It was now the day of Grayson and Miranda's funeral, and JJ had been right by Aubrey's side the whole time, which she was thankful for, she still hadn't felt any sadness about their deaths, if anything she felt more relived, Bree couldn't really explain why, but she had been getting angrier, than normal over the past few days, it had started when she had seen Elena trying to flirt with JJ.
The funeral went by smoothly, Bree had stuck by JJ's side and only had a few people glare at her, no doubt because of something Elena had said.
Aubrey had been talking to John, they were now back at the Gilbert House, JJ was in the kitchen getting him and Bree a drink.
It was now just the family that was home. JJ walked out of the kitchen and headed back to Bree and John, when Elena cornered him, making him roll his eyes, the girl didn't seem to know how to take a hint that he was solely interested in Aubrey, not her.
Bree looked to the right of her uncle and saw Elena talking to JJ, then she caught his eye and he mouthed, 'Help' Bree nodded and excused herself from the conversation with John saying that she would be right, and she walked over to her boyfriend sliding under his arm as he lifted it up when she approached, she gave Elena a deadpanned look, "back off Elena... you're making MY boyfriend uncomfortable."
Elena glared at her, "get lost bitch, this has nothing to do with you."
Aubrey felt her anger flare up again, "Uhh one yes it does because it has to do with my boyfriend, and two I am not the bitch here Elena, that role is reserved for you."
Elena sneered at Aubrey, "god you are so useless, all you do is get in the way and ruin everything... I wish you were never born, my life would be so much better."
Aubrey paused at that as tears welled up in her eyes but not because that had hurt her but because it has pissed her off, she knew that Elena hated her. However, Aubrey never knew why because she had never done anything to garner those feelings from her twin, at least that she knew of.
At that moment, what no normal person could feel was the shockwave that rippled off the dark-haired girl because of the intensity of the anger she felt, though any supernatural creature could feel it even if they didn't know what it was the power seemed to knock a few people back because of it's strength.
A few streets away from the Gilbert house.
Sheila Bennett had staggered at the intensity of the power from the ripple, and she paled slightly, she knew that wasn't good, she hadn't been informed of the identity of the girl but knew that there was a special girl that resided in Mystic Falls because she was the daughter of a very powerful man in the supernatural community.
Sheila closed her eyes and focused just as she was told to do when she felt the ripple.
"Yes?" a sudden voice spoke.
Sheila opened her eyes, "It's happened... whoever she is has activated her powers I felt the ripple of power it staggered me, with how powerful it was."
"We've anticipated this brother." came a female voice that had appeared with her older brother.
"Indeed, but not this early... something must have happened to invoke enough anger for her to activate her powers earlier than anticipated." Then the man looked at Sheila, "Thank you, Sheila, for keeping an eye out and informing me of the development."
"You're welcome..." she trailed off, not even knowing the man's name, but both he and the girl were gone. Leaving the elder Bennett witch alone in her home with a worried look on her face.
Aubrey was glaring at her twin, now a fire in her eyes that Elena had never seen before as Aubrey radiated power but it was unfelt by normal humans, and Bree glared and some of the glass fixtures in the living room shattered as Bree slapped Elena, who held a hand to her now throbbing cheek that had a red hand print on it.
Elena looked at Bree in shock because it was the first time the girl had actually raised a hand to her, she never expected Bree to actually retaliate to her words because she never had before.
The glass breaking startled Jenna and John, Jeremy had already headed up to his room.
John had a knowing look in his eye, he knew that Isobel had magic in her bloodline but hadn't expected either of the girls to inherit it since it had been decades since anyone had.
John then knew that he at least needed to tell Aubrey the truth once she had calmed down.
Outside the Gilbert house, the man and woman from before were standing.
"Are we going to tell him now that she's activated her powers?" the blonde woman asked her older brother.
The man sighed, "We're not going to have a choice because he's going to sense the power coming from this town now that she has..."
"I know, but still we should tell him before he senses the power and comes to investigate himself... I know that we were protecting her when we found out that she was his daughter, but will our brother see it that way?"
"Of course, he will Gab... he knows better than most the lengths Michael would go to just to hurt him, so us keeping the fact that he has a daughter from him will be understandable as long as he knows it was to protect her."
"I don't know..." she trailed off.
"He will understand Gab." The older brother assured but Gab was still skeptical about it but didn't voice it again.
Gab nodded, "Okay, but let's get this over with and tell him the truth." then the two disappeared again.
Back inside the house. Elena started crying holding her cheek that was still throbbing because Aubrey had slapped her hard but she did deserve it for what she said, as JJ grabbed Aubrey's hand and interlocked their fingers slowly succeeding to calm her down a little bit, he then pulled her out of the house and away from Elena. "Baby... are you okay?"
She nodded blowing out a breath, "Yeah, I just lost my temper a little after she said that... I mean, I know that she hates me for whatever reason, but that was just crossing a line."
He pulled her into his chest, wrapping his arms around her, Aubrey calmed down a little more as the scent of her boyfriend's cologne surrounded her, and she breathed it in.
