Memories

Memory lane

I did not know this town was so interesting. 

Interesting indeed," Niklaus replies, and with the tone that he uses, Mercyy knows he's grinning.

My stuff better be delivered tomorrow. I need that wolfsbane. I don't want to go empty-handed." Mercy tells him, looking around the forest. It was only where she could talk to Niklaus without any vampire listening to their conversation. She could use sage, but that would be too suspicious. Damon and Stefan don't know that she still has access to her magic.

And Stefan is trying to get something out of Katherine in the basement. Mercy thinks Katherine's pretend won't last long.

"Don't worry, love. It'll be there by tomorrow. I'm a little preoccupied at the moment. I'll call again tomorrow."

"Fine." Mercy ends and goes to the grill where she meets up with Elena

Mercy sat with Elena at a table in the Mystic Grill, reading a book while Elena was on her phone. Damon suddenly appeared in a chair next to Mercy. Both the girls looked up, momentarily startled.

"What do you want?" Elena rolled her eyes, looking back down at her phone.

"So, this is where you spend your time when you're not stabbing people in the back." Damon glared at her.

"I trick you into telling us the truth. That's not stabbing you in the back, it's using your tactics against you. The only person I hurt was Jeremy, for making her do something she didn't want to do, and I have already apologized for doing that." Elena explained. "I should go,"

 , Elena stood up, avoiding eye contact with Damon.

Where are you going?" Damon asked her.

"I made myself clear, Damon." Elena sighed, finally turning towards Damon. "I want nothing to do with you."

"Okay. See you at Jenna's barbecue." Damon shrugged.

"Can I come?" Mercy asked.

"It was my idea. Jenna went to high school with Mason Lockwood so I figured a social gathering would be a good way to get to know the guy." Damon stated. "So I told Ric to tell Jenna, and--"

"Does Jenna know that you're going to betherer because she's not exactly a fan of yours?" Elena spoke. A woman then arrived and gave Damon a box with a pie in it.

"Perfect. Thank you. I'm hoping this peach cobbler will pave the way." Damon took the pie.

"What are you up to?" Elena narrowed her eyes suspiciously at him.

"I'm gonna put some silver into Mason Lockwood and prove he is a werewolf. See you girls at the barbecue." Damon left.

Then Elena looked at Mercy'" so are you going to come or not "Mercy then took her bag and stood up from her chair and they walked out of the grill

Elena, Mercy, and Jenna were in the kitchen, and the Gilbert twins were helping Jenna prepare for the barbecue.

"Thanks for inviting me. I could use a day of distraction." Mercy spoke.

"of course, you are welcome here any day, I'm worried about. Why is Damon coming?" Jenna asked.

"Because Alaric is a pity-taker. Come on, Jenna, be nice." Ariana chuckled.

"I'll be nice when Damon learns to keep his paws off you..." Jenna sighed, just as Mason walked into the kitchen.

"Aha, good news, found the shot glasses!"

"That would be our exit." Elena grabbed Mercy's hand, and together, they exited the kitchen.

 Jenna's barbecue was close to ending and they were all on dessert. Damon put the pie that he brought on the table, with a cake knife made of Silver placed beside it on the plate.

"Mason, why don't you start us off?" Damon suggested with a hidden smirk.

"Sure." Mason, also with a hidden smirk, looked down at the Silver knife. But instead of using it to slice the pie, he took a piece with his hands, then chuckled. "What am I? I apologize, I'm an animal."

"So Mason, you and Jenna never dated?" Alaric questioned.

"She was always lost in Logan Fell land." Mason laughed.

"Oh, my first mistake." Jenna also laughed. "Mason was a catch; he had girls lining up."

"Really? Huh, I always pegged you for a lone wolf." Damon spoke it with an obvious hidden meaning.

"Oh, I'm sure I wasn't half the lady-killer you were." Mason shot back, also putting a hidden meaning into it. "How about a toast? To new friends."Mercyy was about to Elena came rushing. They heard a door open upstairs. Elena and Mercy. Kathrine smirked at Stefan and grabbed the stake from his hand, stabbing it in his leg. 

"Hello? Damon? Stefan?" Mercy called through the house, entering the living room with Elena. "Guys?"

The Blackwell girl and Gilbert girl span around when they heard a noise, and saw Katherine standing there.

"You must be Elena, and the backstabbing bitch mercy" Katherine smirked at Elena. Then Mercy sped over and griped Kathrine against the wall.l

Elena?!" Stefan rushed into the room, his eyes flickered between the four doppelgängers.

Elena turned to Stefan. Stefan turned towards her. "Are you okay?"

"Not really... are you okay?" Elena responded.

"Not really..." Stefan walked closer to his girlfriend, pulling her into a hug. 

Then Mercy looked Kathrine looked at and compelled her "You will get out there and forget what happened hereThenhen she let her go Kathrine sped out of the house. 

Mercy entered her bedroom. Damon was there.

"You okay?" He whispered.

Mercy smiled and hugged him.

"I hate it Kathrine was my friend and now she is a backstabber ."

"I know me too. It felt too real..."

 "You were right, Katherine got to Caroline. She was hanging on to every single word." mercy murmured.

"It won't be long before the gets a play-by-play," Damon said.