Alaric, Elena and Damon arrive at Duke.
"So Isobel was officially employed by the anthropology department given that most paranormal phenomenon is rooted in folklore". Alaric said.
They arrive at an office.
"Excuse me, hi. I'm Alaric Saltzman, I called earlier".
"Yes, of course. I'm Vanessa Monroe, research assistant, comparative folklore". Vanessa said.
She looks strangely at Elena.
"Uh, let me just grab Isobel's keys".
"These are my friends Elena and Damon. I hope this isn't too much of an imposition".
"Oh please, Isobel's office is right through there. Isobel was one of my first professors. I'm a grad student. She was brilliant, and one of the reasons I went into folklore. Uh, I have to ask - has there been any news?"
"No, I'm afraid not".
"It's this way".
She opens Isobel's office door, they follow her and enter the room.
"I'll grab the light, feel free to look around. It's fascinating isn't it?"
She leaves. Alaric, Damon and Elena look through the room.
"Where'd she go?" Damon asked.
Vanessa comes back with a crossbow and shoots an arrow at Elena but Damon rushes over and puts himself in front of Elena to protect her. He receives the arrow in his back, grunts, and falls to the floor. Alaric catches Vanessa and pushes her against the wall, restraining her.
Later, Elena is removing the arrow from Damon's back.
"Pull it out. I can't reach it Elena. Just pull the damn thing out. It hurts". Damon hissed in pain.
She removes the arrow. Damon stands up straight and shakes himself while grimacing.
"That bitch is dead".
"You're not gonna kill her". Elena said.
"Watch me".
"You touch her and I swear I will never speak to you again".
"What makes you think that has any power over me? Because I took an arrow in the back for you? You're severely overestimating yourself".
"Right. I forgot that I was speaking to a psychotic mind who snaps and kills people impulsively. Fine, go ahead, do whatever you want".
"You're trying to manipulate me".
"If by "manipulate" you mean "tell the truth" okay, guilty".
She looks at him and leaves.
Alaric is with Vanessa. She starts to stand up but Alaric pushes her back down.
""Please! I freaked out okay? Alright, you would have done the same thing, it's not possible! Katherine Pierce can't be alive and Damon Salvatore died in 1864. Okay? I read Isobel's research". Vanessa said.
"Well, then you should know just how possible this is". Alaric replies.
Elena and Damon arrive.
"I'm Elena Gilbert, Isobel's daughter and a descendant of Katherine Pierce. And this is Damon Salvatore who you just shot". Elena explained.
"I'd be extra nice to me right now".
"Look, we need your help okay? We need to see all of Isobel's research, anything related to Mystic Falls".
Woods
Caroline and Stefan are in the woods, hunting. Grace is staying a few feet back as she watches her uncle and the blonde hunt, she started looking around thinking someone was watching them. The ten year old felt uneasy after the last time she was out with Stefan and the tomb vampire caught them. She shuddered at the memory she moved closer to Stefan and took some of his jacket. Little did they know Anna was watching them from afar.
"I'll see you soon Gracie". Anna whispered.
Grace then couldn't shake this feeling like they were being watched so she started looking around but didn't see anyone, 'Can we hurry up I hate the woods'. Stefan then turned to see his niece gripping some of his jacket but what caught his attention was the fact that she kept looking around frantically as if she was waiting for someone or something to pop out.
"Gracie you alright?" Stefan asked concerned.
"I just don't like the woods after last time". She replied gripping more of his jacket.
He then put a protective arm around her pulling her close as he did a quick scan of the area and didn't see or hear anyone.
"No one's out there Gracie and besides you're safe with me and Caroline".
"Everything alright?" Caroline asked.
"Grace just doesn't like the woods". Stefan said not wanting to go into detail about the last time.
"Can't say that I blame her".
"Anyway back to hunting".
"So what I do when I see the rabbit?"
"Chase it, catch it, feed on it".
"Isn't killing cute defenseless animals the first step in becoming a serial killer?"
"Well, you sort of skipped the serial killer and went straight to vampire. Caroline, if you're not serious about all of this I think you should tell me".
"No I am. Look, I swear that I am okay? But it's just...I haven't been in the sun for days and everyone is at the swimming hole having fun and Matt is there! And he finally told me that he loved me but I have been blowing him off and now you want me to eat bunnies and I'm kind of freaking out okay?!"
