Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries.

A/N: Just watched the TO finale and I'm pissed. Sorry I'm a monster Kol fan. Why tease us like that since he's died to screw us over. Sorry back to the point it sort of inspired me as to where I wanted to take this story.

Don't talk to strangers

Jolie's POV

Eleanor Roosevelt once said no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. But that's not true. The people you let into your heart can bring you down to your lowest point. They know your insecurities your fears and your weaknesses. They know just where to put the knife and which to twist it.

I got this odd feeling someone was watching me but I didn't know who. Town square was full of people but I couldn't tell if someone was actually watching me. Maybe I was just being paranoid. I made my way in front of my favorite book store. It was the day after Elena's birthday and I didn't feel like being alone in the house.

It was closed. Now that was odd. I turned around and there was this guy staring at me intensely. A group of people had me surrounded. They began to whisper and mummer about themselves.

"Do you have the time?" I looked at the man in front of me. He had fair skin and light wrinkles. His hair was black but it had a grey streak. His eyes were a cold brown. What caught my attention was the necklace he wore. It was almost the same as a charm on my birth mother's charm bracelet.

I'd spent so much time staring at that charm bracelet I could recognize each one with only a mere glance. I pulled out my phone to tell him the time.

"It's 12:05." I told him what he wanted to know.

"Thank you so much Jolie." I paused and stared at him with wide eyes. I never told him my name. I smiled as politely as I could. My instinct began to take over. I broke into a run. I don't know why but something told me to get as far away from them as possible.

"Abominabile vobis dicimus deposuit robur spiritus" I didn't understand the words they all began to chant. Their words echoed in my mind. Pain began to take over.

I fell to my knees clutching my head. The pain was starting to become unbearable. The darkness began to overtake me. Everything went silent. I heard nothing, I saw nothing, I couldn't help but wonder if I was dead.

No POV

"Quickly grab her. We don't have much time before the spell wears off." The man Jolie had been talking to. Ordered a man to pick her up. A large bulky man swung her over his shoulder not bothering to be gentle.

"Why now Marcus?" A woman who appeared to be in her mid thirties with long curly black hair.

"Before now I could not find her, Diane. Gracie's spell was powerful but with help from the other side I was finally able to locate her." Marcus lead his group into the woods and out to a clearing.

"Who is this girl again?" A younger member of the group spoke up. She appeared to be in her early twenties.

"Jolie Valentin St. Michael. Her mother was Gracie Valentin. Her mother broke nature's law by bringing this abomination into the world. Now it is our covens' responsibility to take her out of this world while she is still permanently killable." Marcus looked at Jolie with disdain almost hatred burned in his eyes.

The Witches began to diligently set up the ground.

Jolie's POV

I began to stir and fear automatically took over my body. What were these people? A voice started talking to me in my head.

The voice was deep and gravely. It for some reason made me feel safe. It made me feel like everything was going to be okay.

"Listen to me Jolie. I want you to jump up and run as fast as you possibly can. No matter what just run and put as much distance between yourself and this place." I paused, thinking if I should do what the voice said.

For some reason I trusted it. It didn't know why but I did. Something in the back of my mind told me I could trust whoever this was.

I jumped up. They are seemed very surprised by my sudden movement. I did as I was instructed and ran with everything I had.

"Stop the wench." I heard a man cry out.

"Abominabile vobis dicimus deposuit robur spiritus" There were those words again. Once more the pain in my head came over. My movements stop. I could feel myself about to pass out again.

"Jolie get up and run. Fight through the pain and just run." The voice was back. I was about to argue but I couldn't bring myself to.

There was a fight in me that I didn't even know I had. I moved the pain only became more and more intense. I started it running faster and faster.

Adrenaline was the only thing that kept me moving. I was scared and confused by what was happening. I ran for about five minutes before looking back. There was nothing or no one. Then all of a sudden there was this burning white light where I had been earlier. I had to shield my eyes from the blinding light.

"For now you are safe." The voice told me. Curiosity was getting the better of me.

"Don't go over there J please don't be stupid don't go over there." I was officially crazy. I was arguing with myself.

I found myself walking back towards the ground they had taken me. No one was alive. Torched plants and trees crunched underneath my feet.

I looked at the man I had told the time to and he looked the worse. His eyes had been completely burned out of their sockets. His face was almost unrecognizable. The only way I knew it was him was because of his necklace.

