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Chapter 4

A couple days later, I decided it was time to move on. Forget about Stefan…act like I did with Mason when he left me. It was time to stand up strong and move on. I made my way downstairs and I was about to go out the door until I heard Damon in the kitchen. "Show up, there's going to be nine other people that brought chili" he said.

"It's an old family recipe, ok" I heard Elena say. I walked down the hallway and entered the kitchen and stood just behind Alaric, leaning against the door frame with my arms crossed over my chest. Watching Damon and Elena cook together.

"Yeah! I know," Damon said. "I knew your old family. They made sucky chili" Damon said as he grabbed the knife out of her hand. Elena turned her head and looked at Damon and he gave her a funny look with a smile. Elena giggled as she nudged him with her hip and they stared at each other.

"Ahem!" I said loudly. Alaric, Elena and Damon all looked at me.

"Alex!" Elena said with a smile as she took a step away from Damon. "How are you?"

"Save it," I said as I rolled my eyes and pushed myself off the door frame and walked over to the island table, standing beside Ric. I looked at Damon. "I'm going to the Bianchi to get their chili recipe. Mrs. Lockwood demanded me to find out since I was in the Miss Mystic Falls pageant. I'm just going to pay a visit and I'll meet you guys there" I turned and started making my way out the kitchen.

"Alex," Elena said. I turned my heel and looked at her. "Caroline is coming over later and we're going to go together. You can travel with us there if you like?"

I looked at Ric and he gave me that look. He talked to me yesterday about 'treating Elena right' and the whole 'you're hurting her feelings' speech. God! It was like my dad moved into the house.

I looked back at Elena and gave her a fake smile. "Sure" I said quietly. Elena smiled and went back to making the chili as I turned back around and walked out the door and grabbed my wand out from my purse.

"I need to be somewhere, old and new, so take me to the address, 421 McGillvray" I landed on the front porch of the Bianchi's and walked up to the door and gave it three knocks. The front door opened and there stood an older gentleman, around in his 50's, with beige pants on, brown dress shoes, a blue golf shirt and glasses on.

He gave me a smile and asked, "What can I do for you, young lady?"

"Uh…yes…um…My name is Alex Russo. Um…you must be Mr. Bianchi? Torri's father?"

The man's smile disappeared. "How'd you know Torri?"

"I came to see her a couple months ago…the day…she died. She told me about the Giordano's and how they're youngest daughter…died"

"Oh…yes…Brandon told me about you. Just wait a second," He said as he turned around and went around the corner as I stood where I was. He then came back and held up a stake. "Get out of here, vampire"

"What?" I asked as I felt my eyes open wide and I backed away.

"Brandon told me how you attacked him and Melissa, I will not let you do it again"

"What? No! No! That was Isabella, my ancestor. I swear. I'm a wizard. A human wizard"

"Prove it," I pulled my wand out of my purse and showed him. "Not good enough," I pointed my wand at my hand and made a small cut and it started bleeding. Mr. Bianchi stared at it for a while and then realized it wasn't healing. "Oh my gosh," he said dropped the stake. "I'm so sorry. Please, come inside,"

I gave him a nod and took a step inside. He walked in and closed the door behind him and then walked pass me and started waking to the room in front of us. "I am so sorry about that. Ever since Torri's death and Brandon's attack, it's been a little nerve racking living in our vampire town of Mystic Falls"

"Don't worry about it," I said. "I understand"

We walked into the room that looked like it was suppose to be the kitchen. "Please sit," he said as she gestured to the table in the middle of the room. I took a seat while he walked into the kitchen and put a kettle of water on the stove. "Tea or Coffee?" He asked.

"Tea will be fine" After the kettle boiled, he poured the water into the pot and dropped in a tea bag and placed the pot on the table. He then came down and sat next to me bringing two tea cups, milk and sugar.

"Milk?" he asked as he poured the tea into my cup.

"Please"

"Sugar?"

"Please"

He did the same to his cup and then started asking me questions. "So, you met Torri?" He asked.

"Yes…um…a couple months ago…I was signed up to be in the Miss Mystic Falls pageant…by my aunt. She told me that we had distant relatives here. The Bianchi's. So, I decided to look them up and…I came to your door step…where Torri answered the door. She told me everything about our families and the Giordano's"

Mr. Bianchi laughed. "Torri was always good with that sort of stuff…just like her mother"

"I'm sorry for you lost Mr. Bianchi"

"Thank you…and please, call me Albert. We're family now"

I nodded. "So," I said. "You're a wizard?"

