AN: Thank you for the reviews and I really hope to get more as the story continues. Just to clear things up a little, this story has ten chapters and possibly a second story to follow.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or anything that looks familiar to their story. I just own my characters and the twist I added.

It has been a couple of months since Alexia had gone back to Chicago, she had tried many times to get a hold of Matt but he was still ignoring her calls. She had a hard time concentrating in school so she dropped out and was going to move back to Mystic Falls to be closer to Matt but decided against it because she didn't want to cause him any problems. Alexia broke things off with the guy she had been seeing after her talk with Damon because her mind kept thinking back to his words about him having a wife. She was shocked that he was upset at first about her not wanting to be with him anymore but then he had said maybe things were better this way because his job was getting dangerous and he didn't want her to get hurt. That had confused her and she asked him what he had meant by that but he told her it was better for her to never know.

Eventually Alexia decided to move to Richmond to be somewhat closer just in case Matt needed her. She got a small apartment above a coffee house in the city and was working at one of the book stores down the street from her apartment. Things were a little crazy around her apartment right now because somehow the windows in the coffee house below her had been blown out the other day and now she was trying to find Slater her landlord and she hadn't been able to get a hold of him. Alexia went to his apartment again and knocked on the door but this time it opened a little when she knocked.

"Slater are you here?" she asked as she slowly enter the apartment. "Slater?"

Rose and Elena were in a room with Alice talking when they heard a female voice call out for Slater, the three of them looked at each other shocked. "Stay here and don't move." Rose said to them as she stood up and used her vampire speed to pin the unexpected intruder to the now closed door. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" she demanded in a stern voice.

"Oh my god… where did you come from?" Alexia said scared out of her mind because there was no one in sight when she walked in and now a woman was holding her against the door by her throat. She had no chance to defend herself so she lifted her hand to try and remove the woman's hand from her throat but she was too strong for Alexia. "I was looking for Slater."

"What do you want with Slater?" Rose yelled at her.

Elena listened a little closer then she recognized Alexia's voice and quickly ran out to where they were and Alice came running out behind her. "Rose let her go… I know her." Elena said when she came in the room and saw that Rose had Alexia pin to the door by the throat.

Rose released Alexia. "Elena what are you doing out here?" Alexia asked as she moved away from Rose but kept her back facing the wall. "How did she come out of nowhere and pin me like that." She said pointing at Rose. "What the hell is going on here?"

"Alex what are you doing here?" Elena asked moving closer to her and Alexia lifted her hand and walked further away to keep distance between them. "Don't be scared… I can explain things." Elena said shaking her head.

"Who is she and how does she know Slater?" Rose asked looking at Elena then back at Alexia.

"That is Alexia Donovan, she rents one of Slater's apartments." Alice said walking forward towards them. "Rose she does not know about… you know what."

"I don't know about what?" Alexia said looking between them all.

"I'll just compel her to forget and leave, it's that simple." Rose said moving closer to Alexia but she moved further away from them with wide eyes.

"No, don't use compulsion on her." Elena said moving between Rose and Alexia then turned to face her. "Alex you have to remain calm please, if you can't handle what I'm about to tell you then Rose will have to compel you and I don't want that but remember you can't say anything to anyone about what I'm going to tell you."

"What do you mean by compel me… what the hell is that?"

"Rose is a vampire and Elena is a doppelganger." Alice blurted out and everyone looked at her with wide eyes. "Rip it off like a Band-Aid, it's easier." Alice said shrugging her shoulders.

"All of you people are out your damn minds, if you think I'm going to believe this shit." Alexia snapped at them. "You really want me to believe she is a vampire? They do not exist." she said pointing at Rose.

Rose ran at Alexia with vampire speed and vamped out on her, Alexia freaked out and quickly backed up until she hit the wall. "Rose." Elena yelled at her as Alice started laughing.

"I wasn't going to hurt her I just wanted to show her we do exist." Rose said sarcastically as she backed away. "I'm going in the other room when you are ready for me to compel her let me know." Rose said walking away and Elena rolled her eyes at her.

"Elena what's going on?" Alexia asked as she watched Rose leave, her body was shaking but she was truly trying to stay calm mostly out of fear. "Vampires… wait are you a…?"

"No Alex, I'm human." Elena said walking closer to her slowly. "Let's sit down and talk."

