The Beginning

Family Ties - 2

Bonnie and I walk side by side as we get to the Lockwood mansion. Stefan and Elena right in front of us. Before we all got in line I managed to get a moment alone with Stefan. I asked him if his plan had worked.

He told me he didn't fall for the vervain but that it was all part of his plan. The more time Damon spends walking about the more anxious I get about Zach. The dress I am wearing is a nice shade of White, with black flowers and petals embroidered on the right side.

My hair is in a fishtail braid and rests on my left side. "Morning Mr.Lockwood" Me and Bonnie greet as he go in. "Morning girls" He replied with smile.
I steer away from the crowd of dancing people. I'm not one for big, formal party's. I steer to the outside and lean against the railing.

Cup in hand I trace my finger over the rim and get lost in thought. What has my world turn to? Vampires. I know two vampires. One is evil and one is good. I feel like I'm in an edition of twilight. I mean seriously.

My mother was killed by one and I can't even remember what the vampire looked like. I try and rack my brain. I guess now I know that not remembering is a curse. "Well hello there mermaid" Says a voice from behind me.

I scowl already knowing who it was. "Why don't you find another woman to annoy" I say, sneering at him. He laughs. "Feisty one aren't you" He says, leaning on the railing next to me. "I mean it" I say not looking at him. He pokes at my shoulder.

"Your no fun" Then with a smirk pulls the cup away from me and I protest. He places it on a tray and a waitress takes it way.

"Well thanks a lot" I grumble, putting my purse under my arm and storm off. He catches up and grabs my arm, making me spin and almost crash into him. "Dance with me" He asks. I'm about to say no when he leans in close and whispers in my ear.

"Unless You want me to hurt your pretty blond." Damon threatens, referring to Caroline. With that I take his hand and he leads me to the dance floor. He puts his hand on my waist and I put a hand on his shoulder, he grabs my other hand and I let him.

We sway for a while and I stare at him. "Damon..why do you use Caroline?" I ask him as he spins me around. "I don't know what your talking about" He lies.

"You know what I mean" I scowl. He shakes his head. "All in good time mermaid, all in good time" I scowl at the nick name. "My name is Ariel. Not mermaid" I sneer. He grins. "What ever you say..mermaid"
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"This is all my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter" Bonnie complains. "It's not your fault. I just, I feel terrible, because I said that I wouldn't get in the middle of it and then that's exactly what I did. I got all snotty " Elena confesses.

Apparently she and Stefan got in a bit of an argument. "Elena, honey, there you are" Exclaims Carol Lockwood as she heads to us. "I notice the watch still isn't in the collection" Elena furrows her brows,

"Oh, um, I'm sorry, Mrs.Lockwood. I, um, I couldn't find it. I guess it's still packed up in my parents stuff somewhere" Elena assures her. "I see, well please let me know if you find it" She says before she walks off. I may have had too many drink tonight.

"This may be the vodka talking but I do not like the women" I whisper to the girls. They giggle at this.
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I sneer at Carol. I've been doing a lot of that lately. She's scolding one of the workers, they pass by us and she barely registers me and Bonnie. "Bitch" She sneers. I nod. "I second that" Bonnie smiles and walks over to the candles.

She puts her cup down and stares at it, almost willing it to light up. She picks her cup back up and shakes her head. "What'd you think was gonna happen?" I joke as we turn to leave the room. Bonnie shrugs but stops suddenly. I realize why.

The candle on the wall was lit. I stare at it in confusion. But it was just. We both turn around and see all the candles are lit up. I gape and my jaw drops in shock. No flipping way.
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Stefan pulled me away to dance because apparently the plan was working, what he failed to explain was that the plan involved CAROLINE. He spiked her drink with vervain, knowing that Damon would feed. I don't know where that was smart or incredibly dumb. But it did bring Damon down.

It's working, Damon lowers Caroline to the ground before he pulls away from her, spitting up her blood. Stefan and I walk over as he lies on the ground. "I knew I couldn't spike your drink. So I spiked hers" Stefan reveals. Damon let's out a grunt and rolls over, deflated.

It killed me, leaving Caroline alone. But before we left I asked Elena to look for her, thankfully she agreed to seeing as how she was already worried.

When we got to the boarding house, Stefan dumped Damon's limp body in the small cellar. Stefan shuts the door, locking it tight. Zach is with us, and the three of us head back up to the comfort of the boarding house.

For once in a long time I'll sleep well.