Lily whimpered feeling a dull pain throbbing throughout her whole body. She kept her eyes close to give herself a moment to gather her bearings. What on earth was going on? From what she can feel is that she was being held up…by ropes, which were burning her skin, Lily scrounged the cavern of her mind in an attempt to figure out what was going on….she remembered Klaus offering her a trip….the door…a man…Mikael! Her eyes snapped opened.
"Finally awake I see" she swallowed and slowly her eyes followed the pair of feet that was standing in front of her. "I believe that was my doing…you see I took a bite out of you." he grinned.
Lily swallowed her disgust…she felt more than weak. "What…why am I here?" she croaked her voice was dry; she mentally slapped herself she should have fed straight after Klaus had left.
"Well you're the key." Mikael said serenely, idly twirling a stake in his hands causing Lily's eyes to widened
"Key? Key to what?" she asked and winced when she tugged the ropes.
"The key to destroying Niklaus." Mikael drawled, and canted his head to the side "plus I rarely miss those who I hunt. But you got away from me…"
Lily looked at him in confusion, he tutted "I was the one who drove you out of your sweet little home. I was the one who-"
"Killed my family." She finished off, a snarl tore from her throat "I will kill you…"she promised.
Mikael chuckled, and blurred forward and plunged the stake in to her stomach. Lily cried out in pain and gritted her teeth; her eyes were full of tears. "I would like to see you try." He whispered into her ear, before wrenching it out. She could feel her skin already knitting itself together, but it was much slower than its usual pace. "Why?" she whispered, her skin was marred in sweat, her wrists were throbbing.
"Because you got away." He stated "Now tell me where is Niklaus?"
Lily groaned "Why do you want to know?" her legs were shaking
"Because I want him to pay for what he has done…he tore the love of my life's heart out of her chest…and I want him to watch as I do the same." Her skin crawled when his finger glided across her collar bone.
"Whatever he did surely it was not that-"
"He killed his own mother." He barked, causing her freeze, Lily's eyes widened the only sound she could hear was the sound of mice scurrying around. Wherever they were it was dark and isolated, no chance of someone coming across them by accident, the red head believed that this was his intention. "He is a monster."
"No he isn't" Lily shouted back, she was taken aback by the more powerful vampire's reaction. He laughed in her face.
"And this is why you're his heart. You see the good when there isn't-"Mikael snarled "you're no better for loving a monster. Now we play the waiting game…tell me what his plan is?"
Lily shook her head. "I don't know-"she gasped when he held up his hand showing her daylight ring.
"If you're not going to do this the easy way, then you leave me no choice but to use the hard way…"
"What-"panic thrummed through her whole body when he moved back towards the heavy looking curtain. "No don't-"Lily screamed as her whole body was bathed in sunlight….she was burning.
Lily groaned and rolled over; she could hear her cell ringing. She pulled the pillow back where she had shoved it over her head, and saw the time. It was nearing ten in the morning….and it was a Sunday. Great even on her day off where she only had to attend the masquerade ball she didn't even get to sleep in till noon. She sighed hearing the ringing stop. Lily rolled on to her back, and ran her hand down her face. She stretched like a cat and groaned hearing her bones popping.
"Should I get up or go back to sleep?" she muttered under her breath. She sat up, and shivered feeling the cool air meeting her warm skin. "Second option it is." She said to herself, and snuggled back into her bed. The red head was about to doze off once again but her cell rang, causing her to whine. She blindly reached out and didn't bat an eyelash when she knocked over a lamp, causing it to shatter.
"Seriously what?" she barked into the phone, seeing whose name was flashing across the screen.
"Well someone is grumpy this morning." Damon said in a sing-song voice.
"And someone is going to get a black eye. It's a Sunday why the hell are you calling?" Lily shifted so now that she was sitting up against her headboard.
"Ah I got it….I know why you are so grumpy." Lily could picture the smirk on his face. "It's because you were having a dream….about me, doing wonderful but dirty things to you, where we're both very naked…."Lily bit down on her bottom lip to force herself not to laugh. The red head decided to mess around with the younger vampire.
"Oh Damon….how did you know…"she said coyly and could feel a bubble of laughter within her. "We were naked…and my lips were running down your torso till it reached your throbbing-"
"Really?" he asked eagerly.
There was a moment of silence before she burst out with laughter, causing the raven head vampire to groan in frustration.
"No you dick. Now what do you want?" she asked swinging her legs out of bed. And walking over her windows throwing her curtains open.
"Well I got a hysterical Barbie over here, and she's got a story to tell." Damon murmured.
Lily frowned pressing her temple against the cool glass of the window, "Caroline? Is she ok?" she asked concerned for the baby vampire.
"Yeah fine. But hurry up; story won't be spilled unless you're here, since it concerns your grand-mummy."
"Eww don't say that. I'll be there."
"Oh and ditch the car." He added before she hanged up.
Lily threw her cell back onto her bed and opened the window to let some air in. her eyes narrowed seeing the old biddy who lived down the street stealing her morning paper.
"Come on Meryl-"she called and felt a slight satisfaction when the silver haired woman jumped "if you're going to steal it at least be discreet."
"Love you to Lily." Meryl grinned and limped off. The red head shrugged it off; it wouldn't be a Sunday morning if the old lady didn't steal her paper. She glanced at the time on her dresser and saw that she could get out in ten minutes.
Lily bypassed her dress that she was wearing tonight, it was a sleek and classy number. The vampire quickly brushed her teeth and blurred around her home as she got ready, before coming to a stop at her fridge. She helped herself to some blood before leaving through the back door.
"And bourbon is going to help how?" Lily asked watching as Damon handed a glass of amber liquid over to the young vampire.
"It's meant to be calming her…and shut her up." Damon replied, ignoring the look that Caroline shot him. Lily dropped down on the empty seat beside her.
"You ok?" she asked softly.
Caroline gave her a weak smile "I'm still shaking…"the red head squeezed her knee as Stefan finally arrived.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Go on tell them. You're going to love this." Damon commented he was standing behind Lily leaning on the back of the couch.
"I saw Katherine today." Caroline revealed
Lily frowned, whenever her predecessor made contact with the blond vampire it wasn't to exchange niceties. "Where?" Stefan asked eagerly.
"At the Grill, I went there to…eat-"
"You went there to stalk Matt didn't you?" Lily smiled knowingly and knew she was right when Caroline smiled sheepishly, "So what happened?" the blond vampire then went on to explain what had happened at the Grill. Lily leant back listening to Caroline's awkward encounter with the bus-boy and then proceeded to tell the other vampires how she dismissed herself.
"So you told him you needed to use the bathroom?" Lily cocked an eyebrow
"Such a lame excuse." Damon drawled, causing Stefan to roll his eyes.
"Was it that lame? Oh gosh I knew I should've come up with something smarter." Caroline started to fret. "Lily?"
"Erm…"the red head made a face "Sort of lame…but don't worry there must be worse out there." She said in an attempt to comfort the poor vampire, Damon snickered and leant forward.
