Days passed by slowly. Researching was tiring and our home was cold and dark. The only light was Lexi who tried to make everyones life easier by being the mediater. Stefan was hurt by me and Damon but mostly angry at Damon. Damon was angry at Stefan for being angry at him for something he attempted to do but in his words "couldn't get it done" which wasn't his fault. He said they were guilty of the same thing he just succeeded which in return pissed me off but I knew he was being cold about it because he was angry with me for almost sleeping with Stefan or being capable of it. I was avoiding Stefan because I knew he couldn't look at me and him not looking at me made me feel guilty and ashamed. I was in need of therapy over things I couldn't even control in my mind, body, heart. I didn't understand it and if I could fix it I would have. I would have ran away if I knew they would let me. But even through all of this I knew they would protect me still and I would protect them as well.
One morning Lexi came to my room to talk. She was the only happy face around here so I took her presence happily.
"I have a question for you and I hope you will answer it". She explained looking at me with the most kind eyes.
"Of course Lexi what is it"?
She took a deep breath and asked, "Why wouldn't you sleep with Stefan that night? I heard you say that I was upstairs. I didn't mean to ease drop I just ovrheard. You know super hearing and all. So was it because of me or was it because you love Damon?"
I looked at her as if she were caught on fire. She knew the boys were in the house and could hear everything. The house suddenly got quieter and there was no movement while waiting for my answer. We were all frozen. Lexi pointed at my computer. Thank Goodness she didn't want me to answer that out loud.
I began to type I do love Damon but no it wasn't because of him. I couldn't do that to you. You were upstairs and I knew you could hear everything.
She took the keyboard and began to type but you love him. I mean why would you care if I was upstairs?
I smiled gently. What was coming next she would not expect. Lexi I know you love him and I love him too. I just couldn't do that to you with you here in the house. That is plain mean. I care about you but I have to be honest. I love Stefan too Lexi and I love Damon as well. I dont know what is going on with me or with my feelings for them but I cant promise you that I wont choose him in the end. I dont know and I'm sorry for that. More than you could ever know. I just dont know if in the end he or Damon would even want me.
I looked up at her face. It was still kind not hurt by what I wrote. She took over the keyboad again.
I guess I'm that obvious. She smiled. Thank you for being honest with me. Although I hate the circumstance I understand and I really do wish nothing but happiness for you.
She got up leaned down kissed my forhead and walked out of the room. I could hear movemnt again through out the house.
A few hours later I felt really drained and needed some air. Since I got here I never really got to walk around the town so I decided to leave early today for my walk and instead of the woods I'd venture to the town to do some looking around. The town was small and quaint. It seemed like everyone knew each other waving and saying hello. They were all so innocent like children not knowing the evil that lurked around them. They would be terrified of me and I would never hurt them. The thought of myself being terrifying made me chuckle a little bit. I just wasn't that kind of girl. I mean I was a cheerleader in high school. Homecoming queen and all. I wasn't someone nightmare I was often some teenage boys dream. I missed my old life but it didn't feel the same without Damon or Stefan in it.
I found a small dive bar a bit away from the square. It seemed like a place for a vampire to get a drink. I walked into the bar and I saw him. I mean I could literally feel him pulling me towards him but I would not move. I had about two seconds to decide to go sit by him or walk out the door before he noticed me standing there. Wait no too late. He must have smelt me walking down the street. He sat there pretending not to see me holding a glass full of what seemed to be gin in his hand. His choice of drink. I walked over to him and sat next to him on the empty stool.
"Hello Damon". I muttered out looking ahead. The bar tender saw me and pratcically ran to take my order.
"What can I get you pretty lady"? The bar tender flirted.
I pointed to Damons drink, "what hes got please".
The bar tender mumbled something about mysterious men and poured me a glass and handed it to me.
"So, do you do this to every man you meet?"
"I do what to every man I meet?" I asked taking a sip.
"Make them fall for you. The guy practically skipped down here. That guy over in the corner was here before you waiting for his drink."
"Well you have your drink"? I replied sort of annoyed by this accusation of his.
"I compelled him to keep them coming". Of course he did. I rolled my eyes.
We sat in silence for a moment and then the courage came to me.
"Damon I'm actually glad I ran into you here today".
"Wait" he interupted. He took his sun glasses and fixed them in his hands to see behind him.
"What is it Damon?" I asked getting anxious.
He moved his glasses over so I could take a look. I looked at them and saw a young girl in the corner table by the window drinking a coke by herself. She couldn't be any more than eighteen years old. What was she doing in a bar?
