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"Hey!" Bonnie greeted as Megan entered the classroom that she was told by her sister to come meet her at. "Thanks for meeting me. I wanted you to see this."

"Well, good thing we aren't mad at each other anymore." Megan teased, coming up beside Bonnie. She peered over her shoulder to see what she was looking at. "So, what exactly are you showing me?" It took her a moment to recognize the book. "Wait, is that Emily's grimoire?"

Bonnie nodded, "I've been going through it since Grams died." Megan gave a sad smile at that. "Anyway, check this out." She pointed to a picture on the page she was looking at.

Megan eyed the picture for a moment. "Ohh." She said, recognizing it. "That's the vampire compass, isn't it?"

Her sister nodded again. "Yeah, according to Emily, Jonathan Gilbert never actually succeeded in inventing anything. Emily secretly spelled them all with magic. Compass, rings and the mystery device you told me about."

"Go Emily." Megan muttered before saying out loud as Bonnie flipped to another page where the mystery device was pictured, "That's the device all right. Though, Damon has part of it. We don't know where the rest of it is."

"Emily pledged her loyalty to Katherine, Demi, and Abigail. But she couldn't stand by and watch innocent people get killed. This was the only way she could think of to help. To let Jonathan Gilbert believe he'd actually invented these devices."

"Sounds exactly like a Bennett." Megan joked, managing to get a smile out at Bonnie. She giggled a bit before shaking her head as she went back to the current subject. "Does it say what the device does?"

Her sister had to read it for a moment, then her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Are you sure this is what Isobel wants?"

"Yeah, she was insistently clear about that." Megan rolled her eyes. "Why?"

"This is a weapon…" Bonnie looked up at her. "Against vampires."

Megan's mouth dropped. What?!


Charlene was outside, walking around where everyone was making their floats and having a good time, but she could barely even pretend that she was with everything that was going on.

Her cell phone rang suddenly. She immediately answered it, knowing who it was.

"Megan." Charlene said, "What did Bonnie say?"

Her best friend took a deep breath over the phone. "Okay, so she found out what the device does. Apparently, it's a device that harms vampires."

"What?" Charlene asked in disbelief. "Why would she want something like that?"

"I don't know…I don't think she'd be willing tell us even if we asked her."

"Well, we need to find out."

"Yeah. I know, and we will."

Charlene didn't say anything as she spotted Jeremy heading her way. "Hey, I got to go. I'll talk to you later." She hung up her cell and put it in her pocket. Her brother looked stressed. "Jer, what's wrong?"

"Have you seen Anna?" He immediately asked.

She looked startled. "What?"

"I've left her all these messages and she hasn't gotten back to me, not even a text."

"I haven't seen her. I didn't know you guys were still friends."

"We're more than friends. Look, something could be seriously wrong and if you know something you've got to tell me."

"I really haven't seen her. I've never even talked to her before."

Jeremy said nothing for a moment. "Did you tell me everything at the Founder's Day kickoff party?"

Charlene knew she told him about Vicki, but everything, she didn't think to tell him that.

"Jer…I told you about Vicki…about me being a vampire…about how I…I killed her." She could barely get those last words out because she still felt horrible about it. "But no…I didn't tell you everything."

"Then how do I know your telling the truth about Anna?"

"I…"

Jeremy cut her off, "Cause all you do is lie. You and Elena. I know what Anna is and I know that you know. So, tell me, do you have any idea where she is?"

"I really don't, Jer. But…" Before she could finish, Jeremy was already walking away, "No Jer! Don't walk away!"

He ignored her and she was about to chase after him, but she was suddenly grabbed by the arm. She whirled around to snap at whoever it was. However, words escaped her when she saw it was Isobel.

"What do you want?" Charlene asked, a glare appearing on her face.

"I'm your aunt, Charlene. I want to more involved in your life."

She snorted. "You should have used that line on Elena. Though she wouldn't believe it anymore than I do." Isobel smirked, "And even if I did believe it, none of us want you in our lives. Not like this."

"There's a bit cynical coming from someone who's a vampire too."

"Well, unlike you, I didn't have a choice in the matter. Damon changed me without even asking if it's what I wanted." Charlene explained, even though she didn't know why she was telling her this. Her aunt's eyes twitched a bit, she noticed, and she went on, "So, what's the real reason as to why you're here?"

