~10~

I woke up with very little memory of my dream, except I could only remember being called darling. I sighed, getting out of bed, stretching my shoulders from the stiffness in them. Lilly smiled at me.

"How did you sleep?" she tilted her head to the side.

"Ok…..I guess." I muttered. I sat down in the chair across form her, she reached out, squeezing my hand. I looked up and she just smiled at me. "Whatever you decide, I will go with you."

"Thanks." I squeezed her hand back. I had message Rebekah, she seemed nice and something about her was familiar. She had called me Jordan the first time we had met. Should I ask her? What if this was a mistake? I fiddled with my necklace, glancing down and noticed the red glow coming from my fingers. I gasped, dropping the pendant.

"What's wrong?" Lilly came rushing in, hearing the loud gasp. I looked at her, wide eyed.

"Umm…I can…..kinda…..do….something." I trailed off. She looked at me a little confused before I took a breath, grabbing the pendant and then pointing at the glow where my fingers touched the stone. She looked at it closer before she smiled at me.

"That's cool."

"You're not freaked out?" I asked her.

I was freaked out, and I was the one that was the freak. Lilly shrugged.

"This is New Orleans. The town of witches."

"Witches…" I choked and she just nodded.

"Yeah, pretty sure Sonja two blocks down has a little store, do you want to check it out? Maybe she can help us?"

"Us?" I questioned. That seemed like the more important word in that sentence.

"Yes. You. Me. us." She pointed at me and then herself and then between us as she spoke.

"I just….." Lilly grabbed a hold of me, something inside me came to life. I had a flash, the woman, Ellie or something, I can't remember her name. she grabbed a hold of me like this. I blinked, the memory seemed to turn fuzzy, my head thumping. I groaned slightly.

"Stace, are you ok?" Lilly was looking at me all over. I took a breath, grabbing the pendant and feeling the pain dulling down.

"I felt like I was remembering something…" I trailed off; I could just make out the girl's face. I pulled my phone out, opening the article again.

Elena Gilbert.

"Elena…." I murmured, feeling an ache in my chest. It was like, I was missing her? yet I didn't really know her, well I didn't know her right now. I was confusing myself. I huffed, feeling frustrated.

"Stace?" Lilly was watching me a soft look on her face. I just smiled at her.

"I'm ok."

"Do you want to go to Mystic Falls?"

I thought it over, if I was Jordan, what would Elena and Jeremy think? How would they feel? Would they have missed me? Would they welcome me back? What if I wasn't Jordan and I just looked like her for some reason?

"Soon." I answered. I had to figure out who had put the spell on me. "Do you know any witches?" I blurted out.

"I think there is one down by the garden. She told me the future." Lilly answered. I snorted a little before Lilly gave me a smug smile. "She warned me about you."

"Warned you?"

"Yep." Lilly nodded. I waited but she didn't continue. I sighed, checking my phone. Rebekah asked to meet in twenty minutes. I tapped a reply before turning to Lilly.

"Can we meet her tonight?"

"Sure."

I played with my phone, mind spinning in circles, I was going to need a drink or ten by the end of the day.

"Stacey." I heard. I smiled when turning around to see Rebekah wave at me.

"Hey Rebekah. How are you?" I asked. my heart hammered in my chest. She frowned, eyes shifting around for something.

"Well and yourself?" she glanced around, as if she were looking for someone else.

"Good." I nodded. I pointed at a café. "Hungry?" I tried to distract myself for a little while.

"Yeah, ok." She nodded.

I had found myself feeling a little at ease with Rebekah, it felt like I knew her for some reason. We had talked about boys, it was nice. I had told her a little about Kaleb and she had told me about a few of her flings. She had told me about this guy, Matt. I swear an image popped into my head as she talked about him. I pictured a blonde-haired jock with blue eyes and goody smile.

I found my mind wondering, an image popping into my head of a handsome man with a smirk that screamed bad. His brown eyes and dark hair, I could feel my heart hammering inside my chest and blinked suddenly. I haven't met a guy like that before and yet his face seemed to be in my mind crystal clear.

"…..Kol….."

"What?" I suddenly shook my head, feeling like that name was important.

"My brother, Kol. He will be coming to stay with us soon." She smiled. I could feel like she was watching me closely for something. My face crunched but my heart sped up. I could feel something was close and when I tried to reach for it, it would vanish quickly.

"That would be nice." I smiled at her.

"Maybe you guys could meet?" she shrugged.

"Sure."

Kol. His name made my heart flutter and stomach do flips, I hadn't even met the guy yet, but something was warning me. I blinked as Rebekah talked about her night plans, I brushed my neck, there was a scar that I had no idea how I got. I nodded and hummed agreement. A few hours passed, Rebekah and I parted, and I headed back to the apartment, I saw Emily watching me from the other side of the street. I scowled at her, crossing over and stepping into her way.

"What do you want?" I snapped.

"Celeste wants to speak with you."

"I don't care." I narrowed my eyes. my fingers itching to grab onto her again. Maybe this time I won't let go so quickly. I could feel this dark feeling brewing inside me, something was edging me to just grab her and take everything. I shook my head a little before raising a brow at Emily. She smirked, this irked me more. I stepped closer and watched fear flash over her face.

"Tomorrow night. Cemetery."

"Fine." I gritted out.

Emily walked off and I rolled my eyes, like hell I was going to meet Celeste. She rubbed me the wrong way. Something about that woman screamed evil and insufferable to me. she had promised something to Sonja and then stated after Sonja helped her kill the original vampires.

I crossed the street and headed back to the apartment. I looked up to see Sonja and Kalbe talking. I ducked behind a few people, hiding myself and trying to listen to what they were saying.

"…What do you mean she knows about the spell?" Kaleb grumbled.

"Celeste."

"How is Celeste…Jordan." Kaleb's face lit for a moment when he said the name Jordan. I felt my body react and head snap up. I ducked again and narrowed my eyes. were they talking about me?

"Kaleb, she is strong. If she finds out you…."

"I know." He answered.

I passed them and headed around the back entrance, not to give away that I was out the front. I bolted to the lift, pressing the button many times to get the doors to shut.

"Rough day love?" a silky voice asked.

I let out a small scream, fear drenching my body. This man screamed power and something about him set me off. I gulped and nodded a little. I averted my eyes, trying not to make him angry.

"Apologies. I'm Klaus. Klaus Mikaelson."

"Stacey." I squeaked, barely giving him eye contact. I saw him smirk. The door opened. I stepped out onto the third floor, I turned back to make sure he wasn't about to get off. He smiled at me.

"Maybe I will see you round love."

I gulped and forced a smile, backing away slowly. I watched the door close and ran to the apartment, opening the door and shutting it quickly. I whisper yelled for Lilly. Feeling like I should keep quiet. She walked out.

"Yeah?" she whispered. Eyes peering around.

"We need to leave. Now."