6| Mischief and Memories

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'She will rise with a spine of steel and a roar like thunder she will rise.'
-  Nicole Lyons  - 

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For over a century, I have lived in secret, until now. I know the risk, but I have to know her. Elena. She's a dead ringer for Katherine. Is that Damon Salvatore and Stefan Salvatore? The original brothers. They've come back.

I've got just the plan to get back at Stefan, and you're just the partner I need. We'll convince everyone we're in love. What if we're each other's biggest mistake? What made you think you ever meant anything to me? We're strictly business from here on out. You owe me, and if you refuse to comply, I'll kill you!

I keep seeing three rings of fire and hearing screaming in my dreams. Is this a message? Could this be a warning or a premonition of something terrible to come?

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ᴅᴇᴀʀ ᴅɪᴀʀʏ, ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴꜱɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇʀ. ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴏʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴇ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ɪ ᴅᴇɴʏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ? ɪ'ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀɢᴇ, ᴡʜᴏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ʜᴜʀᴛ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴᴇᴅ. ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇɴ.
- ᴇʟᴇɴᴀ ɢɪʟʙᴇʀᴛ

Elena, filled with urgency and desperation, frantically drives towards the Salvatore boarding house, her mind racing with questions and doubts. She needs answers, and she needs them now. With a sense of urgency, she speeds through the streets, her heart pounding as she draws closer to her destination. The Salvatore boarding house looms ahead, a source of both curiosity and fear.

Mystic Falls, Virginia - 1864

A carriage arrives, and two breathtakingly beautiful women step out. It is the first time they lay eyes on one another.

Stefan, dressed in his bow tie shirt and long coat, bows and says, "You must be Miss Pierce?"

The woman, wearing a hat, a dazzling dress, and her hair up, replies, "Please, call me Katherine."

She gives a gracious curtsy, placing her hand towards Stefan, who takes it and gently kisses it.

Elena, her emotions in turmoil, storms towards the Salvatore boarding house, and the door swings open to reveal Stefan standing in the doorway. He looks surprised to see her, and her question hangs in the air.

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