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Why Oh Why Did I Choose Here!
SUMMARY: Once Buffy has returned from the dead, she has realized that the Hell-Mouth is eating away at her soul. She contacts the Council, and they finally do something right. Please read for more info. Rating is because of language and possible future scenes.
PREVIOUSLY ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, Elena is sitting in her bedroom waiting for Stefan to appear.
"It is about time you got back here. Where have you been at?" Elena questioned her boyfriend.
"I had to deal with Damon. He had some stuff to talk to me about." Stefan Salvatore stated with a shrug.
"Well, maybe next time you could give me a call? I was worried." Elena said, as she tried to make it sound sweet and caring.
"Elena, what on earth has gotten into you? Ever since last week, you have been changing from the girl that I had fallen in love with." Stefan finally had spoken up about the changes that everyone had noticed.
"I have no clue to what you are talking about. All I know, is the Katherine said I need to be more assertive in getting what I want. And what I want right now, is for that new little Founding Poser to get out of my town. If you can not handle that, then I suggest that you leave Stefan. I have decided to not let anyone get in my way." Elena stated, as she stormed out of her room.
A/N: I would like to thank everyone for the reviews. I am not used to writing chapters that are as long as readers may be used to. I am working in it. I would like to state that Buffy series is set just after she was resurrected, and Vampire Diaries will be set before Klaus's ritual. This is only my second story, and I am still trying to find my niche.
Chapter 13
While everyone was finishing with their nights in Mystic Falls, just on the outskirts of town at an abandoned farmhouse sat a very frightened girl that was being held against her will.
"You will not get away with this! My friends will figure out what is going on! Why are you doing this to me?" The frightened girl that looked a lot like Elena asked her captors.
"You see, you are pretty much just a means to an end for us, Katerina has bigger plans for you. Once her plans are put into place, you will be out of our custody. Would you please just be quiet, and just accept your fate? Rose and myself have been running for our lives for over 500 years. That is a long time even for us, and we will not let anything or anyone stop us from getting our freedom from Klaus. What is just a few more weeks to you?" The man that the real Elena had found out was named Trevor.
'What am I going to do? Will I ever see my family or friends again?' Elena was asking herself in her head, as she laid down on to dusty furniture to get some rest.
Meanwhile back in Mystic Falls, near the now empty tomb.
"At least I picked the best place to make my office of sorts. The biggest part pf my plan is waiting on Elijah to get here to help us fight Klaus. I really hope that it is soon, because this damn Illusion Charm that I have on myself is draining rather quickly. Ever since that Summers chick had arrived into town, all of my power seems to be going with her. I really need her gone." The Elena look alike, now known as Katerina stated with an evil smirk on her face.
Back at the Merryweather house, Buffy began to wake up to her alarm at 7:00 in the morning.
"I guess that I should get up. I still have tons of stuff to do. At least I had already brought up the luggage for the room." Buffy said to herself, as she walked into the walk-in closet to grab the rest of her bathroom items to take a shower.
'I will have some of the dried fruit that was in the pantry for breakfast. That way I will not have to leave the house for a bit. After that, I will take my weapon's trunk downstairs to the basement, so I can start setting up my training room area.' Buffy mused to herself, as she got out of the shower.
Once she was fully clothed, Buffy made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
Once she arrived in the kitchen, Buffy began to test all of the appliances to see what she would need to replace.
"Fridge works. That is a plus. I can actually go shopping for food today. That way I will not have to keep eating out. Stove is electric, but very out dated. I should look into getting a new one. Also, the dishwasher is extremely out dated as well. At least it has one though. I should also look into getting new counter tops too, along with some new floors for the kitchen. Yes! There is a coffee pot. I wonder if it works? Only one way to find out Buffy. Because I am 85% certain that I saw some coffee in the pantry. It may not be fresh, but it will hold me over until I can get some new." Buffy was talking to herself, as she was walking through the kitchen taking inventory of everything.
Once Buffy grabbed the coffee from the pantry, she found a cup in one of the cabinets to use once the coffee was ready.
'At least the water, trash pick-up, and electricity is all covered in the same bill.' Buffy thought to herself, as she turned the faucet on to fill the coffee pot up to make her coffee.
