Chapter 19

"Morning." I say to Mason as I he came to meet me outsider.

"I thought we already wished good-morning to each other." He says kissing me

"Yes but I'm about to kick your ass again so I want to still be in a good spirit with you."

"I will be even after that." He says playfully as I follow him into what he told me where caves under the Lockwood property and where he was planning hiding tonight.

"So it's only comes out in full moons." I say as we both relaxed outside the caves.

"Yes and its only triggered once you kill someone." He says and I noticed that even if he had told me what happened, it was something he didn't want to share.

"So why Florida?" I ask as he smiles at me at my change of subject.

"It's just happened. I was with some friends, other surfers, we tour a bit: Hawaii, California, the best waves but I just liked the Florida scene. What about you?"

"My father travelled a lot and I got that for him. I've been all over the country but never actually got to see the places."

"Being in someplace and never meet it, it's the same as never been anywhere."

"Exactly."

"Thanks for coming, Rick. Hi Sofia." Stefan says opening the door to us as Alaric gave me a ride after I returned home from the caves wit Mason. Something no one knew I was doing.

"I got you something to drink? Coffee, bourbon? Bourbon in your coffee?"

"Sofia mentioned you needed my help."

"Yeah, we were hoping you could help shed some light on the Lockwood family."

"Now, why would I know anything about the Lockwood's?"

"Well, you wouldn't. But your dead not dead vampire wife might."

"Isobel's research from when you guys were at Duke together." I tell them. I decide to play alone them. I already knew what the Lockwood were but I haven't told them. I needed to see how much Isobel knows and telling them about Mason when they are not prepare will only make them (Damon) do something stupid. "You said that she had spent years researching this town."

"Isobel's research here in Mystic Falls rooted in folklores and legends but at the time I thought much of which was fiction."

"Like that amazing vampire story."

"Aside from vampires, what else?" Elena asks as we all chose to ignore Damon's comment.

"The lycanthrope."

"Wait, like werewolves?" I ask looking confuse (even if I really wasn't).

"No way, impossible, way too Lon Chaney."

"Is it?"

"I've been on this planet one hundred and sixty some odd years, never came across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they?"

"Wow, you really that old." I comment as Damon rolls his eyes.

"Why do you suspect the Lockwood's?"

"Because vervain didn't affect the mayor at Founder's day but the Gilbert device did and it affected his son Tyler." I explain to him before Damon could make any funny comment.

"And at the school carnival his uncle Mason exhibited inhuman behavior when he fought with one of the carnival's worker."

"It suggest it's some sort of a supernatural entity."

"We were hoping that Isobel's research could help us figure it out what it is."

"Well, all her things are still at Duke. I mean her office is still there, she's technically still missing."

"So can we get access to it?" I ask him nicely but I see him not certain about it.

"Rick, we need to know what we are dealing with. If this wolf men thing is true, I've seen enough movies to know it's not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real life Lon Chaney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney junior which means Bella Lugosi, meaning me, is totally screwed." See what I said about funny comments.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" I ask Elena as Stefan and I see her prepare her bag.

"Which part? Digging through my birth mother's life work or going to Duke with Damon?"

"Either, both." Stefan and I say as at the same time as we smile at each other.

"Well, I'm not sure about the first part but then again Rick is a good buffer so we can bond in our anti Damon solidarity. I wish you two were coming though."

"You know what? Maybe we should wait a couple days, huh? Wait until Caroline is less of a danger and then I could go with you." Stefan tells her since we both promise the new vampire to help her adapt to her new reality.

"It's okay that I'm going, right? And be honest because if it's not then I can just stay here and we can take care of Caroline."

"Listen, I want you to go okay? I do."

"What about you Sofia are you sure your ok with this?"

"Lena, I am perfectly fine with it."

"You have questions about your lineage and about Katherine and."

"look I'm not gonna let the fact that Damon is going keep you from an opportunity to get some answers." I tell her knowing very well Damon was not going to hurt her but she knew Stefan and I weren't very happy with her going with him to Luke.

"You hate it though."

"I hate it but I love you."

"I love you too." She says putting her hands on Stefan's face.

