The party winded down and ended. I had a great time drinking, dancing, and smoking with all of my new, hopeful, friends.
I wasn't really tired, so I whipped out my mom's old journal and started reading it. It told me about her and her life and told me everything I needed to know about my magic and how to use it. It referenced pages from the grimoire that I looked over. By morning, I knew everything I needed to know about being me.
Also, by morning, I had started hearing the voices of others around me inside my head. I was, now, hearing thoughts. But, luckily, mom had a remedy for that. I just needed some piece of jewelry with an amethyst stone and the spell from the book and I was good. I made note to get that done ASAP.
"Good morning princess," Damon said to me as he saw me on the couch reading. Then I heard him wondering, in his mind, if I had slept.
"No, I haven't slept, I've been reading," I said to him blankly.
"Feeling hungover?" he asked.
"No, look at what I am," I said to him, again, blankly.
"Adena, you need rest," Damon said to me.
"No, I just need a bag of blood or two, I'll be fine. Mom said so," I said to him as I turned the page.
"Your mom told you what to do when you drank a whole bottle of bourbon on your own and didn't sleep a wink?" Damon asked in disbelief.
"She told me what to do on drunken, sleepless nights," I said to him as a matter of factly.
"Fine, I'll go get you two blood bags," he said, rolling his eyes when he walked away.
"I saw that!" I yelled back at him.
"You were supposed to," he yelled back at me.
"Good morning Adena," Elena said as she came into the room thinking about the great night she had with Stefan. It was something I could have gone without knowing.
"Morning," I said quietly as I continued to read on.
"She's busy," Damon said to Elena as he came back in the room holding two bags of blood for me.
"Don't be so rude!" I said to Damon and flung a decorative pillow at him.
"Ignore the boyfriend," I said to Elena, "I'm reading what my mom left for me, learning about myself and what I can do."
"Oh cool, learn anything new?" she asked.
"Plenty," I said with a smile, "Watch this!" I waved my hand around and summoned a rough Amethyst necklace. Elena looked shocked.
"Oh wow that is incredible!" Elena said.
"Not to mention I can do this!" I said with a huge grin on my face. I raked my fingers though my hair, and my hair started turning to an auburn color.
"Hmm," Damon said as he looked me over, "I like it."
"You do?" I asked excitedly. "I've always wanted to be a redhead."
"I like it," he said honestly with a sexy smile, "We need a fiery redhead around here."
"Well consider me her!" I said with a grin and stuck my tongue out at him.
"Wow, hey Adena!" Stefan said as he came into the room.
"Hey Stefan!" I said with a sweet smile. "By the way, you guys don't mind if I do a little spell on this necklace here. It'll help me keep out of you guys' heads, involuntarily at least."
"No, go ahead," Stefan said.
"Yeah, princess, you shouldn't have to ask," Damon said.
"Cool," I said and gathered up the things to do the spell. Then I said the incantation and finished the spell. I was relieved when I put on the necklace, the buzz of voices was bothering me no more. "Ah, that's better."
"Hey, Adena," Elena said.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Would you like to go to the city to go clothes shopping with me, Bonnie, and Caroline?" she asked.
"Sure!" I said with a smile. "I haven't been shopping out in stores much lately. I've been doing pretty much all online. It'll be fun! I'd love to go!"
"Cool," Elena said with a smile, "Go get ready, we leave in an hour."
I went back upstairs and changed. I put on a tight pair of jeans and a loose flowy crop top. I finished off with a pair of crystal Louboutins (mom had given me a spell to keep the shoes from hurting my feet...thanks mom!). I went downstairs and got a look of shock from everyone.
"You're shopping in those?" Elena asked.
"Quick spell from mom," I said with a smile.
"I'd probably break my neck if I wore those," Elena said with a laugh.
"You look," Damon trailed off.
"Gorgeous!" Elena said.
"Thank you," I said with a smile.
"Part of me doesn't want you wearing that," Damon said. "I'd rip any guy's throat out that had a single wrong thought about you."
