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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0prHAwLPQb
"I can't believe this happened. What am I going to say to him?" she says to me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo2VYeIF1y
"Thanks for not ditching my family after I drove Ric crazy?" I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oDXBdxtdo
Elena glares at me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ed6leRy57
"You should have called Stefan," I add to her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kcVOYBdSt
"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."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BoLk6ZQNJ
"In all fairness, I mean, I think you killing him kinda trumps that. And you should have called Stefan."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCCcpZTXvS
"I don't trust him right now, Damon."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wNKylctOm
Just then, Stefan walks in and we both look at him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MQHiiICEd
Speaking of, I think to myself.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGt8UFyRQy
"Hey," Stefan greets.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t5JmfvUhl
"P.S. I called Stefan," I inform her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyR3gbEQYy
Stefan walks over to Elena.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr5edxoCmC
"What happened? Why did you call me?" he asks.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSe44xEZjI
"I just-I need to go upstairs and shower. Clean all the blood off my hands," she says, before walking out of the room.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEgqY5az2J
A moment later, Jeremy wakes up.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4YNcMlz8y
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Stefan asks him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtL6XE32R6
"What happened?" Jeremy asks.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM543Dv4Rh
"Long story, buy the e-book," I answer him.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the blood, when Stefan walks in.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEm07JtSMo
"Where did Jeremy go?" I ask my brother.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVeP57alUB
"School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit," he answers me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36q6maw8Zw
"Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jabbed a knife in his neck," I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw0L1aX5p6
Stefan's phone rings and he tells me, "It's Klaus."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjsIVIqBVP
"Ooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil," I comment.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfZ20vTp3H
"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."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8tVguTx49
"Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89tGbNapjy
Stefan takes my advice and answers it.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5YRe9SowL
"I don't want to talk about it," he says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9I45OylHB
I ignore Klaus' part of the phone conversation, but listen to what Stefan says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlmpfTxMQs
"Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy," he tells Klaus.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCiqJOdyWf
He looks at me and I nod.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1Z3yKg5TE
"You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?" Stefan says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2enpZxkY8
"What do you know about that?" he asks Klaus.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrON9uOpSK9
"I'm at her house," he answers Klaus.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTocaLlqe4
Stefan hangs up when Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan then leaves the house with Klaus.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuAArc7C14
I ignore their conversation outside and start finishing up with cleaning up the blood.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3gEDJgEjZ
A few minutes later, Elena walks into the kitchen.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYSTH6SzE6
"Damon..." she starts to say to me. She trails off and instead, yells, "No!" and backs away.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2sNPMWN7r
"What's wrong?" I ask her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTBkB9fxfM
Elena runs to the front door and I follow her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP9q4fR8gA
"Elena!" I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ONApCMzIz
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXfFPMc9oA
I look at Stefan, whom looks around with a worried face.
Bonnie, Stefan, and I are in the kitchen. Stefan called her over.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdibeGlbnHF
"You lost her?" she asks us.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54sA4nmyVo
"Well, lost is a very strong word, we just technically don't know where she is," I answer the witch.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjrhDMeqov
"I'm more worried about what Klaus said about this hunter's curse," Stefan informs her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGvj6gQUVS
"How does Klaus even know about this?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQAyncXAKN
"How does Klaus know about anything? Guy's like a billion years old," I reply.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENUMllFodD
"He said it was a witch's curse," Stefan informs us.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRIoLiKpMV
Stefan looks at Bonnie.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWkIA9pqD1
"You know if I could do anything to help, I would. But I..," she starts.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFmZwPf4TQ
"But nothing, wave your magic wand, hocus pocus, begone hunter ghostus, whatever," I tell her, worried about Elena.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l2GQPQUou
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lwcx4NgJU
"Great, you two do your thing," Stefan says to us both.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspT4720omd
"Where are you going?" I ask him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCP72wy1qp
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU7RhLBE2p
"You got this?" I ask Bonnie.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYISHiYB4Bj
"Yeah, I'll bring him to you," she assures me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqRoCyY3q2
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpA16T1C6A
The students laugh and then Shane lets them go off on their own.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyktkr99Qyx
I watch, as Shane walks up to Bonnie.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YCsBNGb5J
"Hey, you made it," he greets her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeQU4jjBQD
"Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a bad ass," she greets him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFWCVdAwQK
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5cu8Ue2cR
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWx0qDCzvC
I hold up the bottle for Alaric and then take a swig, before Shane and Bonnie enter the room.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDVBgRHGLl
"Shane, this is my friend, Damon. He's kind of an expert on this stuff too," Bonnie says, introducing him to me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkavwau1Rk7
"I audited your class. Very enlightening," I tell him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjLwSYkVtQ
"That's right, I remember you. What's your specialty?" he says to me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHycu5b1p4
"The origin of a species," I reply.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLSPvt73oG
"Ah, I think Darwin would arm wrestle you for that distinction," Professor Shane says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpAnWt3GMB
"Not that species," I inform him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgy4HKzTX0Y
"You're into the monster stuff. Alright, awesome," he replies.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoSntD9M79
"I was kind of hoping you might have stumbled upon this at some point, maybe."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7767tEDYPZ
I pull out a piece of paper and hand it to Shane.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrX5mLItsMc
Shane takes it and looks at it.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccmsr1QflS
"This is a Hunter's mark. Where did you get this?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vZi6NQwK4
"Came to me in a dream. Do you know anything about the Hunter's curse?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OME2NeWeC
"Why? You got a dead hunter in the trunk of your car or something?"
