Mystic Falls, 2013

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Felicity woke up in the different room that where she fainted from the spell. She was actually surprised to wake up alone. But it was for the best because she was fumingly angry. The talk with Katherine revealed just how much Elijah left out from their conversations. For example what happened to Kol.

After their brother's death he come to her to Starling City and they grieved together, drunk whole liquor cabinet and then one morning he was just gone. But not once during that time did he mentioned that the ones responsible for Kol's death went unpunished. And now she had idea why. Elijah was under the spell of another deceitfully innocent doppelganger.

She called him to confirm what Katherine said, which turned to be all truth. But she had to make sure, because she didn't trust Katherine.

His confirmation didn't help Felicity to feel better or less angry. She also found out that he had no idea that Katherine was dying or that Klaus and Rebekah decided to visit Mystic Falls.

Felicity was pulled out of her musings when she heard the footsteps outside the room. Moment later blonde, short haired woman in sheriff's uniform peeked in. She looked a little bit surprised to see an unfamiliar face in Damon's bedroom.

"I'm sorry. I didn't want to intrude. I just heard a voice."

Blonde vampire stood up and walked up to her with warm smile on her face. "Don't worry you didn't." Felicity extended her hand in greeting. "Felicity Salvatore."

Sheriff raised an eyebrow at her last name and shakes her hand. "Sheriff Liz Forbes." She offered.

Felicity looked at woman and saw a resemblance to Caroline. And their auras were similar showing most important character's features - strong will and morals, the light shining from within.

"Caroline's mother? She's out looking for Matt." Felicity said.

"I know. Caroline called." That got vampire puzzled for the reason for Sheriff's visit. And it must have reflected on her face because Sheriff elaborated. "She also told me that Damon remained to look after Katherine. So I came over to make sure he wouldn't do something stupid."

Felicity smiled, because it did sound like Damon. To do something reckless or thoughtless when he was feeling cornered or vulnerable. It's good thing that she made it impossible for him to do any lasting damage to Katherine while she's in stasis.

"I'm not sure, but my guess that he is upstairs trying to torture Katherine with his induced hallucinations." Felicity said in almost bored tone. But she saw worry and horror in Sheriff's eyes so she rushed to calm her. "He won't do anything to her. But we can check on him."

They left the room, Felicity leading Liz to Stefan's bedroom where Katherine was residing for now.

"So you know Damon quite well." Sheriff stated.

"Yeah. We know each other for thirty-six years. Man did not change very much in last twenty years since he left without the word in the middle of the night disregarding the vows we made when we got married." Felicity said unable to hide bitterness in her voice.

"You two were married?" Disbelieve was clear on Liz's face. Well guessing by the fact that Damon just broke up with a girlfriend and he probably had a lot more bimbos striding around no one would have suspected that he had wife.

"We still are. It's not exactly easily reversible." At questioning look Felicity elaborated. "It was more of bonding ceremony. With magic."

To tell the truth Felicity was not sure if she really wanted to severe their bond. And she didn't even know if it was possible. To create the bond they had to have strong, genuine feeling for each other. To end it they both would need to agree and not just verbally but truly without the smallest doubt in their minds or souls. And Felicity wasn't sure if she qualified. Yes, she was hurt and angry but behind her tall guarded walls she still had feelings for him.

Sheriff must have seen that crystal blue eyed vampire didn't want to talk about it, because she didn't push. And the rest walk to Stefan's bedroom where Damon was alone with Katherine they spent in silence. Both women were deep in their own thoughts.

A door to the room was left ajar. And women could hear Damon talking to the woman who he loved for most of his life and who betrayed and lied to him. He was pouring her how he looked for the way to free her from the tomb for centuries and how he hated to be vampire the first fifty years. He told the woman in magical coma how there was only one time he forgot about her. Sixteen years he spent without the single thought about her, until one phone call from the witch broke the dam and his life come crashing down.

Liz wanted to give Damon space to pour his heart out to Katherine even if she probably was unable to hear him in her state. But after Felicity heard her name and felt stinging sensation in her temples she decided to let their presence known.

"Stop!" Felicity shouted. Doors banged to the wall from the strength she used to push them open. Sheriff Forbes followed into the room not understanding what exactly was happening.

Damon didn't move from his place at the foot of the bed, concentrating on Katherine's face.

