Chapter 5: 𝟏.𝟎

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Arielle knocked on the door of her house praying that someome was home.

She didn't call anyone to tell them she was coming back. She probably should've because that would've made things a little easier, but the girl always did things her way, most of the times anyways.

When the door opened and Caroline saw her sister, she was stunned while Arielle gave her a sheepish smile, "Hey, Care." the older girl greeted hesitantly.

"Elles." the blonde said in disbelief, "What are you doing here?" she asked in a snarky tone.

"I'm here for you." she answered half-honestly.

Caroline scoffed, "Yea, right. I got into a car crash and you came back for three days, so you missed your chance to check up on me." she snapped.

"And you died." the older girl remarked making Caroline look at her in shock, "And I wasn't there for you, I'm sorry."

"How do you know that?" she questioned.

"I'm a werewitch." Arielle revealed.

"Wait..like witch and wolf?" she asked slightly confused, "Is that even possible?"

Arielle nodded, "I guess it is." she muttered, "I'll explain everything, I promise, just let me set down my bags and then I'll answer whatever questions you have."

Caroline opened the door and Arielle walked in towards her room.

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After Arielle had settled down, the two made their way into the kitchen so Arielle could explain everything.

"Ask me whatever you want." Arielle said sitting down infront of Caroline.

"Why'd you leave?"

"I triggered my curse and everything was just too much, leaving was what was best for me at the moment."

"And going awol was best for you too?" she snapped.

"I didn't want you to be affected by the supernatural world, I thought I was keeping you safe."

"Look how that worked out."

"It wasn't meant too. The bracelet I gave you before I left, it was a protection charm, as long as you had it on you, you couldn't be hurt or killed."

Caroline looked at the braclet and then at her sister. She didn't know what to say, she was still mad, but she could never stay mad at her sister for too long.

"I'm sorry I left, and I know I can't make up for the past years, but I'm here now and no one is getting close to you ever again, I promise." the older girl assured breaking the silence.

"I've been so mad at you, and I really want to hate you, but I can't." she muttered playing with her bracelets.

"It's your curse, Care, you can't hate anyone. That's why we make such a good pair." Arielle said softly.

Caroline looked up at her and smiled, "Just don't leave again."

Arielle returned the smile before speaking, "I won't." she pomised, "Now catch me up on all the supernatural drama." she urged trying to lighten the mood.

Caroline smiled before telling her everything that has happened since Stefan and Damon Salvatore got into town.

When she was done telling her everything Arielle was mad, to say the least. Caroline swore she saw her eyes go red for a moment.

"I'm gonna murder everyone." Arielle muttered furiously.

"No! No you're not." Caroline quickly denied.

"Oh, yes I am." she retorted, "First, I'm gonna kill that nasty little pedo. Then, I'm gonna kill his bunny-munching brother. After that I'll kill that whiny little doppleganger bitch and her evil version. I won't kill Bonnie out of respect for Sheila, but trust me if that wasn't the case, I'd definitely kill her." the red-head ranted furiously.

"Elles. Calm down." Caroline advised.

"No!" she yelled back, "Everyone who hurt you is currently on my bad side, myself included, so if they do even the slightest thing to piss me off, I'll make them wish they were dead." she said certainly.

"Then I probably shouldn't invite you to a girls night with Bonnie and Elena?" the blonde girl questioned quietly.

Arielle turned to her with a big smile, "I'll be ready in five minutes." she didn't wait for a response as she got up and walked out of the kitched leaving Caroline there, slightly confused.

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Arielle didn't really care about girls night, but if either one of them tested her she would put them in their place. She also wanted to give them a piece of her mind for being shitty friends to Caroline.

She was lost in thought until she felt Caroline dragging her inside Elena's house. When they got to the kitchen Bonnie looked at her in shock.

Arielle rarely returned to Mystic Falls, and for her to be there out of the blue meant something was wrong. She never came back 'just because', so the witch knew something was up.

"Arielle. I didn't know you were back." she said as Elena went to her side.

The girl simply shrugged and sat down on the island, "When your sister dies and turns into a vampire, you don't really call anyone and let them know about your surprise visit." she says sarcastically.

"You still haven't told me how you found out about that." Caroline realized.

Arielle paused, "Elijah told me." she answered simply.

The three girls paused, especially Elena, "You know Elijah?" Elena said in confusion.