"This seriously can't be happening." Alexia said shaking head at Elena.

"It is and we need to talk." Elena said motioning for Alexia to follow her.

Elena told Alexia as much as she could without telling her every detail and Alexia stood there with her jaw dropped shocked at the story Elena had just told her. Her head was spinning and she couldn't understand how she had gone from having a normal monster free life to being in the middle of a fantasy novel. Elena had told her Stefan and Damon were also vampires but Elena had decided not to tell her about Caroline yet, she knew that would be too much for Alexia to handle right now.

"If Rose can make me forget all of this then why didn't you let her… why tell me about all of it instead?" Alexia asked as she drank a cup of water Elena had brought her.

"Because you have been living among vampires since you moved here and I rather make sure you're safe than leave you here helpless. I don't think Matt would be able to handle losing another sister." Elena said as Alexia nodded at her knowing that was true then she stood up. "I'm going to get myself a glass of water, I'll be right back."

When Elena walked in the kitchen Rose stood there looking at her. "How is your friend coping?"

"Actually pretty good considering I just told her all the things that go bump in the night are very real." Elena said getting her water. "When that Cody guy shows up here, I want you to take Alexia back to Mystic Falls and let Damon and Stefan know she knows about all of it now."

"If that's what you want." Rose said as Elena walked away.

Elena walked back into the main room, sipping on a glass of water. She looked over at Alice who was talking to Alexia then turned around to go back by Rose and gasped because Damon had snuck up behind her.

Damon glare at her and didn't notice the other two sitting there. "What are you doing here?" he snapped at her, he was pissed and everyone could tell by the tone in his voice.

"What are you doing here?" Elena asked him ignoring his question just as Rose entered the room. Elena turned towards her angrily. "You called him?"

"I'm sorry, Elena." Rose said softly.

"You said that you understood." Elena said to her and you could hear the anger in her voice.

"She lied." Damon snapped at her and Elena turned back to face Damon.

Alice was in awe at seeing Damon standing there in front of her. "Damon Salvatore." She said in a star struck voice.

Damon turned towards Rose. "Get rid of her." he snapped at her.

"No way." Alice said as shaking her head. "If she gets to stay I want to stay." Alice said pointing at Alexia.

Rose grabbed Alice's arm and quickly led her out of the room as Damon's eyes went wide seeing Alexia sitting there on the couch looking scared. "What the hell is she doing here?"

"She lived in the building and one thing led to another… Damon she knows." Elena said softly to him.

"Of course she knows." Damon said sarcastically as he remembered his conversation with her the night of the party right before John interrupted them.

"You're not mad I told her." Elena said in a shocked voice, she was expecting Damon to yell and want to compel Alexia to forget everything.

"What do you mean you told her?" Damon said sounding confused as he turned to face Alexia. "You didn't know already?"

"Why would I have already known?" Alexia asked him as she stood up.

"Damn it!" Damon said shaking his head at them, he needed answers but this wasn't the place for it. "Come on. We're leaving, both of you."

"No." Elena snapped at him. "You take Alex back, I'm staying."

"I am not going anywhere with him alone." Alexia quickly said to them as she pointed at Damon.

Damon growled because the last thing he wanted to deal with was a stubborn Elena and now a scared Alexia. "I said we're leaving."

"I'm not going with you." Elena snapped at him.

"You do not get to make decisions anymore." He snapped at her then looked at Alexia. "And you don't have a choice either."

"When have I ever made a decision? You and Stefan do that for me. Now this… this is my decision." Elena said to him.

"Who is gonna save your life while you're out making decisions?" Damon said to her sarcastically.

"You're not listening to me, Damon. I don't want to be saved." Elena snapped at him and Alexia started to slowly move towards the door hoping to get away from them. "Not if it means that Klaus is gonna kill every single person that I love."

Damon saw Alexia thinking she was going to get away from him out of the corner of his eye. "Don't even think about it Alexia." He growled at Alexia as he pointed at her but didn't take his eyes off Elena. "Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." He snapped at Elena as he grabbed her arm tightly.

Elena struggled with him until she got him to release her from his grip. "No!" she snapped as she threw a punch at him. Damon caught her fist in his hand and moved in towards her, Elena gasped in shock and so did Alexia.

