4 Months Later...

Bonnie has been working tirelessly to figure out how to get us back but I'm starting to lose hope and she's starting to get frustrated. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going to die here. Would that be so bad? I would never see Jeremy again. Or Caroline, or Ric, Matt, Tyler, Stefan and Damon. Would I see any of them again? I sat in a field staring at the dandelions and bathing in the sunlight. It's quiet here, peaceful, even though my family is in a different time I'm sorry to say that I feel more at peace here. The only monsters that exist here are the ones that turn on full moons. The vampires and hybrids in my time haven't been created. It reminds of me of how I felt before I met Stefan. My worst worry was if I would be kidnapped or something. A simpler time. Maybe I could see this as a blessing in disguise. My thought earns a weak chuckle out of myself. Blessing?

More like the eternal curse of my life. Ever since I learned I was a doppelganger my life has derailed and I've gone through more loss than I thought I would ever know. And it doesn't seem like it'll ever stop. Why won't it stop!? I start ripping the dandelions from the ground throwing them destroying everything around me screaming out in frustration. I want to go home! I smack my fists onto the ground and allow the tears to flow for the first time since I've been here. I feel my body slump in exhaustion and I sigh heavily, I want to go home, I scream internally laying flat on the ground eyes closed. I sniffle and let more tears fall the reality of my poor situation hitting me hard "Why are you crying Elena" Henrik. I sit up quickly wiping my tears and look at the little boy standing in front of me "I'm just happy to get some time alone. Your brothers are annoying aren't they?" he smiles and laughs sitting next to me picking up one of the stems to the flowers I threw "They just like you a lot" he says spinning the stem "I bet they do" I say to myself thinking of the Mikealson brothers.

Klaus and Elijah have been preoccupied lately, my doppelganger Tatia has finally arrived and of no surprise to me, she's a complete bitch. At least to me. Henrik doesn't spend much time with her so he thinks she's me. Henrik lays his head on me starts to go on about Klaus and how he's promised to take him somewhere today. I laughed at him only partially listening to what he was talking about. I was more so marveling at how carefree he was. I wanted to be like him, have nothing to worry about. To just be happy. Free of fear and unhappiness like him, to see only the good in the world. There was a beauty in the naive innocence he had I never so desperately wished for it back like I did in that moment. My thoughts fell away hearing a voice I hadn't heard in a while "Henrik father calls! He wishes to show you how to wield a sword as you've begged him for since you were born" he bounced up running to his older brother "And then can we go see them" he looked at me and I watched the exchange smiling a little "Yes then we can go see them" Henrik ran off and Klaus turned his attention to me still sitting in the field.

"Has my sister finally bored you to death? She's been looking for you for the past hour" I laughed a little picking up a stem of a flower "I love Rebekah and her company but I just wanted to be alone" I said thinking back to thoughts that crowded my head before Henrik showed up "Stop worrying so much. You'll find a way home" he said pulling me up to stand off the ground effortlessly. We were so close then our noses practically touching "Sorry" I said backing away from him "It's fine" he said quickly looking away from me "Where have you been? Haven't seen much of you lately" he didn't answer at first looking in my eyes "Have you been crying" he asked changing the subject "What's it matter" he frowned and sighed "I apologize for my absence. Although I'm not sure how you noticed" he said a sly smile creeping onto his face. This was game, shameless flirting, he never meant it. Ever since Tatia arrived his eyes have only been on her.

"If Tatia were here she'd have a heart attack" I said playfully his smile however fell "Tatia is no concern of mine" he said a bitterness to his tone "What's happened" I asked "She's still seeing my brother" he said enviously, in this moment I felt for him. He felt for Tatia more than anyone yet she played with him. I placed a hand on his shoulder squeezing a little "She is a fool. A woman should count herself lucky to even receive a moment of your attention" he tore his eyes from the ground to meet mine "Not all women do" he said looking deep in my eyes, I knew what he meant but I couldn't bring myself to say anything. I looked away moving my hand only for him to take it in his. I tried to pull it from his grasp but he only held it tighter. I looked at him again and he pulled me closer "Is it so wrong to want me?" he whispered more to himself than to me and that was more of his heart than I had ever before seen. Talking to him now I saw him more clearly than anyone could. We stared at each other a long moment before cupped my face in his face and bright his lips to mine. The action to me by surprise but I kissed back only to snap out of it quickly and push him away.

