Jessie knew it was a special day. It was her 18th birthday and that meant that her family coming over. Apparently her grandpa Tobias couldn't make it and it just going to be her two aunts: Meredith and Valerie. Though, it was hard to think of Valerie as her aunt, considering that she was 15. She was the daughter of her grandpa and his second wife. Meredith of course was a doctor. After she was done with her shower, she dressed in a black sweater dress and tights. Just because it was April didn't mean that it wasn't still cold. One of the great things about the day was that it was Good Friday, so she got her birthday off school. Anna then came in through her window. She was holding something behind her back.
"You know, the hall works." Jessie pointed out.
"Yeah, but it's easier this way." Anna replied. She then took the box out from behind her back. "Happy Birthday."
Jessie opened the box and inside there was a bag of blood and a second bag that contained a neatly-folded gold dress.
"Wow this is so pretty." Jessie remarked after she unfolded it. "And you got me AB positive. I love you."
"Good to know that I can buy your love." Anna joked.
"So I think you need to talk to your dad today." Jessie remarked as she went to put the dress on a hanger to wear later. She then took the straw-like tip and began to drink her blood.
"I don't know what to say." Anna responded. "I've gone my whole without a father and now I suddenly have one. I don't even know how he found me."
"Well maybe if you asked him, you could find out." Jessie offered in between sips. "I could come with you if you want."
"You don't have to do that. You should spend your birthday with you family." Anna declared.
"You're part of my family." Jessie argued. "I know that we've only been together for two months and really weren't for the first month, but I love you and as far as I'm concerned, we're family."
"I guess I can talk to him." Anna stated. "But I still want to meet the rest of your family at your party."
"You will." Jessie promised. "I'm just going to warn you in advance that things may be a little uncomfortable."
"Why do you say that?" Anna questioned as Jessie began to put her shoes on.
"Because they don't exactly know about us." Jessie explained. "Plus Meredith is on the council, so I don't know if I want her to know."
"I think they'd understand." Anna offered. "They are your family after all."
"I don't know." Jessie said. "Let's get going."
"You know your dad made you breakfast, don't you?" Anna questioned. Jessie smiled and decided to go downstairs.
The two went downstairs and saw that Hank, Blair and Tina were all down there. There were some waffles on the table for her.
"Wow this looks nice." Jessie remarked. "So does anyone else have plans for today?"
"I was going to have out with Damon a little while before the party. I'm guessing that he's not invited?" Tina replied.
"No." Hank replied. "It's family only and Anna since she lives here."
Jessie sat down at the table and began to eat. Her dad always made good waffles, but he wasn't good at making much else.
After she was done with her breakfast, Jessie and Anna went out toward the door. "So when do I need to be back for the party?" She asked.
"Be back by 4:00." Hank told her.
The two of them went out the door and headed to where James was staying
"I was expecting you." James replied.
"How did you do that?" Anna asked. "How do you do all of those things that you do?"
"It all comes with being a shaman." James explained. "Had you not been turned into a vampire, you would be able to do the same things."
"How did you find me and how did you even know that I was alive?" Anna questioned, not really grasping the whole shaman thing. She didn't know if she could believe it.
"One of the things that we can do is talk to spirits." James explained. "I was able to talk to your mother and she was able to give me your location."
"You talked to my mom?" Anna asked. "Did she say anything else?"
"She said that she is proud of you and that she was has come to accept the love that you and Jessie share with each other." James answered. "She said that she knew she was witnessing a good thing when Jessie pulled you from that burning building and gives her blessing."
"Is there any way that you can find Klaus?" Jessie asked.
"I would have to find a spirit that knew where he was." The man stated. "The odds of that are not exactly high. I'm pretty sure that the easiest way to summon Klaus is to have the doppelganger here. I can tell you that the curse can only be broken on a full moon, so if he knows anything, he'll probably be here at the end of the month."
