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A/N: Sienna Salvatore – Danielle Campbell.
River Fell – Meaghan Martin.
Luna Lockwood – Isabeli Fontana.
Stone Fell – Alexander Ludwig.
Chapter 14:
Two days had gone by since Caroline was brought into the fold and surprisingly, she had taken the knowledge of the supernatural entities existence like a fish takes to water. The only change was that Caroline now hated Damon with a passion for his taking advantage on her, feeding on her, compelling her and having her play a part in Zachary Salvatore's death. Currently, the sisters were congregated on their regular lunch table in school, chattering inanely about anything and everything but vampires and witches, having collectively agreed to try and go through one normal day.
Luna's grey orbs fixated on Caroline's bubbly face, and with suspicion coloring her voice, she said, "Okay, Care, spill. You're sporting the scheming face. What are you up to?"
"Okay, so I was thinking about planning a double date. Me and Matt, with Elena and Stefan!" she chirped out excitedly, prompting three identical looks of distaste from her sisters. Before they could get a word in, the bubbly blonde rolled her eyes and hurriedly said, "I know, I know, Elena, eww, why? It's just… I feel like Matt still isn't over her! And by going out on a date with her and Stefan, Matt would finally see that she moved on and is happy with him."
Sighing loudly in comprehension, Sienna nodded glumly, "I see your point. You're like claiming your territory on Matt and at the same time, hoping the lovesick idiot would finally let Elena go. Ingenious, I like it."
"Although I don't see the point, Care. Matt really likes you, I can tell," River stated, "Plus you have Kiki on your side," she reminded her.
Long ago, Sienna, Luna and River deducted that Elena was the sole reason for Caroline's total lack of confidence which ended up making her neurotic and slightly clingy with boys. It was practically Elena's nature to get boys to fawn all over her, and tearing apart the female population's self-assurance. Of course, the three girls never became prey to Elena Gilbert, due to their early hatred toward the brunette, unfortunately, if Caroline hadn't been friends with Bonnie, she never would have stuck around Elena and became a victim.
Suddenly, the new girl, Avery Riggs, got knocked over by a few jocks, and took a tumble onto the ground, her books spreading out of her reach. The friendly blondes of the sisterhood, River and Caroline immediately went to her aid, and helped gather her possessions before they got trampled on by the crowd. Smiling shyly at them, Avery tucked a strand behind her ear and stammered out her gratitude.
Sienna shot her a friendly smile, "I would have helped, but uh, I'm indisposed at the moment," she jested, caressing her pregnant stomach. Luna rolled her eyes, "Yeah, I've no excuse, I wasn't in the mood to play Mother Teresa."
"Luna!" River and Caroline chastised her with wide-eyes. Sienna suppressed her laughter; typical Lu, she had never been the kind of person to make excuses, it was commonly known that she was bluntly honest, uncaring if her words or actions hurt anyone's feelings, and the girls learned to roll with it, however, she was refreshing to all the phonies out there.
"I-It's okay, thank you though," Avery blushed profusely.
"Hey! Avery!" Sienna called after her retreating back, "If you ever need help around Mystic, give us a yell, you hear me?" Once the new girl fled from the premises, Luna rolled her eyes again, "Sienna, always the Good Samaritan, I see you inherited it from Stefan."
"Oh, hush you," Sienna grinned, bumping shoulders with the opinionated brunette while the two blondes laughed it out.
After school, Caroline giddily informed the girls that Elena agreed to the double date. The blonde Forbes wouldn't be able to congregate with the girls in the Boarding House, due to her needing to spruce herself up for the night. Luna and River decided to spend the night at Sienna's and were determined to have a movie marathon, one where they wouldn't end up falling asleep. The cheerful ambience however, declined tremendously once the doorbell rang and a minute later, they heard Damon call out for Sienna.
"What is i…t" the pregnant Salvatore trailed off as she noticed there were two well-presented women by the door. River and Luna loyally rushed over to her side, not trusting her to be alone with Damon while Logan was in Richmond until nightfall, and all three sisters scrutinized the visitors with a suspicious eye, knowing that the only new person to have arrived in Mystic Falls was the timid Avery Riggs.
The older woman smiled benignly at Sienna and spoke up in a modulated tone, "Hello, my name is Pearl. You must be Ms. Salvatore. I am an old friend of your cousin Damon. Would you terribly mind if my daughter, Anna and I discussed a few words?"
