Stephanie's POV
I woke up from a nightmare. It was about Danielle killing Elena. I knew it was a dream because A: I wasn't in it and B: Danielle would never do that. I then looked at the foot of my bed and noticed Danielle was there.
"Howdy." She greeted me. "'Do you know how easy it was to get inside of your head? You know if you ate like a normal vampire, it would be much tougher."
I grabbed the knife that was sitting on my nightstand and threw it at her. She didn't flinch as she pulled the knife out of her chest. She looked more annoyed by it than anything. I knew it would kill her, but I was hoping that it would at least hurt.
"Alright, I deserved that." She agreed. "I just wanted to tell you that they caught the animal that killed Coach Tanner and all of those people."
"No, you're still here." I pointed out.
"It was a mountain lion, a really big one." She explained. "It attacked a hunter this morning. It's all over the news. DEADLY BEAST CAPTURED: ALL'S WELL IN MYSTIC FALLS."
"Why would you have any reason for covering your tracks?" I asked in confusion. I still couldn't figure out the game that she was playing.
"I'm going to be here for a while." She stated. "I'm having a lot of fun with you and Elena."
"You can't touch her now." I pointed out.
"The vervain keeps me from getting inside of her head, but not from getting in her pants." She countered. "I'm just quite good at seduction whether it involves my good looks, my style or my uncanny ability to listen to Taylor Swift. Speaking of which, that reminds me of when I had sex with her. Oh by the, I think this is yours."
Without warning, she stabbed me between my breasts with the knife and I hunched over in pain. She then looked over the hole in her top.
"This is Lauren Conrad. Bitch move, sis." She said before she left the room. I then took the knife out. I watched the wound heal before I put on a blue blouse with a gold pleated skirt and blue heels.
I then went into the living and turned on the TV where the Sheriff was taking to a reporter about the incident that had happened this morning.
"I can confirm that a 12-foot puma mountain lion was shot dead this morning." She said. Puma mountain lion is redundant. "The hunter is in stable condition."
Dear Diary,
The real monster is still out there, waiting to make her next move. How can I stop a monster without becoming a monster myself?
Elena's POV
I went downstairs to find Jenna swearing at the TV. I had a box of trinkets out.
"Is there any particular reason why you're swearing at the TV?" I asked.
"Him." She said as she pointed at the reporter.
"He's cute." I commented.
"He is not cute. There is nothing cute about him." She argued before she turned off the TV. "What are you doing with this stuff?"
"I got it from the safe deposit box. Mom said that she would give it to the Founder's Council for their heritage display." I said as I cleaned one of the items off.
"How much do you think this stuff is worth on eBay?" Jeremy asked as he picked up a gold pocket watch.
"You're not finding out." I replied as I snatched it back from him.
"That stuff is Mom and Dad's. You can't just give it away." He argued.
"It's a loan, Jeremy. They'll give it back." I replied. At that point, the doorbell rang and I opened it to see Stephanie. I silently took her up to my room.
Once we were in my room, we began to make out. She was on top of me when she suddenly rolled off.
"Are you okay?" I asked her with a laugh. She was looking away.
"Yes." She said before she looked at me. "Sorry."
"Maybe we should stop." I suggested. It seemed like she was uncomfortable and I wasn't sure if I was fully comfortable either. She got up off of the bed. "So, how do you look in a dress?"
"I've been known to wear them before." She told me as she took a seat on my windowsill.
"How about tomorrow night?" I asked. "Will you be my date to the Founder's Party?"
"They still do that?" She questioned. I was a little surprised.
"Have you been before?" I inquired in confusion. How old was she when she moved away?
"No, the Salvatores don't get invited anyway." She explained. Everyone was invited.
"Well this year, there's this big heritage exhibit that my mom was a part of." I told her. "She was really big with the Founder's Council. I know it sounds boring but please, please, please come with me."
"I would love to go with you Miss Gilbert." She stated.
"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Salvatore." I retorted.
Stephanie's POV
When I got home, I found Danielle holding Zach by the neck.
"What's going on?" I asked as she put him down.
