Eleanor Gilbert
Chapter 21 – Isobel
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So, second to last chapter. I hope you guys have enjoyed his story, I will be getting up season 2 as soon as possible.
Disclaimer: I do not take credit for any of the characters, except for my OC, I do not take credit for the plot lines.
I didn't get any responses about including Lexi in the story. I really want to, so I might introduce her in season 2 unless there are any objections.
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Ellie POV
"Oh, sorry." I apologised as I walked into Elena's bedroom, noticing that she was on the phone.
"I'm checking on Stefan, Damon." Elena sighed.
"What's the matter?" Her voice rose two octaves, fear lacing her tone.
"Don't forget who helped me." Elena smiled languidly.
I sat on the end of Elena's bed, waiting for her to finish her sentence.
"No. I'm still been avoiding him. Why? What's he up to?" Elena furrowed her eyebrows.
"I've got to go I'm late." Elena rolled her eyes at Damon's last comment before she ended the call.
"Damon said hello." Elena told me, raising to her feet and walking towards her closet.
"He did? I'll have to respond when I talk to him later. Are you ready to go?" I asked, Elena nodded.
"Doesn't matter whether I am or not, if we aren't there on time I do not want to face the wrath of Caroline." I laughed at Elena's comment. It was true, you did not want to get on the wrong side of Caroline when she was on a mission.
After saying goodbye to Jenna and Jeremy, Elena and I headed over to the school.
"There's Stefan." Elena pointed to the bench Stefan was sitting at as she climbed out of the car.
"Hi." Stefan greeted as we walked over.
"You ready to paint and have fun?" I asked sarcastically, I wasn't happy I had been lured into painting floats for the Founders' parade on a Saturday.
"Of course." Elena laughed. Stefan took her hand and they walked at a leisurely pace into the building, I followed behind them.
When we walked into the school hall, it was full of people doing different activities and taking part.
"Hey Mr. Saltzman." Elena greeted as we walked into the centre of the room.
"Come with me. We need to talk." Alaric said quickly, gesturing for us to follow him out of the hall. The three of us looked at each other before following.
"What's happened?" I asked as Alaric closed his classroom door behind us.
"Isobel was here last night. She approached me at the grill." Alaric started, I watched my sisters mouth gape.
"I'm sorry, she what?" Elena furrowed her eyebrows.
"I was sitting in the grill last night and she approached me. She wants to see you, both of you." Alaric looked between Elena and me. Why?
"Why does she want to see me? I'm not her daughter?" I asked, confused. Alaric shrugged.
"I have no idea, maybe she's just interested in the fact that you are both doppelgängers?" Alaric suggested. I titled my head to the side, contemplating his suggestion quietly. I looked up when the classroom door opened and Damon walked in.
"Damon, thanks for coming." Damon nodded.
"Sorry I'm late. My dog ate my uh... never mind." Damon smirked, walking to my side. He looked at Stefan and Elena, his look turned to one of confusion.
"What's with all the furrowed brows?"
"I saw Isobel last night." Alaric explained.
"Isobel is here?" Alaric nodded.
"In town?" Damon asked, Alaric nodded again, turning to face Elena.
"Did you ask her about John? Are they working together?" Damon asked his first question.
"No." Ric shook his head.
"No, they're not?"
"No, I didn't ask." Alaric replied.
"What about the invention?"
"Didn't ask." Alaric responded.
"Did she know about the tomb vampires?"
"I don't know." Alaric cried.
"Did words completely escape you?" A look of frustration crossed Damon's face as he turned to look at Alaric.
"No, I was a little too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions." Alaric said to Damon, annoyance evident in his voice.
Damon turned to face Stefan and Elena, I did too.
"What did she want?" He asked.
"She wants to see us, Damon." Elena responded.
"Us?" Damon asked, he was obviously confused.
"Elena and me." I clarified.
"But why? What is she going to get from meeting you as well as Elena?" Damon asked as he turned to face me.
My answer was a shrug.
"Alaric is supposed to arrange a meeting. We don't know why or what she wants." Stefan said, Damon turned to face Elena.
