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PPLforeveremison: That's okay, I appreciate that review at all, so thank you very much! I did take inspiration from that scene with Stefan and Katherine and wanted to have something like that between Sarah and Katherine, at least in isolation. And yes, we do see another side to Sarah with Katherine. We should get the good old bad ass Sarah back soon, but thankfully it came across how scared she is of Katherine and how her mere presence changes her as a person. No humanity Sarah will be a ways of yet, but it's great that you're hyped up for it. I have an idea of what I'm going to do and yes, Elena will play a big part in it. But what you described is more like Katherine and Sarah, although I could see how without humanity, Sarah might then do what Katherine did to her, to Elena. Pretty dark. I like it.

Some very questionable things are about to happen in this one, particularly for Scarlett. I mean she can't have everything be perfect, right? So, she's about to meet one of her big hurdles for this story, and just when things were going so well for her...sort of. But I can't have Sarah suffering alone in all this. So while she's dealing with Katherine, Scarlett will be dealing with...

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Chapter 6: Bad Moon Rising

This was without a doubt, the most boring thing Scarlett had ever done in her life. She'd come along to Duke thinking the answers to her werewolf heritage would be there waiting. She'd never even though that finding out about what she was would involve so much reading. Something she hated. There were no short cuts with research. It was picking up a book, reading through the entire thing, then moving onto the next. When it came to the supernatural, the internet was not the place to research. Old dusty books were. As much as it pained Scarlett.

Even as she sighed she could see the dust blowing from the page, drifting up to tickle her nose. She had to wipe it, her supernatural senses quickly threatening to make her sneeze. It was happening far too often with these books. She could feel Damon eyeing up every few seconds. He'd heard her point it out to Elena but she brushed it off as allegers which seemed to satisfy Damon's curiosity for the time being. Though he was still watching her, keeping himself amused while he did his research. Something Scarlett was struggling with doing.

It was just so dull and she was getting nothing from these books. She'd gone through two and had found nothing and the third wasn't looking to promising either. Vanessa had admitted she wasn't one-hundred precent sure which books went into detail on the werewolf myth, only that she knew which ones mentioned the myth. As a result Scarlett had gone through one book that talked extensively about a big wolf that had once roamed the country, which was assumed to be a werewolf but had no actual evidence behind it. It might simply have been a wolf that was bigger than average at the time. And other book that only mentioned the word werewolf once or twice, talking mostly about shapeshifters that could change into anything, not just wolves. The third book seemed to be a series of stories followed by intense analysis on them and whether they were real or not. All had nothing to do with werewolves so far.

"You doing alright there?" Vanessa asked, sitting on the edge of the desk Scarlett was sat at. Scarlett looked up from the book, glaring as Vanessa smile down at her. She was friendly enough, bar the whole almost shooting her and Elena thing, but Scarlett just wasn't in a friendly mood. Books tend to have that effect on her.

"How can you do this for a living?" Scarlett groaned as she sat back, pushing away the book that was laid out in front of her. "Just, read…stuff?"

"It's something I've got a knack for," Vanessa said with a shrug. "That and this stuff has always interested me."

"The doppelgänger and werewolf stuff is interesting. I just don't care about…" Scarlett leaned over, running her finger along the page unit she found what she'd being reading previously. "The demon lady that supposedly seduced a whole village."

Vanessa grinning, looked fondly down at the book. "That's one I personally like. It has a few links to vampires and witches if you read on."

"And werewolves?" asked Scarlett pointedly. Vanessa chewed her lip, putting down the book she'd been reading before picking up Scarlett's and flicking through it. She made a few humming noises before coming to a stop.

"Here," Vanessa said handing the book back to Scarlett. "It's not got a lot of evidence behind it, compared to some of the other stories and this one isn't that well known. It's only mentioned here and maybe in one other book." As Vanessa explained Scarlett read. "I'm just going to go and check something with Alaric, back in a bit." Scarlett grunted in acknowledgement and Vanessa removed herself from the desk before walking back over to join Alaric who was sitting on his own, old papers and books scattered all around him.

Scarlett's eyes scanned the page quickly taking it all in. It was short but it applied to her. It talked about a man with a magical jewel that allowed him to transform into a wolf at will. It was unknown where he'd gotten the jewel from but it only worked for him. Then when the jewel was taken from him while he was a wolf, he was left trapped in that form forever. The ending didn't seem to apply to Scarlett, seeing as when her necklace was stolen, she became trapped in her human form. But if it had been a full moon, then it would appear as if he was trapped in that form. So maybe this man had the same necklace Scarlett had or something similar. If so he might be her ancestor or something. Unfortunately that seemed to be all there was too the story.

Setting down the book, Scarlett sighed once more and leaned back in her chair with a pout. She was all but ready to call it quits and start complaining loudly when Alaric spoke up. "Hey guys, check this out." Scarlett stood up, walking over to Alaric's side while Elena and Damon joined the group next to Vanessa on the other side of the desk. Since she was closest, Scarlett got first dibs on looking at what was in Alaric's hands. It was some old, and by Scarlett's standards, bad, drawings of what appeared to be a half man, half wolf, creature. Nothing like her, as a wolf or human.

