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"What are you?" Lena asked. "What are you?!"
"You know."
"No, I don't."
I just walked and stood right behind Lena and looked at Stefan, who looked at me for a second then focused back on Lena.
"Yes, you do, or you wouldn't be here."
"It's not possible. It can't be .."
"Everything you know, and every belief you have is about to change." Stefan paused a bit and then continued. "Are you ready for that?" Okay, enough of the dramatics.
"Just tell us - what are you?" This time I asked and motioned to Lena. He turned to her.
"I'm a vampire." That statement was followed by a brief pause as Lena tried to process it.
"We shouldn't have come." She finally said, turned around, grabbed my hand and started to run.
"No, please." Stefan said and, in a second, was in front of us.
"How did you do that?!" Lena asked fearfully. Well, if Stefan is a vampire, it's obvious he'll have some abilities, so ..
"Please, don't be afraid of me." He said, directing it more to Lena than me, because he knew that I knew.
"Let us go."
"No. There's things you need to know and you need to understand."
"Let us go!" Lena cried and grabbed my arm, again.
"Elena, please."
I just looked apologetically at Stefan as we got to the car and Lena drove quickly. She was panting, probably from shock.
"Lena, calm down, ok? Please. Everything's going to be fine."
"How can you possibly say that?"
"I .." What was I supposed to say? If I said I knew what he was before and didn't tell her, she'll be mad at me. I don't want her to be mad at me ! .. Wait, why don't I want her to be mad at me? Argh, god! I don't know what's happening to me anymore. ".. don't know, I just feel calm."
We got back to the house, went in and ran to Lena's room. There, Stefan appeared. Déjà vu, huh? Considering he appeared like that to me. Lena went to run from the room, but Stefan stopped her by shutting the door.
"Elena, I would never hurt you." Boy, was he trying! Don't give up! "You're safe with me."
"All those animal attacks, those people who died -" Lena started.
"No. That was Damon!"
"Damon?"
"Yes. I don't drink human blood, that's not how I choose to survive, but Damon does! I'll explain everything to you, but I beg you, do not tell anybody."
"How can you ask us that?" Lena asked.
"Because you knowing this is dangerous for so many reason. You can hate me, but I need you to trust me."
"Just go .. Just go." Lena said. "Go, if you mean us no harm then you'll go."
"Stefan," I started under my breath, knowing he would hear me, and he did, because he turned his head to me. "just go. Meet me in my room in a few minutes." He turned to Lena again.
"I never wanted this."
With that, he disappeared. Lena went over to her bed, falling back on it. Then got up again and went to the window, closing and lock it.
"Hey, Lena, I'll be back in a few. Going to change, ok?" I asked her and she nodded, while laying back on her bed.
I went back to my room and found Stefan there, sitting on my bed.
"How is she?"
"I don't know. It'll take time, that's for sure." I said sarcastically and he frowned, hurt apparent in his eyes. I felt bad for him. Why? I mean, I don't really know the guy, but .. he is good, gentle, makes a good match for Lena, can make her smile, which is what I always like to see on her fa - wait, what the hell? I don't care for her! She's not my real sister! Heck, I shouldn't even be here! .. But still .. "I'll try to calm her down. Tomorrow, you should explain to her as much as possible." I said, softly this time, and he seemed to ease up a little bit. "By the way, don't tell her that I knew already. Don't really want to add more stress to her." He nodded.
"Thank you, Tori." He said and left.
I closed and locked my window, too, and proceeded to change into my pj's. Once I was done, I went back to Lena's room and hopped in next to her. She grabbed onto me, holding me for dear life, and we both went to sleep.
Lena told me that I had to go with her to talk to Stefan. I accepted. That was when we got up. Even right now, I couldn't shake the slight headache that I had since this morning. If anything, it only got worse. I also dreamed of many of those cursed 'memories' of this Victoria's life before I came in.