"You don't have to see her if you don't want to, either of you." He took a step closer to me as he spoke. I looked at him, surprised by the sudden sensitivity and care for my sister. Although I wasn't surprised for the care for me, I smiled.
"We don't really have a choice…" Elena trailed off.
"She's threatened to go on killing spree."
"Oh! I take it that's not okay with you guys?" Damon smirked and looked around the group.
"I want to do it. I want to meet her. If I don't, I know I'll regret it. Ellie on the other hand, I don't want you there." Elena turned to face me, Stefan and Damon nodded in agreement.
"If she wants to see the two of us and is threatening to go on a killing spree, I don't really have a choice either." I answered grimly. We all looked amongst each other, the same hallowed expression on all of our faces.
"So, when are we doing this?" Damon asked, crossing his arms across his chest.
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"You're sure you want to do this?" Elena asked me as we sat down at an empty table in the grill.
"I don't want to do anything, but I'm here for you." I put my hand on top of hers and she smiled gratefully.
"Plus, it helps that help is nearby." She added quietly, shooting a quick glance to Stefan who was standing by the pool table.
"Can you hear us? Thanks for coming, I'm nervous." Elena looked up at Stefan, smiling meekly. Stefan smiled and nodded.
"I'm happy that you're here. I love you." Elena squeezed my hand and the two of us looked up when the chair opposite was pulled out, scratching across the wooden floorboards.
"Hello. You look just like them, that's eerie." I furrowed my eyebrows. You come face to face with your daughter for the first time and that's the thing you said?
"You've met Katherine? How do you know Alexandria, she's dead?" Elena asked, confused.
"Katherine found me after I turned. Genetic curiosity, I suppose. She would be fascinated by you. As for the other one, I've seen pictures." Isobel replied coolly. I looked at Elena, her facial expression remained confused, her eyes on the necklace hanging around Isobel's neck.
"Is that how you can walk in the day?" I pointed at the necklace, Isobel looked down and nodded.
"Katherine helped me obtain it." She clarified.
"Who's my father?" Elena asked quickly, Isobel's expression remained impassive.
"Not important. He was a teenage waste of space." Isobel answered bitterly.
"A name would be nice."
"It would, wouldn't it? You ask a lot of questions." Isobel's head tilted to one side as she analysed Elena.
"Why did you compel that man to kill himself? Right after he told us to stop looking for you." I asked her, Isobel turned to face me.
"Dramatic impact. I wish it would have been more effective." My eyebrows rose, did she really not care at all?
"Human life means that little to you?" Elena furrowed her eyebrows, Isobel scoffed.
"Means nothing to me. It's just part of being what I am." Isobel brushed off Elena's question.
"No, it's not. I know other vampires, that's not true." My eyes flashed to Stefan, who remained by the pool table.
"You mean your boyfriend over there by the pool table? Stefan Salvatore. Why Stefan? Why didn't you go for Damon? Or are you enjoying them both like Katherine did?" I glared at her. How dare she ask my sister such a question.
"Would you mind not sticking your nose into other people's relationships. Having a baby at sixteen with some 'teenage waste of space' and leaving your husband doesn't give you the right to comment, because I'm sure you've had some great relationships, right?" I hit back. Isobel looked at me studiously. I looked at Elena, she looked at me impressed.
"Why did you want to meet us? Can't be to just catch up." Elena got straight to the point.
"Because I'm curious about you. But the real reason is: I want what your uncle wants. Johnathan Gilbert's invention." Isobel replied, her tone bleak.
"How do you know my uncle?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"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." Isobel replied, she sounded bored.
"So, what made you want to be one?" Elena wondered.
"It's a very long list of reasons, Elena. All of which I'm sure you've both thought about."
"No." Elena answered first. I said nothing. I had thought about it, a lot in fact.
"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." Isobel started.
Isobel continued.
"The fact that your sister chose to stay quiet states the obvious. She has thought ahead, maybe you can exchange notes?" Isobel suggested bitterly.
