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Chapter 4

She walked through the front door still in wolf form, and tackled her Uncle. He patted her head and scratched behind her ear. "Okay! Okay!" He laughed out as she licked him.

"Sara, stop licking your Uncle, and go get ready. Elena needs us." Damon walked into the parlour. For the first time in a long time, a genuine smile shone on his face. He'd missed the antic that came with family time.

She sauntered up stairs, still wolf, until she reached her room where she quickly changed and ran back down stairs. She bounced into the foyer. The men were ready to leave. "So where we going?"

They both looked at her bouncing around and chuckled. "I see you still have your puppy joy." Damon commented while walking out the house.

Stefan took pity on her. "I like her joyful. It's much more fun. Plus, we're going to Elena's."

Sara ran towards Damon's car, jumped in and yelled, "Shotgun!" This caused the brothers to laugh again.

In the Gilbert kitchen, Elena was cleaning the counter as they walked in. "Why's she here?" She asked nodding her head at Sarafina.

"Didn't any one tell you? I'm their secret weapon." She laughed before rummaging through the fridge. "I hope you don't mind. I spent like 4 hours running, and those two didn't feed me." She smiled at Elena and pulled out all the fixings for a sandwich. "Any one want one?"

"Secret weapon? If you could have helped us where have you been?" Elena verbally vomited. She didn't see the looks of warning on everyone's faces. Sara looked insulted and irritated, Damon looked ready to snap, and Stefan, well right under his amused and bored exterior shone a dangerous glint.

They all nodded yes. "She's my daughter! I wanted to keep her out of all of this. She didn't know, so don't get mad at her." Damon said irritated. He bowed and shook his head. "She would have been here if she knew." He knew he wouldn't be getting off that easily by the look of confusion on the doppelgänger's face. She at least had the decency to looked sorry for her outburst. "I had her while I was human. She's a shapeshifter and a witch, and that's all I'm saying." Elena gaped at her like a fish. "She was the little girl from Bonnie's vision. Now, why'd you call us over?" He wanted to move on from this topic. For the Salvatore men, Sarafina was a taboo topic.

Elena looked like she was going to ask question, but thought better of it. "It was their mother Esther who was sealed in the coffin."

Stefan's head swivelled towards her. "As in the Original Witch?"

"What? How is she even alive? Thought her hybrid freak show of a son ripped her heart out a thousand years ago." Damon was not happy. How was their mother going to help them kill Klaus? He was after all her son.

Sara looked up from where she had been slicing cheese to add, "Well that explains the power surge I felt last night. It must have been her waking up." She pondered how dark the energy had been. It'd taken her a few hours to burn it off. She wondered about telling them that, but thought it wouldn't really matter to them.

"I don't know. I'm guessing she has a couple connection in the witching community. Elijah says she wants to live in peace with her family, including Klaus. And ya, if she's somehow survived all this time, and made vampires I'm guessing she's powerful." Elena told the three Salvatores. She was a little incredulous that she could forgive him or any of her children for the things they'd done. Although, a mother's love was unconditional.

Stefan appeared inconvenienced saying, "She was supposed to be the weapon to kill Klaus."

Sara handed out the sandwiches. When she gave Stefan his, she shrugged and said, "Well not anymore."

Elena quickly added, "At least not according to Elijah, and he promised me that his family wouldn't hurt any of us."

As Damon was about to object, the doorbell rang. Elena moved towards it calling over her shoulder, "And I believe him."

The three Salvatores followed her to the door. There was no one outside, but Elena picked up an envelope with her name scrawled across it. The envelope was simple and white, and her name was written elegantly. She explained that it was an invitation to a ball.

"Who the hell are the Mikaelson's?" Stefan asked.

Sara bounced over to beside Elena to look at the card. "The Original Family. Duh, come on old man, keep up." She winked at Stefan. He couldn't help but chuckle at her antics. "There's something on the back 'Lena."

Elena turned it over and read it aloud. "Elena, I think it's time we finally meet, Esther." She looked at the two men in front of her.

They walked into the living room to discuss their options. Sara already knew where this entire conversation would go, so she sat down and waited for it to happen. She hadn't seen it in a vision, although she did get those on occasion. Instead she just knew her family well enough to know what they'd think. She also knew Elena couldn't turn down the offer, no matter the danger.

In the end, she was right. Elena wanted to go, and Stefan agreed that they needed to find out what Esther wanted. Damon, however, decided he'd go, and snatched the envelope from Elena before leaving the house.

"I'm going to go catch up with him. We'll let you know how the ball goes, Elena." Stefan said as he left the house.