Sienna immediately went into a defensive stance and cradled her stomach protectively, "Sure, what matters do you want to speak with us of?" At her words, Damon smirked triumphantly, knowing his niece was extremely astute for her age.
Clearing her throat awkwardly, Pearl shot her a strained smile, "My dear, the proper conduct of manner for a young lady would be to invite your guests inside. It is dismal behavior to keep people standing on your doorstep."
Luna and River scoffed in unison, but otherwise, kept their mouths shut and remained stoic on either side of their pregnant friend, whose eyebrows arched as she stared at Pearl with fire in her olive green orbs. "Oh, pardon my atrocious manners," she sneered sarcastically, all cordiality gone, "But if you think I'm an oblivious teenaged girl, then sorry to disappoint, but I don't allow untrustworthy vampires who appeared out of nowhere inside my house. How stupid are you woman?"
"Hey! Don't talk to my mother like that!" Anna growled.
Luna sneered, "Wow, you must be the pathetic stalker of Jeremy Gilbert everyone's heard so much about," at Anna's mien of utter shock, Luna smirked, "Didn't think anyone in town would notice the way you hovered over little Gilbert at the Grill? Well, think again Anna Banana."
Pearl glared at the brunette as she mocked her daughter, but before she could get a word in, Sienna intervened, "Let me tell you something, Pearl, my friends and family are off limits. You had the audacity to fake niceties and try and trick me into inviting you into my home, my safe haven? Leave now! If you have any words you need to discuss with Damon, then make an appointment and do so far away from my property." And with those parting words, Sienna strode forward and slammed the door in her dumbfounded face.
"Well," Damon enthusiastically clapped his hands together, "That went well. Good job, Sienna. Couldn't have said it better myself."
River glared at the volatile vampire, "You could have warned us beforehand, you know! What if Sienna didn't realize they were vampires and invited them in?!"
Rolling his eyes in retort, Damon's trademark smirk returned onto his visage, "Relax Goldilocks. I had entire faith in Sienna; besides, Logan and I already informed you about young Anna, remember, with her being the one who turned him in the first place and all. Pearl thought you were a mindless pregnant teen with no brain cells to rub together, I wanted to prove her wrong." He winked and opened the front door, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm heading out for some recreational drinking at the Grill. Try not to leave the house without me, Stefan or Logan, there's a swarm of tomb vamps out there without handy daylight rings."
"Isn't that fan-fucking-tastic," Luna snarled once Damon left the Boarding house. Sienna huffed in aggravation, "You took the words right out of my mouth."
The girls ended up forgoing the movie marathon and barricaded themselves in Sienna's room the whole day, giving each other facials, manicures and pedicures while gossiping about everything, from boys to vampires to witches. Once nightfall struck, the girls heard thumping noises from downstairs followed by quiet laughter, and too curious for their own good, they descended the stairs carefully only to gain first-stage tickets to none other than Damon and Kelly Donovan in the midst of a passionate kissing session, their clothes seeming bedraggled.
"Holy crap!" Luna hissed, just as Matt's voice boomed out from the front door, "Mom?!"
"Ugh, Damon!" Caroline shrieked, glaring daggers into the back of his skull, before her cornflower blue orbs flickered toward her three flabbergasted and deeply nauseated sisters who stood gaping at the scene from the bottom of the staircase.
Kelly ripped herself away from a topless Damon, her vivid green orbs widening in a state of shame and remorse, "Oh my god, Matt! Sienna! Oh my god. I'm so, I'm so sorry!"
Sighing loudly, the four sisters gave her sympathetic smiles, knowing that it wasn't Kelly's intention to cause a scene; Mr. Donovan just really did a number on her. The four girls ignored the enraged Matt, revolted Elena, disappointed Stefan and annoyed Damon, and slowly congregated around her.
"It's alright, Kiki, we understand," Sienna smiled, embracing the mortified mother.
Caroline gently held her hand and slowly dragged her toward the front door, "How about Matt and I take you home, Kiks. Come on; how about we forget everything that happened tonight. Let's go," as they ambled toward the front door, the bubbly blonde shot Matt a warning glare and after an awkward goodbye, the Donovans and Caroline left the Boarding House.
