The next morning, a fight broke out downstairs. "You're wearing her clothes? Like that's going to work." Damon said.
"You think I'm Katherine? Why would you think that? Katherine's in the tomb! Isn't she?"
"What the hell's going on here?" Stefan asked.
"I don't know, you tell me. Is Katherine in the tomb or not?" Elena asked. Stefan ran over to Elena and pushed her against the wall.
"What are you doing?!"
"How could you do this?!"
"Stefan, you're hurting me!"
"What is going on here?" Everyone looked up. "It's barely seven and already there's a fight going on?" Anna asked.
"Anna…"
"Maybe you could help us out here." Damon said. "You can sense if someone's lying, which of these two is Katherine?" Anna looked at the group.
"Stefan, let her go." She said. "Katherine's standing next to Damon." Stefan let go of Elena.
"It's getting really easy being you." Katherine said.
"What is she doing here?" Elena asked.
"When we killed Elijah, it broke the compulsion and freed the bitch from the tomb." Damon explained.
"How's that possible?" Stefan said.
"He's an Original. They have all sorts of special skills." Katherine told them.
"She's got us there." Anna said.
"I don't want you here. Get her out of here." Elena told him.
"With pleasure." Anna said.
"You need me, Elena. You all do."
"Like hell."
"I don't." Anna pointed out. "I've got other friends that can help."
"We all want the same thing... Klaus dead. Yet here you all are, running around like chickens with their heads cut off." Katherine said. "Well, except in Casper's case." Anna glared at her. Did she really just use a bad movie reference to describe her?
"I don't need your help and I don't want it." Elena said.
"And that's incredibly stupid of you. You know where Klaus is? When he's coming, what he looks like?" Katherine asked them.
"If you know something, say it or get out." Damon said.
"Fine. Then I'll just go to the grill and have some lunch... maybe Aunt Jenna's free for a bite." Katherine said. She left the room.
"As much as I hate to say it, she's right." Anna said. "The only other person who knows about Klaus is Rose, and so far, we haven't been able to get anything out of her."
"She's probably scared." Damon said. "I mean, she never seemed like much of a fighter to begin with." Anna turned to the side.
"Please keep an eye on her." She said to someone only she was aware of was in the room.
"We should probably let the others know." Stefan said.
"Why not? We're already running late." Elena said. The two of them left for school.
"Well, guess it's you and me stuck on watch duty."
"It would appear that way." Anna agreed.
A few minutes later, Damon was downstairs, trying to torch Elijah's body. "If you're trying to get the dagger back, you're wasting your time. He's indestructible." Katherine told him, entering.
"No kidding. How do you know so much about Original vampires?" Damon asked.
"Spent 500 years running from one." Katherine pointed out.
"Hate to say it, but she's not lying." Anna said.
"So when I told you my plan to kill Elijah, why didn't you warn me that I'd die if I used a dagger on him?" Damon asked.
"Oh, there's so many rules. It's all very confusing." Katherine said.
"Katherine, just answer the question." Anna said. "Everyone's had enough of your mind games."
"Did Elijah tell you his plan? Did he have a dagger to kill Klaus with?" Katherine asked.
"Why are you still here?"
"Because you haven't forcibly removed me." Anna felt something pulling her then.
"Sorry, Someone's calling me. I'll be back soon."
At school, Stefan was talking to Bonnie and Jeremy. "She's out of the tomb?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah. We're dealing with it, all right? Just be extra careful. She's getting a little too good at impersonating Elena." Stefan warned them.
"With Katherine still around, we gotta find a way to get your powers back." Jeremy said.
"Listen, I want to get the Martins on our side. I want to figure out a way for us all to work together now that Elijah's out of the picture."
"It's impossible. They hate us."
"It's either win them over or somebody's going to end up dead. You think you can at least convince them to have a civil conversation?"
"I'll try."
"Thanks. Keep me posted."
"Oh, yeah, let's ask the witches that were helping Elijah for help. No way that can backfire on us." Anna said.
"When'd you get here?" Jeremy asked.
"Stefan called. Is it true that she doesn't have her powers?"
"Jeremy? Who are you talking to?" Bonnie asked.
"Wait, you can't see her?" Jeremy asked.
"Who?"
"She can't see me." Anna said. "It must be because she lost her witch powers."
"Wait, Anna, are you saying she can't communicate with people like you if her powers are missing?"
"Or blocked through dark magic." Anna said.
