Chapter 13: Children of the Damned

December 11, 2009

Dear Diary,

The dance went amazing. Well, amazing as it could have been for hardly being there at all. Caroline, Bonnie, and I left after Damon was, well, Damon. But we went to The Grill and Bonnie got a date and I'm pretty sure Caroline scored herself a boyfriend in Matt. So maybe things are looking up! If I'm lucky, I'll manage to get Mr. Saltzman and Jenna together.

Jeremy and Ellie walked down and into the kitchen, finding Elena and Stefan digging through some old boxes. Ellie could almost make out what they were saying before they entered. "What are you guys doing?" Jeremy asked curiously.

"Hey, just going through some stuff, feeling sentimental. Dad had this old family journal from years ago. I thought I'd dig it up." Elena told them.

"Jonathan Gilbert's journal?" Ellie asked.

"Yeah. What do you know about it?" Elena questioned.

"I just did a history report on it." Jeremy explained.

"Oh, uh, so where is it now?"

"I gave it to Mr. Saltzman. He wanted to see it." Jeremy said.

"Elena, I told you about that. Don't you remember?" Ellie asked.

"Oh. Yeah, I completely forgot about it. My bad." Elena said, waving it off with her hand.

"Ok, weirdos. I am going over to Bonnie's so, I don't know, behave." Ellie said as she slid off the counter. "Or I will be forced to ground you." She added with an affirmative nod. Her siblings just scoffed, but said their goodbyes before she exited the house. Bonnie had asked Ellie to come over and help her get ready for her date with Ben. She was so nervous that she was afraid that she would mess something up. When she arrived at the Bennett household, Bonnie greeted her at the door. "I've come to your rescue."

"Thank god. I am so stressed out. I have literally no idea what to wear. Or how to do my makeup. Or how to do my hair." Bonnie said in a rush, pulling the other girl inside and to her room. "Like how dressed up do I need to be?"

"You guys are doing karaoke right?" Ellie asked. When Bonnie nodded, Ellie continued. "Ok, so that's a pretty casual date. I'm going to assume karaoke and then The Grill, so you don't want to be too dressed up. Plus, it's gonna be cold as hell tonight. Clothes first, hair and makeup second." Ellie told her.

Bonnie turned on the radio and the girls hummed along as Bonnie searched through her closet for an outfit. "Hmm… how about this?" Bonnie asked as she pulled out a red sweater to show.

Ellie tilted her head as she considered it and then shook her head in rejection. "No, something less bright would probably be better." Ellie suggested. "Plus, you might get hot and want to be able to take something off. Wearing a sweater does you no good in that department."

"Ok, you pick." Bonnie said as she took Ellie's place on the bed and Ellie went to the closet. She rummaged through all of Bonnie's summer tops and bright colors, going farther back into the closet before pulling out a simple grey V-neck shirt and hanging it on the closet door. Going back even farther, she found a warm plum colored jacket and pulled it out as well.

"All right, Bon Bon, what do you think of this and this?" She asked as she held up the items for inspection. "I figured the jacket would be enough to keep you warm outside without smothering you inside."

"I like it." Bonnie agreed. "Ok, what about pants?" Ellie dove back into the closet until she found the pair of jeans she was looking for.

"These jeans make you look like a goddess." Ellie told her, pushing them towards her friend. "Trust me. They make your ass look fantastic." Ellie explained.

Bonnie laughed at the comment and nodded, setting the outfit on the bed. "Ok, hair and makeup?"

"Um… curls and light makeup?" Ellie suggested. Bonnie agreed gratefully, too nervous to get ready alone. They couldn't help the laughter and excitement as they got her ready. It was nice to Ellie, to be able to forget about the fact that they were witches, even if Bonnie didn't know that Ellie was one. To forget that she was learning magic from a witch that had died over a hundred years ago or that she wore the bracelet of that same witch. It was nice to forget that Elena had been acting odd for ages. It was nice to get to ignore the way her sister had been so hot and cold about Damon Salvatore that it was enough to give her whiplash. By the time Bonnie was ready, they still had a good bit of time before she was supposed to go meet Ben at the karaoke place. "Do you want me to hang out here?"

