I'm really excited for the next couple of chapters coming up! I also thought of a new concept for the whole sacrifice part of this season. I can't wait for everyone to read it! Thank you so much for supporting this story!
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In the silent and dark hospital, there was suddenly a large gasp as Elena Gilbert swiftly jumped up from the pillow that laid clumsily on her bed. She quickly grabbed her throat in pain as she shifted her eyes around the room. However, when she couldn't find what had woken her up, she slowly got out of the hospital bed and quietly exited the room.
The hospital was filled with nothing but darkness as the Gilbert girl left the comfort of her room. She looked around for a moment as her eyes adjusted to the dark, before she noticed one of the nurses and her blonde friend. She could see Caroline arguing with the nurse, so she slowly made her way towards the blonde as she called out, "Caroline?"
The nurse looked over at the brunette before she commanded, "you girls need to go back to sleep." She looked at Caroline sternly as she added, "and you can have food in the morning."
Caroline ignored what the nurse had said when something else suddenly caught her attention. She lifted her head up towards the ceiling as she took a deep breath. "What's that smell?" She asked.
"Back to sleep," the nurse commanded as she moved her eyes between the two girls, before she swiftly turned around as she walked away with a stack of folders in hand.
Elena sighed tiredly as she decided that she was going to listen to the nurse and go back to bed. But when she took a quick glance over at Caroline, she noticed the girl was going to another room instead of her own. "Caroline, where are you going?" Elena whispered as she quickly jogged up to the blonde's side.
However, Caroline didn't even react to Elena's voice as her blue eyes focused on the red liquid that moved through the small hospital bag as it pumped into the patient's veins. Caroline slowly walked towards the bag that was calling her name as saliva built around her mouth. She went to touch the bag with a shaky hand, but a booming voice suddenly called out, "what are you guys doing in here?"
Caroline swiftly turned around and stared at the nurse with her eyes widened before she swallowed thickly and mumbled, "I don't know."
"You need to go back to bed," the nurse told the two girls sternly.
Caroline quickly gave the nurse a condescending smile and grabbed onto Elena's wrist tightly as she stated, "we were just leaving," before she pulled Elena with her as she made her way back to her room.
"Caroline, are you okay?" Elena questioned worriedly when she noticed that Caroline was acting weird as she watched the blonde girl stare out of the small window by the door.
Caroline looked around the hallway from the small access window as she watched the nurse closely. Once she realized the nurse wasn't coming back, she turned to Elena as she slowly pulled out the red hospital bag that she had taken from the patient's room. Caroline quickly brought the bag to her lips as the smell was beginning to be too much for her and took a large gulp. But as soon as it slid down her throat, she began to choke which caused her to quickly throw the bag across the room.
Something suddenly snapped inside of Elena as she watched the red liquid slowly spill out of the plastic bag when it crashed onto the floor. She felt like in that moment she could smell everything clearly. She could detect the odor from the freshly washed bed sheets and the strawberry scent that was coming from Caroline's shampoo in the bathroom. But Elena could also smell something that her senses had never came in contact with before.
Elena felt like she was in a trance as she slowly made her way down to the bag on the floor. She couldn't help herself as she brought her hand to the substance and dipped her fingers into the red liquid before she brought it back up to her hungry lips.
"No, no, no, no," Elena cried out once she had quickly scooted away from the red liquid as she realized what she was doing. Elena's body was overtaken by shock as she looked down at her shaky hands that were covered in the substance. She knew exactly what the liquid was, but she just didn't want to believe it. Elena swiftly rushed towards the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She shakily pulled her bottom lip down as she stared at her teeth. But it wasn't her sparkly white teeth that shocked her, no, it was the fangs that were sprouting from her gums.
Elena yelped in agony as she felt pain all over her face. She watched her chocolate brown eyes turn dark red as black veins moved under her eyes. Elena knew exactly what was happening to her. She had watched the same thing happen to Stefan lots of times through their relationship. The only thought in Elena's mind as she covered the monster on her face with her hands as she cried out, was that she was the one thing she never wanted to be, a vampire.
"What's happening to us?" Caroline wailed as she stood at the edge of the bathroom door with blood dripping down her neck as she stared at Elena with her identical fangs poking out from her red lips.
