**Chapter thirty three**

Possession is a bitch

*Hailey*

Silence. Usually, I hated it. I liked things loud, I liked noise. But the lack of it was a good sign to me. She was asleep. I, on the other hand, was exhausted; because how could I sleep knowing I was hours away from dying?

I was an idiot. A complete dumbass. In reality, I deserved what I was getting, but that didn't make me like it any better. I was doomed, there was no way I could fight off Victoria when I had no control over my body. My only chance to survive was to alert Damon, Elena, and Stefan somehow. But that was near impossible, because I had no control over my speech and body. Plus, Victoria had access to all of my thoughts, feelings, and memories.

"Hailey, be a dear and be quiet. I am trying to sleep. We have a long and busy day ahead of us." Victoria said abruptly.

Go to hell where you belong, Victoria, I thought.

"All in due time, Hailey." She smirked, before sitting up and stretching.

It was around seven AM, and Elena would be calling to see if I needed a ride to school, I thought automatically.

Victoria heard my thoughts, and smiled energetically. "Oh, how I missed school!" she exclaimed, getting out of bed.

You know, for how much we look alike, we're polar opposites, I thought, somewhat glad for that.

Victoria pursed her lips, and chose to ignore me. "Isn't Elena our best friend who's the doppelganger of Katherine? I bet the Salvatore brothers had a field day with that one." She said, walking to my closet.

I ignored her, and instead worked on shielding my thoughts. She laughed humorlessly as she flipped through the small selection of dresses.

"All your work is pointless, Hailey. I'm too strong, thanks to your powers. Each generation is stronger than the last, but I'm stronger than you, since I have the knowledge how to manipulate your powers."

I ignored her words again, and kept pushing at the wall that formed between her soul and mine. It was like we were in a car. She was driving, and I was stuck in the passenger seat.

"Ooh!" she screamed suddenly, pulling a mint green dress that made me flinch out of the closet. She pulled off the girly pajamas, and slipped it on.

"With all the power you have, Hailey, you lack in taste. You should dress more like a girl; people might find you more approachable."

If you get out of my body, I promise to dress more like a preppy bitch; I tried, knowing it would never work.

She smiled, "nice try, Hailey." She said, before looking for heels.

Twenty minutes later, she was dressed and ready to go, and I wanted to claw my eyes out at the sight of me in the mirror. Victoria, on the other hand, looked pleased at her handiwork.

She sat down at the desk, and looked at the tattoo on my left wrist- the Chinese symbol of strength.

"Why would you do this to your body, Hailey?" she asked in a disgusted tone.

Wow, you should meet my mom, you two would get along great, I thought sarcastically, though it was the truth.

Just then my cat padded into the room and when she saw Victoria, she froze. Victoria watched Ellie with interest, as she hissed, and the hair on her back rose, as if she could sense that it wasn't me.

"I see that you already have your familiar." Victoria said, as if stating the weather.

Familiar? Isn't that what witches have? I thought, as Ellie continued to hiss and growl.

"No, it's a fairy thing, though back in the old days- including my time- people would assume fairies to be witches, since their powers were so similar. In fact, a good amount of fairies were burned at the stake, accused of witchcraft. Same with psychics. People mix the three species together because of their similarities, but there are many differences between them, including animal familiars."

Wait, back track. I'm a fairy? I asked, a little disappointed.

"Oh, you considered yourself to be psychic, that's right. No, you're a fairy, I'm a fairy, and all our ancestors are fairies. It's an easy mistake to make though, the difference is that psychics just have visions, fairies have a variety of powers. It just depends how far you're willing to dig."

I was still reeling from the fact that I was supposed to have wings and sparkle, when my cell phone went off.

"Nice guys finish last,

That's why I'll treat you like trash,

It's not what I really wanna do,

But you only date bad guys,

So I'll give it my best try,

To treat you the way you want me to."

Victoria jumped and fell off the chair, smacking her head on my desk. I would've laughed, if it hadn't hurt me too. I groaned, as Victoria sat back up, and looked around for the source of the music.

Chill grandma, it's called a cellphone, and mine's going off right now. It's probably Elena, I explained.

Victoria hesitantly picked the cellphone up off of my nightstand. Ellie kept her distance, and hopped up onto my bed. Her yellow cat eyes never left Victoria.

Press the green button, I thought, rolling my eyes if I could.

Victoria did as told, and pressed the button quickly, as if it might bite her. Then she held my phone to her ear.

"Hailey?" I heard Elena say.

"Oh, um, hey Elena." Victoria said, and I felt smug. Elena was my best friend- she'd know if I was me or not.

"Are you okay? You didn't get too hurt from the flashback, did you?" Elena's voice rang with motherly concern.

"Oh, I'm fine Elena. Thanks for asking." Victoria answered cheerfully.

I laughed humorlessly in my head. Wrong answer, Tori. Correct one would've been, "I'm just peachy, Lena bear. But I already have one overbearing mother and I don't really need another one."

Victoria bit her lip, and I could practically hear Elena's eyebrows rise. "Right. Well, do you need a ride to school?" she asked.

"Actually Elena, since it's so nice outside, I'm going to walk." Victoria said politely.

"Hailey, it's a mile and a half from your house to school." Elena said, like Victoria was crazy- which she was.

"I have to make a stop first, Elena. I'll see you there. Bye!" Victoria said quickly, before hanging up. I was laughing uncontrollably.

That was a train wreck. You're screwed. I thought.

"Shut up!" Victoria snarled. She stood up, knocking over my chair.

"Where's the knife?" she snapped, in a pissy mood.

I had no idea. But as Victoria started to destroy my room looking for it, it occurred to me- Damon took it.

I could laughed, how relieved I felt. Victoria stopped looking when she heard my thoughts, and a twisted smile formed on her pink lips. "Well, this changes everything." She said. Ignoring Ellie, she walked out of my room.

So, no more school? I asked, actually wishing that we would go there. Since I knew that it would just speed up my death if we didn't.

"No, young Hailey, we're going to visit Damon Salvatore. But don't worry, I'll have time to tell you a few stories about fairies on the way." Victoria said, walking down the stairs and out of the house.

Yay, I couldn't wait.

~LMF~

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