Madison Gilbert or as 'Madds' or 'Maddie' as most people call her is the younger cousin to Elena and Jeremy and she just so happens to be a witch and a world class gymnast as well. Madison didn't find out she was a witch until she was fourteen when her father died which then lead to her moving in with grandmother who told her about her magic ancestry since her mother passed away when she was just a baby. Even though Madison didn't know she was a witch she had known about the supernatural world longer than the rest of her friends because her father Charles Gilbert taught her the basics of the supernatural world when she was just a little girl just to be on the safer side. But anyways, what if Elena wasn't the only doppelganger? What if Katherine had a cousin named Marie and Madison just so happened to be her doppelganger? And if Madison isn't a doppelganger for Klaus's sacrifice like Elena was, then what for? This is the story of how the youngest of the Gilbert's tries to balance high school; the intense world of gymnastics; vampires and werewolves; trying to maintain a social life, and falling in and out of love all at the age of sixteen.

(Okay, so I guess kind of think of Victoria Justice in a way as to what Maddie looks like, I think her and Nina kind of have a similar look to one another, so to me that would make pretty good cousins lol)

A/N: Hey, just wanted to say thank you for all the amazing reviews and likes for the story, and keep the reviews coming because the reviews are what keep me going and keep me wanting to write more of this story, so please review guys :) Oh, and those who don't like the story and hate that it's a little Mary-Sue like then why the hell are you reading it going all the way to the 13th/14th chapter wasting your time? If you don't like it then don't read it, THAT SIMPLE! Obviously after reading the first couple chapters you should have realized that this story is a drama and that it's gonna get kind of sappy at certain points in and out of the plot because it's a DRAMA, just like the show is...Sorry for the rant to those who actually like this story, just had to put that out there for those who are complaining about it being the way it is...hope you enjoy the rest of the story to those who like it :):)

Chapter 13

Klaus was once again the driver who drove her car instead of her saying that he would be more alert at the wheel then she would be, which she rolled her eyes too in responds. It didn't take long for them to reach her grandmother's home and once they did she thanked both Klaus and Rebekah for making sure she got home safe and gave Rebekah a hug and Klaus a half smile saying goodnight to both of them before walking up the old porch steps and through the front door.

Inside sat her grandmother sat on the couch in the living room with a tearstained face. Her hands were clutched to her cellphone sitting in her lap shakily clearly waiting for a phone call from her or one of her friends to if they had found her.

When she heard the front door slam shut the sixty-three year old women's eyes snapped up to see her enter into the foyer of the home.

"Madison where have you been? I've been trying to get a hold of you all night!" She could tell by the look in her grandma's eyes that she felt extremely guilty for not telling her about her father sooner. "Everyone is out looking for you…"

"Well I was just with the gang, so I guess they aren't looking anymore." Maddie said emotionless as she stood rigid in front of her grandma feeling uncomfortable.

"Madison, sweetie…I'm sorry that I didn't tell you. Your mom made me and your father both promise that we would wait till you were eighteen and graduated from school to tell you." He grandma whispered tears entering her old eyes. "I am so sorry you had to find out this way Maddie, if I knew that this was going to happen this way I would have told you sooner myself, I swear…"

Maddie bit the inside of her cheek; "Did you know he was a Balcoin?"

The older witch sighed, "Yes, Crissy had told me not long before she performed the protection spell."

"Why?" Madison whispered as a lone tear fall down her cheek. Her grandma took a step forward to go wrap her arms around the girl but Madds took a step back away from her.

"Why what, sweetie?" Her grandmother mumbled, hurt by her granddaughter's reaction to take a step back from her.

Madison's voice was monotone, "Why did you let her do the spell? Why did you let your only child willingly die like that?"

"Honey…no! I would never, no, I begged her to not do the spell! I begged her for weeks to let me perform it instead of her, or for her to use my life not her's but she refused. No matter how much I tried to change her mind she wouldn't listen to a word I said. She kept saying that she was your mother and it was her job to protect you and that she would let no one, not even Charles and I change her mind." Her grandma sobbed.

"So…" Maddie paused, "The protection spell was done because I am a Balcoin?"

"Yes partly,"

"Partly?"

"You are half Balcoin, and half Blancher. We changed the family name from Blancher to Blake shortly after the witch trails began in Salem. Most families with witches lived in Salem before the witch trials began knowing it was a common and 'then' safe place for witch families to reside at. But after the trails began most families with magic fled the city. Both the Blancher's and Balcoin's ran too hoping they wouldn't be exposed for witchcraft. – "

"So the family named changed to protect themselves in case some other witch was capture and blabbed their mouth about other witch families?"

