1864

I was out in the woods at night. I might have been more afraid had Katherine not told the other vampires not to attack me. What I was trying to do was run away. I could make it to another town and find a man to marry and not have to worry about her anymore. Everything was going well so far. All of a sudden, I was thrown to the ground.

"It's awfully dangerous for a girl like you to be one this late at night." The man said. I knew actually what I was supposed to say at the moment.

"I'm Mikaela Salvatore. Katherine said you're not supposed to touch me." I declared.

"I don't know any Katherine and I don't care about your name." He responded. Suddenly something flew through the air before I saw a branch sticking through his chest and he began to turn grey. I looked to see an Asian girl.

"So you're the famous Mikaela Salvatore." She commented.

"Who are you?" I asked in fear.

"I'm Anna." She stated. "Now let's get you back home."

She grabbed my hand and walked me back to the house.

Present

I woke up noticing that Maria was still awake and decided to shake her awake.

"So this is what it's like to wake up next to a girl." She quipped. "I like it."

"Rise and shine you two." Damon interrupted. Both of us shot up and then covered up since we were in our underwear.

"What the fuck?" Maria asked before looked at me. "Does this always happen?"

"No, but today is a special day." Damon answered.

"Get out of here." I ordered.

"Stop being so smutty. Should Elena be jealous? You're not even naked" He asked. "Now we have some very important information to discuss."

"And it has to be right now?" Maria asked.

"So in order to open the tomb, we need the grimoire and in order to find that, we need the journal. Since you're dating Elena Gilbert, you're on journal duty."

"I'll get it today, now leave us alone." I ordered.

"You know the three of us are going to have a lot of fun together." He commented before he started to walk out of the room. "Don't screw it up."

"So I guess I should do this." I replied. "It would probably be a good idea for you not to be involved with this."

"I need some clothes." She told me.

"Help yourself." I remarked.

1864

I was outside with Katherine. She wanted to introduce me to her friends.

"Mikaela, this is Pearl." She stated.

"Pleased to meet you." I declared, trying my hardest not to be scared.

"Katherine, I need to discuss something with you. Won't you send your pet away for now?" Pearl asked. I wanted to be offended by it, but there was no point.

"Mikaela, why don't you wait outside?" Katherine suggested. I nervously walked outside and that was when I saw Anna again.

"Hey, it's you again." She remarked. "You don't need to be afraid of me. I'm not gonna hurt you."

"But you're just like Katherine." I pointed out.

"I saved your life. You can trust me." She declared.

Present

Later I went to Elena's house, dressed in a pink baseball tee with a navy lace miniskirt and ripped leggings with pink lip gloss and black boots. Once I got there, we started to look through boxes of old stuff.

"So does Damon really think that we're going to help him open this tomb?" She asked as I munched on some Eggo waffles. They were best eaten by hand.

"I don't think Damon knows what to think right now." I told her. "Trust isn't in his nature. He probably wants to believe that we'll help."

"You know I think he really does believe that everything he's done is for Katherine." She explained. "It's kind of sad."

"Damon doesn't understand that you don't have to use violence and threats to get what you want." I pointed out. "All I know is every time Stefan and I let him back into our lives, we've regretted it."

"So what is going to happen if the tomb is opened?" She asked.

"Well that would on who gets out." I explained. "If all of the vampires get out, then people will die. I don't know if the book is something that he should possess."

I then noticed that Elena was looking at an old photo.

"That's Jonathan Gilbert." I explained. "He and my father were good friends."

"So what's this?" She asked as she pulled out a contraption. It was a muzzle that the founders used to restrain vampires.

"What are you guys doing in here?" Jeremy interrupted.

"We were just looking through some old stuff." Elena remarked. "Dad had this old journal from the Civil War."

"Jonathan Gilbert's?" He asked as he took a seat on the counter.

"You know about it?" Elena replied.

"I just did a history paper on it." He stated. That was convenient.

"So where is it now?" I inquired.

"I gave it to Mr. Saltzman." He answered. Elena and I then looked at each other. "What?"

I couldn't help but realize that both of us leaving together would look a little bit suspicious and decided that I would just text Stefan and have him meet me at the school. It was really the only place to check for it since we obviously wouldn't be able to get into his house or apartment or wherever he lived.

"So Mr. Saltzman has it?" He asked.

"I think the best option is just to ask him nicely if he'll give it to us." I replied.

"And what if he doesn't do that?" He questioned.

"Then we can compel him." I remarked.

"What are we going to do if he read the journal and starts to believe about vampires?" He asked.

"I don't know. Let's just focus on getting the journal and not all of the possible scenarios." I suggested.

