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Chapter 5:

"Victoria!" a familiar voice yelled, causing the young girl to stop walking and turn. She was approached by another girl, who was a few years older than her and who had the beauty of a fierce goddess. The older girl bore a ring on her left index finger, but she never could decide what was most powerful of the two – the girl or the immense amount of power in her ring. "Cousin, where have you been? Mother does not like when you wander about in the market alone."

"So? She is not my mother, but yours. Mine is buried in the ground as you might remember!" Victoria snapped.

Her cousin sighed, but grabbed her wrist and was about to drag her back home when a familiar person suddenly appeared. His long dark blonde locks hung loosely today, which made him look as wild as they knew his hidden powers were. Victoria had only known the charming Lord Niklaus for nearly a half year, but she felt like she had known him for much longer time. She also now understood her cousin's concern, but none of them showed the fear as they stood before the dangerous young man.

"Good afternoon, ladies," he said politely, keeping his eyes entirely on Victoria's own dark blue ones. "Victoria, may I please have a word with you alone?"

Victoria looked anxiously at her cousin, but nodded and walked with Niklaus to a shop that sold fresh vegetables. She could feel her heart beating faster and faster the farther away they got from her cousin.

"Still seeing ghosts, I trust?" Niklaus said and smirked mischievously.

"That is none of your business, milord," Victoria said, avoiding his blue eyes on purpose. Niklaus chuckled, so she finally turned and glared venomously at him. "What do you want from me, Niklaus?"

Niklaus slipped an arm around her waist, making her heartbeat go even faster. "I know that that cousin of yours is up to something and although I do not fear her, then it would be a shame if say… you suddenly fell off a cliff or was accidentally speared."

Victoria stopped walking abruptly, the color in her face quickly disappearing. "Are you threatening me?"

He smiled darkly and cupped her face in his hands. "Now why would you think such a horrific thing about your own fiancé? I am merely suggesting that you are careful with her. She may be your cousin, but she is a witch nevertheless. And she despises me perhaps even more than you do, my love."

Victoria smirked smugly. "Niklaus, no one despises you more than I do, but if you try to hurt me, then I promise you that you will never find out–"

A loud crash on the floor woke Jenny up from her dream and she groaned of the headache she felt the minute she opened her eyes, exposing them to the bright morning sunlight. She could hear birds singing outside and instinctively turned her gaze to the window where Elena stood, looking guilty and embarrassed, because she accidentally knocked over a vase.

"I'm sorry," she said, picking up the vase. "Are you alright? I heard about your trip with Damon and saw the drawings in the cave…"

Jenny sighed and sat up. "Yeah, I'm fine. I think. What time is it?" she asked.

"7:00," Elena answered. "Rick has enrolled you in my school and since Stefan is under lockdown, then I thought you might want to get back. Rebekah is there too, though, but she's more occupied with keeping an eye on Tyler and doesn't even know about you."

Jenny wasn't too fond of going back to school and then a completely new one, but she was done sitting at home and mourning for hours. She needed to get back to reality and move on with her life even though it was hard to forget what had happened in the past.

"Give me five minutes and then… then I'll come downstairs."

Elena nodded understandingly, but she gave Jenny a comforting hug before she left her new bedroom. Jenny reluctantly got out of bed and found her shopping bags placed on a desk. She pulled a "new" pair of dark blue jeans, a gray-white shirt with a short black vest and a pair of white sneakers. She had found it all at a secondhand shop and got the clothes for a cheap price. She didn't know what to do with her messy morning hair, so she just ran her fingers through it and then made a simple braid, not bothering to make it perfectly.

When Jenny finally went downstairs she found Elena eating breakfast and joined her at the table, but looked around for Damon too. He didn't seem to be home right now, so she would have to thank him for helping her yesterday later.

"How are things going with Stefan? Any progress so far?" she asked worriedly.

"Well… sort of," Elena answered. "I'm trying my best, but it's hard to do it alone. I was helped by his best friend before, but… she vanished with the other ghosts."

"Oh… well, maybe I can help. I can sense certain things about people if I want to and feel what they feel or see glimpses of their memories."

"You would do that for me? Oh, thank you, Jenny! I've been trying to make Stefan feel something and with your help I will succeed."

Jenny smiled weakly, but they heard a honk outside that came from Caroline's car. They both left the house and drove with Caroline to school, and after getting her books and scheme, Jenny began her first day of school in Mystic Falls High School. She was nervous to say the least, but luckily she shared most of her classes with at least one of her new friends.

