Little Witch

We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes

I checked my appearance in the mirror, my dutch braids, fell in place. I pulled on my shoes and went out the door. Hopefully I can avoid Klaus and Tyler both. I got in my car and drove to the school to meet up with Jeremy. I got out and rushed up to Jeremy who was waiting for me. "Hey! Your text was so cryptic. Whats up?" I asked and he turned to me zoned. "Jer?" I asked and snapped my fingers making him jump. "Aaliyah?" he asked making me chuckle, "You texted me, A, Need to talk to you ASAP its a 911 sitch. Meet me at school, I'm here whats up?" I asked.

Jeremy held his hand out to me, palm down. "Do you see this?" he asked, "No?" I asked, "Okay, so when the hunter was killed I think I'm starting to get the mark." he whispered. I looked around before taking his hand and dragged him over to the abandoned pit I knew where to hide from Tyler at. "Look out." I say and hold his hand in mine as I close my eyes and whispered a revealing spell in Latin. "Phasmatos Oculacs"

I opened my eyes and saw start of the tattoo. "Holy." I mumbled and he looked at me, "You can see it?" he asked, "Yeah." I breathed, "Whoa, I can't believe that worked."

"He said I wad a potential. Then when he died I got this." Jeremy explained to me. "Okay.. just keep the ring on for now okay? Who knows what Klaus might try." I tell him rolling my eyes squeezing his hand.

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Jeremy and I stood in an empty classroom as we talked in hush whispers about telling Bonnie, and the Salvatores. My phone buzzed and I grabbed it seeing a text from Klaus

Where are you?

I locked my phone ignoring it as Jeremy asks, "Hybrid tracking service?" He snarked making me roll my eyes. "This is serious Jer. I'm not telling Klaus, but do you understand how insane this is? You're about to be a vampire hunter in a town flooded in vampires." I whisper shouted forcing out the last words. "I won't hurt any of them." he waved me off. "Jeremy.. I.. I don't know if its that simple." I mumbled holding my arms to myself as Jeremy chuckled, "Aaliyah. This is me. It'll be fine."

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"Cril!" I joked as I rushed up to April. She chuckled and hugged me, "Liyah." she mumbled as we let go. "Matty." I say and wink as Matt chuckled at us. "Now who is this creepy guy?" I asked turning to the older male giving a lecture on the artifacts at the exhibit. There is a white rock on a pedestal. Copies of its photo have been hung up behind him with the label "Silas". "Professor Shane." April whispered to me making me ahh. "You're looking at what people believed to be the world's first tombstone. This item was donated to Whitmore College last month." Shane called out.

"Oh, I just remember how I know him. Through my dad." April tells us, "That guy knew your dad?" I asked her, "Yeah, he taught a theology seminar at Whitmore last year." April tells us, and as we grew silent I slid my hand into hers. She squeezed it and we smiled at each other. "It belonged to a very powerful witch, a witch so powerful in fact that Silas, that was his name, created a spell that would grant him immortality. Now legend says that Silas did the spell with the help of a lady witch who loved him, a woman named Qetsiyah. Sadly for Qetsiyah, Silas wanted to give immortality to another woman, so Qetsiyah killed her and buried Silas alive, leaving him powerless, immortal, and alone. This might actually be the origin story of "Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn." Now, it's said that Silas wants to rise again. Regain his power, wreak havoc on the world. Maybe we should be afraid. Or maybe it's all a bunch of crap and this is just an old rock."

Everyone laughs as I caught Damon's eyes in the hall. He winked at me making me smirk, before he left. "All right, listen, enjoy exploring the exhibit. I'll be around to answer any questions. Thank you for coming." Everyone gets up and starts to wander towards the exhibits. Shane walks over to Bonnie. "I'll be right back." I tell April and let go of her hand before walking over. "Professor Shane, I'm Aaliyah Lockwood." I tell him, "Please, just call me Shane." he says and I smile shaking his hand. "Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a badass." I tell him, "Nothing compared to Silas." He tells me.

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I walked into the Grill and looked around before spotting who I needed to see. I walked over and leaned against the bar. "You're still saving a spot for Mr. Saltzman, huh?" I asked smiling softly, "I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified." Damon says, "Yet." I giggled and climbed in the chair next to him.

 Damon moves one of the bourbons in front of the empty seat next to him, in front of me. "Listen, I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about."

Damon urges me to continue, non-verbally. "So, April mentioned that her dad knew that Professor Shane guy. Which wouldn't be creepy, except, he had all that info about the hunter's curse, and we live in a town where, you know, anybody who knows stuff is creepy until proven otherwise." I tell him, "You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home." Damon says, "I got the Sheriff to dig up the pastor's phone records. Turns out, he made like a call a day to the same number the last month he was alive. And on the day that the Council got blown up at the farm, he called it ten times. The office of Professor Atticus Shane." I tell him and place the file on the table.

I turn to leave when Damon grabs my arm, "You and April.." He trailed off making me laugh. "We used to be..together.. before she left for boarding school." I tell him as he looked impressed and held up a fist making me laugh and bump it. "Hang out for a second, and I'll get you home." he tells me. "No need. Matt is taking me to Aprils." I say and wink before walking out of the Grill to Matt who just got in his truck. I banged on the window making him jump and I laughed.