~The beginning of this chapter is more of a flashback to how the last chapter ended.
~ I sort of have the next few chapters roughly planned out, along with some of the new episodes (like Dangerous Liaisons) roughly planned for this story.

Grapejuice101: Thanks for the review. I have all my stories planned so I can update them regularly or semi-regularly. This story will always be updated twice a week (1 episode a week) every other week. That might change come late April, early May, but I'm not exactly sure yet. (By change, I mean more updates)

~Enjoy!

Chelsea's POV

I leaned against the wall as I brought my attention to Alaric, who was now standing where Mason was.

"So was Mason screwing with us, or is there something in there?" Damon asked Alaric. 'It'll be easier' the voice said inside me again. 'What would happen though if I did?' I couldn't help but ask myself. I just stared into the area where Alaric was standing. My thoughts wanted me to turn it off, but from every time that's happened, nothing good came from it. 'You won't care if you turn it off' The voice said to me.
"Ric." I heard Damon say which made me slightly come out of my thoughts. "Ric." I heard Damon say again. I took a deep breath and moved my eyes towards Alaric. He was looking at the wall that Mason was looking at before.
"I found something." He said.
"What is it?" I asked calmly.
"I have no idea." I took another deep breath and although I couldn't see it, I could tell that Damon was looking at me. 'Should I just pretend?' I asked myself. It seemed to have worked for Damon when he first got here, but then he surrounded himself with compelled girls. 'Maybe I should.' I couldn't help but think.

"Damon?" I ended up asking as I turned my head to him. "Were you ever going to tell me about my parent's or Anna?" 'I have to know the truth' I thought. He just started at me, like he was trying to decide rather or not to answer…."Damon?" I asked him. Damon looked at me with a mix of emotion on his face.
"You would have found out anyway." I shook my head in disbelief. 'I can't believe this.' I thought before turning away from Damon to walk out.
"Chelsea!" Damon grabbed my arm and I turned around. I kept cool as I looked into his eyes.
"Not now Damon." Disappointment, sadness, and slight shock appeared on Damon's face as his hand dropped from my arm. "I can't right now." I said to him before turning back around to exit the tunnels.

I stood outside the Lockwood tunnels and took a deep breath. 'Be calm' I thought to myself as I pushed the emotions down, doing my best not to lose it.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the ceiling. Last night everything seemed overemotional and rushed but now, I don't know what it feels like. Everything feels weirdly calm, unpredictable, and different. I got out of bed and took a quick shower.

I don't know what to expect to day. What to expect with Damon. I don't know if he will still be with me, if he'll day drink or what's going to happen. I'd be lying if I said I was looking forward to anything today. I took a deep breath and walked into my room with a towel wrapped around my body and hair.

"I didn't know when you were going to get out of there." I heard Damon say. He was lying on my bed watching me as I picked out some clothes to wear for the day. I picked out some clothes without speaking to Damon. It's going to be hard on him, but he's just going to have to deal with it.

"You're going to ignore me know?" Damon asked as I walked out of my bathroom again.
"Maybe." I said as I started to fix my hair. My hair fell into loose curls before I looked at Damon.
"I'm going back to the Lockwood tunnels later. You should come. It's only fitting since Mason showed the both of us." I paused for a moment, not knowing exactly what to say.
"Why not." I said before turning away from Damon.
"Come with me." Damon said as he stepped closer to me from behind. "You and I can meet Alaric and Rick in the tunnels."
I sighed. "Okay." I said as I walked over to my closet to find something to add to my outfit.

I took a thin belt from my closet and put it around my shirt.
"Are you ready now?" Damon asked me as I turned around.
"Just wait a minute." I said to Damon. 'I'm not in a rush' I thought as I grabbed a beanie hat from the dresser. "Now I'm ready." I said to Damon before turning to him.
"Let's go then." He said turning to the hallway. I stood there for a moment as I took a deep breath and then following him out.

Damon and I walked together to the tunnels. We didn't really say anything to each other. I wasn't really in the mood to talk to Damon and I'm pretty sure he was preoccupied in his thoughts. We walked into the tunnels behind Alaric and Elena, but they didn't know we were in there.

