The decade dance night was in few hours and destiny was still fussing over what to buy. Stroking the key board with vengeance she gave up on internet. With so many possibilities to dress up like hippie her head hurt. With huff of frustration she turned to her only source of help at the moment.
"Dad … you need to help me….Pleaeasssss." she throw her hand in air dramatically.
"Sorry honey, you have to ask you girl friends. I have to be at school. There are bunch of things we need to do before you teenager wore the Dante in ground by dancing all night."
"Dad, its decade dance , 50…. What I'm supposed to ware."
"Wear something that cover everything, Don't stay out, curfew is at 9." Alaric ignored her still knee deep in checking the history projects.
"Haha funny, Decade dance means no curfew." Alaric shot her his parenting look.
"Destiny May Saltzman, You will listen to your old man and be back before nine."
"Come on dad." She whines in protest.
"relax des… I know it's decade dance but try to be at home before midnight."
"really dad we are going to the same place .that's mean you are my ride for home."
"Good point, so I check you history project on 20's…. the jazz point was great."
Destiny stiffen beside him.
"yeah …I just got into depth.." she hesitatingly started.
"beside you are not suppose to tell me about it at home, you are suppose to grade my paper and give some comment ." she teasingly move her hand to act like a mother scolding her kid.
Alaric chuckle heartily at her then pulled her in to bear hug.
"My little girl, grown up all so smart….when did that happen." ric wistfully whispered in her year.
"when I was Laying in coma." She teasingly whispers in his chest." She felt him Sigh then the wetness roll down her head, her dad was silently crying. Her head snapped up to see the the evidence with her on eyes but Alaric was quick to wipe his tears clean.
"Dad what is it… why are you crying."
"Noting honey, But I want you promise me something." he grab her both hand in his .
"you are the greatest gift your mother ever gave me and I….. when I …. When you were lying in hospital… I, me and your mom fall back. We were trying to be there for you every second of the day and I accuse her of not trying harder enough to be with you. the more I stressed the more she reduced her visit to you. I… I made her leave. I chased you mom away honey.
That's why I was always gone to Germany and god knows how many countries. Looking for her, to ask for her forgiveness.
So , when she come back, If she ever comeback to hold her absence against her."
Oh, dad ….she didn't leave us because she was frustrated with you. she left because she thought saving her older daughter while sucking blood around the globe will suit her style more than staying with her grieving husband and comatose daughter. She mentally thought.
She closed her eyes in agony cursing herself for blaming her sister. she doesn't deserve her resentment and hate. She didn't choose to be a doppelganger. It isn't the life she chooses.
But this is the first time her father talks to her about what her accident did to him. And she is ready to give ay reassuring need to set his mind on ease.
"I promise you dad when she shows up, I won't hold her action against her."
"And I … I'm so sorry …." She started to, somehow Alaric already knew what she is going to talk about , so he open his mouth to stopped her but that didn't deter her.
"No, Let me talk dad listen to me… I'm sorry for what I did to you. I cause you so much pain. If I didn't run for cookies down stairs that night. If I hadn't fallen then ….." She closed her eyes regretfully knowing that even if she hadn't fallen that night; her mother still had left her father.
"Hey! hey sweetie don't say that… you were just a kid…you are still a kid. I wasn't you fault ." he say the gleaming tears rolling down her pale cheeks.
"Oh, honey…..promise me that you will live your life at fullest. We missed out quite a lot but no anymore we two deserve to have to add more happy memories in our memory box ."
"Love you dad."
She smiled with tears in her eyes.
"Love you to sweeties…now you have the credit card I gave you just go to the store and buy a pretty dress."
At the shopping centre she goes through another rack of dresses but nothing looks like 50ties.
Groaning frustratingly she called Caroline.
"Hey babes.." Caroline chime from the other side of the line, stressing on the word babes.
"Hey, care bear…. need your help."
"Sure whttca you want."
"What should I buy for the decade dance."
"something sluty….." the phone nearly dropped out of her grapes in attempt to cease her shock.
"Caroline." Destiny growl in warning.
"Fine, at least ware something flirty at least."
"Care I have no idea what flirty or sluty looks like."
