A/N Thank you for your reviews on the first chapter, it means a lot to me!

I hope you like chapter two.

Salvatore Estate—1851

"If I could take just a moment to say how thankful I am to the good Lord for giving me a beautiful wife, two fine boys, a lovely daughter, and a table filled with fine food-"

Nine-year-old Skylar hungrily looked down at the Thanksgiving food, smiling softly at the maid that had just lit a gas lamp. Her elder brother sat across from her, and her younger brother was sat next to her, ready to dig into the food. Her father raised his glass as he gave thanks for their meal, and Skylar noticed Damon's slight eye roll.

Giuseppe dramatically tapped his stomach."And a belly big enough to fit it all in!"

Stefan giggled and started to eat his food, and Lily laughed nervously as well before she raised her glass in toast. However, she noticed that Damon looked sat as he glanced down at his plate while the maid carried around a platter of food to add to their plates.

Skylar pursed her lips as she watched Damon, slight sorrow in her gaze for him.

Giuseppe took notice of Damon's behavior and set down his glass before giving his eldest son a stern look.

"Son, eat your dinner, please."

Damon shook his head, upset.

"I cannot."

Lilly looked at Damon worriedly."What's the matter, sweetheart?"

Giuseppe ignored his wife and glared at Damon.

"It was not an invitation, Damon."He gave Damon warning look."Eat."

"Sky?"Stefan looked up at Skylar in confusion, also worried."Why is he not eating?"

"Because this is Sami!"

"That animal was put on this earth to be sustenance, not your friend!"Their father yelled at Damon, making him flinch.

Damon's face fell, and Skylar's expression turned pained as she watched her brother shift worriedly underneath his father's gaze.

"Father, please...just allow him to grieve for his-"

Skylar's head snapped to the side harshly, and the sound of a slap echoed throughout the room. Lily and Damon gasped in horror, Lily's eyes glassing over as her gaze landed on the large, red handprint on her daughter's face. Her husband had hit Damon before, but he had never raised his hand to his little girl.

But, then again, Skylar had never stood up to her father before.

Skylar turned her head and looked at her father, lips parted in shock as her hand covered the handprint on her cheek. Her lower lip wobbled as it stung, making her eyes fill with tears.

"Do not talk back to me!"Her father shouted before he looked at Damon, eyes filled with bitterness."Now, you will clean your plate, or you will spend the night in the root cellar, wishing you had."

Damon horrified, turned to Lily and looked at her pleadingly.

Skylar followed his gaze but knew better than to expect their mother to stick up for them in front of their father. Giuseppe was a beast in a human's body; he was a cruel and harsh man.

"Mother... please do not make me eat her."

Lily opened her mouth to soothe her son but, when she saw Giuseppe's warning glare from across the table, she became panicked, her face fell.

"You heard your father, Damon."

"...Damon?"

Skylar's blue eyes fluttered open, and she turned onto her side, throat feeling dry as she reached out to hold onto something that could help her stand. Her gaze landed on a nearby table but, when she reached out to try and hold on to it, a second table appeared, seemingly identical to the table. Skylar swore as she swiped at one of the tables, only to be met with air.

"Damn it!"

Skylar blinked several times, trying to steady her vision only to be met twice of everything, just like before. She flipped herself over onto her stomach before she sat up on her knees, the brunette attempting to stand on her own two feet.

Skylar tried once, only to fail, then she tried again, only to fail. Again.

The brunette finally, after more than a few times, got to her feet.

She staggered backwards, a thin layer of sweat coating her forehead. Skylar looked around, trying to find something that was familiar to her. The female vampire let out a sigh of relief as she noticed that she was still in the front room of the boarding house.

"Damon?"

The female vampire began to stagger forward, almost tripping up the steps that led her to the foyer.

"D-Dam-oh, this is the worst hangover ever."

As Skylar stumbled, her vision became become hazy.

"Sky?"

The female vampire turned around at the familiar voice, and when she did, her gaze landed on Stefan. Her brother stood at the entrance, hands in front of him.

But it wasn't full grown Stefan.

No, the Stefan in front of her was no more than twelve years old.

He was dressed in his best clothing, and tears ran down his cheeks.

"Steffie?"

His lower lip wobbled as he moved closer to her, eyes filling with more tears."Mum is never coming home, is she?"

She knelt down in front of him, hands reaching up and cupping his face."Don't cry, Steffie. You still have Damon and me."

Stefan shook his head, turning his head as he spoke."No, I don't. We don't have him anymore."

She noticed that he was looking away from her, and she followed his gaze. She gasped as her eyes landed on a full grown Damon with either Katherine or Elena in his arms. She couldn't tell anymore. The brunette was wrapped around him, nuzzling into his neck. Damon smiled, hand coming up and cupping the back of the brunette's head.

He opened his eyes and stared at his siblings."He's right, Sky..."

She turned her head to comfort Stefan again but found him gone.

And when she looked up, a full grown Stefan was hovering over her.

And, just like Damon, he had one of the doppelgangers in his arms.

