Imarina's POV

"Why do we care if Isobel is here? Didn't you try calling her?" I ask Stefan as we go downstairs with Damon.

"What is she even doing here?" Damon asks.

"That's what I am going to find out" Stefan tells us.

"I don't think you should tell her that I am here or about Imarina being a werecat" Katherine says as she joins us.

"What?" Stefan asks.

"Why?" I ask her.

"It's better if she and John not know that I stayed in town after I got out of the tomb. Or that there's a werecat loyal to us" she states.

"You're the one in cahoots with them. You made a deal with John that almost got me killed" Damon reminds her.

"Which triggered my first shift and killed many of the coven" I add. Jaguar is still angry about that. But nothing we can do about it now.

"I did what I had to get out of the tomb. Now I'm reconsidering my alliance" Katherine tells us. She goes to leave, but Stefan stops her.

"What do you know?" Stefan asks her.

"I know that I want Klaus dead, which puts me squarely on team you. Besides, if you two ever need me to swap places with Elena again, the less people know that I'm here, the better. Think about it, Stefan. Come on. Be smart" Katherine explains. Jaguar is growling at her in my head.

"I gotta go for a run, let me know what you find out about Isobel" I tell Stefan before leaving the house. I go into the forest and strip. Then shift and take off running through the forest. 'Are you ok?' I ask Jaguar.

'We must protect Klaus' she tells me.

'You know as well as I, they have nothing that can kill him' I remind her.

'Nothing we know of yet, but we had best keep a close eye on them' she tells me. I agree with her and suddenly she picks up a scent.

'What is it?' I ask her.

'I smell something, but that's impossible. We are the last ones' she states.

'Last what?' I ask her.

'Werecats, but I smell a scent of a male one near by' she states.

'Can you track him?' I ask her.

'No, but if I smell him again I will let you know. Be wary smells like he has been a cat for awhile. Which means he'll be more experienced then you' she tells me.

'Got it, anyway for you to know what line he protects?' I ask her.

'Not without seeing his feline form' she tells me. 'Lets go back' she adds and we head back to the house. She shifts back and I get dressed. I go inside and have a shower before putting on fresh clothes.

"There you are, how was your run?" Katherine asks me.

"Relaxing, I'm going to go sun bath though" I tell her. "What will you be doing?" I ask her.

"I'm going out to meet an old friend, keep a low profile" she tells me. Before leaving. I grab my bag and sunnies, then head for the fountain in town square. I lay on it facing the sky with my sunnies on.

A woman blocks my sun and I frown. "Isobel I presume" I say as Jaguar tells me she is a vampire.

"Yes and you are the werecat" she states.

"Maybe I am, maybe I am not" I tell her. "Can I help you?" I ask her.

"Protect my daughter and we'll have no problems" she tells me.

"Elena is my friend, I will do all in my power to protect her" I assure her.

"Good, toodles" she says and leaves me be. I sit up and smell that scent again. I look to the right to see a man with a scar on his cheek. He's looking directly at me with his brown eyes. A crowd walks in front of him and once they left. He was no longer there.

'Was that him?' I ask Jaguar.

'Yes, but the only original here is Elijah' she states.

'Is there a chance he works for Klaus?' I ask her.

'Possibly, if we ever meet him. Let me do the talking' she tells me. I agree with her and my phone rings.

"What is it Damon?" I ask him.

"Meeting at the boarding house, get here quickly" he tells me. I agree and run there. I arrive to see Stefan, Damon and Elena already there. I lounge on the couch. Stefan explains about what happened with Isobel.

"Do you really think that Isobel's telling the truth that word's gotten out about the doppelgänger?" Elena asks the guys.

"And that she is being protected by a werecat?" I ask.

"Look, I don't trust a word that she says, but I think we'd be stupid to ignore the warning" Stefan tells us.

'Agreed' Jaguar says.

"You know, you should just stay here. It's better for us to keep an eye on you" Damon tells Elena.

"What, in the house that any vampire can enter?" I ask him.

"No. Her house is safer" Stefan states.

"Well then we'll stay there" Damon tells us.

"So is that the plan? Neither of you will let me out of your sight again?" Elena asks them.

"Do you have a better idea?" I ask her.

"Fine. Then one of you three bodyguards is gonna have to come with me to the Lockwood luncheon" she states.

"That'd be me" Stefan tells her.

"Not me. I have witch stuff to attend to with Bonnie" Damon states.

"Does that mean you..." Elena starts to ask and Damon shushs her as Katherine appears.

