History Repeating
The Gilbert twins walked into their already crowded history class. Students were already occupying their seats and the two brunette took their seats next to each other. Elena's eyes automatically began to scan around the class room when she didn't find who she looking for, her brows furrowed in confusion as she leaned over slightly across the aisle.
"Where the hell is Bonnie?" she asked quietly. Louise shrugged in response.
"No idea, I messaged her-" Louise paused mid statement when the classroom door swung open and in walked in Bonnie. Louise frowned as she gave her friend a smile but wasn't acknowledge as the petite girl hurried to her seat. Before she could question the witch, a tall, handsome, sandy haired man walked in behind with a satchel. He set it down on the desk before turning to the board and writing his name. 'ALARIC SALTZMAN'
Alaric turned his attention to the class. "Good Morning everyone" he said brightly.
Louise twisted in her chair to Bonnie, "Are you okay?" she mouthed, which Bonnie only shrugged in response. Louise and Elena traded confused looks before Louise sighed and turned her attention back to the new teacher.
"Alaric Saltzman." he presented himself. "It's a mouthful, I know. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue." he joked. "Saltzman is of German origins. My family emigrated here in 1755 to Texas. I, however, was born and raised in Boston. Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I will never be able to thank enough. You'll probably want to pronounce "Alaric" but it's "Alaric," okay?" he explained, sounding out his name. "So, you can call me Ric. I'm your new history teacher."
Outside on the courtyard of Mystic Falls High School, Louise, Elena and Bonnie were all seated around one of the many picnic tables. The Gilbert sisters focused on their witch friend as she explained her dreams to them. "And then, I ended up at the remains of the old Fell's church before I woke up back in the woods." Bonnie informed them.
"You sleepwalked all the way into the woods and didn't even realise?" Louise questioned, her voice laced with concern and Bonnie nodded.
"And you always see your ancestor Emily?" Elena asked.
"Mhm." Bonnie nodded, her green orbs panned between the pair. "Do you guys believe in ghosts?"
"Why not?" Louise questioned rhetorically while Elena was a little more hesitant. "I mean there's witches so why not ghosts?"
"Two weeks ago I'd say no, but now..." Elena trailed off as she casted a glance over to her sister.
"I think I'm being haunted." Bonnie voiced her thoughts.
"I don't get it. Why Emily?" Louise wondered.
"Grams said she was a powerful witch back in the Civil War days, and that this medallion was hers. A witch's talisman." Bonnie explained.
"And it all started when you got the necklace?" Louise asked pointing to the amber crystal pendant necklace that hung around the witches neck. "Maybe she's using it to communicate with you." she suggested as Bonnie's eyes travelled down to the necklace.
"What does Grams say about it?" The eldest Gilbert asked.
"I can't call her. She's gonna tell me to embrace it." Bonnie told them. "I don't want to embrace it, I want it to stop."
"You know," Louise began as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder. Bonnie looked over to her friend, books clutched to her chest. "I was never a big fan of history but that new teacher is really making me reconsider." Louise joked and Bonnie laughed, nodding in agreement. The two continued their walk across the parking lot towards Bonnie's car.
The petite witch came to a halt as a figure in dark clothes stood before her. Louise paused as she looked up to see pushy, volatile and extremely dangerous Salvatore vampire. The brunette hadn't seen him since the night he killed his brother's best friend. Louise's lips pressed into a straight line as she watched the vampire completely ignore her and focused on Bonnie.
"Okay, it's your last chance." Damon said his icy blue orbs piercing into Bonnie's warn green ones. "I want my necklace."
"You can't have it." Bonnie snapped, clutching her books closer to her chest.
"I can't take it, but you can give it to me. I'm trying to help you, here."
"I don't want your help." Bonnie shot back.
"Leave her alone, Damon." Louise stepped in as snaked her arm around Bonnie's shoulders and pulled her away. They walked quick paced towards Bonnie's car but Damon followed close behind.
"You do want my help, and you don't even know it. You know why, you little witch?" he asked rhetorically. "Cause you've stumbled into something you need to stumble out of."
"Just leave us alone or I swear-"
"Don't!" Damon quickly cut the witch off as he blocked her way to the car door. Bonnie glared up at him, her fury roaring to life in her eyes but everything else about her, muted. "No threats." He leaned close, towering over her while his voice pitched low and soft. "Look, A, you hurt me last time. B, I wish you no harm." Bonnie continued to glare up at him even while Damon titled his head lower.
Too close - what the hell was he playing at? Louise thought as she eyed the vampire.
