"I can't believe Tyler Lockwood is a werewolf." Jeremy said. He and Elena were in the bathroom upstairs.
"We're not sure about that yet. Anything we know for sure is that Mason Lockwood is." Elena told him.
"It should be enough easy for us to figure it out."
"There is no us. I said that I wouldn't keep things from you anymore. That doesn't mean that I want you involved in it." Elena pointed out.
"By definition of being in this family, I'm involved." Jeremy pointed out.
"He's sort of got a point." Anna said, startling them.
"What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked.
"I don't know." Anna said.
"This is dangerous, Jeremy. You have to stay out of it, okay?" Elena asked.
"Alright. Just saying." Jeremy said. The girls stepped into the hallway.
"I'm worried he might get hurt or worse." Elena said.
"I can investigate with him." Anna offered. "Believe me, Elena. Nothing will happen to him as long as I'm here to help."
"Thanks." She left to go change clothes. Anna disappeared to give her some privacy.
A few hours later, she appeared at the park. "So, that's the guy who attacked the other night?" Anna asked as she met with Stefan as Mason walked off.
"Yeah. My brother tried to attack him. Didn't end well. I'm hoping to call a truce." Stefan told her. That's when Damon showed up.
"What are you doing?"
"Negotiating peace on your behalf."
"I don't want peace."
"Consider it opposite day." Anna stepped back while they argued.
"Stefan, please tell me you don't seriously think a hand shake just solve our problem." Damon said.
"No actually I think that the first chance Mason Lockwood gets, he's gonna drive a stake through your heart and then through mine because you took upon yourself to try to kill him." Stefan pointed out. "So thank you, because we don't have enough problems." He walked away.
"That really was not your best idea." Anna said. "They can be very vengeful when threatened."
"Sure, now you tell me."
"You're the one who's impulsive and doesn't listen." Anna pointed out. She left to find Elena and Caroline. She hadn't seen any sign of Katherine so far, which as far as she was concerned, was probably a good thing. She still worried for Caroline, though.
She found her over by the wall with Elena. "Well, I was a bitch but it's part of the process." Caroline said. "So, how are things between you and Stefan? Anything?"
"No, not since the fight. He's been pushing me away because he thinks that Katherine might get jealous enough to hurt me." Elena said. "I just don't know how to change his mind."
"You guys are fighting?" Anna asked. Elena nodded.
"You said that Katherine's dangerous. Maybe he's got a point." Caroline pointed out.
"Yeah, I know that she's dangerous and I know that he's just trying to protect me but it feels like giving up and I just…" Elena sighed.
"Just what?"
"I just thought we were stronger than that." Elena told her.
"Katherine is dangerous, but I'm not sure if doing what she says is the best thing to do in this situation." Anna said.
"Would you do the same if you were me?" Elena asked her.
"Who are you talking to?" Caroline asked. Then it hit her. "You see her, too, don't you?"
"Yeah."
While the girls got to work, Anna noticed Elena glance back at him. Finally, she went over to talk to him. Damon came over to Caroline and Anna. "What's her deal?"
"None of your business, Damon." Anna said.
"Do you still care about Katherine?" Elena asked.
"Don't be like this. Please don't turn this into something that it's not."
"So this is not for discussion. That's what you're saying?" They knew the others were listening in.
"No, I'm saying that is enough for discussion right now because we have ears on us." Stefan said. Anna hid behind a bush so they wouldn't see her while the others pretended not to listen.
"Okay, when?" Elena asked.
"I don't know."
"I saw her Stefan. It's like we are the same person. How could you hate her and be in love with me?" Elena asked.
"You're reaching. I'm not… I'm not Damon."
"How about we don't bring Damon into this right now?"
"You know, I can't… I can't do this anymore, Elena"
"Fine, Stefan. Whatever." She left. Caroline went after her.
"You heard everything, didn't you?" Anna asked.
"Yeah." Damon said. "I don't get why she's even threatening her to begin with. It's not like they even know each other." Anna started fading.
"Speaking of being threatened, I think Jeremy's in trouble." Anna said. "I better go help him."
Anna found herself in an office room. She saw Tyler holding Jeremy against the wall. "Jeremy!" Jeremy heard her, but he couldn't do anything about it.
"Answer me. Why wolf pictures?" Tyler asked him.
"Because…Because I know." Jeremy strained against him.
"You know what, Jeremy?"
"I know what you are." Thankfully, Tyler let go of him then. Anna hovered by his side.
"Are you okay?" She asked. He nodded.
"I can explain everything." Jeremy said.
"I'm staying with you." Anna told him. "I don't want to take the chance of leaving you two alone in the same room."
A few minutes later, the guys were sitting down. Anna was sitting in between them, though Tyler couldn't see her. "How do you know about all this?" Tyler asked.
