Damon sensed something was wrong as soon as he got out of the car. The
modern colonial painted a beige color with darker beige-colored shutters, a
mowed lawn and tall maple, quince and sycamore trees, would have seemed
ordinary to any human being that passed on the street. But of course, Damon
was no human.
"At least we've been invited in before. Otherwise we'd be-" Stefan paused, alert. He glanced at his brother who spoke what he thought.
"I don't like the feel of this place. Something's wrong."
"I feel it too." Stefan answered. "I don't think we're alone."
Damon walked up the brick path to the front door. Stefan nodded and came up behind him. Damon reached for the door knob and swung open the door. Cautiously he stepped inside. Suddenly he reeled back with the reflexes of a cat, pushing Stefan back too. A familiar figure stood in the doorway of the family room.
"I don't think we'll be needing that summoning spell." Damon said wryly, black eyes studying the person before him.
"You brought him too? I thought I told you I only wanted _you_?" The woman's beady black eyes were furious. "I killed that stupid boy. He was easy. I figured it'd be a lesson not to disobey me anymore. Obviously you're too stupid to understand that."
She sighed, her face haggard with age. But even the heavy bags under her eyes couldn't deceive Stefan and Damon who felt the Power emanating from her as surely as the air they breathed.
It was not the same as vampire aura. Witch aura surrounded them. "Two's better though anyway. I'll get more Power and maybe even be let into the High Circle if I kill you both….I knew you'd come." Ms. Flowers laughed, overjoyed with the thought of killing. "I've been waiting a long time for you, Boy."
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"Bonnie, do you mind if I go take a nap?" Elena asked as she poked her head into living room where Bonnie lay sprawled on the couch. Elena had returned from hunting and Bonnie was surprised.
"Aren't you supposed to be full of energy or something?"
"I know, that's the odd thing. But I don't feel right. My head's hurting and I just need to lay down." Elena said. "It's okay right?"
"Go ahead. There's a show on I want to watch. So I'll be here if you need me, " she replied.
Elena nodded and trudged up the steps to the bathroom. Her head was pounding and she searched the medicine cabinet for some aspirin. She found a bottle of some sort of store brand, took one and shut the light. Walking farther down the hall and into her bedroom she didn't even bother to shut the door. She lay down on the bed and pulled the covers up.
What is wrong with me? She sighed and closed her eyes hoping the aspirin would work soon. Elena closed her eyes and drifted of to sleep. She dreamed.
~~ Stefan and Damon both hurt and bleeding. Only this time they weren't fighting themselves. Someone else was there. A blurry, vague shape of a person came into view. Damon took charge, giving the person a few right hooks and kicks to the stomach. They doubled over but it didn't last long.
The person was not mortal or they surely would have been knocked out. Stefan, looking dazed and in an immense amount of pain, took a swing at the figure, cries of fury sounding from both of them. The figure, bursting with some new energy, lashed out at Stefan, throwing him into the wall where he slid down, arm hanging at an unnatural angle. He moaned.
Damon, in a flash of white fury slammed the person to the floor, delivering savage blows to the face and side.
For only a moment it stalled this figure. In an instant Power surged from this being directed at Damon, but quickly Damon changed into crow form, soaring up and out of reach until he landed again. This time changing into wolf form, he lunged at the person, jaws clamped at the figures throat as he knocked them down.
Snarling, the wolf's teeth raked at the flesh and the person on the ground didn't move as Damon changed back into the form of a young man again.
More Power burst forth though, this time Damon was unprepared. He let out a cry as he was thrown against a window, the glass shards flying everywhere, cutting deep into his side. Blood was seeping through his dark clothes and he slid to the ground alongside his brother.
Stefan still hadn't moved. First the figure sent out Power to Stefan, who moaned again as it riveted through him. Then, over to Damon who flinched visably as it went through him. After making sure the two wouldn't move, the figure disappeared in a blinding blue light. The aftereffect in the room was full of Power so strong it palpatated in the air and seemed to faintly tremble the walls. ~~
Elena flung herself upright. Panting and shaking she tried to calm herself.
