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A/N: Athena Gilbert: Nina Dobrev.

Elena Gilbert: Alexis Bledel.

Jesse Parks: Jensen Ackles.

Chapter 3: Friday Night Bites:

"Minerva, give me the book, I'll read next," Tonks hurriedly offered, grabbing the book and flipping it to the third chapter; every single person feared the life of the bubbly and hyper girl and they hoped that Damon wouldn't succeed in killing her.

The room hushed down immediately as Tonks cleared her throat and began to read.

"Chapter three, 'Friday Night Bites.' Huh," Tonks suddenly paused, forgetting the urgent need to discover what happened to Caroline, "I guess the pun in the title is intended? Get it? Vampire… Bites," she sniggered to herself, eliciting many eye rolls and fond smiles from her friends.

"You are testing my last patience! Read you blighter," Alastor growled, fixing his fake eye, "And I saw that!" he grunted in irritation, referring to Tonks sticking her tongue out at him.

Saying a quick goodbye to Jesse and Matt, Athena ran over to Bonnie and Elena who looked to be in the midst of a heated conversation. Looping arms with Elena, her brows knitted in confusion when Bonnie said, "I'm not saying don't date the guy. I'm just saying take it slow."

"You were the one who said to go for it," Elena gaped in disbelief.

Bonnie's face scrunched up and she retorted, "Now I'm saying take it slow."

"Is this about the weird thing that happened when she had contact with Stefan's hand?" Jasmine asked in an innocently curious voice, Mad-Eye couldn't find it in him to snap at the thirteen year old.

"Oh, yes, it is," Luna said knowingly, her silver-blue eyes staring dreamily at the opposite wall.

"Okay, let me guess, Bonnie doesn't approve of you and Stefan?" Athena drawled out, and once Elena nodded in confusion, she scrutinized her best friend, "Is this about what happened last night at the Grill?" Bonnie averted all eye-contact with the twins, and Elena whipped around to face her with an eyebrow raised, "What happened last night? Spit it out, Bonnie!"

Sighing in defeat, Bonnie's faced them with a grave look, "Fine. I accidentally touched Stefan. And I got a really bad feeling." Seeing the twins gaping at her cynically, she enunciated resolutely, "It was bad bad!"

"That girl is barmy!" Ron bluntly stated.

Ginny rolled her eyes and snapped at her brother before Hermione could, "How daft are you, Ron? Apparently she has visions or whatever. Obviously Bonnie had a strong reaction to him because he's a vampire."

"Though it seems far-fetched if you ask me," Hermione added skeptically.

Dumbledore suddenly cleared his throat, "No matter, girls, Mr. Weasley. We are being introduced to many unbelievable entities. Let us not judge too early, hmm? Go on, Nymphadora."

"Is this the whole witch mojo thing again?" Athena asked uncertainly, "Because witches existing is kinda far-fetched, Bon."

"No it isn't," James snapped in total aggravation; it really bothered him that his daughter, the true Girl-Who-Lived, was extremely skeptical about her own roots. But then again, the fault lied with him… if he hadn't alienated her that Halloween night and continued on visiting her, then all the current endeavors wouldn't be happening.

Feeling aggravated, Bonnie's stance morphed into defense, "You know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about one of my best friend's new boyfriend."

Smiling gratefully, Elena placed a hand on Bonnie's shoulder, "And I loveyou for it, I do. But I feel good. It's been a hard year, and I'm starting to kind of feel like things are getting back to normal again. And you know what? Stefan is a part of that. Just like Jesse helped Thena cope, all the same."

Athena grinned, thinking about her awesome boyfriend just as Stefan joined them and politely greeted them. "Hey Stefano!" she chirped, eliciting a small smile from her sister's boyfriend. Bonnie squirmed uncomfortably, "Hey, um, I gotta find Caroline. She's not answering her phone. So I'll see you guys later."

"Well, that was rude," Molly harrumphed.

Watching the dark-skinned girl walk away in a rush, Stefan sighed in defeat and stated, "She doesn't like me very much."

"What gave you that idea, mate," Fred scoffed, his blue eyes flashing with humor.

George frowned in mock-thought, "Huh, maybe it's because she couldn't wait a minute before running away."

"You think so, Feorge?"

"I know so, Gred."

"You two are idiots," Ginny smiled fondly at her mischievous twin older brothers who really were taking after her cool uncles that were currently smirking in pride.

Athena grimaced; Elena shook her head slightly, "She doesn't know you. She's our best friend, so she's just being overprotective. But when she does, she'll love you."

Athena nodded vigorously, "Uh-huh. I like you, and so does Jesse. Like Care said last night, she wigs out sometimes, don't take it too personally." Suddenly, Elena's neon blue eyes sparkled, and Athena could practically see a light bulb appear over her head, "Oh no, Lena, your ideas are usually horrible!"

Smacking her twin lightly, Elena glared indignantly, "Shut up! Theyarenot!" Clapping her hands together once in excitement, she beamed at Stefan, "Here's what we're going to do. Are you free tonight?"

Smiling at the twins' playful argument, Stefan grinned, "Yes."

"Perfect. Dinner, my house, 8:00. You, me, Athena, Jesse and Bonnie. You two will spend some quality time together and she'll get to see what a great guy you are. Mission accomplished," Elena squealed excitedly, having the night already figured out from start to finish.

"Elena seems more of the fairy-tale believer twin, while Athena is the one with more common sense," Hermione pondered out loud.

Alice smiled at the girl with the title of the smartest witch in her year and her son's best friend, "I think you mean, Athena is the realistic twin, while Elena is sort of a dreamer."

Hermione grinned sheepishly and nodded, "Exactly, Mrs. Longbottom."

"Uh, who said Jesse and I are free tonight?" Athena retorted, though it lacked any bite as she stared at her twin in amusement. Elena stared imploringly in return, "C'mon, I need you two as a buffer. Plus Jesse would definitely do it for me. Pleeease!"

"Jesse is totally whipped," Charlie guffawed, prompting his mother to glare at him in disapproval. Squirming sheepishly, Charlie scratched the back of his head and looked away, ignoring Bill's snickers.

