I only own my oc
After the crack had been made about me "living" at the boarding house I decided to sleep at my house. I heard my alarm screaming at me to get up, today was set up for the masquerade ball. I walked over to the bathroom door and pulled the handle, locked, I pressed my ear to the door and couldn't hear anyone in there. Damn it Elena!
"Elena What The Fuck!" I yelled pounding on the door, I heard shuffling and finally the door clicked, I swung it open just in time to see a half naked Elena running back to her room and slamming her door behind her. I took a quick shower and ran downstairs as Jeremy rushed out the door.
I walked into the kitchen, Jenna was putting a cup in the sink, "Odd switch up isn't you who usually has a guest." She smirked clearly talking about Elena and Stefan.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I smiled, I headed out the door towards the grill, I was not staying for that awkward conversation once Elena came downstairs. After stopping and grabbing some quick breakfast and coffees I headed to the boarding house.
Once I got there I walked straight in Damon was laying in on of the couches reading, "I come bearing gifts." I said stepping down into the parlor, "What are you doing in here? The couch in the library is way better for that." I said handing him one of the cups.
He took it and sat up, "Says the girl who doesn't live here." He set his cup down taking mine and pulling the lid off, biting into his hand and letting the blood drip in my cup.
"I don't live here." I said taking the cup back and taking a drink. "Thank you, but that's not why I'm here." I set my cup down next to his and climbed in his lap straddling him, "Elena volenteered me for some charity event but since her and Stefan are currently holed up in her room I figured I had some time." I draped my arms around his neck.
"Well looks like someone's getting two for one deal." He replied smirking his hand lightly ran up my spine before he tangled it in my hair and pulled me in for a kiss. I opened my mouth and ground my hips into his, unfortunately a knock on the door interrupted us, "Ugh." I groaned throwing my head back and climbing off Damon's lap, "Who the hell even knocks here?"
"I don't know but it better be good." He replied walking to the door. I sat down on the couch grabbing my coffee, "Baby Gilbert what a surprise." Damon said opening the door, "Now go away."
"Jeremy?! What the hell are you doing here?" I asked Damon opened the door further so he could come in.
"What are you doing here? I thought you and Elena had that thing today." Jeremy replies walking into the parlor.
"We do. Still doesn't answer why you're here." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"I need to talk to Damon."
"Talk quickly we were... busy." Damon said sitting down.
"Ok eww, Tyler Lockwood isn't a werewolf he has to kill someone to trigger the curse."
"So far not important.."
"Well Mason is and I know what he's here for."
"Slightly more important, the desire to throw you out into the driveway has slightly subsided."
"DAMON!" I scolded, "You're not launching my brother anywhere."
"Joking... kinda. Anyway baby Gilbert continue."
"He's after something call a moonstone it's connected to the werewolf curse." Jeremy continued.
"What the hell is a moon stone?" I asked.
"I don't know what it does but I do know where to find it."
"What did Elena say when you told her all this?" I asked, Jeremy immediately looked down, "You didn't tell her did you? And you weren't going to tell me either I just happened to be here."
"Well considering you two kept a bunch from me over the last few months I don't think you have room to be pissed off." He snapped.
"Whoa there children, back to the point, what does he want it for?" Damon said stepping in between us.
"That, I don't know." Jeremy replied.
Damon called Ric and filled him in thankfully it he showed up quickly because me and Jeremy spent the entire time giving each other dirty looks.
"Ric." Damon announced when Alaric walked in.
"What's up with those two?" Ric asked.
"I'm helping Damon I found the moonstone." Jeremy replied smugly.
"No what he's doing is being an idiot and sticking his nose where it doesn't belong." I said getting off the couch.
"So I take it Elena has no idea what's going on." Ric said setting down a box.
"Not a one." Damon said, "What's all this?"
"Vanessa sent over some of Isobel's research."
"Hmm crossbow happy Vanessa."
"The same, remember that Aztec curse she told us about?"
"Yeah sun moon, blah, blah, blah." Damon said rolling his eyes.
"An Aztec curse cool." Jeremy's face lit up.
