Twisted Love
Season One
Bloodlines
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries Characters, I only own Grace :)
"Grace, I found it weird how you're not back yet, I hope you didn't talk to Stefan, they look like us. Fayth and Katherine, they're like our doubles, I think that's why Stefan liked me and Damon liked you, I feel so used... especially after... Anyway, give me a call as soon as you can please, I'm worried." Elena put her phone down and sat in her bed, windows locked and doors lock
Grace looked over trying to reach her phone as she heard the footsteps draw closer, it was just out of her reach, so she did the best thing she could think of and began to scream as loud as she could
Suddenly the feet disappeared and a familiar pair of bright blue eyes appeared looking concerned, she screamed and attempted to move back but was stopped by her seat belt
"How are you doing in there?" Damon asked
"Damon?" She questioned looking at him, tears would normally had run down her face, but considering she was hanging upside down
"You look stuck." He stated standing up estimating the way of the car
"My seat belt." She sobbed
"Shh." Damon whispered getting back down to the window to look at her "I'm going to get you out." He assured her "I want you to put your hands on the roof." she did what he told her "Just like you, you ready?" He asked and she nodded "1, 2, 3." He pulled the seat belt with all his strength and it came apart "Are you ok? Can you stand?" He asked as he pulled her from the car carrying her in his arms bridal style "Anything broken?"
She shook her head as a response and he reluctantly placed her back on her feet, looking deep into her eyes her knees, luckily Damon was there to steady and support her
"Whoa, you're fading fast." He ran his hands through Grace's long hair "Grace, look at me." He placed his hand on her chin looking deep into her chocolate brown eyes
"I look like her." Grace told him what he already knew
"What?" He asked her before her body when limp "Upsy-daisy." He pulled her up over his shoulder walking her away from the wreckage of her car
Alaric sat him his room early in the morning drink a thermos of warm coffee as he wrote on his laptop which he doubled as he journal
I found one. After years of research and study, there it was right in front of me. I was terrified. As I stared it in the eyes, I drove a stake through its heart. I was right about Mystic Falls. There is evil here. I can sense it. Feel it. It's everywhere.
Alaric wrote in the journal he glanced over beside him and saw an incredibly beautiful woman smiling and staring back at him through the frame. Isobel Saltzman.
He remember a few years ago when he actually new the whereabouts of his beautiful wife as she lay sleeping in their bed, in their small flat.
Alaric placed a small kiss on his wife's forehead as he was about to leave the house, she woke up with a groan and looked at him with those dark brown eyes
"mmm, it's not even 7 yet." She complained
"Which means you shouldn't be awake for at least 6 hours." Alaric joked
"I hate morning people." She teased pulling the covers over her head
Alaric laughed as he pulled the covers back down to reveal her pretty face "I'm going to be home late." He placed a affectionate kiss on her forehead
"mmm, love you." She rolled over
"And I love you too." Alaric told her
Meanwhile back in the present day, Damon was driving casually one hand on the wheel the other leant on the open window. However, Grace was just waking up to the intense sun as she slept in the passenger seat on the car
"Morning." Damon greeted her with a soft smile
"Where are we?" Grace didn't recognize the long roads or grassy fields surrounding them
"Georgia." Damon replied casually
Suddenly Grace sat up restricted by her seat belt she chocked "Georgia! No, no, no we're not!" She shook her head her fringe falling over her wide eyes "seriously, Damon, where are we?" She demanded
"seriously, we're in Georgia." He told her with a serious look "How're ya feeling?"
"I – I." she touched her head softly
"Well, there are no broken bones." He informed her "I checked." He gave her a cheeky grin
"I was driving to get Elena... My car... There was a man..." She suddenly remembered "I hit a man! But then he got up. Who was that?"
"That's what I want to know." Damon replied to the confused girl
"Where is my phone." She checked her pockets beginning to panic "Ok, we really need to go back. No body knows where I am. Elena will be worried... and I... we need to go back, Damon." she looked to the side of the road "Pull over. I mean it, Damon, pull over."
"Uh, you were so much more fun when you were asleep." Damon complained
Rolling his bright blue orbs as he pulled his car to the side of the road, she was the first to get out and stretch her aching body. He watched as she leant there hunched over, not being able to bare it anymore he zipped around the car at supernatural speed and supported her
"I'm fine." She assured him "we have got to go back."
"Oh, come on. Look, we've already come this far." He joked humour flaring in his eyes
"Why are you doing this?" Grace asked "I can't be in Georgia, I wrecked my car, I have to go home." She told him before her she looked up at him suddenly "This is kidnapping."
"That's a little melodramatic don't you think?" He teased placing both of his hands on her shoulders
She shrugged him away "You're not funny. You can't do this. I'm not going to Georgia." She refused
"Well you're in Georgia." He leant back against his car a smirk playing on his perfect lips "Without your magic bracelet, might I add."
She looked down at her wrist, she could still see the imprint of the charms on her pale wrist from where she had slept on them before she went to pick up Elena, turning to him slowly her eyes widened
"I could very easily make you... agreeable." He told her threateningly
"What are you trying to prove?" She asked before she heard her ring tone "That's my phone." The sound was coming from within his leather jacket
"mmm, it's your BFF." He held it to his ear as he pushed answer "Grace's phone."
