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This chapter may be a little bit surprising but DON'T WORRY, KOL AND CAROLINE ARE ENDGAME! She's just having some Vampire fun!
SailorJupiter001: Hope you enjoy!
edwardsgirl21: Oh Katherine is going to be in so much trouble!
pinkshirt: Sometimes I just like to show how perfect Maya and Klaus are for each other. Klaus is coming soon, Kol even sooner!
mrs. morgan 35: Not at all! He's hot, so is she! Plus I asked in one of the first chapters how we all felt about possibly pairing them.
WiseGirlDivergence46: Mason is totally hot, I felt bad when Damon killed him.
guest: Season 1 / 2 Bonnie was always very judgmental, and I really hated the fact that she was so critical of Caroline who killed someone by accident, and gave her a ring that came with strings attached, but then when Elena became a Vampire, she got a ring immediately, no questions or threats. And Caroline needed a proper teacher for being a Vampire, I know that she couldn't go to Damon in the show, but I always thought it was so weird that Stefan, the one who had no control over his own bloodlust, was teaching her how to control hers.
Dizzy Florian: Katherine's going to be so put out when she realises that she doesn't have an effect on Damon anymore.
xoxoKaraKxoxo: What can I say, Klaus and Maya are perfect for each other! Klaus probably wouldn't give anyone a warning, but that's more because he's an established powerhouse, Maya's just getting going. I think Liz may have a hard time when she's confronted with anything that Caroline does that's obviously a Vampire thing, probably more so the feeding. But she and Caroline are in a much better place than where they were in canon at this time, plus, she told Caroline that she couldn't lose her, and that's vastly different from when Liz thought that Caroline being a Vampire meant that she wasn't her daughter anymore.
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TikiKiki: I can't blame Bonnie too much for confronting Maya without thinking, because she'd just been abandoned by the one person she believed that would never leave her. So she's seriously mad at the person that made her Grams leave. Was it smart? No. But I can't blame her, and neither does Maya, I mean, she was expecting to be confronted by her.
Dant3: Maya doesn't like feeling guilt, she's felt that before when she okayed her Uncle Grayson being killed, and now, despite the fact that it was others who caused Caroline's death, it's a guilt that she's going to carry within her for a very long time. And despite the mess that Sheila and Bonnie caused for Caroline, Maya knows that Bonnie was just listening to her teacher, to her grandma. Bonnie doesn't have the experience to understand that someone innocent could have gotten hurt with the device, but Sheila did. And we know that Sheila loves being a Witch. Maya's philosophy is 'you'll live to regret it, you just won't live very long.' Which is the same approach she's taking with John, we all know that John isn't going to alive much longer. And Maya's not so jaded that she'll commit pure acts of vengeance and damn all the consequences. I appreciate that you can understand why I didn't have Maya go full out with her revenge. Thank you.
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MarieBarnes: I'm looking forward to Katherine underestimating Maya, because that's bound to happen.
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Guest: When Kat realises that there's already an Original in town, she is going to lose her mind!
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Blu3b3rryT3a: Had to show that Maya can handle her enemies! Stefan's one goal is to protect Elena, he was going to chill out, but then Kat had to come to town! Bonnie's got no idea what she's getting into with Maya.
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xotinkerbella: Sheila's not going to be bothering Maya anymore…or is she? I dunno, I think Bekah/Mason could be hot, he's got a sort of loyalty about him. Maya's just keeping Elena breathing for Nik, but John will die eventually!
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"So you know basics of being a Vampire," Enzo started, looking over at Caroline, who was sat next to Damon in their hotel room in Richmond, "We're stronger, faster, have heightened senses, we feel more, and we have the bloodlust."
"Yeah I don't really get that part," Caroline replied.
"What part?" Enzo asked.
"The feeling part, what does that mean? I mean, really, how can you feel more? It doesn't make sense! We're Vampires! We're predators! Shouldn't we be feeling less, not more? It's senseless! I don't like things that are senseless!" She babbled and Damon chuckled, "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm not laughing at you Caroline," Damon said, "It's just…"
"What?"
"When someone becomes a Vampire, all of their natural behaviours get amplified."
"What do you mean?" She looked at him in question, she had a feeling that she wouldn't like the answer.
"I mean that…when I was human, I had a very strong sense of loyalty to the people that I loved. I would take beatings for Stefan, cover for the stable boy when he was late finishing his duties…and when I became a Vampire, all of that got…magnified."
