Hey, I'm trying to get out more chpaters because I feel really about for not publishing sooner. So today I'm going to try and publish a few more chapters. Plus Im going to try and write longer chapters and make each one better than the last. Please R&R. Lately only the same few people have been reviewing. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter.

Oh, btw: I think a romance will be coming soon. Yeah, this story is going to have quite a few.

Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own the vampire dairies, or any of its characters. L.J Smith does, and always will. I only own Marco, Rory, Lowell, Alexa, and Aditia.

Not too long after his conversation with the others ended Stefan and Damon had returned back to the boarding house with no information. That was not really a shock to Marco and the others. It was predictable. After filling the two in on what they discovered, which was not much, both decided to take a break, and head out again in a bit. Marco retreated back to his room to get his school work done, luckily he hardly had any. After about an hour he was done.

He kept thinking about his talk with Aditia. He replayed it over and over again in his head like a broken record. Marco was not trying to get any knew information out of the conversation. No, he was thinking about what she had said. To be more exact, what she knew. Fortunately no one asked him to elaborate one what exactly she knew about him before.

Soon after he was turned he and the others left Italy. It had gotten far too boring for them. Marco needed to do something fun, something adventurous. He was a vampire for crying out loud! Nothing was holding him back now except his conscience. That horrid thing kept telling him to lay low. To just enjoy what he had. Of course he ignored it. Marco did not have to listen to anyone, not anymore. His father, or his brothers were not around to boss him anymore. Marco was no longer in their, or anyone's control. He was free!

Serafina and Fiona had convinced him, and Ricardo to travel the world. At the time they were Venezuela.

"It's so beautiful here! Isn't it? Do you agree?" Serafina asked the group. Her brown eyes were filled with curiosity as she took in the scenery. They were all at a beach. The sand was nearly white, with hints of pink in it. The water was so bright, so clear, and clean. Not too far off was a forest, and deep into the forest was a large, yet visible from where they were, mountain that contained a waterfall. Marco had never seen anything close to it back in Italy.

"It is, Ser," Fiona agree. "We should go into the woods. I want to see the waterfall up close!"

"Maybe later," Ricardo said. He was not the type to enjoy going on nature outings. "I was thinking we should go see the colony. I heard we are not the only vampires here."

"Why should we care? It is not like we will be here long," Marco stated.

"Who knows? Maybe we will make some friends!" Serafina exclaimed.

"Or enemies," Marco said, and she frowned at him. "Ser, you are far too excepting of people."

The group ended up in the colony later on. So many humans were staring at the new comers. Many were whispering to each other, and asking questions about each the mysterious strangers. Many young girls were talking, and giggling with each other about the two handsome new men. The men were all marveled by Serafina and Fiona's beauty. As it turned out there were many more vampires in Venezuela than Ricardo had lead on. It seemed that they were all together in a large group. Two of them actually confronted them.

"What brings you to these parts?" One asked. He came off as intimidating. He had long brown hair that was pulled back, but strands of it fell in front of his face. He his eyes were not one set color. Marco noticed that both were mixtures of brown, green, and blue. The man was tall, especially compared to Marco, and sculpted. The other man was much shorter, and not as muscular. His dirty blond hair was kept short, and his eyes were both the same color; hazel, like Marco's.

"Just passing by," Fiona answered.

"Really? That is a shame," The man said.

"A shame?" Ricardo asked.

"Yes."

"What is that supposed to mean? Do you want us to stay here?" Serafina asked.

"Not stay here," He said. "Come with us." Everyone sent him looks asking him to continue. "All of your auras are strong. You all have a lot of Power. You would fit in great in with my friends."

"No offense but your pack over there seems big enough," Marco said. He was extremely confused. What was the vampire going on about? And why was the other one so quiet? "Care to tell us your names? It is wrong to go off with strangers."

"Why of course," The man said smugly. "My name is Hank. This is Wit," He said pointing to the man next to him. "And you all are?"

"I'm Marco. This is Serafina, Fiona, and Ricardo," Marco said. Great! That awful voice in his head was telling him to leave. Leave Venezuela. To get away from these vampires. It begged him not to trust any of them. Once again he ignored the voice, telling it be quiet! "What exactly are you going on about?"

With a smirk the man opened his mouth and explained.

Serafina was the first to react, claiming she loved the idea. "It is grand!"

