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A/N: Sienna Salvatore – Danielle Campbell.
River Fell – Meaghan Martin.
Luna Lockwood – Isabeli Fontana.
Stone Fell – Alexander Ludwig.
Chapter 10:
Previously:
Sienna gasped as she opened the door; never in her wildest dreams did she expect that person to be on the other side … she thought he was dead.
A very alive Logan Fell stood on the other side, a smile present on his handsome face, "Hello, Sienna."
"Logan!" Sienna choked out, her eyes widening in disbelief at the pseudo-uncle she mourned.
"Aren't you gonna invite me in?"
"Uh, yeah, about that … STEFAN SALVARORE GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE, RIGHT NOW!" Sienna yelled out of the blue. Logan hadn't been expecting it and jumped half a feet into the air before a scowl etched onto his features.
"There was no need for yelling," Logan muttered rubbing his poor, abused ears.
Stefan flashed downstairs in an instant and stood worriedly by her side, "What is it? What's wron –oh." His eyes widened with disbelief when they settled on the presumed dead Logan Fell.
"Yeah, oh," Sienna rolled her eyes. Her hand reached out and smacked Stefan's stomach as she turned to face her pseudo-uncle once again, "I did try and avenge you, but I'm a pregnant teen, couldn't do much." She sounded like she was trying to appease him and Logan couldn't help but chuckle.
"I'm not here for revenge, and I promise I've no interest in killing anyone."
Stefan and Sienna traded guarded looks, deciding whether they should trust him and let him in. Stefan shrugged, "You know him better than I do." Sienna nodded and beamed at Logan, "Come in."
Sienna walked over to the futon and made herself comfortable while Stefan protectively sat by her side, his forest green orbs following Logan's every move as he sat opposite to them with a cocky smile.
"Did Damon turn you into a vampire?" Sienna deadpanned, a frown puckering on her forehead as she began planning many ways of torturing her great-whatever-uncle. But before Logan could respond, Stefan hastily shook his head with a grimace plastered on his lips.
"No, no he didn't. I was there, Damon uh, killed him," Stefan shot Logan an apologetic glance with which he merely waved away with the flick of his hand. "He must have had vampire blood in his system before he died."
Logan scoffed, "Believe me, I think I would notice if a vampire force fed me their blood."
Shaking her head, Sienna couldn't help but point out, "Unless it was spiked into your drink without your knowledge." Her face morphed into a mixture of horror and comprehension, "You had a target on your head. It was planned."
Logan sighed; he placed a hand on his mouth and pulled down to his chin – a habit of his when he was frustrated. He pierced solemn brown orbs into Stefan's green ones and said, "I might have an idea who they are, but first I need your help."
"And why should we help you. Logan Fell, back from the dead I see," a familiar, sarcastic voice came from behind them, and the three occupants turned to see Damon stride over to them at a leisure pace.
Sienna glared at him, "You don't have to help him, but Logan's family and I swear to god I will find a way to rip your head off if you touch him again!" Damon smirked, raising both hands in a surrender motion, "Easy. Kitty's got claws, huh. What's got you in a bad mood on this fine day?"
"Oh, I don't know. Other than the fact that everyone is treating me like a handicapped person, and oh, right, witches are haunting me, nothing much," Sienna shot back, sarcasm oozing heavily with every word.
"What?" the three vampires gaped in sync. Sienna waved away their concerns, "Logan, what can I help you with?"
"Liz Forbes is the only one who knows about my, death," here Logan directed his last comment at Damon who merely smirked unapologetically. "I need to somehow get her off vervain and compel her to forget about me being dead."
Damon scoffed in disbelief and couldn't help but quip, "Like that's going to happen."
"Done," Sienna firmly overrode Damon's words, and the three vampires stared back at her blankly. Sienna shrugged, "Luna would help me, besides, River is my best friend, she needs her uncle in her life and he's the great-uncle to my twins. I would do anything to help family. Unlike you," Sienna snapped at Damon, who glared back.
