It was around seven in the morning when Emily finally woke up from a dream about a tall guy with curly dirty blonde hair. She couldn't remember ever seeing his face before, but she just pushed it away as she thought she must've seen him on TV or around town.
Emily glanced down at the alarm clock that was next to her warm bed and noticed the time read '6:35' in big block green letters. Emily sighed tiredly, knowing she still had at least twenty-five minutes until she had to get ready for the day.
Emily reached over and opened her bedside table and grabbed the brown journal that originally belonged to her doppelganger. She decided that she had enough time to read another page. Emily flipped past three entries that she had already read and pulled out the small picture of Katherine and Darina that was used as a bookmark. The young Gilbert girl yawned once before she was engrossed into the writing.
Dear doppelganger,
It has been a week since I learnt about what Niklaus needs me for. I know my end is near. I thought it is a good idea to document my last days with the protector spell over me. Maria said I would begin to feel some changes within myself.
I feel very powerful after drinking the potion that Maria gave me. I can hear more clearly. I can hear the birds chirping, that is behind the small village we live by in our new home of England. Maria says I have really good hearing now and that it is one of the effects of the spell. I can hear everything in our small village. It makes my head hurt most of the time, but Maria says I need to focus to be able to cut the noise out.
I feel very protective over my sister, Katerina. I do not like when she leaves my side. My heart hurts when I do not know if she is safe or not. Maria says that it is the protective spell. Since I always protected her as children, it just gets more powerful with the spell.
My reflex's have gotten stronger and faster. I can hear every footstep that comes towards me. I almost broke a metal plate when Katerina tried to scare me. I do not know if I should tell my sister about the spell. I feel sad that Maria would not place the same spell on her. But I know it is because Maria never liked my sister. I just hope Niklaus does not go after her.
My heart and head hurts a lot more. I think it is because I can feel the end coming. I do not want to tell Maria that the end is near. She has always been like a mother to me. I feel in control now but I know we will not win. I can feel death creeping in the back of my mind. I am not sure, but it could be apart of the spell, maybe I can predict death and Maria did not tell me, like the stories my mother used to tell me about the banshee's.
Maria says I should warn you; if Niklaus does comes for you, if our plan does fail, your experience might be different from mine. Maria told me that she has something different for you when the time comes. I am not sure what that means, only that in due time you shall know. I think Maria does not want to worry me. She only tells me that your experience will be much stronger than mine. I do not know if me writing down what happens to me will help you, but it shall give you an idea what you might have to go through.
Emily laid back onto her pillow and closed her eyes once she had finished reading the new page of Darina's journal. She always felt like she knew her doppelganger more after every personal word she read. Emily's nerves were all over the place as she thought about what Darina went through. She could only hope that this Niklaus person doesn't come for her. Darina's experience was scary enough, but she had said Emily's experience would be more powerful. That made the Gilbert girl extremely nervous of the future.
Emily jumped in fright and out of her own thoughts when she suddenly heard her alarm clock blaring loudly. Emily sighed as she shook her head before she pushed the off button and slowly got out of her safe haven that was her bed.
Emily slowly made her way to her large closet with her feet dragging against the cold floor. She finally got dressed in a pair of dark jeans and a simple green-blue tank top once she gained her bearings. Emily was never one to wake up early, even though that's all she has been doing lately.
Once she was happy with her outfit, Emily moved to the bathroom, where she began to put on her jewelry. But as she was pushing the silver earring through her right ear, she suddenly heard fast footsteps coming from behind her.
"I can't believe Tyler Lockwood is a werewolf," Jeremy ranted to his sister as soon as one of his old sneakers crossed over the threshold of the silent bathroom that all three siblings shares.
Emily rolled her eyes as she looked at Jeremy in the mirror and stated, "we don't know if Ty is a werewolf yet, we are only sure about Mason." She turned around and leaned against the clean sink once she had pushed the point of the jewelry into her ear. "Who told you about the werewolf thing anyways?" She wondered.
Jeremy shrugged his shoulders lightly and muttered, "I heard Elena on the phone with Damon. He said the Lockwood's are werewolves, so I just put two and two together."
"You know, you really shouldn't be eavesdropping on other people's conversations," Emily reminded her brother with a small teasing smirk shining on her pale pink lips.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and exclaimed, "like you don't do the same thing." The youngest Gilbert noticed the glare his sister was now giving him before he joined in as they stared into each other's eyes. It was something they used to do when he was about six years old. They would gaze at each other as they were in a staring competition until someone would break the connection. It only took a few minutes before they both lost as they broke into laughter. "I can find out if Tyler is a werewolf," Jeremy declared seriously once they had calmed down and silence overtook the bathroom.
Emily's eyes widened at her brother's statement before she quickly shook her head. "Oh, no, no. I don't want you involved in all this stuff, Jer. It's too dangerous," she stated. That was the last thing Emily wanted for her brother, to be wrapped in the troubles that comes with being around the supernatural.
