Danielle

I was on my way out of the house when I received a message from Damon. "Come to Elena's asap." He said. I wonder what it is this time. I then drove to Elena's and when I got there; I immediately made my way to the front door. I knocked on the door and Elena opened it.

"Hey Danny. Come in." She said as she made me enter the house.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked. She then gestured me to follow her to in the kitchen where I saw Damon and Stefan.

"Hey Danny." Stefan greeted and I returned the gesture.

"Since Danny is here, let's start." Damon said. They then told Elena and I about their small chat with Katherine. I knew it; she wasn't going to give the moonstone unless we get her out of the tomb.

"You don't believe her, do you?" Elena asked.

"No, of course not. We just want the moonstone." Damon said.

"According to Rose's friend Slater, there's a way to destroy the spell that Klaus wants to break." Stefan said. This caught my attention. As far as I know, the sacrifice was the only way to break the sun and the moon curse. I tried to learn more about the curse and it was the only way. Something was wrong. My gut tells me that Rose's friend lied for whatever reason and I'm going to find out .

"No spell, no doppelgänger sacrifice. Ergo, you live." Damon added.

"How do you destroy it?" I inquired.

"By releasing it from the moonstone." Stefan answered.

"What? I have never heard of such thing. This is really suspicious."

"How do you guys even know this is going to work?" Elena asked.

"Cause we have a crafty witches on our side." Damon then turned to me followed by the others.

"Me?" I pointed at myself. "Did you even discuss this with Bonnie?"

"She agreed to do anything she could to help us. So please?" Stefan pleaded while I just sighed.

"Alright, but how are you getting the moonstone? It's Katherine who has it and clearly she's not just going to give it to you without negotiating her release from the tomb."

"We are going to get it. We will pry it from her cold, dead hand if we have to." Damon told me determined.

"Bonnie just needs to find a way to release the seal long enough for us to get in, get the moonstone, and get out in time for her to return it."

"Wow. I mean, it sounds like you guys already have it all planned out." Elena commented.

"Yup. We're awesome." I just playfully rolled my eyes at Damon which he just smirked at.

"Except for one thing. I don't want you to do it." Elena said which made me oddly look at her. Stefan, Damon, and I then exchanged looks.

"What are you talking about? Elena, we don't have a choice." Stefan uttered.

"What about Klaus?" She reasoned.

"We'll find him right after we get the moonstone." Stefan assured her.

"Is that before or after he kills everyone that I care about, including the three of you?" She pointed from me, Stefan, and to Damon. I looked at Damon and I could see that he was surprised by the idea that Elena actually cares for him.

"Elena, if we can de-spell the moonstone, we can save your life." Stefan tried to convince her.

"I know. Everybody keeps saying that." She got up and left the room whilst I just looked at her weirdly. I noticed that Stefan and Damon exchanged a look once again. All of a sudden, my phone rang, I looked at who the caller was and it was Tyler. I picked up the phone and answered it.

"Hey Danny." He greeted.

"Hi Tyler. How may I help you?"

"Well, I kind of need to talk to you for something really important right now. Please come to the grill." It must be something really important for him to plead like that.

"Alright, I'll be there in five."

"Thank you so much! I'll see you."

"Yup, I'll see you. Bye." I hung up and faced the Salvatore brothers. "I need to go. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, bye Danny." Stefan said whilst Damon just nodded. I then went out of the house and got into my car. After five minutes, I arrived at the grill and I made my way inside. I immediately saw Tyler sitting on one of the tables; he noticed me and waved at me to go there. When I got there, he immediately gave me a tight bear-hug.

"Thank you for coming." He said, hugging me tighter.

"Can't... Breathe..." He immediately let go of me and gave me an apologetic smile.

"Sorry." He gave me a sheepish smile while I just smiled. We then sat down.

"It's okay Ty." I smiled. "So what's this important thing you need to talk about?"

"I know what you are." I raised a brow and gave him a questioning glance but he only had a serious face on. Then it hit me, Tyler found out about me being a wolf and the only way I could think of was through Caroline.

"Caroline." I muttered and he just nodded at me. Well, looks like I can't do anything about it now. My secret was out and the least I could do for everything that Mason did for me was to help Tyler. "You know what I am, don't you?" I asked to confirm my theory and he nodded. "So, you also know how I became one?" He then shook his head no.