"Damn girl you need help…. Mother fucke****." Caroline cursed with a hiss.
"hey, you ok there caroline….."
"yeah yeah, I just burn my finger with the rod…back to you, so I texted Stephan and he is up to help you . just text him and he will be there.
Stefan was there in less than 10 minutes. She rounded to look at him but startled to see grinning Damon.
"WTF, you are not Stefan." She accused with a finger pointed at him.
He hooked that finger with his." And you seriously need some better reaction classes."
"usually woman says let's fuc**k to me but you miss…." He took and step and hover over her.
She stopped him by putting her hand on his chest and shoved him lightly.
"Yeah! And those women must be crack or something." she rolled her eyes." beside I need Stefan to help me with tonight party's dress not a smug prick."
"Ouch tiny you hurt me." He put a hand on his heart feign a hurt.
"Damon." She drawled in irritation.
"relax, des Stefan send me to help you he Is busy helping Elena…."
"OK, ok tiny . you are at the wrong place to find something 50ies. Letts gets you something good." Before she could question he had her speed and drove to another store.
When the car stop she throw open the gate and hunch down to get rid of the nausea. He thrust bottle in her hand while stroking her back.
"Hey, tiny … you okay." His worried voice pierced her ear but it ignite her anger more. Slapping his hand away she starts walking to the fashion store he bring her to.
"Yeah sure Asshole."
She fumed when he chuckled.
Entering the bouquet the find herself shove away by a woman in her early sixties who was kissing the life out of damon.
Unable to control herself she took a picture of them smooching each other face of. When satisfied with her collection she cleared her throat to attain their attention. Amusingly it was damon who look at her first with redden cheeks.
"so, destiny this is Cassandra…" he awkwardly introduced them " and Cassi this is destiny."
The woman fetch her glasses from her neck chain then take a closer look at her." My my what a pretty girl Damon , quite young but . oh, dear that glamours hair of her ,auburn. But damon you deemed that colour on a woman head. What it was you said… oh, right.. Witch head."
The woman was older than her grandma was taking a pick on her because she is jealous. Damon rolled his eyes .
"You are damon's girl."
"I'm sorry mam, I think you misunderstand it."
" you are not Damon's girl then."
"Absolutely."
" well that's shame….."the woman voiced maybe disappointed but the relieved in her eyes was easily detected by damon.
"Damon you are sure, she is the right person for the job. " she whispered in his ear .
" yes des she is an old which . she is around long before fifties. "
"how can she be more than century old and still look in her early sixties. "
"She perform some youth spell."
"Really. Tell me more about it."
His mouth tighten in hesitation he knew , how cassi still look like in sixties but didn't want to scare her of so he turned her attention to the matter at hand.
"okay cassi can you show us something from fifties. Some trousers , blouse or a dress maybe."
"Of course, come follow me…" she take them to private trail area for the private show.
Going through number of closet she walks them to a right one.
"wow" she let a shocked breath seeing the 50eis clothes and accessories around the space.
"so what would you think." Cassi turned to them with pride glowing on her face.
"It's beautiful." She let out another complement.
"yes, beautiful." Damon hummed in agreement for an entirely different reason is eyes glued to the glowing face of destiny.. delighted to see the shock on her pretty face. Destiny whirled around on her toe.
"So, What do you have in mind." Cassi asked her expectedly.
"Honestly I have no idea. I know that in early 50ties trousers and bloused with short sleeves or no sleeves were popular and in late 50 long dress were in."
"Wow, you really did you home work." Standing right behind her he takes a dress for her from the railing.
"this is what we are looking for." a blue dress with white polka dot scattered all over it. The bodice was sweet heart cut out at neck and back two thick straps at shoulder and a halter neck like strap at the nape was holding it together a white thin ballet at the waist . the dress flare out at the hip and will hit at the thighs.
"Are you sure damon, Will it work." She eye the dress critically.
"Trust me . it's perfect."
" well let's see but I warn you the girl is too young to wear such an elegant dress." Ignoring cassi he usher destiny to try out the costume. when destiny was out of hearing, he vamp-speed to Cassandra.
"She is too young to wear an elegant dress." He growl dangerously on the woman face.
"What were you trying to imply by indirectly insulting destiny."
