I'm so freaking sorry for the delay! And I really hope you like this chapter! I love you guys, thank you for waiting! As always, I only own my characters; Cassandra/Cassidy, Ada and of course our lovely Vanessa.

Chapter 6: Bad Girl

The plan was actually to get Katherine out of the picture temporarily, announce to Mystic Falls that I was back, get the moonstone, kill Klaus and have a happy life with my family. But then Elena was kidnapped. By who? None of them know. Damon and Stefan were on their way to Elena after Bonnie performed a locater spell. I however, will always have a backup plan.

"Yes?" Elijah asked over the phone.

"Elena's kidnapped. I don't know who and why but if she doesn't return in one piece, the deal is off, Elijah," I told him.

"I'm taking care of it," he replied and I gaped.

"What?" I asked bewildered. "Elijah, if this got anything to do with you-"

"I'll make sure she's fine. Do not worry, Vanessa," he said and just by the way he said my name, had calmed me down. Was he compelling me over the phone? Was that even possible?

"Thank you," I said quietly. It was when I heard Elena was kidnapped that I noticed how messed up her life was. And how easily I could lose her like I lost Dad and Mum.

"I'm already here. I'll make sure she's fine," he said again comfortingly. The line went dead and I sighed. I looked at the Gilbert house longingly.

"I guess I'll show up another day," I muttered, knowing they actually had more than enough on their plates.

I spent my time at the Grill, compelling everyone to not ask me questions and that Vanessa Gilbert was still alive, while waiting for news about Elena. In the middle of my drinking time, I had realized that I was still under age. Gosh, I was so used to drink when I was with Katherine. Things will not go so great now, wasn't it?

"Vanessa?" Another voice asked and I groaned in frustration.

"Oh, Zoe!" I exclaimed, faking surprise.

"I'm so glad that you're okay! What happened? How did you?" she asked and I smiled, looking into her eyes.

"Shut up and leave me alone. You will not question me about anything," I compelled and she nodded in daze. "Wait!" I called and she turned around.

"Yes?" she asked.

"On second thought, follow me," I said, sliding off the stool and headed to the ladies. Zoe followed behind me and I made sure no one followed us. "You're not going to scream, and you'll forget this afterwards. This will hurt just a little," I said, compelling her before sinking my fangs into her neck. I didn't take much, or at least I thought I didn't take much. I snatched some napkins and wiped my mouth, before heading back to the Grill.

"No calls at all," I muttered, taking a look at my phone.

"Vanessa?" I heard a woman said and turned around quickly.

"Aunt Jenna!" I gasped, panicking for a moment that I was caught. I didn't imagine that we would meet like this.

"Oh my God, how can this be?" she shook her head, tearfully. She had a hand over her mouth and now she was crying.

"I–I'm here, Aunt Jenna. I'm here," I said, pulling her into a hug. Oh God, I missed her so much. Jenna was the coolest aunt I'd ever had and she and I were very close. A man cleared his throat behind us and Jenna wiped her tears.

"Vanessa, this is Alaric. Alaric, this is Vanessa, my niece," she said, sniffing.

"Hello," I smiled, shaking his hand.

"Elena's sister?" he asked warily and I nodded. I knew he didn't trust me, as he was really tensed. I wonder why.

"Have you eaten? Come, oh my, I still can't believe this," Aunt Jenna babbled as we made our way to the table.

"Calm down," I said, laughing lightly. "I survived the car accident. It was a miracle but I did. Someone took me to the hospital and I was in coma. I woke up two weeks ago," I said.

"But we even made search parties," Jenna said, slightly confused.

"I'm here. That's what matters," I said, holding her hand. "I haven't met Jeremy, I thought it would make a good surprise," I said, smiling.

"He would be surprised, and happy. Very happy," she said and I smiled. Finally, back to where I belong. But…not quite yet.

"Elijah, please answer my calls. What happened? I…I'm really worried here. Call me soon," I said, leaving a voice message. I kept my phone away and approached Salvatore Boarding House carefully. I could enter the house which meant they were very welcoming to other vampires.

"Who's there?" A man called out and I froze. How can he know that it was me?

"I'm not here to hurt you," a foreign woman's voice said. Oh, he was talking to someone else. Sighing in relief, I approached them carefully.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"Lexi once told me that you're one of the good ones," the woman said. I noticed she had a British accent and listened to their conversation quietly.

"You knew Lexi?" Stefan asked. I don't.

"Trevor was my best friend. For five hundred years I have lived with one person and he's gone and I don't want to run anymore because I don't have anywhere else to run to," the woman said. Trevor? So this must be Rose. Then the puzzles solved, they must be the one who kidnapped Elena to give her to Elijah.

