Chapter 27

                                    

                                          
Melanie's POV
I wake up to the sound of the door opening. I get up out of bed and make my way downstairs. I look around to see who is here and see Damon and Emma. I carry on wa- Wait! Emma?! I squeal and run to her giving her a massive hug. She laughs lightly and hugs back just as tightly.
"Emma! You're here!" I say as I pull out the hug.
"Yup. Damon convinced me to be here." She replies. I give her 'the look' and she sighs.
"Fine. I came here because I wanted to live with my brothers again and see you." She replies honestly. I grin widely and run out the room into the cellar. I'm hungry. I grab a bloodbag and drink it but it doesn't help. I drink another then another then another but nothing works. I hear a gasp to the side and look to see Emma there jaw hanging. I turn back and drink the blood bag ignoring the fact that she calls Damon. Damon whooshes down and looks at me. I grab another bloodbag and drink that. Why am I so thirsty?! I growl and go for another bag but Damon holds me back. I try to escape his grasp but he's stronger than me.
"Let me go Damon! I'm thirsty!" I growl at him.
"I'm not letting you go till you calm down." He gently says. I breath in and out a couple of times then stop trying to escape. He lets go of me and I go for another bag but Damon stops me again dragging me up the stairs into the living room. He puts me on the couch and stands in front of me.
"How many bags did you drink?" He asks.
"I don't know I weren't keeping count." I snap at him but I don't know why.
"Why were you drinking loads?" 
"What's it to you? You don't care. Maybe I was drinking them because I felt like I was starving or maybe I drank them because I wanted to." I growl and stand up only to be held down by Emma.
"Let me go Emma!" I shout. Why am I so angry?! It's annoying me!
"Not till you sit down and answer Damon's questions. We want to help." She gently replies. I look in her eyes to see pity and sincerity.
"Piss off Emma! I don't like you and I never will! No one cares about you!" I shout but instantly regret it but I keep a strong face. I look at her and see tears welling up in her eyes.
"Y-you don't mean that! You said it out of anger." She whimpers.
"I'm sorry Emma. It's just I'm really thirsty so I drank the blood but it didn't help so I tried drinking more. It's furiating!" I growl the last part.
"I know. I know. I've been there. I can help."
"Thanks Emma. Damon? If you want answers ask away." I reply. He smiles weakly at me and continues asking questions while I answer. But this last question caught me off guard.
"Did you ever have this problem when you were with Chase?" It caught me off guard because I completely forgot about Chase. Where is he? Is he OK? Is he alive?! I don't know. 
"N-no. I always drank from blood bags because he said if I drink from blood bags that I would become a r-ripper." I stutter. I look around frantically and get up.
"Where's Chase?! Where is he?! I want him here with me now! I want him here! Where is he?!" I start yelling more and more after every word.
"He's fine Melanie. He's-" I cut Damon off.
"Where is he Damon?! I want him here now so I suggest you get him here before I go and find him." I growl. Chase was and always will be my number one priority.
"Alright. Alright. I'll call him." I nod furiously. I start pacing around the room biting into my hands leaving marks over and over again. I hear their conversation and it all seems fine until I hear a girls voice in the background. I come to a hault and listen to the conversation between Chase and the girl.
(g-Girl, C-Chase.)
G- Hey babe. Who is it?
Did she seriously just say that?!
C- A friend from home love. Don't worry about it.
I literally hear my heart shattering inside my chest. He's cheating on me?! I hold back a sob and run out the house into the woods ignoring Emma's calls for me to come back.. I run as fast as I can to the highway. I lie on the floor looking at the sky. I hear a car coming and I hear 2 doors open. I close my eyes and act dead.
"Is she OK?!" I hear a woman say. I feel a hand on my neck so I guess that the person is searching for a pulse.
"She has no pulse." I hear a weak man's voice. My eyes shoot open and the man gasps. I rush behind him and bite into his neck. I pull back and compel him saying,
"Run. You have 5 minutes head start. Run into the woods." He nods and runs. I look at the woman and bite her neck then compel her the same. I look in the car and find no one else there. I run after the couple and bite into the woman's neck again draining every single drop of blood out of her body then I do the same to the man. I rush into town and compel a group of 5 drunken boys into the ally. Isn't it always convenient I always go into alleys? I bite into one of their necks making him moan then draining him. I do the same to the others. Why is it always me getting hurt? Why am I the victim all the time?! I feel tears falling down my face and wipe them off as well as the blood. I walk down the street and enter the grill. I see someone I haven't seen around here before and I notice a tattoo on his arm. I walk up to the bar and sit next to him. He looks at me.
"Hi. I'm Connor. Connor Jordan." He introduces himself.
"Hi. I'm Melanie. Nice tattoo." I say with a smile. He looks shocked for a second but shakes it off.
"Thanks. I'm glad you like it." He smiles. I smile back then turn to the bartender who is working and see Matt.
"Matty! I haven't seen you in ages!" I squeal. He laughs and shakes his head at the same time.
"Hi Melanie. What are you after?" He teases. I giggle lightly. He knows me so well.
"Strongest bourbon please." I grin widely. He nods and goes to get it.
"So... What do you think of Mystic Falls? I haven't seen you around here before." I say to Connor.
"Well done. I am actually new around here and I find it pretty cool." He replies. I nod and Matt returns with my bourbon.
"Thanks Matty!" I squeal and he nods then walks away. Once I finish my drink, I make my way out of the Grill. I look both ways of the street before vamp speeding back to the Salvatore's home. I open the door then close it. I go to the living room to see the whole gang there except Matty.