"There's no record of werewolf mythology in Mystic Falls, but here are some records of some of the lesser-known legends," Vanessa explained as she handed over a separate book with a similar drawing for Damon and Elena to look over. "Everything from Scandinavian skin-walkers to the Maréchal de Retz."

"I thought skin-walkers could transform into any animal," Scarlett said, remembering a little of what she had read and actually found interesting.

"Usually yes, but in some myths it specifies wolf," Vanessa answered before pointing to the book she'd handed Damon. She pointed to a specific passage and then read aloud. "Tonartsliitsii Metslii, which roughly translates into the 'curse of the sun and the moon'."

"Is it Native American?" Alaric asked.

"Aztec," Vanessa corrected before continuing. "It explains one origin of the werewolf curse traced through Virginia. The short story: six-hundred years ago, the Aztecs were plagued by werewolves and vampires. They terrorised the countryside, made farming and hunting impossible until an Aztec shaman cursed them, making vampires slaves to the sun and werewolves servants to the moon. As a result, vampires could only prowl at night and werewolves could only turn on a full moon. When the full moon crests in the sky, who's ever unlucky enough to fall under the werewolf curse turns into a wolf."

"Can they control the transformation?" Damon inquired, passing the book over to Elena. She took it with a glare and flicked through the pages, while still listening.

"If it were a choice, it wouldn't be called a curse," Vanessa pointed out.

"But not all vampires are slaves to the sun. Just look at Damon," Alaric pointed out.

"But he's got a daylight ring," Scarlett pointed out. "Just like Sarah and Stefan."

"Maybe werewolves have something similar," Alaric said with a careless shrug. Having no idea how close he was to exposing Scarlett. She could already see Elena's worried glances, but she kept herself controlled and remained quiet.

"What else did you find out?" asked Scarlett, eager to move the conversation along and see if anything else had been uncovered about her species.

"That werewolves will attack anything living, but instinct and centuries of rivalry have hardwired them to hunt their prey of choice: vampires." Everyone looked up at that, the room suddenly growing tense after Vanessa's words.

Damon leaned forward, glaring at Vanessa. "Well, if werewolves were hunting vampires, I would know about it."

"Not if there aren't that many werewolves left alive," Vanessa pointed out. "Hundreds of years ago, vampires hunted them almost to extinction."

"I guess you're too young to remember that," Scarlett teased Damon, plastering on a sarcastic smile.

"Thanks for the commentary, Scrappy," Damon shot back with a force smile before he and Scarlett grew serious again.

"Why would vampires want to kill off the werewolves though?" asked Elena as she sat down the book she'd been holding.

"To protect themselves. Legend has it that a werewolf bite is fatal to vampires," Vanessa answered. Scarlett and Elena's eyes instantly met. It shocked Scarlett how scared she was at that idea. That she could have killed Sarah, Stefan or even Damon with just one bite. But she'd bitten vampires before. Like Logan…who'd never been seen again. Alaric had said when he found him he was already dead, with a bite in his shoulder and what looked like some kind of infection coming from it. Maybe it wasn't such a crazy idea after all.

Scarlett suddenly felt a little guilty for every time she'd almost bit Damon as a joke…that was until she remembered what he did to Jeremy. Now she was contemplated testing the theory on him. "Is the bite always fatal?" Scarlett asked, looking to Vanessa as she leaned down on the desk.

"Just while they're in wolf form," answered Vanessa.

"Which means they're only a danger on the full moon," Alaric pointed out, putting Damon to ease a little.

At least until Scarlett pointed out, "But tonight's a full moon."

"Oh…crap," Damon said slowly, worry flashing across his face.

"I'm calling Stefan," Elena declared, grabbing Scarlett's wrist as she pasted her on the way out. "You can call Sarah," Elena added in a mumble, pulling Scarlett towards the door while Damon watched them leave. He waited until they were out the door, then started talking to Alaric and Vanessa on what else they'd found. Scarlett could hear him through the walls, which meant he wasn't listening in on her and Elena.

A sniff of the air told her they were alone on the campus and clear to change. She began to strip, throwing her cloths to Elena as she did. "What are you doing?" Elena exclaimed in shock as Scarlett's discarded cloths fell into her open arms.

"I'm going to change and run back to Mystic Falls and warn Sarah and Stefan," Scarlett explained.

"What if you lose control?" Elena asked.

"The necklace lets me stay in control, even as a wolf," Scarlett reminded her, holding up the necklace before she began to wiggle out of her jeans. "Hopefully I can get back before Mason gets to either of them."

"Wait, Mason?" Elena asked in confusion.

"I'll explain later," Scarlett brushed off, removing her undergarments. Elena had already seen her naked once, a second time wasn't going to damage her any more than it already had. Elena apparently didn't agree with that, as she quickly covered her eyes, shielding them with Scarlett's cloths. "If Damon or Alaric ask, tell them I've gone to visit family and I'll make my own way back." She threw the last of her cloths to Elena and then hunched over. She'd gotten a lot better a shifting quickly. It was becoming less painful the more she did it. But doing it fast still had its risks and it often left her feeling sore for hours after she turned back. She didn't have time to waste though, so within minutes she was changed and had taken off towards Mystic Falls a full speed. Elena shouting after her as the black haired wolf vanished before her eyes.

