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Elena turned around quickly, "Johanna?"
Johanna forced a half smile, "Hey Elena…"
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"It's a party I thought anyone could come… I can leave if-"
"No I mean what are you doing here? As in Mystic Falls."
"I um finished my junior year. I didn't really do very well so I didn't get a second scholarship at the school so I had to move back home." Elena nodded her head, "Not that I didn't want to come back home. I just said had because if I didn't I would be not finishing school and Jenna said the only way I could stay is if I was at the performing arts school. Um speaking of, where is Jenna?"
"Uhh Johanna maybe we should talk later back at the house."
"Why? What's wrong, is she sick?"
"No Johanna. Jenna died, Johanna."
"And you didn't feel the need to inform me about this."
"Well it is hard to inform someone about something when you just up and left."
"Yeah I did leave but you guys had all my contact information. No no you were hiding something and seeing as though you are still lingering around the Salvatore's I'm sure it had to do with vamp-"before she could finish her sentence Damon sped over to her and covered her mouth.
"Didn't you hear the birthday girl? Let's talk about this at home." He compelled.
Johanna's eyes turned yellow and she bit down on Damon's hand he pulled back surprised, "Elena I understand you are pissed that I left but hiding my Aunt's death is a low blow. We will talk about this sooner than later. Happy Birthday Sister." Johanna pushed past Damon and Elena and grabbed a bottle from Caroline's hand and, took a gulp of it. She turned back around, "It's good to be home."
[Flashback]
Jeremy handed Elena the Gilbert family ring and a note from her now deceased father, "Jeremy, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that you've lost so many people."
For a moment there was silence as the two siblings just stared into each other's mournful eyes, "I still have you." Jeremy said with a half-smile. Elena nodded with a loud sigh and pulled him into a tight loving embrace.
[End of flashback]
"Jenna's dead?" Chelsy asks in shock. Johanna was pacing back and forth in her old room.
"Who does she think she is?" Johanna looks at Weston.
"She was trying to protect you-"
"No I protect them. That was my job… I could've done something. I could've stopped the stupid vampire. I shouldn't have left. I just-", Johanna started to cry and she fell to the ground curling up into a ball.
"Jo..." Weston started but Chelsy put her hand up. Chelsy wasn't trying to be rude but she had been with Jo through ever death, heartache and panic attack. She wasn't going to sit by and let Jo fall apart like this. So, Weston stepped down and Chelsy crouched in front of Johanna and sighed. Johanna looked up and Chelsy was taken aback, though she hid it with compassion, because Jo's eyes were a mix between her natural hazel and the supernatural bright yellow.
"She isn't dead. Jenna can't be dead."
"What do you feel?"
"What do I feel? I feel to much! All the emotions, confusion, pain, anger, regret, guilt, every bad emotion is in me eating me from the inside out!" Johanna says getting up. Chelsy stands up with her, "Jo please… it's okay calm dow-"
Johanna interrupts, "No! I… Chelsy you don't understand… I feel everything and all the emotions come back to one thing and that is hunger! The want to rip someone open feed on them and then do it a thousand more times and grovel and the lives lost!" Johanna's eyes are bright yellow and her fangs are growing, "That is what I am now no better than a vampire because I am a monster! I am marked and dead there is nothing more for me!" Johanna looks at Weston who quickly looks away guiltily.
Johanna had hot tears pouring, "The one thing… the one thing I could hold onto was that I was still the glue to my family and now I could become the protector. That is what got me through the nights of craving death. And now… I already failed at that and there has been two… two more deaths." The last parts came in only a whisper. She had an emotionless face past all the tears with her eyes hazel once again and her fangs hidden. She was looking down at the ground lost in thought.
Chelsy looked back at Weston and Weston looked from Chelsy to Johanna.
"Johanna you aren't a monster." All three of them followed the voice and saw Jeremy in the door way. Johanna looked at him and tears came to her eyes overwhelmed with guilt. He smiled lightly and they simultaneously went to hug each other. Johanna broke down in Jeremy's arms and he held her.
"You aren't a monster. You're my sister." Jeremy rubbed her back, "You're my sister. You're the glue and my favorite protector and I love you."
"I love you too, Jer." Johanna whispers.
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Two women watched as Johanna slept in Chelsy's guest bedroom. The young one with the striking blue eyes snapped, "This girl is weak a pathetic waste. She shouldn't even have the right to be called a gypsy, When is it time?" Her eyes boiled with a grey tent washing over quickly then going back to the ice blue.
"In time everything will be ready for the ceremony and all will be restored." The older one simply stated.
"Just remember, Esther, without my help you will be stuck with the burden of your disgraceful children."