"Which is why you spent 140 years in love with one woman, with a single-minded focus to rescuing her, regardless of who you hurt," Caroline said in understanding.
Damon's eyes slid over to Enzo in regret, Katherine was the reason that he'd left Enzo in that hell, all he could think of when the fire surrounded them, was that he needed to get out, otherwise no one would be there to save her. "Yeah," he nodded, and Enzo shot him a look of understanding, showing Damon again, that he was forgiven.
"Wait…so that means that you're saying that now I'm basically an insecure, neurotic, control freak, on crack?" She asked horrified, realising what Damon was getting at.
"Pretty much," Damon shrugged.
"But that's okay love," Enzo cut in, shooting Damon an annoyed look.
"How is that okay?! That sounds insane!"
"It's okay, because your…control freak like tendencies, are clearly helping you with your bloodlust."
"What?"
"You haven't fresh-fed yet, but your control with blood bags, it's beyond impressive, baby Vampires have little to no control over themselves. Not only did you not attack Maya after you transitioned, but you didn't gorge yourself on blood bags. I've never seen a Vampire with that kind of control, so early on in their life. But you have it Caroline. And that's why we're here."
"To test my control."
"Yes," Damon said, "We're gonna show you how to snatch-eat-erase."
"We're also going to show you how to feed in public," Enzo added.
"In public? Isn't that dangerous?"
"It can be," the British Vampire nodded, "If you don't know what you're doing. But the truth is, the bite can be very pleasurable for a human, especially when said human is…turned on."
"Oh I don't need to know that!" Caroline protested, making a face of disgust.
"You do," Damon said, "Blood and sex go hand in hand for Vampires, you need to learn how to navigate that, especially with a human boyfriend."
"So!" Enzo clapped his hands, "Get ready, we're leaving in an hour."
"An hour! That's not enough time!" Caroline shot to her feet and whooshed across the room by accident, "Whoa! Maybe that is enough time!"
"Hey Maya?" Matt asked, walking up to her in the Grill.
"Hey Matt, what's up?"
"Have you seen Caroline anywhere? We were supposed to meet after my shift tonight, but she kinda just blew me off with a text."
"Matt-"
"I know you're not gonna tell me anything personal," he said hastily, "But is she okay? This isn't really like her."
"She's fine," Maya nodded, "She's gone to see her dad, that's all I can really tell you."
"Okay," Matt nodded, "Just tell her to call me?" he asked, walking away when she nodded.
Maya started to leave, when she felt a presence appear at her side, "What was that about?" Katherine asked, standing next to the girl. Her spy in the Sheriff's department didn't get her anything useful on Elena's cousin, so now she was going straight to the source.
Maya's senses picked up on the fact that the person standing next to her was a Vampire, and therefore, so not Elena. She glared at the Elena imposter, "What makes you think I'd tell you anything?" Maya walked off, and Katherine followed in surprise, clearly Elena and her cousin didn't get along very well, she wondered if it had to do with the mystery Vampire.
"Maya wait!" Katherine called, chasing after the Siphon.
Maya sighed, "What Elena?"
"I need to talk to you!" she said.
"Oh," Maya wrinkled her nose, "I don't really care what you need." She made to leave, but Katherine grabbed her arm. Maya looked at the hand on her, and then back up at the Vampire, "You really think that's a good idea?" she raised a brow. Realising that she's felt Katherine's presence before, that night that she killed John. "Or do you want me to do to you what I did to John?"
Katherine released her grip, understanding that Elena probably wouldn't be able to take the girl on in a fight, "You won't hurt me, I didn't kill Caroline, Uncle John did."
The Siphon scoffed, if she wasn't sure that the woman standing before her was Katherine, she sure was now. If Elena had seen her kill John, then she certainly wouldn't be around her on her own, "But you did kill me, and I never really got you back for that."
Katherine looked surprised, her idiot deputy really dropped the ball when it came to Maya and Elena's relationship. Her boring shadow-self had killed her cousin? But then, her cousin was standing right there, "Bonnie said that you made her Grams disappear."
Maya smirked, "What I did, or didn't do to Bonnie's Grams is none of your concern."
