Twisted Love
Season Two
Crying Wolf
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
The night before John walks down into the tomb under the remains of the old Fell's church to see both Fayth and Katherine looking out at him, glaring evilly, their dark brown eyes glowing in the dim light of the candles.
"I know you were expecting someone else." John flashes his torch at them making them both shy away from the new light burning their eyes.
"I sent Stefan to find Isobel." Katherine growled.
"She got your message. She was busy so she sent me inside." John smiled.
"Does Stefan know that you're here right now?" Fayth purred looking down at her chipped nails.
"No. No one does. This is between, you, me, your sister and Isobel." John made it clear that no one else was to know about this conversation.
"We want out of this tomb, John." Katherine made it obvious.
"I'm already on it." John smiled.
Early that next morning Jules and Brady were burning the bodies of their dead, the smell of burning flesh mixed in with the air making their stomach churn as they mourned. They were joined by a lean, tall man with long shaggy brown hair with a wooly hat on.
"Go ahead." Brady looked at the other man "Tell her."
"Let me preface this with a big disclaimer, that screams, 'I should have know better.'." He added.
"What is it, Stevie?" Jules hissed wanting the man to cut to the chase.
"When Brady told me what that Tyler kid said about Mason being here for the moonstone, something clicked. There was this moment back in Florida when I suspected Mason was up to something because he was banging that hot vampire chick Fayth and he didn't want anyone to know." Stevie informed her.
"Alright." Jules grimaced "Just get to the point, Stevie."
"That is the point, Jules. It's the sun and the moon curse. Mason was asking me all kinds of questions about it: if it could be broken, and when that evil man-witch showed up last night, double click. Witches, vampires, moonstone. They're putting everything in place to break the curse." he added.
"We can't let them do that, even if we have to kill every last vampire in town." Brady growled protectively.
Grace was straightening her hair looking in the mirror as Damon sat behind her in their bed still naked looking her up and down biting his bottom lip gently.
"Damon." She complained "Stop looking at me like that." a rosie tinge covered her cheeks.
He zipped behind her and began pecking her neck gently, letting her sweet perfume fill his nostrils and relishing in the smell, the feel of her soft skin under his tender lips "Sorry, you just look so sexy, I can't resist you."
"Damon." She blushed heavily covering her face placing her hair straighteners on the side so she wouldn't hurt either of them "So what have we got planned for today?" She reached her hand around to knot into his hair as he suckled gently on the skin at the bottom of her slender neck.
"Well... I'm going out with Alaric, you on the other hand are staying here and being safe." Damon told her firmly releasing the skin from his mouth "You got really hurt yesterday, Gracie. I just want you to relax today..."
"I can't do that." Grace replied.
"I will tie you down if I have to." Damon nipped at the skin looking at her through the mirror she was sitting in front of "But you'd just like that, wouldn't you." his bright blue orbs filled with taunt.
She gripped his raven black hair harder and pulled his lips down on top of hers, he picked her up and swiftly moved her back onto the bed, smiling down at her, moving down to kiss her lips, after a while he slid his tongue over her bottom lip awaiting her to allow him access, she granted him and immediately darted his tongue in her mouth, tangling with her tongue.
"I need to go shower." He pulled back from the breath-taking kiss and whispered against her neck.
"Fine." She pouted giving him a puppy dog look with her big chocolate brown orbs.
"I didn't say I was going alone." He gathered her in his arms carrying her towards the shower as she protested in screams.
Up in Caroline's bedroom the three girls were sleeping soundly when Elena's phone began to blare out, they all groan at the sound of it and the blonde pushed the doppelgänger from the bed so she could answer her phone.
Hitting the floor with a huff Elena pushed her hair from her face as she reached for her phone in her bag seeing that Stefan was calling her.
"Hello?" She huffed out.
"Elena!" Caroline complained throwing a pillow at her head.
"How was the slumber party?" Stefan chuckled.
"Good and much needed." Elena joked getting up and walking from the room to leave the witch and the vampire in peace "When can you and I have one?" She flirted.
"That can be arranged." He retorted.
"Ok. Now. Today. Take me far, far away." She begged.
"Even with everything that's going on?" Stefan smirked as he sipped at his vervain drink wincing gently.
"Because of everything that's going on." Elena countered.
"And you're sure this has nothing to do with dodging your and your twins father who just got into town?" Stefan smirked
"Oh, God. Grace." Elena whispered "How is she?"
"Erm..." Stefan paused he heard that Grace and Damon awake earlier but wished he hadn't "She's, uh... She's fine." He answered vaguely.
"Good, did Damon treat her ok." Elena asked.
"More than ok." Stefan smirked.
"Can we just go? Just got a little while. Please." Elena begged.
"Where would you like to go?" Stefan smiled.
Damon skipped down the stairs leaving his sleeping girlfriend upstairs, she was exhausted under the thin sheet while answering the door to reveal Alaric, he let him in.
"Morning." Damon poured himself a scotch as Alaric let himself in closing the door behind him.
"Morning." Alaric answered "Where is Grace?"
"Out cold upstairs." He smirked to himself.
"Why? What have you done?" The history teacher seemed fairly worried.
"Many, many things I don't wish to discuss with you." Damon answered pulling out the dagger and the white ash to kill Elijah with "John Gilbert gave me this kill Elijah." Alaric glanced over at the rag "Said you have to dip the dagger in the remains of an old white ash tree that dates back to the originals, if there's any truth in that..."
"So you think it's a setup?" Alaric asked.
"It could be. Guys a weasel. Wouldn't put anything past him." Damon handed him the dagger "What are you up to today, Mr. Saltzman?"
"Well, Jenna and I were supposed to go to her families lake house, but somehow, we both got roped into doing this historical society thing at the Lockwood's." Alaric rolled his eyes.