"And you just remember without my help you won't get a chance to live!" Esther snaps at the young brunette.
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Damon is taking off all of his summer research, in his closet, about Stefan knowing there was no saving for him. His TV was on and he overheard a news reporter say something his dead girlfriend Andie and her death. Elena walks in quietly and Damon just smirks continuing to remove new clippings from the door.
"Just can't stay away, can you?" Damon asks as Elena comes up to Damon.
Elena sighs, "You've been dodging my calls."
"Yeah, well, busy dating a dead fake girlfriend and all." He scoffed.
Elena's demeanor changes feeling guilty, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Damon laughs under his breath, "Happy Birthday, Elena. Stefan killed Andie. Cake?" He pushed past Elena and walked towards the fire pit.
"He called me, Damon." Elena muttered quietly.
Damon turns around and stares at Elena, "What?"
Elena crosses her arms across her chest, "Stefan called me last night."
Damon's eyebrow raised, "Well, what'd he say?"
"He didn't say anything…" Damon rolled his eyes and turned back to the fireplace, "but it was him. I asked Sheriff Forbes if she would trace the call's origin. It came from Tennessee.
Damon crumpled up the papers and threw them, "Where he's binge drinking on the country folk. We went through this, Elena. Stefan's gone. I don't mean geographically." He grabs a match box.
Elena stepped forward as if to challenge him, "If he was gone, he wouldn't have called."
"Elena we have more important things to talk about." He said turning back to look at Elena.
"Like?" Elena inquired.
"Like your sister. You remember the one who bit me and knows I am a vampire."
"Well she has been staying at her Chelsy's house I haven't been able to talk to her." Elena said trying to avoid the topic.
"The wolf boy's cousin?" Damon questioned.
"Yes Tyler's cousin." Elena says with frustration then she continues, "and I don't want to talk to or talk about Johanna. I have more important things to do than have to explain myself to my sister that has been on hiatus for over seven months." Elena storms out of Damon's room.
[Flash Back]
"Resist the urge. As a gypsy yes blood taste good and we want it but we don't need it to survive." Weston teaches Johanna. Johanna was falling apart by a single cup of blood. She was breaking out in a sweat trying to listen to Weston's voice but the blood is taking out any form of concentration she had.
"Johanna, look at me." Johanna ignores his voice and he repeats himself till she looks up at the boy.
"Distract yourself. Tell me to something else. Tell me about your family." Weston suggests.
"Well my mom and dad died they adopted me and told me my whole life I was my twin sisters twin but we aren't even related. I lived with my Aunt Jenna, my sister Elena, and my brother Jeremy." Johanna never took her eyes Weston until she had guilt. "Then I left all of them because a ghost told me too and… This isn't working! All this is doing is making me want the blood more!" The guilt then formed into hunger once again.
Weston stopped her rant, "Don't think of bad memories. Tell me the best memory from when your parents were alive."
Johanna closed her eyes and she breathed in and out thinking looking for a good time. She smiled, "Elena and I were both nine and Jeremy just turned eight. It was thanksgiving and the whole family came in. It was my mom's first year to do thanksgiving without her parents so at first we all thought it would have been a terrible disaster." Johanna quietly laughed remembering, "And it was the turkey burnt and the cobbler kinda exploded. Jeremy spilled gravy on John and Jenna got red wine on my mom's favorite apron. By the end of the night we ended up ordering pizza. Despite all the chaos we never lost it. We were all happy." Johanna opened her eyes back up and she looked at the blood then back at Weston.
She smiled, "You did it I… I'm not hungry anymore."
"I told you. Now every time you start to feel hungry go back to that thanksgiving. That happy place and breath soon you will forget your hunger altogether." Weston smiled.
[Flashback end]
"Go away, Damon!" Alaric yells from his bed. Someone knocks at his door again and Alaric groans and goes to the door.
Alaric's eyes eyes widened, "Hi." Elena said.
Alaric buttons his pants back embarrassed, "You're, uh... Not who I expected."
"I need you to tell me what you know about Stefan and Tennessee." Elena demands.
Alaric sighed, "Did you miss the part where I checked out of all this?"
"Come on, Ric. Whatever Damon knows, you know." She whines.
Alaric pinches the bridge of his nose, "Ask Damon."
"Yeah, but Damon's not exactly in the mood to help right now." Elena continues her whining.
"For good reason. There are things to worry about here. And because it's not safe for you. Stefan's off the rails." Alaric states simply.
"Yeah, but he's still holding on to his humanity, which means he can still be saved."
"And why do you have to be the one to save him?" Alaric inquires.