Jeremy lifted his hand lazily which caused Emily's green eyes to focus on the large silver and blue ring that shined on his point finger. "By definition of being in this family, I'm involved," he explained with a huff.
Emily knew her brother was right. Anyone who gets involved with the Gilbert's, always gets in the middle of the supernatural world. Well, except for Jenna, which Emily couldn't be anymore grateful for.
Emily sighed before she expressed her concern, "listen, I know you want to help out, but it's just not safe. Please promise me you won't go digging through things that doesn't affect you." She definitely didn't want her brother looking into werewolves, especially when they barely knew anything about them.
Jeremy stared at his sister for a moment before he silently nodded his head and mumbled, "I promise." He could never disagree with Emily. Jeremy always felt like he was disappointing her and he hated that feeling.
Emily went to open her mouth to voice her gratification, but was soon interrupted by her cell phone ringing in her back pocket. She quickly pulled it out and noticed a new text message.
From : Mrs. Lockwood
Hello, Emily! I hope you are as excited for the Historical Society Volunteer Picnic as I am! I just wanted to remind you that I will need you here in 20 minutes as you know we need everything to go perfectly. I will see you soon, dear!
Emily looked up at her brother with a small smile once she had finished reading the text message from the mayor. "Duty calls," she stated before she swiftly walked back into her bedroom and began to search for some shoes. Emily dug through the bottom of her closet for a few seconds before she found a pair of sneakers that matched her top. She quickly slipped them on before she sped down the stairs and dashed out the front door for another busy day.
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Emily made her way through the large park that the founder's committee thought would be the perfect place for the volunteers to help out their community. She had to agree that the committee was right. It was a nice public area that everyone would pass everyday and see the work they did to help better the small town.
Emily's thoughts were soon stopped when she saw a smiling Mrs. Lockwood walking straight towards her. "Oh, lovely! You're here!" The mayor exclaimed once she was about a foot away from the young girl. She handed the brunette a clipboard as she spoke, "this is yours. It has everything we discussed during the committee meeting."
Emily smiled politely at the older woman before she uttered, "thank you, Mrs. Lockwood. I promise you I will make sure everything goes perfectly like you planned."
Mrs. Lockwood touched Emily's lower arm briefly as she expressed, "oh, please. You know that this is as much as your baby as it is mine. I trust everything will go exceptionally well in your hands."
The mayor was right. Emily was very excited for the volunteering event, even with all the supernatural drama happening. Her mother, Miranda, always taught her the ways of the committee ever since she could remember. She taught the brunette to care and respect the small town like it was a child that needed nurturing. So anything Emily did involving the town, she always took it seriously and placed her whole focus on it. Emily always tries her hardest every time because she wants her mother to be proud of the work she does for the community, just like Miranda did when she was still alive.
Mrs. Lockwood smiled at the young girl and stated, "now, if you excuse me, I have a speech to give," before she swiftly turned around and made her way to the center of the public park to get the event officially started.
Emily chuckled as she watched Mrs. Lockwood walk away - being the ever so commanding and excited person she was. But after a moment of standing in silence, Emily took a deep breath, knowing that it was going to be a long day, before she looked down at the clipboard Mrs. Lockwood had gave her and began to read over the couple of pages.
Emily decided that she was going to start at the very top of the list. She had to go through all of it anyways, so might as well start at the beginning. The first thing on the list was re-painting all of the wooden archways that surrounded the park. Emily had talked to Caroline prior to the event and she agreed that she would help paint them. The Gilbert girl looked up from her clipboard and instantly smiled when she spotted her twin sister and blonde best friend doing exactly what was asked of them.
Emily made her way towards the two girls, just to make sure that they knew what needed to be done. "Hey," she called out as she walked up to them. But as Emily grew closer, she noticed the heated looks and whispers that were going back and forth. She furrowed her brows as she questioned, "is everything okay?"
The two female vampires quickly twirled around with their eyes widened like they had been caught when they heard the distinct voice of the one and only Emily Gilbert.
"Emmie!" Caroline yelped once she laid her frantic blue eyes on the brunette. "How's your day going? Isn't this so much fun?" The blonde vampire rambled as questions flew out of her mouth at rapid speed.
Emily rose an eyebrow at Caroline as she questioned teasingly, "have a little too much coffee this morning, Care?"
Caroline quickly looked over at the younger Gilbert sister nervously before she muttered to Emily, "uh, oh, yeah! I might have had too much." She chuckled awkwardly, "you know me."
Emily squinted her eyes as she silently nodded her head at her best friend. She could definitely tell something was up with Caroline. Emily knew from all of the years that she had known the blonde, that Caroline only rambles when she's hiding something. But Emily decided to push that thought to the back of her mind. She needed to focus on the event right now, not on worrying about whatever Caroline wasn't tell her. Emily turned her attention to her twin sister as she wondered, "hey, where's Stef? He promised he would be helping out today."
Elena quickly avoided Emily's green eyes as she looked down at the paint brush in her hand like it was the most interesting thing in the world. "Uh, I don't know where he is," she muttered lowly.