"Where Elijah's the guest of honour." Damon smiled.
"Tell me you're not gonna kill him at the tea party." Alaric moaned.
"No. That would be stupid and Grace will probably want to be there..." Damon rolled his eyes "I want to know his endgame before I kill him but I do think it's time Elijah and I officially met."
Bonnie and Caroline were sitting at a table at the Mystic Grill grabbing some breakfast whilst talking about the witches plan.
"Ok. So tell me about this big witchy plan you've been cooking up." The blonde smiled.
"We still don't know the extent of what Elijah up to." Bonnie reasoned.
"No, we don't." Caroline muttered.
"So I'm gonna ask Luka to tell me what he knows." Bonnie replied.
"And he's not gonna tell you anything." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"I didn't say he was gonna have a choice." Bonnie smirked.
Across the bar Caroline caught eye contact with Matt whom seemed upset, he just looked straight away from her and got back to his job of cleaning tables and clearing them.
"What was that about?" Bonnie asked.
"Uh, I don't know. I thought that we were... I don't know." Caroline sighed heavily.
In the middle of the woods by wickery falls Tyler approached Jules as she stood outside of the RV looking down on the burnt out fire kicking the ash gently.
"Tyler. Hi." She looked surprised to see him.
"You're still here." He noted.
"Is that alright with you?" Jules questioned.
"That guy last night made it pretty clear you needed to go." Tyler countered talking about the warlock Jonas that had took care of all the wolves protecting the vampires for Elijah.
"And we will soon." The dirty blonde woman nodded as Brady and Stevie approach them "Listen. We need your help with something."
"We need you to help us find the moonstone." Brady told the younger wolf.
"Somebody needs to explain to me what the big deal is about a rock." Tyler grew anger, Mason hadn't told him why he wanted it and now he was dead, so why did everyone want it so bad?
"That rock helps break a curse of the sun and the moon." Stevie informed him.
"I don't know what the means." Tyler told him.
"It's an old curse placed on both vampires and werewolves." Jules explained the clueless wolf.
"Vampires break the curse, they're free to walk in the sunlight but we're stuck only turning at the full moon, A.K.A werewolf Armageddon." Stevie added.
"Tyler, if we can turn at will, that means we never have tor un at all, not if we don't want to." Jules told the teen.
"I'd never have to turn again?" Tyler muttered, it was tempting, his transformation before had be so painful he never wanted to experience anything like that again.
"There's more." Brady interrupted him "Stevie?"
"If those vamps are gearing up to break the curse, they must have also found the doppelgänger." The shaggy haired wolf informed them all.
"The doppelgänger?" Tyler questioned creasing his eye brows.
"Evil twin shadow person. We're betting Mason's hot vampire chick Fayth and her sister Katherine knows all about it, so we need you to help us find Fayth and Katherine. I have a picture. Mason brought her and her twin to the bar once. No one liked them. They were vampires. Bad news." Stevie pulls out his phone and shows Tyler the picture of Fayth and Katherine surrounding Mason who was smiling hugely holding up a pint of beer.
"Right there." He pointed to Fayth "That was the girl he was dating."
"That's Grace Gilbert." Tyler looked at her and Brady nodded, he had tortured her the other day.
"Who is the other girl, Tyler?" Jules asked.
"Elena Gilbert." Tyler muttered.
"You know her?" Jules asked.
"I know them both. I've known them my whole life." Tyler nodded.
Caroline finally gets the courage to walk over to Matt who was trying to ignore her, he cleaned a table really well before moving on to the next one.
"I'm... I'm working." He brushed her off.
"Yeah I can see that but can you work and talk?" The blonde asked nervously.
"What do you want, Caroline?" Matt turned to her.
"Uh, I want to talk about what we were supposed to talk about last night before I had to cancel on you. I want us to clear up the weirdness. I just want us to talk about us." Caroline smiled.
"Now you're just making it worse." Matt muttered.
"Uh, I... I don't know what you're going on, Matt." The blonde whispered.
"Where were you last night when you were supposed to be with me?" Matt demanded.
Caroline though back to that night, it was a painful memory, her and one of her best friend tortured for information, but Matt couldn't know about that she had to continue to lie to him which hurt her more than anything "I-"
"And don't say you were with Bonnie because Bonnie was here, Caroline. I saw her." Matt spat.
"Oh." Caroline blanked.
"Yeah." Matt sneered walking away.
"Matt!" She called after him, but he ignored her Tyler walked into the Grill looking at her, he could see that she was visible upset, but he was on a mission.
"Caroline." He walked over.
"You stay away from me." She walked past him.
"It's important." He went to grab her hand but caught her bag instead making all her stuff fall to the floor.
She drops to the floor and begins to put all her things away, Tyler giving her a hand, he stole her phone placing it in his pocket quickly before she could notice him taking it.
"Just stop it, Tyler, ok? You're just... you're just making it worse..." She spat before grabbing her bag and getting up.
"Please, Caroline. I'm sorry about what happened, ok? But there's so much we need to talk about." He whispered.
"I said just leave me alone." Caroline hissed before leaving him.
"The two of you want to get together, fine." Matt walked over to Tyler "There's nothing I can do about it, but do me a favour, and both of you stop lying about it."
"Matt, there's nothing doing on." Tyler assured him but Matt caught his collar.
"Hey! I said stop lying!" Matt demanded
Elena and Stefan are standing in the hall way of the Gilbert house, bags packed and ready to up to her late parents lake house, Grace and Damon were there to see them off.
"Are you ready for our romantic weekend?" Stefan purred and Grace cooed holding hands with Damon, he had his chest to her back, arms slung over her shoulder, her hands raised to link fingers with him.
