Sadie's POV

1864

For some reason, I was able to remember something from the past, even though I hadn't actually lived it. I watched as the carriage arrived wearing my 1860s dress. Katherine's carriage was arriving. I didn't really want to greet her and walked down the road. It was then that I saw a girl in a white dress and bonnet. I guess I knew her.

"She craves attention." Anna replied. "What's your name?"

"Sadie Salvatore." I said with a curtsy.

"A handshake will work." Anna quipped. "I'm Anna Ramsay."

Present

I looked at Elena and Cass at the door.

"What are you?" Elena repeated as she looked us over.

"You already know." I commented as Stefan put his stake down.

"No, I don't." Elena argued.

"You both know or you wouldn't be there." Stefan stated. Cass definitely seemed calmer about this, probably because she knew how this went.

"It's impossible." Elena replied.

"You're about to become part of something that you may not be ready for." Stefan told her. "Can you handle that?"

"For the love of God, what are you?" Cass asked. I guess she was getting impatient. It seemed like it would go quicker in my head.

"We're vampires." I answered.

"We shouldn't be here." Elena remarked as she grabbed Cass's hand. She began to run and we followed them to Elena's car. I was trying not to be lackadaisical in my approach. I guess I really am smarter if I know what that word means. Cass got in the car, but we managed to stop Elena.

"How did you do that?" The doppelganger questioned.

"Elena, don't be afraid of us." I replied as I touched her hand.

"Let me go." She demanded. I loosened my grip and she got into the car and drove off.

"Go after her." I instructed. "I'll stay here in case Damon comes back."

Cass's POV

We went back to Elena's house into her room. I texted my mom to tell her I was spending the night. Elena was breathing heavily.

"This is insane." She remarked.

"Elena." Stefan said. He had come in through the open window. I probably shouldn't have been here. She jumped upon hearing his voice, and I'll admit, I fell back onto the floor. Elena tried to leave but her hurried and held the door closed.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I would never hurt either of you." Stefan replied.

"What about the animal attacks and Tanner?" Elena whimpered.

"That was Damon. They were all Damon. I don't drink human blood and Sadie doesn't kill people." Stefan argued. "I promise we'll explain everything, but right now I need you both to trust me."

"Just go." Elena ordered. "If you mean us no harm, you'll go."

"I never wanted this." Stefan muttered before he left and Elena closed the window.

Sadie's POV

I had gotten changed ahead of time. I wore a dress that kind of looked like an abstract painting and black leggings. Suddenly my phone rang. It was Damon. Actually it was an unknown number, but I knew it was Damon.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Where's my ring?" Damon demanded.

"Where are you?" I responded, even though I knew.

"I'm at the sizzler. I just had the all-you-can-eat druggie buffet." He replied. "Where's my ring?"

"I don't have it. What did you do?" I asked.

"No, what did you do?" Damon countered. "You and Stefan starved me, so whatever I do, whoever I kill is on you."

"No one is going to believe another animal attack." I pointed out.

"I know how to cover my tracks, sister." He told me as I heard fire crackling. "Where the fuck is my ring?"

"I gave it to Zach. You probably shouldn't have killed him." I declared, even though I knew he would not buy it.

"No, I don't believe you." Damon said. "Where is it?"

"I'll get it." I promised. "Just give me some time."

"Where the fuck is it?" He asked. "Give me my ring, Sadie or I am going straight to Gilbert house."

"We already want to kill you. Don't give us another reason to do so." I warned her. He then tried to threaten us like he had Stefan. I didn't want to kill him, but I at least needed him to think I did. "Then how will you get your ring?"

"Just get it." He commanded before hanging up.

I texted Stefan telling him that I was coming over. This was going to be a long night. I decided n not to take my car because they would probably see that. I also brought some playing cards.

In the morning, we were playing our seventh different game. At least Damon would be inside by now.

"Got any threes?" I asked him. Yes, we were playing Go Fish. We had also debated on whether Mad Men was better than Breaking Bad before agreeing that The Sopranos was better than both of them. Before Stefan could answer, he received a text from Elena.

Cass's POV

I changed into some of Elena's clothes: a blue halter top and purple skirt before we headed to meet them at the Grill.

"You said that you two would explain so that's why I wanted you to meet us here." Elena stated. I couldn't help but wonder what will happen when she finds out that I'm a werewolf. "There's no real answer when you look up vampires on the internet."

"We'll tell you whatever you want to know." Sadie declared.

"I've seen you eat garlic and you're somehow not affected by the sun." Elena replied. At that point, our waitress came out.

"We have rings." Stefan stated as he and Sadie showed us their fingers.

"What about crucifixes, holy water, and mirrors?" I questioned.

"Two pieces of wood, warm water, and how I maintain my appearance." Sadie answered.

"You said that neither of you kill to survive." Elena responded.

"Stefan only drinks animal blood." Sadie answered. "I tried it, but I don't like it. We have ways of drinking someone's blood without them knowing, but it Damon that was drinking from Caroline."

"Why did you let him get involved with her?" Elena asked angrily.

"I really didn't think Damon cared enough to keep anyone alive." Stefan admitted. "We fixed it in the end. He fed from her and erased her memories."

