A/N: PLEASE, READ THE FINIAL NOTES! - Hello everyone, been a while, I know, but finals are just the worst kind of test and I had to study. My vacations start next week, so, YAY, I'll be able to post a little more frequently, I hope. Anyway, hope you like this chap, since Melissa didn't show up in the last one I'll make up for it in this one.

Take control

Be strong in your conviction

Embrace the pain

A dangerous addiction

She wasn't strong enough. Not for this. Not for dealing with them. She had to put as much distance between herself and them as she could. She had to leave them behind. At least for some time. Elena and Damon. Tatia and Gianni.

She knew they weren't the same people, but yet.

Even though Elena was literally a copy of Tatia, even though they had the exact same face and the exact same body, they just couldn't have the same personality. Somehow Melissa knew Elena was not nearly as good a person as Tatia was. Tatia was the purest person Melissa ever came to know and she didn't want to risk having her view of her sister stained by the bloody doppelganger.

And Damon… He did look at lot like Gianni. They couldn't be considered doppelgangers, no, but yet. Their eyes were so much alike it was scary, the same breathtaking shade of blue, their voices were similar, and their square jaw, and their lips. They had a strong similarity to their faces, but their bodies were more different. Gianni was a little shorter and a lot more muscular than Damon and his hair was way more curlier. They looked like each other, but they acted so differently. While Gianni was (pretended to be, that bastard) sweet, delicate, caring, loving and a lot of other gentlemanly qualities (much like Elijah), Damon was pretty much the opposite, he was sarcastic and cunning, ironic and a bit sadistic, and if what Rebekah said was to be believed, while he loved deeply he was still an egoistic ass when it came to losing someone. "He just won't lose her. He'd rather let his own brother die than lose Elena, even though he knows Elena loves his brother, not him" Rebekah had said.

He was just like her. And that creeped the hell out of her off as much as his looks.

Melissa decided that she needed some time away from Mystic Falls, no matter how short that time would be. So she compelled a guy, took his car (it was better than hers when it came to traveling) and was now in a city far enough away for her to forget a little, but not too far in case she had to go back.

She tried to drown her sorrows in blood. Melissa knew herself and didn't pretend to be something she was not, so she had no problem admitting openly she was a monster. She was sadistic, she liked to see other people suffering, to cause that suffering, she liked to drink from humans without compelling them so they would be afraid, so they would be traumatized. Actually, she learnt a long time ago that when people were afraid, their adrenaline started to run higher and higher, which made the blood that much more delicious. The more afraid the person she's drinking from, the better the blood.

So she drank. She hid in dark places and scared the hell out of people to drink their blood.

She had so many more problems than she had before she went to Mystic Falls that she almost regretted her decision. There was Elena and Damon and everything they brought back inside her, there was the fact that she hasn't been able to talk to Brooke and the witches she hired weren't able to find her till now (and that was by far the very worst), there was Elijah, Niklaus and Kol and the bloody infuriating growing worry she felt for them and, of course, there was Mikael.

She spent the whole night hunting. One might say that if she kept this up there wouldn't be any humans alive in this little town, because, yes, every time she drank, she killed. Not because she couldn't hold herself back, no, but because she wanted to.

By the time morning came she had drank so much she could feel her energy wanting to be liberated, which was a good thing, because when she checked her phone by noon she saw a message from Rebekah.

Elena and the Salvatores were planning on killing Niklaus tonight.

Mikael was in Mystic Falls to help them.

In the blink o an eye Melissa was back in the car, driving to MF faster than she ever drove in her whole life. Her hands were trembling as she gripped the steering wheel with such force that the bloody thing kneaded. There were a million questions burning her mind up, making her think non stop. Had Mikael found out she was living in Mystic Falls? Had he seen Elena? Had he felt guilty for killing Tatia? Had he tried to kill any of his children other than Niklaus? Was Rebekah safe?

Bloody hell, she needed a plan. She had a feeling that if Mikael knew she was around, he would flee. He seemed to be evading her as much as looking for Niklaus, whenever she heard he was around she would look for him but find him already gone. He didn't want to be found. Brooke tried countless locating spells, but he apparently had a counter spell, he couldn't be located.

Due to her driving speed, she was in Mystic Falls earlier than she expected. She knew better than to go to the Mikaelson mansion, she knew Rebekah wouldn't be there, so, even though she hated the idea, she decided to go to the Salvatore boarding house.

The more she neared the place, the better she could hear the conversation. Rebekah was in a room on the second floor, talking to Elena about balls and parties. Melissa jumped silently to the window sill, but nether girl seemed to notice her. Quite the opposite, actually. Elena seemed so concentrated in her task that she didn't even noticed the brunette, she had a dagger near Rebekah's back and a hand on her shoulder, the blondie was so mesmerized with her own dress, looking happily at the mirror, that she hadn't noticed Elena's true intentions.

