Chapter 7-Masqurade

I woke up to find that my head was laying was on someone's bare chest. I looked up to see Damon looking down at me.

"Why am I in your bed?" I asked him

"Well after you cried yourself out, you fell asleep in my arms." Damon said smirking, " So I brought you up here instead of taking you home."

"I didn't really want to be there anyway." I told him sitting up, " Thanks."

"For what?"

"For being such a good friend. It really means a lot to me." I said , " I mean, who would have thought you would be a good friend?"

"Surprising isn't it?"

"Super." I said with a smile, that quickly disappeared as I got and pulled my phone out of my pocket.

"What are you doing?" Damon asked

"Calling my mom." I said walking towards his bathroom, " Hey mom." I said when she answered, a few tears starting to make there way down my face, " Something happened to dad…"


After I was done Damon and I headed downstairs to the living room. When we got there I heard my ring tone going off.

Should I? Should I ?

Maybe I'll get drunk again,

I'll be drunk again,

I'll be drunk again

To feel a little love…

"Nice ring tone." Damon said with a smirk

"Thanks." I said looking at my screen to see who was calling. I laughed once without humor before picking up.

"You have a lot of nerve calling me." I said angrily

"Audrey, I'm sorry. I had no idea…"

"Aurora, you can apologize all you want but guess what? It's not gonna bring my dad back."

"Audrey, just listen to me…"

"No, Aurora, you listen to me." I said cutting her off, " You stay away from me or I swear to God I will drive a stake right through your heart."

Then I hung up. I looked over at Damon to find him pouring himself a glass of bourbon.

"It's ten in the morning and your already drinking?"

"Well, it's happy hour somewhere." he said with his signature smirk

Then there was knock at the door.

"I got it." I said walking towards the door

I opened the door to find Aurora standing there.

"I thought I told you to stay away from me."

"What are you doing here?" Damon asked coming up behind me

"If you don't listen to me Katherine is going to kill everyone in this town."


"Here." Damon said handing Aurora a glass of blood as she sits on one of the couches

"Thanks."

Stefan came into the room then.

"Go ahead tell him." Damon said

"Your gonna love this." I added

"I saw Katherine today." she said

"Where?" Stefan asked

"The Grill. I just stopped by to gawk and... Quasi stalk Jace. He saw me so then I ran off to the little girls room."

"Skip the teen drama and get on with it." Damon said

"So then I had to pretend to use the bathroom because I'm an idiot." Aurora said, " Then I saw Katherine and she told me she wanted me to deliver a message."

"What's the message?" Stefan asked her

" She said and I quote 'Tell Damon and Stefan that I want the moonstone or I will rip this town apart until it rains blood.'"

"Tell him the rest of it." I said

"Tonight at the masquerade ball."

" She wants to do it in public. Killing Mason threw her off guard." Stefan said

" She's running scared. What she did to Jenna and Joseph was desperate. She's out of tricks." Damon said

"We can't underestimate her. We have to play this smarter than her." I added

"Can't we just give her the moonstone?" Aurora asked

"No, Katherine's not getting anything." Damon said, " I'm gonna go to the masquerade ball and I'm gonna kill her, tonight."

"Your not gonna kill her." Stef said

"Don't give me that goody goody crap."

"Your not gonna kill her." Stefan repeated, " Because I am."

"And Stefan steps up to the plate." I said


After Aurora had told Stefan everything we called Bonnie, Caroline, Ric, and Jeremy over.

When everyone had arrived Alaric picked up one of his weapons and showed it to everyone.

"This works with compressed air. The trigger mechanism is up here. I have two of these in a different size. For you I recommend this. It feats nicely under the jacket sleeve. You use the trigger when you're ready."

Then he feigned killing a vampire earning looked from both Stefan and Damon.

"Jeremy wanted me to show him how to kill a vampire."


"Are you sure you don't want me there tonight?" Ric asked when everyone was in the living room.

"No I need you to stay with Elena." Stefan said, " I don't want her to know about this."

"Okay. Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my side."

"Alright, if anyone wants to back out, I'll understand. " Stefan said, addressing everyone

"Yeah. Cold feats speak now." Damon added, " I don't want this going wrong with someone chicken's out. Aurora? Caroline?"

"We won't." Caroline said, "She killed us."

"Fair is fair." Aurora added

"As long there's no werewolf running around." Caroline said

"Oh, I took care of Mason." Damon said

"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn." Jer said

"Bonnie? Are you with us?" Stefan asked

"But no one gets hurt." Bonnie said

"Except Katherine." I said, "Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart."


After I was dressed in my knee length black dress and teal and black mask I headed of to the ball to meet up with everyone. When we all got to the party I went off with Bonnie and Jeremy to help set up the room we were gonna trap Katherine in.

"I thought this room would work." Jer said setting a bag down on the bed.

