It was a calm night in the Virginian town of Mystic Falls an odd contradiction to the wild ride that the gang had just endured but it seemed they could now relax as things would get back to normal, or at least normal enough for Mystic Falls. Alone, Bonnie Bennett walked down the aisle of a small, dimly lit cathedral; she stopped for a moment to place her bag down on one of the nearby pews before she took a moment to stare at the small array of brightly lit candles before her. Her dark brown eyes stared intently for a few peaceful moments before she slowly walked over to the candle arrangement and made a small offering to her recently deceased father.
As she blew out the ignited match she heard a malicious snicker from behind her as a familiar voice laughed and taunted her "You've got to be kidding me right?" mocked the voice. Bonnie grudgingly turned around to confirm who it was that was disturbing her in this tender moment and standing before her was the spirit of Katherine Pierce; back to her true form after being ejected from Elena Gilbert's body and killed as a result. She stood there in her spirit form with her signature curled brown hair and her stylish leather jacket paired with expensive jeans and five hundred dollar boots; fortunately for Katherine her spirit returned her to her true last state and she wasn't going to pass on in the dull and boring style of Elena. "Something tells me I'm about five centuries too late on the whole believing in a higher power thing" said Katherine in a snarky tone as she continued to mock Bonnie.
"Well you're here...it means it worked" replied Bonnie as she slowly waltzed towards Katherine "You're dead" she stated with a forceful emphasis on dead.
"True" said Katherine simply as she slowly got closer to Bonnie "Although your friends didn't really give me much choice in the matter...using my only daughter against me...harsh" she uttered in disgust "I suppose I could have spent the next five hundred years running...but for what? My daughter was dying, Stefan would never love me...I was back to having nothing" she stated with a slight sadness in her voice "And Elena wins again" she muttered.
"Let's get this over with" sighed Bonnie as she attempted to grab Katherine and let her into the supernatural purgatory known as 'The Other Side,' but Katherine quickly withdrew from Bonnie.
"I'm really starting to get sick of Elena getting everything that I want" snarled Katherine in a somewhat threatening tone.
"What is that supposed to mean?" questioned a now concerned Bonnie.
Katherine coyly shrugged her shoulders before she slowly sidestepped around Bonnie "I've said it before and I'll say it again, Elena had the life I always wanted...until now."
"What did you do Katherine?" exclaimed Bonnie as her eyes grew wider with fear.
"Stefan thought he gave me a choice...run or die, but that's not really much of a choice is it? After all Nadia was the only person in this world who really loved me and I wasn't going to let my daughter die alone...but Katherine Pierce was not about to go gentle either...so let's just say that I left Elena with a little parting gift" taunted Katherine. She then raised her hands above Bonnie's shoulders "Okay now I'm ready" she smiled as the lowered her hands onto Bonnie in order to gain passage to the Other Side...but nothing happened.
Both women looked at each other with confusion so Katherine raised her hands and lowered them again...but again nothing happened "Nothing's happening, what's wrong?" demanded Katherine in an annoyed tone.
"I don't know" stammered a frightened Bonnie "this has never happened before."
"Bonnie what are you doing? Let me pass through!" shouted an angry Katherine as she repeatedly raised her hands and lowered them onto Bonnie's shoulders in a series of futile attempts to pass on "Why won't you let me pass through!?"
"I don't know I don't control it!" hissed Bonnie.
"What?" questioned an outraged Katherine.
"It's not up to me" explained Bonnie.
"Then who is it up too?" asked Katherine as she rolled her eyes with annoyance but Bonnie just stared at her blankly as a light breeze flew through the room. The breeze suddenly grew more violent and the two women looked around with puzzled expressions when suddenly Katherine was violently thrown to the floor. She attempted to get back up, however this unknown force was suppressing her, barring her from passing on "Bonnie?" questioned a scared Katherine.
"I can't help you Katherine" stuttered Bonnie.
"What?" she questioned and suddenly the wind began dragging her along the floor towards the exit "No, no, no, no!" exclaimed Katherine as she was pulled closer and closer to the door. She was then flung out of the doorway and was carried into the sky; her cries of fear echoing throughout the now quiet church. Bonnie stared in stark horror after witnessing the inexplicable phenomenon.
It happened in an instant, one moment she was being dragged by her heels from the Mystic Falls cathedral and the next thing Katherine knew she was waking up on the ground in a small enclosure of an unfamiliar forest; thankfully she was still a ghost so her good clothing wasn't damaged, one of the perks of being dead she reasoned. She got up and noticed that she had landed in front of a very large tree stump, while it seemed plain and ordinary there was something unusual about it; even as a ghost Katherine could feel some strange force emitting from the stump. Katherine could then feel the presence of someone or something else from behind her, she could feel whatever it was watching her, its gaze piercing her; she was terrified but she wasn't about to let whatever was behind her know that so she swiftly turned around and saw that it was just a woman. The woman was of average height and slender build, her ginger blonde hair was tied into an intricate French bun and even in the darkness Katherine could see her piercing blue eyes gazing at her; whoever this woman was she could definitely see Katherine. Katherine also noticed that the woman was wearing a rather unique outfit, she was wearing a maroon almost dark brown ballroom dress "A rather strange place to be wearing a fancy dress like that don't you think?" questioned Katherine in an attempt to break the eerie silence.
The woman laughed "It is admirable that even on the very brink of death you're still so crude" mused the woman; her tone indicated that she had known Katherine for a very long time though Katherine had never seen this woman before.
"Who are you?" demanded Katherine instantly "I may be dead but that doesn't mean I don't have things to do...people to see."
"You mean like your daughter Nadia?" queried the woman.
"How do you know Nadia? How do you know anything about me?"
"I have been watching you for some time, waiting for this moment to bring you here to this place" explained the woman.
"Oh good another person who's been waiting for me to die...you people should start a club and just let me die in peace" snarled Katherine as she began to grow impatient with the woman's antics.
"Settle down Katherine I am not here to torment you just because I've been waiting for you to die it doesn't mean that I want you dead" laughed the woman.
"What the hell does that mean?" she asked.
"I've been waiting for you to be in this state in between life and death to offer you a deal, one that you would be willing to take now that the alternative option is oblivion" explained the woman.
"So you conjured up a magic wind to pull me away from the gate to the Other Side, just to make a deal with little old me? I don't know if I should be flattered or disturbed" pondered Katherine.
"Perhaps you'll feel more at ease once I have made my offer" reasoned the woman.
"I suppose I could spare a few minutes" said Katherine with a shrug.
"Very well...my offer is simple I bring you back to life and you stay in this town to watch over and protect a special young man and those closest to him...doesn't sound all that bad does it?" offered the woman.
"While I would love to stay alive and babysit for you I only let myself be killed so that my daughter didn't have to die alone. I will not abandon her; not again" stated Katherine forcefully.
"I can bring your daughter back to life as well, I can make that part of our deal if you so wish it" stated the woman instantly.