"Zach and I were just having a family moment." She said before she walked out of the room.
"Are you okay?" I questioned as I bent down to check on him.
"No and neither are you!" He replied. "How many people do you have to let her kill before you see that?"
"I see it, Zach, I just can't do anything about it." I pointed out. "I don't drink human blood and I'm not as strong as her otherwise."
"Vervain would weaken her." He said as he stood up.
"Vervain hasn't grown here since 1865. She sought to that." I reminded him. "All that I had I gave to Elena."
She looked around and I looked at her.
"What?" I asked. She said nothing and led me down to the basement. Inside, I found a secret room. "You've been growing it."
"It's been in the family for generations. Blood only runs so deep when you're related to vampires." He explained. "Danielle would kill if she knew I had it."
"But you're telling me." I pointed out.
"I trust you and you're going to need it to stop Danielle." He explained.
I had to come up with a plan. It would take hours of thinking and it would probably also be a good idea to come with a back-up plan in case the first one didn't work. I knew that I would catch her tomorrow.
Elena's POV
My day started by having to break up another fight between Jeremy and Tyler. When were those guys going to give it a rest? I handed the box to Tyler before I went back upstairs. I really hoped that those two wouldn't kill each other.
A little bit later, I was in the kitchen with Bonnie, who was holding some nail polish.
"Delicate flower or naughty vixen?" She asked me.
"How about delicate vixen?" I replied.
"You seem happyish." She remarked.
"I am, but I know you have something to tell me and I want you to do it." I explained.
"It's not something that I should stay before the party." She remarked.
"Out with it." I ordered.
"Okay, so Danielle says that Stephanie stole Katherine from her." She stated.
"That sounds like it's just one person's side of the story and it's not exactly coming from the most credible source." I replied.
"But how do you know?" Bonnie asked.
"I just know." I remarked.
Stephanie's POV
I was getting ready for the party. I was currently in the slip I was going to wear while I looked for the right pair of shoes.
"Should I wear perfume to this?" Danielle asked as she entered the room in her underwear.
"Why are you even going?" I asked.
"We have to go. We were at the first one after all." She pointed out as she started to look through my cabinet.
"Maybe it would be better if we didn't draw attention to ourselves." I remarked.
"Alright, you stay here and I'll take care of Elena." She offered before I took a sip of my drink. "I've driven you to drink already. I thought it would be at least another week. I underestimated you, Steph."
"Well you won't leave. What else can I do but go on living my life?" I challenged.
"That's your problem. You're dead, Sis. It's time to accept it." She remarked.
Elena's POV
Bonnie and I were getting ready and fixing our hair when my phone started to ring. It was Mrs. Lockwood saying that the watch wasn't with the box. I had a pretty good idea where it was. I went into Jeremy's room and ripped off his headphones.
"Where's the watch?" I asked angrily.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He replied. I didn't believe him. "What watch?"
"Don't play dumb: the pocket watch." I explained. "It was in the box and Mrs. Lockwood said that it wasn't. If I go on eBay am I going to find it there? Is that how you pay for your pot?"
"Fuck you." He told me as he picked up the watch of his shelf. "I would never sell this."
"Then why did you take it?" I asked him.
"Because it's supposed to be mine." He stated. "Dad said that it goes to the firstborn son."
"It's still yours Jeremy and they're going to give it back." I replied. "What do you want me to do?"
"Just take it and get out." He commanded as he put it in my hand. I decided to do that.
Stephanie's POV
"It's cool not growing old." Danielle replied. She was currently in her green V-neck dress and heels. I wasn't going to get changed with her in my room. "I like being hot forever."
"Yes, being a teenager for the last 150 years has been awesome." I quipped.
"You've learned sarcasm, Stephanie." She countered. "We should drink to celebrate."
She went over to the table and picked up my picture of Katherine. Everything was working.
"1864: You and Katherine were the best of friends, but no one really knew that you were more." She declared.
"My happiness was short-lived as you know." I replied.
"I remember. You brought her home, but what she really wanted was a good fuck. Thankfully, I was there to give it to her." She told me. She held the drink to her mouth. "Well here's to history."
