Queenie: Hello, dears, it's me once more! I have another chapter for you, and one that is halfway complete. Hopefully will be up before the weekend is over. And Missa will finally be joining the party in the next two chapters. Speaking of Missa, the poll is still up with the results being:

Missa/Kol in the lead with 9 votes.

Missa/Elijah in second place with 2 votes.

Finally, Missa/Kai and Missa/Enzo tied for third with 1 vote a piece.

There is also an unofficial vote for Missa/Tyler.

The poll will stay open for a bit longer, and hopefully reading about Missa is action will help you decide your vote.

Also there will be new characters added in as the story goes on. Some of them you will have to wait and meet in the Originals. But I do believe I will be adding in the OC Camilla Zhang into TVD soon. I hope you all enjoy her as much I as I did creating her. Now, even of my rambling, please, enjoy the chapter.

NO POV:

Klaus sat alone in his penthouse loft in Chicago as he sketched across the paper of the sketchbook in his lap. His hand moved expertly across the page as the the shape on the page was taking form. The form of a beautiful young woman with golden blonde hair and eyes as blue as the clear blue sea. He was sketching her constantly lately or painting her. But he'd much rather have this woman in front of him in person.

He missed her voice, her touch, her beautiful presence. This woman...he wasn't sure what she's truly done to him, but he does know one thing. He would not let her stay out of his sights forever. Klaus finally set down his charcoal pencil as he looked down at the image of his lovely girl. His little dove.

"I might not know how far you've flown, Little Dove, but I will find you." Klaus said with a small grin. "I won't be giving you up so easily."

There was then a knock on his door that had him setting the sketchbook to the side. He called his visitor in with one of his witches-Maddox- coming into the room.

"We have her location." Maddox said.

This had Klaus sitting up straighter since he's been waiting for news like this for what seems like an eternity.

"She's in a small town known as Mystic Falls in Virginia." Maddox said. "Do you want me to send someone to pick her up?"

Klaus tilted his head slightly at the sound of town since it was a place he once knew very well. Back when it had no name. To think his little dove was living in his old home.

"No, that won't be necessary, Maddox." Klaus said as he stood. "I might lose a few good men if I send them after her. My girl is a bit dangerous."

He chuckled as he said this as he moved to pour himself a drink from his wide collection of bourbon.

"And if I sent someone after her, and she realized why they were there, she would flee again." Klaus said. "I think I will leave her be for now. Let her enjoy her time with her family."

"Family?" Maddox asked.

Klaus nodded his head then took one large gulp of the bourbon he had poured.

"The only reason for her to be there would be to with her family." Klaus said. "As I recall she was born and raised in the state of Virigina. She must have returned to her uncle. It's a family reunion I won't ruin just yet."

He knew Kalista hadn't seen her uncle in ages. Klaus had even planned a surprise trip to see her uncle for her 20th birthday that would be coming up soon. However, it seems as if he'll have to come up with another surprise. He grinned as he poured himself more bourbon. He believes he can come up with something, but he can't have his little dove fleeing before then.

"Actually, Maddox, I do want you to send someone to watch out for her." Klaus said then grinned. "Tell me, is our newest friend around?"

Maddox, who realized what Klaus was implying, gave a very subtle grin as he nodded.

"I'll send her right away." Maddox said.

"Good." Klaus said.

Maddox then left Klaus alone as the Original went over to the large glass wall that allowed him to look down into the streets of Chicago. Chicago the city he and his little dove met. He thought maybe they'd stay here a while. Start almost like a life together. However, things never go exactly as planned for him in his personal affairs. But this wasn't something he was ready to let go of just yet...or ever really. He'd get her back, and he wouldn't give her another chance to leave him ever again.

Alaric let out a sigh as he stood within the door of Kalista's room. He was leaned against the side of the opening with his arms crossed over his chest as she slept peacefully in her bed. She had come home late a few nights ago with him worried sick about where she had been. He just wanted to give her some freedom considering she was a legal adult now. She'd be twenty soon. He couldn't keep babying her, which is why he had left her alone last night. Didn't stop his worrying.