"I loved you damon." The woman yelped with tear in her eyes.
"And I gave you a choice to be a vampire and be with me but you chose to stay a witch."
"Even if had chose to turn you would still be searching around your precious Katherine." Cassi spat in anger.
"But with this girl , you are different with her, almost in love. Are you in love with this destiny of yours?" she mockingly jabbed a ginger over his heart.
"That is none of your business."
"I know how I look like to you now damon but I can revive my youth, I just have to sacrifice a special girl. Maybe I will sacrifice this destiny, she seems pretty special to you and then you can turn me." she hopefully supplied trying to clutched to him.
Before the woman could scream, he crushes her windpipe instantly but painfully, prolonging her agony.
"No one takes destiny away from me." his own word fade to him in rage .
He did need to disposed her body, the magic she used to keep herself young died with her deceased body .her dead eyes sulked in her eye socket. The wrinkled skin turned grey before her body could hit the floor it turned into ashes and vanished in air. But he wasn't surprise with the event in a slightest it wasn't the first time he killed a dark witch. They sacrifice virgins to revive their youth but like everyone they die eventually.
But thanks to cassi, she writes her own death warrant.
taking a deep breath she move a little to take a look on her right side , then run a hand on her tummy to thighs to smooth imaginary cresses.
Then let out a huff.
" see, told you it's perfect." She whirled around to see damon leaning lazily with the door frame.
"are you sure because I look like a house wife, not that being a house wife is a crime or I'm against it …it's just …it's too cute." She attentively thrust her black painted fingers in her wavy wild auburn hair. " do you think I should cut my hair. I can always go for a Italian cut, pixie or maybe bob. She flick her hair to elaborate her point. " that would go really 50ties. Spice the plain dress." Between her rant she failed to notice the rapidly draining colour from damon's face. Horrified with her idea to cut her glorious hair.
He picked up the fingerless black leather gloves, the walk to her .
" what are you doing ?" she asked when he gather her hair in a easy that the short bangs falls like a fringes on her forehead. The bound her hair with a band in a high ponytail.
"wow you have serious career ahead of you as a hair dresser . " she compliment her on his skills.
"but I Somehow still looks like a house wife not a hot commodity." She whined
He chuckled then supplied the leather gloves out of his jacket. Then slip them on her finger. "One thing anybody can't miss is rock and roll. "
"Wear some knee length boot and you are ready to dance."
They ride back in his car to Elena's, so she could help her with makeup. They obviously enter in a very tense situation. She looked at her paled sister face.
"hey what is it." She rub her sister s arm in comfort.
Stefan given them a nod then started to explain how the vampire enters her house.
"Okay so a vampire pose as a pizza delivery guy and attacked you." she comprehend what they told her and damon."
" That's the size of it." Stefan confirm with a clenched jaw.
"you have no idea who he is?" Stefan turned to his brother
"hey, don't look at me like this I told you we had company."
"Do you think there are more than one" Elena question worriedly.
"we don't know one"
"Damon he was invited in." Stefan told him in a deceived manner.
"Than we go and get him tonight." Damon suggest casually.
"Do you up for it." He asked Elena.
"what do I have to do?" Elena ask with determination.
"Take your boyfriend on dance to school see who shows up."
"It's a bad idea." Stefan interjects.
"till we get him this house is unsafe, for anyone who lives in it or visit frequently."
Damon nod secretly towards destiny and Stefan saw the silently listening to their conversation .
Engrossed in her thoughts.
"Hey des did you listen what did I suggest." Damon nudged her shoulder.
"yes of course but what about Elena's safety."
"Well she have us to keep her safe." Damon arrogantly announce.
She rolled her eyes and fish for something in her bag.
"here this is my taser. " she throw her mini tasser at her which she easily caught.
"A taser really how its gonna effect a vampire."
Damon asked skeptically in return she grab the taser from Elena hand and taser his right arm. damon double over in agony. After good five minutes he stand up still stands up still out of breath looking at her with shock mirroring Elena and Stefan's terrified expression.
"Well, a cop taser have 50,000 volts at 26 watt, you experience it double. a normal human would be hospitalized immediately."