Katherine made a contorted face of amusement and disbelief "You expect me to believe that you'd willingly resurrect my daughter and I all for some babysitting arrangements not to mention that two resurrections would require incredible amounts of magic power. I don't buy any of this for a moment"
"Believe what you will but know that this is well within the range of my power, I am not your everyday witch" snickered the woman.
"Then who exactly are you? I don't plan on accepting your offer without at least knowing that" interrogated Katherine.
"And here I though Katherine Pierce the legendary survivor would jump at the offer to have her hundredth chance at life again" laughed the woman.
"Looks like you don't know me as well as you'd like to think...now start talking!" demanded Katherine.
"Well to answer your question about who I am there are a number of things I can respond with. I am a witch, a very old one with affinity for a special type of ancient magic; you'll learn more about that when the time comes. As for my name I have been called many things in the past Moirai, Parace, The Weird Witch...but you may simply call me Cassandra"
"Well Cassandra I'm not going to deny that your offer is very tempting but I'm not quite convinced that I'm getting all the necessary information...why do you need me to protect this boy why can't you do it yourself? How do you expect me to protect this boy as a former vampire, newbie traveller doppelganger?"
"You sure are full of questions for someone who's never stuck around long enough to answer anyone else's" mocked Cassandra, causing Katherine to roll her eyes "Why I need this boy protected is not important now but in the end it will pay off for both you and I, I can't do it myself because I am constantly moving my pieces around however I cannot constantly be there to protect this one nor am I as skilled as someone like you at getting around people and through people. As for the last part, our deal will restore you to your former vampiric self with this simple relic" answered Cassandra as she conjured a small piece of string in the palm of her hand; it was gold in colour however it had twists of red fabric throughout it.
"What is that?" asked Katherine.
"This string is your life, I simply had to pull on it to summon your spirit here, the red string is your vampire aspect...make the deal and it will restore your strength and then some" offered Cassandra as she dangled the string in front of her.
"You'll bring my daughter back too?" asked Katherine to ensure that the deal was fully understood.
"A deal is a deal...as long as you hold up your end too"
"Deal" said Katherine as she extended her hand towards Cassandra. Cassandra then lowered her own hand with the string in it and shook hands with Katherine. As their hands met a bright yellow glow emitted from the handshake as she string drove itself through the palm of Katherine's hand and began twisting through her arm until it extended from her wrist to her shoulder. As the string weaved its way through Katherine's arm a bright light bathed her entire body and Katherine could feel the essence of life returning to her and soon after that the all too familiar feeling of vampirism "Now that's what I call refreshing" sighed Katherine as she stretched out her arms but she quickly felt a sharp burn on her wrist and instantly pulled her sleeve down to see what it was; a pattern was forming on her as a series of black swirls coursed through her wrist taking the form of a spider that looked very much like a black widow spider "What the hell!?" exclaimed Katherine.
"You've been branded" explained Cassandra "It's a symbol of our deal and a physical manifestation of the magic that is within you now."
"Okay whatever" Katherine said simply, dismissing the mark "So now you can bring Nadia back to life" she said as she folded her arms and glared at Cassandra.
A wicked smirk appeared across Cassandra's face as she began to laugh wickedly "Oh my dear you misunderstood, you get your daughter back after you've proven that you are capable and devoted to upholding your end of the bargain."
Katherine scowled at the witch before her eyes began to fill with dark veins that turned her them red and she released her reacquired fangs from their resting place inside her mouth before she charged at the witch. Cassandra immediately raised her hand in a stopping signal and caused Katherine's body to immediately freeze "You said we had a deal!"
"Yes but I only promised to bring your daughter back there were no time constraints on the deal so I will do it when I see fit and only then!" affirmed Cassandra in a strong tone "Now calm down, I don't think you'd like to see any further displays of my power so I will pardon this one indiscretion...however in the future show a little more respect after all I did just save your life" hissed Cassandra as she released Katherine from her spell.
Katherine still wasn't very happy with the fact that she'd been outsmarted by the lack of a few simple words; however she couldn't be completely mad after all she was alive and soon her daughter would be too; it's only a matter of time "Very well, Madame Cassandra" snarled Katherine in a sarcastic voice "Who is this special young man in need of my esteemed protection?" she asked.
"The boy is a high school student who was bitten tonight, he needs to be protected at all costs he is a key piece in my grand design...his name is Scott McCall" explained Cassandra.
"Already hate him" sighed Katherine "What exactly was he bitten by?" she asked.
"A werewolf...an alpha at that and now that bite has changed his life forever as he is to become a werewolf as well"
"Right" stated Katherine bluntly "A little boy got bitten by some werewolf so what? I mean I thought a big, powerful witch like you would know that only carriers of a werewolf gene can become werewolves...sounds to me like some antiseptic and a few years of counselling will fix that boy right up"
"Foolish girl" laughed the witch "Five hundred years of running for your life has left you blind to the true nature of the world. There are more creatures out there than just vampires and witches and within those creatures there are still differences among them. The werewolves that you have encountered are but one of three types of wolves that roam the Earth; they are referred to as cursed wolves and don't do too well with association outside their own kind. There are two others; the born wolves who roam free and without the limitations of cursed wolves, they do not need to kill to activate their power it comes naturally and their packs are more structured than the cursed wolves. They have alphas who are the leader which is symbolised through their red eyes and betas who are members of the pack. Then there are bitten werewolves, those who receive the bite of the alpha either succumb to the werewolf power or are killed by it...simple enough to understand yes?" explained Cassandra.
"Great" sighed Katherine "So now all these werewolves are free to just bite and kill any vampire they like...namely me, you know you really didn't think this through did you Cassandra?"
"Katherine everything I do is calculated, while a werewolf bite can kill a vampire, the venom is only produced on a full moon so the threat is minor you only need to watch your back once a month. However if an alpha were to bite you it would have similar effects to a werewolf dying with vampire blood in them and you can imagine where that ends...but I'm sure you can handle yourself just fine"
"Well you definitely got that last part right...so this Scott kid's been bitten? And you want me to watch over him, correct?" questioned Katherine.
"Yes"
Katherine thought for a moment, the whole world now believed she was dead, it was like 1864 all over again there's no way anyone would suspect she'd faked death twice. She now had a true chance to live without constantly watching her back for the next enemy not to mention she'd get her daughter back after she finished playing guardian for a teenage werewolf. This was her clean slate "Well I've got nothing but time now so I don't see why not" smirked Katherine.
"Very good...you didn't have much of a choice since we made a deal but at least you've gotten onboard. Now I just need to mask you, those Travellers still want you dead and if they find out you're alive then it'll be kill or be killed" explained Cassandra as she began casting a spell.
"Story of my life" muttered Katherine.
As Cassandra raised her hand above Katherine she began chanting incoherently and a purple circle appeared that began releasing specks of magic dust that covered Katherine completely before being absorbed into her skin "That should hold for now...but be on your guard the Travellers are a strange bunch of people and their magic is next to unpredictable...but so is mine."
