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"Are you alright?" He asked me.

"Fine."

I brushed past him, Stefan and Elena and walked out the door to the car. Hand on my chest I sat in the back of the car and slammed the door. I just wanted to go home . . .

The trip home had been long and boring. Stefan and Elena had whispered lovey-dovey things to each other which made Damon sigh and roll his eyes every ten seconds. It started out as a small headache but by the time we got home it was like there was a whole marching band in my head.

The stabbing pain in my chest was nearly gone entirely when we got back and I continued ignoring it.

"Melody," Stefan began as soon as we walked into the Gilbert residence. He put his hand on my shoulder but I shrugged him off and headed up the stairs.

I only got up two steps before there was a hand tightly gripping my arm to stop me. It was Damon. "You were trying to help Katherine, why?"

I glared at him in silence and at last he dropped his arm back to his side with a sigh. I turned my back to them and spun back around after reaching the top. Elena, Stefan and Damon were still watching me silently.

I signed furiously, "I don't have to explain anything to any of you. I bet no one even realised I was kidnapped as well."

"Melody . . ." Stefan trailed off, looking uncertain as to what to say. Damon opened his mouth.

I held a hand to silence them and shook my head in disappointment before I walked to my room and slammed the door shut. I slumped against the door and slid to the floor. I had long excepted that I was second to Elena but it was still a slap in the face when I saw it happen.

But then my mind drifted back to the vampire. Elijah . . .

I had thought of him in my dream. Him and several other people (or vampires) had been on my thoughts in my dying? moments - according to the dream. But was it a dream? Or was it another weird vision thing?

"Oh my god," breathed the blonde vampire - Rebekah, Klaus had called her - as she noticed me by Klaus. She took a hesitant step forward. "Evalyn?"

I shook my head and signed, "My name is Melody."

"What . . ." Rebekah trailed off.

"Remember the doppleganger I mentioned - Elena? This is her twin sister," Klaus said.

"She's the twin of the doppleganger of Tatia and a mute. Does she have visions?" Rebekah asked as she recovered from her shock.

"Yes," Klaus said. "And Elijah's already met her."

I looked at Klaus in confusion. What did Elijah have to do with anything?"

Elijah was alive.

And he had been invited into the house by Jenna who thinks he's a historical writer. Elena had made a deal with him. I had yet to see him but I wanted to. I really, really wanted to see him again. He was going to be at the Salvator boarding house tonight for dinner. John would be there as well which had me worried. I really loved John but he, Stefan and Damon were definitely up to something - and it felt like it involved Elijah.

I was arriving late to the boarding house so I arrived at the same time Elijah did which I was thankful for. I felt the need to warn him about Damon and Stefan.

"Melody," Elijah greeted. "I hope you find the deal between Elena and I satisfactory. I felt no need to make a deal with you as you are not needed to break the curse."

I was glad that he'd explained that but I had a bad feeling tonight was going to go in the wrong direction.

"Don't trust Damon or my dad," I said. "Something will happen tonight."

He stiffened and his eyes narrowed. "Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded. "Did you see something?"

I froze, my eyes widening and my whole body stiffening in shock. How did he know? Elijah put a hand on my shoulder and said, "Relax Melody, I will not tell anyone if you do not wish me to."

"Thank you," I signed in relief. "I didn't see anything but I have a bad feeling."

Oh god, please don't dismiss me.

"Alright, I will watch for anything. Thank you for informing me," Elijah said with a small smile.

I felt a slight blush rise to my cheeks but ignored it. "You're welcome."

Elijah knocked on the front door and it was answered by Damon who was smiling brightly as he said, "Thanks for coming! Please, come in, Elijah. You look as lovely as ever, Mel."

I nodded to him as walked into the house but Elijah stayed outside. He said, "Just one moment. Can I just say that if you have any less than honourable intentions about how this evening is going to proceed, I suggest you reconsider."

Damon smile became a little bit more strained as he said casually, "No, nothing dishonourable. Just a get to know you thing."

Damon smiled charmingly as Elijah said, with a polite smile, "That's good. Because although Elena and I have this deal, if you make a move to cross me, I will kill you and everyone in this house - apart from Melody. Are we clear?"

I was amazed by how intimidating yet polite Elijah could be while threatening everyone in the boarding - wait. Did he say 'apart from Melody'? What?

Damon looked as confused as me and he voiced his confusion by asking, "Why is Melody excluded?"

"I like her," Elijah said simply before repeating his question, "Are we clear?"

"Crystal," Damon answered. He looked back at me and I saw suspicion in his eyes. Ouch.

We went inside the house and sat down at the dining table with everyone else. Dinner was . . . interesting to the say the least. Damon kept saying things that caused Ric to nearly kill him because Jenna wouldn't understand and it certainly wasn't good once John arrived.

"Did you know, Elijah, that John is Elena and Melody's Dad? But it's completely okay if you kill him," Damon said once Jenna was out of the room.