"That doesn't make it okay." I pointed out.

"We know that." Sadie argued.

"Give us today." Stefan requested. "We can tell you whatever you want to know and by the end of the day, if you still want to tell, you can."

"Are there any others?" Elena asked.

"Not in town." Sadie answered. "We should get going."

Sadie's POV

I sat in the back of Elena's car with Cass. I decided that I would text her to let her know that I apparently knew Anna. I was also ignoring calls from Damon. I was glad that he was stuck at home, and he was going to solve my Vicki problem.

We ended up at the ruins of the old Salvatore house. It was overrun was plants.

"Stop here." Stefan instructed. After Elena did so, we all stepped out of the car.

"Why are we in the middle of the nowhere?" Elena questioned in confusion.

"This hasn't always been nowhere." Stefan remarked.

"It used to be our home." Sadie finished. "Fifty years before the boarding house was built, we lived here. All three of us were born here.

1864

I noticed that my brothers were playing football. I was walking the grounds of the house with Anna.

"Katherine seems to really enjoy both of your brothers." Anna commented.

"How do you two know each other?" I asked her.

"We are old friends, but we're not as close as we used to be." The vampire replied.

Present

"Wait how old are you?" Elena asked.

"Stefan and I have been 17 since 1864." I answered.

"You knew Katherine in 1864?" She questioned in disbelief. "Damon made it sound so recent."

"Damon wants you to think that I'm not over her." Stefan explained. "He wanted to ruin my happiness."

"All because you loved the same woman 145 years?" Cass asked. I think she was trying to stay in the conversation as to not look suspicious.

"Katherine wasn't just any girl." Stefan reminisced. I wished that I didn't have to be here right now. Jeremy was all by himself and I could be with him. Elena would probably tell me that she didn't want me to be friends with him anymore. I wish she wasn't trying to be so blindly protective of everyone.

1864

I ran over to Damon as soon as I noticed him and gave him a hug. I guess I really liked him back then.

Present

"Katherine chose me." Stefan explained. "I escorted her to the ball."

"You were both at the first Founder's Party." Cass stated.

"I didn't care that I had gotten what Damon wanted, or if he hated me for it." Stefan remarked.

"So he was mad." Elena responded.

"Damon doesn't get mad. He gets even." Stefan replied. "I didn't know then, but that night he was with her."

"So he stole her from you?" Elena questioned.

"She wasn't ours to steal." Stefan replied.

1864

"If I tell you a secret, will you promise not to tell anyone?" Anna asked me.

"Do you like George Lockwood, because I cannot stand him?" I responded.

"No." Anna replied as she took me to a secluded location.

"We shouldn't be here." I told her. "We do not want one of the animals to attack us."

"I am one of the animals." Anna responded as she showed me her. "You don't need to be afraid, though. I'm not going to hurt you. I don't do that to people. People around here don't like my kind, which is why I need you to keep it a secret and not even tell your family."

"How do I know that I can trust you?" I questioned as I moved my arm slightly and scratched it. Anna then bit into her wrist.

"Drink this." She instructed as she held it out in front of me. "It'll heal your scratches."

I stuck my mouth on her wrist and drank a little. It didn't go down easy, but it went down.

"I promise that I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." She stated.

Present

"She controlled our minds." Stefan declared. "She compelled us to keep the secret. Sadie didn't know anything about it."

I then bent over and grabbed the ring from where I hid it.

"Is that Damon's ring?" Cass asked.

"Yes." Stefan confirmed. "We took it from him, but now we have to return it."

"No, Stefan you can't do that. It needs to be hidden." Elena responded. I would probably be the one that ends up doing it.

"Elena if we don't give it back to him, who knows what Damon is going to do." I rebutted. "He could hurt one of you or Jeremy or someone else close to you. We have to return it."

Cassidy's POV

I decided that I wanted to walk around and touch some of the ruins. I mean how often do you get a chance to be this close to the ruins of a house from the 1800s? I also can't help but wonder what happened to it and how it was destroyed.

"So what was your relationship with Katherine like?" I asked Sadie, even though she probably didn't know.

"Katherine and I were not close." Sadie answered. "I actually hated for what she was doing to Stefan and Damon. I did know that she was a vampire, but I didn't say anything to anybody because I made a promise to a friend."

Okay, that was not the answer that I was expecting. Did she actually have memories from 1864?

"We're not going to let anyone hurt either of you and we're going to do our best to protect you and everyone in Mystic Falls." Sadie declared. "I hope Damon isn't destroying my room right now."

We spent about an hour there. We didn't talk about much. Stefan explained some of the other vampire stuff to us. I couldn't help but wonder if my parents wondered where I was or if they were too busy in their vampire hunting to even care. I also remembered that I didn't have any vervain. I would seriously need to fix that soon if I didn't want to be compelled. My only other option was to kill someone and I didn't want to do that.

Sadie's POV

1864

"So what's the story between you and George Lockwood?" Anna asked.

"My father wants me to marry him, but I am not interested." I explained. "I'd actually like to leave Mystic Falls and head up north. I know it's nothing but a dream, but it would be better than continuing life here."