"Beyond ready." Elena answered "Are you two sure you don't want to come? It's gonna be so much fun, it won't be the same without you."
"No, it's fine, 'Lena." Grace released Damon's hands walking over and hugged her twin "You two go, have a good time."
"Plus, we'll have the house all to ourselves." Damon grabbed Grace's waist pulling her back into his body firmly holding her there, resting his chin on the top of her head.
"I think we should all leave before John comes back." Elena shooed them out the door as she got a text.
'I need to talk, where are you? - Caroline' Elena sighed heavily and texted her back that she was on the way to her parents lake house at Dunham Lake asking what the problem was and Caroline replied that it didn't matter.
"Uh, please tell me there's nothing wrong." Stefan begged putting the bags in the back of his car.
"Nothing's wrong. Just Caroline." Elena shrugged putting her phone away.
"Have a good time." Grace hugged the two.
"Look after her." Elena told Damon firmly.
"Yep." Damon grabbed Grace "I won't let her go." It was more a promise to himself than to his girlfriends sister.
"I don't want you to let me do." Grace turned in his arms looking up into his crystal blue eyes before kissing him softly.
"Gross. Let's go." Stefan whined getting in the car.
"Race you home." Grace giggled at Damon her eyes flaring with a challenge.
Tyler was stood inside of the RV with Brady, Stevie and Jules looking down at Caroline's phone as he received a text back from Elena telling them where she was going.
"She's going to Dunham lake. Her family has a house up there." Tyler remembered.
"Nice. Let's go get our doppelgänger." Brady smirked.
After a long drive to Dunham Lake Stefan and Elena arrive at the Lake house, the doppelgänger had barely spoke the whole way there and this was beginning to worry Stefan.
"You alright?" Stefan questioned.
"I'm good. I just haven't been back here since before-"
"Oh my God." Stefan whispered remember that this was Elena's parents lake house, she hadn't been here since the passing of them "Elena, listen, just say the word, alright? We'll get back on that highway, we'll go anywhere else." Stefan promised.
"I've always loved it here." Elena smiled to herself "I want it to stay that way, I was just... having a moment." She breathed out.
"Ok." Stefan nodded as Elena walked in the house leaving Stefan standing outside.
"You don't have to wait out there. I'm all good." Elena laughed.
"Oh, that's great because I'm, uh... I'm stuck." Stefan pressed his hand against the barrier.
"Oh my God." Elena laughed "You can't get in."
"No gonna be a very romantic weekend unless you, uh, invite me in." Stefan chuckled.
"Stefan, I can't." Elena's smile dropped.
"What?" Stefan asked.
"my parents left this place to John Gilbert. He's the only one who can invite you in. I'm sorry. I completely forgot." She shook her head.
"You're kidding me, right?" horror was written over Stefan's face.
Elena grinned "Stefan Salvatore, I hereby invite you into this home."
"You are such a liar." He smirked as he entered the house taking her in his arms kissing her passionately as a punishment for teasing him.
"Hey, hey, hey." Elena giggled.
At the Lockwood Mansion it was a small tea party and Carol Lockwood was speaking privately with Elijah as she sipped tentatively at her tea in a small, expensive looking china tea set.
"Have you spent much time in Richmond for your book? There's such a wealth of history there." Carol smiled.
"No." He lied "I'm focusing mostly on the smaller regions of Virginia. Lots of research. Strictly academic."
"That's fascinating." Carol mused watching Grace and Damon enter the room arms linked.
Grace was wearing a fitted black mini dress falling just below the middle of her thigh with high 5 inch black pumps, her chocolate brown hair pulled into a curled, fancy, low side pony tail. Damon was dressed to match her in a black suit with a deep blue dress shirt unbuttoned slightly at the top with no tie, smart-casaul.
"Are you sure I should be here." Grace creased her eye brows worried playing with the tips of her hair "I'm not on the Founder's Council." She muttered.
"Of course, you're with me, my date." Damon smiled devilishly leaning down pressing his lips against hers subtlety as Jenna joined them watching them almost surprised.
"What are you doing here?" Jenna asked Grace in shock.
"She's my date." Damon placed his arm around Grace's waist squeezing her hip gently "Andie invited us." He wiggled his fingers at the news reporter who waved back.
"Damon." Carol walked over with Elijah by her side, Jenna walked away giving Grace a look that had 'we will speak later' and the vampire just smirked a little.
"Carol." Damon smiled.
"What a surprise." She kissed his cheek "And I see you brought Grace Gilbert with you."
"I assume that will not be a problem?" Damon asked creasing his eye brows.
"Of course not." Carol smiled at Grace "You've always been a good friend to Tyler."
"Thank you." Grace smiled appreciatively.
"Anyway, Elijah this is Damon Salvatore and Grace Gilbert." Carol introduced them to the original, two people that he already knew "They are both part of the founding families of Mystic Falls."
"Such a pleasure to meet you." Damon smiled
"No. The pleasure's all mine." Elijah smiled he shook his head "You, my dear, look exquisite." He released Damon's hand to take Grace's and place a small kiss on the back of it
"Thanks." Grace's replied in a small voice her cheeks flaring a deep red, Damon tightened his grip on Grace's waist making her wince "Too hard, sweetie." She mumbled in his ear, but he didn't let up.
At the Grill Bonnie walks over to Luka with a large cup of milky coffee in her hands, he was playing pool on his own, as he looked at her he gave her a small smile.
"I come bearing coffee gifts." She slid the coffee across to him.
"So you're talking to me now?" Luka smirked.
"I found out what your dad did, saving my friends from a wolf pack." Bonnie nodded appreciatively.
"Well, had I know that's all it took..." Luka joked.
Caroline was sitting across the bar watching the witch and the warlock interact when Jeremy Gilbert joined her taking a seat next to her at the table she was at.
