"Jenna," Audrey sighed, staring down at the gravestone. She gently placed a rose on the grave and walked over to her parent's grave to do the same thing. A hand clasped her shoulder and she looked to see Damon standing behind her. Tears prickled her eyes as she leaned into his opened arms. Burying her face into his chest she mourned her last living relative's death.

"Shh little bird," Damon cooed smoothing her hair. "I've got you," Ever since he met her, Damon has seen Audrey as a little sister he was adamant about protecting. She was his little bird and he swore to himself he'd never let her get hurt. He was going to miss this with her. Holding her tiny body in his arms as he comforted her was his favorite past time. Well, that and teasing Elena constantly. He loved the two sisters in two completely different ways.

"She's dead Damon," Audrey sobbed. "She's really dead," Damon didn't say anything and just held the crying girl close to him. Elena was crying too and held Jeremy to her as they looked at the gravesite. When it was time to go back to the house for the funeral dinner Audrey stayed behind everyone else and watched as Damon and Stefan went the opposite way. She slowly walked over to them just as Damon was revealing his newest problem. Her hand flew to her mouth and more tears ran down her soft cheeks. "D-Damon! You-your bit!" He cursed himself and instantly walked over to Audrey.

"You weren't meant to see that sweetheart," He sighed pulling her into his arms.

"You're going to die too!" She cried. "Oh god Damon! You can't die!"

"We're going to find a cure Audrey," Stefan said. "I promise you,"

"Klaus," She cried wiping her tears as she stepped away from Damon. "He knows of a cure, he has to!" She looked at Damon and cupped his cheek with her hand. "We ask him for it and pray to god he helps us out,"

"Problem with that is he isn't exactly friendly," Damon said sarcastically. He kissed the palm of her hand and smiled sadly. "Besides, he can't know Elena's still alive,"

"We don't tell him," Audrey suggested. "Stefan and I will go talk to him and try to reason with him," She said looking to Stefan for help.

"No, Stefan can talk to him but you, little bird, are staying out of this," Damon smirked wrapping an arm around her waist. "There's a reason we've kept you away and out of all of this,"

"Damon you can't die okay? No one else is dying because I swear if you die I think I'm going to lose it," Audrey explained desperately. Damon just nodded and kissed her forehead.

-

Audrey didn't know what the hell she was doing. She was being stupid and making risky decisions and going against everything Damon and Elena have been telling her, but she needed to do this. "Klaus?" She called out cautiously. She didn't even know if he'd be here, but something in her gut told her he would. There was whoosh sound and before her stood one of the most handsome men she'd ever seen in her life. Her heart, that had already been hammering in her chest, drummed even harder. Klaus had seen this girl before. Actually, she had haunted his mind since their first encounter. She looked more innocent than before and something about that interested him. She still appeared angelic and stunning to him but he'd never admit that.

"Well, to what do I owe the pleasure of being in the company of such a stunning woman?" He flirted watching the pink tinged her cheeks. She picked at her nails and looked down.

"Um..I-I need your help," She whispered. She looked up at him mustering up the best puppy dog look she could make. "I know you know of a cure for a werewolf bite and Damon needs it," Klaus smirked at her admiration. She was brave for coming to him alone and no one to protect her from him.

"I'm sorry love, but I only negotiate when I get something from it as well," He sighed with fake sincere. "Unless, you want to offer something I may be interested in then I'm afraid I can't help you,"

"You killed my sister and aunt, Klaus. I think you kind of owe me at least something," Audrey was shocked. She had only heard of Klaus and never met him until now, but she thought he would have some remorse. She'd never met anyone who has no compassion for anything but than again vampires can shut their emotions off.

"I don't owe you anything than maybe a few drinks love," Klaus smirked. "Your name is Audrey right?" He stepped closer to the girl and inhaled her sweet scent. He could almost taste her blood and he could only imagine that it would be heavenly. Audrey looked up at him as he came closer.

"Ye-Yeah," She stuttered shyly. When she realized how fragile she probably looked she straightened up and tried making her face look intimidating. "Klaus, please just help me. I know you're a bad guy or whatever but so was Damon at first. He came into this town with nobody liking him and then he changed. I know you're not Damon and you probably hate me for comparing you two right now but the point is, under all this evil there has to be at least some good. I believe that you have good in you and I've never even met you before today! I'm showing you this kindness so can you please just do the same!" Audrey hadn't notice that tears of frustration were streaming down her cheeks until Klaus reached to wipe them away. His head was battling with his heart. He could give the girl what she wanted or he could tell her no and add her to the list of people who hate him. Normally, he wouldn't care, but this girl was making it hard. For some odd reason he didn't want her hating him.