Stefan and Grace are laughing.
"And now you're laughing at me".
"Sorry Caroline". Grace giggled.
"No, no, I'm not laughing. None of this is funny, trust me. It's just that..." Stefan started.
"What?!" Caroline yelled.
"When someone becomes a vampire, all of their natural behaviors get sort of amplified".
"What do you mean?"
"I mean...as a human I cared deeply for people, how they felt. If they were hurting I felt their pain and I felt guilty if I was the one who caused it and as a vampire all of that got...magnified".
"So you're saying that now I'm basically an insecure, neurotic control freak...on crack?"
Grace tried to muffle the giggles that escaped her lips but failed.
"Well, I wasn't gonna say it like that but...hey, listen, let's hunt okay? And then after that we'll go to the swimming hole".
"Yes I love the swimming hole". Grace said.
"Really?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah. Matt is the closest connection that you have to your humanity and I think that being around him is a good thing".
"Okay".
Just as Caroline and Stefan were hunting Grace made sure to stay close to her uncle but not too close, Anna had kept looking at the ten year old with a smile on her face.
"We'll be together soon my little girl". Anna whispered.
Grace had gotten a strange but famailar sense again so she looked around and Anna hid just in time. 'That was weird'. Stefan then saw that his niece was still standing in her place.
"Gracie you coming?" Stefan called.
"Coming Uncle Stefan".
She then ran catching up to her uncle taking his hand into hers, Anna was still watching.
"Soon those brothers will be out of the way and I'll finally have you back". Anna then super sped away.
Duke University
Vanessa is bringing a box to Elena.
"This box checks Katherine's arrival to Mystic Falls in April 1864". Vanessa said.
"Is that all there is about her?" Elena asked.
"All that I'm aware of".
There is vervain in the box. Elena looks at Damon and gives some of it to Vanessa.
"Here, take this".
They are whispering. Damon is in the other room, looking for information.
"Does vervain really work?"
"Nope, not at all". Damon says from the door.
"Can he hear us?"
"No, that would be creepy".
"Can he read minds too?"
"You know, if you want to see me naked, all you have to do is ask".
"No, that he can't do. He is very capable of being a first rate jackass".
Vanessa puts the vervain in her pocket, Damon smiles.
Woods
Everyone is at the swimming hole.
"Is it me or did Aimee Bradley's ass get hot?" Tyler asked.
"All class". Matt answered.
"Where is Forbes?"
"I wish I knew".
"You guys are on the outs already?"
"No. We're fine. I'm fine. I'm just not sure what she is".
Mason arrives in his car.
"What's your uncle doing here?"
Tyler rejoins him at the car.
"You busting us or you joining us?" Tyler asked Mason.
"Neither. Hoping you can make sure everyone is out of here by dark". Mason replies.
"What happens after dark?"
"Someone ends up wasted and dead at the bottom of the lake".
Tyler laugh.
"You heard your mom. The family is liable if anything happens".
"Don't be a party killer".
"Hey, I didn't say you had to stop partying, I just said you had to take it elsewhere".
Tyler: Alright, we'll be out of here.
Mason leaves, he passes next to Stefan, Grace, and Caroline. He looks at Stefan and Stefan looks at him. Grace had hopped off of Stefan's back and stood next to him.
"We forgot our swimming stuff". Grace said.
"Sorry Gracie I won't forget next time". Stefan said.
"Why are you looking at him with your serious vampire look?" Caroline asked.
"My what? My "vampire serious look"?"
"Hum hum. I mean it's different from your worried vampire look, neither of which stray too far from your "hey-it's-Tuesday" look".
"I get it, okay. You think I'm...you think I'm too serious. Is that it?"
"I mean I was not gonna say it like that but..."
"You can be serious at times Uncle Stefan". Grace said.
"See Grace even agrees with me". Caroline said.
Matt is alone, Aimee Bradley rejoins him.
"Hey Aimee". Matt says.
"Thanks. You know, you're missing all the fun in the water". Aimee replied.
He holds his arm up and shows her his cast.
"Not waterproof".
"Too bad. So, there's a full moon tonight. We're gonna light a fire later and tells ghost stories".
"Uh, I don't know".
Caroline arrives.
"Matt". Caroline says.
"What the hell? I've been calling you". Matt replied annoyed.
"I know, I got held up but I'm here now".
She looks at Aimee.
"Hi Caroline". Aimee said.
