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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BCUdhO3uq
"I can't believe this happened. What am I going to say to him?" she says to me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN10iXBJm1
"Thanks for not ditching my family after I drove Ric crazy?" I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f7LPz9Rvd
Elena glares at me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSptFfQuol6
"You should have called Stefan," I add to her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN1YKDnVGz
"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."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7KX8Xm75r
"In all fairness, I mean, I think you killing him kinda trumps that. And you should have called Stefan."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSph3KfRfV
"I don't trust him right now, Damon."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUaRzPGAaM
Just then, Stefan walks in and we both look at him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP2L1vTkyC
Speaking of, I think to myself.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOislK6eH5P
"Hey," Stefan greets.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjww9ijQlG
"P.S. I called Stefan," I inform her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlpnkAYFlc
Stefan walks over to Elena.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HvFbe9Mlv
"What happened? Why did you call me?" he asks.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iDudlivxX
"I just-I need to go upstairs and shower. Clean all the blood off my hands," she says, before walking out of the room.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwe6llDsYH
A moment later, Jeremy wakes up.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTCf3IxiBV
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Stefan asks him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi7W64fej1
"What happened?" Jeremy asks.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAdVIqLUlD
"Long story, buy the e-book," I answer him.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the blood, when Stefan walks in.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcOri5wvbt
"Where did Jeremy go?" I ask my brother.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN3E87P0He
"School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit," he answers me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLFBKiQh2n
"Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jabbed a knife in his neck," I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47VK6zsfCn
Stefan's phone rings and he tells me, "It's Klaus."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAMANaHQlo
"Ooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil," I comment.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrg7vamVwh
"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."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCgmBPnSWq
"Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4TZIBAMGA
Stefan takes my advice and answers it.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7954Pnrao
"I don't want to talk about it," he says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBQfaMt7wB
I ignore Klaus' part of the phone conversation, but listen to what Stefan says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a7yAhz8ix
"Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy," he tells Klaus.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxXelLPk4T
He looks at me and I nod.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelbt32yGQh
"You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?" Stefan says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jqWEiA8FZ
"What do you know about that?" he asks Klaus.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h8MzghXux
"I'm at her house," he answers Klaus.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5naZd6OzzR
Stefan hangs up when Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan then leaves the house with Klaus.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXzSMGiqta
I ignore their conversation outside and start finishing up with cleaning up the blood.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNtRMpaJsH
A few minutes later, Elena walks into the kitchen.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMd3Rmw3dw
"Damon..." she starts to say to me. She trails off and instead, yells, "No!" and backs away.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52g7GadUjB
"What's wrong?" I ask her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7TpzdZJRi
Elena runs to the front door and I follow her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxgWakTeTg
"Elena!" I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChXvHFH28q
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4HcEM9ZCS
I look at Stefan, whom looks around with a worried face.
Bonnie, Stefan, and I are in the kitchen. Stefan called her over.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUqGoa7Lvw
"You lost her?" she asks us.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDsiW0miYq
"Well, lost is a very strong word, we just technically don't know where she is," I answer the witch.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkGSgrBM7o
"I'm more worried about what Klaus said about this hunter's curse," Stefan informs her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vszEhpQqX
"How does Klaus even know about this?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbft1HsNhrW
"How does Klaus know about anything? Guy's like a billion years old," I reply.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsH3jwFksr
"He said it was a witch's curse," Stefan informs us.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenoSmjpjmM
Stefan looks at Bonnie.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf74b59gnjU
"You know if I could do anything to help, I would. But I..," she starts.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwIEync4MC
"But nothing, wave your magic wand, hocus pocus, begone hunter ghostus, whatever," I tell her, worried about Elena.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1z1isqEeZ
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp2AlvJvG0
"Great, you two do your thing," Stefan says to us both.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSzlqMk7WE
"Where are you going?" I ask him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AUXV33Y5x
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NG52ePjgP
"You got this?" I ask Bonnie.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVpXbdrDKI
"Yeah, I'll bring him to you," she assures me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSDLyFIwYV
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi9p75xQAI
The students laugh and then Shane lets them go off on their own.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYVm5C0AIi
I watch, as Shane walks up to Bonnie.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiY2t8aTEi
"Hey, you made it," he greets her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDgzZRTSBR
"Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a bad ass," she greets him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9h03Y3EprO
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUFAp96Djc
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsEPV5C9sY
I hold up the bottle for Alaric and then take a swig, before Shane and Bonnie enter the room.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkiPUt4H9Y
"Shane, this is my friend, Damon. He's kind of an expert on this stuff too," Bonnie says, introducing him to me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RCnFC800F
"I audited your class. Very enlightening," I tell him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIV1hr8hrn
"That's right, I remember you. What's your specialty?" he says to me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx9izZuRJ3
"The origin of a species," I reply.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ618YBmRNq4
"Ah, I think Darwin would arm wrestle you for that distinction," Professor Shane says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExH3KPVGuI
"Not that species," I inform him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nxbLgyAyg
"You're into the monster stuff. Alright, awesome," he replies.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7hYhDDe1C
"I was kind of hoping you might have stumbled upon this at some point, maybe."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNCtwu7AN1
I pull out a piece of paper and hand it to Shane.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F5U5buYb0
Shane takes it and looks at it.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlAd7GnqLg
"This is a Hunter's mark. Where did you get this?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CpqFgldU7
"Came to me in a dream. Do you know anything about the Hunter's curse?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil8Hv9VRdt
"Why? You got a dead hunter in the trunk of your car or something?"