It didn't help my headache that while we went to our table where Stefan was waiting for us, some people congratulated me and wanted to talk to me while I politely refused them. But, right now, we were sitting with Stefan, and I could feel Lena being very nervous, so I put my hand over hers. That seemed to give her courage because she started talking.
"You said you would explain everything. That's why I asked you to meet us here." She paused. "When you Google 'Vampire', you get a world of fiction. What's the reality?"
"I can tell you whatever you want to know."
"I know you eat garlic." She started.
"Yes."
"Somehow, the sunlight isn't an issue." I asked this time, wanting to help Lena understand some things, in case she didn't ask some of the questions.
A waitress arrived and put down our drinks.
"Hi, here are your drinks."
"Thanks." With that, the waitress left.
"We have rings that protects us." Stefan said, showing off his ring.
"Crucifixes?"
"Decorative."
"Holy water?"
"Drinkable."
"Mirrors?"
"Myth."
"You said you don't kill to survive." I couldn't take those not really important questions and asked a crucial one. Well, at least so Lena would trust him a little more.
"Animal blood keeps me alive, but I'm not as strong as Damon." He replied. "He can be very powerful."
"And you let him get involved with Caroline?" Lena demanded. Uh-oh.
"Forcing Damon not to do something is much more dangerous, believe me." Smooth, Stefan. However, I agree with you there, brother. Especially considering how he is right now.
"He was hurting her!"
"He was feeding on her. He was able to take away her memories of being bitten, using a form of mind compulsion. She never knew what was happening to her. If he wanted to kill her, he would have."
"Is that supposed to make it ok?"
"No. No, none of this is ok, Elana. I know that."
"Are there any others aside from you and Damon?" I asked.
"Not in Mystic Falls, not anymore."
"Not anymore?" Lena asked.
"There was a time when this town was .. very much aware of vampires, and it didn't end vell for anybody. That's why it's important to me that you don't tell anybody.
"Can't promise that."
"Elena .. Give me today. I will answer any questions you have, and when it's over, you can decide for yourself what you wanna do with what you know. It'll be your choice."
At least he was trying, huh? I knew Lena would keep the secret - how I knew, don't ask - and right now, she was just angry, because he didn't tell her from the start. As the talks ended, I felt the headache worsen a little bit.
After we finished our drinks, we ended up in the car. Me in the back, Lena driving and Stefan shotgun.
"Stop here." Stefan said.
"What are we doing here?" I couldn't help but ask, even though I knew. Stefan got out when we stopped, and me and Lena followed suit.
"I want to show you something."
"In the middle of nowhere?" Lena asked.
"This .. didn't used to be nowhere. Used to be my home." He explained. Lena walked to some bricks.
"It looks so .." Old? Destroyed? Unrecognisable? Yeah, pretty much.
"Old? It's because they are."
"Wait, how long have you .." Here comes the question!
"I've been seventeen years old since 1864."
"Wow." We said at the same time. Since 1864? Really wow, man!
"You said you wanted to know. I'm not going to hold anything back." He paused a bit. "Half a century before the boarding house was even built, this was my family's home. Damon and I .. we were both born here. The Salvatore Brothers, best friends." Stefan said, remembering the old times.
"You knew Katherine and Victoria in 1864?" Lena said. "Damon made it seem like -"
"Damon was trying to make you think that I was still heartbroken. He saw that I was happy with you, Elena, and he wanted to ruin it."
"Because you loved two different girls?" I remember what Damon's answer was, but I want to see what Stefan's answer is going to be.
"We didn't love two different girls. Victoria wasn't like Katherine. If anything, you could have called her our friend - best friend, back then. Katherine, however .. she wasn't just any girl .." He said and I blacked out.
Stefan and Katherine were running through the garden maze. Katherine reached the statue first, where Victoria was waiting, and they stopped running.
"Ha! I win." Katherine said. "What's my prize?"
"What would you like it to be?" A different voice than Stefan's answered. They all turned and saw Damon. Stefan just smiled at him.
