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Reflections

"Reflections still look the same to me, as before I went under"

Elena was sitting on the edge of her bed twirling her daylight ring around her finger and replaying the events of the last two nights over and over in her head. How was it possible that she had hallucinated Katherine two nights in a row? More importantly she thought to herself; how was it possible that she was remembering Katherine's memories? Was it because she had died? Elena shook her head to remove that idea, it didn't make any sense. Katherine has been gone for months and I'm only seeing things specific to Damon. "What is going on?" she demanded to the empty room.

For the first time in 3 months Elena was beginning to get sick of this room. It had been Isobel's at one point, now it belonged to Ric, well, now it belonged to Ric, Jeremy and herself, and whoever else wanted to stay there. Right now it was just her though, she'd demanded to be left alone and aside from Caroline dropping by with her baskets most people had respected her wishes. Jeremy and Ric had banged on the door a few times but they had left without fuss eventually although she knew if they were truly worried it wouldn't take much to break down the door.

There had been times when she truly felt like giving up, she just didn't know how it was possible to live an eternity with this pain inside of her. It seemed to get worse every day instead of getting better with the passage of time. But every time she'd really considered giving up there was something that stopped her, a voice in her head that told her that if she truly died then she was giving up any chance she had at getting Damon back. Hell, if she truly died she didn't even know where she would go now because there was no other side anymore and she might not even end up with Damon. And Elena knew, she had decided that some way; some how she was going to get him back. She'd search the world if she had to. She'd go to the ends of the earth. Because she knew that someone, somewhere would be able to get him back to her. She just hadn't found the energy and strength to get started on her mission yet. And now she had to deal with Katherine hallucinations before she could even think about what her next step should be.

Deciding that blood might make her think more clearly she grabbed a bag from the fridge and drained it quickly and began pacing up and down the floors of her room. 'Maybe I should speak to someone about it' she thought. I could go and tell someone what's happening but she quickly dismissed the idea knowing that her friends and family would just think she'd officially gone mad and also because she still wasn't ready to face anyone yet. Not that I particularly want to deal with Katherine hallucinations either she thought wryly, but it was almost her preferred choice.

"But what if it's not a hallucination?" Elena questioned out loud, she considered it for a brief moment in her mind and then shook her head. "No, not possible, Katherine is dead" she said again, defiantly. So how do I make it stop? Elena wondered to herself.

Damon's POV

Damon was listening to Bonnie and Katherine arguing and watching as Elena booted up her laptop for the first time in weeks, wondering what she was planning on doing on it when Katherine's voice cut into his thoughts.

"...it's not that easy Bonnie. She needs time to work out what's going on. At night I can get into her dreams and give her the memories, they'll sit in her subconscious and give her the time she needs to come to terms with a reality she thinks is an illusion. She's made progress. She'll get there, I'm sure of it" Katherine finished with a flourish and gave Damon and Bonnie a wide smile. Bonnie gave a little grimace back but Damon just shrugged his shoulders. He had nothing to say, Katherine had had her neck snapped twice now and Elena didn't seem to be listening to much of anything she had to say. He was praying that Katherine could do the job but he didn't exactly have any words of encouragement.

"Anyway, it's time for phase 2 of the plan" Katherine said almost gleefully. "This is the bit that's going to make all the difference" she continued with determination.

"What are you talking about Katherine?" Damon demanded. "You know if you informed us of the plan then it might be more useful than you just swanning around on your own did you ever consider that?" he turned on her and snarled at her but Katherine just reached out and placed her hand gently on his cheek. Damon jumped away from her as if she'd burned him and he watched Katherine's face turn to a hurt expression very briefly before she resumed her usual air of nonchalance and indifference.

"Damon you're going to see for yourself in about oh, 2 minutes, so why bother wasting time when I can just as effectively...leave" and then the little bitch disappeared again leaving Damon and Bonnie alone once more.

"God she's infuriating" Damon roared.

"Yeah, she is" Bonnie agreed "but she's trying to help", Damon snorted.

"You believe her?"

"We don't really have any other choice Damon" Bonnie responded. "She's kind of our last chance saloon here, there's nothing else we can do and we can't sit around forever...well...you know what I mean...waiting for Elena or Stefan or someone to figure something out. I just don't see any harm in trying to trust Katherine in the mean time. We've got nothing to lose..and everything to gain, right?"

Damon looked at her in surprise. Who is this girl and what has she done with Bonnie? He wondered to himself. Trusting Katherine Pierce! This coming from the girl who'd tried to kill him personally no less than 4 times, the self-proclaimed hater of vampires, the judgy little thing he'd grown to eventually respect just a little bit...Damon's shock must have been evident because Bonnie suddenly gave him a light push backwards.

"Don't look so shocked Damon!" she teased him "I'm trying to channel my inner Elena Gilbert. Everybody deserves a tenth chance and all that, besides, like I said, she's our only hope at the moment. We may as well make the most of it"

Damon had to admit that Bonnie was right. He had loved and hated Katherine in equal measure; these days he was just more frustrated with her than anything else. Nowadays he was mostly just frustrated with her. Of course if she managed to get them the hell out of here then he might have to update their relationship status to 'friends'. Damon smirked imagining Katherine as his friend. In what world? He asked himself.

"It's time" Bonnie said pointing in the direction of Elena and Katherine.