Okay sorry the update took so long, but I was doing some future episode planning, choosing which scenes I would be including based on the answers all my lovely readers gave. Also I got a puppy and she is precious, thus distracting. Cute is my kryptonite. Reader review replies will be at bottom.

Damon's POV

I have seen the blonde girl with Katherine's double many times but my focus was solely on Elena so I had never gotten a good look at her until now. She is beautiful and shares several features with Katherine's double, she has long blonde hair and green eyes, her hair is curly like Katherine's as well. As soon as she locked her unnaturally green eyes with my crow I knew I had to meet her, find out who she was. I watch as the girls separate and smirk as I now have the perfect chance to introduce myself. I speed in front of her smirk in place as I see her take in my appearance, my expression falters slightly because of her lack of surprise.

"My my what is such a lovely girl doing in this dreary place" I ask smirking down at her, I can tell by her expression she is less then pleased by my presence yet shows no fear... interesting.

"I was visiting my parents grave with my sister" she says her voice reminding me so much of Katherine.

"Older sister?" I ask trying to gain more information.

"Twin, fraternal obviously. I'm Anael Gilbert" she says sticking out her hand knuckles up. I reach forward and grasp her tiny hand in mine as I raise it my lips eyes never leaving hers. I pause slightly again due to her lack of reaction as if she was expecting the action.

"Damon Salvatore" I reply with smirk.

"Well if you would excuse me Mr Salvatore I have some errands to run. It was a pleasure to meet you" she says removing her hand from mine and taking a step back.

"Of course Miss Gilbert, I hope we can meet somewhere more... pleasurable next time" I say waggling my eyebrows at her which causes her to giggle and roll her eyes at me.

"I'm sure that can be arranged, it is a small town after all. See ya later Damon" she says waving as she continues heading towards town. So Katherine's double has a twin, this should be interesting.

Anael's POV

Once I am far enough away I pull out my phone and scroll through my contacts. I look under J and G and find nothing so I scroll down trying to find John's number. I can't help but let out a small laugh as I get to U and see him listed and Uncle Dickwad, I press the call button and bring the phone to my ear. The phone rings a few times before I hear John Gilbert's voice come through.

"Hello Ana, I'm surprised to hear from you is everyone okay?" John says.

"Everyone's fine. I need you to call Zach and ask him to get me some vervain, enough for me to make a few bracelets or something." I say causing John to take in a sharp breath as silence reigns over the line.

"I have no idea what your talking about" John says as I sigh.

"I was really hoping we could skip the part where you treat me like I'm stupid and attempt to lie to me. I've read the journals, I've seen the weapons and there are no animals on this earth that kill by exsanguination. No matter how many lies you spin 2+2 will still equal four. Now there have been several attacks in the last few days and though I have no idea who the vampire is, I'm not going to leave myself and my siblings unprotected" I say in a serious tone. I hear John sigh deeply as he chuckles.

"Your right I suppose there is no point in lying now. I will call Zach and ask him to bring the vervain but you have to promise me that you will not tell Jeremy and Elena about any of this" John says.

"Deal" I reply without hesitation.

"I'll have Zach call you to arrange a drop off" John says.

"Okay, Thank you Uncle John" I reply hanging up.

It wasn't until after I had made it to the mall that I realized I knew where it was even though it had never been mentioned in the show, which caused me to have a slight panic attack. Once I calmed down I headed in and grabbed a pretty silver necklace and three silver bracelets that I could put vervain in and a journal that locks before heading to the Grill to meet up with the others and Stefan. When I walk in I see Caroline, Bonnie, Elena and Stefan already seated at a table and make my way over to them.

"Greetings B, C, E and random person I don't know. " I say taking a seat beside Bonnie. Bonnie and Caroline laugh and Elena rolls her eyes, while Stefan just seems amused.

"Stefan this is my twin sister Anael..." Elena starts to introduce us before I interrupt.

I hold my hand out to him over the table as I say "Anael Gilbert, you must be Stefan Salvatore, the mysterious super hot new guy. I've been hearing about you all day."

"It's nice to meet you" Stefan replies with a smile as he shakes my hand.

"So what were we talking about before my arrival?" I ask as I look over a menu.

"Caroline just finished her interrogation and we were just about to tell Stefan about the party tomorrow" Bonnie says.

"Ah the back to school thing at the falls right?" I say without looking up from my menu. Purposely not inquiring as to Caroline's interrogation since I already know everything he told them and also that all of it was lies anyways so why bother.

