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Chapter 06 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klaus had had dreams about one of his favourite operas for the nights that Myriam was missing. Les Huguenots<\/em> was grandiose and spectacular and very few operas were this way. The story was a gripping one as well, a tale of forbidden love, akin to Romeo and Juliet. Family. Long-festering hatred. Betrayal. The massacre of thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hadn\u2019t been trying to fall asleep, he was turning New Orleans upside down to try and find his wife but hadn\u2019t been able to find her. Not even her trustworthy witches were able to, and she wasn\u2019t at D\u00e9bauche. But for some reason, he found himself nodding off while brooding. Or when feeding and he couldn\u2019t quite understand why. Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was supposed to go to the opera with Myriam after his new business partner had given him some tickets, but how was he supposed to go without her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you forget about us?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus looked around and saw no one. \u201cShow yourself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t. I\u2019ve been trying to instruct you to go to the opera house for two days now, and you\u2019re not listening. Miss Myriam is there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou could have told me that to begin with!\u201d Klaus fumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not strong. I was instructed to tell you but not to weaken you. Be careful. Mikael took her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMikael!\u201d Klaus immediately took off and once he arrived at the Opera House. The crowd was laughing, and Mikael was standing proudly on the stage surrounded by people Klaus cared about, stopping him briefly in his tracks when he saw an unconscious Myriam hanging from a rack, reminding him of his own predicament when his father and his mother cursed the werewolf side of him. There were smoke fumes coming off of her as the ropes burned her, there were holes in her clothes from where Mikael had stabbed her to drain her of blood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, yes, she\u2019s a sight to behold, isn\u2019t she, boy?\u201d Mikael taunted him. \u201cA wise decision to have her ingest vervain so nobody can compel her. She\u2019s strong because even while torturing her she didn\u2019t want to give up your location. Now, Marcel, however\u2026\u201d Mikael pointed at Marcel who was hanging from a cross. \u201cHe and Rebekah summoned me here, and he was more than happy to tell me where you lived. Have you found Elijah yet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He jumped on the stage to try and release Myriam, but the vervain burned his hands. Mikael pulled him away from her and held the white oak stake in front of his face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo!\u201d Rebekah said as she tried to pull Mikael away from him, causing Mikael to stab her and throwing Klaus across the stage, impaling him on a pole. Klaus thought that Rebekah was trying to save him, but all she wanted was to free Marcel from his bonds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until Elijah came and pulled the pole out of Klaus that they both quickly undid Myriam\u2019s ropes. \u201cThere\u2019s no helping Marcel,\u201d Elijah said as he pushed the unconscious Myriam into his brother\u2019s arms while Mikael was occupied with killing Marcel. \u201cWe must run.\u201d Elijah pulled Rebekah off the floor, and they ran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikael was calling for them as they walked into a side street and Elijah carefully placed Rebekah on the floor as he tore a metal spike from one of the nearby windows. \u201cHe\u2019s coming. Feed our sister your blood, brother, and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarcel,\u201d was the first thing she said as she woke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He looked over to the Opera House as it burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gone, sister,\u201d Elijah said calmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo! No!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe three of you must flee the city,\u201d Elijah said bravely. \u201cI\u2019ll hold him off, Niklaus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, we fight him together,\u201d Klaus replied as he helped his sister to her feet before tending to Myriam, feeding some of his blood to her to help speed up the healing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot fight him,\u201d Elijah took a few steps towards his siblings. \u201cAll we can do is what we\u2019ve done. We deceive him. We lead him astray. Now, I can do that as well as anyone. You take them far away from here. I\u2019ll find you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, Elijah! No! You can\u2019t!\u201d Rebekah cried. \u201cYou can\u2019t, Elijah!\u201d She looked at Klaus with tears on her face. \u201cThis is my fault. This is all my fault!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not your fault,\u201d Klaus kindly said as Myriam was still unresponsive. \u201cWe could really use your demons, love,\u201d he whispered as he pulled her up and put her over his shoulder. \u201cIt\u2019s my fault, Rebekah. I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d The sound of the opera house collapsing drew his attention back to the building. \u201cMarcel\u2026\u201d he said in barely a whisper. \u201cI believed we had found a home here\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNiklaus, please,\u201d Elijah said breathlessly. \u201cYou must leave. Go.\u201d When Klaus opened his mouth to say something, Elijah raised his voice. \u201cLeave!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s what he did. Carrying Myriam over his shoulder and pushing his sister along, they went to their safe house in Arkansas to plot their next move, to heal and to think of ways to move forward. Perhaps Elijah would be back in time before they\u2019d leave again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be serious!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI nearly died, Klaus! I nearly died!\u201d Myriam countered. \u201cThis is exactly what we\u2019ve discussed so long ago, that in case Mikael would find you again, I\u2019d run. That I\u2019d become your gatekeeper. I\u2019m not as durable as you, remember? I can keep myself safe and keep an eye on you, but if we\u2019re together, it\u2019s going to make things even more difficult. I can\u2019t be with you, Klaus. Not until Mikael is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want you to leave, you\u2019re my wife!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I don\u2019t want to leave!\u201d she yelled at him. \u201cBut I have to! Besides, it\u2019ll be just you and Rebekah travelling, if I\u2019m with you, it can get suspicious very fast!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen promise me that you will check in every once in a while!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are we still shouting?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPromise me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI promise!