"Well, I'm wearing it!" I said with a smile, "But thank you for being a cute, jealous boyfriend."
"Adena, your true style is going to kill me," Damon said as he pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers.
"You love me, though, and you know it!" I said with a grin as I put my arms around his waist.
"Yes, I do love you," he said with a smile as he stroked my newly auburn hair.
"And I love you," I said back and kissed him.
"Hey Elena, you in there?" Caroline called from the next room.
"I'm here," Elena called back.
"Woah," Caroline said as she looked at me. "You look fantastic!"
"Thank you!" I said with a smile.
"Hey guys," Bonnie said as she entered the room.
"Hey Bonnie!" Elena said with a smile.
"You dyed your hair," Bonnie said to me, "I like it."
"Actually she used magic," Elena said.
"That's so cool!" Caroline gushed.
"So, are you girls ready to go?" I asked the three of them.
"Yeah," they all said at separate times.
We went out to Caroline's car and piled in. Bonnie and Caroline sat up front and me and Elena in the back. Before we left Damon came out and gave me a kiss.
"Do you need my credit card?" Damon asked before we took off.
"Got my own with my newly inherited money, I'm good," I said with a smile.
"Okay, I love you Adena," Damon said as he kissed me on the forehead.
"I love you too," I smiled back.
"Who knew someone could tame the infamous Damon Salvatore," Caroline muttered from the front seat.
"Love works in mysterious ways," Elena said.
"It's amazing seeing him with you Adena," Caroline said.
"I fell in love with him so quickly," I said in awe. "When I find out how long he's been watching over me. I was amazed. He didn't have to keep his promise to my mom, especially how I have come to see how Damon has been in the past. He loves me, and I love him. He's been my best friend for years, and then, he couldn't even talk to me. It doesn't matter, though. I love him."
"It's so sweet!" Caroline gushed.
"Yeah, it is pretty sweet," Bonnie admitted.
"I'm glad Damon has you, I can tell he's devoted to you with all his heart and soul," Elena said.
I smiled, "I'm so glad to be his."
"Okay, enough of all this gushing over how great of a couple Adena and Damon are," Caroline spoke up. "Who's going to be our DJ for today?"
"Oh me! Me!" I said quickly. "Please! I know my taste in music is different but you'll learn to love it. I promise!"
"Adena's k-pop it is!" Caroline said with a smile from the driver's seat. She handed me the aux cord and I plugged it in and started my music.
We all danced along in our seats to the music as we traveled to the city to the mall. We had fun and talked about how well I could do makeup. They all asked if I could do their makeup sometime. I agreed and suggested a sleepover, something they all quickly agreed to. I was having fun with these girls, being myself. They seemed to be enjoying me.
"This is nice," I said to them as we pulled into the mall parking lot. "I haven't had girl friends in a long time."
"That's unbelievable," Caroline said.
"Before I unlocked my powers I was a quiet, shy person. This whole spell has brought my personality out and boosted my confidence by a million."
"It's too bad you didn't know about it before," Bonnie said with a frown.
"It's okay, mom told me it would come at the right time," I said with a smile.
"Well I'm glad you're like this now," Elena said.
"Me too," Caroline said.
"Thanks guys," I said with a smile.
We pulled into a parking space and got out and went in. We went from store to store buying what we wanted. I had to drag the girls into Hot Topic because they had some Big Bang and 2NE1 t-shirts along with some WWE t-shirts. I had to have them. I, also, found some Supernatural merchandise that I loved. We left the store as soon as I checked out.
We went to a few more stores before we decided to call it quits and head back home to Mystic Falls. We talked about our sleepover and our guys as we drove home. It was fun talking about boys and girly stuff. I had helped them all pick out some really nice makeup at one of the makeup stores in the mall. We planned on doing makeovers the night of the sleepover.
Damon was waiting by the front door when we got back. He smiled when he saw me get out. He came over and helped me with my bags. I said my goodbyes to the girls and promised to see them soon. Stefan left to go to Elena's leaving Damon and me alone. We went up to his room and fooled around before we, finally, decided to have sex. And let me tell you, sex with an over two hundred year old vampire was fantastic. Two orgasms later, and we started exploring some of my kinks. It was totally worth it.
