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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

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𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏, 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟐 : "𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡."

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𝔖𝔱𝔢𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢:

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴...

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅.

I was at home with my mom and dad. After the funeral wanted to go back to the school, but they both thought it was best for me to stay with them for a while until Dr S fully told us Taylor was no where in sight.

I didn't mind staying with them but I had to get use to it, but there was good things to. Family movie night, mom's home cooked food and feeling safe with them.

My hair was in a braid as I huffed. I got out of bed as I made my way towards the bathroom.

I had just gotten off the phone with Josie who said she really missed me, which made me blush like it or not. I did love it how me and Jo where back to being in a good place.

My dad teased me about it last night which made my pouted and throw a pillow at him.

I held my new pair of clothes in my hand. I then listened to hear what sounded like vomiting.

I cringed as I heard it sounding more and more like my mom. I knocked on the door.

"Mom." after a couple of minutes I heard the toilet flush along and the sink run as I the door opened as I saw my mom. She looked green in a way. She looked sick.

She wore a gray puff robe with pink pj's pant and a gray shirt as her sleep mask was above her head and she wore her fuzzy socks and slippers. Her hair was in a bun.

"Stefanie, hi sweetie." she said weakly with a sort grin. I noticed right away asking "Mom are you ok ?" as she said "Yeah, I'm ok. I just had some morning sickness earlier, I'm fine though."

I put my hand on her head. She wasn't burning up. "Mom your not warm, so it's not a fever." as she said, "It must be a case or cold. I have to get ready for work."

I said "Mom, I don't think work is good for you, maybe staying at home is best. Take a day for yourself." as she said "Stefanie-"

I said "Future Doctor Salvatore's orders." as she huffed, "You get your stubbornness from me."

"Like mother like daughter, rest. I'll tell day to make you some soup." as she said "Ok thank you sweetie. I guess your dad gonna make dinner, I'll be in my room if you need me." as she kissed my forehead.

I then was about to go inside the bathroom as my mom walked out as I stopped in my tracks adding, "Wait mom." as she turned around "Yes sweetie ?" as I asked "Um I know this is weird but are there any other symptoms ?"

"Well. My back hurts real bad, and I been having to pee a whole lot. I'm telling you sweetie it's just a cold or something, don't worry about me."

"Ok, feel better." as she said "Thank you." as she went back to her bedroom before closing the door.

"Mmm." I said as I closed the door and started to shower.

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I walked down from the shower. I had flat ironed my hair and I had a small pin in it. I wore a black long sleeve shirt with a plaid collar and a matching skirt and booties.

"Good morning dad." I said. My dad was reading the morning paper while making breakfast which for him was a breakfast omelette. "Morning princess." he told me.

I reached into the fridge as I pulled out some orange juice. "I made strawberry waffles." he told me as he slid me the plate. "Yum." I said putting syrup on them as I began to eat.

My dad drunk his coffee and ate his omelette. "Oh, dad. Do we have any soup ?" as he turned to me asking "Soup what kind ?" as I said "Chicken."

He felt my forehead as he said "God your sick." as I said with a small chuckle. "Dad, I'm ok. It's not for me it's for mom." as he removed his hand. "Oh, what's wrong with your mother ?"

I sighed saying "She was upstairs throwing up. She said she had a bit of sickness, plus some back pain and a bad headache." as he said

"Oh. I guess that means I'm gonna play doctor and help your mother." as I said "I can help. I can make chicken soup." as he said "No I got this." as he began to pull out the stuff he needed.

He started the pot and began making it. The house smell amazing, it reminding me of all the time of when I was sick and mom and dad would take care of me. Dad made the best chicken noddle soup.

I then asked "Has Dr. Saltzman seen anything of Taylor ?" as he said "No, he hasn't. Him and Hope checked the mansion. Nothing." as I swallowed adding, "It's been two days. Taylor's planning something."

"Which is why when she does, we'll be ready." as he poured the soup into a bowl. "Mmm." I said smelling the air as he said, "I know your dad is a boss." as we both gave one another a high five.

He pulled out the chicken noodle soup and crackers as he plated it up as he poured mom some tea with verian it in. "Can never be to careful." "It must be weird going from vampire who couldn't touch to drinking it." as he said "Oh you have no idea."

He was going to bring mom soup as I said "I'm gonna drive by the school." as he said "Oh no you don't young lady." as I asked "Why ?" as he said

"Because. Me and your mother agreed you will be more safe inside, then out there. Taylor or Grace can be everywhere. So you're staying here." as I said "But dad, that's unfair-" as he cut me off saying "End of conversation." as I huffed putting my waffle done with a thud.

I looked away from him. "It's from your own good. You can call and text Josie from here. Decides, you're lucky I didn't tell your mother that you ate her dinner for work last night."

"That stays between us." I told him as he smirked, "I love you." as I pouted as he said again "I love you" as he playful shoved my shoulder. "I love you to." I huffed as he said "Now give me kiss."

He reached his cheek out to me as I sighed kissing it. "Thank you." as he kissed my forehead.

"Have fun inside." he told me. I grabbed the nearest dish rag before throwing it at him. He laughed going upstairs as I groaned...

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𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓

𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.

I looked up to see Grace. She wore a black leather jacket with a white lace satin tank top, a black skirt and black booties. Her hair in deep curls as she wore pink lipstick with highlighted her lips.

"You've been busy." she told me. I smirked at her. "Awe Grace." she said as she helped me up.

"How long has it been ?" as she said "Two days. We went through town you tested out your magic, still powerful as ever and then you passed out from how much you used."

"I remember every person I killed." as Grace said "Well I did help, but yes. You killed a bunch of people leaving me to clean them all up."

"Like old times." I told her putting her hair behind her ear. "Well I do believe you made me a deal." as I rose a brow as Grace said "Let me remind. You told me after you unlock your curse that you would take me anywhere I wanted to go."

"Ah yes I did say that." as Grace said "Yeah you did." with finger quotes as she added "Things are good now. Stefanie is dead along with Wyatt. We are alive and we will leave this crap town. I want to go to California, because-" as she put her hand on my cheeks as she said "Picturing you in a bikini is making me feel good."

I chuckled at her before I gently removed her hands. "California we shall go, but we still have business here." Grace groaned loudly, "What ?! We did everything you wanted, broke the curse, kill the doppelganger, what more do you need !"

"Tone Grace." as Grace took in a deep breathe. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't yell but what do you still need here Tay Tay ?"

"Information." I said to her as she rose a brow. My eyes then went to my hybrid ones as I said "Motus" with that the zipper to the back of my jumpsuit zipped down.

Grace noticed as I started to removed the sleeves being left in my white bra and white underwear.

Grace rolled her eyes at me as she got my clothes for me as she turned her back to me. "What information do you need ?" as I changed my bra and underwear adding "I need to do get John Gilbert journal from my aunt Elena, along with the fact I heard they throwing a funeral."

Grace joked, "A funeral my kind of party." as I gave tiny chuckle before buttoning my pants and slipping my heels. "The funeral is for Stefanie. I know I killed her, but I need to make sure she's dead."

"Of course she dead, not even Stefanie can survive that." as she turned to me.

I slipped on the white button puff sleeve blouse, my hair curly. "You look nice." she told me. as I said "Thank you Gray." as she blushed. "As soon as I have those things, we will pack up the mansion and leave."

"Thank god." she told me. She helped me put my jacket on as she asked "Where to first ?" as I said "Our first stop is the Salvatore Boarding School, we have a witch to meet up with." as I smirked as Grace smirked back to me. "Come on."

I told her as I turned to walk in front of her. Grace followed but stopped in her tracks as she coughed blood into her her hand. She looked down at it before checking the growing bite on her forearm. She sighed as she went back to following me.

