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Dia laid out on the couch at the boarding house. Damon came waltzing carrying more books for Dia to read.
"More books?" she groaned.
"Oh stop complaining. If you be a good little girl then you'll get a treat" Damon smirked.
"If by treat you mean more of your flirty comments, I'll pass" Dia replied flipping through the pages of a book she was reading.
Damon sat down on the couch with Dia. She sat up and moved closer to him putting the book on a table in front of the couch.
"Thank you for telling about Lydia. I know that was painful for you" Dia said softly.
"I just wanted you to know" Damon replied. "You deserved to know."
"Well thank you" she smiled. She leaned over and gave Damon a kiss on the cheek. Damon looked at her and brushed a piece of hair behind her ear. Dia blinked and leaned closer to Damon, who followed suit. Their lips were inches apart when Dia brushed her lips against Damon's. Damon brought her closer to him as they continued to kiss. He got on top of Dia when she pulled away looking confused.
"I'm not sure why I did that" she gasped. She got up to a sitting position.
"I'm sorry" Dia spoke. She went to get up when she collapsed to the ground.
"Dia" Damon exclaimed. He helped Dia up holding her.
"What's wrong" Damon asked.
"I don't know I felt funny all of a sudden" Dia replied.
"Are you okay now" Damon frowned.
"Yeah I'll be fine" Dia nodded. Dia's phone vibrated with a text message. It was from Stefan.
Saltzman has the journal. Meet me at the school. Might need you to read his mind.
"I better go" Dia said quickly.
"Want me to drive you?" Damon asked.
"No I can do it" Dia said.
"So that's it then?" Damon said. "We do all that and I don't get an explanation?"
"Well it happens. Besides you're good at doing something then completely ignoring the fact it happened. So it never happened" Dia snapped. She left Damon alone in the living room very confused.
Alaric Saltzman copied some of the pages of the Gilbert journal and returned to his office. He sat down to a desk full of papers when he heard a noise. He went out to the hall to find no one there.
"Hello? Someone there?" he called out to the hall. He saw a pair of dark figures approaching and ran to his office and grabbed a gun with wooden bullets and turned and shot at whatever was behind him. It was Stefan and Dia. Stefan quickly caught the bullet and grabbed the gun from him.
"You shouldn't have done that" Stefan said. "Have a seat."
Alaric took a seat at his desk.
"What is this" Stefan said looking at the gun. "Compressed air? Did you make it yourself? Who are you? I'm not going to hurt you….unless you try that again. Now who are you?"
"I'm a teacher" Alaric replied.
"Are we going to have to do this the hard way?" Stefan said. "Dia you know what to do."
"I'm also a historian and while researching Virginia, I made a few discoveries about your town" Alaric explained.
"So you show up like Van Helsing. Come on. Tell me the truth" Stefan said sternly.
"My wife was a parapsychologist. She spent her life researching paranormal activity in this area. It was her work that led me here" Alaric told the pair.
"Where's your wife?" Stefan asked.
"Dead. A vampire killed her" Alaric said.
"Where's the Gilbert journal" Stefan asked.
"What do you want with it?" Alaric asked.
"Where is it?" Stefan repeated.
"It's on my desk" Alaric told him.
"No it's not" Stefan said.
"It was on my desk" Alaric protested.
Anna sat reading the journal when Ben walked in.
"Anything?" he asked.
"Not yet" Anna replied. "Just a lot of gibberish, yeah some people just shouldn't journal."
"I thought Gilbert was the brains?" Ben said.
"Don't you have a date?" Anna huffed.
"Yep" Ben smiled. "Wish me luck."
"Have you thought any more of what I've said?" Pearl asked Katherine.
"We'll leave soon Pearl, I promise. I need to take care of a few things first" Katherine replied smelling a bottle.
"The gypsies are leaving starting today. I think that it is a sign" Pearl replied. "You're going to turn both of them, aren't you?"
Katherine smiled and nodded.
"Katherine please be careful" Pearl pleaded.
