Twisted Love
Season Three
Ghost World
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace, Fayth and Heidi :)
Grace was walking towards her old house in Mystic Falls. The old Johnson house, it was still smoking from the fire that Mason Lockwood and Fayth had set off. She was caught by surprise when she saw her Gran, Heidi was stood in front of it with a solemn look on her face.
"What are you doing here?" Grace asked her in a small voice "You left town without so much of a goodbye-"
"I had a good reason, you hated me." Heidi retorted.
"You gave me a good reason to." Grace hissed "You lied to me."
"I lied to protect you." Heidi told her firmly.
"I didn't want you to leave! I needed your help, with the telepathy! With the becoming a vampire! With Damon and Stefan and Elena." Grace told her tears gathering in her eyes "I needed you... and you were no where to be found."
"Wake up."
"What?" Grace creased her eye brows looking around her, confused as to where the voice was coming from.
"Wake up."
Suddenly Grace awoke with a surprised look on her face, Liz Forbes was standing there with a worried look on her face. Her eyes didn't focus for the moment before she noticed she was laying on the burnt porch to her house.
"Grace. Are you ok, sweetie?" Liz asked.
"I..." Grace croaked "I think so... what am I doing here?"
"I got a call from the neighbours saying that you were down here... talking to yourself... sleepwalking." Liz replied helping her stand "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah." Grace rubbed her head.
"Is everything ok at home? With Damon? With Stefan?" Liz questioned.
"Yeah. Everything's fine." Grace nodded "I guess I'm just a little stressed. My Gran used to tell me stories of how I used to sleepwalk when I got overworked, or stressed... maybe that's what's happening now." She suggested.
"Come to the Grill. I'll buy you a coffee." Liz offered with an assuring smile.
Damon was downstairs in the Salvatore Boarding House tied to a chair, he could barely move, but he could see the gleam of his ring coming off the floor, what he couldn't see was Mason standing across the room watching him.
"Oh, you got to be kidding me." Damon groaned as he saw a iron fire poker sticking from his chest.
"Hurts, doesn't it?" Mason asked, knowing that Damon wouldn't be able to answer.
"Oh. Stefan. Grace." Damon called but only Stefan came in to smirk at his older brother "Low blow, Stefan. Low blow."
"What the hell happened to you?" Stefan creased his eye brows, a confused yet amused look on his face.
"Whatever twisted ripper game this is, leave me out of it." Damon told him firmly.
"I didn't do this." Stefan held his hands up innocently.
"Quit screwing around!" Damon hissed.
"I didn't." Stefan replied honestly as he checked the chains over seeing the handy work "It's pretty mess up though, isn't it?" He noted as he pulled the fire poker from his chest throwing it to the floor. He then started on the chains, but stopped and walked away carelessly.
"Yeah, not to worry. I'll just untangle myself." Damon called.
Mason watched him with narrowed eyes and turned and opened the curtains, Damon yelled as he burned trying to turn away from the burning sunlight.
In the town square everyone was preparing for the Night of Illumination, they were hanging lanterns from the trees and lampposts. Carol Lockwood was doing her job as town Mayor and was making a speech to the volunteers and citizens.
"As a long-time member of the historical society, I am especially proud to be kicking off this day of festivities. Thank you, volunteers." She clapped and everyone else did too "Tonight, we turn of our town's lights and flare up our lanterns in honour of the night of illumination started by our founders 150 years ago. Here's founding family member Tobias Fell with a history lesson..." Every applauded as he ran up onto the stage.
Alaric and Jeremy were in the crowd listening to the speech, the teen looked across at the teacher confused by his presence "What are you doing here?"
"Tobias Fell is the head of the history department. I didn't have a choice." Alaric answered.
"Alright, that explains what you're doing here." He nodded.
"Well, I'm the one who can fail you if you don't help me out." Alaric countered as Elena joined them.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. What did I miss?" She questioned as Anna appeared next to her, but only Jeremy could see her.
"Just a bunch of historical lies." Anna snorted watching Tobias talk.
"You didn't miss anything." Jeremy replied firmly.
"The first illumination was held in celebration with the new found prosperity that Mystic Falls enjoyed after the way." Tobias informed the audience.
"After the founders stole from all the vampires." Anna countered crossing her arms over her chest and Jeremy smirked.
"What's so funny?" Elena questioned the boy.
He shrugged and looked forward at the stage, Elena turned to look at the stage as Anna continued to comment of the speech "Safe from vampires." Anna saw Jeremy smile and a smile appeared on her lips as she took his hand.
Caroline and Bonnie were hanging the lanterns casually, just talking and having fun, talking about what had happened with Matt "So when you did the spell to send Vicki away, did you get rid of Anna, too?"
"I wish. All I did was block the magic that was helping Vicki get a physical foothold here. Jeremy's still got a direct line to the other side, and as long as he wants to see Anna and she wants to see him, she's still here." A thick sound of jealousy was evident in her voice.
"Ok, you don't think I can actually resist commenting on that." Caroline gave her a look.
"There. You commented." Bonnie shrugged.
"Bonnie-"
"What do you want me to say, Caroline? I went against the balance of nature when I brought Jeremy back to life, and now I'm paying the consequences." Bonnie argued.
"Well, I want you to say you're not ok with it." Caroline looked at her.
"I'm a thousand times not ok with it." Bonnie replied "I just don't know what to do about it."
Grace was walking around town by herself thinking about what she had seen last night, and the dream she had, and the fact that she had sleepwalked.
"Grace." Damon called from his car as he climbed out and she walked over meeting him halfway, he hugged her tightly "Are you ok? Where were you last night? You didn't answer your phone-"
"I... I, um, I woke up outside of my house with Sheriff Forbes there... She said I was sleepwalking." She replied seeing the burn marks on his cheeks "What happened?"
"Mason Lockwood happened... where's Bonnie?" He asked climbing from his car "No. Wait. You were sleep walking, why?"
"I don't know." Grace admitted "Must be just everything getting to me."
"Are you sure?" Damon asked brushing the hair back off her face.
"Yeah." She breathed out as he leant down and kissed her softly, her heart fluttered as his lips pushed against her, it was a 'thank god you're ok' kiss, so smooth and sensual she was sure to look like a hussy to the citizens of Mystic Falls "Much better now... Wait. Hold on. Mason Lockwood? I'm pretty sure he's dead, Damon." Grace told him in a low voice.
"Bonnie's over there." Damon ignored her, taking Grace's hand and pulling her towards the witch and her blonde friend "Greetings, blondie, witchy. I think you got your voodoo wires all crossed when you got rid of Vicki Donovan."
"What do you mean, why?" Bonnie asked.
"Because I'm pretty sure I just got spit-roasted by Mason Lockwood's ghost." He replied in a low voice.
"What?" Grace asked looking up at him, the burn marks on his cheeks were healing, but they still looked sore.
"And why would you think that?" Caroline placed her hands on her hips.
"Maybe because he changed me to a chair and shoved a hot poker in my chest." He rubbed his chest over his shirt "Let's just say I'm having déjà vu."
"I thought you said that ghosts couldn't physically interact with people." Caroline looked at her friend.
