a/n: so I finally decided on who I want Vee to end up with and have retitled the book, I will need to spend about 2-3 more chapters on Mason before we get to Elijah but then I swear it will be HOTT! Hope you're all on board for this new direction.

Vee POV:

Last night Matt and I did end up ordering pizza, we waited a bit for Kelly but she never showed. I peaked in her room this morning and noticed some opened drawers, looked like she had cleared out again. To be honest she lasted longer than I thought she would, sticking around after my kidnapping for a full 3 months. Hopefully, Matt wouldn't take it too hard, I didn't like to think of him living alone while I was at school... maybe Enzo could come and stay for a bit.

My confrontation with Damon last night had me thinking what had I specifically promised Esther? That I would stop interfering and let a version play out so she would end up raised then all bets were off. Maybe I didn't have to be as hands-off as I had been I just couldn't change anything that might lead to the Orginals not showing up... that shouldn't be too hard to work around, right?

I had not expected to see Mason yesterday, I really didn't want to let him suffer the same fate that I saw play out on TVD, there had to be a way to save him that wouldn't compromise the bigger picture and kept me safe from Esther. I did not want to provoke her into sending more witches my way to attack or abduct me again.

I had asked Matt to keep an ear out for any event that he thought might bring the Salvatores and Lockwoods in the same vicinity. Apparently, there was a bachelor auction charity event and both Damon and Mason were being auctioned off.

It was being held at the Lockwood Mansion and if I knew Damon he hadn't taken my advice and let go of his werewolf paranoia... man there's a sentence I never thought I'd say.

It was fun to have an excuse to dress up, it had been a long time... not since last time I was at the Lockwoods when Katherine made her first appearance.

I didn't really have a plan per se, the only one that came to me was making a move on Mason... why was that always my first thought if the guy was hot, uh might be a little bit slutty in this universe... oh well.

Anyway, due to the Katherine of it all, I wasn't sure that was the wisest move. She didn't seem to like it when someone else was interested in her boy toys and unlike Elena, there is no incentive for her to keep me alive.

I decided to go and just observe hoping if I saw an opening I would know what to do.

The evening passed pretty uneventfully, at least by Mystic Falls standards but as I was leaving I saw Bonnie touch Mason and get a vision... she had to be seeing him with Katherine, there's no way Damon would leave him alone now.

I knew what I had to do, but I was gonna need some supplies.

3rd Person POV:

Stefan sees Bonnie looking shaken outside the Lockwood Mansion, "What's the matter? Are you okay?"

"When I touched him, I saw something."

Stefan looks back at Mason inside, "What do you mean? Like a vision like Vee?"

Bonnie shakes her head, "'I don't know... I, I saw Elena."

"You saw Elena?" Bonnie looks down guiltily not liking that this next bit will probably hurt Stefan, "He was kissing her."

Stefan looks confused for a moment before he puts it together, "No, Bonnie, Elena wouldn't kiss... You didn't see Elena, you saw Katherine."

What Mason was doing with Katherine... well besides the obvious, that he didn't know.

Back at the boarding house, the gang convenes-

Damon squints his eyes unimpressed, "Katherine's with Mason Lockwood?"

Stefan nods, "We missed it. He got into town right after she did. It makes perfect sense."

"I know, but Mason Lockwood?! Werewolf thing aside, the guy is a surfer... I outraised him tonight by 2 grand!"

"Now is not the time for jealousy Damon," Caroline sighs "We need to figure out what Katherine is using him for?"

"It's always the time for jealousy blondie,"

"No, Caroline's right," Stefan cuts his brother off, "Alaric found something about moonstones in Isobel's old research apparently a moonstone can be used to break the curse put on werewolfs... he wouldn't have to transform every full moon anymore if what Vee told you is right, Mason hates being a werewolf."

"But that doesn't explain why Katherine wanted it, went to extremes such as kidnapping and then impersonating me to get it." Elena reminds everyone

"Maybe she really does love him," Bonnie offers

Both Stefan and Damon share a look of skepticism at that.

Just then Alaric comes in with a book in hand," I found more information, turns out the sun and the moon curse doesn't just affect werewolves, it would also free vampires to walk around in daylight."

"Can't Katherine do that already?" Bonnie asks

"But if all vampires could werewolves would no longer be a threat, they'd be wiped out. Makes sense Katherine would want to eliminate the one thing on this earth that might kill her, I guess that shoots your love theory out of the water, sorry Bon Bon." Damon says.

"Well she already has it so what can we do about it?" Elena asks.

"Mason Lockwood's a werewolf, Katherine's evil. They're the bad guys... it doesn't matter if Kitty Kat already took a pawn, we want to checkmate the bitch off the board straight to hell. I say it's time we make our move." Damon tells the group.

"No Damon, Katherine already took Elena without any of us noticing I won't risk sparking a feud that will put her further in danger," Stefan tells his brother.

Damon rolls his eyes, "We're not the ones who sparked anything."

"Seriously, she started it, that's your argument?" Caroline pipes in much to Damon's displeasure.

The gang decides to leave things as they are for right now and call it a night... all except Damon, he knows Mason needs to be taken care of even if he's the only one that can stomach doing what needs to be done.