"Bonnie-"
"Is your best friend, I know! And your best friend helped kill mine!" Maya shrugged, "You're lucky Bonnie's not dead! And that's the last I'm gonna say on the matter," she moved in closer to Katherine, and whispered in her ear, "Don't forget Elena, just because we're cousins, doesn't mean that I give a shit about you." She walked away after that, leaving Katherine to stew, she needed to let Rebekah know about the doppelbitch, she also needed to talk to Nik. He had to know that Katherine was in town.
Caroline stood inside a nightclub, with Enzo and Damon at her side, they'd had her do a couple of 'snatch-eat-erases' so that she would be in more control at the club, but it was time for the next phase of her training.
"Don't worry love," Enzo said, as she looked out at the crowd, "Damon and I are right here."
"Are you sure I'm ready for this?" she asked worriedly.
"You are," Damon nodded, "We wouldn't be here, if we thought you needed more time to learn."
"What do I do?"
"We'll show you," Damon said with a smirk, "But we need to warn you."
"About what?"
"When Vampires hunt together, things can get a little…heated."
"Heated?" she questioned.
"You remember we told you that blood and sex go hand in hand with each other for Vampires?" she nodded, "When Vampires hunt together, things get intense between them."
Her eyes widened in shock, "You mean I might…"
"There's no 'might' about it love," Enzo said, moving closer to her, "You'll hunt, you'll get excited. You'll see Damon and I hunt, and you might want to…join in."
"You're saying I'm gonna lose control?" For Caroline that was her biggest fear, even as a human, that loss of control always scared her.
Damon shook his head, "You won't lose control, but you gonna want to give into your urges, if that happens, we don't want you to worry," he pushed some of her hair out of her face, "It's nothing to be ashamed of, we'll take care of you."
"But," Enzo finished, "If, knowing that, you don't want to do this, we completely understand, we can go back to the hotel, enjoy some room service and try again later."
Caroline bit her lip, this was a lot to take in for a baby Vampire, but she was curious, she'd pictured herself hunting with Kol after becoming a Vampire, and she didn't want that to be the first time that she learnt about hunting with other Vampires. "Let's do this!" she said confidently.
/ / /
About an hour later, Caroline was pressed up against a pretty girl, with silky skin and skimpy clothes. She'd watched Damon and Enzo feed on men and women, and she wasn't going to lie, she found it hot, the guys were right, she did want to join in. She ran her lips along the woman's collar bone, before biting the left side of her neck, Damon came up behind the woman, and sank his fangs into the opposite side. The three of them moving to the beat of the music, it being dark enough that no one noticed what they were doing.
The blonde pulled back as she felt the woman's heart slow, Damon doing the same, giving the human a little blood and sending her on her way. Caroline couldn't take her eyes from Damon, both of them had been messy with their food, and the girl latched onto Damon's mouth. The older Vampire tugged her closer, returning her kiss with just as much ferocity. Caroline moaned as she felt Damon's hands travel her body, she felt Enzo come up behind her, grip her waist tightly and graze his fangs over her neck, causing her to shiver in delight. Pulling away from Damon, Caroline spun around, and kissed Enzo, her fingers tightening in his hair, causing him to growl.
"What's it gonna be love?" he asked, pulling away from her, panting, "It's your choice."
She looked between the two of them, eyes darkened with lust, and she smirked, "I think we should go back to the hotel."
Elena headed up the steps to Sheila's house, and paused, the front door was gone, she hadn't seen Bonnie at the Mayor's wake, had something happened? She talked to the Witch on the phone earlier, and her friend hadn't said anything. Had Katherine come for her best friend? Rushing inside she sighed in relief as she saw Bonnie curled up on the couch, looking lost.
"Bonnie! Hey," Elena said, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"She's gone," Bonnie whispered and Elena stepped inside.
"Wha-Who's gone?"
"Grams," Bonnie clarified, and then showed Elena the note that her grandmother had left for her.
Elena took it, reading the words and looked up at Bonnie in shock, "I don't understand, what's going on?"
"Maya came here last night, covered in blood, with Enzo. He blew some sort of powder in my face, and I couldn't use my magic! She blew up the front door! I don't know how, but…Grams couldn't stop her. She took her magic away Elena!"
"What?!" Elena sat with Bonnie, and looked on concerned, "What do you mean?"
"She- she- Grams and I re-spelled the Gilbert device, your uncle asked us to, and he used it. She said the device affected the Lockwoods, the Mayor was driving his car, and crashed into Caroline's, she died with Vampire blood in her system."
"Oh my God," Elena gasped in realisation, "Uncle John told me that she died! But he said nothing about her being a Vampire!"
