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"I've never heard of a Shadelight," Cordelia said to Omari, she was watching his every step as he paced the graveyard, his hands comfortably behind his back. The way he held himself was elegant and old, it was clear he had been alive for a very long time. "I'm surprised that the old woman didn't warn you," Omari replied with a smirk, "But that just means that you don't know how to stop me or my intentions." Cordelia was uneased by that, she hadn't had the chance to discuss other forms of Starlights with Sheila as she had died. "I'm sure I could still stop you if I needed to," Cordelia told him sternly, she wouldn't show any weakness or fear.

"Clara claimed the same, darling," Omari carried a regal British accent, practically purring each word that left his lips. "But that didn't work out for her, why would it work for you?" Omari asked next. "Because she loved you and I do not know you," Cordelia replied shocking the man. "You're smart, I'll give you that, Darling," Omari cooed, "Yes, she foolishly fell in love with me and my charm despite Damon Salvatore's words of warning or the realisation that Stefan was practically putty in her hands." Cordelia furrowed her brows at that, she didn't know about that as neither brother mentioned Clara but then again, Cordelia had yet to talk about her to them either.

"Has he worked it out yet? Or is he still chasing Petrova tail?" Omari asked before laughing at the confusion on Cordelia's face, "Oh, goodness. You haven't caught on, Dear, have you?" Omari stood in front of Cordelia, he reached to brush her hair out of her face causing her to grit her teeth to prevent flinching away, she wouldn't appear weak in front of him. "You, the quail. Stefan, the bat. Nik, the wolf. Oh, so poetic, you see. Many claimed you would make a choice between them but a single encounter between the wolf and bat changed the fates," Omari whispered, "This will be fun to watch, little quail."

He stood behind her with a malicious smirk on his face, "But first..." Cordelia went to scream as Omari's teeth sunk into her neck but his hand in front of her mouth seemed to silence it; she could feel the magic from his palm. Her heart was racing as Omari fed from her, she closed her eyes and focused on her energy before a bright light filled the area causing Omari to flee quickly in an attempt to escape it. Cordelia fell to her knees as she took in slow breaths, she didn't even know she was capable of such power with so little training. And million of miles away, Nik stood holding his neck in pain, he growled under his breath and glared at his witch who couldn't seem to pinpoint his soulmate's whereabouts.

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Cordelia had no idea what to do in relation to Omari but she needed to warn Caroline, Jeremy and Tyler as soon as possible to prevent them from being easy targets for the man. She needed answers about him and her only chance would be through Pearl who had warned her prior to the encounter with the Shadelight. However, upon arrival at the Salvatore house she runs into a situation involving a double date, Stefan and Matt admiring a very beautiful car while Elena and Caroline stand together with tense shoulders. "Cori?" Caroline called out noticing the blood on her sister's shirt.

"Had a small incident. I don't mean to interrupt your date, I'm looking for Damon," Cordelia pointed out but she took notice of Stefan's worried gaze, his eyes flickering from the blonde's face to the blood that rested on her shirt; she had healed from the wound due to still have some left over vampire blood in her system. "He's not here," Stefan replied making Cordelia sigh and roll her eyes, she assumed he'd be home by now. "Right, well, go back to your strange double date that definitely is in poor taste," Cordelia commented moving to walk away while Elena glared at the blonde. "Poor taste?" Matt asked as he remembered her previous words.

"A double date with two exes?" Cordelia questioned, she could still feel distant anger though it seemed to have relaxed, "One who can't get over his past relationship that was over long before it was over. And the other who is acting like everything is okay in the world when it isn't." Elena looked away while Stefan stood taller as he spoke, "That's not necessary, Cordelia." The blonde raised a brow at Stefan's words, she lowered her eyes and sighed, "Sorry. Not feeling the best, feel like my throat has been ripped out by a bat." She knew Elena, Caroline and Stefan caught on to her words while Matt was confused, he shrugged it off.