"What the hell, Damon? What were you thinking going after Matt's mother," Elena shouted in apoplectic rage.
Crossing her arms, Luna stood next to Damon, and to his vehement surprise, spoke up in his defense, "What? As opposed to going after you?! Is little Miss Elena Gilbert jealous?"
"What Damon does in his own time, in his own house, is none of your business," River sneered. Sienna glared at the speechless bint, "I think Stefan that it's time Elena left." Sheepishly, Stefan tugged an aggravated Elena out the door, and once the brunette left, Sienna whirled around to face a grateful, yet surprised Damon, "And you! If you even think about sucking Kiki dry, I'll dungeon your ass again!"
"Fine, fine, chill," Damon huffed, going over to the small bar and pouring himself a hefty amount of bourbon. "Just, save the lecture-"
In the blink of an eye, the long length window separating them from the outdoors was shattered into pieces by a large boulder which nearly impacted with Luna. Damon quickly flashed her away, and to Sienna and River's side before him and Stefan glared at the other side, their faces vamping out when they saw two of the tomb vamps.
"Sienna, you and your friends stay here! Don't intervene!" Stefan yelled, grabbing a piece of glass from the floor and joining Damon outside. The three sisters watched in terrified awe as the four vampires flashed around each other, leaving behind blurs, before suddenly, Stefan dropped down as the male vampire stabbed him with a piece of glass.
"STEFAN!" Sienna screamed, one hand hugging her womb protectively while Luna and River kept a firm grip on each of her arm.
Thankfully, Stefan pulled the shard out of his back with a grunt and flashed back inside the house, breaking the leg off a wooden chair before returning to fight alongside Damon who was currently outmatched, two against one. In the blink of an eye, using the element of surprise, Stefan yanked the female vampire off Damon and stabbed her in the heart, and they all watched as she desiccated right before their eyes. The girls couldn't detach their eyes from the incensed male vampire as he stared at the dead vampire, but before Damon or Stefan could attack him, he vanished from sight.
"Damn it!" Damon swore, punching the wall hard.
"I remember them from 1864. They were in the tomb," Stefan's grim face was burning a hole into Damon's head as they both joined the frightened girls.
"Yeah… about that," Damon sheepishly averted eye-contact with his younger brother, but an enraged Sienna spat out, "They fucking escaped! And they trashed the house! What the hell do they want from us?"
For once, Damon's face lost all arrogance as he solemnly stared at his pregnant niece, "If I were to make a guess, I'd say revenge."
"Revenge for what?!" River yelled.
Stefan pinched the bridge of his nose, "Revenge for being locked in the tomb-"
"What the hell happened here?!" Logan yelled from the doorway, his mahogany orbs staring iin bewilderment at the mummified vampire.
Luna and River texted their parents that they would be sleeping over at Sienna's, both girls not wanting to leave their frightened pregnant sister alone after the shocking events of the night. But the girls were too shaken, and had barely been able to sleep a wink, especially due to the raging storm outside. When they finally decided to join the three vampires downstairs in cleanup duty, there was barely any sunshine entering the house.
To their ire, Elena prissy Gilbert was in her house too!
Deciding to ignore the bitch's presence, the three girls cuddled next to each other on the three-seater sofa and flashed a grateful smile at Logan as he handed over their breakfast; he was such a covert Papa Bear. The four human girls watched as Damon and Logan dragged the dead vampire into the fireplace while Stefan boarded the broken window.
"I say we go to Pearl's, bust down the door, and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night," Damon snarled, acting true to his reckless persona. Stefan snorted, and paused in his ministrations as he stared incredulously at his furious brother, "Yeah. And then what? We turn to the rest of that house of vampires and say, 'Oops. Sorry?'"
Despite the situation, Luna and River couldn't help but burst out into uproarious laughter while Sienna smiled fondly. Logan chuckled at the girls' infectious laughter and turned to face an annoyed Damon, "Stefan is right. We have got to be smart about this, Damon. We can't just go barging in there unprepared."
"I can't believe you made a deal with her," Elena snarled, having had enough with everybody ignoring her presence. At that new piece of information, Sienna sat up in the couch and shot Damon a no-nonsense glare that had him recoiling slightly, "What deal, Damon?"
