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Alexis's POV
I opened my eyes, slowly letting them adjust to the light shining in through the small openings in the curtains. Damon was sound asleep next to me, his hair all messed up and his face smashed into the pillow. Guess they really do have to work at being glamorous, I laughed to myself.
I slid out of bed and pulled on some clothes, I must have really been out of it last night because I sure don't remember Damon taking my pants off. I rolled a joint and headed downstairs to the kitchen, turning on the coffee pot and grabbing a blood bag out of the fridge. Walking out and sitting in the grass, I lit my joint and laid back staring up at the sky. I tried to push my break down from last night out of my mind, I mean it was inevitable.
I had just finished smoking and sat up pulling the stopper out of the blood bag, deciding after a couple of sips, while it was delicious, it was not what I wanted. I walked back in, filling up two coffee cups and heading back upstairs. I set the mugs on the side table and leaned over Damon, whispering, "Good morning." In his ear.
He stirred a little, but didn't open his eyes, "I brought you coffee." I said sweetly, still nothing. Frustrated because I knew he could hear me, I turned and reached for my cup. Damon quickly wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me back into the bed. He kissed me softly, "Blood bag?" He murmured.
"Yeah, I was worried the munchies would turn into blood lust. Surprisingly enough I just want cheese fries." I laughed, "Unfortunately the grill doesn't open for like another hour."
"We can add that to our list of things to do today." He smirked.
"What else is on this list?" I asked, my plans were to look at my new book and do absolutely nothing.
"There's a notary coming by before your sister goes to school."
"So you're going to make this place a safe house?"
"Yup."
"Wow, you miss a lot when you run off to have a breakdown." I tried to roll on to my back but Damon tightened his arms around me, "Speaking of, ho-"
"I'm fine." I quickly cut him off, he raised his eyebrow at me, "Really, I am." Damon didn't seem convinced, I threw my leg over him and pushed him onto his back and straddled his hips, "I can prove it if you want."
Just to prove he was still stronger than me, he flipped us, pushing my hands above my head, one knee on either side, "Alexis."
"Look I was really good at compartmentalizing before I had this super fast vampire brain."
"You can't keep stuff bottled up. It'll eat at you."
"Yes, because you're an open book right?" I huffed and pulled at my wrists, "Get off."
"What?" Damon asked, confused.
"I didn't stutter, get off of me." I pulled at my wrists harder, this time and he let go.
"Where are you going?" He rolled off of me and propped up on his arm, I hopped off the bed and headed for the door, "Alexis." He hissed.
I turned around, "For everyone else, my parents died almost a year ago. Not for me, I watched it happen on the kitchen floor the other night." I heard my voice start to break, I took a deep breath, "Before the accident, my mom was the only person on my side 100 percent of the time. She almost left my dad over that whole thing with the Lockwood's." I had to stop, my heart started to ache. I cleared my throat, as he got out of the bed.
"Look," I said, my voice a little steadier, "If you want me to talk about it fine. We're going to be here all day just you and me but right now, if talking is all you want to do, then you're going to have to get in line behind Elena." I didn't wait for a response, I stepped into the hallway and walked up towards Stefan's room.
I quietly knocked on the door, "Lena?" I heard a little bit of shuffling, "If you wanna talk before school, I'll be downstairs. I'm pretty sure I have everything I need to make biscuits in gravy." I added at the end, I heard more shuffling louder this time, along with a groan from Stefan.
"I'll be right down," Elena called out.
I zipped downstairs and started cooking, I was about halfway through when Elena walked in, taking a seat at the island, "Must be bad if you have to cook while you tell me."
"It's not great." I let out a huff, "So what do you want to know?"
"Well let's start with why does everyone think you don't have a choice in the sacrifice, your choice is the same as mine do it or everyone dies right?"
"Not exactly," I paused trying to find the right way to word everything, "So legend would have people believe that elementals are chosen at random, but because of things that came to light after the dosing incident, and the things I heard before I was in transition, makes me believe otherwise," I added the last of the ingredients to the gravy, trying not to look at her.
"What things?" She asked.
I sighed "I believe that a group of witches on the other side is manipulating events in my life to meet their plans."
"That doesn't answer my question." She snatched the plate out of my hand.
"I think they caused the car accident and I'm pretty sure Jonas wouldn't have killed me if they didn't make him."
