Arianna POV:
"Really? Even after 90 years, she stays in the same place?"
I sighed, "Yes Nick. She does. Why do you wanna find her anyway?" I asked him.
"No reason. So, you don't need to go worry your pretty little head about it, love." He replied. I rolled my eyes.
"Flattery. Nice try. But not gonna work on me sweetheart." I smirked.
"Maybe there is something else I could try. . ." He trailed off. My breathe caught up in my throat. That asshole. I could practically hear the smirk on his face.
"And what would that be. . ." I flirted, playing along with him.
"Uh. . . I think I hear my friend calling me," He said. He was obviously bluffing, but before I could protest, "Gotta go now, love. Bye."
He hung up on me! Stupid, completely gorgeous vampire.
Yeah, Yeah. I like a vampire. But were just friends. Very close ones at that. My brother thinks I'm crazy for liking a vampire, just because I'm a witch. But I told him not to worry about me, it's not like Nick likes me anyway. But if he did. . . . . .
I mean, he was always so nice to me. Maybe a bit too cocky, but I like it. He was also very good looking, with the dirty blond hair, his midnight blue eyes, those soft plump pink lips . . . .
God, I'm getting carried away. It's like I'm a teenager with a crush. Right now I need to make myself busy, stop thinking about him.
So now I'm thinking about Keira.
I don't understand her at all. I was her best friend. Doesn't she know she can talk to me? She hasn't really been the same ever since she found out about Luke's betrayal.
I know that she's hurt, but why does she have to make everyone else's life a living hell?
I really want to help her. But she won't let me, and I'm tired of putting up with her.
Now where the hell was my asshole brother and his son?
I started towards the fields. I hope Nolan isn't flirting with the girls.
"ARIA!" I heard someone yell behind me. A very tired Piper came running up to me. She stopped, panting trying to catch her breath.
"What happened? Is something wrong?" I asked her, "Is there another attack?"
"No. It's about Keira. She needs you. She said it was something about her brother." She told me when she finally caught her breath.
"Wait. Somethings wrong with Percy?" I asked her. What could've happened to him? He was completely fine when I saw him 2 hours ago.
"No." She shook her head, "It's not Percy."
"What?!"
OK this is confusing. She has another brother? Why didn't she tell me. Then it occurred to me. I didn't really know anything about her family. She didn't tell me anything, yet she knew everything about me.
Maybe I'll help her just to find out what she's been hiding.
I ran after Piper. She seemed to be headed towards Cabin 3 -Poseidon's cabin. She rushed into the cabin, with me following at her tail.
When we were in the cabin, I bent over panting, trying to catch my breathe. I really needed to start working out.
I walked in and saw that Nolan was there, and he was already leafing through our grimoires. Keira was talking to someone on the phone. She appeared to be distressed and was trying to calm down whoever it was that she was talking to.
"Bonnie! Listen to me. Nolan's got the spell -" She was cut off by that person. She ran a hand through her hair, listening.
"There is a spell! Do you wanna help Jeremy or no - No you listen to me! Stop cutting me off! He is my brother too you know!" She yelled into the phone.
OK -This is something serious. I sent Nolan a questioning look. He gestured to the grimoire in his hand. I peered over his shoulder to look at the spell he was pointing at.
No.
"You want to bring someone back from the dead?!" I asked, dumbfounded.
She covered the mouthpiece of the phone and muttered a 'yes'.
"Why the hell do you want to do that?" I asked her. She gave me a annoyed looked and gestured to my brother, as if asking him to explain it to me.
"Huh?" Nolan looked confused. I slapped my forehead.
"She's asking you to explain it to me, dumbass." I scowled at him.
"No!" Keira screeched. The two of us spun around to her voice. She mouthed an apology, and returned to yelling into the phone. It took me a while to figure out she was talking to this 'Bonnie' girl on the phone.
"No! Do NOT call Elena. Do you UNDERSTAND me. And not one of those pesky Salvatore's either! I'm telling you I have it figured out. Right guys?" She directed the last part at us.
The two of us nodded profusely. We did not want to be caught in Keira's temper tantrum. I could practically see the steam coming out her ears.
