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"So you are telling me that you are Katherine's twin sister?"Damon asked with raised eyebrows. Katherine laughed quietly, walking to the whiskey bottle. She leaned on the table and took a sip.
"Why do you sound so surprised? Isn't it obvious?" She said and I smirked. Yeah, it was pretty obvious. We looked completely alike. But Damon and Stefan were still looking unsure. Damon made a step towards me, looking at me with suspicion.
"Is this..." He made a circular motion in front of our faces . "... some sort of a witchy- triplets -juju thing?" He scrunched his face and kept waving his hand and for some reason, the waving was mostly in front of my face. I pursed my lips and slapped his hand, making him stop.
"In this case no." I smirked at Katherine and she winked, sipping from the bottle again. " The important thing here is that you..."I pointed at Damon and then slowly moved my finger towards Stefan. "...need my help." I put my finger on Damon's chest and pushed him a little, smirking at him.
"Listen to her, Damon."Said Elena and moved closer to Stefan. Damon pursed lips and looked at her with a stubborn expression.
"And why should I do that? Trusting Katherine is a notoriously bad decision. Trusting both Katherine and her twin sister, who looks and acts like her, is what we call a catastrophe." As he was talking, he went to Katherine and grabbed the bottle from her hands. She frowned and tried to get the bottle back but Damon slapped her hand.
"Don't be like that, Damon. Listen to them first and you'll see just how much we need them. Am I right, Stefan?" She asked demandingly and took Stefan's hand. He looked at me then at Katherine, moved his eyes to Damon and finally to Elena. He hesitated for a moment.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to listen to them." He said making a step towards Katherine. "Of course, if Katherine and her sister promise to behave." I guess he wanted to look haughty or scary but instead he looked like he was in the early stages of a sneeze. And Kat once loved him! I shook my head disapprovingly and grabbed the bottle from Damon's hand then flashed next to Kat before he could react. I scrunched my face. There were a few things we needed to establish here.
"First of all, I don't like being called Katherine's sister. I have a name, sweethearts. Second..." Katherine cut me off.
"Second, you are in no position to tell us what to do or not do. We need Elena..."
"And she will gladly help us. You are just a bonus, I'll be making you a favor just by staying here." I took a sip from the bottle and enjoyed the warmth that spread through my throat. Damon was just about to make another snarky remark when we heard quiet footsteps from the stairs. I looked up and my mouth flew open from surprise.
"Annie Pierce. " She said her eyes showing her surprise. She made a few more steps and I immediately saw that there was something wrong with her. She was really pale and was looking like every step caused her pain. I raised my eyebrow and looked at Kat. She was really tensed and her eyes were pinned to Rose. And I didn't blame her. The last time she and Rose were in the same room...it didn't end very well for Rose. "You are the person I least expected to come to Mystic Falls. I thought you were smarter than that." She said with a smile which then turned into a pained expression as she made another step forwards. And then it dawned on me. I started running in my super speed towards her, my fangs popping out. I heard how everyone in the room gasped. Damon started running towards me but I was faster.
I got to Rose and... a huge smile spread across my lips as I hugged her tightly.
"I thought you were smarter than letting a werewolf bite you. Don't you know that it's fatal?" Her smile disappeared and she shook her head, looking towards Damon. I looked at him and he was looking...guilty? I wondered what that was all about.
"I didn't let him. It's complicated."
"It's not. All we need is Klaus. Where is he, Sister?" I know that wanting to meet Klaus was a really stupid move and I be sure that I knew it. If I could, I would have delayed our meeting as much as I could but...ok, here's the deal. Rose hated Kat because my sister had tricked her into turning her into a vampire, making Klaus want to kill Rose and her friend Trevor. But Rose didn't hate me, she helped me when I really needed her. Her help was probably what saved my life. Now I intended to do the same. I figured that sooner or later I would have to deal with Klaus. I personally preferred later but in these circumstances I guess it had to be sooner.
"We don't know, Annie or whoever you are, don't you think that if we knew, we would have killed him by now?" Rose and I shared a glance I made a unsuccessful attempt not to laugh. The brothers looked at me with surprise.
