Hey guys, thanks for the reviews. Hope you like it!

insert name here XD: I probably won't deviate from the storyline. When Kol comes I will have to fill in the blanks for when they're together between periods on the show.

keikei313: I loved Anna, but unfortunately, I just don't really see a way to keep her alive. Her dying really drives Jeremy's character development, so I feel that if she lived, he won't be able to grow up during season 2 like he did on the show. I guess you'll have to see with the Katherine thing! I have a few ideas. At the start Elena's hate of her is so one dimensional, she hates everything to do with Katherine. But as the show develops, I feel as though Elena accepts her a bit more, and it's not so much hate, but a mutual dislike.

"Hey," Brea said coming to stand in Elena's doorway just as she hung up her phone.

"Hey, you coming to work on the float?" Elena asked.

"Yep," Brea huffed.

"Scared of Caroline?"

"Who isn't?" Brea laughed as they walked downstairs to head for the school.

"Lena, there's Matt over there, I'm going to go say hello," Brea said as the twins arrived outside the school cafeteria.

"Tyler's there as well," Elena said with a look at her sister.

"Yeah, we're kinda weird at the moment, you know. I mean he came to Miss Mystic with me, but he also beat up Matt. I don't know where we're at. Haven't really spoken to him much," Brea said walking off. "Hey Mr Saltzman," she greeted Ric as she passed him, he didn't say anything, just grabbed her arm and spun her around, leading her back to her sister.

"Hey Mr Saltzman," Elena greeted as he approached her with Brea in tow.

"Come with me," he said to Elena and Stefan, letting go of Brea. "We need to talk." Elena gave Brea a look and Brea just shrugged confused.

"Damon, thanks for coming," Ric said as Damon eventually walked into the classroom.

"Sorry I'm late. The dog ate my, uh, never mind," Damon started to joke before he looked over at the devastated faces on Brea and Elena and noted they were clutching each other's hands for dear life. "What's with all the furrowed brows?" he asked.

"I saw Isobel last night," Ric said.

"Isobel's here? In town?" Damon asked looking between Ric and the twins. "Huh," he noted before diving into questioning, "did you ask her about Uncle John? Are they working together?"

"No," Ric answered irritated.

"No, they're not?"

"No, I didn't ask."

"What about the invention?"

"Didn't ask."

"Does she know about the tomb of vampires?"

"I don't know."

"Did words completely escape you?"

"No, I was a little distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions."

"What did she want?"

"She wants to see us, Damon," Elena answered to end the bickering, causing Damon to freeze and turn to the girls worried.

"Alaric is supposed to arrange a meeting," Stefan elaborated. "We don't know why or what she wants."

"You don't have to see her if you don't want to," Damon told the girls.

"We don't really have a choice," Elena sighed.

"She's threatened to go on a killing spree," Ric filled in.

"Oh. I take it that's not ok with you guys," Damon smirked.

"Not really," Brea scoffed with a small smile.

"I want to do it. I want to meet her. If I don't, I know I'll regret it," Elena decided. "Brea?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll do it."

"Brea!" Elena snapped as the two sat at a table in the Grill waiting for Isobel.

"Yeah?" she asked snapping out of her daydreaming.

"Stop tapping your foot. You're making me nervous."

"But I am nervous," Brea tried to defend but Elena just glared.

"Brea!" Elena said kicking her under the table.

"Ouch Elena! What?"

"Stop tapping! First your foot, now your fingers, cut it out," she growled as Brea sulked and shrunk back in her chair. Brea's phone buzzed with a text from Damon, who was waiting outside. Brea checked it whilst her sister was talking mush with Stefan.

D - Thank god she said something, you were driving me mental from out here.

B - You're on my list

D - List?

B - My hit list for people who are mean to me

D - Who's at the top?

B - Jeremy

D - Aren't you weirdly obsessed with him?

B - Yeah, but he's ignoring me lately, so it's time for payback

Just as Brea sent the text Elena kicked her again, "oh my god, what you psychopath? I wasn't doing anything, I swear to god I will kick you back," Brea started to tell her sister off but then looked up and saw Isobel standing over the table, "oh." Isobel then laid her coat out on the chair and sat down.

"Hello Brenna, Elena," she greeted. "You look just like her. It's eerie," she said to Elena before facing Brea, "and you, you style your hair just like Katherine. Dress like Elena, but the hair, huh. It's interesting to see the glaring similarities between you two even though she's stayed away for a century and a half," Isobel noted making Brea's eyes widen.

