Sorry guys it's been so long. I've been meaning to put this up for quite a while but a lot of things happened the past week. Well first, my grandfather had a heart attack. He's ok though. Just needs to take a couple of weeks off and recently, somebody hit my car while I was at work. Really upset about it. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy and leave some reviews if you liked it!

Chapter 19

I couldn't sleep last night. The wolf…Mason, kept bugging me. I sat beside my window all night looking to see if he would come back. By 3:00 I passed out by the window. I woke up in the morning around 9:30. It was a Saturday so no school. Great. I got up and took a quick shower. I still smelt like dirt and must from being in the tomb. I threw the clothes I had in the hamper and changed for the day. The weather was supposed to be cool today so I put on some warmer clothing. I walked downstairs to the kitchen and then ran downstairs to the basement.

I walked into the lair and saw Justin sitting on the couch reading a book. "Hey, Alex," he said. "What's up?"

"I need to talk to you…about something"

"Sure," he gestured to the seat beside him. I sat in the spot in looked at him. "What's going on?"

I took in a deep breath and then exhaled. "I…think I saw Mason last night"

Justin's eyes opened wide. "What?"

"I think I saw Mason…well…not Mason, Mason….just…his wolf form" "Are you sure? I mean…sure it wasn't just…a wolf?"

"No it wasn't just any old wolf. It was Mason. That was the wolf that looked exactly like the one he turned into that night in Transylvania"

Justin took a deep breath. "So…what do you want to do?"

"Can we…maybe…look for a way to change him back?"

"Alex, I want to help you but…what about Stefan? I thought you loved him?"

"I do. That's why he's not going to know about this. It will crush him if he finds out about this"

"Ok, I'll do some research and let you know what I find"

"Thank you" I said as I gave him a hug.

He hugged me back. "No problem" he said still hugging me.

I pulled apart from him. "I'm going to go see Stefan now"

"Ok, I'll text you when I find a spell"

I gave him a nod and walked out of the lair. I walked upstairs and saw Jenna sitting at the table with her laptop in front of her. "

Hey" I said as I walked into the room.

"Hey" she said looking at me with a smile. "Are your parents back yet?"

"No, they said they're having some problems at home and they won't make it back until this…Founders Court thing"

"The Founder's Court. Wow, totally forgot about that…that's not for a week. They haven't even announce the contestants for Miss Mystic Falls"

"Miss Mystic Falls?"

"Yeah, it's this event for any girl that's part of the Founding Families, the first people who settled here. You can sign up you know"

"I can't, I'm not a founding family. Grandpa's family settled in New York in 1910 and Grandma's settled in Philadelphia in the 1800's"

Aunt Jenna gave me a smile. "Not exactly" she said as she got up and walked up to the cupboard under the stairs. I followed her. She started digging threw some boxes and took out a picture of a man standing there dress in this old clothing.

"Who's that?"

"That is your great, great, great uncle. His family settled here in Mystic Falls in the 1840s so…this would make you, Justin, Max, Your Dad, Kelbo, Megan, Miranda and I…a Founding Family"

"Wow. Is…Is his family still here?"

"I don't know. You'll have to look it up"

"What was his last name?"

"Well, our great, great, great grandmother's maiden name was," she started looking down at an old piece of paper in her hand. "Bianchi. If you do some research on the internet, maybe you can find some information about them but now, I'm going to see if you can be one the contestants in that Founder's Court"

"No, Aunt Jenna. That's fine. I don't want to be part of it"

"No, I insist. I'm going to ask Carol Lockwood to sign you up today"

"No but Jenna" but by the time I could stop here, she was already gone.

I put the boxes away and thought about it for a minute. Do I really looking up this uncle or not. I could find more about Isabella. I walked over to the laptop and typed into Bing Bianchi. I got a bunch of results about the name. I looked threw and found and old sheet with all the names of the Founding Families of Mystic Falls.

It showed a list of the families still around in Mystic Falls. The Forbs, The Lockwoods, The Fells and the Gilberts were on there and then I found The Bianchis. I found out there were only two Bianchi alive in the family. The oldest, Deven, lived in L.A. with his family and the youngest still lived in Mystic Falls. Her name was Torri.

