The Vampire Diaries – Every End Has A Start von Asu91 ================================================================================ Kapitel 54: My Last Goodbye --------------------------- Bevor ihr hier alle nen Herzkasper kriegt, der Titel bezieht sich nicht auf Delena, das schon mal vorab ;) Nun gehts weiter mit dem zweiten Teil des Roadtrips. Viel Spaß! _________________________________________________________________________________ The next morning at ten Damon Elena and Alaric entered the library of Duke University and were surprised to find Isobel there. She was sitting at a table together with a foreign girl, bent over a book but when they entered she raised her head and looked at them. "What's that? Some kind of vampire and hunter bromance?" she mocked at the sight of Damon and her husband together. Damon met Alaric gaze then they both looked away in disgust. "What are you doing here?" Elena asked suspicious. "I felt a pull back to my roots. You responded to that call, too, didn't you?" she added to the teacher. "We have more important reasons to come here," Damon clarified. "I know," Isobel said, nodding. She closed the book, got up and put it back in the shelf. "Are you still observing us?" Elena demanded. "Did Katherine send you?" Isobel shook her head. "No, we actually met by chance. Katherine has no idea where I am. But Katherine knows the answer you're looking for." "How would you know what we're looking for?" "Oh, I have a hunch..." "Is that so?" Damon said. "Then why don't you tell us?" "Oh no," the vampire woman refused. "You came all the way here. Take your time figuring out yourself. I'm sure Vanessa here will be able to help you out." "Sure," the girl who obviously knew Isobel agreed chirpily. Isobel turned to her daughter. "Take a look around. Duke is a great university. You might want to apply here." "I already know where I'm applying," Elena told her curtly. "Oh well, you should keep your options open," she continued. "No, thank you," Elena replied coldly. She knew exactly what her mother was doing. She wanted her to become a miniature version of herself but she had forgotten that Elena was a complete different person. "It's your call," Isobel said, shrugging. Good luck with your problems. I'll leave now." "It was nice to see you, too," Alaric let her know, irritated. "Why so passive-aggressive, Ric?" "Counter question," Alaric shot back. "Why did you erase my memories of our last encounter?" "You had asked me to," she told him. "I would never-" "But you did. Believe me, Ric, it's better this way." Damon snorted. "He's gonna remember sooner or later what a bitchy wife you were to him." The vampire woman was silent, her eyes fixed on Elena who was glaring at her. "I know you think I'm just one of Katherine's minions but that's only half the truth. It'll be like this for as long as Katherine is alive." "Awww, Damon mocked. "Poor Isobel is only a prisoner who wants to be freed. Do I see a glimpse of humanity there?" "Wrong," Isobel stated matter-of-factly. "There is no humanity left in me. "What I meant was that as long as I'm working for Katherine, I'm working against you. And should Katherine die I'll live my life far away from yours." "Is that a deal? Because that could be arranged," Damon said. And Elena muttered "Nice. You're just leaving again. But oh, right, I forgot, it's your specialty." "I can stay if you like," Isobel offered. "I refuse." Isobel shrugged. "Goodbye," she simply said and left the library with inhuman speed. Once she was gone Elena turned to Damon. "And I used to think you were a heartless monster." "I love you, too, Elena," Damon replied smirking, patting her shoulders. "So," Vanessa attracted their attention. "How may I help you?" Damon shot a skeptical glance at Alaric. He, too, seemed to think that this overzealous girl in front of them could be of any help. "Are you a student?" the teacher asked. "Was. Graduated last year. Isobel was one of my professors before she resigned." "Resigned?" Alaric repeated stunned. "She officially left?" "Sure. One day she gave her last lecture and said goodbye." "Did she share any reasons with you as to why she was leaving?" "She said it was personal." Alaric and Damon shared a dark laugh. "Hey, Ric, in all those years of searching her did you ever consider dropping by and interrogate some students?" Damon mocked the teacher. "I did," he defended himself. "I asked the principal and he told me he had no idea where she was." "She obviously compelled him," Damon concluded. "Figures..." "Wait, did you say compelled?" Vanessa chirped in. "I read