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It was about noon in the small town when teenagers and their families slowly made their way through the large parking lot of Mystic Falls High School, where there was a carnival beginning to take place. The big event was all because of Emily Gilbert and Caroline Forbes. But since Caroline was still in the hospital, Emily had recruited Bonnie to help her to make sure everything was running perfectly.
Emily and Bonnie were unloading stuffed animals for the prized games when Bonnie glanced over at the Gilbert girl as she recalled, "Katherine looked just like Elena, it was freakish."
Emily rolled her eyes and mumbled, "I know, it's annoying that she has Elena's face. It makes it difficult to hate her." She looked up at Bonnie when she felt her friend was still staring at her. Emily shrugged as she added, "I don't really understand how she looks like Lena, but somehow she is our ancestor."
Bonnie clarified, "your vampire ancestor." She twitched her head to the side as she stared at Emily for a moment before she thought out loud, "you know, she sorta looks like you too."
Emily shrugged her shoulders once again as she uttered, "maybe Katherine has a sister."
Bonnie chuckled as she suggested, "it would be so ironic if Katherine has a sister who is your doppelganger." She shook her head, "what would be the chances."
Emily rolled her eyes at her friend as she mumbled, "don't jinx me."
Bonnie bumped her hip into Emily's jokingly as they both laughed before she grew serious as she questioned, "how do you know she's not still out there pretending to be Elena while she's in the hospital?"
Emily sighed, "I don't." She shook her head, "I'm done thinking about Katherine for the day," before she swiftly grabbed a couple of the bags from the back of the large truck and made her way towards the booths.
Bonnie helped the Gilbert girl unload a bag of stuffed animals before she couldn't help herself as she questioned, "have you talked to Damon since he killed Jeremy or tried to kill Jeremy?"
Emily glared at the fluffy gray wolf in her hand before she turned to Bonnie as she snapped, "no. I have no reason to ever talk to him again. I don't want to be around him either." Emily sighed when she noticed Bonnie's eyes widened, so she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you." She looked at her friend with a soft smile as she stated, "I just want a normal day. Everything has been all about vampires lately, I want to be human for just a couple of hours."
Bonnie rubbed Emily's left shoulder gently as she uttered softly, "of course." She grabbed a large bag of prizes as she stated with determination in her brown eyes, "now let's get down to business."
Emily gave Bonnie a bright smile before she stated, "I can't thank you enough for helping me." She smirked teasingly as she added, "but I want to apologize in advance if get over crazy trying to make sure this event is perfect."
Bonnie chuckled as she shook her head before she uttered, "I don't know how you and Caroline do all this stuff."
"It's a secret," Emily smirked at the Bennett girl.
"I'm starting to think you guys aren't human," Bonnie joked.
Emily rolled her eyes as she shoved Bonnie playfully before she stated, "come on, we have some serious work to do!" The two girls both grabbed more of the bags of prizes and began to make their way through the parking lot as they started to set everything up for the carnival. But what Emily didn't notice was her cell phone ringing in her back pocket as her sister called her multiple times.
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In the continuously busy hallways of Mystic Falls High School, Stefan stood to the side of the youngest Gilberts' locker. Now that Jeremy knew about the existence of vampires, Stefan wanted to keep him safe for the sake of Emily and Elena. Stefan pulled out a small glass container from his pocket and held it in front of Jeremy. "It's the same as the bracelet your sisters gave you," he explained.
Jeremy grabbed the glass container from Stefan and looked at the clear liquid closely. "It protects me from compulsion," he concluded.
Stefan nodded his head in agreement before he added, "vervain is toxic to vampires."
"Like poison?" Jeremy questioned as he looked up at Stefan curiously.
"Yeah," Stefan uttered, "it's very poisonous." He pointed towards his temple as he stated, "it keeps them out of your head."
"But why vervain?" Jeremy questioned in confusion.
Stefan shrugged lightly and mumbled, "don't know," before he added his knowledge from his years of existence, "certain natural herbs and roots and other elements are just harmful to vampires."
"Like a stake to the heart?" Jeremy asked.
"Right," Stefan nodded his head before he added, "but it has to be wood."