"A little enhancement in taser after our little fan fest." She referred to the first time damon bite her.
Damon was still in shock when Stefan startled him by putting a hand on his shoulder.
"What hell stef, you almost kill me." he shove him in the chest. he cackled maniacally
"No big brother des almost killed you."
He grunts in disagreement.
"where the hell is two of them." He questioned after seeing the vacant room.
"I just left desy upstairs to change."
"What, You left your girl friend how hates me with a girl who just tried to kill me, 5 minutes ago."
Stefan laugh louder seeing his scared face.
"Stefan they will be a force together." He chide his baby brother.
"God I can't remember laughing this hard in my life before." Stefan exclaimed in his fit of laughter.
Damon only pat him over the head.
They entered the party in full swing, the mass of bodies dancing around on hit fifties song . the hall was decorated very fifties like . she almost laugh when a dude came around and tried to dance with her with his sleek band falling around his face but his effort soon died when damon put his hand on his chest and force him away from destiny.
"Hey, man I just wanna dance with the pretty girl." The sleek bang guy protest but damon only stare in his eyes." What's your name?"
"Brody."
"Well brody go home the party is over for you." the poor guy quietly comply and leave for home."
With her mouth wide open she saw damon compel and send Broady away. With seething glare in his direction she walk away to look for her dad.
"Really damon." Stefan turned to him with his eyebrow eased.
"Spare me the lecture." Mumbling under his breath he left them too.
"SO, hey there not so mute chick." Tyler Lockwood tap her shoulder.
"Hey Ty what's up?" smiling up to him she gave him a side hug.
Tyler talk her in to dancing and she gave up the protest when he start shacking his buttie threatening her to embarrass her further if she didn't dance with.
And she did enjoy dancing with him. While she was busy shacking her legs with tyler, laughing with her head thrown back. Damon watched them with sour expression on his face.
Despite being so scared Elena was having a good time. Even Stefan shows her some moves but her eyes were still going to the girl dancing with Tyler and the reaction they were unbeknownst getting for damon. Seeing her lost, Stefan followed her gaze travelling between the three people.
"Although tyler can be a douche sometime, we can set him up with destiny." She conspiringly suggest.
"That's not a good idea." Stefan was too quick to object.
"Why? Because damon won't like it?" she said hotly and had the satisfaction of seeing the guilt of his face.
"Destiny is too young to be set up with anyone "
"Maybe with tyler but absolutely not with damon." She sharply warned him.
"Damon won't hurt destiny and he is even not in love with her." Stefan weakly defend his brother.
"he is half way in love with her. He looms all over her.
Looked at her when he thinks nobody is watching.
He is overprotective of her." He listed the obvious signs
"This evening he forced you to stay with me so he could takes her for shopping himself." She added the recent event.
"What would happen when he gets back Katherine back.?"
"You Know sometimes when you and destiny are in same room it's difficult to tell the difference between you two. You two have the almost same eye colour, of course destines eyes are little darker than yours but then there are her auburn hair. If I didn't know better I would assume you two are sister even you two have this same fiercely personality. " he tried to distract it.
"Stefan I'm talking about damon and his motives towards destiny."
"And I'm avoiding you question Elena because you know what I can't control Damon's every action actions."
"So, what you gonna avoid every time I talk about damon and destiny , change the topic." When is just shrug his shoulder , she left him to sulk.
When she was ready to join him again her phone break's off. her stalker wanted her alone inside the school and threaten to hurt Jeremy if she didn't comply. For the sake of Jeremy's safety she followed his instruction with a beat. She hopped that destiny hear everything because before coming to the party , desy did something with her mobile saying she link their phone so she would know if someone call her from an unknown number .
the stalker followed her inside a class room. Some hit in over the head. Groaning in pain her falls on the floor.
"Hey, Elena are you okay." With the baseball bat still tightly clutched in her hands , destiny question her sister.
"yes."
When they saw noha recover from the blow , Elena run to the desk and gather some pencils while destiny look for the vervain filled syringe she dropped down.
Finding the syringe lying underneath a chair. She lookup and saw Elena had given him good with pencils. But he was recovering again without thinking she grabbed run forward and jabbed the vervain in his neck then shove him in the vendor machine. The glass door broke with the blow. Several pieces stunk in noha's face.
