"Caroline, ya failed ta mention dat everyone who wasn't in de pageant was wearin' shorter dresses!" Eve snapped as she walked into the room where all the contestants were getting ready. Everyone's eyes landed on Eve as she walked over to the blonde, applying her lipstick, ignoring the outburst. "Hi Elena." Eve waved as she passed Elena as she was getting her hair curled by a darker blonde woman in her late 20s or early 30s.
"Oops, sorry. Totally forgot." Caroline said with no remorse in her voice as she continued to touch up her makeup. "So, I was thinking something simple for my hair." Caroline said as she handed Eve a hot straightener. The urge to smack Caroline with the straightener crossed her mind. "So, I was thinking, big ringlet curls in the front and slightly wavy in the back near the bottom." Caroline said, talking with her hands.
"Oh good, somethin' I can't mess up." Eve sassed as she began making two sections in the front and asking Caroline if that was right before she started actually straightening Caroline's bangs.
"Who is that?" A light voice caught Eve's attention as Caroline began talking about the pageant. "Did Caroline hire someone to do her hair?" The voice asked, slightly confused and slightly worried sounding. Elena let out a quiet laugh.
"No, Jenna, that's Eve. She's one of Damon's friends." Elena replied.
"Damon has friends?" Jenna asked back making Elena giggle.
"That's what I thought when I met her." Elena said. "But yeah, they've been friends forever, from what I know." Elena continued. "Hey, thank you for helping me with my hair."
"Don't thank me until you're sure your hair isn't gonna burn off." Jenna joked back.
"You know I remember when my mom and I were first applying for this, she was so excited." Elena said in a slightly sad voice. Caroline sighed, turning Eve's attention back towards Caroline's voice. Thankfully, straightening hair was easy to do when eavesdropping.
"I'm getting kind of worried." Caroline muttered, looking at Eve through the mirror. Eve cocked her head slightly. "I mean, sure I've done a lot of community work and all, but like, Elena's parents died." Caroline sighed. "Which totally sucks, but also totally gets her a sympathy vote." Eve couldn't help but laugh.
"How long has dat dought been in yer head?" Eve asked as she began doing one curl on Caroline's right side.
"Honestly? Maybe a month into school. Because we had to apply last year at the end of the year, and her parents were still alive and kicking then." Caroline whispered. "And like, I know it's a shitty thing to think and I hate myself for still feeling it. Like. She lost her parents and I'm worried about a pageant crown." Caroline muttered. Eve watched as Caroline's eyes slightly dropped to her fidgeting hands.
"I mean, didn't ya technically lose yer dad?" Eve asked. "Can't imagine what dat kind of ding does ta a young girl." Eve shrugged. "Trust me, I've probably done and dought a lot worse dan ya." Eve sassed as she started on the other side of Caroline's head. Caroline slightly nodded as the two remained silent until Eve was done with her hair. Caroline stood up and turned to see the back of her hair.
"Not bad." Caroline said aloud grabbing a silver hairpin from the table. "I'm talking about you." Caroline said making Eve look up at her as Caroline clipped the hair pin to keep the hair out of her left side. Even with her five inch heels, Caroline was still taller than her. "Has Damon said anything?" Caroline nudged her, taking her arm and pulling her towards a different room. Eve couldn't help but laugh as she followed.
"He said I looked nice." Eve shrugged as the two walked. Before Caroline could even say anything, a girl with blond wavy hair walked past the two quickly, seeming to be in a panic. Eve raised an eyebrow back at her as Caroline opened the door next to the open one where Elena was.
"That's Amber. She's not part of the Founding Families, which is why she's in this. To make it seem like it's not all Founding Families, which it totally is." Caroline sassed as she turned and closed the door behind the two. "Nice?!" Caroline snapped, letting go of Eve's arm and whipping around to stare at her. Eve flinched at the sudden movement and stared back at Caroline, confused. "Just nice? Did he have any other look when he said it?" Caroline asked as she walked over to her green dress as it hung up on a lamp. Eve shrugged.
"I don't know, I wasn't lookin' at him when he said it, I was lookin' at de sheep." Eve muttered making Caroline raise an eyebrow back to her. Eve let out a laugh as Caroline began undressing to be able to get into her dress. "Damon had four sheep outside dis mornin'." Eve laughed as she turned, waiting for Caroline to call her for help.
"Didn't you say he needed five?" Caroline asked.
"Aye, but dere was a little stuffed sheep on me pillow and he counts dat." Eve shrugged as Caroline called her over to help her finish zipping the dress up. Caroline was shaking her head.
"I told you to pay attention to him when you finally showed him your dress." Caroline scolded as she turned towards a mirror to fix any kinks. "Ugh. Nice?" Caroline asked, turning back towards Eve. Eve couldn't help but laugh at how mad Caroline was about it all. "I didn't make you dress up to get a 'nice'." Caroline muttered. Eve only shrugged. "Okay, you should probably go downstairs now though before Mrs. Lockwood finds you." Caroline began nudging Eve towards the closed door.
"Why would I get in trouble for helpin' ya?" Eve asked as Caroline opened the door.
"Because no one besides the contestants are supposed to be up here after makeup and hair is done." Caroline said as she began pulling Eve towards the top of the stairs. Their attention caught Stefan as he made his way up the stairs. "Speaking of people who aren't supposed to be up here." Caroline sassed Stefan as he froze and shook his head, getting him out of his head. Stefan glanced at Caroline and Eve and gave a small laugh.
"Yeah, I know, I just wanted to see Elena before everything." Stefan shrugged, his hands slipping into his pockets. Caroline crossed her arms, with a very stern look on her face almost making Eve laugh.
"Maybe he's gettin' cold feet and he'll drop out." Eve whispered to Caroline, knowing full well that Stefan could hear her.
"Don't jinx it! I already have a replacement boy." Caroline said back quickly, turning her attention away from Stefan.
"Matt's a no show?" Eve asked. Caroline let out an annoyed sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose. Eve glanced over at Stefan and nodded towards the door. Stefan mouthed a 'thank you' as he began to sneak around the two.
"No, not a no show, he just-he couldn't get off work." Caroline sighed out. Eve raised an eyebrow and Caroline nodded with an annoyed smile. "That's what I thought!" Caroline complained. "Like. He knew about this a week in advance." Caroline grumbled, leaning her elbows against the railing besides the stairs.
"I would offer ta be yer partner but-"
"I want to win, not lose." Caroline sassed, cutting Eve off. Eve let out an offended scoff as Caroline rolled her eyes. The two looked at one another before beginning to giggle. Eve let out a sudden yelp as she felt someone loop her arm.
"Hello ladies," Damon smiled as Eve smacked his arm. "Caroline, mind if I borrow Evie here-thanks." Damon said as he began pulling her towards the stairs.
"Hey, you can't just steal my friend!" Caroline complained.
"I'm just following the 'no non-contestants on the second floor' rule." Damon shrugged as he began walking down the stairs with Eve on his arm. "You look very lovely, by the way, love the green." Damon smirked as he turned his attention to walking down the stairs.
