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So, not too long after, all of them were at the Mystic Grill. Isobel had agreed to their terms, not that it mattered because Charlene was going to be there no matter what Isobel said. Like even though Stefan wasn't apart of the deal, he was still there, just to be there for them.

Damon and Alaric were there too, but they were standing outside just in case they needed them.

Everyone was nervous, especially Elena. Charlene wanted to tell her that everything was going to be okay and that Isobel was going to be everything that she wanted, but even she knew that wasn't possible. If what Alaric said was true, that is, which she believed him.

Charlene reached over and grasped Elena's hand in hers, getting her sister's attention. "Everything's going to be okay." She was still going to try and assure her either way.

Elena let out a shaky breath. "Yeah…"

"She's right, Lena." Megan tried to assure her too with a soft smile, grabbing her other hand. "Everything will be okay."

"Yeah, if you're smart and listen."

Their heads turned, and Charlene's heart skipped at a beat at the sight of the woman she had only seen in a picture.

Isobel smiled, but it wasn't an emotional smile, like one a mother would give if they hadn't seen them in a long time.

"Isobel…" Elena breathed.

"Hello Elena." She said, emotionlessly. "Charlene, Megan…" Her eyes flickered to the blonde and the other brunette.

Charlene said nothing.

"Hi, well this is uh great, us all together again." Megan joked in her Megan like way.

Charlene kicked her leg in response while Isobel looked at her blankly. There was silence until Elena's birth mother broke the silence.

"You three look just like them, it's eerie." Isobel was obviously talking about Abigail, Demetria, and Katherine.

"You met them before?" Megan blurted out.

Isobel gave a nod. "They found me after I was turned." She answered, "Genetic curiosity, I suppose." She started playing with the necklace around her neck. "She would be fascinated by you three."

Elena nodded at the necklace she was toying with. "Is that how you can walk in the sun?"

She nodded, still playing with it. "Katherine helped me obtain it."

"Who's my father?"

Isobel's eyes hardened at the question. "Not important. He was a teenage waste of space."

"A name would be nice."

"It would, wouldn't it?"

"Well, what about our father?" Charlene questioned, speaking for the first time since Isobel appeared. "Who was he?"

Elena's birth mother's face turned even colder if that was possible. "We never found out who he was, but from what Mandy told me about him, he wasn't any better than Elena's father."

Guess they weren't going to going to get a name either.

"You ask a lot of questions." Isobel rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Well, excuse us for being curious." Megan retorted, and Isobel actually showed a bit of emotion, surprised by her comment. "And here's another question, who did I get my powers from?"

"You're a witch?" With everything she probably knew, it was a surprise that Megan being was something she would know about. But obviously not, if the look on Isobel's face was any hint.

Megan gave a nod. "Yeah, who did I get them from?"

"Well, it wasn't Mandy. She was human."

"So, she never was changed?" Megan asked her.

"No."

Charlene looked down at the surface of the table. That meant, her and Megan's mother was dead.

Elena changed the subject. "Why did you compel that man to kill himself? Right after he told me to stop looking for you?"

Isobel shrugged. "Dramatic impact." She smirked for a moment. "I wish it had been more effective."

"Human life means that little to you?" Elena said in disbelief, unable to believe what she was hearing.

"It means nothing to me." Isobel corrected her. "It's part of who I am."

"No, it's not." Megan spoke up immediately. "You can choice not to be that person, but obviously you chose the opposite choice."

Isobel ignored the jab. "Like your new boyfriend over there? Stefan Salvatore?" She smirked at Megan. "Or maybe your best friend, Charlene?" Her eyes flickered over to the blonde, who looked surprised even though she probably shouldn't be.

Charlene didn't like the way this was going at all.


"We should be in there," Damon ranted to Ric as he stood up by him outside of the Grill.

Alaric spoke up, shaking his head. "No, Isobel made it clear we're not to step a foot inside."

Damon rolled his eyes at the teacher. "I'm not going to kill her in a crowded restaurant."

He looked over at Damon and glared. "You're not going to kill her period!" he snapped.

"She ruined your life and you still want to protect her?"

"She's my wife." Alaric sighed when Damon gave him a look, "Was my wife. I looked for the woman I married but she wasn't there. Whoever that was, she's cold and dethatched."