"Don't get quiet on my account. If you have a plan to combat the impending vampire doom, please do tell" Katherine tells us. No one answers as Stefan shares a look with Damon. "Seriously, what is the plan to get us out of this mess, hmm? I delivered you a moonstone, a werewolf, and the dagger. To lure and kill Klaus, and right now all you have is a moonstone. Or so you tell me" she states.

"Oh we have it" Damon assures her.

"Where is it?" Katherine asks me.

"No idea, they won't tell me" I state.

"For a very good reason and it is in a very safe place" Damon tells us.

"I've been honest with you. Time to return the favor" Katherine tells him.

"Let me be honest with you. Don't mistake the fact that we haven't set you on fire in your sleep for trust" Damon tells her.

"Fine, be that way" Katherine says and leaves the room.

"When will you tell me the plan?" I ask the trio.

"When we know you won't be forced to devalge it to Katherine" Damon tells me.

"Not my fault Jaguar has to follow orders" I grumble. "What am I suppose to do while you are all out?" I ask them.

"Keep an eye out for anything suspicious in town" Damon tells me. They then all leave and I sigh.

'They do not trust us' Jaguar states.

'It is not that, you know if Katherine demanded an answer. You would tell her, whether we wanted to or not' I remind her.

'But if they do not tel us, how will we protect Klaus?' she asks me.

'We will protect him' I assure her. I grab a book and start to read it.

"You should really be more aware" a man says and I shoot up. I turn around to see the man with the scar. "I could easily kill you and awaken Elijah, but you are the first werecat I've seen in years. So I am curious about you" he states.

"Who are you?" Jaguar growls as she takes over my body.

"Jackson and you are?" he asks me.

"Jaguar" she states.

"Aye so you protect Klaus' bloodline, that explains a few things" he states.

"You protect Elijah's" she states.

"Yes and I know he is downstairs" he tells us.

"You'll have to kill me before I let you near him" she tells him.

"Must this end in violence?" he asks her.

"Only if you don't leave" she tells him.

"How about a deal?" he suggests. "I won't undagger Elijah until Klaus arrives. But until then you and I get to know each other better. I'm sure there is a lot I can teach your human about being a werecat" he states.

'He has been a werecat longer then us and knows more about our history with the originals' I tell her.

'I do not trust him' she tells me.

'You do not trust anyone not apart of the coven' I remind her. 'Let me speak to him' I tell her. She hands me control. "Jackson, I am Imarina and I am sorry about Jaguar. I would love to learn more about being a werecat from you" I tell him.

"Excellent, we must go" he tells me.

"Go where?" I ask him confused.

"Katherine and Isobel have a plot. I'd rather keep you safe from them" he states.

"That's nice, but I should leave a note for the brothers. They may worry" I tell him. He nods his head and I write a note. I pack a bag and leave with Jackson. We head into the forest and he shifts into a tiger. I shift and hold my bag in my mouth. He takes off and I follow him. We reach an abandoned tree house in the woods and he shifts back. I lower my gaze to give him privacy.

"Come, a bed is set up for you" he tells me and climbs the tree. I follow in feline form and we enter the tree house. "Your bunk is there, make yourself at home" he tells me putting to a bed. He leaves and I shift back getting dressed.

Suddenly I get a call and answer it. "Who is it?" I ask.

"Where are you?" Katherine demands and I roll my eyes.

"I am doing as Damon said and patrolling the town" I lie.

"Isobel wants you to meet her at a cemetery" she tells me.

"Sorry, but I have work soon. She'll have to wait until tomorrow, gotta go. Bye" I say and hang up blocking the number.

"You didn't tell her about me" Jackson says.

"What would I gain from that?" I ask him. "Tell me more, how long have you been a werecat? Are there others? What werecat protects which line?" I ask.

"I have been a werecat since the twenties, not that I have seen. Though Elijah told me of one that died in New Orleans in the 1910s. I will tell you later" he tells me.

"Wait how are you so young?" I ask him.

"Werecats don't aged unless they stop shifting for more then a year" he tells me.

"Wow" I say. "Tell me more" I tell him and he smiles gently. We sit down and he starts to tell me more about being a werecat. He even told me how I can half shift instead of into a full Jaguar. Apparently it takes years of practice. He tells me more about the original family and Klaus.

He even tells me about the real curse being a curse on Klaus. Who is a hybrid, but has his werewolf side locked away. How he needs to sacrifice Elena to become a true hybrid. That the sun and moon curse is fake. That is was created by the originals a thousand years ago.

I then get a text from Damon saying Katherine took the moonstone and demanded to know where I was. But I ignore it as I wanted to learn more. But Jackson said it was time for dinner and then we had to sleep. He promised to tell me more in the morning.

A/N

Picture above of Jackson and on the external link of Tiger.