Alaric

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On the second day back at school, Alice decided to speed up her timeline for getting rid of Mr. Tanner. Jeremy entered her class right after History, and she could sense that he was on the verge of tears. It was okay to discipline students, but not ridicule them. With his mother alive to ground him for smoking pot and Tori being a completely different person not luring him into the stoner crowd, Jeremy was still an innocent virgin hanging around with the artsy kids.  He didn't deserve a grown man picking on him for decisions he made in 8th grade. So when she arrived at the Salvatore Boarding House to feed Damon, she made her request.

"I need you to compell the History teacher, Mr. Tanner to give up teaching and leave town."

"Sure, done," Damon replied with ease.

"You're not even gonna ask why?"

"Not really. I've learned not to question your methods. Your explanations end in a headache. Plus, Stefan mentioned what a douche he was to Matt, your cousin, and the doppleganger in class today."

"Well, thanks babe."

"Of course. Now I overheard you telling Stefan to be nice to your cousin's friend Caroline at the Bonfire party tonight. Not to question you, but what was that about?"

"Well, Caroline has self-esteem issues. She pretends to be confident, but she really relies on external validation. To her, Stefan is a hot new guy who can validate her beauty. Until she learns to love herself, she can't handle rejection. And who knows, maybe one day she'll be your sister-in-law. I have it on good authority that she'd make an excellent vampire."

"Ooh. So you're plotting Stefan's love life on top of everything else?"

Alice laughed in return. "Are we gonna keep talking about Stefan, or are you thirsty?" She smirked as she pushed her hair aside, revealing her long neck.
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The next couple of days ran smoothly. Mr. Tanner turned in his resignation and the school called in a substitute teacher to cover his classes. It was the day of the Comet Festival when Alice called a group meeting. Tori arrived with Tyler while Damon brought Stefan and Gia. Hayley answered the door as Alice brought her secret bottle of bourbon for Damon.

After passing out the teenagers a can of soda and Damon his glass of bourbon, she began. "Okay, as you are all aware, Elena is the doppleganger of a 500-year-old vampire with a lot of enemies. Now that she perfectly resembles Katherine, a lot of vampires will come to notice her. At the moment, at least two already have. Their names are Anna and Noah. Noah is simply an obsessed vampire that should be easy to handle, but Anna is a girl with a mission. My ancestor, Emily made the mistake of telling her the truth about her mother, Pearl. Pearl was one of the vampires Emily protected and entombed under Fell's Church. Anna will stop at nothing to release her mother and the other vampires dessicated along side her. We need to keep a close eye on the Gilberts until we can rid of anyone threatening their safety. Jenna Somers has already returned to college, so that's one less person we'll need to keep an eye on."

"Al, what about Bonnie? Your cousin is best friend's with Elena. Don't you think we should warn her about what's going on?" Hayley asked with concern.

"I agree that she should be made aware of what's happening, but she shouldn't be involved. I'll talk with my Aunt Sheila and Abby. They don't agree with helping vampires, so they should be assets to our mission for the time being."

"When are we going to tell Elena that she's adopted and all this other stuff?" Tyler questioned.

"I think the adoption bit will work itself out. Mr. Tanner's incoming replacement happens to be married to Elena's birth mother. A couple of months ago, I manipulated things at Whittemore College. With Professor Shane's death, Elena's birth mother will be taking over his position in the Occult department. With her husband working at the same high school as her daughter attends, I doubt the secret will be kept for much longer." Alice explained.

"And the fact that she's vampire bait?" Damon asked.

"She just lost her father, I think a couple more months of ignorance would do her some good." Tori commented.

"I agree. The Original family won't catch wind of her for another 6 months. We should give her more time to grieve before giving her things to worry about." Gia stated.

"Then it's a plan. We wait until Founder's Day rolls around before we give the big reveal." Alice decided.

With less than 200 days until Elijah's arrival, there was still much more to be done.

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