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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZP83DouFQ
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo5c44uFNE
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyDIfLpZgj
"No. I'm Elena."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerPJmSWcQy
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4fkk6wiES
"I get that a lot."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9O0yuONRW
"So what are you doing out here alone?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOqIZiKDRO
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYWVaHwZ2J
"You shouldn't be out here alone."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAatG9WXlw8
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGehPrxQePn
"By the way, I'm Damon."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iSb52c3cm
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VgbzIVZbb
"The usual."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohpYMQx1QW
"Like?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryFqhH2CbD
"Looking for what I want."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPHqtgTBno
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPLxRwdQN3
"You want what everyone else wants."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCvU082Jje
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcW5m6iAll
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdFr0jzqvJ
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3mlzcY121
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VSYzhHi4m
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP0LW7RXwW
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpBrW9xYvy
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRFsbvEhiT
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDtaL1dOvH
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIZs0nWH24
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ564YqWil
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJr8r5YZss
"Go away, Elena."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldYxP8UQl9
"Can I come in?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVDlJW0W8v
"Go away."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUYXAltoYE
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwfTcAlu1D
"I know, Elena."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EE8KXhV29
"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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBiqd5tqXh
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,538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD5sFuqW3u
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIZAmBvX8y
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJHaLMBjd4
Vampire, she thought.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV538X4znhM
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3d5pKkOi9
"You're a feisty one," he commented.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtU6xtD60G
"Let go of me!" she yelled.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IjnEgMLHF
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CG9ItdnHi
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUnURqbDI7
Damon walked up to and faced her.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDEslDoj9V
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDows1e0Bjv
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwYE56ST2z
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZf7jT6Gny
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXcnRyXBMg
"How do you know all of this?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVJlkqV1Z5
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4jLLzNT4h
"Do you burn in the sun?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhKNMeoQcW
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P0l0SFASs
"How about crosses and stakes?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDG139Xh8K
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHmL35jH9g
"Holy water?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffqPOSNhtR
"That doesn't affect us, either."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9qFIRmRtU
"What about you?" she had to ask.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC081Phlu1e
"Me?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B3YmQqWQg
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zP5LJcDkL
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXptt0pV7mE
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXzmDqpjTA
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HGkO95C4g
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpjdbhpHt7
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGIabiUO5G
"So he's your little brother."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGQtl1rgzK
"Yeah. But we don't get along."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqFjYWb5qf
She looked grim and sighed.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QwX41f92C
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEt19gRxkU
"Sure. What is it?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56UiTAwGfe
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVuPavxR5L
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosWmJoVICi
"Thank you."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqsfwf9EK3
"You're welcome."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamInONpraR
"I should go home."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfXxdJWBTk
"I'll walk you there."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kQPRuy4lY
"Thanks."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfRJSoCL4t
"And Elena?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgIbZnCyV7
"Yeah?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelJyt9G6kA
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzEyvolxQk
She got to her feet and he did likewise.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPEKDCAE7A
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTQ6ZTkaRH
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6GSApIoCC
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbBZc1Vlf9
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAqBMwQ3JA
"You, too," Stefan replied.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4av0IUH41
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2I3dvvKgSs
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvwFJ5etLy
"What is it?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuietcAHYPq
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OapHoHt4w
She took it from him and put it around her neck.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlo0TkSUrD
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgL6Z6I8xc
He gave her a smirk.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTl1rpXtyCN
She smiled back at him.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpMDJbtCdt
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBkz8y0EAb
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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lie7pFSm8
"What are you doing?" she asked.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU6NK8ixx6
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UnSpprR71
She smiled.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu0RoMQ03J
"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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiyu3LaTkA
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwHqsXcAO4
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHSezRbwqg
"Hello, Elena."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzrXd7mAE5
Elena stared at her in silence.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDFVd7Swy8
Katherine smelled her fear.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdE5XmNn9Z
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdvq8ZZjI0
"Yeah. You're Katherine."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB97URrTcE
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtVwYKWv2Z
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeqg6E19mS
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzRWNaNJN8
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc1vvp2vKs
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rC7vebQG4
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1PnCDjsYY
"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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsGc9gPsc1
"Who?" Stefan asked.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnsbQxlVEZ
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oLnun9NUv
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis91kcjJqn
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLSv2WligS
"Move," Damon replied.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBT3hhdPUPP
"Other than that," Elena said.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkUVZh03E9
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgNPAHGOnQ
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoyk3alD9K
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC67fmgUsS
"Damon," Stefan said.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkXVl2vikr
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoijNHTIpW
Stefan left with that.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1476sD3ZZ
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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