Chapter 9
A/N: So sorry about the wait. I have been procrastinating on this chapter. I also have been working on the chapter where Elijah and Emilia will meet. I know we won't get there for a while, but I had so many ideas that I had to write it. But because it was my birthday on Saturday, I decide to give you all a little gift. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I am sorry for the mistakes.
It was a few weeks after Alliana had given Rebekah the bracelet, and she had never taken it off. Rebekah wore it constantly as a sign of their never ending friendship. Rebekah and Alliana had been spending more and more time together as Niklaus and Elijah seemed to always be disappearing. They never spent any time together anymore, but Alliana didn't think too much of it. She only thought about how she wasn't able to see them as much, especially Niklaus.
One day, Alliana was walking through the forest. She walked to the field in case Elijah was there, but as she soon found out, he was not. She then wandered over to the spot by the waterfall. Niklaus was there drawing.
"Niklaus! I found you! I have been wondering where you went. I no longer see you much. You are not spending time with me anymore," Alliana said.
Niklaus turned when she started talking, but soon turned back to his drawing. "I apologize, Alliana. But I have met the new person in the village and I have been spending much of my time with them. I am sorry that I have not been spending time with you," he replied.
"That is alright, as long as you try to pay more attention to me. I have missed you," Alliana replies. She then remembers what he said about a new person in the village. "Who is this new person? There hasn't been anyone new in the village, since I arrived all those many years ago. There hasn't been anyone new since we were kids. Who is this person?"
"Just someone new," he replied. He didn't even look up from his drawing.
"What are you drawing?" Alliana asked.
"Nothing," he replied.
Alliana peeked over his shoulder, but he turned before she could see much. From what she did see it was of a woman. "It must be something important if you are not willing to share this with me," she said.
"I am drawing someone very important to me." Alliana felt her heart race with excitement.
"I hope to see it soon then," she said. She then walked away. She then ran to the Mikaelson house to find Rebekah. She called out to her when she spotted her. "Rebekah! You never will believe what just happened."
"What?!" Rebekah asked excitedly.
"I think Niklaus likes me as I like him!" Alliana replies.
"What do you mean?"
"I found Niklaus at the spot near the waterfall. I asked him why he has not been spending time with me. He replied he had been spending time with someone new, but since I know he doesn't like anyone in the village very much and there have been no new person in the village since we were kids, I knew he must be lying. Then I tried to see what he was drawing, but he turned so I could not see it. He told me he was drawing someone important to him. I think that person might be me. That is why he is not showing me the picture."
Rebekah's smile dropped slightly. "Alliana there is someone new in the village."
"Oh. I had not heard. I believe we should meet this new person. I know what it is like to be new in the village. I could offer them some advice."
"Sure. Let us go," Rebekah said.
Rebekah and Alliana walked to the main part of the village. At first they did not see anyone new at all. They still talked with some of the other young people of the village while they waited for the new person. The day was drawing to a close, when Alliana and Rebekah spotted Niklaus walk through the village and into the woods. Alliana pointed him out and they followed him. They watched as he walked to another person. They walked closer and saw it was a woman. He was kissing her. She was against a tree, so the girls could not see her very well. Alliana felt her heart drop, but she still had hope that Niklaus still felt something for her. Rebekah looked to her and whispered, "I am sorry." Alliana just nodded as a sign of thanks. They turned back to watch as Niklaus and the woman stopped kissing. Niklaus pulled a roll of paper from behind his back and handed it to the woman. The woman hugged Niklaus tight when she saw the drawing, which the girls could also not see very well.
They followed the woman and Niklaus back to the village. All they could see of the woman was long, dark waves of hair. Her hair was so wavy it was almost curls. The color of her hair was few shades darker than Alliana's. The woman and Niklaus spilt apart at the village. Niklaus walked back the way of the Mikaelson house, while the woman stood there to watch him go. Alliana gasped when she saw the woman's face when she turned around.
"Tatia?" Alliana asked.
Tatia walked over to Alliana and gave her a big hug. When she let go, she still held on to Alliana's arms and said, "Hello sister."
