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𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 - 𝐂𝐡. 18
"𝒐𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅.
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆."

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         — TWO CARS PARKED IN A SECLUDED AREA off the road — one stayed running as a man got out of the other, approaching the window which opened just enough for the man to see the other man's eyes, which were covered by blacked-out sunglasses while his face was covered by a hat.

"Where are they?" He asked lowly.

"In the trunk. I did exactly what you said." The other man told him.

"Good. Put both of them in the back." He demanded. The man walked off, going back to his trunk, he grabbed the doppelgänger first, throwing her over one shoulder before grabbing the youngest Salvatore and throwing her over his other. He put them both into the back of the stranger's cat before going back to the man's window.

The man nodded in acknowledgment, "Thank you for your help."

He didn't respond directly, only asking, "Is there anything else?"

"One more thing, come closer. Please." At his request, the man approached while the stranger rolled his window down. "Closer." He beckoned. When the man came closer, the fangs came out and he was grabbed harshly, being fed on by the vampire, and killed.

He dropped him to the ground carelessly when he was done with his meal and wiped his face uselessly before rolling his window up and driving away, leaving the dead body behind to rot.

He didn't do his job right anyway, the vampire resolved. He'd only wanted the doppelgänger, but he surely couldn't complain about gaining a Salvatore as well.

"Skyler!" Stefan called, knocking on his sister's door repetitively, "We got a problem." He knocked again, calling her name out before opening the door and finding the room empty.

He frowned confused, his stomach sunk. First Elena, now his twin? He dissuaded these thoughts, after all, Skyler has been known to disappear without notice recently. She was out feeding and would return later, he decided as he walked away, leaving the door to his sister's empty room open.

She would not return and he would soon realize his mistake.

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        SKYLER groaned as she woke in an empty room, unfamiliar to her. She frowned, and quickly went on edge, her body tense as she studied the room; Elena was beside her, her hands tied with rope. It took her a moment to realize hers were tied too, and a man was standing in front of them.

She narrowed her eyes up at the man as he untied Elena. "What do you want?" The doppelgänger questioned anxious but trying to keep a strong exterior. It was useless, the vampire could see right through it. Could smell her fear no matter how well she disguised it. He shushed her. "Please I'm hurt." She begged.

"I know." He responded, veins appearing under his eyes, "Just a taste."

Elena screamed as the man bent down to get a taste of her blood, Skyler didn't much care for the human however she still found herself growling angrily for both her brothers' sake though she didn't snap the rope off to save her, not yet. Suddenly, a woman's voice shouted at him, "Trevor!"

So the vampire had a name. Skyler noted it for later as she studied the new woman. "Control yourself." She told him when he reluctantly turned to look at her.

"Buzz kill." Trevor responded before he stood up, leaving the room.

"What do you want with us?" Elena asked for both girls as Skyler stayed silent, knowing better.

She had already figured out this was one of the Mikaelson's plans — obviously not Kol or Klaus, but one of the family nonetheless. She knew questions were useless. Even if the vampires were stupid (which they obviously are- case in point; kidnapping a Mikaelson without realizing) they wouldn't tell their captors their plan. However, she still had things to figure out, like who the vampires were, which Mikaelson made them do this, and why they took her too.

"My God, you look just like her." The woman commented, staring at Elena in awe.

"But I'm not. Please whatever you want—"

"Be quiet." The woman demanded.

"But I'm not Katherine."

"She knows that already." Skyler told her sounding hazed despite her best efforts. They had dosed her with something that left her slower than she'd like, but not stupid.

Elena glanced at her but otherwise ignored her as she sat up on the couch, "My name is Elena Gilbert. You don't have to do this."

"I know who you are. I said be quiet."

"What do you want?" Elena asked not listening still. When did she ever?

Boy was she stupid, Skyler thought, watching the interaction, more than she had realized before - what her brothers saw in her besides the obvious similarities to the woman who ruined them, she had no clue.

The woman snapped, slapping the doppelgänger who flew back with the utmost force that was put into one slap. "I want you to be quiet."

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         "WHAT are you doing?" Skyler questioned incredulously as the doppelgänger stood from the couch.