"Well, I'm sorry but I can't help you," Stefan said.

"I don't need your help but I think you need mine," Rose said. Oh, time for me to make the grand entrance. Katherine had always told me that an entrance will always play a big part in making your plans succeed.

"No he doesn't," I said, appearing behind Stefan.

"Cassidy?" Stefan asked and I grinned.

"Hello Stefan. It's been a long time," I said before turning to Rose who was staring at me. She didn't know that Cassandra was dead, right? "Rose, I don't believe we've officially met," I said silkily.

"Cassandra," she acknowledged, having heard of me.

"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked.

"Helping you," I shrugged. "I called Elijah, telling him that Elena was kidnapped. He doesn't want her dead. He doesn't want Klaus to find her either," I told.

"Elijah's dead," Rose said and I laughed at her statement.

"It's true, I killed him," Damon said, appearing out of nowhere. "Well, hello there, Cass," he said and I smirked.

"Damon, miss me?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.

"Nope," he said and I rolled my eyes.

"Did you behead him or something? If so, I'm impress," I said to Damon.

"Nah, just a stake through his heart-"

"-which doesn't kill him," I cut him off. "You can't kill an Original. And look, he's coming for you," I said and he rolled his eyes but I could see his fear if I was right.

"The Originals, they'll come for her," Rose said.

"There are more?" Damon asked sceptically.

"The Originals are dead. Klaus killed them and Elijah happens to be lucky," I countered. "See, you're not much of a help," I said and Rose growled softly.

"Wait, he killed his own siblings?" Stefan asked frowning and I shrugged.

"That clearly shows how dangerous he is," I said with a smirk.

The next morning

Damon went to get the door and greeted Elena rather solemnly.

"Is Stefan here? He called. He said it was important," Elena said coldly.

"Right this way," he said.

"Hey," Stefan smiled.

"What is this about?" Elena asked, feeling the dreadful atmosphere. Stefan stepped aside and Elena frowned at the sight of Rose.

"You," she said and Rose waved and smiled awkwardly.

"Elena, please don't freak out," Stefan said and Elena frowned. What else?

"Hello Elena," that voice just threw Elena completely off guard.

"Vanessa?" she asked, surprised, disbelieved and confused.

"Nope, wrong doppelganger. It's Cassidy Pierce," I said, meeting her eyes. Oh my, how do you even lie straight to your twin's face? It wasn't even part of the plan. I just couldn't bring myself to tell her that I was actually Vanessa. "Or Cassandra Petrova. Katherine's twin sister," I said smoothly.

"Oh my God, how do you look exactly like her?" she gaped, shaking her head. Tears were already brimming in her eyes, threatening to fall.

"The same reason why you look exactly like Katherine," I replied nonchalantly. Seeing my sister in flesh was really good.

"I…I need to get out of here," Elena told and Stefan brought her out of the room.

"That wasn't so bad," I commented. "I thought she was going to faint or something," I said dryly. As soon as I said that, Damon pinned me against the wall, baring me his vampire face.

"Why are you here?" he growled. Here was one thing that I hoped I was actually Cassandra. Damon was stronger than me, much stronger than me. But he was also a man. I kicked him in his groin and pinned him against the wall.

"I'm here to help, think of this as a refund after what Katherine did to all of you," I snarled and released him.

"And you know that I don't trust you one bit," he said, again pinning me but this time on the floor. "Are you here to let Katherine out of the tomb?" he interrogated me and I rolled my eyes.

"You don't trust anyone, Damon. But you need me. If you want to keep Elena's alive," I said and watched as his eyes flickered, showing me for a split second that he would do anything to make sure that Elena's safe. He was in love with her.

"Damon!" Elena shouted, the sight of Damon choking a girl that looked exactly like her twin sister disturbed her. Stefan pushed Damon off me and offered his hand which I gladly took. At least one Salvatore had a rational mind.

"Damon's right, we can't trust you. Why are you here?" Stefan asked.

"Here's the thing. Klaus is coming after Elena to sacrifice her in order to break the curse, just like how he was planning to do with Katherine. We had been running from him for centuries, and you can never escape from Klaus," I explained.

"Who's Klaus?" Elena asked but when my blue eyes met her brown eyes, she averted them away from me.

"He's one of the Originals, he's a legend," Damon answered.

"From the first generation of vampires," Stefan said and I nodded.

"Like Elijah?" Elena asked.

"No. Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal," Rose interrupted. Hearing her said that, making me wonder if I was actually really up for this. I mean, I hadn't seen Klaus and I didn't think I want to. Elijah was the Easter bunny? Rose got to be kidding with us.