Emily's brows furrowed as she watched now both girls avert their eyes from her. She could definitely tell they were hiding something. They were being too quiet and not speaking to her like they usually would. Emily sighed in annoyance, knowing she wasn't going to get anything out of them at the moment. "Well, I'll just let you guys get back to work," she stated before glancing down at her list and added, "and if you finish up here, could you please help plant some flowers? We need to get a lot done today."
The two female vampires nodded their heads together with smiles on their faces, which were both equally strained as they finally looked at the oldest Gilbert. "We will get right to work!" Caroline yelped before she and Elena quickly turned around and began to paint so they wouldn't have to look into Emily's bright green eyes that no one could ever resist.
"Alright, thanks," Emily mumbled lowly. She gave the two strange girls one last look before she walked away to continue to run the event. Emily promised herself that she would find out what was going on later, but now wasn't the right time with the busy day ahead of her.
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Emily walked around the large park as she glanced between the clipboard in hand and all of the work being done. She had been here for over five hours already and they were almost finished. Emily was very pleased with how everything was going. She knew her mother would have been proud.
"Hey, Emily!" The brunette suddenly heard as someone called out to her. She looked up from the clipboard and smiled when she saw the Good brothers, Joe and Colby, making their way towards her. They were a couple of years older than her, but she was still very close with them.
"Where do you want the benches, boss?" Colby questioned with a smirk on his tan face as he pointed behind him, where some men were unloading multiple wooden seats from a large white moving truck.
Emily rolled her eyes playfully at the younger brother and scolded, "don't call me that. It makes me feel old." However, not even a second later, Emily grew serious as she focused at the task at hand. She looked around the area for a moment before pointing to the center of the park, where a large oak tree stood with smaller ones surrounding it. "I think they would look good around the trees over there. But make sure that they are spread out," she ordered.
"Aye, Aye, Captain," Joe spoke up as he sent the girl an identical smirk like his brother's.
Emily couldn't help but chuckle as she rolled her eyes once again. "Just get to work, you two," she commanded with her own smirk as she looked at the Good brothers. Once she saw Joe and Colby walk back to the men that were unloading the benches, Emily turned her attention back onto the clipboard and also got back to work herself.
"You know, Miss Gilbert, you are far too serious for your own good," Stefan declared as he walked up to the very busy Emily and saw the furrowed look on her face.
Emily swiftly looked up at the sound of the familiar voice. She smiled brightly when she saw it was Stefan. "I was wondering when I'd see your face," she commented as she gazed into his forest green eyes.
"Well, I didn't want to have an angry Emily after me, so I thought I'd better show up," Stefan explained as he gave the young girl a teasing smile.
"That was probably a good idea," Emily joked as she bumped her hip into Stefan's before she walked away and continued her journey around the large park as she made sure everything was going perfectly.
Stefan quickly caught up to Emily's pace and questioned with an easy smile, "so, what can I do to help?"
Emily sunk her teeth into her bottom lip as she looked down at the clipboard. She had checked everything off that was supposed to be done. Emily looked back up at Stefan with a smile before it instantly turned into a frown once she saw what was happening behind Stefan's back. "You can tell me if Damon is stupid enough to even think about talking to a werewolf in a very public place," she muttered as she watched the oldest Salvatore talk with the resident werewolf, Mason Lockwood, by a small lemonade stand.
Stefan quickly turned around at Emily's statement and saw exactly what she had mentioned. He watched and listened to them closely with his vampire hearing. But once the werewolf walked away, Stefan subconsciously laced his fingers with Emily's and stated, "let's go see what he's up to," before he pulled the brunette with him without a second thought.
Emily was in complete shock when she felt Stefan's warm fingers fit perfectly between her own. Her mind was running a mile a minute as they made their way to Damon. It was a weird feeling for her seeing as it was her sister's boyfriend. Emily couldn't understand why Stefan would do that though, he had never done it before. It was like it was a reflex for the younger Salvatore.
Emily didn't have much time to comprehend the feelings she was having before Stefan swiftly released her hand as he spoke to his brother. "Please tell me that you were just bonding," Stefan muttered.
Damon only gave his brother a smirk before he looked out to the crowd as he questioned curiously, "so, what's up with the drama in your relationship?"
Stefan took a nervous glance over at the very confused Emily before he mumbled, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Damon rolled his eyes, "oh, come on, Stefan." He gazed over at the brunette beside his brother with a mischievous glint as he mentioned, "you and Elena don't fight, especially not when it's over me and a certain someone."
Emily quickly held her hand up and exclaimed, "wait, wait, wait. What are you guys talking about?" She furrowed her brows as she looked up at Stefan and interrogated, "you and Elena are fighting?"
Stefan ignored the Gilbert girl as he glared at his brother and growled, "drop it, Damon."
Damon's eyes brightened in amusement as he grinned, "you know what, I think I don't want to drop it, Stefan. Would you like to tell Emily why you and Elena have been fighting, or should I?"
