Awakening as an immortal being was an extraordinary feeling for both Elena and Caroline. Everything shone brighter, felt more intense, powerful and daunting at the same time.

Elena looked at Caroline, whose werewolf eyes indicated that she was fine.

"Elena?!"- Bonnie said looking at her friend.

Elena just smiled at her friend and said- "The three of us forever!"

"Forever!" Caroline said and the three of them hugged as if making an unusual trinity pact.

Sophie, who came sometime after the break of day, found the note telling her to meet them at the Marble Cemetery.

She now hurried over to the place.

Bonnie met the fellow witch at the sacred ground now finding out why they were there.

Sophie looked at Bonnie quietly for a moment.

"I thought you would actually be mad?!-Bonnie said.

"No. Why should I be mad?!"-Sophie said-"come on.."

"What is it you are not telling me?"

"Game change."-Sophie said.

"Why are you talking cryptic - it's like you knew this was going to happen?!"- Bonnie now raised her voice at the witch.

"Let's go and have a cup of coffee and maybe something to eat. I've also been busy."-Sophie then said hinting in a witchy way to Bonnie that there was something more significant than her doing an ancient spell on her friends. Bonnie now followed the witch somewhat anxiously.

****

In Mystic Falls, Klaus received his witch who was bearer of bad news.

"The new doppelganger has become useless."

"What are you saying?"- Klaus looked at the witch vamping out slightly and his tone of voice indicated that he was really beyond miffed.

"Her heart is filled with dark magic and her heart cannot be used for the ritual"-Genevieve said knowing that it would produce a horrifying effect on everyone close to the Old vampire, so she quickly added-" there is good news -"Katerina Petrova is very much alive and I know where she is."

Klaus' mood suddenly changed -"and why isn't she already our captive?! Don't tell me my brother is keeping her safe as well?!"

"No. She is with Celeste. She is guarding her."-Genevieve said.

"That conniving bitch. She already got my pardon."- Klaus was furious.

"I have not yet approached her with the knowledge."

"Right, let's wait. We have the upper hand in all. Destroy the witches hearts."-Klaus said smirking-"there is no need for them anymore. This is actually a very good day. It couldn't have worked better."

At the same time in Elijah's apartment in New York Elena had just handed over a bag of her pure mystic blood telling him what had happened just before dawn in the Marble cemetery.

When she was about to enter the door he had already sensed that there was a change in her. Although she looked the same, her heartbeat was faster and he knew it wasn't human like.

Elena, in her new state could now feel his mood shifts although he tried to skilfully hide them. Without words uttered they exchanged a mix of feelings of anger, disappointment, desperation and sadness.

"The same as Katerina, Elena is impulsive in her nature."-Elijah recalled Rose's words when she first reported about the doppelganger.

Rose now came to into the room apologizing for the interruption.

"It's fine."-Elena said to her -"I am leaving." She turned away and walked out of the room.

Elijah followed her giving Rose a sign that whatever she had to say would have to wait. He caught up with Elena at the door.

"Please, wait."-he then said.

"I have to go!"- she then said seriously and reluctantly he let her walk out.

"She didn't trust me?!!"-he muttered to himself taking a moment before walking back into the room to speak to Rose.

"Yes?"- he said to his confidante.

"Monique has betrayed us."-Rose said.

"You dealt with her I suppose. And the Deveraux witch?' "-Elijah asked.

"She helped us." Rose confirmed.

"So, we still have leverage. Good!"- Elijah uttered in a more calm manner.

He then left his most faithful vampire confidante and went to see Freya.

Elijah conveyed to  Freya the latest news.

****

In the Olive Tree Cafe, Sophie now told Bonnie about Katherine being taken and one more information-

"Katherine had a twin."

"What? Are you telling me there was a twin doppelganger. How is that possible?!"-Bonnie then said.

"A source I cannot name told me that last night when you left."-Sophie confirmed.

"So, what happened to her?"- Bonnie wanted to know.

"According to a diary, she was taken away the twins were born by a witch that knew that a doppelganger would be born."

"Why take her and not Katherine?"

"There must have been a reason. Witches never do anything without a solid reason."-Sophie said looking at Bonnie poignantly.

"OMG. You helped me figure out those dark spells and the immortality spell was in that section.?!"-Bonnie now figured out that Sophie had inadvertently played a role in the spell being used on Elena and Caroline.

"I vowed to protect Elena and I promised Liz I would look after Caroline, too. I am a white witch and I cannot perform such spells, plus you are a Bennett and for some reason you can balance both dark and white magic. Anyway, the Old Salvatore is awake now and Elena would need to protect herself."

"What about Damon?"-Bonnie asked.

"I hope you spelled him so he cannot be located?!"- Sophie then said.

Bonnie nodded.

"Good. Let's eat. It's been a busy night for both of us."- Sophie said.

Bonnie just took a sip of coffee. Sophie could see that she was worried. She was not a person to molly-cuddle and she always felt that everything should be met straight on-

"This has been going on for thousands of years."- Sophie then said- "it's upon us to do it right and not let the dark magic take over."

"A year ago. Elena, Caroline and me were joking about what we are going to do next- after college- will we have babies and find the guys we will spend the rest our lives with- are we going to travel and...look at us now... I wish my mother told me what it was all about?!"-Bonnie said.

"Knowing would have helped you. But I also understand why they wanted to shelter you. It's a cruel world and very rarely you get a glimpse of happiness."- Sophie now thought of Monique and her tragic end by Rose's hand.

"Yeah! I barely know my mom. Elena lost hers. Caroline doesn't even speak to hers properly."

"Eat."-Sophie urged her- "I hate to sound all nanny- like- but you will need a lot of strength."

****

Elena met up with Caroline now in the apartment.

