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"We're supposed to help build the Miss Mystic float for the Founder's Day parade. If we don't, I'll get the wrath of Caroline, but we wanted to check in first," I say to Damon on the phone. I put the phone on speaker so Elena can hear him.
"Well, I'm doing great, thanks for asking," Damon says.
"Checking on Stefan," Elena calls.
"Oh, him? Oh, he's... he's terrible," Damon says.
"What's the matter?" Elena asks, worried.
"He's just back to boring, straight-laced, off the junk. You've successfully cured him of anything that was interesting about his personality," Damon says and I chuckle.
"Don't forget who helped us," I say and Elena smiles at me.
"I hate myself. Did Uncle John mention anything to you about my field trip with you and the history teacher?" Damon asks.
"No. I'm still avoiding him," I say.
"We've got to go we're late," she says.
"Have fun with your Mystic queen sister, I know I do," Damon says.
I roll my eyes at him and hang up.
"Don't screw up," Alaric says to Tyler before he comes over to us.
"Hey Daddio," I say and Alaric gives me a look.
"Come with me. We need to talk," he says.
"Can I meet you later? Bonnie and Caroline are waiting on me," I say.
"Not really-" he says but I interrupt.
"I'll be right back," I say and walk away.
"I'm sorry I'm late," I say, "What do you think we should do Caroline?"
"You want my advice?" she asks.
"This is about friends coming together. You and I used to be friends. I'd like to come together again," I say and she nods happily.
"Let's reference last years Miss Mystic float," she says and types something in on her computer.
"This is what they did last year," she says and turns her computer to show us a picture, "and this is exactly what we don't want to do."
'That is yucktastic,' I think with a scowl.
"Ew. Okay! So, what are we doing?" Bonnie asks.
"I was thinking-" I start.
"Southern classic elegance," Caroline and I say at the same time. She looks at me and we smile at each other.
"Gone with the Wind?" Bonnie asks.
"How'd you know?" Caroline asks.
"You channel Scarlett, daily," Bonnie says.
"So true!" Caroline says.
"Okay. You guys have this, right?" I ask.
"Where are you going?" Caroline asks.
"I just have to go somewhere," I say and stand up.
I run to Alaric's classroom and see Damon entering the room.
"I'm here," I say.
"What's with all the furrowed brows?" Damon asks.
"I saw Isobel last night," Alaric says.
"Isobel is here?" he asks and Alaric nods, "In town?" he asks and looks at me.
"Did you ask her about Uncle John? Are they working together?" Damon asks.
"No," Alaric says.
"No, they're not?" I ask.
"No, I didn't ask," Alaric says.
"What about the invention?" Damon asks.
"Didn't ask," Alaric says.
"Did she know about the tomb vampires?" I ask.
"I don't know," Alaric says.
"Did words completely escape you?" Damon asks and I chuckle.
"No, I was a little too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions," Alaric says.
"What did she want?" I ask.
"She wants to see us, Meg," Elena says and I give her a look.
"Alaric is supposed to arrange a meeting. We don't know why or what she wants," Stefan says. Damon turns me around to face him.
"You don't have to see her if you don't want to," Damon says.
"We don't really have a choice," Elena says.
"She's threatened to go on killing spree," Alaric says. Damon gives me a confused look and I smirk at him.
"Oh! I take it that's not okay with you guys," Damon says and I chuckle.
"We want to do it. We want to meet her. If we don't, I know we'll regret it," Elena says.
"Speak for yourself. I refuse," I say and cross my arms over my chest.
"She's gonna kill people if we don't," Elena says and I throw my arms out.
"That's not something I care about," I say.
"What do you mean? How could you not care?" Elena asks.
"Let me say it slowly. I. Don't. Care," I say and turn around to leave.
"Meg, you have to see her," Stefan says.
"No, she doesn't," Damon says.
"She really only wants to see Elena the Doppelgänger," I say and walk out of the classroom.
I'm forced to come to the stupid meeting, no matter my objections. It's three against two; what can I do?
