Jessie stepped outside wearing a knee-length white dress with black floral patterns on it, a black belt, and black shoes. Her hair was up in a ponytail. She prepared to go to school to find Tyler standing outside her house. Anna had to leave early to work on a project.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"What happened to Mason?" Tyler asked.
"What?" Jessie asked, wondering how he had found out about that.
"He's dead and I want to know why." Tyler responded.
"I d…don't know what you're talking about." Jessie stammered.
"Then let me tell you." Tyler replied. "Stefan and his brother Damon killed him. They're vampires and so is Caroline, just like you. Does that sound familiar? You lied to me."
"Who told you that?" Jessie asked, apparently the part about Anna was left out.
"Is it true?" He inquired.
"Umm…" Jessie replied as several dirty words ran through her mind.
"Did you know that he was dead this whole time?" Tyler asked.
"Hey look over there!" Jessie instructed. Tyler turned his head and she dashed away as fast as she could. She had decided that it was a better choice than driving due to the circumstances.
She decided that she needed to talk to the Salvatores immediately and tried to contact Anna, but got a text saying that she couldn't come. She let herself into the boarding house.
"What's wrong?" Stefan asked.
"Tyler knows about you and Damon and Caroline, but not Anna to my knowledge. She knows that Damon killed Mason. I didn't tell him anything." Jessie explained.
"It's Jules. She must have told him." Stefan deduced.
"Tyler was pissed. I had to resort to cartoonish diversion tactics to get away from him." She explained. "He was so betrayed. We can't tell Damon about this."
"I know that he already wants to kill him." Stefan remarked. "He thinks all werewolves should die, probably even your sister."
At that time, Jessie got a phone call it was her dad. She answered it.
"Dad, I really can't talk right now." She stated.
"Well this is important." Hank countered. "Jules came over here looking for Blair. I told her she wasn't home, but she is going to be a huge problem."
At that time, Caroline arrived having received the text.
"Dad, I'm in the middle of my own issues with werewolves right now and I really wish that I could talk, but I can't." Jessie explained.
"You shouldn't be involved with this stuff." Hank told her.
"Dad, I can take care of myself!" Jessie shouted before she hung up. "So what are we doing about Tyler?"
"We should try to reason with him and explain things to him." Caroline suggested. "We need to explain how Mason threw the first stone. We need to talk to him."
"I'll find Anna and we'll talk to him later." Jessie remarked. "Just be careful right now."
Jessie went to the school and picked up Anna and once they figured out that Jules was gone, they entered the house. Tyler was looking in his dad's study. That was when they appeared beside him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"We want to talk." Anna replied. "I understand you and Jessie had a little run in this morning."
"Why do you care?" Tyler asked.
"I don't like you intimidating my girlfriend like that." Anna told him. "So how about we get down to business. We can do this civilly, or I can use force."
"Don't threaten him." Jessie argued. "He's Blair's brother."
"What happened to Mason?" Tyler asked.
"There is a lot more to Mason's death than you know." Jessie answered. Tyler tried to pick a fight.
"I wouldn't do that." Anna responded as she grabbed him. "I could rip your heart out before you can even blink."
In town, there was a memorial being held for some various people that were all killed by Jules. Caroline was there with Jeremy.
"I'm going to get some food." Jeremy announced. "You wanna come with?"
"No." Caroline replied. "I don't know if today is the best day for us to do stuff together."
"Okay." Jeremy replied as he walked away. "I'll talk to you later."
Back inside of the Lockwood house, the three had taken a seat.
"So, let's start with why I didn't tell you." Jessie replied. "I didn't even want you to know about me, much less anyone else. The entire reason that you're involved with this is that this vampire who Mason was involved with didn't know Blair was a werewolf. The point is we're not your enemies."
"I thought vampires hated werewolves." Tyler remarked.
"That's something of an old war that only some, including Jules seem to live by." Anna explained. "No one knows who started it, but I've had friends who were werewolves over the years."
