Day After Sucks
"Stop it Katherine." Stefan yelled.
Stefan's angry voice is what woke Bella out of her drunken sleep. She quickly jumped up and ran to Stefan's room.
"Let her go Stefan!" Bella yelled.
"But," Stefan started.
"That's not Katherine, you idiot." Bella growled.
Stefan quickly released Elena and hugged her, "I'm sorry." He said.
"You know it's getting really easy being you." A voice behind Bella said.
"Katherine," Bella said and turned around quickly causing Katherine to try and run, but Bella was quicker and snatched her by her hair, "Why are you leaving? You just got here."
"I didn't know you were here." Katherine said and she pulled against Bella's hold.
"Bullshit, you knew and you thought you could slip in and out without me knowing." Bella spat. She turned Katherine to face her and looked into her eyes to compel her, "Now listen very carefully, I'm hung over which means I'm bitchy so you are going to take your skanky ass downstairs and sit on the couch until I say you can get up…understood?"
Katherine merely nodded and blurred downstairs.
"You compelled her." Elena said.
"Yes," Bella said, "In the last 24 hours I have used compulsion three times. Call Angela and tell her to come over." Bella said and tossed Elena her phone.
"What are you going to do?" Elena asked.
"Get a bloody mary." Bella said and headed downstairs.
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Twenty minutes later Angela, Stefan, Elena, Damon and Bella (with her second bloody mary) were downstairs with Katherine.
"Get her out of here Bella." Elena said as soon as Bella had sat down.
"You need my help Elena, you all do." Katherine said in her superior tone.
"That's a matter of opinion," Bella said, "You can't be trusted."
"So what are you going to do? Fight Klaus on your own Bella; I mean really what is your beef with him?" Katherine countered.
"My problem with Klaus is just that…MY PROBLEM. Now give me some really good reasons as to why I shouldn't drain you dry….I'm pretty hungry Katherine."
The color from Katherine's face drained making her paler than she already was and then everyone was silent.
"Stefan, Elena you guys need to go to school." Angela said stepping in to calm the situation, "We will stay here and discuss some things."
"Fine." Elena said and stalked off.
"Touchy isn't she." Katherine mused.
Bella had enough of Katherine and it didn't help that when she was hung over her temper was shorter than normal. She sat down her glass blurred to Katherine, extended her fangs and sunk them into Katherine's neck. Katherine screamed and thrashed, but Bella held her in place.
Stefan was about to pull Bella off, but Angela grabbed his arm and shook her head no. Stefan stepped back and watched as Bella ravaged Katherine. Damon couldn't help but smile as he watched Katherine get a little bit of her own medicine.
Bella finally pulled back and her mouth was covered in blood.
With her vampire face still showing and her hand firmly wrapped around Katherine's neck she said, "Remember Katerina I am stronger, faster and more of a bitch than you. I know when you're lying and if you so much as double cross any of us I will finish what I just started."
Bella released Katherine and went upstairs to take a shower.
"Thanks for the help boys." Katherine spat holding her neck.
"You should tread carefully around Bella, she's not one to be messed with." Angela said.
"I'm over 500 years old, she doesn't scare me." Katherine snapped.
"Really then why were you just screaming as she drank from you, why did you try and run from her upstairs earlier?" Stefan questioned.
Katherine's eyes narrowed, but she didn't speak.
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Stefan, Elena, and Angela left while Bella went back to bed to try and sleep off the rest of her hangover, but before she did she had allowed Katherine off the couch to the dismay of Damon.
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Damon was sorting through the Gilbert journals and Katherine was just standing there. He wanted to ask Katherine some questions about Bella since it was obvious they had crossed paths many times, but he knew he couldn't trust her answers.
"What's going on in that head of yours?" Katherine purred.
"None of your business. Why don't you just leave and go bother someone else." Damon said.
Katherine stepped closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Because you are so much fun to play with."
"Did you know the dagger would kill me if I used it?" Damon asked.
"Of course I knew; John Gilbert told me about the dagger and the fact that if Elijah died, I would be freed." Katherine said.
"Why would John help you?" Damon questioned, "You did cut off his finger and stab him."
"Because he wants you and Stefan out of Elena's life." Katherine replied.
"Not happening anytime soon." Damon said as he continued to look through the books.
"What are you looking for?" Katherine asked. Damon didn't answer and she rolled her eyes, "You know I can't help you if you don't tell me what you're looking for."
"Any idea about where a ton of witches were massacred?" Damon asked.
"Nope," Katherine replied.
"Then you can't help me." Damon said.
Katherine tried to touch one of the books, but Damon slapped her hand away. She slapped his back and he grabbed her hand, blurred to the piano bench and placed his hand around her neck as she laid there.
"If it's any consolation I'm glad you're not dead." Katherine said.
Damon released her and walked back over to the books.
Katherine smirked and stood up, "Emily Bennett told me about the massacre; it was a big deal in witch folklore. According to her, when a witch dies violently they release a mystical energy marking their place of death and power."
"Elijah wanted to know where the sight was." Damon said. "What did papa witch and daddy witch say?" he asked as Stefan appeared.
