It was a dark night, as Damon lay in the middle of a road waiting for someone to come along. It was how he got his food. And that's when he heard a voice; Her voice.558Please respect copyright.PENANAt6BoCC1Tq0
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.558Please respect copyright.PENANAkEM5yuWn44
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.558Please respect copyright.PENANAg6fjZU1GVY
"No. I'm Elena."558Please respect copyright.PENANAjytITBmvkD
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."558Please respect copyright.PENANA9n9ol4laRt
"I get that a lot."558Please respect copyright.PENANAxOZpUYOFOK
"So what are you doing out here alone?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAxubQyy61vD
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."558Please respect copyright.PENANA8HOcph41Kh
"You shouldn't be out here alone."558Please respect copyright.PENANApvkY6Y1WOA
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."558Please respect copyright.PENANAL8Nl32o455
"By the way, I'm Damon."558Please respect copyright.PENANAb2BNsbjAnb
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"558Please respect copyright.PENANA73vKHMIeUC
"The usual."558Please respect copyright.PENANAjuHBRDXXiV
"Like?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAzn45m0BnR3
"Looking for what I want."558Please respect copyright.PENANAjtBbpYOvZd
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."558Please respect copyright.PENANASKybZEXSpz
"You want what everyone else wants."558Please respect copyright.PENANAYZX3fmuMBp
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAzwdFt1MuN4
"You want adventure, mystery, and maybe a little danger. I want you to get everything you want. But now, I can't have people knowing I'm in town yet."558Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ5zVLdV4x
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."558Please respect copyright.PENANAC4lX5obBaE
He was surprised that Elena wouldn't tell anyone. The humans he had met in the past had been talkative. And they always told one another everything. But not this girl. He felt that she was telling the truth. He didn't have to compel her to forget that they had met.558Please respect copyright.PENANA2UYs4C3eTP
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."558Please respect copyright.PENANAND1Z7ypTRe
As Damon walked away, he felt drawn to her and didn't know why. But he kept walking until he reached the shadows of the darkness. And from that darkness, he watched as Elena got into the car with her parents. Then he watched as her father drove away in the car towards the Whickery Bridge. There was silence from them until her parents asked her how the party had gone. She went into talking about her fight with her ex-boyfriend, Matt. But he didn't hear her mention him. And that's when he knew that he could trust her.
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It was a beautiful day as Elena Gilbert headed home. She felt alone these days. Her parents were dead, but Damon Salvatore had saved her life. Now her and Jeremy's guardian was their Aunt Jenna.558Please respect copyright.PENANAYMUwk1qxvm
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.558Please respect copyright.PENANADDQEwviYXJ
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.558Please respect copyright.PENANAFCn6iWApnh
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.558Please respect copyright.PENANA4aVxeXXYvS
Once in her room, Elena put her bag on the floor by her desk, before going to check on her younger and only brother, Jeremy. He was having a hard time with their parents' deaths. It had been last summer, but it was hard. Now her brother mostly got home late and stayed in his room. She didn't know what he did all that time. She and Aunt Jenna didn't know what was wrong.
She knocked on her brother's closed door, which was right next to her own bedroom.558Please respect copyright.PENANAFDBM1LmmOa
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.558Please respect copyright.PENANAn1TwQ5PoGs
"Go away, Elena."558Please respect copyright.PENANAgLtQlerOmn
"Can I come in?"558Please respect copyright.PENANA7NSQiARdzn
"Go away."558Please respect copyright.PENANAKFJRnuWOd4
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAXcaOgJkPLm
"I know, Elena."558Please respect copyright.PENANAzYD1CbwBtB
"Okay. I'll see you later then."
With that, she went back to her room to do her homework.
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After they had dinner, Jeremy stayed in his room for the rest of the evening as usual. Elena stayed downstairs with Aunt Jenna for a little bit, though. They both knew Jeremy needed help. They just didn't know what to do.558Please respect copyright.PENANAttFBwAmb1U
Later, Elena went to her room and closed her door for privacy. She walked over to her desk and sat down in her chair, before she got a pen from her pen holder on her desk. Then she opened her right top drawer of her desk and took out her journal. She closed the drawer and opened her diary on her desk. Then she started to write, as thoughts came to her. She did this every night. It was her own personal therapy. She had done this since last summer.
Dear Journal,558Please respect copyright.PENANAEhQ9WVPT02
Jeremy is acting strange. He doesn't come out of his room except for class and to eat, and he skips class and if failing his classes. He has developed an attitude towards everyone and he's withdrawn. All I know is this. He needs some kind of help. If he doesn't stop this, I don't know what will happen. I think he's still grieving for mom and dad. This might be his way of calling out for help and dealing with it. But it's not the way to go. I'm still grieving too, but I'm not acting like a stranger. Instead, I'm coping by writing all of this down. Speaking of stranger, I wonder where Damon is...I haven't seen him since last summer when he saved my life. If it wasn't for Damon, I'd be dead. Where is he? I miss him.
She put her pen and journal away before getting to her feet. She was tired. She looked at her clock that sat on her nightstand. It read ten-thirty.
