A/N Two updates in one day! I mostly did two in one day because this one is kinda short. Please continue to read and review! Thanks!
"Damon hasn't said a word to me. Every time I talk to him, he just shuts down." Stefan told Elena and me as we walked towards school.
"Do you think he's still trying to find Katherine?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. He waited a hundred and forty-five years only to find out that Katherine couldn't care less. That's gotta hurt, right?"
"And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy." Elena said sarcastically.
"You have every reason to be upset with him… Have you thought anymore about what you're going to do?" Stefan asked her. She shrugged.
"About what? Isobel, my vampire birth mother, who is related to my vampire ancestor Katherine, who screwed over your vampire brother? Nah, I hadn't thought about that at all." I saw Jeremy and hurried over to him, seemingly unnoticed by the troubled love birds.
"Hey, what's up?" I asked as I walked over to him.
"Nothing much… What's wrong with you?" He asked.
"Nothing… Why?"
"Because I think you tried too hard to be normal this morning. You're hair is up in a ponytail, which you never do, and you're not wearing anything except the ring you always wear. Normally there's a bracelet or a necklace or something." He told me. I smiled slightly.
"You're observant." I noted.
"I try. So what's wrong?"
"Fight with my brother." With a snap of my neck to complete our wonderful evening…
"Which I think I will stay out of." He said.
"Good idea."
After school I headed home while Stefan stuck with Elena. I went inside quietly; wondering if should avoid Damon if I wanted to stay with my neck in working order. I heard voices in the living room and I walked in.
"Ah, the youngest Salvatore. Elisabeth…" Anna's mother, Pearl, said as I walked in.
"Ah, Anna's mommy who was dumb enough to captured by humans." I returned. She shot me a look but said nothing. She turned back to Damon as Anna continued to glare at me.
"We've taken up residence at a farmhouse just outside of town. It'll suffice for now."
"All twenty-five vampires?" Damon asked.
"Not all. Some. I imagine a few have already left town and others are probably still in the woods or, like us, acclimating." Pearly explained.
"How did they get out of the tomb?" I demanded.
"I think the witch screwed up that part of her hocus pocus." Anna replied.
"I understand from Anna that the founding families still have a secret council?" Pearl asked.
"And you're a part of it." Anna added.
"That ridiculous." Damon said, trying to lie his way out of it.
"I've been in MysticFalls since the comet, Damon, I'm up to speed." Anna told him.
"And so am I. And now that you've infiltrated the council, I'll need to know everything they know, starting with a list of the names of all the council members and their families." Pearl told him.
"And everyone you've supplied with Vervain." Anna added.
"Yes, that will have to stop immediately." Pearl said.
"Who the heck do you think you are? And why are you in our house again? There's the door, please let it hit you on the way out!" I snapped, going over to stand by Damon.
"What exactly are you trying to achieve?" Damon asked.
"MysticFalls is our home Damon. They took that from us. Our land, our home… It's time we rebuild." Pearl told him.
"Are you crazy? That was 1864! Wake up and look around, woman. The world has moved on! And this is our home, not yours." I growled, letting my fangs extend and stepping forward. Damon's arm shot out to hold me back, giving me a warning shake of his head. Pearl and Anna remained as calm as ever.
"As a reward for your help, I'm willing to give you what you want most." Pearl told Damon.
"I don't want anything." Damon snapped.
"Katherine." The one name I had hoped never to hear again…
"You wouldn't even know where she was. You've been under the ground for the last century and a half!" I told her, hopefully reminding Damon of the same thing.
"Katherine and I were best friends long before we came to MysticFalls. I know how she thinks, I know her patterns, I know where to find her." Pearl told us.
"I no longer have any desire to see Katherine ever again!" He told her. Thank you, Damon, you're finally getting intelligent.
"And there's no way we are gonna play the role of your little minion!" I added smugly.
"I'm not asking for your help, Damon. Finding Katherine was a mere gesture of kindness. The rest is non negotiable." Pearl told him. Suddenly Anna grabbed my arms and threw me back into a wall. My back hit the wall, knocking the wind out of me and then I hit the floor. I looked up at Pearl shoved her fingers into Damon's eyes, pushing him to the ground. I growled and ran forward, but Anna intercepted me, holding me back.
"I have four hundred years on you, little boy. I'll rip you limb from limb without even blinking and you know it. I'll be in touch." Anna let me go and they both left the house.
I spent the rest of the day at the Grill, watching Stefan, Elena, Caroline and Matt's double date and then Damon, Jenna and Matt's mother Kelly get drunk. I only headed back to the boarding house well after dark. I found Stefan and Damon in the living room.
"Are you crazy?" Stefan was asking Damon.
"What did he do this time?" I asked.
"He was making out with Matt's mother. Matt, Caroline and Elena all got to see it too." Stefan replied. I looked over at Damon.
"You have no limit do you?"
"Limit of what?"
"Damon-ness." I responded after trying to find another word and failing.
"Save the lecture, little siblings. Look-." Suddenly the window crashed as someone jumped through it. The man landed on Stefan and stabbed him with a piece of glass. Damon grabbed him and threw him off Stefan. They fought while a girl jumped on me. I remembered her from 1864, but I couldn't put a name to the face. I punched her as hard as I could, sending her rolling off me. I jumped up and landed a well aimed kick to her head that sent her flying towards Stefan, who was already getting up. He took a wooden chair leg and greeted her by a stake through the heart. The other vampire fighting Damon saw and darted off quickly. Damon cussed.
"I remember them from 1864… They were in the tomb." Stefan said. I realized he didn't know about the release of all the tomb vampires. He looked between us, waiting for an explanation. I scratched my head.
"Yeah… about that..."