"Hey. How's it going?" Jeremy smiled.
"What are you doing here?" The blonde questioned.
"Bonnie called." Jeremy answered simply "I wanted to help. How's it going?"
"She's selling it, and he's buying it. She's giving him the sex smile." Caroline's eyes flashed with humour.
"Alright, Caroline. I get it." jealousy washed over the teen.
"What do you say? Wanna play a game?" Luka drummed his fingers on the pool table.
"Yeah." Bonnie nodded.
"Yeah?" Luka smiled.
"Yeah." Bonnie agreed.
Suddenly Luka feels off balance and sleepy "What's happening to me?" He used the table to support himself.
"You'll be ok." The witch assured him as he was about to fall, Caroline and Jeremy joined her "Why don't we go over here?"
"I got him, I got him." Jeremy caught Luka as he fell "What kind of witch roofie was that?"
"A strong one." Bonnie answered simply.
Elena was sitting outside on the dock that lead out into the amazing lake, it was beautiful emerald green mixed with sky blue to make a perfect colour. Stefan joined her and embraced her warmly from behind.
"Having another moment?" Stefan asked.
"Jeremy broke his arm diving off this dock when he was 6." Elena reminisced "My dad taught me how to fish right off the edge over there. So many memories. Do you ever think about us. What out future will be like, our memories?" The doppelgänger asked.
"I think there are a lot of conversations to be had about our future, about the kind of life we could have together." He nuzzled into her neck.
"Now there's a box that we shouldn't open." Elena joked.
"Ok, we can open it. Whenever you're ready." Stefan smiled.
"No. I'd rather just be here... now." She held his hands.
"You know, this is a future memory. It's where your boyfriend whispered to you that he loved you." He leaned down against her ear "I love you." Elena grinned hugely.
"I'll be right back, Gracie." Damon kissed Grace's cheek formally as he rose from his seat leaving her sitting there.
"Where are you going?" She held his hand tight not letting go "Please don't leave me out here on my own."
"I'll be right back I promise, Gracie." He pried her hand from his but she still wouldn't release it from her iron grip "Grace, you have to let my hand go." He smirked.
"I'll look after her." Jenna walked over "It can be very cliquey here."
"Thanks." Damon smiled kissing Grace head "I won't be long."
Walking over to Elijah they exchanged a glance before sneaking into Carol Lockwood's late husbands office, thinking they had got in unnoticed
"So, you and Damon?" Jenna sat next to Grace "You two seem to be getting on really well."
"Mmm." Grace nodded.
Jenna giggled "You two make the cutest couple. You two both look adorable"
"Thanks." Grace blushed "Never call Damon adorable to his face." Grace giggled "I dressed him to match me." She joked.
"That's the best way to do it, I did the same to Alaric." Jenna laughed.
Grace laughed too "Oh, yeah, Elena told me about her interaction with you and Alaric the other day." the vampire smirked "Funny times."
"She probably made it sound worse than what it was." Jenna blushed heavily "What do you think of that Elijah Smith? Cute?"
"Smith?" Grace muttered "He seems like a ok guy." Grace nodded.
John joins Alaric as he stood in the middle of the room at the Lockwood tea party watching over Jenna and Grace whilst Damon spoke privately with Elijah.
"What's Damon doing with Elijah?" John questioned.
"How would I know?" Alaric threw him a look.
"Because you're his little helper." John smirked.
"If you say so, John." Alaric scoffed.
"Does Jenna know about your extracurricular activities? Maybe it's time we tell her. I mean, she can't stay in the dark forever..." John shrugged.
"You're a dick." Alaric growled.
"I don't think you should sleep over anymore. It's inappropriate with children in the house, and that ring that Isobel gave you, that's mine. I'm gonna want that back." John smiled evilly.
"What can I do for you Damon?" Elijah questioned wandering around the room.
"I was hoping we could have a word." Damon answered.
"Where's Elena?" Elijah asked.
"Safe with Stefan." Damon replied "They're laying low, you know, bit of a werewolf problem."
"Yet you keep Grace here, the one who is in more danger with the wolves." Elijah noted.
"Well, I find it's safer when I keep Grace with me." The younger vampire lowered his voice "She is mine after all." he made it very clear that Grace was his own and no one else.
"You own her." Elijah nodded fingering through paper work on the desk.
"Yeah, I do." Damon growled.
"I did hear about your werewolf problems." Elijah nodded moving swiftly on from the conversation of Grace.
"I'm sure you did since it was your witch that saved the day." Damon smirked.
"You are welcome." Elijah shrugged.
"Which adds to my confusion on exactly why you're here." Damon hissed.
"Why don't you just stay focused on keeping your Grace safe and leave the rest to me." Elijah walked towards the door but Damon zipped in front of it enabling him from leaving.
"Not good enough." Damon spat.
Elijah grabbed Damon and shoved him back against the wall holding him there by his throat, slightly elevated off the ground. The younger vampire tries to pry the originals hand from his throat but Elijah retaliated by snapping his wrist.
"You young vampires, so arrogant." Elijah smirked "How dare you come in here and challenge me."
"You can't kill me. It's not part of the deal." Damon teased.
"Silence." Elijah jabbed a wooden pencil into Damon's jugular before releasing him.
As quick as it was put it Damon removed it falling hard onto the desk removing it, Grace burst into the room looking at them both before shutting the door after her, a deathly look planted on her face.
"I'm an original. Show a little respect. The moment you cease to be of use to me, you're dead, so you should do what I say. Keep her safe." Elijah ordered Damon before passing Grace a white hanky and leaving the room.
Grace quickly made her way over to Damon placing the white material over the wound looking at him as she dabbed away the blood.
Stefan was cooking dinner for Elena whilst she sat on the couch opposite him drinking a deep maroon wine, it was aged to perfection.
