A vampire's past...

Chapter 1 Introducing

Elena's POV

Suddenly there was a scream, it came from outside. I ran to the front door, opened it and I saw a young woman, lying on the pavement. There was blood on her face and arms. I helped her get up. "Come in, I'll help you with your wounds," I said. She looked at the blood on her arms and nodded. I helped her and together we walked into the house, to the kitchen, where I put her on a chair. I thought the plasters were in the kitchen cupboards and I turned to get them, but suddenly I remembered they were in the bathroom. I turned again and saw the woman, but the blood was almost gone. It sort of looked like the wounds were healing and when I opened my mouth to say how remarkable that was, she was gone in less than a second. For a moment I was astonished, but then I started to understand how it was possible. There was another vampire in town…

I took the phone in my hand, but started to doubt whether I'd call Stefan. No, this was seriously, I would drive to the boarding house to tell him personally. Jenna just came in when I walked to the garage. She had two bulgy shopping bags in her hands. "Jenna, I'm at Stefan's. I don't know yet when I'll be back," I said while walking. "Okay, so I guess you won't dine here?" she answered. I nodded.

When I arrived at the boarding house I knocked the front door, and I was pretty nervous. The foreign vampire could be everywhere around me right now. Perhaps Stefan and Damon already knew that she was in town, perhaps she wasn't dangerous to me. But the dark feeling inside me told me this creature wasn't harmless at all. No one opened the door, so I knocked again. Immediately the door fell open and Damon's appearance was there. "Welcome princess, what brings you here today?" He smirked. Okay, Damon often sounds like a clown, but when you get to know him better you realize that's just a mask. I walked in and tried to find Stefan. Damon followed me. "Damon, it's no time for jokes," I said when I turned around to face him, "I have news, there's a new vampire in town." I saw no reaction on his face, like I expected to see, so I was quite annoyed and walked away. "Okay, I know you're like a clown who doesn't care about things that frighten me, but please tell me where Stefan is." "Well, he's not here. He's hunting all day in… well, let's say a place with bigger animal-food than rabbits." Suddenly I remembered the message he sent me this morning. I already knew he wouldn't be here, but I forgot it in my panic! I moaned, "Oh…" Damon smirked. "No panic princess, tonight I'll substitute Stefan, I'll be serious and I will listen to you." I was a bit suspicious, but I decided that it was better to tell Damon instead of telling nobody, so I took a seat on the sofa in the living room. "Well…" I started. "Wait! Do you want a cup of tea?" Damon said. I smiled, "Yeah, that would be nice." Damon went to the kitchen, I took off my jacket and tried to relax a bit.

Five minutes later he came back to the living room with a cup of tea and a glass with red stuff in it. He lighted some candles, took the seat next to me and nodded that I could start. I took a deep breath and told what happened this afternoon.

Damon's POV

I was quite surprised when I saw it was Elena who had knocked our front door, I didn't expect her to come because Stefan wasn't at home, but it was a delightful surprise! And it was even more a surprise when she told me that there was another vampire in town, but as always I was stupid enough not to show that I did care about things that frighten her. So I tried to compensate it by a cup of tea and a true interest to her story. I listened concentrated because I knew another vampire could give serious troubles. "Do you remember what she looked like?" I asked when she was finished. "I didn't concentrate on that… But I remember she had long blond hair, she was tall and slim," Elena answered. I couldn't remember a vampire with long, blond hair, so I shrugged. "The most important thing is that you invited her in, so you're not even safe in your own home till we know whether she's dangerous or not," I said. Elena nodded. I saw fear in her eyes, so I took her hands into mine. They were quite small, or mine were big, but that didn't count at that moment. I looked in her amazing brown eyes. "It will be fine, trust me." There was silence for a moment. Then I felt a squall. I said: "I should close the window…" but meanwhile I didn't want to let go of her. Eventually she pulled her hands out of mine, and I walked to the window to close it. But when I did that, the feeling of a squall was there again. Suddenly I realized it wasn't a squall, it was her. In less than a second I was standing behind Elena, holding my arms around her to protect her. "She's here," I whispered in her ear. I felt her shiver. Despite the idea of a dangerous foreign vampire in the same room and a frightened Elena, I had to smile. In every other situation this would have been very romantic, holding Elena in my arms. Feeling the sense of the vampire getting closer got me out of my thoughts.

At once I heard a familiar voice behind me. "Damon!" I turned around, letting go of Elena, and I couldn't believe what I saw. It was Alice, the girl next door of my youth, my human youth. "Alice?" "Yeah, it's me! I guess you didn't except this…" "No, definitely not," I said while walking to her. She hugged me. There was just one question in my mind. "How did you become a vampire?" "That's a long story, but I'm of your age, so I think you can guess who turned me." "Katherine?" "Almost, Pearl did. I still don't know why, but I like being immortal, so…" She smiled. I smirked. "Yeah, it's nice. So, what are you doing in Mystic Falls?" At the moment I asked that it was like her eyes and smile froze, like a mask fell off and her true self came to the surface.

Elena's POV

In a flash of lightning I was on the ground. Alice' face was a few centimeters from mine, changing into a cruel vampire's appearance. I felt desperation, I heard Damon scream and the sound of another squall, but her cold lips were already on my skin. I felt the pain through my whole body when she started to suck my blood out my veins. It felt like she was sucking my soul out… The room turned black and I felt a deep, dark sleep coming over me...


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