"Just a dream. Just a horrible dream." But even to herself those words seemed hollow and she couldn't shake off the feeling of foreboding.
Downstairs, Bonnie's eyes opened and she sat bolt up on the couch. "Oh God."
Elena jumped out of bed and ran down the steps. Rushing into the living room she called, "Bonnie!"
Simultaneously, Bonnie shouted "Elena!"
They looked at each other. "You too?" Elena asked from her place on the stairs. "The dream?"
"Elena...." Bonnie gulped. "It wasn't a dream."
"You're telling me I had a premonition?"
Her friend nodded.
"But I'm not psychic!"
"Then your closeness with Damon or even both the boys let you receive the vision. The mind works in strange ways, Elena. And when a loved one needs help, intuition tends to take over. Your headache might have been a warning of a vision to come."
"Oh God. Bonnie, this means…."
Elena's heart sped up, both with fear and malice. "Let's go."
There wasn't a moment of hesitation as they ran to the hall and hastily slipped on shoes, grabbed their coats and Elena reached for Stefan's car keys since Damon had his. Bonnie and Elena hurried out, quickly locking the door and ran to the car.
"Hurry Elena!" Bonnie said frantically as Elena put the key in the ignition.
"I'm trying!" She said as she pulled out of the driveway and sped down the road. "We're breaking some speed laws. Buckle your seatbelt."
"What if that person comes to get us before we can reach them?" Bonnie voiced the question Elena had been thinking.
Elena gripped the steering wheel as she answered, "I don't know. Just don't think that. We'll get there."
"But this person, it was the one that killed Matt-I could feel the same aura-had so much Power. Even more than Damon."
"I know. I felt it too." Elena told her as she accelerated and ran through a red light. A car came from around a turn and Elena swerved sharply with a blare of the horn. "Jack ass!" She yelled.
"Oh God, Elena I just hope we get there before-"
"Shut up, Bonnie!" She said sharply and Bonnie shrunk back. "We'll make it." Elena added in a softer voice. "The boy's will be okay."
Bonnie swallowed and quietly replied, "I hope you're right, Elena. I really do."
"At least we've been invited in before. Otherwise we'd be-" Stefan paused, alert. He glanced at his brother who spoke what he thought.
"I don't like the feel of this place. Something's wrong."
"I feel it too." Stefan answered. "I don't think we're alone."
Damon walked up the brick path to the front door. Stefan nodded and came up behind him. Damon reached for the door knob and swung open the door. Cautiously he stepped inside. Suddenly he reeled back with the reflexes of a cat, pushing Stefan back too. A familiar figure stood in the doorway of the family room.
"I don't think we'll be needing that summoning spell." Damon said wryly, black eyes studying the person before him.
"You brought him too? I thought I told you I only wanted _you_?" The woman's beady black eyes were furious. "I killed that stupid boy. He was easy. I figured it'd be a lesson not to disobey me anymore. Obviously you're too stupid to understand that."
She sighed, her face haggard with age. But even the heavy bags under her eyes couldn't deceive Stefan and Damon who felt the Power emanating from her as surely as the air they breathed.
It was not the same as vampire aura. Witch aura surrounded them. "Two's better though anyway. I'll get more Power and maybe even be let into the High Circle if I kill you both….I knew you'd come." Ms. Flowers laughed, overjoyed with the thought of killing. "I've been waiting a long time for you, Boy."
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"Bonnie, do you mind if I go take a nap?" Elena asked as she poked her head into living room where Bonnie lay sprawled on the couch. Elena had returned from hunting and Bonnie was surprised.
"Aren't you supposed to be full of energy or something?"
"I know, that's the odd thing. But I don't feel right. My head's hurting and I just need to lay down." Elena said. "It's okay right?"
"Go ahead. There's a show on I want to watch. So I'll be here if you need me, " she replied.
Elena nodded and trudged up the steps to the bathroom. Her head was pounding and she searched the medicine cabinet for some aspirin. She found a bottle of some sort of store brand, took one and shut the light. Walking farther down the hall and into her bedroom she didn't even bother to shut the door. She lay down on the bed and pulled the covers up.