"They can't." Bonnie shook her head.
"Yeah, well, I don't have time for a vengeful Lockwood. When I kill someone, they're supposed to stay dead. Whatever you screwed up, fix it." He pulled Grace away "Why were you sleepwalking? What did you dream about? I was so worried."
"Sorry. I can't really remember." Grace lied "It was a while ago..."
"I know when you're lying Grace." Damon looked down at her "Who was it? Klaus? Rebekah? Stefan?"
"Heidi." Grace replied and they stopped walking for a moment "I was speaking with her in my dream, but then I woke up at the burnt remains of my house and I can't remember what happened last night... It must just be a guilty conscience where I haven't spoken with her since... everything."
"Are you sure?" Damon asked softly.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Grace nodded "Why else would she show up?" She shrugged "I'll be back later."
"Where are you going?" Damon questioned looking at her.
"I need just have some alone time for a while." Grace replied squeezing his hand "I'll call you, ok?"
"Are you sure you're going to be ok?" Damon asked.
"Yeah. Yeah." Grace nodded "I just need some time, ok?"
"Alright." Damon respected her wishes quickly before she could walk away he captured her in his arms and kissed her passionately, she melted into the kiss, just for a moment all her worries washing away and she could enjoy him. Just having Damon to herself. Without having to worry about Heidi. Or Klaus. Or Stefan. Or Rebekah. Or Elena. Or Anyone! She could just love him unconditionally and bask in his love that he was burying her in. The consuming, heart throbbing love that he gave to her.
Pulling away both of their eyes fluttered open to see people across the road whispering and throwing them looks. They both laughed and embraced each other for a moment nuzzling into each others savouring each others smells and warmness, just like vampires lovers would do.
Pulling away from him he instantly missed her in his arms, she gave him a small smile as she turned and walked down the street, he creased his eye brows confused as to where she was going or what she was feeling.
Jeremy, Elena and Alaric were sitting outside of the Mystic Grill with one of Stefan's journals reading about when he went off the rails the last time "Hey, Jer, I need you to help me with something." She asked.
"What's up." Jeremy looked at her.
"I've been going through Stefan's old journals. Every single time that he's gone off the rails in the past, his best friend Lexi's been the one to bring he back." Elena informed him.
"So where is she now that we need her?" Alaric questioned.
"She's dead." Jeremy guessed as he looked over at the girl "And you want me to try to reach her, don't you?"
"I thought if I knew how she did it, maybe I could help him." Elena shrugged.
"I don't even know if she's on the other side." Jeremy argued reasonably.
"Is that what it's called?" Elena quizzed.
"That's what Anna calls it." Jeremy replied "There's no like an official brochure or anything."
"So what is it, like some sort of supernatural purgatory?" Alaric questioned.
"Well, Anna said it's like being here with all of us, only we can't see her or hear her. And she can't interact with anyone. She's all alone." Jeremy explained as Anna took up the empty seat next to him.
"Vicki could interact." Alaric looked at the boy "She blew up my car."
"Vicki has help from a witch on the other side. Anna... she's doing this all be herself."
"I'm just saying, maybe we learned our lesson about summoning dead people." Alaric shrugged.
Matt was standing in the middle of the town square talking with both Caroline and Bonnie "I have seen Vicki, I swear. I sent her back like you told me."
"Are you sure? Because she has just as much reason to haunt Damon as Mason Lockwood does." Bonnie argued.
"She's gone, Bonnie. If she was here, I'd know it." Matt told her firmly.
"Why do you think it's Vicki and no Mason?" Caroline asked.
"Because if any ghost other than Vicki Donovan has a physical foothold on our side, then that means Damon's right and something has gone really, really wrong." Bonnie told her vampire friend.
"I've have enough of this ghost stuff to last forever. So you guys can leave me out of this one." Matt told them both as he turned and walked away.
"I feel so sad for him." Caroline whimpered "It took a lot for him to send his sister away."
"Yeah." Bonnie mused.
"So much strength for a man." Caroline admired.
"I've got a ghost problem to deal with, Caroline. Save the Jeremy lecture for later." Bonnie hissed as she grabbed her bag, it fell loose and everything tumbled to the floor including her grimoire which opened as a gust of wind came.
"Ok, did your grimoire just-"
"I think so." Bonnie whispered as she looked at the page reading it.
"Ok, please tell me that's a recipe for witch cookies." Caroline whimpered.
"It's a manifestation spell. It's used to reveal veiled matter." Bonnie read the language.
"What's veiled matter?" Caroline creased her eye brows.
"Ghosts." Bonnie explained.
"Do you think it's even possible to contact Lexi?" Elena asked Jeremy as they sat inside of the Mystic Grill.
"I don't know. I didn't have an emotional connection with her. I never even met her." Jeremy mused.
"Can we just drop it, please?" Alaric begged.
"No, I can't drop it, Ric. I don't know what else to do." Elena growled at her guardian.
"Don't you think we have a few too many dead vampires in our past to be sitting her thinking of them watching us?" Alaric hissed referring to Isobel and many others.
"I don't think all supernatural spirits go to the other side. I think some of the find peace." Anna explained and Jeremy nodded.
"Is Anna here right now?" Elena asked seeing Jeremy look at the empty chair.
"Don't tell her I'm here." Anna begged "She won't like it."
"No, no. I'm going to go, uh, check my work schedule." Jeremy rose from his seat as Stefan arrived
"hey, guys. Who forgot to invite me to the family summit?" Stefan asked as he saw his journals sitting on the side "Hmm? Wow. All these words. I forgot how much I used to care." He smirked.
"I didn't." Elena countered.
"You know, Elena, it's probably best you not torture yourself with memories from the past. It's best we both just move on and accept things as they are." Stefan shrugged.
"You don't have to be here, Stefan." Alaric told him firmly.
"You know what, Alaric, you're right. I don't. But Elena's here, and I look out for Elena. Besides, there's going to be people everywhere tonight. So there's going to be lots to eat." he smiled evilly as he saw the shocked expression on Elena's face, he cracked up laughing "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Loosen up." He looked around for a moment "Hey, Grace didn't come home last night, where is she?"
"She didn't come home?" Elena questioned.
"Some sister you are." Stefan scoffed "Shows how much you care for her..." He paused for a moment before his eyes darkened "You know, Damon may think he's the one for Grace, but he's wrong."
Elena and Alaric both looked up at the vampire "What?" the girls voice was extremely low with anger.
"Klaus is right for Grace." Stefan replied "He is the only who was has ever cared for her completely, when Damon loved Fayth, Klaus loved Grace, when Damon and Grace fight Klaus will always be there for her... They will end up together."
"You don't know what you're talking about." Alaric replied slightly protective over his best friends and best students relationship.
"Grace and Damon won't last." Stefan told them flatly "Klaus will make sure of that."
"You're meant to be a brother to Grace." Elena told her "You always have, h-how can you just forget that?"
"Easily." Stefan smirked.
"This isn't you speaking. It's Klaus." Alaric shook his head.
Stefan just scoffed as he walked away, Elena let out a small sigh "I can't drop it, Ric." Elena told Alaric firmly.
