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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhg3y8bIZUP
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNND0fs9Qt7
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bVrSrBHQm
"No. I'm Elena."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XEbrJa43j
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQOmS35V5x
"I get that a lot."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06WWjWfFNm
"So what are you doing out here alone?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx6pwfWsNN
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaKkPP0Iyy
"You shouldn't be out here alone."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwZY5zkZRi
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS75MBDWh73
"By the way, I'm Damon."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCRl23oJe6
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyRzWA0XZI
"The usual."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwWsq8RJWP
"Like?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXWHOCmInK
"Looking for what I want."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pOdR9ehYW
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8vLpX2m60
"You want what everyone else wants."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhe5akon3b
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaZtZPOa9X
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppe6Ca6aCM
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQd3VNqylN
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4qNje7bOJ
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0KS4FM9ri
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApSrLnICTB
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KlhGLejsS
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qh7KGPzud
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflU7Nghz2e
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOMQqbjPu9
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cwPUvHmvt
"Go away, Elena."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNBtXHWRbu
"Can I come in?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK42YIlOplf
"Go away."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMkij6sowl
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtxlMaaDfQ
"I know, Elena."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr7E1Fyv29
"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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAdmqB9waO
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,539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhKYEbJszL
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNswMgzZ6p
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy5kka2SSj
Vampire, she thought.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVc2DnHggZ
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61Z2uRRkpb
"You're a feisty one," he commented.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K02N4Wty5
"Let go of me!" she yelled.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pqykS5bZ2
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4IocDfT9a
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8TisrMTuZ
Damon walked up to and faced her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdiFhbAsNj
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYDryM9mQ1
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9v19Y3oie
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL36JrNAn6
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUp2Qb9tU4
"How do you know all of this?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4LIeCEYS1
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqflrmXyGd
"Do you burn in the sun?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNxvghO4RP
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NJe4nMCfD
"How about crosses and stakes?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJMJzNKCDX
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLc0bg5YSz
"Holy water?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZjxUHmVi3
"That doesn't affect us, either."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIBYj3LoSu
"What about you?" she had to ask.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUSGeNoDMf
"Me?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeBIy9dcqr
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0NhN5VjUQ
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhSMfgbom6
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYET1mi2tXL
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4Nq9gnWNV
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vp0K0U4gY
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT47QjTR13r
"So he's your little brother."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnHLKgVU5W
"Yeah. But we don't get along."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJXCbtE1B
She looked grim and sighed.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SwXF2t9zQ
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe5E1sMYw6
"Sure. What is it?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30oDKLCQJ1
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXouZ2vxQgK
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy6KfaqlrZ
"Thank you."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2CbifNmHI
"You're welcome."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fXdiCO1Xl
"I should go home."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh9A49zTfw
"I'll walk you there."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8aaNnIlBN
"Thanks."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMeIkShS7H
"And Elena?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNOYFSWVt7
"Yeah?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vz3grxDwv
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7qqPblx9M
She got to her feet and he did likewise.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkZjVbK1cH
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCHk8jckrK
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuwKsYqGID
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SonEdS5Nq
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGvOErXoSs
"You, too," Stefan replied.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFZB7Xbcoc
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ9UGcNqyd
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgjzvo9gVO
"What is it?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMD8SmoVCb
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo3dSuuKRE
She took it from him and put it around her neck.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkbtJ66q7Y
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UEcmuAIdx
He gave her a smirk.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88pndTslsW
She smiled back at him.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTLI0k7FNb
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3A0TrQ99T
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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZQS0UOsM7
"What are you doing?" she asked.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevvVwNMaKD
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8HG7kD5Og
She smiled.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYJecrVy2Q
"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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJKaF7rIzx
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVczQE218EJ
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLzTAh4Qp3
"Hello, Elena."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXQ6JeVg6p
Elena stared at her in silence.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRXfbCsMFU
Katherine smelled her fear.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmno2V1Qgo
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0T7zPrFlWL
"Yeah. You're Katherine."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEW9THjcDV
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlL4vQ0G97
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQCt9xzgHC
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rp26FGLTF
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuKA4o0YHP
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPPzEvXqHO
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyipU7CRtt
"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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPfcACcmFm
"Who?" Stefan asked.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf7urL9B1P
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKA13yVTAd
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vKWY8qJGi
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwCzS7sQls
"Move," Damon replied.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eAuMcw5FR
"Other than that," Elena said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzOSRgAXuq
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA5t1wVirj
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvepwkeSxEj
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP5ItGs9fv
"Damon," Stefan said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4grQIkq4kL
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb0BLlJfCI
Stefan left with that.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUWyqeM6kq
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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