Jeremy chuckled as he stared at the vampire. "You're pretty confident in yourself telling me all the different ways I could kill you," he observed.
Stefan shook his head with humor shining through his green eyes before he revealed, "Jeremy, if I thought you wanted to kill me, we would be having a much different conversation right now."
Jeremy silently nodded his head before he glared down at the ground as he uttered, "Damon is the one that deserves it."
Stefan stared at the young boy closely before he ordered, "I want you to forget about Damon, all right?" He continued once Jeremy's brown eyes focused on him, "he's a hundred times stronger than you and right now he's not stable. You got to try to move forward."
"I was killed by a vampire and brought back by a magic ring," Jeremy snapped. "How do you move forward from that?" He questioned angrily.
"Right," Stefan mumbled before he stated, "well, today we have a nice little distraction thanks to the ever so commanding Emily." The vampire swiftly turned to the side as he felt the aforementioned girl walk up to them. "Hello, Emily," Stefan greeted.
Emily gave Stefan a tiny smile before she moved her green eyes towards her brother. "Hey, did you..." She began to question.
"Yeah, yeah, I sat up the gold fish toss, all three hundred gold fish," Jeremy interrupted his sister. "It's going to be epic," he smirked before he slammed his locker shut and went to make his way out of the high school.
Emily quickly grabbed her brother's arm before he could get too far and uttered, "that's not what I was going to ask." Emily felt Jeremy and Stefan both look at her in disbelief, which caused her to roll her eyes before adding, "okay, yes. I was going to ask that, but I also wanted to know how you were doing."
Jeremy's brown eyes softened as he looked at his sister. "I'm fine, everything's fine. You don't have to worry," he stated before he quickly walked away as he made his way out of Mystic Falls High School.
Emily sighed as she watched her brother move swiftly around everyone with his eyes glued to the ground as he avoided eye contact. She knew that he was definitely not okay. No one would be fine after what he had to go through - thanks to the vampire that Emily was beginning to despise.
"He's gonna be alright," Stefan told Emily gently as he noticed the sunken look on her face. "He's just been through a little bit of an ordeal," he uttered as he tried to console the brunette.
Emily folded her arms over her chest and leaned against the row of lockers as she mumbled, "I know. I just want to help."
Stefan leaned against the locker next to Emily and uttered gently, "you can't always rescue everyone." He gave her a soft smile as he asked, "how about instead of you helping everyone, why not let me help you instead, Miss Gilbert?"
A bright smile slowly crawled onto Emily's face before she pointed at Stefan and mumbled, "you asked for it." Once Emily noticed that Stefan nodded his head, she continued, "firstly, no vampire talk today. We go to a human school, so I just want a human day."
Stefan did an invisible check mark in front of Emily's face with a cheeky grin, "done. What else?"
"Please tell me I can borrow you for a couple of hours to help place some of the prizes on the top racks," Emily wondered with a pout.
"Prizes on the top racks, you got it," Stefan told the Gilbert girl.
Emily felt her shoulders drop in relief, now that she knew the prizes would be all set up since she nor Bonnie could get the stuffed animals on the high racks. "Thank you so much," she told Stefan with a grateful smile, "you are a lifesaver."
Stefan chuckled lightly as he wrapped his arm around Emily's shoulder. "I'll always be your lifesaver," he uttered as he directed the Gilbert girl, who was beginning to be conflicted about her feelings, out of Mystic Falls High School.
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The sun slowly began to disappear from the clear sky and welcomed the dark night as more and more people made their way through the grounds of the bright carnival. But in the middle of all the fun, was the main person that made all of it happen. Emily was walking through the carnival with a clip board in hand as she made sure everything was running smoothly.
Bonnie swiftly jogged up to the busy girl's side and told Emily, "hey, the ring toss is out of Bart and Homer dolls and also Team Jacob T's."
Emily looked over at her friend with a small nod and stated, "I can go run and get those real quick." She looked down at her list before mumbling to herself, "I still need to find out who's in charge of the speakers."
Bonnie quickly grabbed her friend's hand to get her attention as she spoke softly, "hey, take a breather. This is a huge success."
