It was a dark night, as Damon lay in the middle of a road waiting for someone to come along. It was how he got his food. And that's when he heard a voice; Her voice.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo51R3RP1h
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2iccZY32l
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0zAeLW3HZ
"No. I'm Elena."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AjML2Z24X
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunuN1LA10u
"I get that a lot."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKMUmmgSUv
"So what are you doing out here alone?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbknk2RIAMP
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNiLylWBUk
"You shouldn't be out here alone."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh2paXFB2x
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVrcC6Lxm2
"By the way, I'm Damon."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDTy9W3EOn
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVcdM4Llag
"The usual."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhVNaBvL23
"Like?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtwYWWQP2X
"Looking for what I want."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1A9SSIpC9
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxggNBAQhjF
"You want what everyone else wants."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQHqBZnJXF
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCZsZxq1dY
"You want adventure, mystery, and maybe a little danger. I want you to get everything you want. But now, I can't have people knowing I'm in town yet."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzULTuz83J
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE5T4REXpB
He was surprised that Elena wouldn't tell anyone. The humans he had met in the past had been talkative. And they always told one another everything. But not this girl. He felt that she was telling the truth. He didn't have to compel her to forget that they had met.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7i85GOViM
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASfnXFZ79v
As Damon walked away, he felt drawn to her and didn't know why. But he kept walking until he reached the shadows of the darkness. And from that darkness, he watched as Elena got into the car with her parents. Then he watched as her father drove away in the car towards the Whickery Bridge. There was silence from them until her parents asked her how the party had gone. She went into talking about her fight with her ex-boyfriend, Matt. But he didn't hear her mention him. And that's when he knew that he could trust her.
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It was a beautiful day as Elena Gilbert headed home. She felt alone these days. Her parents were dead, but Damon Salvatore had saved her life. Now her and Jeremy's guardian was their Aunt Jenna.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz80skP84PA
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3c4aiGEKJ
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfI1CO9NpB
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfCedLfF7a
Once in her room, Elena put her bag on the floor by her desk, before going to check on her younger and only brother, Jeremy. He was having a hard time with their parents' deaths. It had been last summer, but it was hard. Now her brother mostly got home late and stayed in his room. She didn't know what he did all that time. She and Aunt Jenna didn't know what was wrong.
She knocked on her brother's closed door, which was right next to her own bedroom.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomf0d0rkmh
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioZEI3T3rk
"Go away, Elena."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqM1Mjkz4n
"Can I come in?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY4IeACGUe
"Go away."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W5KA1bG5d
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqJxkgNn0E
"I know, Elena."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyGSm1dA6E
"Okay. I'll see you later then."
With that, she went back to her room to do her homework.
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After they had dinner, Jeremy stayed in his room for the rest of the evening as usual. Elena stayed downstairs with Aunt Jenna for a little bit, though. They both knew Jeremy needed help. They just didn't know what to do.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pzwaKVvQv
Later, Elena went to her room and closed her door for privacy. She walked over to her desk and sat down in her chair, before she got a pen from her pen holder on her desk. Then she opened her right top drawer of her desk and took out her journal. She closed the drawer and opened her diary on her desk. Then she started to write, as thoughts came to her. She did this every night. It was her own personal therapy. She had done this since last summer.
Dear Journal,526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85ChovCaHj
Jeremy is acting strange. He doesn't come out of his room except for class and to eat, and he skips class and if failing his classes. He has developed an attitude towards everyone and he's withdrawn. All I know is this. He needs some kind of help. If he doesn't stop this, I don't know what will happen. I think he's still grieving for mom and dad. This might be his way of calling out for help and dealing with it. But it's not the way to go. I'm still grieving too, but I'm not acting like a stranger. Instead, I'm coping by writing all of this down. Speaking of stranger, I wonder where Damon is...I haven't seen him since last summer when he saved my life. If it wasn't for Damon, I'd be dead. Where is he? I miss him.
She put her pen and journal away before getting to her feet. She was tired. She looked at her clock that sat on her nightstand. It read ten-thirty.
The next day passed quickly. Before she knew it, school was over and her best friends were walking at either side of her. Caroline Forbes, the Sheriff's daughter, was on her right. She had blond hair and blue eyes, while Bonnie Bennett whom lived with her grandmother, had hazel eyes and black hair.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ4mPTPbED
Soon, they departed from her to go home, as did Elena. And as she headed home, thoughts spun through her mind. She wanted to help her brother. She had to find a solution. Should she set him up with a counselor and make him talk, or should she make him talk to her or Aunt Jenna?
It was still dark, as Elena headed home. And that's when she stopped in a desolate area on a sidewalk, not sure why she felt like she was being watched. She was alone. Then the hairs on the back of her neck prickled and someone in black clothes was instantly not far from her. He looked normal until she saw his face.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7M4l11WPM
Vampire, she thought.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls8hBjTRxF
She started to run, but he was instantly in front of her. He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. She tried to pull away to get free of him, but she couldn't.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCP1NdW9tdU
"You're a feisty one," he commented.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx6Oy4Zfty
"Let go of me!" she yelled.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9oLbaH7WJ
Damon was taking a walk when he suddenly heard her not far off and smelled the scent of another vampire. And that's when he followed the scents.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs43JMShedt
She continued to try and get free of him. And then that's when Damon came to her rescue. He through him off her. Then she watched as they both fought until the vampire fled.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQklJsZABj
Damon walked up to and faced her.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16jcPPbMJ3
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx3pVcm3Mc
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMiiYWJXF0
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmRSsNI4jK
"Did I really see a vampire?" she had to ask immediately.