"Yeah that one, werewolves and vampires used to roam free until a shaman put a curse on them, werewolves could only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun." Alaric explained to Jeremy.
"Not all of us." Damon waved his ring in the air.
"Well according to the legend the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with the moonstone and can be broken by a witch born of death, whatever that means."
"Sealed?" Jeremy asked.
"It's a witch thing whatever seals the curse usually breaks it."
"Hmm." I said surprised.
"What?" Damon looked at me before it dawned on him, "I'm starting to think trouble just finds you."
"Someone wana clue the rest of us in?" Alaric asked.
"I died and came back a witch. It doesn't make any sense though, I've been through my book a hundred times and nowhere does it mention werewolves and Elementals always side with vampires."
"Always?"
"Or other witches but that's sketchy, Elementals were created by exiled spirit witches on the other side, vampires are a natural enemy to sprit witches, so their drawn to each other." I suddenly realized they were all staring at me, "It's actually a pretty interesting story."
"Maybe Mason believes he can use the moonstone to break the curse." Alaric said getting back to the subject.
"If we're going to believe this witch woo nonsense we're idiots." Damon said rolling his eyes, "Who has the stone now?"
"Tyler." Jeremy replied.
"Can you get it?"
"Yeah."
"Well little Gilbert you're officially useful to me."
"No, Jeremy is staying out of this." I said firmly.
"You have a better idea?" Damon asked.
"Well no."
"Then for now this is what we have, he'll be fine."
I let out a frustrated sigh knowing Damon was right, none of us would be able to get close enough to Tyler to get the stone.
"So you believe it?" Jeremy asked.
"It's from the same book that says a werewolf bite can kill a vampire so I'd be a bigger idiot not to. Let's go."
Jeremy and Alaric headed outside I went to follow but Damon held me back, "I think you should stay here."
"Umm no."
"Alexis if he already has the moonstone that means the next item on his list is you." He said in a serious tone.
"Jeremy's going are you saying my little brother can take of himself better the me, a fairly competent witch?"
Frustration spread across Damon's face, "Fine, but you stay by me the entire time. Deal?"
"We'll play it by ear." I smirked walking out the door and to the car.
The ride over to the Lockwood's was short but tense between me and Jeremy being angry with each other and Damon being annoyed that I wouldn't stay at the boarding house. When he parked the car at the Lockwood's I nearly jumped out, I let Damon lead me through the volunteers setting up for the masquerade party happening this weekend. We quickly found Elena, "Hey, you know you're super late, right?" She said coming her eyebrow at me.
"I'm aware, I however am not going to be able to help."
"Why?"
I nodded my head towards Damon.
"What are you even doing here anyway?" She asked Damon.
"Oh just looking for my baby brother, speaking of tell yours to stop following me around."
"Wait, What?"
"No time for chitchat we have to go." He said lacing his fingers through mine and leading me through the door, I rolled my eyes as I followed him out. Damon found Stefan who immediately led us to an empty room, "So Bonnie had a vision when she touched Mason." He stared.
"A vision of what?" Damon asked.
"Him and Kathrine."
"Mason's with Kathrine." Damon sounded disgusted.
"We missed it he came into town right after she did. It makes perfect sense."
"Yeah but Mason, I mean werewolf aside the guys a surfer. She has to be using him."
A vase above the fireplace shattered, Damon and Stefan both stopped talking and looked at me, "Opps." I said shrugging.
Damon looked at me but didn't have time to say anything because Stefan asked, "What would she be using him for?"
"Mason's in town looking for a moonstone Maybe Kathrine wants it too."
"But why?"
"I don't know, that is the beauty of Kathrine. She's always up to something." Damon stated, another vase shattered and his head whipped around to me, "Is something going to fall on me next?"
"I'm sorry, apparently Kathrine makes me... violent." I sighed, "I'm going to go grab something to clean this up." I turned around, Damon had his hand on the door before I could even grab the handle. "Oh no you don't."
"Oh for fuck sake, I'm going to get a broom. You can't follow me around 24 hours a day." I grumbled.
"Watch me." He smirked.
