A/N: so here's chapter five, because I've kept you guys waiting long enough. I added a new character in this. She's not an OC like, someone requested but...she's special. You'll see. Enjoy, new chapter to come hopefully soon.

Ch. 5

"Come with me," Elijah said to Alex that night. Alex seemed surprised that Elijah would try to rescue her, but obliged all the same.

"Why did you save me?" she asked once they were away from the house.

"I don't know," Elijah answered. "Maybe I don't want Klaus to break the curse. Maybe I'm evil. Or maybe I just don't want you to be sacrificed."

"And why would you not want that?" she asked.

"Because, maybe I've grown to care for you. Something my brother has never learned to do, by the way."

"Let me guess. He thinks caring is weak and vampires should not be weak."

"Yes."

"I've had many vampires tell me the same things. Klaus gave me that vibe. The one that says, 'I don't care about anyone else'."

"While he can be persuasive, most people see that eventually."

"You, on the other hand, you're different. You can love, if you so choose."

"I have been in love. It was...a long time ago, and, though she is a vampire now, I don't think I still feel the same way."

"But that doesn't mean you won't find the one that you will still feel the same about, a long time from now."

"Maybe it'll be you."

"I'm going shopping," Alice announced. "Anyone want to join me?"

Everyone in the house, which was Rose, Bella, Emmett, Elena, Damon, Nicole, and Tyler, ignored her. Jasper was out hunting, and Caroline had disappeared after the incident with Tyler and Rose.

"Elena, Bella," Alice called, noting both of them were in ratty old teeshirts and jeans. "Come on. Let's go."

"No, Alice. We're not going," Bella protested.

"Bella, how long have you known me? Long enough to know I'm not going to take no for an answer. Let's go!" she repeated, and Elena and Bella finally obliged.

Alice drove them to Seattle in her Porsche she aparently wanted from Italy, and when they got there, Alice promised to buy them anything they wanted. Money, after all, just accumulated when one was to live forever.

Bella and Elena instantly went inside the huge shopping mall, but Alice insisted she had to talk to a friend first, and left them. Elena found this strange, because Alice had forced them to come with her in the first place.

"She'll be here soon. She would never miss out on good shopping. Or critisizing my wardrobe," Bella explained.

"I can see that. Who's that friend she wants to visit?" Elena asked.

"I don't know. Alice works in mysterious ways. You never know what she's up to."

"Katherine?" a voice next to Elena asked. She turned around to find a girl, taller than both Elena and Bella, and thin. She had olive skin, dark eyes, and black hair that went past her shoulders. She was pretty, though it was clear she wore no make up.

"Um...no," Elena said, too stunned to speak, not only by the mysterious girl's looks but by the fact that Elena was afraid of what this girl wants, and how she knows Katherine. "I'm Elena. I...I don't know a Katherine."

"I'm sorry, you remind me of someone I used to know. I should go now."

"Wait!" Elena knew it was a bad idea, but she wanted to know more about this girl. "What do you want with this Katherine girl?"

"Oh, nothing. No, I don't want Katherine. You just looked familiar, and I wanted to know if you were her."

"You're lying," Bella said from behind Elena. "Who are you, really, and what do you want with Katherine?"

"I told you, I don't want anything with Katherine, except for her to leave me alone. She wants to take me to Klaus, and I don't want to go."

"Klaus? You know Klaus?" Elena asked.

"Yes. He considers me a threat, and wants me dead. I've been running."

"He wants a lot of people dead. Why you?"

"I...I don't know," the girl answered, but Elena knew she was lying about that too.

"You still haven't told us who you are," Elena noticed.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Meredith Sulez. And you are?"

Alice left her friends to go shopping with the promise of meeting them there. The reason for this was simple. She felt that blind spot coming somewhere near her, and knew it was him. Elijah.

"Alice?" he said from behind her.

"Hello Elijah."

Elijah had another girl with him. "This is Alex," he said. "Can you...help her run from my brother? Give her a place to stay?"

This was weird. She barely knew Elijah, why did he all of a sudden want her to babysit this girl. She knew what he said, but it seemed like she was being hired for babysitting.

"Sure," she said.

Alex smiled but didn't say anything. She looked back at Elijah.

"I'll come get you when you're safe from Klaus, don't worry. Until then, you can hide from him with her. Look out for any blind spots," he added to Alice. She nodded, and Elijah was gone.

"We're out on a shopping trip. Come on, and I'll get you whatever you want," Alice said, smiling.

Alex went with Alice and didn't say a word.

"Hi, Meredith. I'm Bella, and this is Elena," Bella explained.

"Hi."

"Why—" Elena began, but was interrupted by Alice walking up with a girl they didn't know.

"Hey, this is Alex. She's a friend of mine, and needs a place to stay and—" she cut off noticing the other girl added to their group.

"This is Meredith," Bella explained. "She's running from...Klaus."

"Me too," Alex said quietly.

"I'm running from Katherine, who wants to give me to Klaus," Meredith corrected.

"Right," Bella said.

"Why don't we all go back to our house," Alice said, "and figure this out."

"Why does Klaus want you?" Meredith asked Alex on the way back to the house.

"Because he wants to use me for some sacrifice," Alex explained.

"He's already getting the people he needs?" Elena asked, shocked.

"Yes, I guess," Alex said. "Why does he want you?"

"Klaus sees me as a threat," Meredith explained, "Because I'm a prophetess."

A/N: Yes, Meredith Sulez from the books. I remember something about the exec. producers of the show said if she appears on the show, it could take the show in a whole new direction. Not that the show's not great, I just had this idea in my head that popped in there at about one in the morning and decided to keep it. Review! I won't update til I get more reviews, and constructive critisism is apreciated. I already have one person telling me who they like and don't like, and what they like about the story and what they don't, so if you love or hate something, I wanna know! Okay, that's all. Review!