With blood tricking down from his head the vampire struggled to stand put falls down unconscious.
With elen'a help she tied the mysterious vampire on the chair with ropes the found in janitor closet.
"What the hell ." the loud curse halt them in their steps. The girls turned and find Salvatore brothers standing at the door with their mouth hanging open.
"Told you they would be force together." Stefan finally agreed with his brother.
Then without wasting time destiny hind herself in a dark corner to avoid being seeing by Anna or her father.
If only she could groan loudly on her current predicament , in gilbert's living room Stefan was telling Elena how he lied to damon and how he will stop him from opening the doom. Which will lead to stopped Katherine from coming to mystic falls and stop her mother top. With detriment she rose to knock some sense in those two idiots head.
"Well, let me tell you your plan suck, Damon will eventually open the tomb either you help or not."
She slumped down nosily beside the two of them.
"Destiny the tome is full of 27 deadly vampire, they will tear this town apart." Stefan tried to reason.
" then deal with those vampire before they even have a chance to strike ." she suggest and saw stefan given her the look." And don't ask me how. You mange without me quite well."
The door bell stopped stefan from asking more and she was thankful of that until Jenna come with Alaric in tow" For a second she was to shock to move. in previous moths she did everything to make sure that her dad and jenna don't get acquaintance at all and here they were standing before her like teenager caught read hand."
"Des, Jenna invite me in so I could pick you up." her father guiltily supplied.
Shoving aside her contentment aside she replied back with unnessarcry brightness." That's great dad, I remember how you and mom and dad you to pick me up from neighbour who baby sat me."
If she wanted to make him feel guilty then she got that very well. A dark ashamed shaowed cast over her father face with the anguish evident in his eyes.
Instead pride she felt ashamed subjecting her father to now his painful memory , happy and painful.
"We should go dad." His quietly went out and she followed but noticed the uncomfortable expression on jenna's face.
Next days she continue her routine with Caroline and Stefan and spend as much as time with bonnie encouraging her to practice few defending spells, daylight ring, inflicting pain(aneurysm) and setting water on fire.
The exercise made her somewhat satisfied that bonnie will be able to defend herself in near future.
Apart from bonnie and Sheila, she was also concern about the cure of vampirism.
From last few month she spend a great deal of time in finding a way to get the cure without alerting silas. In her many sneak up in Professor Atticus Shane cabin she find an old polish book. All she could find was a way to made silas temporary blind. She knew silas could influence anyone's mind. She needs protection to keep her mind safe and a quick way to find the cure for her mother.
She got all the necessary information now all she need is an object belongs to a witch or a warlock.
Right now there was only one powerful thing is in her mind was Emily's Gilmour buried with Giuseppe Salvatore . and she was certain damon already retried it her suspicion confirm when her inbox flooded with Stefan messages and missed call.
"what is it,"
"It's Elena the other vampire anna have her and damon won't help I need your help."
"I'll be at you house. Do you have a wifi ."
"yes " Stefan asked perplexed.
"I'll tell you when I get there. Now hurry and pick me up." Grabbing her laptop she waited for Stefan who took her to Salvatore house.
Ignoring grumpy damon she got comfortable in a sofa, Hearing the two brother fussing again.
She got a hit on bonnie and elena's location by tracking anna's cell phone same moment damon agrred to help them.
"Got you. " she throw her hand up in air triumphal.
"what you did nothing only I plead with damon." Stefan sulk
She rolled her eyes and turned the laptop to him.
" what is it."
"Coordinates to a Motel, just outside the town two block away from our hang out place."
"you and I are going to get Elena and bonnie back and damon can find a middle ground with anna." She stand up to follow Stefan out but Damon grasped her arm and bring her forward.
"you are not going anywhere." Damon scowl at her.
She wrenched herself free from his tight grasp the shot back calmly. "Look Damon I get it why you are reluctant to help your brother and honestly speaking he deserve it but what he don't deserve is being left alone. And I'm not leaving him alone all on his own to find elena."
With that she left seething damon behind.
At Sheila's house drinking tea is pretty usual for her and she was not ready to let it go.
