A/N: My laptop replaces my Microsoft Word into Microsoft Office 2010 and I almost got a heart attack. I really thought I'd lost my work T.T I have no idea how to change it back. As usual, I'm sorry that I didn't update this quickly, my friend moved in with me because her mother is sick and I couldn't write with someone in the same room as me.

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Chapter 9: Crying Wolf

I'd say the morning was rather normal for some family, but it wasn't for me. Here I was, making a pot of coffee for my biological father since he had ordered me to do so. None of us like John being here and I wonder why would Isobel send him? She knew John hated me and I hated him.

"The authorities believe last night's assailant may also be related to the missing campers and Park ranger who have yet to be found as well as 25 year old Jessica Koenig, reported missing this morning. The sheriff department says investigations are pending and no further comment will be made,"

"Was that you?" John asked accusingly as I handed him his coffee.

"No!" I snapped back defensively and shot him a glare. "You think so little of me, John. I'm hurt," I said sarcastically and he snorted. John was a vampire hater. But he still cared for Elena and me (I think). He didn't like Isobel either, but Isobel would keep Elena safe so their interests were aligned. Although I had accepted the fact that Isobel was my real mother, I could never think of John as my father. When I was a child, he was really close to me. He would tell me stories about vampires and werewolves, and how I would have to kill them if I ever crossed one. Turned out, I became one of them. Deep inside, as Isobel had told me, John cared for me. He was really devastated when he found out that I had become a vampire.

"Good morning," John said when Elena entered the room. She looked pissed off and I smirked. Everyone had always thought of Elena as the sweet, human girl but when she pissed off, those brown eyes of her lit up with Petrova fire.

"What are you doing here?" she questioned angrily.

"Coffee?" John asked and I snorted.

"We're not doing that. We did that last night, no more avoiding. Why are you here?" Elena insisted.

"I'm here to protect you," John said, glancing at me before returning to Elena. "That's all I can say for the moment."

"What do you mean that's all you can say?" Elena asked.

"I'll tell you more when I'm convinced I can trust you," John replied and Elena and I met eyes. I was always proud of our bond. No matter how long we fought, when we looked into each other's eyes, we understood each other. I jumped off the counters and grabbed a knife. Elena looked alarmed at my action but I told her to sit still with my eyes.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, John. I don't see any rings on your finger," I said with a fake smile as I played with the knife and he glared at me. Oh, how the Gilbert men hated to be threatened by vampires. "So tell us what the hell are you up to."

"I will when I trust you," he said firmly. I snarled and was about to…um, threaten him with the knife in a not so delicate way when Jenna entered. I quickly hid the knife and smiled at her.

"I'm late," she muttered hurriedly, not realizing John's presence in the kitchen.

"That's what you get for hitting the snooze three times," Alaric replied and I almost laughed. Then Jenna noticed John and her face instantly showed that she was annoyed greatly.

"What the hell," she said.

"Good morning to you, Jenna. Alaric…" John greeted Alaric with disapprovals.

"It's okay I'm confused, right? Because we were not excepting you like ever," Jenna said bluntly and I snorted. John sent me a quick glare and I gave him a sweet smile. Elena watched our interactions and I saw something in her eyes. Doubt. Was I acting too much like Vanessa? Deep inside my heart, I wanted Elena to just confront me and make me tell her the truth.

"Well, I got in late last night. Elena let me in," John told.

"You know, I'm probably just gonna take off," Ric said, feeling out of place. He glanced at Elena and I before leaving.

"I'm still confused here," Jenna said out loud.

"I decided to come back and stay for a while," John explained.

"Not here. You're not," Jenna said firmly.

"Actually, you can't stop me from living here," John countered and I glanced at him. He wasn't going to drop the bomb right?

"Actually I can, as legal guardian-" Jenna said angrily when John cut her off.

"Yeah, about that… Elena, you want me to explain the situation or would you like to do the honours?" John asked and I stood there, feigning confusion.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Jenna asked.

"I'm sorry, Jenna. I should have told you earlier but…" Elena trailed off.

"I'm Elena's biological father. There, now you know," John said before leaving.

"What?" I asked, looking at Elena. Jenna seemed too shock to even say anything.

"Elena, I'm heading to Caroline's!" I shouted as I slipped on my leather jacket.

"Why?" Elena questioned, narrowing her eyes.

"She said it was an emergency," I shrugged.

"When are you going to stop pretending to be Vanessa?" she asked angrily. "I'm sick of it," she spat and I rolled my eyes.

"I think Vanessa is thanking me for…well, being her," I shrugged. "Besides, no one can differentiate me and her. Why don't you start doing so too? Maybe it can save you some heartache," I told Elena and ignored the guilt that was creeping inside me at the hurt flashed in Elena's warm brown eyes.

"Woah, there," I said as I grabbed her wrist that was about to slap me. "Brave," I said, impressed. "But stupid," I scowled, releasing her wrist. "Ciao," I said as I made my way out of my house.

"Thank you so much for being here!" Caroline said as she opened the door.

"Why? What happened?" I asked.

