This takes place a day after the Season 2 finale (2x22).

Damon and Elena struggle with the news that Stefan gave himself over to Klaus to save his brother. Damon goes to the Mystic Grill to drink all of his misery away and runs into a very old friend and finds out her connection to the original Petrova and how she can help save Stefan.

The Original Petrova

Chapter 1:

Damon's POV

"Would you like another one?" the bartender at the Mystic Grill offered, referring to the empty shot glass on the bar.

"It'd be easier if you give me the whole bottle, honey," I mumbled and gave her a wink.

"No, that's enough for today," Alaric cut in, heading towards the bar.

"Ahh Ric, I'm glad you could make it" I grabbed the bottle the bartender had set out and quickly poured out another shot.

"Yeah I bet you are" Alaric sat down and looked disapprovingly at me. " We got some bad news Damon. It's about-"

"Oh bad news great, I hope you're not referring to the fact that my brother sold himself off to a hybrid Werepire or Vampwolf if you will, to save my life. A life that didn't deserve to be saved." I interrupted, throwing back another shot.

"Jeremy is seeing dead people. He told Elena last night," he paused and snatched the bottle away from me. "He's seen Vicki and Anna, I assumed he's only being haunted by his ex's."

"Tell him to join the club." I grabbed the bottle back from him and started to drink straight from it.

"You're useless right now, you know that?" Alaric snapped at me and walked off.

"New around here?" the bartender asked. I looked up assuming she was talking to him, but turns out she was talking to a woman who I hadn't noticed sitting beside me.

"No, I lived here years ago. Just moved back", she said sweetly. I knew that voice. I had heard that voice plenty of times, but it couldn't be her. It was impossible and I knew that so I didn't bother to look up at the woman and check.

"Oh cool I'm Haley, what's your name?" the bartender asked in a extremely annoying tone.

"Analise," she replied in that same sweet and calm voice. That's when I looked up and saw a girl with golden brown skin and beautiful hazel eyes. It was her, Analise Di Angelo. I stared at her for a moment, shocked, until I realized she was staring right back. She wasn't a vampire, I knew she wasn't, but she looked the same age she was when I had last seen her in 1864.

As soon as I opened my mouth to ask her how she was still alive Alaric came heading towards us. "Hey,who's this?" he said, studying her.

"Ric, glad you came back" I lied and then turned to Analise, "This is my friend... from 1864."

"Oh so you're a vampire?" Alaric whispered. There was an awkward silence. I'm glad he asked because I was wondering the same thing.

"Well I'm Analise, and no I am not a vampire" she smiled at him. Alaric and I both looked confused.

"Well it's nice to meet you Analise. I would love to stay but me and Damon really have to go" he looked at me like something was wrong.

"What is it?" I got up and Alaric and I headed out of the grill. We didn't notice Analise following us.

"Elijah is back and he brought Katherine" he warned.

"Katherine? The Petrova Doppelganger?" Analise asked and both Alaric and I turned to stare at her.

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Elena's POV

"Jeremy?" I asked, opening his room door.

"Its ok Elena, I haven't seen them since last night" he assured me, "I bet it was all just in my head, they're gone now."

"Come on Jer, you don't believe that," I said, sitting on his bed next to him. "I mean, weirder things have happened."

"Yeah well seeing your dead ex-girlfriends tips the weirdness scale." He scooted away from me.

"Look, I know it's been hard for you since Jenna died, but we still have each other and anytime you need me I'm here; I'm not going anywhere Jeremy," I reassured him.

He sighed. I got up and left the room only to see Damon standing in the hallway.

"Hey, Elena," he said, taking a step toward me.

"Hey" I took a step back. I was scared, I guess. I didn't know how he took the kiss. I admit I like, maybe even love Damon, but I still loved Stefan too.

I couldn't stop thinking of what Katherine had told me last night. "It's okay to love them both. I did."

"I'm sorry" he apologized and stepped back, "Um...we have a problem".

•••••

Jeremy, Damon, Alaric, and I went to the boarding house. When I walked in the door I saw Caroline, Bonnie, Katherine, and Tyler sitting around the room. They were all looking up at Elijah, who had been talking before we arrived. Alaric and Jeremy went to go sit with them, but me and Damon stayed where we were, in the doorway. I could have sworn I felt his fingers brush mine. We hadn't had a real conversation since last night and I really wanted to talk to him about what had happened, but I didn't know what to say.

"So your own brother betrayed you by locking you up with a dagger in your back, after you betrayed us of course...sounds like Karma, am I right?" Caroline reminded him.

Elijah put on a fake smile. "Well yes, but you should know how important family is Caroline. Isn't that why you told your mother you're a vampire, and decided this time to not compel her to forget?"

"Caroline, you didn't..." Bonnie started.

"I did Bonnie," Caroline answered under her breath, before continuing louder, "She's my mother, and yes she used to hate Vampires, but she's realized they aren't all bad. And I'm sorry, for what she did to Jeremy. Its just-"

"It's ok, I know she's your mother and as your mother she loves you vampire or human; so do I." Bonnie hugged her.

"Ok enough with the lovey dovey stuff" Damon stepped in and turned to Elijah, "You said Klaus staked you with the dagger and locked you up somewhere right?". Elijah nodded and Damon continued, "Ok so, how the hell did you get out?". Everyone stared at Elijah.

"I-I don't know" he stuttered, then started staring at the doorway behind Damon and I. Then I saw everyone elses eyes facing the same direction. Finally we turned around and saw what they were looking at.

There were four very pretty women standing there. They didn't look older than their 20s and two that looked as if they were in their late teens. One had blue eyes and blonde hair, another had green eyes and red hair, and another one had hazel eyes and brown hair, the last one had grey eyes and dark brown hair who looked the oldest out of them all.

"Person who took the dagger out of Elijah's chest? Hmm, I think that was Analise." the one woman with the grey eyes said with a grin on her face taking a few steps closer to us.

"Juliana", Elijah and Damon said simultaneously.

Hope you liked it :) Way more details in the next chapter. And even some Delena