Chapter 8

For the last couple of days, I have been staying over at Bonnie's house. We've been learning new spells, how they work, and what we're capable of. The grimoire has been a huge help, and so has Bonnie. I don't think I could have gone through this alone. I'm glad she's helping me out. Right now, we're going to Lockwood's to bring some boxes to Matt for the Masquerade Ball. We eventually walked up to the front door and saw Elena walking towards us.

"You're here. You're both here." Elena said surprised, but happy.

"We're here." Bonnie said. Elena took some candles out of the box Bonnie was carrying. Bonnie glanced around the yard looking for Caroline.

"Caroline's not coming. I told you." Elena told Bonnie.

"Just making sure." Bonnie said with a sigh.

"You know, eventually, you're gonna have to talk to her." Elena said annoyed her two best friends were fighting.

"Could you make it a little less obvious you're on her side?" Bonnie asked with a pissed tone.

"There are no sides, Bonnie." Elena said scoffing.

"Come on! Since Caroline became a vampire, we barely see each other. Losing Caroline was bad enough. I didn't think I'd lose you too." Bonnie said in a lower tone so other couldn't here.

"Come with me." Elena said to Bonnie.

"Where?" Bonnie asked.

"Not here. Some place quiet. We have to talk." Elena said to Bonnie. Bonnie looked at me.

"You guys go. I know what's going on." I said re-adjusting the boxes in my hands.

"How?" Elena asked confused.

"Stefan and Damon have been texting me to keep me updated." I explained. Elena looked at me confused.

"They have?" Elena asked. I nodded.

"Yeah. I have to give these to Matt. I'll see you guys later." I said. I walked inside and saw Matt talking to Tyler.

"Matt!" I yelled carrying the three boxes in my hands.

"Where should I put these?" He came over to me and took two of the boxes out of my hands.

"Thanks."

"No problem. We'll just set these on this table over here." He said motioning to the table in front of him. I put the box down and sighed.

"Ok. Anything else you need from me for now?" I asked. He shook his head.

"No. If I need you, I'll call you." I nodded and walked outside. I walked to the back of the house. As I was walking, I bumped into someone and an image came into my mind. It was a man kissing Elena, and it wasn't Stefan. I shook it off and saw the man I bumped into.

"Excuse me." He said before walking away. That was the guy I saw kissing Elena. But that didn't make any sense.

"What's the matter?" Someone asked from behind me. It was Stefan.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he looked at the strange look on my face.

"When I touched him, I saw something." I said still confused.

"You mean Mason Lockwood?" Stefan asked. My eyes widened.

"That's him? The werewolf that attacked me?" I said whispering the last part.

"Yeah. But what did you see? Like a vision." He asked me.

"I saw Elena ..." I said looking at him. Stefan furrowed his brows.

"You saw Elena?" He questioned.

"That's not all. He was kissing her." I explained.

"No, Myra, Elena wouldn't kiss ..." I saw him considering that it happened, but soon an understanding look washed over his face.

"You didn't see Elena, you saw Katherine." He sighed before looking behind me. I turned around to see Damon.

"Stay here. I'll be right back." A few minutes later, Stefan and Damon both walked up to me.

"We need to talk." Damon said. I nodded and we walked to a place where no one could hear us talk.

"Okay." Damon said as we stopped walking.

"We need a favor." I sighed.

"What is it?"

"You're the one that linked Mason with Katherine. Now, we finally have an opportunity to get an upper hand on both of them." Stefan explained.

"I'm listening." I said crossing my arms. Suddenly, Stefan's phone started to ring. Stefan sighed.

"I have to fill Elena in on what's going on." Stefan said. He looked to Damon.

"Can you play nice, please?" Stefan asked him.

"You don't have to worry little brother. Myra and I are friends. She'll help us, right?" Damon asked. I sighed and nodded. Stefan left and Damon continued to explain.

"All you have to do is touch Mason Lockwood again to see if he gave Katherine the moonstone."

"It doesn't work like that. I don't get to ask questions." I explained.

"This is the first time it's happened. It just comes to me."

"How inconvenient." I rolled my eyes.

