~ The title for this chapter is sort of inspired by the Kelly Clarkson song Already Gone. There was going to be a conversation in this chapter between two people, but I ended up cutting it... but the title still sort of fits if you listen to the song.

~ Just a little thing I get tired of saying (seeing as I've said it multiple times over the last couple of years of writing fanfiction), please leave more helpful reviews. I know people read the story and in my mind if you have enough time to read a chapter, you have enough time to review it. It takes three seconds (or more, depending on length) and the more helpful the reviews, the happier I am and the better and longer the chapters are and the quicker I'll try to make them come out.

Aarti: Stefan and Dani scenes will sort of start in this chapter, but there will be more in chapter 8 and after. In the flashback, that was her childhood... before any of them became immortal. I figured all three of them would have to seem innocent/nice compared to how they are now.

WickedKing567: Well, in the beginning of the story I did say that the chapters for this story would be shorter than my normal stories (AKA, the ones that actually get reviews). Even if there isn't something in a chapter that you can think of to review about, you can always leave a review of what you want in other chapters (besides their length). I'm not doing quicker updates or longer chapters unless I feel the muse for the chapter, my time allows it, or/and the reviews give me ideas on what to put in chapters. With the way you worded your review, it did seem bossy... but I knew the point you were trying to make. I have other stories that actually get reviews (without me having to ask) that I'm trying to focus on more than this one (because I actually like writing those more).

~ This is the longest chapter so far (without the Author's note) with a twist and something that links back to the first chapter of this story. Hopefully you'll see what it is (: There is also a foreign language in this chapter that I used my Ipod's translator app for.

ENJOY!

DANIELLE'S POV

I knew I fell asleep because Elena was asking Damon questions about me like I wasn't even there. My mind would wonder once and a while while I slept, and would pick up on people's conversations. It didn't happen often, but it did happen. Elena was just worried that Damon and I hooked up...and Damon didn't tell her the whole truth. The bumps that Damon drove over, made me want to wake up but I was enjoying not getting looks from Elena.
"You're a bad driver." I mumbled through my sleep, knowing that Damon could hear me.

It felt like hours before the car stopped, but I stayed in the car. Damon and Elena needed some time to themselves, which meant I was left with Katherine. I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head to see Katherine sleeping.
"Kat..." I whispered as I lightly shook her "...wake up." She gave a tired groan before her eyes started to open.
"Why'd you wake me?" She asked in a grumble.
"I think they found the bar." I said as I looked through the window. They're not in the car..." I turned to Katherine, who looked at me. "Stay in the car until I get back." I used my psychic powers on her before getting out of the car. 'It's the only way that she won't run' I thought as I slowly walked into the bar.

When I got into the bar, I saw Elena and Damon with someone pointing a gun on them. The person turned her gun to me and I couldn't help but think she looked familiar. After looking through her mind, I knew who it was.
"Nadia...put the gun down." I slowly told her while using my powers. "You don't want them." I slowly started to walk towards her as she put the gun down.
"Do you know her?" Damon asked.
"She's a descendant of my best friend." I said to him as I stepped closer to Nadia. "Vie ne iskate de se dade Sila Katrine, nali? (You don't want to give Silas Katherine, do you?) " I asked in Bulgarian.
"Ne (No)." She answered back in the same language. "Iskam da ya durzhi dalech ot nego (I want to keep her away from him)."
"Zashto? (Why?)"
"What are you doing?" Elena asked in English.
"I'm talking in a different language." I said to Elena in English before turning back to Nadia. "Zashto Sila iskate Katrin? (Why does Silas want Katherine?)"
"Kruvta e lek. (Her blood is the cure.)" Nadia said to me, which made me wonder why Silas still wanted the cure.
"Shite vi obeshtavam, che nyama da ya polucha? (Will you promise he won't get her?)" I asked after a moment of thinking. She just nodded and I gave her a small smile. "We don't have a problem." I said so Damon and Elena understood me. "You want to see her?" Nadia looked to Damon and Elena before looking back to me. She just gave me another nod.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked and I ignored her.
"Nadia, che e vreme da se sreshtne maika si. (Nadia, it's time to meet your mother.)" She gave me a small smile, put her gun away and started to walk towards me. "Don't worry guys, she'll protect Katherine for us while we find Stefan."
"Are you sure?" Damon asked as Nadia got in front of me.
"As sure as I am that Elena doesn't trust me." I said to him as I glanced at Elena. She seemed a little surprised, but I led Nadia out instead of worrying about it.

