I opened my eyes in the morning to see Stefan sitting on my bed next to me. "Stop staring, it's creepy." I mumbled, and Stefan chuckled. Rising from my bed, I stretched my arms and yawned.
Glancing over at the clock, I noticed the time. "Dammit! I'm late; I'm decorating at the Lockwood charity thing." I explained to him, and he gasped. "What do you know? So am I!" I laughed and turned serious.
"Do you think it's a good idea to be at their house today? Mason tried to kill you." I said, concerned. "I don't trust Mason, I want to be there today to keep an eye on him." Stefan told me, and I grabbed an earring from my side table.
"What do you think Katherine's going to do next? You did what she wants, but now what?" I asked. Stefan shrugged, and I proceed to prick my finger with the earring. "Ow," I said as I drew blood. "That hurt?" Stefan questioned me, and I shook my head.
"A little bit every day to make you stronger." I spoke, and gave him my finger. He sucked on the wound, and when he was done, I took my finger away. "We'll get through this, I promise." He told me, and I smiled. "Pinky swear?" I asked playfully, and he put his pinky out and uttered, "Pinky swear."
Once Stefan left, I looked into the mirror. I moved my hair away from my neck and saw a bruise the shape of a handprint on my neck. Mason. I covered the bruise up with a scarf and got dressed.
Jeremy knocked on the door of the Salvatore Boarding House, and Damon answered. "I need to talk to you." He said. Damon squinted his eyes and replied, "Well I don't need to talk to you." Damon tried to shut the door in Jeremy's face, but Jeremy pushed back.
"Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone to activate his curse; he's not a werewolf yet." Jeremy started, but Damon cut in and said sarcastically, "Wow, fascinating. Not enough." Attempting to close the door on him again, Jeremy tried, "But Mason Lockwood is! And he's looking for a moonstone. A special rock connected to the werewolf legend, and that's why he's here."
"A moonstone?" Damon uttered, and Jeremy smirked, "And I know where it is." Damon then retorted, "And you're bringing this to me, why?" Jeremy shrugged, "Do I need a reason? Look, I just want to help, okay?"
"What did your sisters say about this little discovery?" Damon asked him, and Jeremy went quiet. "You haven't told them, have you?" Jeremy tried to walk in the house after saying, "Elena and Erin don't want me involved in this."
Damon put a hand out to stop the little Gilbert and guessed, "And you're a Gilbert and just couldn't help yourself." The two just stared each other down before Damon spoke, "Wow, you're search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic."
"Are you gonna let me in or not?" Jeremy asked the vampire, and Damon stepped back to let him enter.
Over at the Lockwoods, everyone was helping out. "Jenna, thanks for helping wrangle the volunteers." Mrs. Lockwood thanked my aunt. She nodded and said, "Of course, for a great cause. Plus, I have always been a sucker for the Masquerade Ball."
Mrs. Lockwood threw her a smile and told, "So was Richard. This was always his favorite party of the year." The two were then interrupted when Matt and Tyler almost collided with a table. "Boys, be careful with that, it's from the 1800s. Excuse me." Carol then walked away, and Jenna then spotted Stefan.
She walked over to him and called, "Stefan, hey. I'm cooking dinner tonight, Ric will be there. You should come." "Oh, um. You know, Elena and I are taking a pause, and Erin and I have been having some conflict because of that." He lied, and Jenna raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, because that's not what I heard this morning in Erin's room. You two are best friends, I would stop with the 'we're fighting because of Elena' act. You know what? I heard nothing." Jenna smirked and walked away, leaving Stefan stunned.
Elena and I were walking when we saw Bonnie. She looked awkwardly at us, and we met under one of the tents. "You're here." Elena spoke, relief washing over her. "I'm here." Bonnie stated, and looked around, not being subtle at all.
"You know you could make it less obvious that you're looking for Caroline. She's not here, by the way. I told you." I muttered. "Just making sure." Bonnie replied while Elena placed candles down. "You know, eventually you're gonna have to talk to her." Elena said, and Bonnie snapped, "Could you make it a little less obvious that you two are on her side?" She used my line!