Damon nodded. "Yeah, she's given up her humanity."

"Yeah, see, I don't get that." Alaric said, causing the vampire to look at him. "I mean, Stefan has his humanity." Damon scoffed but he ignored it as he continued, "He's a good guy and you're a dick and you kill people, but I still see something in you. "But with her there was… nothing."

Damon was quiet for a moment before speaking, "You can turn it off, like a button you can press. I mean, Stefan's different. He wants the whole human experience. He wants to feel every episode of How I Met Your Mother." He rolled his eyes. "So, he shuts his feelings out. The problem is, as a vampire, your instinct is not to feel. Isobel chose the easier road — no guilt, no shame, no regret." He looked at Alaric with a smirk, "I mean, come on, if you could turn it off, wouldn't you?"

"You haven't…"

"Of course, I have Ric." Damon said, and the teacher looked at him. He smirked again, "That's why I'm so fun to be around."


She had only being around Isobel for a little bit, but Megan already didn't like her. She acted like she didn't care at all and she probably didn't. Still though, it was unsettling to see.

"Why did you want to meet me? Can't be just to catch up." Elena pointed out.

"Because I'm curious about you, about all three of you, which was why I agreed to have Charlene and Megan come with you." Isobel told her. "But the real reason is I want what your uncle wants. Jonathan Gilbert's invention."

Megan's eyebrows furrowed together. "Why?" It was probably a stupid thing to ask because she knew that Isobel wouldn't reveal her secrets.

Like she thought, Isobel didn't answer her, and she puffed her cheeks in annoyance.

"How do you know our uncle?" Elena questioned, gesturing between her and Charlene.

"I used to spend a lot of time here when I was younger. John had a crush on me for years. He was the first one that told me about vampires."

"And, what's the reason why you wanted to become one anyway?" Megan wondered out loud.

"It's a very long list of reasons, Megan. Which I'm sure you've thought about."

"Of course, I have." She confessed. "It's hard not to. I might be a witch, but I know I'm not going to live forever, and Stefan will. But there's not a reason in the world where I would abandon my friends and my family, or my husband to become a vampire." She added a jab in there, to get on Isobel's nerves, which worked if the way her nostrils flared angrily.

A moment later, Isobel managed to calm herself, a smirk returning to her face. "You remind me so much of Mandy; she always had a smart mouth."

"Okay, enough." Charlene cut in as Megan crossed her arms and glared at Isobel. The blonde turned to look at Elena's birth mother. "We don't have what you're looking for, so if that's all you want, we'll just…" She stood up to leave, but Isobel grabbed onto her arm tightly, making her gasp out. Since Isobel was an older vampire, she was a lot stronger.

"Sit down." Isobel growled.

"Let. Go." Charlene hissed, her eyes changing.

"Sit. Down. If you don't, I'll kill you right here and right now. I don't care if you're my sister's daughter."

"Char…" Megan said slowly, worried.

Her best friend closed, and she let out a breath to calm herself as her eyes went back to normal and she slowly sat down.

"I want the invention."

"And I told you that we don't have what you want." Charlene told her with gritted teeth, obviously trying to stay calm.

"I know that, but Damon does and you're going to get it for me."

Charlene snorted. "And how am I going to do that? He's not going to give it to me, even if I wanted to give it to you."

"Then the blood will be on your hands." Isobel stood up, glancing over at Elena who hadn't said anything in a while. "It was nice meeting you, Elena." With that, she turned around and left them sitting there.

Once she left, Elena started crying as she turned towards Charlene, burying her face into her sister's shoulder.

The blonde gripped her tightly while Megan watched on sadly. In that same moment, Bonnie came in on what was happening.

Her eyes met Megan's.

In response, she gave a brief sad smile to her sister before turning her attention to the other two important people in her life.


A little bit later, Isobel returned to her house and was met with the sight of Damon with Cherie. He was only in his pants. Isobel's eyes looked over Damon who hadn't taken notice to her yet. He looked the same as he did when she first met him. Then he still and started to remove his belt, but Isobel made herself known.

"And it's just one blast from the past after another." She said, catching Damon's attention as she walked more into the room. "No, no, no." She chanted when he zipped up his jeans and he smirked at her as she looked over at Cherie. "Degage Cherie."