He felt even worse when she told him all that had happened on her first night out in Mystic Falls. Met the Salvatores. Had a run in with a freshly turned vampire. A dead body. All this just made him want to send her back to camp where she'd be safe and sound. But he knew she wouldn't go. And she wasn't really living a full life from behind the safety of a boundary. Of course, things weren't always safe while she was away at camp either. He promised to keep her safe, and it seemed as if he had his work cut out for him.

Alaric finally looked away from Kalista as his phone buzzed in his pocket. Alaric pulled it out of his pocket seeing he was getting a call from Elena. His brows furrowed wondering what possibly could be going on this early in the morning. Alaric looked at Kalista one last time before stepping away to answer his phone.

"Hello." He said into the phone as he pressed it to his ear.

"Hey, Ric, I know it's early, but we could use your help with something." Elena said. "It's important. Can you meet me at the Salvatore Boarding House?"

Alaric frowned not really wanting to go over there considering one of its residents has killed him before. And there was no telling when Damon might try that again. But he knew if they were asking for him then something had to be going on.

"Uh, yeah, I'll try to get there as soon as possible." Alaric said.

"Thanks, Ric." Elena said.

They said their goodbyes to each other, and when Alaric looked up from his phone he saw Kalista standing there.

"Is something wrong?" She asked looking worried.

"No," Alaric said shaking his head. "Nothing's wrong. I just need to make a quick run to the Salvatores'."

Kalista perked up at the sound of the Salvatore Family, which had Alaric mentally groaning. He should have just said he had an errand to run. She'll want to go now to see Alek now.

"Can I come with you?" Kalista asked. "I was wanting to ask Alek if he'd give me a proper look around town today anyway."

Alaric was going to say no since he'd rather Kalista stay far away from Damon. However, a voice in the back of his mind told him he had to stop babying her. Besides, it wasn't like he could forbid her going over there. One of her closest friends called that Boarding House home. And he knew Alek was a good way for Kalista to be comfortable and start over here.

"Sure." Alaric said. "Think you can get together in fifteen minutes?"

Kalista gave him a look that questioned his IQ, and he chuckled since he should have known better than to ask such a question.

"I'll let Elena know we're going to be a little late." Alaric said.

"Good idea." Kalista said nodding. "I'm going to need at the least an hour."

She then disappeared back towards her room as Alaric started to type a message to Elena.

"Better tell Elena we'll be behind about three hours then." Alaric said to himself.

"I heard that!" Kalista called from her bedroom.

KALISTA'S POV:

"So this is where Alek lives." I said as I got out of Alaric's SUV.

I looked up at the large boarding house in front of me while taking in its charm.

"It's cute." I said. "A little over the top though."

Alaric snorted in amusement at my words as he went to knock on the door. However, before he could, the door was opened up by Damon.

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind when we renovate next, Little Saltzman." Damon said with a grin as he let Alaric passed him. "You sure took your sweet time getting ready by the way."

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes as I went up to the doorway where Damon held the door open.

"There was no way I was just going out into public without showering, primping, and giving careful thought about what to wear." I said to him plainly. "Some of us like to care about our appearance."

I then pushed passed him to follow after my uncle who was waiting for me on the other side.

"Too much it seems." I heard Damon grumble behind me as he shut the door.

I shot him a look with my eyes narrowed. I worked hard on how I looked, and I won't have anyone degrade it or anything else of the kind.

"She get's it from her mother." Alek said as he came around the corner then looked directly at me. "And what are you doing here? I do live with serial killers ya know."

I sighed at the protective look in Alek's eyes since it's one I get from Alaric all the time.

"I came to see if you were busy today." I said. "I still haven't really been introduced to this town yet. Want to be my tour guide?"

Alek's stance relaxed slightly as he gave his own sigh while rubbing the back of his neck.

"I'm sorry, Kali, but I'm going to be helping Stefan today with Caroline." Alek said. "Help her adjust, ya know?"

I deflated slightly, but completely understood, so I nodded my head without a fuss.

"It's alright." I assured him. "I'll give myself a private tour."

"Or you could help us." Damon said while looping his arm with mine suddenly. "Now, Ric, I thank you for coming."

