Immortal Diaries
Chapter 3
AN: Hello all it's been a while. First and foremost thanks to everyone who reviewed and asked for updates over private messages over the last few months. So let me explain what's happened, back in February I lost my old place and didn't manage to get this one I'm at until early May. My internet didn't get set up until late June. That said I hope I'm able to get back to regular updates but if they take time please understand, as not only do I still have to work full time but in the limited free time I have I need to live my life and update other stories I have as well which I urge you guys to check out as well. That said here's the new chapter.
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Elena awoke to the sound of rattling and a loud bang that forced her abruptly into the land of the living. Climbing out of the bed she absently noted the late hour before moving towards the door to her room. Slowly pulling it open so as to not make a sound she stood silently as listened for any other noise to come from within the house.
"Hello…Jeremy"
Called the girl from her place at the top of the stairwell, though there was no vocal response just for an instant she thought she saw a shadow dart passed under the lower level. Descending the stairs to the first floor of her house and following the path the shadow took she came to another room of the house and hit the light switch only for nothing to happen.
'This is Logan Fell coming from you live from the streets of Mystic Falls with breaking news of another deadly animal attack."
Following the sound she was surprised to find the TV on and playing showing the familiar face of the news anchor.
"The wild animal terrorizing the citizens of Mystic Falls has claimed another victim, local high school student Elena Gilbert" as the man said this Elena was surprised to see her picture and name pop up on the screen with the words 'found dead' beneath it.
"Police are certain that forensic evidence will confirm this is the same animal responsible for the other attacks."
"You know, what's coming next." Came a new voice surprising her.
Turning quickly the girl took a reflexive step back finding Damon standing behind her his form half engulfed in shadows. Without wasting a second she bolted moving as fast as she could out the room and straight to the front door of the house. Pulling the door open she froze finding Damon standing there in front of her on her doorstep. Screaming she slammed the door shut and turned around and tucked her head into her arms breathing heavily frantically trying to slow her racing heart, yet not seeing Damon calmly standing several feet away. Regaining her composure she moved her arms and looked up taking a step forward only for Damon to pounce from the shadows and sink his fangs into her neck causing her to scream.
Bolting upright in his own bed Stefan was greeted to the sight of Damon sitting calmly in front of him nursing a drink, though only offering him a side profile view of him.
"Bad dream, do you see how easy it was to get into your head just now. You really need some human blood, might even the playing field; hey football reference. What too soon."
Stephen's response was speeding over to a nearby desk and tossing a knife which embedded itself directly into Damon's chest. Looking down and back up at his brother Damon stood up and removed the knife from his chest.
Alright I guess I deserve that one. But I thought you should know they caught the culprit, the animal responsible for killing coach Tanner and all those people." Said Damon.
"What are you talking about?" questioned Stefan.
"It was a mountain lion, a really big one. It attacked a hunter this morning; it's all over the news. 'Deadly beast captured all's well in Mystic Falls'" mocked Damon.
"Why'd you cover your tracks?" questioned Stefan.
"I decided to stay awhile, and I'm just having way too much fun here between you and Elena." Stated Damon walking around the room but making sure one side of him remained cast in shadow.
"Can't touch her now." Stated Stefan.
"Well the vervain does keep me out of her head, but maybe that's not my target." Stated Damon causing Stefan to narrow his eyes.
"Believe it or not some girls don't need my persuasion. In fact some girls just can't resist my good looks, my style and charm, and my unflinching ability to listen to Taylor Swift." Stated Damon before faster than he could react stabbing Stefan in the gut.
Hunching over with a grunt before falling to his knees, Stefan grabbed the handle of the knife and slowly began to pull it out.
"This is John Varvetos dude, dick move." Stated Damon fingering the whole in his shirt before walking around Stefan.
"To repeat the animal terrorizing Mystic falls has been caught." Came the voice of Logan Fell as the TV played the news over at the Gilbert house.
"Scum ball, no scum bucket." Said Jenna glaring at the screen.
"Who are you talking to?" questioned Elena as she approached Jenna from behind her look telling the older woman she was being weird.
"Him." stated Jenna head jerking to indicate the TV.
"The news guy?" questioned Elena.
"Otherwise known as Logan 'Scum' Fell. Didn't your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?"
"No way. You and him, he's cute." Said Elena.
"No he's not, there's nothing cute about him. Anyways what are you doing with that?" questioned Jenna motioning to the box Elena held in hand
"I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Explained Elena.
"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" questioned Jenna as she picked up the mentioned ring.
"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Said Elena as Jeremy entered the room
"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" questioned Jeremy picking up a piece himself.
"You're not going to find out." Said Elena snatching the ring away from him.
"That stuff is mom and dads. You can't just give it away." Said Jeremey turning away and heading towards the refrigerator.
"I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." Said Elena, however before anyone could speak up the doorbell ring.
As she moved to answer it she was surprised to see Stefan at the door.
"Hi." Said the youngest of the immortal Salvatore's with a smile.
Smiling herself Elena pulled him inside and after closing the door behind him stood up on her toes and pulled him into a deep kiss.
Elsewhere Caroline stood in her bedroom looking with the mirror. She wore a yellow dress with a black middle. Turning around she was greeted to the sight of Damon lying on her bed.
"No yellow. Jaundice. Go for the blue." Said Damon not looking up from the book in front of him.
"I don't like the blue." Said Caroline with a frown as she turned back to face the mirror.
