Here's chap 7! Hope you enjoy!


Elena's POV

We were all in Stefan's room; we rushed there when we heard Damon call us. The dead body of Anika was the first thing we all noticed. I couldn't believe it; Stefan would never do that would he? He loved her or maybe it was…

"Katherine" I whispered to myself, but everyone heard.

"It's possible" Damon said "But we would have smelt her. We are so used to Stefan's scent…Katherine's scent would have alerted us.

It made sense, but still. The Stefan I know would have never done that…maybe I didn't know him so well after all.

"Do you think he went after her?" I asked Damon.

"I believe he did…he was surprised when he learned Katherine was back".

"So, what are we gonna do?" Felicia asked. "We can't let him go high on human blood with an evil bitch".

"Human blood?" I asked, wondering why she said that. She pointed the trashcan, a few empty blood bags in it.

Damon sighed and passed a hand in his hair while I shook my head, clearly disappointed.

"I could try to localize him" Bonnie said. We nodded and she went to take what she needed in order to perform the spell.

"But she said she came back for you, what is she gonna do with Stefan?" I asked.

"I don't know…she might have lied back then, so she could be in control. I guess we'll have to see." He replied, frowning.

"Well, now that we know that Emily is on our side and that Nic is still locked…she's alone…well, not if Stefan joins force with her" Felicia said, pacing the room. "By the way, we should get the body out of here, it starts to smell" she said, wrinkling her nose in disgust. She was right.


Damon's POV

We took the body out and burned it. We couldn't do more. Bonnie finally found a good spell and she performed it, only to get a disappointing result. We couldn't localize him…Emily's magic.

"She must at least counter a few things or Katherine will discover the truth,» she explained.

"So what do we do now?" I asked, slightly angry to not get into the action and drive a stake through the bitch's black heart.

"We wait I guess" Bonnie was just as annoyed as I was. "By the way, the spell on Nic is out. Katherine will think that I found a way to undo it".

"You did?" Felicia asked, surprised.

"Well, no" Bonnie replied, smiling. "Emily stopped it to make Katherine believe I undo it."

"Then he could help us! Katherine will be outnumbered. Even with Stefan on her side!" Felicia said, excited.

"We can't trust him" I said, my tone firm.

"No Damon, she's right! Besides, maybe Bonnie can use a truth spell on him? Could you?" she asked Bonnie.

"Yeah, it's an easy spell. Go get him and I'll get ready" she said as I sighed in defeat and went to get the boy.

I looked through the bars; he was sitting in a corner, obviously lost in thoughts. Then he noticed me and frowned a little.

"What do you want now" is voice was low. I was expecting him to be angry, but he was calm.

"You will come upstairs with me. Try anything and I'll break your legs." I said, my voice threatening. He nodded and I unlocked the door. He rose up and walked slowly in my direction. I let him out and we went upstairs, my eyes never letting him go. He was still calm and seemed to have somewhat give up.

Felicia was the first to notice us. She was coming towards us but one glance from me was enough to stop her. God, I hated being that protective, but it's already hard for me to let him out of the cell. Bonnie was ready.

"Sit there and stay still for a few seconds" she told him. He was tensed, but he sat on the chair, clearly wondering what we were up to. Felicia gave him a reassuring look and he seemed more relaxed.

"I have a question first" his voice echoed in the room. "I'm feeling like I'm myself…like I am aware of my own actions…is the spell gone?" Bonnie nodded at him and told him to close his eyes. He hesitated first, but complied. She then spoke in an unknown language…she was reciting the spell.

She opened her eyes at the same time as Nic and he was clearly confused.

"What did you do?" he asked, terrified to be under a spell again.

"It's a truth spell. We will ask questions and it will be impossible for you to lie. Simple isn't it?" I replied. He nodded weakly.

"Okay, first question. What is Katherine up to?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know, she never mentioned things to me. I was only following orders." He said, surprised that it was indeed impossible for him to lie.

"Second question. Where is her hideout?" I asked.

"I don't remember. The witch kept erasing that part of my memory when I was back at the hideout to make sure I wouldn't tell anybody." He replied. I nodded angry at the fact that we couldn't find the bitch.

"Third question. Can we trust you? Are you on Katherine's side or ours" Elena asked.

"I never liked her. I was only obeying because the witch was controlling me. I have the same desire to kill her as you" he replied. We all looked at each other, pleased with the last answer.

"Okay, I guess we're done…" Bonnie said, only to be cut by Felicia.

"Wait, I have a question" she hurried the words. Bonnie nodded.

"Do you really love me?" she asked.

Nic was all red and we were all eyes widened by the unexpected question.

"Yeah" he replied, trying to suppress the redness of his face. He was obviously taken aback by the question.

"See Dad, he wouldn't hurt me if he loves me" she said, her face showing a hint of victory. I was about to reply, but Nic was faster than me.

"I wasn't controlling my actions, so I could have even if I didn't want" he said, his face almost back to normal colour. For once, the boy and I were on the same page about something.

"Well, anyway that spell is gone." Felicia said, smiling. Nic nodded happily and turned to Bonnie.

"There might be a way to know where Katherine is. Maybe you could enter my head and find those erased memories or something like that." Bonnie thought about it for a few seconds.

"Yes, maybe I could, but it won't be easy. I could damage limb from your head while doing it,» she said, not really agreeing to do it. "But let me the night to find an idea. I will ask Emily if she knows a way or could tell us about the location."

We all agreed, wait, wait and wait…god knows that's something I hate.


Felicia's POV

I was so glad that Nic was out of that prison and even more glad that he really loves me. He was currently with my dad, both thinking of ways to kill Katherine. She was older and stronger than any of us here, so we needed a plan. My father seemed more…friendly?…with Nic. Well, as weird as it is, I'm happy that my father is considering not killing him. I know he wouldn't, he's just trying to protect me and now that we are 100% sure that Nic is on ours side, he trusts him enough to drop his guard, but not totally. I was watching them from my bedroom's window. They were in the backyard, practicing fighting.

"If we attack her side it'll be more successful than a direct hit. So we'll need to distract her." Nic said.

"Yes, but we'll also need to stop my brother. But we will not ill the witch since she's also on our side." Dad said. Nic was now aware that Emily was supporting us.

"So two of them. Will the other witch help us in the fight?" Nic asked, referring to Emily.

"As you know now, she can't kill Katherine, but Katherine can kill her, so she'll wait till we are distracting her" dad replied.

They kept talking about it and training fighting. I decided to join mom and Bonnie in the lounge. They were also strategising, but the defensive way. Bonnie will use her magic to try to stop Stefan and Katherine long enough for dad and Nic to stake them. Yeah, we thought as a possibility to kill Stefan too if he won't come back to reason. Mom would be protecting Bonnie while she'll be focused on her spells. Dad didn't like the fact that she'll put herself in danger. They fought about it for a little while until dad gave up. Surprising huh? Mom is the only one who can make dad give up about something…and when I use my puppy eyes, it works too. And me, well, they said that I should stay back so I won't get hurt. Pfff. Well, in the end, I won! The classic line "If you guys go, I go too" and the puppy eyes did their charms.

During her sleep, Bonnie and Emily had their spiritual meeting. We knew where Katherine's hideout was located. On the other side of the forest, there was a little shack. That's where they were. Dad insisted to go and just see for himself if indeed, they were there, but Bonnie told him otherwise. They would smell him and suspect that something is wrong. And who knows what would happen. He wasn't please to stay put. But I understood him, I knew that he hated to sit and wait. I got that side of him cause I also wanted to go and do something useful.

"Felicia" I heard Nic say in my back. I jumped a little by the surprise; I was lost in my thoughts.

"Sorry, I didn't want to scare you" he apologized.

"It's fine, my head was in clouds, totally lost" I laughed a little. He took me in his arms and held me. He seemed to be thinking about something. I looked at him and frowned. I asked him if he was okay.

"Yeah, I was thinking about everything…you know, Katherine and all. We still don't know what she wants to do. That's the only thing we need to know to strike". He explained. I nodded. It's true; she could appear anytime and kill us if she wanted.

"I'm still wondering if Stefan is the one who killed Anika or if it's Katherine who did it and abducted him" I said.

"Well, I've heard the whole story with Katherine and your uncle and father. Stefan must still be in love with her and he would do anything to be with her again." He replied.

"I'm just scared that she'll hurt you guys, I know she has the strength and power to do it" I whispered, trying to chase those horrid images out of my head.

"Your father can take care of himself, I mean, he's a pretty though guy. Your mother and Bonnie will stay close to each other and watch for themselves. As for you, she won't have the time to touch you, I'll protect you" he said, his eyes locked with mines. I could see that he was determined to do it; I saw the love he had for me. I smiled and pushed his neck towards me so I could kiss him. The moonlight was bright and big, creating some kind of romantic environment. I wanted to stay lost in this moment forever, never wanted to let go…well, at least for the night.