"Just like you're whipped by mom," Bill whispered for only Charlie's ears.

Raising her hands upward in fake-defeat, Athena groaned, "Fine. But you so owe me!" The words barely escaped her mouth, when all of a sudden; Stefan whipped around and caught a ball that was headed straight at him. Tyler and Matt gaped at him in shocked awe while Jesse smirked, bursting out into laughter when Stefan hurled it back to Tyler and he nearly fell backward with the force of the throw.

Neville sighed wistfully, "There are many benefits of being a vampire of their kind. That whole super-strength and sharp senses could really come in handy." Harry and Ron nodded vehemently in agreement.

"Especially with the war against Voldemort," Harry grimly pointed out; only James and Sirius glared at Severus when his hand automatically reached out for his Dark Mark.

Jesse ditched the boys and went up to Athena, snaking an arm around her waist, "Insane throw, mate. You should really think about joining the team. It'll piss Tyler off for sure, plus we need your skills."

Scratching his head sheepishly, Stefan shrugged, "Uh, I don't know. It's been a while since I last played."

Jesse raised his brows in response, palpably impressed, "Huh, well, think about it. I know Lanes here won't be giving up so easily," he winked at the twin who grinned abashedly, "C'mon, babe, let's go to class. See you lovebirds later," he called out to an amused Stefan and Elena, dragging a beaming Athena along with him to History Class with the douche Tanner.

"Jesse really is a whiz at reading the Gilbert twins, huh," Marlene smiled fondly.

"He's like… the perfect boyfriend. He is so unreal," Tonks crowed loudly, emphasizing each word with incredulous disbelief. Remus growled lowly in his throat, envious of Jesse.

Athena was starting to get concerned; Caroline hadn't made it to class yet and she usually never skips.

At the mention of Caroline, the room turned solemn, worried beyond belief for the bubbly blonde's well-being. Nervously, Ginny piped up, "You don't think Damon killed her, do you?"

"Hopefully not, Ginny," Arthur said with a strained smile.

Truth was, none of the adults were optimistic of Caroline Forbes survival, but they didn't want to upset the children. Only Lily seemed uninterested, while Severus hid his concern behind his impassive, emotionless mask.

Whenever the hyperactive blonde couldn't make it to school, she always informed one of the girls. Ignoring Tanner's droning lecture, she surreptitiously texted Jesse with her concerns, observing his reaction carefully as his grey orbs flickered toward the blonde's empty seat in palpable worriment. Looking at his girlfriend, he shrugged and texted her back: 'Babe, just let's get through the day and if Carrie doesn't show up for Cheerleading practice, we'll stop at her place, alright?'

Sighing in relief and wholly thankful for having a guy like Jesse in her life, she nodded with a weak smile and hurriedly pocketed her phone before Tanner could berate her.

"Well, she should be paying attention in class," Minerva sternly commented, "But I think this is a special case."

"Ah, Minnie, I knew you were cool," Sirius grinned playfully. Minerva rolled her eyes at the Marauder's given nickname for her; unfortunately, she couldn't take points off or give them detention anymore for uttering the name defiantly.

"Miss Gilbert?" both Athena and Elena snapped their heads up. "Elena Gilbert," Tanner clarified, looming over her for an answer to the question Athena was sure nobody was paying attention to. "Pearl Harbor?"

"Um…"Elena blushed profusely, uncomfortable with all the stares directed at her, but before she could guess a date, Stefan piped up, "December 7, 1941." Glaring at Stefan, Tanner quipped in annoyance, "Thank you, Miss Gilbert." eliciting chuckles from most of the class.

"Anytime," Stefan grinned, unconcerned with the sarcasm paired with the incensed glare he was on receiving end of.

"Huh, if it's anything like Snape's glare, then kudos to Stefan," Harry quipped.

Sneering at Potters spawn, Severus snapped, "That's Professor Snape to you, Potter!"

"Actually, we aren't at Hogwarts, so we don't really have to call you Professor," Jasmine pointed out with a saccharine smile, prompting a proud look from the young ones, Sirius, James and Tonks, and a lethal glare from Snape.

"Very well," Tanner acquiesced, scoping the class for his next victim, "The fall of the Berlin wall." But much to his surprise, Stefan rushed out, "1989. I'm good with dates, sir."

"Of course he's good with dates. He probably lived throughout all the historical events," Sirius grinned mischievously, silently approving of Stefan's disobedience in class. Tanner seriously reminded him of Snivellus.

"Are you?" Tanner asked archly, and Athena could practically hear his brain buzzing with tough questions to prove Stefan wrong, "How good? Keep it to the year. Civil Rights Act."

"1964."

"John F. Kennedy assassination."

"1963."

"Martin Luther King."

"'68."

Ever the history buff, Bill excitedly asked Hermione, "Just how much Muggle history is there?"

Hermione smiled knowingly, "A lot. There are numerous events that happened throughout the millennium. You should check out a muggle bookstore or library if you're curious about them."

Dumbledore and Arthur both had identical gleams as Bill; the hunger for knowledge, and in Arthur's case, more muggle information, was strong.

"Lincoln."

"1865."

"Roe vs. Wade."

"1973."

"Brown vs. Board."

"1954."

"The battle of Gettysburg."

"1863."

"Korean war."

"1950 to 1953."

"Ha!" Tanner suddenly barked out, his black orbs gleaming triumphantly, "It ended in '52."

Ron groaned in disappointment, "Tough luck, mate."

Hermione frowned trying to recall her muggle education before Hogwarts, her brows knitting in uncertainty, "I cannot remember exactly, but I think Stefan was correct. It ended in 53 not 52."

However, this time, a boastful Jesse spoke up enthusiastically, "Actually, Teach, it was 1953. You sure you're qualified to teach History?"

James was practically squirming in his seat with pride, his opinion of his daughter's boyfriend increasing vastly. Sirius rubbed his hands together at the suspense, praying that both Stefan and Jesse were correct in their answer and Snivellus' muggle counterpart was wrong.