"There is absolutely no way I am allowing you to place yourself in danger, Sienna. When will you understand that you're pregnant! You can't go around half-cocked doing stunts like you did yesterday," Damon growled threateningly as he edged closer to her.
"Awhh, I'm touched. Didn't know you cared, Damon," Sienna snapped back sarcastically, mockingly placing a hand over her chest.
Logan threw a puzzling gaze at Sienna, "What happened yesterday?" Without removing eye contact with Sienna, Damon snarled, "Ask her."
"A witch wanted to meet with me, it's no big deal. I'm fine. And before you ask, no I won't tell you what she wanted. It's … confidential," there was no way in hell Sienna was about to tell Damon and Stefan the warnings she received against Elena. They were so far up Princess Elena's ass, they wouldn't believe her.
Logan let out a sigh of defeat. He's known Sienna since she was a toddler, and knowing her, she was damn stubborn – just like her mother. If she didn't want to share information with them, then she won't. Logan risked a glance at Damon, "You know Damon, I can give you information in trade for your help."
Rolling his eyes, Damon gave Logan a sarcastic smile and said, "What information could a baby vamp like you have that would garner my help?"
The cocky smile returned tenfold, "You think you're the only one trying to get into that tomb?" His words really made an impact on the three Salvatores, but none in comparison to Damon's reaction. A crick could be heard in the air as Damon's neck snapped so hard as he turned to face Logan with disbelief and hope written all over his features, "You're lying," he snarled.
"Am I?" Logan asked nonchalantly sitting casually on the futon, "Like you said, I'm a 'baby vamp' how would I even know about the tomb."
"Tell me," Damon demanded harshly, desperation seeping into his tone.
"First, you're gonna help me with my Liz, then I'll tell you anything you want to know. I can't protect my family if she's trying to kill me," Logan snapped; without waiting for his reply, Logan returned his attention to Sienna, "I think it's time you clue River in to the vampires in this town."
"Wha- why?" Sienna gaped worriedly while Damon and Stefan shot him an 'are you crazy' look.
Sighing, Logan spoke in soft tones, trying to break the news gently to Sienna, "I know that you want to protect your sisters, Sienna. But there are three vampires in town already. Besides, Stone already has the knowledge of vampires."
"WHAT?" the three Salvatores yelled, outrage and disbelief heard in their voice.
"How?" Sienna choked, her eyes widening with confusion.
"The Fells are hunters, Sienna. Once the eldest male in the family reach majority, that is, eighteen in this instance, they get informed of the secret of Mystic Falls and begin their training to be a hunter; a vampire hunter. River is the only one with the ability to get Stone to back off in case he finds out that we three are vampires," Logan explained letting the three Salvatores digest this new piece of information he had unfolded.
"So, you're saying, that my niece's baby daddy is training to be a vampire hunter?" without waiting for a response, Damon growled, "That's just perfect, way to go Sienna."
Fuming, Sienna slowly got off the futon and stormed over to Damon's side. Poking him on the chest, she sarcastically snarled, "Oh, I'm so sorry I fell in love with a future vampire hunter when I didn't even know that vampires existed or that he would become one. Do I look clairvoyant to you?"
"Lay off Damon. The stress isn't good for her," Stefan abruptly barked, and Damon snapped his jaw shut, leaving the vicinity to get himself a drink from the bar.
"I'll try and get you a daylight ring, Logan. In the meantime, you're welcome to stay here," Sienna smiled weakly and left to her room; she had to call Luna and River, there was a lot of explaining to do.
A few hours later, Luna and River carpooled together and arrived at the Boarding House. Logan was holed up in the room given to him while Damon and Stefan were currently far away from the house to give the three girls their privacy – they didn't want to be around once River found out about them, and they trusted Sienna and Luna to be able to calm her down if she took the news badly.
"So, are you going to finally tell us why you went to Richmond yesterday?" River asked immediately as she shed her coat.
