Hey y'all! Sorry if this update took longer than expected. I am a perfectionist when it comes to the storyline of this story so it took some work to make it flow! Please enjoy.
Johanna woke up to the sound of Damon's scream. Her eyes fluttered open and she shook her head to try and come back to reality quicker. Damon was tied up in a chair. Sunlight was beaming in through a large window burning him. Johanna stood up as quickly as she could and, she closed the curtains that surrounded the window. She turned to Damon.
He sighed and hung his head low,"Thank you." Damon murmured.
Johanna grabbed his daylight ring from the ground. She walked over to him, put it on his finger and ripped off the chains that bound him, "What the hell happened last night? Did Stefan do this?"
"Nope not Stefan. I think it was the ghost of Mason Lockwood." Damon said stretching his arms.
Johanna scoffed slightly, "What? How could it be Mason?"
Damon stood up and looked carefully at Johanna, "I may have chained him to a chair, tortured him and then ripped his heart out." Johanna's eyes sparked gold. Her emotions spiked with anger.
"Damon that is… was Chelsy and Tyler's unlce!" She yelled.
Damon rolled his eyes, "He was not on our side, Johanna. He was working with Kathrine. The vampire who helped get your sister killed, might I add. Not to mention he threatened to expose Stefan and me."
Johanna rubbed her forehead attempting to comprehend Damon's actions. She sighs, "Fine… okay so if it was Mason Lockwood from beyond the grave. How did he interact with you and snap my neck?"
"I don't know but I plan to find out," Damon starts to walk upstairs. He turns around, "Oh you may want to call your sister. She wanted you to call her once you woke up… last night."
Johanna sighed, "Crap…"
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The enter town square is bustling with volunteers who were trying to get everything ready for the big event. Carol Lockwood was giving a speech about the Night of Illumination a yearly event in Mystic Falls.
Andrea and Chelsy tuned out the speech. They were sitting at a picnic table opening up boxes of lanterns. "Matt invited me in last night." Andrea said quickly with a huge smile on her face.
Chelsy's mouth drops and she laughs in excitement, "What?! Andrea that is like amazing! Oh my word I am so happy for you guys." She smiles.
"Yeah it was pretty awesome. He is finally trusting me." Andrea blushed slightly.
Chelsy stopped working, "Well I think that is a cause for a long awaited celebration drink!" Chelsy grabs Andrea's hand and pulls her from the picnic table. The two girls start to make their way to the grill.
Bonnie is on a ladder hanging lanterns from a tree.
Caroline hands her another lantern, "So when you did the spell to send Vicki away, did that get rid of Anna, too?" She asks.
Bonnie sighs, "I wish. All I did was block the magic that was helping Vicki get a physical foothold here. Jeremy's still got a direct line to the other side, and as long as he wants to see Anna and she wants to see him, she's still here." She finishes putting the last lantern in the tree and climes down off the ladder.
Caroline crosses her arms, "Okay, you don't think I can actually resist commenting on that."
"There. You commented." Bonnie starts to walk to the next tree.
"Bonnie..." Caroline says with sadness lacing her tone.
Bonnie turns quickly, "What do you want me to say, Caroline? I went against the balance of nature when I brought Jeremy back to life, and now I'm paying the consequences.
"Well, I want you to say you're not okay with it."
Bonnie shakes her head in frustration, "I'm a thousand times not okay with it. I just don't know what to do about it."
Damon's blue convertible pulls up to the two girls loudly. He smirks, "Greetings, blondie. Witchy. I think you got your voodoo wires all crossed when you got rid of Vicki Donovan." Damon states turning serious.
Bonnie furrows her brows, "What do you mean, why?"
"Because I'm pretty Johanna and I got attacked by Mason Lockwood's ghost last night. Someone snapped her neck and the spit-roasted me but there was no one actually there."
"What? Could it not have been Stefan?" Bonnie asked.
Caroline jumped in, "Yeah, why would you think it was Mason?"
Damon sighed, "Maybe because whoever it was chained me to a chair and shoved a hot poker in my chest. Let's just say I'm having déjà vu."
Caroline gives Bonnies a concerned look, "I thought you said that ghosts couldn't physically interact with people."
"They can't." Bonnie retorts.
