Taylor's POV

I was setting up for the school carnival with Elena and Bonnie, the former was in her cheerleading uniform. I was in a white halter top and black skirt.

"Veronica looked just like you." Bonnie remarked. "It was freaky."

"Well they are related." Elena pointed out.

"This was an exact duplicate." Bonnie went on. "And she's a vampire."

"I don't want to talk about her." I stated. "I just want to get this together so Caroline doesn't kill me."

"How do you know that she's not still pretending to be you?" Bonnie asked. Her not shutting up was frustrating me.

"I don't know." I replied.

"Have you talking to Damon?" The witch questioned.

"I don't have anything to say. I wish I could say that I was done with him, but I don't think he's going anywhere." I explained. "I just want the only vampire in my life to be Stefan."

"So how did you get in charge of this?" Bonnie asked me.

"Well with Caroline in the hospital and Ashley visiting her, it falls to me." I remarked. I then went inside to look for Jeremy. I found him talking to Stefan for some reason. Have they ever talked before?

"Well today our dictator Taylor is setting up for the carnival." Stefan stated. I feel like I missed a good part of this.

"Jeremy did you?" I asked.

"Yeah, the goldfish toss is in place." Jeremy cut me off before he walked away.

"Is he okay?" I questioned.

"He was killed and brought back to life. He's kind of shaken up." Stefan pointed out.

"Well maybe we can be boring high school students and we won't have to worry about vampire doppelgangers." I replied.

"I think I know what you need: a kiss on top of the Ferris Wheel." He stated.

"I would love that." I told him.

"The only problem is Damon is kind of out of whack because of said vampire doppelganger." He declared.

"Can we worry about it tomorrow?" I requested.

Ashley's POV

I was at the hospital with Josh. We walked into Caroline's room. I was in a black and white top with a black leather miniskirt and jacket.

"Mom said that you need to eat." I remarked as I chowed on some bacon.

"It's terrible food." She replied. She was right, but I was hungry. Josh went in for a kiss, but she pulled back before their lips touched. That was kind of weird even for her.

"So you're getting released tomorrow." I responded.

"I want to get out tonight." Caroline declared.

"Sorry, but Taylor has the carnival under control." Josh told her. "You're gonna have to stay here."

"It's not about the carnival. This place is depressing." She stated.

"That's because you're in the dark." Josh pointed out as he opened the blinds. Caroline quickly got out of bed and stood in the dark corner. "Are you okay?"

"Will you please just close the window?" Caroline requested. This was weird. "Close it."

Josh closed the window.

"Okay, we're gonna go to school." I replied before the two of us left the room.

"She seemed like a…" Josh remarked, not saying the last word.

"She can't be." I declared. "How would she die in a hospital? She's probably just being Caroline. She's not exactly the most sane person."

"I hope that you're right." He replied. I hoped I was too.

Taylor's POV

I was getting ready for the carnival. I had to be there early to make sure the set up was good. Luckily, I had an assistant to help me. I looked over to Anna.

"Thanks for helping me." I declared.

"I'm a guest. I can help you. Besides, I have experience setting up this kind of things. I've worked a few state fairs in my lifetime." She explained.

"Why, if you mind me asking?" I questioned.

"Boredom mostly." She answered. "So how long do you think that Jenna is going to let me stay here?"

"I think she's willing to let you stay as long as you need." I remarked. "It's not easy to lose your mom. You don't have to go anywhere. I mean having one more person to share the shower with is a bit annoying, but it's not something I can't handle."

"Thank you." She replied. "So I think this carnival is going to be kickass."

"I hope so. If it's anything less you can plan for my funeral." I joked.

We went to the carnival together. After everything was in place, Anna left to try to socialize…or possibly find Ashley and Jeremy. I know she said that she wanted to find a guy. I don't know if I should be worried about that. I guess as long as she's not hurting anyone, she has the right to date.

Half an hour in, things were already going to chaos. Bonnie told me that we were running out of prizes. Maybe the games were too easy. I know real carnivals sometimes rig their games. While that might not be ethical, it's how they make money.

"And a speaker is blown out in the karaoke room." Elena told me.