"There are no sides, Bonnie." I argued and her eyes widened as she talked, "C'mon, since Caroline became a vampire we all never see each other. Losing Caroline was bad enough, I didn't think I lose the two of you." Elena then grabbed both of our arms and ordered, "Come with me."
"Where?" Bonnie questioned, of course she would resist. "Not here, some place quiet." I assured her. Elena then took Bonnie's hand and pulled her in the direction of the lake.
Alaric walked into the Boarding House with a box in his hands. "Ric!" Damon greeted him, and Alaric looked up and saw Jeremy. He froze and asked, "What are you doing here?" Jeremy answered, "Helping Damon, I'm the one who found out about the moonstone." Alaric looked over to Damon and then back to Jeremy and asked, "Does Erin and Elena know you're here?"
Damon made a face, and Jeremy shook his head. "Not exactly." Damon then changed the subject and asked, "What do you got?" "This is Isobel's research from Duke, her assistant sent it to me." Alaric explained. "Vanessa, the hottie." Damon commented, which made Alaric roll his eyes,
"Vanessa, yes. Now, do you remember the old Aztec curse she told us about?" Alaric asked. "The curse of the Sun and the Moon blah blah blah." Damon drawled, and Jeremy butted in. "An Aztec curse, cool!" "Yeah, apparently vampires and werewolves used to roam freely until a shaman put a curse on them to limit their power. Since then, werewolves can only turn on a full moon, and vampires are weakened by the sun."
Damon twiddled his fingers and showed them the ring, "Most of them anyway." Alaric then continued with the story, "According to the legend, the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with the moonstone." "What do you mean sealed?" Jeremy asked, and Damon answered, "It's a witch thing, whatever the key is to sealing the curse is usually the key to unsealing the curse."
"Maybe Mason Lockwood believes he can use the moonstone to unseal the curse." Alaric guessed. "If we start believing in a supernatural witchy woo legend from a picture book, we're idiots. Where is the stone now?" Damon stated. "Tyler has it." Jeremy told him. "Can you get it?" Damon asked. Jeremy nodded and said, "Yeah."
"See, now your life has purpose." Damon joked. "So you do believe it?" Jeremy questioned. "It's the same book that says that a werewolf bite kills a vampire. Ignoring it would make me an even bigger idiot." Damon said. The trio then left for thee Lockwood house.
"I can't believe it." Bonnie said. "It's a lot, I know. Katherine's been doing everything she can to break Stefan and I up, and it worked. We fought, we're done, and Caroline just kind of got trapped in the middle." Elena explained.
"It's not that you and Stefan broke up, Elena. It's that I didn't even know you were fighting at all." Bonnie told her. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to keep things from you. It's just that you made it clear where you stand with the whole vampire thing." Elena defended.
I understood both of their points, and I was trying hard to be the mediator in this situation. "So that makes me the odd man out." Bonnie stated. "No, no Bonnie, of course not." I said. "I know where I stand, Elena. And I know where you two stand, but where do we stand?" She asked. "You're my best friend, Bonnie. I didn't mean to let this craziness with Caroline get in the way of that. But she needs you too." Elena apologized.
"Not yet, I just- She's a vampire. I can't, I think we should get back." Bonnie then got up and walked away, Elena and I watched her go with solemn expressions.
Mason smiled at everyone as he made his way to the tent. The smile then dropped from his face as he saw Stefan. "Hey Stefan." He greeted him. "Hey Mason." Stefan smirked. "Wasn't expecting you here, or anywhere." Stefan noticed the scared expression on the werewolf's face and explained. "Yeah, I had this little accident, but I'm fine now."
Mason walked closer to him and asked, "Where is Sherriff Forbes?" Stefan replied, "She's fine too, but from now on, you'll have to do your own dirty work." Mason looked at his feet and answered, "Not a problem." He then walked away, but not before bumping shoulders with Bonnie. "Oh, I'm sorry."
Bonnie looked out of it for a second, then confused. "What's the matter? You okay?" Stefan asked her. "Yeah, but when I touched him, I saw something." She told him. "What do you mean, like a vision?" Stefan questioned Bonnie, and she nodded. "I saw Erin, he was kissing her." Bonnie shrugged, and Stefan grew confused, "No, Bonnie Erin wouldn't kiss… you didn't see Erin, you saw Katherine." He stated.
