Hi guys! Thanks for reading you legends. Sorry, this chapter is a bit late. I'll admit, I did forget to upload. Please leave reviews, it does make me update faster. What did you all think of Elijah last chapter and Katherine this chapter? Let me know xx

Guest: Hi, yes that's the point. She can't change much. Which is going to be part of her 'inner turmoil'. There's a very specific reason that she doesn't have her memories now. It'll come up and be solved in coming chapters. It's a spell blocking her memories, she just has to figure out who, what, why. But I understand memories are a big thing for her and I've shown some before. I included some in this chapter, so why there is a spell blocking her memories, she's pushing against it and she's able to get a few back. Again that's something that will be solved soon. But until it's officially fixed I will be conscious to include more in every chapter. Held cover her backstory. Please let me know if that makes sense and if you think it's a good plan.

"Jer Bear!" Brea called out to her brother as he entered the kitchen.

"Nope," he said turning around and walking away.

"Wait! Come back! Come on Jer," Brea begged as Elena looked at her weirdly.

"What's going on with you two?" Elena asked.

"Urgh, he's being pissy because I told him this morning that Ric was cooler than him. I really hit a nerve."

Elena frowned in amusement, "why would you say that?" she said taking a sip of her coffee.

"He told me you were the prettier twin."

Elena then snorted, "what did you do to make him say that?"

"Look it wasn't my fault. I opened his bedroom door as he was about to open it, so the door smacked him in the head," Brea explained and Elena laughed. "I didn't do it on purpose."

"Ok then," Elena smiled standing up. "Come on, we have to go to Stefan's before school, he said it was important."

"Rightio," Brea said standing up, "I'll take my own car, you take yours. I have to make a stop before school."

Elena frowned, "ok," she said as the girls left.

They both arrived at the Salvatore's at the same time and walked up to the door. Brea knocked and Damon opened the door, "hello Elena," he said staring at her sister. Brea then cleared her throat, "hello Brea," he smirked at her.

"Stefan here?" Elena asked. "He called, said it was important."

"Right this way," Damon said stepping aside allowing the girls to enter the house.

Elena walked in ahead and Brea whispered to Damon, "you're being weird.

"Hey," Stefan said greeting the twins.

"What is this about?" Elena asked Stefan nervously. Stefan then stepped aside to reveal Rose.

"Eep!" Brea squeaked hiding behind Elena.

"You," Elena said in shock and Rose waved uncomfortably.

"She has information," Damon said walking towards them, he then jerked his head to the living room and everyone made their way in. Brea stayed as far away from Rose as possible, sitting on the couch Damon was standing behind.

"OK, you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years. Brenna here probably knows more, but from the looks of it she doesn't have her memories would that be right?" Rose asked glaring at Brea and she nodded shyly. Rose then turned back to Elena, "I don't know what's true and what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap. But Klaus, I know is real."

"Who is he?" Elena asked.

"One of the originals," Damon answered. "He's a legend."

"From the first generation of vampires," Stefan elaborated and Brea looked down. This sounded familiar.

"Like Elijah?" Elena asked.

"No. Elijah was the easter bunny compared to Klaus. He was a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."

"Elijah? The Easter bunny?" Brea scoffed and Rose glared at her and she shrunk back in her seat.

"Klaus is known to be the oldest," Stefan said and Brea knew that he was wrong.

"Ok, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after us?" Elena asked.

"Yes," Rose said.

"No," Damon answered at the same time. "What they're saying is, I mean if what she's saying is true…"

"Which it is," Rose interrupted.

"And you're not just saying it so we don't kill you."

"Which I'm not."

"Then we're looking at a solid maybe."

"Look, Elijah's dead, right?" Stefan said. "So no one else even knows that you exist."

"Not that you know of," Rose said.

"That's not helping," Damon mumbled.

"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him," Stefan said. "I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. I mean we don't know what's real. For all we know, he could just be some stupid bedtime story."

"He's real," Rose pressed. "And he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus then you're an idiot. I know Brenna has spent centuries with him."

"Anna told me that I was friends with all the original vampires," Brea said in realisation.

"Be real handy if you could get your memories back then," Damon said with a small smile and Brea huffed.

Elena and Brea stood up at the same time. "Where are you going?" Stefan asked.

"School," both girls answered.

"See ya," Brea said quickly running out. She didn't want Elena to see where she was going.

