It's a beautiful day, as I stand in the living room with Elena. Elena is pacing the floor, worried sick about her brother, whom is lying on the couch on his back. He's dead. She accidentally stabbed him in the neck. She told me that it was an accident and I believe her, because it's Elena. She wouldn't hurt her brother on purpose. She also told me that she saw Connor, the guy she killed, before she saw Jeremy. That tells me that she's starting to hallucinate. Hallucinations aren't good, because it can make vampires do and say crazy things that they normally wouldn't do.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf4CaeG8PX
"I can't believe this happened. What am I going to say to him?" she says to me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkQRZZlL9e
"Thanks for not ditching my family after I drove Ric crazy?" I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPrtCiVwgw
Elena glares at me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrwAmHuUop
"You should have called Stefan," I add to her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFvo4V5wLk
"I don't want to talk to him. He has been lying to me and hiding things from me. He compelled Jeremy to forget God knows what."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjA6vsPYWs
"In all fairness, I mean, I think you killing him kinda trumps that. And you should have called Stefan."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiylxtj21Ns
"I don't trust him right now, Damon."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EWXDQkcdP
Just then, Stefan walks in and we both look at him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioMVQrvdF7
Speaking of, I think to myself.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSS32wS6qR
"Hey," Stefan greets.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21Apw2v5lA
"P.S. I called Stefan," I inform her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO4zu7CQG8
Stefan walks over to Elena.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lY17obnMs
"What happened? Why did you call me?" he asks.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg2kNQzWFS
"I just-I need to go upstairs and shower. Clean all the blood off my hands," she says, before walking out of the room.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DFu3PQzMj
A moment later, Jeremy wakes up.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQ2jHqCi7P
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Stefan asks him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWuh4QJS0x
"What happened?" Jeremy asks.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WfV49oEK6
"Long story, buy the e-book," I answer him.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the blood, when Stefan walks in.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkfBvLInmk
"Where did Jeremy go?" I ask my brother.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzDANVF6X6
"School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit," he answers me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxl0sLJVFa
"Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jabbed a knife in his neck," I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zyiZjWhaJ
Stefan's phone rings and he tells me, "It's Klaus."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxOENcbi7m
"Ooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil," I comment.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjamJQCunqo
"You know, I'm glad you find this amusing. If he finds out I told you about the cure, he'll kill both of us."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCePm6c7TPf
"Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSTzOgYOX4
Stefan takes my advice and answers it.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowuYmNNaJt
"I don't want to talk about it," he says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgphhsG020
I ignore Klaus' part of the phone conversation, but listen to what Stefan says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zKI5w1VZB
"Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy," he tells Klaus.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36zrHLHwki
He looks at me and I nod.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykl9d59EUn
"You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?" Stefan says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOAfSC04Uo
"What do you know about that?" he asks Klaus.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFo8WwNaTZ
"I'm at her house," he answers Klaus.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIKbakekvL
Stefan hangs up when Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan then leaves the house with Klaus.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPnB9Ra05U
I ignore their conversation outside and start finishing up with cleaning up the blood.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw8C6r05sP
A few minutes later, Elena walks into the kitchen.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa7rRJx48P
"Damon..." she starts to say to me. She trails off and instead, yells, "No!" and backs away.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ535ZIWmRik
"What's wrong?" I ask her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RTpSsjkuW
Elena runs to the front door and I follow her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbCko24fzu
"Elena!" I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7zmvzNBjp
Stefan and Klaus are still outside talking, when Elena runs out of the house and onto the porch. She stops in her tracks, though, seeing both of them there. Then Klaus disappears with Elena at vampire speed.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39c8gWJqH2
I look at Stefan, whom looks around with a worried face.
Bonnie, Stefan, and I are in the kitchen. Stefan called her over.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcazE1vQ8mj
"You lost her?" she asks us.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BNTJ6bxr1
"Well, lost is a very strong word, we just technically don't know where she is," I answer the witch.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D34Dh3sN9
"I'm more worried about what Klaus said about this hunter's curse," Stefan informs her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYuvPHoMk7
"How does Klaus even know about this?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ID4gh1U7G
"How does Klaus know about anything? Guy's like a billion years old," I reply.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXP54FTwKn
"He said it was a witch's curse," Stefan informs us.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYPk4fHaEv
Stefan looks at Bonnie.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRztmTm7Re
"You know if I could do anything to help, I would. But I..," she starts.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ2HlWoqIf
"But nothing, wave your magic wand, hocus pocus, begone hunter ghostus, whatever," I tell her, worried about Elena.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EJpQA6i8J
"The spirits won't let me do the magic I'd need to break the curse. But I can ask Shane for help, he knows everything about everything," Bonnie tells us.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTrtWvzeIT
"Great, you two do your thing," Stefan says to us both.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6jGONqRxE
"Where are you going?" I ask him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P9NZYKEMl
"I'm gonna get her back," he answers me, before leaving.