Emily looked around the crowd as she watched all the smiling faces and the laughter that carried all around the carnival. "You're right," she told Bonnie with a grin. She held her finger up as she stated, "I just need to do one more thing." Emily scanned the carnival before she noticed a familiar face fixing a machine. "Carter!" She called out.
The guy turned around at the voice and smiled when he saw the short brunette girl. "Well, if it isn't Emily," he uttered, "it's good to see you again."
Emily smiled politely and remarked, "you too." She twitched her head to the side as she questioned hopefully, "you know electrical stuff right?"
Carter nodded his head as he responded, "yeah. I'm working with the carnival."
Emily smiled brightly as she stated, "perfect." She turned to the side as she looked over at Bonnie with a smirk, "you see, my friend over here needs some help." Emily had noticed the way Bonnie was staring at Carter, so she decided to help the brunette a little bit.
Carter perked up as he turned his attention over to Bonnie. "What do you need, beautiful?" He asked with a charming smile.
Bonnie gave Emily a glare before she turned to Carter with a nervous chuckle as she asked, "what do you know about karaoke speakers?"
Carter looked Bonnie up and down in appreciation before he uttered with a smile, "why don't you show me the problem?"
Emily looked over at her friend with a smirk as she uttered teasingly, "yeah, Bonnie, show him the problem."
Bonnie ignored the teasing tone that came from Emily's mouth as she looked into Carter's deep brown eyes with a smile. She pointed her head to the left as she stated, "come on," before she directed Carter away from the crowd and towards the speakers.
Emily chuckled and shook her head as she watched her friend walk away with the cute guy. She had known Carter for years when she used to party all the time before her parents passed away. Carter was always a sweet guy, so she knew Bonnie was in good hands for the night.
Emily made her way through the crowd with a smile on her face as she watched all the happy people that surrounded her. Bonnie was definitely right. The carnival was becoming such a huge success. She couldn't wait to tell Caroline all about how everything went perfectly.
Emily continued to walk around the carnival before she suddenly felt someone strongly pull her around the corner. She was about to yell at whoever thought they could treat her like that. But her eyes widened as she looked at who was in front of her. "Elena?" She questioned in shock, "what are you doing here?"
Elena looked at her sister with urgency in her brown eyes as she interrogated, "why haven't you been answering your phone!?"
Emily looked at Elena in confusion before she pulled her cell phone from her back pocket and sure enough, she noticed twenty three voicemail's all from her sister. Emily shook her head, "I didn't hear it." She looked back at Elena and questioned, "what's going on?"
Elena didn't utter a single word, but she did close her eyes as she took a deep breath. But once she opened them her whole face transformed to the monster that had overtaken her body. "Katherine happened," she cried out with tears clouding around her dark red eyes.
Emily gasped in shock as she looked at her baby sister. "No, no, no, no," she repeated over and over. "Please tell me this is a joke," she begged.
Elena moved away from her sister as she slid her body down the hard brick wall that was across from Emily. She chuckled humorlessly, "I wish I could." She shook her head and mumbled, "I kept telling myself it was all just a horrible dream."
Emily paced up and down as she tried to wrap her head around what had happened. She couldn't understand why Katherine would turn Elena. Emily crossed her arms over her chest as she looked at her sister with sad eyes. "Are you okay?" She asked softly.
Elena glared at Emily as she growled, "no, I'm not okay. The only thing I can think about is drinking everyone's blood right now." Elena quickly covered her eyes with a groan before she apologized, "I'm sorry, Emmie. I didn't mean to yell at you. I'm just so confused." Elena sighed as she also added with a mumble, "and Caroline's angry that she is always hungry, plus that she has to follow an order that Katherine gave her."
Emily's eyes widened as she looked at her newly turned vampire sister. "Wait, wait, wait. Katherine turned Caroline too?" She swiftly questioned.
Elena nodded her head slowly before she furrowed her brows as she told her sister, "Katherine wanted Caroline to tell Stefan and Damon game on."
"Emily," a strong voice suddenly called out from behind the older Gilbert girl.
"Not now, Damon," Emily hissed as she glared over at the oldest Salvatore brother. She definitely didn't want to have to deal with Damon right now.
But before Damon could call out for Emily again, he spotted the youngest Gilbert girl against the wall. "Elena," he spoke softly.