"I found out I was a wolf the night before the masquerade ball. I was on my way home from the grill when a girl suddenly assaulted me with a knife. She had this idea that I was stealing everything from her, especially her loved one. I protected myself and when I kicked her, her head had hit the ground. I accidentally killed her. Now, I have to turn every full moon too." All of the guilt that I felt that night came rushing back; Tyler only looked at me sympathetically. The one I told him was only a part of the whole story though, I couldn't possibly tell him about Katherine. If I did, I would reveal the whole vampire stuff that we're trying to keep from him. I was then snapped out of train of thoughts when Tyler decided to speak.

"The full moon is tomorrow and I don't know what to do. I tried to call Mason but he wasn't picking up. I'm scared Danny." He frantically told me with his voice laced with fear. I felt another wave of guilt when he mentioned Mason. I knew what happened to Mason and I can't possibly tell Tyler that. He is suffering right now because I couldn't protect his uncle. I just hope one day he could forgive me for keeping this from him.

"Honestly speaking, I don't know what to do too. Tomorrow is my first full moon too." I told him seriously and I could see his expression change into that of dejection. "But, I will do everything I can to help you. We're in this together." When I said the last part, his face immediately brightened up and was filled with hope. He then moved to hug me, which I gladly accepted.

"Thank you. Thank you so much for everything."

"You don't need to thank me, Tyler. We're the same kind and we stick together." I murmured. All of a sudden, my phone buzzed and rang. We let go of each other. I grabbed my phone and looked at who it was. Elena just sent me a message telling me to go to the boarding house for something important. What is with people needing me today? I turned to Tyler apologetically. "I need to go. I'll meet you tomorrow but call me if you need me for any wolf stuff. Alright?"

"Okay, I'll meet you tomorrow here in the afternoon. Bye Danny." He gave me another hug.

"Bye Ty. I'll see you tomorrow." I then went out of the grill and went to my car. I drove to the boarding house and I was there within a few minutes. Elena was waiting for me outside of the house. She noticed me and waved at me. "Hey, what are we doing here?" She didn't answer me and just motioned me to follow her. Elena just opened the door and walked into the house. Well, that's just rude, entering without even knocking. I followed her and shut the door behind me. I looked around the hallway and then I heard footsteps. Rose came down the stairs while tying a silk robe around her.

"It's not nice to leave a girl naked so early in the morning." Rose looked up and was startled to see me and Elena, not Damon. That was something that I wouldn't want to hear. "Whoa. Sorry, I thought you were…" I awkwardly waved at her and gave her an awkward smile.

"I, uh, sorry, we…" I started but was cut off by Rose.

"There's no one else here."

"Actually, we came to talk to you." I was shocked by this, I curiously turned to Elena and gave her a questioning glance.

"Then I should probably get dressed." Rose smiled broadly and walked back up the stairs to get changed. After Rose came back with clothes on, the three of us went to the parlor room and got down to business. "It's a bad idea." Rose said.

"No, it's not. From what Stefan told me, your friend Slater obviously has more information about Klaus. You and Damon just gave up before you got it." Elena reasoned.

"Because somebody blew up a coffee shop with us in it."

"There's more to learn. We just have to find a way to learn it." Elena said.

"Why are you coming to me with this?"

"Because you owe me. One word from me, and Damon and Stefan could have killed you for kidnapping me." Elena uttered. I rolled my eyes at Elena. Now that wasn't nice, this girl really needs to learn some manners.

"Or maybe it's because you know that they wouldn't want you doing this. And their moonstone caper gives you a chance to sneak away."

"We're having a disagreement, okay? They're willing to risk everyone that I love and I'm not."

"They're just trying to protect you." I nodded in agreement with Rose. Elena just gave me a look that questions why I was not on her side. She is really annoying right now. She is my friend but it doesn't mean I would always side with her even if she were wrong.

"And you've proven that you couldn't care less whether Danny and I are protected or not. So, we're back to you taking us to Slater." Rose looked at me and we shared a look. From that look, I could see that somehow she actually cared for my wellbeing but I'm not sure if she cared for Elena's though. Rose then sat down on the couch next to Elena.