"Believe it or not, Bonnie, I wanna protect you." Bonnie leaned away, disbelief in her features and Louise felt a rush of relief. "Let me help you get Emily off your back." Bonnie flinched at his words and both girls stared at him wide eyed.
"How do you know about her?" Louise questioned.
"I know a lot of things." Damon replied cryptically causing Louise to roll her eyes. He turned back to Bonnie. "I know more about that crystal than you do, and I know that she's using it to creep inside of you." Damon punctuated his words by creasing the side of Bonnie's face. A sudden surge of anger and what seemed like jealousy worked it's way from Louise's gut, suffusing her chest.
"See how scared you are? And, you should be, because I will get that crystal, even if I have to wait for Emily to give it to me herself." The vampire's face was incredibly close to Bonnie's as he opened her car door for her. "So, next time she comes out to play, you tell her." Louise squeezed harder on her gritted teeth. "A deal's a deal."
Bonnie stepped inside the car, looking scared and defenceless.
"What the hell was that?" Louise demanded from Damon once Bonnie's car door closed.
"None of your business." Damon muttered.
"How do you know about Emily?" Louise questioned with an arched brow. "And why do you want the necklace?"
"Because it's mine." he resorted.
"Obviously it's important." Louise stated as she thought about what just happened between the witch and vampire. She glanced to Bonnie through the car window as she waited for her before turning back to Damon. "But why?"
Damon moved closer to her, closing the space between them. His blue eyes stared down intensely at her and the brunette froze, her breath hitched when he lifted a hand and tucked a few loose strands of her chestnut brown hair behind her ear. "This has nothing to do with you, Louise." he whispered. "I need my necklace back from Bonnie and I will get it."
Louise glared up at him, their bodies so close not even a sheet of paper could fit between.
"Stay away from Bonnie!" she hissed. "I mean it!" With that she took a step back before going to the passenger side of the car and getting in.
Once she was in the car, Bonnie immediately started up the car. Damon took a step back as he watched the car reverse before speeding out the parking lot. He let out an irritated huff before flashing away.
"He's bad news. He really scared me." Bonnie said her gaze catching Elena's in the rear-view mirror while Louise sat in the passenger seat. Once they picked the eldest Gilbert up, they immediately began to tell her about their encounter with the eldest Salvatore.
Elena leaned forward, her face between the two seats. "You need to stay as far away from Damon as possible." she warned.
"I'm trying! He just keeps showing up." Bonnie told her.
Elena let out a deep sigh before she said. "I don't want you to be alone. You're sleeping at our place tonight."
Louise nodded in agreement as she looked between Bonnie and Elena. "Yeah, we can make a whole night out of it." she said, her hand rummaging through her school bag before she pulled her mobile phone. "I'll text Caroline too." Her fingers bashed against the keys as she began to message her friend.
Bonnie thought for a moment before she pulled over at the side of the road, Louise looked up from her phone just as Bonnie began to climb out of the car. "Whoa! Where are you going?" she called after her friend.
The two brunettes watched as the olive skinned witch ripped the necklace from around her neck and dashed it into the field in front of her. She dusted her hands together before she marched back to the car and hopped back in, in front of her the wheel.
There was brief moment of silence as the twins eyed their friend. Elena decided to speak first. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Now I am." Bonnie nodded. "All my problems were because of that thing. I can't believe I didn't do that sooner."
"What's your Grams gonna say?" Louise questioned.
"Grams isn't the one being haunted by a hundred and fifty-year-old ghost, is she?"
It was night time, Bonnie, Louise, Caroline and Elena were all gathered in the Gilbert's kitchen preparing something to eat for their slumber party. The tension between Caroline and Bonnie was really high and the twins tried their best to balance out the awkwardness. At some point Louise couldn't take the silence anymore and light nudged Caroline's hip with her own, nodding over to Bonnie. Caroline let out a loud sigh before she poke.
"I'm sorry." The blonde blurted out. She breathed out as if a weight had been lifted from her chest. "There. I said it. If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours." she added with a small smile
Bonnie hesitated before responding. "Will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?" she asked cautiously, sacred of her friend's response. Caroline eyes grew wide.
"You threw it away?!" Caroline exclaimed.
"I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it." Bonnie explained hurriedly.
"You could have just given it back to me." Caroline retorted.
"Why? So you could give it back to Damon?" Louise blurted out, interrupting the verbal spat between Caroline and Bonnie. The blonde looked over at Louise before letting out a sigh.
"Screw Damon." she murmured. Louise couldn't help the small smile that crept on her lips at her friend's words. "Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?" The blonde asked looking at the three girls.
"Mine's in my bag." Bonnie told her, pointing to her bag on the couch.