1864

"Father?" I asked as I entered my dad's study. He was with Jonathan Gilbert and Benjamin Lockwood. "Excuse me. I didn't know that you had company."

"I'll be done in a minute, Mikaela." He replied.

"I'm sorry for interrupting. It was nice to see you Mr. Gilbert, Mayor Lockwood." I said before I entered the room. I would have to wait until later to try to tell him about Katherine.

Present

We went into the school. For some reason, it was unlocked. I wasn't sure what the plan would be if he wasn't there. Of course he could have just left it at the school, but I'd imagine he'd want to take it home.

"So do you think whoever else is looking for the journal would know it's here?" He asked.

"Maybe." I replied as the as the two of us found his room. It was empty, but after a minute, the teacher returned with a weapon and fired. Stefan ended up catching the stake in midair and I went over and grabbed the weapon from him before I grabbed him and threw him against one of the desks. At that point, I could tell he was scared.

"You shouldn't have done that." Stefan remarked.

"Take a seat." I ordered. He nervously sat down as I looked over the weapon. "Is this compressed air? Did you make it yourself? Who are you? We're not gonna hurt you."

"I'm a history teacher." He answered. Stefan scoffed. It was technically true, but not what we were looking for. "I'm also a historian and from my research, I uncovered some interesting information about your town."

"So now you're Van Helsing?' Stefan asked in disbelief. "We want the truth."

"My wife was a parapsychologist." He admitted. "She spent her life researching supernatural activity in this area. It was her work that led me to here."

"Where is she now?" I asked.

"Dead." He stated. "A vampire killed her."

"You can't just take it out on all of us." I pointed out. "So where's Jonathan Gilbert's journal?"

"Why do you want it?" He questioned.

"Where is it?" I repeated.

"It's on my desk." He stated.

"No it's not." Stefan replied. He looked back at the desk.

"Well it was on my desk." He remarked. That meant that someone else must have gotten to it first. I just wished that I knew who.

1864

I was outside of the apothecary with Anna. Being around her made me start to wonder if all vampires were bad.

"So do you have any idea what your plans for the future are, Miss Mikaela?" She asked.

"I want to be a doctor: not a nurse, a doctor, but as for right now, I'd like to get away from Katherine." I answered.

"I thought you and Katherine were together." She stated.

"I want to tell my father." I replied.

"You can't do that." She argued. "You'd not only be putting her at risk, but all of us as well."

I knew that I did not want to see anything happen to her.

Present

Since, he didn't know where the journal was, I decided that it would be best to just go back to Elena's house and let Stefan talk to him. I was pretty sure that my brother wasn't going to hurt him. Maria and Damon were also there.

I decided to talk to her and Elena.

"Did you get the journal?" Maria asked me.

"No, Stefan was going to talk to him to see if he knows where it is." I whispered because I didn't want Damon to hear.

"Why are you whispering?" She replied. I just pointed to my brother.

We then went into the kitchen.

"Hey, we're making dinner." Jenna replied. "I was just telling your brother about all of the losers I've dated."

"Now you know why I date women." I joked.

Later Jenna, was changing her shirt because she spilled wine on it and Elena was washing her hands, leaving Maria and Damon to serve the food. Damon bumped into her.

"Stop that." She ordered.

"Stop what?" He asked her.

"Don't what me. That move was deliberate." Maria replied. I didn't know why he was trying to flirt our brother's girlfriend.

"I was deliberately trying to get to the sink." Damon argued. "So this new sense of family sense me, Stefan, and Kaela, is it real?"

"Yes." Maria answered without any thought.

"Can I trust them?" He asked. "More importantly, can I trust Stefan?"

"You can trust him." She answered.

He then sped in front of her.

"Can I trust him?" He repeated slowly.

"I'm wearing vervain." Maria pointed out.

"I'm not compelling I just want an honest answer." Damon replied.

"Yes, you can trust him and Mikaela too." She lied. "They're your family."

1864

My siblings and I went outside to see Katherine playing croquet with our father.

"She's beating me, again." He stated.

"She's good." Damon commented. "I almost think that she genuinely likes him."

"Maybe she does." Stefan opined. I didn't like how both of them seemed to be under her spell.

"He'd kill her if he knew what she really was." Damon remarked.

"Maybe he wouldn't." I argued. I hoped that he would.

"Kaela, you can't tell him. Neither of you can." Damon replied.

Present

After dinner, Jenna and I were doing the dishes together while Damon was playing video games with Jeremy.

"Your brother's so hot." She whispered to me.

"Shh, he's an ass." I pointed out.

At that point, I heard the doorbell ring and Damon and I, along with Maria and Elena headed outside.