I wrote her address down and took my wand out of my boot. "I need to go see my family, Torri Bianchi, so take me to her address 421 McGillivray" I appeared on the porch of a white old Victorian House. As I took a deep breath, I knocked on the door, slowly. I heard steps coming towards the door and then it opened.

A dark brunette woman opened the door with a big smile on her face. She looked around to be in here 20s. Maybe 24, 25. She had the same chocolate brown eyes like me. "May I help you?" The girl asked.

"Yes," I said. "Are you…Torri Bianchi?"

"Yes"

"I'm Alex Russo," he eyes opened wide when I said the name. "My-"

"Great, great, great grandmother," she said cutting me off. "Was my great, great, great aunt" I slowly nodded. "Come inside" she said as she back away. I gave her a nod and walked inside. She showed me to the dining room and pulled out a chair and I sat in it. "Would you like some water? Some tea or coffee?"

"Just coffee please"

She left the room and went to get the coffee. I looked up and saw a whole bunch of pictures on the wall. I got up and walked towards the wall to get a better look. I saw one picture that had a young girl and a young boy on it Evremondo and Marzia 1839

"That was my grandfather," Torri said as she stood beside me. "Well, my great, great, great grandfather and that's your great, great, great grandmother. She was 14 at the time and my grandfather was 16"

I nodded slowly. "Hey," I said as I turned to her. "The reason that I'm here is because…my family didn't tell me that I had any family besides my cousins here in Mystic Falls and…I want to learn more"

Torri gave me a smile. "Follow me" she said as she walked out of the room and I followed her out of the room. "My mother kept every single document from both my father's and her side of the family. I made sure to study them after her death"

"Oh, I'm so sorry"

"It's ok, it was a long time ago"

"How old were you?"

"Two, my brother, eight. My father's still alive though. He's on vacation now with his wife" She opened a closet and took out an old box filled with books and papers. She set it beside me and patted it. "This has everything you need to know" she said looking at me with a smile.

"Great. Thank you"

"No problem. Would you like my help?"

"Sure" We started looking threw all the books and papers.

"Here's the family tree," Torri said as she showed me some papers. I took hold of them. "Look, there's my grandfather," she said as she pointed to the name

Evremondo Bianchi (1823-1887)

"And that's your grandmother" this time pointing at the name

Marzia Bianchi-Giordano (1825-1876)

"She died so young"

"Yes, it says here that she had Tuberculosis"

"Oh, that's awful"

Torri laughed. "You know, back then. They use to think Tuberculosis was some part of vampirism"

I looked at her with shocking eyes. "Really?"

She gave me a crooked smile. "Yeah because they were so sensitive to the sunlight, they were pale and they were extremely cold" I didn't say anything. What was I suppose to say? All of a sudden, Torri pushed me off my chair and pinned me down.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I know it's you, Isabella! My mother knew you didn't die in 1863! You've been alive all this time! Haven't you!"

"What? No! I'm not Isabella! I'm Alex Russo"

Torri grabbed a stake from behind her back and went straight for my heart but I reached for my wand in my boot and put a force field in front of my heart. Torri's eyes opened in horror. I pushed the spell back that sent her flying back towards the wall leaving a great big hole in it. I quickly got up and ran towards the door.

"Wait!" Torri called after me but I kept running. She then ran in front of me. "Wait! Alex! I'm sorry! I didn't know!"

"You tried to kill me!" I screamed at her.

"I know. I'm sorry. I thought you were Isabella"

I took a deep breath. "Is it true…what you said before? Is Isabella a vampire?"

Torri shook her head. "I don't know. When I first saw you…My mother…she use to tell my father about her research. See, she use to work at the local museum. Researching on different places and events. So, on her spare time, she use to research the people in her family and my father's, since my father didn't really care about his family history. Anyway, my mother did some research about my father's great, great grandfather and she learned about Isabella. A young girl, sixteen, about to be married to a total stranger. He was actually one of the founding families. Damon-"

"Salvatore," I cut her off. "Yeah, I already know that part"

"Yes, anyway she went missing before Damon and his brother Stefan were killed in the Battle of Willow Creek. You do know what that is…right?"

"Yeah confederate soldiers fired on a church and killed innocent people"

"Yes well, since my grandfather was part of the founding families, he knew the truth…I guess by now, knowing what you are, you know the truth as well?"