"Oh, so I look lovely, but Eve just looks nice?" Caroline sassed down as the two kept walking. Eve felt the cringe from Damon as the two got to the bottom of the stairs.
"Yer in a bit of a rush. What did ya do?" Eve asked, glancing back towards the stairs as Damon continued to drag her further away from Caroline and into the back of the Hall into the outdoor area.
"Told Elena that Stefan was back on human blood." Damon said quietly. Eve looked up at him with her eyebrows raised. "She's not too happy."
"Well, probably not." Eve sassed back. "Kind of a dick move, ta tell her on de day of de pageant." Eve muttered. Damon let out a slight sigh.
"Kind of, but Stefan pissed me off today, so." Damon shrugged. Eve couldn't help but laugh.
"More so dan any other day?" Eve asked. Damon once again shrugged, not making eye contact. It must have been something serious for Damon to be so...serious.
"It's getting bad and I'm tired of him acting like a prick." Damon muttered. Eve glanced up at him as he continued to sulk.
"Did Johnathan Gilbert fall on dis patio?" Eve wondered aloud making Damon finally look at her. "Ya know, when ya snapped his neck?" Eve asked, looking around the place at everyone. Damon let out a sudden laugh and nodded.
"Actually, yeah." Damon snickered, nodding his head. "Just near over there, where the group of women are staring." Damon said, slightly pulling Eve around so she could see the spot he was pointing at. "I wonder what they're staring at." Damon wondered aloud making Eve let out a groan.
"Caroline made me wear a long dress. Dat's probably why dey're starin'." Eve grumbled. Damon wiggled his fingers at them with a smile and most of them looked as if they giggled. Eve rolled her eyes as she turned her attention away from the women as she began looking for where the Lockwoods hid the booze. There had to be some somewhere. They went hard.
"They're probably thinking how beautiful you look, and are jealous that they didn't wear a long dress either." Damon muttered lowly into Eve's ear as he wrapped his arms around her from behind. Eve let out a sudden gasp as her face began burning. Eve rolled her eyes as smacked his arms, glancing up and around to see his face. His face didn't help her burning face as he winked at her with a smirk.
"Dey're probably dinkin' why someone in dere twenties is in high school and doin' pageants." Eve muttered back, turning her head away from him as to not show him her reddening cheeks.
"They're probably really uncomfortable now though with our obvious display of affection." Damon said back making Eve try and pull away. "Shh, no tears, just dreams." Damon smiled as he began squeezing Eve. Eve let out a sudden cough and smacked his arms as he lifted her off the ground.
"Damon Salvatore, put me down!" Eve snapped out before Damon dropped her, making sure that she didn't fall.
"Sorry, sometimes I just love you so much I gotta hurt you." Damon laughed as Eve turned and smacked his arms once more. "You're going to mess up my nice suit." Damon whined as he began patting his arms.
"I'm goin' ta mess up yer nice face if ya do dat again in public." Eve sassed as she pointed a finger at him. Damon only raised an eyebrow with a smirk on his face.
"Two things," Damon said back. "You think I have a nice face?" He asked as he put his hand to his face. "And what about in private?" Damon asked, putting his other hand to his face. Eve stared at him before she slightly pulled his tie down so that he was eyelevel.
"In private, if ya do dat, I would snap yer neck without a second dought." Eve muttered lowly before slightly straightening his tie for him and pushing him up.
"Speaking of private, this little game of ours is not fair in public." Damon muttered back. Eve couldn't help but laugh as she finally spotted a man walking around with a tray of fancy glasses full of most likely champagne.
"Not me fault, Salvatore." Eve laughed as she began walking towards the man walking around with the tray. "Stay out of trouble." Eve sassed, glancing back at Damon.
As Eve finally reached the man holding the tray, to her surprise, she could actually reach a glass this time.
"I see you've made up with your 'friend'." Eve's attention turned to Johnathan Gilbert as he quickly grabbed a glass for himself as the man began walking away with the tray. Eve rolled her eyes as she turned away from him. "You know, they have stronger stuff inside." John muttered. "I think there's bourbon." Eve turned around and raised her eyebrow at him before walking closer to him.
"Ya don't want me ta drink bourbon unless ya want ta see everyone here murdered." Eve smiled cheerfully at him. "Or, if ya would rather just me kill ya multiple times, ya don't have ta ask me twice." Eve fluttered her eyelashes at him. John let out a laugh, making Eve want to kill him even more. Maybe on the same spot. The irony would give her a good laugh herself. It was close enough to where he had died the first time.
"You know, I've been trying to find more information about you." John smiled at her. Eve nodded her head at him as she took a drink of the champagne. "You must be younger than the Salvatore brothers." He said walking and standing beside her. "That or you're older. I'm thinking younger though, since I know a lot about the past with being a Gilbert." Eve couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Good luck findin' anythin' about me, Johnathan." Eve muttered as she took another drink of her champagne. "I've destroyed me past." Eve continued.
"I don't believe that." John muttered back. "No one can really destroy their past. Not fully." John said before jumping. Eve turned towards him as she saw Alaric pat his shoulder.
"Hey, how's it going over here?" Alaric smiled as John seemed to slink away from Alaric's hand.
"It's going." John smiled back, but his tone was anything but friendly.
"I see you could reach an actual drink this time." Alaric muttered, motioning towards Eve's glass of champagne. Eve couldn't help but laugh.
"Aye, dat's what happens with heels." Eve sassed as she saw Johnathan start to fully slink away from the two. "Ya got all suited up as well, have ta have yer girlfriend help ya?" Eve asked, nodding towards his suit.
"Nope, got dressed all by myself today."
"What an accomplishment." Eve flashed him a mock smile as she glanced over to see how far away Johnathan had gone. Far enough that he wouldn't be able to hear the two. Good. Alaric gave back a sarcastic laugh. "Dank ya." Eve muttered. Alaric chuckled.
"Spending too much time near him may cause loss of brain cells." Alaric muttered as he looked over towards Johnathan as well. Eve snickered.
"He's very set on findin' out me past and involvement with the Salvatores; Damon especially." Eve muttered looking over towards Damon. Damon glanced over at her and threw her a wink, causing her to roll her eyes and smile. Alaric raised an eyebrow at her as her ears became heated. "How's school?" Eve asked making Alaric puff out a laugh.
"Are you really asking me about how school is going?" Alaric asked. Eve shrugged.
"How's huntin' down vampires goin'?" Eve sassed back. "Didn't dink dat would be de best way ta start a conversation, Laric." Eve muttered, making Alaric roll his eyes.
"You know, you can call me Ric." Alaric sassed. Eve shook her head.
"Everyone probably calls ya Ric, Laric." Eve muttered. "Ric seems too personal."
"I mean, you did see me die and come back to life." Alaric shrugged making Eve let out laugh.
"I'm not goin' ta change yer nickname, Laric." Eve sassed, folding her arms. "No matter how 'personal' we get." Eve nudged him slightly making him roll his eyes. "Oh shit, yer girlfriend's around isn't she." Eve said quickly, slightly stepping back from him. Alaric let out a laugh.
