1:3 We're Being Punked, Pedro

We're Being Punked, Pedro

Part 1

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RECAP

"Thank you...." Your voice broke as you spoke, Hope's face softened at your voice breaking but you didn't see that. Hope turned around, seeing you were dressed. You hopped into the bed, Hope obviously quickly got changed but she sat on the end of the bed, reading the letter from Landon. You didn't see this but Hope was crying, silently, only a couple tears fell as she looked at her family photos. You just shut your eyes, needing the sleep to keep your mind off.....

things.....

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So, despite feeling better when you woke up today, something seemed off, like you still didn't feel the same. You decided it was best to ignore it and get on with the day. You had to attend classes since you were living on campus, so you stayed with Hope. Hope promised to help you with magic outside of class so you could help the group and complete your homework, etc.

During this period's Magic lesson you were seated next to Hope and an unidentified student. Since you weren't entirely there, it was a little startling when Hope and the random student touched you, but after a while, everything was fine. You all had to hold hands, so you did.

"All right, gather together." The teacher stated, known as Dorian. He circled the group of witches that sat in a circle. "Chain spells are about the fluid movement of energy, from witch to witch. Where's Penelope Park?" He questioned.

The blonde twin spoke up. "Um, lady cramps, Mr.Williams." Lizzie said, looking up at Mr.Williams. She then looked back down.

Mr.Williams had a shocked face. "Sorry I asked." He said, before continuing. "A disharmonious group makes for an uneven flow." There was stifled laughter throughout the room, although, you didn't laugh, you just kept seeing your parents dead, in front of you. Hope also didn't find it funny. "Okay..." He mumbled to himself before looking up and seeing a note flying down to him.

"Uh-oh,who's in trouble with the headmaster?" Josie said out loud, joking, but it didn't sound like a joke. Dorian lifted his arm up and opened the note.

"Probably the people who started a rumble with the local high school." Hope fired back.

All the witches disconnected their hands as Dorian read out loud. "Lizzie Saltzman, Josie Saltzman, Kate Parker and baby makes three. Off you go." You rolled your eyes, flattening out your skirt as you got up. Lizzie and Josie looked shocked at the mention of their names, looking at Hope with a confused look, Hope looked back with an expression that said 'I'm not gonna tell you' or 'don't ask me questions' but got up and you followed the 3 other girls to Alaric.

We all followed Alaric to the Salvatore Memorial Library. "This makes no sense, Dad." Lizzie said, sulking already. "Why are we being punished?" She questioned.

You spoke up before Alaric could answer. "And why did you use my mothers last name instead of my Dad's? Why is it such a bad thing for people to know about my real father?" You inquired. The Saltzman twins looked at you confused, Hope knowing the answer, looked down.

"Wait, your mom's last name is Parker, does that mean you're apart of the Gemini Coven?" Lizzie questioned, the twins obviously didn't hear when your name was called out. You squinted your eyes, confused at what a Gemini Coven was.

"A Gemini what?" You asked, crossing your arms over your chest.

Lizzie looked offended you didn't know what that was. "You don't know what the Gemini Coven is?"

You looked at her as if she was picking a fight. "I'm sorry, did I offend you?" You looked at Lizzie with a rude face, glaring at her.

Alaric butted in, letting out a heavy sigh. "Girls, enough. Lizzie, her mom, yes was a Gemini Coven witch, sister to your biological mother. She's still learning what all this means, so please, cut her some slack."

Josie cut in. "Was? And that means you're our cousin." You nodded, ignoring the comment on the 'was'.

"To answer your question Kate, it's to keep your secret." He answered, but why did it need to be kept a secret? You didn't question and just nodded. The Twins looked confused. He looked at Lizzie. "Because you started a brawl at a charity football game that risked exposing what we really do here." He answered The blondes question.

Some of the kids in the library looked at the 5 of you but looked away quickly because Hope glared back.

"Well, you weren't mad last night." Lizzie sulked.

"I was mad last night. My undying love for my daughters just happened to trump my rage." We all followed him down the stairs. He placed a book down, we all walked down the stairs and stood by the table, besides Lizzie. "I volunteered everyone in the game, so stop complaining." He turned around, looking at Josie, Hope and you. "You're lucky that it's just community service and not actual jail time." Alaric proved a point.

