So I'm trying to make the chapters more descriptive. I always just rush through them because I want to start writing season 2, or better yet season 3. Anyways, thanks to everyone who has commented and added this story to their favorites or alerts so far. I appreciate it! Review!
I stumbled into my history class forty minutes late. I was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans and a black camisole, with sunglasses covering my eyes. My head was pounding from the hangover I had accumulated from last night.
"Look who's decided to finally grace us with her presence. Let me guess… Zoey Gilbert?" In front of me stood a handsome man wearing a blue buttoned up shirt and black pants. I guess the new history teacher is finally here. How does he know who I am already?
"Who wants to know?" I say grouchily. Nice first impression. Oh well, with Damon still running around he'll be dead by the end of the month.
"I'm Alaric Saltzman, you're new history teacher. I guess I'm correct in assuming you are Ms. Gilbert. I have read a lot about you." Read?
I cock my head to the side before shrugging and going to my seat. I have a feeling this new teacher was going to be a thorn in my side. At least he's better to look at then Mr. Tanner.
…
"Ms. Gilbert, stay behind please." I kept walking, pretending to think he was talking to Elena. "And you know I mean you, Zoey." Damn.
I spun around on my heel and walked over to the desk. Mr. Saltzman waited until all the people in the class left before beginning to talk. Before he could get a word out, I interrupt him. "You know it's not good behaviour to seduce a student on your first day here, Alaric. Mr. Tanner didn't start until a whole month of high school went by before he took me on his desk." I say seductively, smoothing out his shirt collar. Mys well have some fun if I have to get scolded.
He grabs my hand and places it back to my side. "Don't play games, Ms. Gilbert. I know I'm keeping you from wherever you were headed, which I doubt was to class." True, I was about to go get high. "Did you know that your old teacher had a jackass file?" I snort.
"It's not surprising."
He nods. "It has all the troublemakers in it but really it's just an opus... to you. Though you're brother is in it quite a lot too." Great. I sit down on a desk and put my sunglasses back on. "Don't worry about it. I'm not him. You have a clean slate. I'll even excuse that little display from a few minutes ago because you are obviously hung-over." Maybe he won't be so bad afterall…
"Cool. Can I go now?"
"No. You have a 52 in this class and tha…"
I interrupt him again. "Awesome, I'm actually passing."
He sighs. "For now. How do you feel about extra credit?"
I raise my eyebrow at him. "Hmm. I knew you just wanted to screw me."
He laughs lightly. "You're not really my type."
"Ha! I'm everyone's type."
"Ms. Gilbert." He says sternly, getting annoyed by my games.
I roll my eyes at him. "I feel that its lame and I'm not doing it. But you should offer it to my brother, he will. Now can I go?"
"I was planning on it and yes you may." He sighs again, slightly defeated.
…
"Zoey!"
I stop and turn around at the sound of Tyler's voice. "Hey."
"Hey? Really? That's all you have to say to me? You have been avoiding me for days." He says, angrily.
"I know. I just… don't want to talk about it. So let's just forget about it, okay?"
"Forget about it? I was going to when you asked me the first time, but then you kissed me, again. You. Kissed. Me. I can't deal with your mixed signals."
"Okay, fine. I just want to be friends. No more kissing. We just got caught up in the moment, Tyler. It isn't a big deal. Stop trying to make things out to be something there not." With that I walked away from him. I heard him kick a car that was beside him but kept walking.
I was walking towards my car when I saw Bonnie leaning against a car with Damon leaned towards her, seemingly threatening her. "Leave her alone, Damon."
"I wasn't doing anything to her Zoey. It's hurtful that you would think that way about me, especially after the other night." He winks at me and Bonnie looks between us with a look of shock on her face. "We were just having a friendly chat, weren't we Bonnie? So… next time she comes out to play, you tell her… that a deal's a deal." He tells Bonnie opening the car door for her and smiling encouragingly.
Bonnie looks over at me, not seeming to want to leave me alone with Damon. I nod and she gets into her car. He closes the door for her and then walks over to me. We walk away from Bonnie towards my car. "What was that about? Who's she?"
"Don't you worry your pretty little mind."
I raise my eyebrow and frown. "Fine, I'll just ask Bonnie about it later."
He rolls his eyes but relents. "She has my necklace."
"Oh, the one that Caroline was trying to get back from her after you compelled her and when she couldn't you called her a shallow, useless, waste of space? That necklace?"
