LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

The banging of the hammer against the nail matched the pounding in Leya's head to a T. So to say she was pissed off was an understatement especially with the news she was delivered with this morning.

"I say we go to Pearl's, bust down the door, and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night." Damon suggested after pounding nails into wood that covered the now broken window.

"Yeah. And then what? We turn to the rest of that house of vampires and say, 'Oops sorry.'" Stefan asked his brother sarcastically.

"I can't believe you made a deal with her. She's been trapped in that tomb for over 145 years. Do you really think she's gonna do anything for you when you two are the reason she was there to begin with?" Leya questioned angrily.

"Well, it was more like a helpful exchange of information." Damon explained. "It's not like I have a choice she's... scary. Besides, she's gonna help me get Katherine back."

"Of course she is. Damon gets what he wants, as usual. No matter who he hurts in the process." Elena huffed.

"You don't have to be snarky about it."

"I woke up this morning to learn that all of the vampires have been released from the tomb." Elena snapped back, eyes narrowed. "I've earned snarky."

"How long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother into a vampire?" Damon asked her rolling his eyes.

"I'm not blaming you, Damon. I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities."

Leya smirked amusedly, Elena took the words right out of her mouth.

"Ouch." Damon muttered.

"This isn't being very productive." Stefan interrupted the bickering, stepping forward. "We need to figure out a way to deal with Pearl and the vampires. Yeah?"

Damon said nothing, instead deciding to leave the room but not before shooting the other three occupants a look.

"I'm sorry, he just makes me so cranky." Elena said wearily as she faced Leya and Stefan.

"Don't worry about it, he makes everybody cranky." Leya sighed as Stefan pulled Elena into a comforting hug.

Leya looked away awkwardly and turned to face the fireplace as she listened to the conversation.

"So what are we gonna do?" Elena asked.

"Damon and I are gonna handle everything."

"What about me? I can't just sit here and do nothing." Elena asked taken aback.

"Me too. Stefan, you know what I can do. I can help." Leya said turning to face him.

"No. That's exactly what you're gonna do because that's what's gonna keep the both of you safe." Stefan told the both of them.

"Which means nothing if you're not safe too." Elena stressed with a pleading look in her eyes.

"What do you mean, Elena?" Leya mumbled irritated at how Stefan was treating her like some porcelain doll when she's faced worse. "He's perfectly safe! He has Damon; the self-serving psychopath on his side."

Stefan chuckled. "See, listen to Leya. I'll be perfectly fine."

"Well that's comforting." Elena grumbled, before looking at Leya. "You ready to go?"

Leya nodded her head and following Elena out, but not before giving Stefan a 'be careful' look.

Leya took the last bite out of her sandwich as she listen the ringtone of her phone die out and the 'missed call' alert flash on her screen. She swallowed the piece and looked down to see Damon's name reappear on her phone alerting her of yet another call.

As she got up and placed the empty plate in the sink when her phone cutting off its incessant ringing, then there was heavy banging on her front door. It was Damon.

"Ugh, what do you want?"

"You're ignoring me." Damon stated blankly from the other side of the door way.

"Seven missed calls? Yeah, I didn't think I'd have enough patience to listen to your obnoxious voice before punching you in the face, sorry." Leya replied sarcastically.

"Is Stefan here?"

"No. Why would he be?" Leya asked confused, eyebrow raised.

Damon turned around without a word and started to walk down the porch steps and to Elena's house his phone glued to his ear.

"Wait, Damon!" Leya called after him swearing silently as she rushed to grab her coat and followed him to the Gilbert residence.

She walked into Elena's house just as Damon asked Elena if Stefan was there.

"No. Why? Is something wrong?" Elena asked worry etched on her face as she turned briefly to look at Leya.

"He went out in the woods and didn't come back. I can't get him on his phone. I figured he was here with you or Leya." Damon explained.

Wasting no time Elena quickly called Stefan's phone just to double check.

"It's going straight to voice-mail. Where could he be?"

"You're not going to like what I'm thinking." Damon replied gravely looking at both girls.

"He's taking too long." Elena said impatiently as she stared out of the car.

"He'll come back, Elena." Leya replied looking out the window.