"That is what I was told by my grandmother who was told by her grandmother and so forth, yes."

Madison nodded her head showing she understood, "And why did the Balcoin's changed theirs, was it for the same reasons?"

Jane frowned slightly nodding her head a tad, "Yes, I believe so. From what I remembered from the stories I was told when I was a child, the Blancher's and the Balcoin's were very close to one another. Both families had been very close for centuries before the trails started, they both traveled from the Old World somewhere in Europe to the New World with some Vikings…I think my grandmother said it was Vikings…"

Madison gulped; she wondered if those were the same Vikings that the Mikaelson (as humans) traveled with to get here from Europe. "I remember being told that they settled someplace around here actually near Mystic Falls and stayed here for a few years before hearing of Salem and taking the move there." Maddie rolled her eyes, with that bit of information it pretty much confirmed that the Blancher's and Balcoin's did have previous contact with the Mikaelson's and even possibly the Petrova's since they lived here during the same time the Mikaelson's did as humans.

"If I remember correctly, after both families left Salem they decided that it would be for the best if they were to spilt up and go their own ways for some time till the commotion and suspicion of witches calmed down. The Balcoin's headed north somewhere around the Vermont or Maine area, and the Blancher's headed south and came back somewhere around here knowing that their family before had stayed around here when first coming to this land, and they were hoping it was far enough away from the witch hunt to be safe."

"Okayyy…"? Madison really didn't know what to take in, it was nice she was learning about family history kind of, but she didn't see how this was to do with why her mom had to place such a powerful protection spell over her yet.

Her grams' smiled knowing what Madds was thinking, "The reason why the Blancher's and Balcoin's stuck together for so long wasn't only because they were close friend, but also because they knew of the prophecies that were dated back from the 800's about a child that would come from both families, and that the powers that child would possess would be great – "

"What kind of powers?" Madds interrupted.

Jane smile softly at her granddaughter, "No one really knew the extent of what it meant by great powers - "

She huffed annoyed, "If there were so many prophecies about this 'child' then how can no one know what kind of powers he or she would have?"

"When a prophecy is given honey, it doesn't give out every little detail…"

Madison sighed already knowing that they didn't, "I know they don't, but still…do you know what any of them said?"

"I know that a few of them said that this child would hold magic stronger than what any other witch has ever known and would have the power to change it all."

"There that is again! What do they mean power to change it all?" Madds groaned, "What am I supposed to change?"

Jane looked at her granddaughter sadly, "I don't know honey, I wish I did, but I don't."

"Are there more than just that one?"

"Yes, but most of them all centered around the power that this child would have, and about the enemies that would stop at nothing to take it and make it their own, even if it meant to kill." Her grams' eyebrows pulled down, "Another talked about some sort of triangle and changing the heart of two monsters, but no one could ever really quite figure out what that one meant…?

"So, mom put that spell on me, knowing that the prophecies were about me then?"

"Her and Ethan had talked about it for some time during her pregnancy about what they should do, and they couldn't think of anything that would help besides that spell – "

Madison scuffed walking to the other side of the room arms crossed scraping her shoe against the floor in disgust. "Then why didn't he perform the spell?" She felt her anger rising, "I mean, he had to know what the cost of doing that spell meant for her right?" She whirled around to face her grandma.

"Yes, he knew. They both knew and both loved you enough to do what was best for you, and they both thought this was what was best."

Madison pinched the bridge of her nose closing her eyes trying to keep her temper in check, "How is my mother basically killing herself be what's best for me! And him - !" She shouted fist clinched at her side as the picture frames began to shake dangerously on the walls. Her magic began crackling around her.

"And him, just leaving me alone as an orphan! He probably didn't even give a dam that mom was going to die, or that Charlie who was going to lose the love of his life was now going to raise me as his own and that I would never know that my blood father bailed out on me! Hell, he probably thought that was some sort of free pass or something! 'Oh, well some other guy promised he'd look after the kid and play father to her, so I get to skip town and live the high life! How the hell could that had possibly been what's best for me?"

"Madison you need to get a control on your emotions," Jane said warningly taking a step towards Maddie with her hands raised up slightly starring at all the shaking objects in the room. "I know this is a lot to take in within only a day, but please honey you need to calm down…"

Madison nodded and closed her eyes taking a few deep breaths feeling her magic settling back down within her again. She groaned feeling a pain at the back of her head flopping down onto the couch. "What was that?" She asked looking up at her grams' shocked face.