"We mean you no harm." Jessie added. At that moment, Tyler's phone rang. Anna rushed over and knocked the phone out of his hand.
"Was that Jules?" She asked. "She is not your friend, Tyler. If you side with her, you're probably going to die."
After dark, Caroline was walking to her car. It was then that she was approached by Jules.
"Excuse me." Jules said to get her attention. "Caroline, right?"
"Yeah." The vampire replied.
"I'm looking for Tyler and Blair." Jules remarked. "I was hoping that you could tell me where either of them are."
"No." Caroline responded.
"I know you're lying." Jules stated as Caroline tried to get in her car.
"Really, how?" Caroline asked as she faced her. "Is that one of your little wolf tricks?"
"Actually it is." Jules confirmed.
"Well I have a trick too." Caroline remarked as she prepared to charge. Jules sprayed her in the face with a mace bottle filled with vervain. When she recovered, another werewolf shot her in the face with a wooden bullet.
At the Fell house, Blair and Tina had just got back from the memorial. Blair was kind of gushing about a new guy that she had met.
"His was Brady and he said that he wanted me to meet him at his place later tonight." Blair said. "Okay, so it's more of an RV in the woods, but it's quiet."
"Are you really going to have sex with some guy that you barely know?" Tina asked. Yes, she understood the hypocrisy, but she was in a serious relationship now.
"Well, ever since I've turned, it's like I'm always turned on." Blair explained. "I'm pretty sure that the two are related. So yeah, I think I'm going to accept his offer. It's not I couldn't fight him off if he's bad news."
Meanwhile, Caroline awoke in a cage in said RV. Her head was throbbing with the bullet still in it. She managed to pull it out and the wound began to heal. She then noticed Brady sitting across from her, gun in hand.
"I see you got the bullet out." He remarked. "That was nasty. I got lots of wooden bullets and other toys. It's going to be a long night Sweet Pea."
He then shot her again in the shoulder. She winced in pain and full to the floor.
At the Lockwood house, Tyler was getting irritated.
"You want to be friends? Okay we're friends. Will you go now?" He asked.
"This is a waste of time." Anna commented.
"Look Tyler, we share a sister. Do you really think that I would do anything to hurt you?" Jessie asked before her phone suddenly started to ring. This time it was from Caroline. "Kind of busy, Caroline."
"Well my friend is busy with Caroline." Jules replied. "And before you ask, no, he's not doing something foul like that. So, just how badly do you want to keep Caroline alive?"
"Jules." Jessie remarked in shock. She covered her mouth so Anna would stay quiet.
"Tell me where Tyler and your sister are." Jules demanded.
"Where's Caroline?" Jessie countered.
"You made a mistake, Jessie." Jules replied. "I'm going to give you a chance to fix it."
"Where is she?" Jessie questioned.
"Right here, want proof?" Jules responded as she went inside the RV. "She needs proof."
Brady shot Caroline again, causing her to cry out.
"Hurt her again and you're dead." Jessie threatened.
"I hurt her again and she's dead." Jules explained. "Bring Blair and Tyler to me at the clearing by Wickery Falls. You have 20 minutes."
Jules hung up and Jessie quickly texted Blair and the Salvatores.
"You're our secret weapon." Jessie told Anna. "She doesn't know about you."
Not long after, Jessie began to walk with Stefan, Damon, Tyler, and Blair.
"So why does this Jules girl want me?" Blair asked. "I was supposed to be meeting a hot guy tonight."
"She wants you for the same reason she wants Tyler." Jessie stated. "She's some raging bitch building an army of werewolves."
They walked out to the clearing and Stefan held onto Tyler. Jules looked them all over.
"Where's Caroline?" Stefan asked.
"Locked up tight." Jules answered.
"Let her go and I'll let Tyler go." Stefan replied. "It doesn't have to get any messier than it already has. I'm not your enemy Jules."
"It's a little too late to be waving a white flag, don't you think?" Jules questioned.
"Look we've got you outnumbered." Jessie pointed out. "If anyone is going to die, it will probably be you. You need to leave town."
