A Night To Remember:
"I-I'm I think you have me confused with someone else." Beth said softly. Damon felt his stomach drop. She could see disappointment flash through his blue eyes. She felt bad, as though she should know him but she just didn't. "I'm Beth. Well, Elizabeth but everyone calls me Beth."
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I think you might be right. I'm Damon Salvatore." He introduced himself to her. Beth was right. He was Stefan's brother. He couldn't stop staring at her. It was strange that she was here. He hadn't seen her in years but he never forgot her. He almost forgot what he was going to do.
"I have to go." She said apologetically as she turned to leave. She had to find Caroline. Damon didn't want her to leave but he knew he could find her again. Beth walked around for almost 20 minutes but she still couldn't find her. She finally heard crying and followed it.
She saw Caroline hugging Damon. She didn't see how he could have gotten there so fast. She saw him about to plunge the stick into her back and she yelled out for him to stop and Stefan got there, impossibly fast and pushed him away. "Damon!" He growled at him.
She saw Elena run up to Caroline. Now that she was away from Damon she could see her face was covered with blood. "Beth!" Elena said surprised as Beth walked up to them, confused on how Stefan got there so fast. Elena couldn't think of that now. She tried to comfort Caroline but she screamed at her.
"Get away from me! You killed me!" Caroline cried out, she seemed way upset. Beth didn't get it. She wasn't dead. She was right there in front of all of them. Stefan was keeping an eye on Damon.
"No, no, no Caroline that wasn't me. You know that. That was Katherine!" Elena tried to explain. Beth was so confused but she knew that Caroline was too.
"No, then why did she look like you? Why? Why did she do this to me?" She asked sobbing. It was then, that Beth saw the dead body of a carnival worker on a truck bed.
"Caroline." Beth said cautiously taking a step. Caroline head rose a bit. Her eyes darkened and Beth saw her fangs come out. She was lunging for her when she heard Elena yell for Stefan. Before she could even react Damon ran pushed Caroline away from Beth standing in front of her. But Caroline was being controlled by her thirst for blood. Damon pushed Beth back a bit but Beth stood where she was.
After a minute they saw Caroline who stood up, thrown three feet into the air and landed onto her back. No one had moved. Elena looked around and saw Beth looking straight at Caroline. "Beth?" She asked shocked. It was the same type of look Bonnie used when concentrating on a spell. Damon noticed it too. Beth was a witch.
Stefan moved to grab Caroline who seemed to realize what she almost did. She was still crying when she saw Beth take a step back. Beth was honestly scared of her. "Beth." She sobbed out. She didn't mean to. She almost killed her. Damon was still standing in front of her though, making sure she didn't try to attack her again.
"She will die it's only a matter of time." Damon shouted at Stefan who with Elena's help was pulling back Caroline to get her away.
"Yeah well it's not going to happen tonight." Stefan replied.
"Yeah it is." He said. He moved at an impossible speed and picked up the makeshift stake he went to shove it into Caroline's chest but Elena moved to step in front of her. Beth let out a gasp of fear. Damon stopped where he was. Elena was shielding Caroline with her own body. "She was going to kill her!" He yelled at Elena pointing to Beth.
"Damon, she's my friend!" Elena defended her. She never wanted this to happen to her. Damon couldn't do it.
Beth couldn't deal with what she just saw. "Whatever happens is on you!" He said pointing his fingers to Elena." That was the last thing she heard Damon say before she walked away. She vaguely heard Elena calling her name but she couldn't deal with it. Caroline had just tried to kill her. Stefan and Damon weren't human. They couldn't be with the way they were moving so fast. They knew about her now. They knew she was a witch. Beth was shaking and pacing at the same time. She felt someone touch her shoulder and she let out a shriek of surprise.
"Hey! Hey, hey. Calm down. They have Caroline. She's not going to hurt you. It's okay." He said in a soothing voice. He put his hands on her shoulders trying to calm her but she was still shaking like crazy. "Just breathe, El. It's okay. We need to talk to you, explain everything. So when you're ready come back." He told her and she nodded. He seemed to care that she was scared, which was odd because she only met him an hour ago. He walked away and it was only then that she realized he called her El, her mother was the last person to call her that.
She took a few deep breaths trying to calm down. She couldn't freak out right now. She needed to know what happened. She started walking back. She saw Bonnie, with tears down her cheek and was controlling a line of water that was one the floor. Elena was on the other side of it. "Bonnie, it isn't his fault." Elena tried to explain to her.
Beth saw Damon on the floor in pain, holding his head. "Everything that happened is his fault." Bonnie said. She saw Bonnie set the water on the pavement on fire. Beth panicked as she saw Damon's pant leg get set on fire.
"Bonnie! Stop it! Bonnie, bonnie! Stop it!" Elena yelled at her friend when she saw heard Damon scream but Bonnie was too focused on the spell. Beth ran over to Damon and closed her eyes and put her hand over her neck, holding on to her amber colored talisman in the shape of a diamond. She quickly put her hand over the fire, the flames nearly hitting her palm. The wind became heavier as it extinguished the fire.