"Klaus is known to be the oldest," Stefan added.

"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after me?" Elena asked, rephrasing everything.

"Yes," Rose replied at the same time Stefan said no.

"What they're saying is, I mean if what they're saying is true…" Damon said trying to comfort Elena and I rolled my eyes.

"Which it is," Rose and I snapped in sync and we shared a look.

"And you're not saying it so I don't kill you," Damon said to Rose and I smiled.

"Which I'm not," Rose argued.

"Then we're looking at a solid maybe," Damon said.

"Look, Elijah's dead, right? So no one else even knows that you exist," Stefan said, comforting Elena.

"I told you that he isn't dead!" I said with a sigh.

"That's not helping," Damon glared at me.

"He isn't?" Elena asked.

"Chill out, Lena. Elijah's on our side," I said.

"Okay, whatever. Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story," Stefan said.

"He's real, alright? God, how many times should I even repeat myself," I muttered in frustration.

"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot," Rose said and I smirked.

"Thank you," I said gladly at her to which Damon rolled his eyes.

"Alright, we're shaking. You made your point," he said and Elena got to her feet.

"Where're you going?" Stefan asked.

"School. I'm late," Elena replied rather coldly. I guess she must be having a hard time.

"Let me grab my stuff, I'll go with you," Stefan said.

"It's okay, I know where it is," Elena replied coldly and left without another word.

"She's in denial," Damon said to us and received a glare from Stefan.

"Shut up, Damon," Stefan said before leaving.

"Go ahead, make yourself at home," Damon's voice was dripping with sarcasm as I poured his collection of Bourbon into a glass.

"Why thank you," I replied, just as sarcastic as he was. "This is nice. I can't even drink at the Grill because I'm underage," I said with an eye-roll before sipping the alcohol.

"You're in contact with Elijah, right?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, why?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"That will help us find Klaus," he said.

"Elijah himself is still looking for Klaus. It's not that easy," I said. "You know, it's pretty funny watching the history repeats itself. It's all 1864 all over again," I said with a smirk.

"Shut up," Damon sneered, walking away from me.

"I saw how you love her, Damon. Too much that it's fatal to you if she died," I said and he turned around, appearing in front of me in a flash.

"What's your plan?" he asked and I smirked.

"Kill Klaus?" I asked and his blue eyes narrowed sceptically.

"You said it yourself, you can't kill an Original," he countered.

"You can, if you know how to," I replied with a smirk, and walked to where Rose was.

"And you're not going to tell us unless we let Katherine out of the tomb?" Damon asked sarcastically and I rolled my eyes.

"Hey," I said, slightly frowning at the weeping five centuries year old vampire in front of me.

"Alright, Rosebud. I need some answers," I heard Damon said from behind me. "Oh please don't tell me you're crying 'cause your buddy Trevor lost his head."

"You've always been this sensitive?" Rose asked.

"I'm lost," I said.

"Stay lost," Damon retorted and I huffed. "How do I find Klaus?" Damon asked Rose.

"You don't find Klaus, he finds you," Rose replied and Damon and I shared a look.

"Come on. Somebody's got to know somebody who knows where he is, right?" Damon countered.

"Add another two hundred somebodies to that and you're still not even close," Rose shot back.

"Humour me. You got in touch with Elijah, how did you do it?" Damon asked.

"Through a very low somebody on the totem pole," Rose said and hesitated before giving up. "A guy name Slater in Richmond."

"Perfect, I'll drive," Damon said with a smirk.

"No. You forget not all of us can do sun," she said and I smirked.

"Then you drive. Come on," he said and I followed him.

"Back entrance. How convenient," Damon commented as we stepped down from the car.

"That's the point. We can't all have little daylight rings," Rose said, clearly envious to us for being able to walk under the sun.

"I can't lend this to you even if I want to," I said, playing with my necklace.

"Alright," Damon said, clearly being negative. "How do you know this Slater guy is here?" Damon asked.

"I called him. He's here. He's always here," Rose answered.

"Good," he said before pinning her against the wall. "Just one thing. If you're setting me up in any way, I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. It's something I'm very good at," Damon said smugly. Rose, who didn't like being threatened, flipped him over and pushed him against the car.

"I'm older than you and stronger. Don't get on my bad side," she hissed before releasing him. "You can trust me," she promised and led the way. I snickered, which earned me a death glare from Damon. Pissing him off would be so much fun.

We entered the cafeteria and I sent a confused look to Rose as she walked, without being harmed by the sun.

"Whoa! What about the sun?" Damon asked.

"Double paned and temped. UV rays can't penetrate. You see the appeal now?" she explained and I could notice some people in the café were vampires.

