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Izzy is brushing her hair while Klaus rummages through Alaric's closet; she feels her mother's eyes on her and turns "could you stop staring!"
Izzy stands and pulls on a lipstick stain shirt as Klaus talks to Katherine like their friends, when it's really just a cat and mouse game, she smiles when she walks into the room, flicking back her caramel locks "please…just kill me!"
Katherine's words seem to anger the other brunette and she quickly runs over, slapping her hard across the face and then pulling her hair back so their eyes meet "death is too good for you!"
"Now, now Izzy… we don't want blood all over that outfit now do we!" Klaus smiles through Alaric's lips
She turns to him then leans on the wall watching as he compels her mother to repeatedly stab herself, when he turns for them to leave Ismene picks up her back and looks back to her mother with a wave and a chuckle "Have a nice day!"
Once outside he looks to her and says "I want you to watch my doppelganger… if my information is correct she won't run, she loves her family to much to make Katarina's mistake…"
Her smile falls and her head drops, the original sighs and looks to her, lifting her chin so her eyes meet his "Let's not let things long past ruin our mood! Now, Izzy, where's that smile, hum?"
He gives her a playful look and she can't help the smile that spreads across her face "there we are… now, you better go, don't want you late on your first day!"
She shakes her head and rolls her eyes, walking off to her own car and says "I'm not five Klaus!"
Izzy gets to the school before Klaus and easily spots Elena, it's strange, her mother's face on another's flesh, slightly unnerving, but she soldiers on and makes her way through the halls and into the history class, when Klaus wakes in she sees him eyeing the doppelganger for a moment and laughs as he goes on about the boring nature of the sixties, mumbling sarcastically under her breath "yeah all those drugged up happy meals with legs, such a drag!" earning her a smile from Klaus and a stern look from Stefan
Walking over to his desk he picks up a piece of paper "oh, um… looks like we have a new student, Ismene Phillips!"
She rolls her eyes and leans back on her chair as he pretends to look around for her "Ismene?"
The class turns to the brunette as she raises her hand, Klaus smiles and nods "Ah, well Ismene welcome to mystic falls…"
She just drops her arm and leans into her desk "thanks and its Izzy!"
He nods at her bored tone, knowing he's winding her up with his use of her full name "Izzy right… so class anything you'd like to say about the sixties?"
The brunette sits in silence for the rest of the class but she feels Stefan's eyes on her through it all, suspicious little vampire.
During lunch Izzy struts into the cafeteria and makes her way into the line, she instantly feels a presence watching her and turns to see the eyes of Stefan Salvatore, a small smile forms on her lip as she turns back to the line. After eating lunch, chatting to a few of the human's and acquiring a sound date for tonight's dance she walks out of the canteen and into an empty corridor, only to be pinned to the locks and questioned "who are you? What do you want?"
She quickly and easily switches places, pinning Stefan instead "it's rude to grab a lady! My name is Ismene and I want to be left alone, so go away!"
She snarls and pushes him back, hitting his head on the locker , she goes to walk away but then he's in front of her and she rolls her eyes "I was told this town was a good place for vampire's on the low… so back off!"
He gives her a skeptical look "that's all you want… a life here? No one sent you?"
She pulls her best confused face and crosses her arms "what are you talking about and who the hell are you? The vampire police!"
She shrugs him off and carries on down the hall, a smirk splitting her face, Stefan's eyes never leaving her as she walks away…something about her seemed, familiar…
When Izzy walks into the apartment she smiles to Katherine, checking out the river of blood down her legs as she walks into the kitchen and grabs a blood bag "aren't you going to ask how my first day of school was… isn't that what mom's do?"
Katherine closes her eyes, stabbing herself mindlessly and swallowing hard, the brunette walking round to face her and taking a sip from the bag "no? Well, let me tell you anyway… theirs this dance tonight, sixties thing, and this cute guy named Dillon or Daniel… whatever, anyway he asked me isn't that great? …that's the part where a mom says 'that's great honey what's he like?"
Katherine's eyes open slowly and Izzy tilts her head "then again… you never were the 'mom-sy' type!"
"Meanie…" a hard fist holt's the vampires words, making her taste blood and feel her lip healing
Angry eyes rage down as Izzy screams "you don't get to call me that, not ever!"
"Not anymore…" she whispers, straightening herself
Then walking into the bedroom with not even a backwards glance to her mother, continuing to stab her own leg and for the first time that day… as she stares after her daughter a tear roll's down her cheek
When Klaus gets back that night Izzy is already half dressed and hogging the bathroom, Klaus knocks on the door "are you going to come out anytime soon love?"
"I'm getting ready!" she shouts back and Klaus shakes his head lightly
As Maddox and Klaus talk about how to eliminate their witch problem they hear a voice "who are we killing?"
They both then look to find Izzy in a purple mid sleeve belly top, daisy's scatters over the dark color and matching bell bottom pants, her hair curled and a daisy chain headband over her forehead, diamond necklace in place and she smiles "well…?"
Klaus stands and smiles to her "you look fabulous Izzy…"
She walks over, past the men and pouring herself a glass of bourbon "thanks, but I meant the 'who are we killing thing!'"
Taking a sip from his glass Klaus answers casually "oh, just Elena's little witch friend, won't be a problem! Now could you perhaps help me find something is this nightmare of fashions?"