"Yeah, well, I don't have time for a vengeful Lockwood. When I kill someone, they're supposed to stay dead. Whatever you screwed up, fix it." He drives off quickly. Bonnie grabs her phone and dials a number quickly.
"Who are you calling?" Caroline asks.
Bonnie doesn't answer Caroline but instead the person on the other line. "Hey Grant! Can you bring the grimorie from last night to the town square… Something went wrong with the spell last night… Okay thank you. See you soon." Bonnie hangs up, "We need to talk to Matt."
Caroline looks across the town square. Matt is getting more boxes from the bed of his truck. She nods her head over towards him. Bonnie turns to look at him
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Johanna walks into the Gilbert house, "Hey Family!" She yells but there is no response, "Of course no one is home…" She sighs to herself. Johanna takes off her jacket and walks into the kitchen.
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"I haven't seen Vicki, I swear. I sent her back like you told me to." Matt struggles to say.
Bonnie raises her eyebrows, "Are you sure? Because she has just as much reason to haunt Damon as Mason Lockwood does."
Matt stops Bonnie quickly, "She's gone, Bonnie. If she was here, I'd know it. Besides I was with Andrea all night. If she got past the other side or whatever it is called it would not have been through me."
"Why were you with Andrea all night," Caroline interjects. Matt looks at her with wide eyes, "Right sorry that's not my place," She looks at Bonnie, "Why do you think it's Vicki and not Mason?"
"Because if any ghost other than Vicki Donovan has a physical foothold on our side, then that means Damon's right and something has gone really, really wrong."
Matt sighs, "I've had enough of this ghost stuff to last forever. So you guys can leave me out of this one." Then he leaves quickly.
"Him and Andrea seem close." Caroline says with underline protectiveness.
"Caroline we have bigger problems than that." Bonnie states firmly
"I just feel bad for him he has been through a lot."
"Yeah" Bonnie says quitely.
Caroline then sees Grant get out of his car, "You know Grant is very nice for helping you the past couple days… So much strength as a man."
Bonnie rolls her eyes, "I've got a ghost problem to deal with, Caroline. Save the Jeremy lecture for later."
Grant smiles at the two girls, "Hey ladies."
"Did you brine the grimorie?" Bonnie asks.
"Right," Grant pulls it from his satchel but it slips from his hands. He goes to grab it when a burst of wind opens it to a certain page.
Caroline gasps, "Okay, did the grimoire just..."
"Yep"
"I think so." The two witches respond looking at each other. Bonnie goes to read the page and Grant looks at the page from behind her.
"Okay, please tell me that's a recipe for witch cookies." Caroline quips nervously.
Grant furrows his brows, "It's a manifestation spell. It's used to reveal veiled matter." Bonnie looks up at Grant.
"What's veiled matter?" Caroline asks losing her smile.
Bonnie looks to her, "Ghosts."
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Johanna groans closing the refrigerator door, "I just want good food!" She whines to the empty house. She lightly bangs her head on the door.
Suddenly, her phone rings and her head snaps up and she looks at the caller id. Her heart drops when she realizes it is Klaus's number. She just leaves her phone on the counter and she runs up stairs to get dressed for a run.
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Elena Alaric and Jeremy are sitting outside the mystic grill. Elena looks at Jeremy, "Do you think it's even possible to contact Lexi?"
"I don't know. I didn't have an emotional connection with her. I never even met her."
Alaric sighs impatiently, "Can we just drop it, please?"
"No, I can't drop it, Ric. I don't know what else to do." She snaps.
Alaric looks around nervously, "Don't you think we have a few too many dead vampires in our past to be sitting here thinking of them watching us?"
Jeremy is looking at the empty car next to him intently. Elena and Alaric take notice and they eye Jeremy with concern. Elena gasps quietly, "Is Anna here right now?"
Jeremy snaps out of his trance and looks to his sister, "No, no. I'm going to go, uh, check my work schedule." He gets up quickly only to be replaced by Stefan. He has a devious smirk plastered on his face. Elena rolls her eyes and Alaric sits up on red alert.
"Hey, guys. Who forgot to invite me to the family summit?" He sarcastically asks. He notices the journal on the table and picks it up to skim through it, "Hmm? Wow. All these words. I forgot how much I used to care."