Sienna nodded, "In a moment, but first, there's something I need to tell you, Riv. Something impossible and highly unbelievable and you're probably going to believe I'm crazy and belong in a nut house." Luna snapped her head to stare at Sienna, comprehension shining in her grey eyes, understanding what exactly Sienna wanted to tell River, "Sienna," she said warningly.
"It's time for her to know, Lu. Things have changed, and I need her to be up-to-date."
"Okay, what's going on? I thought we don't keep secrets from each other," River blurted out, hurt shining in her eyes.
Tearing her eyes from Luna's, Sienna took a deep breath and said, "River, do you believe in vampires?" There was a possibility that River's parents and Stone informed her of their existence. But just as Logan predicted, River shook her head vehemently and burst out laughing, "Are you kidding? Of course not, S. What's wrong with you?"
Luna jumped in, "It's time you start believing, Riv, because we're dead serious."
Tears, screams and heavy denial took place over the next hour as Sienna and Luna gently broke the news to River. They told her everything; from the vampires of 1864, to the council, the tomb, Damon and Stefan, witches and how Caroline was compelled and Zach was killed by Damon. River looked like her world came crashing down as she stared at her two friends in horror, unable to deny their existence anymore.
Luna hesitantly placed an arm around River and started to explain about her Uncle Logan, but to her surprise, Sienna interrupted, "Logan isn't dead. He was turned into a vampire – someone spiked him with vampire blood."
"What?" Luna growled, "Why am I just hearing about this now?"
"Because I just found out a few hours ago," snapping her gaze to a distressed River, Sienna said, "He's in another room if you want to see him."
River nodded, but no words escaped her mouth as she tried digesting everything her best friends informed her of. Sienna then explained how she was going to help Logan by compelling Sherriff Forbes when River interrupted.
"Damon's the problem here. He compelled Care, he killed Zach and my uncle. Why is he still alive?" she demanded angrily.
Sienna groaned; she knew that subject would be addressed, but even though Damon did horrible things, he was still her family, and so, she couldn't say anything but, "You can't pick family, Riv. I know Damon is exceedingly problematic, but I can't, I can't kill him, please don't make me."
River's face softened at the vulnerability Sienna was showing. She couldn't ask her sister to kill her great-many times-uncle when she barely had any blood related family currently in her life. Nodding slowly, she said, "I assume there's a reason for telling me all this now?"
"Yeah, I wanna hear the reason, too," Luna piped up, closely scrutinizing her pregnant friend.
Swallowing the lump in her throat, Sienna said, "According to Logan, Stone is currently being trained to be a vampire hunter. In time, he will probably find out about Damon, Stefan and Logan; it's inevitable. And he will probably try and kill them."
Luna was horrified, but to their surprise, River abruptly stood up and fervently said, "No. I just got my uncle back, there is no way, no way I am going to allow Stone to kill him. Not all vampires are bad. Lexi and Stefan were really nice … for vampires, that is; I refuse to believe they are heartless monsters and deserve nothing but a swift death sentence."
Sienna exhaled a loud breath of relief and engulfed her blonde friend in a suffocating hug. "Thank you," she whispered in her ear. River nodded and kissed her pregnant friend on the cheek.
"Now that we're up to speed, you wanna tell us what the witch wanted from you last night?" Luna basically demanded Sienna, her eyes turning stormy.
"Apparently, we're not the only ones that believe Princess Elena to be bad news," Sienna scoffed. Luna and River detected the obvious glee dancing in Sienna's olive green orbs at that statement.
River and Luna traded looks, and in sync said, "Explain."
"Lucy Bennett, a distant cousin of Bonnie's was the one sending me those messages yesterday. She told me that the spirits wanted her to relay a message to me; 'protect Bonnie from the doppelgänger'. Meaning, Elena," Sienna explained, her face flushed with excitement and a hint confusion.
