The Other Dopplëganger

by Zeldaxluve64

Emma Gilbert leaves her mermaid friends in the Gold Coast, and begins her new life in Mystic Falls. Her long lost uncle Grayson Gilbert lives here, or so she thinks. Emma finds new friends, with secrets of their own, and she comes face to face with her dopplëganger Rebekah. In a town with Vampires, Werewolves, Hybrids, Dopplegangers, and Witches, a Mermaid fits in perfectly.

1. Prologue

AN: Hey guys. This first chapter is about Emma's new life in Mystic Falls. She will need to say goodbye to her old life on the Gold Coast, and settle down in Mystic Falls, Virginia. Little does she know the town is crawling with vampires. Alright I'll shut up now. Don't wanna give away the end. Enjoy!
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Three sisters, three friends that had been there for each other during this whole freak accident, swimming out to sea while their boyfriends acceptingly watched their true form show. The last memory I had with my best friends haunted me as I packed my perfect life up into boxes. Just 3 hours ago it was the best day of my life, but now it seems like the worst.
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I finally told Ash who I really was, we defeated Charlotte, and I swam beside my sisters Cleo and Rikki. We met Ash, Lewis, and Zane on Mako Island for a picnic. Just two short years ago the three of us had become mermaids in this very moon pool. We needed eachother and we went from just classmates to sisters. There was enough laughter and happiness to last a lifetime, but my mother called me with the news that ruined it all.

"Emma darling come home we need to talk."

"Mum can it wait I'm kind of busy"

"You can go back to your friends later. Just come home for a while. We need to talk," she said this time more sternly

"Alright mum I'm on my way," I hung up.

"Hey guys my mum says I need to go home. I'll be right back"

"Emma can it wait," Asked Rikki impatiently.

"No," everyone gave me a sad look, "But I'll be right back. I promise"

"I can give you a ride home on my boat," I pointed to my legs, then the moon pool, "Oh ya," he muttered, clearly upset.

"But. I would love to go with you," I said brightening his sad face. I got into his boat and it was a quiet ride home.
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"What do you mean we're leaving?" I shouted.

"Emma honey calm down" I couldn't calm down just when life was starting to get good she had to take that away from me. "I can't calm down mum. What about Cleo and Rikki? What about Ash?" How could I tell this to Ash? I began to cry.

"Honey you can still talk to Ash and your friends, and visit but we're going to travel the world. Think of all the new and exciting places we can go," she said cheerfully. "What about school. Friends. A house. Money?" My questions were endless but mom had answers to all of them. " Eventually we will settle down. Just think of it as a... summer vacation"

"Only we never go back home!"

"Honey we can come home for the holidays and summer time. And I we have family up there. My brothers said that they went to live in America. Maybe we'll see them there?" she replied. 'Then explain the 'for sale' sign!' "Mum I didn't know you have brothers." A depressed look crossed her face. "I had 3 brothers," she sniffled "One of them passed away young. I got into a fight with other brother John. I moved to Australia to get away from all the madness. Grayson didn't get involved in any of this, but we haven't talked for a while. He lives in a small town in Virginia." Eager to change the subject she added, "You can go back to your friends now. But we're leaving at nine thirty tomorrow so be ready."
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I burst into tears and walked out of the room, not letting her see me cry. I didn't want to make her sad, especially now.

I ran outside in tears and jumped into the water before Ash could ask what was wrong. I ran into the mountains of Mako Island and cried until Ash came up to comfort me. I told him everything and we talked for a while until we decided 'well he did anyways' that it was best to just stay friends. He said that long distance relationships would be hard, and he would just miss me too much. We hugged and

When he left I felt worse than before. Cleo and Rikki gave me the comfort I needed and we agreed that I was to good for Ash anyways. It was funny how quickly the roles reversed.
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Even Rikki was crying. We had packed up our whole house and the moving trucks had taken all of our boxes to boats that would later take them to our permanent home in America. Our clothes, and everything we would need this summer was packed up in our car. I hugged Rikki and Cleo for as long as possible. I couldn't lose my sisters. I just couldn't. "Emma lets go," said an impatient Elliot.

"What are you going to do on the full moon? We have Lewis, but you're all alone in this," asked a worried and now practically bawling Cleo. "I'll figure things out. I'm the smart one remember," I said sarcastically. "Emma let's go," said another impatient voice. This time it was my dad.

"Promise you'll call us everyday," said Rikki. "I promise. And I need to go before my dad loses his head." We giggled and hugged one last time. I got into the car and soon my friends and my old life were just a distant memory.

