Damon's POV:

"Hey there Bonnie." I said, coming to her door.

"Go away. You're such an ass." Bonnie retorted

"Ouch. Those words really hurt witch-bitch." I chirped.

"How do you even have the nerve to come here? You kidnapped Elena!" she shouted.

"Oh whatever, it happens. Back to why I came here, I need you to help me with something." I said.

"No way! I'm not helping you do anything." She stated.

"Oh, but if you don't I'll have no use for Elena anymore and maybe she will "accidently" get her neck broken."I threatened.

"Whatever! What do you want?" she asked.

"Well, see I need to know something. Elena here looks exactly like my old girlfriend Katherine and I'd like to know why. I'd also like to know if she could help get Katherine back." I said.

"I'm not telling you." She responded.

"You sure about that? I'm sure Elena is getting ready for her little outing with Stefan and could easily be reached." I coaxed.

"Fine! Let me see a picture of Katherine." She commanded.

"K, here." I said, pulling a picture out of my wallet.

"Really? She's in your wallet?" she asked, laughing.

"Yes. Now shut up and do whatever you were going to do." I said angrily.

"Wow. She's exactly like her. I guess she is one." She said vaguely, studying the photo.

"One what?" I asked, intrigued.

"A doppelganger. I wasn't even sure any existed." She said, amazed.

"What's that even mean?" I asked.

"It means she is Katherine's shadow self. A version of her who can die. It's nature's way of balancing out the elements." She informed.

"Well is there some way that I can get Katherine back with her? They have to be linked somehow. Do some witchy spell and find Katherine!"I shouted.

"Shut up for a minute. I'm thinking." She said.

I just sighed and watched as she pulled out some spell book and read a few pages over and over. Her eyes opened in surprise for a moment, and she quickly closed the book. "No. Nothing that can save Katherine." She said too quickly, making me feel as though she's hiding something.

"Come on. There's something. Tell me." I persuaded.

"No, I'm sorry but there's nothing. Goodbye Damon." She said, closing the door on my face.

I knocked again, and she reluctantly answered.

I had to get that spell book and see what she was hiding. The only problem was that she had to invite me in first. I decided to go ahead and try something that likely wouldn't work. I wrote a sentence that had the words "come" and "in" in it and was going to tell her to read it.

I wrote the sentence "Come see the sights in Times Square." Stupid… but maybe she was stupid enough to say it.

"Hey Bonnie. Read this." I said.

"Um… and then you'll leave?" she asked.

"Yea, totally." I promised.

"Come see the sights in Times Square" she read.

I put my hand out to the barrier to test it, and surprisingly it actually worked…. Loopholes are hilarious.

"Thanks little witch! Bye!" I clucked, walking back to my car.

Stefan's POV:

I can't believe Elena had to go through all of that. She's just a teenager, she doesn't need to know about this world. I guess there's nothing I can do now.

I checked the clock. Midnight.

I decided I might as well go and check on her, make sure she's still at her house. I walked to her house and hopped in the window, making sure she didn't hear me.

She's was having nightmares. Her forehead was covered in sweat, and her eyebrows were troubled.

She suddenly jerked awake, and screamed, gasping for air.

"It's ok Elena you're here! I've got you! I've got you!" I said, eyes filled with worry.

She looked at me, and her eyes turned from fright to relief.

I sat on her bed and held her in my arms until we both fell asleep.

We woke to Elena's Aunt Jenna opening the door and eyeing us suspiciously. "Oh.. Hey Jenna." I said awkwardly, knowing how this may look.

"Hey. Um. I'm just going to make breakfast I don't want any part of this. I was never here." She said, walking out.

"Woops." Elena said, laughing. Elena was laughing, I missed that laugh. I missed her smile. It was amazing to have it back.

Elena's POV:

Later that day I met up with Stefan at the Mystic Grill like we had arranged. We sat down at a booth near the back.

"Hey again" I said, smiling.

"Hey!" he said, smiling too.

"Well uh.. I'm not too sure where to start." I said awkwardly.

"Yea. Here, I'll kind of explain the basics if you want." He said, saving me the embarrassment.

"Well, I only kill animals for blood. Damon is the opposite unfortunately. I guess you know that part. The woman Damon was talking about was Katherine, a woman we both loved as humans. She compelled us to love her though.. it wasn't real. She died eventually, but not before she turned us. We were both shot trying to save her, and that's what turned us." He said, starting from the beginning.

