Chapter 1: The New Arrival
A/N: Okay you guys, this is my first TVD fic, so please be kind. This is also my first fic after come back from a long hiatus as life got in the way as it often does. This doesn't really follow the timeline of the show, but let's say it takes place somewhere after Silas and Amara are gone, but Katherine is still a vampire. This is centered on my original character Sara Phillips/Selephia Petrovski and later on I plan on pairing her up with Damon. This is rated M for language, violence, and there will eventually be adult-related scenes. I own nothing but Sara (Though I would love to own Damon) and anything that may seem similar to other works it completely coincidental. So without further ado, Enjoy. :-)
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The Greyhound bus line stopped at the Richmond, Virginia Terminal, unloaded its 53 passengers and their luggage before refueling, picking up 26 new passengers and driving off to its next travel destination. Among the many humans was a young woman with long, wavy, dark brown hair that cascaded down her back, she had olive-shaded skin, brown eyes and appeared no older than 18. She wore a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, black knee-high leather boots, a purple corset and a dark blue jean jacket with a pair of black sunglasses shading her eyes from the sun's rays. As she gathered her simple travel bag she handed off a piece of paper to a cab driver with the instructions to take her to a motel just on the outskirts of the town of Mystic Falls.
"Miss, Mystic Falls is quite the drive. I know of some nice hotels right around here that I'm sure will be suitable to your liking." The cab driver offered as he held open the door for her after throwing her luggage into the trunk of his cab.
The young woman stood with one hand on the roof of the car and the other on her hip, wondering why on earth Humans had to be so damn fickle and but their way into other people's business. She lifted up her hand from her hip to her face to partially remove the sunglasses so she could stare deep into the cab driver's eyes, "Take me to Mystic Falls. Now." She said simply before getting into the cab and slamming the door shut behind her.
The cab driver quickly moved to his side of the car and got in while muttering, "I will take you to Mystic Falls." as he started the engine, the tires squealed as he sped off.
In half the time it normally took to travel from Richmond to Mystic Falls the cab pulled in front of the Mystic Motel. The driver got out, still in his trance like state and opened the door for the woman before taking her luggage out of the trunk.
"Thank you Darling, now wait here." She said as she took her bag and entered the motel and walked up to the front desk. The woman smiled as she was greeted by the Manager of the motel.
He was a middle aged white man who was losing his hair far too soon for his liking and tried to cover it with a bad hair piece. "Hello Miss, how can I help you this afternoon?" he greeted.
"Yes, I called about a room. Should be under the name Phillips." She said as she handed the manager her ID that stated her name was Sara Phillips and that she was 22 years of age. "Ah yes, I see it right here on the monitor Ms. Phillips. I'm sure Room 23 will be to your liking. If you have any problems, just call the front desk." He said as he handed Sara the key to room 23 along with her ID. "Welcome to Mystic Falls, Ms. Phillips. I do hope you enjoy your stay."
"Thank you Mister…Manning." Sara said as she looked at his name tag while smiling as she took the items from him before she made her way towards Room 23. Upon entering her room, she quickly threw her bag onto the bed and locked it back up, not even bothering to scope out the place before she made her way back down the stairs to the ground level and the cab she had waiting.
"The Mystic Falls Dealership and step on it." She said as she entered the car, giving the cab driver his orders. Within minutes they were outside the dealership and the driver opened the door for Sara. "Thank you, now off you go." She said with a wave of her hand, never once paying the cab driver nor did he ask for the cab fare. As the cab drove off Sara walked up to the front door of the dealership to be greeted by a salesman.
"Good Morning Ma'am. My name is Steve. What can I help you with?" Steve spoke in that all too cheery sales voice with an obvious fake smile on his face. Sara just rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses.
"I called about a rental car a few hours ago. Should be under Phillips." She told Steve as a cop car came speeding by with its sirens blaring.
"Ah yes. You called about the 2012 Luxury Black Mercedes-Benz. I'm sure you'll enjoy her during your stay in Mystic Falls." Steve said as he motioned towards one of his guys to bring said car around. Soon more sirens were heard as another police car raced by as well as an ambulance and fire truck.