However, of course Jenny knew that she wouldn't be able to avoid Rebekah forever, so when Rebekah went up to her during PE, she remained calm and just continued stretching her arms and legs out as the other girls were.

"You must be the new girl – Jennifer, was it?" she asked.

"Yeah, but I just go by Jenny. And you must be Rebekah?" she answered, trying to understand how someone like Klaus could have a younger sister like her.

Rebekah seemed… different. Jenny could sense a certain sadness inside the 1000 years old Original and felt doubt inside her too. Doubt about whether Klaus was going to leave his own sister to get killed by Mikael or if he was going to save her before it happened.

"I bet you see ghosts just like your predecessor."

That made Jenny stopping stretching out and look confusedly at Rebekah, who sent her a mischievous smile.

"What are you talking about?"

Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Don't play stupid. You know what I'm talking about and judging the look on your face, then you know about Victoria…" She laughed when she suddenly remembered something amusing. "I still remember how smitten my brother Elijah was with her. Although you do look exactly like her, then you are younger and weaker than her."

Jenny felt like running away and hiding in the cave or something deeper, but now that she knew that the dream she'd had wasn't just a dream, she knew that she had to do something and most of all: stay alive.

"Your hybrid is leaving…" she said, distracting Rebekah for enough time for her to get away from Rebekah.

She went behind the bleachers and waited, until Rebekah had left to find Tyler before letting out her breath, which she hadn't even noticed she was holding in. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder, though, and instinctively she kicked out, but this time she hit the person right between his legs, making him let out a groan of pain.

"For Christ's sake, woman! Stop doing that!" Damon grumbled.

Jenny blushed when she realized that it was just Damon, but she couldn't stop herself from giggling too. She was genuinely happy to see him and not just because she feared Rebekah.

"I'm sorry, but you should know by now not to sneak up on me," she said quietly. "But what are you doing here? Aren't you a bit too old for high school?"

Damon rolled his eyes. "I came to speak with you and by the way, you looked very… perky out on the field. Former cheerleader?"

"Nope, former figure skater, so I can kick your ass on ice too."

"Ah, that explains a lot!"

Jenny shook her head of him. "What did you want to speak with me about?"

"Those powers of yours. I know that you are capable of more than you are letting on to and I need to know what your other powers are."

She became silent then and the smile on her lips disappeared. Jenny looked between the bleachers to see if Rebekah was nearby, but she didn't tell him anything when she was sure that they were safe to talk where they were. She couldn't make herself reveal the reason why Klaus wanted her.

"Jenny… don't you want to avenge your parents' death and keep your dad safe?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, but… how am I supposed to trust you and the others when I don't know any of you that well. You could be using me to do bad things too." Jenny answered.

She knew that Damon could tell why she was reluctant of answering him, but that didn't stop him from continue pressing.

"I can't compel you, so I can't force you to do bad things, can I now?"

He was right about that, but she still didn't want to say anything. "You don't understand, Damon. I'm not just saying this, because I don't want to use those powers, but because I can't control them yet. Last time I used them I lost control and had to move from my home in California to Pennsylvania. But Klaus… he doesn't know about the risks and if I fail he'll probably kill my dad."

Damon sighed. "Okay, fine. But will you at least tell me what you're able to do?"

Jenny hesitated and wished that she wasn't stuck in this position, but luckily Caroline found and "rescued" her. It was time for them to hit the showers anyway, so Jenny told Damon that they would continue their talk some other time and went with Caroline.

"What was that all about?" her blonde haired friend asked.

"Oh… just the same old and annoying stuff," Jenny answered. "But we've got a problem. Rebekah knows who I am and what I am. We need to let the others know about it."

Caroline nodded in agreement and after changing back to their normal clothes they sent a text to the others, planning a meeting with them later today. Jenny wasn't sure of what they could do to stop someone like Rebekah without a dagger and the ash from a white oak tree, but she didn't want to worry about that right now.

One problem at a time, she thought as she went with Elena to the City Jail where Stefan was locked up in an underground cellar.

Jenny sighed weakly and shook her head lightly, while Elena unlocked the door. She took a deep breath and stepped inside the room with Elena, which of course made Stefan wake up from his slumber and look weirdly at her.

"Good luck, Jenny." Elena said quietly.

This is going to be a long, long day…

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