Mystic Falls

The next day

As Elena walked in the Boarding House, Bonnie rushed into a hug with her bestie, screaming and squealing.

"You're here!" - Bonnie squeezed her friend tight as if she had not seen her in forever.

"Oh, God, finally - yes" - Elena agreed.

"Hey, you" - Damon now said as he appeared from upstairs.

"Hey" - Elena said to the vampire, holding back for a second, but then went into a hug.

"It feels like forever" - Damon remarked.

"It's only been a year, but - God, yeah, feels like I've Ben gone for much longer." - Elena said and looked at Damon for a moment.

Somehow he appeared to be different. Not in his looks, of course, but there was a certain softness about him that she had never seen before.

Damon couldn't help but notice the odd stare coming from the doppelganger.

"What is it?"

"Uhm- sorry, but - it's like you are - different. In a good way." - Elena said.

"Well- when you walk through Hell there and back - things - change."- Damon said and looked at Bonnie.

"Yeah, Bonnie told me what you've been through" - Elena said.

"So- that's the witch that will bring Stefan back?" - "Damon now pointed at Gaspar that stood not far from Elena.

"Yes- I'm sorry. Guys - this is Gaspar Cortez."

Both Bonnie and Damon greeted the shaman.

"So you can bring my brother back?" - Damon asked in Spanish.

"I can."- Gaspar replied.

"How come he reached you? -"

"He appeared in the dream trance. He came to warn me." - Gaspar replied - "the spirit world wants the mystical one's soul"

"The Mystical One I guess is you" - Bonnie now looked at Elena, who nodded.

"What now?" - Bonnie said.

At that moment as Elena was about to reply, Caroline came storming in the Boarding House, and nearly crushed the doppelganger as she hugged her.

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Meanwhile in the Parallel World, New Orleans

Elijah walked in the house he shared with Dean Stavros and his now heavily pregnant girlfriend Sophie.

"Coffee?" - Dean offered to the vampire.

"Yes, thank you."- Elijah put his walking stick aside and sat down at the kitchen table.

"I am sorry." - Elijah said - "I could not sleep. I just - I cannot shake the feeling that I felt her presence in the bar. I could smell her perfume."

"Oh, Elijah. You must have imagined it - maybe a woman who wears the same jasmine perfume stood by the piano."-Dean said.

"No one was there. I asked - and Jackson said that there was no one." - Elijah replied with a little sigh - "I know that - it very well could be a figment of my imagination, but I can not forget Elena's scent. It is unique - and the jasmine fragrance just enhances it."

Sophie, who now sat down at the table as well, raised her eyebrow at her boyfriend, urging the witch to tell Elijah about the strange ripple in the magic the day before.

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a/n:
A tiny drabbly update.

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