something in Isobel's research about it. It's the way vampires-" "Tell people what to do. Yeah, honey, we know that already," Damon cut her off. "Isobel learned that pretty fast," said Alaric who was still a little shocked about the fact that all these years this innocent could have given him an answer to the question whether his wife was dead or alive. The conversation had reached a point where Vanessa couldn't follow any longer. "Hang on a second. Isobel is human. She can't compel people." A smirk spread on Damon's face as he exchanged a glance with Alaric and Elena. "Who wants to tell her?" Compulsion is a vampire ability. I read that in her research," Vanessa babbled on. "Sweet, she has no clue," Damon commented. "Isobel became her research," Alaric explained to Vanessa who stared at him in disbelief. "No, you're kidding me, right? There's no such thing as vampires. That's why it's called Folklore." "Sweet," Damon said again. "May I be the one to wake her up? Oh, please." "Do it fast," replied Elena who couldn't stand Vanessa's ignorance and innocence any longer. "But don't scare her off. We still need her." Damon flashed a smirk to Vanessa and then he vamped out in front of her. Vanessa screamed at the sight of the red eyes and the protruding fangs. She had obviously never believed in the existence of vampires. She followed her natural instincts that told her to run and dashed to the door but Alaric grabbed her. "Please don't hurt me!" she begged. "Calm down, we wish you no harm," the teacher said. "All we want are some answers to our questions." "I'd never thought those things are real." She sighed deeply and eyes Damon whose face had changed back to normal with fear. "Take a seat," Elena offered and helped the girl into a seat. They let her take a few breaths. "So Isobel is one, too? A vampire?" she asked. "Yes. Damon actually made her one." "Wait. Damon? As in Damon Salvatore?" Vanessa's eyes widened. "The one and only," Damon answered, winking and then smirking at his friends he added "I'm famous." "Isobel mentioned you in her research. And your brother," Vanessa recalled. "She managed to catch up on a lot of things between giving birth and becoming a vampire," Elena acknowledged. "No wonder she was obsessed with it," Alaric said, nodding. "Isobel had a daughter?" Vanessa chipped in. "She's standing right in front of you," Damon replied with a waving gesture toward Elena. "May I introduce you to the lovely Elena Gilbert." "You are Isobel's daughter?" Vanessa's eyes widened even more. "Or are you lying to me?" she added suspiciously, her eyes narrowing. "You look a lot like this creepy vampire woman." "You mean Katherine. Yeah, that's because I'm the descendent of her." "Wow, a perfect doppelganger," Vanessa admired. "Yeah. So I guess Isobel mentioned that bitch in her research, too?" Damon concluded. "Yes, she recorded everything that happened in that town Mystic Falls back in 1864," Vanessa told them. "She's got boxes full of that stuff. I'll show you everything. Follow me to her office," she added and got up. Isobel's research turned out to be a gold mine for everyone who was genuine interested in vampires. She had kept and written down everything from and about 1864, the following series of animal attacks incidents and background information on vampires and Katherine Pierce. "Ah, here we go. That might be interesting," Damon said, fishing something out of one of the boxes and passed it to Elena. It was a book with something imprinted on its cover. "Petrova?" Elena read aloud. "What's this?" "Katherine's real family name," Damon answered. "She made Pierce up. Probably to boost her ego." "Are you saying this is her...?" "Katherine kept a journal?" Alaric interrupted her amazed. "Now I know where Stefan picked that habit up and you for that matter," Damon added to Elena. "Let me know what you find. I'm very curious myself." "Do you have anything on other supernatural creatures aside from the vampires?" Alaric asked Vanessa. "Well, yeah, if you mean the lycanthropy," she answered. At the sound of that word all of them immediately stopped snooping through stuff and stared at Vanessa. Now they were the ones who were shocked. "Werewolves exist, too?" Alaric said, paling out a little. "Apparently," agreed Vanessa who was definitely a believer now. She took a notebook out of a box and flipped through it until she found what she was looking for. "Here it is. 