"Funny story, she thinks you and Damon are a couple. I didn't correct her. So you're good." Alaric chuckled. Eve let out a scoff. "I mean, you two don't leave much to anyone's imagination." Alaric sassed making Eve roll her eyes, despite the blush she felt crawling up her neck.
"Because of what? We stand too close ta each other?" Eve asked. Alaric shook his head.
"Pretty much. You two seem attached at the hip, from what I've seen." Alaric shrugged. Eve puffed out a breath making Alaric laugh. He wasn't wrong. Maybe that's why Eve didn't respond to him. As she looked around, her attention suddenly went to the quiet sound of glass shattering. Eve turned to look behind her and Alaric back to the inside of the Founder's Hall, but saw nothing.
"Don't miss me too much, Laric, I'm goin' inside." Eve said as she handed her her now empty champagne glass. Before Alaric could even protest, Eve was walking away from him to the inside of the Hall.
Eve tried to focus her hearing to see if she could see where the glass shattering had come from. No one inside had dropped a glass, but people were starting to line up. Mrs. Lockwood was running around in a panic before she noticed Eve.
"Come on, in or out, but you have to be out of the way for the contestants." She snapped, shooing Eve away from the stairs. Eve raised an eyebrow at her before she heard the light crunching of glass.
Eve turned to look out near the front entrance of the Founder's Hall, but found nothing. All she could hear was slight glass crunching and then brisk footsteps. There were two people. Eve wandered near the front of the Hall and looked through the hallways before she saw an open door. Shards of what looked to be a mirror were coming out of the room.
Eve walked over to the shards, slightly picking up the bottom of her dress as to not rip it. In the room was a small restroom. The mirror was shattered inside and a fist mark was indented into the wall. Blood was on the broken mirror shards in the sink. Eve looked further down the hallway to see that there was door to exit the Hall. Even after a century of being alive, curiosity would always get the better of her.
Eve began to follow the trail of broken mirror shards to the end of the Hall and out the door, where they ended. But Eve could still hear footsteps. Eve followed after the noise as she heard Caroline's name be announced. Eve glanced behind her. She would be back in time to see Caroline win. She was sure of it. Eve turned her attention back towards the footsteps as they seemed to meet a brick road. That must have been near where people were parking their cars.
"Where are we going?" Eve suddenly heard a girl ask, sounding as if she was being walked somewhere hastily.
"I don't know." Eve's heart almost stopped. Stefan. Eve quickened her pace as she listened closely. There was silence in the conversation for a second.
"I'm in the ceremony." The girl said cooly.
"Not now you're not." Stefan growled. "You're standing in the parking lot with me." Stefan said sounding on edge. Eve quickly flittered to the edge of the parking lot, ignoring her dress' bottom.
"I'm in the parking lot with you." The girl repeated obediently. Eve listened to try and see how far away they were. She heard someone begin to pace.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm not very good to be around right now, I'm a little bit on the edge." Stefan apologized. "I've been drinking the human stuff and it's really screwing with my head." Stefan let out a grunt. "She knows now. God! She wasn't supposed to found out, I didn't want her to found out, now everything's ruined." Stefan continued, sounding annoyed, more with himself, as the conversation was sounding.
"You sound sad." The girl replied, sounding genuinely concerned, but Stefan only let out a laugh.
"I'm not sad. I'm hungry!" Stefan snapped. Eve stared down the parking lot trying to find the two, but it was a long narrow road compared to an actual parking lot, which the sound could be coming from either way. Eve suddenly began to hear music coming from the Founder's Hall. They were missing the dance. Stefan was missing the dance.
Eve quickly turned and flittered down one side of the parking lot road to no avail, except for a few stoners, smoking in a truck. Eve let out an annoyed sigh as she turned to flitter away.
"Heeey, shouldn't you be in the pageant?" Eve heard one of the boys ask from the back of the truck. Eve ignored him as she began quickly walking the opposite way. "Oh, hey come on, don't be such a buzz kill." The boy grumbled. Eve rolled her eyes. The sound of an engine starting made her turn around. The truck was slowly turning around. "Want to smoke with us?" The boy asked again as the truck finally turned around and started driving towards Eve at a slow pace.
"I'm good, danks." Eve grumbled as she continued walking the opposite direction. Soon the truck was beside her and the smell of marijuana was in full blast.
"You sound foreign, where are you from?" The teenager asked who was driving the truck. Eve remained silent, trying to think of a plan on how to get them away from her so she could get to Stefan. "England?"
"Listen, I've got dings ta do." Eve snapped, stopping in her tracks.
"Nah man, she sounds like Scottish or some shit." The boy in the back of the truck muttered to the one driving. "You Scottish?"
"It doesn't matter, just piss off will ya?" Eve snapped, walking up to the truck's driver side. The boy in the front let out a laugh before taking a drag of his joint. "Listen, ya need ta-" Eve got out before a cloud of smoke was blown into her face.
"There you go, Braveheart, maybe that will chill you out." The two began laughing. Eve suddenly grabbed onto the driver side door handle and flung it open, accidently pulling the whole handle off before she pulled the boy out of the driver's seat. "Hey, what the fuck is your problem?" The boy snapped as he tried to pull away, but Eve held him above the ground by his collar. The truck began to roll forward.
"Listen ta me ya little brat," Eve snapped. "Ya will turn dis truck around and forget dat ya even saw or know me, do ya understand?" Eve snapped as she compelled the teenager.
"I will forget that I know you and turn the truck around." He repeated as the friend in the back of the truck quickly jumped out of the back.
"Dude, what the fuck!" The other boy snapped as Eve dropped the boy. The boy simply walked over to his moving truck and stumbled to get in. Eve quickly grabbed the other boy. "Hey man, I just want to smoke weed with my bro, I don't need this shit." He said with his hands up.
"Ya will forget ya ever met me and will get in de truck with yer friend." Eve compelled the other boy and slightly pushed him towards the rolling truck his other friend was still trying to catch up to. Eve watched for a second as the two stoned teenagers tried to get into the slowly moving truck. Eve let out an annoyed groan as she walked up behind the truck and grabbed its bumper, making it stop. The one who was driving suddenly smacked into the now stopped truck door. As he fell backwards, he and the other boy began laughing. Eve would have laughed too if Stefan wasn't killing some innocent girl somewhere.
Finally, the driver was finally helped up by the other boy. The one jumped into the driver's seat and the other jumped into the back. The truck slowly turned around, with its door still swinging open. Eve watched it to make sure they kept driving the opposite way she needed to go. When they were far enough away, she began to flitter down the road once more, only in the opposite way. Eve soon began hearing Stefan once more.
"If I do this, if I give in, there's no going back." Eve heard Stefan whisper.
"Then don't." The girl replied back causally.
"I just want one taste; that's all I need, I just want one taste." Stefan muttered.
"One taste." The girl said calmly. And then the familiar smell of blood hit Eve's nose. And then she was there. In front of his bright red Porsche. Stefan stood, sucking on a girl with blonde hair and...that girl. That girl was Amber. She was supposed to be in the pageant.
