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Brave New World

Caroline said that she didn't want visitors. It was strange... Caroline was always social. But she made me promise that Elena, Bonnie and I would take care of the carnival, since she was too frail herself.

"Katherine looked just like you," Bonnie said. "It was freakish."

"She is my ancestor," she replied, shrugging. "Hey, I moved the student booth into the cafeteria."

"Your vampire ancestor and she didn't just resemble you like a family member would. She was you."

"I don't know, I can't explain it. It's creepy, that's all I got."

"What if you're not Elena?" I asked, pretending to gasp. "Katherine - is that you?"

Elena laughed. "No. I'm pretty sure I'm Elena."

"Really? Prove it. How did we meet?"

She smiled. "On the slide in Kindergarten. We had an argument. You wanted to go first and I did too... in the end, we both went at the same time and I sat on your lap."

"It's Elena," I stated.

Bonnie and Elena chucked. "Thank God," Bonnie said, rolling her eyes. The cheerful mood turned into something sour. "How do you know she's not still out there pretending to be you?" she asked Elena.

Elena sighed. "I don't, but I could sit here and be tortured by the not-knowing or I could get these prizes to the ring toss."

"Have you talked to Damon since he killed Jeremy, or tried to kill Jeremy?"

Last night, the cruel Salvatore snapped Jeremy's neck, but luckily Jeremy was wearing some magical ring that brought him back to life.

"No Bonnie, I haven't and I won't and I don't want to talk about Damon or anything else that's vampire related okay? I'm human. So is Jess. And we have to do human stuff. Otherwise, we're going to go crazy."

"Amen to that," I said, grinning.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I'll focus. We have to make Caroline proud or she will kill us. I don't know how she does all of this," Bonnie said.

"Well because she's not human, obviously," Elena joked.

"Obviously."

"Hey, Dad," I said as I answered the phone. There was clatter on the other end. "Where are you?"

"Out getting some new chains. You broke the old ones."

I let out a loud groan. "Dad! You're in public! You might as well tell the world-" I stopped as I noticed Elena. "-That I'm on my period."

Dad chuckled on the other end. Oh... I so bady wanted to strangle him. Elena laughed as well and I gave her the finger.

"Well, since you're enjoying your teenage distractions, I have to pick up the necessities for the other time of the month."

"Thank you. You've been great through this." Elena was clutching her stomach she was laughing so hard. "Why did you call?"

"Your Aunt Louise is visiting. She's coming this evening."

"I'll be at the carnival."

"You love Aunt Louise."

"I do, but I've put so much work into the carnival-"

"Fine. I'll entertain her, but you have to make it up to her."

I nodded. "I will. I promise. Bye, Dad."

"Bye."

Hanging up, I walked over to Elena. "Your dad buys you sanitary towels?" she asked.

No, he buys me chains for when I turn into a dog.

"Yeah, so?" Sighing, I set up some of the toys. "Aunt Louise's coming home."

"Oh? I thought you liked her? And you won't have to tell your dad when it's your time of the month."

The weird thing was, he knew about it before I did. Dad marked all of the full moons for this year on a calendar.

"It's just... she hates vampires," I said and Elena's face fell. "And Dad says she's pretty good at finding out who the vampires are in town."

Elena nodded. "I'll tell Stefan to be extra careful."

"Good."

Louise was twenty-nine and Dad's younger sister. Their parents were killed when Louise was young - Dad was fifteen and she was a year old - by a vampire. I always knew they were murdered, but Dad admitted to me that a vampire was the perpetrator. The vampires didn't like vampire hunters... well, obviously.

"I'm gonna ask Tyler if he'll go to the carnival with me," I said as I placed the last stuffed toy on the shelf.

"Oh... you and Tyler?" She wiggled her eyebrows.

I laughed. "We might have - uh... kissed a little." Her jaw fell. "Maybe made out-"

"Oo-la-la!" Elena smirked. "Bonnie owes Caroline and me ten bucks each."

"What?"

"We might have had a bet... Bonnie said that you and Tyler wouldn't get together again, Caroline and I said otherwise. And we were right." She gestured for me to leave. "Go. Go get your man."

