Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries! I do however own Ally Gilbert and all her plotlines!
"What are you? What are you?" Elena demanded looking at Stefan harshly as Ally shivered slightly rubbing hers arms trying to warm herself up since she was still in her bikini top and shorts.
"You know." Stefan replied simply swallowing nervously setting the stake down on the table next to the door unzipping his hoodie slipping it off holding it out to Ally who instantly took it putting it on.
"No, I don't." Elena swore shaking her head adamantly at that.
"You wouldn't be here if you didn't, Elena." Ally said as Stefan his head in agreement with what she had said.
"It's not possible. It can't be." Elena insisted still shaking her head mostly trying to get a grip on things.
"Everything you know... And every belief that you have is about to change. Are you ready for that?" Stefan said looking at Elena calmly as Ally grabbed her sisters hand squeezing it in support.
"What are you?" Elena repeated gripping onto Ally's hand making her wince slightly.
"I'm a vampire." Stefan replied as Elena paled staring at him stunned.
"I shouldn't have come." Elena said quickly starting to back up her hand jerking out of Ally's.
"Elena, wait!" Ally said pleadingly as Elena shook her head no at that. "Please!"
"Elena, please!" Stefan said walking over trying to touch her as Elena jerked away from him.
"No!" Elena shouted trying to run away as Stefan then vampsped in front of her as she jerked to a stop in front of him looking behind her at Ally. "How did you do that?"
"Please don't be afraid of me." Stefan told her trying to stop her from getting to Jenna's car which they had borrowed earlier.
"Let me go." Elena pleaded trying not to let the tears gathering in her eyes slip down her cheeks.
"No. Elena, there's things you have to know and understand." Ally said coming to stand next to Stefan as he looked at her gratefully as he grabbed Elena's arms holding her lightly.
"Let me go!" Elena shouted jerking out of Stefan's hold rushing over to Jenna's car opening the door getting in shutting the door quickly starting the car.
"Elena, please!" Ally shouted watching Elena back up and swiftly drive away. "She said she wanted to know! Why did she react like that?!"
"Shhh..." Stefan whispered gathering her in his arms kissing the side of her head rocking her softly. "She was just shocked, Ally. We should head over to your house and see if she'll talk there. Or at the very least talk to you."
"Good idea."
Ally had seen a lot of vampires use their vampspeed over the years on the Other Side. However, she had never experienced it firsthand. She had to admit it was quite a rush as everything blurred past her as she and Stefan zoomed through Elena's window. Stefan had explained on the way how he had found Zach dead and she was more than determined on keeping Elena safe.
"Okay that was fun..." Ally whispered breathlessly smiling at Stefan as he set her down on her feet gently smiling back.
"She's coming upstairs." Stefan whispered into her ear as she nodded her head in understanding.
They both waited for Elena to walk in nervously. Well Ally was the most nervous of the two of them. She didn't have to wait for long as Elena walked in gasping out loud at the sight of them.
"Elena." Ally said softly as Elena tried to run out but Stefan vampsped closing the door trapping her in the room. "I promise you, Stefan would never hurt you. You're safe."
"All those animal attacks, those people who died..." Elena stammered looking only Ally because she couldn't face Stefan right now.
"It wasn't me. That was Damon!" Stefan swore softly shaking his head adamantly as Elena finally looked at him.
"Damon?" Elena asked looking at both of them in question.
"It's true, Lena. Stefan doesn't drink human blood. It's not how he chooses to survive, but Damon does! We'll explain everything, but please don't tell anybody!" Ally swore as Elena struggled to hold it together.
"How can you two ask me that?" Elena asked tears gathering in her eyes mostly out of fear.
"Because you knowing about this is dangerous for so many reasons, Elena. But you have to trust us!" Ally explained as Elena looked between the two of them wordlessly swallowing.
"Just go. Just go, please. If you mean me no harm, then you'll go." Elena said desperately as Stefan backed off letting go of the door.
"I'm sorry, Elena." Stefan said walking over to Ally swooping her into his arms before speeding away leaving Elena staring at the empty space in shock.
Stefan had set her on her feet when they reached the driveway to the Boarding House when Stefan's phone rang suddenly. Digging it out he didn't recognize the number on the screen but answered it anyway.
"Hello?" Stefan asked pressing the phone against his ear as Ally mouthed 'who is it?' to him as he he mouthed Damon, she quickly motioned for him to put it on speaker which he did. "Where are you?"
"I'm at the Sizzler. I had the buffet. Where's my ring?" Damon announced on the other end as Ally's eyes widened in horror at what he had just said.
"I don't have it. Where are you? What have you done?" Stefan asked sharing a look of unbelief with Ally who tried not to make too much noise.