"Where is she? Why do you have Grace's phone? Is she ok?" Elena demanded on the other end
"Grace? She's right here and yes, she's fine." Damon replied smiling at Grace eyeing her up and down
"Where are you? Let me speak to her." Elena told him
"She wants to speak to you." Damon told Grace and went to snatch the phone from his hand but he moved away from her reach "Well, I'm sorry, Elena, this is mine and Grace's day and she is not allowed any interruptions what-so-ever." Damon informed the worried girl
"Damon, I swear to God, if you touch her-" Elena was cut off by Damon
"You have a good day. Mm-hmm. Bye now." Damon hung up placing it back in his pocket
"look, no one knows where I am, can we please go back?" Grace begged the blue eyed man
"We're almost there." Damon informed the telepath
"Where is there!" Grace asked frustrated
"A little place outside of Atlanta." Damon replied with a shrug "Oh, c'mon, Grace." He took her smaller hands "You don't want to go back right now. Do you? What's the rush?" He asked "Time-out. Trust me. Your problem will still be there when you get home."
"My problem is here." Grace grumbled
"Look. Step away from you life for five minutes. Please." He begged her with his puppy dog eyes "Five minutes." he repeated holding up five fingers
She let out a huge sigh "Am I going to be safe with you?"
"Yes." He assured her
"Do you promise not to... compel me?" Grace asked again
"Yes." He promised looking deep into her eyes
"Can I trust you?" Grace looked at him for an answer
"Get in the car." He walked around her to the drivers seat
Elena walked around school looking for him, she saw him waiting for her as he normally did. Storming over she glared at him
"I have by no means forgiven you, but I'm worried." Elena started
"What are you worried about?" Stefan asked concerned standing up
"Damon has Grace." Elena replied "I called her and he answered."
"Do you know here they are?" Stefan's eyes widened
"No." Elena shook her head "I don't know what to do... I'm worried he might hurt her."
"He wont hurt her." Stefan promised the worried best friend
"Why because she looks like Fayth?" Elena glared
"Elena-" Stefan started but she cut him off "we'll discuss that later, right now we need to find Grace."
"I know how." Stefan replied
Jeremy walked past Alaric's car to see him hunting around for something, he was moving things from under the seats creating more of a mess than there was before
"Hey, Mr. Saltzman." Jeremy called
"Hey, Jeremy." Alaric replied with a smile "I, uh, I can't find my ring. I took it off for the gym and through I put it..." He moved something and found the black stoned ring "There it is." He grabbed it placing it back on his finger "Losing family heirlooms – bad." He made a mental note as he stepped out of his car "How's your extra credit coming? You pick a topic yet?"
"Mystic Falls, the Civil War Era." Jeremy replied proudly
"What's the angle?" Alaric asked intrigued
"My Family – I found a journal of an ancestor who lived here in the 1800s and the Gilbert's were one of the original founding families of Mystic Falls... so..." he shrugged
"That sounds good." Alaric nodded
"Bonnie." Elena called with Stefan on her heels
"Hey, Elena, Stefan." She smiled at them
"How are you doing? With everything?" Stefan asked
"Fine, yeah good." Bonnie replied awkwardly "are you back at school?" Bonnie asked trying to make conversation
"Actually I came here to find Elena and now we're here to talk to you." Stefan replied
"we were hoping you could help us with something... a spell." Elena told her olive skinned friend
"Look, I know everyone else is ok with ll this, and I appreciate what you did to help me. But I'm not really ready to dive into it with you all just yet." Bonnie replied
"I understand. But we need your help. It's Grace. She's with Damon." Stefan informed her "Elena has Grace's bracelet, I was just hoping you could use this to make some sort of connection."
"I just need to know she's ok." Elena added "It's my fault she's out there with him."
Bonnie sighed before they all sat down at a picnic table away from everyone, so that no one could see she was trying to use her witches power to contact Grace.
"How do you know I can do this?" Bonnie asked Stefan nervously
"Because I've known a few witches over the years I've seen what they can do." Stefan replied
"I'm still new at it." Bonnie argued
"It's ok." Elena smiled placing the charm bracelet in her hand and closing it "Give it a shot." She encouraged
"Ok, alright." Bonnie nodded closing her eyes
She clasped the old jewellery tightly in her closed hands, she tried to search for anything to do with Grace but every time it came up blank. She was getting nothing and it was so frustrating.
"There's nothing... nothing's happening." Bonnie's voice jolted with fear "Usually there's an image or..." She paused and picked up a leaf from the ground "Tell me if something looking."
"Ok." Elena nodded
Bonnie placed the orange colour leaf on the table in front of her and placed her hand above it. She tried to make it levitate like she had done with the feathers in Elena's room, but still nothing was happening
"What is it?" Stefan asked
"Something's wrong." Bonnie replied
"With Grace?" Elena asked scared
"With me." Bonnie replied "There's something wrong with me." She grabbed her bag standing up "I have to go, I'm sorry. I can't help you." The witch ran off
"So where's my car." Grace asked as they drove to an unknown destination
"I pulled it off to the side of the road." Damon explained "I don't think anyone will bother it."