"I have to get to class." Bonnie said.
"Just tell her to be careful." Anna told Jeremy. "I have to get going."
When she appeared in the Boarding House, she found Damon pinning Katherine down. She pushed him off of her. "Emily Bennett told me about the massacre. It was a big deal in witch folklore. When a witch dies violently, they release a mystical energy marking the place of their death with power." She explained.
"That's actually true." Anna said. "I've met a few witches on the Other Side, but not enough to know where the place is. Plus, there are certain places where normal spirits can't enter."
"Elijah wanted to know the site of the massacre." Damon told her.
"What was he going to do when he found it?"
"I don't know." Damon said. "What did papa witch and baby witch have to say?"
"Isn't she gone or dead yet?" Stefan asked.
"For the last time, I'm here to help. Can we skip the secrets, hmm?" Katherine said.
"We'll skip the secrets once you prove we can trust you." Anna said.
"Elijah had no weapon to kill Klaus but he believed that if a witch could channel enough power... They wouldn't need one." Stefan explained.
"Like the power you get from a spot marked with a hundred dead witches?"
"We just need to find it."
"Okay, but I'm not being used as a living location detector." Anna said. The vampires looked at her. "Oh, you know what I mean!" She telekinetically threw a few books at them.
"Looks like we've got some research to do." Stefan said as soon as she left.
She returned a few hours later, surprised to still find Katherine at the Salvatore's House. She read from one of the books. ""Emily Bennett was taken by the Council today. They kidnapped her from her home and took her to the same location her ancestors were burned a hundred years ago." So Emily died on the site of the massacre, too. Does it say where?" She tried to take the book from Damon, but she prevented it.
"Nope. You know this whole friendly, cooperative thing? I don't buy it." He told her.
"I have no reason to lie to you, Damon."
"Please, you always lie to us, Katherine." Anna said. Katherine left the room. As soon as she did, Anna sensed another presence in the house.
"Well, nothing in any of those. Find anything?" Stefan asked.
"Nope." He showed the others the book so Katherine wouldn't overhear.
"That's too bad." Stefan said.
"Yeah, bummer."
"Well, I asked around, but so far nothing." Anna said. She winked at the guys, letting them know that she knew where to look. Then she sensed it again, it seemed stronger this time. "There's something else here."
She headed downstairs and saw Katherine trying to hold the dagger down and some kid. "Who are you?" Anna asked. He looked at her in surprise.
"Who are you?"
"Who's there?" Katherine asked Anna.
"I don't know, some guy. He looks familiar…" Then, it came to her. "It's one of Elijah's witches." Suddenly, Katherine saw the chair break.
"Damon!" He drove a stake into her, but Anna ripped it out.
"No offense, but we kinda need her alive for now, even if she is a complete pain in the ass." Anna said.
"What happened?"
"That Luka kid's trying to remove the dagger!" Anna told him.
"Girls, stand back." He warned them. He grabbed the flamethrower.
"Damon, I wouldn't…" Anna began. It was too late. Fire surrounded the entire room. Stefan showed up then.
"What are you doing?"
"Shutting down a crazy ass psychic witch attack! Get over there and do something about it. Now!" Damon told him.
"Yeah, those witches certainly trust us, don't they?" Anna asked. They headed back upstairs.
"Why'd you save me back there?"
"I meant what I said back there. Besides, if you die before you get a chance to prove you're on our side, then we'd be up the creek without a paddle." Anna told her. "So why didn't you tell them about the dagger?"
"John and Isobel want the Salvatores gone. I could only save one of them." Katherine explained.
"So of course you picked my brother." Damon said.
"Like I had much choice. We'd all still be in this mess either way."
"Well, she kinda has a point there." Anna said. "Oh, no."
"What's going on?" Damon asked.
"Luka's father, he's going after the others." Anna explained. "They're at the Grill."
"Wait, how do you know this?"
"It's like Bonnie's trying to reach out to me or something." Anna told them.
"I know how we can help them, but you have to trust me this time." Katherine said.
"I'm going to help them." Anna said. "You two, work it out already."
Anna knew there was trouble the minute she appeared in the Grill. "Whatever it is you think you need to do, there's a better way." Bonnie was saying.
"They killed Elijah and they killed Luka and my only shot at getting my daughter back is if I have Elena."
"No. No, Dr. Martin…" Suddenly, the lights shattered. Anna used her powers to protect the young witch. Bonnie looked around, surprised.
