Beginner's Notes:
1) I do not own the vampire diaries or the originals. All copyrights and ownership go to The CW, Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson, Michael Narducci, and L.J Smith. I only own my original characters and original dialogue.
2) Alex is always wearing a golden heart locket. It has an "A" carved into it with two photos inside. One of her with her brothers, Damon and Stefan, and a photo of just her parents, Lily and Giuseppe Salvatore. It's also her daylight necklace when she doesn't feel like wearing her family ring, which also has an "A" carved into it. Also, the face claim for Alex is Rose Bertram. She is the closest my editor and I could find when looking for my OC, however, the only difference is that Alex has icy blue eyes and not hazel.
Alex's P.O.V
"Please, I'm hurt." Elena faintly said, but my eyes stayed close while I tried to move. I was laying in a chair. Moving my wrist, I found them bound together by a rope that was soaked in vervain. With every move, the vervain burned more into my skin, and it hurt so much I wanted to scream in pain. I opened my eyes and saw a man sitting in front of me. He was facing Elena as he untied the ropes around her wrists and ankles. She was afraid of him, and I continued to try and get free. I decided to move my feet, to walk over to him so he would get away from her, but my ankles were bound together by the same rope as well.
"I know. Just a taste." The man, who kidnapped us, said to Elena as his fangs popped out. I struggled against the ropes even harder than before.
"Hey! Leave her alone." I yelled at him, but he ignored me. Our kidnapper went to bite Elena on her wound as she let out a small, but high pitched scream. I continued to struggle but stopped when I felt the ropes were digging into my skin. Soon, a lady arrived and stopped the mystery man from feeding off of Elena.
"Trevor! Control yourself." She scolded him and he stopped his actions. Trevor's face went back to normal and turned to the lady with an annoyed expression. He then stood up, walked towards her, and made eye contact with her for a moment.
"Buzzkill," Trevor said before bumping shoulders with her and leaving the room. Elena and I were now left alone with this mystery lady. Elena looked over at me, clearly seeing how I was still sitting at the other end of the couch, tied up in vervain ropes, but didn't do anything to free me. Thanks for the help there friend. When she turned back to the girl, I rolled my eyes. Elena had decided to get answers instead of getting the ropes, that were burning into my skin, off of me. You know if you untie me, the integration process would go a lot faster.
"What do you want from us?" Elena asked the girl as she slowly sat up on the couch. I looked at the girl as she stared at Elena with amazement.
"Oh my god, you look just like her." She said to Elena. Yay, Elena looks like Katherine. Can we go now?
"But I'm not. Please, whatever you -" Elena began to beg.
"Be quiet!" The lady said to her.
"Elena, I would shut up if you want to stay alive," I quickly said to her, but she ignored me and kept the Q&A going. Elena stood up from the couch and slowly started to walk towards her. This conversation was not going to go well unless someone freed me from these ropes.
"But I'm not Katherine. My name is Elena Gilbert," Elena gestured towards me. "And this is Alexandria Salvatore." I moved both my arms up and slightly waved at the girl Elena was talking to, but one of my wrists went up a little bit higher than the other one. Which caused the rope to move against my wrists again and for me to quickly put my arms in my lap, so the rope wouldn't move against my wrist anymore. "You don't have to do this." Elena pleaded with her.
"I know who you two are, I said be quiet." She shouted at Elena and I sat up a little more. You can guess what happened with the ropes, around my ankles and feet when I moved.
"Elena…" I said, worried about her life. She needs to be careful because this vampire was annoyed by her and I know how these things end. No matter how much I dislike her at times, she is my friend and I will protect her from any serious bodily harm.
"What do you want?" Elena asked curiously as if all her fear left her body. The lady slapped her hard and she fell on the couch, unconscious, next to me.
"Elena!" I yelled. I went to move towards her, but my skin and the vervain as I moved forced me to stay put on the couch. These ropes are really starting to piss me off.
"I want you to be quiet." The mystery lady said to Elena and I sighed again, but this time it was towards the mystery lady. This is why you don't push an annoyed vampire's buttons. The lady looked over at me and I gave her a fake smile.
"Can you untie me now?" I asked her while holding up my hands, even though it hurt to do so. She rolled her eyes, walked up to me, and started to untie the rope around my wrists. Once the woman untied the rope, she dropped them on the floor. I grabbed my wrists and rubbed the raw skin, as I sighed in relief.
"I don't know why he put so much vervain on these ropes." She mumbled to herself and I laughed under my breath. I could tell taking off the rope burned her hands. The lady stood up and I moved to untie the rope around my ankles. I was still in my dress from the Masquerade party. Once the rope was untied around my ankles, I rubbed the red skin there before kicking the rope away from me.
"Thanks," I said and began to rub my wrists again. It still felt like they were bound together.
"Sorry about this, but we had to make sure that you wouldn't run away. Since you're a vampire and all." She explained to me. I looked around as I nodded. I understood where she was coming from. I mean I would do the same thing. Looking around I concluded that I was in an old mansion with the windows boarded up. I turned back to her then glanced at her hand to see that she didn't have a daylight ring.