"You suck at comforting…"he whispered.
"And you're a bowl full of sunshine." Lily retorted "now shoo…you're like an annoying fly." She waved him off, causing Damon to roll his eyes.
Stefan let out a sigh of frustration. "Can we get back to the story?" he said prompting them. Knowing if he didn't step in Lily and Damon would keep talking back and forth.
Caroline blinked and carried on with her tale, where she told them Katherine arrived and that she had a message for them. "What was it?" Stefan asked.
"She wanted you to know that she wants the moonstone, and if you guys don't give it then she'll rip this town apart until it rains blood." Caroline replied. Lily sagged in her seat; a day that is meant to be relaxing is going to be anything but.
"You think this is bad Lils, wait till you hear the rest." Damon smirked.
Lily's brows furrowed and she gestured for Caroline to carry on. "She wants it at the Masquerade ball."
The red head groaned. "She wants to do it in public." She muttered,
"Because killing Mason threw her off" Stefan said things were falling into place for him,
Lily licked her lips and stood up, idly pulling the ends of her hair. "We should cancel the ball then." She said.
Damon balked "Why? She wants a showdown she'll get one-"
Lily clicked her tongue, "Are you forgetting that there will be innocent people there?"
"No I haven't, but this is the best chance of us taking her out." The raven head vampire retorted. She shifted "Look Lils you don't have to be the one that drives a stake through her heart…I'm going to be doing that."
The petite woman hummed, "Yeah even if I wanted to I wouldn't, it's only fitting that you two would do the deed. She messed with your lives not mine…"she said, Lily knew the older vampire was dangerous and needed to be stopped, after all Katherine did hurt Jenna…the red head wouldn't stand in their way. "You're going to have to be smart about this." She added,
"You're ok with this?" Stefan asked somewhat surprised.
Lily shrugged her shoulders "She is no friend of mine…she wouldn't hesitate to kill Jenna or anyone else next time."
Damon grinned "You're on board-"
"Can't we just give her the moonstone so she'll leave?" Caroline asked earnestly, Lily didn't blame her for being anxious, the brunette Petrova was a vile creature.
"No Katherine doesn't get jack." Damon spat.
Lily sighed and looked down at Caroline. "Caroline she is obviously after something else, not just the moonstone."
Stefan's brows furrowed in confusion "How did you come to that conclusion?" he asked.
The red head strolled over to where the drinks were and poured herself a glass as she answered the younger vampire's question. "Think Stefan. If she just wanted the moonstone, she could have easily compelled some poor sod to get it for her, instead of coming to town and drawing attention to herself. And stop right there…thank you." She took the glass of whisky off of Damon; it was lined with blood causing the vampire to sigh in satisfaction.
"She's got an ulterior motive…"Stefan muttered.
"Bingo." Lily downed the rest of the drink and glanced at the time, she had more than a couple of hours to get ready for the ball…technically this was perfect timing to get some marking done.
"I don't care if she's got an ulterior motive, I'm going to go to that masquerade ball and kill that bitch." Damon said determinedly.
"You're not going to kill her-"Stefan started
"Stefan-"
"Because I am." He finished off.
Lily set her empty glass down on the table, "Well good to know you're all on the same page. I should make a move." She uttered
"Wait where are you going?" Damon called after her.
"I have other things to do." She yelled over her shoulder
"You could do me-"Damon grunted, and both Stefan and Caroline laughed when the older vampire threw a cushion and managed to hit him in the face.
"Don't be a dick-"Lily chuckled and opened the front door
"Well then quit being so sexy…oh wait you can't you're just like me." He grinned; Lily's hand was on the doorknob. "We just can't turn our sexiness off." He winked. Caroline snorted loudly and hastily covered her mouth.
"I am so sorry Stefan." Lily said in mock seriousness. She saw the confused expression on his face so decided to enlighten him "For being related to that." she nodded towards Damon, causing the older Salvatore to be offended.
"Oi-"he yelled as Caroline cackled.
"Bye." Lily winked and blurred off.
Lily scrunched up her nose in irritation, and wondered did some of these kids just completely blank out when they're writing an essay.
"Shakespeare didn't portray Juliet as a dim bint…Danny." Lily snorted; she really needed to talk to that kid and made a mental note to do just that. "And Romeo isn't a sissy…bloody hell does he even listen?" she took a bite out of her chocolate bar; she was currently at home sitting in her study.
Lily dropped her pen down on the piles of papers and stretched her arms above her head. She really needed a good work out; her cell vibrated alerting her that she had a text.
Lily opened the message and read it, it was from Elena. "Hey do you mind coming over for a second? It's about Jenna."
Lily pocked her phone and headed out, she did most of the marking already she only had a couple more left. She slammed her door shut behind her and walked across the road.
"Hey Ms Peterson-"Jimmy grinned riding past her on his bike.
"Kid call me Lily and watch where you're-"she winced when the dark haired boy crashed his bike into the neighbour's bins. "You ok kid?" she lightly jogged over to the boy.
"Yeah…I crushed these…"he pouted, Lily saw the graze on his knee it wasn't too bad. She helped him with his bike and smiled seeing a bunch of plucked tulips in his hands. They looked oddly familiar.
"Are those Meryl's flowers from her garden?" she asked.
"Erm…no-"he smiled sheepishly, but sighed in resignation when he could see that she didn't buy it. "Yes it is…"
"And now they're crushed." Lily commented her eyes doing a quick scan making sure he wasn't hurt anywhere else. "Who were they for? Your girlfriend?" she teased.
"Eww…"he said in disgust.
Lily giggled and ruffled his hair. "In a couple of years you won't be saying that little dude." Jimmy pouted and sighed.
"It's mom's birthday and Freddie got her a massive box of chocolates…"the English teacher knew she was referring to his older brother "I was supposed to get the flowers…"
Lily smiled and dug into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out a crispy twenty dollar bill. "Well you're lucky I got this for you then…now you can outdo your brother and get your mom the most colourful biggest flowers ever."
"Lily I-"Jimmy started but she pressed the note into his hand.
"Go ahead kiddo and wish your mom a happy birthday from me." She smiled. Jimmy beamed and nodded
"Thank you-"he rushed off, but before he even got a couple of feet away he rushed back in his scuffed shoes. "Even if you're a girl Lily you're not gross." He surprised her by plastering a slightly sticky kiss onto her cheek before running off.
The vampire shook her head and carried onto the Gilbert House. She didn't bother knocking on the door since Elena was expecting her.
"Hello?" she called into the house, Elena came barrelling down the stairs, a look of panic across her face. "What's wrong?" she asked immediately.
"Jenna wants to go to the Ball but Katherine is still out there…"Elena stated, "I was hoping if you could…you know…"
Lily narrowed her eyes "You want me to compel my friend?" she asked incredulously.