"Isn't she gone or dead yet?" Stefan asked leaning against the doorway.
Katherine turned to face Stefan, "For the last time, I'm here to help….can we skip the secrets?"
Stefan relayed what Jonas had told him. Elijah never knew about the dagger, but he believed that if a witch could channel enough power he wouldn't need one. The three of them discussed the possible sights of the massacre until they were interrupted.
"You won't find it." A voice said and they turned see Bella, "Witches aren't dumb even back then they knew that after they died, the releasing of their power could fall into the wrong hands so they would cloak it."
"Cloak it how?" Katherine asked.
"I don't know the exact way, all I know is that it is gonna be a bitch to locate and if by some miracle you do find it, you still have to contend with what traps may lay there." Bella said glaring at Katherine. "You talked to the Martin's."
"Yea they said they would help." Stefan replied.
"You are too trusting." Bella said, "Jonas isn't going to just do what you ask…he believes Elijah's way for getting his daughter back is bulletproof. He isn't going to just change his strategy this late in the game."
Bella walked towards the front door and was followed by Damon.
"Where are you going?" Damon asked.
"To talk to Jenna." Bella replied and left.
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"Jenna come on," Caroline begged as Bella got to the front door, "The band is supposed to be amazing."
"I don't know," Jenna said.
Bella smiled and rang the doorbell.
"Bella!" Jenna said and hugged her when she opened the door, "What are you doing here?"
"Well I wanted to see if you wanted to go to the Grill…there's this band playing and I figured you could re-live some of your glory days." Bella teased.
"We were just trying to get her to go." Bonnie said walking up behind her.
Bonnie looked at Bella hopeful that maybe Angela had found something, but Bella shook her head no.
"Well I think it's a fantastic idea." Bella said, "Come on Jenna, you and I can go and get drunk and the underage teens can drive us home."
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Thirty minutes later Bella and Jenna were sitting at the bar doing shots.
"So you're fighting with Alaric." Bella said opening the conversation.
"How did you hear?" Jenna asked shocked.
"He came into the bar last night and we drank." Bella said smiling, "He cares for you Jenna."
"That's what the girls said…they think he's keeping this away from me for my protections when it's not his call to make." She replied bitterly.
"I know, I've been there and I agree with you, but sometimes the truth is so much harder to explain than what you are being told. Give him a chance Jenna; I've never seen you this happy, just talk to him." Bella said and went over to Elena and Bonnie.
"She still there?" Elena asked.
"Of course." Bella replied.
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Suddenly Caroline jumped up on stage rambling about what Matt wanted her to do. Bella couldn't help but smile; in all this chaos and death there was still hope for love and friendship. Caroline started singing to Matt and everyone cheered when he got up on stage to kiss her. Bella and Jenna looked at each other and yelled at the top of their lungs when he dipped Caroline.
"See Jenna, chances are worth giving." Bella shouted above the music and moved back towards the bar where Alaric sat.
"You want to drink like we did last night?" Bella asked teasingly.
"No, I barely made it through work." Alaric said.
"Well I have some good news and bad news," She said and sat down, "Here's the deal, you gotta tell Jenna something. I'm not saying spill about vamps and all, but she does deserve to know some things. It's not your place to decide what is or isn't safe for her to know."
Alaric nodded his head and they drank their beers. After a while she headed towards the restroom, but was grabbed by Damon.
"We have a problem." He said and he took her into a closet.
"What sort of problem?" Bella asked.
"A pissed off witch," Damon said, "You were right about Jonas and Luka; they did some spell and Luka came to the house to pull the dagger out of Elijah. We couldn't see him."
"An astral projection spell." Bella breathed.
"Yea well Luka stabbed Katherine because she stopped him from pulling the dagger out and then I came in, saw the dagger was about to be pulled out so I used the flamethrower and…" Damon trailed.
"You killed him." Bella said.
Suddenly the lights went out and they could hear glass shattering.
"He's looking for Elena." Bella said then looked at Damon, "Get her out of here I'll hold him off as long as I can."
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When she opened the closet door she saw that a fire had broken out. Bonnie was unconscious on the floor, but Jeremy was helping her out. Caroline had attacked Jonas but he used and now she was on the ground screaming. Bella watched as Matt hit Jonas and then Jonas took a bottle, broke it and slammed it into his neck.
"Jonas!" Bella yelled, "You brought this on yourself."
"They killed my boy." He shouted back. "Elijah told me about you; what you are…who you are."
Jonas attempted to use his powers on Bella, but it didn't work.
"Guess he left out the part where your stupid little power doesn't work on me." Bella snapped, "Stop this Jonas right now. Give Bonnie her powers back and make the fire go away and I promise I won't kill you and I will help you get your daughter back."
"The only way to get her is if Elena dies." Jonas said.
"I won't let that happen." Bella replied.
"Then you will have to kill me." Jonas said.
Bella should have paid more attention, but she was too busy making sure Bonnie and Caroline were okay to notice what Jonas was levitating behind him. As Bella blurred towards him he grabbed the knife and plunged it into Bella's side.
Bella began to cough and her skin turned grayish.