"Hey we can do this Taylor." Bonnie told me. "Just take some deep breaths. This is a big hit. Caroline would be proud."

I found one of the carnival guys.

"Hey, Carter, I need something." I called over to him.

"What is it, beautiful?" He asked. I think he was a little old to be hitting on high school girls. Bonnie was eating it up and went to go fix the speaker with him.

Ashley's POV

Jeremy and I were getting some food. I wonder if there's like a goal number of pounds I'm supposed to gain. I know I'm gonna have lose it after I have the baby.

"Jeremy, Ashley." Damon greeted us. Why did he have to show up here?

"Aren't you a little old for a high school carnival?" Jeremy asked him bitterly. I think we should just walk away.

"Yes." Damon replied. "You don't have to be so cold."

"Saving my sister doesn't give you the right to kill my boyfriend." I pointed out. "So I think you should listen to Michael Jackson and beat it."

"Clever." The vampire commented. "I actually wanted to apologize. I don't know what came over me."

"This isn't something that saying sorry is going to fix." Jeremy replied before the two of us walked away.

I looked to my phone and noticed that I had a text from Caroline. Apparently, she had convinced the doctor to let her out. Well she is very persuasive. I hope that she's okay and that she's not a vampire. I don't know how it would be possible for her to become one.

We went to this arm-wrestling thing. Tyler was taking on all comers. I think Jeremy might be able to take him, but he wasn't interested. Apparently Damon had followed us, but he was watching Tyler. I noticed that Stefan had also showed up. Why was everyone so interested in this? I mean it's really not that exciting. It's just a bunch of guys trying to be macho and say that they are better than the others.

Taylor's POV

I went over to Anna at the basketball toss.

"So how is the search for a man coming along?" I questioned.

"Not so good. There's a major lack of male real estate at this school." She stated. "You are so lucky that Stefan happened to fall into your lap."

"I was the one that did the falling." I pointed out.

"We have a problem." He declared.

"Yeah, it involves my brother.' I spat.

"No, it involves his girlfriend's sister." He replied. I didn't understand. Caroline was still in the hospital, wasn't she? "Ronnie paid her a visit."

I went to go find Ashley to tell her this. This was not good. This was very bad.

Ashley's POV

Jeremy and I were at the ring toss with Josh when Caroline suddenly showed up and covered his eyes.

"Surprise." She remarked.

"What are you doing here?" He asked in surprise.

"The doctor said that I was better." She explained. "I feel a lot better."

"Well why don't you give it a try?" He suggested as he handed her a ring. She tossed it lightly and broke the bottle. Okay, that is not normal. I don't know if I can keep ignoring the signs.

"I have to go." She declared.

She left quickly and then Taylor was there. She looked worried about something. I think it was true. Caroline was a vampire.

We went to Mr. Saltzman's room. Anna, Stefan, and Damon were there.

"How did this happen?" Stefan asked in disbelief.

"Ronnie must have gone in the hospital." Damon replied.

"Why did she do it?" I asked.

"Because Veronica is insane." Damon answered.

"She said 'Game on.'? What does that mean?" Stefan questioned.

"Caroline doesn't know anything about this. Why did it have to be her?" I asked in confusion.

"She understands what's going on." Damon replied. "She remembers all of my compulsions. We need to kill her."

"NO!" I responded. "You are killing my sister!"

"Do I need to bring back the Vicki Donovan story?" Damon asked. Did he have to bring her up.

"Caroline is not Vicki." Jeremy argued. "There is no chance that we are going to kill her."

"If you kill her, I kill you." Taylor responded coldly. I don't know how she would back that, but Anna might.

Taylor's POV

I walked out of the room alone and Stefan and Anna followed me.

"I want you to stay with Damon." I told Anna. "Do not let him out of your sight."

"Got it." Anna confirmed. "This is going to be very hard for Caroline."

"Well we can do this." I replied. "We're going to let Ronnie have what she wants."

Ashley's POV

"I have to tell Josh." I said to Jeremy. "He has the right to know this."

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"He's Caroline's boyfriend." I pointed out. "We need to make sure what happened between you and Vicki doesn't happen again and the best way to do that is to tell him."'

