"Where are we going?" I asked Katherine. We've been on the run for hundreds of years. She betrayed a vampire named Niklaus and she took me down with her. He's very old and very dangerous and now he's coming after the both of us. She signed my death sentence when she wanted me to help her run.

"A small town called Mystic Falls." She told me. "We probably will not be staying there for long."

"And who will we be staying with this time?" I asked. We usually feed on the humans we stay with. We can't leave any dead bodies lying around because that could lead Klaus to us.

"Um, Emily?" Katherine asked.

"The Salvatore's. All they know about you two is that you're orphans and your parents died in a house fire in Atlanta." Emily answered. She's Katherines hand maiden and a witch.

Suddenly the carriage came to a halt indicating that we're here. Katherine was the first to get out, then me, and then Emily. The Salvatores were waiting in front of the house. Two boys and the man of the house.

One of the boys came up to us. "You must be Miss Pierce." He said.

"Please call me Katherine." My sister smiled as she held out her hand which he kissed.

"And call me Alexa." I joined and then he kissed my hand. Maybe I can get use to this.

"Stefan." He replied.

"And I'm Damon." The other boy strolled up to us. He was the most handsome boy I've ever laid eyes on.


I smelled blood. I forced my eyes to open and there was blood on the wall behind me. It took me a little while to move my hand to touch it. I brought my fingers to my mouth and the blood tasted amazing. It wasn't enough blood to make me strong but it was enough to get me moving.

Every bone in my body hurt but it didn't stop me from standing up. I looked around and then I remembered. I was in the tomb. My sister betrayed me. I walked slowly out of the tomb and the sun was shining bright in the sky. I looked down at my hand and was glad to see my daylight ring.

"Hey, are you okay?" Some girl asked me. I looked at her. All I could smell was her blood. I grabbed her and bit down hard on her neck draining her of all her blood. I then dropped her body on the ground. I looked at the clothes she was wearing and then I looked at my dress. Some time must have passed since I was sealed in that tomb.

I took the clothes off from her and changed into them. It took me a minute to figure out how to put them on. Once I was all dressed. I made my way to a cabin not that far away from where I was. I could smell the vampires that I knew. They were in the tomb with me. I think they are in the cabin. I made my way to the door and knocked. To my surprise Pearl answered the door.

"Alexa." She said.

"Pearl." I replied.

"Miss Gibbons." Pearl called and some middle-aged women walked over to us. "This is Alexa. May she come in?"

"Of course. Please come in." The women replied. With that invitation I entered the cabin.

"How did you find us?" Pearl asked as she shut the door behind me.

"I smelled you." I said. "I smelled all the vampires."

"Which means you must have fed." She claimed. I looked around the cabin and it was small but cozy. It looked lived in.

"Why are we staying all the way out here?" I asked.

"Because of the Salvatore brothers." She told me.

"Stefan and Damon?" I asked and she nodded. "Are they vampires?"

"Yes." She admitted.

"Which means Katherine turned them. Is she here?"

"No. I haven't seen her since I got out of the tomb." She told me. "Annabelle said that she's not here but Damon's looking for her. I guess she disappeared on him when they rounded up the vampires back in 1864."

"She betrayed me." I sighed. "I was almost killed because of my sister."

"She signed all of our death sentences." Pearl said.

"Enough talking abut this. It's making me sad."

"Of course." Pearl said and with that she came right over and gave me a hug. "You probably need clothes?" She asked.

"I do." I told her.

"I'll send Annabelle out to get you some."

"Thank you Pearl. I really appreciate all of this." I smiled. "I'm hungry." I told her.

"Come on." She said and then she led me into what I'm going to assume was the kitchen. She grabbed a bottle of blood from the counter and handed it to me.

"Thank you." I said before I chugged it down. "I'm sorry. I guess desiccating for I don't even know how long makes you really hungry." I laughed.

"We all were hungry so I get it." Pearl said.

"What year is is?" I asked.

"2009." Pearl frowned.

"We were in that tomb for over a hundred years?" I asked shocked.

"Yeah."

"I'm tired. Is there anyone that I can sleep?" I asked needing some time alone to process all of this.

"Yeah." She said and led me upstairs to a spare bedroom. The room was small but it had a bed. "You can sleep in here for now."

"Thank you." I said and with that she left me alone. I laid down and it didn't take me long to fall asleep.