Post Who Knew, which took place in Season 3- Homecoming.

Parings (for this chapter, because if I gave them all out, it'd give away the story!) : Elena/Klaus, Ashley/Danny, Rebekah/Anthony, Elijah/Katherine, Bonnie/Jeremy

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Prologue- Elena

Sawdust and stones crashing together filled the air, along with the concrete. Thirteen years. It had been thirteen years since I had last stepped foot into Mystic Falls. And, just like last time, Klaus and Ashley are by my side. Well, not literally by my side. Ashley was in our temporary house with Danny and their children. Despite the little amount of time she had seen her husband, they still managed to raise an eleven-year-old son, which she named Grayson John, for my father's, saying she wouldn't have her best friend if it weren't for them, along with a nine year old Daniella Grace, whom everyone knew as Dana.

Rebekah and Elijah had been undaggered by Stefan. Well, Elijah had been anyways. Stefan had figured that Elijah's desire for revenge would be great enough. However, Elijah saw a daggered Rebekah and so he undaggered Rebekah. Rebekah saw their mother, alive and well. Klaus finally admitted he didn't kill her… well he did, but he didn't. They joined us shortly after that in our quest to restore the balance to the world.

The Original hybrid stood beside me. When we broke up thirteen years ago, we pretty much called our relationship quits. Every so often, we'd revive it for a few days or so. I loved him, but I wasn't in love with him, and neither was he. He was still protective of me to the point that it sometimes drove me insane, but I knew him better now. Klaus didn't open his heart in words, but rather in actions. To show me the same sort of protectiveness that he showed Rebekah, it was huge deal.

"Compel the men to open up this wall," he told me, "We need sun. I want a fortress, not a dungeon." I rolled my eyes in response, lifting a mug filled with just warmed blood and taking a sip.

"You do it. I'm not your slave." I whistled, "Kendra! Go compel the men to open up this wall!" I commanded the young hybrid. She didn't seem very old, but not even any of the three Originals could compel her to tell us her age. The other hybrids obeyed me, because, with the exception of Tyler, I was the only hybrid without the sire bond. They all knew of my relationship with the man beside me. One of his orders to them was to obey my or Rebekah's commands.

It had taken some time, but Rebekah had eventually forgiven her brother for their mother's death, despite the fact she was alive. Maybe is was in spite of their mother being alive that she forgave him. She still sleeps with one eye open, so I asked Ashley to place a special guard on her room, wherever we were at, so that every person had to be invited into her room, not just the once, but multiple times. I know the female Original had appreciated the gesture on my part, and she had forgiven me too. After all, I had been trying to protect her by daggering her. I didn't want Mikael to accidently kill her that night. She had even given me permission to call her 'Beka', as her brother did.

"I'm going to go. I told Bonnie I'd meet her once we got settled." I gave him a quick peck to his cheek

"Don't go down that hallway," Beka motioned to the one she just came from, "Elijah and Katerina have decided they want to have a make out session there." She sighed, rolling her eyes. "Are you ready to go, Elena?"

"You're going with her to visit Bonnie?" Klaus asked in surprise. Beka shrugged.

"I'm going to ask her if she can take away the images of Katerina and Elijah. I didn't need to see them like that," she shuttered. "It was downright scary."

Klaus chuckled. Beka glared but I hit his arm, not hard enough to actually hurt or anything, but enough to scold him to be nice. "I'll have to give them a house."

"Yes," his sister agreed, "Oh the outskirts of the property, preferably out of hearing range." He chuckled at that.

"So where are we really going?" Beka asked me when we were in the car.

"To Bonnie's," I told her, acting as if that were the full truth.

She rolled her eyes, snorting lightly. "Just because my brother is so enamored by you that he can't see through when you're lying doesn't mean that I can't see through when you're lying."

I glanced at the female Original besides me. "We are going to Bonnie's. You're going to stay with Bonnie while I meet with someone for a while, then I'll come back."