"Ok Bonnie- Bonnie! Sweetheart-" I cringed at the sickly sweetness of her voice, "Shut. Up." She said harshly, "I'm putting you on the speaker."
When she did, I spoke up.
"Hi Bonnie. My name is Arianna. Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked her.
"Yes. I do. I have to." She cried.
"But is it really worth angering the spirits? Are you even strong enough to do the spell? My brother and I together aren't powerful enough to do the incantation." I reasoned out with her. I didn't even know her, but this was a major risk. She can't just throw away her life to save one boy.
"I love him, Arianna. I want to." She whimpered. And at that moment I knew there was nothing I could do to change her mind. And everyone else knew it too.
"OK. Here's what you have to do-Do you know how he died?" When I looked at Keira, she shook her head. So I added, "Or, who killed him?"
"It was Liz, Keira. She found out about Caroline and went to kill her. Her own daughter, Keira. She missed Care- and -and- She shot him!" She explained. I looked at Keira and saw that her face had hardened, free of all emotion and stone cold.
Watch out, you 'Liz' person. You'll be dead before you can say the word 'Witch hazel'.
OK. So maybe that's two words. But you know what I mean. Right?
"Well, Bonnie you need some of the blood of this 'Liz', along with a bowl, some candles, the weapon used to kill him and repeat what I am gonna say -"
"But mom isn't here!" I heard a girly voice screech from the phone. Definitely not Bonnie's. Actually I didn't know anyone else was there.
When I caught Keira's eye, I saw her face twist in recognition. Twist was the right word to use. Her nose was all scrunched up and she groaned in annoyance. Okay. . .So, it was pretty clear she didn't like that girl.
"So do you need an invitation, Caroline? Get her!" Keira spoke up, rather rudely, may I add.
So the new girl was Caroline. And was Keira really sending her to bring her mother back? After she tried to kill her own daughter? Would Caroline really be willing to do that?
So I said exactly that to Keira.
"Yeah. I'm with what the witch said." Caroline said. Her cheerfulness made me wanna cringe.
"You're still here. What are you still doing here, Caroline? Go on. Leave. Chop. Chop." Keira retorted. Again, being rude.
I heard some shuffling and the whoosh of the wind. So I guessed Caroline had left using her vamp speed.
"You don't need to be mean, Keira." I heard Nolan say. I'd totally forgotten he was even in the room.
"But it gets the work done." She pouted playfully. All of us groaned. Except Jamie. I still had no idea what a kid was doing here.
"What?!" She asked with an innocent look.
I returned to deal with the things that were actually important.
"So did you get all the stuff?" I asked Bonnie.
"Yeah. I also lit the candles." She replied.
"Where are you, anyway?" Keira asked, scrunching up her eyebrows.
"At the Massacre site. Caroline helped me get Jeremy there." Her voice choked up at the end.
I saw Keira's face soften. She really did miss her brother.
"Hey. . .Look. We're gonna get him back, Okay?" She said, trying to sound comforting.
"Why're you in a site of massacre?" Nolan asked.
"A hundred witches were killed there, Nolan. Why wouldn't they be there?" Keira retorted with a snort.
Nolan and my eyes widened. "Does that mean she has-"
Keira cut us off, "The power of a hundred dead witches? Yup." She said smirking.
"I'm back!" I heard Caroline yell.
"Wow. That was fast. You took what, a minute?" Piper piped up. Haha. 'Piper piped up'. I can't be the only one who finds that funny right?
"What makes you think I'll actually help you?" I heard a woman's firm voice. Caroline's mom, Liz.
"What makes you think you'll get away with killing my brother, Liz" Keira spoke.
"What are you going to do to me anyway? Elena made the Salvatores' promise not to hurt me. Even Damon agreed. And Caroline wouldn't have the guts to hurt me."
Caroline started to protest but was cut off by a firm 'enough' from Liz.
"That's where you're wrong Liz. I don't give a damn about Caroline. And I've never listened to a word Elena says." She said. "And I sure as hell, am not Damon."She spit out bitterly. Then she smirked evilly. "No. I'm much worse. And you really don't want to get on my bad side." She tsked. "But, too bad. You already killed my brother. . .so you have no idea what you're dealing with."