Bonnie looked contemplative before shaking her head. "I actually think I'm gonna go and drive for a bit to try and clear my head. But really, thank you for helping me out. I'll let you know when I get there and I'll try and keep you updated." Ellie nodded and hugged her friend tightly before going out the door and back to her car. Ellie pulled out from the drive and took the familiar path, almost on autopilot. It didn't take long before she parked in the driveway. The door opened as she approached, Sheila giving her a warm smile.

"Hello, Ellie, come on inside." Sheila led her inside and they headed for the kitchen in the familiar routine of making their tea. "Did you contact Emily?" Sheila asked as they sat on the couch.

"I did, actually. She's willing to teach me what she knows." Ellie confirmed and beamed at Sheila's proud nod. "Am I learning something new today?"

"Any time you wish to learn, I would never say no." Sheila assured her. "I've showed you how to control fire, so let me show you how to use ice." Ellie waited as Sheila went into the kitchen before the older woman returned with a small plastic cup of water. "Ice, you can use it for many things, the same way fire has several uses. You can use fire to keep warm or to cook. You can use it to light candles and draw strength from the flames. You can use it as a weapon. With ice, you can use it to keep something cold. You could use it to ice over water to walk over it. You can use it like water to channel it's power. You can also use ice as a weapon."

"How can you use ice as a weapon?" Ellie asked curiously.

"Say you're in danger, you're being chased. Freeze ice across the floor, make them fall so you can keep running. No one is going to look for an icy patch if the weather isn't normally calling for it. Or something encased in ice. Everything will freeze eventually. If it's thick enough it can make it hard to escape. Now watch. Glace, Solidatur. Glace, Solidatur." Sheila chanted and Ellie watched in fascination as the water turned to ice.

Throughout the time that Ellie had spent learning from Sheila, and now Emily, she'd gotten quicker at picking up the spells she was being taught. She watched as the ice turned back to water before nodding and repeated the words confidently. "Glace, Solidatur. Glace, Solidatur." With ease the water solidified. Like with everything she was taught, Ellie did it repeatedly, but to her surprise, it didn't exhaust her the way Emily's training did.

When Sheila was satisfied, they took a pause from the spellwork and Sheila asked, "So tell me Ellie, how did you manage to contact Emily?"

"Honestly, I'm not quite sure. I was driving and then I ended up at this house I've never been to before. That looked freaking creepy might I add. And like every dumb girl in every scary movie ever, I went inside. Ended up with Emily and a bunch of like dead witches, I guess. Wanted me to focus on healing spells. Do you know how much it sucks to cut your palm like a bajillion times?" Ellie said with a bit of a huff.

Sheila just smiled at her. "With practice can come pain, but who knows, maybe one day it'll save your life." Ellie nodded, as much as she liked to complain about the pain she felt from repeatedly injuring herself for the sake of learning, she knew it would be worth it. Besides, Emily and the other witches made sure that Ellie was fine, keeping up her energy and making sure all her wounds were perfectly healed. "I'm very proud of you, you know that right?" Sheila told her softly.

Ellie could feel the rush of heat on her cheeks at the praise. "I know. I'm just lucky to have such a good teacher." She replied and Sheila gave her a fond smile.

"Most people, if they were thrown into this situation like you, probably wouldn't handle it so well. It's quite impressive to see you adapt so well. You are stronger than you know." Sheila told her. "Now, come on, I want to give you some things." Ellie stood and followed the older woman up into the attic, which was surprisingly nothing like a normal creepy attic. The candles that were placed carefully around the room flared to life as they walked in. Whether it was Sheila's doing or Ellie's, she had no clue. Honestly it kind of reminded her of the attic from Charmed, just a bit.