"Do you have any idea how we're supposed to stop him?" Jessie questioned, deciding to go into the man's mind.
"I am pretty sure that Elijah already has a plan in place." James remarked. "If you want help defeating Klaus, I can't help you."
"That's not very helpful." Anna replied. She then looked to Jessie. "I think we should get going. I've learned to deal with the whole not having father deal, so excuse me for not wanting you to instantly come back into my life."
"I will be here if you change your mind." James stated.
Meanwhile, Tina went to the Salvatore house to see Damon.
"Do you have any idea what the mayor is doing today?" He asked.
"She's going to be at the historical society meeting hosting the writer, Mr. Elijah Smith." Tina explained. "Don't tell me that you want to go to that."
"I think it would be fun to get him no him better." Damon explained.
"Damon, please don't do anything stupid." She told him.
"I'm not going to try to kill him or anything." Damon responded. "I just want to know his master plan."
From there, Jessie and Anna headed back home. As soon as she walked in, she couldn't help but notice that Valerie was there. Unlike Tina, Valerie was a natural blonde.
"Val!" Jessie replied as she gave her younger aunt a light hug.
"I'm so happy to see you, Jess." Valerie replied.
"Don't you go to school with us?" Anna asked, having recognized her.
"Yeah, but freshmen and juniors really don't hang out." Jessie explained. "Plus she lives with my grandpa who is kind of a hardass."
"But this is a day that I get to be free because I don't have school." Valerie explained. "So I hear things around the school. I know the stories. Is it true that the vampires are back in town? All of these animal attacks, it's got to be a cover."
"They're animal attacks." Jessie replied.
"Is that why you've got an empty blood bag in your room?" Valerie questioned. "By the way, I'm on vervain. Jessie I think it's cool that you're a vampire. Can you turn me?"
"No." Jessie replied, flabbergasted at how Valerie knew all of this stuff.
At the history society event, Tina and Damon went in together. Elijah was busy talking to the mayor.
"This is a bad idea." Tina remarked.
"I know what I'm doing." Damon declared. She seriously doubted that as he walked over to Elijah and Mayor Lockwood. He greeted their man before she introduced him to Elijah. The two went off in a room to talk.
"What can I do for, Damon?" The Original asked.
"I was hoping we could have a word." Damon stated.
"Where's Elena?" Elijah questioned.
"She's laying low with Stefan. We had a bit of a werewolf problem." Damon replied.
"Yes, I heard about that. I sent help, but it turned out it wasn't needed." Elijah responded.
"What I want to know is why you're here." Damon replied.
"Why don't you just focus on keeping Elena safe and leave the rest to me?" Elijah suggested.
Damon tried to attack Elijah, he was easily held off and told off. It ended with Elijah stabbing a pencil into Damon's neck.
"I'm an Original. Show a little respect." Elijah instructed as he gave Damon a rag to wipe up the blood. "The moment you cease to be of use to me, you're dead. So, you should do what I say."
Damon walked out the room and Tina looked over at him.
"What happened?" She asked as she looked at his neck.
"I don't want to talk about it." Damon replied as his girlfriend smirked at him.
"I have to get ready for Jessie's birthday, but are you going to be okay?" She asked.
"I'll be fine." Damon replied.
Back at the Fell house, Jessie and Anna were interrogating Valerie.
"So how did you find out about this?" Jessie asked.
"I hear things." Valerie answered. "You know why the Fell family makes such great reporters. We're good at catching secrets. Also Meredith finally spilled the beans."
"This isn't something that you can around telling people." Anna declared.
"I know that." Valerie explained. "I understand when to keep a secret. Who are you anyway? Are you my niece's lesbian lover or something?"
"Yes." Anna answered to the blonde's surprise. "Well bisexual anyway."
At that time, the door opened and Meredith walked in. She had cake.
"There's the birthday girl." The taller woman replied.
"Hey, Aunt Meredith." Jessie greeted. "How was the hospital?"
