Hey, this is my first fanfic on the vampire diaries so please give it a chance, here is the first chapter of "A new beginning" and let me know what you think and if it is worth continuing. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters mentioned in this fanfic. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Damon POV

I lay there on the cold floor coughing up my own organs, being beat to a pulp by alter ego Ric. Why does he have to be so much stronger than me! I could kick his ass.

just like that he drops to the floor screaming. I automatically pull myself up and flash to his side.

"Ric. Ric!" I called to him in a panic. I have up the idea that he would be ok when he went all veiny and dead in front of my eyes. I plead with him to wake up, stop messing around but I know he is gone... So is Elena.

I don't know what one hurt the most, losing Ric or knowing I would never see Elena again, never tell her how I feel without compelling her to forget. I slumped to the ground and just sat there, figuring out my next move.

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Stefan POV

i couldn't seem to accept what has just happened, because then I'd have to accept she is gone, my Elena is gone. It was my own stupidity really, I should have saved her first. Elena asked me to save Matt first form the crash, after all the horrible things I did to her after I turned off my humanity and making all her decisions for her, I decided I needed to listen to what she wanted me to do. I carry the guilt of it, for the rest of eternity. Damon wouldn't have let her die.

i followed the ambulance to Mystic Falls general hospital, I didn't want to leave her, it was the least I could do for her.

seeing the sign MORGUE on huge door made it all real for me. I sat with her in silence, a single tear down my face as I took in the sight of her, savouring it. Her pale complexion, the peaceful expression on her face. I didn't even hear Dr Fell appear beside me.

"Stefan?" She tapped me on the shoulder lightly, an edge of panic detected in her voice.

"Stefan, I know you don't want to talk right now, but you have to listen to me, it's very important!"

I sighed and turned around, wondering what the big emergency is.

"What"

" I... I... It's..-"

"spit it out, please" I asked with more venom in my voice than intended. She hesitated for a minute.

" It's Elena" she blurted out, she had my full curiosity and full undivided attention."hen she came in last night, it was worse than I let on-"

"why, what happened to Elena" I pressed

" yeah, she had a brain haemorrhage, not a concussion... I gave her blood Stefan... Vampire blood"

i didn't know what Emotion to focus on at that moment. Elena will survive, she died with vampire blood in her system, she will come back to me as a vampire. I felt a wave of pity for the girl I love, she never wanted this. I should have saved her.

i decided to call Damon to come and help out, considering Elena will be a new vampire, if she transitions.

I took out the tiny device out my pocket that suddenly seemed to weigh a tonne and called my brother. He answered on the first ring.

"you rang" I could hear the smirk in his voice, but not as cocky as usual

"Elena's dead"

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Damon POV

i listened to those two little words that made my heart ache.

" I kinda guessed as much, I'm sitting here with Ric's dead body" all I heard was silence on the line.

" here's the thing, you know the other night when Elena passed out and was taken to hospital?" I couldn't think of where this was going now.

"Yeah"

"she had a brain haemorrhage, Dr Fell gave her vampire blood to heal her" I didn't expect that, that must mean Elena isn't technically dead, for long. I felt a tidal wave of pure election for the fact Elena is alive, sort of. I also felt sorry for her, she didn't want this, at least not yet.

"Damon...?" Hearing my brother say my name sent anger through my body. . . I knew at that moment I needed to be there, to see Elena when she wakes up, help her transition. Screw the deal, she needs me, the circumstances have changed.

i shot up and took one lasting look at my best friends body and softened at the sight of him. I wrapped him up in a blanket and put him in the trunk of my car. I will bury him properly later, but now I needed to help Elena. I got into my car and drove as fast as the crappy engine would take me.