Melissa, with a speed that put any other vampire's to shame, appeared behind Elena, whispering darkly in her ear "Don't you dare touching my sister". She spoke in such low tone that even being so near her Rebekah couldn't hear, for any vampire super hearing was useless against her. The dagger was gone from Elena's hand in a matter of seconds for Melissa took it before the human even noticed.

"Melissa, you're back!" Rebekah's voice was full of excitement and relief, she was looking at her sister from the mirror's image.

"You look amazing, sis" Melissa said, she turned her eyes to Elena and spoke again in such a low voice Rebekah couldn't hear. "We need to talk". She looked at her sister again and smiled a sweet smile, knowing that Rebekah was probably worried and would fall for the sweet sister act. "Blondie, do you mind getting me a dress? I can't exactly go to our brother's welcoming party like this, can I?" She looked down at herself to emphasize her point.

"You are more than right." Rebekah said with a big smile on her face. Melissa knew she was almost in pure bliss. "Elena, can you fill Melissa in? I'm gonna get her a dress!" And then she disappeared. She probably thought that Melly would save Niklaus and save the day like a good hero.

Melissa was no hero. Rebekah should know that by now.

The original vampire turned Elena slowly so the human would face her. She had a sadistic smile on her face and her eyes shone an alert that screamed danger.

"So, you think you can dagger my sister then walk happily into the sunset like nothing ever happened?"

Elena's eyes grew wide and Melissa could feel her body getting tense.

"I thought you didn't care about Rebekah" Elena said, clearly trying to keep her voice stable.

"You should know better by now, Lena, I just care about myself. And right now it's in my best interest that Rebekah stay safe, undead and undaggered. So you better leave her alone or I'll need to teach you a little lesson about listening to your elders"

Elena clearly swallowed, looking at Melissa like she was some kind of unholy creature, which she was.

"Is something happening?" a voice came from the door, making Elena turn her head. Melissa, on the other hand, kept her eyes on the doppelganger.

"Looks like your knight in shining armor came to save his damsel in distress"

Melissa turned to leave, but Elena's hand stopped her. The doppelganger had her hand on the original's arm, making Melissa look at her like she has lost her mind daring to touch such superior creature. Damon was looking at both of them, his body was tense as if he was ready to attack.

"Wait, just tell me something. You want Mikael dead, right?" Elena said.

Melissa narrowed her eyes.

"Yes. So what?"

" I just ask you not to kill him before he kills Klaus. Please. You don't even care about Klaus, you have nothing to lose." Elena pleaded.

"You're right. I don't care about Niklaus. But I don't care about you either, so I'll do what I see fit when the time comes." She looked pointedly at Elena's hand, making the doppelganger gasp and release her.

Melissa walked to the first floor then out of the boarding house, hearng clearly when Damon called her a bitch - I swer to the devil one of these days I'm gonna kill the bloody Salvatore -, it didn't take long for Rebekah to come to her with a dress. Melissa took it, but couldn't smile, the dress was beautiful, yes, but Rebekah was so anxious and happy that Melissa felt a little bit guilty for what she was about to say, but it was necessary.

"Come to the basement with me" Rebekah furrowed her brows but followed her sister anyway.

As soon as they were there Melissa closed the door and looked at Rebekah with a pointed glare, ready to fight the blond if she tried to defy her.

"You can't go to the welcoming party" the first original said, making the blond stare at her with a mix of incredulity and betrayal.

"What are you talking about? I have to be there, Mikael is going to try and kill my brother!" the way Rebekah said my brother and not our brother wasn't lost on Melissa, making the brunette smile because, after all, she was right. The whole we're family act was just that, an act.

"You won't go. That's my decision." Melissa said, her temper rising a little.

"You can't make me stay!" Rebekah's voice rose and trembled, tears started to flow down her pretty face.

"You really think I can't do anything I want? You should know that by now, Blondie, if I don't want you to go, you won't."

"Why? Why are you doing this? Why don't you want me to go?" Rebekah cried.

"Because you're weak! Mikael will be there and if anything happens to you on my watch, he wins. I am not letting him win this time."

Without another word Melissa walked up stairs to prepare herself for the upcoming battle.

She was finally going to kill Mikael.

She was finally going to get her revenge

A/N: PLEASE, READ THIS So guys, I can't help but get a feeling that this is not being as pleasant for you as I wanted to be, so I guess it's time for me to put a little more of that one thing all of us like to read: ROMANCE. The thing is, I have two characters in mind to match our dear original queen (not telling yet), but I want to know: Who YOU would like Melissa to be with? What about the other characters?