Bonnie and Caroline both walk into the abandoned witches house and enter the empty cellar taking a seat on the floor "So this is where you brought Jeremy back to life?" Caroline glanced around the erie room.
"Yeah. Sorry, I know it's creepy, but we needed a private place around here to do the spell." Bonnie explained in a low voice.
"Hmm. There's not chance it's haunted by the hundred dead witches who were horrifically burned to death in this very spot, is there?" Caroline looked down at her feet.
"They're not here anymore. And they made it clear they were never coming back." Bonnie replied.
"Right. A pinky swear?" Caroline asked childishly.
Jeremy walked into the restrooms of the Grill and Anna followed him giving him a concerned look "What's wrong?" She questioned softly.
"Why did you tell me to lie?" Jeremy asked.
"Elena is Bonnie's best friend. She won't like what's going on between us." Anna replied.
"What is going on between us? I mean, how are we able to touch? Vicki had to use magic to do that." Jeremy replied.
"I don't know. Honestly, I have no idea." Anna shook her head, her tousled brown hair falling over her eyes.
"The witch on the other side that gave Vicki her foothold, is she helping you now?" Jeremy asked, he needed to know the truth, if Anna was using magic to stay with him then she needed to stop and get out of his life.
"What?" Anna hissed "No! I'm all alone, Jeremy. I told you that." She reminded him.
"Swear to me." Jeremy whispered.
"I swear. I'm not any danger to you or anybody, I promise. Hey. I need you to believe me." She grabbed his hand.
"I shouldn't even be talking to you. This is not ok." He looked deep into her eyes.
"Then send me away. I'm only here because you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you." She countered.
"I don't know why this is happening or when it's going to stop. But before it's done... I have to do this." He grabbed her face and kissed her passionately.
Grace approached the old cemetery on her own, under the tall trees it was dark and gloomy, the sun struggled to sneak through as she approached two graves placed next to each other, kneeling down she sighed heavily.
"I feel as if I've let you down." Grace admitted "I miss you both, so much, it wasn't fair you got taken from me the way you did and I want you back so much..."
She looked up at the names on the grave stone Stephaine Hazel Johnson, loving daughter, caring mother, amazing wife, will be missed by all R.I.P then to the next David Everett Johnson loving father, adoring husband, brilliant son, was taken from us too soon R.I.P
"It was Klaus who saved me from our burning home, and I almost joined you the other day, he tried to kill me because he... he feels something for me. And I can't help but think what you would say if you were here..." Grace mused looking at her mothers grave stone "You'd tell me to go for Damon, he's good for me and treats me great... Dad, you'd want someone to protect me with all of his heart and that's... that's Damon, right?" She asked into thin air "Or Klaus?" The wind brushed through her hair and she creased her eye brows.
"Ready?" Caroline asked as she lit the final candle "Do you need to do-" Bonnie just started the spell without another word "Right. Ok." The wind began to brush through the house.
"I'll grab Jeremy." Alaric told Elena as they stood inside the Grill.
"I'll be right back." Elena walked for the restrooms as Damon joined Alaric.
"You know, I've had enough vampires today, thanks." He glared at his friend.
"Oh, come on. Have a drink with me. We've got trouble." Damon replied.
"No, you've got trouble. See, we're not a team. You tried to kill me." Alaric almost pouted "Alright? We're not friends. I don't like you." He resisted the urge to stick his tongue out.
"Ah! But remember back when you liked me and we conspired to kill Uncle werewolf Mason Lockwood?" Damon cocked an eye brow.
"Yeah, and?" Alaric shrugged.
"I think he's still a little pissed." Damon replied.
Bonnie was continuing to cast the spell as everything began to move in the fast pace of the wind gust into the room "Bonnie, I don't like this. Bonnie-" Suddenly someone grabbed Bonnie's hands that were hovered over the grimoire, she opened her eyes to see her Grandmother Shelia "Oh my God. Is that you-"
"Grams." Bonnie whimpered.
Elena walked into the restrooms and was surprised to see Anna in there lip locking with her brother, she jolted at the sight of her "Anna?"
Stefan was walking down the street acting his ripper, cocky self when suddenly he saw a blonde array of hair standing in front of him, she was grinning madly "Lexi!"
Grace felt someone knelt down next to her, she half expect to turn and see a icy pair of blue eyes watching her carefully, but instead she saw a bright pair of green eyes watching her worried.
"I used to come here when I was sad, too." Heidi announced sadly.
"Gran." Grace's voice shook.
Alaric and Damon were sitting up at the bar as Mason arrived next to them, they both look up to see his dark eyes watching them "Mason."
"God, I miss whisky." The dead werewolf mused as he drunk Damon's drink before smashing the glass violently on Damon's forehead.
"Told ya." Damon hissed at his friend.
"Hi." Lexi beamed.
"You're dead." Stefan told her firmly.
"Well, technically, so are you." Lexi countered with a side ways smile she pulled off beautifully.
"Then how can I see-"
"See me? Yeah, I have no idea." Lexi cut him off "And I have no idea how long it's going to last, so let's get right to the point." her smile faded "You're off the rails. Big time."
"Look, I don't know how you're here, but you need to leave me alone, ok?" Stefan hissed at his best friend.
"Now what kind of friend would I be if I didn't help you out of this mess you're in?" Lexi flashed him a kind smile, moving her long blonde fringe back off her face.
"I don't want your help." Stefan growled at her.
"You know, you say that every time. 'I don't want you help, I don't want to get better, leave me alone'." Lexi snorted at her impression of Stefan.
"well, maybe you should listen this time." Stefan crossed his arms over his chest.
"Or maybe I should do this." Lexi lashed over and grabbed his head smashing it against the car window, she looked around as he fell unconscious to the floor at her feet.
Bonnie was looking into the deep, glassy eyes of her grandmother as she sobbed hard "I can't believe you're here!"
"Now stop your crying, we don't have time for tears." Shelia hushed her granddaughter as she looked over her shoulder at a vampire Caroline "Nice to see you again, Caroline."
"Hi, Ms. Shelia." Caroline's voice was small and she looked a bit pale at the sight of the older witch.
"A fine mess you've made, honey." Sheila told Bonnie "The witches told you there'd be consequences to bringing Jeremy back and you did it anyway."
"I didn't have a choice." Bonnie replied "I love him and I... I couldn't just let him go."
"I understand." Sheila nodded "But you cracked open the door to the other side. There's an old witch here. She took advantage of it. She took advantage of you, honey. When you did the spell to send Vicki Donovan away, she wedge the door wide open. Giving a free pass to anybody with unfinished business."
"How do you know this?" Bonnie asked.
"Witches talk." Shelia shrugged "Even on the other side. Who do you think makes all the rules?"
"What does the witch want?" Bonnie asked in a small voice.
"That's Original vampire business, not yours." She tisked "I don't want you getting in the middle of that. I'm here because you upset the balance of nature. And it's your duty to set it right. You need to close that door." She ordered.
"How do we do that?" Elena asked on the phone to Caroline as she stared down her brother and Anna.
"Apparently the old witch can draw power from this side because of her talisman." Caroline replied.
