A Revelation:
"Thanks for coming, Ric. Beth." Stefan said from the couch. He was sitting next to Elena, while Damon opened the door for them. They both walked into the house. Beth looked around, and saw that it was huge but she also recognized the room as being in one of her dreams. It was odd how it looked exactly the same.
"Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Bourbon? Bourbon in your coffee?" Damon offered as they walked in a bit more standing in front of Elena and Stefan. Beth ignored him.
"Elena mentioned you needed my help." Damon gestured to the couch across from them. Beth was on the other side of the couch away from Alaric. Damon could sense the animosity between them. She was fighting with Alaric, because she was mad at him for not telling her about the vampires. Alaric pretended not to notice.
"Yeah, we were hoping you could help shed some light on the Lockwood family." Stefan said. Beth's interest peaked at hearing about Tyler's family. Damon seemed to be watching her intently. She hadn't talk to him since he brought her home the other night.
"Now why would I know anything about the Lockwood's?" Alaric asked him confused. He hadn't had that much interaction with any of them.
"Well you wouldn't. But your dead, not dead, vampire wife might." Damon said with a mischievous smirk. Beth knew what happened to Isobel. After the carnival she made Alaric tell her everything. Isobel was sweet to her, she hated the fact that she left Alaric just to be a vampire.
"Isobel's research here, Mystic Falls, was rooted in folklore and legend. At the time, I thought most of which was fiction." Alaric informed them.
"Like that amazing vampire story." Damon said sarcastically to him. Alaric let out a chuckle and Beth couldn't help but crack a smile but Elena and Stefan just ignored him.
"Aside from vampires, what else?" Elena asked him.
"Lycanthrope." Alaric said simply.
"Wait like werewolves?" Elena asked clarifying. Stefan seemed to listen intently.
"No way. Impossible! Way too Lon Chaney." Damon said from the edge of the couch where he was sitting.
"Is it?" Stefan asked. They had come across witches and spirits. Werewolves didn't seem that far out.
"I've been on this planet for 160 some odd years. I've never come across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they?" Damon asked him.
"They've probably been hiding from you." Beth muttered under her breath. Stefan had a small smile on his face. Damon gave her a sarcastic smile but was secretly amused.
"Well why do you suspect the Lockwood's?" Alaric asked. Beth also had a hard time believing that Tyler could be a werewolf.
"Because vervain didn't effect the mayor on founder's day bit the Gilbert device did. And it affected his son, Tyler." Damon pointed out.
"Tyler can't be werewolf. That's crazy." Beth defended him.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Don't get your panties in a bunch. We're talking about the whole family not just your boyfriend." He smirked.
"Wait! You're dating Tyler?" Elena asked surprised. She didn't know that they were going out. Alaric was about to ask the same thing.
Beth glared at Damon who just looked smug. "No! I'm not. He's not my boyfriend. Back to the topic. Stefan?" She said desperately wanting to get back to the other conversation. He nodded.
"At the school carnival his uncle Mason exhibited inhuman behavior when he fought one of the carnival workers. It suggested some sort of supernatural entity." Stefan told them.
"We were hoping that Isobel's research could help us figure out what it is." Elena explained to Alaric. He seemed to be thinking about it.
"Well all of her things are still at Duke." Alaric cleared his throat, awkwardly. He didn't like to talk about her. "I mean her office is there. She's technically still missing."
"So we get access to it!" Damon said impatiently but Beth could hear a certain type of uncertainty. "Ric, we need to know what we're dealing with. If this Wolf Man thing is true, I've seen enough movies to know it's not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real-life Lon Chaney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney Jr., which means Bela Lugosi, meaning me is totally screwed."
xxxxx
"This is absolutely ridiculous! I am 17 years old I am perfectly capable of spending a night by myself." Beth complained as Alaric looked around for his bag. She didn't see why she had to stay the night with at the Salvatore house. She could take care of herself. He had decided to go to Duke with Damon and Elena while Beth stayed here.
"It will just make me feel better."
"I'm a witch! A vampire can't get in without being invited and I don't need a babysitter! I'm not a child!" Beth said. "And you might even be back by tonight." She understood where he was coming from but she was still mad because he didn't tell her about the vampires. Day hopped up on the chair beside her and nuzzled into her side, sensing her anger.
Alaric sighed. "I get that, ok! I just would feel better if you stayed there while I was gone. Next time you can stay by yourself but Stefan will look after you. Please?" He said asking this time.
"Fine!" She said through clenched teeth. She really didn't want to but he would be worried and even though they were fighting she didn't want him to worry.
"Thank you!"