"She has been starring at you since you walked in. I caught her eyeing me too earlier but she cant stop scouring at you."
I looked again. Yep she was scouring.
"So I'm gonna go ask her if she knows me". He got upset.
"Um no you're not" He grabbed my arm.
"Yes I am. I'm not scared and if she wants to sit there and throw dirty looks I want to know why."
Damon started to get up with me.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
He looked at me with those green eyes that I haven't looked into for weeks. Fire.
"What do you think? I'm going with you". He answered.
"Why. I dont need you"? I snapped back.
He held on to my arm tighter now, "Please dont make me saw it. You know why I wont let you go by yourself."
He wanted to play hero then I would play too, "No Damon I have no idea what you're talking about".
His eyes squinted. He was annoyed and I was glad. " Because I blah you ok. Lets go".
I chuckled and began to walk over. She immediately sat up and stiffended.
"Hi do I know you or something". I asked curiously but polietly.
"You dont know me but you know of me". She spoke back without fear.
"Um come again? I know of you?"
"You know my family. You know I'm a Bennett."
What the heck was she talking about. Damon must have clued in because he immediatly stiffended.
"A Bennett?" I questioned.
"She's a witch?" Damon blurted out.
"Ok well that is nice. So how do you know me?" I asked still annoyed by this lack of information.
"Katherine dont pretend to not know the Bennetts. You know us well".
"Katherine? I'm not Katherine." I explained.
"Yes you are" she fought back.
"No she's not" Damon shot back.
"I'm Elena Gilbert".
"What. GIlbert? I dont understand. You are Katherine Pierce. I'd know your face from anywhere."
I grunted this time annoyed, "Nope not Katherine but I heard she is my too many greats to say grandma."
She stood up. "We need to talk now outside."
Damon began to stand in front of me, "We are not going anhywhere witch."
She stood up to him "If you dont come with me you will regret it".
"How do we even know your really a witch". I asked her.
She pulled out a match from a book in her pocket. It lit up without hesitation.
"If you dont go outside this will be your hair Elena." She threatened.
"Ok better go. I'm too fond of your hair to allow her to catch it on fire." Damon started to follow her out of the bar. I was so curious not afraid of this witch. I wanted to know what she knew. She found an alley and lead us down it.
"Stop here. I have a protection spell around me. You physically can not cross here but it only protects me."
Damon held my hand "So that means you can do voodoo on us still. Note taken. What do you want witch"?
"Do you know what you are Elena?"
"No" I said shaking my head. "I mean I'm a vampire now because Katherine changed me".
She chuckled, "She is smart."
Damon answered "What do you mean?"
"You are a twin. A doppleganger."
What the hell did she just say? I felt like I should be offended or something.
"A what a what a?" Damon asked sarcasticlly.
"A doppleganger. A twin. Everyone has ingredients that make up who they are. No two ingredients are the same except in a twin. And I dont mean a real life twin. Even real twins born in the same womb have a different makeup. A doppleganger is a twin. You are made of the same" I interupted her.
"Cloth".
"Sort of. Doesn't mean you have the same heart. We clearly can see the differenc in yours and Katherines. From what I have heard in stories and have read she was a real"
Damon interupted, "witch but take away the W and add a B"
She smiled, "Yes and funny you say that. There is only one family who posses this power to create a doppleganger. A family of witches and warlocks. The Petrova family have had dopplegangers come and go throughout life protecting them or killing them to keep the secret safe. But few know about the Petrovas otherwise you all would be held into cells and forced to create a doppleganger."
"So you are telling me Katherine's family the Petrova's are witches?"
"Yes."
I quickly interupted "But Katherine is a vampire".
"Yes and only when a witch who posses the curse of being a vampire is created will a doppleganger be born. Not every witch can though. Create a doppleganger. None have been crazy enough to be changed into a vampire. The doppleganger curse was created to stop Vampires from running in the daylight freely without a Bennet to create them a ring." She looked at Damons hand.
"The Bennets are one of the first witch families. We fueded with the Petrova's for years. We found out they were going to try and take us down. They were powerful but not as powerful as us. They were ruled by power we were ruled by the gift. So we created a curse and placed it upon their family. Any witch who became a creature of the night could posses a power to break the vampire curse. Witches and vampires did not get along. The Petrovas knew that if vampires heard of this curse they would be after their family so quickly they would become extinct. So they ran into hiding. Until a young girl name Katherine decided she wanted what no Petrova could ever muster the courage to do, become a vampire."
"She wanted to create a doppleganger to what make vampires run free?" Damon asked confused.