Sarah's drinking fun didn't like last, it never did when Stefan was around. He'd sobered her up pretty quickly but then she met up with Caroline and they'd had a few more drinks until Stefan had a moan at them. He really couldn't let Caroline be a normal teenager could he? Before he'd shown up though, Sarah hand gotten Caroline to practice her compulsion some more and she seemed to have it down perfectly. Once she got her hunger under control the snatch, feed, erase tactic would be her bread and butter. A personal favourite for Damon, and one Caroline could no doubt adopt, providing Stefan didn't put her off feeding on living people with his whole morality speech. Blood bags were fine, but vampires needed something fresh every once in a while. Even Stefan.

The three hung out for a little while, socialising with whoever Caroline wanted too. Sometimes Caroline's friends got on Sarah's nerves but a subtle compulsion either calmed them down or managed to send them away without Stefan noticing. For the most part though they kept to themselves, particularly when Caroline felt her bloodlust spiking. They took her away from the party when that happened and gave her a little blood which seemed to calm her nerves. She still hadn't made up with Matt though, and Sarah could see her looking towards him ever now and then. Caroline might no have known it, but Sarah could see Matt doing the same.

When night started to settle in, most of the teens began to move else where. Word was spreading around that they were supposed to leave and that a few other kids were throwing various parties else where. Some other couples had gone off into the woods. One guess what they were doing. And some were just basking in the moon light by the swimming hole. It was peaceful, but Stefan and Sarah agreed it was time to get Caroline home.

They were making their way back to the car when they spotted Matt at his truck getting ready to leave too. Caroline stopped and Sarah and Stefan did the same, looking to each other with smiles before looking back to a pouting Caroline. "You wanna go and talk to him?" Sarah asked with a knowing look.

"He's mad at me," Caroline grumbled, kicking the ground as she moped.

"Go and talk to him," Stefan encouraged with a warm smile. "We'll wait." Caroline smiled in thanks before cautiously making her way towards Matt. The Salvatores watched her go before Stefan's phone began to ring. He glanced at he screen before answering as he walked off, Sarah listening after him as he did. "Hey."

"Is Sarah with you?" was the first thing Elena asked, once she knew it was Stefan.

"Yeah, she's here," Stefan said, waving Sarah over even though she could hear perfectly fine from where she was. She obliged though, making her way over to Stefan as he held the phone between them, so they could both hear with their supernatural senses and talk to Elena together. "What's up?"

"Scarlett's on her way back to you."

"What, why?" Sarah shot out as she and her brother began to frown.

"Because it's a full moon, and she thinks Mason Lockwood's a werewolf and that his bite might well kill you guys," Elena blurted out all at once, but somehow the two vampires managed to hear it all and after a pause worked out what she'd been saying.

"Wait, hold up, what about his bite killing us?" Stefan asked, sharing a look with Sarah.

"We discovered a legend that says a werewolf bite can kill a vampire."

"Seriously?" asked an astonished Sarah.

"Well we don't know for sure, but Scarlett sure seemed in a hurry to get back."

"Has she bitten any vampires?" Stefan asked Sarah.

"Not that I can…Logan," Sarah then said as the event came back to her. The first night Scarlett had turned and how she'd chased her around until they ran into Damon and Logan.

"What about Logan?" Elena asked.

"Scarlett bit him," answered Sarah.

"But Alaric said he found him..." Stefan trailed off realising along with Sarah there was a very real threat with Mason around, as well as Scarlett on her way back. "We're leaving now," Stefan declared and Sarah nodded in agreement. Between discovering werewolf bites were fatal to them and seeing Mason Lockwood eyeing Stefan not too long ago, Sarah was now feeling the need to lock herself in her home for the night. Caroline could spend the night with them too, just to be safe. Or at least that's what Sarah thought until she turned and saw Matt and Caroline had gone.

Frantically she began to look about for the blonde but she was no where to be seen. She hadn't left with Matt because his truck was still here. She looked to Stefan and saw he'd been looking wildly for Caroline too, extreme worry over his face as he turned to her. "I'll call you when we get back home, okay?" Stefan said into the phone, trying to keep his voice level for Elena.

"Okay," Elena said at peace before Stefan hung up, quickly dealing Caroline. Then they heard Caroline's ringtone. For a brief second they thought she was nearby, but then they saw her bag in the back of Matt's truck. Stefan hung up, shoving the phone into his pocket before Sarah turned back to face him. They shared one look and then both ran off into the woods. The second they were hidden by the shadows and out of sight of the remaining teens, the two started to run at vamp speed.

After running all over for several minutes, Sarah came to a stop with Stefan halting next to her. They had a glance around before they started walking at normal pace, keeping their eyes and ears open for any sound of the young couple. Glancing up at the sky, Sarah gritted her teeth, seeing the full moon high in the sky. If the myth was as accurate as they were to believe, Mason could already be out there, hunting them down. "Of all the times to get hormonal," Sarah grumbled to herself as she brushed her fringe out of her face, continuing on with Stefan beside her.

