The thought of Catherine standing beside me at first almost made me faint, but the only way I could suspect that was not the real Elena was because me and her are sister. Sisters have a supernatural sense; almost like twins when they have a connection. Elena and I shared a bond that no one could ever break; if she felt pain, I could feel it. But at this moment I had no idea what was going on; no connection, no nothing. I felt as if I had been cut off from Elena and that something had broken our bond for just a small moment.

"Catherine, what are you doing here?" Damon barked, hold my hand tightly.

"I came to collect what is mine." She smirked at Damon as she ran her finger down his cheek like she was about to kiss him as he stood tall by me.

"He's mine. You know the rule of soul mates, Catherine. And that nothing can break their bond, except for death by unnatural causes." I exclaimed pushing Damon behind me.

"Oh my sweet daughter, I see that you have done your research. But I don't mean to take your sweet Damon from you. I came for you and sweet Elena; since you two are my daughters and you both belong with me."

"No we don't. We have changed, been reborn. We choose our destiny for ourselves now. We no longer follow the destiny that was planned for us by you and your witch." I barked backed defensively.

Catherine frowned, "You're my daughter and you must obey your mother."

"No!"

Angrily she charged at me, but before I could even feel her wrath, Damon step in front of me as Stefan pulled me away from his side. Stefan grabbed me by the waist and dragged me down the long carpeted stairs down to the living room of Elena's house. I tried to fight him as I wanted to fight Catherine and save Damon. He wasn't strong enough to defend himself, nor was Stefan.

"Let me go! Stefan let me go now!" I screamed as I continually fought back.

"Aly, I can't. You can't fight her. You're not strong enough."

"And Damon isn't? You don't know what he has done to keep me safe." I yelled as he finally threw me down onto the couch as he sat beside me and held my hand. He squeezed it tightly to keep me from moving; if I had tried to run, he would have broken my hand in one single crushing motion.

"He can take care of himself. I know my brother too well. Plus he would never want to see anything harm you." Stefan reassured me as I tried to calm my anger down. At that moment I looked deep in Stefan's eyes and saw the same dread that I felt at the moment. Fear stained his face as silence became his hiding place.

"Stefan? What's wrong?"

Stefan remained silent as he picked me up and rushed me through the door to the car. He didn't even blink as he threw my seatbelt on and held it down on my waist as he cranked my car and we drove away.

"Stefan, where are we going! What are you doing?" I screamed as he pressed down hard on my seatbelt as we zipped through town.

Silence.

"STEFAN SALVATORE! TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING!"

The car came to a halt as Stefan slammed on brakes in front of the mansion. Pulling me out of the car and dragging me, I began to scream and yell at him for not answering me question. I was beyond pissed off and annoyed; this time I kicked him as hard as I could. Bump!

"OOOOUUUCCHH!" my leg throbbed as I hobbled over to the couch and Stefan stared at me, like an idiot.

"Why did you kick me? I'm trying to protect you."

"You wouldn't my question, you asshole!"

Stefan continued to stare at me as tears began to run down my face the pain got worse. Within a flash, Stefan had left the room and was back in front of me, putting ice on my foot. I calmed down as I saw blood tears fall from his saddened eyes.

"Stefan?"

"I'm sorry, Aly. I just can't risk losing you and I don't want to even imagine what Damon would do without you." He cried.

"Tell me what's going on…I need to know if I'm in danger…Stefan, please." I sighed as I tore part of my sleeve off for him to dry his bloody tears.

"Alyson…" Stefan hadn't called me Alyson in quite some time; this is how I knew he was dead serious about the situation at hand.

"Elena is missing and we think Catherine may know where she is, but we unsure."

"We?"

"Damon and I; that's why Damon told me to take of care, even if it meant going out of my way to kill someone."

BANG!

The front door flew open from its tightly locked frame as Damon struggled in with a limb Catherine hanging over his shoulder.

"I see you gave her vervain; take her down to the cellar."

Damon nodded as he stared at me and my foot of ice. He glared at Stefan as he growled lowly and rushed down the stairs to the cellar.

"He's upset with me…I hurt you."

"I can see why, but I'll explain to him later why I'm injured. It wasn't your fault; it was all my own. Me and my stubbornness; they make quite a pair, don't they?" I laughed as I stood up slowly and tried to walk. Oops…I started to limp and fall, when suddenly Damon and Stefan both held me upright in their arms. They both glared at each other as I sat back down on the couch.

"What happened?" Damon frowned.

"Damon, calm down. I was upset at Stefan for not explaining to me what was going on, so I got pissy and I kicked him in the knee and ended up hurting my foot. That's all; its not his fault."

Damon glanced over at me and then his brother with a smirk, before he busted out into laughter.

"You crazy girl, you know you can't hurt us, yet you try to with human ways. I guess I'll have to start letting you train with me, so you are able to hurt my brother more often for me." He smiled, Stefan stood there looking serious like he always did when things weren't so hot.

"You're right, Damon. But right now, I think it's time for me to go and meet are new house guest before hitting the sack." I winked.

"I second that motion." Stefan grimaced as Damon and him both picked me up and started carrying me to the cellar.