"You've met Katherine," Elena interrupted shocked.

"She found me after I turned. Genetic curiosity, I suppose. She would be fascinated by you."

"Is that how you can walk in the day?" Elena asked gesturing to Isobel's necklace.

"Katherine helped me obtain it."

"Who's our father?"

"Not important. He was a teenage waste of space," Isobel answered.

"A name would be nice," Elena snarked.

"It would, wouldn't it? You ask a lot of questions, Elena."

"Why did you compel that man to kill himself, right after he told us to stop looking for you?"

"Dramatic impact. Wish it would have been more effective."

"Human life means that little to you?"

"Means nothing to me. It's just part of being what I am."

"You were human once, not long ago," Brea spat disgusted. "How can you kill and not feel any guilt?"

"Not all of us are blessed like you are. In order to live forever, lives will be lost as a cost. You're the only one I've ever heard of blessed with that nifty little reincarnation spell. Must be amazing to lead a different life every 20 years, start fresh, find new families and loves. Katherine always described it as a curse, but from where I'm sitting, it's an absolute bless-."

"Shut up!" Brea snarled with malice and Isobel immediately went quiet.

"You don't have to kill to be a vampire," Elena said after looking at her fuming sister with concern. "We know other vampires. That's not true."

"You mean your boyfriend over there by the pool table? Stefan Salvatore. Why Stefan? Why didn't you go for Damon? Or do you enjoy them both like Katherine did?"

"Shut up!" Brea snarled again and Isobel stopped speaking.

"Why did you want to meet us?" Elena asked again looking at her sister. "It can't be to just catch up."

"Because I'm curious about you both. But the real reason is, I want what your uncle wants. Jonathan Gilbert's invention."

"How do you know our uncle?" Brea asked.

"I used to spend a lot of time here when I was younger," Isobel answered. "John had a crush on me for years. He was the first one that told me about vampires."

"So what made you want to be one?" Elena asked.

"It's a very long list of reasons, Elena. All of which I'm sure you've thought about," at this Elena immediately shook her head. "That was your first lie. It's inevitable. You're going to get old. Stefan won't. Your twin won't make it much longer, she'll die in a few years and live through her next 22 years in a new family without you. The only way to see her again and to be with Stefan forever is to be a vampire. When you're human, forever doesn't last very long."

"I'm sorry, but I don't have what you're looking for," Elena snarled, glossing over Isobel's words.

Elena stood up to leave and Isobel grabbed her arm tight, "sit down. And tell your boyfriend to walk away." Elena slowly sat down and nodded at Stefan.

Brea began fuming, "let her go now!" she snarled causing Isobel to immediately release Elena's arm.

Isobel smiled at the girls, "I want the invention."

"We don't have it," Brea reasoned.

"I know that. But Damon does. And you two are gonna get it for me."

"He's not going to give it to us," Elena argued.

"Then the blood will be on your hands." Isobel then stood up and walked off, "it was nice meeting you Brenna, Elena," she called on her way out. Elena sat at the table crying, but Brea was fuming, she stood to storm out and spun around only to see Bonnie. Bonnie froze and looked at Brea and Elena, who stood up behind Brea. She looked at the twins faces and looked concerned, but then her face darkened and she walked off, Brea turned to look at what turned her face and spotted Stefan. Brea rolled her eyes at Bonnie's behaviour and then stormed out of the Grill and headed home.

Elena and Brea ran down the stairs the next day as they got ready to leave for school. "Let's just try to have a better day than we did yesterday huh?" Brea huffed as Elena gave her a small smile. They'd hardly spoken since Brea stormed out of the Grill the day before.

As the twins packed their bag for the day there was a knock on the door, Elena and Brea looked at each other confused, not sure who it could be. Elena opened it and the girls saw Bonnie on the other side. "Hi," Elena said in shock.

"Hey," Bonnie replied uncomfortably. "I couldn't sleep last night. You were both obviously upset about something, and I just walked away. That's not me. That can't be us. Elena and Brea, you're my friends. If you need me, I'm here for you guys. And I'm sorry I couldn't show you that yesterday," as Bonnie spoke Elena and Brea started tearing up.

"We met our birth mother," Elena explained to Bonnie.

"Oh," Bonnie answered in shock. "Was it… Are you ok?" she asked as the twins started crying and shaking their heads. Bonnie ran forward and took both girls into a bear hug, trying to make up for lost time.