There was clearly something on his mind, Sarah could feel him looking at her with his pressed lips. Trying to find the right words for whatever he wanted to say. "What is it Stefan?" Sarah asked, not even bothering to glance as she stared out into the darkness, hoping that at any moment Caroline's big blonde head would come into view. They didn't have time to dance around, they needed to find the newbie vampire and get out of the woods and back home before Mason found them.

"What are you going to do about Scarlett?" he asked finally.

Sarah stopped, swinging around to face her brother with a confused stare. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, she's a danger to us now. One wrong bite and she could kill anyone of us." He was struggling to say it, and he was obviously regretting bringing it up.

"It doesn't change anything," Sarah said firmly as she began walking again.

"Sarah–" Stefan began to sigh.

"She could have already killed us, only difference is now we know about it. If anything it makes us safer. You should have heard the amount of times she's threatened to bite Damon."

"And if she does now she'll kill him," Stefan pressed, struggling to keep up with his sister and her long strides.

"It's just a joke, Stefan. And now she definitely won't do it."

"What makes you so sure?" Stefan asked, grabbing Sarah's arm and swinging her around to face him. She groaned, folding her arms as she fixed him with a glare. This wasn't the time to stand around and talk, especially about a subject that was going to lead to shouting. "You remember that Damon killed Jeremy, right? And we all know how she feels about that, and him for that matter."

"She's in control Stefan," Sarah shot back, leaning towards him as if it would make her point more clear.

"That doesn't make her safe. Before it was mindless threats, now she knows she can kill him with one bite."

"She wouldn't," Sarah said firmly.

"How do you know that?" She didn't. And if she was to turn around and kill Damon, Sarah wouldn't be all that surprised. Currently the only thing she was aware of that was holding Scarlett back was her own lover for her brother. Scarlett had mumbled several times recently that the second Sarah stopped caring about Damon was the second she'd kill him. Now that she could do it with just a bite, would she be able to fight the temptation. Sarah hoped so. She didn't want to have to get in between her brother and her ward.

"Caroline!" Sarah shouted out angrily as she stormed off, Stefan following.

"You can't ignore this Sarah," Stefan pointed out. His tone told her he genuinely felt bad for the position she was in, but he wasn't going to let her shrink away from her responsibility to her family or Scarlett.

"I'm not ignoring it," Sarah snapped as she turned back to her brother again. "I'm prioritising! Caroline's out here. Mason probably is too. I'm opting to find her and get back to the house, before discussing the possibility of my ward killing our brother!" No sooner had Sarah finished shouting did they hear a growl. A growl Sarah recognised from the first night Scarlett had turned. It wasn't Scarlett though, she couldn't have arrived back yet. Which meant it was the only other werewolf they were aware off. "You heard that right?" Sarah asked slowly and quietly. Stefan nodded. They both looked over in the direction the growl had come from, staring at the blackness.

Curiosity won out after a few quiet moments and the two vampire siblings made their way towards the growl. It didn't take long for them to reach a nearby road, spotting a large four by four through the tree line. They shared another concerned look before cautiously heading towards the back of the truck which was closest to them. Everything looked relatively normal at first until Stefan nudged Sarah's side. She turned, finding he'd stopped and was staring at the ground. She followed his gaze, spotting the large claw marks on the floor. Then came a rustle from inside the car and Stefan and Sarah looked up, seeing nothing.

"Look," Stefan said motioning towards the side of the car where a group of chains lay. Now Sarah remembered this car, it had belonged to Mason. He was nearby, and that meant they were in very real danger, possible the most danger they'd been in in a long time. They were dealing with a creature that could kill them with just one bite, not even they could do that.

Sarah looked back towards the car and her eyes widened when she saw what was staring back. A set of bright amber eyes, just like Scarlett's when she was a wolf. However the wolf wasn't looking at her, rather it was focused on Stefan, glaring at him. It had seen them both, but its target was Stefan. Seeing it was about to lung for him, Sarah tackled her brother to the ground as the wolf broke through the rear window and flew over them vanishing into the night with a howl echoing around the woods.

"You okay?" Sarah asked, looking down at her brother as she lay on top of him, staying still in case the wolf sensed their movement and came back for them.

"Yeah," answered Stefan before they both vamp speeded up to their feet, looking around for the glowing deadly eyes. After a second to catch their breath, they turned to each other, both breathing heavily with wide scared eyes. "We need to find Caroline. Now." Sarah nodded frantically back before they both took off into the woods side by side. Deliberately heading in the opposite direction of the wolf that had just attacked them.

They ran for a few seconds before they heard a growl behind them. The wolf was following them. The Salvatores doubled down on their speed, sprinting as hard as they could before Stefan suddenly stopped, Sarah doing the same a few paces ahead, glaring back at him like he'd lost his mind. "What are you doing?!" Sarah hissed.

"Ssshhh!" Stefan replied, holding up his hand as he focused his hearing. Sarah did the same, expecting to hear the wolf that was chasing them. Instead she heard the sound of a struggle…and a male groan of distress. Without hesitating Stefan took of, his heroic nature kicking in. Sarah groaned aloud, rolling her eyes in frustration before chasing after him.