Caroline compels her.
"Go find somebody single to stalk, Aimee".
Aimee leaves.
"Seriously?" Matt says annoyed.
"She was flirting with you".
"She's harmless; you don't have to be rude".
"You're mad?"
"You've been dodging my calls all day and you get to show up here and be the jealous girlfriend? It's kind of lame, Care".
Grace was watching as she stood next to her uncle watching the scene in front of her.
"Uncle Stefan are you and Uncle Damon gonna be like that when I start dating?" Grace asked.
Stefan chuckled. "Sweetheart with Damon around you'll never date".
He looks at her and leaves. Stefan and Grace arrives.
"Hey, I saw that. You compelled her". Stefan tells the blonde.
"Yeah, she deserved it". Caroline said.
"Caroline, nobody deserves to have their mind messed with for shallow reasons".
"He's right Care it sucks". Grace said.
"You know, why is everyone sticking up for Aimee freaking Bradley?"
"You're letting the jealousy get the best of you".
"Oh, so now I have magnified jealousy issues, too. That's great".
"I told you this wasn't gonna be easy".
"Yeah, well, I might as well have stayed dead. My entire personality is killing me".
"I like your personality Caroline". Grace said.
"Thank you Gracie".
He smiles.
"Shut up".
Duke University
Elena, Damon and Alaric are still in Isobel's office, looking for information.
"Any luck?" Damon asked.
"There's nothing in here about Katherine that we don't already know". Elena replied.
"Ah, man, you know, it's a bummer we're not friends anymore because I could tell you what I know".
"Now who's manipulating who?"
"Hey guys, check this out". Alaric said.
"There's no record of werewolf mythology in Mystic Falls, but here are some records of some of the lesser-known legends. Everything from Scandinavian skin-walkers to the Maréchal de Retz". Vanessa said.
She gives them a book with drawings.
"Tonartsliitsii Metslii, which roughly translates into the "curse of the sun and the moon".
"It's Native American".
"Aztec. It explains one origin of the werewolf curse traced through Virginia. The short story: 600 years ago, the Aztecs were plagued by werewolves and vampires. They terrorized the countryside, made farming and hunting impossible until an Aztec shaman cursed them, making vampires slaves to the sun and werewolves servants of the moon. As a result, vampires could only prowl at night and werewolves could only turn on a full moon. When the full moon crests in the sky, who's ever unlucky enough to fall under the werewolf curse turns into a wolf".
Back in the woods, Mason goes down into the ruins cellar and tests the strength of the restraining chains. One of them breaks.
"Can they control the transformation?" Damon asked.
"If it were a choice, it wouldn't be called a curse". Vanessa answered.
In the cellar, Mason removes new restraining gear from his bag.
"Werewolves will attack humans but instinct and centuries of rivalry have hardwired them to hunt their prey of choice: vampires".
"Well, if werewolves were hunting vampires, I would know about it".
"Not if there aren't that many werewolves left alive. Hundreds of years ago, vampires hunted them almost to extinction".
"Why would they do that?" Elena asked.
"To protect themselves. Legend has it that a werewolf bite is fatal to vampires".
Alaric, Elena and Damon look concerned.
"Oh..." Damon says.
Woods
It's night. A full moon is shining brightly in the sky. Everybody is leaving the swimming hole because Tyler asked them to. Matt is alone. Stefan and Caroline are looking at him. Grace was leaning into Stefan's side as sleep started to overcome the young girl.
"Uncle Stefan I'm tired". Grace said sleepily.
"We'll go home soon sweetheart". He said.
She whined a little he then picked her up as she snuggled into his embrace as she hid her face into his neck.
"He's mad at me". Caroline said.
"Go talk to him. I'll wait". Stefan said.
He then adjusted the young girl as she slowly started to doze off.
Stefan's phone is ringing. He answers it: it's Elena.
-Hey. Stefan answered.
-Hi. Listen we've learned some stuff here and I know it's gonna sound crazy but I wanted to fill you in. Elena replied.
-What's up?
Caroline rejoins Matt.
"Still mad?" Caroline asked.
"I thought we were past all this insecurity stuff, Caroline. I told you how I felt about you, what more do you need?" Matt replied.
"Nothing. Nothing. I don't need anything else. I'm sorry Matt, I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, so, so, sorry".
"I'm not kidding. I'm not gonna put up with the drama".
