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Previously on Divine Beauty:
"Okay, wrap the chain around yourself now!" Care says as I push it away slightly.
"Not yet!" I call up to them as I keep feeling around, "I need to find the moonstone! Or we may never find it."
"Hurry it up Ray!" She yells out.
"Yeah I know!" I say before my smirk comes out as I feel something. I pull on it and a block of cork that has a string around a box making me smile as I grab the moonstone's box. I wrap the chain around myself and tug on it. I get pulled up easier and I get pulled out by Steffie. He pushes my bangs out of my eyes as he holds my face.
"Are you okay?" He asks as I catch my breath trying to recover from the vervain bath. "Belle?"
"I'm fine. Just slipped when I was down there." I smile and hold up the box. "Got the moonstone though." Elena hugs me tightly after Steffie smiles and kisses my forehead.
"Thank you, Elena."
"Can we go now? I need to change."
Stefan nods with a low chuckle and I smile. "Yeah, let's go get you cleaned up." Care gives me a hug and I hope that neither of them can hear or smell something off with me
Greta's POV:
"How is she today?" Klaus whisper asks in my ear as we have some of his lackey's moving our suitcases into our new house in Australia. I look around and pull the mirror out of my bag. I grab the herbs and necklace before I wrap the necklace again. I close my eyes and pull my magic out again pushing it through my veins to my hands.
"Liceat mihi, ut ille cui memorias sunt condita hic." I chant as I feel a trickle of magic mixing with her necklace before wrapping and weaving into the mirror's reflection again. I reopen my eyes feeling the magic working even easier than before and I see that my magic has the mirror glowing slightly. Her body slightly glowing and pulsing, "She's sleeping right now." I see her lying on her couch with Riptide laying in front of her stomach. I hand him the mirror and he smiles. He gently takes the mirror and caresses the edge where her necklace is and I smile.
"Keep an eye on her. If anything happens I'll tell Maddox, Logan, or Aria to go help her." He says as he mentions the twins that he has been having keep an eye on her ever since we found out she was pregnant. I watch him watch her sleep and I smile. He looks so protective over the two of them already. I can't wait till we catch up with her and give her, her memories back.
"Would you like to keep it Klaus?" I ask and he looks down at me and I see his eyes glistening with tears.
"Thank you Greta." He says as he goes up to his room after everyone finishes putting up the final touches and I go to the fridge to see that the caretakers have kept this place well stocked and clean.
"Hey, Klaus. I'm going to make some lunch for us if you want anything I'll leave it in the microwave." I say softly as I start getting pots and pans out, so I can start cooking. I start humming Skater Boi by Avril Lavigne lightly as I start pulling ingredients from the fridge and the cabinets while I use my magic to pull the spices. I smile as I start thinking about when Ray and I would cook dinner for the four of us. I text Maddox a picture and thanking him for telling me that he is watching over Rayen. I take a breath and smile happy that she's being watched over. I want to ask how is the baby, but we didn't tell him that she was pregnant. So if he finds out by himself then it's okay.
Katherine's POV:
(A couple of hours earlier)
I watch Rayen walk into the little hole in the wall dress shop and she's acting all carefree. "She has to know by now." I say as I flip my hair over my shoulder as I lean against a tree trunk. I growl lightly remembering the bad info she gave me when I visited her in the hospital. I watch her through the window as best I can even with my enhanced sight. I start walking over, but as I'm about to my head starts hurting like a bitch. It feels like someone's setting my brain and blood on fire. I clench my teeth as best I can while I close my eyes in pain. I back up and look around for a witch.
"Katerina." My eyes widen as I turn around and tilt my head. I see a very handsome man with a leather jacket covering his more than likely muscle bound body. I lick my lips, "Don't even think about it. You're not my type. I wonder what Klaus would think if he knew you were here."
"You wouldn't." I say as he smirks and his blue eyes sparkle with his lingering magic.
"I would. Now leave or would you like another aneurysm or maybe something more deadly ?" He asks as I look back at Rayen who is now paying for whatever she bought in there. I roll my eyes and fix my hair.
