A/N: Okay, so. This is my first story on here that isn't a oneshot. And it's definitely different from the show. For example:
- No Klaus
- No originals
- No curse
- Possibly no tomb vampires. I haven't decided for sure.
I'm starting with the scene when Damon goes into the tomb to find Katherine only to discover she isn't there and veering off into my own little path of what I would have loved to see on my television screen.
I'm starting at this point because I want to show Damon falling for Elena, too, not Elena slowly reciprocating his feelings.
Hope you enjoy.
Oh, and I alternate between point of views. Probably not as often as I do in this chapter, though.

If you're the type to like something to listen to to go along with reading, go for Addicted by Simple Plan.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Vampire Diaries. I wish I did, though. Then I could have Damon all to myself :D

Elena

"We can't leave him in there. We promised him, both of us," I said breathlessly, shocked and anxious.

"I know," Stefan said quietly. I felt a tinge of disappointment at his seemingly slight regard for his brother's safety.

"Even if we're able to break through the seal, we won't be able to hold it for long," Bonnie's grandmother cautioned. I nodded, knowing that if we were going to get Damon out... we had to be quick. I watched as Stefan slid back into the tomb and Bonnie and her grandmother began their spell-casting.

I watched them, terrified, as I impatiently waited outside the tomb to see Stefan or Damon appear. The fire stared to flare. "I think it's working," I gasped, and then stiffened as Anna slid out of the tomb with her mother.

"I just wanted my mother back... Jeremy's fine. He's outside. We won't touch him." I felt a little tinge of relief as I thought of my little brother, who had no idea what he had ended up getting in the middle of.

"Bonnie, keep going," her grandmother gasped as Bonnie began to look like she was on the verge of collapsing. She turned to look at me. "You'd better hurry!"

"Stefan, they can't hold it much longer," I cried, turning to look at the fire and seeing it dim. Breathing heavily, I turned and dashed into the tomb.

Damon

I felt like ripping someone's head off as I kicked at a rock. "Ugh... she's not here," I gasped frantically, turning my head around every angle, relentlessly looking for Katherine- my Katherine- the one I'd spent so many years searching for. "She's not here..."

"What?" Stefan muttered, astonished as he stared at me.

I threw the blood bag in my hand against the wall, severely angry and frustrated. "She's not here!"

"Damon, we need to get out of here," Stefan said, keeping his tone calm.

I stared at him, not registering what he was saying. "This doesn't make sense, they locked her inside..."

"If we don't leave now, we're not getting out," Stefan said firmly, raising his voice.

"How could she not be in here," I gasped, still not paying attention to Stefan.

"It's not worth spending all of eternity down here, she's not worth it-" he lectured, grabbing my shoulder.

"No!" I cried, throwing it off as I directed my frustrated agony on to him.

"Damon!" a familiar voice cried. I looked toward the sound immediately and saw... Katherine? No. No, that was Elena. Elena...

"Please," she gasped, staring at me with a heartbroken, pleading look. I ground my teeth together as I adjusted my leather jacket, nodding affirmatively and following behind her, barely registering Stefan guiding me out.

Elena

I felt relief flood my every vein as I lead the way out of the tomb, avoiding the mummified vampires that were spread out among the hard ground. I could hear Bonnie gasping and faltering in the spell as her grandmother encouraged her. I bit my lip as I tried to go faster, not wanting to cause my best friend any more pain.

We all leapt out of the tomb, the door slamming shut behind us as Stefan embraced me and Damon wandered off ahead of us, seemingly still shocked from not finding my doppelganger.

I suddenly remembered Jeremy, gasping. "Stefan... Jeremy's outside..." He blinked and nodded once, running off ahead of me. I followed behind, praying to God that he would be there and alive.

"He's okay," Stefan gasped as he arrived there just before I did, collapsing on the ground beside him as I did the same. I turned around as I heard a choked sound coming from behind me.

Damon

I stood in the clearing, staring at the trees without really seeing. I snapped out of it as I heard footsteps behind me. I turned to see Elena walking over to me, a sympathetic look on her face. I stared at her, unsure of what she was going to do and definitely not prepared for her to wrap her arms around my neck and lean up to hug me.

"I'm sorry," she said softly. I forced my arms up to hug her back.

"Thank you," I managed as she pulled away, giving her a grateful look. She nodded and took a few steps back towards my brother.

She cleared her throat. "I should probably get Jeremy home..."

"I'll help you," Stefan volunteered. Always the hero.

I nodded and headed home, still out of my mind from the fact that Katherine wasn't there. Where was she? And who could I go to for answers?

I stopped dead in my tracks, knowing exactly who I needed to pay a small visit to.

A/N: I'm sorry it's so short D: I swear the chapters will get longer.
Leave me a review letting me know if you like how it's going? I know I'm just starting to veer off towards the end, but I swear I'm not going to write down scenes from the show this whole time. I despise it when people do that.
I also swear I won't switch POVs as much as I did. I find it incredibly confusing when people do that, I just really wanted to show this part from every angle.