"Yeah, I know it was just a cover up"

"See, the vampires would have to come from somewhere in order for all of these 'attacks' to appeard so…since Isabella's fiancé lived her in Mystic Falls, I thought she would've…follow. All the articles I found from Italy in the past around the time of Isabella's disappeared were about bodies found drained of blood and these huge bite marks on their neck. See...Isabella went missing in July of 1863. In May of 1864, there was a body found…in the ocean. It was found on a local beach, not far from Isabella's home. She was wearing the same clothing she had the night of her disappearance and she had the same hair color and the same eyes color as Isabella"

"But if you knew that, why did you think I was still Isabella?"

"I thought the dead body thing was just a cover up to stop everyone for looking for her. Here family tried so hard looking for her. I guess I was wrong. That was the body of Isabella Marcella Giordano" I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry"

"It's ok. I understand"

"So you're a wizard, huh?" she said as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah. How did you know right away I was a wizard?"

"Because I'm a wizard…or…use to be"

"Use to be?"

"I lost in the wizard competition against my brother"

"Oh sorry"

"That's ok. My brother was always the better wizard"

"So, I'm going to guess your great grandfather and my great grandmother were wizards"

Torri nodded. "Yup. They both married wizards"

"The Giordanos were wizards?"

"Yeah. They had to. Remember, it was arranged marriages back then. Normally, wizard parents gave their child to other wizard families"

"But the Salvatores weren't wizards and that was an arranged marriage"

"Yes, but that was because Giuseppe Salvatore and Jacopo Giordano were good friends. From what I read, Jacopo had a great deal to pay to Giuseppe and in order to fix that…Isabella had to give up the wizard competition and give it to her sister, Marinetta"

"Which I'm going to guess she wasn't happy about?"

"Well, she didn't show it but if I was in her shoes, I would be"

I gave her a nod. "Is there anything else you know about her?" I asked.

Torri shook her head. "Sorry"

"Thanks for your time" I said as I stood up.

"Thanks for coming and again, I'm sorry"

"No problem" I grabbed my wand from my boot and flashed home.

I flashed into my room when my phone on the dresser rang. I quickly ran for it and picked it up. "Hello"

"Alex," It was Stefan. "Where are you? You told me you'd come over here an half and hour ago"

"Sorry, I got caught up in something"

"Is everything alright"

"Yeah, just some…wizard stuff. Everything is ok"

"Ok, I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, I'll call you when I'm leaving"

"Ok, love you"

"Love you, too" I then hanged up the phone and ran downstairs to the lair. "Justin!" I called as I ran threw the door.

Justin threw the book down that he was reading and stood up. "Alex! What's wrong?" He asked.

"I went to go meet an old relative of ours. Apparently, her great something grandfather was our great something uncle and he was a founding family. He knew about the vampires here in 1864 and...our relative I just met, Torri, knew about Isabella"

"So what did she say?"

"She said that Isabella disappeared in the July of 1863 and in May of 1864, they found her body on a beach"

"So…she fell into the ocean and drowned"

"Yes but that's not everything. She was a wizard. A full blood wizard. Both her parents were wizards"

"How did you know this?"

"Torri said she was a wizards because of her grandfather, who was the uncle of Isabella. He was a wizard which means our great something grandmother was a wizard as well and back then, they had arrange marriages. Wizards usually gave their children to other wizard families"

"Well if that's true, then why was Isabella going to marry Damon?"

"Because, Isabella's father, had a great debt to pay to their father, Giuseppe"

"You sure, Alex? Maybe Stefan and Damon know more about wizards then you think"

"No, because if that was the case, I've had the feeling we would have been dead by now"

"What was the debt?"

"I don't know and I don't want to ask Stefan about it because it can lead to different things"

"Oh, right. I found something about the werewolves"

"Great! Let me see"

Justin got the book and brought it to me. "See, here," he pointed to the paragraph.

"In order for a werewolf to turn back to his true form, any descendent of the wolf that they've bit must be killed in order for them to regain full power"

"I don't get it?" I asked.

