Hazel had gotten a text from Caroline, she wanted to meet for lunch and then show her around. Damon drove her to the Grill and dropped her off. He was still itching but kept his mouth shut. He knew she would make it worse if he complained.
Entering the Grill, Hazel spotted the bubbly blond and walked over. "Hey, Caroline."
Caroline smiled, "Hazel! I'm glad you could make it. I know you said that you traveled growin up but have you ever had an American cheeseburger and fries?"
Hazel shook her head, "No, at least not from America. We always stayed away from the states. Meeting Stefan, I'm glad we did. He's stuffy."
Caroline laughed, "I crushed on him when he first arrived. Thank god I got over that!"
Hazel smiled at her. They chatted all through lunch. When they were finished, Caroline lead them outside and starts the tour of Mystic Falls.
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They had walked around the town for about an hour when Hazel quietly said, "Damon told me." Carolines head whipped to her, Hazel grinned, "He has an itch that won't go away for a bit longer."
Caroline couldn't help but laugh, "He said you would hex him. He also said your mom would have done the same."
"He deserved it." Hazel sobered, "I'm sorry he did that. That wasn't the man who raised me and he knows he messed up royally."
"Thank you. I haven't forgiven him yet but I may eventually." Caroline told her. Changing the subject, she asked, "Are you going to join school?"
"I've already graduated. Damon made sure I went to the best schools. I was able to finish by thirteen. It really helped because my other school didn't offer any subjects for this world."
"Are you going to go back?" Caroline was curious.
Hazel shook her head, "No. I won their war for them, other than a few people, I don't care to go back there. I want to be near Damon now. I missed out on seven years and obviously, he needs me." They both laughed at that. Caroline was about to say something, but two boys came walking up.
"Hey Care, you coming to the masquerade?" Tyler asked.
"Tyler, Matt, this is Hazel. And yes, I'll be there." She replies. Both boys greet Hazel and the girls continued the tour.
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Hazel hadn't wanted to go to the cookout with Damon. She didn't want to be around Elena, the other girl annoyed her. Instead, she was spending her afternoon trying to finish something she had been working on since the hunt. This was the last step, unfortunately, someone knocked on the door.
She had just opened the door when Stefan appeared behind her. "Don't" he started to say but it was too late, Hazel had opened the door and now she was being glared at. It didn't take long for it to click, the person standing before her wasn't Elena but the vampire doppelganger. Smirking, she said, "So, I finally get to meet Kitty Kat."
Stefan gaped at her, but Katherine gave a smirk in return, "And just who are you? Hopefully not Stefan's spare girlfriend."
Hazel gagged, "That was mean and very disgusting." She looked between the two vampires, "Welp, I'm headed back to my room. You two be sure to keep it down." She winked at Katherine before heading upstairs. Hazel made sure to warn Damon of their company before going back to her task.
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Getting hungry, Hazel headed downstairs to find substance. She wasn't sure if they still had company, but Stefan would just have to get over it. Not finding anyone, she headed to the kitchen. Damon said he would be home late, so she made herself some mac n cheese. She had just finished cooking when screaming came from the basement.
"What is it with him and doppelgangers?" Hazel shook her head and walked to the living room, plopping on the couch, she turn on the television and ate her food. She looked up when the front door open, "Oh this just got good." She had to hide her smile behind her bowl.
Elena stormed into the house, "Where's Stefan?" She glared at Hazel.
Kitty Kat appeared before she could answer. Hazel watched the two stare each other down. They were identical. Maybe Stefan had a weird twin fetish. When said man appeared, Kitty Kat took off and Elena began to whine.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me she was here." Elena whined to Stefan. He said something in reply, but Hazel couldn't hear it. Elena then turned her anger onto Hazel. "Why didn't you help him?"
Hazel finished her last bite before acknowledging the other girl. "I'm not part of your drama, doppelganger. You can't order me around like you do the rest of them."
