„What the hell are YOU doing here?"
Sarah turns around, shocked by Elenas' unbelieving tone because usually there aren't emotions in her voice, and her jaw immediately drops. Standing in front of her is the exact copy of Elena.
There are only two visible differences between them; their hair. While Elena has shorter and just light curly hair with a lila strand of hair, her „doppelgänger" has her hair completely curly and a bit longer than Elenas.
The other difference is their taste in fashion. While Elena usually wears something colored, Katherine is completely dressed in black. Black shirt, black jacket, black jeans, black heels.
Elenas' copy smirks at Elenas' words and licks her lips. „Did you miss me?"
„Not really.", Elena shrugs and looks at an other dress, murmuring if she should try it on. „The last time we've seen you, you killed my brother. So, no I didn't miss you.", Elena adds without looking away from the dress.
Elenas doppelgänger looks confused and frowns, but just for a second, then her smirks's back.
„You turned it off, didn't you?"
Again, Elena shrugs and then she vanishes in the changing room, trying on the dress she has looked at a moment before.
„What.", an annoyed doppelgänger says, feeling the curious glare of Sarah.
She blushes a little bit, being caught by staring. „You look exactely like Elena." Sarah has meant the words to be a question, why she looks like the brunette in the changing room, but it came out as an statement.
The brunette rolls her eyes at Sarah. „Call me Katherine."
„Katherine...", Sarah repeats slowly, remembering having heard this name being mentioned before. Klaus has said something like Elena acts very much like her doppelgänger and Elena has shouted at him that she's nothing like Katherine and stormed out of the hotel room. At this point Sarah was left very confused. Doppelgänger? Who is Katherine? But she hasn't thought about this again and now this so called 'doppelgänger' is standing in front of her.
Katherine sighs and turns around to face Sarah. „Yes, Katherine. You've heard of me?" Sarah nods. „Good." and with that Katherine's gone.
„She's gone? Good. This little bitch really gets on my nerves.", Elena says as she leaves the changing room, wearing the black dress she has picked to try on before. „Let's go."
„Where are we going?", Sarah asks as the two vampires exit the shopping mall. Being quiet and ignoring her curiousity has never been one of Sarahs' strenghts.
„Somewhere.", Elena answeres with a smirk, leaving Sarah as smart as she has been before.
'Somewhere' turns out to be an other country. Six hours before they've left the mall and went to their hotel room where an annoyed Klaus waited for them. He told them they have to say him where they went, blablabla and acted completely father-like. While Sarah has looked down at her feet, ashamed, Elena has laughed and told the hybrid that he should go to hell. He didn't take that very well and after nearly biting Elena, he left. Elena couldn't stop laughing and when she finally managed to they were already on the plane to Austria.
And now they're here, sittin in their hotel room in Innsbruck.
„I need you to do something for me.", this words pull Sarah out of her thoughts about her family who were probably sick of worry. T'hey haven't heard from her since she was on the plane where she was turned.
„We're here to have fun and I say we're going skiing. So, you'll go buy skiing suits for the two of you. I'll meet you here in an hour."
After Sarah has left the hotel room, Elena lays down on her bed and grabs her phone.
„Hello?", a sleepy voice answeres after the fourth ring.
„Caroline.", Elena says not showing any emotions in her voice.
„Elena? Oh my god are you okay? Where are you? Please tell me you turned it back on. I'll get you wherever you are. Where are you?" Elena rolls her eyes at the phone, even though Caroline can't see it.
„Why should I turn it back on?", Elena says with a small laugh, ignoring Carolines questions and destroying all the hopes of her friend.
„What do you want?" Suddenly the blonde doesn't seem to want to talk anymore.
„Just wanted to tell you that your little lapdog is probably on his way back to you."
Caroline growls. „Good night Elena." Then the line is dead.
Elena giggles and turns on the music. Not knowing what to do and bored, Elena decides to sleep since she hasn't slept for nearls 48 hours and closes her eyes.
Elena wakes up by hearing someone step inside the hotel room
„That took you lo", Elena shuts up when she sees it isn't Sarah who has just entered the hotel room. In one second she is out of bed and presses the other person against a wall. But the other vampire is older and with that stronger and Elena is soon lying on the floor.