"Why would Klaus care about a little 17 year old in a small town?" I ask before holds his hand out in a threatening manner and I start walking away as my mind starts working in overdrive. "What hasn't Caroline told me about her?" I growl in annoyance of the little blonde twit. I walk into the grill and I see the blonde's little human boy toy making a smirk make itself known on my face.
Time Jump
Back in my bedroom, after I get a very disturbing call from Damon about my wolf toy. I pace around the window as I wait for Matt to wake up and I hear him groan lightly. I look to the bed and lean against the door before I cover his mouth. "Don't scream. Stay put and I'll let you go. Now at the ball you will go after Tyler Lockwood until he kills me." I compel him and he does as I say before repeating it back to me. I smirk, "Now, I apologize if I seem rattled. The circumstances have changed suddenly and I had to adjust. Mind control is necessarily evil. You see, I need a werewolf and I've lost the one that I had. Now tell me what you're going to do to help me get a new one." I say as I cross my arms and look down at him.
"I'm going to go after Tyler Lockwood." He says repeating my orders I nod and bend down to redo my compulsion.
"And you're not going to stop."
"And I'm not going to stop."
"Until?"
"Until he kills me."
I smirk happily, "Good, now forget that you and I had this talk. Go back to work and live the day as you normally would." I say before I open the door and let him walk out back to town. I pull my phone out and I start looking Rayen up on Google. I see that there are images and I click on them to see that it's either pictures of Klaus holding her, escorting her, or looking at her.
Maddox's POV:
I watch over little Ray and smile as I see her walking around normally with her cat on a harness. I chuckle as I take a picture of her and send it to Greta to show Klaus. Especially since she had that accident Klaus and Greta told me she was in. Even if I didn't like Klaus, I do like her she always made sure that the inner circle was fed. Because according to her a good person starts with a full stomach. She's such a nice kid. It just sucks she has all this bad luck around her. I wonder if she knows that Klaus has me assigned to her or not? From my spot I notice a familiar curly headed vampire leaning against a tree trunk and I smirk before I watch her looking at something. I follow her line of sight and it's Rayen. Rayen walks into the little hole in the wall dress shop and she's acting all carefree like she did when she was with us in Europe.
"She has to know by now." I hear her say before she flips her hair over her shoulder. I hear her growling slightly before she starts walking over to the shop. My protective instincts kick in and I walk over really fast.
"Nice try." I whisper. Just as she reaches the edge of the grass I hold my hand out throwing my magic into her making her body have an aneurysm. I walk up to her as I see her clenching her teeth in pain while I walk up. I smirk as I watch her back up and I pull my hand back as she looks around for a witch. "Katerina." I make sure to use her real name before she turns around and tilts her head at me. I watch her check me out and I roll my eyes since I have Greta who is probably no in either Australia or Russia depending on what Klaus wanted to endure. I watch her lick her lips at me, "Don't even think about it. You're not my type. I wonder what Klaus would think if he knew you were here."
"You wouldn't." I see her eyes widen even more and I smirk.
"I would. Now leave or would you like another aneurysm or maybe something more deadly?" I ask as I look back at Rayen who is now paying for whatever she bought in there. I turn back to see her roll her eyes and fix her hair nervously.
"Why would Klaus care about a little 17 year old in a small town?" She asks before I hold his hand out in a threatening manner to her as I gather my magic again and she starts walking away.
"You don't need to know." I say as I watch her watch away and not pay attention to me anymore. I pull my phone out and text my love saying that I hope they have safe travels and not to worry about Rayen. I watch her put her stuff in her car before her and her cat walk to the Grill. I continue to watch her as she comes back out with food before going to her car. I smile as I see her cat acting like a dog would on a car ride.
Time Jump
I go to the Lockwood's and I volunteer my time helping set up for their charity Masquerade ball for the homeless. I make sure whatever I'm doing is around Rayen just to make sure that she doesn't get hurt by any accidents.
