𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘

𝟑𝐱𝟎𝟏

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐒, 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐄

I sat at the bar waiting for our target to head into the bar we were in, Southern Comfort. I had a cold brew in front of me that I took a sip of while I awaited his presence. Then there he was. Ray Sutton in all his glory, sandy blonde hair and a flannel, he had werewolf written all over it. He sat right by me as I side eyed him.

"Hey there." I smiled flirtatiously. This dude definitely isn't my type, but hey, I digress.

"Hey gorgeous." He smirked at me, eyeing me up and down in my shorts and crop top with my sunglasses pushing back my hair.

He went to touch my hair when Klaus grabbed his arm roughly.

"Ray? Ray Sutton?" Klaus asked the guy, knowing full well that that was Ray. Klaus dropped his arm, and made sure to get between Ray and I.

"Who wants to know?" Ray questioned him.

"I've been looking everywhere for you. We started in Florida, Pensacola. I met a young chap there who you worked with before you moved to Memphis. Now he directed me to two lovely young women. And they lead me to you." Klaus explained, aiming to visibly make Ray and uncomfortable. It obviously worked since Klaus is pretty scary.

"I think I'll be going." Ray got up and was about to walk away. I quickly made eye contact with Klaus, basically asking him if I needed to do something to which he slightly shook his head. He stopped Ray from moving his hand on his chest.

"Not so fast, mate. You only just got here. Now your type are very hard to come by." Klaus informed him. Ray went to turn around in the direction but Stefan stopped him.

"I wouldn't do that." Stefan advised before pushing Ray back on the stool. I stood up standing in between Klaus and Stefan.

"Vampires." Ray realized. Well I'm not Ray!

"You're swifty swift, Ray. Yes, my friend here is a vampire. He's compelled everyone in the bar so don't look to them for any help. My lady friend here is a witch. I, however..I'm something else. A different kind of monster. I've got some vampire, I've got some wolf." Klaus stated.

"You what?" Ray questioned confused.

"A hybrid, Ray. I'm both. You see, I want to create more of me. Now, you being the first werewolf I've come across in many a moon, pun intended Ray. I need you to direct me to your pack. So, where can I find them, Ray?" Klaus explained before snickering at his own joke and scaring the crap out of Ray.

"You can't compel me. It won't work." Ray assured Klaus with an underlying tone of panic. Klaus then made eye contact with Stefan who scratched the side of his head with one of his fingers and then shortly looked my way I sipped the beer I had.

"I need a scotch on the rocks, please." Stefan faces the bartender before turning towards Ray. "Tell you what Ray. We're gonna play a little drinking game. Something I like to call truth or wolfsbane." Stefan stated calmly as he pulled wolfsbane out of his pocket and crumbled some between his fingers.

"Oh, this is gonna be fun, Ray." Klaus smirked as Ray looked between Klaus and Stefan fearfully. I just went outside for the fresh air.

I could hear Rays screams from inside as I sat on the bench outside and looked at the sky. I missed my parents and my friends. Hell I even missed Katherine and we don't even like each other. We had been hunting down these wolves for months and Stefan was slipping further and further into an abyss. I didn't know if I was gonna be able to get him out of it.

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𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒, 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐀

DEAN

I stepped out of the taxi, I hastily knocked on my parents front door. It was quickly opened and both of my parents pulled me in and hugged me tight. I missed them so much. I hadn't even thought it was possible

"I called as soon as I heard. So what exactly happened?" I asked my parents as I set my bag down by the door before walking over to the island in our kitchen.

"She wrote a bit in her letter. We thought you should read it for yourself." My mom answered tiredly with bags under her eyes. My dad had rubbed her shoulder while she leaned into his.

AMIRA'S LETTER

Hey mom, dad. I know you're gonna be mad at me for this but I had to do it. Stefan was in trouble so I helped him. Damon was going to die and apparently, we both later found out, Klaus's blood was the cure. Klaus demanded I went with him and Stefan out of town, for what, I'm not sure at the moment. Please don't look for me. Don't bring reinforcements either. I only want you both to be safe. If it means I need to go away for a little while, then so be it.
I'll make sure to use the training you guys have taught me. Know that I can take care of myself and know that I love you. I love you more than you could ever know.