"Trust me that's the last thing I would do," I informed her and she gave me a blank look. "This isn't the first time I've been kidnapped. Anyways, do you mind telling me your name? Because I have the weirdest feeling that I'm going to be here for a little while."
"I'm Rose and that guy that was here earlier," She gestured in the direction Trevor walked away. "His name is Trevor," Rose answered and I smiled. At least I know both of their names now and I can stop calling them mystery guy and lady.
I placed my hands on the edge of the couch and pushed off of it as I stood up. I brushed off my dress and wiped off my hands, before taking off my heels and placing them on the ground next to the couch. I walked up to Rose, so we were about arm's length away from each other. She was a few inches taller than me because she was wearing heels too, but I didn't care because my shoes were killing me. I smiled and curtsied, while lifting both sides on my dress slightly, in a dramatic manner. I looked up at her with a smile, that was both kind and devious.
"Alexandria Salvatore at your service," I said with a smirk and stood back up slowly. I looked around with curiosity and wonder, then sighed as I turned to the couch behind me and saw Elena was still out cold. I turned back to Rose and gestured to Elena by waving my hand, lazily, at her. "And you know her name."
Rose nodded slightly as she glanced at Elena. Without a word spoken to me she turned and walked up the stairs that lead to a hallway outside of the room, we were trapped in. I sighed and wandered around my cage, letting my guard drop a little. If anyone were to walk into this room right now they would know I was afraid. There was a broken chandelier on the floor, and I could tell the house was abandoned by the state it was in. I walked back towards the couch, so I can keep my eyes on the entrance to the room.
After a few moments, I turned around and saw the old chair I woke up in before turning on the lamp next to it. I looked over at Elena and sighed before grabbing her right arm and placing it around my neck. I picked her up and managed to lay her on the couch, without falling on top of her. I stood up and looked down at her before begin consumed by my thoughts.
I was pacing in front of the couch with a million questions running through my head. Why were we here? Why did they kidnap us? And how do I get Elena and I out of here unharmed? Take that last one back; I can break a window, grab Elena, and run for it. Soon, I heard a groan come from Elena and stopped moving. As she opened up her eyes and held her head, Elena began looking around and noticed she was lying back on the couch again, then became confused about how she got there. After looking at her surroundings for a while, her eyes fell on me, and I walked up to her. I kneeled before Elena and moved her face to the side to see if her head was injured or bleeding.
"Alex?" She asked. I stopped examining her face to look her in the eyes. "Where are we?" I sighed before looking around the dusty old room, then back at her. I could feel the fear radiating off of her.
"I don't know," I said sadly. Elena slowly stood up from the couch, after refusing my help. I watched as she walked around the room to try and figure a way out.
"Where are the other two? The ones who kidnapped us?" She asked and I shrugged before gesturing towards the entrance of the room. Two semi-spiral staircases led up to the entrance and I looked around worried.
"They went that way, and I have no idea where they are." Elena stared at the entrance and I sighed. "So, please don't do anything stupid," I begged and saw her nod, even though I knew she would probably try to escape on her own in a few minutes.
When Elena stopped staring, she started to wander around the room like I had moments before. I went back over to the chair and sat down. I closed my eyes for two seconds and tried to relax in this stressful situation. My eyes snapped open when I heard the staircase creak. I turned my head to see Elena walking up the stairs to the doorway. I sat up and quickly walked over to her so I could stop her.
"Elena!" I whisper-yelled at her. She didn't turn around so I sped in front of her. "Elena, don't you dare go out there," I growled.
"And here I thought you were the only Salvatore that actually let me make my own decisions," Elena argued and continued to walk up the stairs to the hallway, but I stopped her again.
"Yes, but you've never been in this situation before. These vampires seem to be as old as Kathrine, which means I might not be able to stop them," I explained.
"I'll take my chances." She snapped and moved around me. I dropped my head and closed my eyes. If you die, Rose and Trevor are the least of my problems. I turned around and saw she already went down the hallway, then sighed in frustration before walking back over to the couch.
I sat there with my elbows on my knees as I held my chin in my hands. I closed my eyes and began to rock back and forth before I heard someone walking down the stairs. I looked up to see Elena and I sat up a little straighter as she walked over to the couch to sit next to me. Elena was pouting because her plan probably failed and crossed her arms, as she curled up on the couch. I sighed and began to wonder if she figured out anything on her little adventure. Then again, I only asked when I couldn't take the awkward silence in the room anymore.
"So, what did you find out?" I asked her awkwardly. Elena just turned towards me, still mad that her "master plan" failed, and moved a little closer.
"Some guy named Elijah is coming here," Elena confessed and I looked at her confused. I've never met this Elijah guy in my life, why does he want me? If that's even why I'm here. I mean they could've just taken me because I was the only one with Elena last night as we were walking to her car. However, the person who took us injected me with vervain in order to knock me out, so that not the case.