"Yo, Brea," Tyler yelled as he spotted her walking across the school grounds.

"Hey," she answered shakily.

"Are you ok?" he asked pulling her to the side.

"Yeah I'm fine Lockwood," she laughed.

"You didn't seem that way when you came to my house last night."

"Can we drop it, please Ty?"

"Brea…" before Tyler could say anything else Brea got yanked by her arm away from him, by her sister.

"Woah, easy there," Brea said trying to regain her footing.

"Bonnie found out something about the invention. It's major stuff, Brea. We have to tell Stefan."

"Elena! Brea!" Jeremy yelled.

"Jer!" Brea called back with a wide smile, he'd been ignoring her the past few weeks so this was progress.

"Hey. Um… have you seen Stefan? I need to find him," Elena asked preoccupied.

"No, not lately. Listen. Um, you have a second?"

"I have many seconds for you dear brother," Brea smiled, but he didn't react.

"Um, yeah. What's up? What's going on?" Elena said still searching for Stefan.

"Well, it's Anna. I left her all these messages, and she hasn't gotten back to me. Not even a text." As soon as Jeremy said Anna, Elena and Brea froze.

"Anna? I didn't know that you guys were still friends," Elena said concerned.

"We're more than friends," Jeremy responded, making Brea's eyebrows raise. "Look, something could be seriously wrong. And if you know anything, you gotta tell me."

"I haven't talked to her, Jer," Elena answered, Brea stayed silent.

"Are you lying to me right now?"

"Why would you say that?" Elena asked in shock.

"Cause that's what you do Elena. You and Brea lie. You lie about everything," he said getting in Elena's face. "I know what Anna is. And I know that you know. I also know about Brea," Jeremy's face softened and he looked at Brea. "So tell me, please Brea, do you have any idea where she is?"

"I don't know where she is Jer," Brea stuttered in shock. "I haven't seen her since two nights ago. I swear Jer. She…" before Brea could say anything else Jeremy stormed off.

"But, Jer. Jeremy wait! Jeremy!" Elena called after him. Elena then spun around and gasped, she then began pulling Brea's sleeve madly and Brea turned around and gasped as well. "Isobel."

"What are you doing here?" Brea snapped.

"I'm your mother. I want to be more involved in your lives."

"Thanks but no thanks," Brea said with a fake smile.

"We don't want you in our lives," Elena rebutted.

"I understand that. You already have a lot of people that you care about. But I've been studying. Let's see if I got this right. There is the witchy best friend Bonnie. Gonna stay away from that one," Isobel said pointing out Bonnie as she walked by making Elena and Brea tense up. "Oh, sad little brother Jeremy. And there's Caroline, obnoxious Caroline…"

"Hey," Brea interjected.

"Brenna's best friend from birth. I got all of my info from her, by the way. She had no idea who I was, and she wouldn't stop yapping."

"Dammit Caroline," Brea muttered.

"Ah," Isobel sighed. "There's Tyler, Brenna's best friend, nothing romantic though, strange, he's cute, but I think you and I both know the reason behind that. Oh," Isobel sighed. "There's Matt, friend to both, ex to one, yappy's future ex. Lots of connections there."

"Matt's not involved with this," Elena said angrily.

"He's involved with the both of you. Isn't he?"

"Look, you shouldn't be here," Elena pleaded. "You need to leave."

"No. I have some friends here too. Look. See that man over there standing next to Matt by the float? His name's Frank. He's very handsome. And he's also quite handy," Isobel said as Elena and Brea looked at her suspiciously out of the corner of their eyes. "He noticed that the axle was kind of rusted, which is very dangerous so all you have to do is apply a little bit of pressure, and-" Isobel said informing the girls of what was about to happen.

"No!" the girls screamed and tried to run to Matt as Frank jumped on the float making it fall on Matt's arm, causing him to scream. Elena was held back by Isobel, but Brea was allowed to run forward to Matt.

"Hey, pick this trailer up! Come on, guys! Lift it up, please!" Matt screamed in pain.

"Tyler," Brea screamed as she spotted him running, as she slid down next to Matt.

"Give me a hand!" Tyler screamed to the guys around. "Come on, lift," he ordered. All the boys were struggling and weren't able to lift it until Stefan came and added some of his vampire strength to help lift it. Just as Matt's arm became free, Brea yanked it out as quickly as she could. As soon as his arm was free Brea grabbed her phone and started calling for an ambulance.