"Stefan Salvatore!" Eve snapped, quickly flittering over to Stefan and began trying to pull him off. Stefan suddenly shoved Eve back, making her fly and hit against a tree. Eve took in a deep breath as pain began spreading through her body. Eve put her hand against her head suddenly and felt a cut begin to heal itself. Eve pulled back her hand and saw a dark red. Eve took in another breath. "Stefan." Eve tried to yell, but what came out was a slightly gurgled response. Eve shook her head as she pulled herself up the tree and began walking over to Stefan once more, a piece of bark in her hands. Without thinking, Eve shoved the piece of bark into Stefan's side, making him let of Amber's neck. "Stefan Salvatore, d-don't ya ever drow me again." Eve snapped, putting herself in front of Amber as she stood still, her hand going to her neck as if it was just a bug bite.
"Eve, wh-what the hell are you doing here?" Stefan snapped as he ripped the piece of bark out of his side.
"I'm not much fer social events." Eve sassed back, slightly glaring at Stefan. "De real question is what de hell are ya doin' here?" Eve asked as Stefan looked back up at her, his eyes still dark with veins running down his face.
"I'm hungry." Stefan growled lowly. "Eve, get out of the way." Stefan snapped and suddenly, Eve's feet were moving without her permission. Stefan instantly went back to Amber.
"Stefan!" Eve snapped as she ignored the strange sensation and quickly ran back over to him and punched him in the same spot she had stabbed him. Stefan let out a grunt of pain as he let go of Amber once more and glared back at Eve. "Stefan, ya are better dan dis." Eve snapped, feeling the strange sensation come over her once more as she tried to move in front of Amber.
"I'm-I'm…" Stefan stuttered out as he stared at Amber for a second.
"Stefan, do ya even know her name?" Eve snapped, once more, unable to move closer to Amber. Stefan looked over to Eve this time. "Amber." Eve said aloud. Amber looked over to Eve at the mention of her name. "Run." Eve compelled the girl who quickly blinked and began to run the opposite way of the two. Eve turned and watched before she felt hands touch her neck and then nothing.
Damon let out an annoyed sigh as the contestants began to gather on the stage. Eve had been missing for a few hours. And so had Stefan. The last time either of them went missing, they ended up being tortured in a cellar. Damon had the right to be annoyed. And Eve had the bad habit of forgetting her phone in her car, so even if he tried to call her, he knew she wouldn't have her phone. And with Stefan being Elena's partner, he wasn't allowed to have his phone. But that all meant jack if he went AWOL.
Damon searched for someone who may know where one or the other, or both, had gone. Damon caught sight of Alaric. Perfect. He was the last person Damon saw Eve with. Elena was unfortunately the last person who saw Stefan, and she's been in the spotlight all night. Damon quickly walked over to Alaric as he was in the back of the crowd, grabbing a drink.
"Hey Ric, how's it going, buddy?" Damon asked as he walked up to him. Alaric raised an eyebrow at him as he continued pouring himself bourbon.
"What do you want, Damon?" Alaric grumbled. Good, right to the chase.
"So, I was wondering if you've seen Eve around?" Damon asked as Alaric stood up straight and took a drink of his bourbon.
"Last time I saw her was before the whole dance thing." Alaric shrugged. Damon rolled his eyes. "Speaking of, where's Stefan? Why wasn't he here for the dance?" Alaric asked. Damon let out an annoyed sigh at all of his questions.
"I don't know where Stefan is, that's why he missed the dance." Damon muttered. "I'm thinking he went out to get some air from being around so many tasty snacks and couldn't come back. But Eve doesn't just wander off without a reason." Damon grumbled as Alaric nodded, accepting all of Damon's explanations. "Did Eve leave you to go talk with someone else? Was she talking to someone before?" Damon began spewing out questions. Alaric's brows furrowed.
"Um, yeah, I mean, she was talking with Johnathan Gilbert before I came over and repelled him away." Alaric shrugged. "Then she kind of just wandered back into the Hall right before the dance. Haven't really been on the lookout." Alaric muttered, turning his attention towards the stage as the Mayor began talking.
"Did she look like she was going somewhere?" Damon asked, annoyed that Alaric's full attention wasn't on him.
"She always looks like she's on a mission to me." Alaric grumbled back, still looking at the Mayor. Damon rolled his eyes as he turned towards the Mayor. If he was paying attention, Damon could grab Alaric's attention as soon as the Mayor was done talking.
"So, without further adieu, it is my honor to announce our very own Miss Mystic Falls...Miss Caroline Forbes!" The Mayor announced, and everyone began to cheer. Damon almost laughed. Eve wouldn't have to kill anyone. If she wasn't dead already. The laugh that almost left Damon's throat got stuck at the thought. Damon's attention turned towards a police officer tapping his shoulder.
"Mr. Salvatore, could you come with me." The officer asked, giving a polite nod to Alaric, who pretended like he wasn't listening. Damon nodded as the police officer brought him to one of the restrooms on the first floor. Liz and Johnathan were already there.
"Hey, what's all this?" Damon asked quizzically as he stared at the scene. A shattered mirror with a fist imprint on the wall and broken shards and blood in the sink. Liz shook her head.
"It looks like something you would deal with." Liz said, slightly side-eyeing both Johnathan and the cop who stood in the doorway. Damon stared at the mirror imprint. It was too small to be Eve's. But it didn't look too small to be Stefan's. "It looks like there was a struggle." Liz said aloud making Damon nod. "Amber is missing too." Liz said. Damon almost laughed. It was Stefan. God damn it.
"I'll look into it." Damon said aloud. "I'll go check outside."
"Let me come." John said quickly, but Damon quickly shook his head.
"No, you can stay here with the Sheriff and help her if she needs to explain anything to anyone." Damon quickly said as he turned around. Johnathan tried to reason, but Liz began saying what a good idea it was and how Damon was new and it would mean more coming from a familiar face.
As Damon left the hallway, his attention fell to Elena. She needed to come too. If Stefan was attacking this Amber girl, Elena was most definitely the only one who would snap him out of it because of the shame. Elena was good at making people feel shame. Damon quickly walked over to Elena and pulled her off to the side where no one was.
"What is it, did you find him?" Elena asked quickly, her whole attitude changing from the happy-go-lucky she was just displaying to everyone.
"There were signs of a struggle in the first floor bathroom. The one down near the south exit." Damon explained. "There was blood and that Amber girl is missing." Elena began to shake her head.
"Oh my god! He wouldn't hurt her, he won't!" Elena said quickly defending him.
"Let's just find him, okay? Let's get your coat come on!" Damon insisted, slightly pushing Elena towards the front of the Hall. Maybe Eve had noticed Stefan was gone way before anyone else and she was with him, just keeping him calm.
Eve took in a deep breath as she sat up. The feeling of lightheadedness hit her instantly. Rough breathing brought her back as she pushed herself up from the ground. The smell of blood was still strong. Stefan had to be close. Eve blinked rapidly to try and get rid of the neck pain and the black dots still circling her vision. It was dark now. Eve heard something running away. Eve turned around to look at the parking lot and saw Stefan leaning against his Porsche.
