Eternally Yours

Chapter Nine

Sophia

I mentally face palm as I realize we forgot to attach the two men to us. I could see Hanna turning around and her eyes catch mine. Her eyes widen before she starts to run in the opposite direction.

"Why is she running away?" Stefan asks as Klaus zooms after her, casually swinging her over his shoulder within a few seconds and bringing her back. She struggles a bit, but gives up as he sets her on her feet.

"Why are you trying to run, love?" Klaus soothes her and she pouts, "You guys are bad news, I got switched back."

"Well it's not our fault, Hanna. Look, your friends are back to normal." I say and gesture to them who wave. Spencer grabs Hanna by the ear and chastises her, "You always do something wrong, now stay with us!"

Hanna harrumphs, but stays put.

"Where's Ameera?" Duke asks worriedly and I ponder before Damon smirks, "I think I know where to find her."

He leads us across the street towards the Mystic Grill, only to turn and keep walking to the left. We all follow him, not questioning it at all before Kat stops, "Wait, shouldn't we get Vince and Dave?"

We pause and Stefan volunteers, "I'll get them."

He walks back to the imaginary black hole before waving and disappearing. Shrugging, we continue on with Damon.

Ameera

I hope Damon remembers where to bring them. I sat in front of the tree where we buried our parents. My little sister, not step, lay next to them, near the lake. I place my flowers on their grave before standing up and walking back to the estate. It still stood there. After all those years. We came when the Founding Families were first here. Our house has always been here, untouched.

The structure of the house was always large and spacey. Our mother loved to build the houses to match the era. After death, we didn't care to change it. The house had a mini open area in the heart of the house where we used to run and play hide and seek when we were bored. Mind you, there was not much to do back in that time. Neither of us worked. My hand brushes against the painting of Daren and I in the courtyard. A painter painted it before the attack. Daren left for the army to fight and I never saw him after that. He left to go Louisiana and I never got to contact him. One day, a letter came, saying that he heard I cheated and had a child out of wedlock. He wanted to break things off and I remember crying for 4 months straight. I learned that Sophia had told him about the child I adopted, he must have took it the wrong way. The poor child was found in the pouring rain one night when I was out riding my horse. Little did I know, saving him would cause such havoc in our lives.

The child was not human, no. He laid his hands on my sister and she turned to dust. He was troubled, he traveled somehow to this side. I tried to heal him, I really tried but nothing worked. Eventually, he could not take it and he took his own life at the young age of 13. A picture of him lay on my bed, and I pick it up, a tear falling on the glass. My sweet, sweet child. Such a pure gold heart. I need to end the troubles.

"Ameera?" I hear Damon's voice bellow throughout the house and I place the frame back before running out. I lean over the railing and see my friends all automatically dressed in Victorian outfits. The house makes the inhabitants dress like the era it was built in, some gift my mother left.

"Guys!" I wave and lift my skirts up as I hurry down the stairs and into Duke's arms only to hear a cough. I look up in confusion as I see Nathan with his arms open, "Huh?"

"They switched bodies." Moira explains as if I was stupid.

"Oh, whoops." I giggle nervously before hugging Nathan's body tentatively.

"How do we get back to normal?" Nathan asks and Stefan runs in with Vince and Dave heaving behind him.

"Oh you poor things! Come, I'll find you water." I usher them to the living area and go get water. Coming back, I notice everyone staring at my sisters and I, "What?"

"You guys are so gorgeous." Dwight mutters before blushing at his words and we laugh our tinkling belled laugh, "Oh Dwight, thank you, really. It's just the inhumane genes."

As I hand Duke a water, he whispers, "And I get this sexy one all to myself."

My face turns red as I smack his chest and continue on. Suddenly Hanna chirps, "Secrets! You guys have some sort of secret to tell each other."

"Secret? Vince did you do something?" Vince asks Dave and we face palm, "You guys, too?"

Pretty soon, secrets were flying.

"I kissed Audrey in Colorado." Duke tells Nathan and I raise my eyebrows as he adds, "This was way before, baby, and it meant nothing."

"Hey Dwight, I contacted your sister." Dwight says into a phone and every one raises their eyebrows at him who replies, "Not Dwight."

"I went through your adoption files. Agent Howard arranged for yours. What is Croatoan anyways?" Vince tells Dave.

"Wait, Croatoan?" Sophia gasps and Vince nods.

"Croatoans are the most dangerous. They could kill all of us."