As soon as she went through the doorway Elena's body returned, cold air rushed against her skin "it worked" she said grinning madly happy to hear her voice out of her own mouth instead in her own head or of from a memory. Looking around her Elena saw she was in the same log cabin as before "NADIA?" Elena shouted rushing through the door in search of the vampire. At first Elena could find her, but then just as she was about to give up she noticed something a spot of brown in the golden field of flowers, as she got closer she could easily make out Nadia laying down amongst the flowers. "Nadia we need to talk" Elena said out of breath from running around the dream, Nadia face screwed up at the sound of her voice "oh go away Katherine, i'm not in the mood" she said turning on her side facing away from Elena. "I'm not Katherine i'm not a dream i'm real" Elena insisted, "no your not" Nadia said finally opening her eyes the look at her "once i put Katherine in the drivers seat Elena was gone for good". "I may not have my body but i'm still here, please just listen to me" Elena begged dropping to her knees, Nadia was her only hope, "okay mother i'll play along, what do you want Elena?" Nadia asked making air quotes around the name.
Elena quickly shuffled forward and grabbed Nadia to make sure the cynical vampire was listening "im still here" she said slowly, the vampire shrugged Elena's hands off of her "yes i can tell" she scoffed "no you don't understand i'm still here, alive in my head" Nadia rolled her eye's "oh please Katherine do you really expect me to believe that?, it goes completely against Traveller lore". Frustrated Elena felt the urge to kick the stubborn woman but instead she settled on screaming internally, the last thing she wanted was to get kick out of the dream again "well i bet the Travellers didn't posses many vampires". This seemed to interest the vampire, Nadia propped herself up on her elbows "true" she admitted "its harder to do traveller magic in a vampire body so its rare", hope sparked in Elena, Nadia seemed to at least be considering the possibility which is hell of a lot more than she was a few seconds ago. "The if you throw the whole doppelgänger deal into the mix that has to mess something up right?" Elena asked desperately, Nadia thought for a few minutes silently sitting amongst the flowers.
Suddenly Nadia jumped to her feet "All right Elena" she said air quotes around the name again "if you're really Elena then you'll need to prove it to me" Nadia said, "ok" said Elena and after a few seconds she had an idea "when Katherine was dieing and you were at the boarding house trying to save her, you remember?" Nadia nodded "well we talked before you left one of those days and you asked for her body when she died" Nadia nodded again her eye narrowing suspicious of what Elena would say next. "I said she may be a monster but she's your mother, you deserve a chance to say goodbye" looking back on her words Elena felt a pang of guilt but they just might be the key to her freedom.
Nadia was shocked completely frozen in her place "Katherine can't have overheard us she was human" she muttered stepping closer to Elena "it really is you", Elena practically jumped she was so happy, a massive grin spread across her face "YES" she shouted "now will you help me? i need to talk to Katherine somehow".
Nadia stared at Elena, the shock in her eye's replaced by anger and fear "i'm not proud of what i had to do to you Elena, but i have my mother back and i'm not giving that up, i'm sure you of all people can appreciate that".
Elena felt her body jerk backwards towards the cabin "NO NADIA YOU CAN'T!" she screamed pushing against the force pulling on her body, grasping at flowers to try an anchor herself, Nadia turned her back on Elena blocking out her anguish. "PLEASE NADIA TELL KATHERINE IM HERE SHE HAS TO KNOW" the force got stronger knocking Elena clean off her feet sending her flying toward the cabin door, she grabbed the door frame, she had to make her Listen "NADIA TELL HER I FORGIVE HER FOR WHAT SHE DID AT LEAST JUST SAY THAT PLEASE". Elena was quickly losing her grip, the wood of the frame began creaking under the stress "okay Elena" said Nadia "you stay in away and i'll give her the message". The wood split and Elena was pulled back into the darkness.