The next day passed quickly. Before she knew it, school was over and her best friends were walking at either side of her. Caroline Forbes, the Sheriff's daughter, was on her right. She had blond hair and blue eyes, while Bonnie Bennett whom lived with her grandmother, had hazel eyes and black hair.558Please respect copyright.PENANAfiFSFDWjkw
Soon, they departed from her to go home, as did Elena. And as she headed home, thoughts spun through her mind. She wanted to help her brother. She had to find a solution. Should she set him up with a counselor and make him talk, or should she make him talk to her or Aunt Jenna?
It was still dark, as Elena headed home. And that's when she stopped in a desolate area on a sidewalk, not sure why she felt like she was being watched. She was alone. Then the hairs on the back of her neck prickled and someone in black clothes was instantly not far from her. He looked normal until she saw his face.558Please respect copyright.PENANAHKi2DoOGSk
Vampire, she thought.558Please respect copyright.PENANACLZg9rz3fv
She started to run, but he was instantly in front of her. He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. She tried to pull away to get free of him, but she couldn't.558Please respect copyright.PENANA5uV9r6cVyZ
"You're a feisty one," he commented.558Please respect copyright.PENANAC6NhlBV0s3
"Let go of me!" she yelled.558Please respect copyright.PENANAG4jN9ekDgc
Damon was taking a walk when he suddenly heard her not far off and smelled the scent of another vampire. And that's when he followed the scents.558Please respect copyright.PENANAPg0vCSl5xr
She continued to try and get free of him. And then that's when Damon came to her rescue. He through him off her. Then she watched as they both fought until the vampire fled.558Please respect copyright.PENANA7cZekkZTu4
Damon walked up to and faced her.558Please respect copyright.PENANAoP4s9kCw0D
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.558Please respect copyright.PENANAV9WO2mTLF8
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.558Please respect copyright.PENANAeINpJKCjD7
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.558Please respect copyright.PENANAgPJu9ZPqI1
"Did I really see a vampire?" she had to ask immediately.
"Yes. You saw a vampire. Vampires are a little different from the movies, though. They can compel you if you aren't wearing an herb called Vervain. Vervain weakens vampires. Some vampires compel, but others don't."558Please respect copyright.PENANAf4k9sdangx
"How do you know all of this?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAdbT9peBJ8e
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."558Please respect copyright.PENANAHHKVLNFcnY
"Do you burn in the sun?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAklolPM1rvA
"Yes. But only if we're not wearing a Lapis Lazuli Daylight ring. It helps us walk in the sun, which helps us blend in better. As long as we don't show our true selves to the public, we stay blended in. If we're new, we're reckless and leave behind bodies. If we're not, we know how to cover our tracks."558Please respect copyright.PENANA6JRzFAWmTK
"How about crosses and stakes?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAEM6ehmeoJu
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."558Please respect copyright.PENANAzV5zTMhPLb
"Holy water?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAy7mM1ossj8
"That doesn't affect us, either."558Please respect copyright.PENANAlpiZ4OMJBb
"What about you?" she had to ask.558Please respect copyright.PENANA2sUKmfDA66
"Me?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAMoN5F9u52Y
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.558Please respect copyright.PENANAqteKRiTwST
"My brother and I were turned here in Mystic Falls in 1864. We grew up here. Katherine Pierce turned us, but she died during the 1864 vampire raid. The Founding Families of Mystic Falls went in search of vampires. All one hundred and sixty vampires were captured and burned alive in St. Paul's Church. We couldn't stop it. Before we could rescue Katherine from the carriage, our father shot us in the middle of the street. It was too late when we woke up in transition. Stefan killed our father and turned first. He made me turn against my will. After that, we both left Mystic Falls and went our separate ways. And in the beginning, I made his life miserable. But after a while, I changed."558Please respect copyright.PENANA6U6hUj0f5t
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."558Please respect copyright.PENANAvBTnZ7qTUY
"I thought you were Katherine. You look and sound like her. You have almost every trait of her. You probably have more traits of her, but I just met you."558Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6u2yNwKgH
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"558Please respect copyright.PENANA4vHtZwEsJO
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."558Please respect copyright.PENANAKBnLvxqxUj
"So he's your little brother."558Please respect copyright.PENANAEH3lmnmJA1
"Yeah. But we don't get along."558Please respect copyright.PENANAnQxUV71M8B
She looked grim and sighed.558Please respect copyright.PENANAOLmTK3Hw25
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.558Please respect copyright.PENANA1VYIOcGDCl
"Sure. What is it?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAxKOM2hvMn6
"I know we don't have the same complicated little brothers, but do you think you could help me with Jeremy? He hasn't been the same since mom and dad. I think he's taking it harder than I am. Aunt Jenna and I don't know what to do. All he does is stay in his room or out late and do whatever he does up in his room. He's withdrawn. I try to get him to talk to me, but he just shuts me out."558Please respect copyright.PENANArr7jvwMDE5
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."558Please respect copyright.PENANAGyhkbhl9QF
"Thank you."558Please respect copyright.PENANAX74Wvwontw
"You're welcome."558Please respect copyright.PENANAqigDhIbhQj
"I should go home."558Please respect copyright.PENANAg5bFvxueZo
"I'll walk you there."558Please respect copyright.PENANAN7P6qcY1vZ
"Thanks."558Please respect copyright.PENANArvqrOQqPjY
"And Elena?"558Please respect copyright.PENANATfhL1nFFvJ
"Yeah?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAm45C18Fhdl
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."558Please respect copyright.PENANA3uanD4DuBk
She got to her feet and he did likewise.558Please respect copyright.PENANADc3DeiSAS3
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.558Please respect copyright.PENANAvvhrz6NZBg
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.558Please respect copyright.PENANAaL6OBHyJ76
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."558Please respect copyright.PENANA51lCpL8vyx
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.558Please respect copyright.PENANAIINs7SFxEr
"You, too," Stefan replied.558Please respect copyright.PENANAB2Di3rJXBu
As they left the Salvatore boarding house, Damon felt his brother watching them.