"Don't ever do that again." Damon said as he released her fist from his grasp and walk away. "You stay with Elena, I don't want to have to hurt you." he said as he walked pass Alexia.

Elena stood there looking horrified then she looked over at Alexia who looked just as scared as she did. "He won't hurt you." Elena said to her in a soft voice. "He just said that because he is mad at me."

"No I didn't." Damon yelled from the other room. "I will hurt her if she tries anything stupid."

"He could hear us?" Alexia said in a low shocked voice.

"Yes I can so don't get any bright ideas." Damon yelled.

Elena rolled her eyes and walked over to Alexia. "Come on there is no point in fighting with him, I'll tell you more later."

Alexia, Elena and Rose sat in the living room area waiting on Damon to finish compelling Alice. Damon opened a set of double doors and exited the bedroom, the ladies looked at him from where they were sitting. "Time to go, Alice is soundly sleeping and won't remember a moment of this horribly stupid day." He said sarcastically as he glared at Elena who wouldn't let him compel Alexia.

Suddenly the front doors burst open and three men walked into the apartment. Damon turned his head to look at them as Rose, Elena and Alexia stood up. "We're here to meet the doppelganger." The guy said to them.

"Thank you for coming." Elena said as she attempted to walk towards them but Damon pushed her back.

Damon looked over his shoulder at Elena. "I will break your arm." He said to her then he looked back at the vampire that just came in. "There's nothing here for you."

The man in the back closest to the door suddenly dropped to the floor dead. Elijah was standing right behind him, the other two vampires look back at him. Elijah used his vampire speed to move closer to them, looking from one to the other. Rose gasped at the same time Alexia did and then she used her vampire speed to get out of the apartment as Elijah looked over at Elena and Damon.

"I killed you… you were dead." Damon said in shocked voice.

"For centuries now." Elijah said sarcastically to him.

Elijah looked back at the guys that were standing in front of him, he still had not noticed Alexia standing there looking at him in shock and terrified. "Who are you?" he said to the vampires that were standing in front him.

"Who are you?" One of them asked rather than answer Elijah.

"I'm Elijah." He answered him and Alexia gasped again from hearing him confirm his name.

"We were gonna bring her to you. For Klaus, she's the doppelganger." The guy said to Elijah. "I don't know how she exists, but she does. Klaus will want to see her."

"Does anyone else know that you're here?" Elijah asked him.

"No." the guy said to him.

"Well… then you have been incredibly helpful." Elijah said as he plunged his hands into the two vampire's chest. They grunted as Elijah ripped both of their hearts out then the two vampires fell to the floor dead like the first one.

Elijah let their hearts drop from his hands as he looked up at Elena and Damon. "Elijah?!" Alexia said in a shocked voice.

Elijah looked over at her shocked that he hadn't noticed her standing there until that moment, he was so focused on Elena and that wasn't like him to miss something. "Alexia?!" He said as he turned his body to face her.

He took a step towards her but she moved back and closer to Damon, Damon quickly pulled her towards him and prepared to fight with Elijah, but Elijah shocked them all by turning around and using his vampire speeded to leave the apartment. Damon looked back at Elena and Alexia, both of them with shocked expressions on their faces but Alexia looked more hurt than shocked. No one said anything for a few moments and Alexia needed that to get her thoughts in order.

Damon couldn't take the silence any longer. "Ok… I guess I'm the one that needs to start getting answers here." He said looking over at Alexia. "How in the hell do you two know each other?" Damon said pointing at the door Elijah had just left through.

"I… he… oh my god Elijah is a vampire!" she said in a shocked voice.

"Alex how do you know Elijah?" Elena asked Alexia and she slowly shook her head no. "Damon what do we do?"

Damon stood there thinking then it hit him. "Alexia was Elijah the guy you were talking about that night on the balcony?" Damon asked her and she nodded her head. "I knew it… I knew it was a vampire."

"How did you know? I didn't even know." Alexia said looking up at him.

"The ring… you said he had a ring with the same stone as mine."

"Wait a minute aren't vampires supposed to like burn or something like that in the sun?" Alexia asked looking between the two of them. "Elijah was out during the day and in fact you were too." She said sounding confused.

"Their rings protect them, they call them daylight rings." Elena said to her and then turned towards Damon. "We need to leave before he comes back."

