Anna showed up at the Gilberts house a few days later. She saw Jenna resting on the couch. She still couldn't believe what Katherine compelled her to do. Then she headed into the kitchen. "We're not gonna do anything, Jeremy." Elena was saying.
"She tried to kill Jenna. We can't let her get away with that." Jeremy said.
"Yes, we can. If it keeps us safe then we can." Elena told him.
"And what if she tries something else?"
"She won't. Katherine hurt Jenna because I didn't do what she said. I'm not doing it now, me and Stefan are over. She wins, the end."
"So that's it?" Anna asked, startling her. "You're just gonna give up?"
"As long as she's around, it's not like I have much choice." Elena said. Anna looked at her, unable to believe she'd give up so easily.
"You are being naïve and you know it." Jeremy said. He started to leave with Anna.
"Where are you going?"
"Out. I'll be back." Jeremy told her.
Outside, the two of them were finally able to talk alone. "So, what's going on?"
"The Salvatores are planning to take down Katherine." Anna said. "I heard them talking with Caroline earlier. She's threatened to go on a killing spree unless they give up the moonstone."
"We can't let this happen."
"If you want to help, we better get over there, now." Anna told him.
By the time they got to the Boarding House, most of them were already trying to come up with an idea. "Need any help?" Anna asked.
"When did you get here?" Damon asked them.
"That doesn't matter. I heard about what Katherine did." Anna told them.
"And Elena's pretty much given up." Jeremy added.
"So we want in." They entered the living room.
"Okay, so we need to figure out how we're going to get her alone." Stefan said.
"At a public dance." Jeremy said.
"I might be outside the realm of knowledge here, but maybe…" She turned to Jeremy. "Bonnie, right?" He nodded. "Maybe Bonnie could help us figure this out."
"Yeah, Blondie over here tried calling her an hour ago." Damon said.
"Well, try again." Anna said. "Look, a few months ago, I may not have even cared about these people, I might not have even tried to help. But Katherine crossed the line here and this town is my home, too."
A few minutes later, Bonnie showed up. "Hey, come on in." Caroline told her.
"I got Stefan's message." She was carrying the grimoire with her. She noticed everything going on. "What's going on?"
"We're gonna kill Katherine." Jeremy told her. He went into the living room.
"I can explain." Stefan told her.
"Please." Bonnie said.
"We're gonna kill Katherine."
"And hope that her spirit doesn't come back." Anna added. The group went into the living room. Bonnie seemed hesitant to help.
"I really don't know about this, guys."
"What Katherine did to Jenna crossed the line. She has to be stopped before it happens again." Anna said.
"Look, Katherine knows me, right? She knows that I'm not gonna try something in a crowd full of innocent people so that gives me an edge." Stefan explained. "I could get to her by surprise."
"I could do a spell to trap her, like the tomb spell." Bonnie said.
"Right. We can isolate her, away from the others. Please Bonnie."
"Okay."
A few hours later, the group was gathered in the living room. "Are you sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" Alaric asked.
"No, I need you to stay with Elena. I don't want her to know about this." Stefan told him.
"Okay. Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my side."
"Alright, if anyone wants to back out, I'll understand." Stefan said.
"Yeah. Cold feats speak now. I don't want this going wrong with someone chicken's out." Damon said. "Caroline?"
"I won't. Look, she killed me." Caroline pointed out. "Fair's fair. As long there's no werewolf running around."
"Oh, I took care of Mason." Damon told them.
"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn." Jeremy pointed out.
"Bonnie? Are you with this?" Stefan asked. Everyone waited for her answer.
"But no one gets hurt."
"Except Katherine. Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart."
"I won't back off, no matter what." Anna told them. Then she remembered only four of them could hear her.
A few hours later, she, Jeremy, and Bonnie were headed upstairs. They went into an empty room "I thought this room could work." Jeremy told them.
"It's perfect." Bonnie took the grimoire out of her bag.