Elena huffed sliding down in her seat, she hated not knowing if Stefan was ok. She took a peak at Leya sitting next to her, she held her wand loosely in her hand and rolled between her fingers slightly.

"Do you always have your… wand… with you?" Elena asked, slightly struggling with the word. It was so foreign to her, the only wands she knew of were magician wands and those were a far cry to the wand Leya held.

"Yeah."

"What does it feel like? I mean to use magic with a wand?"

"It doesn't really feel like anything." Leya replied turning to Elena. "Think of the spells I use like… a really hard Chemistry question. You have to focus, know the background of the spell, the wand movement, pronunciation and eventually you'll get it."

Leya paused, her eyes flicking outside briefly for any sign of Damon.

"I went to Hogwarts to learn to control my magic, so that it wasn't unstable or harmful to not only me but the people around me."

Elena blew out a breath her eyebrows scrunched together. "That sounds really complicated. Did you like it at your school?"

"Yeah." Leya said softly. "It was the first real home I knew of."

Elena nodded silently and picked at her fingers. It was weird, her life was so average and normal before her parents died, then these supernatural things just started to appear left and right. And just when she was thinking that her new friend was one of the normal ones left, she turns out to be a Witch and now there are two species Witches. It was just overwhelming.

"Elena?" Leya asked hesitantly. "Are you ok? With everything? With me?"

"Yeah, yeah. Please don't' think that I don't like you or anything anymore it isn't like that at all." Elena rambled, pausing she continued more controlled. "It's just a lot to take in, and I need a little time."

Leya nodded. She understood, besides what type of friend would she be if she didn't give Elena time to adjust? Leya soon spotted a blurred figure jogging to car in the pouring rain. She got out opening an umbrella Elena joining her side as Damon came up to them.

"What happened? Where is he?" Elena asked panicked.

"They have him. I can't get in."

"Why not?" Leya asked.

"Because the woman who owns the house is compelled to not let me in." Damon explained.

"I can get in." Both girls said at the same time.

"Neither of you are going in there."

"I'm going!" Leya snapped, Stefan was her friend if she left him there to die she would be devastated.

"You're not going in there." Damon persisted staring Leya down.

"Why are they doing this?" Elena questioned restlessly breaking their staring. "What do they want with him?"

"Revenge." Damon said, his eyes flickering with emotion. "They want revenge."

"We have to do something." Leya said determined.

"I know." Damon nodded.

"We can't let them hurt him. We gotta get him out of there." Elena pleaded.

"I know. Elena, I know. But I don't know how to get him out."

A dozen things raced through Leya's mind, she had to help Stefan. Because of his chosen diet he wasn't as strong as the average vampire, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long. And Leya thought she might know of someone who was willing to help them.

"I know who can help us." Leya said breaking the silence and she looked to both Damon and Elena.

And it was with Leya's idea on who would be able to help them that the trio found themselves at Mystic Falls High.

"Well, don't you look… alive." Damon announced as he and Leya intercepted Mr. Saltzman's path down the hallway.

"You can't hurt me."

"Oh, I can hurt you, alright." Damon replied his smirk growing as the memory of Alaric's death – however short it may have been – came to mind.

"Mr. Saltzman. We need your help." Leya said, joined by Elena disrupting the two men who looked like they wanted nothing more than to fight it out right there and then.

They followed Mr. Saltzman silently to his classroom where Damon and Leya left Elena catch Mr. Saltzman up to speed on their current crisis.

"Do you really think he's gonna help?" Damon asked Leya quietly.

"No." Leya whispered back. At the curious tilt of Damon's head she elaborated. "You killed his wife, Damon. There's no way in hell he's gonna help with you around."

"Then why are we here wasting time?"

"Because, his wife was turned into a vampire. Don't you think he would do absolutely anything to find her?" Leya answered hushed, at the recognition in his eyes she added smartly. "Plot line sound familiar?"

"I'm shocked, I didn't think you had it in you." Damon snapped back glaring at the younger girl for her last comment.

"Well then, that goes to show that you don't know anything about me." Leya calmly countered before focusing her attention on Elena and Mr. Saltzman.