Damon nodded his head then they quickly left Slater's apartment and stopped in Alexia's apartment to grab anything she might need. Alexia didn't know where she was going to go yet but she didn't want to stay there because now she was scared. Elena told her not to worry they would figure things out when they got back to Mystic Falls.

Elijah couldn't believe that Alexia had been there, she was the last person he had ever thought to be there. He had made sure she never knew he was a vampire and now not only did she know but she watched as he killed three other vampires. What didn't make any sense to him was why she was with Elena and Damon, he wanted to ask her but he didn't want Damon to know that she would have been his weakness. Elijah was standing at a window looking out when Jonas entered the apartment and shut the door behind himself.

"Where's Luka?" Elijah asked him not bothering to turn around.

"Asleep." Jonas said to him.

"Your shadow spell was successful. I was able to track that girl. However, I did have a little run in with one of the brothers that killed me." Elijah said in a calm voice.

"I assume he didn't live to tell about it."

"Actually, I spared him. He'd die before he'd let anything happen to her." Elijah said calmly as he thought about how Damon shielded both girls tonight. "They both would. She'll be kept safe."

Jonas was shocked to hear he let him live but knew Elijah had his reasons. "For now."

"Well, that's precisely what we need her to be." Elijah said as he looked back at Jonas. "Safe."

"Elijah I did that tracking spell you asked for and she's…" Jonas began to say but Elijah cut him off.

"In Richmond." Elijah said as he turned back to look out the window. "Alexia was in the company of the girl and the brother." He said turning back to face Jonas and Jonas was completely shocked to hear that. "I need to find out what Alexia's ties to Mystic Falls are." Elijah said walking away.

Alexia was nervously sitting in the back of Damon's car watching him as he drove them back to Mystic Falls. She wanted to drive herself but he had refused to let her and he had said when he had the chance he would get her car. At this very moment her heart was pounding in her chest and she couldn't do anything to calm it. "For the last time Alexia, I won't hurt you so calm the hell down."

"I am calm." Alexia said to him and he shook his head.

"I can hear your heart pounding like a jack hammer in your chest." Damon said sarcastically.

"Do you want us to take you to Matt's house?" Elena asked her trying to change the subject.

"No I can't go there." Alexia said quickly. "Matt can't know I'm in town because I don't want him asking me questions I can't answer right now."

"You just don't want him flipping out on you again." Damon said sarcastically and Elena smack his arm.

"Damon!" she yelled at him and he just smirked as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Ok… Elijah's personal blood bank can stay at the boarding house with me and Stefan." Damon said as they entered town.

"I was not his personal blood bank and I'm not staying with you." Alexia snapped at him.

"You just don't know if you were his blood bank because he probably compelled you to forget." Damon said to her shaking his head.

"Whatever… I don't want to talk about it."

"Fine, I'll drop you off at Matt's place then." Damon said smirking.

"Alex stay with Damon just for now and I will talk with Jenna and see if you can stay with us until you and Matt work things out." Elena said trying to reason with her. "Damon promises not to hurt you… right Damon? Plus Stefan will be there and he will make sure you're ok."

"I'll be on my best behavior." Damon said looking back at her.

"Just for a couple of days… right?" Alexia asked and they both nodded at her.

Damon decided to take Alexia to the boarding house first, when he pulled in front of the house Elena walked with them inside and Damon showed her to one of the spare rooms they had. Elena went to Stefan's room to get something then came to Alexia's room and Damon walked out of the room leaving the two girls to finish talking.

"Alex I want you to wear this and never take it off." Elena said grabbing Alexia's wrist and clasped a bracelet around it.

"It's beautiful and looks very old." Alexia said looking at the bracelet. "I can't take this."

"Yes you can and yes you will." Elena said to her in a stern voice. "It has vervain in it and it will protect your mind."

"What is vervain?"

"It's a pesky little plant that keeps vampires like myself from compelling you." Damon said from the door way. "I was wondering if you would do that." He said looking at Elena and Elena smirked at him. "I need to get you home."

"Ok." She said to Damon as she looked back at Alexia. "Call me if you need anything, I'll see you tomorrow."

