Imarina's POV

I woke up on a round bed and stretch yawning. Then rubs sleep from my eyes. I have a shower and put on my good clothes for my interview at the Grill. I go downstairs to see Damon drinking a red substance. "What's that?" I ask him.

"Oh, I forgot you were here" he says looking up at me. "It's a special drink, not for you" he tells me.

"Ok, well I have an interview at the Grill. Can you please give me a lift?" I ask him.

"Of course, I'm heading out to the Lockwoods anyway" he states.

"Awesome" I say. "Where's the kitchen?" I ask him. He points and I go in. I make myself a bowl of cereal. "So are you close to the Lockwoods?" I ask him.

"Guess you could say that, Carol is my friend and we're on the town council together" he states.

"Sounds important" I state. "So since I'm new to town, is there anything anything exciting happening?" I ask him.

"School carnival tonight, lots of kids your age" he tells me.

"I'm not a kid" I tell him annoyed. "Anyway, lets go" I say as I place my rinsed bowl in the sink. We leave the house and get into his car. He drops me off at the grill and leaves. I go in and walk up to the bar. "Hi, my name is Imarina. I was hoping to speak to the manager about your job opening" I tell the bar tender.

"Sure, let me get her" he says and leaves. He soon returns with a girl in her early thirties.

"You must be Imarina, Matt said you'd be stopping by" she says smiling.

"Yes, that's me" I tell her smiling politely.

"Follow me to the office" she says and leads me there. She sits then first and gestures that I do the same. I sit down opposite her. "So tell me about yourself" she instructs.

"I'm eighteen and lived in Kansas until recently. When I lived there I worked at a cafe, I have my old employers contact details" I tell her.

"That would be nice" she tells me and I write it down. "What made you want to move here?" she asks me.

"Guess you could call it instinct, I felt like I was needed here" I tell her.

"Well, I'll call your former employer and if that goes well. I'll call you in for a trail day" she tells me. "But if you're looking for something to do, their looking for volunteers at the school. To help organize the carnival for tonight" she states.

"I'll go see if they need help" I tell her smiling. "I hope to here from you soon" I say and shake her hand. Then leave and head to the school Damon had pasted driving me to the Grill. I arrive and see fifteen year old boy setting up the goldfish toss. "Hi, I'm Imarina. I came to help set up the carnival, who do I talk to about that?" I ask him.

"The name is Jeremy and you'll want to speak to my sister Elena or her friend Bonnie" he tells me.

"Where can I find them?" I ask him.

"Last saw Elena with her boyfriend inside" he says pointing to the school. I nod my head and thank him. I head inside and start to look for Elena. I find her with Stefan.

"Hi Elena, Stefan" I say smiling.

"Hi,Imarina right?" she asks me.

"Yeah" I say nodding my head. "I was wondering if you need any help with the carnival?" I ask her.

"Sure, we could always use an extra pair of hands" she tells me smiling. "The ring toss, still doesn't have all the prizes hanging up. I could use help hanging them" she states.

"Great, put me to work" I tell her. She smiles and we leave Stefan going to the science room. We grab some prizes and she leads me to the ring toss. We hang the prizes up and I help her out until the carnival starts.

Later that night Bonnie joins us and walks on the other side of Elena. "The ring toss is out of Bart and Homer dolls and Team Jacob T's" she tells Elena.

"I can get more from the science room" I tell Elena.

"Thanks Imarina, also we lost a speaker in the karaoke room"she states.

"Hey, all good Elena, take a beat, look around. This is a huge success" Bonnie tells her.

"You mean I can do more than just freak vampire havoc?" Elena asks her.

"Go figure" Bonnie says and they chuckle.

"Vampire havoc?" I ask confused. They look at me in shock, remembering I'm there.

"Just a phase" Elena tells me. "Hey, Carter, right? You're with the carnival" she says looking at a man fixing a stand.

"That'll be me" he says looking at us.

"Okay, great" Elena says smiling.

"Wow, what do you need beautiful?" he asks looking at Bonnie.

"What do you know about karaoke speakers?" she asks him shyly.

"Why don't you show me the problem?" he tells her.

"Yeah Bonnie, show him the problem" Elena agrees. Bonnie agrees and leads him away. "I'm gonna go get those prizes, enjoy the carnival" she tells me. I nod my head and she leaves. I see a group of people trying and approach. To see Mason arm wrestling Tyler and win.