"I'll tell you once Stefan is here," Caroline said. She seemed so edgy, pacing back and forth when I returned from her kitchen.

"Does your mum know about you being a vampire?" I asked, punching the tube into the blood bag. Caroline nodded. "Did she…" I trailed off, not really wanting to say it out loud.

"She was…disgusted at first. I couldn't really blame her. She's spent her life hating vampires and now her daughter is one. But now we're okay. It brought us closer, really," Caroline said with a smile. I nodded and wondered if I should tell her about my problems with Elena. I would since Caroline was a good listener but she was never a good secret keeper.

"Well, Elena is…having a hard time accepting me as a vampire. Jeremy didn't know and I don't know how I should tell him," I said after taking a sip of the blood.

"Did you know about Jeremy and Anna?" she asked and I looked at her, confused.

"Anna who?"

"Anna was a vampire…and she kind of had a thing with Jeremy," Caroline told.

"Did Jeremy know?" I asked and she nodded. "What happened to them?"

"She was killed by your Uncle John," Caroline answered and I felt my burning hatred to him. Jeremy was suffering and he took his happiness from him. I will have my revenge for her. "Do you remember Vicki?" Caroline asked, distracting me from my thoughts. Now that she mentioned her, I realized I hadn't seen her at all since I returned.

"Yeah, where is she? I hadn't seen her…" I said and Caroline looked at me before sighing.

"Damon turned her into vampire, and she attacked Elena so Stefan had to kill her. And Jeremy had a thing with her too," Caroline told I pursed my lips.

"So I guess I shouldn't really worry about telling Jeremy?" I asked.

"Jeremy loves you," Caroline said and I smiled. It was nice to hear that from someone else. "And so does Elena."

"I don't know. It's just that Stefan is really good, really nice. And I don't think I'm like him," I said, and sighed. I met Caroline's grey eyes and bit my lips. "I enjoy the killing," I told and she gave me a sad smile.

"Me too," she said, her voice was barely a whisper. "But that didn't mean you're the most evil person in the earth! You're still Vanessa just as how I'm still Caroline!" she said with a bright smile and I chuckled.

"Yeah, I'll tell them soon enough," I said and she smiled at me.

"Hey," Stefan appeared and we rose from the couch.

"Thank you for coming," Caroline said in relief.

"Stefan's here. So what's up?" I asked. Caroline looked at us guiltily and I knew something bad had happened.

Stefan had gone to Tyler's house to talk to him and I went to the memorial. Would they mourn for me if I didn't return? The pain that Jeremy, Elena, Jenna had to go through because I was dead had been prevented. Whether it was for the best, I didn't know.

"Were that your parents?" Elijah's deep voice asked. He was wearing another pair of his tailored suit, and I wondered if he had no other clothes. I stopped myself from getting lost into his dark brown eyes and nodded.

"Elena and I were in the car as well. We actually thought we were going to die," I said, trying to be nonchalant. I had never liked dealing with the past, I rather run. The past, the memories, the loves, everything was too painful to be remembered. I rather not care. Even though deep inside, I cared too much.

"Well, one of us did," I said bitterly. "Life wouldn't get so complicated if we just died. But…" I trailed off, as I lit up the candle. "I never wanted to die," I said softly. I had always been afraid to die. I wanted to do so many things before I die. And being a vampire was one of my greatest gifts.

"It's intriguing. How two persons can be so similar yet different," Elijah stated, deep in his thought.

"Cassandra?" I asked and he nodded his head grimly. I had to push the bitter feelings of being compared to her far away, to get some new information. Even when I was human, everyone liked to compare me with Elena because we were so different and now Elijah was comparing me with my dead doppelganger.

"She rather died than turn into one of us," he said and I looked at him, surprised. Maybe because I thought being a vampire was like a second chance. You have a long life, you remained young and you have forever.

"But she did," I stated and he nodded.

"I was supposed to be there with her, guiding her to be a vampire," he said.

"Katherine's a good teacher," I commented and he looked at me. We had started to walk to the Grill. "What?"

"Loneliness is never a good teacher," he said and I shrugged.

"I guess. Look at how she turned out," I said, referring to how manipulative Katherine was. "You seriously have no intention in letting Katherine go?" I asked him carefully, hoping he was in a good mood.

"Why would I? She betrayed me," he said and I narrowed my eyes.

"So did Cassandra," I shot back and he turned to me, an amused smile was playing on his lips.

"Why are you so keen in freeing Katherine?" he asked and I pursed my lips.

"She saved my life. The least I could do is get her out of the tomb before Klaus arrives in Mystic Falls," I said.

"Really?" he asked and I nodded.

"I stick to my promises, Elijah. And if I owe someone, I'd make sure to pay it back," I said when I felt my phone vibrated in my pocket. It was Damon and I glanced at Elijah before answering his call.

"Caroline's in danger. Dog's trouble," he said nastily and my eyes widened. No, not Caroline. Not my best friend. I looked at Elijah and saw Damon walking out of the restroom.

"I saw you," I said, hanging up as we made eye contact. "We'll continue this chat later, my friend is in danger," I said to Elijah, although he'd probably heard Damon. I used my vampire speed to catch up with Damon and he gave me a judging look.