'Werewolves. Creatures that are forced to transform from their human form to wolf form during the nights of full moon.'" "Do you know anything about them like supernatural abilities?" Alaric inquired. "What he means is, would they be able to hear a sound only a vampire could hear?" Damon specified. "You mean something like the Gilbert device?" Vanessa asked back and amazed them once more. That girl seriously knew too much for her own good. "Yes, they can," she answered then. "It says here that they have supernatural hearing abilities." Now she had attracted their attention. "Tell us everything you know about werewolves." At the end of the day Alaric, Damon and Elena left Duke University with ten boxes and basically Isobel's entire research. It was too risky to leave there. The damage was already done when Isobel had shared her knowledge with her students. And to make sure none of the following students would get a hold on something concrete Damon compelled Vanessa to forget about everything supernatural she had ever learned from Isobel and the fact that they had been interrogating her. Alaric would keep most of the stuff. Elena would keep Katherine's journal and Damon the book on werewolves. On further reading they had found out three important facts about them. One, if bitten by a werewolf the person turns into a werewolf himself. Two, the werewolf curse is passed down through the generations. And three, which was the most crucial: a werewolf bite was fatal to vampires. And now, knowing all this, they were sure. They Lockwoods were werewolves. Stefan was not stupid. He was smart enough to return home the next day before nightfall. He didn't want Elena to be suspicious. Though Anna had threatened to expose him he doubted that she would actually do so. And if so he could still cover it as part of the plan. The trio returned a quarter to midnight and in a seating constellation Stefan didn't approve of. Getting worked up about it molded perfectly into his own plan. He heard Alaric's car coming so he stepped outside to welcome them but what he found there let him explode. Damon and Elena were sitting in the back of the car. Damon had put his arm around Elena's sleeping form and Elena had snuggled up to him. Stefan couldn't stand it. So he opened the car violently and roughly separated the two. "What's going on here?" he bellowed. Elena who had woken up with a start by Stefan's rough handling looked at him in confusion. "Huh? What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about you and Damon cuddling," Stefan said angrily. "You know what I'll give you some privacy to sort things out. Have a good night," Alaric quickly said, kicked them out of his car and literally fled the scene. When he was gone Damon spoke. "Leave Elena out of this. She was freaking tired and while she was sleeping her head dropped on my shoulder and I put my arm around her to keep her warm. If that's wrong then I'm guilty," he confessed, raising his hands in defeat. "I was sleeping," Elena added. "And it is indeed very cold. So can we please drop this now and get inside? I'm exhausted." Hugging herself against the cold she didn't even wait for an answer and entered the Boarding House. "We aren't done yet," Stefan said menacingly to Damon. "Hypocrite." Both Stefan and Damon spun around to the person who had just uttered those words. Anna was standing in the doorway, her arms crossed, glaring at Stefan. "Ah, Elena, wait. I want to talk to you." Giving Stefan the once-over Anna turned around to the human girl who had stopped on the stairs. Stefan immediately came inside, followed by Damon. "Can't it wait till the morning? I'm tired," Elena said. "No, actually it can't." "Fine, what is it?" "Don't," Stefan said. He almost begged Anna. "Don't tell her." "Don't tell me what?" Elena demanded, becoming suspicious of the secrecy. And then Damon exploded. "You went to see her!" "What?" Elena went pale. Stefan tried his very best to keep the situation under control. Though he had feelings for Katherine he didn't want to lose Elena. He knew it was sick but he couldn't do anything about it. "Yes, of course I did," he said calmly. "It was part of the plan, right? Find out what she's up to." "Oh, don't give me that crap. I know what you did and now Elena does, too," Damon shot back. All eyes were on Elena who just stared at Stefan in shock. "Tell me it's not true, Stefan. Please..." But the younger Salvatore just averted his gaze and hung his head. "It's like with human blood. You just couldn't resist, right?" Damon spat. His voice was poison venomous and his eyes full of contempt. "Anna's right. You're such a hypocrite. Pretending to be the jealous boyfriend while you're cheating on your girlfriend. You're right, brother. This