Cassandra POV
"I've been waiting for you to wake you up."
I smiled at Caroline. She turned her head to me immediately. "You stayed."
I shrugged with a smile. "As I promised, are you ready?''
She bit her lip nervously but nodded with renewed determination. She drank from a blood bag which was empty in a moment. She put it down and took a breath, looked around, and probably examined her surroundings.
"Can I?" she nodded, and I sat down and put a ring on her finger. She admired him glistening in the light. ''How do you feel?''
"I feel - I feel fine. Everything is more colorful and I see more details of the materials, I hear more than I should have, the water flowing through the pipes-and so much light so much of everything... '' she began to panic.
"Hey, hey, hey..." I tried to get her attention and I grabbed her cheeks lightly in my hands. "Everything will be fine. Can you hear me? Everything will be fine.''
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My outfit
"Are you okay with all these people?"
"Yes, yes."
"If anything, just say so."
She nodded and we continued walking, buying cotton candy, popcorn and cocktails. We tried a few attractions before, it was fun. I jerked lightly into her and pointed in the direction I was looking. "Look at Bonnie, another guy is flirting with her.''
I saw Jeremy with Damon. Caroline raised an eyebrow at my focus. "What if I talked to the boys..." and I walked over to them, Caroline still didn't want her friends to know what she had become. "Damon, honey, you're not threatening Jer, are you?"
He shook his head and patted his chest almost brotherly, wrapping his arms around his shoulders. "No way, we're just talking.I actually wanted to let you know that in the room under the bed you have a few thousand in your black bag, as part of the apology for killing you. So I'm kinda sorry. ''
''Black bag? Seriously? ''
"Is that all you got out of it?"
"You have to give him a moment, his brain is running slower." I grinned.
"Hey!"
"You two can handle this. See you later, bye!''
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''Is he...?''
''It wasn't that kind of strength. It was more than human, if that makes sense.''
''What is up with that family? If they're not vampires then what the hell are they?''
''Ooh, uh, maybe they're ninja turtles?''
''You're not funny.''
''Or, no. Zombies. Werewolves.''
''No comedic timing at all.''
"Maybe unicorns," I whispered close to Damon's ear.
Damon seemed to fly out of his skin, grabbing his chest. "Damn it, Cassandra! I may be dead, but you don't have to cause me a stroke.''
I grinned. "I don't have to, but I can and I will."
"Hi Cassie," Stefan greeted me. "How are you doing around this whole Katherine situation?"
I shrugged and smiled innocently. ''It's not bad...''
Damon spread his arms around him. ''Come on. You can't trust her like that?!'' he pointed at me. "She knows everything that's going on here.''
"I know enough, not everything...'' I remembered a previous interview with Katherine...
* Flashback a few hours back *
"Cassandra, always a pleasure to see you"
I grinned at her. I tapped my fingers on the chair and looked back at her. "You've only been here a while and you're causing chaos, not that I don't like it. Finally some fun, but let's be honest... You're not just here to visit, are you Kat?''
"I got your message, I have to say I'm surprised, not everyone can find me if I don't want to."
"I have such an effect on people, you should know that," I paused for a moment. "And also I have an idea why you're in Mystic Falls," I saw the act in their movements and the movement on her face. "You don't have to worry, I won't interfere with your plans, you'll just have to leave a few people out."
She raised an eyebrow at me and we looked each other in the eye for a moment. ''That would work., but I wonder one thing, why did you let me kill this blonde girl? You could have stopped me.''
"I could, but she wanted to be a vampire, so why stop her, it just so happens that your bloodline is strong, so she took the opportunity."
She looked at the currently dead blonde in surprise. ''She did?''
''Mhmm. We'll say you'll continue with your plan and try to limit the harm to a few people and I'll let you do what you want. Play with the Salvatore Brothers, kill, feed on people ... it's up to you. When it's time to exchange certain people, I'll get it,'' I smiled contentedly.
"That sounds too good," she looked at me suspiciously, I shrugged. "Fine, deal."
"Surprisingly, you quickly agreed to a possible threat."
"I'll take the chances ... And I'm curious about you, too," she held out her hand to me. We shook hands and we made a deal with that. As soon as we let go of our hands, a business card appeared in my hand, I shoved it under her bra.
"Call me whenever you want. We don't have to be just friends, Kat.''
* End of Flashback *
We watched from behind with Stefan as Damon compel a guy. I rolled my eyes at it. "It's going to be an interesting night."
"I'm looking forward to it," he replied sarcastically.
I slapped him on the shoulder. "You don't have to worry, I'll take care of the little kids so they don't get hurt."
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''Care, are you okay?'' I ran to her and grabbed her cheeks in my hands.
"I didn't want-that-um-uh ..." she tried to explain as tears streamed down her cheeks. I hugged her and stroked her back soothingly.
After a while, she was calmer. I pulled away from her and picked up a handkerchief and began wiping her wet blood-stained cheeks. I cleaned it lightly with gentle movements. When I finished, I threw the handkerchiefs in the trash. "Done," I smiled at her lightly.
Caroline's gaze focused on the corpse behind her. "I didn't want to kill him ... what did I do ?! I'm a terrible human.''
I grabbed her hands before she could continue and made her look at me. "Isn't it your fault, okay? I was supposed to be with you and you can't be a terrible human, because you are no longer human and you will definitely never be terrible," I smiled at her. "Now your new self is here, accept it because you are a good person and now even a vampire. Cool vampire.''
She laughed and I smiled when I saw a smile on her face. ''You're right. I'm a cool vampire. Nice,'' she laughed, but Damon had to interrupt our moment.