"It's perfect." Bonnie said

Jer and I started taking weapons out of the bag as Bonnie sat down and took out her grimoire.

"Is that the old spell book I read about in my families old journal?" Jer asked her

"It's my ancestor, Emily's. The spell I'm doing here is similar to the one that sealed the vampires into the tomb." Bonnie told him as I put the bag in the closet.

"Can you do all of that stuff?" I asked

"I mean it takes practice. I've worked on some small spells. Spells that only do good. I don't want to know too much. I don't particularly enjoy any of this, in case you haven't noticed."

"Yeah, but you're 100% witch." Jer said, " That is so cool."

"It's anything but cool. Did you families journal tell you what happened to Emily? Or what about my grams? It doesn't end well for people like me." Bonnie told him

"If you feel that way then why help?" I asked her

"Because I don't want anyone else getting hurt and I don't know how to stay out of it."


After the room was ready the three of use headed back to the party.

"We need to let Damon and Stefan know that the room is ready." Bonnie said before stopping mid stride, " Do either of you feel that?"

"What? Are you cold?" Jer asked her

"No." Bonnie said before walking up to some chick

"That's weird." I said

After a moment she came back.

"Are you okay?" Jer asked her

"I just got a weird vibe. Let's find Damon."


When we found Damon we told him that everything was ready upstairs. He told us to hang tight and wait for our signals before running off to find Stefan.

"So can you use like a hocus pocus to pass a test?" Jeremy asked Bonnie

"I don't know that spell." Bonnie answered him.

"That would be the first one I would learn." Jer said, " Do you wanna dance?"

"No." Bonnie said with a laugh, " I mean, no thank you."

Then Both Jer and I got a text from Damon telling us it was our turn.


When we found Katherine we walked up to her.

"Elena." I said

"Hey, sorry, can we talk to my sister for a minute." Jer told the girl that was talking to Katherine.

"What is it you guys?" Kat asked

"We have a message from Stefan and Damon." Jer said, "They want you to meet them at the edge of the lake by the woods. They brought the moonstone. "

"And why are you their little messengers?" Kat asked us

"Because they know were not afraid of you." I said

"You Gilberts, always so courageous. How's John by the way? Were they able to sew his fingers back on?" Katherine said before heading off.

"Will you text Caroline so I can go inside?" I asked Jer

"Yep." he said before starting to text her.

Then I headed inside to the party.


I was walking around the Lockwood mansion when I was struck with a vision.

Damon shot Katherine in the back with a stake causing her to groan in pain then it switched to Elena who had fallen to the ground clutching her back and screaming out in pain. Then her back started to bleed in the same place Katherine had been stabbed.

I didn't know how but whatever was going to happened to Katherine was going to happen to Elena as well.

I have to get up there before Damon and Stefan kill both of them, I thought as I headed up the stairs.

I was almost to the top of the stairs when I felt a sharp pain in my back. I screamed and dropped to the ground in pain. Then I felt a sharp pain in my arm causing me to scream again. I was on the stairs by myself for a minute before Jeremy came running up the stairs.

"Audrey!" Jeremy said helping me up, " What's wrong?"

"My arm and back." I said

"Yeah, it's happening to Elena too." Jeremy said, " Let's go and stop them before they kill you both."

Jer helped me up the stairs and to the room Damon and Stefan were fighting Katherine.

"Stop!" Jer said, " You're hurting Audrey and Elena. Everything you do to her is hurting Audrey and Elena!"

Damon and Stefan stopped what they were doing and Katherine got up and grabbed the stake Damon was holding.

"Go check on Elena." Stefan said, " Make sure she's okay."

"What about Audrey?" he asked

"Give her to me." Damon said coming up to the barrier

Jeremy hesitated before handing me over and heading off to check on Elena. After he was gone Damon set me down on the sofa and gave me some of his blood to heal my wounds.

"Let's make sure Audrey and Elena are alright. Just a little pressure." Katherine said, taking the stake and cutting her hand causing me to cry out in pain as my skin cut open. Stefan sped over to her and hit the stake out of her hand. Katherine grabbed the stake of the ground and was about to drive it through her stomach.

"This is really going to hurt." she said

I closed my eyes expecting pain but instead I heard Damon say, "Wait."

I opened my eyes to see Katherine sit down in a chair in the corner of the room.

"Okay, so how about that moonstone." she said


"The three of us together." Katherine said, "Just like old times. The brother that loved me to much and the one that didn't love me enough."

"Don't forget the evil slut vampire that only loved herself." I said

"Couldn't have been more true if I'd said it myself." Damon said

"What happened to you Damon?" Katherine asked, " You used to be so sweet and polite."

"Oh, that Damon died along time ago." Damon said

"Good." Katherine said, " He was a bore."