"Talisman... my necklace?" Elena asked.
"It's some ju-ju power source. And I know you're not going to like this, but Bonnie needs to destroy it."
"I just walked in on Jeremy kissing the reason I'm completely ok with that." She narrowed her eyes.
"What! Are you kidding?" Caroline growled.
"I wish. Look, I don't have the necklace. Damon has it somewhere. Text him. I'll call you right back." She hung up and looked at the ghost.
"Elena-"
"You need to disappear or evaporate or whatever it is that you ghosts do." Elena warned.
"Hey, it's not her fault." Jeremy defended the vampire.
"You're right, it's yours." Elena replied to her brother and Anna disappeared into thin air "How did this happen?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. Ok? I don't know. It just... it did. Elena, please. You can't tell Bonnie." He begged.
"Don't worry." Elena smiled "I'm going to let you do that. Right after I help you send the ghosts away." She walked out of the room to walk into a blonde haired girl, she looked up expecting to see Caroline, but instead she saw Lexi smiling at her.
"Looks like today was a good day to be thinking about me, Elena." Lexi grinned.
"Lexi?" Elena asked.
"mm-hmm... Come with me."
"Where?" Elena questioned.
"Ripper detox 101. Crash course." Lexi replied bluntly as she grabbed her wrist.
"I-"
"I'm sorry, did you not just say how desperate you were for my help saving Stefan's life?" Lexi asked and Elena sighed heavily.
"Let's go." She walked from the building behind the beautiful blonde.
"What are you doing here?" Grace asked as she looked at her Gran "You left town-"
Her Gran nodded "And died."
"Yeah and-" the brunette didn't quite absorb what she had said at first until she realised, but then she stopped for a moment and looked at her Gran "You... you what? You d-d..."
"I died... like you, but I didn't come back, well not as someone you could see anyway." Heidi told her bluntly, she saw the tears beginning to well in Grace's chocolate brown orbs "Don't cry, sweetie. My last wish was to see you again, I'm happier now."
"How... how did you... how?" Grace whimpered a small tear trickling down her face "What? How?"
"How did you?" Heidi cocked an eye brow.
"I-It was an accident." Grace replied shaking her head "I was stupid and reckless and I should have listened to Damon."
"You know, Gracie, I've been trying to get through to you for a while to speak with you..."
"Was that you with the dreams? Did you manipulate my sleep?" Grace asked looking at her Gran confused
"I had to try and get through to you some way... I had to get you thinking about me again, but I'm here now." She assured her "I don't know how, and I don't know for how long, but I'm here and we need to talk."
"About what?" Grace whimpered.
"You contemplating your choice in men. Sorry vampires and hybrids" Heidi replied and Grace looked at her shocked "You're with Damon. But Klaus he interests you... Doesn't he?"
"What?" Grace looked up surprised at her Grans bluntness "I love Damon-"
"I know. Damon, he consumes you completely, he's full on and there for you, he fills you with more love you could ever imagine was possible to get, but he's hurt you." Heidi nodded "Then there is Klaus... you spent a summer serving under him, doing his dirty work, you might not want to admit it, but somewhere you do feel for him, it may not be love, but it is something... He feels something for you, it is why I am dead."
"What?" Grace whispered looking up, her vision was red with anger "He-"
"He wanted to know where you were... I didn't tell him so he ended my life." Heidi explained "It was fine, it was my time to go and I went for a good reason."
"You shouldn't have died." Small tears fell down her pink cheeks "It isn't fair."
"Nothing is ever fair, sweetheart. Some things we have to live with... but not the guilt." Heidi reached over and took her hand "You shouldn't be a vampire, I shouldn't be a ghost..."
"Are you angry?" Grace asked in a small voice "About me being a vampire?"
"Wanting to become a vampire was too tempting for you." Heidi replied "Yes, I am angry, that was one of the many reasons why I wanted to see you." She slapped her across the face and Grace hissed in pain "Now that that's out of my system... Let's walk shall we." She nodded as she walked away from her.
"You only get one of those." Grace growled rubbing her cheek as she followed the ghost.
Damon was sending a text back to Caroline before calling Grace, she answered on the first ring, he creased his eye brows at the bad reception "Gracie, where are you?"
"I'm... Cemetery... Be... Later." Her voice was muffled and crackling.
"Grace... I can't hear you, baby. You're at the cemetery?" Damon asked "Why are you there? Are you ok?"
"Breaking... Up... Hear... Love... Bye." Grace's end of the line went dead.
"Is everything ok?" Alaric asked.
"One of you will pay for this, right?" Mason questioned from the other side of the vampire before pouring the alcohol down his throat "Cheers."
"Let's get to it. I killed you. You want revenge. Get in line." Damon growled.
"Actually, I want an apology." Mason answered.
Alaric laughed loudly "Good luck with that. Unless your name is Grace, that's not going to happen."
"Don't you have a family to haunt?" Damon looked at the dead werewolf "You know your nephew has turned into a mindless hybrid Minion."
"That's why I'm here." Mason answered "To help Tyler."
"Well, sorry to break it to you, buddy, but Tyler can't be helped. At least now while Klaus is alive. Which is, like, always." Damon replied bluntly.
"Not necessarily." Mason answered "Not if you found a weapon that could kill him."
"There is no weapon that-" He stopped for a moment and looked over at him "What do you know."
"I know you need to apologise."
"You got to be kidding me." Damon scoffed.
"Are you incapable of remorse? Just apologise!" Alaric ordered.
"You're right. I didn't have to kill you. I do a lot of things I don't have to do. I was angry because she died and I wanted revenge for her. You burned down her house and she wasn't about to do anything, so I wanted to do something for her. I wanted you to pay."
"What I did to Grace was wrong." Mason nodded "Taking her life was an accident, you have to believe that. But burning down her house... that was terrible of me." Mason admitted before standing up "Meet me at the old Lockwood cellar. Bring a shove. Come alone."
"What, you're going to bury me alive?" Damon cocked an eye brow.
"Don't tempt me." Mason growled as he walked from the bar.
Stefan was tied to a chair in one of the city jail cells, Elena and Lexi were off to the side watching him "Klaus really did a number on him, huh?" the blonde questioned sourly.
"He compelled him to turn off his humanity." Elena answered.
"Well, we're just going to have to convince him to turn it back on. I have to warn you, it's not going to be pretty." Lexi gave her a look.
"I can handle it." Elena nodded confidently as Lexi kicked Stefan violently in the shin.
"How you feeling?" Lexi's voice was sugar sweet as she gave him a blood chilling smile.
"What is this?" Stefan shrugged against his chains "Let me out of here!"
"Shh." Lexi hushed him "Inside voices, please. I'm trying to get inside your head."
"Elena. Get ride of her, please." Stefan begged.
"No." Elena crossed her arms over her chest stubbornly.
"First step, drying him out. Starve away the blood lust. Strip away the temptation."
"This isn't going to work, Lexi." Stefan told her firmly "You can't do this."
"You heard the not pretty part?"
"I heard you." Elena nodded at the blonde.