After she got the coffee started, Buffy grabbed some of the fruit to eat, and began to make her way downstairs to the basement.
Once downstairs, Buffy easily found the room that she was in yesterday when the water heater was lit.
Buffy quickly noticed that this room must have been the utility room, because there was also a washer and dryer in the room as well.
"I will have to update these as well. They look like they are from the freaking 70's or 80's." Buffy said offhandedly, as she walked out of the utility room and continued down the winding hallway.
As Buffy was going down the different halls, she took note of all the different rooms that were down there that had no windows.
"I guess that if I ever had Angel or Spike over for a visit, I can always make these special bedrooms for them while they are here. I will have to think on that idea." Buffy said, as she continued on with checking out the basement.
After following down the winding corridors, Buffy came to a room that had no door, and an open floor plan.
Once she turned on the light, Buffy was quite pleased with what she was looking at.
"OMG! Look at this place. It is so awesome. Dawnie will love this place when she visits." Buffy said, as she was looking around the room that she has already designated the Entertainment Room.
Buffy saw a Big Screen TV that is hooked up to a VCR and DVD player. A couple of gaming systems that are on the shelf ready for play. A large bookshelf that is covered from head to toe with any board game that you could think of. Another large bookshelf that holds movies galore. VHS and DVD's alike. Off to the side, Buffy noticed that there was a fully stocked mini kitchen and bar.
"Awesome!" Buffy squeaked aloud, before continuing on with her perusal of the room.
Near one of the back corners of the best-est room by far in Buffy's opinion, held a Pool Table with a complete set of Pool Cues and chalk. Also, in the corner directly across the room in the opposite corner, stood a fully stocked Air Hockey Table.
"BEST ROOM EVER! If I decide to stay here, it will be for this room alone." Buffy said, as she decided that it was time to keep going along with her tour of the basement.
Sadly, Buffy exited the room, and made her way down the rest of the hallway.
After taking the final turn, Buffy walked the rest of the way to the only available room along this corridor.
Buffy had easily found the light switch to the last room, and was pleased to find that it would be perfect for her training room. It had an open concept like the Entertainment Room, but was a lot larger and completely empty for her to mold into her own.
"This will do nicely I think. I think that I will go ahead and bring the trunk on down here later. That way I won't forget about it later. I will need to add a secure door with a lock down here though. That way nobody will wander in here that I do not want. I will need to get the door up before anything else. Something else to add to the to do list." Buffy said, as she began to turn around and make her way back upstairs to get a cup of coffee.
Once Buffy had her cup of coffee, she took a look at her watch and noticed that it was already 8:30 in the morning. Buffy decided that she wanted to look out at the view of the front window, so she went into the room that she stayed in the first night, and just sat down on the couch enjoying her cup of coffee.
'Not to bad for being older coffee.' Buffy thought to herself, as her mind began to wander away.
Meanwhile, the two Original Brothers were taking a stroll in the middle of the towns square.
"Well Brother? What do you think of the progress of the town since we have been gone?" Elijah asked his younger Brother, as they took a seat waiting for the Mayor to arrive.
"It has come quite far Elijah. I am actually happy being back here. Funny isn't it? Me actually having happy emotions." Niklaus asked his older Brother.
"They were always there Niklaus. Only hidden behind all of the in-fighting between us. I really want to change that." Elijah stated seriously, causing his Brother to look at him in shock.
"So, this truce between the two of us is for real then?" Niklaus asked questionably.
"Yes it is Niklaus. I want our family back to the way that it was. As soon as we are finished with your curse, I want to start looking for Mikael. That way we can bring our siblings back." Elijah stated, just before they were pulled out of their conversation by a middle-aged woman approaching them.
"Hello, and welcome to Mystic Falls. Am I safe to assume that you gentlemen are the Mikelson's?" The overly friendly woman asked.
"Yes Mam. I am Elijah, and this is my Brother Nik. I take it that you are Mayor Lockwood I presume?" Elijah responded, instantly deciding on shortening Niklaus's name in case word of Niklaus has broken through to here.