"No what have you done? You're the one who locked me in the basement and starved me, so whatever I've done, whoever I've sucked dry is on you, buddy." Damon replied as Ally glared at the phone fiercely wishing she could fry his brain through the phone with her magic but knew it would be pointless, and he would hear her chanting a spell so it was pretty much futile anyway.
"You're being careless. How many more animal attacks is this town willing to believe, huh?" Stefan replied as Ally bit her bottom lip trying to hold back a sigh of annoyance.
"I know how to cover my tracks, Stefan. Where's my ring?" Damon said repeating himself again as Ally watched Stefan's face.
"I gave it to Zach to hide. Probably shouldn't have killed him." Stefan told him as Ally rolled her eyes holding her hand out for the phone.
"Let me talk to him." Ally said announcing her presence though she knew Damon had been aware that she was around while Stefan had been talking to him, Stefan handed the phone to her as she took it off speakerphone but knew Stefan would still be able to hear them. "Hello Damon."
"Well hello Allison!" Damon said cheerfully as Ally's mouth dropped open in disgust.
"Okay, do not ever call me that again. Mainly because that's not my name."
"Oh really?"
"Yes, really."
"What is it?"
"Are we really talking about this or can we get back to the topic at hand Damon? I'll get you your ring. Just give us some time to get it. Elena finally figured it out. We need some time to explain this all to her. We need to make sure she'll keep your secret."
"Alright, I'll go along with this. Only if you tell me your actual name."
"It's Alexandra, Damon. Do we have a deal?"
"Ooh, very nice but it doesn't suit you. You have your deal Allycat. Bye now." Damon said as he then hung up leaving Ally confused and annoyed.
Ally had been relieved when Elena had called her the next morning asking them to meet up at The Grille. Knowing her sister she would be wearing jeans, a shirt and her leather jacket. She didn't want to match so she went outside the box with what she chose to wear. Slipping on her spaghetti strap green slip dress, black leggings and jean jacket she looked at her appearance in the bathroom mirror quickly checking herself out before heading out back into Stefan's room.
"Have you seen my dark gray Vans? They'll go perfect with what I'm wearing." Ally announced at Stefan turned to look at her whistling smiling at her.
"You look beautiful as always, Ally. Yeah I think I saw them..." Stefan replied rummaging through a small pile of his jeans, smiling victoriously as he unearthed them. "Over here!"
"Nicely done!" Ally said grabbing a clean pair of socks out of her suitcase sitting on the edge of the bed putting them on as Stefan set her shoes down in front of her sitting down beside her. "If I'm going to stay over more often, you're going to have make some room for me. I am not going to live out of a suitcase when I come over."
"I'll get right on that, I promise." Stefan swore watching at Ally slipped her feet into her shoes lacing them up.
"Very sweet of you. Most guys would freak out about that. I'm glad you're not one of them." Ally said leaning over kissing his cheek smiling before pulling back standing up. "Just gotta grab my phone and bag and I'm ready to go."
Ally and Stefan spotted Elena sitting at a table in front of The Grille and joined her as they both sat across from her. They ordered drinks as an awkward silence between them as soon as the waitress walked away.
"You said you would explain everything. That's why I asked you two to meet me here. When you Google 'vampire' you get a world of fiction. What's the reality?" Elena said looking at both them sternly as Ally sighed softly looking over at Stefan.
"I can tell you whatever you want to know." Stefan replied shaking his head as he placed his hand on top of Ally's squeezing it.
"I know you eat garlic."
"Yes."
"And somehow sunlight's not an issue." The two of them went back and forth as Ally saw their waitress return.
"Hi. Here are your drinks." The waitress said setting them down in front of each of them before walking away.
"We have rings that protect us." Stefan explained holding up his hand showing Elena his daylight ring.
"Crucifixes?"
"Decorative."
"Holy water?"
"Drinkable."
"Not everything is like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Lena." Ally said speaking for the first time chuckling as Stefan smiled at her.
"Mirrors?" Elena said ignoring Ally who rolled her eyes at that.
"Myth." Stefan replied squeezing Ally's hand again as she squeezed his back in thanks.
"Ally said you don't kill to survive." Elena then said as Ally scoffed so only Stefan heard her.
"Animal blood keeps me alive. But not as strong as Damon. It can be very powerful." Stefan explained as Ally nodded her head in agreement with his words.
"And yet you let him get involved with Caroline." Elena said glaring at both of them for that.
"You can't force Damon to do anything Elena. But when I asked him to stop feeding off her he did. The bite marks you saw on her were a few days old." Ally said explaining as Elena scoffed at her words.