"Stefan's in the house. Damon's a vampire. He can't get in. We need you. I would go, but…" Elena trailed off as she finished telling Mr. Saltzman the whole story.

"But your life is valuable." Damon interrupted walking closer to the pair, his gaze shifting to Alaric. "Yours on the other hand is…"

"Stefan told us about your ring." Leya informed Mr. Saltzman.

"What about it?"

"Let me recap… You tried to kill me. I defended myself. You died. Then according to my brother, your ring brought you back to life. Am I leaving anything out?" Damon asked sarcastically.

"Yeah. The part where I try and kill you again. Only this time, I don't miss." Alaric told Damon, standing tall and squaring his shoulders.

"Mr. Saltzman. Please. It's Stefan." Elena pleaded, breaking the staring competition between the two men.

"I'm sorry, Elena. But it's not my problem." Alaric regrettably said.

He didn't want to say it, but it was true, it wasn't his problem. The only reason he was in Mystic Falls in the first place was to find answers about the disappearance of his wife's body. And, of course, to kill the perpetrator whose name was in fact Damon.

"That's a shame." Leya said disappointingly. "Because I'm pretty sure the woman in charge of the crowd can help you find your wife."

"You're lying." Alaric accused.

"Is she?" Damon chirped, catching on to what Leya was doing. "Why don't you ask her yourself?"

And when Alaric didn't respond, Damon scoffed putting his hands on either girls back and leading them from them room. "Coward. C'mon girls."

"Alright!" Alaric stopped them. "Wait. I'll go."

Damon raised an eyebrow, looking back to the girls Elena had a relieved expression while Leya's smug smile was shot in his direction. Guess he really doesn't know anything about her.

Leya's eyebrows were practically reaching her hairline when Mr. Saltzman came back with his arsenal of weapons.

"Teacher by day, vampire hunter by night." Damon commented.

Alaric glared at him. "I have you to thank for that."

"What are these?" Elena asked looking at some type of syringe.

"Those are tranquillizer darts filled with vervain."

Leya spared a small glance at Damon as she picked one of the darts up. She was about to shove it into him but he grabbed her hand before she could even come close. He glared at her as she shrugged her shoulders, she had just wanted to see if it really worked.

"Just get me in. I'll get Stefan out." Damon told Alaric taking the vervain dart out of Leya's hand and tossing back onto the table.

"That's you plan?" Leya asked in disbelief. "You're just going to take them all on yourself?"

"Well, I'll be a little stealthier than that." He smirked. "Hopefully."

And Leya thought she had bad plans.

"Whoa. What are you doing?" Alaric asked as Elena picked up a vervain dart.

"I'm going with you guys." Elena stated nonchalantly.

"No. No. No. No. No way." Damon argued.

"You need me. I'll get in. You can distract them, and then I'll get Stefan out."

"You'll get yourself killed. You're not going in there." Damon snapped.

"I'm going." Elena said defiantly.

"So, when you get me in, get out as quickly as you can. I know how to sneak around where they can't hear me. You'll basically just be in the way." Damon explained to Alaric, completely ignoring Elena.

"Damon, now is not the time to be the lone ranger." Elena snapped.

"Fine, Elena. You can drive the getaway car." Damon rolled his eyes when he heard a soft chuckle from Leya. "You're not going in that house."

"You can't stop me. It's Stefan we're talking about here. You don't understand." Elena argued.

"Oh, I understand. I understand. He's the reason you live. His love lifts you up where you belong. I get it." He rolled his eyes.

"Can you just not joke around for 2 seconds?"

"I can't protect you, Elena. I don't know how many vampires there are in there." He told her, snapping his fingers he continued. "That's how long it takes you to get you head ripped off. I have to be able to get in and get out. I can't be distracted with your safety. Or this is will end up a bloodbath that none of us walk away from...Including Stefan. I know. I get it. I understand."

"If we're gonna go, let's go." Alaric suddenly announced breaking up their disagreement.

They arrived at the house where Stefan was held captive and stopped far enough from the house where the other vampires wouldn't be able to see or hear them. Damon and Alaric got out of the car, Leya following them.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Elena asked Leya as she climbed out after her.