"Because I'm not the kind of person who checks out. Look, he would never give up on me. I'm not gonna give up on him. Tell me what you know, Ric. Please."
Alaric moans out of annoyance and he realizes he won't win this one, "They've been tracking werewolves, he and Klaus. All over the eastern seaboard. We thought we had 'em outside of Memphis..."
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Klaus and Stefan are walking in the mountains. Stefan has a werewolf, Ray, over his shoulder unconscious and bloody.
Klaus looks over at Stefan, "You okay? Is Ray getting heavy?"
Stefan rolls his eyes, "I'm fine."
Klaus scoffs, "You sure about that? You know, we've been walking for quite some time now. If you need some water or a little sit-down..."
Stefan interrupts him, "You know, I get that we're, uh... we're stuck together, but if we could maybe just skip the chitchat, it'd be great."
"So much brooding. Your self-loathing is suffocating you, my friend." Klaus points to Stefan.
"Maybe it's 'cause I'm a little tired of hunting werewolves. We've been at it all summer."
Klaus just smirks, "Thanks to our pal Ray, we found ourselves a pack. There." Stefan looks through the trees and sees a large group of campers. They finally found a pack after almost three full months this was the first glimpse of hope for Stefan to be able to see Elena again. Stefan walks in setting down Ray's body grasping everyone's attention.
One girl runs to Ray's side, "Ray! Oh, my God. What's going on? Who are you?" She asks Stefan.
Klaus saunters up and rejoins Stefan, "The important question is who am I. Please forgive the intrusion. My name is Klaus." He smirks a devilishly.
The woman stands up and backs away slowly, "You're the hybrid."
Klaus's smile grows, "You've heard of me. Fantastic."
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Johanna hears a loud crash and runs to Chelsy's room, "Shit Chelsy what's going on?" Johanna walked in and saw Chelsy stands across from her now broken mirror.
"Blake and Brandon are visiting are sister pack in Tennessee." Chelsy had hot tears streaming down her face.
"And?"
"And the hybrid and Stefan are there. The hybrid wants to turn them all into hybrids!" Chelsy breaks down and Johanna runs up to her and hugs her. "Hey listen we will save them. We will get them back I promise." Chelsy nods.
Weston walks in, "What's going on?"
"A member of Chelsy's pack just died in Tennessee." Johanna lies. Chelsy looks to Johanna and Johanna nods slightly as if to tell Chelsy to lie as well.
"Tennessee? I thought the pack was in Colorado?" Weston questions.
Chelsy looks to Weston, "He was visiting family. He was our Alpha. The whole pack is going today to pay respects. I need to go… Johanna will you go with me?" Johanna nods.
"Of course Chelsy." Johanna smiles lightly.
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"It's fascinating, actually... A werewolf who isn't beholden to the moon, a vampire who doesn't burn in the sun. A true hybrid." Klaus gives his speech then Ray wakes up almost on command with a dramatic gasp, "Excellent timing, Ray. Very dramatic." Klaus smirks.
Ray turns over on his stomach, "What's happening to me?
"Stefan?" Klaus called eyeing him.
Stefan stands up, "Are any of you human? Your friend here needs human blood to complete his transition to vampire. If he doesn't get it, he will die."
"Doesn't take much, just a sip. Anyone? A boyfriend, a girlfriend, along for the ride?" Klaus asks but no one steps forward. He hears one heart in particular start to speed up. He looks at a tall blonde guy and points to him, "You." He rushed over to him and bites down on his forearm. Klaus then pushes him to Stefan who catches him. He throws him on the ground in front of Ray. The woman tried to protest but Klaus catches her and holds her by her hair.
"If you don't drink it, Ray, I will. Problem is I don't know how to stop." Stefan says hungrily.
Klaus looks at the young woman in front of him, "It's the new order, sweetheart. You join us, or you die."
The woman cringes, "I'd rather die than be a vampire."
Klaus smirks, "Wrong choice." He bits his wrist and shoves his wrist into her mouth giving her his blood. Ray then drinks the blood from the man.
"She'll thank me for that later." He calls out snapping her neck.
Klaus turns to the pack his eyes golden and his fangs out, "Okay, who's next?"
(His eyes are yellow and his fangs are out)
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Johanna and Chelsy jump out of Chelsy's jeep and start their hike into the woods. "Would you like to tell me why you lied to Weston?" Chelsy questioned.
Johanna looked up towards the mountains, "He hates vampires and when we talked about the original vampires he had a full on hissy fit. He wouldn't have wanted me to come and help you."
"There are original vampires?" Chelsy asks.