There were bookcases absolutely teeming with unfamiliar spines. Some shelves filled up with clear glass jars with labels too faint to read from where she stood. In Ellie's opinion, if she added a smokey cauldron, it would be a stereotypical witch's room. "What is all this?" Ellie questioned as she drifted over to a book and removed it from the shelf carefully. Flipping it open randomly showed a spell, written carefully and neatly. The handwriting was far too nice to be even remotely recent, the frayed edges of the page adding to it.

"They're grimoires." Sheila said.

Ellie's eyes went wide in surprise. "There's dozens and dozens! How did you get this many? Why do you have them?" She asked, carefully flicking through the pages.

"Being an occult studies professor, students tend to find interesting things and bring them to me. Something from a late family member, or something from an antique shop. Most of them don't have enough of an interest to want to keep them. The more practiced you are, the easier it is to tell the real from the fake. Sometimes other witches pass them to one another, or relatives of witches that aren't themselves magical. Lots of ways to get them." Sheila replied. "As for why… well, you never know when something could come in handy. All witches are unique and with that can come unique spells. Knowledge from one grimoire could be found in a hundred other grimoires. Or, the knowledge from a grimoire could be entirely unique."

"That's insane." Ellie said before focusing on how Sheila was packing some of the grimoires into a backpack. "What are you doing?"

"Like I said, some grimoires repeat the same information, especially if they were relatives as they would share knowledge with one another but both write it down so that they didn't lose it. These are some grimoires that are repeated in other books that I have, so I'm giving them to you. Every witch should have at least one grimoire, but a collection is always better." Sheila said. "I'm also wrapping up some herbs and things that might come in handy in a pinch."

"Thank you so much." Ellie told her sincerely. Sheila had always been like a grandmother to her, especially with as much time as she spent here with Bonnie when they were younger. Especially since she didn't have many memories of her own grandparents. They lingered up in the attic for a while, Sheila explaining to Ellie what types of herbs did what and Ellie paying rapt attention. Despite how strange it was that she was a witch, it was also kind of comforting to have this routine with Sheila. Eventually, the ringing of Ellie's phone broke the silence. "Hello?"

"Hey, Ellie." Jenna greeted brightly.

"What's up?"

"I was thinking, why don't we have a family dinner night? We haven't had one of those in a while." Jenna suggested.

It only took a moment for Ellie to make a decision. "That actually sounds really good. So I'm assuming you want me to go to the store to get something to make?" She asked teasingly.

Jenna laughed on the other side of the line before admitting, "You caught me. I was thinking maybe pasta?"

"Delicious Ellie pasta, coming right up." Ellie informed her.

"God bless you." Jenna told her. "See you soon."

"It seems you have to go." Sheila said warmly as Ellie placed her phone back in her pocket.

"Yeah, Jenna secretly just wants me to make something good, but hey family time is good too." Ellie laughed. "Thank you for all of this." She told the older woman as they made their way out of the attic.

"It is an honor to teach a young witch our craft." Sheila assured her. "But be sure to keep this safe. Wouldn't want it getting in the wrong hands."

The warning seemed genuine, so Ellie nodded firmly. "I'll keep it safe." Before pulling out of the drive, Ellie sent a text to Elena to let her know about the dinner plans and then headed for the store.


When Ellie had returned from the store Jenna was excitedly waiting and helped bring in the groceries. "God, I feel like we haven't made pasta sauce from scratch in ages." Jenna told her.

"You mean I haven't made it from scratch in ages." Ellie said teasingly.

"Listen, it's not my fault I can't cook. Your mom couldn't either. You must have gotten your skills from your dad because believe me, the Sommers women can not cook to save their lives." Jenna laughed as she moved to wash off the tomatoes. "Washing tomatoes, that much I can do."

"Don't forget the little stickers on them." Ellie reminded her. The duo fell into an easy routine of preparing the ingredients until the doorbell rang. "Who is that?"

"I have no clue." Jenna replied as she dried off her hands and the duo headed for the door. When they opened it, before them stood the one and only, Damon Salvatore, bottle of wine in hand.

