Arianna Gilbert (Vampire Diaries)

Chapter 55

I look over at Damon, a slight grin on my face. I gesture towards the scared Elena in front of us, wiggling my eyebrows. He rolls his eyes, shaking his head. Seriously? He used to live to scare Elena...

I glare at him, and I'm sure my eyes portray how much I want to kill him. He looks startled for a second before regaining himself. He shakes his head, giving me a small smile. My glare fades, and I perk up, really excited to scare her. Even if it's just a little bit. But I think I scare her all the time now. Good.

Damon and I speed up behind Elena, both of us whispering, "Elena."

She spins around, shining her flashlight right in our eyes. She jumps about ten feet, looking ready to shit herself. I try my hardest to hold in my laugh. She glares at us both, smacking our arms. "God you guys!"

"Scaredy cat." I smirk, my eyes shining with amusement.

"Just ignore them, that's what I do." Ric sighs, giving both Damon and I a blank stare. Hey! I thought he was on our side.

"So you two really can't get in?" Elena asks, her heartbeat returning to normal.

Damon shake his head, "No, seems like even the ancient Lockwood's were anti-vampire."

"What do you mean ancient?" Elena frowns.

"See for yourself." I say, walking a little further. I sigh, when I hold out my hand hitting the barrier in front of me. "Well, this is as far as Damon and I get to go."

I slide down the wall, sitting on the floor across from Damon. I pick up a small pebble, tossing it at Damon's head. Since he's distracted, it hits him right in the forehead. He glares at me, firing the pebble right back at me. I smirk, catching it before it can hit me.

"Too slow." I tease, throwing the pebble past the barrier. Don't need to keep throwing that because I have a bad feeling I'll end up with it making a hole in my forehead...

"What is all this?" Elena asks, looking at what Damon and I can't see since it's past this damn barrier. Stupid thing.

"As far as I can tell, it's a story. In simple archeological terms, it's a really, really old story." Ric explains, shining his flashlight on something. "That right there is a moon cycle. A man, a wolf."

"A werewolf?" Elena breathes out, in that annoying tone of hers. How did I ever like her when I was human? Probably because she was my twin...I guess she still is.

"Yeah, it's the Lockwood diaries, pictionary style." Damon sighs, causing me to scoff. Really the Lockwood diaries? Guess that would make my life the Vampire Diaries then.

"I don't understand...I thought the Lockwood's came here with the original founders in the 1860's?" Elena says.

"Maybe the Lockwood's did, but according to this wall these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that." Ric states, using all his history knowledge and shit.

"How long?" Elena asks.

"Long." I answer for him, "It gets better, show her Ric." Ric has already explained to Damon and I what's in there, and it's pretty interesting. But super confusing at the same time.

"Names, they're not native. They're written in Runic, a Viking script." Ric tells her.

"Vikings?" Elena confirms, almost sounding amused.

"This name here translated reads...Niklaus."

"Klaus." Elena whispers, needing to repeat what he just said. That is not necessary. We all know it's Klaus Elena.