"Damon," Elena spoke with the same softness in her voice before she went to walk towards the oldest Salvatore brother. She just felt some type of pull when she looked up at Damon; like she needed to be by his side.
Emily looked at her sister in confusion, but she quickly grabbed onto Elena's arm before she could walk too close to the devil incarnated.
"What are you doing?" Elena questioned as she looked back at her sister with sad eyes.
Emily glared at Damon as she told Elena, "he tried to kill Jeremy."
Elena swiftly moved her eyes towards Damon as anger took over her body. She glared at him as her fangs began to sprout from her mouth. She got out of her sister's grip easily and ran towards Damon. "What did you do?" She growled as she held the older vampire by his throat against the wall.
Damon looked at Elena with his eyes widened as he realized what happened to the girl he was starting to have feelings for. But that would have to wait as his throat was beginning to close. "I can explain. Let go of me, Elena," he choked out.
Elena quickly removed her hand from Damon's throat as soon as the words were out of his mouth and looked at him with sad eyes. But Damon ignored the tightness in his chest for the new vampire, and looked over at Emily as he commanded, "we all need to talk now."
Emily nodded her head silently as she agreed with the older vampire. No matter how much Emily didn't want to be around Damon, she knew that this was necessary. They all needed to talk about what Katherine's plan was and how they were going to stop her.
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Emily sat on top of Alaric's desk in his empty classroom with Damon leaning against the wall and her newly vampire sister pacing up and down the floor as they waited for Stefan to arrive. Emily had texted Stefan a SOS message so they could go over everything that had happened in the past couple of hours.
Stefan rushed into the room no more than three minutes after the oldest Gilbert girl had sent the message. He scanned the classroom before his eyes widened as he spotted his girlfriend in a panic. He quickly rushed towards her and pulled Elena into a tight hug. "What are you doing here?" He questioned softly.
Elena pulled away from the hug with tears in her eyes as she looked up at Stefan's face. But she couldn't even utter a single word as her emotions were all over the place. However, with her feelings all rattled, her face began to transform to what she was trying to explain. "I'm a v-vampire," she whimpered.
Stefan quickly pulled Elena into his chest as he shushed her while hugging her tightly. "It's okay," he whispered gently in her ear. Stefan swiftly looked up at his brother and glared as he quietly questioned angrily, "what did you do?"
Damon raised his hands up in fake innocence as he stated with a smirk, "I didn't do anything."
Emily noticed that Stefan was about to rush at Damon in anger, so she quickly stood up from Alaric's desk and moved between the two brothers. "Enough," she commanded, "we don't have time for this right now." Once the Salvatore's calmed down, Emily looked at Damon pointedly as she stated, "now get to the point."
Damon rolled his eyes at Emily before he looked over at his brother. "Well, I fed her my blood and Katherine obviously killed her and A plus B equals..." He trailed off as he guessed what had happened to the younger Gilbert girl.
"That's not the only thing," Emily told Stefan, "she also turned Caroline as well."
"Why?" Elena whispered as she cried into Stefan's chest.
"Because Katherine is a manipulative, nasty, little slut," Damon stated angrily before his eyes softened as he looked directly at Elena.
Stefan glanced over at his brother with furrowed brows as he watched Damon look at his girlfriend in a way he shouldn't. But Stefan shook his head as he focused on the important issue as he questioned, "and she said, 'game on?' I mean, what does that even mean?"
"It means she's playing dirty," Damon stated, "she wants us to know."
Emily shook her head as she began to pace up and down the classroom like her sister had done. "But why would she turn Elena and Caroline?" She questioned in disbelief.
"I don't know," Damon mumbled.
Stefan rubbed Elena's hair softly as he spoke, "Caroline must be completely out of her mind, she doesn't even know what's happening to her."
Damon groaned, "oh, I think she does." He explained once he noticed the confused faces, "all of my compulsion from the past started wearing off the minute she was in transition."
"We have to find her," Emily stated sternly. She didn't want her best friend to get hurt or kill anyone when she doesn't even understand exactly what's happening to her.
"Yep," Damon nodded his head in agreement before adding, "and kill her."
Emily glared at Damon, "we are not gonna kill Caroline."