"Are you going?" Stefan asks looking towards Elena.

"Of course she is" Bonnie says causing me to give Elena an eye brow waggle over my menu, her cheeks turn red as she give me a glare. I chuckle quietly before calling the waitress over so I can order.

'Where am I' I think as I glance around myself seeing I am in a clearing with leafless tress on every side. Everything appears hazy as if I am looking through a fogged window. I feel a pull towards the right so I begin walking through the trees until I come upon another clearing that holds a familiar house. 'This is the witch house...' I think as I continue to follow the pull towards the house. When I am about a foot from the door it swings open. I peer into the house and take a step closer as I hear a whisper on the the wind.

"Comes to us... Your destiny awaits you"

My eyes snap open and I shoot up in bed pushing my sweaty hair out of my face as I struggle to control my breathing. "Awesome, just awesome. I'm stuck in a fictional world and now I'm being haunted by hundreds of dead witches. This is just perfect" I hiss as I throw my blankets off and head to the shower. I throw on my clothes for the day and grab my bag making my way towards the stairs when my cell rings with a unknown number.

"Hello" I say answering the call as I begin my decent down the stairs.

"Hi Anael. It's Zach, John asked me to call you" Zach Salvatore says. A smirk comes across my face as I begin thinking of the best time to get the vervain, I have to do it when I know both Stefan and Damon will be gone.

"Oh great, so I'll be at school all day but I could come get it on my way to the Bonfire tonight if that works for you. You can just send me a text when your Nephew leaves and I'll head over?" I say knowing Damon will be stalking Vicki and Stefan will be flirting with Elena so I'll be in the clear.

"You know Stefan?" Zach inquires.

"Yes I met him yesterday at the Grill, he seems to have taken a liking to my sister. Don't worry though I have no intention on mentioning this to anyone, it was one of Uncle John's conditions after all" I say rolling my eyes as I enter the kitchen.

"Right I'll text you then" Zach says.

"Sounds good" I reply hanging up and looking to see Elena in front of me with a mug of coffee. "Thanks" I say taking the mug from her. "Hey listen I'm going to take the car today, I have to stop by the store to pick up my order before the party tonight so I'll just meet you and Bonnie there."

"Okay, I was planning on riding with Bonnie anyway. I guess you won't be drinking then?" Elena ask sipping her coffee.

"No not tonight I didn't sleep very well last night so I won't be staying long, but if I don't at least make an appearance Caroline will have my head. I've already received two texts this morning warning me I better be dressed cute and I quote 'or else'." I say making Elena chuckle as I grab the keys from the hook and head towards the door.

After passing the inspection from the fashion police aka Caroline Forbes I made it through the classes without any problem. Once home I head up to my room throwing my jacket and shoes by my desk I pull out the new journal I bought. 'Right so first things first' I think as I open it to the first page. 'I may not be able to change the plot line until I find out how I arrived here, but I can make sure I survive long enough to figure it out' I think to myself as I start my list.

VD Survival List

1. Acquire Vervain
2. Gain favour of one or both Salvatore Brothers
3. Gain leverage over Damon
4. Approach Council about Gilbert Seat
5. Gather leverage over Klaus
6. Locate a more powerful witch
7. Ask Damon to compel Jenna and Jeremy to not invite people in
8. Win over Alaric Saltzman
9. Find out who brought me here
10. Deal with dead witches
11. Katerina

The list itself is pretty straight forward though there are a few points that will take further planning. 'Number 1 will be done by tonight, so I'll be able to scratch that one off. Number 2 can be accomplished through 3 and 4, 5 will take some thought, 6 can be accomplished by talking to Sheila, once 2 is done Damon should agree to 7 easy enough and 8-11 will need to be thought out more thoroughly.' I think to myself as I flip the journal to the next page.

Leverage

Damon:
1. Emily Bennet's Crystal (Lockwood Mansion)
2. Emily Bennet's Grimoire (Buried with Mr Salvatore)

Klaus:
1. Moonstone (Lockwood Mansion)
2. Capture a Vampire and Werewolf
3. Info(needs Elena's blood to make Hyrbids)
4. Location of Mikael's dessicated body
5. Location of the last remaining White Oak
6. Info(Ability to procreate)
7. Info(Mother's intentions)

I spend the next few hours going over plans to accomplish my first set of goals as well as recording all major plot points and details that hold importance. Of course everything is encoded using a technique I came up with in my old world, where secrets were more precious then air. I am so absorbed in my work that my phone vibrating causes me to startle slightly. I pull out my phone and see it's a message from Zach saying the cost is clear so I close the journal lock it and hide it under my mattress, grabbing my coat and keys and heading out. When I arrive at the boarding house Zach is waiting outside and hands me the vervain with a few words exchanged. I pull over to the side of the road as I pull off the necklace I bought opening the locket and putting in some of the vervain. I place it back around my neck and put the remaining vervain in my glove compartment before continuing on towards the woods the party is taking place at.