"So mom and dad?" She choked.
"Yeah," I replied quietly, taking a bite.
"It would have never happened if I would have just let you stay home."
"Please don't, believe me, I feel guilty enough, I don't need you blaming yourself too."
"And I already told you it wasn't your fault," Damon said walking in the kitchen, Stefan following right behind him. Damon slid behind me and peaked at the pan, "I made extra and it's super delicious," I replied ignoring his comment.
"The realtor is here, we have to go outside while she signs the papers," Stefan answered.
I nodded making sure everything was off, pulling my leftover blood bag out of the fridge I poured it into a mug before walking out of the kitchen. I picked up the book we'd found at the Martin's and brought it outside. Hopping up on the short brick wall, I leaned my back up against the brick pillar and propped the book on my lap and started to flip through the worn pages.
"Anything interesting?" Damon asked as he sat down.
I looked up, "I've had it open for thirty seconds." He winced, "I'm sorry, I'm feeling extra sassy today." I took a long sip, before looking back at the book. Damon reached forward to take the mug, I pulled it back toward me, "Nope, I wanna try something I need all of it. He raised his eyebrow, "What's rolling around in that head of yours?"
I looked up again and smirked, "Pure insanity. Bonnie walked up giving me a small wave before walking inside. I looked down at the book once more, "It looks like a journal." I flipped through a couple more pages.
"Yeah?"
I nodded finding something interesting I hopped up, setting my mug and book down and retreated to a shaded corner of the covered driveway. I sat down and pulled off my ring.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked as he and Stefan stared at me.
"I told you pure insanity," I smirked, I reached my hand out towards a sliver of sunlight. "That's dumb." Stefan snapped. I rolled my eyes and let the light run over my fingers, ready to quickly pull them back. Nothing happened, I stuck my hand out further and looked at the guys, who both looked very confused.
"The sun magically weakens me, not physically, so I still need the ring. That's probably why I can feel it."
"And yet neither you nor Bonnie can find Klaus." Stefan snapped.
I slid my ring back on and stood up, "It's not for lack of trying, believe me. We don't have anything that belongs to him."
Stefan shifted awkwardly, "Do you think he killed her?"
"Kathrine? Probably. Can't say she didn't deserve it." Damon replied.
The door opened and Elena stepped out, "Thank you, Mr. Henry." She said sweetly to the older gentleman, he nodded and headed down the driveway.
I stepped back and watched as Damon and Stefan tried to follow Elena inside but they were stopped at the door, "Oh I completely forgot," She smiled at Stefan, "Stefan Salvatore would you like to come into my house."
"I'd love to." He smiled back and stepped in, I gagged in the background. Elena rolled her eyes, "Alexis would y-"
"No not me, not yet." I cut her off.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked, looking at me.
"I told you pure insanity. What part of that are you not getting." I looked to Elena, "Go ahead invite Damon in."
He smirked at her and she narrowed her eyes, "Do you agree to listen to the owner of this house?" Elena asked in a snotty tone.
"No." He scoffed.
"I'm serious Damon."
"Fine Elena whatever you say."
"You can come in."
He stepped over the barrier, "Are you going to do what I think you're going to do?" He asked me.
"If you think I'm going to split myself in two and see if I can get in without being invited, then yes."
"Don't you need me, or your book for that?"
"Theoretically, I should be able to channel myself and be my own anchor but we shall see."
"Have I ever mentioned how much I hate it when you just wing it."
"Hypocrite." I snapped, Damon smirked. Elena let out a huff, "Do whatever you're going to do so I can invite you in already."
"Fine." I sat down and closed my eyes, "Apparaitre apparebis." I opened them and I was behind everyone else, my body still sitting in the driveway, head slumped forward. "Boo," I said loudly. No-one turned around, they can't see me or hear me apparently. I swung my hand out to knock the lamp over, it went right through.
"What are you doing?" Bonnie asked everyone's attention snapped to her.
"Alexis is trying to juju her way into the house without being invited in," Damon replied.
"Try? She's right here." Bonnie's face screwed up in confusion.
"They can't see me," I told her.
"Oh, well you could have told me that instead of letting me look like a crazy person, talking to myself."
"You're still doing that." I laughed. "Tell Elena to invite me in, I wanna see if it changes anything."