Elena and I watched Bonnie and Stefan talking as we dug through masks. I felt a presence next to me, and prayed it wasn't Mason. I turned, and was relieved to see Damon, surprisingly. "Damon, what are you doing here?" Elena asked him. "Looking for my baby bro. Speaking of, would you get yours to stop following me?" Damon told us, and I raised an eyebrow. "What's going on?" I asked, and I could see Damon eyeing my scarf before answering, "Ask eager beaver."
Jeremy then came up to us as Damon started walking away, Elena gave me a look that said, 'I got this', and I left the two of them to argue to themselves. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my wrist. I gasped, and got scared as I collided with a hard chest. I let out a sigh of relief when I was met with Damon's blue eyes.
"You scared me." I stated, and he gave me a hard look. "Normally that wouldn't be happening, which gives me the feeling that something happened to make you afraid. You're also wearing that scarf which just screams cover up." Damon then tugged a little on my scarf, and I winced, hoping he wouldn't notice. He did. He started unwrapping the scarf from my neck as I protested and swatted at him.
Damon then whispered in my ear, "Relax." I did, and unhappily let him take the scarf off. When he saw the bruise on my neck, he pulled me into an empty room. "What the hell happened?" Damon growled. I couldn't look him in the eye, so I stared at the floor. "Nothing, Damon." I pleaded. Damon got angry and demanded, "Do not lie to me. Who did this to you?"
Tears welled in my eyes and Damon cupped my cheek so that we were gazing into each other's eyes. "Yesterday when we were searching for you and Stefan, Mason tried to stall us. He- he was gonna go for Elena, I could tell by the look in his eyes, so I stepped in front of her. He grabbed me and threatened to snap my neck." I told him the truth, I couldn't lie to him.
"I'm going to kill him." Damon sneered as he pulled me into a tight embrace. I snuggled my head into the crook of his neck and sighed, Damon was here to protect me. We stayed like that for a few more moments until Damon pulled away, but he kept an arm draped around my waist. He bit into his wrist and offered it to me, "Drink."
I brought the wound towards me and drank until I had enough. I instantly felt better and told Damon, "Thank you." He nodded and replied, "Anytime." We stared at each other, and I could feel his face inching towards mine. Suddenly, Stefan strode into the room. He looked at the two of us with an expression that I didn't quite understand. Jealousy? Hurt? I'm confused…
"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to talk to you." Stefan gestured towards Damon who looked at me, and I nodded, telling him I would be fine.
"Mason Lockwood?" Damon exclaimed. The brothers paced, "We missed it, he got into town right after she did. It makes perfect sense." Stefan deduced. "I know, but MASON LOCKWOOD?" Damon asked again. Stefan shrugged and made a gesture that said 'I know'.
"Werewolf thing aside, the guys a surfer douche. She's gotta be using him, she has to be." Damon said. "Using him for what?" Stefan questioned. "Mason Lockwood is looking for a moonstone that can allegedly break the full moon werewolf curse. Maybe Katherine wants it as well." Damon explained. "Why?" Stefan countered, and Damon stated, "Well…no idea."
"That's the beauty of Katherine, she's always up to something." Damon sneered. "So how are we going to find this moonstone?" Stefan focused the attention on the unknown object. "Jeremy's getting it from Tyler." Damon informed him, and Stefan smacked his brother in the back of his head, "Why would you involve Jeremy?"
"He's playing Indiana Jones, he involved himself." Damon defended himself. The brothers made their way over to where Jeremy was talking with Jeremy, and they listened in on their conversation. Tyler gave the moonstone to Mason.
After hearing nothing from Damon or Stefan, I texted Stefan and asked if everything was okay. He quickly texted me back that he was with Damon and Bonnie and he would fill me in later. That spiked my curiosity, I wanted to know NOW.
"Okay, this is as far as I go. What do you want?" Bonnie questioned the brothers. "We need a favor." Damon told her, and Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "Like that's going to happen." "Oh so predictable, that's why I brought him." Damon said and gestured towards Stefan.