Bonnie nodded, "Maya said the only reason that she didn't kill Grams, was because Caroline came back to life. But she took Grams' magic, without it, she was just a regular human. Enzo compelled her to leave, and never come back! I don't know what to do Elena! I'm all alone!" Bonnie teared up, she hadn't really processed it, but it was true, she had no one now.
Elena hugged her friend, "You're not alone, Bonnie, you have me, we'll get Maya to undo this!"
Bonnie shook her head in fright, "No! You can't!"
"Bon-"
"No! I already confronted her! There's something wrong with her! I tried to take her on, and when she grabbed me, all I could feel was death! And not like when I come into contact with a Vampire, there was no interpreting, no vague feelings. It was death, I've never felt anything like it, and I've never been so scared!"
Maya was pacing the length of Klaus's room, he was in a meeting, so she was waiting on him, she didn't have much time, she had to meet her mom and Liz, let them know that there was an Elena look-alike running around, then she had to let Jeremy know, and then, despite her best judgment, she had meeting with Stefan and Elena. They must have figured out that Katherine was in town, and who else would they go to? Now that Sheila Bennett was no longer available, Bonnie certainly didn't have enough experience. She was the obvious choice.
The door opened, and Klaus smiled as he laid eyes on his Siphon, "Hello love."
Maya turned to face him, "Hi," she said softly, she liked being able to astral project to him, it made her feel closer to the Original, even when they were so far apart.
"You're here early."
Maya nodded, "Caroline died with Vampire blood in her system."
"What?" Klaus asked, that wasn't good, she'd told him that in her visions, Caroline had turned because of Katherine, "What happened?!"
"The Bennetts re-spelled the Gilbert device, John Gilbert set it off, and it affected the Mayor, because he's an untriggered wolf. He crashed his car into her, killing himself instantly, and killing her too, she was lucky, she had Rebekah's blood in her system."
"Love are you-"
Maya waved away his concern, he couldn't do much to comfort her while they were apart, "I beat John Gilbert to death," Klaus paused at that, "He was wearing his magic ring though, so he came back from the dead."
"And the Witches?" Klaus asked, curious as to what punishment she thought was suitable for ending the life of one so close to her, "I took away Sheila Bennett's magic, made her nothing more than human, and then Enzo compelled her, sent her away with the knowledge that the Originals are coming to town, and she can't help her granddaughter."
"Seems like they got off easy," Klaus commented.
Maya shook her head, "My motto is, if you cross me, you'll live to regret it, you just won't live very long. Without her magic, Sheila's body will shut down, she'll die a painfully human death, she'll never get to be with her ancestors, never see anyone in her family again."
"And John?"
"He's Elena's biological father, I'll link his life-force to hers, so when she's sacrificed, she'll come back, and he'll die."
"With what Freya and Kol have discovered, Elena doesn't need to come back to life," he pointed out. The whole point of them taking this long to break the curse, was to ensure that he could make Hybrids without needing the doppelgänger's human blood, and now they had way.
"I know," Maya replied, "But she's still Jeremy's sister, and I can't do that to him."
"You're much kinder than I am," Klaus said.
"That's a given," Maya shrugged, "But that's not why I'm here."
"Why are you?" he asked, moving in closer, wishing, and not for the first time, that he could touch her.
"Katherine just got into town."
Klaus stiffened, there was a part of him that hadn't really believed that Katherine would show up in Mystic Falls, she'd eluded him for so long, he hadn't believed that it would be that easy to capture her, "You're sure?"
Maya nodded, "And with her, comes a wolf, his pack will follow shortly after."
Klaus smirked, "Everything's falling into place."
"Bekah say's your place is nearly done, so you should get the Pack ready to move. They've been in one place for a long time, so they'll probably have a lot more stuff to pack up than usual."
Klaus nodded, she was right about that, they felt safe for the first time in years, they'd settled down, they'd bought knick-knacks, artwork, toys for the children. They would need time to gather their things. "How long before you have her in your grasp?"
"Shouldn't be long, eventually she'll reveal her hand, and we can use that to trap her."
"Have you let Rebekah know about her?"
"Yeah," Maya nodded, "I've just gotta tell Mom and Aunt Liz, I don't want them accidentally inviting her inside. "Bekah's gonna lay low for a bit, we're gonna let Katherine think that she's in control and then…"
"Then you'll lock her up for me," Klaus finished, a wicked look in his eyes, he couldn't wait to see Katerina Petrova and remind her of just how insignificant she truly was.
