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~ ᶜᵃⁿᵈⁱᶜᵉ'ˢ ᵛᵃᵐᵖⁱʳᵉ ᵗʳᵃⁿˢⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ~

Candice was in the hospital, but it wasn't the one with Caroline. She was transferred to Whitmore Hospital in critical condition. Seth sat nearby, holding her weak hand in his, tears falling down his face. Her eyes sat peacefully shut, her breathing was shallow and weak, barely a pulse. Suddenly, he turned his head to see, Damon Salvatore, leaning against the doorway, Bonnie standing by.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He let go of her hand and stood up protectively stood by his girlfriend' body. "Relax older Lockwood, I'm here to give my prayers." Damon said, smugly, glancing at Bonnie, silently telling her to get him out of the room.

"Hey, maybe you should go home and get some rest? I'll watch her, I promise. She's going to be fine." Bonnie reassured, smiling softly at Seth who had tears in his eyes. He glanced down at his girlfriend and placed a small kiss on her head, then nodded in agreement.

"Promise?"

"Promise." Bonnie took his hand and led him out, she walked back into the room and snarled, seeing Damon brush a strand of Candice' hair back. "Don't touch her!" Bonnie slapped his hand away and he rolled his eyes.

She grabbed a needle and stabbed it in his arm, taking some of his blood, smiling when he groaned from the needle. "Now get out." She pointed to the door and he rolled his eyes before leaving. Bonnie smiled sadly at Candice, she hated that she was bringing brought into the supernatural mess.

Bonnie injected Damon' blood and placed a kiss on Candice' cheek with a sad smile. When Bonnie was younger, she and Elena stayed at Caroline' house a lot and she would always be happy that Candice was there. Because she may have had a small crush on her, everytime she came in the room Bonnie would blush. Bonnie left the room, rolling her eyes at Damon' smug smirk.

"Someone has a little crush.." Damon teased, nudging Bonnie. "Shut up." Bonnie shoved him back and walked faster to get away from him.

A while later, Candice was slowly healing and getting more stronger to were she could move around. Though her injuries were more fatal than Caroline' so she couldn't do much like her. Candice was waiting for Seth to bring her a salad because she hated hospital food. She clicked a channel on the TV and smiled when the show, Supernatural came on.

She always believed in the supernatural, why wouldn't she? She's not stupid enough to believe that the recent killings were so called 'animal attacks'. They were most likely, werewolves who lost control on the full moon, or a bloodthirsty vampire. She knew Bonnie Bennet was a witch, it was obvious. She was going to talk to Elena one day and walked in to see Bonnie making feathers float. Luckily they never saw her but she always knew.

Hearing heels click against the tile floor she furrowed her brows and looked over, raising her brows at the person who looked exactly like Elena, though much prettier. "You are not Elena." Katherine gave a confused look and raised a brow at Candice. "You know? Don't you?" Katherine walked in and stood beside the bed.

"About Elena being a supernatural twin person, or the supernatural? If so, I know both." Candice clicked off the TV and turned her head to look at Katherine. "You're smarter than I thought, but not smart enough. I just killed your sister, and I made your little boyfriend kill someone. You, I might not need you but you're backup incase Caroline fails. Tell those Salvatore brothers I said, 'the party is only getting started'."

Candice clenched her jaw and went to do something but Katherine snapped her neck. "I figured you should die with more dignity." Katherine shrugged and walked out with a knowing smirk. Hours later, Candice wakes up with a gasp for breath and her hand goes to her neck, wincing in pain. Her jaw drops and she glanced at the syringe on the corner table, already guessing it was vampire blood.

A second later, Seth ran in and shut the door, locking it. "Let me guess, Katherine?" He nodded and sat in the chair, holding his head in his hands. "Seth, we can't let anyone know about you. Just tell your uncle Mason and he'll help you." Candice threw off her covers and walked over to him, smiling sadly. She leaned down and pushed his face up.

"I won't let anyone know about you, I'll help you every full moon. Okay?" Seth nodded and leaned down, capturing her lips in a short sweet kiss. "What about you? You're a vampire right?" Candice looked down and stood up, leaning on the hospital bed in defeat.

"I need human blood to complete the transition. If not, I'll die, for real this time." Seth nodded and ran out of the room, moments later, coming in with two blood bags. Candice ran over and tore them from his hands, ripping them open and drinking every last drop. She looked up and blood covered her mouth, fangs appearing, Seth watched in shock.