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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎. 𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝑳𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐.

I was curled up in my bed. There was a ice cream bucket on the dresser next to me, well there were around three all of the flavors being strawberry swirl, along with Hershey Kisses's wrappers on the floor.

There was a couple of tissues on my bed aswell. I huffed as I was watching a YouTube video. Above the video I had gotten a text from Mackenzie about hanging out at the park. I texted back later which me saying no in a nice way.

The door to my room opened as I heard "Bunny Boo." as my mom stumbled over the trash before adding, "Gosh I can't see a thing in here." as she flipped the lights on before seeing me under the covers.

I looked to the side to see my mom. Her hair was in a bun as she wore a stripped shirt with a black blazer, some jeans and slippers. She then looked to the mess that was my room. "Charlotte Isabelle Forbes this room if awful !"

As she looked at the floor and saw the wrappers. "Are theses Hershey Kiss Wrappers." before she turned to me and said "Did you get into my chocolate stash !?"

"Well in my defense, you don't do a good job at hiding your chocolate stash" as she said hand on hip, "Yes I do." as I said "Mom the top cabinet behind the books isn't clever."

"Well, all I know is I need to find a better hiding spot." as she said "Now back to this, Charlotte this room is a mess, what have you been doing ?"

"Eating, crying, sleeping and repeating." as my mom sighed before she saw what I was going through.

"Hey, Bunny Boo, can we talk ?" as I chuckled, "Depends on what the talk is about." as she made her way to my bed before she pushed the tissues aside as I sat up.

"I think and I say this in my most kind way I can baby, but I think your going through depression."

"Mom, I'm fine." as she said "No, your not. I can tell by the signs. I mean your not taking care of yourself, you're not eating as healthy are you use to and cause you're bloating." as my mom pointed to the new small bump in my stomach I've developed.

I put my arms around my waist. "Mom, I'm ok." as she said "Sweetie, I want you to know whatever you're going through, I'm here for you and I love you." as I said "I love you to." as she added "I love so much which is why I think you should go out and do something fun."

"Mom." I whined as she said "No butts !" as she took my hands and forced me out of bed.

I huffed as my mom went into my closet. "Take a shower, and get a new set of clothes." as she pulled out my normal bright colored clothing as I said "I rather wear something like this." as I put the clothes back before picking out a black sleeve shirt with a black leather skirt and black booties.

"Ok, black and more black." as I nodded as she asked "What about makeup ?" as I said, "Not gonna wear any." as I started to get change.

"Ok, I'll make you're favorite breakfast." as I said "Muffin is fine." as I began to put my hair back into a messy bun before cleaning my face as she said "Alright, what are you gonna do ?"

"Hang out with Kenz, there showing Gone with The Wind, I've seen it three times." as my mom said "Social interaction, good." as she said "I'll clean your room for you."

"I love you." she told me before I said "Love you." as I picked up the keys before leaving.

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𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆

𝑴𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅" 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑. 𝑴𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆.

"You know this is more Char thing if anything else." Mackenzie told me. She was wearing a stripped cropped shirt with ripped jeans and black booties.

I had sunglasses on top of my forehead as I wore a denim long sleeve shirt with a white skirt and brown heeled boots.

"Have you spoke to her since the funeral ?" as she sighed, "No. She's been in the house all day, I'm worried about her." as I said "So am I." as I added "It's normal. Vampire's emotions are heightened, but we need to get her out of the house."

"We do." as I siped my milkshake saying "But right now, we are going to have some fun, and escape reality." as Mackenzie said "Yeah, because really I could use a relaxing day."

"Amen." she told me. Me, and Mackenzie then unfolded a blanket and laid it on the ground. Mackenzie took the basket out as she started to unpack it.

"Let's chill." I said as Mackenzie said "Let's." that's when somebody came up to us. Right as when Mackenzie put down the sandwiches we heard, "That sounds fun. A good girl's day."

Me and Mackenzie turned hearing the familiar voice we turned to see Grace. Me and Mackenzie's eyes went wide.

She was wearing a white sun dress with brown sandals, her hair was curly and was tied back and her daylight necklace was on her neck.

"Well hello ladies." she told us as she saw the looks on our faces before she said "I brought pie." as she held up the cherry pie before smiling at us...

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"What are you doing here Grace ?" I asked her as she said "As I said, I wanted a girls day, and where all ladies over here and I'm a sucker for this movie, it's so good." she said eating a piece of popcorn.

"You have the nerved to be here." Mackenzie said as Saige said "Well there goes our good day."

"Oh don't worry, I'm not here to ruin your day." as Mackenzie asked "Are you here to kill us ?" as Grace said "Now Mackenzie, I'm shocked you think that low of me." as I said "Well the bar for you is super low."

"I'm just here to hang out with some ladies. It's a relaxing day." which is when I asked "Where is Taylor ?" as Grace said sipping the lemonade I made, "She's out getting "information." my Tay Tay can be so mysterious sometimes."

"You want something, what is it ?" I asked as Grace said "Nothing. I could just use a day to myself." as she smiled at me and Mackenzie.

"Yeah you can save that Grace, you and Taylor killed Stefanie." as Grace said "I know, I did, but to be fair, her death wasn't questionable." as Mackenzie said "Let's go set somewhere else." as I said "Good idea." as me and Mackenzie got up from the seat.

I grabbed my bag along with Mackenzie. "W-Wait!" Grace said to us. We turned to Grace. She then coughed into her palm before she coughed up blood. Me and Mackenzie moved back.

She wiped the side of her mouth as she looked to her bleeding fingers she took in a shaky breath. "Wait a minute." as I went to her before I looked down to her hand.

I picked up her hand as I saw a werewolf bite. She snatched it back. "I remember. I bite you and now your dying."

Grace gave a slit smirk before she said "Well it is fortune." as I said "And since we both know Hope Mikaelson, the only person who can heal a werewolf bite, you want our help, that's why you're talking to us."

Grace looked at me. I crossed my arms before adding, "And since we both you know hate you, along with Hope, there's no way your getting her blood."

"I do have to say, I have a nasty bite." as Grace hissed, "I don't care, what I have to do, I'm getting her blood with or without her wishes." as Mackenzie said "Not gonna happen."

She took my hand as Mackenzie said "You deserve to suffer for all the blood you poured onto Mystic Falls." as I said "Have a nice life Grace." as me and Mackenzie walked away from the doppelganger.

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𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆

"𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆." 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍.

Since she hasn't been at the school, she has been worried about everything going all, including Josie who was out hanging with Lizzie.

"I know, I know, but I need somebody to talk to, instead of my dad." as she whispered "He's driving me nuts." as I said "You're in witness protection, it's what's best for you, until we make sure Taylor and Grace are gone."

"The safest place I can be, is on the phone with you Hope." as I grew a small smile, I grew a tiny blush.

"Stop your making me blush."I joked as she laughed on the other side before adding, "If you don't mind can tell Josie to come over after she hangs with Saige and Kenz." as I said "Sure, I'll tell her."

"Thanks, I've also been playing nurse to my mom." as I grew worried, "Is she ok ?" as she told me, "She's sick, I think it's a cold and so does she, but I'm here playing it safe."

"I hope she get's better, but you don't have to worry, everything is going to be ok." as she asked, "Since when have you been the optimist ?"

"Since nobody else has been." as Stefanie added "You know something I've never told you ?" as I got out the key to my dorm before adding, "What, that I'm your best friend ?"

"No. I mean you are but I um, before I realized that I had growing feelings for Josie. I actually had a crush on you." I stopped with my keys hearing those words "crush on you." it had to be the third time.