The whole class quieted down immediately, watching the dispute between the mocking Jesse, determined Stefan and seething Tanner, who bellowed authoritatively, "Look it up, somebody. Quickly!"

But Athena already knew Jesse and Stefan were correct. Jesse wouldn't have spoken up, especially with such disobedience, if he wasn't a hundred percent sure with his answer. When Grady yelled out triumphantly, "It was 19…53." and the whole class applauded, Athena wasn't surprised in the slightest, but she did take great pleasure in Tanner's slackened jaw and angry orbs.

The Marauders, New Generation of Marauders, the Weasley and Prewett twins, Tonks, Marlene, Jasmine and Ginny all began cheering loudly in pandemonium while clapping their hands vehemently. Severus rolled his eyes while Albus' twinkled tenfold at the wonderful atmosphere.

"Dude, you rock! You totally Tannered Tanner!" Athena squealed excitedly, reveling in Jesse's arms around her as she stared at Stefan in awe with a grinning Elena beside her.

"How did you know all of that?" Elena asked in awe. Stefan shrugged modestly with a smile, "Years and years of crossword puzzles. It's a loner thing,"

"You mean, vampire thing," Gideon smirked.

he quipped toward the end, receiving a deadpanned glare from his girlfriend who then fixed a nonchalant Jesse with an inquisitive stare, "What about you? You never participate in Tanner's, or actually, in any class."

Jesse faked a mock-hurt look and clutched a hand to his heart, "Your words really wound me, Lanes. I don't contribute 'cause I already know everything. I think the other poor tossers deserve a chance to learn."

"Plus," Athena interrupted suddenly, shooting her boyfriend an almost knowing smirk, "You enjoy shocking the teachers when they ask you a question, expecting a wrong answer since you always goof around in class. And then you prove them wrong." Jesse's face nearly split in two and he planted a quick kiss on the lips, "You know me so well, babe!"

"I like him. Damn I didn't want to like him," Sirius muttered, though he was grinning widely all the same.

Remus chuckled, "It's actually quite a smart thing for a prankster to do. He pranks the teacher without ever getting in trouble."

Elena shook her head fondly at them; honestly, she approved of Jesse more than she ever did Tyler, and she was glad her twin found an amazing guy after the long string of dicks she attracted before he came along.

Tonks couldn't help but snort at that, especially upon noticing Molly and Minerva's reproachful and scandalous glares. James on the other hand, was not impressed with the underhanded way of finding out that his daughter dated many boys before Tyler and Jesse, but decided to keep his mouth shut before he suffered from an aneurysm.

Nobody, in her opinion, was more deserving of her twin, then Jesse Parks. And he didn't just try his damn hardest in making her happy, but the whole Gilbert clan, Bonnie and Caroline, which made him one hell of a guy.

The day of boring classes passed by quickly, and before they knew it, it was time for cheerleading practice. However, their stringent captain, Caroline Forbes, was nowhere to be seen as the twins joined Bonnie by the bleachers.

The contented mood Jesse permeated them in changed rapidly with the mere mention of Caroline. Tonks' hair turned a depressing mousy brown as she sullenly continued reading.

Bonnie's hazel-green orbs brightened significantly and she embraced them in a three-way hug, "Oh, my God! You're here! Both of you!"

"Yep. We can't be the sad girls forever. The only way to get things back to the way they were are to do things that were," Elena concluded. Athena nodded, "Besides, Jesse would kill me if I quit. He's in the football team, and I cheer him on with my pom-poms."

Bonnie laughed out loud, "Only you, Thena, only you. If it's any consolation, I agree with Jesse. Both of you shouldn't quit, your parents wouldn't want you to change your lives because they aren't around anymore."

"She's right," Marlene nodded morosely, thinking of her parents' tragic death. Sirius placed a comforting arm around her and chastely kissed his wife's forehead.

Athena smiled grimly at the mention of their parents and Elena instantly changed the subject, giving Bonnie a no-nonsense glare, "You, Miss Bonnie Bennett, are coming to dinner tonight. You, me, Athena, Jesse and Stefan!"

Imitating a deer caught in the headlights, Bonnie rapidly shook her head, feeling trapped, "Tonight's no good. Have you seen Caroline? I texted her like a hundred times!"

"Don't change the subject Bons. You're going and that's final!" Athena snapped good-naturedly, before grimacing, "And about Care, if she doesn't show up then Jesse and I will go over to her place."

At that exact moment, a light blue Chevy Camaro Convertible that looked awesomely vintage, parked in front of the squad, and a smug Caroline sauntered outside, placing a chaste kiss on a gorgeous guy Athena immediately recognized as the Mysterious Stalker she briefly ran into at the Cemetery.

"She's alive!" Jasmine, Luna and Ginny squealed with palpable relief.

Frank frowned in confusion, "But why didn't he kill her?"

Grimacing, Kingsley calmly stated, "She's the Sheriff's daughter. I don't think killing her would be beneficial to him. He probably needs her for something."

Bill shook his head, "Hopefully it doesn't end with her untimely death."

"I know him!" Athena gasped out, her chocolate orbs widening slightly, "I ran into him in the Cemetery once. He gave me the creeps." Bonnie frowned in confusion, "Well, he must be that mystery guy Care told us about. You know, from the grill."

Elena shook her head knowingly, finally tearing her eyes away from the smugly smirking guy to stare at her twin and best friend, "That's not a mystery guy. That's Damon Salvatore!"

"Salvatore, as in Stefan?" Bonnie dumbly retorted. Athena smiled weakly, trying to elicit some humor into the situation, because she was seriously feeling an ominous reaction that engulfed her with his sudden presence, "The Salvatores sure produces good genes. Although," she smirked at Elena and quipped, "Nothing compared to my Jesse," she winked, producing laughter from Bonnie and a mock-grumbling from Elena.

"Albus, why would she feel that way around Damon?" James inquired worriedly.

Musing, Albus stroked his beard before enunciating slowly, "I believe, and this is a mere contemplation, but perhaps Athena's magical blood is warning her about him."

