MYSTIC FALLS CEMETERY
Aella locked her Honda Civic as she stared up at the cemetery entrance unemotionally, before taking a deep breath and making the familiar walk to Grayson and Miranda Gilbert's shared grave.
As she entered through the opened gates, a black crow flew and landed on the gate, cawing annoyingly.
Aella shivered, glaring at the big black bird before walking on muttering to herself, "Crow in a cemetery, not creepy at all!"
When she reached the graves of her adoptive parents, Aella caught sight of her best friend sitting on the grass writing in her diary. It was a place their small group of friends knew Elena would visit quite often but was now lessening the journeys more and more as she healed emotionally from their sudden loss.
"Knock, Knock!" Aella impersonated, knocking lightly on the tall grave next to her as Elena looked up at her in surprise. "Can you knock on graves in cemeteries?" She looked around and down at the grave she knocked on, "If not, sorry 'Elizabeth Clarke, who passed away peacefully in 1954'."
Aella shrugged, stepping over Elizabeth's grave, ignoring Elena's sniggering.
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked, smiling up at her hilarious best friend.
Aella walked over to the Gilbert's grave, giving a light tap as she looked down at Elena. "I got outvoted by the Biracial Olsen Twins to pull you out of here and to get ready for-" Aella placed a fake smile on her face and said in an over the top Valley Girl accent, "-Like the 1st day back gossip sesh that annually is at the Grill... Like totally!"
She returned to her usual voice, "Plus, they knew I'd eventually annoy you with so many Full House impressions you'd be practically running out of here."
"I thought Caroline banned you from Full House for excessive quotation?" Elena questioned, frowning at the strange behavior her adopted sister seemingly always had.
"I found a loophole!" She laughed evilly, twirling her fake mustache.
"And that is?" Elena held her hands out to her friend, who pulled her up with a fake groan.
"Full House episodes must not be watched in any house or on any devices that belong to a Gilbert, Forbes, Bennett, Lockwood, and Donovan." She memorized, holding up her pointer finger ala Sherlock Holmes.
"Ok?" Elena frowned, wiping the leaves and dirt off her jeans.
Aella picked Elena's bag off the ground handing it to Elena as both girls missed the white diary, still laying in the uncut grass. "It didn't mention watching fan-made videos of each season's best moments on YouTube that are like 20 minutes long each!" Aella reached her arms to the sky, "I finally can bond with Uncle Jesse again!"
Elena pulled her arms down, laughing, looking around to see if anyone had been disturbed by her crazy friend, "You are crazy!"
"And you love it!"
Elena smiled, pulling Aella into a side hug, squeezing her tightly as they made their way to Aella's car, "Like you wouldn't believe."
GILBERT HOUSEHOLD
Aella finished tying her hair up and threw her small cross-body handbag over her shoulder and made her way down the stairs.
"I'm meeting the girls - see you later!" She called out to Jenna, reaching the foyer.
All of a sudden, Jenna swiftly ran towards her, "Wait, wait, wait!"
Aella raised her eyebrow at her new guardian as Jenna composed herself then pointed at Aella, "Don't stay out late; it's a school night."
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An Elemental Difference - AIR - Book 1 (Stefan Salvatore)
FanfictionIn the shadows of Mystic Falls, Aella Bennett isn't just another witch. As a half-Bennett, half-elemental, her power is raw and complex, her destiny bound to the vampire-fueled chaos consuming her hometown. Orphaned young and raised by her formidabl...
