It was the morning after. I really hoped that Stefan and Damon weren't serious about leaving. I hadn't expected to grow close to my family upon coming back, but I had grown close to both of them and I didn't want either of them to leave.
"So do you have any ideas on how to convince them to stay?" Rachel asked me as I came out of the shower. She was wearing a black, white, and orange-striped strapless dress and leather jacket with a silver chain necklace and black platform sandals. I began to dry myself off with a towel.
"Not yet." I admitted as I went into my dresser, deciding on a black wool sweater with a maroon cardigan and baby blue lace shorts with maroon heels. "I don't know how I can convince them. I don't think I can even use the part about Elena being unprotected because the two of us will still be here."
"Yeah, but the two of them are older than us." She pointed out. "Let's just go downstairs and see if we can convince them to stay."
We headed downstairs and I heard Stefan asking Damon where he planned on going. Hypothetically, I imagined Stefan would choose his destination based on somewhere far from Damon.
"We're a team. We need to do something together." Damon replied. "We could try out for The Amazing Race."
"That's funny.' Stefan quipped. "Seriously, where are you going because we're not staying here?"
I still didn't know the reason why they weren't staying. It was too bad that a reason for them to stay wasn't just going to come to the door.
At that moment, the bell rang. I answered it to see Sheriff Forbes.
"Hi, Sheriff" I greeted her. "Is there anything that I can help you with?"
"I'm here to see Damon." She stated.
"Of course." I replied as Damon came to the door.
"What can I do for you, Sheriff?" He asked.
"There's been an incident." She explained. Had Damon killed someone else without my knowledge? It seemed like he didn't know what she was talking about.
After a few minutes, the two of them headed outside. I decided to follow them because I wanted to hear it firsthand.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"You don't need to be involved in this." He replied. "It would probably be better for everyone if you went inside."
"Damon, I have the right to be concerned if the sheriff needs to see you." I pointed out. "I'm not a kid. She can say whatever she needs to say in front of me."
"There's been another animal attack." Sheriff Forbes lied.
"Damon is not animal control. Just give me the truth." I stated.
"It was vampires." Damon relented. I tried my best to act shocked. "But I thought that that stuff was over we killed the blonde."
"She must have turned someone or multiple someones." The sheriff replied. "There was a female victim found this morning on Maple Street."
Damon actually looked pretty confused by it. It made me think that he hadn't done it. I did have a suspect, but I was going to ask nicely before jumping to conclusions."
"So what do we do about it?" I asked.
"Well I was hoping that Damon could tell us." She explained. "He's the only way I know that's ever killed a vampire before."
"Well don't vampires hate the sun?" I questioned. "Whoever it is, they probably won't come out until after dark."
"I'll keep you posted if we find anything." Damon said before we went back in and headed to the door. "Thank you for stopping by."
As soon as she was gone, Stefan pushed Damon against the wall.
"You killed someone else?" He asked.
"I don't think he did it, Stefan." I declared.
"Of course I didn't." Damon replied as he pushed his brother back. "I wouldn't be obvious about it and don't touch me."
"Then who could it be?" Stefan asked.
"What do we care? We're leaving anyway." Damon retorted.
"I can't leave now. You know that." Stefan replied. Whoever this vampire, I needed to mental thank them. I probably wouldn't actually do it because they could be dangerous.
"Well Rachel and I are going to go investigate." I stated. "It's too bad that we can't use the compass."
"I have an idea." Damon replied as he grabbed the compass and headed out the door.
"I'm gonna tell Elena about this." Stefan responded. Well at least we were all working towards a common goal.
I went to the school and that was where I found her. She was wearing a leather jacket with a black cami and navy pleated miniskirt with black tights and boots.
"We need to talk." I declared as I stopped her in the hallway. "There was a body found out in the open this morning. Do you know anything about it?"
"I'm not stupid enough to leave a body out like that." She replied.
"Okay, then I'm sorry to bother you about it." I remarked before I walked away.
"Who is she?" Rachel asked.
"Her name's Anna." I explained. "It looks like she's not the vampire that we're looking for."
"So what, you're really just going to take her word for it?" She responded.
"Yes." I answered bluntly.
"I hope you're not making a mistake." She replied. "You don't have to trust everyone."
"I know that she didn't kill this person." I explained. "I can see that she wasn't lying."
"Okay, then what are we supposed to do?" She asked. "If she was your only suspect, then how the hell are we going to find this vampire?"
