*Chapter 7: Haunted*

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*Mystic Falls, Virginia, Nighttime- Mystic Falls High School- An Ambush*

Tyler is leaving the school and walks in the parking lot and he puts his football bag in the trunk and then gets in his car and Vicki appears in the passengers side and says sternly with a smile, "Hi Ty?" He gasps shocked and in surprise and then asks sternly, "Vicki, everybody's looking for you?" She nods and retorts sad, "I know." He responds and asks concerned, "What's wrong, Vik?" She responds and says, "I'm so cold?" He looks at her confused and asks sternly, "Are you on drugs, cause everybody, thinks that you're on a bender?" She says nothing and he continues and asks sternly, now, "What happened, in those woods, Vicki? Where those kids were killed?" She turns to him and says sad, "I'm so scared." He nods and says sternly, "Come here?" She hugs him and he hugs her back and says sternly, "Its k. I'll take you home?" She nods and lets go of him and then tries to attack to him and he falls on the ground and scoots away from her scared and Stefan grabs her and stops her and she struggles against him and yells sternly and upset, "Let go of me?!" He doesn't and Tyler tries to run but Damon blocks his way. Tyler turns to Stefan asks sternly bout her, "What's going on, Stefan? What's wrong with her?!" Damon ignores his question and retorts to him sternly, "You, don't talk?!" Tyler responds and says upset, "Screw you, dude?!" Damon responds and retorts in disbelief, "Dude? Really?" Stefan shakes his head and retorts upset, "Damon, don't!" He laughs and then remarks with a smile, "Oh c'mon? I'm guessing this is the ex?" Tyler nods and says nothing as he continues, "Who's going to miss this idiot?!" He laughs and Tyler punches him in the face and Damon glares at him pissed off now and Vicki protests, "Don't hurt him!" Damon grabs him by the throat and compels him, 'Forget what, you saw here tonight? None of us were here.' He throws him on the ground and Tyler now lands on the other side, near the car on his back and he groans in pain. Damon, Stefan and Vicki are gone.

*The Gilbert's House- Elena's Bedroom/The Bathroom- Morning*

Elena is laying in bed wearing a light purple tank top and brown shorts and she wakes up and looks at the clock and sighs not wanting to get up but pulls through and goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Jeremy is in the bathroom and finishes brushing his teeth and she apologizes, "Sorry, I'll come back." He shakes his head and retorts with a smile, "Its fine, I'm done." She nods grabs her toothbrush and then comments in shock and asks curious, "You're up early, where are you going?" He responds and retorts leaving, "The police are organizing a search party for Vicki. So, I should get going?" He starts for the door and she protests and retorts sternly, "Wait, shouldn't you, be going to school?" He faces her and comments in disbelief, "You're kidding me, right?" She shakes her head and retorts serious, "You shouldn't skip school. If they find her, well know, that's what cell phones are for..." He cuts her off and remarks tired with a smile, "Yet, your lips, keep moving and don't know why!" He leaves and she sighs upset.

*Mystic Falls High/The Salvatore Boarding House- Stefan's Bedroom*

Matt walks in, wearing all brown clothes and he gets a phone call from Vicki and he stands near his locker and answers it and says, "Hello?" She responds and says, "Matty..." He cuts her off and asks concerned and worried, "Vicki, where are you? Are you k?" She nods and retorts sitting in a chair across from Stefan at table, "Yeah, I'm k." He nods and retorts sternly, "Tell me, where you are? I'll come get you..." She shakes her head and retorts serious, "No, Matt. I just need some time, to figure things out!" She cries a little and continues, "Just please, know that, I'm k and don't worry bout me." She hangs up and he sighs.