"No, no more drama. Just...I promise".
She kisses him.
"Come on".
They leave. Stefan is still on the phone with Elena. He keeps looking to see if Grace is sleep and she's in a light sleep but he kept talking in a quiet voice.
-I don't know what that means or if we should even believe it but it's a full moon, Stefan. After what you saw Mason Lockwood do...
-I'll be careful.
-There's one more thing.
-What is it?
-According to the legend, a werewolf bite can kill a vampire.
Stefan looks everywhere. He doesn't see Caroline or Matt.
-Listen, I gotta go. I'll see you when you get home, okay?
-Okay.
He hangs up and calls Caroline but she forgot her phone in her bag, in Matt's car. He goes in the woods. Grace then slowly started to wake up.
"Uncle Stefan what's going on?" Grace asked.
"Sweetheart I need you to wake up right now and do exactly what I tell you". Stefan tells her gently but firmly.
The ten year old then was wide awake as fear and panic started raising in her body. "Uncle Stefan what's wrong?"
Mason is chaining up himself in the cellar of the old Lockwood estate ruins but hears Aimee and Tyler nearby above.
"Not much farther, Aimee". Tyler said.
"Really Tyler? You dragged me all the way out here?" Aimee asked.
"I had to move the party so I'm moving the party".
"Where are we going?"
"It's right around this tree".
"Are you sure?"
"Oh yeah, come on".
They enter the ruin.
"What is this place?"
"It's a ruin buried underneath my family's old estate. No one will know we're down here".
"Is everyone else coming?"
"Yeah, unless you'd rather I tell them not to".
"You're single, right?"
"Oh yeah".
"Let's go".
Mason is running half-manacled through the woods and tries to chain himself to a tree. He looks at the moon and begins to scream. He runs toward his car and enters it, screaming. He closes the door. The car is moving a lot, he screams after that and we hear something growling in the car.
Duke University
Elena is looking in a box and finds a picture of Katherine.
"Hey, have you done any research on doppelgängers?" Elena asked.
"Well, the word means a lot of different things to different cultures, but typically a doppelgänger is a living, breathing double of oneself".
"Did Isobel have anything that explained the link between me and Katherine?"
"That's all she had on Katherine, unfortunately, but I can tell you that doppelgängers usually torment the people they look like, trying to undo their lives. It's not exactly uplifting".
"And more things we already know. Just...I want to know why we look alike".
"Head scratcher, isn't it?" Damon asked.
"Do you know something, or are you just being yourself?"
"Well, if I know anything, I'm not gonna tell you, not with that attitude".
"That's good, Damon, and this is coming from someone who wants to be my friend, but you know what? Friends don't manipulate friends, they help each other".
Woods
Tyler and Aimee are kissing in the cellar.
"Wait, wait. No, I'm sorry". Aimee said.
"What's the deal? Come on". Tyler replied.
"No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, I can't. I'm not into it".
"Then why did you come with me?"
"I don't know but I'm not even sure why I was flirting with you. I like Matt".
"Ouch. Um...okay".
"I'm gonna go".
"Yeah".
"Sorry".
She leaves.
"Wow...um..."
Stefan and Grace are in the woods, looking for Caroline when they hear an animal growling.
"Uncle Stefan what was that?" Grace asked, with fear laced into her voice as she clung to him.
They see Mason's car and goes toward it, noticing scratch marks on the ground. He sees chains tied to the tree. He looks into the car and sees yellow eyes looking out.
"Gracie get down". Stefan tells his niece.
She got down on the ground and protected her head as she began to whimper in fear. "Uncle Stefan what's going on? I'm scared".
Hearing his niece scared broke Stefan inside. "Don't worry baby I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere". He soothed her.
A wolf jumps through the window, falls on him and leaves. Stefan was on top of his niece as he protected her from the wolf he assumed was Mason. He then looked down at his scared niece and noticed that everything around was beginning to shake uncontrollably. 'If this wolf doesn't kill me Damon sure as hell will' Stefan thought to himself. Grace was trying to calm down but couldn't which made everything shake more. Anna was in the woods watching the whole thing.
"Don't worry Gracie you'll be with me real soon and you'll be safer with me". Anna whispered.
Duke University
Alaric and Vanessa are outside.
"I trust you're not gonna say anything about this to anyone". Alaric said.