"Yes. You saw a vampire. Vampires are a little different from the movies, though. They can compel you if you aren't wearing an herb called Vervain. Vervain weakens vampires. Some vampires compel, but others don't."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78XBnwHIrX
"How do you know all of this?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSSU7wRQav
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGxh0xMQF6
"Do you burn in the sun?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67mu9HWO1q
"Yes. But only if we're not wearing a Lapis Lazuli Daylight ring. It helps us walk in the sun, which helps us blend in better. As long as we don't show our true selves to the public, we stay blended in. If we're new, we're reckless and leave behind bodies. If we're not, we know how to cover our tracks."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RZ0zJUXOs
"How about crosses and stakes?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcnIZkQirh
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDVeoTlBqc
"Holy water?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAvjpSoE6m
"That doesn't affect us, either."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10Hvn5E64V
"What about you?" she had to ask.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfN9kV4Qr2
"Me?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiJvLncEgT
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRb5t3ADJ4
"My brother and I were turned here in Mystic Falls in 1864. We grew up here. Katherine Pierce turned us, but she died during the 1864 vampire raid. The Founding Families of Mystic Falls went in search of vampires. All one hundred and sixty vampires were captured and burned alive in St. Paul's Church. We couldn't stop it. Before we could rescue Katherine from the carriage, our father shot us in the middle of the street. It was too late when we woke up in transition. Stefan killed our father and turned first. He made me turn against my will. After that, we both left Mystic Falls and went our separate ways. And in the beginning, I made his life miserable. But after a while, I changed."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlxZO7FEWU
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnUdnF4kAj
"I thought you were Katherine. You look and sound like her. You have almost every trait of her. You probably have more traits of her, but I just met you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzv7Pi19Mw
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBrgju2GoM
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnazUushs3g
"So he's your little brother."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hLaHpib06
"Yeah. But we don't get along."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAMycnnN5X
She looked grim and sighed.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZBLF0xfV0
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxddYAMtbsN
"Sure. What is it?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ8c5MLmEO
"I know we don't have the same complicated little brothers, but do you think you could help me with Jeremy? He hasn't been the same since mom and dad. I think he's taking it harder than I am. Aunt Jenna and I don't know what to do. All he does is stay in his room or out late and do whatever he does up in his room. He's withdrawn. I try to get him to talk to me, but he just shuts me out."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnHuYnn9dn
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFTwgxJlwI
"Thank you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDznMA3wXAY
"You're welcome."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71NGsE5oRQ
"I should go home."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsP0TvxgNZ
"I'll walk you there."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyoUnzapMG
"Thanks."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWAxBJqGqI
"And Elena?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyETPk8EFLK
"Yeah?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1FPRgf5Bp
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcE8QDA8ZB
She got to her feet and he did likewise.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRjOR4hsrj
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB4BeIgF6R
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfDjUe4lxv
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzZrtjECJG
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZZqPgdfAs
"You, too," Stefan replied.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrGXv4e4XC
As they left the Salvatore boarding house, Damon felt his brother watching them.
Once they were on Elena's porch, he held out a necklace to her.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8at5lvV9nb
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWQo4hoon7
"What is it?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WTqCKEWno
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIuETtxz22
She took it from him and put it around her neck.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHq1FVC86i
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnoMrcCtqP
He gave her a smirk.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WlLaoIVss
She smiled back at him.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqZCwe8ZKY
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOdr55T40R
Elena headed silently up the stairs towards her room so she wouldn't wake anyone up. She knew her Aunt Jenna would ask her tomorrow where she had been.
The next day, she headed for home alone again, but not for long. Damon was at her side.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO5bkEF0u9
"What are you doing?" she asked.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLDFi8d1J6
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCux2ygHpA
She smiled.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx9KbCK2Iz
"Not a problem at all."
When they got there she invited him in, he got to know her Aunt Jenna and Jeremy, and got to knowing Elena better. And as the months passed, he did his best to help Elena with her brother.
A year later, Jeremy was himself again and Elena knew more about Stefan. And then she came. Katherine Pierce.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejUhTLBb9C
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcgEGGkQ8J
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKGxQBjdYE
"Hello, Elena."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn2rncW4Ug
Elena stared at her in silence.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS8ddKv6YC
Katherine smelled her fear.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxV3jThq6G
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYWF0jBTNR
"Yeah. You're Katherine."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxIaZfx0o8
"The Salvatore brothers don't know everything, Elena. And as for your question well, you're a part of my family. I looked into your past to find out why we're so alike. You're adopted. Your mother has to be the daughter my father tore from my arms. He said I had disgraced my family by having an illegitimate daughter. Children like those weren't welcome back in the sixteenth century. You're a Petrova doppelganger like I once was."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg6rxqzCXB
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnjVDbhumd
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcERjKQMO7s
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KEJL1tJzr
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHyDZV6gHX
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpxUjzcZmq
"I'm sorry for what I did. I wish you tow could look past everything I've done. I wish you could forgive me for faking my own death, but I had to run. I couldn't let him kill me."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kXC4ssKP
"Who?" Stefan asked.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTKxJcdTrj
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EJFsOCWG9
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8gsMa0OTj
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL38vA3X1O
"Move," Damon replied.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW4414ToQF
"Other than that," Elena said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJmPwtjyht
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaVcphbGlg
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc6RRs0Gl2
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlMA4EoX0F
"Damon," Stefan said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeDVRnIyTx
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4W1vivE4M
Stefan left with that.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdY0LmPddT
They watched him go.
A couple years later Katherine and Stefan had left town together, Caroline was a vampire, Bonnie found out that she was a witch, Tyler Lockwood became a hybrid thanks to Klaus, and Klaus and his family were in town. In the meantime, Elena and Damon were dating and everyone in Elena's circle was trying to figure out why Klaus was still in town.
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