Caroline lay between Damon and Enzo, eyes wide, as she tried to process what had just happened, she'd just slept with the two Vampires, at the same time! But…she wasn't freaking out, "I feel like I should be freaking out about this…" she said, causing Damon to snort in amusement, she sat up and glanced at both of them, "I should be freaking out about this! Why aren't I freaking out?!"
"It sounds like you are," Enzo pointed out.
"I'm freaking out about not freaking out! That's not what I should be freaking out about!"
Damon looked at Enzo, "Do you have any idea what she just said?"
"Love," Enzo sat up, "Calm down, and explain…slowly."
"I just slept with you! Both of you! That should send me spiralling into a world of bad thoughts! But it's not! And I don't get why!"
Damon leant against the headboard, "Because you were prepared for this Blondie."
"What?"
"Think about it, Enzo told you exactly what would happen if we went hunting together, you had the choice whether or not to hunt with us. You had the choice about how far you wanted to go. You made the decisions, and we didn't second guess you."
"But…you two are together! Didn't this upset you?!"
Enzo shook his head, "No love, Damon and I are together, I know that Damon would never cheat on me, and I would never cheat on him. But we are old enough to know that we don't mind having a third party every once in a while, and it's much better if it's with someone that you trust. And we trust you."
"But that still doesn't explain why I'm not a mess about this."
Damon sighed, "When you were turned," he started, "We could have called Kol straight away. He's the big bad Vampire that makes you feel safer than anything, right?"
"Right," Caroline nodded.
"But we also know that whatever is going on between you two, you have some kind of feelings for him. As a baby Vampire you had to learn how to hunt, how to revel in being a predator, so you don't lose control and kill people whenever you get hungry. Imagine you were with Kol, he would take you out hunting, and you'd end up in bed with him. You've said it yourself, you're not ready for a relationship with Kol. If you had gone hunting with him, if you had slept with him, where would that put you?"
"Seriously freaked out," Caroline replied.
"Exactly," Enzo said, "Because you care about him, in a…relationship-y way. You're not freaking out that you spent the night with us, because you don't feel anything for us…at least not like that."
"Huh," Caroline settled back against the headboard, pressing into Damon, "Is it always going to be like this?"
"Vampire sex is a lot of fun," Enzo said, "You don't have to hold back like you would with a human, you'll wanna do it again, and you shouldn't be ashamed of that."
"We're trying to show you that human hang ups when it comes to sex, are meaningless when you're a Vampire," Damon finished.
Caroline sighed, "I'm gonna have to break up with Matt."
"Donavan?" Damon asked in surprise, he knew she was seeing someone, but he hadn't realised who it was, "We're you two even dating?"
Caroline shook her head, "No, we were…hanging out, and making out. We never even went on a real date. But I should still end things with him. I don't wanna accidentally eat him. He doesn't deserve that."
Maya drove up the road, heading towards a private area of land, at the centre of Mystic Falls, it was where Klaus's home and the pack home was being built, two separate buildings because Klaus knew that the pack wouldn't want to reside in the same home as all of the Originals.
She parked in the driveway of the mansion, it was the one that still had a little bit of work to do, eyeing the builders, she skirted round the house, and made her way to where she knew the pack's Enforcers would be. Maya spotted all three of the Wolves, looking over the blueprints of the house, making sure that everything was up to their Alpha's exacting standards. The man was the first one to pick up her scent, and he pointed her out to the other two.
Maya walked up to them cautiously, glancing at the rings that she had made for them, "You the Enforcers?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Regina nodded, "You're Klaus's Witch," she replied.
"Close enough," Maya shrugged.
"How can we help you?" Scott asked.
"Has Nik told you about the doppelgänger?" she asked.
"You're cousin?" Alexandra clarified, "Yeah."
"No, has he told you about Katherine?"
The three Enforcers shook their heads, "Who's Katherine?"
"Katherine was the doppelgänger 500 years ago, she was supposed to be his sacrifice, and turned herself into a Vampire so that she couldn't be used in the ritual. As you can imagine that really pissed him off, and she's spent her entire Vampire life running from him."
"Why are you telling us this?" Scott asked.
"Katherine's in town, I've already told Nik, and we have a plan for dealing with her, but it means that you have to stay out of town. She can't know that there are Werewolves here."
