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"Watch where your going!"
"Love you too, Lena."
"I don't care what you want. You know what I want? To never see your face again, b***h."
"Come on, Lena, let's go. Matt is waiting and I know you want to see him as soon as you can!"
"Why the hell can't you just stay away from me?"
"I don't want to see you, I don't want to hear you near me! Got it?!"
"Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do?!"
"Get out of my f*****g room!"
"Why can't you visit us more often, Aunt Jenna?"
"Shut up, Jenna. I do what I want to. You're not my mom and she is gone, which we have Elena to thank for."
...
I woke up with a gasp and started sitting up, only to lay back on the bed when I felt like I was hit by a truck. My head hurt and I felt a little bit tired .. I could, partly, understand why my head hurt - I remember everything of this world's Victoria's life, up until the accident. With that, I kind of felt a little bit different. But why was I tired? Maybe because of my headache ..
But, seriously, what the hell? I know I was having flashbacks and what-nots, but this is just .. I remember my own life perfectly, but this worlds memories are inside my head like a film that I completely remember. With all of these memories, I can't believe how she acted towards everyone after the accident ..
"Tori? Are you alright?" It was then that I noticed Lena next to my bed with a worried expression on her face.
"I'm fine, I'm fine .."
"What happened?"
"None of your business!" When I saw her face looking hurt, I realized what I said. Woah, where did that come from? "I'm sorry, I don't know why I said that .. But, listen, I just remember everything. That's all, okay?"
"Everything?" She asked fearfully.
"Yeah, everything. As in, every single thing!" Where is this coming from? It's like I automatically snap at her, and this anger doesn't really help .. "Look, sorry. It's just, my head hurts a little bit and it's morning." I said more gently glancing at the clock.
"Yeah .. okay." She nodded slowly and sadly and I just smiled at her a little. "I'm going to see Stefan to talk about Vicki. Want to come with me?"
Hmm .. It's not like I have anything else to do. The band decided that we should take a few days off practicing, so I'm free, I guess.
"Yeah, sure."
"Great. Meet you in .. 40 minutes?"
"Sounds fair enough."
ELENA POV
As I walked out of Tori's room and going to my own, I couldn't help but wonder - what would happen now that she remembers everything? Will she go back to how she was during summer? Remembering how she talked, I guess so .. Nothing can stay good here forever, huh?
As I walked into my shared bathroom, I saw Jeremy.
"Sorry." I mumbled and was about to go out.
"Oh, no, it's cool." He said. "I'm done."
"You're up early. Where are you going?"
"Police station." He said. "They're organizing the search party for Vicki, so .."
"Wait - shouldn't you be going to school?"
"What? You're kidding me, right?"
"You shouldn't skip school, Jer." I sighed. "If they find her we'll know, thats what cellphone's are for."
"Yeah, your lips keep movin' I don't know why."
TORI POV
I was downstairs waiting for Lena. For today, I decided to wear ASHISH Fuck Work Holographic Sequin Tank Top, PHILIPP PLEIN 'Skull' straight cut jeans, Rag & Bone Moto Boots, Sun Moon and Star sterling silver ear pins and Gucci Black Leather Jacket (A/N Polyvore on my profile). Just as I was getting tired of waiting for her, she started descending the stairs.
"Come on, Lena. We're going with my bike today."
"Okay."
In the garage, we put on our helmets, got on the bike and rode off 'into the sunset' .. ! Kidding, kidding. And rode off to the Salvatore Boarding House.
At the Boarding House, Lena rang the bell. I stood beside her with my jacket unzipped and my helmet in my hand, while Lena's was on a handle of the bike. After a few moments, Damon answered the door with a smirk.
"Is Stefan here?" Lena asked a little uncomfortably.
"Yep." Damon answered, popping the p.
"Where is he?" She demanded.
"And good morning to you, little miss 'I'm on a mission'." Damon joked and I tried hiding a small smile.
"How can you be so arrogant and glib after everything that you've done?" Lena said crossing her arms.
"And how can you be so brave and stupid to call a vampire arrogant and glib?" I couldn't hide my smile after that one. Damon saw that and smirked, resulting in Lena turning to me and glaring a little and I held up my free hand in defense.
"If you wanted me dead, I'd be dead." Lena said smugly.
"Yes, you would." Damon replied.
"But I'm not."
"Yet."
"Where is Stefan?" Lena demanded again.
"He's upstairs singing 'the rain in Spain'. Knock yourself out." He smirked as Elena pushed past him.
"Hello, Damon." I speaked for the first time.
"Hello to you too, Tori." He greeted me smirking. "What was with you yesterday?"