"I think I'll be able to handle a group of wannabe witches worshipping an old, dead guy..." Katherine was interrupted as the sound of a fearsome wolf's howl echoed throughout the woods. She looked up into the sky and saw the moon in its big, bright glory.
"Welcome to Beacon Hills Katherine Pierce."
Katherine pulled up into the parking lot of Beacon Hills High School in her flashy and expensive Silver convertible Aston Martin. She had reacquired her car among all of her other possessions thanks to Cassandra's aid; she also allowed her to stay at her wealthy estate in Beacon Hills Parish, it was very luxurious something Katherine hadn't experienced in a while and she had to admit she did like Cassandra more after seeing her home.
Katherine quickly found a spot in the parking lot, right next to a relatively nice looking Porsche. She parked the car and just sat for a few moments to take everything in. She was alive and a vampire again which was great and anyone who would come after her thought she was dead, sure there were the Travellers to worry about but they're hardly a big threat, but the best part was the clean slate. She now had the opportunity to live the life that was stolen from her and she wasn't going to waste the opportunity; the only thing that worried her was Nadia but she would get her back at any cost.
Katherine popped on a set of sunglasses and picked up her Prada hang bag before she opened up her car door and took the first step towards her first High School experience. She got out and began to walk towards the school entry but she barely got a metre away from the car when the voice of an angry boy shouted out "Sweetheart watch the paint job!" he shouted in an annoyed tone.
Katherine rolled her eyes before slowly turning around to see who her first enemy of this new life would be. To her surprise the boy who was yelling at her was quite a handsome young man he had short blonde hair and ice blue eyes and was presented very well, obviously a spoilt rich brat that needed a serious attitude adjustment "Is there a problem?" Katherine asked in an impatient tone.
"Yeah you nearly scratched my car, maybe you can't tell but it's pretty expensive and I just got it repainted so be careful when you park your car next to it" said the boy in an abrasive tone.
Katherine pulled her sunglasses slightly off of her face and glanced at the car, she immediately noticed that the licence plate read 'JCK5N37' and she smirked "Jackson is it?" she questioned and he nodded condescendingly in response "Okay honey here's how this is going to work. You're going to stay out of my way because you're getting on my nerves and trust me you don't want to deal with me when I'm angry...also I get that you're overcompensating for something but seriously putting your own name on your car's licence plate...it's a bit sad" mocked Katherine as she turned around and waved goodbye to Jackson. Jackson turned red with rage as he watched the sassy new girl walk away from him without hesitation.
Katherine immediately disregarded the brief encounter with the little brat and kept strutting towards the school's entry. As she walked through the mass of students and viable lunch options her vampire hearing picked up something as she heard the voice of two guys talking. One of them said "I'm pretty sure it was a wolf" to which the other immediately responded "So a wolf bit you?" a bit of the conversation was hard to make out but Katherine continued to focus her hearing and she quickly located the two boys; neither of them seemed very spectacular or special as Cassandra had made it seem. Both boys seemed like they could barely handle a gym class let alone a werewolf bite. One of them was lanky and pale with an unfortunate buzz cut for a hairdo and the other was a slightly tanned boy with medium length black hair. Katherine listened as the latter explained to his friend "I definitely heard a wolf howling."
If Katherine hadn't seen stranger things in 500 years she probably wouldn't believe that this boy was the werewolf she was looking for but stranger things have definitely happened; The Original Vampires are a group of teenagers and they are the strongest of the species so why couldn't this boy be a werewolf? Katherine reasoned.
Her eavesdropping was soon interrupted as a girl's voice sounded right next to her "I love your bag, where did you get it?" Katherine turned to see a teenage girl with ginger hair and hazel eyes staring very excitedly at her designer handbag.
"Thank you" mused Katherine, grateful at the girl's observation "I got it from Milan on a...holiday" explained Katherine, though her tone indicated that she wasn't sure of what she was saying.
"It's gorgeous" remarked the girl "its real right?" she asked almost condescendingly.
"Of course it's real!" exclaimed Katherine in an insulted tone.
"Just checking...wanted to make sure you weren't some idiot who didn't have a clue about fashion" she laughed "I'm Lydia, Lydia Martin" introduced Lydia.
"Katherine Pierce...I'm new here" replied Katherine.
"I know otherwise we would be friends already" laughed Lydia. Katherine smiled at the girl; a friend would come in handy if she needed a quick fix of blood.
"Hey Lydia" called a familiar voice and Katherine instantly felt annoyed.
"Jackson" smiled Lydia as the idiot Katherine encountered just moments ago rushed over to her new friend and began making out with her.
When they finished, Jackson pulled away from Lydia and immediately noticed Katherine "You" he stated bluntly.
"You" replied Katherine with a sigh.
"Oh you both know each other?" asked Lydia.
"Unfortunately" remarked Katherine "I'm going to go...talk to the office people...nice meeting you Lydia...Jackson let's not make a habit of interacting with each other...bye, bye" stated Katherine as she glided through the school doors and headed towards.
"I hate her"
"I love her" remarked Jackson and Lydia respectively.
Katherine proceeded towards the administration office where she would then enrol herself into Beacon Hills High School as a transfer student. She introduced herself to the office lady and explained that she was a transfer from Mystic Falls High and that a recent change in circumstances has forced her to relocate to Beacon Hills. As the office lady proceeded to look through Katherine's files an annoyed expression appeared on her face "Young lady there's no record of you at all, no academics, no medical records...I can't possibly transfer you without the necessary paperwork!" she exclaimed in an exasperated tone.
Katherine slowly narrowed her gaze until her eyes aligned with the eyes of the lady in front of her, she could feel the familiar power of compulsion within her as she grasped control of the woman's mind "Look again...I'm sure you have everything you need." In a dumbfounded manner the woman looked down and nodded in approval.
"Yes it appears we have everything we need, I'll enrol you in your classes right away Miss. Pierce" she said in a monotonous, zombie-like voice.
"Thank you...oh and one more thing...I want you to make sure that my timetable matches exactly with Scott McCall's" commanded Katherine, the woman nodded again and Katherine released her from the compulsion.
She then proceeded to file a few items and printed off a sheet of paper, handing it to Katherine saying "Here is your timetable Miss...you can take a seat over there with the other new student, a member of staff will be here shortly to introduce you to the school" gestured the lady. Katherine smiled with a fake gratitude at the woman before she went and sat across from another girl who appeared to be looking frantically through her bag for something. This didn't really concern Katherine who pulled a compact out of her purse and began to check her makeup. The girl across from her began to mutter curses under her breath as she emptied the contents of her bag in dismay.
Katherine rolled her eyes as she looked up at the girl; she was a pretty young girl with a tall, slim frame and pale skin. Katherine couldn't help but notice that she had a similar hair style to hers...she was obviously getting that right at least "Excuse me?" questioned Katherine and the girl quickly shot her head up "Are you okay?" she asked in a half-hearted tone as her eyes glanced back towards her compact.