"Right, well," Damon nervously scratched the back of his neck, and Stefan and Logan tried suppressing their laughter at the reckless, volatile vampire being transformed into a stammering mess at the mere glare of the tiny pregnant teenager. "Now, cousin, don't be angry, remember what the doctor said, you must keep your blood pressure-"
"Spit it out, Damon!" Luna growled, her grey eyes flashing similarly to the stormy clouds outside.
"It was more of a helpful exchange of information," Damon rushed out, "And it's not like I had a choice. When you kicked Pearl out, she confronted me later, and she's … scary," shaking his head from the memory, he smirked, "Besides, she's gonna help me get Katherine back."
Elena crossed her hands against her chest, and scoffed in disbelief, "Of course she is. Damon gets what he wants, as usual. No matter who he hurts in the process."
"Wow, I cannot believe I am in accord with Gilbert there, but she makes a decent point," River snapped, her navy blue orbs glaring daggers at the nonchalant vampire, who glibly retorted, "No need to be snarky about it."
"Snarky? Snarky!" Sienna shrieked, and the three vampires in the room winced at the high-pitched noise, "Sheila died for absolutely no reason! All the vampires have been released from the tomb, and two of them decided to pay us a visit and destroy my house, placing my babies in danger! I've earned snarky, Damon! You know what? I really hope Katherine is worth all this!"
The pregnant teen turned around and waddled toward the kitchen without another word; Luna and River stood up to follow her, but before they did, Luna sneered, "You know, I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities, but hey, call me naïve, but here I thought family came first."
Damon hid the guilt and sadness at the hurtful words deftly behind his cocky smirk and indifferent mask and left the room. Logan retreated to his room for a few hours of sleep after Elena departed to her house, and Luna dropped River home before returning to hers, after all, their parents would start getting suspicious if they never made an appearance.
"Stef? Where are you going?" Sienna asked, wiping away the last remnant of tears from her puffed up face. Stefan's brows knit together in concern and he flashed over to her side and cupped her face, frowning at the sight of her red-rimmed eyes, "Sienna, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, stupid pregnancy hormones, they're all over the place, forget it. So, where you going?"
Damon's cocky voice drifted from behind her, "Hunting party."
Ignoring Damon, Sienna stared questioning olive orbs at Stefan who smiled and gave her a small nod of agreement, "That guy did a number on me last night when he stabbed me. I gotta get my strength back up."
"Do you mind taking me with you? I want to visit Kiki, but I'm scared to walk out alone," Sienna murmured. Stefan knew that his niece was embarrassed with her confession; being abandoned by her parents and growing up around an aloof Zach, she had no choice but to be independent from a young age, and she was unused to having any relatives around to take care of her. Without a word, Stefan placed an arm around the pregnant teen, and as they approached the front door, they both couldn't help but roll their eyes at Damon's quip remark, "All right. Give my regards to the squirrel and the cougar."
The two Salvatores started chattering inanely as they passed by the woods, other than it being a shortcut to the Donovans, Stefan would be able to feed and therefore killing two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, due to Stefan's weakness from being stabbed last night, he was unable to hear the horde of tomb vampires following them, until the same one who attacked them last night appeared from a tree branch and stabbed him with a wooden stake.
"No! STEFAN!" Sienna screamed hysterically, her eyes widening upon noticing that they were surrounded from all sides, "What do you want?" she snarled, trying to eliminate the quiver from her voice and remain brave, her hands hugging her womb in fear.
Frederick strolled toward her, "Personally, I wanted nothing from you, but apparently, there is a price on your head, and a devious witch made me a good bargain." And without further ado, he nodded at one of the vampires standing behind her; before she could get a word in, a firm arm held her flush against a body in a tight grip and a handkerchief covered her nose and mouth.
She felt dizzy and her vision was blinded with numerous white spots, the last thought that passed through her mind was 'chloroform' and she knew no more.
.*.
River sat in the living room with Stone as he leisurely surfed through the channels on the television; she had been on the phone for an hour now, keeping Caroline company as she was driving to her Dad's house in this atrocious weather for his step-daughter's birthday. The two siblings stayed rooted in their spot for two hours more until the doorbell rang, and once River gave Stone a stubborn glare, he groaned and rolled his eyes as he went to answer the front door in a huff.
"Uncle Logan? What are you doing here?"
Hearing Stone's words, River quickly ended the phone call with Caroline and ran toward the door, "Damo-, Elena? Ugh, what's she doing here?"
