I spotted Niklaus right away as Isobel approached the Falls. She set me down and backed off slightly, allowing me to approach Niklaus privately.

"There she is," Niklaus said with a broad smile as I walked slowly up to him.

"Hello Nik," I said with a weak smile. "I've missed you."

"Not as much as I've missed you." Niklaus gave me a kiss on the cheek. He smirked as he asked, "Why is it you always go looking for trouble?"

I pouted, "Now Nik, you know I never go looking for trouble."

"I know, trouble finds you."

I gave a little laugh, "That's right."

I grabbed onto Niklaus as my knees started to give way. He gently lifted me in his arms and carried me towards his car.

"Let's get you somewhere safe and get you some blood." Niklaus said as he set me gently in the front passenger seat.

He walked around to the driver's side and slipped in, handing me a blood bag from a cooler on the backseat. "It's the best I can do right now," he said as he started the engine and drove away.

"It's a good start. I'll be better once I burn my clothes, stupid vervain." I grumbled, causing Niklaus to laugh at me.

I drifted off to sleep as Niklaus drove away from the Falls. I hated feeling weak and was relieved to have been rescued. I slept the best I had in days, even though I wasn't very comfortable and I knew I was going to wake up with a crick in my neck.

Once we arrived Niklaus woke me up and led me into the house that we had pulled up in front. He showed me to a room with an adjacent bathroom where I could take a shower and change clothes.

"My witch, Greta, has kindly left a change of clothes for you on the bed. There's a plastic bag you can put your soiled clothes in before you dispose of them." Niklaus told me as he left the room.

After I had showered, dressed, and put my clothes in the bag, I ventured out if the room to find Niklaus. I ran into a young African American woman who I quickly learned was Niklaus' witch Greta. After thanking Greta for the clothes, which were a good fit, she led me to Niklaus. Niklaus was sitting at a desk in the living room, looking over some papers, as soon as he saw me he handed me a blood bag.

I finished it off quickly, feeling much more like myself. "So, are you going to tell me what you are up too?" I asked

Niklaus smirked, "I am going to observe the doppelgänger in her natural habitat."

I raised an eyebrow, "And just how are you going to do that?"

"You'll find out soon, love."

"But I want to know now," I whined.

"You sound like, Kol."

I shrugged, "If you say so, I never met him."

He gave me a pinched, pained smile, "Yes, well you and he would have gotten on well."

Niklaus fell quiet after that statement, and I sat down on the couch after finding a book to read. We passed the evening in quiet before turning in. The next morning, Niklaus told me he wanted me to accompany his warlock Maddox to Mystic Falls and he would join us later.

The first stop we made was the parking lot of the Mystic Grill where we came upon Alaric talking to Isobel. Maddox knocked him out and put him in the back seat of the car while Isobel disappeared after staring after Alaric sadly. I wondered what their history was, making a mental note to find out later.

Our next stop was a beautiful big house where Maddox left me in the car while he disappeared inside. He emerged carrying an unconscious Katherine Pierce, placed her in the back of the car with the man and got in the driver seat.

Our final stop was an apartment building where Maddox ordered me to carry Katherine inside. Carrying Katherine, I followed Maddox inside where he directed me to put her on the couch while he set Alaric in a kitchen chair. I stood to the side as Maddox made some preparation for a spell.

By this time I knew exactly what Niklaus' plan was, he was going to have Maddox do a spell so he could inhabit Alaric's body. I watched as Maddox grabbed onto either side of Alaric's head and started chanting.

As he chanted Katherine started waking up, she looked around, confused at the sight before her. "Alaric?" She asked.

Maddox stopped chanting and bowed slightly to Alaric, who was now inhabited by Niklaus. Alaric/Niklaus smiled widely at Katherine's question. Katherine realized that something was off and she vamp sped to the door but she couldn't leave. I deduced that Maddox or Greta had placed a boundary spell on the apartment to keep Katherine inside, and probably me. I made a mental note to try and leave later when Katherine and I were alone.

"Zdravei, Katerina." Niklaus said as he walked over to her slowly. He reached out and grasped her face gently, "I have missed you."

"Klaus!" Katherine gasped.

I smirked slyly, this was just starting to get interesting.