"Yeah it's just first day at a new school and I forgot a pen" sighed the girl with an awkward smile.
"Could be worse...you could show up with a tacky licence plate that has your name on it...talk about embarrassing" smirked Katherine.
"Did someone actually do that?" laughed the girl.
"Yeah...don't worry about the pen I'm sure some smitten boy or girl will gladly give you one as soon as you get into class" ensured Katherine as she refocused her complete attention on the compact.
"Thanks" said the girl in an odd tone "Uh I'm Allison by the way...are you new here too?" she asked.
Katherine slammed her compact shut and placed it in her handbag "I'm Katherine and yes I am new here" she introduced.
"What's your first class?" asked Allison curiously.
Katherine pulled up the sheet of paper that was handed to her earlier and glanced at it to see what class she'd have to pretend to care in first "History with Mr. Butler" she said in an unsure and disgusted tone.
"Oh cool me too" said Allison in an excited tone.
"Yay" feigned Katherine.
Before the conversation could continue an older man showed up to take the two girls to their first class and offer them a quick welcome to the school itself. As they proceeded to walk to the class Katherine tuned out what the teacher was saying and instead observed her surroundings until she overheard an interesting conversation in a nearby classroom "Yes the police did find a body in the woods last night but they have someone in custody so please draw your attention to the syllabus."
Katherine was quickly interrupted from her snooping as a voice sounded out "Do you have any questions Miss Pierce?" and Katherine was brought back to the conversation she was supposed to be having. She saw that teacher was giving her an odd look.
"No I'm good...just need some booze and blood" she muttered so that they couldn't hear her.
"Very well I'll show you both to your first class" he ushered as he opened the door to the class they were standing in front of and lead them in. The students inside quickly went quiet as the two new girls entered.
"Class these are our two new students Allison Argent and Katherine Pierce...please do your best to make them feel welcome" instructed the escorting teacher and with that he left the room leaving the two new students to get stuck into class on their own.
"Argent?" questioned Katherine to herself "No it can't be" she reasoned as she instantly dismissed a panicked thought and proceeded to find a seat to be bored in. She saw a seat behind Scott McCall and attempted to sit there but Allison already got there and had seated herself on it so Katherine took the seat right next to her and behind Scott's friend. She watched as Scott slowly reached around and shakily handed Allison a spare pen which she took with a grateful smile "Did he hear her from all the way out there?" questioned Katherine to herself. Suddenly a pen was pointed in her face as Scott's friend placed it in front of her with a wicked smile on his face. Katherine cocked one of her eyebrows and tilted her head slightly before she pretended to look at the board. The boy awkwardly turned around and buried his head in his arms causing Katherine to smirk.
Katherine spent the rest of the day going to classes with Allison and Scott, though she hadn't spoken to him yet, she needed to find out more to see how much he knew about the supernatural. At the end of the day she had grown bored with the school already and lazed around the lockers with Allison, she noticed that Scott was casting longing glares at Allison from a distance. Just as Katherine was about to say something to Allison an enthusiastic voice exclaimed "Katherine!" and she quickly jumped in freight as Lydia stood in front of her and Allison.
"Lydia hi" stated Katherine.
"How was the first day?" she asked in a much too enthusiastic tone.
"I feel like I wanna kill anyone who talks about how algebra is important or an idiot who thinks he knows about history when he's got it all wrong" sighed Katherine as she rubbed her temples.
"Okay" said Lydia awkwardly, she then noticed Allison and smiled at her "I love that jacket! Where did you get it?" she asked in awe.
"My mum was a buyer for a boutique back in San Francisco" stated Allison.
"Then you are my new best friend!" laughed Lydia she then glanced at Katherine "I mean second best friend...Katherine and I already hit it off" laughed Lydia. Katherine smiled although internally she was screaming, she hadn't had a proper feed of blood since she was resurrected as a vampire and the cravings were getting to her, after being human for so long it was a bit difficult to readjust.
"Hey babe" sounded a voice and Katherine perked her head up as she saw Jackson come over and kiss Lydia causing Allison to slightly draw back in an awkward manner. As Jackson lowered his hand Katherine saw something on the underside of his wrist, it was a mark similar to her own but instead of forming a spider it was a snake. It was only there for a moment however so Katherine didn't really think much of it.
"So girls" began Lydia, her voice snapping Katherine out of her train of thought "This Friday there's a party you should both come, it's going to be a wild one" she announced excitedly.
"A party?" questioned Allison.
"Yeah it's after the Lacrosse scrimmage, you should totally come" affirmed Jackson.
"Oh I can't Friday is family night" stated Allison, Lydia and Jackson both smirked slightly at the notion of family night, but did their best to hide it.
"That's a shame" sighed Lydia as she rubbed Allison's shoulder almost condescendingly "What about you Katherine?" she questioned.
"Remember you have no obligation to come" added Jackson which prompted Lydia to elbow him in the ribs, somewhat winding him.
"Well thank you for the lovely invitation" said Katherine sarcastically "But I'll have to pass, see there's a witch that I live with and she'll kill me if I don't get my work done."
"Yeah mum's can be such a buzz kill can't they?" stated Lydia, as she attempted to make sense of what Katherine said.
"Yeah" replied Katherine in a fake, annoyed tone "anyway I'll see if I can stop by for a quick bite, sounds like it's gonna be a scream."
"There's probably not going to be food at the party" laughed Lydia.
"We'll see" muttered Katherine as she pretended to fumble through her locker and not focus on her hunger.
"Anyway practice is just about to start" announced Jackson.
"Oh good you're leaving then" smiled Katherine as she quickly pulled her head out of the locker.
"Well I figured we'd all go watch the practice to support the team captain" suggested Lydia as she proudly brushed her hand through Jackson's perfectly styled hair "What do you say girls?" she offered with an arrogant smile as she grabbed Allison's wrist causing the brunette girl to somewhat panic.
"Why don't you all go ahead I'll catch up to you later" insisted Katherine instantly.
"We all need to be there to support Jackson" replied Lydia firmly.
"Honey...no" laughed Katherine as she shook her head "you go to your little game or whatever and we'll meet up later and go buy me some shoes" she said cheerfully. Lydia nodded in agreement before she grabbed hold of Allison's arm and walked off with her and Jackson. "Thank god, she was driving me crazy!" thought Katherine to herself "now to find me some food" she thought as she looked around. All the students were out in the hallways or in some sort of public place so she had to find an alternative food source. She walked down the hall and saw private door with a sign on it that read "Guidance Counsellor."
"Perfect" she stated with a grin as she opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind her, she was now in the waiting area that was connected to the office. The actual office door was wide open which suggested that the counsellor wasn't seeing anyone at the moment; the waiting room was also empty which meant Katherine had the perfect opportunity to feed.