"How are you feeling?" I hear her friend Matt asks her as she hands him some light lanterns. I make sure to watch for Katerina, so I can hurt her if she gets close and I don't even see her around.
"I feel fine. I just ate and I'm waiting for the pharmacy to tell me when my drugs are ready." I set down a big case of stuff to hand up.
"What are they for?"
"It's stuff for pain if I have any and to prevent infections of my stitches inside my body." I hear her say as he looks down at her and nods. I feel her magic making sure that the ladder doesn't falter and hurt her friend. The Lockwood kid comes up behind her and helps to steady it. I watch her zone out as the boys talk about something while I make sure to put a slight protection spell on her.
"She's this amazing girl one minute, and then she's this raging, jealous, freak the next." I hear the blond kid say.
"Look, you know what I think of Caroline Forbes. She's an insecure, neurotic, bitchy little twit." The Lockwood kid says and I hear growl slightly. I smirk as I realize that she got that from Klaus.
"Hey!' The two of them say in unison.
"But the girl's got heart, she means well." He finishes and I watch her nod satisfied with his answer.
She puts her tiny hand on his arm, "Mattie, you just gotta take the good with the bad sometimes. It happens with all relationships. Nothing and no one are perfect." Ray says and he smiles softly at her like one would a sister.
"Yeah." He says as he nods slightly. "I'm gonna go get an extension cord. I'll be right back." He leaves and they both look at one another and I see her playfully punch his arm missing hanging out with him.
"Hey man." I hear the Gilbert boy and I turn to see him and her give one another hugs.
"Hey, you doing better in school?" she asks and he looks at the both of us before he smiles.
"Yeah. You helped me out a lot." He says before he turns his attention to the boy. "Hey, so I did a little research on that stone you showed me." My curiosity sparks about what they're talking about.
"What? Why?" Lockwood asks and I see her look at them curiously as I pretend to set stuff up around the tent. She joins me as I wrap stuff around the fake columns. She smiles and I see no recognition behind them. She doesn't remember me.
"I don't know. Curiosity, boredom." Gilbert shrugs his shoulders.
"What did it say?" Lockwood asks trying to be sneaky and quiet.
"Well, it turns out that it's part of this Aztec legend but I want to make sure it's the same kind of stone. You think I could check it out again?" Gilbert says being kind of suspicious.
"No. I gave it to my uncle."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because I'm done with legends and curses. I don't want anything to do with it, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah sure. It's probably…Just, uh, stupid folklore anyways. Forget it." He says as Lockwood walks over to and I nod with a smile trying to be friendly to my girlfriend's best friend. They go walking somewhere else. I follow slightly before I work on bring over another box of stuff.
"You okay?" She asks as they move stuff on the refreshment table.
"Is that little Ray-Ray?" I turn my head to see a guy that looks like Lockwood checking her out. I take a picture of her as she turns into the wind and save it, so I can send it to Klaus and Greta later.
"Of course it is Mase. What? Is old age getting to you now? Do you need bifocals now?" I watch them interact and I can practically feel the flirtatious energy between them. As I watch the three of them this, 'Mase' picks her up and twirls her in a circle. I hear giggling lightly and I smile as I hear it. I actually kind of miss hearing it. Even though none of us are making her giggle.
"Don't be like that or I'll put you over my knee now." 'Mase' says as I almost drop a box before I stop myself. I hear Lockwood gag playfully and I watch as 'Mase' lets her down before Lockwood helps her stand on her own feet. I tense up as I see his hands on her waist and my magic flares slightly.
"Anyways, we should have dinner sometime I miss the three of us hanging out." I see 'Mase' getting anxious for some reason even though he's just standing there with them.