"No!" I signed instantly, with a shaking of my head. Damon looked at me annoyed while Elijah at me with interest. "I like him even if my sister doesn't, please don't hurt him."

"Of course not, Melody," Elijah said with a smooth smile at me before turning narrowed eyes at Damon. "Melody's wishes are just as important as Elena's are, Damon, so don't think I'll just kill ever person you and Elena have a problem with."

And then dinner carried on. After dinner all the men – excluding John – were invited into the study by Damon for drinks while us ladies were stuck with cleaning everything up but apparently we had forgotten dessert so we all went back to the table. As everyone started on dessert I excused myself for the bathroom but while washing my hands I remembered why I distrusted Damon.

The first time I had been with Elijah and he had been staked in the heart it hadn't hurt too badly but this time I wanted to scream. It was like I, myself, was being stabbed by a dagger or stake or something. I felt tears roll down my cheeks as collapsed to the floor, struggling to breath. The door was thrown open and Damon and Ric rushed to me as I tried to catch my breath.

"Mel?" Damon said with a slight panicked voice. "Mel? What's up? What's wrong?"

"Damon," Ric said hesitantly. "She's clutching her chest . . . where I stabbed Elijah."

Ah, so Alaric was in the plan also. That shouldn't surprise me really with their odd friendship. The pain was dimming down, faster than the first time but I still felt the emotional pain. It was like Vicki had died all over again except it was somehow worse because it wasn't her and it was Elijah.

"Are you trying to tell me their connected or something? Like Elena and Katherine was before?" Damon asked incredulously.

"Yes, I think so."

"Shit."

You can say that again.

Alaric took me home in silence because apparently Damon had some emergency to deal with that involved Elena and Damon. Strangely, the pain in my chest was gone a lot faster than last time. I went straight to my room once I got in and collapsed on my bed – exhausted from the day and still upset about Elijah.

About ten minutes later, when I was just about to get up to go for a shower the pain exploded in my chest again. It was as bad as the second time because I was crying but it was worse because after a few minutes I realised the pain had hardly decreased. When the pain turned to a dull, ever present, throb I checked the time on my alarm clock. Three hours had passed! That took loads more time than the first and second time. And it hadn't even gone away fully! This had something to do with Elijah . . . I was just praying that it wasn't planned. And I hoped . . . even if it took days . . . the pain would go away.

Elena had gone early to except something in honour of mom - she didn't bother to invite me - so I decided to go for a walk around town rather than staying home alone. The fresh would, hopefully, help me think through everything better. Because I definitely had a lot to think about.

The dull throb of pain hadn't disappeared yet and I was beginning to worry it would never go. It was constantly there demanding my attention and reminding me what my 'friends' had done to Elijah. However, I'd say I hid it well. No one ever noticed that I was in pain - not even Damon - and they even forgot the fact that I felt pain when Elijah did. I didn't forget though.

As soon as Elijah was daggered Katherine had escaped the tomb which, I suppose, I was happy about. I'd told her about me and Elijah and in return she had told me her biggest secret.

"You remember I told you that I was born in Bulgaria? And I had younger siblings?" Katherine asked me blankly as we shared a drink of coke, staring at the trees surrounding us.

She glanced at me with a small smile and I nodded.

"I had one older sibling. She was older by five minutes," Katherine paused and I froze in shock. Had Katherine had a twin sister like Elena? Did that mean I was a doppleganger - of Katherine's sister? After a few seconds which felt like hours Katherine carried on, "I never knew her and my parents were never given a chance to even name her."

I looked at Katherine in question as she paused once again. She turned to me. "I imagine," Katherine said slowly - sadly? "I imagine that she would have looked like you." Oh God. "She died mere seconds after being born."

"Do you think I'm her double?" I signed to her.

"Yes," she answered quietly. "When I met Elijah and Klaus in England Elijah was extremely happy to see me and at the time I had thought that was simply because he had fallen for me. But," she said with a deep sigh. "as soon as they had me the two of them questioned me on any siblings I had, sisters especially, and they both seemed so confused and disappointed when I never mentioned a twin or at least a sister who was mute. A week or two later they compelled me and I told them about my dead twin sister. It shocked them but what's important Melody," Katherine pinned me with a sharp look. "is that they clearly knew I was supposed to have had a twin sister. The only way they could have known that was if the original doppleganger had had a twin too."

It had been a huge shock and at the same time I was apprehensive. This was probably how Elijah knew I had visions but was this the only reason he had any interest in me. I sincerely hope not.

"Hello?" I span around and stumbled backwards at the girl standing before me. I hadn't even heard her! "Hi, are you Melody Gilbert?"

I nodded hesitantly and mouthed, "Who are you?"

Her blank face slowly morphed into a bitter and empty smile. "I'm Isobel Flemming."

And everything went black.