Twisted Love
Season One
Children of the Damned
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries Characters, I only own Grace :)
Back in Mystic Falls in 1864 a cart and horse is carrying two men down a dark dirt road running threw the forest. Suddenly the horse pulls to a stop when they see a beautiful woman kneeling over a man in the middle of the road.
"Please! Please, help us!" Fayth begged as she ran over to the cart
The man that was controlling the horse climbs down from where he was sitting at the front of the cart to tend to the injured man. The more powerful man that had been riding inside the cart climbed out too, this time to see Fayth
"What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?" The man asked in disbelief "it's not safe."
"No." Fayth shook her head, her long locks of curly dark brown hair falling over her shoulder as her eyes became deathly and dark and her fangs produced through her pout cherry red lips "It's not safe." she agreed as she bit down into his neck draining him completely of blood and hiding before the other man could turn around.
She killed the other man too, he fell to the floor beside Damon as he rose to see his Vampire goddess with blood covering her chin.
"And that's how it's done." She purred
"What happens to the bodies?" Damon questioned curiously
"Well, I'll take them into the woods and the other animals will finish them off." The brunette grinned "Are you sure you're ready for this?" She quizzed the human
"I'm ready." He confirmed "I want you to turn me."
"When it's time." She replied calmly "Kiss me." She whispered taking a step towards him, he quickly produced a hanky to wipe the crimson substance from her chin "You should get a taste." she purred with a grin
"Sorry." Damon apologised
"Don't be." She replied closing the small gap between them "Soon you won't be able to get enough." She smirked before kissing him passionately
He could taste the metallic liquid run across his tongue, as a human it felt so wrong to be able to taste another persons blood, but soon he was sure he wouldn't be thinking like that.
Returning to the present day Grace wake up in her bed. Heidi's letter was still clenched into her hand as she turned over she was a icy blue pair of eyes watching her
"Morning, sleepy head." He grinned
"Damon." She whispered her voice thick with sleep "What the hell are you doing here?"
"You fell asleep in her room, I figured I better move you..." He shrugged
"So why are you still here?" Grace asked again
"You looked cute sleeping." Damon smiled "Get ready we're going to my place."
"Why?" Grace pulled the duvet over her head trying to block him out, it was too early for Damon's games
"Because I need to speak to Stefan, and it doesn't feel right leaving you alone just after Heidi has left you to fend for yourself." Damon told her watching her squirm under the covers
"I'll be fine." She grumbled "I just need sleep."
"I'm not taking no for an answer." He pulled the duvet off her "I'll give you 15 minutes."
Grace groaned "Damon, I really don't want to-"
"I'm counting down, Grace." Damon told her looking at the watch that lay on his wrist "Better hurry..."
With a huff she was just and getting changed, mumbling under her breath, ranting about Damon, he smirked at her words.
As they pulled up to the Salvatore house he opened the car door for her, she climbed out rubbing her eyes trying to get the sleep out of them.
"Rise and shine." Damon announced as he jumped on Stefan's bed
"Damon! Please!" Elena complained covering herself from him
"Sorry, I couldn't stop him." Grace announced with a yawn as she leant against the door frame
"What are you doing?" Stefan held the sheet in front of Elena protectively
"Oh, stop being smutty." Damon smirked
"Seriously, get out of here." Stefan demanded
"If I see something I haven't seen before, I'll throw a dollar at it." He joked making Elena, Stefan and Grace frown "Now listen. We all have some very important business to discuss."
"And it has to be right now?" Elena asked in disbelief
"Well, we have lots to do, now that we're all friends." he grinned back at Grace who rolled her chocolate brown orbs in response "And working towards a common goal. So, in order to open the tomb, we need to find the journal to get the grimoire to open the spell. First things first, since you're Grace and Elena Gilbert, you're on journal duty." Damon told them
"Since when am I helping?" Grace complained standing at the door
"Well, Elena and Stefan are helping... so I just thought." Damon shrugged "You don't want to be left out do you?"
"You don't have to if you don't want, Grace." Elena told her
"I'll help you look for it tonight." Grace crossed her arms over her chest
"Good." Damon smiled
"How do we know that this journal will hold the location of the grimoire?" Stefan questioned "We're really going to take the work of this Vampire who seemed like a bit of a dimwit?" He referred to Noah
"In lieu of any other options." Damon shrugged
"Ok, what exactly is a grimoire?" Elena questioned
"Yeah, I'm curious too." Grace stepped forward
"It's a witch cookbook." Damon explained turning to the telepath
"Every spell that a witch casts is unique unto itself, so ever witch would document their work-" Stefan began to explain but was cut off
"Yeah. Cookbook." Damon shrugged
"What about our mystery Vampire? Dimwit obviously wasn't working alone, so whoever is out there knows who we are." Stefan stated
"And I don't like that disadvantage, so... chop, chop. You know, I really like whole sexy team thing we got going on." He captured Grace's waist as he lead her towards the door "It's got a bit of a kink to it..." He chuckled "Don't screw it up." He sang leading Grace down the stairs
"He does have–" Elena was cut off by Stefan indicating that Damon would easily eavesdrop on their conversation "Oh, right, yeah." She whispered
Stefan placed a small kiss on her hand "Ok." He was about to get out when she pulled him back down into a passionate kiss "We shouldn't –." He started but she mimicked his movement of Damon and hearing
"Shh." She laughed pulling the thin duvet over them as they continued to kiss
Back in Mystic Falls in 1864, this time in Damon's bedroom as the Salvatore Boarding house, Fayth emerged from the covers giggling as Damon followed pressing kisses against her neck
"Stop." She giggled childishly
"Make me." Damon teased
She proceeded to flip them straddling his body making her eyes darken and her fangs emerge through her plump, swollen lips. Damon starred up at the Vampire in amazement until they heard a knock on the door. She quickly righted herself before allowing the person to enter the room
"Yes?" Fayth asked Emily
"Excuse me, Ms. Fayth. Ms. Pearl is here to see you and Ms. Katherine." Emily announced respectfully
"I'll be down soon." Fayth dragged her nails over Damon's firm pecks "Please ask them to wait." She grinned waiting for Emily to leave "Thank you, Emily." She replied as Emily left the room shutting the door behind her "Fun's over." She pouted
"Hmm, oh no." Damon pouted playfully as they kissed passionately
It didn't take long for Fayth to walk down the stairs of the Boarding house in her deep purple corset dress to see Katherine and Pearl waiting for her. Her twin had a knowing smirk on her lips which was quickly dismissed when the dominant twin shot her a look
"Now, now." Pearl started "Play nicely girls."
