"I know Bonnie, you're right. You and my mom both are. I just can't bring myself to tell him; at least not tonight. I'll call you later." Elena sighed and hung up on her best friend.

"You must be Elena." A voice called out from the shadows.

Elena glanced up, looking around for the source of the voice until her eyes rested on a shadowed figure, clouded in the night, approaching her casually. The stranger stepped out into the flood of brightness from the streetlight. Elena gasped, the stranger standing in front of her was herself; but it wasn't. The stranger had the same face, the same eyes, the same body, the same everything. Except the stranger was distinct, she had curly hair instead of straight, her posture was one of confidence and defiance and her eyes were cold, with a hint of curiousity, where Elena's eyes were innocence and compassion.

"H-how do we look exactly alike?" The stranger took a step forward and Elena took an involuntary step backwards. The stranger eyed her curiously.

"You're asking the wrong questions." The girl replied.

Elena furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. The similar girl's voice was like her own voice, except it had a more husky edge to it, laced with an underlining meaning to every word. "What do you mean?"

Instead of answering, the twin cocked her head to the side and gave a smirk. Elena's breath hitched, thoughts cycling through her mind, thoughts of fear, confusion, and something else that she couldn't pinpoint. The smirk of the mysterious stranger in front of her looked predatory.

"How do you know my name?" Elena asked.

The girl slighted her movement, switching the weight to her other leg, placing her hand on her hip and smirked wider. "That's a better question."

Elena knew she wasn't going to get any further answers from this person who looks exactly like her, so she took another direction. "Not to be rude or anything, but it's kind of creepy of you to be out here in the middle of nowhere."

The girl, taken aback by the statement, let her smirk fade. She considered this comment for a moment before huffing out a dry laugh. "Creepy? Do I scare you?" She questioned, her smirk back on her lips. Elena's jaw tightened slightly in response. "I could say the same to you, being out here all alone, easy prey for creeps in the night." The smirk didn't fade from the stranger's face.

Elena swallowed audibly and her heart began thrumming in her chest. She didn't feel safe out here with this stranger. The stranger smirked widely again, as if she knew something that Elena didn't. Smiling at a joke that only she knew. Nothing bad ever happens in Mystic Falls, but she had this feeling deep down, that it was about to change for the worse. "I'm waiting for my parents." Elena responded with delay to the stranger's earlier question.

The stranger regarded her mirror image with curiousity once again. "What are you really doing out here?" There was a hint of taunt in her voice.

Elena didn't understand the question. "I told you, I'm waiting for my parents. I got into a fight with my boyfriend and-" She cut herself off. Why was she telling this to a stranger who looked like her and also looked like she was going to stab her in her sleep. "What are you doing out here?" She tried pressing again.

"My, my, don't you ask a lot of questions."

Elena shifted awkwardly, looking around her, hoping for someone else to come around or her parents to arrive soon. When she turned around, the girl was right in front of her. Elena jumped, startled by the sudden and quiet movement of the stranger.

"Call me Katherine," the stranger said with a smirk. Elena, looking more confused than ever, didn't respond. The stranger was staring at her, eyes focused on hers, "don't tell anyone you met me, I don't want anyone to know I'm alive and kicking." Elena stared blankly back, zoned out in a trance, and simply nodded.

The stranger named Katherine disappeared before Elena was able to refocus on the scene around her. Her mind was blank and she felt confused and dazed. She heard a car approaching and saw her parents come into view; she let out a sigh of relief.

Katherine laughed silently to herself, as she was able to put fear in her doppelganger's mind. As soon as Katherine had caught wind that the doppelganger might have been reborn, she had to check for herself. This was perfect for her; she could finally use the doppelganger to bargain her freedom from Klaus. If she delivered the doppelganger to him, there is no way that he would still be after her. She can finally have her freedom she has desired for 500 years. She had to make sure nothing got in the way.

While Katherine was casually walking through the woods, looking around for any campers for a light snack, she heard a loud crash and a large splash. Out of curiousity, she went to go investigate the situation.

When she arrived at the incident at Wickery Bridge, she saw that a car had gone over the bridge and was currently sinking to the bottom of the body of water. She looked on, waiting around to see if anything exciting happened but when nothing was happening, she was turning to leave when she heard a smaller splash into the water. She turned around and noticed ripples near the initial impact. Someone had jumped into the water after the car, trying to be a hero no doubt. She laughed to herself at the incompetence of humans and watched a little longer. She saw a blur emerge from the water holding another human. Katherine squinted in order to see who had crashed into the water and noticed that it was her doppelganger. Katherine took a deep breath at the thought that her ticket to freedom could very well be dead, right when she had the ability to snatch her up and take her away.

The figure, a man, laid the girl down on the pavement of the bridge and looked at her with a worried look. Katherine gritted her teeth as she recognized the saviour. "Stefan." She mumbled under her breath. She saw him check the girl for a pulse and dive back into the water, probably to check on the girl's parents. When he resurfaced, he had a grim look on his face and for a moment, Katherine felt her stomach fall. Elena's parents had died.

Katherine continued to watch as Stefan made his way back to Elena, who was unconscious and double checked for a pulse, before running back into the forest. Katherine heard an ambulance approach, ready to see the dreary sight in front of her.

Katherine quickly sped next to her doppelganger and felt her neck for a pulse. She felt the faint beating of the human's heart through her artery. With a sigh of relief that her ticket to freedom was still alive, she fled back into the trees as the ambulance came into view.

Now that Stefan was back in town, Katherine had to be extra careful about her presence and make sure that he didn't find her. Katherine felt annoyance within her as she witnessed her love saving her doppelganger. With a frustrated groan, Katherine went back into hiding within Mystic Falls.