"Stefan, ya fockin' dick." Eve yelled suddenly, making Stefan whip around to Eve. "Ya can't just snap me neck, ya asshole." Eve snapped as she walked up closer to him. His eyes were still dark, but veins weren't on his face. Fresh blood was still around his mouth.
"Eve, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just-I'm so hungry." Stefan apologized as his attention turned towards the rustling in the woods. Eve looked to where he was staring and saw Amber running away. Eve let out a sigh as she turned towards Stefan was was still staring at Amber with a dark look on his face. "Evelyn, go grab her." Stefan said, looking back at Eve. Before Eve could even say a word, she was suddenly grabbing onto Amber. Amber let out a scream as Eve held onto her.
"Wait, shh, I'm not goin' ta hurt ya." Eve said as she grabbed onto Amber and started dragging her back towards Stefan without her own control. "What de fock are ya doin' Stefan!" Eve snapped suddenly, running herself into a tree, letting go of Amber, who quickly began to flee once more. Stefan was suddenly be Eve's side with a cocked head, just as confused by everything as Eve.
"Just stay here." Stefan said as his attention turned back towards Amber. Stefan flittered in front of Amber.
"Stefan!" Eve snapped as she stood still against the tree, not able to move.
"You said to run!" Amber screamed as Stefan held her in her place.
"I changed my mind." Stefan muttered as he bit her. This time, Amber let out a scream.
"Stefan!" Elena's voice suddenly rang through the air. Stefan let go of Amber, who instantly fell to the ground, crying.
"Stefan, come on get control. It's okay, come on. Breath through it man." Damon said coming into Eve's view.
"Stefan, stop!" Eve yelled out turning everyone's attention to her as she stood helpless against a tree.
"Eve?" Damon said aloud before Stefan quickly threw him the opposite way into a tree. Stefan quickly flittered over to Eve who flinched.
"Stefan!" Elena screamed.
"Deal with Damon." Stefan snapped at Eve, who quickly flittered over to Damon. Eve tried to stop herself as she shoved Damon against a tree.
"Eve, what the hell are you doing?" Damon snapped, suddenly grabbing onto Eve's arms before she could begin to choke him.
"I don't know." Eve breathed back, her hands shaking as they continued to try and hurt Damon. Stefan let out a growl and his footsteps soon followed.
"Stefan, stop it!" Elena cried out. Eve went numb, as the strange force inside of her stopped telling her to attack Damon. Eve fell onto Damon as he quickly held her up. His attention switching quickly between her and Stefan as Stefan began to let out painful moans. Eve began to shake as she looked over towards Elena and saw Bonnie behind her, staring directly at Stefan. Eve felt the presence of magic. It had been decades, but the feeling was so unique, she couldn't forget it. Stefan continued to let out painful yowls before it became quiet once more.
"It's okay. Stefan." Damon said gently turning Stefan's attention towards Eve and Damon. Stefan quickly turned his attention back towards Elena, who looked both fearful and mad. Stefan flittered away before anything else was said. "You okay?" Damon asked quietly to Eve.
"Damon, I'm so sorry." Eve muttered, turning around quickly, still shaking. "I-I didn't mean ta-I'm-I." Eve began to sputter out before Damon simply pulled her into a tight hug. Eve couldn't help but start to cry, as she continued to try and apologize to Damon. Damon only shh'd her quietly, slowly walking over to the two girls. Eve tried to compose herself, slightly pushing herself from Damon as he got closer to the two girls. Crying was for children and she was over a century old.
"Both of you stay here and make sure she's okay." Damon commanded to the two girls, nodding towards Amber, as he continued to pull Eve back towards the Hall.
"Damon, I couldn't help it." Eve muttered out, annoyed that her voice cracked. Damon paused their brisk walk and held onto her face.
"I don't know what happened either, and I don't care. As long as you're safe, that's my main priority." Damon said slightly wiping her tears off her face with his thumbs. Eve let out a puff of air, as tears began streaming down her face once more. Damon pulled her into his chest once more and Eve held onto him.
"Ya should go without me." Eve let out a shaky breath as she pulled herself away from him. "I'm supposed ta be dis badass vampire slayer. Not some cry baby." Eve muttered, wiping the remaining tears from her face. "How is me makeup." Eve asked seriously up at Damon. Damon couldn't help but laugh.
"You look beautiful, Evelyn." Damon said, one of his hands cupping her face and smiling back down at her. Eve let out small huff as she looked up at Damon. Her heart began to pound in her ears as she stared up at his blue eyes and his stared down at her green ones. For a second, everything was fine and all that mattered was him. Damon quickly drew his hand back and took in a slight breath. "Here, you never bring a jacket." Damon muttered, quickly taking off his suit jacket and holding it open for her. Eve couldn't help but laugh as she slipped her arms through his jacket.
"Serious deja vu from the night I died tonight, Salvatore." Eve said as she embraced the warmth of his jacket. "A party, me wanderin' off, being stuck against a tree, Stefan bein' a dick and ya bein'...ya." Eve said as she turned back towards Damon.
"Welcome back to Mystic Falls, my queen." Damon smiled as he turned to go back to the Founder's Hall.
Eve turned back and began walking back to the two girls who were huddled around Amber. Eve walked over to them. Bonnie raised her hand suddenly. Magic filled the air, and soon, Eve's head. Eve let out a hiss of pain before she barely heard Elena stop the witch. Eve blinked as she held onto her head.
"Nice ta see ya again, Bonnie." Eve grumbled out, slightly shaking her head. "Excuse me." Eve said as she squeezed between the two girls and leaned over Amber who began to scream once more. "No, no, no, no. Stop screaming." Eve compelled and Amber stopped, but still looked terrified. "How bad is she bleedin'?" Eve asked towards Elena who was holding onto a piece of cloth against her neck.
"Bad." Elena replied. Eve nodded before she bit her own wrist and pushed it against Amber's mouth. Both Elena and Bonnie became uncomfortable as Eve pulled her wrist back and looked at Amber's bite marks. It still looked like they were there, but now she wasn't bleeding to death.
"Okay Amber, listen ta me. Ya are goin' ta forget everythin' dat just happened. Elena and Bonnie found ya in de woods and dat's all ya remember. Do ya understand?" Eve compelled Amber who nodded and blinked.
"Thank God you guys found me. I can't remember what happened." Amber exclaimed as she held the cloth onto her own neck now. Once again, tension filled the air. Eve turned around to the two girls.
"If I hadn't done what I did, Amber would be dead, and de city council would have asked ya both a ton of questions dat, I doubt, either of ya want to answer." Eve muttered, standing up and straightening out her dress. "Anyway, who won?" Eve asked. Bonnie and Elena stared at Eve as if she was crazy.
"Caroline." Elena finally said. Eve smiled.
"Oh, yay!" Eve smiled. "She's goin' ta have me head dough since I wasn't dere." Eve muttered out more to herself than to the two girls.
"You need to leave her alone." Bonnie snapped, turning Eve's attention back to Bonnie. "She doesn't need to know about any of this." Bonnie continued. Eve stared at the girl before she rolled her eyes.