"I thought you had the whole mysterious rebel school girl vibe about you and me being a leather jacket wearing loner back then, I thought a find a kindred soul who I could relate to."

I laughed "School girl vibes ?" as she rolled her eyes playful, "Yes school girl vibe." as she said "Well since were being honest I had a crush on you for three days."

"Awe how cute." as I laughed "Shut up." as she said, "I can't wait to come back to school and see you guys again." as I laughed, "Super Squad isn't the same without you. I can't be Wonder Woman without Super Girl."

"Yeah yeah." as I said "I call you later, have to work on this paper." as she said "Ok, bye." as I hanged up.

I unlock the door as I closed it as I jumped. Sitting on my bed looking at a picture of me and Land on was Taylor. Her legs were crossed as she rose her eyes at me.

She saw how shook up I was before she smiled, "Well hello Hopey." as I hissed, "What are you doing here Taylor ?"

"Awe come on, you're telling me you didn't miss me." as I said "Can't say it's peaceful with you here."

"Hurts my feelings." as Hope said "Well, looks like I'm about hurt something else." as I lunged at her.

Taylor eyes glowed purple as she said, purple magic dancing around her fingertips. "Immobilus." as I froze in place. She smirked at me. "What did you do to me ?" as she said to me, "A simply spell to freeze you, you'll be fine, when I let you go."

"What do you want ?" as she said "I came here because you have something I want ?" as I said "Care to explain ?" "Johnathan Gilbert Journal, I want it." as I asked "Why ?" as Taylor said to me to be walking close.

"That's for me to know and you to dot dot dot." as I growled at her. "You know I did miss our little talks, just tell me where the journal is and I might let you live."

"If you kill me, you'll active my vampire side, and I'll be more powerful enough to kill you." as Taylor rolled her eyes adding, "I know Hopey, decides I don't need a pesky tribrid like yourself in my way."

"Thanks." as Taylor said "There is a linger smell of death around here, must be because of Stefanie, speaking of her, I'll be at the funeral. Say my last goodbyes, see if she's dead for real."

"See you." she said as she waved her hand as I stumbled before catching myself on the bed.

I huffed before turning back to the door as I questioned what just happened.

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𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂

𝑰 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍.

I huffed throwing the dress I had picked out on the dresser. I was even unaware when my mom knocked on my door.

She smiled at me while holding a bowl full of ice cream. "Mom." I said smiling back at her as she said "His sweetie, I brought some ice cream."

"Yum." I said sitting down on my bed as she walked to me before sitting on the bed as she gave me a spoon. I took a bite, it was of course delicious.

"Don't give yourself a brain freeze." she told me as she took in another spoonful. I held my head adding, "To late." as she laughed at me as I laughed back.

"Hey, can we talk about two weeks ago ?" as I said "Oh no, you have that tone in your voice." as she asked "What tone ?" as I said "The tone."

"Letting me know something bad is gonna happen and whatever you're gonna say I'm not going to like." as she said "You really are my daughter." as I added, "I know." as she sighed.

"What you did with your magic, doing that spell to go against Taylor and Grace, it showed me how powerful you really are and to me baby girl it's kind of scary."

I titled my head as she said "I don't ever want you to lose control. You're a strong Bennett witch Ezra, you have powerful magic inside of you and I don't want you to lose yourself in it. Lose your heart while your doing magic."

I slipped my fingers into her palm. She rose her eyes at me. "Mom, I would never let my magic get out of control. I would never want you to see me in a bad light."

"You've always been my biggest supportive and cheerleader, I mean I know it's wasn't easy rising me as a single mom, with dad walking out, but I promise you I will do right by the Bennett name."

"I'm a good witch, not a bad witch." as she smiled at me. "Now if you don't mind will you help me pick out a outfit for the Gone with the Wind screening." as she said "Of course."

"I was wondering how would this look." as I pulled out a brown floral dress with puff sleeves. "And I would do my hair in a bun."

She smiled at me as she said "I've never seen you this happy to pick a outfit." as I said with a blush, "I mean I am going to be there with the others but really I'm gonna go on a date."

"Who's the person ?" as I said "There's this girl. Her name is Nia, and I really like her, but I'm scared she doesn't like me back. She was in a relationship with a werewolf, but it didn't end out good. I'm guessing she doesn't want to date supernatural, I'm scared mom, what if my heart get's broken again by her ?"

"If she really liked you Ezra, she wouldn't care what supernatural creature you are." as I said "Thanks." as she said "Your welcome." as she said "Let's get ready for the funeral." as I nodded.

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𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.

I was in my bedroom. I was looking in the mirror. I sighed before looking down at my bite. It was growing more and more and I could feel the symptoms coming.

"Well don't you look cute." I heard before turning to see Taylor. She was wearing a black suit with her hair in a long sleek ponytail and heels. I smiled at her, and she smiled at me.

"Thank you Tay Tay." I told her with a smile as she smiled at me back. "Your welcome, Gray." as she walked towards me. "You cleaned up nice yourself." I told her.

"This was just something I found in the closet, the funeral starts at 1 and it is currently 12 : 33."

"So I think we should get going." as I said "The faster we go, the faster will get out of here."

"My room is packed and ready." as I said "So is mine, I'm glad to be leaving, got sick of Mystic Falls."

"Would you mind helping helping me ?" I asked her. I held up my necklace as she said "Sure." she took the necklace from my hand as she helped me put it on. I saw the two of us in the mirror.

Taylor helping me. Her fingers touching my neck accidentally. I didn't know when I was going to bring up the werewolf bite to her, but currently I just wanted to enjoy the moment with her.

"There." she said fixing my hair. I smiled at her. I turned to her and she looked down at me. Taylor was a inch taller than me, I liked being shorter than her.

I looked at her lips and she looked at mine. She licked her lips a bit. "You know, who cares if were a bit late ?" as she said "That's rude to the dead."

I grabbed her finger kissing it as I pulled away saying "We are the dead."

She chuckled at me as I chuckled back which was when she was going for the kiss but stopped her mid way. I open my eyes. "What's wrong ?" I asked her as her brows lower.

"I-I can't." she told me as she said "I'll be outside." as she walked away.

I looked at her leave as my eyes dropped.

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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍.

I huffed as I made my way to the bathroom. I closed the door as I went to the sink.

I was drained. I didn't want to be here, after Wyatt's death I wasn't happy. I was miserable. I then realized a girl came out of the door. It was Nancy Fell. Wyatt's sister. I hadn't talk to her since the funeral.

She was wearing a simple long black dress, her hair in a side braid. "Charlotte, I didn't even no you were here." as I said "H-Hey Nancy, how are you feeling ?"

She said "I'm ok. It's kind of hard going from one funeral to the next." as I said "I understand." as she told me, "Strange choice for funeral wear." as I noticed she was talking about my outfit.

"Yeah, I decided to step out alittle." as she added "Cool trend." as she went to wash her hands.

I stood behind her. I heard her heart beating. I took in deep breathes as she saw me looking at her.

"Are you ok ?" she asked me. "Y-Yeah, fine." I told her as she said "Ok, I'll see you." as she walked to the door.

That's when I lost control as I pushed her to the wall. "Charlotte ! What is wrong with you !" she shouted as I hissed in her face, my hybrid eyes out. She screamed, "What are you !"

I then sank my fangs in her neck. She screamed out loudly as she thrashed around. I pulled away after a couple of sips as I held my throat.

I suddenly threw up the blood as I grumbled, "What the-" I then turned to Nancy as she ran out as I wiped my mouth "Oh no, what have I done ?"

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𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒌. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐.

