~ It's a little later than I thought, but I've been putting faces to my OC's (finally, lol) I have half of the girls done. If you want to know what they look like, I'll be posting the pics to the facebook page for my fanfiction if enough peopl like the page. I hope you check it out if you want to know what my OC's look like.

xxTheChocoholic14xx: To me the Kat/Liz scene near the end of the chapter wasn't really a fight scene... more like an argument. I'm going to try and actually get a fight with the two of them, but it all depends on what happens in the story until then.

vampirelover100: I'm assuming you mean if/when Tyler will find out about the supernatural. Tyler's going to find out about werewolves at the same point he does in the show, but because of what Liz knows... he might find out about vampires sooner than he did in the show.

~ Links to Elizabeth's outfits are on my profile.

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Elizabeth's POV

I slowly opened my eyes to see Tyler's arm wrapped around me. My mind flashed to what happened over the last 48 hours. It made me glad that Tyler was still alive and that we were together. I slipped my hand in his and made sure our fingers were intertwined.
"Are you awake?" Tyler tiredly asked in a mumble.
"Yeah." I said with a small smile, even though he couldn't see it. "Just woke up." I could feel him kiss the back of my head. "Are you okay?" I asked after a few minutes.
"Depends on your definition of okay." He said and I decided to move so I was facing him, but making sure we were still holding each other's hands. I just had to look him in the eyes and I knew that he wasn't okay. I brought my hand to his face and tried to cup it as I moved to kiss him.
"It'll be okay, you just need time." He gave me a small smile before kissing me.
"Tyler?" Tyler's mom asked and we quickly broke apart.
"I'm not here." I whispered before slipping under the blankets, hoping his mom wouldn't find me. It wasn't something I thought I'd be doing, but I was happy to be around Tyler.
"Are you up?" His mom asked as she knocked on his door.
"Yeah." Tyler said and I tried to lay still.
"Mason wants to go on a run with you this morning." She said after I could hear Tyler's bedroom door open.
"Okay mom." Tyler said and I knew he wanted her to leave the room. I could tell his mom stayed there for a minute before walking away. Tyler slid under the blankets and started to kiss me. "Thank you." He whispered to me.
"For what?"
"For staying with me." I couldn't help but smile before kissing him some more, hoping that his mom wouldn't come in again.

After I left Tyler's house, I quickly went to my place to shower and change before going to school. Stefan stopped me when I was going to the school and told me to give some vervain to Jeremy. He wanted to spend more time around Elena, which meant I had to give Jeremy the vervain. I didn't mind since Tyler was staying at home until the carnival started. I made sure I had the vervain as I looked for Jeremy.

After a few minutes of looking for Jeremy at school, I found him by his locker.
"Hey Jer." I said, which made him turn towards me. "Stefan said I should give you this." I handed him the veil of vervain.
"What is it?" He asked as I leaned against the lockers in front of him.
"It's liquid vervain." I said as he sniffed it. "It's the same as the bracelet your sister gave you."
"It protects me from compulsion." Jeremy said and I nodded my head.
"Vervain is toxic to vampires that don't build up a tolerance."
"Like poison?"
"Yeah, it's very poisonous. It keeps us out of a person's head and stops us from feeding from someone if it's in their system."
"But why vervain?"
"I don't know." I honestly told him. "There's some natural herbs and stuff that are harmful to vampires."
"Like a stake to the heart?"
"Yeah, but it has to be wood. Otherwise you'd just have an angry vampire on your hands."
"You're pretty confident in yourself telling me all the different ways I could kill you." Jeremy said after a few moments and I felt myself smirk.
"Oh please, if I thought that you wanted to kill me or my brother's... I would have threatened you."
"Damon deserves it though." I let out a sigh.
"There are times when I feel like killing him to, but trust me... it wouldn't be worth it. You should forget about going after Damon. He's way too strong for you and not stable at the moment. You should just ignore him for now."
"I was killed by a vampire and brought back by a magic ring. How do you ignore something like that?"
"Well I have just the thing." I couldn't help but smile because I thought of Tyler. "The carnival tonight is just the distraction that everyone needs right now." Jeremy gave me a small smile, which felt weird considering our conversation. I could tell by his expression that he was surprised that I didn't act like Damon even though he was my brother. Jeremy was about to say something, but I could tell Elena walked up behind me.
"Hey, did you…"
"Yeah, yeah, I set up the goldfish toss all three hundred gold fish. It's gonna be epic!" Jeremy said with sarcasm before closing his locker door and walking away.
"He'll be okay 'Lena." I said to Elena when I turned to face her. "He just needs some time."
"I was just hoping that this carnival would reel him back into the land of a high school teenager." Elena said as she looked in the direction that Jeremy went in.
"It might, but he'll still be involved in the supernatural rather you want him to or not." I said before walking to one of my classes.