"And that makes it any better?" Elena asked harshly as Ally looked at Stefan for support who looked at her sister disappointed.
"Ally has been trying to get Damon stop from the very beginning so I really don't appreciate the way you're talking to her. Ally got Damon to stop before it got even worse." Stefan told Elena glaring at her as she had the good sense to look ashamed.
"What did he do to her then?" Elena asked wanting to know exactly what happened.
"When he was feeding from her he was able to take away the memories of being bitten using a form of mind compulsion. She never knew what was happening to her. If he wanted to kill her, he would have." Stefan explained as Elena listened in horror as Ally sighed at that. "But Ally got him to stop."
"Not soon enough, though." Elena muttered angrily her eyes flashing over to Ally who frowned at that.
"That is NOT my fault though, Elena. Don't try to blame me for something that is not my fault! Like Stefan said I asked Damon to stop feeding from Caroline the night we had dinner together. And he did stop until the night of the Founders Party, okay? So stop looking at me like that, you're only making yourself look bad." Ally said sternly adding cream and sugar to her coffee as Elena looked away from her in embarrassment.
"Fine, I'll stop." Elena replied sighing frustrated looking down at the table briefly before looking at Stefan. "Are there any others, beside you and Damon?"
"Not in Mystic Falls, not anymore." Stefan replied shaking his head at that as Elena looked shocked at that revelation.
"Not anymore?" Elena repeated frowning because she had no idea of what happened.
"There was a time when this town was... very much aware of vampires, and it didn't end well for anybody. That's why it's important that you don't tell anyone." Stefan explained as Ally squeezed his hand understanding where he as coming from.
"I can't promise that." Elena said softly but her eyes were swirling with all this information.
"Elena... Give me today. I will answer any questions you have, and when it's over, you can decide for yourself what you want to do with what you know. It'll be your choice." Stefan told Elena as she looked away from both him and Ally before turning back nodding her head yes.
Ally sat in the front seat as Elena in Jenna's car drove them through the woods. She knew her sister was dying to know where they were going but Stefan hadn't said where it was as of yet.
"Stop here." Stefan announced as Elena followed his instructions stopping the car, setting the brake and turning the car off.
Ally undid her seatbelt opening her door getting out shutting the door looking around at her surroundings trying to place where she was but couldn't as of yet. She heard the car door behind her shut as she turned smiling at Stefan as he smiled back wrapping an arm around her waist as they walked around the front of the car to Elena's side. Ally spotted the pillars and immediately knew where they were as Elena opened her door looking around.
"What are we doing here?" Elena asked standing behind her still open car door.
"I want to show you something." Stefan replied as he and Ally walked forward leaving Elena by the car.
"In the middle of nowhere?" Elena asked beginning to question whether or not she should be here.
"This... didn't use to be nowhere." Stefan explained as Ally looked up at him smiling knowing that being here couldn't be that easy for Stefan as he leaned down kissing her cheek in thanks before turning back to Elena. "Used to be my home."
Elena stared at Stefan wordlessly in shock as if finally coming to her senses she shut her car door walking over to stand near both of them. Ally was looking all around the ruins of the once impressive estate knowing Elena was doing the same thing.
"It looks so..." Elena began to say looking completely confused.
"Old? It's because they are." Stefan said cutting Elena off as she looked at him thoughtfully before realization dawned on her face and Ally saw the question in her sister's eyes.
"Wait. How long have you..." Elena said trailing off knowing that Stefan knew what she meant.
"I've been 17 years old since 1864." Stefan answered as Elena stared at him in shock before turning to Ally.
"Oh, my God. And yet you're with him, Ally?" Elena asked baffled as Ally scoffed uncaringly.
"Stefan's age never mattered to me, Lena. I only care about him, who he is as a person." Ally replied as Stefan smiled at her gratefully, the happiness shining in his beautiful eyes.
Mainly because I can't talk 'cause I'm so much older than him. Ally thought to herself snickering lightly. And he didn't care about that either.
"You said you wanted to know. I'm not gonna hold anything back." Stefan explained as Elena stared t him still surprised as he took this as his cue to go on. "Half a century before the Boarding House was even built, this was my family's home. Damon and I... we were both born here. The Salvatore brothers, best of friends."
"You knew Katherine in 1864?" Elena asked as they walked further through the ruins looking around at them. "Damon made it seem like..."
"Damon was trying to make you think that... I was still heartbroken. He didn't see how I was slowly realizing my feelings for Ally and was trying to ruin how happy he thought I was with you." Stefan explained as he looked down at Ally smiling softly as she immediately smiled back.
"All because you loved the same woman 145 years ago?" Elena asked still surprised as Stefan shook his head smiling softly at that.
