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Chapter 24: Miss Mystic Falls

Stefan finally showed back up at school, and to top it off, it was in the old, practically brand new car that he fixed up with Matt. Only problem was, he wasn't acting like himself. He was different, it was still Stefan, but a different side of him. They sat down in history class, which was going to be about the town's history, when Bonnie came in. She was finally back at school! Sakura glanced at Leilani to see her waving like a mad man.

After school Leilani and Sakura came out of school to see Bonnie with Elena and Caroline. "Hey guys! Welcome back Bonnie," Leilani rushed up to them and gave Bonnie a big hug. Sakura smiled at Bonnie with a slight nod as her greeting. "So," Leilani looked around, "What are you guys talking about?"

"The Founder's Court, you know, Miss Mystic Falls," Caroline seemed to be extremely excited. "They announced it today and Elena, Leilani, Sakura and I are on it," Caroline and Leilani squealed and clapped their hands together.

"What?..." Sakura looked at them dumbfounded.

"I completely forgot," Elena admitted.

"So, are you dropping out then?" Caroline asked.

"I can't," Elena looked sad.

"Her mom is the one that wanted her to enter," Bonnie explained.

"You can drop out?" Sakura asked, figuring it was better than just not showing up. Her mother wanted her to do it too, but would it feel wrong to do it without her, or would it pay homage to her, as a previous winner?

"Yeah, I'm not even sure how you were selected," Caroline spat.

Sakura rolled her eyes and mumbled as she convinced herself not to punch her in the face. "I'm headed home, you coming Leilani?" Sakura asked before starting to walk away.

"Yeah! We can catch up later Bonnie, bye guys," Leilani waved as she rushed to catch up.

At home, Leilani started to research about the Founder's Court and Sakura went to her room to lay down. Sakura sighed as she flopped on her bed. She pulled out her phone and dialed a number. "Hey," Sakura said when they picked up.

"Hey Bitie," Damon answered.

Sakura shook her head and decided to ignore his comment. "Is Stefan okay?" Sakura asked.

"You called me, to ask about Stefan? And here I thought we were going to have a secret meeting or actual talk about what's going on," Damon joked.

"Seriously, he's acting differently, and I think I might know what it is," Sakura sighed.

"And what do you think it is?" Damon asked, instead of telling her.

"He's drinking human blood again isn't he?" Sakura asked.

"Bingo, and to top it off he's stealing it from the hospital. You think he'd at least go out of the city to steal it, but noooo. He's got to make trouble for me," Damon complained.

"Hey Sakura," Leilani came into her room while reading, "About the Founder's Court…" Leilani looked up to see her on the phone. "Oh, I can wait," Leilani sat at the bottom of her bed.

"The Founder's Court? Are you going?" Damon asked.

"I'm dropping out actually," Sakura stated and Leilani pouted slightly.

"Why don't you go, I can escort you," Damon suggested.

Sakura hung up her phone and turned to Leilani. "By the way I think you should go. I know Damon wouldn't mind escorting you," Leilani stated, grabbing her attention.

"Excuse me? Why would you think that?" Sakura asked and Leilani's phone rang.

"One sec," Leilani pulled out her phone. "Hello," Leilani smiled, "Oh hi Damon, yes I do think she should go."

"Why me?" Sakura smacked her forehead.

"Totally, good idea," Leilani smiled, "Alright I'll talk to you later, bye now," Leilani hung up.

"Since when do you two talk to each other?" Sakura asked.

"Who, me and Damon?" Leilani tried playing dumb. Leilani looked around suspiciously, Sakura sat up and looked at her as she waited for an answer. "Gotta go," Leilani got up quickly, throwing her papers in the air. She rushed out of Sakura's door and slammed it behind her, only being slammed because of the rush.

"Okay… What was that about?" Sakura mumbled. She got off her bed and picked up the papers and started to look at them. "Leilani…" Sakura's trailed off as she looked at a picture of her mother as Miss Mystic Falls.

Apparently, Leilani had found a way to make it so Sakura couldn't drop out, regardless of if she was actually planning to. Now, she was in front of the people holding it, which included Mrs. Lockwood as the head. They called each of the contestants to talk to them at the Lockwood mansion, as they sat in front of them in a chair, awkwardly. "This years queen will have the special honour of taking center stage at the 150th Founders Day Gala. Before we crown our winner, we would like to get to know a bit about each of you," Mrs. Lockwood explained.

"Well, I just moved back here with my best friend, after our families died in a fire four years ago," Sakura started and they 'awed' sympathetically. "I haven't really done much for extracurricular activities since I got back, but I seemed to have settled back in place. Feeling right at home here in Mystic Falls. I've even manage to get my A average back," Sakura smiled politely, "My mom was a previous winner and she always wanted me to enter, when I was old enough to. It is an honour that you chose me to enter it."

"Thank you Miss Mazaki," Mrs. Lockwood smiled.

The next step included learning a dance, with your partner. Sakura hadn't called, but somehow, someway, Damon showed up. Somehow Leilani wrapped Tyler into doing it also, Sakura was pretty sure she heard about him in the Donovan incident, so she wasn't sure why she would ask him.

Each entrant stood across from their partners. "Honour your partner," Mrs. Lockwood said and they bowed. "Focus, right hand around, flirt with your eyes," the music started and they started to dance, circling each other, with their right hand out, not touching. They laughed a little, as did most of them, as they played, fluttering their eyelashes. "Left hand around, both hands," Sakura and Damon glared at each other slightly and laughed, because they were only joking around.

"This sucks," Sakura laughed.

"Yes it does," Damon took her hand and pulled her in close.

"No, no there's no touching in this part," Mrs. Lockwood said to them and to Stefan and Elena. "It's about the simple intimacy of the near touch," she explained.

They continued with their no touch dance, properly until they finished. After, Caroline and Bonnie walked in. Elena and Stefan walked up to Bonnie, but she didn't seem too happy to see them. Apparently, Bonnie was filling in for Matt. "Come on, let's go this way," Sakura pulled Damon off to the side, away from the others.

"Embarrassed?" Damon asked with a smirked.

"Dude, seriously? Bonnie and Caroline hate you, and for rightful reasons," Sakura explained.

"But you don't," Damon whispered as he leant in close to her.

"I know that back!" Sakura heard Caroline's voice going screechy.

Damon turned around and smirked. "Caroline," he said as she approached him. He was blocking her view of Sakura, when Caroline moved Damon out of the way, no one was there.

"Who are you here with?" Caroline asked.

Damon turned to see Sakura missing and laughed a little. "The one who's going to win this," Damon winked at her as he walked by.

Sakura drove Damon and Leilani to the Lockwood Mansion. Damon went off to mingle while Sakura and Leilani went to have their make-up and hair done. Sakura sat in her spot, without doing anything and looked around. Jenna had finished helping Elena. "Hey Jenna, do you mind?" Sakura asked, not knowing what she should do.

"Of course," Jenna smiled and walked up to her.

"Thanks, I'm not really good with all of this stuff," Sakura laughed.

"It's alright," Jenna picked up a make-up brush. "What's your dress look like?" she asked.

"No idea," Sakura laughed.

"What?" Jenna freaked.

"That's because I picked it out," Leilani cackled.

"It better not be some random crazy thing, to embarrass me," Sakura looked at her worried.

"I wouldn't do that, it's actually on old dress," Leilani smiled.

After Jenna finished Sakura left to go put her dress on. Lucky for her, there was no one else in the room. Her dress was laying out on a bed, and right away she recognized that slim crimson dress, that went to her knees, with straps and a straight cut and small slits in the sides. "I can't believe this," Sakura looked down at it, then she sensed someone else in the room. Sakura turned to see Damon.

"We have to talk," he said and then noticed the look on her face. "Something wrong," Damon asked as he walked up to her.

"No," Sakura shook her head, "It's my mom's dress," Sakura seemed overwhelmed. "Anyways," Sakura shook it off, "What's up?"

"I squealed to Elena about Stefan's blood issue. By the way, he has an abundant amount of the stolen blood in the basement," Damon stated. "It seems like it's controlling him. Stefan on human blood is bad right now, he'll say and do anything, because he doesn't want to stop," Damon explained, "Keep an eye on him," Damon warned before disappearing. Sakura finished changing and Mrs. Lockwood came in telling her that they were starting.

Sakura waited at the top, for her name to be called. "Miss Leilani Matsumoto, escorted by Tyler Lockwood," Leilani heard her name and started on her way down, in her purple strapless dress. "Miss Caroline Forbes and her escort Geoffrey Lockwood Hamilton," Caroline went down. "Miss Sakura Mazaki escorted by Mister Damon Salvatore," Sakura left Elena at the top and descended the curving stairs to see Damon waiting for her. He took her hand and walked off to the side. They glanced back to check on Elena before moving on. "Miss Elena Gilbert, escorted by Mister Stefan Salvatore," they looked around, but Stefan was no where to be found. Elena looked down, and didn't see Stefan, but she was surprised when someone else came into the spot.