"My uncle John left this old diary lying around. It was written by a crazy Gilbert ancestor who wrote about this curse that runs in your family." Jeremy explained.
"Guess he wasn't so crazy after all, then." Anna said. Jeremy shot her a look and she kept quiet.
"A curse about what?" Tyler asked.
"Werewolves. It's crazy right? But then, Matt was attacked by a wolf under a full moon and your uncle has just gotten back to town. It was too weird." Jeremy explained. "Is it true?"
"About my uncle? Yeah."
"But you… you're not…" Jeremy began.
"A wolf? I'm sorry, a werewolf? No. I mean, not yet." Tyler said. "Man, just saying that out loud, I sound insane."
"I don't think so but then again, I always did believe in the crazy stuff." Jeremy said.
"Yeah, sure." Anna said. "Like how you believed in vampires and ghosts?"
"Let it go, Anna." He whispered.
"According to my uncle, you have to trigger the curse. Somebody has to die on your hands, like a murder or an accident." Tyler explained. "I basically have to cause death and then boom: next full moon I'm howling on all fours."
"Is that why he came back? To tell you all this?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah, right. He had to tell me. I caught him." Tyler told him. "He's not here for me." He took a white rock out of his pocket and showed it to him. "He's here for this."
Jeremy felt Anna tense up beside him. "Is that what I think it is?" She asked.
Jeremy looked at the rock. "What is it?"
"It's a moonstone." Tyler explained. "I looked it up online. It's a natural rock but there supposed to have all sorts of supernatural legends attached to them."
"Just like the one I read about." Anna said. Jeremy looked at her. "Later. Although there is one thing that I don't understand. Why didn't he give it to Mason?"
"Why didn't you give it to him?" Jeremy asked Tyler.
"Because he wants it. I'm a dick that way. It's important to him for some reason but I don't trust the guy so I'm not just gonna hand it to him." He explained.
"You shouldn't hand it to him, Tyler." Anna said. "It's a very bad idea."
"He can't hear you." Jeremy pointed out.
"I know, but you can." Anna said. "I have a bad feeling about what'll happen if Mason gets his hands on it." She left the guys sitting there.
"Did you say something?" Tyler asked.
"No." Jeremy said.
At the Boarding House, Anna showed up as Caroline entered carrying an overnight bag. "Hey, sorry that took forever. I just didn't know how long my mom was gonna be here." She told Elena.
"Damon says it'll take 3 days' tops for the vervain to leave her system. Maybe even sooner." Elena said.
"Did I miss something?" Anna asked as Stefan joined the group.
"It's a long story. Elena, why don't you explain it?"
Elena and Caroline went into the hallway, with Anna following. "Mason outed them to Sheriff Forbes." Elena explained. "We spent the whole afternoon looking for them. When we found them, they were badly injured. If it weren't for Caroline's help, they might not have made it."
"So that's why her mom's a prisoner now?"
"She's not a prisoner. We're just keeping her here until they can compel her to forget this mess ever happened." Elena told her.
"So, what's Anna been up to?" Caroline asked.
"I don't know." Elena said. "But I think she was looking out for Jeremy."
"We really could've used her help."
"Hey, even a spirit can't be in two places at once." Elena pointed out.
"Yeah, guess you're right." Caroline felt a wind go past her all of a sudden. "And apparently she agrees."
A few minutes later, Anna found Caroline alone in the living room. She went into the hallway and found Elena. "Hey, Caroline seems upset."
"It's probably about her mom." Elena said. "Did you hear what she said down there?"
"No. But I think this goes past parenting issues, Elena." Anna said. "You should talk to her." They walked into the living room.
"You want me to take you home?" Elena asked.
"I can't go home."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm scared." Caroline said. Elena sat next to her.
"Why are you scared? Caroline, you can talk to me." Elena said. Anna sat on a chair nearby. "I promise, she's not listening." She lied. Anna nodded to her, understanding.
"Katherine's gonna be there and she's gonna want me to tell her everything that happened today. She told me I had to spy on you and report back to her."
So that explained why she'd been on edge this morning, Anna realized. She couldn't believe Katherine was using her like this.
"I know and I've been so mad at you. But then, I tried to put myself in your position so that I could understand why you would do this to me and to Stefan because he's been such a friend to you. Who did she threaten?" Elena asked.
"Matt, she threatened Matt and I'm so scared of her Elena! I am so scared of her." Caroline said, breaking into tears.
"And you should be. Caroline, we all should be."
"Why is she doing this? What does she want?" Caroline asked.
"That's the million dollar question." Elena told her, holding her.
Anna wasn't scared of Katherine anymore, though. She was angry. Turning Caroline was bad enough, but now she had to threaten her friends and use her as her personal spy? All Anna knew was that Katherine better watch her back, because she was going to take her down for good.