"I've got your back, Bon. Even if you can't see me right now." She glanced around. In the corner, she saw Caroline, Elena, and Stefan. She was caught off guard by a fire starting in front of her.
"We have to get out of here, but we need a distraction."
"I'm on it." Caroline said. Anna had no time to react. Then she got an idea. If people could call her, couldn't she use the same abilities if she were bonded with a person? She closed her eyes and concentrated. "Jer, I'm at the Grill. Bonnie's in trouble. We have to get her out of here."
A few minutes later, the three of them were standing in Elena's house. "Luka... I can't believe he's dead. After what we did to him." Bonnie said.
"No, after what he did to you." Jeremy said. "Look, I'm sorry, I know you feel bad about all of this but I don't."
"I couldn't do anything to help. I was useless. I hated it."
"If it helps, he doesn't bear any grudge against us." Anna said. Jeremy looked at her. "What? He ran into Sheila and Lexi while I was trying to keep our witch safe."
Just then Stefan and Elena entered the house. "Thank God."
"It's not over yet." Elena said.
"What's going on?" Jeremy asked.
"He'll explain." Elena said, leaving the room.
"When did you guys get home?" Stefan asked.
"A few minutes ago." Bonnie told him.
"Did you check the house?"
"And why would we check the house?" Jeremy asked.
A few minutes later, Anna heard something upstairs. "It's fine." She gasped, finding Damon and Elena behind her. "It was all part of the plan."
"Good thing you managed to switch places in time." Anna said. Suddenly, she heard a scream upstairs. She rushed up to find Stefan, Katherine, and Bonnie near Dr. Martin. "What happened?"
"He just grabbed me." Bonnie said. Then she realized what happened and turned around. "Anna."
"Yeah."
"I know you were back there earlier. It was like I could sort of feel you were there, but I couldn't see or hear you."
"Let's make sure he stays dead this time." Katherine said.
"I'll take care of it." Stefan said.
Downstairs, the others were talking. "How did you guys convince her to do this?" Elena asked.
"We didn't. It was actually her idea." Damon said.
"Wow. That's... Not good."
"No. No, that's not good at all."
"Though you have to admit, it was probably the only way we could've gotten out of this one." Anna said. The rest of the group came downstairs.
"Everything's taken care of."
"I'm guessing you're going to want this back." Katherine said, taking Elena's necklace off. "But your pretty little outfit is going to need a good dry clean."
"You're going to have to get her out of here before Jenna gets home." Elena said, taking the necklace.
"Is that all you have to say to me?"
"This doesn't change the way I feel about you." Elena told her.
"I don't much like you, either, if we're going to be open and frankly, I'd be happy to see you dead but if we're going to try to take on Klaus, we kinda need you to be alive." Katherine said. "So I'm not a threat to you, Elena. If any of you are going to believe anything, believe that."
"Well, I trust her." Anna said as soon as she left.
"You trust her?"
"Sort of. Guys, come on. She just saved all of us from a warlock running on revenge. I mean, I'll never completely trust her." Anna said. "Especially after what she pulled in the past, but I think we should give her a chance."
"I don't know, Anna." Stefan said.
"We don't have to tell her anything, you know." Damon pointed out.
"And I can ask Rose to keep an eye on her." Anna added.
"How is she, anyway?" Damon asked.
"She's fine, Damon. She's been catching up with some friends." Anna told him.
"Anyway, we better get Katherine out of here." Stefan pointed out.
"You coming?" Damon asked.
"I think I'll stay here with Elena for a while." Anna said. They watched as the guys left.
"Thanks for saving Bonnie." Elena told her. "I saw you trying to protect her from Jonas."
"It was nothing." Anna said. "Besides, without her powers, she couldn't defend herself against his magic."
"Still, she's my best friend. It means a lot that you tried to help her."
"Like I said, it was nothing, but I'd do anything to help you guys." Anna said. "I know we're not supposed to get attached, it's sort of like a Jedi thing, but who else is going to help protect this town?"
"Well, if that's the case, I'd say all of us have already broken the rules." Elena pointed out. "At least there's no rule about not being able to love someone that's not a supernatural being."
"Well, that'd be kind of stupid." Anna agreed. "Those forbidden rules only exist in ridiculous books."
The door opened. "There's Jenna. I'll meet you upstairs, I guess." Elena said.
"Okay." She was thinking about Jeremy and how she felt about him. "It's just our stupid bond, I'm sure of it."