"Technically, no. I lost my powers to my brother but I do come from a wizard family. So, what was your reason to coming down today?"

"Oh, right. Are you going to the Founder's party today?"

"Yes, I am, Why?"

"Well, because of me being a contestant in the Miss Mystic Falls pageant, Mrs. Lockwood demands that I bring a chili from my founding family. So, I was wondering-"

"I'll include your name in the chili" I smiled.

"Thank you Mr.B-oh…I mean…Albert" He smiled.

"Your welcome"

"I have to go," I said as I got out of my seat. "I'm going to be late for the party. Thank you, again" I said as I quickly walked out of the house and flashed myself home.

"And I've heard about that sister," I heard Katherine say. "Be careful. She'll ruin you"

"Happy to know you still care" I heard Stefan. A couple seconds later, Stefan walked around the corner and bumped right into me. He's eyes opened wide in shock. "Oh god," I cocked my head to the side and glared at him. "Marina. Please. Don't tell Klaus or Rebekah"

My glare then turned into a smile. "Miss me?"

His eyes when back to normal size and his worried look then turned into a glare. "Isabella"

"Looks like I haven't missed much. Just you running all over the eastern sea board looking for werewolves and killing humans with your new BFF"

"What are you doing here, Isabella"

"Just checking up on my favorite brother. Thought I'd pop by and pay a visit"

"You know I gave the same speech to Katherine. If Klaus finds out you're here, he'll kill you. He wasn't too happy about what happened the last time you paid him a visit"

"So am I. He killed my best friend plus I'm pissed off about this whole curse. I thought I was home free when I turned into a vampire but now I find out that I'm still part of the curse"

"What are you talking about?"

"Vlad wants three doppelgängers," I said as I held up three figures. "To have three brides. So, that makes Marina, Alex and I"

"Why would he all want them to look the same?"

"I don't know. Something about Marina fascinated him and he wanted two more copies of her to make his brides"

"Wonder what Marina thinks of this"

"She's scared"

"What? An Original is scared of somebody?"

"That somebody is a lot older then her and her family. I've heard she's been running from him her whole life. Him and somebody else…that Klaus and Rebekah are both scared of as well"

"Who?"

"Why would I tell you?"

"Because if we work together, we can find this somebody and they can help us kill Klaus. You can get your revenge on Klaus for killing Marisol"

"Hm…I would but I just don't trust you"

"Why?"

"Because you're a terrible liar and I know Klaus. Believe me I worked for him for almost 70 years. He'll know you're up to something and he'll compel you to tell him. Then next thing I know, he'll have my heart in his hand," I walked pass him and continued down the street. I turned around and started walking backwards looking at him. "See you around, cowboy"

I got back to the house and not even twenty minutes later, Caroline arrived and then Bonnie arrived back into town and had a whole make-out session with Jeremy right in front of us. After that was done, Bonnie, Caroline, Elena and I went to the kitchen where Caroline and Elena where putting the chili into bowls so they could take them to the Lockwood's while Bonnie and I sat across from them in chairs.

"The problem is," Bonnie said as Caroline stood by the stove with the chili. "With my dad's normal side of the family is normal made for a really boring summer"

"After a few days," Caroline walked back to the counter with the pot of chili in her hands. "I would kill for a normal family," Caroline tilted the chili over into the Crockpot while Elena started scooping it in with a wooden spoon. "Since when did you learn how to cook?" Caroline asked Elena.

"Damon helped a little" Elena said. I rolled my eyes.

"Damon's helping you cook now?" Bonnie asked.

"There's nothing going on between you two, eh?" I asked as I glared at her.

"Stop it!" She said. "All of you. Just please stop judging. He's just trying to be a good-Ow!" We all jumped as Elena grabbed her necklace.

"Did I splash you?" Caroline asked in concern as she placed the pot on the table.

"No, no, my necklace. It burned me"

"Ow!" I screamed in pain as I felt a burn on my chest.

"What happened?" Caroline asked. I looked down at my locket and lifted it off my skin and it left a round brunt mark. I looked up at Bonnie, Caroline and Elena.

"It did the same to me too"

"Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it" Caroline said.

I glared at her. "Nice, really, nice" I said as I took the locket off.

"What, I'm just saying. If you're going to be 'cooking' without Stefan"

Bonnie looked at me funny and looked at Elena the same way. "Let me see it," she asked. "Both of them"

Elena and I looked at each other before holding out our necklaces out to her. Bonnie glanced at them for a second before reaching out to both of them with both hands. As she reached out to touch them, they both sparked and I dropped the necklace immediately, so did Elena. We all looked at each other in shock.

