When Damon opened the tomb, only to find out that Katherine wasn't there, he stormed into the woods, not wanting to hear his brother's voice "comforting" him, or hear Elena speak full stop, as she looked and sounded identical to the woman who broke...
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Rapunzel forgave Damon instantly. She knew she shouldn't but from what she knew, Isobel, Elena's birth mother, was also the wife of Alaric, and Damon turned her. But if she was related to Elena, she was also related to Katherine, and Katherine Pierce makes Damon do reckless things.
It had been just less than a week since the fundraiser, and Rapunzel was alone in the house, as Stefan had gone to school with Elena, and Damon was out... somewhere, Rapunzel didn't really know, he just left the house without telling her. She headed downstairs, fully prepared to try figure out how to make brownies, as the day before Elena brought her some store-bought ones and they were amazing. Stepping downstairs, she went to head towards the kitchen but stopped, gasping in surprise. There were two women sitting in the living room, clearly waiting for someone. They both turned their heads towards her. Rapunzel got over her shock, before greeting these unknown guests, "Apologies, I didn't hear you come in. Would you like some tea?"
The younger of the two looked at Rapunzel confused, while the older looked happy, "Tea would be lovely, thank you dear."
Rapunzel went to make tea, but then remembered what Damon said about strangers, so she turned towards them again before saying, "Apologies, but I do not know your names? My name's Rapunzel, if you did not know."
"No apologies necessary," the older woman excused her, before answering the question, "My name is Pearl, and this is my daughter, Anna."
"Lovely to meet you both," Rapunzel commented with a smile, "I shall go start the tea now."
Soon, Rapunzel returned to the living room, tray in hand which had a teapot, three teacups, a pot of sugar, and a jug of milk, as well as four spoons, one for each cup and one for the sugar. When she moved in, she insisted Damon get her a tea set in case visitors came over. She put the tray down on the side, before filling her cup with tea, adding a splash of milk and some sugar, all while speaking, "Apologies, I did not know how you take your tea, so there is sugar in the pot, and hopefully enough milk in the jug. If not, I will happily get some more. Now, apologies if I come across rude, but why exactly have you come in? According to Damon it is impolite to enter one's home without permission."
"No apologies necessary, dear," Pearl dismissed, pouring some tea into her own cup as Anna watched from the side, "And it is a fair question, not rude at all. We have come to speak to Damon, are you aware of when he will be home?"
"Unfortunately, not, he left the house without notifying me," Rapunzel explained, taking a sip of her tea.
"So, who are you again?" Anna blurted out, not knowing who she was exactly to the Salvatores, "Because I've never seen you around before."
"Oh, I understand, well I only just moved into this house with Damon and Stefan, as Damon saved me from my mother, who isn't actually my mother, when she tried to kill me. So, he brought me here, as he is my closest friend," Rapunzel explained without hesitation. The two women nodded in acknowledgement, before carrying on with some casual conversation. Pearl was enjoying it a lot, as when she got out of the tomb she entered a new society of new technology, where no one had any manners, but for some reason, this woman acted like people did in her time.