"My dad did all the cooking, too." Elena noted.
"And your mom?" Stefan asked.
"She sat right here and watched." Elena replied with a small smile "She couldn't cook either." She glanced over at the fading fire "Fire's dying."
"Oh, yeah." Stefan nodded "I'll go get more wood."
"I got it." Elena smiled standing up.
"No, no. It's cold outside." Stefan told her.
"So I'll get a jacket." She wandered into her parents room and saw it was still full of their personal belongings from before they died, she picked up a bottle of her mother's perfume and inhaled it deeply remembering "My mom's perfume." Elena whispered as Stefan walked in the room "Jenna was supposed to pack all this up, but... she kept putting it off. I don't blame her." She walked into the closest and pulled out a sweater "Here. Bundle up." She threw it towards him and it pulled it on slowly "It was my great granddad's and you look very hot it in."
"I look hot in your dead great granddad's jacket?" Stefan smirked.
"Beyond hot." Elena joked the vampire kissed her passionately moving her back against the wall deepening the kiss "Stefan! It's my parents' bedroom!" He ceased his kissing and knocked the wall behind her "What?"
"This is hollow inside." He broke the wall to reveal a door behind it.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
"A really good hiding place." Stefan noted opening the door and turning on a light to reveal a arsenal of weapons made to kill a vampire.
"oh my God." Elena whispered.
In Caroline's house Jeremy and Bonnie were surrounding Luka who was still out cold on the floor, the blonde vampire walked in holding a load of candles in her arms.
"we only have, like, an hour or two before my mom gets home." Caroline informed the two "And these are all I could find."
"Place these evenly around the room." Bonnie told the two.
"How does this work?" Jeremy asked placing candles down.
"Um, I'll put him in a trance and ask him questions. It's like hypnosis." Bonnie explained.
"You sure you're strong enough for this?" Jeremy questioned concerned for the young witch.
"That's what the candles are for. I'll draw power from the flames." Bonnie put his mind at rest.
"I'll get the matches-"
"I got it." Bonnie explained using her powers to light them all.
"Oh, come on. That's pretty hot, and you know it." Caroline teased and Jeremy smiled catching a look from Bonnie.
"I need a bowl of water." Bonnie told him.
"Yeah, yeah." The young boy took the hint "I'll go get it." He left the room.
"Ok. What was that?" Bonnie asked a confused Caroline "it's hot?"
"He is so crushing on you." Caroline giggled.
"So?"
"So... what you'd rather be with traitor warlock over here?" Caroline pressed the tip of her foot to Luka's arm.
"I'm not into Luka." Bonnie stated "It's just, you know, he understood me, and he was new and different."
"And you've know Jeremy since forever, and you only see him one way, as Elena's brother but you're a witch, and I'm a vampire. You know, it's not like we're Grace and Elena we can't all have a guy made for us and it's not like we're in any position-"
"To be picky." Bonnie nodded.
"No, to judge." Caroline gave her a look as Jeremy walked back in the room handing a large bowl of water to the witch who placed it on the ground at her feet.
"Looks like he's waking up." Jeremy noted as Luka began to twitch awake.
"Bonnie dipped her hands in the icy water and placed them in Luka's, as she began to cast the spell the candles around her flared violently.
Damon and Alaric sat in the library of the Salvatore Boarding House as Grace prepared their drinks behind them muttering to herself showing how angry she was.
"You're such an idiot." Grace spat as she handed Damon a glass of blood, Alaric laughed from where he sat "You don't get to laugh." She told the history teacher firmly.
"Sorry." Alaric muttered putting his head down.
"Listen." Damon grabbed her waist pulling her close to him "I just wanted information."
"You could have been killed. He could have killed you like that." Grace hissed at him removing his hands "I'm going upstairs to cool down." She walked away from him.
Damon sighed heavily "Grace-"
"Damon." Alaric gave him a look "Give her some time. How's the throat."
"Sore." He rubbed it gently.
"Yeah. That Elijah's one scary dude, but with nice hair. Hey. You want another?" He asked as Damon finished his glass that Grace had just given him.
"He's gonna be hard to kill." Damon lowered his voice.
"Yeah. I'd think twice before I'd trust that dagger and some ashes to do the job. You're gonna need more info." Alaric asked pouring them both a drink of whisky.
"I'm out of sources." Damon replied.
"So, Jenna wanted me to ask if you're serious about Grace. She doesn't want you hurting her." Alaric gave him a look "And neither do I man, she's a good girl, a nice girl."
"I won't." Damon muttered sipping his blood "She's means a lot to me."
"Just don't hurt her." Alaric gave him a look "She's been through enough crap with you."
"There's no fun in a straight forward relationship, got to have a few good fights." Damon joked.
"Just don't do it, alright? Jenna loves that girl and it's bad enough that I"m lying to her about everything else. I hate the lies." He looked down at his phone "I got to go. I got to pick Jenna up. Don't worry. I'll, uh, show myself out." He stood up quickly finishing his drink.
"Good luck." Damon murmured.
Alaric walked from the room before seeing something that made him jump "Damon! Get in here!" He yelled.
Zipping through the house he saw Grace laying on the floor with a syringe in her side, Damon kneeled down next to her to feel she was still alive, only unconscious the next second Alaric was hit with a stake, he fell down to the floor dying.
Damon stood up and glanced around the room when suddenly Stevie jumped on his back jabbing a syringe full of vervain into his neck. The older vampire began to fight against him causing Stevie to use the full syringe until Damon fell to the floor.
"Whew!" Stevie breathed as he hand cuffed Grace's hands together looking at Damon "You're strong. It took a whole syringe for you, buddy. Your girl only took half."
