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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OFtke8wNL
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3zu6kbg2C
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XSAt9h0ur
"No. I'm Elena."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5muriTCSGP
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJa0ssdbA3
"I get that a lot."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXglAn8hvx
"So what are you doing out here alone?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVmjvUFxZL
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNJ1LsCrvA
"You shouldn't be out here alone."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMumwnPuOL
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BjvgjGQ1Z
"By the way, I'm Damon."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdqIREn9CR
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEBOXZPUiz
"The usual."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWMMz5yCnS
"Like?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MALgsxOcn
"Looking for what I want."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2raXZUqIi3
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGST6OgITA
"You want what everyone else wants."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx3Ka8e6pc
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYMpuQvkOt
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbiCWiImnP
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaLtJohU4O
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxjpeId6jm
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0KLMCynww
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNUULIHhEy
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡganShW2jFp
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmvQTPQ9D1
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAKGWBtKk7
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VgcW3BJ17
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDwa6lWcGl
"Go away, Elena."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLBS5m4LC1
"Can I come in?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfzmniLDNV
"Go away."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSBS3uPNRh
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9C2NXOZbo
"I know, Elena."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu9LxIudiY
"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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCPW9rwWVS
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,500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW037EWZ28
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS7QwqQrC3
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGuxAh0U9P
Vampire, she thought.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFvl5t3bRi
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pA0FNs6sb
"You're a feisty one," he commented.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSO6wBTfLf
"Let go of me!" she yelled.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08wncBbBay
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtpHwUsSRS
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fkiV2IHw9
Damon walked up to and faced her.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGcIUWhE5f
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwq5U0NlmH
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAWRvz6FLN
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2yD3M6jIo
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvdSJE63Km
"How do you know all of this?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfDXicdl2N
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZSJPiGwUy
"Do you burn in the sun?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxGxS31BXR
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSmXYrlkId
"How about crosses and stakes?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJtmnq9Al6
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6zJSN6I1u
"Holy water?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu5oPL1PNb
"That doesn't affect us, either."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKnicOA0T8
"What about you?" she had to ask.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRCComOjgT
"Me?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDtuwvIzHQ
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN2ChE4vwh
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPlyUZtHSO
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJTAEDsR20
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4FkjbsNEL
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3bu2UAv8H
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN11oH0VZr7
"So he's your little brother."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxwXebxCNW
"Yeah. But we don't get along."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1bOTkCaeU
She looked grim and sighed.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhIQ9Nick0
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLpw0GavaN
"Sure. What is it?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeNQQH3eBg
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuKGuMjUjp
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qrkKW8oUY
"Thank you."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tgOIHGnxb
"You're welcome."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVkyr6XAiZ
"I should go home."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9TvvT4t8A
"I'll walk you there."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlthS1BkhHf
"Thanks."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EXjLtNiFh
"And Elena?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkH8uvjsBv
"Yeah?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycBfqhlB4z
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpb2vnnbhq
She got to her feet and he did likewise.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqYY78O3dO
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvaFe3lIVB
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZPqT17yJi
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStJmPJA2Uq
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CntDTeDwb
"You, too," Stefan replied.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNmkT90XYX
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhgxsnSv3M
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FUw4HV9eW
"What is it?"500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qTaferUMY
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKztJ2iyaxn
She took it from him and put it around her neck.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5IrT3pltk
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJIcJ5iEpi
He gave her a smirk.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaJr9XECjl
She smiled back at him.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17rWrByEwM
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLqmbHFnXM
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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8RdQyLpNP
"What are you doing?" she asked.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9uT6mnzJb
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXboW94Eje
She smiled.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT4plgVlkj
"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.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjW2MvpZlt
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37wRdIiVKO
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuZzEO30rv
"Hello, Elena."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv8ymgVevg
Elena stared at her in silence.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlv1gghynf
Katherine smelled her fear.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyO3zurSBv
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuxTqpsOo9
"Yeah. You're Katherine."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh4iVHcRZm
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYloyiXxcQh
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWU7qTensG
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaKKgms6zK
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaUKBzAfsN
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIhGe8kFmH
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z7JguKcuw
"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."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVqIEwBhE3
"Who?" Stefan asked.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu1p1SBtmj
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqioHSw6Z1T
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZClHXG5WZ
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65ZpdoOu1G
"Move," Damon replied.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8GYkwlvuY
"Other than that," Elena said.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIiT20vEPF
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SdAnercyu
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrNd16eA07
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G2gaKDx9Q
"Damon," Stefan said.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplshAuCqOp
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaE3beWGpI
Stefan left with that.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzLGt7nmsM
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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