"Yes, of course how rude of me. Carol Lockwood at your service gentlemen. Are the two of you by chance content for right now here in town?" Mayor Lockwood asked the two visitors standing in front of her.
"For the time being we are. Has something transpired since the last time we have talked?" Elijah had asked in response.
"No, not really. However, I have not had the chance to speak to the owner of the house I had in mind for you yet. There was a slight mishap last night at one of our functions, and the young lady who I had in mind to speak with about it was highly insulted by one of our residents. Myself and another are about to head over there to try and rectify the situation, and approach her with this arrangement. It really should not take that long, but I just wanted to tell you what was going on once I noticed that you were already over here. I didn't want you to think that I was just abandoning the two of you." Mayor Lockwood stated sincerely.
"That should be just fine. Once you are able to ascertain approval or not, please notify us so we can meet you at the appropriate address." Elijah stated, as he handed Mayor Lockwood a fake Business Card that carried all of the fake information that he had told her for them being there in the first place. The only real thing being his cellular phone number.
"Of course. That is not a problem at all. I am very sorry about the delay. I will see the two of you shortly. Enjoy the town." Mayor Lockwood stated, as she began to walk away towards Bonnie Bennett, who was standing next to the Mayor's car.
Elijah and Niklaus were both watching in the direction that the Mayor was walking towards.
"Elijah, isn't that a Bennett Witch that is next to the Mayor?" Niklaus voiced the question that was in his head.
"Yes, I believe that it is Niklaus. I assure you Brother, that I am not trying to set you up here. She is the main reason as to why I sent the Martins here in the first place. Her grandmother was the one that was showing her the craft, but Sheila Bennett passed away. I have asked the Martins to keep an eye on her to make sure that the magic does not consume the young girl." Elijah stated, as the two began to walk towards the restaurant across the street.
"I guess that it would be a good idea to have some breakfast before heading to our future temporary home here in Mystic Falls Brother." Niklaus stated, as they approached the doors to the restaurant.
Meanwhile, back at the Merryweather Plantation.
Buffy took a glance at her watch, and realized that it was now almost 9:30 in the morning.
"I guess that I should actually do something productive today." Buffy said to herself, as she stood up to take her mug back to the kitchen.
Once she placed her mug into the sink, Buffy heard a horn honk at her gate.
'I really need to get the intercom here hooked up. That way I can answer from here. I guess that I should head up to the gate to check it out.' Buffy thought to herself, as she walked out of her house to make her way up the driveway.
Once Buffy had made it the main gate, she recognized the Mayor's car on the other side.
"Carol? What can I do for you this morning? I thought that I was going to go by your house this afternoon?" Buffy asked the Mayor, once she had opened the gate.
"That was the plan Elizabeth, however, there has been a slight change you see. Would it be alright if we head on up to the house? There are a few things that I want to go over with you this morning." Mayor Lockwood asked Buffy, as she was pointing up to the house.
"Of course. How rude of me. Please, go on up, and I will be there in just a couple of minutes." Buffy said, as she saw the Mayor walk back to her car.
"Miss. Summers? Would it be alright if I walk back up with you?" Buffy heard the passenger ask, as she realized that it was Bonnie Bennett who asked.
"Miss. Bennett, I think that we should just wait until we make it up to the house." Mayor Lockwood stated, as she tried to ease Buffy's possible tension with the young teenager.
"It's fine Carol. I don't mind. It may be nice to talk to her." Buffy said, as she waved the Bennett Witch over to her side of the car.
"Alright. I will see you guys up at the house." Mayor Lockwood said, as she began to drive up the driveway.
As the two girls began their walk back to the house, Buffy decided that it was best to get through all of the crazy.
"How much of my life did you see Bonnie?" Buffy asked the young witch, getting straight to the point.
"A bunch, but the flashes came from different time periods. One of the last ones that I had were of you digging your way out of your grave. At first I thought that you were a Vampire, but then I heard people from your life flashes call you a Slayer. I just want to say how sorry I am. This kind of happens from time to time. I really do not have control over it. I want you to know that I have not told a soul of what I had seen, and I have no plans to do so either." Bonnie finished her own version of a babble.
