Dear Diary
Damon is still on his mission to find out the secret of the Lockwood family. I need to deal with Caroline and I hope that I can convince Bonnie to make a ring for her. Caroline is someone that needs to go in the sun. She literally needs to because her personality seems to thrive off sunlight. I hope she'll be able to drink animal blood.
I heard the bell and realized that Jeremy must be here. I went to greet him with a kiss.
"So what are we doing here?" Jeremy asked as I led him to the living room where Leah was.
"We need to wait for Alaric to get here." I responded.
The teacher arrived not long after that.
"Thanks for coming, Ric." Damon greeted him. "Can I get you something to drink? Bourbon? Coffee? Bourbon in your coffee?"
"Sara said you needed assistance." Alaric declared as he took a seat.
"We wanted to know if you could help us figure out a Lockwood family secret." I stated.
"Why would I know anything about the Lockwoods?" He questioned, apparently not making the connection we had.
"You wouldn't be your living dead vampire wife might." Damon replied.
"We think there's something in Isobel's research from when you were at Duke." Jeremy added.
"You said that she spent years researching here." Leah also chimed in.
"Her research here in Mystic Falls was rooted in folklore. I thought it was fiction." The teacher explained.
"Like that amazing vampire story." Damon quipped. I glared at him.
"What else was there besides vampires?" Jeremy asked.
"Lycanthropes." Alaric answered.
"What does that mean?" Leah asked.
"Werewolves." I clarified.
"No way, werewolves don't exist." Damon replied. "It's way too Lon Chaney."
"I think Lon Chaney would be offended by that." I declared. "He never played a werewolf. Plus werewolves do qualify as something else."
"I've been around a long time and never seen one." Damon pointed out. Neither had I, but maybe they were rare. "If they exist, where are they?"
"Why do you think the Lockwoods?" Alaric questioned.
"Because vervain didn't affect the mayor." Damon stated.
"Not to mention, Tyler was also affected by the device." Leah added.
"And Mason exhibits superhuman ability." I told him. "I think we have a pattern." I responded.
"Do you think Isobel's research would be able to tell us what they are?" Jeremy asked him.
"Most of her research is still at Duke." He explained. That would be a problem because some of the professors might remember me. "She's technically still missing."
"Can we get access to it?" Damon inquired, leaning forward. "Ric, we need to know this. If there are vampires than that makes Mason a real-life Lon Chaney."
Again, he never played a werewolf.
"It also means Tyler could be Lon Chaney Jr." Damon continued. Now he was the werewolf. "It means Bela Legosi aka me is totally fucked."
The next day, I was in Jeremy's room as he packed for the trip. He and Leah were going with Damon and Ric. That meant that Anna was going to be helping me with Caroline. I was wearing a pink plaid shirt and jeans.
"Are you sure you wanna go?" I questioned.
"Do you mean digging through my Bio-mom's work or going with Damon?" He responded as he continued packing.
"Both." I answered.
"I'm fine with both of them, plus Ric and Leah will be there." He answered. "Since none of us really like Damon we can bond over it. So can you really not come?"
"Caroline needs to be able to walk in the sun and I don't want any of my old professors to see me." I reminded him. "You should go, even though I'll be miserable without you. I love you."
"I love you too." He reciprocated before we kissed.
I heard Damon honk which was followed by Jenna calling upstairs. I figured it would be a good idea for me to leave now. I went out to Alaric's car where Leah was in the backseat.
"Sorry you can't come, Sara." Damon told me.
"Call me if you need anything." I requested. Jeremy responded by giving me a very wet kiss and I mean that in more ways than one.
From there, I went to the Grill to see if Bonnie was there. I figured that she and Anna weren't on good terms and I would leave her out of this part. I noticed the witch when I walked in.
"Bonnie, I need your help with something." I declared as I sat at her table. "I need you make a daylight ring for Caroline."
"I don't know how to make a daywalker ring." Bonnie responded.
"Well Emily made enough that she probably has it in the grimoire." I replied. "It'll tell you how to do it and I have the ring ready."
"That doesn't mean that I can do it." Bonnie explained.
"I don't buy that." I argued. "I think you need let go of whatever you have against Caroline being a vampire. There are two reasons that Caroline is a vampire. A: you didn't tell about the device, and B: you told Katherine about how she had blood in her system. The least you can do is help her out. If you don't want her to kill people, you'll give her the ability to walk in the sun. If she can't go out in the sun, she can't learn to control it and she won't be able to resist the urge to turn off her humanity. Trust me."
From there, we went Caroline's place. Anna was there, but she had to wait outside since she wasn't invited in. I put the ring in front of Caroline.
"So I don't get to choose the ring that I wear for the rest of my life?" Caroline asked.
