Truth

I woke up in a cell and I was chained to the stone floor with thick chains.

I tried to rip it out but I was hopeless.

I had wasted all my energy on teleporting and didn't have time to feed.

My throat burned horribly and I was starving.

I was about to pass out until I got a glimpse of my ring.

He left it on my finger?

While I was thinking over things, a familiar face popped into the cellar.

Stefan.

"Hello Victoria."

I gave him a quick nod.

"So, how was last night?"

He seemed like he was trying to be interested, so, I caved.

"Hell."

"What happened?"

"Well, I was off in my own business, and Damon shows up. Long story short, he gives me my ring and goes behind me and snaps my neck. I didn't think he was going to do that because I was distracted. And when I realized what he was doing, it was already too late."

"Sounds like hell."

"You don't say." I said sarcastically.

"So, why exactly am I here?"

"Damon is still angry about what happened at what you did a long time ago. Seems how I let go of all of that, I brought you a bottle of blood to make your day better."

"Why can't you just set me free?"

"Well, I think it would be better if Damon got everything out of his system before he does something stupid."

"So you're going to let him torture me? Great, kick someone while they're already down."

"It's for the best Vic, I'm only trying to make things right."

"Make things right? How is trapping someone and torturing them going to make anything right? I told Damon not to come at me or I'd do it. He was provoking me, and decided to do it anyway, so I took him down."

Stefan sighed and crouched down to my level.

"Why did he want me in the first place, Stefan?" I whispered. "What was I to him?"

Tears started streaming down my face as I thought of Klaus.

"He wanted you because he thought you were a prize. He knew that Klaus wouldn't want to give you up, and if he took you, Klaus would do what he wanted."

I nodded my head.

"So I'm just a pawn in this little game of his?"

Stefan looked down to the ground and nodded silently.

"Well, I'll figure a way out of this. I always do."

Stefan handed me the bottle and I sucked it down and set it on the floor.

"I like these little talks, Stefan. We should do this more."

I jerked my head towards the door.

"Now go, before Damon gets back. I don't think it's necessary for you to be dead."

He nodded and grabbed the bottle and sped out.

A few moments later Damon walked in the door.

"You seem happy."

"Oh the joys of having my enemy's former love life."

I rolled my eyes.

He kept getting closer and closer to me.

He got down and wrapped his legs around me and pulled me in for a kiss.

I pulled away and he started laughing.

He got up and shoved me over to where I was laying on my stomach.

He lifted up my shirt and stabbed me in the middle of my spine.

I screamed while he laughed.

He left it there and after a couple or minutes I started talking.

"Why are you doing this Damon? Why can't you be more like your brother and let it go?"

"Because unlike my baby brother, I like revenge."

He came back over to me and ripped the knife out of my spine, making me scream again.

He walked out into the hallway and came back with a shotgun.

He shot me in the leg and I realized it.

Wooden bullets.

I whimpered and tried to pull the bullet out.

Apparently he knew what kind of wood caused me pain.

He walked closer and shot me again.

Right in the heart.

I fell back over and stopped breathing.

I could still see everything, but he didn't know that.

Everything went white.

I saw Klaus walking up to an okay-looking blonde girl.

He was asking her something.

"No Klaus, I'm not going with you."

"Why not Caroline? What did I ever do to you?"

"I don't want to go with you. Seriously. You turned Tyler into one of your minion-hybrid things, you've blown into down threatening all of my friends, you killed Elena without any mercy, you killed Jenna, Tyler's mother, and you're asking me what you've done to me? You hurt my friends, you hurt me, Klaus."

"Caroline, please. Please just let me have one dance with you. Just one. I truly love you Caroline, one dance is all I'm asking."

"You know what? Fine! Fine. One dance, and nothing else is happening. There is nothing between us and it's staying that way. Tyler and I aren't talking right now, but I'm not giving him another reason to hate me."

Klaus smiled and I was back to my lifeless and motionless body in the cellar with Damon.

Klaus said he loved that blonde girl Caroline.

Had he stopped looking for me?

Did he not care about me anymore?

I wanted to find out for myself.

Damon was turned around and I mustered up enough energy to pull the bullets out, and felt much better.