Pulling up, I pocket my keys and head out to find Caroline. I find her as she is walking away from Stefan with a dejected face, I sigh to myself knowing Stefan had just turned her down rather harshly. 'Well time to play my part I suppose' I think to myself as I approach her. "Hey there C" I say with a small smile as she looks up at me.

"Hey A" Caroline says quietly faking a smile which causes me to frown. When I was watching the show I thought that Stefan was justified in turning her down the way he did with her aggressive pursuit of him. But seeing the sadness in her eyes now, I can't help but feel angry and sad at how upset she is. 'I barely know her, yet for some reason I feel the need to defend her. Can this be the old Anael's influence...'

"So which bitch am I slapping tonight?" I ask nonchalantly cause Caroline to frown in confusion. "Your upset" I say to clarify.

"No I'm not" Caroline says.

"Your not huh, maybe you should tell your face, cause that right there..." I trail off gesturing to her face.

"Yes okay I'm upset, God sometimes I hate how well you know me." Caroline says rolling her eyes at me as I shrug and gesture her to continue. She sighs "Stefan turned me down, but it's fine no need to slap a bitch."

"You sure? Cause I'm totally willing to deck him, it'll be hilarious" I say with a smirk which gets a small smile in return.

"I'm sure. You know you've been different the last two days, like a your a totally different person" Caroline says which causes me to stiffen and look away. Caroline notices my reaction and places her hand on my shoulder. "No I didn't mean it as a bad thing. I think it's great, your a lot more fun this way. Plus I'm just glad to have my best friend back." I feel a warmth in my stomach at her words, I was always a loner in my world, I never had a best friend.

I give her a one arm hug and begin steering her towards the crowds "Come on lets get back to the party, I think you could use another drink. Then we can leave and you can crash at my place tonight and tomorrow we will shop. I need new clothes to go with the new me."

"That sounds like fun" Caroline says smiling again as we re-enter the party.

After Vicki's attack, or as I like to call it Damon Dickery Act 1, I convinced Bonnie to let me handle Caroline so we headed towards Mainline Coffee so Caroline can sober up/ get her first glimpse of Damon. Though not looking forward to dealing with a weepy Caroline, as her best friend I have no choice. Plus gaining her loyalty over Elena will be useful when I inevitably have to go against her and the Salvawhore brothers, team Original all the way.

Damon's POV

"She took my breath away, Elena. She's a dead ringer for Katherine. Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?"

"She's not Katherine." Stefan replies confidently.

"Well, let's hope not. We both know how that ended. But even if shes not Katherine, she looks like her. Evidently that's enough for you." I say thinking back on the conversation I heard in The Grill between Elena's twin and her friend. She made some very valid points.

"That's not why I'm doing this, this has nothing to do with Katherine" Stefan replies glaring at me now. I scoff loudly and turn to face him.

"Really because I think it has everything to do with Katherine, I wonder what Elena think when she finds out about her." I say smirk in place.

"You stay away from Elena Damon" Stefan threatens pathetically.

"Tell me something, when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?" I ask goading him further.

"I know what you're doing, Damon. It's not gonna work." Stefan says turning away from me.

"Yeah? Come on. Don't you crave a little?" I say hitting him playfully.

"Stop it" Stefan demands.

"Let's do it. Together. I saw a couple girls out there. Or just, let's just cut to the chase, let's just go straight for Elena." I say getting closer to him.

"Stop it!" Stefan yells.

"Imagine what her blood tastes like!" I say loudly causing Stefan's face to change. "I can"

"I said stop!" Stefan yells running into to me and throwing me out the window. I land on my feet and speed out of sight.

"I was impressed. I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole face- thing. It was good." I say from behind him.

"You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go, people die." Stefan says judgmental brooding face in place.

"That's a given. But you don't need to worry about your girl, because I've found someone much more interesting to keep me entertained." I say smirking as I picture the pretty blonde who is wrapped in mystery.

"Who?" Stefan asks cautiously.

"Anael Gilbert" I reply smug smile in place as I see the realization come over Stefan's face.