Caroline headed over there and starts rummaging through Bonnie's bag for the manicure kit. "So, Elena, how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last?" she asked. "Is it like a permanent thing?"
Elena sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, Caroline." she answered, sharing an annoyed look with Bonnie.
Caroline let out a scoff of disbelief, "Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" she accused as she turned around to face the girls.
"What?" Bonnie asked.
"Caroline!" Elena scolded.
Caroline held up the amber crystal, Louise, Bonnie and Elena gape at her in shock. "I'm not lying to you, Caroline. I swear." Bonnie announced.
"It's true. Elena and I watched her throw it into a field!" Louise spoke.
"Then explain it." Caroline said frustrated.
"Emily." Bonnie replied.
Caroline's expression became puzzled as she asked. "Who's Emily?"
"The ghost."
"Oh, the ghost has a name now?" the blonde mocked.
"Caroline, please." Elena said.
Bonnie turned to the two brunettes. "I wonder why she won't leave me alone." she wondered.
Caroline looked between the girls annoyed. "What is going on? Why am I not a part of this conversation?" she demanded. "You guys do this to me all the time."
"That's not true." Elena replied.
"Yes it is." Bonnie said before tuning to the blonde. "I can't talk to you. You don't listen."
Caroline shook her head. "That's not true."
"I'm a witch."
"And don't we all know it?"
Louise frowned at Caroline's comment and shared the same disappointed look as Elena.
"See? That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to tell you something. You don't even hear it." Bonnie told her before storming out of the room.
Caroline watched her leave. "I listen." she turned to the twins. "When do I not listen?"
Louise sighed as her and her sister exchanged looks.
Louise and Elena stood in the kitchen, as Caroline went to speak to Bonnie in the other room. "Do you think they'll work it out?" Elena whispered.
Louise held up her finger to her lips. "Shh! I'm trying to listen." Elena rolled her eyes playfully and as she too listen to her friends conversation.
"Bonnie. Look, it's just not me. I don't believe in the 'woo woo' " Caroline said gesturing with her hands and makes a noise, sitting down next to Bonnie on the couch. "But, if you do, then," she paused. "Okay. I'm in." The blonde smiled. "That's all it takes for me to jump on board, because I consider you to be my best friend. And I'm saying this, knowing that Elena and Louise are in the kitchen listening to my every word."
Louise and Elena both grinned at each other and Caroline continued. "Look, I didn't know how real this was for you, but I'm listening now. Okay?" Bonnie nodded. "Louise, Elena, you can come in now. We're done." Caroline called. Both girls popped their heads around the corner smiling, entering the room.
"There is just way too much drama in this room. So, what do you guys wanna do?" Caroline questioned. Before anyone could answer, the blonde gasped and clapped her hands against her thighs. "I have an idea. Why don't we have a séance?" She now had a huge grin on her face. Louise and Elena looked at Bonnie.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Bonnie replied nervously.
"Come on. Let's summon some spirits." Caroline jumped up, giggling. "This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do."
They soon found themselves in Louise's dark room, lit only by a few candles on the floor. The four girls sat around them in a circle holding hands. Elena's face flickered with shadows and misgiving, while Caroline still held traces of scepticism but she did her best to hide it. Louise took in a deep breath.
"What are we doing?" Bonnie questioned, ending the silence in the room.
"A séance, apparently." Louise murmured which received a few giggles from Bonnie and Elena.
"Be quiet and concentrate." Caroline ordered. "Close your eyes." The girls did as they were told. Caroline threw herself into the fray, giving instructions like she was the one who knew anything about witchcraft. "Now take a deep breath. Bonnie. Call to her."
"Emily, you there?" Bonnie asked lamely.
Louise couldn't help the little giggle that escaped from her mouth. Caroline's eyes opened and glared at her before turning to Bonnie. "Really? 'Emily, you there?' That's all you got? Come on."
"Fine, jeez." Bonnie said before they all once again closed their eyes. Now Bonnie wasn't going to be contorting her face and overacting while reaching out to her ancestor who had given her insomnia these past few days. "Emily. I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
After a couple seconds, the flames of the candles flared up and the girls jump back in disbelief as they all looked around at each other, clearly shocked that ta-da! Here was magic working.
"Did that just..." Elena stammered.
"Yeah, it just happened." Caroline said nervously. "Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her." she urged the witch but she just shook her head back and forth refusing.
Louise seeing her friend was reluctant to do it, she spoke up. "Fine! I'll do it." She looked into the flames of the candles. She wasn't gonna lie to herself - she was just as scared as everyone else but she willed herself to speak. "Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign."
They waited a moment, but the room remained quiet.