I got up as Damon turned around, and boy did he looked surprised.

"How are you not dead?! I heard your heart stop! Wood kills vampires if it hits their heart!"

"Damon I think there is something that you don't understand about me. I can't die."

I ripped the chains off and smiled.

He tried to speed out of the room and close the door, but I was quicker and had him pinned against the wall by the throat.

Both of his hands struggled to try and get my hand to release, but all that did for him was make my grip even tighter.

"I'm giving you one chance, Damon. Only one. If you make a move towards me, or Klaus, I will not hesitate to tie you up and give you aneurysms until your brain eventually gives up healing and kills you. Are we clear?"

He nodded and I dropped him onto the ground.

I sped out of the house and started getting short visions of where Klaus was going.

I kept seeing a mansion that had the last name "Lockwood" on the mailbox.

Lockwood.

That's the last name of the mayor.

Council.

Mayor.

Ball.

There was going to be a ball at the mayor's house tonight.

Specifically 7:30.

But Caroline was going to be there tonight.

With Klaus.

I'm not giving up on him

Not yet.

I thought of what I was going to wear.

The colors were black and blue.

The perfect dress came to my mind.

Blue to the waist, then black puffed towards my feet. With black stripy heels.

It was at 7:30, and it was 7:15 now.

I conjured up a mirror and started on my makeup.

I lightly put on dark blue eyeshadow, then I put eyeliner on the top and bottom of my eyes, and lip gloss was put on my lips.

My hair was done perfectly in seconds.

It was down in my usual large curls and it looked perfect.

I conjured up my dress and heels and switched them out of my old clothes.

I conjured up a car, and it was my black Ferrari.

I started driving to the Lockwood's and was there in about ten minutes.

It was 7:30 already.

Right on time.

I hopped out of the car and locked the doors.

I walked towards the house and surprisingly, I didn't need invited in.

Must be owned by the hybrid thing Tyler.

A song started playing and I saw them.

Klaus and Caroline.

They were dancing.

The way he looked at her.

Maybe he had forgotten all about me.

Something popped into my mind.

When I was Kayla, in the cemetery, he said I looked familiar, yet different.

It was because Kayla reminded him of me.

His smile, and her smile.

I got a closer look and the more I looked, the more heartbroken I felt.

He paused and froze.

I looked down at my ring, hoping there was still something there.

As soon as I looked up, he caught my gaze.

"Victoria." he whispered.

Tears made their way down his face, and Caroline looked over at me.

Then I realized tears were streaming down my face too.

I started running over to him, and he caught me.

He held me close and choked out.

"Victoria, is it really you?"

I nodded and smiled.

He smiled back at me.

"I've missed you so much." he whispered.

He grabbed my hand and started walking me outside.

He walked me over to a bench by a small pond.

"Where were you all these years?"

"Do you remember when you said Kayla looked familiar? That was me. I didn't know anything about you because my memories were stolen from me, Klaus. I had no idea…"

His face went white and he seemed shocked.

"Why didn't I think of it….You looked just like yourself…and I didn't think of you…"

"Klaus, it's okay. I'm here now."

"Do you remember what happened after we ran from Stefan and Damon?"

I shook my head.

"I've been getting small pieces of everything. That, I didn't remember."

"You…you died, Victoria, I was heartbroken and had no idea what to do. I thought you were gone for good until Elijah told me there was a possible chance that you could be a reincarnate. I searched and searched and I couldn't find you. Anywhere. I never gave up, but I could never find you. I tried letting go, but I couldn't. I just never brought it up with anyone because it would bring back every memory. I am speechless that you here. You've no idea how happy I am."

I blushed and smiled again.

He pulled me closer and rested his head on top of mine.

"How did you find me?"

"I can get visions, Klaus, I searched for you until…"

"Until what?"

I started crying again.

"Damon locked me up after he found me, and after he shot me in the heart, I saw you and Caroline…"

"Victoria…..I thought I loved her because she reminded me so much of you. She has an attitude that she uses when she needs to, and she doesn't take anything from anyone. She's kind and has a sweet heart. Everything about her almost matched up to you, but I knew that she would never be you. She could never take your place. Ever."