"What the hell just happened?" I screamed.

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Bonnie decided to meet us at the party so she could get the grimoires to see what happened to our necklaces. Caroline, Elena and I were sitting out back when Bonnie came running up to us.

"Hey," she said as she ran up to us. "Ok, got it," she then took a seat beside Caroline. "I have an identification spell that might be able to tell me what magic affected both necklaces" I passed Bonnie my locket and Elena passed her necklace.

"Where did you get that necklace from?" Caroline asked Elena.

"Alex gave it to me. It was filled with vervain" Elena answered.

Caroline then glanced at me. I rolled my eyes. "Stefan gave it to me and her gave me that locket and don't even think about it!" I said.

"What?"

"I know what you're going to say and I don't want to hear it"

"Fine…So, you're not, like, switching Salvatore, are you?"

"Excuse me?" I asked her in disbelief. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"Caroline" Bonnie said.

"Stay focused," Caroline said looking at Bonnie once before turning back to me. "As your friend, who worries for you daily, what is the deal with you and Damon?"

"I don't have a deal with Damon, you should be asking Elena this question since they spend all their time together" I said glaring at Elena.

"Damon was just helping me with the chili. Besides, all he talked about was you" she said looking at me.

"What?"

"Yeah. He kept asking how you are and your favorite music and shows and anything about you. It was weird"

"See," Caroline said. "This is what I'm talking about"

"Look, he's looking for Stefan. His brother. I know this is hard to understand, being you are an only child, but you look out for your siblings, especially your younger ones"

"True, but that doesn't make him any less Damon. If my own father, who I love dearly, can't change me. No one's changing Damon. Not even you"

I let out a big sigh. "Can we not talk about this?"

"Hey guys" Bonnie said. We all looked at her and saw both necklaces floating in the air in front of her.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm not doing anything. It has its own magic," Bonnie looked over to me. "Could it be wizard magic"

"Not with Elena's but I did find a sense of wizard magic with mine but…there were a lot of witch magic in both of the necklaces" I said.

"So, looks like I'm looking this up on my own"

"Unless you want me to blow the place up if I test it"

"No, that's ok. I like to stay in one piece"

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Bonnie left with Jeremy after to look up on those necklaces while Caroline, Elena and I stayed the night until the Founder's meeting was over.

"Did Stefan ever tell you where he got the necklaces?" Caroline asked as we walked around the corner.

"No and at the time, I didn't think a big deal about I" I said.

"Let's hope Bonnie will be able to figure it out" Elena said.

"Please tell me it's time to go" Alaric said as he joined us down the hall.

"Yes! Thank god. Have you guys seen Damon?" I asked.

"Probably off somewhere doing bad things to good people," Caroline said as she stopped right in front of me. I glared at her. "Consider me the honestly police" Caroline smiled and then looked beside her and that smile faded away. She then walked over and stood next to me.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"What's the matter?" Alaric asked.

"It's my dad"She said.

Alaric, Elena and I peered in and saw a man in a black suite and a blue shirt one. "The one in the blue shirt?" I asked.

"That's him," Elena said. "Why would he even show up here?" Elena asked Caroline.

"I don't know," Caroline said as she kept on shaking her head back and forth. "But I can't-"

Both Elena and I nodded. "I get it," Elena said. "I'll call you later" Caroline nodded and went upstairs.

We both turned back to Alaric. "Ok," he said. "What was that all about?"

"And you guys call Damon, bad" I said looking at Elena. She gave me that look and I ignored it and kept walking forward out the door and I could hear both Alaric and Elena following me as they closed the door behind them.

We started walking down the stairs until we heard someone say, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Huston, we have a problem" We all turned around and saw Damon closing the door behind him as he ran up and started walking next to me.

"Where were you all night?" I asked.

"Managing Bill Forbes. Apparently he's impervious to compulsion"

"How?" Alaric asked.

"I have no idea but he threatened to out me. Don't get me started on the irony of that"

"He wouldn't do that for no reason," I said. "What did you do? And how is it that the compulsion didn't work?"

"That's not the most important piece of information I mentioned, Alex" he said as he gave me a crazy look.

"What does he want?" Alaric asked.

"He wants to control the council. Says it's been compromised"

"It has!"

"He wants to put vervain in the town's water supply"

I let out a laugh. "Good luck with that. Once the town tastes that revolting stuff in their water, they're going to start asking questions" I said.