"See? It's not working." Bonnie spoke. Suddenly the windows slammed open, wind howling in their ears. "I can't, I'm done." Bonnie got to her feet, ripping the medallion off her neck and threw it on the ground next to the candles, which blew out, leaving them in pitch black. "Get the light. Please, get the light!" The witch begged.
"Hold on. I got it." Elena announced, flipping the switch back on and bringing back light to the room.
"You guys, the necklace. It's gone." Louise noticed as she scanned the floor to see the amber crystal was nowhere in sight. Bonnie started to search for the necklace with the help of the other girls.
"Okay, fun's over, Caroline." Elena said, arms folded across her chest, turning to her blonde friend. "You made a point, and I get it. Now give it back."
"What?" Caroline questioned, folding her arms. "Well, I didn't take it."
Suddenly, Elena gasped as she saw a shadow pass through the bathroom. "What happened?" Louise questioned as they all followed her gaze.
"I don't know. Nothing. Jeremy, are you home?" Elena called out as she walked towards the door.
Bonnie spotted the crystal on the floor in the bathroom. "Guys..." she called, walking slowly to get it. As soon as she bent down to retrieve it, the door slammed shut, lights flickering off. "You guys open the door! Help me!" she yelled, twisting the knob furiously as she tried opening the door.
"Bonnie! Bonnie!" Elena called.
All three girls were now pounding on the bathroom door. "What's going on, Bonnie?" Louise questioned, hearing Bonnie's screams for help.
"Try the other door. I'll check the hallway." Elena told them and she ran from the room.
Bonnie screamed again and Louise and Caroline continued their efforts to open the door. "Bonnie! Unlock the door!" Caroline yelled.
The lights began to flicker on and off as the Bonnie's screams grew even louder. Then everything stopped. Silence. Caroline was now able to open the door which she did to see the petite, olive skinned witch stood in the middle of the bathroom with her head in her hands.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Elena questioned concerned.
Bonnie slowly raised her head, looking at her three friends. "I'm fine." Bonnie replied in a voice not her own. Louise couldn't help but eye the witch suspiciously, getting a bad feeling.
"Unbelievable. You were totally faking it." Caroline growled at her friend.
"Caroline, come on." Louise said trying to calm her friend down.
Caroline was having none of it. "No! You scared the hell out of me."
"Bonnie?" Elena asked, eyeing her friend warily.
"I'm fine." she said simply. "Everything's fine." She slowly walked pass Elena to leave the room.
"I can't believe I fell for it." Caroline said frustrated as she followed Emily who was possessing their witch friend.
"Are sure you're okay?" Louise asked concerned.
"I must go." Emily announced.
"She's leaving. I'm leaving." Caroline stated.
"You guys can't leave." Elena said.
"I can. I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night." The blonde said as she began to follow behind Emily.
Emily turned to the two brunettes. "Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here." With that she carried on down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Elena asked.
The witch was now at the bottom of the stairs, she turned back. "Back to where it all began." she replied.
Louise kept her eyes on the witch and they soon grew wide with realisation. "Oh My God! I don't think that's Bonnie." she whispered. "Emily!"
Emily focused her gaze on the younger Gilbert "I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed." With that she turned and ran from the house.
"Wait!" Elena called.
Just then Louise felt a wave of dizziness wash over her. Her legs buckled and she collapsed to the floor. "Elena, something's wrong with Louise!" Caroline shrieked as she dropped in front of her friend, looking into the brunette's unfocused brown eyes.
"Louise!" Elena turned, seeing her sister on the floor, staring blankly into the distance.
"I won't let you do it." Emily stood confidently in Bonnie's body as she spoke to the vampire. She stood in a circle drawn in the dirt, in Fell's Church.
"We had a deal." Damon said stepping towards the witch.
"Things are different now. I need to protect my family." she told him.
"I protected your family." Damon growled. "You owe me."
"I know. I'm sorry." she apologised sincerely.
"You're about to be a lot more than that." his eyes grew dark and he ran towards her but the witch was too quick using her powers to throw him against a tree and he was now impaled with a branch through the stomach.
Louise gasped as she was pulled back into reality. "She's at Fell's Church." she spoke quickly.
"What? How do you know that?." Caroline questioned, her voice laced with confusion. Elena ignored the blonde as she realised her sister just had a vision. She quickly pulled out her phone and started dialling.
"Bonnie!"
Elena and Louise ran through the dark woods in search for their witch friend. The eldest Gilbert did her best to keep up with Louise as they weaved in and out of the trees. The brunettes picked up the sound of voices and followed. They came to halt at the ruins of Fell's Church. Bonnie who was possessed by Emily stood in the middle of a carved out pentagon in the dirt which and the Salvatore brothers were trapped on the other side.