"Yes, that one."
"Who is she?"
"Her name is Emily. She was a witch and is Bonnie's ancestor. The necklace belonged to her."
"So why do you want it?" I ask as we stop in front of my car.
"Because I do. It's mine now and you should get your little friend to give it back to me."
I ignore him and ask him another question. "What deal?"
He smirks and opens the door of my car for me. "Go home, Zoey. Sleep off that nasty hangover and then get my necklace back. You won't like what happens if you don't."
I slam the front door shut and step closer to Damon. "Do not threaten me, Damon. I am pissed off and reckless enough to go through with a plan to kill you. You ever hurt Bonnie or anyone else I care about, I will make sure you end up just like Vicki and Lexi. And this time I won't miss." I open my car door, slam it shut, and drive off, more pissed then I was before.
…
I got home later to find Elena and Bonnie in the kitchen. They filled me in on everything and I suggested that Elena call Stefan. The doorbell rang and Elena and I left Bonnie alone to go talk to Stefan.
"He threatened her Stefan." Elena says, while pacing back and forth.
"What would Damon want with Bonnie?" He asks himself, trying to make sense of everything.
"She has this necklace. Caroline got it from Damon and she gave it to Bonnie and now Damon wants it back. He's tormenting her." I answer.
"Over a necklace."
"It's not just any necklace. It has to do with Bonnie's heritage. It belonged to one of her ancestors who lived here during the civil war… when you and Damon lived here." Elena says, coming to the same conclusion I had come to hours ago but couldn't say in front of Bonnie.
"Her name was Emily. She was Katherine's handmaid and a witch." Of course it comes back to Katherine.
"You know? About Bonnie?"
"The first night that you invited me over for dinner, I made the connection."
"And...now Damon knows, and...for some reason he wants that necklace."
"He made a deal with Emily. I don't know what it was though, he wouldn't spill." I add in.
"A deal." Stefan frowns, thinking hard. "What does it look like?"
"It's...an antique iron setting with..." Elena began but was interrupted my Stefan.
"With an amber crystal. I know it. It belonged to Katherine. Emily gave it to her, which means that...
"What?"
"I don't know, but I'm gonna find it out. Let me talk to Damon." Stefan says, turning around.
"You really think he'll tell you?" I ask.
He nods. "I'll… I'll get it out of him."
…
Caroline took out the food while Bonnie came out looking nervous. They had talked me into staying for their girl's night but I really didn't want to be here.
Elena nods towards Bonnie and gives Caroline a go-talk-to-your-best-friend look. "I'm sorry. There, I said it. If you want the ugly ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."
"Would you hate me if I told you I threw it away?"
"You… threw it away?"
"I know it sounds crazy but the necklace was giving me nightmare, I had to get rid of it."
"You could have just given it back to me!" Caroline says angrily.
"Why, so you could give it back to Damon?" I say, butting into their conversation.
Caroline sighs. "Screw Damon. Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?"
"Mine's in my bag." Offers Bonnie.
I get a bag of chips out of the cupboard as Caroline asks Elena about her relationship with Stefan. Guess she's over Damon, now onto the next brother. Again.
"Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" Caroline says as her anger returns.
"What?"
"Caroline!" Elena says, disapprovingly.
Caroline turns around and holds up the necklace that Bonnie had thrown out of the car earlier that day. What the hell?
…
Bonnie and Caroline got into a fight about the necklace and when Bonnie tried to tell Caroline that she was a witch Caroline brushed if off. So now Caroline was trying to make amends with Bonnie while Elena and I sat in the kitchen, listening and munching on chips.
"… because I consider you to be my best friend, at least when Zoey and I are in a fight which is almost always. And I am saying this knowing her and Elena are in the kitchen listening to my every word." Touché. "Zoey, Elena, you can come in now, we're done!" Caroline calls to us.
Elena and I come into the living room. "Well there is just way to much drama in this room. So since I am being forced to be here, what do you want to do?" I ask, still snacking on my chips.
Caroline jumps up excitedly. "I have an idea! Why don't we have a séance?"
I groan. "I don't think that is such a good idea." Bonnie says.
"Come on. Let's summon some spirits. This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do."
…
We all sit in a circle, holding hands, with candles in the middle. This is so boring!
"What are we even doing?" I ask.
"I don't know." Elena says exasperatedly.
