At school, the girls were walking. "Hey, did any of you get a text from Damon, too?" Vanessa asked.
"Yeah, he mentioned something about a really old vampire and the possibility of trouble." Marina said.
"Do you think he means the Originals?" Terra asked them.
"Oh, God. I hope not." Lea said. They met up with Bonnie and Jeremy.
"Where's Elena?"
"She's running late today." Jeremy said. "What are you doing later? You want to hang out at the grill, shoot some pool?"
"Well, you never asked me to play pool before so why now?" Bonnie asked.
"Uh, I don't know, I thought it'd be fun, never mind."
"No, hey, okay. Sure. It's just…"
"Just what?"
"It's just you're Elena's brother and… sure. It's just I'm really bad at pool." Bonnie told him.
"Yeah, I thought you might be." Jeremy said.
"You know, Nessa and I can give you a few pointers." Lea said.
"Yeah, maybe we could do a practice round." Vanessa said.
"That sounds awesome, but I am really bad at this." Bonnie told them.
A guy ran over to them. "Excuse me! Do you guys know which way is the office?" He asked them. The girls looked at each other. They'd been there once, but had couldn't remember. Luckily, Jeremy stepped in.
"Yeah, through the double doors then straight ahead then quick left and then your first right. You must be new here."
"Yeah, I am. It's kind of hard to hide it. My name's Luka."
"We're new at this school, too." Marina said. "I'm Marina. This is Terra, Lea, and Vanessa."
"I'm Jeremy, this is Bonnie."
"Well, it's nice to meet you all." Luka told them. He and Bonnie looked at each other. The girls looked at each other, all getting the same feeling.
"Anyway, Luka. I'm actually heading to that direction. Why you don't follow me? It can get confusing."
"Thanks man. It's nice to meet you Bonnie." Luka told her as he and Jeremy headed inside.
"Did you feel that?" Lea asked the rest of her group.
"Yeah, he's totally a warlock." Marina said.
"We don't know that for sure." Vanessa said.
"Then you keep an eye on him."
"I can't. I'm meeting Joe at the Grill later. He's helping me study for a test." Vanessa told them.
"It's fine. We'll figure this out." Terra said.
A few hours later, Marina and Lea were at the Boarding House. "Hey, we got your message." Lea said. "Thanks for coming with me, Marina."
"Well, I figured it was no big deal if we ditched this once." Marina said.
"I never thought a bookworm like you would say that." Damon said, meeting them.
"What rock are you living under? Terra's the bookworm. While I study a lot, I'm more of a practitioner." Marina said.
"Who is this?" A new voice asked. They noticed a girl had entered the room.
"Who are you?" Lea countered.
"This is Rose. She thinks she knows something about the Originals who want Elena." Damon explained.
"You two are friends with her, aren't you? I'm sorry about the other day."
"Wait, you kidnapped her?" Marina asked.
"I regret it." Rose told them. "I want to help with this mess, but if he ever gets her…"
"Who?" Lea asked. "Who's after her?"
"Some guy named Klaus." Damon said. "He's supposedly the oldest vampire ever created."
"He's real, I've seen him." Rose pointed out. "And he's an Original. He wants to break the curse and for that to happen…"
"Elena has to die." Marina said. "I figured there was a reason you went after her, that's it, isn't it?"
"You're smarter than you look." Rose said to her.
"She said she knew someone who might be able to help us." Damon told the girls.
"Are you sure we can trust her?" Lea asked.
"No, but for the record, she's the only lead we've got."
"You know, I'm standing right here." Rose pointed out.
"Let's go, then." Marina said.
A few minutes later, they parked in an underground parking lot. "I thought most vampires had those daylight rings." Lea said as she got out of the car.
"Not all of us." Rose told them as they got out. "Most of my friends don't."
"How do you know this Slater guy is even here?" Damon asked her.
"I called him. He's here. He's always here." She told him.
"Good." Suddenly, Damon pushed her against a wall. "Just one thing. If you're setting me up in any way, I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. It's something I'm very good at." Rose pushed him off and shoved him against the car.
"I'm older than you and stronger. Don't get on my bad side." She warned him.
"Don't get on ours." Lea said. She and Marina had taken positions in case they had to do a spell. Rose let go of Damon.
"You can trust me." She told them. They followed her into the coffee shop.
"This place is nice." Marina said.
"What about the sunlight?" Damon asked.
"Double painted and temped. UV rays can't penetrate." Rose explained. "You see the appeal now?"
"That and the free Wi-Fi." A guy sitting nearby them said.