'Can I at least offer a rebuttal in my defence, if it pleases the court?" Lizzie questioned, Alaric looking up at her. Alaric motioned for her to continue. You pick yourself up and sit up on the table, watching Lizzie. "First of all, I was provoked. My response was totally proportional, considering the levels of abuse that I was forced to endure." Hope chuckled, looking away from Lizzie. "And secondly... if anyone should take the blame, it's Josie." Lizzie stated, putting all the fault of Lizzie's action onto her twin.

Josie looked confused, angry and upset. "What?"

"I'm sorry. I totally cracked under cross, but if you had just let Kaleb catch the ball-" Lizzie rambled.

Josie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, okay-"

Alaric cut in. "You'd still be in trouble."

"But nice just throwing your sister under the bus." Hope commented as well.

You rolled your eyes. Ever since the incident with the dragon and the nightmare you saw, you've become shut off and put your walls up higher than ever. "Nice one, Lizzie, that was really unnecessary." You stated.

"Thank you, Hope, Kate." The brunette said, looking at us.

Alaric cut in. "Speaking of, the bus leaves in 10 minutes, and I expect all four of you to be on it, working together today, harmoniously and without drama. End of debate." Alaric stated, clearly using his adult 'dad' tone on all of us.

Hope spoke up. "We weren't even at the game. Why are we being punished?" Hope questioned, motioning towards you and her.

The older man looked at Hope. "You know what you did." He paused, looking at all of us. You saw as Lizzie face turned to one of excitement, why was she happy Hope was in trouble? "All right, now, go, all of you. Come on." He clapped his hands. The twins moved away, shutting the door to the library, but you stayed where you are and so did Hope.

Once the twins were gone, Hope spoke up. "Seriously?" She questioned.

"What part of what I said needs translating?" Alaric groaned out.

"I want to help you with research." Hope changed the subject.

"Dorian has a masters degree in library science. I think the adults have it covered." Alaric tried making the conversation short.

Hope shook her head, walking forward. "That' s not fair. You only play by the grown-up rules when you don't need something from me."

You groaned. "I'll see you at the bus.." You mumbled, getting off the table and walking out of the room, not wanting to hear them argue over something stupid. Hope nodded.

You heard Alaric speak but didn't bother comprehending what he said and instead went to the front door of the school and hopped into the bus. "So, why are you in trouble, New Girl or.. cousin." The blonde Twin said as you jumped into the van.

"Lizzie!" Josie yelled at her sister. "Sorry, you don't need to answer it." Josie stated.

You nodded. "Good, 'cause I wasn't going too." You said looking down at your hands and fiddling with them. You didn't bother looking at how the Twins reaction to you backfiring a response was and instead watched as Hope walked into the van, sitting next to you.

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You walked in front of Hope and behind Josie. "So, what did you do? My dad never gets mad at you." Lizzie was searching for words, we were finally off the bus and getting fresh air. You looked around at all the greenery and trees, instantly smiling at the sight of birds flying around. Hope and Lizzie walked a little slower than you and Josie. "You're the prodigal daughter. Must have been juicy." Lizzie said, Hope was semi listening but instead was watching you smiling for the first time after the incident and her heart warmed at the sight.

Hope turned around, her face changing to one of annoyance. "Sorry, no time for girl talk. Public service awaits." Hope commented, now finally off the bus, you were now standing in the shade, your smile gone. Hope made her way over to you and stood next to you.

"All right, listen up. It's a beautiful day. You got options: Litter, weeds, graffiti. Your choice." Dorian stated. he passed a rubbish stick to a vampire name Kaleb who grabbed it in annoyance. Dorian walked back towards the bus.

He stepped forward, all eyes on him. "It's bad enough we get punished while the humans get a pass, but there ain't no way in hell I'm picking up their garbage." He held out the stick to Lizzie.

"Uh, I don't do trash either." Lizzie held up her hands, her face turning to one of disgust at the sight.

Hope cut in. "I love trash," She paused, taking the stick. "as of this moment." Hope turned around, walking back to stand besides you.

"Perf. It suits you." Lizzie commented at Hope who turned around once beside me again. She turned back to her sister. "Looks like we're scrubbing paint today."

"Dad told us to work together, okay, harmoniously." Josie had her arms crossed.