"It is good to see you Pearl." Fayth announced
"Perhaps we could talk outside." Pearl suggested
"Emily, will you please tell Mr. Salvatore that I've stepped away?" Fayth told her maid
"Mine, too." Katherine nodded once
Fayth, Katherine and Pearl all stepped outside walking across the grounds that lay just outside of the Salvatore house
"How long do you plan of staying with the Salvatore's?" Pearl questioned the twins "People talk, girls." She warned them
"They Salvatore's have been kind to take us in. As far as everyone else knows, we're poor orphan girls from Atlanta; lost their family in the fires." Fayth placed her hand on her head before her and Katherine laugh together
"A match you lit, no doubt." Pearl spat with humour before catching a glimpse of a girl behind Katherine and Fayth as they came to a stop "Honey, please be careful!" She told the girl "Honoria Fell came by the apothecary yesterday with a case of this elixir. She asked that it be sold at a reduced rate." Pearl passed Katherine a small vial of a clear liquid
"I don't follow." Katherine admitted "Is it rare?"
"Try it." Pearl smiled at the girls
Fayth took it from her sisters hands and brought it to her nose, it stung her nostrils, but not enough to make flinch away, she quickly poured it onto her wrist as he began to burn through her skin with a sickening sizzling noise, Katherine gasped as her sister grimaced
"What the hell!" Fayth looked at the older woman
"Vervain." Pearl stated
"Why is there Ver... They know." Katherine looked towards her twin
"They're trying to find us, and they're getting crafty about it..." Pearl informed her
"The townspeople ingesting Vervain, that's inconvenient." Fayth growled
"It might be time for us to move on again." Pearl told the Vampire twins
"No." Katherine shook her head and Fayth nodded agreeing with her sister "We like it here. We're not interested in leaving just yet."
"Can we go, mama?" The girl ran over to the three revealing herself to be Anna "Is something wrong?" She asked nervously, the three women shook their heads
Back to the present day Anna was making a phone call to Jeremy in the motel room her and Ben were staying in, she had picked up on new technology easily, especially considering she had Ben McKittrick helping her out.
"Hey, it's me again. Anna. Soccer chick and foosball. I'll be at the Grill later, if you want, you know, a rematch, or whatever." She told Jeremy's voicemail before seeing Ben walk in the room with just a towel on
"Who are you calling?" Ben questioned
"Jeremy Gilbert." Anna replied casually
"You're not, like, into him, are you?" Ben asked insecurely
"I need him for something... Get over it." Anna rolled her eyes
"Oh!" Ben called out when he went to pull the curtains back and the sun burned his finger tips "Damn it!"
"Dude, you got to stop doing that." Anna shook her head hopelessly
"I know. I just – I keep forgetting." He sat on the bed next to her
"You're new. You'll get it." She smiled assuringly
"You found the Gilbert journal?" Ben questioned picking up an old book
"Does that look like the Gilbert journal?" Anna asked
"Well, it's old and musty, and how am I supposed to know the difference?" Ben asked
"I don't know, I figured maybe, just may, you've been paying a little bit of attention since we met." She told him as she grabbed a bottle of blood from the fridge handing it to him
"You know, you don't have to talk down to me. I'm not stupid." He stated annoyed
"Here. Drink. I don't want you getting itchy around the witch." Anna told him "She can sense if you're weak."
"When can we go hunting again? This tastes old... I want fresh blood." He told her as he look at the blood of cold blood
"When we get that tomb open, you can kill anyone you want." She promised "For now, just stay focused on Bonnie while I try to get the journal from Jeremy's teacher."
"Why did you choose me?" Ben asked
"I need someone in a position to be my eyes and ears. Small town bartender fit the bill." She shrugged
"There are plenty of bartenders to choose from. Why me?" Ben asked again almost afraid of the answer
"You were sad, Ben." She announced as if she knew every thought that was going through his head "You locked purpose. You needed me."
Elena and Stefan were all sitting in Elena's kitchen looking for the Gilbert journal. The telepath hadn't had the courage to say that Heidi had left yet so she was staying out of their way and Elena was none the wiser.
"Do you really think he believes us?" Elena asked Stefan
"I don't think Damon knows what to believe." Stefan informed the girls "Trust isn't something that comes naturally to him."
"You know... I really think Damon believes that everything he's done, every move that he's made, he's done for love." Elena announced from where she was sitting "It's twisted, but kind of sad."
