Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries belons to L.J. Smith and the CW. (Shame..) I only own Sophie!
Here`s another chapter! waiting patiently until the show is back to us in April!
The sacrifice
Sophie was sitting at the bar of the Grill that night doing inventory. Matt was there too sweeping the floors. They were the only ones left. He looked weirdly at her.
"I can smell smoke coming out of your ears Matt" she said without looking up "What`s on your mind?" she said and look up to him. He still looked tired, with bags under his eyes and a somber expression but that changed a bit to curious when she talk to him
"It`s strange you know" Matt said to her "I mean, no offense but you`re really new Sophie and the boss seems to be really taken with you. You have your own hours, you`re here helping with the inventory… I just don´t get it. How does he trusts you like that?" he said intrigued
She paused for a bit and stared at him "Well, most of his workers are students like you, college or high school. I do have experienced with Restaurants and bars you know and it`s not like I`m manager" she said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, but he lets you pick your own hours. He never let`s anyone do that" he said suspiciously
She smiled mischievously "I`m good at convincing people"
He looked horrified at that "Sophie! You`re not… y..you know?" he stuttered
She laughed "God no! I like my men younger you know" she smiled at him seductively
"Ermm.." he was blushing "Ok" he said and quickly went back to sweeping.
She got up and walked to him. He stopped to look at her nervously.
"Matt?" she said while running her nails trough his arms "Am I making you nervous?" she whispered
"Yeah" he answered truthfully "…Sophie, you know, you`re gorgeous but I can`t do this, I have a lot on my mind and I`m kinda into this girl and I.." he stopped talking when he saw her laughing quietly.
"You`re cute Matt" she said "And in another time I would have you" she said wickedly "But, I truly like you" she said calmly
"You`re my friend" she said playing with his shirt and looking down
"Thanks" he said confused "I like you too, even though you`re kinda scary" he said nervously
She back off and gave an innocent smile
"I`m sorry, I`m a bit of a flirt, but I`m just playing" she said apologetically while sitting down on one of the tables.
He nodded at her "Its ok" she was staring at him "What?" he asked her
"How come you`re so gloomy? Were you always like this or am I just that special?" she said surprising him. His eyes were wide open.
"I`ve been having a difficult time" he said shortly
"You can talk to me you know" he didn´t responded "You have to talk to someone Mattie" he look up at the nickname. She saw him swallowed and his eyes were a bit watered. "Mattie?"
He dropped the broom and sat next to her
"Everything is falling apart in my life" he said
"Why do you say that?" she asked in a small voice.
"I live on my own, my mom is pretty much out of the picture and my sister die a couple a months ago" she grabbed his hand and squeezed. "I was doing good you know" he looked at her to see if she believed him "And now, I lost the girl I love and my best friend too after what…" he cut himself before saying more.
"After what?" she asked and she saw him hesitate.
"We were at this party last week, we got pretty drunk and I just, I don´t know, I kept trying to pick a fight with him. Why would I do that?" he asked to no one "He has to hate me now. I got knock out but there was an accident and this girl die. She was a friend and she died"
"That`s not your fault Matt. There was nothing you could do"
"I know, but it`s too much you know?" he asked her
"Would you rather it would all go away? To forget the pain I mean?" she asked the question with double meaning
He thought about it and slowly shook his head
"No" he said sounding broken "I just want to get over it"
"If you feel this way you should talk to your friend and maybe talk to this girl too. She sure is lucky" she said and kissed him on the cheek
"What doesn´t break us makes us stronger right?" he asked with a sad smile
She got up and put her hands on his shoulders "I like you Mattie" her vampiric face showed "This won´t hurt much" she said and bit him.
Sophie was driving to Richmond the next morning to see Slater lost in her memories.
They were staying in a cottage in Bulgaria still. Katherine had compelled a couple to give them hospice. They were convinced that the girls were their daughters and they play the part for a while. They were safe for now. They have been hiding for two years now. Katherine was convinced that they wouldn`t look for her in her own country. It also helped that they were looking for one girl, not two.