The whole room was so quiet right now, I could hear everyone's pulsating heartbeat. I don't know about Liz, But if I was her I would've already gotten the whole thing done by now. That's how scary Keira can be.
"I'll do it." Liz agreed.
Couldn't she have agreed to it earlier? Everything is so awkward right now.
I heard some shuffling, a hiss of pain and more shuffling.
"It's done." Bonnie said.
"Here's what you've gotta say -" I started. Then grabbed the grimoire from Nolan, searching for the incantation."
When I found it, "Te invoco spiritus! Redde defuncti, qui propinqua. Reduc eum vivere. Iudicabo te adiuvet. Position your hand above his heart when you say this." I told her.
Keira grabbed the phone, "Call us after you've finished. See you Bonnie. Tell Jer I said 'Hi'." With that she hung up on them, and turned off her phone.
She took in a deep breathe and let it out in relief.
"You, Missy, have a lot of explaining to do." Piper pointed a accusatory finger at her.
"No I don't" She tried arguing weakly. She looked like she was going to breakdown crying. I sighed. Keira may try to be that hardcore bitch that never cracked -and also did a very good job at that- but at the end of the day, she just had to let her vulnerable side out. And she needs someone she's comfortable with to talk with. And she hasn't really talked to anyone, in a long time.
"You know what she needs- a girls night out." I offered.
"You mean girls night in, right? We're not allowed to leave camp." Piper said. Keira was shaking her head, trying to get outta the plan, but too late. Nothing is gonna change our minds now.
"Yeah! Aphrodite cabin. Here we come!" I yelled.
Keira's POV:
"Why are we here? Why here of all places? I don't wanna come here. Please, I'll tell you everything. Just do let me go in there!" I screeched.
Piper, Aria and I were standing in front of the big and peach colored, Aphrodite cabin. It smelled like some really flowery perfume(gag gag puke). I'm so not a tomboy. But this place was just too much. The last time I had a makeover with Silena Beauregaurd, I woke up with my hair dyed RED! I had to wait the whole summer to dye my hair back! Let's just say red hair and me, don't get along.
So while the two of them grabbed my arms and started pulling me towards the door, all I could think was 'why me?'.
Piper rolled her eyes, "Don't you think your exaggerating a little bit? It cannot be that bad."
"Tell that to the person who dyed my hair red!" I yelled.
"How can I, Keira, when she's dead!" Piper yelled back in anger. Then she stopped, realizing what she just said.
"I'm sorry. . ." She whispered softly.
Silena was my only friend from camp, before I Arianna or Piper. She was the only one I could talk to when I was upset about Luke. She was not like the other girls who pitied me. She understood me, and I guess, out of all the people who died 2 years ago, I probably missed her the most.
"OK! Let's get this night started!" Aria piped in, breaking the awkward silence, "Before we slice each others heads off." She murmured the last part. The two of us gave her a look. She gave us a what-did-I-do face.
There where a few more girls in the cabin. Only a few, and they were the kids. The older ones would be out somewhere, flirting with anyone who catches their eyes.
"OK kids, Outta here! It's only the three of us big girls night out. No kiddos." Piper rambled.
Now we stared at her, "Oh-Kay, you are completely crazy." Aria said. She stuck her tongue out at us.
Piper pushed me down on a rolling chair, and started messing around with my hair. She rolled me around to face a mirror. I heard the two of them gasp.
"What?!" I asked.
"Your eyes. . ." Piper managed to mumble finally.
"Oh. . ." I'd completely forgotten about that. The two of them just stared at me.
"I don't care what excuse you've got, but you are going to tell us everything." Aria said firmly.
"How about this one- It's none of your business." I said bitterly. I do't want them to know about it. I just wanted to forget about it and move on.
"Keira, listen. We can help. Unless you've been wearing contacts your whole life -" I cut her off with a glare. "Nobody can just change their features like that." She explained. "It must've been a witch. A very powerful one, too."
"But why?" I asked.
"I have no idea, and that's why you need to tell us what happened to you." She replied.
"But it's all over now. He's dead. And- and- they left- and-" I choked up swallowing back my tears. I won't let them know how much what happened actually affected me.