Geez, it's like the human's never been kidnapped before. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to find out why they brought us here and who "Elijah" is." Elena told the vampire — who had been seemingly unconscious during the conversation she had overheard — Skyler arched her brows. Did she not know how vampire hearing worked? She'd be shocked if the vampires that had kidnapped them hadn't just heard her "plan."

"Don't." She advises anyway, "You don't know who or what you're dealing with."

"Neither do you," Elena responded shrugging her off without ever thinking otherwise, "I'll be fine."

She groaned as the doppelgänger walked out of the room, she called out, "You're gonna get yourself killed!"

Her hands were still tied, unlike Elena, leaving her stuck on this stupid couch for now unless she were to break the rope herself, which would be easy enough but despite it being frustrating, she was curious how this would play out. So she stayed still and took the opportunity to relax.

Elena underestimated her knowledge. The vampires who kidnapped them weren't smart enough to look at her twice, so this was practically a vacation.

She threw her head back, hitting the back of the dirty couch.

After some time, Elena walked back into the room, sitting down on the opposite end of the couch from Skyler as the vampire lifted her head to look at her, all her care showing on her face — which of course came to a total of none.

"Oh, you didn't get killed." Skyler commented nonchalantly, her eyes flickered from Elena to the ceiling as she laid her head back down on the back of the couch, "That's unfortunate."

Not bothering to respond, Elena only rolled her eyes and she looked down instead, noticing a piece of paper between the cushions that was definitely not there before. She glanced at Skyler before unfolding it to reveal a note from Bonnie.

Stefan and Damon are coming for you.
- B

Skyler had lifted her head when she heard the ruffle of paper and watched in boredom as Elena grinned, balling up the note and hiding it so the vampires wouldn't see. Skyler meanwhile rolled her eyes, wondering if her brothers even knew she was kidnapped along with their precious copycat.

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        "HE'S HERE." The male vampire— what was his name? —said panicking as he walked down the stairs, "This was a mistake." Trevor, Skyler absentmindedly remembered he had been called earlier. She hummed and watched from the couch.

The woman narrowed her eyes at the presumably younger vampire, her voice stern as she spoke, "No I told you I would get us out of this, you have to trust me."

"No! He wants me dead, Rose!" He snapped in response.

"He wants her more." She argued, determined albeit stupid. They would both be killed or left wishing they were dead.

Her words did nothing to cease his panic as he continued, "I can't do this. You give her to him, he'll have mercy on you, but I need to get out of here!"

"Hey. What are we?" The woman questioned trying to calm her partner in (literal) crime down.

Trevor closed his eyes in an attempt to at least emit a facade of calm with Elena watching them, he spoke after a moment, "We're family."

"Forever."

"Well isn't that sweet." Skyler commented sarcastically a second before the sound of pounding on the door echoed into the room.

The doppelgänger narrowed her eyes, and ever observantly pointed out, "You're scared." The woman ignored her, neither denying nor confirming it though the answer was quite obvious. Skyler knew they were scared, even the doppelgänger could see. They'd be stupid not to be.

"Good job, Sherlock Holmes." Skyler snorted amused by her own words.

What? Her standards for amusement decreased every second she was by the doppelgänger.

"Stay here with them." The woman told Trevor sternly, "And don't make a sound."

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        IT didn't take long — though it seemed like forever to Skyler — before Elijah entered the room with the woman. Meanwhile, Elena paced the room, the balled-up note from Bonnie in her hands as Skyler sat on the couch, still tied up and too bored to care.

"Finally." She whispered for only his ears as he entered the room. Elijah stared at Elena for a moment before flashing in front of her to get a better look, getting closer and closer before smelling her neck - the blood running through her veins calling to him. Human.

"Human." He said in awe as he pulled back, Elena breathing rapidly as though her life depended on it. Skyler supposed she didn't know yet that Elijah intended to keep her alive - at least for a while.

"It's impossible." The young vampire, Travis? No! Trevor! She snapped her finger at the realization with a satisfied grin.

Ignoring him, Elijah gave all his attention to the human before him, "Hello there." He greeted, staring at Elena before turning to Skyler, eyes narrowed, "Why is she tied up?"