"Helping."

"If you're helping then I am too." Elena said determined.

"No you're not, Elena." Leya interrupted blocking her as she tried to move past her. "How many times do we have to go through this. Look the only reason Damon's letting me help in the first place is because I'm a Witch, and I can take down just as many vampires as Damon."

"So get back in the car, Elena." Damon said as he walked around to their side listening in on the conversation.

Reluctantly and with a glare directed to the both of them Elena got back in the car. Leya knew that the love Elena had for Stefan was so strong that she would do anything for him, but it wouldn't help if she ended up hurt. Or worse; dead.

Damon, Alaric and Leya started to jog towards the house but concealed themselves behind the trees so they wouldn't be seen.

"So, uh, since when are you a Witch?" Alaric puffed as they paused behind one of the many trees.

"Since I was born apparently." Leya replied a smile tugging at her lips as the memory of Hagrid telling her she was a Witch came to mind. "Forgot to tell you, sorry."

"Ok, enough chit chat." Damon interrupted. "Witchy, you figure out a way to get in the house and get us in through the back, Teacher you stick with me."

"Wait! I thought I was getting you in the house?" Alaric asked confused.

"Plans change." Damon said sparing him a glance. "Besides, I'm pretty sure they would let in a defenseless looking teenager rather than a suspicious, strange looking guy. And anyway, Leya can take care of herself."

Leya looked at Damon surprised by his last statement, it was… dare she say it; sweet. She nodded to the two men before dashing from behind the tree and jogging to the house, while Alaric was mouthing the words 'strange looking guy' to himself. He wasn't strange looking, right?

Leya knocked hard on the door a couple of times and put on a relieved expression as someone opened the door.

"Oh, good, someone's home. Uh, could I use your phone? My car broke down a few miles up the road. This was the first house I saw." Leya lied convincingly.

"Well, lucky you."

"Yeah. Lucky me." Leya smiled flirtatiously. "It's no trouble, is it?"

"Not in the slightest." The vampire replied expressionless as he stepped aside for her to enter.

Leya chuckled awkwardly as she entered the man closing the door behind her. She had to keep a cool head on, any slip ups and she just might end up as lunch.

"Hey, look, I really appreciate it. It's rough out there." Leya said as another vampire came into view.

"Billy, show our visitor where the phone is in the kitchen. And get me something to drink."

"Yeah, sure thing." The other vampire replied and started to walk down the hall.

Leya followed him and turned her head to look into a room. There were a bunch of vampires playing pool who turned to watch her as she walked past.

"Hey, Miss. Gibbons, this girl wants to use your phone." The vampire said to a middle aged woman who looked to be making lunch.

"Oh, sure, honey. It's right there." Miss. Gibbons said in sweet tone gesturing to the opposite side of the kitchen.

Leya walked towards the phone her wand sliding down the sleeve of her jacket before gripping it tightly in her hand. Just as she reached the phone she quickly turned around, the vampire behind her was just about to attack before his limbs snapped to his sides and his body went rigid.

She caught him before he fell flat on his back and took out the stake hidden in the waistband of her jeans under the back of her jacket and plunging it into his heart effectively ending his life. Leya then quickly turned the faucet and blender on .

"What's happening?" Miss. Gibbons asked distant.

"I'm really sorry. But you're gonna need to invite a friend of mine inside." Leya replied leading Miss. Gibbons to the backdoor which was conveniently placed in the kitchen.

Leya opened the door and Damon and Alaric were standing outside. Alaric immediately joined her inside and looked around for any vampires near them.

"Oh, I'm sorry. He's not allowed in the house." Miss. Gibbons said when she saw Damon.

"I know that. But you've gotta make exception." Leya pleaded.

"Get her out of the house." Damon said, Leya pushed her out and looked behind her to see if there were any on coming vampires. "Now! Miss. Gibbons, tell me the truth. Are you married?"

"No."

"Parents, children, anyone else who lives on this property?" Damon questioned further placing his hands on her shoulders.

"No, it's just me."

"No? Good." Damon said pleased, then he broke her neck.