Damon threw a grin my uncle's way as he was frowning at the arm Damon had looped with mine. I would like to pull away. However, that would be rude to our host. Even if said host wasn't a particularly nice man.

"Can I get you or the little Saltzman a drink?" Damon asked leading us towards where the others were with Alek right behind us. "Bourbon? Coffee? Bourbon in your coffee?"

"No, thank-you." I said as Alaric was saying, "Elena mentioned you needed my help."

As we reached the parlor, Damon released my arm, so I could take a seat on the couch opposite of Elena and Stefan. Elena gave me a tired smile looking exhausted from all this. Not that I could blame her. I smiled at her in return as Alaric took a seat next to me, and Alek took a seat in one of the chairs within the sitting area.

"Yeah, we were hoping you could shed some light on the Lockwood Family." Stefan explained.

Tyler and Mason's faces flashed in my mind at the mention of the Lockwoods. In all honesty, I was curious about them as well. I looked to Alaric, but he only seemed confused. I didn't even know how he could know anything about this. He always tried to stay away from the paranoraml and supernatural since he was afraid snooping might get me tangled up into it, which wouldn't have helped the fact that I already get chased by monsters.

"Now, why would I know anything about the Lockwoods?" Alaric asked.

"Well, you wouldn't." Damon said while taking his own seat. "But your dead-Not-dead vampire wife might."

My eyes widened at that one as I looked to Alaric who let out a long sigh. He wouldn't even look at me as I stared at him intently. Why hasn't he told me about this? All I knew was that Isobel was missing. I think the others could feel the slight tension because my uncle and I since they remained quiet and perfectly still while watching the both of us closely.

"Isobel is a vampire?" I asked slowly to make sure I made the connection right.

"Yeah." Alaric coughed out still not looking at me. "And the one who made her is sitting in this very room."

My eyes shot immediately over to Damon who didn't seem remorseful in the slightest. Not that I'm surprised, and I didn't care about the fact he's unremorseful at the moment.

"She wanted to be a vampire." Damon said with a shrug. "Said she was tired of her mundane life and wanted an eternity of fun. She obviously wasn't think about Ric when she asked, so I think I did him a favor."

"Damon." Elena hissed in a repremanding tone.

Damon only shrugged not looking as if he cared as I looked back to Alaric. So Isobel chose vampirism over him? The heart break he must have felt when he learned this must have been so painful. I reached out to grab his hand and give it a comforting squeeze.

"I don't remember much from Isobel's research." I said looking to our hosts. "But I do remember that besides vampires she did a lot of research on the lycanthrope."

And demigods. Something that always put Alaric and I on edge whenever she had brought it up. I'm sure she figured me out a long time ago, but she never openly came out and said it.

"Lycanthrope?" Elena asked. "Like werewolves?"

I nodded my head while guessing it could make some sense if the Lockwoods were werewolves. They'd be a certain class of werewolves for certain. If it's a family thing, Tyler has obviously not activated his werewolf gene since Alek easily bested him in an arm-wrestling match. Mason on the other hand nearly beat Alek in strength, which would suggest he has activated his curse. That makes him very dangerous. Especially to vampires.

"No way." Damon said. "Impossible. Way too Lon Chaney."

"Is it?" Stefan asked him.

Well, at least one of the brothers was open-minded. You would think a vampire would at least play around with the idea that other supernatural beings exist.

"Yeah, Damon, that's kind of hypocritical coming from a vampire." Alek said.

"Well, dear nephew, I've been on this planet 160 some odd years, never come across one." Damon said. "If werewolves exist where the hell are they?"

"Just because you haven't seen something for the first time yet, doesn't mean it's ficition." I pointed out.

My entire world is supposed to be nothing but myth yet we live alongside mortals and other mythologial lore. Some of which has set up home base in the beautiful state of New York. Just in separate sectors. Like the Greek Gods and their children take up Manhattan and Long Island.

"Why do you expect the Lockwoods?" Alaric asked taking the subject off of werewolves for a moment.

"Vervain didn't affect the mayor on Foungers Day, but the Gilbert device did." Damon said. "And it affected his son Tyler."

I wasn't sure what the Gilbert Device was, but I knew vervain was harmful to vampires. It was not only a poison to them, but it could keep them from compelling anyone who wore it comsumed the plant.

