Finn walks into the full classroom and sets his stuff down behind the desk, ignoring Elena's shocked gasp. "Good morning." He greets as he turns to the board, he grabs a piece of chalk and writes out his name on the board.

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"My name is Finn Malfred and I will be your history teacher." he begins, "I'll be handing out a syllabus" He says, picking up a stack of papers. He walks to one of the rows and places it down on the front desk, "Pass that back." The student grabs the top paper and passes it to a student behind them.

"What's up why do you look like you've seen a ghost?" Bonnie whispers, grabbing a syllabus and passing the rest behind her. Elena blinks out of her surprise "Uh, no reason I thought I saw him somewhere."

"Probably from a magazine, he has the looks for it."

Elena nods her head absentmindedly and focuses her attention back to Finn.

Finn walks back to the front and leans on his desk. "I understand that it's almost to the middle of the semester but I'd like to have you all prepared, my class won't necessarily be hard but history is one of my favorite subjects and I hope to make it yours as well."

He walks to the last desk on the opposite side of the room and grabs the remaining syllabus from the student and places them back onto his desk "So, let's begin."

As he turns to grab his book he notices that Elena wore a necklace that looked exactly like the one his mother had.

Strange.

He'll have to ask her about it after class.

After he dismissed the class as the students passed by he felt a familiar hum of magic from Bonnie causing Finn to think back to Bonnie's last name. Bonnie Bennett of the Bennett witch line. A powerful lineage, almost as powerful as the Mikaelsons before his mother eternally damned them.

"Elena, a moment please."

Elena stops by Finns desk, Bonnie waiting at the door "Where did you get that necklace?"

"Stefan gave it to me."

"May I take a closer look at it?"

Elena nods "Sure." she reaches back to unclasp the necklace but her hair gets stuck "Uh, my hair is stuck, can you help me get it off?" Finn nods and Elena turns her back to him. Finn moves her hair to the side and leans in to untangle the clasp from her hair and lifts it over her head. Freed, Elena turns back around on to come a couple inches from Finn's face, a small gasp leaving her lips.

Finn stares into her eyes, losing himself in them. After what seemed like forever he takes a deep breath and snaps them out of their 'moment'. Elena takes a big step back and fiddles with her sleeves, Finn licks his lips and lifts the necklace to eye level, trying to forget how wonderful she smelled. He picks up a familiar scent on the necklace and gives the pendant a sniff "Is this filled with Vervain?"

"Yes, it's to make sure I'm not compulsed."

Finn nods in appreciation and hands the necklace back to Elena "You should keep that safe, it's very valuable." "Valuable?" Elena asks, struggling to put the necklace around her neck. "I've only seen one amulet with that design and it was what my mother wore, she had passed it down to my sister before she passed. I believe that design is very rare. Allow me." Elena hands the necklace back to Finn and turns, lifting her hair, "Why would Stefan have it if it belonged to your family?"

"It's most likely a replica of what my mother had, necklaces are too easy to remake these days." Finn says, clasping the necklace around her neck.

"These days," Elena laughs, putting her hair down and turning to face him. "How old are you?" Finn gives a small smile "Ancient." Elena grins and bites her lip, the action bringing Finn's attention to her lips. Realizing he was looking at her lips, Elena puts her hands in her pockets and looks at her feet, causing Finn to clear his throat "I've kept you here long enough." He says, "Thank you for allowing me to quell my curiosity."

"It's no problem ." Elena says, adjusting her bag on her shoulder "I'll, uh, see you tomorrow then." "Yes, have a good day Elena." Elena turns to the door, then turns back to him to say something, thinks twice about it and gives Finn a smile before walking out of the room with Bonnie in tow, a huge grin on her face.

Finn smiles as he watches her leave then walks to his seat behind the desk and sits, grabbing his bag off the floor and begins to place his stuff into the desk. He opens a drawer on the lower right hand side and notices a folder lovingly titled ' Jackass File'.

Curious, he opened it up and couldn't help the chuckle that came out when he read the name that was on all of the papers in this folder.