Jane cleared her throat and took a seat next to her granddaughter laying a hand on her shoulder, "That was your magic taking over…I've never seen a witch's magic take control like that before, but…but I've heard of it…only very strong and dominate magic can do that. It's controlled by your emotions and powered by your emotions, just like most magic is, but this comes from your inner core. Pure, raw magic…very rare."

"Oh." Was all she could muster up to say.

Her grams sighed turning her body to face her head on, "Look Maddie, I know it doesn't look like Ethan really cared or that he didn't want anything to do with you, but he really did. He begged your mom that once she completed the spell that he could take you with him and raise you, but she augured saying that was a bad idea. She wanted you to be raised here where she grew up and where she knew you would be safe with me and Charlie and the rest of the Gilberts who loved you more than anything."

Maddie let her shoulders drop, "Why didn't she want my dad in my life? Was he a bad person or something?"

"No, it wasn't that Madison. She wanted Ethan to be the back-up. In case someone or something got around the spell she wanted Ethan to be the plan B."

"Well, I guess that kind of explains it some, but why couldn't she have been the back-up plan…just curious is all?"

"Because the Balcoin's are known to have very strong dark magic, and just as equally strong light magic. They are mixed, which makes them very powerful and able to overcome things that normal witches without dark magic can't."

"Aren't the Blake's magic just as strong?"

"The Blake Family's magical heritage dates back to the beginning of witchcraft itself honey. According to our grimoire's, our power is stronger than most witches, being one of the most powerful and oldest witch families there is. But even if we are one of the strongest, we don't have dark magic, and sometimes dark magic can come in handy when you're dealing with other supernatural things."

"Okayyyy…" Madds drawled out slowly, "Let me get this straight, mom did the spell because she knew that Ethan could protect me better if it came done to it because dark magic runs in his side of the family?"

"Yes…"

Maddie nodded at her words, "Okay, well I guess that puts some of the puzzle pieces together for me in a way, and I'm glad that I finally know the truth now…but I think I'm just going to call it a night and head to bed. It's been a really long day and I'm drained with everything that's happened." She turned on her heel and headed up the stairs, but paused halfway up turning to face her still upset grandmother. "I love you grams, and I'm sorry for worrying you all day…night."

Her grandma smiled sadly up to the sixteen year old, "I love you too my sweet Madison, goodnight." And with that Maddie continued on her way to her bedroom with fresh tears threatening to escape her eyes.

Once safely inside her room with the door closed and locked Madds ripped her shoes and jeans off leaving only her shirt and undergarments and socks on and collapsed onto her bed. She threw herself under the covers and grabbed one of her extra pillows hugging it tightly to her body.

The lonely Gilbert let out heart-wrenching cry muffled by her pillow while her hand went through her chocolate brown hair in an almost yanking kind of way. Her body continued to shake with sobs as she pressed her face even harder against the pillow to soften her cries not wanting her grandma to hear her. To her, it felt liked she was reliving her dad's and mom's death all over again, only this time she felt even crummier if that was even possible. Not only was her mother killed because of her but so was her dad.

"So how'd your grand plan end up going?" Alaric asked as Damon waltzed back into the boarding house without a care in the world.

"Surprisingly, well." Damon replied back going straight for his liquor cabinet. Elena Jeremy and Alaric were the only ones who stayed after the little meeting had ended.

Elena stood crossing her arms starring at the back of his head waiting impatiently, "Well?"

"Well what?"

She sighed annoyed with his little games, "What happened?"

"Well to make things short, I did just what I said I was going to do – " He pulled the white oak dagger out from his pocket waving it in front of him for all of them to see.

"So Elijah's awake then? Or at least he will be soon?"

"Yep." He popped the 'p' as he tossed his head back downing his drink in one big gulp.

Jeremy scowled, "How do we know that Elijah can even be trusted? Look where the last time we trusted him got us, Elena got killed and Klaus broke his cruse now making him almost impossible to kill! What if in undaggering him just leads to more problems for us?"

"That's a risk we're going to have to take Jer," Elena said laying a hand on her brother's shoulder who shrugged it off.

"I'm done taking risks when it comes to my family!" He argued, "Stop being naïve when it comes to vampires Elena. You may be able to turn a blind eye on when it comes to Elijah, but I can't. He's an original, and I don't want him anywhere near Madison!"

