Salvatore Boarding House, Mystic Falls
Evelina lied, draped across the couch. Music played in the background, slow and methodical. A sad smile played on her lips as she remembered when she used to play the piano for guests, if there was one thing her father was proud of, it was her ability in music.
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"Damon?" The little girl asked.
The blue eyed boy sitting on the armchair stopped reading, looking at the young girl pulling at his trouser leg. She wore her hair in two pigtails and she wore an expensive dress. But on her wrist were marks, a hand print. The bruise wasn't dark, but it was there all the same, and it made the boy want to cry, "What's up my princess?" He said, grabbing her and sitting her down on his lap.
He ran his hand through her dark hair, much like his own, pulling out her frazzled pigtails. He began to redo them, before she suddenly flew at him, wrapping her arms around his neck. Shaking off his surprise, he hugged her back.
Tears cascaded down her cheeks as she berried her face in his chest, "Why does he hate me, Damon? Why does Papa hate me?"
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"Isobel just showed up at their front doorstep." Stefan said as he and Damon walked down the stairs. Evelina turned in her seat and smiled when she saw them, shaking off the memory that plagued her. Being here with them, it's all she'd wanted for so long. Even if she was lying to them, she could pretend that everything was alright. At least for a little while.
Damon's face brightened when he saw her watching them, before he sped over and gave her a peck on the forehead, "Hey little sis." He muttered, turning back to Stefan and the subject at hand, "What's she doing here?" He asked.
Evelina raised an eyebrow, fighting off the grin that threatened to take over her face when Damon kissed her forehead, "Who's this Isobel?" She asked.
Stefan answered Damon, carrying on walking down the stairs in human speed, "I don't know. That's what I'm gonna go find out." Evelina pouted when they ignore her question, making the boys chuckle.
"I don't think that you should tell her that I'm here." Katherine suggested, suddenly appearing, "Oh, and Evy, don't pout. It's not attractive on a woman your age." The brunet mocked with a smirk.
"Coming from you." Evelina hissed. Damon leant down and whispered to his sibling, "Isobel is St. Stefan's girlfriend's mother who I turned into a vampire and happens to be a descendant of Katherine." Evelina blinked, faking surprise. What they didn't know didn't hurt them, right? Well, what they didn't know she knew.
"What? Why?" Stefan asked Katherine, confusion masking his face.
"It's better if she and John not know that I stayed in town after I got out of the tomb." She answered.
"She was locked up and someone helped her out?" Evelina grumbled and crossed her arms over her chest.
Damon rolled his eyes, "You're the one in cahoots with them." He pointed out, "You made a deal with John that almost got me killed." A burning anger reared up in Evelina before quickly falling, her brothers were fine, that was all that mattered. And Katherine would get what was coming to her soon enough.
Katherine looked unfazed, simply choosing to shrug at the three siblings, "I did what I had to do to get out of the tomb. Now I'm reconsidering my alliance." She spun on her heel and began to walk away, before Stefan's voice interrupts her, "What do you know?"
Katherine sighed, "I know I want Klaus dead," Evelina stiffened at the mention of the Original, "Which puts me squarely on team on team you. Besides, if you two ever need me to swap places with Elena again, the less people that know that I'm here, the better." A smirk graced her face, "Think about it, Stefan. Come on. Be smart."
Stefan frowned and looks towards his siblings, "Tell you what. Why don't you, uh, call Alaric and let him know that his wife just showed up on his girlfriend's doorstep." He gave the occupants of the room one last look before leaving them alone.
Evelina watched as Katherine and Damon share a glance, before Damon breaks the awkward silence, "I guess I'll call Ric then." He said, giving his sister's arm a soft squeeze before flashing away.
Katherine stalked over to Evelina, completely unfazed by the glares sent her way, "How does it feel?" Katherine asked the green eyed beauty before her.
"How does what feel Katherine?" Evelina hissed back.
