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Unlike Bonnie, Caroline Forbes didn't have any siblings, let alone someone else to take care of. It was only her, always her. She grew up just two houses down from Bonnie in Louisiana and a block away from the two lived Elena Flemming. Her mother was the town's sheriff and her father had left when she was four.

To "find himself," she remembered her mom saying. Yeah, to find himself just one town over in the arms of another man. Not that Caroline was against it, she just always felt like she was the child unwanted. But, if her father had found himself just a year before Caroline was born, she may not even be here. So for that, she was thankful.

As the first week went by and the weekend came, Caroline spent her Monday morning waking up with somebody by her side. Though, she could never tell Bonnie that she didn't sleep with them. For some reason, she has a reputation to uphold. In Caroline's mind, she'd be nothing if she ever came clean.

Later that afternoon, Caroline found herself sitting on the couch in the middle of Bonnie's living room. On the floor in front of her sat Bonnie and Bonnie's new friend, Stefan. Caroline didn't know him, nor did she care to. Something was off with this Salvatore fellow and she was going to find out.

Caroline, who was tired of listening to Bonnie and Stefan talk about stupid classical music, asked if she could talk to the dark brown haired girl. In private.

"What?" Bonnie asked, leaning up against the kitchen counter. Caroline looked Bonnie up and down and rolled her eyes.

"If you're going to jump his bones, I suggest ditching the grandma sweater."

Bonnie frowned. "Hey! My Grams bought me this."

"Obviously."

"You're one to talk. You preach about not wearing clothing older than your age, when your necklace looks at least fifty years old." Bonnie chuckled, "What's it do? Cast away evil spirits?"

"Something like that," Caroline responded. She doesn't have time to explain herself to Bonnie if she wasn't going to listen. "Just get a room, gosh!"

Caroline watched Bonnie walk to the fridge, reach inside and pull out a water bottle. Unscrewing the cap, she took a sip. "Stefan and I are just friends."

"Yeah? Since when? Because it seems like you've known him for years with the way you two are talking."

Bonnie's eyebrow raised. "Since the night of the party. You ran off, we ran into each other and just hit it off." She smirked, "Jealously is not a cute look on you, Care. It makes your cheeks red."

Caroline flared and held her cheeks. "I'm leaving." She declared, walking out of the kitchen and back to the living room. Stefan looked up at her and received the infamous uneasy stare from the blonde stranger. "Use protection." Caroline concluded, grabbing her purse and finding her way out of Bonnie's apartment.

If Bonnie wasn't going to talk to her then she'd have to find somebody who would. After driving to the nearest CVS, Caroline sat in her black Mini Cooper and pulled out her phone. Here goes nothing. Caroline waited patiently, staring at the phone screen. A few seconds later, Elena's face beamed in Caroline's screen.

"Care! Oh my gosh, I miss you so much!" Elena cried, smiling widely at her friend. Elena's smile slowly faded when she noticed that Caroline's facial expression had yet to change. "Are you okay, Caroline? Did something happen?"

Care sighed. "Where's your necklace, Elena?"

She held up her wrist. "I uh, opted for a bracelet. It's much more appealing than that old thing."

"Has it worked?"

"How am I supposed to know? I don't live in the town of mystery. I should be asking you that."

Caroline shrugged. "You should visit soon. Bonnie could use a familiar face."

Elena chuckled, "I'm sure Bonnie is fine. How about you, Care? Are you okay?"

Caroline didn't answer, she was looking out of her car window when she saw the tall, dark and handsome man she had ran into just three days ago. The same man she saw the night of the party staring at Bonnie and Stefan.

What? Caroline isn't going to just let her friend near just anybody. Stefan's lucky Caroline knows how to keep her mouth shut. "I gotta go, Elena. I'll text you."

As quick as the started the call, she ended it quicker. If Caroline knew one thing, even though she knew a lot, it was acting. She wasn't a theater major for nothing.

Walking into the store, she could smell the expensive cologne from a mile away. Was it Tom Ford? Or maybe it was Creed Pure White. Time to find out.

"I know that smell anywhere. Tom Ford?" Caroline asked, broadly as she approached the man. Well... here goes nothing.

In the same spot as the party, just three nights before stood Malachai "Kai" Parker. He hadn't been familiar with his surroundings but all he knew is that he had to be in the woods.

A gust of wind caused the 19 year old to jump, spin around and gasp. The way she moved towards him, told Kai to not move. So he didn't. He watched as her toffee colored skin glistened in the sun as he held his breath. She heard that too.

Unanticipatedly, in the blink of an eye, he stared into the eyes of a woman who he had seen once before. But it couldn't be... could it? The eyes he once remembered to be green were not. They were a shade of red. Not as bright as a fire truck, though not as dark as blood.

"You remember my name," she told him. Names flashed in Kai's mind.

V... Veronica? Valerie...

Vera.

Kai was surprised that he even remembered a name that he's never heard a name before.

"What did I tell you, Malachai?" Vera asked darkly, looking the boy in his eyes. "To not stare. We're friends... remember?" He nodded. "Did you find her?"

"Y-Yes." He answered hurriedly as he pulled out his phone. He turned it on and showed the other girl a picture he had snagged whilst no one was paying attention in English that day he had met Bonnie.

She gasped lightly, touching the phone. "Oh. She is pretty."

Conceited much?

"I knew you'd do the job, I just wish I didn't have to do this... I mean, you never even got to say goodbye." She spoke to herself, fiddling other her fingers before playing with her hair. Kai watched her turn around and he heard the sound of what seemed like any scary scene in a classic horror film. Skin tearing. "Looks like today's your lucky day."

When she turned back around, he saw how distinguishing her facial features were. Her skin that was once smooth looking, was now cracked. Veins bursted from underneath her eyes and she smiled. "Don't scream... Don't move."

Something in his head , told him to anyways. So when Kai tried to move, his feet wouldn't budge. "Good boy." His eyes closed as she grabbed him. Before she took her hit, he tasted the bittersweet flavor of a metallic salt like taste go down his throat as teeth sunk deeply into his neck, causing both him and her to moan in pleasure.

His eyes were in a daze as everything around him began to spin. "Night, night." Said Vera who smiled as kindly as her cold heart would let her. With a snap, he fell to the ground. Only remembering the face and name of the person that has officially changed his life for eternity. Pun, completely intended.

Vera. With the face of the girl who wished she would never talk to Kai again. Sadly, not everybody gets what they want.

As for Bonnie and Caroline, who now sat in different places. Bonnie still with Stefan in her living room... Caroline, in the living room of Damon Salvatore's home nearly thirty minutes away, will never see it coming. That those two girls' lives will also be changed completely. Right before their eyes.

Isobel is Elena's mother in this story.

Everybody has secrets! Caroline and Elena have a shared secret and seeing Bonnie with Stefan and then seeing Damon at the store in the same day, triggered her (Caroline) to find out if her and Elena have been right about the town of Mystic Falls all along.

I wanted to do something different for this story. So yes, there will be doppelgängers. As for Kai... Well, I think we all know what happened there. What do you think? Hope you enjoyed!