"What about that man in the road? Was he a...?" She left the question hanging
"From what I could tell... Yeah." Damon nodded
"And you don't know him?" Grace questioned
"If I've never met him, I wouldn't know him." Damon replied with a smirk "I mean, it's not like we all hang out together at the Vamp Bar and Grille."
"I was only asking." Grace crossed her arms
"And you look adorable when you look clueless." He grinned at her
Damon stopped the car just outside of a small, lonely bar the sign outside read 'Bree's' in an elegant text Grace creased her eye brows as they both got out
"You brought me to a bar? Damon, I'm not old enough. They're not going to let me in." Grace told him
"Sure they will." Damon grinned before walking into the bar, Grace followed
"No." A olive toned woman announced from behind the bar as soon as she saw his icy blue eyes from across the room "no, it's can't be." She swung her legs over the bar to be face to face with him "Damon, my honey pie." She kissed him intensely
Grace's jaw dropped open slightly as they continued to kiss, she couldn't help the spark of jealousy flare from within her as Damon pulled back giving her a look
Damon pulled her over to the bar as the tall woman climbed back over and grabbed some shot glasses, he sat her down on a bar stool next to him
"Jealous of Bree?" Damon murmured in her ear
"Never." Grace lied
"Listen up everybody!" This tall beautiful dark skinned woman named Bree announced "Here's to the man that broke my heart, crushed my soul, destroyed my life, and ruined any and all chance of happiness." She called across the bar, obviously talking about Damon as she pulled some tequila in the shot glasses "Drink up!" She passed Grace and Damon some and they both downed theirs "So how'd he rope you in?" She asked Grace with a smile
"I'm not roped in." Grace denied
"Honey, if you're not roped, you're whipped." Bree replied "Either way, just enjoy the ride."
"So how did you two meet?" Grace changed the subject quickly
"College." Bree gave Damon a questionable look
"You went to college?" Grace smirked at Damon
"I've been on college campus, yes." Damon replied giving her a look
"About 20 years ago, when I was just a sweet, young freshman, I met this beautiful man and fell I love. And then he told me his little secret, made me love him more. Because, you see, I had a little secret of my own that I was dying to share with someone."
"She's a witch." Damon whispered loudly to Grace and she laughed
"Changed my world." Bree eyed Damon
"I rocked your world." He countered with a smug look
"He is good in the sack, isn't it?" Bree looked at Grace for agreement "But mostly he's just a walk-away-Joe. So what is it that you want?" Bree asked Damon giving him a look
Jeremy was sat in the library doing research for his extra credit work, he didn't expect for books to come tumbling down on his head, he looked up to see a pretty young girl looking through the gap
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. There was this one book wedged between the other. And I pulled and then kaplunk, kaboom!" She exclaimed louder than she should in a library "Are you ok?" She kneeled beside him
"Yeah, I'm fine." He rubbed his head with a laugh
"Ohh! I'm Anna." She introduced herself excitedly
"I'm Jeremy." He replied giving her a look
Bonnie was waiting in her Grams house for her to get back, she had gotten into the house using the spare key, she jumped up when she heard the door open
"Thank God you're back." Bonnie announced
"and hello to you, too." Her Grams joked seeing the look on her Granddaughters face "What's the matter?"
"My powers are gone, Grams, I can't do anything, even when I concentrate. And there's nothing in any of these books that can tell me how to get them back." Bonnie told her frantically
"Hang on, just calm down." Her Grams soothed her "Tell me what happened?"
"I can't." Bonnie sat down shyly
"We keeping secrets now?" The older witch cocked an eye brow
"I have to. I'm sorry. I promised." Bonnie told her regrettably "Please help me."
"You got to clear it out, then you're back in business." Her Grams replied starting to put the clutter of books away
"Clear what out?" Bonnie jumped up
"Whatever's got you so scared." She Grams turned to her giving her a look
Grace heard her phone ring and pressed answer, the caller ID was 'Gran' she was not going to be happy with her for not coming back
"Hi, Gran, I'm so sorry." She started
"Where are you?" Her Gran demanded "Why didn't you call?"
"I was so tired last night, I fell asleep at Caroline's, and then this morning I wanted to get to school." She explained
"Well are you ok?" Her Gran asked
"I'm fine." Grace glanced over at Damon, he wiggled his fingers at her with a grin on his smug face
"Come on, there has got to be another way." Damon told Bree
"After all these years, it's still only Fayth... How do you even know she's still alive?" Bree asked sipping her drink
"Well, you help me get into that tomb and we'll find out." Damon replied
"I already did. 20 years ago. Remember? Three easy steps – Comet. Crystal. Spell."
"There's a little problem with number 2." Damon frowned "I don't have the crystal."
"That's it, Damon, there is no other way. It's Emily's spell." Bree explained calmly
"What about a new spell with a new crystal that overrides Emily's spell?" Damon suggested hopeful
"It's doesn't work that way, baby." She patted his cheek "Emily's spell is absolute... You can't get into that tomb."
Bonnie walked through the foggy forest to where Damon had bit her and she had found out about Vampires, the ruins of the old Fell's Church. She looked around picking up a single leaf off the floor, she was doing this so she could help Grace, but something was blocking her from spells. What was it?