I look at my phone until a woman sits in front of us.
"Hello Meg and Elena. You look just like her, that's eerie," Isobel says, pointing to Elena.
"You've met Katherine?" Elena asks.
"She found me after I turned. Genetic curiosity, I suppose. She would be fascinated by you," Isobel says.
I see Elena looking at her neck and I look at it to see a necklace.
"Is that how you can walk in the day?" Elena asks.
"Katherine helped me obtain it," Isobel says.
"Just so we're clear here, Mommy Dearest," I sneer sarcastically, "I don't like you."
"Who's our father?" Elena asks, trying to draw attention away from my bluntness.
"Not important. They were teenage wastes of space," Isobel says.
"They?" Elena asks.
"Names would be nice," I say and glare at her.
"They would, wouldn't they? You two ask a lot of questions," Isobel says.
"Why did you compel that man to kill himself? Right after he told me to stop looking for you," Elena asks and I roll my eyes.
I look at Isobel to see her smirking at my attitude.
"Dramatic impact. I wish it would have been more effective," Isobel says.
"Human life means that little to you?" Elena asks.
"Means nothing to me. It's just part of being what I am," Isobel says.
"No, it's not. I know other vampires, that's not true," Elena says and I roll my eyes again.
"Your new boyfriend over there by the pool table? Stefan Salvatore. And you went for Damon," she says and looks at me, "Can't say you made the wrong choice."
"Why don't we, uh, skip catching up and you can tell us why you asked to meet us," I say.
"Because I'm curious about you. But the real reason is: I want what your uncle wants. Jonathan Gilbert's invention," Isobel says.
"How do you know our uncle?" I ask.
"I used to spend a lot of time here when I was younger. John had a crush on me for years. He was the first one that told me about vampires," she says.
"So what made you want to be one?" Elena asks.
"It's a very long list of reasons, Elena. All of which I'm sure you've both thought about," Isobel says.
'I don't think I can be a werewolf and vampire.'
"No," Elena says.
"That was your first lie. It's inevitable, you're going to get old, Stefan won't. Forever doesn't last very long when you're human," she says and I smirk.
I grab a fork and jam it into her hand. She yelps and looks at me in surprise.
"I've killed vampires much older and stronger than you. Watch yourself," I say and stand up.
I start to walk away and she grabs my arm. She tries to push me to sit down, so I grab her hand before snapping her wrist in half. She looks up at me like she suddenly understands something.
"We're not giving you the invention," I say and throw her wrist back at her.
"Then the blood will be on your hands," Isobel says and stands.
I smirk and push her forward.
"Well, I don't care how many people you kill, sweetheart. In fact," I say and grab a random waitress walking by; I think her name is Molly. "Let's start now."
I place my hands around her neck and go to twist, but Elena shrieks.
"Meg! Stop!" Elena screams and shoots up from her seat.
I roll my eyes and release the girl. She looks at me scared and I smile.
"I'm practicing being a serial killer for a play. Was that good?" I ask and she nods with a smile.
"It was great," she says and walks away.
"You know, even though Elena looks like Katherine, you're much more like her. It was nice meeting you two," Isobel says and walks away.
I look at Elena crying and walk away. When I exit the grill, Damon and Ric are standing near the door.
"Are you okay?" Damon asks.
"I... Can you get me out of here, Damon?" I ask, emotionless.
"Yeah. Come on," he says and puts his hand on my lower back.
He leads me to his car and helps me in. I stare straight forward at nothing.
"Where do you want me to take you?" Damon asks, but I just keep staring.
"O-kay..." he whispers and pulls out of the parking lot.
The car pulls up to the boarding house and Damon comes around to my side.
"Come on, Meg," he says and carries me out when I don't move.
He sits me on the couch and sits next to me. He takes my face in his hands and rubs it with his thumbs.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
"I'm scared, Damon," I whisper and he shakes his head.
"She's not going to hurt you. I won't let her..." he says and the words trail to a stop when I shake my head.