"Definitely. We'll catch up soon Ray-ray, but I've gotta go do something else right now. I'll see the two of you later." He says before he leaves them alone. I watch her go to the kitchen and grab a cup before I fill it with water after she does a lot of decorations for the ball. I watch her look around and she get a little bit of a gold halo around her. I smile thinking to myself that she's like a flower and she needs water. After she finishes her glass she walks outside and starts walking around. I watch her go to her friends and talk to them before I see Lockwood kisses her cheek really close to her lips. Then she starts to hide from Mrs. Lockwood. I notice that she's reading her... Oh my god., Is that a doppelganger? Klaus is going to have a field day with this. I watch her go over to the Katerina lookalike and she grabs her arm hard but not too hard.
"Tell me what's going." I hear say in a threatening tone as she makes sure that the slight tug turns her around. And because she is so short the lookalike has to look down at her even though she has heels on she still has to look down slightly. "I don't like not being in the loop Elena. This won't be happening again." The lookalikes name is Elena. I watch her look into her eyes and she sighs as I see Ray's eyes glow gold lightly.
"Now let's go find out where Stefan went." Elena says and I watch them start walking in silence in the direction that this 'Stefan' went in. I watch her put her hand on where her stitches used to be as I follow them from the trees above. I watch her wave her hand to move some of the overgrown roots.
"You shouldn't be here." Stefan tells Elena and then he looks at her as she crosses her arms. "You shouldn't be either. You just got out of the hospital."
I watch her do her signature eye roll and look back at the person, "I just got out because of the Gilbert Device, so I will be in all of these or there'll be hell to pay." I smirk loving the fact that she hasn't lost her feistyness.
Rayen's POV:
Back to the present:-:
I wake up and I start steaming my dress. I call Melody through Skype and she pulls some of her knowledge to help me choose some makeup styles to do. She has me go take a shower and I steal Ty's t-shirt and I put some spandex shorts that have the writing, 'Princess' on them. I go down stairs and I make some eggs and bacon before leaving some for Ty, Mase, and Mrs. Lockwood in the microwave, so they can reheat them.
"What are you doing up so early?" I hear Ty behind me and I smile before giving him a kiss on the cheek. I see that he's still in a pair of gray sweatpants and of course no shirt. I resist the urge to check him out as I see him smirking over the fact that I'm wearing his shirt. I then remember that I have no bra on and I move my hair to cover up.
"I'm trying out different makeup looks for the ball." I say with a smile and he bites his lip. "What are you doing up?" I ask as I tilt my head when he sees that I have left overs in the microwave.
"I wanted to see who was cooking. Now that I see I want to see something." He says as he has me set down my plate and I lean against the counter. I look at him and I sense his nerves as we stand there.
"Is everything okay?" I ask and he pushes my wet hair out of the way and cups my jaw before kissing me. I tense up slightly, but for some reason something sparks in me. I close my eyes and kiss back as my hands grip his muscles pulling him close. He moves his hand to my hair and grips it pulling me closer as he grabs my hip. He slides his hand down to my thigh as my leg hitches onto his and he helps me up onto the counter. My legs wrap around his waist and I drag my nails down his chest. He growls and I growl back as he moves his lips to my neck. I gasp lightly as he tugs on my hair to make me give him more room. He finds my spot and I dig my nails into his back. He growls and he pulls me closer pressing himself against me. I let out a moan before we both pull away panting as we look into one another's eyes. "Wow."
He smirks, "Thanks." I roll my eyes and peck his lips as he tries to pull me in again.
"I've gotta go back up and figure out what to do with my hair." I say with a smirk and he groans before I gently push him away. "No pouting. I'll see you tonight." I say with a smile as I hop off and fix my hair. I walk back up with the plate in hand and I lick my lips which are still buzzing. I blush as I see Mase down at the bottom of the stairs smirking at me. "Oh shut up Mase." I close my door and go to my vanity to eat and look through different styles for my hair with many different magazines.
