AN: I'm sorry for the long wait you guys. The chapters just aren't pumping out like they used to. :/ Oh well... I hope you like this. I know where the story is going now. Yay! Also, this is the last time I'm changing her model, I promise! I'm actually happy with this one. Her name is Taylor Marie Hill, and I think she works great for Irina. Also, PLEASE go follow the tumblr! I update it on a semi-regular basis, and I put updates on the chapters too! PLEASE FOLLOW IT! :)

We must be killers
Children of the wild ones
Killers
Where we got left to run?

- We Must Be Killers by Mikky Ekko

Klaus had been in many uncomfortable situations before. He had been the cause of many awkward moments in his life, but this was on a completely new level. Certainly it wasn't weird for him. He was the original hybrid. He wasn't self-conscious by any means... or, he didn't admit that he was. The other person in the room, however, kept shifting awkwardly every few minutes. Jeremy was sitting in a chair on one side of the bed, and Klaus was on the other. Jeremy hadn't let go of Irina's hand since they got to the mansion.

They had tried to send Caroline and Elena home, but they weren't budging, and Esther said that was probably for the best. She was currently occupying them as they waited for Irina to wake. Bonnie certainly wouldn't leave, but that was obvious. Klaus kicked everyone out of the room, but she sat on the other side of the door until Kol convinced her to wait in a more comfortable place. She was stubborn, he'd give her that, but she loved Irina. Jeremy didn't even act as if he'd heard Klaus' order to leave.

They'd been waiting for hours for Irina to wake, and she hadn't yet. The silence was deafening, and Klaus decided to cut the kid a break and fill the silence. There had to be something they had in common. After all, they both loved Irina very much, no matter how much he hated that she was in a relationship. He seemed to respect her enough.

"So," Klaus said, "it doesn't look as if she's waking any time soon. Let's have a little chat."

Jeremy narrowed his eyes. "About what?" he asked.

"By now everyone in your little group knows Irina's true parentage, correct?" he asked. Jeremy nodded. "And this doesn't bother you?"

"Why would it bother me? What her family has done is no indication of the type of person she is," he replied.

Klaus sighed. "That's true, but I have a feeling not everyone would be so understanding. I haven't seen the Salvatores' around lately," he noted.

Jeremy shook his head. "I don't know where they are, but we love Irina. I love Irina... and I'm not turning my back on her just because you're trying to scare me off."

Klaus studied Jeremy for a few moments, and when he had finally formulated a response, Irina's eyes shot open and she sucked in a deep breath. Jeremy and Klaus were both next to her, and the two gentlemen locked eyes – one in confusion, the other in horror – at what they saw. Her eyes glowed yellow rather than their normal blue-green color.

Klaus was out of the room in an instant to get Esther. Jeremy stayed, holding her hand and trying to calm her down before Esther got to the room.

"My name is Mehetebel. That sounds so ancient... why not call me Bela? I have been waiting so long to see my prophecy come to fruition. You and I are going to have so much fun together!"

"Look here, lady. I don't know who you think you are, but your wires are seriously crossed if you think I care about your prophecy, now let me go," Irina replied.

She sighed and said; "Such insolence in the younger generation, wouldn't you agree? Irina, darling, I don't want to hurt you. I just need your help!"

Irina furrowed her brow and said; "I don't understand."

"Of course you don't, sweetie. You've not heard the prophecy yet," she replied.

Irina was shaking as Jeremy tried to calm her down. She wrapped her arms around him, and she didn't want to let go. She was so scared. What if Mehetebel came back... and what of Meredith? Her friend was being possessed, and she was probably scared to death! Irina was calming down, and Jeremy wasn't letting go, which she was thankful for. Somehow, she felt different. She felt like if she didn't have Jeremy to hold her, her body would tear itself in two. She didn't like this feeling.

Esther came rushing into the room with Bonnie and Rebekah hot on her heels. Elena and Caroline waited just outside the door, and Kol and Elijah's hands on their arms were the only thing keeping them from rushing in the room. They just didn't want to overwhelm Irina until they learned what happened.

"Irina?" Esther asked. Irina looked at her, the yellow of her eyes fading little-by-little. "Can you explain what happened?" Esther asked.

Irina nodded, and began explaining. "I was on my way here, and there was suddenly someone in the middle of the road. I swerved to avoid her, and my car hit a telephone pole. The next thing I know, I'm waking up in a mausoleum, with someone chanting. She told me some sort of story... or prophesy? Then she started a spell."

"What was the spell?" Rebekah asked.

Irina got a strange look, like she couldn't really remember. "I think it had something to do with my necklace."

"Where is your necklace?" Rebekah asked.

Irina looked down and lowered the collar of her shirt. There was no necklace there. Instead there was a terrible burn mark.

"What is that?" Klaus asked.

"The necklace burned me..." Irina replied.