Arielle nodded, "Where is he, by the way?" she asked looking between all of them. The three girls stayed silent making Arielle roll her eyes, "Fine, be that way." she mumbled.

"How do you know Elijah?" Elena asked again breaking the silence.

"He's been looking out for me since I triggered my curse." she answered.

"Your curse?" Bonnie questioned.

"Wolf curse." she said obviously, "Like when you kill someone and then you trigger your curse? Do you guys have no knowledge of the supernatural world?" she questioned.

"We do." Bonnie remarked quickly, "But we didn't know you were a wolf." she added.

"Grams didn't tell you?" she asked making the witch shake her head.

"You killed someone!" Elena asked looking at her in discomfort.

Arielle noticed her tone. It wasn't a question, it was a statement. A statement that sounded judgmental. She didn't even know the full story and she was being judgy.

"No!" she retorted.

It wasn't a lie. She didn't kill 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦, she killed fifteen witches. It's not that they didn't deserve it. If someone was already planning to kill you and you kill them first, is it really that bad? Or are you just defending yourself?

"It was self-defense, I didn't mean to do it." she defended. The only lie in that sentence was the last part. In her opinion they were right where they belonged.

Six feet under.

Caroline went to her sisters side and hugged her seeing she was getting uncomfortable with the topic. The blonde knew what it was like to lose control and she didn't like the pained look her sister had.

"Let's just drop it, okay!?" Caroline said sternly looking between the two girls who nodded slowly in response.

"Pizza or Chinese food?" Caroline asked still hugging Arielle.

"Like you have to ask." Elena said with a small smirk.

Caroline mirrored her smirk and let go of Arielle, "I'll order it now." she said grabbing her IPAD but stopping once she saw her homescreen, which was a picture of her and Matt.

Bonnie noticed this and grabbed the device from her hands, "I'll do it." she said towards the girl softly.

"Do you think Jonas is being sincere?" Elena asked Bonnie putting away the dishes.

"I don't know what to think." Bonnie said looking up from the device, "I think he's at a loss and he's not sure who to trust."

"Join the club." Elena muttered.

"You could've trusted Elijah." Arielle said.

"I don't trust him." the girl retorted standing infront of her.

"And he was planning on killing her all along." Caroline added and the two girls nodded in agreement.

Arielle nodded her eyes, "No he wasn't." she defended, "You guys were being dumb and now Klaus is definitely going to kill you."

"You know about Klaus?" Bonnie questioned setting the IPAD down.

Arielle nodded, "Elijah told me alot about his relationship with Klaus." she said, "And he's been keeping me up to date on everything here."

"How much do you know about him?" Elena asked desperately.

"Nothing that I'm gonna tell you." Arielle said once she realized the girl was probably going to press her for information about Elijah and Klaus.

Elena scoffed, "Klaus is trying to kill me." she stated, "Any information you have could maybe help us prevent that."

Arielle looked at the girl in disbelief, "No!" she answered simply making Elena look at her in betrayal.

"Did you miss the part where I said Klaus is-"

"Trying to kill you!" Arielle cut her off, "I don't care." she stated coldly.

"How can you say that?" Bonnie asked, "We're your friends. Elena's your friend."

"My '𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥' who's still friends with Caroline's rapist." she yelled.

Everyone seemed taken-back by her outburst, "Elles-" Caroline began only to be cut off by Arielle.

"No!" she said getting up from her seat, "Elena can as innocent as she wants, but it's not gonna change the fact that she's still friends with Damon, even after what he did to you." she snapped.

Then she turned to Bonnie, "And you ignored her when she literary 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥. But we all know if Elena was the one in that place, you wouldn't have cared."

"You ignored her too." Bonnie said.

"I did." she confirmed, "But the difference between us is that as soon as I found out, I came here. You were here, and you still ignored her."

"We helped her. Bonnie made her a daylight ring and-" Elena began.

"You mean Stefan helped her." she corrected, "Stefan helped her control herself, not you. Stefan taught her most things she knows. Stefan went to save her from those wolves, not you."

"Elles, stop." Caroline said silently.

Arielle turned to her, "Fine." she said calmly, "But when they turn their backs on you, don't say I didn't say so." she glared at the girls before she walked out of the kitchen.

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𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐦𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐢 𝐫𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐧 + 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐳𝐧 𝟏, 𝐬𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐦𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐤