When Elena awoke it was dark outside. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. Her heart leapt in her chest when she saw Elijah sitting in the corner. He was in a velvet arm chair, as graceful as usual.

Katherine was still sleeping so Elena carefully slide off the bed.

Elena felt fear freeze her veins as she moved to sit on the other bed which was closer to Elijah. At first Elena thought it was the dark room, but she then realised it was just Elijah's face.

He looked dark, haunted, angry. Nothing like the two other versions of him she'd seen. Elena didn't know what she was supposed to do. He had just damned her and her sister to an eternity of darkness and blood sucking.

"What are you doing here?" Elena snarled finally. Elijah lift his head from his hands. his expression was one of pure guilt. Something was different about him. He seemed more like the Elijah her and Katherine had met at the beginning of this trip.

"Watching over you" he said. His voice was husky and deep. Elena frowned, he sounded sad.

"Well, you don't have to worry about finding a human for us to drink from, we did it on our own" she said sharply. Elijah shook his head.

"I'm so sorry" he whispered. "I never meant for this to happen, not like this."

"What are you talking about?" Elena snapped. Elijah shook his head so Elena tried to take another approach in order to get the answers she desperately wanted.

"Why'd you do it?" she asked softly.

"Technically, i didn't do it" Elijah said. What did he mean by that.

"Yes you did, you're the one who fed us your demon blood and snapped our necks" Elena said sharply. Elijah flinched.

"Elena, please, stay calm. I did do it, but it wasn't me" Elijah insisted. Elena frowned, he wasn't making sense. Elijah looked over to Katherine's sleeping body, a look of regret on his face.

"Is that why you agreed to drive our carriage, so that you could turn us, make us your eternal sex slaves" Elena hissed. Elijah's eyes widened with shock.

"No, never Elena. I was bored, so i decided to help you have your own adventure. I've been around for a long time and was looking for something to do. Travelling with you and your sister was the perfect opportunity. But then, you arrived, and i saw what you looked like. You looked just like her."

"Like who?" Elena asked.

"Tatia. She's your ancestor. You two are her doppelgänger's."

Elena frowned, doppelgänger. That meant they were identical replicas of this Tatia. But what did it matter that they looked like her? Clearly Elijah was old enough to know ancestors Elena hadn't even heard of.

"What does that matter?" Elena asked.

"I am far older than you can even comprehend. I am of the original vampires" Elijah explained. Elena's eyes widened. Original vampires? Elijah was one of the originals, that meant there was more.

"Being an original vampire, i can do things average vampire's cannot, like walk in daylight. So can my brothers and sister, the other originals" Elijah explained. Elena nodded, she guessed that made sense.

"One of my brothers, Klaus, needed the blood of your ancestor, Tatia, to complete a certain ritual. But Tatia ran. She managed to stay away long enough to give birth to her child. And when Klaus found her, she had killed herself and left the baby. Tatia knew Klaus couldn't kill the baby if he had any hope of more doppelgänger of her blood line being born."

Elena frowned but Elijah continued.

"Klaus later found out he need to kill the Patrova doppelgänger in order to do the next step of the ritual. However, after he killed the doppelgänger, by draining them of their blood, he needed their blood for the next step. So, as you can see, he had a bit of a predicament. He couldn't just store a doppelgänger with him until the next one came. Doppelgänger's are born centuries apart, so two were never alive at the same time."

Elena frowned. "Why didn't he just kill them a different way, instead of draining them of their blood" Elena asked. Elijah shook his head.

"Two reasons my dear. One, he had to drink all of their blood. And two, the next part of the ritual required living human blood" Elijah explained. Elena made an O shape with her mouth.

"So when he found out about you two, the doppelgänger twins, my brother was intent on nothing getting in his way. I was fine with him succeeding in his ritual, he is my brother and i want him to be happy. So was my other brother, Fin. Even my sister Rebecca didn't mind. But Cole, my youngest brother, despised the thought of Klaus being more powerful."

"So?" Elena asked.

"So he beat Klaus to you of course and compelled you both to want to leave. You didn't realise it, but you were running. It helped that you already were planning on running Elena, seeing as you had accidentally made contact with. I didn't even know i was helping to work against Klaus."

Elena processed the information. It made sense, her and Katherine's sudden and desperate urge to leave. To run.

"So when you arrived, and i realised who you were, i didn't know what to do. I didn't realise it, but i didn't want Klaus to succeed in killing you. You looked like Tatia, who i once loved. I wanted to protect you for her. So i went along with it. I planned on showing you what i was and asking you if you wanted this for yourselves. If you did, i would help. Not to mention, it would foil Klaus's plans. He needs human sacrifices. If you didn't then i would compel you to forget about vampires and i would help you run from him until you died."

Elena started at Elijah, he seemed so upset. "What changed?" she asked.

"My brother Cole. He knew Klaus would find us soon. He told me that either i turned you or he would kill you. I told him my plan and he grew angry, saying there was too much risks of Klaus finding you. I didn't care. But Cole did, a lot. He found a witch, a powerful one. She helped him posses my body. Cole didn't want both Klaus and I to hate him so he turned you into vampires instead of just killing you."

