was standing closer to the stairs when I heard the conversation between Damon and Elena on the porch and I couldn't walk up to them and interrupt their talk. It was too important.
"I need to know the truth. When you broke Jeremy's neck, did you know that he was wearing the ring?" Elena asked.
"No, no I didn't." Damon said after a brief pause and I knew that already. He just had to admit it in order for us to move on with our lives.
"Katherine was really pissing me off, I snapped and I got lucky with the ring. I don't know what I would have done if he wasn't wearing it. Elena, I'm sorry." Damon said to her and I had to hold back my own tears.
"I'm glad that you're honest with me and the answer to the question about our friendship; is yes. You have lost me forever." Elena told him.
"You knew that already didn't you? You used me today." Damon stated.
"You had information about Katherine that I needed to know." Elena confirmed.
"I thought you said friends don't manipulate friends. You and Katherine have a lot more in common than just your looks." Damon said and walked down the stairs. He stopped when he saw me. Elena went inside and closed the door behind her.
"Well I guess you're angry with me too." Damon said to me but I shook my head.
"I was never angry with you. I just feel sad and hurt for myself and for you because you let one person in this world define who you are, when you can be so much more than that." I told him honestly.
"So, I haven't lost you forever too?" He asked me.
"No, you haven't, but then again, you don't really know who I am or what I've been through these last few months, and I don't know you. We don't know each other and I'm not yours to lose." I said before walking past him and through the door. I meant every word I said and it felt good to say it out loud. I leaned against the door and Jenna came out to meet me with Ric on her heel.
"Hey. Did you have a good time?" She asked me.
"Yeah. I just need to go take a shower. It's been a very long day." I said and walked up the stairs. I took a long shower, and threw on some sweatpants and a hoodie before walking downstairs. Elena were talking on the phone with Stefan in her room, so I decided to take a cup of tea before going to bed. When I stepped into the kitchen, I could see Jenna and Ric standing there kissing each other with such passion and love that it made me think about my own situation and I knew what I had to do. I silently backed away without any noise and took Jenna`s keys. When I reached the door, I turned around and called out.
"Hey Jenna? I'm just going out to buy some ice cream. I'll be back soon." I told her.
"But we have ice cream here." Jenna called from the kitchen.
"Yeah but not the kind I want." I said before walking out the door. I got into the car and drove off.
I felt nervous the whole time I'm driving, but the minute I saw the Lockwood Mansion I felt calmer somehow. I stopped the car and got out, leaning against the hood of the car. Do I knock on the door? Do I call him? Just then, I got the answers to my questions. Mason looked out the window and waved at me. Two minutes later, he walked out the door and towards me.
"Hey." He said and I could see how tired he was.
"Hey. You look like shit. No offence." I said with a smile, caressing his face lightly, making Mason lean into my hand.
"None taken. I'm dead tired, but glad you took the time to come by." He said with a smile.
"How was your trip to Duke?" He asked me.
"Tiring, and uneventful at least for me but I guess the others had a good time." I said wrapping my arms around myself. It was now or never. I thought to myself.
"The trip gave me time to think about stuff."
"Like what?" Mason asked.
"About myself and how I need to move on, take some risks." I said with a sigh.
"And what did you figure out?" He asked me. Before I could stop myself, I took a few steps forward and kissed him. I can tell he was shocked about it, but it didn't take him long before he responded and kissed me back. Mason ran his hands, down my sides, settling on my waist, before picking me up, placing me on the hood of my car.
The kissing intensified, and It felt like I was on fire. My whole body responded in a way I've never experienced before. I wrapped my legs around his waist, forcing him closer to me, and Mason tangled his hand in my messy, curly hair and pressed me even closer to him. After a while, we broke apart slowly, and I pressed my forehead against his. We were both breathing heavily, and I really didn't want to let him go.
"So worth it." I whispered before kissing him again, letting go of him and got back into my car. I could see it in Mason's eyes that there was something there. Lust? Want? Adoration? I don't know, but I didn't want to spoil the perfect moment we just shared.
When I got home, I felt as if I was floating on a cloud or something. I closed the door and leaned against it. I couldn't help smiling for myself and closed my eyes for a second. I didn't even noticed Jenna talking to me at first.
"Hey! Earth to Sarah!" She said and I finally looked at her.
"Where is the ice cream?" She asked when she saw that my hands where empty.
"Uhm. They were sold out." I lied.
"Hey, are you ok?" She asked me worriedly.
"Yeah. Everything is great actually." I said with what felt like a flushed face.
"I think I will go to bed." I said and walked up the stairs in a dream – like state. Elena came out of the kitchen and stood beside Aunt Jenna.
"What's wrong with her?" Elena asked.
"I really don't know." Jenna said looking back at her other niece. I walked into Jeremy's room and just fell backwards on the bed. He took off his headphones and looked at me.
"What's up with you? Why does it look like you've been running a mile?" He asked me.
"Let's just say that I had a really crappy day but this evening made it so, so much better." I said with a girly grin.
Right now, for the first time in months, I actually felt happy and I had to admit to myself.
I was crushing on Mason Lockwood and I had it bad.
There you have it! I have to say; I really really liked the ending of this chapter.
I really hope you liked it as well and please leave a review :) It makes me feel happy and I makes the story more fun to write :)
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*ILOVETMI: I'm glad you liked it! Haha! It's a little weird that she used to date Tyler, but it works. I think we all want a Damon in our lives. We all NEED one. I have my plans on how to deal with the whole vampire thing when I get to it. She won't be a vampire for a long time. But considering her mental state, being a vampire would be interesting. Maybe she would be just as crazy as Aurora in "The Originals"?
*Lorena 340: Glad you like it, and I hope Damon will grow on you as the story progress.
*Tina: I like Mason and Sarah together as well. Let's face it, we would all want Elijah as our boyfriend.
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