The day of the Masquerade Ball had finally arrived and everyone was ready.
Bonnie had asked her grandmother to go to the party and help them but the elderly woman replied that she was getting too old for this kind of frivolous things and that she was too tired at the end of a day to perform any powerful magic. She was in the middle of grading papers for the classes she gave at the local college and it was taking all of her time and energy.
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Katherine was pretty sure that Damon, Stefan and their little group of friends were planning something against her, she knew they wouldn't just let it go and that she wouldn't be able to scare Elena away from her favorite boy-toy. Of course she was prepared… They wouldn't be able to hurt her without hurting Elena…It means they wouldn't kill her… She was just that good at ensuring her own safety.
"What's wrong Katherine, why are you frowning?" Lucy, her best witch 'friend' asked her.
"I just feel like Mason is getting away from my influence… Maybe bringing him closer to his family was a bad idea after all… I might have to dispose of him sooner than I planed… Good thing I planned a replacement." She replied as she chose the dress she would wear to the ball that night.
"You can't keep on acting like everyone is disposable Katherine... He's human." Lucy told her.
"Yeah well, to me humans are disposable." Katherine snorted before she turned around to look at herself some more in the mirror.
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Rachel was putting her mask on her face when her father knocked on the door and came in her bedroom.
"You're beautiful honey." He told her.
"Thank you… I'm also pathetic… Seriously, who goes to a Ball like this with her father?" She asked, shaking her head sadly but making sure to maintain the smile bright on her face.
"Anyone with a father as hot as yours!" Damon replied with a smirk.
"This is so wrong!" She chuckled.
As she turned to him she realised he wasn't wearing his bracelet. He noticed her looking and he said:
"Yep, I'll be attending as your hot cousin tonight, not your father." He replied.
"And where is my father shall anyone ask?" she asked with a smile as he escorted her downstairs.
"Your father? He's already sleeping, that big bore." Damon replied with another chuckled as they entered his blue Camaro.
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As soon as they arrived at the party, Jeremy and Bonnie went upstairs to the room they had all agreed on to set up the trap. When they were done, they went down the stairs. At some point, Bonnie got a weird feeling but she brushed it off quickly. They joined Tyler and Caroline who where having fun.
"Why is Dawn looking at Tyler this intensely? She looks like she's about to eat him or something..." Bonnie wondered.
"We need to keep on eye on her… She looks like she's getting ready to jump on him at the best opportunity…" Jeremy replied as they turned to see Stefan and Elena entering.
"How do we know it's actually Elena?" Bonnie asked.
"Her necklace." Jeremy replied as his date for the night nodded.
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Caroline was nervous… She had to keep an eye on Tyler and on Katherine at the same time… She knew that the wicked vampire would try to use her against the other and even if she wasn't scared anymore, she was nervous… She was really hopping that she managed to get Katherine to the right place.
As for Tyler, she knew she wasn't the only one looking out for him but she figured she better put all of her attention into this in case the other got distracted. She didn't want for her friend to go through the pain his uncle is going through.
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"So, why don't you give me the moonstone Mason?" Katherine asked him, gripping his arm tightly.
"Here is not the place for this." He replied as he was forced to dance with her.
"I know you've been speaking with Damon… I want to know what is going on Mason… Why are you going against me?" She asked him with a seductive look on her face.
"I'm simply trying to ensure my family is safe. I know you're trying to trigger Tyler's curse… The minute it happens the moonstone gets lost!" Mason said.
They were dancing outside and Katherine was getting seriously pissed. She eyed Stefan and Elena, not too far from them and grabbed a passing girl named Amy.
"I think your new friends and yourself need to be reminded that I don't like people telling me what to do. Here is a reminder. Her death is on you." Katherine said as she snapped the girl's neck and let her fall in Mason's arms.
Elena cried out and ran to Mason while Katherine walked toward the door. She turned around and said:
"If I don't have the moonstone before the hour is over, I'll kill someone else... Maybe even that hot brother of yours Elena."
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Rachel was unable to relax. She just wanted this Katherine to be dealt with. She didn't really care about her present behaviour, she wanted her to suffer for playing with her father's feelings.
Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Caroline being dragged upstairs by an Elena look alike. She ran to her dad, who was with Stefan and Mason while Elena was with Jeremy and Bonnie. They were trying to cover up the murder.
"Katherine is dragging Caroline upstairs." Rachel said.
"Okay, Mason you deal with the body, Stefan and I will go upstairs." Damon said as Rachel followed him.
"Hum guys, who is with Tyler right now?" Jeremy asked.
They all look at each other and turned toward the house. They were about to walk in when Bonnie's phone rang.
"Caroline just texted me that she's going back to Tyler." Bonnie said.
"Okay, good, now we can deal with the body." Mason replied as they carried it as discreetly as possible toward the woods.