"Yeah, and he also said without drama, and I am feeling a rage attack coming on, so I will be remaining drama-free over by that wall of graffiti." Lizzie pointed at the wall somewhere in the centre of Mystic Falls. "Are you coming or not?" She questioned.

Josie cocked her head to the side. "I don't know, Lizzie, is there another bus you want to throw me under?" Hope looked at Josie when she said that, using Hope's word against her sister. Josie then walked over towards us.

Lizzie scoffed. "Fine. Daddy's girls." The blonde aimed that at Hope and Josie and not you. "Anyone else?" She questioned the large group of supernatural. Kaleb followed Lizzie as well as some other students. Lizzie turned around. "Get the lead out, MG." Lizzie said, turning around again and Mg followed.

Hope moved the trash bag to get Jaír in it so its open. MG turned around with an apologetic look before running after Lizzie. Josie sighed looking at you and Hope. You moved towards the bus, grabbing a stick and bag and walking with Hope and Josie.

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You all work in silence, you have put in earbuds and played music but on a low volume so you can still hear whats happening outside of the music world. Hope was watching Josie before looking down and speaking up. "You have a future in waste management." Hope commented, smiling as she spoke.

"Cleaning up messes is kind of my thing." Josie stated.

Hope cocked her head to the side while speaking. "Well, your sister is kind of a dumpster fire." Hope giggled.

Josie stopped working, looking up at Hope. "Why do you always pick fights?" Hope turned to look at Josie at the comment. "We've known each other a decade and any time you have a chance, you poke."

Hope continued to pick up rubbish as Josie did the same. "You guys do your fair share of poking." Hope cleared. You watched the interaction while still picking up rubbish.

"Yeah, in retaliation to your pokes. And with you spending so much time with my dad and keeping secrets..." Josie trailed off.

Hope walked up a bit further to get more trash. "We're not keeping secrets." Hope said, obviously getting annoyed and angry. Josie only followed Hope.

"Oh, yeah? What happened when you went to go find Landon Kirby?" Josie questioned. This caused you to stop picking up rubbish and freeze.

"Nothing happened." Hope stated.

"Something clearly did happen." Josie picked up another piece of rubbish. "Rafael never showed up at school, my dad is rattled. So why don't you just tell me?"

Hope rolled her eyes. "Because there's nothing to tell." Hope poked at the ground and it went straight through her shoe and foot. "Aah!" Hope looked down and both you and Josie went to look at what happened.

"Oh my god-" Josie commented.

Hope groaned. "Aah! Ow." Hope said looking at Josie who then bent down to get closer.

You stood next to Hope, rubbing her back, she looked at you with a 'thank you' look which you returned a 'you're welcome'.

"Are you okay? I mean, what do I do?" Josie asked frantically, obviously worried and forgetting that Hope was a tribrid that can heal herself.

"Help me pull it out." Hope ordered.

Josie looked confused. "What?" Josie asked as if that was a joke

Hope looked around, making sure no one was watching. "I can heal myself." She paused. "Pull it out."

Josie grabbed the bottom of the stick, Hope letting go of the top so it was free to move and get pulled out. Josie the pulled it out and falling back and into the trash bags from the force she used to get it out. Hope groaned which caused you to rub her back every more. "Ow!" She stepped back into you. You then moved out of the way, Hope's face obviously in pain.

"You poked yourself." Josie joked. the both laughing while you giggled.

"Shut up." Hope said through her big smile, looking down at her foot, moving it around to feel it again.

You all got back to picking up rubbish until Josie asked you a question. "Hey, this may seem rude to ask, but what's so bad about knowing your fathers real name and this 'big secret' my dad's told you to keep?" She asked.

You shrugged. "I'm not sure how to answer that, sorry. But I'm sure if I told you, I'd get in a lot of trouble by your dad." You said truthfully. Hope listened on the conversation to make sure you didn't spill anything. Josie nodded.

Then suddenly when we were putting down a full garbage bag, Josie hurled over, grabbing her stomach and groaning in pain. "Everything okay?" Hope asked.

"Yeah, I just think that that's making me a little bit nauseous." Josie pointed to two people making out. Mg and what I've been told, the blondes name is Dana.

"Huh. Didn't see that coming." Hope stated.

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A.N: All right, I didn't know how to finish this chapter to move on so im just ending it here lol. Hope you enjoyed :)