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Chapter 4:

Callie was nervous when she arrived at Mystic Falls High School and even more nervous when she had to go to her first lesson. It was the first time in 1000 years she went to school and the beginning to her somewhat normal life.

To her luck not only Caroline and Elena were there, but also Alaric and Bonnie, but they were all pretty confused when they saw her at the school.

"Callie? What are you doing here?" Caroline asked worriedly.

"Going to school like you," she answered, smiling a little. "I know it must look weird, but… I've never lived a normal life and after everything I've been through I need to do at least one thing that's normal."

Caroline giggled. "Well, you shouldn't have picked the worst thing. School isn't exactly fun, right Elena?"

Elena smiled and shook her head. "I think it's good you want to do this, though. You deserve to feel normal at least once in your life."

Callie thanked her and was about to say something until she spotted her aunt down the hall. She needed to talk to her, so she said her goodbyes and tried catching up with Rebekah, who was on her way to have History.

"Bekah! Can I talk with you for a moment?" she asked, making the group of girls stop.

Rebekah looked at her friends for a moment and told them to go without her, then signed for Callie to follow her into the girls' restroom where they could talk alone.

"No one has annoyed you so far, yes? Because if there's someone who dares to–"

"Everyone has been kind so far, Rebekah. And if they're not then I'll compel them," Callie said, grinning. "I wanted to talk with you because I know that Nik is trying to find Finn, so he can undo the binding spell."

Rebekah sighed. "We're not letting Finn anywhere near you, Callie. He's not getting away with killing you."

"Yes, about that… I had time to think last night and I don't want you to hurt him for what he did. I… forgive him for it."

Rebekah's eyes widened. "You-what?"

Callie sighed and leaned against a wall. "I'm angry about what he did to me, but I understand why he did it and why he feels the need to kill every one of us. We're all monsters."

"No, we're not. You're still not yourself, Callie. I will hurt Finn for what he did and then I will hurt Damon for acting like such a dick after you died."

Rebekah left before Callie could say something and although a part of Callie felt that Finn deserved to be punished, then he was still her uncle and she loved him like she still loved Klaus.

"Callie? You okay?" a familiar voice said.

Callie frowned and groaned when she saw Marcus standing in the restroom, but now that he was here she figured that she might as well explain to him why she freaked out like that.

"Not really, no. But you do realize that this is the girls' restroom, right?" she said, smiling weakly.

Marcus grinned and quickly checked if they were alone in there before joining her at the wall. "So… you mind telling me what you're doing here?"

Callie sighed, but told him about how she needed to feel normal, how since she woke up from the dead she'd been feeling like her world had been turned upside down and that she was scared of dying again.

"I should go to class now, but thank you for being there for me."

She placed a kiss on his cheek and was about to leave, but he grabbed her wrist and pushed her against the wall, pressing his lips against hers with such passion that she couldn't resist the temptation to kiss him back.

It was obvious to her that his love for her had only grown and right now he seemed to be the only thing stabile in her life, so she wanted to hold on to him for a little longer and enjoy the moment even though her heart still belonged to Damon.

"Hey! This is the girls' restroom, you know!"

Callie blushed and Marcus pulled away, but he was smirking and didn't seem to care about getting caught kissing her.

"Are you still going to the Grill after school?" he asked quietly.

Callie nodded and he placed soft kiss on her lips before walking past Caroline and out of the restroom.

"Well, congratulations! You just did another normal thing – got caught making out with a boy on school grounds." Caroline said teasingly.

Callie blushed even more. "Oh shut up, Care!"

They both giggled and went to class, though, but throughout the entire day Callie couldn't stop thinking about the kiss she'd shared with Marcus. She did still love Damon, yes, but for some reason she didn't feel so guilty about kissing Marcus back.

Could she be falling in love with him again?

Callie groaned internally of the thought, but it did make sense and she did use to love him so much that she wanted to marry him.

Those kinds of feelings didn't just go away…

There was only one way to find out and that was by going to the Grill, so when she was done with her first day in school, she went to the Grill as planned and found Marcus at the bar, waiting for her no doubt.

"Freya?" another familiar voice said.

Callie felt her blood turn into ice and couldn't make herself say or do anything for several minutes.

He was back.

The man who killed her was back.

When she didn't say anything, Finn placed a hand on her shoulder and she instinctively turned around, slamming her fist right in his face so hard that he nearly fell to the floor.

The hit to the face caused the customers to look towards them and Marcus too saw her standing before the man who killed her with clenched fists.

Finn rubbed his jaw a little, but stood up and sent Sage, who stood right behind him, a look that made her leave and go to a table in the other end of the Grill.