Caroline, Elena, and I were walking into school. Caroline was ranting about how she is mad at Bonnie. She seems okay about what happened at the party, but I can't always tell with Caroline.
"Have you even talked to Bonnie?" I ask Caroline.
"No. I'm mad at her. She needs to make the first move," Caroline replies.
"Be the bigger person," Elena says.
"Impossible in her presence," Caroline replies.
"Why are you so pissed at her, anyway?" Elena asks.
"She's a thief. That's why," Caroline replies. "I gave her my necklace and she refuses to give it back. It's a matter of principle."
"Are you talking about the necklace you gave her for her Halloween costume? Because you told her she could do whatever she wanted with it. You said she could toss it," I said.
"Yeah, but I didn't mean that she actually could. I changed my mind and now she won't give it back," Caroline says.
"All right. Well, we tried. We are officially out of it," Elena says.
"Good. Your turn." Caroline says. "Where's Stefan? Have you talked to him?"
"He's avoiding me," Elena says, looking away.
"Why?" Caroline asks.
"It's complicated," Elena says. The bell rings and Elena and I walk away from Caroline, waving as we leave.
We walk into History class. I see Elena looking over at Stefan's empty seat. I sit behind her. I feel bad for her; Stefan has got a little AWOL. Bonnie rushes in, a little frantically, a second before she would've been late. A new teacher walks in right behind her.
"Good morning, everyone," He says as he sets his briefcase on the desk. Bonnie sits next to me. I mouth to her to ask if she is okay. She shrugs in response. I hear the teacher mumbling under his breath letters, while he writes them on the board. He turns back to face us when he is done. "Alaric Saltzman" is what he says, and that is what is written on the board.
"It's a mouthful, I know. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Saltzman is of German origins. My family emigrated here in 1755 to Texas. I, however, was born and raised in Boston," the teacher says. He crosses to the other side of the desk. "Now, the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I will never be able to thank enough," he says slightly sarcastically. "You'll probably want to pronounce it 'Ala-ric,' but it's 'A-lar-ic,' okay? So you can call me Rick." He takes a breath before saying, "I'm your new history teacher." I like him already. He seems cool.
At lunch, Bonnie was telling Elena and I about these dreams that she keeps having and how she wakes up in the remains of old Fell's Church before waking up.
"And you always see your ancestor Emily?" I ask her. She nods as an answer. "Huh." I say.
"Do you believe in ghosts?" Bonnie asks.
"Two weeks ago, I'd say no, but now…" Elena says.
"I think I am being haunted," Bonnie says.
"I don't get it. Why Emily?" I ask.
"Grams said she was a powerful witch back in the Civil war days and that this medallion was hers," Bonnie says, holding on to the medallion around her neck, the same one that I found lying next to Caroline at the Founders' Day party. "A witch's talisman."
"And it all started when you got the necklace?" I ask, thoughts running through my head.
"I think she's using it to communicate with me," Bonnie replies.
"What does Grams say about it?" Elena asks.
"I can't call her. She'll going to tell me to embrace it. I don't want to embrace it. I want it to stop," Bonnie says.
Bonnie was driving Elena and I home, while ranting about how awful Damon was. He apparently tried to threaten her. That is such a big shock to see Damon who is so sweet and gentle threatening someone. I am super sarcastic when it comes to Damon. I am only half-listening to Bonnie and Elena. I am listening to music and I don't want to deal with Damon. He killed Lexi and I might kill him the next time I saw him. Or I just might seriously inflict a lot of pain onto him.
"You need to stay as far away from Damon as possible," Elena says. Yeah, like that would work. He is a psychotic vampire. He would just find Bonnie if he needed to.
"I'm trying. He just keeps showing up," Bonnie says.
"I don't want you to be alone. You're sleeping at our place tonight. We can make a whole night out of it," Elena said.
Bonnie doesn't respond. What she does is pull over and throw the necklace into a field. Elena and I just stare at her as she gets back in the car. That was actually kind of a good idea.
"Are you okay?" I ask.
"Now I am," Bonnie replies. "All my problems were because of that thing. Can't believe I didn't do that sooner."