Damon rolled his eyes and gave the blonde a meaningful stare, "Look, now isn't the time, Goldilocks. By any chance have you seen Sienna or Stefan?"
"Wh-what? No! The last time I saw them was before I left the Boarding House this morning. What's- what's going on?" River demanded, fear gripping her heart as an ominous sensation wrapped around her.
"Damnit!" Logan snarled, "What about Luna, Caroline?"
"N-no. Caroline is on the road to her father's house, and Luna is with Tyler at the Grill," Luna replied.
During the whole befuddling conversation, Stone was completely forgotten. But the older boy was listening intently to every single word, and finally the puzzle pieces fell into place.
"Uncle Logan, Damon, tell me what's wrong?! Sienna was supposed to stay indoors!" River screamed.
Damon's face morphed into genuine fear, "Stefan went out in the woods and Sienna tagged along because she wanted to go to Donovan's place and see his mom. I can't get both of them on the phone. We figured they stopped by here, our next stop was Luna's."
River wasted no time in dialing Sienna's number, "It's going straight to voice-mail. Where could she be?"
A grimace appeared on Damon's handsome visage, "You're not going to like what I'm thinking. Come on, get your things, Goldilocks, we're going."
"Woah!" Stone gripped River tightly to his side, "River isn't going anywhere with you, vampire," he snarled. Logan's eyes widened, before he slumped in defeat and sighed forlornly, "I was wondering how long it would take for you to find out, Stone."
"Yeah, well, this little showdown helped fit in the final piece of the puzzle," Stone scoffed, "Obviously Dad doesn't know what you are… Who else knows about the little gang of vampires playing house?"
River yanked herself from Stone's grip, surprising him when she stood protectively by Logan's side, "Other than us here. Sienna, Luna and Caroline. I'm not going to let you hurt them, Stone. They're family!"
"Are you fucking with me, Riv! They're vampires! Heartless, soulless, cold-blooded murderers! Logan may be our uncle, but it doesn't change a thing, and the Salvatore brothers aren't your family either!" Stone yelled, extending a wooden stake out in front of him for protection.
"That's where you're wrong, Stone," though River's eyes pleaded with him to understand, her voice was aggressive when she spoke to him, "Uncle Logan died, he didn't ask for this life, but he's been doing the best he can! He's been protecting me and the girls this whole time! Stefan and Damon, they're Sienna's uncles and no matter what happens, she loves them and they're her family! Since Sienna is my family that makes them mine too! So if you're going to kill them, then you're going to have to go through me first!"
Stone's navy blue orbs widened in shock, and he lowered the hand with the wooden stake, "You would go against your own brother, for the likes of them?"
"The stories the Founding Family spread out is all wrong, Stone! They're biased! I won't deny that most vampires are brutal monsters, but not all of them are. I've met compassionate vampires that make humans look like monsters. So either you're with us, or against us!"
Stone was rendered speechless, staring gobsmacked at the two vampires, his sister and the Gilbert girl in front of him; Damon suddenly snarled, "Look, you can argue it out later, right now, my brother and my pregnant niece are missing, probably by Frederick and the rest of them! Let's go!"
River couldn't stop the tears from flowing rapidly down her face as her brother slammed the door in their faces in response to her previous question. Defending the vampires resulted in her losing her brother.
As Damon and Logan went to confront Frederick, River was stuck in the car with a hysterical Elena Gilbert, much to her annoyance. Five minutes later, they returned into the car with identical despondent looks on their faces.
"What happened?" Elena shot off immediately. Damon grimaced, and for the first time since meeting the volatile Salvatore, River witnessed the protective brother and uncle emerge on his mien, "They have him. Stefan managed to let me know that Sienna's there too. But I can't get in."
"What? Why not?!" River demanded, sharing Elena's hysterical disposition now that she had proof of Sienna and Stefan's exact whereabouts. Logan answered this time, for the first time looking like the predator that he is, "Because the damned woman who owns the house is compelled to not let both of us in."
"We can get in!" Elena argued, and for once, River didn't mind teaming up with the whiny girl she despised with a passion.
"You're not going in there!" Damon growled protectively. Logan's mahogany orbs burnt into his niece's, "I'm not going to allow you to place yourself in harm's way. You're choosing to enter a house full of vampires, vampires older than both of us. You'll only succeed in killing yourselves, the both of you."