"She knows who we are," Damon told Emily, "she's officially a liability, and we've got to get rid of her."
Emily crossed her arms over her chest as she continued to look at Damon with hatred in her green eyes. "Oh, so that means you want to kill my sister too, huh?" She questioned angrily.
Damon walked closely towards Emily as he glared right back at her and stated, "Elena's different."
"We aren't killing her, Damon," Stefan ordered as he glared at his brother.
"Need I remind you of a tragic little story of a girl named Vicki Donovan?" Damon questioned. He shook his head, "Caroline of all people, will not make it as a vampire. Her mother is a vampire hunter." Damon pointed towards the emotional Elena as he stated. "at least I can help her control it." But when no one uttered a single word, Damon continued, "guys, come on. We all know how this story's gonna end, just flip to the last chapter and..."
"It's not an option, Damon," Emily harshly told the older vampire.
"No?" Damon questioned before he glanced over at his brother. "Your silence is deafening, Stefan," he uttered. "Wait, wasn't there a school carnival the night you staked Vicki?" He asked before adding, "I never had a town where history repeats itself. You know I'm right."
Stefan glanced over at Emily, where he saw her sad eyes and couldn't help but fall under her spell. "We're not gonna kill her," Stefan commanded as he focused his attention on his brother, before grabbing Elena's hand as he pulled her out of the history classroom.
Emily went to follow after the couple but she paused when Damon stated, "it's the only way."
Emily glared once more as she looked over at Damon. "No, it's not," she disagreed, "if my sister can survive this crap, then so can Caroline," before she stomped her way out of the classroom as she continued to follow after Elena and Stefan.
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Emily walked through the crowded carnival as she tried to find her best friend. It had already been fifteen minutes, and they still couldn't find the blonde girl. "Where could she be?" Emily questioned out loud. She glanced over at Elena and Stefan and noticed how they both stopped as they were lost in thought. "What is it? Do you hear her?" Emily interrogated nervously.
"Blood," Stefan stated, "I can smell blood." He quickly looked over at Elena as he uttered the one word that he knew his girlfriend was craving. Stefan went to open his mouth to control her hunger, but he was unsuccessful as Elena was already gone as she rushed towards the heavenly smell.
"Elena!" Emily yelled out for her sister.
Stefan quickly grabbed Emily's hand as he rushed after his girlfriend and the smell of fresh blood. But Stefan found Caroline first and in the worst position possible. He swiftly ran into his brother and knocked the wooden stake out of his hand when he noticed Damon was trying to kill the blonde.
"Stefan!" Damon growled out in frustration.
Once Emily finally made her way closer towards the four vampires, she noticed that there was so much going on. But the one thing that caught her attention the most, was her sister leaning over the ground. So, while everyone was busy arguing, Emily slowly made her way towards her sister. "Elena," she called out softly.
Elena swiftly turned around as she heard her twin sister's gently voice, but the monster inside caused her to growl loudly. However, that caught the attention of the two Salvatore brothers, and before Emily could even blink, Stefan had her firmly behind him. Emily tapped Stefan's shoulder lightly as she whispered, "we need to get them inside." Emily was scared out of her mind but she tried her best to hide it as she didn't want to be scared of her own sister.
Stefan nodded his head as he looked down at Emily with worry shining through his eyes before he made his way towards his girlfriend and carefully pulled her from the dead body. "Come on," he spoke softly before he moved her towards the crying blonde.
"She will die, it's only a matter of time," Damon told his brother as his blue eyes closely followed Caroline.
Stefan shrugged as he looked over at Damon, "yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight."
"Oh, yeah it is," Damon growled before he sped over to Caroline with the wooden stake in his hand.
However, Damon didn't get the chance to kill the blonde vampire. Elena had moved as quick as lightning as she stood in front of her friend. She wasn't going to let Damon kill someone she thought as family. "You will have to kill me first, Damon, and we both know you won't," Elena whispered as she stared into Damon's blue eyes.
Damon's whole body softened as he stared at Elena, which caused him to drop the wooden stake on the ground. He knew that Elena was right, he couldn't kill her and he wouldn't. Damon glanced over at Emily as he stated, "this was your idea, so whatever happens, it's on you."