Emily was baffled at the information she was getting as the brothers bickered. She didn't understand why her sister didn't even tell her that she was having problems in their relationship. However, before Emily could jump back into the conversation to question more about what was going on, a small girl came over and asked shyly, "would you like some lemonade?"
Damon accepted the plastic cup that was filled with the light yellow colored drink and gave the small girl a grateful smile, "thank you, sweetie." He turned to Stefan with a smirk before he brought the cup to his lips and took a large gulp. But before the liquid could go down his esophagus, Damon quickly spat out the lemonade as he began to choke harshly.
Stefan furrowed his brows once he realized that Damon was actually choking, instead of playing a stupid prank like he always did. "What's wrong?" He questioned in a whisper as he moved closer to his brother with panic shining through his eyes.
Damon shook his head as he continued to cough with his hands gripping onto his jean clad knees while he was hunched over as he tried to get the burning taste out of his mouth. He whispered lowly but the two people close to him had heard him clear as day as he said one word, "vervain!"
Stefan and Emily glanced over at each other as they stood on each side of Damon with both equally worried looks. If there was vervain in the lemonade, that would mean someone put it there on purpose and knows about the vampires in Mystic Falls.
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Emily sat on top of a wooden table as she watched Damon switch from pacing up and down to gargling water and spitting it out. It was an endless cycle that the oldest Salvatore kept going through. Emily closed her eyes briefly as she thought about who could have put the vervain into the lemonade. She knew there was only one person who could have done it. Emily just wished it wasn't true, that Mason would do something like this. But she knew without a doubt that it was him. He is the only one in town that knows of the Salvatore's real identity.
"I'm gonna kill him," Damon growled once he spit out another round of fresh water from his burning mouth. He moved to rush after the werewolf, but was instantly stopped before he could even lift his foot off of the green grass.
"No! No!" Stefan quickly shouted as discreetly as he could without anyone looking over at them. He pushed onto Damon's shoulders to hold his brother in place before his anger got the better of him. "Listen to me! Sit!" Stefan commanded as he slammed Damon onto the wooden seat of the table that the Gilbert girl was sitting on top of.
"I'm not listening anymore of your 'give peace a chance' crap," Damon grumbled as he fought Stefan's grip, "he's dead!"
Stefan held onto Damon's shoulders until he heard his brother beginning to calm down. "Okay," Stefan uttered with a sigh. He shook his head tiredly and confessed, "I don't like it. He's making threats." Stefan glanced around the park as he whispered, "he could expose us. We need to put him down."
Damon grinned pleasingly at his brother before he commented, "that's more like it. Let's do it."
Emily looked at the two brothers with her eyes widened in shock. "Woah, woah, woah. Are you guys serious?" She questioned before she shot up from the table and shifted her eyes between the Salvatore's. "This is a bad idea," she stated before muttering quietly, "and he's like a brother to me."
Damon rolled his eyes and grumbled, "well, he's a threat to your twin sister, who is actually blood, so he needs to be put down today before he kills us all."
Emily pushed the heels of her palms into her eyes as she thought everything over. That was definitely not what she wanted to hear. She knew if Mason was willing to expose the vampires, then that would mean Elena would also be in danger and her twin sister always comes first. But Mason was someone she had always loved like her own family. However, Emily knew what needed to be done for the sake of her real family.
Emily looked back up at the Salvatore brothers as she mumbled, "okay."
Damon smirked at the Gilbert girl as he praised, "good girl." He moved his blue eyes around the large park before stating, "woods. Trash duty." Damon began walking as he muttered, "come on," as his eyes stayed glued on the werewolf.
Emily went to follow after the oldest Salvatore, so they could put an end to the werewolf, even though she loved the aforementioned hairy beast. But before she could get too far, Stefan swiftly grabbed her wrist and twisted the brunette so she was facing him. "No, no, no," he quickly dismissed. "I don't want you coming with us. You could get hurt and I wouldn't forgive myself if that happened," he whispered as he moved his fingers to link into Emily's instead of holding her wrist.
Emily glanced down at their linked hands before looking back into Stefan's worried green eyes. She couldn't think about how her heart was pounding against her rib cage or how her feelings were sparking every second she was alone with the youngest Salvatore. She needed to focus on what was important at the moment.
Emily knew that Stefan wasn't going to let her come with them. She knew that look in his eyes, there was no arguing with him. Instead, Emily had a plan. She looked up at Stefan with a disappointed aura surrounding her as she nodded her head and whispered, "be careful." Once Emily saw Stefan run to catch up with Damon, she swiftly turned around to set her plan in motion. If Stefan wasn't going to allow her to come, Emily was going to get back up.
Emily took off in a jog as she looked for her twin sister and best friend. She didn't care about how her clean sneakers were getting dirty as mud began to form around them while she searched for the two girls. Emily only cared about checking on the Salvatore brothers. Even if she wasn't friends with Damon, she still cared.