As it turned out, Stefan was right to investigate. It was Matt that was groaning in pain, being feed on by Caroline who had completely lost control. Normally Sarah might have used this as a teaching opportunity but they didn't have time for that. Instead she let Stefan rush in, grabbing Caroline and pulling her away from Matt while she caught him before he collapsed. Gently she lowered him to the ground, while Stefan shouted at Caroline, holding her at bay as he tried to help her regain control.

"Oh my god," Caroline gasped when she saw what she had done, staring past Stefan and over to Sarah who was knelt down next to Matt. From first glance it looked like Caroline had gotten him good. Sarah should have congratulated her, but she knew Caroline would take it the wrong way. "Is he… Did I…?"

"No, he's alive," Sarah called over as she kept her eyes on Matt. He was dazed, the loss of blood effecting him. "Alright, Matt. I need you to drink this," Sarah said before bitting into her wrist, forcing it against his mouth. He sipped before trying to throw it back up but Sarah didn't let him. He'd needed this and if that wolf was still coming after them then they wouldn't have time to look after him. "Alright that's enough," Sarah decided, letting the bite on her wrist heal as Matt slipped into unconsciousness. Even with the blood in his system now, he was going to need rest. All Sarah's blood had done was close the wound.

Hearing a growl, the three vampires looked towards the sound before Sarah stood up, stepping back from Matt slowly. He was out and hopefully the wolf would ignore him because of that. If Elena and the others were right, then the wolf would come after them because of what they were. It's preferred pray.

"We need to get out of these woods now. We need to leave," Stefan declared, still holding Caroline still as she tired to go to Matt.

"But what about Matt," Caroline pleaded trying to go to her boyfriend. The boyfriend she'd just hurt and was now feeling a vampire level of guilt over.

"He'll be fine Caroline, but only if we get whatever's out there away from him," Sarah explained, backing towards her brother and the newbie vampire.

Forcing Caroline to look him in the eye, taking her attention from Matt, Stefan said firmly, "You and us, we're gonna run. It's going to follow us, we need to lead it away from Matt. You need to run as fast as you can. Do you understand me?" Caroline now had a surprising look of seriousness to her, probably because she knew she had to help save Matt. So she nodded as another growl echoed from the forest. "Go, go!" Stefan shouted before Caroline took off into the woods. Sarah ran after her, looking over to make sure Stefan was behind her.

The wolf growled again, getting closer. Catching up to Caroline, Sarah grabbed the blonde's arm and pulled her over to the left with Stefan following her path. The wolf however wasn't as quick to act and charged on past their turn. Sarah broke into a sprint, practically dragging Caroline after her as Stefan pushed her. They made it a mile or so before Caroline dug her heels into the ground refusing to go any further.

Grudgingly Sarah stopped, Stefan doing the same next to her before both glared at the confused girl. "What is going on? What is that thing chasing us?" demanded Caroline as she looked around frantically before turning back to the two older vampires.

"It's a werewolf," Stefan answered.

"And it's trying to kill us, so can we resume the running for our lives thing, please?" Sarah said angrily before gesturing for them to get moving again.

"But how can it kill us?" Caroline asked, prompting Sarah to groan, running her hands down her face. She couldn't believe they'd stopped in the middle of the woods to have a conversation, with a werewolf right behind them. Any second it could leap out and kill one of them.

"Caroline!" Sarah shouted, grabbing the girl's shoulders as she got ready to take off once again with Stefan, only to stop at the sound of someone else's voice.

"Hey!" Sarah rolled her eyes as she turned to find Tyler Lockwood, having emerged from some kind of old basement. "What are you guys doing here?" he demanded.

"We don't have time for this," Sarah hissed to Stefan who nodded in agreement. With Tyler's suspicious eyes still on them, Stefan stepped forward to try and provide some kind of excuse but then came a vicious growl. Instinctively Sarah turned towards the growl but by the time she'd turned it was too late. The wolf was already in the air and was tackling Caroline to the ground.

Caroline screamed as she collapsed, the wolf pinning her down as it snapped its canines towards her neck, inching closer and closer as Caroline struggled. Sarah ran at the beast but it lashed out with its hind leg and kicked Sarah back with a shocking amount of strength, even for a supernatural. Sarah flew back, slamming into Stefan as they both collapsed to the ground while Caroline screamed for help. Tyler, being the hero he was, took cover by the staircase that lead into the ground, watching as the wolf tried to kill his friend. He wanted to do something but he didn't know what.

"Help!" Caroline screamed as Stefan and Sarah climbed back up to their feet ready for another attack. But then from the woods came another wolf. A black wolf. And unlike the white and grey wolf that had Caroline pinned. The new wolf rushed across the opening and slammed itself into the lighter wolf, both rolling across the ground until they stopped, the black wolf on top of the white. The black wolf stayed on to for a moment, snapping and growling in warning before the white wolf shoved it off. But the black wolf remained on its feet and backed up, now standing between the vampires and the white wolf.

As the two wolves stared off against each other, Sarah spotted the black crystal necklace around the darker wolf's neck. "Scarlett," Sarah said quietly. The black wolf looked back, it's golden eyes connecting with Sarah's and she knew for sure. Scarlett nodded to the vampire before then turning back to the white wolf, growling before barking loudly. Suddenly the white wolf backed up, almost intimidated by Scarlett all of a sudden. Then with a final bark of anger, the white wolf took off into the woods.