Elena jumped over the fading fire, as Bonnie tried to fight to stir it up again as Beth did the opposite. Elena shook Bonnie until she stopped and Beth completely took out the flames. "Why did you stop me?" Bonnie yelled at her upset.
"Because this isn't us! This can't be us!" Elena yelled at her trying to get her to calm down. Bonnie seemed to calm down a bit and Elena put an arm around her and walked off with her.
"You okay?" Beth asked Damon. She was tired from using her power to counteract Bonnie's but at least it worked. Damon looked up at her surprised as he stood up. She saved him, without hesitation.
"Yeah. Thanks." He told her, to his own surprise. She nodded. "Why don't you go inside? I'll deal with him." He said gesturing towards the body and she left him, not wanting to see him bury him.
After an hour, everything had been explained to her. "Beth?" Elena asked worried. She hadn't said a word the whole time. She had just listened. They were in an empty classroom. She was leaning on a desk as Stefan and Damon were by the window both waiting for her to speak. "I know it's a lot to take in but you can't tell anybody."
Beth nodded, slightly. She wasn't planning on it. Who would believe her anyways? That vampires are real? Well other than the founder's council apparently. It was all really confusing for her. "Alaric knows." She asked and Elena confirmed it. Beth was a bit angry that he kept that from her but she had also kept the fact that she was a witch from him.
"Are you okay?" Stefan asked her concerned. He knew how it must be a lot to take in. He had gone through it with Elena too. Damon stood silently just watching her. Stefan and Elena were both worried but Damon knew Beth was tougher than that. She could deal with it.
"Fine. Just a lot to take in." She said finally speaking up. "I actually should get home though. Alaric will be worried." She said standing up and they stood up with her.
"I'll give you a ride." Damon offered. Elena and Stefan both exchanged a look of uncertainty. After what happened tonight they weren't sure if they could trust Damon to take her home but Stefan saw him protecting Beth. He wouldn't hurt her but he looked at Beth to make sure she was okay with it.
"Sure, thanks." She said. Elena walked up to her and gave her a small hug. Beth gave her a small smile as she walked off with Damon behind her. Stefan flashed Damon a look obviously saying to just drive her home and nothing else.
Damon was unusually quiet as he drove Beth home. He was still trying to wrap around his head that she was back after all this time. "So, um, you're not going to set me on fire too right?" He asked defensively.
"If I wanted you dead, would I really have saved you or have gotten in a car with you?" She reasoned and he just shrugged at her and she rolled her eyes. It seemed like now would be a good time as any to ask him. "Back there, you called me Elizabeth. How did you know my name?"
Damon glanced at her before answering. He didn't know for sure but it was too much of a coincidence for it not to be her. "Wild guess." He told her smoothly.
"That's bull." She said. She was tired of being lied too and he didn't say anything. "You don't just guess a person's name and get it correct on the first try." She told him and he just kept his eyes on the road. "You were looking at me like you knew me. So how?"
"I told you, I was mistaken." He insisted. She wouldn't give up though she was stubborn, and he knew that. He parked outside her apartment.
"No you weren't so how?"
"It's a long story and I can't explain it all tonight." He said firmly. She scoffed at him looking away. She was irritated, now. She had been lied to enough today, she just wanted to the truth. "You better get inside." He told her coldly and she got and slammed the car door shut, without thanking him. He heard her get to her door and drove off once she was inside.
Where do I even start about this day? The secret's out that I'm a witch, guess I knew someone would find out. But apparently vampires are real. I've met three. Some doppelganger of Elena's called Katherine turned Caroline apparently. Who, according to Damon is a manipulative slut. Those two guys I dreamt of are called Stefan and Damon Salvatore. It was so weird. They're both vampires. Stefan is Elena's boyfriend and Damon is his brother. I don't even know where to start with that. He called me Elizabeth before I even introduced myself. It was so strange. I felt like I should know him because he obviously knew me. When I asked him about it when he drove me home he wouldn't talk. I guess I have to figure it out myself.
I was freaking out when Caroline tried to bite me but Damon saved me before I tossed her aside. I don't know what to do about her. I guess I should be thankful to him but he also tried to kill her. And I saved him when Bonnie, who apparently is a witch too, was going to burn him. Elena helped stopped her but her and Stefan didn't look very fond of him. I have no idea what's going on between them.
Tyler took off before I could say good-bye. He texted me later and told me he had to take his uncle home so I understood. He seemed sorry. I'm just glad he's okay. Alaric was sleep when I got in but you can be sure I'm going to talk to him about everything. I still can't believe he knew and didn't tell me. I'm too exhausted to be angry though. Using my power against another witch took a lot out of me, I suppose. I don't want to over exert myself. I need to look in my grimoire for an idea on what is happening. Hopefully, after I sleep, I'll feel better and have a clearer head.
Beth.