"Let's get out of here." She said, wiping her mouth with water and rinsing her hands, and changing into some clothes, whilst Seth got rid of the empty bags and the syringe. Candice and Seth walked out but were stopped by the nurse at the desk, "Um...you aren't discharged yet. Go back to your room." Candice rolled her eyes and walked over.

"I am now," she compelled, her pupils dilating to show it was working. The nurse nodded and Seth took her hand, both of them walking out together. Not noticing, Katherine watching with a smirk across her face.

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~ ᶜᵃⁿᵈⁱᶜᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵉᵗʰ'ˢ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ ᵈᵃᵗᵉ ~
ʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᵇʸ ˢˣʳᵉᵈ_ˢˣʳᵉⁿ

As Candice finished up her eyeliner, she hears her mom yell from the front door. "Candice! Seth's here!" Her mom glared at Seth, giving him a knowing look. His eyes widened and he looked away, clearly intimidated by the sheriff.

She says a quick, 'okay!' and finished tying her converse shoe laces, then grabs her purse. She walked out of her room by Caroline' and into the living room and to the front door. She spots Seth looking at her with his charming smile. She shyly blushed and smiled back. Her mom speaks, snapping her out of her day dream, "Bring her home before 10:30 young man!" He nods, intimidated.

"Mom! Stop scaring him! And I told you, 11:00." Candice whined and pouted at her mom. "Fine, but only then." She pointed a stern finger and Candice clapped her hands with a cheer.

She kissed her mom on the cheek and grab Seth' hand, both walking to his motorcycle. Seth grabbed his helmet and put it over her head with a smile. She smiled cheekily up at him, earning a wink in return. They got on the bike and he drove towards the woods. "Are you kidnapping me? Should I be worried!" Candice said, playfully, knowing Seth would never hurt her.

"No. I'm not kidnapping you. I'm taking you to the falls." She smiled into his back and tightened her hold on Seth' waist. She felt his heart beat faster as her hands touched her abs through his shirt. After a few minutes they arrived at the falls. The falls was a place Candice and Seth found when they were younger. It was the most beautiful place, and they went all the time. Seth parked his motorcycle and helped her off.

She took off the helmet and handed it to him, shaking her loose hair, making him but his lip and smile. She quickly fixed her jean shorts and bikini top under her shirt, Seth already told her to bring a bathing suit. Seth grabbed her hand and they start walking up to the walk way to the falls, taking a secret path. (The walk way in season 1 when Vicki gets attacked)

They talked about random things and their siblings. But he knew almost everything about her. They've been best friends since they were babies. Seth climbed into the cave behind the waterfall and pulled her up, holding her waist firmly. Seth gently guides her by the waist to a picnic blanket.

The water made it extra cold when he touched her waist with his cold hands. She smiled and bit her lip gently as she seen the layout he had for her. A nice cozy blanket, a basket of food and other things for them.

For food she had a salad whilst he had a burger. He always remembered about her being a vegetarian and she made it okay for him to eat meat in front of her. As they are halfway done, she sees it getting dark and checked her phone, it only being 8:30 she smiled. "It's getting kinda hot, I'm gonna go for a swim." She smiled and set her food down.

Standing up in front of him, she peeled her shirt from her body and tossed it to the side, then slowly shimmed out of her shorts to reveal a dark blood red bikini. That showed every curve of her body, his mouth was wide open, staring at her body in shock and awe. She looked over her shoulder and smirked lightly, pulling up the bikini bottoms up a bit, she ran and jumped into the pond below the waterfall.

Seth dropped his things and peeled his shirt from his body, running and jumping in the water. They swum up to the surface and smiled as their hair was wet and dripping down their face. Their breathing became heavier as their faces were inches apart. "Is it cliche to want to kiss you on the first date?" Candice asked, glancing at his lips.

Seth bit his lip and looked down, before placing his hand on her jaw, "No." He leaned in and they both pressed their lips together, moving in sync. Both pulling away breathless, smiled and she pushed him back, swimming under water with a laugh.

As they walked up the front steps of her house, she spoke, "I enjoyed this. We should do this again." He looked at her and smiled sweetly. She smiled back nervously, and he spoke, "Definitely. I'll text you when I'm free. But I'll seen you at school. Good night Candice." She looks back at his lips and pecked them before scurrying back in the house.

She sunk to her knees and let out a girly squeal, now getting Caroline' attention. Caroline ran down the hall and spotted Candice, she squealed and smiled, clapping cheerfully. "So.....How did it go?! Did you kiss!? Omg! Did you guys have sex?!" Candice groaned and banged her head on the door.