Damon growled loudly still unable to get up, other werwolves enter his home and begin to look around "Grab that one." Stevie told his friends about Alaric "He's dead."
Jules walked into the room holding a shotgun in her hands she smiled down at Damon "Hi, Damon. Nice to see you again."
Back at the Lake house Elena and Stefan were in the hidden room in her parents' bedroom, they were looking through boxes getting out journals.
"These must be the other Jonathan Gilbert journals." Elena noted "Jeremy had the one, but John said that there were others. His whole life's in here."
"I'll go get the firewood. I'll let you have a moment." He smiled sweetly at her.
Brady was with Tyler at his RV in the middle of the woods, he was looking down at Caroline's phone.
"we're good to go." Brady told him "You up for this?" Tyler didn't answer and Brady sat down next to him "These people have done nothing but lie to you. This girl that you've know since birth, she's a vampire now and her sister is working with her, they were the ones that killed Mason." He provoked him "They're the enemy, and if they break the curse, well... all of us are as good as dead. Are you up for this?"
"Yes." Tyler nodded.
"Good because if you wuss out, you're gonna have me to deal with, you got it?" Brady spat.
John was standing in the kitchen of the Gilbert house pouring himself a nice glass of red wine to unwind when Jenna walked in the room looking at him.
"Where's Elena?" John asked.
"At the lake house for the weekend." Jenna replied.
"With Stefan?" John questioned.
"Yes, with Stefan." Jenna answered shortly.
"And who gave her permission for that?" John narrowed his eyes.
"I did. Until you get a lawyer, file for guardianship, it's my call, and there's nothing you can do about it." Jenna told him firmly.
"I always knew you were lax with them, but I didn't think you were negligent." John shook his head.
"She wanted to get away from you, ok? Why do you think Grace doesn't live here-"
"Because you let her run off with her 22 year old boyfriend to live in his house when she is only 17 herself." John growled at her.
"Grace is Elena's sister, yes, and I care deeply for her and worry about her, but I trust her to know the right decision-"
"Right decision! She's 17!" John spat loudly.
"You tell her to do one thing, she'll do the complete opposite." Jenna told him slamming her hands down on the table "It's not like she changed country or even state, she's down the road, I can just shout to get her attention."
"You made the wrong decision, Jenna."
"You know what? I've have enough of this, I'm going to stay with Ric." Jenna told him.
"Because he's such a great guy, right?" John scoffed.
"You are on dangerous grounds." Jenna warned him.
"He's a liar, Jenna."
"What?"
"Did he ever tell you what happened to his wife?" John stepped towards her.
"She died." Jenna answered.
"Really? So they found her body?" John tilted his head.
"What are you saying?" Jenna demanded.
"Why don't you ask Ric? I'd love to hear his answer. Have a great night." He left her standing there confused.
Damon was sitting in a chair being held down by chains, an iron collar around his neck, modified with wooden spikes to do maximum damage.
On the floor Alaric lay there dead, the stake still sticking out of his stomach, Damon glanced down at his hand seeing that he was wearing his Gilbert ring.
"Damon." Grace breathed, her hands were buckled to the wall above her head attaching her to the wall "What... What's going on?" There was also a modified iron chain around her neck.
"Morning, sleeping beauties." Stevie walked over to them picking up the chains on the floor "I saw this movie once, some torture porn flick." Grace gave him a disgusted look and he smirked eyeing her up and down "There was a girl a lot like you in it..." Damon growled lowly at him and Stevie jumped slightly "Anyway, they had this collar device that was really cool, so I just modified it with some wooden nails, and when I pull." He yanked both of the chains making the nails puncher into both of the vampires skin, they both called out.
"So I hear you have the moonstone." Jules walked in the room.
"Oh, if you only knew the irony of this moment right now." Damon rasped "Let me tell you how this is gonna go. You're gonna torture me, I don't talk, someone loses a heart. Last time, it was your boy Mason."
"This time, it will be you or your girl." Jules looked over at Grace was stand there weakly, the chains around her hands bitting into her skin where her body was so slack and weak it was the only think holding her up making the crimson blood drip down her arms "She looks like she's in a pretty bad way, better speak quick." She looked over at Stevie who pulled both of their chains again.
"How long is this gonna take?" Caroline asked from where she sat with Jeremy on the couch.
"I don't know. He's fighting me." She has her hands on Lukas's head still trying to break through.
"Please stop. Please." Luka begged when finally he fell into Bonnie's trance.
"There. Alright. Why are you working with Elijah?" Bonnie questioned.
Luka's eyes were glassy from where he was in the trance state "Klaus. We both want him dead."
"You want to kill Klaus, too. Why?" Bonnie asked.
"Because he has her and we have to get her away from him." Luka replied vaguely.
Bonnie sighed "Who… who are you talking about?"
"My sister." Luka answered.
"His sister?" Jeremy creased his eye brows.
"Why does he have her?" Bonnie questioned.
"He's searching for a way to undo the curse without the doppelgänger. He's forced generations of witches to help him for centuries." The warlock answered.
"What has Elijah promised you?" The Bennett witch asked.
"If we help Elijah kill Klaus, he's promised to return her to us." Luka told her softly.
"And how do you kill Klaus? How do you kill an original vampire?" Bonnie asked.
"He'll kill me if I tell you. Don't make me." Luka begged.
"It's ok, Bonnie. We can find another way." Jeremy promised her.
"No. How will you kill Klaus?" Bonnie demanded.
"After the sacrifice, Klaus will be vulnerable, weak. It's our only chance." Luka told her.
"After the sacrifice?" Caroline muttered.
"What do you mean, after?" Bonnie looked at him.
Luka nodded "Klaus will be vulnerable."
"But Elena will be dead." Bonnie whispered.
"Yes. Elena has to die." Luka replied.