"There are other ways to get what you want." Stefan argued "You don't have to kill people. Damon has no regard for human life. He enjoys inflicting pain on others. For 145 years, every single time that I have let my guard down and let Damon back into my life, he's done something to make me regret that. I'm not going to make that mistake again." He explained to the girl
"So what do you think will happen if the tomb gets opened and Damon gets Fayth back?" Elena questioned
"I think that no matter what Damon promises, a lot of people will die..." Stefan explained as he saw Elena looking at an old picture "That's Jonathan Gilbert." He informed her
"What's this?" Elena asked as she opened a box
"What are you guys doing?" Jeremy walked in the room to see them all looking through the box
"Hey. Just going through some stuff, feeling sentimental. Dad had this old family journal from years ago. I thought I'd dig it up." Elena told him
"Jonathan Gilbert's journal?" Jeremy questioned
"Yeah, who do you know about it?" Elena asked
"I just did a history report on it." Jeremy explained making Elena and Stefan look at each other worried
"So where is it now?" Elena asked
"I gave it to Mr. Saltzman. He wanted to see it." Jeremy informed them
Alaric was sitting at his desk in the school reading through Jonathan Gilbert's journal, he was talking about the pocket watch, or compass as it later became
I met Barnett and Giuseppe this evening. I saw the skepticism in their eyes when I showed them the compass.
Back in the year 1864 in the library of the Salvatore Boarding house Giuseppe Salvatore, Barnett Lockwood, Thomas Johnson and Jonathon Gilbert all stood talking about Jonathan's new invention of capturing Vampires.
"We're supposed to believe that can track one of them?" Giuseppe asked skeptically
"What is it, magic?" Barnett asked
"It's science." Jonathan replied hastily
"I'll believe it when I see it." Barnett replied
"I've been thinking about this church idea... I believe it could work." Giuseppe informed them all as the door opened behind them
"Excuse me, Father." Stefan apologised for interrupting his father's meeting "I didn't know you had guests." He admitted
"We'll be done in a few minutes, son." Giuseppe informed the younger brother
"I'll come back." Stefan told him "Forgive me, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Lockwood." He nodded respectfully before leaving shutting the door
"Have you told him?" Thomas questioned
"Not yet." Giuseppe informed him
"Giuseppe, we need all the men we can get." Jonathan complained
"I'll tell them." The Salvatore father told them confidently "You can count on both my boys." he stated proudly
Back to the present day, Alaric was in the teachers lounge making copies of the journal, after they'd finished printing placing them carefully in his locker and returning to his room placing the journal on the table, it was after school hours and barely no one was there.
He sensed a disturbance when he felt as if a shadow walked past the door, he got up and walked from the room to see nobody out there
"Hello?" He called "Someone there?" There was no response, but a rush of air blew past him
He went as quickly as he could to his locker again pulling out a black bag, he grabbed a long gun like object as placed a stake into it before going back to his class room, peaking around the corner he turned and fired to see that his student Stefan Salvatore caught the stake firmly in his hand
He attempted to reload and turn to sprint from the room, but Stefan was already there with a menacing look on his face
"You shouldn't have done that." Stefan told him before throwing him forcefully across the room "Have a seat." Stefan told him holding Alaric's weapon in his hand along with two stakes Alaric sat down at one of the desks "What is this compressed air?" Stefan questioned and the teacher nodded "Did you make it yourself?" Another nod "Who are you?" There was no answer for a long time "I'm not going to hurt you... unless you try that again. Now... who are you?"
"I'm a teacher." Alaric gulped
"Are we going to have to do this the hard way?" Stefan quizzed
"I'm also a historian. And while researching Virginia, I – made a few discoveries about your town." Alaric admitted
"So you show up like Van Helsing. Come on. Tell me the truth." Stefan rolled his eyes
"My wide was a parapsychologist. She spent her life researching paranormal activity in this area. It was her work that led me here." Alaric replied with a gulp
"Where's your wife?" Stefan questioned
"Dead. A Vampire killed her." Alaric shook his head
"Where's the Gilbert journal?" Stefan cut to the chase
"What do you want with it?" Alaric hissed
"Where is it?" Stefan demanded
"It's on my desk." Alaric replied
"No, it's not." Stefan already knew the answer
Alaric looked over to see that it wasn't there "It was on my desk."
Anna sat back in her motel room with Ben whilst she sifted through the journal reading through the old man's journal
"Anything?" Ben asked
"Not yet. Just a lot of gibberish. Yeah, some people just shouldn't journal..." Anna rolled her eyes as she turned yet another page
"I thought this Gilbert was the brains..." Ben asked confused
"Don't you have a date?" Anna asked annoyed with his presence
"Yep." He nodded "Wish me luck."
I saw her again today – The most beautiful woman in town, with a name just as pretty: Pearl.
Back in 1864 Fayth, Katherine and Pearl stood in Pearl's apothecary talking about them still being in town
"Have you thought anymore of what I said?" Pearl questioned
"We'll leave soon, Pearl." Fayth told her "I promise. Katherine and I need to take care of a few things first."
"You're going to turn them both, aren't you." Fayth and Katherine nodded in sync at the beautiful woman "Girls, please. Be careful."
"We'll be safe, I promise." Fayth giggled
"Mr. Gilbert is coming. Quick, your cheeks." Katherine pinched her cheeks "Perfectly rosie." she grinned
"Ms. Pearl. May I have a moment?" Jonathan questioned motioning to outside
"Yes, Mr. Gilbert. I'm still waiting for you to explain that comet in the sky." Pearl told him with a soft smile as they left the building
"Your mother has an admirer." Fayth smirked at Anna
Giuseppe, Damon and Stefan walked the grounds around their house as he explained to them what was happening with the town, as if they didn't already know.