"What your Grams going to say?" Elena asks.
"Grams isn't the one that is being haunted by a 150-year-old ghost, is she?" Bonnie says.
"Ok then," Elena says. Bonnie buckles herself in and we drive off.
Caroline and Elena were unpacking dinner when Bonnie walked over. I was standing next to Elena, on the opposite side of Caroline. There was an awkward pause when Caroline finally breaks the silence.
"I'm sorry," Caroline says. "There. I said it. If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."
"Will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?" Bonnie asks.
"You threw it away?" Caroline asks, slightly aggravated.
"I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it," Bonnie replies.
"You could have just given it back to me," Caroline says, still slightly aggravated.
"Why? So you could give it back to Damon?" I ask.
"Screw Damon. Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?" Caroline says.
"Mine's in my bag," Bonnie says.
"So Elena…" Caroline starts as she looks through Bonnie's bag. "How long do you think this fight with Stefan's going to last? Is it like a permanent thing?" Way to be obvious Caroline. I may be the only one who sees it, but Caroline still has a thing for Stefan. She just needs to be with someone else, someone like Matt.
"I don't know, Caroline," Elena says.
"Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" Caroline says.
"What?" Bonnie and I ask.
"Caroline!" Elena exclaims. Caroline turns around and holds up the necklace. What the hell?
"I'm not lying to you, Caroline. I swear," Bonnie says.
"It's true. I watched her throw it into a field," I say.
"Well, then explain it," Caroline says.
"Emily," Bonnie says to me and Elena.
"Who's Emily?" Caroline asks. I feel bad that she is being left out at the moment, but we don't really have time to focus on that at the moment.
"The ghost," Bonnie says, looking at me and Elena.
"Oh, the ghost has a name now?" Caroline asks sarcastically.
"Caroline, please," Elena says. She holds up her hand to Caroline and focuses on Bonnie. That's a little harsh.
"I wonder why she won't leave me alone," Bonnie says.
"Ok, what is going on?" Caroline asks, aggravated. "Why am I not part of this conversation? You guys do this to me all the time." I see Elena roll her eyes at Caroline. Rude, sister. I feel really bad, because it is kind of true. But Caroline has a tendency to be a huge blabbermouth.
"That's not true," Elena says.
"Yeah, it kind of is," I say. I make an apologetic face at Caroline. "I'm sorry."
"I can't talk to you. You don't listen," Bonnie says.
"That's not true," Caroline says.
Bonnie takes a breath before saying, "I'm a witch."
"And don't we all know it?" Caroline says a little snarky.
"See! That's what I am talking about! I'm trying to tell you something! You don't even hear it." Bonnie says, almost yelling. Bonnie walks away from the kitchen.
Caroline turns back to us. "I listen. When do I not listen?"
After a few minutes, when Caroline and Bonnie calm down a bit, Caroline goes to make up. Elena and I hear their conversation, but decided to remain outside. That was before we heard Caroline say, "It's okay Elena and Emmy. You can come in now. We're done." We walked in and sat down on the couch.
"Well, there is just way too much drama in this room. What do you guys want to do?" Caroline says.
I just shrug in response. A movie might be good. Caroline then gasps and sits up very straight. "I have an idea," she says. She looks at all of us before saying, "Why don't we have a séance?" A movie is a much better idea.
"I don't think that is a good idea," Elena says. Caroline gets up and walks around to the back of the couch.
"Come on. Let's summon some spirits. This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do," Caroline says. Bonnie, Elena and I just look at each other. This is a really bad idea.
We were sitting in Elena's room in a circle around a few candles I found. The lights were off, but the candles were lit. We were holding hands. I was in between Elena and Caroline, and Bonnie was across from me.
"What are we doing?" Bonnie asks.
"I have no idea," I say. Caroline shushes us.
"Be quiet and concentrate. Okay, close your eyes," Caroline says. We all begrudgingly follow her orders. "Now, take a deep breath." We all do it. "Bonnie, call to her."
"Emily…you there?" Bonnie asks. I almost start laughing at that. Elena and Caroline give her a look.