"No." Jeremy whispered as they all exchange glances with each other.
Stefan walks outside into the brisk air, trotting into the garage he gathers some more wood when suddenly he feels someone standing behind him, turning he only saw Brady for a second before he was shot with a wooden bullet, directly in the chest.
"Keep him down. If he moves... kill him." Brady growled at Tyler.
Stefan moved slightly so he could look at the scared teen wolf hold a gun in his shaky hand "Done move!" He ordered.
"Just let me get the bullet out." Stefan told him through clenched teeth "It punctured my heart. I need to get it out. I'm not going to fight you."
"I don't think so." Tyler shook his head.
"Tyler, why are you doing this?" Stefan asked in pain.
"I can't let you break the curse." The scared boy replied.
"You know about the curse?" Stefan creased his eye brows.
"You're liars, all of you!"
"No. I swear to you. We don't want to break the curse, Tyler. We don't want to do that." He promised.
Tyler shot him "Oh yeah? But I do. I can't be like this forever."
"Tyler, I'm just trying to save Elena." Stefan spat.
"Elena will be fine!" Tyler shook his head.
"They didn't tell you that part, did they? Who are the liars now?" Stefan winced.
"Tell me what?" Tyler asked lowering the gun slowly.
"In order to break the curse, Elena has to die."
Elena was standing inside the house looking outside, she laughed as she stood in the door way "Are you growing trees out there? Stefan?" There was no answer, grabbing a knife from the side Elena took a step outside "Stefan, what are you doing out there?"
Brady caught her up in his arms and Elena quickly stabbed the knife into him, he releases her and she runs into the house locking the door running upstairs. Removing the knife from his side Brady throws it to the floor and kicks out the door.
"I can smell you." Brady sung.
Pulling off her sweater she lays it on the bed in one room and runs to another, pouncing up the stairs Brady saw the jumper on the bed. Creeping down the stairs Elena makes her way to the bottom of the stairs running to her parents room hiding.
The werewolf growled as he ran downstairs smelling her, walking into Elena's parents bedroom he opened the door to the hidden room to reveal that she wasn't in there, as he turned back around he saw Elena standing there, she staked him and ran outside the house. Brady hissed and removed the stake from himself walking outside, stalking towards the doppelgänger, suddenly Stefan steps out in front of him and rip his heart from his chest. Elena ran into his arms embracing him tightly.
"It's ok. It's ok." He shhed her "You're alright, it's ok."
Elena saw Tyler standing by the door of the lake house, looking awkward "Tyler?"
"I don't know what they were gonna do to you." He admitted "I didn't. I just... I don't want to be like this anymore. I'm sorry, Elena." He was close to tears as she walked towards him and embraced him tightly.
"It's ok."
"You know what the great thing about buckshot is? It scatters through the body, maximum damage." Jules smiled evilly has she stood in front of Damon holding her shotgun.
"Get over it, honey. You're never gonna get it." The older vampire smirked.
"You looking for this?" Elijah called as he walked into the library holding the moonstone in his hand, he places it down on the table next to him "Go ahead. Take it."
One wolf approached the stone and when to take it but Elijah ripped his heart out, another two go to take it, but he tears their hearts from their chest too, Jules escapes through a window and the original walks towards Stevie who was cowering under his hoodie.
"What about you, sweetheart, hmm?" He pulled the young wolf up "You want to take a shot? Yes, no, yes? Where's the girl?" Elijah scanned the room for Jules.
"I don't know." Damon looked around.
"It doesn't really matter." Elijah replied punching Stevie in the face killing him.
The original goes to Grace first breaking her from the chains, she fell weakly into his arms and he held her before putting her on the couch gently and releasing Damon from his chains.
"So you realise this is the third time I've saved your life now?" Elijah smirked "You're doing a good job of protecting her." He scoffed before grabbing the moonstone and vanishing from the room.
Damon rushed over to Grace, she was awake looking at him, her wounds already healing he kissed her several times so relieved that they were both ok and alive.
"You're ok." He breathed.
"I'm fine." She brushed her fingers over the holes in his neck "are you?" She asked and he just nodded.
Grace's phone began to ring, she reached in her pocket and pulled it out seeing it was Bonnie, she hit answer and held it to her ear.
"What's up?" She asked weakly.
"Are you ok?" Bonnie asked concerned.
"I'm fine, what's going on?"
"Is Damon with you? Can you put me on speaker?" Bonnie asked and Grace did "He planned to kill Elena all along! She's going to die!"
"What?" Grace asked "Bonnie, I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Elijah was planning to kill Elena in the sacrifice all along." Caroline informed her "Luka told us."
"No, Elijah said he would protect her." Grace whispered "I don't understand."
"Klaus will be vulnerable after the sacrifice that's when Elijah is going to kill him." Bonnie explained.
"He lied to us, that sneak original-" Grace hissed cutting herself off "I'll speak to you later." She hung up throwing her phone across the room tears welling up in her eyes.
"Gracie, calm down." Damon held her hands.
"They lied to me." Grace vented as she stood up "I wanted to protect her! For her to live!" She began to sob "It isn't fair!"
Damon held her tightly "I'm going to make everything ok, alright? I promise."
"What are you planning?" Grace whispered looking up at him.
"Never you mind." Damon cooed making her snuggle into him.
"What happened?" Alaric groaned as he awoke from his dead state, he saw that the two vampires were covered in blood and he was surround by dead wolf bodies.
"Took your time. You missed all the fun." Damon's voice was painted with sarcasm.
Alaric pulled out his phone and called Jenna's number waiting for her answer "There you are. Are you ok?" Jenna asked.
"Yeah, sorry. I... I... I've been grading papers. Honestly, uh... I fell asleep. I'm sorry. Jenna, I'm a jerk." Alaric smirked.