I - uh - giggled. Yes... giggled. I felt like a thirteen year old school girl. "I will."

The door to the Lockwood Mansion opened. I turned around, having been looking at the beautiful Lockwood gardens.

Someone smashed their lips to mine. I pulled back slightly to see that it was Tyler. Grinning, my lips met his. I wrapped my arms around his neck as his arms fastened around my waist.

"What was that for?" I asked, breaking the kiss.

He looked as shocked as I was as he panted. "I don't know."

I laughed. "Alright then." He chuckled. "Hey... uh, I was wondering if you'd like to come to the carnival with me."

"Yeah, sure." Tyler nodded. "Sounds great. I better get back inside, Uncle Mason's home."

"Guess this town's 'bout to be filled with uncles and aunts," I muttered. Tyler raised an eyebrow. "Aunt Louise's coming home."

"She's not too bad," Tyler commented, smiling. "She gave use to sneak us sweets before dinner."

I snorted. "When we were like eleven. A lot has changed since then."

"Like what?"

"Uh... I dunno," I said sarcastically. "Maybe the fact that we're six years older!"

"And know what sex is."

"Tyler!"

Aunt Louise used to be the fun aunt. She was there for me when Mom left and lived at the house for four years. Now - from what Dad said - she was more serious and less fun. Great for me!

Tyler held his hands up in defense. "Hey, hey. Just joking."

I rolled my eyes. "So, meet you there?"

He nodded. "See you then."

There was wrestling at the high school. Mostly old men with big muscles. Tyler bet them all easily. It was fun observing since I knew I could beat them all. Werewolf strength was extremely useful. But I was curious as to why Tyler was so strong. Even if he was a varsity athlete.

Another one bites the dust as Tyler slammed his arm onto the table. He looked over to me.

"Want a game?"

I rolled my eyes and sat down on the chair. The men 'oohed' and laughed, but I smirked. He clasped his hand in mine and grinned at me.

"I'll go easy on you," he whispered.

"Don't," I said.

It was more difficult beating him than it would be usually. Okay, now I was really curious.

I still won. Whatever Tyler was... he wasn't stronger than a werewolf.

Tyler's eyes widened. "What the..."

The crowd of men chuckled. I crossed my arms and sat back. "That's some woman you have there," one of them said.

"I bet I could beat you." I turned my head to see Mason.

Gesturing to the chair, I replied. "Go ahead."

He grinned and we wrestled. He was stronger than Tyler... stronger than me. But it wasn't vampire strength, it felt human - like mine did.

He won. I raised an eyebrow in surprise. Was he... a werewolf? The werewolf gene was genetic, which would explain why both he and Tyler were super-strong.

I smiled and laughed. "Okay, he's the champ, who wants to go next?" I asked.

"Stefan wants to go," Damon said.

I looked over to him. Had he been there this whole time? Did he see us? Shit. Shit. Shit. And now he was going to tell Elena and Bonnie and they'd accuse me of lying to them.

"Yeah, sure, I'll...give it a shot," Stefan said.

Backing away, I joined Tyler. "You're strong," he whispered. "How can you be... are you a-"

I nodded and put a finger to my lip, knowing that Damon was listening. "We'll talk about it later."

Mason bet Stefan. Dad said that werewolves were weaker than vampires. Maybe Stefan was weaker because he drank animal blood?

Eventually the Salvatore's left the room. Mason came over to us.

"You're a wolf," Mason commented. "I never knew the Hynes were werewolves."

"I got the gene from my mom," I said.

"The Lockwood's have had it for generations. Sucks, doesn't it?" Mason said. It looked like he was trying to make a point to Tyler.

I nodded. "It really does."

Tyler looked to me. "Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Yeah... sure."

He grabbed my hand and lead me out to an empty hallway. "So what do you wanna t-" I was interrupted when he kissed me and pressed me up against a wall.

I groaned when he kissed my neck. Okay... I was seriously horny. It was more than normal, teenager horny. I thought it came with being a werewolf.

He pulled off his top and I pulled off mine.

We did the deed in an abandoned school hallway. What a cliché.

I tied up my messy hair as I walked out of the school and to the carnival.