Alaric and Leya turned to look outside when they heard the heavy fall of Miss. Gibbons body. Alaric halted Damon from entering.

"You were supposed to compel her." Alaric whispered angrily.

"It doesn't work that way."

"She's human." Alaric hissed in disbelief.

"And I'm not! So, I don't care. Now, get out of here." Damon growled lowly adding as Alaric started to walk away. "And get rid of the body!"

Damon grabbed Leya's arm and pulled her further into the kitchen, pausing he bent down and dragged the body of the dead vampire Leya killed to the pantry closing the door behind him. Leya was already inside.

A minute later and Leya could hear the blender turn off, as well as the faucet. She slipped Damon the stake she was holding in her other hand and he forcefully pushed open the door hitting the vampire before staking him.

Leya and Damon looked at each other, silence, no one was coming. 'You go to the cellar, I'll meet you there' Damon mouthed, she nodded her head in understanding and took off down to the cellar.

Leya somehow managed to sneak past all the vampires without a single one noticing. She walked silently down the stairs into the cellar and peaked around the edge of the wall. There was a vampire sitting down nodding his head to the music he was listening to. Something moved out of the corner of her eye on her other side and Leya retracted back quickly before taking another peak.

She felt her eyes widen as she saw Elena peaking around the bend. Leya clutched the stake she took from the dead vampire Damon staked. Just when the vampire reached her sight, as he was too preoccupied with the ruckus Elena was making, she stabbed him in the heart.

Leya looked up as the vampire dropped to the floor, dead. Elena had walked in view relieved.

"Are you insane?" Leya questioned angrily.

She didn't have the chance to answer as Damon joined standing next to Leya. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I had to help! I couldn't just sit in the car and do nothing!" Elena whispered back just as angrily.

"Stop it the both of you!" Leya Interrupted. "We don't have time for this, let's go."

"Elena…" Stefan whispered hoarsely as she walked into the room. "You shouldn't be here."

"She was supposed to stay in the car." Damon said as he walked in Leya in tow.

He stepped over to table and grabbed a wooden stake. He then noticed Harper sitting in the chair tied up with two stakes in his legs. Damon then raised his hand about to stake him.

Leya saw what Damon was about to do and rushed to step in front of the vampire.

"Don't! It's pretty obvious he's not on their side."

"He...Helped me." Stefan whispered to Damon.

"Whatever." Damon said rolling his eyes and turned around, going over to Stefan. "Let's get you down."

"There's vervain... on the ropes." Stefan gasped out when Damon was about to pull down the ropes.

"Elena, pull that."

Elena nodded and started to tug on the ropes that were holding Stefan up. They slowly came undone, and Stefan was about to fall until Damon caught him.

Leya turned to the vampire pinned to the chair and gave him a soft smile before she grasped one of the stakes that was in his leg.

"This is probably going to hurt." She whispered to him softly before she wrenched it from his leg.

The vampire hissed out in pain. She paused for a second before doing his other leg.

"Alright, let's go." Damon said. "Clothes on."

"Can you guys get him to the car?" Damon asked both girls.

"Yeah." Elena answered. "What about you?"

"You rescue, I'll distract. Go!"

They got to the staircase leading to the top of the house but Leya stopped. She couldn't leave Damon by himself.

"Go." Leya urged Elena. "Take Stefan, get to the car."

"Leya, no!" Elena hissed. "You're coming with us!"

"I can't leave Damon by himself, Elena. Don't worry I'll be fine, I can handle myself." Leya reassured her before turning around to find Damon

She walked up the stairs as quietly as she could, and pressed her back to the wall when she heard a voice.

"Turn that down. It's too quiet."

Leya heard a thud.

"Spread out. Now. You two, back of the house. Go. Check out both of the rooms. Cellar, now."

Leya's heart was pounding as she lifted the stake, readying herself. As the vampire turned the corner she slammed the stake into its chest, watching as he fell down the stairs dying.

She walked through the doorway and followed the bangs and grunts. When she saw a vampire go for Damon she gripped her wand tightly and raised it shouting:

"Carpe Retractum."