"She's a vampire. A Salvatore." The woman told him as if he didn't already know. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm aware." Elijah responded nonchalantly, ensuring he showed no opinion for the girl. He turned to them with a steady glare, "Untie her." Trevor hurriedly untied Skyler, Elijah found himself staring at the doppelgänger once more. He cleared his throat, "Well, we have a long journey ahead of us. We should be going."

Skyler stood as Trevor finished untying his sister-in-law and returned to Rose's side like the good pet he was, she rubbed at her red wrists with a wince despite them instantly beginning to heal in front of her eyes. Still hurt, she thought more for dramatic's sake than anything else, she huffed, glaring at Elijah. What's his plan here?

The doppelgänger stared at Elijah before she resolved to beg the vampires stood behind him, naive enough to think they could or would help, "Please, don't let him take us."

"One last piece of business, then we're done." Elijah told the doppelgänger, ignoring her pleas while not allowing the younger vampires time to think about them.

"I've waited so long for this day, Elijah." Trevor told the man as he turned to them, "I'm truly very sorry."

"Oh no, your apology's not necessary."

"Yes. Yes, it is." He responded not daring to look the elder vampire in the eyes or even turn as he circled him, testing him, "You trusted me with Katerina... and I failed you.

The older vampire hummed, "Oh yes. You are the guilty ones, and Rose aided you because she was loyal to you." Elijah added, "That, I honor." Approaching Trevor further, he questioned, "Where was your loyalty?"

Trevor gulped however he didn't waver, "I beg your forgiveness."

"So granted." Elijah responded gracefully, giving him a moment of peace before slicing his throat open, killing him where he stood.

Behind him, Rose gasped. "You—!"

"Don't, Rose..." he advised the angry woman, "Now that you are free." The woman cried out. He nonchalantly ignored her cries as he looked at Elena and commanded, "Come."

"No, what about the moonstone?" Elena questioned hurriedly, looking for a way out. Copycat like CopyKat.

Elijah paused, acting surprised, "What do you know about the moonstone?"

"I know that you need it and I know where it is."

Skyler's eyes sparkled as she sat on the couch willingly despite her wrists and ankles now being untied leaving her free to roam or run. Finally, the plan was seeing some sort of outcome.

"Yes."

Finally, she would be reunited with her husband and family soon enough.

"I can help you get it." Elena said.

"Tell me where it is." Elijah responded sounding amused.

She trusted that. She had to, even not knowing Elijah's plan fully.

"It doesn't work that way." Elena responded.

"Are you negotiating with me?" He questioned, turning to Rose.

"It's the first I've heard of it." Rose told him.

Skyler's eyes flickered to Elena before landing on him, she whispered, "She's buying time."

Elijah gave a subtle nod before he turned back to Elena who he tried to compel, growing annoyed when it failed to take, "What is this vervain doing around your neck?" He questioned before he grabbed the necklace, snapping it off her throat harshly causing her to gasp. He then grabbed her roughly by her ear forcing a pained groan out of her, "Tell me where the moonstone is." He compelled without fail.

"In the tomb underneath the church ruins." Elena responded obediently.

Behind her, Skyler crossed her legs as she sat patiently on the couch, a hidden smirk on her face. If Rose noticed, she paid no mind to her strange behavior, too caught up in her own feelings.

"What is it doing there?" He continued.

"It's with Katherine." Elena told the man.

"Interesting." The compulsion broke as glass shattered somewhere in the house, his grasp on her loosened before completely disappearing as he stepped back. "What is that?" Elijah questioned, looking for the source.

"I don't know."

Turning to Rose, he glared, "Who else is in this house?"

"I don't know." She repeated.

Elijah forcefully grabbed Elena and Skyler, leaving a weakened grip on Skyler as he knew she wouldn't fight him though her brother certainly would if he hurt his wife on accident, plan or not. "Move!" He demanded running up the stairs with the two girls.

He spun around, looking for intruders in the house. A vampire sped around them, too fast for Elijah to grab or even see who it was clearly. He pushed Elena and Skyler to Rose, he hadn't pushed Skyler hard enough however so she rolled her eyes and faked stumbling in order to wind up grabbed harshly by Rose who kept both her and Elena by her side as the vampire ran around the house. "Rose..." he called in warning.

