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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0PAQfnhWJ
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wU83EsrAb
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgzn4RoLR9
"No. I'm Elena."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8T3iOhU1rt
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPARb13UvJY
"I get that a lot."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U1lufTZKj
"So what are you doing out here alone?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0M6UdBnD8
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7RsRztqoP
"You shouldn't be out here alone."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt7lTRZBUO
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOWGDKh6Wo
"By the way, I'm Damon."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrhjcZPeih
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRioSbdBIK
"The usual."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj1ctRooAD
"Like?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkGyQ3kWvR
"Looking for what I want."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1KqXduOsN
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB6F0G8rgb
"You want what everyone else wants."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3L0daQKUd
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Gixse6fri
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpmYXjLUVe
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpFyr2m90L
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwV0ItG4AE
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkXuXnce5L
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSgDc7790L
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbVUhyeLgm
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zc0nrAKJ0
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyYBlX3vSk
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbW9Fc5BIO
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61KoEtCQjh
"Go away, Elena."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsO4wQwJcq
"Can I come in?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDxarWuEK7
"Go away."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCR0aXUa4S
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sLIFZvs4e
"I know, Elena."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv4DSVjFOK
"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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7Stf6LLu3
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,569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BMNfQ3wdd
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF2rA02xQI
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwfEatFEUx
Vampire, she thought.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiixfuIPVrt
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTDC30T99y
"You're a feisty one," he commented.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRS3aK721w
"Let go of me!" she yelled.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmDCjmDSjF
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hIYW94DTB
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNgHTI7rmg
Damon walked up to and faced her.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGxTEpxLCw
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuTul8W3Pq
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpyb3ZHk93
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBODLxiZWfn
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUobaaKCAeA
"How do you know all of this?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5Ga6L3U6J
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jXx0y3gTP
"Do you burn in the sun?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzCXd1IcvN
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsTya2H9uE
"How about crosses and stakes?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7C2QW5Fgml
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2P9hIhvbz
"Holy water?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleiQkvifU6
"That doesn't affect us, either."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDLDNJ660S
"What about you?" she had to ask.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx3u2nl0kx
"Me?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdCm31Gq1u
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4d1o2uQ1D
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSaF6E1K3R
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIVhVCEwSd
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cs90Dx4hC
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEn0DT9sXUq
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajPyTpEfxG
"So he's your little brother."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3jgOT9Kfb
"Yeah. But we don't get along."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaA9KjadHR
She looked grim and sighed.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoAScwXNpW
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI8v9gvTiK
"Sure. What is it?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6aIl22RtB
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1AeB04Yc6
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBVRIcFGQf
"Thank you."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDtW2mire8
"You're welcome."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO77nSokoC
"I should go home."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV4mCqibeb
"I'll walk you there."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2na8olk40y
"Thanks."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2A82pfPyN
"And Elena?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q6oat0vx8
"Yeah?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUV4XWjdMf
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0js8awGmpL
She got to her feet and he did likewise.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXSNCnfAgH
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeMExN28x8
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD87uYvJe0
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7meUvsgfDM
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbav7cP6t65
"You, too," Stefan replied.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdZS8m9OJN
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrqjRAhzKg
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CZ4yv6Ss3
"What is it?"569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKzVEISgIP
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ9zVjgl2l
She took it from him and put it around her neck.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZoamtyoXA
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQScfW9W17m
He gave her a smirk.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSVSGZi8AM
She smiled back at him.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkxY50nV1X
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnKiojgax6
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADMjN9H7bQ
"What are you doing?" she asked.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgnGoIOrXJ
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkz5uXNg9T
She smiled.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WLr53ucCa
"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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMOKyKL4WY
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dXxpCYnEx
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9VC5SZNEf
"Hello, Elena."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhkiJiE1Rx
Elena stared at her in silence.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAbgY3Gp6d
Katherine smelled her fear.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBrRZWU8aS
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNft8VVC3TI
"Yeah. You're Katherine."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4xW0En3pt
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA9BbtCoF7
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapDT8wAL53
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N1NDJfpZ9
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDy8eOmuC0c
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnZq0NbQWm
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl67oG97DRE
"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."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTxGwUNfzO
"Who?" Stefan asked.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IexcNGrkX
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhVKgHGJyO
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOm0EH41y5D
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eKbK1mbWA
"Move," Damon replied.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3m4p6ajfH2
"Other than that," Elena said.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7N9jYeXuUr
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMsL9t6z0m
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9tIlS3cj9
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxck8r59mjP
"Damon," Stefan said.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1JUv3Njtr
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWpUP7qUJx
Stefan left with that.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsr84Q0yhv
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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