"Ok am I missing something?" Stefan asked.
"Supposedly only one kind of witch can break the moonstone curse, wana take a guess at who just got themselves and the werewolf's most wanted list." Damon replied.
"Awesome, so who has the stone now?" Stefan said sighing.
"Tyler, Jeremy's is going to get it."
"You had to involve Jeremy?"
"Jeremy involved himself." I said.
"Speaking of Indiana Jones," Damon said stepping out into the patio, I watched as him and Stefan listened to Jeremy's conversation with Tyler, I unfortunately heard nothing but when Damon turned around pissed off I assumed that meant Mason already had the stone.
"What's the plan now?" Stefan asked.
"We need judgy." He looked at me, "You can either stay here with Stefan or come with me to find Bonnie."
"I'll stay here thanks." I said leaning on the wall and crossing my arms.
"Are you pouting?"
"No, pouting would require me to be upset, I'm just annoyed. I'm not a toddler I don't need to be babysat."
"You're acting like one."
"You need to go before I accidentally blow up something a little more... personal."
Damon left the room with out another word. "He's just trying to keep you safe." Stefan said as he paced around the room.
"No one is going to snatch me in broad daylight in a house full of people and I'm not the only elemental around. Maybe back when that legend was written there were only a couple but not now, every time one of dies 2 more take their place. All mason knows is I'm a witch not what kind, there's tons." I slid down the wall and pulled my knees to my chest.
A few minutes later Damon came back dragging Bonnie behind him, "This is as far as I go." She said yanking her arm away from Damon.
"Fine." Damon said stepping back, he looked towards me, "You done?" I rolled my eyes at his question, "Guess not."
"I'm busy what do you want?" Bonnie asked he brothers.
"We need a favor." Damon replied.
"Yeah fat chance." She sneered.
"I figured you'd say that, which is why I brought him." Damon said nodding at Stefan.
"Look I know that the last thing you want to do is help us but since you linked Kathrine and Mason you might help us get the upper hand."
"Pretty please." Damon added.
"What do you need me to do?" Bonnie asked as Stefan walked away to answer her phone.
"I need you to touch mason again and see what him and Kathrine are up to."
"My visions don't work like that."
"That's inconvenient, well how about that little trick you and Alexis like to do where you melt my brain,"
"We give you an aneurism," I interrupted, "You heal so fast we can just do it over and over again."
"Lovely, anyway I know it's not vampire specific since Alexis did it to him at the grill, I'm going to need you to take him down."
"I'm not going to help you hurt him." Bonnie exclaimed, "Why can't Alexis do it?"
"Because Mason knows about me," I said standing up and walking over to them, "Look Kathrine and mason are the bad guys in this situation, I can't sneak up on him bacause he'll be expecting something from me."
"They are a threat to all of us, so hang up your morality for a minute and help us." Damon sneered.
"He meant that as a question with a please on the end." Stefan said.
"Oh absolutely."
"Fine." Bonnie said, "Whats the plan."
We spent the next few minutes coming up with a way for Bonnie to take mason down when the plan was finally set and they were all getting into position. Damon held back tossing me his keys, "Take my car home and wait for me."
"You're letting me drive your car?" I said looking at the keys and then back at Damon.
"It's literally the only thing I love more then you so please don't wreck it." He said.
"Aww That was almost sweet." I said he smirked and turned away, "I love you too, even though you're an ass." Damon didn't turn around but I heard a small chuckle as I headed towards the car.
I was sitting in the parlor when Damon walked in he didn't say anything just vamped off to the library and then back outside. When he came back in he was carting Mason over his shoulder, I followed him and watch him dump Mason into a chair in front of the fireplace.
"I got his bag as requested." Bonnie said walking in and heaving the bag into another chair.
"One if you grab that corner." Damon said pointing to the tarp under the chair.
"What's this for?" Bonnie asked helping him straighten it out.
"So he doesn't get blood on the rug." I replied.
"Ding ding, we have a winner." Damon smirked, he pulled some chains out of the bag, "Looks like someone likes being tied up."
