Just outside Mystic Falls, 1860

I slowly woke up and groaned in pain. I had to blink several times before finally seeing my true surroundings. I was in a strange room that didn't have a lot of furnishings in it. It was simple, yet elegant all at the same time. I tried sitting up before a firm hand placed itself on my shoulder and pushed me back down gently.

"I wouldn't do that quite yet," the man from before told me.

"Who are you?" I asked him weakly. "Where am I?"

"My name is Klaus and we're still in Virginia if that's what you're worried about," he told me with a smirk on his face. My hand flew to my neck where the woman had bitten me and I could feel the dried blood. "I felt it rude for my servants to touch you while you slept."

"Why did you bring me here?" I asked him.

"You're quite the fighter," he told me. "Even after I gave you my blood you wouldn't die so the process could start."

"Your what?" I asked him confused.

"Vampire blood heals humans when they are injured and it started the transition into becoming a vampire."

"I don't know what you're talking about," I told him.

"Once you're cleaned up, I'll explain more to you," he assured me before getting up and opening the door to reveal a couple of women. "They'll get you cleaned up and in a new dress." He quickly left and the women came in and helped me get up and wash off my near-death.

Mystic Falls, Present Day

I walked into the Grill on Klaus' arm and we looked at the people before he motioned towards the bar. We walked up to the two friends who were talking to each other.

"Yeah, you did," I heard Alaric say to my oldest brother.

"Yeah."

"Gentlemen? Why so glum?" Klaus asked them and they turned to look us.

"Ugh. Klaus, I presume," Damon said.

"In the flesh," Klaus said with a smirk on his face before looking at Alaric. "Thanks for the loaner, mate."

"This is the upgraded version," I told him and Damon got up and looked down at me angrily.

"Any reason you stopped by to say hi after choosing to betray your family?" he asked me.

"I didn't betray my family," I told him. "Klaus has been my family since 1860 when he saved my life from your girlfriend."

"You didn't even know Katherine," Damon told me.

"She tried to kill me to get me out of the way so she could get to you and Stefan," I told him. "But you were off at war and... father didn't care enough to look for me."

"I'm told you and your brother fancy my doppelgänger," Klaus said taking Damon's attention off me. "Just thought I'd remind you to not do anything you'll regret." Damon broke into a smile and I gave him a confused look.

"Ha. Thanks for the advice. I don't suppose I could talk you into a postponement, by any chance, huh?" Damon asked and I laughed a little.

"You are kidding?" Klaus asked him before looking at Alaric. "He is kidding, right?"

"No, not really," Alaric told him.

"I mean, come on, what's one month in the whole grand scheme of things?" Damon asked and I shook my head at him.

"Let me be clear...I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up," Klaus warned him.

"Goodbye, brother." I left at Klaus' side when Damon grabbed my arm.

"If you do this, you'll regret this," he warned.

"The only thing I'll regret, dear big brother, is that I won't get to see your face when she dies."

"She's not Katherine," he reminded me.

"I'm more than aware and I get to watch that bitch suffer for at least 250 years for running from Klaus," I told him. "And, from the long list of rumors I've heard, Elena is playing my big brothers like a fiddle in the palm of her hand. She's not so different from Katherine in the long run."

"She's the exact opposite of Katherine." I shook my head at him.

"Or you're in too deep to notice it, aren't you?" I asked him. "She's playing on your emotions for her, Damon. Just like Katherine did." With those words I left the Grill, and Damon, with Klaus.

Klaus and I went back to Alaric's apartment to see Katherine making coffee.

"Everything okay?" Katherine asked. Klaus glared at her suspiciously. This was one of his biggest flaws. His paranoia.

"What have you been doing?"

"Making coffee. Do you want some?" Katherine asked him. He rushed over to her, grabbed her by the throat and compelled her.

"Tell me what you've been doing."

"Making coffee," she choked out. He released her and she held her neck, gasping.

"Wait," he ordered and she did so. "Take off your bracelet." She took it off and gave it to him. "Now, I want you...to walk over to the window and stand in the sunlight."

"But I'll burn," she reminded him in fear. Something was different or she'd have been forced to do as he'd told her by now.