Scarlett looked back to Sarah, as if silently asking permission. Sarah nodded, saying, "Go," as she did. That was all Scarlett needed before taking off into the woods after the white wolf, vanishing in a blur of movement. It took a minute but when no wolf sounds followed, Sarah and Stefan finally exhaled and moved towards Caroline who was still lying on the ground.

"What…was that?" Caroline asked as the Salvatores helped her up.

"That was a couple of werewolves," Sarah answered, still holding Caroline as she peered out into the night, waiting to see if Scarlett would return.

"And which one was Scarlett?" Caroline asked in exhaustion. Sarah and Stefan turned sharply towards Caroline, not sure how she knew it had been Scarlett. "I heard you say her name," Caroline explained as the two vampires continued to stare at her. "I'm not that stupid."

"No, you're not," Stefan agreed with a friendly smile as he patted Caroline on the back.

"We'll explain later," Sarah added with her own smile. Glancing out into the forest once more, hopping Scarlett would be okay. She wanted to go out after her, but there was no way Stefan would let her and it would be suicidal on her own. Better to stick together until sun raise and then go looking for Scarlett and the other wolf. Until then they had plenty to do. Sarah then turned around, eyes meeting Tyler as he stood up, staring back in shock while trying to maintain his tough exterior. "Hey, Tyler," Sarah said with a sweet smile before rushing over to the boy. One compulsion later and he was none the wiser.

Parts of the night came back to Scarlett in flashes. She remembered running across the state back to Mystic Falls. She remembered running through the woods. It had felt like hours but it seemed to small now. She remembered picking up Sarah and Stefan's scents and following them until she came across the scene. It was like flipping through a series of photos. First she'd seen the white and grey wolf on top of Caroline. Even then she'd known it was Mason from one look. She might not have recognised the scent but when she lay eyes on him she knew. Then she had knocked him off, pinning him down beneath her. He'd shoved her off. She'd looked to Sarah. Then scared Mason off. She'd followed. They'd fought some more. Running all over the woods as they circled each other trying to get the upper hand. They each gotten in some good hits, nipping at each other and tackling one another as they rolled about the froest floor. But as it went on, Scarlett begun to feel it was more of a game than a proper fight. She'd left herself vulnerable several times, as had he, and neither had taken the chance to deliver a fatal blow. Neither had wanted the fun to end. And then the sun had begun to raise.

After that it was all a blur of white and black before the sunlight began to sting her eyes. Covering her face with her hand, Scarlett lay still for a moment before groaning in discomfort and rolling over. Instantly she froze, eyes shooting open. She wasn't alone. When she had rolled over, her hand had landed on someone. The familiar sound of slapping skin echoed through the forest and when Scarlett looked she saw her hand on a firm naked chest.

For a moment she just stared, trying to figure out if this was a dream or not. If she was hallucinating or if this was just a rock that was obscure by the sleep in her eye. But the sight before her didn't change. If anything it got clearer until there was no denying she was lying next to someone. A quick glance down confirmed to her this someone was completely naked. More slowly she looked up, taking in the roughly trimmed beard and the sleepy smile before she saw who she was lying next to. A completely naked Mason Lockwood.

Much to her shame, Scarlett screamed the most girlish scream she had ever screamed, leaping up from her laid back position and onto her ass. The scream woke Mason who too shot up into a sitting position. Continuing to scream, Scarlett backed away, feeling her bare skin scrap against the forest floor. It took a second but once Mason properly saw her, he too began to scream. Scarlett looked down, still crawling backwards and saw she too was naked, bar her necklace resting just above her cleavage.

Her screams of horror then increased when her back hit a tree trunk, feeling the wood dig at her as she and Mason continued to scream. The man searched for something to cover himself with but found only leaves and twigs all around him. With no other option he, turned using his leg to protect his private area from sight. But not even that was comforting enough and he quickly covered the area with both hands. "What the hell is going on?!" Mason exclaimed.

"How should I know!" Scarlett shouted back, arms wrapping around her chest area as she curled her legs in to hide her own private area. "You're the weird sick-o that's sleeping next to a naked teenager!"

"You weren't there when I went to sleep! If anything, you're the one sleeping next to me!" Mason shot back.

"I didn't fall asleep…" Scarlett stopped, remembering the night. She hadn't gone to sleep like normal. Neither had Mason, it had been a full moon. She'd shifted willingly but he'd been forced too. And now they'd woken up, human again. It clicked for him too as he stared back, bits of last night returning to his memory.

"You're…" he began slowly.

"Like you," Scarlett nodded before pausing, catching her breath after the screaming just like Mason. "Do you remember what happened?"

"Not a lot. Mostly just you chasing me and us…"

"Us…" Scarlett began before another set of imagines flashed through her head. Mason as the white wolf had been chasing her, the black wolf. He'd caught her hind legs, taking them out from under her and she'd collapsed onto her front. He'd then run around, licking her face playful. She'd licked back. The licking quickly turned to affectionate nuzzling, rubbing their noses against each other in all sorts of places. Then the black wolf had laid down, letting lighter one mount her and… "OH MY GOD!" Scarlett screeched in horror, realising what they'd done. One look at Mason and she knew he remembered it as well. Them making love as wolves.