Cherie stood and started to walk away with one last flirty smile towards Damon before she completely left the room. Isobel looked back at Damon only to see a smirk on his face.

"It's good to see you, Isobel." Damon said, slipping his shirt back on. "I was just having fun with your naughty little minion."

Isobel leaned against the wall she was nearby. "How did you find me?"

In a blink of an eye, Damon was in front of her, hands pressed on either side of her head. "Searched for the neighborhood bank owned foreclosures and found the most expensive one."

"I should have known," Isobel said with a smirk, looking at him seductively with her eyes. "You're the one who taught me that. What are you really doing here?"

"Well, you caused quite the stir, you blew into town. Saw everyone except for the man who made you." Damon feigned a sad look, "I'm a little hurt." He leaned towards her.

"I'm so sorry," Isobel whispered, leaning forward as well. But instead of kissing him, she twisted his head around by the back of his head hard, "Did you bring the device?" Damon just chucked at her and Isobel rolled her eyes before letting go and walking forward.

"Ow." Damon said as he rubbed the back of his head, then he began walking towards her. "What are you doing with John Gilbert?"

Isobel turned to face him, still flirting with him with her eyes. "We dated a few times when we were young. He was a little bit in love with me."

"I'm sure. One of the many. Now, this little invention what do you want with it?"

"Oh, me personally? I don't want anything with it." Isobel said, holding up her hands. "I'm just doing what I'm told." She smirked, getting close to Damon, "You know, Damon we're on the same side."

"Oh yeah? What side is that?" Damon asked.

"Katherine's." Isobel replied simply, grabbing onto Damon's face. "She wants John Gilbert to have the device and Abigail does too and I think that you know that Abigail's not happy when she doesn't get what she wants just like Katherine."

Damon pushed her off of him and Isobel stepped back. "Why are you doing Katherine's dirty work?

"Don't kill the messenger." Isobel said. "The Pierce Sisters do what they want."

"So do I."

"Oh really? You do?" Isobel walked close to him until her body was flushed against his, "What should we do now?"

Damon smirked and they started to kiss passionately. This continued for a while but then before Isobel could do anything, Damon slammed her to the floor by the neck causing her to gasp in pain.

"Now that I have your attention, listen up," Damon growled, squeezing her neck tighter. "You do not come into my town; threaten people I care about. Going after Char, big mistake! You leave her alone and I won't hesitate in snapping your neck because I do believe in killing the messenger. You know why?" He leaned in and hissed her ear. "Because it sends a message." He slammed her head hard on the ground and she let out a cry of pain, "If Katherine and Abigail wants something from me? You can tell those little bitches to come get it themselves." Damon let go of Isobel's neck and stood up and he looked down at Isobel with a smirk on his face, "Good to see you Isobel."

He turned around and he used his vampire speed to get away quickly, leaving Isobel lying on her back, clutching her head in pain.


There was knock on the door, and Charlene left the living room where she was still comforting Elena.

It was Bonnie on the other side.

Though she never rightly said she was mad at Charlene too for what happened with the tomb, but the blonde still didn't like the fact that Bonnie had been so angry at Megan.

Charlene crossed her arms. "Bonnie."

The witch gave a weak smile. "Hey, Charlene. Is Megan here?"

Before she could say anything, Megan's voice was heard. "Char, who was the…" She appeared and her voice trailed off at the sight of her sister. "Bonnie…"

"Hi Megan…" Bonnie said quietly. There was silence for a moment. "Look, I wanted to apologize about last night. You, Charlene, and Elena were clearly upset…and I didn't do anything. I just walked away. It's not me. It can't be us. You're my sister and Charlene and Elena are my friends. If any of you guys need me, I'm here for all of you and I'm sorry I couldn't show it to you yesterday."

Megan didn't say anything for a moment, then she smiled, her eyes becoming teary eyed. "Of course, I forgive you, Bonnie."

She smiled too and the smile faded as soon as it appeared. "So, what happened last night?"

"Let's talk about this inside." Charlene suggested. "Elena needs us right now anyway."

"Why? What happened?"

Charlene's eyes flickered over to Bonnie. "Elena's birth mother, mine and Megan's aunt, is back…"


TBC...

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Isobel, Part 2...

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