Isobel had just arrived in the small town of Mystic Falls and was settling in a big foreclosure house along with her minions. She loved to live in style, just like Katherine had taught her to.

She had been disappointed all those years ago when Damon Salvatore didn't reply to her plea but she was glad that Katherine somehow found her and got word of her desire. John had been super mad when he found out what she did, what she became, but he couldn't do a thing about it.

She found it funny how he hated vampires but was still as in love with her as he was when they were teenagers. She was still capable of manipulating him into doing what she wanted…

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Rachel was having lunch with Stefan, Carline, Elena and Bonnie and they were talking about unimportant things when Rachel noticed Elena looking at her cell phone, paling and making a lame excuse to go to the bathroom.

Stefan looked up and looked at her half running away with concern when Rachel told him she would handle it and go check on Elena. It was part of her efforts to play nice with her uncle's girlfriend. They couldn't be best friends but they at least could be friendly to each other.

Rachel found Elena in the bathroom, she came in and blocked the door, preventing anyone else from coming inside.

"What's wrong Elena?" She asked.

Elena was sitting against the wall, her phone clutched tightly in her hand and she was crying.

"It's okay… I'll get over it… I'm just so tired of this…" Elena replied as Rachel sat down next to her.

"Who sent you the text? What did it say? Why did it have this impact on you?" She asked her softly.

"You noticed?" Elena asked and Rachel nodded.

"I've been getting those weird text messages for months now… It started shortly after I got with Stefan… They come from two different blocked number… At first it was just from one number, asking me to leave Stefan if I didn't want trouble. I decided to ignore it, figuring it didn't matter. Over time the texts grew more menacing and a few months ago, another number joined. While the first just texts about Stefan, his past and how we're not good together because I don't want to be a vampire, the second one tempts me about who my biological parents are…" Elena explained, needing to get everything off her chest and figuring that Rachel would be able to help her.

"You were adopted?" Elena nodded.

"Did you tell anyone about those messages?" Rachel asked her.

"No… They always say that if I say something they will hurt Jeremy or Jenna… Last time I tried to tell someone, Jeremy came home late and didn't remember what he did… I grew so scared that I changed my mind and didn't tell Stefan after all…" Elena said.

"What did the message you got today ask?"

"For the past few weeks I've been wondering who was sending the second texts… The first ones are signed with a 'K' and I figure it's probably Katherine… Since I look like her and she's kind of evil… But the second ones are signed by 'I' and I have no idea of who it could be. The one I got today was the one too many… Here, look." Elena said as she handed Rachel her phone:

-Poor whining Elena isn't even good enough to be Miss Mystic Fall's. Want a consolation prize and know who I am? I'll see you soon daughter of mine.

I-

"How can she be my mother and torture me like this?" Elena cried.

"Trust me, I know something about this kind of mother. We need to do something about this… Come, with me." Rachel said as she lead Elena to Alaric's classroom.

"If you two are looking for a place where you can fight, I'm going to have to say no." Alaric said before he really looked at them.

"What's going on?" he asked more seriously.

Elena was crying and looked shaken up and was crying on Rachel's shoulder. Rachel looked worried.

"Can you get us out of school for the rest of the day please?" Rachel asked.

"Just the two of you?"

"I think we need Stefan too… Bonnie and you should join us later too… Someone has been harassing Elena." Rachel explained quickly.

"Who?" Alaric asked.

"Two people… One of them is probably Katherine… The second one…is apparently Elena's birth mother." Rachel said.

"What do you know about her?" Alaric asked Elena.

"Nothing… I learned I was adopted a few months ago but didn't look more into it… All I know is that it was a young girl that came into my father's office late one night." Elena replied between sobs.

"You're okay to drive Rachel?" Alaric asked her.

"Yes, I am."

"Okay, the two of you go then. I'll send Stefan your way and I'll tell Bonnie to find me after class. We'll join you then." Alaric decided as Rachel nodded and pulled Elena outside and to her car.

"What about my car?" Elena asked.

"Text Jeremy to take it home." Rachel suggested.

Elena nodded and did as she was told.

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When they arrived to the Boarding house, Elena was still shaken up and Rachel helped her until they were inside and in the living room.

"Rachel, what's going on? Elena?" Damon asked as he left the kitchen with a cup of warm blood in his hand.

He had been on the phone and didn't hear them come in.

"Stefan is about to arrive, we have a problem." Rachel quickly said as she helped Elena sit down on the couch and went to get her some tea.

Damon followed Rachel back to the living room and Elena started to drink from her tea just when Stefan arrived.

"What's going on? All Alaric said was that something was wrong with Elena and that you took her here." He shouted as he entered.

Rachel took the time to explain the situation and Elena gave Stefan her cell phone with all the previous texts still in it.

"I deleated the first ones..." ELena explained.

"First Katherine and now this 'I'… Why does it all arrive at the same time?" Stefan growled.

Damon had been thoughtful the whole time and said:

"I think I know who Elena's mother is… A while back, when Rachel was just a little girl, Zack called me, saying I had gotten a letter her which was weird… Long story short, Alaric's wife, Isobel Fleming Salzmann wanted to become a vampire and was asking me to do it. I never replied but Alaric came home one day to see a vampire looking like Elena drinking from Isobel and snapping her neck… It was Katherine… If Katherine didn't kill Isobel and changed her like she wanted... Those two could be working together…" Damon explained.

"Alaric's wife?" Elena asked in a sod as Stefan was stroking her back.

"Yeah… She was researching the supernatural… he got all of her researches sent to him a few weeks ago but didn't look through it yet…" Damon added.

"So Isobel is now a blood thirsty vampire who works with Katherine and wants to make her daughter's life hell? What a lovely person she is! She should form a club with Shelby and Kelly Donovan..." Rachel said rolling her eyes.

"Do you have any idea who your father is Elena?" Stefan asked her

"No… I just asked Jenna if she had any idea who they could be and when she didn't know and found no trace of it in dad's records, I gave up… It didn't seem important…" Elena said.

They decided to let Elena rest until Alaric and Bonnie joined them and when they did, Jeremy was with them. They explained everything and if they didn't know what to do right now, they at least knew to be careful. Alaric showed them all an old picture of his wife and gave it to Elena. he figured that Elena at least deserved to know what her birth mother looked like if she ever crossed her on the street.

They all went home, knowing they would have to be careful and that their quiet lives were going to be shaken a bit.

So, what did you think?

Elena was a b!tch because of the stress of the messages she was getting (and because of the Stefan thing we dealt with already)

There won't be a device hunt here since it was with Pearl, it burnt with her in the tomb.

The POLL is still up and the votes are really close between Lexi and Rebekah... Keep on voting.

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