Chapter 22 – Wickery Bridge
Damon and Stefan were sitting in the Library at the Salvatore Boarding House surrounded by old tomes. Both looked like they hadn't gotten any sleep and had been searching through the books for some time.
Damon looked up at his brother grinning like a mad man. "I found it!"
Stefan raised an eyebrow, "What happened to it?"
"Well, I was reading in the 1912 records books from the mill and came across..."Damon dragged it out.
Stefan growled, "Get to the point, Damon."
Damon sighed, "Always spoiling my fun. The tree was cut down and made into Wickery Bridge."
Stefan grinned, "Let's go get us some white oak stakes."
At the same time Elijah and Niklaus had found the same information in the boxes in the Lockwood's basement. Niklaus made a quick call to one of his hybrids and requested that they go burn it down. That is how Damon and Stefan found themselves looking dumbfounded at the Wickery Bridge as it burned.
"I guess you weren't the only one who discovered there was another tree," Damon told Stefan.
Stefan glared at him, "This isn't over."
Damon shook his head as he turned and walked away, "Of course not."
Stefan stood staring at the burning bridge with his fist clenched. He vowed to himself that he would make Niklaus pay for all the evil he had done one way or another.
After getting the confirmation that the bridge was burning Niklaus and Elijah left the Lockwood's to return home. On the way back they stopped and ordered some pizzas, reasoning that most everyone would be at the house.
They arrived back at the house with the pizzas in tow at the same time that Finn and Sage arrived back. Finn raised an eye as he took in the pizzas but didn't say anything, only helping to carry them inside.
"Sage, would you inform Kol and the witches that food is here." Elijah requested as the brothers set the pizzas on the kitchen table.
Sage smirked as she sent a mental message to Kol not moving a muscle. "Kol, Nik and Elijah picked up pizzas for dinner. It's ready when you are."
"Thank you, Sage. I'll pass the message on." Came the silent reply.
Elijah stared at her as she said, "It's done."
"I could have done that."
Niklaus laughed, "Well, why didn't you, brother? Our sister had the right of it, Kol promised the witches wouldn't be disturbed, now she has given Kol the message without interrupting them."
He walked out of the room leaving the occupants of the room staring after him in shock, none of them would have ever imagined he would ever refer to Sage as sister. He returned a few minutes later to find that no one had moved a muscle. He raised an eyebrow but didn't have time to say anything as they were soon joined by Elena, Caroline, Matt, and Rebekah.
The witches joined soon after and everyone adjourned to the living room where Caroline suggested they watch a movie. An argument over what movie they should watch but Elena quickly put a stop to it by selecting one and popping it in. After the movie, it was decided that everyone would crash there and get an early start in the morning. Rebekah quickly had the guest rooms prepared for the extra guests and everyone turned in.
The next morning found the witches and Kol in the dungeons working out the final details for the spell for Alaric. Finn, Sage, and Rebekah took Elena over to the Gilbert's so she could get some of Elena's things. Matt and Caroline went to the Grill, and Elijah and Niklaus decided to join them.
Meanwhile Damon and Stefan called a meeting with Alaric while Meredith went in to work. Stefan informed them of what they had found out about the Wickery Bridge being made of the White Oak Tree and it being burned the day before.
Alaric grinned, "I was given the sign to restore, and it's made of the same wood. It's in my apartment."
Stefan's eyes lit up, "I know what we are going to do today! Klaus is going down."