"Stop!" Blonde vampire tried again feeling another, sharper, sting, but Damon didn't listen. She steeled herself for what she was going to do and raised her arm. She focused her power and twisted her palm. In otherwise silent room familiar crunching sound of snapped neck reverberated as the gunshot. And raven haired vampire standing good ten feet away from Liz and Felicity dropped on the ground.

Liz rushed to her friend's side to check on him. "What did you do to him?"

"Nothing. He should wake up in the hour or two." Felicity tried to calm Liz down. "We should put him in his room."

Felicity picked up Damon's limp body without difficulty and put him over her shoulder. She followed after Sheriff Forbes as she led her back to Damon's bedroom.

"Why did you snap his neck? And how? I know vampires move fast but you just raised your hand and he dropped to the floor." Older looking woman asked old vampire. She watched as blonde laid the man gently on the bed making sure that he was in comfortable position once he woke up from being temporarily dead. From care in her movement she was sure that she wouldn't hurt Damon just so.

Felicity sighted as she let her fingers caress Damon's cheek. "He was trying to get inside Katherine's head to torture her with some visions of his creation. But after I put her in stasis I didn't want to leave her vulnerable so I tied her to myself. It was hurting me and Damon was too consumed with hurt and rage to stop. So I stopped him myself."

Now Liz understood why Felicity was shouting to Damon to stop before. But there was still one question she did not get the answer to.

"But how did you do it? You don't look older than twenty five and you said that you met Damon thirty six years ago... You're vampire, right?" She almost rambled just like her daughter or Felicity herself often did. That brought a smile to Felicity's face.

Vampire liked to keep her secret to herself but before that she touched the Sheriff's hand she felt that woman was trustworthy. For a minute she weighted her options but in the end she decided to let the woman in on her secret. Since she was set on saving Katherine the people she met before would probably know about her powers sooner or later and it bound to reach Liz either through Damon or Caroline.

"Yes I am a vampire. Very old one at that. But I am also a witch."

"How...How it's even possible? My daughter's friend's mother was a witch, but after she became a vampire she lost her magic."

Sheriff appeared to be very knowledgeable about the world she lived in. Not turning the blind eye to the things she couldn't explain, but trying to actually understand what happening around her.

"It's very long story. But I was a witch when I was still human. But my powers were...let's say unconventional. I never had my own, but I could take it from the things my mother spelled. I never told anyone that because I saw that people did to someone different back then. After I became a vampire I had endless well of power to siphon from."

Felicity looked as Liz tried to comprehend the information she just received. Because small town Sheriff knew that creature having abilities of a vampire and the power of the witch was incredibly powerful, so she had to ask.

"Is there more like you?"

"No. Not anymore." Felicity thought that there never been anyone like her. She lived over thousand years and was practical immortal, but she understood what Liz wanted to know and why. So she reassured woman, but was in no mood to answer more of her questions. "I should bring him blood for when he wakes up, and I myself wouldn't mind a cup. Do you know where he keeps blood bags?"

"In the fridge down at the cellar."

Felicity flashed thankful smile and left the room. She retraced her steps from earlier to go back to sitting room. From there would be easy to go to the basement for some needed refreshments.

Downstairs the room wasn't empty like she expected.

Sitting on the couch, glaring in direction of the kitchen was Felicity's least favorite doppelganger. Anger bubbled inside her, the rage she felt since her conversation with Katherine came to surface.

Felicity moved so fast that Elena didn't have a chance to comprehend what was happening until she was pushed to the wall with hard thud. She struggled to get out of firm hold blonde vampire had her in with no success.

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Rebekah Mikaelson was never the one to take orders from others. Only exemptions were her family members, to be exact her brothers Elijah and Nik. And sometimes her temper might get into her way, especially with Nik. He always was able to drive her mad and it makes her inane stubbornness flare up. But Elijah was always fair and loving brother and even he often takes Nik's side but he also fair to her to. Not that she would admit it to anyone.

It was the reason why she listened to Elijah and went to Salvatore's house to meet someone. He refused to say who, but she felt guilty not telling him that they went to Mystic Falls because Katherine's dying. Well it was the reason for Nik's visit. Hers was Matt.

