I've already decided whom I'm going to kill off in the next episode or this episode [depends on when they die] so yeah!

Enjoy!

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Caroline's POV

~Three days later~

Damon was laying in the cellar, and Stefan had just informed me that he had woken up. Damon's ring was in my possession, and I was told to hide it at the address given to me. I did, and boy, I knew it'd be impossible [hopefully!] to find.

I sat on the stairs close enough to the cell that I could hear the conversation, but not so close Damon would try anything stupid. Part of me wanted to feel bad for him, but I knew that this is what he deserved.

"Where's my ring?" I heard Damon grumble and Stefan chuckled drly.

"You won't be needing it anymore."

I pictured Damon making some smart-ass expression at his brother, but he asked another question. "How long have I been here?"

"Three days." Stefan replied dully, obviously hating that his brother made him do this to him.

"What are you doing?" he grumbled again, and I heard him groan in pain.

"During the dark ages when a vampire's actions threatened to expose or bring harm upon the entire race, they would face judgment." he glanced at me. I was listening intently. I had to admit, I was curious on what would happen if Damon didn't feed.

"You know what will happen...if I don't," I heard a wheeze. "Feed on blood."

Stefan shrugged and leaned against the wall. "You'll grow weaker and weaker. Eventually you won't be able to move or speak. In a week you'll desiccate and mummify. A living corpse." he shuddered, pausing with a satisfied smirk on his face. "Unable to hurt anyone. Ever."

I heard Damon shift again. "So what, you're just going to leave me in the basement, forever?"

The younger brother sighed, glancing at me again.

"Hello Blondie." I heard Damon grumble. "Yes, I can hear your heart." I pictured him smirking like usual. "You sound divine. Care to lend me a taste?"

I jumped up, scooting backwards. "N-no." was all I managed to stutter out, and Stefan looked at his brother warily before turning to me. "You'll be okay Caroline. He can't get out."

I heard a loud thud, and my heart jumped in my chest again. Damon's face was smushed in between the bars and he was staring at me like I was some kind of four-course meal.

Stefan sighed and picked up a spray bottle, spraying him the face with vervain. Damon fell back, cursing. "I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak. Once your circulation stops, I'll move you to the family crypt, and then in 50 years, we can reevaluate." Stefan shrugged, spraying him again when he stumbled back over to the bars to stare at me again, fangs out and eyes red.

"I'm stronger than you think." Damon chuckled, on the floor again. "I could break down this door and kill Caroline if I wanted."

"You're strong, always have been. But you aren't stronger than the vervain and we all know it."

I stood up, walking over to Stefan, but keeping my back against the wall across from the door. "If you wanted to kill me like you claim, you'd have already. I can't imagine the thirst you're feeling." I smirked spitefully, taking a deep breath in and out.

I headed up the stairs, with Stefan following me. Before he started up them, he called. "I'm sorry. Wish it didn't have to be this way, but it does."

We made our way into the Salvatore kitchen, a place I had never seen either of the brothers in, ever. Zach was cooking me breakfast.

"How is the devil?" he flipped a pancake, looking to us curiously.

"He's awake. Weak, but it's probably best to stay out of the basement." turning to me, he said. "I still can't believe you talked me into letting you down there. "He's Damon, so we don't know how dangerous he still might be."

I sat down at the table, thanking my god-father when he placed a plate of pancakes on the table in front of me. Stefan sat across from me, and Zach sat next to me. Zach and I both ate the pancakes, the silence comforting.

"You're going to school?" he asked suddenly, after swallowing a bite of pancake.

Stefan nodded. "Came here to live a life. It's about time I get back to that." he smiled sadly. "And Elena, if she's still speaking to me."

"You should've called her, Stef." I said. "She kept asking me where you've been and why you haven't contacted her."

Stef sighed. "I hate feeding her lies, so I figured it'd be best to just not talk to her." he rubbed his temples. "Which, now that I think about it, is stupid too." he sighed again. "I hate lying to her. I'm not good at it. She thinks I'm hiding something."

I scoffed. "No, she knows you're hiding something."

Zach agreed. "What choice do you have? You came here because you wanted to live as normal as a life as you could. You knew this was going to be a part of it."

I put my plate in the sink, leaving the boys to talk. I went up to my room, really not wanting to go anywhere but back to my bed today. My phone rang, and I saw that it was Bonnie.

"Hey!" I smiled, dabbing on my mascara. "What's up?"

"Hey Caroline. You'll never believe what just happened."

I paused, frowning slightly. "What just happened?"

She started talking and I nodded uncertainly. "Uh-huh. Could you say that again, but this time slower?" I chuckled and she took a deep breath.

