A/N: A fresh start with a new story! I have a saying on my profile that describes the stories I write about Vampire Diaries. I hope you enjoy the story! Thoughts are in Italics. I don't own Vampire Diairies. I'd like to thank Midnightquiver for helping me out with this chapter. I quote the show once or twice in every chapter.

Damon's point of view

Time. All I have is time and it's been driving me insane. I don't have a real home anymore. I haven't had one for a long time. I made the mistake of falling in love with a vampire. She turned me and my brothers. She pitted us against each other. I've spoken to my brother a few times since but not much. The townspeople drove me out of my home, and any new home I found, I'm driven out of as well. On more than one occasion my pack was slaughtered and I was the sole survivor.

The first time I lost pack members after I lost my home was five months after joining the River Ash Pack in Finland. The local hunters were conspiring on eliminating us. The hunt was during the night of a full moon in November. Everyone fought hard, but the Hunters knew exactly how to kill werewolves. They used wolfsbane, a seemingly pretty flower to some, but a deadly poison to werewolves, to weaken us then they tried to cut our hearts out or our heads off to finish the job. My vampire side was the only thing that kept me alive. The wolfsbane infected me, but didn't kill me luckily. I was barely able to get away.

It wasn't until two years later that I joined another pack, the Crimson Shadow pack. I thought it was okay. The guilt of not being able to save the others of River Ash faded away enough that I was able to come out of solitary. During my stay with them, the rivalry with one of the other packs worsened to heights unimaginable. The other pack was larger than us, stronger than us. They were able to kill almost everyone without breaking a sweat. I killed several members, but there were still too many and we were overridden. I barely made it out and suffered heavily, yet again and I don't know about any others that survived. Scars remain to remind me of my past.

I didn't join another pack until a few years ago. It wasn't intentional. They just fell into my lap, and we fit together. We'd all had our share of problems in one way or another. I found an injured girl in a forest somewhere in New York. I didn't know where. I didn't care much about knowing where I passed through. She looked about seventeen years old and was covered in scratches and bites that weren't healing like they should've been. The mud all over her made her look as if she tried to take a mud bath. I could tell that she was a werewolf. She has a blue and a green eye and they glowed yellow and her teeth were extended into her canines. When she healed up some, she told me that her name was Natala, and that her pack disowned her, and she couldn't go back to her family. I didn't ask why. She was beaten up enough and for some reason…I cared. I asked if she wanted to start a pack with me. She took advantage of the opportunity quickly. We showed each other what fighting skills she had. I gave her a special charm that allowed her to shift whenever she wanted as well. It was a small wooden wolf that was howling attached to a chain. A witch I knew had made it. We were each other's family and had to look after each other. Since then the Fading Echo pack has grown. Wolves also without a pack have come to us, showed us that they were strong enough and capable of being in my pack. They proved their strength, loyalty and became a part of my pack, my family. Life in the Fading Echo Pack is good.

I decided to take my pack back to my hometown, Mystic Falls in order to make a more permanent home for us. While travelling packless, I longed to be with Katherine again. I honestly think that she's the perfect person for me. Without her, I wouldn't have learned about my werewolf side. She was the only person that truly cared for me. And she had the most beautiful brown hair and brown eyes. She's another reason for returning to Mystic Falls. She'd complete this life of mine, this still lingering emptiness that not even my pack fulfilled.

One night, I decided to walk around the woods. It had been a long while since I had, and I wanted to get used to the boundaries and see how Mystic Falls has changed over the years. When I got to the edge of the woods, I saw that there was a party. It was full of teenagers. If anyone gets near me I'm going to kill them. I haven't hunted in a while. One of them would be a perfect meal, I thought. I kept my distance from the party, but I watched them. No one came near me let alone really saw me. I turned to leave when I saw her. She was on the phone with someone. She was talking about someone named Matt and she sounded distraught. It can't be her. She's stuck in the tomb. She's looks just like her, I thought. Time to confirm my suspicions. I shifted back into my human form effortlessly and walked towards her.

"Katherine." If it was her, she would've either run towards me or ran in the opposite direction trying to hide.

"No. I'm Elena."

The Katherine lookalike answered. I told her that she reminds me of someone close to me, and introduced myself. She told me why she was alone. We talked about the future.

"I don't know what I want," she said.

"Well that's not true. You want what everybody wants." She looked skeptical.

"What? Mysterious stranger that has all the answers."

I sighed, "Let's just say I've been around a long time."

"So Damon. Tell me. What is it that I want?"

"You want a love that consumes you; you want passion, an adventure, and even a little danger."

Right when her parents were pulling up, she asked what I really wanted. I replied intending to compel her.

"I want you to get everything you're looking for. But right now I want you to forget that this happened. I can't have people knowing I'm in town yet. Goodnight, Elena". I ran back to the security of the woods and watched as she got into the car. I watched her until the car was out of sight. Then I shifted back into my wolf form and started a search for a meal. She might not be Katherine, but she's worth getting to know.

A/N: It's short but hopefully there's going to be more. I probably won't continue this unless I get some reviews for this. So people, show your support!