Gilbert Twins [1 - Twins Series]

6 - We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes

Book: Gilbert Twins
Chapter 6: We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes
Word Count: 4459

No one's POV

Elena lay in her bed. She was breathing heavily and couldn't seem to get to sleep. She got up and went to the kitchen. She placed a glass of milk in the microwave and warmed it up.

"Can't sleep?" Elena span around, frightened, but saw no one there. The microwave beeped, making Elena jump. She opened the door and took the cup out, then turned around and saw Connor leaning on the counter. She gasped, shocked. "You know, it makes sense; guilty conscience."

"You're not here. I'm... I've got to be dreaming..." Elena murmured to herself.

"And how do you know that I'm not here?" Connor started walking towards Elena, who walked backwards, trying to keep distance between them.

"Because you're--"

"Go on, say it."

"Because you're dead."

"Yes, I am." Connor smirked. "Saving your poor, lost cause of a sister from experiencing her first kill? How adorable of you."

"You're a ghost. That's gotta be it. You're a ghost, that's what's happening right now!" Elena exclaimed, then went to call for Jeremy to come downstairs, knowing that he could see ghosts. "Jer... Jeremy. Jeremy!" She turned back to Connor. "You're a ghost; you're haunting me. You're a ghost; you're haunting me..."

"Can a ghost do this?" Connor then grabbed Elena in a chokehold and strangled her. Elena thrust her elbow into his stomach and released herself from his grasp. She pushed him, sending Connor flying across a table.

Connor got up and started to walk back towards Elena, who then grabbed a knife and stabbed Connor in the neck. She removed the blade from his neck and saw that she had just stabbed Jeremy, not Connor. She dropped the knife.

"Oh my god!"

Jeremy fell to the ground, Elena was in tears.

"Jer! Jer! No, no, no, no..."

She looked down at Jeremy's hand and saw that he was wearing his ring.

"Elena?" Ariana entered the kitchen after all of the noise had woken her up. "What happe--" She trailed off once she saw Jeremy's dead body, but sighed in relief when she noticed his ring, then turned to Elena. "What the hell did you do, E?"

"I-it was an accident!" Elena sobbed. "I saw Connor's ghost, or whatever the hell he was, but he was strangling me! I thought that it was him coming towards me so I just stabbed him in the neck, but then he, like, morphed into Jeremy or something! I-I don't know what's happening to me! Something is wrong with me, A. I can feel it!"

"Hey, hey... shh..." Ariana knelt down and pulled Elena into a hug. "We'll figure this out, okay? We'll see what's going on, I promise. But... for now..." Then, Ariana snapped Elena's neck, letting her twin go limp in her arms. "I'm sorry, E. I don't need you hurting anyone else, thinking they're a crazy vampire slayer."

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Later in the morning, Jeremy was lying dead on the couch, with Elena lying dead right beside him. Ariana and Damon were in the room, watching the dead siblings.

"I don't know the full story of what happened." Ariana sighed. "Elena was too deep into her panic to give full details. Something's happening to her... ever since she killed Connor, something's being... strange."

"When they both wake up, we will get some answers." Damon reassured. "Did you call my brothers?"

"I sent Nathan a voicemail, informing him that his temporarily dead, crazy-ass girlfriend would probably like to see his face when she wakes up. But... I haven't called Stefan. Our friendship is kind of rocky at the moment." Ariana stated. "He's been lying and hiding things from all of us. He compelled Jeremy to forget God knows what."