"You scared me."Elena stated warily.
"My apologises, I thought you heard me and was merely ignoring me."The man apologised and gave Elena a, nearly none existent, friendly smile."Were you close?"The man asked and Elena blinked before the man gestured to the headstone with a slight tilt of his head.
"Oh, yeah."Elena said and realised that she had been crying and quickly went to wipe away her tears when the man pulled out a handkerchief and held it out for her."Thank you."Elena thanked him as she reached out and gently took it from his hands and used it to wipe her eyes.
"Your welcome, Miss. Bennett?"The man and Elena swore that it almost sounded like a question.
"Ah, no."Elena said, shaking her head."It's Gilbert, actually. I wish my name was Bennett though."The short haired brunette said as she handed back the handkerchief.
"Ah."The man almost sounded amused to Elena's ears but he looked curious."Again, my apologises. I thought because you said that yes to my question, I assumed..."The man trailed off.
"No, I used to spend as much time as I could away from my Family and spend it with Sheila."Elena stated as she put her hands in her pockets and shrugged slightly."She was more of a Mother to me then a Grandmotherly figure."Elena explained and pursed her lips."Better then my own Mother at least."She muttered under her breath, not realising that the man had heard her. His eyes narrowed as he looked at her and thought over her words carefully. He got the slightest hint that this Doppelganger was not treated how her twin was treated by their Family.
Deciding on storing away that bit of information for later, the man smiled at her again."I realised that I haven't introduced myself. I'm Elijah, Elijah Smith."Elijah introduced himself.
He was hoping to get some type of reaction out of her at hearing his name, only when he searched her face, he found it blank. No recognition, nothing other then a small and wary smile. The type of smile that teenager, much like herself, would give to a stranger, one that screamed be wary of those that are slightly older then you and might have bad intentions planned.
"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Smith."The Doppelganger said and took his offered hand in hers gently."I'm Elena, Elena Gilbert."A shiver went down both of their spines the moment their hands connected.
"The pleasure is all mine, Miss. Gilbert."Elijah said politely.
Just as Elena went to say something, her phone went off. Letting go of Elijah's hand, the brunette unlocked her phone read over the text message with a look of pure annoyance. Elijah watched curiously as she quickly typed a reply before looking up at him and giving him an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, I have to go."Elena apologised but Elijah merely waved it off.
"That's alright. Have a pleasant day, Miss. Gilbert."Elijah stated."Perhaps I'll see you around?"
"You too, Mr. Smith."Elena replied and gave him a weak smile."Perhaps."Elena agreed, although Elijah got the feeling that Elena was rarely seen around town unless she was doing something important.
Elijah quickly brushed away the feeling of disappointment and watched as Elena walked away before looking down at the headstone of the Bennett Witch. At least the Bloodline had continued. Elijah thought idly as he remembered his promise to his Mother's Mentor and best friend, Ayana , one of the Bennett Ancestors.
"There's two of them!?"Was the first thing that greeted Elena as soon as she stepped into the Salvatore Boarding House and looked at the person who had spoken and raised an eyebrow at the person, no, woman, as said woman looked between her and Emily in surprise."At least that explains why we had two different photos and two different names."The woman grumbled.
"Ah, who is this?"Elena asked, looking from the woman to the two Vampire Brothers and her Twin with a raised eyebrow.
"This is Rose."Damon said as if that explained everything but was met with a blank look from Elena."You know, the one that helped in kidnapping your Sister."Elena turned to look at Rose sharply and looked ready to hex the light haired brunette to hell and back."We told you this last night."
"No, Damon, you didn't."Elena gritted out, glancing at Damon, who went to protest but Elena quickly spoke again."All you said was;'Your Sister was kidnapped but don't worry, we saved her and no, before you ask, she's completely fine.' and then you left."Elena stated, crossing her arms."Why is she here and not dead for playing a hand in kidnapping Emily."Elena asked, raising an eyebrow at the Brothers."Normally you two go about killing people first, ask questions later when it comes to Emily's safety."Stefan winced while Damon looked at her, annoyed."Just saying."Elena said with a sly smirk on her face.
"Rose has information that she wants to share with us. It concerns you and Emily."Stefan explained before Damon could say something that would most likely piss Elena off. The twins turned their complete attention to Rose as Elena went and sat down away from everyone.
"Ok, you have to understand, I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true."Rose stated as she started pacing."It's the problem with all this Vampire crap, but Klaus, I know, is real."Rose said firmly.