She looks over to Stefan asks bored and confused, "Idk why, I have to stay all cooped here? Why can't I just go home?!" Stefan is wearing a brown and white plaid shirt and brown jeans. He responds and retorts sternly and informs her, "Because you're changing Vicki, and that's something, you don't want to do alone!" She sighs sad. Damon is sitting at his desk, wearing black shirt and jeans. He's reading the newspaper and informs him upset, "There's nothing, bout that Logan Fell, guy in here? Not a word. Someone's covering it up!" He grabs the compass and fiddles with it, and she comments and asks confused, "What is that?" He looks over to it and admits sadly, "Its an old compass, that tracks vampires movements and locations." She nods and he continues and retorts to Stefan with a smile, "So, what was Logan Fell, during with it? Aren't you curious?!" Stefan looks over to him and remarks, "Well, if you're so worried, that somebody's onto you, why don't you just leave town, Damon?" Damon smiles and retorts serious, "We all should be worried!" Stefan sighs and says nothing else, to him and Vicki speaks and asks hungry, "Hey, I'm hungry, do you have anything, I can eat?" He nods, gets up and goes over to his desk and grabs a green cup of animal blood and walks back over to her, with it and says sternly, "Here?" She takes it and looks inside it and asks revolted, "What is that?" He sits back down across from her and retorts, "Its what, you're craving." She says nothing still in shock and revolted and Damon interjects, laughs and remarks with a smile, "Don't lie to the girl. It's so not, what you're craving, but it'll do in a pinch. Right Stef?" She responds and retorts curious, "What is it?" Stefan opens his mouth to say something, but Damon responds and remarks, "Yea, what is it? Is it, skunk, St. Bernard, Bambi?" She sniffs it and looks revolted and Stefan urges her, "C'mon, give it a try? She does and Damon continues and retorts with a smile, "She's new. She needs people's blood. She can't sustain on that stuff!" She smiles and retorts in agreement and says to Stefan confused, "Yea, why can't I, have people blood?" He shakes his head and retorts serious, "Because, its wrong to prey on innocent people..." Damon cuts him off again and assures her, "You don't have to kill to feed? Just find someone really tasty and then erase their memory? Its so easy." He smiles and she nods and laughs, and Stefan protests and says sternly, "No. No! Alright, there's no guarantee that you can control yourself? It takes years to learn that and you could easily kill somebody? You'll have to carry that, with you for the rest of your life, which if I've hadn't made clear is an Eternity!" She finishes the cup as Damon retorts and comments with a smile, "Don't listen to him. He walks on a moral plane, 'way', out of our eye line. I say, snatch, eat, erase." She nods fascinated and smiles. Stefan comments and retorts sternly, "Hey, look at me?" She does as he continues, "We choose our own path, and our values and our actions, define who we are..." Damon sighs annoyed and remarks, "Okay, Captain Deboct!" Stefan glares at him as he gets up and says bored, "I am out of here." He leaves and goes downstairs and back upstairs, Vicki asks with a smile to Stefan eager, "Can I have some more?" He nods.

*Back Downstairs- An Ambush/A Meeting*

Damon walks over to her door and senses Elena's presence and smiles. Elena is wearing a brown jacket, white tank top and brown sweatpants with tennis shoes on. He opens the door and smiles at her. She glares at him and asks sternly, "Is Stefan here?" He smiles and says, "Yep." She nods and asks sternly, "Where is he?" He nods, and remarks with a smile, about her appearance, "And good morning to you, Little Miss, "I'm on a Mission."" She looks at him upset and retorts in disbelief, "How can you, be so arrogant and glib, after everything, that you've done?" He ignores her question and retorts with a smile, impressed, "And how, can you, be so brave and stupid to call a vampire, 'arrogant and glib?'" She smiles and retorts sternly, "If you wanted me dead, I'd be dead." He nods and retorts with a smile, "Yes, you would." She nods and retorts with a smile, "But I'm not." He smiles and comments, "Yet." He glares at her and she cotinues and asks again losing her patience, "Where is Stefan?!" He responds and retorts and remarks with a smile, He's upstairs, singing, "The Rain in Spain." "Knock yourself out." He walks past her and glares at her and she walks in and shuts the door behind herself and he smiles and then leaves. Back Inside, she walks in and says twice, "Stefan?" She hears movement but gets no response and says again, "Stefan?!" He appears on the staircase and retorts, "Yes?" She responds and asks sternly, "Where is Vicki?" He puts his finger to his mouth, motioning her to be quiet and whispers sternly, "She's upstairs." She nods and he comes down the steps and walks over to her and she sighs and asks upset, "What happens now? Cause, my brother is searching for her, with the rest of the town? What do I tell him?!" He responds and retorts sternly, "I'm working with her, but its gonna take time. She's a very volatile person and has an impulsive personality. She's a drug user and all of that is gonna to play a big key... in how she responds and reacts to this new life!" She nods and retorts confused now, "So she's a vampire with issues? What am I, supposed to do, because I'm lying to everybody, I care about? What's going to happen to her?" He responds and admits, "I'm going to keep her, here with me, until I know that she's safe." Vicki interjects on top of the staircase and she remarks with a smile, "And, how long, is that exactly?!" She glares at him and he looks over, to her, and retorts sternly, "We can talk, bout that, later?" She says nothing upset and Elena speaks and says friendly, "Hey, Vicki. How are you?" Vicki looks at her shocked and retorts in disbelief, "How am I? You're kidding, right?!" Stefan glares at her upset and Elena says nothing else.