"Is that the spell book I read about in my family's old journal?" Jeremy asked.
"It's my ancestor, Emily's. The spell I'm doing here is similar to the one that sealed the vampires into the tomb." Bonnie told him, opening it. Then she turned to Anna. "Sorry."
"It's fine. It's thanks to that spell my mother survived all those years." Anna said.
"Can you do all the stuff that's in there?" Jeremy asked, looking at the page.
"I mean it takes practice. I've worked on some small spells. Spells that only do good." Bonnie explained. "I don't want to know too much. I don't particularly enjoy any of this, in case you haven't noticed."
"Yeah but you're 100% witch, that is so cool."
"It's anything but cool. Did your family's journal tell you what happened to Emily? Or what about my grams? It never ends well for people like me." She pointed out.
"If you feel that way, why help?" Jeremy asked.
"Because I don't want anyone else getting hurt and I don't know how to stay out of it." Bonnie admitted.
"You're strong enough to handle this, Bonnie." Anna told her. "From hanging around Emily, I know it's hard, but staying out of it is not a good idea."
"So, how's this going to work?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm going to try and stay out of sight." Anna told them. "Not like that'll be too hard or anything."
"You might want to get out of here. I don't know how this spell respond to ghosts, even if they're good ones." Bonnie said. Anna nodded and headed outside the room.
Half an hour later, she finished helping the guys. Apparently, Katherine had killed someone outside. "That girl has no morals at all." Anna said.
"You're telling me." Damon said.
"Well, I put the body in the trunk for now." Stefan said, returning to the room.
"We'll dump her when we get back."
"This is exactly what I didn't want, Damon."
"Stefan, it's a collateral damage."
"Hey!" Anna yelled. "Haven't you ever heard of 'don't speak ill of the dead'?"
"This is why we need to call it off."
"What? Who's hesitating now?" Damon grabbed his brother. "Hey, don't do this to me. This woman ruined our lives, she destroyed us! Tonight it ends. We can do it together. I got your back. Alright?"
"Alright."
"Okay." Anna said. A few seconds later, she found herself outside. "What happened?"
"Lena found out." Bonnie told her.
"You guys are trying to kill her here?" Elena asked.
"We saw an opportunity and we knew we had to take it." Jeremy told her.
"Okay, stop with the "we", are you guys crazy? You're gonna get yourselves killed."
"Been there, done that." Anna pointed out.
"We know what we are doing, Elena." Bonnie told her.
"And how am I supposed to feel if one of you guys gets hurt because of me?" Elena asked.
"It's not just you anymore, Elena." Jeremy pointed out. "She's messed with all of us, she has to be stopped."
"Especially before someone else gets killed." Anna added.
She disappeared and returned inside. She hid behind a doorway upstairs, knowing Katherine could still find her. She was dragging Caroline with her. "Why do you keep dragging me into this? I don't want any part of it."
"Shut up!" Katherine yelled at the girl. "Which room is it?"
"It's that one." Caroline told her. Katherine entered the room that they'd set up.
"Where is she?" She turned around and saw Caroline outside.
"I did it." Caroline said. "I really didn't think that I'll be able to fool you but I did it." Katherine rushed over to her, but found out she couldn't leave the room.
"What the...?" She didn't turn around, but understood. "Stefan?" He appeared behind her, holding a stake.
"Hello Katherine."
"Goodbye Katherine." Caroline turned around and left.
"You don't really think that you can kill me with that now, do you?" Katherine asked him.
"No, but he can." Stefan said. Damon shot Katherine in the back. Anna immediately felt something was wrong. A few seconds later, Jeremy ran by.
"Wait, what's going on?" Anna asked him.
"She's linked to Elena." He told her. They both ran over to the room. "Stop! You're hurting Elena!" He yelled at the guys. "Everything you're doing to her is hurting Elena."