"Really? 'Emily, you there?' That's all you got?" Caroline says. "Come on."
"Fine. Jeez," Bonnie says. We all settle down before Bonnie says, "Emily… I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
At first nothing happens. Then, the flames on the candle increase drastically. We all drop our hands and move slightly back, but the flames decrease to a regular size.
"Did that just-" Elena starts.
"Yeah. That just happened," I say. This is weird. A breeze blows through the room and we all gasp.
"It's just the air conditioning," Bonnie tries to reason. Then the flames on the candles rise again. We all stare at it. This is really creepy.
"Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her," Caroline says to Bonnie.
Bonnie and Elena both shake their heads. I step up. "Emily if you're among us, send us another sign."
Nothing happens. "See? It's not working," Bonnie says, a little desperately. She sounds really scared and I don't blame her. I am kind of freaked out at the moment. We all relax for a moment before the window behind Bonnie blows open. We all scramble backwards in fear. Elena and Caroline go to the sides of the room, while I only scramble back a few feet. Bonnie stands up.
"No. I can't. I'm done," she says. She rips off the necklace and throws it to the ground in front of the candles. The candles extinguish. "Get the light. Please get the light," Bonnie says frantically. She is really scared.
"Hold on. Hold on. I got it," my twin says. She gets up and turns on the light. I rush over to Bonnie to comfort her and to calm her down after what just happened. I look down and see that the necklace has disappeared.
"You guys, the necklace, it's gone," I say. We all look down.
"Okay, fun's over, Caroline. You made a point and I get it. Now give it back," Elena says.
"What? Well, I didn't take it," Caroline says. I see a shadow pass past the door. Caroline's back was to the door, so she didn't see it. I just stare at it. Caroline turns around to face the door. "What? What happened?"
"I don't know. Nothing," Elena says. She walks to the doorway. "Jeremy? Are you home?"
I see Bonnie look around the room, before walking to the bathroom slowly. "Um…guys," she says. She walks cautiously into the bathroom. She picks up the necklace, which was on the ground in the bathroom. She turns back to us to leave, when the door flies shut.
Bonnie screams. "Oh my God!" I hear the echo of the other bathroom door close as well. Caroline and Elena rush to the door. We are all calling for Bonnie. The door wouldn't open, so Elena and Caroline pound on the door for Bonnie to open it, but she doesn't respond. We can hear Bonnie screaming from inside.
"I'm going to check the other door. Elena, you check the hallway," I yell over Bonnie screaming inside. I rush to the other door, which is in Jeremy's room, but that one also will not open. Elena follows me, but we can't do anything. We keep calling for Bonnie, for her to unlock and open the door. The lights start flickering and Bonnie's screams increase in volume. We keep screaming for her. Elena and I both rush over to the other side again. Suddenly everything stops. Bonnie stops screaming and the lights stop flickering. Something is wrong. The lock on the bathroom door suddenly unlocks. We open the door to find Bonnie standing in the middle of the room with her head in her hands, panting.
"What happened?" Elena asks.
"Are you okay?" I ask. The panting stops and Bonnie raises her head from it being in her hands. Her hands drop. The necklace is around her neck.
She stands a little straighter and says, "I'm fine." Her voice is deep and monotone.
"Unbelievable," Caroline says, a little breathlessly. "You were totally faking it." Bonnie just stands there.
"Caroline, come on," Elena says.
"No, you scared the hell out of me," Caroline almost shouts angrily. She turns and walks away. Bonnie stands there with a strange look on her face and her hands clasped in front of her. Something is very wrong with her.
"Bonnie?" I call gently.
"I'm fine," she replies. "Everything's fine." Bonnie leaves the bathroom.
"I can't believe I fell for it," Caroline says as Bonnie walks away. She leaves the room.
"Are you okay?" I ask Bonnie.
"I must go," she replies. She is still walking away, trying to leave.
"If she's leaving, I'm leaving," Caroline says.
"You guys can't leave," Elena says.
"Oh I can," Caroline argues. "I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night." I watch Bonnie. She is not acting like herself at all. She never leaves a sleepover.
"Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here," Bonnie says. She turns around and walks down the stairs to leave.
"Where are you going?" Elena asks.
"Back to where it all began," she replies. What does that mean?
Elena calls for Bonnie, but she doesn't reply. I run down the stairs after her. Suddenly, it all makes sense. It's not Bonnie.
"Emily!" I call.
She turns around at the bottom of the stairs. "I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed." She leaves and shuts the door behind her. Elena and I rush to the door, but it won't open.
"What's happening?" Caroline asks as she runs down the stairs.
"I don't know. The door, it's not-" Elena says as we try to open the door. Suddenly the door opens. We scream.
Jeremy yells, "What the hell?" He walks through the door and into the kitchen.
Caroline says, "I'm outta here." She then leaves. Elena then grabs her phone and calls Stefan. They talk about what just happened. That Emily is possessing Bonnie, she said something, and then left. They think about where she would have gone. I then remember something.
"Fell's Church. It's where she always woke up in her dreams," I say. Elena relays the information to Stefan. We go to find her.
By the time we do find Bonnie or Emily, she is in a circle of fire. She is doing something magical. I can again almost feel it. She throws something in the air which explodes. I am guessing it was the necklace, which is why Damon is so upset. He must have needed it for something. Bonnie lets her head drop. The flames extinguish and when Bonnie looks up, she looks very confused. Emily must have left her.
Damon snarls and attacks Bonnie. She starts to scream, so he must be feeding on her. I start to look for a piece of wood I can use as a stake. I want to kill him so badly. He is hurting my friend. Stefan rips Damon off of Bonnie, who falls to the ground when released. I rush to her to help her. She is bleeding heavily from her neck, but still her heart is still beating. Stefan rushes over and checks as well.
"She's alive, but barely. I can save her," he says. He bites his wrist and feeds her his blood.
"Her neck. It's healing," Elena says. I turn to Damon, now that Bonnie is okay. He looks a little wrecked, but I was too mad at him to care at the moment.
"You are lucky she is alive. If she had died, you would have suffered at least ten times worse of a death. Remember that next time you try to kill one of my friends," I say. He then walks away, looking slightly worse. I felt a pang of guilt, but I was too mad about Bonnie to do anything.
Elena and I help Bonnie to Elena's car. She was so confused and had no idea what was going on.
"I don't understand, guys, what happened to me," Bonnie says. Tears rush down her face as she says, "He attacked me…his face was like…."
"How do you feel? Are you okay?" Elena asks her. I look at the side of her neck. It is bloody, but there is no sign of where Damon bit her.
"I'm fine. It's- It's just this blood…I don't know," Bonnie stammers. She stops and we turn around to see Stefan standing there.
"I'm not going to hurt you," he says.
"What's going on, guys?" Bonnie asks.
"We'll explain everything Bonnie. Let's just get out of here," Elena says. Bonnie looks back at Stefan. Her face shows that she is scared and confused.
"Bonnie. Bonnie, look at me. Trust me," I say. She looks to me. "He's not going to hurt you. Come one." I grab her shoulders and take her into the car. I look at Elena and gesture to go talk to Stefan. I sit with Bonnie in the back seat and comfort her. She eventually calms down a bit by the time Elena gets back into the car. She is very quiet, so I know something is going on.
We go into Elena's room and wrap ourselves in blankets as we explain what just happened. We explain that Stefan and Damon are vampires. They were turned by this woman, Katherine, in 1864. Elena goes on to explain about her relationship with Stefan, when she breaks down crying. I am proud of her for making up to that point before crying about Stefan's and her break up. We comfort her until we fall asleep.
A/N: Okay. I am so grateful for all the followers, favorites, and even views that this story gets. But this story is really lacking on reviews. This story has almost 100 followers, 61 favorites, over 8,700 views but only 33 reviews. That seriously needs to change. I am amazed that so many people have seen this story, but I am not sure that people read it because they like it or they read it because it sucks. So, please leave a review and tell me what you think. It takes 20 seconds and it really means a lot.