"Or else Damon will kill me in my sleep? He gave me the 411, but if you need anything, you can call". Vanessa replies.
"Hopefully I won't have to".
"But if you do..."
"Listen, you don't want to get caught up in this. Really, it'll take over and will keep from being able to live your life".
"Isobel's disappearance...is it related to her research?"
"Isobel became her research. She wanted to become a vampire and she got her wish".
"I guess that would put a strain on a marriage".
"Anyway, I was wondering what it would be like to come back here. It's...it's okay, it's really okay. It feels good to have her in my past. You know, it' time to move behind this".
Elena is at the car. She can't open the car door. Damon arrives.
"Here. Allow me". Damon says. He unlocks the car. "You're not gonna be able to hate me forever".
"Can we just go?"
He gives her a book.
"You didn't dig deep enough".
She looks at the book. "Petrova" is written on the spine.
"Petrova". I saw this on a shelf".
"Katherine originally came from Europe. Petrova was her real name. Katerina Petrova, to be exact"
"How did you know that?"
"Back when, I saw it engraved on an old heirloom. Men snoop too, you know. Let me know what you find, I'm very curious myself".
She tries to go in the car but he stops her.
"You have every right to hate me, I understand but you hated me before and we became friends. It would suck if that was gone forever. So, is it? Have I lost you forever?"
"Thank you for the book, Damon".
She gets into the car.
Woods
Caroline and Matt are in the woods, talking.
"This looks like the spot". Matt said.
"For what?" Caroline asked.
They kiss. They hear an animal. The two then felt the ground shake.
"Did you hear that? And what's going on?"
She looks at him and kisses him. He pushes him against a tree and kisses him again but Matt hurts himself.
"Ah, damn".
"What happened?"
"I'm a klutz. What's the matter?"
Matt shows Caroline his wrist. It's bleeding. Caroline reaches down and licks it. She then bites it and starts to drink his blood.
"Caroline? What are you doing? Ah! Caroline! Caroline!"
Her face has changed; she stops and looks at him.
"Caroline! Your face!"
She bites him on the neck and drinks his blood but Stefan and Grace arrives and Stefan takes her away from Matt. Grace wanted to stay as close to her uncle as possible.
"Stop it! Stop! Stop! Stop!" Stefan says forcefully.
Her face is normal again but Matt faints and falls.
"Oh my god". Caroline said.
"No, no, no, stop. Listen to me. We need to get out of these woods now. We need to leave".
"What was that?"
"Matt, stay down. Do not move". Stefan instructed the teen boy.
"Uncle Stefan what about me?" Grace asked as she still clung to his jacket.
They hear noise all around them. Stefan held his niece for a moment and kissed her head. "Gracie, sweetheart I need you to listen to me carefully. I need you to stay here with Matt and stay down".
"What? No".
"Sweetheart you have to".
"But it could kill you".
"I can take care of myself".
"Am I allowed to use my powers? Uncle Damon doesn't want me to not in public at least".
"He did say you can if it's a life or death situation and this is that moment, were just gonna lead him away from you and Matt".
"You'll come back right?"
"Of course I will honey".
He then kissed her head just as she kissed his cheek. The ten year old had gotten down next to Matt, she tried to stop the shaking but couldn't.
"You and me, we're gonna run. It's going to follow us; we need to lead it away from Matt and Gracie. You need to run as fast as you can. Do you understand me? Go, go!" Stefan tells Caroline.
They run and arrive to old ruins but Caroline stops.
"Wait! What is it?!" Caroline exclaimed.
"It's a werewolf! He will try to kill us and he can!" Stefan answered.
Tyler arrives.
"Hey! What are you two doing?" Tyler asked.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked.
The werewolf rushes into Caroline. She falls on the floor, the werewolf is on her. Stefan rushes on the werewolf with his powers and pushes him.
"No!"
The werewolf looks at him and leaves. The wolf was walking as it had picked up Grace's scent he then begins to walks towards it. Grace was sitting next to Matt on the ground but everything was still shaking around her she had kept trying to calm herself down but couldn't, soon she felt something come out of her nose. Warm blood had begun oozing out of her nose on both sides she kept wiping the blood away frantically but it kept coming. 'Where are you Uncle Stefan?'