"As descendants of the founding families, they'll want to know that they can count on you." Giuseppe stated
"Of course they can." Stefan nodded "Is there any doubt?"
"I'm not sure your brother Damon understand the importance of duty." Giuseppe shot the older brother a look
"Damon left the confederacy on principal. It was his choice and should be respected." Stefan stuck up for his older brother
"You'll forgive me is I have trouble respecting a deserter." Giuseppe stopped and faced his first son
"Well, I never asked for your respect." Damon spat
"Good for you, Damon. Because all I have is disappointment." Giuseppe hissed, pain flashed in Damon's eyes
"You said the town is in trouble?" Stefan questioned
"There's been too many deaths. It is time for us to fight back and stop these killers." Giuseppe stated
"Killers? What are you talking about?" Stefan played dumb
"We live amongst demons." Giuseppe informed them
"You're being cryptic now, father. Why don't you just say the word." Damon growled
"Vampires." Giuseppe replied"They exist. And they live amongst us. But we have a plan to kill them. And you're going to help us." He stated proudly
Back to the present day Damon was cooking for the Gilbert's and Jenna was perched up onto the counter with wine in hand listening to his stories
"My father never approved on anyone I dated, which only made me want them more. Of course. What about you?" Damon asked as he continued to cut the tomatoes
"There were a few guys. Logan isn't the only loser I've dated." Jenna rolled her eyes finishing her glass of wine
"They ever find him? Or is he still missing?" Damon questioned coyly
"He's not missing. He's in the Bahamas working on his tan. Very entitled, that one. Matches to his own drum. He a Fell, they're all snooty." She stated as Damon served Jenna more wine
Damon and Jenna heard the front door open and he smirked as he knew who it was straight away, Jenna looked behind her
"Hello, Grace." Damon greeted her before she'd even entered the room
"Hey. What's going on." Jenna smiled at the small girl "We're cooking dinner."
"Have you seen Elena and Stefan?" Damon questioned
"I've been busy all day with personal problem." Grace replied with a sharp edge to her voice, she had been removing the rest of Heidi's stuff, Elena and Stefan told Grace that they could handle finding the journal "Elena told me that he'll be along soon, and I thinks she is upstairs." Grace replied grabbing a glass filling it with water
"How long have you been aware of me?" Stefan questioned
"I learned just recently. What about your brother?" Alaric asked
"You met Damon?" Stefan was surprised
"Who do you think killed me wife." Alaric grumbled
"Are you certain it was Damon?" Stefan asked
"I witnessed it." Alaric relied bluntly
"If you're here for revenge, this is going to end very badly for you." Stefan admitted
"I just want to find out what happened to my wife." Alaric told him truthfully
"I thought you just said that Damon..." Stefan trailed off
"Yeah. I saw him Draining the life out of her. He must have heard me coming. He just...Disappeared. So did her body. They never found her." Alaric shook his head mournfully
"Damon can never know why you're here. He'll kill you without blinking." Stefan told him in a warning tone
"I can take care of myself." Alaric told the Vampire confidently
"No, you can't. I can help you. If you let me." Stefan looked at him
Damon and Grace were preparing the table, she walked past him with plates in her hand, but he went out of his way to bump into her which made her smirk
"Whoa... Hmm." He grinned walking past her to the stove
"Don't do that." She shook her head
"Do what?" Damon asked playing dumb
"You know what. That move was deliberate." She accused as she laid the plates on the table
"Well, yeah, I was deliberately trying to get to the sink." Damon rolled his eyes with a chuckle "Speaking of Stefan." He grinned changing the subject "Where is he? He's missing family night, which I am enjoying immensely." He told her "Is it real?"
"Is what real?" Grace asked as she laid out the cutlery
"This renewed sense of brotherhood. Can I trust him?" Damon asked the telepath
"Yes, I mean, it seems like you can trust him, doesn't it?" Grace questioned, she too was none the wiser
Damon quickly appeared behind her, she turned and he trapped her against the table, she looked up into his bright sky blue eyes "Can I trust him?" He looked deep into her chocolate brown orbs searching for an answer "You're a telepath, you know what's going on in his mind."
"I'm wearing Vervain, Damon." She reminded him "and it doesn't work like that... They have to be really thinking about it and I've got loads of other things on my mind, I don't have time to spy on your brothers personal thoughts."
"I'm not compelling you." He creased his black eye brows "What do you think of it all? Would you trust them?"
"Of course you can, I trust Elena with my life, and as far as I know Stefan is a good guy." Grace nodded reasoning with him
Back in 1864 Katherine, Fayth and Giuseppe were playing croquet out in the Salvatore grounds whilst Emily watched. Damon and Stefan wandered over to watch them play too
"Their good. I almost believe they genuinely likes him." Damon announced
"Perhaps they does." Stefan shrugged
"They knows father would have them both killed if he knew the truth." The older brother told him
"Not if we talk to him; explain how we feel. He could help us keep them safe." Stefan's voice was full of hope
"Have you gone mad?" Damon demanded "No, no. Father would drive the stake in them himself!"
"That's not true, we can trust him." Stefan told his brother
"No, no, not with this." Damon shook his head wildly "Please, promise me you won't tell him, Stefan."