"Scarlett, I'm so–" Mason began as he reached out towards her. He was nowhere near her and was never going to reach her unless he moved, but even still Scarlett pressed her back against the tree trunk, as if he was right in front of her.

"Stay back!" she snapped.

"Scarlett…" Mason pleaded, trying to speak about what had just happened, but Scarlett didn't want to hear it. Despite everything that was going on, the only thing she could think about was how she'd betrayed Jeremy. How no more than a week ago she'd made love with him. Expressed her love for him. And now here she was, having thrown all that away for nothing. She couldn't tell him, how could she? How could he possibly understand? She hadn't wanted this, she hadn't wanted Mason before, Jeremy had been the only one she wanted. And yet she'd done the deed with Mason, so freely, like everything with Jeremy meant nothing to her.

"Don't!" Scarlett snapped again as she stood up, doing her best to hide her private areas as she did. She couldn't be around him any longer. His mere presence was making her want to claw at her skin and peel it off. She didn't feel comfortable in it after having laid with Mason. It felt horrible, she felt sick, she had to get away from him. "Just stay away from me!" Scarlett growled, letting her werewolf features come out as she did. He jumped back at the sight of that, surprised by her sudden change in appearance. With Mason now backing off, she let body return to normal before turning on her heels and running off into the forest. Mason shouted after her but her name vanished into wind as she tapped into her werewolf speed, the world blurring around her until she stopped, having gotten away from him.

Looking over her should to make sure he wasn't following her, Scarlett found herself hyperventilating. She stared back for a few moments, listening and sniffing for his scent. There was nothing, not trace or sign of him following her. With a sigh, she turned to start walking when she yelped, jumping back when she found Sarah stood in front of her.

"Whoa, calm down," Sarah said throwing her hands up in surrender. "It's just me. And I brought cloths," Sarah said with a friendly smile, shaking the hand that held the folded up cloths. Staring back, Scarlett tried to catch her breath, but was struggling too what with everything she had to process. "You alright?" Sarah asked after a moment with a frown. Scarlett silently cursed herself. She needed to get a grip, she wasn't ready to deal with this and with Sarah growing more suspicious by the second she'd eventually start asking questions. Questions Scarlett really didn't want to think about right now.

"I'm fine," Scarlet declared sharply, with wide baring eyes, trying to get her unquestioning point across.

"Okay…" Sarah said slowly as she lowered her hands, still frowning in confusion. She looked behind Scarlett and around the woods, without turning her head, before her eyes moved back to the young werewolf. "What happened to Mason?"

"I don't know!" Scarlett snapped, prompting Sarah to raise an eyebrow. "Sorry," Scarlett apologised, trying and failing to hold back the attitude. Sarah didn't seem to mind though and lowered her eyebrow, now staring at Scarlett in confusion once more. "Look can we just go home, please. I really just want to get some sleep in my own bed."

"Yeah sure," Sarah said casually as she stepped aside, allowing Scarlett to walk along side her through the forest. "So were you up all night chasing Mason?"

"Will you just stop asking about Mason!" Scarlett snapped once more before groaning in frustration and snatching the cloths from Sarah's hand. Without letting Sarah hit her with a parental look, Scarlett stormed off through the woods to where she assumed the car was, her claws digging into the cloths in her hand as she forcefully pulled on the t-shirt Sarah had provided her with. Only by the time she got it on, it had a few more holes in it than before.

Sarah had tried to get Scarlett to talk to her, but the girl bite her head off every time she brought up Mason and last night. When they got home, she'd gone straight up to her room, slammed the door and locked it. Sarah had politely knocked, trying one last time to talk to her, but from her language it was clear she didn't want to talk. She summed it up to teenage rebellion or some werewolf thing they still needed to learn that had to do with the moon. Either case the girl needed some time alone, so Sarah was going to give it to her.

For most of that day Sarah kept herself busy around the house, checking in on Stefan and Scarlett every now and then. Stefan didn't get up to much either, other than going to check on Caroline and waiting for Elena to return from her overnight away with Damon. Scarlett did eventually come out her room, but only for a training session in the gym they'd set up. They put in a solid two hours before Scarlett then called it quits and retreated back into her room. Again she'd snapped at Sarah every time she'd tried to talk about last night, until Sarah eventually gave up. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful until Sarah received a text from Caroline. All it said was, 'S.O.S. meet me at the Grill.'

Sarah had then proceeded over to the Grill, where she walked in to find Caroline and Matt in a shouting match right in the middle of the restaurant. "Are you kidding me?" Matt groaned aloud, stood next to Aimee who was slowly backing up with an uncomfortable look on her face.

"No, I'm not Matt. She's into you and anyone can see it!" Caroline shouted angrily.