"Matt called me over this morning to talk to me about Elena, right? Okay so, right when I'm about to leave, Vicki calls me into her room and starts talking to me about Damon! She said that she wanted to just get this off her chest. Once I asked her about him, then she said she didn't want to talk about Damon."

I furrowed my brows, only to straighten my expression as I quickly filled them in. "That was totally out of character for her. Wonder what she needed to get off her chest?"

"Don't know." Bonnie replied. "I saw this strange necklace laying on her dresser. It was kind of ugly. She said that Damon gave it to her, and when I went to go pick it up, I felt this strange feeling. It was really bizarre."

"More witch mojo?" I applied a bit of blush to my cheeks. "Are you going to that sexy suds car wash tomorrow? Alyssa's been blowing up my phone about it. Says that even though I quit the team, I still need to help." I shook my head, forgetting that she couldn't see me. "Did Elena tell you about those bites she found on both Vicki and Alyssa?"

"Yeah!" Bonnie sighed. "This town is so wacko! Sometimes I just want to move far away from here."

~later, at school~

I watched Elena and Stefan talk as I walked across campus to my next class. Elena looked skeptical, and I'd seen her flirting with one of the jocks during first block. She annoyed the heck out of me. They parted ways and the rest of the day passed without much happening.

I gave Stefan a ride home from school, and when we went into the house, he froze. "Something wrong." turning on his heel, he walked into the living room, leaving me standing in the doorway. "Zach?"

He turned back towards me and he raced down the stairs. I followed him quickly, only to see Damon holding Zach by the throat. "DAMON!" I shrieked, and that was enough distraction to help Stefan get Zach free quicker.

"Keep it up, Damon. The more energy you expend, the faster you'll go." he smirked and we walked back up the stairs.

Once we helped Zach into the living-room and onto the couch, Stefan glanced at his phone, cursing. "I'm late!" he sighed, sitting down. "I was supposed to meet Elena at the Grill right after school."

Stefan came back a few hours later, looking even more down than this morning. He told me about how he had to lie again about Damon, and how an older man commented on how he knew him and how he hadn't aged a day. Elena had left immediately, and Stefan said she seemed more guarded than usual.

"Go over and make her dinner, Stefan!" I exclaimed suddenly. "I'll call Jenna and have her explain the situation to Jeremy. She's supposed to be going out on a date of her own, so even more the reason for you to make dinner!"

I quickly ran into the hall and called Jenna, explaining what was going on. She agreed and said that that sounded wonderful. I informed Stefan of the news and he gave me a hug, thanking me.

"Don't just stand here!" I chuckled. "Go and get ready, lover boy!"

He laughed and ran off to his room. A few minutes later, he reappeared, sticking his head in my doorway. "Thanks Caroline! I'm going to tell her about Katherine, well as much as I can, at least. I'm going to tell her about me. Maybe that'll fix things." he grinned widely before running off again.

I continued to search the internet for just random things, when I heard my name being called, just faintly.

"Caroline..."

Little did I know, another girl, somewhere else, was experiencing the same thing.

A crow appeared at my window and cawed loudly. I jumped. "Shoo! Shoo! God!" I shook my head, closing my open window.

Later, when Stefan got home, he told me about how he went to check on Damon before he left, and how Damon was being his usual self, expect only a bit more weakened this time, which was good.

~The next day after school~

Alyssa, Bonnie, Elena, Stefan, and I all stood in the parking lot at school, in our swim-suits.

Bonnie and I walked over to help Matt, whom was washing a car across the lot, staring at Stefan and Elena sadly.

"Uh-uh, no." Bonnie and I said at the same time. "None of that tortured pining stuff!"

He shook his head quickly. "I'm just...observing."

"Right, Matt. Observing your ex-girlfriend kiss her new boyfriend. That just doesn't happen normally. I know you miss her, but it's okay. You'll find someone better." I smiled at him and Bonnie called over to Alyssa.

"Oh, Alyssa, this one's yours!"

She groaned, standing up and walking over to the old Impala. "I don't want to wash this."

The driver rolled down their tinted windows and looked at me. "I'd rather she washed my car." he smirked, and I stared back into the face of Klaus.

"But, you're dating Alyssa, right? Wouldn't you want her to wash it?" I narrowed my eyes, scrubbing circles into the car I was helping Matt wash.

Alyssa laughed. "Oh my goodness. Me? Date this guy? Ha. No." she shook her head, and Klaus furrowed his brows, before flashing a wolfish grin at me.

"I don't know this girl. And, I said I'd prefer you to wash it, love."

What? They dated. I'm sure of it. They even came over to Elena's together. Did he leave her and compel her that fast, or is she just pretending to not know him?

I sighed. "Fine."