Time Jump
I look at myself in the mirror and smile. I am so happy that the bright blue-green ombre dress I chose out fits and hide my bump. I fix the full-length skirt on the sides of the lower one so that it opens up to show off my nice tan legs. I fix my hair and make sure that the baby's breath that I have weaved into my curls wrap around certain parts to make sure it doesn't fall. I sit down and slip a pair of silver and rhinestone heels on. I double check that my dramatic smoky eye and my bright red lipstick. I take a picture in the full length mirror and save it before I strap the mask on to hide my cheekbones and my eyes. I walk out of my little room and I head over to the stairs. I see that everyone's already here and I watch as Mrs. Lockwood trying to get to Mr. Lockwood's old office. I head over to that directions trying to hid as best I can.
I smile as I walk in and I see Ty sitting down. "My my my aren't you handsome?" I ask teasingly as I walk over and sit in on of the arm chairs across from the couch that he's sitting on.
"I am thanks for noticing." He says with a smirks and I can see a slight flash of gold taking over his eyes before it disappears. "You look hot by the way."
I shrug and cross my legs, "I know." I say before I give him a wink.
Mrs. Lockwood comes walking in wearing a dark fuchsia silk dress, "It's already packed out there. You know, we need to keep that door shot. Your father would be very unhappy if I let guests in here. Ty stands up and walks over to me before he helps me stand up and fix my dress. "Oh, look at the two of you! So handsome and Rayen you look stunning."
"Thanks. You look pretty good too mom."
"You look wonderful as well Mrs. Lockwood." I say with a smirk as Ty and I stay near one another.
"Oh a compliment- I think I'll fall over." She says as she and I give one another a look.
"Listen, I'm sorry I've been a dick lately… a jerk lately. It's just… Have you heard from Mason?"
" No and I don't think we're going to. He's coming, he's going, it's just his way. He's the exact opposite of your father."
"We should have cancel this party." Ty says and I fix my mask as I put my hand on his arm.
"This all masquerade theme was his idea. I don't know what it has to do with helping the homeless but once he made up his mind, he could really be a dick, a jerk. But I loved him and I know you did too. It's natural to feel abandoned. I just don't want you to feel alone."
"I've got Ray." He says as he puts his arm around my waist and pulls me close making me roll my eyes.
"Come on, put your mask on." I say as I hand him his mask.
"Let's just go out there and pretend to have some fun." Mrs. Lockwood says as we come out of the office and close it up before we walk out into the crowd. "I think I need a cocktail first."
"I wish I could drink, but thanks to the little one, I can't." I say with a smirk as I glare at my baby bump that's currently hidden. Ty chuckles as he and I weave our way through the crowd. We dance and for once I forget about the supernatural, my mothers' death, and Mark's death. I just dance and sing carefree like every other teenager in here. I look around and I notice that Ty's not with me anymore. I scrunch my eyebrows and I see Elena in a black mid thigh lace dress. I start walking over to trip over someone's dress and I get caught by some really handsome guy with blue eyes. "Wow. Nice reflexes."
He smirks under his mask and nods, "Thanks. Care to dance?" He asks and for some reason, his presence seems familiar.
"Sure." I say with a smile.
"Think you can keep up?" He asks and I blush lightly. He and I do a more modern version of the tango with everyone staring at us. (Imagine the tango from her movie Another Cinderella Story) We work in sync with one another and the energy isn't romantic instead it seems more like siblings.
I smile and giggle as I get close to his ear, "I've gotta go. I need to use the restroom." I say and he chuckles before spinning me out away from everyone. I smile wider and head upstairs to use the privacy of my own room. After I use it I wash my hands and fix my makeup. I walk back out and pet Riptide as he sleeps. I see a message from Elena asking if she should go feed Riptide or not. I tilt my head and I text her no cause he's in the guest room with me before I go back out to see Katherine not Elena here. I lean against the railing and drag my nails as I notice Jeremy go up and talk to her. "Why is it everyone leaves me out of these things?" I see Caroline at the bottom of the staircase before I follow her line of sight to Matt. I smile as I see that he's laughing and hanging around with Ty. So that's where he went to. I see Sarah who's flirting with Matt and Aimee her best friend is flirting with Ty. I roll my eyes and I growl digging my nails into the wood. First you make out with me in your kitchen and the next you're flirting with Aimee, the biggest slut in our town. I watch as she walks away and I go back to my room before texting Angel, Jer, Steffie, and Care telling them that I don't appreciate being cut out of whatever they are planning. I watch as Care gets dragged up the stairs by her hair and I growl slightly.
