Like they had planed, Caroline trained with Sage for a few days and the others used this opportunity to finally look through Isobel's researches. Mason helped them and since Tyler was finally aware, they decided to also tell Matt so he didn't have to feel left out of the whole thing.
It was a lot for him to take in but he accepted it and when they warned him about Caroline, he promised to treat her just like he always did.
"Look, here, it looks really old…" Jeremy handed an old piece of paper to Alaric.
"It speaks of a cruse…An old shaman apparently put a curse on vampire and werewolf so werewolves were slaves to the moon and vampires were weakened by the sun… It's possible to break the curse…" He said after examining the scroll.
"That's great!" Stefan and Tyler shouted.
"It's a fake!" Damon and Rachel said at the same time.
"How do you know?" Elena asked them.
"Sage told us. This was drawn by her brother in law Klaus. The curse is on him only and he can't find out and come here right now." Damon replied.
"Why is that?" Matt asked.
"Because in order to break the curse that's on him he needs to kill a vampire, a werewolf and a Petrova doppelganger." Damon said.
"What's a Petrova doppelganger?" Jenna asked curiously.
Rachel grabbed an old looking book with PETROVA written on the cover and gave it to Elena as she replied:
"A Petrova doppelganger is a living, breathing double of the girl that was sacrificed in the curse making. Her name was Tatia Petrova… Elena is the doppelganger and if Klaus finds out she is alive, he will kill her to break his curse."
"I'm sure that's why Katherine is here. She has been running a long time to hide from Klaus after she betrayed him… According to Sage Klaus wants to break his curse almost as badly as he wants to torture Katherine." Damon added.
"This is the Petrova family history…my family history…" Elena said as she looked through the book and took a piece of paper out with a girl that could have been her and who were possibly her parents.
"This is probably Katherine and her parents…" Mason suggested, looking over her shoulders.
"Oh, here Bonnie, this is for you and your grandmother I think…" Stefan said.
"What is it?" The witch asked.
"Well, it starts with your family tree… It goes up to Sheila… I'm guessing this book has to do with your own family…" Stefan replied, getting the attention away from Elena who was starting to feel overloaded and sat down.
"Wow, I come from a very long and powerful line of witches… Here they talk about Qetsiyah… She lived over 2 thousand years ago…and she trapped a vampire…" Bonnie read from the book.
"What? A vampire over two thousand years ago? That means that the Originals aren't the first vampires of history like Esther thought… She didn't originate all vampires like she thought and has been trying to kill her children for nothing!" Rachel shouted.
"This is interesting, I wonder if Sage knows…" Damon replied.
"I'll write it down on the list of things to talk to her about when she's done with Caroline." Rachel replied as she wrote on a small pad of paper quickly.
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Soon, Caroline came back and was much more confident than she had been before.
"The Masquerade Ball is coming and Katherine is planning to attend with me… I think she compelled someone to push Tyler to trigger his curse though…" Mason replied.
"What makes you think that?" Alaric asked the werewolf.
"I caught her on the phone earlier… She was speaking to a witch and said that even if I was to get suspicious, she had a backup werewolf ready to trigger his curse." He explained.
"What do I do?" Tyler asked, getting scared.
"We can't do much… You have to be careful and try to control yourself, even if someone pushes you over the edge." Rachel replied softly.
"Try to hang around people that can actually stop you from killing anyone…" Jenna suggested.
"Listen, why don't you go to the Masquerade Ball as Caroline's date? I have to work that night anyway… This way she'll be able to hold you back in case you loose your control." Matt suggested.
"That's a great idea!" Caroline clapped her hands.
"Okay, now, I'm going with Jenna, Elena is going with Stefan, Bonnie, who are you going with?" Alaric asked.
"I don't know…hum…I…" She looked down, not knowing if she should admit that she wanted to go with Jeremy.
"Why don't you go with Jeremy? You two would make a cute couple and he can help you settle the room upstairs to trap Katherine in." Rachel suggested, earning two bright smiles from Jeremy and Bonnie.
"Sure!" They both replied.
"What about you Rachel?" Caroline asked.
"Going to bring Puck back in town once more?" Tyler asked in an annoyed tone.
"Noah is my friend and I won't ask him to come in town when there is so much danger! I'll go alone." Rachel replied.
"She'll be going with me. It's masked anyway…" Damon replied.
"Great, now all we have to do is find our dresses and some masks." Caroline clapped before she dragged the girls away and to the mall.
So, what's going to happen during the ball? Will Tyler trigger his curse and if so, who will die?
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Lorelei Candice Black