"She's a squib!" Lily retorted hotly, her face turning red with anger, "There is NO magic running in her veins!" James gaped at her in shock as he heard the venom seep into her words.

Surprisingly, Severus was the person who snapped at her, "Really, Lily," he sneered, "What happened to you? You used to be known as the smartest witch of your year. You should know that squibs are still magical beings, despite the fact that they don't have enough magic to educate themselves, they still have magic running through their veins, otherwise they wouldn't be able to concoct potions and the Muggle Repelling Charm would affect them."

"Severus is correct, Lily," Albus admonished her from under his half-moon spectacles. Lily's face flushed vehemently and she looked away, inwardly fuming at the many wide-eyed stares she was on the receiving end of.

Caroline sauntered perkily toward them, addressing Elena directly complacently, "I got the other brother. Hope you don't mind," Ignoring the spluttering she prompted, she announced aloud to the other cheerleaders, "Sorry I'm late, girls. I, uh, was busy."

After five minutes of the Gilbert twins fumbling around, ignoring the electric blue eyes burning holes into the back of their heads, Caroline insisted they observe since they were delaying the team. With their parent's death, the twins lost interest in everything else, and so, they stopped practicing cheerleading and preferred to skip Cheerleading Camp that summer. Athena couldn't help but wonder what the hell was up with Caroline Forbes, because she was acting like a mean bitch, and not entirely like herself.

"Maybe Damon hypnotized her with that eye thingy and made her that way," Jasmine suggested.

Athena, Elena and Bonnie were preparing dinner in the kitchen while Jesse, who practically lived at the Gilberts, was lounging about in the living room, watching a crime show.

"You explain it," Bonnie snapped wearily, "Last night, I'm watching Nine-o, a commercial break comes on and I'm like, I bet it's that phone commercial. And sure enough, it's that guy and the girl with the bench, he flies to Paris and he flies back. They take a picture."

Athena snorted in response, but her eyes were focused incredibly on Elena as she tried to make the take-out food look like a home-cooked meal, "Bons, that commercial has been on a constant loop. I could've predicted that, doesn't make me a witch or psychic." Elena nodded in complete agreement, sucking a bit of mayonnaise from her thumb.

"She does have a point there," Alice shrugged.

Hermione nodded and stated in a matter-of-fact tone, "Those commercials are so repetitive."

"Fine," Bonnie grumbled, but her face stayed as solemn as ever, "Well, how about this? Today, I'm obsessed with numbers. Three numbers. I keep seeing 8, 14 and 22. How weird is that?"

Shrugging, a playful glint passed by Elena's eyes, "Maybe we should play the lottery," receiving an eye-roll from the dark-skinned girl, Elena sighed and tried to be more supportive, "Have you talked to your Grams?"

"She's just gonna say it's because I'm a witch. I don't want to be a witch. Do you want to be a witch?" Bonnie adamantly stared at the twins, both of whom raised their hands in a placating gesture and rapidly shook their heads as they chanted in unison, "I don't want to be a witch!" they looked at each other and cried out, "Jinx!"

"There is nothing wrong with being a witch!" James snarled through gritted teeth.

Nobody dared to say a word; it was tangibly obvious that James Potter was taking his daughter's skepticism of her roots really hard, especially knowing that she was in fact, the Girl-Who-Lived and was in danger at the current moment.

Bonnie shook her head fondly at their twin speech, before arching an eyebrow due to Elena's actions, "And putting it in a nice bowl isn't fooling anybody, Elena."

Athena giggled, "Ditto." Sending them a mock-glare, Elena began scouring the kitchen, "O-kiee, serving spoons. Where are the serving spoons?"

In an almost dismissive manner, Bonnie automatically replied, "Middle drawer on your left." Silence permeated around them, and just as Athena opened the exact drawer, an unsure smile appeared on her face, "Okaay, so you've been in this kitchen like, a thousand times."

"Yeah, that's it," Bonnie mumbled to herself; the door rang just then and Athena went to sit with Jesse while Elena opened the door for Stefan. Bonnie on the other hand, stayed rooted to her spot, closed her eyes and whispered, "Birthday candles." Instinctively, she strolled toward the right top-hand drawer, opened it and her hazel-green orbs widened in fear at the birthday candles.

"That is definitely not a sixth-sense reaction," Marlene adamantly gasped.

"Neither is it a seer's attribute," Minerva added in shock.

The dining room was filled with a strained silence as they ate their dinner. The tension between Bonnie and Stefan was palpable in the air, and Athena, Elena and Jesse kept trying, to no avail, to smoothen the ambience. Having had enough of the silence, Elena smiled at Stefan, "Did Tanner give you a hard time today?"

"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right," Stefan shrugged with a modest smile. Elena beamed and addressed Bonnie, "Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him, and –"

"Yeah, I heard," Bonnie curtly interjected, enveloping them once more in an awkward silence.

"She is being extremely rude. Very impolite," Molly shrieked, wagging her finger at the book.

Jesse lightly kicked Bonnie from under the table and shot her a subtle reproachful look, prompting an indignant glare out of the girl. Smirking at Stefan, Jesse spoke up, "Sorry about Tyler, mate. The guy may be one of my best friends, but he's still a douche."

Stefan shook his head, "Nah, I get it. Being the new guy must intimidate him."

Athena grinned, "I prefer the excuse of him being a douche. Anywho, Bons, tell Stefan about your family." She had enough of Bonnie's crap; the girl may be her number one best friend, but Elena always came first, and Bonnie was seriously hurting her feelings with the whole Stefan-Bashing.

"Um, divorced. No mom. Live with my dad," Bonnie summarized; Elena gave her a meaningful stare, "No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool," she informed Stefan matter-of-factly.

"Cool isn't the world I'd use," Bonnie muttered, her eyes glued her plate.

"Hey! Being a witch is cool!" Tonks interjected herself looking very insulted.

Hermione shrugged, "Some muggles fear the whole burning at the stake thing, so they wouldn't appreciate being called a witch. To them, witches are ugly hags with warts and green skin."