Taylor's POV

"Damon isn't right, is he?" I asked.

"I think she can survive, but the odds aren't exactly in her favor." Stefan explained. "Veronica basically signed her death sentence."

"We're going to make sure that she's alright." I promised. "We didn't save her just to let her die. I don't know where she is."

"I smell blood." He replied.

I followed him in the direction of smell and that was where I saw Damon and Anna with Caroline and Carter…who was dead. There was blood all over Caroline's face. So this was already not going well.

"Leave her alone, Damon." Anna commanded.

"Look I don't want her to kill anyone else." Damon stated.

"I'm not going to kill anyone else." Caroline declared.

"Damon, I think we can learn from the mistakes that we made with Vicki." I replied. "We can see if Bonnie can make her one of those rings that you guys have. If she can go out in the sun, she won't be like this."

I went toward Caroline and she showed immediately hostility.

"Get away from me!" She told me. "You killed me!"

"Caroline, that wasn't Taylor. That was Veronica." Anna said to her.

"I don't even know who you are." Caroline told the Goth vampire.

"I'm Anna. Your sister knows me." She explained.

"Why did she look like you?" Caroline asked angrily as Ashley and Jeremy arrived.

Ashley's POV

I was in shock. Caroline had killed someone. She actually killed someone. I needed to remain calm. Caroline definitely wasn't.

I grabbed Caroline and looked at Anna telling her to come with me. The two of us ended up taking Caroline to the bathroom. Bonnie spotted us as we went toward there. She seemed like she was in denial to be honest. I closed and locked the door behind me.

"Bonnie hates me! I'm a murderer!" Caroline cried.

"Caroline, please calm down" I instructed.

"I killed that guy." She continued as veins appeared under her eyes. Anna took a paper towel and got it wet to clean her face off. "Does this keep happening to my face?"

"Caroline, you can control it." Anna stated as she showed the same veins to her before they disappeared.

"Why did Veronica do this to me?" Caroline asked calmly.

'We don't know, but we won't let her get away with it." I promised as I gave her a hug.

Taylor's POV

Bonnie was freaking out.

"It's all his fault." Bonnie declared. She was looking at Damon. "It's all his fault."

Suddenly a line of water caught fire heading toward Damon.

"Bonnie, he didn't do this!" I declared. "He didn't do this."

"Yes he did. He did everything!" Bonnie replied as Damon caught fire.

"Maybe you should light me on fire." I said as Damon stopped, dropped, and rolled "I brought him here. On maybe you should light yourself on fire because you allowed John to set off the device that affected Tyler for some reason. Veronica did this. If you want to hurt someone, hurt her."

That got Bonnie to snap out of it.

"I think you two should go." I told Stefan. "We can handle this."

The two of them left and I looked over to Jeremy.

"I'm so glad that you have that ring." I told him. "I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you."

Ashley's POV

After Caroline was all cleaned up, I took her home.

"Come inside." I invited as she stepped in. "Let's get some food in you. You can eat. You're going to be okay. I promise you're going to be okay. We're going to help you get through this."

"Thank you." She told me.

Taylor's POV

That night I went home to find Stefan in my room.

"This was a crazy night." I replied. "We didn't even get to go to the top of the Ferris wheel."

"Do you really want to?" He asked me.

"No, not really." I answered honestly. "I don't know why Veronica is so intent on making my life hell."

"She wants me to love her and I'm not going to." He explained before he went toward the window to make his exit.

"Stefan…don't go." I begged. I want to be with you tonight. It's been so long since we've been able to do this. I want you to make me feel better."

I pulled my top off and began to undress him as well. Piece-by-piece, the two of us stripped until we were both naked. I laid down in my bed. I wasn't in the mood for foreplay. I let him slowly enter me as he went at a slow, steady pace.

"I love you so much." I told as I orgasmed.

"I love you too." He replied before I fell asleep

So Taylor wanted something else instead of the Ferris Wheel. Also, Anna and Caroline finally met. There wasn't any Veronica in this chapter. How will things go between Josh and Caroline now? Please don't forget to review