"Yes, who is this someone?" she demanded, her patience running thin. This was the sixth time she had asked me. I sighed, finally giving in.

"His name is Thomas Gilbert. He's a cousin or a great uncle or something." She nodded, relaxing.

"Anthony's coming here tomorrow," she informed me. Anthony was Damon's younger brother, but he was actually older than Stefan. He didn't look that old at all. He had told me he was nineteen, and that had made me blink. The man was Giuseppe Salvatore, and though we had seen a skeleton when we dug up Giuseppe's grave, it wasn't his bones.

"That's good." Secretly, I think Beka liked Anthony more than she liked Stefan. He called her Miss Rebekah, which she always blushed at. He was always so sweet to her. I think she's just scared to admit that she's fallen out of love with Stefan and in love with his older brother, kind of the same way I had. I turned again and noticed the blush that had overcome her cheeks. "You like him." She shook her head, but was smiling. I knew she was lying. "It's okay to love them both," I told her. She laughed silently.

"That sounds like something Katerina would say." I gave her a grin, turning back to the road.

"That's because it is." I turned the engine off as we pulled into Bonnie's driveway. "I don't think she ever imagined though that her little 'advice' there would apply for me to Damon and Klaus, not Damon and Stefan as she had intended." Beka laughed at this.

Bonnie opened her door as we started to the porch, ushering us both in quickly. Once inside, she latched the doors shut with magic. Then she moved to the windows, shutting all of the curtains quickly. "What is it?" I asked her.

"I think Stefan might be back in town." Beka and I shared a glance.

"But Ashley said that he was still building his army." Bonnie motioned for us to come down to the basement with her. Her and Jeremy were back together and married and they lived in Bonnie's house. Jeremy wasn't home right now. He taught art at the school and had an art club. That's where he was at right now.

"Stefan is still building his army. He's just not with them."

"We need to tell Nik," Beka said, pulling out her phone, and stepping into one of the side rooms.

"How are you, Elena?" one of my oldest and dearest best friends asked me. I shrugged.

"I'm good. I'm happy. It's nice to be happy." She nodded at my answer.

"I called Thomas and asked him to come here instead. It's not safe for you to be out too much." I glanced into one of the mirrors hanging in the spacious basement. The basement was definitely a witch's lair for Bonnie. "I'll lend you a hat or something for you to go back. You need to make sure Katherine stays under the radar too." I nodded.

"Mommy?" a young voice asked and a tiny girl with soft, tan skin, and Jer's eyes came down the stairs. I felt a pang as I thought of my own two daughters. I missed them. I was worried about them. I had no idea where they were at or if they were alive. They were safer this way. They had to be. I only left them to protect them. I never wanted to leave them.

"Elena, I'm going to head back," Beka said, coming out of the room, "If Stefan's here, Finn and Kol sure aren't far behind. Nik is having the workers leave. The house is mostly finished anyways. Anything else, we can just have one of the hybrids do." I nodded. "Be safe, 'Lena." I tossed her the keys on her way up from the basement.

"Mommy, who she?" the little girl asked. Silently, I was wondering the same thing. I had a niece.

"This is Mommy's friend. I need you to be a good girl now and go back upstairs." The little girl bobbed her head.

"Okay Mommy." She walked back up the stairs and I raised my eye at Bonnie.

"Any reason you decided not to tell me you had a daughter, Bonnie?" Bonnie's pressed her lips tightly together, fighting a smile. "What?"

"You remember during senior prank night, where Klaus said my name?" I nodded, wondering where this was going. "You sounded just like him there. That was too creepy." I snapped my finger, looking disappointed.

"Darn!" I said loudly and over dramatically. The doorbell rang and I let Bonnie go up the stairs first. She opened the door for Thomas as I hung back.

"Damon Salvatore was seen entering the Grill, about twenty minutes ago," he told us. Now, Bonnie looked at me. I stared at Thomas' face, seeing if he was joking, finding no trace of him lying.

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