Damon lazily gulped down his eighth glass of vervain laced bourbon as he stared up at the half moon in the sky. Stefan was on babysitting duty for Jeremy while Elena was off with Elijah looking for some necklace that apparently could help them get rid of the white oak stakes once and for all. He creak behind him made him spin round. A woman stood there with long brown curls and big brown eyes. A seductive smile placed along her lips as she looked towards the surprised Salvatore. Although she looked like Elena, damon knew better.

''Hello Katherine, didn't expect you back here so soon, at least not with Klaus still in mystic falls'' damon smirked. Kathrine mirrored his smirk as she began to make her way towards him.

''Well that's because I ran into an old friend, almost as old as Klaus and she can help kill him, say hello Aribella'' katherine smirked at something over Damon's left shoulder.

''Hello'' a unfamiliar feminine voice drifted into his left ear but before he could turn and face the girl, hands grasped his neck snapping it with ease as darkness surrounded him.

Damon groaned as he adjusted his eyes to the light. He looked up slowly and saw Katherine sitting on the couch with her legs tucked under her.

Next to her sat a woman with long honey coloured locks - that looked as though they had been done in a salon - reached her elbow with a side fringe that had a dark pink stripe right down the middle of it. Her deep sapphire blue eyes beamed down at him as she saw he'd finally started to awaken. She looked no older than seventeen but of course he knew the truth. Her hot pink corset top was covered by a black leather jacket with dark pink sleeves - this girl liked her dark pink - matched with a black mini skirt that had Damon's eyes widening slightly, the legs that peeked out of the skirt were long, toned and definitely tanned. She wore a pair of black gladiator shoes. Damon had to admit, she was super hot year somehow he was positive that he recognise this girl, but who was she?

''So this is the mighty Damon Salvatore'' a light British accent escaped the new girls lips as she grinned down at Damon. Kathrine nodded grinning like the Cheshire cat

''yep that's him'' Katherine chuckled

''must admit Damon, you've changed quite a lot since the last time I saw you. You were only about two when I came to your grandfathers estate, Stefan wasn't even born yet'' she smirked down at him. His eyes widened as he realised why this girl looked so familiar

''Your Aribella Harper'' he gasped looking up at her as he propped himself up onto his elbows to get a better look at the girl. Her grin widened as he remembered her, he had no clue she was a vampire

''Yep that's me Damon. Well Aribella Vilitiano first but god only knows how many times my second names changed with the amount of husbands I've had and killed, sorry to hear about your uncle by the way although, he was rather delicious'' she smirked. Damon chuckled slightly at her grin.

''All the Salvatore men are'' Katherine winked in reply. Aribella nodded chuckling ''Too true Katrina'' His head snapped to them when he realised she'd used Katherine's proper name then he remembered something that Katherine said before his neck got snapped

''How old are you?'' Damon asked. Aribella chuckled lightly as did Katherine before Aribella glanced at her dark pink Gucci watch, they'd obviously been waiting and time how long it would take Damon to ask that question.

''You were right, not even ten minutes and he's already flirting. Let's just say I'm a lot older than rose, in fact I'm even older than Scary Mary although not that much older, you do the math and see how old I am'' Aribella smiled climbing off the couch slowly before making her way over to the liquor cabinet. Damon sat up with his knees pulled up to his chest and his forearms resting on them as he tried to remember how old Scary Mary actually was. His eyes widened as he looked up at her.

''But that would mean your over nine hundred years old, that's ridiculous. The only people older than Scary Mary are the originals'' Damon scoffed. Aribella looked over her shoulder at him and raised an eyebrow. A outrageous thought popped into his head. ''Your not Klaus' cousin or anything like that, are you?'' the question escaped Damon's lips before he even had time to process it.

''Eww, good god no. No I'm not a Mikaelson, trust me. I just knew the Mikaelsons back when they were human and I was extremely close to them and when I caught a pneumonia and was dying, they came to see me and they changed me. That my friend is how I am as old as I am.'' she smirked winking at him as she handed Katherine a glass of bourbon.

