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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp9krKiAHa
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCu3OODMGI
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQDL2nSQCG
"No. I'm Elena."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1cKED4pmi
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRTHDCXyhu
"I get that a lot."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjGPvJFihd
"So what are you doing out here alone?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoXrK2WTPZ
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFexFAJvf0
"You shouldn't be out here alone."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6okrtsNGnY
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0k8SAcYr1
"By the way, I'm Damon."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLq85y2Qdsf
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhSrvBoAoh
"The usual."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhfGJigdDi
"Like?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbmxWgVOXL
"Looking for what I want."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDXVZTHsbC
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvtkyFzglt
"You want what everyone else wants."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHiHq6rcf1
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxGxHeZXlD
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWdC78xrTi
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUU9o1yTrP
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMZACm9Fjb
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YMncqJQ9L
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ339WVL3uzR
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr2g0bConW
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZMkc8SL77
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q2rIwCW6E
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxNC187kdn
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujW6dPaEaA
"Go away, Elena."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRLoYPXDB5
"Can I come in?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesRPeqFZlT
"Go away."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk96ioQtm1F
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WXBI2Q0fh
"I know, Elena."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiyIveyAzA
"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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfyLDVLdFg
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,567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrdqwrBqi5
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn8zrsaNys
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl7TN4isN5
Vampire, she thought.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLGUzKNk2A
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyihIIcvQo
"You're a feisty one," he commented.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvVcjpChXC
"Let go of me!" she yelled.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2smxKdrEA
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK192mrAb8
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RNYOlSTfR
Damon walked up to and faced her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokD79ykkTf
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27JAtKpQFN
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSfOD4UIRl
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJOqgCH30x
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyJveeF4EE
"How do you know all of this?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3vrjliblm
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnuYmrRdV4
"Do you burn in the sun?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9Bd8WnFjW
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0x6TDntkb
"How about crosses and stakes?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoegOlwlzA
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhPUFbFpNY
"Holy water?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoMGCwf1qW
"That doesn't affect us, either."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8czmS38Sg
"What about you?" she had to ask.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YMfs1vDIG
"Me?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgrlrwB4x3
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqTxwG0ZyN
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTUhHO44eC
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WzrVpyztc
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHtfxIRwa0
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYCGwDZOrc
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxoO8SGZXs
"So he's your little brother."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMz2eur9Ge
"Yeah. But we don't get along."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJYP57DaGI
She looked grim and sighed.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BXhL7qq4k
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dCCbuOR4S
"Sure. What is it?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJLARxNQqA
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkR8kGAzx7S
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG4pW9RGat
"Thank you."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwZ8gYF9zd
"You're welcome."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaXIKyxKBr
"I should go home."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwnzGJ2xjw
"I'll walk you there."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYZqEeiBLU
"Thanks."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ7EyYN3Uq
"And Elena?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MUEms2zt8
"Yeah?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FCj8Ca4aP
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljfOykgT8k
She got to her feet and he did likewise.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ68Z7ty1Vx
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBrpqZ9IcK
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXbi7OoykI
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuILlYlW1W5
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjKlNTpjs7
"You, too," Stefan replied.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgFvbrvD1q
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO1LlSIY3P
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz21UYFMJl7
"What is it?"567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS3ZQdD9qC
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNfkPXTch0
She took it from him and put it around her neck.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4rmmkGe2x
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9ex3AeVJr
He gave her a smirk.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtCwM6QFon
She smiled back at him.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL93B9HFMNY
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzjnfN9WY2
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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz4TYk6aEh
"What are you doing?" she asked.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6GUiOMLMb
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtpKuMlp72
She smiled.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTwMVIjx2t
"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.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpofyjpP18g
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6k0tDRxHjb
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXXcSYiP8Q
"Hello, Elena."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptVTOAy2jK
Elena stared at her in silence.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnfLrdONYz
Katherine smelled her fear.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdTNxozXrl
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYvQHmuVUP
"Yeah. You're Katherine."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqTmK3LalD
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ4LOVp7Ez
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeT6qg27UV
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uwj5Wn8Sx
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JBNSVNJBd
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKql9g2kPsI
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKt9zrdORa
"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."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlkXH6c84K
"Who?" Stefan asked.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROESfgI4no
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKhbvAzotw
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF4RjVkkra
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkCruZosFs
"Move," Damon replied.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMtaPmjW8e
"Other than that," Elena said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvWuADb1nP
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmBsE6zlYF
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY6Thh7V6o
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yHqQ1hiBa
"Damon," Stefan said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsajykKd4H
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqkLTJ9LCa
Stefan left with that.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DdJEVR2sT
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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