2011

" Bring the doppelganger. " Klaus ordered his minions, who brought out a compelled Tom. Klaus was staying in the Alaric's loft for the time being. Only four days were left in the didn't know that Tom was Stefan's doppelganger and was shocked to hear the rapid heartbeat. The witch remained calm and turned to Klaus.

" I am afraid that we can't use him. "

Klaus' smirk turned sour as he stood up.

" But he is the doppelganger."

" He is but his descendant wasn't used for the Curse. It's got to be a Petrova doppelganger. " The Vampire threw Tom to the sofa by Katherine's side, making her pity him which was rare. Klaus came forward and compelled him to stay there till he doesn't come back. Leaving only Katherine and Tom alone.

" You are.." Katherine spoke after an hour of silence.

" Tom." He replied calmly.

" I am sorry for you. " Tom nodded as She tried to comfort him. He was a human and he reminded her of herself. She had been running away from five centuries and she felt that time . Hiding , making allies , betraying people and so much more. She didn't regret doing that for her survival and it made her forget what it felt like to be a human. 500 years of running away but she found no peace. She was a scared little girl and Elijah was there to comfort her. She had to be there for him.

She put her hand on his shoulder and he looked at her.

" I will help you find a way out of here." Tom's eyes turned back on the door as if he had accepted his fate, making Katherine more determined to her new purpose. She didn't know why she wanted to do this . Maybe because she wanted earliest part of her life to go away for good and the other reminders too.

Caroline entered the room where her daughters were staying. It had been long time for reunions. She saw her mother , her dead husband , Enzo and so many people. She just met Jenna who looked shocked to see two Caroline. Josie was a vampire and she couldn't be there for her. Thankfully she had Stefan and MJ. Stefan and MJ were training both Caroline and Josie. She knew about Stefan being a good teacher but Stefanie took up after his uncle. She had patience and kindness like him. Even though she is Elena's and Damon's daughter but she shared her similarities with her uncle Stefan. She remembered the time when Elena was pregnant. Caroline was grieving and taking care of the kids. They had started building the school and were looking for teachers. It took two years to renovate and expand the boarding house , thanks to Klaus' generous donation which continued even after he died. Elena was back on her feet and catching up with everything. Damon started to live as a human. She compelled the people who came after him and Elena's college for her to continue her studies.

Elena and Damon got married in a small ceremony where Bonnie officiated their wedding. They were pregnant with Stefanie when Elena was in 2nd year of med school in New York. Damon had a bar of his own and was busy running it. But when they found out that she was pregnant , they moved back to Mystic Falls to be closer to the people they loved. Elena went to medical school in UVA.

She still remembers how Damon had helped Elena while she was pregnant. The appointments, the pregnancy classes , her cravings and mood swings. They were managing somehow and Caroline compelled Elena's school to give her break without compromising her studying.

" I came as soon as I heard." Caroline said as soon as bursting through the door. Damon gestured her to be quiet as she saw Elena waking up in her hospital bed and Damon having a pink bundle attached to his chest.

Caroline came forward as Bonnie came behind her.

" Hey , Elena ." Bonnie came by her side as she tried to sit up. Caroline came by Damon's side as he lowered the baby for Caroline's viewing. She was beautiful.

" Caroline , meet Stefanie Miranda Jenna Salvatore." Damon cooed as he handed her the baby. Caroline smiled as few tears came out.

" She definitely needs a nickname. " She chuckled as Bonnie came to see her .

" MJ would be nice." Caroline said as she gave Stefanie to Bonnie.

At that time , she grieving the loss of Stefan and it was hard for her to even say her husband's name. She referred to Stefan as her husband or Damon's brother for a long time. Her grief got Stefanie' a nickname which she was using as her alias. Her train of thoughts ended as she entered the room and saw a crying Elena by MJ's side and Josie trying to do something for her.

" Oh my god. MJ." Caroline rushed by her side.

" Care." Elena looked at her helplessly as She came forward and picked up MJ and set her on bed.

" What happened?" Caroline asked as she covered MJ with a blanket.

" We were talking about something and she...cried in pain and she fainted. This never happened , Care. What do we do?" Elena babbled and Caroline grabbed her shoulders.