"Well I do think that this person is a new vampire." I remarked. "No experienced vampire would leave a body out like that unless they were trying to send a message and there wasn't any clear message. It makes me believe that whoever it is probably isn't in possession of a daylight ring, so they probably won't come out until after dark, so we have some time to wait."
"Why would another vampire even be here?" She mused.
"Perhaps they were just looking for a change of scenery like us." I surmised. "At any rate, we need to find them and make sure that learn that they can't do this in our town."
"We should probably just kill them." She suggested.
"We don't know the circumstances of what happened here." I pointed out. "It could have just been a mistake. I don't want to end someone's life unless I know all of the circumstances surrounding it."
At that moment, my phone began to ring. It was Elena.
"Have you talked to Stefan yet?" I asked her.
"Yes, he told me about the vampire situation and how he wasn't going to leave until it was resolved." She summarized.
"Well, what are you calling about?" I replied.
"I wanted to know if your offer to go shopping is still open." She asked. "I need something to wear to career night at school."
"Yeah, I guess we could help you with that." I agreed.
We then went to the store to meet Elena. I could see a bit of a smile because she seemed to have hope that Stefan would stay in town.
"So have you thought of any possible ways to make Stefan stay?" She asked.
"Well we could drag out finding this vampire, but that would probably be detrimental to the citizens of Mystic Falls." I responded. "Maybe you should just get a killer outfit that will make Stefan want to be with you again."
"I would think that Stefan wouldn't be so easy to get to." Elena stated.
"He's still a guy." I pointed out. "Guys have a hard time resisting when a girl dresses sexy."
It was something that I knew from experience.
"You know, you look like your legs should be cold." She commented.
"It's only November." I reminded her. "Plus, I don't feel as cold as long as I get a steady diet of human blood."
"And just to be sure, you're not actually getting it from people like Damon does?" She asked.
"Yes, every now and then, I go down to the hospital and grab a few bags of blood at a time." I explained. "It's such a small amount that no one even notices they're missing and I don't even take any O bags because it's so rare. So I think that one will look good on you."
She went to put on the dress and Rachel and I headed back home after she finished at the register. I probably wasn't going to change for career night, but I was definitely going to go.
"So what do you want to be when you moved to New York?" Rachel asked me.
"I didn't really have a clear plan." I admitted. "I was tending bars a few nights a week. I did want to be a doctor, but I didn't want to go to school to become one."
"Well you could do it now." She pointed out. "The blood might be a bit of an issue, but I really think that you could get over it quickly."
"I like it here." I pointed out. "I'm not in any rush to leave. I know if I studied enough, I could comply myself a degree, but I'm not looking to become a doctor right now and I would need some time to get used to the blood."
From there, the two of us headed to the school. I noticed that there were booths all over for sorts of different types of careers. I had to act like I at least had some interest, even though it usually wasn't something that juniors needed to worry about. I didn't know if I was going to stay for senior year. I supposed it would just depend on how I felt after the end of the year. I could stay in Mystic Falls for a few years if I wanted to. I began to look around the booths and I noticed that Jeremy was talking to Tyler at the art booths. It looked like they might start to fight.
"Come on, guys, let's not do this here." I told them.
At that point, Tyler just walked away and I noticed the name on the sketches: Tyler Lockwood. I didn't know that he drew. I would have to talk to him about it. I decided that I would go do that.
"So I didn't know that you were an artist." I commented.
"It's an elective." He replied.
"You're really good." I explained as he turned his head. "Are you always like this when someone's nice to you?"
At that point, the mayor walked over to us. He had a smirk on his face.
"Tyler, why aren't you looking at the booths?" He asked. "You need something to do until you're old enough to be mayor."
Something told me that he did not really want to be mayor.
"Hi, I'm Mayor Lockwood." He greeted me.
"Brandy Salvatore." I replied as I shook his hand.
"Salvatore? Are you related the Founders by any chance?" He asked.
"Yes." I answered. "I have to go."
I then went to find Elena to see if she had met up with Stefan yet. I noticed that she had and it looked like things might not have been going so smoothly.
"Hey, you two." I greeted them. "What's up?"
"Stefan was just telling me how he's still leaving town after he's done with this current mess." Elena replied.
I was about to tell Stefan that he didn't have to leave before suddenly, Jenna walked into the room. She looked to be a bit annoyed and scared and also embarrassed.
"Hide me." She begged us.
"Why would we need to do that?" I asked her.
"The Scum Fell has landed." She explained.
"Logan's here?" Elena asked. Okay, that was not a good thing. It looked like we knew who our vampire was.