"They extended your leave?"
"I was simply having too much fun to return to battle." Damon answered.
"Your commitment to the confederacy is inspiring!" Stefan laughed and walked over to him, hugging him.
"Well, this works out wonderfully for us." Katherine said.
"How's that Miss Katherine?" Damon asked.
"Now, I have you to keep me entertained." She answered. "First and foremost, I need someone to escort me to the Founder's Ball."
"With please. I would be honored." Damon said and slightly bowed.
"The smart and kind Damon Salvatore, coming to my rescue." She said with a smile, linked her arm through Victoria's and they both left the brother's standing.
I don't know how long I was out, but it looks like it wasn't long, seeing as they both didn't notice anything. However, my headache was only slowly increasing.
".. while Katherine went with me to the ball at the Original Lockwood Mansion." Stefan said.
"The first Founder's party .. where you signed the registry?" I asked, feigning interest. Just had to distract myself from the headache.
"Damon didn't care that our father was angry with him for not going back to batlle, he just wanted to stay with Katherine. And I didn't care that I had gotten something that my brother wanted. I didn't even care if it hurt him. I only knew that I wanted her."
"So, he was upset." Lena stated.
"That's the thing about Damon. He doesn't get upset, he just gets even." Stefan said. "What Damon wants, Damon usually gets. I didn't know at the time, but, turns out that night, Katherine was with him too."
"So, he stole her from you, not the other way around?" Lena asked confused.
"Turns out, she wasn't ours to steal." After a pause, he continued. "She compelled each of us to keep the same secret from each other, while Victoria just stayed in the sidelines, not really doing anything. Katherine wanted us all to be together forever. Didn't work out that way .. but, Damon and I - looks like we're stuck with each other .. like it or not." He said and pulled out a ring from out of a pile of rubble.
"Is that Damon's wring?" I asked.
"I took it from him. I have to give it back."
"No, don't Stefan. Keep it hidden." Lena said.
"Elena, if I don't give it to him, he'll retaliate in the only way he can hurt me." He said and looked at both of us.
"And how is that?"
"By hurting you both." He said, and after thinking a bit, Lena asked.
"The mind control .. you said they used. Do you ever do that to us?"
"No. That necklace, it contains a herb called vervain. Tori's bracelet, too. It protects you from being compelled. I wanted to protect you from Damon's influence, but I also wanted to protect you from me. You should never take them off .. because, no matter what happens after today, no matter how you feel about me .. you'll know that you were free to make your own choice."
After that, none of us talked. I bet Lena was only trying to understand everything, Stefan wants to give her time to think, while I was just trying to fight the headache.
When we got to our house, we were met with the sight of Matt and Jeremy freaking out about Vicki.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"She's really messed up."
"Elena back up." Stefan said and went to Vicki. "Vicki, look at me. Focus. You're going to be fine." He told her looking Vicki in the eyes. "Everything's gonna be fine." Then, he turned to Jeremy and Matt. "Guys, take her up to bed and shut the blinds, she's gonna be ok, come on, come on."
Matt and Jeremy took Vicki upstairs and I looked up at Stefan.
"You know what's wrong with her?"
"Yeah."
"What is it?" Lena asked.
"She's transitioning." Stefan said.
"Transitioning, to what? A vampire?" I asked.
"Yes."
"What?"
"Damon must've gotten to her. She's new." Stefan said. "She's not completed the transformation yet."
"H-How do you do that?" Lena asked.
"She has to feed on human blood" Stefan said.
"And what if she doesn't?" Lena asked. Well, that's pretty obvious, isn't it?
"She'll die. She may only have a few hours." Stefan answered.
"She's upstairs with Matt and Jeremy right now." I said.
"It's ok. She doesn't know what's happening yet."
"So when is she gonna know?"
"Right now, she doesn't remember anything. A part of her is still human, but slowly, the deeper she goes into the transition, the memories will start to come back, and then she'll know she has to make the choice." Stefan said.
