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Lost Girls

*Third Person's P.O.V.*

        Stefan, Annabelle, and Elena walked silently back to the car, and Stefan moved ahead to open the door for Elena, who stepped past him and proceeded to get in the car, but stopped and turned to face him.
        "The mind control..." she trailed off. "You said Katherine used. Do you ever do that to me?"
        "No," Stefan shook his head as he looked into her eyes earnestly, while Annabelle moved to the backseat door but stayed beside the car, "That necklace," Stefan pointed to the necklace he gave Elena, which was resting around her neck, "It contains an herb called Vervain. It protects you from being compelled. I wanted to protect you from Damon's influence," Stefan said, and Elena nodded, before he looked down, "But I also wanted to... protect you from me," he said, before his eyes moved to Annabelle, "It's also why I gave you that bracelet," he said, and Elena's brows furrowed as she turned around to look at her sister, who looked down at the bracelet around her wrist.
        "Wait, this bracelet-"
        "Contains Vervain, yes," Stefan nodded, cutting Annabelle off. Elena's brows furrowed even more as she glanced between her boyfriend and her sister. She thought that she was the only one Stefan gave something to. She thought the necklace was special, that it was a sign of how much he cared about her. Turns out it was only for protection, not for a display of his feelings for her, and turns out he also gave something like that to her sister, "Elena, Anna, you should never take those off," Stefan said, snapping Elena out of her thoughts, and Annabelle nodded, "Because no matter what happens after today," he moved his gaze to Elena, "No matter how you feel about me... you'll both know that you were free to make your own choice,"

*10 Minutes Later*

        "I'm fine, I'm fine!" Annabelle heard her brother's voice from the living room as she, Elena, and Stefan entered the Gilbert house, and Annabelle glanced at the two behind her with furrowed eyebrows before quickly making her way into the living room, only to see Matt standing beside Jeremy, who was sitting on the floor with his back against the couch, both in front of Vicki.
        "Damn, Vick," Matt cursed, just as Annabelle entered the living room, with Elena and Stefan right behind her.
        "What's going on?" she asked, looking at the three people with furrowed eyebrows.
        "She's really messed up," Matt said, glancing at his sister as Jeremy got up from the floor.
        "Anna, back up," Stefan suddenly spoke up, stepping forward and grabbing Annabelle by her arm to pull her behind him, making everyone look over at him confusedly, "Vicki, look at me," Stefan whispered as he raised his hand and placed it on Vicki's cheek, "Focus," he said quietly, and Vicki looked him in the eyes, "You're gonna be fine," he assured quietly, "Everything's gonna be fine," he said, before looking at Matt and Jeremy, "Guys, take her up to bed, shut the blinds, she's gonna be okay. Come on. Come on," he said, and Matt and Jeremy both quickly obeyed, leading Vicki upstairs.
        "You know what's wrong with her?" Elena asked Stefan once they and Annabelle were the only ones in the room.
        "Yeah,"
        "Well, what is it?" Annabelle asked, and Stefan took in a deep breath before looking at the two girls in front of him.
        "She's transitioning," he said, and Annabelle's eyes widened the tiniest bit.
        "Transitioning," she repeated slowly, and Stefan nodded. "As in..."
        "Yes," he nodded gravely. "Into a vampire,"
        "What?" Elena breathed out.
        "Damon must have gotten to her. She's new, she hasn't completed her transformation yet," Stefan explained.
        "A-And how is she supposed do that?" Annabelle asked hesitantly, fearing the answer, and Stefan hesitated.
        "She has to feed on human blood," he finally said.
        "And what if she doesn't?" Elena asked, her voice trembling as tears built up in her eyes, and Stefan hesitated again.
        "She'll die," he finally said quietly.
        "Oh, my God," Elena whispered, before turning around as she put her hand to her forehead in stress, while Annabelle slumped down on the nearest chair numbly.
        "She may only have a few hours," Stefan said remorsefully.
        "She's upstairs with Jeremy right now," Annabelle pointed out.
        "It's okay. She doesn't know what's happening to her yet," Stefan assured the younger twin as Elena paced back and forth.
        "And when is she going to know?" Annabelle asked.
        "Right now, she doesn't remember anything, a part of her is still human. But slowly, the deeper she gets into the transition, the memories will start to come back. And then she'll know she has to make the choice," Stefan said, and Elena suddenly stopped pacing, while Annabelle put her head in her hands hoping it would help her calm down a bit, and looked at Stefan.
        "The same choice you made?" Elena asked Stefan, her voice cold, and he looked down, knowing that there is nothing he could say that would make the situation better.
        Elena shook her head, almost as if in disgust, before starting to clean up the kitchen after Vicki made a mess by taking everything out of the refrigerator and eating a lot of food, hoping to preoccupy herself with the work, just as Matt came downstairs.
        "Hey," he said to them quietly, and Annabelle gave him a small smile, silently dreading what will happen in the next few hours, "Vick!" Matt suddenly called, and Annabelle, Stefan, and Elena all turned around, only to see Vicki running downstairs with her shoes in her hands. She quickly ran past them, not even so much as glancing at her concerned brother, and ran out the door, "Vick!" Matt called again, and started to run after her. He quickly ran out the door and down the stairs of the front porch, out on the street, but stopped as he looked around, not seeing Vicki anywhere. Annabelle, Elena, and Stefan quickly headed out after him, with Jeremy running downstairs to join them.
        "She was fine, and then she just, she just freaked out!" Jeremy said, and they all turned around to look at him as he stood on the porch.
        "I'm gonna go look for her, call me if you hear anything!" Matt said hastily, before running down the street.
        "I can track her," Stefan said to Elena and Annabelle quietly as they looked after Matt.
        "Go," they both said, and Stefan wasted no time in doing just that, hoping to catch Vicki before she fed and completed the transition.