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Lycanthrope and Ailuranthrope

Imarina's POV

I woke up to hearing talking downstairs, I get changed and go downstairs. I see Elena, Stefan and Damon talking in the parlor with another man. "Aside from vampires, what else?" Elena asks the man.

"The lycanthrope and ailuranthrope" the man states.

"Wait, like werewolves?" Elena asks him.

"No way, impossible, way too Lon Chaney" Damon states.

"Is it?" Stefan asks him.

"I've been on this planet one hundred and sixty some odd years, never came across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they? And what is an ailuranthrope?" Damon asks.

"A werecat" I state announcing my presences to them. "I'm Imarina" I say holding my hand out to the man.

"Alaric Saltzman, call me Ric" he says shaking it. "Why do you suspect the Lockwoods? And Imarina?" he asks the vampires.

"Because vervain didn't affect the mayor at Founders' Day but the Gilbert device did and it affected his son Tyler. Also Imarina is not effected by compulsion" Damon states.

"And at the school carnival his uncle Mason exhibited inhuman behavior when he fought with one of the carnival's workers. But Imarina beat him in an arm wrestling competition. It suggests it's some sort of a supernatural entity" Stefan explains.

"Like I told Damon last night, I don't know much about what I am. Only what Jaguar has told me" I state.

"Jaguar?" Elena asks.

"My cat" I clarify. "She speaks to me occasionally, she's the reason I'm in this town" I state.

"We were hoping that Isobel's research could help us find out more" Elena states.

"I'd love to know about what I am" I say nodding my head in agreement.

"Well, all her things are still at Duke. I mean her office is still there. She's technically still missing" Alaric states.

"Can we access is?" Damon asks him.

"Ric, we need to know what we are dealing with" I tell him.

"If this wolf-man thing is true, I've seen enough movies to know it's not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real-life Lon Chaney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney junior, which means Bella Lugosi, meaning me, is totally screwed" Damon states.

'No, we protect coven. Mutt won't hurt them!' Jaguar shouts.

"Hey inside voice" I say holding my head.

'Sorry Imarina' she says gently.

"You ok?" Elena asks me concerned.

"Jaguar decided to shout, I'm fine" I assure her. Anyway it was decided Elena and Damon would go to Duke with Ric to look at Isobel's research. Jaguar convinced me to stay behind to help watch over the newbie vampire Caroline as Stefan trains her. Stefan gave me her address and said he'd meet me there.

So I walk there and arrive. I knock on the door and no one answers, but I hear someone inside. "Caroline, it's Imarina. We meet at the carnival, Stefan told me to meet him here" I say.

"It's unlocked" she says and I enter the house.

"Nice place" I say and see her standing in the shadows. "Can't you walk in the sun?" I ask her confused. "Stefan and Damon can, so can Katherine" I state.

"The have daylight rings" she tells me.

"Oh" I say and join her.

"So who are you? Why did you try to protect me?" she asks me curious.