Once they were on Elena's porch, he held out a necklace to her.558Please respect copyright.PENANA70dbIKNH2e
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."558Please respect copyright.PENANAt7BeJc8sDK
"What is it?"558Please respect copyright.PENANAvg24LQK9Zn
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."558Please respect copyright.PENANAglza7hxNBV
She took it from him and put it around her neck.558Please respect copyright.PENANAOsIi8Ge2V2
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."558Please respect copyright.PENANAuRexQHk0CN
He gave her a smirk.558Please respect copyright.PENANAn2CG9cXbYd
She smiled back at him.558Please respect copyright.PENANAGenZ9G9qIv
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.558Please respect copyright.PENANAhx2XKiKwgm
Elena headed silently up the stairs towards her room so she wouldn't wake anyone up. She knew her Aunt Jenna would ask her tomorrow where she had been.
The next day, she headed for home alone again, but not for long. Damon was at her side.558Please respect copyright.PENANAwfgKlpFqd9
"What are you doing?" she asked.558Please respect copyright.PENANAaeYLCKasi7
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."558Please respect copyright.PENANARNBKZnNifd
She smiled.558Please respect copyright.PENANAeMau9cAKRT
"Not a problem at all."
When they got there she invited him in, he got to know her Aunt Jenna and Jeremy, and got to knowing Elena better. And as the months passed, he did his best to help Elena with her brother.
A year later, Jeremy was himself again and Elena knew more about Stefan. And then she came. Katherine Pierce.558Please respect copyright.PENANADGHu0xUnw7
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.558Please respect copyright.PENANAVxIyBAO60s
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.558Please respect copyright.PENANAryCcgVJBRH
"Hello, Elena."558Please respect copyright.PENANAP6he40eICL
Elena stared at her in silence.558Please respect copyright.PENANABPo3qXcy4g
Katherine smelled her fear.558Please respect copyright.PENANACRUJgGTwVq
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.558Please respect copyright.PENANAqSa2q0UGbH
"Yeah. You're Katherine."558Please respect copyright.PENANACPFvsZuZw6
"The Salvatore brothers don't know everything, Elena. And as for your question well, you're a part of my family. I looked into your past to find out why we're so alike. You're adopted. Your mother has to be the daughter my father tore from my arms. He said I had disgraced my family by having an illegitimate daughter. Children like those weren't welcome back in the sixteenth century. You're a Petrova doppelganger like I once was."558Please respect copyright.PENANA7kGivxc06Z
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.558Please respect copyright.PENANATY8X7UkMGj
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.558Please respect copyright.PENANA4t62fSXO5s
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."558Please respect copyright.PENANAqtSKP2NCPy
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.558Please respect copyright.PENANA41WRa9k5jZ
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.558Please respect copyright.PENANAlIK2o2N581
"I'm sorry for what I did. I wish you tow could look past everything I've done. I wish you could forgive me for faking my own death, but I had to run. I couldn't let him kill me."558Please respect copyright.PENANAc5HuzXm6Yy
"Who?" Stefan asked.558Please respect copyright.PENANAfd3LxUMYQq
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."558Please respect copyright.PENANA8mDZB5i0oV
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.558Please respect copyright.PENANAoVOd2OTne8
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.558Please respect copyright.PENANA1U161t5yBI
"Move," Damon replied.558Please respect copyright.PENANA4UBmcEED6T
"Other than that," Elena said.558Please respect copyright.PENANAwK3uyesrSF
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.558Please respect copyright.PENANAxPlHdRgTN7
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.558Please respect copyright.PENANAS6mLvBmgR5
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."558Please respect copyright.PENANAUGwzOCKoLT
"Damon," Stefan said.558Please respect copyright.PENANAIDZGioluUB
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.558Please respect copyright.PENANAnj6rYLMXhV
Stefan left with that.558Please respect copyright.PENANAXdMG9aF6OR
They watched him go.
A couple years later Katherine and Stefan had left town together, Caroline was a vampire, Bonnie found out that she was a witch, Tyler Lockwood became a hybrid thanks to Klaus, and Klaus and his family were in town. In the meantime, Elena and Damon were dating and everyone in Elena's circle was trying to figure out why Klaus was still in town.
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