"Are you okay?" Stefan asked as he stepped closer to her but she stepped back causing a twinge of real pain in Stefan's heart. "That's not necessary, Stefan," Cordelia replied before making her way into the boarding house. Cordelia headed straight to Damon's room, she headed into the bathroom and stripped her clothes off before stepping into the shower letting the hot water flow over her body and wash away everything. Using the body wash and hair products that Damon left in there for her, she began to relax as she thought back to the prophecy and Omari's words to her. It was obvious what it meant, Cordelia and Stefan were connected but he was fighting it while she was waiting for Nik.

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"That is a sight I can welcome," Damon spoke as he leaned on the doorway spotting Cordelia laying on his bed in one of his shirts and some shorts. "Keep it in your pants, Damon," Cordelia replied with a smirk as she flipped the page of the book she was reading. "You give no choice but to do so," Damon mocked with a pout as he dropped onto the bed next to her before asking, "What is it you are reading?" Cordelia sighed and lowered the book, turning her gaze to her best friend with a slight frown on her face. "I know about the Tomb Vampires... I also had an encounter with a guy by the name of Omari Odeon," Cordelia told Damon.

The older Salvatore immediately turned to her with eyes wide, "What did he do? You need to stay far away from him, Cordelia." The young Forbes had never seen Damon so serious about something before and it built genuine fear in her. "Who is he, Damon?" Cordelia asked as she sat up and sat criss-cross, "And what was he to Clara? Who were you to Clara Forbes?" Damon raised a brow realising the girl knew more than he thought. "Clara Forbes was my childhood best friend, Lia. She was there for me through everything including my father's mistreatment," Damon expressed as he looked away from Cordelia, his eyes dazed in a far off place.

"Clara Forbes was someone who could light up a room, she was sweet to anyone and always saw the good in others," Damon added before looking back at Cordelia, "It was her kindness that killed her. She had been blind to the affection of others until Katherine showed up in our lives as Stefan had been completely in love with Clara but she never noticed his actions of romance due to being fairly naïve." Damon chuckled remembering all of the affectionate things Stefan would do in hopes to show his love while Clara saw it as simply friendship. "Much like Stefan, Clara caught the eyes of someone else... Omari Odeon," Damon's eyes hardened at the name.

"He had shown up in Mystic Falls alongside Katherine and Emily, he was a quiet man with calculating eyes until they landed on Clara," Damon sighed and grabbed Cordelia's hand in his own, "Omari is one of the oldest vampires in existence. He almost nine hundred years old and he had immortalized his life to do one thing; rule the world." Cordelia scoffed under her breath, it didn't surprise her that he desired that. "But his power would only stem so far. Katherine once said that he was looking for power in a person that could make him stronger," Damon continued, Cordelia sighing as she remembered her ancestors words.

"He wants me, Damon. He wants my power and he's unafraid of hurting others to make it happen," Cordelia expressed with a frown, "He also said something else..." Damon placed his fingers under her chin to make her look at him, "What was it, Emerald?" Cordelia took in a deep breath, "The prophecy I told you about regarding the Starlight stuff..." Damon nodded as Cordelia continued, "According to Omari, Stefan is the bat and some guy named Nik is the wolf... I'm connected to them... and I've been accepting the wolf. So now I can feel a piece of his presence... my heart... yearns for him." Damon frowned at the pain in her eyes, "Then we'll find him."

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"He's missing!?" Cordelia shouted at Damon and Elena who stood in her living room. "He went out to fed and hasn't returned," Damon replied while Elena stood beside him with her arms crossed, it was obvious that she didn't wish to be there. "Let me grab my jacket," Cordelia told the two before rushing up the stairs, she grabbed her jacket before heading back downstairs and motioning towards the door. "Can't you track him?" Elena stupidly asked. "I'm sorry, we know exactly where he is, Elena. And I'm gonna go in there murdering any bastard that gets in my way so do us a favour and stay back," Cordelia snarked before walking out.

"You heard her," Damon added with a smirk, he and Cordelia got into his car leaving the human girl behind. "Frederick wasn't so polite about his intentions with Stefan so I got extra back up in the form of Alaric the vampire hunter," Damon informed the blonde who was sitting with her eyes closed, her breathing steady before she opened her eyes to reveal pure white that was a little unsettling for Damon. "You good?" Damon asked her. "Yeah, just getting ready to handle this situation," Cordelia expressed with a smirk appearing on her face, she was gonna make them all pay. Cordelia was tense as pain seared through her wrist, she hissed.