Elena huffed in frustration and sat down. They all seemed to have forgotten that Damon's daughter was still there. That however worked in her favour. She shifted and looked at the brunette. "So, how bout we drive to Richmond and get us some dresses."

Elena straightened up remembering she was there. "They won't let me go." She told her.

"Awe, come now." Sara said standing up. She extended her hand towards the girl. "Since when do you do what they want. Esther wants to see you, and I'll be your drama-free body guard." She was going to try her best to be friends with Elena. She may not like her, and she may want to rip her apart for playing the brothers against each other, but they loved her, so she'd try to as well.

Elena looked at the proffered hand contemplating for a moment. When the moment was up, she stood to take the girls hand and they left the house together.

The two girls that the Salvatore brothers loved more than life itself, walked into the Grill. They were looking for Caroline. Elena explained to Sara how if they were going dress shopping, they wanted her with them. They'd decided to eat lunch and convince Caroline to go with them to buy ball gowns. Although, apparently, Caroline already had one.

They walked up to the table where a blonde, who Sara assumed was Caroline, sat. Elena took a seat and motioned for her to do the same. "Care this is Sara, she's…" Elena seemed to loose her train of thought. She shook her head. "This is Sara."

Sara held out her hand to Caroline. The blonde hesitantly shook it. "She's what Elena?" Elena seemed lost in a daze. She snapped her fingers in front of her face to get her attention. "Sorry but who are you?" She asked the raven haired girl while turning to her.

"Oh, sorry. Question. How many vampires and werewolves are in this bar?" She asked Caroline. Caroline just held up her hand, thumb and index finger touching to symbol 0. "If that changes, I need to know immediately." Caroline nodded, perplexed. She went to speak, when the girl waved her hand in a circle above the table, while muttering. She then turned to Elena and snapped her fingers in front of her face. Elena instantly become aware of them. "Sorry, mystical gag order. Without my express allowance, no one can speak of me." She turned to the brunette. "Sorry Elena."

"I get it Sara." She nodded.

Caroline was getting frustrated. "Seriously, who are you?"

Sara scanned the Grill. "I'm Damon's daughter. Long story. Had me when he was human. Him and Steffie are over protective. I'm a witch, and more. More importantly are you going to the ball?"

Caroline gaped at her like Elena had earlier. Elena chuckled and said, "I know. I had the same expression. Damon as a dad, shocking right?" The two dark haired girls both laughed a little. "This day's all so weird. The Originals are throwing a ball. Like an actual ball, and Damon has a kid."

This seemed to shake Caroline out of her flustered state. "It's some twisted Cinderella fetish is what it is. And why did the Evil Witch want and audience with you?" She was not touching to idea of Damon as a father with a ten foot pole. She couldn't get past the fact that she'd slept with this girl's dad.

Elena said, "I have no idea," at the exact same moment Sara said, "There's only one way to find out."

"I thought you told Damon and Stefan that you weren't going?" Care asked.

"I did. Which is all the more reason I need another drama free bodyguard." Elena motioned between the two girls she was sitting with.

"Well, I think a Salvatore would look better in a tux. And by that I mean Stefan." Caroline snarked. She looked at Sara quickly adding, "No offence to your dad and all."

Sara shrugged. She knew who her Dad was. "Uhh, I can't deal with either of the Salvatore men right now. Whatever Stefan is feeling, he is channelling it all against Klaus. And Damon… it's just not a good idea." Elena looked uncomfortable while admitting this.

"Why, cause you two made out?" She snarked back. "Bonnie spilled the beans."

Elena was quick to defend herself. "I was gonna tell you. Just, after everything happened with your dad…"

Sensing an argument brewing Sara quickly intervened. She was used to stopping blow ups, she'd done if with her father and uncle her whole life. "How about we get out of here and buy some dresses? No arguments today. Today is awkward Cinderella day! Let's go be princesses!"

Caroline raised her hand signalling one with her index finger. She meant this to tell Sara that the girl that just walked in was supernatural. Suddenly it was Bonnie sitting across from them instead of Sara. A blonde girl walked up to them, and proceeded to have a high school girl fight with Elena and Caroline. Sara, or rather, Bonnie said nothing during it.

When the girl walked over to the bus boy, Matt, she believe his name was, Caroline went to ask her questions. Sarafina and Elena both made gestures to stop her. While Elena tapped her ear, reminding Caroline about supernatural hearing.

They soon after left the Grill to buy dresses. It took them 3 hours, but in the end both Elena and Sarafina found dresses they enjoyed. They all parted ways to get ready for the ball.

Sara had convinced Stefan to take her as his plus one. He took no time to get ready, where as, she knew she'd take much longer. She sent him ahead, promising she'd meet him there.