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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHEExAW2Zg
"I can't believe this happened. What am I going to say to him?" she says to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzJToU1aGJ
"Thanks for not ditching my family after I drove Ric crazy?" I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTszzUT7fgR
Elena glares at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnruoxPAw3
"You should have called Stefan," I add to her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqVwYViC77
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEcbCYqYRL
"In all fairness, I mean, I think you killing him kinda trumps that. And you should have called Stefan."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzRp0GgSju
"I don't trust him right now, Damon."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxEH2JjsoM
Just then, Stefan walks in and we both look at him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj0yxuvciz
Speaking of, I think to myself.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzj17CqIEH
"Hey," Stefan greets.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiblf0yTZLc
"P.S. I called Stefan," I inform her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AKRLD3JzS
Stefan walks over to Elena.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUciUPP3hvk
"What happened? Why did you call me?" he asks.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lvGcEnzNE
"I just-I need to go upstairs and shower. Clean all the blood off my hands," she says, before walking out of the room.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aWMqeQI8A
A moment later, Jeremy wakes up.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytP6VtPTo0
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?" Stefan asks him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotw5wk1kSY
"What happened?" Jeremy asks.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkpApaFvwj
"Long story, buy the e-book," I answer him.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the blood, when Stefan walks in.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRCJzHr4e1
"Where did Jeremy go?" I ask my brother.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekSgoEABdt
"School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit," he answers me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SES9R1C9s
"Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jabbed a knife in his neck," I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx5zUfz3t3
Stefan's phone rings and he tells me, "It's Klaus."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhvOi0QrLH
"Ooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil," I comment.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRJt5pDXmO
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjxosElhpM
"Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfIHH79TaV
Stefan takes my advice and answers it.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6ozSdxefE
"I don't want to talk about it," he says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoOlw3l3KF
I ignore Klaus' part of the phone conversation, but listen to what Stefan says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxOO1JzDeZ
"Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy," he tells Klaus.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVZkzphZ9K
He looks at me and I nod.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5FkB2vCXi
"You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?" Stefan says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYcHNUuID8
"What do you know about that?" he asks Klaus.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVxGbLmYEQ
"I'm at her house," he answers Klaus.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsaL5J7ajc
Stefan hangs up when Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan then leaves the house with Klaus.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPHg6ZtvMC
I ignore their conversation outside and start finishing up with cleaning up the blood.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLUQUSDOt1
A few minutes later, Elena walks into the kitchen.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bmAITc4v1
"Damon..." she starts to say to me. She trails off and instead, yells, "No!" and backs away.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxhbM3KCeg
"What's wrong?" I ask her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTezAHp4J2j
Elena runs to the front door and I follow her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7M50FsryB
"Elena!" I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DNPXt6WbD
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfeD0kZJSJ
I look at Stefan, whom looks around with a worried face.
Bonnie, Stefan, and I are in the kitchen. Stefan called her over.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl188E5zBq
"You lost her?" she asks us.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ71fVN1Vxq
"Well, lost is a very strong word, we just technically don't know where she is," I answer the witch.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46XDCx1cxC
"I'm more worried about what Klaus said about this hunter's curse," Stefan informs her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WvnNZv1sa
"How does Klaus even know about this?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9m98UsagT
"How does Klaus know about anything? Guy's like a billion years old," I reply.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfERL4gN25
"He said it was a witch's curse," Stefan informs us.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot9JU6YGWS
Stefan looks at Bonnie.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KS3XGc2Y4
"You know if I could do anything to help, I would. But I..," she starts.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7YrpQbNEC
"But nothing, wave your magic wand, hocus pocus, begone hunter ghostus, whatever," I tell her, worried about Elena.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Qu8r0Z6I
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n6ugRDHLJ
"Great, you two do your thing," Stefan says to us both.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrmkQzWGie
"Where are you going?" I ask him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW4zD9gMwS
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw4SA2cXSc
"You got this?" I ask Bonnie.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGy1Udardto
"Yeah, I'll bring him to you," she assures me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xXwian1OY
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzZRsM2vCs
The students laugh and then Shane lets them go off on their own.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNRs7hKqdM
I watch, as Shane walks up to Bonnie.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qFg0mYlPB
"Hey, you made it," he greets her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgw612Cv0S
"Nice cautionary tale. Qetsiyah sounds like a bad ass," she greets him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVPK8qKaJw
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygVP4m1VPy
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMphqAGMJbE
I hold up the bottle for Alaric and then take a swig, before Shane and Bonnie enter the room.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD8enN8tMx
"Shane, this is my friend, Damon. He's kind of an expert on this stuff too," Bonnie says, introducing him to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxk3bAMzN0
"I audited your class. Very enlightening," I tell him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPTfrif8kb
"That's right, I remember you. What's your specialty?" he says to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelToG7ewGD
"The origin of a species," I reply.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGzJut1RQy
"Ah, I think Darwin would arm wrestle you for that distinction," Professor Shane says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURnGMXTeuK
"Not that species," I inform him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tOSglQOYi
"You're into the monster stuff. Alright, awesome," he replies.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEULKXwBx1
"I was kind of hoping you might have stumbled upon this at some point, maybe."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ81z7cefR
I pull out a piece of paper and hand it to Shane.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mPyq7comj
Shane takes it and looks at it.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFsgkTdghC
"This is a Hunter's mark. Where did you get this?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PQzAhkV1v
"Came to me in a dream. Do you know anything about the Hunter's curse?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCYHWfriuI
"Why? You got a dead hunter in the trunk of your car or something?"