"She wants you to invite her in." Elena nodded and loudly yelled that I could come in, I rolled my eyes. "Don't be snippy I didn't know if you could hear me."
"Now officially everyone can see me?" I asked, running my fingers over the lamp from earlier. Everyone nodded, "Good." I closed my eyes and when I opened them again I was back in the driveway.
"You ready?" Bonnie asked Elena.
"Wait, we made this place a safe house you can't just leave," Stefan said stepping forward.
"Look I appreciate what you guys are trying to do but I can't just stay locked up here, besides next to Bonnie is the safest place I could be."
I stood up tuning them out, Elena was going to do what she wanted no matter who stood in her way. I grabbed my book and cup and slid past everyone into the house. Adding some whiskey to my coffee mug I drained it one sip and then headed back upstairs, to look through the journal more.
About a half-hour later I was laying on my stomach on the bed still flipping through the journal. I could sense Damon standing by the door, "You're being creepy." I muttered, flipping the page.
"I'm just enjoying the view."
I looked up at him, raising my eyebrow, "I'm just laying here." I laughed, "With clothes on, I might add." I sat up closing the book and he walked over, "So what has your new obsession taught you?" He asked, taking the journal and setting it on the pile next to the bed.
"I can only be killed by cutting off my head or ripping out my heart."
"So a stake to the heart?"
"I assume if someone pulls it out I'll wake back up. Not that I wanna test the theory."
"Well isn't that a bright ray of sunshine."
"There aren't very many in there so far. I'm not as strong as a vampire my same age because of my magic, you know, everything has to have a balance. Oh and I probably should never turn anyone because it almost always results in a sire bond. So if I ever decided to start a vampire army, I've got that goin for me." I fell back on the bed, this time resting my head against the pillows.
"I'm not sure why you're complaining, a whole legion of minions. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal." He laughed as he laid down next to me.
"You're the only minion I need, thanks."
"Well now that you've shattered my pride, the grill is open if you still want those cheese fries." He smirked.
"I think I'm hungry for something else." I smiled and threw my leg over him, rolling him onto his back.
"Wait." He said suddenly. He lifted his hips sending me forward, I caught myself on his shoulders as he pulled out his phone.
"I swear to God if someone's-"
"Relax," he cut me off, "I'm making sure no one bothers us." He tossed the phone to the floor, "Where's yours?"
"Downstairs, dead." I shrugged.
"Good." He smirked again and flipped us over, pressing his mouth to mine, a hand roaming under my t-shirt, light touches setting my skin on fire. I opened my mouth and tangled my fingers in his hair. His tongue ran over mine as his hand groped my breast over my bra. I pulled at his shirt and he broke our kiss pulling it over his head. Damon leaned back in, kissing over my jaw, and down my neck. I let out a low moan as I drug my nails down his back. He hissed through his teeth and pulled away, tearing open my shirt. I groaned as he nipped at my chest, his hand slipped under me and unclipped my bra, pulling it off. My fingers ran over his chest, relishing in the feeling his skin under my fingers and his mouth on my chest.
I popped the button on his jeans, his hands moved so fast I didn't even see them. His fingers wrapped around my wrist and he pushed them above my head, "I'm going to need you to resist that urge you have to be in charge." He swirled his tongue over my nipple, nipping at it, my eyes fluttered closed, "because if you vamp out doing an activity you're very good at," he repeated the action on the other side, my back arched, "it's going to be bad for both of us." He kissed his way back up my neck to my ear, "So you just need to sit back and enjoy the ride." He let go of my hands and crashed his lips on mine.
Damon's fingers traced down my arms and over my ribs, causing my stomach to flip and my hips to buck. His fingers lightly trailed along the skin above my shorts, I whimpered as his mouth left mine and moved down my body. I was seeing stars already and he'd barely touched me. He pulled off my shorts and panties, running his hands up the inside of my legs, skipping over my sex and landing on my hips. "Damon." I half growled half whined, he smirked before leaning in, kissing me again. He ran a finger through my folds, causing me to shudder underneath him. His thumb teased my clit as he pushed two fingers inside me. My back arched and my head pressed hard into the pillow. Damon's mouth broke away from mine as he kissed and nipped his way down.