"What exactly do you hope to achieve by this?"

"How would you like to be able to walk during the daylight?" Elena proposed, I wonder what has gotten into her that she is this determined to go to find this Slater guy. There was definitely something off about her today.

"I've been a slave to shadows for 500 years, what do you think?"

"I think I know a witch who's willing to do whatever it takes to help, if you're willing to make a deal." Elena turned to me as did Rose. That's why she wanted me here; I gave her an irritated look, which she just ignored by the way.

"Alright, let me just get some stuff." Rose said as she stood up and went somewhere.

"What the hell was that?!" I told Elena in an irritated voice.

"Danny, please. Just help me on this one. I have to know more about Klaus and this person seems to know so much about him."

"Fine." I glared at her one last time before I stood up and went to look for Rose. But before that, I went to raid the Salvatore brothers' collection of Lapis Lazuli rings since I currently don't have one. They wouldn't mind, if ever they do mind, I'll just replace it. I then cast a spell on it and made it a daylight ring. I proceeded to find Rose and I found her descending down the stairs. She smiled at me when she noticed I was at the end of the stairs.

"Hey, I need to talk to you before we go." She just nodded at me, I took out the ring and showed it to her. I could see the desire in her eyes, I'm not going to turn my back on her. I then handed it to her and she was shocked. "Here, take it."

"Why?" She just stared at me dumbfounded, not taking the ring.

"When I give my word, I keep it. I'm also giving you this just in case Elena doesn't keep her word." She finally took it and eyed it with such admiration. "But keep it hidden first. Elena might throw a temper tantrum when she sees that I already gave you the ring without finishing the deal or consulting with her first. Trust me, you don't want to deal with it." I didn't expect the next thing that happened. Rose tightly hugged me. It took me a while to get out of my shocked state and return the hug.

"Thank you." She whispered and then pulled away.

"You're welcome. Come on, Elena might suspect something." I then made my way to the front door but was stopped.

"Wait! I need to know. Why?" I then turned to her and grinned.

