A/N Thank you for the follows, favourites and reviews guys. In answer to your question quack-quack21, not in this story, this is kind of a set up for another one where in the originals will be coming to New Orleans, it'll be like a sequel, but I haven't decided if I want to go canon with it as regards why the originals do come i.e. Hayley and the baby, or make it another reason so I can do my own thing, so please let me know in the reviews :)

Now enjoy, also I don't own TO or TVD

Chapter 5

"What is it Diego?" asks Marcel.

"This girl, she says her names Elena, but I've met her before, her name is Katherine Pierce and she's bad news" warns Diego.

"What do you mean?" asks Marcel.

"I mean this girl, unless she happens to be Katherine's twin sister which I'm pretty sure she isn't, then she's lying to you, and given how you two seemed, I wanted to warn you Marcel, this girl is not what she seems" says Diego.

"You've met before?" asks Marcel.

"Yeah, or else someone who looks identical to her" replies Diego.

Marcel runs his hand down his face.

"Katherine Pierce, I know that name, Klaus mentioned her once, said she was someone he wanted to get even with, he called her Katerina though, I never did get the full story" muses Marcel.

"What if she's a spy for Klaus, in exchange for her freedom or whatever, if she knows the originals it can't be a good thing Marcel, not now" says Diego.

"You're right, I'll keep her close, see what she does, damn I liked this girl" growls Marcel.

"Sure we shouldn't just lock her up and get the answers we need? Letting her run around free especially unhindered by the sunlight could be dangerous, who knows what trouble she could stir up" reminds Diego.

"No for now, I'll see what she does first, if she does something I don't like then we resort to other options" says Marcel.

"Alright, are we telling anyone else?" asks Diego.

"Just you and Thierry for now, follow her at all times, see if you can find anything out from her, get her to admit anything, but be subtle" orders Marcel.

"Will do" nods Diego.

They walk back outside to find Elena and Thierry happily chatting away to each other.

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"So what brings you here?" asks Thierry.

"Clean break from my old life, there were a lot of ghosts back home, and there's really no one there anymore, so I cut the last of my ties and figured I'd take advantage of my new life, or afterlife, or whatever" smiles Elena.

"Yeah, I was like that, I met Marcel and we became friends, we've been friends for 70 odds years now" smiles Thierry.

"That's nice, I left my best friends behind, there was just too much there and I couldn't deal with it, plus they both have their own problems to deal with" sighs Elena.

"You'll make new ones, especially if you're with Marcel" adds Thierry with a smile.

"Meaning?" asks Elena.

"Meaning Marcel hasn't acted like this towards a girl in a long time, he's dated a bit, slept around, but I think he's a little more serious when it comes to you" smiles Thierry.

"Well I'm definitely interested to see where it goes, I think this relationship would be less toxic than the ones I had back home" explains Elena.

"I like you Elena, you seem nice, and I don't think its an act, Marcel is a good guy, he's fair as long as his rules aren't broken everything is fine, like with the witches as long as they abide by his rules there are no problems" smiles Thierry.

"What about you Thierry, any special girls?" asks Elena.

"One, a witch named Katie" he smiles.

"A witch and a vampire, wow that's almost as shocking as a vampire and a werewolf" chuckles Elena.

"Yeah it is, but I love her you know, and Marcel is fine with it" smiles Thierry.

"So how does Marcel control the witches?" asks Elena curiously, since she could never imagine someone controlling Bonnie's magic unless it was through black mail or compulsion, and it couldn't be possible Marcel had enough on every witch to stop them from using magic.

"He just does" replies Thierry, not wanting to reveal too much to this new vampire he didn't know anything about, and it was Marcel's decision what to reveal, he wouldn't risk them like that.

"Oh well, good for him I guess, I know a couple of witches and I couldn't imagine controlling them" says Elena with a shrug.

Her heart clenches a little as she thinks of Bonnie, she missed her best friend, but she couldn't have stayed in Mystic Falls, Damon and Stefan might've accepted or at least seemed to accept her decision, but honestly she wasn't sure if they'd have lasted if she'd stayed, especially Damon.

"So are you going to be alright around humans, you just seem new?" ask Thierry.

"I am first year actually, and don't worry I can control it, no piles of dead bodies in my wake" she promises.

"Good, because bodies attract attention" says Thierry.

"Yeah and animal attacks in the middle of New Orleans seems a rather unlikely story" laughs Elena.

Thierry just looks a little confused, "sorry back home the council used animal attacks as an explanation for the vampire killings" explains Elena.

"Ah yeah, wouldn't really fly here" agrees Thierry with a laugh.

"What's so funny?" asks Marcel from behind them.

They turn and he's instantly struck my how stunning Elena looks when she's laughing, but shakes it away, if Klaus wanted to get a spy into his confidence of course he'd send a pretty girl.

"Elena was telling me about how vampire attacks were covered up by using animals and we said it wouldn't really work here" explains Thierry with a chuckle.

"Yeah it really wouldn't, do you want to get settled Elena?" asks Marcel.