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the past 80 years, Myriam had been the buffer between Klaus and anyone who had been looking for him. She had killed most of the people as they were enemies. She had also done some digging into that curse of his. What was needed and why. Why there were doppelgangers, how often did they show up and when was the next popping up? Who was Katerina Petrova? Could she find information on her? A baby picture to aid Myriam in her search for the next doppelganger? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam loved doing research, and because this concerned her husband, she went way down the rabbit hole to get what she needed. And now, she had all of her ducks in a row. Soon, her husband was going to join her again, and his curse would be broken. One less problem for the Mikaelson family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikael had been desiccated and locked away in a tomb in North Carolina in 1995, making the world a much safer space for the time being, and she had briefly considered to rejoin Klaus at that time. However, as by divine happenstance, the next Petrova doppelganger had been born in Mystic Falls in 1992, and Elena Gilbert looked like a carbon copy of Katerina Petrova. An exact copy. As a child, but even more so when she grew into a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam decided to move back to Mystic Falls, compel the city council to give her a rental home and find a job to keep an eye on the teenager. Teenagers could be so impulsive and didn\u2019t see danger when it was staring them right in the face. She could have gone to the Mansion she had built two hundred years prior, but truth be told, time hadn\u2019t been kind to it, and it needed to be renovated first. But there was no way in hell that she was going to stay in that fleabag motel when her home was being renovated. And humans were slow. She knew this was going to take some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She lived as human as possible. After leaving Klaus, she had briefly lived without a daylight ring and only moved around in the dark. The ring Klaus had given her was still, to this day, very expensive looking and vampires knew about Klaus having a wife. It was a hazard. It was a beautiful ring, there was no doubt about it, but a hazard. She had to wait for some of her belongings to arrive from Florence, which included some of her dark objects and one of her self-made daylight rings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even with her new ring and her wedding ring safely tucked away, she pretended to be human. Her demons made her appear even more human-like they\u2019d done before, and she was happily living under the radar. She had to get to know the town of Mystic Falls and all of the key players all over again. Luckily, nothing had changed much, she had to deal with the same families, just generations apart, and they weren\u2019t as trustworthy as their ancestors. No, this city council was smart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had Zach Salvatore as their vervain supplier, and Myriam tried to stay away from him because Zak Salvatore was his ancestor. A great uncle. Her Zak. The man that had been so kind as to take her in. The man who didn\u2019t like her building the Mikaelson mansion because it was too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The council knew about vampires, that was a given. Would they know about werewolves? Would the Lockwoods know about werewolves? Perhaps it was one big family secret! Oh, Myriam loved unearthing secrets, but she had already established that none of the Lockwoods had triggered their curse yet. Otherwise, they\u2019d stink terribly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been trying to avoid me for months,\u201d Zach sounded as he came from the back of the Mystic Grill with a grin on his face. \u201cThey let me in, seeing as you\u2019re keeping me coming in from the front while you\u2019re working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be ridiculous,\u201d Myriam huffed, as she followed him to the storage room for some privacy. \u201cVicky, I\u2019m going to take five!\u201d She called out to the teenager who worked with her. \u201cThis is a big town, why would I avoid you?\u201d Myriam then asked Zach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause I know who you are, perhaps?\u201d He smiled at her. \u201cYou have nothing to worry about, your secret is safe with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat secret?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach sighed as he produced a diary from his bag and opened it to a page where she could see Zak\u2019s handwriting and his drawing of her. \u201cYou\u2019re her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, that\u2019s not me, sugar,\u201d she shook her head. \u201cHave you had too much to drink?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know about your kind, Myriam. My uncles are like you, although I believe you\u2019re far more kind than they are. As I said, your secret is safe with me, but I do suggest you\u2019re careful with your feeding habits. Your last\u2026 snack was a wealthy businessman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tore him apart and tossed him in the river. He might have been a wealthy businessman, but I have it on good authority that he was into some shady shit and was about to bankrupt one of the store owners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey found him this morning,\u201d he replied with a sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose. \u201cWhile feeding on the bad guys is commendable, feed elsewhere. We do need a decent dose of bad guys in town so that the sheriff has something to do. Come join me for a drink after work sometime, okay? I\u2019d love to hear stories about my great-great-great-uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSorry sugar, but I\u2019m not a history book,\u201d she said as she moved past him and pulled her phone out of her pocket. Dear Mr Jenkins. I seem to have gotten myself into a pickle regarding my food. Is there any way you can assist me?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you in Mystic Falls, again?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relax, mon Loulou. Trust me. Would you be so kind as to send bags of food to my home on a regular basis?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll have something arranged. One of my underlings will arrive today with a cooler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m working, he can\u2019t!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to earn rent somehow \ud83d\ude09 Your underling can come by at 3 am tonight. No sooner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those blasted emoticons!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, Mr Jenkins, I\u2019m going back to my shift now! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach followed Myriam out with a smirk. \u201cSo you\u2019ll be coming by the Boarding House for that drink, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed as she turned around to face him. \u201cFine\u2026 I suppose I owe you one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure,\u201d she sighed again. \u201cNow shoo, I\u2019m working here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day Myriam dutifully found her way to the Salvatore Boarding House. She could have gotten a room there instead of going through the painful process of acquiring a rental home, but she needed to stay out of Salvatore territory. And now she was right in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had to admit, it was a beautiful home with a large driveway and a fantastic entrance. \u201cTadaa,\u201d Zach greeted her with a smile. \u201cCome on in, let me give you the grand tour!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho built this place?\u201d she asked in awe as they walked through the corridor. She had already sent her demons over to scope the place and find out about Zach\u2019s true intentions, but they had come back with nothing. There wasn\u2019t an evil bone in Zach\u2019s body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cZak Salvatore,\u201d he said with a smirk on his face. \u201cOur line has a habit of calling their firstborns after ourselves. Uh, the son of Stefan and Damon\u2019s half-brother. I suppose Giuseppe wanted to name a son after his brother with his lover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid Zak find happiness?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach winced then. \u201cYou\u2019re going to want a drink when I tell you his story,\u201d he said as he led her to the parlour and poured her a large glass of bourbon. \u201cDid you ever come back to Mystic Falls after you left?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Myriam shook her head. \u201cNot even to check up on Stefan and Damon, but to hear that that bitch turned them made me feel sick. They didn\u2019t deserve this kind of life. It\u2019s one thing to have a choice, but to have it forced upon you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach shrugged. \u201cIt happens, I believe that Stefan is happy about it, but I haven\u2019t seen them both in a very long time. Stefan keeps his things here in his room, but that\u2019s it. When he visits, it\u2019s usually brief, and I\u2019m usually never home when he does. I only know about his visits because he leaves some expensive bottles of bourbon behind,\u201d he then let out a breath. \u201cBut those two are nothing but trouble. They\u2019re not like you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She took a sip of her drink and looked at him. \u201cAll vampires are monsters, Zach. Some of us are better at controlling ourselves than others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re nothing like them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t know that,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cPerhaps I\u2019m merely being civil with you because I\u2019m working on some evil master plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah right,\u201d he huffed as he pat on the journal next to him. \u201cZak did love you, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell me what happened to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach sighed deeply. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to like this. On the day that you left, Giuseppe killed Stefan and Damon, but Katherine had been feeding them her blood for weeks, so they woke up in transition. Stefan had a fight with Giuseppe and inadvertently killed him. Zak walked in on Stefan and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing what it had felt like when she turned herself, the endless hunger, the feeling of dread and horror filled her heart. \u201cHe didn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only more reason to hate Katerina for what she had done to the boys. This was personal now, much more personal than it had been in the beginning. She hurt someone Myriam cared about! \u201cI\u2019m going to kill her!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you mean \u2018him\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, no, because if that bitch hadn\u2019t been feeding Stefan and Damon with her blood, they wouldn\u2019t have turned in the first place. Zak\u2019s death is on her, not Stefan,\u201d she said as she downed her glass. \u201cFucking bitch!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, get in line. She\u2019s trapped underneath Fell\u2019s Church with her friends ever since the council rounded them up in 1864.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, she\u2019s not,\u201d Myriam spat before she took a deep breath to calm herself. \u201cBut you\u2019re right. Killing her is not my objective. Yet. She\u2019s a side plot to the bigger story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are you here, back in Mystic Falls?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She took a moment to refill her drink and looked at Zach with a coy smile. \u201cWhat? Can\u2019t a girl feel a little homesick and want to visit for a while to see how things changed?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure, but this isn\u2019t your home,\u201d Zach pointed out. \u201cNot like how it\u2019s Stefan\u2019s home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI still lived here. Besides, I\u2019m not in anyone\u2019s way. I have a job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to stir up trouble?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam huffed. \u201cOf course not. Unless that bitch Katerina comes back too, then she might have a problem but don\u2019t worry, the humans of Mystic Falls are safe from me. I won\u2019t harm them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood. Just checking. Otherwise, I would have told you to leave. We\u2019ve had a good thing going for the last couple of years. No vampires, no werewolves, no witches apart from Sheila Bennett and she\u2019s harmless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a Bennett witch, they\u2019re not harmless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s kooky, but a well-respected member of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd her mother, and grandmother weren\u2019t harmless. Watch your back with that one. Bennett witches are powerful, manipulative and love power. They can easily get addicted to it, and they\u2019d likely want more, like an addict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just biased,\u201d Zach let out a chuckle. \u201cPeople change. Families change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam pursed her lips before she heard some footsteps on the roof. \u201cDo you have a rat infestation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah, that\u2019s likely Stefan coming back home, he loves the roof, allows him to see the entirety of Mystic Falls and what not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI gotta go,\u201d she said as she got to her feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy? He\u2019d love to see you again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam looked up to the ceiling as she could now hear him walk around on the first floor. While she was very angry with Katerina for turning Stefan and Damon and thus causing Stefan to kill her Zak, she wasn\u2019t ready to face him yet. Nor was it the time to reveal that she was still alive.