Moonlight Dwelling

"You wanna know how you can walk around in the sun."

Logan was relieved that this brother was more cooperative. It would have been a bit awkward to start shooting him with the wooden bullets in front of all these people.

"I do."

Stefan knew he had to get Logan alone so he pointed at the door.

"Shall we go outside?"

Logan and Stefan went outside.

"So what's the secret Stefan?"

"You need to make a potion that you must drink before going out in the daylight."

Logan started searching for a pen. He knew he had a receipt from the motel he was staying at. He found a pen and the receipt so he eager awaited hearing what he needed to do so he could walk in the daylight again.

"Okay shoot."

"Celery seed, sage, cardamon, and a teaspoon of vinegar."

Logan write the ingredients down. He couldn't wait to try this out.

"Thank you."

Logan walked away having no clue that he'd been tricked since the so called potion wasn't going to do anything to him.

"Okay I need to get to the store fast."

Logan got all of the ingredients and went back to the hotel where he'd been staying since he couldn't get back into his place. That was one thing that really sucked about being a vampire. Luckily he was able to get some clothes from the laundromat otherwise he'd be walking around town naked which wouldn't go unnoticed since everyone in town knows him.

"It'll be worth the bad taste if I can go out in daylight."

Logan prepared the potion and decided to get some sleep but before that he wanted to get himself a snack. Before nodding off he decided to down the potion since it would be daylight soon and he didn't want to forget. He got into bed and fell asleep. A really bad odor woke him up. He had no idea what it was.

"Did something die in here?"

Logan looked around the room but couldn't tell where the smell was coming from. He know he didn't pull the maid into the room after draining her. He'd put her with the other bodies that were piling up. On some level he knew he should feel bad about killing people but it didn't bother him one bit. He decided to leave his room figuring he'd get some fresh air and escape the smell. Instead the smell seemed to stay with him and when people gave him looks he realized he was the one that smelled.

"Oh great did I forget to take a shower?"

Logan ran back to his room and jumped into the shower because the smell was just horrible. He had never smelled anything this bad before. He got out of the shower and put on a new pair of clothes and left his room. The smell seemed to have faded so he went outside. The sun was so very bright to his eyes. He figured he'd need some time to readjust since he'd been unable to go out in the daylight since he'd be turned. He smelled something burning and finally realized it was him when he felt his hair go up in flames.

"Son of a bitch."

He danced around the parking lot until he became a big pile of ash.

"Someone should have remembered to stop, drop, and roll."

Damon smiled at the pile of ash.

"Oh brother not bad since that almost makes up for that bastard shooting me with those damn wooden bullets. Maybe there's hope for you yet."

By Barbara Desmond