"Caroline? Elena?" A voice suddenly spoke from behind all of the chaos.
"It's okay, come on," Stefan spoke softly as he tried to lead the two freshly new vampires away from the Bennett witch. He knew that this was not the right time for Bonnie to find out about Caroline and Elena.
However, Stefan wasn't quick enough, because Bonnie saw the blood dripping down her two friend's faces. "No, you're not, you can't be," she cried out. She grabbed both Elena's and Caroline's arm as she was pulled into a trance before she swiftly pulled away in shock when she got her answer.
"Bonnie?" Caroline whimpered as she looked at her friend.
However, Bonnie's attention was caught by something behind her two friends. She looked closely and noticed the body of the boy she had spent her night with. "Oh, God!" She gasped.
"Bonnie..." Elena trailed off as she tried to get her best friend to understand.
But Bonnie wouldn't even look at the two girls as she was scared and sad from what had happened. She felt she didn't even know them anymore. Emily saw her twin sister's sadden face, so she quickly gave Elena and Caroline a small smile as she directed them towards Stefan's direction.
Once the two broken girls had followed Stefan into the bathroom, Bonnie looked over at Emily with tears in her brown eyes. "I can't believe this is happening," she stated before taking a deep breath and questioning, "did you know about this?"
"I barely found out an hour ago," Emily responded softly. She pulled the Bennett girl into a tight hug as she stated, "hey, there are still the same girls." But Bonnie only shook her head into the crook of Emily's neck as tears ran down her face.
"Come on, don't pout about it," Damon called out as he saw the two girls huddled close together. "I got a body to bury," he stated as he moved towards the dead body with a shovel slung over his shoulder.
Bonnie's body was suddenly over taken by anger at how Damon was being so comical with Carter's death. She slowly began to walk towards the vampire with determination in her brown eyes, which caused Damon to swiftly drop to the ground as he clutched his head in pain. Bonnie moved her eyes towards the water hose once Damon was down and used her powers to make the water pour from the hose. "I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt," Bonnie growled.
"I didn't do this," Damon groaned.
Emily quickly shook her head at her friend as she stated, "Bonnie, it wasn't his fault. He didn't do this." As bad as Emily didn't want to defend Damon, it was the truth. He wasn't the cause of Carter's death.
"Everything that happens is his fault, Emily!" Bonnie yelled angrily, "you said it yourself, you can't even stand him!"
Emily watched the water Bonnie was controlling as it trailed towards Damon's body. But Emily's eyes suddenly widened in shock as she realized what the Bennett witch was doing. She had witnessed the same thing when she, Bonnie, and Elena were all kidnapped by Anna and Ben. "Bonnie, stop!" Emily quickly yelled out.
Emily began to panic even more when the clear water suddenly turned into a line of fire. She knew her voice wasn't going to be enough to pull Bonnie all the way out of her trance, so she quickly jumped in front of the Bennett witch. "Bonnie!" Emily shouted as she tried to get her friend to focus on her instead of the vampire.
"Why did you stop me!?" Bonnie yelled out in anger once her concentration was broken, which caused the fire to go completely out.
"Because we don't hurt people, Bonnie! You can't stoop to his level!" Emily told her friend as she tried to get her to understand, "we have to be better than this!" Once Bonnie grew silent, Emily took a quick glance over at Damon, who gave her a thankful nod. She gave him one back before Emily pulled the stressed out girl away from the vampire and the chaos that ruined the night.
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Emily had Matt take Bonnie home after all that had happened. She only told the blonde male that Bonnie was tried and couldn't drive, so he wouldn't ask questions. That would only cause for more problems, and Emily couldn't deal with that right now. Once Emily made sure Bonnie was okay and that she would call her once she was home, Emily made her way to her locker one last time for the night. She was just ready for the whole day to end.
"Hey," Stefan spoke softly as he walked up to Emily. "Caroline and Elena are okay for now. I'll check on them later," he stated.
Emily nodded her head silently before she questioned, "where are they?"
"I took Caroline home and I put Elena in your car," Stefan answered.