"Hey..."- Caroline said to her friend- "how did it go with Mr Immortal?"

Elena puffed a little.

"Not good?!"- Caroline concluded.

"Actually pretty all right. Well, I am packing my things"- Elena said.

"You're going? Where? Why?"- Caroline asked surprised at her friend's abrupt decision.

"I need to see Jenna."- Elena said- "need to get out of here."

"Right."- Caroline uttered understandingly.

Elena's phone rang and it was Elijah.

"Elijah!"- she said to Caroline seeing the name on the display and then answered it- "Hello- "

"I need to see you." he then said.

"Something happened?"- Elena asked.

"No... but we need to talk."

They set up a meeting and Elena went. As soon as she was out of the door, Caroline's phone rang and it was Tyler.

"Hey...what's up?"- Caroline now said.

"I... My dad is gone missing and my mom just called me. Matt and I are on my way to Mystic Falls."

"Tyler...huh... I am sorry...ok... how... you can't just go back there-"- Caroline said.

"What do you mean I can't go...I don't care about all the crazy staff you are into now...it's my dad!!"- Tyler screamed.

"That crazy stuff that we are in is probably the reason...huh... I am on my way!"

Without thinking too much Caroline just took off.

In a span of only few hours a lot could change in the world of witches and so it was. It's like they never sleep and continuously think of something.

**********

In Mystic Falls, Klaus was in his studio painting. Genevieve walked in.

"She is beautiful."- the witch remarked as she came up to him looking at the portrait.

"Yes, she is. Caroline Forbes of Clairmont."- Klaus said still gazing at painting as if enchanted.

"Katerina is no longer with Celeste. Your brother's witch took her."-Genevieve informed him now.

"Damn him!!"- Klaus spat-"now we have nothing!!"

"Oh, but we do!"-Genevieve continued-"I have the other Salvatore brother. Apparently they had the Vampire Heart in their possession all along."

"Where is he??"-Klaus said.

"In the wine cellars."-Genevieve said ready for interrogation.

Klaus smirked pleased.

"You witches are really determined to come through with it!"

"This is crunch time. We have waited a thousand years for this!"-Genevieve said smiling wickedly- "Every hour counts.The white witches know it -the same as we."

Flashback

"In a war we choose sides and this is a war!"- Norah Deveraux told her daughter Sophie- "some will live up to their vows, but then there are those who will break them. Change sides. It will never cease and you will always have to be prepared for the turns when you least expect them. You will always have to be three steps ahead of everyone. Imagine the impossible. Trust yourself. Always trust yourself and what the inner heart is telling you. Dark magic will always try to twist your heart. It is powerful, never doubt that for a second.But white magic is equally powerful. The Old vampires were created by dark magic. And they are drawn to it, but it is the witches who play this game. In the end it's down to us!"

And Genevieve was a master of this game. She now left Klaus and went to call Sophie.

****

Elijah waited for Elena in Central park near the Ritz. A strange place for a meeting Elena thought.

"So...what happened? What more is there to talk about?" she said somewhat standoffish.

Elijah then just said

"This morning... I have not thanked you properly for your gift."

"My gift?? Ah, the blood! You are welcome. You could have thanked me over the phone."

"I could have, but that would not have been very appropriate." he then said and she could see that he was struggling within him to finally say what he harboured ever since he met her.

"Appropriate? Huh... You are pissed because of what I have done! I know there is this thing that you swore to protect us doppelgangers- but, you don't have to. You don't owe us anything."

"No. I don't owe you anything. Same as Katerina you took your fate into your hands." Elijah then said. And he knew it came out the wrong way as Elena now cut it all short-

"Ok. You thanked me. I have to go."- Elena now turned and walked away. He stood watching her walk away. The tug of war of his feelings ran like a tornado inside his vampire heart.

Flashback
A few hours earlier

"Why are you not letting yourself love her?"- Freya asked her brother as he was about to leave.

"I want her to have a life outside of this darkness that we carry."- Elijah then said.

"But she will always be in the darkness with us. She is the doppelganger and not just any doppelganger and you know it?! Forget what the witches have said."

For the first time in nearly more than thousand years  he chose his heart to rule over all of his guard and he now sped up catching Elena near the lake.

"Elijah?!"- Elena looked stunned at him as he stood in front of her.

"Elena- I know I can't be with you- But I don't know how to let you go" he then said.

"What?"- she uttered shellshocked at his declaration.

"Everything yesterday was a lie-  when I said that none of it mattered. That your kiss didn't matter."

Elena's eyes watered and she muttered -"It mattered?!"

He nodded.

He now brushed a tear off of her cheek. His cold hand glid soothingly over her neck as he pulled her into a firey kiss.

What ravages of spirit

conjured this tempesteous rage

created you a monster

broken by the rules of love

and fate has lead you through it

you do what you have to do

and I have the sense to recognize that I don't know how to let you go

every moment marked

with apparitions of your soul

I'm ever swiftly moving

trying to escape this desire

the yearning to be near you

I do what I have to do

the yearning to be near you

I do what I have to do

****

Sophie looked at a photo she carried in her diary. Three generations of Deveraux witches stood together -"how I miss you!" -she uttered. She thought of Jenna, Elena, Bonnie, Caroline, even Elijah and Freya. All of them involved in the eternal battle of power and the struggle not to let the evil win.

She opened a new page in her diary and wrote down-

"Do we have a choice, I wonder... a lot of times I think we don't but then again in certain moments all we do is choose. It is not easy. You weigh in most of the time, but at times you just let it be. Dig deep into your heart and see what is there, it will give you courage and guidance. But what if your heart is clouded by desire of power and might? I am doing my best, mama. I wish you were here, if only for a moment, so I can hug you and you would tell me that everything is going to be all right."