Esther sighed and said; "What did she say her name was?"

Irina seemed to be thinking, and it was taking forever, so Jeremy said; "Mehetebel."

"Do you know who's behind this, mother?" Elijah asked.

"I may," Esther said. "What else did she tell you?"

Irina seemed to remember something, and said; "To return to the present they must find success, and then their family will the spirits bless."

Everyone shared a confused look, and Kol said; "What the hell does that mean?"

Esther didn't reply to him. She turned to Jeremy and said; "Why don't you and your friends take Irina home, okay? I think she'll be just fine."

Everyone sensed something in Esther's voice that couldn't be argued with, and everyone – including Rebekah – helped Irina home. She couldn't get over how bad she felt, though. She never let go of Jeremy during the entire trip there.

Once Irina and her friends had left, Esther gathered her sons into the spell room Niklaus had made for her. Everyone took a seat around Esther's ingredient table. The room was an exact replica of the one she had when they were human, and it helped with the transition into the twenty-first century. The boys had sat like this many times while their mother cured various ailments or healed injuries, or when she taught them all the basic knowledge of the different herbs and tested them for magical abilities.

She gathered items and talismans, until Klaus finally had enough of just watching her grab magical items. Before Klaus' temper exploded at his mother, Elijah placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Mother," he began, "can you tell us what you're doing?"

"Ever since Rebekah showed me a moving image on the cellular device, I have been wondering what the woman in the image could have possibly been doing. I went to the stone hut in the woods, and upon stepping into it, the feeling of darkness was overwhelming. It was even darker than the magic that turned you into vampires. I believe I know what's going on here, and I don't think you're going to like it."

"What do you mean?" Kol asked.

"I believe that Meredith Fell is being possessed by the first immoral," she answered.

"That's ridiculous. We are the first," Kol stated.

Esther shook her head and began explaining. "No, you're not. I didn't think up the vampirism spell or the hybrid curse out of thin air. I used a spell that was already written down, and tweaked it for my own purposes," she said.

"Okay, so who was the first immortal?" Finn asked.

"Two-thousand years ago- around the first century AD, the Roman Empire began expanding into Britain. A woman, named Camilla, was exiled from Rome by her father. Her father certainly thought he was sending her to her death, because as an unescorted woman, she was susceptible to attacks from all people. However, she was an extremely powerful witch, and she wanted to be free of her father's oppression. She took this as an opportunity to begin a new life…"

"She was very charismatic, and she could wrap anyone around her little finger. She found her own escort, since her father wasn't sending one with her. It was a young Roman soldier, whose name has been forgotten to us. She manipulated him into keeping her safe on her journey to Britain, and when they got there, she betrayed him. Eventually, she fell in love with one of the native Brits. They had two children..."

"Her children were born – Mehetebel and another whose name I do not remember. Mehetebel was best friends with a beautiful young lady named Hilda. They were both in love with a boy from a native tribe. However, the boy played them for their feelings. He wanted both of them, but Mehetebel was stubborn. She refused to be shared. He would go behind their backs and see the other. Of course, when they found out, they were… upset- to say the least. But, where Hilda was calm and forgiving, Mehetebel was wild and vengeful. She wanted to get even with the lover, and placed a curse on him. Every full moon, he would turn into a wolf and have no control over what he did…"

"She was able to do this without repercussions from the spirits, because she was born with Expression magic. The spirits did not control her, which made her wild. She found that she enjoyed harming others with her magic. Eventually her mother and brother became worried for her, and sought to make certain she could not harm anyone else with her magic. They placed the spell of vampirism on her- calling upon water for life, instead of the sun, therefore the sun does not harm her. However, they didn't take into account that she was not controlled by the spirits, so she was able to keep her magic. So, her mother put a curse on her as well…"

"She would not be able to use her magic along with her vampirism, unless the spell was broken with certain items that would be scattered throughout time. A prophecy was received and written down, and it's been over one-thousand years that she's waited for the prophecy to set itself up, and now it has."

When Esther was finished with her story, everyone in the room had the same expression on their faces- eyes wide and mouths hanging open. Elijah was the first to recover from her shock. "What is the prophecy?" he asked.

The hunter and wolf will together be. They will begin this prophesy. A sister's love will help them through, all other relations they must eschew. Through time they will try to survive, and accomplishing tasks will ensure they thrive. To return to the present they must find success, and then their family will the spirits bless.

"What does that even mean, mother? I don't like riddles," Klaus snapped.

"Watch your tone, Niklaus. No one knows exactly what it means! That's why it's a prophecy! You have to piece it together," she explained.

"Well, the prophecy's begun, hasn't it?" Finn asked. "The hunter and wolf will together be... aren't Irina and the boy courting? He has been taught by his hunter-teacher, has he not? And Irina was born of a werewolf bloodline."