"No. It's fine. I'm just glad you're ok." Jenna nodded.
"Sorry. Tomorrow I'm all yours, ok." Alaric informed her.
"Sure. Sounds great." Jenna bit her bottom lip.
"Alright. Good night, Jenna." Alaric replied.
"Goodnight." She hung up.
"It was straight from the witches mouth. You should probably keep Elena away a little longer." Damon informed his brother on the phone as he lay with Grace on the bed, she was almost asleep, her eye lids growing heavy, threatening to flutter shut, laying across his chest.
"How is Grace? She is ok?" Stefan asked concerned.
"She's a little shaken up." Damon noted running his finger tips up and down Grace's arm.
"Be careful." Stefan replied "Try not to get yourself killed and look after Grace."
"Yeah. It's been a day for that." Damon shook his head hanging up looking down at the girl who was almost asleep on his chest "How are you feeling, sweetie."
"Betrayed." Grace answered her voice glum "I can't believe Elijah lied."
"mmm, just like an original." Damon nodded stroking her hair gently "I know what will make you feel better." He tickled the side of her thigh seductively.
Grace sat up "I'm not sure I'm in the mood, Damon." She answered and Damon smirked as he moved forward pressing his lips to her neck, nipping tentatively at the skin, the younger vampire shuddered at the feeling of his blunt teeth bitting down "Damon." She whined.
"C'mon." In a fluid movement he had her back against a wall, legs wrapped around his waist, held up by his muscular arms "I'll have you smiling in no time."
Stefan approached Elena as she sat on the couch with a mug of hot chocolate in her hands, legs pulled up into a chest he sat opposite her.
"That was, um... that was Damon. We need to talk." Stefan informed her.
"What is it?" Elena sat up.
"He learned that Elijah's planning for you to die in the sacrifice ritual." Stefan informed her bracing himself for the worse.
Elena's expression didn't change "I know the deal I made, Stefan. Elijah's very careful with his words. He promised to protect my friends, my family, my sister. He never said a word about me."
"You mean, you knew that you weren't gonna survive this?" Stefan creased his eye brows.
"If it comes down to the people that I love getting killed or me, I know what my choice is gonna be." Elena nodded certainly.
"How didn't Grace know?" Stefan asked, she had made a deal too.
"Elijah and I... We made a separate deal whilst Grace wasn't in the room." Elena explained "I knew how she'd react so I left her out."
"Elena, how... how could you stand out there earlier with me, talking about making plans for out future, when you don't even expect too have one?" Stefan asked hurt.
"I'm sorry, Stefan. I'm just trying to keep the people I love safe. I'm trying to keep you safe." She told him.
"No. What you're doing is you're being a martyr." Stefan spat.
"How is that any different from when you say that you would die to keep me safe?" Elena countered.
"Because I've already lived. 162 years I have lived, and you've barely begun, and now you way to let yourself get killed? That's not heroic. It's tragic." He gave her a pain stricken look before leaving the room.
Bonnie was sitting alone with Jeremy in Caroline's house whilst she was returning Luka to the Grill after they had finished with him.
"So will Luka remember anything?" Jeremy asked curiously.
"No. He'll know he lost consciousness, that's all." Bonnie informed him.
"Should we wait for Caroline?" Jeremy asked.
"She was just gonna drop Luka back at the Grill. Said to lock the door on our way out." Bonnie replied.
"Yeah. Well, I hope she drops him hard." Jeremy muttered about to get up and leave.
"Wait. You're Elena's little brother, I've know you forever. You're that punk kid. I remember your awkward phase and then your emo phase, your druggie phase and overnight, you turned into this hot guy who's really sweet and-"
"You think I'm hot?" Jeremy smiled to himself.
"With everything that's going on, you know, curses and sacrifice-"
"Enough already." He took her face between his hands and they shared their first passionate kiss, it was magical and sparks flew, it was amazing for them both, nothing would ever be the same again.
Carol Lockwood turned off the lights after she had finished cleaning the tea party, walking up the stairs she hears a noise, like the sound of a door clicking shut.
"Hello?" She called no one answered "Hello?" She walked back down the stairs to see a later waiting for her on the side, it had Tyler's handwriting on it.
In the Grill Tyler walked in and spotted Matt from across the bar, he walked over to him but the human was ignoring him.
"Matt." He got his attention.
"I'm not in the mood, man." Matt told him firmly.
"I need to say something." Tyler replied.
"Alright. Say it." Matt turned to him fully, giving the wolf his undivided attention.
"I've been going through a rough time, something I can't really talk about, and Caroline's been helping me through it. She's been there for me more than anyone's ever been there in my entire life, and I kind of fell for her." He admitted "I don't know how anyone wouldn't because she's pretty incredible. But she loves you, and she needs you and to be honest, she deserves someone like you. So you be good to her, ok?" Tyler gave him a look.
"Yeah, man. Of course." Matt nodded a little confused by Tyler's confession.
"See you around, Matt." Tyler patted his arm.
"Yeah." Matt murmured at Tyler left.
Caroline was in her bedroom when she felt as if someone was outside, she walked towards the front door to see no one there, opening the door she stepped onto the porch.
"Mom?" She stepped outside to see no one, nothing but pitch black darkness.
Tyler was standing in the distance watching her before turning and joining up with Jules who had been waiting in her car for him to return from saying goodbye.
"I'm sorry about Brady and your friends but if I'm gonna go with you, no more lies." Tyler told her.
"No more lies." She promised "You're doing the right thing."
"I can't stay here, not like this." He whispered and they drove away.
A/N
Aww, Tyler is gone :( Elena made a deal with Elijah that she would die :O Oh no! Grace seems pretty angry about it, but at least she has Damon to distract her ;) Love writing Drace scenes, cute.
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