Swallowing the bite he just took, Stefan mused over Elena's words for a second, before staring at Bonnie, "Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800's."

Slowly, Bonnie lifted her orbs to connect with Stefan, and spoke up, "My family came by way of Salem."

"Huh, Salem witches? I would say that's pretty cool," upon receiving a questioning look from Bonnie, Stefan elucidated, "Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Her whole stance changed from hostility to one of acceptance, and she flashed Stefan a wide grin.

"Finally!" Ginny beamed.

"Hooray!" Jasmine sang.

"You know. This book is very illuminating. I never heard of the facts on Salem witches that Stefan pointed out," Albus smiled jovially, his soft blue eyes twinkling at the book.

Finally, Bonnie approved of the dude, Athena smirked inwardly. Jesse smirked at her, "Huh, well, I think you being Sabrina the Teenage Witch is pretty cool Bon-Bon."

Before the purebloods could ask, Tonks quickly explained, "There's a television show of a teenage girl called Sabrina who discovers she's a witch. It's called Sabrina the Teenage Witch."

"Shut up Jesse!" Bonne retorted with humor.

Athena laughed out loud just as the doorbell rang, and after trading a confused look with Elena, the twins ran over to the front door, their eyes widening in unison upon seeing Caroline and Damon on the other side. "Surprise!" Caroline squealed, "Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought desert."

"Hope you don't mind," Damon drawled with a patent smirk that oddly grated on Athena's nerves, and she suddenly wished Jesse would appear by her side. Stefan answered her silent prayer however, and stood by the door, glaring at Damon, "What are you doing here?"

"Yes. What is he doing there?" James growled, "I don't want him near Athena or Elena!" He couldn't help but care over his daughter's twin's safety. A part of him couldn't help but feel fatherly emotions toward the blue-eyed twin.

"Not to worry, James. I doubt Damon would harm them while Stefan is around," Kingsley said in his methodical calming voice.

Looking completely nonchalant, Damon smiled charmingly, "Waiting for Athena and Elena to invite me in." Suddenly, his electric blue eyes narrowed in on Jesse, who stood by Athena and placed an arm around her waist; Jesse didn't fail to notice how the elder Salvatore's eyes lingered on his arm.

"No, no, no. He can't, uh stay," Stefan rambled lamely, before pointedly glaring at his volatile brother, "Canyou, Damon?" Elena chuckled nervously and placed a calming hand on Stefan's bicep, "Its fine. Just come on in."

Damon's eyes sparkled triumphantly at a distressed Stefan, "Thank you. Athena, Elena you have a wonderful home." He then forced a fake smile at Jesse, "I don't think we've met."

"I'm sure there's a reason for that," Jesse retorted with a condescending smirk, "Jesse Parks."

"Good Jesse, keep him away from Athena!" Sirius cheered, his eyes turning stormy grey with Damon's disturbing presence.

After that awkward moment, they all moved into the living room where Caroline immediately perked up and began blabbering on and on about Tanner allowing Stefan in the team and of how Tyler must be seething, "You know Damon, Athena and Tyler used to date, and then they broke up and now she's with Jesse who is like, Tyler's best friend, other than Matt of course-"

"Carrie sweetie, you're rambling," Jesse drawled, a lazy smirk appearing on his mien as he cuddled Athena closer to his side – an action, he realized belatedly, that deeply unnerved Damon, "Everyone knows our history. But tell me, how did you and Damon meet?"

"Jesse doesn't seem to be easily fooled by Damon's innocent act," Frank pointed out calmly, prompting sighs of relief to reverberate around the room.

Damon forced a smile, "Oh, you know, small town. Kept running into her at the grill and decided to go for it." He quickly changed the subject, "You know, you and Athena don't seem the cheerleading type, Elena."

"Oh, it's just 'cause their parents died," Caroline blurted out, "Yeah, I mean, they're totally going through a blah phase. They used to be way more fun, but at least Thena is getting back to normal. And I say that with complete sensitivity."

"SEE! Just like Lavender!" Hermione huffed in annoyance.

"Mione, we already suspect that Damon fellow did some mind thing to change her," Ron groaned in retort.

"Caroline!" Jesse boomed, causing the blonde to instantly quail under his disapproving stare; if Jesse forwent the special nicknames he personally picked out for a certain person and used their full name in a harsh tone, then it meant the person went too far, "What's wrong with you? You're not acting like yourself." Almost immediately, Stefan's forest green orbs lingered on the scarf she had wound up tightly around her neck.

"He's feeding from her!" Marlene gasped.

"How come she isn't a vampire?" Jasmine asked in confusion.

Remus automatically replied using his professor-mode tone, "Well, Magical Vampires choose to secrete their venom. They could feed normally and keep their venom at bay, or they could choose to discharge their venom, but usually the act is produced when they either want to transform an individual into a vampire, or to kill them."

With a large amount of remorse, Caroline mumbled, "Sorry Jesse. Ugh, Thena, Lena, I'm being a bitch aren't I? I'm so sorry. You know what, Bonnie and I will work with you on the steps and you'll be right as rain."

Damon scrutinized Jesse, confused with the change in the annoying blonde beside him after just a few words of scolding. Deciding to make things more difficult for his brother, he plastered on a sympathetic smile toward the twins, "I'm sorry, Athena, Elena. I know what it's like to lose both your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die."

"Of course you did if you lived for Merlin knows how long," Neville scoffed.

"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon," Stefan snapped, shifting uncomfortably on the couch. Damon smirked, his eyes gleaming nefariously, "Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring them up. Mmm."

"Bastard did it on purpose," Tonks mumbled under her breath.

Athena escaped the tension Damon created and went to wash the dishes while Elena and Bonnie went to the bathroom, probably to gossip about Caroline's weird behavior. She was just finishing up when Damon entered the room with a glass, "One more."

"Oh, thank you," Athena smiled nervously, and grabbed the glass. Noticing Damon hadn't left, she huffed and shot him an inquisitive look, "Is there something you needed?"