''I don't understand, how did you know them as humans?'' Katherine asked clutching the cold glass in both her hands before throwing the liquid back her throat

''Our mothers were best friends when they were kids, Elijah was practically my babysitter until Rebekah was old enough to look after me on her own. I was eight and she was twelve. Infact if I remember correctly Henrik was my first kiss. I was eleven and he was thirteen, it was near the white oak tree, how convenient eh?'' Melody smirked downing her glass of bourbon as her human memories broke to the surface. Katherine looked slightly shocked as Damon snorted

''I can not imagine Elijah ever babysitting anything, the guy's just so messed up'' Damon smirked

''Now Damon, surely that's not all you think of me. I mean Klaus is more messed up than I'' a familiar voice that was filled with amusement caused Damon to spring to his feet as Kathrine and Aribella turned in their chairs. Stood there with his hands buried deep in the pockets of his trousers was. Elijah. Elena stood behind him, looking shocked at first to see Katherine had returned but confusion clouded her expression and eyes as she glanced at Aribella, for a second Elena thought she was Caroline until she turned round and showed the bright pink stripe on her fringe, then Elena knew it wasn't Caroline. Damon's eyes immediately flashed from Elijah to Aribella. Elijah followed Damon's eyes as his own went slightly wider at the sight of the young girl. His warm chocolate brown eyes met her icy blue ones instantly as a confused smile played around his lips. A grin warm and welcoming grin formed on hers as she got up and stood to her full height to face him.

''Hello Elijah, long time no see'' she smiled shifting slightly. She gasped as he blurred infront of her. His eyes scanned her features curiously, he looked like he was checking to see if it was really her.

''Ari? Is it really you? You haven't changed a bit'' he smiled then a troubling thought clouded his mind ''But the slayers, they killed you. I saw it happen'' his expression quickly returned back to the one of confusion he had before.

''Turns out that slayer had really bad aim, I woke up the next day and didn't know where the hell I was, all I knew was I had a stake sticking close to my heart and all you lot had disappeared'' sadness flashed in Aribella's eyes at the memory of how scared and frightened she was when she woke up covered in her own blood and alone. He embraced her tightly. She snuggled her face in the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent. God she missed him. They broke apart slowly and he placed a soft and sweet kiss on her hairline. Her eyes drifted over his shoulder to rest on Elena. She looked slightly shocked as she stepped away from Elijah towards the shocked looking girl. Damon shoulders tensed as he looked as if he was going into defence mode as she moved towards Elena

''Aribella Vilitiano, you must be Elena Gilbert'' she smiled with her hand stretched out. Elena looked at her hand confused but a simple nod from Elijah told her that this girl was safe to be around. Elena took her hand in a firm grasp

''Yes I am, nice to meet you'' she smiled awkwardly. Katherine chuckled as Aribella creased in laughter

''Don't look so tense sweetheart, I'm not gonna hurt you. It's Katrina you'll have to worry about not me'' Aribella offered her a friendly smile as Elena felt herself relax. ''my god you look like Tatia''

Katherine and Damon noticed Elijah's muscles tense slightly as the comment slipped from Aribella's lips.

''I'm sorry who?'' Elena asked confused. Aribella smirked, she'd obviously been kept in the dark about the original doppelganger

''Tatia, your ancestor, the original doppelganger. The one who was sacrificed to create the hybrid curse and create the originals. Hasn't anyone told you about her?'' Aribella asked slightly confused. Elena shook her head

''She had a child with another man but every male in the village still wanted to be her suitor, isn't that right Elijah'' Aribella smirked. Elena looked at Elijah slightly shocked ''You see he and Niklaus both had a bit of a thing for her, they began fighting over her and, when Ester decided to change her children she used Tatia so the feud between her sons would, no longer exists. You look so much like her''

''They're doppelgangers, they all look the exact same'' Damon said before downing another glass of bourbon.