I walked outside with Nadia behind me. Katherine looked up and at the first sight if Nadia, she got out and ran.
"Next time I should be more specific." I thought out loud before I looked at Naida. "Just make sure she stays alive."
"I promise." Nadia said before speeding off after Katherine.

As I started to wonder why Silas still wanted the cure, Elena sped out of the bar and held me against the wall by my throat.
"Really?" I asked in annoyance. "Are you really doing this?"
"Why did you let her go?" She asked with anger.
"I didn't let her go." I said as I put my hand on Elena's wrist. "And you really don't want to get on my bad side." I squeezed my hand on her wrist, which caused her pain. "You doppelgangers always think your so special when you're involved with the supernatural." I squeezed her wrist harder and took her hand off my neck like it was nothing. "You don't even know what the starter of your line when through, or what the others went through. Compared to them, you're not special... just an ant that can be torn apart in seconds." I pushed her arm away from me and let go of her wrist. "You may look like my best friend, but you are nothing like her." Elena looked at me, almost horrified. "It's not me to kill like you vampires, but that won't stop me if you really get me pissed off. So word of advice, don't." I walked away so I could calm down and help find Stefan.

I walked in the woods nearby, trying to pick up on any minds that would lead to finding Stefan. There was a noise, so I turned around. 'No one' I thought when I didn't see anyone. I could tell that someone was there. When I turned back to my original direction, I saw Damon.
"It's only you." I said with a sigh, glad if wasn't Elena.
"Don't sound so relieved." He said with a small smirk. I rolled my eyes. "Have you found Stefan yet?" I shook my head. "Me either." I looked at our surroundings, trying to pick up on someone's mind.
"There might be someone over there." I said, barely able to pick up on a mind. "It's faint, but I know it's someone." I looked at Damon, who gave me a nod before I led him in the direction.

Damon kept following me until we came across a cabin. We both could tell that someone was inside, but we couldn't tell who. I let Damon go in first and when I got it, I saw who was in the middle of the room. 'They really do look alike.' I thought as I looked at Damon through the corner of my eye.
"Stefan. You couldn't call a brother?" Damon asked when he saw his brother on the chair in front of us.
"Nice to see you, too, Damon." Stefan said as he glanced at me. It was the first time Stefan met me and with everything going on, he was confused.
"What the hell is going on here?" Damon asked as he started to try and untie his brother from the chair.
"Well, Silas' ex-girlfriend decided to come back from the Other Side."
"Qetsiyah." I said, knowing that she was the only he could have been talking about. "Where is that bitch?"
"I see 2000 years hasn't done anything for your manners Danielle." Qetsiyah said, which made me turn around to see her standing behind me. "It's nice to see you to."
"You know her?" Damon asked as he continued to try and untie his brother.
"I grew up with her." I said to Damon, but not looking away from Qetsiyah. "Before I became immortal we were friends."
"And that was ruined when you broke Silas's heart." She said with some anger in her voice.
"You know that's not what happened." I said to her. Instead of replying, she looked at Damon. "You won't be able to break those vines. The spell won't release him until I get what I want."
"And what is it that you want, Qetsiyah?" I asked her before Damon could.
"It's Tessa now." She said as she walked behind Stefan. "I'm going to link Stefan to Silas. Casting a spell on his doppelganger will neutralize Silas's mental powers. Once he's weakened, I will force him to take the cure."
"You can't make him take it." I said, semi-protecting Silas even though I was mad at him.
"Well, that's a great idea, force the cure down his throat. The cure is gone, done, it's ingested." Damon said to Tessa.
"Katherine, you mean? I'm aware of her condition. She was supposed to be with you." Tessa looked at me. "Just like Danielle is." She smirked, which made me start to think about the dreams I've been having.
"Wait. Katherine took the cure?" Stefan asked with confusion.
"It was forced down her throat." I said as I looked at Stefan.
"We have a lot to catch up on, Stefan." Damon said before looking at Tessa. "Wait a minute. What do you mean supposed to be with me? Did you plant those dreams? What is it, some kind of, like, witch party trick?" Damon asked before I had a chance to ask about my dreams.
"So where is she?" Damon and I looked at each other before I looked at Tessa.
"Somewhere safe." I said, hoping that Nadia got her somewhere.
"Then I'll get started without her." Tessa said before she started to murmur a spell over a bowl.
"Okay, well, thanks for the hospitality, but we should really get going if we want to beat traffic." Damon said and I knew he just wanted to get his brother out of there.
"Yep, yep. He's right." Stefan said in agreement but as I poked into Tessa's mind, I could tell that she wasn't going to let us leave that easily.
"Probably don't want to get on my bad side." Tessa said after she finished chanting.
"You realize you're not the only one with a bad side, right?" Damon asked and I thought about what I said to Elena earlier.
"Aren't you brave." Tessa said to Damon as she stepped behind Stefan. "Without Silas's mental powers, he is an immortal nobody and Danielle has more of a chance against him." Tessa glanced at me and I couldn't help but wonder what she was planning. "We can defeat him. Isn't that what you want?" I glanced at Damon at the corner of my eye.
"Just do it, all right?" I couldn't help but look at Stefan. "Just get it over with. Do it."
"Are you sure?" I asked, wondering if Tessa was telling he truth.

