After months and months of debating I gave in and wrote my first Vampire Diaries fanfic. Woohoo!

This takes place in the middle of Season 2. Eventually it will be an Elijah/OC story but she does have a close friendship with Damon. This will not be your typical OC story! It will also be longer. It all depends on the reviews I receive within the next few days. I hope you enjoy it!

Explosions

Prologue

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

I didn't see myself becoming good friends with Damon Salvatore. It just happened….with lots of alcohol of course.

Jenna Sommers, a good friend that I had met my freshman year in college, invited me out for a drink after class. She's now in grad school, me in law, and after my grueling Evidence course that evening I found myself wanting something strong stat. I drove to Mystic Falls Grill and quickly found her at the bar with two guys.

"ERIN!" She squealed once she saw me walking up to them. Clearly she had already had a drink or two in her.

I laughed as she hugged me. "I want what you're having."

"Erin, this is my boyfriend Alaric Saltzman," I had heard a lot about Alaric. New to Mystic Falls. History teacher. Widowed. Good looking. He grinned holding his hand out to me.

"Erin Scott," I smiled shaking it firmly

"I've heard a lot about you," Alaric smiled, "Law School huh? Very intimidating," I grinned. He was nice and clearly adored Jenna. He was a genuine nice guy. I approved of him immediately.

''Erin's taking the bar exam next week!" I loved drunk Jenna.

"What kind of law?" Alaric asked me clearly not as intoxicated as his girlfriend.

"Criminal," I grinned.

"They're going to eat you alive," The other man blurted and handed me a drink. "Damon Salvatore"

"Just ignore him," Jenna shoved him. "I try to." She grinned.

But I liked him already. Not only was this guy really good looking with piercing blue eyes and inky black hair, but he looked like trouble. And he knew he was trouble too. Carefree if you will. And he had already offered me a drink! I wasn't sure if he was hitting on me or not but I accepted it gladly.

The night consisted of shots, drinks, and playing darts. I was glad Jenna invited me out. It was a nice break from my usually nights in of studying. I couldn't tell if she really liked Damon or not but I think she only put up with him since he was Alaric's friend.

She and Alaric ended up leaving early though. Jenna recently became legal guardian of her niece and nephew after her sister and brother-in-law had died in a tragic car accident. I hugged them both goodbye and soon it was just me and Damon at the bar. We were both a little buzzed.

"So, Erin Scott, shouldn't you be at home studying for the bar?" Damon said as he poured me a shot of tequila.

"I'd rather be at the bar," I grinned at my shot as I held it up eye level.

Damon let out a laugh. "You and I, we're going to be drinking buddies," We clinked our shot glasses and that was that.

Except for the fact I knew he was a vampire. And if my visions were correct, he wasn't the only one in town.

I'll make a long story short. I'm an oracle, or Seer if you will. I am able to predict some uncontrolled aspects of the future. I received this "gift" when I was 18 visiting my grandmother in Greece. Once again, that's another story for another day.

At first it was all so shaky and I couldn't control it. Visions would take over my mind at any moment of the day. They were simple visions. What I would eat for dinner, grades on exams..simple stuff. As the years progressed so did my visions. I began to see darker more in depth things that included death, blood, and vampires. I wasn't fazed learning about vampires. After becoming a Seer, you quickly learn that anything can happen.

My last vampire vision had thrown me off a little:

I saw the Mystic Falls Carnival where an arm wrestling competition was taking place between two teenagers. One teenager was on a roll slamming one competitor after another. Damon watched from a distance.

"Wow, your lurking," A man I'd never seen before walked up to him. He looked younger than Damon, but they spoke like they knew each other. I assumed he was a vampire as well.

"I'm observing," Damon corrected.

"More like obsessing."

The teenager won again as people cheered around him.

"He's got strength," Damon muttered crossing his arms.

"He's a triple letter varsity athlete. Of course he's got strength," said the mystery man.

Someone new sat across from the teen.

"Enter the uncle," Damon said. For an uncle he was younger, in his twenties, and definitely looked like a pretty boy.

They put on a good match until the uncle won. ''Is that it?" he laughed.

"Alright he's the champ. Who wants to go next?" the teen said to the crowd while nursing his arm a bit.

"Stefan wants to go," Damon shot out. The mystery man, or Stefan, quickly glared at Damon clearly surprised by this.

"Yeah, sure I'll give it a shot," He took a seat and grabbed the uncle's hand firmly.

"Get him Steff," Damon cheered.

"My brother over there thinks I can beat you," Stefan told him. So he was Damon's brother. There was no doubt that he was a vampire too.

"Your brother's wrong," Uncle grinned before bell rang. Him and Stefan were head to head and it looked close until Uncle slammed Stefan's arm to the table. Stefan got up and quietly walked back to a pissed off looking Damon.

"You didn't put in ANY effort at all," Damon scolded him.

Stefan frowned and said " Yeah actually I did."

Something told me that the two they were watching weren't vampires.

I had to know more though. Jenna was just the perfect opportunity to get my way in.

We walked out of the bar that night and I really just wanted to leave an impression on Damon that I knew what he was. I had to be careful about this though. One wrong word or move and I could become Damon's next meal. I dug through my clutch and pulled out a lone cigarette and lighter that I had shoved in a pocket the last time I had used it.

I had quit months ago, but I had a plan.

I lit it, took a deep drag and smiled to myself.

"Those kill you know," the cocky vampire shot out with a smirk as we stood outside.

"That's a little hypocritical don't you think?" I smirked, "Coming from a vampire."

The side of his mouth twitched but the smirk remained. Got him. He was silent for a few moments.

"Okay, what gave it away? The ring?" He held up his hand with the gaudy ring that let him walk in the daylight.

"I don't reveal my sources," I took another drag. He turned to me quickly and was within a few inches from my face. His crystal blue eyes searched mine. "What are you?"

"Yeah, compulsion doesn't really work on me," I blinked. This was so much fun!

He half grinned to himself apparently not seeing me as a threat. "You're lucky I like you already. Okay, why are you here?"

By that time I had finished my cigarette and put it out with my heel. Time for the closer.

"How do you say it?" I pretended to think. "Oh yes, that's for me to know and you to dot dot dot.."

I smiled and took one last glance at him before walking back to my car.

So much for laying low.

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