As all the sensations blurred together, my hands clenched in his hair and my walls tightened around his fingers, I screamed out his name loud enough they probably heard me across town. I felt my face change as the feeling of pure bliss washed over me, followed by a momentary feeling of self-consciousness. He smirked against my hip bones which pushed the feeling away as fast as it came. Damon moved his mouth down lower as his fingers kept moving at a steady pace. His tongue flicked across my clit sending jolts through my body, my hips tried to buck with the feeling but his hand was already there holding me in place.
He sucked the bundle of nerves into his mouth and pushed in a third finger. My moans turned into breathless pants, one hand found Damon's hair again while the other gripped at the blanket. Damon's thumb replaced his mouth, he planted warm kisses on my inner thigh hesitating for just a moment. His tongue swirled around the spot once before he bit deep into my thigh. My moan quickly turned into a silent scream as the most powerful orgasm I'd ever had took over.
Damon licked the now healed skin one more time before yanking off his pants and throwing them to the floor. He wrapped his arms around me laying back on the bed and pulling me on top, positioning himself at my entrance. We both moaned out as I lowered myself on his dick, I leaned down crashing my lips on his. He dug his fingers into my hips, helping me move as he thrust inside me. I sat up and his hands moved up my sides and over my breasts, pinching at my nipples as I bounced up and down.
Damon suddenly sat up and blurred us so my back was against the wall, my legs wrapped around his waist, he leaned in sucking on my neck, "Fuuuuck Damon." I moaned out. He held his wrist up to my mouth, his thrusts getting faster. I bit into the skin and let the taste wash over my tongue, it wasn't the same as when I was human. In fact, it wasn't even a taste anymore but a feeling, warmth, intense happiness, love, like coming home. I pulled my head back as white-hot spasms ripped through me. Damon's mouth left my neck and his face scrunched up reaching his release. Damon vamped us to the bed gently laying me down and then climbing in next to me.
"Wow," I said breathlessly.
"So I take it you enjoyed the ride." He joked.
"Are you kidding? I've never felt that amazing before." I propped up on my arm looking at him, "mind-blowing if you will."
"I'm pretty sure I used those exact words when I described it to you." He smirked, turning his head towards me.
"So… about those cheese fries." I laughed.
As a human, I tended to pick a task and become completely absorbed, and that seemed to be one of my heightened traits in vampirism. Our trip to and from the grill took way longer than necessary, my pit stop to smoke in the woods turned into Damon pinning me against a tree. I got my 'revenge' while he was taking a shower.
I'd finally decided to exercise some of that self-control I'd been practicing. I got comfortable on the couch in the library looking through the journal;
I was bitten by a werewolf tonight, on a hunt. Legend has it their bite will kill a vampire, so far no symptoms have presented themselves.
The next daySymptoms came on fast, I felt as though I were on the brink of death. I've never felt such intense pain, and the hallucinations felt so real. Keeping blood down was next to impossible. Today I feel weak but I'm not dead. Klaus heard about the attack and promised I'd be able to get my revenge.
"Klaus?" I said softly.
It took a week to find the wolf but Klaus never breaks his word, Elijah was the one who'd heard the rumors that an Elemental hybrid's bite would kill a werewolf. It's almost a joke of nature. I wasted no time showing him what I felt not long ago. There will be backlash but once the curse is broken Klaus will be untouchable and I shall be right by his side. Everything is already falling into place, we have a vampire, a werewolf, the moonstone, and the Doppelganger Katarina. The poor thing actually believes Klaus is falling for her.
I looked up from the book and felt a pang of sadness for Kathrine. I decided I was done reading for the day. Damon with perfect timing walked in and sat next to me handing me a small glass half full of blood, "So what have you learned?"
"You're going to like this, a werewolf bite won't kill me, it will make me sick though and here's the kicker if I bite one of them it's boom, curtains."
"You sound a little too excited about that."
"I know it's really dark but one day I'm going to find Jules and if this is true I'm going to make her fucking suffer." I pushed back the urge to let my fangs pop out as I took a sip from my cup.
"Look at that progress," Damon smirked.
"I know right? I think I deserve a prize." I smiled as I set my glass on the table and then straddled Damon. I pressed my lips against his and opened my mouth, his tongue darted inside and his fingers tangled in my hair. I circled my hips over the bulge growing in his pants, I pulled back from our kiss, "I'm a big fan of this vampire recovery time."