"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…I'm just gonna go." Aimee did sound genuinely sorry but Sarah knew full well the girl had more than likely been trying something with Matt. She was just sorry she was now caught up in the middle of the fight, rather than hearing about it afterwards. But she managed to get away as Caroline held her glare with Matt, running past Sarah and out the door. Sarah's eyes briefly followed her before moving back over to Caroline, not seeing what she needed help with. She seemed to be standing up for herself and was staying in control of her vampire urges. As far as she could see, the girl was doing great for a week old vampire. Some of the vampires she'd run into over the years would have torn this place apart in a hungry rage if they'd experienced what Caroline had.

"Seriously, what is your problem?" Matt demanded as he faced off against Caroline who glared back at him.

"This isn't my fault Matt," Caroline spat out. "She's after you and I shouldn't have to put up with that. God knows I've got enough going on in my life without you being stalked by that–" Matt then cut her off before she could finish, which was probably for the best considering how worked up she was getting.

"I thought you said no more drama?" Matt argued.

"Yeah, well, I lied. But you know what, you lied too. You said there was nothing going on with you and Aimee and there clearly is!"

Matt sighed, a giving up sigh Sarah had heard so many times during her time on this Earth. The sigh of an ending relationship. She couldn't help but feel sorry for both of them. They did make a cute couple, but she'd already worked out what Caroline was doing. She was breaking up with him to try and protect him. She was experiencing more guilt now than ever before and she needed to balance the scales in her mind. Apparently the only way she could do that was by pushing him away. It didn't matter how much it hurt her, just that he was safe.

"Just forget it, just forget all of it," Matt muttered as he turned to walk off, only stopping when Caroline began to speak again.

"So what," Caroline declared, voice laced with an ungrateful spoilt attitude. "Are you like breaking up with me?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I guess that's what I'm doing," Matt said simply as he stared back at Caroline, trying to spot some emotion in her other than petty jealous. But there was nothing but that as Caroline held her glare firmly, committing to blaming him for the end of this relationship. Finally Matt broke their connection, shaking his head as he walked off towards the side door.

Then Caroline stood, clearly breathing heavily. She turned and Sarah offered her as sympathetic a smile as she could. The young blonde was already crying, just barely keeping it together and only because she was in public. "Come here," Sarah said as she stepped towards her friend pulling her into a hug as Caroline struggled to hold back her hysteria. She really did love him. And for that reason she couldn't be with him, it was just too dangerous now that she was vampire. She'd hurt him and she never wanted to do that again. She'd rather go through the pain of this break up, than risk hurting Matt again. Sarah respected that. In fact, she actually admired Caroline because of it. It put the popular high school girl that only cared about herself in a whole new light. That's what happens when you become a vampire though. You discover sides about yourself you never even knew existed.

"I'm sorry, Caroline," Sarah said calmly as she rubbed her friend's back, Caroline nodding into her shoulder.

"Could you…if it's alright…and if it's not too much trouble…" Caroline began to ask, in between heavy breaths as she pulled away from Sarah, tears now streaming down her face as she did her best to seem strong and together. Sarah remained silent, allowing Caroline the time she needed to finish. "Could you spend the night with me?'

"Sure. Whatever you need," agreed Sarah as she took Caroline's hand, wrapping her other one around her friend's shoulders before leading her out of the Grill. They walked home to Caroline's and from there spent the night in her room. Her mom called at one point to tell she was working over night and Caroline said it was fine. Obviously it wasn't but Sarah had heard enough to know Caroline and her mother didn't have the best of relationships even before her vampirism. Just another good reason for Sarah to spend the night with her then.

She texted Stefan to let him know what was happening and to pass it along to Scarlett. He said he would and that if she needed help he would come over, but Sarah was fine. Caroline just cried for most of the night. It wasn't like any of her vampire related cravings were coming up. It was just her working through her heightened emotions while Sarah lay next to her on the bed. Eventually, they both drifted off to sleep, waking with the morning sun on their faces. Somehow Caroline had ended up spooning Sarah during the night, to which Sarah now responded with a forced cough.

"Wha–?" Caroline groaned sleepy as she lifted her head.

"Can you let go of me please," Sarah said with a grin as Caroline realised she'd been tightly holding Sarah through the night. Like a comforting soft toy.

"Oh, sorry," Caroline said, letting go as the both sat up. From the sounds of it she was all cried out, and Sarah was ready to ask her how she was until they both saw who was standing next to the bed. Caroline jumped back into Sarah's arms that pulled her towards her. Now she was using Caroline as her comfort toy, staring up at the smug devil as she loomed over them both.

"Elena?" Caroline asked.

"Nope, try again," the older vampire said cooly.

"Katherine," Sarah said through gritted teeth as she glared up at the smug looking woman. With a smile, Katherine moved to sit down. Fear quickly over powered Caroline as she pulled her legs in, pressing herself against Sarah as she shrunk like a scared little child. Sarah tightened her grip around the blonde, trying to comfort her while remaining in control of her own emotions. But Katherine had a habit of provoking her to feel what ever she wanted her too. And right now, she was feeling scared.

"Don't be frightened, Caroline," Katherine said in her sweet honey voice, the deceitful one she'd used when Sarah first discovered what Katherine truly was. Not just a vampire but a pure cold hearted monster. Her smile then grew, frightening both Sarah and Caroline even more, as she said gleefully, "The three of us are going to have so much fun."