"Well I do and if I'm going to be your date…"
"You cannot be my date. My mother is going to be there, and she is a very proud gun owner." Said Caroline.
"I went through a lot of trouble to make sure this party wasn't cancelled. It's very important I be there."
As he said this Caroline turned to face him only for his eyes to swiftly change from their regular blue coloring to a light, almost metallic silver coloring.
"Please take me." Said Damon once their eyes had locked; for a few long moments Caroline was silent before she spoke.
"You should come to the founder's party with me"
"Not if you're wearing that dress." Stated Damon, Caroline responded by pushing it off of her leaving her only in her light green bra and panties, the bottom of which was almost see through from behind.
"What's so special about this Bella girl? Edward's so whipped." Stated Damon
"You gotta read the first book first. It won't make sense if you don't." said Caroline as she rummaged through her closet
"Ah, I miss Anne Rice. She was so on it." Said Damon with a sigh.
"How come you don't sparkle?" questioned Caroline as she went about putting on the new dress she pulled out now back in front of the mirror.
"Because I live in the real world, where vampires burn in the sun." stated Damon once again not looking up from the book.
"But you go out in the sun" stated Caroline.
"I have a ring. It protects me; long story." Stated Damon lifting his right hand and moving his fingers to show off said ring.
Caroline meanwhile had turned so that her back was half facing the mirror were her gaze caught sight of several markings on it.
"Will these bites turn me into a vampire?" questioned Caroline getting Damon to actually close the book, though still didn't look towards her.
"It's more complicated than that. You'd have to feed on my blood, then die, and then feed on a human's, it's a whole ordeal." As he said this Caroline had walked over to stand beside the bed.
"This book, by the way has it all wrong."
As he finished speaking Damon tossed the book and quickly grabbed hold of Caroline picking her up and pinning her to the bed while he himself settled on top of her causing her to giggle. Once she stopped he leaned in where a series of soft kisses were exchanged before he disengaged from her mouth and moved to her neck.
"You can be very sweet when you want to be." Said the blonde.
"Yes, I can be sweet." Stated Damon pulling away and trailing his finger from her head to her chin.
"Are you going to kill me?" questioned the girl softly.
"Mm-Hmm. But not yet." Stated Damon not even slowing in his ministrations.
"Why not?" questioned Caroline.
"Because there's something I need you to do for me."
"Anything." Stated the girl with a smile.
"How good are you at getting your nose where it doesn't belong?"
"Excellent."
Meanwhile away from the Salvatore house Naruto sat on a cliff overlooking a lake having watched the sun rise. Having thoroughly beaten Damon's ass just recently he had found that he had needed some time away to clear his mind and stretch a bit. As such he had chosen this remote location and knowing he would not be bothered, though having created clones to patrol just in case had slipped out of his human form, his hair was no longer pure blond but had darkened and had several red streaks running through it. His ears had been replaced with a pair of ears that sat atop his head blond in color but capped in white to match the nine long tails that swayed behind him as if they had minds of their own, each of them at least six feet in length. Along with him were a trio of kits one was Yuzu curled up in a ball in her father's lap while two of his other children sat on each side of him.
These two while twins looked nothing alike for instance the one on his right was a girl, Sango had inherited his blond hair and her mother's lavender Byakugan eyes. She appeared to be about eight years old and wore a casual kimono that was red in color. Behind her two blonde tails swayed in the wind while she herself purred in contentment leaning into her father's side. On his left however was a boy named Kohaku that had inherited his mother's dark black, blue tinted hair and his father's sky blue eyes. Likewise two dark-colored tails swayed behind him while he eyed a water balloon that rested in his palm. Naruto cherished moments like these were he didn't have any troublesome distractions and he could just spend some quiet time with his kids.
His children were all pretty much well behaved thanks to Hinata instilling in them the teachings her own mother had given to her at a young age. However they were also Uzumaki and as such they carried his penchant for causing mischief. Like him they were all given naturally large energy reserves even from birth, another trait of their Uzumaki heritage showing itself. Sighing to himself as he saw the position off the sun Naruto spoke up catching each of the kits attention.
"Alright kits, time to head back, you know how kaa-san is about your studies."
"Aww" groaned all three kids in unison.
"Don't be like that; she's only so tough because she cares. You guys are lucky to have that." Stated Naruto.
"What do you mean tou-san?" questioned Kohaku.
"Well when I was growing up, I never studied and nobody ever bothered me to. Unfortunately this meant I wasn't as smart as my classmates, however they had something I didn't, parents that cared. I didn't know who my parents were until I was sixteen, and for a human that's a long time." Stated Naruto causing all three to look up in surprise.
"What about nana and baa-chan?" questioned Sango with a frown.
"Well nana died the night I was born about an hour after with Minato-jii, and I didn't meet Nade-baachan until I was twelve and even then it took a while for our relationship to grow to that level." Explained Naruto
"Where was kaa-san?" questioned Yuzu.
"Well kaa-san and I were in the same class. However up until that time we had hardly ever spoken back then she was incredibly shy, and it got even worse whenever it came to me so even though she cared she could never get up the courage to tell me." Explained Naruto
"So you were all alone?" questioned Sango tears prickling at her eyes.
"Hey you none of that. It's nothing to cry over, however if it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't have appreciated all the good things that happened, and you guys probably wouldn't be here. So I think everything worked out pretty great don't you." Said the blond smiling, taking a handkerchief and wiping tears from all three of their faces.
