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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhGbhkQL5z
After Elena Gilbert hung up and put her cell phone away, she looked up to see a guy; a stranger.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWnB5xKP3F
"Katherine," Damon greeted, though she smelled human.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiMKKN4pnC
"No. I'm Elena."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkqNnFZiAG
"I'm sorry. I must be mistaken. You just really remind me of someone."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZkylpV1Gg
"I get that a lot."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NiXb0euyQ
"So what are you doing out here alone?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpDlVP5AEl
"Ex-boyfriend problems. I'm waiting for my parents."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd7q4FMcWe
"You shouldn't be out here alone."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURU5cH8GCx
"Why? Nothing bad ever happens here."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwC16cZvej
"By the way, I'm Damon."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLsx1BroGw
"So Damon, what are you doing out here alone?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPw1Uk1wQQ
"The usual."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGYDJVvBA5
"Like?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yiBGLr5im
"Looking for what I want."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFikbA7jnyr
"Well, I wish I knew what I wanted. My parents have it all planned out."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQsZ9PiceI
"You want what everyone else wants."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuDkeHG8YK
"So Damon, the mysterious stranger who has all the answers, what do I want?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17ti4okxib
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmJ0JzcKme
"I won't tell anyone. I promise."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimoN0Tqs6b
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiFVT5RM0g
"Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHYMTRD37N
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiwn2Oz8yb
When Elena got home, it was early evening. Her Aunt Jenna was home as usual.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEg07G38qH
"How was school?" Aunt Jenna called from the kitchen when she heard the front door close.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpDsskXPuR
"Good," Elena called back, before heading up the stairs to her room.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVgt0mDmBB
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CGxkqxV2S
"Jeremy?" she called through the closed door.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrXXUxgp3v
"Go away, Elena."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx96UhdNd3
"Can I come in?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWckRFwA6u
"Go away."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2GEGvq3Vh
"Jeremy, you know we can talk about this is you need to. Right?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1hSGd8TBK
"I know, Elena."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkLjGg5piU
"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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOCRAQKeI0
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,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q8JSeNmgP
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3t6oM4hRs
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7s7w6Y8fJ
Vampire, she thought.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwRMGTvi0M
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TbV5oy0u9
"You're a feisty one," he commented.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwCHv0PS2p
"Let go of me!" she yelled.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AiPtaUtFG
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwS61fjjHrh
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdsTr7bFOf
Damon walked up to and faced her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUGCQ0wX8c
She silently looked up at him with a million questions in her mind.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0435DxMIb
"Let's go to my place," he suggested, guessing that he should probably tell her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCx4ACNSN0
Soon after, Elena Gilbert was seated on his couch with him standing not far from her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8rrkC5UtA
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzaLnH8z8p
"How do you know all of this?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR53wKzTzE
"Because I'm a vampire too. But I won't hurt you."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GL2bcR8US
"Do you burn in the sun?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4mUCzm6Ct
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ470mWF5AVQ
"How about crosses and stakes?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6nSBs9cvu
"Crosses to effect us and stakes kill us. We don't turn to dust, though. We turn into a corpse."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzlZm3tnob
"Holy water?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF3wBbkqCr
"That doesn't affect us, either."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Pv6e4CkC
"What about you?" she had to ask.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy18suL4JN
"Me?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZDAeb2b0q
"Yeah. What's your history?" she wanted to know.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUk3fWOpkh
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiBoCnLfLl
"So when you called me Katherine the other night..."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUcHwID2JE
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HAgLpRXUe
"You said you have a brother. Where is he?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnNor619Jk
"Out hunting animals. My little brother can't control human blood, so he eats Peter the rabbit and Bambi."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwBNVNhW7p
"So he's your little brother."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX1ub5Jwdm
"Yeah. But we don't get along."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuRygg0ugb
She looked grim and sighed.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iU7jseaBq
"Damon, can I ask you something?"
He sat beside her on the couch.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilQ68acuzU
"Sure. What is it?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXQeTFjj43
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9xJUr8A0Z
"I don't do bonding with little brothers, Elena. But I'll do what I can."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXBag2C2gT
"Thank you."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLt4g4yOEm
"You're welcome."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnxHDq0o7O
"I should go home."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Iu9jr7P6B
"I'll walk you there."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf15c9uJAGE
"Thanks."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmgl6gk4Ww
"And Elena?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv5e8xjzaK
"Yeah?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEjCZYCHrI
"If you want me inside, you have to invite me in."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQcSPasvi0
She got to her feet and he did likewise.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iiLY1k4IC
As they headed for the door, someone walked in.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXUz2RZBTs
"Who's this?" the newcomer questioned.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafbidx0vAC
"Stefan, this is Elena. Elena, this is Stefan. Now I need to walk her home."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvcDBIdXbY
"Nice to meet you," Elena greeted.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3RiqnDvfW
"You, too," Stefan replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNQbOGz4FW
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiQlOZkLxO
"Here. Take it. It'll protect you."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zJiac9DB9
"What is it?"552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7HYhmGMJC
"A Vervain necklace. As long as you wear it, vampires can't compel you."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaGsEYgGgf
She took it from him and put it around her neck.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxNcWRX1iY
"Thank you, Damon."
"You're very welcome, Elena."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0tNIGX5l3
He gave her a smirk.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3u2DLS1B1
She smiled back at him.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9v9zYnPTH
He watched as she went inside, before he walked away to head home.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRn27rOxyk
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWPAlhOUV9
"What are you doing?" she asked.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZI8Tzcxam
"Walking you home safely. If that's not a problem. Decides, I'd like to meet your family and get to know you better."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiTvJesztB
She smiled.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUxZ31Av80
"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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblQRcSOmL3
Elena stood in the middle of the living room, looking straight at a mirror.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJFNVc6DIN
"How do we look exactly alike?" Elena questioned.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1anaVM8nv
"Hello, Elena."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1YwZlr2Me
Elena stared at her in silence.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYoUEf9EOt
Katherine smelled her fear.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dhscmrFaL
"You know me. You've been filled in," Katherine guessed.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4BHVbnSrU
"Yeah. You're Katherine."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54FmRPxWF4
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOS3qh8EM6
Katherine looked at the front door, as the Salvatore brothers walked in.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBneWU8EckX
Damon instantly stood at Elena's side.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Db0Lf6dp
"Don't listen to her. Everything she says is a lie."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6wausf1yg
"I'm telling the truth. I came back for Stefan."
She looked at Stefan.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA423W8G2dN
Stefan looked back at Katherine, standing between the love birds and Katherine.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgbrASJKjw
"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."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtfZNo4wz5
"Who?" Stefan asked.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsIig4qtgy
"Niklaus. Most call him Klaus. He's a vampire werewolf hybrid."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nOE865J0C
Before anyone could say anything else, she was gone.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSbCvczcwB
"Katherine's been invited in. What do we do?" Elena wanted to know.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI5W8WXrwI
"Move," Damon replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJCm1NW1GZ
"Other than that," Elena said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RE4pzetyj
"Be cautious and when we can, kill her," Damon answered her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwVAsIyIXU
"What if she's telling the truth? We may not know the whole story," Stefan said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXAfW8HsVw
"I thought we had established that Katherine's a liar."552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTwKQKom5w
"Damon," Stefan said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQMM49Ecpa
"Whatever. You do what you want. I'll be here keeping Elena safe," Damon said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDzP9TZEo4
Stefan left with that.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9simJHDY5K
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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