Emily sighed in relief once she finally spotted the two female vampires. She found them on the edge of the woods as they stared through the trees in silence. "Thank God I found you guys!" Emily gasped out of breath. She was beginning to think that she needed to start working out with Tyler again if she was going to be around all these fast vampires.
"What's wrong?" Elena swiftly questioned her sister worriedly as she laid her hand gently on Emily's bare sweaty shoulder.
Emily took a large gulp of fresh air before she quickly explained without taking a single breath, "Stefan and Damon went to kill Mason." She shook her head, "and I have this feeling that something bad is going to happen."
Elena's eyes widened in horror before she quickly controlled herself as she didn't want to spook her sister. She took a deep breath before stating, "come on," as she grabbed onto Emily's hand. They quickly jogged through the woods with the blonde catching up as the two vampires tried to listen for the Salvatore brothers.
The three girls made their way through the deep woods before Caroline suddenly called out as she came to a complete stop, "wait!"
"What is it?" Emily and Elena hurriedly questioned in unison as they watched the blonde girl bend down to the ground.
Caroline looked between the two sisters as she slowly lifted her hand up that was covered in fresh blood. "They've been here," she whispered.
However, before the panic could fully set into the Gilbert's, a voice suddenly called out from behind them as the person questioned strongly, "what are you girls doing out here?"
Emily swallowed thickly when she recognized the voice. If Mason was in front of them right now, that would mean something happened to the Salvatore's. "Where are they, Mason?" She questioned as she stared nervously into his brown eyes. Emily could feel Mason wasn't someone she could trust anymore if he was willing to hurt the people she's close to.
Mason looked around the woods with a small smirk on his face before he turned back to the brunette and stated, "oh, I think they are around here somewhere."
"Please, Mase," Emily begged desperately, "if you ever cared about me, you will tell us where they are."
Mason twitched his head to the side as he told the young girl, "you don't need me for that. I'll let your sister and bestie sniff them out." Mason moved his eyes to the blonde vampire and questioned, "does your mother know what you are?" However, he didn't give her a chance to respond before he glanced to Elena and continued, "I'm sure Jenna doesn't know either. I'd be happy to inform them both."
The thought of anyone knowing about her spiked the anger that resided inside of Caroline. She wasn't going to let anyone tell her secret, nonetheless a werewolf. Caroline growled at the man before she moved to attack him. However, before she could even walk halfway towards Mason, he swiftly grabbed the very human Emily from behind.
Mason wrapped his thick bicep around Emily's throat in a semi-tight choke hold before he whispered faintly, "I'm sorry," into Emily's ear that she thought she imagined it. The werewolf turned his attention back to the vampires as he growled, "don't be stupid! Necks snap easy around here!"
Emily knew she must look like a scared little girl to her sister and best friend. She was having a feeling of déjà vu with Mason's arm wrapped around her throat. It reminded her of when all those months ago when Damon had held Elena in the same position when he was searching for Katherine. However, Emily felt a little better knowing that Mason wasn't actually going to kill her, but it still hurts that he would even put her in this situation.
Caroline glanced over at Elena nervously before she grew confident as she faced the werewolf and stated, "we can take you."
Mason rose an eyebrow as he taunted, "you wanna bet?"
"Yeah, in fact, I do," Elena suddenly growled at the werewolf with anger shining through her brown eyes. The only thing she wanted was Emily by her side and out of danger. She wasn't going to let anything happen to her sister. Elena glanced over at Caroline, where the two vampires silently nodded their heads before they both rushed towards Mason. While Elena grabbed Emily from Mason's arm, Caroline swiftly pushed the werewolf harshly against a large tree.
Caroline held Mason in place against the rough bark with her right hand wrapped around his throat in a tight grip as she muttered, "I told you." Mason only had the chance to groan once before Caroline kneed him in the groin and slammed him to the ground. She huffed out a sigh once she was finished with the werewolf and flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder before she moved her eyes to the sisters and ordered, "come on, let's go."
Elena ignored the blonde vampire's command as she placed her hand on the side of Emily's face, who was breathing hard, and questioned worriedly, "are you okay?"
Emily nodded her head silently before her green eyes shifted to the groaning Mason on the leaf-covered ground. She still couldn't believe that he would put her in that place where she feared for her own life, even though he did apologize for it - still doesn't make it okay.
Elena followed her sister's eyes before anger instantly flared all through her body once again. She swiftly moved away from Emily and made her way to Mason, where she kicked him in the ribs three times as hard as she could. Elena promised herself, ever since she transitioned, that she would never let anything happen to her family.
Elena took a deep breath as she calmed down before she turned towards the two girls and stated seriously, "come on. We have some Salvatore's to save."
The three girls ran through the woods for a couple of minutes before Elena and Caroline quickly came to a stop in front of a set of stairs that led to an underground building. Emily knew exactly what it was. She and Tyler used to go down there when they got bored of the mansion when they were children. Emily looked over to her sister and best friend and noticed their furrowed brows. "What's going on?" She questioned worriedly.