A few moments after that she had heard the growling from the wolf slowly coming their way she swallowed hard as it came her way. She then remembered what Damon had told her. 'You do not use your powers unless it's a life or death situation'. The ten year old had then stood up as the wolf began advancing more towards her. She shut her eyes then fiercely opened her eyes glaring at the wolf, she hadn't noticed that her blue eyes are changing colors she then began inflicting pain on the wolf as it whimpered in pain, Grace had continued this for a couple of moments.
More blood began flowing out of her nose, she was getting dizzy but kept her focus on the wolf in front of her. Everything around shook uncontrollably, the wind soon began picking up as leaves, dirt, and everything began flying around. Stefan noticed the wind picking up and everything around shook uncontrollably his eyes went into shock.
"Gracie". He said.
He then sped back to the spot where Matt and Grace were, when he got there he saw his young niece still inflicting pain on the wolf but she then passed out and the shaking and the wind had stopped. The wolf had ran off just as Stefan went towards his passed out niece, he was by her side in a moment. When he saw the blood from her nose starting to dry on her skin and clothes in broke him. When she was passed out she looked small, fragile, he heard her heartbeat as it began to slow down he then hugged her close to his chest as he kissed her head.
Caroline is compelling Matt.
"You're not going to remember what I did to you or what you saw me become". Caroline tells Matt.
"We were just making out in the woods". Matt said.
"And then an animal attacked you and bite your neck, you managed to keep Grace safe".
"It's weird; it just came out of nowhere. I hope Grace is alright now after that".
She looks at him and rejoins Stefan. By this time Stefan had cleaned the blood off of Grace's nose but some of it stained her shirt, she was asleep in Stefan's arms as he held her protectively.
"What are we gonna do about Tyler?" Caroline asked.
"I took care of it and I will get Matt on vervain, it'll keep you from being able to compel him and also to keep you from drinking his blood". Stefan answered.
"I can't believe I hurt him".
"I know".
"He is the one person on this entire planet that I never wanted to hurt".
"How do you and Damon do it? With Grace living with you and not hurting her?"
"We have control over ourselves and we know that we won't bring her any kind of harm. It's not going to get any easier. You're just gonna have to work that much harder".
"I shouldn't be with him, should I? Because if there is any danger..."
"I'm the last person to make that kind of decision for you. If I had follow my own advice, I would walked away from Elena a long time ago".
"You ever think you should have?"
"I know I should have, I just can't".
Tyler is in the woods. He looks at Mason's car and Mason arrives naked and muddy behind.
"Wanna toss me those?" Manson asked.
He passes him a bag.
"It was you?" Tyler asked.
Mason nods
Gilbert Residence
Elena and Damon are on the porch.
"Road trips work well for us". Damon said.
"This doesn't mean that things are back to the way they used to be, Damon". Elena said.
"Oh come on! You know I chipped a little bit off of your wall of hatred".
"I need to know the truth. When you broke Jeremy's neck, did you know that he was wearing the ring?"
"No. No, I didn't. Katherine really pissed me off and I snapped and...I got lucky with the ring. I don't know what I would have done if he wasn't wearing it. Elena, I'm sorry".
"Thank you for being honest with me and the answer to your question, about our friendship is yes. You have lost me forever".
"But you knew that already, didn't you? You used me today".
"You had information about Katherine that I needed to know".
"I thought friends don't manipulate friends. You and Katherine have a lot more in common than just your looks".
He looks at her and leaves.
Damon was walking home and Anna was watching him as she glared at him the whole time, she flexed her fingers wanting to stake him on the spot as she reached for a stake near by but didn't.
"You'll pay Damon soon enough you and Stefan will pay, you'll all pay". Anna whispered.
Salvatore Boarding House
Stefan had brought his niece home she was still asleep so he carried her up to her room he laid her on the bed and took of her shoes and covered her with the blanket he sat by her bedside just as Damon did. 'This is what Damon had felt like'. He then quietly left the room going down to the study, he poured himself a glass of whisky and slowly sipped on it. After a few minutes Damon had came home Stefan didn't want to tell his brother what had happened but he had too all he hoped was that Damon didn't do anything stupid.
"Hey how was the trip". Stefan asked.
"It was fine, where's Gracie?" Damon replied.
"She's up in her room asleep".
Damon knew something was off with his brother. "Is there something I should know Stefan?"
'Here goes nothing'. "Yes. Damon earlier tonight, Gracie and I were in the woods with Caroline when a werewolf attacked-"
"What?! Are you alright? Is Gracie alright?"
