Sleeping Doppelganger
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Sarah: yet another fanfic where Elena takes the unwilling role of Sleeping Beauty in order to be forced into accepting who she truly loves is now being added to the stack in the archives. I hope you enjoy my rendition of the theme. And yes, I know the suspense isn't all that big on who Elena end up with, considering I only like writing her with one brother. But just pretend you don't know, please?

DISCLAIMER
I only own what I write. The theme comes from the fairytale Sleeping Beauty. The Vampire Diaries and cast are owned by L.J. Smith. Mystic Falls and settings are owned by CW.

WARNINGS
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE! Rated T for my sanity, not that I have any. Rating may go up in later chapters, but I'm not planning on it.

SUMMARY
Elena comes home from school one day to find Katherine in her room. Katherine is there for 'just a chat' but ends up compelling Elena into a sleep only her true love can wake her from. Which brother can wake her up? And how does he do it? Elena/?

Chapter 1
Katherine's Plan

Elena sighs as she climbs the stairs to her room. School was so hectic today, not to mention Stefan's overprotective tendencies are reaching annoyingly high levels. At least its Friday. She just wants to go in her room and take a nap. Little does she realize that she's going to get far more than that soon enough. Elena walks in her room and shuts her door behind her, letting her backpack slide off her shoulder to the floor beside the door.

She turns around, intent on making her way to her bed only to freeze at seeing her mirror-image smirking at her from the middle of the room. Before Elena can do more than fumble for her cell phone, Katherine has her pressed against the door, holding Elena's vervaine necklace in one hand while her other hand is on Elena's throat. "Drop the phone, Elena," Katherine compels her. Elena releases the phone and it bounces harmlessly on the floor. "Good to know you're not ingesting vervaine as well as wearing it. Now, go sit on your bed and be absolutely quiet. We are going to have a talk. If I ask you a question, you will nod for 'yes' and shake your head for 'no'. You will be completely honest with me. You will not say a word or make any sounds." Katherine releases Elena. As hard as she tries to fight it, Elena's body forces her to obey Katherine and goes to sit on her bed. Katherine stands in front of Elena, studying her intently. "You know, if I wanted you dead, I'd have killed you years ago. I keep a firm eye on all my descendents as they're growing up and living their lives. I was nearby the day Isobel gave birth to you. I wasn't very happy that she mixed my blood with that of the Gilbert family, but what can you do? I wasn't going to just kill you because of something that wasn't your fault. But I knew the second I caught sight of your eyes that looking at you in a matter of years would be like looking at the mirror. And I was right."

Katherine is silent for a few minutes. "Enough family bonding, though. We'll have plenty of time for that eventually. But first, I have one last game I want to play with the Salvatore brothers. And you, my darling granddaughter, are going to be the game board." Elena's eyes widen at that. "Oh, don't worry, no harm will come to you. Not this time. No, this time I'm going to do both of us a favor. You see, there are two of us. And there are two Salvatore brothers. Do you see where I'm going with this?" Katherine asks. Elena shakes her head. "Ah, well. Give it a few centuries, you'll be a whole lot smarter. Anyways, Two of us, two of them. We can each walk away from this with a Salvatore on our arm. We just have to figure out which one is truly in love with you for precisely the person you are and which one is infatuated by your resemblance to me and your goody-goody personality. You see, darling, in vampires, love and infatuation are practically the same thing. Our feelings are that intense. The only difference is that infatuation builds up an impossible image in your mind of who that person is and you fall in love with that image and mistake it for love for that person. Love is finding out damn well who that person is and loving them for everything they are, good and bad. It took me a hundred-and-forty-five years to figure that one out." Elena's eyes widen in surprise. "I see you know what I'm talking about. I thought I was in love with both Salvatore brothers and it took all those years of separation and watching them from afar for me to realize the truth. It's only now that I am hear to claim what's mine. I truly want it to be Stefan to be on my arm for eternity. But if he is truly in love with you, then I'll settle for Damon. But trust me, Elena. Only one of them is truly in love with you. And you are truly in love with only one of them. I am willing to sacrifice my happy ending so you can have one, if it comes to that."

Katherine walks over to Elena's dresser and examines the pictures stuck to the mirror. After a few moments, she turns back to Elena. "Do you believe in soulmates, Elena?" she asks. Elena slowly nods her head. Katherine grins. "I came here today to see to it that you and your soulmate are together in the end. I'm tired of watching everyone who claims they love you as they shove their opinions down your throat and you meekly give way beneath their pressure. Where's your Petrova fire? What happened to that inferno that filled you in your youth? One of the Salvatore brothers is your soulmate, of that I'm sure. And I intend to make it perfectly clear who it is." In a flash, Katherine's in front of Elena, the human's chin held in a tight grip. "Your body will go to sleep and will not wake up until your soulmate proves to both of you that he is the one for you. Your mind will be awake so you know exactly what is going on around you but your body will sleep and will be unable to act." Katherine grins. "Good night, Elena," she says, releasing Elena's mind and chin.

Elena's eyes drift close and she falls back on her bed, deeply asleep. Katherine smirks and walks over to where Elena's phone is. She proceeds to send a text to both Salvatore brothers:

I'm leaving Elena's room now. Let the games begin. – K.P.

She vanishes from Elena's room, leaving an envelope with a previously written letter on the bed next to Elena. 'This is going to be fun,' she thinks.