"She wasn't just any girl." Stefan replied as he then told Elena about how he and Damon both offered to escort Katherine to the Founder's Ball as they continued to walk through the ruins. "She chose me. I escorted her to the ball at the original Lockwood mansion."
"The first Founder's Party..." Elena said turning to Stefan and Ally in realization as she slowly continued her train of thought. "Where you signed the registry."
"I didn't care that I had gotten something that my brother wanted. I didn't even care if it hurt him. I only knew that I wanted her." Stefan explained as Ally frowned remembering when all this happened and the result of it but she had left before the ball because she hadn't felt like sticking around seeing her sister pull the two brothers apart.
"So he was upset." Elena said sitting down on an old marble bench that had weathered through the years but still in good condition.
"That's the thing about Damon. He doesn't get mad. He just gets even." Stefan replied as Ally lot went over and sat next to her sister looking up at him. "What Damon wants, Damon usually gets. I didn't know it at the time, but... turns out that night... Katherine was with him, too."
"So he stole her from you, not the other way around?" Elena asked confused trying to wrap her head around what Stefan had told her.
"Turns out... she wasn't ours to steal. She could control my mind and Damon's. She compelled each of us to keep the secret from the other. She wanted all of us to be together forever. Didn't work out that way, but..." Stefan explained as Elena and Ally had gotten up so he could crouch down grabbing Damon's daylight ring wrapped in cloth straightening up looking at them. "Damon and I, looks like we're stuck with each other... like it or not."
"Is that Damon's ring?" Elena asked as Stefan nodded his head yes as Ally walked over taking it from him looking at it.
"I took it from him, but I have to give it back." Stefan answered watching Ally play with the ring with a soft smile on his face.
"No. Don't, Stefan. Keep it hidden." Elena demanded taking a step towards them as both Ally and Stefan looked at her.
"That's not your decision to make, Elena. We promised him." Ally said shaking her head firmly as Elena looked at her shocked.
"Ally's right, Elena. If we don't give it to him, he'll retaliate by hurting somebody. I don't think he'd go after Ally because he cares about her, I know he does. So he'll hurt someone that she cares about: you or Jeremy." Stefan explained in tandem with what Ally had said in complete agreement with her.
"Give me your phone. I'm going to call Damon." Ally said holding her hand out as Stefan pulled his hand phone out of his pocket handing it to her. "Thank you."
"You turned Vicki?! What possessed you do something like that?!" Ally exclaimed having been talking to Damon for a few minutes having heard the tone in his voice that he had done something and asked what it was.
"Well I was bored..." Damon began to say as Ally shared an annoyed look with Stefan who had been listening to the conversation while Elena was only able to hear Ally's side.
"You turned her because you were bored?" Ally asked incredulously as Stefan looked quite done with his brother and Elena looked pissed off, of what she wasn't sure. "Where are you?"
"I'm still at the house. And I might have suggested to Vicki that she head on over to your house." Damon casually announced as making Ally gasp in shock.
"You sent Vicki to my house? When she's in transition? Stay where you are, Damon. I'm bringing you your ring." Ally said running her fingers through her hair frustrated as Stefan didn't look happy at all at what Damon did, looking over at him and Elena hanging up. "Okay I will go give Damon his ring, Stefan I need you to go to my house and check on Vicki. Make sure she hasn't attacked Jeremy or anyone else. Explain to her that it's up to her whether or not she wants to complete the transition. If she does, make sure she doesn't go overboard. I'll be home soon."
"What about me?" Elena asked as Ally and Stefan turned to look at her.
"You'll go with Stefan back to the house. Keep Jeremy safe." Ally replied as Elena nodded her head in understanding. "If Vicki does complete transition she'll need to be watched as she's a druggie turned vampire so it'll be more difficult for her. But that's a problem for another day. Getting Damon his ring is what's most important right now."
"Are you sure giving Damon his ring back is the best thing to do?" Elena asked as Ally and Stefan shared a look before speaking in unison.
"Yes."
On the way Stefan and Ally explained to Elena about vervain and how it stops compulsion and any other questions she had. Elena had then reluctantly dropped Ally off at the Boarding House as Stefan promised her he'd text her if something happened at the house.
"Damon?" Ally announced after walking inside closing the door behind her looking around as Damon sped in front of her making her jump slightly holing out Damon's daylight ring.
"Gonna have to get used to that. Your ring as promised."
"Thank you..." Damon said taking the ring from her slipping it on looking at her in thanks.
"Guess I'm going to have to trust you now, huh?" Ally asked watching him carefully as he smirked at her.