"And at the school carnival, his Uncle Mason exhibited inhuman behavior when he fought one of the carnival workers." Stefan added. "It suggested some sort of supernatural entity."

"We were hoping that Isobel's research could help us figure out what it is." Elena explained.

I highly doubt that Alaric had all of Isobel's research in the loft. It wouldn't all fit. At least, I hope it wasn't in the loft. I remember some of the things she had collected on Half-Blood lore and Greek lore wasn't exactly safe. It was magical and magic attrached the wrong attention.

"Well, all of her things are still at Duke." Alaric said then cleared his throat. "I mean, her office is still there. She's technically still missing."

"So can we get access to it?" Damon asked.

Alaric frowned tilting his head obviously not sure about letting them near Isobel's research.

"Ric, we need to know what we're dealing with." Damon said. "If this wolfman thing is true, I've seen enough movies to know it's not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real-life Lon Chaney. And that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney Jr. Which means Bela Lugosi, meaning me, is totally screwed."

Alaric sighed before looking to me as if asking for my opinion. I'm still not sure his connection to all this. Both of us seem to be keeping things from the other. How could I help him make this decision when I don't know how deep he is in all of this? I let out a sigh myself guessing someone like Damon would go get answers one way or another. The safest way to do it would help him along, so no one gets hurt. I finally nodded my head as I placed my hands in my lap.

"Alright." Alaric said. "I'll call and see if I can make an appointment with her department."

Damon grinned seeming pleased as he nodded his head in satisfaction. I exchanged a glance with Alek with both of us wondering what this could lead too.

I stood outside with Damon at the SUV as we waited for the others to join us. Elena was with Stefan in her room getting ready, and Alaric was saying his goodbyes to Jenna. I met the strawberry blonde earlier, and she seems like a wonderful young woman. However, like Isobel, Jenna isn't the one for Alaric. But she obviously makes Alaric happy, which is good enough for me.

Alek had separated from us at the Boarding House saying he was going to meet up with Bonnie to get her to agree to make a daylight ring for Caroline. Later he and Stefan would meet up at the blonde's house to help her. Everyone had an assigment so to speak, and mine was to help Alaric and the others with research.

"So, were you close to Auntie Isobel?" Damon asked suddenly.

I tilted my head up at Damon as he kept looking towards the Gilbert residence.

"No, not really." I said honestly. "She hated me to put it bluntly."

Damon finally took his eyes away from the house to look down at me. I leaned back against the SUV while crossing my arms over my chest.

"She was almost the personaofication of evil stepmother." I chuckled dryly. "But Ric was happy with her. He loved her. I couldn't take that away from him. So I kept quiet. I kept my head down until she finally got what she wanted when I went away for boarding school."

At least that's what Alaric and I always called it when I went away for camp. And I did do some actual time in an all girl's boarding school with a few of my sisters. It had been nice. For the most part anyway.

"Though knowing that she chose vampirism over him makes me wish I had said something sooner." I said. "Much sooner."

"Well, you couldn't have known she'd do that." Damon said.

I looked at him a bit surprised he was trying to make me feel better. At least I think that's what he was trying to do. But truth is that I did know they weren't meant to be from the very beginning. Since the moment that Alaric brought her over to meet me for the first time.

"I guess you have a point." I said.

Elena and Stefan then finally came out of the house with Alaric in tow as well. Looks like we were finally heading out. I opened the back door of the SUV to let Elena put her bag inside since she'd be sitting with me during the ride.

"Sorry you can't come too, Stef." Damon said sarcastically.

Elena shot Damon a glare before turning to Stefan. The tension between those three was so thick I frowned feeling uncomfortable. Love triangles always made me feel uncomfortable.

"Call me if you need anything." Stefan said.

"Oh, I'll be sure to take good care of her." Damon said mockingly as he smirked.

I sighed pushing him off his door to get it open. I then very pushily forced him to get inside. He protested the rough treatment, but I shut the door in his face. He frowned at me openly, but I could only take so much of that snide in his voice. It almost reminded me of my sister in Drew, and though I love her dearly the headaches she gave me were the worst.

"Thanks for that." Elena said chuckling.