Katherine got up. "You think you two are the only ones with a witch on your side? Wrong and something tells me that my witch is better than your witch."
"Yeah, who'd you blackmail this time?" Anna asked her.
"For your information, Annabelle," She stated. She knew she hated it when she called her that. "She happens to owe me."
"Jeremy, go check on Elena. Make sure she's okay. Go." Jeremy left to check on his sister.
"Let's all make sure poor Elena is okay. Just a little bit of pressure." She cut her hand. Stefan knocked the stake out of her hand.
"Okay, we get it already." Anna said. "I'm going to check on her, too."
"Go ahead. Not like anyone here cares." Anna glared at her.
"At least some of us are still human enough to care." She left.
Outside, Jeremy and Anna found Bonnie trying to heal Elena. "Are you okay?" Jeremy asked her.
"Are they?"
"They're stuck in there with her." Jeremy told her. "You were right, Katherine had a witch that linked Elena to her."
"The girl I saw, the one inside! Stay with her, keep pressure on her shoulder!" Bonnie got up
"Where are you going?" Jeremy asked.
"There's another witch here, I'm gonna find her!" She ran off. Jeremy took off the ring and tried to give it to Elena.
"No." Elena told him.
"Take it."
"No, Jeremy..."
"Elena listen to me: you need this more than I do." Jeremy told her.
"He's right. What if one of them decide to kill Katherine while the spell's still up?" Anna asked.
"No, Jeremy. What I need is for you to be safe." Elena said.
"That looks really bad." Anna told her, looking at her injuries.
"Anna, is there anything you can do to help her?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm not a witch, Jer. I don't know any magic healing spells or anything." Anna said. "Contrary to what you've read in books, ghosts can't magically heal people."
"You guys, I'm fine." Elena insisted.
"You're bleeding." Anna pointed out. A few minutes later, Bonnie showed up.
"How's she doing?" Bonnie asked.
"She doesn't feel as much pain, but it still hurts." Jeremy said. Bonnie went to Elena's side to help heal her. "What about that witch?"
"She's headed upstairs. She undid the linking spell and she's working on taking Katherine down." Bonnie told him.
"Hopefully this will be the end of Katherine." Anna said.
"You really think she's gone?" Elena asked.
"If not, at least locked up where she belongs." Anna said. "The important thing is she won't be able to hurt you guys anymore, Elena."
A few minutes later, Anna met Stefan outside the door. "Hey, where's…"
"He's taking care of things." Stefan told her. "How's Elena?"
"She seems fine." Anna said. "I'm just glad she's okay after that little spell Katherine had done."
"Yeah, thanks for the warning, by the way."
"That was Jeremy, not me. I had no idea what was going on." Anna pointed out. She looked at him. "Elena's out by the pond. I think she's waiting for you." They headed over and found Elena by herself.
"Elena." Anna watched them from a distance.
"I'm okay, I'm okay. Bonnie took away the pain and I think I'm healing." Elena told him.
"I know but I think you should definitely see a doctor anyway."
"I will. I heard about Katherine, is it true? Is she really gone?"
"Yeah, I was so worried about you."
"Stefan...I..."
"Katherine being gone doesn't change anything for you, does it?" Stefan realized.
"I want to be with you, Stefan. You know that but first, I need to wake up and know that the people that I love are safe." Elena told him. "I need to feel safe. Do you understand?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I understand." Anna watched as she walked away. She went back over to Stefan.
"Hey, cheer up." She told him. "I know you guys will get back together someday."
"Are you sure you're not psychic?" Stefan asked her. They both laughed.
"No, I'm not. But I can feel it. You two are soul mates, Stefan." Anna told him. "I have no doubt about that. I should go now. There's a lot to take care of on the other side. I'll see you around. I hope." She disappeared into the night.
A/N: So that's it for this chapter. I had a lot of trouble writing it. Please let me know what you think and review. There's a slight surprise in the next chapter that might change things.