Author's Note: okay, ladies and gents (if there are even any guys reading this). We are getting closer to the end of this story, and by end I mean the transition into our sequel. I'm thinking a cliffhanger is always exciting. I'm thinking there will be four more chapters to this story; nine at most. I'm so excited to reveal where this is going. Also, I created a poll but somehow can't get it to work or garner enough attention for it. That being said. PLEASE review and tell me what couple combination you want to see in the upcoming chapters/sequel. It can be a totally new couple or an old favorite.
Bonnie barged into the Boarding house, used to entering without knocking. Their lives -the witches, doppelgangers, vampires and werewolves- were all too intermingled to bother with privacy or courtesy.
"Bonnie," Stefan stepped into the foyer, his lip curled and brow furrowed in his typical brooding manner, "I thought you were in the attic getting ready for the ritual."
"What ritual? I just got here."
Stefan's eyes became wide and his shoulders stiff. "I saw you come in almost half an hour ago. The girls were filling you in on how they're going to break the doppelganger curse."
"I'm telling you, Stefan," Bonnie was being firm with him, "whoever was here was not me! I've been at home trying to keep-" her breath hitched and she began running up the staircase. Half way up to the attic she felt Stefan pass her in his vampiric speed, nearly pushing her into the wall. When she reached her destination she saw him there. "Silas," rolled off her lips.
"How long do you think she'll be stuck in that virtual reality," Caroline questioned Lydia.
"Until I lift the spell," the witch replied. "It's better for her to be in her own mind than out here. Like I said, she's a loose canon and with Silas being able to get into every corner of her brain we need to keep her occupied and away from the real action. As it is, we have two original vampires locked in the basement waiting to tear out our throats. I think the sooner we get down to business the better off we'll all be."
"What happens if Silas comes after us," Elena asked her cousin. "I mean, you are the one who said he can still get into Bonnie's head and we did tell her just about the entire plan before we realized she was being controlled. Silas could know everything we have planned."
"But he doesn't," Lydia told them, "and do you want to know why?"
"Why do I get the feeling you're going to go 'after school special' on our asses," Caroline huffed, before falling into a chair.
Lydia just smirked, irritating the blonde even more. "You know how Bonnie is the descendant of Qetsiyah?"
"The witch who created monster land," Damon referred to the other side where all supernatural beings go when they die, "so Silas could never be with the woman he loved. Yeah, we remember." Up until then he and Stefan had just been listening as they let the women do all the party planning.
"Well," Lydia twirled her hair and grinned at her captivated audience, "did it ever occur to you to ask yourself just who his lady love was? I mean, it's kind of sad and is a truly tragic love story and yet all we remember is Silas. How is that fair?"
"Get on with it," Katherine threw an old magazine at her witch. "What do you know and why didn't you inform me?"
Lydia threw the magazine back at her ancestor. "The woman he loved, whom Qetsiyah murdered, was our ancestor Emiliya. When Silas fell in love with her he tried to court her but his power scared her. He did everything and anything he could to gain her favor but there was only one thing she wanted," Lydia held a finger up at Damon, who was about to interrupt her which would surely prove pointless and would only delay sharing this information. "Silas had the ability to get into people's heads even back then. Emiliya wanted to know that everything between them was of her own choice and not because of his power over others. To gain her trust he granted her immunity from his psychic powers. Immunity that was passed down to us.
"See," she explained, "anything we said to Bonnie was protected by our immunity. I can sense his presence and when he is near. Now that she's down for her nap -entertainment provided by the Lydia Petrova company- he can't get into her head until I decide to wake her up. We just need to summon the others that we need and get this show on the road. Speaking of which, I think our first visitor has arrived," Lydia said before the door bell even went off.
"It's creepy how you do that," Caroline bitched. "I mean, hello. I have vampire hearing and I didn't hear anyone coming up to the house."
Stefan raced down the stairs where he was greeted by an unexpected face. "Hello," the brunette said. "I'm Amelia," she held out her hand. "Are Katherine and Lydia here?"