"I don't know who it is!" Rose told him desperate for him to believe her, she let go of both the girls in her shock, an amateur move really though Skyler couldn't argue it without looking suspicious.

One's not really supposed to help the kidnapper become better at kidnapping.

The vampire ran around them again before Stefan's voice called, "Up here." Elijah ran up the steps before another voice belonging to Damon called, "Down here." Elena gasped spinning around to try and find any of them when a weapon fired at Elijah, a stake that hit his hand. Annoyed, he pulled it out, looking back at Elena, Skyler, and Rose only to find them all gone.

Stefan pressed two fingers to his twin and Elena's mouths, keeping them quiet as he held them behind a wall upstairs, concealed from Elijah while Damon held Rose downstairs.

"Excuse me," Elijah called, "To whom it may concern, you're making a great mistake if you think that you can beat me. You can't." He told them, "You hear that? I repeat—" he grabbed something, breaking it loudly.

"You cannot beat me." He declared before continuing, "So I want the girls on the count of 3. Or heads will roll."

He looked around, eyes narrowed dangerously as he spoke, "Do we understand each other?"

Elena forced herself out of Stefan's hold after they quietly planned a rather idiotic plan to "takedown" Elijah, stepping out into view, "I'll come with you."

"Idiot." Skyler groaned, Stefan shushing her quickly.

"Just please don't hurt my friends." Elena begged, "They just wanted to help me out."

Elijah ran at her causing her to gasp as he stopped a few feet away on the stairs, "What game are you playing with me?"

Suddenly, Elena revealed a vervain bomb, quickly throwing it at the vampire before running away as the man screamed in pain, his face red from the burn of vervain. Stefan came out of view before the man could get Elena, leaving Skyler hidden further up, she shot at the man a few times though it didn't seem to affect him much. Surprise, surprise. He then tackled Elijah, sending both of them flying down the stairs.

Elijah stood first, gaining the upper hand as Skyler came out of view going to Elena rather than trying to fight Elijah and help her brothers. She was rather annoyed with them after all, they had just ruined her plan. He went to run at Stefan when Damon staked him through the chest, running him into a door and staking him where he stood. Elijah's face turned gray in seconds as he lost consciousness with one last breath, seemingly dead.

Skyler knew better.

Rose appeared, running away before they could stop her and Damon went to go after her when Elena called, "Just let her go."

Damon grinned as Elena ran down the stairs, and for a second Damon thought she was running to him but of course, she went to Stefan instead. "Hey come here. Are you hurt? You okay?" He asked her, Elena wrapped her hands around his neck.

Rolling her eyes, Skyler came down the steps after her, "Let me guess, you guys didn't even know I was gone." She said going to her eldest brother who chuckled, pulling her into a hug though his eyes stayed on Stefan and Elena.

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        "WHERE'S ELENA?" Damon asked Stefan as he entered the room.

Skyler sat on the couch, a glass of blood in hand as she peered over at her twin, "Yeah I figured you weren't going to let the poor girl go."

Rolling his eyes, Stefan responded, "She's home."

Damon turned to his brother with an arched brow, "And you're here why?" He questioned.

"Because she wanted to be with Jeremy."

Damon hummed, "Here." He responded knowingly, handing the glass of alcohol he had poured for himself to his younger brother.

Skyler snorted, amused to see her twin take the glass. "Thanks." He said, looking at it before looking over at his twin, "I'm glad you're okay."

She rolled her eyes in return, "Please. You two probably didn't even know I was gone."

Stefan only chuckled which told her enough. They hadn't. She pretended it didn't hurt, taking a gulp of her glass of blood with a splash of alcohol, regretting not adding more. "Listen uh, what Rose told Elena about the curse..." Stefan trailed off.

"I know." Damon responded, "We'll keep her safe."

Stefan set his glass aside, "You know the only way we're gonna be able to do that is if we're not fighting each other. We let Katherine come between us," he continued, "We let that happen with Elena, we're not gonna be able to protect her."

"Yes Stefan," Damon said nonchalantly turning to his brother, "Heard it all before." He turned away again, finishing off a glass of alcohol.

"Hey." Stefan called to him.

"What?" Damon questioned, turning back to face him with an annoyed expression.