"Were fine Damon anyway Caroline and I had to lure it away from Matt and Gracie-"
"You left our ten year old niece in the middle of the woods while a wolf was around?! Have you lost your damn mind completely?!"
"It was to lure the wolf away from her and Matt".
Damon was outraged at his brother at the moment but he let him continue. "Once we got the wolf away from them we ended up running into Tyler, then all of a sudden the ground started to shake uncontrollably and the wind had started to pick up. Grace didn't have a choice but she did use her powers to take down the wolf".
"So let me get this straight, first you left our niece who still has no control of her powers in the middle of the woods with Matt, you lured the werewolf away from them knowing that it could kill you, and Gracie used her powers to take down the wolf".
"Yeah".
Damon stayed silent for a moment before speeding over and punching his brother across the face. "What the hell was that for?"
"That was for leaving Gracie in the middle of the woods while a wolf was around. Did you even tell her that a werewolf bite could kill you?"
"I didn't have too".
"Let me ask you something, if you did get bit tonight and Gracie watched you die what do you think that'll do to her? Did you even think about that outcome?"
"I did what I had to do to protect her and Matt".
"I understand that Stefan but do you know what that'll do to Grace, it's bad enough right now that she can't control her powers if she had seen you die like that it would just crush her and send her off the deep end".
Stefan then stayed quiet for a moment before speaking up. "I know how you felt".
"What are you talking about?"
"When you brought Gracie home from the carnival when she tried to help you and used up too much energy and passed out, when that happened tonight I felt that exact same fear you did. I thought for a second that she was gone but I heard her heartbeat and I knew she was ok".
"She needs to start learning how to control them or they could end up killing her one day".
"I talked with Bonnie about it we waited till you got home to discuss that".
"Well we can discuss it tomorrow for now I'm gonna go check on Gracie to make sure she's ok".
"I'm coming with you".
"Oh and Stefan one more thing, if you ever leave Grace anywhere by herself again and she's in danger I will stake you".
"Sounds fair". 'I'm just glad I didn't tell him that Grace used her powers to help Bonnie'.
The two brothers had reached their niece's room, they had quietly entered the room going over to the sleeping child. Grace had started groaning in pain as she started to stir.
"Gracie? Sweetheart open your eyes you can do it". Damon said.
The young girl's eyes had shot opened and she shot up panicked. "We gotta get out of here or the wolf will come back!"
"Gracie, hey it's alright now honey were home the wolf's gone you managed to keep him down for a bit". Stefan said.
"Ah my head is killing me". She then held her aching head.
Damon then went to get her a painkiller while Stefan stayed with her. "I'm sorry Uncle Stefan I used too much energy and passed out".
"It wasn't your fault sweetie, I shouldn't have left you like that but I was in the moment and I thought what I did, it would protect you but it didn't so I'm the one who should be sorry".
She then jumped into Stefan's arms surprising him in a hug, Stefan then wrapped his arms around her holding her close he then kissed her head. "I love you Gracie. Never forget that".
"I love you too Uncle Stefan".
Damon then re entered the room holding a pain pill and a glass of water. "Here you go Gracie".
"Thanks Uncle Damon".
She then took the pill and drank some of the water she was still sleepy so she started to doze off.
"G'night Uncle DaDa...g'night Uncle Stefy".
The brothers smiled at the nicknames she had for them.
"Sweet dreams sweetheart". Stefan whispered.
"Sleep tight munchkin". Damon whispered.
They kiss her head and head to their rooms for the night.
Meanwhile
Anna was beginning to get impatient she was ready to go to the Salvatore house and grab Grace then run, she had pacing in the room just before Katherine came back.
"Would you stop pacing you're making me dizzy". Katherine said.
"I can't, I want my daughter back and I can't wait any longer. I'm starting to get very impatient Katherine and when that happens let's just say you don't wanna see my bad side". Anna said.
"I told you this was gonna take some time and you need to wait just until I get Stefan alone, once I have him right where I want him the little pint size brat is all yours for the taking".
"All I want is for my little girl to be back with me and we'll be together forever".
"Yeah there's something you should know".
"What?"
"After your appearance the first time, Grace had Damon wipe her mid of all memories of you".
"What?!" Anna then threw a chair across the room.
"But hear me out because I got a better Idea".
"Which is what?"
Katherine smirked then spoke, "What your gonna do is...