What neither of them realized was that just being in the other's embrace had a calming effect on both of them.
A while later John had walked out to find the two of the porch wing, and he smiled at the sight, he got their attention, Son, do you think I could talk to Aubrey for a few minutes alone?"
JJ was about to answer him when, Aubrey looked at her uncle, "It's alright Uncle John, I'll just end up telling him everything anyway so he might as well just stay and then I don't have to repeat everything you tell me."
John nodded at her "Okay, that's fine, whatever you're okay with Aubrey."
She smiled at him, "What's up, Uncle J?"
He sat on the little seat beside the swing, "Well I noticed something earlier it happened when you slapped Elena and I knew that I would be the best person to explain since Jenna who also noticed has no idea about any of this... We thought it best to just keep it between the four of us, and by that I mean, Grayson, Miranda, Isobel, and myself."
Aubrey looked at him with a slight look of confusion on her face, "Isobel? That's my middle name."
John nodded at her, "It is, and I chose it in honor of your biological mother since Grayson had named Elena, Isobel and I named you... You have to understand, we were young, barely 19, and nowhere in any condition ready for the responsibility of raising one kid much less twins so we talked it over with Grayson, and he agreed to adopt you and Elena."
JJ squeezed her hand as Bree processed everything, the dark haired beauty leaned into her boyfriend a little more subconsciously "So Grayson and Miranda aren't even my parents? Well besides legally before they died anyway... what happened to make you decide to tell me about this now?"
"No Aubrey, they're not, and well when you slapped Elena a bunch of glass in the living room shattered startling Jenna and me... and well to put it simply your biological mother has magic in her bloodline spanning back centuries, although it hasn't been inherited in decades well that is until you anyway."
Her mind was reeling just a little "Like witches, you mean when you say magic?"
John paused for a moment, before he nodded, "Well essentially yes but the magic in your mother's bloodline is called Traveler Magic it's different from a normal witches' magic it's darker and not drawn from nature like normal magic, but it is also powerful magic and when Isobel and I were together she told me about her family history which is why I know all of this now."
JJ was also processing what John was saying "Wait, so you're telling me that witches are real... and my girlfriend possibly is one? Cool..." he grinned mischievously, looking down at Aubrey, "You could totally learn how to hex the people that piss you off now."
Aubrey smirked at that and kissed his cheek, "So true babe... that could be fun." then she looked at John," Okay what else is it, I don't know how, but I can almost sense that there is something else that you're not telling me about."
"Well..." John started, "There is also the fact that you or Elena or both of you could also have another father because that was a wild night, that involved a threesome, with a dark-haired British man that claimed to be the devil... not 100 percent sure about that part, but it's a possibility and if it is true he has no idea about it since we didn't know for sure anyway."
Aubrey made a disgusted face, "Okay I regret asking about that now but okay, how do we know for sure if one or both of us share DNA with this other man?"
John paused for a moment, "I'm still figuring that one out Bree, but I'll let you know."
She nodded, "Okay so can I meet her, Isobel I mean?" She wondered if Isobel would have been a better mother than Miranda was.
John smiled at his daughter who now knew the truth, "I'll see what I can do about that, Bree, and let you know."
"Thank you." John then left the two alone on the porch once again. "Wow I cannot believe that my uncle is actually my father, but like it makes sense in a way, Grayson always said that I reminded him too much of John, and they didn't get along as well as they led everyone to believe. Guess that's why they always favored Elena over me."
"So what are you going to do now? Try and find this mystery dude that may also be your father?"
Aubrey sighed, "I don't know Jay, maybe see if Isobel will meet me first and then try and figure that out..." she turned her head up to look at JJ, "and then figure out how the hell I am going to learn how to use this traveler magic that apparently bio moms family has access to."
He kissed her forehead, "Well we will figure this out together Rey." she played with his fingers and smiled at him.
"Love you, Jay."
"Love you too Rey." she laid her head on his shoulder again, honestly surprised that Jay had been so calm about everything they had just learned, she was glad that she had him stay though. "Elena is the first person getting hexed when I learn how to do that."
That made JJ snort, "of course she will be, and I'll help you figure out which hex to use on her."
Honestly, JJ had always believed in the supernatural which is why he was so calm when John was telling them everything, and it definitely didn't make him love Rey any less. "You know, if that man really is your father too and is the actual devil, that means you'd be part angel since the devil was once an angel."
Aubrey snorted, "Yeah, but I doubt that he was the actual Devil though, Jay."
He shrugged, "You never know Rey, witches are real, so why can't the devil be a real person?"
"I mean, he could be, but still, the odds are that it's just some kind of nickname... though is it bad that I kind of wish that Elena didn't get any of this and for once in her life she won't be the special one?"
"Of course not angel, she has been treated special your whole lives so you hoping to have something that she doesn't, that makes you special instead of her isn't bad."
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OMG, guys I literally cannot wait for you guys to see what I have in store for this book and things are gonna a little different in this fic than it happened in Cannon.
Next chapter we find out exactly who the mysterious man and woman introduced in this chapter are (: but what are your guesses as to who they are?
