Ok, so I have to clear some things up for later. Only female doppelgangers lack a mate. Anyways, I updated the quotes page so please read them. I worked very hard on it!

I believe in many things. I believe in many things that people laugh at. I know about things that are magical and mythical. I am myself a magical and mythical being. Having your dead little brother come back from the dead after 1000 years on the other side should be nothing new, right? Wrong. This hurt my brain to even think about. Considering that the Original Witch had been contacted, she should have known about my little brother being on the Other Side with her. If she knew, I swear I would bring her back just to kill her again.

If spirits were here, who says that they weren't all over Mystic Falls. The only things that could become spirits like Henrik are those who haven't moved on, supernatural beings. Shit. Nik is going to have to get his Hybrid ass down here. We have to wake everyone up. Everyone has to get their Original asses to the Salvatore Boarding house. This is major. This changes everything. Who do I tell? Who do we tell first? Do I just call? No, this is more of an in person thing. I mean, Nik would hang up the second I say Henrik's name. I know it's a really touchy subject for him. He would probably snap my neck before I could even explain myself. He would apologize and I would forgive him, but that would just slow things down.

"I see that you are in shock, sister. I don't blame you, it isn't everyday that little ol' Henrik comes back from the dead," Henrik jokes. I groan and grab on to his arm. "Hey! I'm still a warlock! Basically human, sister! You'll bruise me!"

"We need to get you back home," I tell him. Henrik lets out a loud sigh.

"Just so you know, there seems to be a problem with the Other Side. It's what allowed me to come back. It didn't seem to phase you much. Do you think you could bring other people back as well?" Henrik asks.

"Henrik, it's bad enough that I brought one person from the dead. I can't just bring everyone back. It would cause alarm bells to go off throughout the world. We could be exposed!" Henrik yelps as he stubs his toe on a rock.

"Look, she's friends with one of your mates. She's really nice and tells nice jokes. She really likes you as well. She helped Stefan when he would go all ripper mode. It would mean a lot" Henrik pleads.

"Wait - wait! You don't happen to mean someone named Lexi? Like medium height and blonde? Probably hates me at this point. I was the one to kill her," Damon admits. I give him an eye roll. "Hey! I was spiteful! It wasn't personal, I had to get the trust of the council and I wanted to get back on his special day."

"Yes, it is Lexi. By the way, Stefan is in the dungeons of your house. Rebekah is still at the party, so we should probably go grab her. I hope that she remembers me." I growled at the knowledge that my mate had been locked up in his own home. Elena, probably. Does she not know when to draw the line? All I wanted was to go to a nice party today and now I have to kill someone. Or some people. It depends on who attacks me first. If Bonnie attacks I swear I will drag her witchy ass to hell.

"I'll grab Rebekah. I won't tell her what's going on just yet. Don't let her see Henrik or she'll want answers. Vamp to the house and I'll meet you there in 10. Be safe!" Damon speeds away to go and find our older sister.

Henrik looks down at me with fascination. "I see that I'm taller than you now. You used to tower over everyone, Astrid, what happened?"

"Genetics happened, Henrik. Let's go and find your future brother-in-law because if I have to spend one more second away from him I will kill someone."

"I don't care who you kill, just don't kill me."

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The boarding house doors were still open. Amateurs. Even bad for keeping humans out. Are you begging for us to be robbed? We have valuables in there! And blood. Do you want the council to search around and find blood? We'd be caught! Your little Caroline would die!

Henrik took it upon himself to stroll into the boarding house. He seemed to already know his way around, going straight for the dungeons. "Henrik, you need to stay with me. You're mortal, remember?"

"I have my magic. I know how to use that. You have your magic. You know how to use that. A few baby vamps won't be a problem for us, sis, we're Mikaelsons. We are the Original family. Don't think of yourself as weak to these people. They are nothing compared to you. They are nothing compared to any of us, even the very mortal Henrik, the youngest Mikaelson," Henrik patted my shoulder and continued down the stairs. The people inside the dungeons must have heard us coming in because the door to the cell was locked. "Damn. It's a spell. I can't break that, but you can siphon it."

And I did just that. I put my hands on the door and took in the power of the spell, allowing it to be stored within me. The people inside could be heard by my vampire ears.

"She's getting through the spell! How is she getting through the spell?!" Bonnie.

"I thought that you said this was a powerful spell, Bonnie!" Caroline.