„You didn't mean to leave me out of the fun, did you?"
In response Elena growls and tries to get out off the grip of the vampire but without success. Elena lies back and lets out an annoyed sigh, glaring at the other vampire.
Even though the other vampire is stronger than her, she makes a mistake and loses the grip on Elena,just a little bit but it's enough and Elena throws the vampire off of her.
The two vampires are standing face to face, both ready to fight, when Sarah chooses to return.
„K..Katherine?", Sarah stammers, taking in the sight in front of her.
Katherine gives up her fighting stance and smiles at the blonde vampire. „You better have a skiing suit for me as well."
„Äh...äh..", Sarah stummers obviously not knowing how to handle this situation and frightened by Katherine.
Elena steps next to Sarah taking the shopping bags from the vampire. „Who says you're coming with us?"
„Hmm, I?", Katherine answeres sarcastically and sits down on Elenas bed.
„I've bought three skiing suits.", Sarah says quietly, „For the case you don't like the one i picked for you." The second part of her sentence directed to Elena.
„Fine.", and with that Elena vanishes into the bathroom, the black-blue skiing suit in her hand.
„Stupid, little bitch..", Elena murmus while changing clothes and when she exits the bathroom the other two vampires are already changed, too.
Katherine wears a complete black skiing suit, „wow who would have thought that", Elena thinks sarcastically, and Sarah is dressed in bright blue, which matches her eyes perfectly.
„Let's go."
Three hours later, the three of them are taking a break at a cabin. They aren't exhausted, thanks to their undead-state, but they've decided to take a 'lunch'. There are already about twenty bodies lying on the floor and the rest of the skii fans are compelled to sit around and shut up.
„I didn't think, you can actually be fun.", Katherine says to Elena dropping a now dead woman to the floor.
„Then I guess I have to thank you for killing my brother. It brought out the real me.", Elena smirks, dropping a human to the floor as well.
„I like the 'real you'. The old one was boring as hell."
„I know what you mean. I'm so happy this side of me is gone."
Back in Mystic Falls
„I know where she is.", Damon shouts excitedly, storming in Stefans room, having the first time since Elena has gone, a small smile on his lips.
„She's in Austria. Yesterday there were found about thirty dead bodies in a skiing cabin.", Damon says handing Stefan a newspaper article.
Stefan quickly reads over the article and hands it back to his brother. „You don't know if it's her."
„Stefan, I know that it's her. I just know it. I have this feeling."
„Yeah and you've had this feeling the last, what 40 times?, you've seen an article like this and then run off to get her back only to come home with empty hands. I won't let you do this again and watch you suffering like that."
„Stefan, it is her. I know...", Damon is immediately shut off by his brother.
„No you'll stay here. It isn't her, Damon. She's gone and she won't come back. You have to let her go"
„How can you say that?", Damon shouts at Stefan jumping up his brothers bed. „I can't let her go! I will never give up on her! You have to understand that, don't you! You have to understand me! You love her, too."
„Yes I love her too Damon but I'm not in love with her anymore. And the faster you unfall for her the better and healthier it is for you."
„How can you even suggest this? Unfall for her? I. Will. Never. Unfall. For. Her. I will always love her, Stefan."
„I won't watch you suffering anymore, Damon. You're my brother and I love you, that's why I'm telling you this. You have to let her go."
„How can you say this? How could you let her go? How could you unfall for her? It's not possible for me, brother. See ya.", Damon turns to leave but Stefans grip on his arm causes him to turn around.
„Where are you going, Damon?"
„Getting my girl. What does it look like.", Damon answeres in a 'duh' tone and rolls his eyes.
„She's not your girl!", Stefan shouts, „Your girl, the girl we both fell in love with died together with her brother. Left is only an other Katherine."
„She is not Katherine.", Damon growls under clenched teeth.
„But she's not Elena either.", Stefan tries to convince his brother.
„Deep inside there is the girl I feel in love with and will love for the rest of my life. And I will fight for her with all I have. Now let me go."
„I'm sorry, Damon.", before Damon can find out what Stefan means with this words he feels pain on his back. Vervain. He looks at his brother with hatred eyes and sinks to the floor. His last thought is I will get you back, Elena. I promise. Then everything gets black.