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Chapter 18: The Journal and the Grimoire

Sakura could feel the heat rising around her. She opened her eyes to see fire everywhere, the house was burning down. Sakura tried to yell for help, but nothing came out. She couldn't speak, it was like her voice had been taken away. The smoke started to get to her, causing her to cough. She went to get off the bed, but it was like something was keeping her there, but why?

"Wake up!" Sakura heard someone's voice, but when she looked around, no one was there!

Suddenly, it felt like someone was grabbing onto her, trying to strangle her.

"WAKE UP!" Sakura heard it again, but louder.

Sakura's eye burst open as she flailed her arms and legs. "Calm down!" Sakura heard a demanding voice, and felt a strong arm wrapped around her waist.

"Damon?" Sakura heaved. Damon had straddled her waist, to get away from being kicked and pinned her wrists. He looked down at her with worry, but noticed she wasn't fighting him. He still had her wrists pinned, after she calmed down, just in case.

"What the hell happened?" Damon let go of her wrists, but stayed on top, as to not let her run away.

"A dream…" Sakura trailed off. Damon raised an eyebrow, wondering what about. "Hey, my powers aren't surging anymore!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Yeah, they stopped not too long after you fell asleep. Now, what was the dream about?" Damon crossed his arms and waited for a reply.

"The house burning down," Sakura said with worry evident on her face.

"But that's just a nightmare of the past," Damon said, as-a-matter-of-fact.

"It wasn't my old house, it was this house," Sakura clarified.

"Oh," Damon sighed and got off. He sat down beside her and pulled her into a hug, "It was just a dream, the house is clearly not on fire!" He got off the bed, "Well, I've got to go," Damon picked up his jacket off the desk chair. "It was nice sleeping with you, well until I was woken up with a smack to the face," Damon put his jacket on.

"Ha ha, very funny. Where are you going?" Sakura asked.

"Home, gotta have a chat with the little bro and his girlfriend," Damon looked back at her and smiled comfortingly, "Want to come?"

"Um, hey Damon?" Damon turned to see Leilani standing in front of him, "When did you get here?"

"Actually, I came to pick up Sakura, she's helping me with something. Come on, outta bed, let's go," Damon nudged his head forward.

Sakura moaned and pulled the cover over herself, "Too tired, need sleep," she mumbled.

"Regardless of what you're up to, it's time to get out of bed missy," Leilani frowned and put her hands on her hips. Not that it mattered, since Sakura couldn't see her, with her head under the covers. When Sakura didn't reply Leilani growled, "Get out of bed!"

"Fine," Sakura mumbled and rolled off the bed, with the blanket, and landed with a loud thud. "I'm out of bed, now leave me alone," Sakura mumbled, as she grabbed her pillow off the bed.

"Why I outta?" Leilani growled.

Damon started laughing, "You two are awesome," he smiled. "I know the best way to get her up," Damon whispered to Leilani. Leilani smirked and nodded to Sakura, telling him to try. Damon walked up to Sakura and sat down beside her. He pulled the blanket off and kissed her neck. Sakura growled and pushed his head away. "I'm not leaving," Damon said in a sing-song voice. He kissed her neck again and she giggled as she pushed him away.

"Okay stop it," Sakura sat up, "I hate being ticklish," Sakura pouted.

"How did you know?" Leilani asked as Damon helped Sakura off the floor. He didn't reply, he just winked at Leilani left, to leave Sakura to get changed.

Sakura and Damon arrived at the boarding house. "You going to come in?" Damon asked her.

"I guess, I'll raid your kitchen while I'm at it. You think they even noticed that you weren't home?" Sakura asked as she got out of his car.

"Who knows, they're probably too busy," Damon scoffed. They went into the boarding house. Damon went upstairs to talk with Stefan and Elena, who had apparently taken residents in Stefan's bed. Sakura went into the kitchen and grabbed a can of cola and tried to find something worth eating.

"Blood, in the fridge? Probably not a good idea to keep it there," Sakura sighed. After a few minutes Damon came back downstairs.

"So, your dear friend said she's willing to look for Jonathon Gilbert's Journal, so I can find Emily's Grimoire," Damon said.

"Why are they helping?" Sakura asked suspiciously.

"Why are you?" Damon asked her back.

"I'm not sure anymore," Sakura sighed and crossed her arms. Sakura knew that Stefan and Elena wouldn't really want to help Damon, so what were they up to? Sure Sakura was helping, but she wasn't against him as much as the others! Heck, at the moment, she wasn't against him at all.

Stefan and Elena came down and saw them in the kitchen. "Hey Sakura, I didn't know you were here! How are you feeling?" Stefan asked, referring to her out of control powers.

"Tired, but better. For now anyways," Sakura sighed.

"I was so worried," Elena pulled her into a hug.

