Summary: Set between S4E6 "We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes" and S4E7 "My Brother's Keeper." Jeremy is one of The Five, but his nightmares haven't started yet and he hasn't tried to kill Elena yet. Katherine comes back to town after she finds out that Elena has just become a vampire. She says she wants to help her, but is it true? Rebekah gets into trouble. Will she be saved?
Katherine
It's a dark night, as I drive my SUV through Mystic Falls, Virginia on my way to Elena's to check on her. I heard what happened to her and I know she didn't want to be one of us; a vampire.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ853y4AwMMz
When I smell smoke not far away, I drive through the forest until I see a house on fire. I then park not far from the little, brown house to investigate.
As I enter and walk around, fire is all around me and wood is falling and catching fire. And as I head towards what looks like the former living room, I smell a little of her scent. Rebekah Mikaelson. I have to save her. She's Klaus' only sister and she can be useful at certain times.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNpHSDPYv1
When I see her, I'm instantly at her side. I kneel beside and look down at her to assess her condition. I can see she was attacked. It looks like a werewolf or hybrid. She has been scratched a lot and has been bitten twice. She's still bleeding and her eyes are closed. There's a dagger in her abdomen which is not what a phased hybrid or werewolf can do. And I smell vervain. She's not healing, so she might be dying.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T7888HvaB
I pull her gently into my arms.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxpvb0lJs0
"Rebekah, it's me. Katherine. Can you hear me?"750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZS2gXl715
Nothing.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrDiA8kIlT
I gently pick her up and leave the house at vamp speed. Then, once outside, I lay her gently down by my SUV and use my jacket as a pillow for her head. I then kneel beside her and look down at her. I sense that she's still breathing, but it's very shallow. I'm right. She's dying. I pull the dagger out and lay it on the ground.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLfgz7P2Nh
"Hang in there, Rebekah," I encourage her, though I'm uncertain as to if she can hear me or not.
Ten minutes later, I'm driving out of the forest with Rebekah in the passenger's seat. I have a house of my own in Mystic Falls, so I'm going to take her there. I have some of the cure there if I'm not too late to save her life.
Rebekah
When I wake up, I feel like myself and I'm healed. I'm on an unfamiliar bed in an unfamiliar room. Katherine Pierce is standing at my bedside.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZNWJqbF5e
"Who would've thought it would've been you," I comment after I put two and two together.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE0DAb22Sy
"What happened?" she asks me.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvjbKnCJAa
"I was attacked by a hybrid."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwz2exsGfB
I sit up in bed and look at her.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllDMqzfKeS
"Now, If you don't need anything from me, I need to get home."
Katherine
I watch her as she vanishes.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4omM3Hwd5
"You're welcome," I say to the empty air.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNcg0PZew6
I head downstairs to leave so I can check on Elena.
When I knock on the door, her brother answers it.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0t6yDXvC4
"You're not welcome here," he says, as if I don't already know that.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnEm0v4BhA
"I know, but I came to see how your sister is doing."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdcRBSHQXY
"She's coping. Now go away."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbVt5JdcyX
I know he's trying to make me leave since he doesn't like me. He seems different to me. There's a scent to him and I realize what's different. He's a Hunter now. Not just any Hunter. He's one of The Five. This makes me a little wary, but I urge myself to stay where I am.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd3mAn1d6M
"Jer, who is it?" she calls to her brother.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2XP0AXnii
"No one important."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQTqkEouLf
She comes up to stand next to him.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTW8TH5NGF
"Katherine," she greets, but not in a friendly way.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KrKvpynnO
"Hey, Elena," I greet more friendlier to her than she did to me.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcRaPhCy4F
"What are you doing here? Now is not the time."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sIFgAbkTW
"I came to see you. I heard what happened. I want to help you if you'll let me," I explain.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ivQSZAhS8
She sighs.
"Okay. Jeremy, I'll see you later. I'll be back."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG9HhQwAEt
We walk away side by side.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDnu1WgI5v
"Do you really want to help me?" she asks me.750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnYh91rIT5
"Yes. I know you never wanted this."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrta85BMxdL
"So you'll help me?"750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR9KpAjc3z
"Yes."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdhvFqZe9l
"Thank you, Katherine."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhHnTxSQTX
"You're welcome, Elena."750Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8UnVAsI4b
And so our friendship starts.