*Sheila's House- The Living Room- A Session*

Sheila has short brown hair and she's African American too, like Bonnie. She's wearing a green blouse and brown slacks, with green sandals on. She's standing near her dresser and she's lighting a candle with a match. Bonnie is wearing a white blouse, a pink tank top and brown slack, with pink sandals on. Shes sitting in a couch in the living room, behind her and she asks curious bout her family history and what it really means to be a witch. "Was our family burned in the Witch Trials?" She responds, nods and admits sternly, "The little girls who were persecuted in Salem, wasn't entirely innocent." She walks over to her bookshelf and lights another candle and admits upset and says pissed off, "You have, to have more, than ignorance, to trap a real witch!" Bonnie nods and then asks curious, "Well, how did we end up in Mystic Falls, Va.?" She responds and reveals, "Our family fled Salem, in 1692, and we relocated here..." She walks over to her and continues, "Our Ancestors, lived in a secrecy for over a hundred years." Bonnie looks at her surprised and shocked as she sits next to her and light another candle and continues, "Its important that we still do!" Bonnie sits her coffee back down and shakes her head, looks over to her and retorts sternly, "Grams, but everybody already knows that you are a witch?" She responds and retorts sternly, "They also know that its absurd. Can't be true. That I'm just some, kooky lady who teaches Occults Studies at Dallas University?!" Bonnie looks at her sad and picks up her cup again as she continues, "Nobody really believes it." She grabs her cup and looks over to her as she continues with a smile, "It is profound and let them. Don't let them know the truth!" She takes a sip of her tea and Bonnie nods, and then asks bored and eager, "Where's the witchcraft? I mean, you've been rambling on bout history for two days." She looks over to her as she sits her cup down again and grabs her hands and admits with a smile, "I wanna get to the fun part?!" She shakes her head and admits serious and says sternly, "Its not supposed to be fun. Its real and its serious and you must understand it, before you learn and practice it." Bonnie nods, looks at her astonished and sad. Shelia changes the subject and retorts sternly, "Aren't you late for school?" Bonnie sighs and looks at her upset and Shelia notices and retorts with a smile, "Get to it!" Bonnie nods, grabs her bag and leaves and Shelia smiles.

*The Mystic Grill- Evening- A Meeting*

Carol Lockwood is wearing a yellow and purple blouse and navy-blue jeans. Shes sitting at the booth, waiting for Richard to come back over, whilst, hes speaking with a cop bout Logan Fell and the missing watch. They finish talking and he walks back over to the table and sits across from her, wearing navy-blue suit and admits pissed off and says upset by this whole ordeal, "We never should've trusted that Logan weasel with the watch!" She responds and asks sternly and curious now, "How many are we dealing with?" He leans forward and admits, "The coroner thinks one, someone left a wound radius and a jaw pattern..." She leans forward and cuts him off and asks sternly and scared now, "Are we in danger?" He nods as she continues, If it found the watch, then it, he, or she, knows were tracking them, and could it come after us?!" He nods and retorts sternly, "Basically, if it knows of the histories' knowledge of the town, then they'll know, where the watch came from, so yes. We're in danger!" She nods and then asks serious, "K, well what do we do?" Damon is sitting in at the counter of the bar and he overhears the whole thing as Richard informs her and retorts sternly and says serious, "We keep our traps shut and we act normal, until we find it and get it back, before it finds us!" Damon smiles.

*Back at Mystic Falls High School- Afternoon*

Matt opens his locker and puts his bag in and takes out a book for class and then Tyler walks over to him and says with a smile, "Hey man?" Matt looks over to him and says, Hey. Tyler continues and retorts, "I hear they're putting up, a search party to find Vicki?" Matt nods and admits with a smile, "She just called and she's fine." Tyler nods and retorts with a smile, "That's great. I figured, that you must've been, going out of your mind?" Matt nods and retorts with a smile, "A little bit, yea." Tyler tries to apologize and says sternly, "Look man, I just feel kinda awful, if there's anything, I can do?" Matt nods, cuts him off and retorts with a smile, "I appreciate that, thank you."