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They fought together, they protected Care, and I don't even know. It ended up letting Caroline go ahead with Steffy and Elena. I had to deal with two other participants in this conflict that arose here.Damon and Bonnie. They both kind of pissed me off. "Well, dig a hole, dig Damon, dig."
"Are you mad at me?" I raised an eyebrow at him. "Definitely," he replied to himself.
"Seriously, you wanted to kill her, my friend. What did you expect? Thanksgiving, bouquet or something?" I replied sarcastically. Bonnie began to back away as if she shouldn't be part of the conversation. I pointed at her. "Stop, I'm not done with you either."
She looked at me confused. ''Me? But-''
"Don't make excuses, Bonnie Bennett. And don't you even dare look me in the eye and lie to me. Caroline has been your friend all your childhood. She's a good person and everyone knows that, but you. You let yourself be blind by witches. Why?''
"Because it's so right she's against nature-" she began to make an excuse but I interrupted her.
"You know the irony is that you wanted to protect witches, your kind, so you didn't destroy the invention. Isn't that exactly why Tyler crashed? Isn't that why Caroline ended up in the hospital? And don't forget that you were the one who told Damon to give her vampire blood. Irony don't you think? Because at the end of the day, you're the one who judges her.''
"I don't like witches, but some are just fine. Like you are-was. You wanted to be friends with a witch. You did. You wanted to befriend a vampire. You did. You don't want to do anything. You don't. You have- had free will, but I guess I was wrong. You're just like the other witches, and I wanted you to be different, to be better. I guess I was wrong."
"I'm..."
"I didn't mean..."
I shook my head. "Keep it to yourself. For me, words mean nothing compared to deeds. Are you sorry? Then fix it.''
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My outfit
Werewolves. What do you imagine under that? Because I'll imagine a puppy. Little furry cute puppy.
Damon and Elena went to Duke University under Alaric supervision. She's trying to figure out everything about both werewolves and Katherine. While Stefan helps Caroline with vampirism and Bonnie she takes my words to mind, but still doesn't do much with it.
Swimming hole
Yeah, that's where I am. Teenganers are everywhere, they get drunk, they jump into the water and everything that comes to mind. I've been there for some time, I've been waiting, because Caroline wrote me that they will come. The two are by the car and talking, laughing. They are cute together.
I went to them. "Look where he showed up here.''
"I was wondering where you were," Caroline smiled at me and hugged me briefly.
"Hey Cassie," Stefan waved at me.
I clapped. "So who wants this cheap beer in a plastic cup?"
''No, thanks.''
"Yeah, please."
I grinned. "Good thing it wasn't a question. How did your rabbit hunt go?"
"Poor little bunnies. You see, Stefan made me kill them. Such a crime.''
"It wasn't that bad," Stefan argued. She raised an eyebrow . "Maybe a bit"
I laughed at them two. "Who will be the last in the water is a potato!" I shouted and ran as close to the lake as possible, we jumped into the water.
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''What have you found out? And where is Caroline? ''
"Um... There's an old Aztec curse called 'the curse of the sun and moon' and according to legend, werewolf bites have fatal consequences.''
"Where is Care?''
"She is- was right here."
"What a beautiful night to lose... just when it's full moon and we've learned that a werewolf bites will kill a vampire."
"Couldn't there be more sarcasm?"
"Trust me, it could, but now we have a bigger problem because I think Care is somewhere in the woods."
I pointed to the forest behind him. His face immediately fell as if he realized the situation. He tried to call her, but she left her bag with the phone. So we had to take it into our hands.
That's why I'm walking alone in the dark and in the woods. I'm concentrating on finding Care. I focus on every detail and listen to my surroundings. When I realize that, it's quite calm , until I hear the glass break. I immediately ran to the source of the sounds.
I found Stefan lying on the ground and quite scared. "You met a werewolf, I guess."
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"You have to get out of here as soon as you can, you understand?"
''What about you? We won't just leave you here.''
"It's you two who's going to kill the bite," I told them.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Tyler shouted at us from the cellar. "Hi Cassie, Care," he smiled at me as soon as he saw me.
"Hey, Ty. Now is not the best time you could have come- '' Caroline greeted him but didn't finish the sentence because a werewolf jumped on her from nowhere. He threw her to the ground and had his mouth just above her chest where his saliva was dripping.
He was about to bite her. ''Hey! Don't you dare to touch her,'' I raised my voice to him, instantly turning to me. I looked into his eyes and he began to back away from Caroline's body. I lifted my head higher and let him feel my nature. He struggled with submission for a moment, but he eventually bowed and ran away.
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''Wow! You acted like a alfa... ''
"Is that supposed to be Tyler's compliment?" I raised an eyebrow at him.
''Maybe? Enjoy I don't give away often.'' Winked at me.
I laughed with him. "Are you flirting with me? What a crime! '' I gasped for breath. "Let your uncle know we need to talk, and so do you two."
He smiled slightly at me. "I will and I will try it with him." He agrees. "Otherwise, you should know that he asked about the family heirloom, some moonstone, I found it and he wants it.''
I frowned at that. "Why are you telling me this?"
"I just think you should know. Good night Cassie.''
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''Thank you for being honest with me. And the answer to your question about our friendship... is yes. You have lost me forever.''
''But you knew that already, didn't you? You used me today.''
''You had information about Katherine that I needed to know.''
"I thought friends don't manipulate friends... You know Cassie was right about you and Katherine. I didn't want to believe her then and I still don't want to, but now I know and I see what she meant. You and Katherine have a lot more in common than just your looks. But at the end of the day, Katherine at least respected me as a person.''
This is not spying.
It's not spying.
Because at the end of the day, we always run away from death.
Probably as long as we have the energy to run away...
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