Alexia watched as the two of them left and then walked over to the window and waited until they got in the car to let out the tears she had been holding back. She dropped to her knees, the man she had been seeing for the last two years and was falling for had turned out to be a monster and to top it all off she was staying in a house with vampires. This was nothing she could even begin to dream of and she was terrified on what her life was about to go through. After crying for some time she fell asleep in the spot she had been kneeling in.

After all the craziness of dropping Elena off and then finding out Stefan was stuck in the tomb with Katherine, Damon finally made it back to the boarding house. He slowly walked up the stairs to the bedrooms and decided to check and see if Alexia was still there or if she took off once he and Elena were gone.

Damon quietly opened the door and didn't see her in the bed. "Damn it." he swore to himself as he walked in the room. "I knew I should have chained the damn door shut." He said as he walked closer to the bed and saw her curled up on the floor sleeping, he smiled. "Women… pity party for one." He said to himself as he walked over to her then carefully and slowly lifted her up and placed her on the bed and covered her up. "Alexia you might just come in handy… let's see how much Elijah cares or were you just a blood bag." He said as he slid her hair back from covering her face.

The next morning Alexia woke up to find herself laying in the bed and didn't remember getting in it. She walked down the stairs but didn't know where to begin looking for Damon so she just started peeking in every room until she found him in the den by what looked like a mini bar.

"Did you sleep well?" Damon asked not even bothering to turn around to face her.

"Yes I did, thank you." she said walking over to him and came to a sudden stop when she saw him squeezing a blood bag into a glass. "Oh my god what are you doing?"

"Well… let see… I'm a vampire so I like to drink blood. I'm not a ravaging beast so I prefer the glass." Damon said sarcastically to her as he took a drink from the glass. "Unless of course you are willing to let me get some fresh warm blood from the vein." He said smirking.

"No!" she snapped at him as she backed away.

"I was just joking with you." he said smirking at her and she glared at him. "I got some things to handle." He said placing the glass back on the bar. "Do you think you can stay out of trouble while I'm gone or should I make you come with?"

"I rather stay in, is Stefan here?" she asked looking around the room.

"Nope and it doesn't look like he will be here any time soon." Damon said shaking his head at her. "I took the liberty of putting my number in your phone last night so call me if you need anything." Damon said walking away.

"Ok." Alexia said softly knowing he had heard her. "What the hell am I going to do here?" Alexia said to herself as she walked back to the room she was staying in.

Damon went back to the tomb to take Stefan some things he may need and to fill him in on everything that was going on. "You trapped her in the house?" Stefan said sounding shocked.

"It's for the best, trust me. Elena is on a martyr tear that rivals your greatest hits." Damon said to him as he shook his head. "You should be glad the witch and I are even getting along. I brought you this." Damon said lifting the bag up to show him. "Care package candles, lanterns and lunch." He said pulling out the bottle of blood.

Stefan shook his head no. "Give that to me and I'm just gonna have to share it with her." Stefan said nodding his head back towards Katherine. Damon looked at Katherine who was standing not too far away from them.

"Yeah..." Damon said to his brother.

Katherine slowly leaned against the wall. "You two are surprisingly calm, considering Klaus will hunt you down and kill you if you mess with his little plan."

"I've been dead before... I got over it." Damon said sarcastically to her then he looked back at Stefan. "Once we deal with this moonstone, we'll figure a way to get you out."

Stefan shook his head no. "Don't worry about me. Just make sure Elena's safe."

"Stefan one more thing before I leave… remember Alexia?" Damon said to him.

"Yeah Mat…" Stefan began to say but Damon quickly cut him off.

"Don't finish that sentence." Damon said nodding back at Katherine and Stefan caught on to what he was trying to say.

"Ok… yes I remember her." Stefan said to him.

"She's back in town." Damon said looking at him straight in the eye. "She's staying in Zack's old room."

"What the hell… why is she staying…" Stefan stopped himself from going any further when he looked back to see Katherine slowly moving closer. "What did you do Damon?"

"Little brother I didn't do a thing but I can't tell you anything else right now as long as we have prying vampire ears listening." He said backing away then he looked at Katherine again before leaving.

Alexia didn't know what to do with herself because she was bored out of her mind, she had already explored the whole house and was now sitting in the library. Alexia read some of the titles to the books before grabbing one of the old books off the shelf and began reading it. After a couple of hours of reading she decided to try and call Matt to see if he would answer her calls yet but of course he didn't so she called Elena and talked with her for a while until Elena heard Jenna come in the house.

