OG Author's Note: A/N— Basically, Rayna is an one-two inches shorter than Elena and has the same shape face and features and their hair is about the same color Rayna's being a few shades darker— however Rayna's hair is longer and curly whereas Elena's is straight. Rayna's eyes are a mystical blue and have swirls of silver in them and she as long legs... So that's what she looks like. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please read the authors note at the end!

I couldn't believe it at the time. I wouldn't. But Rebekah was a lot more civil than I'd imagined on first look. Especially after her and Klaus'... encounter. But I wasn't confident in the least about this 'friendship' she seemed to expect from me. Because one wrong word and it would be, "Goodbye kidney."

It was a strange relationship between Klaus and Rebekah. And it was almost the exact opposite of how Jeremy and I were.

I sat with Klaus and Stefan in the shopping mall. Klaus had compelled someone to pour us some champagne. A tall girl with dirty blonde hair who looked like a supermodel.

Typical.

He looked up at her as she bent over and filled his glass with champagne. I wasn't not sure if it was just her eyes he was admiring.

Hmmph. I thought as I gulped down some champagne which tasted absolutely disgusting.

"I thought you were underaged." Klaus said, frowning at me as I drank some.

"I'm not gonna let a vampire tell me how to drink." I retorted. "Grandpa." I muttered under my breath knowing full well he could hear me, earning smirks from Stefan and a growl from Klaus.

"There has to be more to this dress." Rebekah called from the changing room.

"There's not." Klaus replied shortly. Rebekah stepped out of the changing room in a low cut, short dress.

"So women in the twenty first century dress like prostitutes then?" she asked rhetorically, then her eyes flickered to me. "Honestly, Rayna, are you the only one with any taste?" she asked me.

Rebekah seemed to like me. I didn't know if it was because Klaus had warned her not to hurt me, or if she just liked me. But Rebekah seemed nice… Enough.

She was a vampire, though. And Klaus' sister. So I didn't really know what to think. But I'd been alone all summer with no friends and only boys or dying werewolves for company…

"Well, most people don't actually wear dresses like… That." I said not so reassuringly.

"And what is this music? It sounds like a cable car accident." She said distastefully.

"It's dance music." Stefan told her.

"People dance to this?" she asked, eyebrow raised. "Mmhmm." Stefan nodded.

"Are we done?" Klaus asked tiredly.

Rebekah had dragged us around the mall all morning making us look at her clothes. I loved shopping, but not this much. And mainly when shopping for myself... When Care was dragging me around to all the good stores by the collar.

"And why are you so grumpy?" Rebekah asked Klaus.

"I needed one thing from you for my witch to find out why my hybrids were dying, one thing. Your necklace and you lost it."

"I didn't lose it it's just been missing for ninety years." Rebekah shrugged. She then turned to Stefan. "So what do you think?" she asked, doing a twirl.

"I like it…" Stefan said. Rebekah cocked her head to the side. "What? I said I liked it."

"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." Rebekah said before going back into the changing rooms.

"He just thinks you look hot." I said matter of factly. I didn't understand why Stefan was flirting with Rebekah.

And yes, he was flirting with her. I didn't like it in the least. What about Elena?

I heard Rebekah's girlish laugh from behind the curtain.

Stefan smirked and put his drink down. "I'm gonna get some fresh air." He said before leaving. Klaus poured himself more champagne but I snatched the bottle away from him and filled up my glass, ignoring his raised eyebrow.

Since this trip I've been drinking more alcohol. Definitely. I used to hardly ever drink, I thought. Come to think of it, I drink almost everyday now.

Terrified I might be an alcoholic, I put the glass down and grimaced. Klaus chuckled and shook his head.

Can he read my thoughts or is he just being a jerk? I pondered, before finally deciding. Both.

My vision was blurred and I dropped my arms to my sides. My heart beat slowed down and pictures flashed before my eyes. I saw Elena and Caroline in my kitchen stirring chili. Bonnie was there too. Elena winced with pain and I saw a burn mark left by the necklace. I saw Gloria holding Rebekah's hand as she tracked her mother's necklace and panic filled me. I was pulled back to the present.

"What was it, love?" Klaus asked me.

"Um… Gloria. Doing the spell to find the necklace."

"And..?"

"I don't know... I need some air."

I practically ran out of the store and breathed in the fresh polluted air of the city. I saw Stefan walking about to cross the road. I crossed the road faster and he waited patiently for me to get to him.

"I saw it." I said, in a panic. I was practically hyperventilating. "You gave Elena Rebekah's necklace. So Klaus is gonna—"

"Woah woah woah woah. Calm down." He said, putting his hands on my shoulders. I closed my eyes and steadied my breathing. "I have it all under control. Do you trust me?"

I nodded.

He smiled. "It's all going to be okay." I believed him. Stefan loved Elena too. "Let's go back, now. Are you okay to face Klaus?"

I nodded and took a deep breath. "Am I going to spend the rest of my life with him?" I asked Stefan, terrified.

He held my hand and I looked down at our entwined fingers. Stefan had never done that before.

I felt my heart pound in my chest but I wasn't sure why. You're just worried so your heart beat is picking up.

"I'm not gonna let that happen. I won't let you live your life with him. I'll protect you, I promise... Trust me."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "I trust you." I said truthfully. I didn't understand how it was possible to ever not trust Stefan. He was... Stefan. I trusted him more than any one else at that moment because if anyone could get me back home it wasn't my sister, my brother, it wasn't Damon or any other friends of mine. It was Stefan.

He gave my hand a squeeze as we walked across the road and inside.