"Not of her," I whisper, "What's. Wrong. With. Me?"
"Nothing. It's going to be okay," he says.
"NO!" I scream and push his hands off of me. "You don't understand Damon! I was going to kill that girl just to prove a point! And I'm not scared because I have the power to do it!"
"Why are you scared?" he asks soothingly.
"I'm scared," I say then whisper, "Because I wanted to and I would've liked it."
"That's..." Damon says.
"Exactly," I say and squeeze my eyes shut.
His arms wrap around me and he pulls me into his lap. He runs a hand through my hair and I press my face into his chest. I try to cry but I can't, so I instead start laughing. Damon pulls me back and looks at me, worried.
"Why are you laughing?" he asks.
"B-ecause, I c-an't c-ry," I say through laughter.
"Meg, I think you should lay down," Damon says and gently pushes me to lay on the couch.
I grab him, so he falls on top of me, and I kiss him hungrily. He immediately kisses me back with equal force and lifts my legs around his waist.
"This is your solution to help a crying girl," Stefan says and we jerk apart, "Making out with her?"
I sit up and smooth my hair with my hands. Damon pulls me over to sit in his lap.
"If you want to get technical, she wasn't crying," Damon says.
"She's vulnerable and you're taking advantage of her," Stefan says.
"If anyone's taking advantage of anyone, it's her of me," Damon says and squeezes my side.
'If I start messing around with Damon again, maybe Stefan will go away.'
I place my head in the crook of Damon's neck and start kissing it, while Damon and Stefan keep talking. Stefan clears his throat and I turn my eyes to him without moving from my work.
"Could you not do that?" Stefan asks and Damon chuckles.
"You interrupted us, Stefan," Damon says and I make an 'mhm' in agreement.
"Well, take it upstairs please," Stefan.
Damon nods before picking me up and taking us upstairs.
"I'm hungry," I tell Damon as I pull the covers up farther.
"Then go get food," he says with an eye roll.
"Can't you get me some?" I ask with a pout.
"Oh, I've missed that damn pout," he says and surges forward to bite my lip. I push him back sassily and cross my arms.
"Go get me food, damn it!" I demand and he growls at me.
He jumps up and vamp-speeds away. I take this time to jump up and find my clothes. I throw them on and jump back into the warm covers. Damon walks in the room in his boxers and holds out a plate to me. I take it from his hands and see two sandwiches.
"Oh, so Mr. Vampire was hungry too?" I ask teasingly.
"He was," he says and sits next to me, "You wore me out."
"Mmm... You're welcome," I say and grab a sandwich from the plate.
"That one's mine actually..." he says and tries to grab it.
I quickly shove it in my mouth and take a bite.
"Mmm. Your sandwich is tasty," I say with a smirk.
He groans and picks up the other sandwich.
"Meg! Elena!" Jeremy calls out to us.
"Hey, have you seen Stefan? I need to find him," Elena asks from behind me.
"No, not lately. Listen, do you have a second?" he asks.
"Yeah. What's going on?" I ask.
"Well, it's Anna. I've left her all this messages and she hasn't gotten back to me, not even a text," Jeremy asks.
"Anna? I didn't know that you guys were still friends," Elena says.
"More than friends," I say with a smirk and Jeremy smiles at me.
"Look, something could be seriously wrong and if you know anything you've got to tell me," Jeremy says.
"I haven't talked to her, Jer," Elena says.
"Are you lying to me right now?" he asks.
"Why do you say that?" Elena asks.
"'Cause that's what you do. Lying. You lie about everything. I know what Anna is and I know that you know. So tell me, do you have any idea where she is?" he asks and I choke on my spit. I look at Elena and she looks shocked.
"No, but Jer…" she says and he starts walking away. "Jeremy wait!"
I turn around and Isobel is standing right behind us.
"Lady, take a hint," I say and roll my eyes.
"I'm your mother, Meg. I want to be more involved in your life," Isobel says.