"Alex I'll call you back in a little bit." Elena said then she hung up the phone and went downstairs. "Hey, what are you doing?"

Jenna looked up at her. "Perfect timing." She said handing her a box

"What is this stuff?" Elena said looking at the box.

"Your mom's files from the Historical Society. I got roped into helping Mrs. Lockwood and by roped, I mean very excited to participate." She said as she closed the closet door. Elijah was on the other side of it and Elena got startled when he looked at her.

"Hey, I'm Elijah." He said to Elena.

"Elijah is in town doing research on Mystic Falls." Jenna said like it was no big deal as she took the box from Elena.

Elijah moved closer to Elena sticking his hand out to her. "It's a pleasure." They shook hands and Elijah could tell Elena was visibly nervous.

"So you're welcome to stay here and rummage through this stuff or Elena and I could help you load it into your car." Jenna said not seeing how nervous and scared Elena was.

"Or I can get someone to pick it up tomorrow." Elijah said smiling at her.

"Also a good plan." Jenna said smiling back at him.

"Thank you so much for inviting me into your home, Jenna; and Elena..." he said looking at Elena. "I hope to see you again sometime soon."

Elena watched as he left then she rushed upstairs to Jeremy's bedroom. She knocked on his door then tried to open it but Elijah caught her wrist before she could get it open. Jeremy opened the door and Elijah quickly hid from sight.

"What is it?" Jeremy said looking at her.

"Jenna was just asking me to get you to help her with the boxes." Elena said covering herself knowing Elijah was there watching her.

"Okay." Jeremy said walking down the stairs.

Elijah stood there looking at Elena. "A wise choice." He said to her quietly.

"What do you want?" Elena asked him feeling scared all over again.

"I think it's time you and I had a little chat." Elijah said and Elena nodded as she led him to her room. "Forgive the intrusion. I mean your family no harm."

"Why did you kill those vampires when they tried to take me?" she asked him as he sat in her window seat.

"Because I didn't want you to be taken. Klaus is the most feared and hated of the Originals, but those that fear him are desperate for his approval." Elijah said to her as he sat back and leaned against the wall. "If word gets out that the doppelganger exists, there'll be a line of vampires eager to take you to him and I can't have that."

"Isn't that exactly what you're trying to do?"

"Let's just say that my goal is not to break the curse."

"So, what is your goal?" Elena asked.

"Klaus's obsession has made him paranoid. He's a recluse. He trusts only those in his immediate circle."

"Like you?" Elena said to him.

Elijah shook his head no. "Not anymore."

"You don't know where he is, do you?" Elena asked and Elijah just stood there quiet. "So you're trying to use me to draw him out."

"Well, to do that I need you to stay put and stop trying to get yourself killed." Elijah said to her in a stern voice.

"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Elena asked him.

"If I wasn't being truthful, all your family would be dead and I'd be taking you to Klaus right now. Instead, I'm here and I'm prepared to offer you a deal." He said smirking at her and Elena knew he was being truthful about that.

"What kind of a deal?" she asked him.

"Do nothing." He said as he stood up and walked towards her dresser. "Do nothing and live your life, stop fighting and then, when the time is right, you and I shall draw out Klaus together and I shall make sure your friends remain unharmed."

"And then what?" Elena asked pushing for more answers.

"Then I kill him." Elijah said making it sound easy.

"Just like that?" Elena said sounding doubtful.

"Just like that." He said turning to face her. "I'm a man of my word, Elena. I make a deal, I keep a deal."

"How are you gonna be able to keep everybody safe?" Elena said crossing her arm over her chest.

Elijah looked at her and took a couple of steps towards her. "I notice you have a friend; Bonnie, is it? She seems to possess the gift of magic. I have friends with similar gifts."

"You know witches." Elena said to him.

"Together, we can protect everybody that matters to you. So, do we have a deal?" he said to her.

"I need you to do one more thing for me." she said to him and he smirked at her.

"We're negotiating now?" he asked and she nodded her head as she smirked at him. "Ok, I'm willing to think about your last need but first you must answer my question." He said and Elena nodded. "Where is Alexia?"