I honestly don't know what I would have done without Stefan. He gave me hope that maybe… One day… I'd be free. And if I was lucky, I'd get to go home.

I was only here in the first place because of Damon.

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FLASHBACK

I sat next to Katherine on a sofa in the corner. She was watching Klaus and Stefan with interest. I knew if I'd been Caroline or Elena she would have told me to sit somewhere else. But Katherine and I had… An understanding. We never got in each other's way.

Klaus squeezed the blood from his palm into the bottle. "There it is," he said in his accent I would never get used to. It was more piercing than Elijah's and affected me in weird ways.

It was also hard to get used to how he looked. I couldn't quite get my head around the fact that this man, a man who looked so... so human. With curly blonde hair and those blue eyes and dimples... could be capable of doing what he had done to Jenna. My aunt. The woman who put her life on hold to take care of us.

I wondered if Klaus' blood was the cure. I guessed it made sense, with him being the original hybrid and all. "You want to save your brother? How about a decade long bender."

I shivered involuntarily.

"I'm not like that anymore." Stefan answered through gritted teeth. Stefan going on a 'bender' and killing people... innocent people... it didn't seem worth it. Just to save Damon — and I felt guilty for thinking that but it was true. Not to mention how it would scar Stefan.

Klaus looked him up and down. "Well, that's too bad. You would of made a hell of a wingman." Klaus said before he began to pour some of the blood down the sink.

"No!" I yelled, standing up. Katherine's eyes were wide but she held me back. Klaus was smirking. Katherine pushed me back down. But I could see the small amount of panic in her eyes. She did care. About both Damon and Stefan.

"Wait," Stefan said. Klaus stopped pouring away the blood and turned to me, a smirk gracing his lips.

"I'll get onto you later, sweetheart. But first of all, Stefan. Care to join me for a drink?"

END OF FLASHBACK

I handed myself over to Klaus, and so had Stefan. All for Damon. Who, I'd probably never see again. But it didn't matter, did it? He was alive, and so was I. So was Elena, Stefan, Jeremy… I guessed I should have even been thankful for that, at least.

I knew Damon wouldn't have done the same for me, but he was Stefan's brother. And that meant something. He was also my sort of friend. He probably only cared about me because I was Elena's sister though.

That was another reason. Elena. I knew that Stefan was going to hand himself over to Klaus, and somehow I thought I could protect him better if I was there too.

Stupid, I know.

But if Elena lost Damon she would have been upset too. He would have died. I really think she should live her life happy that nobody died this time. But Elena and I were more alike than I would admit, sometimes. We both worried. Often too much.

I sat in the back on a stool in the kitchens of Gloria's. Klaus had had the audacity to lock me in there whilst he, Stefan and Gloria sorted out the whole necklace thing. And I was worried sick.

I hadn't heard Klaus' screams of rage yet. So I could only assume they hadn't found anything out yet... I knew deep down that he would find out sooner or later. But I was opting for later.

I tapped my fingers on the island, trying not to think about anything. Because, as I said earlier, I'd start crying. And crying was a stupid thing to do because tears were pointless, and solved nothing.

No, it was better if I kept it to myself like I always did and always had done. Soon the kitchen door opened and I looked up to see Gloria.

"Can I ask you something, Rayna?"

"Uh... Sure." I replied, although something about the way her eyes narrowed as she studied me told me that perhaps I should go.

"You see, I am a very powerful witch. And every powerful witch needs a talisman. You know that, don't you?" I nodded. "It's something to base your magic off of. Something to use as a power source. But there is one thing that is more sacred than any talisman a witch can make for herself." she continued. "A talisman made by another... Could you imagine, hypothetically speaking, if an object was created which held it's own magic? It would be different than a daylight ring and could have endless qualities. If it was passed down for... Let's say... A thousand years, could you imagine the power it would possess?"

I swallowed. "I don't know what you're talking about."

She smirked at me. Her whole demeanor was different. "You wouldn't happen to know of any such object, would you? For example... A necklace?" She started walking toward me slowly.

"Uh... I..."

"Think carefully before you answer." she said in a normal tone— but the threat was there.

She wanted to know where Elena was so she could find the necklace. She wanted the necklace. That was why Klaus didn't know Elena was alive and had the necklace— because Gloria hadn't told him. She wanted power and I was afraid of what she might do to get it... All I knew was that I had to protect Elena.

"No." I said, standing. I walked past her but the door slammed shut in my face.

"Klaus and Stefan have gone to feed. No one to help you now." she said. I turned around and saw the knife in her hand.

"If you won't help me..." She traced along the sharp blade with her finger and a sinister smirk appeared on her face. "Then I'll make you."

Everything went black.

OG Author's Note: A/N: DUN DUN DUNNN!

Sorry about the short chapter but I couldn't resist a cliff hanger. Here are a few questions, and it would mean the world to me if you guys answered some of them, so I can get an idea what you all want so this story turns out how you like.

What do you all think of a Rebekah/ Rayna friendship? It would really help my ideas for some chapters in the near future.

Also, who are you guys shipping more? Klayna (Klaus/Rayna) or Stayna (Stefan/Rayna)

And, do you have any other little friendships or perhaps OC's (which I doubt I'll be making many of) or maybe even romantic ships.

So would you like me to add Delena scenes, etc?

Ohhhh, and Damon and Rayna are. not. a. couple. Not in the cards, I'm afraid, that one. But there will be interesting and/or violent scenes between them in the future, though. -Heh—

Will try and update soon but it depends on what the reviews say. Please do review though...:)

Thank you for being great readers!