" Elena! Calm down. Sure there is something.."

" Hi Sam. This is Josie... Can you come at our place right now?... It's MJ... Come Fast as you can." Josie said as she cut the call.

" He might know something. He is on his way. " Josie exited the room for some reason.

" Mr Saltzman , I am sorry about your..." Vanessa said as she looked through the files. For some reason , she didn't get any memories of them but she did try to attack Damon.

" It's okay. " Alaric cut her off as he continued to look through files and other stuff. Finally he found a file labelled as Lightbringers.

" This is what we are looking for ." Alaric said as he opened the file and Hope came forward to take a look.

" Lightbringers are the first known mystical creatures known to the earth. They are the creators of different types of Hell and provider of Peace. They have the power to send people to hell or the other side ( Check The Other side Article for more details.) They are the creators and source of magic. Supposedly it is said that there another job is create the cover for the mystical creatures like centuars , minotaurs , demons , sirens and others... "

" Woah, this is so.. I thought He was just a warlock or something. But wow. " Hope said as she closed the file.

" This is a lot to read and we can do it our way home." Alaric said as he heard Damon honking the car.

" Let's get going." Hope picked up the file and left the room with Ric. He came back though as he handed some vervain to Vanessa.

" You have dangerous information. Always have this. Atleast this will protect you from vampire." She nodded at him and he left.

" ... then she fainted and ... " Josie told Sam quietly as Jenna handed some tea to Elena. Jenna was brought back from the Gilbert House to stay here for some days till the ritual ended. Mason was back at his Lockwood Mansion with Tyler. Mason had called some of his friends from Florida to help them. All of them wolves. Elena stood up and came near them.

" I know what to do." Sam stopped her and took out a small knife from his jacket. He firmly put the knife on his wrist and made the cut. Blood started to flow and he rushed to Stefanie's side and put his hand on her mouth. Her lips as she started to drink from his wrist. He waited patiently as her eyes flickered opened and she stopped drinking. Elena rushed to her side.

" Stef !" She hugged her daughter and kissed her forehead.

" Mom ? Is it raining?" Stefanie asked as she looked up at her mom who was crying , who chuckled a bit.

" I should go." Sam said and left room as Josie followed him.

" Thanks for being here." She moved her hand forward and he shook it. And Siphoning started automatically.

Josie took her hand back and looked at him confused.

" How?" She asked him as she saw Hope and Alaric coming in.

" Sam!" Hope called him out he turned around to face and she spelled something but her face's determination faded and turned into frustration as nothing happened.

" You magic doesn't and won't effect me. '' He said as a matter of fact and looked at her confused.

" Well , I can sure kill you so..." Damon said as he vamped in and grabbed his neck and shoved him against the wall.

" Lesson one don't anger a Lightbringer . Especially if it's me." Suddenly Hope , Josie and Damon fell on their feet clutching their head and cried out in pain. Alaric tried to get his crossbow but he got freezed and couldn't move.

Caroline and Elena came out running as they heard the noises.

" No." Caroline vamped towards him and bit his neck but fainted as she drank his blood.

" Caroline!! What are doing? " Elena said in horror as she thought what to do. Caroline was unconcious ,Blood was coming out if Damon's eyes and Hope and Josie were trying to get up but everytime they tried to get up , they fell on their knees in pain.

" Stop it. What are you doing?Stop it.'' Elena told Sam as his gaze didn't fade and he remained stood. She guessed that he has stopped because Hope and Josie relaxed a little and blood had stopped coming out of Damon's eyes but Caroline remained unconscious.

" Why are you doing this? You help us and now you are attacking the kids. What did you do Care? '' Elena yelled at him but he looked calm and patience.

" I was protecting them. But what happened to Caroline can't be undone. "

" What did you do? "

" It's not what I did . It's what my blood did to her. You might know that a certain witch named Qetsiyah created cure for the immortality spell. " Elena nodded as he started to explain the story.