"I know how you feel about helping us out, but since you're the one who linked Mason with Katherine, we finally have an opportunity to get an upper hand on both of them. So just hear us out." Stefan pleaded, and Damon added, "Pretty please."
I got up fed up with waiting for Stefan to answer me, so I just called him. "I'm listening." Bonnie told them, and Stefan's phone went off. "I have to fill Erin in on what's going on, so can you two play nice, please."
"Hey, what are you doing? You shouldn't be calling me." Stefan said, "I know, but I have no idea what's happening. Damon's got Jeremy into something and you've got Bonnie with you, and me and Elena are stuck sorting stupid masquerade masks with Mrs. Lockwood." I ranted.
"Alright, it's okay. Hold on." Stefan told me, and I could hear his amusement. "All you have to do is touch Mason Lockwood again and find out what Katherine is up to." Damon told her. "My visions don't work like that, I don't get to ask questions." Bonnie argued.
"How inconvenient. Although, let's start with the little witchy juju that you do with me. You know, the fun one where my head bursts into flames. What is that?" Damon asked. "That's me giving you an aneurism. Your blood vessels go pop, but you heal quickly, so I just do it over and over again." She explained.
"Is it vampire specific?" Damon kept coming at her with questions. "I'd work on anyone with a supernatural healing ability." She informed the vampire. "Good." He stated. "Damon, I'm not gonna help you hurt him." Bonnie countered. "Mason Lockwood's a werewolf, Katherine's a vampire, they're the bad guys. Really? You're gonna play morality police with me? Let me put it to you in another way, they are a threat to Erin and Elena. Katherine ruined Elena and Stefan's relationship, and Mason attacked Erin. Now you, witch, are gonna get over yourself and help us." Damon demanded, a dangerous edge to his voice.
Stefan hung up the phone and walked over to them, "He meant that as a question with a please at the end." "Absolutely." Damon glowered.
Mason walked down the steps of the Lockwood Mansion. "Hey, can you move your van, I'm blocked in." He told the driver. Then, Mason saw Bonnie unloading the van all by herself. Being the nice man that he is, he decided to help her.
"How did you get stuck doing that by yourself?" Mason jogged to her and chuckled. "All the guys bailed, something about draft picks. I don't speak that language." She lied. "Here let me give you a hand." Mason offered, that was when Bonnie started doing her thing. Mason screamed and clutched his head, the pain making him fall onto his knees. Damon then stalked over and happily kneed him in the face, knocking him out.
Damon opened the door of the truck so Bonnie could get in while Stefan took Mason's keys and tossed them to his brother. Stefan helped Damon load an unconscious Mason into the back of the car, and then Bonnie and Damon drove away.
Damon hauled Mason over his shoulder and dropped him on a chair in the library. "Here's his bag." Bonnie put the bag down and helped Damon spread a sheet. "Here grab that corner." Damon ordered, and Bonnie did what she was told. "And why are we doing this?" She asked. "Because I don't want to stain the carpet." Damon said honestly, knowing her reaction. "I knew you were going to say something like that." Damon sighed and retorted, "You're judging again."
"He's not going to be out much longer." Bonnie told him as Damon went through Mason's bag. "Woah, looks like this guy's used to being tied up." He said. Bonnie put her hands on the sides of Mason's face and focused. "What are you doing?" Damon questioned her. "You are looking for a moonstone, I'm trying to help you find it." She informed him.
"Oh, good, yeah. Find out if he gave it to Katherine, find out where she is, and find out what she's gonna do with it when she gets it." Damon told her. Bonnie focused, "It's somewhere small, dark, there's water." "Like a sewer." Damon guessed. "No, like a well. No that can't be right, yeah it's a well." Bonnie concluded.
"Why would it be in a well?" Damon asked. Bonnie glared at him and said, "I told you, I only get what I get." Mason then grabbed Bonnie's arm, starting to wake up. Damon helped her get out, and she stated, "That's it, that's all I got." Damon, surprisingly replied, "Hey Judgy, thank you."
Damon glared down at the werewolf in front of him, "C'mon, wake up wolfboy." Damon punched him, effectively making Mason conscious.