\u201cNot yet,\u201d she said in a whisper before running out of the house back to her own little home, which she decided to immediately check over for security flaws. If one of her Dark Objects left a gap somewhere. There was no doubt that where there was a Stefan, a Damon followed or would soon follow and she wanted to keep unwanted guests out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her own home was far from being finished from renovating, and this rental home was difficult to protect as it was part of the city council\u2019s new scheme that everybody should be able to live in a home – they were desperate to keep their numbers up as it was only a small town. Small towns had it difficult, and Myriam wasn\u2019t sure if she had to donate some money to the council again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was Myriam Jenkins, Mystic Grill waitress who earned minimum wage and she did not have the money to donate to a town. Not this time. She was here for different reasons than entertainment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satisfied by her security issues, she opened her fridge and got a blood bag out of it, one of a week\u2019s worth of blood, brought to her by one of Klaus\u2019 underlings the night before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day it was a little hard to get to work due to a freak storm, but she managed to get to her job anyway, providing shelter for anyone who needed it, but nobody showed up. It was almost as if she saw tumbleweeds rolling through the establishment out of sheer boredom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She helped with the clean up the next day before work and headed home after her shift while she had to assure a concerned husband that she was alright and no, not hurt at all. And that yes, she was going to come to him that weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the next day, the entire town was mourning the lives of Greyson and Miranda Gilbert, who had an accident after picking up their daughter Elena from a bonfire party after a fight with her boyfriend. Elena survived the crash, miraculously, but her, and her brother Jeremy\u2019s, parents did not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam wasn\u2019t sure if this was a good thing or not. A child should not be without her parents, losing her own mother at 15 still hurt after so long. But on the other hand, the fewer family members Elena Gilbert had, the easier it would be to use her as Klaus\u2019 salvation. Maybe Myriam should get rid of Jeremy and her aunt Jenna, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elena and Jeremy Gilbert spent the summer at the Forbes house while Jenna made preparations to become their legal guardian. Jenna was still a child herself, Myriam could see nothing but trouble come from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam\u2019s demons told her that Katerina was in California playing with a Lockwood. No doubt it was Mason who was hanging around with a bunch of werewolves without knowing he was a werewolf himself. Until he triggered the curse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People were stupid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somewhere in the first week of September Zach angrily walked into the Grill and pulled Myriam away from the bar. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong, sugar?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI told you not to feed on people!\u201d He hissed. \u201cYou can\u2019t tell me that an animal killed the two you killed on the road last night! Torn apart or not, the council is smarter than that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me!\u201d Myriam growled. \u201cI\u2019ve been a good girl and have been feeding on blood bags and only feed on servants when I go and join my husband for a couple of days. Maybe it\u2019s Stefan!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. As far as I know, he\u2019s not fallen off the wagon and is still feeding on bunnies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam blinked then. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t feed on humans?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a ripper. The taste of human blood drives him insane, insatiable and always wanting more and more. He likes to play with his food too. He uh, told me this. But he has it under control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you asked him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach sighed and shook his head. \u201cHe\u2019s enrolling into school right now. I came to you first because I know you\u2019re not on the animal diet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd never will be, thank you very much!\u201d Myriam huffed. \u201cWhen I do feed, I am careful and won\u2019t kill anyone. I even heal their wounds when necessary. Unless I\u2019m angry. Then I can tear through an entire village like it\u2019s nothing. But I\u2019m here on a mission, and I have excellent self-control. It\u2019s not me you have to worry about. Ask the Ripper,\u201d she shot at him. \u201cHow dare you to ask me if I killed and mutilated two people,\u201d she walked away from him and returned to her duties. Asshole. She wasn\u2019t coming over for more drinks any time soon. Not even during the day when Stefan was supposedly in school. Asshole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humans were fickle. Vampires were fickle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She missed her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon got back into town. Oh, he was good at hiding in the shadows, but she\u2019d overheard some girls talking about a tall, dark and handsome stranger with the most piercing blue eyes and then another mentioning he was Stefan\u2019s brother so yeah. Those bodies from a couple of days ago and Vicki Donovan\u2019s attack were Damon\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, so far, so good. He hadn\u2019t actually seen her, and she had managed to avoid him while helping everyone to prepare for the Comet party. The same comet that passed by the day Myriam had left Mystic Falls and the same comet which energy was used to seal the vampires underneath Fell\u2019s Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she never attended the celebrations. To make sure that she\u2019d stay out of Damon and Stefan\u2019s way, no matter how curious she was, she needed to be more invisible. She couldn\u2019t stay invisible forever especially with the bodies dropping left and right, but for now, she lead her own life. Damon and Stefan weren\u2019t crucial to her mission, but Elena was. And in a way, Myriam was grateful that Stefan gave Elena a necklace filled with vervain, even if it wasn\u2019t his to give away or his to have in his possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019d reveal herself during the Founders Party that she had been invited to attend, there was this whole heritage thing going on, and Myriam was curious to see how things have endured the test of time. No doubt Elena was going to take Stefan to the ball, and Damon was abusing Caroline so no doubt he was coming with her. Myriam couldn\u2019t care less about Caroline. In fact, the girl might be the only reason why Myriam would kill in Mystic Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founders Party first, killing Caroline later