The school day was shorter than normal because most people were helping set up for the carnival. I was going to check up on Tyler, but I knew I would see him at the carnival so I decided to go home. When I walked in the front door, I noticed Damon pouring blood into a glass.
"What some?" He asked without turning towards me.
"Sure." I said before taking his glass from him. When he looked at me, I took a sip from the glass and pretended that it was mine to begin with.
"Care for one?" Damon said which made me notice Stefan came into the house.
"No, thank you." Stefan said to Damon after looking at me. "I'm not hungry, just ate."
"Poor bunnies." I said before taking another sip of the blood.
"Are you worried that one day, all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back? I mean, surely they talk." Damon said and I fought a smile that wanted to show.
"I'm just happy that was a blood bag and not a sorority girl that supplied your dinner."
"Technically our sis stole my dinner." Damon said as he looked at me and I just playfully stuck my tongue out at my brother. "But I like this. You, walking on eggshells around me because you think I'm gonna explode. Very suspenseful. Is Elena worried too? I bet I'm your every conversation."
"Have you heard from Katherine?" Stefan asked Damon because they didn't know I've been in contact with her since we turned.
"I think the Lockwoods have a family secret..." Damon glanced at me since I was dating Tyler. "...because the Gilbert device affected them but vervain didn't so they're not vampires, they're something else."
"Is this your new obsession?"
"You'd rather some unknown supernatural element running rampant upon our town. Fine, I'll drop it. And I'm just looking out for our sister."
"I know what I'm getting into Damon." I said because I knew what the Lockwoods were even though I wasn't telling them.
"We haven't seen the last of Katherine, you do know that right?" Stefan asked Damon and I rolled my eyes. Stefan obviously didn't want to talk about Damon's new interest in my boyfriend's family. "We have no idea what she's up to."
"Sure we do. She came back to profess her undying eternal love for you so I'm gonna let you deal with her because I have more important things to do like explode." Damon sped and grabbed his glass from my hand before I could take another sip. "Cheers!" He said to Stefan before walking away. 'I should have told them about Katherine before' I thought before noticing Stefan looking at me.
"What's wrong?" He asked and I almost thought about telling him, but I couldn't tell him with what just happened.
"Nothing." I gave him a small smile, even though he could see through it. "I'm gonna get a snack." I started to walk to the basement before Stefan could have a chance to ask me another question. All the secrets I was keeping was making me feel bad, but when I started to think about telling them... something happened that stopped me. 'I have to tell them' I told myself. 'I have to' I let out a sigh just before opening the freezer that was filled with blood bags.

After I made sure that I was filled with blood, I went to the carnival. I didn't want to lose control because I wanted to focus on having fun with Tyler. The carnival looked fun, which made me more glad about staying in Mystic Falls with my brothers. I took a break from looking for Tyler to get myself some popcorn.
"Hey." I looked to see Jeremy walking towards me.
"How are you doing?" I asked because I considered Jeremy a friend even though we didn't hang out a lot.
"Good." He said just as I got handed my popcorn.
"Well, I'm going to find Tyler." I said with a small smile as I walked away with my popcorn.