Tessa walked over to the bowl and dipped her fingers in it. After having them in there for a few minutes, she took them out and started to walk back to Stefan. Tessa looked at me for a few seconds before putting her hands on each side of Stefan's head. When Tessa touched Stefan, he let out a gasp and she started to chant again. I tried to look into her head, but I couldn't and it worried me. The herbs around Stefan and Tessa went up in flames, which made me step back. I didn't really like fire, but I wanted to stay for Damon.
"What are you doing to my brother?" Damon asked, trying to hide the worry from his voice.
"I'm frying Silas' brain. No one said it would be pretty." Tessa said to Damon before Stefan's eyes started to bleed. I looked away from Stefan, trying not to picture the same thing happiness to Silas.
"Alright. We're done here." Damon said after a few moments and when I looked, I saw Stefan's head hanging to the side.
"You're right. We're done. It worked." Tessa said and I couldn't help but worry about Silas. I looked at Tessa and I started to get into her mind, just a little. Nothing that I could see helped me at all. Out the corner of my eye, I noticed Damon go to his brother.
"Stefan. Stefan! Stef. Damn it." Damon said after shaking his arms, trying to get him to wake up. "Whatever you did to him, undo it." He said to Tessa as I looked at Stefan.
"Relax. I just burned through his conscious mind. He'll wake eventually." Tessa said like it was one of the most normal things in the world. "You sure you want to take him home? You and Elena were doing so well without your guilt getting in the way."
"Shut up Qetsiyah." I said, sort of trying to get her angry.
"Spying on us from the Other Side?" Damon asked as he started to untie Stefan.
"Don't flatter yourself. It was like watching a soap opera, except boring and with no volume control. You know, there was one thing worse than being on the Other Side and watching Silas resist the cure."
"Oh, yeah? What was that, realizing that your plan totally sucked?" Damon asked, which made me internally chuckle, but I didn't say anything out loud.
"Century after century, I watched versions of Stefan, Elena, and Danielle find each other, like magnets, always the same story, conquering all, falling in love, stupid love triangles." Tessa rolled her eyes. "You didn't think your brother was Silas' first shadow? Destiny has been trying to get the doppelgängers together forever." Tessa looked at me. "Mainly Danielle and Silas's doubles, but the universe has a way of getting in between them."
"Look here, Miss Crazy, why don't we just dial down the destiny talk a notch, okay?" Damon said to her.
"You don't want to hear it, but the universe is working against you." Tessa said and I rolled my eyes.
"You are just saying that because you can't stand to see any version of the doppelgängers happy." I said, remembering what she did to Amara.
"If you're trying to downplay your reputation as being a psychopath, you might not want to say you're spokesperson for the universe."
"You and I are the same, Damon... the obstacle standing between two fates. Silas had his true love," Tessa looked at me and I was sort of hoping that she meant me and not Amara ", and Stefan has Elena. We're merely the conflict that makes it interesting."
"It doesn't matter." I said, which made Tess and Damon look at me. "If two people love each other like Damon and Elena clearly love each other, then they will be together no matter what else happens."
"Are you suggesting, I leave him here with you while I run off and live happily ever after with Elena?" Damon asked, clearly not believing what Tessa was suggesting.
"I'd keep him safe." Tessa said.
"You have a bad track record with men." Damon and I said at the same time.
"I want to keep him safe. Now that he's linked to Silas, Silas can't mess with our heads," Tessa looked at me like she was going to say something, but then looked at Damon ", and as long as Stefan's in the way, you will never be with Elena. Take it from a woman who's had front row seats for 2,000 years." I rolled my eyes at her.
"No one would have to know?" Damon asked, which made me surprised. I looked into his mind and I found that he was going to get his brother one way or another.
"No one has to know." Tess said, but I caught her looking at me out the corner of my eye. "Although, I'm prepared to offer you a deal." She said to Damon and it caught my interest. "Danielle stays here and you can take Stefan. No strings attached." Damon and I looked at each other and I knew that he was thinking about it.
"Deal." I said because I wanted Damon to have his brother. "Stefan's your brother." I looked at Tessa. "Besides, if Qetsiyah pisses me off again... you know what I'm capable of." Tessa just rolled her eyes. I looked back at Damon, who have me a small reluctant nod before getting Damon out of the cabin.

