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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkPRvErGye
"I can't believe this happened. What am I going to say to him?" she says to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMLEozoA84
"Thanks for not ditching my family after I drove Ric crazy?" I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQuBScouB8
Elena glares at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMblh9Pfp3
"You should have called Stefan," I add to her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwETvUqsWeh
"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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY23de4pmeI
"In all fairness, I mean, I think you killing him kinda trumps that. And you should have called Stefan."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB7bqzaevj
"I don't trust him right now, Damon."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksfJRK80Sc
Just then, Stefan walks in and we both look at him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45496kIiUj
Speaking of, I think to myself.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfmtK9i2UI
"Hey," Stefan greets.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbqUYlyakY
"P.S. I called Stefan," I inform her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvPnKf6QjG
Stefan walks over to Elena.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn79znllAl
"What happened? Why did you call me?" he asks.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqlsZNwbkX
"I just-I need to go upstairs and shower. Clean all the blood off my hands," she says, before walking out of the room.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetWlGyQ2ys
A moment later, Jeremy wakes up.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYoe2SvbN6
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Stefan asks him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdbhXFSXCW
"What happened?" Jeremy asks.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yjEeHnAyA
"Long story, buy the e-book," I answer him.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the blood, when Stefan walks in.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rRLb8foTv
"Where did Jeremy go?" I ask my brother.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEsFSIhPJr
"School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit," he answers me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Kwr6XfeO
"Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jabbed a knife in his neck," I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlo5f9Nr2a
Stefan's phone rings and he tells me, "It's Klaus."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6D28pJ2Fl
"Ooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil," I comment.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq65LFXzmt
"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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtt1G813we
"Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6BpryoM55
Stefan takes my advice and answers it.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk4nYGjAzm
"I don't want to talk about it," he says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMinLCvwplx
I ignore Klaus' part of the phone conversation, but listen to what Stefan says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojMJ462s2Y
"Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy," he tells Klaus.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DeHtPVdO9
He looks at me and I nod.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q51E8Onz5
"You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?" Stefan says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmw0B8Gb7n
"What do you know about that?" he asks Klaus.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwFUmXWn8v
"I'm at her house," he answers Klaus.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJdtYb5ZVn
Stefan hangs up when Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan then leaves the house with Klaus.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdYBBCPiSU
I ignore their conversation outside and start finishing up with cleaning up the blood.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BPzSGZykl
A few minutes later, Elena walks into the kitchen.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdDLZinOEJ
"Damon..." she starts to say to me. She trails off and instead, yells, "No!" and backs away.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4k5HCnVTn
"What's wrong?" I ask her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTovme4nAd
Elena runs to the front door and I follow her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnQ7etYrrO
"Elena!" I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TjxtnQ4IS
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYm1zAaky9
I look at Stefan, whom looks around with a worried face.
Bonnie, Stefan, and I are in the kitchen. Stefan called her over.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cwSW5idLU
"You lost her?" she asks us.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoto97zrXJ
"Well, lost is a very strong word, we just technically don't know where she is," I answer the witch.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1A7Hf3e19
"I'm more worried about what Klaus said about this hunter's curse," Stefan informs her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUksFFhV4Z
"How does Klaus even know about this?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VYzcvB1di
"How does Klaus know about anything? Guy's like a billion years old," I reply.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYuAf9JIQG
"He said it was a witch's curse," Stefan informs us.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6CbDTZvEJ
Stefan looks at Bonnie.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxVUPUS8J7
"You know if I could do anything to help, I would. But I..," she starts.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wSjhISLiN
"But nothing, wave your magic wand, hocus pocus, begone hunter ghostus, whatever," I tell her, worried about Elena.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xa43xRW2g
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6qCRdsrqe
"Great, you two do your thing," Stefan says to us both.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76CbaTfp86
"Where are you going?" I ask him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicxKgrpCLJ
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dbw2FhdG7
"You got this?" I ask Bonnie.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qumfaMNxD
"Yeah, I'll bring him to you," she assures me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVSgfzix1P
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72zkI86pcr
The students laugh and then Shane lets them go off on their own.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UYNtiEjrO
I watch, as Shane walks up to Bonnie.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQmd9m3OkF
"Hey, you made it," he greets her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSvPj7O2lq
"Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a bad ass," she greets him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbmQ5Y0XDZ
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa2aVLHpcB
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYryTzpMQT0
I hold up the bottle for Alaric and then take a swig, before Shane and Bonnie enter the room.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyMVNWa5FW
"Shane, this is my friend, Damon. He's kind of an expert on this stuff too," Bonnie says, introducing him to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhf5e88y6G
"I audited your class. Very enlightening," I tell him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTxt4iUgln
"That's right, I remember you. What's your specialty?" he says to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujzT9Xwgfw
"The origin of a species," I reply.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT4FzYL33A
"Ah, I think Darwin would arm wrestle you for that distinction," Professor Shane says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlmQUZg3tl
"Not that species," I inform him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmr3giwUUy
"You're into the monster stuff. Alright, awesome," he replies.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOtE9kav3n
"I was kind of hoping you might have stumbled upon this at some point, maybe."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfhXDeByDI
I pull out a piece of paper and hand it to Shane.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpdnL6TuAj
Shane takes it and looks at it.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbLLcrxtRG
"This is a Hunter's mark. Where did you get this?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfCmXqNZSj
"Came to me in a dream. Do you know anything about the Hunter's curse?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlx0of8rJS
"Why? You got a dead hunter in the trunk of your car or something?"
