Paint it Black [The Vampire Diaries]

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Imani growls as she walks back into her classroom, ignoring Rebekah and Matt who are sitting to close to one another, "She wasn't there!"

Rebekah and Matt jump apart, banging their heads together. Panic filled their bodies when they saw Imanis fingers desiccating, the black traveling up her arms from what they could see. Her eyes were black, smoke coming from her nose and ears. Her Afro that shined in the sun now spread out as if she combed through it to rough.

"What?" Matt asked.

Imani throws her phone at the wall, screaming, "Bjorn said that Lilian wasn't there!"

"Oh shit," Rebekah whispers, taking slow steps back. The last time she saw Imani like this was before Rebekah was daggered when they had to leave their home with Marcellus' body behind.

"Mom," Matt whispers walking towards Imani who turns towards him, tears clear in her eyes, "we'll find her."

"She's gone, I-I-I I did everything I could, blood spells, soul spells, location spells," Imani rants, her body shaking as she starts to hyperventilate, "why won't it work?" Matt grabs her into his arms, his own heart breaking at the sound of a sob leaving Imani, "I've lost everything, I finally have the power to get it back and and...."

"It will work, just breathe with me," Matt says putting her at arms length, "in," they breathe in, "and out."

"What's wrong?" An Indian accent asked causing Imani to gasp, choking as she turns around and sees Lilian.

"LILIAN!" Imani screams running up to her friend and squeezes her into her arms as sobs wrack her body. "Where were you? I-I looked, please know that! I looked everywhere!"

Lilian smiles, holding the girl, the woman, she's looked out for for over a thousand years. Her heart bursting in both happiness and sadness seeing her tears.