"I'm sorry." He apologized, looking over at his sister he clarified, "To both of you."

"For what?" Damon asked confused.

"For being the guy who made both of you turn 145 years ago."

Skyler frowned, wanting to argue that it wasn't true, but really how could she? She looked away, brushing aside her feelings. The apology's a little too late anyway, she drank instead of speaking.

"Enough, Stef. It's late." Damon told him, "We don't need to rehash that."

"Well, you know what? I've never said it out loud."He said standing up, "I guess I just need to say it, and you both need to hear it whether you believe it or not. I'm sorry." Stefan told them again. "What I did was selfish. I didn't want to be alone."

"Guess I just needed my siblings." He added as Damon turned back. Stefan nodded before walking away, leaving Damon and Skyler alone to ponder his words.

A knock came at the Salvatore's house early the next morning. Damon looked between his siblings before going to answer it. Curious, Skyler listened in. Elena Gilbert stood at the door.

She almost would have preferred Katherine. At least that would've made the morning interesting. "Hello, Elena." He greeted with a smile.

"Is Stefan here?" Elena asked, brushing him aside, "He called, said it was important."

"Right this way." Damon told her, letting her in and closing the door behind her. Skyler tried to see through his facade to see if the doppelgänger had hurt him with her words though she supposed he was used to being brushed aside by that face.

"Hey." Stefan greeted as he approached her.

"What is this about?"

Glancing at Skyler, he stepped aside to reveal Rose - aka one of her kidnappers - standing there with an almost anxious expression, though nothing compared to the fear on Elena's face.

"You."

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        SKYLER sat on the couch while Damon stood behind her, Stefan sat on the chair opposite her with Elena sat on the couch in the middle, all four were watching Rose who stood in the middle of the room as she explained things.

"Okay you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years," she told them to start with, "And I don't know what's true and what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap." She glanced around them, and continued, "But Klaus I know is real."

With her arms crossed and body tense in the face of her former kidnapper, Elena questioned, "Who is he?"

"One of the originals." Damon responded, having already heard the explanation.

"He's a legend." Skyler smirked. She didn't mention that he also happened to be her best friend and brother-in-law... wouldn't that be an interesting conversation if she did though.

Stefan glanced at Elena, who was still confused. He added, "From the first generation of vampires."

Recognition flickered on her face, "Like Elijah."

Skyler held back a snort but could do nothing to conceal the amused expression as Rose shook her head, "No, Elijah was the Easter Bunny compared to Klaus." She argued, "He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."

"Klaus is known to be the oldest." Stefan told her additionally causing Skyler to stifle a scoff behind a small cough, Klaus was not the eldest and he certainly didn't act like it however due to his strength and him being the supposed more dangerous of the originals everyone assumed he was.

They were wrong of course.

He was just more crazy than the rest of his siblings. Hence him being her best friend.

"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after me?"

"Yes." Rose said at the same time Stefan disagreed.

"Yes." Skyler confirmed with a nod only to receive a glare from her twin that may as well have sent her six feet under. She shrugged. Honesty, what a way to die.

"What they're saying is— I mean, if what she's saying is true," Damon said rounding the couch. "Which it is." Rose cut in, he looked at her, "And you're not just saying it so we don't kill you..." she denied this of course, wouldn't you if you didn't want to be killed, "Then we're lookin' at a solid maybe." Damon told her.

"Look, Elijah's dead, right?" Stefan told them, Skyler gave a serious nod, yes of course, Elijah, one of the oldest vampires was killed by them, babies in comparison. Yes absolutely. Not.

"So no one else even knows that you exist."

Oh how wrong they were, Skyler crossed her arms seemingly tensing up at the idea of danger however she was actually amused by it all. "Not that you know of." Rose commented causing Skyler to let loose a small smirk going unnoticed as everyone focused on Elena.

"That's not helping." Damon scowled.

"But it's not wrong either." Skyler chimed in.

"Look I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him." Stefan told them all. He was wrong of course. Skyler was standing right there but besides that most people who had knowingly met Klaus Mikaelson were long gone. "I mean we're talking about centuries of truth mixed with fiction." He continued, "I mean we don't know what's real."