"It has to be this stone, Caroline." I explained.
"Now I need to explain the rules." Bonnie explained.
"No you don't." I argued. "You need to stop being an entitled bitch. Caroline is your friend."
Needless to say, I wish I knew another witch. That seemed to get Bonnie to listen because she cast the spell and Caroline put it on.
"How do I know if it worked?" Caroline asked.
To that, Bonnie opened the blinds and Caroline jumped under her covers.
"She's all yours." Bonnie declared before she walked away.
"Remind me to find another witch." I said to Caroline. Caroline just smiled as she held her hand out in the sun.
"Why are you wearing so much eye shadow?" I asked the new vampire.
"It was dark. I couldn't see." Caroline declared.
"Only sunlight hurts you." I informed her with a smile as we walked outside.
"Finally." Anna groaned. "What took the hell so long?"
"Bonnie was being bitchy." I explained. "Do you know any witches that would be more willing to help?"
"Don't you think I would have brought them with me?" Anna replied. To that I sighed.
"So what are we doing?" Caroline asked.
"We're going hunting." I explained as the two of us led her to the woods. I hoped that she would be able to drink animal blood like me. It's an acquired taste.
"What are we hunting for?" Caroline asked.
"Yes, what is it that you eat?" Anna teased. I don't know why she was getting so much glee out of this.
"Let's start with rabbits." I replied.
"What am I supposed to do when I see the rabbit?" Caroline asked.
"You need to chase, catch it, and bite it." I instructed.
"Isn't killing cute and defenseless animals the first of sign of serial killer?" Caroline questioned.
"That's about the same as saying that violent video games cause people to go on mass killing sprees." Anna piped in.
"Can we cut the jokes right now?" I requested. "I need you to be serious."
"I am serious…I just." Caroline started. "It's been days since I've been in the sun and I haven't been able to see Matt who is at the swimming hole and I think that he is going to tell me that he loves me, but I can't see him and now you want me to eating fucking bunnies."
I couldn't help but giggle a little at the outburst.
"And now you're laughing at me." She added with a pout. Okay, I shouldn't have done that out loud.
"I'm sorry. None of this is funny. It's just that when someone becomes a vampire everything about them is magnified." I told her.
"Like for example, I was protective of the people that I loved as a human and now I'm even more protective of them." Anna explained.
"So you're saying that I'm an insecure, neurotic, control freak…on crack?" Caroline asked.
"Yes." Anna replied. I wasn't going to say it like that.
"Let's just hunt and after that we can go to the swimming hole." I suggested. It was probably a bad idea to let her see Matt, but I think she could handle it on a full stomach.
"Really?" Caroline asked hopefully.
"Yes, you deserve some fun, but we need to hunt first." I explained.
"I'm not eating that." Anna replied.
"You're not just here to make snarky comments." I told her. "You should eat because I can convince Damon to hide the blood."
The hunt turned out to be messier than usual. Caroline ended up getting a mouthful of dirt on her first try. I shouldn't laugh because Caroline has had so many bad things happen to her, but it was funny. I just couldn't help it.
When we got to the swimming hole, I couldn't help but notice that Mason was pulling out in his Ford Bronco. Shouldn't he be able to afford something better than that?
"Why are you looking at him with your serious vampire face?" Caroline questioned.
"My what?" I responded, caught off-guard.
"Yeah, it's not much different from your worried vampire face neither which stray far from your 'Hey, it's Tuesday.' face." Caroline explained.
"Are you saying that I can't have fun?" I asked.
"You really shouldn't." Anna replied. "This girl flashed her boobs to an entire bar of people in the 40s."
I blushed. I didn't know that she was there.
"Why didn't you come see me?" I asked.
While we were arguing, Caroline must have gone off. I found her by Matt and a girl named Aimee Bradley. She was the adoptive sister of Amber Bradley, the Miss Mystic Falls pageant contestant. Caroline compelled her to go away. Matt seemed to be upset by her attitude. Anna had apparently decided to strip to her underwear and jump in the water. I would deal with that later. I walked over to Caroline because she needed to be taught about when to use compulsion.
"Caroline, you go compelling people for selfish reasons." I lectured her.
"She deserved it." Caroline argued.
"Did you deserve it?" I challenged. "I know what my brother did to you. I had to feed you vervain to get him to stop."
"Why is everyone sticking up for Aimee fucking Bradley?" Caroline questioned.
"The jealousy was amplified too." I told her.
"Shut up." She said to me.
"Let's have some beer." I suggested. "Alcohol helps control the cravings."
After the sun went down, we were having hot dogs and a good time. I didn't want to go in the water because I didn't have a swimsuit with me. Anna had come out of the water and were about to leave.