Damon and I lay there in bed tangled up in each others' arms. He was peppering me with kisses. It felt so right being with him. The word soul mates were running through both of our heads.
"You think we're soul mates?" I asked him as I kissed him on his chest.
"I do," he said with a smile.
"So do I," I said with a huge smile.
"Marry me?" Damon asked. My heart almost jumped out of my chest.
"Seriously?" I said in shock.
"Hold on," Damon said. He got up and walked over to his dresser. He fished through it and pulled out a small box. He walked over to me, opened the box, and revealed a rather large blue diamond ring, cushion cut and surrounded by smaller white diamonds.
"Oh my gah," I gasped, "Damon are you being serious?"
"Yes, Adena," Damon said with a smile.
"I know some people may think it's too soon, but I don't care. Yes! I'll marry you!" Damon picked me up and spun me around. Then he laughed.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"I just proposed to you while we're both buck naked," Damon said with a laugh. I started laughing too.
"Hottest proposal ever," I said with a wink before I attacked him with kisses and we went at it again.
After me and Damon went at it a couple more times, we met the rest of the crew at the Mystic Grill. Caroline flipped out when she saw the ring on my finger, so did Elena and Bonnie. Stefan just smiled and welcomed me to the family.
We all sat down and ordered our food. I, finally, met Caroline's boyfriend Tyler. He seemed pretty cool. I was shocked to learn he was a werewolf. Another new thing I learned in the past few days.
"I still can't believe you're already engaged!" Caroline gushed.
"It just felt like the right time," Damon said as he ate a french fry.
"Well I think it's great!" Bonnie said, "It's good Damon finally has you. He used to mope around when he wasn't down visiting you."
"Aw he did?" I gushed.
"Really Bon?" Damon said in annoyance.
"Oh leave her alone Damon," I said as I swatted Damon's arm making a fry fly out of hand and hit Stefan in the face.
I couldn't help myself, I busted out laughing. "Sorry Stefan," I laughed.
"At least it wasn't covered in ketchup," Stefan said with a pleasant smile.
"Ah, don't even think about it," I said to Damon as he was thinking about flinging a ketchup covered fry at Stefan.
"Sneaking in my mind with the necklace on?" Damon said. "So unfair."
"Shut up," I said with a smile as I stuck my tongue out at him.
"I love you too," Damon said with a sarcastic smile.
"It's like they're already married," Tyler said with mock disbelief.
"They're cute," Caroline said with a smile.
"Thanks," I said flashing a cute eye smile.
We talked on and ate. Then, we made our way back home. Damon and I were surprised when we saw we had a visitor, or should I say visitors. In the house stood Klaus, Rebekah, Kol, and a man I hadn't met yet.
"Hello, love," Klaus said with a smile.
"Seriously?" I thought aloud.
"Allow me to introduce myself," the one I hadn't met yet said. "I'm Elijah, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Well you seem to have manners," I said with a smirk. "It's nice to meet you too."
"What did you do with your hair?" Rebekah asked. "I like it."
"Magic," I said with a smile.
"It suits her well," I heard Klaus say.
"Why thank you Klaus," I said with a smile.
"I didn't say any...wait a minute! Did you just read my mind?" Klaus said in shock.
"The girl can read minds? Kol said.
"Yes, I can," I said as I crossed my arms across my chest.
"What are you?" Rebekah asked.
"We don't know," Damon said in annoyance. "Seriously why are you so concerned about her? Afraid she'll want to take you down?"
"They have nothing to worry about as long as they don't cross me," I said with a sinister smile.
"This girl is a weapon, isn't she?" Elijah said to no one in particular.
"She can be if you make her one," Damon said. "She isn't a threat to you unless you make her one. Stop worrying about her and leave her alone."
"Maybe I want to befriend the girl," Klaus said in offense. "Is that so wrong?"
"You never want to be just friends with someone Klaus," Damon said defensively.