They just left me. Alone.
And Jeremy. I don't even know what happened. But It's not like I'm going back there to find out.
But what about Jenna. And Alaric. Do they even know about them leaving.
I took in a deep breath and turned away from the two of them, letting a tear slip from my eye. I quickly raised my hand to wipe it before they could notice.
"Hey. . .Are you alright?" Piper asked, placing her hand on my arm gently. I shook my head. "Do yo wanna talk about it.
I sighed. Knowing I had no strength-emotionally- to come up with one of my pathetic excuses, I told them. Everything.
From the beginning where Stefan saved Elena from the car accident last year, to everything about the sacrifice that took place a few days ago, and Elena leaving with the Salvatores'. I told them about the doppelgangers, Elena and Katherine, and how Katherine was both Damon's and Stefan's ex girlfriend. About how Elena was adopted by my parents, but was actually my Uncle John's daughter. And her mother was Isobel, who was John's high school crush and Alaric's ex-wife. And I finished by explaining the sacrifice ritual Klaus needed the doppelganger and surprisingly a demigod to release his werewolf side, and that Elijah was his brother.
When I finished my 'little' story, my two best friends were staring at me with their mouths wide open.
"So yeah. . .That's what happened during the last 12 months of my life!" I said.
"Wow!" They said in unison. "Yeah. ." I agreed. Of course it was too much for them to take in.
"But if you were killed, how are you-"
I cut off Aria, "Alive? Bonnie did some witchy juju -no offence to Aria- and somehow traded John's life for mine. And Elena's a vampire."
"Wow girl! And all this happened 3 days ago. How the hell are you able to deal with that!" Piper squealed.
I shrugged.
"Yup. Your hair's done. You need to wash that off after a while."
Did I mention that Piper was pulling and tugging at my hair while I was narrating my pathetic sob story?
It really did happened, but I felt that I was forgetting something. Something really important, but I couldn't tell what it was.
"I'm gonna get a drink. You want one?" Piper asked.
"In that case a vodka soda would be awesome." I smirked at her. She rolled her eyes. "Good luck trying to find that in a camp." She exclaimed before exiting the cabin. So now it was just Aria and me now. Something told me that Piper left intentionally.
"So. . .I wanted to apologize -for slapping you- That was a bit harsh." She told me. I smiled at her.
"No. I kinda deserved it. I was being a complete bitch. . .And you were right."
"About what?" She asked looking confused.
"About leaving. Not contacting anyone. I mean, you thought I was dead!" The two of us snickered at that. "And I can't use Luke as an excuse anymore. Maybe I just need someone to talk to." I confessed.
"Did you just apologize? Because if you did, that is the most crappiest thing I've ever heard." She frowned at me.
"Well, that's all you're gonna get. I can't risk losing my reputation as 'queen bitch' now can I?" I joked, wiggling my eyebrows at her.
She sighed, "You have no idea how much I've missed you." she whispered to me, pulling me into a hug.
"Me too, Ari, me too." I murmured.
"So. .Seriously two years and you still don't have a boyfriend."
I pulled away from her hug and frowned at her, "You're the one to talk." I snapped at her. But she did something completely unexpected. She blushed.
"Oh My Gods. You met someone. Tell me! I wanna know all the deets!" I squealed, a slow smirk forming on my face.
"We aren't exactly together. His name is Nick. We met a few months ago. He's kind of a. .vampire." She said smiling sheepishly. I gave her a look asking her to continue.
"We just slept together once. The both of us agreed that it was a mistake."
"He did. But you obviously don't." I told her. And I guess that deep down inside she agreed too.
"So you tell me. Two YEARS." She dragged the last sentence out a bit.
"Well, I had no boyfriends. . .Maybe a few boys, but-" I was cut of when she threw a brush at me. "HEY!" I yelled.
She laughed. "Oh god. I missed you so much. Even if you can ruin some perfectly good moments."
"Yeah well, you know me." I shrugged.
She nodded. "I do. But is there any way you can be the girl you were -before Luke ruined your life?" She asked.
I looked down at my feet, sighing.
"No. That girl is long gone. And the worst thing is, she's not coming back."