Sakura smiled weakly and hugged her back. "Don't worry about it guys, my power is fully under control!" Sakura crossed her arms and smiled. The cupboard behind her opened and a can of peaches fell out. "I swear that wasn't me," Sakura laughed and the rest of them couldn't help but laugh also.

"Isn't this great, the four of use working together, it's got sort of a kink to it. Don't screw it up," Damon looked to Stefan. "Anyways, I have work to do, I'll see you guys later," Damon seemed chipper as he headed out. Sakura started to follow him when Elena pulled her back.

"What's up?" Sakura asked.

"Don't trust," Elena said quietly and nudged her head towards Damon.

"Don't worry about me! I can take care of myself," Sakura smiled and left them in the kitchen.

"I'm still worried," Elena told Stefan.

"So am I, they're too close. We've got to put a wedge between them," Stefan stated.

"Is that really the right thing to do?" Elena asked, uncertain.

Sakura walked outside and Damon was standing at his car. Sakura felt a familiar chill and she looked around.

"You coming?" Damon asked.

"I think I'll just go for a walk. You do, whatever it is you do," Sakura smirked as she walked away.

Sakura walked to the graveyard, to her parents and Darien's graves. "So, you can tell when it's me now?" Darien walked up beside her.

"Without a doubt," Sakura sighed and looked up to him. "What's going on?" Sakura asked.

Darien sighed and crossed his arms as he looked into the distance. "It's a long story, but it's still not time to tell you. A warning though, watch who you trust. And…" he trailed off. He turned to Sakura and pulled her into a surprising hug, "Be careful with your powers and be wary of those who seek to use it," he disappeared without warning.

"Really, why can't you stick around for once," Sakura sighed and looked down sadly, missing him. After staring at the graves for a while Sakura's phone rang. "Mushi mushi," Sakura answered her phone.

"What?" Sakura heard Damon's voice.

"It's how people in Japan answer the phone," Sakura laughed, "Anyways, what's up?"

"Jeremy gave the journal to that history teacher of yours," Damon started to explain.

"Alaric has it?" Sakura asked.

"No, actually it went missing. We think it was this stalker chick that's been asking about it. He's meeting with her now, come to the grill," Damon ended the call.

"You really have to say please once in a while," Sakura sighed and put her phone away.

Sakura made her way to the Grill, thankfully it wasn't too long of a walk to get there. She walked in and saw Jeremy talking to a girl. Sakura looked at the bar and saw Damon sitting there, trying to keep an eye on Jeremy. Sakura walked up to him and sat down. "So, she's the stalker chick?" Sakura asked him.

"I know her!" he whispered, slightly freaked out.

"Okay…" Sakura trailed off, not knowing what was wrong. Then she got a chill down her spine, "Oh, you mean she's a…?"

"Yeah, she a vampire, and I've met her before, Anna! Back in the 1800's," Damon didn't seem happy about it.

"Is she older than you?" Sakura asked, knowing it would mean she was stronger.

Damon nodded with a frown on his face. "Come on, it's time to meet face to face, at her home," Damon took Sakura's hand and dragged her out of the Grill.

They made their way where Anna was staying, who knows how Damon knew. They went inside and Damon hid behind the door, and put his finger up to his mouth, telling Sakura to keep quiet. Anna came through the door and Damon grabbed her by the neck, and slammed her up against the wall. She grabbed hold of Damon's neck, choking him back. Sakura put up her hand and blasted her away from Damon. Damon coughed, "Damn, your strong for a little thing."

"I was wondering how long it would take you to find me," Anna said, getting off the floor, "Didn't expect her though," she said referring to Sakura. "That's some power you've got there," Anna glared at her. Anna set her bag on the dresser.

"How long have you been here?" Damon asked her.

"I arrived around half past the comet. Watching you screw up every chance you have to open that tomb," Anna scoffed as she leant against the desk.

"How'd you know about the spell?" Damon asked her.

"I didn't say much back then, which means I heard everything," Anna smirked.

"So, you've been here the whole time, then why are we just crossing paths right now?" Damon crossed his arms and walked up close to Anna, looking down at her, trying to be intimidating.

"I like to use others to do my dirty work," Anna pushed past him.

"Like Logan Fell?" Damon asked with a disgusted look on his face. "Oh yeah, thanks for that by the way. Little bastard shot me," Damon turned to her.

"Logan was an idiot," Anna laughed lightly, "We slipped him some blood when he got all poser slayer with that compass. I needed his family journal, I couldn't let him die," Anna explained.

"What did you want with the Fell journal?" Damon asked.

"We thought it contained the location of the witches spellbook," Anna answered, "I was wrong. According to the journal, they gave the Grimoire to Jonathon Gilbert. And according to this," Anna pulled the Gilbert Journal out of her bag, "He gave it to your father. So now you're going to help me find it."