I eventually found Tyler by the arm wrestling area. He was arm wrestling one of the students and I didn't interrupt him because I wanted him to win.
"Yay Tyler." I said after he won, which made him turn towards me.
"Hey." He said before leaning towards me and giving me a kiss.
"Hey." I said in a whisper when he pulled away. "Popcorn?" I held my popcorn towards him and he took a few pieces. Instead of eating them, he put them in my mouth. It felt romantic even though there were people around us. I gave him a small smile as I chewed the pieces. "Love you." I said in a whisper so the people around us couldn't hear.
"Love you to." He said in a whisper before giving me another kiss.
"If you win another one, I'll give you another kiss." I whispered with a smile that made Tyler smile. He turned towards the table where another person ready to arm wrestle him. Out the corner of my eye I could see Damon watching, but I ignored him and focused on my boyfriend. "Come on Ty." I said just as he started the match. I knew I was being biased, but you can't really blame me. When Tyler won, he turned towards me and I gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I didn't say where the kiss would be." I gave him a small smile before he gave me a kiss on the lips.
"I bet I could beat you." Mason said to Tyler after Tyler pulled away from me.
"Don't be too hard on him." I whispered to Tyler, hoping that he would win. He gave me a kiss on the cheek before getting ready to arm wrestle his uncle. I watched the two of them and I could tell that Mason was putting in more strength than Tyler. 'Is he...?' I asked myself because I knew what they could be.
"Okay, he's the champ, who wants to go next?" Tyler asked after Mason won.
"Stefan wants to go." I heard Damon say to us, which made me look towards him. Stefan was standing next to him, which must have came over when I wasn't paying attention.
"Yeah, sure, I'll...give it a shot." Stefan said, which made me think that Damon was putting him up to it.
"Get him Stef!" Damon said and I just looked at him for a moment before Stefan stood at the table in front of me.
"My brother over there thinks I can beat you." My twin said to Mason.
"Your brother's wrong." Mason said after glancing at Damon. He started to match with my twin and I couldn't help but notice the strength that they were both putting into it. 'Maybe he is' I thought about Mason just before he won.
"Better luck next time twin." I said as I patted Stefan's back. I gave him a small smile before he walked back to Damon. They both walked away, which made me think something was up with the two of them, but I decided to stay with Tyler.
"How do you feel about fighting a girl?" I asked Mason because I wanted to arm wrestle him.
"You're just going to lose like your brother." Mason said because he was obviously having fun.
"Well, I don't know about that." I said with a small smile as I handed Tyler my popcorn. "I'm stronger than my brother. You're going to beat a girl or get beat by one... either way, it doesn't look good for you." He gave me an impressed smile before we started to arm wrestle. I could immediately tell that he had strength, but it wasn't the strength of a vampire. He didn't have lapis on him as far as I could see and I saw him in the sun, which meant he wasn't a vampire. I knew that the Lockwoods carried the werewolf gene, at least that's what Katherine told me. 'He is a wolf' I thought as I put some more strength into the match. I wasn't going to go into my vampire strength, but even without that I was still stronger than Stefan. Mason seemed impressed by my strength but let me win. Tyler kissed me on the cheek after I gave a nod to Mason. He stayed near us as people started to challenge me at arm wrestling.