"Just how powerful is this girl. She has my boyfriend and Damon under her little spell. Do love potions exist, Bonnie, because I think he's under one. Stefan loves me. After knowing her for a summer he says that she's his mate and one true love. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Normal people don't say that kind of stuff!" Elena. The little bitch had the audacity to call my mate her boyfriend.

I ran my way through the door, knocking it down with my strength. I glared at the three women standing in front of me. The blonde girl, Caroline, was on the phone with someone.

"Ric! The Mikaelson girl is here! Astrid just broke through the door-" I stomped over and grabbed the phone from the teenager.

"Hi, Mr. Saltzman, if you would mind, telling your students that messing with a vampire's mate is an extreme offence and that messing with a Mikaelson's mate is an even higher offense would be a good place to start when it comes to vampire hunting. As a hunter, I am astounded that you would even allow such a thing to go on. Did you know about this, hmmm? Did you allow your students to kidnap my mate?" The man on the other side just sputtered. "Oh, and we know about the ghosts. I found one. He came to me. Believe it or not, I have the ability to bring them back. I don't know all of them, but if they're willing to give me Bonnie's head when they come back I may just bring them back from the dead."

"Look, we were only trying to help Elena, she said that Klaus had compelled Stefan. She said that Klaus had somehow made him think that Stefan was your mate when he really wasn't. If he really is your mate, I am sorry for Elena's behavior. As her guardian I should have tried harder to collect the evidence before allowing this to happen. Bonnie was just trying to help as well-"

"Mr. Saltzman, has it ever even occurred to you that even though you do this all for Elena, she just allows you to be threatened and harmed without even thinking to fight back for herself. You may have knowledge, but having a fake mate is impossible. Bonnie would be able to tell that Stefan and I have already completed the bond," I looked to Bonnie and made sure to speak as loudly as I could without yelling, "Which means that Stefan and I have already had consentual sex. It was on a tree. Very sexy."

Everyone cocks their heads towards Henrik as he starts to giggle uncontrollably.

"What about this is funny? Who is this, Astrid? Is this some poor kid that you've compelled?" Elena accuses.

"Actually, Elena, this is my little brother Henrik. Everyone, Henrik has just come back from the dead. Since he died as a warlock, he was able to come back," I inform. Bonnie looks at Henrik and looks disgusted with him. Jokes on her, Henrik alone is more powerful than she could ever be.

"How could you be near her! You're supposed to be serving nature! On the other side did you just take a vacation? Do you not know your roots? Witches are supposed to hate vampires! Do you just watch everything and form no opinion? Astrid is against us! The good guys! She's bad! How could you trust your sister? She's blindly loyal to Klaus. He wants to make Hybrids. That breaks the balance!" Bonnie exclaims.

"Watching your older sister on the other side for a thousand years has its perks. I know everything that has happened, Bonnie, don't try to pull that on me. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. She's a nightmare when she's mad. Good thing she doesn't have too bad of a temper. Nik would do anything if it meant that Astrid was safe and happy. In a way, he does things for her. Nik wants to feel safe and secure in his own body. That means for him he creates people like himself. It isn't evil or wrong to want to meet people like you. Isn't that what you humans do all of the time. You're just mad because it goes against whatever morals you have. Witches need to realize that they may not know what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes you just need to have them fall in a moral grey area. If something really wasn't supposed to be, it wouldn't be."

"If you wouldn't mind, I will be taking my mate upstairs."

"I do mind, actually," Elena states, her arms crossed.

"You have 3 minutes to leave this house before I kill you."

"You can't kill me, Klaus needs me. He needs my blood."

"We have enough to last us a while. He won't care about you once he finds out what you did to my mate. Shoo, before I kill you." Elena huffed and left the house with her friends. I rushed over to Stefan's side. "Baby, are you okay? Did they vervain you?"

"I'll be okay. I heard everything, so you don't need to worry," Henrik popped his head inside of the room where they had been keeping Stefan. "You said something about being able to bring people back?"

"I can bring back Lexi if you really want me to. 2 people isn't a lot, especially since I've heard about all of the ghost problems around this town. Supernatural central," it was after that I made that comment that I could see a woman with straight blonde hair come towards me. "I bet you'll be happy to be back, Lexi."

"You bet. I'm glad that they both met you. Damon is nothing like I remember him to be."

I smiled and grabbed her arm. I felt the same power surge as before. Today, two people came back from the dead. I brought two people back from the dead today. I think I'll be sleeping in tomorrow.