" So...you are dating a Cold One now?" She asked with raised eyebrows and took a sip of the whiskey bottle she was holding. I looked down at my hands and then nodded. I raised my head and looked around. Currently we were sitting on a huge rock nearby a beautiful stream, deep in the forests of Forks. We needed some time alone and the Cullen's house wasn't the best place for that. I had compelled Edward to forget the whole making out/twin's arrival thing and to come to Charlie's house after a few hours. As I said before, I hated doing this but desperate times call for desperate measures.

I gathered my hair in my hands and flipped it to my right side. I was delaying my answer and by the way, Katherine was just trying to delay my questions for her. For example...I don't know...something like 'Why didn't you pick up the little black devise, called a cell phone to tell me you are coming?' You see, in our situation a visit from your sister can destroy your whole life scheme if I can call it this way. I mean when you are 500 hundred and something years old, you are almost never introducing yourself with your real name and are definitely not telling your real life story. Like I don't just go and introduce myself with 'Hi! I'm Annabelle Pierce and I'm 540 years old vampire. A nightwalker, by the way, not a Cold One. And just in case you are wondering, I have a twin sister, who is a former doppelganger and oh...I'm not a doppelganger, even though we look very much alike. Because...you see, I have a secret...' and go on and on...telling him or her everything. We just don't do this...unless it's absolutely necessary or we are in the company of Nightwalkers, who we trust. And that happened really rarely.

I pursed lips.

"Yeah, he is called Edward." I said and she handed me the whiskey bottle, which I gladly took from her hands. She looked at the stream with a weird expression.

"You know that you are not supposed to do this, right?" I nodded and took a sip, feeling with pleasure how the liquid burnt my throat. "You haven't told him, have you?"She asked with a serious expression but then a smile spread across her face as she took a strand of my hair. "Interesting. I thought you liked looking different from me." She said, remembering all the times I had said that, especially when we found out that she was the doppelganger. Well, I hadn't quite gotten away from the Petrova heritage, either...but that's another story.

I smiled slightly, looking at my hair. "I do. But when I got here, I decided to look different this time, to blend more easily. You know that my real look...is rather noticeable..." I said with wrinkled eyebrows. Kath laughed and nodded.

"Yeah, I'd say so." She sat closer to me and I took her hand into mine. Yeah, I know what you must be thinking now. What softies, what gentle and sweet sisters. Mm...guess again. We both were kind of bitches, but we had always been sweet and nice to each other. We were twins after all, if we weren't there for each other, who would be?

"Why are you here, Kath?"I asked with a quiet voice. I was almost sure that I knew the answer but I still needed to hear it from her. She took the bottle, took a big, big sip and moved a few inches away to look at me in the eyes.

"I need your help." I nodded and looked at the stream. I knew that this day would come. "There is a new doppelganger. Elena. She is in Mystic Falls and she is actually not bad... She looks like us." She lightly bumped my shoulders with hers. "And has a really good taste. She dates Stephan." My head darted towards her. I smiled with surprise.

"The famous Stephan. I never got the chance to actually meet him. " I pursed lips and looked at Katherine with suspicion. "And you are ok with this situation?" I asked with raised eyebrows. She pursed lips.

"Well...I wasn't at the beginning. But I got over it." She was avoiding looking at me in the eyes and I sensed that there is more to this story. "But you do know that I've loved only once."She said with a pained expression and I took her hand. I remembered how much she suffered after...him so I didn't ask more questions.

"Ok. Why do you need my help?" She shifted in her spot and looked at the stream.

"Not only Elena is in Mystic Falls." I pursed lips as I knew what she meant. " I swear Belle, Mystic Falls is a supernatural hell. There are werewolves, vampires, hunters...it's horrible but I need you to come with me...He is there, too. And he wants to break the curse." My head darted towards her. I expected it but when she said it, all the fear and the determination I was feeling the last time slammed me in the chest. "This time is worse than before. He let one doppelganger get away and he is never making that mistake again." She was looking at me, plead in her eyes. I swallowed thickly.

