A/N Here is the premiere of Season Four! I hope you guys enjoy it. In this season, I think that I made Beth a bit tougher. She won't depend on her brothers quite so much and she can take a beating as well as she can give one out. Otherwise, her personality has stayed the same. Please review and tell me what you think!

I woke up on the couch of the Gilbert house the next morning. Damon and Stefan were arguing in the kitchen. I slunk up the stairs to avoid them. I could hear Elena and Jeremy talking in the bedroom. Apparently she'd woken up… I paused around the corner, letting them talk.

"And what could be more horrible than you turning into a vampire? I need my sister, not other one of them." Jeremy was saying. Ouch, I thought, looking down at my vampire self.

"We're gonna find a way out of this. Everything's going to be okay." She tried to assure him.

"I hope so…" Jeremy came around the corner. His expression turned to terror as he realized I'd heard him.

"I didn't mean that!" He said quickly. I nodded, sat down on the top step and patted the floor beside me. He sat down next to me.

"I know family-vampire-drama, Jeremy. One night in 1864, I woke up in the middle of the night to find out that my brothers' girlfriend was a vampire, my oldest brother was going against the town to save her, I made a little pact with Stefan that we would stick together and then he ran off after Damon. My father came home and informed me very casually, not all softly or sugar-coated, that he had shot Damon and Stefan and they were dead."

"Wow. You had a really sucky night." He said with a nod. I nodded in echo to his.

"Of course, they weren't actually dead. Then Stefan came in as a vampire, killed my father in front of me and then brought me close enough to death that he thought I was dead. Then Elijah turned me and here I am!" I added, motioning at my surroundings for emphasis.

"Here you are!" He agreed, half smiling. Elena walked past us.

"Where ya going?" I asked.

"I'm starving! Stefan!" She hurried into the kitchen. Jeremy regained his worried look.

"Hey, Bonnie's working on it. It's Elena. Everyone bends over backwards for her anyway…" I said, muttering the last part. He looked over at me.

"Heard that." He informed me.

"You were supposed to." I whispered back. He stood up, so I pushed myself to my feet as well.

"I'm going to help Bonnie."

"You do that. I'll stay with Stefan and Elena." I agreed, escorting him to the door.

"Play nice." He told me teasingly.

"I'll try." I told him, shutting the door after him. Elena was walking back upstairs. I went into the kitchen to join Stefan.

"Hey." I greeted him.

"Hey." He returned dryly. The front door banged open. Stefan and I went into the living room. Police officers came into the living room and pointed their guns at us.

"Stefan?" Elena came to the top of the stairs.

"Elena, don't move." He warned.

An hour later, Stefan and I were in cells in an old barn. Vervain filled the air, making it hard to breath. I kicked at the cell door, trying to break it open.

"Beth!" Stefan said from the cell to the right of me. I kicked the door again, hard enough to make my foot hurt.

"Beth, enough!" He said. I groaned and slumped down against the wall, coughing.

"This is bad." I moaned. Two officers dragged an unconscious Elena into the barn. They put her in the cell on the other side of Stefan's.

"Hey, boys!" I called as the officers walked past my cell. They paused and looked over at me. I pulled myself to my feet using the bars of my cell.

"I have to tell you something." I told them. They remained looking emotionless.

"It's how to kill that super-vamp over there. No doubt you noticed she's a bit stronger than us? Yeah, I know how you two can kill her real easy." I said, motioning towards Rebekah. She gasped.

"You little-." I ignored her as the men looked slightly interested in this. I kept a straight face.

"It's really simple." I added, lowering my voice a little. They stepped closer.

"All you have to do…" I went on, lowering my voice even more. They stepped closer.

"Is…" I was whispering now. They came within arms length. I grabbed one of them by the throat. The second one stabbed my arm with a needle before I could make any threats. Vervain raced through my veins and I collapsed.

I woke up with a groan of pain.

"Any other bright ideas?" Stefan asked sarcastically from his cell. I moaned because he was berating me and the Vervain was making me weak and sore.

"I thought it would work." I grumbled.

"It didn't." Rebekah sang a little too cheerfully from her cell, obviously enjoying my pain.

"Shut up." I snapped.

"You tried! That counts as something!" Elena's always optimistic voice came from two cells down, though she sounded weak. I wondered how much I'd missed. As if reading my mind, Stefan filled me in on how he'd gotten shot with wooden bullets and Elena was dying since she didn't feed.

"Considering everything… sucky day. Scratch that: worst day ever." I said with a sigh. The officers came back into the barn with more Vervain. Rebekah looked at me and mouthed 'let's get out of here' at me. I raised an eyebrow, confused. She nodded towards the second guy that was walking well behind the other.

"Excuse me? Hello, sir?" She asked, pretending to be weaker than she was. The first one looked over at her.

"I thought I told you to shut up!"

"Here's the thing: my family, we… we have money, castles, apartments, jewelry; just name your price and let me out." Rebekah went on. The officer got too close to the cell.

"I'd rather watch you die." Rebekah rushed towards the bars. The officer jumped back into Stefan's reach. The second officer ran forward. I reached out and grabbed his ankle as he ran past my cell, tripping him. He hit the ground hard and was unconscious. I craned my neck to see Elena getting some blood from the man Stefan had killed. She opened up her cage, which wasn't as secure as ours. She released Stefan, then heard something outside and ran out. Stefan hurriedly opened my cage door. I went over to Rebekah's.

"You're helping me?" She asked.

"You helped us. Fair's fair." I answered, swinging her door open. She gave me a small smile and then darted off.

Later that night, I sat on Jeremy's bed with him.

"So Klaus is alive?"

"Yes."

"My day just keeps getting better and better!" I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes. He nodded in agreement, running a hand through his hair.

"Hey, we'll figure all of this out!" I assured him. He nodded again.

"I hope so."

A/N Any comments, questions, etc. are welcome in the reviews. I hope to hear what you guys think of the start of the new season.