"The same choice you made?" Lena asked harshly.
When Lena said that, Vicki appeared out of nowhere and left.
"I can track her." Stefan said.
"Go!" Lena said to him and he left and grabbed her coat.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"To help Matt." She said.
"Lena, it's dangerous!" I said.
"I need to help."
With that, she left. Can she ever stay put?
"Maybe we should check in with Matt." Jeremy said after half an hour.
"He'll call when he finds her." I said.
"Well, what are we supposed to do?"
"We wait. We're supposed to wait."
"I don't know what's wrong with her." Jeremy said.
"She'll be fine." I said "It'll all be fine."
The doorbell rang and both Jeremy and me went to the door just in case it was Vicki, but it was Damon and I went to slam the door in his face, but he pushed it back. Can't he give me a break?! Especially when my head is splitting in half?!
"Jeremy, go upstairs!" I said.
He did as he was told and went upstairs into his room.
"You're afraid of me." He said "I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess Stefan finally fessed up?"
"He didn't really need to fess up because I already knew." He looked surprised. "So just stay away from us, got it?" Please leave, please leave right now ...
"Hey, there's no need to be rude." Don't start! Argh! "I'm just looking for Stefan. May I come in? Oh, wait, of course I can. I've been invited in." He then stepped into the house. "I'm not gonna kill you right now. That wouldn't serve my greater agenda. So .. where's Stefan?"
"He's out looking for Vicki." God, it's getting worse and worse .. Suddenly, everything around me started to slowly blur and I couldn't even look at him - couldn't really determine which one of the few Damon's is the real one.
"Don't look at me with those judgy little eyes." I barely heard him at this point. "Girl's gonna thank me for what I did to .. You alright?" Am I alright? What kind of question is that?
"I'm fine, and why do you care?" At that point, I could feel myself going numb.
"Hey, seriously, you alr .." I didn't hear what he said after that, because everything around me went black.
DAMON'S POV
What is wrong with her? One minute she is kind of alright, the next she is pale and can't even look straight at me.
"I'm fine, and why do you care?" Even her voice sounded very weak at this point.
"Hey, seriously, you alright?" When I finished saying that, she suddenly collapsed, but I managed to get ahold of her before she hit the floor. I started slightly shaking her. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Suddenly, the door opened, Elena walked in and gasped.
"What did you do to her?" Seriously? What have I done to her? Don't jump to conclusions, woman.
"Didn't really do anything .. Came over looking for Stefan, started talking, and she collapsed. Don't jump to conclusions so soon." I said and looked at her. "By the way, where is Stefan?"
"He's out."
"Well, tell my brother I'm looking for him." I looked at Victoria and, even though didn't really want to, gave her to Elena and she started clinging to her for dear life. "Get her upstairs or somewhere to lay down." I went through the door, but decided to give her some advice and peered my head in through the door before closing it. "Oh, tip for later - be careful who you invite into the house." I winked and left.
ELENA'S POV
When I walked into the house after breaking up with Stefan, I couldn't believe what I saw. Tori was in Damon's arms, limp, from the looks of it. Even after he told me what happened, I couldn't calm down. What if something bad happened to her? What if she didn't wake up?
I carried her into her room and laid her on the bed. She wasn't responding to anything. I took out my phone and started at a message from Stefan - Vicki had fed. God, could this day get any worse? I just took her hand into mine and started crying a little.
"Don't leave me, Tori .."
So, yeah .. What happened to Tori? Also, I made Elena and Stefan break up before Vicki fed. So, what do you think? Please, review!
Also, again - sorry for not updating sooner -.-
Sissymac: I totally agree with you!
Hermione Voldemort Riddle: When she's "writing" lyrics from different groups (like, the songs are not Victoria Justice's), I kind of want some people to not know what they are, because not everyone knows them! Also, when they are singing (like, full songs etc.), I always did and always will put them in.
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