"Why do you keep dragging me into this?" Caroline sobs as I try not to react so I don't have to engage the fake bitch. "I don't want any part of it." The older vampire shakes her by her handful of hair.
"Shut up. Which room is it?"
She nods her head reluctantly at the set of doors across from them since they passed my room. "It's that one." Katherine lets go of Caroline and stalks into the room, shoving the doors open.
"Where is it?" She asks as she looks around.
Care begins to laugh instead of sob and Katherine turns to look at her confused. "I did it." I can't see what she's doing, but knowing her she's most likely smirking at her. "I really didn't think I'd be able to fool you, but I did it!" She says proud of herself and Katherine tries to zoom forward to harm her. But she get's blocked by an invisible barrier and now I smirk. It has to be Bonnie using her magic.
"What the …?" She pauses and then she narrows her eyes as she comes to a conclusion as Steffie walks out of his hiding place. "Stefan." She says without turning around.
"Hello, Katherine." Steffie truly smiles when she finally does turn around and I start walking over to them.
"Goodbye, Katherine." Caroline mocks and walks away. I walk up to the edge where the barrier is and I cross my arms.
Katherine slowly stalks towards Stefan trying to be sexy. "You don't really think you can kill me with that now, do you?" She asks, eyeing the stake in his hands and I wave my hand slightly making the tip sharper than what it was before.
"No." He replies slowly before looking at something behind her and I see Angel coming out from his corner. "But he can." I gasp as I feel my back stinging slightly and I watch her hold the stake that's in her back right where my back hurts.
I grip the door jam and growl lightly as I stand up straight again, but I fall to my knees as the pain gets worse. "Stop!" I hear Jeremy yell before I look up to see him and he makes them all look at him quickly. "Elena and Ray are linked to her." Angel looks at him and he motions down to me. Both brothers stop what they're doing immediately, "Everything you're doing to her is hurting them."
"I'm not bleeding I think. It just burns." I say as another wave of a burning sensation pulses from that spot. Angel looks at me nervously and I shake my head not feeling that the baby's in distress.
Steffie releases Katherine and Angel steps back as she stands up with a smirk. "You think you two are the only ones with a witch on your side? Wrong." She mocks them. "And something tells me that my witch is better than your witch." She takes the stake from Angel's hand twirls it a bit, walking away from them to the other side of the room.
"Jeremy, go check on Elena. Make sure she's okay." Steffie nods at him as he helps me up and Angel comes over before I walk in to the sealed off room. "Go."
"Let's all make sure that poor Elena is okay." Katherine mocks and Angel glares at her while he looks at my back. "You know I did wonder why a cut appeared on my hand earlier. Now I know and well…pay back's a bitch." She uses the stake and presses it against her hand. "Just a little bit more pressure." She jabs it down and drags the wood, opening a thicker cut on her palm. I hiss lightly as a burning sensation starts on my palm. I look at it and I see a thick red line as if it's a scar instead of a fresh wound. Being closer, Steffie zooms over and slaps the stake from her hand.
"Stop it."
Katherine zooms away and snatches another stake. I see her face clench in pain as she moves away from me. "This is really going to hurt." She warns and draws her arm back getting ready to stab herself.
"Wait! Don't you do it, Katherine." Angel hisses as he tenses up after fixing my dress.
She smirks and sits down on the divan like nothing has happened. "Okay. So, how about that moonstone?"
"The three of us together just like old times." Katherine says in amusement and I roll my eyes. "The brother that loved me too much and the one that didn't love me enough."
"And the evil slut vampire who only loved herself." Damon growls at her making me smile.
"And the Nature Manipulator that can kill the Slutty Vampire Bitch." I say with a smirk as she scoffs at me.
"Shush little lady. The grown-ups are talking." I growl as she smirks before looking at Angel tilting her head. "What happened to you Damon? You used to be so sweet and polite."
