"How did you get in here?" I asked.
"Well I opened the window and tried to get your attention, but you kind of invited me in in your sleep." Anna explained. "By that I mean you talk in your sleep."
At that point, I noticed Carly was awake.
"What's going on?" She yawned. "Who is this?"
"This is Anna." I introduced.
"The ghost?" Carly asked in surprise.
"Ex-ghost." Anna corrected. "I came back to life when Silas temporarily broke the veil. I know it closed behind me."
"Why weren't you here when you came back?" I asked, trying to process everything.
"I came back in your dad's old building." Anna explained. That was the same place that she died.
A few seconds later, Elena came into the room.
"I just got a call from Damon saying that…Anna." She started before coming to a halt when she my former girlfriend.
"Can you please finish your sentence?" I requested.
"Damon said that Mason was in the boarding house." Elena finished. Okay that is two people being brought back in the place that they died.
"Silas opened the veil." I explained. "Anna said that she came back in the building that she died, just like Mason did."
"Do you have any how many came out?" Elena asked Anna.
"I don't." Anna replied. "I just knew that it was open and I had to get out. Ideally, I would have tried to find my mom first, but I didn't know how much time I had."
"Do you know of anyone else who came out?" I asked.
"All I know is that I managed to come out." Anna replied in frustration.
"Can I go back to sleep?" Carly asked.
"If you want to sleep here, it has to be on the floor." I told Anna.
Everyone went to sleep deciding that we wouldn't worry about what was going on until morning. I mean honestly how bad could things get? I mean who could come back that was bad enough to be a major problem?
In the morning, I heard a knock at the door. Who the hell could that be? I went to answer it, still dressed in my pajamas and found there was…Alaric.
"So you're back too." I noted. "Did you happen to come back in that storage facility that you died in when Rebekah caused Matt's truck to go off of the bridge by any chance?"
"How'd you know?" Ric asked in surprise.
"Because you're not the first person to come back." I explained. "This apartment is not big enough, but I guess you can come in."
Shortly after, everyone met at the boarding house. By that I mean everyone. There was Damon, Stefan, Mason, Anna, Ric, Elena, Carly, Rebekah, Elijah, Klaus, Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, Vaughn and me. The only person that wasn't there was Tyler and that was because no one knew where he was. I was wearing a kind of…I think it was mauve…tank top with a blue jacket and jeans.
"So it seems that Silas has partially opened the veil." I recapped. "So far this is who we know is back."
"Do you any idea who else might have come back?" Klaus asked. "I have killed a lot of people in my lifetime and I do not want either of my parents returning to wreak havoc."
"I thought that the other side could only be destroyed by a Bennett witch." Stefan remarked.
"I think Silas might have tried, but he could only open it temporarily." Anna opined.
"Maybe if you weren't such a dick, you wouldn't so many enemies." Mason told Klaus.
"I'm sorry, but who are you again?" Klaus asked the werewolf. Yeah, I guess they never met.
"Mason Lockwood, I would also like to see if you're interested in a deal so Tyler can come back here." Mason remarked. I sighed. I don't know if this was really the time for this.
"Talk to me again after we defeat Silas." Klaus suggested. Yeah, that was definitely the bigger issue here.
"Bonnie do you think you can find out who managed to cross over?" Elena asked. "Maybe you can contact the spirits to get them to tell you or something."
"The spirits are too angry at me to do anything to help me." Bonnie explained.
"Does anyone have an idea that we might actually be able to do?" Damon asked.
"Well maybe we could check the spots where some of the supernatural creatures in town died to see if any of them are back." Caroline suggested. I guess that was as good of an idea as any.
"Okay then we would need to split up to do that." Stefan suggested. "Damon and I will go one place."
"I can't do anything until night." Ric pointed out. "That is unless Bonnie could make a daylight ring."
What ended up happening was most of it was going to be pairs based. They were: Elena and Damon, Klaus and Caroline, Carly and Stefan, Elijah and Rebekah, Bonnie and Matt, and me and Anna.
"So, it doesn't look like you and me are going to happen." Anna commented. We went to the old cottage where her mother and Harper had died. "I'm sorry. I just don't think that I could get into it I have tried dating other girls and found out that it wasn't for me. I assume you're stuck like that for now."
"Well I guess I can live with that." I admitted. "I'm not really attracted to girls anymore either."
"So is there anyone that you might be interested in?" She asked me curiously.
"Not right now." I explained as we entered the cabin. Harper was not there and neither was Pearl. We also began to search the woods and we didn't find Frederick or any of the other tomb vampires. "So it doesn't look like anyone is here."
With that, I noticed the upset look on her face.
"Hey, this doesn't mean that your mom didn't come back. She could have left already." I consoled her.
"Who are we kidding? I guess I was foolish to think that we would be a family again." Anna explained.
"Even if we're not together, I'll still be your friend and I'll always be there for you." I told her before giving her a hug. "So can you think of anywhere that we should look?"
"That would depend on if you wanted to leave the city or not." Anna remarked. "So where did Elena end up going?"
"She and Damon went to the Grove Hill cemetery to see if Isobel had come back." I explained. I think they might have been trying to kill her if she did. "So what do you think is going to happen with all of this?"
"I don't know." Anna admitted. "I think that Silas will keep trying to open the veil until he can get Bonnie to break down the veil."
"You don't think that is going to happen, do you?" I asked.
"I think that if that hunter can kill Silas, we might be able to prevent it, but I'm not sure if he'll be able to do that. Silas is very powerful even if he's not immortal. He won't stop until he destroys the Other Side." Anna remarked.
The girls headed back to the boarding house. The group congregated to determine who they hadn't found.
"Mikael wasn't outside of the former Lockwood house." Caroline declared.