"Sure, are you absolutely certain this isn't an imposition?" asks Elena.

"Not at all" smiles Marcel, he wanted her close by to keep an eye on her, he really hoped Diego was wrong about her, but he trusted him enough to not disregard his words.

As he shows Elena to her room he heads back downstairs and pulls Thierry out of the compound.

"Alright, this girl according to Diego isn't being honest about who she is, and somehow she's connected to the originals, when I mentioned them she was scared, she said it was because she'd heard of them, but this may be something more, watch her Thierry see what you can find out about her" orders Marcel.

"Okay, she was asking about how you control the witches, I thought it was just curiosity, but maybe not, and don't worry I didn't tell her anything" assures Thierry, he was a little annoyed, this girl seemed nice, and Marcel had seemed happy, but now, if she was lying and here to cause trouble he'd stake her himself.

"Watch her, befriend her, find out what you can about her please, and don't tell anyone else" orders Marcel.

"I won't" nods Thierry.

Elena appears a few minutes later.

"Hey Elena, fancy a night in New Orleans, tourist style?" asks Marcel, if he got her drunk maybe she'd slip up.

"Sure why not" she smiles.

They spend the night partying, but Marcel notices Elena doesn't overindulge very much and so he doesn't get much out of her, save some flirting which he plays along with.

They arrive back at the compound at dawn and Marcel escorts her up to her room.

"Thanks, this was fun" smiles Elena.

"Yeah, I enjoyed it too, good night" nods Marcel kissing her hand, if she thought he bought into her story she wouldn't get suspicious.

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The next morning she walked out into the early morning sun and looked out at the city, it really was beautiful.

With a smile she got dressed and headed out for a walk.

She strolled through the quarter admiring everything, it felt so liberating, and she pulled out her new phone and dialled Jeremy's number wanting to hear his voice.

"Hello" he answers.

"Hey Jer its Elena" she smiles.

"Hey Elena, everything okay, I didn't recognise your number?" asks Jeremy.

"Yeah everything is good thanks Jer, how're things with you?" asks Elena stopping and leaning against the wall.

"Great, my teacher loves my drawings and I met a girl, her name is Ella and she's great" says Jeremy and Elena can hear the smile in his voice.

"That's nice Jer I called to say I'm not in Mystic Falls, I'm in New Orleans actually" explains Elena.

"Why?" he asks.

"Clean break, I met a guy actually Marcel, it seems he's the king of the vampire's here, and I think we hit it off, only problem he knows the originals, turns out Klaus is his sire" sighs Elena.

"Damn Elena, are you sure that's safe?" asks Jeremy concern clouding his voice.

"I'm sure Jer, he has no idea of my connection to them, especially not to Klaus, and turns out he's an old flame of Rebekah's though which I didn't know" adds Elena.

"Well be careful, I don't like the dealings you've had with them in the past, and their deals are never good, so be careful with this guy if he's anything like them he won't take things lightly Elena, even Elijah the so called noble brother" warns Jeremy.

"I know, like I said I think I'm safe for now, so I think I'll just enjoy myself here for awhile, but Jer remember why I made those deals, it was always to keep you safe, I can't lose you Jer, not after Jenna, you're safe and I want you to stay that way" says Elena.

"I am, it's you I'm worried about, please be careful Elena, I know how you are, they might not be as nice or as naïve as they seem" adds Jeremy.

"I know and I'll deal with it, look you're safe from Klaus and the rest of them where you are, and he swore he'd leave you alone, so we're all good on that end, and as far as Marcel knows the originals haven't been here for a century or so, and he thinks it unlikely they'll return, but apparently Marcel has a way to control the witches here, which I find intriguing, can you imagine someone stopping Bonnie?" asks Elena.

"No, that could be interesting, but like I said Elena, caution is your best friend here, knowing you, you're all set to tell them your life story, don't, not after everything that has happened" pleads Jeremy.

"I won't, as far as they know I am just a new vampire who left her sire due to a toxic relationship with him, and is looking for a clean break in New Orleans" assures Elena.

"Alright if you're sure, don't be a stranger Elena, I love you" says Jeremy before he hangs up.

Elena feels tears cloud her vision as Jeremy hangs up, she didn't want him to live the life he'd been headed down in Mystic Falls, but sending him away had hurt, she missed him, since he was her only family left, but she'd suffer it if it kept him safe.

Wiping her tears away she continued into the quarter perusing the stores and shops.

Unbeknown to her Thierry had been following her and had heard most of her conversation with Jeremy and immediately called Marcel to tell him.

He recounts everything to Marcel.

"Damn, so she is working for them" swears Marcel.
"It seems so, want me to grab her?" asks Thierry.

"No keep tailing her, report back, let's see what else she does" replies Marcel.

A/N Dun dun dun! So what do we think, I figured Elena would be cautious when she found out about Marcel's involvement with the Originals so she lied, but I thought it unlikely that no one would've ever seen Katherine hence Diego and Marcel is a bit in the dark of the doppelgangers so I figured I could run with it, let me know what you think of this chapter and about the sequel in the reviews :)