"Shh! Be quiet and concentrate. Close your eyes. Now take a deep breathe. Bonnie, call to her." Caroline says, completely serious.
"Emily, you there?"
"Really? 'Emily you there?' That's all you got? Come on.
"Fine. Jeez." Bonnie closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. "Emily I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
There is silence before the flames grow and then shrink back to normal. "Did that just…" Elena asks, slightly frightened.
"Yeah, that just happened." I answer.
A breeze comes through the room and Caroline hugs herself.
"It's just air conditioning." Bonnies says.
The flames then burst up again. "Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her." When Bonnie won't do it, Caroline does. "Emily if you're among us, show us another sign."
Nothing happens.
"See? It's not working." Bonnie says just before the windows fly open. "No! I can't, I'm done." She says taking her necklace off and throwing it to the ground. The light then turns on. "Get the light. Please get the light on."
"Hold on. I got it." I say, as I turn on the light switch.
"You guys, the necklace, it's gone." We all look to the ground to see the necklace missing. Shit.
Bonnie starts to look for the necklace, searching under the bed. "Okay, funs over, Caroline. You made a point, and I get it. Now give it back."
"What? Well I didn't take it"
"I don't think she took it, Elena" I say. Elena's head moves towards the door. I look over but see nothing.
"What? What happened?"
"I don't know. Nothing. Jeremy, are you home?" Elena calls.
"Did you see something?" I ask her.
"Um… guys!" We turn to look over at Bonnie, who is slowly walking towards the bathroom. I notice the necklace on the floor. She picks it up but the door then slams shut. She begins screaming like crazy.
Elena, Caroline, and I go to the door and try to open it. "Bonnie? Bonnie, what's going on?"
I rush to the other door in the hallway. Elena follows behind me but the door is locked.
"Bonnie, unlock the door!" I hear Caroline yell.
I take out the bobby pin in my hair and try to unlock the door but the lights start to flicker uncontrollably and Bonnie continues to scream. "Bonnie!"
Elena goes back to the bedroom, while I continue to try to unlock the door. I finally unlock it and slam the door open to see Bonnie with her head in her hands.
"Bonnie?" She doesn't answer me.
The other door opens, revealing Caroline and Elena. "Bonnie, what happened? Are you okay?" Elena asks.
She doesn't answer at first but then she looks up. "I'm fine." Something is off with her. She doesn't seem like herself.
"Unbelievable. You were totally faking it." Caroline says angrily.
"Caroline, come on."
"No, you scared the hell out of me!" Caroline says as she leaves. I continue to watch Bonnie suspiciously.
"Bonnie?"
"I'm fine. Everything's fine." She tells Elena. I look in the mirror and step back, shocked. It isn't Bonnie's reflection that is there but someone else's who is wearing old clothes. Emily.
Bonnie, or Emily should I say, leaves and Elena, who doesn't notice my expression, follows after her.
"I can't believe I fell for it." I hear Caroline say.
"Are you okay?" Elena asks Bonnie.
"I must go." I finally find use of my feet again and go out into the hallway.
"If she's leaving, I'm leaving."
"You guys can't leave."
"Oh, I can. I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night." Caroline says as I walk out of Elena's bedroom.
"Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here." Bonnie/Emily says. What should I do? She could be dangerous. Maybe I should wait tell she leaves and follow her out?
"Where are you going?"
"Back to where it all began."
"Bonnie! Bonnie!" Elena calls after her as she rushes down the stairs.
"Emily!" I yell.
She turns around quickly. "I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed." The necklace.
"Oh my god." Elena murmurs and we both follow her downstairs. "Wait!"
Elena tries to open the door, but it won't budge. "What's happening?" Caroline asks.
"I don't know. The door, it's not…" The door then opens to reveal Jeremy.
He looks at us like we're crazy and then heads for the kitchen.
"I'm outta here." Caroline leaves out of breath.
"Call Stefan, Elena." While Elena is dialing his phone number, I grab my keys and head out the door.
"Zoey!" I hear her call after me but I don't stop.
I know exactly where she is going.
…
I ran through the woods toward Fell's church. I started to slow down as I came closer. I heard voices and walked towards them.
"You owe me." Damon.
"I know. I'm sorry."
"You're about to be a lot more than that." Damon speeds towards her but Emily does her witchy thing and has Damon flying into the air and into a tree, a branch going through his stomach. I wince. Well, it is Damon. He deserves much worse.
