Estelle

Chapter 1

I stared at the broken down, worn out house in front of me. I couldn't believe it was still standing, I hadn't seen it in years. I was 5 the last time I was here, my mother moved us away when she met her mate, oh and she moved her body guard Sanguine. Sanguine was the only true vampire in our group, he has been turned by my father who had disappeared one day, telling Sanguine to watch over my mother.

I wondered what made the vampires I was tracking to come here of all places. I had gotten a phone call from my ex-husband begging me to track down his brother's new human girlfriend. If I didn't like him so much I wouldn't have bothered, our breakup had been amiable, we just realized we were going different directions in life. So he called every now and then when he needed someone of my skills and I knew I could call him for anything I needed as well.

I slipped quietly inside, casting a disillusionment charm on myself so I wouldn't be noticed. I had never met Stefan's girlfriend and I wanted to know more about her and her kidnappers. I figured Damon and Stefan would be there soon so I sat back to watch and learn. Only planning to interfere if there was danger to the girl, besides I wanted to know why she was targeted.

As I made my way into the house I was alerted to the fact that there were three people inside. Stephan's girlfriend, and two other people a woman and a man. As I got closer to them I could make out what they were saying.

"So you called him?" The man asked.

"No, I called one of his contacts. You know how this works." The woman replied

"Did you or did you not get the message to Elijah?" The man said

Wait, Elijah? No it couldn't be the same person, what would he want with a human girl? I frowned, unless she was the doppelgänger. I was so caught up in my thoughts I missed what they said next.
My attention was brought back to the conversation when I heard a new voice ask. "Who's Elijah?"

The woman replied, "Your worst nightmare."

Nothing more was said after that, I walked in the room and immediately felt like I had the air sucked out of the room. It couldn't be, but yes it was, there in front of me was the spitting image of Katherine Pierce. Stefan's girlfriend was the doppelgänger.

The doppelgänger has made her appearance, that meant the things were going to heat up for Stefan's girlfriend. Damon and Stefan probably had no clue just what they were getting themselves into. I studied the man and woman that held the doppelgänger captive (I really should find out what her name is), the man looked jumpy, the woman on edge.

"Trever, go calm down. It will be okay." The woman told the man.

"But what if it won't be, Rose."

"I told you, Elijah is a man of his word. As long as he accepts the deal we are free."

Ah, Trever and Rose. I had heard of them, they had helped the 1st doppelgänger escape, betraying not only Elijah's brother but also Elijah. I had gathered as much information as I could about Elijah's family over the years and from what I learned Elijah was indeed a man if his word. However, he was also vindictive when crossed, he valued loyalty about all things. I figured Rose would be fine but Trever would not be, that is if my information was correct and Rose had only been loyal to Trever all these years.

Trever seemed like a lose canon, so I was relieve when he left the room. The doppelgänger tried to question Rose but was ignored. I settled in a chair to watch over the doppelgänger, my mind whirling with the possibilities. Part of me was thrilled with the possibility of seeing Elijah (I'd been looking for him for years) another part of me was hoping my ex-husband would hurry up and get there.
Rose left the room not long after, leaving me with the doppelgänger.

After a while the doppelgänger decided to explore the house a little. I followed along, the rooms still familiar after all these years. Memories of me running in the halls being chased by Sanguini and my mother. We were happy then, but then we moved, because mother met her mate. I hated the memories I had after we had moved. The doppelgänger brought me out of my thoughts when she spoke out of the blue.

"Why am I here?" She demanded.

I looked around and saw she had found Rose in what used to be the library, my favorite room. I would hold up for hours looking at the books, even before I could read, I would stare at the words and pretend to read.

Rose was going through some books we had left behind, she didn't even bother to look up. "You keep asking me these questions like I'm going to answer you."

"Why won't you?"

"There's another one."

"You got me, okay? It's not like I can go anywhere. The least you can do is tell me what you want with me."

Rose looked up at her, "I personally want nothing; I'm just a delivery service."

The doppelgänger continued relentlessly, "Delivery to who? Elijah?"

"Two points to the eavesdropper." Rose replied.

"Who is he? Is he a vampire?"

I softly snorted at this question, Elijah merely a vampire? No, he was much more powerful, and so much more dangerous. While I scoffed Rose told her that he was one of the Originals.

"What do you mean the originals?"

I had to give it to her, she never backed down. I wasn't sure if that would hurt her or help her in the end. I watched as Rose finally gave in and explained a little bit of why she was turning the doppelgänger over to Elijah. She explained that she and Trever were on the run, and had been for 500 years. Then Rose told brought up the sun and moon curse, telling the doppelgänger that she was the key to break it.

I scoffed inwardly at this, I knew they believed the curse was placed by an ancient shaman, but I knew the truth. They believed the curse would free vampires to walk in the daylight of broken by them or the werewolves would be able to turn whenever they wanted, or never, if they broke the curse. I knew the real curse, I had stumbled on it when I was doing research into Elijah.

The real curse was placed on Elijah's brother who was a hybrid- a werewolf and a vampire. He was a werewolf by birth but no one knew until he was turned into a vampire, because then he triggered the werewolf gene by making his first kill. His mother cast the curse, binding his werewolf curse. He and Elijah made up the sun and moon curse because the easiest way to find all the required items was for others to want to break the curse. It was true that doppelgänger was the key though, that fact was correct.

"What do you mean I'm the key? The moonstone is what breaks the curse." The doppelgänger said.

Rose shook her head, "No, the moonstone is what binds the curse. The sacrifice is what breaks it."

The doppelgänger frowned, "The sacrifice?"

I cringed. It was clear that she was not as well informed about the sun and moon curse. She was not going to take this well.

"The blood of the doppelgänger. You're the doppelgänger. Which means, in order to break the curse you're the one who has to die."