even if it meant taking away Damon\u2019s toy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam was happy that this was a party and not a formal ball, although she loved wearing elaborate dresses – it still made her feel like a princess. Instead, she chose a blue and gold evening dress and her favourite black heels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attending the party was important, this way Myriam could see how much the council knew about vampires and if they were aware that the recent kills were all done by vampires. If so, she\u2019d need to take action, this council was a lot smarter than the one 145 years ago. She wasn\u2019t going to attempt any compelling, just use her ears to listen in on conversations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between listening in on the council and definitely running into Stefan and Damon, it was going to be a busy night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was one of the first ones to arrive, which gave her plenty of time to have a look at the collection that the Lockwoods had collected from the other founding families. The first thing she saw was\u2026 a drawing of herself. It was more like a painting, and she couldn\u2019t believe it was there and wasn\u2019t sure who made it. \u201cHoly shit,\u201d she quietly exclaimed in surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemarkable, isn\u2019t it?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam turned to see Liz Forbes standing next to her, dressed in her sheriff outfit. \u201cIs this a joke or something?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh no, it\u2019s a drawing from 1864 alright. My ancestors took it, and other things, after the artist died after an animal attack. Only days before this woman had left Mystic Falls and her servant arrived a couple of days later to announce that she had died in an Inn fire. It was quite suspicious\u2026 it still is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow so?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause you\u2019re obviously looking like her, which makes me think you are her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow? You said it yourself, it was made in 1864. It\u2019s not humanly and scientifically possible to live that long, I\u2019m 26 years old,\u201d Myriam laughed, shaking her head. \u201cWho is she, anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou and her share the same name. Her name is Myriam Hawthorne, ever heard of her?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was quiet for a moment as if she was thinking and then shook her head. \u201cNo, sorry. I\u2019m the first girl born in a very long time in our line. There\u2019s no Hawthorne in my family tree. Are you sure she was called Hawthorne?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh yeah, she\u2019s buried here at the cemetery, big red headstone and all,\u201d Liz then handed Myriam a drink. \u201cSorry for the questions, it\u2019s just\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStrange,\u201d Myriam agreed as she took a sip of her drink and tasting the vervain in it. Stupid Zach caving to the city council or at least Liz Forbes! But since she\u2019d been ingesting vervain for a very long time, Myriam didn\u2019t react to it. \u201cIs this drawing the reason I was invited?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTruthfully? Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She let out a small chuckle as she took another sip of her drink. \u201cI think it\u2019s amazing, though. But that truly isn\u2019t me. Perhaps it\u2019s a doppelganger or something? Ever heard of those?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody has a twin, anywhere, anytime? I didn\u2019t think you believed in that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust because I\u2019m a bartender and waitress at the Grill, doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m not educated. It\u2019s just that there\u2019s no real job in esoteric, floaty stuff, so it\u2019s more of a hobby of mine\u2026 expensive hobby. Student loans are the bane of my existence,\u201d she shook her head laughing. \u201cI should have made better decisions like my parents had wanted me to, but ah well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a witch?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam then blinked, a confused look on her face. \u201cWitches don\u2019t exist, only in fairytales. I know my herbs and stuff that can help people, but usually only when they believe it works. I\u2019m a mixologist for herbs. I like to carry stones with me because I believe they work on me. It\u2019s a belief. Not magic because magic isn\u2019t real.\u201d Oh, she had become so good at pretending now, it was almost a second nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheriff barked out a laugh then. \u201cOh sweetheart, nobody ever told you the legends of Mystic Falls when you moved here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, sure. But vampires? Werewolves? Witches? Really? What drugs were you guys on back then because I\u2019d like some! But legends are just that, not real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe, maybe not,\u201d Liz shrugged as she looked back at the painting. \u201cWould you ever use Vervain in your tonics?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVervain? No, not really, there\u2019s no evidence that it gives you high-quality effectiveness. Some people use it for detoxing the body from stuff or alleviate depression symptoms. I don\u2019t tend to use it because other herbs do the job better,\u201d  she replied with a shrug. \u201cBut if you want me to make you some tea or an ointment with vervain, I\u2019d have to find a place where it grows because despite the town being perfect to grow it, it\u2019s nowhere to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, no, there\u2019s no need,\u201d the sheriff replied as she turned to smile at Myriam. \u201cI have my source for it myself. But thank you for enlightening me. Perhaps you could share your wisdom about herbs with the rest of the council after the party is over?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan it be tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure,\u201d Elizabeth smiled and shook Myriam\u2019s hand. \u201cCongratulations, Myriam, you\u2019ve proven to me that you\u2019re not a vampire,\u201d  she said lightly before walking away to mingle with the newcomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I still think that\u2019s a ridiculous thing to say!\u201d Myriam called after her before she looked at the painting for the last time and sighed. Zak had been so stupid to leave this out, but then again, he hadn\u2019t known she was a vampire. She should have been more careful and made sure that she hadn\u2019t left anything behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of leaving things behind, one of her lockets was on display too. Graciously donated by the Salvatore family. Yeah right, it was likely that it was stolen. She could sense that there was still a demon attached to it. \u201cOh, you poor thing,\u201d she muttered as she started to reach out to it to release it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you supposed to be dead?