Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 44

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

It was early evening when Stefan finally arrived at the safe house. He'd driven from Dulles airport in record time. He was shown to his room to allow him to unpack before the meeting up with everyone in the living room which was adjacent to kitchen. Everyone was sat one one of the couches, except for Damon, who was stood in front of the fireplace which was already lit. Stefan sat down, waiting for Damon to take the lead.

"First things first." Damon said as he turned to Stefan. "Welcome back brother, hope New Orleans treat you well. Is it true Klaus got a werewolf pregnant?" he asked.

"There must be something in the water, what with all of these impossible, supernatural pregnancies." Stefan nodded. "Maybe I should drink some." he said wistfully as Elena cast him a sympathetic glance. Out of the Salvatore brothers, it was Stefan who'd been more keen on wanting a family, yet it was Damon who was getting it. Elena wondered if it was possible for Stefan to get the cure and become human at the end of all of this mess and once the curse was completely broken. That was if there was still a cure somewhere out there.

"Ooh daddy Klaus. That should be interesting." Damon grinned. "Imagine if it's a girl and she brought a guy home, he'd be dead before dinner." he laughed as everyone looked at Damon wearily, which stopped him. "What? I'd never do that. I'd at least give him a last meal." he joked as Elena raised an eyebrow and shook her head. "Okay, never mind." he turned to Stefan. "So what did we learn in New Orleans?" he asked.

"According to Kol's letters, there is a coven of witches out near Portland called the Gemini Coven." Stefan explained. "They were part of the Travelers before the great divide, or whatever it is called. As we already know, the Travelers magic reduced by fueling Silas's power. After the great divide, the rest of the coven broke into two, becoming the Bennett Coven and the Gemini coven. They sought the out prophesy and together, with Qetsiyah, they promised to protect it. Over the decades there were visions given to them of what was needed to destroy Silas. The Gemini Coven even created a fixed time portal so if ever anything went missing, they could find another version of it."

"Time portal?" Damon frowned. "Like a safety deposit box, time travel fashion?" he asked.

"Something like that." Stefan nodded. "They wouldn't tell Kol everything. But Elijah told us some other information which means they used it for another purpose too." he said.

"What else did they use it for?" Caroline asked.

"As a prison." Stefan told them as they all looked at each other in shock.

"How?" Jeremy frowned.

"The coven is made up of a leader who is the result of twins merging their powers together." Stefan explained. "One lives and takes on the powers of the other twin who dies at the age of twenty two." he said.

"Eww nasty." Damon grimaced.

"Well a few years ago a set of twins were born. They were the ones who were destined to merge, except there was a problem." Stefan said. "One of the twins was not a normal witch, he was a siphon."

"What's a siphon?" Elena asked.

"It's a witch who has no magical abilities of their own." Bonnie explained. "Instead the draw their power from other magical sources." she said.

"How?" Caroline asked turning to Bonnie.

"A siphon would only have to place their hands on a vampire to draw energy." Bonnie shrugged. "They're classed as an abomination of nature among witches." she said as Stefan nodded with a smile. "If he was a siphon, he may not have magic of his own, but during the merge, all he'd need to do would be to siphon the power from his twin. He'd always win." she explained.