Bonnie is at her locker and Caroline walks over to her with a bag in her hand and says with a smile, "I got you, your costume. Its all here." Bonnie smiles and takes the bag and looks inside and sees a gold and brown witch costume and she comments, and sighs upset, "Seriously?!" Caroline responds and says upset, "Oh, c'mon? Can somebody please be excited that its Halloween?!" Bonnie says nothing fixing the gold hat as she continues, "I mean, I just want to, have some fun. Some, silly stuffy, Damon less free fun." Bonnie nods and then, sees the crystal necklace inside and asks confused, "Isn't this the necklace you got from Damon?" She nods and retorts, "Yea. Wear it, toss it? I don't give a damn." She smiles and continues, "I just want it gone." Bonnie nods and puts back inside. Caroline asks curious, "Have you seen, Elena? And, do you know, what she's wearing?" Bonnie shakes her head and admits sternly, "I was with Grams, all weekend. I haven't talked to her. Maybe, she's with Stefan?" Caroline leans against the locker and retorts sad and jealous, "Right into his castle and riding on his white horse!" Bonnie shakes her head and retorts with a smile, "Don't be bitter, it provokes wrinkles." Caroline scoffs and laughs, and they leave.

*Back at The Salvatore Boarding House- The Dinner Room- A Meeting/An Ambush*

Vicki is sitting at the head of the table near Stefan. She's holding a cup of coffee in her hands and so is he. Elena is sitting next to him. Stefan speaks and says to Vicki and reveals to her, "Its the caffeine, it circulates through our veins and through our bodies so were not, so cold to the touch." She responds and retorts confused, "But, what if I want, Human Blood?" He nods and retorts sternly, "Then, you're going to have to learn, how fight, with that, urge one day, on a daily basis, at a time..." She sighs and retorts annoyed and tired, "Oh God, don't start with that whole, "Twelve Steps", thing. The school counselor has been down that road, and it doesn't work for me." He sighs and retorts sternly, "It can work, its your choice, Vicki." She looks at him shocked and asks with a smile curious now, "So you've never tasted human blood?" Elena glares at her upset and then over to him surprised, who doesn't deny it and admits sadly, "Not in a long time." She nods and retorts with a smile, "How long?" He responds and retorts, "Years and years. I'm not proud, of my past indiscretions and behavior." Elena says nothing still in shock and Vicki complains upset, "Does this itchy feeling, ever go away? Cause I got a massive hangover? This daylight thing, is a real bitch!" He looks down to the floor and says nothing as she stands and continues upset, but also confused, "I need more blood and where's your bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I, have to pee? I thought, I was dead." He says nothing and points to the bathroom and she leaves and goes to the bathroom. Elena sighs. He then turns to her and says sternly, "I'm gonna go, um get her some more..." She glares at him revolted and says nothing and he takes the hint and retorts serious, "Right, I'll be quick!" He grabs her cup and leaves and she sighs.

Elena gets up and walks around and then Vicki comes back in and retorts sternly, "False alarm. My body is feeling really funky. Its good funk, but Its weird." Elena says nothing as she walks past her and over to the table and grabs her phone and Elena comments and asks curious, "Who are you calling?" She looks over to her and retorts with a smile, "Jeremy." Elena shakes her head and walks over to her and admits sternly, "Vicki, you can't see Jeremy anymore!" Vicki sighs annoyed and retorts with a smile, "Oh c'mon, don't you start, I'll see whoever, I want to see!" Elena nods and retorts in disbelief, "Even though, you could hurt him?" She shakes her head and admits sternly, "I'd never hurt Jeremy. Alright, I love him." Elena nods, takes a step forward and retorts serious, "I know you do. I know you, think that, but I can't take that risk! You're going to have to let Jer, go now?" Victoria looks at her shocked and retorts upset, "Oh, really?" She slams her phone on the table and Elena notices upset and looks back at her as she continues, "And, how long, have you been, preparing the, "You're not good enough.", speech? I'm assuming, it predates, the whole vampire-thing." Elena shakes her head and retorts serious, "All I'm saying, is that Jeremy, is not getting involved, in any of this!" Vicki laughs, and scoffs and Elena comments and retorts pissed off, "I mean it, Vicki." Vicki looks at her astonished and retorts in disbelief, with a smile, "Or what?!" Elena looks at her surprised and opens her to say something, but Vicki is quicker and faster and she grabs her by the throat and vamps-speeds over to the wall, with her and chokes her and says beyond angry and pissed off, "Let's get one thing straight, you, perky, little bitch!?" Elena glares at her hurt as she continues and admits upset, "You had my brother whipped for fifteen years-- fifteen years, -- and then you dumped him..." She continues and admits with a smile, "When I look at you, that is all I see! Just so you know... And I'm going to see Jeremy, whenever, I want to see Jeremy, cause, I have some fun, new toys to play with, and I won't think, twice

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