"You should go talk to Matt." I suggested to Caroline as I heard my phone begin to ring Justin Bieber's "Baby". I didn't care if he couldn't sing. He was adorable. He'll probably be better when he gets older. It was Jeremy. "What's up?"
"We've learned some stuff." Jeremy explained. "We found out that a bite from a werewolf is fatal to vampire. I don't know if it's true, but maybe we shouldn't take a chance."
That was definitely bad.
"I'll be careful. I love you." I promised before hanging up.
"Where did Caroline go?" Anna asked.
"This is not good." I responded. I called her number only to find she had left it on Matt's truck. "We need to find her and get out of here."
I ended up hearing some primal screaming that sounded like pain. I think the Mason being a werewolf hypothesis was confirmed. That meant that we had even less time to find her or them...Matt was probably in danger too.
We found Caroline drinking from Matt. I rushed over and tore her off of him. At that point, Anna came running toward me. She had gone off in a different direction so we could cover more ground.
"Not to sound cliché, but WOLF!" Anna replied. "We need to get out of these woods."
"I can't believe that I hurt Matt." Caroline declared. "He was the one person that I didn't want to hurt."
"Right now we can't worry about that." I replied. "We need to lead Mason away so Matt doesn't end up as wolf bait."
"What are you talking about?" Caroline asked. I guess we forgot to tell her about that part.
"Mason is a werewolf." Anna explained. "One bite from a werewolf will kill a vampire…allegedly, but I don't want to find out."
"What are you guys doing out here?" Tyler asked. I guess he wasn't a werewolf. "I said everyone had to leave before dark."
Without warning, the wolf jumped on Caroline. I had to do something. I did not go to all of this trouble just to let her die. Against my better judgment, I ran over and pushed it off. It looked like she was okay other than the fact that she was covered in slobber. I don't think their drool is poison, so we're probably good.
I stared him down as he growled at me.
"NO!" Tyler yelled. Mason turned his attention to him before he ran off suddenly. That was weird, but it got him to run away, so I wasn't complaining. We still probably needed to get out of the woods. I wonder if going in the lake was an option. I don't know if werewolves could swim but regularly can't or at least don't.
Caroline rushed and grabbed Matt before she went and compelled him to forget what he had seen. I was pretty sure that their relationship was definitely doomed now and I didn't have high hopes for it before. I will admit that saying that wolf attacked him was a smart choice. I don't think we would have an issue like the thing with Vicki. I also noticed that the Donovans seemed to get injured really easily.
We prepared to leave at that point.
"What are we doing about Tyler?" Caroline asked.
"We don't need to do anything." I remarked. "He only saw the wolf. I'll make sure to get some vervain for Matt. You won't be able to compel him anymore, but you won't be able to bite him either."
"Should I break up with him?" Caroline asked.
"Yes." Anna replied.
"Look, neither of us are good examples." I explained. "I probably shouldn't be with Jeremy and Anna, well she's not with Elena, but she was. I guess that the only advice that I can give you is to do what you think you need to do. If you don't think that you can handle it, then break up with him."
"How do you put up with it?" Caroline asked.
"There have been some bad days, but I love Jeremy." I replied. "I tried very hard to stay away from him, but I couldn't help but wonder who was going to protect if I was gone. The thing is you have a lot of time to figure this out."
"So how did you turn?" Caroline asked me as we started to head back into town.
"I wasn't going to transition." I explained. "I went home to say goodbye to my father and he attacked me. I shoved him away, accidentally impaling him with my cane. He hated vampires."
"How did you mom about them?" Caroline inquired. That's the first anyone's asked me about her.
"My mom died when I was three." I explained. "My father ended up sleeping with one of the maids and our half-brother was born."
When I got home, I noticed that Leah was there.
"Did you have a fun trip?" I asked.
"Yes, I got to see Damon get shot in the back with an arrow." Leah replied. "We also found out about something called the Curse of the Sun and the Moon. I don't know whether to believe it or not, but it sounds interesting at least. It involves Aztecs and Shamans and I'll tell you in the morning."
"Good night." I told her before I went to my room. I hopped in the shower because it was kind of a messy day. After I got out, I stepped out in a towel. I just hoped that Damon wouldn't decide to wake me up. I began to look through my things. This wasn't an easy thing to find. I grabbed it and looked over the picture of her. This was most of what I knew her by. I didn't have many memories from back then. I hugged her to my chest before I took the towel off and got into bed.
In case you're wondering, the picture looks like Isla Fisher. She may seem young to be their mother, but she died when Damon was 10. Also not much Saremy in the chapter and the trend will continue into the next few chapters. Please don't forget to review.