Elena and I were sorting through masks with Matt when he started asking about Care, "So where's Caroline? This is kinda like her thing. I can't believe she's not here." We shrugged and I told him, "She has something else to do." Matt sighed and asked, "Is she seeing someone?"
"Matt, c'mon. No she's not." Elena informed our human friend, and her ex-boyfriend. Stefan then came into the room, and I saw Elena tense up. Tyler then broke the awkward silence, "Has anyone seen Mason?" "He took off, said he wasn't sure when he'd be back." Stefan spoke.
Stefan then got a text from Bonnie, telling him that the moonstone was in the well on the old Lockwood property. I looked over at him curiously, and he shook his head. He then left the house, and I looked at Elena. She looked like she had the same idea I did, follow him.
Damon smirked as Mason struggled in the chair. He heated a fire poker in the flames, and was satisfied that it was hot enough. "Oh, someone's feisty." He goaded. Mason made the chair fall back, so Mason was lying on the ground. Damon then shoved the hot poker in Mason's chest, and Mason groaned in agony.
"You can hurt, good to know. I was afraid you would be some best with no affinity for pain. But you heal quickly, not good. I guess I'll just have to keep applying pain." Damon then pulled Mason upright in the chair and walked back over to the fire.
"So, Katherine? How do you know her? What's she up to?" Damon questioned him, and Mason spit on the ground and kept silent. Damon stalked up to Mason and shoved the poker in Mason's abdomen, "I have all day."
Stefan walked over to the well, flashlight in hand. Elena and I ran up behind him as he looked at it. "What's going on?" Elena asked, and Stefan stared at her, "You shouldn't be here." I rolled my eyes and wanted to move on from the theatrics. "She is, now what's going on?"
"Bonnie thinks the moonstone is down here." Stefan answered me as he threw the lock and cover away. We all looked down the well to see if we could spot the stone, but to no avail. Stefan sighed and climbed on to the top of the well. I handed him the flashlight and warned, "Hey, be careful." He nodded and replied, "I'll only be down there for a minute." I nodded and he jumped down.
The next thing I knew, Stefan was screaming, "Erin! Erin!" "Stefan? Stefan! What's going on in there?" I panicked and screamed down the well. "Vervain!" He shouted, and I gasped, scared for my best friend as he screamed in agony. I tried to lift the chains, but they were too heavy.
"Stefan!" Elena screamed, and thankfully, Caroline vampire speeded over to us after she heard us. "Erin, Elena!" Caroline called. "Caroline, Stefan's down there and the chains are heavy." I started explaining to her, and Elena stopped her as she tried to help, "You can't go in there, it's full of vervain." She told her.
"Caroline, we've gotta get him out NOW!" I ordered, and Caroline lifted the chains.
"When did you two meet?" Damon kept the questions going as he stared into the fire and back to Mason. "She seduce you and tell you she loved you?" Just then, Jeremy walked in holding the box of information. "You're supernatural, so she couldn't compel you. I'm sure she used her other charms. Katherine's good that way." Damon guessed.
He then took notice of Jeremy. "I thought I told you to leave." Damon said. "I found something in Ric's box of stuff." Jeremy informed him. "Oh, what is it?" Damon asked, looking at the mysterious plant in his hand. It looked like vervain.
"I did a search on my phone, it's a plant. Econidum volperia, it grows in the mountainous areas of the northern hemisphere. Commonly known as aconite, blue rocket, and wolfs bane." Jeremy told him. "What else did you read?" Damon drawled. "Well, every source says something different. One says that it causes lycanthropy which sounds bogus, another says it protects people, and the other one says its toxic."
Damon noticed Mason's expression, and said, "I'm guessing toxic." Damon took some of the plant and went up to Mason, "What's Katherine doing in Mystic Falls?" When Mason didn't answer, Damon rubbed a piece of the wolfs bane against Mason's face. "Why's she here?" Damon asked. "She's here with me. Why you asking? Jealous?" Mason told him. Damon feigned innocence for a moment and spoke, "How rude of me, I just realized, I didn't offer you anything to eat." Damon then shoved the plant in Mason's mouth and added, "Yummy." Jeremy looked away, not wanting to witness it.