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~ ᶜᵃⁿᵈⁱᶜᵉ ᵐᵉᵉᵗˢ ᵉˡⁱʲᵃʰ ~

Candice stood by Seth, both of them now getting ready to leave the Masquerade Ball at the Lockwood', and head back to her place. "I need to talk to Damon about Katherine, but I'll see you back at my place." Seth nodded and walked off, letting Candice use her hearing to see if he left completely. Which he finally did.

Candice walked out to the backyard and sighed, taking a seat on a bench. She ran her hand through her hair, kicking a rock in frustration. She hadn't known why but she felt like she was losing her memory. She couldn't remember anything of her childhood. She couldn't remember growing up with Caroline. She hardly remembered anything of her father. And when she would wake up, even for a second, she would randomly speak in a British accent. It felt like she was trapped in a life that wasn't hers.

Picking up her purse, she pulled out her phone to text Damon, when suddenly her neck was snapped and she fell limp to the floor. The unknown person lifted her up and set her in a trunk with the unconscious Elena Gilbert. Moments later, Elena woke up and turned on her flashlight, turning her body to see Candice unconscious beside her.

Hours later, it was day again and Candice had her neck snapped, several times. Elena sat down beside her and placed her hand on Candice'. Elena and Candice never got along, but Elena still felt like she had to protect her since she was the reason Candice was turned. At least that's what she thinks.

Rose stood in the room, talking with Elijah. Who was assumed to be, an Original vampire. "Katerina Petrova?" Rose said, making Elijah raise and brow and make a gesture to continue, "I'm listening."

"She didn't burn in the church in 1864."

"Continue."

"She survived."

"Where is she?"

"You don't seem surprised by this."

"Oh, when you called and invited me into this armpit of civilization, which is a mere three hours from the town we know as Mystic Falls, I surmised it had everything to do with Katerina. Do you have her in your possession?" Elijah asked, raised a brow for Rose to continue. "No, but I have better. I have her doppelgänger." Rose said, making Elijah straighten his position, "That's impossible, her family line ended with her. I know that for fact."

"The facts are wrong."

"Well, show her to me."

"The doppelgänger isn't the only thing I have. Does the name Candice Parker mean anything to you?" Rose spoke, Elijah' eyes widened slightly at the question and name. "I'm taking it, it does," Rose stated after seeing his expression.

"That's impossible, she died long ago. She was murdered by her coven decades ago. There's no way she could still be alive after that long." Elijah stated matter-of-factly, standing up and taking a step around the room. "Well I found her and she's pretending to be a newbie vampire with another last name. Elijah, she was never murdered, it was all a cover up."

Elijah turned around, examining Rose, he raised a brow, "Then show her to me."

"Elijah, you are a man of honor, you should be trusted but I want to hear you say it again." Rose spoke, trying to keep her heartbeat calmed to not show her fear. "You have my word that I will pardon you."

"Follow me," Rose gestured over as she began walking, Elijah following behind. They arrive at the main room. Elena hears them and immediately gets scared for her life. Turning her head, Elijah looks at her. Almost as if she was hardly important, he looks over to Candice, unconscious. He listened for her heartbeat and heard nothing.

Rose noticed this and spoke, "She'll wake, her neck has just been snapped." Elena furrowed her brows, wondering why Elijah was so focused on Candice and not her. Elijah snapped out of his dazing trance and glanced back over at Elena in surprise. Vamp speeding in front of her, he leaned closer, almost as if he was about to kiss her. He breathes in, immediately smelling her human blood.

Before anything else was said, a gasp was heard and Elijah vamp sped up to the now alive Candice. Her eyes widened and sudden memories rushed into her mind, she groaned and grabbed her head in agony. "Don't touch her!" Elena pleaded, but was only ignored as Elijah reached over and cupped Candice face'.

The pain suddenly stopped and Candice looked up, her face inches away from Elijah'. "Elijah?" Candice whispered under her breath but frowned, not realizing why she had said that name. "Candice, love, can you hear me? I'm going to help you, but first, let me deal with this." Elijah laid her down gently on the couch and turned around, Candice eyes closed and she fell into a slumber.

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Despite Seth' pleads not to do anything stupid whilst he was out of town for the weekend, she couldn't help but disobey. Candice figured out Klaus was being held up in Alaric' apartment, holding Katherine of all people, hostage. After the whole thing with the decade dance and Bonnie 'dying' to trick Klaus, she decided to pay him a small visit.

