Rekindle - Klaus Mikaelson

Chapter 11; John GIlbert

Lilly

This week has been full of excitement, thanks to the Bennett witches who messed up the tomb spell, 25 tomb vampires got out of the tomb, some of them taking up residency in town causing trouble.

They vamp-napped Stefan for revenge, since it was Giuseppe who put them in the tomb, of course myself, Damon, Elena and Alaric who came back to life thanks to a magical ring he had on his finger, had to go and rescue him.

Though the rescuing didn’t exactly go too well since Stefan ended up falling off the wagon thanks to Elena who basically forced him to drink some of her blood so he could kill Fredrick-the vamp who vamp-napped him- and for him to protect Elena.

He’s been detoxing for the past couple of days, but I don’t think it’s working because he’s on edge, he’s gonna slip and I’m gonna be there to watch it happen.

To add to a thrilling week the police found Vicki’s body and ruled it off as a drug overdose to stop the town from knowing what really happened to her, even though the council know the truth.

John Gilbert, Elena’s uncle, showed up in town attending a founder’s meeting that Damon attended telling them that a couple of blood banks were robbed along with a couple of humans reported missing, so now that’s just put the council even more on edge.

“LILLY!” I rolled my eyes as I walked over to my long mirror looking over my outfit making sure I looked respectful enough for a founder’s party, celebrating the 150th anniversary.

“I’m coming!” I called down as I made my way downstairs where my brothers were waiting for me. “You look nice” I smiled in thanks at Damon before flicking my eyes over to Stefan. “And Steffie looks on edge”

“Oh god, I shouldn’t be here” I rolled my eyes at Steffie’s complaining. “Come on, don’t be a downer, it’s a party for the founding families, that would be us. It’d be rude to skip it” Damon spoke as we walked into the founder’s hall.

“Hey, uh, I really liked you a lot better when you hated everybody” Stef spoke looking around at all the humans scratching his neck. “Oh, I still do. I just love that they love me” Damon laughed.

“How you feeling Stefanie?” I asked raising my eyebrows smirking at him. “I’m good, I’m fine” I chuckled. “No cravings, no urges?” I asked before shrugging. “I guess that whiskey you’ve been drinking all day done its job”

“We are who we are Stefan” I mumbled before walking off to find a bar, I had a feeling that something was gonna happen tonight and I need a drink to go with the entertainment.

“A glass of wine please” I spoke before looking around not seeing anyone of interest. “Here you go ma’am” I gave the bar man a wink as I grabbed my glass and walked off going to look for someone, anyone I knew.

I ended up walking around for a while saying hello to everyone I walked past and it was seriously getting annoying, I could think of many better ways to say hello, like shoving my teeth into their jugular.

“Am I seeing correctly? Is Stefan actually having fun?” I asked as I walked over to Damon and Elena, my eyes on Stefan who was dancing with Matts mother, Kelly. “Is he going to be okay?” Elena asked worried.

“Eventually” I chuckled shrugging my shoulders flicking my eyes to Damon, we had to keep an eye on him, make sure he doesn’t draw attention to us.

“Liz spoke to me, apparently everything John said checked out” Damon stated turning his attention to me raising his eyebrows. “Don’t look at me like that, it’s not me” I told him before staring back at him raising my eyebrows. “What about you?”

“It wasn’t me” He stated before flicking his eyes over to Elena as she started talking. “Have you noticed what your brothers been up to?”

“Nope been too occupied with yours” Damon told her making us both look at him confused. “Jeremy’s been asking questions about Vicki Donovan’s death” Damon explained.

“He knows that her death was ruled an overdose” Elena told him. “Oh really? ‘oh but sheriff, someone buried her, who would do that?’ I know, me” Damon imitated making me roll my eyes. “Only if he wasn’t wearing vervain” I mussed.

“No. I don’t want you to compel him” Elena held her finger out to us. “If he keeps asking questions” I shrugged having a drink. “I’m serious, I’m not going to do that to him again. I’ll handle it”

I chuckled before downing my drink. “He knows” I told her as I placed my glass down and walked off going to look for Stefan since he managed to disappear somewhere.

“You must be Lilly Salvatore I’ve heard so much about” I looked behind my eyes landing on a man, John Gilbert. “Good things I hope” He chuckled. “You could say that”

I raised my eyebrows staring at him. “Was there a reason you stopped me?” I asked staring at him. “Uh, no” He gave me another smile like he knew something before walking off.

“Weirdo” I mumbled as I turned back going back to searching for Stefan, I needed to make sure he wasn’t doing something he’s not supposed to be, you never know, he’s still detoxing. It’s gotta be hard stuck in a room full of humans, hearing the blood run through their veins, hearing their heartbeats.

On my search for Stefan I got the chance to watch a fight between Matt and Tyler, it was a decent fight until Alaric came in pulling Tyler off Matt. There was something with Tyler but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, he seems to lash out a lot.