Elena hooked the chains together, and Caroline said to me, "I got you, okay?" I nodded and was just about to go into the well when Bonnie came running up to us. "What's going on? You just took off in a blur." "I heard them screaming." Caroline explained whle Elena ordered, "Help her, now."
Bonnie held my hand and guided me into the well. "You ready?" Caroline asked, and I replied, "Yes." She then started lowering me down slowly until some of the chains slipped her hands. We all gasped, and Caroline called down, "Sorry." "It's okay, keep going!" I shouted. She did, and I finally reached Stefan. I unhooked myself, and took a good look at Stefan. His face made me want to cry, he looked so hurt.
"Oh my god." I gasped, and hooked him onto the chain. "Pull him up!" I yelled at them, and they did as I told. I grabbed the flashlight and searched around the water for the stone. "Erin! We're ready for you!" I heard Caroline say, but I just replied, "Hold on! I need to find the stone." I heard Caroline say "Hurry!"
I felt relieved when I saw something floating, "I think I found it!" I exclaimed, pulling the string to see a box. I gasped when I saw snakes slithering on me. Screaming, I told them, "I got it! C'mon, bring me up!" Caroline quickly pulled me up, and Bonnie and Elena unhooked and helped me out of the well. I threw the box aside as I saw Stefan.
"Oh god! Stefan!" I got no response, so I cut my hand on a nearby rock and put the wound to his mouth. I felt him start to drink, and I sighed, "I got the stone, Stefan. Stefan, it's going to be okay, everything's going to be okay." I think I said that mostly to convince myself, and for some time it worked.
"Why do you want the moonstone?" Damon questioned. "Screw you!" Mason cried, and Damon made a buzzer noise, "Wrong answer." Damon walked towards him and Jeremy stepped in, "If he was going to say anything, he would have already." Damon threatened Mason by saying, "It's going in your eyes now."
"The well. You can find it there." Mason yelled. "I know where it is. I want to know what it does and why you want it." Damon pried. "I'm getting it for Katherine." Mason answered. "Why?" Damon asked. "She's going to use it to lift the curse." Mason told. "Of the moon? And why would a vampire help a werewolf break a curse that keeps them from turning whenever they want?" Damon questioned.
"So I wouldn't have to turn anymore." Mason argued, and Damon kept asking, "Why?" Mason then snapped and responded, "Because she loves me!" Damon started laughing, "Now I get it, you're just stupid! Katherine doesn't love you, she's using you, you moron." Mason shook his head and stated, "I'm done talking."
"Yes, you are. It's time to take a walk, Jeremy." Damon said, but Jeremy refused. "I'm staying." "No, you should go." Damon argued. "I'm staying, Damon. He's had enough." Jeremy said. "Just help Tyler. Don't let this happen to him, tell Erin everything, she'll protect him." Mason pleaded. That last sentence made Damon's blood boil. "Damon." Jeremy begged.
Damon sped Jeremy over to another chair in a choke hold. "You wanna be part of this? Well here it is, kill or be killed. The guy's a werewolf, he tried to kill me the first chance he got. So you suck it up, or leave. He wants me to kill him anyway, don't you Mason? It really is a curse, isn't it?" Jeremy then got up and left as Damon spoke, "You know, when I look at you, I see myself. A less dashing less intelligent version."
"I love her." Mason argued, and Damon cried, "I know! I've been where you are. But Katherine will only rip your heart out, so let me do it for her." Damon then grabbed a hold of Mason's heart and stood there for a second before speaking again, "But the difference between you and me is that I would never hurt Erin. So, guess what? The best man did win." Damon then ripped his heart out with great satisfaction.
I walked into the house and saw Alaric setting the table, he mouthed to me 'are you okay', and I nodded and put a finger to my lips. Elena was at Bonnie's, they wanted to reconnect.
Damon patted Mason's body as Stefan walked into the room with the moonstone in hand. "All of this for that?" Damon asked. "Yup." Stefan replied, and looked at the body on the floor. "I see you exercised your usual restraint." He added, and Damon shrugged. "Had to be done." He answered. Damon then picked up Mason things from the ground and looked through his phone.