After a long swig of her glass she smiles "I stopped by a retro store on my way back, your stuffs in the green bag by the bed!"
He smiles and pulls her free hand up to his mouth, placing a sweet kiss against her knuckles "what would I do without you?"
She shrugs and says "get someone else to do it!" they both share a laugh Maddox going to prepare for his spell and Katherine listening to the conversation with a torn expression.
Klaus is finishing getting dressed and he hears Izzy's annoyed stomping from the bathroom "problem love?"
He walks out, rubbing her face with a wet wipe "I'm trying to do a few daisy's by my eye but I keep smudging! Help?"
He laughs at her pout and motions for her to come over, Maddox and Katherine in the other room, leaving the two alone. He takes the paintbrush from her and starts to work on her face "I spoke to Stefan today…"
"Oh really, do tell!" he says lifting her head into the light
She tries not to move as her eyes fall "he basically knew I was a vampire and asked why I wanted… it was weird, talking to him and him not even knowing me!"
He smiles while brushing the paint against her skin "well after the ritual we'll find a way to get him back, I'll restore his memories and everything will be right in the world!"
"What about Rebekah?" she asks curiously
He stops painting and sighs "Izzy… now isn't the time, soon sweetheart… I promise!"
She nods lightly and they continue with the painting, the girl hanging onto his promise… soon!
When they get to the dance she mingles happily, dancing with her date, but then when her arm is grabbed after Klaus's announcement she jumps slightly "where is he?"
"What? Get off me!" she quickly pulls out of the vampires grip
Brown eyes burn down at her and she leans in "seriously Stefan, if you keep grabbing me I'm going to rip your hand off!"
"how do you know my name?" he asks suspiciously
She just rolls her eyes and answers "when someone starts threating me I make it my business to know who they are! Now, if you don't mind my date is waiting!"
As she and the boy, whose name she really can't remember, start dancing she hears the Salvatore talking to a blonde "keep an eye on the new girl, all this kicks off and a new face comes to town… I don't like the coincidence!"
Izzy breaks from her date, walking them over to the drinks table and smiles to Klaus "Hey Mr. Saltzman, enjoying the party?"
He gives her a look, a coy smile and nods "so far so good! You?"
"I guess… " she shrugs, smiling at him in a way that says 'their focusing on me, do it!'
When her date reappears with her drink they head of and Damon makes his way over his friend, well a man in his friends body "new girl's a vampire, keep on your toes!"
He nods and watches the crowd seeing his vampire dancing and their blonde one watching her as the others dispatch, he smiles and sends a look to Izzy, off to kill the witch. She quickly gets bored and says to the boy "hey look I'm tired… I'm going home!"
He seems to think it's suggestive and starts touching her "well let's go…"
"No, just me!" she says breaking a finger on both hands and walking away, Caroline quick on her heals
When they get to the car park Izzy pulls out her keys and says "go back inside blonde!"
"How did you…" Caroline goes to say
She is quickly however pinned to the hood of a car, the brunettes hand around her throat "I'm a lot older than you sweetpee and I really just want to go home so you and your friends need to back the fuck up!"
She releases her and climbs into her car, driving off and back to the apartment, she isn't happy about how tonight played out, about how Stefan treated her and thinks back to when they were friends, she misses the twenties, she misses ripper Stefan… she misses Rebekah!
When she gets in she starts to strip down and says "you can leave now!"
Without a word the warlock goes and Izzy sighs, changing into something comfortable and looks to the chair, her mother passed out and dried blood coating her legs. She goes into the bathroom and returns with a wash cloth and water, cleaning away the blood as she does she looks up to Katherine's face and remembers the day it all started, the day she walked into her life!
1498 ~ Bulgaria
A little girl is playing with the other village children, dusk on the horizon and she hides behind one of the large trees on the edge of her village when a voice makes her jump "Hello…"
She turns and looks to find a beautiful girl gazing down at her "Hello, are you alright?"
"Why do you ask that?" asks the brown eyed figure asks in confusion
The brave child takes a step closer, into the shadow's "you're crying!"
The beauty brings a hand to her cheek and finds moisture "oh yes, so I am…"
"Are you lost? I don't recognize you!" the girl asks with a tilt of her head
The brown eyed girl lowers her hood and kneels "I suppose I am, in some ways… but not right now…"
"What do you mean?" the child asks, taking a step closer with curiosity
"Well you see I've been searching for a long time, for you!" she smiles to the child
The girl is utterly confused and questions "me? Why?"
"Can you keep a secret?" she asks with a raised brow
The girl nods vigorously and leans into the woman "I'm your guardian angel!"
"An angel?" the girl asks with wide fascinated eyes
"Yes, however you must never reveal my existence to another… or I will never be able to return!" she lies expertly to the child
"So… so you're my guardian angel? Oh my lord!" the young girl smiles in amazement, to young and naive to see past the lie
"Oh… Ismene… come to me, just… let me hold you!" she begs the child
Without hesitation the fooled child walks into her angels arms and they grip each other, the angel cherishing in the embrace and smiles "oh… my Meanie…"
~ Present Day ~ Alaric's Apartment
The brown eyed girl looks at the red bowl beside her, the stained washcloth and stand with both in hand, realizing the tears falling down her cheeks and looks to her mother as she sleeps … Katherine wakes with a sharp gasp as the bloodied water is thrown in her face, seeing her daughter walk away and mumbling
"guardian angel my ass!"