Again, it's kinda short, but I will do my best to get some longer ones in, promise! :)
It was early that January morning, but the whole of the small town was buzzing. Preperations were being made, and everyone was excited. Everyone accept for Elena.
"I'm going to fall flat on my face," She muttered nervously.
"Nonsense." Maria, who was lacing the corset, commented, as Sarah Lockwood giggled next to her.
"I am." Elena insisted. "The dress is too long. I'll trip! And I can barely breathe. Are you sure it's you're not pulling that too tight?"
Maria rolled her eyes at the young bride. "For the millionth time, dear, no I am not. The dress is fine, everything will be okay."
"No," Elena argued. "Everything was okay until I agreed to let Damon handle the annoucements and was told that the entire town is going to be there!"
Katherine, sitting behind them on the bed, laughed. "Oh, Elena, everyone would have came anyway. You are entering a founding family after all."
Sarah nodded in agreement. "She's right, it was quite a hassle when I married Richard. But I lived."
Elena rolled her eyes, trying to calm down.
She appreciated Sarah's help, but Katherine's involvement in the wedding plans had been a shock. The girl had been beyond cordinal though, so Elena had let her help with things. Stefan had also been a help, until he suggested taking Damon out the night before. She hadn't seen either brother since, which wasn't helping her nerves at all.
"May I have a moment with her?" Katherine asked, standing. Maria finished tying up the strings before nodding. Sarah joined her in leaving. "You too, Emily. I would like to be alone with Elena." She said to her witch, who had been sitting quietly by the door. She left with a short curtosy.
"Now, what's the matter with you?" Katherine asked
"What do you mean?" Elena asked, giving her hair another glance over in the mirror. Maria had curled it earlier, and the resemblance between herself and Katherine was striking.
"I mean, why are you so stressed? You're not having second thoughts are you?"
"No!" Elena nearly shouted. "I'm not, honest. I just...I don't know. Today just feels, weird. Believe me, this isn't exactly the way I imagined things."
"And how did you imagine things?" Katherine asked, actually sounding curious.
"I don't know exactly. Bonnie and Caroline, Just my family and friends. Because, in the future, I'm already from a founding family, and that doesn't mean every personal in the town has to come to a wedding. I know here it's tradition and all, blah, blah, but I'm not crazy about it."
"So why didn't you just have it the way you...ah, of course. Damon wanted it like this. He is the type to fall into the traditional image."
Elena considered that. "I just want him happy. And I don't really mind. It's just different than what I thought. And I miss my friends, my parents, Jenna, Alaric."
Katherine sighed, "You're better than I could ever hope to be Elena. Even if it kills me to admit it." She smiled slightly. "You, know I really shouldn't care. You, Damon, any of this. I don't even know why I haven't just turned Stefan and left town. It would be so much simpler that way, but I just can't. Elena, I see a lot of me in you. Well, the way I was. You are everything that was human in me."
Elena was shocked at what she was hearing but nothing astounded her more than the next words out of her Doppelganer's mouth.
"So, God help me, I'm out of my mind, but I'm going to give you the choice to make. Emily has the reverse spell to send you back. Say the word, and it's yours. I can always terrorize you in the future, so you're free to go back. Or you can stay here, and my other plan is enforced, and our line continues. But this will be the only time I offer it, so make sure you really do what you want."
Elena's mouth fell slightly. "Are you being serious? You'd let me go back, like nothing happened?"
Katherine smirked. "Even better. The spell manipulates time. If you return, it will be as though you've never left, or even existed here at all. Damon will not remember you, and life will continue the way it always has."
"Why are you doing this?"
And even Katherine didn't have an answer for that.
"I don't know, this isn't anything normal for me. I'm not idiotic. I know I'm selfish, but I'm not affected either way here, not really. I'm not in danger of Klaus, and I should by no means, care if you are at home or here, but I'm giving you the option anyway. So what will it be? We haven't much time before the wedding."
Elena's mind was going crazy. Katherine looked as though she was telling the honest truth. And Elena had no reason to think Katherine had lied to her yet, and this could be her one chance to get home. But Damon...she'd made him a promise. He gave her a ring and she'd given him her word. And she loved him, she'd chosen already, hadn't she. But that didn't stop Bonnie's face, and Caroline's, and Jeremy's, and Alaric's, and Matt's, everyone she cared about in the future, from invading her mind. She missed them. But she knew what was right. And as her hand fell to her stomache, she knew she had another good reason for staying.
"I've already made that choice, Katherine. Thank you, I honestly appreciate it. But I'm marrying Damon today."
Katherine shrugged. "Then I'll see you at the church." And with that she turned and left the room.
Dun Dun Dun! So it looks like Elena has something to tell Damon ;)