"Isobel wasn't in the cemetery." Elena stated.
"Esther wasn't in this cemetery." Rebekah explained.
"Vicki wasn't near the school." Matt remarked.
"Jenna, Jules, and Greta weren't at the quarry." Stefan replied.
"So that still leaves…a lot of supernatural beings." I responded as I began to make a list. I think it was something that we should have done from the start. "So let's see. In this town alone we've got: Lexi, Noah and Ben, Bonnie's grandma, Logan, Rose, Jules's pack, Jonas and Luca, Klaus's hybrids, Finn, Sage, Troy, Connor, Kol, and those witches from the third sacrifice."
"Well that really narrows it down." Damon quipped.
"We don't need the sarcastic comments." I pointed out. I then noticed the room was filled with ghosts. "You know I think I might know who's missing."
"What are you talking about?" Carly asked.
"You know how I can see ghosts?" I asked as there were various nods around the room. "Well this just became a very crowded house."
"Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over." Anna hummed. Everyone stared at her. "You said Crowded House."
I looked around the room and noticed that the ones that I didn't see were Kol and Logan, but the ones that I didn't say the names of also didn't appear.
"Alright so I'm going to guess that the ones who came are Kol and Logan." I stated. "But I there is a possibility that the witches that I didn't name also came back. Now if you excuse me, I have to do something to get rid of all of these ghosts."
I walked outside and found myself face-to-face with Kol.
"Hello, Love. I heard that there was a party in there." He remarked. I blushed because he called me Love. "So do you know where I can find that bloke who made you cry last night?"
"You're not a ghost anymore. You can't kill him." I pointed out.
"I wasn't gonna kill him. I was just gonna rough him up a bit." The Original explained.
"He's inside of the house and I don't think he's going to come out." I explained. I was a little bit uncomfortable. I then realized something. "I don't need you to fight my battles for me."
"I don't think you'd be particularly good at fighting any battles." He quipped.
"Is that another crack about me being a girl?" I asked in offense.
"Actually it's about the fact that you're human." He clarified. "I will actually have you know that I supported women's suffrage before Nik daggered me, but enough talking about the past. I think that I should at least give you what you never got last night."
Suddenly, he pulled me into a ballroom hold. I definitely wasn't expecting him to do that.
"What are you doing?" I asked in surprise.
"Don't think about it. Just follow my lead." He instructed as we began to move. This actually felt nice. He was holding me the right way. It made me feel good. What was wrong with me? This is the guy who basically killed a whole town bar of people and tried to cut my arms off and kill his sister. I cannot let him get inside of my head like this, even if he is incredibly good-looking and charming. No, I've got to stop thinking like that. I have to get him out of my head.
"What is going here?" Rebekah interrupted. I immediately broke apart from him. Thank you, Rebekah.
"Hello, little sis." Kol greeted her. I blushed as I tried to distance myself from him.
"Did I just see you two dancing? Rebekah asked. "Since when can you two even stand each other?"
"So have you heard any good music lately?" I asked, hoping to change the subject, not remembering that I was talking to two vampires that had spent the majority of the 20th century inside of coffins being carried around by their brother. That was a bad question.
"I actually really like this song by this guy called Tinie Tempah." Kol replied. "Though most of what you people call hip-hop is absolute dreck, it's actually really good. It's called 'Written in the Stars'."
Well that was unexpected. I need another distraction.
At that time, Bonnie came out of the house.
"I got a call from Silas and he's telling me to meet him at the quarry. He said that he's going to show up in his true form." She explained. Well we would finally get to see what our enemy looks like. All of a sudden, it got a lot darker. I'm not talking a sudden amount of clouds. I'm talking like an eclipse, except there was nothing in the sky.
"This is why you shouldn't have released Silas or let him get the cure." Kol remarked as everyone else came outside. He grabbed Bonnie. "I can't let you go to him."
"Kol, we are not cowards." Klaus replied. "We are going to kill him. There is no way that he could possibly defeat all of us. On top of that, we have the hunter on our side. He will be completely unaffected by Silas's powers."
I had a bad feeling about this. I had a really bad feeling about this.
We arrived at the quarry, led by Vaughn. There was Silas in his true form, and honestly, it was kind of scary. He had scars all over his face and an utterly grotesque appearance.
"I was wondering when you would bring a member of the five here to meet me." Silas replied. "I also see that you have the Hunter's Sword. It's impressive, but you're mistaken if you think that you can beat me."
"You cannot harm me while I am holding this sword." Vaughn taunted him. Okay, taunting does usually end well.
"I've made a few friends." Silas explained. Suddenly out of nowhere, Logan appeared and broke Vaughn's neck. Well that's not good.
"Okay plan B, everyone attack!" Klaus commanded. Silas just smirked as suddenly everyone but Bonnie, Matt, and I dropped like flies.
"Now come to me, Bonnie or I'll have my servant feed on your friends." Silas declared. "And I've already cast a spell to cancel out your magic."
"No." Bonnie replied. With that, Logan went over and began to drink from Matt's neck. I had to do something. I could do something. I grabbed a stake and pushed it through his heart.
As soon as I did that, I felt different. I felt very different. I had felt this way before. I felt stronger.
"Bonnie, I think that Spencer might have been a potential hunter as well." I remarked before I saw a worried look on Silas's face. He ran for the sword to try to prevent me from grabbing it, but I got it out of Vaughn's dead hands and began to run. I was stronger, faster, and I think the sword amplified that. I took the sword and stabbed Silas through the heart.
So I best you weren't guessing that Spencer would be the one to kill Silas. I bet you were expecting it to be Vaughn. You probably also weren't expecting Logan to be one of the ones to come back. Well there will be one, maybe two more chapters to wrap everything up. Please don't forget to review.