Marco on the other hand thought about what Hank had said long and hard. He and his. . . friends were just vampires trying to get power, and blend in with humans. Something seemed off with that little explanation. It too unreal, something else was going on. Marco could tell so. He had a feeling that Hank and Wit were lying. Yet, he did not listen to it. All of them agreed to join Hank, and Wit. There was only one rule: Once one joins, they can not leave. Severe punishment will follow if one tries to pull such an act.

Marco grumbled at the memory. He had been so foolish! 'Why didn't I listen to my conscience? Why!' His conscience had indeed been right. Hank, and Wit were lying, the whole time they were up to no good. And for years Marco worked with them, believing that he was free, that he was doing nothing wrong. He was not free, they basically owned him! After a while he did do horrible things, especially to humans, all to get power.

"Marco?" Someone asked from the doorway. He turned around to see Bonnie, standing there, smiling kindly at him. "We are going to try and get some more information about Aditia. Are you coming?"

"Yeah," He said, and followed her to Stefan's room.

"So how exactly are we going to find information about her? Clearly hunting her down did not work," Elena stated.

"You tried finding her?" Marco asked, and Stefan nodded. That gave him an idea. "Well, obviously you weren't going to find her. She's stalking me, remember?"

"Where are you going with this, littlest brother?" Damon asked.

"You both were looking in all the wrong places for her because odds are she was near the school. Wherever I am at she'll be close by. Like right now she might possibly be in the woods, but for some reason I doubt that. She likely knows that we are looking for her. It would be dumb for her to hide in a spot where we would likely look. I'm sure if we look around we'll find her somewhere near here," Marco said.

"That is probably true," Meredith said, thinking.

"It would probably be best if I went out there alone. She might not come out if she sees you guys," Marco said.

"No way," Stefan said. "We are coming with you. What if she stakes you again?"

"She didn't last time," Marco said.

"Your not going out there alone," Stefan said. "That's final." Marco resisted from rolling his eyes at his brother. He was acting so old. Marco was getting annoyed. He could go out there and take care of himself.

"I agree with Stefan," Damon said.

"You guys do know that we are not sitting this one out right?" Elena asked. "Don't even try to protest. We have dealt with threats before, this time is no different. We are helping and it is final." Marco could tell that Stefan really wanted to protest with her, but he didn't.

Soon they were all outside the boarding house, looking. Stefan, and Elena had gone to check the barn. Matt, Bonnie, and Meredith checking the garden area. That left Damon and himself.

"There are not many places to hide here," Marco stated, looking around.

"I'll check the cars," Damon said.

"Do you really think she's hiding in my car?"

"Its a possibility," Damon said, and headed off toward where all the cars were parked, behind the house. Marco just went off to look in no particular area. After a little bit everyone back back at the front door of the boarding house. No one had found Aditia.

"Maybe she isn't here tonight," Bonnie suggested.

"Oh, she's here. She's here somewhere," Meredith said.

"What if she's hiding inside the boarding house? Huh? There are tons of rooms, and floors in there! She could be there. Maybe she's staying in a room close to Marco's. I can't think of a better way of watching someone than living with them," Elena said. Elena had a good point. She could possibly be hiding in the house. Meredith had a good point to. Maybe Aditia did not come tonight. She might have predicted that they would all come looking for her, and decided not show. Something told Marco that she did show. Marco then figured out where she was.

"She's in the woods," Marco said.

"You said she wouldn't be there," Matt said. "That it would be dumb to hide there since we would look there."

"Which is why she is there. She knew we wouldn't look there. We assumed she wouldn't hide there, so we didn't bother to look. She predicted that. Hiding there would be the most genius spot to hide since we wouldn't go there thinking she wouldn't go there," Marco explained.

"That's complicated," Bonnie muttered.

"So, are we heading to the woods?" Elena asked.

"Yeah," Stefan said.

The group decided to stay together, and set off towards the woods. Marco strayed away a bit, edging toward the back of their little huddle as they walked while Stefan was in the front with Elena. They all were spread out, yet close to together was they looked. A hand silently, and quickly covered Marco's mouth, while the other pulled his hands behind his back. Marco did not jump because he knew who it was. He just hoped the others would not notice.

"Follow me," Aditia whispered in his ear, and waited until he nodded to let go of his hands, and remove he hand from his mouth. His friends, and brothers had not noticed yet. Together they slipped off into the darkness, where Marco hoped he would learn what was going on.

AN: Hey, I hope everyone liked Marco's little flash back there. There are going to be lots of those. I said i was going to write a few chapters today, and make them better, and longer. Well I defiantly did one of those things today. This has been the longest chapter so far in the story. Let's hope I can accomplish the other two. :) Please review. Oh, and next chapter might finally reveal what Aditia is.