"Now be good and head back to kaa-san." Said the blond.
In an instant he got two hugs and kisses on his cheek before Yuzu leapt up to lick his chin, before all three disappeared into plumes of smoke. Once by himself Naruto took a deep breath before releasing it his fox features vanishing as he returned to his human form however just before he could leave his phone rang. Pulling it from his pocket a small smile came across his face seeing it was from Bonnie.
"Hey, how are you?"
"I'm good, are you busy?" came the voice over the phone.
"Not at the moment why; what's going on?"
"Okay so the Founders party is tomorrow and I was supposed to go with Caroline. Problem is now she's taking Damon, and Elena is going with Stefan…"
"Miss Bennett, are you asking me to take you to the Founder's party?" questioned Naruto with a smirk.
"Will you?"
"I suppose I could, on one condition."
"Condition?"
"Well if you're going to be my date we've gotta look the part, I'll pick you up in an hour, we're taking a short trip." Stated the blond
An hour later found Naruto and Bonnie riding down the road in his Camaro. He had picked her up from Elena's and had to say she looked good in her black skirt and cream colored blouse, however no one would confuse her for being older than she was. As they drove he could tell something was bothering her and finally decided to speak breaking the silence once they were well on the road.
"So what's got you so quiet?" questioned the blond.
"Well I spoke to my grams and agreed to start the training." Said Bonnie.
"So what's wrong?"
"She told me some things." Said Bonnie.
"Let me guess, she told you some things that have you confused?"
"Yeah" said the girl twirling a strand of her hair around her index finger.
"Have you ever read this book, Chronicles of the Shinobi?" questioned Bonnie
"I've heard of it." Stated Naruto
"Should have, it's only the best-selling book since Harry Potter." Stated Bonnie causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow.
"Right anyway within the book there's this character. The character is a fox with nine tails called Kyuubi. Grams told me our family's guardian spirit is the Kyuubi." Stated Bonnie
"I see that would confuse you. So here's the think, Kyuubi no Kitsune is a figure out of Japanese mythology. One of the characteristics of Kitsune is that they are said to possess magical powers. It's no surprise that a family of witches especially an old one like yours could claim to having such a spirit as a guardian. Nor is it surprising that a book series with a Japanese base would feature such a creature." Said Naruto lightly.
"Do you think it actually exist?" questioned Bonnie after a few moments.
"Who knows, but if it is supposed to be your family's guardian you could always try to contact it to find out." Stated the blond.
"Anyway where are we heading?" questioned Bonnie after a few silent minutes of thought.
"Shopping, Virginia Beach." Stated Naruto.
"That's like a two hour drive." Stated Bonnie in shock.
"Well I could actually run there faster but I wouldn't be able to explain a lot of things so I figured driving would be more convenient."
The next morning found the brothers Salvatore up and getting ready for the day ahead. Within his room Stefan had just sat down as he went about polishing his shoes when Damon entered the room.
"Do they still wear ties at this thing?" questioned the black haired immortal.
"Why are you even going?" questioned Stefan as he looked down the top of the shoe at an angle.
"It's only fitting. We were at the very first one, remember?" stated Damon
"I think it would be better if we don't draw attention to ourselves." Stated Stefan.
"So you should stay here. I'll see to it Elena has a good time." Stated Damon which Stefan responded to by taking a hit of the liquor that had been sitting on the table beside him.
My goodness, I've driven you to drink." Stated Damon in mock shock.
"Can't seem to rid myself of you. What else am I supposed to do, besides go about living my life?" said Stefan placing the glass down.
"Go about living my life. See, therein lies your eternal struggle. You're dead, dude. Get over it."
"Enough." Came Naruto's voice as he entered the room.
As he did it could be seen that he was the only one fully dressed. He wore a deep grey three piece suit the vest of which was completely buttoned to cover his white shirt. Despite this the orange and grey striped tie he wore could still be seen.
"Oh nice." Stated Damon as he approached only for Naruto to catch his hand as he brought it up.
"This is Kiton, no touching." Stated the blond causing the younger immortal to back away.
"You paid five thousand dollars for a suit." Stated Stefan with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course not, I own some stock. This suit is custom made; it would cost twenty five thousand." Stated Naruto
"Brother, how you picked up such expensive taste in the land of the dead is beyond me." Stated Damon.
"Well what's the use of being a billionaire if you never spend any money?" stated Naruto with a grin
"Anyway Stefan's right. Remember this is the Founders council we'll be dealing with, our greatest weapon at this point is our ability to blend in with the humans, use it." Stated the blond
Meanwhile over at the Gilbert house Elena and Bonnie were also in the process of getting ready. Naruto had dropped Bonnie off the previous night around ten and she had come in with only two bags from their shopping trip, though she'd had quite the story to tell. At this point however neither of the two girls were dressed instead both were standing in the mirror for hair and make-up and whatever else was needed when the phone rang and Elena ran to get it.
"Hello…Hi Mrs. Lockwood." Stated the girl before her eyes narrowed slightly.
"What do you mean, it is? Are you sure, cause I saw it…Let me check… Mm-Hmm. I'll find it and bring it. Ok. Bye." Stated Elena before getting up off the bed a frown taking over her face.
"What's wrong?" questioned Bonnie.
