A/N: This a short chapter because the next one is going to be longer.

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When the twins arrived home, they quickly did their homework. And when they were finished, they discussed Operation Augustine Vamp.

The twins decided that tomorrow they would rescue Enzo.

Maybe bring Stefan along?

Later that night, the twins got dressed for the party. Josie wore a red dress with white and yellow flowers on it that fell mid-thigh and Lizzie wore a white type dress, the style of the dress, made it look more like a pantsuit.

Josie's hair was up in a bun, while Lizzie's was straight.

Lizzie paused as they were leaving to grab something off the nightstand.

An opal necklace that had vervain in it.

Sorry Damon, but their mom wasn't a chew toy.

The twins grinned at each other and went to the party.

Lizzie looked around curiously, spotting teenagers all around, drunk and stumbling around. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tyler sporting a bruised face and barely stopped herself from laughing.

Then, the twin's path was blocked by the one person they were looking for.

Caroline.

"You two made it!" She said, excitedly.

Both of them smiled at her.

Caroline looked at their outfits. "Wow, you two look extremely hot," She complimented.

Josie grinned. "Thanks, so do you."

"Thank you," Caroline replied, smiling.

"Hey, Mo-Caroline?" Lizzie said, quickly fixing her mistake. Thankfully Caroline was too drunk to notice the slip-up.

"Yeah?" She responded, looking at them curiously.

"We wanted to talk to you for a moment," Josie said.

"Sure," Caroline said. "I have time."

The three of them moved off to the side.

Once they were out of hearing distance, Lizzie turned, moving in front of Caroline. She looked her directly in the eyes.

"You will stay away from Damon Salvatore. He is an asshole, and you want nothing to do with him," Lizzie compelled.

Caroline repeated Lizzie's words. "I will stay away from Damon Salvatore, I want nothing to do with him."

Then Josie moved forward, holding out the necklace.

Josie placed it in her hand and looked her in the eyes.

"You will never take this necklace off," Josie compelled.

Caroline put the necklace on, then blinked looking at them confused for a moment. She looked at the necklace and smiled.

"Aw, thanks, you guys. I love it. I promise I will never take it off," Caroline said.

Lizzie grinned back. "We're glad you like it."

"What are you guys doing?" A voice asked from behind.

They turned to see Stefan looking at them curiously.

"The twins just gave me this really beautiful necklace," Caroline said, showing it to him.

He looked at it and his eyes widened when he realized he could smell vervain. He looked at Caroline.

"It's really beautiful," He said in agreement.

Caroline looked between the three of them. "Now that you're all here, let's get you some drinks," She said.

They followed her and she got them what she considered the best drinks.

"So, how are you guys finding Mystic Falls?" Caroline asked.

Josie smiled. "My sister and I like it so far."

"I like it as well. I met some really amazing new friends, that I didn't think I'd meet when I came here," Stefan said, looking at the twins.

They smiled at them.

Caroline smiled. "Well, I'm glad you guys decided to come here. Things would be very different if you hadn't."

The twin's exchanged a look.

No kidding.

The four hung out for a little while when they heard a scream and turned to see Jeremy and Elena running over. In Jeremy's arms was Vicki Donavan.

"Somebody help!" Elena shouted.

Matt's eyes widened and he rushed forward.

"Vicki? Vicki?! What the hell?!" He shouted, rushing forward.

Stefan and the twins looked between each other.

"What happened to her?" Tyler asked as he and Matt ran towards Jeremy and Elena.

Matt looked at Bonnie as he reached her.

"Bonnie, call an ambulance!" Matt ordered.

"Everyone back up, give her some space!" Tyler ordered the surrounding people.

"It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood," Elena exclaimed.

Stefan looked at the twins and reached over to begin pulling them away.

The three of them left quickly. Once they were far enough away, Josie kicked over a trash can in frustration.

"Damn it, how did we not know that happened?" Josie exclaimed angrily.

Lizzie ran a hand through her hair. "I don't know. Maybe it's because we've been focusing on the major events that happened and not the small ones in between?"

"We should have known," Josie trailed off.

"Who did that?" Stefan spoke up finally.

The twins looked at him.

"Your brother," Lizzie answered.

"He's back," Stefan said in realization. "He wants to ruin my chance at happiness again."

Lizzie looked at Josie, silently asking a question, and Josie nodded.

Lizzie looked back at Stefan. "Come with us."

"What?" Stefan asked, looking at them in confusion.

Josie stepped forward. "We're leaving for a few days to start our plan to change the future. We'll come back, but we are going to begin one and possibly two of our Operations."

"Operations?" Stefan asked.

"Our missions. The things we're trying to change, but focusing on specific people. We call them by code names," Lizzie explained.

"What ones are you planning on doing right now?" Stefan asked, thinking the offer over.

"We're doing Operation Augustine Vamp, and we're to do a locator spell to find our bio mom. She has something we need for Operation Prison Break," Josie said.

"I have no idea what you talking about but why not?" Stefan agreed.

The twins' faces lit up.

"But first, I need to confront my brother," Stefan said.

"You want us to be there?" Josie asked.

"No, I'll be fine, I'd rather Damon doesn't know what you guys are yet. I'l meet you guys tomorrow at your place," Stefan said.

"Okay, is 8 good?" Lizzie asked.

"Yeah, it's fine," Stefan said, before leaving.

The twin's headed home and began to pack up everything they needed. Weapons, some grimoires, and blood bags.

And last but not least, clothes.

They texted Caroline, letting her know they'd be back on Friday night.