''No I mean it Damon, there's just something about you that makes you more like her than Katrina, but I'm not sure what it is'' Aribella's eyes narrowed at her in confusion ''Well let us hope your personality isn't like hers though, she was a right cow. Isn't that right Elijah?'' Aribella smirked at Elijah who was still slightly tense.

''Let's not remind ourselves of the wench, she's not worth our time'' Elijah replied, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. '' What I don't get is why are you here Aribella? Why now? Why didn't you try and track us down years ago?''

Aribella breathed deeply knowing this question would come sooner or later ''I'm here for Klaus, Elijah. I'm going to do my best to kill him'' Elijah's eyebrows raised at his comment.

''Really? Even after how close you guys were?'' Elijah asked slightly shocked. A look of confusion and suspicion crossed over Damon's featured, how close were they? Was the only question on his mind

''I soon found out that the slayer had been compelled by none other than our very own hybrid, he did nothing the moment I was stake, I lay there dying and he just stood and watched. I thought he loved me, I was wrong'' she growled. Elijah's eyes softened as tears made their way into Aribella's eyes only to be blinked away sharply

''Wait you and Klaus were together?'' Elena asked

''I was his fiance'' Aribella replied nodding. Elena's eyes widened at revelation as did Damon's. Katherine smirked seeing the normally quick witted Salvatore become speechless. Elijah's eyes diverted to the ground as he was the only person in the room that knew exactly what Klaus went through when he thought she was dead.

The front door opened as a familiar face walked in ''Caroline's looking after Jeremy she said she needed a break from Tyler's moaning about the sire bond''

''Stefan!'' Aribella squealed rushing towards him. Stefan stumbled backwards slightly as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He pushed her away slightly to see who she actually was

''Bella, what are you doing here? Katherine, what are you both doing here?'' Stefan asked becoming more and more confused by the second

''Hang on I'm confused, how do you two know each other exactly cause I just met her like a half hour ago'' Damon asked his eyes dancing between Stefan and Aribella

''She sired Lexi and she was called in as reinforcements when Lexi was having trouble putting me through rehab the first time and since then we've just kind of bumped into each other from time to time'' Stefan explained to his older brother

''How is Lexi, I've been trying to call her but she's not answering'' Stefan's eyes softened as a new silence grew in the room as everyone looked towards the floor except for Katherine and Elijah, both of them looked just as confused as Aribella

''Lexi's dead, bella'' Stefan choked out. Aribella felt a lump form in her throat as tears for her dead friend filled her eyes. She and Lexi were like sisters when she first sired her then she found out what Klaus had done and left her to be in charge of the vamp rehab clinic while she went and looked for the originals and Klaus.

''W…when did it happen?'' she asked trying to swallow the lump, her voice wavered slightly.

''A while ago, that's probably how you've not been able to phone her'' Stefan explained. Tears dripped down her cheeks slowly. Stefan tugged her into his chest. She buried her face into his t-shirt as sobs escaped her body. Within five minutes she'd sobbed and almost got over it.

''So did you guys find the necklace'' Damon asked breaking the silence that surrounded the group. Elijah looked up and shook his head sighing

''What necklace?'' Katherine asked. Elena looked to Elijah as he looked up at Katherine with his eyes brows raised before he saw she was genuinely interested

''The necklace of Amara, apparently it's the only thing that can resurrect the dead and keep them on this earth, we were going to use it to summon Klaus' real father as he's the only one who knows where the last white oak dagger is, when we found it we were gonna use it against Klaus but it wasn't in the location the witches said it was'' Elijah sighed. Damon noticed Aribella had a sly smirk on her face and a mischievous twinkle in her eye as she put her hand down her top and pulled out a silver chain with a silver heart shaped pendant with a purple/blue coloured gem in the middle of it.

''You mean this'' Aribella grinned triumphantly as Elijah's eyes beamed at the necklace between her fingers as he nodded.

She explained how Klaus had gave it to her years ago as a birthday present, it was the only thing she kept after his betrayal, that and his engagement ring which joined the pendent on the chain. She'd had a weapon that could kill Klaus all this time and she did even know it.