"I deserved that for what I did to you," he said calmly, looking straight into her eyes. "But you have to understand that I knew you would wake up again. The necklace you wear is very powerful and can retrieve any supernatural being from the Other Side."

"And I forgive you for that, uncle. But I can't forget that you still did it to me. I'm your niece – not your enemy." Callie said.

Finn's eyes widened. "You forgive me?"

She nodded. "Where is my father? And my grandmother?"

His jaw tensed up and he looked away, looking troubled as if he wanted to tell her the truth, but wasn't allowed to do it.

"I don't know where your father is, but I briefly met him two days ago in Maryland."

"And Esther?"

He sighed. "You know I cannot tell you that."

Callie looked to Marcus, who now stood beside her, and then back at Finn. "Then I have nothing left to say to you. Goodbye, Finn."

She grabbed Marcus' arm and tried leaving, but Finn blocked her path. "I can help you contact him if you want me to… your grandmother too."

She shook her head. "You may be my uncle and have my forgiveness, but I don't trust you anymore, Finn."

This time Finn didn't stop her and they both left the Grill, going to the woods where Callie could calm down before she did something stupid that would draw people's attention.

Like destroying a statue or killing someone innocent.

"Hey, take it easy. I know you're pissed off, but you're going to need an oak tree stake from Stefan if you want to kill him." Marcus said.

Callie frowned and looked at him. "They found the ancient white oak tree?"

He realized something and groaned. "I'm sorry, Callie. I should've mentioned this earlier, but… they're planning to kill Klaus and the others. They've made several of stakes made of the tree and are waiting for the right opportunity to kill one of them."

"But then my father would die too… and– oh god! I have to stop them!"

Marcus quickly grabbed her before she could leave. "Callie, I know you love your family, but we have to stop Klaus and this is the only way to do it. You can't keep turning your blind eye to what he has done to everyone."

"You don't understand, Marcus! This isn't just about losing my entire family and I'm sorry about doing this, but I have to stop them!"

She broke his neck before he could stop her and ran as fast as she could back home, finding Klaus in the living room with none other than Bonnie. She was in the middle of doing a reversal spell, so it wasn't just her who knew the consequences of killing an Original.

"Callie! Good you're back. I'm unlinking all of us, which means your father will be safe soon." Klaus said calmly.

"I don't think that'll keep any of us safe, Klaus…" Callie said, watching Bonnie chanting ancient words.

Klaus frowned. "And why is that?"

"Marcus just told me that–"

The sound of someone screaming caught her attention and she was gone in a flash, bursting into the ballroom where Rebekah was in the middle of torturing Damon.

Damon's hands had been chained to the ceiling with what looked like sharp animal traps and his chest and neck had been cut repeatedly with a knife.

Underneath him was a pool of blood, so it seemed he'd been there for quite a while.

"Callie?" Damon said hoarsely, looking at her tiredly.

"Don't you dare freeing him, Callie! He deserves to suffer for playing with your and my heart," Rebekah snarled. "Tell her, Damon. Tell her how you tried seducing me, so that tramp could steal my thoughts!"

Callie looked to Damon and saw the look of guilt in his face. She sighed and walked up to him, cupping his face with her hands.

"Do you believe I am real now?" she asked quietly.

"I do…" he answered, almost inaudibly. "I'm sorry… for everything."

She sighed heavily and went to remove the chains from him, but Rebekah pulled her away from him and pinned her against a wall.

"I told you not to touch him! I don't know what has happened to you, but he is our enemy. He wants to kill every one of us – including your father. Do you want to see your father dead?"

"Of course not, but–"

"No, buts! Either you're with us or against us. Which one is it then?" Klaus snarled, walking into the room.

"No!" Callie pushed Rebekah away from her and turned to Klaus. "I'm not going to choose between my family and them! All this violence has to stop before we all end up dying!"

"Tell that to your friends. I've heard that Stefan killed Finn only a few minutes ago and you know what that means. If the same thing that happened to him happens to your dear aunt, then you're going to end up dead too."

Damon's eyes widened and she met his worried gaze briefly before turning hers back to Klaus. "I know and that's why I came. I don't want any of you to die. But I don't have time to stand here and argue with you two… Damon needs my help."

Callie walked up to Damon and freed him from the chains, just holding him close to her for a moment until his wounds had healed up.

"You… should've told us… that you… would die too." Damon said, panting slightly.

"And you should've told me that you were planning to kill my family," Callie said, helping him stand up. "Let's just go home and then we can talk about whose fault this was."

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