Arabella Gilbert ♡ TVD

We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes

Arabella woke up at her old family home, she was breathing heavily as she stood in the middle of the kitchen. She glanced around the room, not remembering why or how she even got there.

"Sleep walking?" She heard the voice of Connor behind her and she quickly spun around, but nobody was there. She opened the fridge and took out a bottle of water, thinking she was maybe dehydrated. When she closed the fridge, her heart nearly stopped when she saw Connor leaning against the kitchen counter.

"It makes sense, really. Coming to the place of the next potential.. Do you have a guilty conscience, Arabella, hmm? Do you want him to kill you so you can relieve yourself from the guilt you feel?"

Arabella shook her head and closed her eyes. "You're not here. I'm- I've got to be dreaming because you're...

"Go on, say it." Connor said as he started walking towards her, Arabella started walking backwards as she tried to keep the distance between them.

"Because you're dead. I fucking killed you." Arabella shouted as he backed her up against the breakfast bar, she tried to push him away but he wouldn't move.

"Yes, I am dead! Was that the first time you've killed since you became the monster that you are? Hmm?"

"You're just a ghost. That's great, I can see ghosts now, that's what's happening right now." Arabella replied trying to convince herself. She tried to push past him, but again, he wouldn't move. "Jer.. JEREMY? ELENA?" She screamed out.

Upstairs, Jeremy and Elena heard Arabella calling out their name and they quickly jumped up from their beds, rushing out of their rooms in a panic.

"Can a ghost do this?" Connor quickly grabbed Arabella in a chokehold and strangled her. Arabella thrust her elbow into his stomache and released herself from his grasp before she held out her hand and sent Connor flying across the room with her magic. The dead hunter jumped up and started stalking towards her and Arabella quickly grabbed a knife just as Elena rushed into the kitchen.

"Elle, No!" The younger twin screamed as Arabella stabbed Connor in the neck. She removed the blade from his neck and tears instantly filled her eyes when she saw Jeremy stood in front of her, his hand up against his neck and blood dripping from his mouth before his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. Elena crouched down beside him and Arabella instantly let go of the knife and dropped down onto her knees.

"What the hell did you do?" Elena shouted before she saw the panicked look on her twin sisters face.

"Jer! Jer! Jeremy! No, no, no, no." She cried as she pressed her hand against his neck and pulled him up into her arms, cradling him like a baby. "I didn't know it was him, it was Connor, he was here. Oh god, Jeremy."

"It's okay, he's wearing his ring." Elena let out a sigh of relief as she rubbed her hand up and down her sisters back whilst she sobbed.

That didn't make Arabella feel any better as she cried even harder. "No! No! Jeremy. I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry."

Elena unlocked her phone and pulled up Damon's number.

'Ring, ring. Ring, ring. Ring, ring'

"Hello?" Damon answered groggily. The brunette obviously woke him up.

"I need you to get here now!" Elena cried down the phone. "Elle is here and she just killed Jeremy and she's acting cr-"

"Elle's there?" Damon questioned. He looked to the space beside him and he noticed that it was empty. "What the fuck?"

"Damon! Just get here now!"

"I'm on my way."

A little while later, Jeremy was laying dead on the couch, his head resting in Arabella's lap as she stroked her blood covered hand through his hair. Elena was pacing up and down the room as Damon frantically entered through the front door.