"I'm not leaving without them." Jules responded.
"We will take you." Damon declared.
"I'm not so sure about that, tough guy." Jules said as what appeared to be a pack of werewolves appeared. Blair happened to notice Brady. "Let's try this again. Give me Blair and Tyler."
Tyler walked over, but Blair stayed put.
"No." Blair responded. "You threatened my sister and lied to me."
"You'd side with them over your own kind?" Brady asked.
"Jessie is my family and these are her friends. They're more my kind than you are." Blair responded. "I am not going anywhere with you."
"Then you'll die with them." Brady declared.
At that time, the battle began to break out. One of them had a flamethrower and aimed it at Jessie, but it was at that time that Anna came out of the tree she was in and ripped his heart out, They were able to make some causalities. Tyler entered the RV.
"Tyler, there's a latch on the door." Caroline instructed as she stared at him. "Tyler, open the cage. Open the cage!"
He eventually came around as the battle raged on outside. Despite having killed a few of them, they were outnumbered and generally outmatched. All of them were being held down as Caroline exited the RV. Jules rushed and pinned her against it pointing the gun at her back.
"Tyler, help me." Caroline cried. He stood and watched as Brady stood over Jessie's body with a stake. He prepared to drive it in when all of a sudden: he, Jules and all of the other wolves except Tyler and Blair fell to the ground holding their heads. They all began to fall unconscious. Anna looked up and saw a tan-skinned man with long black hair appeared to be casting a spell. She looked over at the man for a moment and was going to ask who he was, but instead went over to Jessie and removed the bullets from her. The man then disappeared suddenly, leaving her and everyone else utterly confused.
Once the Salvatores had left, Jessie decided to take Caroline home with her. She then that she must have been traumatized. Being tortured like that couldn't have been much fun.
"I'll be alright at home." Caroline declared, unconvincingly.
"Caroline, it's okay to feel bad about this." Jessie explained. "You were hurt. You were tortured. It's okay to cry about it. You should call Jeremy to let him know that you're okay."
Caroline made sure to do that and Jessie walked into the kitchen and saw her father at the table.
"What happened to you?" He asked in concern, seeing the wholes and blood stains on her dress.
"I'm fine." Jessie replied. "You were right. She was planning a war and tonight was the first battle."
"I told you that I didn't want you involved with it." Hank responded.
"And I told you that I can take care of myself." Jessie replied as she rubbed the spot on her stomach where she had been shot.
"Did you take care of yourself?" Hank challenged.
"Well not exactly, they had weapons. There wasn't anything you could have done." Jessie explained. "But I got out alive. Sure we needed some help from this mystery man, but we're all alive and we killed a few of them."
"A mystery man?" Hank asked in disbelief. At that very moment, there was a knock on the door. Jessie ran to answer it and Anna stood beside her. It was the mystery man.
"Who are you and why did you help us?" She asked.
"I helped you because it was the right thing to do and I thought you could use it." The man answered. "As for who I am, I've gone by many names. Currently my name is James Harrison."
When Jessie heard the name, all she could think was the football player.
"So you're telling me that you helped us just because you happened to be in the area and you used some sort of mystical powers that I've never ever seen a witch do? Witches can't teleport. I know that."
"I'm not a witch, Anna." He responded. "I am a shaman."
"How do you know my name?" Anna asked in fear.
"I know your name because I have been looking for you for hundreds of years." The man replied. Neither her nor Jessie could understand what he meant by that.
"Why would be looking for me?" Anna asked. Jessie then realized something. She remembered what Anna had told her about her about her origin story. She put the pieces together and then stated what she thought was true.
"I think he's your dad." Jessie stated. Anna looked at her and then at him in shock.
"She is correct." James responded. "It's good to see you, Annabelle."
It looks this chapter's title has a double meaning. Did anyone expect Anna's dad to show up. He is played by Chaske Spencer, who you may know as Sam from the Twilight movies. Also from now on, Tina is played by Allie Gonino. Now what kind of questions will James bring? Please don't forget to review.