I was cleaning up the blood I had puked. I was dialing Mackenzie's number. Mackenzie walked through the yard with Saige and Rafael. "I'll catch up with you guys." as she answered the phone and walked off before waving to Saige and Rafael.

"Hello ?" she said as I said "Omg, Kenz !" as she said "Charlotte ? Wow this is the first time I'm hearing from you in weeks." as I said "I know and I'm sorry about that, but can we talk about that later, I did something."

"Char, what did you do ?" as Charlotte said "I feed on Nancy." as she said "You did what ?!" as I said "It was a accident, I didn't mean it just happened." as I said with a small voice crack, "Kenz you have to believe me."

Mackenzie paused before she told me, "I do. I always believe you." as I closed my eyes in relief before adding, "I'm inside the bathroom. There's blood everywhere, I need you to find Nancy."

"I will, I'll get MG to compel her to forget."as I looked into the mirror to see my blood soaked dress. "Kenzie please hurry."

Mackenzie with her dress in a bag jogged as she rushed to find me. A few minutes later, I heard the door knob. "Is that you ?" I asked her as she said "No, not yet."

"Crap." I said as I said to the person, "Somebody In here." as I flushed the toilet before I hissed to Mackenzie "Hurry !" as she said "Going as fast as I can." with a tiny eye roll.

I fixed up the blood as there was a knock again. I used my hearing to see it was Miss Fell. "Charlotte dear, I have been looking for you." as I said "Hi Mrs. Fell." as she added "Is everything ok ?"

"Yeah, everything fine, I'm ok." as Mackenzie said on the other line, "I know hurry." as I whispered "Read my mind."

Before long, Mackenzie came. She saw Mrs. Fell. "Mackenzie." as Mackenzie panted adding, "Hi Mrs. Fell." as she said "I was just checking on Charlotte." as I said "I got it from here." as Mackenzie hanged up.

"Thank you." she told her as she made her way inside to me. She gave a nod to Mrs. Fell as she nodded back before leaving.

She saw me and then the blood. "Oh thank god." I told her hugging her tightly as she hugged back. She placed her dress on the back of the door before she told me.

"Let's get this place clean up." as I said "Yeah let's." as she helped me clean the blood from my lip. I looked up at her as she looked down at me. "So, how have you been ?" as I said "Good, I guess."

"That's good." she told me. There was silence in the air. I played with my fingers. "Look, I'm sorry I haven't called you or return your calls, it's just, with Wyatt."

She rose her eyes at me. "It's like. Everywhere I look I see him, Every thought in my head is him and everything I touch reminds me of him."

I added with a voice crack, "I felt like I died that night Taylor ripped his heart out and they forget to bury me." as tears fell down my cheeks.

Mackenzie let out a sigh as she said wiping my cheek with her towel, "You never know how important someone is to you, until you lose them."

"But, little by little, we let go of loss, but never of love." I rose my eyes at her, "That was well spoken." as she said "Thanks." as she added "I-I um, brought you a dress for the funeral."

"Thank you." I said seeing it was a black short sleeve dress. "I'll wait for you outside, MG found Nancy, she forget everything."

"I'm glad." I said as she nodded before leaving as I sighed and wiped my eyes.

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𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆

𝑰 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 "𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 ?" 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎.

She was wearing a long black dress and her hair in a up do. "Mom ! You shouldn't be going to the funeral, you're sick." as she said "I can't miss my daughter's fake funeral."

"Exactly fake." as she said "But it felt so real that night." as I rose my eyes.

She said "Can I sit ?" as I said "Yeah." as I moved so she could sit next to me.

She took in a breathe as she looked at me. "What ?" I asked as she said "Nothing, I just love to look at you some times, to see how much you've grown."

I gave a loop sided grin, "Mom-" as she said "I do. It's just one minute all I remember was silence."

"It was a couple of months after me and your dad's honeymoon. I felt super sick to my stomach, I had been throwing up and I had been feeling down, that's when your dad told me take a test and it was a miracle. My hands were over my mouth and I just looked down at the positive pregnancy test on the bathroom table."

I grinned. "I was so excited. I thought I was dreaming. I've never felt so happy before." as she reached into her wallet and pulled out a photo. I looked down it was of a ultrasound.

"Is that-" as I looked at her as she said "Yep, it's your ultrasound. You were a little blurry, you liked to hide." as I giggled as she added "My little girl." as she said "When you were born. I saw him in you. I saw you're Uncle Stefan. I saw his spirit in you."

"Spirit of a what ?" as my mom said "Of a Hero." as I chuckled. "Wanna know something ?"

"What ?" as she said "I was so envious of you're relationship with your father."

"What ?! Mom why ?" as she said "I don't know it was so stupid, but I was so jealous of how Damon was able to calm you down so easily, how you always wanted to be with him and not me, how you wanted him to take you to you're Play Date's with Saige."

"I wanted you to love me, just as much as you loved him. I tried so hard, I wanted to be the favorite because deep down I had this gut feeling that you loved him more than you loved me." as her voice crack.

"Mom." as I held her hand. She looked at me. I smiled at her as she said, "I know I don't tell you this a lot but I love you mom."

"You've been by my side and you've held my hand through it all. I love you and dad equally, without you two falling in love, you wouldn't have made me. Daughter of the infamous Damon Salvatore and lovely Elena Gilbert. The most forbidden love story ever told."

"Or just because dad wouldn't take no for a answer." as she snickered as my dad overheard me and said "Are you mocking me ?!" as I said "Dad, I'm trying to have a heart to heart here !" as I turned back to my mom.

"That's why I was so afraid when you became a vampire, because I never wanted you to go through all that pain and loss that I went through, because you don't deserve to go through that. I was never afraid of you Stefanie and I will love you no matter what."

"I want you to keep your passion. I want you to believe in yourself, I want you to keep your fire in your soul, and to live your life the way you want to, live a colorful life even in the canvas of gray."

"I didn't give you the gift of life. Life gave me a gift in the form of you."

I grew tears in my eyes as I smile openly as my mom smiled to. I then gave her a big hug.

She was shocked but hugged me back as she rested her head on my shoulder as I did the same as I said "I love you mom." as she said, "I love you two sweetie."

"How cute." dad said in his suit as my mom said "Come here Grandma." as my dad joked "But affection ins't really my thing." as my mom said "Damon. Now."

He smiled before all three of us hugged each other as I grinned.

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𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆

𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉'𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒏, 𝑹𝒂𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.

"You ok ?" he asked me as I turned to look at him, "Yeah, why ?" as he told me, "Well because I know how much Stefanie means to you."

I said "Raf, Stef means a lot to me, but she's alive, but this funeral it makes it real." as I saw people from the neighbored come inside and to say their blessings to Mr and Mrs. Salvatore.

I huffed as I told him, "Hey after this we can go watch Gone with The Wind, just let our thoughts fade away." as he told me , "I like that with you." as I kissed him.

"Hey." I heard as I turned to see Mackenzie along with Charlotte. I hugged Char tightly, I hadn't seen her in weeks, I was worried.

"I'm so happy, you're alright." as Charlotte sat down next to Mackenzie. Next to her was Mackenzie's dad and Charlotte's mom. They talked. Mr and Mrs. Salvatore sat down next to them. Hope showed up with Josie and Lizzie. Josie wore a black skirt with a fancy shirt.

Hope wore a black long sleeve shirt with black dress pants, Lizzie wore a black dress her hair in a bun as the rest of the super squad was with her.

I waved at them and they waved back. "Are you guys ready ?" as Charlotte said "Yep."

My dad stood at the podium, he was preparing to start. " Before we begin the Mass, we'd like to open the floor to anyone who would like to share a memory about our late friend Stefanie. I know that my daughter would."