Katherine skimmed her hand over Evelina's shoulder, "Being with them, near them. Having them actually give you attention like they did in the good old days before I showed up." She giggles, "Better enjoy it while they can, they've already began to leave you to go help their precious Elena. When you've only just come back from the dead, shouldn't they be here with you? After all you are their little sister." Evelina gritted her teeth.
"You can't manipulate me, not anymore Katherine." She growled, grabbing Katherine's wrist in a bruising grip.
Katherine just laughed, "Tut, tut, Evelina. You seem to think you've all grown up, when in reality you're still the innocent, naive, loyal little girl who saw the good in everyone and refused to believe her brothers would abandon her." Katherine smirked and leant down, her breath hitting the shell of Evelina's ear, making her shiver in disgust, "Until they did."
Evelina growled, shooting of the couch. She flashed round her now unoccupied seat, her face mere centimetres from Katherine's, holding her neck in a vice grip. Katherine could see the vein's appearing around the younger vampire's eyes, and smirked. Evelina was far too irritable, "Maybe I'm naïve, but at least I'm loyal, which is more than can be said for you Katherine."
Katherine hissed at her, "You're not truthful though, are you? You're lying to us, I can tell, and whatever it is, I am going to find out."
"I have no idea what you're on about Katherine." Evelina spat back, releasing her grip on the doppelgänger's neck. She turned and begins to storm out the front door, only to get stopped by Katherine's mocking voice.
"Evy?" She called out, smiling when Evelina stops in the doorway and turns her body towards her, "You always were a bad liar."
The house shook with the force of the door slamming.
Gilbert House, Mystic Falls
Evelina watched the new doppelgänger and her second eldest brother through the window, perched on a low hanging branch. Her small hand moves to her forehead, rubbing her aching temple. This wasn't how this was supposed to go, she was supposed to save Elijah, then return to Klaus and pray he never found out about the doppelgänger. But of course, that was too good to be true.
She'd been unsuccessful in her attempt to awaken Elijah and if the text she had just received from Klaus was true, he'd found out about the new doppelgänger and was on his way. Which meant she was not leaving anytime soon and could not awaken Elijah without arousing suspicion from her brothers. Not to mention Katherine was already suspicious of her.
"This is bad." Elena groaned, looking at her boyfriend, "Between Isobel and Jenna and now Matt, this is disaster bad." Evelina rolled her eyes. She had seen many actual disasters in her life time, and family and relationship drama never seemed to be the cause.
Stefan sighed, "Yeah." He looked at the ground, trying to decide whether to tell her, "Elena, something else has come up. I haven't quite processed it myself yet, and I haven't had time to tell you with everything going on-"
Evelina's lips pursed as a new man walks into the doppelgänger's room, interrupting Elena's and Stefan's conversation. He looked to be in his late thirties, "Elena can you come downstairs, please? I need to talk to you." He asked Elena.
Elena turns her gaze to him, shooting daggers towards her birth father. "I have nothing to say to you!" She hissed.
For a moment Evelina thought she saw pain in the man's eyes, but as soon as she saw it, it was gone. John gritted his teeth, "Please, it's important." He pleads with Elena, "You too, Stefan." The two teens sighed, but followed John out of the room.
Evelina cocked her head to the side, mumbling to herself, "Hmm, I better follow them." She jumps of the branch, feeling the wind rush past her ears. She glided down, easily landing on her feet, before flashing over to the hall window.
A dark haired woman exits the kitchen, looking far too smug at the surprised expressions of Elena and Stefan. "I asked John for a do-over." She shrugged casually, shooting a smirk Elena's way.
Isobel's daughter looks at John in disbelief, "You invited her in?!" She exclaimed, her eyes wide. Evelina watched the scene curiously. Noticing how Stefan moved slightly towards Elena, and the slight twinge of pain in Isobel's eyes at her daughter's hateful tone.
"She has information about Klaus." John said, "Please, just listen to her, okay?"
Elena looked towards Stefan, begging for help. He sighs, "All right." Evelina muffles her laugh, god, her brother was so whipped, "What do you know?"