I could hear Elena and Alaric talking within the tunnels.
"So the Lockwoods really have no idea that these tunnels are underneath their property?" Elena asked. I could tell that she was shining a flashlight through the tunnels.
"Careful where you shine that thing. Bats hate the light." I could hear Alaric say.
"Wait, what?" Damon sped in front of me to behind Elena. I was only a couple of feet behind.
"Elena." Damon whispered. Elena turned around and jumped back when she saw Damon.
"Ah! God Damon!" Elena slapped Damon and I couldn't help but smile. It was either because Damon scared Elena or because she hit Damon.
"Scaredy-cat." He said to Elena as I walked closer to them.
"Just ignore him." I told Elena.
"That's what I do." Alaric added.
"So the both of you really can't get in?" Elena asked Damon and I.
"Nope." I said popping the 'p'.
"Seems to me like the ancient Lockwood was anti-vampire." Damon said to Elena.
"What do you mean ancient?" She asked Damon.
"You'll see." I said to Elena.

Damon and I looked at each other for a moment before we continued following Alaric and Elena deeper into the tunnels.
"Well this is as far as we can go." Damon said as we got to the cave. He sat down onto a rock while I stood, watching Alaric and Elena.
"What is all this?" Elena asked out loud as she looked at all the drawings.
"As far as I can tell, it's a story. In simple, archaeological terms…" Alaric started.
"It's a really, really old story." I finished for Alaric.
"That right there," I watched Alaric shine his flashlight on a spot. ", is the moon cycle, a man, a wolf." Alaric shined his light at each symbol.
"A werewolf." Elena said out loud as she shined her flashlight on the drawing of the werewolf.
"Yeah, it's the Lockwood diaries." I looked at Damon "Pictionary edition." Damon looked at me for a moment. I took a deep breath through my nose and turned my attention back to Alaric and Elena.

"I don't understand. I thought the Lockwoods came here with the original founders in the 1860s." Elena said as she turned around to face Alaric.
"I don't know. Maybe the Lockwoods did, but according to this wall, these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that."
"How long?"
"A very long time." I said which made Elena look to me.
"It gets better. Show her, Rick." I looked at Damon before looking back at Alaric and Elena. Alaric walked closer to Elena and shined his flashlight back at the wall. The light showed the some writing.
"Names. They're not native. They're written in Runic, Viking script." I looked at the names that Alaric was shining his flashlight on.
"Vikings?" Elena asked.
"This name here, I translated it and it reads Niklaus."
"Who we better know as Klaus." I said.
"Elijah." Alaric said as he shined his flashlight onto Elijah's name. "And Rebekah."

"These are the names of the original family?" Elena asked in disbelief.
"Carved into a cave that's been here since way before the founding of Mystic Falls." Alaric looked at Elena. "Or even the entire New World for that matter."
"This has gotta be one of Klaus's fakes!"
"That's what we said." I told Elena. She looked at me and Damon.
"That could be true, except the last name up here made us think otherwise." Alaric said whick made Elena look back at him.
"What's the name?" Alaric shined his flashlight onto a name that was carved into the wall.
"Mikael." Alaric turned his head towards us.
"Mikael? Mikael as in the vampire hunter who knows how to kill Klaus?" I could tell that there was disbelief in Elena's voice.
"Yep." I said to Elena.
"I like to call him 'papa original'" I looked at Damon for a moment before my phone went off. Alaric and Elena looked at me and so did Damon. I took my phone out my pocket.

'Wanna hang later?'-Rebekah
'Why not?' I texted her back and looked at Damon and ended up giving him a 'What?' look.
"Who is it?" Damon asked.
"Not that anyone needs to know, but it was Rebekah."
"You're hanging out with her?" Elena asked.
"Well, yeah. I've been stuck with two guys all summer, I need some girl time." I looked at Damon. "And so far she is the only one that hasn't kept anything from me." I could tell that there was something in Damon's eyes before I looked back to Elena. "See you later." I said to Elena before turning around and walked out of the tunnels.