Elena nodded "I know I just want her to be safe till this Katherine thing blows over, she nearly killed her last night. Please Lily…"
Lily scrunched up her nose in thought, and nodded it'd be best this way as Stefan and Damon were plotting to kill Katherine. It would better for Jenna to stay home. "Fine are you-"
"No I'm staying since Stefan will probably go…"Elena said, Lily nodded and clamoured up the stairs where she could here Jenna routing around in her room, the doppelganger followed her. The red head bypassed Jeremy's room and lightly knocked on the strawberry blond haired woman's door.
"Jenna-"she ventured in hearing her name being called. "Wow…"she took in the scene there were dresses after dresses littered everywhere.
"I can't find anything to wear…"Jenna huffed and stood up,
"It's fine…"Lily didn't feel all that comfortable with doing this to her friend…but it was the best thing for now at least. Her emerald green orbs flashed over to the doorway, she could see Elena and Jeremy peering through, and she sighed and caught Jenna's eyes with hers. "Because you are not going to attend the ball at all, you have nothing to wear so you're going to spend your evening at home, with Alaric." she compelled her, Jenna repeated in monotone and blinked,
"Lily what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Hey." The vampire smiled "Erm…well I just wanted to ask if you were coming to the ball tonight?" she improvised.
Jenna smiled and shook her head "Nah I haven't got anything to wear, plus I'm spending the night with Ric." They walked out of the room, where Elena and Jeremy moved over to the other end of the corridor, "I should call him…catch you later."
Lily nodded and watched Jenna jogging down the stairs, before going over to the teens. "So she is staying in tonight." She stated.
Elena smiled "Thank you." she said gratefully,
Lily nodded "You…are you ever going to tell her the truth?" she asked stunning the teens for a moment; never had Jeremy or Elena discussed whether they would tell Jenna.
"Not now, it's safer for her not to be aware." Elena decided,
Lily shrugged her shoulders; it was after all up to them. "So what are we going to do about Katherine?" Jeremy asked,
Lily quirked an eyebrow, she wasn't even aware if Jeremy knew what was going on. Elena shook her head "We're not going to do anything about Katherine." she answered, the vampire frowned at that, thinking that the brunette was giving up rather easily.
"She tried to kill Jenna she can't get away with that." Jeremy hissed,
"Yes we can, if it keeps Jenna safe then we can." Elena retorted, Lily rubbed her temples she knew that her descendent was only trying to protect those she cared about…but she was being slightly delusional.
"What if she tries something else?" Jeremy asked not believing a word that was coming out of his sister's mouth.
"She won't" Elena stated "she only hurt Jenna because I didn't do as she said well I'm doing it now, I and Stefan are over, and she wins. The end."
Lily scoffed "Honey you are a fool." She swiped a piece of hair out of her face, "if you think that is the end then you are-"
"Being naïve and you know it." Jeremy cut her off, just as Lily's phone went off. She pulled out her cell from her pocket and saw that it was Alaric.
"Hello?" she took several steps away and missed the look that Elena was shooting her.
"Hey-"Alaric's voice filtered through the speaker "thought you should know we're going over the plan for tonight-"
"I'll be there." Lily replied before hanging up. "I should go"
"Wait don't you want to stay for lunch?" Elena called after her, as the vampire descended the stairs. The red head looked over her shoulder and shook her head.
"Not in the mood for food…per sae." She hinted before leaving.
Lily picked up a wooden stake, she, Alaric and Damon were all gathered around the assortment of weapons at the Boarding House, and she wasn't too surprised that Jeremy followed her, but the teen was surprised when she didn't have a go at him. Lily believed it was up to him if he wanted to take part.
"So these were at the school?" the red head vampire asked.
"No I got another bag there." He replied, laying down some more weapons,
Damon sniggered "So Lils how does it feel knowing that you're teaching in a school where there are weapons that can kill you?" she placed the stake back in its original place.
"Not great." She chuckled "So are you sorted for tonight? Outfit-wise." She added.
Damon smirked "Oh honey you just want to see me in a suit…and then you want me out of it." He wagged his eyebrows up and down suggestively. Lily punched his arm in retaliation making him groan.
"Alaric does Damon flirt with you?" Lily asked bluntly
Alaric blinked "What? Nooo-oh damn Damon I am not gay I have a girlfriend-"the hunter exclaimed.
Damon's jaw dropped "I'm not gay either-Lily-"he growled.
The red head shrugged her shoulders "Hey you're the one who flirts with your friends." She grinned; Damon huffed as Alaric carried on digging through his bag.
Lily glanced over to the door when she heard a knock, Caroline was the one to answer it. She opened it revealing Bonnie who was clutching the Grimoire.
"How did you convince Bonnie to join this?" Lily asked Damon quietly, she knew how reluctant the witch was to help with the whole Mason fiasco yesterday.
"We didn't yet, Stefan is in charge of that."
"Right the good brother-"
"The bad ones are always so much sexier." Damon winked causing her to snort. Lily rolled her eyes as Alaric cleared his throat, Stefan, Jeremy and Caroline all joined them as the history teacher began to explain how the weapons work.
"Now this one-"he picked up what looked to be a crossbow, "works with compressed air. We have two in different sizes."
"Kind of heavy." Lily murmured picking up one weighing it as she did so.
Alaric then picked up another device, "For you though I recommend this one, it fits nicely under the sleeve of your jacket-"
"Well you can't wear that." Caroline said hastily, "it'll look hideous with your dress." She told Lily, the red head shook her head; the parlour was bathed in sunlight allowing them all to see the weapons with much more clarity.
"I don't think I'm taking part in the staking." Lily murmured and watched as Alaric strapped the device to his wrist, she saw the smaller stakes attached to it.
"You can trigger it easily." Alaric said and punched out and just managed to catch the stake before it flew out he saw the looks the vampires were giving him. "What? You wanted me to teach you how to kill a vampire."
"Yeah…but you're a bit eager aren't you?" Lily scoffed; her fingers grazed the pointed part of the stake. "So let's go over the plan?"
Soon enough they had did just that, Lily was helping Alaric pack up his weapon, she could hear the conversation between Stefan and Bonnie going on a couple of feet away. She heard Bonnie suggesting trapping Katherine away from the others, which was actually a good plan. And was relieved when the witch finally did agree to go along with the plan.
They were all now in the main seating area of the parlour, "So you know what you're doing?" Damon asked for one felt like the hundredth time
"Yes, I am going to lure Katherine towards the room." Caroline sighed,
"Can't Lily-"
"Afraid not, Katherine won't come to me no offence to you Caroline but she'll go after you…since you're…new…"Lily said trying to find a more subtle way to tell her she was the weak link for Katherine.
"And then Stefan and Damon will take over…"Jeremy finished off the plan, the pair of brothers were determined to kill Katherine, so the red head said she'll make sure that the humans were to bypass the whole situation. If things got out of hand that was when she was to intervene. Plus Lily assumed that Katherine never actually did anything personal to her…however she knew she had to be stopped.
"Are you sure you don't need me tonight?" Alaric asked, when he first arrived at this town he never expected himself to come to care for a group of vampires, yet he did. The truth was he was worried for them…Alaric had come to care for them.