"You don't have a choice," he told her. She turned and slowly moved to stand in the sunlight. She stopped walking once she was in the full sun with the side of her face exposed to the sunlight and started to scream from the pain. I shared a look with Klaus before he started to smile. I laughed lightly as he let her burn for a moment. "That's enough." She rushed over to a dark corner and cowered in the shadows.

"I was enjoying that," I wined a bit.

"As was I, but I was just testing a theory. "Guess I was wrong. All right, then. I need you to do something for me."

I was waiting outside the Boarding House when Stefan parked his car. He stared at me in anger.

"Hello, Stefan."

"What are you doing here, Bella?" he asked me.

"I think you know why," I told him tilting my head at him. She got out of the car and stared at me. "Hello, Elena."

"Can you tell me why you're doing this?" Stefan asked.

"Because I thought you'd rather deal with me than Klaus," I told him honestly. "It won't feel better, or anything like that when I take her or when Klaus kills her. But I thought a formerly friendly face would be better than one you hate."

"No," he denied. "It's worse."

"You got me all nervous." They turned behind to see Klaus.

"I told you I'd had her," I reminded him.

"I thought maybe he'd done something stupid," Klaus told me. I gave him a look and he just smirked. "You ready, my dear?"

"I'm ready," Elena told him before she started walking towards him. Stefan stopped her but didn't pull her back to him.

"No."

"Stefan, don't," I told him.

"She's right," Klaus told him. "No reason for you to die, too." Elena turned to look at her boyfriend who was staring at Klaus and standing between me and her.

"No. Stefan, hey, hey, it's fine, it's fine," Stefan finally looked at her. "I'll go. No one needs to get hurt. There's no reason for you to get hurt." She kissed him and I knew he'd be crying.

"I love you," She whispered.

"I love you." They shared a kiss again

"Close your eyes. Close your eyes." I assumed he did as she said and I watched her let go of his hand. She walked to Klaus who wrapped his arms around her and we left to meet with Greta.

After sorting out the backups for the vampire and werewolf, Klaus and I entered the apartment only to see one missing witch.

"Where's Maddox? He should be back by now," Klaus said.

"I don't know," Katherine said as Klaus sat down and opened his laptop. It shows a live video of the wolf lying on the floor of a cellar, chained to the wall. "What are you doing? Where's Elena?"

"I sent her off with Greta." I watched as the wolf started transitioning. "It's almost time."

"You ready for this?" I asked him.

"For a thousand years." I placed my hand on his arm and smiled at him before the door opened. We all looked at the door in confusion. "I wasn't aware you'd been invited in." Damon stood behind Klaus and stared us down.

"I've come here to tell you that you have to postpone the ritual," Damon told him.

"Didn't we already have this conversation?" Klaus asked him.

"Yeah, but that was before I rescued your werewolf and vampire and killed your witch," Damon told him and Klaus stood up angrily.

"Excuse me?" I grabbed his arm to stop him from moving towards him and killing him.

"And you can kill me for it. I don't care. It was all...me."

"Katerina, give us a moment." Katherine looked between the three of us and left. "I've heard about you. The crazy, impulsive vampire in love with his brother's girl. I knew one of you would try to stop me. It was a just a 50/50 guess on who."

"Not such 50/50 odds," I said before Klaus turned the computer around and showed it to Damon.

"The nice thing about werewolves is they tend to travel in packs. Need a closer look?" Klaus threw him the cellphone so he could see the wolf better.

"Jules."

"When you spend a thousand years trying to break a curse...You learn a thing or two," Klaus told him. "First rule...always have a backup. Backup werewolf. Backup witch."

"Backup vampire," Damon said offering himself.

"I've got that covered, too."

I walked down to the ritual site to see Greta light fires around her and Elena. Elena ran to the body on the ground and turned her over.

"Jenna? Jenna, Jenna! Jenna? Hey, hey, Jenna! Jenna!" I watched Elena look for a pulse, but knew she wouldn't. "Oh, my God. No. Jenna! No!" Elena looked back at Greta before seeing me and turning to me. "He killed her? Why? I did everything that he asked."

"He didn't kill her," I told her as Jenna gasped awake. "And this wasn't about you."

"She's not dead. She's in transition."