Lexi looked Stefan directly into his forest green eyes "What are you doing?" He hissed at her when suddenly he didn't seem ok anymore, his hands and arms began to desiccate "What are you doing, Lexi!" He hissed.
"Doing what I do best, sweetness. I'm saving your life." Lexi grinned.
Down at the old Lockwood cellar, Mason was waiting for Damon with a lantern in his hand, the vampire arrived with a shovel in his hands and a wary look on his face.
"I'm surprised you showed." Mason noted.
"You put a snag in my only other Klaus lead. So I'd say I'm highly motivated." Damon replied with a small grimace.
"Mikael? Yeah. That didn't turn out so great, did it?" Mason quipped.
"How do you know so much?" Damon questioned.
"There's not much to do on the other side, but sit around and watch other people screw things up." The wolf threw him a look.
"What are we looking for?" Damon asked changing the subject.
"There's an old Lockwood family legend about a weapon that can kill an Original vampire. Like the rest of their secrets, they kept it buried." Mason replied as he took the shovel from Damon's hand and smacked it against a old brick wall attempting to break it, but his swing was futile, the wall stayed in tact.
"Oh, come one, give me the thing." Damon snatched the shovel from his hand "Move." He ordered as he swung back and crashed the shovel against the wall, watching it crumble into a doorway formation for them to both fit through.
"Go for it." Mason nodded.
"You first." Damon replied.
"What, you think I'm leading you into a trap?" Mason scoffed.
"The thought crossed my mind." Damon hissed as the wolf walked past him into the cellar and Damon followed.
"I'm starving." Stefan hissed as he struggled for breath "I'm starving. I'm starving! Let me out! Let me out! Please let me out." Stefan begged.
"What's happening?" Elena questioned.
"He's hallucinating. That's three months without blood." Lexi noted.
"Let me out!" Stefan roared.
"Now he's at nine months." Lexi nodded and Stefan continued to get worse and worse "Two years... Five-"
"Did I ever tell you how glad I am that you're dead?" Stefan looked at his blonde best friend a evil, look in his eyes.
"Oh. I missed you, too, friend." Lexi gave him her heart-stopping smile.
Elena's phone began to ring in her pocket, she pulled it out of her jeans and walked from the cell closing the door behind her "Hello?"
"So the necklace isn't where Damon said it would be and now we can't reach Damon, or Grace." Caroline informed the doppelgänger.
"Listen, I need you to get Bonnie to hold off on sending the ghosts back." Elena replied awkwardly.
"What!" Caroline growled "But you said you were in full support of getting rid of them."
"I was. I am. Look, Lexi's here and she's helping with Stefan." Elena explained.
"Ok, let's just find it first and then we'll choose between boyfriend ghost dramas." Caroline replied as she hung up.
Over at the Salvatore Boarding House Bonnie was looking across as Caroline slid her phone back in her pocket "What are you talking about?" She questioned.
"Um... Lexi's back, so Elena wants us to hold off on destroying the necklace." Caroline replied.
"You said boyfriend dramas. Plural. What is it, Caroline?" Bonnie replied cocking her eye brow.
"Elena caught Jeremy kissing Anna." Caroline's voice was small as she told her friend the truth.
"What?" Bonnie whispered.
"I'm sorry." Caroline replied.
"He kissed her?" Bonnie asked.
"She's got a foothold now, so she probably things that she's here to stay. But you and I, Bonnie, we're going to find the necklace. Ok? Ok." Caroline nodded at her friend assuringly.
Grace and Heidi walked towards the burnt Johnson house, they hadn't spoke the whole walk over there and things were beginning to get awkward between them "How did it happen?" Grace asked in a soft voice "I mean... Klaus... what did he do?"
"He wanted to know where you were." Heidi replied walking up the porch pressing her fingers against the burnt wood "He was very... persistent."
"What did he say?" Grace looked at her.
Flashback months ago
Heidi was sat on the porch of her new house in Alabama. A large ginger tom cat sat across her lap, whilst she sipped a ice tea, rocking gently on the rocking chair she kept on the porch. The brilliant sun beamed down from the clear sky.
The phone began to ring indoors, as removed the cat from her lap, brushing away the hairs and walking inside to pick it up "Hello?"
"Is this Heidi Johnson." A dark female voice questioned.
"Who's asking." Heidi retorted.
"I'll take that as a yes." The woman replied as the phone line went dead, Heidi creased her eye brows as she put the phone back down on the receiver.
As she walked back outside she was taken by surprise when her seat was occupied by a handsome young man "So you're the woman who took my Grace back to Mystic Falls." His beautiful British voice echoed around her head.
"Who are you?" Heidi asked.
"Oh, how rude of me." The man rose from his seat to stare down at the older woman "I'm Niklaus Mikaelson."
"Should I know who that is?" The older woman scoffed.
"I'm your Granddaughters only future." He winked at her "Only she isn't your Granddaughter, but she is the closest family she has... right?"
"How do you know Grace?" Heidi demanded.
"I saved her from a fire..." Klaus replied and the older woman's eyes widened "Many years ago."
"T-that was you?"
"Poor girl... trapped up in her room, if I hadn't shown up when I did, well, she wouldn't be here now..." Klaus replied "Now, where exactly is that?" He questioned.
"I'm not telling you anything." Heidi hissed.
"I don't think you understand." Klaus took a step towards her "I need to know where she is... I need her with me."
"Why?" Heidi hissed "I will never tell you anything."
"Why? Don't you trust me?" Klaus pouted and Heidi gave him a stern look "Well, love, I'm actually rather offended and hurt." He paused "And you see, I do very very stupid things when I'm hurt..." His eyes flared with absolute anger for only moments.
"Do your worst." Heidi challenged as she backed towards the door of her house but she hit someone, a strong body that stopped her from going any further, she turned and saw a man standing there, a warlock, with a cocky grin an attitude to match.
"Ah, I see you've met Maddox." Klaus mused "Anything you want to say? So you can save yourself? Perhaps the whereabouts of my lovely Grace."
"She isn't your anything... and I will never give her up." Heidi growled accepting her fate, she would not want to die for any other cause, protecting Grace was what she wanted, it was what her daughter would have wanted and she would see Grace again one day.
"Very well..." Klaus nodded "I gave you a choice... It was nice meeting you Heidi Johnson." He used her full name.
"Grace will never forgive you for this." Heidi whimpered.
"She'll never know." Klaus replied as he lashed out reaching into her human chest pulling her still beating heart out, her eyes went cold and dark as she fell to the floor by his feet before he dropped her heart too "Well, I guess this lead is dead, search her house, would you?" The Original stroked the hissing cat tentatively.
Present day
Grace was in tears "I'm so sorry, I should have known he would have come after you. I was... I was just so anger." She let out a shaky breath "So. So angry that you had left me here to fend for myself, you'd promised to look after me and you skipped town without another word."
"I was angry, too." Heidi replied "At you." She confirmed "Because when I came back as a ghost I found you and you were a vampire." She let out a hiss "I had tried so hard to keep you all away from this, your parents moved country to make sure you didn't get involved in all this supernatural business... This isn't your war."
"He wanted to kill Elena." Grace replied "Incase you forget, Elena is my sister I would do anything to protect her."