"How are you supposed to protect Bennett from Elena, especially since they're best friends?" Luna frowned – it didn't make any sense to her, and River was thinking along the exact same lines.
Shaking her head in defeat, Sienna whined, "I don't know. Lucy gave me her number, said that if I ever required her help to not hesitate and give her a call. But the surprise doesn't end there. Last night, Emily Bennett came to me in a dream –"
"Okay, woah, wait a sec. Emily Bennett, the Emily Bennett from 1864," River asked hesitantly, the name familiar from everything Sienna and Luna conveyed to her.
"Yup. She told me 'not to trust the doppelganger'."
"I don't get it. We may hate Elena, and we don't trust her, but she's just a teenage girl, a human like us. How exactly is she harmful?" Luna asked trying to piece all the confusing puzzle pieces together.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Sienna huffed in frustration, "This stays between us, okay? Stefan and Damon cannot know. She's the replica of Katherine; I doubt they would do anything to act against her."
"Sienna!"
"Is that –"Luna began, but Sienna finished for her, "Damon."
The three girls left her room and trudged down the stairs with River holding Luna's hand in a vice grip. Knowing how dangerous Damon was now, she didn't trust the vampire not to harm her, even though he gave Sienna his word. He already broke it once when he compelled Caroline.
"Holy – is that Sheriff Forbes?" Luna gaped; for Damon had an unconscious Liz in his arms.
Damon smirked at River, "Welcome to the vampires' book club." River glared at him but kept her mouth shut as they followed Damon down to the dungeon, "So, it would take two to three days to flush out all the vervain from her system, and then we can compel her to forget Logan's tragic death."
"Thank you Damon," Logan spoke from behind them. River gasped her eyes bugging out of place when she turned to find her dead, not-so-dead uncle.
River really took the whole vampire thing like a fish to the ocean, because much to everyone in the vicinity's surprise, she jumped into Logan's arms and wrapped him in a suffocating hug, tears running down her face, "I'm so glad you're alive. I mean, it must suck being a vampire, and drink blood, yuck, but still, you're alive. And don't worry about Stone, I'll make sure that he never harms you if he even finds out that is, and –"
"Woah, Riv, sweetheart, breathe. Take calming breaths," Logan smiled down at her, his hand soothingly stroking her hair. He was glad that River wasn't afraid of him; after all, he was doing all this to keep her, Sienna and the twins safe, otherwise he could have just left Mystic Falls altogether and live in secret away from vampire hunters.
Damon shut the cellar door, the loud bang echoing around them causing them all to jump in their spot and glare at him. Smirking, Damon edged nearer to Logan, who still had his arms wound tightly over River's skinny form and said, "Alright, Fell. I sent a text through Liz's phone to her deputies and Caroline; they all think she's out of town for a few days. A deal is a deal. Now tell me what you know."
Sienna, Luna and River stared curiously at Logan, wondering who these vampires were and what they knew about the tomb, "There are three vampires in town at the current moment. One of them I haven't seen before, he must be new because he doesn't get out during the day, hence, no daylight ring. There is a man, he's always got a hood on and a petite girl, her name is Anna; ring any bells?"
"Anna," Damon frowned, his mind roaming over the past 150 years as a vampire, deeply pondering the face of the girl the name belonged to. A growl of frustration sounded deep in his throat, "No. I can't recall her."
"Why don't you sleep on it? And ask Stefan … maybe he'd be willing to help refresh your memory," Sienna offered.
"If it's about opening the tomb, that means this Anna vampire has someone dear to her inside, so you should be thinking of the 27 vampires from 1864," River blurted out, her face flushing a deep red when she found herself being the receptor to four incredulous stares. "What?" she squeaked, uncomfortable with all the staring solely on her.
Damon shot a genuine smile, "Good to have you on board Blondie, that was actually … clever and awfully helpful of you," he quipped.
"Uh, thanks?" she asked unsurely, though she did look quite pleased with herself; Damon may be a murderous killing machine, but he was important to Sienna.