" Well , she didn't exactly create the cure and she got killed by faction because she didn't exactly leave them the recipe of the cure. How could she? Lightbringers are immune to everything. The magic of the witches , bite of a werewolf or attack by vampires because we created the witches who gave werewolves and vampires. So blood of a Lightbringer is fatal to vampire which kills but the blood of the Special Lightbringers , you can call it which was only my family and now me , turns vampire into human. "

Elena gasped and looked at Caroline. Josie got up slowly and rubbed the temple of her head.

" She is a human now? '' Same nodded.

" Why did you attack us?" Josie asked tried to vamp forward towards him but couldn't.

" The magic I used on you undid the vampirism for some time. Give it a day or half. '' Sam explained as Josie tried to make sense out of it. She took a knife lying by her side and cut her hand. It didn't heal.

" Same with him too." Sam told her as he pointed towards Damon who had fainted in pain a little later. His face was smeared in blood and he was sweating.

" Why did you exactly attack me? '' He asked Hope was looking at a Frozen Alaric.

" Oh Sorry." He apologized before unfreezing Alaric. He moved his hands and legs as if to know if he was okay.

" Now why did you attack me?" He asked again to which Hope turned around to look at him and threw him an angry gaze.

" You got us attacked first when we went to look for Slater. " She started to explain to him as she looked how confused he was about this whole thing.

" First of all , No. I don't know about this and why would I want the doppelganger dead when I am looking for the ways to protect her." He explained as he took a seat.

" Why are you here? In this timeline and are you following MJ? And what did you do to my mom? '' Josie asked as she looked at her mom.

" She is a human now and I am not following MJ but it is her that brought me here. Her magic. "

" What? " Josie said as Sam started to explain.

" Why do you think that you and sister even touching her , make you siphoning out of control even when she was a human? She has magic in her blood. "

" How does she have magic in her blood? " Elena asked as she spoke after a long time of hearing the conversations.

" Because both her parents are cure which is full of magic."

" How is that possible? " Elena told as she looked at an unconcious Damon who stirred a little."

" See there is a lot of things you don't know about. Like There are many types of doppelganger. Petrova doppelgangers are not the only doppelgangers. There are doppelgangers we have kept hidden so they don't die but the line of Lightbringers is attached to Petrova doppelgangers because they are special. I can't let you die because you are the key of me dying peacefully whenever I want to."

" So you want to keep me alive so that you can keep living. " Elena clarifed to him and tried to shock him but he remained calm.

" It's not that actually. It's about me and MJ. Our lives are kind of ... tied together. I died before I turned 21. But the magic in my blood keeps me human and I don't age and it is a kind of ritual that occurs of the Lightbringers in line who manage the magic , the nature, afterlife including both supernaturals , humans and mystical creatures which you don't think exist but they do and the whole Lightbringer clan who are kind of my workers if you call them don't age. We have magic and if we die , the magic goes into the nature which is the source of magic for the witches. But ever since Amara died who was a doppelganger but was turned into an Anchor , the magic of the earth is not the same as it used to be. Because the witches wanted more power The Hollow was born who in turn made werewolves. This is a whole of story but the point is that magic the witches are using currently is either The hollow's or the dead witches or dark magic. So I waited for 500 years and for another doppelganger but she died even before she could walk. Then Tatia was born but she got killed by the Original Bitch. I kind of punished her because I didn't let her join the ancestors or the other side or even hell. She got stuck to the coffin and we made her listen to the whole lot of victims of your father , uncle and you family, Hope. " Hope winced at the mention of it.

" So continuing the story , Katherine killed herself even before I could reach her and now you are left so I can't exactly let you die and I don't want your daughter have the same life as me. Waiting for death because sometimes having this magic is problematic and I have been trying to tame it for 2000 years. "

Elena looked at Alaric who picked up the file and started to read something.

" And How does MJ come in ... " Elena asked as he saw Caroline waking.

" You have things to do and I have to go . I can explain later and also I have some explanations that I owe to Stefanie. Call me if you need . '' Sam said as he walked towards the door and shut it behind him.

Stefanie was in the room , sleeping as the nightmare hit her again. She was going to die. Her eyes opened as she saw Jenna by her side reading something and she immediately tried to go back to sleep but it felt impossible.