A/N: Okay, so first of all this story is technically my first fanfction, so ALL kinds of reviews are welcome. (Although the nice ones are always most wanted....) Also, Elena might be slightly OOC for those of you who have only read the books and not seen the show. In the books she's kind of bossy and a little The-whole-world-revolves-around-me , but in the show she's more normal so I plan on using that personality for her. Damon will pretty much be the way he is in the show too. Actually, this whole story will probably be based on the show more than the books, considering I like the show much better. (And if you haven't seen the show, Jeremy is Elena's brother, and Margaret doesn't exist. Technically in the show Meredith doesn't exist either, but she IS in my story.)

Oopsies. I almost forgot. I don't own anything. If I did I wouldn't be wasting so much time writing fake stories based on a book if I already wrote the book. That just wouldn't make sense.

Elena was very confused. Stefan had run off a few minutes ago after getting a call from Damon, she couldn't find Jeremy, Bonnie was trying not to kill Caroline, and Elena had no idea what was going on with any of them. The one about Bonnie and Caroline was especially confusing, Bonnie never wanted to kill anyone, even Caroline, who Elena wanted to kill half the time.

But instead of sitting around making her brain hurt trying to figure out the lives of some of the most complicated people in Mystic Falls, Elena decided that she would go find Meredith. If Meredith even wanted to talk to her, that is. Meredith had been acting very weird for the past two weeks, so of course Elena had been trying to figure out what was wrong, her being the curious girl she was. But Elena's efforts were completely wasted; Meredith was very good at keeping secrets.

And Elena suspected that Meredith was involved in one of these secrets right now. When she called and asked what Meredith was doing, all Meredith said was, "I can't talk now. Bye."

Curiosity almost got the best of Elena. She wanted to just march over to over to Meredith's or Bonnie's or Stefan and Damon's and ask WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON. Almost. But she didn't want to be nosy. And she had learned the hard way that if someone didn't want to tell you something, you were most likely better off not knowing.

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After two hours of pure boredom, Elena heard a scuffle in the kitchen. Not that that was very interesting to her, it might have just been a bird outside, but after everything that had happened lately, Elena was starting to listen to very noise when she was alone. Just being cautious.

Okay, so maybe it was more like paranoid.

Elena slowly and silently walked to the kitchen, just making sure no one was there. Her eyes swept across the room, detecting nothing. There's no one there, Elena. Calm down. She told herself. But Elena couldn't shake the feeling that there was someone in the house.

"Being home alone probably isn't the smartest idea for you right now, Elena." She heard a voice murmur at her ear. Elena shrieked and jumped almost a foot in the air. She turned around ready to defend herself, only to realize who it was.

"Damon! Don't sneak up on my like that. You almost scared me to death." She almost asked how the hell he'd gotten into her house, but then realized that was a stupid question. He could get in whenever he wanted.

"Yeah, well, if you keep staying here alone, next time it won't be an almost. Of course, I don't think they'll be scaring you to death, more like eating....."

"The sad thing is, I don't think you're kidding." Elena said grimly. Damon smirked at her.

"So, where is the dear family today? Did they run off so that some new monstrosity could come and suck you dry?"

"Well aren't you just the perfect optimist today." Elena said, shooting Damon a glare. "I don't know where anyone is today. And if I do know where they are, they're acting all weird and secretive." She paused for a moment, then continued, "It's actually kind of annoying. And by the way, isn't Stefan supposed to be with you?"

Something flashed in Damon's eyes, but it went away too fast for Elena to figure out what it was. "Ah, I was wondering how long it would take for you to ask that. Stefan had to take care of a few things. I'm sure you'll be getting a lovey-dovey phone call very soon." Damon's voice went to a higher pitch in a mocking imitation of Stefan's, "Oh, Elena, I missed you so much, but I can't come see you now because Damon is an evil bastard that never shuts up." Even though it was mean, Elena couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous Damon sounded. "Now, I think it's time we leave this empty Elena-baited house and get you somewhere safer. Well, as safe as Elena Gilbert ever seems to be lately." As Damon said this, his face tensed and his eyes darted around the room. Elena's curiosity got the best of her.

"Damon, what did you need help from Stefan with?" She asked him suspiciously, her eyes narrowing,

Damon rearranged his face into a grin, but Elena knew him by now. She could still see the tension in his eyes. "Oh, nothing you need to worry your pretty little head about. Now let's go." Without letting Elena respond, he grabbed her arm and started walking to the door and outside.

"Uh, Damon, I need my-"

"Keys?" Damon interrupted, holding them up.

"Yeah. Those." Elena said, sounding a little dazed. She was still trying to figure out what was wrong with Damon. She was just about to ask him why he had really needed Stefan's help, but she never got the chance.

Because that was when the vampires stalked out from behind the trees and attacked.

So.........what did you think? I know it's a little boring and short, but I just needed something to start it with. This story might be a little confusing for the first few chapters, but after that it should be a lot easier to follow. I already have the next three chapters done, so just press that awesomely awesome little green button down there and tell me if I should publish them!