"We'll all be safe, I promise" Katherine looked up. "Mr. Gilbert's coming. Quick your cheeks." Katherine pinch Pearl's cheeks softly.
"Perfectly rosie" Katherine said.
Jonathan Gilbert walked into the shop. "Miss Pearl, may I have a moment."
"Yes Mr. Gilbert" Pearl replied. "I'm still waiting for you to explain that comet in the sky."
"Your mother has an admirer" Katherine laughed with Anna.
"As descendants of the founding families, they'll want to know that they can count on you" Giuseppe told his sons.
"Of course they can. Is there any doubt?" Stefan stated.
"I'm not sure you brother Damon understands the importance of duty" their father said.
"Damon left the confederacy on principle. It was his choice and should be respected" Stefan defended Damon.
"You'll forgive me if I have trouble respecting a deserter" Giuseppe snapped.
"Well I never asked for your respect" Damon shot back.
"Good for you Damon because all I have is disappointment" Giuseppe said.
"You said the town is in trouble?" Stefan said changing the subject.
"There's been too many deaths. It is time for us to fight back and stop these killers" their father explained.
"Killers? What are you talking about?" Stefan frowned.
"We live amongst demons" Giuseppe exclaimed.
"You're being cryptic now, father. Why don't you just say the word?" Damon demanded.
"Vampires. They exist. And they live amongst us. But we have a plan to kill them. And you're going to help us" Giuseppe told his sons.
Stefan looked around and turned to Damon.
"Damon" he said motioning toward Lydia.
"Excuse me father" Damon said walking off toward Lydia.
"Damon" Lydia spoke.
"Lydia" he replied. "How are you?"
"I'm fine thank you for asking" she replied. "I wanted to inform you that I am leaving Mystic Falls."
"Why would that concern me?" Damon blinked.
"What happened to you Damon? You're a completely different person" Lydia said.
"I'm the same person. You're the one who changed. You hate Katherine for no reason", Damon snapped.
"Well she took someone I loved from me. Ever since she came here you've acted as those I'm nothing to you" Lydia replied.
"You are nothing to me. Katherine and I have something you and I could never experience" Damon told her.
"Goodbye Damon. I hope you and Katherine will be very happy, but honestly you won't because she's about to get what she deserves" Lydia said sternly then walked off.
"How long have you been aware of me?" Stefan asked.
"I learned just recently" Alaric replied.
"Dia make sure he's not lying" Stefan instructed.
Dia listened into his thoughts.
What is she doing? I only just found out about Stefan I swear.
"He's telling the truth" Dia replied. "He just found out."
"What are you?" Alaric asked.
"Long story" Dia smiled.
"What about your brother?" Alaric asked.
"You met Damon?" Stefan frowned.
"Who do you think killed my wife?" Alaric replied.
"Are you certain it was Damon?" Stefan asked.
"I witnessed it" Alaric said.
"Well can't say I'm surprised" Dia said.
"If you're here for revenge, this is going to end very badly for you" Stefan told him.
"He's right" Dia agreed. "Damon won't hesitate to do anything."
"I just want to find out what happened to my wife" Alaric protested.
"I thought you said that Damon…."Alaric stopped Stefan.
"Yeah I saw him. Draining the life out of her. He must have heard me coming. He just disappeared. So did her body. They never found her" Alaric explained.
"Sounds like something Damon would do" Dia looked at Stefan.
"Damon can never know why you're here. He'll kill you without blinking" Stefan said.
"I can take care of myself" Alaric told them.
"No you can't. I can help you. We can help you" Stefan said. "If you let me."
Dia and Stefan drove to Elena's house.
"You're planning something I just know it" Dia said suddenly.
"And yet you're doing nothing to try and stop me" Stefan replied.
"I'd be lying if I told you I wanted Damon to get Katherine out of the tomb" Dia replied.
"I don't blame you" Stefan said.
"He told me about Lydia today. He says he's regretted it every day. He has a funny way of showing it. Katherine's what came between them and he just acts like he doesn't care. Katherine's the reason she's dead" Dia said.