Evelina jumped as her phone begins ringing in her pocket, swearing when Stefan and Isobel look her way. She quickly flashed off, pulling her phone from her pocket. "What?!" Evelina growls, looking around and seeing she had ended up outside the motel.
"Wow love, it seems every time I'm calling you now you're mad." A cocky voice sings in her ear.
She sighed, entering the building, "Oh, it's you Nik. What's up?"
A quick scuffle on the other line makes her raise an eyebrow, before she hears Klaus' voice once more, "You didn't reply to my text." The door to her room clicked open. Evelina slammed the door with her foot before throwing herself on her bed, "I was busy."
She heard him laugh, "Doing what? I thought you'd already be on your back to me after finding my brother."
When her phone buzzes against her ear, she frowned. "Yeah, well that didn't go to plan. I'm gonna put you on speaker phone, ok Nik?" She pulled her phone away from her, eyes widening when she sees the contact that texted her.
Best Big Brother: Where did you disappear off to?
Best Big Brother: Oh, and if you're wondering, I nicked your phone of you while you weren't looking.
"Love? You still there?" Niklaus asked, hearing her soft chuckle, only getting a slight 'Hmm?' back, "Lina, it would help if you answered in actual sentences."
"Sorry Nik." Evelina mumbled, rolling her green eyes.
Little Sis: I'm fine Damon, just off doing some business, nothing to worry about. I'll talk to you later xxx
"So what was with the text, Nik? 'I think I've found what we've been looking for love.' So descriptive." Evelina sarcastic tone makes Klaus chuckle. She frowned, "Hey, I'm actually looking for an explanation over here."
He laughed once again, "Oh come on love, you're smart, we both know you've already figured it out. I've found the doppelgänger."
She places her phone on her bedside table, sitting up and leaning against her headboard. "Still be nice if you explained." Evelina grumbled, "So, when you gonna go get her?" She asked, crossing her fingers in her lap. She needed to leave before he came back, she couldn't have him suspecting that she already knew about the doppelgänger. It didn't matter how much it hurt her betraying Nik this way, she had to protect her siblings for as long as she could.
"I'll be there soon. I just have a couple of errands before I join you love." Evelina smiled, before a look of horror finds its way on to her face, "Didn't think I'd find out, did you love?" He hissed. Evelina flinched. "You know I don't take kindly to betrayal, Lina."
"Nik, I'm so-"
"Save it." Klaus growled, cutting her off, "We'll talk when I get there." Evelina let out a shaky breath when the call ends abruptly, holding her face in her palms. This was bad.
Salvatore Boarding House, Mystic Falls
Evelina crept down the stairs, down to the basement, her ears listening out for any sign of her brothers or Katherine. Her hand slid across the banister, remembering the last time she came down here, two weeks before she left Mystic Falls and the life she once knew.
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"Harper, if father find out we're down here he'll kill us." The dark haired angel whispered, giggling as her lover pressed delicate kisses to her neck. He griped the angel's waist, pulling her closer to him.
"Even if he did, I would die a happy man Miss Evelina." He mumbled, pressing a soft kiss to her lips, smiling when she laughed gleefully.
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She took the last step down the stairs, and her heart ached. Lying there, was Elijah. His skin was a cold grey, and veins stood out against his skin, both a common feature of deceased vampires. She felt the urge to cry, but reminded herself that he was not truly dead. He was a horrifying site. But that did not deter Evelina, as she ran towards him, dropping to her knees next to him.
"Oh 'Lijah." Evelina whispered, stroking his cheek, "I'm sorry they did this to you, but I'm going to get you out of this." She placed a kiss to his forehead and reached for the dagger producing out of his chest. When suddenly she heard a car pull up to the drive and her eyes widened, "They're home." She mumbled to herself, flashing upstairs onto the couch. Just in time for her brothers and Elena to walk through the door.
"Ev?" Damon said, surprised, "I thought you were busy doing 'business'." He quoted, widening his eyes as he walked over to his sister, leaning down and placing a kiss on her cheek. Over Damon's shoulder, she catches Elena's confused look and furrowed eyebrow's.