"Ya notice dat she's still got dat vervain necklace on ya gave her, Elena?" Eve asked, turning towards Elena, who slightly froze. "Caroline is me friend. I'm not goin' ta hurt her, and I'm not goin' ta tell her what I am." Eve snapped at Bonnie. "We don't even know each other, and ya already don't like me." Eve muttered back, shaking her head at the whole situation.
"You're friends with Damon. That's all I need to know." Bonnie snapped back. Eve rolled her eyes. "He killed my grandma." Bonnie snapped lowly.
"Aye, but I didn't." Eve snapped.
"You're friends with him still."
"And yer friends with Elena still. Did ya just see her boyfriend." Eve let out a frustrated scoff. Elena's hand suddenly connected with Eve's face.
"Keep Stefan out of this." Elena said lowly. Eve stayed with her head slightly facing one way. Eve took a deep breath in before she glared back up at both Bonnie and Elena. She could feel veins crawling out from underneath her eyes. Elena moved closer to Bonnie as Eve stared.
"Somethin' on me face?" Eve chuckled lowly before blinking away the urge to snap Elena's neck. "Caroline is me friend. Damon is also me friend." Eve muttered. "Even yer witchy powers can't stop dat." Eve hissed. "Act worried." Eve muttered as she walked back over to Amber and leaned down.
"We have an ambulance here!" Liz's voice filled the sudden quiet air as quick footsteps made their way over to where Eve was. "Amber, are you okay?" Liz asked, quickly kneeling down next to Eve as paramedics wrapped her in a blanket and began tending to her wound.
"I-I'm fine." Amber sputtered out as she began to shiver.
"Do you remember anything that happened?" Liz asked with a concerned look on her face. Amber shook her head, much to the paramedics annoyance. Liz gave her a sad look before standing up and nodding for Eve to follow her. Eve stood up and followed. "Damon told me what happened." Liz said quietly towards Eve. "You two were out looking for Amber when he got a call from Elena who said she and Bonnie found her. It's lucky that you and him were together, so that he could come and tell us and you could keep the girls far enough away." Liz smiled back at Eve as she began walking back towards Elena and Bonnie now with Damon standing near by.
"You two didn't see anything, did you?" Liz asked with Eve walking up behind her towards Damon. Elena shook her head as Bonnie stood still with her arms crossed.
"No, we didn't see anything." Elena muttered back.
"Is she going to be okay?" Bonnie asked. Liz glanced back at the paramedics and Amber before she nodded her head.
"It looks like it yeah." Liz replied. "Why don't you girls get back to the party? Damon, Eve and I can take it from here." Liz said. Elena nodded.
"Okay, yeah." She said, turning around and began walking back towards the Founder's Hall. Bonnie was in front of her, slightly rearing off.
"Are you sure they didn't see the bite marks?" Liz asked Damon and Eve. The two shared a look before Damon went to answer.
"No. There was too much blood, they couldn't see it clearly." Damon muttered making Liz shake her head.
"Poor girl." Liz muttered under her breath.
"On de bright side, Caroline won." Eve chirped quietly. Liz looked over and raised an eyebrow. Not so much from being annoyed by the cheerful statement, but as if she hadn't known. "Bonnie and Elena were talkin' about it to keep deir minds off of Amber bein' hurt." Eve shrugged out the lie. Liz nodded, a sad smile flashed across her lips before she turned her attention back towards Amber. "Can you two try and figure out who or what did this? I'm going to hang around Amber to see if she maybe can recall anything." Damon nodded.
"Of course." Damon reassured Liz as she turned around and walked back over to Amber. "Tonight has been very eventful." Damon muttered down to Eve who nodded. "You okay?" Damon asked, pulling Eve to his side.
"No." Eve replied back making Damon chuckle. "Day, I-I couldn't stop." Eve muttered as Damon began leading her away from the ambulance and back towards the Hall. "I-I don't know why, and dat's why I'm so mad." Eve muttered. Damon shook his head as he kept Eve by his side. "I missed Caroline winnin' because I'm nosy." Eve sighed as the two got closer to the Hall and near lighting.
"You know, I think she's still here." Damon said, but Eve shook her head.
"She's goin' ta be pissed." Eve said, her eyes falling.
"Eve!" Eve's eyes shot up as she saw green before she was almost tackled to the ground. "Eve! Oh my God!" Caroline said almost blinding Eve with her happiness as she began shaking Eve lightly. "Look who won!" Caroline continued, beaming and showing off her sash. Eve couldn't help the sudden laugh that left her.
"Congratulations! Ya deserve it!" Eve smiled back at her. "I'm so sorry I wasn't actually dere." Eve apologized as Caroline simply swatted her hand.
"You're off the hook this time." Caroline sassed. "Damon told me everything." Eve glanced over and raised an eyebrow at Damon. "I'm just glad I caught you before you left!" Caroline chirped as she reached into her cleavage and pulled out her phone. "Damon, take our picture." Caroline commanded as she pressed a few buttons before handing it over to Damon.
"How is your phone not all sweaty?" Damon asked aloud. Caroline ignored the question and pulled Eve with her around Damon.
"The lighting's better on this side." Caroline said as she shooed Damon to back up. "Look cute!" Caroline said and flashed a smile towards the camera with her hand on her hip. Eve stared for a second and put both her hands on her hip. Damon couldn't help but snicker. Caroline looked at Eve and let out a scoff and pulled her into a hug. "Stop being a pain, you ass." Caroline snapped and once more smiled to the camera. Eve rolled her eyes and smiled. It was the least she could do. "See, that wasn't such a hard thing to do, now, was it?" Caroline sassed as she pulled away and walked back to Damon and snatched her phone. Eve followed behind. "Not bad." Caroline commented as she looked at the pictures with Eve and Damon looking over her shoulders. "Thank you so much for helping me and listening to me." Caroline said seriously back to Eve as she shoved the phone back into her cleavage before hugging her. "Now, you kids be good." Caroline sassed as she turned and began walking back to the Hall, before she waved a goodbye and kept walking. Eve turned towards Damon.
"Ya knew she was still here and not mad at me, didn't ya?" Eve asked, her arms crossing in a mock upset way.
"I did." Damon smiled, looping his arm with hers. "Let's go to your car." Damon said as he slightly nudged her to start leading.
"What did ya say ta her?" Eve asked as the two began walking towards her car.
"I told her that you went out and found Amber and that she was hysterical and you couldn't get back." Damon shrugged. Eve looked up at him. "When I went back to tell Liz, I caught Caroline first. Because I'm with you a lot and Caroline calls a lot. I would never hear the end of it." Damon sassed making Eve roll her eyes and laugh.
"Dank ya, Damon." Eve said quietly.
"Anything for my queen." Damon smirked back down to her as the two finally got to Eve's Lexus. "I've got to go take Stefan's car home seeing that he disappeared." Damon muttered as Eve reached underneath her back license plate to grab her spare key. "Eve." Damon said as Eve stood up. "You look a lot more than nice." Damon said making Eve laugh as she walked over to the driver's side.