"I promise." Stefan nodded
Back to the present day Damon still had Grace trapped against the table he leaned down a sighed heavily onto her neck
"There was a time when I trusted him more than anyone." He admitted to the telepath
"Trust breeds trust. You have to give it to get it." Grace replied feeling his breath falling on her neck
"Are you lecturing me?" Damon smirked
"Do you need to be lectured?" She countered
"I just want her back." Damon pulled back looking into the brunette's eyes "I'm sure you can understand that."
"I can understand that you would do anything for her, yes." her voice cracked as she spoke
"Then you understand what I will do if anyone gets in my way." Damon cocked an eye brow at her
Later that night Grace, Elena and Jenna were in the kitchen going threw some old boxes whilst Jeremy and Damon were sitting on the couch playing video games
"You said you never played this thing before." Jeremy shot Damon a look
"I'm a fast learner." He wiggled his eye brows "Quick reflexes." He stated before Jeremy's phone began to ring, pausing the game Jeremy clicked reject and continued play "Who are you dodging?"
"This girl. Anna. She can be... persistent." Jeremy chose his words carefully
"Is she hot?" Damon asked nonchalantly
"Yeah, yeah, bit she can we weird." Jeremy argued
"Hot trumps weird, trust me." Damon glanced over his shoulder at a glaring telepath, he smirked and continued his game
"He's ridiculously hot!" Jenna whispered to the twins
"Shh!" Grace demanded before raising her "He's an ass." this made Damon roll his eyes
"What are you doing with all this stuff?" Jenna smirked as she looked at Elena
"we thought there might be something about our birthparents." Elena replied
"Have you told Jeremy?" Jenna quizzed
"We will." Grace nodded "When the time is right."
The doorbell rang and Elena announced it would be Stefan, Damon paused the game throwing the controller down and walking with the girls to the door
"Well?" Damon pried
Bonnie and Ben sat in the Grill after Ben had just finished singing, he wasn't the best singer there was, but Bonnie didn't make fun
"Admit it. I can't sing." Ben looked at her
"No. you were great." She didn't want to hurt his feelings
"Come on, totally trashed a Metallica song." Ben huffed
"Well, first mistake, Metallica karaoke?" Bonnie laughed
"Well, at least I committed." He grinned
"The woman with the tattoos loved you." Bonnie's eyes flared with humour and tease
"well, next time I'm going to throw down my pearl jam." Ben grinned
"Next time?" Bonnie questioned
"Yeah. So, uh, what are you friends up to tonight?" The Vampire questioned
"They're all doing their own thing. Caroline's at her dad's, Elena and Grace are having some kind of family night..." She shrugged
"Elena Gilbert and Grace Johnson, right?" Ben questioned
"Both Gilbert's now..." Bonnie replied
"Really?" Ben looked at her
"Yeah, turns out they were twins." Bonnie laughed "I know, crazy right?"
"Totally, I remember you three were close." Ben nodded
"They're my best friends." Bonnie nodded
"Yeah, my friends, they all moved away after graduation, and I didn't. So we just kind of drifted apart." Ben looked down sadly
"Oh. Elena, Grace and I are bonded for life. I can't imagine it any other way." Bonnie smiled
"That tight, huh?" Ben questioned
"They're like my sisters. I mean, I'd die for them." Bonnie told him proudly
Elena, Grace, Stefan and Damon were all talking outside of the Gilbert house on the porch about the journal whilst Jeremy and Jenna were still inside the house.
"Who took it?" Damon demanded
"I don't know." Stefan admitted
"You know what, it's that teacher. There's something really off about him." Damon remembered the dance
"No, he doesn't know anything." Stefan shrugged "Somebody got to it before me."
"Who else knew it was there?" Damon looked at him
Stefan glanced through the window at Jeremy who was still sitting their playing xbox, Damon followed his line of sight and then the girls did too
"No. Damon, leave him out of this." Grace demanded
"Why, what the big deal?" Damon smirked as he walked towards the door
"Damon." Grace called
They all walked inside, Damon perched on the arm of the couch beside Jeremy as he continued to play, Stefan, Grace and Elena watched on from the sidelines
"So... I heard you found a really cool journal. Who else did you show it to?" Damon questioned
"Huh?" Jeremy looked up
"Don't ask questions, just spill." Damon demanded
"You're kidding me, right?" Jeremy looked to Elena
"Jer, did you tell anyone other than Mr. Saltzman about Gilbert's journal?" Elena quizzed
"Why is everybody obsessed with that thing?" Jeremy shook his head
"Who else did you tell?" Elena asked again
"Just that girl Anna." Jeremy shrugged
Grace heard Elena's phone right and new it would be Bonnie telling her about the date, Elena grabbed her phone and she headed upstairs
"The hot weird one?" Damon questioned
"Yeah." Jeremy nodded
"Wait, who is Anna?" Stefan asked confused
"That what I want to find out... How do you know her?" Damon asked Jeremy
"I just know her." Jeremy shrugged "She wants me to meet her at the Grill tonight."
"Perfect. I'll drive. Come on." Damon turned to Grace "You're coming too." pulled Grace and Jeremy from the house
"Ok, we're alone. It's just me." Elena announced to Bonnie "Give me all the deets. I'm dying."
"It's going great. He's a perfect gentleman." Bonnie sighed
"Gentleman, huh?" Elena cocked an eye brow
"I know! Boring, huh?" Bonnie laughed "I just want to grab him and lay one on him."