"Because that's what friends are for." I could see a smile form in her face and her eyes became a bit watery. "Let's go." I went out of the boarding house and I could hear Rose footsteps. We went into my car and then hit the road to Richmond.

~~~~~X~~~~~

After an hour and a half, we finally arrived at Slater's apartment. I parked my car in the underground parking lot and we then went up the stairs to the apartment. Rose banged her fist on the door while we stood near her. "Slater? Slater, it's Rose. Open up!" No one answered and Rose looked over to Elena. "He's not home. Sorry."

"Mm-mm. No, we didn't come all the way out here for nothing." She sternly said whilst I just sighed at her demeanor. Rose heaved a sigh and pushed the doors open with her vampire strength. We surveyed the inside of the apartment from outside while Rose gestured us to go into the room.

"After you." Elena walked into the apartment with Rose and I following in suit. I continued to observe the apartment and somehow I felt something was wrong. Rose wandered farther into the apartment calling for Slater. "Slater?" When Rose went towards the back of the apartment, she looked through a doorway and her expression changed into that of pure shock. "I don't think he's going to be much help." Elena and I immediately went over to where Rose was and we gasped at the sight of Slater's corpse with a stake plunged in his heart. Rose walked towards Slater's body and dragged it away while I just stood there stunned. Elena immediately regained her composure and went over to Slater's computer desk. She began to look at the files and papers on top of the desk.

"Looks like whoever blew up the coffee shop found him and killed him for his information." I looked over to Elena to see her shuffling through the papers. I went to her with Rose following behind me.

"Yeah, probably to stop him from helping people like us. The guy was a vampire almanac, knowing too much information just bit him in the ass." While Elena was focusing on the papers, I noticed a picture frame and picked it up. All of a sudden, Rose went to the windows and opened the curtains, startling Elena and I.

"What are you…?" Elena asked confused.

"Tempered glass. U.V. rays can't penetrate." Rose just answered as she gazes out the window. "I used to just come here and watch the day." I feel bad for Rose, I know how it feels to lose an important person and you couldn't even do anything about it. I looked down at the framed photo; it contained a picture of Slater and a woman.

"I'm sorry about Slater." I said giving her a sympathetic smile, which she returned.

"Any luck?" Rose asked us. I placed the picture frame down and Elena then attempted to log in to one of Slater's computer.

"Um... It's password protected. I can't get in."

"Well, we can't do anything about it. Let's just go." I said and then suddenly, we heard a doorknob rattling from inside the apartment.

"Stay here." Rose ordered us. Rose walked to where the sound came from and opened a set of doors. She was scanning the room when out of the blue she said a girl's name. "Alice?" This got my attention so I went close to Rose.

"Rose!" The girl shrieked. Alice rushed towards Rose and immediately latched onto her. She was the girl from the photo and she was sobbing really hard. "He's dead!" Rose rubbed soothing circles in her back and led her to the living room. I left them alone so they could have time to mourn for their friend and Elena followed me. I went to the kitchen and shuffled through the cabinet to make some warm tea. Elena knew what I was doing so she got the teacups and set them up. I was pouring hot water into teacups when Rose sat down next to me.

"She found him a few minutes before we did."

"How is she?" I asked.

"Overreacting. Big time." Rose uttered which made me confused.

"Her boyfriend just died. There's no such thing as overreacting." Elena shot back.

"Those tears are for her. She didn't care about Slater." My ears perked up with this and I looked at Rose with curiosity. "She was only dating him long enough to see if he'd turn her." Oh, so that was why she said that. Elena grabbed the teacup and went towards Alice, she sat down on a chair beside her and handed her the tea. I just stayed in the kitchen observing. Something was definitely wrong, how would someone know that we are looking for more information about Klaus? That person even went as far as killing someone just to make sure we wouldn't find the answers we need.

"Thank you." Alice took the cup of tea from Elena and she only stared at her with some sort of familiarity. "You look really familiar. Did you know Slater?" She asked Elena. Thanks to my werewolf hearing, I can clearly hear Elena and Alice's conversation.

"Not personally, no. I just knew that he kept detailed records of all of his vampire contacts and I was hoping that he could point me towards Klaus."

"Doubtful. Klaus doesn't want to be pointed at."

"Do you know Slater's computer password?" I heaved a heavy sigh when I heard this. Well, she could've asked properly or at least be discreet about it.

"Are you seriously asking me that right now? I just saw my boyfriend with a stake through his heart."

"I understand that. Do you know his password?" She pressed.

"Who do you think you are?" Alice hissed as she looked away from Elena and took a sip of her tea. Elena looked over at Rose and I. For some reasons, I have a bad feeling about it because I could literally see a light bulb lit up.

"What if I could convince Rose to turn you?" She proposed. Alice turned back up to her. Rose and I looked at each other in surprise and we gave Elena a questioning glance. However, Rose was more of glaring at Elena in disdain. "Will you show us his files then?" Apparently the girl immediately agreed and had managed to log on to Slater's computer. Our hope was crushed though; all the files have been deleted.