Damon did his little eyebrow thing, "Well, hate to break it to you kid, but technically Maddie isn't even your 'real' family anymore."

Jeremy turned his eyes to the vampire, nostrils flared, "Go to hell."

"Jer…" Elena started, him now turning his back to her walking away, "Where are you going?" She asked as he headed for the door.

He didn't even turn to look at her. "Why do you care?" He asked harshly, "I'm sure if I get into some trouble getting home you can just call Elijah to come save day, right?" He grumbled leaving the boarding house without another word.

Elena looked like she wanted to go after him but stayed put, hurt by his words.

"Well done, Damon, well done." Ric muttered into his own liquor glass.

"Thanks a lot Damon!" Elena muttered, "You really did not need to go there."

"Sorry he can't handle the truth…The sooner he does the better."

"Even if Madds and Jer aren't blood related doesn't mean they aren't family anymore Damon! Those two were inseparable when they were kids, and Maddie if you're forgetting was the only one to get through to him to quit the drugs."

Damon held his hands up in surrender, "Okay, okay, made your point."

After a minute or two of a stare down between Damon and Elena, Alaric stood clearing his voice, "So, ahh, any complications then?"

Damon shrugged turning his back from Elena refilling his glass once more, "Well I might have killed a few hybrids on the way to get to the coffin, but other than that, nope."

"Klaus isn't going to be happy with that…"

"Well I'm sure Klaus won't even care about that by the end of the night." Damon shrugged.

Elena groaned, "Great, now what did you do?"

"What did I do? Elena do you really think that lowly of me?" He asked pretending to look hurt before shrugging it off not really caring, "Okay, okay, so it seems Klaus really has a thing for carrying around dead people in coffins or something. When I found Elijah's coffin, there were three other coffins next to it. I'm assuming possibly other family members, maybe brothers or cousins."

Ric sighed, "Great, more originals…just what we needed."

Damon looked over to Ric before looking back at Elena, "Right, so I was able to open two of the three coffins to see who was in them but the third one was sealed shut…probably with some sort of spell or something. So, I'm thinking that last coffin is the key to getting rid of Klaus."

Elena frowned, "Why keep what could stop him so close then?"

"To make sure no one else could get to it."

"So what do we do then?"

" 'We' do nothing," Damon said flicking his fingers between Elena and Alaric. "I took care of it. I only had time to undaggered Elijah and get the locked coffin out of the house before Klaus and Rebekah got back. I would have grabbed the other two coffins too if I had the time…but what's important was I got the sealed one, so now all we need are our two little witches to look at it and see if they can get it opened."

"Isn't it a little dumb to steal from Klaus?"

"Ric, don't call it stealing…look at it as more of helping the greater good."

Alaric snorted, "How is stealing a coffin with a body of who we don't know helping the greater good?"

Damon smirked, "Okay, maybe not really helping. But now we got leverage over Klaus, so I say we got the ball in our field now."

"Okay…so what now?"

"Now, we wait."

"So what are we going to do about Maria Nik? I do not want her to get anywhere near Maddie." Rebekah said as they entered their now finished mansion.

"I have my hybrids on it."

"Well, I think we need more than just your hybrids on this Nik! Not only is there the threat of Maria, but there's also the fact that she's the Balcoin/Blancher child, that's nothing to leave to just your minions, that's something that needs direct and full attention! I will not have my newest friend and possibly future best friend be in danger if you and I can prevent it!"

"Relax Rebekah, I will take care of it, like I said at the boarding house, no harm will come to Madison if I have anything to do about it…" His words faded as he noticed three of his hybrids lying face down on the marble floor with their hearts laying pulled out next to them.

Both siblings paused in their steps before rushing into the room that the hybrids were supposed to be guarding. Once reaching the room they saw three open caskets, two with Kol and Finn with now no dagger placed in them slowly turning back to their normal 'live' state and the third one was empty where Elijah should have been resting, but wasn't. And the forth one, that only Klaus knew who was holding that should have been there as well, was now missing…

"Hello Niklaus, Rebekah, so lovely to see you two again." They heard from behind them and turned to face Elijah who was holding the two daggers twirling them around in his fingers that were placed in his younger brother's hearts only moments ago. "Now, what is this I hear of little Madison being in danger?"

And I shall leave it at hear for now. I don't know if I will be updating anytime soon only because school is starting back up, and because of other things that are going on in my life….but if there are more than just a few reviews asking for more and really wanting new chapters soon I may be persuaded to update sooner. So basically it's up to you guys :)! So REview if you want more! Lol