Brea parked her car at the entrance to the tomb. She let out a big breath of air before she got out and went down the steps into the tomb. "Crap," Brea groaned when she got in there and saw the tomb was sealed off with the boulder. As she got closer to the boulder she heard a knock on the other side and pressed her ear to it "Katerina?" she asked but got no response. Brea knocked on the boulder twice and got the same knock back. Brea sighed and leaned against the boulder. She may not have her memories, but Katherine was her sister. And she was suffering. "I'm sorry," she whispered. Right after she heard footsteps at the entrance to the tomb and stood straight to see who it was "Elena?" she asked in shock.

"Brea? Where have you been? I called you like 10 times," Elena said shocked.

"I came straight here. Is that why you were calling me?" Brea asked.

"Yeah."

"Ohhh, Care?" she asked as she spotted Caroline.

"Brea?" Caroline asked shocked.

"You came here without me?" Elena asked hurt.

"I… I just came here to ask about myself actually. Who I am and what not. I was going to see if you wanted to come another time to talk about Klaus and stuff," Brea reassured.

There was silence for a moment before Caroline asked, "are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes," both girls said before Elena continued, "we're sure. She's the only one who knows the truth about Klaus and Brea. She's the only one who can tell us how to stop him."

"But you're asking for the truth from someone who's probably never given it," Caroline protested.

"Ah, hey!" Brea protested.

"Sorry," Caroline mumbled, "still not used to that whole 1,000 years old and sister of Katherine thing," she said looking down. "Are you sure about this?" she asked again.

"Yes," Elena said as Brea nodded. "I can't just sit back and wait. We have to know, Caroline."

"Please," Brea said as she noticed Caroline hesitating. As soon as she said this Caroline nodded in submission and moved forward lifting the boulder that was covering the entrance to the tomb with ease. As soon as it was out of the way she stepped back nervously.

Elena stepped forward and called "Katherine?" who had obviously slinked back further into the tomb.

"We'll be ok from here," Elena reassured Caroline.

Brea moved forward and called out sadly "Katerina?" as soon as she did a shuffling sound rang through the tomb as she made her way to the entry.

"Brenna," Katherine smiled before glaring in Elena's direction, "hello Elena. Come to watch me wither away? Good bye Caroline," Katherine snarled.

"As long as we stay on this side of the door, she can't hurt me," Elena reassured Caroline who clearly didn't want to leave them alone.

"Please," Brea asked and Caroline nodded, slowly leaving the ruins.

Elena moved forward and placed the bag she brought with her down, "Stefan know you're here?" Katherine taunted Elena.

"I brought you some things," Elena said smugly.

"You came to bribe me?" Katherine scoffed at Elena. "What is it that you want? I have no interest in talking to you."

Elena then threw a blanket across the tomb boundary. "I want you to tell me about Klaus."

Katherine locked eyes with Brea and hummed, "you two have been busy."

Elena then placed a torch on and the ground and said, "I also brought you this," holding the book she gave Brea.

"My book," Brea whined going for it and Elena allowed her to take it.

"It's your family history. We've read it. It says in here that the family line ended with the both of you. Obviously, that's not true."

"You think that if you brought me some family keepsake, that I'd open up?"

"I also brought you this," Elena said smugly holding up a bottle full of blood. Katherine lunged at it, only to be stopped by the boundary spell.

"That's smart," Brea said with a smile. "I didn't even think to bring anything."

"You wouldn't have to," Katherine groaned.

"You don't look so good," Elena pointed out. "How long before your body shuts down? 10, 20 years?"

"Elena," Brea warned.

"Must be painful to desiccate and mummify. I can't even imagine."

"Elena, stop," Brea said and Elena did.

Katherine slid down the wall, resigned to having to comply. Brea came and sat down in the exact same spot on the other side of the boundary. Elena bent down and filled a capful of blood into a cup before sliding it across the boundary to Katherine with a stick. "You have the Petrova fire," Katherine noted impressed.

"More blood?" Elena asked after Katherine downed what Elena had given her. Elena got the stick and slid the cup back over the boundary so she could refill it.

"It's a long story," Katherine said. "Klaus and us. Goes all the way back to England, 1492. None of which you remember," Katherine said to Brea. Elena then slid another small amount of blood across for her "It was after we left Bulgaria, or I was thrown out."

"Thrown out?" Brea asked.