Justin rolled his eyes. "This means, Mason must have bitten someone in the past or else he would be able to change back to his full form. When a werewolf bites someone, they give that person a part of their power"

"I don't remember Mason saying anything about biting someone in the past"

"Well…then you're out of luck. Unless you see Mason again, I'm afraid you'll never know"

I gave him a slow nod. "Alright…I guess we'll just have to wait" There was a pause. "Justin, I need you to do me a favor"

"Sure" he said.

"I need you to flash to the town square and see if you see Damon and Stefan there. Just text me if they're there or not"

"Ok, why?"

"That debt that Stefan's father had of Isabella's, I want to know what it is and I have a feeling the answer is in their house somewhere"

"Ok, let you know in a second" Just grabbed the wand from his back pocket and flashed out.

I slowly walked over to the couch and waited for the text. A few minutes later, my phone was buzzing and I pulled it out. It was from Justin.

Justin: Stefan in the town square talking 2 Mr. Saltzman. Damon is the Grill the bar

Talking to Mr. Saltzman? Why?

Me: Thx. Text u what I find

I put my phone away, took out my wand and flashed in the living room of the Salvatore house. "I need to find a journal or something" I said as I ran over to the book shelf and started searching. Every book I looked threw I couldn't find anything on Jacopo Giordano. I then remembered that Stefan had a lot of bookshelves in his room. Maybe one of those had Giuseppe's journal.

I ran upstairs to Stefan's room and searched threw the bookshelf. Nothing. I gave up and sat at in the chair by the desk. In front of me was a book. On the side it said

1863

"This must be it" I said as I opened it but on the front page it read Stefan Salvatore but that didn't stop me. Maybe Stefan knew. I started looking threw the page with I landed on the date;

June 28th, 1863

We are leaving today, for a month. Father wants to go to his homeland. Where our ancestors once live. Florence, Italy. Father's old friend, Jacopo Giordano lives there with his family. Father says when he was a young boy, his family would take trips to see Jacopo's family. He says Jacopo owes him a great debt and is going there to claim it. I wonder what it is?

That was then end of it. I kept looking for more information when I caught the eye of another date.

July 15th, 1863

I love her. She's so beautiful. Her hair is so silky smooth and smells like the cherry blossems trees that grow outside my room. Her eyes are like the delicious chocolate that puts a smile on my face with every bite I take. Her smile would fill a room up with joy. I love her. I deserve to marry her, not my brother. It should be I. I know this is just so Jacopo can repay his dept but she's only sixteen, like I, and Damon only 21. She won't admit it but I know she loves me as well.

I closed the book. He loved her so much. Why doesn't he act that way around me? I mean, sure, I hate that kind of stuff but at least it shows that he truly loves me.

"Ahem," I heard. I looked up and saw Damon standing there with no shirt on. "What are you doing here?" he asked. He looked drunk.

"I'm…just," I said as I stood up from the chair. "Waiting for Stefan. Was suppose to meet him here"

"Uh-ah" he said as he walked over to the mirror and put his shirt on. "Do you know that I am one of Mystic Falls' most eligible bachelors?"

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"You know, that charity thing"

"What charity thing?"

"Psh! Get with the program" I rolled my eyes. "Help a guy out, will you," he said trying to button up his dress shirt. "Can't get this"

I rolled my eyes "Serious-"

he then cut me off. "Black," Damon laughed. I glared at him. "Nope, Miss Potter, just sexy Damon here" I walked up to him a punched him hard in the chest. "Ouch! What was that for?" he asked with a smile.

"For being a dick" I said as I grabbed his shirt and started butting up his shirt. "So…my dad…was talking about this debt he had to pay"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah…to an…old friend of his. You know…any story like that"

There was a pause.

"Can't say I have" he said with a smile. I knew he was lying. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Stefan. Standing by the front door.

"Stefan," I said. I stepped around Damon and walked up to Stefan. "Hey, how are you" I said as I gave him a hug.

"Uhh," I heard Damon say behind me. I turned around and looked at him, trying to put on his jacket. "I need a bigger jacket. Wow. You know, an occasional sorority girl might…um…you know, help fill you out a little bit" he then walked out of the room trying to button up his shirt.

I glared at him. "He's totally fine. Isn't he?"