"But none of this had anything to do with you... You could have walked away. You could have said no." Heidi told her "But you stayed, and that was the most stupid thing you could have done."
"What should I have done, Heidi?" Grace hissed "Just up and left like you did? Leave my friends to die? My family?"
"I'm your family! I died." The older woman reminded her.
"And I'm sorry for that." Grace whispered tears trickling down her soft face "But I regret nothing... I loved Damon... being a vampire isn't the best thing, but it means I get to be with him for eternity, and above all else, I will protect Elena with my life-"
"You've made a big mistake." Heidi shook her head "But, never-the-less, it is your decision to make and I will give you that."
"Thank you." Grace whimpered.
"Before I went onto the other side, I saw your adoption parents. Stephaine and David." Heidi smiled gently "They were mad at me, too."
"Where they mad at me?" Grace whispered cringing a little.
"No." Heidi smiled "They were proud. You look the curse that was bestowed upon you, and you turned yourself into something amazing. A monster, with humanity. Even when you were running around with Klaus and Stefan, you remained who you truly were." She paused "Now, will you tell me? How did it happen? How did you die?"
It was the small gathering for the night of illumination and citizens were walking around everywhere, talking casually and having a good time, except for Jeremy who was searching for Anna frantically.
"Anna!" he called "Anna!" He suddenly collided with a man who he didn't recognize, it was Frederick, the tomb vampire that had captured Stefan and tortured him long ago, and was in turn killed by Stefan "Sorry. Hey, man sorry about that." He looked around.
"No problem, buddy." Frederic purred evilly.
Across the square Carol joined Alaric, she had been looking for the speaker Tobias Fell, who was supposed to be giving and speech "Have you seen Tobias Fell?" Carol asked the man "He's supposed to do the lighting ceremony."
"No." Alaric replied as he knocked back his whisky.
Frederick approached Anna as she sat there depressed "Well, well." The older man made himself known.
"Frederick?" Anna whispered.
"If it isn't Pearl's daughter. Little Annabelle." Frederick purred.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." Carol greeted the gathering audience "Mr. Fell seems to have been detained, so the history department's very own Mr. Saltzman has agreed to fill in." She announced and Alaric walked up onto the stay.
"Still hanging around with the Gilbert kid, huh?" Frederick looked at Anna.
"There you are." Jeremy arrived "Is everything alright?"
"Ask your ancestors."
"What are you doing here, Frederick?" Anna hissed as two men joined him.
"Well, it's a founder's celebration. And we..." He looked at his two friends "Have got some unfinished business with the founding families."
"On behalf of Mystic Falls high school historical society, let's light 'em up." Alaric shrugged and the lanterns began to light up, suddenly the festivities turn into utter mayhem when people see the dead body of Tobias Fell hanging from a tree.
Grace let out a small sigh "It was a little while back before... we knew everything that was to know about Mystic Falls... all the monsters that really lived here." Heidi nodded "And I had gotten in trouble trying to protect Damon and I got hurt in the process, he gave me his blood and it was in my system."
"Oh no." Heidi moaned.
"So, the next day..." Grace paused "Elena went to Duke university with Damon to go check out a lead and I stayed here with Caroline – who had recently become a vampire – and Stefan who was looking after her." Grace let out a small sigh.
"Continue."
"So... We had recently heard about werewolves, but didn't think anything of it." Grace nodded "We, uh, we went to a party in the forest during the day and stayed there until night, on a full moon... I had left my car in the forest and went looking for it, after countless people told me not to go, because of the very real possibility of werewolves, but like an idiot I didn't listen... and I saw a car."
"I take it that it wasn't yours." Heidi added.
"Nope." Grace whimpered "It was Mason Lockwood's... He lost control and broke free, after his transformation had taken place, he pounded and... broke my back, killing me... I woke up the next day in transition."
"Why did you chose to turn?" Heidi asked "Did they force you? Damon and Stefan. Did they make you turn?"
"Are you kidding? No." Grace hissed "To be honest, I didn't really think about it." Grace admitted shaking her head a little "I wanted to live and that was all I knew." she sighed "I'm... I'm sorry if I've disappointed you."
Stefan was in a bad way as he sat down in the city jail cell, he looked over at his ex-girlfriend as she watched him carefully "Elena." He whispered "Elena. I'm hurting. Please help me." He begged.
"Don't listen. Shut him out." Lexi instructed.
"I am helping you, Stefan." Elena told him.
"I'll do anything. I'll change. I promise." Stefan whimpered.
"It's a lie. He'll say anything right now." Lexi informed her.
"Elena, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just make it stop. Please, just make it stop." Stefan hissed.
"You have to separate yourself from your emotions. Don't let him play on them." Lexi told her.
"Hey, look at me. Look at me." Stefan whimpered and Elena looked over at him "Elena. I love you, ok? I love you. I love you so much. I love you so much, Elena."
"I'm sorry, Stefan, I just don't believe you." The doppelgänger shook her head.
"You know what? I don't want your help, anyway." He growled turning on her "I wish I'd never met you. Every single moment that I've spent with you has been a complete and total waste."
"You see that? That's the ripper talking. Once he's weak enough, you have to cause him pain. Make him feel things. Anger, rage, anything. You have to make him see past the blood." The expert explained as she grabbed a stake and shoved it into his stomach "Think of it as a regime. Day in day out. Like running the treadmill. Like making coffee. Until he's ready to be saved."
"I will rip you apart, Lexi!" Stefan yelled at her.
"You can't. I'm already dead." Lexi countered as she pulled the stake out and re-stabbed him violently.
"I can't..." Elena whispered as she ran from the room, Lexi's eyes followed her.
As Elena got outside she took in a loud gasp of air filling her lungs, she let out a shaky breath when she saw the paramedics lugging a body bag away from the police.
Caroline and Bonnie were looking for the necklace in the Salvatore Boarding house were trying to get hold of anyone who might have known "Ugh! I give up. It's not anywhere is this room." Caroline hissed as she leaned back against the wall in Damon's room as Bonnie's phone began to vibrate, she saw it was Jeremy and didn't want to answer, the vampire snatched the phone and hit answer "What do you want, Jeremy?"
"Caroline? Did you find the necklace?" Jeremy questioned.
"Not yet. Wait, what's going on?" Caroline asked creasing her eye brows.
"Ghosts of the tomb vampires killed Tobias Fell. You might want to find that necklace before they start going alphabetically though the founding families." He informed her.
"Well, it's not where it's supposed to be. Unless someone took it." Caroline answered.
"Who?" Jeremy asked.
"Well – who do you think?" Caroline hissed.
"I didn't." Anna told Jeremy.
"She said she didn't take it." Jeremy told Caroline.
"Oh, and you believe her." The vampire cocked an eye brow in disbelief.
"I didn't take it, Jeremy." Anna hissed.
"You know what, yeah, yeah, I do believe her." Jeremy confirmed.
"You know what, you're an even bigger idiot than I thought. So wake up, Jeremy, before you lose everything." She pressed end.
Jeremy let out a growl as he turned back to the ghost, but she wasn't there, scanning the crowd he couldn't see her. The boy was caught by surprise when Elena showed up out of no where.
