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I picked her up in my arms, looking sadly back at the car and rushed her toward the hospital. I could feel her breath getting slower and her heart straining against all the water in her lungs.

"It's going to be ok." I whispered to her and brushed a string of her silky brown hair from her face, the only difference noticeable was the straight hair against Katherine's curls. I looked carefully in her small bag, noticing everything looked ruined; she had her licence in there.

Looking carefully, I read Elena Gilbert the picture was breathtakingly beautiful and it said she was 17 years old. A descendant of Jonathan Gilbert? How can that be possible? She looked too much like Katherine. A pierce. The resemblance was too similar.

Her heart was almost slowed so I lay her on the ground and began CPR, her lipstick sidetracking me for a second or so. She coughed a few times and I continued until I was sure there was no more water in her lungs threatening to kill her.

I reached the hospital and knew that I couldn't stay. I was thirsty so I couldn't be seen or I would be questioned and if I slipped now, after being so careful. I would never forgive myself.

I opened a window into the ward and climbed through, placing her on a spare bed. Before jumping from the window as a nurse toddled out of the office and stopping at the bed.

I knew I should have gone but I needed to see and check she was ok. The nurse looked baffled for a few seconds before checking her pulse and calling another few nurses out.

"Call Sheriff Forbes" she suddenly said "Its Grayson Gilberts daughter." She then surveyed the girl- Elena again. Although I still wasn't convinced it wasn't Katherine.

I knew I wasn't going to see much else tonight and knew my time to hunt had come.

Running quickly into the forest, I caught the scent of a running rabbit, grabbing it easily; I sunk my teeth down into it.

Who was that girl? I knew I needed to find out and from that moment, I knew I would be dedicating my next few months finding out who this mystery girl was.

The night passed in a blur and I woke the next morning to the TV blurring.

"Stefan, you might want to see this." Zach said from downstairs, knowing full well I would hear. I quickly dressed and ran down the stairs in record time.

"what?" I asked then he pointed towards the TV.

Grayson Gilbert, doctor and Mystic Falls hospital and wife Miranda were found in a tragic car crash over Wickery Bridge. Daughter, Elena Gilbert was in the crash but seemed to have turned up in the hospital merely a few hours after leaving a house party. Elena and Son, Jeremy have been handed over to Miranda Gilberts younger sister and will continue to live in mystic falls. We urge all who come across the two sibling comfort the two teenagers through this stage…

I turned the TV off with a click, unable to hear anymore. I needed to know who this woman was and before Zach could ask the questions I knew were coming, I rushed out the door and back to the river.

The closer I got, the more I could sense the people who surrounded the area. Police cars now surrounded the lake where the car had been dragged out and the bodies were being loaded into an ambulance.

I quickly got the scent of the girl from last night, and began to track the scent towards the hospital and then back into the centre of the village.

There seemed to be a lot of mourning hanging in the air as I walked and I suddenly felt extreme pity for the girl I had saved. I wanted to know how she was but more importantly, who she was.

I followed the scent back to a house I knew I wouldn't be allowed to enter and climbed up the side to look into the window. Elena sat there, crying into an older girls arms, and a boy sat in the corner, head in his hands. I wanted to comfort them all but I began to feel rude spying on them, tying to figure out some puzzle that seemed about as important as a speck of dust right now.

I turned back and looked out towards the street. How was I going to begin my search? I knew that I had nowhere to start.

I headed out to the library where I grabbed a computer farthest away from the rest and attempted to access the old files that were stored on the computer. Locked.

I moved over to the librarian and looked deep into her eyes.

You will allow me to search the high security files.

I always felt a little guilty when compelling people but this was important. I needed to know if there was any way that could possibly be Katherine.

The woman showed me towards the computer at the back and I quickly thanked her and sat down. I could tell the computer wasn't used much.

1864 mystic falls death.

I typed into the search box and scrolled down through all the files. There were many on old attacks but one article took my attention for a second.

Daily 1864

The Salvatore boarding house has a new arrival as Giuseppe Salvatore offers a warm home to Miss Katherine Pierce who recently lost her parents during a fire. His two sons, one fighting boldly in the Civil war whilst the other is rumoured to become engaged to the beautiful Rosalyn Cartwright in a few short weeks, are very welcoming of the poor girl….

I stared at the ancient picture of Katherine in the picture and sighed. No difference between the two at all. There was no way Elena could not be related. I looked up Elena's birth certificate next but it still read. Grayson and Miranda Gilbert yet I needed more proof.

I continued to scroll through a few more 1864 news reports until I came to the one I had been looking for.

Battle of willow creek.

The defence of the town was left to a small army of less than 3,000 men against the enemy, never less than 12,000 and sometimes as many as 25,000 and always within a days march. The regiment engaged the enemy at Willow Creek near Mystic Falls, VA. They were driven back across the river until nightfall when fighting subsided and they made camp on the 7th April 1865. The remaining troops left camp and moved 3 miles along the river's south bank. They were determined to make a stand near the Braunwarth Mill, a little below the Falls where Willow Creek meets the river proper because its right flank could be protected by the high bluffs the battle lasted into the night. In the morning the remaining troops retreated into the fortification at Mystic Falls.

Fells church was tragically burnt as the battle met the heart of mystic falls. The tragic death of many soldiers and innocent people rang in the air for the next few days.

In small writing underneath, I made out a little note someone had written

27 vampires burned in fells church that night. Stefan and Damon Salvatore rumoured to have attempted the escape of Katherine Pierce, one of the known vampires. Then she was dragged back into the carriage. Katherine Pierce was burned with the others.

So Katherine had burned. Now to begin searching why Katherine Pierce and Elena Gilbert looked identical.