Candice still never found out how Elijah knew her and how she knew Elijah, so she figured she'd get answers from Klaus himself. Knocking on the door, she smirked smugly, Katherine opening it with a scowl present. "What the hell are you doing here?" Candice peeked in and found a man standing there, going through a drawer.

"I'm here to see Klaus. I want answers, he has them." Klaus perked up, immediately recognizing the scent and voice. "Klaus! You have company!" Katherine opened the door wider and Candice walked in, looking around the place that still seemed the same as always. The man had finally turned around and vamp sped up to her her, studying her.

"That's not possible..." Klaus whispered under his breath, looking up he cupped her face in his hands, his thumb grazing over her cheek. "You were dead." Candice raised a brow, backing away from him like he was a sociopath, which he kinda was, but that's not the point.

"Yeah, for a while now. Why is everyone so surprised I'm alive? She literally killed me!" Candice pointed over at Katherine, who scoffed and poured herself a drink. "You don't know me?" Klaus asked, running his hand through his hair, he vamp sped over to Katherine and pinned her to the wall by her throat.

"What did they do to her?! Why doesn't she remember?!" Klaus compelled, making Katherine groan from the pressure on her throat. Candice vamp sped over and threw him off Katherine, "What the hell are you talking about?! Why would I even know who the hell you are?!" Klaus stood up and made his way over to her, and snapped her neck, making Katherine kneel down and grab her.

"Why'd you do that?" Katherine put Candice' head in her lap and looked up and Klaus with a scowl. "When she's dead, maybe she'll remember." Klaus then stormed out, making Katherine scowl and examine Candice face again. You're probably thinking, why would Katherine care about Candice? Well, Katherine knows things about Candice, that not even Candice herself knows.

Moments later, Candice woke up and mumbled something under her breath, "Nik...Kol...Bekah...Finn...'Lijah." Katherine furrowed her brows, not understanding those names or why Candice was speaking with an English accent. Candice gasped and woke up from her daze, immediately remembering about the sacrifice.

"I-I have to go." Candice grabbed her purse and ran out, ignoring Katherine' protests.

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~ ˢᵉᵗʰ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜᵃⁿᵈⁱᶜᵉ'ˢ ᵇʳᵉᵃᵏᵘᵖ ~
ʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᵇʸ ˢˣʳᵉᵈ_ˢˣʳᵉⁿ

Candice and Seth are having yet another argument. Candice noticed they were drifting apart, and he was always making excuses on how he was busy and couldn't stay over or hang out. So Candice says something about it. But it turned into a full blown yelling match. "I'M SORRY SETH!! OKAY?! I REALLY AM! I WAS WORRIED ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP!! I GUESS IT WAS "WRONG" FOR ME TO DO THAT!? IM SORRY THAT I ACTUALLY GAVE A SHIT!! Seth I love you! I really do! But is this worth it?" Candice said or should I say 'yelled'.

There was a tense silence. Until Seth breaks it by saying, "I can't do this anymore. I love you Candice, I always will, but we can't keep doing this. This is our 7th argument today! And we keep arguing! It's getting toxic. And I know I've been distant, but it's for good reason that you wouldn't be able to understand." Candice looks at Seth with a mixture of sadness, rage, and depression. She looked so broken. Candice bit her lip and ran her hand through her golden locks, "Get out," Candice says in a broken tone.

Seth sighed, "Candice I'm sor-" Candice cut him off by screaming, "IM SERIOUS!! GET OUT!! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Caroline stood by the wall, hearing everything, she immediately felt sorry for her sister. "I'm sorry. I love you. And I'll always love you." Seth whisper. Then exits her bedroom, getting a nasty glare from Caroline, he leaves.

Candice lets out a broken sob. Caroline and Liz heard everything. But Liz didn't know what to do. Caroline and Liz share a look and Caroline walks in.

Candice looks at her white wall that had pictures hung up everywhere. Most of them were just Caroline and Liz, and some of her Dad. And the others were of her and Seth. While blankly fidgeting with a ring she always wore, Candice didn't even sense Caroline come in until she feels Caroline sit on her pink comforter blanket.

Candice looks at Caroline with a broken expression. Caroline frowns and pulls Candice to the top of the bed. (They we're sitting on the edge of the bed!) Caroline pulls Candice in for a hug, Candice's head is on Caroline's chest, her arm around Caroline's waist. Caroline's head is on top of Candice's head, and her arm around her shoulders. The Forbes girls don't say anything. They just sit in silence, cudodling, and eventually falling asleep.

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a/n: first chapter just shows you a little about her life before she figures out who she truly is! these little flashbacks are quite important for the future!

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