"You." Elena mumbled, "I saw you, at the front door, you said you were looking for Zach."
The occupants of the room looked over at Evelina for an explanation, "I came looking for you two, but seeing an exact human copy of Katherine threw me of guard. So, I made something up so I could get away quickly." Evelina lied, shrugging. She winced as she realises she didn't mention how she knew Zach was dead, but sags in relief when nobody notices her slip up.
"Who are you?" Elena asked, her suspicion rising.
Stefan coughed, before speaking up, "This is what I was going to tell you about. Evelina is mine and Damon's sister." Elena's eyes widened comically, and it takes all of Evelina's self-control not to laugh. "We thought she was dead, until she showed up on our doorstep strangling Katherine."
Damon snorted at this, "I had no idea my little sister was such a firecracker when pissed off." He yelped when she hits him on the arm, "But I do remember her being violent." He mumbled.
"So you guys thought she was dead? And why did you never tell me you had a sister?" Elena fires questions, interrupting Evelina and Damon.
Stefan nodded, "We've thought she was dead since 1864, and I didn't tell you because I presumed she'd never come back." He looked towards his little sister, curiosity in his eyes, "Ev, you never did tell us what happened. How did you become a vampire? Father told us you suddenly got sick and died."
Evelina sighs, tucking a dark lock behind her ear, "Long story short, a vampire found me on the side of the rode with a bullet hole through my stomach and saved me."
Stefan furrowed his eyebrows, "Was the vampire Harper?" All of them look at him in surprise, "Not long ago the tomb vampires got out and imprisoned me. Harper tried to help me get out, he mentioned something about you."
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"It was the least I could do for your sister, I know she would not want you to be hurt." Harper murmurs, looking towards Stefan, heartbreak clear in his eyes.
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"No, Harper was not the vampire." Evelina murmured, "Is he, is there any chance, is he alive Stefan?" She looked up at him, tears building up in her eyes, before she quickly blinks them away. Stefan shakes his head, "I did not think there would be." She sighed, discreetly wiping her eyes. "Anyway, I want to know what is going on. Katherine mentioned something about the originals, I hope you lot have not got mixed up with them." She raised an eyebrow at their sheepish looks.
Damon wraps his arm around his little sister, "I guess we better start from the beginning. Long, long ago-"
"Damon!"
He yelps as her elbow slams into his side, "Okay! Okay, I'll tell you properly!"
Somehow during the conversation, the siblings and Elena migrated to the library. Evelina was casually sprawled out on an armchair, "Do you really think Isobel's telling the truth that word has gotten out about the doppelgänger?" Elena spoke up.
Stefan sighed, looking at his girlfriend, "Look, I don't trust a work she says," He reassured her, "but I think we'd be stupid to ignore the warning."
"You know, you should just stay here." Damon said, giving Elena a pointed here.
Evelina rolls her eyes, "You know, you and Stefan are really over-protective." She mumbled, flashing a cheeky smirk when Damon glares at her.
Damon continues, "It's better for us to keep an eye on you." Ignoring his sister's comment.
Stefan looked at his elder brother, as if he was being stupid, "What? In the house any vampire could enter? No. Her house is safer."
"Well, then we'll stay here." Damon concluded. "Over-protective." Evelina sang, quietly, making both brothers glare at her.
Elena resisted the urge to laugh at the youngest siblings antics, instead choosing to glare at Stefan and Damon, "So is that the plan?" She asked, her voice tinged with annoyance, "Neither of you will let me out of your site again?"
"She does have a point." Evelina said, "That is kind of stupid."
"Let me know when either of you come up with a better one." He stated, glaring at the two females most important females in his life – the two that seemed to be ganging up on him.
Elena and Evelina shared a glance, before Elena spoke once again, "Fine." She says, "Then one of you two bodyguards is gonna have to come with me to the Lockwood luncheon."
"That'd be me." Stefan said, at the same time Damon said, "Not me. I have witch stuff to do with Bonnie."
