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*•° Andy's POV °•*

I was walking through a clear, green field littered with various flowers. Birds chirped and bees zoomed around. It was absolutely beautiful and I basked in the sunlight raining down on me. I looked over and saw someone standing by themselves. A smile stretched across my face.

"Elijah!"

I smiled at him. He smiled back and walked towards me, instantly wrapping his arms around me. He leaned to kiss me and I was prepared for it when suddenly he turned grey and fell down. Damon stood behind him with fangs and veins popping out from under his eyes. I screamed out, hiding my face. I looked back to find he was gone, and instead, I was in a dark forest.

I walked a bit, shivering from the cold. My feet hit the cold ground, leaves crunching from under my feet. I soon stopped walking when I saw a coffin. This was oddly familiar… I glanced around before going over to it.

It was steal and had two crosses on it. I ran my hands over it and it flew open. I jumped back. Nothing popped out so I walked a step closer. A man suddenly rose out of the coffin and turned towards me. He had sandy blonde hair and the bluest eyes. He was the same from the dream before.

"Anastasia," He whispered, the name sounding as if it floated right off of his lips.

He held out his hand and I reached to take it when something made me pause. He had fangs poking from his teeth again, his eyes now amber just as they had before. I began to back away and he advanced towards me, a predatory smirk on his face. I turned and broke into a run. Almost immediately I heard something chasing me.

I tripped over a twig and quickly tried to stand, but as soon as I did, something bit into my neck, causing a scream to escape my lips.

I woke up with a start in a very familiar place. The Salvatore Boarding House living room. Please tell me this has all been a nightmare, I thought to myself. It took me a minute, but I calmed down and closed my eyes again, the events running over in my head.

Rose. Trevor. Elijah…

I felt my heart racing, my mind reeling. This shouldn't be happening, I shouldn't be feeling as if I was losing my mind. When my heart slowed down, I exhaled.

"Andy?"

I shot up, looking over to see all my friends looking at me. Elena, Jeremy, Caroline, Bonnie, Alaric, Stefan… and Damon.

My chest rose and fell quickly as I looked at all of them; however I avoided Damon's gaze. "I want answers," I finally said, looking at Elena. "Now. Don't leave out anything."

She nodded and begun explaining everything.

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I stared hard at the ground, anger filling me. Vampires. Werewolves. Witches. A 500 year-old vampire that looked exactly like my sister.

And the one that hurt the most, that Elena and I were adopted.

I felt bitterness at each of them for hiding all these things, but I wasn't sure how to express it. Do I punch each and every one of them? Do I storm out? Do I swear to never speak again? How does one handle a situation such as this?

"Say something, Andy," Elena pleaded. Her brown eyes were filled with pain.

I looked up at her finally. "How could you?"

"I didn't think you could handle it, I was trying to protect you," She said.

I stood from the couch, clenching my fists. "I've handled much worse. You aren't my mother and you don't make decisions for me, Elena! Stay out of my life and stop making choices for me, all of you!" I raised my voice at them. My voice was so broken and filled with pain. They all glanced around nervously.

"Andy, let's just calm down—" Caroline said.

I glared at her. "Do not tell me to calm down."

"You're acting like a child." Damon accused from his spot in the corner.

I looked at him finally for the first time since I'd awoke and felt my heartbreaking all over again. I looked away, covering my face and pacing. Why would he even say that? He was supposed to be on my side. "I am adopted and I just found out, I think my reaction is ordinary," I said, my voice breaking at first but then I forced myself to stay strong. I could break later on when I was alone.

"I was going to tell you—" Elena begun.

"No, no you weren't, Elena," I cut her off, shaking my head. "You were going to let me live in oblivion until the day I die. I'm your sister, Elena! You shouldn't have hid these things from me! That John was our father! And the same for you, Jer – hell, Jenna, too – that I'm... I'm adopted." I looked back to Elena with teary eyes. "You sent John away just because you didn't get along with him, but I get along with him... I never even got to talk to him about this, Elena." I felt like I was going to pass out again, so I took a deep breath and calmed myself down. "I just want to go home, please," I pleaded. "I don't want to see any of you right now and maybe for a long time after this."

"I can drive you," Damon offered, standing straight up from his position on the wall.

"Stefan, will you?" I ignored Damon and looked to Stefan. I was least angry at him for some reason. Stefan was a good guy and I trusted him more than Damon at this moment. He glanced over at Damon before nodding and heading towards the door.

"Elena?" Stefan stopped, glancing over his shoulder. I froze. Please don't come, I hoped silently.

"I'm going to catch a ride with Jeremy in a while." She said, her gaze moving to me. I let a small breath of relief before following Stefan.

We got in the car and the entire ride was silent. When we got home, he turned off the car and looked at me.

"Andy, we've always been close friends despite your relationship with my brother and believe me when I say that Elena meant best. She was trying to protect you." He said, keeping his voice soft and low.

"I don't need protection or lies, Stefan, I need friends who will tell me the truth and allow me to fight alongside them… Only then do I need or want protection from them, and I'd be able to provide protection of my own for them, even if it wasn't that much." I said, looking toward him. After a moment I turned away and we sat in silence for a few moments.

"I heard what Damon told you last night," He said finally, looking over at me.

I instantly had a tear slip down my face as I stared down at my lap. "He loves her, Stefan, I can't change that. I saw what happened today."

He stayed silent, so I continued.

"And I'm not going to love a man that is in love with another woman, especially when the said woman is my sister. Whatever Damon and I had – which now looking back I guess it was more one-sided – I think it might be over. I think it has been since the moment he first felt something for her. I don't want to, but I know I should let him go because he'll never love me like I deserve. He might always love me, but he'll never be in love with me."

We sat in silence once again and I wiped my eyes. I started to get out of the car. "When did you suspect?" He asked and I paused.

"I saw him kiss her, after John had been put in the hospital, and I knew when I saw them... Well, actually that was Katherine wasn't it? Still, a part of me hoped…" I exhaled softly. "And the worst part, Stefan? The worst part is knowing if Elena and I were both in danger and he could only save one of us, he'd chose her."

I closed the car door and went inside. Jenna walked into the room as I closed the door. I remembered she didn't know about vampires, but did know Elena I were adopted. "Hey," She greeted.

"Hi," I said in a small voice, not meeting her eyes before I went towards the stairs.

"Were you with Damon?"

I shook my head.

"What's wrong?" She asked from the bottom of the stairs.

"I just found out that I'm adopted and that John was sent away because Elena couldn't stand him, but I didn't even get to talk to him. And that you knew," I said as I walked into my room and closed my door. I wasn't in the mood to speak to her.

I fell onto the bed and broke into silent tears.

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