"The spell to open the tome is energy consuming " Bonnie debated with her grams
"We can do it." Shelia assure bonnie.
"we two won't be able to handle the stress."
"Well, you two don't have to do this all on your own. Lexi and lee are on their way to mystic falls with bree and Vicki."
"they were already on their way to mystic falls to bring vicki so she could meet matt and bree is for security reason with them. They will be here in 10 minutes."
"And I don't have to tell any of you that I already manipulate Vicki and lexi to visit Mystic fall. " she silently added…
They door bell ring and she took a relieved breath.
"that must be them."
Sheila invites lexi and company inside. Lexi quickly pulled her and Elena in a friendly hug. Then a grateful Vicki approaches them.
"Ahm….hi Vicki …how are you?" Destiny carefully started
"You two can lose the scared looks ,I won't hurt anyone." Vicki saw an interpret the expression on Elena and desy face and tried to reassure them.
"We are sorry to give you that vibe but the things didn't end at a good note last time we were together." Elena state while managing to keep her fear at the bay.
"yeah sorry about what happen … I didn't mean to hurt Jeremy or you two but I promise I can control the blood lust and I 'm only here for few day than I'm off to Brooklyn. I just wanna spend some day with matt and try to pursue him to join me."
They conversation was cut short with lee's interruption.
"Hey there ladies, our last meeting was not that pleasant so can we start over." Thrusting his hand forward her introduced himself again.
"Hi I'm lee , Lexi's boyfriend and she is quite fond of you little destiny. " she notice the twinkling zeal in his eyes, the smile taking off the hard look of his face. She could see why lexi loves lee.
"Hi I'm Destiny and this is my friend Elena and we are please to meet you too." Smiling brightly both girls shake his hand.
"Lee about damon while you are here could you please try to avoided him. You see he fell on his head when he was little." She was afraid that lee will flip but throwing his head back he laugh throatily on her joke.
Leaving lee at boarding house they all went to fell church.
"Oh My god vicki." She was with Vicki Elena and damon going to toward the tomb when caroline and math matt them in the part.
"Well Vicki why don't you go with matt and caroline. Me and Elena will join you guys soon." Sending them away they reached where bree and Bennett witches where ready to perform the spell.
The trio of
Witches start chanting the unknown language the tomb open and damon disappeared inside with Elena .
with Elena' s loud scream Stefan followed rushed inside and he was followed by lexi.
On bonnie and elena's insistence Sheila agreed to reverse the spell again.
Despite having bree to accompany the spell shelia still swayed a little. Destiny grabbed her arm before she could fall.
Sheila Bennett was sure that she would die performing the spell but a hand grasped her and her die energy returned to her. She wonders if destiny Saltzman Know, how much powers resides in her.
Lexi dragged Stefan and Elena out but damon was still inside the tomb she knew if Stefan is held by lee and laxi she have to be the one. Without giving them the chance to grab her too. She run inside the dark confine.
"Damon" she shout but no one answered.
"DAMON" she run further and bump into a man.
Damon was standing inside staring at the ancient walls on the church. She knew what happen to him.
Grabbing his jaw she made him look at her.
"What is it damon." She gently Question seeing him all lost.
"She is not inside ." he weakly replied. Then shouted the same statement and throw the blood bag inside.
"Look at me damon, Please." she waited til his eyes were focus on her.
"I want you to came with me damon. " she run her hand in his dark hair.
"Please." She pleaded and he speed them to the boarding house inside his room with her sitting on the bed and his head in her lap.
"She is not inside, she never was." The word flow out of his mouth with agony.
"shh, shh damon." She didn't even realised when Damon made then lied in his bed.
She kept running her hand in his hair until she was heard his soft snoring . when her own eyes start dropping with sleep. She slept beside him.
"Stefan let's move we can't stand her all night and see your brother sleeping with her girl friend."
Stefan dragged them to his room. When he was inside his room, he turned to his best friend.
" destiny is not damon's girl friend"
" No… well they look that way."
" yes they do but they are not a couple and they are never going to be one."
Lexi was roaming on earth for more than three hundred years and one of many things learn was not to argue with someone who is in denial. Right now Stefan is in denial but deep down he know his brother's feeling towards destiny.