She was upset, of course because they were going to miss the cheer practice for Friday's football game.

Josie and her promised to make it up to her.

They both headed to bed, ready for the next day to come.

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Stefan entered the boarding house, preparing silently for his brother. He entered his room and heard a bird squawk.

He looked over as a bird flew in from the balcony and the doors were 'mysteriously' open.

Yep, definitely Damon.

Stefan watched the bird fly over to the rafters. He paused as he felt someone watching him and turned slowly towards the balcony.

"Damon," Stefan greeted, calmly.

Damon smirked. "Hello, brother."

"Crows a bit much, don't you think?" Stefan said, watching his brother carefully.

"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog," Damon said, poking around the room.

Stefan watched him calmly. "When'd you get here?" He asked.

"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school," Damon said. "And guess what I saw?"

"What?" Stefan asked warily.

"You skipped your last two periods to go off with two hot twins," Damon said, acting scandalized.

Stefan rolled his eyes. "I don't see how that's your problem."

"Oh, I'm sorry, but those two seem like they might be a bad influence on you," Damon mocked.

Stefan crossed his arms, annoyed.

Damon frowned when he saw that Stefan wasn't rising to his bait.

"Your hair's different," Damon said, finally. "I like it."

"It's been 15 years, Damon," Stefan said.

"Thank god. I couldn't take another day of the nineties," Damon said, circling the room. "That horrible grunge look?"

"Did not suit you," Damon chuckled. "Remember, Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads."

Stefan narrowed his eyes. "Why are you here?" He asked, voice rising.

"I miss my little brother," Damon said, jokingly.

"You hate small towns. It's boring. There's nothing for you to do," Stefan interrupted.

Damon continued exploring the room. "I've managed to keep myself busy."

"You know, you left that girl alive tonight," Stefan said. "That's very clumsy of you."

"Ah. That can be a problem," Damon said, turning around. "for you."

"Why are you here now?" Stefan asked again.

"I could ask you the same question," Damon said. "However, I'm fairly certain your answer can be summed up all into one little word. Elena."

Then Damon paused. "Or at least it used to be. For some reason, you went from full of stalker mode, which was creepy by the way, to completely ignoring her...now why is that?"

"Maybe I realized that she was a lot more like Katherine then I realized," Stefan said, shrugging.

Damon froze in surprise. "Really now?"

Damon circled Stefan. "Or does it have to do with those twins, Josie and Lizzie, I believe their names are."

Stefan tensed which Damon caught. "So it is because of them," Damon muttered.

"What is so special about the Parker twins, that they completely turned you on the girl who is a dead ringer for Katherine?" Damon said. "Maybe I'll compel them or drink all of their delicious blood."

Stefan did his best to keep his 'brooding' face, as Lizzie called it, on. On the inside, he was dying from laughter.

If Damon went after the twins, they would destroy him, and he wanted front row seats.

"Leave them alone," Stefan growled.

Damon smirked, "Can you imagine the taste of their blood? Probably so much better than that bunny blood, you've been sipping. How about I take one and you take the other? Or we could share?"

"Shut up!" Stefan snarled and his vampire face appeared. He shot at Damon and they both went through the window.

Stefan pushed himself off the ground, looking upwards.

"I was impressed," Damon said, leaning against the hedges. Stefan turned to look at him. "I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised."

Stefan straightened, with a glare.

"Very good. With the whole face-raw raw-thing," Damon mocked Stefan "It was good."

"You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh?" Stefan said. "But wherever you go, people die."

"That's a given," Damon shrugged.

"Not here. I won't allow it," Stefan warned.

"I take that as an invitation," Damon said.

Stefan narrowed his eyes. "Be careful, Damon. Your overconfidence may be your downfall," He said, warningly.

"We'll see," Damon said, "Besides, I promised you an eternity of misery so I'm just following through."

"Just stay away from the twins, you won't like what happens if you go after them," Stefan threatened.

"Hmm" Damon hummed, shrugging before glancing at Stefan's hand. "Where's your ring?"

Stefan looked at his hand, eyes widening in alarm.

"Oh, yeah, the sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and, poof, ashes to ashes." Damon mocked.

Stefan paused, mind racing.

If he went to the twins, they could make him a new daylight ring.

Then, Damon chuckled. "Relax, It's right here," He said, holding Stefan's ring in his palm.

Stefan took it and put it on.

Then Damon vamped out, grabbing Stefan's throat, and threw him.

Stefan landed hard, groaning and Damon sped over.

"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again," Damon growled.

Damon paused, hearing something from inside the boarding house.

"I think we woke Zach up. Hmm," Damon walked back to the house. "Sorry, Zach."

Damon entered the boarding house, whistling.

Stefan pushed himself up and made his way into the boarding house and up to his room. Once he was there he began to pack some clothes.

When he was finished, he left and headed over to the twin's place.

When he reached the house, he knocked on the door and Josie opened it, looking like she just got out of bed.

"Stefan?" Josie said, sleepily.

"Hey, can I stay here tonight? I'd rather not be in the same house as my brother," Stefan asked.

"Yeah, come on in," Josie motioned for him to enter.

Stefan picked up his suitcase and entered the house.

"I can sleep on the couch," Stefan said.

Josie shook her head. "No, we have many open rooms. Come on, I'll show you."

Stefan followed and Josie showed him the different rooms.

Stefan ended up picking the one right next to the twins. The theme of the room was dark green and white.

Stefan set up and thanked Josie.

Who smiled and headed back to her room.

Stefan collapsed onto the bed.

Silently promising, not to allow Damon to harm the twins in any way.