I walked towards the school, where they were having cheerleading practice.
"You're here." Rebekah said to me as she saw me walk up next to her.
"I needed something else to do." I said to Rebekah.
"Damon problems?"
"Sort of."
"I was wondering about something." I said to Rebekah. I was going to ask about her family, but then I saw Elena walk up behind Rebekah.
"You! Goody!" Rebekah said, less than enthusiastic.
"I was hoping we could talk." Elena looked over at me and then back to Rebekah.
"About what? Stefan? Don't worry - I'm off him until he starts treating me better." I couldn't help but let a small smirk appear on my face. "In fact, you should probably take a page out of my book, if I'm being honest."
"Actually, I'd rather talk about this." Elena pulled out a picture. It showed Rebekah's name that was carved inside the cave. "I'm curious why you and Klaus have spent a thousand years running from your father. Rebekah opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but then she closed it.

"I should get back to the girls. Homecoming is right around the corner." I stood as I watched Rebekah start to walk away from us.
"Well then maybe I'll ask Mikael when we wake him." Elena said which made Rebekah stop in her tracks. Rebekah turned around and walked back towards us.
"You're bluffing! You don't know where he is. No one does." I think I could sense some fear in Rebekah's voice.
"So then who's rotting in that old cemetery in Charlotte?"
"More stuff I don't know." I said in a whisper, but both Rebekah and Elena heard me.
"If you wake Mikael we are all doomed!" Rebekah almost yelled at Elena, but being careful not to draw any attention.
"So then tell me!" Elena persisted with Rebekah.
"Why do you wanna know?"
"Why don't you want me to wake him?"
"I need to get back to the girls." Rebekah turned to me. "See you later." I slightly nodded my head and watched as Rebekah walked away from us.

"I could have gotten her to tell me." I said as I turned to Elena.
"I'm sorry." Elena said to me which made me a bit curious. "I'm sorry about your parents. I wanted to tell you, but I didn't want to ruin your time back while it lasts." I let a small smile appear on my face.
"Thanks." I said.
"I'm going back to Rick's to look over the photos if you want to come with." I thought about it for a second.
I shook my head a bit. "I think I'm just gonna go back to the house and relax or something." I said to her before walking away from Elena.

I sat on the couch in the living room playing with my phone. Rebekah had music playing while she was in the other room. I lifted my head from my phone as the front door opened, revealing Elena. I turned my head to see Rebekah walking in with a champagne bottle and three glasses.

Rebekah poured some champagne in a cup and handed it to me. I put my phone in my pocket and grabbed it from her. "Hey! What's up?" She asked Elena.
"You invited me over? To talk?" Elena asked as she stepped closer to Rebekah.
"All right girls, have at it!" I stood up and faced towards Rebekah to see six girls walk in wearing dresses. "O.k. now turn please." The girls took a 360 turn and then stood still.
"You compelled your own private runway show?" I asked Rebekah.
"We need a Homecoming dress." I let out a little chuckle. "So, what do you think? Pick one!"
"I'm not going to homecoming." I told Rebekah before she faced Elena.
"Then Elena can pick two." Rebekah said with a smile. I slightly rolled my eyes.
"I'm not here to help you shop!" Elena stepped closer to Rebekah. "I'm here to talk about why you don't want me to wake up Mikael." I looked at Rebekah, who sped towards the girls. She pulled the neck back of one of the girls and let her vamp features appear.
"I said 'pick two', Elena." She said threatening Elena by having her fangs near the girl's neck.
"The…..red one and the bright green one." Rebekah's features went away and she rubbed the girl's hair.
"Yeah. It wasn't so hard, was it?" Rebekah turned to the girls. "Go away. Remember nothing." Rebekah walked closer to Elena as the girls walked away. "You do not threaten me! You'll learn what I allow you to learn. Is that clear?" Elena nodded her head and Rebekah walked behind her. Elena looked at me and I just shrugged a little before following Rebekah.