"Well, for once, all I want is her friendship. Besides we may be able to help each other one day. I'm sure she'd love to see my mother's grimoire."
"He's telling the truth," I said to Damon as I scanned Klaus' mind.
"Well, I'll leave it to you, princess," Damon said as he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek.
"Come guys, let's sit in the living room," I said to them as I led them to the living room. Without anyone's permission, I poured everyone a glass of bourbon. Then, I took a seat by Damon on the couch next to Rebekah.
For the next hour we discussed my life and all the mysterious things that happened during it that my powers caused. Then we talked about the diary and grimoire mom left me.
"Wait a minute," Rebekah said as she snatched my left hand towards her. "Is this what I think it is?"
"It is," I said with a smile.
"Damon proposed?" Klaus asked in shock.
"I did," Damon said proudly.
"Damon is a lucky man," Klaus said smugly, secretly trying to flirt with me.
"Stick to Caroline, buddy," I said to Klaus with a smug smile of my own.
"It's rude to get into other people's heads," Klaus said as he stared me down.
"I'm rude sometimes," I said with a proud grin.
"I find it hard to believe you were a quiet, shy girl," Klaus said to me.
"She's a bad girl," Kol said in agreement.
"Have you killed anyone yet?" Rebekah asked.
"No," I said, shaking my head.
"I'm surprised, honestly," she replied.
"Her mom didn't want her killing," Damon said, "I'm honoring my promise."
"And I'm trying to live up to her expectations," I said.
"Have you tried pulling her from the other side and talking to her?" Rebekah asked.
"You can do that?" I asked in shock.
"You haven't been through the whole grimoire," Damon said with a shrug.
"Excuse me for a moment," I said to them as I ran upstairs and got the grimoire. I came back downstairs and started shuffling through it.
Then, there it was, using a dead rose as a bookmark. The spell that allowed me to talk to someone on the other side. A single tear fell down my cheek. I was going to get to talk to my mom.
"We can talk more tomorrow," Elijah said with a knowing tone to his voice.
"Yes, let's let Adena have some time alone," Klaus said.
Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah and Kol left me and Damon alone. Damon helped me summon the things for the spell and stood by my side when I did it. Soon before me stood a beautiful woman with hair the color mine was now. She smiled when she saw me and Damon holding hands.
"Adena, you're finally here," she said with a smile as she opened her arms out for a hug. I walked up and was surprised when I felt her embrace. "Such a beautiful, powerful girl. I love your hair like this. You remind me of myself when I was your age, but you are way more beautiful than I ever was."
"Oh, don't say that mom," I said through the tears.
"I see you and Damon have found love," she said with a smile as she looked down at our joined hands.
"Well and," I said and held out my left hand.
"You proposed to my daughter?" mom asked in shock.
"If I have your blessing," Damon said humbly.
"You know you do," mom said with a smile.
"You knew this would happen, didn't you, Celena," Damon said to her.
Mom smiled and nodded, "I did, I just didn't know that the horrible Chanel and Ricky would hurt my poor baby like that. Adena I swear I never would have left you with them if I knew that."
"It's okay mom, you didn't know," I said as I hugged her again. "Damon took care of them, though."
"I know," she said as she eyed Damon.
"I know it was dramatic," Damon said, rolling his eyes.
"I probably would have done the same. That bastard slapping my little girl," mom said angrily.
"Damon saved me from killing them myself," I said to her.
"I know he did, and I am so thankful for that," she replied. "Adena I am so proud of you and the control you have. You are such a good girl."
"She's got a big bad girl side just dying to come out, and you know it Celena," Damon said.
Mom laughed heartily, "Yes she does. I did too, though."
"We had some good times, didn't we?" Damon asked.
"I miss those days, my dear Damon," mom said. "You've been such a loyal friend all these years. But you're more than that, you're family Damon Salvatore. And don't you ever forget it."
"I wouldn't dream of it, Celena," Damon said with a huge grin.
"I can't stay much longer," mom said to the both of us. "These spells wear you out. You'll need a few bags of blood after this, my dearest."