"Metaphorically, speaking."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgs7m3E2tr
"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…."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBgnbxpIe4
"Until?" Bonnie presses.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVQRuf7hsC
"Until the new Hunter is awakened and their legacy is passed on. They're called potentials," he informs us.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIGYPsis40
I take out my phone, as Shane continues to speak.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ369beKBDB
"Listen, I have a bunch of research on it. Why don't I go grab it for you?" he says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih8rEEvqRI
"That'd be great," I reply, before Shane gives me the paper that has the Hunter's mark and thanks me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABtZ9nCeTT
He leaves the classroom and Bonnie looks at me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb5C5ljxdb
"How are we supposed to find a potential Hunter?" she asks.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKild5kw2uu
"Yeah, about that," I comment.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYub6o0OwX
I call Jeremy and he answers it.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURuiPBpzvG
"Damon."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNO2x23NW9
"Little Gilbert, your services are needed," I inform him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3drkWC5b6
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIJJePEY47
"How did I not know any of this stuff about Jeremy?" she asks after I tell her everything.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBIDeoxBbR
"The witch who loses her powers gets left out of the important conversations."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljA4b3HLwC
Jeremy runs into the room.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUmLKNxNFE
"Is everything okay? Is it Elena?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVoOYkglMV
"We figured out how to help Elena. You need to kill a vampire," Bonnie tells him.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v3OqS6BvC
"Great, give me a stake, I'll kill Damon right now."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0WI0KWSbL
"Easy, Van Helsing. We'll get you one. Don't worry," I tell him, not wanting to be killed.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1EmlEQWwk
My phone rings.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1i3LZEoE8
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9MCgPU59I
"You can rest easy, brother. We figured out how to solve our little Elena problem."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzltjSRBSzK
"Yeah, well, now we have a bigger one. I lost her," he informs me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sm2MygAaB
"What? Again?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllYOov9kIr
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnBuJT46cL
"Elena," I greet.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vszhLWSPy
Elena turns to look at me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzTiYVjskM
"Damon?" she says.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7lrrK8Ywo
She turns back to look at something I can't see. She's clearly upset, but looks back at me again.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ776goLKT0i
"How did you find me?" she asks me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhYSZJioab
"Didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third time's the charm," I reply.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfHbgJWk2i
"You were right, Damon. Vampires kill people. Stefan was right too. I can't live with myself."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErzucDoK9J
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUfp8VxyvU
Elena turns her head again to look at something I can't see.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsRorIPOFO
She nods and looks back out at the water.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLGgQXIhin
The sun starts to slowly rise and she looks down. I then look down at her hand.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4dtM7gRii
"Where's your ring, Elena?" I ask, scared of what she is probably attempting to do.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGAdIktKcJ
She doesn't answer me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6yrUVehet
"We need to get you inside," I say to her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qw8Aul2MM
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqhlsuzCyX
I look at the mountains to see that the sun has risen higher in the sky. I then look at her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqc4q71gWW
"Damn it, Elena," I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmycvM9NqZ
I rush at her at vampire speed and try to grab her, but she rushes around me and stays a good distance away.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWluAgE4NC
She closes her eyes.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdPd2ClteP
A moment later, she breathes heavily and opens her eyes again.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze1EXesjx0
"He's gone," she informs me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH4gcOL0fx
"It's okay," I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlReoSWNOY
We both start to hear a sizzling noise and Elena looks down.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPsl3r1eeg
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN42i9e7Ol
"Damon?" she says with fear.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoD0vlyH7V
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTJ2Rg1npW
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkdhgk8XvA
She slowly sits up in bed.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc4iXk6x8D
"Fished it out of the river for you," I let her know.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mBzNf3oTp
She looks at me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoe62bcpo4
"A little tip, vampires hate to swim. How are you feeling?," I say.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAegopIYzn
"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."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtB1pkuKMgM
"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," I say. I sit on her bedside. "Don't do it," I add.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfc8QLg11m
Elena smiles at me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WvqQKSy4K
"I just can't believe I almost..." She starts, but trails off.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBfj6QfHo4
"You weren't yourself," I tell her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02QSpGsT20
Elena takes my hand in hers.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6pQfy4m0T
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you..."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogPqYMB9rU
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnArUgIIMNi
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJoN5U7QaW
Elena laughs at the killing and ashes part.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECiCp8sAaa
"There may be a way out of this for you, Elena."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFT4YrYJji
Elena gives me a confused look.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTUu63RtMo
"There may be a cure," I inform her.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqqYVkFBY7
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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpcbLtNhk7
"Bourbon," I tell the bartender.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkexEXM9wi
I look at the seat next to me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UVpitUJJY
"Make that two."501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoOibZleYc
Matt walks up and stands on the other side of me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4eajd5Iyk
"Still saving a seat for Mr. Saltzman, huh?"501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI5JRDTHQg
"I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified," I answer.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uup1mTbDy
"I know that you don't like me," he replies.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFo6KYqfhI
I move one of the Bourbons in front of the empty seat next to me.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQDJizZyMa
"But I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about," he continues.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES0zdrFFxA
I non-verbally encourage him to tell me about it.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSVUos6rZ9
"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.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjitjJ0daqr
"You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home," I comment.501Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzkZ1aN4et
"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.
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