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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebWLLDTllQ
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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibj3EMMNOW
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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFCEUPf5LY
I pull her gently into my arms.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8rbNx8Bx9
"Rebekah, it's me. Katherine. Can you hear me?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qXsNhDE5M
Nothing.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP2yJ0sjrO
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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcIqrnfyQf
"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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6WmAAYvmP
"Who would've thought it would've been you," I comment after I put two and two together.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VQpn74mbh
"What happened?" she asks me.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD1LT8dboj
"I was attacked by a hybrid."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYZwhteITQ
I sit up in bed and look at her.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMnMNWqjO2
"Now, If you don't need anything from me, I need to get home."
Katherine
I watch her as she vanishes.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VjCAnm83x
"You're welcome," I say to the empty air.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv05YY8WJL0
I head downstairs to leave so I can check on Elena.
When I knock on the door, her brother answers it.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVD2jliIYi
"You're not welcome here," he says, as if I don't already know that.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe709h9i6s
"I know, but I came to see how your sister is doing."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnVln9zqba
"She's coping. Now go away."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TFkabn0b8
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.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80gGOVPzXx
"Jer, who is it?" she calls to her brother.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYXv9ExlC2
"No one important."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIfOTQvs4E
She comes up to stand next to him.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfMw8Pw9Xa
"Katherine," she greets, but not in a friendly way.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMgDzdSWie
"Hey, Elena," I greet more friendlier to her than she did to me.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsbhtxdr6a
"What are you doing here? Now is not the time."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc7vNhoMhw
"I came to see you. I heard what happened. I want to help you if you'll let me," I explain.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7emrzIqtfH
She sighs.
"Okay. Jeremy, I'll see you later. I'll be back."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5Ozrr4bTd
We walk away side by side.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ077Xkrq1ud
"Do you really want to help me?" she asks me.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYvmbiJTfa
"Yes. I know you never wanted this."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YIMgdTKJG
"So you'll help me?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbWLjpp1MF
"Yes."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UZyugppsp
"Thank you, Katherine."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51K2lCPVkb
"You're welcome, Elena."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyUClJeesg
And so our friendship starts.