"Why don't you?" Elena asked
"Because I'm a chicken." Bonnie pouted
"You're a powerful witch goddess. Come on, seize the day, broom Hilda." Elena laughed
"Ok, I'm going to text you later with more details." Bonnie giggled
"You better." Elena said
The conversation ended and she turned to see Stefan standing there, Elena looked behind him for Damon and Grace but they were no where to be seen
"Where's Damon?" Elena questioned
"He left to track down Jeremy's friend Anna, see if there was anything there." Stefan told his girl "He took Grace with him."
"If he gets to the journal before we do, then..." Elena's eyes were wide
"Doesn't matter." Stefan replied up a thick stack of paper
"What is that?" Elena questioned
"It's a copy of it." Stefan grinned triumphantly
"How did you get it?" Elena grinned too
"Well, Mr. Saltzman made a copy and was kind enough to loan it to me." Stefan replied
"He did?" Elena looked at him surprised
"not exactly, but I got it." He nodded
Jeremy was standing by a pool table when the Vampire girl walked around the corner and saw him standing there, she grinned happily. Grace and Damon sat up at the bar watch the two
"You just couldn't live without me, huh?" She giggled
"Well, I kind of missed my daily dose of cute stalker chick." Jeremy flirted
"Oh, Funny." She replied sarcastically
"Let's play." Jeremy offered
Damon stared on at the girl, he knew exactly who she was, and who she was related to, he remembered back in 1864 when he was in Pearl's apothecary with Fayth
"Did he try and put his hands on you again?" Fayth questioned as she stood with Damon linking her arm in his
"Doesn't he always." Pearl replied with a smirk
"She's saving herself for Jonathan Gilbert." Fayth informed Damon
"I'm beyond saving. We know that." Pearl laughed along with Fayth
"How can you be so calm? They're getting closer to you every day." Damon reminded them his eyes wild with worry for his lover
"We are the respectable ladies of Mystic Falls. Thanks to Emily, we walk the streets in daylight. No one can suspect us." Fayth reminded the human
"Not unless a human tells them." Pearl shot Damon a look
"I'd sooner die." Damon made a promise
"And soon enough, you will." Fayth purred like it was a completely normal thing to say as she pressed her lips against his lovingly
"Mrs. Fell is approaching." Anna told them
"Thank you, Annabel." Pearl placed a small kiss on her daughters forehead
"Do you know her?" Grace asked as Damon snapped out of his flashback
"Yes, and she knew Fayth." Damon stated
Elena and Stefan all sat in Elena's room working through the stack of paper that was once a journal
"Here's a reference that he wrote about Emily." Elena read it aloud "The Fell family believed it should be I, not them, who protected the witch's spell book. I feared she would haunt me from the hereafter. They mocked my fear, but it was Giuseppe Salvatore who-'." Elena paused reading Jonathan's work and looked at Stefan "Is that your father?"
"Yes." Stefan nodded taking the page "'it was Giuseppe Salvatore who removed my fear. He told me he would protect the secret of the spell book. He said he would carry it to his grave." Stefan paused remembering a conversation him and his Father had a long time ago
"Stefan, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Giuseppe asked his younger son as he walked into his study back in 1864
"Did I interrupt your writing?" Stefan questioned
"These are the dull musing of my troubled mind." Giuseppe chuckled
"A great mind." Stefan complimented
"Still. I will carry the real secrets with me-" Giuseppe was cut off by his youngest son knowing the whole sentence
"To your grave." Stefan nodded
"And all full grave it will be." Giuseppe noted offering his youngest son a seat opposite him and Stefan happily took it "Now, speaking of troubled minds, what's on yours?"
"I have concerns about your plans for the Vampires." Stefan stated carefully
"And why is that?" Giuseppe questioned the hazel eyed boy
"We are making the presumption that all Vampires are as evil as they've been characterized, but what is it's not true?" Stefan asked innocently
"Do you have any evidence to the contrary?" Giuseppe asked looking at his son whom was now avoiding eye contact "Do you know of any Vampires?"
"No. No, of course not. But are we to take what others say at face value? You always taught us so differently." Stefan told his father
"Stefan... these creatures are of the darkest parts of hell. They have the ability to control your mind, seduce your spirit. They are deadly. They must be destroyed. Those who stand with them; those who bright shame to their families will be destroyed as well." Giuseppe told the boy as he handed him a scotch
"I know where it is." Stefan in the present day stated to Elena
Anna returned to her home when suddenly she saw a girl sitting on the bed that her and Ben sleep on at night, she switched on the light and Grace looked up at the girl, Anna gasped and cocked an eye brow not sure of what to do
"Hi." Grace smiled
"What are you doing here?" Anna creased her eye brows
Damon suddenly caught Anna by her neck and forced her back against the wall, Anna reached up and clutched his neck in her hands too tightening her grip
"ok, I give." Damon rasped after a little while "Damn, you're strong for a little thing."
"I was wondering how long it would take you to find me." Anna grinned "And I see you brought a friend." she noted at Grace
Stefan and Elena wandered through the cemetery looking for Giuseppe Salvatore's grave, when he found it Elena had a burning question on her mind
"Why isn't your father buried in your family tomb?" Elena questioned
"It wasn't built until well after he died." Stefan replied looking at the headstone
"Are you sure the grimoire's in there with him?" Elena asked skeptically
"As sure as I could be." Stefan replied grabbing two shovels handing her one
"Great." She murmured taking one
"Elena, I can do this on my own." Stefan told her
"As I said I would do whatever I can to help, I just feel so guilty to Grace, leaving her out..." Elena whispered
"It's for the best." Stefan told her "I know it's hard, but much can we trust her not to tell Damon?"