"To help the mother and father." as my dad looked at me before saying "Come on wolf pup." my dad told me as I produced to walk to the podium, with that Taylor and Grace entered the church.

Everyone looked at them. They liked to be dramatic. "Oh my god." Nia said to Ezra, the two had come to the church a couple of minutes here. "Tell me about it." Mr. Salvatore said.

Grace and Taylor were linked by there arm. Grace smirked. Taylor smirked. "All eyes on us." "Like they should be." Grace said.

They both sat a row next to us. Taylor saw the looks. She waved as her eyes went to me.

I cleared my throat as I stood at the podium. I took in a breathe before glancing at Stefanie's memorial photo.

"Why did this feel so real ?" I asked myself.

I then started to speak. "I spoke to Mr and Mrs. Salvatore a couple of minutes ago, they told me if there was anybody they would want to give a eulogy speech for their daughter it was me."

"I've know Stefanie since we were babies. We were both born 3 days apart. She was born July 8 2014 at 2:07 am to Elena Gilbert Salvatore and Damon Salvatore and from that moment then she has blessed all of our lives."

"Yawn." Grace mutter to Taylor. She smirked and rubbed Grace's hand. "She was the person you went to if you wanted good advice the person you want needed help talking to a crush, even if Stefanie would give a sarcastic comment about it afterward." as a few chuckles were heard in the crowd.

"She was a student at the Salvatore Boarding School. She wasn't super smart nor was she dumb, she was a good student, she  had her hiccups along the way but that didn't stop her, because let's be honest nothing stopped her, she wouldn't let anything stand in her way.

"She was well known by her classmates, she was known as the pure from of hotness from many of the kids in the school always, a gene Stef liked to say she got from her father." as Mr. Salvatore smiled in the crowd.

"But that didn't mean she didn't get things from her mother. She was smart like her mother, always there to help a friend in need even if that means risking her own life."

"She wanted to be a doctor. Save lives, like her mother did. Something Stefanie never told her mother was that she was her hero. Even if they fought at times, she loved her more than anything in the world even if she had trouble expressing that sometimes." as Mrs. Salvatore smiled tears in eyes.

"Stefanie was A Daughter. A Friend. A Girlfriend. A Cheer Leader. A Student. A Hero and now she's at peace." as I wiped my eyes.

Everyone clapped their hands as I made my way back to Raf. "You ok ?" he asked as I said "Yep." as I wiped my eyes more trying to stop the tears.

Charlotte and Mackenzie gave me side hugs.

"That was beautiful Saige." my dad said nodding his head at me. "Now would anyone else like to say some words." which is when Taylor rose her hand. Me and the others turned to her.

"I have some words to say." as Taylor got up from her seat before she shared a quick glance at us before going to the podium. She made it up there as she looked at Stefanie's photo.

"Ah Dear Stefanie Salvatore. We knew each other actually. Very well may aswell say we were like  family." as she looked straight at Mr and Mrs. Salvatore.

"Stefanie and me go way back. You see I actually didn't like Stefanie at first, she could be a pain and tended to get in people's way, when she wasn't needed a trait she share's with her dear mommy." as Mackenzie narrowed her eyes.

"I mean I was so close to her friends. Dearest Saige, Mackenzie and especially Charlotte Forbes. We had our nights." as Charlotte growled a bit before Mackenzie grabbed her hand.

"But nothing beat's the bond of family and friends. A group of individuals who you trust with your deepest darkest secrets, a family that doesn't turn their back's on you."

"Me and Stefanie would hang out. Have a couple of drinks, that girl could hold down some Bourbon." Taylor said with a mini laugh before she added "Did I ever tell you that Elena." as she looked straight at Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore.

"Cause your daughter was delicious. Mmm! Mmm mmm mmm." as she winked to us.

Mrs. Salvatore eyes went wet with tears as her mouth hung before she got up and stormed out. "Elena." Mr. Salvatore said following after. Charlotte looked from them as she rose from her seat.

She gave Taylor a look as Taylor waved to her. Charlotte's eyes went to her hybrid ones. "Do it. I dare you Char Char." as Taylor's eyes went to her hybrid ones, the church started to shake back and forth a bit as Charlotte stepped down there were to many people.

Taylor did aswell before she smirked before walking off the stage as she held her hand out to Grace as she took it before the two left as all of us exchanged looks with each other.

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𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓𝒔. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. "𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏-" 𝑴𝒓. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝑴𝒓𝒔. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅, "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏 !"

"She just mocked our daughter at her own funeral, as if our daughter was nothing." as Mrs. Forbes said "Elena, it's ok. Just ignore her."

"And how am I suppose to do that Care ?! She's made it perfectly clear she doesn't care who she hurts. She's a monster. She killed a kid ?! A innocent kid who had nothing to do with this."

"Elena." Ms. Bennett said as she mutter "Just like us." as Dr. Saltzman said "Elena." as she took in a deep breathe. "Dragged into the twisty supernatural world. I should have never did this to Stef."

"Elena this isn't your fault." Mrs. Forbes said as Mrs. Salvatore said "Yes it is Caroline !" as Mrs. Forbes said "Hey ?! Don't get mad at me, if you would have never trusted Taylor in the first place maybe we wouldn't be in this mess."

"Mom." Charlotte said to her as Mrs. Salvatore said "Well maybe if you had kill her the first night you ran into her we wouldn't be in this mess !"

"I was looking out for my daughter Elena ! Which I can't say the same about you ?! Maybe if you hadn't been so overprotective of Stefanie since I don't like forever, she would learn what's like to have the loving affection of her mother ! When Charlotte became a vampire I wasn't scared of who she was, I loved and accepted her."

"I had to teach Stefanie the ropes of being a vampire with Damon, while you just stayed behind and watched like the coward you are ! No wonder Stefanie and you would fight like crazy !"

"Do not lecturing me on my parenting Caroline and don't call me a coward !" as Mrs. Forbes yelled, "Believe me I was more of a mother to Stefanie was than you were in the last 18 years of her being alive !"

"You should have never turned her-"

"Don't ! Don't put that on me Elena !" Mrs. Forbes yelled which made Mrs. Salvatore go quiet.

"You were the one who told me to turn Stefanie ! You were so scared to lose her that you begged me to turn her. You took that choice away from her not me !"

Mrs. Salvatore looked at Mrs. Forbes as she caught her breathe as she had tears in her eyes. There was silence between.

"I-I love Stefanie as if she was my own daughter ! I held your hand at her birth ! I fought the vampire while you gave birth to her ! I brought her to daycare and took her to play dates."

"I'm her aunt, and I care about her. I can't believe you would put her turning on me, all that suffering she went through transitioning. The fear of drinking blood. I was there for her. I'm your best friend Elena and your daughter soul mother." as tears were in Mrs. Forbes eyes.

"Caroline-" as Mrs. Forbes wiped her eyes before she said "Come on Charlotte." as she got her keys before going to her car. Charlotte looked between us as she huffed before following her mom.

Mrs. Salvatore sighed as she buried her head into Mr. Salvatore chest as he rubbed her arm for her and storked her hair.

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𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆.

I was beaming on the inside.

I fixed my hair before I heard the doorbell ring. I cleared my throat and sprayed perfume on me. I smiled as I opened the door. There was Nia. She smiled at me back.

She was wearing a solid collar light purple dress with sunglasses at the top of her forehead and sandals.

"H-Hi Nia." as Nia cut me off saying, "Come we practically saved Mystic Falls together. I think you you earned the right to call me a nickname."

I chuckled saying "Ok what ?" as she said "Well. I like going by Nini." as I blushed "That's cute." as I said "Ok, Nini, are you ready to go ?" as she said "Yep, got the basket ready."