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merde. Myriam turned around to face Damon, who looked at her. \u201cI could say the same about you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like your dress,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cI knew you weren\u2019t dead dead after your elaborate headstone was placed. Scarlet red stone, beautiful letters and that quote underneath it, seriously? Can it be even more obvious?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt had to be obvious to you,\u201d she replied as she looked at him. \u201cYou look good, Damon. You haven\u2019t aged a day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHa!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough I would have never wished this for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah well, neither had I, but I get to torment Stefan eternally now, so that\u2019s a plus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOr you could just stay away from him and live your own life,\u201d she replied after she released the demon quietly. \u201cAnd stop allowing history to repeat. Stay away from Elena and stop messing with Caroline. Kill her already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam!\u201d Damon laughed as he put an arm around her and lead her to the dance floor to slow dance with her. \u201cThis isn\u2019t your town, it has never been. There is no way that I\u2019m going to allow you to dictate what I can or cannot do with my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElena will bring you nothing but misery, Damon, you know this. She\u2019ll hurt you as Katerina has.\u201d She needed to leave. After the sheriff\u2019s interrogation, she felt a bit exposed, vulnerable and Damon was making things only worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah well, you\u2019re likely back in town working an angle, but so am I. Would you like to exchange angles and then maybe work together?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work alone,\u201d Myriam let go of Damon and stepped away from the dancefloor. \u201cBesides, you likely want to free Katerina from the tomb, but I can tell you with certainty that she\u2019s not there. Go have fun with your date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon grabbed her by the arm and pulled him back towards him. \u201cTell me where she is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon, let go of me!\u201d Myriam cried out in pain as she tried to break free. She could have tried harder, but human and all. \u201cI am not your date!\u201d She then slapped his face so he had no choice but to let her go after the display and she stormed outside to cool off. While she was great at pretending to be human and fooling everyone, the emotions were still getting in her way, but she would never turn them off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Damon followed her out, she fought the urge to break his neck. \u201cTell me where she is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Myriam replied sternly. \u201cThat bitch will bring nothing but trouble for you, Elena has the same effect on you and Stefan, so if I can control just a little bit on when or where you\u2019re going to see her, then so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not being fair!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not? Well, tough! Leave Mystic Falls, Damon, if you know what\u2019s good for yourself. I don\u2019t give a flying fuck about your brother because I\u2019m really angry with him too. But mostly with Katerina for being who she is for centuries. And for turning you both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s not! You deserve a better life than this. I always imagined you\u2019d settle down and have beautiful babies,\u201d she snarled. \u201cAnd don\u2019t tell me that\u2019s a load of crap because I have my ways of knowing. You didn\u2019t want this, still, don\u2019t, and that\u2019s why you\u2019re in Stefan\u2019s hair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo what, you\u2019re going to kill Katherine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have my plans for her, but you need to stay clear of her and Elena. Only more hurt will come from it,\u201d she sighed. \u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNope,\u201d he shook his head before walking off. \u201cSince you\u2019re not going to tell me where she is, I\u2019m still going on with my plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam stuck around until the end of the party and mingled with the rest of them, and at the end of the night, Liz Forbes asked Myriam to reconsider and to join her and the mayor and some others for a little chat. Shrugging, Myriam decided to stick around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is she doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelax, Richard,\u201d the sheriff replied. \u201cShe\u2019s here at my invitation, it\u2019s likely that we can use her knowledge about herbs, where to put it in and how to cultivate it. Zach Salvatore\u2019s underground vervain garden could need some expanding,\u201d  she added before looking at Carol. \u201cDid you get the Gilbert Watch?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, was she going to have to fool that old thing again?! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Mrs Lockwood replied with a sigh. \u201cShe said it\u2019s still packed up with her parents\u2019 belongings, and she can\u2019t find it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can get it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam didn\u2019t like Logan Fell. She hadn\u2019t liked his ancestors much either, but they had been easy to manipulate. Not this scumbag who was the town\u2019s celebrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood, we\u2019re going to need it,\u201d Sheriff Forbes nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you sure?\u201d Carol Lockwood asked carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFive bodies drained of blood, I\u2019m sure. They\u2019re back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSorry for interrupting, but what am I doing here and who\u2019s back?\u201d Myriam piped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs I said, you may need to grow some vervain plants, help Zach Salvatore out and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, we don\u2019t know if she\u2019s a vampire or not!\u201d Logan interrupted. \u201cShe\u2019s new to Mystic Falls!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you take me for a fool, Logan?\u201d Liz shot at him. \u201cI had her drink wine spiked with Zach\u2019s vervain, and she didn\u2019t flinch. Myriam also walks in daylight, and she doesn\u2019t even believe in vampires, witches, and werewolves. She\u2019s human. And the Gilbert Watch will prove it. No vampire is that crafty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, no. You\u2019re all nuts,\u201d Myriam let out a snort. \u201cIf you\u2019d like I can whip up something that stops you from being afflicted by whatever is ailing you, but I don\u2019t want to have anything to do with your crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou look like the drawing we had in the parlor, aren\u2019t you the least bit curious to find out if she\u2019s your relative or not?