"Oh, why don't you two stop antagonizing each other." Stefan said

"Where is the moonstone? " Katherine asked him

"What do you want with it?" Stefan asked

"Do Elena and Audrey enjoy having you two worshiping at their alters?" Katherine asked

"That's really desperate Katherine." I said, " Don't you think we can see right through you?"

"So it doesn't bother you that Damon is in love with you?" Katherine asked me

"Oh, stop it." Stefan said

"Or what? You'll hurt me?" she asked Stefan getting up and walking over to Stefan, "Come on, Stefan. Everything that I feel, Elena feels, so go ahead"

Then she turned around to face Damon

"Or better yet, kiss me Damon. Audrey will feel that." she said

"You know, this whole Mason thing has me a bit confused." Stefan said, " Why a werewolf? The moonstone can break a curse that would help them destroy all vampires so what's in there for you?"

"Sorry about your pet wolf, you should have been sure to keep him in a tighter leash." Damon said

"I'll have to remember that next time." Katherine said, " He's not the only wolf in town."


"Where is that witch?" Damon asked trying to get past the barrier

"We could play charades." Katherine suggested

"You could shut up." I said

"You bargained the moonstone." Stefan mumbled

"What are you murmuring about over there?" Damon asked him

"When you shopped a deal with George Lockwood, to help you fake your death, you told me that you gave George something he needed. It was the moonstone, wasn't it?" Stefan asked Katherine

"Good for you, Stefan. 2+2( A/N Fav line from Kat)...And it would have worked except that people found out that I wasn't in the tomb." Katherine said, "Thanks to you by the way. Have I mentioned how inconvenient your little obsession with me have been?"

"You and me both, honey." Damon said

"Why do you need it back?" Stefan asked

"I love you in a suit, so dashing." Katherine said, ignoring his question

"What were you doing with it in the first place?"

"You're wasting your breath Stefan." I said

"Unless it wasn't yours to begin with. In 1864 you faked your death. Who were you running from, Katherine?" Stefan asked

In 1987 you were in Chicago, at a concert of all places with that wrench, Lexi." Katherine said, " Come on Stefan, don't look so surprise. Of course I checked on you over the years. You were standing in the front row, dancing all night. You were watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you."

"Who were you running from?"

"I love you." Katherine mouthed to Stefan, causing me to roll my eyes


"Were missing the party." Katherine said, then noticing Damon pouring himself a glass of scotch, " I'll have one of those."

"Right away Miss Katherine." Damon said grabbing her a glass

"Thank you." she said

After she took a sip, Damon pushed her up against the wall and tried to stake her. Fortunately for me Stefan stopped him.

"Damon don't." Stefan yelled

"Yes, Damon, please." Katherine said, " Kill me and you'll kill Elena and turn Audrey. Stefan and Audrey will never forgive you."

"The second the spell is lifted, I'm gonna drive a stake right through your heart." Damon said, repeating my words from earlier.

"God, you're hot." Katherine said, " When did you get so hot?"

Then the girl Katherine had been talking to earlier came in, holding the moonstone.

"Katherine, the spell in this room has been broken, you're free to leave." the girl said

"Took you long enough Lucy." Katherine said

"When I hand this over my debt to you is over." Lucy said

"Done."

"I owe you nothing."

"I said done." Katherine said, " Give it."

"I wouldn't do that." Damon warned Lucy

Lucy gave Katherine the moonstone and when Katherine touched it seamed that seamed as if she couldn't breathe.

"You should have told me another witch was involved." Lucy said, " She's a Bennett witch, Katherine, but I'm sure you knew that."

"Wait." Stefan said

"Elena and Audrey are fine." she said, " The spell is broken. Elena will heal quickly, she's with Bonnie. I apologize for my involvement." Then she left.


After Damon took Katherine away I started walking around the Lockwood grounds. I looked around and saw Elena and Stefan talking on top ff a hill but I was to far away to here what they were saying. While I was watching I saw Elena walk away. I ran over to her.

"What happened?" I asked, while walking along next to her

"Stefan want's to be with me but I can't be with him until I know I'm safe." she responded

" Well, you guys are the perfect couple." I said, " I'm sure you'll figure it out."

At that Elena smiled, " So you and Damon?"

"Were friends ,Elena." I said, " Just friends."

"Hmm, I didn't know that friends made out with each other and sleep in each others bed." Elena said, " I guess Bonnie and I should rethink our friendship."

We both laughed at that then Elena got a call. She looked down at her phone to see who was calling.

"It's Jer." she said before picking it up, "Hey Jer. Yeah Jeremy, I've got my car. Tell Bonnie that whatever she did, I'm starting to feel better. Yeah, you can drive her home. I'm just gonna go straight to bet. Okay."

"Such a caring family member that one is." I said causing her to laugh again

We were a few feet away from her car when I heard something moving behind us. I turned around to see the greeter from the ball. Before we could say anything he put his hands over our mouths and drug us away.

Author's Note

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