"Ok, let's go." as I said "Bye mom." as we both walked outside. I saw Nina's Vespa. It was in a teal color. I stopped in my tracks.

"Oh, I see you've mean't Periwinkle." as I rose a brow, "Periwinkle ?" as Nia said "Yep. Periwinkle Ezra, Ezra Periwinkle. See know you both know each other."

I chuckled. "I think Periwinkle is pretty." as Nia said putting the picnic basket on the back, "She says thank you."

"I don't own a car. Not that rich, this helped me around New Orleans. Sorry if it's not what you thought it would be-" I cut her off saying, "I love it, and I don't care if you don't have alot of money Nia. It's perfect for me. You're perfect for me."

Nia rose her eyes at she blushed. "Well seems like we should get on our way." as I nodded.

I hopped on as I got on back. She gave me a helmet as she put her own on. My hands slowly moved to waist. Nia noticed as she smirked at me. I rested my head on her back as she started the motorcycle as we got our our way.

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𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓

𝑰 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑.

"I think I located the place of the journal, once I have it we can get out of here. Stefanie's dead. I'm a hybrid and everything's right in world." as I got out a fancy bottle of wine before pouring myself some into a glass.

I faced Grace. "Cheers to victory Gray." I saw Gray leaning on the end of the dresser. I sipped my wine as I noticed her sickly look. "What's wrong ?" I asked her.

She was about to talk to me. She was sweating like crazy. She then spit up blood as she was heading body first into the ground. "Grace !" I shouted as I dropped my glass as it shattered.

I caught her before she fell. I held her. Her teeth were covered in blood. "W-What's wrong ?" I asked her as I saw her arm before going to check it. I pulled back the sleeve and saw the mark on there. It was werewolf bite.

"Grace." I hissed mad at her for not telling me sooner along with the fact she was very much bite and it seemed like she had it for a while. I got a cloth and put it on her forehead.

"You idiot ! Why didn't you tell me !" as Grace said weak, "I thought you wouldn't' care." as I gave her a look. "I thought you would let me die." as her intense blue eyes looked straight at me.

I took in a breathe before adding, "Of course I care." as Grace said, "You only care about me because you gotten what you wanted."

I gave her a look with a tiny gasp to myself. I couldn't believe she really thought that of me, she thought that little of me.

She coughed as I said "Save your strength." as I picked her up and brought her to bed.

I took her heels off as I put her head on the pillow. "I'm gonna heal you."

"And how are you going to do that ?" as I said "By getting Hope Mikaelson's blood. It's the cure for a werewolf bite."

"And if she refuses I'll just kill her." as I ran my finger over her cheek before I got up and went towards the door before stopping as I told her, "I didn't know you thought that little of me."

"You can't blame me on why." Grace said eyes going in and out as I sighed before rolling my eyes and going out the door.

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𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆

𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆. 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆.

She was wearing a cropped shirt with a S on it and black shorts with a plaid flannel with high top converse and a denim hat.

Raf wore a plaid shirt matching Saige's flannel with jeans and sneakers. I wore a denim romper with brown booties, my hair in a braid as I recorded Saige, going to send it to Stef, since she had mess it, though she wasn't crazy about nights like this.

"This is what we needed." Saige said eating a grape. I put my phone down "Yeah, um have you seen Char since the funeral ?" as I said "No." as we both heard "Hello Girls." as we saw Charlotte.

Her hair was straight down her back. She had no makeup on her face and she wore a long sleeve lace shirt with a green black and plaid skirt, black leggings and black combat boots.

"Char, you came." I told her as she stole a piece of popcorn from me before adding, "Couldn't miss this amazing movie. Even if I've seen it a hundred time." as she gave a sly smirk.

"H-Hey are you feeling ok ?" Saige asked as Charlotte said "Fine, just fine. Oo." as she got a cherry before biting the cherry from the stem as she looked at me.

"Char-" as we heard "Hey guys." as we all turned to see Ezra and Nia. Nia sat down next to Ezra. "Nia, hey." Saige said hugging her as Nia hugged back.

Ezra said "I brought Pound Cake." as Charlotte said "More cake." as she cut herself a slice.

"I haven't seen Taylor nor Grace so maybe they left." as I said "Good. We don't need them here not anymore."

"Plus it will make things easier on Stefanie. Josie's with her now. She's on Stef watch."

"Knowing does to, they won't get much watching done." as Saige chuckled drinking lemonade.

"Have you guys seen Hope Char ?" as Char said whipping her hands, "No she would called me by now."

"She told me she would be here in five, she should have been here by now." Saige said as Raf said "That's a bad sign."

Charlotte then said "Shush, nobody say anything." as put her hair behind hear ear. She heard all kind's of things. Birds, laughter, until she silenced them all out focusing on one.

She listened. "What do you hear ?" I asked her as she said "Shush." as she then heard Hope's scream.

"Hope." she said as she rose to her feet in a panic. "She's in trouble !" as Charlotte rushed away.

"Charlotte, wait, wait !" I yelled going after her. Saige rushed after us. "Raf stay here !" as "Saige !" he yelled

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𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆

𝑰 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕.

My bite had officially reached it's worse. I groaned. I then started to hallucinate.

"Grace." I heard. I looked and the image turned more and more like my mother.

"Mamma ?" I asked her as she said with a tiny laugh, "My duckling." as she held my hand. "Come with me."

"I wanna go with you. I do." as my mom said with a smile, "You know, I love playing games with you, so now you must play with me." as she got up from my bedside as I blink and she was gone.

"Mom ?" I asked looking around. She wasn't there. I huffed. I saw the vampires that were guarded me. I had to see her again. I needed to. I went up to the vampires.

"You can't leave Ms. Petrova." as I said "And who's going to stop me." with that I started to choke them as I lifted them off of the ground.

I hissed at them before I looked out of the corner of my eye seeing my mother giggle at me before she vanished when she pass the wall.

"Mom wait !" I called out which is when I pulled both of the vampires heart out. I dropped them and their hearts to the ground as I ran after my mother.

"Mom ! Mom !" as I opened the door to the mansion...

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~𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨~

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❝MYSTIC FALLS, 1859❞

𝑨 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

"Mommy wait !" a young Grace called out to her mother as she asked "Where are we going ?" as she said "Everywhere duckling !"

"Wait ! I want to come !" Grace yelled out as she stumbled.

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𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒍𝒚.

I held my head as I bumped into a women by accident. "I'm so sorry, oh my god are you ok ?" she asked me as I shook my head and stumbled away from her.

"Grace." I heard as I saw my mother she gestured for me to come over as I ran over to her, that's when Ezra saw me as she said "oh no." as Nia saw what she was taking about as she grew a concerned look as well.

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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆

"𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 !" 𝑰 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.

Hope huffed as she saw me. "Charlotte ?!" she said. I helped her up and dusted her off. She wore a white puff shirt with denim jeans, black ankle boots and a red corset over her shirt.

"Are you ok ?" I asked her as she nodded "Yeah." as we rose our eyes to see Taylor. She put her hand down as purple magic emitted from her.

"Good get Dr S." as Hope said "I am not leaving you behind." as I told her "It's ok, I've got this."

Hope turned to Taylor, "Don't think this is over." as Taylor said "Looking forward for the next match. Mini Mikealson."

Hope then narrowed her eyes before rushing away.

"Charlotte, how it is good to see yon again." as I said "You are going to regret every meeting me." as she said "Awe doubt that."

I hissed my hybrid eyes out as I lunged at her.

She caught my punch as I swept kick her causing her to fall to the ground as she hissed at me before she backhanded me causing me fly backward.

I however landed on my feet. I rose my eyes at her. "You've gotten better Char Char, grief must be fueling you up."