"I was afraid that was the reason." Bonnie looked as uncomfortable as she sounded, she stepped between Mason's legs and put her hands on his temples.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.
"You wanted to find the moonstone so I'm going to see if I can find it."
"Yes. That's a good idea. Find out if he gave it to Kathrine and where she is and what they are planning on doing with it once they get it."
"It doesn't work like that." I said from the couch.
"You've done this?" Bonnie asked.
"No I get visions and feelings sometimes but nothing I can actually control, I'm pretty much useless today."
"It's pretty similar to what I helped you with, way less complicated though." Bonnie closed her eyes concentrating on mason, "It's somewhere small and dark, there's water."
"A sewer?" Damon asked.
"No a well." Bonnie replied
"Why would it be in a well?"
"I don't know I told you I get what I get." Mason started to wake up grabbing Bonnie's hand, she let out a scared gasp, "that's it that's all I got." She said as Damon pulled her hand free and he tied Mason's down.
"Hey Judgy," Damon called after her Bonnie turned around, "Thanks." He said, once she'd walked out he turned to me, "You should probably go too, this is going to get a little messy."
"I'm a big girl, besides I still owe him for breaking my ribs and you know trying to kill you." I said standing up.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." He turned towards mason and punched him right in the face, "Wakey, wakey wolf boy." Mason groaned as Damon turned around and put something in the fire.
"What are you going to do?" I asked.
Damon looked at me with an expression I'd only seen a couple of times, "Good ole fashion torture." He said simply before stalking around Mason like the predator he was. He pulled the cast iron poker out of the fire and stabbed it into Mason's chest. Mason let out a yell and I flinched which didn't go unnoticed by Damon, "Good you can feel pain." he pulled the poker out and stuck it back in the fire. Mason struggled against the chains and flipped the chair to the floor, Damon leaned over him looking where he'd just pulled the poker from, "Damn you heal quickly, I guess that means we'll just have to keep trying."
Damon pulled the chair upright, "How do you know Kathrine? What is she up too?" Mason stayed silent, "That's Fine I have all day." Damon said as he stabbed Mason with the poker again, he screamed through gritted teeth. Damon pulled the poker out and stuck it back into the fire.
"How did you two meet?" Damon continued his questioning? "She tell you she loved you? You're supernatural so you can't be compelled. I'm sure she used her other charms, Kathrine's good about that."
I had been leaning against the wall up until this point, I pushed myself away from it and walked up the stairs, every time Kathrine's name was mentioned I felt like I was going to explode I needed some air. As I got to the doorway for the hall I bumped in to Jeremy, "What are you doing back here?" I asked.
"Yeah I told you to leave." Damon said.
Jeremy pushed past me ignoring my question as he set a box on the table digging through it, "I found something in Ric's stuff." He said pulling out a plant.
"Ooh, whatcha got." Damon said abandoning his torture momentarily and walking over to look at the plant Jeremy had just pulled out. It looked like it had been dried partially.
"Aconitum Vulparia, I did a search on my phone it grows in the mountains in the northern hemisphere. It also goes by aconite, blue rocket and wolfsbane."
"What does it do?" I asked.
"Well one legend says it causes lycanthropy, which sounds bogus but another says it's toxic."
Mason groaned in the chair, "I'm guessing it's toxic." Damon said walking over to Mason, "What is Kathrine doing back in Mystic falls?" Mason didn't answer so Damon took the wolfsbane and dragged it down his cheek.
Jeremy looked at me with an uncomfortable look on his face.
"Why is Kathrine here?" Damon asked Mason again.
"She's here with me. Jealous?" Mason sneered.
"I'm sorry how rude of me I didn't offer you anything to eat." Damon shoved the plant into Mason's mouth.
I watched as the uncomfortable look on Jeremy's face turned to horror, I tugged at his arm, "Come on Jer I'll make you something to eat." He ignored me and pulled his arm away.
"What does she want with the moonstone?" Damon asked.
"Screw you!" Mason spat.
"Wrong answer."
"Stop!" I yelled, "If he was going to say something he would have."