He laughed before kissing me quickly, he used the hand in my hair to pull my head back. He ran his blunt teeth against my throat causing me to groan out. I pulled back and ripped off my shirt. Damon popped a breast out of my bra, sucking the nipple into his mouth and then nipping at the sensitive bud.
I heard it right after he did, car doors slamming and then Elena yelling out looking for me.
"Shit!" I hissed. Climbing off Damon's lap and grabbing my shirt and pulling it back on. I ran my fingers through my hair a couple of times before walking out into the hall, "Hey." I said finding her and Stefan sitting in the parlor.
Elena looked up from the discussion they were having as Damon walked up behind me, "How was school?" I asked.
"Your shirt's inside out." She said simply.
"Did you get my homework?" I asked, ignoring her statement. She nodded and pulled out a folder.
"You should probably be helping her with other aspects of self-control, Damon." Stefan scolded.
"Please don't talk about me like I'm not in the room." I snapped.
"Fine, what Damon should have explained to you is you can't just give in to every little impulse you have."
"Believe me, I have fabulous impulse control." I lifted my hand with my palm to the fireplace and watched the flame shoot up.
"Both of you stop, look Bonnie's on her way over. Klaus was at the school today." Elena said standing up.
"I feel like that's something that should have proceeded my homework and comments about my sex life." I cut my eyes toward Stefan.
"I wasn't even going to tell you but I figured you would find out anyway and find a way to get yourself right in the middle of it."
I was about to retort when Bonnie walked through the door, "Your shirt's inside out." She said pointing at me then walking towards Elena.
"We've covered that thanks. See what happens when you miss the first five minutes of Supernatural."
Elena tried to fight back a laugh but failed, Bonnie just rolled her eyes, "Isn't that the show with the monster hunters?" Stefan asked.
"I swear life around here is like herding cats." Damon groaned rolling his eyes.
"Damon's right. So Klaus was at school, did you see him?" Elena told us how he compelled Dana to save him a dance, "Here I was so excited about missing out on yet another Decade Dance, damn."
"You don't have to go," Elena said quietly.
"I'm going," I argued.
"So it's settled we go to the dance and keep an eye out for the big, bad, Klaus." Damon chimed in.
"Oh yeah, and how are we going to do that?" Stefan argued, standing up.
"Something tells me he's not going to be sixteen and pimply."
"I guess school wasn't that safe huh?" Stefan asked, staring at Elena.
There was a knock at the door before Alaric walked in, "Hey sorry I'm late." He looked around at everyone pausing at Elena before his eyes cut to me and he smirked. Damon spoke up and Alaric's attention snapped to him, "We're going to have to sneak Alexis in, so can you put me down as a chaperone tonight?"
"You do understand I can just magic my way in right?"
"Yes, I do understand that but you're a 3-day old vampire about to be thrown into an all you can't eat buffet. The less you use the better."
"Oh yee of little faith," I replied, crossing my arms.
"So what's the plan then." Elena was on her feet now, crossing her arms, "We go to the dance and let the angry witchpire loose?"
"Excuse you?" I looked at her in shock, I shifted my weight towards her, Stefan was by her side in a second, I rolled my eyes and looked at Bonnie, "She's the plan." I pointed at her with my thumb.
"It's not going to be that easy," Alaric argued, "I mean he is the biggest, baddest, vampire around."
"Alaric's right," Damon stepped up, setting his glass on the table, "What if I.." he rushed towards Bonnie who threw her hand up, sending Damon flying across the room. I looked at Bonnie and smirked, Damon, stood up brushing himself off. Stefan laughed, "Well I'm impressed."
A couple of hours later the plan was set and I was getting ready for the Dance in Damon's bathroom. Elena and I had managed to find some old clothes in the attic, apparently, the Salvatores are pack rats.
I saw Damon walking in through the mirror, he looked at the tie-dye dress that had been thrown on the counter, "How did I know you were going to pick that one?"
"Be thankful, your ancestors were hoochies. It was the only one short girl approved and didn't make me feel like my butt was just going to pop out and be like, surprise." I threw my hands in the air and laughed.
"Fair enough. So my next question, why are you sitting in my sink?"
"The counter is also not short girl approved," I laughed, " and since Elena is making me dress up for this nonsense, I stole her makeup. Which started as a fun joke until I realized it meant more work on my part."
