❝We always fear at what creeps at night❞
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"Halloween party is tonight. Will I see you there?" I'm asked and I look over my shoulder to see Tyler.

"Do you enjoy stalking me, Lockwood?" I joke, grabbing my books from my locker.

"Yes, though I would like to call this 'checking up on a friend'. And technically, you're stalking me." He grins as I kiss my teeth. "So, are you going?"

"Mhmm, I might." I said simply and walk away from him, but he tugs on my long sleeve.

"Can you at least tell me who you're going to be?" He pleas.

"That's for me to know and for you to dot, dot, dot, Lockwood." I tell him, finally getting away from him. Lately Tyler and I have been playing this cat and mouse game, just going back and forth teasing each other.

Of course, I would probably never get with Tyler because, if you don't already know me, school comes first. And plus I don't even know where him and Vicki still stand. He doesn't even know especially since she disappeared not too long ago. Everyone gas been on the lookout for her because the other day, some stoner kids died and she was there, but now she's nowhere to be found.

I sighed as I make my way to Mr.Tanner's class, knowing today's going to be a long day, since he's dead and there's a substitute.

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I finish up my costume with a pair of thick rimmed glasses, with no lens, before I raise up my mismatched knee length socks. I tighten my overall straps, hearing them snap against my plaid ruffled skirt. I look at myself and smile at how I actually look like a geek.

I pull my French braids to the front, letting in hang in front of my polka dot button up shirt, with fake blood on it. In my eyes, I look like this everyday, but now that I'm actually putting this nerdy outfit on, I realize I have more of a fashion sense, excluding the fake blood everywhere.

I put on my black hightop sneakers and go downstairs, with my phone in my hand. My mom wasn't home, again, but she gave me the car to use for tonight because buses didn't usually run at night. I grab the keys that sat at the table top and hurry outside to the car.

When I drive off, I see houses lit up in the most spookiest manner. Skeletons and pumpkins sat outside most houses as kids skipped through the streets and knocked on each door. I always loved Halloween as a kid, dressing up as a Disney princess and going from house to house, getting loads of candy.

I make it to the school in minutes, seeing a bunch of people go inside the school. Most of them were dressed up as witches or vampires, the two well known costumes known to man. I park the car and hop out, seeing up ahead, Bonnie standing next to Caroline, stirring up a pot. 

Bonnie notices me and smiles, waving me over, causing me to reluctantly go to them. "Hey, guys." I greet.

"You're Rowan Fell, right?" Was Caroline's first words to me. Typical. I nod to her and she nods to herself. "I didn't think of you as party type." 

"Well, I went to many.. that you attended to as well." I tell her and she raised an eyebrow.

"Oh." She hummed, "Guess I didn't see you." Of course you didn't.

"Cider for the ladies." I hear behind me and I turn to see Tyler with two cups in his hand, "It's a Lockwood special."

Bonnie turns down his offer, "No way. Last year I was hung over until thanksgiving."

He then looks at me and I shake my head, "I'm good, thanks.

Caroline scoffs, "Lightweights. I am going to drink until someone is hot enough to make out with." She hints and Tyler laughs lightly at her words, making my heart ache almost.

"Sounds like a plan." Tyler hands her a cup and they sip on their drinks in unison, before he looks at me, "Want to go walk for a bit?"

"Okay." I shrug and he walks off first, having me trail behind for a short while until he slows his pace. We enter the school, seeing as it fit every expectation for it to be considered spooky. I gave in some of my ideas for this, but the rest of the student council did this. "Gladiator, huh?" I point out.

He looks down at his costume, which he was shirtless for. "Yeah, though, I wanted to be Zeus."

"You have to have long hair and a beard to pull off Zeus." I smile and he smiles too, looking down at my costume.

"And what are you supposed to be? Nerdy Vampire?" He asked me and I shook my head.

"I'm a killer nerd. The girl who seems sweet behind the glasses, but it actually a psychotic bitch." I explain and he nods slowly.

"Creative." He said simply and I chuckle, watching as he took another sip of his drink. He notices me staring and hands me the cup, but I just stare at it. He rolls his eyes, and pulls me down the hall by my arm and into a secluded lab room, that was covered in decorations. "The least you could do is try it."

"I have to drive home. I'm not reckless like you, Lockwood." I input and he smiles, moving close to me slowly.

"But don't you want to drink until you find me hot enough." He tells me in a whispered and I almost choke on my saliva. "This game we've been playing has been going on for too long." I take a step back as he gets closer. "Why can't we just break down the barriers between us and get this over with?"

That's when he caught me by surprise and pulls me towards him, making the drink between us, give a good distance away from each other. "I know you want to kiss me." He whispers and from where I stood, I could smell stale beer and his drink all on his breath.

"How much did you drink, Ty?" I ask, mindlessly giving him a nickname.

"Not enough for this lecture I feel you're going to give me." He retorts, "So why don't we skip the talk for later, huh?" And then he puckered his lips and moved towards me, so in panic, I poured the drink in my hand all over him.

Instantly, he backs away, shock on his face, "What the hell?" I hear him say and I drop the cup and storm out the room, going towards the quickest exit. I leave out the back of the school, causing the only thing for me to see is a bunch of school buses.

I breath out heavily, I rest my hand on my forehead. "Vicky?" I hear in the distance. I raise my head in that direction and slowly walk towards it, "Vicky! Vicky, what the hell?!" I hear a guy scream and then I take off, only to halt when I see Vicky and Jeremy a few feet away.  "Oh, my god." He said to himself before Vicky attacked him.

"Vicky stop!" I yell and run up to them, but Vicky quickly looked at me with blood red eyes with evident dark veins under them. She flashed her fangs at me which I swore were real and I retract in fear as she stalked towards me.

"Vicky, no!" I hear someone shout and I turn to see Elena with a piece of wood. Vick then runs, or speeds, towards Elena like she was the Flash, before Elena hit her with the wood.

However, she seemed indestructible as she practically flung Elena into piles of junk. Slowly, I step back away from the situation and his behind on of the buses, only to hear grunts and yells up ahead. I breath out heavily, my mind screaming like crazy as my legs force me to run.

I run behind the buses and when I almost reach the door, I hear a scream and I watch as Vicky devours into Elena's neck before Stefan comes behind her and impaled her with the broken piece of wood.

My scream of fear is silent, since my throat feels swollen and dry. I stand still as Elena is let go and as Vicky's skin turn a grey color. I hear faintly as Jeremy screams Vicky's name repeatedly.

My eyes lock with Elena and she takes notice that I'm there. "Rowan." She calls me, but I pay no mind as I look at Vicky's lifeless body lay on the ground. "Rowan." She calls me again and I look at her.

I gulp down my fear and remove my hand from my mouth, "What- What the hell is going on?"