Elena glared but Hazel flipped her off and walked to the kitchen. Hearing the front door close, she knew she was alone.
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Damon had told Hazel to watch her back, they seemed to have a werewolf issue. She looked confused before he explained they were different than Remus, these were born werewolves. She worried about what Damon was up to, she didn't want him to be hurt. She couldn't lose him, not after everything.
Caroline had texted her, asking if they could talk today. Hazel told her to come over, she sounded like she was upset. At least the text came off that way. Damon had invited her to help at the park clean up, Hazel hadn't wanted to go but he didn't give her a choice. When she told him Caroline was coming over, he smirked and said he would see her there.
Hazel noticed something was really bothering Caroline. On the drive to the park, yeah Damon had been right, she finally asked. "What's going on, you seem upset."
Caroline was hoping she could tell Hazel. Katherine had told her she couldn't tell her friends, but she wasn't sure if that would include Hazel. Taking a deep breath, she asked "Could you help me if someone was threatening me?"
Hazel wasn't sure but she said, "I will help you in any way I can. If you want, I can read your mind so you won't be going against whoever it is."
Caroline pulled up to the park they were helping at, parking the car, she turned to Hazel. "Do it."
Making sure no one was looking, Hazel pulled out her wand and entered Carolines mind. Finding what she needed, she pulled back. "I can tell Day, that way you don't have to."
Caroline nodded, "Thank you. I feel horrible."
"It's not your fault. Let's get out there, I'm supposed to be meeting people, I guess." Hazel wasn't happy about it but knew Day needed her to keep his cover. Caroline pulled her over to a blond woman.
"Mom" Caroline called out, "I want you to meet my new friend."
"Hazel Salvatore" Hazel greeted. Damon had gotten papers a long time ago that made her a Salvatore. It was easier to hide when she didn't use Potter.
Carolines mom looked surprised. Her name had caught her new friend off-guard too. Damon took that as his cue. "Liz, I see my cousin has introduced herself." He smiled. With his age and hers now, they had to use cousin. Luckily, people didn't look too hard into it.
Liz smiled, "Yes, Caroline was just introducing us."
"She decided to come stay with me for a bit. Hazel just finished her schooling and needed a break." The girls headed off while Damon gave their cover story. "Her parents were killed and I'm all the family she knows."
"What about Stefan?" Liz asked confused.
Damon shakes his head, "Hazel's not a huge fan of his. I'm glad she gets along with Caroline, she needed a friend."
Liz can tell Damon cares for the girl. Smiling, she tells him, "You're a good man Damon."
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Hazel's helping Caroline paint a bench, she can tell her new friend is eavesdropping on Stefan and Elena. She rolled her eyes at them all. Hazel knew they weren't really broken up, Kitty must have threatened the doppelganger. When Damon walked up, she could tell he was listening in as well. They would be having that talk tonight. He was not allowed to grow feelings for that girl, ewe.
Elena stomped off in a fit and Caroline followed her. That girls heart was too soft for some people, she deserved better. Hazel followed Damon to where Stefan was holding up the water table. They were talking about Mason, the werewolf. She was about to ask which one he was when Damon started choking.
"Vervain" he gasped. Stefan and Hazel tried to get him out of view. They had finally gotten him under control when his temper flared. "I'm gonna kill him" Stefan led them to where Mason was piling leaves. "Don't look so surprised."
Hazel watched the man, he didn't look scared or nervous. She was about to call out to Damon when she heard the first shot. She felt the second when she ran for Damon. "Day" she could only wheeze.
Carolines mom and some officers walked over to them. Hazel watched as they injected Damon and Stefan. When they walked up to her, Liz's eyes widened. "She's not one of them." Liz checked where Hazel had been shot. Mason moved closer, he hadn't thought any of them were human.
Hazel could only watch as Damon and Stefan were dragged away. Mason lifted her and followed the others. When they entered a cellar, she was placed on the ground next to Damon.