"Our family," Katherine said to Brea, "your true ancestors," she said to Elena. "They disowned me. My indiscretions were not tolerated at that time. I had a baby out of wedlock. The shame," she said and Brea had a sudden flash of holding Katherine as she cried for her baby, who their father had just taken away.

"It was kept a secret?" Elena asked as Katherine watched Brea.

"Mmhmm. My baby was given away. I was banished to England and Brenna wouldn't let me go alone, so she followed me there. We had to learn to adjust. So we quickly became English. It was a bit easier for Brenna than it was for me. It was there that we caught the eye of a nobleman named Klaus. I was taken with him at first. That was until Brenna told me what he was and what he wanted from me. And then we ran like hell."

Brea closed her eyes and as she was engulfed by a memory.

England, 1492

Brenna and Katerina held each other's hands as they sprinted through the woods, trying to escape those who were following them. Katerina then tripped on a tree root, pulling Brenna down with her. Brenna sprung into action and grabbed Katerina's arm, dragging her backwards so that they were hidden by a fallen tree. She knew the ones following them wouldn't be far behind. Brenna slapped a hand over Katerina's mouth and Katerina did the same to Brenna.

"They're here," a voice Brea now recognised to be Elijah's spoke. "Katerina! I know you're near! You as well Brenna, I can smell your blood," he growled and Brenna lifted a hand to her cheek to feel it wet with blood, she had cut her face when they tripped, she quickly pressed her free hand against it, to try to contain the smell of her blood hitting the vampire's noses. "It's pointless to run. Klaus'll find you wherever you are, Katerina."

"This way," Trevor spoke as he arrived and Brenna held her breath as she feared he gave away their hiding spot. "There's more blood over there." She relaxed when she heard them all walk away. Brenna peaked her head over the log to see that the coast was clear and both her and Katerina slowly pulled themselves to their feet. They pressed themselves hard up against a tree, looking around frantically in case someone was still near. When they thought it was safe they ran forward only to come face to face with Trevor. He placed a hand each on their mouths, they hand over Katerina's mouth was more affectionate. "Head east," he told the twins. "I can't lead them astray much longer."

"We can't run anymore," Katerina moaned in pain.

"Never mind," he comforted. "There's a cottage. You'll be safe there. You both will." Katerina nodded. "Go now. Go!" he said and the two sprinted off.

"So," Elena said snapping Brea out of her memory "what did Klaus want?"

"Same thing that he'll want from you. He wants to break the curse."

"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger," Elena realised.

"He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body."

"I remember," Brea whispered and Katherine's head whipped towards her. "I remember running in the woods to escape. We were so tired."

"You remember? Maybe it's trigger words you need," Katherine said as Elena poured her another drink.

"Maybe, I remembered bits of the Founders Ball back in 1864 when Stefan mentioned it a couple months back."

"At least it's something. I mean there's clearly something blocking your memory, but if certain words help bring them back then we can do it until we find a witch who knows what spell was used."

"What does the Petrova bloodline have to do with Klaus?" Elena asked interrupting, pushing more blood forward.

"It's really tedious, but… the curse was bound by the sacrifice of Petrova blood. Witches are crafty with their spells. The doppelgänger was created as a way to be able to undo the spell. One the doppelgänger reappeared, the curse can be broken."

"So you ran before he killed you."

"Something like that. We went to the cottage."

As Katherine told the story, Brea again, closed her eyes and allowed the memory of what she was telling her to come back.

It was daylight by the time the twins reached the cottage that Trevor instructed them to find. Katerina pulled up as she spotted it. "There it is," Brenna said between deep breaths. Katerina grabbed Brenna's hand and they stumbled the rest of the way to the cottage.

As they reached the door, Katerina let out her built up stress, "help. Please help us," she said frantically banging on the door until Brenna grabbed her and pulled her back before she hurt herself. The door opened and an elderly lady was on the other side. "Please. Help us," Katerina begged.

"I don't invite strangers into my home," she said about to close the door.

Brenna threw herself on the door so she couldn't close it as Katerina said, "no, Trevor, he said that you'd help us."

"Damn him. Always making promises I don't want to keep," Rose said from behind the door, as she appeared in the entrance, she froze. "Let the girls in," Rose ordered and the older lady opened the door. Katerina and Brenna both let out a sigh of relief as they stumbled inside. "Bring them water and something to eat," Rose compelled the lady and she left.

