~ A shorter wait for this chapter (: Hopefully I can get longer reviews because of it (:

arabiceyes: Well, I never left... lol It just takes a little longer to get these chapters out but I update my other TVD stories more often.

Abg14: I can try to get Stefan and Elena alone time, but maybe not until The Reckoning or Smells Like Teen Spirit... I'm not exactly sure at the moment. Damon is probably at the Grill having a few drinks with Ric... while at the same time thinking of Elena.

~ A few people are missing from this chapter, but they will be in the next chapter (:
~ You will find out how Katherine got the necklace in this chapter (:

ENJOY!

~Stefan~

Stefan had decided to go for a walk. He knew that Klaus thought that he was going back to his old apartment, which gave him a bit of an edge. Klaus would be busy with Rebecca and Elena around him. Stefan didn't like the idea about leaving Elena with Klaus, especially in the condition that she was in, but he needed to find out what Gloria saw. He knew that she didn't tell Klaus everything, so he hoped without him near... he could get the truth from her. Stefan entered Gloria's to see her at the bar.
"There you are." She said without turning around as she wiped the top of her bar.
"Thought you were resting." Stefan said to her as she turned around.
"Well, now we both have a secret." Gloria said to Stefan after he got in front of her.
"What did you see?"
"It's what I felt that's more interesting. The woman that had the necklace, she was thinking about you."
"Yet you didn't tell Klaus. Why?" Stefan asked as he thought about the people that could be thinking about him and those that could have the necklace. The only person that really stood out in his mind was Katherine. 'She couldn't have it, could she?' He asked himself before Gloria spoke again.
" 'Cause I wouldn't help that hybrid half-breed with anything. The necklace is a talisman from the original witch herself. I want it."
"It was the necklace I found the last time I was here." Stefan said out loud, mainly to himself. "I gave it to Elena during the first few weeks of our relationship." He wouldn't normally say this to someone he didn't fully trust, but he was in a difficult situation with Elena and he needed all the help he could get.
"Do you know what's happening to her?" Gloria asked, slightly curious herself.
"Amnesia." He simply said, not wanting to tell Gloria everything that he learned from Katherine. "It happened when she was turned. I don't even know how it happened."
"You mean, you don't know who turned her?" Gloria asked as she poured the both of them a drink. Stefan just shook his head. Gloria turned around for one second before Katherine flashed into the room and snapped her neck.
"What did you do that for?" Stefan asked her in shock. "She was going to help."
"I'm doing you a favor." Katherine said to Stefan. "Witches only look after themselves." She looked at Stefan. "Besides, you need my help more."
"And why do you think that?" He asked before she put her hand in her pocket and showed Stefan the necklace.
"Where did you get that?" Stefan asked and she began to tell him.

~Flashback~

Katherine had decided to take a walk in the woods. She was staying near Mystic Falls while at the same time staying under the radars of Klaus and the Salvatores. She was about to go towards Mystic Falls when she stopped. There was a familiar scent and it captured her interest. Katherine went towards the scent only to see Elena laying on the ground. Katherine looked at her with curiosity before bending down next to Elena. She noticed that Elena wasn't breathing, but she had a feeling that she would come back. Katherine knew that the Salvatores wouldn't just leave her unless they didn't know that Elena was laying on the ground. Kat's eyes went to Elena's neck and noticed that Elena was still wearing the necklace. 'Nobody will notice' Katherine thought before carefully taking it from Elena's neck. She held the necklace up for a little bit to look at it before putting it into her pocket. 'If she doesn't remember Stefan, then I get my chance again' Kat thought with a smile before speeding away, leaving Elena behind her