"This is your fault. You damned us all you abomination." My heart skipped a beat out of fear. He was suddenly talking.

Why did he call me an abomination? None of this made any sense to me.

"What?" That was the only intelligent thing I could say.

"If your mother had not laid with that creature we'd all still be alive." Those were his last words before his head turned to the side.

I was shaken to my core. I just wanted to go home. I slowly tore myself away from their rapidly decaying flesh. I walked home clenching myself very tightly.

I couldn't help but wonder if that man was right. If I was somehow responsible for this. Part of me wanted to believe he was lying that this was all some big prank by someone. But a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach told me it wasn't.

I kept walking until I stopped dead in my tracks by what was in front of me… or should I say who. It was that little old lady from last night, Helen.

"Come my child we must get you away from here." I took my eyes off her for only a blink of an eye before she stood calmly in front of me. She wrapped an arm calmly around me.

"Who are you? What are you?" I looked at her with fear but I couldn't shrug off her touch. It was soothing and after the day I had, I honestly I didn't have the energy.

"In time my dear. Now let's get you home so you can pack." I looked at her with fearful eyes.

"Pack?" I didn't feel like saying anything else.

"Yes. We must get you to safety right now. I will explain everything just trust me like you trusted the voice earlier." I looked at her.

"You…you know. About the voice I mean." So I wasn't completely crazy or she was right there with me.

"Yes. Thing will make much more sense soon. I promise but for now just trust me Jolie." I could only stare at her.

"Trust her Jolie. She only wants what is best for you." There he was again, guiding me. He helped me before so why would he betray me now.

I nodded at her. We walked until we came to a car. It was a shiny grey Toyota highlander. The model looked new enough. I climbed into the passenger side while Helen got into the driver's side. The drive was silent. I could barely form a complete thought yet alone a question.

"You must hurry I'll wait here." I listened to her not realizing we'd already arrived at my house. I began to think about what I was going to tell Elena and Jeremy about where I was going. I didn't even know myself.

I was going to have to lie. I just hoped they didn't see through it.

I made my way into the house. I grabbed my duffle bag and my backpack. I put things I thought I would need; cell phone, cell phone charger, books, laptop, clothes, shoes, my diary, toothpaste, toothbrush, etc.

I made sure to grab Mr. Fluffy Tails my stuffed bunny. He had gotten me through a lot. I had this feeling I was going to need him now more than ever.

I heard the front door open and close. I grabbed my bags and headed down stairs.

"Hey you going somewhere?" Alaric looked at me confused. So did Jeremy and Elena.

"Um…yeah camp. Aunt Jenna signed me up for an educational summer camp. She wanted to break me out of my shell. I wasn't originally going to go but I changed my mind." I looked at them not entirely sure they had bought it.

"Do you need a ride?" I looked at Jeremy.

"No. I know someone else going and their grandmother stopped by to give me a ride. She's waiting outside I need to go." With that I left after an exchange of a few pleasantries. I climbed into the car with Helen.

"Hey." Alaric startled me by appearing on my side of the car. He looked from me to Helen.

"Y…yes Alaric." I looked at him wide eyed like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Is there something you need sir? We need to go and pick up my granddaughter if we're going to make camp check in." I tried to hide my surprise at Helen's words.

"No I just wanted to remind her to have fun and here you forgot this." I looked at what he had in his hands. It was the perfume and necklace Elena got me.

"Thanks Alaric." I grabbed them for him. It wasn't long before we began to move away from the house. I was going to ask how she knew what to say but at this point in my day it was the least shocking thing.

I watched the Mystic falls sign pass by. I was beginning to have second thoughts but it was too late to turn back now. About twenty minutes later the car stopped in front of a big house. It had beautiful white marble pillars out front.

I grabbed my stuff and followed her inside.

"Where have you…" She paused and stared at me wide eyed. It was my aunt Jenna.

"Jolie." With that she wrapped her arms around me for a tight hug. Tears began to sting my eyes. I couldn't stop them from falling down my face. I couldn't move for awhile. I finally got up the strength to hug her back.

"You're…you're dead. What's happening?" I voice croaked from the tears.

"I'm not entirely sure myself sweetie." Aunt Jenna let go and looked me in the eyes.

"Come on you two can finish this later. For now let me show you to your room. After the day you've had you need to rest." Helen didn't look back as she made her way up the staircase.

I followed after with Jenna holding onto me. All of this was going to take some getting use to .

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