"You're welcome." I said then went to climb in. "Bye, Stefan."

"Take care, Kalista." Stefan said giving me a kind smile.

I climbed into the SUV as was Alaric while Stefan and Elena said their goodbyes to each other. Once Elena was in, Alaric pulled away to head off to Duke.

I giggled as Elena told me another story about how she, Caroline, and Bonnie had been caught by Jenna drinking their first beers. Apparently, they thought they could be sneaky, but Jenna found out all the same.

"We were lucky she hadn't told our parents." Elena said between her own laughter.

"I'm pretty sure Ric would call the cops on me iif he ever caught me drinking." I said.

"I'd throw you in jail myself." Alaric said from his seat.

I gave Elena a see-what-I-mean-look, which had her giggling a bit more. I'm sure Alaric has seen his students drink underage before, but if it was me, he'd blow a gasket.

"No offense, Ric, but did you ever let her do anything?" Elena asked. "I mean, our school carnival was apparently the first one she's ever been too. That's kind of sad."

I've done a lot in my life though too. Just not anything really mundane. Except maybe a few parties. Like the ones we campers sometimes snuck out to go to. The ones I'm sure Chiron knew about, but let us by with it.

"You'd be surprised by all that she's done in her life that most parents wouldn't allow." Alaric said as he looked at me through his rearview mirror.

"Oooh, do tell." Damon said looking into the back seat. "What naughty stuff has Little Saltzman done in her life? Can you guess, Elena?"

Elena just frowned silently at Damon before looking away from him. Damon's brow furrowed together at her silence as I looked away as well. Well, this got awkward quickly.

"You know, this whole pretending to hate me thing is getting a little silly." Damon said with a sigh.

"Heh, I don't think she's pretending." Alaric said. "You did kill her brother."

I looked at Damon with wide eyes wondering how he could do that and expect Elena to be okay with it. If anyone killed any of my siblings, I shook my head not even wanting to think about it.

"There is a huge asterisk next to that statement." Damon pointed out. "He came back to life."

"Thanks to a ring you didn't know he was wearing." Elena said.

Oh, so now there's apparently rings that bring people back from the dead. I'm really going to have to ask Alaric to sit me down and walk me through everything that's happened. I can't deal with all this lack of information I have.

"Why are you so sure I didn't know?" Damon questioned.

"Did you?" Elena asked.

Damon turned to look at the brunette again while looking her right in the eye.

"Yes," Damon said without hesitation.

I could even hear the lie in that one. Elena narrowed her eyes at Damon obviously trying to read him.

"You're lying." She said

"Elena, I saw the ring." Damon defended himself. "It's a big, tacky thing. It's hard to miss."

Elena rolled her eyes obviously not believing Damon. She turned back to me.

"I was wondering if after all this if you'd like to have a girl nights with all us girls." Elena said. "You need a proper introduction to Caroline, and considering your first night out didn't go well, I was thinking a nice at home slumber party. We'll order pizza, watch movies, junk food, maybe some boy talk."

She grinned as she said this, and I felt my own lips turn up into a smile. It's been a long time since I've had a proper girls' night. The last one had been with my sisters when we kicked the boys out of our cabin for a night. It had been when Silena was still around. It had been so much fun.

"I'd like that." I said nodding. "...but maybe no boy talk. That's bit of a sore topic at the moment."

Elena looked at me in concern while reaching out to place her hand on my arm.

"Okay, then no boy talk." She agreed. "But if you ever do want to talk, I'm going to give you my number, and you can call me whenever."

I thanked her for that before we moved the topic to a more happier topic. I wasn't ready to talk about Nik yet. I was just trying to get back into a normal routine. Though nothings really been normal for me since I left camp. Everything might be abnormal there, but at least that place was home. And I always knew what to except there.

"So Isobel was officially employed by the Anthropology Department given that most paranormal phenomena is rooted in folklore." Alaric explained to us as he lead us towards Isobel's old office.

We came into an opened room where a brunette woman was fiddling with some files.

"Excuse me," Alaric said getting her attention. "Hi, I'm Alaric Saltzman. I called earlier."

"Yes," She said smiling as she closed her files.