"I told you this wasn't going to be pretty you can still leave." Damon replied not taking his eyes off Mason, "I'm going for the eyes next."
"It's in the well." Mason admitted.
"I know where it is, I want to know why Kathrine wants it."
"She wants it for me."
"Right why would a vampire want to help a werewolf break a curse that lets him turn whenever he wants?"
"Because then I don't have to turn anymore." There was a sadness in Mason's voice.
"Why?"
"Because she loves me."
"Oh- now I get it you're just stupid, she doesn't love anyone she just uses people."
"I'm done talking."
"Yes you are." Damon held out the wolfsbane, Jeremy took it. "You both need to talk a walk."
"I'm staying," Jeremy stated.
"No you're both going."
"Damon." I said quietly.
"Don't Damon me, you were on your way out before Jeremy walked in, you knew what was going to happen."
"I'm not going anywhere, he's had enough." Jeremy snapped.
"Look out for Tyler." Mason said clearly talking to Jeremy.
"Damon." Jeremy pleaded, Damon looked at him with the same look he had the night he was going to kill Caroline. He took a step before vamp speeding towards Jeremy I threw my hand up and watched as Damon hit an invisible wall and fall backwards.
"I don't give a shit what you do to Mason but you will not lay a finger on Jeremy you got it?" I walked over to Jeremy, "Go Wait for me in the car I'll be out in a minute." He nodded and walked out. "What the fuck?" I yelled to Damon.
"It's kill or be killed Alexis, he tried to kill me the first chance he got what makes you think he won't do it again?"
"I never said don't kill Mason, I give zero fucks about him. You all scary vampire charging at Jeremy is what I have an issue with."
Damon turned away from me and walked back over to Mason, "It really is a curse hu? You know you remind me of less handsome, dumber version of myself."
"I love her." Mason croaked out.
"I know you do, take it from someone who knows Kathrine will rip your heart out. Let me do it for her."
I closed my eyes as Damon reached into Mason's chest and ripped his heart out, I heard a thud as it hit the ground. I opened my eyes and saw Mason's lifeless body in the chair and walked out without a word. I climbed in the truck, starting it and pulling out of the driveway Jeremy stared at his knees, "I told you not to get involved." I said.
"How are you ok with all of this?"
"Mason almost killed me in his werewolf form and he almost got Damon and Stefan killed." I replied.
"He's a murderer Alexis." He yelled, "You're dating a fucking serial killer."
"I killed someone." I said quietly, "At the park thing, a deputy, I was trying to save Caroline. So if you're going to judge him then you need to do the same with me." Jeremy looked away with out a word, spending most of the trip home staring out the window. Once we'd pulled up at home he got out of the truck and went upstairs locking himself in his room. I sat in the truck not wanting to go in and make small talk with Jenna and Alaric, I was angry every mention of Kathrine today made my blood boil. The way Damon acted after Mason accused him of being jealous has struck a nerve as well.
My phone vibrated in my pocket pulling me out of my own head it was from Damon, We got the moonstone.
K, was all I sent back.
I got out of the truck and headed up to my room flopping down on my bed, I was only there a couple of minutes when someone knocked on my door, "Come in." I said sitting up, Elena slowly opened the door and walked in.
"We got the moonstone." She said sitting down.
"I heard." I said flatly.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm irritated," I sighed, "it's nothing, you have enough going on."
"You can tell me, did Damon do something stupid?"
"Really it's nothing. I bet dinners done and apparently Alaric actually knows how to cook." I stood up and walked towards the door, Elena followed suit and we headed downstairs.
"Where Jeremy?" Elena asked.
"Upstairs he said he wasn't hungry." Alaric replied.
"Who's she talking to?" I asked, nodding towards Jenna on the phone.
Alaric shrugged as Jenna walked over and handed the phone to Elena, "Its for you." She said before walking away.
Elena looked confused but answered, as soon as she heard the voice on the other end her face turned to shock.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Kathrine." She mouthed, she listened on the other end while Alaric and I looked on, suddenly Elena yelled out , "JENNA NO!"
