Chapter 1: Lost and Found
The whole camp was screwed. Really screwed. Rick Grimes and his group was stuck at the highway with a missing little girl and depressed people. Carol was crying softly in her the RV and everyone felt bad for her. Daryl was the most affected by Sophia getting chased by walkers, other than Carol of course. Even though everyone was telling him to not go, he set off to find her in the woods.
Meanwhile, Elena was running away from her captor, tears streaming down her face. After the outbreak occurred, the world really did go to shit for her. Klaus shoved the cure down her throat and kidnapped her alongside Caroline. He tortured her and used her as a blood bag for himself and Caroline. Elena had no idea whether her family and her friends were alright. That upset her greatly.
While she was running, she saw a little girl around the age of 11-12. Elena whipped out her gun and shot the walking dead around the small blonde girl. Lena quickly checked the girl for bite marks to find none. "Are you ok?" Elena asked, "What's your name?" The little girl looked at her feet and murmured "Sophia." "Do you have a group, Sophia?" Elena inquired. Sophia shuffled her feet shyly. "They're by the highway." She whispered.
Before Elena could reply, she could hear someone calling her name, menacingly. "Oh Elena...Come out come out wherever you are..."She could hear the smirk in his voice. Klaus. It sounded far away, but Elena knew she needed to run. Now.
The human doppelgänger picked up the little blonde and sprinted in the direction of the highway. She dodged tree's and let the adrenaline assist her, after all, she did take track in high school. Finally, she arrived at the abandoned lot. It turns out it isn't abandoned at all.
There was a rather large-sized group there with a few of what looks like their cars. Using the last bit of strength she had, Elena made her way over to them. Sophia got out of her grip. "Mama!" She cried and ran to an older grey haired woman. Everyone turned towards the sound and grinned at the sight of the little girl in front of them. After the overall shock of seeing Sophia, they noticed Elena and gasped at the sight of her.
Elena looked down in shame. She had many visible bite marks over her small, beaten up body. She was incredibly skinny from not being able to provide for herself with food. The group gathered around her, everyone looking scared for her except a redneck with a crossbow, who for some reason was glaring at her. "You're bit..." A brunette women noted in fear, "But why doesn't it look like normal walker bites?"
Elena shook her head. "They aren't from walkers. They're from-" Before the doppelgänger could finish her sentence, Someone quickly wrapped their arm around her head, cutting off her airway. "I've been looking for you, love." Elena could hear a british accent speak into her ear. Elena started to thrash around. Caroline was in his other hand, doing the same as Elena. The rest of the group watched in curiosity. What was going on?
"Let go of us." Elena demanded. She had enough of Klaus's shit and the Petrova fire started to activate inside the beat up doppelganger. "Why should I?" Klaus asked, raising an eyebrow. He brought his head closer to her ear. "After all, you are only human."
After saying this, Klaus violently bit into her neck. Caroline screamed at him to stop. Elena would have screamed but compulsion from a while ago prevented her from doing so. Before anyone could go and attempt to aid her, a stick imbedded itself in Klaus's body. Elena almost cried in relief when she saw it.
It was a white oak stake. After Klaus let go of them and fell dead, behind them were the Salvatore's and her baby brother. Elena was speechless and was suddenly able to speak again. She pulled them into a hug, tears pooling up in her eyes, and Caroline sighed in relief.
After a few minutes, a burly looking guy with a shaved head commented, "What the hell is going on?"
The group lent the vampires and the humans two tents to share. By the time they finished getting their supplies and set up their tents, The two groups sat by the open fire.
"So, um, what are your names?" A older man asked them after a long period of silence. "I'm Damon Salvatore. This is my brother, Stefan and My girlfriend Elena and her brother Jeremy." He said gesturing to his girlfriend on his lap. "And our good friend Caroline," Stefan smiled looking at Caroline, who smiled back at him. Elena noted their chemistry.
The older man (That Elena learned was Dale) introduced everyone to them and Andrea glared at them.
"So what are you?" She asked them. Caroline decided to answer the other blonde. "I'm a vampire, and so is Stefan and Damon. Jeremy is a vampire hunter, and Elena is a doppelgänger, but she used to be a vampire as well."
Everyone laughed nervously. "I don't believe you." Rick said firmly. Damon rolled his eyes. "Elena, if you don't mind." Elena nodded and got off of his lap, sitting next to Daryl. Daryl grunted in recognition, but didn't say anything. Damon made sure the kids were ok with him doing it before doing his vampire face. Everyone jumped back. Damon made his face go back to normal before sitting down.
"So what can you do?" Sophia asked Elena innocently, changing the subject. Lena laughed. "Nothing really, actually. I just look exactly like someone from a long time ago."
"And used to make hybrids." Stefan added. Elena glared at him and looked down at her lap. "I don't want to talk about that." She muttered.
"Is she alright?" Rick asked Damon. Daryl glanced down at the upset-looking girl unsure what to do. Should he comfort her or should he leave her alone? And why is he thinking like this?
"Oh, she's fine." Stefan said, brushing it off sarcastically. "She was probably thinking about all the people who died for her. "Her parent's, her aunt Jenna, Her brother for a while, her uncle slash birth father, Her birth mother, her best friend, and her guardian."
"Hey man-" Jeremy started to say before Elena abruptly stood up, hands in fists at her sides.
"You know what, I've had enough of all your bullshit that you've been giving me. I have never intentionally hurt you and you've been nothing but an utter dick towards me. So back. The hell. Off."
Elena stormed off towards the other edge of the camp, out of hearing distance she decided to lie down on the cool, prickly grass.
Meanwhile, all the campers watched her in silence. Caroline decided to speak up.
"What is wrong with you, Stefan?" Caroline said quietly, "She has gone through so much in her life and you're just making it worse."
"How is she human, Caroline? She was a vampire the last time I saw her, before this all happened."
Everyone could see a flicker of sadness in Caroline's eyes as she took a shaky deep breath and began her story.