Emily sighed as she closed her locker before turning to Stefan as she wondered sadly, "and what about Carter?" Emily didn't even get the chance to feel sorrow for Carter's death with everything going on, but it was now hitting her. She wished that she could have done something to stop it from happening. Emily's heart broke from Carter's family. He was a great guy that she would never forget about.
"It's taken care of," Stefan spoke gently.
Emily rubbed her eyes tiredly as she mumbled, "this isn't going to end well, is it?" She chuckled humorlessly, "it looks like Damon's right for once."
Stefan quickly shook his head as he promised, "no, I'm gonna make sure that he's wrong. I will protect Caroline and Elena. We will get through all this."
Emily leaned against her locker as she sighed, "I guess I didn't get my human day."
"Welcome to Mystic Falls," Stefan uttered lightheartedly as he leaned against the locker next to the young girl.
Emily shook her head, "I can't believe I actually thought I could have a normal day. I mean, my best friend and twin sister are now vampires. There is no normal days anymore."
"I'm sorry," Stefan apologized as he looked down at Emily with his green eyed softened.
Emily shrugged lightly, "it's just the way it goes. This is my life now."
"You gonna be okay?" Stefan asked gently.
"Probably not," Emily mumbled. But when she saw Stefan was about to open his mouth, Emily quickly added, "I'm going to take Elena home. You should come by later, she's going to need you," before she swiftly walked away with too many thoughts running through her mind and she didn't want to deal with her confused feelings for a certain vampire.
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The two Gilbert sisters road in Emily's car silently as they made their way home. Emily knew that Elena needed to think bout what was happening to her alone. It was just something major that Emily couldn't understand. The only person that could help her was Stefan or Damon.
Once Emily had pulled in front of the Gilbert house, the two girls quietly made their way up to the front door. But while Emily went straight through the house, Elena was suddenly stopped by an invisible barrier. Elena looked at her sister in confusion as she questioned, "why can't I get in?"
Emily furrowed her brows for a moment before her green eyes widened in realization. She totally forgot that since Elena was a vampire, she needed to be invited into the house. Emily looked at her sister with soft eyes as she spoke gently, "come in."
Elena looked at the doorway cautiously as she slowly lifted her shoe over the threshold. She sighed once her body was inside the house. She had forgotten about the down side of being a vampire with everything going on today. It just made her feel worse. "I don't think I can do this," Elena uttered dishearteningly as she looked over at her sister.
Emily looked at Elena with sadden eyes as she grabbed her sister's hand tightly. "Yes, you can," she spoke sternly, "I might not understand what you are going through, but I will help you as best as I can. You are my sister, and I will not give up on you."
Elena stared silently at her sister for a moment as tears began to fall down her face. "I wish I could hug you," she whimpered out with a humorless laugh. "But I don't want to hurt you," she added with a mumble.
Emily took a step closer towards her sister and rubbed Elena's shoulders gently. "You will get control, I believe in you," she stated truthfully. Emily pulled her sister into a tight hug. She couldn't resist as she felt helpless, since she couldn't do anything for her sister. But as soon as Emily felt Elena's heavy breath on her neck, she quickly pulled away. Emily gave her sister a sad smile as she spoke, "I love you, Lena. Everything will be okay in the end."
"I'm scared," Elena whispered as she stared into Emily's green eyes.
Emily's heart broke as she watched tears stream down her sister's face. She wished she could do anything to help Elena, but there was no way out of this. She just had to be there for her as best as she could. Emily brushed Elena's messy brown hair out of her face and gave her a small smile. "You are my sister and I will die trying before I let anything happen to you. We're going to figure this all out." Emily kissed the top of Elena's head as she whispered, "you are never alone."
Elena's hand trembled as she brought her pinky up into the air as she asked in a small voice, "promise?"
Emily bit her bottom lip as she tried to keep her tears at bay. She nodded her head as she linked her pinky with her twin sister and uttered, "I promise."
The road was going to be a long journey with Elena and Caroline being a vampire, but Emily was willing to do everything she could. She would always protect her loved ones over herself, no matter how dangerous it was. They also had to deal with Katherine and whatever she was planning to do. But that would have to wait until the morning as Emily leaded her twin sister upstairs. Emily made sure Elena was okay before she headed to her own room to get some much needed rest. This was only the beginning and she needed to be ready for what was to come.