That night was a total success. Not only did I co-plan a kick-ass carnival, but I got some. With Tyler!

My sobered mood was ruined when I saw Damon pointing a stake towards Caroline's back, ready to plunge it into her heart. There was a dead man - Carter - beside her. He was bleeding. Was Caroline a vampire? No... no... she couldn't be.

As Damon lifted up the stake slightly, preparing to kill her, I rushed over to them and slammed Damon against the wall, totally blowing my cover.

"What the hell are you?" he growled.

I grabbed the stake from his hand and threw it away. "None of your business."

"Jessica."

Turning my head, I saw Elena, her eyes widening. She stood between Stefan and Caroline. I let Damon go, but before I could turn around, he slammed me against the wall, gripping me by the throat. He was stronger than me, not majorly so.

"Whatever you are, it looks like I'm stronger," he said, smirking slightly.

"So... what are you gonna do? Kill me?" I pressed.

"Damon," Elena said. Damon's nose flared in annoyance. "Damon. Don't."

And just like that, he let go. "I'm not going to do anything," I promised.

Damon scoffed. "We'll see."

Caroline noticed Elena beside her. "Get away from me! You killed me!"

"No, no, no, no, Caroline! That wasn't me. You know that! That was Katherine."

"No! Then why did she look like you? And why - why did she do this to me?"

"Stefan, we've got to get her inside," Elena said.

"It's okay, Caroline, come with me," Stefan said soothingly. Caroline edged over to him.

"She'll die, it's only a matter of time," Damon said.

"Yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight."

"Oh yes it is."

He picked up the stake and vampire-speeded over to Caroline. Elena put herself in front of Caroline. "Damon, she's my friend."

Elena's magic worked again as Damon hesitated before drooping his arm to his side.

He looked from Caroline to me and back. "Whatever these two do, Elena, it's on you."

The doppelganger nodded.

Bonnie joined us. "Caroline?"

"It's okay," Stefan said to Caroline. "Come on."

Bonnie noticed the blood on Caroline's face. "No, you're not; you can't be." She touched her face and was horrified when she sensed that Caroline was a vampire

"Bonnie?" Caroline asked.

Bonnie saw the body. "Oh God!" she exclaimed.

"Bonnie..."

Stefan led Caroline away from the scene. "I'm gonna go get a shovel," Damon announced, shooting me a glare as he left.

As soon as he was out of sight, Elena turned to me. "What are you?"

"I can't tell you," I said.

"Why?" she pressed. "Don't you trust me?"

"I do!" I insisted, groaning. "God! It's just... it's difficult to explain, but this is completely new to me. Maybe I'll tell you when I figure it out, but I need time, Elena."

She scoffed. "I'll find out," she stated.

"And when you do, you'll realise why I didn't tell you."

"You're home."

I shut the door behind me, the noise echoing through the house. Louise - my aunt - smiled at me. She had the same hair as my dad - a dark brown - and warm, chocolate brown eyes. Her features were smooth, unlike my father who's feautures were sharp.

"And you're back," I commented, smiling. She wrapped her arms around me. "How long are you staying?"

"Maybe permanently. I heard we have a vampire infestation problem."

After having my life threatened by a vampire, I didn't care if she found them. Stefan... maybe a little, but Damon - nothing at all. I wouldn't tell her who they were.

I didn't like being weak around the vampires. Werewolf strength gave me a boost, but I needed to train.

"Did Dad tell you?" I asked, pulling away from the hug.

"That you're a werewolf?" she whispered and I nodded. "Yes, but don't worry. I knew your mom was one and I didn't have anything against her."

"I need you to train me," I said. "I want to be strong. If vampires view me as a threat, then they're going to come after me. And the vampires in this town are close to discovering what I am."

Louise nodded and a smile broke out on her face. "I'll teach you everything I know."

Author's Note: What do you think of Louise? Should she have a big role?

So that's the whole family: Jackson, the dad, Luna, the mom, Louise, the aunt and Danielle, Fred and Jessica, the children.

Any pairings you'd like to see? I still haven't decided. Same ones from the last chapter's author's note plus any you think of.

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