The Vampire Diaries: Trinity

Chapter Forty Six: The Hybrid

"Oh my god." Trinity says, staring at her reflection.

"Is it..." Stefan trails off and mouths 'your Quickening?'

Trinity shakes her head. "The taking of an innocent life. That's how you shift into humans. You have to kill one." She says. "That's why no one ever revealed how they were able to shift into humans. They were afraid of turning people into killers."

"Can you change back?"

Trinity closes her eyes and pictures herself in her original form. She opens her eyes and sighs in relief when she sees herself in the mirror. "Oh." She runs a hand through her hair. She looks at Stefan. "I need to practice."

He looks at her, confused. "What?"

"I need to find out how to control it as soon as possible. I did it on accident the first time. I need to make this as easy as breathing."

"Are you sure?" He asks. "You won't get...stuck."

She scoffs. "No. This isn't some TV show, Stefan." She pauses. "Learning how to shift is like...learning the lyrics to a song. Once I have everything memorized, it's easy."

"How can I help?"

"Just sit still." She focuses on his face and her features begin to change.

At the boarding house, Damon is taking off all the things from his closet and listening to the TV. Andie's death is being mentioned. He sees Elena walk in. "Just can't stay away, can you?"

She looks at him. "You've been dodging my calls."

"Yeah, well, busy dating a dead fake girlfriend and all."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Happy Birthday, Elena. Stefan killed Andie, and Trinity helped. Cake?"

"He called me, Damon."

He looks at her. "What?"

"Stefan called me last night."

"Well, what'd he say?"

"He didn't say anything, but it was him. I asked Sheriff Forbes if she would trace the call's origin. It came from Tennessee."

"Where he's binge drinking on the country folk. We went through this, Elena. Stefan's gone. I don't mean geographically."

"If he was gone, he wouldn't have called." She argues. "Don't forget that Trinity's with him. She would be doing everything she can to keep him in line."

Damon burns the items from his closet. "If she were the same Trinity, she would be." He walks closer to her. "Once you've tasted blood, it changes you, and it's never a good thing."

"Wow." Stefan breathes. He looks at the Trinity, who looks exactly like him. "That's amazing."

"Yeah." Trinity says in Stefan's voice. She shifts back to her original form. She yawns.

"You should get some sleep."

"You too." She walks over to her bed.

Alaric is in his bed when he hears someone knocks on the door. "Go away, Damon!" The knocking continues. Sighing he gets up and answers the door; it's Elena.

"Hi." She greets.

"You're, uh...not who I expected."

"I need you to tell me what you know about Stefan, Trinity, and Tennessee."

"Did you miss the part where I checked out of all this?"

She sighs. "Come on, Ric. Whatever Damon knows, you know."