"Oh, nothing. Just my memory came back." At that, he raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm .. By the way, what's the helmet for?" He asked, taking the helmet in his hands and inspecting it curiously.
"I have a bike, you know?" I said pointing at it. "That's what it's for."
"Is that a Yamaha ..?"
"Hm .. Looks like you know some things." I smirked and took my helmet from his hands. "I don't know about you, but I need to get inside. See ya later." I said and walked inside the house.
I found Stefan lecturing Vicki.
"Coffee is our friend. It's the caffeine - it circulates through our veins and it warms our body so we're not so cold to the touch." Stefan explained.
"Well, what if I want to drink human blood?" Vicki asked.
"You're gonna have to learn to live with that urge and fight it on a daily basis, one day at time."
"Oh god! Don't start with that whole 12 steps thing. School counselor has been down that road, and it doesn't work for me."
"It can work. It's your choice, Vicki."
"So, you've never tasted human blood?" Vicki wondered.
"Not in a long time." Stefan shook his head.
"How long?"
"Years and years. I'm not proud of my past behavior."
"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? It's like I have a massive hangover. This daylight thing is a bitch. I need more blood. Where's your bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead." Vicki ranted on and on, in the end storming off.
"I'm going to, uh .. I'm gonna get her some more. All right? I'll be quick." Stefan excused himself and walked out of the room. Vicki walked back in the room, sighing in annoyance.
"False alarm. My body's feeling really funky. It's a good funk, but it's weird." Vicki whined and took her phone.
"Who are you calling?" Lena asked Vicki. Oh no, not this part .. Doesn't she know when to keep her mouth shut? I hope I'm not going to get involved in this ..
"Jeremy." Vicki answered.
"No, Vicki - you can't see Jeremy anymore, it's too dangerous. You could lose control."
"Oh, come on, don't you start. I'm gonna see whoever I wanna see." Vicki rolled her eyes at her.
"Even though you could hurt him?" She asked again.
"I would never hurt Jeremy." Vicki told us and looked at me, I just shrugged.
"I know you think that but we can't take that risk. You're gonna have to let Jeremy go now."
"Oh, really? And how long have you been preparing the 'you're not good enough' speech? I'm assuming it predates the whole vampire thing." Vicki hissed.
"All I am saying is Jeremy is not getting involved in any of this. I mean it, Vicki." Lena said as Vicki suddenly pinned her against a wall, choking her.
"Let's get one thing straight, you perky little bitch. You had my brother whipped for 15 years. 15 years and then you dumped him. When I look at you, that is all I see, just so you know. And I'm gonna see Jeremy whenever I wanna see Jeremy, because I have some fun new toys to play with, and I won't think twice about ripping your little head -" Vicki didn't finish what she was saying because I ran at her and sent her body to the other end of the room, my helmet where I was standing.
Wow, what the hell? Where did that come from? Lena fell to the ground and started choking while Vicki started growling.
"Go. Now." I tried saying it in a dangerous voice and it appearently worked, because she looked .. scared? After a few moments she left with vampire speed. I just went to Lena and tried to help her somehow. "Are you alright?"
"What was that?"
"I don't know .. Come on, let's get outside."
"Are you alright?" Stefan asked her.
"She threatened me." Lena whispered shakily.
"She's on edge. Imagine every sense in your body operating at super speed. I mean, she's uncomfortable in her own skin. And then when you throw in her other issues .." Stefan explained.
"How long before it settles? Hours? Days? Weeks?" This time, I was the one who asked.
"There's no rule book."
"Well, how long before you learned to control it?"
"A while." A while. Yeah .. A very long while. "But I didn't have anybody helping me. I had to do it on my own. The thing is, it's hard to resist certain people, especially when you're new - it's difficult to separate your feelings. Love, lust, anger, desire .. it can all blur into one urge - hunger." Stefan admitted.
"What does that mean?" I asked, just for appearance.
"It means that Jeremy can't see her, not now. She might not be able to resist him, and she could hurt him." Tell us something we don't know.
"Or worse." Lena sighed.
"I'm not gonna let anybody get hurt." Stefan assured us.
"We need to get going."
"Elena .."
"Please, Stefan. There's only so much I can take." She said before walking off.
"Don't worry, Stefan. She just needs some space. She'll come around eventually." I told him and walked off to find my sister, who was already getting on the bike.
VICKI POV
As I hear Elena and Tori ride off, I can't think but what happened back there? One moment she was weak, everything seemed normal .. and then ..
Flashback, a few minutes ago
I couldn't take Elena's speeches anymore and decided to threaten her. Maybe that'll keep her off my back. I ran to her and slammed her on the wall, choking her. Briefly looking at Tori, I saw that she looked startled but didn't move. Good.