Tessa and I stood in the cabin, alone. I could tell that she was hiding a smirk as she went back to the bowl.
"You know the last time we saw each other, you made Amara into a statue." I said to her as I stayed in my spot, not sure of what she had planned.
"Not one of my prouder moments, but what can you do?" She shrugged.
"What do you want with me?" I asked, not being able to get into her mind. "It can't be just to talk."
"Well, you're right about that Dani." She said before she used her magic to force me into the chair that Stefan was sitting in before Damon took him. "I want to screw around with Silas a little and you are the perfect way to do that." She said as I struggled to get out of the chair. "You're bound by the same magic that was used with Stefan."
"What are you doing?" When she stepped up behind, I started to run through the things that she could do. "You can't link me to him, we're not the same doppelgangers."
"That would be too easy." She put her hands on each side of my head. "This will only hurt a bit." She said before she started to murmur a spell. I felt pain shoot through my skull, which made me scream before I blacked out.

I started to open my eyes and noticed that I was in a house.
"Ow." I said as I felt a slight pain my head.
"You're awake." I heard a voice say as I moved into a sitting position. "I went back to the cabin for you after I gave Stefan to Elena." I looked at the person with confusion.
"Thanks, I guess." I said as he looked at me with hypnotizing blue eyes. "Who are you?" He looked at me with confusion and worry written all over his face. "What happened?"

~ So... twist! Who else besides Dark G0dess thought that I was going to have Tessa do what she did to Dani? It won't change how Silas feels about Dani... but changes things when it comes to Stefan/Dani and how Dani acts around Silas. Silas isn't in the next chapter, but there are some Stefan/Dani moments that I hope you'll like. Silas/Dani scenes will start again in chapter 9 (:
~ How do you think Silas will react when he finds out what happened to Dani? What about more interaction with Tessa and her wanting to screw with Silas? Any thoughts/ideas are welcome! (:

~ There is something I want to put in the story (not until I get around the 7ish episode) that's inspired by something that happened in the movie Thor 2. It'll still let me sort of go along the episodes of TVD season 5 while still having the whole Silas/Dani/Stefan thing I have have sort of started.

~ I won't be updating this story for a few weeks because of how long this chapter is and what happens in it. You can think of it as a little hiatus (like they do with the show). It'll give me some time to write more for this story (I have a total of 9 chapters written right now and they will be as long as I want them to be) and it will let me catch up 'Down The Rabbit Hole' with the events of The Originals season 1. I'm also getting closer to the end of TVD season 4 for 'Love Changes Things', which I will hopefully finish (and then along The Originals Season 1) around the end of February.

~ Please check out my other stories along TVD and The Originals (I also have one along Code Lyoko). There is also a poll on my story for my next non-TVD related story (that I will hopefully start early next year).

R&R 'till the next update