"Jeremy? What's happened?" Elena asked concerned.
Damon and Mason were making their way though the hidden part of the old Lockwood cellar, the vampire who growing even more wary of him and where he was taking him.
"I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop." Damon announced "Your motives are deceptively pure."
"You talk the talk, but you'll do anything for your brother. You won't screw me over as long as we have the same agenda."
"I'm supposed to believe you're not going to screw me over?" Damon scoffed as they both stop at a point where they could go either right or left "Alright. Which way?"
"I don't know. Flip a coin." Mason suggested.
"Aren't you supposed to be all-knowing?" Damon asked.
"I'm a ghost. I'm not God. Go left." Mason shrugged Damon gave him a look before turning and going right "Or not... You have trust issues. Anyone ever tell you that?"
Damon scoffed as he continued to walk, suddenly a load of stakes were fired and it went through his body, he could feel the vervain from the wood sinking into his body "Yo. Help a brother out? Mason?" The vampire called, but there was no response.
"Where is Anna now?" Elena asked Jeremy as they stood in the middle of the town square.
"I don't know, ok? I don't even know for sure if she took the necklace." Jeremy told her.
"She was the only person who heard us talking about it. Of course she took it. Ok? We have to get it back." Elena told her.
"I know, but-"
"But what? What, Jer?" Elena hissed.
"I can touch her, Elena. I can kiss her again. And I know it's wrong, and I know that I shouldn't feel this way, but I do. I love her. I've always loved her." Jeremy whispered.
"But it's not real. She's dead. Gone. Everything that you're holding on to is the past, Jer." Elena told him "Are you going to love a ghost for the rest of your life?" she saw Anna standing behind Jeremy "He's at the beginning of his life, Anna. You're just holding him back. You know that." Anna took the necklace out of her pocket and showed it to them with a look of sorrow on her face "Call Bonnie. Tell her that you have the necklace. Get her to send the ghosts away."
Damon was stood in there with many stakes sticking out of his body groaning in pain, when a ghost Mason Lockwood walked around the corner with a shovel in his hand.
"Oh, I'm having a bad day." Damon hissed.
"Sorry. Thought you might need this." Mason shrugged as he swung the shovel to break the stakes and then removed the rest "You're welcome."
"What's your game, man? I killed you. I jammed my fist into your chest. I ripped your heart out. There's no way this whole buddy-trust act is real." Damon hissed at the wolf.
Mason let out a heavy sigh "You know what the other side is like? We're all alone. We watch the people we left behind and we regret our decisions. That's it. Look, I can't change what happened to me. And I can't take back what happened to Grace. But maybe I can change what happens to Tyler. I don't need revenge, Damon. I need redemption..."
In Bonnie's car the witch was driving whilst Caroline was speaking on her phone, she hung up and smiled gently "Jeremy's got the necklace. He's going to meet us at the with house."
"Ok. What's going on up there?" She stops her car at a accident, Caroline squints to try and look in the car window.
"It's Mrs. Lockwood's car." Caroline explained as she saw Frederick and the other tomb vampires advancing on the car "Bonnie? I'm going to get out of the car."
"What?" Bonnie growled.
"And you're going to drive the hell away from here." She ordered.
"No way! I am not leaving you!" Bonnie hissed.
"Bonnie, you've got your ghost boyfriend drama. Elena has hers. And right now the mother of mine is about to be ghost bait." She referred to Tyler's mother trapped in a car "So go and send them all back to the other side, ok?" She nodded and Bonnie gave her a serious look as she climbed from the car, despite her better judgement Bonnie drove away.
Frederick looks over at Caroline and gave her a smile, the blonde narrowed her eyes as she turned demonic and charged for him full of vengeance.
"This spell is just going to break your foothold, right?" Jeremy asked Anna as they stood in the town square "You'll still be here, I'll still be able to see you. This... this doesn't have to be good-bye."
"No. But it should be. Elena was right. I'm holding you back." Anna whispered.
"Anna-"
"I'm sorry I took the necklace." She began to sob "I just thought, with all the tomb vampires out, that maybe..."
"You might find your mother." Jeremy sighed.
"I don't know here she is, Jeremy." Anna whimpered like a scared child that had lost her mother in a supermarket "I don't know if she's moved on and found peace, or if there's even any peace to be found."
"Hey, there is, Anna. Ok, there has to be. I believe that, ok?" Jeremy took her hands.
"I just... I don't want to be alone anymore." She cried as he embraced her tightly.
"Look at me." He commanded and she did with watery eyes "You're not going to be alone. I'm not going to let you be alone." She handed him the necklace, they exchanged a final glance before he turned on his heals and walked from the girl.
Lexi was pacing around a deeply ripperfied Stefan, she had a angry look on her face as she held the stake in her hands "Quit fighting me, Stefan. I know you're in there."
"Now anymore, Lexi." He hissed as the door opened and Elena rejoined them.
"You know you say that every time. Until I make you feel again." She drove the stake through his stomach and he chocked, coughing and spluttering everywhere.
"You wasted your whole life taking care of me. Now you're dead and you still have nothing better to do." Stefan growled at her.
"We're running out of time." Elena announced from beside them.
"You've got to get me more." Lexi told her firmly.
"I can't." The doppelgänger shook her head softly.
"No! No... not until I break through." Her blue eyes fixed on a hurt, weak Stefan.
"I can't, Lexi. They have the necklace. They're going to close the door." The brunette shrugged helplessly.
"The necklace." The ghost whispered "Ok. That necklace. At least tell me you remember how you felt about that. You found it hurting your darkest time. And you said, when you made it through, that that necklace represented hope." Lexi reminded him
Stefan chuckled darkly "Ironic, then, that it's about to be blown to pieces."
Damon and Mason continued to make their way through the booby-trapped caves in the old Lockwood cellar, the walked to what looked like a dead end, but suddenly Damon couldn't walk through, whereas Mason could.
"God! This is not happening." Damon moaned.
"What now?" Mason questioned.
"I can't get through. It's like I'm not invited in." He hissed and Mason turned "Wait!"
"I'm not stopping just 'cause you're stuck." The wolf scoffed "I'll let you know what I find."
"Yeah, but-"
"Looks like you're gonna have to trust me." Mason threw him a knowing smile.
Over at the old Johnson place Grace was sitting down on the grass, a small flower captured in her hands as she pulled it away petal-by-petal. Heidi joined her taking a seat next to her looking up at the amazing, glowing moon.
"I feel something." Heidi admitted "I don't think I have long left."
"I don't want you to leave." Grace whispered "But if you can't accept what I am-"
"Grace, you don't understand." Heidi interrupted her "I was brought up to hate vampires, but I'm conflicted... I was supernatural, too. I never fit in. With the help of a witch, I lived a lot longer than I should have." She whispered "And if people could accept what I was..." She reached over and took Grace's hand "I can accept what you are."
"Do you mean it?" Grace whispered looking at her, the young vampires eyes were wide with excitement.
"Of course." Heidi smiled "You know, your parents talk through me sometimes, I'm not all alone over there, on the other side." She explained "They are so proud of you... You've been through a lot."