"Metaphorically, speaking."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz6teT1C00
"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…."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwsTA5lqPo
"Until?" Bonnie presses.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyFqsAOoFu
"Until the new Hunter is awakened and their legacy is passed on. They're called potentials," he informs us.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk73wkzRcN
I take out my phone, as Shane continues to speak.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwKmcu0w7c
"Listen, I have a bunch of research on it. Why don't I go grab it for you?" he says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvJZYtFSN6
"That'd be great," I reply, before Shane gives me the paper that has the Hunter's mark and thanks me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfmaB9CRJC
He leaves the classroom and Bonnie looks at me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpSUd60iVQ
"How are we supposed to find a potential Hunter?" she asks.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDuCGPtvhM
"Yeah, about that," I comment.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqcKf6PIfI
I call Jeremy and he answers it.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWXLrX75Dq
"Damon."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kZxKIqcoN
"Little Gilbert, your services are needed," I inform him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OYytvhEWx
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdVWk6u7Tw
"How did I not know any of this stuff about Jeremy?" she asks after I tell her everything.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQgbrGy9QZ
"The witch who loses her powers gets left out of the important conversations."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9K5je5LYFS
Jeremy runs into the room.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDmyfpHC2h
"Is everything okay? Is it Elena?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSWcNzsI5c
"We figured out how to help Elena. You need to kill a vampire," Bonnie tells him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GPSCDyUg2
"Great, give me a stake, I'll kill Damon right now."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTIeZl2P6s
"Easy, Van Helsing. We'll get you one. Don't worry," I tell him, not wanting to be killed.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4VJ7WBUkd
My phone rings.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcLhgHE2Dc
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTlysCWXj9
"You can rest easy, brother. We figured out how to solve our little Elena problem."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NyNzNeEnD
"Yeah, well, now we have a bigger one. I lost her," he informs me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuI6SkWnW9y
"What? Again?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z0L6ArLEh
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwc2A2XtKb
"Elena," I greet.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKsibEU6xR
Elena turns to look at me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoKGnaq41h
"Damon?" she says.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSOhl0o47b
She turns back to look at something I can't see. She's clearly upset, but looks back at me again.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKhRtyH3tx
"How did you find me?" she asks me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNaNmiSwsc
"Didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third time's the charm," I reply.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNGDP5kC2g
"You were right, Damon. Vampires kill people. Stefan was right too. I can't live with myself."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7dhjywMDM
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAn4SMQ0QX
Elena turns her head again to look at something I can't see.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sTZxgY5ib
She nods and looks back out at the water.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmxT2j3kNO
The sun starts to slowly rise and she looks down. I then look down at her hand.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jvt31mS74
"Where's your ring, Elena?" I ask, scared of what she is probably attempting to do.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyYY3jynTd
She doesn't answer me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFx34XjRK8
"We need to get you inside," I say to her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgaaGI3zv0
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvYsIsurNs
I look at the mountains to see that the sun has risen higher in the sky. I then look at her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqjySg4jIR
"Damn it, Elena," I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7bHwluTAC
I rush at her at vampire speed and try to grab her, but she rushes around me and stays a good distance away.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyWQyuZZpG
She closes her eyes.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWKitsQ4BU
A moment later, she breathes heavily and opens her eyes again.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ30Jz52TYl
"He's gone," she informs me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEGrsrP2RA
"It's okay," I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E4hvXiYXF
We both start to hear a sizzling noise and Elena looks down.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51gOXuE6bh
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYfdNOeKle
"Damon?" she says with fear.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvytHlXAJmV
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pPy87TYMa
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRT8wM0ABP
She slowly sits up in bed.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zM4NVjEEL
"Fished it out of the river for you," I let her know.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxwFUKj5oX
She looks at me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLarTAdCj4V
"A little tip, vampires hate to swim. How are you feeling?," I say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAhL2Xl40V
"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."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXoAk9X5v6
"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," I say. I sit on her bedside. "Don't do it," I add.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE0KP5eeI9
Elena smiles at me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hF6zmUGgb
"I just can't believe I almost..." She starts, but trails off.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy9qvZNPdA
"You weren't yourself," I tell her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXvJS1DQ2F
Elena takes my hand in hers.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFlrWt8U5r
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you..."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhbLmVuAvy
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dk5lm6zRr
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTgG3lztrC
Elena laughs at the killing and ashes part.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLczvrjqkf
"There may be a way out of this for you, Elena."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4T0v6jSFS
Elena gives me a confused look.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n3TfXy5Mf
"There may be a cure," I inform her.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45ilrCpCJT
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnsmS2HMEt
"Bourbon," I tell the bartender.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjav090ABoh
I look at the seat next to me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIc4LFiXA4
"Make that two."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNT5ljjBnj3
Matt walks up and stands on the other side of me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjCW433oRQ
"Still saving a seat for Mr. Saltzman, huh?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NW0r9hyYl
"I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified," I answer.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90Nrb5keWb
"I know that you don't like me," he replies.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1cjKGKqnJ
I move one of the Bourbons in front of the empty seat next to me.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFwxdwSuEt
"But I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about," he continues.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtto0yd8mCm
I non-verbally encourage him to tell me about it.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL7yAoTKem
"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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1WjuvlfRt
"You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home," I comment.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwbEFhcco0
"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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