"Wait, Logan Fell?" Stefan asked.
"Uh-huh." Jenna replied.
"Stay." I whispered to Stefan before I went outside and saw Logan working the crowd. He was talking to Anna, but I didn't think she knew about him. I couldn't hear what they were saying. As soon as she walked away, he waved at me.
"Brandy, what's going on?" Elena asked as she and Jenna and Stefan came out into the hallway.
"Jenna, are you dodging me?" Logan questioned as he walked over.
"It's a form of self-preservation." Jenna replied. She had no idea how true that was.
"Stefan, why don't you take Jenna and Elena away from here?" I suggested. Elena looked confused and I shot Stefan a look that said I could handle it. The three of them walked away. "What are you doing here?"
"Your…what is he your brother…asked me the same thing." He answered. "He's probably not feeling too good after being shot with all of those wooden bullets. How about we skip the awkward 'Who turned me' part and get to the good stuff. Tell me how I can be a daywalker?"
"Damon and I are the only ones that I know." I lied.
"But you're both a bit cagey on the how, which means that there is a way." He pointed out. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm quite the celebrity in this town. It would be very easy for me to expose you."
"You wanna know how to walk in the sun?" He asked.
"I do." He replied.
"Tough luck because you can't." I declared. "You should really think twice about who you threaten because I know all of the different ways to kill you."
I texted Rachel to meet me outside. As soon as we got there, I began to explain what happened.
"Okay, you were right. We need to kill him." I remarked. "It turns out that the vampire in question is Logan Fell."
"Well how are we going to kill him?" She questioned. "We obviously can't do it around all of these people."
"We'll get him away from all of these people." I explained before I noticed that the door opened and Elena came out.
"Is there anything that you wanted to tell me?" She asked.
"Okay, so I didn't tell you that Damon killed Logan." I admitted. "But he shot me and was prepared to kill me. I don't know who turned him into a vampire, but it wasn't Damon. We need to find him and kill him."
We went inside and met with Stefan before we began to look for him. Eventually, we decided to ask the first person that we saw, who happened to be Matt.
"Hey, have you seen Logan Fell, the news guy?"
"Yeah, he was giving Caroline a ride home." Matt explained. "What?"
I pointed to Rachel to stay with Elena to keep her there while Stefan and I went to look for her. He ended up calling Damon on the way. We found the car was stopped at a stop sign. It seemed a bit strange for a vampire to do when there clearly wasn't any traffic. I ripped him out of the car and threw him to the ground. At that point, Damon began shooting at him.
"Get her out of here." He told us.
Stefan grabbed her and I figured that they had the situation under control and headed back to the school. However, before I could go inside, I noticed that something was going on in the parking lot. I noticed that Mayor Lockwood had Jeremy and Tyler away from everyone else.
"What's going on here?" I asked. At the same time, Mr. Saltzman also appeared.
"I'm just letting this boys work things out." The mayor declared. "You can go back inside."
"I don't wanna go back inside." The teacher declared.
"What do you think gives you the right to talk to me like that?" Mayor Lockwood questioned. "Do I like one of your high school students?"
"No, you look like a fully-grown alpha male douchebag." Mr. Saltzman replied. That was awesome.
"You know I could have your job so you'd better watch how you address me." Mayor Lockwood responded.
"Then it would be me and you out here fighting to work things out." Mr. Saltzman retorted. "You cool with that?"
"Let's go Tyler." His father stated. I couldn't help but feel a bit more sympathy for Tyler than I did before.
"You are awesome." I told Mr. Saltzman with a smile.
I then realized that I needed to go inside. I found that Rachel had already gone home and Stefan was apparently heading home with Elena. I really hoped that she would be able to convince him to stay because I had exhausted all of my options.
I decided that I would see if I could get a chance to check on Tyler. I went back outside and saw him punch Jeremy in the face. I held the teenager to keep him from falling back.
"What is your problem?" I asked.
"I don't know." Tyler declared before he walked away. I then noticed a full moon behind him and was hit with a thought. Nah, it was probably just a coincidence.
I gave Jeremy a ride home before heading home myself and noticed tha Elena was speeding away from the house. I decided to follow after her on foot. I had a feeling that she would be going home and I thought about just going there, but I decided just to follow her. Suddenly, someone appeared in the middle of the road and didn't move. She tried to swerve to avoid him, but the car flipped over.
So Brandy witnessed the accident, but will Elena still end up going to Atlanta? Will Brandy end up going.? Please don't forget to review.