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not, I told you, I\u2019m the first woman in a very long time. And I came to Mystic Falls for some peace, a fresh start. I don\u2019t want to be dragged into your shenanigans or smoke what you\u2019re smoking, thank you,\u201d Myriam said as she got to her feet. \u201cBut don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s bartender\/client privilege, and I\u2019ll not tell a soul that the town\u2019s council has lost their marbles. Have a good night,\u201d she said before she excused herself and left the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They knew. It was a good thing that Zach had warned her about the smarter council and if Damon and Stefan were going to get themselves in trouble, then so be it. Damon, she might save, but Stefan? Nah. Besides, it wasn\u2019t her mission. She needed to keep Elena safe. For her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next few days she kept her head down and worked her shift at the Mystic Grill, now that Vicki was incapacitated – in more ways than one, Myriam had heard the news about the deaths of the stoners and no doubt Vicki Donovan had been involved somehow – Myriam was pulling double shifts. And, for a few days, it was quite nice not to see Damon around. But, according to one of the spirits she had under her command, Damon was locked up in the Salvatore boarding home, and Myriam couldn\u2019t see that end well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three days later, Zach was dead. Damon had killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another day later, Myriam killed Caroline, but instead of drinking her blood or anything, she compelled Caroline to kill herself dramatically – falling from the bell tower would make a bold statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam believed she had spotted Anna the vampire at some point, and Logan Fell showed up to be a vampire. Knowing that Damon only turned people for his own enjoyment and Stefan was on the bunny diet, Myriam deducted that Anna was the culprit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Stefan\u2019s friend Lexi came to town, Myriam decided to go home for awhile. Elena was going to be safe now that Caroline was dead, Vicki was taken care of, and the city council believed that Myriam was human. So she went home for a \u2018family emergency,\u2019 and she wasn\u2019t sure when she was going to come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found Klaus in upstate New York in some vampire dive bar with a cute, tiny brunette all over him, but him drinking his glass of blood while ignoring her. \u201cAlright tiny ninja, get your hands off of my husband, he\u2019s mine,\u201d Myriam growled before she put her arm around him and crawled into his lap. \u201cHello,\u201d she smiled at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you have to be rude to Sameen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what she was called?\u201d Myriam replied as she looked at the retreating groupie. She did have a wonderful body and no doubt she was physically strong. Sameen looked like she had fallen from grace from something. \u201cI like her, can I turn her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019d have to turn her girlfriend Sam too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, the possibilities,\u201d she grinned before kissing Klaus passionately. \u201cCan I?\u201d Myriam asked while kissing him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re supposed to keep a low profile, love,\u201d he broke off the kiss with a smile on his face as he pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. \u201cLeave the pets alone. How are you faring in Mystic Falls?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed as she signalled to the bartender that she wanted something strong. \u201cDid I tell you about the big ass drawing that they had of me at the party?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to get my hands on that,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cIs that why you\u2019re here? Did they find out who you are?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she smiled at him, running a hand through his hair as she picked up her glass of whiskey from the bar. \u201cZach Salvatore knew, he had my back. The sheriff was doing everything in her power to see if I was a vampire or not, but I managed to convince her by walking in the daylight and ingesting alcohol stuffed with vervain. In fact, they wanted my help due to my herbal knowledge and whatnot\u2026 which was my own fault. But yeah\u2026\u201d She sighed as she downed her drink. \u201cMy supposed friend killed my friend. Zach\u2019s dead. I killed one of the nasty teenagers by having her step off a tall building, and when I was sure everything was somewhat under control, I left. I just need a breather. Teenagers and teenage vampires suck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all been teenagers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, but we\u2019re not stuck in that time. And while Kol and Rebekah are, they are more mature than those\u2026 fragile teenagers in Mystic Falls. And that broody asshole\u2026 he has hero hair, it\u2019s ridiculous. Who is he trying to emulate? Edward Cullen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed. \u201cA fictitious vampire. He sparkles when he gets into sunlight, likely because burning to death is a bit too morbid for teenagers to read. I swear, I can see badly written inspired by Twilight books popping up in the future with people wanting to do better or whatnot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho writes that drivel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam shrugged as she kept toying with his hair. \u201cI wanted to get out of Mystic Falls for a while, but I promise you, you\u2019ll like the playground when everything is in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what of the moonstone?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou really want that specific one? There are others, more powerful ones, you know. I have a few in my possession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, that specific one!\u201d Klaus scowled. \u201cEverything needs to be perfect, and that moonstone is the perfect one! Besides, it\u2019s still my property! Katerina stole it from me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlright, alright,\u201d she shushed him with a kiss. \u201cI\u2019ll make sure you\u2019ll get that particular moonstone, I promise, my love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sighed as he toyed with her hair, visibly relaxing. \u201cWhat have I ever done to deserve you, love?