"I'm sorry but I don't have what you're looking for." Elena moved to stand. I followed suit. I moved to walk away, turning around to face Elena when I heard her gasp. Isobel had a hold on her wrist.
"Sit down and tell your boyfriend to walk away. I want the invention." Elena and I looked up at Stefan at the same time, he was already half way across the room.
"We don't have it." I answered.
"I know that but Damon does and you're going get it for me." Isobel turned to face me. Did she know I was dating Damon?
"He's not going to give it to us." Elena said, I nodded, agreeing.
"Then the blood will be on your hands." Isobel muttered darkly as she stood up to leave.
"It was nice meeting you girls." Isobel said nothing before walking away from us and out of the grill.
Elena and I stood.
"Oh, Elena." I stepped toward my sister and pulled her into a hug when I noticed she was crying. Elena gasped, I pulled away from her to look what she was looking at over my shoulder. It was Bonnie.
"Bon…" Elena muttered, stepping around me. Bonnie shook her head and walked away in the other direction. It was only then that we turned around and saw Stefan behind me.
"Stefan." Elena whispered. She sidestepped me and practically ran towards Stefan, he pulled her to him tightly.
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"Elena! Can you come and help me?" I called up the stairs.
"Coming!" She called back. I heard her walk across the floorboards and down the stairs. I huffed when the front door rang.
"I'll get it." Elena said, I heard her unlock the door and open it.
"Hi." I heard her mutter.
"Who is it?" I walked out of the kitchen and stopped in surprise when I was Bonnie standing on the porch.
"Hey. I couldn't sleep last night. You were obviously upset about something and I just walked away. It's not me. That can't be us. You're my friend, Elena. If you need me I'm here for you and I'm sorry I couldn't show you that yesterday." Neither of them made any move to hug or… anything.
"I met my birth mother." Elena murmured quietly, I took a step closer.
"Oh. Was it... are you okay?" A look of guilt crossed Bonnie's features when Elena started to cry.
"Oh…" Bonnie whispered as she stepped forward, pulling Elena into a hug. I took that as my cue to leave, they needed some time to sort things through.
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"Where are, you taking me?" I asked Elena impatiently as she dragged me through the school corridors.
"Bonnie called. She wants to talk about something. Ergo, you are coming too." She replied, leading me into one of the science labs.
"Hey! Thanks for meeting me. I wanted you to see this." Bonnie gestured to a spell book that was open in front of her.
"Is that Emily's spell book?" Elena narrowed her eyebrows.
"I've been going through it since Grams died. Check this out." Bonnie leafed through several pages before she found the page she was looking for.
"That's the vampire compass. The one that the town council was using to find Stefan and Damon." Bonnie nodded, leaning down to read the inscription that was written underneath the picture.
"Yeah, according to Emily, Johnathan Gilbert never actually succeeded in inventing anything. Emily secretly spelled them all with magic. Compass, rings and the mystery device you told me about." Bonnie gestured to the page where there was a picture of a Gilbert ring.
"Yeah that's it. Well, a part of it. Damon only has the one piece." Elena explained, Bonnie nodded before continuing.
"Emily pledged her loyalty to Katherine. But she couldn't stand by and watch innocent people get killed. This was the only way she could think of to help. To let Johnathan Gilbert, believe that he'd actually invented these devices." I nodded in understanding.
"Does it say what it does?" Elena's eyebrows furrowed.
Bonnie leant back over the book, reading a few more paragraphs before looking up, a confused expression on her face.
"Are you sure this is what Isobel wants?" Bonnie looked very confused, which in turn was making Elena and I confused.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Why?"
"This is a weapon. Against vampires." My eyebrows rose, why would Isobel want that?
"So, what's our next move?" I asked them, Elena shrugged.
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"Jeremy knows." Elena said as she ran up behind me.
"What?" I narrowed my eyebrows.
"Jeremy. He just came up and asked me if I knew where Anna was. He said he knows what she is and he knows what we know. He hates me." Elena whined, covering her face with her hands.
"He doesn't." I pulled her to me.