"Wait, did Damon Salvatore just hand out a free compliment?" Luna asked in shock, a faint smile playing on her face.
Damon gave her a half-hearted glare, "Don't get too used to it, Feisty."
They were all interrupted by the sound of River's phone ringing, "Hello? Hey, Care. …. Oh shit, I completely spaced … we'll meet you there," she hung up the phone and faced her two friends, "Career day at school."
"Oh, crap!" they groaned. As the three sisters ran out of the dungeon, Sienna called back, "Try not to kill each other you two! Bye!"
"River, where have you been all day?" Stone demanded as he approached Sienna, Luna and River.
Shrugging, River said, "The Boarding House, why?" The three girls covertly gave him a suspicious glance; now that they knew he was a vampire hunter in training, they had to be careful not to rouse suspicion from him.
Dragging a hand through his hair, Stone spoke in a would-be casual voice, but they could hear the nervousness seep through his tone, "Next time let me know, I was worried about you."
Trying to fish for information, hoping that Stone would slip, Luna scoffed carelessly, "Oh come on, Stone. This is Mystic Falls, nothing bad ever happens here."
Stone fixed her with a grave and piercing stare, "It's not as safe as you think. Just stick together okay, for my sake." And without another word, he left the three girls to ponder his ominous words.
Sienna turned to face the blonde and brunette, "Yup, safe to assume that Logan was spot on. He definitely knows."
"S, Riv, Lu, there you guys are," Caroline squealed, running over to them and embracing each of them with a fierce hug. They all returned the hugs, guilt churning in their stomach over the fact that their sister was clueless to the town's darkest secret, AND that her mother was currently lying unconscious in a cell. Grabbing Sienna and Luna's hand, she dragged them over to a booth and proudly said, "Broadcast journalism!"
The girls laughed, remembering Caroline's obsession with being a news reporter, something Liz had found to be funny and quite ironic and mocked her for her choice in future career.
"You are definitely going to excel in that," River gushed, causing Caroline to beam, her face breaking out into her signature mega-watt smile.
"Yeah, you think so?" upon receiving three vehement nods, Caroline squealed again and pointed River with a pleading look, "Is there any chance your uncle Logan could give me a few pointers?"
River's heart swelled with happiness, "He would love to, Care-Bear."
"What about you, S? Still want to be a chef and open up a five-star restaurant?" Caroline giggled.
Sienna's face glowed, or maybe that was just her pregnancy glow. "I completely spaced about that. It's just a dream, Care. I don't think I'd succeed in that. Plus with twins on the way, my hands would be full. I probably won't be able to make it to college," she smiled sadly.
"Bullshit! Us four, we're a team. We'll help you raise those juniors and we're gonna kick college's ass," Luna firmly informed her, and the four sisters engulfed each other in a four-way hug.
Once career day was done, Caroline headed over to her house, promising the girls a sleepover the next day, while Sienna, River and Luna made their way over to Sheila Bennett's house.
"Are you sure about this, S?" River hissed as they got out of the car.
"Hey, her ancestors are stalking me, the least she could do is have a daylight ring done for Logan if they expect me to miraculously break Bonnie and Elena's friendship up," Sienna gulped nervously; she hated Elena Gilbert, yes. Everyone new that, it wasn't exactly a secret on her part, or even Lu and Riv, but she was clueless of how exactly she was to protect Bonnie from a harmless, human teenage girl, especially when she wasn't even given a reason why.
If it was Katherine Pierce on the other hand, then it would make more sense, even though she's basically a mummy inside a spelled tomb.
River's hand was balled up and ready to knock on the door, but just as she was a mere inch away, it swung upon, scaring he bejesus out of them. Sheila Bennett stood staring at them, her mouth curled in amusement, "What can I do for you three? Sienna Salvatore I was expecting, but Ms. Lockwood and Ms. Fell, I wasn't."