"c'mon." She complained trying to levitate the leaf, it wasn't working.
Suddenly she heard a noise, she was on edge enough as it was without someone jumping out and scaring her half to death, she looked around but saw no one
"Hello!" She called, no reply "Anybody there?" The question hung in the air
There was a long silence before suddenly the ground beneath her caved in and she plunged to the dark floor of a mysterious room
"You lied." Elena suddenly spoke as they were searching Damon's room
"I think we should focus on looking for Grace." Stefan dodged her questions
"So you did lie." Elena continued
"Elena." He looked at her
"How am I connected to Katherine, Stefan?" She asked "How is Grace connected to Fayth?"
"I honestly don't know." Stefan admitted
"Do you expect me to believe that?" Elena asked dumbfounded
"It's the truth." He whispered "Listen-"
"You know what? I'm going to try Grace again." She walked from the room grabbing her phone calling her best friend
"Elena." Grace's voice came through
"Grace." Elena's smiled "Where are you? I'll come and get you."
"No, Elena, everything is fine, I'm with Damon, I think I'm safe." She replied
"You're being compelled!" Elena announced
"I'm not, he promised."
"And you're going to believe him?" Elena growled "You look like Fayth! That is why he wants you! Why he likes you!"
"Elena, just calm down for a second, I'm ok, we'll talk about Fayth and Katherine when I get home." She replied
"If you get home." Elena countered
"I will." Grace replied before ending the call turning around to see him standing there waiting for her
"Are you ok?" He asked sincerely
"Don't pretend to care." She attempted to walk past him
"Hey." He took her hand "I'm not pretending." He whispered taking a step towards her
Bonnie woke up with a groan as she glanced around her, she didn't have a clue where she was and it was dark too. Removing the rocks that had fallen on her from her body she looked at the cuts and slits that now layered her body.
She managed to push herself off the ground and stand up looking around, she glanced up and saw the hole she'd just fallen through
"Hello!" She called trying to get someone's attention "Anyone?"
As she turned to look around the room she saw a door, she started to hyperventilate as she walked backwards hitting the wall
Stefan walked up to Bonnie's Gram's house without Elena, they hadn't talked since earlier on when they'd had a small fight. Knocking the door gently he waited patiently for the elder witch to open it
"Hi." Stefan smiled
"Can I help you?" She questioned
"I'm Stefan, a friend of Bonnie's." He replied and she raised her eye brows as they shook hands "Her dad told me she might be here."
"She was, not anymore." The women answer vaguely
"Do you know where she went? Stefan questioned
"no, but you do." Sheila replied bluntly making Stefan tilt his head in confusion
"I'm sorry?" Stefan looked at the older witch
"I told her to chase down her fear, and I'm sensing now you know exactly why she was scared." She informed him "You know what I am, yet you offered me your hand, which means you wanted me to see that I can trust you."
"Can you?" Stefan asked more seriously now
"I'll trust you'll keep her safe." Shelia replied "You'd better be on your way then, I'm not going to invite you in, I'm sure you're going to understand why." She added before walking in and shutting the door behind her
"This isle is local and state history, and this civil war is one over." Anna informed Jeremy as they stopped at a isle full of old books "What do you need?"
"Local 1860s." He replied before adding "Do you work here?"
"Nope." She shook her head before walking on "You want reference." She informed him "I'm home schooled, I study here for a mock school environment." she stopped again "oh, here we go." she looked at the books "Original settlers, town achieves, founders stuff... it's all here." she explained to him with a kind smile "So what's your topic?"
"The towns fear and hysteria surrounding the war and how it influenced certain writers at the time." He replied
"You might want to focus that a bit." She giggled
"The origin of local folk lore and myths." Jeremy focused the topic more
"You mean the Vampires." She smirked looking at the books
Grace and Damon had gone back inside of Bree's to get some food, she was confused as how he actually ate things, but she was even more confused about the Katherine and Fayth situation.
"So let's just say I descended from Fayth, does that make me part Vampire?" Grace asked naïvely as she ate some fries "I'm already a telepath I don't want to be more weird races."
"Vampires can't procreate." Damon explained looking her up and down "But we'd love to try." He smirked
"Damon." She nudged him slightly
"if you were related it would mean either Fayth or Katherine had a child before they were born." He informed her comfortingly
"Did you think that you could use me to replace her?" Grace asked
"I don't know what I was thinking." Damon admitted "I knew you looked like her, but when I got to know you, you're so much different."
"In what ways?" Grace asked looking at him
"You're not a crazy controlling bitch like she was." Damon replied grabbing her pickles "She controlled her sister, she even controlled me and Stefan..."
"You mean compulsion?" Grace asked
"no, vampires can't compel other vampires..." Damon replied "She just... Fayth knew what she wanted and she knew how to get it."
"I can get what I want too." Grace explained determination in her eyes
"So can I." He flashed her a look before laughing gently "No, you and Fayth are way too different."
