Compelled | Stefan Salvatore

Chapter 21 ➳The Peterson Curse

Maggie's POV

I felt the sunlight on my face warming my skin. I opened one eye and then noticed I wasn't in my bed or in my room, I looked around at my surroundings and knew where I was fast enough.

I got out of Stefan's bed and walked out of the room and I kept thinking I got here and why was I here.

I walked down the stairs and into the living room still seeing no one. I turned around and was going to check the kitchen when my eyes landed on candles on a table. I walked over to them and kept my eyes on them. I put out my hand to touch them when they all lit up. I jumped back. Did I just do that?

I was scared, I didn't know how to be a witch or what I could do and how I do it. I watched the flames while the silently moved around. It was weird I could almost feel the energy from the flames and I grabbed it. Suddenly the flames grew and I jumped back my back hitting the table behind me.

The table behind me was filled with scotch glasses and bottles of whiskey and I could hear them rattle. I back away from them while they still shook violently and the flames from the candles were still roaring. What am I doing? Why am I doing this and how do I stop this?

I put my hands to my head while I could feel like there was a fire burning in my brain. "Stop stop" I whispered to myself.

"Maggie?" I heard a voice. My head shot up and then suddenly the glasses broke into a million pieces while the candles blew out.

Glass went everywhere while I felt I tiny piece cut my cheek. "Oh my god" I mumbled while a tear slid down my cheek.

"Hey Maggie it's ok," Damon said walking over to me but I stopped him.

"No, stop Damon" I put my hands up while Damon stopped in his tracks. "I don't want to hurt you," I said.

"It's okay your not going to hurt me," He said getting closer. I stepped back a little out but Damon stepped closer. He reached and held my hand. "See," He said.

He held my other hand while I still feared I would hurt him. "Don't worry you not going to hurt anyone," He said his ocean blue eyes glittering.

"Damon, I don't know what's going on, I can't control myself" I cried.

Damon pulled me into a hug while I could feel his hand on the back of my head. "You'll be alright Mags," He whispered, while I cried. "I promise."

Stefan POV

"Ok so Elena and I were up all night tracking back Maggie's past and trying to find any family around today," Caroline said opening her laptop on her desks. I pulled up a chair beside her while Elena was on the other side of her.

"First, we couldn't find anything because Maggie's mom was an only child and both of her grandparents are dead" Elena started while Caroline continued.

"But, we found an old woman from Denver named Sadie Peterson" Caroline said keeping her eyes fixed on the screen. "We think that she's Maggie's great grand aunt"

I leaned back in my chair. "That's impossible she got to be like nearly 99 years old," I said shaking my head.

"She's actually 98," Elena said while I raised my eyebrows. "She's in the Oakwood home in Denver" She added while Caroline pulled up the page for the home on her laptop.

"Wait, so you're actually telling me that this woman is still alive and well and she's nearly 100 years old"

"Well unless," Caroline said. "She's using magic to help her"