"Why not?" Regina asked, crossing her arms.
"Because I'm using her to lure in a particularly nasty Werewolf to town for the sacrifice. Also I want her to think that we have no idea what's going on, when dealing with Katherine, you need the upper hand, or you're dead."
"Klaus hasn't said anything to us about it," Alexandra pointed out.
"Give him a call," Maya shrugged, "He'll tell you to defer to me on this."
"We don't take orders from you," Regina said, stepping forward, "You're not even a wolf."
Maya took a step in her direction, and whispered in her ear, "You're gonna have to get used to it. Because Nik, called me his Alpha Female," she stepped back, "Pretty sure that means that you have to listen me, like you would him." Maya's eyes glinted dangerously, daring them to challenge her, "Besides, I'm the one that spelled your pretty little rings, I'm the one can take away their magic, just like that." She snapped her fingers.
Regina smirked, the girl had spine, that was good, she wouldn't survive pack life if she lacked backbone, Klaus had chosen well, "We'll call the Alpha, confirm with him first," she said.
"You do that."
Rebekah knocked on a hotel room door in Richmond, and raised a brow when she walked in a smelled sex, "Well you three have been busy," she said, eyeing the three Vampires, who were now just enjoying a night inside.
"Rebekah!" Caroline said, "What are you doing here?"
The Original sighed, "Nik asked me to leave town for a bit, and Maya asked me to send you two back to Mystic Falls."
"Why?" Enzo frowned, he knew that Maya wouldn't disrupt Caroline's training unless it was for a good reason.
The blonde looked at Damon, "Your ex is back in town."
"My ex?" Damon asked, before realising what she meant, "Katherine," he scowled.
Rebekah nodded, "Yes, so Maya has asked for you two to go home, my brother and I will finish Caroline's training."
"Kol's coming?!" Caroline asked in surprise, she didn't think that he would come for her.
"Yes," Rebekah replied, "So if I were you, I'd get a shower, get a new hotel room, and get ready to see him. He's rather put out that it wasn't his blood that turned you."
Caroline looked at the two men in the room, "You guys should go. If Katherine's in town, she's gonna want to know where Damon is, and I don't want her anywhere near me."
Maya sat outside of the Boarding House in her car, Damon said that he would be there any minute, which was a good thing, because she did not have the patience to deal with Elena on her own.
She jumped as he knocked on the window and got out of the car, "Took you long enough," she said.
"We were literally, just in Richmond," Damon replied, rolling his eyes. "Are you ready for this?"
"Yeah," Maya sighed, "Let's get this over with. Where's Enzo?"
"He went to go see Liz, give her an update on Caroline."
"Great! Let's go."
The two of them walked in the Boarding House, to see Stefan and Elena waiting for them in the living room. "Damon!" Stefan exclaimed, "Where have you been?!"
Damon narrowed his eyes at his brother, Stefan was worried, "What happened?" Damon asked.
"Katherine's back," Stefan said.
"She's more than back," Maya cut in, "She's been invited into the Gilbert's."
"What?" Stefan asked.
"What?!" Elena exclaimed.
"How do you know that?" the younger Salvatore asked.
"She was there pretending to be Elena when I beat John to death," Maya shrugged.
Elena gasped, "How could you do that?!" she asked, "He's your family!"
"No," Maya shook her head, "He's your family, to me, he's just the asshole that got Caroline killed."
"She's fine!" Elena insisted, "She had Vampire blood in her system!"
"She's seventeen Elena! She had her whole life ahead of her! And now she doesn't! She can never have children of her own! She's frozen as a teenager! Is that something you want?!"
"What?" Elena recoiled, "I- No- I-"
"Then you can see why I'd be a little pissed that my best friend, just had everything taken from her!"
"Okay, okay," Damon pulled her away from Elena, "Both of you, back to your corners, we have bigger problems to deal with. Namely, our psychotic ex-girlfriend." He looked over at his brother, "Did she say what she wanted?"
Stefan shook his head, "She just spun some lies about how she came back for me."
Damon ignored the slight pang his brother's words caused, he didn't love Katherine anymore, but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt when it was confirmed that she didn't care about him, especially when he wasted 140 years on her, "Well then I suggest you watch out Elena, Katherine's after your man."
"This isn't funny Damon! She's been invited into Elena's home!"
"What are we gonna do?" Elena asked.
Maya shrugged, "Move."