"She wouldn't, but this just get this over and done with." Elena nodded
"I appreciate you helping, Elena." Stefan told her gratefully
"This is my home, Stefan. My friends and family are here. You're here. I don't want that tomb opened anymore than you do." She sighed "I'm sorry that you have to do this." Stefan gave her a pained look
Back to 1864 Stefan and Katherine were in her room she was looking in the mirror at a necklace she had just received from her handmaid Emily
"What is that?" Stefan questioned
"a Gift." She replied casually
"From another man?" Stefan asked
"From Emily, actually." She rolled her eyes "And when will you stop worrying about other men..."
"I want you all to myself." Stefan noted
"Just as they want me, but I'm the one who gets to make all the rules." Katherine smiled
"And why is that?" Stefan questioned
"Because I'm spoiled." Katherine kissed him laying him back on the bed
"Yes, you are." Stefan mused
"And selfish." She grinned "And because I can do this." She kissed his abs "And this." She kissed his pecks "and this." She planted a small kiss on his neck before sinking her teeth into his neck beginning to drink his blood when suddenly she pulled back and began to choke
"What?" Stefan asked afraid "What?"
"Vervain." She rasped as she fell to the floor by the bed
"What?" Stefan jumped up to be by her side "Katherine! Katherine!" He demanded as the door opened
Giuseppe ran into see that his plan had worked "Go get the Sheriff." Giuseppe demanded "Tell him we have a Vampire."
"What? No!" Stefan refused
"Do as I say son! Nothing that you feel for her is real. She's a Vampire, Stefan! A monster! I fed you Vervain hoping that it would expose her." Giuseppe told his son his plan
"How did you know?" Stefan asked tears pricking in his eyes
"Your sympathy for their plight." His father spat "I didn't raise my sons to be so weak. The sheriff, now. Go, quickly! Now, son!"
Back in the present day across town Damon and Anna were still having a stare off whilst Grace sat silently on the bed inspecting her nails casually
"How long have you been here?" Damon questioned
"Arrived around half-past comet, watching you screw up every chance you had to open that tomb." Anna replied bluntly
"How did you know about the spell?" The raven haired boy demanded coldly
"I didn't say much back then, which means I heard everything." Anna replied with a smirk
"So if you've been here the whole time, the why are we just crossing paths right now?" Damon quizzed
"I like to use others to do my dirty work." The brunette vampire replied
"Like Logan Fell?" Grace questioned and Anna nodded
"Yeah, thanks for that by the way. Little bastard shot me." Damon glared
"Logan was an idiot. We slipped him some blood when he started getting all poser slayer with that compass. I needed his family's journal... I couldn't let him die." Anna replied
"What did you want with the Fell journal?" Damon asked
"I thought it contained the location of the witch's spell book. I was wrong. According to her journal, Honoria gave the grimoire to Jonathan Gilbert. And, according to this..." She pointed to the Gilbert journal "He gave it to your father. So now you're going to help me find it." The brunette grinned at the two
"Why would we help you?" Damon asked his voice low
"Cause you and I both want that tomb open." Anna grinned showing him the page telling him where the grimoire was
"Sorry. I work alone." Damon replied sharply leaving with Grace
"What do you mean you work alone?" Grace asked
"I just didn't want her tagging along." Damon rolled his eyes opening the door for her to climb in
"Well the check's paid. I'm all yours tonight. What do you want to do?" Ben questioned as he walked back over to Bonnie at the Grill
"This." Bonnie smashed her lips against his pulling back immediately when she made a connection with him, he was a Vampire.
"What's wrong?" Ben questioned confused
"Nothing. Sorry. I just should have waited until the end of the night to do that." She lied
"I didn't mind." He grinned flirtatiously
"You know, I'm starting to get tired." Bonnie lied
"Do you want go?" Ben quizzed
"I was going to say let's have some more coffee, get a caffeine buzz, and, I don't know, go out, do something crazy." Bonnie grinned at him keeping a cool head around the Vampire
"Hmm, like what?" Ben asked
"Like anything." She bit her bottom lip
"Okay." Ben nodded sitting down at the table again
"I'm going to run to the restroom." She told him removing her coat
"Okay." Ben nodded
Bonnie quickly turned around heading towards the bathroom but made a quick detour heading for the exit, she turned to look back and check she was safe when suddenly the witch was grabbed by a strong pair of hands. Ben.
"What?" Stefan asked as he looked up at Elena who was now pointing the torch into the grave
"Not many girls can say they've done this." She replied as almost a joke
Stefan suddenly hit something hard with his shovel and threw it to the ground next to Elena, she pointed the torch to where Stefan could see the coffin as he pried it open and saw his father's skeleton laying there holding a large book in his cold dead arms
"Is that it?" Elena questioned as he began to read through it
"Well, what do you know?" Damon's voice came from within the woods "This is an interesting turn of events." He growled as he held Grace tightly in his arms
"I can't let you bring her back. I'm sorry." Stefan told him as he climbed out of his fathers grave to look at his older brother holding a scared telepath in his arms
"So am I." Damon hissed stepping towards them "For thinking for even a second that I could trust you."
"Oh. You're not capable of trust. The fact that you're here means that you read the journal and your were planning on coming here with Grace to do it anyway!" Stefan replied
"Of course I was!" Damon growled "Because the only one I can count on is me! You made sure of that many years ago, Stefan." he looked down at the small girls in his arms "Did you know?"