"Ooh, that Damon died a long time ago." He smirks back.
"Good. He was a bore." She says in a bored tone.
Steffie rolls his eyes. "Oh, why don't you two stop antagonizing each other."
"Where is the moonstone?" Katherine finally asks, not amused with this situation any longer.
"What do you want with it?" Steffie and I counter in unison.
"You know Damon falling for another doppelganger is a bad idea, especially when that relationship is doomed. I mean. It's only a matter of time before Little Rayen is whisked away to use her power for someone else." My head tilts curiously and raise my eyebrow. "She's even more ruthless than I am and from what I hear it's only going to get worse." Angel's eyes flash and look down at me.
"That was really desperate, Katherine." Steffie drawls out. "Don't you think we can see right through you?"
Katherine scoffs. "So it doesn't bother you that your little Belle is as ruthless as Persephone when she got to dole out punishments to lowly dead mortals souls?"
"Shut the hell up." Angel snaps at her in my defense.
"Stop being petty." Steffie rolls his eyes and I smirk since it seems like he's been doing that more often.
"Or what?" Katherine mocks. "You'll hurt me?" She stands up. "C'mon, Stefan. Everything I feel, Elena and Lady Rayen feels. So go ahead." She shrugs carelessly before gasping with an idea and turning to Angel. "Or better yet, kiss me Damon." She purrs trying to be sexy. "She'll feel that too. Don't you want to?"
Stefan steps between them before Angel could throttle her which makes me pout slightly. "You know, this whole Mason thing has me a bit confused. Why a werewolf? The moonstone can break a curse that would help them destroy all vampires. So what's in it for you?"
"Sorry about your pet wolf." Damon smirks and I tilt my head as to why he's apologizing. "Probably should have kept him on a tighter leash."
"I'll have to remember that for next time. He's not the only wolf in town."
"Wait, are you tell me we have werewolves now? Like Twilight or like Remus Lupin?" I ask and the three of them look at me. "Oh shut up all of you. I already know I'm a nerd." Steffie and Angel smirk before I sit back in the chair and I imagine seeing my family book on my powers. I close my eyes and see the book on my nightstand at home. I take a deep breath before Imagining it being enveloped into the wood before being transported here. "Bring my property to me please." I whisper in my old language and I smile when I open my eyes to see it popping out of the wood of the coffee table.
As I read from the book about my powers I realize that one of the repercussions is that I stop aging when I turn 21. But I will still have a heartbeat, normal bodily functions, and all that jazz. Although it makes my patience level practically disappear. My magic makes newer vampires get a chill down their spine when they touch my skin, the witches to shiver from the intensity from how powerful my magic is just by being near me, and apparently the werewolves to feel more in control of their anger and inner wolf.
"Damn it." I look up from my book when I hear Angel growl impatiently as he starts pacing the room like a penned up cat. "Where is that witch?"
"We could play charades." Katherine suggests lightly.
"I'm happier with my book." I say as I motion to my book and Angel walks over to me and looks over my shoulder.
"How can you read that?" He asks and I smirk.
"It's written in my fathers' first language. Now shoo." I say teasingly and he pats my hair.
"You bargained the moonstone." Steffie finally comes to a conclusion as Angel rolls his eyes.
"What are you mumbling about over there?" He asks and I look over at Steffie.
I watch as Steffie ignores him and he keeps speaking to Katherine. "When you struck a deal with George Lockwood, to help you fake your death, you told me that you gave George something that he needed. It was the moonstone, wasn't it?"
"Good for you, Stefan. Two plus two … And it would have worked except that people found out that I wasn't in the tomb. Thanks to you." She glances at Angel as he lays down on my lap. "By the way, have I mentioned how inconvenient your obsession with me has been?"
"You and me both, honey." Angel scoffs and I nod as I play with his hair while I read.
"Why do you need it back?" Steffie demands.
"I love you in a suit, so dashing." She answers as she ignores him.