"You would definitely be better if you didn't marry George or any of the Lockwoods." Anna told me.

"Why is that?" I questioned.

"That's something for another day." She explained.

Present

We headed to back to the car and I tried not to think about how Jeremy was probably with Vicki right now. I kind of hope that I get to be the one to kill her, but I have to see if I'm in the right place at the right time when it happens.

"I need to know something." Elena said before she entered the car. "That mind control thing that Damon and Katherine, did either of you ever do it to me?"

"No." Stefan answered. "The necklace of yours contains an herb called vervain that prevents compulsion. I'll make sure to get you some Cassidy. I want you to never take it off because whatever happens and whatever you decide, you'll always be able to make your own choices."

Unless someone manages to rip it off.

"Can I just say right now that I've heard enough to not to tell the secret?" Cass replied. "I trust each of you and I think I'm going home as soon as we get back to your house."

I don't know if her parents were even going to be at home or if they'd be too busy with their vampire hunting stuff. I should probably make sure to watch my back when I'm looking for Vicki tonight.

We headed back to the Gilbert house. Matt's truck was there. Now I know why Cass wanted to go home. She went to her Mercedes and drove off. Elena, Stefan, and I then stepped into the house and saw Jeremy, Matt, and Vicki in the kitchen.

"What's going on?" Elena asked.

"She's really messed up." Matt replied. This wasn't going to be fun. Would a bulletproof vest stop wooden bullets? Wait I don't even have a bulletproof vest and I don't think that there is anywhere around here that I can get one. The kitchen was a mess. I was glad I didn't have to clean that.

"Everyone back up." Stefan remarked. Stefan looked her over and determined that she was in transition, which I already knew. "Guys take her upstairs and shut the blinds."

"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Elena asked.

"She's in transition." I replied.

"What does that mean?" Elena followed.

"It means that she is becoming a vampire." Stefan explained. "She needs to complete the transition by drinking human blood."

"What will happen if she doesn't?" Elena questioned. I just mimed a throat being slashed. I immediately wondered why I did that. What was I, 5? "So she's going to die?"

"Yes." I declared. "She may just have a few hours."

"She's upstairs with my brother right now." Elena pointed out.

"She probably doesn't even know what's happening to her yet." Stefan stated.

"When is she going to know?" Elena asked.

"Soon she'll start to remember some things and she'll know that she needs to make a choice." Stefan responded.

"Stefan, we are not going to let her die." I argued. "She is 18 with a brother that really cares about her. We know that she's not going to choose to die. We have to find a way for her to feed. Besides, how would explain it?"

"We can't let her be a vampire." Elena said before Vicki suddenly ran downstairs and out the door. You know it was kind of ironic that I was defending Vicki considering that I hated her so much, but I was right. It would be easier for her to become a vampire and die that way than it would be for her to just die. How would she even die anyway?

Vicki then ran downstairs and by the time that we got outside, she was already gone.

"She was fine and then she just took off." Jeremy stated. I wish I could stay with him.

"I'm going to look for her." Matt stated as he went out to his truck. Cass was probably right to go. I didn't have that luxury.

"We can track her." Stefan told Elena, volunteering me in the process.

"Go then." Elena ordered as the two of us ran off.

"I'm going to check in town, you check the woods." Stefan instructed. I guess I needed to make sure that I don't get shot.

"Stefan, I really don't think that splitting up is a good idea." I argued.

"We need to find her before she feeds." Stefan explained. "If she's outside and has human blood before dark, she'll be dead anyway."

I sighed and went out into the woods. The good news was that the sun was down so Damon would be there to save me in the event that I do get shot. I headed out into the woods and I couldn't find Vicki. I wish I had paid better attention to where she was. I then Logan, he was huddled over Damon. I did not expect this to happen. I needed to save him. I ran over to Logan and bit into his neck. I wasn't sure how much I needed to drink, so I drank until I was full. I then conveniently left the body for Vicki to drink from.

"No one hurts my big brother." I stated as I pulled the bullet out of him. "I'm still pissed at you, though."

"You might not want to go in your room then." He responded. I knew that I had to find Stefan so we could tell Elena together. I also knew that there was something important I had to do. I took his ring off of my finger and gave it to him.

I then made my way back to the Gilbert house after meeting up with Stefan.

"What happened?" Elena asked. I realized that I still had some blood on my face.

"Vicki fed." I said. "And then she ran off again."

"So what happens now?" The doppelganger inquired.

"Well we need to find her and get her inside so we can help her not drink from people." Stefan responded. "We won't let her hurt anyone."

"What am I going to tell Matt or my brother?" Elena asked us. I already had a plan for this.

"She's in rehab." I stated. "She can't have visitors until she gets better."

"I don't want to lie." Elena remarked. "I tried, but I can't do it. I can't be near either of you. I won't tell anyone, but I think it would be best if you stayed out of my life."

Well that was harsh.

So we have the first appearance of Anna. I bet no one was expecting that, nor were you expecting for Sadie to be the one to save Damon. Alas, she didn't get to spend any time with Jeremy in the episode, but the next episode might make up for it because there is a big scene with them at the end. Please don't forget to review.