A woman walked up to the doorway of the office, her skin was dark coloured as was her long straight her, in fact her overall appearance bore a striking resemblance to Katherine's handmaiden from 1864, Emily Bennett. "I'm sorry I don't believe I have an appointment on my schedule at this time" said the woman with a concerned voice.
"That's fine I'm really just here to dine and dash" replied Katherine as the blood began to rush into her eyes and her fangs came out and she charged at the woman. Just as soon as she hit the doorway she was blown back by a force that felt similar to the power that prevents entry from an uninvited vampire "What the hell?" she questioned as she got up off the ground.
"Mountain ash" said the woman in a monotonous voice "It prevents any supernatural from crossing over it not too dissimilar to the uninvited entry limitation as you may have noticed" she explained.
"Who are you?" questioned Katherine.
"I suppose to a student like you I am Ms. Morrell, but you're not just a student are you Miss Pierce?" she asked "I see Cassandra has finally chosen her guardian, although I am surprised to see that you're a vampire."
"You know?"
"I know that and a lot more" stated Ms. Morrell "and I would appreciate it if you kept your fangs out of the students and staffs, preferably the locals too. We already have enough werewolves tearing people up around here."
"Please, I am much more sophisticated than a werewolf" stated Katherine, just then a female student walked into the waiting room and Katherine instantly vamp-sped up to her and shoved her against a nearby wall as she sank her fangs into her neck and fed on the girl. The girl began screaming in pain, fear and confusion as Katherine mercilessly drained her arteries.
"Stop it!" shouted Morrell.
Katherine simply retracted her fangs and bit tenderly into her own wrist, feeding the girl her blood to heal the wound. She then narrowed her gaze to lock onto the girl's eyes "You won't remember any of this, go back to whatever pathetic High School thing you were doing before you came in here" she compelled. The girl nodded and mindlessly walked out the room after Katherine let her go.
Katherine turned to Ms. Morrell, smiling "See...sophisticated" she mocked.
"I suggest you leave now Miss Pierce, Mr. McCall is at Lacrosse practice and I suggest you go watch him instead of preying on innocent people for food. I don't think Cassandra would be pleased at all" warned Ms Morrell.
"Yeah, yeah whatever" mocked Katherine as she rolled her eyes "Girl's gotta eat" she smirked as she wiped the blood off the side of her mouth.
"Perhaps bring your own supply to the school and be more discrete, there are more threats in this town apart from werewolves. Some threats are more cunning than you'd like to think" preached Morrell in a cautioning voice.
"If cunning is what the threat is then Cassandra definitely chose the right girl for the job" stated Katherine with an arrogant tone.
"I hope for Mr. McCall's sake you're right...now you best be on your way before you really get on my bad side" threatened Ms. Morrell.
"Oh no you misunderstand" stated Katherine with a glare in her eye as she dashed up to the office doorway "It's you who doesn't want to get on my bad side" she warned and the proceeded towards the exit "Bye bye now" she said with a sadistic smile and coy wave of her hand.
"I'd be wary of the mark on your wrist" shouted Ms. Morrell as Katherine exited the room "She doesn't know what power it holds" she mumbled as she saw Katherine disappear from her sight.
It was now the end of the day and Katherine was more than ready to head back to Cassandra's estate and kick up her heels after the first day of school, although she hadn't really paid attention to what she was supposed to do, which was befriend Scott McCall and protect him from the Big Bad World. Instead she got distracted with basically anything else that she could occupy herself with. Okay maybe the day was easy but she had to admit she was incredibly bored, running from Klaus for five hundred years may have been difficult, life threatening and almost never ending but at least it wasn't boring. This new happy, go-lucky, smells like teen spirit scene was all new to her and she wasn't sure she'd ever really adjust to it...but she had to try, for Nadia's sake she would do whatever it took even if it meant being a High School student.
"It's not glamorous" said Katherine out loud "but it's worth every second if it means I get you back Nadia" she said, hoping that maybe her daughter on the Other Side was watching her right now and seeing that she was finally fighting for her. A teardrop rolled down her cheek but she quickly rubbed it away as she saw Scott and his friend Stiles pull out of the parking lot and drive off. Katherine quickly started her car's engine and reversed out of her parking spot, she began to follow the two boys.
Standing outside on the footpath a young brunette woman watched as Katherine drove off; while she could see and hear everything that happened she was not in this dimension physically."Good luck...Katherine" smiled the woman.
Katherine had been following the two boys for a good twenty minutes, she was tailing them from a safe distance as to not cause them to get suspicious. She had to handle the situation delicately it's not like she could just walk up to Scott and introduce herself as a vampire-guardian who was raised from the dead to ensure his newly bitten werewolf ass didn't die all thanks to some all-powerful witch. She had no idea how far along he was in his transformation or how much of the supernatural world he'd been exposed too, she didn't even know there were more than one type of werewolf until yesterday. So Katherine decided she'd do some recon work before diving in directly.
Katherine then noticed that the boys had parked the car off the side of the road, in the distance so she quickly stopped her car and veered to the side of the road. She watched as the two boys got out of the car and ventured into the woods together "This should be good" stated Katherine as she got out of her car and vamp sped after the boys. Again she remained at a distance so that she could track the boys without getting caught by them. It was as if she was tracking a meal except she didn't get to drain anyone...though if she played her cards right she could drain Stiles a bit.
As she followed them she listened intently to their conversation, Scott was confiding in Stiles about how he has been experiencing severe changes in his senses and his overall physical limits. Stiles only ended up making jokes about lycanthropy and how Scott was a werewolf. "He's gonna get killed first" observed Katherine as she watched Stiles flail his arms around like a goof and make horrible imitations of a wolf howling "Yep definitely" she stated.
As they continued walking Katherine gauged that the boys were looking for the spot where Scott had found a body just before he got bitten, finally it seemed like something interesting was happening. Eventually the boys stopped and Scott began looking around, he was sure he was in the same spot where he found the body last night but it was nowhere to be seen.
Katherine then felt something and looked down to see that she had landed her expensive shoes into a pile of mud "Not again" she sighed as she removed her foot from the muddy area "Maybe that witch can do a little hocus pocus for me" she thought as she refocused her attention to Scott and Stiles only to see that a third person had approached the two of them. He was a young man, probably in his early twenties; he wore dark clothing and had dark black hair, in fact from what Katherine could sense everything about him was dark.
"What are you doing here?" demanded the new man in an annoyed tone "This is private property!" he said sternly.
Stiles had dropped his shoulders and was awkwardly facing the other way while Scott stammered out an insincere apology and claimed that they were just about to leave. The unknown man then tossed him something rapidly which Scott caught perfectly in the palm of his hand.
The two teenagers quickly walked away shortly after and the other man just stood there and watched like a guard dog making sure that the intruders on his property weren't coming back. As the boys disappeared from the area the man called out to the area around him shouting out "Okay you come out now" he shouted at the silence "I know you're there I can smell you."