"Then what do we do?" River asked desperately.
Damon and Logan initiated eye-contact with each other, and nodded grimly. Damon started the car without another word, while Logan addressed River, "Riv, tell Luna to meet us in Mystic High. I don't want her alone now that the tomb vampires are able to come out in this weather."
.*.
"Sienna … Sienna … Sienna, Sienna come on, wake up … Sienna…"
Feeling slightly dazed and out of touch with reality, the recess of Sienna's mind began replaying the previous events that landed her in this odd floating sensation. But when the familiar yet pained voice of Stefan permeated the air, she finally managed to snap open her eyelids, and with all her strength, managed to flicker her olive green orbs and scrutinize her surroundings. She looked to be in some dingy dungeon, or basement, all she knew, was that she was definitely underground somewhere. A sigh of relief reverberated from her left, and she slowly whipped her head and came face-to-face with Stefan, who looked worse for wear. Horror-struck, she studied her Uncle's condition in silence; he was tied up in ropes that looked to be soaked in vervain due to the blistering skin, he was topless and blood smeared his entire chest, and lastly, a wooden stake was embedded in his torso, but thankfully, nowhere near his heart.
"St-Stefan," she croaked her voice hoarse; her eyes widened in cognizance, and her hands immediately covered her womb, breathing a sigh of relief that her babies seemed fine and, to her confusion, she wasn't tied up like Stefan.
"Ah, Sleeping Beauty has finally awakened," a dark voice spoke up from the doorway. Sienna glared at the vampire who broke into her house last night and attacked them continuously.
"Leave her alone! Your problem is with m-"Stefan was unable to continue his sentence as another male vampire stabbed him on the thigh, eliciting a pained shout and causing her to flinch, "Leave him alone!"
Frederick whipped around to face her and there was palpable confusion written on his face, "You'd defend him? A soulless vampire?!"
Sienna spat at his face, "You know nothing about him or his soul. He's my family and the only monster around here is you and your cronies." Before Frederick could punish her, a dark-skinned male yanked him away from her, and spoke in a soft voice, "This isn't right! The girl is pregnant leave her be."
"You're gonna want to let go of me!" Frederick sneered, a warning in his voice.
"Miss Pearl will be home soon!" the vampire continued, flashing a contrite look toward Sienna. Frederick gave a wordless order to two of the vampires in the room, "Miss Pearl is no longer in charge. Tie him up! And then stake him down!" Sienna watched in horror as the soft-spoken vampire who defended her was dragged over to Stefan's other side and they began tying him up in rope soaked in vervain. Frederick on the other hand, never detached his cruel black orbs from Sienna's mien, and he grinned darkly, "I think Rob over here would like to have a simple taste of your delectable blood before we kill you. Rob."
"No!" Stefan managed to groan out, his forest green orbs staring with immense malice at Frederick. But to every vampire in the dingy room's shock, just as Rob's canine's elongated and went to bite Sienna's neck, his head fell backward and an excruciating scream escaped his lips. Rob collapsed onto the ground, both his hands cradling his head as he continued to scream in agony until finally, his neck snapped by itself and he fell motionless to the ground.
Silence permeated the room for an entire minute, and even the two vampires who had been tasked with tying up the vampire who spoke on her behalf, froze halfway through their ministrations, all pairs of orbs staring gobsmacked at Sienna's shocked form.
"She didn't tell me you're a witch!" Frederick snarled, backing up in a mixture of horror and rage; but as he scrutinized the two Salvatore's stunned expressions, he realized that they too, never knew, and finally, the enigma of why the mysterious witch wanted Sienna Salvatore dead was known, and Frederick cursed himself for agreeing to aid that witch, for Sienna seemed to be too powerful if she was able to snap a three-hundred year old vampire's neck using her mind, without her permission or knowledge, and without training or experience.
Sienna sneered at him, "I'm not a fucking witch." But they all ignored her, for it was obvious that the pregnant girl was oblivious of her heritage.
One of the vampires who stood behind Frederick gulped, "Fred, what do we do now?"
"This changes things," Frederick announced, "Sorry boys, but we won't be able to get a taste on her." He took out a sharp knife from his pocket, and before Sienna could blink, he hurled it toward her forehead with accurate aim. If only it were that easy; the second the knife was a hairsbreadth away from impacting Sienna's skin, a blinding violet shield encompassed her whole form, and upon making contact with it, the knife bounced right off and onto the ground with a loud clunk.