"Well, I've been studying people you involve yourself with. Let's see if I have this right. There is the witchy best friend, Bonnie." She shook her head slightly and frowned. "Gonna stay away from that one." A pout appeared on her lips. "Oh…sad little brother Jeremy."

Charlene glanced over at him as he was standing ways away from the float building on his phone. Then she looked back at Isobel, who was looking at someone else now. It was Caroline.

"And there's Caroline, obnoxious Caroline. I got all my info from her by the way. She had no idea who I was, and she wouldn't stop yapping." She rolled her eyes, annoyed as if she reliving their conversation, but then she smirked again. "Oh…" Isobel looked at Matt next, still smirking. "And there's Matt, friend, Elena's ex, yappy's future ex. Lots of connections there."

"Matt is not involved in this." Charlene bit out through gritted teeth, her face changing a bit. "He has nothing to do with vampires. Leave him out of it."

"I can't do that, not when he's involved with you, Megan, and Elena." Isobel said, smirking again.

Charlene shook her head in disbelief. "You shouldn't be here. You need to leave."

Her aunt's eyes hardened. "No, I don't." Yet again, she smirked. "I have some friends here too. Look, see that man over there, standing next to Matt by the float? His name is Frank, he is very handsome and he's also quite handy and he'd noticed that the axles are a little rusty which is very dangerous. So, all you have to do, is apply a little pressure and…"

"No!" Charlene cried, and her eyes widened in horror when Frank jumped on the trailer above Matt.

The blonde football player screamed as his arm got crushed.

Not hesitating, she tried to rush forward towards Matt, but Isobel grabbed her arm, squeezing it tight.

Charlene glared at her heatedly. "I can't believe all of this is for a stupid invention!" she snarled as the loud, frantic cries of people helping were in the background.

Isobel didn't deny it. "Just hand it over and all of this will be stopped."

"If you didn't hear me before, Damon won't give it to me!" Despite the close relationship they had, they weren't close enough where he would give something like that up.

"I think that you underestimate how much Damon cares about you."

This made her undead heart skip a beat, but she shook her head at her words. Isobel was lying. He didn't care about her.

"He still won't give it to me." Charlene said softly. "He'd kill you before he gave it up."

"Is that before or after I kill your brother Jeremy."

Her words stumped Charlene. "W-what?" Before she could question it more, Isobel disappeared.

Charlene immediately looked to where her brother once was, and he was gone. Her eyes widened in horror.

No!

She frantically grabbed her cellphone and called Megan, "We have a problem."


After calling her best friend, Charlene called Stefan, Elena, and Bonnie and now they were all in Alaric's classroom, except for Damon, who they decided to leave out of it for now.

"Where is the device?" Bonnie asked, crossing her arms.

Charlene stopped her pacing to look the witch. "Well, that's the hard part. It's with Damon."

Stefan sighed. "He's going to be difficult to deal with."

Despite not believing she could get Damon to give it to her, maybe it wouldn't hurt to try.

"I'll try to talk to him." Charlene said, causing Stefan to look at her. "Maybe he'll listen to me."

He shook his head. "He's not gonna just hand it over, especially if it's harmful to vampires."

Megan suddenly brightened up. "Hey, I got an idea! What if the device isn't harmful to vampires? Then it wouldn't be a problem anymore." Then she smirked. "And I know just the witches to do it!"

Charlene had to admit it was a pretty good idea. Now, all they had to do was convince Damon.

"Absolutely not!"

So much for convincing him.

"Damon, come on." Charlene said desperately. "Just listen and let me explain."

"I'm not gonna give the device to Isobel so she could give it to John who is going to turn it to kill me." He told her, not budging an inch on the subject. "I like being nonliving dead person."

Charlene rolled her eyes.

"Well, if you were listening, you would know that the spell we would do, would make it not work anymore." Megan rolled her eyes too. "You're so stubborn."

Damon ignored her. "I might trust you, Megan, but I don't trust Judgy as far as I could throw her."

Bonnie glared at him for the nickname. "I can remove the original spell."

"And John and Isobel will never know about it." Charlene tried to reassure Damon.

"No, I'll get Jeremy my own way."