~End of Flashback~

Katherine and Stefan were still in Gloria's bar. Stefan listened to Katherine as he rolled up Gloria's body.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Stefan asked Katherine once he was done wrapping up the body.
"I thought she was dead for good and I figured then I could get you all to myself." Katherine said with a shrug, lying about the part about thinking that Elena was gone for good. "Then I found out that she was a vampire." She took a step closer to Stefan. "I couldn't let her run around with Klaus after all." Stefan just looked at Katherine, not knowing what to say. "And I wanted to help you." Their eyes met and Stefan could tell that she was telling the truth. "So I've started to think about your diabolical plan."
"Oh. Do tell." Stefan said, interested to hear what Katherine came up with.
"Well, you must know that Klaus is too paranoid to ever fully trust you and Elena must have only a few memories back, otherwise she'd be running from Klaus." Katherine started to say to Stefan. "But the sister, she loves you like it was yesterday. She's the easier mark. But you can't just pretend to care, because Klaus will know better, so you do the opposite. You try to bond with him; make her feel left out. That will only make her want you more."
"Oh! So you mean, I'm, uh, I'm taking a page out of the Katherine Pierce playbook."
"The only question is why, Stefan? I mean, I get it, you think it might spark something within Elena and you're trying to get her away from him but...What else do you expect to get from it?"
"You know what's funny? You keep talking to me like I actually trust you enough to tell you anything." Stefan was about to walk away with Gloria's body on his shoulder, but then he stopped. He couldn't help but wonder if Katherine was being truthful about wanting to help. She would always try and say the right things just to get what she wanted, so he had a right to be suspicious.
"Come on, Stefan, we're beyond that. I saved you from Hilda the high voodoo priestess and I'm trying to help you get Elena away from Klaus." Stefan took a deep breath before turning around.
"Okay. I knew them, back in the twenties. They were running from someone. Someone who scared them."
"A hunter." Katherine said in realization. "I heard stories about him centuries ago."
"Don't you want to know why an original vampire who can't be killed is afraid of a vampire Hunter?"
"If you're planning on making a move against Klaus... I want in."
"That's good. It's good to want things, Katherine." Stefan was about to leave, but Katherine stopped him.
"Stefan..." Katherine said, making Stefan take a deep breath.
"Katherine...the only chance we even have to kill Klaus now is to get Elena back."
"Then we'll start there."
"You're serious about helping us, aren't you?"
"Of course I am Stefan." Katherine said to him.
"Okay, if you really want to help... keep the necklace away from Klaus. I will try to get Elena away from Klaus."
"Be careful." Katherine said, not hiding her emotion. Stefan just gave her a small thankful smile before walking away with Gloria's body over his shoulder.

When Stefan left, Katherine stepped outside and slightly smiled to herself. Stefan may not completely trust her, but he was letting her help and that was good enough for her. Katherine took a deep breath before thinking about what Stefan wanted her to do. She had to keep the necklace away from Klaus and there was one place that came into her mind. She made sure no one was looking before speeding off towards Mystic Falls.

~Rebecca, Klaus, and Elena~

Rebecca was walking behind her brother and Elena. Her eyes looked down between them, where they were holding hands. It mad her feel good that her brother was happy, but she didn't want him to get mixed up with another doppelganger. She remembered what happened back when they were human. Both Elijah and Klaus got mixed up with Tatia, which put a strain on each of them. She knew it was similar to what happened to Katherine the first time that Klaus tried to break his curse, but she had hope for her brother and Elena.
"I want to eat there." Elena said before pointing to a restaurant. "I'm in a mood for a burger." She looked at Klaus and could tell that his sister was looking at him with some curiosity.
"What do you think Bekah?" Klaus decided to ask his sister.
"Sure." She simply said, not wanting to say much. Elena slightly smiled. She continued to hold Klaus's hand as they walked towards the restaurant.

~Later that day with Klaus and Elena~

Elena was sitting next to Klaus on a bench in the middle of Chicago. She wanted to take a break from walking around the city, which Klaus didn't exactly mind.
"Have you remembered anything else love?" Klaus curiously asked.
"Not since before we woke up your sister." Elena honestly answered him. She did remember something when she was trying on clothing with Rebecca, but it was more of a feeling to her. It wasn't like the other memories that she had gotten back about Stefan and Damon. "What's wrong with me?" Elena asked out loud, mainly to herself.
"I don't know." Klaus honestly told her. He wasn't one of the people that knew about the doppelganger amnesia, but he wasn't in a hurry to find out. He knew that if Elena would remember that he killed her aunt, that she might turn against him and he didn't want that. There was a part of him that wanted to know about what was happening to Elena. He knew that if he found out what was happening to her, he could try to avoid her learning the truth about her aunt's death. "Why don't we go see if Gloria has found anything?" Klaus suggested to Elena, who just nodded her head before they both got up from the bench.

