Power Inside *The Vampire Diaries*

Chapter 15

Caroline and Bonnie were making peace on the other room.

I could feel Elena's burning stare on the side of my head as I read a book.

"You're staring, Lena" I sing sang

"Amelia?" Elena questioned "How come you didn't tell me?"

"Elena, a ghost haunted me in my sleep" I looked up, sarcastic "There I told you"

"That's not what I meant, Jill" Elena sighed in frustration "I'm your cousin. You can trust me with that kind of thing"

My eyes softened, "I know. But, it was nothing to worry about"

"It is if a ghost forced you to take that necklace back" Elena counteracted softly, "You had no control of what you were doing"

"I wasn't possessed if that's what you were thinking. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't know why" I explained, frustrated myself. "And it's not like it's an unusual thing" I murmured under my breath

Elena seemed to hear that, "What? What's that supposed to mean, Jillian?" She looked worried and a unsettled expression passed through her face "That happened before?"

"Maybe" I shrugged helplessly, "You should've heard me scream the other night" I said avoiding her eyes

Elena's eyes widened "Halloween night. Was that you screaming?"

I scratched the back of my neck, "Yes"

"Wow" Elena murmured, sheepishly placing a hand in her ear "You have a pair of lungs, Jill"

I looked at her suspiciously. Elena could never lie, "What aren't you telling me?"

Elena didn't answer. Huh, so is that payback?

I opened my mouth to speak when Caroline's voice from tbe other room interrupted me, "You guys can now come in"

I looked over to see Caroline peeking through the door with a sheepish look.

Elena gave me a look, "This isn't over" before smiling at her best friend and going to them

I was about to follow when a shiver went down my back. Gosebumps appeared in my arms making me confused. I gulped in slight fear as Bonnie called my name

"Jill. Everything okay?"

I looked up, eyes widening slightly when instead of Bonnie, a smiling Amelia was in her place. I cleared my throat when the ghost lifted a finger to her lips, signaling silence. "All good" I blinked and Amelia was gone, seeing a now concerned Bonnie in front of me

"What was it?" Bonnie asked in a hush.

"Amelia" I whispered, suddenly frightened. It felt like she was everywhere. Like she was taunting me about something I didn't know. "What the hell she wants?"

Bonnie's face hardened, "That's what we're gonna find out" she grasped my arm, leading me to Elena's room where Caroline and Elena were sitting on the floor, placing candles around them. "Caroline had an idea of a seance to find out what Amelia and Emily want from us"

Caroline looked up reassuringly, "They have a lot of explanation to do" she told me, closing her mouth as if stopping herself from saying something else. She patted the space next to her.

I hesitantly sat down, Bonnie next to me and Elena on the other side of Bonnie, creating a circle.

"This is a bad idea" I spoke, a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Grams told me to start to learn to trust them and I was. This seance felt like a bad idea.