She then poured the drink over all my desk.
"I admire your efforts, Stephanie." She said. "You poured yourself a drink then spiked the bottle with vervain. It's too bad I know when someone is trying to roofie me. Of course I thought we were bonding. Now I'm going to the party angry. Who knows I'll do."
At that point, I finished getting dressed. I put on a red dress with a rhinestone necklace built in and a black bow around the waist and red heels. I also a rhinestone headband in my hair.
"That was her favorite bourbon." Zach told me once I was in the hallway. "I really thought it would work."
"I didn't." I replied. It was part of the plan.
"You knew it would fail?" He asked me in confusion.
"She won't expect me to try again so soon. Her guard is down." I explained.
"This is double what I put in the bourbon." He said as he handed me a vial.
Elena's POV
I had my dress on and I was ready to go the party. I then looked at the watch on the bathroom counter. I opened Jeremy's door, said nothing and put it on his shelf. I needed to go meet Stephanie.
When we got to the Lockwood Mansion, there was a line. When it came our turn to come to the door, there was no one there. Luckily, I noticed someone.
"Hey Mayor Lockwood." I greeted the leader of the town.
"Hey guys, come on in." He invited before we stepped inside. Stephanie kissed me on the cheek before we went upstairs.
That night, we were checking out the heritage exhibit. There was a lot of old stuff.
"Your parents?" Stephanie asked as she noticed me looking over some old rings.
"There's a lot of history here." I explained before I grabbed her hand and we began to walk together. "Hey they have the guest registry. Look at all this familiar names: Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood, Dr. Jonathan Gilbert. Is that Danielle Salvatoreā¦and Stephanie Salvatore?"
"The Original Salvatore sisters." Danielle interrupted. I looked to see her in the doorway with Caroline. "Our ancestors. It's an interesting story."
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stephanie replied.
"It's not boring, Stephanie. I'd love to hear about your family history." I responded.
"Well I'm bored." Caroline stated. "I wanna dance and Danielle won't dance with me. Could I borrow your date?"
"I'm not much of a dancer." Stephanie remarked.
"Sure she is. She does it all. I've even seen her do the Soulja Boy." Danielle replied. Now that I had to see.
"I guess it's up to Stephanie." I said.
"Sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer." Caroline stated before she dragged her away.
"I wanted to apologize to you for being such a bitch the other night." Danielle told me. "I had no reason to try to kiss you. My therapist says I'm trying to punish Stephanie.
"You go to a therapist?" I asked.
"It's not worth talking about right now." She explained. "Let's just say that there has been a lot of sibling rivalry in the Salvatore family and it all started with those two."
Stephanie's POV
I was on the dancefloor with Caroline as we moved to the music. No one seemed to think it was odd.
"Did Danielle tell you to ask me to dance?" I asked.
"Why would she do that?" Caroline replied in confusion. I then noticed that there was a guy passing out champagne. I quickly took two glasses. It was at that time that I came up with an even better plan.
"Would you like some?" I asked. I poured the vervain into the glass I was going to give her.
"Just tell me if you see my mom." She said before took a sip.
Elena's POV
"The Salvatores were treated like royalty in this town before the war." Danielle explained. "There was a battle here."
"The Battle of Willow Creek. We learned about it in class. Confederates lit a church on fire." I replied.
"What the history books don't say is that those people weren't there by accident. They were believed to be Union sympathizers. Stephanie and Danielle had someone they loved in there." She continued. "And when they tried to rescue them, they were killed as well."
"Who was it?" I asked. I still couldn't believe that they shared the same names as their ancestors.
"Some stories say a woman, while others say a man. I personally think it was a woman." She remarked.
"I hope that you and Stephanie can work out your issues." I replied.
"I hope so too." She agreed.
We then went downstairs where Stephanie and Caroline were apparently done dancing.
"What did we miss?" Danielle asked.
"We were just chatting." Stephanie replied. "Drink, Danielle?"
"I'm good." Danielle answered.