What is wrong with me? She sighed and closed her eyes hoping the aspirin would work soon. Elena closed her eyes and drifted of to sleep. She dreamed.
~~ Stefan and Damon both hurt and bleeding. Only this time they weren't fighting themselves. Someone else was there. A blurry, vague shape of a person came into view. Damon took charge, giving the person a few right hooks and kicks to the stomach. They doubled over but it didn't last long.
The person was not mortal or they surely would have been knocked out. Stefan, looking dazed and in an immense amount of pain, took a swing at the figure, cries of fury sounding from both of them. The figure, bursting with some new energy, lashed out at Stefan, throwing him into the wall where he slid down, arm hanging at an unnatural angle. He moaned.
Damon, in a flash of white fury slammed the person to the floor, delivering savage blows to the face and side.
For only a moment it stalled this figure. In an instant Power surged from this being directed at Damon, but quickly Damon changed into crow form, soaring up and out of reach until he landed again. This time changing into wolf form, he lunged at the person, jaws clamped at the figures throat as he knocked them down.
Snarling, the wolf's teeth raked at the flesh and the person on the ground didn't move as Damon changed back into the form of a young man again.
More Power burst forth though, this time Damon was unprepared. He let out a cry as he was thrown against a window, the glass shards flying everywhere, cutting deep into his side. Blood was seeping through his dark clothes and he slid to the ground alongside his brother.
Stefan still hadn't moved. First the figure sent out Power to Stefan, who moaned again as it riveted through him. Then, over to Damon who flinched visably as it went through him. After making sure the two wouldn't move, the figure disappeared in a blinding blue light. The aftereffect in the room was full of Power so strong it palpatated in the air and seemed to faintly tremble the walls. ~~
Elena flung herself upright. Panting and shaking she tried to calm herself.
"Just a dream. Just a horrible dream." But even to herself those words seemed hollow and she couldn't shake off the feeling of foreboding.
Downstairs, Bonnie's eyes opened and she sat bolt up on the couch. "Oh God."
Elena jumped out of bed and ran down the steps. Rushing into the living room she called, "Bonnie!"
Simultaneously, Bonnie shouted "Elena!"
They looked at each other. "You too?" Elena asked from her place on the stairs. "The dream?"
"Elena...." Bonnie gulped. "It wasn't a dream."
"You're telling me I had a premonition?"
Her friend nodded.
"But I'm not psychic!"
"Then your closeness with Damon or even both the boys let you receive the vision. The mind works in strange ways, Elena. And when a loved one needs help, intuition tends to take over. Your headache might have been a warning of a vision to come."
"Oh God. Bonnie, this means…."
Elena's heart sped up, both with fear and malice. "Let's go."
There wasn't a moment of hesitation as they ran to the hall and hastily slipped on shoes, grabbed their coats and Elena reached for Stefan's car keys since Damon had his. Bonnie and Elena hurried out, quickly locking the door and ran to the car.
"Hurry Elena!" Bonnie said frantically as Elena put the key in the ignition.
"I'm trying!" She said as she pulled out of the driveway and sped down the road. "We're breaking some speed laws. Buckle your seatbelt."
"What if that person comes to get us before we can reach them?" Bonnie voiced the question Elena had been thinking.
Elena gripped the steering wheel as she answered, "I don't know. Just don't think that. We'll get there."
"But this person, it was the one that killed Matt-I could feel the same aura-had so much Power. Even more than Damon."
"I know. I felt it too." Elena told her as she accelerated and ran through a red light. A car came from around a turn and Elena swerved sharply with a blare of the horn. "Jack ass!" She yelled.
"Oh God, Elena I just hope we get there before-"
"Shut up, Bonnie!" She said sharply and Bonnie shrunk back. "We'll make it." Elena added in a softer voice. "The boy's will be okay."
Bonnie swallowed and quietly replied, "I hope you're right, Elena. I really do."