Heretic, #Stefan Salvatore Story#

162 candles (1×08)

It had been two days since Vicky's death and Godrick was in his brother's bedroom sitting on his bed. He was aware that Elena had asked Damon to compel Jeremy to forget about what happened and he didn't agree with her decision but that didn't really matter now. The herbs he had been giving his brother would have drained any compulsion from his mind and allowed him to remember all that had went down with Vicky not even two hours after the Damon left.

Godrick had given his brother a day to process the event on his own before approaching him. His siblings had to go to the sheriff's office to make a deposition about Vicky today and he couldn't have his brother talking about vampires or let anyone know the compulsion hadn't stuck for that matter. It would raise to many questions he did not feel like answering right now. So now Godrick was seating in front of his brother, having the conversation Jeremy should have had with their father on his sixteen's birthday as par tradition in the Gilbert family.

The firstborn was told at a young age, and was then considered the head of the family after his eighteens birthday. The younger siblings however were to be told when they turned sixteen. The only reason why Elena hadn't known before she met Stefan was because Godrick had begged his parents to let her have a normal life for as long as possible.

The point was moot now. Both his siblings knew about vampires and his brother had a lot of questions. It had taken a lot of screaming, some tears and a good long talk but his brother was finely ready to listen. All in all, it went a lot better than it had any right to after he had killed Jeremy's girlfriend, but the Gilbert children always had a strange dynamic that consisted of hurt and petty payback so Godrick was confident his brother would make him pay in his own way latter, for now he just wanted to learn as much as he could about the world he just discovered.

"Why did the compulsion wear off?"

Huh! Siblings and their hard questions.

"The herbs I gave you to smoke are a mix between vervain and other magical herbs. They protect your mind from outside influences."

Jeremy nodded and fired another question.

"How do you become a vampire?"

Godrick fixed his brother with a look and the younger was smart enough to ask something else. Jeremy was impulsive and it was probably a good idea that he didn't know how to become an immortal, he didn't want the sophomore to get any crazy ideas.

"Why are you telling me all this?"

Now that was a good question, and it was easy to answer.

"Because you, Jeremy, are a Gilbert and the supernatural is part of your legacy. If he were here dad would have told you all of this on your sixteen's birthday."

The reminder of their dead parents drained all the excitement out of the youngest Gilbert.

"So, what do I do now."

The eldest brother fixed his sibling with an intense look, before letting a sly smile cross his face.

"Now? Now I teach you how to lie like your life depended on it."

It probably wasn't a good thing to teach his younger sibling, but no one ever accused him of being a good role model. He kind of owned him anyway.

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Later that day, Godrick and Jeremy were seating at the kitchen table as the eldest helped his brother with his homework. While he wasn't the best student himself it had more to do with his lack of interest in the subject then lack of understanding. He had a 3.5 GP and took four AP classes, but he just didn't care enough to get better grades. Elena was lounging on the couch as the brothers worked and Jenna soon joined her.