"That and the free Wi-Fi," someone added. He was a good looking young man/vampire and he beamed at Rose and the older vampire hugged him.

"Hey, how are you?" Rose asked.

"Good. I saw you come. What are you doing here?" Slater asked.

"Hmm it's a long story but I want you to meet-"

"Damon Salvatore. Turned 1864 in Mystic Falls by Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova," he said and Damon narrowed his eyes at how the stranger knew about him. "And…oh my God," he gaped as he turned to me. "You're the doppelganger. I thought it was impossible," he said and I frowned, caught off guard.

"Excuse me?" I asked, frowning at his statement.

"Well, you got the wrong girl," Damon said with a smirk but Slater shook his head.

"No way, Cassandra was murdered by Klaus in 1935," he stated confidently and both Rose and Damon turned to me.

"You're telling me that she's not Cassidy Pierce?" Damon asked Slater, and I gave the blue eyed vampire an innocent smile.

"Ah well, guilty as charged," I said, raising my arms in surrender.

"You're Vanessa," he muttered in realization and I smiled sadly, confirming it.

"We'll talk about this some other time. We have business to be done," I said and he nodded.

"Here's what I don't get; Elijah moved around during the day, which means the Originals knew the secret of the day ring. Now why would Klaus want to lift the curse of the sun and the moon?" Damon questioned.

"To keep the werewolves from lifting it," Slater answered. "If a vampire breaks the sun curse then the werewolves are stuck with the curse of the moon forever and vice versa," he further explained.

"But werewolves are extinct," Rose said. I, who was facing Rose and the outside, noticed a familiar man in his expensive tailored suit, listening to our conversation.

"True. I've never seen one but rumour has it..." Slater said but Damon smirked. From afar, my eyes met Elijah's dark eyes. His lips curved into a smirk and I turned my attention back to the vampires in front of me.

"Not such a rumour," Damon said and I looked at him, eyes widened.

"There're werewolves in Mystic Falls?" I asked and he smirked.

"God, I've got to visit this place. It sounds awesome," Slater said.

"Awesome doesn't even begin to describe it. Can we stop the curse from being broken at all?" he asked and I frowned at Damon's question.

"What do you mean?" Slater asked.

"Well, if we make the moonstone useless, would it stop the curse from being broken?" Damon said.

"Well, yeah, probably but why would you want to do that?" Slater questioned and I looked at Elijah.

"Tell me how," Damon urged.

"You think I'm gonna help you figure out how to do something that will piss off an Original? And keeping them from walking in the sun?" Slater said, clearly not with us.

"You want to walk in the sun? I can make that happen if you help us," Damon bargained. Right after he said that, the windows shattered into pieces, letting the sunlight burned the vampires inside the café. Slater and Rose were screaming, and I got to my feet, searching for Elijah but he was gone. I covered Rose's burning face with my leather jacket and we quickly left the café. Damon carried Rose to the parking lot and placed her at the backseat.

"You're gonna be okay," he assured her.

"I know," she mumbled.

"Who's behind that?" Damon asked and I kept quiet.

"I don't know. Where's Slater?" Rose asked.

"He ran away," I replied and she looked at me.

"He's not behind this, he's a good guy, he wouldn't betray me," she said to me and Damon and I nodded.

"Who did it?" Damon asked.

"It's Klaus, don't you understand? You don't know this man, we're dead, we're all dead," she said and started sobbing as the fear ate her up. I glanced at Damon and shook my head. Rose managed to fall asleep during the journey back to Mystic Falls. Damon glanced at me and I looked at him.

"What?" I asked and sighed. "You wanna know why I lie?" I asked.

"Elena missed you so much, why won't you just come clean instead of lying in her face?" he asked, incredulously.

"I'm a vampire, Damon," I said, stressing out the word 'vampire'. "I can't bring myself to tell her that I'm a vampire," I told.

"You're scared that she'll be afraid of you?" he asked and I hummed thoughtfully.

"I'm afraid she'll think of me as a monster," I said after a while. "And I can't have that. I can't have Elena or Jeremy looking at me thinking I'll drain them dry if they upset me."

To my surprise, Damon chuckled. "You're like Stefan then," he said and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"What did you mean?" I asked.

"Trying to be the good guy," he said mockingly and I laughed, hard. "What?" Damon asked, confused.

"I was never the good guy, Damon. Even back when I was still a human," I said and he turned to me, surprised. "I love this life very much. But I love Elena and Jeremy too."

"So you have to be the good guy then," he said and I smirked.

"In front of them, maybe?" I said and looked at him. "Want to grab lunch?" I asked and he met my eyes before smirking.

"I like you already," he said, making me laughed.