P.S. it would be great if I wasn't grounded for till college!

-love Amira

"You aren't actually going to listen to her right? We have to find her. She isn't safe with Klaus and we know it!" I exclaimed in frustration. I know I haven't been around but she's still my little sister and I would do anything for her. If that means I need to rescue her from Klaus by myself, I will.

"What she doesn't know, is we put a tracker in her bow. She's in Tennessee." My dad informed me.

"So what are we waiting on, let's go get her." I stated like it was simplest thing in the world.

"We have to trust she knows what she's doing. She said no reinforcements." My mom quoted.

"Amira doesn't know what she's talking about." I shook my head in disagreement.

"You wouldn't know Dean! Amira has proven that she's taken our teachings to heart. You haven't seen her in a long time. You haven't even heard what we we're going to pitch to you-." My mom scolded before she was interrupted by the door bell ringing. I offered to get it seeing as, I hated to admit it, but my mom was right. I don't know much about my little sister anymore. She turns 18 in a few days and I haven't seen her since she was like 13. I tried calling her but she doesn't answer them, which I guess I get seeing as I ruined our relationship.

I twisted the door knob and opened the door to see some girl who eerily resembles Amira.

"I'm Eliza. I'm looking for Amira, I think she's my sister." The girl in front of me said with a small smile on her face.

"Yeah just give me one second." I said sheepishly before closing the door in her face and rushing to my parents.

"Why is there a girl who looks just like troublemaker claiming to be her sister, at our front door?" I questioned my parents frantically with wide eyes.

They both looked at me alarmed before looking at each other.

"Where is she?" Dad asked me.

"She's outside. I kind of closed the door in her face." I stated scratching the back of my head before my parents both started heading towards the door. I followed them as my mom opened the door and the girl was met with all three of our faces adorning bashful smiles.

"Hi." All three of us said at the same time as the girl smiled and laughed.

"Hi." She smiled.

Well didn't expect all this when coming home, that's for sure.

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AMIRA

As I was playing with my rings staring out into nowhere, Stefan walked out of the bar.

"Where are you going?" I asked him, as he stopped walking and turned my way.

"Damon's on our tail again. He's closer this time. I've got to deal with it." He answered. I made sure to read in between the lines. I knew he mainly wanted to deal with it because A) he wanted to deal with Damon in a way that wouldn't kill him and B) he didn't want Klaus finding out about Elena in any shape, way, or form.

"Come back will ya." I raised my eyebrows at him playfully.

"Of course I'll come back for you kiddo." He smiled before kissing my forehead and speeding off.

Then I heard the door open again and out came our favorite British vampire. Put your hands together for Klaus everyone.

"What's the matter little witch?" Klaus asked as he sat down next to me. I fiddled with my rings some more as I sat there in silence wondering why the hell he asked me that. I mean let's be real here, he had to have some sort of idea as to what I was thinking about. I wanted to go home. Hopping from place to place isn't really my thing.

"Do you really care?" I asked somewhat rhetorically, keeping my eyes on the ground. Can you tell I'm deflated? If you can't, I am.

"Yes believe it or not. You aren't your usual witty and mordacious self." He replied.

"That's because I'm tired Klaus. I just want to go home. I want to officially meet my sister and hug my parents. I want to see my friends. I'm tired of the endless stops; the non stop matriculation across the eastern seaboard. I want Stefan to be okay mentally and emotionally.' My voice cracked as my eyes began to grow glassy. I didn't even sound like my self if you asked me. I sounded like a beaten down, fatigue driven one and I didn't like it not one bit.

I lifted my gaze to see if I saw even an ounce of sympathy in his eyes and I had. He actually looked like he felt guilty before he covered it up.

"Soon little witch. In the meantime, you should come back inside, anything could happen to you out here." He stated, his voice dripping with concern. At least that's what I thought I heard. I quickly wiped the stray tear that dropped down my face before going inside with him following.

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DEAN

"Klaus took her! That wasn't supposed to happen! I did everything he asked!" Eliza exclaimed as she paced in front of me and apparently our parents.

