Chapter 7: 𝟏.𝟐

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It had been two days and Arielle didn't have Elijah's body. So she was just gonna bite Damon and make Stefan give Elijah to her.

So, she went into the Salvatore house and instead of knocking, she barged right in uncaring. When she walked in she saw Bonnie, Elena, Damon, Stefan, and Alaric.

"You owe me a door." Damon said annoyed.

"Bill me." she said sarcastically and before anyone could say or do anything she went and snapped his neck with magic.

"Let's chat without the him,hmm?" she smiled at everyone who looked at her like she had lost her mind.

"What the hell are you doing?" Elena asked.

"I'm here to collect." she then turned to Stefan, "Where is he, bunny-muncher?"

Stefan knew who she was talking about without her having to mention it, but everyone else was confused, "Where's who?" Bonnie asked.

"Oh, Steffy didn't tell you?" she asked and she raised her brows in confusion, "I told him I wanted Elijah by today. So imagine my surprise when I woke up and I didn't see Elijah laying on my bedroom floor."

"Why do you want Elijah?" Alaric asked.

She turned to face him in confusion, "Who are you again?"

"Alaric." he said.

"Right! Elena's mom ex-hubby. Elijah told me." she said recalling all she knew about Alaric.

"Why do you want him?" Bonnie asked.

"Ever heard of something called, minding your own buisness?" she snapped, "Where is he?" she asked Stefan.

Stefan shook his head, "I'm not telling you."

Arielle smirked, "Fine." she picked Damon's limp body and showed her wolf eyes, "I'll bite him if you don't give him to me."

Everyone watched worridly, except for Alaric, who was actually Klaus, although the gang didn't know. He was intrigued by the girl, he'd never seen anyone here do this and Katherine didn't mention her. But he would definitely ask later on.

"You can't do that. It's not a full moon." Elena said worriedly.

"Let's place a bet on that, shall we?" she went to bite him but Stefan stopped her.

"Stop!" he yelled, "I'll give you Elijah." he said.

Arielle smiled and shoved Damon's body to the side, "I'll wait here." she said sitting on the couch.

Stefan left the room to get Elijah's body and Elena went to check on Damon, "Katherine was right." Elena muttered.

"About what?" she asked.

"You're a monster." she sneered.

Arielle turned to her with furious eyes, "I'm not a monster."

"You were about to kill Damon for Elijah." the human girl yelled.

"I don't care about Damon, but I care about Elijah." she said.

"Is it true?" Bonnie spoke up.

"Is what true?" Arielle asked turning back to her.

"Did you kill fifteen innocent people?" Bonnie asked with tears in her eyes.

Arielle's mouth went dry, "How do you know that!?" she asked even though she already knew how.

"So it's true?" Bonnie said with disgust lacing her voice.

Arielle didn't answer so Elena spoke up, "Tell us!" she demanded, "Did you kill innocent people?" she asked.

Arielle felt everything stop at that moment.

She had been fine talking about this with Elijah for the past two years. She didn't know why now it was starting to affect her.

She felt her a lump starting to form in her throat and her chest starting to hurt. She looked around and everything looked blurry. And before she knew it her world went black.

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When she woke up she was in her room. She looked over to the clock on her night stand and saw it was 8:38, she looked up at the ceiling and started to tear up at the memories of her triggering her curse.

She got up and went over to her mirror. She turned on the light with her magic and lifted up her shirt to see her scar, which was fading.

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥." 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦?" 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞, "𝘈-𝘈𝘳𝘪-𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦."

"𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘩."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯." 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘶𝘮, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘺, 𝘶𝘩, 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴," 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐟 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭.

"𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬.

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, "𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥-" 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩.

"𝘈𝘏𝘏!" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?" 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

"𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦." 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨, "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦."

"𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴!" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝.

"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵." 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡.

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟.

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Arielle spent the night and the following day looking up at her ceiling. She didn't feel like moving.

She didn't know why those words had affected her that much, but they did. Elijah had helped her not feel as guilty for what she did, but hearing Bonnie and Elena say it to her, it brought it all back.

"Elles!" Caroline said pulling the girl out of her thoughts.

"What?" she asked dryly.

"You need to get up." she exclaimed pulling the blanket off her, "You've been like this since last night."

"And I'll stay like this until Hell freezes over." she said.

"Is this about what Bonnie and Elena said?" she questioned. By her silence Caroline knew she was right, "I thought you didn't care about them?"

"I don't." she assured sitting up, "But it just brought everything back."

Caroline saw the pained look and wanted to stop the words coming out, but she couldn't, "What happened to you?"

Arielle looked down with tears starting to form in her eyes. She physically couldn't form the words to even say she didn't want to talk about it.

The blonde noticed her discomfort and hugged her, "Tell me whenever your ready." she whispered.

Instead of saying anything Arielle let her into her mind and showed her what had happened. Caroline pulled away with tears in her eyes.

She saw everything.

The people who faked being her '𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺' torturing her, how she went through two weeks of torture while Caroline was partying, how she escaped, how she met Elijah, her first transformation, the aftermath of everything.

"Elles-I-" Caroline trailed off trying to find the right words, but there were none. What could she say to make her feel better?

She felt guilty.

All she did was be angry at Arielle for leaving but seeing everything from her perspective, the months of therapy, her addiction, and all the times Elijah had to stay next to her so she could fall asleep, her anger at her was gone.

Caroline hugged her again while the girl just sat there bawling her eyes out, "I should've been there for you." Caroline said shaky.

"I-I don't-I don't blame you." Arielle assured crying.

"I still should've been there." she argued softly.

Arielle shook her head and pulled away, "It's fine." she assured once again, "I just need some fresh air." she muttered standing up, not wanting to talk about the topic anymore.

"I'll go with you." she offered.

"No." she denied quickly, "I need to be alone right now." she didn't Caroline a chance to answer before walking out of her room.

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𝐀𝐇𝐇𝐇 𝐬𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐩𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.

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