"Is that why you'd rather be with her?" Grace couldn't stop the question from falling from her lips
"are you jealous?" Damon teased
"No." She grumbled "Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course." Damon replied grabbing some more fries
"How can you even eat... if technically you're..." She couldn't bring herself to say she was eating with a dead person
"Dead." Damon whispered "It's not such a bad word, Grace." He smirked "as long as I keep a healthy diet of blood in my system, my body functions pretty normally." he shrugged
"This nice act... is any of it real?" Grace questioned cocking an eye brow
He eyed her up and down "How much of it do you want to be real?" he smiled "Thanks." Damon nodded as Bree pasted him another beer
"I'll have one too." Grace told her
Bree nodded before sliding her one, she grinned at Damon before tipping the alcohol down her throat, he smirked as she did
"Time out, remember." She giggled as she brought the glass away from her pink lips
"Longer than five minutes this time?" He tapped his glass against hers
"Way longer." She smirked
Meanwhile back in the library Anna and Jeremy were sifting through old books, talking about the reality of Vampires
"You're kidding me, right?" Jeremy looked at her disbelief in his eyes "There's no such thing as Vampires."
"well, theres not a lot of documentation... but the stories have been told since the civil war." Anna retorted gaining a look from Jeremy "My Granddad used to tell me these creepy stories when I was little and he said his granddad told them to him."
"Yeah, that would be folk lore..." Jeremy replied "Vampires are a metaphor for the demons of the day."
"Which are?" Anna asked
"The Union Soldiers." Jeremy replied with a smug smile "I read the stories myself, they talk about the enemy, the demons that attack at night."
"That sounds like Vampires to me." She giggled
"Allegorical Vampires." he almost rolled his eyes "Which is what it is. Creative expression during a very volatile time. I mean, a country at war doesn't want realism. They want fantasy. Thus, Vampire fiction." He proved his knowledge on the subject
"Man, you're smart." Anna complimented the boy "I have to give it to you, when I first saw you, I missed it."
"Yeah, I've had a rough go of it lately. But I'm just getting back to my old self." Jeremy didn't understand why he felt this way, but he did
"Well, good luck on the paper." She started to gather all her things "I got to get home, you know, my great grandfather actually showed me a journal once of an ancestor and he had written all of this creepy stuff about Vampires. It was actually really believable." She shrugged
"Wait. A journal." Jeremy looked at her surprised
"Yeah." Anna nodded "Why?" She tilted her head
"Are you sure you have to go?" Jeremy questioned
Bonnie had been stuck in the tomb for a while now and her phone had been getting no service, she attempted to stay away from the mysterious door as long as she could, but couldn't resist it anymore. She walked towards it and placed her hand on the star.
She was surprised when her heard a small sound, pressing her ear against the stone door she heard even more sound, gasping she backed away.
A scream erupted from her lips when she felt someone standing behind her, he quickly held onto her shoulders and braced her making her look into his deep hazel eyes
"Bonnie!" Stefan yelled trying to sooth her
"Get away from me!" She screamed backing away
"It's me. It's Stefan!" He assured her
"Stefan." She whimpered his name "The ground gave way and I fell." She informed him of her situation
"It's ok, it's ok." He smiled kindly at her "Calm down, c'mon, I'm going to get you out of here." He promised
"How?" She asked
"Just close your eyes." He smiled turning her waiting for her eyes to close before he leaped into the air, the young witch braced tightly in his iron grip and they were outside of the cave like that "You can open your eyes now."
"Whoa." She whispered opening her bright brown orbs to see how dark it was on the outside
"I didn't want to scare you." He smiled at her
"How did you know where I was?" Bonnie questioned the younger Salvatore brother
"Well, your grandmother told me what you were doing. I guessed the where." He shrugged
"I heard them." She informed Stefan "Down there, behind the door." She focused the story "are they in pain?"
"In the beginning – yes." He told her truthfully "But now anymore, they've been starved to the point of desiccation."
"But if they have blood–" She whispered frightfully
"That's not going to happen, Bonnie."Stefan informed her surely "They can't get out. Emily saw to that when she had you destroy the crystal. You're safe."
"Ready." Damon smirked at Grace
"Go!" Bree announced and a crowd of people around the telepath and vampire did shots
"That's three!" Grace announced slamming her shot glass on the bar glancing across at Damon as he struggled to keep the alcohol in his mouth "Do you need a bib?" She mocked
"Sorry I can't unhinge my jaw like a snake to consume alcohol." He teased
"Whatever." She slurred "Alright! Who's next." The girl leant back and collided with someone
"Sorry, love." He murmured a evil expression on his face
"My fault." She replied but he'd walked off to the other side of the bar waiting to get served, the telepath just shrugged "Another round, Bree." The 17 year old ordered
"Honey, you should be on the floor." A blonde woman next to Grace slurred
"I'm not even drunk." She lied "My tolerance is, like, way up here." She jumped to try and prove, but as she landed she almost crashed to the floor, but her knight in shining armour was there to save her
"Alright, here you go." Bree poured them the shots as she looked across the bar
Meanwhile at the Grill Anna and Jeremy were playing foosball whilst still talking about Vampires and their Grandfathers journals
"So, you have no idea where the journal is?" Jeremy's eyes were fixed on the game
"Nope." She popped the 'p' focusing on the game too "Gramps did. And all the kids split his stuff. I can ask."