Bonnie and I walk to where Shane is and stop not far away in the exhibit, after listening to his speech to some students.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb8AQB8lEx
"You got this?" I ask Bonnie.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbHaZEsGNN
"Yeah, I'll bring him to you," she assures me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsdPmpQ4b9
I walk away, trusting that she will do what she says. But then I stop in my tracks, hearing Shane tell them that they say that Silas will rise again, due to a certain rock that Shane has in his hand.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s7w1XPfdX
The students laugh and then Shane lets them go off on their own.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY6VEKbAzF
I watch, as Shane walks up to Bonnie.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWVybTiPsS
"Hey, you made it," he greets her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGTnitleqN
"Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a bad ass," she greets him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy0LpcLa3W
"Nothing compared to Silas," he tells her.
I go to Mystic High and walk into the history room where Ric used to teach History at. I sit at his desk and open a drawer where I find a bottle of Bourbon. I then smile and prop my feet up on the desk.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyN9AL3T1m
"You're missing all the adventure, pal," I say, as if Ric is still here. He's not, though. Thanks to Esther, Klaus' mom, Ric became a vampire. Thanks to Rebekah killing Elena, Ric died a vampire.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuflEqpRpP
I hold up the bottle for Alaric and then take a swig, before Shane and Bonnie enter the room.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk0VDq2ml5
"Shane, this is my friend, Damon. He's kind of an expert on this stuff too," Bonnie says, introducing him to me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkZpRbDy2u
"I audited your class. Very enlightening," I tell him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvG2K8Kiql3
"That's right, I remember you. What's your specialty?" he says to me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcwL3gspIb
"The origin of a species," I reply.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvLYms6AX7
"Ah, I think Darwin would arm wrestle you for that distinction," Professor Shane says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEfRNj77MA
"Not that species," I inform him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbqttLiAXQ
"You're into the monster stuff. Alright, awesome," he replies.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PHTQa4Io8
"I was kind of hoping you might have stumbled upon this at some point, maybe."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OHFriTNwq
I pull out a piece of paper and hand it to Shane.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw8LqKkYMB
Shane takes it and looks at it.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQmnaatkzI
"This is a Hunter's mark. Where did you get this?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbGQbb5ALN
"Came to me in a dream. Do you know anything about the Hunter's curse?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQdrFR76yn
"Why? You got a dead hunter in the trunk of your car or something?"
"Metaphorically, speaking."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2rxmVAmkH
"Legend says that if a hunter is killed by that which it hunts, then that person will be cursed to walk the Earth in torment until…."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGmlvNmXQE
"Until?" Bonnie presses.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYjzWdwmGX
"Until the new Hunter is awakened and their legacy is passed on. They're called potentials," he informs us.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRJeZrE7iS
I take out my phone, as Shane continues to speak.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJHsYCWmMN
"Listen, I have a bunch of research on it. Why don't I go grab it for you?" he says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfURDxiWmu
"That'd be great," I reply, before Shane gives me the paper that has the Hunter's mark and thanks me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42ejxTWQWU
He leaves the classroom and Bonnie looks at me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlbjcl1yDx
"How are we supposed to find a potential Hunter?" she asks.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztNqlLoW7G
"Yeah, about that," I comment.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8JGRdl7wL
I call Jeremy and he answers it.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDawdscW1P6
"Damon."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujs6lSsCax
"Little Gilbert, your services are needed," I inform him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGECsDwX0mn
I give Bonnie a sly look.
Bonnie brandishes papers about The Five at me, as Bonnie and I stand in the hallway by the artifacts.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpieCoGJoJ
"How did I not know any of this stuff about Jeremy?" she asks after I tell her everything.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuJGWiA6vI
"The witch who loses her powers gets left out of the important conversations."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrZbw9Y6y4
Jeremy runs into the room.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkHJVuLNLz
"Is everything okay? Is it Elena?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFas8smoOF
"We figured out how to help Elena. You need to kill a vampire," Bonnie tells him.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcwx5AuJAu
"Great, give me a stake, I'll kill Damon right now."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1B5xQFnZm
"Easy, Van Helsing. We'll get you one. Don't worry," I tell him, not wanting to be killed.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLrCbqPQ4W
My phone rings.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR3E88lgAl
"Before you do this, you need to know what you're getting yourself into," Bonnie tells him.
Bonnie gives Jeremy the papers and I answer the phone and speak to Stefan.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuTSPFUriC
"You can rest easy, brother. We figured out how to solve our little Elena problem."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSlDQdUGs7
"Yeah, well, now we have a bigger one. I lost her," he informs me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO5HxjqEiX
"What? Again?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJN1JnItA6
"She's in bad shape. I tried to help her, but she attacked me. Listen, you go find her, alright? Talk her down, she'll listen to you. Just tell me what I need to do to end this."
