Maddy's POV – Flashback

He was gorgeous, of course, and I loved him, I thought.

Until the night he came with my sister, Emily, she was looking pale, and tired.

He'd done it, he'd turned her into a vampire, and now he was coming for me.

"Oh no you don't," I said as I scrambled to my feet. Damon grabbed my wrist and looked into my eyes, damn that compulsion! Where was my vervain necklace?

"You will not make a scene, or yell, will you?" Yep done for.

"Of course,"

"Sit back on the bed."

"Of course,"

And, of course I sat back, there was no way to resist, as hard as I might try. And before I could even try to reach around and find my vervain necklace, his mouth came down on my neck, with sharp pangs of pain and fire shooting through my body, I collapsed back onto my four poster bed, falling into the blackness as I fell.

I woke in the same position, though I didn't know who I was, what I was, or where I was for that matter. Damon was sitting by me, damn it. Emily was glaring at me from the chair in the corner.

I edged my hand toward the vervain necklace on my bedside table, it didn't burn my hand, which for some reason I thought it was going to. I didn't know what was going on, Damon was sitting at the end of the bed, watching me expectantly. I scanned the room as I hooked the loop of the necklace through the latch and let it fall wherever it lay against my skin.

It was as the silver touched my skin that it all came back to me.

I bolted upright and pushed myself against the wall, and made a snap decision, faster than I would have possible, I launched myself from the wall and made out the door before Damon and Emily knew what was happening. Making another snap decision I changed my course and ran straight into Stefan. Stefan was the love of my life, although we could never be together, me being his servant and all.

"Whoa, Beauty, who are you running- oh no, he didn't!" I stared helplessly at him. I think Stefan had always had feelings for me, and in the shade of darkness, when no one was looking there would be an occasional moment of heated passion. But Stefan was in a rage now, he too was a vampire, along with his father, and no matter how much he loved anyone, he wouldn't force his… condition on anyone.

"Help me," I muttered. I fell into a sobbing mess I his arms, and there I stayed until I felt his body go tense and he pulled himself in front of me.

"Well, look who it is, my little brother." Damon sneered.

"What did you do, Damon?!" Stefan yelled.

"I simply did what you could not, little brother." Damon looked around Stefan to me. "You didn't mind did you?" I did the mature thing and poked my tongue out.

"Oh that's mature. You've got a very mature girlfriend there little brother." He teased.

"We are not seeing each other in any way!" We responded together out of habit, then smiled and looked at each other. That's when Stefan saw the necklace, his smile fell.

"Take that off, now!" He hissed. I looked down at my necklace.

"Why what's wrong with it?" I asked as Stefan pulled it off.

"Remember when I gave you this, I told you why you should ware it?" I nodded.

"When a vampire wares vervain for any length of time, they mummify, and stay like that until the vervain is removed and the vampire has had some, well blood."

"Oh,"

"There is much you have to learn, 'Beauty'" He put on a sarcastic voice for 'Beauty', he was mocking the name Stefan referred to me as. Damon turned on his heel and walked over to a waiting Emily before walking off with her and slamming the door to her room.

"Help me," I muttered again.