Elena's tough exterior breaks slightly, "I didn't."
Stefan smirks looking at her, "You know, Elena, it's probably best you not torture yourself with memories from the past. It's best we both just move on and accept things as they are."
"You don't have to be here, Stefan." Alaric retorts.
"You know what, Alaric, you're right. I don't. But Elena's here, and I look out for Elena. Besides, there's going to be people everywhere tonight. So there's going to be lots to eat." He cocks his head to the right slightly. Elena looks at him shocked and disgusted.
Stefan laughs, "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Loosen up." He gets up and leaves.
Elena turns to Alaric, "I can't drop it, Ric."
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Grant, Bonnie and Caroline enter the basement of the old abandoned witch sacrifice house. Grant is reading the grimorie and Bonnie is setting some candles out.
Caroline looks around nervously, "So this is where you brought Jeremy back to life?"
Bonnie nods "Yeah. Sorry, I know it's creepy, but we needed a private place around here to do the spell."
"Hmm. There's no chance it's haunted by the hundred dead witches who were horrifically burned to death in this very spot, is there?" Caroline asks.
Bonnie sighs, "They're not here anymore. And they made it clear they were never coming back."
"Right. A pinkie swear?"
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Jeremy enters the restroom and Anna appears next to him with a concerned look on her face, "What's wrong?"
"Why did you tell me to lie?" Jeremy asks.
"Elena is Bonnie's best friend. She won't like what's going on between us." Anna explains.
"What is going on between us? I mean, how are we able to touch? Vicki had to use magic to do that."
"I don't know," Jeremy looks at Anna accusingly, "Honestly, I have no idea." Anna states.
"This witch on the other side that gave Vicki her foothold, is she helping you now?"
Anna furrows her brows, "What? No! I'm all alone, Jeremy, I told you that." Her voice cracks slightly.
"Swear to me." Jeremy demands.
Anna nods, "I swear. I'm not any danger to you or anybody, I promise." She confirms. She still sees doubt in Jeremy's eyes and grabs his hand, "Hey. I need you to believe me."
"I shouldn't even be talking to you. This is not okay." He pulls away and turns around.
Anna scoffs, "Then send me away. I'm only here because you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you. Send me away, Jeremy. It's that easy."
Jeremy looks back at Anna, "I don't know why this is happening or when it's going to stop. But before it's done... I have to do this." He quickly pulls Anna towards him and kisses her.
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Caroline is lights some candles and then turns to Bonnie, "Ready? Do you need me to do..."
Bonnie and Grant are side by side holding each other's hand casting the spell. Caroline nods her head then looks around awkwardly before whispering to herself, "Right. Okay."
Wind begins to pick up within the room.
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Elena and Alaric are inside the Grill now. Alaric nods his head toward the back room behind the bar, "I'll grab Jeremy."
Elena starts to walk towards the restroom, "I'll be right back."
Alaric is up by the bar now and Damon takes a seat next to him. Alaric looks at Damon and rolls his eyes, "You know, I've had enough vampires today, thanks."
Damon scoffs "Oh, come on. Have a drink with me. We've got trouble."
"No, you've got trouble. See, we're not a team. You tried to kill me. All right? We're not friends. I don't like you anymore." Alaric states.
Damon nods and sarcastically retorts, "Ah! But remember back when you liked me and we conspired to kill Uncle werewolf Mason Lockwood?"
"Yeah, and?"
Damon leans in slightly, "I think he's still a little pissed."
"Mason visited you?" Damon turns to the voice and sees Chelsy and Andrea sitting on the stools behind him.
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Bonnie and Grant continue to cast the spell. The wind picks up and the enter room begins to shake.
Caroline becomes more nervous, "Bonnie, I don't like this. Bonnie..."
Someone grabs Bonnie's other hand. Grant and Bonnies eyes snap open. Grant looks shock and let's go of Bonnies other hand. Caroline steps closer slightly.
"Oh, my God. Is that your...?" Caroline covers her mouth while tears rimming her eyes.
Tears are falling on Bonnie's face and she smiles slightly, "Grams."
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Elena enters the restroom and stops abruptly looking at Jeremy and Anna kissing. The two split up.