"Yeah, we don't care what you want," I say.
"I understand that. You already have a lot of people that you care about, but I've been studying. Let's see if I got this right," she says and looks at Bonnie.
"There is Elena's witchy best friend, Bonnie. Gonna stay away from that one," she says and looks at Jeremy.
"Oh… sad little brother Jeremy," she says and turns to Caroline.
"And there's Caroline… obnoxious Caroline. I got all of my info from her by the way. She had no idea who I was and she wouldn't stop yapping. Oh…" she says and looks at Matt.
"And there's Matt, friend, who is both of yours ex. Lots of connection there," Isobel says.
"Stay away from Matt!" I grit out, "And get the hell out of here!"
"No, I have some friends here too. Look, you see that man over here, standing next to Matt by the Float? His name is Frank, he's very handsome and he's also quite handy and he'd noticed that the axles are a little rusty, which is very dangerous. So, all you have to do is apply a little bit of pressure and…" Isobel says.
"No!" Elena and I scream as Frank jumps on the trailer above Matt, crushing Matt's arm.
We both try to run for him, but Isobel grabs us.
"Get this trailer! Come on guys help me!" Matt screams in pain.
Tyler rushes to help him with some other guys and they try to remove the trailer. Stefan arrives to help and they remove the trailer. Matt gets free and Caroline rushes over to Matt, making me narrow my eyes at her.
"Caroline, call an ambulance," Stefan says.
"Why are you doing this?" Elena asks.
"I'm showing you how easy it is to hurt the people that you care about," Isobel says and I sneer at her.
"And you're doing this just because of Jonathan Gilbert's invention?" Elena asks.
"Hand it over and all will be stopped," she says.
"Damon is not going to give it to her," I say.
"Not her, but he'll give it to you," Isobel says, smirking at me.
"He'll kill you before he gives it up," I say.
"Is that before or after I kill your brother Jeremy?" she asks
I look around for Jeremy, but he's gone.
"Jeremy?" Elena and I call out.
"Jeremy?!" we say more frantically.
I keep searching around and notice Isobel is gone too. I give Elena a look before quickly walking over to Matt.
"The ambulance is saying in fifteen to twenty minutes," Caroline says.
"Matt, shit!" I say and stand next to him.
"I have my car. I can take him to the hospital," Tyler says.
"Meg can take me," he says.
"I didn't drive," I say with a frown.
"I'll wait. It's fine," Matt says.
"You will not wait okay?! You need to see a doctor, Tyler is driving. End of story," Caroline says and I glare at her.
"I don't think anyone asked you," I say.
"You don't even get a say. Where have you been?" she asks with a glare.
"None of your damn business. And I do get a say. Matt's my boy-" I start but cut myself off, "Matt's my friend."
I look at Matt to see him looking at me sadly. I quickly look away from him and glare at Caroline.
"Girls!" Tyler yells.
"Go get your car!" Caroline orders and he walks off.
"Is that all you can do?" I ask, "Boss people around?"
"Shut up!" she says.
"There you go again," I say.
"I thought you wanted to be friends," she says and I open my mouth to reply.
"Meg!" Elena yells and I look over to see her standing with Bonnie and Stefan.
I look back to Matt and Caroline and sigh.
"I have to go," I say.
"Matt's hurt and you're leaving?" Caroline asks.
I lock eyes with Matt and say, "Sorry, Matt. But I have an errand to run. I'm sure you won't condemn me for it."
He looks apologetic and reaches for my hand. I quickly step back and start walking over to Elena. I hear Matt let out a sigh of sadness.
"Where is the device?" Bonnie asks.
"Damon has it. He's going to be difficult to reason with," Stefan says.
"We'll go to him. I'll talk to him," I say.
"He's not just gonna hand it over, especially if it's harmful to vampires," Stefan says.
"What if it's not?" Elena says and we share looks with each other.
"Absolutely not," Damon says.
"Just listen please," I say.