"Okay, he's the champ, who wants to go next?" Tyler asks.

"Stefan wants a go!" Damon says and I turn to see him with Stefan.

"Yeah, sure, I'll...give it a shot" Stefan says. He sits opposite Mason and they put their wrestling arms onto the table. "My brother over there thinks I can beat you" he tells Mason.

"He's wrong" Mason tells him and the voice snarls. They start the wrestling, both putting in hard pressure. Mason beats him and Stefan rejoins Damon. "Who's next?" he asks.

"I'll go" the voice says taking over my vocal cords. An unknown force takes over my body and I walk over. I sit opposite him. "Unless you're afraid to be beaten by a girl" it says smugly placing my elbow onto the table.

"I won't lose" he says glaring at me and takes my hand in his. We begin to wrestle. He's strong and I don't know how I did it. But I won.

"Better luck next time mutt" the voice sneers in a low whisper. I get control and stand up.

"I have to go" I state and leave before anyone can stop me. What's wrong with me? Why am I doing this?

'You were proving yourself to coven, showing them you are strong enough to protect them' the voice tells me.

Ok who are you? And why are you in my head? I demand.

'I will tell you somethings, but not everything yet' it tells me. 'I am Jaguar your cat, you are a Ailuranthrope. Werecat, is the common term. We are the protectors of vampires, one coven in particular. The blood line of one of the original vampires, the vampires in this town are from that blood line. We must protect them' she states.

Ok, so I turn into a big cat I think.

'Only when you will it or I do' Jaguar states. I freeze smelling something metallic in the air. 'Blood, there is a new vampire' she tells me. 'We must find and protect it' she states.

You want me to go towards a blood sucking demon? I ask her.

'Yes' she says simply.

You'll take over it there's danger right? I ask her.

'Of course' she says. I sigh and follow the smell of blood. I find a blonde girl sitting on a trailer, her face covered in blood. With the dead body of Carter beside her.

"Hey are you ok?" I ask her. She looks up and runs in front of me.

"Don't be afraid of me" she says looking into my eyes.

"I am a little afraid, are you ok?" I ask her and she looks at me confused.

'Compulsion doesn't work on us' Jaguar states. Just then Damon joins us.

"He's dead. I killed him. What's wrong with me?" the girl cries.

"Hey, it'll be ok" I tell her.

"I can help you" Damon tells her.

"You can?" she asks him.

"Yeah, I have to" he tells her.

"So do I" I add grabbing her arm.

"Imarina, you need to leave" Damon tells me.

"No, I have to protect you both" I state.

"Sorry, but I have to kill her" he tells me.

"Please don't! I don't want to die!" she exclaims.

"Yeah, but you are already dead" he tells her.

"Just help me, please" she begs. He says okay. He embraces her and behind her back raises the stake ready to kill her but Stefan arrives and rushes over and pulls his hand away. The stake falls to the ground.

"Get away from me! You killed me!" the girl shouts pushing Elena away. Jaguar snarls putting us in between the two.

"You won't touch her" I state.

"No that wasn't me Caroline, it was Katherine" Elena states.

"No! Then why did she look like you?! And why, why did she do this to me?!" Caroline wails.

"Stefan, we've got to get her inside" Elena tells him.

"Imarina, I have to take Caroline inside. I won't hurt her" he tells me.

"Promise?" I ask and he nods his head. I step away allowing him to approach her, but keep an eye on Damon.

"She will die, it's only a matter of time" Damon states.

"Yeah, well not tonight" Stefan states.

"Not ever" Jaguar snarls. Suddenly Bonnie appears. She looks at the scene and Caroline's blood covered face.

"No, you're not; you can't be" she says and grabs Caroline's arm.

"Bonnie?" Caroline says. Stefan takes Caroline away from the area to the bathroom.

"I have to go, coven is safe now" I state and start to leave. Damon appears in front of me.

"You aren't going anywhere until you answer a few questions" he tells.

"I can't give you answers if I don't know them" I tell him. "I'll see you back at the Boarding house" I state and run off faster then a human. I arrive at the boarding house and go to my room. I curl up on my round bed under my fur blanket and fall asleep.

A/N

Picture above of the Grill and on the external link of Imarina's bed.