"Although, let's talk about that little witchy juju thing Bonnie does with me. You know, the fun one where my brain bursts into flames? What is that?" He asked me.

"That's Bonnie giving you an aneurysm. Your blood vessels go pop, but you heal quickly; so, she does it over and over again. Bonnie taught me that spell, so don't test my patience." I explained.

"Is it vampire specific?" He asked me.

"It'd work on anyone with a supernatural healing ability." I told him.

"Good. Good, good." He said with a smirk.

"Listen, whatever you're planning on doing to Mason Lockwood ... count me in."

I walked down the front steps of the mansion and towards the moving truck. I did what Damon told me to do and tried to look like I was struggling with moving a table.

"Hey, how did you get stuck doing that by yourself?" I looked to my left and saw Mason.

"All the guys bailed. Something about draft picks. I don't know, I don't speak that language." I lied.

"Here, let me give you a hand." He said. He grabbed the table and started to pull it out. I looked around to make sure no one could see us and then at Mason. I used the aneurysm spell on him. He grabbed his head and yelled in pain and fell down onto his knees. Damon walked past me and kneed Mason in the face. Mason fell to the ground, unconscious. Damon opened the passenger door and signaled for me to get in. Stefan took Mason's keys out of his pockets and threw them to Damon. I got in Mason's jeep while Damon and Stefan put Mason in the trunk of the jeep. Damon got in and drove off with me in the passenger seat. After we got the Boarding house and tied up Mason, I called Bonnie because I needed her to look into Mason's head to find where the Moonstone was. I hadn't learned how to do that yet.

"Somewhere small. Dark. There's water." Bonnie said as she closed her eyes.

"Like a sewer?" I asked.

"No. Like a well? That can't be right. Yeah. It's a well." Bonnie concluded.

"Why would it be in a well?" Damon asked confused. Bonnie lowered her hands and opened her eyes.

"I only get what I get." Bonnie said. Suddenly, Mason grunted and grabbed Bonnie by the wrist. She gasped and Damon pulled Mason's hand off of her. Bonnie walked away.

"That's it. That's all I got." Bonnie said.

"I'll come with you, Bonnie." I said.

She nodded as I walked with her.

"Myra!" I heard Damon call me. I turned back to him.

"Thank you. You too, Bonnie." He said. I nodded before walking to the front door.

"It's in the well. At the old Lockwood property." Bonnie told me. Before we could get there, someone's voice stopped us.

"Hey!" The cheery, blonde said. We turned around and saw Caroline walking towards us.

"I'll let you guys talk." I said before walking out the front door. I got out my phone as I waited outside. I clicked on Stefan's name and called him. On the second ring, he picked up.

"Hi." He said.

"Got anything?"

"Yeah. I know where the moonstone is. Check the well by the old Lockwood property." I told him.

"Alright. Thanks. I'll talk to you later."

"Ok. Bye." I said hanging up. I heard the door open behind me, and I saw Bonnie and Caroline. I smiled.

"I told Stefan where to look. We should get going." As we where walking to the well, Caroline just blurred off. Bonnie and I were confused so we started running. We finally got to the well and saw Caroline and Bonnie by the well.

"What's going on? You just took off in a blur." Bonnie asked confused.

"I heard Elena screaming. Help her, now!" Caroline said. We grabbed Elena's hand and helped her into the well. I looked down the well and saw a motionless Stefan floating head-down in the water.

"Oh my gosh .." I said shocked. "Are you ready?" Caroline asked.

"Yeah." Elena answered as she was lowered into the well. Caroline slowly reeled her down. Caroline lost hold of the chain for a second but grabbed it just in time.

"Sorry!" Caroline yelled down the well.

"It's okay, keep going. Come on!" Elena yelled up the well so we could hear. Caroline continued to lower Elena down into the well.

"Hey! Oh, Oh my God."

"Elena, what's going on down there?" I yelled, anxious at the situation.

"Pull him up!" Elena yelled. Caroline started to pull the chain up from the well. When he finally reached the top, I saw his skin was blistered and red. I untied Stefan and, with the help of Caroline, placed him on the ground. I kneeled down beside him and heard him starting to wake up.