"What do you want?" Ellie asked.

"Well, I heard from a little birdy that you were making Italian, and given that I am Italian, I thought I'd offer my services." Damon said, a charming smile on his face. "And of course, no good Italian is complete without a nice bottle of wine."

Ellie rolled her eyes, she didn't have to know wine to know that the one he was offering was the expensive kind. He had Jenna hook, line, and sinker the moment he showed the bottle. "Well, Ellie always is the one doing the cooking, and who could say no to that kind of an offer." Jenna said.

"Fine, but if the food sucks I'm throwing it in your face." Ellie huffed.

"If it doesn't taste good then I would very much deserve it." Damon replied, unfazed, as he headed for the kitchen. "Would you like to take a taste of the wine Jenna?" He asked.

"What could it hurt?" She said and hopped up on the counter as he popped open the wine and poured her a glass.

After Ellie hopped up next to Jenna as well, she kind of zoned out of the conversation Jenna and Damon were having, given that it was about past relationships and Ellie had none. Instead she fixated on watching Damon cut. It was oddly soothing. "My father never approved of anyone I dated, which only made me want them more. Of course." His grin made Ellie want to bash her face into the cabinets. "What about you, Jenna?"

"There were a few guys. Logan isn't the only loser I've dated." Jenna told him.

"No, but he's the one I hate the most." Ellie added.

"They ever find him? Or is he still missing?" Damon asked.

"He's not missing. He's in the Bahamas working on his tan." Jenna replied. "Very entitled, that one. Marches to his own drum." She drained her glass before saying, "He's a Fell. They're all snooty." Damon walked over and refilled her glass with a, in Ellie's opinion, creepy smile as he laughed at her comment.

"They really are the snootiest bunch." Ellie replied, thinking of Jessica Fell. She was one of the cheerleaders and thought she was royalty among peasants from the way she acted all the time.

"Hello, Elena." Damon said suddenly and both Jenna and Ellie turned around as Elena walked into the room looking confused.

"Hey, where have you been?" Jenna asked. "We're cooking dinner."

"Is Stefan with you?" Damon added.

"Um, he'll be here soon." Elena said as she stood next to where Ellie sat on the counter. Elena gave him a funny look. Not long after that, Ellie and Jenna ended up at the tv with Jeremy as he and Jenna raced on the video game. Ellie turned back to see Damon getting a little too close to Elena as she tried to do dishes. "Don't do that." Elena said, despite the amused chuckle she gave him.

"Do what?" He asked innocently.

"You know what. That move was deliberate." Elena informed him.

"Well, yeah, I was deliberately trying to get to the sink." Damon replied but Elena just scoffed at him. "Speaking of Stefan, where is he? He's missing family night, which I am enjoying immensely." There seemed to be no response from Elena and Damon continued and asked, "Is it real?"

"Is what real?"

"This renewed sense of brotherhood." Damon clarified. "Can I trust him?" His question was asked so softly that Ellie almost didn't hear him.

"Yes, you can trust him." Elena replied although her voice sounded a little off, almost like she might be lying.

A moment later she could hear Damon saying, "There was a time when I trusted him more than anyone."

"Trust breeds trust." Elena replied. "You have to give it to get it."

"Are you lecturing me?" Damon asked.

"Do you need to be lectured?" Elena retorted and Ellie's eyebrows rose suspiciously at the near flirting tone her sister used. Placing her hand on her hip with a sassy raise of her eyebrows.

"Oh come on, Jenna, you can't actually be this crap at racing." Jeremy scoffed as he raced ahead of her, drawing Ellie back to the conversation on the couch.

"Yes, rub it in thanks. How would I be better than you when you spend so much time playing it?" Jenna scoffed as her character trailed along pitifully. Once Jenna lost, again she sighed and held the remote controller up in the air. "Hey, Damon! Why don't you see if you can beat this punk at this since I am, how'd you say it Jer, 'pathetically hopeless'?"