"Really?" Grace whispered tears streaking down her face.
"God yeah." Heidi squeezed her hand "They both love you so much, they both know that you'll choose the one who is right for you... Nothing will stand in the way of true love."
Bonnie set alight the chimney in the old abandoned witch house and then lights up some candles for power, she was caught by surprise when Jeremy burst into the room "Bonnie!"
Her face was less than pleased to see him, she snatched the necklace from his waiting hands and threw it into the fireplace. The young witch began to chant a spell under her breath, taken by surprise when her Grams joined her helping the spell along nicely.
Carol's eyes flutter open and her head instantly started hurting when she saw Caroline outside of the car fighting the tomb vampires off.
Frederick got the younger vampire in a headlock and held her there firmly stopping the air flow, she gasped for breath when suddenly she felt his grip loosen and she fell to the floor, all of the ghosts were gone.
Heidi could feel herself fading away, she stood up and stared up at the starry sky, a small smile falling on her lips, her business her was done and she was now at peace "I have to leave you now." The older woman whispered "Be safe."
Grace quickly got to her feet and hugged her tightly, holding her in her arms "I'm sorry Klaus did this to you."
"It is ok, dear." Heidi smoothed down her hair "I love you. Your mom loves you. Your dad loves you..." Large tears fell down Grace's face and she sobbed when suddenly she fell forward, Heidi was gone, she was now finally at peace.
Down in the old Lockwood cellar Mason was staring at the rocky wall and his face was filled with amazed "So?" Damon called over to him "What'd you find?"
"It's in-" Suddenly he disappeared his lantern falling to the floor.
"No, no, no, no! No! Where'd you go? Mason, Mason!" Damon growled slamming his hands into the barrier unable to get through.
Lexi felt something deep inside of her which was dragging her away from the person that needed her most, let out a small sigh she turned to Elena and gave her a look "He's still in there, Elena. You just have to break through."
"It's ok, Lexi, I know what to do now. You can be free." Elena assured her, Lexi turned and gave Stefan a final look, a deep sibling like loved filled her eyes as she slowly faded away.
Anna was walking on her own in the street, she was so cold, shivering almost, tears streaming down her cheeks, she lifted her head to look around when she suddenly saw her mother, joy filled her heart "Mom?"
Pearl began to cry as they both ran towards each other hugging each other tightly, they began to fade away together. Peace in each other.
In the abandoned witch house and the two witches watched as the necklace smelted down completely "You are stronger than all of this. I'm so proud of you." Sheila smiled before she hugged her granddaughter and faded away.
Grace walked into the city jail drying her eyes from the tears she had shared with Heidi before she had to leave, she saw Stefan tied to a chair and Elena leaning back against the wall.
"Whoa." She whispered "What happened in here?"
"Lexi helped." Elena whispered "We're fixing Stefan."
"What do you want?" He spat at the vampire.
"You know, Stefan. I really am thankful to you." Grace nodded and he looked at the younger vampire, her face was soft as she watched him "Those months with Klaus, I'm really grateful for you being there... I don't think I would have been able to survive without you." Tears trickled down her face "You've helped me a lot since becoming a vampire..."
"You mean nothing to me." Stefan growled and Grace took a step back wounded by his words "You never did, if I ever cared for you in any way, it was for Elena's sake. You were never a sister to me. And you never will be." Grace was done for one day, she had been hurt enough, finding out Klaus had killed her Gran, her Gran leaving her again, and now Stefan's painful words, she turned on her heels about to leave.
"He doesn't mean it." Elena called "It's just his ripper side..."
"I'm done, Elena." Grace hissed kicking the door opened "I am done with everything. My heart hurts too much to keep this up and I can't." She pressed her hand to her chest "I can't keep pretending like things don't bother me when they do. I just need some time." She turned and walked away slamming the door behind her.
Damon was standing at the front of the Lockwood Cellar waiting for Alaric to show up, he was speaking with Grace on his phone "...I'll be home soon, Gracie. I promise." He frowned "I hate hearing you cry, please stop... Alright, I love you... Yeah. Bye." Damon sighed as he hung up as Alaric arrived "You're here. It's about time."
"Didn't have anyone else to call?" Alaric hissed.
"No, actually, I don't. 'Cause I need a non-vampire to get in the cave, and you're pretty much the only one I trust." Damon told her firmly.
"Well, you have a crappy way of showing that." Alaric hissed.
"Look, if Mason Lockwood can get over the fact that I killed him, can't you cut me a little slack, Ric?" Damon rolled his bright blue eyes.
"I shouldn't have to get over it. I was your friend, Damon." He reminded the vampire "You shouldn't have done it in the first place."
"Well! Sometimes... I do things I don't have to do." He shrugged.
"You're going to recycle that same crap ass apology you gave Mason Lockwood?" The teacher scoffed.
"Yeah. Well... I didn't mean it with him." Damon grinned sheepishly as the history teacher walked past him into the deep caverns of the Lockwood cellar.
"So what are you going to do, Elena?" Stefan growled at the girl "You just going to stand there? Waiting for me to dry out?"
"No, I'm going to go home, take care of my brother speak with my upset sister." Elena turned "Be a friend to Bonnie and everything else that I have to do."
"That's good for you. You know, I was wondering when you were going to give up. Lexi gave you... enough of a glimpse into your tragic future." The vampire scoffed.
"I haven't given up Stefan." She turned back to him "I still have hope. But there's nothing that I can do until you get yours back." She touched his face gently "Hey. You can break through this. Fight for it. Feel something. Anything, Stefan. Because if you don't, you're going to lose me forever. I won't love a ghost for the rest of my life." She walked out of the room locking the door before leaving.
Bonnie was sobbing as she kneeled down by the fireplace, the Gilbert boy walked over to her slowly "Bonnie-"
"Just go away, Jeremy." The witch hissed.
"I owe you an explanation." He admitted.
"Matt let go of his sister before you let go of Anna. His sister, Jeremy." Bonnie growled "You know what you owe me? The respect of not making me listen to you explain yourself."
"I am sorry, Bonnie." Jeremy whispered.
"You need to go." Bonnie ordered.
"But-"
"Just go, Jeremy." She commanded and he turned leaving the house, she heard a sickening noise coming from the fireplace, as she looked up she noticed something that made her stomach churn, the necklace was still in perfect condition.
Alaric walked through the fresh-hold in the old Lockwood cellar cave, he picked up Mason's lantern which was no longer in use and Damon leant against the wall watching him.
"So was Mason screwing with me, or is there something in there?" Damon called but he didn't reply "Ric. Ric?"
"I found something." He muttered.
"What is it?" Damon asked.
There was unknown drawings in the wall, they were incredibly old and confused the history teacher "I have no idea." He admitted.
A/N
Ah, man! It had been a while since I updated and I'm sorry :( but I have a fairly good explanation, I've been really busy at college, then I came down with a freaking cold! Boo me! But I'm on the mend slowly
So, back to the story, Klaus killed Heidi, well that isn't going to get him in Grace's good books, there wasn't really any Drace or anything, but there was some goodbye scenes, which were sad :"(
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