"Yeah, plans that start out of spite usually don't work out well, trust me."
I twisted myself around climbing off the counter, "Lesson learned."
"So what is your big plan tonight?"
"I'm just going to make sure Elena is safe." I started changing
"That's it? No sneaking off to find Klaus yourself?" Damon's jaw tensed as he watched me pull off my shirt.
"Well I wasn't," I smirk, watching his reaction, slipping my thumbs under the waistband of my shorts. I looked down for a second before I was pressed between Damon and the cold tile wall, "Please don't do anything stupid."
"It's odd to be on this end of that comment." I replied, Damon did not look amused, "I swear no unnecessary acts of stupidity." I kissed him quickly and pushed him off of me, grabbing my dress from the counter I walked into the bedroom. I pulled the dress over my head, fighting with the zipper. Damon walked over and pulled it up for me, I looked over at the tall white boots and cringed, "I'm not wearing those." I walked into the closet.
"Aww come on they were all the rage in the '60s."
"And if I wanted to break my ankles 5 times on the same night, I'd be all for it." I found the shoes I was looking for, "Yes!" I cheered and walked out of the closet. I pulled on the plum pair of Converse I'd bought on our trip to Richmond.
"Those weren't popular in the 60's"
"Chuck Taylor made them popular in the 20's thank you." I smirked and Damon rolled his eyes, "I meant with women."
"Thank God for feminism," I said jumping off the bed, "which gained quite a bit of steam at the end of the '60s, so in my opinion, these are perfectly era-appropriate. I'm fully prepared to light a bra on fire to prove my conviction."
"Where do you fit all of these useless facts?"
"They aren't useless. Come on let's go run headfirst into our impending doom."
When we got to the school I saw Bonnie and Jeremy talking, it looked pretty serious and my nosey side won out. I put my hand on Damon's chest stopping him and pointed towards the couple,
So you're saying there's a 50/50 shot that you won't die harnessing that much power? Jeremy's voice sounded angry, I don't have the best track record with girlfriends and I …Hey, it's ok. I can feel them, I can do this I know I can.
"No, she can't," I whispered. I don't know why the thought hadn't dawned on me before, using all that power at once would most likely overwhelm her. Damon nodded and we walked towards them, quickly. joined by Stefan and Elena, "You guys look nice." I said holding back the urge to scream at Bonnie.
"Let's get this over with," Elena grumbled. As we walked in the song ended and Dana, one of the girls from the cheerleading squad stepped up on stage, "Hey everyone thanks for coming, We have a special request tonight for Elena from Klaus." The song started playing and Elena looked to Stefan.
"Look it's a dance, go, mingle, let him come to us." Damon suggested everyone nodded, I took a step towards the crowd, "Not you." He whispered as he pulled at my wrist. I didn't have to question him as to why from the moment I walked into the gym my senses had been sent into overdrive. The loud music echoed through my head, the dim lights messed with my eyes, and the smell was overwhelming. I worked at keeping my face in check, I didn't need to feed but the vampire part of me knew hunting here would be like shooting fish in a barrel.
My fingers twisted in my hair and we walked over to Alaric, "You don't have to stay." Damon reminded me, "Stefan, Bonnie and I will keep Elena safe."
"No I can do this, I can't stay locked up in the boarding house forever."
"Special dedication. This guy's a little twisted." Alaric pointed out.
"Yeah I'm not impressed," Damon commented.
"No?" Ric replied, almost sounding disappointed, "What do you think Alexis?"
"I'm too busy trying to not rip out your jugular to have a real opinion."
"Keep your eye out for anything weird." Damon nodded at Ric and then led me out to the dance floor, "Damon I really don't -" I started.
Damon grabbed my waist keeping me from pulling away, "Think of this as immersion therapy." He pulled me close, "Focus on literally anything else."
By the end of the song the thought of killing half of my high school had dissipated quite a bit to nothing more than the normal hunger level. Elena and Stefan walked up both with an anxious look on their faces. "What's wrong?" I asked breaking away from Damon.
"Caroline's here and she doesn't know," Elena replied.
"Go tell her what's going on, we'll go find Bonnie and see if she's noticed anything."
Elena nodded and she and Stefan headed off to find Caroline. Damon and I wandered through the crowd towards Bonnie and Jeremy, Damon tapped him on the shoulder, "We need to talk to your date."