Stefan smiled. "He's Damon"

"You know, maybe all of this heartache and betrayal might just actually be good for him. I might actually be able to go up to him and go 'Aw, you do have a heart'"

"Won't hold my breath," We both laughed. "So, what have you been up to"

"You know…same old same old. Wizard training all afternoon then hanging out with my boyfriend the rest" I said with a smile and gave him a hug.

Stefan smiled back. "So, Elena and I talked today" he said.

"You did?"

"Yeah, apparently, she found out who her real mom's full name is"

"What?"

"Isabel Flemming"

"And how did she find that out?"

"Jenna did some research. Found an old friend of hers that doesn't live that far from here and went to go see her"

"Go see her? By herself?"

"It's ok, Alex. She's fine. She's at home…or at the grill"

I let out a deep breath. "Ok"

"So, wanna go to that fun raiser?"

"Yeah, what is that about? What fun raiser is this?"

"It's a bachelor thing. Damon's part of it"

"This shall be interesting. Listen, I'm going to go to the Grill. Meet you there?" Stefan gave me a slow nod and gave me a small kiss.

I made it to the Grill and found Elena, Matt and Caroline all huddled around a table.

"Hey" I said as I walked up to them.

"Hi," Elena said as she turned to me. "Where have you been? You've been gone all day"

"Oh I've just been…busy"

"Hi, Mrs. Donovan" Caroline said as she looked behind me.

I turned around and saw an older woman. Not very pretty. She had brunette hair and…let just say…I would die of embarrassment if my mom came into the Grill like that. Mrs. Donovan, I'm going to guess was Matt's mom, ignored Caroline and walked up to Elena. "Elena, hunny" she said as she hugged Elena.

Elena laughed and hugged her back. "Hi, Kelly"

"Long time, no see" Kelly said as she pulled away.

"How are you doing?"

"Oh…Same old. Oh, Matty tells me you broke his heart"

"Mom!" Matt said.

"Just kidding," Kelly said. "Calm down. He found his rebound girl. Oh," she said this time turning to Caroline. "Here you go, sweetheart," She said giving her a bill. "However many that'll buy. I just hope I don't get bachelor 3. I dated him in high school. Not impressive in anyway" Caroline gave Kelly the tickets. She then turned to me. "So, whose this cutie?"

"This is Alex," Elena said. "My…cousin"

"Oh, I didn't know you had cousin?"

"I actually have three. Justin's the oldest, Alex is the middlest and Max is the youngest. Their my mom's older brother's kids"

"Oh, nice to meet you" Kelly said as she extended her hand.

"Nice to meet you, too" I said as I shaked her hand. Kelly then walked away.

Elena and I watched as Kelly walked away and then saw Mr. Saltzman standing there. Elena took one step towards him but he walked away.

"Ok," I said. "You have some explaining to do"

Elena told me about Isabel and how she use to be married to Mr. Saltzman or as she calls him, Alaric. Alaric's Isabel was Elena's mother. Elena went to go meet an old friend of Isabel's. Trudie Peterson. Halfway threw the conversation, Trudie served Elena tea and Elena could smell the vervain in it. After Elena questioned her about it, Trudie kicked her out and when Elena was getting into her car, there was a man watching her.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" I asked.

"I was in a rush," Elena said. "And I couldn't find you. Please don't get mad"

"I'm not…just…disappointed you didn't tell me"

"I'm sorry, Alex"

"It's ok"

We were standing by the fire place when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Stefan walk into the Grill.

I waved at him when I heard. "Alex?" I turned around and saw Torri come up to me.

"Torri," I said. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I heard they were doing a bachelor raffle so I thought I would come see and maybe buy a ticket" she said with a laughed. I smiled back.

"Alex, I'm going to go sit with Jenna" Elena said, not looking at me.

"Ok I'll be there in-" but by the time I could finish, Elena was already gone.

"Who was that?" Torri asked with a smile.

"My cousin, Elena. Elena Gilbert"

"Gilbert. They were one of the founding families"

"Uh…yeah"

Torri laughed. "Looks like you have founding families on both side of the family now"

I gave her a small laugh. "Yeah"

"Ok everybody!" We heard Carol Lockwood announce in the microphone. "The raffle is about to start!"

"You," Torri said. "Want to talk somewhere quiet?"

"Sure" I said.

