Night Time Creatures [Klaus Mikaelson]

36 • Miss Me?

9 months later

Aliona's P.O.V

It's been nearly a year, I've been staying down in Florida with a friend of mine trying to regain control. Just as I thought, it thankfully worked. I've been able to feed without killing anyone and I feel ready. My friend had said a few weeks ago that he had to go visit some family, but I hadn't heard from him since then. So I figured now was as good a time as ever. I was ready.

Ready to return home.

A wave of nausea hit me like a ton of bricks as I drove past the Mystic Falls sign, remembering how suddenly I had left. The quiet town looked like it hadn't changed a bit, but then again I hadn't been gone that long.

I neared the area of town where my brothers were residing and decided it would be better to stay with them than to go back to Matt's. I swallowed a thick lump in my throat as I made my way up the driveway and knocked on the door, months ago I would have just barged in. But I felt in no position to do that at the moment.

"No way." Damon frowned as he opened the door, I smiled lightly at him not knowing what to say.

"Missed me then?" I asked in a joking manner, trying to lift the astonished look on his face.

"You took off without saying much, where've you been?" Damon asked as he let me in.

"Florida. Where's Stefan?" I questioned in confusion.

"He'll be back any moment, we're going to rescue Elena." Damon shrugged as I frowned.

"A year later and she's still getting captured every five seconds?" I asked as Damon nodded.

"Yeah pretty much." He spoke, I groaned before following him outside to his car and getting in. "We have to pick Stefan up and then we'll be on the road."

"The road to where exactly?" I asked in confusion, who had Elena?

"You'll see." Damon spoke as he started the car and drove towards the high school where Stefan was. "I'd get in the back if I were you." Damon suggested as I frowned at him.

"Why?" I questioned.

"Because Stefan's older, he gets to sit in the front." He spoke to me like he used to in the 1800's.

"Screw you." I grumbled and climbed over as Damon pulled into a parking space at the high school, seeing Stefan walk over and climb in.

"Bonnie did a locator spell, I know roughly where she is." Stefan spoke to Damon, he hadn't seen me yet. Damon nodded and pulled out of the car park and began to drive in the directions that Stefan was saying. I coughed lightly and Stefan whirled his head around, eyes widening when he saw me. "Ali!" He almost shouted. "How? When?"

"Hi Stefan." I smiled sheepishly at him.

"Are you okay?" He asked with concern, I laughed at the difference in my brother's reactions.

"Yes I'm good, I'm in control now." I nodded as he smiled.

"That's good." He breathed out, clearly glad to have me back.

"You guys need to fill me in on what I've missed." I suggested as silence filled the car.

"Well: Katherine pretended to be Elena, Katherine tried to kill Elena, Katherine tried to kill me, Katherine tried to kill a whole lot of people actually, Katherine turned Caroline into a vampire, we locked Katherine safely in the tomb, baby Gilbert knows about everything now, Mayor Lockwood and Mason Lockwood are dead...oh and Tyler Lockwood is a werewolf." Damon spoke way too quickly as I tried to take it all in.