"You must be Rose," Katerina assumed. "Thank you. Trevor said to show you this," Katerina said raising the moonstone in the air, "to prove I am who I say, that you would help us to freedom."

"You stole this from Klaus?" Rose hissed.

"It was to be part of the sacrifice ritual, so I- I grabbed it and we made our escape."

"People do not escape from Klaus. Everyone who tries ends up back in his grasp, and anyone who helps them dies," Rose growled.

"We know the risk you bring on yourself by giving us aid," Katerina assured.

"I am risking nothing. At nightfall, I will bring you both back to Klaus," Rose said storming forward and grabbing the girls arms "and beg him to show us both mercy." Rose dragged the twins forward and threw them in a room, shutting the door behind them.

"I can't go back," Katerina cried grabbing Brenna's arm.

"No, no we're not going back," Brenna agreed. Brenna stood up and walked around the room looking for something sharp. "Here," she said picking up a knife.

Katerina moved backwards nervously, "what are you doing?"

"We can't go back, Katerina. We can't. I can't lose you. You're my sister. My best friend. You can turn."

"How?"

"If you are injured, Rose will be afraid to turn you into Klaus in such a state. She'll have to give you blood to heal you. Only badly injured though, not enough to kill you. Then you can really… kill yourself. You'll turn. He won't be able to use you if you're a vampire. He will still hunt you, but not as vigorously as he would if you were still human!"

"That's brilliant," Katerina said moving towards Brenna. "Can you do it?" she said gesturing to the knife. "I am afraid."

Brenna nodded and a tear slipped out of her eye as she plunged the knife into Katerina's side. Katerina groaned in shock and pain and fell into Brenna's arms, who gently laid her on the bed. "Are you ok?" Brenna asked.

Katerina nodded. "Now what?"

"We wait."

After a few hours Rose re-entered the room, "it's nightfall. Time to go." Katerina then placed her hand on her side and groaned so that Rose would notice her wound quicker. "When did this happen?" Rose asked afraid.

"In the woods, I tripped," Katerina lied.

"That's a lie. I would have smelled it," Rose said looking over the bed for the cause of Katerina's injury. Rose looked between the twins and saw the knife and she snatched it up.

"I'd rather die than go back to Klaus. Please just let me die," Katerina begged, putting on a show.

"If you die, then Trevor dies with you," Rose spat, biting into her wrist.

"No! No!" Katerina protested as Rose shoved her wrist at her. Brenna moved forward to make it all look believable and Rose held her back whilst she forced her blood down Katerina's throat. Rose finally pulled away and Katerina's wounds started healing and Brenna smiled.

The front door then flung open, "where is she?" Trevor demanded. Rose raced out of the room to argue with Trevor.

"Now!" Brea whispered grabbing the rope Rose had left in the room tying it into a noose, she then stood up on a chair and secured it to a beam on the roof.

"Do you promise this will work?" Katerina asked afraid as she got up on the chair, placing the noose around her neck.

"I promise. I love you sister. I'm so sorry," she cried as she kicked the chair and Katerina fell and hung to death.

"You killed yourself?" Elena asked in shock.

"Klaus needed a human doppelgänger. As a vampire, I was no longer any use to him."

"But it didn't work," Elena noted. "You didn't really escape. You've been running from Klaus ever since."

"We underestimated his spirit for vengeance. But living out of a suitcase is better than dying so you could have your blood spilled over some silly little rock. What's wrong? Afraid I'm right?" Katherine taunted Elena. "You don't wanna die? There's another way out," she said as she took her fingernail and sliced her wrist slightly. "Better hurry. Your opportunity is going, going, going and gone," she said as her wrist healed. Katherine smiled, "Brenna helped me make the other choice. I transitioned. Trevor would have only helped me run. That was never going to be enough. Rose figured out that we used him to escape, and her to turn me. She tried to kill me. I wasn't going to die that easily. I used the old lady as protection. Rose staked her and I used her blood to complete the transition and then ran Brenna and myself out. Better they die than I."

"That's why Rose and Trevor hate me so much," Brea realised guiltily. "I'm the one who gave you the idea to turn and I'm the one who told you of the plan to sacrifice you. My actions signed their death sentences."

"Rose and Trevor spent the last 500 years running because you both used them," Elena said shocked. "Trevor just got killed."