"You can't I compelled Jenna to stay home, where you'll be-"Lily uttered,
"And you also need to keep an eye on Elena; I don't want her to know about this." Stefan added, Lily leant against the back of the couch
"I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight." Alaric said determinedly.
Stefan nodded, and looked around at the group "Alright if anyone wants to back out I understand." He left the offer open, Lily glanced around all those that were here Katherine did them wrong, she doubted anyone would back out.
"Yeah cold feet speak now, I don't want this going wrong if someone chickens out…Caroline? Lils?" Damon smirked,
"I won't, Katherine killed me." Caroline snapped back. "Fair's fair, as long as there are no werewolves running around."
"Oh I took care of Mason." Damon grinned; his ice blue eyes landed on the older vampire "You in?"
Lily cleared her throat, "I have to go to the ball, and I won't stand in your way." She stated,
"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone he won't turn." Jeremy pitched in,
Lily looked around, her eyes landed on Bonnie she could see that the witch was somewhat hesitant, and she wasn't the only one who saw it, Stefan did as well.
"Bonnie?" the younger Salvatore asked, "you with us?"
Bonnie swallowed and slowly nodded "But no one gets hurt." She added, Lily smiled and nodded.
"Except Katherine, tonight she gets a stake through her heart." Damon said with a tone of finality. The red head could feel the determination reaping off of them; if they were successful tonight then Katherine will die.
"Is it me or you don't find it weird getting ready at your English teacher's home?" Lily called out from the bathroom, Caroline and Bonnie invaded her home to come and get ready.
"Pfft…you're more like a sister than a stuffy teacher. Plus it's you." Caroline said checking herself in the mirror for her make-up, whilst Bonnie finished off her hair.
"And this is the perfect place to get ready." The witch added, Lily smiled, she had moved into the bathroom where it wasn't overrun with a pair of teenage girls. She turned off the hairdryer, and brushed her red locks, before pinning some of them back, leaving the rest of her hair to cascade down the her back. She applied some make up, before slipping into her dress.
Lily exited the bathroom and saw that the other two were ready as well, "What do you think?" the red head asked, doing a small twirl.
"I love it." Caroline squealed and clapped her hands.
Lily chuckled and playfully bowed, "Why thank you, you're both looking great as well. Now let's get a move on."
"Why? Otherwise Damon will creep in?" Caroline said jokingly,
"Yes." Lily said seriously and then laughed when she saw the looks on their faces.
They finally arrived at the Lockwood manor, Lily gazed around at the surrounding area, Carol really went all out on this ball. There were colours, fire-starters, jugglers and everything in between,
"Wow." She breathed
"I know it's epic right?" Caroline grinned "totally my idea some of the stuff…"she ranted.
Lily smiled and nodded, "We're going to be splitting up. Bonnie…Jeremy is on the second floor…there's an empty room." Bonnie nodded and left.
Lily turned to Caroline, "Come on lets get you're a drink." She said, hopefully this would camp the vampire's nerves before her showdown with Katherine.
Both vampires entered the Manor and it was littered with waiters, guests and candles that were scattered all over.
"Drinks?" one of the waiters asked holding out a tray.
"Thank you." Lily grinned and picked up two handing one to the blond. "Just keep calm and you'll be fine. I'll be right on your heels." She added, Caroline nodded and downed her drink. "Better?" Lily asked impressed at how fast the blond drank her drink.
"No I need another." Caroline muttered and walked off.
Lily shook her head, and weaved her way through the crowd stopping more than once to greet a student. She decided to head outside since it was getting slightly overcrowded inside and stuffy.
She shouldered her way, and spotted Stefan at the bottom of the stone staircase. She wondered down the steps coming to stand beside the other vampire.
"So ready-"she was amused when he jumped. "Stefan you're the vampire you're meant to be the one who makes people jump." She said and helped herself to another glass of Champaign as a waiter walks pass.
"Well you're good at creeping around." Stefan muttered, his eyes did a quick once over. "And you're looking incredible tonight." He added sincerely.
Lily smiled at the compliment "Thank you, it feels good to actually dress up." She said, her eyes darted to a woman who strolled passed them as she held up her mask, Lily's mas was firmly in place and was held together by a satin ribbon. She was glad not to follow after Caroline's example as she didn't want to be clutching her mask all night.
"And you're looking handsome." Lily said taking a sip, she could see a few couples already dancing. She was about to take another sip when her drink was snatched out of her hand. "Hey-"
"No one likes a drunk red head." Damon stood on her other side and bobbed his head to the music. Lily eyed him in bemusement "You suck at dancing." She said bluntly.
"I love it when you get bitchy some a major turn on." he literally purred causing his younger brother to grimace.
"Please don't not whilst I'm right here." Stefan added, causing the pair to grin.
Lily easily snared her drink back and downed it in one gulp. The three vampires took in the crowd, all looking for one person.
"You've seen her?" Damon asked after a moment.
"Nope." Stefan answered; the red head shook her head, and placed the empty glass on a passing tray. There were cheers from the crowd as the fire-starter did a neat trick. "Are you sure you can do this?" he asked his brother.
"Who are you talking to?" Damon scoffed,
Lily's eyes were drawn over to Jimmy's mother; the woman was waving at her. The vampire returned the gesture and assumed that she must've liked whatever Jimmy bought her.
"Well I had the chance to kill her and I hesitated." Stefan uttered, the older vampire quirked an eyebrow, she wasn't even aware of that.
"Well I'm not you so I won't hesitate." Damon smirked gleefully,
Lily looked at him "Really? You spent a hundred and forty five years loving that woman, and you'll kill her just like that?" she asked doubtfully.
Damon shrugged his shoulders "Just like that." he repeated the last part of her sentence.
"You sure?" Stefan asked he just wanted Katherine out of his life and get back to being happy with Elena.
"Yes." Damon snapped, getting annoyed that the pair doubted him. "Now come on Lily we might as well dance, there's not many hot people out there." He didn't give her the chance to refuse since he grabbed her hand and dragged her over to where the other couples were.
"Damon hands are meant to above the waist." Lily laughed, grabbing his wrists and forcing them slightly higher. "You're a dirty old man…"she muttered as they swayed to the music,
"You're older than me….you're an old hag-"
"Yet you did it with Katherine….creepy." the red head said in a sing song voice, Damon smiled and spun her around.
"I don't know what I ever saw in her." He murmured into her ear, Lily could feel the nose of his mask grazing the side of her throat.
"But you're in love with her doppelganger?" Lily said quietly, causing Damon to pull back ever so slightly. She didn't miss his eyes darkening in anger.
"Elena is nothing like Katherine…"he growled.
Her eyes narrowed and she could feel his fingers digging into her back. "I never said she was…don't pine after a woman who is in love with your brother Damon-"
"I don't need your advice-"he spat, and was about to walk off but the stronger vampire grabbed his arm in an iron and unrelenting grip forcing him to stay. "Who are you to-"
"I am your friend." Lily said fiercely, her eyes soften and she gently ran her fingers down his cheek. "I don't want you to get hurt….so please be careful." She added.