"Does that mean you're taking her to-" Elena started, before Damon told her to shush.
They all went quiet as Katherine entered the room, Evelina's gaze sharpening into a glare; if looks could kill, Katherine would be very dead. "Don't get quiet on my account." Katherine said, smirking as she slinked into the room, "If you have a plan to combat the impending vampire doom, please tell." She stalked over to Evelina, placing a hand on the smaller girls shoulder, "I see you've added little Evy to the Scooby gang plans." No one spoke up, but Evelina grabbed Katherine's hand and crushed it in her grasp, making Katherine hiss out in pain.
She snatched her hand away, growling at Evelina, "Bitch."
"Takes one to know one." Evelina mumbled.
Katherine rolled her eyes, and continued, "Seriously, what is the plan to get us out of this mess, hmm? I delivered you the moonstone, a werewolf, and the dagger to lure and kill Klaus, and right now all you have is a moonstone. Or so you tell me."
Damon shook his head, "No, we have it."
Katherine raised an eyebrow, walking closer, "Where is it?"
"It's in a very safe place." Damon said, sending a glare her way.
She returned it, starting to get angry, "I've been honest with you." Evelina snorted, "Time to return the favour."
Damon smirked, "Let me be honest with you. Don't mistake the fact that we haven't set you on fire in your sleep for trust." Elena looked towards Katherine and smiled.
Katherine glared at them all, looking murderous, "Fine. Be that way." She hissed, spinning on her heal and storming out of the room.
"Well, now the bitch is on, why don't you three tell me what I need to do?" Evelina said, smirking.
"I can't believe you two are making me come with you to this stupid luncheon thing." Evelina mumbled as she, Stefan and Elena entered the Lockwood Mansion, "I expected you lot to want me to actually do something."
Stefan rolled his eyes, giving Elena's arm a soft squeeze, "You are Ev, if you're gonna be staying here a while, people need to get to know you." He pointed out, but Evelina just rolled her eyes and pouted.
"Hey." Stefan said, making Evelina look up. In front of them is the bubbly blond with blue eyes who sang at the grill. "Any look with Matt?"
"None." She sighed and looked over at Evelina, her eyebrows furrowing, "Hi, not to be rude, but who are you?"
Evelina laughed, "I'm Evelina Salvatore, Stefan's and Damon's thought-to-be-dead little sister." The blonde's eyes widened, "I'm sure they'll explain later."
She nodded, "R-right. I'm Caroline." Caroline smiled sheepishly, before turning back to Stefan, "What if Matt tells somebody? What if he tells everybody?!" Her voice raised in pitch, making Evelina wince.
"No, we just got to find him and make sure that doesn't happen." Stefan reassured her, before looking at his girlfriend, "Do you have any idea where he would be?"
Elena shook her head, "I wish I did, but he wasn't really one to run." Evelina raised her eyebrow, seems Elena has an ex. But she was a Petrova after all, she probably had quite a few running around.
"You know this wasn't how it was supposed to happen. You know? I was supposed to tell him at the right moment in the right way, and he was supposed to be ok with it because he loves me." Caroline cried. Evelina gave the girl a sympathetic gaze. Boy problems, that's something she understands all too well.
Elena must have felt the same way, because she spoke up once again, "We'll help you find him. I just have to accept this thing for Jenna."
Caroline nodded, smiling shakily, "All right. Well, call me when you're done, and I'll be out looking for him." She turned around and walked away, and Evelina sighed, "Poor girl." She mumbled.
"Maybe he'll come round." Stefan gave Elena a sweet smile, "You did." Evelina fake gagged, making the other two laugh before they all walk off together.
"Evelina, where have you been?" Stefan hissed as his sister sat down next to him.
She rolled her eyes, "I got cornered by a few people, wondering who I am." Evelina sighed, "Well, your plan to tell the town who I am seemed to work."
Stefan nodded, "Now we just have to enrol you in school so no one gets suspicious."