Elena says nothing simply walking out of her room and into Jeremy's pushing the door open. She found her target simple enough as Jeremy was sitting in a chair at his desk headphones on as he faced his computer.
"Damn it, what now?" stated Jeremy
"The pocket watch, where is it?" questioned Elena crossing her arms and glaring at him
"What watch?" questioned Jeremy removing the tangled cord from around his neck
"The one you stole from mom's box. Look Mrs. Lockwood just called me freaking out. It was on the list, Jeremy. And she can't find it, and she thinks she's the one who lost it." Stated Elena.
"Well maybe she did, or maybe Tyler took it." Stated Jeremy.
"Don't even play that card. Jeremy, you took it. If I go online, am I going to find it on eBay? Is that how you pay for your pot?" stated Elena her face scrunching up.
"Fuck you." Stated Jeremy standing to his feet moving past her over to his bookcase he pulled the watch out of a case.
"This watch, I would never sell this ok." Stated Jeremy.
"Then why did you take it?" questioned Elena.
"Because it's mine. Dad said it goes to the firstborn son. His father gave it to him and now what?" stated Jeremy before placing it down into her palm and sitting back into his chair.
"And he was going to give it to you." Stated Elena with a sigh.
"Yeah that's generally how it goes." Stated Jeremy.
"Look, Jeremy, it's still yours, ok? Mom promised Mrs. Lockwood. What do you want me to do?" stated Elena.
"Just take that and your condescending attitude and get the hell out." Stated Jeremy placing his headphones back on and turning away from her.
Back at the Salvatore house found Damon standing in front a mirror only now he wore a shirt to go with his pants.
"It's cool not growing old, I like being the eternal stud." Stated Damon
"Yes, being a 150 year old teenager has been the height of my happiness." Stated Stefan before taking another hit from his drink, still in just his slacks and undershirt.
"You cracked a funny Stefan. I should have a drink to celebrate. 1864. You and Katherine were the perfect couple. It was hell watching you dance with her." Stated Damon holding a picture of said female.
"Well happiness was short-lived as you well know." Stated Stefan
"I remember. I left the party early, I was waiting for her. The night you dropped her off, I was waiting just inside. You were such a gentleman, gave her a kiss on the cheek. And what she really wanted was..." started Damon cutting himself off as Stefan turned to face him, though he took the time to pour himself a drink.
Oh, well. Here's to history repeating itself, huh?" raising the glass in toast before moving to drink, only to pour it onto the floor and dropping the bottle.
"I admire your effort, Stefan. Pouring yourself a drink then spiking the bottle with vervain. I'm not some drunk sorority chick. You can't roofie me. But I can't help but feel a little used. I thought we were having a moment. I have to go to the party angry. Who knows what I'll do?" stated Damon
"You'll do nothing," stated Naruto leaning against the doorframe with a grey hat in hand.
"I thought you left." Stated Damon.
"Ah, forgot my hat. Also wanted to remind you to mind your manners, unless of course you'd rather you and I have another private chat." Stated Naruto the pupils in his eyes changing into vertical slits.
Meanwhile at the Lockwood mansion guest were lined up as they awaited to be granted entrance to the party as the Mayor and his wife greeted them as they came. From his position on the porch Tyler was able to spot Vicky who was currently wearing a dark yellow dress. Moving over towards her he greeted her with a hug while she kissed his cheek.
"Let's go this way." Stated Tyler taking her hand and moving to the side.
"Why?" questioned Vicky.
"Line's too long. We can go around back. Come on, parties in the back anyway." Stated Tyler leading her though Vicky did not miss the fact that his mother saw the action nor did she miss her expression.
'You know you're making the wrong choice, yet you make it anyway. It's sad.' Came Jeremy's voice into her ear like a whisper, the ghost of their last conversation coming back to haunt her.
"Even though that was his favorite scotch, you should have known that little trick wouldn't work." Stated Naruto as Stefan came up the hall.
"Wasn't expecting it to work. Still it did what I wanted and lowered his guard. He won't expect me to try again so soon." Stated Stefan.
As he said this he pulled a small vile out of his pocket. Within the vile was a clear liquid that anyone could almost mistake for water.
"I doubled what I put in the scotch." Stated Stefan, never more happy that he'd taken Naruto's advice about building a resistance to vervain.
Naruto said nothing since at the end of the day it wasn't his problem. Still the fact that Stefan was trying to eliminate Damon as a threat despite not having any idea about what he was planning made him want to chuckle. It reminded him of quite a few situations in his life and it brought a bit of amusement to him. Without a word spoken the blond burst into a plume of smoke informing Stefan he'd been speaking to a clone the entire time. Shaking his head Stefan tucked the vile away and placing his hands into his pockets left the house.
Later that evening the Founders party was in full swing at the Lockwood mansion. As they arrived Bonnie had stunned many in her new grey dress, which had designs made up of orange, white and black coloring, which several had recognized as a Gucci dress which was part of their spring collection for 2010, which meant it wasn't due out until the next year. That and the fact that it went well with what her escort for the evening was wearing had earned her quite a bit of recognition. At the moment the two of them along with Stefan and Elena were in one of the halls admiring the showroom that Mrs. Lockwood had put together. Of course this was after Elena had informed the woman she couldn't find her dad's pocket watch, though in truth she'd given it back to Jeremy in guilt as it was rightfully his.
"The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration." Read Elena standing before the registry of the very first party.
"Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names: Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan Salvatore?" read off Elena confused at the end.
"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors, a tragic story actually." Came Damon's voice as he entered the room with Caroline
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stated Stefan
"It's not boring Stefan, I'd love to hear more about your family." Stated Elena
Seeing where this was going Naruto decided he wanted no part of this teenage drama and with a simple nudge to Bonnie's hand motioned subtly towards the door, a motion she was all too eager to follow. As they made their way through the house and out the doors they decided to take a small walk around the property. As they did so Naruto was surprised to hear a rather familiar voice at the edge of his hearing range.
"So you want to dance?" came the question from what he knew as Vicky's voice.
"Me dancing, not pretty." Tyler, he should have figured it was him as soon as he heard her voice.
"Maybe you could show me around. I mean, this place is amazing." Stated Vicky and Naruto agreed for a first timer this was a pretty good place, his place in Florence beat it hands down though.
"Yeah, if you like living in a museum." Stated Tyler.
"Well maybe I should just strip naked and give Pastor Bill a lap dance. I mean, that's why we're hiding in a corner all night, isn't it? You're scared of how I'm going to act? You're afraid of what your parents are going to think about your date from the wrong side of the tracks?" stated Vicky
"I don't care about what they think." Stated Tyler.
"Then great let's go say hi." Stated Vicky standing and pulling Tyler to his feet.
"Knock it off, Vick." Stated Tyler
"I guess we could just sneak up to your bedroom, as long as nobody sees us right." Stated Vicky
"Vicky I swear…" started Tyler only to be cut off.
"What's the matter Ty, scared to stand up to your mommy, it's pretty pathetic." Stated Vicki turning to walk away.
"Let go." Stated Tyler snatching his arm away
"Tyler." Came a new voice it took a few moments but Naruto was able to recognize it as Mrs. Lockwood.
"We didn't get a chance to say hello earlier. It's Vicki, right? Matt's sister." Stated the woman.
"Yes ma'am."
"You'll have to forgive my son's rudeness. He gets it from his father." Stated the woman.
"That's ok Mrs. Lockwood. Tyler and I were just saying goodnight." Stated Vicki before walking off.
"That's what you get when you bring the trash into the party." Stated Mrs. Lockwood causing Naruto to stop listening, otherwise he might rip the stuck up bitches throat out.
Later that night found Naruto and Stefan standing within the stone cellar of the boarding house. Across from them was a wooden door with bars at the top so someone could peer inside. For a while it served as the place where Zach had been growing vervain. Naruto however had moved it after his last confrontation with Damon, figuring he may need the space. This was considerably good forethought considering the fact that Damon's passed out form was currently laid out inside with nothing but stone walls surrounding him. The door itself while made of wood was layered with quite a few seals to increase its durability, enough so that it would be harder to get out through the door than through the walls.
"So how'd you do it?" questioned the blond turning to Stefan.
"Well I knew I couldn't get him to drink down the vervain, even by spiking his drink. So because of this I did something he wouldn't expect, I spiked Caroline's and of course when he bit her he took in the vervain as well." Stated Stefan getting Naruto to shake his head.
"This idiot actually bit her, in public?" questioned Naruto.
"In the backyard of the party. Lucky I saw him coming out with her, though I had to break away from Elena, who by the way saw the bite marks he left all over her." Stated Stefan.
"Fine let's leave his ass locked up for a while, that should teach him to listen." Stated the blond motioning for Stefan to head up the stairs and following behind him.
Sometime later found Damon still lying on the ground of his small cell still clad in the outfit he had worn to the Founders party though his skin much more pale, an almost chalk white tone. Outside the cell Stefan stood watching him stoically, his expression not giving away anything he may have thought, not that anyone was there to see it regardless.
"Where's my ring?" came Damon's tired voice from within the cell.
"You won't be needing it anymore." Stated Stefan not budging from his place.
"How long have I been here?"
"Three days."
"What are you doing?" questioned Damon in response to the previous answer he was given.
"During the dark ages when a vampire's actions threatened to expose or bring harm upon the entire race, they would face judgment. They sought to reeducate them rather than to punish them." Stated Stefan
"You, you know what will happen if, if I don't feed on blood." Stated Damon stumbling over the words slightly.
"You'll grow weaker and weaker. Eventually you won't be able to move or speak. In a week your skin will desiccate, and you'll mummify. A living corpse, unable to hurt anyone again. Ever." Summarized Stefan.
"So, what you're just going to leave me in the basement forever." Stated Damon.
"I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak. Once your circulation stops, we'll move you to the family crypt, and then in 50 years, we can reevaluate." Stated Stefan.
"I'm stronger than you think." Stated Damon
"You always have been, but you're not stronger than the vervain. You and I both know it, didn't have to be this way but you brought it on yourself." Stated Stefan before leaving.
Over at the Gilbert house Elena sighed as she closed her diary and set it aside having once again found herself with nothing to say. Standing up and moving away from the bed she left her room and headed for the bathroom only to be surprised to find Vicki within the room brushing her teeth. Surprised both girls stopped before Elena quickly backed out of the room and closed the door behind her. A few minutes later Vicki came out of the bathroom and entered Jeremy's room closing the door behind her finding the teen lying in the bed shirtless just how she left him.
"I think you might be in trouble." Stated Vicki as she made her way over.
"Why what you do?" questioned Jeremy.