~Stefan~

Stefan stood in the warehouse where Klaus was storing his family. He knew that Katherine would keep the necklace away from Klaus, which gave him the chance to work from the inside. He wanted to take Klaus down and get Elena away from him, but he was splitting his goal into two parts. One was to take down or make a distraction for Klaus and the second part was while he would be distracted, get Elena and run. Stefan made his mind go to what was right in front of him, Klaus's family. If he could just release one of them, that would hopefully distract Klaus long enough so he could get Elena back to Mystic Falls. He stepped closer to the coffin, hoping to put his plan in progress. His hand touched the top of the coffin, before he heard a noise behind him.
"You're back, finally." Rebecca said as he turned towards her and pretended like he wasn't about to open the coffin. "Nik and Elena are checking on the witch." Stefan wasn't okay with Elena being, but he couldn't think about that at the moment. He looked at the coffin he was about to open, hoping that Rebecca would leave so he could open it. "Dreary, isn't it? The family cargo."
"Why don't you undagger them?" Stefan curiously asked Rebecca.
"Because he would hunt me down and kill me. He's a vindictive little bastard, my brother." She said as she took a couple of steps closer to Stefan.
"But you still care about him. Why?"
"Well, I hated him for a long time. It was exhausting." Rebecca sat on the coffin that Stefan was about to open.
"You know, when I met you two, you were both on the run." Stefan said, trying to take the opportunity to get some information from Rebecca, without using her like Katherine would.
"Also exhausting." Rebecca said to him.
"Who were you running from?"
"What do you mean?"
"Last night I saw you, there was a man looking for you." Stefan said to Rebecca. "You both seemed afraid. I just... I wouldn't think Klaus would be afraid of anybody."
"No one in this world is truly fearless, Stefan. Not even Niklaus."
"Who was that man?" Stefan carefully asked, knowing he was entering into dangerous territory.
"I can't." Rebecca stood up from the coffin. "If Nik knew we were talking about this, he would..."
"No, no, no, I'm sorry." Stefan stood up and looked at Rebecca. "Just forget I asked. Okay?"
"He told me about the girl you loved. The one that died." Stefan couldn't help but think about Elena when Rebecca brought her up. Elena did die when Klaus killed her and then again in order to be a vampire. There was only one person that knew who turned her, and that was Damon. Stefan reminded himself of his goal to get Elena away from Klaus so she could remember who she was. "He also told me that you're only with him because you took your brother's spot."
"It's true."
"I think he secretly admires that about you. You'd sacrifice anything for family." 'And for Elena' Stefan couldn't help but think. "Don't tell him I told you that."
"Your secret... Is safe with me." Stefan was about to walk away, but Rebecca pulled him close and kissed him. He went along with it for a moment, but then remembered Elena... and Katerine. He didn't know why Katherine came to mind, but they both went towards the back of his mind when Rebecca slowly pulled away.
"Do you think you'll ever love anyone like you loved that girl?" Rebecca asked, hoping that there was a chance for her to be with him again.
"One day, maybe." Stefan honestly said and Rebecca could tell that he was telling the truth. Rebecca slightly smiled at Stefan, knowing that he was telling the truth.

After a few seconds, they turned their heads to the side to see Klaus walking in with Elena.
"Gloria's gone." Klaus said and Stefan remained silent. "She's cleared out. We need to find a new witch immediately." Stefan couldn't help but look at Elena, who was looking at him. "What's going on?" Klaus asked his sister, sensing that something was off.
"Something's wrong." Both Stefan and Elena became confused at Rebecca's words. "He was asking about Mikael." 'Who's Mikeal?' Elena asked herself. "He's not completely with us, Nik. I can sense it." Elena looked from Stefan to Rebecca and then back to Stefan. She knew from the memories that she had that Stefan loved her, but she didn't know enough to know if he was lying or not.
"She's wrong. Klaus..." Stefan said and there was something in his voice that made Klaus and Elena believe what Rebecca said was true. Klaus and Rebecca could see that Stefan was looking at Elena. Klaus sped towards Stefan and snapped his neck. Elena let out a gasp, which reminded Klaus that she was there.
"Don't worry love." He said to Elena, when he turned towards her. "He's okay." There was an image that flashed in Elena's head... from the night of the sacrifice. She could see Klaus pushing his hand into Jules and pulling out her heart. It made Elena a little scared of Klaus, but she didn't say anything about it.
"You're not going to leave Stefan there, are you?" Elena asked, trying to be careful of what she said.
"Of course not love." Klaus said before taking a step closer to Elena. "I'm going to bring him with us to our next stop." He said before looking back at Stefan. Elena had a feeling that things were going to go wrong.

~ I don't do well with one word reviews because that doesn't tell me what you think of the chapter or the story. Seeing as this story I don't update as often as my others, I don't really count those shorter reviews... especially when I do want to see your thoughts about the story so far.
~ I will have some flashbacks in the next chapter so scenes that I was going to put in this chapter but decided not to so I could update. There are also some other scenes (not including the ones I'm talking about before) that I didn't put in this chapter because I wanted to update, but they will be in the beginning of the next chapter.

~ I will try and get as many characters as I can in the next chapter, seeing as it's going to be based from The Reckoning. I think the only person that's not going to be in it is Alaric.
~ In the show, The Reckoning is when Klaus figures out that he couldn't create hybrids because he needs Elena's human blood. In this story Elena is a vampire but Klaus will find a way to create hybrids. How do you think that he will be able to create hybrids? Also... what else do you think will happen? I'd love to see your thoughts. (: And please don't be afraid to leave your thoughts on what you would see in future chapters... especially with the events of the upcoming episodes (:

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