"I'm not gonna give the device to Isobel, so she could give it to John, who is going to turn it to kill me. I like being a living dead person," Damon says and I smirk in amusement.
"But it'll be useless, Bonnie can take its power away," Elena says and Damon looks at me.
"I don't trust her," he says.
'Me neither.'
"I can remove the original spell," Bonnie says.
"John and Isobel will never know," Elena says.
"No, I'll get Jeremy in my own way," Damon says.
"Really? How are you going to do that? Because Isobel is a vampire and Jeremy could be dead the second you walk in the door," Stefan asks.
"Are you even up for this? I mean no offense, you're no Emily Bennett. Emily knew what she was doing," Damon says.
"I've been practicing," Bonnie says.
"It's not piano lessons, honey," Damon says. I snort in laughter and Damon smirks at me.
"What's your favorite book?" Bonnie asks.
"What?" Damon asks.
"Name a book, any book," she says.
"Name a book… How about 'Call of the Wild', Jack London?" Damon asks.
Bonnie turns and looks at the library. A book flies and lands in Damon's hands and he looks at it.
"Jack London. Great parlor trick," Damon says.
"We're doing this, Damon. And we're doing it my way. Now give me the device. We're wasting time!" Elena says and I roll my eyes facing Damon.
He chuckles mockingly at her and turns to Bonnie.
"I don't trust you, I tried to kill you," he says.
"You're right, you can't trust me," Bonnie says.
"But you can trust me," Elena says and Damon scoffs.
"Meg, what do you think?" Damon asks, looking at me.
"I think we need to get my brother back and the device is the only way to get him," I say and he sighs.
He sticks his hand in his pocket and hands Bonnie the device.
"Thank you," Elena says.
"I didn't do it for you," he says and moves to stand behind me.
Elena looks at us curiously and I raise an eyebrow at her. She shakes her head and looks away.
Bonnie has Emily's spell book with the device next to it.
"Done," Bonnie says and gives the device to Elena.
"Great, now what?" Damon asks.
"Now we give it to Isobel," Elena says.
"Where is the device?" Isobel asks.
"Where is our brother?" I ask.
"This isn't a negotiation. Where is the invention?" Isobel asks.
"Where is our brother?" Elena repeats.
"Do you really think that I came alone?" she asks and I look back to see two people have come up behind us.
"Did you really think that we came alone?" I ask and Damon and Stefan arrive behind Isobel.
She looks at them, "For god sakes, call home."
"What?" Elena asks.
"Call home and ask to speak to your brother Jeremy," Isobel says.
Elena takes out her phone and dials home.
"Hello?" Jeremy answers and I sigh in relief.
"Jeremy, are you okay?" Elena asks.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, Uncle John hit his head. It was an accident," Jeremy says.
"We're all laughing," Jenna says in the background.
"But yeah, I'm okay," Jeremy says.
"We'll be home soon, alright?" she says.
"Yeah," Jeremy says and hangs up the phone.
"You were never gonna hurt him," Elena says, like she's just discovered something.
Isobel and I scoff, causing me to scowl at the synchronization.
"No, she was going to kill him. Don't look for any redeeming qualities in this piece of filth. She doesn't have any," I sneer.
"But you took a risk with Damon. How did you know that he was gonna give it to her?" Elena asks.
"Because he's in love with her," Isobel says and smirks at me.
Elena hands her the device and there is a long pause.
"Thank you," I say.
"For what?" Isobel says, confused.
"For being such a monumental disappointment. It keeps the memory of our real mother perfectly intact," I say and Elena chuckles.
"Goodbye, Elena and Meg," Isobel says and I flip her the bird.
"Good riddance, bitch," I say and she speeds off.
Stefan and Damon walk over and Stefan hugs Elena. I look at Damon, who is standing there awkwardly, and hold out my arms.
"What? No hug?" I ask and he chuckles before wrapping his arms around me.
"Jeremy we have to talk about all this," I hear Elena say as I sit on my bed reading a book. I mark my page and sit it down.
