A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! :D I want to thank the ones who reviewed this story. It means a lot. This chapter has a lot of flashbacks of Katherine past and more about her older brother.

Chapter Two: The Awakening.

"Rewind Alexander, how is Elena my sister? Isn't she my doppelgänger?." Katherine spoke quietly; she didn't understand a word he was saying. How can she be her sister?

"In time things shall be revealed." He replied, getting closer to Elena. Katherine followed his every movement. "There is a reason in why you do not remember Katerina." He brushed Elena's hair, softly placing it back in place.

"I don't understand… Ugh…" Katherine held her head within her palms; it felt like someone was cracking her skull.

"The pain you're feeling is just the beginning. Your memories that were suppressed are crawling back to the surface."

"How?" Katherine replied, trying to keep her posture against the wall. He just laughed and pointed at the container that had the blood bag. She sighed, "There was something in the blood."

"Clever little sister. But yes, I had one of my witches put a little something to bring back compelled memories." He replied and smiled at her.

"Compelled Memories?"

"Yes Katerina, shouldn't you know what that means by now?"

Before she could answer to the sarcasm, the pain in her head got worse. This time she couldn't stop coughing, blood appeared on her fragile hands.

"Its best little sister, if you try to sleep it off." He suggested and took out his cellphone from his jean pocket. "In a few hours, all shall be back to normal."

Katherine suddenly felt her body go numb and soon after her mind followed.

Flashback Bulgaria 1490.

"Katerina, please don't go." Alexander cried out to his younger sister as she packed her belongings in a small silk bag.

"I'm tired of this life Aleksandar, they took her away from me!" Katherine yelled at him tears falling off her porcelain skin. She put a hand on her stomach as she cried.

"I'll talk to them, I'll bring her home!" He grabbed her by the arm, bringing her into an embrace. "Please don't leave us, sister." They stayed that way for a few moments until they were both startled when the bedroom door opened.

"Katerina, is it true are you leaving us?" The other young girl spoke, tears forming in her eyes.

"Elena, I am truthfully sorry. But I must leave this place." Taking one last look at her twin and older brother, she forced herself out of the embrace and ran out of the room.

Flashback End

"When you left us Katerina, you cannot understand the pain you caused us. Elena and I spent the next years following your tracks, until we heard of your death in England."

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"Elena, where are you running to?" He ran after her, grabbing her arm.

"I will not accept it Aleksandar, I will not!" Elena yelled at him, grabbing back her arm and slapping him across the face. "Why did she leave… why did she have to go?" She sobbed quietly, falling on her knees.

He knelt down, ignoring the stinging pain from his cheek and took his sister face in his palms. "Do not cry Elena, we will find the truth." He kissed her forehead and took her hand, "Let's go back home." She nodded in agreement and stood up along with him. Looking at her surroundings she noticed they were in a creek near a forest.

"What could they have done to her?" She asked him curiously.

He ignored her question and stared at the pond.

End Flashback

"When we found out about your death, Elena wanted to follow you into hell. She didn't want to live without you. I never told her the details of your death because of her safety.

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"Aleksandar, where is everyone?" Elena asked, running towards the property. She was suddenly halted when a strange man appeared, his long brown hair swaying with the wind.

"Katerina, how can you still be breathing?" He asked her, walking up closer to her.

"I am not Katerina… " She whispered softly, taking a few steps back.

"Elena!" Alexander ran up towards her, standing in front of her protectively. "Who are you?"

"You can call me Elijah. Is this truly not Katerina?" Elijah asked, not taking his eyes off Elena.

"This is Elena, Katerina's sister." The older brother replied, grabbing his sister's hand.

"If that is so, I suggest you run and hide her away from my brother. If he finds out that a Petrova Doppelgänger is still alive, he will kill her. Now GO!" Elijah quickly took them both by the neck and through them towards the forest.

End Flashback

"What happened to Elena afterwards? It makes no sense she should be dead by now." Katherine asked, slowly opening her eyes.

"Once we fled from home, I had no choice to tell her what had become of you. She was scared for what would become of her; therefore we seek the help of a witch. Her name was Amilia, a witch from a small village near our hometown. She gave me an elixir, that I had to give you that would make you forget."

"Like being compelled?" She asked.

"Exactly like compulsion. Elena and I tracked you until we found out you were heading back to our home. I disguised myself as a traveler and I took the elixir. "

"You were that man I killed near our home?" Her voice was filled with regret, was she the one responsible for her brothers fate?

"Yes."

"You should have died, Alexander."

"Once you had finished with me, Elena ran to my side crying. Moments later, that tall man named Elijah was back and he offered me a life of an immortal. I accepted his gift."

"Then what became of Elena?"

"That my dear sister is complicated. At first, I was opposed her becoming a Vampire because I wanted her to have a normal life. However, Elijah promised us he would keep her safe if she was one of us. Once Elena had become a vampire, we cast a spell on her to keep her dormant until she needed to be awakened."

"This still doesn't make any sense." Katherine felt like her head was about to split in two. With the new found knowledge and her brain trying to remember old memories, it was just too much.

"Elena and I travelled for many years, living the life of vampires. However, she couldn't take it and she didn't want any part of it anymore." He traced his fingers across Elena's cheek. "One morning I saw her trying to stake herself, that day I knew I didn't have a choice."

"You sealed her away?"

"Something like that, a vampire slumber in some ways. I thought that the day she would awake, maybe her view on a vampire's life would be different."

"I didn't even know it was possible to make us Hibernate." Katherine looked at Alexander and Elena, maybe she wasn't alone afterall.

"It takes a very strong witch and a few human lives." Alexander sighed as he looked at Katherine. "Two years ago, Elijah came to me. He was tired of his brother's attitude and ways. That's when we thought of a plan to make Elena human."