"Whatever." Jeremy scoffed, clearly aggravated.
"You guys heard me talking to Jeremy earlier?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah, Bonnie you lied to him. Harnessing that kind of power it's not safe." I replied.
"He was upset I didn't want him to worry."
"So you're just going to lay down and die for Elena?"
"It's for both of you."
"No, we need to figure something else out."
"You need to let me do this, trust that I can do this."
And just like that my senses went haywire again, "I… I gotta get out of here." I rushed out into the hallway as fast as I could, while still looking like a human. Once I was alone I put my hands on my knees and took a deep breath, "It gets easier right?" I asked as I smelled Damon walk into the hall
"Yep look at Caroline, one day she's murdering carnies, the next she's setting up a BBQ for the booster club." I stood up and looked at him, he answered the question I didn't want to ask, "A ripper would have given in to that feeling and kept going."
I nodded as I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, it was Elena; Meet me outside.
I ran my hands over my face a couple of times, "Now what?"
Damon shrugged, "You want me to come with?"
"No stay here and look for Klaus, I'll be fine." He nodded and I headed towards Elena, she was standing with Bonnie, "Did you know?"
"Know what?" I replied.
"About Bonnie's chances tonight."
"I figured it out a little while ago."
"Listen, you two." Bonnie interrupted, "If you can honestly say neither of you would do the same then I'll back down right now." Elena and I looked to each other, waiting for the other to say something but we couldn't, "So you know why I have to do this."
Alaric came running up, "Klaus has Jeremy." His panicked expression made me feel uneasy.
"What?" I asked.
"Klaus has Jeremy, follow me." We ran after him, leading us down one hallway after another, "Where Jeremy?" Elena asked.
"Just a little further." He replied.
I must not have been the only one feeling weird about all of this because Bonnie asked, "Where is Jeremy?" We all stopped, Alaric turned around, "I just had to get away from that dance. I much prefer the '20s to the '60s. The music, the clothes, infinitely better in my opinion."
"Alaric are you on vervain?" Elena asked.
"Now why would you ask that Elena?"
"He's compelled." She replied with terror in her voice.
"Nope, I'll give you a hint. I'm not Alaric."
"Klaus." My eyes narrowed and I got ready to grab Elena and run.
"Very good my little witch." A smirk rolled across his face and his tone when he said 'my' made my skin crawl.
"Elena you and your sister can relax, you're not on my hit list tonight." His eyes cut to bonnie, "But you are." He started towards Bonnie who flung him into a trophy case, he got back up, "Did I mention I know a witch? You're going to have to hit me a lot harder than that. "I threw my hands up, causing Klaus to fall to his knees gripping his head. The victory was short-lived as the same feeling filled my head, blood poured from my nose, I let go and it all stopped, I held on to Elena ready to run again.
"Looks like someone else is on my side." He sneered.
"I can stop you," Bonnie stated, Klaus rushed at her again and she threw him into a set of lockers.
"By all means fire away. If you kill this body I'll just jump into someone else. Maybe Jeremy."
"Run!" Bonnie yelled pulling at my arm, I dragged Elena with me as we sprinted down the hall rushing through one set of doors and down another empty hallway. Damon pushed through the next set of doors as we got to them, "What happened? He asked, cupping my face in his hands.
"I'm fine." I replied.
"It's Klaus he's possessing Alaric," Elena added.
Damon let go of me, "Go find Stefan! Go!" He instructed Elena before turning to me and Bonnie, "He has a witch helping him, he wants me to use all of my magic. He's trying to kill me."
"We need to go, we need to get Bonnie out of here and someplace safe." I pleaded pulling at Damon's arm. He ignored me and asked Bonnie, "Are you still willing to do whatever it takes?" She nodded.
"Damon!" I yelled, he ignored me again. I was going to make him listen, I cut into my hand with my nail, I blurred grabbing Bonnie's and doing the same thing. I pressed our hands together and muttered, "coniunctus, ut unus."
"What did you just do?" Damon growled.
"She linked us," Bonnie said shocked.
"If Bonnie dies, I die and because it's the magical overload that will kill her there is no guarantee I'll come back. So find another way." I turned to walk off.
"Where are you going." Damon yelled after me.