Damon sagged he knew that the red head was only looking out for him. "It would be so much better if I was in love with you-"Lily shivered at that. "What?"
"That'd be gross…you're like the dick of a brother I never had….sort of." Damon chuckled and pressed a swift kiss onto her cheek.
"And there's Katherine dancing with Stefan…"Lily whispered seeing her ancestor completely wrapped up with Stefan,
"Good he can keep the bitch busy" Damon muttered, he felt his cell vibrating alerting him that he had a text. "I have to meet up with jugey."
Lily nodded and watched him leave; her attention was snapped towards Katherine and Stefan, when she heard a pain-filled gasp. The English teacher swiftly made her way towards the pair realising that the older vampire was clutching onto Amy. She just arrived as Katherine snapped her neck instantly killing her, she shoved the body towards Stefan.
Lily gasped, "Lillian so glad to see you…."Katherine smirked and she breezed past her, "must say us Petrova women do look stunning in black." She winked, the red head looked over to a stunned Stefan, and a swoop of anger flew through her seeing Amy's lifeless body. The poor teenage girl had nothing to do with this.
"That bitch." She growled, what were they going to tell the teenager's parents?
"Lily-"
"I'll take her, you and Damon need to take care of Katherine." Lily said, Stefan nodded and shoved his car keys to her.
"Go now…no one is watching." He murmured, and stood in front of her so he was blocking anyone's gaze of Lily and the dead girl. He felt a pulse of air and glanced over his shoulder, she had vanished her along with Amy's body.
Lily glanced around to make sure that the parking lot was empty. She shoved the key into the trunk of Damon's car and opened it. She picked up Amy from the ground and gently placed her into the truck. Her humanity was very much on….despite all her years as a vampire she never could manage to flip the switch.
Sure it was easy to simply turn it off, but it was so hard to turn it on. Lily knew if she did that she would lose herself. So she wasn't surprised that she felt a well of emotion thrumming through her.
Lily gently brushed aside some of the teenager's hair from her face. "I'm sorry." She uttered and pulled the blanket so it covered her face, she slammed the trunk door closed and sighed. She needed to get back to the ball.
"And these are something Carol should be proud of…finger food is definitely her thing." Lily commented, and winked at a passing waiter, the man was ruggedly handsome and had gorgeous eyes, and the red head was always a sucker for eyes
. "And you're not even listening to me…"she drawled seeing Caroline was exchanging longing looks with Matt. The jock looked as if he was enjoying himself, which Lily was glad for. She always had a soft spot for Matt; it was rare for her to come across someone so kind. "Caroline? I am a lesbian and I and Jenna are having an affair…"she uttered.
"Really? That is so hot-"one of the jocks gaped at her.
"No you weirdo shoo go away…"Lily scowled and waved him off, she sighed and turned to her fellow vampire, and nudged her with her shoulder. "Caroline?"
The blond vampire jump "What?" she asked startled,
Lily sighed "Ok here's some more of vamp 101….don't completely let your normal life slip from you. When you become a vampire it's easy to shut everyone who isn't out…so just act normal with him." she stated and eyed another passing waiter who had a tray of fresh Champaign.
"Thanks-"Caroline shook her head as the older vampire helped herself, "Isn't that like your fourth glass?"
"Third but who's counting." Lily grinned, her cheeks were flushed "I helped with this whole thing." She added.
Caroline giggled and nodded, just then her cell buzzed causing the pair of vampires to freeze. The blond pulled out her cell, it was a text from Jeremy, and Lily looked over Caroline's shoulder so she could read the message.
"Your turn." Lily murmured. "You ready?" she asked Caroline, and could see that the young vampire was nervous.
"A little bit…"she admitted.
Lily smiled and gently squeezed her shoulder "It'd be ok….just remember what to do." She added, Caroline gave her a shaky smile and trudged off. The red head bit her lower lip nervously; she hoped that the baby vampire could keep a level head.
She didn't feel sorry Katherine at all…that woman had brought nothing but misery to those people who she had interacted with. She was brought out of her musings by Carol who waved her over. The teacher plastered a smile on to her face and headed over in that direction.
After ten minutes of chatter, Lily could see a flash of red on the staircase; she recognised it as Caroline who was being discreetly dragged by her ancestor. She excused herself from Carol and some of the parents who had been talking to her, before heading upstairs at a human pace.
Lily lingered back and could hear the pair. "Which room is it?" she heard Katherine demanded. Caroline must have given her the go ahead because the next thing she saw was the older vampire walking through the doors of the room that Bonnie had spelled. She made her appearance and smiled slightly seeing the ecstatic expression on Caroline's face.
"Where is she?"
Caroline's laughter broke through causing Katherine to spin around, her eyes swung over to Lily who merely quirked an eyebrow. "I did it….I did it; I fooled you of all people…"
"Really Katerina bested by a baby vampire, tut, tut, tut." Lily drawled, Katherine growled and blurred forward, the red head didn't blink as the brunette hit the invisible barrier.
"Lillian get me out…"Katherine ordered,
"I don't think so…"her eyes flashed over to Stefan who exited from one of the rooms, he was holding onto the stake.
"Stefan." Katherine snarled.
"Hello Katherine" Stefan twirled the stake in between his fingers.
"Goodbye Katherine." Caroline smirked and skipped off.
"I would say it was a pleasure meeting one of my ancestors…but it wasn't." Lily exclaimed "I should really get back to the party…unlike you I'll be missed." She spun on her heel.
Katherine sneered "Lillian, you're not going to help your own blood relation out?"
The red head scowled "When have you ever done anything for me…except for stabbing me with a chair leg, smashing my head in a mirror…oh yeah almost killing my best friend. I don't owe you anything…сбогом прабаба" she finished off in Bulgarian before leaving.
Lily walked down the steps and saw Caroline waiting for her, "Is it me that I'm so happy that bitch is going to die?"
"Not at all." Lily chuckled "now come on…I believe there are some fresh strawberries somewhere." She added.
Lily sighed as she exited the manor; she felt the cool breeze against skin…the wind carried peoples' conversation, her brows furrowed as she heard…Elena? That can't be right, the doppelganger was meant to be at home. She swiftly made her way through the bushes and spotted, Jeremy, Bonnie and Elena there.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Lily questioned.
"I know what you're up to, killing Katherine?" she hissed,
"It's for the best." Jeremy snapped "We thought-"
"Enough of the we…how am I meant to feel if one of you get hurt?" the brunette uttered folding her arms across her chest.
"I don't care." Lily stated causing Elena to blink "It is not just you anymore or do you not get that? She is willing to kill Jenna, next she'll move on to Jeremy…she will kill all those who you care for. So it is not just you….plus it's up to them what they do." She said fiercely, the red head was getting tired of all the excess drama. "Look honey I know you're worried about this. But just go home." She said the last part much more softly. Neither Bonnie nor Jeremy spoke as they both agreed with the vampire.