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Caroline laughed with happiness when she realised she had been able to trick Katherine and trap her in the right room. She texted Bonnie that she was going back to Tyler and walked down the stairs, crossing the Salvatore on the way. She nodded their way, wondering why they were letting Rachel come with them before she found Tyler.
He was in his father's office and was making out with Dawn. Before she could do anything, Dawn had stabbed a letter opener into Tyler's shoulder and he had pushed her away, making her fall and break her neck on the side of the desk.
"Oh no!" Caroline exclaimed, closing the door behind her.
"What did I do?" Tyler said, fear evident as he realised that he had just triggered his werewolf gene.
"Don't worry, I'll get my mom and your dad, they will cover it… It will be okay… We'll find a solution." Caroline soothed him as he sat on the floor in horror, his eyes locked on Dawn's lifeless brown eyes.
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"Rachel, you're not coming inside, it's too dangerous." Damon said in his best daddy voice.
"But daddy…" She started to protest as they were in front of the door and Katherine said:
"Yes daddy, let her come in and play… I've been here a whole 2 minutes and I'm bored already… Imagine the fun the four of us could have together…"
"You're disgusting!" Stefan exclaimed.
Stefan and Damon both entered the room while Rachel stayed in the doorway.
"Ah… here they are… The brother who used to love me too much and moved on with his life, making somehow a daughter about to be the most powerful thing on this earth and the brother who didn't love me enough but yet has an actual girlfriend who is my living double… What shall we do boys?" She smirked.
Stefan didn't wait anymore, he grabbed a stake and stabbed her in the stomach while Damon held her down. Katherine laughed.
"You don't know what you just did…" She said.
"What do you mean?" Stefan asked.
"She's just trying to distract us… Just get it over with Stefan." Damon replied.
"Yes, please Stefan, get it over with…" Katherine said with her smirk firmly in place.
"Wait stop!" Rachel said as she entered the room and held Stefan's arm back she added "Everything you're doing to her is also happening to Elena. Bonnie and Jeremy are with her right now… She's healing as fast as Katherine but if you kill her…" Rachel looked worried.
"I also kill Elena…" Stefan realised.
"I told you Stefan… I always have a plan B in case plan A doesn't work… I have an entire alphabet of back up plans…" Katherine said, looking smug as they let go of their hold on her while she started taunting them, cutting her wrist.
"I've got to say Damon, you did a good job with your daughter… Beautiful, sexy, smart, talented, driven, confident…a natural leader… She'll make one extraordinary immortal… The fun the two of us could have together later..." Katherine said.
"Did you already contact Klaus about Elena?" Rachel asked the vampire, ignoring whatever her father was about to say.
"Now, why would I do that when I don't have everything I need to walk out of this free?" Katherine replied.
"You could have found another way… You didn't have to come here and start this much trouble." Damon replied.
"I've been on the run for over five hundred years Damon… I'm tired of running! I can't get Klaus of my back and I'm tired of it!" She exclaimed.
"Did you try standing?" Damon replied with a smirk.
"Very funny… I want my freedom and will do anything in order to get it." She replied, rolling her eyes.
"What's the point of being free if you're all alone?" Rachel asked her, hoping the give Bonnie enough time to break the bond.
"I'll make new friends when I'm free." Katherine snapped as she was being held by both brothers so she didn't hurt herself anymore.
"Yeah, make new friends after you betrayed or killed all your old ones… Is that really so smart?" Stefan replied as a tall dark skinned young woman entered the room, followed closely by Bonnie.
"Ah, Lucy, right on time, get me out of here will you…" Katherine said smugly, thinking she was getting out of this freely.
"You should have told me that there was a Bennett witch involved… I'm sure you knew that… We're done Katherine…" Lucy snarled as Katherine dropped to the ground in pain before she completely stopped moving, unconscious.
"Wait, what about Elena?" Stefan asked.
"She's okay… She's free… I'm sorry for my involvement in this… I'll be leaving now. Bonnie, it was nice to meet you… Tell grandma… Don't tell her anything… I screwed things up with the family too long ago." Lucy said before she turned around and left, followed by Bonnie who was trying to get her to talk to her.
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After that, Damon and Rachel made sure Katherine ended up locked in the tomb while Stefan helped Caroline dealing with Tyler. Jeremy told them that Elena went back to her car and went home when the spell was broken.
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As soon as the pain stopped, Elena felt herself starting to heal but also felt drained.
"Okay, I'm going to go home now… I'm exhausted… Tell Stefan I'll see him tomorrow okay Jer?"
"Sure, you get home safe. I'll go and check on Tyler before I drive Bonnie home." He replied.
Elena was slowly walking to her car and was about to open it with her key when someone grabbed her and put something over her mouth. Soon, she felt herself fall asleep, unable to fight it.
So, I guess you know what is coming next...and who is coming next...
Who will survive, who will die? Some things will change from the show.
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Lorelei Candice Black