"Stefan.Hey, Stefan .." I found a rock next to him and cut my hand open to give him some blood. I seethed through my teeth and bit my lip to contain the pain. I placed my hand near his mouth. His eyes opened and widened. He looked up at me.

"I trust you." And with that, he started drinking. Yeah, it hurt, but I wanted to make sure he was okay. Once he had enough, he detached his mouth from my hand. I saw him starting to heal. I sighed in relief. Suddenly, Elena kneeled on the other side of Stefan and smiled once she saw he was okay. I stood up and looked at the two.

"I've got the stone, Stefan. Stefan, it's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay." She said as she hugged him from the ground. As I was driving home from getting my stuff at Bonnie's house, my phone started ringing. I got it out of my back pocket and saw it was Jeremy. I answered it and held it to my ear.

"Hey Jer, what's--" "Jenna's in the hospital!" My eyes widened.

"What ?! What happened?" I asked worried about Jenna.

"I'll explain when you get here. Just hurry." He said before hanging up. I sighed and stepped hard on the brake to make a U-turn. Once I made the turn, I went straight for the hospital. Once I got there, I ran inside. I saw Jeremy in the waiting room and Elena walked towards him.

"Hey, is Jenna okay?" I asked out of breath.

"The doctors told Alaric that she got lucky. She's gonna make it. She's gonna be okay." Elena said relieved

"What happened?" I asked them.

"Katherine happened. She snick in the house and switched out Jenna's vervain perfume for regular perfume and compelled Jenna to stab herself. Thank God we got her here on time." Elena explained.

"Does she remember what happened?" I asked her.

"No, nothing. It's all a part of Katherine's mind compulsion." She told me. I sighed.

"Why would Katherine hurt Jenna?" Jeremy asked angrily.

"Because she's trying to send a message. That she could get to anybody." Elena said as she started to cry. She turned and walked away. Jeremy and I both called after her, but she ignored us. I turned back to him and he had tears coming from his eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey. Come here." I said standing on my toes and wrapping my arms around his neck. He hugged me tightly as he cried into my shoulder.

"It's gonna be okay. Jenna's gonna be fine. And Katherine, she's gonna pay. I don't know how, but she's gonna pay." The next day, Damon texted me and my dad to come to the Boarding House because they needed us and it was urgent. Before I knew it, I was at their front door with my dad. I knocked and Damon opened the door.

"Ric. Myra. Come on in." He said with a smile. I looked at my dad with confusion as to why Damon was smiling so much. I looked ahead of Damon and saw Caroline, Jeremy, and Stefan.

"Hey. You brought the weapons." He said looking down at the bags in my dad and I's hand.

"Thank you." "What's going on and why was it so urgent that we were here?" I asked.

"We're gonna kill Katherine." Jeremy said from behind Stefan. I looked at Stefan raising my eyebrow.

"Great. I'll be over there." My dad said pointing to where Damon and Caroline were.

"I can explain." He said quickly.

"Please." I said confused.

"We're gonna kill Katherine." He said. I rolled my eyes and laughed at his lame attermpt to explain.

"But, I'm really gonna need your help." I looked at him confused.

"You're a witch. Katherine doesn't know that. We could use that to our advantage." I nodded nervously.

"Ok. Good thing I've been practicing." I said with a nervous chuckle.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Stefan asked concerned.

"I just don't want to mess up." I said anxiously.

"You'll do great." He paused. "And I wanted to thank you for helping me at the well. You know, the um ... blood." I nodded.

"It's no problem. I was just helping a friend." I said with a smile. He smiled back before turning around and walking towards the group. I sighed and joined them. Shortly after, Bonnie arrived with the grimoire.

"Are you sure you guy's don't want me there tonight?" My dad asked.

"No, I need you to stay with Elena. I don't want her to know about this." Stefan said shaking his head.

"Okay. Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight." My dad said with a nod.

"Alright, if anybody wants to back out, I'll understand." Stefan explained.

"Yeah. Cold feet speak now. I don't want this going wrong if someone chicken's out. Caroline." Damon asked looking at her.

