Prologue

1923

" You be careful on your walk home ya hear? " An older woman called from her stoop.

A beautiful blonde young woman turned and smiled at her. " I will Miss Hattie. See you next week. "

She had never been afraid to walk anywhere in here neighborhood at any time. The neighbors were friendly and she knew almost every one. On this night though, things changed. Shadows were playing tricks on her mind. Making her see a figure that would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Getting scared she hurried her pace a little and marched on. After a minute she started hearing footsteps behind her. They got closer and closer and it made her heart pound in fear.

Luuueee.

It was barely a whisper. Lue almost didn't hear it.

Making a right she ran and hid behind a huge tree. She felt like prey and some predator was undoubtedly going to find her. Chancing a look from around the tree she gasped. It was a woman. A familiar woman. Lue took off running into the woods.

Oh god oh god oh god!

Her heart raced ten times faster when she realized that the woman was very fast. Faster than anything she had ever seen. She was sure of two things. The first was that the woman chasing her wasn't human. The second? She looked almost exactly like her.

And now here she was cornered in a dark forest. Looking her captor in her face she asked the obvious question.

" Why do you look like me? "

The woman cocked her head and grinned. " Not exactly sweetie, but close enough. Sorry about this but I can't take any chances. " She said before biting into her wrist and shoving her into a tree and force feeding her, her blood.

She looked into the girls scared eyes and sighed. " It really is for the best, humans are weak and Petrova women are strong. " She said smashing the girls head into the tree repeatedly.

Present day

Lue sat in a crummy excuse of a bar and grille in Hicksville Mystic Falls and all because of that bitch Katherine. She rued the day that Katherine Pierce or Petrova came into her life.

Just get close to my mini me without getting caught by the Salvatores. Once your cover is blown Damon will surely kill you. Her last words to rang in her ears.

I'm done. Once this is over she can go fuck herself.

She thought ducking down when she saw her marks Alaric and Jenna hanging up a banner for some Founder's Fundraiser. Lue eavesdropped a little.

" I don't know. It's just weird, you know, me being raffled off like a Disney Cruise. " Alaric said.

" In this town, fundraising is like indentured servitude. You don't have a choice. Besides, you're a bachelor, and you're eligible, so there you go. " She said trying to not sound jealous.

He moves to the side of the banner.

" Here. Let me help you with this. "

He helps her hang up the banner and she smiles up at him. He leans in and kisses her, making her lose her footing a little.

" Oh, god. I can't believe I'm gonna do this. " She said hiding her face.

" What? " He asked confused.

" I am totally going to ruin this moment, but I-I have to tell you. Elena recently found out she was adopted, and she's been looking for her birth mother...whose name was Isobel. " She said fast.

" Isobel? Like my wife? " He asked not sure he was understanding.

Jenna nods.

" Isobel never had a baby. " He said sure of it.

" Are you sure? Not before you were together? "

" Nope. No way. "

Jenna takes out her phone and hands it to Alaric. A picture of Isobel is on the screen.

" This is Elena's birth mother. "

Alaric is taken aback.

" Ah, she, uh—she never told me. I, uh—I'm gonna go. Yeah, I'm gonna—gonna go. "

He awkwardly walks off. Jenna sighs heavily.

Lue didn't understand. Isobel was working for Katherine and was a vampire. How the hell was she the doppelgängers mother? Damn Katherine!

As if by magic, her cell started ringing and it was none other than the bitch herself.

" What? " She said rudely.

Just shut up and listen, Elena just showed at Trudies. You know what to do now. She said hanging up.

Sighing Lue left a twenty by her half drank coffee and high tailed it to her next mark.

Trudie's House

Elenas POV

Elena and Trudie sat at the kitchen table looking through an old yearbook. Trudie points out a picture of her and Isobel.

" Ah. They came to the games for football team hadn't won in years. We were the stars. Well, Izzie was. But I was a damn good backup. " She said proudly.

Elena smiles. " Heh. This is great. Thank you. "

" You're haven't touched your tea. " She said looking at Elena's teacup.

" Oh. Yeah. " She said picking up the cup up and taking a sip. She furrows her brow at the taste of it and gives it a whiff.

" What is this? " She asks.

Trudie looks down and say fast. " Oh, it's just some herbal mixture. "

" Vervain? "

Trudie doesn't respond. Elena could feel her heart jump in realization.

" You know. "

" Know what? " Trudie asked pretending not to know she was talking about.

" You didn't invite me in, and you're serving vervain tea. You know. " She says making Trudie stand up.

" I think that you should probably leave. "

Elena places her cup down. " Wait. What are you not telling me? "

" Please leave. Now! " She yells scaring her.

Elena gets up and leaves the house. As she walks back to her car, grabbing her keys from her purse, she sees a woman with red hair standing in the middle of the road. As fast as she can, she unlocks the car door, ignites the engine and drives off. The woman slowly walks down the street towards where Elena was parked.

Lues POV

The doorbell rings and Trudie answers the door. The woman from the middle of the road is on her front porch.

" May I help you? " Trudie asked.

Lue looked at her and, in an emotionless voice said " Thank you for the text. "

Trudie looks surprised.

" You're welcome. I didn't tell her anything. I-I kept my promise. " She said stuttering.

" Good. " Lue said unconsciously popping her knuckles.

" The girl, though, she—she knew something. "

" That won't be a problem. She won't get any closer to the truth. " Lue said still emotionless.

" Good. So I'm done? " She asked hopefully.

Lue smiled evilly. " Yes. You're done. "

Trudie starts to close the door, but Lue grabs a hold of it and starts pushing it back. Trudie struggles to shut it.

" No, I won't invite you in! You can't come in! " She yelled trying to close the door.

" Yes. I. Can. " Lue said compelling her and flings the door open forcefully, causing Trudie to land on the stairs. She enters the house.

" I don't understand. I did what you told me. I did my part! "She yelled once more pleading for her life.

" And now I have to do mine. " Lue says making Trudie yell and start running up the stairs. Lue pursues her and grabs her by her hair. She throws her down the stairs and she tumbles to the bottom floor. A pool of blood forms around Trudie's head letting Lue know that she is dead She descends the stairs and steps over Trudie's body, leaving the house.

Once she was a few blocks away she called Katherine.

Is it done? She asked shortly.

" Yes. Elena saw me in the middle of the street, but the red wig threw her off. It was executed perfectly. " She said heading to the crummy motel she was staying at, ready for some sleep.

As usual. You did well today. Katherine gave a rare praise to her spawn.

Lue sighed. " What's next? " She asked pulling in the motel parking lot.

You need to lay low for a while. Take some time off and I'll let you know when you're needed again.

Rolling her eyes Lue vamp sped to where she left her car. Getting in she connected her phone to the bluetooth in her radio and dialed a number and took off down the road. After a few rings a woman answered.

" Hey Luc watcha doing? Oh and thanks for getting me in that woman home with out being invited. " She said grinning.

Anytime... Im currently enjoying some free time. Why you down for some fun?

Lue grinned. " Hell yeah. Queen bitch told me to lay low so a trip out of Virginia is in order. "

Groovy. Meet you in Miami?

" Sure thing. " Lue confirmed and hung up.

She was very excited. It wasn't every day she got to let her hair down. Time for some real fun.