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CHARLIE GOT A CALL FROM HER MOTHER, TELLING HER TO come to the house right away. She furrowed her eyebrows. Usually when she got a call like that from her mother, it meant that the flowers were the wrong color for whatever event that she was planning, but she sounded really serious this time. She was really confused when she saw Tyler and Caroline walking up as well. "What's going on?"
"We don't know," her brother answered, and they all entered the house. Their mother was nowhere in sight, so he called, "Mom?"
"In here!" she yelled, and judging by how far away she sounded, she was in the parlor.
They ran in to see both Mayor Lockwood and Sheriff Forbes standing there with solemn expressions as they watched all of their children approach them. The blonde girl breathed out, "Mom."
"What's going on?" Charlie asked, not liking the looks on their faces. She had not seen her mother look that sad since the death of Richard, her father.
Carol glanced at the Sheriff before taking a deep breath and announcing to the teenagers, "Alaric outed us to the council. He told them everything. The whole council knows what you are."
"He's got them looking for Klaus, and then they're gonna come looking for you guys," the blonde woman continued, her gaze shifting to each one of them, lingering longer on her daughter. "You can't be here when they do. You both need to get out of town."
"I pulled together some cash and Liz will get you some new identification and we'll get school records," the Lockwood woman explained, and all of them were staring at the adults in shock, not totally comprehending their words.
Tyler held his hands up to stop his mom and pump the brakes on the conversation a little bit since they were not totally sure what the hell they were talking about. "Woah, wait a minute, you want us to run?"
Sheriff Forbes sighed, a sad expression on her face since she knew that there was nothing that she could do to protect her kid and her boyfriend and best friend — two people that meant everything to her. "We can't protect you anymore."
"Well, we can't just pack up and leave!" Caroline exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air.
Charlie nodded in agreement. Everything that she had ever known was in Mystic Falls — all of her friends and family and memories. What was she going to do? "Yeah, we have a life here."