"Someone's been here. The hard drive's completely wiped out." Alice said as we stood behind her.

"Yeah, probably whoever killed him?" I uttered whilst Elena ran a hand over her face and turned away due to frustration.

"Lucky for you, Slater was paranoid. Everything's backed up on a remote server." Alice immediately tried to retrieve all the files, she was definitely eager to get some of Rose's blood. Rose turned back to speak to Elena.

"You know that she's not going anywhere near my blood, right?" She sternly told Elena in a soft voice so Alice wouldn't hear anything.

"I know. She doesn't." Elena walked past Rose. I could see a smile spread on Rose's face realizing that Elena had only deceived Alice. Elena leaned down next to Alice to have a better look at the computer screen.

"Kristen Stewart. God was he obvious."

"These are all leads to vampires?" I asked while Alice continued skimming through the files.

"Slater was obsessed. Almost as much as me."

"What about that one? Cody Webber. They exchanged dozens of emails about Elijah." Rose pointed at the name.

"I could call him." Elena handed the phone over to Alice.

"Tell him that we're trying to send a message to Klaus. The doppelganger is alive and she's ready to surrender." My eyes widened at her statement and my shock turned into that of anger and irritation. I knew that there was something off about her; I shouldn't have trusted her on this one.

"What?!" Rose and I yelled at the same time.

"Oh, my God, I knew I recognized you." Alice said amused. This girl is really adding up to my anger right now. "Shut up!" I hissed which silenced her completely.

"Get him the message, please." Elena quickly walked out of the room and we quickly followed her. I found Elena in the kitchen with her hands placed on a table. She then turned around and faced us.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I sneered at her venomously.

"I'm getting Klaus' attention." Now that really pissed me off. I was about to grabbed her but Rose stopped me. I could feel my eyes turn golden yellow and it was confirmed when Elena and Rose stiffened at the sight of me.

"Are you really dumb? If Klaus knows that you're alive, he'll find you and then kill you." I yelled but Elena only looked at us and didn't respond.

"Which is exactly what you wanted all along." Rose uttered in disbelief.

"It's either me or my family." She answered cautiously. She better be cautious because one wrong answer, all hell will definitely break loose.

"Do you really think you're saving everyone else through this idiotic suicide mission of yours? Well wake up Elena! You're not a savior; you're only going to cause them more suffering. For your information, you're also forgetting that he's not only after you! He's also after me! You bringing him closer to us is going to put not only me in danger but also everyone!" I snarled trying to get out of Rose's grip. Oh, I really want to knock some sense in her right now. Elena was really becoming frightened of me because she was backing away. Our argument was cut short by Alice entering the room.

"Cody is on his way and he really wants to meet you." Alice told Elena but she immediately left the room because I gave her a death glare. I actually forgot about that and let my anger get into me. This werewolf temper was really getting worse; I have it to learn to control it more. I shut my eyes and sighed, my anger was slowly diminished. I could feel my eyes turn back to their normal color, I then turned to Rose.

"Get her out of my sight. Because I swear, I will not hesitate to snap at her again." She nodded at me and I went to watch the scenery outside of the window to try to calm myself. After a while, I can feel my anger slowly slipping and Rose came to me.

"Are you alright now?" She asked and I just nodded.

"Call Damon. He needs to get here fast." Rose just nodded and went somewhere secluded. I then went back to gazing out of the window. I let out gasp when all of a sudden; I saw a reflection of Elijah staring at me in the window. I swiftly turned around but no one was there. I looked back at the window confused, and then it hit me. "Magic." Rose came back and I quickly masked my anxious state. She saw me and gave me a nod. Damon is definitely going to be mad.

"Your eyes were different." Rose said which got my attention. "When I was trying to stop you from charging at Elena, your eyes were golden yellow."

"I'm pretty sure you already figured that out. You just need me to say it for your assurance."

"How did it happen?"

"Katherine happened so now, I'm part of both species." Rose was going to say something again when an angry Damon arrived.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" He yelled at us in hushed tone.

"Well, hello to you too." I smiled sarcastically.

"Shut up! We're talking about this later. Where the hell is Elena?" He demanded and I pointed at the kitchen. He quickly zoomed there and we just heard the start of an argument.

"What are you doing here?" Damon sternly said.

"What are you doing here?" Elena replied uneasily. That was our cue to enter; Elena turned towards us and glowered at us.

"You called him?" She then looked at me but I just retained my emotionless face.

"We're sorry, Elena." Rose answered for me as well but I wasn't sorry though.

"You said that you understood." Elena directed to Rose. Rose was about to say something when Damon cut her off.

"She lied." Elena turned back to Damon as Alice approached us looking like a star-struck fan girl.

"Damon Salvatore!"

"Get rid of her." Damon ordered Rose.

"No. Way." Alice said once more as Rose dragged her out of the room.

"Come on. We're leaving."

"No." Elena stood still.