"That's not helpful," Elena hissed.
"Katherine wants you dead," Damon poured himself a drink, "There's zero you can do about it. You will be dead, but you're not, so clearly, she has other plans."
"Right," Stefan nodded, "And we need to find out what those other plans are, and not provoke her in the process."
"Maybe John knows something," Elena said, "She told Stefan she was the one to attack him, but we all know that was a lie," she shot Maya a withering glare.
"She's Katherine," Maya said, ignoring Elena, "She loves to play games, and you're fooling yourself if you think you're going to find out what she's been up to before she wants you to know."
"No," Stefan shook his head, "Elena's right, John could know something through Isobel, she was in touch with Katherine, so maybe we should try John again before he's released from the hospital."
"I've got a better idea," Damon said.
"What's that?" Elena asked.
"I'm just gonna ignore the bitch."
"Is that smart?" she looked over at Stefan in question, who shook his head in return.
Damon sighed, "If Katherine thinks she's being ignored, it'll lure her out, she'll make a move."
"Yeah," Stefan asked, "And then what?"
"Stake her; rip her head off," Damon shrugged, "Something poetic, we'll see."
"And you really think that you could do that?" Stefan scoffed, "You've been in love with her for 145 years!"
Damon bristled, "140 years," he corrected, "And these last five years, without the spectre of her hanging over my head, have been perfection. So you do what you want Stefan, we'll see which of us gets a rise out of her." Damon went upstairs, leaving Maya downstairs, knowing that she'd be on her way out soon enough.
Maya turned to leave, but Stefan stopped her, "Maya wait! You can't be okay with this, Katherina has full access to Jeremy," he reminded her.
"So, he can stay at mine, Katherine's not been invited in there."
"Jeremy's not staying with you!" Elena exclaimed, "You're a psycho!"
Maya rolled her eyes, "Oh ouch! That really got me Elena. Jeremy can do what he wants, and I'm pretty sure that he doesn't want to live in a house that Katherine can get in."
"He knows?!" Elena exclaimed.
"Oh my God Elena! Jeremy's known about Vampires since before Stefan even came to town!"
"WHAT?!" she shrieked.
"I told him all about them! Jeremy knows everything about the supernatural."
"I can't believe you! You had no right!"
"You're not his mom Elena! You don't get to make his decisions for him!"
"My mom does! And she's not going to let him stay with you!"
"Why not?" Maya asked, "You haven't told Miranda anything about the Vampires in town, she doesn't know that you're dating a Vampire, so what are you gonna tell her, to get her to stop Jeremy from seeing me?" Maya smirked when Elena didn't say anything, "That's right, nothing! You're going to say nothing, because you don't want your Mom killing your boyfriend!"
"Girls!" Stefan stepped in between them, "Stop, we have a real problem here! We have no idea where Katherine is, what she wants and she's pretty good at playing Elena!" he looked at the Siphon, "We need your help Maya"
Maya crossed her arms, pretending to think about it, in actuality, she needed to be kept in the loop, so that she could get Katherine alone, in private and take her down. "Fine, but I'm only doing this for Damon, I know how much he wants to shove a stake in that cold dead heart of hers."
Damon was in the Boarding House living room, Stefan and Elena had gone back to her house, the human being afraid that Katherine may try something with her mother had gotten Stefan to agree to stay over there. The house was eerily silent, and he never realised how much he hated it. He spent most of his time at the Sommers household, and had gotten used to the bustle of a full home, he wasn't sticking around the Boarding House long, but he figured Katherine would make her appearance to him soon. She had to, she hadn't seen him yet and she would have definitely be curious.
He heard the creak of the floorboards and reached for a drink, "Very brave of you to come here," he said, turning to see the former object of his affection on the couch.
"I wanted to say goodbye," Katherine said.
"Leaving so soon?" even if he didn't know why she was in Mystic Falls, he wouldn't have bought it.
"I know when I'm not wanted Damon, I mean, you heard I was in town and didn't even look for me."
"Don't pout," Damon replied, taking a sip of his drink and walked towards her, "It's not attractive in a woman of your age."
Katherine scoffed in surprise, she almost believed his hatred, "Ouch!" Damon put down his drink and made to leave, but she whooshed in front of him, "What? No goodbye kiss?"
"What are you doing here?" he asked, not willing to indulge her any longer, every second he spent in her presence, he had to fight the urge to rip her heart out.
