Mystic Falls- 2011 reality

Bonnie met with Damon at Boarding House. They had been friends for a very long time.

"That woman on the photo in Stefan's book...?"

"What about her?"-Damon asked.

"Who was she?"-Bonnie wanted to know.

"She was a vampire... she had turned him... they were together for a while. Then she disappeared. Nothing more was written in the Chronicles..."

"You were away in New York...I didn't tell you...ahm...a woman looking exactly like her!"- Bonnie then said.

"What are you saying...she appeared?"- Damon was intrigued.

"No...she called herself Elena...and she was not a vampire...grams thinks that someone brought her here to kill the Original vampire Elijah Mikaelson."

"The one you said that wasn't evil...and that's baffling - a vampire not evil ?!"- Damon said.

"Yes...the weirdest thing was that she asked me to take the dagger out when she leaves- so she must have remembered something....He had told me that he had met her before and that he was looking for powerful magic to take him to her... they were apparently so much in love...and then she didn't remember a thing..."

"You hopless romantic...if I didn't know you were a witch- I would say it is something out of a gothic novel- well, I had an ancestor who was a vampire..."- Damon said.

"How is your book on him going?...and his beloved Katherine...maybe Elena can shed some light- Bonnie asked.

"I could just give his diaries into print, but some of is really unclear and lot's of jibberish..."

"Can I see it ?"-Bonnie asked.

"Sure..."-Damon now went to his desk.

There were three diaries.

*****

In New York 2014

Caroline was getting ready to go out.

Liz knocked at the door of her daughter's room.

"I am going to do some more writing... but I wanted to say good night...I will call when I get to Frankfurt tomorrow"-Liz said.

The women huged.

"You are way too worried,mom...I was fine last night...the potion you found worked. It was less painful turning."-Caroline said.

"If only I could make it redundant..."-Liz said-"I hate to see you having to live a double life..."

"I am living with it... and I haven't harmed anyone in a very long time..."

"I hate that you had inherited that gene..."-Liz said.

"I really need to get ready now...all will be fine.... have a date..."

Liz let her get on with choosing a dress.

In the apartment above, Rebekah tried to get hold of Elijah, but he was not picking up.

"That's what New York does to them."-she moaned-"they just forget about what's important."

"I will go and catch up on my sleep."-Sophie said- "your mother can't do anything without us knowing now..."
"I have a feeling that this is not going to stop her...she wants us killed and look what she has done -got us going from one reality to another... none of it makes sense... and that doppelganger mystery... "

"Her blood has mystical properties... I would like to speak to your mother... maybe we can find a way..."- Sophie said.

Rebekah huffed and puffed.

"She said she should never have listened to father..."- Rebekah then said- "I remember that... and that was not long after we were turned..."

"She regretted it immediately?!"- Sophie concluded.

"she saw what we had become... but then it was too late...noone could stop us..."

"At least you have the aspect of humanity in you..."- Sophie reminded her- "the ones that we know here are merciless killers...till a witch had stopped them from spreading...turning... it only could be done during the total solar eclipse... and can only be done by those of the line of four pure blood vampires"

"Eclipses happen at least once a year somewhere..."- Rebekah said.

"Yes...and the witches have found ways to fight it...but the warlocks sided with the vampires and so it is always a battle... there is a woman apparently... that one day will destroy them all..."

"Elijah's Elena is a vampire hunter...maybe she is that woman?!"- Rebekah said.

"I don't know... very well could be...that whole story of mystical blood... she is not the only hunter... there are three more...I told you that..."- Sophie remined the vampire.

"I'd like to meet this Elena..."- Rebekah said.- "where is Elijah??"-

****

Elijah woke up, finding himself in an unkown bed. He quickly got himself together as the memory of what had happened came rushing in.

He could hear Elena in the kitchen. She was cooking, that was clear to him, but what wasn't clear was the thing that she just let him in and left him there to sleep his intoxication off.

Elena prepared a three course meal. All quick and easy, but she had a starter, main and dessert.  And while preparing food or doing her exercises, she always listened to music on her ipod. He walked to the living room. It was clear that she had good taste. Everything was elclectic. Old and new pieces of furniture complemented eachother. To be in her private sphere spoke so much about her as a person. It said sharp and individual to him. Then he noticed the dried forget-me-nots on the book on the coffee table.

Elena took off her earphones and ventured in the living room. Seeing him there, she stood still just looking at him.

"Hello..."- he uttered- " I... apologize...for the disturbance..."

She noded taking a little sigh. The spell still worked, and she wanted to go over to him and kiss him, but they agreed to leave it at that one night.

"I guess..ahm... the spell is on again?"- Elijah said.

"Yes... another half an hour or so... AH... we said that... we will let it be?!"- Elena then said.

"I am trully sorry... and for you having to see me in that state... it's unforgivable... I am not without weakness... "

He was clearly embarrased, and Elena now apologized for being so stern.

"I wanted to see you... about the witch...I would need to speak to her."- Elijah then said.

"Liv?... What about?"

"My mother and the other doppelgangers..."- he explained.

"You could have called me... I would have given you her number..."- Elena said simply.

He could see that she tried to keep her composure, but her eyes were telling him that she yearned for him and that him being there was not easy for her. She then neared him.

"If I don't see you..."- she started- " it will be easier... I will have my dream...and the memories...- Elena said-" and I will lived with it...I have to..."

"I understand... and... I will stick to the agreement..."- he said dying a little inside.

"I will always love you...always... "- Elena said in a nearly whispering voice.

"Forever"- he said. He looked at her once again. Then he said- "let this not be definite...please..."

Elena noded.

"Huh....Elijah..."- she slipped and then took hold of his hand- "it's not definite... but till we figure how to be without having to be spelled to be together... it has to be this way..."

*****

Klaus and Caroline walked through the park. She looked up at the moon.

"What else do you want to know?"- he joked.

"Do you like wolves?"- Caroline asked.

"That is unusual question... why particularily wolves?"

Caroline wavered now to tell him why.

"Just one of those questions... first date thing..."

"Second date, I would say..."- Klaus said- " and yes... love wolves... they are loyal, cunning but also very feisty... "

"One of my favourite books is Steppenwolf..."- Caroline said.

"Deep..."- Klaus said.

"yeah... let's do something less deep..."-

"Still... would you be ready to enter a magical theatre?... with me..."

"Metaphorical or real?"- she asked.

Klaus felt like it was time to reveal it all to her and then said very serioulsy.

"What if magic and reality sometimes walk hand in hand!?...what would you say to that?"

The moon's light played on her eyes and he could see the flicker of wolf in them. Caroline then said playfully-

"I would say that you have not said anything that fases me?!... so...you are what I think you are!"-

"What am I...?"

"A wolf...you don't have to hide from me... I am one too..."- Caroline said smiling a little.

"Yeah... I felt it too..."- Klaus neared her- "and... it feels like you are someone I know so very well..."

"Yes...?!"- she whispered.

"Aha..."- he said and now placed a kiss on her lips.

****

Esther was in New York as well. She walked into the shop of the witch, whose body she now inhabited.

"Soon... it will all be over and all of you will find peace!"- she looked at the photograph of her children.