"On a witch hunt," I yelled back before taking off outside. Once I was out I found a spot away from any lingering students. My book talked about being able to sense other magic around you, I'd never really cared enough to try. I was around magical people all day so probably wouldn't have noticed a difference if I did but right here it was just me. I closed my eyes concentrating on anything that seemed different, strong, the kind of magic it would take to file an original vampire.
There was nothing, meaning this was a spell. Out of ideas and almost out of time I flashed back inside careful to avoid anyone. I ran into Stefan and Elena heading towards the cafeteria, "Where's Bonnie?" She asked.
"I don't know I went to find the witch," I replied.
Damon stepped through the doorway, "Did you?"
"No."
"Where's Bonnie?" Elena asked again frantically.
"Doing what she needs to do."
"We're linked, you're really ok with that?" I pushed against him trying to get through the door, "She says you're bluffing." Damon stood firm in my way.
"Guess we'll see." I pushed against him with magic this time sending him backward, I ran down the hall and into the cafeteria. Bonnie had Klaus on his knees, "Get out of here." She hissed and I shook my head, staring daggers at the person invading my history teacher.
"So nice of you to join us little witch."
I growled and rushed towards him only to be thrown back by an invisible force. It sent me flying across the room and into the hall, the doors slammed shut behind me. Elena and Stefan ran up, she beat on the doors and the lights flickered. Damon crouched down in front of me, my nose bleeding again and I could feel Bonnie getting weaker, "Were you bluffing?" He asked, concerned. I nodded my head, the lights sent sparks all around us and suddenly I felt like my chest was being torn in two. while the linking spell wouldn't kill me, it would make me feel all of it. My nose still bleeding and then I felt it the snap of the link. The doors opened back up. Elena screaming got Damon's attention, "Stay here." He stood up and moved to the cafeteria.
I shouldn't have looked, I knew she was dead, I felt it when it happened. Something in me snapped and I suddenly felt like I was too confined in this hallway. Damon's words to stay put long gone as I took off out into the fresh air and into the tree line. I stopped somewhere I recognize as part of the old Lockwood property. It was quiet and open, I took a few deep breaths, I'll just call down and then go to the boarding house. I just need a minute.
I cut through the woods walking normally, trying to clear my head but it was hard when all I could think about was Bonnie. I wasn't far from the falls when I heard voices. I stopped standing as still as a statue, there were three of them, probably campers. I silently crept over to the voices, sure enough campers.
Damon's POV.
"Stay here," I told her, she nodded and I stood up walking towards Elena and Stefan.
"It's too late Elena, I'm sorry," Stefan said, trying to pry her off of Bonnie.
"Get her and Alexis out of here. I'll take care of the body."
"What do you mean take care of it? This is Bonnie."
"We can't have another suspicious death around us."
Stefan pulled her up, "What about Jeremy?" She asked through tears.
"I'll take care of it." I told her before looking at Stefan, "Just get them home." Stefan nodded and guided Elena through the doorway, "Uh, Damon? Where's Alexis?"
I looked up and she wasn't in the hall where I left her, "Fuck."
Alexis's POV
The campers were dead and I was trying to figure out the best way to clean up my mess. The first was for food, the other two were for fun and it was fun until my humanity kicked in and all I felt was guilt. I took my anger at Klaus out on three innocent people. I stood up and heard a snapping branch behind me, I whipped around and was face to face with Caroline, "What the fuck are you doing here?" I asked.
"Damon called me." she looked around me, " I know how much you like the woods and then I smelled the blood. Guess this isn't the best time to tell you Bonnie's not actually dead."
"No probably not." I snapped, I turned and started moving the bodies into a pile, to my surprise Caroline helped. "She's not dead?" I whispered.
"No it was a spell."
"I can't believe I did this." I was trying not to cry.
"It happens." She said simply, "I'll do what I can to keep my mom off of this." She pulled the last guy into the pile and handed me the lighter fluid. I soaked everything down before she lit the match.
"I forgive you," I said quietly as we watched the flames eat up my crime scene.
"That's not why I helped you."
"And that's why I forgive you." I sighed, "Is Damon mad?"
"Concerned for sure but definitely not mad." Sue threw her arm over my shoulder, "Come on let's get you home." I nodded and looked to the sky, it was a good idea to get out of here the sun was coming up and the park rangers would be out soon.