Immediately thick black rope that somehow seemed to be made out of shadows erupted from her wand and coiled itself around the vampire. Leya leaned back a little and with a forceful pull the vampire fell to the floor where Damon grabbed hold of a stake and shoved it into his heart.

She lifted her head back up and locked eyes with an angry Damon.

"What the hell are you still doing here?" Damon growled.

"Apparently I'm saving you. But yeah, no problem Damon! You're very welcome!" Leya replied sarcastically, you would think after saving someone's life they would be just a little bit grateful.

"That's not what I meant and you know it!"

"What is she doing here?" Alaric asked suddenly appearing making Leya and Damon turn around surprised.

"Stay with her, I'm going to find Frederick." Was all Damon said before rushing off to find Frederick.

Leya and Alaric looked up as they heard a noise. Alaric started to fumble with his air gun trying to get another stake in while Leya ran down the hall and wrenched the stake out of the dead vampire.

As she turned around Alaric grunted as a vampire pushed him into the wall then onto the floor.

"Stupefy!" She cried and the vampire was blasted off Alaric and into the wall.

He was just about to get up when Leya tossed the stake to Alaric who in turn killed the vampire that attacked him.

Alaric turned to look at Leya in gratitude and wonder at the small display of magic she just performed. She smiled at him but it faded as her eyes rested on the now dead vampire, his recovery from her spell was fast. But then again he was a vampire so she guessed he had more endurance than humans.

"Frederick's gone" Damon panted as he walked into the hallway.

"Let's get out of here." Alaric said.

"I'm gonna kill him." Damon started as they walked out the door.

When they were exiting the house however, they saw more vampires approaching.

"How many of those vervain darts do you have left?" Damon questioned Alaric.

"One."

"Not gonna be enough." Damon observed, turning to Leya. "If there's any time for you to do your freaky little Witch spells, there's really no time like the present."

"First of all they're not freaky and secondly I know a spell but we're going to have to stand back; it's powerful." She told him, she was rigid. She hated the word freak. They retreated back into the house.

"So, what you said to get me to do this, about my wife..." Alaric started, glancing at Leya and Damon. "It was a lie, wasn't it?"

"Yep." Damon replied insensitive, Leya glared at him.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Saltzman. It was the only thing I could think of to get you to help." Leya said. "I didn't think things would get this bad."

"Yeah, well they are. So are you gonna do your spell or not cause as we speak the vampires outside are planning our murders." Damon inputted snarky.

Leya glared at him briefly as she turned to the closed door. She breathed in deeply raising both her hands, the Cascading Jinx was a spell meant for attacking multiple, tight-knit opponents at once. It erupts into an explosion, hitting everything within the rage Leya cast. It was a useful spell Hermione had found when the war was just beginning. She, however was the only one to use it between Ron and Hermione. The spell wasrunning through her mind, when something broke her concentration.

"Stop! What's going on here?" A female voice asked through the door.

When the door opened in came Pearl with Anna.

They both walked inside glancing at the bodies that were lying haphazardly around the house.

"What did you do?" Pearl asked.

"Me?" Damon asked in disbelief. "Your merry little band of vampires spent the day torturing my brother."

"Trust me. The parties responsible for this will be dealt with." Pearl tried to reason with him.

"Our little arrangement doesn't work unless you learn how to control them."

"This wasn't supposed to happen."

"Well it did. If I had a good side...Not a way to get on it." Damon said walking out the door, Leya and Alaric following him.

Leya arrived home safely and for a moment she just stood at her door staring into nothing. She didn't feel bad for killing those vampires, mostly because the ones she killed had probably killed countless of humans.

What bothered her most was that when they met up with Elena and Stefan, something was different. And judging by Elena's bloody wrist and the blood around Stefan's mouth Leya could only presume Elena gave him her blood.

This was bad, Leya knew Stefan made the choice to drink human blood to not only make him feel human but to repress a part of him that he didn't like. And now, that part was about to come out and play.

Her phone rang, it was text from Elena:

They found Vicki Donovan's body.

A/N: Well, well, well what awaits Leya? So I really wanted her to do the Jinx I wrote above but… I am super bad at writing action/battle scenes so, sorry. But PLEASE review and tell me what you think, and if you guys have any ideas or just want to chat