"Well, where is it?" Damon asked.

"Someone else got it." Stefan explained.

"Who took it?" Damon responded. "I bet it was that teacher. There's something off about him."

"No, it wasn't him." I stated.

"Well who else knows about it?" Damon asked. Elena then looked inside at Jeremy. It led to them and Elena going inside while I decided to take Maria home.

A few minutes later, Elena gave me an update.

"So Stefan, had a copy of the journal and apparently Jonathan Gilbert gave it to your father and he said that he would take the secret of its location to his grave." She explained.

"I know where it is." I replied. "I'll take Maria with me and we'll dig it up."

1864

I decided that I would go into my father's study.

"Mikaela, to what do I owe the presence of such a lovely lady?" He asked.

"Did I interrupt you? I could come back later if you want." I suggested.

"These are the dull musings of my troubled mind." He replied. "I will carry the real secrets with me…"

"To your grave." I finished.

"Come take a seat." He requested. I obliged and took a seat next to him. "So what's on your mind, my dear daughter?"

"Damon, told me about your plan for the vampires." I replied. He looked surprised, but not surprised that Damon told me. "I'm not sure it's the right idea."

"And why is that?" He asked.

"How do you know that all of them are evil?" I questioned. "What if some of them are not?"

"Do you have evidence to the contrary?" He asked. I knew I couldn't reveal it now. "Have you met any vampires?"

"Of course not, Father." I lied. "But are we to believe what others say at face value? Is this any different from the colored people?"

"Sara, the difference is the African-American are not monsters. These creatures can control your mind." He explained as he poured me a glass of liquor and I drank it. "They are a real threat as opposed to just having a different skin color. Those who stand with them will be destroyed as well."

Present

We went to a gravestone in the woods. I had a shovel in my car because it seemed like it would be good to carry in this town.

"So why isn't your father in your family's crypt?" She inquired.

"It wasn't built until after he died." I explained.

"Okay, so let's get digging." She instructed. "Mikaela, I'm not leaving. I don't want Damon to get that book."

1864

I then went to Katherine's room at her request. I got on her bed because I knew that was what she wanted from me. I noticed that she had an amber necklace.

"Where did you get that?" I asked.

"It was from Emily." She answered. "So I want you to try to enjoy this. We'll start with this."

She first gave me some of her blood. She had been done it a couple of times. She then grabbed me and began to undress me. I just hoped that she wouldn't rip my dress again. Once she got the chance, she bit into my shoulder before she suddenly started choking. At that point, my father came in.

"That God you're alright." He said. "Go tell the Sheriff we have a vampire."

I decided to just do what he said and ran before she could have any chance to recover. It looked like I might finally be free of her.

Present

After digging for a little while, I hit a box. I pried it open to see my father's skeleton and inside was the book.

"Well…this is an interesting development." Damon commented.

"I can't let you bring Katherine back." I said with tears in my eyes. "You don't know what she did to me."

"I can't believe that I trusted you." He replied. "I expected this from Stefan, but I thought we were closer."

"The fact that you're here means that you planned on doing this without us." I argued.

"Of course I did because the only person that I can count on is me!" He shouted. "Now give me the book or you will regret it."

"You won't kill her." I pointed out.

He then grabbed Maria by the neck and fed his blood into her mouth.

"I'll do one better." He replied. "Give me the book, Kaela, or Stefan and I will have a vampire girlfriend."

"Let her go first." I instructed. I could tell that he wasn't going to do it. I put the book down and then he let her go. He then took the book and ran off.

I decided that it would be a good idea just to take her home from there. At that point, I went to check on Elena. Jenna answered the door.

"Would it be alright if I see Elena for a little bit?" I questioned.

"You're not staying the night. You're lucky I like you, though. She's in her room."

At that point, Jeremy walked over.

"Where'd she go?" He asked.

"Who?" I asked. Did Jeremy have a new girlfriend or something?

"He has a friend over." Jenna explained.

"Anna." He added.

It was at that point that something flashed back to me.

1864

After talking to the sheriff, I had to make sure that Anna was okay. There was chaos all around and I didn't want her to get hurt. I found her with her mother.

"Go find Emily. Do it now." Pearl instructed her daughter. She then went to try to talk to Jonathan Gilbert, but his compass pointed to her and she was captured. Anna tried to scream but I covered her mouth as not to draw to her.

"We need to get out of here." I replied. I grabbed her hand and we began to run.

Present

I ran upstairs to Elena's room, but she wasn't there. Anna must have taken her.

So we got to see more of Mikaela's past. She was glad to get away from Katherine. But now Anna took Elena. Please don't forget to review.