Jeremy Gilbert

Finn looks through his rosters, hoping that this poor kid is still taking this class. Finding him in the last period of the day Finn looks into Jeremy's grades. After looking at the work the kid has done lately and comparing it to his work in the earlier year, Finn decides to investigate deeper. He puts the file back, closing the drawer and walks to the teachers lounge, "Ah, Mrs. Halpern I have something I need to ask you." Finn says, sitting next to the woman.

"What is it Mr. Malfred?"

"I've noticed that the Gilbert siblings have a gap in their work and I was wondering why that was."

Mrs. Halpern looks down sadly "They lost their parents very recently. Their vehicle went over the old wickery bridge. Only Elena survived."

Finn lets out a deep sad sigh, "Who do they live with now?" "Miranda, their mother, has a younger sister who was living in the dorms in college. She is their legal guardian now."

"Thank you Mrs. Halpern, that's all I needed to know." Finn says, getting to his feet. He nods his goodbye and walks back to his classroom and sits behind his desk.

Elena had no problem bouncing back according to her grades, her brother on the other hand was a different story. Jeremy's work was pretty bad but it seems like he's trying, some extra credit won't hurt.

When last period comes to an end Finn stops Jeremy as he passes his desk. "I'd like to have a word with you, please take a seat." Jeremy nods and sits on the desk in front of Finn. Finn takes out the 'Jackass File' folder and hands it to Jeremy, "I take it your last teacher wasn't your biggest fan." Jeremy looks through the folder in confusion "No, he was not."

After awhile Jeremy looks up and hands the folder back to Finn "Why are you showing me this?" Finn tosses the folder into the trash "I would like to help you pass this class. I asked the other teachers about you and your sister, I hope you don't mind, and I found out that you have been having a rough couple of months."

Jeremy looks down sadly and nods, "I decided to give you some extra credit"

"What do you want me to do? I'll do anything."

"Write an essay about the local history, start during anytime just make sure it's not copied from the internet. I want you to actually work for it."

Jeremy smiles widely "Of course sir, thank you." Finn stands and holds his hand out to Jeremy who shakes it eagerly "You have one week. Have a good night ."

Jeremy looks at Finns ring "That's a cool ring." Finn looks down at it and smiles "It's an old family heirloom." Jeremy nods in appreciation and takes his leave.

Finn grabs his bag and places a stack of papers into it. A knock on the door brings his attention away from his bag to a man standing in the doorway. He walks to Finn and holds his hand out, "Hi, you must be the other new teacher. My name is Alaric Saltzman and I teach English- although I'd rather teach history but you know, job was filled."

Finn puts on a polite smile and shakes Alaric's hand "Finn Malfred, sorry you got stuck with English." Alaric shrugs it off and puts his hands in his pockets, "It's no biggie, it's my second favorite subject."

Finn slings his bag onto his shoulder and walks out of the classroom and turning off the lights and closing the door in the process. He gestures for Alaric to walk with him as he heads for the exit, "I too have a love for literature, there's nothing wrong with a little Shakespeare every now and then." Alaric gives a little chuckle "True that."

They walked in silence until they reach the exit, Finn coming to a stop "I'm pretty sure you're not talking to me just to make small talk, whats on your mind?"

Alaric looks around nervously and fiddles with his bag strap "I- Uh-" He looks down to his feet and takes a deep breath to collect himself. He raises his head and looks into Finn's eyes "I'm a bit new to the, um, 'hunting' business," he whispers "And I hear that you're one of the most experienced out of anyone I met."

Finn raises an eyebrow "How did you get that information?"

"A pair of brothers in Sioux Falls, I was talking with a friend of theirs about hunting a vampire and they talked about how you were on a revenge trip but they didn't know if you were still here or not so I had to take that chance."

"Do you know who you're hunting?"

"Yes," Alaric nods "Damon Salvatore."

"Ah, the eldest Salvatore. Yes, that one is a nuisance. I will help you with anything you need, he needs to die."