"All good scents I imagine" jeered Katherine as she appeared behind the man, using her vampire speed to show off her superiority.
"You actually smell like a rotting corpse, vampire" mocked the man.
"Okay I'm in a good mood so I won't kill you for that but I'd hate to have to rearrange that pretty face of yours just coz you annoyed me but I will do it" warned Katherine.
"Why are you following Scott?" asked the man instantly with an aggravated look on his face.
Katherine placed her hand on her waist and scoffed "I'm his guardian angel" said Katherine with a malevolent smile.
"Whatever you're planning, if you try to hurt him I'll kill you myself" warned the man.
"Oh how scary, the big bad werewolf is going to kill me for hurting his little friend" mocked Katherine, this caused the man to deepen his scowl if it was even possible "Let me tell you something, now you may not believe me but it's true, my name is Katherine Pierce and I'm here to protect Scott McCall so that the witch Cassandra will resurrect my dead daughter Nadia, make sense?" Katherine realised how ridiculous the whole situation was upon saying it out loud.
The man pondered what Katherine said for a moment "Well Katherine maybe we can help each other out" he said after a moment of silence, Katherine raised her eyebrow in curiosity "Name's Derek Hale and if what you said is true then you and I have a common interest" he stated.
"Why do you need Scott protected?" questioned Katherine.
"He's a newly bitten werewolf with no alpha, no pack, and no one to guide him and I want to help him" explained Derek.
"If that were the only reason you would have told him already there's something else" stated Katherine instantly, this wasn't her first time plotting with someone and the cracks were always visible whenever she got involved.
"You're good I'll give you that" stated Derek "But his alpha killed my sister so maybe if I get close to him I can lure the alpha out, kill it and steal its power."
"And would the rest of your pack think about you making a deal with a vampire?" questioned Katherine.
"They were all killed so I don't think they're gonna have much to say" said Derek with a cold and shrill tone. Katherine instantly felt a slight empathy towards Derek, she was in a similar situation with her own family and she understands the pain of having your whole family slaughtered.
"I'm sorry to hear that" she said as sincerely as she could say. Derek was surprised to hear the solemn tone in her voice "So the alpha...who is he?" questioned Katherine in an attempt to change the subject as the atmosphere became slightly awkward.
"Don't you think if I knew that I'd have killed him by now?" questioned Derek.
"I think you mean tried to kill him, something tells me Alphas don't die as easily as you make them out too" reasoned Katherine.
"Regardless the two of us need to find out who the Alpha is before he comes after Scott" explained Derek "If he gets to Scott he becomes stronger and something tells me your witch doesn't want a crazy, new alpha building power in this town."
"Okay so how do we find him?" asked Katherine.
"I'm not sure...on the night of the full moon we'll need to watch Scott more closely it's when the Alpha will be able to influence him more directly and that should open up a window for us" reasoned Derek.
"That's on Friday."
"Okay well if I need you before then I'll find you" stated Derek simply as he turned around and began to walk away.
"That's it?" questioned Katherine.
"Basically"
"And how is it you'll find me exactly?" asked Katherine.
"Like I said...you have a pretty distinct scent" replied Derek with a hidden smirk as he continued to walk off. Katherine scoffed as she turned the other way to walk off. She slightly turned around again to catch another glimpse at Derek but she quickly turned back around, shook her head in annoyance and sped back to her car.
Derek shook his head and slowly reached into his pocket, pulling out a folded up sheet of paper as he did so. He scanned the contents of the paper and somewhat smirked to himself as he read the contents of the letter:
Dearest Darling Derek,
A new person is coming to town, she's a bit on the rotten side but if you play nice with her it'll pay off for you.
Lots of Love, Cassandra xoxo
"Meddling witch" he scoffed as he shoved the paper back into his pocket and continued to walk back to his home.
By the time Katherine returned to Cassandra's estate, on the upper side of town, a huge thunder storm had come over Beacon Hills and causing heavy rain to fall from the sky bringing with it intense thunder and lightning. As Katherine entered the manor she immediately headed straight for the kitchen where she found a small storage of blood bags in the fridge alongside a bottle of wine "Perfect" she remarked as she snatched the two out of the fridge. As she turned around she saw a young girl standing right behind her and smiling up at her with big intense eyes. Katherine was immediately startled and nearly dropped the bottle of wine.
"Hi I'm Maria, are you mummy's new vampire friend?" questioned the girl excitedly as she let out a big, bright smile. The girl couldn't have been very old, maybe eight or nine, she was relatively short in stature even for her age and she had very fair skin. Her light brown hair was medium shoulder-length that complimented her big brown eyes. She was carrying with her what appeared to be a stuffed teddy bear.
"Uh...hi little girl" stammered Katherine awkwardly as she kneeled down to meet the girl's gaze "do you know where your mummy is?" she questioned.
Maria swayed from side to side as she lifted up her bear and pointed it in Katherine's face "Tibbers says that she went out for a little bit but she'll be back soon" she imitated in a mocked, deeper voice after which she giggled furiously.
Maria continued to giggle as she held her teddy bear close to her, her smile was big and bright as if she didn't have a care in the world. Katherine felt a slight warmth spread in her chest as she watched the innocent little girl; it made her feel somewhat peaceful but also melancholic as she knew she missed these simple moments with her own daughter.
Katherine's trance was soon interrupted by her phone which started vibrating in her pocket as she was receiving a phone call from someone. She looked at the screen and noticed it was Allison who was calling her "Hello?" answered Katherine as she picked up the call.
"Hey Katherine, I hope I'm not interrupting you studying or something" said Allison from the other end of the phone.
Katherine made a repulsed facial expression, as if she would actually be studying "That's funny" laughed Katherine "What's up?" she asked.
"Well I sort of got a date to the party on Friday night, the one I said I couldn't go too...but he's totally a sweet guy and he's adorable" gushed Allison.
"Oh god she wants to have girl talk!" screamed Katherine internally as Allison continued to ramble on about the guy she's going to the party with; guess family night was a total lie.
Katherine sat down on a nearby seat and began to file her nails as she half-listened to what Allison was saying to her. She continued to talk about how the boy helped her when she accidentally hit a dog and how he calmed her down and something about how he was an awesome Lacrosse player "So what's his name?" asked Katherine as she examined her nails.
"His name's Scott, Scott McCall" replied Allison.
Katherine instantly perked up; she discarded her nail filer and got out of the chair she was sitting in "You're going to a party with Scott McCall?" she asked with a legitimately intrigued voice.
"Yeah, it sounds even better when you say it" squealed Allison.
"You're going to the party this Friday night with Scott McCall?" asked Katherine with an every growing tone of intrigue.
"Oooooooh" cooed an enthusiastic Maria, she had been silently observing the whole time "Did you hear that Tibbers?" she asked her bear.
"YES!" exclaimed Allison.
"That's great" said Katherine with a wicked grin "That's actually fantastic news, anyway gotta run girl, but good luck" she said as she ended the phone call.