"Let's get one thing straight, you perky little bitch. You had my brother whipped for 15 years. 15 years and then you dumped him. When I look at you, that is all I see, just so you know. And I'm gonna see Jeremy whenever I wanna see Jeremy, because I have some fun new toys to play with, and I won't think twice about ripping your little head -"
I couldn't finish my sentence because I was shoved - very hard - to the other side of the room. What the .. ? That must've been Tori. Well, I guess she needs to be taught a lesson, as well. I started snarling and looked at her, only to be met with a view that I didn't expect.
Her eyes seemed steel hard and cold, like you'd find on a madman or some hitman. Just looking at those eyes made one shiver. Not to mention that under her eyes, the veins started darkening and her eyes themselves seemed brighter, while the right eye showed a little bit of green. The hell is she?
"Go. Now." Her voice startled me even more. It sounded so cold, so merceless, without emotion .. What the hell is she? Without a second thought, I left.
TORI POV
"You gotta call me, Vick. I don't get it. What's going on with you? Just .. just call me, please." Jeremy sighed as he hunged up. Appearently, Vicki wasn't answering her phone. Good!
"Hey. So, um, do you wanna hang out tonight? We could go to the, uh, Halloween thing at school. Could be fun!" Lena suggested to us as she took out some water out of the fridge.
"Of course, Lena. There is no better way to spend the night than at some party - IN SCHOOL!" I said sarcastically and then added normally. "But, yeah, sure, I'll go." Jeremy chuckled a bit while Lena gave me a playful glare. Man, I wish that this party won't be long, because I am already tired.
"Cool. Sure. Sounds, uh .. sounds fun. Can't wait." Jeremy gave his answer, saying the last part sarcastically.
"I know you're upset about Vicki. I heard she called Matt, but you can't be with her. She needs to get better. The best thing you can do for her is let her go." Lena tried telling him gently and I just gave her a look. Yeah, like that's the way to talk to him! Especially now!
"What does that even mean, 'let her go'? Oh, okay, sure. Since we're such experts on letting people go, right?" Jeremy growled at her.
"What she wants to say, Jer, is that she's in a very bad place right now and we don't really want anything happening to you." I explained, words just easily coming out of my mouth.
"Look, for months after mom and dad died, I felt like crap, like 'nothing really even mattered' crap. Now, all of a sudden, I get these moments and things started to feel just a little bit better, and Vicki was in every single of 'em. So, you may not see it, but trust me - keeping me away from her is not for the best." Jeremy spat at us and stormed off.
"Oh, he did not just say that, that little .." I started saying, slowly starting to go the way he went, but Lena grabbed my arm, stopping me.
"Hey, hey, just relax. Relax .. Breath deeply." I did as she told me and immediately relaxed. I don't know why, but I just started getting angry out of nowhere - I don't know why. The only one that could really help me relax, so far, is Lena.
"Thanks." I replied hugging her. "I don't know what's coming over me all of today."
"Hey, don't worry. That's what sisters are for, no?" She replied gently, hugging me back. "Come on, let's go change." She said and we went to our rooms to get changed for the Halloween Party at school. Can't wait! ... note the sarcasm. "By the way, what's up with your right eye?"
"What do you mean?" I asked, starting to frown.
"Well, it seems a little strange .. I don't know." Strange?
"I don't know .. It's probably nothing."
Me, Jeremy and Lena were walking into the Halloween Party, which was decorated really well, if I say so myself. Liked the way the lights were put. As we were walking, Jeremy scared some kids along the way, which earned a smack on his both arms from me and Lena and a small chuckle from me.
"Don't be so mean, Jeremy." I told him with a small smile, which he returned. Matt came up to us and looked me and Lena over.
"You guys went with last years costume too, huh?" He asked with a chuckle. I was dressed as a Zombie Chef's costume from last year.
"Yeah. We didn't really know that we were coming till about an hour ago." She ended with a chuckle.
"Doesn't matter. We still look awesome." I said which earned another chuckle from my twin.
"And you're going as .. you?" Matt guessed in a joking way, looking Jeremy's way. Jeremy just grunted and walked off.
"He's not talking to us right now. We got into a fight .." Lena explained just as I saw my band(ish)-mates.
"Yeah, well, you two talk while I go bond with my other friends some more." I said with a smile and walked over to them and couldn't help but feel like I'm forgetting something. "Hey, guys. Ben, don't drink too much." I greeted them and heard a chorus of heys from them and Amy linked our arms.
"Why shouldn't I?" Ben replies back.