"Things are different now." Emily spoke through Bonnie. Louise's eyes flickered to the desperate look in Damon's icy blue eyes as his brother tried to hold him back.
"Don't do this." Damon almost begged but Emily's gaze only hardened.
"I can't free them." she said. "I won't." she finalized as she dropped the tree branch to floor before raising her hands to the heavens and cried out. "Incendia!" The fire blazed and connected the flames in the pentagon, around the witch causing Stefan and Damon to step back. The witch's eyes found Damon's as she pulled the necklace from around her neck and held it aloft.
"No! No please." Damon begged, he tried to move forward but the flames were too much.
"Bonnie!" Elena called out.
"No!" Damon exclaimed.
Emily threw the necklace up into the air and it busted into a million pieces. Once the necklace was finally destroyed, the fire died down and the witch sunk to the floor. Her green eyes travelled around the ruins, taking in her surroundings. She was clearly confused. Emily Bennett had departed from her body and Bonnie had no idea what just occurred.
Louise didn't miss the way the eldest Salvatore was eyeing Bonnie. He was enraged. She called out to her friend but before Bonnie could react, Damon was in front of her in a flash sinking his razor sharp teeth into her neck. Stefan was quick as he rushed over to them, pulling his brother off of Bonnie and she fell to the floor. The wound on her neck pouring out crimson blood on the ground. Stefan crunched down next to Bonnie, checking her pulse.
The Gilbert sisters ran over to the scene. Louise dropped down next to Stefan as he bit into his wrist and dribbled his blood into Bonnie's mouth. Bonnie's eyes flew open as she swallowed a few mouthfuls of the blood. The wound on the witch's neck was quickly starting to knit together.
Elena let out a gasp. "Her neck, it's healing." she said half in shock and half in amazement.
Louise suddenly stood up, her eyes fixed on Damon. He, himself looked shock and confused at his own actions but she couldn't focus on that right now. She was angry. "What the hell is wrong with you, Damon?" she hissed, moving closer to the vampire. "You almost killed her!"
She was overcome with so much anger, she raised her fist punched him in the face. He grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her close to him.
Louise searched his eyes, as he opened his mouth to speak but couldn't find any words. "Don't you have anything to say?" she questioned. Damon still didn't speak. "Let go of me!" She yanked her wrists back and went back to see if her friend was okay.
Louise and Elena had explained everything they had kept from Bonnie. From vampires to visions - absolutely everything. Bonnie was terrified at first, even angry but after everything was explained she broke down crying. The brunette had hopped into the shower after that. She felt refreshed and just wanted to crawl into her bed. She sighed before leaving the bathroom and into her room.
The brunette's hand flew up to her chest as she jumped out her skin seeing the eldest Salvatore sat at her window seat. "Damon." she breathed, calming her breathing. "What are you doing here?" She couldn't hide the dispersant look on her face at seeing him. After all she just witnessed him almost kill her best friend.
Damon rose from the window seat, slowly taking a step towards her. As he did that, she instantly moved back, noticing that he stopped in his tracks.
Damon rose from the window seat, slowly making his way over to her. As he did that, she moved back, noticing that he stopped in his tracks. Moments pasted as the two just stood facing each other, either of them saying a word.
"Why, Damon?" Louise broke the silence. Her voice came out in a whisper. "Why did you do it?"
Damon looked into her brown doe eyes, his gaze immediately softening. It surprised him how he found himself in Louise's bedroom wanting to explain his actions to her. He needed to let her know he didn't mean it. He didn't want her to him. He needed her not to hate him.
"I was angry." he confessed. "Emily made me a promise to me a long time ago and she broke it. I just wanted Vivienne out of the tomb. I just want her back."
Her face softened as she stared at him. She couldn't help but feel bad for him. Everything about him in that moment seemed vulnerable. She'd never seen Damon like this before.
"So that's what this is about? You wanted Vivienne back?" she questioned although she knew the answer. The vampire nodded. "Damon, you can't just go around, lashing out when you don't get what you want. It won't solve your problems, it will only create more." Damon didn't speak, he just looked away and so did Louise. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear before she looked back to him.
"I'm sorry." Damon met her gaze. "About Vivienne. I know you loved her."
A/N
So, here's another chapter! I really hope all you guys liked it. Thanks for all the reviews, favs and follows, I really apricate it.
I tried putting some little Damon and Louise moments in there. Let me know what you guys think, like do you ship them? I'm thinking their ship name is Douise… Anyway, their will be lots more scenes with them two next chapter.
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