"I guess so." Damon said carefully still smirking twisting his ring on his finger. "Now I'm curious, were you on the other side watching around the time when Stefan and I were turned?"
"No I had hightailed it out of there before then. Why?" Ally said frowning thoughtfully watching the smirk on Damon's face fall off. "Damon?"
"I was hoping you had been there to see if the rumor was true about the tomb under the church, because if it was there's a chance Katherine might still be alive."
"I do remember hearing about the tomb before."
"You do?"
"Yeah. I heard Katherine and Emily talking about it once or twice. From what I gathered it was very real."
"So there's a chance that Katherine is still alive and is trapped in there?"
"Hmm could be. Wait... You want to open the tomb and see if she's in there! Damon it's not just her in there, there were other vampires in there! We could risk exposing the town to more vampires if anything goes wrong!" Ally said finally catching on to what Damon had planned. "Damon, I love Katherine, I do. Back then I could tell her feelings for you weren't even close to how you felt about her. Is she really worth the risk here?"
"How do you know for certain that Katherine didn't feel the same towards me?" Damon asked looking at Ally hoping that she'd lie to him that Katherine had been in love with him.
"Because I saw how my sister looked at you, Damon. She wasn't in love with you, she just loved being in control. You deserve better than that, Damon. You deserve someone who will love you wholeheartedly." Ally desperately explained as Damon stared at her wordlessly, his eyes swimming with emotion over her words. "And if you want to continue to see if Katherine truly is locked up in the tomb, then I will help you. Even though though every fiber in my body is telling me not to. Now when you've figured that out you let me know your decision, Damon."
"Okay."
Ally had talked a reluctant Damon into coming to her house to check on the situation with Vicki because it was his fault that this had happened in the first place. When they walked in she could only see Elena and Jeremy.
"I'm home." Ally announced as Jeremy and Elena turned to look at her, her brother's once mutinous face brightened immediately once spotting her.
"Ally!" Jeremy exclaimed rushing over hugging her firmly making Ally chuckle happily hugging him back. "Thank God you're here. Elena was driving me crazy."
"And here I thought you missed me." Ally teased Jeremy which he rolled his eyes at that as out of the corner of her eye she saw Elena drag Damon away from them to talk to him out of earshot.
"Well I'm not going to lie and say I didn't miss you, because I did." Jeremy replied when he finally let her go as Ally noticed the hostile glare Elena was giving Damon. "Vicki just took off not long ago. She was acting really strange."
"She was? Do you know why?" Ally asked pretending to be clueless of what was going on because she was still struggling over whether or not to let him in to everything. "Where's Stefan?"
"I think she was really high. And Stefan took off to find her. So did Matt." Jeremy told her as Ally's eyes widened at that, though she couldn't blame her brother for thinking Vicki was high since the symptoms of transition were similar to being strung out.
"Matt was here too?" Ally asked as Jeremy nodded his head in response at that. "Where did he go?"
"He went after Vicki, too." Jeremy said as Ally sighed heavily scratching the back of her neck awkwardly.
"Stefan never texted me telling me he left here." Ally the announced unzipping the front pocket of her purse digging her hand in there pulling out her cell looking at the screen just to make sure, and she was right, nothing.
"Oh he left his phone here by accident." Jeremy said reaching over grabbing Stefan's cell phone off the coffee table handing it to her, the fact that Stefan had forgotten it there scared Ally, because it left her wondering what happened that caused him to leave it behind.
"Thanks. I'll give it back to him the next time I see him. I wonder why he left it here." Ally said giving her brother a half smile tucking Stefan's cell into the pocket of her purse along with her own.
"Probably because he was in a rush to go find Vicki and to get away from Elena."
"Get away from Elena? What do you mean?"
"Oh she just wouldn't leave Stefan alone while he was here. I could tell it made him very uncomfortable." Jeremy explained after they gone back and forth talking turning to look at their sister. "It's like she doesn't even care that you two are together."
"That doesn't surprise me one bit. Elena tried several times to make me look bad in front of Stefan today. Hell, it's all she's been doing recently." Ally replied shaking her head sadly noticing Damon turn his head to look at her swiftly before turning back giving Elena a steely eyed glare. "But Stefan hasn't fallen for it as of yet, which speaks well of him."
"Yeah it does." Jeremy agreed nodding his head at that making Ally smile happily at him.
"Oh hey, before I forget there's something I want to talk to you about when you have a chance." Ally announced as Jeremy looked at her in askance.
"Well I have time now. But we can do it later if you'd like." Jeremy replied shrugging his shoulders not really caring about when it would happen, he loved having long talks with Ally period since she always had amazing stories to tell.