"Oh my, seems like quite the accident. I hope nobody was hurt." Steve said as the car pulled up next to them. The young man inside handed Steve the keys before walking off to help another person. "Well now if you just come with me inside, we'll get the paperwork straightened out." Steve smiled as he moved to go inside, excited with the sale he had made and the commission he would be making.
Sara smiled at him before placing her hand on his face, making him look her straight in the eyes as she lifted the glasses off her face. "That really isn't necessary Steve. The paperwork is all taken care of and you've already paid." she spoke sweetly as she watched Steve's pupils dilate.
"Thank you for your business, Ms. Phillips." He spoke while handing her the keys before walking off alone.
"Good boy." Sara smirked before getting into the car and driving off the lot as a news van drove by in the same direction as all the emergency vehicles. Sara headed further into town, stopping at none other than the infamous restaurant establishment known as The Mystic Falls Grill. Sara cut the ignition and exited the car before walking into The Grill and seated herself at the bar. While she waited for the bartender to acknowledge her, one of the many TV's was tuned into a local news channel where an anchorman stood in front of a burning car wreck.
"As you can see behind me, a car is up in flames. It seems a cab from Richmond was leaving Mystic Falls and headed towards home when it went off the road and collided with a tree causing a major explosion. The fire has been contained by firefighters and unfortunately, it seems that the driver of the cab did not survive. According to the firefighters and emergency response, the cab driver was the only one in the car." came the voice of the anchorman before Sara's attention was moved to the bartender who smiled at her and asked what he could get her.
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Hours later Sara exited The Grill and lit up a cigarette in the parking lot, taking a long needed drag from the cancer-causing paper stick not that she needed to worry about its life diminishing side effects. Sometimes being the monstrous creature that she was had its perks, she didn't have to worry about growing old or getting sick or hurt or even dying. She was doomed to live forever, to be what she was and to do what she had to do in order to live a life of her own choice than that of one against her own free will full of tremendous horrors. While she continued to take small drags from the ever-growing smaller cigarette she watched the residents of Mystic Falls as they entered and exited The Grill. None of them being the person or persons she was looking for, that was until a young man stopped in front of her.
"Elena?" he questioned as he removed the ear buds from his ears and turned off his music while Sara just lifted an eye brow at him as she blew out a puff of smoke.
"Elena, what are you doing? Since when do you smoke? Just because you're a vampire now doesn't mean you can do whatever you want y'know." Jeremy scolded the woman he believed to be his sister. He reached into his pocket to fish out his ringing cell phone while Sara threw the remaining butt of her cigarette to the ground and squished it with her boot.
When Jeremy finally pulled his phone out and looked to see who was calling he froze before turning his gaze back to the woman he though was his sister. "Elena?" he answered the phone before he heard his sister's voice come from the other end.
"Jeremy, where are you? We've been waiting at the school for 20 minutes. You promised to help us decorate the gym remember?" Elena's voice sounded from the smartphone while Jeremy started at the woman in shock before uttering the only other name that could fit the woman before him.
"Katherine?" he whispered, wondering why the hell Katherine Pierce was back in town. She had been long gone since Silas and Amara passed on several months back.
Sara just smirked at him. "You know Jeremy, being a vampire actually does mean you get to do whatever you want or so I'm told. I, however, am something far worse." She spoke as she stepped up to him, her brown eyes turning into a milky shade of white.
"Oh my god…" Jeremy gasped as Sara's face came within inches of his own while she gripped the collar of his shirt and pulled him off his feet and into the air. A white, misty vapor floated from his mouth to her own. The last thing he remembered before blacking out was the sound of his phone crashing to the pavement.
"Jeremy? Jeremy!" Elena's voice could be heard from the ground as Jeremy's body fell limp against Sara's as he fell into unconsciousness. Sara leaned down and picked up the phone with a now broken screen.
"Goodbye Elena." Sara said as she hung up the phone and tossing it over her shoulder somewhere into the parking lot before doing the same with Jeremy's body and moving towards her rental car, shoving him inside and then taking off for her motel room.