"Elena saw me." Stated Vicky climbing onto the bed and on top of him.
"I'm a drug using delinquent. A girl in bed doesn't really rank, sorry." Stated Jeremy only for Vicki to kiss him quickly before breaking it.
"Seriously though, I want you to stop okay. I nearly got ate by something because I was stoned out of my mind, I don't want that to happen to you." Stated Vicki.
Meanwhile Elena had retreated downstairs unknowing of the conversation her brother was currently engaged in and had entered into the kitchen to find Jenna already there.
"Jenna, are you aware of what's going on upstairs?" questioned Elena still in shock.
"Uh-huh." Stated Jenna.
"And you have no objection?" questioned Elena.
"He could be craftier about it, I mean at least try to sneak her in and out of the house. Oh and just so you know I won't be here for dinner tonight." Stated Jenna with a chuckle
"Oh, so you're actually going to do it. You're gonna go out with Logan." Stated Elena picking up a box of cereal from on top of the refrigerator.
"If you mean I'm going to torture him, then yes. And have you heard from Stefan?"
"Not since he left that very vague message three days ago. 'Hi, um, Elena, I, um, have something I have to do. I'll, uh, explain in a few days.'" Stated Elena her voice taking on a deeper tone in imitation.
"Haven't you called him?"
"Nope, not going to either." Stated Elena pouring herself a bowl.
"And you're ok with everything?" questioned Jenna.
"No, I'm not ok with any of it. But I'm not gonna cry about it, either. You know, I was going to write in my diary this morning and then I thought, what am I going to write? Honestly, I'm not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy."
Later on in the morning found Elena standing in the school hallway with Bonnie as they spotted Caroline coming up the hall handing out flyers and they could just hear her talking about the sexy suds carwash that would be held the next day.
"Unbelievable, it's like nothing happened." Stated Elena
"She's in denial." Stated Bonnie.
Before they could delve too much further into the conversation Naruto and Stefan made their appearance coming from the opposite end of the hallway. Knowing of Stefan's current situation with Elena, Naruto decided to head the awkward teenage angst off and after greeting them Elena wrapped Bonnie in a hug so he could whisper in her ear.
"Let's get out of here, if I have to deal with anymore of his brooding I might have to strangle him." stated the blond quietly.
Bonnie hearing the honest frustration in his voice wrapped her arm around his and began walking off through the halls since she had to get to class anyway. Once the two were alone, or as alone as they could be in the school hallway Stefan spoke up.
"I'm so sorry I haven't called."
"No worries, I'll live." Stated Elena shortly.
"I was dealing with Damon." Stated Stefan
"And did you... deal with Damon?" Questioned Elena getting a nod from Stefan in response.
"For four days?"
"Look I understand if your upset and you have every right to be. Can I at least explain things to you?" Questioned Stefan
"Sure when?" questioned Elena with a sigh.
"I have to be home after school, but the Grill around four." Stated Stefan.
"Ok"
Before they could speak on it anymore Caroline made her appearance. As she did it actually made Stefan kind of surprised as this was the second person to have just bounced back from one of Damon's attacks. Of course he couldn't really drain her due to the vervain in her system at the time but it was still a remarkable recovery as far as he was concerned.
"Stefan where's Damon? He has some serious apologizing to do." Stated Caroline with a smile that promised pain on her face.
"He's gone Caroline." Stated Stefan calmly.
"Well when is he coming back?" questioned the blonde.
"Hopefully never. I'm sorry." Stated Stefan giving Elena a small glance before walking off.
"This is a good thing Caroline." Stated Elena placing a hand on her arm seeing the blonde's face.
"I know that."
After school found Bonnie over at her grams for what would be the official start of her training. When she arrived she had found her grams surrounded by three small foxes all of whom had been drinking milk from dog bowls before they had all vanished into plumes of smoke much to her shock. Now here she was waiting for her grams who soon made her reappearance carrying within her hand a pair of candles.
"So judging from what you told me about what happened at the founder's party I'd say that you seem to be a Firestarter. Firestarters are magical creatures with the particular power of Pyrokinesis. When their emotions are heightened, they can concentrate and create fire or cause things to burst into flames. I've actually never met a Firestarter before but according to my research it's not unheard of for good witches to be natural Firestarters as the ability isn't particularly common, it can be found in both spectrums like a lot of things so both good and bad. So as far as active powers go you seemed to have gotten a good one, but we'll have to work on your control. Afterall I'm sure you don't want to be setting things on fire just because you got a bit irritated." Stated Sheila.
At the Mystic Grill, Logan Fell could be seen as he sat down next to Sherriff Forbes. This was something easily ignored by the townsfolk as the Sherriff as a child had been one of the most popular in school much like her daughter Caroline is now. As the current head of the Forbes family she sat on the Founders Council and had been present at the founder's party the previous night. While on the surface the party appeared as a celebration of the founding of the town it also acted to conceal it's true purpose of allowing for members of the council to meet. The subject matter of the previous meeting had been all the deaths that had plagued Mystic Falls recently and while they had released the news that it had been the actions of a mountain lion to the public all of them knew it was not the case and had come to the conclusion that vampires had in fact returned to Mystic Falls. As both of these individuals were on the council, they were as such also in attendance for the meeting.
"Evening Sheriff, anything." Greeted Logan as he took a place beside her at the bar.
"We went over the entire west side of the lake. All the caverns by the falls were clean, no signs of habitat." Stated the woman.