"Fine-"but before Elena could finish her sentence a screamed rip through her causing Jeremy to jump. Lily gasped and choked on her own scream and nearly fell forward but Bonnie caught her.
"What? What is-oh my god-"Bonnie breathed seeing the hole in Lily's back. Jeremy hurriedly sat Elena down. And the witch was relieved to see the wound in the vampire's back already healing leaving behind a stain of blood.
"What-the hell?" Lily muttered it was as if she was stabbed. "Here Elena-"she bit into her wrist offering her descendent the blood, but another cry tore from Elena's throat. Lily hissed feeling a sharp pain ripping through her arm; Lily clutched her arm she could feel her skin already knitting itself together, the same couldn't be said about Elena.
Bonnie's eyes moved back and forth "She linked them, she linked the Petrova line…get them to stop-"she rushed out, but before she got to the end of the sentence Lily was gone, Jeremy ran after her.
Lily slammed open the doors, and saw the sight of Stefan holding Katherine down whilst Damon stood over getting ready to plunge a stake into the female vampire's heart.
"No-"Jeremy shouted, Lily rushed in and threw Damon across the room and away from Katherine.
"What the hell?" Damon jumped up.
"You're hurting Elena." Jeremy said loudly
"What?" Damon frowned
Lily scowled at Katherine, "The bitch here tied us all together…you kill her you kill us." she uttered; Katherine smirked and stood up as Stefan let her go.
"So sorry for getting you involve….but with one Petrova must come all" she taunted "or better yet I just wanted to spend time with you…you think you're the only ones with a witch on their side? I got a feeling that my witch is better than yours." She taunted them.
Lily rolled her eyes, this was great now she was stuck inside the room as well, and she dropped down on the sofa.
"Jeremy go and check on Elena" Stefan ordered, Jeremy's eyes landed on Lily she merely smiled at him silently telling him that she was fine. He left without another word.
"Let's all make sure poor little Elena is ok-"Katherine uttered "Just a bit more pressure-"
"Son of a bitch-"Lily winced seeing a slash in the middle of her palm. Stefan smacked the stake out of her hand, but the brunette grabbed another one.
"Sorry-"Katherine said insincerely, "this is really going to hurt….lucky we're vampires right Lillian." She was about to plunge the stake into her stomach, but the red head blurred forward and snatched the stake away.
"Enough Katerina, you are being pathetic." Lily snarled glaring at the other woman; she threw the stake out of the room before taking her previous seat.
"Fine, how about that moonstone?" she drawled, dropping down beside the red head.
Lily groaned in frustration, and texted Alaric. "You suck at babysitting. When you and Jenna have kids make sure you aren't alone with them." She was still sitting on the sofa, and from the corner of her eye she could see Katherine twirling a strand of her brown hair.
Damon had moved over to the doorway, and was pressing his hand against the invisible barrier.
"The three of us together, and the lovely plus one, the brother who loved me too much-"just then Lily's cell buzzed earning a glare from her great grandmother.
"What? I have a life ya know….carry on with your ego-maniac rant." Lily uttered, causing Damon's lips to twitch in amusement. She looked down at her cell, and pressed her lips together to supress her laughter as she read Alaric's reply.
"What the hell are you on about?"
Her thumbs flew over the keypad "Check Elena's room, and tell me if anyone is missing." She was brought back to the conversation in the room.
"-and the brother who didn't love me enough." Katherine smirked,
"And the evil vampire slut who only loved herself." Damon commented, Lily snorted at that,
Katherine didn't find any amusement in that at all. "What happened to you Damon? You use to be so sweet and polite."
Lily scoffed "Oh…wait you're being serious? Words I would never associate with you." she added and stood up, the red head stretched her arms above her head and moved over to the window which was beside the drinks cabinet; she peered out of the window and saw that the party was still going on.
Lily spun around and leant against the window "That Damon died a long time ago."
"Good" Katherine sniped "He was a bore."
"But you asked him?" Lily cocked an eyebrow, Katherine rolled her eyes.
"Do you ever not just speak?" she growled,
The red head smirked knowing she was getting under her skin. "So sorry granny but are you ever not a conniving bitch?" she countered, she wasn't expecting the brunette to lash out, Katherine blurred towards her and grabbed her throat, much like she done earlier to Caroline. Lily snarled baring her fangs, her hand snapped forward and she gripped Katherine's wrist,
"Don't test me little girl. Break my wrist and you break hers." Katherine said in a sing song voice, Stefan and Damon moved forward,
"Lily don't-"Stefan said his eyes darting between the females, Lily rescinded her fangs and pushed Katherine off.
"Even though she's older Lils, you can so take her." Damon murmured causing the red head to chuckle, and Katherine to glare.
"Would you all stop antagonising each other?" Stefan let out a long suffering sigh. Katherine hummed and dropped back down onto her seat.
"Where's the moonstone?" she asked bluntly.
"What do you want with it?" Stefan countered,
Katherine looked between the pair of brothers and smiled knowingly, "Does Elena enjoy having you both worshipping at her alter?" she asked,
Lily rolled her eyes, and the tense silence was broken when her cell buzzed, alerting her that she had a message. "What?" she questioned seeing the looks she was getting. "Carry on…I'm not interested in this dull love triangle/square." She muttered and read the text.
"HOLY SHIT! SHE'S NOT HERE! FUCKING HELL LILY! I LOST HER"
Lily replied back with a small smile playing on her lips, "Relax she gate crashed the ball, she's with Jeremy and Bonnie."
Alaric's reply came instantly "Oh thank god, wait why isn't she with you?"
"Because I am trapped in the room with Stefan, Damon and Katherine."
"Ha-"
"You're a dick." Lily shook her head and placed her cell on the table. She looked up and saw Stefan smirking down at Katherine.
"That was desperate Katherine." he said.
Lily idly tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Yeah…well she is kind of desperate." She commented.
"I don't like being related to you…."Katherine drawled swinging her leg back and forth,
Lily rolled her eyes, "I don't really like you." she smiled sweetly, Damon was sort of fascinated by the interaction between the pair of females, seems like Katherine brought the more childish side of Lily out, and vice versa.
"Oh we're moving away from the topic, so Stefan doesn't it bother you that your brother is in love with your girlfriend?" Katherine asked.
"Stop it-"Stefan snapped, as Damon strode over to them.
"Or what?" Katherine countered. "You'll hurt me?" she stood up. "Everything I feel they feel, or better yet-"her eyes moved over to Damon, the raven head vampire was glaring at her. Lily sighed and propped her feet up on the table, "kiss me Damon, she'll feel that too." She said coyly.
"Please…I don't think it's possible for vampires to get headaches…but I think I can feel one coming on. Can you just keep your mouth shut and stop coming across as a crazy ass bitch; it makes me hate being related to you even more." Lily drawled.