Torri and I then made our way to the hallway where the bathrooms were. "So," she said. "I'd love to meet your family one day. Your brothers, your parents. It would be nice to meet some new members of the family"

"Uh…yeah"

"Is something wrong? Are you still upset about the whole 'attacking you' thing?"

"No, no. I'm fine about that, really…it's just…complicated"

"Well I'm all ears"

"You see-"

"And last, but not least," We heard Carol Lockwood say in the microphone. "Damon Salvatore"

"Damon Salvatore?" Torri whispered. I looked back at her and saw her eyes wide open looking at Damon.

"Alex," I turned around and saw Stefan standing there looking at me. "What's going on?"

I looked back at Torri who was glaring at me. "You knew, didn't you?"

"Torri, I can explain"

"You knew about the Salvatore brothers. Your friends or…dating one of them or maybe just both. You knew about vampires"

"Of coarse I did, I'm a wizard"

"You just used me to get all the information about Isabella. So it's true. The Salvatore brothers are really vampires," I slowly nodded. "Did she turn them? Isabella?"

"No, no. Isabella has been dead all these years. Like I told you"

"Then who turned them?"

"A woman named Katherine Pierce"

Torri's eyes opened wide. "How do you know about Katherine Pierce? You aren't supposed to know. She said-" Torri put her hand over her mouth to stop her.

"She said? Is Katherine still alive?"

"I've…I've said too much"

"If you know something about Katherine tell us"

"Alex," I turned around and saw Elena. Her face was wet and eyes puffy."Is everything ok?" she asked with tears pouring from her eyes.

"No," I turned back. This time, Torri was scared. "I gotta go" she said as she quickly walked out of the Grill.

"Torri!" I called out for her and ran after.

"Alex," Stefan stopped me when we got outside. "You have to tell me what's going on"

We then heard a car horn and then some tires screeched. I turned around and saw Torri's body laying there on the street. "Torri!" I ran over to her body and tried to wake her up but she was dead. Tears started streaming from my eyes. I killed her.

The guy driving the car immediately jumped out and started panicing. "I don't know what happened!" he yelled. "I swear!"

"Alex!" Stefan called as he picked me up. He then started hugging me as I cried into his shoulder.

"I killed her" I whispeared.

"No, no. It's not your fault" he said.

"Yes it is"

We then made our way back inside to get coffee. "Alex, I'm so sorry about what happened" Elena said. "Are you going to be ok?"

"Yeah…I…think so" I said.

"Alex, who was she? How did you know her?"

I looked over at Stefan who was just staring at me. "I…was going to tell you guys. He name was Torri…Bianchi. Her great something grandfather was Isabella mother's brother…I…thought she would know something about Isabella. More on Isabella"

"Why didn't just ask me about her?" Stefan asked.

"Because…I knew it hurt you talking about her. Stefan…I know about the debt that her father had to pay for your father. Stefan, Isabella's family were wizards"

"You can't be serious"

"Yes, I'm dead serious. Torri's family were wizards and she said that her great grandfather and my great grandmother were wizards and she said the Giordanos were wizards. Wizards aren't allowed to marry non-wizards"

"If that's true, then why was Jacopo giving Isabella to Damon?"

"Because of the debt. Jacopo was giving Isabella to Damon to repay your father. It all makes sense. You said the Giordanos were rich. Your father liked money, it would only make sense for your brother to marry a rich girl because he would make a lot of money" There was a pause. "Stefan…do you know what the debt was Jacopo had to pay to your father?"

Stefan shook his head slowly. "He never told us" My head then started to feel fuzzy. "Alex," Stefan said. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm f-" It all then went blank.

I was standing in a hallway. Empty and alone. I heard laughter coming down the hallway and loud footsteps.

Around the corner, Isabella came running. "He'll never find me" she said as she was running. "

Marinetta," I heard a voice of an older woman say. Isabella stopped in her tracks and creped in slowly and listen in the closed door. I stood on the other side of Isabella and listen in. "Marinetta, è necessario…never tell you father what I have told you. I'm afraid he would banish me from seeing you and Isabella. He would never let me walk the premises of Speranza ever again. He will disown me"

"Mama," This time, a younger woman spoke. "I promise, I won't ever tell Papa but, may I ask, why have you kept this from me all these years? I'm sure Papa would understand"

"No, Marinetta, he won't. I've kept this from you and Isabella all these years for a reason. Promise me you won't tell him…or your sister"

"I promise, Mama"

Isabella backed away slowly. She was scared, I could tell.