Sienna was extremely nervous now; Sheila Bennett was not a woman to be trifled with, she was already rumored to be kooky, but knowing she was a witch, and with her age, the experience … it didn't comfort her in the least bit, "Uh, we wanted to discuss something delicate, may we come in?"
Sheila opened the door wider and beckoned them in, and the four sat in the living room, a stifling and awkward silence filling the air. Luna and River nudged Sienna to begin, since she was the one the Bennett witches were trying to contact.
"I'd like to ask you for a teeny, tiny, little favor," Sienna choked out, fiddling nervously with the strap of her bag.
Sheila's brown eyes lit up with curiosity and a speck of amusement, and she leaned forward slightly, "Oh? And what pray tell is this 'favor'?"
"A daylight ring for a vampire," Sienna just ripped out the bandage and waited for all hell to break loose. Sheila's eyes flared for a moment, but her composure never wavered.
"Who is this vampire?"
"My Uncle, Logan Fell," River's voice came out in a whisper, her eyes imploring the kooky witch to accept, "He didn't ask for this life, someone spiked his drink with vampire blood. Please, help us."
Sheila sighed and shook her head, "I shouldn't be surprised that you three know about vampires and witches," she scoffed, "I take it Caroline will be the next to find out."
Luna felt her hackles rise for some reason, "Listen Mrs. Bennett, it really is none of your business whether we know or not, we're protecting our family, and right now, Care is safer not knowing," she snapped, her eyes glaring heavily at the old witch.
"Luna!" Sienna and River hissed in shock, their faces morphed into dumbfounded.
But Sheila merely raised a hand demanding silence, a contemplative expression illuminating her face as she regarded Luna with interest and … pity? "Take heed of my advice Luna, and rein in your anger. It is not healthy for you and the results could be quite … disastrous."
"Are you threatening me?" Luna all but demanded, her eyes turning into slits.
"No. I'm warning you. Take it as advice from Mystic Falls' crazy resident witch," Sheila simply stated. Her eyes flittered to Sienna and River turning a blind eye to Luna's confusion, "You want a daylight ring for Logan Fell? And if he ends up killing innocents, what then?"
"With all due respect, Mrs. Bennett, your ancestors and relatives are hounding me in my dreams and in reality, telling me to protect your granddaughter from her best friend. I am totally clueless to the why and the how, but the least you can do is help me out if you're all expecting me to help your granddaughter who honest to god, I cannot even stand," Sienna snarled.
"Emily Bennett contacted you?" Sheila gasped in confusion and awe, a triumphant look flickering in her face, but before they could take notice, it faded away.
"And Lucy Bennett," Sienna added.
"Take it as a 'you scratch her back, and she'll scratch yours'," Luna shot out.
River nodded and chimed in, "Sienna is pregnant with twins, and instead of relaxing and keeping her stress level down, you Bennetts are stressing her out with demands and pleas, asking her to protect someone she greatly dislikes from someone she hates."
"Excuse my curiosity, but what exactly is your problem with my granddaughter?"
In sync, the three girls rolled their eyes, but it was Sienna who responded, "She thinks the sun shines from Elena's ass. We tend to keep a distance from Elena and her fans."
Sheila nodded, there was a few minutes of silence before she finally said, "I will give you my assistance. I'll have a daylight ring ready in a day or two."
Once the girls left, Sheila smiled to herself, her eyes glinting with knowledge and triumph; Sienna Salvatore had a big support group that would help her immensely for what the future has doled out in her path … big responsibility is heading her way, and she would need true and loyal friends by her side since the attention in Mystic Falls will be torn between her and the doppelgänger.
A/N: I know not much happened here, but it was an important filler chapter.
I cannot imagine Logan Fell becoming a murderer when he has Stone, River, Sienna and the twins in his life, and obviously he would want to stick in town and help them, curbing his vampire urges.
Question; when do you want Caroline to find out about vampires? Like canon in season 2 or sooner?
R&R.