After the Coven

6

Zoe's POV

After the both of us throw on clothes and shoot out into the hallway, we are stopped by students commuting to their next mentor session. "Aww." I say as I see my work in full swing. Kyle reminds me of our quest as he pulls my wrist towards the stairs. While passing Jane, I shout, "gonna check something out!" And we bolt to the car. Me a little slower due to a growing fetus inside my uterus. Our car feels like it crawls to the house that I saw in the vision down the street. In the yard is an older woman sticking a "SOLD" sticker to the realty sign. "Excuse me, ma'am," I blurt out as we step onto the walkway, "could you tell us who has bought this house? We are concerned neighbors." I said this in my best helicopter mother voice.
"Oh, no problem. It was two brothers and one of them had a girlfriend. The Salvatores. They just moved here from a rinky-dink town in Virginia. Magical Falls? Mysterious Falls? I don't really remember. But they are Some strange people. The older one is a bit snarky... Say they're here to 'visit an old frenemie.' Whatever that means..." The woman finishes in her thick Cajun accent. "When did they say they would be here?" Kyle asks. She looks over us and seems to approve enough to give us some information. "Well, I got word from the girl that they would be here today if all goes well." We nodded, exchanged goodbyes and thankyous and left. By this time, both of us had plenty of questions. Who were they? Why did they have our daughter? How did we know them? What did she mean by "frenemie?"

Walking through the door I heard sounds of arguing, yelling, and fighting. I start to quicken my pace but Kyle stops me and jogs up to the noise. Listening from the beginning of the steps, I hear Kyle. He asks what's wrong in an apathetic voice. They all started talking at once.

Kyle's POV

All of the witches spoke at once. God, when will they realize that they should not all talk at the same time! "Stop TALKING!" I command them. They quiet. "Now I have a pregnant girlfriend downstairs. So if you have a problem, bring it up with me or Queenie. Leave Zoe alone." I spit at them with venom in my tone.
"Um, there's a girl in the bathroom cutting herself." A girl says with uncertainty. I lean against the door and quietly try to open it. Using my knuckles, I tap on the wood. "Hey, let me in. Just me, we can talk." I say calmly. After an uncomfortable silence, the door opens slightly. She looks at me ashamed. I pressed a rag on the cuts. "Why were you doing this? Were you trying to take away the pain or were you trying to end it?"
"End it."
"You don't want to do that. I've been there. It's a dark place. And you cant feel anything. Trust me."

Zoe's POV

While listening to Kyle deal with the girl in the bathroom, I had a vision.
          The same man and woman  from the other visions are dancing in the street. Then she is in a coffin. Then, two men, the one from before and another with green, defined eyes and brown hair, stand by the coffin in a family tomb.
"Kyle!" I scream from the first floor. He came crashing down the stairs. "What? Zoe, are you okay?" He speaks frantically. "That girl I saw in my vision, she's dead."
"Then how was she with that guy and our daughter?"
"That's what I don't understand. Maybe as a ghost she can communicate through the other side."

"That's what I don't understand. Maybe as a ghost she can communicate through the other side."

The girl is talking to me. "Bonnie had her turn. Now it is mine." She says smoothly. "What do you mean, 'turn?'" I ask.
"A witch cast a spell on me. My best friend and I's lives are tethered. As long as she lives, I am asleep. When she dies, I am awake. Only, Damon came up with a plan. In sixty years they would kill Bonnie and I would get my turn at a life."
"Damon? 'They?'"
"Damon is my boyfriend. He would do anything for me. They is my friends. Matt, Caroline, Stefan, Tyler. I only have fifty-eight years left." She seemed almost happy.
"A witch put a spell on you? I'm a witch my coven is here."
"Where is 'here?' Portland? Are you a Gemini?" She was not making any sense. And she was getting scared. Worried. "No, we live in New Orleans. I don't know what a Gemini is though."
"New Orleans?! Do you know Klaus? Elijah?"
"No. I don't know who either of those people are. Do you need help?"
"Yes. Yes I do need help. I need to see my friends. I need to see Damon. I know of a witch in the Quarter with so much power she can undo any spell."
"I- I'll find her. Whatever I can do to help. What is her name?"
"Esther. That's her name."
"Okay I will find her."