"I'll try to find him." I said as I pulled away from Elena. She nodded and wiped the tears from her cheeks.
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I looked up from the piece of wood I was painting red when people started screaming.
"Someone call an ambulance!" I heard someone shout. I rushed over to the scene to see Matt being pulled out from underneath a float.
"What happened?" I approached Stefan.
"I don't know. It just collapsed." He shook his head.
I looked up again, shocked, when I heard Elena calling for Jeremy.
"Jeremy?" Elena turned quickly, looking for our brother.
"Jeremy?!" She called out again. She stopped when she saw Stefan and I approaching her.
"What happened? Where's Jeremy?" I asked hurriedly.
"Isobel. Isobel took him." She gasped out, leaning against Stefan's side.
"What do we do?" I asked, Elena shook her head, not knowing the answer to my question.
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"Bonnie?" Elena suggested.
"What would Bonnie do?" Stefan furrowed his eyebrows, resting his hands on his hips.
"She could help. Find Jeremy or she…" Elena trailed off.
"She could what?" I jumped at the possibility of getting Jeremy home safe.
"She could unspell it?" Elena suggested.
"Would she do that?" I raised an eyebrow.
"We'll have to ask." Stefan smiled. The three of us split up to track down Bonnie.
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"Where is the device?" Bonnie held out her hand, expecting us to have the device.
"Damon, has it. He's going to be difficult to reason with." Bonnie nodded, agreeing with Stefan's comment.
"We'll go to him, I'll talk to him. He can't say no." I stepped forward, suggesting my idea to the group.
"He's not just gonna hand it over, especially if it's harmful to vampires." Stefan shook his head.
"What if it's not? If Bonnie can unspell it there won't be an issue so Isobel and John won't be able to use it." Elena spoke confidently.
"No. Absolutely not!" Damon cried. We had gone from the school to the boarding house. As Stefan said, Damon wasn't happy about our request.
...
"Just hear us out…." Elena started.
"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 shouted.
"But it'll be useless, Bonnie can take its power away." I reasoned. Elena nodded beside me.
"I don't trust her." Damon gestured to Bonnie who remained unfazed as she spoke.
"I can remove the original spell."
"John and Isobel will never know." Elena continued.
"No, I'll get Jeremy in my own way." Damon argued. I sighed.
"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 said to Damon, who turned to Bonnie.
"Are you even up for this? I mean no offense, you're no Emily Bennett. Emily knew what she was doing." Damon crossed his arms across his chest.
"I've been practicing." Damon tilted his head to one side and narrowed his eyes.
"It's not piano lessons, honey." He took a step forward to Bonnie. Elena, Stefan and I took a step away from the situation, preparing for the argument that would most likely ensue.
"What's your favorite book?" Bonnie challenged.
"What?" Damon furrowed his eyebrows.
"Name a book, any book." Bonnie gestured to the vast bookcase that was behind her.
"Name a book... how about 'Call of the Wild' by Jack London?"
I watched as Bonnie turned on her heel to face the bookshelf. I jumped, startled when a book flew from the shelf and into Damon's arms.
"Jack London. Great parlor trick." Damon looked unimpressed. He dropped the book onto the side table.
"We're doing this, Damon. And we're doing it my way. Now give me the device. We're wasting time!" Elena cried, she was obviously frustrated with Damon.
Damon ignored her and turned to Bonnie.
"I don't trust you, I tried to kill you." Damon narrowed his eyes again.
"You're right, you can't trust me." Bonnie agreed.
I turned toward Stefan and Elena, sighing. Elena's hard look softened and she stepped forward.
"But you can trust us." She said. Damon turned to face her, looking between her and me. He shook his head and held out his hand, offering us the small device in the palm of his hand.
"Thank you." I smiled and stepped forwards, moving to his side.
Elena turned on her heel and held out her hand to Bonnie, giving her the device so that she could unspell it. Bonnie sighed and walked to the table by the fireplace, opening up Emily's grimoire before starting the spell.
The sound of Bonnie closing the grimoire startled me, I looked up to see her finished.
