"Why are you bringing us to Georgia, Damon?" Sitting in the passenger seat with my knees to my chest, Elena is in the back asleep. Recovering from when she got into an accident wrecking her car in the process.

"Technically you are already in Georgia" he looks back to Elena through the rear view mirror, Elena begins to stir looking around "morning" she shoots up and looks at me then to Damon then back to me.

"What's going on?" She demands, placing her hand on her head "Where are we?"

"Georgia" Damon says

She furrows her brows "Georgia? No" she begins to stutter "no, no we're not. Seriously? Damon? Where are we? Autumn? Why is she here?"

"Seriously" looking out the window "we are in Georgia"

"And your dear twin" Damon looks my way smirking, flipping him off causing him to chuckle "she knows about vampires, has way before you"

"What?" Elena looks from me to Damon then looks herself over.

"Here" tossing her a small bottle of water, she flinches flapping her  hands when the water hit her face "You don't have any broken bones, just dehydrated. McFuckerson here"

"You love me" Damon smiles

"McFuckerson" repeating as I glare at Damon "decided to kidnap us"

Damon scoffs "Oh please. Now that's being melodramatic" pointing his finger at me "I asked you if you wanted to come with me to Georgia and you were like 'Only if your buying or compelling food for me'" giving him a look as he mimicked me in a high pitched voice.

"Where's my phone?" Elena pats herself down "I hit a man, my car and he got up and walked away...I need to go back! Wait! Who did I hit?"

"That is the question of the hour" Damon agrees

"We need to go back" Elena orders Damon "pull over" when he doesn't she screams "I mean it! Stop the car and pull over!"

Damon groans looking my way "Your right, she's more fun when she's asleep" he pulls the car over and we get out, well they get out. I stay in the car having the window be down as they lean against the passenger side of the door.

"We have to go back" Elena demands, she then turns to me flabbergasted "What do you mean Autumn knows? Autumn what do you know? Why are you doing this? I can't be in Georgia! I wrecked my car! This is kidnapping! Why aren't either of you saying anything?"

"Because you're freaking the fuck out" laying my head back closing my eyes.

"You're being a bit melodramatic" Damon gives her a look "don't you think?"

"You're not funny" Elena complains "I want to go back! I can't be in Georgia!"

"You are in Georgia" Damon repeats "without your magical necklace might I add" she moves her hand to her chest "I can make you very agreeable"

"What are you trying to prove?" Elena looks horrified

Elena's phone goes off, grabbing it from Damon's pocket "It's the boyfriend"

"You have my phone!" Elena screeches

Rolling my eyes, I answer the phone "Elena's phone"

"Where is Elena?" Stefan demands all distressed "Where are you? Is Elena okay, Autumn?"

"I don't know how my sister is feeling" looking over to Elena who is annoyed "only she can answer that and physically she doesn't appear too broken and emotionally she appears pissed. Did she figure out that you only pursued her since she looks like Katherine?"

"How do you know about Katherine?" Stefan asks lowly "and what do you mean she physically doesn't appear too broken?"

Holding my hand out to Damon "For you"

He takes the phone "Hello baby brother" he holds the phone to Elena "he wants to talk to you" when she doesn't take the phone and just glares at it, he takes it back "She doesn't want to talk to you, you have a good day. Bye now" hanging up the phone and putting it away.

While Elena freaks out, Damon leans popping his head into the car looking at me "What?"

"How do you know about Katherine?" He asks

"It's like you said" trying to remain calm and collected, Katherine doesn't want him knowing till the time is right "I knew about vampires before Elena did, let's see how much I really know?"

"Look" Elena stops pacing and begs Damon "no one knows where I am. Can we please just go back?"

"I called" they look my way as Damon leans against the car "Aunt Jenna, she thinks we are visiting an old friend"

"And besides" Damon sighs "we are almost there"

"Where?" Holding her arms out

"A little place" he says "outside of Atlanta. Why do you need to go back immediately? Look, all your problems will be back there when you get back. Step away from your life for five minutes"

"Am I" Elena crossed her arms "going to be safe with you? Do you promise not to do that mind control thing with me?"

"Yes" Damon says

"Can I trust you?" She asks

A scoff escapes me as Damon orders "Get in the car"

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"Galen I'm fine" assuring Galen, while Damon and Elena are talking about Katherine I'm talking to Galen since I need to hear his voice and know that he is alright. He was hunting this coven of vampires and I love him.

"Did he compel you?" Galen demands

"I want to say yes" leaning against the wall as I look outside "but no, he more like wanted to talk to me about Katherine but me calling wasn't just because I wanted to tell you what happened but...I need you to come to Mystic Falls, Galen. I don't feel safe here, as you know I'm connected to nature and deep down something isn't right. First with Stefan and now Damon? A vampire trying to end my twin, I'm not sure if he'll try to end me because we're semi identical twins"

"I'm coming out there" Galen promises "keep the pocket knife I gave you on you at all times, I love you"

"I love you too" we hang up and I head back inside, Elena isn't here and Damon looks my way "Where did Elena go?"

"To take a tinkle" he chuckles "so how do you know about Katherine?"

"A vampire told me I looked like her" grabbing my food and eating it "this was before she tried to kill me because my boyfriend killed her brother"

He nods his head "So I'm assuming you don't need the whole run around like Elena?"

"Elena is the doppelgänger" See, doppelgängers are there own magical human creatures where they are shadow selves of the original. One exists in each generation. I'm not a doppelgänger because of my special self of being a Paragon, this ancient human being who is basically like a witch but not really.

Rare just like a doppelgänger, born each generation. Tasked with protecting the Cup of Ankh and essentially being apostles for the gods. Each with their own special ability, Sarah's ability was to astral project into people's minds. There was another named Amaris, the first Paragon. She was able to see the past and future, even go as far as to affect it if she really tried.

"I'm not" Damon furrows his brows confused "we may look similar, but trust me Damon we aren't the same"

The witch friend of Damon's comes over and smiles at us "Well" she looks at me "I heard your sister's version, but not yours"

"I have a vampire hunter boyfriend" she gasps out a shocked laugh as Damon coughs on his beer "trust me when I say I never fucked Damon and don't intend to"

"Smart" she smiles, our hands briefly touched and she looks at me shocked again grabbing my hand. She probably feels my power "your a witch"

"You are?" Damon asks "Where's your sister?"

He leaves as I look at the witch "I'm a Paragon"

Her eyes widen in shock, tilting her head looking at me "Listen closely Autumn, one day you'll be given the best chance of happiness life has to offer. Don't turn him away just because of what he is, your immortality like all Paragons is dormant. He can activate it and you both will have a beautiful long life but only if you accept him" placing her hand on my face "remember these words: The Executioner has been waiting for you for centuries"

Um...okay?