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Meanwhile at Mystic Falls High School, the home of the Timberwolves, Elena stood outside the entrance to the Gym with her friends Caroline and Bonnie. Seeing as she was now Jeremy's legal guardian since coming of age, she had volunteered herself along with her two besties to decorate the gym for the decade's dance being held in the next coming days. It was a way to get her former guidance counselor off her back about supporting Jeremy and relive a fun time of her former high school days since starting college several months back.
Elena considered it a win-win since she got to chaperone and bring Stefan as a date. With Silas, Amara and Tessa gone this should prove to be a supernatural drama free event unlike the dances she had attended in the past. Because this was Jeremy's dance she had wrangled her little brother for his help and unsurprisingly he was late. As Caroline and Bonnie unloaded decorations from Caroline's car, she pulled out her phone and dialed her brother, prepared to yell at him. She never, however, expected for him to be in trouble.
"Jeremy? Jeremy!" she yelled into the phone. She was worried for her brother before she heard him, thanks to her vampire sense of hearing, say the name of the only other Petrova doppelgänger and her ancestor, Katherine Pierce. For a few seconds, she heard nothing, which was odd considering her heightened senses, before a voiced that matched her own came on the other end.
"Goodbye Elena." She heard before the line disconnected. "Katherine? Katherine!" Elena hissed before she turned her attention to her friends. "Katherine's back and she's taken Jeremy." she said before she took off at vampire speed to her car and drove off towards the Salvatore Boarding House while hitting Stefan's number on speed dial.
Caroline and Bonnie quickly grabbed all the stuff they had just lugged out of her car and shoved it back in before driving off themselves in the direction Elena had gone. If Katherine was back it was never with anything good and worst of all, she had taken Jeremy… again.
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At the Salvatore Boarding house Stefan stood in the living room with his brother Damon, each with a glass of bourbon in their hands. Damon downed his drink and moved to refill it while Stefan hung up the phone with his girlfriend.
"So what's Elena up to now?" Damon asked with one of his devilish smirks before taking a sip of his freshly poured drink of choice.
"As if you didn't already know, Brother." Stefan asked with a raised brow.
"Kinda hard not to, though I do try to give you kids your privacy. Listening in on phone calls is just so…juvenile." Damon said though he had in fact overheard what Elena had called about. The thing was, it just couldn't be possible. Something was wrong with what he overheard.
As Stefan was about to speak the front door burst open and in came the three women they had been expecting all with very concerned looks.
"Katherine's back!"
"Jeremy's been kidnapped!"
"She's taken Jeremy!"
"We have to do something!" were the cries from all three women all at the same time. It was hard to tell who exactly said what. It was enough to make Damon want to refill his already full glass of bourbon.
"One at a time, please." Damon said before downing his glass in one gulp. Elena was the first one to speak up.
"Katherine's back and she took Jeremy. I heard him say Katherine on the phone and then I heard her myself as she hung up. She's has Jeremy!" Elena cried as she moved into Stefan's waiting arms.
"Shh. There, there Elena. Everything will be fine. Katherine doesn't have Jeremy." Stefan said as he tried to sooth his vampire girlfriend. He knew Katherine didn't have Jeremy, but he was trying to play the supportive, comforting boyfriend role.
"Of course Katherine has Jeremy! Why would Jeremy say Katherine if he hadn't seen Katherine? He knows the difference between me and Katherine, Stefan!" Elena shouted as she moved out of Stefan's arms, her eyes narrowed in a glare.
"Elena I…" Stefan started, but was cut off by the sound of Damon's voice.
"Elena, Stefan's saying it's impossible for Katherine to have taken Jeremy." Damon intervened, though why he wasn't sure. Perhaps it was too much bourbon.
"What are you talking about?" Elena said as she turned her attention to Damon. "I heard Katherine's voice. I…"
"No Elena, you didn't." came the voice of none other than Katherine Pierce. Elena, Caroline and Bonnie all turned their gaze from the Salvatore bothers to the older doppelgänger standing at the entrance to the foyer.