"Then they're staying in town." Stated Logan.
"We canvassed all abandoned buildings and warehouses." Stated the sheriff.
"So a private residence then." Stated Logan with a sigh
"Exactly which makes them that much harder to locate, if not impossible. They're smart they know how to go undetected." Stated the sheriff
"Well someone who only comes out at night should eventually become obvious." Stated Logan.
"What about the watch?" questioned Elizabeth, speaking about the pocket watch that Elena had been unable to deliver the previous night.
"I'm working on it." Stated Logan.
He was speaking truthfully as he was going to use the fact that he was trying to get back in Jenna's good graces. He figured if he poured on the charm that she'd eventually cave and take him back, now if he just so happened to be welcomed into her current place of residence he would have the opportunity to go after the watch without compromising the relationship he was trying to salvage.
"I knew the Gilberts. That watch is passed down to the men in the family. I'd start with Jeremy." Stated the Sheriff.
"Hey Logan."
'Speak of the devil.' He thought turning around to see Jenna arriving, nodding his departure he moved over to greet her as she came to the bar area.
"I'm glad you came." Said Logan
"You have an hour, make it count."
Back at the Gilbert house Elena was writing in her diary as she lye on her bed. Her meeting with Stefan had been a spectacular failure. Not only had he been a hour late, but he had neglected to even call her and let her know he would be late, honestly how hard was it to send a text if you didn't have time to call. Then when he did get there he'd gotten a strange greeting by an old man who had been surprised to see him and oddly enough said he hadn't aged a day. Stefan of course had been his usual evasive self when she'd questioned him which led her here, to her room writing her frustrations in her diary.
"You ok." Came Jeremy's voice from behind her, standing in the open doorway.
"Is Vicki in there?" questioned Elena.
"Don't answer a question with another question, maybe. What's wrong with you?" retorted the boy with a chuckle.
"I'm miserable." Stated Elena.
"Well you should go get something to eat." Stated Jeremy.
A few short minutes later found herself making her way down the stairs on her way to the kitchen. Is she moved she could hear the sound of chopping as a knife struck wood repeatedly, something she'd grown familiar with growing up.
"Jenna…Jenna" called the girl receiving no answer.
Still following the sign she pushed the doors to the kitchen open since they had been slid shut and was surprised to find Stefan was the one in the kitchen.
"Stefan, what are you doing here?" questioned the girl.
"Dinner. Jeremy told me that Chicken Parmesan is one of your favorites, and I happen to be a good cook. The Italian roots demand it. I can even make my own homemade mozzarella. Only tonight, it is unfortunately store bought. Sorry." Said the Salvatore.
"What exactly are you trying to accomplish?" questioned Elena.
"You want to know me, right? Well, I figure if you're going to dump me, you should at least, um, know who you're dumping." Said Stefan surprising her.
Upstairs Jeremy had retreated back into his room and closed the door once he was sure that there would be no drama downstairs.
"You know that was nice what you did for Stefan, very romantic." Stated Vicki as she made her way over to him.
"Well I was feeling romantic." Stated Jeremy turning to face her.
"So look what I found. 'Elena Gilbert, take one tablet every 4 to 6 hours, as needed for pain'." Said Vicki reading the label of a container of pills.
"Those are from the accident." Stated Jeremy.
"So she won't miss them, good. What do you think we should do with them?" questioned Vicki.
"Let's not, we don't have to be high all the time right." Stated Jeremy
"Good answer boyfriend." Stated Vicki
The next morning at the car wash found Elena sitting at the cashiers table with Caroline beside her in full boss mode.
"No friend discounts. No freebies. No pay ya laters. We are not running a charity here." Said Caroline
"No we are not." Said Elena
"Hi" said Stefan as he made his appearance walking up from behind them wearing his usual black colors with jeans and a hoodie.
As he did Elena smiled and stood to greet him, the previous night had been good and they had talked a lot putting Elena's mind at ease with a lot of the issues she'd been having about the budding relationship.
"Um, the event is called sexy suds you know." Said Caroline giving them both a look before smiling and walking off.
"Did we just get scolded?" questioned Stefan watching her go.
"And judged, yeah." Stated Elena also watching the blonde as she marched off before turning back to Stefan.
"I'm sorry, but I guess you're going to have to take that off." Said Elena.
"You first." Said Stefan.
"Ok."
As she said this Elena moved to take her sweater off only to get her arms tangled up. While this was going on Bonnie was over helping Matt with a car and had to get him to look away as the couple pulled in for a kiss. Looking up she was just in time as another car entered the lot that made her smile and she quickly spoke up.
"Tiki, that one's mine." Stated Bonnie just as Naruto got out the car getting an appreciative look from Tiki, who he noticed was an African-American girl almost half a foot taller than Bonnie.
"Hey you." Said Bonnie as she approached and pulled him into a hug.
"I'm surprised you actually let her get a bit dirty." Said Bonnie eyeing the Camaro which was about two shades darker than she knew it actually was.
"Well I get to see you like this so I considered it worth it." Stated Naruto eyeing Bonnie in her brown bikini top and blue shorts.
A few hours later found Caroline walking through the basement catacombs of the Salvatore house. She had thrown on a blue zip up hoodie over her pink bikini top to go with her blue short-shorts. In truth she didn't much know how she had gotten there, one moment she had been walking through the halls of the school to get some more towels for the car wash and the next she found herself here in this creepy place. Looking around she was surprised to find Damon sitting on the ground incredibly pale.