"Katerina? Shte mi promeni li?" (Katerina? Will you change me too?) Sophie asked her one night. She was 15 now. She had grown to care for the woman that played her mother but she wouldn`t leave her sister. And she was scared that she would leave her with them.
"You must practice your English Sofi" Katherine responded ignoring the question
"Katerina?" she asked again. Katherine looked at her annoyed.
"Why do you ask this Sofi?" she said cleaning her mouth with a cotton handkerchief. She had just drank from the woman`s wrist. She looked at the woman`s eyes with her pupils dilating.
"It`s time to dine now" the woman smiled and went to cook. Sophie looked at her reproachfully.
"She appears with no soul now. I do not like it Katerina, must you do this?" she was looking at the bloody handkerchief with distaste.
"This is our save haven Sofi. I must, we will not be here forever" Katherine said as she went to sit by her sister`s side.
"You will not leave me with them?" Sophie asked softly.
"You wish to stay?" Katherine looked surprised at her question.
"I will not lie to you sister. I enjoy this life. It is the most comfort we have found as of yet" she said without looking at Katherine.
"Then perhaps it is best I leave you to them. They will care for you. I will see to it" Katherine responded swallowing hard.
"No! I will give away any comfort for you, you do not know this?" Sophie grabbed her sister`s hand with tears in her eyes.
Katherine smiled a bit and nodded her head at her.
"Will you change me?" she asked in a quivering voice.
"We will speak of this when you are older"
She parked her car and headed to Slater`s apartment.
She didn`t knock. She wanted to surprise him so she headed to a window.
She got in trough a small bathroom window. She was cursing in her head. He didn´t appear to be home so she would wait until he came.
She went to the living room and stopped dead on her tracks.
She looked incredulous at Slater`s body on the ground. She let out a surprised giggle.
"Now, who bit me to it?" she asked to herself. She was standing next to the body with her hands on her hips.
She got serious again. She couldn´t sense anyone on the house. She sighed and checked the body. She found his cell and went trough his last calls.
"There really is no one to blame but yourself you know" she said to the body "Now, you wouldn´t had left anything on me around would you?" she glared at the body just knowing he did.
She looked around and spotted the computer.
She sat and started to check his files. There were a few emails of her in the past in one folder. There was another one dedicated to her entirely. She opened it and read it
Sophie Keats- Status: Alive
Originally known as Sofia Levski. Bulgaria. Turned around 1500`s.
Sired by: Unknown
Serve the Originals for a century and a half approximately (1550-1700`s).
She left them. Reason unknown. Doesn´t appear to keep contact to any of the Old family.
Seen last:
England, Gloucester. 1880`s
France, Paris. 1922
Peru, Cuzco. 1941
USA, Massachusetts. 1950`s
USA, New Orleans. 1962
USA, Virginia.1987 by myself.
First meeting.
Exchange of information. Interest in Rose and Trevor.
Recent activity:
USA, Virginia.
Possibly interested in the Sun and the Moon Curse?
Was close to Elijah?
How did he find out about some of her travels was unknown to her. There wasn´t much more but enough to piss her off. She wiped the hard drive and got up.
She sneered to the body "You should be happy you`re dead already. I would have been less merciful"
With one final glance she left.
Sophie went straight to the tomb to talk to Katherine very pissed still.
She didn`t like not knowing, she was always well informed. She made sure of it.
"Katherine!" she called. She saw her coming towards her looking impatient.
"You have to leave Sophie" she said quickly.
"What are you talking about?" she said exasperated "I`m not leaving"
"Not from town! I mean now. The brothers came to visit this morning. They want the moonstone. I said that I will give it to them if their witch got me out of here. They will be back, I`m sure"
"Yes and they will try to kill you. Give the moonstone to me Katherine!" she said but Katherine was already shaking her head.
"No, they will know someone is helping me" she said without looking at her.
"It doesn`t matter anymore! Let them know!" she said frustrated
"Not yet Sophie. When I`m out and only then!" Katherine yelled at her.
"I could have got you out sooner" she sneered at her "Now, give the moonstone to me" she said holding out her hand.