"Are you okay?" Damon asked noticing the redness of Cordelia's wrists. "It's not my pain, it's Stefan's," Cordelia answered him making his eyes widen. "You feel his pain? I know you said connected but I didn't realise it was that kind of connection," Damon replied wanting to know more while keeping her mind off of the clear pain she was feeling. "The more I accept the bond, the stronger it is. It'd be the same for Stefan if he accepted the bond too," Cordelia explained as her eye burns making her curse under her breath. "Mind rejecting the bond for a moment so I don't have to see you in pain?" Damon asked making Cordelia laugh through the pain.

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Using Alaric as a distraction, Cordelia sneaks her way into the back of the house as Damon had ordered her to go straight to Stefan and protect him while Damon and Alaric dealt with the vampires in the home. She had used a spell from the Grimoire that Sheila left for her that blocked her scent from vampires, it was thankfully a permanent scent block that stopped them from desiring her sweet blood. She had automatically assumed the basement was the best guess on where they had Stefan locked up, the blonde made her way down the stairs hearing the blender in the kitchen alerting her that Alaric was in the house.

Reaching a locked door, Cordelia focused on the doorknob and watched as it shook before the door flew open revealing a vampire standing there. "Oh shit..." The man muttered before Cordelia created a stake in her hand and threw it with precise and quick speed into his heart sending him into the wall. Her white eyes allowed her to see in the darker space until she found Stefan tied up alongside someone else. "Cori?" Stefan breathed out, "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here..." Cordelia rolled her eyes at his words, "If you think for a second that I'm leaving you here, you clearly don't know me."

"Help him," Stefan told her, she nodded at his request and freed Harper from his binds before assisting Stefan with the vervain ropes and the stakes in his body. "You good to walk?" Cordelia asked as she pulled his arm over her shoulder. "Damon and Alaric are dealing with the others so we can focus on escaping," Cordelia added while Harper stood by the wall, he nodded at the two as they left the room. The two managed to bump into Damon who protected them until they were out of the house, the blonde using her magic for extra strength as she half carried Stefan back to Damon's car away from the house; Stefan stumbling from exhaustion.

"Come on, Stef, it's right there," Cordelia encouraged softly, she opened the passenger door and helped him into the seat. She rushed around to the driver's side and noticed that the key had been removed, her eyes widened as Frederick pulled Stefan out of the car and began beating him. "This is for Bethanne," Frederick spoke as he stabs Stefan with a branch, "And this is for the tomb!" Before Frederick could stab him again, his entire body went rigid and extremely cold. He managed to turn his head to see Cordelia standing there with white eyes and her arm outstretched, a light mist suddenly her hand like the ring around Saturn.

She whispered under her breath before throwing Frederick into a tree with a branch sticking out impaling his chest, barely hitting his heart as Elena rushed by Cordelia and dropped down next to Stefan with wide worried eyes. Cordelia watched as Elena pleaded for Stefan to wake up, she noticed the bleeding cut on her hand that had been caused by her falling over on her way there and held it out to Stefan. "Stefan. My wrist. Here. Take my wrist. You need more blood," Elena pushed while Stefan pleaded for her to run but she simply said, "No. I trust you." Cordelia looked down as Stefan drinks Elena's blood; they were in for a journey.

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Rosemary Speaks. . .

So much new information.... And Cordelia knows the truth about her bonds.
Didn't want to do the whole oblivious OC, she's the only one truly informed at this point.

Elena made Stefan fed... How will that go?
We all know that Elena only loves the version of Stefan who appears human and the "Monster" he is underneath. But don't you worry, Cordelia is not Elena.
I don't y'all are prepared for my plans...

What do you think about Omari? The history about Clara?

Also, I love Damon and Cordelia's friendship so much!

P.S: Due to Jeremy knowing about the supernatural thanks to Cordelia, he does not fall for Anna nor do they become friends due to her previous actions. He also doesn't wish to be a Vampire.

Thoughts, Suggestions or Questions?

See you in the next chapter!