"Urm what's going on here?" I ask hesitantly. All their heads snap towards me and they give me looks of sympathy. I don't need their sympathy for god sake!
"Are you ok Melanie?" Elena asks. I laugh and reply with,
"I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Oh I don't know. Let me see. Maybe because you drank loads of blood bags but then overheard that Chase is cheating on you." She replies cockily. I growl and my face vamps out. I imagine a cut forming on her stomach and make it happen slowly and painfully. She groans and clutches her stomach. Everyone rushes to her side except Bonnie who is saying a spell but I block her out. She looks at me and tells me to stop.
"I suggest you back off Bonnie. I may have my humanity on but I won't hesitate to kill you or anyone in this room." I growl. She gulps and nods.
"Melanie stop it." Damon says rushing in front of me. He places his hands on my face cupping my cheeks. I feel a spark and gasp. Not this again. I can't fall for him again.
"Please. Stop. You are only going to hurt yourself. Stop for me." He begs looking at me with love and concern.
"I can't Damon. She hurt me more than once so I'm paying her back." I back away from him and rush to Elena grabbing her by the throat and shoving her against the wall. I put a force field up around us so no one can hear us or get to us.
"Melanie. Let me go." She chokes out.
"I can't Elena. You have hurt me too many times." I reply.
"I didn't mean to. I only want to help you." She barely says. I squeeze her neck more and she gasps.
"You wanted to help me?! You stole my boyfriend away from me! You preferred Bonnie alive than me! Your own sister! You stole everything away from me but now... You won't be able to." I shout vamping out. I say a spell that stops her heart and turns her to stone making her dormant till I make her rise. She falls to the floor and turns to stone. I back away and turn towards everyone. They all are looking at me with anger and hatred. I look at Bonnie and see her trying to give me an aneurysm and I know that if I take down the force field that it will work. I breathe out heavily then take a risk putting the forcefield down. The power comes at me full force and I fall to the floor screaming in pain.
"Bonnie! Stop! Please!" I scream.
"No. You killed your sister! It's not right!" She says angrily.
"I didn't kill her!" I shout then the pain subsides. I look at everyone and I stand up with tears in my eyes. 
"I didn't kill her." Were my last words before running out the house crying. I need to forget about everyone and I know how. I run home and up to my room. I place candles everywhere and sit in the center. I mumble a spell that allows me to see the witches. I open my eyes and see Emily Bennett there in front of me.
"Hi Emily."
"Hi dear. What is it that you call upon me for?" She asks gently.
"I was wondering if there was a spell that allows people to forget about others." I ask worriedly.
"There is. I shall give it to you on one condition." She pauses and I nod.
"I will do anything."
"You go see Connor Jordan again and tell him that you know about the hunters mark. You shall accompany him. He knows that you are going to see him." She finishes. I nod and she fives me the spell. She disappears and I look at the spell memorising it. I say it and make myself forget all about the others. Tyler, Caroline, Jeremy, Stefan, Elena, Damon, Bonnie, Chase, James, Matty and everyone I ever cared about. I open my eyes 5 minutes later and remember the deal with Emily. I go to the Grill and search for Connor. I find him in the back booth and I make my way over. I sit opposite him.
"Hi Connor. I've been told that you need me." He looks at me and nods.
"Yes indeed however there is one condition for you to join me." I nod for him to continue.
"You need to cast a spell on yourself to make yourself human." I nod and do it. I open my eyes and smile at him. I can feel my heartbeat in my chest and the warmth of my body returning.
"Lets go." He hands me a stake and I look at the symbol that lies upon it. I recognise it as the Five symbol. I'm one of the Five. I'm a vampire hunter. Sweet. Time to rid this town of vampires. I smirk and follow him.
"Right since you already know how to fight we just need to find vampires to kill." He says shrugging.
"Where can we find vampires? I don't know any around here." I say confused. I didn't even realise that this town had vampires in it until Connor told me.
"Well to make your mark grow, you need to kill a vampire." I nod and look around.
"How do I know that someone is a vampire?" I ask confused.
"Us hunters have a special way of searching for vampires. I'll give you a formula that allows you to be able to see heat signatures coming off the people. If the person has no heat projecting off them then they are vampires." I nod and he passes me a formula. He signs for me to drink it and I do. I then look around and see about 10 different vampires around the Grill. I go up to a vampire that is by the bar. I sit next to him and think of a way to make him follow me to the alley that is behind here. I smirk knowing that I could seduce him. I place my hand carefully on his thigh making him tense. He looks at me lustfully and I look him in the eyes. I move my hand higher until its on his crotch. He tenses even more and starts shaking. He stands up and drags me to the alley. That was way too easy. He pushes me against the wall and kisses my neck. All I feel is disgust. I pull my stake out from my sleeve and stake him from the back into his heart. He gasps and falls back. I take my stake and look at my left hand to see a mark showing. I put my stake back up my sleeve and make my way back into the Grill. Luckily all of the vampires are males so it should be easy to seduce them. I make my way to the next vampire who is sat in a booth. I sit next to him and place my hand straight on his area. He tenses like the other vampire but doesn't make any move so I move to his neck and start kissing it while rubbing my hand on his area. He pushes me out the booth and to the alley. I do the same to him as the other vampire. After about half hour I have killed all ten vampires. I look at my mark to see that it is almost complete. I only have to kill about 2 or 3 more then I'm done. I smirk and make my way home. I'm tired. I open the door and make my way up to my room. I yawn and lie on my bed falling asleep.