That night, I find Elena on the Whickery bridge and approach from behind her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdicolQKtsj
"Elena," I greet.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9WBrFwXzI
Elena turns to look at me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGWHH6u4Ug
"Damon?" she says.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5MoubkNgk
She turns back to look at something I can't see. She's clearly upset, but looks back at me again.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs6q5AXeKU
"How did you find me?" she asks me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjD5J4YF6yR
"Didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third time's the charm," I reply.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJiFRxH4Dk
"You were right, Damon. Vampires kill people. Stefan was right too. I can't live with myself."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzHYcwuBGZ
"Look at you, being all glass is half empty. Let's just go talk about this before you do something stupid, okay?" I say, standing next to her now.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk6E6Z385y
Elena turns her head again to look at something I can't see.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOchNCqG9qw
She nods and looks back out at the water.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2TZOX4DJJ
The sun starts to slowly rise and she looks down. I then look down at her hand.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgilPYodNh3
"Where's your ring, Elena?" I ask, scared of what she is probably attempting to do.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEa14vvG0q
She doesn't answer me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot91frmYXm
"We need to get you inside," I say to her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs5LETwccX
She looks at me.
"What you're going through is a curse. We know how to break it, but we just have to get you inside," I inform her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKM18PkCFb
I look at the mountains to see that the sun has risen higher in the sky. I then look at her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBAXMBUoRP
"Damn it, Elena," I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnplwDqNW8
I rush at her at vampire speed and try to grab her, but she rushes around me and stays a good distance away.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxrD7UFqy8
She closes her eyes.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvd5546tjH
A moment later, she breathes heavily and opens her eyes again.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9YyqYBHeT
"He's gone," she informs me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmPCyTElNb
"It's okay," I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c2C5MfCdW
We both start to hear a sizzling noise and Elena looks down.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEewOOu0EOv
I look over at the mountains to see that the sun has risen. I then look at her face and see that she's starting to burn.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhpH8RqkxY
"Damon?" she says with fear.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGA4N2nxrM
I rush at Elena, grab her, and throw both of us off the bridge to save her life, and the water splashes as we land in the water. Being under water keeps her from burning in the sun. Then she blacks out and I gently hold her against me, as I swim deeper in search of her ring. I'd give her mine, but I don't feel like burning myself and dying or almost dying.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUaW6rsFA6
Once I find her ring, I put it back on her finger and surface with her. Then I get us out of the water and gently pick her up in my arms, before carrying her, heading for her place.
A few hours later, Elena wakes up in her bed and looks at her hand at her ring. I'm leaning against her window. When she wakes up though, I go to stand by her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdYzSD1kcD
She slowly sits up in bed.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOVkQz3IkL
"Fished it out of the river for you," I let her know.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5t3tpcQLM
She looks at me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHaPaEcvId
"A little tip, vampires hate to swim. How are you feeling?," I say.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwFf17hHN6
"My head's clear. I can remember everything, but not like I lived it, like it was a really bad dream." She pauses for a few moments, before saying, "You saved me. Thank you."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4H1PtjRxrG
"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," I say. I sit on her bedside. "Don't do it," I add.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dK8HEeprC
Elena smiles at me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ8OEUtmCo
"I just can't believe I almost..." She starts, but trails off.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8BxiY2gEY
"You weren't yourself," I tell her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1TsocBBzN
Elena takes my hand in hers.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhdBXqSjJK
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you..."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmsJCRwrDo
I look down at her hand that's holding mine and she does likewise. I then hold her hand up and start rubbing my thumb in circles over the back of her hand.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTLxbpDNtF
I sigh, before saying, "I'm about to take a very high, annoying road and tell you something." I take my hand from hers and put my hand on top of hers. "Because I know that you think Stefan's been lying to you. Which, yeah, he has, but this rough patch that you two have been going through is not what you think. Everything that he's been doing, he's been doing for you. To help you. And after he kills me for telling you this, I want you to throw my ashes off of Whickery Bridge, okay?" I continue.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TauGNKDLp
Elena laughs at the killing and ashes part.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgSOL5Q4yi
"There may be a way out of this for you, Elena."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl4sFzBjNX
Elena gives me a confused look.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMdbd95wHo
"There may be a cure," I inform her.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjugn50kMr
Elena gives me a surprised look.
That night, I go to the Mystic Grille for a drink. I take my jacket off and sit down.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJFngRff7t
"Bourbon," I tell the bartender.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqOoA3gk3a
I look at the seat next to me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9bzNvTvR3
"Make that two."666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf1ypMR9Uk
Matt walks up and stands on the other side of me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NixAmAESq
"Still saving a seat for Mr. Saltzman, huh?"666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjQIWkniqi
"I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified," I answer.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOCCkM8zGE
"I know that you don't like me," he replies.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qj96CM2hz
I move one of the Bourbons in front of the empty seat next to me.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegHY4ike14
"But I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about," he continues.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsRnzyJP20
I non-verbally encourage him to tell me about it.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KEmoW5Br3
"So, April mentioned that her dad knew that Professor Shane guy. Which wouldn't be creepy, except, he had all that info about the Hunter's curse, and we live in a town where, you know, anybody who knows stuff is creepy until proven otherwise," he continues on.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vuCjJN1iv
"You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home," I comment.666Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly8TgWeGaZ
"I got the sheriff to dig up the pastor's phone records. Turns out, he made like a call a day to the same number the last month he was alive. And on the day that the Council got blown up at the farm, he called it ten times. The office of Professor Atticus Shane," he finishes.
and then Add to home screen.