"Well, if you get too drunk, you're going to do something stupid. If you're going to do something stupid, you're going to regret it for .. at least a month?" I joked with him as he gave me a cup. "Thanks."
"Yeah, well, that's why I have these guys and possibly you to make sure that doesn't happen." He replied with a smirk and raised his cup. "Cheers."
"Cheers." Everyone said and downed their drinks.
"So, when are we performing again?" It was Amy who talked this time. Everyone went silent and everyone looked at me .. ?
"What .. ? Why is everyone looking at me?" I asked, which earned some chuckles from the guys.
"Well, you are our so-called 'leader' of this band, so .." Amy teased. Leader? Me?
"Why me?"
"Well, you got us all together and you're the one that's mainly coming up with the songs. AND you got our first performance set up. That, in our book, makes you our leader."
"Oh, no. No no no. No way."
"Yes, way. You have no saying in this." Paul said.
"Yeah? And why is that?" I asked with a small glare, looking at everyone's smug faces.
"Because we said so and you love us." Amy replied, still clinging to my hand. They are serious, huh?
"Okay, fine, whatever." I groaned which earned some smirks and a giggle from Amy. "And, to be honest, I don't know when's our next performance. Haven't really thought of it, but I guess now I'll have to .."
"Of course you'll have to. Anyway, before you came - which is great, by the way, since I won't have to repeat it to you - I wanted to say that -" He never got to finish his sentence because Lena came and grabbed my other arm.
"Tori, come on, we have to go." She said and I frowned.
"Go? Go where? I thought we-"
"We have to go, now. I'll explain on the way." She said and I could see her worried expression. I turned to the rest of them apologetically and Amy nodded with a smile.
"Go. We'll talk later."
"Thanks." I told her and she let go of my arm, only for me to be dragged by Lena. "Okay, what's going on?"
"Vicki is here." What? "We have to find Jeremy."
"Yeah, ok. Let's go. I'll go that way." With that, we parted ways.
After a while, I couldn't find Jer nor could I find Lena. Then, I saw Lena and saw some screaming. Turning to the direction, I saw Vicki trying to bite Jeremy. I grabbed a piece of wood and started walking towards them.
"Oh, Vicki .. What do you think you're doing?" Even in this situation, I felt calm. Vicki turned to me and looked scared at first, then angry and started coming towards me as I to her. "Come on." I said and saw Lena running up to us, too, with a make-shift stake. Vicki ran to us and threw us away into some unusable items like wood and other parts and we landed right into them. I felt a sharp pain in my left side but tried to ignore it.
Just as she was about to come at us again, Stefan appeared out of nowhere and hold her against one of the buses.
"Vicki!" Jeremy yelled and Stefan, stupidly, turned his head towards him only for Vicki to pus him away and go under the buss. Stefan turned to Lena then to me then to Jeremy and then to Lena and me.
"Go! Get inside!" I grabbed Lena's hand and she grabbed Jeremy's. "Go!" We started running towards inside. When we were almost there, Vicki appeared and threw Jeremy with Lena away in a blink of an eye, then grabbed me, turned me towards her and bit into my neck. I wanted to scream from the pain, but then-
NORMAL POV
Everyone looked as Vicki bit Victoria and they couldn't believe it. Stefan started to get the make-shift stake (some piece of wood), so he didn't see what Elena and Jeremy saw. At first, it looked like she was going to scream - the usual reaction. However, instead of that, her face turned blank. No pain, nothing. Lena thought of the worst - that she died.
"Tori!"
Just as she said that, Stefan stabbed Vicki through the heart. She became grey and veins started to appear all over her body.
"Oh my god .. Vicki!" Jeremy started yelling and wanted to get to her, but Stefan hold her back. Victoria just stood there, looking at nothing. Elena turned to Stefan.
"Get him out of here." She said with shaky breath. Stefan nodded and lead Jeremy out while calling someone. She turned to her sister who turned to her. "Tori .. ?"
"What?" It came out wrong to Elena's ears. Almost like when their parents died.
"Are you .. alright?" Tori just cocked her head to the side while holding one arm on her neck, applying pressure.
"Kind of. Why shouldn't I be?" Just as Elena was about to respond, Damon showed up. He was looking at Vicki's dead body.
"You should go. I got this." He told them.
"You did this. This is your fault." Elena accused him. Tori just looked at them both with a slightly amused look at her face.
"You confuse me with someone with remorse." Elena just tried to push him away - which, of course, had no effect, and then tired to slap him, only to have her wrist get hold by Damon. "None of this matters to me. None of it."