"He told me white oak ash would work on you as well, though I can see I don't need a special dagger." Jonas whispered as Bella's breathing became shallow.
Gently he laid her down, "You should have given me Elena." Jonas said and walked out.
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Damon was outside with Angela as Caroline, Matt, Bonnie, and Jeremy came out. Suddenly Angela clutched at her side.
"Bella." She said.
"What?" Damon asked.
"Bella's inside and hurt." Angela said, "I can feel it."
Damon rushed back into the grill.
"Bella!" Damon yelled.
There was no response and he began turning over tables until he found her by the bar. He picked her up and blurred outside with her. He saw that her skin had turned gray.
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"Is she?" Caroline asked as she held Matt.
"No look, take Matt home and Damon go to Elena's." Angela said, "I'll take care of Bella."
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Damon disappeared and Angela pulled the knife out. She raised the knife to her wrist and sliced it open as she held it over Bella's wound.
"Come on B." Angela whispered, "You can't do this, not now."
Slowly the wound began to heal and Bella suddenly gasped for air.
"Ang?" she asked.
"I'm here you've been out about thirty minutes." Angela said and took her wrist away.
"Here." Bella said and bit into her wrist letting Angela drink some. "Go to Bonnie's and stay there, okay and get some rest."
"Where are you going?" Angela asked standing up.
"To Elena's." Bella said.
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Ten minutes later she was knocking on Elena's house and Jenna answered.
"Bella thank god you're okay!" Jenna said and hugged her.
"Yea um Damon got me out." Bella said. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah Elena was asking if you got out alright." Jenna said and was about to shut the door when she saw Alaric, "She's in the kitchen."
Bella walked into the kitchen and Elena looked up, "You made it out." Elena said surprised, "Damon said you were dead."
"No, I'm not." Bella said.
"Then why were you gray?" Elena asked.
"White oak ash has that effect on me, but I don't die. Blood has to be applied directly to where the ash was and it takes a while, but I come back around. What happened?"
"Katherine killed Jonas, well they thought she did and then when Bonnie was next to his body he rose up and grabbed her. Stefan ended up snapping his neck." Elena replied. "What do we do now?"
"I don't know." Bella said, "Ask me tomorrow."
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The front door opened and shut and Jenna walked into the kitchen.
"So did you forgive him?" Bella asked.
"He said there are things about Isobel's death he can't tell me and aren't for him to tell and I told him goodnight." Jenna answered.
Before anything else was said the doorbell rang and Jenna went to answer it.
Elena watched as Bella tensed.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
Bella didn't answer; she walked to the front door with Elena following her.
Bella stood completely still because she had a good idea who was at the door talking to Jenna.
"Hi you must be Jenna," The woman said looking timid and a tiny bit nervous.
Bella saw right through her act and narrowed her eyes at the woman. Elena stepped out from behind Bella and took a deep breath sending a glare her way.
"I'm Elena's mother." The woman said.
"Isobel." Elena said and Jenna turned to stare at Elena.
"Hello Elena." Isobel said.
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"What the hell?" Jenna said.
"Jenna, go upstairs." Bella said.
"Bella this doesn't concern you." Jenna said looking between Elena and Isobel.
Bella walked over to Jenna and compelled her, "Jenna go upstairs and let me handle this right now."
Jenna did as she was told and Bella turned her attention to Bella, "So you're Isobel."
"And you are?" Isobel asked.
"None of your business; leave now." Bella said.
"I don't think so." Isobel said.
Bella blurred outside and pinned Isobel against the outside wall, "Listen very carefully Isobel, I've had a shit night and you are making it worse leave or I will kill you."
Isobel quickly blurred away and Bella walked back in the house.
"What is she doing here?" Elena asked angrily.
"I don't know Elena but I have a feeling John brought her here. Look we've had a tough night and you need rest. I'm gonna compel Jenna to go to sleep and I'll figure an excuse as to why she's alive." Bella said exasperated.
"This is just getting more complicated." Elena said and ran her hand through her hair.
"That's why I'm here remember, complicated is my thing I know how to deal with it." Bella said.
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An hour later Bella returned to the boarding house only to find Katherine laying on the couch while Stefan and Damon sat around reading the journals.
Damon looked up surprised, "You're alive." He said.
Bella threw her coat on a chair, "Yeah well, like I said before, better men have tried." She then looked at Stefan, "You need to go stay with Elena."
"Why?" Stefan asked.
"I think that's a question for Katherine." Bella said and blurred to her. She let her vampire face come out and wrapped her hand around Katherine's neck "Tell me why she's here."
"Who?" Katherine asked fighting against Bella to no avail.
"Isobel." Bella growled.
So I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know I know no D/B action but I promise the next one is quite…STEAMY! I worked really hard on this chapter to build up to the next one so I hope you all review!
Shout out to Dark-Supernatural-Angel and AllyDLV for all their input and help with the chapter.
Now some good news Spring Break is finally here for me so I will have time to update….AWAKE AND ALIVE as well as a couple other stories. So I want yall to review and in your review tell me which of my stories you want me to update. I will tally them up and update the top two. So review!