"Wait, I don't get it. How did dying make you turn?" I asked, confused.

"Well, if you have vampire blood in your system and then you die, you turn. She had been compelling us to drink her blood for weeks and we didn't know. Drinking human blood is what officially makes you a vampire, until then you are in a limbo state. It was actually by accident that I left the limbo state. I'd rather not go into that." He said.

"Well last night makes a lot more sense now I guess." I said, finally understanding what had happened.

"yea.." he said, feeling bad that it happened.

"Only one more question I guess. I have to ask, how old are you? Like literally, not just what you look like." I asked.

"You really want to know?" he asked, unsure.

"Yes." I said.

"Ok, I'm 163." He said, feeling a bit awkward.

He was worried I didn't like him anymore, I could tell.

"I love you all the same." I told him, seeing his eyes light up.

"Another thing about vampires, we have a sort of mind control thing called compelling. But don't worry, I haven't compelled you or anything. See that necklace I gave you?" he said, pointing to my silver necklace.

"Yes." I responded.

"It contains vervain, vervain is toxic to vampires. It weakens us and blocks us from compelling you." He said.

"Oh. That's… weird." I said.

"Yep. Let's see… what else.." he said, racking his brain for anything else I needed to know.

"Oh yes, vampire blood can heal humans if they aren't too far gone." He told me.

"Yea.. I figured that part out." I said. I was about to call a waitress over when I saw the confused expression on his face.

"Wait. What did Damon do to you while you were with him? Did he hurt you?" he asked, worried.

"No, I'm fine, It's fine. He just got a little worked up. That's all." I promised, honestly just hoping he wouldn't go try and kill him. We both knew he would fail.

"No, tell me Elena. What happened?" he asked desperately.

"Ok well.. I kind of told him off and he got a little angry. I ran away to the woods but he caught up and attacked me. I was almost dead when he I guess realized what had happened and forced the blood in my mouth." I said, hoping he wouldn't flip out and go get himself killed.

"Oh my god. Why didn't you tell me?!" he asked, his eyes filled with rage over Damon.

"I just knew you would react this way and would try and kill Damon!" I said.

"YEA! THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I SHOULD REACT! Why would you try to keep me from killing him?" he asked, angry.

"We both know you will just get yourself killed! I'm sorry, but it's the truth." I said, feeling bad.

He waited a few moments and calmed down. "I'm sorry for yelling at you, I just got a little worked up. Are you ok? I had no idea I-"

"I'm fine, everythings fine, we're fine." I said, cutting him off.

"I'm so sorry." He apologized, hugging me.

"It's not your fault." I promised.

"Yes, it is, Elena. I'm the reason you even have to deal with this world. I brought you into it." He said, berating himself.

"No, Damon did. I think this is enough paranormal talk for one day don't you think?" I asked.

"Yea. Definitely."

And with that, I kissed him and left.

Damon's POV:

I waited until later that night to go and find Bonnie's spell book. I slowly climbed through an unlocked window and searched for the book. I eventually found it in one of the many desk drawers. I opened it up and found I had no idea what any of it said. Looks like I was taking this home. I put the book in the inside of my jacket and left to find an old witch friend, Jade.

I knocked on Jade's door, not even caring that it was almost 1AM. After a few minutes, she answered wearing her polka dot pajama pants and tank top.

"What do you want, Damon. It's the middle of the night!" She said angrily.

"I know, but I couldn't wait. I need you to find the page of this book that mentions dopplegangers alright?" I coaxed.

"Ugh. If it will make you leave."She sighed.

After ten or so minutes she finally found the right page. "Dopplegangers. One's shadow self" she began.

"I don't care, just tell me how to bring one back to life using the other one." I urged.

"Hmm… here it is. It says, 'You may bring a doppelganger to life but the price is the sacrifice of the matching doppelganger.'" She read.

"Stefan won't be too happy about that." I said, laughing. "Thanks for the help, Jade. Tell your mother I said hi!"

She threw the book at me and closed the door. We were never great friends.

After returning the book to the right drawer at Bonnie's, I made my way to find little Elena.

Hope that was a good cliffhanger, and I tried to make this chapter a little longer because mine are really short, sorry! Hope you liked it c: I love reviews so all reviews are loved! Till next time 3