The following story is a sequel to my fan fiction "Forever Immortal"

Chapter 1: The airplane landed smoothly on the runway. It had been an unusual flight. All the passengers had managed to keep their children quiet. Not even one baby cried when the plane took off or landed due to their ear drums popping. It had been rather peaceful and to the pretty girl who sat in a window seat in economy it was a nice ride. She was clutching a book in her hands. It was one of those stories set in King Henry VIII's court. She loved the kind of tale that would let her fall into previous time periods and such books always gave her that opportunity. The pilot's scratchy voice came on telling the passengers that they could leave the plane. The girl followed her fellow passengers off the plane and made her way to customs. The line for customs was long, but the girl seemed to be leisurely enjoying the wait. Her rich brown curls fell loosely around her shoulders, but she had clipped it in a half pony tail. Her blue eyes gleamed as she stepped up to the customs desk and handed her passport. The person at the desk smiled and nodded her off, which sent her off to baggage claim. She picked up the three luggages that belonged to her and walked out the door, the crisp wind blowing through her hair. She had her required taxi waiting and she slipped in. After a long drive, the taxi pulled up to a house and she got down. She knocked on the door and a young woman answered the door. The woman smiled.

"It's been so long, my dear Adelaide," the woman smiled. Adelaide was taken aback by her modern dress and the way she kept her hair. She had been so used to Pearl's dresses and hair buns. But she had to remind herself that the last time she saw Pearl was when she was being taken away in 1864. "I suspect you are more used to this time period than I am."

"Yes Pearl," Adelaide smiled warmly. "But"-she bit her lip-"Why have you asked me to meet here? In Venice?"

"I'm not staying here. I've asked Annabelle to watch the others." Adelaide's eyebrows creased at that.

"Others? Where are you staying Pearl? In your letter you just said to meet you in Venice at such and such address. And you said Anna had opened the tomb and managed to get you out. It means that Anna was in Mystic Falls."

"The tomb was not sealed, I suppose properly. So other vampires were able to get out. You can open the regular seal to go in, but it takes another witch's incantation to break the seal for vampires coming out. Only humans can travel out without the second seal being broken. All of the other vampires...my butler back in the day, Harper. That devil Frederick and others. We're all in Mystic Falls, at the minute. This place, she said gesturing around is my friend's house. She'll be able to invite you in, when I call her in a minute." Adelaide looked slightly suspicious.

"You really shouldn't be in Mystic Falls. That place has a history, you know. You were there and the same things can happen again. Remember Jonathan Gilbert's compass. Remember everything," she said, chewing on her lip. Pearl sighed,

"It's best we talk inside," she said. "Dana!" she called. A human appeared next to her, smiling. "Dana this is the girl who will be staying with here. Adelaide. Adelaide this is Dana." Adelaide smiled at Lisa. She hated when humans were taken advantage of. Any human she met, she snuck them vervain.

"Welcome Adelaide," Dana said. "What are you just standing outside for? Please come in." Adelaide took a deep breath and stepped into the house. She looked around. It was a modest home, but it had a spectacular view of all the canals. Dana said something about finishing dinner and left Adelaide with Pearl.

"Anyways," Adelaide said, prying her eyes from the window. "I just don't think it's good to have twenty-six- is it- vampires in Mystic Falls. Twenty-seven if you include Anna. There will be too many deaths. I don't approve of any humans being killed for food, let alone all those that will. Secondly, the heads of that town already know about vampires. It won't be long, until they know that there are quite a few vampires in the town."

"I have it controlled, Adelaide. You have to stop worrying for these things are nothing to worry yourself about. And to correct you on the twenty- seven vampires, there are actually twenty- nine." Adelaide frowned. Were there new vampires there?

"Who? It surely can't be Katherine," her sister's name on her tongue made her shiver. The last time she had seen Katherine was in 1864. She had never run into her sister after that, but she knew Katherine had never actually been in the tomb. It was impossible.

"No not Katherine," Pearl said uneasily. "But two vampires you know very well."

"Do I? Surely it can't be anyone I know. No one would go to Mystic Falls."

"The name Salvatore is very familiar to you, is it not, Adelaide?"

"No, that's impossible. They've returned to Mystic Falls?"

"Yes, they have." And with that Pearl swept on her heel and walked away, to leave Adelaide completely dumbfounded. It was impossible, really. She collapsed on a chair, her head spinning with ideas.