Moonbound | Tyler Lockwood ¹

III. Barbie, vampire edition

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AS IT TURNED OUT, FOLLOWING THE LOCKWOODS WAS A WASTE OF TIME. Raina didn't know what she expected but she had hoped for more than a confirmation that Tyler didn't know about the supernatural. Though she still didn't have a way to confirm whether he did or did not have the werewolf gene. It didn't matter either way, Mason would work as the sacrifice. Tyler was just the backup. Things got far more interesting however when she made it back to Mystic Falls High.

When she got there the first thing that grabbed her attention was the smell of blood that hung in the air. Black veins sprouted under her eyes as her ripper instincts kicked in and she sped towards the source of the smell. She stopped abruptly just a little bit away when she saw Damon. She backtracked a bit, hiding behind a car to watch. The human was the same one that Damon had compelled to pick a fight with Tyler earlier. He was lying limp, drained of all his blood. Next to him, a blonde girl with blood all over her face was sobbing. If Raina had to guess, she was the one who had killed him.

"He's dead. I killed him. What's wrong with me?" She sobbed as Damon approached her "Hey, hey it's okay. I can help you" he assured her "You can?" The blonde vampire asked. "Yeah, I have to" Damon said. "What are you gonna do?" The blonde asked. "The only thing I can do. I'm gonna kill you" The ravenette Vampire responded. Fool. If he had to say it he should have at least waited until the stake was against her heart. Would have made it much easier for him.

"Please don't! I don't want to die!" The blonde protested. A little too late for that Barbie. "Yeah, but you are already dead" Damon stated "No! I'm not. Don't say that, okay? Just help me!" She pleaded. "Okay" Damon said. It didn't fool Raina at all but it seemed to work on the blonde vampire. Most likely due to the heightened emotions and the fear caused by her first kill and her need for blood. "Okay? Just help me please! Please, please!" The blonde said.

"Okay, okay. It's the only way" Damon said pulling her into an embrace. Behind her back he raised a stake, poised to strike her in the heart. But just as he was about to Stefan sped over, pulling Damon's hand away and the stake fell to the ground. "Stefan!" He groaned, annoyed at his brother for ruining his clear shot.

The Dopplegänger rushed towards her friend, concerned (Or at least Raina assumed they were friends) "Get away from me! You killed me!" The blonde vampire exclaimed frantically when she drew near. "No, no, no, no, Caroline, That wasn't me. You know that. That was Katherine" Elena tried to explain in an attempt to calm her down.

"No! Then why did she look like you?! And why, why did she do this to me?!" Caroline asked, her hysteria only increased after nearly being killed and seeing Elena. "Stefan, we've got to get her inside" The Dopplegänger said. "It's alright, Caroline, come with me" Stefan said. "She will die, it's only a matter of time" Damon stated. "Yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight" Stefan responded.

"Oh, yeah, it is" Damon picked up the stake that had fallen to the ground and sped towards them but at the very last second the Dopplegänger put herself in front of Caroline. Raina tensed, if Damon killed her Dopplegänger it would have been a few days wasted and a five hundred year long wait for the next. "Damon, she's my friend" Elena pleaded. Damon hesitated, staring at the Dopplegänger who stared back, refusing to move. Finally, much to Raina's relief, he drops his arm "Whatever happens, it's on you" he warned.

Things only got more interesting from there when the Bennett witch walked in on the scene. Raina almost wished she'd had the foresight to bring popcorn. Almost. It would have been like sending a flare to her position to the vampires. "Caroline?" Bonnie asked. "It's okay, come on" Stefan said still trying to get Caroline inside. "No you're not, you can't be" The Bennett witch murmured, spotting the blood on the blonde's face. She reached forward, grabbing Caroline's arm.

"Bonnie?" Caroline asked shakily. The Bennet witch didn't respond, sobbing as she hovered over the dead body. "Bonnie..." Caroline tried but Stefan gently pulled the blonde away and into the bathroom to clean herself up. "I can't believe this is happening" Bonnie murmured. Damon came back, this time with a shovel in his hand. "Come on, don't pout about it. I got a body to bury" he announced. He truly had a death wish. Even Raina knew where to draw the line when it came to angering powerful witches. They made better allies than enemies.

Bonnie stared up at him. She gave him an aneurysm, causing him to fall to the ground, clutching his head as he curled up into himself. A faucet suddenly opened and water started spraying out of a hose. Most likely the Bennett witch's doing as well. "I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt" It seemed Bonnie Bennett was just as powerful as her mother if not more so. It was a shame that the latter lost her powers, Raina could think of several other things she needed her to do but Mikael was a priority and she had yet to find another witch willing to help her.

"I didn't do this!" Damon protested. "Bonnie, it wasn't his fault" Elena said. "Everything that happens is his fault, Elena." Bonnie responded. "Bonnie, what are you doing?" The Dopplegänger asked. The water burst into flames, the fire moved towards Damon. "Bonnie, stop it!" Elena cried as the ravenette vampire started burning. "Bonnie! Bonnie, stop it! You're going to kill him! Bonnie!" The Dopplegänger tried again but the Bennett witch wasn't listening.

Raina saw this as a perfect opportunity to step in. She walked over to them, jabbing the Bennet Witch harshly on the side of her neck, hitting the carotid artery which knocked her out instantly. She caught the Bennett witch before she slammed her head on the pavement, lightly dropping her. She saw both the Dopplegänger and Damon, who was starting to heal, staring at her. Raina gave them a somewhat sarcastic and mocking half smile "I think the words you're looking for are thank you"

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[Edited?: Partially]

[Author's note: So, how are you guys liking the story so far?

Also, I was reading a fic and I had the sudden realisation that both Raina and Tyler have daddy issues in the form of abusive dickheads which was not intentional at all and honesty, it's kind of embarrassing it took me this long to realise bc this story has been in my drafts for months]

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