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Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own the vampire diaries or an of its characters. I only own Marco, Aditia, Rory, Lowell, and Alexa.

The group walked for quiet some time after Marco had left, not noticing that someone was missing. All of them were too focused on finding Aditia to notice that he ran off her nearly thirty minutes ago. Stefan had just assumed that Marco was being quiet, like usual. His younger brother liked doing things own his own, much like his older brother. He was shocked to turn around, and see the Marco was not in sight. He turned to see if he had gone ahead of the group, and began to worry when he saw that his little brother was not there either.

"Where did Marco go?" He asked, hiding all the worry, and fear in his voice.

"He isn't behind us?" Elena asked him, turning around. "Great! He ran off!" She grumbled upon seeing that Marco was not there.

"I doubt he ran off," Meredith said.

"Then where did he go?" She asked.

"Wherever Aditia asked him to go," Meredith replied. Elena groaned loudly. Stefan gave Damon a look. Of course he would find her, and then sneak off with her. He had to be rebellious! Marco did not even know what she was! She staked him for crying out loud! Yet, he still ran off with her? Oh, was he in for the lecture of his eternal life when he got back to the boarding house.

'Marco Ruggero Salvatore where are you?' Damon sent out the thought using a wave of Power so that it would be heard for miles.

'Marco Ruggero Salvatore where are you?'

Marco winced when he heard the thought, along with Aditia. It was filled with so much Power, and anger. He could not sense worry at all, then again it was Damon who sent the thought out. Boy, was he going to be in such trouble when he returned back to the boarding house. He will have to here it from all of them!

"Your middle name is Ruggero?" Aditia questioned him with a giggle as the both sat down, leaning against two trees that were facing each other far off into the forest. It would take hours for someone to find them there, hence why they chose that location. It was clear that Marco's brothers were looking for him.

"Finally! Something you didn't know about me!" Marco exclaimed.

"I don't know every about you," She stated. "I just know most of the highlights."

"So you know about everything basically," Marco concluded and she nodded. "But not just about me, about my brothers too." Once again, she nodded her sandy blond head at him. "But why are you taking such an interest in me?"

"Okay, how about you answer one question abut yourself that I've been itching to know, and then I'll answer whatever you want," Aditia suggested.

"Go on."

"How did you escape Hank?" She asked him. He was shocked that she did not know. It was extremely simple. He smirked at her with a triumphant look in his hazel eyes.

"Simple. It was late, and everyone was still feeding," He refused to say what they were feeding on because it was pretty obvious that it was not animals. "I just said I was heading back the house, and lied. I was probably half way around the world when they figured out I was gone. I haven't seen them since."

"Wow, simple," She remarked.

"Now it's my turn," Marco said. "What are you?"

"I thought one of you would figure out by now," She said, twirling a piece of her sandy blond hair around her index finger, with a sly grin. "I'm a shapeshifter."

Marco stared at her for a moment, blinking rapidly in shock. A shapeshifter. A shapeshifter! How could he had not figured that out sooner. He never bothered to even look up one of the most common supernatural creatures. Still some of it did not add up.

"That doesn't explain why you are wicked smart, or why your so fast," Marco stated.

"I'm just naturally smart. There are people in the world like that," Aditia stated, rolling her eyes. "And I'm faster because that's just a bonus to being a shapeshifter. I run faster than a cheetah for crying out loud," She smirked. "Just like you."

"So I have spent the last few days digging for information about you thinking you were some rare supernatural creature that wanted to cause havoc for nothing? I completely wasted my time?" Marco asked. She nodded at him, laughing. "Well, that was a waste of time," He groaned. " Are you a threat?"

"No."

Her answered was beautifully short, and simply. Finally, something that was not confusing. No. Relief soared through Marco like a gust of wind. Aditia's answer only satisfied him shortly. Now he knew that she was not a threat, but then why was she in Fell's Church? He had his reasons- his brothers kept him here- and his brothers both had their reasons-Elena. Why did Aditia stay in Fell's Church? Marco could not be that interesting that she had to stay there and stalk him to take notes as if he were an endangered species; last time he checked the vampire species was blooming, only growing bigger and bigger.

"Then who is?'

"Why do you assume there is a threat? Can't I merely stalk you for my own pleasure? You are a sight after all," She winked a beautiful midnight green eye at him.

"I may be a sight, but I doubt you are staying here just to gawk at me all day long," He retorted.

"I'm not sure," She said. "But they are after you.

"Of course. Well that's peachy," He grumbled.

"Yeah, that's why I've been following around. I've been waiting for someone to attack," She explained.

"So what was with all the 'I know your past, you might act out again' stuff you said before?"

"I was not in the mood to explain my self. I needed to tell you something," Aditia said. "Its fun to get you and your friends frazzled too," She smirked at him.

'Marco where are you?' Marco heard Stefan's voice, cutting him off from replying to Aditia. His voice sounded just as angry as Damons' had but he sense that there was a tiny hint of pleading in it. Unshockingly Stefan was worried about him. He felt the need to protect his younger brother like a mother bear would with her cubs. His other brother only cared about Elena, and stealing her from Stefan. Obviously there would be no inch of worry coming from him.

"I better get back before they get even more mad," Marco said. "Thanks."

"No problem," Aditia smiled at him. "If you have any more questions you know where to find me." Was she being serious?

'I'm on my way back to the boarding house, Stefan,' Marco thought back to his worried brother as he began to run in that direction.

'How far are you?'

'Far. . .'

'You do realize that you are in a lot of trouble, don't you?'

'Nope.'

'Marco. . .' Stefan grumbled, getting annoyed with his brother. 'You did exactly what we told you not to do. We said 'don't go looking for her alone!' You ran off with her! You ran off with the girl who staked you instead of telling us that you found her so that we could question her. Even Damon wouldn't do that Marco! Everyone has been trying to find you for nearly two hours!'

'The lecture begins before I get home. How grand?'

'Marco! Take this seriously! You ran off with her!' Stefan raged on. 'She could have staked you again! She could have easily attacked you, and taken you to who knows where. You could have at least replied to our calls or something. Let us know that you were alright. You always do things the more difficult way.'

'It's only more difficult to you guys!' Marco snapped. 'I'm used to doing things on my own! For hundreds of years I've been doing things that way. I'm not used to this whole "group" thing. You guys do everything as a team. Everything. That's not how I am. Deal with it, Stefan!'

'Doing things as a group is the best way to keep everyone safe!'

'I'm not a stickler for safe. I thrive for danger.'

'So we've noticed,' This voice was not Stefan's, but it was Damon's. Marco groaned to himself. Had Damon been listening the entire time?

'Are both of you going to lecture me now?' Marco asked.

'I'll leave that job to Stefan. He seems much better at it than I am.'

'Good. Continue with yelling at me, Stefan.'

'Marco, why do you always have to rebel against us? Next time we say to do something, just listen for once.'Stefan sounded much calmer. Marco assumed that Damon's interupted gave him a few moments to calm down.

Marco did not say anything back to his brother for a bit. He was not sure what to say. After a couple minutes of thinking he settled on saying, 'I'll be home in a couple of minutes.' He ran home at a slow pace for vampires. He knew that Stefan was done with yelling at him, but Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith had not even begun. He knew he would get an ear full from them. He could picture Stefan, Damon, and Matt watching as the paced around the room. Yelling and telling him off. They would go on for hours!

Taking the scenic route home was probably a good idea.