The Diary of Mia Salvatore [AU]

33. The Other Side

Dear Diary,

My encounter with the beings from the Other Side scared me. Maybe Liv is right and we need to stop the Travelers by using Tyler as bait. I just fear for his life, he's my friend. Stefan, Elena, Damon, Bonnie and everybody else is danger. Everything will change if the Other Side collapses for good.

My brother Damon is devastated and Elena is not doing much better either. Stefan is trying to help her get over the breakup by keeping her busy and Enzo has been hanging around the house and it annoys me so much. At least Damon is somewhat holding on so maybe Enzo is actually helping him.

I locked my journal inside the drawer and fixed my hair before heading out. I decided to talk to Bonnie and get a sense of what's happening with the Other Side. Once I opened the door, I saw my brother Stefan clenching his fist ready to knock and I chuckled. "Want something, Steffy?"

Stefan rolled his green eyes in annoyance. "I hate that nickname!" I smirked and his expression changed, it went from annoyed to serious. My brother really is an expert at brooding. "Actually, I need your advice."

"About what?" I motioned Stefan to walk inside my room and he sat on my red couch. "Maybe I should start charging you and Damon everytime you ask for advice."

My brother just stared at me before speaking. "I'm trying to make Elena feel better and forget a little about her relationship status, but I don't really know how to do that."

I raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you an expert at all things concerning Elena Gilbert?" I sighed as soon as I saw his bright puppy eyes shining at me. "Fine, take her on a walk to the falls. She loves that place."

Stefan stood up and smiled at me. "You're a genius, Mia!" I flipped my hair while smiling and he kissed my cheek. "I love you, little sister."

"I love you too, big brother." I climbed on his back and he walked me to the door just like he used to do when we were younger and Damon was still a confederate soldier. I'm glad those days are gone!

***

I arrived at Whitmore campus and headed to Bonnie's dorm. I could sense something was off and I bet the Travelers had something to do with it. Bonnie had the door open and I entered the room. There were candles around the entire room and Bonnie was standing in the middle of the circle. "Something witchy is happening here." I said and when she looked at me, a gush of wind blew out the candles.

"I was trying to contact the spirits." Bonnie explained while she grabbed some herbs from the floor. "Your text was a little cryptic."

I sat on a bed and sighed. "Bonnie, you need to help me."

She stopped what she was doing and looked at me with a serious expression. "Anything I can do to help just count me in." She smiled slightly and I felt comfortable.

"Matt and I got attacked by supernatural beings from the Other Side." I sighed. "Liv said that the Travelers are aiming to destroy the Other Side and I'm really worried."

Bonnie sat next to me and looked into my brown eyes. "Well, I can feel some changes on the Other Side and the shift is causing me to slowly lose my powers." She looked away, slightly concerned. "If I lose my powers as the Anchor, I'll die."

I reached for her hand and squeezed it. "Liv and her brother are helping us figure out a way to prevent that from happening but the Travelers are always one step ahead."

My friend looked at me with desperate filled eyes. "We need to stop those Travelers. If they use Elena and Stefan, the Other Side will collapse and I have no idea what effect it will have on you guys." She explained and I felt my heart beat faster in anxiety. The Other Side can't collapse!

***

After leaving Bonnie's dorm, I arrived home and saw Damon pacing back and forth while Matt and Jeremy were sitting on the leather couch with weird facial expressions on their faces. I could smell fear coming from them. My brother noticed me and widened his bright blue eyes. "Mia! I'm glad your home. Can you please knock some sense into your boyfriend and his dim-witted friend?" He pointed at the two of them.

I raised my eyebrow and folded my arms over my chest. "Jeremy, what the hell is going on?" He was about to speak when I interrupted. "And don't even try to lie cause I'm smarter than that."

My boyfriend looked at me and sighed. "Damon wants the Traveler's knife to kill Markos but it's dangerous." I nodded in agreement.

Matt then looked at Jeremy and turned to me. "Besides, I don't even know where the knife is." He sighed. "It disappeared into thin air."

I glanced at Damon and he was glaring at Matt and Jeremy. "That means the Travelers have it. And it's the only weapon we know that can kill them."

Damon threw a bottle into the wall. "Now we don't stand a chance against those bastards and Stefan and Elena are as good as dead!"

"There is a way to stop the Travelers!" I blurted out. The three of them turned to face me. "We need to trick them into thinking that we surrender but for that we need to lay low." I glared at Damon. "That means that you need to stop facing Markos like it's a damn cock fight."

My brother rolled his eyes. "Whatever. How do we manage to trick those ancient witches?"

I looked at him as if he was dumb. "Let's just give them space! They will think we gave up and get cocky. Confident people make mistakes, but confident witches make epic errors cause they think they won't get caught."

Jeremy smiled and Matt glanced at Damon who looked amused. "So all we need is to wave a white flag and hope they make a mistake." My boyfriend nodded. "I like that plan because it means my sister is safe."

"They still need her and they will get her but we'll be ready by then." I smiled and decided to set my plan in motion. The Travelers were not gonna win the war, not on my watch. Mystic Falls is my town!