"Darien?" Sakura looked over to see him waiting to escort Elena. She smirked slightly, glad he was there to help.

Sakura and Damon walked outside, joining the others, followed by Elena and Darien. They stood across from each other in their line up, waiting for it to start. They started with their bow, "What's he doing here?" Damon whispered, asking about Darien.

"Shouldn't we be worried about Stefan," Sakura whispered back. They stepped back and then started around with their right hand. Back to rest, then around with their left hands. Then with both hands, in at the no touching part of the dance, as they stared into each others eyes, looking only at each other. Then they came together with Sakura's right hand in Damon's left, and the other hand on each other's upper back. They danced together, very beautifully, and it felt like for the moment, the rest of the world faded away. The only thing that mattered was, here and now. At the end, they separated, still smiling lightly, back to their starting positions. They finished and went back inside, with the entrants lined up.

"Before I crown the winner," Mr. Lockwood started, "I'd like to offer a personal thank you, to all of these young ladies, for their efforts to better our communities. So, without further ado it is my honour to announce our very own Miss Mystic Falls, Miss Caroline Forbes," he finished as he pointed to her.

"Congratulations," Sakura turned to Caroline with a smile.

Everyone clapped, as Caroline smiled happily. "Thank you," Caroline appreciated it. Elena and Leilani turned to her, giving her a congratulatory hug. Mr. Lockwood put the 'Miss Mystic Falls' sash on Caroline. They dispersed and Damon pulled Sakura and Elena off to the side.

"Did you find him?" Elena asked.

"There were signs of struggle in the upstairs bathroom, there was blood and that Amber girl is missing," Damon informed them.

"Crap," Sakura sighed.

"Oh my god," Elena started to freak out. "He wouldn't hurt her, he won't," Elena tried to convince them.

"Get your coats and lets go," Damon said before they walked off. They headed outside and saw Stefan and Amber. He bit into her and she screamed as they rushed towards her.

"Stefan get control," Damon pleaded as Amber dropped to the ground.

Stefan looked at them, crazed, blood all over his face. "Get control now, or I'll have to control you," Sakura threatened.

"Come on, we'll get through it man," Damon walked up to him, with his hand out cautiously. Stefan grabbed Damon's arm and threw him off to the side.

"Stefan, stop it!" Elena cried out.

"Damn it," Sakura put her hand out and stopped Stefan from moving. "Stop it Stef, this isn't you," Sakura said and he growled at her.

Suddenly Stefan started yelling out in pain. Sakura released him and he held onto his head. They turned to see that Bonnie had followed them out and was hurting Stefan. When Bonnie stopped, it seemed like Stefan was back to normal.

"It's okay, Stefan," Damon said. Stefan looked around, worry on his face when he turned and ran away.

They got the cops to check out the scene. "She doesn't remember what happened," Ms. Forbes came up to them.

"It's a good things the girls got here when they did, she lost a lot of blood," Damon stated.

Ms. Forbes looked at the girls, "You didn't see anything?"

They looked at each other, Bonnie and Sakura shook their heads no. Damon was relieved that Bonnie went along with it. "No," Elena answered, "We just found her and then called Damon." Damon nodded, agreeing that's what happened.

"Is she going to be okay?" Bonnie asked.

"Looks like it yeah," Ms. Forbes nodded, "Why don't you girls go back to the party, Damon and I can take it from here."

"Okay," Elena agreed and the girls walked back together.

Bonnie walked away from Elena to her car, not wanting to talk with her. She didn't want to make her choose between her and Stefan, so she made the choice for her. Sakura put and arm around Elena's shoulder, "Things will get better between you two, it just needs time," Sakura tried to comfort her. They waited outside, and Ric came out, asking what happened.

Sakura, Damon and Elena headed to the Salvatore boarding house to check up on Stefan. Elena went up first to check on him, and put their plan in action. After Elena stabbed him with a vervain needle, Damon and Sakura walked in.

"Sure you want to do this?" Sakura asked Elena.

"I'm sure," she replied, looking slightly scared.

They brought him down to their dungeon cellar and locked him up. "No guarantee this is going to work," Damon admitted.

"It has too," Elena sighed.

Elena decided to stay near the cellar, so Sakura sat down beside her and Damon sighed before sitting beside Sakura, as they waited.

I hope you enjoyed!

By the way, I actually find their no touch dance kind of endearing. What about you guys? It's old, but kinda cool, don't you think?

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