I walk through the halls of school in a daze, since my encounter with Elijah my mind has been spinning with a muddle of questions, why has father never told me of him, why has he been hidden from my life for so long, I can recall the first time my father told me about my human life…

It had been almost a year since the day I awoke in the woods in my father's arms, he'd taken me to the house I once called my own in the dead of night and the graves of my mother and brother, I had laid bluebells for them, father having summoned us to leave as soon as possible to begin a new life, however he turned into a hunter for our families killer instead!

I had begged him from the moment I woke to tell me of them, it wasn't until one night after drinking heavily he smiled to me from across the small room we shared "you hold such resemblance to your mother, your beautiful hair, so unique and enchanting to that sweet smile, spectacularly virtuous… however you do seem to have my eyes, Cecily had spring green eyes, Gawain also…"

I smile as I sit ad look to him "tell me more father, about our lives before to beast came."

"Your brother was just a boy… he was so small, yet had the strength of ten men in his voice. He had only seen seven springs before . . . oh Edolie, I cared for your mother greatly… she blessed me with you." he slurs before passing out on his chair.

Over the years that is all I've ever gotten, small descriptions and snippets but that's all and now I have a brother I never knew existed but felt connected to him instantly, my brother, It's still so strange to me "Edolie!"

I turn and smile at seeing my boyfriend running towards me "I missed you yesterday, Betty said you scampered home with a headache, you alright?"

"I'm sorry Henry, I'm just not feeling myself lately, but I'm fine now… I promise." I say leaning up to kiss his cheek and he blushes, taking my hand as we walk to math, my eyes locking with Elijah's as we pass his class.

I giggle and smile my way through the day, trying to keep things as normal as possible, but I can't stop my chain of thought, I keep thinking back to father, I spoke to him this morning, looking to Elijah as I answered, our gaze never breaking, I didn't tell him about my discovery… I don't know why but I just felt like it was better to keep this to myself for now until I unmask the whole truth.

"Dol's what color scheme do you think for the party, it is tomorrow and you've yet to decide?" I smile as I look to Betty, only having half listened to the conversation.

"Well…um… I was thinking you could organize it, surprise me! After all you know how terrible I am with things like that." I offer half-heartedly but also honestly, parties and organizing has never really been my thing.

She shines brightly with her caramel tinted swirls and laughs "you do have a point; I remember when you wore that gold and yellow dress on the first day we met. Now that was just foul."

I can't help but chuckle lightly, that was a dress I'd had from the late thirties but didn't have the heart to throw out… until I met Betty and she walked straight up to me and said "hello, I'm Betty O'Conner and after school you and I are going shopping, because you are far to pretty for that dress!"

Easy to say I liked her immediately, honest, direct and sweet, plus she called me pretty! I then decide to zone out of the conversation as Henry grabbed my hand under the table with a slight squeeze and I can't help but smile at his doting face, squeezing back.

After school I stand at Elijah's door, leaning against it as he marks papers and say, not even looking up at me "I've been expecting you… I'm sure you have many questions."

I walk in and close the door, resting against one of the desks as I look to the older man "Elijah I have been wondering about my human life for a long time, but never had any real answers, father tells me how he, my brother Gawain and my mother Cecily were happy and together until one day a monster named Niklaus attacked us, but… that's never felt right. This man he's hunted for so long I should despise but I don't, I'm not sure what I feel… So tell me, please… tell me the truth."

He nods at my pleas with a sympathetic eye and walks round to the front of his desk "Mikael is my father, my mother bore seven children to him, I'm the eldest… we had no idea of his affair, not one… not until I saw you again. However my mother wasn't completely innocent, my brother was not Mikael's, but we didn't know this until we were turned, I suppose that is why he was so against the pair of you."

My eyes widen as I think allowed "the blue eyed man, I saw him in the flashes. I've been seeing those eyes every night since I can remember."

He smiles coyly and pushes off the desk "Mikael has been lying to you for an extremely long time, I don't know what happened the night your mother and brother died, but I do know that Niklaus had no part in it."

I look to him confused but he carries on "...We grew up together and the man you saw… the blue eyed one, is Niklaus, my brother from my mother's indiscretion! And I know that he would have never harmed you! We knew you and your family had perished the night of our turning but Niklaus refused to speak of it, he, as we all did, believed you to be dead… after that he became reckless, paranoid, cold. I believe that in losing you he lost a piece of his mind as well as the majority of his heart."

I can't help but feel tightness in my heart, this man I'd subconsciously longed for was the same man I'd been led to believe killed my family and I stood by as my father hunted him like an animal, this man who I'm being told loved me dearly, even in death.

I don't notice the tear running down my cheek as I question "how do you know I'm your sister, it could have been that Mikael just turned me."