"Human?"

"One of his witches cast a spell on her, to erase all memories, hide all vampire traits and of course to give her the memories she needed to create a new life."

"Hold on, so what your saying is that Elena Gilbert is actually my long lost twin who doesn't remember a thing about her past life?"

"Yes."

"Then why didn't you just say so instead of giving me a long ass lecture." She snapped at him annoyed. "And why don't you get me out of this goddamn tomb!"

He laughed, the real Katerina was back.

"I am currently waiting for my witch to arrive, she will remove the spell. Until then, any questions?" Still holding his cellphone, he started texting someone.

"Will she remember anything from her human life?" Katherine wasn't proud of her recent actions and especially not the ones towards Elena.

"Possibly."

"Will I remember any of my memories with Elena in it?"

"Once Elena is awaken, yes."

"Hmm… Not that I mind this little family reunion of ours. But, isn't giving Elena back her memories a bad thing? Klaus will surely be bad that the doppelgänger is part of the undead." Katherine lived the past five centuries alone; she didn't know what life was going to offer her now that everything was changing.

"Yes and no. That will be dealt with later." Her brother was cryptic as ever.

"What if Katherine managed to get out of the tomb and kidnapped her?" Damon snapped for the fifth time that day, he tossed his whiskey glass at the fireplace.

"Look, I'm working on a locater spell Damon. We will find her." The witch replied as she prepared her ingredients.

"This wouldn't be happening if you did your job well Blondie." He growled at her.

"Leave her alone Damon." Stefan walked towards him and snarled back. "It wasn't her fault." He turned towards Caroline who had been sulking in the lazy boy for the past hour.

"Why are you suddenly being her knight in shinning armor, while your girlfriend is gone and we have no idea where she could be?" Damon replied, crossing his arms attempting to keep his anger controlled.

"Trust me Damon, I am worried about Elena's safety but yelling at one another is not going to solve anything!"

Both brothers sighed and sat on the opposite couch from Caroline.

"How long till you have the spell working Bonnie?" Caroline asked, avoiding Damon's death glares.

"About fifteen minutes or so."

"Alexander." A feminine voice entered the area near the tomb, both siblings looked near the entrance. A short redhead appeared, she wore a simple black dress.

"Sophie, thank you for coming." He stood up and walked towards her, acknowledging her presence.

"Anything for you dear friend." She nodded and looked at Katherine in the tomb. "Is that your sister?" She asked.

"Yes indeed, that is Katerina. And here you have Elena." He pointed at her lying body resting on the floor. "Are you ready to commence?"

"Yes. You can awake Elena now."

Katherine watched the exchange of words between the two of them, was this all a hoax?

He took Elena's body and made her stand up. He opened her eyes with his fingers, "Stop sleeping" He ordered.

Elena gasped in fear, as she saw the man in front of him. "Who are you?" She tried to escape his grasp but she wasn't strong enough.

"A friend." He replied and smiled. He turned his attention to Sophie and nodded for her to start. She walked towards Elena and grabbed her hand.

"What are you doing, stop it!" Elena tried to move away but Alexander made sure her position didn't move. Tears started to from and she couldn't help but to start crying.

Sophie mumbled an ancient text in a very low voice and kept her attention towards Elena. She opened her small pouch near her belt and took out a purple talisman. "You will now remember." The talisman changed color and glowed into a red color.

Elena felt her body temperature rising. "I can't breathe." She gasped, trying to breath. Her eyes went black and then changed to blood red.

Katherine watched from afar in the tomb but then felt another sharp pain in her head and ran towards the entrance. "Alexander, what's happening?"

"The spell is reversing, soon you shall both remember." He replied and motion for her to walk towards him. She shook her head; motioning to him that the spell wouldn't let her move. But he just nodded at her, moving his hand towards the tomb for her to hold it.

Before she could realize, she was out of the tomb and holding his hand. "It's nice to finally be next to you sister."

For once in her life, Katherine Petrova smiled.

"She's at the tomb." Bonnie informed the three vampires, they looked at her and nodded. Within moments, she was alone in the boarding house.

Elena moaned in pain, as she fell to the ground. One hand with Sophie and the other with Alexander. "Stop it, please."

"Soon Elena, soon." He replied, giving the witch a worried look.

"Others are coming, I can feel they're presence." Sophie whispered, as she took an herb from her pouch. "It's now time for the both of you to be free, dear twins." She placed the herb on both of their foreheads. The yelling coming from both girls came to a stop.

"Elena? Katerina?" Alexander asked looking at his sisters. Both of them stood up and looked him with a devil-ish smile.

"It's been a while Alexander." Elena grabbed her hand back and played with her hair. "How strange, I remember everything… Oh dear Katerina aren't you a bitch sometimes."

"Don't blame me Elena, I didn't even know it was you." Katherine replied looking at Elena. "It feels strange for all of these memories to be back."

"So you remember everything?" The older brother asked both sisters.

They both nodded, he couldn't help but laugh. Catching both of them off guard, he grabbed them and forced them into a hug. "Finally, the Petrova trio is back!" The three of them smiled and laughed so much that it started to her their stomachs.

"I'm sorry to disturb our very touching moment, but I'm starving." Elena said, rubbing her stomach. "I haven't fed, in a long time."

"I'm quite hungry too." Katherine replied and stared at her sister. "Sister Hunting?" She raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"Sounds like a great idea Katerina!"

"Girls, wait." Alexander grabbed their hands. "We have more pressing matters than feeding at the moment."

"Such as?" Katherine asked.

"The Salvatore Brothers." Both girls rolled their eyes.

A/N: Thank you all for reading and please review. :) I'm leaving on the 31st for a few days, so I'll try to update before then. :) Merry Christmas to everyone!