The two boys laughed as Damon sauntered over to the couch and Ellie moved to the chair. "I do have to admit, I've never played this before." Ellie stuck around to hopefully watch Damon get his ass kicked, until he started beating Jeremy.

"You said you never played this thing before." Jeremy commented, eyes glued to the tv.

"I'm a fast learner. Quick reflexes." Damon said nonchalantly. Jeremy paused the game as his phone rang, quickly dismissing whoever it was. "Who are you dodging?"

"This girl Anna. She can be… persistent." Jeremy confessed.

"Is she hot?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, yeah, but she can be weird."

"Hot trumps weird, trust me." Damon told him.

As Jeremy laughed Ellie stood and rolled her eyes before walking over to Jenna and Elena. "He is ridiculously hot!" Jenna whispered.

"Shhh!" Elena replied. "He's an ass."

"Honestly, Jenna. Like more of a dick than Scum Fell. Have some respect for yourself." Ellie added and Jenna just grinned at her.

"But what are you doing with all this stuff, Elena?" Jenna asked.

"I thought there might be something about mine and Ellie's birth parents." Elena confessed.

"Wait you were digging for birth parent stuff and didn't tell me?" Ellie asked.

Elena flushed, looking guilty and sympathetic. "Sorry, I was just so preoccupied trying to find something that I forgot to tell you." She apologized.

"Have you told Jeremy?" Jenna asked.

"I will." Elena replied as she closed the box. "We will." She added with a look at Ellie. "When the time is right." The doorbell rang and Elena announced, "That's Stefan."

Ellie followed her twin and Damon to the front door and when it was opened to reveal Stefan, she noted the confusion on his face at Damon's presence. "Um hey before we go in, Damon, Elena, can I talk to the two of you?" Stefan asked.

"That's my cue to exit. Carry on." Ellie said as Damon and Elena walked out and Ellie shut the door behind them.

As she returned to the living room, Jenna asked, "Where did they go?"

"They're outside talking, I don't know about what though." Ellie said as she flopped down onto the couch and watched Jeremy's solo game. With a dramatic gasp she asked, "You don't think they're like… in a gang do you?"

Jeremy scoffed. "Please. Elena… in a gang? She can't keep a secret to save her life." He snorted.

"Very true." Ellie agreed and watched the three of them speaking from the opened blinds.

"Hey guys, I'll be back in a minute." Jenna told them as she stood and headed upstairs.

"So." Damon said as he strolled in. "I heard you found a really cool journal from back in the day. Who else did you show it to?"

"Huh?" Jeremy asked.

"Don't ask questions, just spill." Damon replied.

With a laugh, Jeremy asked. "You're kidding me, right?"

"Jer, did you tell anyone other than Mr. Saltzman about Jonathan Gilbert's journal?" Elena asked and Ellie looked between the three weirdos asking all the questions.

"Why is everybody so obsessed with that thing?" Ellie questioned. Elena never particularly cared much about family history.

"Not now, Ellie. Jer, who else did you tell?"

"Just that girl Anna." He replied.

"The hot weird one?" Damon asked to confirm.

"Yeah."

"Wait, who is Anna?" Stefan asked.

"That's what I want to find out." Damon replied. "How do you know her?"

"I just know her." Jeremy replied as Ellie's phone started to ring.

She moved to grab her phone and when she saw Bonnie's name she called to Elena, "It's Bonnie. Come on." Ellie urged. "Hey Bon, one second." She said as she and Elena rushed up the steps. "Ok, me and Elena are alone. Give us all the deets, Bonnie."

"Yes, please, we're dying here." Elena added as Ellie put the phone on speaker.

"It's going great." Bonnie gushed. "He's a perfect gentleman."

"A gentleman, huh?" Elena said teasingly.

"I know!" Bonnie replied. "Boring, huh? I just want to grab him and lay one on him."

"So why don't you?" Elena asked.

"Cause I'm a chicken." Bonnie replied.

"You're a powerful witch goddess. Come on, seize the day Broom Hilda." Elena encouraged.