"What are you going to do with the girl Liz?" Mason asked.
"I don't know. She knows about them." Liz motioned to the vampires. "Head on out, we'll handle it from here."
Hazel was trying to get her wand. She wouldn't hurt Caroline's mom, but she needed to get them out of here. Liz shot Damon again, Hazel rolled when he reached for her.
"Get her help Liz, you can't let her die." Damon was trying to reason with the sheriff. He could smell how much blood Hazel had lost.
Liz could only stare as Damon reached for Hazel. "I thought she was one of you." They could hear the regret in her voice. All hell broke loose around them. Damon finally got his wrist shoved into Hazel's mouth as Caroline took out the other officers. When only Liz was left, Caroline noticed Hazel.
"You shot her!" Caroline reached for Hazel, letting Damon feed from a dead officer. Making sure her new friend was okay, she tried to talk to her mom.
Damon helped Hazel stand, "Seriously, why does everyone try to kill me." she huffed, checking her wound. Pulling her wand, she started to get rid of the evidence.
"We're taking Liz back to the house." Damon told her. Hazel fixed his clothes and put her wand away. "Ride with blondie."
Hazel nodded, hugging him. "Hey Care, let's go by your house and grab some stuff for your mom." Caroline nodded, giving one last look to her mom, she left with Hazel.
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When the girls arrived at the house, Hazel took Carolines bag up to her room. She didn't want her friend to be alone, so she told her to stay until her mom was ready to leave.
Damon tried to talk to Liz, but she didn't want to hear it. Liz had felt horrible for harming Hazel, but she couldn't handle her own daughter being a vampire. Caroline had cried herself to sleep that night. Hazel had felt so bad for her, she made a vow to herself that she would never let Caroline Forbes feel like a monster.
Since Hazel didn't have school, she was able to help her friend work on her mom. The first day she went down to see Liz, the woman had apologized.
"I'm so sorry Hazel, we had believed you were one too."
Hazel scowled, "That's not an excuse. Do you have any idea what would have happened if you had managed to kill Damon? You see, that man raised me, from the age of one. Damon raised and protected me." Liz's eyes widened. "My parents were murdered by an evil man. Daon saved me from being left with horrible people. He made sure I never wanted for anything, I went to the best school and always had the newest things. I had an amazing life because of that vampire."
Hazel began to pace, "Your daughter is an amazing person too. The first day I met her, she went shopping with me just so I wouldn't be alone. She had never met me and went against friends she had grown up with. Care is going through so much and now, you're being a dick about something she had no choice in!"
Liz stared at the girl. She honestly hadn't thought about how her daughter had become a vampire, only that she was one. "Do you know how it happened?"
Hazel nodded, Damon had told her everything that went on before she got here. "I think that is something you should ask her. You can still be her mom. Her being a vampire doesn't stop that. I wish I still had my mom, don't make Caroline lose hers." Standing, Hazel walked back upstairs.
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Damon had gone to help set up for the masquerade while Hazel was lounging about. Care had been talking with her mom and she didn't want to interrupt the hopeful progress. Hazel had been hanging upside down on the couch, reading a potions book when the door opened. Damon entered the room with an unconscious Mason over his shoulder and Bonnie behind him.
Hazel didn't care for Bonnie. Care had told her how distant the nature witch had been since her transformation. "What ya doin, Day" she asked.
Damon looked over to her and smiled, "I'm planning to get some information. Wanna help?"
Hazel sat upright, "I can find what you're looking for easily." Walking over, she pulled her wand. "What are you looking for?"
"Find where he hid the moonstone." Damon replied.
Waking Mason, she immobilizes him and begins to dig through his head. "Ewe, didn't care to see that" digging deeper, she smiles "It's in a well of vervain on the Lockwood property." Hazel pulled from Mason's mind, glaring, she adds, "You're nasty."
Mason tries to scowl but he's still frozen. Hazel released the spell.