"Caroline, call an ambulance," Stefan instructed as Caroline reached Matt's side.

"Ok," she breathed in shock.

"It's ok, I'm on it," Brea called to Caroline.

"Jeremy?" she heard her sister call and immediately spun her head around. "Jeremy!" Elena then screamed.

Brea threw her phone to Caroline to finish calling the ambulance and Brea then got up and ran to Elena. "She has Jeremy! Brea, she has Jeremy!" Elena screamed.

"Jeremy!" Brea screamed. "No, no, no, no, no," Brea said panicking.

"Where's the device?" Bonnie asked as she was filled in on the situation. Elena was pacing the classroom and Brea was rocking in her seat on the verge on hyperventilating.

"Damon has it," Stefan answered. "He's gonna be difficult to reason with."

"Then we'll go to him. I'll talk to him," Elena said throwing her hands in the air.

"He's not just gonna hand it over, especially if it's harmful to vampires," Stefan reasoned.

"Please, please. I need my brother, please!" Brea pleaded.

"What if it's not?" Elena asked looking at her sister concerned, she then looked at Bonnie and everyone worked out her line of thinking.

"Absolutely not," Damon spat after they asked for the device.

"Just hear me out," Elena begged.

"I'm not gonna give the device to Isobel, so she can give it to John, who's gonna turn around and kill me. I like being a living dead person."

"But it'll be useless. Bonnie can take its power away," Elena reasoned.

"I don't trust her."

"I can remove the original spell," Bonnie confirmed.

"John and Isobel will never know," Elena said.

"No. No, I'll get Jeremy my own way."

"Really? How are you going to do that?" Stefan asked. "Because Isobel is a vampire, and Jeremy could be dead the second you walk in the door."

"No, no. Jeremy cannot die. Damon please," Brea begged, turning to face him, her eyes filled with tears.

"Are you even up for this? I mean, no offence. You're no Emily Bennett. Emily knew what she was doing," Damon said turning to Bonnie.

"I've been practising," Bonnie smirked.

"It's not piano lessons, honey."

"What's your favourite book?" Bonnie asked storming up to Damon.

"What?"

"Name a book, any book."

"Name a book. How about… 'Call of the Wild,' Jack London?" Bonnie then walked up to the bookshelf and flung a book out of it's spot and straight at Damon using magic. "Jack London," he admitted looking at it before tossing it aside. "Great parlour trick."

"We're doing this, Damon," Elena snapped. "And we're gonna do it my way. Now give me the device. We're wasting time."

"I don't trust you. I tried to kill you."

"Mm. You're right. You can't trust me," Bonnie smirked.

"But you can trust us," Brea said walking up to Damon as Elena did so as well. Damon then pulled the device out of his pocket and placed it in Elena's hand, his fingers lingering on hers.

"Thank you," Elena whispered pulling away.

Bonnie then took the device, lit some candles and started taking it apart. Damon walked to stand next to Brea as Bonnie started working on the spell, and he proceeded to rub her back in comfort, knowing how upset she was. As soon as the lights turned on though, he stopped. "It's done," Bonnie declared.

"Now what?" Damon asked.

"Now we give it to Isobel," Elena said picking it up.

Elena and Brea walked into the middle of the town square at 9 o clock, ready to meet up with Isobel. The girls felt a breeze and spun around to see Isobel. "Where's the device?"

"Where's our brother?" Brea spat.

"This isn't a negotiation. Where's the invention?"

"Where is our brother?" Elena snapped.

"Do you really think that I came alone?" Isobel threatened and two of her henchmen walked out behind the girls.

"Do you really think we came alone?" Elena smirked in response and Damon and Stefan stepped out behind Isobel.

"Where is our brother?" Brea snarled.

"For gods sakes, call home," Isobel huffed.

"What?" Elena asked confused.

"Call home, ask to speak to your brother Jeremy."

Brea whipped her phone out and dialled, and Elena pressed her head up against the other side of the phone to listen in. "Hello?" Jeremy answered.

"Jeremy?" Brea breathed. "Oh my god, Jer! Are you ok?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Uncle John, uh, hit his head. It was an accident."

"And we're all laughing," the twins heard Jenna laugh.

"Yeah, but, um, I'm ok," Jeremy confirmed.

"We'll be home soon, all right?" Brea said with a big smile on her face.

"Yeah," he said hanging up.

"You were never going to hurt him," Elena guessed.