"Why would I help you?" Damon asked.

Anna sped up behind Sakura and grabbed her head, ready to bite. "Or else I kill your little assistant," Anna threatened.

"Yeah, you're on the losing end there," Damon smirked.

"What the hell?" Anna found that she couldn't move. Anna saw Sakura's eyes glowing, "What the hell are you?"

"Oh, she caught you, I wasn't even talking about that," Damon laughed.

Sakura lifted her summoned sword up to Anna's neck. "Okay, I give," Sakura looked to Damon who nodded. Sakura let her go and Anna backed away from her. "Seriously, what the hell?" Anna was now eyeing Sakura. "You're lucky you found this toy," Anna spat.

"Toy? Really?" Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Well, you do what he says," Anna replied.

Sakura started to laugh, "I'm his friend! Quiet frankly, I could have killed him a long time ago. I am no ones toy!" Sakura growled.

"Calm down," Damon sped behind Sakura and hung his arms overtop, "Don't let her get to you."

Sakura blushed, crossed her arms and looked away. "Whatever," Sakura growled, "If she tries anything, she's dead."

"Anyways, you and I both want that tomb open," Anna found a new excuse. She walked up to them and handed him the journal.

"Hm, sorry I work alone," Damon handed the journal back after glancing through it.

"Ahem," Sakura cleared her throat.

"Okay, I work with her," Damon pointed to Sakura.

"Where are we going now?" Sakura yawned, as it was already nighttime now. She looked around to see them in a dark wooded area.

"We're almost there," Damon kept his eyes on the road. Sakura glared at him, "My father's grave, that's where. Geez, you can't just wait and find out," Damon complained.

"I prefer to know where I'm going most of the time. Especially at night like this," he pulled the car over to the side of the road. "In the woods somewhere? Great…" Sakura said sarcastically.

"Don't worry, I know where it is," they got out of his car and she followed him into the woods. After a few minutes Damon stopped abruptly and Sakura ran into his back. She stumbled back slightly and looked around him, "What's up?"

"Well what do you know?" Damon wasn't talking to her though. Sakura saw Elena with a flashlight, with Stefan in, what Sakura assumed was the grave dug up, looking at a book. "This is an interesting turn of events," Damon seemed really upset.

"I can't let you bring her back," Stefan admitted, now standing up in front of Damon. "I'm sorry," Stefan said.

"So, am I," Damon said seriously. "For thinking for even a second, that I could trust you," Damon frowned.

"You are not capable of trust," Stefan spat. "The fact that you're here means you read the journal and you were planning on doing this yourself," Stefan pointed out.

"Of course I was going to do it by myself. Cause the only one I can count on is me. You made sure of that many years ago Stefan," Damon growled. "But you," Damon was referring to Elena. "You had me fooled," Damon seemed really hurt.

"Am I invisible or something. Pretty sure I was here to help," Sakura sighed and walked in between them. "Seriously, just quit it. I warned you about him," Sakura pointed to Stefan.

"And I warned you about him," Stefan angrily pointed at Damon.

"You're the ones doing the backstabbing right now," Sakura stated, still managing to keep calm.

"So what are you going to do now? Because if you try to destroy that, I'll rip her heart out," Damon threatened.

"There will be no killing right now!" Sakura growled. "Now Stefan, give me the book. I'm the only one here who even has a chance of using it anyways," Sakura stated. Sakura put her hand out for him to hand it to her.

"No," Stefan shook his head, "You trust him too much. It's like you're on his side."

"Really? I'm on my own side," Sakura pondered. "But I'm kinda the middle ground here if you haven't noticed," Sakura was starting to get mad.

Damon sped past her to Elena, bite his wrist and fed her his blood. "Give it to me or I'll snap her neck," Damon threatened.

"See, if you just listened, this could have been avoided," Sakura threw her hands up in annoyance. "I have a better idea," Sakura sighed. Her eyes started to glow and suddenly Stefan was pushed back quickly into a tree, then Damon and Elena. Each found themselves unable to move. "Honestly, I wasn't sure it would work. Guess my powers are getting stronger," Sakura smirked. Sakura picked up the book and started to flip through the pages.

"What are you doing? Let us go!" Stefan demanded.

"Yeah, no. I don't think so guys. You've really been giving me a headache over this book," Sakura sat on a nearby log as she looked through. "Interesting," Sakura smirked.

"Let me go," Damon growled.

Sakura looked at him with a smile, "You really have to learn to say please. And I'm not letting you guys go yet." Sakura stretched her arms and stood up, "I'll see you guys later," Sakura walked by them with the book.

"You can't just leave us here!" Elena shouted.

"When I get far enough my powers will release, so just be patient and think about things while I walk away," Sakura said nonchalantly.

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