"Done." Bonnie handed the device to Elena before she turned and walked out of the drawing room.
"Great, now what?" Damon asked, furrowing his eyebrows and resting one hand on his hip.
"Now we give it to Isobel." Elena stated. My eyes widened and I turned to face her.
"We do?"
"Yep." Elena nodded. If she was scared, it wasn't showing on her face.
"Where?" Stefan approached us, taking the device Elena offered him and turning it in his hand once.
"The town square." Elena replied, reaching down to retrieve her jacket before turning to walk out of the room.
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"Where is the device?" I heard Isobel behind me, I whirled around, startled.
"Where is our brother?" I spat back. Isobel looked at me, her eyes narrowing.
"This isn't a negotiation. Where is the invention?" Isobel blatantly disregarded my question before continuing.
"Where is our brother?" Elena tried again.
"Do you really think that I came alone?" A smirk appeared on Isobel's face as two vampires walked up behind us. I smirked.
"Did you really think that we came alone?" As promised, Stefan and Damon walked up behind Isobel. Isobel turned to look at them before sighing heavily and turning back to face my sister and me.
"For god sakes, call home."
"What?" Elena furrowed her eyebrows, obviously confused.
"Call home and ask to speak to your brother Jeremy." Elena looked at me, the uncertainty evident on her face. I nodded and she pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialled before holding the phone to her ear.
"Jeremy, are you okay?" I sighed happily when I heard what Elena said, he's safe.
"We'll be home soon, alright?" Elena smiled and nodded before ending the call.
"He's okay." She assured me, I grinned and turned back to Isobel, my grin faulting.
"You were never gonna hurt him." Elena grimaced, an uncertain look of hatred crossing her face.
"No, I was going to kill him. Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any." Isobel looked bored as she spoke.
"But you took a risk with Damon. How did you know that he was gonna give it to us?" I questioned. Isobel rolled her eyes and turned to face me.
"Because he's in love with you." She stated.
Elena looked down at the device in her hand before she reached over, offering it to Isobel.
"Thank you." She said, narrowing her eyes.
"For what?" Isobel looked confused as she put the device into her coat pocket.
"For being such a monumental disappointment. It keeps the memory of my real mother perfectly intact." Elena said to her. I smiled and reached for my sister's hand.
"Goodbye. As long as each of you have a Salvatore on your arm, you're doomed. Katherine was smart. She got out. But we all know that you're not Katherine." She looked Elena up and down as she said the last part of her sentence.
Elena and I walked back over to where Stefan and Damon were standing. When we turned back around, Isobel and her minions were long gone. Elena went to hug Stefan and I did the same with Damon.
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When Elena and I got home, Jeremy was pissed.
"Jeremy, we have to talk about all this." Elena plead as we stood outside of Jeremy's bedroom door.
"No, we really don't." Jeremy laughed.
"I don't know what Anna told you but there are things that you need to know." Elena tried to reason with him.
"Yeah? Because I'm pretty sure that your journal covered it." He spat out.
"You read my journal?" Elena was completely shocked.
"And save me the speech about invasion of privacy because I read a section about Damon erasing my memory, about what happened to Vicki." Jeremy shook his head and turned, closing the door behind him, leaving Elena and I standing on the landing.
"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. We're so sorry." I pushed his door open and walked into his bedroom as I spoke. He needed to know how sorry I was.
"Get out!" Jeremy fell onto his bed as he dismissed the conversation.
"No, Jeremy!" Elena shouted from behind me.
"Just get out. Please." Jeremy reached for his speaker remote and turned it up, loudly, effectively ending our conversation.
"Elena…" I muttered, reaching for her hand. She brushed away my hand and spun around to face Jeremy.
"Jer, I.." she started, only to be interrupted when Jeremy stood and slammed the door in her face.
"He'll never forgive us for this..." Elena put her head in her hands as she walked across the landing and into her bedroom. I sighed and followed, hoping she was wrong.
So, that's chapter 21! I really hope you liked it! Let me know what you think about me introducing Lexi into this for my second season! As always, please read and review, I love reading them!
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