"I won't. Look, she killed me. Fair's fair. As long as there's no werewolf running around." Caroline said with a nervous smile.

"Oh, I took care of Mason." Damon said, and I sighed in relief.

"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn." Jeremy explained.

"Bonnie? Myra? Are you with us?" Stefan asked looking between me and Bonnie.

"But no one gets hurt." Bonnie clarified.

"Except Katherine. Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart." Damon said with a smirk. Stefan looked at me, and I nodded.

"Alright. Let's go kill the bitch." Stefan said as Damon smirked. I walked into the Lockwood Mansion. I was greeted by Carol Lockwood. I smiled and thanked her for inviting me. I walked past her and put on my mask. I then proceeded to look for either Stefan or Damon. I saw Stefan dancing with Katherine. I saw Damon to my right and grabbed his arm.

"What are you doing?" He asked me.

"What are they talking about?" I asked motioning to Katherine and Stefan.

"You." He said, and I looked at him confused.

"Why are the talking about me?" I asked looking at them.

"Because you mean something to him, and to me." Damon said looking down. I looked at him, shocked at what I just heard.

"The night I was going to kill Caroline, you told me not to be a killer. You told me better than that because you knew I could be. Myra , you saw the good in me that I couldn't even see in myself. And that means a lot. " He said. I could tell he was having a hard time opening up.

"Damon, you're my friend. And I meant what I said. There is good in you. And no matter how many times you forget, I will always be there to tell you that.

"I said giving him a smile. He nodded and gave me a slight smile. He looked past me and his eyes widened. I looked behind me and saw an unconscious girl in a panicking Stefan's arms. We walked over to him and the girl. I checked her pulse to not find one. I put my hand over my mouth in shock.

"She's ..." I became speechless and couldn't get any words out.

"Come on." Damon said as he helped Stefan carry that young girl's lifeless body away from the people. I ran towards the bathroom and once I was inside, I slid down the door as tears came out of my eyes. I ripped my mask of and threw it across the bathroom.

"Oh what's wrong Myra?" I heard from in front of me. I looked up and saw Katherine standing there with a smirk on my face. I quickly cood up and backed up against the wall.

"It wasn't my fault that girl died. I told Stefan to play by the rules, but he's just been a very bad boy .. "She said with a chuckle. Suddenly, my phone vibrated from in my hand.

" Is that the bad boy himself? "She asked taking it from me. Her face faltered as she read the text.

"What are Stefan and Damon up to?"

"What do you mean?" I asked playing dumb.

"I've got Jeremy Gilbert luring me out to the lake and now a text from Stefan saying, 'Your turn.' What's going on? "She asked more seriously.

" I don't know.nothing. "I said shrugging my shoulders. Suddenly, she was in front of me with her hands gripping my neck tightly. I struggled to breath as she choked me

"Don't lie to me, Alyssa. They're up to something, what is it?" She asked again.

" I .. "I started as I struggled to breath.

She then started choking me harder.

" Wait, no, no, no! Okay. They're trying to kill you".

She let go of me as I tried to catch my breath.

" I figured as much. Where is the moonstone? "She asked annoyed.

" Bonnie has it. "I told her rubbing my neck.

"And where is Bonnie right now?" She asked me. I sighed.

"I don't know." I mumbled. Then, she chocked me again so that my feet were off the ground.

"Okay! She's ... upstairs! Sh-she's upstairs!" I said before she released me. I fell to the floor and held my neck. She then grabbed me by the hair and pulled me upstairs.

"Why are you dragging me into this?" I asked as I fake sobbed from the pain.

"Shut up!" She yelled. We were in front of three doors.

"Which room is it?"

"That one." I said pointing the the room they were in. Katherine let go of me and walked into the room. I stayed outside and smiled.

"Where is she?" She yelled. I chuckled. She turned around to me.

"I did it. I manipulated the manipulator. Wow, do I feel great right now." I said with a smile. She rushed over to me but she couldn't leave the room because Bonnie and I trapped her in there.

"What the ...? Stefan?" Katherine said. Stefan came into view with a stake in his hand. "Hello Katherine." Stefan said with a smirk.

