"I can't believe I dropped out of high school for this," Julie sighed as she let herself fall on the hotel bed. It's been a couple of months since she had left Mystic Falls with Katherine to follow Klaus and get Elijah back. She had missed graduation and spent her birthday in a little diner where they just kept eating everything that was on the menu. Bright side, she inherited her mother's fortune and didn't have to worry about a thing.

"Hello!" Katherine said, offended. "Look around you," she raised her hands. "This hotel room is expansive."

"I know," Julie said. "I'm paying for it."

"Yes, you are. Did I thank you for that?"

"Never."

Katherine chuckled. "You dropped out of high school to rescue your boyfriend," she said as she sat down next to her new friend.

"Which we still haven't done yet," Julie complained.

"Klaus is smart. The coffins will be guarded, always," she said. "We need to wait for the best moment."

"And when is that gonna be?"

"I have no idea."

Julie sighed. "That's not very helpful..."

"I know..." Katherine pouted. "But the good news is, Klaus still can't make hybrids."

"How is that good news?" Julie asked. "He'll wonder why the sacrifice didn't work and he'll go back to Mystic Falls and find out that Elena is still alive and then he'll kill her once and for all!"

"Who cares about Elena?" Julie rolled her eyes at her comment. "While he's busy trying to figure out how to make hybrids, we can look for an opportunity to free Elijah."

"And his siblings," Julie wanted to make clear that they were not going to just free Elijah but all the Originals that Klaus had daggered. She knew they were important to him.

"Okay, getting Elijah back is a suicidal mission, but getting all of them is just impossible. Plus, you don't want to do that. They're crazy. Like Klaus!" her own words gave her goosebumps.

"Elijah isn't like Klaus," Julie disagreed.

"Elijah is the least insane of them."

"Elijah was in love with you, wasn't he?" Julie asked. Katherine looked up at her and shrugged.

"It was 500 years ago," she said. "And nothing never really happened. I thought I was supposed to be Klaus'. Elijah was never the type of guy to steal his brother's girl."

"Did you love him?" Julie asked, anticipating the answer. It was as silly question and she knew it. Elijah was over a thousand years old. He had loved many times before, she was sure.

Katherine sighed. "He wasn't like any other men," she said. "He was different... He cared."

"I know what you mean," Julie said.

"Anyway," Katherine said, getting up. "I found someone that could tell us what you are."

"I know what I am, Katherine," Julie sighed.

"But you don't," Katherine said. "You must be a witch!"

"I don't want to be a witch!" Julie told the vampire, getting up.

"Well, I'm sorry to tell you, it's not about what you want! You are born a witch."

Julie sighed. "Didn't you say I could also be an elemental?"

"No," Katherine raised a finger. "I said elementals can't be compelled. And I also said they were extinct."

"Right," Julie sighed. "But I'm human, so who cares?"

"You're not human. You should care!"

"You're impossible, Kat'!"

"No, you're impossible!"

Both women sighed and rolled their eyes.

"Anyway. I'm hungry."

"I'm sure they have room service," Julie said.

Katherine took her jacket off the bed. "No, Julie," she chuckled. "I'm hungry."

"Oh...Well...don't kill anyone," Julie said.

Katherine chuckled before she left. Julie sighed and sat back down on the bed. She thought about Elijah, lying dead in a coffin with a silver dagger in his chest. It made her sick, thinking about all the ways she could help Elijah. But the truth hit her hard, there wasn't any. She needed Katherine's help and even though she hadn't said anything Julie was sure the vampire had her own reasons to follow Klaus across the country.

The next morning, when Julie woke up, Katherine was already awake and ready to go.

"I ordered breakfast," she said, eating a waffle. "Eat up, we need to leave soon."

Julie sighed and buried her face back in the pillows. "If it will convince you that I am human, we can go now," she growled.

"I'm not leaving now," she said, her mouthful. "Those waffles are amazing."

Julie chuckled and got out of her bed. "Where did you find that guy, anyway?"

"She," Katherine told Julie. "Is a witch."

"You know a witch that doesn't hate you?" Julie mocked.

Katherine rolled her eyes. "Yes...She owes me," she shrugged.

"Is she going to kill us as soon as we come in?"

"Very funny," Katherine said. "..."

"Are you sure?" Julie, who was just mocking her friend, was now starting to worry.

"Yes," she nodded. "Not many witches are stupid enough to try and piss me off."

"We'll see," Julie sighed. "I trust you."

Katherine looked up at her and chuckled. "I knew there was something wrong with you," she said.

"Should I not trust you?" Julie looked up too and asked. Katherine stayed silent for a minute and then smiled. "You're probably one of the few persons that won't regret trusting me," she said.

Julie smiled back. "I hope so," she said. "I sold my house and send my stepfather's stuffs to his workplace. I put all my stuffs in a storage and followed you here. I'm grateful you came to my house that night. You didn't have to tell me about what happened. You didn't have to offer me your help."

"I know," Katherine nodded and looked back down at her plate. "But I was going to follow Klaus anyway. At least now I have company."

