A/N: OH MY GOD WHY HAS IT BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS SINCE I UPDATED? I'm so so soooo sorry it's taken this long guys. Been struggling with stuff but I'm getting better and no it's time to get back into my creative outlets. Also, reading back through this story I've com to realize that I forget to edit and what not before posting. Maybe I should get a beta huh? LOL! But seriously if anyone is interested lemme know!

Also I'm gonna try and be better about responding to comments because y'all are amazing!

Guys like I left off in a kinda weird place so figuring out where to start this chapter is awkward. But then I had a stroke of genius! At least in my opinion haha.

Disclaimer: I own nada except Ronnie, my oc

Now onto the chapter!


When Elijah's contact told him that someone had reach out with information on Katerina, he was skeptical. When he was told she was spotted in Mystic Falls, and that the informer was Rose, he was intrigued. "Set up a meeting with her," he told his contact, a young vampire named Ronnie. Ronnie nodded, but looked as if he had more to say. Elijah raised a brow and gave the boy an expectant look. "The lady, Rose, she said that Katerina wasn't alone. She said...she said that Caroline was there."

Now this surprised him. No, it hurt him, a reminder of an old hurt that he knew would never truly be healed. And from the look on young Ronnie's face, it hurt him too. The history between this young vampire, just shy of two-hundred years, and Caroline was not lost on the Original. She was his maker and had adored him, and that alone is why he was still alive. Well, that, and he was almost scarily good at getting information.

Their shared hurt over the girl who practically embodied summer was directly tied with Katerina. In the simplest terms, Caroline had chosen Katerina's safety over them both.

Elijah took a breath and straightened his shoulders, schooling his expression into a calm one. "Set up the meeting."

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"I'm sorry Stefan, but I can't go chasing after your lost girlfriend right now," Caroline said. She didn't sound sorry, for she was casting the Lockwood boy a dirty look and she sounded rather exasperated.. He'd followed her to her 'borrowed' home after he got out of school and started demanding answers. What a little shit. At least he had the decency to look a little ashamed as he sat on her couch, and she was reminded of a wounded puppy.

It wasn't all that far off.

"Caroli-"

"Don't you 'Caroline' me," she snapped. She could just see the broody look on his face now, and instantly felt bad. "Look, I'm in the middle of dealing with a mess Katherine made. Find out where she is and when you have a location text me and I'll hurry down there," she told him, tone kinder. "Bonnie's working on it now," he said, and she wished she could be there to hug him. "You'll get her back. Just...be careful ok?" He agreed and they hung up, leaving Caroline to turn her attention back to the werewolf on her couch.

"Elena's missing?" He asked, sounding worried. She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "Yeah but we're taking care of it. I'm not exactly worried about it," she said, shrugging. "You, on the other hand," she shoved her finger hard against his chest, "are causing me trouble. What do you want to know?"

Damon had warned her earlier what a cocky child this kid could be, told her he was hot headed and easy to rile up. As most werewolves often were. However, watching this young man try and work up the nerve to ask her whatever he came to ask, all she saw was a scared, wounded boy. In a way it reminded her of Klaus, young and scared of his father and always questioning why things were as they were. She closed her eyes briefly to rid herself of these thoughts, opening them again as Tyler spoke. "Are you a werewolf?" Well, that wasn't the question she was expecting.

She snorted, shaking her head. "No, definitely not."

"Are you something? Like, supernatural?"

"Why does it matter?"

"It just does!"

Ah, there it was. The blow up. He was red in the face and looked like he might bite her , but she squared her shoulders and gave him a hard look. He backed down and hung his head for a moment before looking back up at her. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "I'm a vampire," she told him after a moment. He looked surprised buy before he could ask anymore her phone went off. It was a text from Stefan with Elenas location. She got one from Damon right after saying they were picking her up, making her role her eyes.

"Listen, Tyler, I want to answer all your questions and help you but right now isn't a good time," she told him. He looked saddened and worried. "But-" She he'd a hand up to stop him. "That doesn't mean I can't help you out at all. Maybe not with everything but I've got a friend who can help with the werewolf bit. You'll like her, she's fun."

Tyler seemed placated by this and after a drink he was gone, and just in time for the Salvatore's to pull up. Damon rolled down his window, impatiently telling her to get in.

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The drive felt shorter than it was. Caroline was buzzing with nervous energy from Damon's statement about what Katherine told him about Elena being in danger. When he said doppelgänger... She knew who was coming for Elena. Someone she wasn't ready to face.

When they found the house that Elenas was being kept in there were three cars parked out front. None of which were Klaus' taste but one...well she had always been curious as to what kind of car Elijah would drive. She took in a breath, listening as the boys planned out what they would do. She'd have to tell them about the curse when this was over. They'd brought weapons, courtesy of Alaric, and wanted to barge right "You two don't know who is in there, you can't just barge in there guns blazing!" She snapped. "Well do you have a better plan!" Damon snarked. Ok, who girlfriend were they rescuing? Caroline's answering smile was tight.

"I do actually."


A/N: PLEASE DONT HATE ME FOR ENDING HERE!

I Plan on getting the next chapter up BY FRIDAY. Who's ready for the Carlijah reunion?

Also I promise more lengthy and beefy chapters in the future!

R&R PLEASE!