Elena glared at her look-a-like before using her vampire speed to come before her and crush her into the wall behind her. "Where's Jeremy?!" she demanded with her hand around Katherine's neck.
"Elena!" Caroline gasped at the actions of her friend. Though in all truth it wasn't like Katherine didn't have it coming, for one thing or another.
"I…don't…know." Katherine choked out as she clawed at Elena's tightening grip. For a young vampire she was strong, but Katherine wasn't going to admit it.
"Elena stop!" Stefan said and he and Damon tried to drag the enraged doppelgänger of her ancestor.
"She took Jeremy! Where is he?!" she yelled out as she fought against the two brother, but their grip was too strong.
"No, Elena she didn't. That's what I tried to tell you, Katherine's been here all day with us. She couldn't have taken Jeremy." Stefan tried to explain as Elena struggled against them.
"What?! Katherine has been back in town all day and neither of you told us!" came the shrieking voice of Caroline.
"Chill, Blonde. She hasn't done anything. She's just visiting for a few days, apparently. Now remind me again when you said you were leaving, Katherine?" Damon asked with a smirk before refilling his glass. It was no secret that he was annoyed with Katherine's presence back in town. Nothing good ever came when the woman was around.
Caroline and Katherine both glared at the raven-haired vampire as Katherine made her way over into the living room, grabbing Damon's glass as she did. "Shut up, Damon." They both said.
"So if Katherine didn't take Jeremy, then who did?" asked Bonnie as she brought the issue to everyone's attention. Everyone seemed to look over towards Katherine who just shrugged from her spot on the couch.
"Don't look at me." She shrugged. "I didn't take him as I already told you." She sneered as she sipped on the glass of bourbon.
"Well someone did take Jeremy and if it wasn't Katherine it was someone who looked like her, which means…" Bonnie had started to say before she was interrupted.
"There's another doppelgänger running around." Elena finished Bonnie's sentence and no one was too thrilled with the idea. Wasn't this whole doppelgänger thing supposed to be over now that Amara and Silas were dead?
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In Room 23 of the roadside Mystic Motel just outside of the main part of town, Sara stood next to the only window in the room smoking yet another cigarette. The moonlight poured onto the form of one Jeremy Gilbert as he made his way back into the land of consciousness. Jeremy slowly became aware of his surroundings or more aware to the fact that he was tied to a chair and that he felt really light headed.
"Don't worry, the feeling will pass." came a familiar voice.
Jeremy waited for his vision to clear as his eyes came to rest on the woman in the window. "Katherine? What's going on?" he asked as he struggled against the ropes, but they were too strong.
Sara smirked as she rubbed out her cigarette before walking over to the boy flicking on the lights as she did so. "Let's get one thing straight here, Jeremy. I am not Katherine Pierce." She said with her hands on her hips.
Jeremy sat there confused. If she wasn't Katherine and she certainly wasn't Elena, then who was she? His eyes widened in realization. "You're another doppelgänger." He gasped and Sara smirked in response.
"That's right, Jeremy. However, unlike your sister, I don't descend from Katherine." She said as she sat down on the stiff motel mattress. 'Pleased with the room, my ass.' Sara thought as she shifted, trying to get somewhat comfortable. She'd slept on ground softer than this.
Jeremy didn't know what she meant. If she didn't come after Katherine, then…Oh shit! "You come before Katherine!" It was a statement not a question. The only other doppelgänger that Jeremy was aware of that had existed other than Katherine and Elena was Tatia, but no one knew what had happened to her other than the fact that she had aided with the creation of vampires in the 10th century. "Are you Tatia?" he asked.
Sara shook her head. "No Jeremy. I'm Selephia, but you can call me Sara, and I'm the Original Petrova Doppelgänger."
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A/N 2: DUN DUN DUN! Okay you guys let me know what you think and if this is even worth continuing. While I am a die hard Delena fan, this does have some minor Stelena in it, but as I mentioned before Damon and my OC Selephia/Sara will wind up together eventually and this will mainly revolve around them.
A/N 3: Please Review :)