Julie knew Katherine wasn't going to admit she enjoyed their new friendship. But why she was helping her get Elijah back was a mystery to her. Maybe she just wanted to do the right thing, for once.

After breakfast, Katherine took Julie to a small hairdresser.

"I thought we were going to find out what I was not get a haircut," Julie said.

Katherine chuckled. The room was dark and empty. A tall, thin, redhead woman walked through a beaded curtain and stopped in front of the counter.

"Katerina," she said.

"It's Katherine now, Andrea," the vampire grinned.

"Is this your witch friend you were telling me about?"

"I'm not a witch," Julie rolled her eyes.

"That's why we're here," Katherine sighed. "She's not sure what she is."

"What makes you doubt she's not human?" the redhead asked, leaning on the counter.

Katherine looked down at Julie and waited for her to answer Andrea's question.

Julie sighed. "I can't be compelled."

"Interesting," she said. "Doesn't sound like a problem to me."

"It's only a problem because people insist that it makes me something else than human," Julie complained.

"And they're probably right," Andrea said. "But you're not a witch," she said, walking pass the counter.

"Are you sure?" Katherine frowned and asked.

"Yes, Katerina, I am sure," she nodded, approaching Julie. "She is much more powerful."

"So what is she?" Katherine asked, very interested.

"She is standing right here," Julie sighed.

"I'm not sure," she said, looking Julie up and down.

"But she's not human?" Katherine asked.

"No. I'm sure of it."

"Wait," Julie raised her hands in the air. "I'm not human?"

"No," the witch shook her head. "You're an elemental," she breathed out with a smile and full of admiration.

"What?"

"It's remarkable," she said. "I've never met an elemental before."

"I thought...you said they were extinct!" Julie said, looking up at Katherine.

"They are!"

"Oh, yes, absolutely," Andrea said. "You are a rare creature working this earth," she said. "Elementals are all mermaids now, hiding in the sea."

Julie let out a laugh. "Mermaids, really?" she said, looking at Katherine then back at the redhead. "Mermaids are real?" she asked when she saw none of them was finding this funny.

"Mermaids are bitches," Katherine mumbled which made Andrea laugh. "So what element can she control?" she asked like all of this was normal.

"I don't know," the witch shrugged. "How am I supposed to know?"

"How am I supposed to know?" Julie shouted, confused. She was feeling like she was just a spectator at this moment. Like she wasn't in control of her own life. "How do you even know I'm an elemental?"

"Witches are servants of nature. Nature created elementals," she explained but that didn't make much sense to Julie. "Wait here," the witch said before she walked back in where she came from. She came back a minute after with a bracelet. "This is made of 4 magical crystals," she said, handing it to Julie who was hesitant to take it. "They're enchanted. Wear it and you will discover which element is yours."

"How?" she frowned, confused.

"Right now you can't use your power," she said. "Because you don't know how or even what it is. But if you wear this it will trigger it without effort."

"I'm not sure I want to wear it, then..." Julie said, looking at the jewelry in her hand. "It sounds dangerous..."

"Nonsense!" Katherine said. "Think about it, Julie. If you have powers, you can use it to get Elijah back."

"Elijah?" Andrea echoed. "The Original vampire, Elijah?" she sounded scared.

"Yes..." Julie frowned. "Do you know him?"

"I've never met him and I don't want to," she shouted. "Why would you want to help him? He's a monster!"

"No, he's not!" Julie shouted back, angry at her comment. She fisted her hands and suddenly they heard all the mirrors of the shop break and saw the flowers on the counter were on fire.

"What are you doing?" Julie asked Andrea.

"I'm not doing anything! You are!" she shouted. She then raised her hand and the front door of the shop opened and both Katherine and Julie were thrown out on the street.

"Ouch," Katherine let out as she got up from the ground and helped Julie on her feet. "Great, another witch that hates me," she sighed. "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" Julie shouted. "No, I'm not okay! I just set these flowers on fire!" she yelled.

"Calm down!" Katherine told her, looking around to see if anyone had heard her. "You're going to set something else on fire!"

Julie took a deep breath and let the bracelet fell from her hand. Katherine caught it before it could reach the ground. "I can control fire," she breathed out, panicked.

"I don't think it's all you can do," Katherine said.

"What?" Julie frowned.

"You broke the mirrors," she told her. "Fire didn't do that."

"Well, water, air and nature wouldn't have either."

"Air might have," Katherine disagreed.

"So, what? Now, I can control more than one elements?"

"I don't know if it's possible," Katherine shook her head and looked down at the bracelet.

"Damn it!" Julie breathed out. "I'm an elemental," she ran her hands through her hair. Her heart was beating fast and a million things were going through her mind.

"Relax," Katherine said. "It's a good thing."

"How is it a good thing?" Julie shouted.

"How is it not?"

Julie frowned and said nothing. Her vampire friend was right. How was it not a good thing? As a human, she was defenseless and weak. But as an elemental, she had powers that could help her get Elijah back.

"You're right," she said, taking the bracelet from Katherine. "You're right."