"Isabella!" I heard the voice of Stefan call out. "I'm coming"

Isabella quickly ran down the hall and out of sight.

"Alex?" I heard a faint voice say. "Alex? Wake up. Are you ok?" My eyes slowly adjusted to the light.

"Wa…What happened?" I asked as I slowly got up but Stefan pushed me back down on the bench. We were sitting in the bathroom hallway.

"We were sitting by the table talking," Elena said. "When you just…blacked out"

"Was it a vision?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah," I said. "This time…Isabella was running in the hall and…there were voices coming from another room and there was an older woman, Isabella's mother, and a girl…named…Marinette"

"Her-"

I cut him off. "Her sister. Yeah, I know…Torri…told me. They were talking about…this secret that Marinette was never allow to tell her father or Isabella but…Isabella heard it all"

"What was the secret?"

"I don't know. They didn't say"

Damon then walked up. "Aw," he said. "Did somebody have too much to drink"

I glared at him. Elena glared at him too and then stood right in front of his face. "Get out!" she said. "I can't stand you right now"

"Wow, somebody's a little cranky"

"Did you enjoy that? Rubbing it in to Alaric Saltzman?"

"What did I miss?" I asked.

"What?" Damon asked her.

"Just as I was starting to think that there was something redeemable about you"

"Elena" Stefan said.

"Am I missing something here?" Damon asked Stefan.

"Yeah," I said. "I could ask the same thing" I said as I stood up and crossed my arms.

"Did I forget to mention earlier, by the bar," Elena said to Damon. "When we were talking about my birth mother, the one that gave me up?"

"Umhm" Damon said with a smile.

"Her name was Isobel," Damon's smile disappeared. I still didn't get what was going on. "Go ahead. Reminisce about how you killed her"

"You did what!" I said out loud. Elena then walked pass Damon and out of the Grill. "Elena!" I called out as I went after her. "Elena! Stop!" I called as she turned around and looked at me. "Damon killed her? I let the Trudie Peterson thing go but now that you kept this from me...I don't know if I can trust you anymore"

"Alex, I didn't find out until 20 minutes go. Just let me explain"

"Then tell me what it-" I stopped when I saw a man behind Elena. "Who are you?" I asked.

Elena turned around, saw the man and quickly stood beside me. "I have a message for you?" The man said to Elena.

"What?" Elena asked.

"I'll ask again," I said. "Who are you?"

"Stop looking" he said. Not keeping his eyes off Elena.

"Stop looking for what?" Elena asked.

"She doesn't want to know you. She doesn't want to talk to you"

"Isabel?" she whispered.

"You need to stop looking. Do you understand?"

"She's alive? Does that mean she's a-"

I cut her off. "Elena, I think this whack job is under compulsion"

"Do you understand?" The man asked.

"Yes, I do" Elena said.

"Good," he then looked to his right side and then looked back at us. "I'm done now" he then backed up and got hit by a truck. Both Elena and I screamed as he got ran over. We quickly ran over to go see if he was still alive but he wasn't moving.

"Come on" I said as I grabbed her hand and started pulling her away.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"Home"

"But isn't your car that way?" she asked as I pulled her in the allyway.

"I didn't bring a car" I then flashed us out of there and we were standing on the front porch. Elena and I both walked inside and went up to Elena's room.

"Look what I picked up off the man" Elena said as she took a cell phone out of her pocket.

I looked at her. "Does…it…have?" I asked.

Elena opened the phone up and pressed a couple buttons. "The recent call came from the number 919-399-2507. Should I…"

"Sure" Elena took a seat on the bed and I sat beside her as she dialed the number. I listened in.

"Was there a problem?" A woman's voice said on the other line. Elena didn't say anything. "Did you find her? What's going on?"

"Isabel?" Elena asked. There was a pause until the phone hung up. Elena closed the phone slowly.

I put my arm around her. "Hey," I said. "It's ok," Tears started streaming down Elena's eyes. "You'll get to meet her someday…maybe even soon"

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"I'm positive. She'll come around"

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