She moved over to hold out her hand to Alaric who shook it with his own.

"Uh, of course, I'm Vanessa Monroe, research assistant." She said. "Comparative folklore."

She looked at Elena and Damon funny when noticing them behind Alaric. Her eyes flickered to mine as well, and something in them had me on edge. Her eyes almost looked skittish. Something's shook her.

"I'll grab Isobel's keys." Vanessa said.

"Sorry these are my friends Elena and Damon." Alaric said gesturing to them before putting an arm around my shoulder. "And my niece Kalista. I hope this isn't an imposition."

"Oh, please, Isobel's office is right through there." She nodded towards the door to our right before going for the keys. "Isobel was one of my first professors. I'm a grad student. She was brilliant, and one of the reasons I went into folklore. Well, her and your brother Eric."

At the mention of my father, Alaric and I both stiffened. He isn't mentioned often considering he dumped me off on Alaric. He hadn't wanted anything to do with me. He even packed his bags and left Alaric. No one has heard from him since.

"He came to my high school to teach a few classes as a treat for our high test scores." Vanessa explained. "A lot of the students didn't care for the lessons much, but he had really caught my attention. Especially his studies on acient Greek and Egyptian lore. I was hoping to have him as a professor here."

I frowned slightly since Vanessa wasn't that much older than me. If my dad taught a few lessons when she was in high school, he had to have been in the area. But Alaric told me, he had been long gone the moment after I was born. Had he come back? Or had he been that close all along?

"Yes, well, my brother hasn't been in contact with me for sometime." Alaric said. "As far as I know, he's enjoying traveling the world."

Vanessa nodded her head then bit her lip as she took a seat at the corner of her desk.

"And about Isobel, I have to ask, um, has there been any news?" Vanessa asked.

"No, no, I'm afraid not." Alaric said quickly.

Vanessa looked upset at the news. She must have been close to Isobel. It was almost saddening to know that so many seemed to care about Isobel, but she didn't seem to care about them half of as much in return.

"It's right this way." Vanessa said walking over to the door.

She unlocked it for us with Elena following her in first with Damon behind her and I behind Damon as Alaric brought up the rear. I looked around seeing all the old artifacts with the Greek ones catching my eye the most.

"I'll grab the light." Vanessa said. "Feel free to look around."

As she left the room, I walked over to the golden bronze shield on the floor. It was leaning against one of the bookshelves looking as if it hadn't been touched in ages. I picked it up to blow some of the dust off of it as Elena was looking at the things on the shelves next to me. Alaric and Damon were on the other side of the room taking there own look see as I continued to look at the shield. On the front of the shield was a finely crafted trident. One that looked familiar. It was just like Lord Poseidon's trident. Could this have belonged to one of his children?

"Where'd she go?" Damon asked getting my attention.

I looked up seeing Vanessa wasn't back yet making my brow furrow in confusion. Where was she? It doesn't take that long to get a light, does it? Just then Vanessa came back, and my eyes widened as I saw the crossbrow in her hands that was aimed at Elena. As she fired, I didn't even think as I put the shield across my arm, and stepped in front of Elena who whirled around gasping.

The bolt hit shattering against the shield that let out a loud ringing noise. Then a split second later I threw the shield like a freesbie knocking the crossbow from her hands. It bounced back to me for me to catch as Alaric pinned Vanessa to the walk. I let out breath I was holding before realizing the silence in the room. I looked between Elena and Damon seeing the shocked looks on their face. The silence wasn't broken until Vanessa spoke.

"You're one of them." She said from her pinned position to the wall. "No human can touch that shield barehanded."

I dropped the shield as if it burnt me with it ringing once more as it hit the ground.

"What does that mean?" Damon asked. "Ric?"

I looked to Alaric to see the troubled look in his eyes. This wasn't something we ever wanted to discuss with other people. This was supposed to be a family secret. We never even came out and told Isobel about it.

"One thing at a time." Alaric said as he grabbed Vanessa by the arm. "We'll take care of her then get our answers on the Lockwoods. Everything else can come after."

He left things at that as he moved Vanessa into the other room. I quickly followed after him while not wanting to remain in the tense silence I created in the room. I watched as Alaric forced Vanessa to sit down as I walked over to him.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. "I just acted without thinking."