"No, Damon. I swear." small tears ran down her eyes
"You're lying." Damon hissed
"She didn't know, Damon." Elena stepped forward, Stefan took a protective step in front of her "I didn't want her to know, she was just as clueless as you were!"
"So what are you going to do now, Stefan?" Damon asked clutching his hands tightly in Grace's shoulders "Because if you try and destroy that, I'll rip her heart out."
"Damon, I didn't know!" Grace demanded "You have to believe me!"
"You won't kill her." Stefan shook his head
"No." He stroked Grace's hair calming her momentarily "I can do one better..." He crunches into his own wrist before forcing it into her mouth, letting his blood stream steadily down her throat "Give me the book, or I'l snapping her neck."
"Let her go first." Elena demanded
"Drop it." Damon demanded shhing Grace
"I'm not going to give you this until Grace is standing next to me." Stefan growled at Damon
"Problem is, I no longer trust that you'll give it back!" Damon yelled
"You just did the one this that enureses that I will" Stefan squeezed Elena's hand as she watched her twin squirm against Damon
Stefan dropped the book to the floor and Damon slowly released Grace from his grip before placing a small kiss on her temple. She ran into Elena's embrace and Stefan held them both, Grace standing between them blocking her from Damon's view.
Stefan quickly moved the twins off leading them back to the car, Damon picked up the grimoire as he looked down into his fathers grave remember what it was like to loose Fayth all those years ago back in 1864
"Stop! Don't take her!" Damon yelled just as they got Fayth too
"Do you know what they'll do to you if you're branded a sympathizer? You'll be killed along with them!" Giuseppe growled at his elder son
"Just let me be killed!" Damon exclaimed
Back in the present Grace was lay in Elena's bed whilst Elena and Stefan were speaking in the bathroom about what had just happened
"Is my head suppose to hurt like this?" Grace complained from where she was laying
"Oh, you'll be fine." Stefan walked over to her "That was just a small amount of blood. It should pass through your system tomorrow." He assured her
"How are you feeling?" Elena asked
"Betrayed... I thought Damon and I... I thought we were ok." She shook her head "I guess we're not."
"Damon finds it hard to trust." Stefan explained "but he's right it is my fault." Stefan remembered back in 1864 when Damon was going after Fayth trying to rescue her, he remembered he running over and stopping his older brother
"Damon! Damon! Stop." Stefan demanded "I'll help you. We'll get them back."
"Help me? Don't you think you've done enough." The raven haired boy spat "You promised you would tell him!"
"I didn't think this would happen." Stefan admitted "You did this." Damon hissed at him through clenched teeth "This is all your fault!"
Back to the present Elena was now sat opposite him on the bed and Grace was clenching her head groaning in pain
"I put my faith in my father, but Damon put his faith in me, and I destroyed that. This is my fault." he confirmed with a sigh
"You didn't do anything wrong. Don't forget that." Elena pressed her lips against him
"I'll go get your sister an aspirin." Stefan patted Grace's leg as he got up and walked downstairs
"You know you're not staying the night, right?" Jenna looked at Stefan
"We're all just going to hang out for a little while." Stefan smiled
"You're lucky I like you." Jenna smirked "Keep the door open."
"You go it." Stefan nodded smiling gratefully "Hey, do you have any aspirins?"
"Yeah." Jenna got up walking over to where she kept all the medications
"Oh, hey, Stefan." Jeremy greeted him "Where'd she go?" Jeremy looked around the room as he help popcorn and soda's in his hands as he lay them on the coffee table
"She went to the bathroom." Jenna replied casually as she grabbed two tablets
"Where'd who go?" Stefan questioned taking the tablets from Jenna smiling thankfully
"He has a friend over." Jenna shot Jeremy a teasing look
"Anna." The young boy confirmed
Stefan knew that name, Pearl's daughter all those years ago when he was still with Katherine, just after they'd been taken away he saw her and Emily
"What's happening?" Anna asked her mother frantic and scared
"Get Emily. Stay hidden. I'll get us out of here." Pearl promised her daughter
Pearl quickly ran to get horse when she was spotted by her admirer Jonathan Gilbert, she froze as he ran over happily the compass placed in his hand
"Pearl!" He greeted her
"Jonathan!" She put on a fake smile as she backed away from him and his device
"Do you see all this?" He motioned to the hysteria around him "The towns gone made running after the demons." He grinned looking down as he compass began to spin again this time stopping on Pearl "You." He whispered
"Jonathan... please. I beg you." She cried
"I've got another one over here!" Jonathan yelled as Pearl began to run, she was shot in the back and she fell to her front
"Mother!" Anna yelled, but it was muffled by Emily's hand
"Shh, shh!" Emily ordered
"Come on! This way!" A man yelled holding another compass
"Shh! It'll be alright." Emily stated as they saw Pearl getting dragged away "You're going to see her again. We will protect them. I'm going to protect them." The great witch promised, they saw Stefan had been watching the whole scene completely mortified by it all
Stefan returned his mind back to the present as he realised that Anna was in the house and that she'd been looking for Elena and Grace as he ran upstairs he saw that Grace and Elena were no where to be seen,
"Elena." He ran in the bathroom. No one. "Grace?" He searched all over for them but they were no where to be found... They were gone...
A/N Heyy, so here is yet another chapter for my story I hope you like it! Thank you so much to everyone who is reviewing and faving and alerting! I really appreciate it so thank you! I hope you like, please tell me what you think and so on! I will try and get another chapter up as soon as I can!
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