He then sent a fake text to Carol saying that Mason would be gone for a while. "Let's get rid of the body." Stefan said, but Damon didn't hear him. "Last number dialed, I wonder who that could possibly be." Stefan snapped his head up and scolded his brother, "No, no, no! Don't provoke her!" Damon called the number and heard Katherine pick up.
"Mason, you should have been here an hour ago." She complained, and Damon smirked. "Wrong boy toy." He spoke, and Stefan knew they were screwed. "Damon. For once, you've surprised me. I assume Mason's with you." She guessed. "He's right beside me, although his heart's across the room." Damon goaded his ex.
"You shouldn't have." She snapped. "I've had a very busy day today. Killed a werewolf, found a moonstone. Hey, did you know that he hid the moonstone in a well full of vervain? Guess he didn't trust you very much. Although he did love you, poor guy. Hey, where are you because I could just bring him over. Last goodbyes and all that." Damon provoked her.
"You have no idea what you've just done." Katherine threatened him. "Aww, did I put a kink in your master plan? I'm so sorry." Damon faked sympathy. "Do you honestly believe I don't have a plan B? And if that fails a plan C, then a plan D, and you know how the alphabet works don't you? Send my love to Stefan." And with that, she hung up.
I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen where Alaric and Jenna were. "Where's Jeremy?" I asked. "He said he wasn't hungry." Alaric replied, and then I noticed Aunt Jenna on the phone. "Who's she talking to?" I asked. "I don't know. Did everything go okay today?" He questioned. "There were a few hiccups, but yeah." I told him, and then Aunt Jenna gave the phone to me.
"Who is it?" I asked her, and she just shrugged. "Hello?" I asked. I heard my own voice reply to me, "Hello Erin." My eyes widened and I turned away from Alaric, "Katherine." "Did you enjoy your little rendezvous with Stefan this morning? Trust me, Erin, I always know. I will always be one step ahead of you, when are you going to figure that out?" She asked me.
"Why are you telling me this? You told Stefan to stay away from Elena, not me." I argued. "Well, I heard that you were now spending even more time with him. Consider me jealous, but I don't want you and Stefan to be friends anymore either. Do you realize how easy it was to get inside your house? To replace Aunt Jenna's vervain perfume, to convince her to stop drinking her special tea." She said, and I could feel my pulse racing.
Alaric gave me a questioning look, but I shook my head, "No." I uttered. "Jenna's been my little spy for days now. But unlike you, Jenna actually listens to me, so when I told her that the world would be a much better place if she just-"I saw Jenna raise the knife and stab herself, I raced towards her, but it was too late.
In the ER, Elena and I walked over to Jeremy who was waiting with a coffee. He shot up from his seat as he saw us. "Is she okay?" Jeremy asked us. "The doctors told Alaric that she got lucky." I told him, and Elena added, "She's gonna make it, she's gonna be okay."
"Does she remember what happened?" Elena asked me, and I shook my head. "No, it was all part of Katherine's compulsion." "But why would Katherine hurt Jenna?" Jeremy questioned, and I knew the answer. "Because she's trying to send a message that she could hurt anyone." I explained, tears welling in my eyes.
My siblings embraced me and Jeremy muttered, "She's gonna pay, Erin. I don't know how, but she's going to pay."
I walked into the Salvatore library, knowing what I needed to do. "I'm so sorry." Stefan told me. "We were stupid, sneaking around, thinking that Katherine wouldn't get mad." I spoke, tears rolling down both of our faces. "I know." He uttered.
"We did this. Stefan, Jenna's in the hospital and Jeremy could be next. All because we didn't listen to her, because we're best friends. Stefan-"He then interrupted me and told, "I know what you're going to say to me." Another tear came into my eye as I argued, "Then let me say it. I have been so selfish because you're my best friend and I love you so much. And I know you feel the same way, but Stefan it has to be done. We can't be friends anymore."
I then embraced him and kissed his cheek before running into the hall. I almost made it out the door when Damon stopped me, "Erin." I turned to look at him, and his expression softened. Damon then walked up to me and cupped my face, "I riled Katherine up, I wasn't thinking. I didn't think." I held his hand and told him, "It doesn't matter, Damon. She won, Katherine won."
I was about to say something more, but I kept my mouth shut as I stormed out of the house.