"Lost a patient and someone died of cancer." Meredith answered. "It was just another day at the office. I need a drink."
Meredith walked off to the kitchen.
"What's a birthday without a little bit of black comedy." Anna responded. It was around that time that Hank also showed up and Blair came down the stairs smelling of sex. Well at least she learned to be quieter about it.
The party went off without much trouble. Jessie got her fair share of presents. It was mostly clothes and accessories, which she had no objection to. She also got a 3D TV for her room. She wasn't quite sure what she was going to do with that. She actually wasn't that big of a fan of 3D. She also did not like Avatar like everyone else seemed to do. It was basically just Dances with Wolves in space. It probably could watch non 3D so she could use it for that.
Once she was in her room, she received a phone call from Jeremy.
"I hope you're calling to wish me a happy birthday." Jessie remarked.
"It's your birthday?" He asked. So obviously, he wanted to talk about something else. "No I have something important to tell you involving Elijah."
"What is it?" Jessie asked with a sigh.
"Bonnie, Caroline, and I used this mind control spell to get Luca to tell us what Elijah's plan was." Jeremy answered.
"What is it?" She inquired.
"He wants to sacrifice Elena still and then kill Klaus." Jeremy explained. "He was never going to save her."
"So what do you want to do about it?" Jessie questioned.
"Well, I just thought that you wanted to know." Jeremy stated. "Happy Birthday."
"Yeah, that's kind of inappropriate now." Jessie commented as she hung up. As soon as she did, Anna entered the room in a towel. She had just come out of the shower.
"What's up?" She asked.
"Well Elijah plans on sacrificing Elena which means we probably have to find some way to save her." Jessie replied. "So why did you decide to come into my room instead of your own?"
"I have another present that I want to give you." Anna replied as she closed the door and dropped her towel.
After they finished, Anna held Jessie close.
"I have to say that this has probably been my best birthday ever." Jessie declared. At that point, Anna's phone began to ring. At first she didn't want to answer it. It was from some unknown number and she really didn't want to answer it, but it kept on ringing. She was getting frustrated and just decided to answer it so she could tell whoever it was to just shut up.
"What?" She answered angrily.
"I understand that you're having a problem with Elijah right now." James replied.
"How did you even get my number?" Anna asked.
"I have my ways." James replied. "I have something that you can use against him. I'll be outside."
With that the call ended.
"Okay, your is pretty creepy with all of this shaman stuff." Jessie commented as she noticed Anna was beginning to get dressed. "You're not seriously going down there, are you?"
"I think I have to." Anna responded. "You said it yourself, we have to find some way to save Elena and if this is it, then we need to use it."
Jessie then got out from under the covers and began to put on her own clothes. It was currently around midnight.
The two of them went downstairs and opened the door to see James standing outside.
"May I come in?" He asked.
"Yes." Jessie responded. The three of them all took a seat in the living room. "So what is this thing that you have that can stop Elijah?"
James reached into his bag and pulled out a silver dagger and small bottle of ash. Anna was amazed, but Jessie was confused.
"Where did you get that?" Anna questioned.
"I have my ways." James answered.
"Can someone please tell me what that is?" Jessie asked.
"This dagger, when dipped in white oak ash, can kill an Original." James explained. "They're not exactly easy to come by."
"So we just stick it in his heart and then he's heart?" Jessie asked.
"No, you don't stick it in there." James explained. "It has to be somebody. It has to be somebody human."
"Why does it have to be somebody human?" Jessie asked as she fondled the blade of the dagger. It wasn't too sharp.
"Because if vampire uses it, they'll die with them." Anna stated.
So I realize that for an episode called Crying Wolf that nothing involving wolves is shown. I also needed a way to get the dagger with John dead, so James was the obvious choice. Jessie may have been one of the few people to have a good day. Valerie is played by Sasha Pieterse. Please don't forget to review.