AN: I know... It's been forever... Almost quite literary in that sense... Firstly, I was going to leave this chapter until I had more than just Charlotte but in saying that, I thought that you all should have a long deserved update! By no means at all am I going to abandon this or any other story of mine. Secondly, for those of you that have stuck with me since the beginning of this, I would just like to say a massive thank-you! Seriously, you guys rock! :-) I will attempt to update a little more regularly... Until next time - Enjoy! x

Just a little note... Oh yeah! Duh! This is all in Charlotte's point of view by the way.

"What do you want from me?" I asked, growing tired of the conversation already; I didn't need to be dragged into Esther's mess again.

God Forbid.

I don't think I'd ever forgive myself.

Nor I think would anybody else.

Once was more than enough to completely screw up, besides, I already had major messes that needed clean ups.

"You heard me." She said, pulling me away from my thoughts.

I shrugged, trying not to show my emotions but they were seeping through the cracks, not that I overly cared, I flicked the switch to feel indifferent, this was the last thing that I needed.

Emotions were the last thing I needed now.

"Why the hell do you think I'll help you?" I asked bitterly, it was true; I had no intentions of helping her, not now, not ever.

"You did a thousand years ago, things haven't changed that much, Charlotte." She tried, bringing up long forgotten memories of a past that I hoped would not come up again.

And what a mistake that had been, I wasn't stupid enough to be fooled by her trickery once more.

"No, I protect my family." I finished, she was only here because of the manifestation spell, no other reason, and once that gets reversed, she'll be gone.

No worries.

I simply need to find the Bennett witch and try to get her to help me.

Okay, not so simple but at least Elena might be able to talk some sense into her now that we're all working towards the same goal.

"In case you forget your place, I am your family, you are my daughter-in-law and my sister whether you like it or not, you will help me." Her strong voice thundered through the cavern

Oh, bite me.

"I haven't forgotten my place, but clearly you've forgotten yours. I am not Niklaus' wife." I defended a little too quickly, how dare she bring that up? It had all been a lie, a part of the ploy that Esther had planned herself, I was just merely stupid enough to believe the pitiful lies that Esther told me, without question.

"But you have always yearned to be, you gallivanted like love sick fools." She commented.

That was below the belt.

But instead of snapping her neck which my entire body was screaming to do, I stood still, standing my ground.

Do not think about it, I kept repeating in my head.

Don't let her use you again, don't fall for it.

"Then why kill me if you were going to end up needing I in the future? That was what you wanted wasn't it? To have me completely out of the picture so that you could have full control of Nik? I hate to break it to you but that plan failed and backfired on you, big time." I ranted, trying to divert her attention, I was starting to hate all of these flashbacks that I was getting, the past was the past, and a thousand years was a time so long ago, it was best to be left unsaid.

"Perhaps, I guess we'll never know." She said cryptically, she was testing my patience,

"I don't care why you're here, but you can leave me out of it." I growled; fed up with the games she was attempting to play on my head.

How much could one person take in such a small vicinity of time? I mean, really, come on.

"You owe-" she began in that strong demanding tone that I learned to despise over the years

"I owe you nothing." I cut her off, knowing that it would piss her off.

Good, I added as an after-thought.

After all, she did kill me.

"Do not interrupt me." She said causing me to roll my eyes.

What was I? Five.

No.

"Apologies," I said sarcastically, she was losing patience, good, I silently thought, she was always an insufferable bitch, I think I finally discovered the source of Niklaus' mood swings, "In case you forgot, I'm no longer a witch, you kind of killed me and turned me into a vampire after you harvested my blood."

"You'll come soon enough, dear." She said as she disappeared into thin air

What the hell?

Sighing quietly to myself, I shrugged flicking the switch back to my humanity, at least on the positive side of things, as soon as the spell was reserved, I'd be able to kick her ass back to the dead, where she belonged.

No longer feeling in the mood to be here anymore, I left the caves and went back into the city circle of Mystic Falls, perhaps the other's had made some progress.

This was a mess, to say the least.

Nothing had gone to plan, at all.

Despite the tiny detailed fact that I didn't really have a plan to begin with.

Things had changed so dramatically, Siobhan was working against me, no matter how much she tried to deny it and it was quite clear that Gloria was helping her for what reasons, they are unclear.

I was her mother, not delusional.

So on to plan B, or was it was it along the lines of G now?

I'd lost count.

At least I had some leverage with Elena, my doppelganger, at least which was a kind of start to an alliance of some sort.

Why was it that something always went wrong when I was in this town?

Sighing in frustration, I would have to settle for second best.

AN: As always, I love to hear your thoughts! I know that this chapter was a little boring, purely just in the essence that it was just kind of about Charlotte's emotions and nothing really else too epic is happening at the moment, the next chapter on the other hand, that is upcoming, will be a little jam packed. Despite how cliche this is about to sound... Stay tuned. Thanks everyone x