"First, my name is not Annie. It's Annabelle. Annie is for friends."I paused. " Second, you will never, even after 1000 years, be able to kill Klaus. He is indestructible... well unless I'm in the picture. But that's not important right now. Katherine, where is Klaus?" It was very weird. Before I turned the switch off, I was actually scared of meeting him. Now...well I wasn't feeling fear. More like reluctance.
Kat looked at me and I pursed my lips, crossing my hands on my chest. The picture was clear she had...
"You lied to me, didn't you? Oh, Sister. I hate when you do this."I shook my head disapprovingly.
"You wouldn't have come, if I had told you that he is not here...yet."
"Still you know that I hate when you lie to me, Kitty Kat."
"I didn't exactly lie. Elijah is here and Klaus will pop out of somewhere... eventually, Annabee. And don't call me Kitty Kat."
"But he is not here, is he? And for your information, I would have come. I know what he is capable of doing if and when something doesn't go according to his plan. I think I know this better than you. And I can call you whatever I want, Kitty Kat."
Kat was just about to say something when Rose cut her off.
"This can go for hours. Just please tell them your story before Damon does something stupid and end in a coffin." She raised her eyebrows and I turned my head towards Damon. He had used our moment of distraction to sneak to one of drawers, where he obviously kept his stakes because now he was holding one, looking at Katherine with anger.
"Yeah, do tell." He said sarcastically and Kat and I simultaneously rolled eyes.
"Fine. First tell us what you know about the curse." Kat said and looked at Stefan.
"You mean the Sun and the Moon curse?" He opened his mouth but was cut off my snort.
"Another lie, Sis? Really? You told me that they knew practically everything."She shrugged her shoulders. What could I do? My sister was obviously a pathological liar."Common kids, sit down, your Annabelly will tell you a story." I raised my eyebrows and they looked at me, wondering whether I was serious or not. I made an impatient gesture and both the boys and Rose sat down. When I liked their position I started.
"One thousand years ago in a horrible little village, later town, called Mystic Falls, a family lived in peace with the other inhabitants- the big scary wolves, later called werewolves. There was the witchy Mommy, the psychopath Daddy and their 5 little, well not so little but for the sake of the story go with me, children. The werewolves had only one rule-the family had to stay locked in their house during a full moon. But one night, one of the older boys and his little brother broke the rule, resulting in the death of the little brother. The psychopath Daddy freaked out and forced the witchy Mommy to promise to find a way to protect the family. The Daddy was thinking this way-the werewolves were really fast so the family had to be even faster, the werewolves were strong so the family had to be even stronger, the werewolves were almost indestructible so the family had to be immortal.
Mommy the witch obeyed. She did what she had to do and found a way to turn her kids and husband into the first batch of vampires ever. Mm..."I paused." But here comes the interesting part. Now you see, I guess the psychopath wasn't giving the Mommy what she needed so she sort of found it with one of the werewolves. She cheated on her husband...resulting in her being pregnant. She, of course, lied and told everyone the baby was the psychopath's. Oh, interesting fact, the werewolf baby is the older brother who broke the rule. Now, the Mommy was standing in front of a huge dilemma. She knew that her son was carrying the werewolf gene and if she turned him into a vampire, with his first kill he would turn into a hybrid. And that's even more unnatural than the actual vampirism.
She had to do something and she had to do it quickly. There is a reason why I call the Daddy a psychopath and the Mommy knew her husband all too well. She knew that is she didn't turn her son into a vampire along with her other children, the Daddy will find out about her dirty little doggy experience.
Now pay attention kids as it gets complicated. In the village there were two twin sisters. One of them, Asa, was a powerful witch and the other one, Tatia, was so beautiful that all men were falling in love with her as soon as they laid eyes on her. The Mommy begged Asa to help her with the spell she wanted to place on her son to repress his werewolf side. Asa gladly agreed, knowing that she'll make a good deed. I guess that the Mommy the witch had picked up some of her husband's insanity because what she did next was to say the least wicked. Asa and the Mommy were secretly making the spell but what Asa didn't know was that the blood used for the ritual was actually her twin sister's.