“You’re underage brother” I spoke pulling the glass out of his hands downing it before passing him the now empty glass back. “Leave me along Lilly” He sighed making me chuckle.

“Hey, wanna hear the bad news or the really bad news?” Damon asked joining us. “Just get to it” I sighed shaking my head.

“Well, the council are back on vamp patrol, oh, and I just killed John Gilbert” I stared at Damon in shock not thinking that it would be him to kill someone. “What?” Stef asked. “Great party by the way” Damon smirked before walking off.

I shook my head looking over at Stefan. “Don’t you go causing a scene” I warned him before following Damon.

“Oi, what the hell do you think you’re playing at? Low profile, remember?” He chuckled as he orders us both a glass of whiskey. “He knew about us, plus he tripped off the balcony” He shrugged making me sigh just as my eyes landed on the man who just walked into the room.

“Uh, are you sure?” Damon followed my line of sight staring at John in disbelief. “You’ve gotta be kidding me” I downed my drink knowing I’d need it just as Mayor Lockwood called for everyone’s attention.

“In a few moments we will officially start the countdown to the founders day celebration, and it’s a very special one this year. The 150th birthday of our town” He spoke just as a bell was pushed into the room.

“I would like to welcome back one of our towns favourite sons to do the honours of ringing our official charted bell. John Gilbert” Mayor Lockwood introduced him making everyone clap.

“We need to do something about this” I spoke keeping my eyes on John who was looking over at me and Damon with a look of hatred in his eyes. “It’s good to be home” John finished his speech that I completely ignored as I was still confused.

I looked John over, my eyes landing on the ring he was wearing. “The ring” I murmured making Damon look at said ring before he dragged me over to Rico. “Look at his right hand” Damon told him.

“Who’s?” Alaric asked confused. “The towns favourite son, look at his ring” I told him quietly not wanting anyone to hear me. “Wow, it looks like mine” Alaric spoke leaning on a bar that he was stood in front of.

“Yeah, and that’d be a big coincidence if he didn’t just come back from the dead 5 minutes ago” Damon whispered making Alaric look confused. “

Where the bloody hell did you get that ring, Rico?” I asked him still keeping my voice low as John rang the bell. “Isobel” I snorted shaking my head making them both look at me. “Who gave birth to Elena, under the medical care of the esteem DR Grayson Gilbert, John’s brother”

“Do you think John knew Isobel?” Alaric asked not knowing what I was getting at, I reckon he knew her more than Alaric would like. “I think John knows a lot of things” Damon mumbled downing his drink.

As John made an escape from the party the 3 of us followed him wanting to know what he was upto. “Going somewhere, hm?” I asked as the 4 of walked outside, 4 meaning myself, Damon, Alaric, and John.

“I never like to be the last one to leave a party, it’s too desperate” He spoke as me and Damon flanked him on each side, Alaric behind. “You here to kill me again?” John asked looking at Damon before looking at me. “Or are you gonna let your sister, Lilly Marie have a try?” I raised my eyebrow.

“Or, are you both gonna let Mr Saltzman do it instead?” I looked over at Alaric who was staring at John. “Okay, you obviously know who I am” Alaric stated as he stood in front of John stopping him. “I do, Alaric Saltzman, a high school history teacher with a secret”

“You sure know a lot for someone who just got to town” I stated crossing my arms over my chest staring at John. “More than you can imagine” He smirked making me raise my eyebrows, flicking my eyes to Damon before landing them back on John.

“My knowledge of this town goes beyond anything that any of you or the council knows… so, if you’re planning on some clever high speed snatch ring vamp kill move, know that if I die, everything I know goes to the council, including the fascinating little tale of the original Salvatore siblings and their present day return of Mystic Falls” My eyebrows shot up to my hairline at his braveness for even thinking about threatening us, 2 angry vampires who would love nothing more than to kill him for good.

“How did you get that ring?” Alaric asked him. “I inherited one, my brother Gray had the other. This was his” He held up his life saving ring. “I wouldn’t have given mine to Isobel if I had known she’d hand it over to another guy”

“So you did know Isobel” I smirked taking a step towards him. “Who do you think sent her your way when she wanted to become a vampire?” I stared at him. “You?” I asked not even in the least bit shocked, but the question is, how did he know about me?

“Guilty” He sang, before he blanked his face. “Why? Did you think someone else sent her?” He asked before looking over at Damon. “What about you Damon? Maybe Katherine Pierce?”

“How do you know about Katherine?” Damon asked looking a bit shocked before masking his face. “How do I know anything, Damon?” John shot back. “Okay, what the bloody hell is it that you want?” I asked getting tired of all his games.

“So many questions” He smirked looking over at me and Damon before looking at Rico. “It was a pleasure meeting you Ric, I’ve heard so much about you” I stared at John as he walked away before looking at Damon and Alaric.

“We have a problem”