"Does he know about my part in his stupid curse?" She shook her head and I breathed from relive. "Then why are you so concerned? He can't break his stupid curse without me. He is going to try but he is not going to succeed." She shook her head.

"I never told you this but...I connected with his mother." I looked at her with wide eyes. I was just about to scream 'WHAT? YOU CONNECTED WITH THE ORIGINAL WITCH WITHOUT ME?!' But she stopped me with a gesture. "A few years ago I visited Mystic Falls and I was just entering their bar, when a boy yelled 'Elena! I thought you were out of town.' to me. I was dumbstruck for a minute but I quickly got it. There was a new doppelganger. She was still too young for the ritual but it was a fact that after a few years he was going find her, and...you can guess the other part. I asked a witch for help and she managed to connect with Esther." I opened my mouth but she cut me off again. I frowned. "I asked her what would happen if he performed the ritual without you...and here comes the interesting part, she said that it might work. Not the way it's supposed to, of course. He won't be able to break it completely but he will gain some of his werewolf power."

"But..."

"I'm not finished yet. This power will more likely hurt him than anyone else because no one knows if it really is going to work without you. He can die or he can have a wolf ass forever. You know, all kinds of cool stuff but it can really give him power that we don't want him to posses. "She paused for a few seconds, hesitating. She looked me in the eyes. "You know him better that anyone else. You know what he is capable of doing now...just imagine what's going to do if the ritual doesn't work or if it does." I looked down at my hands. I didn't like being remained of just how well I knew him. As she said, better than anyone else. Even his family.

"What do you want me to do? I can't single handedly stop him. "I said with bitter voice, unwanted memories flooding my mind.

"I'm not asking you for that. But you are our secret weapon. Plus you are the only person he has ever listened to." She said and I looked at her murderously. "Please. We need you.

"Don't , Kath. Just...please don't. " My throat clenched and I almost couldn't breathe. I guess that people are right when they say that history has the habit of repeating itself. Over and over again. And I was desperately trying to avoid it but helping my sister, just going to this horrible little town, which in my opinion ,should had been vaporized centuries ago, was going to make me repeat all of the mistakes I had made 500 years ago.

I was feeling Katherine's eyes on me and I just, I just couldn't do this. Maybe I was selfish, well not maybe, I was selfish for wanting to stay here. In my little safe place with Edward, who loved me or...well Bella, unconditionally. Safe and sound in Forks. Oh, that sounded horrible, didn't it? But you see, Kath and I had this life philosophy that in this world the only people that mattered for us were actually ourselves. I knew that Katherine wanted to just stop living in constant fear and I got but... the truth was that I was feeling right now. Over the years I had turned my emotions and feelings off once or twice but right now I was feeling. And I truly and deeply cared for Edward. I couldn't just leave everything behind me.

"I need to talk to Edward. And I need to think."I just said and started running through the forest. It was not only the fact that supernatural creatures were crowding the stupid town and that my life was going to be constantly in danger but...he was there. And I wasn't sure if I was able to do what I did 500 years ago. I just wasn't and that terrified me.

I continued running until I could see Charlie's house. Charlie...yeah he was a sweet guy. And the funny thing was that Kath and I were actually his ancestors. More Katherine than me, as she actually continued our blood line...but once again that's another story. Charlie knew all about me and he was actually a pretty good fake dad. I liked him.

Thank Goodness that I had stopped running because after a few meters I picked up Edward's scent. I slowly walked into the Charlie's backyard and immediately spotted Edward's dark figure against the beautiful sunset. I just stood there for a few minutes, watching at him, millions of scenarios running through my head. Until the moment I just couldn't avoid the inevitable anymore. I took a deep breath and slowly moved towards him. Just so that you know I was moving with my vampire walk aka super quietly so that no one even a Cold One could hear me. I wanted to start preparing him.