"Stephanie, do you think you have one more dance in you?" I asked.
"Absolutely." She said before she took me to the dancefloor. We began to move to the music together. I had never danced with anyone shorter than me before. "I hope Danielle didn't drive you too crazy."
"No, she was on good behavior." I explained. "She even apologized. She said it was all because of Katherine's death. So what can you tell me about her? What happened?"
"I don't want to talk about that right now." She declared.
"I understand that it must be hard, but I want you to open up to me." I explained. "I am your girlfriend. I don't even know anything about her other than the fact that you dated you and she's dead. I don't really know much about you either and I want to."
"Did Danielle say something?" She asked. "She likes to destroy everything good that I have."
"This isn't about her." I replied. "It's about you. Look I like how you're mysterious, but with mysteries come secrets."
"I said that I don't want to talk about it." She repeated.
"Well then let's talk about you. What's your favorite color? What's your favorite baseball team? Do you even like baseball. Tell me anything." I demanded. "All I know about you I've heard from someone else."
"Don't you see what Danielle has done. She's trying to destroy us." She explained.
"No, she's not, but you seem to be intent on doing it." I remarked before I left the dancefloor and walked into the house.
I decided to get some cake and I sat down with Bonnie and began to eat.
"This is my fault." She stated. "I planted doubt. I'm a doubt-planter."
"It's not your fault." I assured her. "You know I feel terrible. I was kind of a bitch to her. I shouldn't have expected her to open up to me in front of all these people. I was just stressed."
"Elena, honey." Mrs. Lockwood interrupted. "I noticed that the watch still isn't in the collection."
"Oh, I couldn't find it." I lied.
"Well please let me know if you find it." She replied. I wasn't sure why she wanted it since the exhibit was only for tonight.
I then went to the bathroom to wash cake off my hands and touch up my makeup. I found that Caroline was also in there, touching up her makeup as well. It would give me a chance to talk to her about Danielle.
"So how are things with and Stephanie?" She asked me.
"Fine." I responded before I applied some lip gloss.
"Wow. My radar must be off cause I thought you were dunzo." She stated. It was at that time that I noticed something on her neck.
"What is that?" I asked. I reached for her choker and she pushed my hand away. I pulled it up and saw a huge bruise on her neck. "Oh my God, Caroline, what happened?"
"Nothing." She lied.
"That is not nothing." I pointed out. "Did someone hurt you? Was it Danielle?"
"It's nothing." She repeated. "It's just my mom would kill me."
I then noticed another one under her cardigan.
"Did Danielle do this to you?" I asked.
"No. She would never hurt me. So just leave me alone!" She shouted before she stormed out of the bathroom.
I couldn't stand for it. I wasn't sure if I had ever felt so angry. I saw her and I shoved her.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" I asked. "You stay away from Caroline or I'm going to tell her mother, the sheriff about the marks on her body."
I then went back to Stephanie.
"I'm sorry. You were right about Danielle." I told her.
"Why? What happened?" She asked.
"There are bruises all over Caroline's body, almost like bite marks." I explained.
"Elena, I'm handling it." She stated.
"You knew? You should be having her arrested." I declared.
"Elena, I know that you don't understand, but I need you to trust me." She replied.
"Trust is earned, Stephanie." I said before I walked away.
Stephanie's POV
It was at that time that I noticed Danielle was dragging Caroline off. My plan was working. She bit into the blonde's neck before she began to choke and pass out. Caroline passed out from blood loss but she would be fine.
"I knew I couldn't spike your drink, so I spiked her." I declared before I took her away.
Elena's POV
I found Caroline passed out and bleeding in the yard.
"Caroline, are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine." She cried. "Please just don't tell my mom."
Stephanie's POV
Dear Diary
I got her. I captured Danielle. Tomorrow the headline will read DEADLY BEAST CAPTURED: ALL'S WELL IN MYSTIC FALLS. I just hope that things with Elena will be okay.
I then put my pen down and went to bed.
So Elena and Stephanie have hit their first roadblock and it's all Danielle's fault. At least Caroline will be okay. Please don't forget to review.