"Metaphorically, speaking."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu35lfsKgus
"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…."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MKzCTgMVc
"Until?" Bonnie presses.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTFLtlESte
"Until the new Hunter is awakened and their legacy is passed on. They're called potentials," he informs us.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCwkqjuCra
I take out my phone, as Shane continues to speak.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFoCSydYlp
"Listen, I have a bunch of research on it. Why don't I go grab it for you?" he says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDRQsq3TMh
"That'd be great," I reply, before Shane gives me the paper that has the Hunter's mark and thanks me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK45RvIBTbe
He leaves the classroom and Bonnie looks at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfkNYKfCMY
"How are we supposed to find a potential Hunter?" she asks.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7AKuYOTWO
"Yeah, about that," I comment.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPelMJ49e8r
I call Jeremy and he answers it.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZROJ4IjrP
"Damon."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigHfeZ2AiQ
"Little Gilbert, your services are needed," I inform him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHGazLfpMA
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH1eFvpRlX
"How did I not know any of this stuff about Jeremy?" she asks after I tell her everything.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysocxh7AwW
"The witch who loses her powers gets left out of the important conversations."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETfvTbI35P
Jeremy runs into the room.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJoF10Ngz0
"Is everything okay? Is it Elena?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOkhp49Kl7
"We figured out how to help Elena. You need to kill a vampire," Bonnie tells him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZBaVHJrT1
"Great, give me a stake, I'll kill Damon right now."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwgHPQccdU
"Easy, Van Helsing. We'll get you one. Don't worry," I tell him, not wanting to be killed.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1q4pxgSx4
My phone rings.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24xqBE9x3L
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNEQA1e8PI
"You can rest easy, brother. We figured out how to solve our little Elena problem."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhvSBHsIID
"Yeah, well, now we have a bigger one. I lost her," he informs me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmHtLrRL28
"What? Again?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOsaVxh085
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjuggDipe6
"Elena," I greet.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIoQRnc2gK
Elena turns to look at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMDjSRdLHI
"Damon?" she says.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxAl0p1byh
She turns back to look at something I can't see. She's clearly upset, but looks back at me again.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVew1T3u6ad
"How did you find me?" she asks me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2UZz0xzdQ
"Didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third time's the charm," I reply.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6jgf6EF0S
"You were right, Damon. Vampires kill people. Stefan was right too. I can't live with myself."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRgmorhHpD
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UL5nuq4SC
Elena turns her head again to look at something I can't see.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNaKl3Z4eG
She nods and looks back out at the water.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7UZgdCtza
The sun starts to slowly rise and she looks down. I then look down at her hand.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKI93CBUAd
"Where's your ring, Elena?" I ask, scared of what she is probably attempting to do.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KrPig6Mb1
She doesn't answer me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vj7rLeNtZ
"We need to get you inside," I say to her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0hkKvEHkf
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7sWtLc64k
I look at the mountains to see that the sun has risen higher in the sky. I then look at her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dw6zgDbLL
"Damn it, Elena," I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajOwI9sVLj
I rush at her at vampire speed and try to grab her, but she rushes around me and stays a good distance away.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGixe2BYml
She closes her eyes.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtyzDntmwI
A moment later, she breathes heavily and opens her eyes again.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyaHIeridO
"He's gone," she informs me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTakLoo5oIr
"It's okay," I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiCFQ9QuyD
We both start to hear a sizzling noise and Elena looks down.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFaRGL5eyr
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIinlxtG7Bs
"Damon?" she says with fear.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJvR8yR1xa
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKYKBmCsS9
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76DuVTxvN8
She slowly sits up in bed.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaldJiikoYG
"Fished it out of the river for you," I let her know.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOihW9YNyNx
She looks at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T7SGN7mDd
"A little tip, vampires hate to swim. How are you feeling?," I say.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuX4wTzUp8
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYp0BruGUX
"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," I say. I sit on her bedside. "Don't do it," I add.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJfQrcXTzs
Elena smiles at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV459BQJLe
"I just can't believe I almost..." She starts, but trails off.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1ACwtq0ac
"You weren't yourself," I tell her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7w6XMRu8h
Elena takes my hand in hers.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTOmzM5ln3
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you..."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky817hDCMT
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7QVtPiPYA
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCoU2j0tk7
Elena laughs at the killing and ashes part.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVmM6sA0vI
"There may be a way out of this for you, Elena."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSLFMRBGPh
Elena gives me a confused look.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYbS05nWgh
"There may be a cure," I inform her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv1E3L8hZS
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C8sZPhvMK
"Bourbon," I tell the bartender.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf9lpxRy6p
I look at the seat next to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuP0zOcOYF
"Make that two."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaphzUu4UsK
Matt walks up and stands on the other side of me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3N1HByDqG
"Still saving a seat for Mr. Saltzman, huh?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqmnIzGXP6
"I'd say I'm in the market for a new drinking buddy. You're not qualified," I answer.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGeLB1a3oR
"I know that you don't like me," he replies.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T3z6hlFdR
I move one of the Bourbons in front of the empty seat next to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8RIYCUv5U
"But I dug up some stuff about the explosion at the Young farm, I kind of need to tell someone about," he continues.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWuNO0idA7
I non-verbally encourage him to tell me about it.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfH4CNoWhZ
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbCWQatl1s
"You're on the verge of impressing me. Drive it home," I comment.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLb1HGXMbqh
"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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