"Oh my god Damon! What is this, hell did I know you were here? Why the hell am I here?" rambled Caroline as she stood at the door of his cell.
"Because I wanted you very, very badly. Now let me out of here, please." Stated Damon as he struggled moving around almost drunkenly as he pulled himself to his feet and approached the door putting his weight against it to hold himself up.
"You bit me." Stated Caroline with a frown.
"You wanted me to remember." Stated Damon.
"Why do I keep remembering the same things, but in different ways?" questioned Caroline.
"You remember what I want you to. And now that the vervain has passed out of your system you won't remember what your about to do." Stated Damon
"What am I about to do?" questioned Caroline.
"You're going to open the door."
Caroline remained still as if in hesitation but had not broken her gaze from Damon's eyes. Seeing this he repeated the order and the girl responded by undoing the lock to his cell. However before she could fully open it she was grabbed and pulled away by Naruto.
"What are you doing here, run." Stated the blond as he pushed the girl away.
Damon seeing the chance managed to force the door open causing it the smack the blond in the back. As he stumbled Caroline turned tail and ran while Damon rushed out of the sail and straight towards his down sibling. Taking the opportunity as he hadn't yet recovered Damon quickly grabbed his head and snapped his neck, not hesitating in the slightest as he knew it would only knock him out for a bit. That done he turned and chased after Caroline, as such not noticing that the Naruto he just dropped had crumbled into a pile of mud. He found Caroline quickly enough as she hadn't even cleared the stairs and managed to catch her by the leg only for her to kick him off. As he chased her through the house, running at normal speeds due to his weakness she managed to make it to and through the door stopping Damon in his tracks once he was hit by the sun's rays forcing a scream from him while she simply kept running.
At the same time Elena was busying herself at the news studio in the records room. A bit earlier she had run into the same old man she and Stefan had seen at the grill the previous day, learning that he was Tiki's grandfather. When she had talked to him he'd revealed that he knew Stefan from when his uncle died when the old man had first moved to town, in June of 1953. She had questioned whether he meant Stefan's uncle Zach, but he told her it was a man named Joseph who was killed in an attack by a wild animal. She had seen Logan Fell at the carwash and seeing him chatting up her aunt had managed to squeeze out the favor of him letting her use the room under the guise that she was behind on a report that she needed to have turned in and the event took place in the early fifties.
With that cover she'd managed to slip away, though had told Jenna not to let Caroline know where she was. Logan had left her with instructions on how to find what she was looking for on the computer, since the staff had digitized all of the old footage. As she went about it she was able to pull up a video file which while grainy and in black and white still managed to play.
"This is Franklin Fell reporting to you from the Salvatore Boarding House, where a brutal animal attack has ended in tragedy. Ok, they're bringing out the bodies. See if you can get closer. Wait is that the nephew?"
As the camera zoomed in she was surprised to find that they had managed to get a clear shot of the nephews face. Looking at the footage Elena's mind was blown as she saw that it was indeed Stefan that was standing there before he ducked back into the shadows.
Later that night found both Naruto and Stefan frowning as the found the door to the cell wide open and nothing to show but a dried up puddle of mud. Naruto frowned to himself he had created the mud clone instead of his regular shadow clones earlier in the morning because his reserves had been drained from his training and he had known that the mud clone would barely take anything at all. However he had also made it because he hadn't expected Damon would be able to get out as trapped inside as he was he had been unable to escape. The fact however that the lock on the door had been removed meant someone had been able to get in and had let him out. Neither had any idea that Caroline was now at home holding a pillow to her chest and quite understandably scared shitless.
Dear diary, I'm not a believer. People are born, they grow old, and then they die. That's the world we live in. There's no magic, no mysticism, no immortality. There's nothing that defies rational thought. Wrote Elena into the pages of her diary.
While writing this she was unaware of Bonnie standing in her grams house having magically lit several candles on fire. She was also unaware of Logan Fell, who true to his plan had been invited into the house by Jenna and had used the opportunity to sneak into Jeremy's room while the boy was absent managing to find his pocket watch and slip it into his own pocket. As he left the room he was surprised to find Jeremy standing in the hall.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Jeremy.
"Hey man, just looking for the bathroom." Stated Logan.
People are supposed to be who they say they are. And not lie or hide their true selves. It's not possible. I'm not a believer, I can't be. But how can I deny what's right in front of me? Someone who never grows old. Never gets hurt, changes in ways that can't be explained. Girls bitten, bodies drained of blood.
At the same time Vicki was out hanging with her cousin at the cemetery where they had been partying for years with several of their friends. Though she had sworn off the hard drugs and had put a halt to what she viewed as a growing abuse of alcohol her cousin had tempted her with weed and that temptation as weed had never hurt anyone had seized her. As she stumbled off to her cousin's car literally high out of her mind she stumbled across Damon who took the opportunity and bit her as soon as she got close. At the same time Stefan now fed up had grabbed a stake and headed towards the door knowing he was already behind Naruto who had taken off like a bat out of hell. As he came to the door he was surprised to find Elena standing there.
"What are you."
AN: Well that's it chapters over. Still leaning heavily on the episodes but I'm going to start deviating soon in my own little way which I have already started to do. Anyway thanks for reading and please review. Till next time, LATER