"Later is probably best since Damon and I are going to go look for Vicki, too." Ally said smiling at him seeing Damon nod his head at what she had said.
"It's cool." Jeremy said shrugging his shoulders again this time not really caring when she'd tell him whatever was on her mind as long as she told him eventually.
"I'll see you later, Jer."
"Where was it you attacked her?" Ally asked after they had left the house standing on the lawn near each other. "She might have gone back there for all we know."
"Hmmm, you're probably right." Damon said agreeing with stroking his chin thoughtfully smirking.
"That's not an answer, Damon! Come on!" Ally exclaimed hitting him softly making him laugh at that.
"So serious, Ally. Guess we're heading to cemetery if your hunch is right." Damon said speeding over throwing her over his shoulder jetting off.
"Damon!" Ally screamed not pleased at all over this quickly becoming dizzy as he went even faster.
"Put her down Damon!" Ally heard Stefan demand as she realized they had arrived at the cemetery as Damon complied setting her down.
Ally's head swam as she tried to get her footing but soon collapsed forward as Stefan rushed over catching her before she hit the ground.
"Are you okay?" Stefan asked Ally concerned helping her stand up looking down into her eyes.
"Well other than the fact that I might throw up, I'm just dandy." Ally replied, sarcasm singing through her voice making Stefan chuckle at that, over his shoulder gasping as she spotted Vicki watching them.
"Vicki." Stefan said looking over spotting her as Ally noticed the tears trickling down Vicki's face.
"I'm starting to remember things, what he is, what he said. I remember you. The hospital. The - the rooftop, it's all coming back." Vicki stammered trying to process everything going through her head.
"Vicki, I'm so sorry. You didn't deserve to have this happen to you." Ally said looking down at Vicki as Stefan was still holding onto her as she was still unsteady on her feet.
"You said that I needed to feed. What will happen if I don't?" Vicki said breathing heavily trying to calm herself down noticing Damon standing behind Ally and Stefan.
"Well you'll just fade away... And then it'll be all over." Damon explained taking a few long strides to stand next to Ally and Stefan.
"I'll be dead." Vicki gasped out catching on to what Damon meant struggling to stem the tears that gathered in her eyes as all three of them nodded their heads confirming it.
"Vicki..." Ally whispered softly finally getting her footing looking at Stefan who let her go so she could walk over crouching in front of Vicki.
"I don't want this, Ally." Vicki said struggling to hold herself together as Ally her hand on top of hers squeezing it gently in support.
"I know. But this is your choice, Vicki. Not anyone else's. Yours." Ally replied as Vicki looked her in the eyes starting to sob quietly. "Whatever you choose, we'll help you."
"Is it better?" Vicki asked wanting know if going through with it was worth it looking up at Damon and Stefan. "Is it better? Will I better?"
"I'm not going to lie to you, Vicki. It won't be easy. But with our help I know you can do it." Ally swore as Vicki continued to sob quietly as Stefan watched them smiling, he couldn't be prouder of how Ally was doing with Vicki.
"I don't know, Ally. I want to go home. Will you take me home?" Vicki said still sobbing as Ally nodded her head yes to the question.
Ally helped the both of them stand up as a gunshot echoed through the cemetery as pain blossomed throughout Ally's abdomen as she collapsed to the ground. Everything seemed to fade away around her, all sound and sight. She didn't even notice Stefan rushed to her side pulling her against him. Then the pain got even worse when Stefan dug the wooden bullet out of her biting his wrist pressing it to her mouth as she immediately latched on with her hands gulping down his blood as it healed her.
"Who shot me?" Ally asked sitting up after drinking enough of Stefan's blood to heal her looking around seeing Damon and Vicki, the latter mentioned still looked scared but something was different about it.
"It was that news guy. Damon attacked him while I was healing you." Stefan responded as Ally looked at Damon giving him a grateful smile as he smiled back.
"News guy? You mean Logan Fell?" Ally then said turning her attention back to Stefan.
"Yeah, him. He had this on him." Stefan replied nodding holding the Gilbert watch with the compass part of it attached out to her as she took it from him looking at it.
"He must have thought it was pointing at me and thought I was a vampire." Ally said noticing how much Vicki was fidgeting where she was standing. "Vicki? Are you okay?"
"The blood... I..." Vicki replied glancing back and forth from them and Logan lying there on the ground his neck bleeding profusely.
"It's going to be okay, Vicki." Stefan told her gently getting up holding his hand out for Ally to take as she did so as he helped her up.
Vicki had already been having trouble as it was and now smelling Logan's blood she was clearly struggling even more so now. Ally took a few cautious steps forward towards her holding her hands out in front of her.