"Hey, how are you?" Rose asked him.
"Good. I saw you come, what are you doing here?" Slater asked her.
"It's a long story," Rose told him. "but I want you to meet…" He looked at Damon.
"Damon Salvatore. Turned 1864 in Mystic Falls by Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova." Slater said. "So I take it I was right, what I told you about the tomb under the church was true?"
"Yes. It was right. Thank you for the tip." Rose told him.
"She knew about the tomb?" Lea asked.
"First I heard of it." Damon said. Slater looked over at the girls.
"Who are your friends?"
"This is Marina and Lea. They're witches." Damon told him.
"I take it you're Vanessa's friends."
"You knew Vanessa?" Marina asked.
"Small world." He looked back at Damon. "It's nice to meet you, maybe. What's going on Rose? Where is Trevor?"
At the Grill, Vanessa was studying with Joe. "Okay, let's see. What you want to do is add the powers of the two numbers."
"I don't get it. Aren't you supposed to multiply them?" Joe asked.
"It doesn't work like that. Believe me, I was confused at first, too." Vanessa said.
"You're tutoring in math?" She turned around. Terra was nearby. "No offense, but it's not your strong point."
"What are you doing here?"
"Keeping an eye on the new guy." Terra told her. "And looking out for my friend, something you're not doing."
"You knew I had a study date here." Vanessa pointed out.
"Okay. I'm going to order some coffee." Joe said, getting up and leaving them.
"Is something wrong?" Bonnie asked them.
"No, everything's just fine." Vanessa said. The girls walked over by Luka's table.
"Hey Bonnie."
"Hey, Luka. How was your first day?" Bonnie asked.
"It was great. I would like to introduce you to my dad."
"Hi, I'm Bonnie Bennett. These are my friends, Terra and Vanessa."
"Doctor Martin, Jonas Martin. It's nice to meet you Bonnie Bennett. Would you like to join us?"
"Oh, I'm meeting a friend but he's not here yet so… sure."
"Oh yes, please have a seat." Bonnie sat with them.
"Actually, I've got a tutoring appointment, so I have to get back." Vanessa told them. "Sorry."
"Another time then." Dr. Martin told her. Vanessa left the group. Terra sat down next to Bonnie.
"So, where did you move from?" Bonnie asked.
"Louisiana."
"That's a big change."
"I'll say."
"It's not so bad here."
"It's definitely better than when I lived in Illinois for a few years." Terra said.
"It's looking up." Luka agreed.
"Bennett, uh? I knew some Bennett's when I did my residency in Massachusetts. Do you have any family from Salem?" Dr. Martin asked.
"Actually I do." Bonnie said.
"What do you know? Small world, right?"
"Oh, there's my friend. It was nice to meet you, Doctor Martin." Bonnie said.
"I will see you at school."
"Yeah."
"So, where are you from?"
"Here, I guess." Terra said. "I remember living here before taking a couple years off, I got back two years ago. Still readjusting." She looked around for an out. "I have to go. I'll see you around." She headed toward the door, when she saw Caroline arguing with Stefan.
"What do you mean?" Caroline asked. Terra walked over to them.
"I'd believe your whole innocent act a little bit better if I didn't know how good you are at providing a distraction on demand." Stefan pointed out. "Where is Elena?"
"I can't tell you." She said.
"You can't tell me? Are you kidding me?"
"I'm sorry but I… I can't tell you."
"She's telling the truth." Terra said. "She promised she wouldn't. It'd be like my friends and I if we ever went back on one of our promises."
"Elena was kidnapped, she could have been killed and you're seriously not gonna tell me where she is?" Stefan pointed out.
"She's not in any danger. I would not have let her put herself in danger." Caroline told them.
"Put herself in danger where? What do you…? She's with Damon isn't she?"
"Ew, no."
"Then where… where is she? Listen, if you're my friend like you've been pretending to be all day, then you'll tell me where she is."
"Stefan, I am your friend but I'm also Elena's friend and I'm sorry but I'm not going to tell you where she is." He got up to go. Terra followed him.
"I can help you find her." Terra said. "I think I have a good idea where she might be."
"So do I. I just hope we're wrong." He told her as they left.
"Is there anything we can do to prevent this?" Marina asked.
"Not that I know of." Slater told them.
"Well, is there any way to make it so that they can't break the curse?"
"It'll take some time, but I think I read something somewhere. I'll look it up." Suddenly, the window in the coffee house shattered. Everyone panicked and ran out.
"Wait, where's Rose?" Marina asked. Lea looked behind them to find Rose burning from the sunlight.