I eventually let someone win a match against me because I didn't want to arm wrestle all night. It still surprised me that Mason let me win after he beat Stefan. I didn't think too much about it, especially after Damon sent me a text to meet him in the History classroom. When I got there, I noticed that both my brothers were there with Elena. That's when Damon started to explain that Caroline was a vampire.
"How did this happen?" Stefan asked Damon even though it was obvious.
"Well, I fed her blood and Katherine obviously killed her and A plus B equals..." Damon started to say and I fought against rolling my eyes.
"But why?" Elena asked.
"Because Katherine is a manipulative nasty little slut." Damon said, but I didn't say anything. Katherine and I had a small fight at my house, but we've had a few over the years so it didn't mean much.
"And she said 'game on'? What is that even mean?" Stefan asked.
"It means she's playing dirty, she wants you to know." I said, which made everyone look at me.
"But why Caroline?" Elena asked.
"I don't know." Damon and I said at the same time.
"Caroline must be completely out of her mind, she doesn't even know what's happening to her." Stefan said as he took a step away from Elena.
"Oh I think she does. All of my compulsion from the past started wearing off the minute she was in transition." Damon said as he looked from Stefan to me.
"We have to find her."
"Yep and kill her."
"No one is killing Caroline." I said to Damon. Elena didn't say anything, but I knew she agreed with me.
"She knows who we are. She's officially a liability, and we've got to get rid of her." Damon said and I just shook my head instead of saying anything.
"Damon, absolutely not." Stefan said.
"Need I remind you of a tragic little story of a girl named Vicki Donovan? Caroline, of all people, will not make it as a vampire. Her mother is a vampire hunter. Guys come on, we all know how this story's gonna end, just flip to the last chapter and..."
"It's not an option Damon." Elena said.
"No?" Damon looked at me and then to Stefan when I didn't say anything. "Your silence is deafening, Stefan. Wait, wasn't there a school carnival the night you staked Vicki? Talk about a town where story repeats herself." I stayed quiet because Damon knew that I didn't think Caroline should die. "You know I'm right." He said to Stefan.
"We're not gonna kill her." Stefan started to walk out the room with Elena following him.
"It's the only way." Damon said to Elena as she walked past.
"It's not the only way Damon." I said after my twin and Elena were out of the classroom. "I'm not going to let you kill my friend." I started to walk towards the door but stopped before I walked out. "Just because her mom hunts vampires, doesn't mean that she won't survive." I looked at Damon so he knew what I meant before I walked away. My brother was going to look for Caroline with Elena, so I decided to do the same thing before Damon could try and kill her.

I wanted to hang out with Tyler, but I knew finding Caroline was important. I texted Tyler to let him know I had to do something. He texted back saying that he had to go home and I replied by saying I'd be back over there before midnight. I put my phone on silent so it wouldn't distract me as I looked for Caroline. I tried to focus all my senses on finding Caroline when I started to smell blood. My body sped in the direction I smelled it to see Caroline and Damon. I got Caroline away from Damon and looked at my brother.
"I told you no one is killing her." I said to Damon and I could tell that Elena and Stefan joined us.
"Get away from me! You killed me!" I could hear Caroline say to Elena, but I kept facing Damon.
"No, no, no, no Caroline! That wasn't me. You know that! That was Katherine."
"No! Then why did she look like you?! And why, why did she do this to me?" I turned towards Caroline and saw her still freaked out.
"Stefan, we've got to get her inside." Elena said and I took a step closer because I wanted to help.
"It's okay Caroline, come with me." Stefan said to Caroline and I stepped towards him because I wanted to help Caroline.
"She'll die, it's only a matter of time." Damon said and I rolled my eyes even though he couldn't see me.
"Yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight." Stefan said.
"Oh yeah it is." I could tell that by Damon's tone that he wanted to kill Caroline so I stood in front of her to stop him. Then I noticed Elena had the same idea and stood in front of me.
"She's our friend." I said to Damon, which made his expression soften. He knew how much I cared about all of my friends and he wouldn't want to upset his sister.
"Whatever happens, it's on her." He said to Elena after looking at her face.
"Caroline?" I turned my head and saw Bonnie.
"It's okay, come on." My twin said to Caroline and I started to help him guide her to the building behind us.
"No, you're not... you can't be." Bonnie stepped up to Caroline and touched her arm. I wanted to say something to Bonnie because of her expression, but I knew it wasn't the time.
"Bonnie?" Caroline asked with worry in her voice. I gently put my hand on her arm as she watched Bonnie go over to a truck.
"Oh god!" I could hear Bonnie say just as Stefan and I guided Caroline away from everyone.
"Bonnie..." Caroline said with worry just before we got her into the building.

