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"Lily, sweetheart, what would you like to do for your birthday this year? It's a rite of passage turning 18!"

Klaus was trying to ignite some excitement in his daughter about her upcoming birthday and so far wasn't having much success. He knew it would be a hard time for her considering her mother was killed five years previously but it was his job as a father to ensure that they did something to mark the celebration.

It was tough trying to make his daughter understand that.

"Dad, I've already told you I don't want to do anything so stop hounding me!" Lily screeched, giving him the dirtiest glare from where she was sitting at the dining room table surrounded by various textbooks and sheets of paper.

Klaus sighed. He hadn't realised that being the parent to an over-achieving, hormonal teenage girl would be such a difficult task. He wondered briefly if that was how Liz Forbes had felt whilst raising Caroline but he quickly pushed that away, not willing to open those wounds today.

"But sweetheart, we should do something to mark the occasion. You're only 18 once after all."

Lily laid down her pen carefully and fixed her father with her most determined stare.

"Father, if you wanted me to have time to celebrate and have fun like a normal teenage girl you should not have enrolled me in a school where I'm in seven AP classes two of which are maths and two that are sciences which by the way are incredibly difficult. I do not have time for this right now if you wish me to graduate and 'make something of my life'." Lily said bitterly, blowing her hair out of her face and returning to her homework.

Klaus sighed again and turned to leave the room leaving her to her own devices. Clearly he was not going to persuade her to change her mind so he would have to go with Rebekah's plan of a surprise party event. He was sure that that idea would not end well for any of them considering his daughter's volatile temper.

After his exit, Lily breathed a sigh of relief and returned her attention to her Calculus homework. She could not be dealing with her birthday this year. It just meant another year had gone past since her mother had died and she didn't really feel like remembering that.

It was an hour later when she heard her father call out saying that he was going to deal with the witches who were causing a ruckus again leaving Lily to sit in silence working her way steadily through her mountain of homework. She was sorely tempted to just bang her head against the table but then remembered Elijah would probably reprimand her for wasting time when there was a tentative knock at the door.

Sighing, Lily got up to answer the door determined to vent at them if they pissed her off in any way. She had become much more stressed lately considering her final exams were only a few months away.

Opening the door, Lily was stunned to see a woman she had only met a few brief times over the years.

"Katherine?" Lily asked with a confused look.

The brunette smiled and laughed.

"No, I am definitely not Katherine but you're forgiven for thinking so. I'm Elena, Elena Gilbert. Does Elijah Mikaelson live here?"

Lily was so shocked she couldn't even respond to Elena yet. Here stood the woman she had been waiting to arrive for the past five years. Now she was looking properly at the woman that stood before her she could see a few differences between the two doppelgangers. Elena's hair hung straight whereas Katherine's was a mass of tight curls. Elena's smile and eyes were soft and kind whereas Katherine's eyes always seemed to sparkle with malice and hatred and her smile was more of a smirk.

"Hello?" Elena asked uncertainly giving the girl a worried look breaking Lily out of her confused state.

"Oh, hello Elena it's nice to meet you. Elijah is out at the moment but please do come in."

Elena stepped over the threshold a little apprehensively but she needn't have. Lily's name was on the documents to the mansion so only she had the power to invite vampires in.

"So you must be Lily, Klaus's daughter?" Elena asked conversationally as they made their way into the living room.

"Yeah, that's me. And you're friends with Stefan, right?" Lily asked.

Elena grimaced.

"We were...together a long time ago and haven't really spoken since. He's with your Aunt Rebekah at the moment isn't he?"

"They're sort of on a break at the moment but I'm sure Bekah will come around as soon as he buys her something extravagant for being a bit late to their anniversary dinner." Lily said dryly.

Elena giggled and Lily found herself liking this woman. Now it was time to question her about Caroline.

"You know Caroline Forbes, don't you?" Lily asked inquisitively.

Elena glanced at her before shifting uncomfortably.

"We were friends." She answered finally.

"Were?"

"Yeah, she doesn't really like the company I keep so we haven't spoken in a while."

"By company you mean my family, don't you?" Lily stated more than asked.

"I guess so, yes. Why are you asking me about Caroline, Lily?" Elena asked suddenly.

"I'm sure my uncle told you why and I need your help, Elena. I want to find Caroline."

Elena snorted.

"Caroline doesn't want to be found."

"But you could help me find her, couldn't you? I'm sure you have something of hers I could use to find her."

"She's protected by magic, Lily. Our friend Bonnie is protecting her from beyond the grave."

"I know powerful witches." Lily said mysteriously.

"If Caroline doesn't want to be found there is no way that you will be able to break through her barrier and find her."

"Why doesn't she want to be found, Elena?"