"Edward?" I asked with a quiet voice and he practically jumped from surprise. He turned around, his eyes wide open. I guess that he wasn't used to being sneaked up on very often.

"Bella? I didn't hear you. Where did you come from?" He asked moving closer and taking my hands into his. His gaze moved above my shoulder and his eyes turned one shade darker as he realized where I had come from. "Bella! I told you not to go in the forest. I'm not the worst creature out there." He said and his eyes showed his concern and determination to keep me safe. My throat clenched as I felt that this was time. The time to tell him the truth.

"We need to talk."My voice was husky and I swallowed thickly. I grasped his hand and pulled him down on the damp grass. His expression changed. It was no longer mad, now it was just worried. He probably thought that I wanted to break up with him because of what he was. A vampire. A killer. Oh, honey just wait to hear my story. "Edward, I love you. You must know that my feelings are real and that I never lied you about that. But..."I paused as I just couldn't stand looking at his big eyes. "I lied to you about something else. Edward...I'm not who you think I'm. I'm not the little clumsy Bella Swan you love. No, my name is not that it's Annabelle Pierce and I...I'm 541 years got old vampire."He let go of my hands.

"What? That's not possible. Bella, honey, are you ok?" He asked as he took my hands again. He was talking to me like I was five years old and had mental issues. And I guess it did sounded insane. So I had to demonstrate. I slowly got up and looked him in the eyes.

"I did it to protect you."I said quietly and his expression got even more concern. He was probably thinking that I had some sort of nervous breakdown. I cocked my head to one side and just slightly shook it. I flashed myself behind him. He stood up and looked around frantically, his expression being indescribable. He finally spotted me.

"What?" I guessed that that hadn't been enough for him. I jumped straight up, making a somersault in the sky, landing just mare inches in front of him. He still was looking...well confused so I flashed my vampire face. I felt how the veins around my eyes popped out and my fangs started extending. Edward's eyes looked like huge saucers. They were filled with so many emotions-surprise, anger, fear, concern, disgust...? That made me stop breathing and turn my face back to normal. He stepped back, this time disgust covering his whole face. "What are you? You are not like my family. You...you are a monster!" I stepped back, my hand flying to my chest. His words were digging holes on my heart. My throat clenched and my heart started pounding like a hammer in my chest. He was the first person since a very long time that I loved enough to trust with my secret. And...that was what I was getting? Disgust and hatred. It hurt...so bad. Being humiliated and betrayed. It was so hypocritical of him.

"I'm...I'm not a monster. I 'm no different from you..." I tried to move closer to him but he jumped away like he was going to catch something from me. This little movement made my heart break into tiny little pieces. My eyes filled with tears.

"You lied to me. I thought you were innocent...but you, you are disgusting!"He yelled and my tears spilled down my cheeks. He started stepping back, hatred and disgust all over his face. "Don't ever look for me."He said and ran away. I stared after him for a few moments and then sobs started shaking my whole body. I put my hands around my body as my legs betrayed me and I almost collapsed on the grass. I couldn't breathe from my sobs. It felt like he had punched a hole in my heart. And then I felt it...the moment when you just can't take it anymore. All the feelings suffocating you, the feeling of never being able to breathe normally again. The moment when you realize that the only way to stand up again is to...

"Switch them off." As simple as that. I had the feeling that I had never felt pain before. All the pain hurt and the feeling of betrayal...just being gone. It felt weird for a few seconds but then I just embraced it.

I got up, brushed away the tears I felt so stupid of having on my cheeks and took a deep breath. I looked around. Nothing was keeping me here anymore. I had only one choice. I took my phone out and dialed Kath's number.

"I'm in."

HEY! Thanks for all of your support. Please leave a review and tell me who do you think Katherine loved? And what do you think about the Bella/Klaus thing?