We drove for what felt like forever until we stopped in front of a large building. "Mum? What is this?" I asked. "It's the International airport of Australia," She replied. "Wait. We're leaving Australia," I said completely shocked.
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Nearly 4 months passed since we left, and it was mid August. Our family visited the beautiful cities of Europe. 4 full moons passed. I called Cleo, Rikki, and Lewis for help the first few times, but eventually I got it down. After all I really am the smart one. I giggled at the thought. I was almost revealed when our family went to the Caribbean Islands.

They insisted that I come snorkeling. Elliot pushed me into the water and thankfully a boat came by distracting them while I joomed around the Caribbean Coast. The first thing I did, was call Cleo and Rikki. They told me to swim back to a safe area so they don't see your tail, and tell them that you went back to the hotel to dry off. Other than that things were pretty normal.

My mother eventually decided we would settle down in Mystic Falls, Virginia. "Mum is this the town where your brother Grayson lives?" I asked. "I don't know, but it's possible," She replied. I swept my long blonde hair out of my face, and grabbed my 2 large, light blue bags from the trunk. We walked into the airport, checked our bags, and got on the next flight to Mystic Falls.

I fell asleep and the next thing I knew my brother was shaking my shoulder. "Go away Elliot," I muttered. "Em. Em Em," He continued to shake my shoulder, "It's snowing." When I heard this, I quickly unflexed my hand. The snow stopped. "Em. What just happened. A second ago there was a blizzard, and now it's sunny." Elliot spent the rest of the plane ride trying to find out what happened, no luck. I got about 3 hours of sleep when we landed in Virginia at 11:30. I got into the cab, completely tired. "Mum, Dad? Why don't we have a real car," I wondered out loud. "Patience Emma we will get one later," said my father sternly. I inserted the key to out brand new home, and found it filled with boxes. I was tired, but being my narotic, perfectionist self, I needed to unload every box of mine, and all of my luggage, before I could sleep.
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I wandered through a forest full of thick vines. Where was I? I saw the back of a girl with short, wavy, blonde hair. She was wearing a pale white dress and a 1920's feather headband. She looked perfectly civilized. Why was she here in the middle of nowhere? She looked pretty, but I never saw her face. "Rebekah darling. I brought you a snack," said a british man in his mid 20's. He was carrying a young lady in her early 20's brown, curly hair, but longer than Rebekah's, a brown ruffled dress, and white, satin gloves. She also had a 1920's feather headband, but she looked unconscious. A man came running towards them. I stayed in the shadows, but found a room full of people in 1920's attire. Was this some kind of party? My eyes wandered back to Rebekah and the British Man. The man screamed, "What did you do to Lidia. Give me back my wife before I call the cops." The british man chuckled. "That's so funny. I feel like I'm having Déjà Vu. We just killed a man who swas asking about his wife." He bit Lidia right in front of her husband who ran top speed only to be stopped by Rebekah. They both visously sucked the blood of their victims. The only thing I thought to do was scream. The girl turned around. Her mouth was covered in dripping blood, and she had red eyes and sharp fangs. "Vampire," I muttered under my breath in fear. She wiped off her face and it scared me to death. It was me. "Looks like we have a visitor," Said Rebekah. She bit my neck and I screamed as she drained the life out of me.

I woke up drenched in sweat. I thought about calling the girls. My phone said it was 2:53 a.m. It must have been about 6:00 p.m for the girls in Australia. How would they know what to do. I couldn't put what I just saw into words. I decided to go downstairs and try to get it out of my mind, but I kept seeing myself with red eyes and fangs. "Relax Emma it was just a dream," I convinced myself. Thankfully nobody was down here, or they would think I was crazy. I reached up to the cabinet and grabbed a glass. I went over to the sink and filled it with water. The water sloshed around, and I carelessly spilled some on my shirt.

I had 10 seconds.

I tried to run for the bathroom, but I transformed into a mermaid midway across the hallway. I stayed quiet and tried to belly slide my way out of view. I dried off my arms, and accidently banged into the counter. A book fell loudly onto the ground, waking up my parents. "Honey what was that?" Asked my mum to my dad. I belly slided until I reached a dish towel. I dried off and turned human just in time. I ran behind the counter when my mum turned on the light. "Emma? Elliot?" She asked. I stayed hidden just long enough for her to think it was just her imagination. Phew that was close. Too close. I needed to be more careful next time. I ran up to bed and went back to sleep.
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