"What the fuck!" Frederick suddenly lost all arrogance; the main emotion playing on his visage was palpable fear. Finally, after a long moment of silence, Frederick turned around and signaled the vampires to follow him, but before he shut the door behind him, he glared at Sienna with a forced cruel smirk, "I guess I'm going to have to kill you the arduous way. Starvation."
"St-Stefan, what the hell just happened? What is, am I a witch?" Sienna stammered in fear.
Stefan grimaced in pain, and hoarsely said, "We'll figure it out, Sienna. Don't worry, Damon will get us out of here."
.*.
On the other side of Mystic Falls, Damon and Logan were having a hard time in convincing Alaric to help them out, even Elena's pathetic blubbering of, 'it's Stefan,' didn't succeed in changing his mind, an enraged and worried Luna finally had enough.
"Look, Mr. Saltzman, I understand your hatred toward vampires, really, I do. But Stefan isn't the only one trapped in there, Sienna is! A scared and defenseless pregnant teenage girl who is carrying twins!" Luna shouted, her fists clenching and unclenching due to the apoplectic rage that was consuming her, "Unlike Stefan, Sienna doesn't have the advantage of quick healing or a high tolerance of pain. Are you really going to be able to sleep at night, knowing that a young girl and two unborn babies died because of your stubbornness?"
After Luna's verbal onslaught, there was no question of whether or not Alaric Saltzman would come to their aid, and he immediately retrieved his plethora of weapons and began handing them out.
An impressed Damon, whistled, "Teacher by day, vampire hunter by night."
"I've you to thank for that," Alaric snapped.
The six of them separated themselves into two cars and sped over to the house contaminated with tomb vampires, but the surprises of the day weren't over, for just as they clambered out of the car, they were met with the grim and apologetic face of Stone Fell who stood leaning against his car, obviously having been waiting for them for quite a while.
"You here to kill us, Stone?" Logan sighed, staring at his nephew warily.
Shaking his head in rebuttal, Stone dragged a hand down his face, his navy blue orbs flashing at a terrified River in remorse, "No. Not today, not ever. The second I slammed the door on your face, I regretted my actions, grabbed my weapons and followed you. I've been waiting ever since you decided to stop off at Mystic High."
Damon smirked, "I knew it was you tailgating us."
Stone glared at the volatile vampire in response, "Do I need to worry about you? From what I have been able to decipher, you've been the vampire on a killing spree all this time." Huffing in annoyance, Damon grabbed the offered weapon from Alaric, "No, Sienna managed to tame me for now. And killing you wouldn't win me any favors, even though I really want to since you abandoned my niece after knocking her up. Let's go!"
"I'm coming with you," Elena whined, grabbing a vervain dart.
"No you're not, Elena. Wait in the car with Luna and River," Damon retorted offhandedly.
"It's Stefan!" Elena whined yet again; Luna growled and grabbed the brunette by the arm and slammed her onto her car, "Listen up you whiny little bitch. That house is infested with vampires, you tagging alongside them like a pestilence will only get them, Stefan and Sienna killed because they'll be putting their effort in trying to save your unworthy ass! You are not a vampire, and unlike Stone, you are not trained to be a hunter, that means you are completely useless against them. So shut up, and sit the fuck down, and I swear to god, Gilbert, if you continue to grate on my nerves with your incessant whining, I'll bash your skull against the car, rendering you unconscious for the rest of the night. Got it?!"
Suffice to say, Elena huddled at the end of the car, far away from the abrasive Lockwood. River embraced Logan and Stone, "You guys come back to me, okay! Damon! Make sure they come out in one piece, please."
Damon winked at the blonde, "You got it, Goldilocks."
Everything was going as they planned; Alaric and Stone managed to get leeway into the house, Damon snapped Mrs. Gibbons neck, allowing him and Logan the ability to enter, and for the past ten minutes, every vampire that stood in their way, ended up with a vervain dart attached to their body, a snapped neck, or a stake to the heart. The two vampire hunters collided with the two vampires near the cellar, and they made a beeline toward the wounded Stefan and terrified Sienna.