Stefan's POV

The sun was brushing on my face, waking me up. Thanks to my ring, I would not burn. Seeing her made me so happy. Katherine in my arms, where she belongs. Her naked body was warm and soft. Her hair cascading ion my chest, her breathing sending shivers down my spine, shivers of pleasure of course. I started to stroke her hair, which wakened her.

"Hmmm, a gentleman should never wake a sleeping Lady Mr. Salvatore." She purred, looking at me seductively. I grinned in response. She faked a sad face.

"Anyway, we must go on with my little plan" she added, smirking.

"Anything you want my love" I replied. We got up and dressed. Then, we went hunting. I missed the sweet, addicting taste of human blood. I don't even know how I managed to live without it for all those years. I drank up 3 hikers, I was so thirsty. Killing was fine with me, I turned off my emotions…it was easier that way.

We came back to the shack to find Emily reading a book on the coach. Well, Emily in her descendant's body. A young girl with caramel skin and hazel eyes. Her hair was put in a ponytail exposing her slender neck. I wondered how her blood would taste, but I refrained myself from finding out…Katherine wouldn't be too happy. Oh well, until we get rid of my brother and the rest of them, I won't touch her.


Damon's POV

I groaned as I heard the door open. I really needed sleep. I stayed up almost all night because I couldn't sleep, knowing that Katherine could comeback anytime. I sat in bed and forced my eyes open.

"Sorry if I woke you up" Elena said, standing near the bed. She went to take her clothes for after her shower.

"Hmm, don't worry, it's nothing" I replied in a sleepy voice. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed. Looking at the clock, I saw it was almost 11 am. Damn, I did sleep a long time. I went downstairs to have something to eat cause I was really hungry.

"Finally sleeping beauty as been awakened from her eternal sleep" Felicia said, laughing. I had to admit, she was pretty good with those kind of comments, another side of me. But two could play the game.

"Says the girl who can be punished for a whole month for making fun of her dad" I replied, smirking. She wasn't really smiling after I said that.

"Well, right now I feel caged. Can't go shopping, go out with friends…I consider this a punishment" she replied, sighing. I knew that she wasn't blaming us for not letting her go out, it was because of all this Katherine shit.

"The situation will change sweetheart. Once we get rid of Katherine" I replied, offering her a reassuring smile.

"And Stefan too probably" she added, saddened. I knew that she liked him a lot and now she was very disappointed with his decision to kill Anika and be with Katherine. I felt my smile fade. I never thought he would do something like that…it was hard to believe. He's my brother and even thought he was often brooding over stupid things and saying that his life was miserable, that he was a monster and all these annoying stuff, I did care for him. But if we had to kill him…then there was no other choice.

"Dad, you okay?" Felicia called me, breaking my train of thoughts. I realised that I've stood there, only thinking.

"Yeah, just thinking about things." I replied. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Hmm, pancakes" she grinned. It was her favourite and I had to admit that I was a great cook. I went to the kitchen and saw Bonnie reading her dear spell book. She mustn't have heard me enter because she jumped when I spoke.

"If it isn't our favourite witch" I said, greeting her. She gave me a hard look for startling her.

"Sorry" I said.

"Nevermind, I guess I was too absorbed by this book. It's full of interesting spells" she replied.

"Like making a broomstick fly, changing people's skin in the rainbow's colour, or better! Turning people into frogs! This would be awesome! Try this on the boy, it'll be funny!" I smirked. Bonnie rolled her eyes.

"I heard you dad!" Felicia said from the lounge. Obviously, she didn't like my suggestion at all, which made me smirked even more.

"Damon Salvatore, will you grow up one day?" Bonnie said, acting as if she was thinking.

"Hmmm, maybe" I replied, heading for the fridge. I took all the ingredients I needed to make pancakes.

"No blood this time" Bonnie said, an accusing look on her face. Yeah, one day I made pancakes…well…bloodied pancakes and the look on her face was priceless.

"I can still set you on fire you know" she added.

"Oh yes I know" I replied, a 'terrified' look on my face.

"No fire in the house, we wouldn't want it to burn" I heard Elena said as she entered the kitchen. "If someone wants to burn someone, do it outside"

"Thank you for the support wifey" I replied, acting as if I was hurt.

"It's only natural" she smiled. I loved how she could be herself. When she was with Stefan, she couldn't act or do things like she wanted, but now, she can.

I went back at making pancakes while Bonnie and Elena were discussing girl things. Felicia joined us when her TV show was over and we all ate. A normal breakfast was all we needed with all the things going on, it felt good to have some normality in our life…well, as normal as a vampire life can be.

Suddenly, the phone rang. I went to pick up and answered.

"Miss me brother?" I heard the voice said…


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