Aaliyah Lockwood.
Cheer captain, contestant for Miss Mystic, and Homecoming queen 3 years in a row. Her life seemed perfect to the outside peering in. Except following after her brother gets her pulled into a lot of supernatural happenings. Not to...
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As much as I wanted to investigate who took my necklaces, I have other responsibilities. A group of volunteers are preparing the town for the Night of Illuminations. Some are hanging lanterns from the trees. Mom stepped up to the mic, "As a long-time member of the Historical Society, I am especially proud to be kicking off this day of festivities. Thank you, volunteers. Tonight, we turn off our town's lights and flare up our lanterns in honor of the night of illumination started by our founders 150 years ago. Here's founding family member Tobias Fell with a history lesson."
I scattered after that, and took off towards the grill meeting up with Elena Alaric and Jeremy. I walked up and sat down with them, "Morning Liyah" Elena said
"Morning" I replied with. " Hey, Jer, I need you to help me with something." Elena said getting out Books from her bag. " What's up?" Jeremy asked " I've been going through Stefan's old journals. Every single time that he's gone off the rails in the past, his best friend Lexi's been the one to bring him back." Elena said
"So where is she now that we need her?" I asked, " She's dead." Jeremy said looking at Elena. "And you want me to try to reach her, don't you?" Jeremy asked "I thought if I knew how she did it, maybe I could help him." Elena said "I don't even know if she's on the other side." Jeremy says, " Is that what it's called?" Elena asked "That's what Anna calls it. There's not like an official brochure or anything." Jeremy explained "So what is it, like some sort of supernatural purgatory?" Alaric asked "Well, Anna said it's like being here with all of us, only we can't see her or hear her. And she can't interact with anyone. She's all alone." Jeremy explained
"Vicki could interact. She blew up my car." Alaric says pointing it out. "Vicki had help from a witch on the other side. Anna...She's doing this all by herself." Jeremy said "I'm just saying, maybe we learned our lesson about summoning dead people." Alaric said
" Do you think it's even possible to contact Lexi?" Elena pressed "I don't know. I didn't have an emotional connection with her. I never even met her." Jeremy said, "Can we just drop it, please?" Alaric asked "No, I can't drop it, Ric. I don't know what else to do." Elena says. "Don't you think we have a few too many dead vampires in our past to be sitting here thinking of them watching us?" Alaric said Jeremy looks at an empty chair. "Is Anna here right now?" I ask, "No, no. I'm going to go, uh, check my work schedule." Jeremy said and got up "Well that was weird" I said, and soon we all heard the voice of Stefan
"Hey, guys. Who forgot to invite me to the family summit?" He sees the journals and takes one and looks through it. " Hmm? Wow. All these words. I forgot how much I used to care." Stefan said tossing it on the table " I didn't." Elena said, "You know, Elena, it's probably best you not torture yourself with memories from the past. It's best we both just move on and accept things as they are." Stefan said and I rolled my eyes. "You don't have to be here, Stefan." Alaric says.
" You know what, Alaric, you're right. I don't. But Elena's here, and I look out for Elena. Besides, there's going to be people everywhere tonight. So there's going to be lots to eat." He said