"You make this hard for me darling," He sighed sarcastically. She was confused and cocked her head at him to show it. "Tell Stefan to ask me. I can get something I want from him in return," Audrey wanted to scream. She had gone against every rule to come here and now it was for nothing. Damon was going to die and the realization of that nearly tore Audrey apart. She couldn't lose another person. She began crying again and started shaking her head.

"You don't understand! He's-He's going to die," She cried. "I can't have him die because than it's another person and I've lost all of my family and now...," Finally, she broke. Everything was coming out at once and she couldn't stop it. Klaus never liked comforting people so he stepped back from the girl. "He-He can't die. Jenna's dead, John's dead, my parents are dead, and now Elena," A part of Klaus felt pity for her, mostly because he was the cause of half her family being dead. That pity soon got pushed aside and he sucked himself back into his own darkness. "Please Klaus,"

"Tell Stefan to see me," Was all he said before walking away. Audrey slowly fell to her knees and clutched her chest sobbing. After about an hour she finally got the strength to get up and go back to the Salvatore's. When she walked through the front door Stefan met her with a worried look.

"Where were you and why does it look like you've been crying?" He asked ushering her to sit on the couch.

"He can't die Stefan," She said looking up at him. "I tried to reason with him and-and I tried asking him for help but he wouldn't,"

"What? Who wouldn't Audrey?" Stefan asked the rocking, hysterical girl.

"I begged him but he kept saying to have you ask him," She said shaking her head. "He wants you to ask him Stefan so you need to,"

"Ask who what?" Stefan asked.

"Klaus! You need to ask Klaus for the cure!" She shouted. "I've tried to get his help but he only wants you to ask him for some reason, so you need to. You need to because Damon can't die. If he does I don't think I'm going to ever be okay," Stefan sat beside his friend and took her hand. "He wants you to go to him Stefan so please do,"

"I will okay I-I promise," Stefan assured. Audrey nodded and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Where is Damon?" She asked once she realized he wasn't around.

"Oh, he uh tried killing himself so I threw him in the cellar downstairs," Stefan said blankly. Audrey raised her head and looked at him with wide eyes.

"He what?!" She was up and walking towards the basement before Stefan could even blink. He ran over to the basement door before she got to it and blocked her from entering. "Move Stefan,"

"He's not in his right mind right now Audrey and he could try to hurt you," Stefan explained. Audrey didn't care though. She glared at the man in front of her and tried shoving him away.

"Damon is my best friend Stefan," Audrey reasoned. "If I don't see him I'm going to lose my mind," Stefan knew she was just being dramatic but he couldn't help it when she used her puppy dog eyes. He stepped out of the way and silently watched her run down the staircase to see Damon. He was sitting on the floor with his head in between his legs when he heard footsteps. A familiar sweet scent drifted into his nose which had his head shooting up. A beautiful girl stood on the other side of the cell. He couldn't place it but he'd seen this girl before. "Damon," Audrey sighed.

"Pardon my manners milady but you're quite stunning," Damon said pressing against the bars. He breathed in her scent again and nearly fainted. "You smell amazing,"

"Damon," Audrey said getting his attention. "It's me, it's Audrey," Damon got a look of confusion and Audrey's heart fell. "It's your little bird,"

"Audrey?" His mind was slowly coming back again. His little bird looked scared to death and it nearly broke his heart. "I'm-I'm sorry," Slowly she reached her hand in to cup his cheek.

"You were lost for a minute but you're back now," She said with a smile. Damon smiled back and kissed the inside of her palm.

"You always know how to bring me back," Damon worried for Audrey's safety. What was she going to do when he was gone? Stefan can't protect everyone.

"I talked to Klaus today," She stated. "I know I'm not supposed to even be anywhere near him but I had to at least ask him about a cure. I think he might come through too. He told me to get Stefan to ask him but I don't know, I guess Stefan has something he wants,"

"Wait you went to Klaus today?! Why didn't anyone stop you!? Why didn't Stefan stop you?!" Damon shouted. "Klaus is evil Audrey and he knows how to take advantage of you,"

"He didn't even really try anything," Audrey said quietly. She picked at her nails and looked down. "All he did was wipe my tears away when I started crying and then he said that I was making his decision hard, whatever that means," Audrey looked up again and noticed Damon looking more pissed than a few seconds ago. "He was a jerk but he wasn't that bad around me,"

"Just stay away from him okay? He's more dangerous now and probably is up to something," Damon explained hoping he would get through to her. She stared at him for a moment and nodded. Relief flooded Damon and he leaned his head against the cell bars. He trusted her. But no one could ever prepare them for what the future held.