"Maybe it's not a bad idea," Elena said. "I mean, it'll help you keep yourself in control now that Stefan's not here to-"

"To what?" Damon asked as he stopped right in front of us. "To keep me in check? Make me behave? I should have killed him this morning"

"No way. He's Caroline's dad"

"Yeah and when I kill him, she'll have one more parents then we do," he looked at me. "No offense"

"Damon! You aren't going to kill him!" I said loudly.

Damon ignored me and tried to walk in between Elena and Alaric but Alaric stopped him in his tracks "Oh, come on, Damon" he said as he put a hand on his chest to stop him.

"You're repeatedly killing my buzz today, Ric," Damon said. "Step aside"

Damon tried to go threw again but Ric stopped him again. "Yeah, it's not going to happen"

Damon glared at him for a second before looking down at Alaric's hand which has his ring on. He shrugged his shoulders and looked back at Ric. "Your temporary funeral" he said before grabbing Ric's head and snapping it.

"Damon!" I screamed. Alaric fell to his knees and hit the ground, hard. "What the hell's your problem?" I screamed at him. He walked pass me and started walking towards the mansion but I ran up to him and grabbed his hand. "Don't you dare walk away from this"

Damon looked down at his hand and then looked at me. "Let. Go. Alex. Before I do the same thing to you"

"No you won't"

"Fine then" he swung around and flipped me in the air and I landed on the ground, gasping for air.

"Alex!" I heard Elena as I struggled to get up. She ran over and helped me up. "Are you ok?" she asked as I stood on my feet and started coughing.

"Yeah," I said with a cough after. "I'll be fine," I looked back at Alaric's body, still lying where it was. "Call Caroline for help. I need to find Damon" I said as I ran towards the mansion.

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After running all over the Lockwood property, I finally found out from Elena where Damon was and how Caroline went there to save her dad. I ran into the room that use to be Mayor Lockwood's, Tyler's dad, office. I guess now its Mrs. Lockwood's.

"I'm stronger than you, little girl" I heard Damon say as I ran in and stopped by the front door.

"Well I'm angrier!" I heard Caroline say as she snapped Damon's arm and head butted him and then threw him against the door behind him. Caroline, at vampire speed, got up, grabbed her dad and ran out of the room. I glared at Damon as he laid there against the door. I took a couple, slow, steps towards him.

"Bummer. I love a good girl fight"he said.

"Are you crazy? I'm not going to take this anymore! I just got back! I can't deal with this right now!" I screamed at him.

"Why not?" Damon asked as he got off the ground. There was a little bit of blood pouring down out of the corner of his mouth. "Nothing I haven't done before. Why is it suddenly so important for everyone to keep me in check?" he asked as he walked up to me.

"Because all this time, I've gone up to the bat for you telling everyone you're a good person! Not that you're a-"

"What? A monster? Sorry to disappoint you, Alex, but last time I checked, I was still a vampire!"

"I know! But you don't have to be the vampire that parents tell stories to the kids at night about!"

"I am not Stefan!" I jumped back as the words shot me in the heart. "How about you stop trying to turn me into him" He glared at me as he walked pass me, nudging my shoulder with his and walking out there room.

As I was left alone, I felt the tears rolling down my face. In a way, he was right.

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The next day, I met up with Caroline into town to talk but all she did was brag about her being right about Damon. "I'm not going to say I told you so" she said as she walked through town square.

I gave her a puzzled look. "But you have…for the last twenty minutes"

Caroline let out a sigh "But I did tell you…so"

"Alright, Alright, I get it. You can congratulate yourself. You were right. Both you and Damon were right. I guess…I still miss Stefan and I thought that…Damon could be the part of Stefan I miss…but if he wants to say sorry he has to-"

"Wait," Caroline interrupted me and planted her feet. I stopped and looked at her. "I…It's been a long week, so I'm just going to be blunt. It doesn't matter what he does, Damon's gotten under you skin"

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever" I said as I continued on walking but she grabbed my arm and stopped me.

"God, just admit it, Alex, ok? You are attracted to him! In all of his bad brother glory. I already know what happened at the beginning of the summer between you and him"

"How?"

"That doesn't matter"

"Caroline, you can stay whatever you want. The answer is no"

"Wait, no, you're not attracted to him, or no, you just won't admit it?"

"If I admit it I might forget about Stefan!" she stared at me. "I'm not Katherine. I will never be! God…does that me sound horrible"

"It makes you sound human, Alex" Caroline said with a smile. She then looked up and rolled her eyes, letting out a sigh.

I turned around and looked and saw her dad walking down the street. I turned back to her. "Do you want me to come?"

"No, I got it" she said with a small smile. "I'll call you later" she said as she left me in the middle of the square.