"People die around you, Damon. How can you act like it doesn't matter? It matters, and you know it." She cried and then slapped him.
"You need to leave." Damon's voice was firm and cold as he looked at Elena. "Both of your wounds are bleeding." He said, turning to look at Tori. When he finally looked at her eyes, he was shocked - but well kept it off his face. He knew those eyes - those were the eyes that held nothingness. He had seen it only in himself for a very long time. He decided to ignore it and continued. "And you, need, to leave."
Elena just took Tori's hand and walked away. After walking for a bit, they heard Matt and turned, seeing him running towards them.
"Elena, Tori, hey ! ... wow, what happened?" He asked, referring to the blood on them.
"Nothing. Some very stupid and brave idiot got us with some fake blood. Talked to him for a few minutes. He'll know not to do that the next time." Tori replied with a small smirk. Elena and Matt just looked at her with weird expressions.
"We're gonna go home and shower." Elena added and was about to turn.
"I can't find Vicki." He told them and Elena started feeling guilty already. "She totally bailed on me."
"We don't know where she is."
"Is this what I'm in for - a lifetime of worrying about her?"
"You're a good brother, Matt." Elena tried to assure him.
"Yeah, Maybe she went home." He gave them a very weak smile.
"Maybe." Elena whispered and they went into Elena's car. Elena started crying and hitting the steering wheel, while Tori looked at her and couldn't really understand why Elena was crying.
When they both got home, Elena went to Stefan.
"Where is he?" She demanded of him.
"Inside, in his room." Stefan answered. She ran inside to find Jeremy. Meanwhile, Tori just sat next to him, doing literally nothing. Stefan saw that something was wrong. "Hey, what's wrong .. ?" He asked slowly.
TORI POV
"Hey, what's wrong .. ?" I heard Stefan ask me. What's wrong? Why should something be .. Oh, maybe he's talking about that. For some reason, I can't feel anything. I slowly turned to him.
"Nothing's wrong. Why?"
"You just look .. I don't know. I kind of expected you to run to Jeremy with Elena." When he mentioned Jeremy, I slightly felt something. Was that worry?
"I'm fine, don't worry about it." I said and there was silence for a few minutes. I saw Lena walking out with a tear-streaked face. She look at me for a minute before turning to Stefan who stood up.
"Are you okay?" Of course he's ok. Why shouldn't he be? He only killed someone, which he hates doing.
"Yeah. I, uh, I wanted to help her. But instead, uh .." He trailed off. "How's he doing?"
"He's a mess. I don't want him going through this again. He's just a kid."
"Look, Elena, what can I do? What can I do to help? I'll do anything." Oh, please ..
"Can you make him forget?" Forget? Yeah, that'll bite you in the ass later ..
"Elena .."
"Stefan, please. I don't know how he'll ever get past this. I just want him to forget everything that happened."
"If I did it, there's no guarantee that it would work. Because of who I am, because of how I live .. I don't have the ability to do it right."
"I can do it." A familiar voice said and I looked towards it, seeing Damon. "If this is what you want." He said looking at me and Lena. "I'll do it."
"It's what I want." Lena said and turned towards me. I just gave a slight nod. "It's what we want." Stefan just nodded.
"What do you want him to know?" Damon asked, leaning forward a little bit.
"I want you to tell him that Vicki left town and she's not coming back. That he shouldn't look for her or worry about her. He's going to miss her but he knows it's for the best." Damon just nodded and went back inside. Lena came over and sat next to me, looking at me and I just looked away. I knew what was about to happen, so I just stood up and walked inside. I walked past Damon, who actually looked a little bit worried, and into my room. I laid down on my bed and went to sleep, feeling only exhaustion, understanding why I didn't really feel anything - I can't believe this is starting to happen ..
So, what do you think is happening to her? Also, I gave a few .. 'hints' at the start of the chapter and at some places. The one who answers correctly (who understands what's happening) will get a biscuit ! Also, something of a 'preview', if you could call it that, for what will possibly happen (you can try to figure it out for yourselves ^^). P.s. This is waay before the sacrifice, so don't even try to go there :D
"So, you really want to do this? You do know that there's no going back?" The witch said, look at her.
"Yeah, I know. Just get it over with." Tori answered. With that, the witch held both of her hands on either side of Tori's head and started chanting. "I hope that Jeremy and Lena will be fine with when I do what I have to do .." Of course, little did Tori know, that that thought changed everything that she wanted to do. After a while, the witch withdrew her hands.
"It's done."
"Good. I guess I don't have to remind you to not tell anyone about this, correct?" The witch just nodded with a gentle smile and kissed her very gently.
"Good luck. Don't try anything stupid."