"I gave you my reasons already Sophie. Why do you keep asking?" Katherine kept the moonstone close to her as she asked her this.
Sophie sighed "I went to see a contact of mine today. He was dead, and his last visit was non other than Damon Salvatore"
"Do you know what he wanted?" Katherine seem interested now.
"Information. About the curse and, of course, the moonstone. Which is why they probably came to see you" she said to Katherine gritting her teeth.
"Look at you little sis, putting everything together" Katherine smiled proudly at her "Do you think Damon kill your contact?"
"That, I can`t be sure. It`s a possibility, but it doesn`t make sense unless he attack him, which I doubt" she said annoy by not knowing something "It doesn´t matter, I was going to kill him myself but what matters is the moonstone" she said waving a hand to dismissed the topic.
Katherine rolled her eyes at her but suddenly glare at Sophie
"How long exactly have you been here?" she asked suspiciously.
"A little after your wolf came. I was keeping tabs on him" Sophie replied dismissively "Who kill him by the way?"
"Damon" Katherine bit out
She whistled "All that trouble you went with the wolf just puff" she said imitating an explosion
"I know" Katherine said irritated "You couldn´t have let me know you were here?"
"You know I´m a bit of a voyeur" Sophie said now with a smirk "I wanted to see how well they play"
"You mean me too" Katherine huffed "So you saw them locking me up here" she stated irritated.
"I thought you said you didn`t want me to reveal myself? And I asked you if you wanted me to get you out, remember?" she pointed out to her.
Katherine pursed her lips.
"What have you been doing now?" Katherine asked instead of replying.
"Playing human" she rolled her eyes in annoyance
"Hmm" Katherine approved "Sounds fun" she said smiling and crossing her arms.
"Hardly" she scoffed "But it`s prove to be good to be informed. I´m working at the Grill thanks to my new friend Matt Donovan" she smiled at the name
"He´s alive?" Katherine asked surprised
"Oh, you mean, the Lockwood kid didn´t kill him?" she laughed at Katherine´s face "Sister, have you been underestimating me again? I know you compelled the boy but no worries, the girl was killed. The curse was triggered"
Katherine pouted at the jib.
"What else?" she asked Sophie impatiently.
"Well, Rose and Trevor appeared. They kidnap Elena and were going to delivered her to Elijah" she said seriously again
Katherine looked surprised by this "I knew of Rose and Trevor, not of Elijah. Do you know if he came?"
"Yes. He saw the doppelganger. He was incapacitated so they escape but he knows of her existence now" she said in a no nonsense tone.
Katherine gulped and looked scared at her "You have to go, I know I promise you Sophie but if you go now, no one will know. You have already done your duty as a sister in more ways that I can think of"
"Katerina…" she said and she knew she sounded upset "You know where I stand"
"I´m afraid they will not only kill you! You have deceived them successfully for centuries now" Katherine was tearing up now "Please don´t ask me to watch you in pain"
"We go together. Don`t ask me this again" Sophie said tiredly
Katherine closed her eyes and gave a big sigh. She nodded in acceptance.
"Katherine" Sophie called so she would look at her "Klaus will come eventually, we knew this already; the same for Elijah or any other. If I have to play my old part again I will do it" she said to her "You know this"
"I´m afraid I do" they stay silent until they heard footsteps not so far. They exchange a look and spoke in signs. They had developed this system in the past to avoid being heard.
Go! They can´t see you. Katherine signed to her
I´ll stay close. They will surely attack you. Sophie responded to her
I´m stronger. I´ll see you tonight if I´m out.
Sophie nodded her head and speed out. Once outside she saw Jeremy Gilbert going in. She looked for someone else, confused. There were none. She left after that.
AN: First, I will like to thank all of you that put this story in their favourites and on alert! really, it`s great to know that you`re reading it. Still, I would like you guys to Review!
I`m thinking a pairing between Sophie and Damon but I guess it could change, I like Elijah too. What do you think? I know that I`ll finally introduce them in the next chapter...
Oh! I`ve been reading back and don`t be surprised if I edit past chapters, not much, just small details.