"What were you doing with it in the first place?"
"You're wasting your breath, Stefan." Angel rolls his eyes.
"Unless it wasn't yours to begin with. In 1864 you faked your own death. Who were you running from?"
"In 1986, you were in Chicago, at a concert of all places with that wench Lexi." Katherine announces and smiles when he gives her a shocked look. I look down and see that Angel has a look of pain on his face. "Come on Stefan, don't look so surprised. Of course I checked in on you over the years. You were standing in the front row, dancing all night. You were watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you."
"Who were you running from?" Stefan repeats himself. Angel gets up and pours himself a glass of bourbon. I can tell that he's getting tired of being stuck in a room with Katherine. I was too she kept trying to get close to me, but for some reason she flinched away and sat somewhere else.
"We're missing the party." Katherine pouts and then looks over at Angel. "I'll have one of those."
"Right away Ms. Katherine." He mocks handing her one with the voice a servant boy giving her a glass as she walks past him.
"Thank you." She smirked, sipping it as she goes by. He suddenly turns around and grabs her before shoving her up against the wall. He starts to ready the stake to drive into her heart.
"No, no!" Stefan over to him, trying to stop Angel and I throw my hand out making the stake turn to a splinter. "Damon, don't!"
""Yes, Damon, Please." Katherine licks her lips. "Save Elena."
"The second the spell is lifted, I'm gonna drive a stake through your heart." He snarls at her as I take the splinter away from his hand. Katherine only laughs at him and I growl as I make the splinter back into a stake.
"God, you're hot. When did you get so hot?" She asks flirtingly and he lets go of her like she stung him and I roll my eyes at her.
"Katherine…" I turn to see a young woman standing there with the moonstone in hand and I make my book go back home to it's spot. "The spell in this room has been broken, you're free to leave." She tells her.
"Thank god." Katherine groans as she walks over to her and I stand up fixing my dress before I walk over to Steffie and he looks down at me. I smile and walk over to Angel.
"When I hand this over my debt to you is over." The witch tells her and Katherine nods.
"Done."
"I owe you nothing." The witch adds trying to make sure it was understood by her.
"I said 'done' give it." Katherine hisses impatiently.
"I wouldn't go that." Angel warns in a sing song voice. She places the stone into her palm and Katherine's fingers fold over it. Suddenly she gasps as if her air supply has been cut short. I smirk as I watch her choke on nonexistent air, going to her knees. She stares up at the witch accusingly with her eyes narrowing at her.
"You should have told me two witches were involved. One's a Bennett witch, Katherine, but I'm sure you knew that and the other is a Dane." She says dismissively and turns to leave.
"Wait, what about the link between me and her?" I ask and tilt my head.
"The spell is broken for some reason I couldn't fully link the two of you so you're fine." She smiles and I nod at her.
"Elena?" Steffie asks and I resist the urge to roll my eyes.
"She'll heal quickly. Bonnie's with her. I apologize for my involvement." She looks at me and walks away. I rub my arm and leave before I go to my room to pack up all my stuff. I have Riptide resting on my shoulders like a rag doll again. I use the tree near the room to help us down to the front yard. I smile as I make that tree stronger before I see Elena walking towards her car.
"Hey Elena, can you drop me off at home? I miss being at home with Riptide." I say as he meows when he hears his name. Elena smile as she nods and grabs my makeup case from me. "The next time you and I get cut out of a plan, I'm going to stabs someone's spleen."
"I'll hold them down for you." She says before she and I giggle. We fall into a comfortable silence as we walk along the parking lot towards Elena's car. While Elena's unlocking her car, I feel something's off and I turn around. I see a man with a gun pointing it at me before he points it at Riptide and he puts his finger to his lips. He shakes his head and I feel myself tearing up.
"Okay, I'll do what you say, but don't shoot please me or my cat." I ask softly. He nods to say he won't, but he grabs my arm and he quickly pulls me over to his van and Riptide jumps in. I turn and he swipes his gun at me. It hits my cheekbone and everything goes black.