Katherine smirked "And there's the Petrova fire…I'm surprised that you didn't move in on her Damon, you love fiery women…but I believe Lillian to be taken by another. A very important and powerful another." Lily looked at her in complete confusion causing the smirk on her lips to become wider. "You don't know…lovely."
"This whole Mason thing has me confused." Stefan commented, breaking the brief staring competition "why would you want to help a werewolf break a curse, the moonstone can help them destroy all vampires, what's in it for you?" he asked.
"Sorry about your pet wolf." Damon uttered, not sounding sorry at all, "You should have kept him on a tighter leash"
"No worries, there are other werewolves." Katherine revealed. Lily frowned and sat up; there was only other one werewolf here.
"Tyler, you're going to turn Tyler." Lily murmured.
"Ding dong…you're right. So glad to have someone in my bloodline who is smart." Katherine smirked, Lily stood up and frowned, and who was going to help Tyler become a werewolf? Who's going to become Tyler's victim? She thought.
Lily sighed and fiddled with the bottles of drinks, she glanced at the time, they had been stuck in this room for over thirty minutes, and ironically this felt like the longer expanse of time ever.
"Damn it where's the witch?" Damon muttered, he had gone back waiting at the barrier.
Katherine stalked around the couch, "We can play charades?"
"No. you'll end up cheating…"Lily muttered under her breath, so much for having a nice time at the ball.
"Now come on Lillian don't you want to play with your прабаба?" Katherine smirked, reverting back to Bulgarian.
Lily plastered a fake smile onto her face. "I rather ingest a whole bottle of vervaine." She countered, causing Katherine smirk.
"That can be arranged-"
"And stop borrowing your lame lines from movies." Lily uttered, causing the older Petrova to glare at her, Katherine couldn't deny it, she did actually enjoy having a relative who people weren't constantly fawning over, and she found her dishwater doppelganger to be too whiny and pathetic.
"You bargained the moonstone." Lilly heard Stefan mutter, unlike his two companions he wasn't engaging that much with Katherine.
Damon spun around "What are you mumbling about over there?" he asked,
Lily canted her head to the side, seems like something Katherine would do. "With George Lockwood to help you fake your death, you told me you got something he needed it was the moonstone wasn't it?" Stefan's eyes darted over Lily and Damon, she had moved away from the window so was now standing beside the raven head vampire.
"Good for you Stefan, two plus two…."Katherine drawled "And it would have worked except that people found out that I wasn't in the tomb. Thanks to you by the way." She snarled at Damon.
"Well done Damon." Lily smiled serenely "One of your finer works."
"Why thank you Lils." Damon winked,
Katherine narrowed her eyes as she looked at the pair; a smirk appeared on her face. "Oh please don't tell me this is a love square going on?"
Lily snorted "Ha-wait eww me and Damon? That's disgusting," she balked and shivered, Damon rolled his eyes.
"Yeah thanks for that." he drawled, Lily merely shrugged her shoulders and took the glass of bourbon out of his hand, and she took a sip and sighed.
"I should drink more…it makes Katerina somewhat bearable" she muttered, causing both Stefan and Damon to snicker.
"Did I tell you how inconvenient your obsession with me has been?" Katherine uttered, she was annoyed by the notion that neither Salvatore seemed to care very much about…she no longer had them wrapped around her little finger, no instead her descendants mattered more to them than she did.
"You and me both honey." Damon drawled cockily and snatched the empty glass off of the red head.
Lily huffed and headed off to get herself another drink from the corner cabinet.
"Why do you need it back?" Stefan asked Lily helped herself to some bourbon; this town sure did favour that particular drink. Lily held up the amber liquid and felt the fiery drink sliding down her throat.
"I love you in a suit, so dashing." Katherine smiled coyly; Lily hopped onto the table, and smoothed down her dress.
"What were you doing with the moonstone in the first place?" Lily asked curiously, she wondered how Katherine even come across such a rarity.
Stefan's eyes lit up in realisation, "Unless it wasn't yours to begin with…"
"Classy Katerina stealing stones." Lily could hear the music still going on, Elena no doubt would be all healed up by now…or she should be.
"I like to try Lillian." Katherine retorted.
Stefan canted his head to the side and eyed the older vampire. "In 1864 you faked your death, who were you running from Katherine?"
Lily leant forward; now this was getting interesting, who was scary enough for the manipulative to be sent running.
"In 1987 you were at Chicago-"both Damon and Lily simultaneously groaned, once again she changed the topic. "At a concert of all places, with that wench Lexi…"
Damon moved over to Lily and held out his hand, she gave him the bottle, "Is it me or does she sound stalkerish." She whispered to Damon, she was sort of impressed of how the vampire was behaving; it was almost as if he wasn't bothered by Katherine.
"Don't look so surprised Stefan of course I checked in on you over the years." Katherine was now standing right in front of the younger Salvatore. "You were standing in the front row, dancing and watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you."
"OK stalker alert definitely." Damon muttered, causing Lily to chuckled, she felt the hem of her dress skimming her ankles; the red head had taken her mask off earlier, and was glad to feel the air against her skin. From the corner of her eye she could see Damon grimacing…Lily felt a swell of pity for her friend, he was coming to realise that whatever he felt for Katherine was completely one-sided. It was always going to be Stefan, Katherine chose him, and now Elena chose him. He was brought out of her melancholic thoughts by a soft hand grasping his. Lily held his hand and squeezed his hand,
"You are way too good for the likes of her." she said rubbing her thumb across his knuckles.
Damon grinned and nodded, "Thanks Lils…"
"Anytime you big pansy." She teased him; he lightly elbowed her causing her to wobble.
"Who were you running from?" the pair heard Stefan asked, whatever Katherine's reply was neither her nor Damon heard it.
"Katerina who were you running from?" Lily asked she wanted to know.
Katherine glanced over her shoulder and smirked. "Someone or people who you know very well Lillian…maybe one day you will meet them." She said cryptically, Lily frowned and shook her head.
"And once again the prize for chatting nonsense goes to Katerina Petrova." Lily exclaimed.
Lily sighed and paced the room; her eyes roamed the vast books that were all placed on the shelves. She glanced at her cell phone and saw that there were no messages from Alaric…which was a good thing she supposed.
"We're missing the party." Katherine whined. They all chose to ignore her, "Oh I'll have one of those." She said, Lily pressed her hip against the back of the couch.
"Right away Miss Katherine." Damon mocked her, he handed it to her
"Thank you…you know it's a little bit funny…."Katherine smirked, spinning around so she was facing Lily and Stefan "Lillian did you know how many times we almost crossed paths in the past?"
Lily frowned, and folded her arms across her chest, "and it's even ironic we all have another connection, I am somewhat responsible for all of your transformation, even yours Lily."
Damon frowned "You didn't tell us she turned you." he looked over to the pale vampire.
