A New Chance

Return of Katherine Pierce

Hope POV:

Katherine apparently liked New Orleans or she was stopping along the way. Either way, she was taking her sweet time on coming back to Mystic Falls. It was fine by me and all of the supernaturals here, except for Mason. He was still besotted with Katherine.

Tyler had been talking me up to his Uncle, trying to help me get in his good graces. I had seen him lift a metal well covering, I knew he was a werewolf and he wasn't being super subtle about it. "Hey Mason. Trying to get a workout in?" I asked seeing him lift a large metal chain. "Yeah, something like that." He chuckled back.

I lifted the well top, doing curls with it. "This is pretty light weight am I right?" I said. He stepped back, "Don't be so paranoid." I told him, flashing my golden eyes. "You're a wolf too. That's why you smell like us. I thought you were just hanging out with Tyler too much." He said like he made some grand realization.

"No I was attacked in a home invasion and I protected my Aunt. Things went sideways." I told him. "I get it, a friend of mine, Jimmy went crazy started claiming I was after his girlfriend. I wasn't, I had interest in a different girl. He wouldn't let up, kept beating on me. When I fought back he hit his head and it killed him. My girlfriend Katherine has been there for me ever since." He told me.

"I know Katherine. She caused you to turn, she sent Jimmy after you. To not let up until you killed him. I know a lot of things, and I can prove them. I can help you if you let me." I told him, using a little magic to convince him. "Show me." He said in a daze. I reached up to put my hands on his temples. He grabbed my hands, "Relax, this won't hurt." I told him. He let go and I continued to show him how his life played out, how Katherine used him.

"So the moonstone doesn't do anything to make vampires or werewolves stronger? Katherine is the reason I suffer every full moon!" He said starting to rage. I put my hand on his chest and slowed his heart rate, effectively ending the rage.

"I can help you, I obviously have magic. This time, Damon won't kill you, we came to an agreement. 'It's better to have friends than make enemies'. His words. Here is a ring that will control your pain when turning, it'll also prevent supernatural death." I told him, handing him the ring.

He dropped to his knees, hugging me around the waist. "Thank you!" He cried out. "Alright, alright, get up. It looks weird for a grown man to hug someone they barely know like this." I told him, patting him on the back. He got up wiping his eyes. "Sorry, the pain from turning is just so bad." He said.

"Don't apologize for crying, just adjust your position when you hug someone. Make sure it's appropriate, you know." I told him smacking him on the shoulder. "I'm going to take that moonstone if you don't mind." I said, pointing to the well. "Go ahead, it's not going to do me any good." He told me. I pulled the chained box from the water and went home.

1 week later

Katherine had arrived back in town, I finally got to talk to her about her magic free feelings for Stefan. She met me in the Grill, "Why were you gone so long?" I asked. "I got stuck partying with vampires in New Orleans. The magic that Henrik did felt like he was squeezing me dry. But it seems that you were right, I don't love Stefan." She told me.

"I told Mason of your plans, he was pissed. I also have the Moonstone, and I have you. I'll be getting a werewolf and things will be all set. You cannot leave town, you can't feed on locals. You will drink from this. No public or retaliatory killing." I told her and then compelled her, passing her a blood flask.

"Why did you do this to me?!" She demanded. "While I can empathize with you, you've hurt people I care about. You sired the Tomb vampires, you sired Damon and Stefan. You killed Caroline. You split up a pair of Original Brothers. There will be plenty of time for you to get what you deserve. Ad Sonum." I said, forcing her to sleep. I left her in the Grill, she'll wake up before closing.

I had recommended to Carol that she should change the deed of the house to Tyler, I told her that a vampire had been invited in. She immediately contacted her people and had it changed within the day. I told Tyler that he needed to invite me in, which he did without question. I explained to him the importance of not inviting people you don't know in the house.

If they haven't been in the house previously, they don't get an invitation. There were a lot of rules that he would have to remember, Mason would help with the learning curve. Katherine would no longer be invited into their home, leaving all of them safe at night. Mason lost contact with the pack from Florida.

I knew that Jules, Brady and their pack would be arriving. That meant that Mason had to stay indoors, away from the pack. It also meant that I had to protect Caroline from being kidnapped. Jules had been spotted by Bonnie, she was asking about Tyler and Mason. Nobody gives information on locals to outsiders. Freya had called me, telling me that a man was lurking about the outside of the house.

I rushed home, finding Brady trying to look through our widows. I know he has a proclivity for guns and wooden bullets. I pulled a gun with wolfsbane bullets out of my bag. "Can I help you?" I ask, gun drawn. "That's an awfully big gun for such a little girl." He said, walking closer with his hands up. "People constantly underestimate me." I told him, shooting him in his knees and shoulders.

"You don't just get to look in peoples windows. People don't like that. People especially don't like it when you take vampires hostage and torture them. That's not what being a werewolf is about. I'll be taking your precious girlfriend too."  I said before kicking him in the head. I dragged him into the house. Theo helped me take him to the basement, keeping him locked up.

I had gotten a call from Stefan that Caroline had been taken. Fuck, I can't be in two places at once. I rushed out to the woods with Stefan, knowing exactly where they'd be. We walked up, "Give me Caroline or die painful deaths!" Stefan shouted, I gave him the wolfsbane gun. "Give us Tyler!" Jules tried to command us. "Tyler doesn't know who the fuck you are." I told her.

"I'm sure that Mason has talked about us, we are pack, of course he would." She responded confidently. "You make blondes look bad." I said. I could tell that nobody was in the caravan with Caroline. "Don't kill her, I'm taking her hostage." I whispered to Stefan. He immediately shot her through the shins. She fell off the caravan and the other werewolves rushed to fight.

"You take the ones on the left. I have the ones on the right." Stefan said. I pulled out a small sword from my bag, rushing through the group. Cutting them to bits, everyone but Jules. "Hold her at the Boarding House for me, shoot her in the legs again if she tries anything." I told Stefan. I rushed inside, freeing Caroline and taking her home. I used my magic to pull out all the wood at once. Apparently Jules is just as twisted as Brady.

"Don't worry Caroline, they will pay for what they've done. I'm sorry I wasn't with you when you were attacked, Freya called to tell me that a man was outside the house. It was Jules boyfriend, Brady. He is much worse than Jules, I had to ensure both you and Freya wouldn't be in danger from him. I have him trapped in my basement, that's where Jules will be. I'm going to watch as Niklaus kills them." I told her, my eyes glowing at the end.

"Calm down Hope, I'm sure worse will happen in the future. That's why you are building me up, making me stronger right?" She asked. "You shouldn't be the one calming me down, I'm here for you Caroline and I'm not the only one." I told her, Bonnie and Elena rushed in to take charge of caring for their friend.