"Here, Jeremy gave a little donation to your Gilbert spell" Damon informed Bonnie as they entered yet another desolate classroom, Klaus following shortly with the bundle in his arms that was Ariana. They were all eaten with worry, having not a single clue what exactly what was occurring. The only knowledge they possessed was what they gained with their own eyes, Ariana appeared to be sleeping, though every so often she would whimper out or speak, in a tone that was so similar to hers though slightly different and they knew, she echoed Elena. From the words spit out occasionally, they knew that they must find the other doppelganger soon.

"I have to do this with you two lurking over me?" the tanned witch inquired as she watched the evil hybrid lay his sweet doppelganger on the desk, hovering nearby to prevent her form tumbling to the floor. It shocked everyone to see the affection Klaus gave to her and it tormented Damon excessively that he had allowed a petty dispute damper his relationship with the blind beauty.

"You're still mad at me for what happened to Abby" Damon stated, knowing full well that it was true. "Let me apologize." Klaus rose an eyebrow though amusement cracked through the worry lines on his forehead "I am sorry that Elijah forced us to turn your mother into a vampire" he stated which did not seem to go down well with Bonnie, her expression hardening. "To save Elena's life, didn't exactly have a choice"

"There's always a choice" Bonnie retorted somewhat angrily. "Whenever you make one, someone else suffers" she informed him whilst Klaus watched on from his position, hand placed gently in that of his brunette lovers. All he could do for the time being was pray that whatever link was between Elena and Ariana soon severed, he was not a witch and currently, said magic woman was too busy focusing on finding the other doppelganger to care about the bond that created a two way passage.

"Let's cut the dramatics and begin, shall we?" Klaus finally cut through, bored of all the chit chat and just ready to cause his mothers death... again. Bonnie began to chant, pouring the blood upon the map and becoming shocked when it resufed to move.

"Esther's fighting me"

"Esther couldn't possibly have this much power" Klaus responded to her as he watched the unmoving blob on the map, temporarily leaving his beautiful doppelganger on the map where she was currently unmoving, unspeaking with her eyes firmly closed. "Unless she's channelling something" Klaus informed.

"A hotspot" Bonnie informed.

"The old cemetery" Ariana suddenly yelled in her own voice, spitting out the words as though they were foul in her mouth, pain was present in her voice as though she was fighting to be in her own body.

"Get the humans ready" Klaus informed as he rushed to his brunette love, clasping her hand in his as she whimpered. "It is okay Ariana love, we will fix this" he promised her as he brushed a stray lock off of her forehead.

"Nik" she whispered briefly in an almost serine tone of voice before suddenly tensing and screeching out through her teeth. The hybrid held her close as she rocked with sobs and tears. He could not help but wonder if Elena felt the same way though it appeared Ariana was the link, Elena was not.

"You said you wanted to undo the evil you created. But this- this is just as evil" Elena spoke through Ariana, revealing the master plan to Klaus who looked on with a mask of pure horror as it settled in what could be occurring. "How, if he's immortal?" Elena wondered once more and nothing seemed to make sense to any of them. They could not fathom what was happening now.

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"It's done" Bonnie informed, struggling to hold up Ariana as the pair made their way into the cold weather outside of the high school where Klaus and the Salvatore brothers resided. The doppelganger did her best to stay on her own two feet though was weak, seemingly back in her own body for the time being though she on occasion spilled her sisters words. Stefan moved forward and wrapped an arm around the girl who looked so similar to the love of his life, holding her steady. "Esther isn't fighting me anymore. The boundary spell in broken" the witch informed them.

Klaus placed his hand beside the barrier and found it was indeed so. Ariana stumbled from Stefan's arms in the direction his voice was muttering from and the hybrid took her waist gently in his hands. Holding her steady though she grew stronger by the second.

"I will be back for you Love. But you are safe here with them whilst I attend to some business. I promise you I will fix whatever this is occurring between you and Elena. I will bring you back" he whispered to her and pressed his lips to hers, her hands clasped the back of his neck carefully as she pulled him closer, only releasing as he chuckled.

"Stay safe" she whispered to him. "Come back to me"

"Always and Forever my Angel" he stated and with a ghost of a kiss pressed to her forehead, he vanished, leaving her to stumble into the warm arms of Damon, her body trembling from the powerful link between the doppelgangers and the bite of the wind against her bare arms.

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"Lena" Ariana wondered as she entered a tomb, feeling the wind die down as Jeremy held her waist. Upon seeing her twin sister, the bloodied doppelganger ran to her, pulling her tightly into her arms. For the time being all worries were forgotten, the pain and sense of weakness the two were experiencing grew less and less intense the closer they came to one another. They truly were two parts of a whole now, two cogs in a great machine. Esther was playing a dirty game and although she was now dead, the bond did not break. It was stronger than even she could destroy.

There never was supposed to be two doppelgangers born at once. Ariana and Elena defied the odds and now, for the time being they were bonded, bound in the way of the legends of the Gemini coven twins, they were to become more and more similar, until the pair could not help but become one. They would merge and it was down to the powerful vampires around them to find a cure, even with all that was occurring in their everyday life. It was to be a task though they all refused to lose Elena or Ariana to something such as this...