AN: I used some of the more notable Mystic Falls deaths that were supernatural related and changed them a little.


It's more truth than he intended, but it almost seems like he can't lie to her, and it is better that she knows the truth anyway if this is going to work. She's been lied to her entire life, he admits. He knows Mystic Falls, they have a council just for hunting supernatural creatures beings. She's a supernatural being as a Petrova doppelganger. She wants to cry, but her stomach growls and she admits that she hasn't had breakfast yet. She needs to eat and to get the blood off her and something for her neck, she'll need to go to a hospital after she sees her family again, she's sure.


They stop at a house, to her incredulity. She gets the blood off in a bathroom as he cooks something, this is surreal. She looks at her neck and it's completely healed, smooth skin, no evidence she was ever bitten.

It only takes a few minutes to get the blood off but it takes a couple more to regain most of her composure. She leaves the bathroom with a plan.

"We need a game plan." Elena says as she sits at a stool next to the kitchen island.

"We do." Elijah says and she wonders if she's making the right choice, she should call Jenna right now and tell her she's fine but she doesn't know if she and Elijah have a story they want to get straight, what he wants to do.


Elijah's number is in her phone along with the address of the place he's staying in Mystic Falls. She tells him that she's going to tell them the truth, her aunt and uncle and brother deserve the truth even if they didn't give it to her. He can go, she will honor their deal. She won't die and if she does, it won't be permanent. He saved her life, it seems like a fair tradeoff of sorts, helping him kill his brother. She thanks him and he waits until the front door is opened before driving away.


Relieved faces, Elena can't help but be mad at them. Alaric is the first to speak.

"Elena are you okay? Where were you?"

"You lied to me." Elena says and she watches Jenna and Alaric blanch.

"You want to know where I was?" She asks, anger seeping into her voice. Elena doesn't wait for an answer.

"I was kidnapped." She lets that hang in the air for a moment before she continues.

"By vampires. That's right, they're real Jer. Jenna and Alaric knew and they never told us. Most of the Founding Families know, there's a secret council to hunt supernatural beings. Guess what? I'm a supernatural being-the third person to wear this face. I'm a Petrova doppelganger and I was almost taken for a sacrifice! I want answers, now." Elena has always been warm, kind and forgiving. This Elena standing in front of them is roiling mad with cold eyes. Jeremy laughs uneasily.

"You're joking right? Elena this-vampires don't exist okay? They don't." Jeremy says and she lets out a bitter laugh.

"Stefan and Damon Salvatore are vampires. Matt's sister Vicki who everyone says died of a drug overdose despite being found in the woods, murdered died from a vampire attack. Logan Fell died from a vampire attack. Bonnie's grandmother, Brian Walters, Caroline's dad, even Pastor Young died from being murdered by vampires! The signs are all there!"

Elena is starting to feel hysterical but she knows that it's the truth.

It's the truth.

She's sure it's the truth but when she looks to Jenna and Alaric she knows they know the truth too.

They have for years.