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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGuSlDv2E0
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAgnHJZOSP
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK27VIFMOW
"No. I'm Elena."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQbLDOfzDK
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxPMZEVsk0
"I get that a lot."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDL0A7MQ1rC
"So what are you doing out here alone?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSTrrGRMO7
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iGRsGcCP6
"You shouldn't be out here alone."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fS67Y4SWh
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVfYNIJ4pb
"By the way, I'm Damon."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJO1muh6bAY
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6YQ0qzvnP
"The usual."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0XGNRn8La
"Like?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUbJZlHkfb
"Looking for what I want."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xRZ8JRLfr
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7eEXWmULm
"You want what everyone else wants."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7T0vIR7W9
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwl1HUqumIP
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTumJR5oAZ
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsFmsihlTg
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwxHKP7R3g
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhA0J8Cbfy
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKtnwg0yLa
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8Nc1QfzUc
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfN35ZBqyu
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNitdQ7aLlx
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC0rvav6T9
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hWf28QXm7
"Go away, Elena."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh4SlyM9mZ
"Can I come in?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tBhRWVvq9
"Go away."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVFkB8xR5Q
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMEzPqQZoP
"I know, Elena."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3aVoD6zrr
"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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TpHdUK0R3
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,525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPULNIzZbq
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIaWkt5Ybw
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcBANMRnBp
Vampire, she thought.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGtsAJBV95
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEy1uTo4wO
"You're a feisty one," he commented.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprPggUU114
"Let go of me!" she yelled.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRjWMwEgVI
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssmg5wn3zg
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP36Yn6c6ne
Damon walked up to and faced her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIEDXua2mm
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuwP2zTNAL
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuAF1OFoYE
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkmrotV9lk
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs3FP7vBDJ
"How do you know all of this?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQGsExnTsz
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rioa9PZdo
"Do you burn in the sun?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzROjouRE7T
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwPIO2CbiO
"How about crosses and stakes?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB6IT86IK8
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5t30dc9oLB
"Holy water?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoVFbQiy8a
"That doesn't affect us, either."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV51G3fg0Ji
"What about you?" she had to ask.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoa7oxLd4tV
"Me?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkdgFAO1YJ
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRgUpJfOtE
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHHYOc0f9S
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWePyXv6hI
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV1cUcyHdO
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1j6j6RP8B
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1OOFVugJd
"So he's your little brother."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEMlpNPtST
"Yeah. But we don't get along."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UHM7ZWqmT
She looked grim and sighed.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9favuC5HvG
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuqV9aD8Uy
"Sure. What is it?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuwc4AcHPR
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQvEocSi3b
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe36lJn9rOi
"Thank you."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE55p5Hi6xV
"You're welcome."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gXpuEheMu
"I should go home."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwBAH2OkiX
"I'll walk you there."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRstjv4RcZ
"Thanks."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9KbdWN7mD
"And Elena?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTjgXrbKQ6
"Yeah?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LZ3cSi5q6
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnKgI5kC0B
She got to her feet and he did likewise.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZflbcYhZw
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJJudQouE2
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9gYD90oBu
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62Sp2VAQpH
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjbGUch1cc
"You, too," Stefan replied.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LGLwZqv5v
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrurmaQt05u
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8B3mhKUna
"What is it?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF6ompyrwy
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCGbZuCNup
She took it from him and put it around her neck.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYhk6TiDQZ
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rlyPJPzBV
He gave her a smirk.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4ecRFA0S8
She smiled back at him.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0A2tTTlua
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2JfLnyDUj
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPrWvwzXL8
"What are you doing?" she asked.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBUDI14sMD
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ319VQ0TKNw
She smiled.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6BpytV7Fg
"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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6mZ1CxFPy
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuoiaA8vmq
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98t87NBwRF
"Hello, Elena."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqka4VqV8Gj
Elena stared at her in silence.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeMAQFBzvt
Katherine smelled her fear.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9ga7PUesc
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvlOvbPj64
"Yeah. You're Katherine."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvADWF7Vcup
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IQDA8zzoA
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8DPIBsELX
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjr3IG8Czx
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9hjwzNbSR
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Gukh4WYbv
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8N7C7Pb3d
"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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0P3isZ9sg
"Who?" Stefan asked.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNLDfSHKKK
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo0BgEhDap
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigw3j5IK1x
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AUlm9MIbV
"Move," Damon replied.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dn5M0bKsC
"Other than that," Elena said.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8cHMj53kf
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGfXrUBkp2
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrFLmmlynA
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U4Ghs3Z0e
"Damon," Stefan said.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRjW3dS1Sq
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL57u0gS2S
Stefan left with that.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUODYaOFM4
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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