A/N: Lydia is portrayed (in my mind) by Alexandra Chando of The Lying Game show on ABC family.
"Well, well, well," Lydia opened her door and held it out so the visitors could enter, "I never thought I'd see the day when Katerina Petrova walked back through my door."
Katherine smiled and hugged the other woman, leaving Elena confused and standing awkwardly to the side. Lydia had similar features with a darker skin tone and wavy brown curls. "Long time no see. How's the family?"
"Well, Mama is on her honeymoon with her fourth husband," Lydia laughed, "and Grandmamma Sonya is living in a nudist colony so everything is pretty much the same as the last time you visited," and then smacked Katherine's arm.
"Hey," the vampire shoved back, "what the hell was that for?"
"How about not dropping a line in the last three years," Lydia bitched and once again punched Katherine's arm, dodging the vampire's pathetic attempt to retaliate. Katherine never could find it in her to hurt Lydia and they both knew Lydia's little jabs didn't mean anything to the five century year old vampire. "Are you even going to introduce me to my cousin? Jesus, Kat. How rude can you be?"
"Oh," Katherine stared at her nails and made the introductions. "Lydia, Elena. There. You've met," she said and flashed forward to a sitting position on the couch. "Elena found Isobel's research and now knows about the other doppelganger lines."
"Ah, so you had no choice but to bring her into the fold. That makes more sense than what I was imagining. Well," she held out a hand, "it's nice to meet another cousin."
"It's nice to meet you too," Elena said. "Actually, it's amazing. I guess I thought I was stuck by myself. It's good to know I have relatives out there."
"On your own," Lydia asked. "What about your brother? Katherine, what did you say his name was—Jeremy?"
Katherine pursed her lips and turned to look away. Elena scoffed, "Katherine was after the cure."
"And," Lydia asked, not getting her point.
"Jeremy was one of the five," Elena said, hoping Lydia would know considering she seemed to know a lot.
"Katherine Pierce, you did not kill your great-great-great-something-granddaughter's brother," Lydia hollered and threw the closest book at the vampire.
"I did what I needed to do," Katherine said and was suddenly standing face to face with Lydia. "You knew there was going to be collateral damage—"
"I didn't know it was going to be Elena's family, Katherine! You were supposed to protect them, especially after her parents died. Who's acting as her guardian, Kat?"
"I don't have a guardian, right now. Alaric was watching out for us after Jenna died but he's passed away too."
Lydia roared and the plasterboard in the walls began to crack, causing dents to run up and down the walls. "You," she pointed at Katherine and spoke through clenched teeth, "are not done hearing it from me."
"Where are you going," Katherine yelled after her, watching Lydia climb the stairs to the second story. Giving Elena the evil eye, Katherine began to race up the stairs and was thrown back by an invisible force.
Elena reached down to help her up but Katherine refused. "You just had to play the sad sap card, didn't you? Now my number one witch is mad at me because you decided to bat your little orphan eye lashes at her."
"Typical Katherine," Elena said, "not taking any responsibility for her own actions. I'm not the one who apparently threw the rule book away. Clearly you've been playing by yourself for too long if the one person who seems to genuinely like you has a problem with what you've done."
"Oh, so now you have a back bone," Katherine replied, "I—"
"Stop the bickering," Lydia said walking down the stairs and throwing a suitcase at Katherine, who caught it without even glancing. "Elena, you can drive with me and tell me everything that's happened to you the past couple of years. I'd really like to be filled in on everything."
"You're coming to Mystic Falls," Elena asked.
"Someone needs to keep an eye out for you. I don't think you're going to go much longer without a guardian," Lydia said. "At some point child protective services is going to be around and it's better if they don't ask questions.
"Sheriff Forbes has been holding them off," Elena told her.
"Well, they'll only wait so long. Better to get this over with," Lydia said. "Besides, it looks like you're going to need a family member who is actually willing to look out for your benefit and I don't think Katherine is up for the job."
"Are you two really going to talk about me as if I'm not here," Katherine bit.
"You," Lydia poked Katherine in her chest, "can drive back by yourself."