"Come on, we better help!" The girls and Damon managed to get her back to the car safely.
"Are you okay?" Marina asked.
"I just got exposed to sunlight. What do you think?" She pointed out.
"Well, at least you're healing fast." Lea said. The worst of it seemed to have faded.
"Let's get out of here. No offense, but I've had enough action for one day." Marina said.
"I'm with her on this one." Lea said.
"Same here. Let's go." Damon told them. They got back into the car and headed home.
Vanessa went over to Luka and Bonnie. "Hey Bonnie. I'm sorry about earlier, my dad is not very subtle with the whole Bennett/Salem question." He explained. "He picked up on you, he was just fishing around, he didn't mean any harm."
"I felt something too." Bonnie told him.
"And the girls and I picked up on something when we met at school." Vanessa added.
"I know. That's why we're having this conversation right now." Luka told them. "My dad doesn't like anyone to know. But we were both worry that you would bail us." He put his hand above some salt he put on the table. It flew up and followed him like a magnet. "He just wants us to fit in here for once. It's tough Bonnie, being different."
"You're a witch?" Bonnie asked.
"We prefer the term warlock." Luka corrected.
"I had a feeling you were." Vanessa said. "I'll see you around, Luka." She headed back to her table.
"Hey, what was all that about?" Joe asked.
"Oh, just helping my friend with the new guy." Vanessa told him. "So, where were we?"
At the tomb, Elena was still there when Stefan and Terra showed up. "Elena."
"Stefan, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"I could ask you the same question."
"Caroline told you."
"No, she kept your secret but it didn't take long for me to figure out what was the important that you'd have to keep it from me."
"I helped him track you down." Terra admitted. "I'm sorry, but you had no idea how worried he was about you."
"I knew that he'd stop me." Elena pointed out.
"Listen to me, whatever she said to you is a lie. Do not listen to her. She's a liar, Elena."
"What if she isn't? You didn't hear what she said."
"I'm taking Lena's word for it." Terra told them. "We don't know unless…
"You don't have to worry, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you."
"That's the problem, you won't but you'll die trying. How's that any better?" Elena pointed out.
"There's nothing you can do, Stefan." The group turned around and saw Katherine. "I haven't even told you the best part of the story. Once I returned, I found everyone in my house dead. He killed them, my entire family just to get back at me for running. Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance on your friends, your family and anyone that you've ever loved." Terra gasped.
"No, look at me. No, do not listen to her, okay?" Stefan told Elena.
"Always the protector but you must realize that she's doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it unless of course you have this." She held up the moonstone.
"What?"
"Are you kidding me?" Terra asked. "That thing is nothing but trouble."
"You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you, didn't you?" Stefan asked her.
"I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth." Katherine told him.
"No, let me guess. You want to trade that stone for your freedom, you manipulative, psychotic bitch."
"Stefan." Terra said. "Her story, she wasn't lying. She really was telling the truth."
"How do you know?"
"My friends and I can always tell if someone's lying." Terra told them.
"My freedom? That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom because when Klaus shows up to kill us all and he will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town." Katherine pointed out. She headed back into the tomb.
"Are you okay, Elena?" Terra asked. Elena, not trusting her voice, just shook her head. "Okay, let's get out of this place. It's starting to give me the creeps."
"I thought you were the earth girl."
"Yeah, but the thought of being surrounded by a place for the dead…no offense…just gives me the chills." Terra said. "Especially if it's underground."
"Okay, it shouldn't be too far from here." Stefan told her. They left the tomb and headed outside. "I'm going to take Elena home. Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah, my place shouldn't be too far. Besides, I'm meeting with the girls anyway."
"…And that's his plan." Lea finished explaining the sacrifice to the Vanessa and Terra. Marina was with her, and helped her.
"From what I got, Katherine was planning to gather everyone for the sacrifice." Terra said. "We know Elena's the doppelganger, but it also requires others."
"That must be why she turned Caroline." Vanessa realized. "And tricked Tyler into activating his werewolf curse."
"But someone has to undo the curse. Someone with a lot of power." Marina pointed out. "And there's only one thing I know that fits that description-a witch. A normal witch."
"So that was her plan all along." Terra said. "Gather everyone together so that they could be killed in order to break the curse."
"What are we going to do?" Marina asked. "We can't just let either of them get away with it, but we also aren't strong enough to take on an Original vampire."
"We'll have to find a way." Vanessa said. "If we just keep practicing with our powers, we might be able to figure something out."
"I hope your right, Vanessa. Because this is looking really bad so far."