I had just fully begun to register what she said. What the heck is she talking about?

"What are you talking about? You know Klaus personally?" I questioned her, wanting her to tell us everything she knew about this guy.

My parents and I waited expectantly for Eliza to explain the situation to us. She sighed before starting to fiddle with her rings adorning her hands. That's such a speedy thing to do.

"Klaus saved me a while back. I was in a bit of a sticky situation and he helped me. I told him that I wanted to find my birth parents and in return I would help him with any witch binds he happened to get himself into. A while ago I started having dreams about this girl who looked like me but wasn't. Then I saw her in the history teacher's apartment. I knew she was my sister, she had to be. Kidnapping her or any family member I happened to have, wasn't supposed to be on his agenda." Eliza explained. I couldn't even fault her for Klaus taking my sister, since all she wanted to do was find her parents, who in turn happen to be my parents.

"I'm so sorry." She said sadly. She probably felt guilty and somewhat responsible. It wasn't her fault, but she might think so with our lack of response.

"It isn't your fault, sweetheart. We'll get her back. We were actually just about to bring up the plan we had to get her back." My mom stated ever so endearingly. She was such a mother. We could visibly see the tension in Eliza's shoulder leave as she relaxed a bit more. Eliza visibly grinned at us, eagerly awaiting the plan my parents had. Even I was ready to hear this plan because Amira and I had things we needed to talk about. I'm not leaving until she forgives me.

"Amira said no reinforcements and that she didn't want us to look for her. Luckily we know where she is. I need someone on the inside of this thing who can watch over her, someone who's already involved in the situation and will keep a far enough distance that Amira won't be able to pick up on. Do either of you have any ideas as to who could do this?" My dad looked between Eliza and I. I personally didn't talk to people and couldn't think of anyone. I also hadn't been in town for a while. I looked over at Eliza to see she obviously had a few contenders in her mind.

"There's this girl. She was held up in the history teachers apartment with Amira. She's Elena Gilbert's doppelgänger. They seemed to have this funny banter with one another. I just don't know how we'd get in contact with her. Unless we get something of hers." Eliza voiced.

"Are you sure Amira and the girl liked each other because we don't claim Elena Gilbert in this house. I doubt she'd like someone with her face." I voiced a bit confused as to how Amira could even be in the room with Elena's doppelgänger. I hated her for what she put my sister through.

"They were more so frenemies." Eliza recounted.

"What's the girls name?" My dad asked as we all gave Eliza our undivided attention.

"Her name is Katherine. Katherine Pierce."

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AMIRA

I ran and hid in the bathroom while Klaus was giving Ray the rundown on how he was supposed to become a hybrid. While I'm sure it's enlightening, I didn't want to be there to watch it.  I wonder if anyone was looking for me. What were Caroline or Bonnie doing? Did my parents really trust me to get out of this on my own or did they find someway to protect me? How long was I going to be with Klaus? I had been gone for two months, while he's been on this one-man journey to find wolves to turn into hybrids. I was over it the first week in.

As I was washing my hands, I went to grab a paper towel and stepped on some crumpled piece of paper. What the hell? Do people not know how to throw stuff in the trash? I picked it up and saw permanent marker bled through the page. I really should stop being nosy. That's my problem. I opened up the paper to see a note.

Hey troublemaker. I know that in your letter, you didn't want reinforcements brought in. I trust you A, and I know that you can protect yourself. Just know I'll be watching.

-D

There is only one person on planet earth that calls me troublemaker. My brother. The only way he knows about this is if he was home.

Dean's in town.

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and we're back! i don't think y'all understand how exciting it was getting back into this book. it has been a long while since i enjoyed writing. amira james is back and she's here to stay. this season ill explore more of katherine and amira's dynamic, as well as amira's relationship with her siblings. speaking of siblings, amira has those. you guys got to get a peak at a bit of dean's personality. you will also get not only amira's perspective on things, but her siblings perspectives as well. so there might be a few shifts between pov's and sometimes there might not be. anyway, i hope you all enjoyed this seasons opener with some suspense. there's a lot more where that came from. see you soon!!!
-b❤️