Ellie laughed and added, "And don't you dare forget you're a hot ass cheerleader with a really nice behind."

Bonnie laughed at their comments before saying, "Ok. I'm going to text you guys later with more details." She promised.

"You better." Ellie warned teasingly. Stefan came up the stairs and into the room where they were. "Well, cutesy couple in a bedroom together… that's a definite sign that I need to exit before I want to vomit."

"Thanks, Ellie, I just need to talk to her for a bit." Stefan said apologetically.

"Enough said." Ellie replied. She came back downstairs to see Jenna looking around in confusion. "What's up?"

"I leave for five seconds and everyone bails. We haven't even eaten yet." Jenna commented.

With a glance to the living room, she could see that Damon and Jeremy were gone. Did they go to see Anna? "Um, not one hundred percent where Jer and Damon went, but Elena and Stefan are upstairs. I can see if they want to eat?" She suggested.

"Yes please, because I'm hungry and this smells really good." Jenna replied. Ellie turned and headed back up the stairs, knocking loudly on Elena's door.

Elena opened the door a second later and Ellie said, "Jenna wants to know if you guys are going to eat, because she's hungry."

"Oh, tell Jenna to go ahead and eat, something came up that I need to help Stefan with." Elena said with a laugh.

"Mmhmm, something came up. Just admit you want to make out Elena." Ellie teased.

Her sister blushed furiously. "No, shut up Ellie, something really came up." Elena replied.

Ellie made a skeptical noise but nodded and shut the door behind her. Coming back down the stairs she just shrugged and said, "Guess it's just us for dinner gorgeous aunt of mine. Something 'came up' that Stefan needed Elena's help for."

Jenna made the same noise that Ellie had made at that comment. "Yeah sure." Jenna scoffed. "But, whatever. This smells good and that just means there's more for us." Ellie laughed as she grabbed a plate and started piling on the food.

They sat down, laughing and chatting as they ate. It was painfully familiar, to a time before her parents passed away and Jenna would visit. It was always laughter and play fights and sarcastic comments. Even with it just being Jenna and Ellie, it was comforting to do something familiar. "God, I can't remember the last time we all actually sat down at the table together." Ellie said with a huff. "I miss it."

Jenna smiled sadly at her. "We'll make it a thing. Family dinner at least once a week. It's probably not healthy for us to eat so much frozen premade stuff." Jenna commented.

Pretending to gag, Ellie nodded. "There's no way it's good for you. But this is obnoxiously good." She huffed. "Don't you ever tell Damon I think that this is good. I don't need his ego inflating any more than it already has." When they had almost finished their meal, Stefan and Elena came walking quickly down the stairs as Elena pulled on a jacket. "Where are you guys going?"

They stopped in the doorway, surprised at being called out to. "There's something we need to go and do. I'll be back later." Elena replied and they were out the door before Jenna or Ellie could protest.

"Is it just me, or has Elena been giving like really shady excuses as to where she's going and what she's doing lately?" Ellie asked curiously.

"She has seemed a little unlike herself lately. Maybe it's just a phase and she's back to normal soon." Jenna suggested. It was when they finished eating that Jeremy came home with Anna following right behind him.

"Hey Anna." Ellie greeted warmly.

"Hey." The other girl replied shyly, obviously nervous to be in front of Jenna.

"Jenna, this is Anna, my friend. I met her at the library when I was working on my extra credit assignment for Mr. Saltzman. She helped me find what books I needed." Jeremy introduced and Ellie nodded in approval. Telling Jenna that Anna helped in saving Jeremy's history grade was an almost guarantee for Jenna immediately liking the girl.

"Well then we owe you one. Are you guys hungry? We just put the food up so it's still warm." Jenna offered.

"Oh no thank you, I ate early." Anna said politely as she nervously shifted towards Jeremy.