"No she wanted the power over the Bennets to use the doppleganger as a bargin to break the curse. She didn't want this burden on her family anymore and she didn't want to live in hiding. So she rebelled became what her ancestors feared and took the chance and succeeded creating the doppleganger."
"So I can break a curse. A Vampire curse. We can roam in the daylight if I what?"
"You were never to break the curse Elena. She was gooing to use you and then kill you herself once the curse was lifted by a Bennet. We have died protecting that curse. Do you know how many times a Petrova has treid to make us break it? The only way is if the Doppleganger is sacraficed and killed. She changed you so you couldn't die easily. She changed you so she could bargin you and then kill you once her family was free."
I couldn't breathe. What a back stabbing evil selfish...
"What a bitch" Damon replied finishing my sentence. "She created Elena to use her and then kill her. I bet she sent you to us to keep you safe not the other way around. She knew her power over us and she knew that you would posses that same power. Explains the whole Fire and electricty."
"Those are witch things. But dont think that those gifts are nothing. They are real because you must be the one she is supposed to love. We only feel those things for the ONE". She kept explaining.
"But she feels electricty with my brother and fire with me so are we both the one because Katherine ended up choosing Stefan".
She smiled as if he was a very silly boy trying to figure out an easy riddle, "A vampire dies and then becomes a vampire. You still are you and you still posses your humanity in some way. The human you was supposed to end up with one and the vampire you will you end up with someone different. When you died and came back to life you created a new destiny of sorts for yourself. That is why you feel conflicted I'm guessing. I told you there are not too many witches that are Vamps for these very confusing reasons. They are two different legands, histories, powers rolled up into one. It's not meant to happen without there being kinks".
Damon frowned at this idea. He and I were both wondering who was my human love and my vampire love and which was stronger. I was betting that whomever I was destined to be with as a Vampire is the one I should choose the one Kat chose. Stefan. The human love would be weaker. It would be there inside of you because you have your humanity but you were not human anymore so it would have to be the weaker of the two. My head was spinning and starting to hurt.
"There was someone that Kat was scared of. Something that Isobel said killed her. Do you have any idea why she would rush to change Elena and then rush to get her to us? Was she in danger?" Damon asked.
The witch stopped to think, "I'm assuming somehow the original Vampires found out about the doppleganger. She must have rushed to change you and send you away to the Salvatore's for protection. But as far as her being dead. I don't believe it for a minute. Seems like a convenient strategy to cover wherever she is hiding until she knows its safe to take Elena and do the bargain with us. Once the spell is broken there is no reason to have another her running around. She is too selfish and self centered. Like I said I'm sure she plans to kill you."
Damon was angry, "Over my dead body. These originals are not touching her to break the curse and Kat if she is alive is not touching a hair on her head."
I smiled at how willing he was to protect me but it all sounds dangerous to me. These originals must be powerful because even Kat and Isobel were running for them. We had to go home and explain this to Lexi and Stefan.
"Is there anything else I need to know"? I asked her.
"Lets just make sure you understand this clearly because the last thing I want is either curse being lifted. You and Kat are twins. You have a bond stronger than anyone else in this world. The curse we placed on the Petrova is to create the doppleganger. Which they did not want the originals knowing about because they would kill every Petrova to find it to sacrifice it and lift their curse. Kat changed you to make you stronger more able to protect yourself. Keeping you human was too risky. She sent you to them for protection. But you have fallen in love with both of them because one is your human love and one is your vampire love. This is why you experience the electricity and fire. That is the witch in you which you must explore. You and I'm afraid to say this are one strong witch. Not as strong as us Bennett's but pretty strong if used right. Do not trust Kat she will use you to bargain with us to break the curse upon her insane family and we do not want that. The Petrova's are dangerous. Power driven people. look at Katherine. Once we lift the curse because we cant have vampires running around during the day she will kill you! The only way we can protect you, the doppleganger is if you kill Kat and the originals."
This all seemed impossible. I seemed doomed. "Thank you for your help. you didn't have to give it".
"I had to. Don't you understand I need you to be protected so that neither curse is lifted. I will do everything in my power to help you. I'm now going to have to be your guys ally not your enemy."
"Well we don't even know your name Bennett witch". Damon spit out the last word. Should I get offended since I technically was one too?
"I'm Bonnie. Bonnie Bennett and we have loads of work to do."
She stepped forward out of her protection spell.
"Lets go back to the house and tell Lexi and Stefan." We began to walk and she just stood there contemplating what to do. I knew it made her uncomfortable to run with vampires. I stopped and faced her, "Are you coming?" She shook her head and ran up to catch us.