"Good news?" questioned Cassandra as she spontaneously appeared in the room next to her daughter.
"Mummy!" exclaimed Maria as she hugged her mother. Cassandra patted her daughter on the head and smiled at her warmly. Katherine couldn't help but feel a slight jealously towards the two of them.
"You could say I've had a successful first day" proclaimed Katherine in an attempt to shift the focus back onto her.
"Oh?" questioned Cassandra.
"I established myself into the social network at the school granting me access to useful information, I also made the acquaintance of the guidance counsellor, she is quite awful. I also met a werewolf named Derek Hale whose interests seem to align with ours for the moment and he seems to think the Alpha who bit Scott is going to come after him in order to consolidate his power but he also has other reasons for wanting to find this Alpha so we made somewhat of a partnership" explained Katherine.
"Interesting" stated Cassandra bluntly.
Katherine raised her eyebrow suspiciously "You don't seem very fazed by any of this" she observed "almost as if...you already knew all of this didn't you?" she questioned.
"I don't know what you're talking about" stated Cassandra as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Does this mean you know who the Alpha is?" interrogated Katherine "If that's true then you're not worried about him setting up pack in Beacon Hills...what's your angle?"
Cassandra smirked at Katherine which prompted Maria to giggle in an almost creepy manner "Katherine this is your time to prove yourself, what fun would it be if I gave you all the answers?" Katherine just stared at her, her eyes filled with rage but Cassandra was not intimidated in the slightest "Come, Maria" she beckoned while still maintaining eye contact with Katherine "Time for bed" she instructed as she ushered her towards the grand staircase and took her up to her room.
"Witches and their mind games" muttered Katherine, she wasn't going to let this get to her; yes Cassandra had tricked her which means that this whole Alpha threat is merely a test and there are bigger things coming her way ultimately that meant that Cassandra needed her so the witch did not have the upper hand.
Katherine smiled to herself before reaching into her pocket and getting her phone out to dial a number. The phone rang a few times before the person answered "Hello?" questioned the voice on the other side.
"Hey Derek you wanna go to a party with me?"
Katherine stood outside Lydia Martin's house waiting for Derek to show up, Friday night was now upon them and that meant Scott was going to experience his first full moon and the alpha might make his move. Katherine watched as the moon lit up the night sky, she knew she had to be careful, this was the one night where a werewolf actually posed a real threat to her and she had to make sure she was one step ahead of Derek in case he turned on her.
"You know a gentleman would have personally escorted me to the party, just saying" ridiculed Katherine as she saw Derek approach her from the shadows.
Derek just glared at her before he turned to face the house "So he's here?" he questioned blandly.
"Wow you sure like to get straight to the point, I'd feel sorry for the woman you took on a real date" mocked Katherine.
"Technically you asked me out, remember?" rebutted Derek.
"Well at least we know who would be on top" stated Katherine as she proceeded to walk into the party with Derek following her grudgingly.
As they entered the party Katherine was immediately overwhelmed with the sleaziness of the atmosphere. All around her drunken teenagers were hooking up, drunkenly dancing with each other or trying not to throw up "This is probably the least classy party I've ever been too and I once went to one where the host wanted to sacrifice me to use my blood in a ritual" stated Katherine.
Derek said nothing and instead scouted the party for Scott and eventually the two of them locked eyes with each other. Scott stared at Derek with a fearful gaze and Derek just tried to look as intimidating as possible.
"Does he know you're a werewolf too?" asked Katherine.
"I think he thinks I'm a murderer, a girl's body was found in the woods the night he was bitten and he thinks I'm the murderer" replied Derek without breaking eye contact with Scott.
"Interesting" replied Katherine as she watched Scott break his staring contest with Derek and begin dancing with Allison.
"She's not safe with him" observed Derek as he watched the two of them dance "He has no control over his werewolf side at the moment, he's going to lose it and she could be killed."
"So maybe we teach him a lesson" stated Katherine and Derek looked at her peculiarly before she leaned in and whispered her plan into his ear. He simply nodded at her as she pulled away from him and the two of them spread out. Katherine was going to make Scott seek Derek out for guidance and consequently the three of them would be able to work together and Scott would think it was what he wanted.
Katherine walked through the sea of people in the party until she found the boy she was looking for; he was dancing awkwardly by himself acting like the perfect bait. Katherine immediately approached him and smiled at him causing his jaw to drop "Hi, it's Stiles right?" questioned Katherine.
"Yeah that's me, Stiles yeah" he said with an awkward blush "You're that new girl right, Katherine? I offered you a pen!" he exclaimed.
Katherine immediately shoved him against the closest wall which actually caused Stiles to become incredibly excited but Katherine just smirked at him before she locked eyes with him "When your werewolf friend, Scott, leaves here abruptly I want you to follow him and make sure he knows that Derek Hale took his date home, do you understand?"
"I understand" replied Stiles.
"Good, now go away" instructed Katherine and Stiles immediately walked away from her.
Katherine then watched as the plan began to unfold. Soon after she compelled Stiles, Scott began to act strangely before he abruptly ran out of the party, Stiles soon followed after him to make sure his friend was okay. Allison also ran after Scott but was left stranded at the side of the road as Scott drove off. Derek immediately came to her rescue and kindly offered to drive her home.
"Perfect."
Katherine stood in the woods with Derek, the entire area had been illuminated by the full moon, nearby there was a tree branch with a jacket on it, it was Allison's and it was their bait to lure Scott to them. "Remind me again how this is supposed to work?" questioned Derek.
"He'll see that he's wildly dangerous and he'll seek to control himself in order to be with Allison and you can offer him that control and thus you'll be able to take him under your wing and he'll be safe while we figure out how to kill the alpha" explained Katherine.
"Well there's something you should know then" stated Derek.
"What?" demanded Katherine in an unimpressed tone.
"A group of hunters recently came to town, they track and kill werewolves and other supernatural creatures that they deem to be dangerous, they're known as the Argents and there's a good chance that they'll get in our way soon" explained Derek.
"I knew it wasn't a coincidence" hissed Katherine, Derek looked at her oddly but they didn't have time to discuss it because Scott came running into the closure that they were currently overlooking. His face had completely morphed into a bestial state and hair grew excessively all over his arms and his teeth and nails had become monstrously dangerous, his eyes were also glowing with a bright yellow. The werewolf looked at the jacket hanging off the nearby branch "Where is she?" he called out.
Derek immediately moved from his position and shouted out "She's safe from you!" at this Scott became enraged and began roaring furiously.
"Drama Queen" muttered Katherine.
Derek then tackled Scott and got a good grip on him so that he couldn't break free from him "Dammnit Scott can't you see that I'm trying to help you!" he exclaimed.
"What did you do to her!?" demanded the angst fuelled teen werewolf.