"To take us?" I asked, and she nodded. Well, that answers all my questions. This Elijah guy wanted both of us, and I hated not knowing why. I mean if you're going to kidnap me, at least tell me why you are kidnapping me of all people. I'm just a normal vampire. I took a deep breath, to calm my nerves and not freak out in front of Elena. We sat there in an awkward, but terrifying, silence.
After about thirty minutes of sitting on that couch, I stood up again and began to pace around in the room. Elena stood up from the couch and walked up to me, which caused me to stop pacing. "What?" I asked her.
"Look I know you're freaking out," Yeah, no shit Sherlock. "But how about we go find Rose and get some answers from her," Elena suggested and I thought about it. I do want to know why this Elijah guy needed us…
"Fine, but I'm only going to make sure they don't hurt you," I explained and she nodded. We searched the whole house for her, till we found her in a room at the end of the hallway. Trevor wasn't with her and the only thing separating Elena and me from her was a beam of sunlight coming through a window that wasn't boarded up yet. Rose turned on the lamp.
"Why are we here?" Elena demanded. Rose walked over to a ripped up picture frame.
"You keep asking me these questions like I'm gonna answer them," Rose said as she picked up the frame.
"Why won't you?" Elena asked.
"That's another one," Rose said. Yeah, get used to it. She did a little twirl as she moved to her next location, then walked over to a window.
"You got us, okay? It's not like we can go anywhere." Elena said answering for the both of us. Once Rose covered up the window, she wiped her hands together, to get the dirt off of them. Rose walked over to a little wooden table in the middle of the room. She began to look through the dusty books that were in piles on the desk. "The least you can do is tell us what you want with the two of us."
"I personally want nothing, I'm just a delivery service," Rose said. Great, I'm a UPS package now. I leaned against the wall, next to Elena, because honestly, I was tired of all of this. Begin dragged back home, kidnapped, and not getting any straightforward answers. Why did I let you talk me into this, Damon?
"Delivery to who? Elijah?" I asked as Rose continued to look through the books.
"Two points to the vampire," She laughed and I smirked a little, even though Rose didn't see it.
"Who is he? Is he a vampire?" Elena asked her. No, Elena, he's Santa Claus. Of course, he's a vampire.
"He's one of the vampires, the originals," Rose answered her and opened up another book. Ok, first, Elena and I are going to die the second this Elijah guy shows up if he is, or isn't, working for the original family. Secondly, how many books are on that table? Because you've been doing the same thing for...What? Twenty minutes.
"Crap," I said, a little louder than I meant to, and that seemed to get Rose's attention. The vampire closed the book she was looking through and turned to see me still leaning against the wall. I sighed and stood up before walking back to Elena's side. Rose looked at me surprised and Elena looked shocked at the fact I knew who the originals were.
"Wait. Do you know them?" Elena asked and I shook my head.
"I know of them, but all my information is from the stories I've heard over the years," I corrected her. Elena was not getting me in trouble with my brothers. If they know, I know even the tiniest piece of information about the people who are coming to take us, I'm dead. I mean it's not like I'm really good friends with them and we meet up for drinks every week. No ! I've only heard stories about Klaus and how you shouldn't be his enemy...which I don't plan to be. "So why did you take me?" I asked Rose, trying to change the subject.
"We wanted to meet with Elijah," Klaus's older brother. "And they said he would only meet with us if we got the Salvatore sister as well," Rose answered me. That makes no sense, I've never even met this Elijah guy or Klaus for that matter. What hell does he want with me? And I swear if it's for Klaus, I'm leaving Elena behind and taking a trip to Japan till this all blows over.
"Wait, who are the originals?" Elena asked us and Rose kept talking to me, ignoring Elena completely. I guess that's what she gets for annoying her earlier.
"Trevor and I have been running for five-hundred years. We're tired, we want it over. We're using you two to negotiate ourselves out of an old mess," Rose explained, answering every question I had earlier today.
"But why me?" Elena asked. Rose turned to her and I looked at her slightly offended, but not shocked. See Elena always had a way of making everything about her, which sometimes that was true, but this is not one of those moments.
"Because you're a Petrova Doppelgänger. You're the key to breaking the curse." Rose said to her as she turned back to the pile of books on the desk behind her.
"What curse? The sun and the moon curse?" Elena asked.
"Oh, you do know your history," Rose said in both a surprised and mocking tone.
"Yup and Damon got shot in the back with a mini wooden stake for it," I said while slightly laughing, but I stopped because Elena asked, yet again, another question.
"What do you mean I'm the key? The moonstone is what breaks the curse," Elena said. With this, Rose turned around to her.
"No, the moonstone is what binds the curse. The sacrifice is what breaks it," Rose corrected her. Ok, I didn't see the whole sacrifice-involved-with-this-curse-plot-twist coming. By the way, who has to die in order for this curse to be broken?
"The sacrifice?" Elena asked confused.
"The blood of the doppelgänger. You're the doppelgänger." Rose was about to say more, but I cut her off when I realized what she meant. I didn't look at Elena though because I was in shock that this was how we break the curse, but I only kept eye contact with Rose.
"Which means, in order to break the curse Elena's the one who has to die," I said then looked at Elena. She looked scared and I didn't blame her.