Elena got up from her place on the sofa opposite Lily and began to pace.

"If you tell your dad what I'm about to tell you, Caroline will never forgive me."

"I promise I won't tell." Lily said earnestly.

Elena sighed.

"Caroline was in love with your dad when he left Mystic Falls. She didn't fully realise until after he had left and Tyler didn't return. When Tyler didn't come back, Caroline wasn't as upset as she thought she would be. She found she was more upset and angry that your dad had left her and that's when she realised she was in love with him. She was going to come to New Orleans and try to start something with him when Katherine told her about you."

Lily nodded. She knew she was the major obstacle stopping her father from trying to win over Caroline.

"Caroline realised that she couldn't be responsible for breaking up a family and she knew that if she ever met you or held you as a baby she would be overcome by the fact that she can never have children. She was happy for your dad but she was insanely jealous and she knew that if they were ever to try a relationship, she would only grow to resent him and you. Caroline didn't want to hurt your dad by finally giving in to him only to leave him a few years down the line."

Wow, Lily thought, this Caroline really was something.

"So, Caroline ran away. She saw Klaus one last time and made sure he would never follow her. She tried starting completely over without any ties to the Mikaelson family. That's why she severed ties with Stefan and now me." Elena finished sadly.

"Because you're in love with my uncle?" Lily asked although she already knew the answer.

Elena nodded.

"Do you want Caroline to be happy, Elena?" Lily asked.

"Of course I do. I miss her terribly and I feel awful for what has happened with us just because I fell in love with a Mikaelson and she wants to fall out of love with one."

Elena gasped, clapping a hand over her mouth and staring at Lily who comprehended what she said.

"She's still in love with my dad?" Lily cried.

Elena winced but nodded. Lily grabbed her hands and looked at her imploringly.

"You have to help me, Elena. My dad loves her so much and if she loves him too they should be together."

"Lily, I agree with you. I'm not your dad's biggest fan but if he will make Caroline happy then they should be together but Caroline won't come."

"Then I'll have to convince her." Lily said determinedly.

"You'll have to find her first." Elena countered.

"Surely, you have something of hers I can use?" Lily pleaded.

Elena sighed and strode over to her suitcase. After digging around in it for a while she pulled out a small box and passed it to Lily who opened it. Inside was a beautiful bracelet which sparkled in the dying light of the sun. It was comprised of the infinity symbol over and over again. How very appropriate, Lily thought.

"This is the bracelet he gave her isn't it?"

"Yeah," Elena said, "he managed to slip it back to her before he left to come here. She wore it every day until she found my letters from Elijah. When I returned to our apartment the bracelet lay on top of the letters and she was gone."

Lily nodded. She couldn't miss the sadness in Elena's eyes which only made her more determined to find the blonde vampire.

"I'm going to find her, Elena. I promise. I'm going to fix everything between them, you and Caroline and Stefan and Caroline. He misses her too and I think she even grew a little on Bekah. Promise me you'll keep this a secret until I can find her and convince her to come here?"

Elena smiled sadly and agreed before Lily directed her to Elijah's office where she would wait in secret for him to come home.

Lily took out her phone and dialled her father's number. He picked up on the first ring.

"Lily, sweetheart? Is everything all right?"

Lily rolled her eyes at his overprotective nature.

"Dad, I'm fine. I've just been thinking about my birthday."

"Oh? Have you changed your mind after screeching at me earlier?" Klaus asked and Lily knew her dad was smirking at her.

"Yeah, yeah whatever, dad. I have changed my mind actually. Can you tell Beks I want a party which is kind of like a ball? Perhaps a masquerade that would be fun." Lily exclaimed.

"Of course, sweetheart. We'll have it arranged for your birthday in two weeks time." Klaus breathed a sigh of relief, happy that his daughter had finally come around.

"Thanks, dad. I'll see you later!" Lily said before hanging up and dialling another number.

Her best friend picked up on the second ring.

"Hey, babe! Are you finally taking a break from studying? I've missed hanging out with you and your silly accent."

"It's not a silly accent, Ella. It's British." Lily said exasperatedly.

"Whatever, Lil. What's up?" Ella said and Lily could faintly here her shuffling around to get more comfortable.

"I need your help in finding someone. Are you still banned from using magic after the whole cafeteria incident?"

"Yes but I can totally sneak in a small spell I reckon. Besides, that incident wouldn't have happened if Miss Perkins hadn't given me detention."

"You blew up the cafeteria with your mind, Ella"

"Whatever. Anyway, when are you coming over so I can get started on it? My mum's out all day tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll be over tomorrow then."

The girls finished chatting after that and Lily felt elated. She was finally getting closer to achieving the goal she had made when she was little girl.

She was finally going to find Golden Girl.