I turned around just in time to see Jenna plunge the kitchen knife into her stomach, Elena dropped the phone and ran over to her. I grabbed the phone, "Fuck you Kathrine." I said into the receiver before hanging up and calling 911. When the ambulance arrived Alaric rode with Jenna, Elena and Jeremy followed behind in her truck. I stayed behind to clean up the mess, before I started cleaning I pulled my phone out and called Damon, straight to voicemail, once the beep came I said, "I need you." and hung up.
I had just gotten everything cleaned up and was about to head to the hospital when I heard the front door open, "Elena?" I yelled out. No answer I grabbed the kitchen knife that I'd just finished cleaning, when I turned away from the sink Damon was standing in front of me, "Jesus! You scared the shit out of me." I said putting the knife back in the strainer.
"Sorry, Stefan told me what happened and then I got your voicemail I headed straight over."
I felt my eyes sting as the tears threatened to overwhelm me, I buried my face in Damon's chest and he wrapped his arms around me. "Shh, it'll be ok."
I pulled back and wiped my face, "You're right it will be, cause I'm going to kill her. Turn me."
"What? Now?" Damon pulled his arms back looking shocked.
"Yes now."
"No."
"Excuse me? Months we've been talking about me turning and now all the sudden you're against it."
"I'm not against it but I'm not going to do it so you can go get yourself killed, Kathrine is 500 years old. A brand new vampire wouldn't have a chance."
"I wouldn't just be a new vampire."
"What are you talking about?"
"Remember when were in Georgia and Bree said not even death could take my magic from me? Well Elementals keep their magic if they turn, unless they turn off their humanity."
"What? How long have you know this?" He asked angrily.
"A while." I said looking down.
"And you choose now to tell me?" He stared at me waiting for me to answer, all I could do was shrug. I don't know why I hadn't told Damon sooner. "No. I'll turn you but not for this and not tonight."
"Fine, I'll do it myself." I lifted my wrist to bite my bracelet, sure I'd burned through the blood from this morning with my magic. Damon grabbed my wrist pulling it away with more force then necessary, "You're hurting me." I said trying to pull it back.
"Please don't do this." He said letting my arm go. "I'll make sure Kathrine pays for this I promise."
I stared at Damon his face had softened and his tone was almost begging I dropped my arm to my side, "Swear?"
"I'll send that bitch to hell where she belongs. Now can I give you a ride to the hospital?"
"No, Elena texted a little while ago, she said Jenna was lucky she didn't hit anything important, she'll be ok. But I don't want to stay here tonight."
Damon nodded, I grabbed my bag and let him lead me out to the car. "Way to try and ruin my plans." Damon said as he got in the car.
"What you have a hot date tonight?" I asked confused.
"Not tonight's plans I was coming over here tonight anyway to apologize for the way I talked to you today and you know the Jeremy, I let the vampire side take control."
"Ever the gentleman even when he's ripping hearts out. So what plan did I ruin?"
"I obviously was going to run this by you first but after your birthday I wanted to take you away for a couple days to one of my favorite places, New York. First night we'd party like there was no tomorrow I'd turn you and spend the next couple days teaching you how to hunt."
"Thought this all out did you? Why New York?"
"Because if you fuck up and kill someone nobody would notice. Like I said I was going to talk to you about it."
"That sounds... morbid yet amazing." I said as we pulled into the boarding house driveway. I noticed Elena's tuck as we got to the door, when we walked inside I looked around and didn't see Elena or Stefan. I turned to Damon who was clearly listening to something, "Whats going on?"
"Elena, she just broke up with Stefan."
Before I could respond Elena came rushing out of the library and down the hall, "Elena?"
"Just don't." She said tears I her eyes.
"Elena, dont blame Stefan this is my fault. I killed mason and then rubbed it in her face." Damon said.
"It doesn't matter Kathrine won." She said as she walked out.
"What did you do?" I asked.
"I may have called the last number dialed in Mason's phone and told Kathrine her plan failed."
"I love you but God you're dumb sometimes." I turned to walk towards the stairs.
"Where are you going."
"I'm far too sober for this shit." I said walking upstairs.