"Stop me if this sounds familiar. One good sibling, determined to live like a monk, and one selfishly evil sibling, willing to murder to satiate their hunger. Oh, come on, you get it. The parallels are too good. Our story is your story, Stefan. So now here's the test. Which girl are you?"

"An innocent girl became a monster. All because her older sibling forced her to adopt her lifestyle, even if it meant killing and eating men to stay alive. So, I ask you again. Which girl are you?"- Sybil

He looked out over the beautiful island from the dressed in white robes and carried himself with a certain sophistication. His days were typical he he'd get his food from traps set out near the beach for fish and he grew and raised plants for vegetables. He loved this mountain cliff though it have him a great view of the island.

"Morning." A voice behind him said walking up from behind him.

The Man in White turned to see a man in black robes "Morning." He replied "I take it you're here because of our guests. Want some breakfast?"

"I am. No thanks I just ate. Still trying to prove me wrong I see. Didn't you learn your lesson with that fool Arcadius?" The Man in Black responded he sounded tired but not exhausted more like he was just tired of everything around him.

"I think he prefers Cade. Admittedly Cade was a little bias to begin with even before his inevitable end." The Man in White said "Besides I think you are wrong people only turn bad when they are suffering and have the world stacked against them. Giving them a chance to make better choices I feel that can help them be more of who they really are."

"This is why, I let Cade go when he was here he saw how corrupt the humans are and-"

"You let Cade go because he's your little fanboy that kisses your ass whenever you want." The Man in White jumped in.

"Maybe so honestly I've been getting tired of Cade he doesn't really give me the same thrill he used to. As much as I get a laugh from his antics and I do I feel there comes a point in every work relationship where you have to let even your favorite employees go." The Man in Black smirked.

"So you want to give him the ax after all these years? I can see why he's not very hands on in his job and granted he was unjustly killed according to him at least still he was such a dick when we brought him here."

The Man in Black sighed "To be fair you don't really do anything. You bring people here and just expect them to change. Yet you do nothing to help them find their way."

"That's because it's pointless if I have to help them they have to figure the answers out on their own. They and they alone have to make the choice between right and wrong." The Man in White explained as he had thousands of times before.

"You still believe people can change? Sad. It always ends the same especially with the two you selected this time around. They try to change they struggle and it ends with them ten steps backward."

"You are wrong. People can change if given the opportunity. Two steps forward is still two steps forward."

"That same old shtick you need new material my friend." The Man in Black laughed and his friend responded with laughter as well for a moment they seemed to share a sweet moment that for their present time was almost impossible it The Man in Black's expression grew colder his eyes narrowed into a glare "Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?"

The Man in White looked at his friend his face didn't reveal what he was feeling mostly likely because of how long they'd known each other "Yes."

"One day. I'm am going to find that loop hole my friend."

"Well when you do you'll know where to find me."

The Man in Black took a deep breath before looking out over the island he stood back up and walked away saying "Always nice talking to you Cain."

"Always nice talking to you to." Cain then then recited a verse from his favorite poem it had become a habit of his every time he brough wayward souls to the island "I was angry with my friend, I told my wrath, my wrath did end."

Meanwhile on the beach a man named Damon Salvatore was struggling to climb on to land he didn't understand how he'd awakened out at sea. Damon didn't even remember his life as a vampire. He just remembered being shot he was on his knees after finally crawling out of the ocean he had no idea how he got here.

He was having flashes of him and his brother somehow it seemed so long ago he didn't know how or why but he knew what he was remembering happened long ago. Damon frantically looked around the beach "Stefan! Stefan! Are you there answer me! Brother!"

Further into the island a woman was crawling out of a river she was crying "Oh god! Oh god please don't let it be real!"

All the while The Man in Black watched her up in a tree crying and begging God to not let the truth be real, "No wonder you went bat shit crazy and your present self is such a bitch." He smiled "Welcome to purgatory."