Chapter 6: Responsibility

Emily's Pov-

I looked at Spencer who was slowly getting up to her feet. She strangely looked fully recovered since she had lost a lot of blood when the vampire fed from her.

"Spence?" I asked but she just looked at me.

"I know this is weird but I really feel fine." Spencer said.

"Spencer." Aria said.

"Ari, I'm fine." Spencer said. "I'm not like A." Spencer continued, she brushed of some dirt from her clothes.

"Hey, what are we going to do about him?" Hanna said and pointed to the corpse that once was Paige's brother.

Spencer looked at the dead body, she suddenly got a hungry look on her face as she starred at the dead body.

"Spencer?" I asked and Spencer gave me a quick look and I saw something that terrified me, her eyes had turned blood-red, she had dark veins under her eyes and her canines extended to razor-sharp fangs. After a hiss she ran up to Stefan's body and started to suck on the blood that was on his neck.

"Spencer! What are you doing?" Aria screamed.

Spencer suddenly jumped back from the dead body looking terrified, she looked at her hands and then back at the body like she just have had a blackout.

"I… I have no idea why I did that." Spencer said sounding like she was telling us the truth.

"Guys I'm not…" Spencer said but we all took a few steps back as she started to walk towards us.

"Look, I don't know what's happening but I would never hurt anyone of you." Spencer said.

I started to walk towards her and I could see that her eyes had turned back to normal and her fangs were gone.

"It's the smell of blood." I heard a familiar voice say behind me.

Grams walked up and she took a look at Spencer. "The smell of blood can drive a vampire crazy with hunger, I hoped you'd never be a part of this child." She said as she looked at me.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"When you asked for a Lapis Lazuli I got a bit suspicious, I really wished you were telling me the truth." Grams said.

"Don't be mad at Emily, she tried to save Spencer." Aria said.

Grams looked at Spencer and then she looked back at me. "The bloodlust is hard to control but it's not impossible." Grams said.

"Your friend can learn to control it but it won't be easy." Grams continued.

"She is still herself but there are problems with being a vampire." Grams continued.

"I will learn to control it." Spencer said.

"For starters avoid things that will anger you, your emotions are all heightened now, if you get angry it'll make the bloodlust uncontrollable." Grams said to Spencer.

"And there is one more thing." Grams said and took out a Lapis Lazuli stone from her pocket. "Daylight will burn you to ashes but this ring will protect you from that as long as you never take it off." Grams said.

She then looked back at me and said. "I'm impressed you completed that spell, I was 25 when I first managed to make a daylight ring." Grams said.

"That spell drained me of my magic." I said.

"You're just exhausted, your magic will return in time." Grams said and started to chant the same spell as I used when I enchanted the daylight ring.

"There." Grams gave Spencer the ring. "Now remember you can't enter a house unless if you're invited and animal blood will help you control your bloodthirst."

"What are we going to do about him?" Hanna asked and nodded to Stefan.

"Call the police and you…" Grams said and looked at Spencer. "You need to get out of here before the police shows up, you've recently turned and you might not be able to keep yourself from attacking a police officer in blind hunger, just run home and stay there I'm sure your parents will want to see you again." Grams said and Spencer nodded and the she started to run and she disappeared in a flash.

"Vampire speed, one of the perks they have." Grams said. Then we called the police and said we had found Stefan's body and he was already long gone when we found him, after a few hours of questioning we all decided to go home, on the way home I looked at Grams and asked.

"Why did you help us, I thought you didn't liked vampires?"

"Only the vampires who chooses to become a monster, your friend is still herself." Grams said.

"You're surprisingly calm about this." I said.

"We are witches, it's our responsibility to make sure that there is a balance in the world." Grams said.

"What are you going to do about Spencer?" I asked.

"I'm not going to do anything now, but if she kills a single innocent person I will kill her." Grams said.

"You can't mean that." I said shocked over how calmly Grams had said it.

"Yes I do, the reason I helped your friend is because she is your friend if she can control her hunger she will get dangerous and she'll have to be stopped." Grams said.

"Do you think Spencer can control it?" I asked.

"Yes, I think she can." Grams said as we reached my house.

Two weeks later:

I was in the locker room changing into my normal clothes, I ha swam a few laps in the pool since it was the only thing that distracted me from the thoughts about vampires.

Spencer had easily learnt to control her bloodthirst, she was always much disciplined so it wasn't very surprising that she'd learn to control it. She drank animal blood at first which she hated but now when she can control it she got an internship at the hospital where she could steal a few blood bags without getting caught.

What worried me most was that Paige hadn't been at school since that night her brother died. It was like she had disappeared altogether. Her brothers funeral was two days ago and she hadn't left her house ever since, the school had excused her for missing so many schooldays and in her absence Lisa had made team captain a position she doesn't take very serious she just sees it as a reason to boost her own popularity.

I got dressed as I grabbed my phone, I had no messages from A but I'd still jump every time I hear my phone buzz.

Once I was dressed I got to my car and drove home, when I parked my car in the driveway, I looked over at Paige's house, all lights were out and the mailbox was overfilled.

I wasn't sure if Paige was home anymore but I felt really sorry for her, I can't imagine how she felt having the police coming to her house and tell her that her brother is dead. I took a sigh and walked over to Paige's yard almost expecting Paige to open a window and scream to get me to leave but nothing happened. When I knocked on the door I didn't get a respond but I could see that the door was unlocked. I hesitated for a short while before I opened the door.

"Paige, are you in there?" I said as I slowly walked in. "It's Emily Fields, from school!" I continued as I walked further in as saw that the place was a mess, Paige hadn't made any time to clean for a very long time.

"We are both on the swim team!" I said as I kept looking for Paige, I was talking loudly so Paige would know I wasn't breaking in.

"I just want to know if you're ok." I said as I looked into the kitchen, Paige wasn't there but there was a huge pile of dishes in the sink.

I walked upstairs and opened the first door I could see, I walked in and saw a room with posters of NBA players on the walls and a big TV with an Xbox One connected to it and on a desk I saw a pick of two very young kids that looked like they were about 8 or 10 years old, it was a boy and a girl, the girl had auburn hair and the boy had a baseball cap. I realized that I was now standing in Stefan's room so I walked out and very quietly closed the door, I shouldn't have been in there.

I decided to check one last room and if I couldn't find Paige in there I'd just assume she wasn't home and I'd just go home, no questions asked.

I opened a door on the opposite side of Stefan's room and I could see Paige, she was on her bed lying on her side with her back turned to me.

"Paige?" I said very gently since I wasn't sure if she was awake or not. When she didn't respond I walked a bit closer and then I could hear that Paige was sobbing.

I walked up next to her so she could see that I was there, she looked at me then she just looked away.

"It's ok to be sad." I said and I took a nearby chair and sat down next to Paige.

"You don't have to talk I just want you to know that you don't have to be alone." I said.

Paige kept crying but she didn't seemed aggressive like she'd usually be she was sad, I never thought I would see her like this.

"I'm not going to lie and say I understand how you feel because I can't imagine what you are going thorough but sometimes talking about it does help a little." I said.

"If you need someone to talk to I'm a good listener." I said as I got up and was about to leave Paige alone.

As I was about to open the door I heard Paige say "Please stay." I looked at Paige who still wasn't looking at me but I did hear what she said.

"Just stay with me for a while." Paige said and I walked back and sat down, this time on the side of Paige's bed.

"I just don't want to be alone now." Paige said curled up against a pillow.

"I'm not going anywhere." I said.