"You still haven't told him you love him" Stefan stated.
"What's the point? Once he gets his precious Katherine he's out of town and out of my life for good" Dia said staring out the window.
"He told me once he had Katherine he wasn't leaving Mystic Fall until you were safe" Stefan told her.
"Damon says a lot of things. That doesn't mean he'll pull through for what he says" Dia looked at him. "Hey can you drop me off at the grill. I'm not in the mood to see Damon to be honest."
"Dia is everything alright" Stefan asked.
"It will be" she replied smiling.
Anna sat at the grill waiting for Jeremy. Still no sign of him. She sighed and looked toward the doorway. She saw Dia walk in and pulled out her phone and began typing on the keyboard.
Dia noticed a girl staring at her and frowned. She didn't have a good feeling. Her head began to hurt again. She decided to go to the bathroom to splash some water on her face. She went into the bathroom wiping water on her face. She got a paper towel and wiped it dry when she looked in the mirror and saw someone behind her.
"Lucy" she gasped before everything went black.
"Well not many girls can say they've done this" Elena said helping Stefan get his father's coffin. He opened the coffin and saw a book.
"Is that it?" Elena asked.
"Well what do you know? This is an interesting turn of event." The pair turned to see Damon.
"I can't let you bring her back. I'm sorry" Stefan said.
"So am I. For thinking for even a second that I can trust you" Damon said.
"Oh you're not capable of trust. The fact that you're here means that you read the journal and that you were planning on doing this yourself" Stefan told him.
"Of course I was going to do it by myself, because the only one I can count on is me! You made sure of that many years ago, Stefan. But you..." Damon stopped and looked at Elena. "You had me fooled. So what are you going to do now? Because if you try and destroy that, I'll rip her heart out."
"I wouldn't do that Damon." Everyone turned to see Dia come out of now where.
"You won't kill her" Stefan said.
"I can do one better" Damon said speeding over to Elena. He bit his wrist and forced Elena to drink it.
"Give me the book Stefan or I'm stabbing her in the neck and you and I will have a vampire girlfriend" Damon demanded.
"Let her go first" Stefan demanded.
"Drop it" Damon snapped.
"I'm not going to give this to you until she is standing next to me" Stefan said.
"Problem is I no longer trust that you'll give it back" Damon said.
"You just did the one thing that ensures that I will" Stefan said. He threw the journal on the ground and Elena ran over to Stefan hugging him.
Damon looked at Dia. "You knew about this didn't you?"
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Why don't you leave Katherine where she is?" Dia asked. "She did nothing but manipulate you. She's the reason Lydia is dead, but then I don't think you truly care that she is dead. You didn't care about her. Some things don't change even after 160 plus years. You're still the same person you were back then."
"Dia what are you talking about?" Damon asked.
Dia held her hand up and threw Damon up against a tree and quickly disappeared. Leaving a stunned Stefan, Damon, and Elena.
Stefan had brought Elena home and took her up to her room.
"What was wrong with Dia tonight?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. Something's wrong" Stefan said.
"Stefan you know something about her that Damon doesn't, don't you?" Elena asked.
"I do, but it's not my place to say" Stefan said. "I'm going to get you that aspirin."
"Okay" Elena smiled.
Stefan went downstairs and got Elena aspirin. Something Dia said kept replaying in his mind.
Some things don't change even after 160 plus years. You're still the same person you were back then.
It didn't make sense why she said that.
Stefan talked to Jenna for a few moments and then Jeremy and learned that he had his friend Anna over. Stefan walked upstairs to find Elena's room empty.
Anna brought Elena back to the hotel room and put her on the bed. She felt someone behind her and smiled.
"Hello Annabelle" the voice said.
Anna turned around and smirked. "Hello Lydia."
Dun dun dun! Lydia is possessing Dia, if you didn't see that one coming well…SURPRISE and if you did good job for picking up my clues. Hope this makes up for the short last chapter. Thank you for all the reviews from the last chapter. New chapter will be up tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to get two up. Reviews make me smile so please review even if you don't have anything to say besides update!