"It would seem that way," Esther replied. "We need to keep them all safe, but Irina is our number one priority. Mehetebel can always find her here."

"We'll need to think of a plan," Klaus said before leaving for his art room.

Elena was dropped off at her house on the way home, so she could explain everything to Jenna and Alaric. Jeremy would stay with Irina, though. Caroline left to scope out the area and make sure Mehetebel wasn't still there, and she would also look for Damon and Stefan. It was just Irina, Bonnie, Bekah, and Jeremy that arrived at the Bennett household. Irina finally let go of Jeremy long enough to run into her bathroom and lock the door. Rebekah could hear her starting to cry.

"Irina, please come talk to us," Bonnie said through the door.

"I'm fine," she lied.

She heard Bonnie step away from the door, and then someone else filled her place. The doorknob gave a groan, and then snapped. Rebekah pushed the door open and walked into the bathroom. Irina allowed herself to be led to her bed, and she sat down, trying to wipe the remaining tears from her face.

"Irina, you're not fine," Jeremy said.

She sniffled, but she couldn't let herself cry. "I am fine."

Bonnie knelt in front of her. "Irina, you never let yourself feel afraid. You never worry about your own well-being. It's time for you to start, okay! Now be honest... are you okay?"

Irina looked around the room. Jeremy, Bonnie, and Rebekah were all sitting on the bed with her. Rebekah had her arms around her, Bonnie was holding her hand, and Jeremy was holding the other. They all loved her – she knew they did – and she felt it. If she were being honest with herself, she had to admit that she was terrified.

Tears began to fill her eyes. "I don't know what happened..." she cried. "I don't know what she did to me, and I don't know when she'll be back. I hate not knowing!"

Rebekah pulled her into a tight hug and shushed her, reassuring her that Klaus would come up with something. Bonnie reassured that everyone would help, no matter what. Irina barely calmed down, and Rebekah gently took her face in her hands.

Rest peacefully, Irina. Wake when you are calm. Irina's eyes closed and she was asleep instantly, the look of worry leaving her face. Jeremy stayed with her, and Bonnie made them both some tea before falling asleep in the rocking chair. Rebekah stayed until the wee hours of the morning, but she had to leave to discuss with Niklaus. She had an idea on how to keep Irina sane.

Klaus had been thinking for hours in solitude. He couldn't think of a solution that would have no repercussions for his family, and it was making him extremely nervous. He was ready to take her memories away again and hide her with so much magic that the best witch in the world couldn't find her.

Of course, doing this would take her away from him again. It would take her away from her friends. Somehow, he knew that it would go terribly wrong, and she would find out. She would resent him forever. Plus, there would be no way to ensure that Mehetebel wouldn't find her. He was up the creek without a paddle, it seemed.

A knock on the door brought him out of his thoughts, and he sighed. "Go away," he said. "I'm thinking."

The door opened. "Well, too bad. I'm not leaving," Rebekah said.

"Bekah... what do you want?"

"I have an idea, Nik," she said.

He rolled his eyes. He was trying to come up with an idea himself, and he didn't need her help. "Of course you do, Bekah."

"Listen to me, Nik!"

He sighed. "Okay, Bekah. Enlighten me."

"We need to take her away – at least for the summer – so we can get her thoughts off of what just happened. She is scared out of her mind, Nik!"

"Where would we take her, Rebekah, that our enemies won't know us?" Klaus asked.

"It doesn't matter if the enemies know us! What matters is that we're comfortable enough to take her there and know that she'll be safe!"

Klaus thought about her words for a moment, and decided he would listen. "Where do you suggest?"

"New Orleans."

Irina couldn't stop tossing or turning, and she felt like she were smothering in her bed. She opened her eyes and looked around. Bonnie was asleep in the rocking chair, and Jeremy was asleep next to her. She moved out of his arms, and he never woke. He must have been exhausted.

She still felt like she was suffocating. She couldn't breathe in the small house, and she felt like the walls were closing in on her. She went into her bathroom to splash water on her face, and when she looked in the mirror, her eyes were glowing yellow. She brought her hand up to her face and gasped.

"What?" she asked herself in a soft voice.

Bonnie heard her, and opened her eyes. She saw Irina standing in the bathroom, and walked to the bathroom to see what was wrong. When Irina looked at her, Bonnie gasped at her eyes. Irina looked like she was about to cry.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" she asked.

The suffocating feeling was getting worse, and now she felt like her insides were trying to tear themselves apart. She groaned and ran towards the front door. Bonnie tried to stop her, but she was already gone. She was running faster than Bonnie had ever seen her run before, and she disappeared into the woods.

Bonnie tapped Jeremy' s foot to wake him, and he sat up, startled. "What's going on?" he asked. "Where's Irina?"

"She just ran off! I think we need to get Klaus," she explained.

"What? Why?" Jeremy asked.

"Her eyes were glowing yellow!" Bonnie replied.