"I hope you were trying to get some information instead of getting cozy with him," Damon commented dryly and I snorted.

"Jealous?" I asked and he smirked.

"Might be," he retorted and I followed him into the woods.

"Let her go and I'll release Tyler. It doesn't have to get any messier than it already has. I'm not your enemy, Jules," Stefan said and I rolled my eyes. Always trying to be a hero. We crept forwards silently, blending in with the night.

"It's a little late to be waving the white flag, don't you think?" The blonde said and I assumed her to be Jules.

"You need to leave town. No one else has to get hurt," Stefan told her patiently.

"I'm not leaving without Tyler," she said firmly.

"Tyler is free to make his own decisions as soon as you release Caroline," Stefan said again. Damon walked out of his hiding spot and I followed suit.

"My brother the peacemaker. Since Stefan got here before me I'm gonna let him try it his way before I resort to my way, which is a little bloodier," Damon said with a dangerous smile. Did I mention how I love his style?

"So give us Caroline," I said sternly. You can mess with me, but never with my friends. Jules looked at me, calculating my strength and if I was a threat. Young, yes. But I was trained.

"Let go of Tyler," she demanded once again.

"Give us Caroline. Without a full moon it's not an even fight and you know it. We will take you," Damon threatened dangerously.

"I'm not so sure about that, tough guy," she said and whistled. Werewolves appeared out of nowhere, bringing weapons that could kill vampires. I hid my fear, knowing we could still take them out.

"Let's try this again. Give us Tyler!" Jules demanded and I looked at Damon. Damon turned to Tyler.

"You heard her, go," he said quickly. "Get over there." Tyler walked to the werewolves hesitatingly and once he was safe, one of them spoke up.

"Which one of you killed Mason?"

"Uh…that would be me," Damon said playfully, unfazed even though he knew what was coming.

"Boys, make sure that one suffers," the werewolf said, pointing at Damon and Damon smiled, unnerved.

"We can take them," he muttered under his breath to Stefan.

"I don't know about that. Vanessa you should go," Stefan said and I rolled my eyes. Really?

"Fine, I'll just leave you guys here," I said sarcastically and Damon gave me his smirk.

"Well then…" he mumbled, before rushing over to Jules. I followed his lead and went behind another werewolf, snapping his neck quickly as he turned around. I turned on my heels as I felt the whooshing sound of the stake, and missed it by inches. Growling to the werewolf that attacked me, I went over to him and plunged my hand into his chest, ripping his heart off.

"Never did that before," I said in amusement, slightly proud at myself. Another werewolf saw his friend's downfall and charged towards me and I dodged, snapped his arms and ripped off his heart again. Dropping the heart to the ground, I rushed to Stefan who had been stabbed in the back. The werewolf was about to stake Stefan again but groaned in pain when I had my hand in his chest, gripping his heart. I ripped it off and he fell to the ground, dead.

"Vanessa, you should go," I mocked him and he groaned as he healed. "You okay?" I asked, kneeling down next to him. Stefan drank from squirrels as Damon had told me, thus making him so much weaker. I was slightly worried but I was sure he would be fine.

"Damon," he muttered weakly and I quickly scanned my surrounding, spotting a figure who was about to stake someone that I assumed was Damon. I gasped, knowing neither me nor Stefan can get to him in time. The werewolf however screamed in pain, clutching to his head. I heard Jules's screams of pain as well and Stefan and I looked at each other.

A man emerged from the woods and I recognized him as Luka's father, the warlock that was working with Elijah.

"Elijah made a promise to Elena. I'm here to see it's upheld. You need to go," he said and Stefan nodded, walking warily to Caroline and Damon.

"Get out of here. Now," he said and the four of us walked passed him.

"Caroline," I said, hugging her and she hugged me back, crying. "Shh, it's okay. You're safe," I said, stroking her back comfortingly. "Come on," I said, and she wiped her tears. At least we didn't die today.

"Are you okay? What about Caroline?" Elena asked me quickly and worriedly when she saw me walking into the kitchen. I was tired and hadn't looked into the mirror, but I assumed my appearance was a mess. I had blood in my hands (literally), and I was wearing white tank top which had dried blood on them. I really hope I didn't get any blood on my hair though. My golden hair was a treasure.

"It's not my blood. Everyone's fine," I told her and she nodded. I washed the blood stains in my hands and dried it with a cloth. I saw Elena was still standing there and she caught my gaze, and cleared her throat.

"I'll just…" she said awkwardly, pointing to her back. My lips twitched in amusement and I went to the fridge to pour myself a glass of water.

"Cassidy, thank you for saving Caroline," Elena said and I froze. I heard her retreating footsteps and closed the fridge. Drinking the water, I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Elena calling me Cassidy was the last thing I wanted to hear. I continued drinking the water silently, and felt a tear rolled down my cheek.

I hope you enjoy this! Gimme more reviews, the last chapter didn't get that much. And next chapter would be a turning point for Elijah and Vanessa. I hope you'll love it. :) Sorry again for the late update!