"Thanks Bonnie. I appreciate that a whole lot. I am actually trying to leave that part of my life behind me. I realize that it will come out eventually living in a town filled with Vampires and Werewolves, but it doesn't hurt to keep the quiet life for now. I promise that I won't tell anyone that you are a witch either." Buffy said, as the two kept walking along the path.
"You know?" Bonnie asked Buffy in a shocked manner.
"Of course I do. I could sense them the second I met them. It comes along with the Slayer package." Buffy said.
"What is a Slayer exactly?" Bonnie asked full of curiosity.
"Tell you what. Since we are almost to the house now, how about we get together soon and you can ask me all the questions that you want. What do you say?" Buffy asked Bonnie.
"That sounds great. Only if you are up to it though?" Bonnie questioned back.
"It is not a problem. It would be good for me to talk to someone about it, and since you have already seen many parts of it, it will be easier for you to believe." Buffy said, as she and Bonnie made it to the front door and the waiting Mayor.
"Everything alright dears?" Mayor Lockwood asked, as the girls joined her under the front awning.
"Everything is great Carol. I think that Bonnie and I will be the best of friends. Let's head inside and have this talk. Shall we?" Buffy said, as she opened the door wide to silently invite her guests to the house.
Now that Bonnie knew that Buffy knew about Vampires, she was actually really shocked at how naturally she pulled off the invitation without actually inviting them inside.
'Not many people could pull that off so flawlessly.' Bonnie thought to herself with a laugh.
"Thank you Elizabeth. How are you doing today? I want to tell you how sorry I am about last night. I am not quite sure as to what has gotten into Miss. Gilbert as of late, but nonetheless, I am really sorry." Mayor Lockwood stated, as she took a seat on the uncovered couch in the parlor.
"Yeah, Elena does not normally act like that. I am not sure what is going on with her, but believe me when I say that Caroline and myself will get to the bottom of it." Bonnie added, before she added, "And again, I am really sorry for freaking you out. I hope I did not scare you too much?" Bonnie ended with a question.
"Not at all Bonnie. I am all of the good. What do you have there Carol?" Buffy asked, as she turned towards the Mayor, and noticed a manila folder on her lap.
"These are actually all of the permits that you will need for the construction of the Warehouse dear. I just figured that I would drop them off since I have some other things that I wanted to talk to you about." Mayor Lockwood stated, as she handed the folder over to Buffy.
"Thank you Carol. What else can I help you with this morning?" Buffy asked the Mayor, thinking that it is going to be something astronomical.
"You see dear," The Mayor began, but took a slight pause before continuing on. "Mystic Falls is going to be hosting a rather prominent potential family for a while, but due to reasons concerning my son, I am unable to host them as I had planned. What I am going to be asking of you is a rather large favor on my part." Mayor Lockwood drifted off, not sure how to finish. Luckily for her, Buffy was quick on the uptake.
"Let me take a shot in the dark here. You would like to know if I would be able to put them up until they are able to make their minds up. How many are there going to be?" Buffy asked for clarification.
"As of right now Elizabeth, it is just 2 young men. Brothers I believe. The eldest is a Historical Researcher, and he is doing research on our town. It may even be better here for them anyways, due to the fact that the Merryweather Library here is the best for the type of History of our town that they will be looking for. If you do not want to do this, I will not hold it against you at all. I just thought that after my own home, Merryweather Plantation is the next home that has the kind of size that will be needed." Mayor Lockwood finished, feeling rather hopeful of the outcome.
"If you do not mind me asking Carol, but what problems with Tyler are there that you can not host the newcomers?" Buffy asked, wanting to know the reason behind the request.
"In all honesty Elizabeth, Tyler was not liking the fact that two younger men would be living in the house for a indeterminable amount of time so soon after his father's death." Mayor Lockwood answered in half truths.
"How long would they be here for, and what would I have to do?" Buffy asked the Mayor her last question.
"That I am not 100% certain of. Just until they have determined if they will be staying permanently or after they are done with their research. If they want to move here with their family, it will be until they are able to find something suitable. From what I gather it is a larger family of orphaned siblings. As for what you will have to do Elizabeth, I don't really see it being that much. They are both old enough to take care of themselves once they are familiar with the area." Mayor Lockwood ended, hoping that with the orphan line Buffy would show her mother's kindness.