"Damon, Uncle Logan, thank go-, Stone? What is he doing here?" Sienna gasped; Alaric she understood, he had a magic ring that would render him unbeatable, but the father of her unborn children, and ex-boyfriend who dumped her … she couldn't comprehend.
Stone's handsome face morphed into palpable relief and he immediately ran to her side, "If you think I was about to let you suffer here under these vampires hands, then you're crazy."
Before Sienna could answer, she yelled out, "No! Not him!" prompting Damon to stare at her in confusion as he was about to kill Harper, "They tied him up for trying to defend me. Harper isn't a threat."
"Alright, alright," Damon acquiesced. Once Alaric released Stefan from his binds, he stumbled over to Sienna's side, "I got this. Go get Frederick. He's been working with someone to kill Sienna."
Damon's mood turned incensed at that discovery, and he let out a terrifying growl, "Got it. Kill Frederick. Son of a bitch!" flashing his brother and niece a worried look, he said, "Can you two make it to the car? Elena, River and Luna are waiting for you."
"Like hell am I going to leave Sienna alone," Stone snapped.
"Stone," Sienna croaked, "If we allow these tomb vamps to live, they'll keep on coming. Their goal is revenge against all the Founders Families for trapping them in the tomb in 1864. None of us are safe as long as they are alive. Just-, you four work together and try not to kill each other. Stefan and I will be fine."
Surprisingly, the two vampire hunters worked decently with the two vampires, but unfortunately, Fredrick managed to escape and if it weren't for Pearl and Anna's timely arrival, the four of them would have been in deep shit since they ran out of weapons and were surrounded.
"What did you do?" Pearl snarled, glaring at Damon with outrage.
"Me?" Damon snapped, "Your merry little band of vampires spent the day torturing my brother, and my pregnant niece!"
Pearl blanched, her eyes widening in shock, "Trust me. The parties responsible will be dealt with."
"Our little arrangement doesn't work unless you learn to control them," Damon growled. Logan pulled him back, "Enough, let's leave, Damon," he nudged Alaric and Stone out the door, but Damon had one last parting word for a dumbfounded Pearl, "If I had a good side… Not a way to get on it."
While the four of them were making their way out of the house, Sienna and Stefan managed to join River, Luna and Elena in one piece. Frederick however, managed to catch up with them and continued to stab Stefan.
"NO! You leave him alone you bastard!" Sienna screamed from between Luna and River's protective hold. Suddenly, Frederick began screaming in agony, much like Rob did in the cellar, but before he could pass out from the excruciating pain, Elena stabbed him with the vervain dart she had been holding hostage.
"Stefan, come on, Stefan wake up," Elena cried as she cradled Stefan in her arms. In a quick motion, she grabbed a nearby rock and sliced her hand and before the three girls could stop her, held it over Stefan's mouth.
"You idiot! What did you do?" Luna growled, pulling Elena away from Stefan's unconscious form; but it was too late, for Stefan already had his fill of human blood and before Frederick could regain consciousness, he viciously stabbed him repeatedly in the heart with a branch.
Sienna slapped a distressed Elena in the face, "He has a problem with consuming human blood!" Elena stammered and floundered, unable to speak up for herself, but Sienna didn't care, and she sneered in her face, "Whatever happens next you bitch, is on you!"
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In a darkened room, a hooded figure was trashing the place in a fit of uncontrollable rage, "You idiot! You failed me, Frederick! You failed!"
Once the witch released all her anger, she cackled evilly while staring at her reflection in the mirror, "I should have never tasked a vampire with a witch's job. Your life shall soon meet its demise from my hands, Sienna Salvatore, too long has your existence irked me!"
A/N: Whew! This was a long chapter since I fit in two episodes together.
So, Stone found out; like Logan said, he's being trained as a vampire hunter, so it wouldn't have taken him too long to figure it out. And finally, I was able to reveal Sienna being a witch… An extremely powerful witch! Finally things will be moving along, and more action is next!
I enjoyed writing Luna's tongue-lashing toward Elena, I mean it honestly pissed me off in canon how stubborn Elena kept on saying, "I'm coming," & "It's Stefan!" I mean, how dumb is she to realize that in a house full of vampires, and her being a damsel in distress, would only hold them back and end in all of their deaths. I honestly think Anna had a point when she told Elena that she has a thirst for danger.
Did you like this chapter? More surprising plot twists to come! XD
R&R.