"I'll show you what grief can do." as she walked towards me. I was ready for a fight before Mackenzie came out of nowhere and punched Taylor so she spun in a circle.

"Kenz ?" I said as she stood tall almost protecting me in a way.

Taylor lifted herself from the ground. She wiped the blood from her nose. "Come to face me again Mackenzie ?"

"It's not going to be like last time." she told her. "Why not ?" as she said "Because I got some upgrades." as she took her dagger out as her marks's glows.

I joined her. "Together." she said as I said "Together." as we faced her.

Taylor smirked as she cracked her neck before she gestured for her to "come on."

I snarled as my fangs barred out along with my hybrid eyes.

As Mackenzie got in her stance with her sword out.

Taylor said "This is going to be fun." as she snarled at us her fangs out as me and Mackenzie lunged at her.

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"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ?!" 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 "𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘." 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆. "𝑾𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 ?!" 𝑹𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂.

"She may hurt somebody." as Nia said "She looks like she's running toward something."

"Or someone." Ezra said coming to a stop when she saw Grace had come to one to.

Grace was sweating like crazy. She looked around as she said "Mom ?"

Rafael rose a brow, I then noticed her bite. "Grace." as she turned around.

To me I was myself but to Grace I was somebody's else. She saw Taylor while she hallucinated.

Her hair in a fancy updo and she wore a pink dress with a fancy hat, white stockings and white heels. She smiled at Grace.

"Tay Tay ?" Grace asked gently as Taylor said "Gracie." as she added "Come on, aren't you tried of running ?" as Grace saw she was now in a light blue dress when pink ribbons her hair was down and curled as she wore stockings and white heels with gloves.

Grace took in breathes almost not believing it to be real. "I-Is this ?-"

"Yes it is real Gracie. We're back where we started. You're mother's house is a couple of trees down and your father is there to. We can be a family." as Taylor held her hand out to Grace.

"Really ?" Grace asked as Taylor said "Of course, you and me. Aren't you sick of being in love with me when you know I'm not in love with you back."

"Aren't you tried of doing whatever you want to me in a dream and not having it be a reality ?"

"Having everything in the world stop you and me from being together. The hybrid curse. The Mikealsons. Mystic Falls. Charlotte Forbes."

Grace rose her eyes as Taylor told her "Take my hand and we'll be together forever, it's your choice my beautiful Gracie."

Grace had tears in eyes as she said "Yes I love you so much, I want to be together nothing stopping us. I want your passion. Your body. I want to be your queen. Marry you one day. Have a child. And maybe one day grow old together as we take our last breathes side by side. I want you Taylor Salvatore, and now you finally want me back."

Grace rushed towards Taylor before she crushed Taylor into the tree as she kissed her as Taylor kissed her back warmly her hands going deeper toward Grace's waist.

"Grace ! Grace !" Ezra yelled when Grace bite onto her neck. "Stop you're hurting me."

Nia rose her hand fire inside it as I shouted "Nia no !" as I stopped her, that triggered Grace, she came up from my neck. Blood ran down.

Her eyes fixed on me. "Ezra ?"  "Grace... Grace..."

She groaned before falling to the ground. Raf and Nia came toward me. She cupped my cheeks. "Are you ok ?"

"I'm ok." as I saw Grace as I held her neck and crouched down and held Grace as I looked around.

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𝑰 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆  𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒖𝒑.

Mackenzie and Taylor fought. Mackenzie hit her before she slashed her shoulder as Taylor hit her in the stomach as she slashed her getting her in the cheek.

I joined in to help. We were able to get the upper hand until Taylor caught me and Mackenzie's leg as she tried to kick her but she ended up pushing both of us back.

We hit the ground hard. She held her side. "Char are you ok ? she asked me as I added "I'll live." as we both rose up to see Taylor.

We were able to knock her down a couple of times. "Come on, surely you can do better than that." as Saige said behind her as she held a long wooden stick.

She stabbed Taylor in the abdomen as she groaned out loud before Saige punched her and used her strength to push her back.

She rushed toward us and helped us out. "Always got to steal the final minutes huh ?" I asked as Mackenzie said "She means thank you."

"That to." as we turned to see Taylor she took the stick out of her stomach before throwing it the ground.

"Sure you wanna go against this ? We're a strong trio." as I asked "Why do you need Hope's blood ?"

"That's my own personal reason." as Mackenzie and Saige shared looks between each other. "I think we might know why."

"Taylor !" we all heard as we turned to see Ezra holding a passed out Grace.

"Grace !" she said as she took Grace out of Ezra's hands and held Grace bridal style. "Taylor !"

"She's hurt !" as Taylor said "I know that." as Saige said "Taylor." as Taylor turned to me before adding ,"I think it's time we make a deal." as Taylor rose a brow at me.

The others looked at me aswell.

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𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 ?!" 𝑫𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑰 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅.

"Clam down Dr. S, I have a plan." as he asked "And what is it ?" as she said "You'll find out."

I pushed the door opens as everyone turned to us. It was the super squad along with the original Mystic Falls gang.

Hope was there, along with Josie, Raf,  Lizzie, MG, Landon and Kaleb and Mr. Salvatore, Mrs. Salvatore. Mrs Forbes and my dad.

Charlotte, Mackenzie, Ezra and Nia were there to. I saw Taylor she sat down on the couch. Grace in her arms.

I looked at her and she looked at me. I walked down the stairs.

"Ok, let's make this quick." as Taylor said "Well go ahead. Lockwolf."

"Ok then. We'll cure Grace, and give you the book." as Taylor rose a brow. "What's the catch ?"

"You leave Mystic Falls." as Taylor lips went into a straight line. "Sounds like a good deal for me." Hope said.

"So I get the book, cure my doppelganger and leave." as Dr. Saltzman told her, "Pretty much."

She huffed. "How it is sad to have to save goodbye to my home like this." as she walked towards me.

"You have yourself a deal." as I said "I wasn't thinking any different." which is when I said "Hope ?" as I gave Hope a pocket knife. She cut her palm before going over to Grace.

Grace batted her eyes at Hope. "Hello Grace." as Grace sad "Hello cuz." as Hope said "I may or may not be making the biggest mistake of my life."

"We'll find that out in time won't we ?" Grace said with a smirk before Hope gave a sly one smirk as she began to feed Grace her blood.

Taylor watched as Grace feed from her. Hope pulled away and pressed her finger to her palm.

"You ok ?" Landon asked as Hope nodded. Grace huffed as Taylor asked 'You alright ?" as Grace said "Taylor." as Taylor huffed before holding Grace closer.

Grace was shocked but leaned her head on Taylor's shoulder. "Tay Tay." Grace said as Taylor said "Ssh." as Grace eyes glanced over to me and the others.

"Now to keep your end of the deal." Saige said as Taylor said "First give me the book, then we'll talk about keeping my side of the deal" as Saige held out the book.

Taylor saw it as she took it. Taylor looked at it. She then rose her eyes at Grace.

"Now go. Go pack all your things. If you are not gone by midnight tonight. I will find you myself and kill you." as Taylor looked me up and down.

"Don't underestimate that I won't. I will do to you what you did to Stefanie and I will rip you apart." I said in her ear." as I rose a brow with a grin.

"Very well Lockwood. Look at you. An alpha.  A queen. In charge of your pack. Powerful. Fearless. Beautiful and merciful to your people."

"You have long road ahead of you and a kingdom at your feet."as Taylor smirked at me adding, "I can't wait to see who you become Saige Olivia Lockwood."

Taylor looked over to Rafael before she turned back to me. "Don't expect me to believe that you're doing all this for him. I know true love when I see it. You're just to blind to see were that love really lives."