"No, we really don't," Jeremy says.
"I don't know what Anna told you but there are things that you need to know," Elena says.
"Yeah? Because I'm pretty sure that Meg already covered it," he sneers and I flinch.
"Meg told you?" she asks.
"And read your journal. But save me the speech about invasion of privacy because I read a section about Damon erasing my memory, about what happened to Vicki," he says and I raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"Jeremy, please, you don't understand. The night that Vicki died, it was like mom and dad died all over again. It was all over your face and it hurt so much to see you like that. We just wanted to take away your pain. I'm so sorry," Elena says.
"Get out!" Jeremy screams.
"No, Jeremy," she says.
"Elena! Just get out. Please," he says.
"Jer, I..." she says, but a door slamming interrupts her.
'Why did he take it like that? When him and I talked, he was calm,' I think confused.
Elena suddenly bursts into my room with a scowl on her face.
"You told Jeremy?" she asks.
"He asked me. What was I supposed to do? Lie?" I ask.
"You were supposed to talk to me first," she says.
"Why? You had already made it clear you wanted him to remain as ignorant as possible. Hell, you'd still have him not know if it wasn't for Anna. Well, newsflash princess: you can't control everyone," I say, standing up.
"What are you talking about?" she asks.
"You thought if you yelled at Damon, he'd do what you say. Elena, Damon doesn't like you," I say and she frowns.
"I'm sure he does," she says.
"No, you annoy him. He's told me so. Damon is my best friend, Elena. I finally have something that's mine and you will not take it from me again," I say.
"Where is this coming from?" she asks.
"Life experience," I say and push her out of my room.
I squeeze my eyes shut and sigh before deciding to go downstairs.
John is on the couch when I walk downstairs and his phone rings. I hide behind a wall and listen to the conversation.
"Hello?" he says.
"On your doorstep you'll find what you've been looking for," Isobel says.
'The device.'
"And my ring?"
"Don't screw this up. You know what you have to do, John," she says.
I hear the front door open.
"I got it. I won't fail," he says.
"You better not. Katherine wants all of those tomb vampires dead, and I want to add two more to that list," she says and I narrow my eyes.
I peek around the corner to see John holding an envelope and putting the Gilbert ring on his finger.
"Let me guess," John says.
"Stefan and Damon. I don't want this life for them," Isobel says.
"That was always part of the plan. Consider them gone," he says and I smirk evilly.
'Not part of my plan, dick.'
"They're our daughters, John. We owe that to them," Isobel says.
"I know," he says and hangs up the phone.
'Our daughters? John's our dad? He's probably Elena's dad, because he hates the supernatural.'
I shake my head and run into the kitchen. I grab a knife from the counter and lean against the counter hiding the knife behind me.
"Jenna? Uncle John?" I call out.
"Meg?" he asks and comes into the kitchen.
I smirk at him and he raises his eyebrows.
"You know I'm not your kid right?" I ask and he looks surprised.
"Who told you I was your father?" he asks.
"Isobel. Actually, she told me you weren't my father," I say, "That's gotta sting, huh?"
"Meg," he says and walks towards me.
"I'm mean technically we aren't related at all," I say as he stops in front of me, "So, I have no problem threatening you. Well, even if we were related I'd have no problem with it."
"What are you talking about?" he asks and I show him the knife in my hand.
I trail the blade along his chest and he looks nervous.
"Put that down," he says.
"If you kill Damon and/or Stefan, I'll have no problem killing anyone in this town," I say, "Who should we start with, hmm?"
"This isn't who you want to be, Meg. Threatening people. Put the knife down," he says, but doesn't move.
"Oh. I already am this. I'm showing Isobel how easy it is to hurt the people that she uses as toys," I say and I cut a large slice into the arm with his ring on.
He quickly grabs a rag and places it over the. I throw the knife on the table behind him.
"What the hell, Meg?!" he says and I roll my eyes at him.
"That looks pretty nasty. Might need stitches," I say and walk past him. I walk out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
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