She didn't see Matt Donovan for a few months - since their trip around the Europe. She missed him and was very excited to see him again. Rebekah genuinely liked Matt because he didn't judge her and let her feel like normal human teenager, not thousand year old Original vampire. But he would never want to be a vampire and for human it was too dangerous to associate with her. Mikaelson's family has a lot of enemies and she cared for Matt too much to bring him into all her family's mess.

She marched straight to front door of Boarding house and went in without knocking. Stefan and annoying doppelganger were right on her heels. Not that she particularly cared. She stopped listening after she heard what Matt was going home. After everything what happened she figured he needed to some space to himself.

Once inside Rebekah looked around expecting to find whoever Elijah told her to meet but the front sitting room was empty. Its looks like she would need to wait. And patience was not her strongest virtue.

"Oh, well." She looked down at herself and scowled at the dirt covering her hands and clothes.

"Come on," Stefan motioned her to follow him and went toward the kitchens. Leaving Elena alone, Rebekah could feel the glare directed at the back of her head.

In the kitchen she stood before the sink wiping her jeans with damp washcloth. Meantime Stefan was leaning against the breakfast bar, watching her with strange expression.

"What are you still doing in Mystic Falls, Stefan? Last I heard you were leaving." Rebekah interrupted silence which was quickly becoming awkward. But her inquiry was genuine. Stefan always was nice to her and she never forgot their time in the 20's. Even though for the rest of the world it was over ninety years, for her it was just over two years.

Maybe she still felt those feelings, but from the moment she woke up from dagger induced sleep she found out that Stefan was compelled and moved on. Not only he moved on, but he also fallen in love with Elena, the latest addition to Petrova doppelgangers line. She met three of them now and all of them appeared to be self centered, manipulative and liked two timing with brothers. But everybody else saw her as a saint who could do no bad. Even Elijah was under her spell.

"Life got in a way. Silas." Rebekah shuddered from that name. "Now he's no longer a problem. So what did Elijah said?" Stefan tried to change clearly uneasy subject.

"Nothing concrete. Just that I need to come here to see some mystery person. Do you know who?" Who better to ask than the owner of the house? He must know whoever was here supposedly to meet her and Nik.

She wondered where her brother was. He was not answering his phone, so she hoped that at least he would check his voicemail. Elijah specified that Nik was needed here too. Maybe he was here already, standing above rotting body of his enemy gloating. But knowing her brother there would be more screaming - either his victims pain or his raging shouts. But house was silent.

"Well today we did meet Mrs. Salvatore."

"What?! And why would Elijah want me to meet Damon's wife?" About last part she made the assumption, but from the way Stefan was talking it was clear that this involved his brother.

"I don't know." Stefan answered sincerely. "Maybe she knows Elijah."

"Oh wow. I wish I could have seen Elena's face when she found out." Rebekah's amused expression turned thoughtful for a minute, then suddenly all blood from her face vanished. It was the palest Stefan ever saw her. "If Elijah knows where we are it means he knows about Katherine. He knows that she is dying and we didn't tell him." Her voice was filled with regret and pain for her brother who despite everything Katherine did still loved her. She felt guilty that he was left in New Orleans to babysit pregnant werewolf while she and Nik were here. She knew how it felt to love someone and be unable to say goodbye to them.

"Rebekah." Original vampire was so deep in her thought that she did not noticed how Stefan moved closer to her and pulled her into his arms offering comfort. She must have looked very distressed if he reacted this way. But she wasn't going to push him away. His hand was tangled in her hair, the gesture warming her insides.

But before she could answer they heard loud thud from the sitting room and pulled apart.

They hurried back to the room to find blonde woman holding Elena pushed to the wall.

"Felicity?"

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Felicity was holding firmly onto the doppelganger trying to rein in her flared temper to get back her clear mind.

"Felicity?" Her name whispered by familiar voice startled blonde and she sharply turned her head but didn't loosen her grip on Elena.

"Bekah." She said softly.

Felicity wanted to hug her little sister but first she had to deal with Elena.

"Go sit down and be quiet. And I mean no sound." Looking deep into brown eyes she used compulsion laced with her magic to deter any possible vervain effects. But with how easily it was to do young vampire didn't think she needed to take the daily dose of vervain now that Original's moved away. Silly girl.

Now that it was temporarily fixed Felicity found her hands full of younger Original vampire. Familiar feeling she was deprived from for century caused the tears in her eyes to surge. And from the look of she was not the only one tearing up.

"I missed you little sister."