Caroline quickly placed her hand over her mouth in horror from what she heard with her vampire hearing. She turned to the Gilbert sisters as she whispered in disbelief, "my mom. She's killing them."
"What?" Emily gasped. "Well, what are we waiting for!? We need to get down there and do something!" She exclaimed before she moved to make her way down the stairs with Elena in tow. However, before she could get too far, Caroline swiftly grabbed onto her arm lightly.
"No, no, no!" Caroline repeated quickly as she stared into her best friend's green eyes. She couldn't risk her mom finding out about her. Caroline didn't know how her mom would react, but she knew it wouldn't be good.
"We have to stop her!" Elena shouted as she stared at the blonde with determination shining through her brown eyes. She didn't care for Caroline's reason when she needed to get down there and help them. She wasn't going to let them die.
"No, I can't," Caroline cried out. She moved her eyes back to Emily as she tried to get her to understand. "She's gonna find out about me," Caroline explained desperately.
"She doesn't know about me either but that is not going to stop me," Elena told the blonde strongly. "If you change your mind about the danger of your friends over your own fear, then come help," she ordered before Elena quickly grabbed onto Emily's hand as they rushed down the steep stairs.
The two girls came to a stop when an old metal gate blocked them from the sight of the sheriff. Emily looked at her sister before she slowly opened the gate without making a single sound. However, that was swiftly thrown out of the window, because not a second later, the metal gate made a loud creaking sound that she knew everyone heard. Emily decided there was no point in stopping now, so she quickly pulled it all the way open before she and Elena slowly continued to walk through the dungeon-like building.
Elena suddenly pulled Emily to a stop once she heard footsteps coming straight towards them. She pushed the brunette behind her as she closed her eyes and waited for the right moment to strike. Once there was only silence in the room, Elena flung her eyes open and shot her hand out as she pushed the deputy against the wall and quickly disarmed her. Elena looked over at her sister and ordered, "go," as she held the older man in place.
Emily quickly rushed into the room once she heard her sister's command. She knew Elena could handle the deputy alone. However, when Emily stormed into the small area, her eyes widened instantly once she noticed the steel black gun pointed right in the middle of her face.
"Emily! What are you doing?" Sheriff Forbes gasped. The blonde woman's arms slacked as she pointed the gun to the ground when she saw the girl, who was like a daughter to her.
Emily's eyes flickered around the room before she spotted the two Salvatore brothers behind the sheriff's shoulder and noticed the blood covering their bodies. "I can't let you kill them," she spoke strongly once she looked back at her best friend's mother.
However, before anyone else could speak, there was suddenly a loud sound that rung through the small tense space. The sheriff looked at the Gilbert girl as she raised her gun back up. "Who else is with you?" She questioned nervously.
The sheriff's question was quickly answered when the deputy she had sent out was pushed onto the ground as he withered in pain with blood oozing from his neck. There was a sound of two people speeding around the room, not a second later, before the human's finally saw the destruction of the other deputy on the ground in the same pain as his partner with a bloody Elena standing protectively in front of her sister, while an equally bloody Caroline stood in the corner of the room.
The blonde vampire stared at the other Forbes woman with blood dripping from her mouth and sadness in her eyes. She waved her hand lightly as she mumbled, "hi, mom."
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Emily sat on the hard ground with all of her body weight on her knees as she was on one side of Stefan while Elena was seated between the two brothers. Emily was rubbing her hand up and down Stefan's back smoothly. She didn't know what else to do but to comfort him while he tried to get his energy back.
The oldest Gilbert had convinced the sheriff to stop her plan to kill the Salvatore's. It also helped that her own daughter was now like the monsters that she hunts, so the sheriff's mind was definitely elsewhere and not exactly focused on the two male vampires.
The room was tensely silent, besides the sound of Damon slurping the warm blood from the dead deputy that the blonde vampire had killed. Everyone had their own issues on their minds to even think anything of the loud, disgusting sound. However, the noise came to a stop once Damon felt power streaming through his veins.
Damon groaned as his bones cracked before he focused on the task at hand as he crawled on his hands and knees to be in front of his brother. "You need to drink some deputy blood," he ordered as he placed pressure on Stefan's neck.
Stefan slowly shook his head before he closed his eyes when he felt the room spinning. He took a deep breath before he whispered shakily, "no. I'm gonna be fine. It's just gonna take a little bit longer."
Caroline furrowed her brows as she watched the ill vampire. "Damon's right, you know," she muttered from the corner of the room as she hid from her mother's eyes. "If there's ever a time to break your diet..." Caroline trailed off.
Emily continued to rub Stefan's back gently as she whispered, "you don't have to if you don't want to." Once the vampire looked up at her with pain in his eyes, she gave him a tiny smile. Emily could tell he was miserable, so she offered the one thing she could think of. "You can drink from me," she suggested with a small shrug.
"NO!" Elena and Stefan both yelled out in unison.