Elena walked behind me as I followed Rebekah up the stairs and into Stefan's room. Rebekah opened the door to his room and walked in.
"How fun is this...?" Rebekah said as she walked closer to Stefan's dresser. I went straight for Stefan's bed, wanting to lay on it.
"We shouldn't be here..." Elena said as Rebekah started to look through Stefan's drawers.
"Of course we should!" Rebekah looked at Elena before turning her attention back to his drawers. "Come on, like you've never wanted to snoop." Rebekah pulled some stuff out of Stefan's drawer. "Boxer briefs. A lot has changed from the twenties." She put them back and I couldn't help but smile in my mind.
"Are you going to tell us your story?" I asked Rebekah.
"You're no fun. " Rebekah turned to me.
"I never am." I said with a small smile on my face.
"What do you want to know?" She asked me and then turned to Elena before walking towards Stefan's table, looking at the stuff that was on it.

"Elijah said that your father was a landowner in Europe. How did you guys end up here?" Elena asked
"My parents had just started a family, when a plague struck their homeland. " Rebekah said as she looked at some papers of Stefan's. "They lost a child to it." She looked at me for a moment before looking back at the papers. "They wanted to escape and protect their future family from the same fate." Rebekah put the papers down and started to walk around the table.
"So, how did you end up here?" Elena started to walk into the room. "This part of the world hadn't even been discovered yet."
"Not by anyone in your history books. But my mother knew the witch Ayanna, who heard from the spirits of a mystical land where everyone was healthy. Blasted by the gifts of speed and strength; that lead my family here, where we lived amongst those people." Rebekah told us while she continued to look through Stefan's stuff.
"The werewolves?" I asked.
"To us they were just our neighbors. My family lived in peace with them for over 20 years, during which time my family had more children, including me."
"It sounds so normal."
"It was. Once a month my family retreated in caves beneath our village. The wolves would howl through the night and by morning we'd return home..." Rebekah took in a breath and continued. "One full moon Klaus and my youngest brother Henrick snuck out to watch the men turn into beasts. That was forbidden. Henrick paid the price." I felt sad for Rebekah. She lost a sibling that still had things to experience.

"Ayanna wasn't able to heal Henrick without bringing imbalance to the balance of nature. So that was the beginning of the end of peace with our neighbors… and one of the last moments my family had together as humans." I didn't know what to say. One accident and then their whole lives change. I almost reacted when I heard my phone start to ring.
"You better get that." Rebekah said to me, holding back any tears that were threatening to show. "That's gotta be Damon checking up on you." I took my phone out of my pocket and got off of Stefan's bed, walking away from Rebekah and Elena.

"Hello?"
"Hey beautiful." Damon said and I rolled my eyes. 'Good thing he can't see that' I thought.
"What do you want?" I asked him.
"Just wanted to hear your voice." Damon said to me.
"Are you drunk?"
"Not yet."
"Where are you?"
"No idea, but I'm pretty sure, I'm overdressed." There was a pause between the two of us "You and Elena still standing?"
"If you wanted to know if we were okay, you could have called her." I looked at Elena. "I'm busy." I told Damon before hearing a voice.
"I'll at the bar."
"You broke Stefan out?" I asked him. I could tell that Elena and Rebekah heard me and
"Yeah, he looked like he needed a drink. Don't worry. I'll make sure he behaves." Damon said to me.
"I'm not going to."
"I have to go." I said to Damon before hanging up on him.

"Stefan's out of his cage." I said to Elena.
"Why did he let him out?"
"I don't know Elena. Maybe he wanted some fun." I said to Elena before laying back onto Stefan's bed.

~I know it's not the best ending, but I didn't want to put too much in one chapter and then have less in the other.
~ I have been thinking that I might put little spoilers about future chapters at the end of each chapter. The spoilers won't ruin anything (I would hope) but just give a little info on what is going to happen. Just a warning, if you don't want any spoilers, don't read them.

*Spoiler*
~In Chapter(s) 27-28 (Based from Dangerous Liaisons, Chelsea will dance with Kol, Klaus, and Damon.

~I hope you liked the chapter. Don't forget to review this story and check out my other ones as well.
~The next chapter will be up Thursday.

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