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour brother brought in a stray, and you allowed her to stay and to become a part of the family, of course, you deserve me,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cI\u2019m yours. Forever. Now, take me home, you and I have a lot of catching up to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She licked her lips as she looked at him through her lashes. \u201cI\u2019m in the mood for my favourite banana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They spent their days together in bed, eating the best food they could get and soaked up the culture in New York at night, going to some operas and plays. Myriam loved Ra\u00fal Esparza in Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business. Not all plays were dull, and this had indeed been a fun one. Still, nothing could top 2006, where she and Klaus went to see Spring Awakening and Les Miserables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While they never snacked on the talented actors and singers, they did snack on some of the theatregoers although Myriam rather snacked on some of the transients and criminals that crawled around in New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went back to Mystic Falls in the second week of December – reluctantly, but she had appearances to keep up, and it wasn\u2019t long before she was caught up with everything that was going on. Nothing had changed. In fact, things had gotten worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caroline was now a baby vamp, and she wasn\u2019t liking it at all. She blamed Myriam for her death, but it had been Damon feeding Caroline his blood so when Caroline died, she became a vampire. Myriam was going to make Caroline her bitch she just needed a little bit more time and less heat on her return from holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tomb vampires were out, and Myriam wanted to kill them all, but they\u2019d been smart, they\u2019d compelled a human to allow them in, but to keep others out, and as long as Miss Gibbons remained alive, there wasn\u2019t anything Myriam could do. But Pearl and her friends needed to die like they should have done in 1864 but hadn\u2019t because of Katerina. While Pearl and Anna were deemed somewhat docile, Myriam didn\u2019t like the others. And Pearl and Anna\u2019s association with Katerina made them targets anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But maybe Anna didn\u2019t deserve to die. All she had wanted to was to free her mother – which she succeeded – and have a life with Jeremy. Which happened until Vicki Donovan ended up dead after the storm and Anna realised Jeremy wanted to turn into a vampire to be with Vicki. Not with Anna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam wasn\u2019t sure if she had to do something when Stefan was taken by the tomb vampires or not. It was Stefan, after all, Damon\u2019s brother. But it seemed like Damon and Elena had it all under control, asking the new History teacher Alaric Saltzman for help. Oh yes, Myriam was shocked to find out that the good teacher was also a vampire hunter. And a semi-decent one at that. And that his wife was now a vampire – turned by Damon – and that his wife was Elena\u2019s birth mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a mess, but oh so entertaining!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She kept an eye on the rescue efforts, of course, and was tempted to help Stefan and Elena when Damon and Alaric were doing whatever they were doing, and Stefan had been taken down. Elena had fed Stefan her blood to save the both of them, which was the start of another good drama series, wasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goody-two-shoes Stefan who hadn\u2019t had human blood in a very long time had now human blood in his system. Good thing Myriam had free access to the boarding home to keep an eye on him, much to Damon\u2019s dismay. Myriam had set up a room for herself in one of the spare rooms so she could keep an eye on Stefan because she had her ways of keeping an eye on him while not doing so physically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And she wasn\u2019t happy with what she was hearing from her friends. Stefan was drinking human blood, a lot of it, saying that he was fine, but he clearly wasn\u2019t. She wondered if the reason why he was on animal blood was because he was an addict. A Ripper. Her demons confirmed it. Who would have thunk? Stefan Salvatore, the addict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be around Elena like this, you know,\u201d Myriam said as she leaned against the doorpost and looked at the vampire who was trying not to drink human blood and do everything in his power to distract his mind and suppress his urges. \u201cYou could take a bite out of her, and I can\u2019t have you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to, and I\u2019m fine,\u201d Stefan countered agitated. \u201cI can control myself, I\u2019d never hurt Elena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou say that now, but what if\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 you two get all cuddly, and you smell her blood, hear her heartbeat\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, why are you back? I never got to ask you,\u201d he sighed as he looked at her. \u201cYou don\u2019t seem to want to talk to me and yet here you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like you. You killed your uncle Zak, who was nothing but kind to me, so forgive me that talking to you isn\u2019t high on my priority list. Keeping Elena safe, is,\u201d she said harshly. \u201cI can help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome to me when you realize you\u2019re not,\u201d she snapped as she looked at Damon who had just walked in. \u201cHey, what about I give up my rental home and stay here until my home is finally done renovating?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo thanks,\u201d Damon scowled. \u201cWe don\u2019t need you being a helicopter parent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a chuckle and shook her head. \u201cSo who\u2019s going to be my date to the Founder\u2019s Day event then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been invited, again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelax, they all think I\u2019m a human, I drank champagne laced with vervain a couple of months ago while the sheriff was grilling me about the drawing you guys donated for the history part of that particular party. Thanks for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow the hell did we know that you were still alive!\u201d Damon countered angrily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019m not angry about it, but they like me now. Because I know my herbs. They probably think I\u2019m a witch or something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI supply them with vervain! ME!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m telling them how to use it properly, so what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to the event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t stop me from going, Damon, because it\u2019s likely that Elena\u2019s going to attend too, and I need to make sure she stays safe. You two seem to be doing a poor job at it,\u201d she countered. \u201cBesides, your brother is not doing fine. I don\u2019t want him to slaughter the council and everyone attending that party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went up to her room and summoned a demon before ordering it to stick to Stefan and to try to help him fight his urges, to make the transition back to animals a bit smoother. If the demon wasn\u2019t successful, Myriam promised the demon that he\u2019d burn eternally. In slow motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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