"I like you," Damon bluntly stated, "And Elena of course. She knows how to make my brother smile, which is something I haven't seen in a very long time."

"I wonder why," Sirius retorted dryly, not liking the volatile murderous vampire alone with his goddaughter, a thought shared by nearly everyone in the room.

Shutting off the tap, Athena placed both hands on her hip, "Huh, maybe if you didn't try and rile him up, he'd be happier." Upon seeing Damon's eyebrows arch slightly, Athena grimaced, "I'm not blind, nor am I stupid. Back in there, the 'them' you were talking about, was probably a girl, maybe even two. You're trying to create tension between him and Elena. Well nice try buddy, it didn't work."

Damon smirked, though an angry glint appeared in his eyes. That smirk was used too much, it began looking fake with every moment, "I underestimated you. You are smart. Beauty and brains; I can see what Jesse likes about you. …Katherine and Eliane, I was referring to them. They died in a tragic fire."

Too curious for her own good, Athena couldn't help but notice the mournful tone he used, "What were they like?"

"Oh, well they were both sisters, and very beautiful. A lot like you and Elena in that department," a covert smile appeared on his visage, "They were also very complicated and selfish and at times not very kind, but very sexy and seductive. Eliane however, had more compassion than Katherine, but she barely showed it," Damon explained in a sort of detached voice.

"I am not seeing the ideal to this Katherine and Eliane girls," Alice shook her head bewilderly, "Damon informed her of horrible traits to have!"

"Love is love, Ally. Damon can't pick who he loves," Marlene smiled, looking up at Sirius with lovestruck eyes and a fond smile.

Athena snorted, piercing him with knowing eyes, "So which one of you dated them first? Or was it some freaky threesome?"

Spluttering indignantly, Minerva repeated, "Threesome!?"

Feeling awkward with McGonagall in the room, most of the young ones looked away from her scandalous face.

"Nicely deduced," Damon couldn't hide the surprised resonance from his voice, "Ask Stefan. I'm sure his answers differ from mine. By the way," he turned to impart one last advice before departing to the living room, "I'd quit cheerleading if I were you."

Scoffing once he left, Athena dried the remaining glass he brought in and mumbled under her breath, "No dice."

"Good girl," James smiled proudly.

In the living room, Stefan and Jesse were bored out of their minds listening to Caroline blather on about Matt and Elena. Suddenly Stefan interrupted, "That's a really nice scarf. Can I see it? I mean, would you mind taking it off?"

Jesse snorted, "Stef, mate. Didn't know you were into woman fashion."

Caroline suddenly frowned and cocked her head to the side, "Um… I can't take it off, sorry. I just… can't."

"Damon mind controlled her to never take it off. A vampire bite is very conspicuous," Severus sneered.

Jesse scowled and shook his head, "Carrie, you're acting very odd. Anyways, I'm going to see Thena for a while."

At that moment, Damon walked in on them and stared Caroline directly in the eye, his pupils dilating, "Go see if Athena needs help in the kitchen." Caroline perked up and jumped to her feet, "You know what? I'm gonna see if Athena needs some help in the kitchen."

"It's bloody creepy, I'm telling you," Ron blurted out.

"To not have control over your actions; it's despicable!" Hermione snarled, suddenly feeling sorry for the girl she had been comparing to the ever-annoying Lavender Brown.

"Reminds me of the damn Imperius Curse," Alastor growled heatedly, his fake eye rolling in dizzying circles due to his fury.

"They are people, Damon," Stefan snarled with clenched fists, "She's not a puppet. She doesn't exist for your amusement, for you to feed on whenever you want to."

Leaning lackadaisically on the couch, Damon rolled his eyes and smirked, "Sure she does. They all do. They're whatever I wantthemtobe. They're mine for the taking."

"Messed up bastard!" Remus growled.

"Remus! Language around the children," Molly yelled, though she too, was enraged.

"Alright," Stefan scowled, making sure there was nobody around to listen in, "You've had your fun. You used Caroline, you got to meet Elena and Athena, good for you. Now it's time for you to go."

"That's not a problem. Because … I've been invited in, and I'll come back tomorrow night and the following night and I'll do with those two little cheerleaders whatever I want to do. Because that's normal to me," an evil smirk appeared on his visage that deeply unsettled Stefan, "But maybe I should get that Jesse guy out of the way first, huh."

"He's been invited in?" Frank inquired; simultaneously, James, Sirius and Remus began yelling out profanities at Damon's words.

"ENOUGH!" Albus boomed out, his face morphed in distress, "We cannot do anything but read the book. I am sure Stefan and Jesse will protect the girls. In regards to Frank's question, I think it is probable that these species of vampire need to be invited into somebody's home, otherwise they will find themselves unable to enter."

"So that's why Stefan was adamant in kicking Damon out before Elena allowed him entry," Bill stated heatedly.

That night, Damon crept into Athena's room, and just as he went to manipulate her dreams,

"No!" James moaned, fearing his daughter's life, and even Severus didn't have it in him to mock the man he hated with utmost contempt.

a pebble hit the window sharply, eliciting a loud echoing noise. Damon scowled and was forced to leave as Athena's eyes snapped open. Standing out by the front porch, a confused and deeply enraged Damon could have sworn he saw a figure flash away from behind a tree.

"So, Athena has some guardian angel that is watching over her…" Alice trailed off suggestively. Everyone merely shrugged, though James, Sirius, Remus, Marlene, Harry and Jasmine slumped in palpable relief, gratitude consuming them.

The night of the game arrived. Athena, who was already dressed in her cheer uniform, was giggling with Bonnie, when an excited Elena appeared, "Look at the necklace Stefan gave me!"

Athena gasped, staring with appreciating eyes at the heart-shaped necklace wound around her twin's neck, "It's beautiful! Now, you quit the team didn't you?"

"I quit. I'm a quitter!" Elena moped sheepishly; suddenly, a fight broke out a few feet away from them, and they gasped in unison as Tyler tackled Jeremy while Vicki screeched like a harpy above them, "Ty-, Tyler stop! You're hurting him, stop!"

Jesse and Stefan ran over to them, just as the twins cradled Jeremy in their arms. Stefan grabbed Tyler's hand and growled, "He's down! Enough!"

"I hate that guy," Harry snarled.

"Reminds me of Malfoy," Ron grumbled, prompting a glare from Severus.

"Fuck you, Tyler! I warned you to stay away from him!" Athena shrieked with fire in her eyes.

Incensed beyond belief, Tyler tugged his arm out of Stefan's hold and punched him in the face, his eyes widening in terror when Stefan didn't appear to be affected. Jesse tackled Tyler onto the ground, "Enough you dick! What the hell is wrong with you!?"

Noticing that everybody was preoccupied with Tyler, Jeremy grabbed a broken glass bottle from the ground and struck at Tyler, but Stefan was too fast, and grabbed onto the glass, piercing his skin and emitting a few drops of blood.

Gasping, Elena ran over to Stefan's side, "What the hell, Jeremy! Oh my God, your hand." She blinked repeatedly upon seeing no blood, not even a cut on his hand, "But… I saw it, it was…"

"Vampires have fast healing," Remus stated matter-of-factly.

"We know Professor Lupin," Jasmine giggled at her godfather.

"He missed. It's not my blood. See? I'm fine," Stefan crooned, trying to calm his bewildered girlfriend down. Elena rapidly shook her head, "But. No, no, no. I-I saw it. The glass cut your hand. It was…," she trailed off, and frowned slightly, "Where's Athena?"

"She went to call Jenna to take Jeremy home," Jesse muttered, his eyes still glaring daggers at Tyler who was being yelled at by an enraged Matt.

Clandestinely, Elena sneaked off to Bonnie, her face gravely solemn, "Bonnie, can I ask you a question and you give me a really serious, no-joke response?"

"Of course," Bonnie nodded adamantly, "What is it?"

Uncertainly, Elena asked in a meek voice, "The bad mojo. When you touched Stefan and you had that reaction-"

"She has a right to be suspicious. She definitely saw Stefan's hand bleed," Luna smiled impishly.

"You know what, forget I said that," Bonnie interjected with a genuine smile, "Your little dinner party plot totally won me over." Elena smiled hesitantly, but her neon blue orbs were conflicted, "No, Bonnie, seriously. What was it? Did you see something, or…" she trailed off awkwardly.

Sighing sorrowfully, Bonnie spoke up, choosing her words cautiously, "It wasn't clear like a picture. Like today I keep seeing those same numbers I told you about… 8, 14, 22. But when I touched Stefan, it was a feeling. And it vibrated through me, and it was cold, and it…"

"And what?" Elena emphasized, a sliver of fear going through her for some bizarre reason. Grimacing bitterly, Bonnie blurted out, "It was death. It's what I imagine death to be like."

"Well, a vampire is a dead being. It's natural for her to feel that," Minerva stated.

"Yes, but it is not natural for a squib to have such a reaction, especially since Athena didn't have a reaction to Stefan," Albus frowned.

Dropping her phone back into her car, Athena made to return back to the arena and to Jesse, when she located Damon crouching by her car. Gasping aloud, she clutched a hand to her heart, "You scared me. What are you doing here?"

"Will he continue on incessantly stalking my daughter?!" James roared, clenching his fists tightly; Lily scowled, hearing her husband call that bastard spawn his daughter deeply enraged her; this book was ruining EVERYTHING.

"I'm hiding from Caroline," he whispered, straightening up to stand next to her. Crossing her arms against her chest, Athena scowled at him, "And why is that?"

Shrugging nonchalantly, Damon smirked, "I needed a break. She talks more than I can listen. I don't think it's going anywhere in the bigger picture. I think she'd drive me crazy."

"As opposed to you sucking the life out of her," Ginny scowled.

"Caroline does have some really annoying traits, but that's only because she isn't as confident as she makes herself out to be," Athena snapped heatedly, "We've been friends since the first grade and that means something to me. So don't you dare talk shit about one of my best friends, and if I find out you're stringing her along, you'll have many people to deal with!"

He rose a hand up in a surrender gesture, and softly said, "Duly noted. I'm sorry if I make you uncomfortable. That's not my intention."

Scoffing cynically, Athena groused out, "Yes it is. Otherwise you wouldn't put an alternate meaning behind everything you say. And you don't make me uncomfortable, I just don't like you," she added matter-of-factly.

"Good girl!" James grinned widely, his face nearly splitting in two.

Albus smiled fondly, "She is a very shrewd girl, James."

Damon's lips curved into that annoying trademark smirk of his again, and he edged closer to her, "I'm sure you don't mean that, Athena. I get to you. You find yourself drawn to me ever since we bumped into each other in the cemetery. You think about me even when you don't want to. And right now," his pupils suddenly dilated, as he whispered enticingly, "You want to kiss me."

"You son of a bitch!" James yelled, shooting up to his feet. Molly didn't bother scolding him, for she too was yelling many expletives at the top of her lungs.

"He's using mind-control to force her to kiss him. It's molestation!" Marlene screamed.

Suffice to say, it took ten minutes and a lot of heated words before they managed to somewhat calm down and allow a red-haired Tonks to read.

Without warning, Athena raised her hand and punched him hard in the face, "What the hell?! I don't know what game you're trying to play here, but I don't want to be a part of it. I love Jesse, you remember him? My boyfriend!? I don't know what the hell happened to you in the past, but let's get one thing straight… I am not Katherine or Eliane, or whoever!"

"How did she repel him?" Jasmine squeaked in confusion. Nobody replied, as they didn't have the proper answer.

In the midst of his shocked stupor, Damon's eyes narrowed in on an archaic necklace wound up around her neck in the shape of a crescent moon. Just as he was about to retort, a deep voice boomed out, "Is there a problem here?"

"Jesse!" Athena sighed in relief, "No. Damon was just leaving!" She ran over to her boyfriend's side and parted a shocked Damon with one last incensed glare before leaving, dragging a seething Jesse along.

"Thank Merlin for Jesse," James sighed, rubbing his eyes wearily.

Overhearing the quarterback Matt Donovan sharing friendly words with his little brother, Damon clapped his hands mockingly, "Isn't that nice? Stefan joins a team, makes a friend. It's all so, 'rah, rah, go team, yeah!'"

Sighing wearily, Stefan barely paid Damon his full attention, "Not tonight. I'm done with you."

"Nice trick with Athena," Damon called out abruptly, freezing his little brother in his tracks, "Let me guess… vervain in the necklace? Messing around with two sisters like the past again? I admit, I was a bit surprised. It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion. Where'd you get it?"

"Compulsion. So that is what the mind-control is," Remus mused.

"Vervain? Isn't it an herb?" Alice asked in confusion.

Kingsley suddenly spoke up, "I assume that this vervain plant is an aversion to them. Perhaps, I am merely speculating."

"I believe you may be correct, Kingsley," Albus stated.

Stefan frowned in palpable puzzlement, "What are you talking about, Damon?"

Damon's eyebrows rose and he pushed himself off the wall, "Oh, come on, Stefan. You can lie better than that. I tried compelling Athena a while ago, and her little vervain necklace that you gave her, deflected me."

"You did what?!" Stefan growled angrily, before the rest of Damon's words sunk in and his face morphed into confusion, "Wait, I didn't give Athena anything. I gave Elena."

"Maybe Elena gave it to her. The crescent moon-shaped locket."

"No, Damon. I gave Elena a heart-shaped locket and she hadn't taken it off," Stefan corrected. Damon stared in confusion for a second, "Then where the hell did she get it from? Oh, well, doesn't matter. Guess I could just seduce her the old-fashioned way. Or I can just eat Elena."

"I'll murder you with my bare hands!" James growled, incensed yet again. While the protective men muttered profanities about Damon's statement, the women, Albus, Severus, Kingsley and Alastor were pondering over the curious necklace and wondering who gave it to her.

"No. You're not going to hurt them!" Stefan snapped angrily, "Because deep down inside, there is a part of you that feels for them. I was worried that you had no humanity left inside of you, that you may actually become the monster that you pretend to be."

"Who's pretending," Damon scoffed in skepticism.

Stefan nodded once, "Then kill me."

Taken aback, Damon masked it well and stared at his little martyr brother in contemplation, "Well, I'm… I'm tempted."

"He's lying," Alice stated knowingly, she had always been more empathetic towards other's emotions.

Smiling bitterly, Stefan negated his claim, "No, you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it, and yet, here I am. I'm still alive. And there you are. You're still haunting me. After 145 years. Katherine is dead. Eliane is dead. And you hate me because you loved Katherine, and you torture me because you cared about Eliane. And that, my brother, is your humanity."

"Salvatore!" Tanner barked out, interrupting the little heart-to-heart, "What the hell! We've got a game to play!"

Damon smirked sinisterly, "If that's my humanity… then what's this?" And without further ado, Damon flashed away, appeared behind a dumfounded Tanner and pounced, sinking his teeth into his neck violently. Stefan was unable to stop him and stared in terror as Tanner's dead body collapsed onto the ground, "No!"

With blood coated all around his mouth and chin, Damon's eyes glinted with fury, "Anyone, anytime, any place."

"He may have been a douche, but he didn't deserve to die," Ron paled impressively.

"He just murdered Tanner because he was there. He is a cold-blooded, vicious murderer," Ginny snapped angrily, her face matching the redness of her hair.

Bonnie stood frozen in her spot as she watched the police and the coroner's cover Tanner's dead body. Her frightened hazel-green orbs began watering as they flickered from the license plate of a car, 'BLDG 8', the ambulance's car, 'FHT 14', and lastly, the ground coated in dried blood where Tanner's body previously lied, '22'.

Incredulous gasps of realization rang around the room.

"How in heavens," Minerva gasped, her beady eyes blinking repeatedly in utmost shock, "She had been seeing those specific three numbers all day. How Albus?"

Albus shook his head in complete bafflement, "I have no idea, dear Minerva. Perchance she is a seer after all."

She shrieked out loud when a firm hand circled around her arm and she turned around with tear-stained face at a concerned Jesse, "Come on, Bonnie. Everybody already left, let's take you home, darling."

"Jesse," Bonnie wailed jumping into Jesse's arms as he led her carefully to his car nearby. Tears stained his shirt, but he didn't care as he cradled her face and whispered soothing nothings into his girlfriend's best friend's ear, "Jesse, those, those n-numbers, I've been seeing them since yesterday. 8, 14, 22. I could have stopped his death."

Buckling her carefully in the passenger seat, Jesse cupped her face and stared at her sorrowfully, "Bonnie, you couldn't have done anything. This animal, or whatever, came out randomly out of nowhere."

"Animal my ass," Sirius scoffed.

"What's happening to me, Jesse?" Bonnie woefully whispered; she had always trusted Jesse out of all the guys in Mystic Falls, and as Athena's boyfriend, he always took the protective role in regards to all her friends, including her, which was the only reason she confided in him, knowing he wouldn't, mock her or blow her off and disregard her problems. He never did.

Sighing loudly, Jesse slowly shook his head, "I don't know, darling, but whatever happens, know that you have me, Athena, Elena and Caroline by your side. Always and Forever!"

Stefan was splayed on top of his bedcover, his face twisted in consternation and grief as he wrote the last entry in his diary.

I thought there was hope that somewhere deep inside, something in Damon was still human, normal. But I was wrong. There's nothing human left in Damon. No good, no kindness. No love. Only a monster who must be stopped.

"Is-, is Stefan going to actually kill his own brother?" Bill gasped in wonderment.

"Don't get me wrong, Damon needs to be stopped, it's just, I can't ever imagine him killing his own brother," Charlie agreed.

Alastor grunted in annoyance, "How about we quit blathering about and read the next damn chapter already!"

A/N: Let me know what you think, Dear Readers! XD

So, Athena already had a vervained necklace, hmm… Many surprises are coming still with a lot of plot twists!

R&R.