"Well, I'm definitely not going to make you stand here and make awkward conversation so go on and do whatever it is you want to do." Jenna said and Anna relaxed considerably as Jeremy led her over to play the games. A while later, Stefan and Elena came in and went straight up to her room without a word. Jeremy had gone to get batteries for one of the remotes that died and Anna stood and walked over to them.

"Um, excuse me. I need to use the restroom." She said softly.

Once Jenna told her where to go, Anna disappeared and Jenna and Ellie returned to their work. Stefan came down the stairs and gave them a warm smile. "You know you're not staying the night, right?" Jenna questioned.

"We're just going to hang out for a little while." He said as he propped against the doorway.

"You're lucky I like you." Jenna informed him. "Keep the door open."

Stefan's smile was warm and bright at her warning. "You got it." He replied. "Hey, do you have any aspirin?"

"Yeah." Ellie replied. "Don't worry Jenna, I got it."

She stood and went over to the medicine cabinet, searching through it for the aspirin he'd asked for and was alerted to Jeremy's presence by his greeting to Stefan, a simple, "Oh, hey, Stefan." Followed by a, "Where'd she go?"

Ellie turned for a moment and said, "She went to the bathroom."

"Where'd who go?" Stefan asked curiously.

"He has a friend over." Ellie said with a grin as she started to unscrew the cap of the bottle.

"Anna." Jeremy clarified. Stefan froze, looking lost in thought, before turning on his heel and running up the stairs.

"Why is everyone so weird?" Ellie asked as she put the cap back on the bottle. "I guess he doesn't want this then."


Author's Note:

I am very excited to say that this fic has now reached over 6000 views! Thank you so much to everyone that's been reading this story. Also, since it is still currently Ramadan, I want to once again say Happy Ramadan to all of you that celebrate it.

To Guest: I agree, she was waaaay too harsh on Jenna and every time I watch the episode it makes me upset to see how she treated Jenna. And with Damon, Ellie hasn't forgotten the things he's done and she loves Caroline way too much to just let it go, so she'll definitely say something about it when it needs to be said.

To Only Reviewer: You might be excited to learn that I have now written Ellie's first interaction with Katherine and I hope you enjoy it when that chapter finally gets posted. Also yes, Caroline and Ellie are very cute together. Writing scenes for the two of them just comes really easy.

To Mimi: I adore writing Caroline and Ellie scenes honestly. Also, Ellie's first interaction with Katherine has now been written and I can't wait for that chapter to be posted so you can read it. Also can't you imagine? A Caroline, Ellie, Katherine trio would be iconic. And I might not necessarily ship Delena (partially because I can't stand Elena in the later seasons and partially because Damon really shouldn't have tried to sabotage Stefan's relationship with her) Damon does have really good character development but Elena constantly acts like they're saints when they aren't. Also I never even thought about the fact that Katherine and Klaus wouldn't have found Elena if not for Stefan and Damon. But Elena constantly blaming Klaus and Katherine for everything got on my nerves so much.

To RiRi: Yes! I love Callie brotp so much. It's ok, I can't stand her either. The moment she decided it was ok to kill thousands of people just to kill Klaus made me so mad. Just because you didn't kill each one of them individually doesn't mean that you didn't kill them and that makes her just as bad as Katherine and Klaus. Hell, because of that decision she's probably killed more people than Katherine ever did. Oh that's a thought... have Damon and Stefan try to sacrifice Ellie instead... interesting. And if you want a Katherine and Ellie friendship you'll be excited to know that their first interaction has now been written and I'm very excited for you to see it.

To Guest (2): I really don't know how Elena thought that it was ok. Like I couldn't imagine being in Jenna's position and Elena was being such a brat about it.

To Lilomaus223: Hi, I'm glad you're enjoying the story! Ellie and Katherine being friends is a definite possibility and I think Katherine deserved better. I've just written their first interaction so I can't wait for you to get to read it. And I'm trying to be pretty consistent on my updating and try to update on a once a week schedule! I have several chapters after this one already written so that I can still post even if I get writer's block. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

-Madame Magic

Posted: 5/1/20