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A sharp crack of wood echoed through the parking lot. Vicki’s body went limp, the life Damon had stolen and Stefan had tried to save finally flickering out for good. As the Halloween music continued to thrum inside the school, Mystic Falls claimed another soul, and for the Gilbert and Donovan families, the night would truly never end. SGRoA: Vampire Diaries, S1 E7: Haunted - Catherine Winters

What followed was a blur of supernatural speed and desperate violence. Vicki tossed Elena aside like a ragdoll, her hunger finally overriding every memory of her human life. She didn't see Stefan emerge from the darkness until it was too late. He didn't want to do it, but the protection of the innocent was his penance. [S1E7] Haunted

At the party, the strobe lights turned the gymnasium into a series of jagged, frozen moments. Matt scanned the crowd for his sister, hoping a night of "normal" teenage fun would fix whatever darkness had settled in her eyes. But Vicki wasn't looking for fun. She was looking for a tether, and she found it in Jeremy Gilbert. A sharp crack of wood echoed through the parking lot

While the rest of the town donned cheap plastic masks for the high school Halloween party, Vicki felt her own skin becoming the mask. She was trapped between the girl who loved her brother Matt and the predator that Damon Salvatore had boredly unleashed. SGRoA: Vampire Diaries, S1 E7: Haunted - Catherine

"Vicki, stop!" Elena’s scream cut through the music from the gym.

The air in Mystic Falls was thick with the scent of woodsmoke and dried leaves, a perfect mask for the copper tang of blood that Vicki Donovan couldn't stop tasting in the back of her throat. Stefan had spent hours trying to teach her control, but the hunger wasn't a whisper—it was a roar.