Dans

by DuskAnarchy

Elena has been ruined by the supernatural drama around her. Even if the fighting ends, she will never find peace. A deal with Elijah. A new country. A new language. A new beginning. A new name. A new Person. A new life. That life was normal. That life was good. What will happen when Damon finds her? How much will he tell her? How much does she still know? Read to find out!

1. Introduction

Introduction

After 3x13; Elena has finally gotten back her normal life. Klaus leaves her and everyone else alone. She starts to think about things she had never time for.

She realises that she can no longer live her life the way she wants to. She asks Elijah to help her. Elijah compels her. He ensures that once Elena sings a certain song, 'Dans', she will go home, take her stuff, and leave to Holland.

Elena found that she really liked studying the Dutch language and culture, thus decided to leave and head there. She will study 'culture and society' in Amsterdam.

She will not remember most of what happened in her teenage years. She'll only know that her past was so unbearable, she decided to forget. She knows there is some way for her to remember.

The story stars at a party organized by Caroline, Bonnie and Elena, where Elena has made sure that the last song that evening, will be the song she chose. She will sing along to the song, and forget the madness her life had become.

I originally started writing this in my own language, Dutch, with the intention of translating it to English later on. I realised though that I would reach a much larger amount of people by writing in English. The idea was that, because Elena goes to Holland in this story, she'll learn to speak Dutch, but Damon will not be able to do so. The reason why some words seem strange, or typed wrongly, is exactly for his reason. I want to give you all the feeling of a story that happens with one of the two not knowing a language. At the bottom of each chapter you will wind a translation of each Dutch word and sentence I used in the chapter. Please understand that I do translate freely, meaning that I translate by what it means in the story and context. Also, you do not have to read the translations. The first chapter is not a POV but from there I'll be writing Elena and Damon POV's, and I'll try to use that to explain everything, after all, also Damon does not understand Dutch.

I hope you like the idea and all, so I hope I will actually manage to update the next chapter soon!