"I just find it weird out ancestors kept the same kind of journals, I mean I have a friend, Grace, and her ancestor had a journal too." He informed the brunette
"Maybe it's based in some partial reality." Anna announced
"No. it's got to be metaphorical. My ancestor wrote short stories..." Jeremy shrugged continuing the game
"Oh, so that's why you're hung up on the fiction of it all." Anna smirked
"No, i'm hung up on the fiction of it all because I've seen 'the lost boys' and 'near dark' like, fifty times." Jeremy replied
"Are those movies?" Anna questioned naïvely as she scored the winning goal, she looked up to see the expression Jeremy was giving her "Hey. I've never seen them." She smiled before having an idea "Maybe we could have a fright night? Rent a whole bunch of Vampires movies and stuff."
"Uh, yeah, sure." Jeremy lied
"Why does that sound like a no way in hell." She looked at him, before backing down "Sorry, I'm blunt."
"No, it's just – I don't want you to get the wrong idea. I just got out of something and it's a little too soon, you know?" He looked at her awkwardly
"Oh please, sure. No worries." She shrugged grabbing her bag "I meant as friends. Yeah, look, I really got to go. Nice meeting you, Jeremy." She smiled before leaving
In Bree's bar in Atlanta, Grace was completely smashed and Damon was no around to keep an eye on her, she looked up when she heard her phone begin to ring. Running across the bar she hit the answer button
"Hey, 'Lena." Grace slurred
"Grace? Are you drunk? Has Damon got you drunk!" Elena demanded
"I'm not drink... drank... drunk." She corrected herself three times before looking around "Hold on, 'Lena, it's really loud in here." She walked outside before tripping over the floor and dropping her phone "Hello?" She tried but her phone was dead "Ah, crap." She hissed standing up
She was taken by complete surprise when a hand covered her mouth and a strong arm wrapped around her waist pulling her away making her drop her phone again.
"Hey." Bree walked over to Damon handing him another beer "Where's your girl?" She questioned
"Hmm." Damon looked around "She was right back there."
After searching the entire bar Damon walked outside to see Grace's blackberry laying on the floor, he picked it up sliding it into his pocket before walking around back frantically looking for her.
"Damon, no!" Grace screamed when he saw her
Suddenly a man jumped out with a metal pipe in his hands and began to beat Damon's legs with it making sure he wouldn't get up again for a while
"What the hell!" Damon growled unable to move
Grace quickly made her way down from where the mysterious stranger had placed her like bait, she ran forward as the man began to douse him with gasoline
"No!" Grace exclaimed it was clear she had sobered up by now, the fear had set in
"Who are you?" Damon growled as the man looked at him
"That's perfect. You have no idea." The man laughed as he continued to pour the remaining gasoline over him
"What are you talking about?" Grace asked confused "What did he do?"
"He killed my girlfriend. What did she do to you, huh? What did she do to you!"
"Nothing." Damon sighed working it out
"I don't understand." Grace couldn't work through the mess of fly pictures going through his head, they were too fast, his brain was working a mile a minute
"My girlfriend went to visit Stefan and Damon killed her. Got it." the man hissed as he continued to beat Damon
A picture of a beautiful blonde popped into his head and Grace gasped "Lexi. Lexi was your girlfriend? She told me about you... She said you were human." she tilted her head in confusion, the way this man looked he most certainly was no human
"I was." He replied grabbing a lighter from his pocket
Grace noticed this and saw Damon's sudden doom, she thought quickly on her feet "Lexi turned you?"
"you want to be with someone forever... you have to live forever." He turned back to look at the telepath with bloodshot eyes, as Damon tried to pry himself off the floor the man kicked him back down
"She loved you." Grace told him quickly "She said 'when it's real you can't walk away'." Grace quoted the blonde
"well that's a choice you're not going to have to make." the man spat
"Don't, don't, don't." Grace begged "Please, don't hurt him." She begged even more when he sparked the lighter up
"I'm going you a favour." The man replied bluntly
"Lexi loved you." Grace attempted to go another way with the conversation "And she was good, and that means you're good too." Grace dried her tears that were now falling, he turned back to her "Be better than him. Don't do this. I'm begging you." pain struck her voice "Please."
The man looked down at the older Vampire, he was weak on the floor, as he picked him up by his collar he launched him backwards against a wall that Damon hit with a great force
"Thank you." Grace breathed out
"It wasn't for you." The man hissed before running off into the night
Before Grace could even think her legs were running towards Damon, she fell down the floor next to him and looked into his bright blue orbs
"You really know how to piss people off." She whispered
Stefan walked Bonnie up into her Grandmothers house, Sheila was already on the porch waiting for them, she walked over and pulled her granddaughter into a warm hug
"Well, look who's returned form battle." She hummed "Can I talk to your friend for a minute?" Sheila asked and Bonnie nodded before turning back to Stefan
"Thank you." Bonnie smiled and Stefan nodded as acceptance
"I appreciate your help, Stefan." Sheila smiled
"You're welcome... Sheila." Stefan spoke her name and her eyes lit up
"I wasn't sure you remembered." The elder witch smiled
"October 1969." Stefan had remembered
"I was barely a teenager." Sheila reminisced
"And you were holding one of the only anti-war sit ins within miles of Mystic Falls." Stefan knew the story "You know when you spoke people were mesmerized. I know I was."