"Day, it's fine. Ya called me beautiful earlier. I'm not too picky." Eve sassed as she unlocked her door. Eve glanced around at Damon as she felt his mood slightly sour. "Damon, it's fine. Droughout de years, ya have given me enough praise ta last a lifetime." Eve said, turning around to face him.
"A human lifetime, maybe." Damon sassed back. "Did you forget that we're immortal?" Damon asked. Eve snickered and walked closer to him.
"De amount of times ya have called me a queen surely makes up fer a 'nice'." Eve sassed.
"Eve, when I saw you this morning, I'm pretty sure my heart stopped." Damon rolled his eyes. "For a good minute, I lost all ability to form words. Because of you." Damon said, his eyes meeting Eve's making her heart begin to pound. "Eve, I-" Damon froze suddenly making Eve raise an eyebrow. "I think I know why you couldn't stop earlier." Damon said.
"I-wha-how?" Eve sputtered out feeling air enter her lungs once more, not even realizing that she had stopped breathing.
"You're sired to him." Damon said, slightly staring through her.
"What?" Eve asked, staring at him.
"You're sired to him." Damon repeated, with a sudden laugh as he turned around. Eve grabbed Damon's hand to pull his attention back to reality. "Holy shit." Damon said, whipping around to Eve, making her slightly jump. "You've been sired to Stefan for over 95 years without even realizing it." Damon said quickly with a sudden laugh.
"Damon, what de hell are ya talkin' about?" Eve asked, slightly annoyed that she didn't know what was going on.
"Eve." Damon said, suddenly holding onto Eve's face. "To be sired, you have to have strong feelings for the vampire who turned you. Back in 1912, you were smitten with Stefan." Damon said quickly. "So with his blood in your system when you died, he sired you." Damon continued. "But with Stefan running off and you two not seeing each other for, God only knows how long, it didn't seem relevant." Damon said, letting go of Eve's face. "You two weren't together ever when he was on human blood, so he never asked you to do anything outlandish." Damon laughed once more. Eve could only stare.
"He asked me ta kill a woman back in 1922." Eve said as everything started to click.
Chicago;1922
Eve was swaying along to the sound of a trumpet. It had been weeks since she had been to a speakeasy. The last one she had went to, she had gone with Damon, and Damon ended up leaving her alone to run off with the pretty jazz singer. So this time, Eve was alone by her own choice in a new speakeasy. It was surprisingly easy to get information out of people with a little compelling.
It had been 10 years since she turned, but time felt different as a vampire. Like the world was hers. No one could take that away from her. 10 years felt like a simple year to her and she was reveling in it all. With Damon's help, of course. But he was off playing prince now, so she was stuck on her own tonight. It was a nice little speakeasy too.
A stage with the musicians and on the floor were tables instead of a dance floor. On the sides, there were steps to a second layer, just higher than the stage, but not any higher, with booths. It was a high class speakeasy, as strange as it sounded. Luckily, Eve had dressed nice. Or, nicer than usual. The man she compelled had said it was a nicer speakeasy.
Her dress was to her knees and black with beige sequins splitting it in a diagonal fashion. Tassels near the bottom of her dress were no wear near to touching her strapped beige heels. Her curly hair was in a bun and a pearl headband with a small beige feather was in her hair. Everything was nice. That was until the smell of blood tickled her nose.
Eve took in a deep breath. Blood made her feel like the 10 years were truly only a year. According to Damon, with her being such a reckless person with a free spirit, it was going to take longer for the bloodlust to really be controllable. Eve had always laughed it off, but with the smell in the air, she remembered how right he was.
"Breathe drough it." Eve muttered to herself as she felt her feet dragging her towards the smell. Getting closer was a bad idea, but Eve was a curious person by nature. As Eve walked up the stairs by the stage, she froze as she saw the source, and more so, the person behind the source. Stefan Salvatore. "Stefan?" Eve asked aloud, not sure how loud her voice actually sounded. He was with two women and a man. Stefan looked up from the woman that was currently bleeding into a glass.
"Do I know you?" Stefan asked as Eve walked a little closer to the four. Stefan stared at Eve for a second before he slightly froze. "Holy shit. Evelyn?" Stefan asked, his attention now fully on Eve. "It's Evelyn, right?" Stefan asked.
"It's just Eve, now." Eve shrugged as Stefan stood, letting the woman slump slightly, her wrist hitting the table, still bleeding.
"How are you here? And not looking a day older?" Stefan asked slightly circling Eve. Eve raised an eyebrow at him before he laughed. "Did Damon do it?" Stefan asked. As Eve tried to explain, Stefan swatted his hands to stop her. "Doesn't matter. You're alive and kicking now. Come drink with us." Stefan said wrapping an arm around Eve's shoulders and pulled her over to the booth. "Rebekah, Klaus, Mary, I think, this is Eve." Stefan introduced Eve to the group. Rebekah, the woman with a nice done up blonde hair stared, as did the man, Klaus, with slicked back blonde hair.
"You seem to be quite the ladies man, Stefan." Klaus said with a strangely kind British accent, though his facial expression showed anything but kindness.
"You haven't even finished the first one, dear." Rebekah whined, in a similar British accent, pulling Mary's wrist to her mouth with slight veins running down her face. Stefan simply shook his head as he pulled Eve down to sit beside him.
"She's not another snack." Stefan commented as he took the glass full of blood and took a sip before handing it to Eve. "Have a drink." Stefan smiled. Eve stared at the red liquid before taking a drink from the glass. Stefan smiled proudly as Eve put the glass down, feeling slightly annoyed by the situation.
"I do not wish ta impose on yer...party." Eve muttered out slightly as she stood up.
"Come on, stay, sit." Stefan smiled. Eve sat down reluctantly, ignoring the fact that she hadn't wanted to move, but her body moved for her. Stefan didn't seem like the same man she had met back in 1912. Not by a long shot. And that man, Klaus, was still staring her down.
"Parties imply something fun is going on." Rebekah muttered as she let go of the woman's wrist, which hit the table.
"We could make it fun." Klaus smirked over at Rebekah. "Stefan, your pocket knife, if you would." Klaus said. Stefan pulled out a knife and handed it to Klaus. Klaus took it before he leaned over her to Mary and held her already drooping head. "Darling, will you do me a favor?" Klaus asked as Eve stared, feeling more and more uncomfortable. Mary nodded as Klaus handed her the knife. "Would you take this knife and stab your hand into the table?" Klaus compelled the woman who nodded before she raised the knife. Eve stared in horror as the woman stabbed her hand against the table. Stefan and Rebekah began laughing at the action.
"What de fock is wrong with ya?" Eve barked suddenly as she stood and leaned over the table and took the knife out of Mary's hand. Stefan and Rebekah's laughter died just as soon as the knife was out. "I get feedin', I do, but makin' people do dings fer yer own entertainment?" Eve snapped pointing the knife towards the three of them.