"No. I was going to kill him," Isobel smirked. "Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any."

"You took a risk with Damon," Brea noted.

"Yeah, how did you know he was going to give it to us?" Elena asked.

"Because he's in love with you Elena," Isobel smirked and the girls frowned. "And if that didn't work, I'm sure you've already worked out that he thinks of Brenna here as a little sister." Isobel then stuck her hand out and Elena walked forward, pulling Brea with her.

"Thank you," Elena spat.

"For what?"

"For being such a monumental disappointment," Brea snapped.

"Keeps the memory of our real mother, perfectly intact," Elena elaborated.

"Goodbye, Elena. As long as you have a Salvatore on each arm, you're doomed. Katherine was smart. She got out. But we all know that you're not Katherine," Isobel smirked. "Goodbye Brenna, have a nice 5 years," she taunted before walking away. Elena and Brea looked after her upset, Stefan then walked forward and embraced Elena, as Brea kept an eye on Damon suspiciously.

"Jeremy, we have to talk about this," Elena said as the twins entered his room.

"No, we really don't," he said not looking at them.

"I don't know what Anna told you, but there are things that you need to know," Elena tried to reason.

"Yeah? Because… I'm pretty sure that your journal covered it."

"You read my journal?" Elena asked angrily.

"Sly little devil," Brea smirked and then hissed quietly to Elena, "I told you writing everything down was dangerous."

"Save me the speech about invasion of privacy, because I read a section about Damon erasing my memory, about what happened to Vicki."

Brea tensed up at this, knowing it was within his right to be mad, but Elena kept pressing, "Jeremy, please, you don't understand. The night that Vicki died, it was like mom and dad died all over again. It was all over your face. And it hurt so much to see you like that. I just wanted to take away your pain, I'm so sorry," she pleaded.

"Just get out," he snapped.

"No Jeremy-"

"Elena! Just get out. You too Brenna, please," he snapped, and Brea began to tear up. He only called her Brenna when he was irate at her or teasing her. This situation was very much the former. Elena the turned and left.

"Jer…" Brea whispered.

"Out."

"Anna."

"Fine."

"She lost her mom, she has no family left. Someone killed her mom Jer. She's devastated. But she was here the other night, talking to me. She's fine. Don't worry." Jeremy just nodded and turned away and Brea turned to leave the room, "just let me know if you hear from her," Brea whispered and left the room and went straight to bed, hoping to have another dream from her past, to help her forget about the pain of her brother hating her.

New Orleans, 1914

"Did you get it? Did you get the paragon diamond?" Brenna asked.

"I did. But then Niklaus took it from me," Kol replied.

"Well can't say that I am unhappy about that. Kol, he's your brother. If it seems as though he will dagger you again, we will simply run. There is no need to plot against him. It will only infuriate him further."

"He trapped my witches in the mansion of Dowager Fauline!"

"He trapped them?" Brenna asked in shock.

"Yes, sweetheart. The bastard had his own witch lock them in. Forced me to hand over the diamond and then he trapped our allies in that house to rot!"

"Kol, you need to calm down."

"I can't!" he yelled throwing a lamp, causing Brenna to flinch. "I've spent centuries daggered. Finn's been daggered most of his life. I hardly get any time with you as it is. Then he goes and takes more time by daggering me whenever he pleases, just so he can get you all to himself," he raged.

"Kol, you know that's not why he daggers you," Brenna sighed.

"Right, he and Elijh dagger me because they can't handle the fact that I get a little unhinged every bloody time you die! That's just one of many reasons darling, trust me," he yelled.

"Kol, hey, hey," she said grabbing his face. "I love you. Only you. Always you. Don't worry," Kol then grabbed her face and pulled her in for a kiss.

"God, you'll never know how much I love you," he whispered pressing his forehead on hers. She looked up into his eyes and smiled. "Darling, you're…"

"Shhh, I don't want to talk about it," she whispered.

"But darling…"

"It's fine. It's fine," she whispered shaking her head.

"No it's not," he said pulling his head off hers. "You're 21, darling. You've only got a few months. Mary-Alice Claire was the only witch I've found who was able to make any sort of progress to break this spell."

"It's alright," she said pulling him in for a kiss. "Kol, it's fine. You'll just have to miss me for a few years, but I have no doubt you'll find me. I haven't seen Katerina in decades so you will most likely be the only one looking for me. I love you," she said firmly before pulling him in for a hug.