"Nostalgia. Curiosity. Et cetera."
"I'm better at the enigmatic one-liners Katherine." Damon shook his head, "What are you up to?"
"Trust me, Damon, when I'm up to something, you'll know it." She took a step closer to him, leaning up as though she was going to kiss him, "I'll admit, I am curious about your pretty little girlfriend, Elena's cousin." She laughed, "It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you're only with her so you can be around my little shadow-self."
Damon scowled, "You think you're so smart Katherine, but you don't know anything. I bet you thought you'd come to town and what…play Stefan and I against each other? I bet you were hoping that we'd still be in love with you. But the fact is, we couldn't care less about you. There's nothing left here for you Katherine."
Katherine glared at him, and had him by the throat, up against the wall, in an instant, "Well if there's nothing here for me, then maybe, I should get rid of you." Her Vampire rippled to the surface, "Tie up all my loose ends!"
Damon grabbed her hand, but he was no match for her strength, "Do it! I dare you! See what happens when you do."
Before she could respond, she was thrown across the room, Enzo stood in front of Damon, adjusting his jacket, and glanced at his lover, "We got worried when you didn't come home," Enzo said, rage simmering in his eyes. The moment he saw Damon pressed up against the wall by Katherine, it had taken everything in him to not kill the older Vampire.
"Well, well," Katherine stood up, eyeing Enzo with interest, "We haven't been introduced, Katherine Pierce, at your service."
Enzo sneered at her, "The next time you put your hands on Damon, I'll be happy to cut them off." His Vampire face out for the world to see.
Damon pushed off the wall, and patted Enzo on his shoulder, "This is Enzo," Damon looked at him, "I'm good," he confirmed, seeing the worry behind the anger, "I promise."
Katherine eyed the dynamic between the two, something was definitely going on between the two of them, she wondered if Damon's mysterious supernatural girlfriend knew about it.
Damon and Enzo looked back up, only to find that Katherine had vanished, "Let's go home." Enzo said, feeling the urge to stake his claim all over the elder Salvatore.
"Caroline," Kol said, whooshing up to her, taking her face in his hands as he looked deep into her eyes, "Are you alright?" His heart had stopped when he heard from Nik that the blonde had died, in that instant, he remembered that he hadn't given her any blood, and he nearly tore through the compound at the thought of her dead before her time. But then Nik had said that she'd had their sister's blood in her system, Rebekah's blood, and his heart had started beating again. He was furious that she'd died, angry that it had been someone else's blood that had turned her, but he was so stupidly grateful that Rebekah had had the forethought to continue giving her blood, that he wasn't sure what to do with himself.
Caroline nodded, taking his hands in hers, "I'm okay," she said, "It was rough at first, but Damon and Enzo showed me the ropes, and Rebekah says that I have impressive control for someone so young."
"It's more than impressive," Rebekah said, coming to join them, "Caroline's only had to be coached once, she has yet to have a little accident, her control is impeccable."
Kol froze for a moment, "Damon and Enzo," he repeated, "Did they…take you on a group hunt?"
Rebekah shot the younger blonde an amused look, and she rolled her eyes, "I don't think that's really your business Kol."
Kol clenched his jaw, that meant 'yes' and he knew what would have happened if they did, he growled, "I'm gonna kill them!" he made to speed off but Caroline grabbed him, her Vampire speed, enhanced by Maya's spell.
"What for?" she asked, "What could you possibly have to be angry about?" He was refusing to admit that he had any real feelings for her, and she wasn't about to just wait around for him to get a clue.
"I-they-they took advantage of you!" he finally got out.
Caroline shook her head, "No, they didn't, they explained to me, in excruciating detail, what would happen, I'm the one that chose to go with them."
"You…chose to go…with them?" he questioned, feeling something akin to jealousy.
"Yeah," Caroline nodded, "Why? Did you think that I was gonna remain celibate waiting for you, Kol?" She released his arm, "It's not like you're stopping yourself from indulging," she said, referring to the fact that just last week, he was in bed with three women.
"I… didn't know you knew about that…"
Caroline snorted in amusement, and took out her phone, pulling up pictures, "You sent the photos to the group chat."
Kol's eyes widened, "Oh…" he gave her an almost sheepish look, "Whoops."
Caroline rolled her eyes, threading her arm through Rebekah's and pulled the Original out of the room, "Come on Bex, let's test out my compulsion with a shopping trip!"
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