"No. I won't allow you to hurt her, she's Elena's twin." Stefan says straightening his back.

"I take that as an invitation" I reply smirk growing

"Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?" Stefan practically begs.

"I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word." I reply shrugging

"Just stay away from Elena and her sister" Stefan says threateningly.

"Where's your ring? Oh, yeah, sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and, poof, ashes to ashes. Relax. It's right here." I say pulling his ring out of my pocket before tossing it to him. Once he catches it I speed over to him and grab him by throat and throw him against the garage. "You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again. I think we woke Zach up. Sorry, Zach."

Anael's POV

"Feeling any better?" I ask from my spot across from Caroline.

"No" Caroline replies her head in her hands.

"Well drink some more water, it'll help keep the hangover away" I say taking a sip of my coffee.

"Why didn't he go for me? You know, how come the guys that I want never want me?" Caroline asks peeking up at me through her hands.

"Do you want the honest answer?" I ask spinning the remaining coffee in my cup.

"What that I'm inappropriate. I always say the wrong thing. And . . . Elena always says the right thing. She doesn't even try! And he just picks her. And she's always the one that everyone picks, for everything. And I try so hard, and . . . I'm never the one." Caroline replies.

"So you lost the battle, as long as you win the war it won't make any difference" I say seriously.

"What do you mean?" Caroline says brows furrowed in confusion.

"Think about it... your a smart girl. Whatever is going on between them is superficial at best. Elena is in love with the idea of love, and Stefan is enamored by her looks. Why else would they both be so interested in each other when they know nothing about each other, he is obviously in love with her face. Even if they get together it will never last." I say knowing full well that Caroline is not the only person intrigued by this conversation.

"So your saying I have no chance with him at all because I don't have her face" Caroline says sadly.

I sigh. "No what I'm saying is that I can tell just by looking at them how things are going to go. They will have a romance and it will be epic but Elena will never be satisfied with just him, it's in her nature to be selfish. Which means that she will inevitably ruin it when the next hottie comes to town. Leaving an opening for you to come in and help Stefan mend his broken heart, thus snagging him and winning the war."

"You really think I'd have a chance with him then?" Caroline asks doubtfully.

"Of course I do. The only reason you don't have a chance with him now is because he has already been caught in Elena's web." I say shrugging "Plus I know for a fact that his brother is way hotter then him and has also come to town."

This catches her attention and her back straightens immediately "His brother? I didn't know he had a brother."

"Yeah I met him in the cemetery when I went with Elena, introduced himself as Damon Salvatore, so I'm assuming brother since he was way too young to be his father" I reply shrugging.

"And he was hot?" Caroline asks.

"Mhm. Solid 9, gorgeous blue eyes, he could be a 10 if he were blonde..." I say trailing off.

"Well you have always had excellent taste in men even though you never date, so I'll take your word for it" Caroline says finishing off her coffee.

"That's because I see no reason to waste my time with lesser beings, I will date when someone worth dating arrives" I say snootily putting my nose in the air jokingly causing Caroline to snort with laughter.

"Go pay for this so we can get out of here, I'm exhausted" Caroline says.

"Will do" I say getting up and walking towards the counter, knowing that the car ride home would be spent listening to Caroline gush about the super hot guy that smiled at her all thoughts of Stefan gone.

Special thanks to Nine-tailedfoxmygame, lifefulloflove, Kenzi, Guest, Please and Osen-san for the comment and support. Super Special thanks to yuki0123, katz3ye, Guusjecullen, woez, Emerald Isis, both Guests and River Winchester for answering my questions, your input has helped a lot with planning the season two and three chapters as they will be my focus. Please keep letting me know what you think:) And a Super duper Special shout out to woez, who has given me the idea for Anael's race, so everyone thank woez for the future awesomeness that will be her.

DGfleetfox: First of all thank you for taking the time to read and review what I have written so far. I wanted to address a few things that you said in your review because they were very good points. 1. Her name, I agree with you that a name does not have to be unique to be memorable but there are other reasons that I chose that name so unfortunately I am not willing to change it at this time. The reasons are that both Anael and Elena are made up of the same letters and since they are twins I though that was cute, also the name is pronounced An-yell, almost like Danielle but without the D. And it is also the name of the Angel of Love, so I'm quite fond of it. Also I am definitely looking for a Beta and will try to be more careful in the future. Thank you again for the honest review and I hope that her name doesn't put you to far off the story, and look forward to hearing from you again.