"Whatever that way is, it'll only get my little brother killed, and that's so isn't happening on my watch." Charlene snapped at him now, getting tired of Damon's stubbornness. "Please Damon, just do this please. For me." Her gaze at him softened as she stepped towards him, holding out her hand.

He glanced down at her before looking at her hand. After a moment, he sighed as he pulled out the device and placed it gently in her hand. His fingers brushed against her skin. His hand cupped hers, pulling her in.

"This better work." Damon told her as he squeezed her hand, but it wasn't hard.

Charlene nodded her head while meeting his gaze. "It will. Trust me."


It was nighttime by the time it was finished, and Charlene along with Megan and Elena were at the town's square.

"I should have brought a jacket." Megan shivered in the cold as she rubbed her arms. She looked around the area. "Where's Isobel anyway? She said she'd be here."

Charlene sensed someone behind them. "Behind us." She whirled around and sure enough, there was Isobel.

Megan jumped at the sight. "God, what is it with vampires and sneaking up on people? So not cool!"

Isobel ignored her. "Where is the device?"

"Where's my brother?" Elena demanded.

She huffed, rolling her eyes at her. "This isn't a negotiation. Where is the invention?"

"Tell us where our brother is first, then we'll tell you." Charlene told her next, not taking no for an answer.

"Do you really think I came alone?" Isobel tilted her head up and her two minions arrived behind them.

Charlene glanced back at them, not bothered as she turned her head back to Isobel with a smirk. "Looks like we had the same idea." She whistled lowly, making Damon and Stefan appear as well.

This annoyed Isobel. "For god sakes, call home."

Elena looked at her, confused. "What?"

"Call home and ask to speak to your brother."

The brunette quickly pulled out her phone and called home. Charlene used her vampire hearing to overhear the conversation.

"Jeremy, are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Charlene let out a sigh of relief at the sound of his voice. "Uncle John hit his head. It was an accident."

"We're all laughing!" Jenna's voice was heard in the background. Charlene stifled back a laugh.

"But yeah I'm okay." Jeremy confirmed.

"Charlene and I will be home, okay?"

"Yeah."

Elena hung up the phone before turning to look at Isobel. "You were never gonna hurt him."

"No, I was going to kill him." Isobel met Elena's gaze. "Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any."

"But you took a risk with Damon." Elena said, "How did you know that he was gonna give it to Charlene?"

"Because he's in love with her."

Those words made Charlene's world stop for a moment. He was in love with her… wait, no, that couldn't be right. He was still in love with Abigail, not her.

Isobel was wrong.

"Thank you…" Elena said after a long pause.

"What for?"

"For being such a monumental disappointment." She answered bluntly. "It keeps the memory of my real mom perfectly intact."

"Goodbye Elena." Isobel said emotionlessly. Her eyes then cut towards Charlene and Megan, "As long as you have a Salvatore on your arm, you're doomed. Demetria and Abigail got out. But we all know you guys aren't them."

Those were Isobel's last words as she disappeared with her lackeys. Stefan embraced Megan while Charlene embraced her sister as she hugged her back.

This left Damon alone, and the blonde looked over Elena's shoulder at him, thinking back to what Isobel said. From the look in his eyes, it looked like he was thinking about it too.

What…what if Isobel was right? Was he in love with her?

Charlene knew she'd have to talk to him.

And that's how she found herself going to the boarding house. She found him in the living room.

"Hey." Charlene greeted him quietly.

"Hey." He didn't turn her way from his spot on the couch.

"Is it true?"

This made him finally turn. "Is what true?"

Charlene said nothing for a moment. "What Isobel said…are you in love with me?"

He stood up from his seat and slowly moved towards her. "And what if I was?"

Her breath caught in her throat. She didn't know what to say. Despite admitting to Megan that she was in love with him, she couldn't imagine saying it to his face.

Charlene shook her head. "I…I'd say that I don't believe it. You've spent your entire eternal life being in love with Abigail. How can you be in love with me? I'm not her, Damon. I'll never be her; I can't be her."

He was in front of her now and cupping her face. "I don't want you to be her. I want you to be just Charlene."

Charlene stared into his eyes and saw the truth in them. Instead of trying not to give into her feelings, she couldn't help it.

She kissed him.

And he kissed her back…


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