"I'll be gone in a hour." as Taylor held her hand out to Grace. Grace took her hand.

"Come Grace."as they walked away. I sighed once they left. Once I heard the door close. I said "Stefanie there gone."

With that Stefanie came out from the other side of the door. She saw me as I saw her. I ran to her and hugged her tightly. She hugged me back. "Are you alright ?" she asked me as I nodded, "Yea, I'm ok."

She pulled away from me after a couple of seconds which is when Josie came to Stefanie and hugged her. I went to Rafael as I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"It's over, right ?" Josie asked me as I said "I think. It's over now Jo." as she smiled at Stefanie before there heads touch.

Josie leaned her head on Stefanie's shoulder. "So now it's done. The world thinks I'm dead and so does everyone else. If everyone thinks I'm dead Taylor and Grace will stay away."

"And it will keep everyone safe." as the others nodded. She then saw her mom and dad. "I'm happy you all are ok."

"Glad to be safe." Ezra said. "Stefanie." her mom told me. "Yeah ?" I asked her as her and her dad looked at each other.

"What is it ? You both have that look." as her mom walked towards me. "It's nothing bad. It's just it has to deal with the reason I feel sick."

"Ok." as her mom hesitated before she told her. "I'm pregnant." as her eyes went wide. Along with everyone else's in the room.

Her eyes then shifted down to her mom's stomach. She used her hearing and in fact. She heard two heartbeats. She looked at her. "Oh my god. Mom seriously ?" as she had happy tears in my eyes.

"Yes." she said happy tears aswell. She laughed at her before grinning. She was happy.

She hugged her tightly. She smiled. "Oh my god." she said as her dad hugged her as well. Everyone smiled at us.

"I'm going to be a big sister." she said with a grin as she kissed both of my parent's cheek as she smiled before grinning to herself as tears ran down her eyes...

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𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒂

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍. 𝑺𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑.

I heard the door open as I saw Nia. "Hey." she told me as I said "Hey." as I smiled at her before adding, "Hey."

"I can't believe it's over." Nia told me as I said, "I know it's finally over. No more suffering. No more people dying. We can all be happy."

"Yeah. After all the blood shed in this town. Maybe all of us will be the different. Help bring good this town."

"Let's see." Nia told me as I chuckled. "U-Um you need to get home huh ?" Nia asked as I rose from the steps adding, "Um yeah I do, but my mom's coming." as Nia said "Oh." as I said "Yeah."

I turned my back to her as I sighed. Nia added. "Ezra ?" as I turned back to her, "Yeah ?" as she told me, "I know what I said back at the decades dance. How I didn't want to fall in love again. Love caused me so much pain. I lost my grandmother. My best friend to my lover's father."

"I was so scared of falling for anybody, but then I realized something." I looked at her as she looked at me tears in eyes, "You can't live life afraid. You have to live it to the fullest. Like it's your last day on earth."

"And I wanna do all those things with you by my side." I looked at her shocked. "I wanna get to know you better, know everything about you. I wanna hold you, I want to do spells with you. I wanna go to more silly Mystic Falls's dances together. I want you."

I smiled at her as happy tears ran down my eyes. She chuckled at me as I chuckled at her. I went towards before I kissed her. Nia kissed me back as she held my cheeks in her hands.

We were unable to open our eyes for a few minutes. Once we pulled for a few seconds she looked at me and smiled as I smiled back at her as we laughed before she held my waist and kissed me again as I lifted up my foot in response.

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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆

𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒌. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆, 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆.

"Hey girls." I told them as Saige said "Hey, how are you feeling ?" as I said "I'm o-ok, I mean as ok as it gets."

"Char, can we be real with you." Stefanie asked as I nodded. "We say this as your best friends. You're sisters, we think it would be best if you go to a this place."

"It's a few miles away from Mystic Falls and they help you with your mental health."

"You guys think I need help with my mental health ?" as Saige said "We think it would be best for you if you take some time for yourself. With spring break around the corner we think it's the perfect time."

"Your mom also agrees with us and so does Hope." as Mackenzie played with her fingers.

I looked between them. "I-I don't know what to say." as I rose my eyes at them.

"Maybe you guys are right. I do need some time away from Mystic Falls. I need to get better for myself. For you guys. I need this. I guys I'll cancel my trip to New Orleans to meet my family."

"Your Aunt Freya told me she understand." as Saige said "We just want you to feel better Char." as I said tears going down my cheeks as I nodded. "Me to." I said with a quivering lip.

I went towards them before hugging them tightly. "We love you." they told me as I said "I love you guys to."

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𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂

𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓.

She saw me. "Hey." I told her arms folded. "Hey." she told me signing the bottle part of the line.

I walked towards her. I sat down across from her. "Congratulations." she told me as I knew she was talking about the baby.

"O-oh thank you." I told her putting my hand over my stomach. "Your welcome." as there was a moment of silence between us.

Before I spoke out and said "I'm so sorry for what I told you earlier." as she added. "I was anger with what happened with Taylor and took it out on you."

"It's ok. It may just have been the mood swings." she joked to me as I chuckled back.

"I wasn't thinking clearly that day. I was spinning and the whole time I felt like I was dying when the doctors couldn't tell me anything about what was going to happen with Stefanie."

"Then they told me that she would die. I felt like my heart had gotten ripped out, that's why I ask you to turn her. I couldn't lose my only children. I didn't think if she would have wanted a different outcome. If she even wanted to be a vampire. Maybe I'm selfish after all."

"Elena." Caroline told me as she held my hand. I looked up at her. "You acted on what you thought was right. You didn't want to lose your daughter, to live with that hole in your heart. Stefanie will understand and maybe it will take her time to, but no matter what happens. You are her mother and she loves you and you and Damon would risk your own life to protect her."

"That is what makes you special." I smiled at her as she smiled back. "I love you Care." I told her.

"I love you more. Causes were freak like that." she joked to me as she poured two bottles of wine.

"Drink ?" as I rose a brow. "Oh yeah sorry. Pregnancy in all." as she down the two glasses as I chuckled at her as she chuckled back...

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𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆

𝑰 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇.

I felt her look. I chuckled. "You're watching me sleep again." as she said "Your cute when your sleeping."

"It's creepy Peaches." as Josie said "It's romantic." as she grinned at me before smiling.

"I'm happy your alive." as I said "Me to, were as alive it get's." as Josie added, "Your going to be a good sister, I can feel it."

"You have so much fate in me." as Josie said "Of course I do, I'm your number one." as I chuckled before kissing her temple. She then wrapped her hands around my waist as she buried her face into my chest.

I rubbed her arm. "Jo ?" I asked as she said "Yeah ?" as she added, "There was a blast when Taylor killed me. A strong one. It something off."

"A magical energy." as I said "Yeah, I think I felt something rise from that blast...."

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𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔.

Grace was next to Taylor. She took in a deep breathe. She was healed and on her necklace was not only her daylight necklace but also her Mikealson one.

"I have no idea what the blast was."

Taylor then shared a glance with Grace as Grace looked at her back. Grace's fingers moved to Taylor's fingers.

Taylor held her hand and Grace held her's as they both turned back to the road.

"It's something dangerous."

They then passed by the sign as it read in fancy letters "LEAVING MYSTIC FALLS VIRGINIA."

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𝑨 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒃. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒚. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕.

She then laid the rose on her grave.

"Hmm. May you rest in peace Cassidy." as she sighed before she said "How this town hasn't changed one bit." as she got a necklace from the grave. It was a gold triangle necklace.

"I'm finally home, and there is much work to be done." as she grinned before walking away the fog thick behind her as she smirked. On her grave it read "Valerie : A Beloved Mother."

"Or someone..."

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