Looking to Damon, she says, "I'll take Care and get the stone." He nodded and Hazel went to find Care. Bonnie had watched the whole thing and began to follow. "Care, we need to run an errand." Caroline looked confuse, "Moonstone business."
The two began to head outside when Bonnie spoke. "I can go, Stefan and Elena are there. You both can stay here."
Hazel shook her head, "No thanks. Care, you ready?" When she nodded, the two disappeared. Bonnie could only blink, where had they just gone?
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When the girls appeared, it seemed Bonnie had text Stefan. Elena was screaming for him, but he was at the bottom of the well full of vervain. It seemed that Bonnie had forgotten to mention that part.
Caroline pulled Elena away as Hazel looked into the well. Pulling her wand, she looked to her friend, "Be ready to catch Stefan, but be careful, he's soaked in vervain."
Caroline moved forward, "Ready."
Hazel summoned the vampire and helped Care get him away from the well. Drying his clothes, she walked back to the well, "Accio moonstone" a box came flying up. Catching it, she looked to the others. "We're good to go now."
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Hazel answered the door to a frantic Caroline. It seemed Kitty Kat was bothering her again. It was bad enough Jenna, an innocent, had been hurt and now she was targeting Care again. Hazel tried to keep her calm while she listened to Damon and Stefan plot. Leaving them to it, she dragged her friend off to get ready.
Damon wanted to keep Hazel out of it, he didn't want more people to find out her power. He knew after the well, she had lip lock jinxed the others. Hazel thought it would be fun to mess up Kitty Kat's plans. First thing she had done was make a copy of the moonstone and hide the original.
The magic she felt coming from the stone interested her. It felt like the stone had been spelled to hold something. Hazel would have to look into that when she got home.
Once the girls were ready, Hazel charmed their masks. Hers resembled a peacock, Damon's was a less flashy peacock and Care's was a red and black panther. All of the masks looked amazing. They also had a subtle notice me not charm on them, people wouldn't realize it was them.
Hazel played lookout while they put their plan into motion. Everything had been going great until Elena showed up. Whey were doppelgangers so problematic.
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Hazel ran with Jeremy to tell Damon and Stefan that Kitty Kat was connected to Elena. Maybe it was heartless of her but Hazel didn't really care. She did feel bad for Jeremy, the poor guy was going through hell because of who his sister was.
"Kitty here is linked to Elena. It seems she brought a witch as her plus one" Hazel said, entering the room.
"Hazel, get out." Damon tried to push her back out, but she wasn't budging. Jeremy went back down to check on his sister.
"Day, I just want to have a chat with Kitty here" Walking closer, Hazel glares at the vampire, "You need to stay away from Caroline. Haven't you been a big enough bitch to her?"
Katherine glared, "I don't have to listen to you. I can kill you before you could blink."
Hazel scoffed, "Better men and woman than you have tried and failed. Leave my friend and Day alone or I'll make you wish you could die."
Katherine paled, this girl was dangerous. She wasn't sure what it was, but her senses were screaming, DANGER! Her witch entered the room, and she let out a breath of relief.
Damon watched as Hazel threatened Katherine. He wasn't sure what had scared the vampire. The smile that crossed Hazel's face when the other witch said Elena was unlinked made him shiver.
Hazel glared at Katherine and sent a spell at her. See, Hazel was smart and had a lot of free time at Hogwarts. She made sure to use that time to create and perfect her own spells. The one she had hit Katherine with was similar to the cruciatus. The pain the vampire was feeling would have made a human black out. Kneeling next to Katherine's head, Hazel whispered, "Come near Day or Care again and I'll make this feel like a tickle."
Damon pulled Hazel back and held her in his arms. He wasn't sure what had just happened, but he knew Hazel had meant what she had said. "I'm going to put her in the tomb." Damon told his brother. Hazel helped get Kitty Kat out unseen and to the car.
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