"Emily."
"You shouldn't be here. You should leave."
I ignore her. "Why do you need to destroy the necklace? What's the deal? What or who are you protecting?"
She looks over to Damon and then back to me. "You. Everyone. If the vampires under the church escape they will tear this town a part." Vampires under the church? Everything clicks in my mind then.
"Katherine."
She nods and then walks away a little. Stefan then comes and pulls Damon off the branch. Emily notices Stefan's presence.
"Hello Emily."
"These people don't deserve this. They should never know such evil."
"What do you mean evil?" Stefan asks. So he doesn't know.
"Emily, I swear to god I'll make you regret this." Damon says, trying to stand up.
"I won't let you unleash them into this world!"
"Them? What part of the story did you leave out?"
"What does it matter?"
"There are vampires under the church." I tell Stefan.
"Vampires? As in more than one? Emily, tell me what you did."
"To save her, I had to save them."
"You saved everyone in the church?" Stefan asks, shocked.
"With ones comes all." Emily says raising her head. This chick is kinda freaky.
"I don't care about them. I just want Katherine." Damon says, almost pleadingly as he struggles to stand up.
"I knew I shouldn't have believed a single word that comes out of your mouth. This isn't about love, is it? This is about revenge."
"The two aren't mutually exclusive." He's gonna let out a bunch of raging blood sucking vampires for one girl?
"Damon, you can't do this." I tell him.
He looks at me angrily. "Why not? They killed 27 people, and they called it a war battle. They deserve whatever they get.
"Twenty-seven vampires, Damon. They were vampires. You can't just bring them back."
"They'll kill everyone." I add in.
"This town deserves this." Damon says, holding onto his brother's neck.
"You're blaming innocent people for something that happened 145 years ago."
"There is nothing innocent about these people! What about that boyfriend of yours Zoey? Hmm? Do you think he's innocent when he beat you to a pulp?" He asks turning to me. I flinch.
"Not everyone is like him, Damon." I tell him.
"No, some of them are worse. And don't think for a second it won't happen again. They already know too much, and they'll burn your little grand-witch right next to us when they find out. Trust me."
"Things are different now." Emily says in Bonnie's body.
"Don't do this." Damon pleads again.
"I can't free them. I won't." Emily raises Bonnie hand. "Incendia!" Flames burst from the ground and I stumble back.
"No! No, NO!" Damon tries to move forward but Stefan stops him. Emily raises the necklace. "No. No, please." Damon begs. I felt something close to sympathy for Damon before shoving it down. This has to be done.
"Bonnie!" I hear Elena's scream. Stefan rushes to her and holds her back.
Emily throws the necklace into the air and destroys it. "NO!" I look over to Damon to see the look of pure hate in his eyes. He looks like he is going to murder someone.
The flames disappear and I take a step towards Damon, grabbing him by the arm. "Don't." He looks at me for a second, hesitates, before looking back at a confused Bonnie. My hand slips from his arm as he rushes forward and bites into Bonnie's neck. "Bonnie!" I rush forward but Stefan gets there first, ripping Damon off of her.
Stefan puts his head over Bonnie's heart. "She's alive, but barely. I can save her." He says, as he rips into his flesh with his teeth. I look away and go towards Damon. "Damon. Damon." My voice is soft, just above a whisper. He looks at me. I take my pocket knife out and stab him in the stomach, right where the branch penetrated his skin. He hunches over in pain.
"I told you I would kill you if you ever hurt anyone I cared about. I wasn't lying. Watch your back." Stefan presses his wrist to her mouth and forces Bonnie to drink. Her neck wound starts heeling. I sigh in relief. She'll be okay.
…
Bonnie had been crying and confused, but I had left without a word, letting Elena deal with her. I went to a party by the lake and took a beer. Sitting on the damp ground, back against a tree, I drank and got high. Just like I do best.
Damon was going to die. I would kill him, I had to. He is part of the reason that Vicki is dead, but I am the one to blame for her death. I killed her. But Bonnie? She had almost died because of Damon and I wasn't going to lose anyone else.
But do I even have anyone? Bonnie has always been Elena's best friend, not mine. I wasn't as close to Elena, Jeremy, and Caroline as I once was. Vicki was dead and I had pushed the one person who has always been there for me away. I was completely and utterly alone, and I deserved it.
I deserve everything that has happened to me and more.