Stefan's voice wasn't as strong as Elena's, seeing as he could barely hold himself together. But no matter how weak Stefan was, he would never drink from Emily. It hurts his soul to even think about drinking from the girl he has feelings for. "I will be fine," Stefan whispered to the brunette in a deep hoarse voice.
Emily glanced over at her twin sister, who's attention was now on Damon, once she realized Emily wasn't going to give her blood up. The oldest Gilbert looked back to Stefan with her brows furrowed in worry before she slowly nodded her head and mumbled, "okay." She wasn't going to pressure Stefan into drinking her blood if he didn't want it, even though she hated to see him in constant pain.
The healthier Salvatore slowly stood up from the ground after a moment of silence with the help of Elena as his eyes focused only on the sheriff. He straightened his body as he wrapped his arm around the brunette's shoulder. "This is a most unfortunate situation," Damon uttered, "two deputies and you." He twitched his head to the side as he wondered out loud, "what am I gonna do with you?"
Caroline looked at her mother with hope in her blue eyes as she questioned, "you won't tell anyone, will you?" However, when the woman wouldn't even look at her, Caroline grew worried for her mother's life. "Mom? Mom? Please," she begged.
The blonde vampire covered her eyes with her bloody hands as she thought of a way for her mother to understand. "Look, I know that we don't get along and that you hate me, but I'm your daughter and you'll do this for me, right?" Caroline spoke quickly with desperation in her voice. The blonde looked over to the vampire who she knew would kill her mother, before focusing on the older woman as she begged once more, "mom, please. I don't want you to die."
Sheriff Forbes tore her tear filled eyes from the ground and up to the angry vampire and uttered as she accepted her fate, "then kill me."
"No!" Caroline quickly yelped in horror as she stared at her mother with tears in her identical blue eyes. She couldn't let her mother die. She wouldn't allow it.
"I can't take this," sheriff Forbes stated before she begged for her death, "kill me now." She didn't know what else she could live for with knowing her daughter was now dead.
Damon slowly walked closer towards the blonde human on his own before he bent down to her level and growled, "but you were gonna drag it out so painfully." He swiftly grabbed the sheriff from the ground in a tight grip, which caused everyone to freeze instantly.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Caroline cried out. She was scared out of her mind at the thought of losing her mother. Caroline didn't know how she would live without the older woman in her life. She felt her heart break at the idea.
"Damon, don't!" Stefan yelled before a groan left his mouth as he slowly leaned his head against Emily's chest as she helped him from the ground.
"Damon, please!" Elena pleaded as her brown eyes stared deeply into Damon's blue ones. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that he would listen to her. She felt like they have a strong connection that he wouldn't go through with hurting the sheriff.
Damon chuckled as he looked at the scared faces around the room before he exclaimed, "relax, guys. No is killing anybody." He turned back to the sheriff and stated lightly, "you're my friend." Damon huffed out a sigh as he leaned his sore body close to the woman who had shot him and his brother multiple times. "We've got to clean this up," he muttered as he looked down at the dead bodies and blood that covered the concrete ground.
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Emily made her way up to the door of the Salvatore boarding house with Caroline in tow as she carried a large leather suitcase. Emily had went with Caroline to her house so she could pack the sheriff some clothes. She knew her blonde best friend was sad about her mother knowing about her, so Emily decided she would stay close by Caroline's side and comfort her when she needed her.
The plan was for sheriff Forbes to stay at the boarding house until the vervain was out of her system. From there, Damon would compel the older woman to forget about the whole event that had transpired at the park and hopefully everything would go back to normal as it could for the supernatural town.
"Sorry it took me forever to pack," Caroline apologized again like she did when they first got into Emily's black car. "I just didn't know how long my mom was gonna be here," she explained with a deep sigh.
Emily shook her head as she gave Caroline a small smile, "you don't have to keep apologizing." The brunette touched her best friend's arm softly as she added, "you know I'll do anything for you."
A real smile grew on Caroline's face as she silently nodded her head. The Gilbert girl gave her a reassuring look before they continued their way through the boarding house until they reached the living room. However, they paused in their step when they noticed Elena and Stefan talking in hush voices.
"Hey!" Caroline swiftly called out to let the two know that they weren't exactly alone. She gave Stefan a smile as she ignored the tension in the room and wondered lightly, "you get some bunny in you?"
Stefan chuckled before he responded, "yeah, I'm feeling much better." He swiftly turned his eyes to Emily as he questioned with a soft voice, "hey, are you okay? I heard what happened with Mason."
Emily looked at Stefan in confusion before she silently nodded her head. "Uh, yeah, I'm fine," she muttered. Emily didn't know why Stefan was so worried about her, seeing as he had a girlfriend to worry about. Emily looked over to Caroline and stated, "come on. Let's go give your mom her things."
Caroline looked at the youngest Salvatore with a knowing look before she turned to Emily. "Yeah, okay," she muttered quietly before she followed after the brunette while the strained couple stayed in the living room.