"Whatever. But I'm not leaving Day! He can't be alone for that long." Beth said. It was a deal breaker for her and Alaric agreed. She picked Day up and held him as Alaric grabbed both of their bags and went to put them in the car with Beth behind him. They drove in silence over to the Gilbert house. Damon was standing by Stefan's car across the street and walked over when he saw them get out.
"I'm going to go talk to Jenna real quick." Alaric told Beth and Beth nodded hardly listening to him. He sighed and walked into the house. Beth leaned against the car as Damon came over and leaned next to her, he looked at her knowingly.
"What?" She asked him annoyed.
"You should forgive him. I know you're probably mad for him keeping secrets but he was protecting you." Damon said in Alaric's defense.
"Why do you care if I'm fighting with him or not?" Beth was now more annoyed cause he was right but she was still angry.
"Alaric's not exactly a fan of mine. Riding with a vampire hunter, will be worst if he's in a bad mood." Damon reasoned. Beth rolled her eye.
"Yeah sure that's it." She gave him a fake smile. "Cause God forbid you'd give a damn." He returned the smile.
"Yeah God forbid that every happens." He agreed as he saw Elena and Stefan coming out. She ignored him as she grabbed her bag from the front seat. She threw it over her shoulder and she smirked as she turned and hit Damon's head. She saw Elena and Stefan laughing as Damon glared at her.
"Sorry, didn't know you were so close." She said not really meaning it. Stefan took the heavy bag from her. "Thanks." Beth walked to the other side of the car to grab her other bag.
"Sorry you can't come too, Stef." Damon said with fake sympathy. Elena threw him a dirty look as she tossed her own bag through the window of the back seat.
"Call me if you need anything." Stefan told her and she nodded with a smile.
"Oh I'll take really good care of her." Damon told him, impishly. Elena glared at him as she wrapped her arms around Stefan's neck and kissed him. Beth saw a look of pain go across Damon's face she decided even if she was mad at him to save him from having to look at that.
"Will you grab this for me?" Beth asked Damon about her bag's strap that was lodged between the seats.
"Ugh, fine." He whined. He walked over and helped her move and when he got it out; Day who was lying down on the seat jumped out of the car and ran. Before Beth could even call him, Damon had run at an impossible speed and caught the small black animal.
"Thanks. Day, don't do that!" She reprimanded the cat as she held him close. Damon froze. It had been a while since he had heard that nickname. She used to be the only one to ever call him that. Stefan looked up when he didn't hear Damon say anything. He realized who she was to him, and why he had saved her from Caroline. "Damon?" She asked, he seemed to zone out.
Alaric came out and closed the door behind him. "Well, gotta go. Things to search, people to see. So many things, so little time." He said as went to get in the car. Beth grabbed his arm to stop him.
"Wait! When you get back, we're talking." She told him. She wasn't going to take no for an answer. She wanted the truth.
"Whatever you say, Sabrina." He said with a smirk as he got into the car with Elena and Alaric. She groaned frustrated at him as they drove off. "Your brother is annoying." She told Stefan as they walked to his car.
He laughed as they got into the car. "Trust me when I say, I know." He drove her back to his house. She couldn't get over how much it was exactly like how it was in her dream. She loved it. It had a comfortingly familiar feeling to it. He showed her upstairs to a room that was at least 3 times bigger than hers. It had spare books in it, in a bookshelf and on top of a desk. "You can stay here tonight."
"Wow, thanks." She thanked him looking around. He put her bags on her bed and she put Day down on the floor for him to walk around a bit. "This place is beautiful."
"It's been in the family for centuries." He told her as she walked around the room. "Well, I have to go off and see Caroline to help her out. Do you want to come?" Beth shook her head. She hadn't talk to or seen Caroline since the other night. She honestly felt a bit afraid of her. Stefan could see that. "She wasn't in her right mind the other night. She was being controlled by her thirst for blood. She'll need some support while going through this."
Beth nodded but Stefan knew not to push it. She would need time to do it on her own. "Stefan!" She said quickly as he was about to leave and he turned around. "Do you know how your brother knows me?"
Stefan didn't want her to get pushed into this any more than she already was plus when people got close to Damon, they usually got hurt or worst. "I'm sorry, I don't know how he would know you. I'll see you later." He turned and left her room after that. 10 seconds later she heard the door closed. She groaned at not getting answers from him either. She was really starting to get annoyed.
She lay down on the bed and Day hopped up and saw next to her. He buried his head in her side, to get warm. She felt a vibration and then heard her a ring tone. She sat up and opened her bag and looked around until she finally found her phone. There was a text from Tyler.
"A bunch of people are hanging down at my family's watering hole. You in?"
Beth smiled at the message. It was really hot out today and she could definitely use the distraction from her fight with Alaric and Damon being all mysterious. "Sure." She replied as she started going through her bags looking for a swimsuit. Hopefully she could be normal for a day.