"Goodbye Katherine." I said before looking at Katherine and chanting the spell to give her an aneurysm. She groaned and fell to the floor. Damon came from the bathroom and staked her in the back. She groaned in more pain. Moments later, Jeremy came up the stairs yelling.

"Stop! You're hurting Elena! Everything you're doing to her is hurting Elena!" He said a little out of breath. I stopped the spell. Katherine smiled as Stefan released her. She stood up.

"You think you two are the only ones with a witch on your side? Wrong and something tells me that my witch is better than your witch. Well, both of your witches." She said looking at me.

"Both of you, go check on Elena." Stefan said to Jeremy

and I.

We both ran down the stairs, and I followed Jeremy to where Elena was. When we got there, Bonnie looked relieved.

"Good, you're here. Myra , I need you to take some of Elena's pain. I need to find the witch that linked Elena to Katherine. She's inside." Bonnie said standing up.

"Where are you going?" Jeremy asked.

"There's another witch here, I'm gonna find her!" Bonnie said running inside. I kneeled next to Elena and held her hand.

"I'm gonna try and take some of your pain away, okay?" I told Elena. She nodded and winced at the pain. I held her hands with both of mine and begun.

"Ascinda, mulaf, hinto, ascinda, mulaf, hinto .." I continued the spell and opened my eyes when I finished.

"How do you feel?" "That feels better. Thank you." She said as she breathed heavily. Jeremy then removed his ring, the one John gave to him, and gave it to Elena.

"No." She said shaking her head.

"Take it." Jeremy insisted.

"No. Jeremy-" Jeremy cut her off.

"Elena listen to me, you need this more than I do." Jeremy pleaded with her.

"No Jeremy. What I need is for you to be safe." Elena said with begging eyes. Moments later, Bonnie and who I presume to be the other witch came over here and joined us. The other woman chanted a spell and opened her eyes.

"The spell has been lifted off your friend. She is no longer linked to Katherine. I'm sorry for my involvement." She said before walking away. Elena stood up and checked her wounds.

"They're healing." She said happily. Jeremy and Bonnie smiled as the hugged Elena. I looked down awkwardly before I was pulled into the hug as well. I looked up at who did it and saw Elena.

"You're family now. That means group hugs." We all laughed before hugging her one last time.

It was over. It was all over. Katherine was in the tomb. She couldn't hurt us or anyone else anymore. I called my dad from the party to tell him how it went and how I was about to leave. As I was walking to my car, I bumped into something, rather someone. I looked up and saw it was Stefan.

"Hey." I said as I moved back a little bit.

"Hi. I, um .. just wanted to say thanks for your help tonight." He said with a smile.

"I wanted Katherine gone just as much as you did. So I was happy to help. I'm just glad I got that spell down." I said. Stefan laughed.

"I told you you'd be great." He said. He looked at me with this face I couldn't place.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Um..nothing." He said shaking his head. We just stood there, awkwardly.

"Do you ... do you want a ride?" I asked him. He nodded and smiled.

"Ok. Get in." I said. We got in the car. I started driving as I put on the radio, and I instantly recognized the song that was being played.

"This is my favorite song!" I said excitedly. I waited for the chorus to begin singing.

"Tonight ... We are young..So we'll set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun." I looked over to my right and saw an amused Stefan looking at me.

"Oh, I see Mr. Judgey doesn't like music."

"No I like music. It's just..first you steal my birthday and now my favorite song." My mouth widened.

"Well it's great that you like Fun, but if you like so much, then why don't you sing along?" I asked with a smirk. And he did.

"So if by the time ... the bar closes ... and you feel like falling down ... I'll carry you home.tonight ..." We sang as the song ended.

"Well I can cross hearing you sing off my bucket list." I said with a smile. We both laughed as I approached the Boarding House. I pulled up in front of the house and stopped the car.

"Here we are."

"Here we are." He said as he sighed.

"This was fun."

"Yeah it was." He looked at me and smiled.

"Goodnight Myra." He said taking off his seatbelt and opening the door.

"Goodnight Stefan."