"I love you mommy," I said through the tears.
"And I love you Adena, and you too Damon," mom said as she herself looked like she was going to cry. "I will see you whenever you have the strength and can see me. Just know I am with you every day."
"By mommy," I said.
"Goodbye Adena, goodbye Damon,"she said. And with that she disappeared. And I started to feel completely drained and ravenous.
"I'll go get you some blood," Damon said as he sat me down.
"Thank you," I said weakly. I wiped my face of tears and tried to cheer up. I got to talk to my mom.
"Here you go princess," Damon said as he handed me a bag of blood. I took it and drank thankfully. I drank through it and he handed me another, and then another. I took three whole bags of blood. I felt a lot better after.
"Thanks Damon," I said as I leaned my head on his shoulder.
"You know I'd do anything for you, Adena," Damon said.
"I love you, Damon," I said with a smile.
"I love you too," Damon said with a smile.
"I can't believe I got to talk to my mom," I said cheerfully.
"I'm so glad you got to meet her," Damon said happily. "Celena loves you and me too."
"I could tell she cared for you too," I said with a smile. "I'm glad she kept us getting together a secret from you."
"Yeah it was a surprise for both of us," Damon said with a smile. "It would've been weird if I knew anyways. I was scared she was going to be pissed to be honest.
I laughed, "I kinda did too."
Damon and I laughed a few more minutes until Elena and Stefan wondered into the room. They both looked at us like we were crazy, which just made us laugh more.
"What's so funny?" Stefan asked, being the first brave one to do it.
"I talked to my mom, and, well, Damon and I both thought she would want to try to come from the other side and kill him for being with me."
"You got to talk to your mom?" Elena asked.
"Yeah," I smiled and nodded.
"So Celena approved of the two of you?" Stefan asked.
"She knew about it," Damon said rolling his eyes.
"So you have her blessing?"Stefan asked.
"Yep," I said with a bright smile.
"Well good," Stefan said happily. "When's the wedding?"
"We haven't discussed that yet," Damon said. "But knowing the way she grew up, she'll want a huge production."
I laughed, "Oh, ha, frikkin ha! Although I do have ideas."
"Can't we just go to Vegas?" Damon asked.
"Caroline would murder you," Elena said. "She already was planning the wedding after she saw that ring of yours."
"Honestly," I squeaked, "I wouldn't mind a Vegas wedding. Honestly we could go tonight. Then, we have a real wedding later."
"Are you being serious because I'm taking you seriously," Damon said.
"I totally am," I said to him honestly.
"You're willing to walk in school a married woman?" Damon asked.
"Yes, I'm serious, I'll use my black card and charter a private jet. Pick whoever you want to go and we'll go."
"Stefan will you be my best man?" Damon asked.
"Of course," Stefan said.
"Elena, will you please do me the honor of being my brides' maid?" I asked.
"Who will be your maid of honor?" Damon asked.
"If she's willing to go, Caroline. I kinda feel we're going to be the best of friends," I said, "No offense Elena."
"None taken," Elena said, "here, I'm calling Caroline for you."
Caroline answered the phone, "Elena, is everything okay?"
"It's not Elena, it's Adena. I was wondering if you'd like to come to Vegas and be my maid of honor."
"What?" Caroline yelled.
"Calm down I'll have a real wedding later, and you can help plan as long as you plan on not being a diva."
"Fine," she mumbled, "I would love to be your maid of honor."
I squealed, "Thank you! Grab Tyler and head over. I'm chartering a private jet."
"Okay I'll pack a bag and be there soon!" Caroline said before she hung up.
"Should we invite the Originals? They seem like they want to be friends."
"If and only if you want to," Damon said.
"Okay," I said with a smile.
I got Klaus' number from Stefan and called him. I told him the plan and he agreed to come, family in tow. I invited Jeremy and Bonnie too. We were all packed and set to head to the airport and board the plane. So, we all piled up in separate cars and headed off to the closest private airport. We got our light amount of luggage and boarded the plane and headed off to Vegas.