"Never thought he would have lasted that long," Katherine said uncaringly.

"You don't even care that you ruined their lives. Look at Brea," she said gesturing to her sister. "Look at her, she's just learned why they hate her so much and look at that guilt. But you, there's nothing."

"I was looking out for myself and my sister, Elena," Katherine snapped. "I will always look out for just me and her. If you're smart, you'll do the same." Katherine then turned into the tomb, bored by Elena.

"So how much of your little story is true?" Elena asked standing up.

"I have no reason to lie, Elena," Katherine sighed. "I have no reason to do anything but sit here and read and rot."

"Ok, so you mean it's even partially true. That's the reason why you came back, isn't it? Because you wanted to be the one to hand me over to Klaus," Elena realised and Brea's eyes widened and her head snapped towards Katherine angrily.

"Sorry," Katherine smirked at Brea. "500 years on the run, I figured maybe he'd be willing to strike a deal."

"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone."

"Right again," Katherine said and Brea scoffed in annoyance.

"What else is needed to break the curse?"

"Look who's getting smarter."

"It's not just me or the stone, is it? Otherwise, there would be no reason to trigger Tyler Lockwood's werewolf curse."

"Oh shoot," Brea muttered. "I forgot about that. He's going to kill me."

"Witches and they're spells," Katherine smirked. "So many ingredients, so many people to sacrifice."

"So you need a werewolf," Elena confirmed.

"Believe it to not, they're hard to come by."

"What else?"

"A witch to do the spell. Mine bailed, but Bonnie'll do just fine."

"What else?"

"Vampire."

"Caroline."

"Are you serious?" Brea snapped. "You blow into town and just try to hand over all of my friends to be sacrificed?"

"Could've been anyone I suppose. But I like the poetry of Caroline. Sorry."

"So you were going to just hand us all over to be killed?" Elena asked shocked.

"Better you die than I," she said before she stepped back into the tomb, out of view.

"She's my sister Katerina!" Brea called after her. "I cannot believe you!" she screamed.

Elena just huffed and began pacing back and forward, trying to process. "Elena! Brenna!" Stefan called from the entry.

"Oh no, Stefan alert!" Brea said panicked, they'd been busted.

"Stefan," Elena said annoyed. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question."

"Caroline told you," Elena guessed.

"Dammit Caroline," Brea growled.

"No, she kept your secret, but it didn't take long for me to figure out what was so important that you'd both have to keep it from me."

"I take it back. Go, Caroline," Brea smiled before walking back to the entry of the tomb, giving them time alone to sort it out. On her way, she took the bottle of blood from Elena and rolled it in. As angry as she was, she didn't want her to desiccate.

Katherine walked forward, listening to Elena and Stefan's conversation, "there's nothing you can do, Stefan. I haven't even told you the best part of the story. After I turned Brenna and I went back to Bulgaria, to find my daughter. We went home and all the carriages were flipped, the servants had been torn apart. When we got inside it was even worse. Klaus worked out where we came from. And he slaughtered our entire family. He pinned our father to the wall with a blade and he tore apart the necks of our mamma and sister. He killed them, our entire family, just to get back at me for running," she said as tears fell from Brea's eyes as she remembered the pain of that night. "Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance on your friends, your family, on anyone that you've ever loved. Everyone but Brenna."

"No. Look at me," Stefan said spinning Elena to face him. "No. Do not listen to her, ok?"

Katherine and Brea held eye contact, in the shared pain of the night they found her family before Katherine scoffed, "always the protector. But even you must realise that she's doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it. Unless of course, you have this," she said holding up the moonstone.

"What?" Elena asked.

"Oh, no," Stefan laughed. "There it is. That's the ultimate lie, isn't it? You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you, didn't you?"

"I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth," Katherine says hurt.

"No, let me guess. You want to trade that stone for your freedom. You manipulative, psychotic bitch.

"It's all true Stefan, she didn't lie," Brea confirmed.

"My freedom?" Katherine scoffed. "That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom, because when Klaus shows up to kill us all, and he will. I'll be in the tomb where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town." Katherine then walked back into the tomb and Stefan turned to stare at the twins in shock.

"I'm leaving," Brea said. "You can take Elena home," she said to Stefan. She was exhausted from the day. Getting those memories back took it out of her. Brea turned and left the tomb, getting in her car and riding home.