isn't over yet," he added and stormed past Elena upstairs. They heard a door slam shut and then there was deafening silence. Anna was a little surprised by Damon's reaction. She had actually thought he would stick to Elena and comfort her later. Reality turned out differently. He, too, was pissed at Stefan but apparently for his own reasons. Well, what could she say? He was a Salvatore after all... After the initial shock Elena gradually came to her senses again. She glanced at him with hatred in her eyes before she, too, ran upstairs. When she left Stefan lost it. Blinded by rage he yanked a wooden bulaster out of the banister and approached Anna menacingly. "Why did you tell her?" he shouted. "I told you before she deserves the truth," she replied and eying the stake in his hands she added. "What, are you gonna kill me now?" In that moment Jeremy came running down the stairs and jumped between Stefan and Anna. "Hey, leave her alone!" "Go upstairs, Jeremy," Stefan said, trying to stay calm. "This is between Anna and me." "Do you think I don't know what you're doing? You screwed up and hurt my sister and now you're after Anna because she told Elena. But you know what? It's your fault and now be a man and deal with it." He glared bravely at Stefan, determined not to let him get close to Anna. Slowly Stefan dropped the hand with the stake. "You totally suck, man," Jeremy added and then he grabbed Anna's hand and went upstairs with her. Stefan stayed where he was and started to think about his momentous mistake. Completely lost in thoughts Elena hurried past Jeremy and dashed into her bedroom. She closed the door and started pacing around. She knew Damon was doing the same next door. She hadn't even realized his reaction to Stefan's cheating she was too occupied with her own feelings. But the whole truth was that she didn't feel anything at all. Probably because of the shock. She didn't hurt. She didn't feel the urge to cry. She just felt... empty. Something got taken away from her, that she knew but her body mind, and soul yet had to start to miss it. A few minutes after the truth had been revealed her bedroom door opened and Anna glanced inside. "May I come in or do you rather want to be alone?" she asked shyly. After all she had brought the truth to the surface. "Come in," Elena said and sat down on her bed. Anna entered and closed the door. Then she walked over to Elena and took a seat beside her. "I'm sorry," she apologized. "But you've been a good friend to me since I've been with your brother and I wanted you to know the truth. You don't deserve to be lied at." She gave her a small smile. "You don't need to apologize. I'm glad you made him confess it. You're right I'd rather know then to be lied at." And then everything hit her with full force. Her heart started hurting and she burst into tears. Anna shyly rubbed her back comfortingly. Elena let it all out. Her pain about losing Stefan, her anger toward Katherine and toward herself. How could she have been so foolish to think he wouldn't fall for her again? He had almost cheated on her once before... Her ability to always see the good in people had eventually led her to her downfall. I've got to walk away while there's still hope Learn to erase the love I know And let you go 'Cause what I thought was love was only lies Taking what you want, left me behind As my heart dies So here we are again Knowing this will never end So I must let go My passion, my poison The life and death of me I can't take you taking everything From a love never meant to be This is my last goodbye Leaving all the memories of you behind I will not wait here And waste my whole life This is my last goodbye This will be my final tear for love to die I will not wait here And waste my whole life With my last goodbye _________________________________________________________________________________ 1) Also man könnte des Ende des Kapitels auch als das offizielle Ende von Stelena bezeichnen. Obwohl Elena es selbst noch nicht ausspricht wird sie nicht wieder mit ihm zusammenkommen. Ist das nicht mal ne tolle Neuigkeit? xD 2) Isobel auftauchen zu lassen kam ganz spontan aber am Ende war ich darüber ganz glücklich, wegen dem was Alaric danach erfährt xD 3) Ich hab Vanessa ein bisschen anderes charakterisiert als sie in der Serie ist. Ich fands damals ein wenig komisch, dass sie so impulsiv gehandelt hat und direkt mit der Armbrust ankam Oo So das wars erstmal. Ab Samstag sind Ferien in NRW. Dann werd ich warscheinlich wieder mehr schreiben. Bis dahin eure Asu Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)