The two girls silently made their way down to the basement, where Damon was keeping the sheriff for the next couple of days. However, it didn't stay quiet for long when Emily felt Caroline's eyes on her. She looked at her best friend with a raised eyebrow as she questioned, "what are you smirking about?"
Caroline rolled her eyes with a chuckle before she questioned, "how are you so blind?" But when the brunette only looked at her with furrowed brows, Caroline couldn't help but feel bad for Emily. That she couldn't see what was in front of her, especially with the fighting that has been happening between the couple lately. "It's so obvious that Stefan is in lo-" Caroline began before she paused in the middle of her sentence when she heard her mother saying how she didn't want to see her.
Emily sighed sadly when she heard what the older woman told Damon. The brunette looked back to her best friend and whispered, "come on," as she led the blonde girl back into the now empty living room. Emily felt her heart break at the sight of Caroline. She wished she could just take all the pain away from the blonde, but Emily knew it wasn't that simple.
Emily moved Caroline to a leather couch and placed a small blanket over the vampire's shoulders before she sat down next to her best friend in silence. Emily knew that no words needed to be spoken. She just knew Caroline like her own sister, that she only needed Emily to be there for her.
The silence continued between the two girls as Emily rubbed gentle circles on Caroline's palm before the vampire Gilbert came storming into the living room. Elena had anger written all over her face before she spotted her twin sister and the blonde vampire. Elena cleared her throat as she walked up to the girls. "Hey," she spoke softly while she shifted her eyes between the green and blue colored irises. "Can I take you home?" Elena questioned as she looked down at the blonde girl.
Caroline shook her head slowly as she focused on the movement of the calm circles that Emily was drawing on her hand. It always calmed her down when she was over stressed. "I can't go home," she whispered nervously.
Elena crossed her arms over her chest with furrowed brows as she questioned, "why not?"
Caroline bit down on her bottom lip before mumbling, "because I'm scared."
Emily grabbed the blonde's hand tightly in her own as her eyes softened at the vampire's voice. "Hey, if you don't want to be alone, I can go with you," she offered.
Caroline quickly shook her head as she muttered, "it's not just that." She looked between the Gilbert sisters nervously as she confessed, "it's Katherine. S-She's gonna be there and she's gonna want me to tell her everything that happened today." Caroline stared at Elena guiltily as she continued, "she told me I had to spy on you and report back to her."
"Of course she did," Emily mumbled under her breath as she rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe she didn't think that her best friend's weird behavior didn't have anything to do with the person that turned her. Even though the older vampire helped her with Darina's journal, Emily couldn't help but still despise her when she continued to do horrible things to the people Emily cares for.
Elena moved to the small table that sat in front of the two girls and took a seat in the middle as she placed her hand lightly on the blonde's left knee. "I know," Elena uttered softly, "and I've been so mad at you." The brunette sighed before continuing, "but then, I tried to put myself in your position so that I could understand why you would do this to me."
Emily stood up from the couch as she slowly paced up and down the hardwood floors of the boarding house as thoughts of Katherine ran through her mind while Elena and Caroline continued to talk. It seems like Elena was right all along, when she thought the blonde was working with Katherine. Emily's heart was dropping every second that went by. She was upset with herself that she didn't even know her best friend was in trouble. But Emily was more confused why Caroline agreed to help the older vampire. However, she suddenly came to a stop when she finally realized what happened. Emily turned to Caroline and questioned, "who did she threaten?"
Caroline's blue eyes widened in shock as she whispered, "how did you know?"
Emily shook her head as she crossed her arms over her chest. "It makes sense," she stated, "Katherine is a psychotic bitch and won't stop until she gets what she wants, so of course she would threaten you or someone you care about." Emily rose an eyebrow as she questioned, "so, which is it?"
Caroline bit down on her bottom lip as she tried to keep her tears at bay. "She threatened Matt," she whispered nervously, "she said she would kill him if I didn't do what she says."
Emily's anger disappeared when she heard how frightened her best friend was. She made her way back to the blonde and pulled her into a side hug. "You're safe here, Care. I promise you, I will try my very best to protect you," Emily told her best friend. But in reality, Emily knew that she couldn't fight off Katherine, but she would rather die than not try to protect her loved ones.
Caroline cried into Emily's chest as she questioned in a small whisper, "why is she doing this? What does she want?"
"That's the million dollar question," Elena mumbled as she grabbed Caroline's hand in her own and gave it a small squeeze.
Emily looked at her twin sister over Caroline's shoulder with a nervous look in her green eyes. She was a bit overwhelmed with everything that happened today. Not only was she threatened by a werewolf that she saw like family, but her best friend was also being threatened by her doppelganger's sister. It felt like no matter how many people they defeated, there would always be more to cause trouble in the small town. With the present dangers in Mystic Falls, Emily thought back to Darina and how this Niklaus person might be coming for her - that she still haven't told anyone about. It was a lot to handle while she was trying to protect everyone.