"That was my first suspicion, but no, you see only us, as the first of our kind can compel vampires. I started watching you and saw you compel that feedling … That was how I knew, your blood was mine." he says while cupping my cheek and wiping at the tear with his thumb.

I push into his palm as I bite back a sob "my whole life I've never felt right… as though a part of me were missing, more so than my memories, and now… now I find everything I've ever known to be a lie, my father a traitor and my enemy to be my beloved!"

I find myself in his arms again, a comforting and familiar embrace as I sob for the deception I've breathed for so long "hush now, I'm here Edie, Elijah is here."

I cling to him as he kisses my head, both of us blind to the audience watching us.

I lean back against the car as I look to my home, the one of many I'd had over the years, all shared with my father and our most trusted witch of the time, each a lie.

"Edolie… are you alright?" I then turn to my boyfriend and nod weakly

"I'm sorry Henry, I just… I found something out recently, about my family and I… I'm not sure what to do!" I answer honestly in a melancholy tone, biting back tears.

His brow frowns and he asks "oh… is that why you were crying?"

My eyes widen "when did you see me crying?"

"Well I… I was looking for you after classes and… I saw you… with Elijah." his tone is filled with guilt and a hint of suspicion.

"You've been spying on me? What do you think me some harlot who would seduce her teacher!" I scream as I slam my way out of the car.

He quickly gets out and follows me "no, wait please… I'm sorry Edolie… Edie…"

I turn and scream at him "don't call me that, you have no right to call me that not ever! Do you understand? ...you have no idea; you're just a boy, just a child who has no idea of the world or me!"

With that I quickly run inside and slam the door, making the wall all but shudder, falling to the ground in a heap of tears, as Henry calls after me through the door, but I can't move, crippled by my pain and loss, my whole life has been a lie, everything I loved and believed in, gone… I lay in bed after finally weeping myself into slumber.

I'm in the woods, the same as always but this time as I find the ring and hear the call of my name I look up across the lake only to find it empty, I stand and feel a twinge of mournfulness at the unfilled opening, but then I feel hands cover my eyes and I smile at the scent of sugar, smoke and something else… a unique aroma to the gruff hands against my soft skin, hot breath brushing my ear "Have you missed me my love?"

I turn slowly to see the blue eyed man, but now I see his tattered blonde hair, sun kissed complexion and bright smile, sending butterflies through me and plaguing me with the same smile "Niklaus!"

We share a moment as his eyes gazing into mine as we hear from behind him "Edie, Niklaus… are you coming?"

We look to see Elijah, his hair long and his smile bright as he waves for us, Niklaus taking my hand as we laugh and follow our brother, but as we run I lose his hand and find myself lost among the suddenly dark tree's "Niklaus… Elijah, wait!"

I push at the branches and leaves before me but stop dead at the sight of my father, his hair long and eyes glazed with sorrow as he holds his hand out to me "Sunshine…"

"Edie" I then turn to find Niklaus, his eyes tearful as he takes a step closer to me, arms open, Elijah at his side, his hand also out to me "come Edie…"

I look between them both as I feel a conflict bubbling inside me "please Sunshine… let me protect you."

I look to him as my brother begs "Edolie no… your one of us, always and forever."

"Edie, come back to me love, come home…" Niklaus begs and then I hear their sharp gasps, all eyes sobbing as I look down, there lies a hole in my chest, blood oozing from it as the coppery tang seeps from my mouth and I fall to my knees, I feel a pair of strong arms hold me, cries of anguish as everything fades into blackness.

I shoot up awake, hand on my chest in panic finding it unblemished and tears on my cheeks, I then run down stairs and look to the half dead creature… no woman, in my basement and ask "do you have anyone, other vampires maybe looking for you?"

She just nods sadly "my niece Lucy, she had sickness of the lungs when she was fifteen… I had to! She must be so scared."

I quickly run up to her and grab her face, her eyes meeting mine "you will forget my face and my fathers; you will leave this place with your Lucy and never return…I'm sorry."

I quickly unchain her and show her out the house, she runs out and I shut the door, running to the phone and wait for it to be answered as I sob "my whole life I've been lied to and told I and my kind are nothing but monsters! I want to be happy, not this shell of a girl, I want my life back… help me, please, help me."

I hear him exhale on the other end "we'll leave after your party, don't worry… I'll do everything I can to make you happy once more. Now get some rest and…Happy birthday, little sister."

I smile as I hang up and head up to pack; this is it… for the first time in near a thousand years I'm abandoning my father, but more so than that is his lies, his tales of a loving family and happiness… but now I know the truth, I have a family, I have a brother, but I no longer have a father in my eyes… and it's broken my heart!