Regina Inferorum | TVD

Chapter 22 - "See you in Hell, bastard."

It was early in the morning, and Kol had dragged her along to the school, where there was a stage and a microphone. They were both stood on the stage, with him by the microphone and she was sat on a seat towards the back of the stage. Kol tapped on the microphone, causing it to make a horrible and very high pitched sound. "Welcome back!" Kol said as people made their way to the seats in front of the stage and Mariposa recognised one of them. A witch from the witch massacre that herself and Caroline killed.

"It was our deaths that allowed this day to come to pass, massacres performed in the name of resurrecting the immortal Silas, and his lapdog the immortal Jehovah. 12 hybrids, 12 witches, the slaughter of innocents by the so-called hero protectors of Mystic Falls." Kol announced to everyone that arrived. "They risked unleashing hell on Earth for their own selfish gains, and today...that's exactly what they're gonna get."

Mariposa wasn't so sure if she liked this plan, that would mean her friends would get hurt, and she didn't want to see her friends get hurt. So she used her demon speed to get away and found Damon outside the Salvatore boarding house. "You're okay!" Damon sighed in relief. "I spoke to Chris and his girl, they hadn't seen you at all last night, I began to worry your town got to you." He said before he pulled his friend into a hug.

Mariposa hugged him back. "They kinda did, but nothing I can't handle." She assured him as they broke the hug. "I've been with that Kol guy, very attractive, thank you for sending me his way. Anyway, he just had a little meeting at the school, he's asking the ghosts to unleash hell on Earth because you resurrected Silas." She told him. "Be careful, 12 hybrids, 12 witches. They're gonna be real angry they were sacrificed for him."

"Thanks for the heads up!" Damon said as they walked into the house. As they entered the house, they heard some kind of music being blasted out and Mariposa grabbed a bottle of bourbon from the side and approached Stefan on the sofa, with a blonde dancing behind him.

"Damon, Mariposa, help me celebrate my 17th High School Graduation." Stefan said once he noticed them both. Mariposa waved her hand and the deafening music stopped playing, causing the blonde to turn and looked at them both. "Hey, you remember my friend Lexi, of course."

"Lexi!" Damon said. "Back from the dead. Goodie."

The blonde raced at Damon, but she was extremely younger than Mariposa, so Mariposa was faster and she held the blonde up by her throat. "Ah,ah,ah!" Mariposa said. "That's not happening." She faced Stefan and Damon. She tried to get out of Mariposa's grip, but it did nothing.

"I assume you're an old one!" The blonde choked out to her.

"Indeed." Mariposa nodded at the woman. "I'd say at least 4,500 years older than you. Considering your strength." Mariposa looked to Stefan and Damon. "Who's the blonde?" She questioned.

"That's Lexi." Damon explained to her. "She's Stefan's old friend, she helped him through his ripper times." Damon looked over to Lexi. "This is Mariposa, my best friend, a.k.a, the devil." Mariposa dropped the woman to the floor, who massaged her neck.

"Pleasure to meet you." Mariposa said down to her before she took a drink from the bottle in her hands.

"So, if you and Ric and little Gilbert and Kol are all flesh-like and real-seeming, that means something went horribly wrong when Bonnie tried to put that veil up, and you two are having 'dance party USA'." Damon said as he looked between his brother and Lexi.

"You're right." Stefan said. "How selfish of me to be indulging in these precious moments with my formerly dead best friend. I should be sacrificing my own happiness for the good of others, right?" Stefan asked as he took the bottle of Mariposa mid-drink as she sat beside him. Mariposa childishly pouted at the vampire. "I should be upstairs grooming my hero hair."