"Or what's fake." She chimed in.

"For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bedtime story." Oh, she was totally telling Nik he said that, Skyler thought with a gleam in her eyes.

"He's real." Rose protested, "And he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus then you're an idiot." Or family, Skyler added silently, though really potato pahtato.

"All right we're shaking. You've made your point." Damon told the woman, rolling his eyes. Elena grabbed her bag and stood up.

"Where you going?" Stefan asked confused.

"School." Elena responded tensely, "I'm late."

"Let me uh— let me grab my stuff." He said, standing up after her, "I'll go with you."

"That's okay." Elena responded, "I know where it is."

Stefan nodded, letting her leave despite the hurt expression he now wore, like a kicked puppy. "Ooo. Trouble in paradise?" Skyler called with an amused grin.

"She's in denial." Damon added elegantly.

Stefan turned back to them glaring at both of them, "Shut up, both of you."

She smirked and glanced at Damon, "So is he."

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         "SO, you never said," Stefan started as he grabbed his bag before heading to school, "Have you ever heard of the originals?" He asked turning to his twin as they made their way down the stairs.

"I have." Skyler responded tensely, glancing at him, "Not very much. Just "they're dangerous!" blah blah blah, "stay away or perish.""

"Well, that's helpful." Stefan said, amused by his sisters antics even if they weren't exactly helpful for survival.

She shrugged in return, opening the front door for him, "You asked." She told him, "Good luck at school brother." She said sarcastically with a viscous smile.

He rolled his eyes, "yeah, yeah. Hey, maybe you should go with me someday, get a diploma."

Skyler slammed the door in his face as he laughed, she promptly headed upstairs ignoring the weird tension between Rose and Damon in the living room with a shudder.

Whatever happened after she left that room, she did not want to know about.

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       "SO, how's Elijah?" Skyler asked in amusement as she walked in the forest, her phone pressed to her ear as she spoke to Kol.

"Annoyed of course. Getting staked isn't exactly fun." Kol responded casually.

"Oh well, I'll have to remember that for when you piss me off." She responded with a grin though they both knew she wouldn't ever stake him, not when it would result in her being unconscious for a few hours too.

The joys of a soulmate bond.

"Oh, I'm sure you will." He responded amused, "So tell me what else is going on in Mystic Hills."

"Don't you mean Mystic Hell?" She corrected with a chuckle, continuing before he could respond, "Elena's in denial about Nik's whole existence, Rose and Damon are supposed to be meeting with a friend right about now for answers about the scary originals, and Stefan called Elijah an "Easter Bunny.""

He made a choked noise on the other side of the phone, "An Easter Bunny? Gem, darling, you've been holding out."

She could almost see his smile, marked with mischief, she smiled, "They have no clue I know about any of you. And none of them agree about whether any of you even exist." She continued her voice taking an amused tone, "Though I'm sure we'll be able to change that."

"Oh, I'm sure." Kol agreed easily, "I can't wait to have you back with us gem." He told her, his tone growing softer, less humorous, "It's been too long."

"It has indeed." She agreed softly, "Soon, okay?"

"Soon." He agreed, "Once we announce our return to Mystic Hell... there will be no more hiding."

Skyler hummed in agreement, "It'll be quite a reveal I think."

"I don't doubt it."

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       "WHAT HAPPENED?" Skyler questioned as Damon and Rose burst through the doors of the Salvatore home, Rose's face was red and burned while Damon's was left unscathed.

"Elijah's alive." Damon informed, pushing past her to set Rose down on the couch in the parlor.

"What?!" Skyler questioned, putting maybe a little too much exaggeration on the words to conceal her amusement.

She followed after them as he spoke, "Elijah's alive." He repeated angrily, "He showed up and shot vervain bombs, this guy isn't some myth."

He turned to her, face and tone more serious than Skyler had seen in a while, and told her, "The originals are real. And they're after Elena."

Skyler's expression showed only fear and anxiety as she stared back at him, deciding then that the acting classes were worth it.

Oh no, the boogie monster of the supernatural is real. What ever will she do?

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This is all editing with minor changes at this point and it still took several days 😭
Hoping to get more done with this book soon though but editing these long of chapters still takes a while so thank you for your patience <33