"You can do this Vicki; you can fight through this. But the choice is yours." Ally whispered to Vicki softly who bit her bottom lip harshly trying to figure out what she wanted to do.
"On one hand, I never wanted to become a vampire. And on the other I don't want to die." Vicki said softly her eyes darting around every which way before focusing on Ally. "Matty needs me."
"What's your choice then, Vicki?" Damon said as he and Stefan walked over joining the two of them having been listening to the two girls talk.
"I want to live." Vicki responded firmly sniffling softly done with crying about this anymore.
"Okay, then." Ally said firmly smiling at Vicki who smiled back as she turned to look at Stefan who nodded his head in support of her as her eyes darted to Damon as he repeated his brother's nod. "Damon?"
"Got it." Damon replied quickly picking Logan off the ground holding him tightly bringing him forward.
"You only have to drink a little, Vicki. And we'll stop you if you go too far." Ally said to Vicki gently as she took a few steps towards Damon hesitating slightly. "You can do this."
It seemed that was all Vicki needed to hear as she then latched onto Logan's neck gulping down a few small swallows of blood before she backed away, her chin covered in the blood.
"I did it." Vicki announced turning to smile at Ally who quickly smiled back as Stefan turned his head listening.
"Someone's coming. We have to get out of here." Stefan said quietly rushing over scooping Ally up into his arms bridal style as Damon did the same with Vicki.
"Thank you for bringing me home." Ally said softly smiling at Stefan after he had gently set her down before the front door after she had explained on the way over that she needed to talk to Jeremy and Elena, which he had completely understood why and had taken her there.
"Anytime. Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you tonight?" Stefan replied tucking her hair behind her ears smiling softly at her.
"I'm sure. I promised Jeremy I would talk to him, and I know Elena won't be happy with me about telling him about vampires and everything about me. It's not right to keep him in the dark about this, he deserves to know." Ally explained frowning thoughtfully as Stefan nodded his head in understanding of what she was getting at. "Elena will have to get over it. Besides you and Damon need figure out how to live in the same house without trying to kill each other."
"I make no promises about that. It'll take some time to trust him again." Stefan said shaking his head wryly looking at her smiling. "What about Elena? Are you going to tell her everything too?"
"I might have to. But I know she's not going to handle it well. And why would she? My whole story and her being a doppelgänger just sounds so farfetched. I would need proof." Ally said as Stefan shushed her motioning towards the front door that someone was coming, the door then swung open revealing Elena as she joined them shutting the door behind her taking in how close they were standing together.
"Oh my God, Ally you're bleeding." Elena said noticing the bloodstain on Ally's dress coming closer inspecting her over.
"It's okay, Lena. I'm fine. Stefan gave me some blood to heal." Ally rushed to explain so her sister wouldn't freak out more than she was already.
"Blood?" Elena repeated looking back and forth between them in askance.
"Logan Fell shot me with a wooden bullet because he thought I was a vampire. Drinking vampire blood heals even the smallest of wounds." Ally quickly explained as Elena listened wide eyed to her.
"Thank you for doing that then." Elena said smiling at Stefan in thanks as he nodded his head that he understood.
"I'd do anything for Ally." Stefan admitted truthfully smiling at Ally as she smiled back at him happily.
"And Vicki?" Elena then asked looking back and forth between the two of them.
"Vicki chose to complete her transition. It was her choice. Stefan, Damon and I are going to help her through this." Ally replied as Elena gasped softly in horror as she looked away from them. "Don't you dare say what I can see you want to say, Lena. Vicki chose to live. There's nothing wrong with that."
"But..." Elena started to say but seeing the pointed look on Ally and Stefan's faces stopped her.
"Ally's right, it was Vicki's choice. And she has a great support system with Ally, Damon and I helping her." Stefan said as Ally nodded her head smiling because she was happy he agreed with her.
"Alright, fine. What do I tell Jeremy... And Matt?" Elena said with a final tone in her voice her fingers running through her hair trying to figure out what to do.
"You mean we, Elena. We can't keep this a secret from Jeremy. He needs to know. As for Matt, we'll tell him she's in rehab. It's not really a lie, but I know he'll believe it if I tell him." Ally said thoughtfully rubbing her hands together only focusing on Stefan because she could feel the pointed glare Elena was giving her.
"I don't like this one bit, but fine." Elena grudgingly agreed sighing in annoyance before turning to look at Stefan. "I gave you today like you asked. And I understand you would never do anything to hurt me, and I promise to keep your secret."
"Thank you, Elena. I appreciate that."