He kissed her before looking down at his sister.

"You're alone."

Skylar shook her head, her eyes filling with tears as she refused to believe it. She covered her face with her hands to stop looking at her brothers and began to scream to block them out. Their words filled her head, threatening to drive her insane and she continued to scream until her throat felt raw.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Skylar raised her face from her hands, ready to face her brothers.

But they were gone.

She was kneeling on the floor, alone.

The female vampire sneered as she looked at herself in the mirror nearby, feeling shameful as she noticed the tears in her eyes.

Skylar shakily stood, staggering as she tried to regain her composure.

When she brushed her hand through her hair, that's when Skylar noticed it.

A bite on her neck.

A wolf bite.

"Oh, this isn't good."Skylar said, wincing as her fingertips moved over the bite that looked disgusting."Not good at all."

"TYLER!"Skylar shouted as the memory of the wolf biting her came back to her."I'm gonna hunt you down and put you down like the bad dog you are!"

She perked up when she heard feet hit the stairs and looked over to see Damon at the bottom step.

She smiled softly as her gaze landed on her elder brother.

"Damon?"

He just glanced at her as he tapped on his phone, grabbing his leather jacket."You should rest...you don't look so good."

He began to walk toward the exit, and she followed, stumbling."Damon, wait, I-"

"I'm not in the mood for a heart to heart, Sky; Elena needs me."

Skylar followed him, trying to stop him from leaving her."Damon, I need your-"

Damon, apparently still angry with her, turned around as he grabbed his car keys. He sighed as she grabbed him to stop him from leaving her.

Why couldn't he see how much she needed him?

"Can't it wait?"

Skylar tried to speak, but he cut her off with a slam of the front door.

He left her.

Again.

Later—Klaus' Mansion

"Ah, Tyler, mate, there you are."

Klaus set down his paintbrush and turned to his hybrid."I thought she'd killed you. I've heard she's quite resilient."

"I caught her in the middle of a family drama; it made it easier."Tyler said, hands in his pockets, a guilty look on his face."Why did I do that?"

"I've told you once, and I'll tell you again."

Klaus smirked, wiping hands free of paint as he made his way over to his hybrid. He placed his hands on Tyler's shoulder, resisting the urge to chuckle as Tyler, who wanted to resist his good-natured tone, just blankly looked up at him.

"You've been supernaturally blessed with the good fortune of a sire bond to me."

Tyler looked away from his sire, hand running over his face. He hadn't wanted to bite Skylar, despite his hate toward the Salvatore family but he had been given no choice. Whatever Klaus asked of him, he found himself running around in circles to obey him.

"Couldn't you have just gotten to Stefan another way?"

"But this is much more...entertaining, isn't it?"Klaus smirked as he walked away from his hybrid over to his bar."Stefan claims not to care about anything but the bonds of family outweigh someone's need for vengeance...or so I've heard. I could've stuck at Damon, but brothers tend to be more loyal to their sisters, I know from experience."

Klaus put down the bottle and brought the glass to his lips, taking a long sip of his drink before smiling.

"It won't be long now."

"I know you've got beef with Stefan, but you can just kill him."Tyler watched Klaus as he walked back over to his canvas."Why are you doing this?"

Klaus twirled his paintbrush around his long fingers, turning to look at Tyler.

"What happened is Stefan had two paths in front of him, and he chose the one that made me angry."

Tyler opened his mouth to reply but, as if out of nowhere, the sound of the front door being kicked open was heard. Whoever had broken down the door was now walking over it as they tried to figure out where the hybrid Original was.

"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH?!"

Klaus set down his paintbrush as Tyler looked nervous.

"Ah, here we go."

The sound of the person stumbling through the hallways was all Klaus needed to know that Tyler had done well on his task.

Skylar appeared, brown hair loosely tied up in a ponytail and her clothes torn which told them that she'd gotten into a few scuffles with Klaus' hybrids. Vampires turned manic during their ordeal with a wolf bite; they seemed stronger because of the adrenaline until that turned to them slowly dying. Blood was smeared across her cheeks, and sweat was glazed over her forehead.

She was pale, and her eyes were dark.

But she still soldiered on; Klaus had to give her props for that.

"Not the Salvatore I expected to see, but it'll do."Klaus smirked at her, taking another sip of his drink as he eyed the Salvatore sister."How can I help you, love?"

Skylar stumbled, licking her dry lips as she tried to figure out which, out of the six she could see, was Klaus or Tyler.

"You..."She pointed at Klaus, who raised his eyebrows in amusement."This is your fault but you're, like, old and powerful so i'm gonna go for the puppy."

Klaus pursed his lips to stop his laughter.

"There are, like, four of you."Skylar muttered, slumping against the door frame as she pointed at Tyler."I'm...I'm gonna tear your heart out and i'm going to feed it to that dolt you call a mother!"

The female vampire began to rush toward Tyler, fangs coming forward but, before she could take the sixth step, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and she began to fall forward.

Only to be caught by Klaus.

"I got you, love, i got you."

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