"A Moment In Time"
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Fandom(s): Vampire Diaries
Character(s): Elena Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Jeremy Gilbert & Damon Salvatore
Pairing: Damon/Elena
Rating: T
Words: 1,195 words
Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: [Tag on to 5x12] If Katherine has sole control then where does that leave Elena?
Inspiration: It truly annoyed me that while Elena was struggling to save her life, no one knew about it. And the two people that could have helped the most (Beremy) weren't even in the episode at all which infuriated me! I just don't think it should have unfolded the way it did.
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 5x12 ("The Devil Inside")
Time Frame: This is meant to take place immediately after Katherine walks away from Damon.
A/N: At the end to avoid additional spoilers.
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"Displaced Doppelganger"
One minute she was in Damon's arms, thinking that she was safe as long as she was with him, and then the next minute, she found herself in a kitchen that looked vaguely familiar.
Where was she now?
"Elena?"
And that's when it clicked for her. When Elena slowly turned around, she found herself face to face with a startled and yet confused Bonnie.
Oh no.
"Elena, what are you doing here?" Bonnie asked as she closed the distance between them, "When did you get here?"
Elena quickly moved away from her best friend before she realized what she was doing. She couldn't touch Bonnie just yet; her instincts told her not to, not when touching her meant the true end of her existence.
"A moment ago I was hugging Damon." Elena declared without thinking as her eyes darted around the room. She was trying to recollect everything that had happened.
She remembered calling out to Damon once she spotted him. She remembered how relieved she felt being in his arms again and how all she wanted to do was stay frozen in that moment with him. She hadn't said anything to him other than that she was glad to see him, although thinking back she should have said more to him but in that moment she thought she'd have more time. But then she remembered further back to how she was running through those woods…with flashes of Katherine's memories seeping into her mind.
Katherine.
She had done this to her.
She was with Bonnie because of her.
Bonnie frowned at her friend, "Damon? But he's in Mystic Falls."
Elena's attention flew straight to her friend, yet instead of the confusion in her eyes (which were there a moment ago), there was fury. Bonnie didn't get where the fury had come from but Elena was starting to remember the last twenty-four hours and how she kept blacking out because of Katherine's need to control her. How could it have come to this? They knew what Nadia was planning for Katherine and yet Elena had paid the price without anyone realizing it.
How could anyone not realize what was happening?
Before Elena could say anything, Jamie walked in.
"Bonnie who are you talking to?" He questioned as he looked around the kitchen.
Bonnie gave him a dumbfounded look, "Elena, who else?"
Jamie frowned at Bonnie, "There's no one here Bonnie. Just us."
Bonnie's eyes widened as she looked back at Elena, who was now glaring at the anchor as her arms were crossed over her chest.
"Like I said, I was just with Damon and now I'm here." Elena reminded through gritted teeth. She was furious with how everything had gone so completely out of hand. With practically everything at their disposal, how did it come to this?
Bonnie's mouth opened and closed like she was a fish out of water. She didn't know what to say. Jamie noticed this and rushed to get Jeremy or Abby to help with Bonnie; he didn't know what to do in regards to her new supernatural status.
"Quick question Bon," Elena's voice was clipped as she ignored Jamie's rushed exit, "did Katherine ever pass through you before you left town to visit your mother with my brother?"
Bonnie's eyes widened when the sudden realization came to her. She hadn't seen Katherine yet…not after that first false alarm sighting with her.
"Well guess where she is now Bonnie?" The doppelganger continued after seeing her friend's eyes widen.
"No…" Bonnie's horrification was growing the longer the idea festered in her mind.
"Oh yes," Elena gave a humorless chuckle, "she has full control over my body and nobody has a clue about it!" She knew that it wasn't Bonnie's fault yet a part of her blamed the anchor for not picking up on Katherine's spiritual absence sooner. Maybe then she would still be in control and in full possession of her own body.
"This can't be happening," Bonnie muttered as she quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket. She quickly searched through her contacts before she found the name she didn't always call as a first option. Even when Jeremy burst through the door to join them, Bonnie's sole attention was on her phone. Jeremy, however, was looking gobsmacked as he stared at his sister.
The phone rang a few times before an angered voice picked up.
"What?"
"Damon we've got a problem." Bonnie sputtered as she tried to collect her thoughts.
The vampire scoffed over the line, "And I should care why?" He wasn't in the mood since his hopes of getting Elena back had been dashed moments ago.
"Because Elena is currently standing in front of me!" Bonnie shouted before she reined in her temper, "That's why you should care."
"What?" Damon choked out, "She just walked away."
"Elena says that Katherine has full possession of her body now." Bonnie rushed to explain (while putting a hand up at Jeremy when he was about to speak) as she remembered what Elena had revealed earlier since she hadn't told the whole story to her yet. "She says that one moment she was hugging you and then the next, she's standing in my mother's kitchen. And Jamie can't see her."
"That was less than ten minutes ago." Damon muttered to himself before the words truly clicked in his head; Elena hadn't walked away from him, Katherine had. Katherine was supposed to be dead and yet Elena couldn't be seen by anyone, other than Bonnie…the anchor to the Other Side. "She wouldn't…"
"She did." Bonnie quietly confirmed as she looked at her best friend, "how do we fix this?"
"It looks like I have a Traveler to find." Damon growled out before Bonnie could hear the whoosh of wind on his end, "Get back to town…now!" He quickly hung up after that and Bonnie couldn't blame him for it.
"Katherine's alive?" Jeremy managed to sputter out as he looked between his dead sister and his girlfriend (who only responded with a nod).
"How'd he take it?" Elena softly questioned as she watched Bonnie close up the device. Her anger had simmered down once she heard for herself how Damon had been angered when he heard of her current state. She didn't even look at Jeremy yet.
Bonnie shrugged, "It's Damon. If anyone could find a way to fix this, it's him." She had to suppress a small smile at the thought because despite how destructive Damon could be, if he sets his mind to something, he'd do absolutely anything and everything to achieve his goal.
Elena nodded with her own smile growing for she knew that Damon wouldn't stop until he saved her. It's just how he was when it came to her. He would do anything to make sure that she was safe (even when it was against her own reckless decision).
Bonnie cleared her throat (she wanted to get down to business), "Now tell me-"
Jeremy coughed, reminding the girls that he was in the room as well.
"Us everything that happened," Bonnie corrected with a sigh before she flashed Elena an encouraging smile.
And so the displaced doppelganger did.
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A/N #1: And there you have it! What'd you think? It still irritates me that Katherine's plan worked so writing this had somewhat eased my irritation. Also in this version, Damon doesn't go off with Enzo to kill Aaron because he knows that Elena wasn't the one that rejected him after their exchange at the party. Anyways, what did you think of this added scene (or of the original 5x12)? Please leave a review!
A/N #2: 5x12 Question – Does anyone else think that Elena should have just killed Mia (the Traveler) after she had impaled Nadia in the stomach (instead of just running off into the woods)? I mean if you want to stop a spell, you eliminate the one that is chanting it…right? At least if Mia was dead then Elena would have bought herself some more time to warn someone about the possession. *sigh* Just another reason why 5x12 irritated me.
A/N #3: Lastly, thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge on SPN/Arrow, it means the world to me since I couldn't originally post it in it's correct category due to some technical errors (special thanks to HassanaR and Ghostwriterfor their reviews)! I do hope to hear more of your thoughts on my snippets or on the situations I bring up in them. Reviews always bring a smile to my face!
Coming Up Next: TBA
Originally Published: January 31, 2014 (Happy Chinese New Year!)