"I'm sorry I had to" I breathed in and out the shock of what just happened seeping in "Klaus you know I'm spoken for" he looked down and nodded "I know" the silence thick between us he looked at me one last time before walking off leaving me in the field alone. I sighed and touched my lips angry at myself more than at him. How could I let him do that? He should've never gotten close. It's Klaus for crying out loud. He might not be what I know him to be but he will be. Even as the thought came to mind I couldn't convince myself of it. He wasn't the same man, he was good and kind, it made me hate his father and even Esther. They made him a monster. These past few months I spent watching this family I knew one thing. Mikeal was the true monster and he tortured his son to be what he is now. And Esther stood by and did nothing. Mikeal hated me in the beginning I was the only one bold enough to go against him. To berate him for the way he treated Klaus. That is until he threatened to put me and Bonnie out of his home. After that I could do nothing but watch. I hated that feeling, helplessness, the same feeling Klaus instills in me in my time. I see where he gets it from now.

Before I realize it I had been in the field for hours and it was beginning to get dark. Tonight was a full moon I needed to get back to the village. Being in the woods at night was dangerous. As I walked I was getting a rising feeling in my stomach that something was wrong and then I heard it. Screams. Little screams, a voice I knew and knew well. Henrik. I pulled my dress up running faster than I knew my feet should carry me. I ran hard my lungs starting to burn as I breathed in and out. When I got there Klaus was fighting a wolf whilst Henrik lay on the ground. I rushed over to him my eyes tearing up as I looked him over "Elena" he gasped out "Shh shhhh Henrik. Don't talk, don't strain yourself" he looked at me a tear falling down his face. He reached out to me and I grabbed his hand "I'm going to help you we're gonna get you out of here" I gently grabbed his top half and slipped my arm around his leg rushing toward the village. Henrik may not have been the lightest little boy but I could carry him. I had to, I had to save him, he couldn't die, he was too young. When I got there I rushed to Esther screaming out to her "HELP! PLEASE COME QUICK!" as soon as she saw me and dropped what she had in hand and ran over screaming out crying.

"How could this happen?!" Mikeal asked me as I put him down in his bed in the hut "I don't know. I found him and Klaus in the woods. Klaus was fighting a wolf" he growled walked out of the hut fury melting off of him. I followed closely behind knowing exactly where he was headed. Klaus was walking up from out of the woods his arm bleeding profusely as his father stomped up to him. As soon as he was close enough he swung "Father I-" his words were cut by a punch in the jaw. He was about to swing again when I ran in front of him "Stop! Stop! Henrik lies in your home dying standing out here punishing your son is not where you're needed most right now" he looked infuriated by me even daring to interfere but even he could not argue that I was right and gave Klaus a scathing look before spitting in his direction and walking back to hut. 

I closed my eyes and breathed out then looked around to see the eyes we'd had on us. I turned to Klaus helping him up off the ground. Once he stood he began walking away from me I tried to grab him but he shook me off walking off somewhere. I knew where he was headed "Klaus!" he paused looking back at me "What Elena?" I walked in front of him "You're hurt you can't go off killing wolves rashly. Your mother may lose a son tonight she doesn't need to lose two" my words got to him I know because as soon as I said them I saw a tear run down his cheek. I looked around at the people staring at us and grabbed his hand leading him away from the crowd. I knew where to take him, away from prying eyes and away from his family. I knew how to help him, I would help him, in this moment Klaus needed me and I would be here.