"Oh come on Eve, don't be such a spoilsport." Stefan whined. "If you're so worried, kill the girl to end her suffering." Stefan suggested with a laugh from the three, but in a blink, the woman's neck was snapped. Eve quickly pulled herself back from the table and nearly fell over the railing just behind. Why had she done that? It was as if her body worked without her mind telling her what to do. The three stared at her for a second before Stefan began laughing with Rebekah joining in slightly after with a less humorous laugh. Klaus wasn't amused by the situation at all.
"Evelyn, was it?" Klaus asked as Eve's attention turned towards Klaus. "May I make a request now?" Klaus asked with a more mischievous look in his eyes. Eve was all for antics, but not with these three. "Go and fetch me a drink, will you? The kind without a pulse, if you would." Klaus compelled her. Eve glared as her body began working on its own as she walked down the stairs towards a waiter carrying a glass of champagne. Eve could hear Stefan and Rebekah began laughing once more. "See Rebekah, vampires like Stefan are weak compared to us. I didn't even have to have her repeat what she was going to do." Klaus muttered as Eve caught the waiters attention and grabbed the glass from him and began making her way back towards the four-or, three now with a dead body in between.
"Stefan is older than that one, Nick. Try it on him when she gets back." Rebekah said boredly as Eve began walking up the stairs back to the group. As Eve got back and handed the drink to Klaus, he shrugged.
"Stefan, since your friend here dislikes murder so much, why not kill all the band members. Evelyn, why not you kill everyone else in the bar." Klaus compelled Stefan and Eve. Stefan stood up obediently as Eve froze, even with being compelled. She needed to think of a loop-hole. She didn't want to kill an entire bar full of humans. Not again. That was eight years ago and she still felt awful about the whole thing. Klaus said everyone...Everyone.\
"You don't need to compel me to do something if I've already thought about it." Stefan replied back casually. "That trumpet is a bit too loud for my tastes." Stefan smiled back at Rebekah. Eve stared as Stefan began walking towards the stairs. Eve quickly flittered over to Klaus and snapped his neck. Stefan slumped slightly as Rebekah let out a gasp. Eve quickly snapped her neck as well before turning back towards Stefan.
"Stefan, what de fock is yer problem?" Eve asked, walking up to him.
"Right now, you are." Stefan snapped as he grabbed his knife from the table and turned around. "Stand still." Stefan said as Eve froze on the spot. Stefan flittered and stabbed the knife into her gut making her let out a cry of pain, but even with being stabbed, Eve felt obligated to stand in the same spot she was told to stay.
"Find new friends, Stefan, dese ones are shit." Eve breathed as she quickly snapped Stefan's neck. Eve stared at the table now with three dead bodies, and one on to floor beside it. Eve looked down at the knife that was still stuck in her side before taking in a breath. Eve let out a scream as she pulled the knife from her stomach. Luckily, the trumpet was louder than her voice. Eve quickly turned and walked down the stairs to leave the speakeasy, her hand slightly covering her stab wound as it began healing. Eve liked this dress as well. What a shame it had to go to waste on seeing such jackasses. As she got to the door, two men grabbed her and threw her into what looked like a kitchen. Eve tried to flitter away but was forced to sit down by a sudden pain in her head. Magic engulfed the room as Eve looked up to a woman with white fluffy hair. "Fer fock sake." Eve muttered out to herself.
"I don't know who you are or why you're here, but you need to leave. Now." The witch said. "I saw what you did. I don't want dead bodies in my bar. Even if three of them will wake up." She snapped. Eve stared up as the pain left her head and the woman kneeled down to be eye level with her. "You must run. Far away from this place. The man that you killed isn't one to react to kindly to being killed." She continued in a softer voice. "If you want to be alive tomorrow, you better leave this town now." She commanded. Eve nodded as the woman helped her up.
"I didn't mean ta kill dat woman." Eve said as the woman began walking her to the exit.
"I believe you. I don't like Klaus. But we have an agreement." She muttered as she nudged Eve to leave. "I'll try and get him off your case. I'll say you went west. So you go east." She said. Eve nodded as she left the speakeasy. Eve let out an annoyed sigh as she flittered to the apartment building through the back alleys as to not be seen. The apartment was nice. Damon had suggested the place and Eve wasn't going to complain. Anything to get out of Mystic Falls. Eve quickly flittered into the building and to Damon's apartment door.
"Damon!" Eve snapped as she reached his door and began knocking. No reply. He was out. Eve quickly flittered to her own apartment and threw a bag together with her stuff. Before she left, she saw a piece of paper. If she couldn't tell him in person, paper would have to do.
Surprise! It didn't take the whole 2 weeks for this new chapter! How rad. Also, have some more Eve backstory and a PLOT TWIST OF SOME SORTS. I wanted to venture into sire-bond territory and what if's of sire-bonds. There's more to come, don't you worry!
SHOUT OUT TO WickedlyMinx and Mad Girl With a Keyboard (MGWK)! MMMMMMMMM comments are my fave! Very glad you both like. And also I'm sorry for the rant in advance because MGWK mentioned Delena (and also some very nice things BECAUSE MY HEART IS SO FULL OF LOVE FOR OCS AND YOUR COMMENT TBH)
So. Delena is actually the whole reason I started writing this. In my opinion, Delena is no good. It's just full of toxic attitudes, snarky comments, and make-up sex. I can be all for make-up sex, believe me, but when that's all it ever really is, I'm out. In the beginning of the series, Elena was such an ass to Damon just for being who he was. She was always mad that he was a vampire and doing things out of spite and she always trashed him for being bad. But like. That's who he was/is. A mean vampire. But that's not who he is. Because he cares so deeply and just gets shit on throughout the series. The whole idea of this was based upon the whole 'it's always going to be Stefan.' thing.
My heart BROKE knowing that Damon didn't have any friends or anyone that considered him to be their first pick. So then came Eve. A character that was originally going to speak without an accent until she was upset. Throughout the process of creating this girl, I wanted her to be as broken as Damon, but at the same time, not as broken as him. I actually have almost 10 pages of timeline for Eve's life so far, which is kind of ridiculous, but at the same time, really makes up who she is, which I'm slowly introducing (see the end of this chapter for example).
But going back to the whole Delena thing. When they actually became a couple, I was pissed. Why? Rewind back to literally any time from season 1 to season 3. Elena hated Damon at first, then tolerated him because Stefan was his brother. Then suddenly, he was her whole world. Um, no? I know that's not how it went exactly, but that's how it went for me. And then it becomes a blur because I kinda stopped watching after like season 5. From like season 4 to 6 tho I was rooting for Stefan/Elena (Stelena4lyfe), but the series kept putting Stefan in bad lighting now. Damon was still in the bad light though as well. Because he's the big bad vampire who does what he wants. I just couldn't get behind something where it goes from "He's a monster" to "I love him just the way he is" in literally 1 season.
Once more, comes in Eve. I wanted Damon to be happy and not just 'I'm kind of happy with this girl even though I can't really be myself" but "I can be myself without feeling like a monster" happy. Because let's be real. Eve is just a big a monster as Damon, and monsters have to stick together.
RANT OVER OKAY I LOVE YOU ALL FOR READING
-Nebula