"It's alright." Alaric said. "We'll take care of it. After we take care of her."

He looked to Vanessa who held out her hands in a defenseless manner.

"Please," She begged. "Okay, I freaked. You would have done the same thing. It is not possible. Katherine Pierce can't be alive. And Damon Salvatore died in 1864. And she,"

She pointed a finger at me, which had me leaning backwards as if I expected her to pounce.

"Shouldn't even be standing right now." Vanessa said as Elena and Damon were coming into the room. "Humans can't touch the shield of Poseidon. It was cursed by the god a long time ago so that humans would be cursed to drown. Like, lungs magically fill up with water! Which means she has to be one of them, but that can't be possible. She shouldn't exist."

I almost flinched at her way of putting it. Shouldn't exist? Not exactly something someone wants to hear. Vanessa then took a deep breath as she dropped her hands.

"Okay, I read Isobel's research." Vanessa confessed.

"Well, then you should know just how possible this is." Alaric said as he sat agaisnt the desk in front of Vanessa. "And Kalista does exist, so deal with it."

He said this part a bit harshly as he narrowed his eyes at Vanessa. I reached out to place a hand on his shoulder. This wasn't the time to lose our tempers. Vanessa frowned then looked to Damon and Elena as they came closer.

"I'm Elena Gilbert." Elena said. "Isobel's daughter and a descendent of Katherine Pierce. And this is Damon Salvatore."

Damon gave her a little wave as Vanessa seemed to be coming to terms with everything she's learning. Her eyes then flickered to me.

"And who are you...really?" She asked.

"I'd like to know that too." Damon said.

Everyone's eyes were on Alaric and I now as I shifted from foot-to-foot. I've never told anyone what I am besides Nik and one other person. The other people who know are Alaric, and of course my people. Which includes even the ones who want to eat me. But they knew without me having to ever say anything. It was common knowledge in that part of my life. And my dad knew, of course, pretty sure it was one of the reasons he didn't want anything to do with me.

"It's alright, Kal." Alaric said. "It was going to come out sooner or later. You would have had to defend yourself or someone else at some point, and it would have raised questions then. Let's get it out in the open now."

I really didn't want to. If I told them what I am, they might figure out about Alek. And I know Alek's been trying to keep it from them. He's been hiding this secret his whole like just like me. And the only person to ever know about his heritage outside of camp was his father who's gone. I then frowned because Alaric was right. Two half-bloods in a tiny town couldn't go unnoticed for too long amongst the supernatural community. But still, I hadn't wanted things to come out like this. Finally I sighed as I looked to Vanessa.

"My name is Kalista Saltzman." I said. "I am the daughter of Eric Saltzman the mortal...and Aphrodite the goddess of love. I am the child of a mortal and immortal."

"A demigod." Vanessa said.

Elena's mouth almost seemed to drop completely open as she looked at me in shock. Damon looked at me with an unreadable expression though I was certain he was either thinking about how much of a threat I could be. Or thinking all of this was totally some kind of major lie.

"We prefer the term Half-Blood." I told Vanessa. "Demigod could really stand for any mortal being that has one mortal parent and one godly parent."

"We?" Damon asked. "We who?"

"I'm not the only one." I said shortly. "But that isn't important right now. We came here for answers on the Lockwoods, yes?"

When no one objected to my suggestion, I nodded my head in satisfaction.

"Vanessa," I said speaking to her directly. "We need everything Isobel has on Mystic Falls, please. Could you be a dear, and fetch those files for us?"

An almost glazed look came into Vanessa's eyes as she nodded her head. As she went to do as I asked, I huffed. I don't like using my charmspeak often. It was a rare gift amongst my siblings. A gift only Drew and I shared. It was the ability to charm people to do as we please. They just hear our voice, and it slightly puts them in a trance.

The weaker minded ones at least, and they gladly do as we ask. The stronger mind ones still have to do as we please, but they realize they aren't doing it because they want to. Drew loves this gift unlike me. However, I wasn't in the mood to play nice at the moment. I just wanted to get all this finished then return home. I'm sure Alek is having a better day than me.