Katherine then heard footsteps approaching from the opposite side of the forest and soon enough an arrow shot right past her and over to where Scott and Derek were. Derek acted quickly and pulled Scott and he out of the way, however the arrow exploded as it impacted on a tree and released a series of flashing lights "Argents" snarled Katherine as the blood rushed to her eyes and she ran after Scott and Derek.
The two werewolves had begun to run away from the hunters but Scott was much slower than Derek and eventually one of the arrows struck him in the arm and pinned him to a nearby tree trunk. Scott watched as a group of five men appeared in the moonlight, the middle one stared him down before turning to the others and saying "Take him" he was obviously the group leader.
Derek instantly jumped up to where Scott was and broke the arrow that was pinning him to the tree and freed him. However the hunters began to close in on the two of them and they were surrounded.
However Katherine immediately swooped in and plunged her arm right through the chest of one of the hunters and ripped out his heart and casting it aside like a piece of rubbish. She then ran over to another one and lifted him up into the trees before impaling him on a tree branch directly through the heart. She then ran down to the other two and snapped both of their necks with ease.
"What the hell!?" exclaimed Scott in disbelief as he saw Katherine run around and slaughter the group of hunters in seconds.
Katherine ignored him however and slowly approached the last hunter standing "Christopher Argent" she said in disbelief "Never thought I'd see you again" she stated with her fangs bared at him.
"Katherine Pierce" he said simply as he pointed his crossbow at her "working with Derek Hale although I never thought teamwork was your thing" he said as he scanned the werewolf he then looked at Scott who was still in his werewolf form so his face was unrecognisable "and a beta, this is the saddest pack I've ever seen" he laughed "What are you up too?" he questioned threateningly as he pointed his crossbow directly at her.
Katherine slowly walked over to him "You won't be around long enough to find out" she threatened as she snatched his crossbow out of his hands and attempted to sink her fangs into him but Chris acted almost instantly and picked up a small wooden tree branch that had been nearby and sunk it right through Katherine's chest only narrowly missing her heart. Katherine screamed in pain which gave Chris the perfect moment to begin running away from the vampire.
Katherine extracted the stick from her chest, grunting in pain as she did so "Bastard" she spat as she watched Chris run away "He's gonna be a big problem for us" called Katherine to Derek who was still standing next to Scott.
However Katherine's concerns about the Argent couldn't be addressed as Scott suddenly began screaming out in confusion and anger, his werewolf form slowly starting to fade back into human form as he did so "What the hell is going on? Who are you!?" he cried out.
Katherine slowly turned around to face him and his face immediately spread with horror as he recognised her face "You! You're that new girl, Allison's friend!" he exclaimed "What are you? Stay away from her!" he roared as he charged at her with his fists. Katherine rolled her eyes and simply vamp sped behind Scott and forced his head against a nearby tree trunk in a manner that asserted her physical superiority.
"What the hell!?" exclaimed Scott.
"Okay here's what we're not gonna do sweetie" began Katherine "We will not be attacking me unless you don't like your limbs attached to your body, understand?" she threatened coyly. The teenage boy nodded and Katherine slowly let him go.
Scott shakily turned around to face Katherine, his fear and confusion was all over his face and his body wouldn't stop shaking; although he could just be cold as he wasn't wearing a shirt or shoes and was out in the woods at night "What are you?" he questioned one last time.
"I'm a vampire" she stated simply and Scott immediately retracted from her.
"You're a...vampires are real too?!" he exclaimed.
"You're a werewolf and you find that hard to swallow?" questioned Katherine.
"Who the hell were those guys?" demanded Scott, in reference to the five hunters that attacked them earlier; four of which who are now dead.
"Hunters" interjected Derek "The kind who have been hunting us for centuries" he explained.
"Us?" questioned Scott in an outraged tone "What do you mean us? It's you, you did this to me!" he shouted as his anger began to rise again.
"Is it so bad that you can hear and see better now and have superior physical potential?" questioned Derek "You have something most people would kill for, the bite is a gift!"
"It's no vampirism but I suppose it does the job, definitely better than the werewolves I'm used to dealing with" added Katherine, causing Derek to glare at her with annoyance not that it really mattered to her.
"I don't want it, I don't want any of this!" exclaimed Scott.
"You will" stated Derek simply "and you're gonna need me if you want to learn how to control it" he then leant down and placed his hand on Scott's shoulder "so you and me, we're brothers now Scott" he stated in a very dry tone. Derek then proceeded to get up and walk away leaving Scott and Katherine.
Scott was just sitting on the ground lost in confusion and Katherine simply sighed, in the distance she could hear someone calling out Scott's name, it was Stiles "Does your friend Stiles know that you're a werewolf?" she asked.
"He figured it out before me" replied Scott shakily.
"Before you...the one who was actually bitten...what the hell does Cassandra want with you?" she questioned in confusion.
"Who?" asked Scott.
"No one you need to be concerned with for now" smirked Katherine, this did nothing to reassure Scott.
"I'm not going to say anything sappy like your new brother Derek, but just know that you'll be seeing a lot more of me too" she informed him with an arrogant grin as she slowly began to walk away "Oh and a word of warning, be careful around Allison her dad's the hunter that got away" she added.
"What?" questioned Scott, Stiles was now metres away from where they were and would soon stumble upon his half naked, semi-out of his mind friend.
"Bye, bye little werewolf...see you soon" said Katherine with a slight wave of her hand before she ran off from the area leaving Scott even more scared and confused than before.
Back at the manor, Cassandra watched in her Oracle's Crystal Ball as the events of the night unfolded. The last thing she saw was Katherine leave Scott just before his friend Stiles came across him in the woods "Very good" she boasted as she shut the image off "Everything is going just right" she said with a wicked laugh.
"I think it's cruel that you won't tell them who the Alpha is mummy" stated Maria as she watched the image disappear from the Oracle's Ball.
"If they solve this all by themselves it will teach them valuable lessons and they will all learn more about each other and hopefully grow as a result" explained Cassandra "and besides this is the best way for all the pieces to begin falling into place." Maria simply pouted in response.
"Maria" began Cassandra "You remember the stories I told you about me and my two sisters, The Fates?" she asked and Maria simply nodded with a slight fear in her eyes "Well doing things this way will allow mummy to stop her sisters before they hurt everyone, do you understand now?" she asked in an assuring tone.
"Yes mummy I understand they need to be stopped" stated Maria with a confident nod.
"Good girl" smiled Cassandra as she hugged her daughter "I love you" she stated simply.
"I love you too mummy" beamed Maria.
Cassandra smiled warmly although behind that smile was every growing concern and fear, should the three most powerful witches in the world meet again for the first time in over a thousand years there will be chaos. Her plan was slowly beginning to manifest but she needed more time, if she didn't have enough power then Angeline or Morgana could destroy her. But she wasn't going to back down now.
She quickly got up and turned on the crystal ball again, this time the image focused on a graveyard in New Orleans. There she saw three of the Original vampires; Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah, locked in an intricate battle "Soon" she stated as she continued to watch the scene unfold before her eyes.