"Until the cops showed up." She laughed "You took a big risk coming to see me earlier... letting me read you, realising who you were. It could have gone a complete different way." She informed him
"You family has a very long history of keeping my secret... I knew that I could trust you, if you believed I was worthy of your trust." Stefan knew
"Bonnie knows, doesn't she?" Sheila asked
"Yes." Stefan nodded simply
"Please understand, out loyalty can only extend so far. This town wont be easy on any of us if they figure it out. And I'll protect my own before anybody else." She informed him stubbornly
"I know that." Stefan mused
"as long as we're clear. Goodnight, Stefan." She nodded stepping back further into her house
"Goodnight, Shelia." The vampire nodded as she closed the door
Bree was just closing up the bar for the night, she knew Lee had gone out there to finish off Damon and Grace would probably be next, due to being a witness. She did a last shot and turned around to see his bright blue orbs staring at her
"Grace and I were just leaving, I want to say goodbye." Damon informed her, no smile
"Good to see you again, Damon." She lied
"no kiss?" He asked
"I full of Vervain." Her voice shook with fear "I put it in everything I drink."
"And you're telling me this why?" Damon's eyes flashed with anger
"Lexi was my friend!" Bree exclaimed keeping her voice down "How could you." She went to turn around and walk away but Damon was right there waiting for her "The tomb can be opened." Bree used her plan b
"You're lying!" Damon growled at her
"Emily's grimoire." She quickly thought "Her spell book. If you know how she closed the tomb the reversal process will be in her book. You can open the tomb." She informed him quickly
"Where is the book?" Damon questioned
"I–I." Bree didn't know
"You have no idea." Damon read her like a book
"No. I'm telling the truth." Bree looked at him frantically
"And I believe you." Damon's eyes softened as he gently touched her cheek "My dear, sweet, Bree. That's why I'm almost sorry." He reached into her chest and tore out her hear
"Ugh!" She gasped as she slid down to the floor
Before leaving Damon made sure to wash his hands to get rid of evidence, as he walked back outside he saw Grace fast asleep in his car. He got in and started driving. This was going to be a long trip back home
It wasn't long until that next morning Grace woke up and saw Damon wide awake at the wheel, she groaned and cracked several of her knuckles before turning to him
"So why did you bring me with you?" Grace questioned
"Well... you're not he worst company in the world, Grace. You should give yourself more credit." He joked gaining a look from her
"Seriously." She looked at him
"I don't know... you were there in the road, all damsel in distress like." He smirked "I knew it would piss off Elena which would in turn piss off Stefan... And you're not the worse company in the world, Grace."
"I used to be more fun." She pulled her knees up into her chest resting her head on them
"You did ok." He informed her
"I saved your life." She informed him smugly
"I know." He flashed her a look
"And don't you forget it."
"Oh, my dearest little telepath... I will never forget this little break we had." He grinned at her
"Our time out." Grace smiled she quoted earlier
Elena was waiting for Grace to get back, she had been waiting at the Salvatore residence, Stefan was upstairs she decided to go see him
"Hi." She announced as she walked through the door
"Hi." Stefan quickly stood up
"You could have told me." Elena told him in a low voice
"I wanted to tell you." Stefan informed her
"You said no more lies, only the truth... I can handle the truth, Stefan. As crazy as it is, I can handle that you are a Vampires and my best friend is a telepath and my other best friend is a witch, I can accept that the world is a much more mysterious place that I thought possible, but this... this lie I can not take." She lowered her voice "What am I to you? Who am I to you?"
"You are not Katherine..." He announced when they suddenly heard a knock at the door
"Hey." Grace whispered "I'm interrupting something aren't I?"
"No." Elena hugged her tightly checking her over "You're just in time, are you ok? Oh my God, I'm so glad you're here"
"I'm fine." Grace replied with a nod
"You're the opposite of her." Stefan continued
"And when did you figure that out?" Elena took a step towards him "Before you kissed me? Before we slept together?" Her tone was sharp
"Before I met you." Stefan told the truth
"What?" Elena whispered
"The first day of school. When we met. It wasn't for the first time, Elena." He informed her
"Then when was it?" Elena asked
"May 23rd 2009." Stefan replied
"But that was–." Elena's eyes widened
"That was the day your parents' car went off the bridge."
"You were there?" Grace asked shocked
"Every couple of years I would come back here to see Zach and see my home... Last spring, I was out in the woods, by the old wickery bridge. And I heard the accident. All of it. I was fast getting there but not fast enough. The car was already submerged. Your dad was still– He was still conscious. I was able to get to him, but he wouldn't let me help him, until I helped you." Stefan's eyes dropped to the floor
"Oh my God." Elena whispered "When I woke up in hospital no one could figure out how I got out of the car." She looked to Grace "Do you remember?"
"I remember everyone was confused." Her voice was almost a whispered "They said it was a miracle."
"I went back for them. But it was too late. I couldn't – I couldn't save them. When I pull you out, I looked at your face. You looked like Katherine. I couldn't believe the resemblance. After that, I spent months making sure you weren't her. I watched you. I learned everything that I could about you. And I saw you were nothing like Katherine. And wanted to leave town, but, Elena, I couldn't leave without knowing you. I'm so sorry I didn't tell you. I wanted to, but you were so sad."