As Buffy was thinking on the matter, Bonnie jumped in to try and help the Mayor out a bit.
"I would be more than happy to come by at anytime after school and stuff to help you with your visitors. I would also like the chance to get to know you better as well Miss. Summers." Bonnie ended her piece.
"Bonnie, please call me Elizabeth. I would really like that too. I may even be able to help you with your dizzy spells by teaching you different forms of meditation. I will help you out Carol on one condition. If at anytime I feel overwhelmed with my new guests, you are to find them somewhere else to stay. That is the only way that I will help you today." Buffy stated firmly, wishing that she was not making a huge mistake.
'At least I will not be alone anymore.' Buffy thought to herself, before asking her last question. "When should I expect them here?"
"They are actually in town at the moment. They are waiting on my call to give them the address here." Mayor Lockwood stated, slightly ashamed of herself for backing Elizabeth into a corner.
"I see. I guess that you better make the call then Carol. As soon as they get here, I am going to have to go into town to get some groceries. I still have not been yet, and now I will have to get more. I guess I can take my new guests with me, that way I can be sure to things that they would like. As soon as I show you guys out, I will star uncovering the furniture I guess. I will talk to you guys later, but I need to get busy. Try to stay out of trouble Bonnie." Buffy finished her babble, as everyone stood up walking towards the door.
"Bye Elizabeth, and I will see you around." Bonnie said, as she shocked Buffy by giving her a hug.
"Yes, thank you Elizabeth. You are a lifesaver. I will see you around, and good luck with the Warehouse plans." Mayor Lockwood ended, shocking Buffy too with a hug as they got into the Mayor's car and drove away.
'I guess I will need a couple of gate remotes then. I might as well leave the thing open for when the new arrivals get here.' Buffy thought, as she decided to start uncovering all the furniture on the ground floor waiting for the guests.
Meanwhile, across town at the Grill.
"Do you really believe that the Mayor will be able to convince somebody to allow 2 complete strangers access to their home before nightfall?" Niklaus asked his older Brother.
"You would be surprised at the amount of goodwill there is in most humans Niklaus. I would even make a friendly wager with you Brother. What do you say, $500.00 stating that the Mayor will phone before noon? Are you in Niklaus?" Elijah asked his Brother.
"So, let's say that the Mayor phones at 12:01 pm, I would win $500.00 free and clear? How can I resit making easy money. You are on Brother. Nobody is that goodhearted Elijah." Niklaus stated, as he took a drink of his coffee.
As Elijah and Niklaus were finishing their breakfast, Elijah had heard the unmistakable sound of his phone ringing in his pants pocket.
"Look at that Nik. Well before 12:00 I should say." Elijah stated, before answering his phone. "Hello, This is Elijah Mikelson."
All the while, Niklaus was rolling his eyes at his Brothers theatrics.
"Mr. Mikelson, this is Carol Lockwood. I just wanted to let you know that I have acquired you a place to stay. I am just leaving here now, but I will forward you the address so you can make your way there. If there are any problems, feel free to let me know. You and your brother have a nice evening. Goodbye Mr. Mikelson." Mayor Lockwood finished, just before she ended the call.
With no delay once the call was terminated, the familiar tone of a text message came through loud and clear with the address.
"I must say dear Brother, that I will have to give you an IOU. I do not seem to have that much cash on me at the moment. Are you going to actually make me pay you?" Niklaus asked Elijah, as the two of them stood up to pay their check to leave.
"I'm not quite certain yet. I will get back to you." Elijah said with a large amount of amusement behind it.
"Let's get going. I want to see as to whom the Mayor would think was a suitable replacement would be. I mean really? The Mayor must be all kinds of unbalanced, if she thinks just handing us off makes a great first impression. I do not care what excuses she had supplied. It just isn't done." Niklaus mused, as they began to drive to the given address.
Meanwhile back at the Merryweather Plantation, Buffy was working rather hard trying to get the house ready.
Once all of the covers had been removed, Buffy had realized that she had yet to see any of the outer buildings on the property. Garage included.
As Buffy took a look at her watch, she figured that she had enough time to at least take a look in there.