"Who is he?"Emily asked.
"He's said to be one of the oldest Vampires in existence."Elena spoke up, shocking everyone and they all looked at her."All because he's one of the Originals."
"How do you know that?"Damon asked and Elena's eye twitched.
"If any of you have ever paid attention to me or listened to a thing I say, you would know that I spent nearly my whole life with Grams and that I've known about the Supernatural since I was five."Elena stated, rolling her eyes."Many think that he's a legend because he's from the first generation of Vampires."
Emily turned to her."What do you think?"Emily asked her Twin, surprising the short haired girl and she blinked in surprise.
"Me? I don't know."Elena shrugged."There's lots of rumours about him. Some of the Grimoires, which don't just contain Spells, that I have say that if you meet him, do as he says or face the consequences."Rose nodded in agreement while the Salvatore Brothers looked annoyed, and Emily pursed her lips."But like I said, many just think that he's a legend because he comes from the first generation of Vampires."
"So, like Elijah?"Emily asked, glancing between her Twin, who blinked and raised an eyebrow at the name, and Rose, who shook her head.
"No."Rose said, sighing."Elijah was Easter Bunny compared to Klaus. Elijah is a foot soldiers. Klaus is the real deal."
"Klaus is known to be the oldest."Stefan spoke up.
Emily glanced from Stefan to Elena, who shrugged, which meant that she didn't know if what Stefan was saying was true."Ok, so you're saying that the oldest Vampire in the history of time is coming after Elena and I?"Emily asked, looking at the Vampires.
"Yes."
"No."
Came the answer of truth, from Rose, at the same time as the answer of denial, from Stefan.
"What they're saying is, I mean if what she says is true..."Damon trailed off as Elena and Emily shared a look before they watched the trio in front of them.
"Which it is."Rose stated.
"And you're not saying it, so I don't kill you."Damon cut in threateningly.
Rose rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest."Which I'm not."
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe."Damon finished.
"Look, Elijah's dead, right?"Stefan said, standing up and made his way over to Emily, taking a seat next to her."So no one else knows that you two exist."
"Not that you know of."Rose added.
"That's not helping."Damon said, glaring at Rose.
"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him."Stefan said, looking at his Brother, Rose, and Elena."We're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction."Stefan stated."I mean, we don't know what's real."Stefan turned back to Emily."For all we know, he could just be some sort of stupid bedtime story."Elena rolled her eyes.
"He's real."Rose said, getting up and crossed her arms."And he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he get's it. If you're not afraid of Klaus then you're an idiot."
"Alright, we're shaking."Damon said, sarcastically."You've made your point."Rose rolled her eyes.
Emily and Elena got up at the same time for different reasons."Where are you going?"
"School."Emily and Elena stated in unison, but only Emily looked back at Stefan when she told him where she was going.
"We're late."Elena said, sounding annoyed as she quickly left the house, ignoring Emily's and Stefan's chatter. As she got in the car and went to start it up, Emily got in."What are you doing?"Elena asked suspiciously as she looked at her Twin, who looked back at her.
"I need a favour."Emily stated and Elena's eyes narrowed and she pursed her lips but gave her twin a look that said go on as she started up the car and drove away from the Boarding House."I need you to take me to the old Fell Church."
"You're going to go see and see Katherine. Why am I not surprised?"Elena said rhetorically."Do you know how much of an idiot you're being at the moment?"Although, if Elena knew her twin as well as she did, she knew that Emily never listened to her.
"I'm not an idiot, Elena! I know what I'm doing."Emily snapped and glared at her Twin and pursed her own lips, wondering where and when Elena became so confident.
"Ok, fine then."The short haired twin said, rolling her eyes."When you talk to Katherine, do you really think she's going to answer your questions willingly?"Emily opened her mouth to say something, only to snap it shut again."Thought so."Elena said with a small smirk.
"Well, oh so wise one, how do I get her to answer my questions?"Emily asked, glowering at Elena, who thought that her glower looked more like a pout.
"Easy, blood and a very special book."Elena stated and her smirk grew as she heard towards the Gilbert House so that Emily could get the items."Oh, and you also might want to call Caroline and get her on board with this crazy idea of yours so that she can open the entrance for you."Elena added as she pulled the car to a stop in the driveway and Emily got out and headed to the house to get the items that Elena suggested that she use to get Katherine to talk.