It's been a couple of days since Cassandra had arrived in Mystic Falls. She knew about her doppelganger, but she was yet to see her. She tried finding out what she could about her. All she had gathered was, her name Elizabeth Saltzman and she was part of the Gemini Coven who were all dead. She wanted to find out more about, especially since she was the one who had captured Sebastian's heart. Cassandra was in the town square wondering around when she heard Sebastian's name.
"What's going on with Sebastian?" Hope asked
"Headmaster Downton Abbey wants us to enroll him to keep him off the streets, but after deliberately letting me think I was crazy there is no way I'm letting him stay," Lizzie said
"Did he explain why he lied to you?" Hope asked
"Well after I found out he was real, we talked and said that he was going to tell me the truth during out date but that was when we were interrupted by Mg. So the connection I had to him broke and he had to ask Mg for help in setting him free," Lizzie explained
"So he was going to tell you the truth?" Hope asked Lizzie nodded in agreement.
"That means he didn't want to hurt you, why don't you give him a chance?" Hope said
"Whose side are you on?" Lizzie said giving Hope a look
"Your side, but just give him a chance," She said
"At least forgive Mg, he's sorry for what he did," Josie spoke up, she knew Mg liked Lizzie.
"I'm not forgiving any of them, they both made me think I was crazy and I'm not forgiving either of them," Lizzie said
Cassandra overheard the conversation between her doppelganger and her friends, Sebastian had really burned a bridge with her but nobody could resist his charms. She needed to learn everything she could about her, who she is, what she cares about, who she loves. She was going to need someone to give her the information she needed, but the only problem was that all her friends were supernatural, meaning she couldn't compel them. She was going to have to put on her best Lizzie Saltzman impersonation.
Cassandra needed to get close to Lizzie's friends and family, she needed more information. She followed them to the Salvatore School, keeping her distance so they wouldn't see her. She didn't want to be exposed before she gathered information. She focused her hearing to listen in on what the three girls were saying.
"Lizzie, can you take him to the cellar and lock him there?" Hope asked
"Why do I have to?" Lizzie raised a brow
"I'm giving you an out on bumping into Sebastian. Do you want to babysit or face Sebastian?" Hope said
"Fine," She said taking the sphinx with her to lock him up.
After talking with Hope and Josie, they went back to the school seeing as they had a new monster on their hands. Lizzie was tasked with making sure the monster didn't escape. She sat outside the cell, bored out of her mind. She thought about what Hope had told her. Even though Sebastian didn't mean to hurt her, he still did. He had lied to her, made her think she was crazy Lizzie couldn't forgive him for that.
After the three girls went inside, Cassandra made her way inside the school. She didn't know who she was looking but she just needed someone to tell her all they could about Elizabeth Saltzman. She walked down the halls studying her surroundings. Cassandra heard Lizzie's name being called out, time to put her best impersonation.
"Hey Lizzie, can we talk?" the young man said
"Uh...sure," Cassandra said smiling not knowing who he was.
"I just wanted to say sorry, for what happened with Sebastian. I know it wasn't right to lie to you, and I should've told you sooner that he was real," he said. Cassandra figured out who he was, Milton Greasley. The one who hid the truth from Lizzie, and from what she could see he was in love with her. This was going to work in her favor.
"It's fine Milton, I get why you did it. I need to get something from my room, can you come with me?"
"Sure but you know I hate it being called Milton," Mg said
"Sorry Mg," Cassandra said and started walking down the corridor, she didn't know where Lizzie's bedroom was.
"Lizzie where are you going? Your room is this way" Mg said confused
"Right," She whispered forcing a smile. Mg led the way to her room, she entered and saw to beds, guessed she had a roommate. She went over to one of the desks and grabbed some books.
"That's not yours, it's Josie's," Mg said looking at her closely
"Uh?" Cassandra said giving Mg a look. She had heard her name earlier but didn't know who she was.
"Your sister," Mg said
"Oh right, sorry," Cassandra said putting the book down moving to the other side of the room.
"Are you okay?" Mg asked
"Yea I'm fine, why do you ask?" She responded
"Because you aren't acting like yourself," Mg responded
"I'm fine Mg, I'm just really tired right now," she lied. Suddenly Mg's phone went off.
"We have to go, Hope needs us," Mg said walking towards the door to leave.
"I'll catch up with you later, I need to do something," Cassandra said, Mg nodded in agreement. After Mg had left, Cassandra started looking around the room, she saw pictured with her sister, her friends, family. It was all Cassandra never had, having been treated as an abomination. She saw a notebook next to her nightstand, she guessed it was her diary. She opened it and started reading. They don't understand how hard it is, how hard it is to keep everything in check, to act as if nothing was wrong. Perfect Josie doesn't have to deal with episodes, she just to be her. My dad doesn't understand as much as he tries he just doesn't. He's never there, not even when I got possessed by a demon he just wasn't there. I'm just to screwed up to be put back together.
Cassandra finished reading and knew exactly how she felt. Her parents screwed her up by casting her out. They didn't understand what she was going through. Even her sister didn't understand, she was perfect, maybe they had more things in common than she thought. Cassandra put the diary back down and left before she was seen. She had to come back, she needed to see Sebastian.