Everything worked out pretty well for the Mommy until Asa found out about her sister's murder. The Mommy had underestimated the wrath of Asa. She made sure that nobody knew about her part of the ritual and then secretly placed a truth telling herb in the Mommy's tea. She, of course, then started spilling all of her dirty little secrets. How she had cheated, how she had put a repressing curse over her son...ya know all kinds of pretty stuff.
The psycho, of course, flipped and killed her. Which was, I guess, tragic to someone who cares. The Daddy became obsessed with staying alive forever. He burnt the only tree, which wood could kill them but unfortunately all he wanted was for HIM to stay alive. His kids were not in the forever-living category. And that's how the psychopath Daddy became the psychopath- vampire- hunter Daddy.
However, the kids ran away but the son, who now knew that he had the potential of becoming the strongest being in the world, became immediately obsessed with finding a way to break the curse. Usually what is used to seal a curse is the key to unseal it. In this case- a witch, a moonstone and the doppelganger of Tatia. There were a few extra stuff like a vampire and werewolf but that was easy.
But what he didn't know is that there was one last so called ingredient he didn't know about- Asa. She, of course, wasn't immortal so she eventually died but not before she gave birth to a child.
500 years later in a small village in Bulgaria ( AN: I'm actually from Bulgaria too :D) a pair of twins was born. Meet Katerina and Annabella Petrovi. Their mother, descendant of Asa, transferred her powers to Annabella. And the other twin, Katerina, she was so beautiful that all of the men were falling in love with her as soon as they saw her. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Unfortunately Katerina made the mistake of sleeping with a man before she was married, resulting in her giving a birth of a beautiful baby girl, which she never had the chance to hold because her father banished her to England. Her sister, Annabella, couldn't stand to be away from her so she followed her sister to England. Their mother helped Annabella and made her promise to protect Katerina because a great danger was hanging over her head. It's the perfect moment to mention that even though Annabella was very young, she was a really powerful witch. She found her sister and immediately understood that she had got there too late. The son and his brother had found their doppelganger.
Annabella was smart. She instantly knew what his intentions were. She did..."I paused and looked at my sister." ...what she had to do to save her sister from sure death.
I guess I have to make it clear. The son, who is cursed, is Klaus and his brother...that's Elijah."
"But...how do you know all of this?" Stefan made a step forwards, his expression confused.
"And where did the legend about the Sun and the Moon curse come from then? Damon asked.
I pursed my lips.
"Don't interrupt me and I'll tell you. I haven't finished my story yet. The Sun and the Moon curse was faked by Klaus and Elijah. What is the best way to find a long lost stone and a doppelganger? To have two warring species searching for them.
And as for where I know so much from...Annabella made sure that her sister had escaped but she stayed behind. Because...she was in love with Klaus. And he was in love with her too. So much that he turned her into a vampire so that they can live together forever.
Hmm... but you see, even though Anabella loved him, she had been warned by her mother never to tell that she is a Petrova witch. And thank God she didn't tell Klaus. Because as it turns out for the curse breaking ritual it can't be just any witch. It has to be a Petrova witch.
I need to mention that the witch carries on the blood line of the twins. Of course, if Annabella had had a baby, after a few hundred there would have been a new pair of twins. One of them a doppelganger and the other one a witch. But since she didn't when she was turned into a vampire a funny thing happened. Oh, it even rhymes.
Katerina's baby couldn't give birth to another Petrova witch since its mother wasn't. And there always has to be a way for a curse to be broken and for that a Petrova witch is needed. So...when Annabella was turned..."
"She became both."Kat finished. I looked at the boys. Their mouths were wide open and their eyes were the size of frying pans. Rose was surprised too as there were a few details she didn't know. Elena, who already knew, was just smiling at the boys' reactions.
"But how is this possible? Witches say that one can never be both. It's not natural." Stefan shook his head still unconvinced.
"Oh believe me I know and Annabella now known as Annabelle pays the price every day. But since the Petrova twin witch's job is to protect her sister, the doppelganger, and Elena doesn't have a sister because she is a descendant of Katerina's child..." I concentrated, put my palm up and watched as a huge ball of fire appeared in its centre. I turned my gaze towards their amazed faces.
"... I'm here to protect her."