"Metaphorically, speaking."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yXfXMiSIu
"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…."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPn6gTZ1lI
"Until?" Bonnie presses.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkOOHbAzVW
"Until the new Hunter is awakened and their legacy is passed on. They're called potentials," he informs us.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoB1YOT7tb
I take out my phone, as Shane continues to speak.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl4GVeuMLa
"Listen, I have a bunch of research on it. Why don't I go grab it for you?" he says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sD95TNMPO
"That'd be great," I reply, before Shane gives me the paper that has the Hunter's mark and thanks me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxPOxRMdcQ
He leaves the classroom and Bonnie looks at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4oF9pTszx
"How are we supposed to find a potential Hunter?" she asks.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdMj60ogDn
"Yeah, about that," I comment.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvT4AvH1Db
I call Jeremy and he answers it.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7dpzbm5la
"Damon."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEvJhPn2Jj
"Little Gilbert, your services are needed," I inform him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv6pcyay60
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vrf2fKFHK
"How did I not know any of this stuff about Jeremy?" she asks after I tell her everything.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEuO3yFaNf
"The witch who loses her powers gets left out of the important conversations."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJE6vw4U3H
Jeremy runs into the room.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v04FxdLjn
"Is everything okay? Is it Elena?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z0O1LvziI
"We figured out how to help Elena. You need to kill a vampire," Bonnie tells him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp90J1k6Bw
"Great, give me a stake, I'll kill Damon right now."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8863XpZZ1
"Easy, Van Helsing. We'll get you one. Don't worry," I tell him, not wanting to be killed.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPGZzLWNeS
My phone rings.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xgWgUG5h1
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzm5XzXeyr
"You can rest easy, brother. We figured out how to solve our little Elena problem."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhgT6PchFh
"Yeah, well, now we have a bigger one. I lost her," he informs me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk6nXOhjVx
"What? Again?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbRaG5Pqza
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DngCKFvUO
"Elena," I greet.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EYaiShqeJ
Elena turns to look at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVL0SJGdin
"Damon?" she says.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzq0PDr95TR
She turns back to look at something I can't see. She's clearly upset, but looks back at me again.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12VN9DPzOx
"How did you find me?" she asks me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncQbYeoayg
"Didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third time's the charm," I reply.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1aDxxVHaV
"You were right, Damon. Vampires kill people. Stefan was right too. I can't live with myself."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5TVTYS6uj
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dt8b1u0KZ
Elena turns her head again to look at something I can't see.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl3WfL5qo0
She nods and looks back out at the water.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuNSmcsyuk
The sun starts to slowly rise and she looks down. I then look down at her hand.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16qnqtgU7o
"Where's your ring, Elena?" I ask, scared of what she is probably attempting to do.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LA11PKROv
She doesn't answer me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKHdWJxwjP
"We need to get you inside," I say to her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SmMB5A0Y3
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqc3qiQ27b
I look at the mountains to see that the sun has risen higher in the sky. I then look at her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9r8Ichq0pH
"Damn it, Elena," I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7ldfnHQOI
I rush at her at vampire speed and try to grab her, but she rushes around me and stays a good distance away.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF9PLoFCyb
She closes her eyes.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7FFscHeR3
A moment later, she breathes heavily and opens her eyes again.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq9XFBwqpw
"He's gone," she informs me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfk881HD2U
"It's okay," I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPG8ahWyHj
We both start to hear a sizzling noise and Elena looks down.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMyEroFerz
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY0TSnXxvj
"Damon?" she says with fear.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGLad5Ufj7
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUmNWezu4h
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleXgUnx7ED
She slowly sits up in bed.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6csWRWvDvN
"Fished it out of the river for you," I let her know.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbysST8OHQ1
She looks at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8RQwkmVfK
"A little tip, vampires hate to swim. How are you feeling?," I say.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjObpr4vyu
"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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDltx72uSn
"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," I say. I sit on her bedside. "Don't do it," I add.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzIDCSFafZ
Elena smiles at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR9uUYBC0l
"I just can't believe I almost..." She starts, but trails off.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5efDdD4z3
"You weren't yourself," I tell her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpojuGl6xbd
Elena takes my hand in hers.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsf1wocfGVD
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you..."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjLzmTkdVk
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstlZ22JnGu
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wGGWAruQN
Elena laughs at the killing and ashes part.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvTgu4CgrP
"There may be a way out of this for you, Elena."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qcbkjRHPY
Elena gives me a confused look.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiY8roeNx6
"There may be a cure," I inform her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAglWKj41f
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkegimVZSQS
"Bourbon," I tell the bartender.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9ctGHIZoW
I look at the seat next to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7Ygs7coKr
"Make that two."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iyKdkwBgs
Matt walks up and stands on the other side of me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo1lFRnBYZ
"Still saving a seat for Mr. Saltzman, huh?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV9KfFuHRz
"I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified," I answer.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YakHPmJzD
"I know that you don't like me," he replies.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyrHwk0FcA
I move one of the Bourbons in front of the empty seat next to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEbYlvV13p
"But I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about," he continues.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVL0v8nTLx
I non-verbally encourage him to tell me about it.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDZfFxS3qx
"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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc3jOqjMWL
"You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home," I comment.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxN4AFxtAy
"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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