Elena gives Anna eye contact, "Anna?"
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Stefan is walking down the street when he notices Lexi in the reflection of a car. He turns to see his dead best friend.
"Lexi?" Stefan asks confused.
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Johanna puts her hair into high ponytail. She walks to her vanity and grabs a bobby pin. She tilts her head down and slides the pin in on the back of her head to keep her baby hairs in place. She looks back up into her mirror. There is a girl with dark black hair standing behind her in the reflection of the mirror. Johanna gasps and turns to look at the girl.
The girl's light blue eyes grow wide, "You can see me?" she asks with quiet voice.
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"Little Lockwood now is not the time." Damon says quickly.
Someone walks up to the bar. Andrea gasps and Alaric clenches his jaw then mutters, "Mason."
Mason smiles, "God, I miss whiskey." He drinks Damon's drink then slams it into Damon's head. He turns to Chelsy, "Hey Porky." Chelsy walks up to him and hugs him.
Damon turns to Alaric, "Told ya."
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Lexi smirks, "Hi."
Stefan stands dumfounded and gaping at the woman in front of him, "You're dead."
"Well, technically, so are you." She remarks.
"Then how the hell can I see..."
Lexi interrupts, "See me? Yeah, I have no idea. And I have no idea how long it's going to last, so let's get right to the point. You're off the rails. Big time."
Stefan shakes his head, "Look, I don't know how you're here, but you need to leave me alone, okay?" Stefan tries to walk away but Lexi grabs his arm harshly.
"Now what kind of a friend would I be if I didn't help you out of this mess you're in?"
"I don't want your help."
Lexi laughs slightly, "You know, you say that every time." She begins to mock him, "'I don't want your help, I don't want to get better, leave me alone.'"
Stefan pulls out of her grasp, "Well, maybe you should listen this time."
"Or maybe I should do this." Lexi quickly grabs his head and smashes it into the car next to them. Stefan falls unconscious and Lexi looks around for witnesses.
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Bonnie is in a tight embrace with Shelia. She is crying and she pulls back to look at her grandmother in disbelief, "I can't believe you're here!"
Sheila wipes Bonnie's tears, "Now stop your crying, we don't have time for tears." She looks towards Caroline and Grant, "Nice to see you again, Caroline."
Caroline wipes her own tears, "Hi, Miss Sheila."
Shelia looks at Grant, "We have not met before but, thank you for helping my Bonnie."
Grant smiles lightly, "It's my pleasure. It is nice to meet you I am Grant."
Sheila nods and then looks back at Bonnie, "A fine mess you've made, honey. The witches told you there'd be consequences to bringing Jeremy back and you did it anyway."
Bonnie catches her breath, "I didn't have a choice. I love him and I... I couldn't just let him go."
"I understand. But you cracked open the door to the other side. There's an old witch over here. She took advantage of it. She took advantage of you, honey. When Grant and you did that spell to send Vicki Donovan away, she wedged the door wide open. Giving a free pass to anybody with unfinished business.
Bonnie furrows her brow, "How do you know this?"
Sheila smirks, "Witches talk. Even on the other side. Who do you think makes all the rules?"
"What does the witch want?" Bonnie asks.
"That's original vampire business, not yours. I don't want you getting in the middle of that. I'm here because you upset the balance of nature. And it's your duty to set it right. You need to close that door."
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"Who the hell are you?" Johanna asks nervously.
"I… How is it possible for you to see me?" The dark hair girl asked.
"I have no idea!" Johanna shouts slightly, "Wait why would I not be able to see you?"
"I am dead."
Johanna scoffs, "Yeah well so am I."
"Johanna I am a ghost on the other side. I have been dead for almost 900 years." The girl states matter of fact tone of voice.
Johanna laughs and shakes her head, "No way that is… why are you watching me?"
"I know not how long we will be able to communicate, Johanna. However, I intend to take this time to explain everything to you." The girl smiles.
"You are a gypsy?" Johanna puts two and two together.
"Indeed, my name is Kati and I was the last of our kind."
Next Time on the Vampire Diaries…
Haha okay anywho! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please comment it helps me a lot when I am writing to have feedback. I hope you all have a wonderful day and I love you all! -Sav