We guided Caroline to the bathroom so we could wipe the blood off her face.
"She hates me! Bonnie hates me." Caroline cried and I gave her a hug while Stefan got paper towels.
"She doesn't Caroline." I said in a whisper even though I was thinking Bonnie might. "She just in shock, that's all." I slowly pulled away before Stefan got to my side with the paper towels.
"We all are." Stefan said as he started to wipe away some of the blood on her face.
"And what about Matt?" Caroline asked through her tears.
"Shhh." I gently tried to shush her, hoping it would calm her down a little bit.
"One thing at one time, let's get this blood off, come on." Stefan softly said as he wiped away the blood from her mouth.
"I'm a m-m-murderer. I'm a monster!"
"No you're not." I gently rubbed Caroline's arm. "What's going on is normal for turning. It happens to everyone." She gave me a 'Really?' look and I just nodded my head before she started to wash her hands even though she was still crying. As I helped her, I noticed her look into the mirror and her eyes change.
"Why does this keeping happening to my face?!" She turned around and covered her face with her eyes.
"Caroline... look at us." I put my hand back on her arm, trying to be gentle. I knew what she was going through so I knew how it needed to be handled. "Please Care." She slowly moved her hands and I let the veins show around my eyes. "It happens to all of us when we feel the blood rushing through you. You have to tell yourself that you won't lose control, that you are strong enough, and that you'll be okay." Caroline shook her head and I was about to say more, but Stefan started to help.
"Yes, yes, no matter how good it feels to give yourself over to it, you fight it off, you bury it. Watch us, watch us." Stefan said, but Caroline looked more towards me. I made my face normal and I knew Caroline saw. "Try." Stefan and I said at the same time and Caroline started to take deep breaths. After a few minutes the veins around her eyes were gone and I gave her a small smile. "That's good"
"Why did Katherine do this to me?" Caroline asked us.
"I don't know." I said and in the back of my mind I made a note to ask her. "I wish we knew."
"I promise you we won't let anything happen to you." Stefan said and I gave Caroline a small smile, showing that I agreed. "Come here." Caroline hugged Stefan, which made me smile a little despite our situation.
"I know it's not the best time, but I have to go to Tyler." I said to Stefan, who just gave me a small nod. "Everything will be okay Caroline." I gently rubbed her arm before walk out of the bathroom.

I took a small stop at my house because if I stayed until morning again, I would need a change of clothes. It didn't take me long because I ran from my house to Tyler's with my vampire speed. When I got to his house, I quietly put the stuff into one of his drawers and laid on his bed. He was laying in it, but I knew he wasn't sleeping.
"I told you I would be here." I said with a small smile.
"I never doubted you." He whispered before giving me a kiss. When he pulled away, I gave him a small smile before laying my head on his chest and holding his hand. We slowly fell asleep and even with what happened at the carnival, I felt happy.

~ I'm going to keep Liz in Mystic Falls in the next chapter, even though I originally planned for her to be at Duke with Damon, Elena, and Alaric. She'll of course be careful (because of the full moon) but there will some funny moments and maybe a little bit where she's jealous.
~ I'm thinking about creating some secrecy between her and her brothers because of Damon's interest in the 'Lockwood's family secret' (her brothers not telling her about looking into the Lockwoods & going to Duke) which might explode into a small fight when they find out about her secret about Lockwoods and Katherine.
~ Liz might actually be with Tyler when he sees Mason naked and covered in dirt (which is sort of when Ty finds out about the wolf gene) or I might change that scene because of the Ty/Liz moments that I can add.

~ Another thing I've been thinking of is the possible Jer/Liz pairing. Some people have mentioned the possibility of Liz/Elijah but I've been thinking of Jer/Liz longer. At the moment the main pairing is Liz/Ty but I could try to add a second pairing before the end of season 2 (not counting the Liz/Klaus I've already added). It'll either be Liz/Jer or Liz/Elijah... whatever gets the most votes.

~ I'm trying to decide on Elizabeth's cars. At the moment she has two plus a motorcycle. I'm trying to decide on their types and their colors... but she will be getting a pickup truck later in the story (if I keep along one of my ideas).
~ I'm also thinking about rather or not Liz should get a pet (like a cat or a dog)... something to give her a more normal feeling. That might not happen though... depends on your thoughts.

~ I might write some of the future season 2 chapters before I post them so then when I get to that part in the season, the chapter is already written. I might be taking a hiatus with this story until I get a few written (but I'll be working on my other stories at the same time).
~ I'll also be working on my other stories so I hope you can check them out if you haven't already.

R&R 'till the next update