"Yeah apparently they are the reason gypsies are extinct. Weston never really liked to talk about the history. Long story short it is better if he doesn't know that I am getting into supernatural stuff. So do you smell them or something?" Johanna asks hopping on top of a log.
Chelsy joins her and sticks her noes in the air the growls, "No I can't smell them at all." She puts her face into her hands. Johanna puts a comforting hand on her back.
"Hey Chels' it's all good we will find… Wait." Johanna's eyes spark yellow then back to hazel, "I smell something." Johanna says.
"You smell Blake and Brandon?" Chelsy looks up at Jo.
"No I smell blood." Johanna jumps off the log and follows the beautiful smell, "Come on this way." She calls to Chelsy who starts to catch up with her.
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"In a couple hours, the full moon's gonna rise just above that Ridge. If Tyler's right, that's where the pack'll be." Alaric stops by a lake.
"You were a boy scout, weren't you? A boy scout, slash vampire slayer?" Elena jokes.
Alaric sighs, "Slash whiskey-drinking all-around lost cause." He opens his bag filled with weapons.
Elena gawks at it, "Wow. You came stocked."
"Well, we aren't exactly bird-watching. Here. Put that in your bag." He hands her a grenade.
Elena grabs it, "Vervain grenade?" she questions.
"Wolfsbane." Alaric corrects her.
Elena pulls out a Gilbert ring, "Well, since we're exchanging gifts..."
"That's John Gilbert's ring." Alaric states.
"It was yours once. Go ahead. Take it. I'll protect you from whatever supernatural danger we're about to get ourselves into."
Alaric shakes his head, "He gave it to you."
Elena shrugs her shoulders, "Yeah, but I'm a doppelgänger and Johanna is clearly not human. It's not gonna work on us. He left it for if I ever have kids."
"Yeah, well, then why don't you save it for future generations of stubborn, relentless baby Gilberts?" Alaric asks.
"Okay, and how 'bout you borrow it until after we survive this? I'd feel bad if I got you killed before happy hour." Elena teased. Alaric takes the ring. She walks over to the big lake, "I don't know why you think that you're a lost cause." Then suddenly Damon arrives and pushes her. She goes flying into the water.
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"Did you hear that?" Chelsy asks Johanna.
"You mean the girl scream and then a big splash?"
"No I mean the quaint bird chirping. Yes the squeal it could be a wolf." Chelsy starts to run to the sound.
"It is probably just some stupid girl!" Johanna yells not wanting to leave the scent of the blood. Chelsy doesn't stop and Johanna sped up quickly to catch up with Chelsy.
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Elena breaks out from under the water, "Damon! How are you even here?"
Damon fist bumps Alaric, "Thanks for the tip, brother." Elena shocked stares at Alaric.
"You sold me out!"
Alaric scoffs, "You think I'd take you to a mountain range of werewolves on a full moon without backup?"
Chelsy runs out from the forest and stops suddenly when she sees Elena and Damon. Johanna stops herself a little past Chelsy bending over out of breath. "Still not too good with long distance gypsy speed." Johanna looks up and see's Elena, Damon and Alaric. Her eyes widen and then she turns to Chelsy, "Told you it was just a stupid girl." She whispers.
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Klaus gives his blood to the human in the pack and starts to compel him, "There. Good as new. Now you relax, okay, mate? We're gonna need you when the rest of them wake up."
"They're dead. They're all dead." Ray says shakily.
"Ah, he's through his transition. He should be feeling better soon."
Stefan looks at Klaus, "So is this your master plan? Build an army of hybrid slaves?"
"No, not slaves. Soldiers, comrades."
"For what war, might I ask?" Stefan retorts.
Klaus only scoffs, "Oh, you don't arm yourself after war has been declared, Stefan. You build your army so big that no one ever dares pick a fight."
"What makes you so sure that they'll be loyal?" Stefan questions.
Klaus smirks, "Well, it's not difficult to be loyal when you're on the winning team. That's something you'll learn once you shake that horribly depressive chip off your shoulder."
Stefan laughs, "That's why you're, uh... you're keeping me around? To witness my attitude adjustment?
"You'll know why I'm keeping you around when I've decided that I want you to know."
Ray's eyes start bleeding and his shaking begins to worsen. Klaus notices, "Something's wrong."
"That shouldn't be happening, should it?" Stefan asks sarcastically.
"Well, obviously." Klaus says starting to get frustrated.
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Elena looks at Johanna while she is still in the water. "What are you doing here?"
"You know the usual bird watching." Johanna says growing a smirk.
Damon walks up to Jo, "No what are you really doing here?"
