I gave him a small smile, "I got Sanguini to tell me when I was 21, I had always wanted to know. I've spent years researching you, trying to find you. Never thought I'd meet you here, not remembering why I was here."
I frowned, still trying to remember what I forgot. I knew it was important, the reason I was here, it must of had to do with my ex-husband.
"My ex-husband might have something to do with my why I was here." I said softly.
Elijah blinked at me owlishly. "Ex-husband? You were married?
"Yeah, in the 60's and 70's I was married to Damon Salvatore. We got divorced in the early 80's, he still asks me for favors every now and again. I'm only assuming though, I don't know for sure." I shrugged.
"Well, why don't we leave here, find a place to stay tonight and we'll see what you remember in the morning." Elijah said.
I agreed and he led the way out of the house. The sun was just starting to set when we walked out. My father led me to a car and opened the passenger side front door for me. I slipped in, he closed the door and vamp sped to the other side before climbing into the driver's seat.
We found a motel down the road that only had a room with two double beds available. Elijah asked if I was hungry, I told him I was fine, but would take some blood if he had any. He pulled out a blood bag from a suitcase and handed it to me. I finished it, said goodnight and then lay down and fell asleep.
My dreams that night were confusing, I kept seeing flashes of Katherine, except there was something different about her. I dreamed of Katherine being stuck in Mystic Falls, in the tomb all these years. I dreamed of Damon and our time together, I missed those days some times. I woke up the next morning bright and early, to find Elijah already up.
"Good morning." He said. "How did you sleep?"
"Alright, I guess. I had weird dreams that didn't make any sense."
"What were they about?"
I shrugged, "My life as Estelle Salvatore and something about Katerina."
Elijah looked at me intensely, "Katerina Petrova?"
I nodded, "Yes. It was her, but something was off about her. Then I dreamed of her being stuck in the tomb underneath the ruins of the old church in Mystic Falls. None of it made any sense though."
"Perhaps the answer lies in Mystic Falls."
"Perhaps. Did I have a cell phone on me yesterday?"
Elijah handed it to me. "I was wondering when you were going to ask for it."
I grinned, "I forgot about it, I only use it to keep in touch with Damon. No use for it in the wizarding world." I switched it on and checked for messages. "Perhaps, the answers can be found much closer to us. Damon texted me and said he was going to the Vampire cafe just outside of Richmond. Guess I was doing something for him after all."
"Well then, by all means. Let's go." My father said, lifting up an eye brow.
We picked up a breakfast bar on our way out and my father drove us to the cafe. We waited outside for Damon to show, and listened to a guitar player play music.
"Is there any other information on your phone, as to why you were at the house yesterday?"
My father asked me.
I shook my head, "No, I had gotten a call from Damon, but I don't remember what we talked about. I must have really hit my head hard." I froze as I spotted my ex-husband in the cafe. "Damon's here, but who is with him?"
"Rose-Marie." My father stated coldly.
"As in the one who has been on the run from you for the last 500 years?"
My father looked at me impressed and nodded.
Damon and Rose joined someone else at the counter. "That's Slater." I said surprised.
"You know him?"
"He's one of the guys I go to if I need information, he's got a head for facts."
I listened carefully as Damon and Rose told Slater what happened to Trever. "You killed him?" I asked my father.
My father nodded, "I killed him, yesterday. He tried to make a deal with me."
"You let Rose go free?" I replied.
"I was going to, but we got interrupted in our deal."
"By my ex-husband." I said softly putting two and two together. Then I overheard Damon say that Elijah was dead. "Why do they think you are dead?"
"Hmm. Damon interrupted the deal and staked me."
I snorted. "Idiot."
He dad cracked a grin at that. He leaned down, dropped a hundred dollar bill in the guitar case of the guy playing and picked up a handful of coins. I raised an eyebrow at him but didn't say anything. He dropped coins from one hand to the other and back into the first hand again. The conversation in the cafe changed to how to contact Klaus and my father. Then it changed again to the Sun and the Moon curse.
"You and Uncle Nik did a brilliant job with that sell on the curse." I told him.
"You know about that?" My father asked surprised.
I smirked, "Uncle Nik told me. He told me about the real curse."
"He must have really trusted you." Elijah said appraising me.
"Must have." I replied.
"Was that before or after you got married?"
"Before, and no, I've never told Damon."
"Why not?"
"I promised Uncle Nik I wouldn't. I keep my promises."
My father nodded, I knew he understood. He dropped the coins from one hand to another, and then stopped, folding the top one over the second one. He just held them like that as we overheard Damon ask Slater if the Moonstone could be rendered useless.
"Not good." I muttered under my breath.
My father agreed, and with one fell swoop of his hand he let the coins go flying out of his hand and straight into the window at top speed. The window shattered and screams filled the air as vampires without daylight rings were exposed to the sun.
Elijah grabbed my arm and vamp sped us out of sight, when he stopped i looked up at him with a smile. "Impressive." My smile faded as I gained the courage to ask, "Trever and Rose, they were trying to hand over the doppelgänger weren't they?"
Elijah nodded slowly. I sighed, "Well the dreams make sense now. I just wish I could remember. What does Damon have to do with the doppelgänger though?"
"I believe his brother is dating her." My father stated calmly.
"Stefan is dating a human, Damon called me for help because she had been kidnapped." My memories started slowly coming back. "I wanted to know more of what was going on so I cast the disillusionment charm and observed."
Elijah nodded, "Makes sense, I caught your scent as the front door opened but I couldn't see you."
I blushed. "I had been so eager to see you for the first time I couldn't help but walk up to you."
Elijah leaned down and kissed my forehead. "I'm glad you did, otherwise I wouldn't have found you."
I smiled. "I remember now, Damon knocked me over and I hit my head. My charm ended as I lost consciousness. He laid me on the couch before I passed out."
"Good. What do you know about the doppelgänger?"
"Just that she's dating Stefan. I know she's the key the the curse and I know sooner or later Uncle Nik will find out and come to break the curse."
"Not until I'm ready for him to." My father said coldly. "Not until I've made my own deal with the doppelgänger, and I'm ready to finally kill my brother."