"Oh I didn't…"Katherine smirked taking another sip of her drink, she looked at them from beneath her thick lashes, "You see…my pursuers were the ones who did the deed…but they would never have got there if they didn't have a trail to follow…"
Lily blinked "You led them to my home?" she breathed, her heart stilled, "You-"
"Oh I am not sure that they were responsible for your family's deaths, but someone they knew was….Elizabeth was my favourite….she was rather caring-"Lily felt a shard of hurt tore through her, Katherine was responsible for leading whoever was on her trail to her family…she had a role in her family members deaths. Anger gripped her, her eyes darkened and she blurred forward slamming the brunette against the wall, she was quick enough to snatch the stake out of her hand.
"You killed them-"Lily snarled "they were your family-"
"I saved myself, your perfect little family was a lovely decoy-"Katherine sneered, the sharp wooden stake dug into her skin causing her to gasp. Lily didn't blink as a gash appeared on her. "Better they die than I-"
"I should kill you." Lily growled, her eyes darkened till the black veins protruded,
"No Lily don't-"Stefan shouted, he and Damon rushed forward, "You're all linked-"both brothers gripped her arms and attempted to pull her off.
"Lily please-"Damon ordered,
"No Lily please kill me." Katherine cajoled, but another person entered the room, it was the witch and she was holding the moonstone, it distracted Lily enough for her grip to slacken, the older vampire shoved the red head back.
"Katherine the spell of this room has been lifted, you're free to leave." The witch exclaimed
Katherine sighed in relieved, there was only so much time someone can spend in a room where all the occupants wanted her dead.
"Thank god."
The witch held on to the moonstone, Lily cleared her throat this whole night would be a waste if Katherine just waltzed away with the moonstone. "When I have this over to you, my debt to you is over."
"Fine." Katherine stated, she just wanted to the moonstone and moved onto the next stage of her plan.
"I owe you nothing." The witch wanted to make her point clear.
"Yes now give it." Katherine demanded, the witch did just that despite Damon's protest, the three vampires all stiffened as the brunette finally got what she wanted. Lily was startled when Katherine gasped, and was choking.
"You should have told me another witch was involved, a Bennett witch Katherine." The witch spat, alerting Lily that this witch was somehow related to Bonnie
"What about Elena-"
"We're not linked." Lily answered before she could, she wasn't experiencing anything like Katherine, they watched as the brunette dropped to her knees, as she clutched her throat.
"Bonnie is with her…she'll heal quickly. I apologise for the part I played." The witch smiled and left, Lily made sure to look her up later, her eyes darted to Katherine, she rushed forward and kneed the woman in the back, with enough force to snap her spine, Katherine yelled out in pain.
"This is hardly anything Katerina, I hope you rot." She hissed before snapping Katherine's neck.
"That was…whoa-"Damon muttered,
"Just lock her up-"
"We could just stake her now." Stefan said he just wanted her out of his life. They were all looking down at Katherine's lifeless form.
Lily frowned "Death would be too kind for the likes of her, she should rot somewhere for an eternity." She said spitefully and turned on her heel and left.
Lily sunk down onto the grassy grounds, she slipped off her shoes and dipped her feet into the cool water, she laid her head down and stared up at the starry sky…she just needed to be away from everyone else…so she found one person who played a part in the deaths of her family. But who else was there?
All she remembered that night, was a screaming Clara, fire and rain…she hated that as the years passed by her memories of her life was beginning to fade…she had to force herself to remember Clara's smile. Lily knew there was something missing…or someone; there was always a sense of her not being completely all there yet.
Her eyes snapped opened when she her heightened hearing picked up the sound of footsteps; she brushed aside her red locks and saw Stefan and Elena on the other side of the bridge. She forced herself not to listen and went back to staring up at the night sky, she picked up parts of the conversation, and once again opened her eyes hearing footsteps, and she saw Elena walking away from Stefan.
"Lily you've been eavesdropping?" Stefan said using his enhanced speed so now that he was sitting beside her.
"Please…I have zero interest you love life." Lily uttered, Stefan chuckled "It's going downhill though?" she sat up, and tore pieces of the grass out from the ground. She kept her hands busy.
"Yes…she wants to make sure the people she loves are safe…"Stefan said.
Lily frowned "What does that even mean?...don't you ever feel like she is dragging her heels?" Stefan's brows furrowed "What do you mean?" he asked.
Lily shrugged "Look I'm no expert but beforehand she was fighting for you…fighting to be with you…and I do understand why she backed off when Katherine was here…but she's not anymore…"she murmured flicking the blades of grass into the water. She and Stefan watched them float away.
"It's her decision and-"
"You're going to stick with it…she is after all your epic love." Lily smiled, Stefan grinned and nodded, he sighed.
"I'm sorry about your family…-"
"Me too, but we can't dwell on the past even if we wanted to." The red head murmured, she knew that you can only hold onto such immense anger before it consumes you. "Where is Katerina anyway?"
"Damon locked her up in the tomb." Stefan informed her, a smile spread across her face.
"Back to where she was supposed to be all this time." Lily uttered, and a cool breeze passed over them,
"This is yours." He handed her mask, she left that behind when she walked out. "I should go, you want a lift?" he asked.
"No…I got my car. Goodnight, and make sure your on time for class." He chuckled and nodded he kissed her cheek and left.
Lily stayed in her spot for about another twenty minutes, and decided now was the time to head home, since she could already see so many people leaving. The red head stood up and looked up at the moon and stars.
"Lillian Petrova?" a deep voice called out behind her.
The vampire spun around and frowned at the stranger, "Excus-"
"It is you!" before she could even blink the man pulled out a gun and fired, the vampire was too stunned to move, a gasp didn't even leave her lips before the bullet entered her head. Lily only saw black and her body dropped to the floor. The masked man rushed forward and pulled out his phone, it was a smart move putting a silencer on the gun.
His dark eyes roamed the red head vampire's face, this was definitely her he dropped to his knees beside her, and his cell rang,
"You have her?" the man on the other of the phone asked.
"Yes. Lillian Petrova it is her."
"Good, now you know what to do next." He hanged up, the masked man pulled out two syringes which were full of vervaine, and he pierced her with both needles and injected her.
With one last glance around, he scooped the vampire up, and headed back to his car. He had completed his mission he had both the doppelganger and Lillian Petrova.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So this was a very long Chap-At the beginning we see Mikael torturing Lily, and say that she is Niklaus's heart. In the present she is called to the boarding house, where Caroline tells them Katherine wants the stone at the ball. Lily does some marking and is asked to come over to the Gilbert, where she compels Jenna not to attend. Meeting at the Boarding house, Lily is to stay out of the way. The Ball happens, Damon and Lily dance and they talk. Caroline plays her part, and Katherine ask her for her, Lily in bulgarian says goodbye great gran. She finds Elena at the ball and tells her to go home. Lily, Elena and Katherine are all linked, they're all Petrovas. Lily is stuck in the room, they banter, Katherine reveals that she left a trail for her pursuers, so had a role in her family's deaths. Lily nearly kills her, but ends up snapping her back and neck. Stefan and Lily talk, and Lily gets taken.
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