"Why do I look like her? Why does Grace look like Fayth?" She looked back at the telepath
"Grace, has been through a lot, maybe we can talk about this later..."
"Why do we look like them, Stefan." Grace stepped forward "What are you not telling us?"
"It doesn't make any sense to me, you're a Johnson, you're a Gilbert and they were Pierces. I was confused, Katherine and Fayth were twins, actually related, something was wrong and the resemblance was too similar. And then I learned the truth... You were both adopted... You're twins too."
Grace took a step back clearly surprised by the news but Elena didn't move at all, it's like news hadn't quite sunk in yet.
Meanwhile Jeremy was in the library again studying for his paper, getting research when he saw her walking towards him, it was Anna again
"There you are." She grinned happily as she took a seat next to him on the floor
"Hey." Jeremy greeted her
"Hi. Ok, look. I know I don't know you, so don't ask me why I did this. I just, sometimes- mostly all the time- I have this need to be right. So I googled and..." she held out a large stack of papers
"What is it?" the boy questioned
"Proof. Sort of." She smirked
"What does this mean?" Jeremy asked as he flicked through all the pages
"Well, I only went as far back as 1942, and found that there's been a string of animal attacks periodically in and around this town for the past 75 years. It's consistent. In '62, 5 bodies found. In '53, 4 people killed. In '74, 3 people dead. And there's been 5 this year. All attacked. All suffered major blood loss, as in drained of blood." She informed him making him even more curious now, and this time for the truth
Grace and Elena sat opposite from each other, just looking. No one had said a word for at least half an hour, they were still getting over the initial shock of the situation they were in.
"How do you know this?" Grace finally spoke, her voice cracked with fear and shock
"Your birth certificates, both of yours were ticked with twin, they say Grace, Mystic Falls General and Elena, Mystic Falls General... but there no record of your mother ever being 's no record of her ever being pregnant." Stefan explained to them
"But how do you know we're related." Grace whispered "That we're... twins."
"Gilbert was written on both... Grace, you had a complete change of family, but stayed in Mystic Falls..." He informed her "There was a picture too." he slid it over to them, they were they were together as babies
"Oh God." Grace whispered
"What else do you know?" Elena rasped out
"For me to go any further, I would've had to look into the Pierce family, and I couldn't go that. It's too much of a risk. If someone found out I was asking about Katherine or Fayth – listen to me." He told Elena "it doesn't matter. You are the woman I love. I love you."
Grace as out of that room quicker than she imagine she could be when she suddenly slammed into a chest
"I just keep on running into you, huh." Damon smirked at her
"Now is not the time, Damon." She scolded before walking around him spiriting outside
It wasn't long until Stefan dropped Grace back off home, Grace and Elena didn't speak, they didn't make eye contact as she left
"Thanks for the lift." Grace whispered
"I'll speak to you later." Elena suddenly spoke
Without another word Grace shut the door and walked into her childhood home, she opened the door and walked into the kitchen to see her Gran sitting there
"I don't make a lot of rules, Grace. I know you're growing up and you need space, but two days I haven't seen you... Where were you? Why would you lie to me about it? I spoke to Sheriff Forbes, she told me she hasn't seen you either. You lied to be about staying with Caroline."
"Now is not the time you want to talk to me about lies." Grace hissed at her Gran, her fake Gran
"Don't do that. Don't turn this back on me. I didn't do anything." Her Gran stood up
"Ok, question – am I adopted?" Grace asked bluntly "I trust you to tell me the truth, Gran." She used the term loosely, Heidi didn't answer for a while "How could you not tell me! Elena is my best friend! She's my God Damn twin, for Christ sake! You didn't think it was important enough to tell me!"
"The Gilbert family, they told me not to." Her Gran's heart dropped to her stomach as she told her the truth "Elena is adopted too, they couldn't take both of you on, you're momma offered to take on you..."
"I don't want to hear it." Grace whispered clearly fed up
Meanwhile Damon walked into Mystic Grill, grabbing a drink. Grace had confused him, he thought they were close, but the way she'd snapped at him... why was she acting like this? And she wasn't answering her phone either, weird.
Alaric sat at the bar grading papers for school, 'A' he wrote yet again being far too lenient on these kids. He glanced beside him and saw a blue eyed monster sitting a couple of seats down at him, he nodded in Alaric's direction. He'd seen those eyes before, he remembered walking in to find his wife being fed off, he remembered those bright blue orbs the monster called eyes.
A/N
Hey everyone, so I hope this makes sense, I did look up was birth certificates look like and I did see a column to say if the child was born with a twin or if they were triplets or whatever, so I hope that was right. I also hope that you like the way Grace and Elena reacted to it all, because to be fair if I found out my best friend was my twin, I'd be a little freaked out too.
Also, I hope you enjoyed the GracexDamon scenes, I'm trying to make them becomes closer, but I want to take my time with it
Anyway, I hope you enjoy feel free to drop me a review if you like, Fav and Alert too if you life, I love reading your reviews so thank you so much so far and I will try and update as soon as I can. :D