Elena gaped at Elijah. So, in a way it wasn't him. But how could she be sure he wasn't just making excuses so that they wouldn't hate him for eternity. But he had been so kind and normal on the first part of their trip. He seemed like a good guy.

It was only at that dinner when he suddenly changed. Something darkened. Maybe that had been Cole taking over. It was possible.

"How do i know for sure?" Elena asked. Elijah's expression became sad.

"You don't. But Elena, i'm very fond of you, especially your sister. And, i'm so sorry for what happened. Please, i need to know, do you trust me?" Elijah said. He did sound like he was sorry. He definitely looked guilty and regretful.

Elena swallowed. She wanted to believe him so bad. But she couldn't bring herself to do it.

"How can Katherine and I walk in sunlight?" Elena said, not answering Elijah's question. He frowned but when his hand went to his pocket to fish something out, Elena's hopes sparked. Would they be able to walk around?

Elijah stood up and Elena scurried back on the bed. Her fear seemed to hurt him because he held his hands up and approached more slowly. He took his seat on the far end of the bed, giving Elena plenty of room.

Elena couldn't help but notice the hurt look in his eyes. If she weren't so wary of him, Elena probably would have felt guilty.

Elijah pulled out an elegant black box. It was engraved with silver writing that Elena couldn't read. It wasn't in English. Elijah opened the box and Elena's eyes widened. Inside were two elegant rings.

They were beautiful, stunning. Slim circles of silver with a dark gen encrusted in the middle. Elena breathed in sharply. The stone had a pattern of silver lacing over it. It was a tiny elegant rose. Elena bit back a smile. The rings were almost identical.

The only difference was the colour of the gem. One was midnight blue, and the other was an emerald green. Elena immediately reached for the green one.

Elijah had a small smile on his face. Elena noticed it wasn't at all menacing like before. It was genuine.

"Do you like it? These rings have had a spell cast on them, by a witch. They'll protect you as long as you are wearing them" Elijah said. Elena let a small smile play at her lips as she slipped the ring on. Elena heard movement from Katherine's bed and she looked over instantly. Katherine sat up, rubbing her face.

"Elena?" she mumbled. Katherine noticed Elijah and screamed. Elena jumped up and rushed over to her. She moved faster than she expected and crashed into Katherine's bed.

"Kat, Kat. Don't worry. Stay calm. He's gotten us rings to protect us from sunlight" Elena soothed, holding her sisters arms.

"Really?" She asked quietly. Elena nodded and showed Katherine the rind on her middle finger. Katherine gasped.

"It's beautiful" she said, he voice filled with awe.

"You should see yours" Elena said, giving Katherine a supportive smile. Katherine let a smile creep across her lips. She stood up tentatively. As she walked over to Elijah, Elena noticed his embarrassed expression. Katherine was still in leggings and a blouse, yet some how, she looked more elegant than she had in a dress.

Elena smiled. Elijah really did seem to like Katherine, from the moment he saw her. Having her mad at him really did seem to make him uneasy. That just made Elena hope even more, that Elijah was telling the truth.

Katherine took the ring from Elijah and slid it one. The whole while Elijah watched her. Elena moved over to Katherine and they both sat opposite Elijah on the other bed.

"Please, Miss Katherine, let me explain" Elijah began. Katherine shook her head.

" I don't care what you have to say. You're a monster who manipulates peoples feelings. And now you've made us monsters as well" Katherine said, her voice icy. Elijah winced at her words.

"Katherine, let him explain" Elena whispered.

"What?!" she hissed, turning to Elena.

"He's told me everything, and i want to believe him Kat. Please listen. If you think that with out a doubt he's lying after wards then we'll leave" Elena insisted.

Katherine pouted, glaring at Elena until she finally gave in, letting out an exasperated sigh. "Fine" she said, turning back to Elijah. Elijah gave Elena a grateful smile but Elena ignored it. She didn't trust him, not yet.

Elena sat patiently as Elijah re told everything he'd just told Elena. Katherine asked more questions than Elena but Elijah answered them without complaint.

By the end of it, Elena knew Katherine was seeing Elijah in a new way. Although she wouldn't admit it, Elena knew Katherine was glad Elijah wasn't an evil murderous blood sucking demon. Well, he was a blood sucking demon, but at least he didn't appear to be evil.

Katherine turned to Elena. "How do we know he's telling the truth?" she asked, he voice a whisper.

"I don't know" she admitted. Katherine frowned.

"We can protect ourselves better now, if he tries to hurt us we can fight back" Katherine said.

"Yeah, but he's centuries old, he's far to powerful for us to take on" Elena pointed out. Katherine frowned.

"We will let you help us for now, but we aren't going to do everything you say" Katherine said forcibly, turning to Elijah. His expression was blank but he nodded.

"I wouldn't have it any other way" he said. Katherine bit her lip and turned back to Elena.

"Where do we go now? What do we do?" she asked nervously. Elena didn't know.

"We finish what we started" she said. Katherine smiled.

"We keep the road trip going?" Katherine asked.

"No going back" Elena confirmed.

"No going back" Katherine said.


Hey there! What is this, three chapter in one day now? Wow, i should be sick more often :P
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