"I said we're leaving." Damon said once more but in a stern tone this time.

"I'm not going with you."

" You do not get to make decisions anymore." I butted in but Damon gave me a look that says to keep quiet.

"When have I ever made a decision? Damon and Stefan do that for me. Now this, this is my decision." She told us.

"Who's going to save your life while you're out making decisions?" Damon countered.

"You're not listening to me, Damon. I don't want to be saved. Not if it means that Klaus is gonna kill every single person that I love."

"Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." Damon grasped her arm tightly while Elena struggled to release herself from his grip.

"No!" Elena threw a punch at Damon but he caught her fist and clutched it in his hand. I rolled my eyes at Elena. "Smart move, genius." I thought. Did she really think that she would be able to throw a punch at a vampire like that? Damon moved closer to her and Elena gasped in shock.

"Don't ever do that again." He released Elena's fist and walked away. Elena just stood still, horrified at how Damon acted. I walked away too because I'm still pissed at her. Who knows what I might be capable of if I talked to her right now? I went to the living room and sat down. After a while, Elena and Rose came and sat down as well, I could feel Elena staring at me but I chose to ignore it. We waited for Damon to finish compelling Alice and as if on cue, he opened the double doors and came out of the bedroom. We looked at him from our seats as he came towards us.

"Time to go, Alice is soundly sleeping and won't remember a moment of this horribly stupid day." All of a sudden, the front doors burst open and three unknown men walked into the apartment. Damon turned his head to look at them while three of us stood up from our seats to face them as well.

"We're here to meet the doppelganger." One man, who I assume to be Cody Webber, said.

"Thank you for coming." Elena said attempting to walk towards them, but Damon caught her arm.

"I will break your arm." He threatened and then turned to Cody. "There's nothing here for you." Suddenly, the man in the front door dropped to the floor dead and Elijah was standing in his place. My eyes widened at the sight of Elijah. He was supposed to be dead, I saw Damon kill him. The other two vampires warily looked at the newcomer and Elijah sped towards them, looking from one to the other. I heard Rose gasp and then I saw her sped out of the apartment, running for her life. Elijah looked over at Elena and Damon and finally our eyes met. I could still see the same gentleness in his eyes like when the first time we met each other. "I killed you. You were dead." Damon uttered surprised and Elijah's attention was diverted to him.

"For centuries now." Elijah said and he turned back to Cody. "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" Cody snarled in return.

"I'm Elijah." I noticed Cody pale; all of his bravery was thrown out of the window and was replaced with fear.

"We were going to bring her to you, for Klaus. She's the doppelganger. I don't know how she exists, but she does. Klaus will want to see her."

"Does anyone else know that you're here?"

"No."

"Well, then, you have been incredibly helpful." I gasped when Elijah plunged his arms into the two vampires' chests. They grunted as Elijah ripped their hearts out. The two vampires fell to the floor dead. I turned my attention back to Elijah only to see him let hearts drop from his hands. Damon prepared to fight Elijah thinking that he will take us again. However, I didn't expect what happened next. Elijah gave me one last glance before he turned around and sped out of the apartment. Damon looked back at us and all of us had shocked expressions on our faces. Getting out of our petrified forms, we immediately went out of the apartment before another danger decided to come. I took my car and Damon took Elena with him in his car. On the way back to Mystic Falls, all I could think about was what happened. Why on earth would Elijah just leave when his main purpose was to get Elena and I back? Moreover, how was it possible that he is alive?

Elijah

Currently, I am standing at a window, looking out. I am thinking of what exactly happened today and again, I couldn't get Danielle out of my head. I heard Jonas come out of a room and shut the door. "Where's Luka?" I inquired.

"Asleep."

"Your shadow spell was successful. I was able to track Danielle and the other girl. However, I did have a little run in with one of the brothers that killed me."

"I assume he didn't live to tell about it."

"Actually, I spared him. He'd die before he'd let anything happen to the doppelganger. They both would. She'll be kept safe."

"For now."

"Well, that's precisely what we need her to be." I turned to Jonas. "Safe. However, I can't say the same for Danielle. Knowing both of the brothers, they would definitely focus their attention and protection on Elena. Not only that, those two idiotic brothers and that foolish doppelganger will certainly put her at risk with their rash actions and poor judgments." Just thinking about Danielle being hurt because of those fools made my blood boil. Somehow I think Jonas sensed this and looked at me with eyes full of curiosity.

"So what do you plan on doing about it?" Jonas asked.

"I will give her my protection, of course. I would not let anything happen to her and most certainly will I not let her fall into Klaus' grasp. It would only happen over my cold dead body."

Here's a new update! I'm so sorry for not updating immediately. :( I was so busy with school and I might not be able to update again for a while because exams are really near. :( I'm really sorry! I promise I will update more during summer so for now enjoy the new chapter! :D