"Ok that is my clue to leave. Be save Elena." I say as they both looked at me with sorry looks but I just smile at them walking downstairs.

"So you talked with Bonnie?" I ask Stefan as we both walked into the town.

"She is not very fond of the idea of making her a ring."

"Maybe you could let me that with her. You still are meeting Caroline for some lessons right?"

"I am."

"Great. You can go meet blondie and I will talk with Bonnie."

"We been distracted with everything that we still haven't talked about your powers."

"I haven't seen anything lately. Guess you and Damon are keeping your memories to yourself." I say trying to make a joke about it but I could see the concern on the vampire's eyes. "I'm ok Stefan, I can just add that to the list of odd things I can do."

"Maybe we could so some digging about it."

"Stefan, it's called mutation. I know all about it trust me. Apparently it just works differently with vampires. We have more problems to take care."

"But then when it all taken care off. I want to make sure everything is ok with you."

"Stefan. I'm fine now go meet Blondie. I just saw Bonnie entered the grill."

"I don't know how to make a day-walking ring."

"Emily made Stefan's and Damon's too, instructions must be in the Grimoire, you just need to follow it."

"That doesn't mean I can cast the spell."

"Bonnie, you know how to drop vampires with a single look, okay? I think you can figure it out." I say but then I see the conflict in her eyes. "Tell me what is that really about."

"Caroline killed someone, Sofia."

"My father was a sniper in the army he killed too."

"That is different." She says as I waited for her to organize her thoughts. "I just can't make it easier for her to do it again."

"No, we're not making it easier for her; we're just giving her the chance to survive."

"Survive?"

"Listen, every day that she's cut off from her old life: from you, from Elena, from Matt, it'll make It that much harder for her to hold on to her humanity."

"And how do you know she won't hurt anyone else?"

"I don't but if we don't do everything we can to help her or at least trust the fact that she can keep it together, we might as well just stake her right now."

"I don't know if I can trust her, not with this."

"Then trust me." I say putting my hands on hers as I noticed she left the connection.

"What is this? It's like I feel calm."

"You feel you can trust me because I am giving you access to the fact that I am calm about it. So you can trust me."

"How can you do these things and not be a witch?"

"Have you heard of mutants?"

"Yes but that aren't real, right?"

"You're a witch, you have a best friend who is a doppelganger and another that is a vampire? Why can't mutants exist too?"

"So, I don't get to choose the ring I have to wear the rest of my life?"

"Hey, if you don't want it…"

"No, no, she wants it" Stefan says as we were all in Caroline's room and I turned to her with a unpleased look.

"Now what?"

"Now is the part where I explain the rules. The witch who spells the ring has the power to dispel it so if you ever do anything to hurt anyone…"

"I'm not gonna hurt anyone"

"You are a vampire that mean the urge to kill is a part of who you are. The minute you let it take over, I will stop you"

"Bonnie, you're supposed to be my friend." I look at Stefan because this was not being very easy for either of us.

"I can't ignore what happened okay? If you want to be friends, you have to prove that the Caroline I remember isn't gone. Now put the ring on the bed."

"Do you really think I meant to kill that guy at the carnival?"

"He's still dead. Now, do you want me to cast the spell or not?"

"Ok all this drama is killing me. I'm outside."I tell Stefan walking out of the room.

"She's all yours." Bonnie says living the house as I looked at Caroline's room and then at Bonnie walking away.

"Come, there is something I want to show you." I tell her getting into Elena's car since she gave me her keys and I saw the witch follow me.

"Where are we?" She asks as we enter the apartment.

"This is where I live." I tell her entering the room as I walk straight to the bookshelf as I take off the album opening it and finding what I was looking for as I smile and turned to Bonnie giving her the picture.

"This is you and my grandmother." She says as felt the emotion in her voice as she sat on the couch.

"I was in Yale when I meet her. She was there for a lecture, it didn't have anything to do with that I was study but I went anyway. She was powerful so obviously she noticed me and after lecture she introduced herself to me."

"She told me I could trust you. No matter what that I could trust you."

"She was an amazing woman."

"Can I? Trust you."

"I don't know." I tell her honestly. She deserves to know the true. "There is time when I can even trust myself."