Ally had snuck into her room before Jeremy saw her changing into one of her plaid pajama pants and dark gray long sleeved graphic tee. Her socks from earlier were probably still good to wear so she didn't change those. She rehearsed in her head what she was going to tell Jeremy and Elena in her head because she knew this would take awhile, and knew they would have a lot of questions for her. Stefan had snuck over while she was changing giving her his picture of Katherine so she could prove to Jeremy and Elena that she wasn't lying about all of it.
"Oh good, you're both already in here." Ally announced walking into Jeremy's bedroom spotting Jeremy reclining against his headboard and Elena sitting in his desk chair, she hopped onto the bed quickly sitting on top of the picture until it was time to pull it out. "I promised we would talk and I thought it would be better if Elena heard all this too. is that okay?"
"Yeah, it's cool. So what was it you wanted to talk to me about, anyway?" Jeremy answered shrugging his shoulder not that botherid that Elena was joining his talk with Ally.
"Remember those bedtime stories I used to tell you about witches, warlocks and whatnot?" Ally asked looking back and forth between her brother and sister as they both looked thoughtful at that.
"Kind of. Why?" Jeremy said trying to remember a few stories but could only recall a few of them because he had fallen asleep halfway through as Elena nodded her head along with what he had said.
"Well they weren't really made up. Most of them are one hundred percent true." Ally explained bracing herself for what she was about to say. "Now, where should I begin?"
Ally started off telling her two siblings about her life as Melina, and she could tell by the looks in their eyes that both were surprised and a little bit doubtful. Tears gathered in her eyes as she told them how her first life ended when it was forcibly taken from her in front of her husband and son. Then she continued telling the story of each of her lives leading up to the one she had now only telling what they needed to know.
"Ally it's not possible that you were alive over two thousand years ago let alone have lived four lives. It just can't be." Elena said shaking her head adamantly after she had listened to everything Ally had to say.
"Ally wouldn't lie about this, Elena. I know she's telling the truth." Jeremy announced immediately jumping to Ally's defense. "What was your son's name?"
"Dimitri. Sometimes you remind me of him Jeremy. His smile, his kind eyes, how willing he was to stand up for what he thought was right. I hated not being able to be there for him as he grew up into an incredible man. I'm proud that he was mine." Ally said speaking softly smiling as she remembered holding her little boy in her arms.
"I wish I could have met him." Jeremy said reaching over placing his hand on top of hers squeezing it in support. "Could he still be alive like you?"
"No, only Amara is the only one alive from my first family. And not really alive that is, she's been dessicated into a statue now." Ally explained shaking her head sadly noticing Jeremy look at her in sympathy.
"How are you even here then, Ally? You didn't tell us that." Elena said as Ally turned to look at her sister nodding her head in acknowledgement.
"Well once Tessa had been killed and was on the Other Side she did a spell over my remains so that when a dopplegänger of Amara was born, so would I. This is the fourth time I have been born Elena, and you are the newest dopplegänger." Ally explained as Jeremy and Elena's jaws dropped simultaneously at her words. "Human dopplegänger, that is. And you are the third sister I've had since Amara."
"What's a dopplegänger?" Jeremy asked as Elena nodded her head in support of the question, because she too wanted to know what it meant.
"Tessa defied the laws of nature that all things must die by creating the immortality elixir. And when Silas and Amara drank it nature found a balance by creating mortal shadow selves, or as I said before: doppelgängers. Take for instance the sister I had in the last life I had. Meet Katerina Petrova aka Katherine Pierce." Ally explained as both of them gasped as Elena and Jeremy finally grasped what she meant, with that she pulled the picture out from under her showing to both of them as they both gasped in shock.
"Oh my God..."
"Holy shit..." Jeremy and Elena said simultaneously as he took the photo from her gently enough that it didn't tear looking at the picture before looking at Elena and repeating the process several times as Elena ran her fingers through her hair trying to stem back the tears that gathered in her eyes.
"Think I'm lying now, Elena?" Ally asked looking at Elena closely who shook her head sniffling before she started sobbing softly as she slid off the bed gathering her sister in her arms. "I'm sorry, Lena."
"I'm just trying to understand all this... But how can we be Petrova's? We're Gibert's. " Elena asked as the tears streamed down her face as Ally held her close pulling away just enough to look her in the eyes.
"We're adopted, Elena."
A/N: I'd apologize about taking so long to put this up, but life can get pretty crazy. The holidays were especially hectic for me. But I am back and ready to continue on with this story! As I have stated before I am tweaking the shows storyline so it fits better with Ally!
So what were your thoughts of how Elena acted throughout the chapter and how she treated Ally? Stefan saving Ally at the cemetery and Damon attacking Logan for her? Vicki choosing to live and completing her transition? Ally telling both Jeremy and Elena the truth about her past lives?
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