~~~The Next Morning~~~
Elena wakes up to an empty house. She figures Jeremy must be at the grill and Jenna gone out with Ric.
The house has an eerie feel, like it's too quiet. Elena had that same dream last night about Katherine. At least now she knows who she is, though.
After Elena has breakfast she decides to have a shower to wake herself up a bit. She gives herself a thorough wash then gets out and wraps a fluffly warm towel around her body. She goes into her bedroom and jumps as her phone suddenly starts ringing.
"Hey, Stefan. Is everything ok?"
"Yeah but you need to get here as soon as possible." He explains
"Why? What's happened?"
"Katherine showed up again, she's here right now but she's got bad news and it's important that you know what it is. It's hard to explain over the phone but are you free to come?"
"Yeah I'll be over in a bit."
Elena hangs up and sorts herself an outfit to wear.
"How do you know this? Are you working for him?" Stefan asks Katherine.
"No, but if I know about the doppelganger then trust me, so does Klaus. And if he doesn't one of his spies will." Katherine explains.
"Spies? Who is this guy, James Bond? I'm not buying this. I say we just kill her." Damon spits, glaring at Katherine.
"Don't be dumb, Damon. You need my help. Klaus is 1000 years old, twice my age. Even put together you two are nothing compared to me." Katherine says back and the three turn their heads at the sound of footsteps, then Elena walks in.
"I got here as fast as I could." She says then catches Katherine's eye, stopping in her tracks.
"Oh my God" Elena whispers and Katherine stares back for a few moments but then she looks away quickly.
"Well this is creepy, you two are like twins." Says Damon and Katherine rolls her eyes.
"Stefan, can we talk?" He asks.
"We'll be in the other room." Says Stefan and Elena nods, edging closer to Katherine.
"How is this possible?" Elena asks, studying Katherine's facial features which are all identical to her own. "How do we look exactly alike?"
"You're the doppelganger. I'm sure Stefan will be glad to explain later." Katherine says with a sarcastic tone.
The men walk in a few quiet moments later and they all explain the Klaus situation to Elena.
"An immortal 1000 year old vampire wants to sacrifice me? To break the sun and the moon curse?" Elena asks shakily and Stefan wraps his arms around her to comfort her.
"We won't let that happen, we'll kill him before he can even see you." Damon states."
"Yeah, that's gonna happen." Katherine snorts "You're forgetting about the part where he's immortal and older than all of us put together."
"There is one of him and three of us, four if Bonnie wants to help, she's getting stronger." Stefan points out but Katherine still isn't convinced.
"I've been running from him for 500 years, and I've only heard of one way he can be stopped. A man named Mikael, but he's dead, so there goes that."
"And how could Mikael stop him? He must have had some kind of weapon, so we just need to find out what that is."
After hours of planning how to find Mikael, the group are pretty tired and impatient, especially Elena.
"I'll be back soon." Says Elena and she storms into another room, shutting the door behind her. A few minutes pass and the door opens slowly.
"Elena, we should talk." Says Katherine and sits down beside Elena on the couch.
"I think you should hear my story. I don't know, I just want to make it less awkward, I'm not as bad as Stefan and Damon think. You don't need anything else to be afraid of." Katherine says and Elena turns to face her.
"Everyone deserves a second chance, I guess." Says Elena giving permission for Katherine to tell her story.
Katherine tells her about her childhood, how she used to play in the river behind her home with her sister, the little town in Bulgaria which she grew up in, the baby that was ripped from her arms, that she got forced to leave to go to England where she met Klaus, how he pretended to care about her, when she ran from him to avoid being sacrificed, when she took her own life to become a vampire, when she went back to her home town only to find that Klaus killed everyone she loved. Her mother, father, younger sister. What all of that turned her into. The ruthless, manipulative bitch we all know today who goes by the name of Katherine Pierce.
Elena notices Katherine getting emotional and she places her hand on her shoulder, in an attempt to comfort her.
Although the whole 'I'm helping to potect Elena' thing is an act, Katherine talking about her family for the first time ever really stirs up feelings she's not used to, and tears roll down her soft cheeks.
"He turned me into a monster." Katherine whispers.
"You're not a monster." Elena says softly, moving her arm around Katherine now, which makes Katherine a little uncomfortable. She's not used to interaction like this.
"What?" Katherine asks looking up at Elena.
"You weren't born evil, your life made you that way. Klaus did this to you. Like I said before, everyone deserves a second chance." Elena says which triggers something in Katherine. She has a feeling that's something she hasn't experienced for decades. She cares. Maybe not a lot but something in her wants to protect this girl, fated to live the same life as she has because of her bloodline. Elena has been the first person to treat Katherine like a human, even though they just met. Even after everything the Salvatore brothers said about her.
"I've had plenty of second chances." Katherine mumbles.
"No, you said yourself that you've been alone for a long time. If you're really here to help us, you don't have to be alone anymore." Elena says with a genuine smile when suddenly a loud crash comes from the other room followed by glass breaking.
The girls jump up.
"Stay here." Says Katherine and she edges to the doorway, slowly opening the door and leaving the room.
Elena waits nervously, Katherine looks around the room and sees Stefan and Damon on the floor and numerous amounts of furniture broken, clearly they put up a fight but whatever it is is stronger than them.
Suddenly Katherine feels a sting in her neck and she feels her body going numb, she drops to her knees and fights to keep her eyes open. Fucking vervain.
Elena hears her fall and gasps, running to the doorway when someone grabs her from behind. She screams but a hand covers her mouth, then hits her head on a table knocking her out.
Katherine hears the scream and pushes herself up, running to the other room at human speed.
"Elena?" She shouts but she doesn't see Elena anywhere, just a little puddle of blood on a table.
"Elena!?" She screams starting to panic, then she runs to the other room to where Stefan and Damon are. Damon wakes up first.
"Damon, Damon! Someone took Elena!"
This one was shorter than the others (I think) but don't worry it should be updated tomorrow or Friday as I'm about to write a few more chapters now. I'm really starting to love this fic, at first I wasn't sure if I would continue. I'm glad I added that little Kelena moment though.