"We don't have to tell you anything." Johanna stands up closer to Damon. Damon snarls and grabs Johanna's neck and pins her to a tree.
Elena gasps, "Damon stop!"
"Now listen here Jo. I don't care what you are I am still a very old vampire. Don't disrespect me. Don't be difficult." He keeps her there and she is scratching at his hand. Alaric helped Elena out of water and she ran up to Damon and Jo.
"Damon I am serious! Stop!"
Damon ignores Elena, "Now little Lockwood," he shouts over his shoulder, "What are you two doing here? Tell me or I get to see if Johanna still has a heart."
Chelsy panics, "My brothers' are here visiting the pack that Klaus is planning to turn into hybrid and Johanna and I are here to save them." Damon lets go of Johanna and she leans on the tree for support. "There was that so hard?" He inquires looking back and forth from Johanna to Chelsy.
Elena tries to help Johanna but she speeds behind Chelsy, "No, Elena I am sorry but being close to me isn't wise." Johanna's fangs were out and her eyes were a bright yellow.
Damon then grabs Elena's forearm, "Elena we are leaving."
"No!" She shouts.
Damon turns around to look at her, "What's your big plan, Elena? Huh? You gonna walk through a campsite full of werewolves, roast a marshmallow, and wait for Stefan to stop by?"
"My plan is to find him and help him. Damon, this is the closest that we've been to him since he left. I'm not going home."
"Klaus thinks you died when he broke the curse. That makes you safe. This, this is not safe." He points all around and then at Johanna and Chelsy.
Elena sighed, "I'm not leaving before we find him."
"It's a full moon tonight, Elena."
"It Is?" Chelsy asked.
Elena ignored her and Johanna started shaking her head looking up at the sky, "Then we'll find him before then. Damon, please." She is still looking intently at Damon.
"How can you forget that!" Johanna shouts. "Don't you have an app for that or something?"
"That's for the other time mother nature calls. By the way I think you should really get it. I promise you would never be surprised or…"
"Chelsy back on topic."
"Okay. Okay. But if we aren't out of here before the moon is full and I'm werewolf bait." Damon finally gives in.
"Wait what?" Johanna asks shocked.
Elena and Damon looked at her, "Are you seriously giving in? Elena this isn't safe for you."
"Jo no offense but I have been through much worse than you probably have in the last seven months."
Johanna stares at Elena for a second shocked at her ignorance. She was truly speechless until she found the scent of blood again. Johanna just smirks, "Yeah probably… well we better run. Thanks for nothing." Chelsy follows Johanna and the run off.
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"The sun is setting how much time do we have before I have to play death tag with you?" Johanna asks.
"We have a little longer." Chelsy said and then suddenly we heard Elena scream and a growl." Johanna's eyes turned yellow and she sped to her sister. Johanna saw Elena and Alaric across from Damon who was getting attacked by what looked like a vampire. Johanna grabbed the guy and bit into his neck but at the same time the guy bit into hers. Johanna unlatched her mouth and screamed in pain from the surprising bite. He wouldn't let go. Johanna growled herself and let instinct take over. Her hand slammed into the hybrids chest. She grabbed his heart out and the guy fell to the ground.
Johanna stared at the heart in her hands. "Johanna... Thank you." Elena said. Johanna looked up at Elena and then to Damon.
"Get Elena out of here." Johanna mumbled.
"Your hurt we need to get you out of here too." Damon said walking closer to Johanna.
"No I am fine the bite won't kill me. Get her out now!"
Chelsy walked up behind Johanna and looked up at the moon, "Johanna..." she mumbled before she started to yell.
"Damon please." Johanna begged and Damon walked over to Elena and Alaric.
Johanna looked at Chelsy who was transitioning quickly, "Alright Chelsy tag your it." Johanna ran.
After about thirty minutes Johanna stopped out of breath and very sick. She started to throw up blood. Johanna hears the howl of three wolves and knew Chelsy found her brothers. She smiled but panicked feeling her neck. It was still not healed and seething with pain.
Johanna turned around and started to run in a new direction hoping to stay out of sight by the 3 wolves. However she tripped feeling a wave of dizziness.
"Well well well what do we have here?" Johanna heard a intriguing British voice say. She felt to strong hands grab her from behind and lift her up. Johanna was dizzy and fell backwards whimpering in pain.
Her eyes refocused and She saw a handsome face in front of her. He was tall with deep blue eyes but his vibe was screaming of negativity. Johanna tried to get out of the hands that held onto her.
Klaus saw her struggle and smirked devilishly, "Hello, love."
I am still making you guys hang off that cliff, sorry. Thanks for reading I love y'all oddles and oddles, Savy