Evelina's eyes widened as she looks at her brother in terror, "What?! I never agreed to-" Before she could finish, Carol Lockwood began to speak over them. Evelina grumbled and zoned out.
"… And here to accept the donation to the Miranda Sommers-Gilbert scholarship fund is Elena Gilbert." The said Gilbert smiled, walking up to Carol.
Evelina frowned, her ears picking up on something upstairs, "What are you doing here?" She heard John say. Evelina's expression turned distressed when she heard the reply, "Creating a distraction." Isobel.
"The historical society was my mom's baby." Elena said, speaking over the two upstairs, "She considered you all family and would be honoured and touched by this gift." Suddenly everyone goes quiet, hearing a yell. All of a sudden, everyone seemed to be rushing over to the sound.
Lying on the floor, was a very unconscious John. Stefan and Evelina noticed the bloody bite marks on the unconscious man's neck and gave each other a look. Evelina went back to staring, wide eyed. This was bad.
She heard Stefan speak to the sheriff, before they're back on their way to the other room where they left Elena. "You okay?" Stefan asked his girlfriend. Evelina frowned, noticing something different about Elena. She was, holding herself differently?
"I'm calling Damon." 'Elena' told him.
Stefan nodded, "Let's get out of here. Come on." Evelina's eyes widened when she realises that the girl before them is not Elena. Stefan squeezed her arm, letting her know that he'd also realised.
The three of them walked towards the car, Evelina's eyes on the imposter.
"It's Isobel, Damon. It's gotta be." Katherine told Evelina's eldest brother over the phone.
"Tell him he needs to get over here and deal with John's body." Stefan said.
Katherine nodded, "You've got some serious explaining to do to the council about John not being dead." She said before hanging up. As soon as she did that, she was up against Elena's car, Stefan's hand around her throat.
"Where the hell is she? Huh?!" Stefan hissed in her face. Katherine sighed, giving him an apologetic look, before suddenly stabbing a vervain syringe into his neck, so quickly that Evelina jumped.
"I'm sorry, Stef, but I can't have you following me." She shakes her head, throwing him into the bush, "As for you Evelina…" Katherine smirked, but suddenly finds herself on the concrete, a heeled shoe being pressed down on her back and her arm being twisted.
"Don't even dare try to test me Katerina." Evelina hissed, "You may be older, but I am still stronger." Suddenly, the pressure on her back was gone, leaving Katherine alone.
"Wait." Katherine mumbled as she sits up, "Did she just call me Katerina?"
Evelina sighed, she knew she should have helped Stefan, but she needed to get away.
She relaxed on the bed of her motel room, sighing. So much had gone on.
She was going to turn in the doppelgänger to Klaus, but seeing how much her brothers cared about the girl, she just couldn't. And now Klaus knew that she had been lying and he was angry. More than he had ever been towards her. She'd only seen this anger towards other people, but never herself. She was his best friend. He barely ever got mad at her.
Evelina sat up, hearing her phone buzz on her dresser, on the left hand side of her bed. She sat up and grabbed, frowning as she reads the name.
Nik: It's time to have that talk love.
"What?" She mumbled. Suddenly, she feels something sliding through the skin of her neck into the vein. She tried to scream, but a gloved hand gets pressed against her mouth. The blackness creeped up, clouding her vision, until she was dead to the world.
"Klaus!" Evelina's eyes open at the shout, seeing an unfamiliar apartment around her.
"Where am I?" Evelina whispered, sitting up. Her eyes widened when she saw Katherine in the arms of a man. "Katherine? What are you doing here?" She asked, still disorientated. She gave the man a confused look, "You're Alaric, Damon's friends, he told me about you."
Alaric smirked, stalking over to her. "Lina, love, I'm afraid I'm not the person you are talking about." He grinned at her, a strangely familiar grin, one she would recognise anywhere, no matter who was wearing it.
"Nik." She whispered, petrified, "You're already here."
Klaus stalked closer, grabbing her arm, "Yes I am, sweetheart. Now, how about we have that talk? Hmm?"
Hello loves!
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