WARNING: This story is a SEQUEL to my other story, "Bitten: The Marked" If you have not yet read BTM, then I suggest that you do not read this Until you've read the first story as major spoilers will be revealed. Read at your own risk!

DISCLAIMER~ I OWN NOTHING BUT THE STORYLINE. THE CHARACTERS BELONG TO L.J. SMITH & THE CW.

Once Turned, Forever Hunted.

My name is Elena Gilbert. I'm twenty-one years old.

And I'm now a Pureblood Vampire.

I didn't want this for myself.

But somebody else did.

And I have no clue who they are.

Or why they wanted me to become this creature.

When Elena met vampire Damon Salvatore, she had learned that by her on her twenty-first birthday, she would transition into a Pureblood Vampire, a special and different kind of vampire. During the time that she had stayed at Damon's house, she met his younger brother Stefan, and their friend Caroline Forbes. She faced a werewolf transformation on accident at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, and she had learned a secret side of Damon's past that she never knew about.

Now, everything has changed.

Now, she's a Pureblood vampire.

Elena wakes up to discover her fate, and she reveals that Katherine was the one who killed her. However, it's through Katherine's revelations thatElena learns that she is being hunted by two different groups of very powerful vampires, and she has to make quick and sudden decisions in order to make it out alive. Elena realizes that her life is no longer her own.

But it never was.

They want her for more than just her Power.

And it's all just beginning.

CHAPTER 1:

June 2009

Elena Gilbert drove down the dark road, into the night, listening to "Cosmic Love" by her favorite band, Florence + The Machine on the CD player in her car. She had decided to check out the small town of Mystic Falls, where her foster sister Bonnie Bennett had suggested. She sighed. She had no money, no place to stay, nothing. The raindrops crashed onto her windshield, and Elena flicked a switch and the windshield wipers came to life, waving on front of her. Her path became clear as she passed the sign that said "Welcome To Mystic Falls, VA".

Suddenly, she was forced to slam on the brakes as a giant blurry figure leapt out of the woods to her right and into the middle of the road.

Holy shit! What the hell was that? Elena jolted her car into PARK and scrambled to unbuckle her seatbelt. She jumped out of the car, running forward to the edge of the forest on the left side.

Elena looked in complete mystery through the thick sheets of rain in the path of the figure, blinking rapidly. What in God's name was that? Elena shook her head through the storm, her long wet chocolate locks slapping her face. Whatever that was, she was pretty sure that it wasn't human.

Elena took a deep breath, attempting to calm herself down. It was nothing. She was going crazy. She had been going crazy for four years, ever since that night. She rolled her eyes as she made her way back into the car.

However, as Elena hopped back into her car, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was lurking in the shadows, watching her drive away.

My eyes shoot open as I sit up. I gasp for extensive amounts of air, blinking rapidly as a light comes into focus.

"Elena,"

I whip my head around, and I'm met with his face.

"Damon," I breathe, my hand over my rapidly beating heart. What the hell happened?

"Wh-where am I?" I ask, looking around. I recognize the living room of Damon's house. As I look around, I see the familiar faces of Stefan and Caroline, who look struck with horror.

"You're in the living room of the house," he says calmly. "How do you feel?"

"I feel f-fine," I blink. "What h-happened?" I whimper.

Damon's face darkens.

"Damon-"

"After you left the house last night, I went looking for you. I knew that I was stupid to let you leave this house alone. And I heard you scream-" he stops, his face growing into a look of regret. "When I found you, you had been stabbed in the stomach with a dagger. I tried to save you, but it was too late. I couldn't hear your heart beat." he says softly.

"Oh, my god," I gasp. "Wait, if I was s-stabbed, then does that m-mean that I-?"

It all becomes clear.

"I couldn't hear your heart beat."

I wasn't breathing.

"I couldn't hear your heart beat."

I wasn't alive.

"I couldn't hear your heart beat."

I wasn't saved in time.

No...No...

"No," I shake my head. I feel my stomach aching, and I begin to breathe deeply and rapidly.

"Elena," Damon says, and I look at him through fresh tears. "I know that you're scared and your emotions are completely out of control, but I need you to calm down and tell me what happened after you left last night."

"I..I don't-rem-" I whisper.

Suddenly, everything comes rushing back as the memories flood into my mind.

Katherine...the dagger...Damon's confession...Katherine...

I look up at Damon, the name of the woman who did this to me dripping off of my tongue.

"Katherine," I say softly, and suddenly, all of my fear that I felt from the previous night floods back into her name. Three gasps sound, the biggest of all coming from the person beside me.

"What?" Damon growls, his voice razor sharp. "How did she know about you?"

"She-she showed up, and she attacked me, and then she pulled out a dagger. She said that she was sent to finish the job that that other vampire coven didn't-"I choke, my words flooding out of my mouth.

"I can't… I can't be a…a-" I whimper, shaking my head. I can't believe this. All of this is too much. I'm still not healed from the discovery about Damon and the others, and I'm no where near recovery from what happened last night.

However, even saying this, I know that it's a lost cause.

"Elena, I know. I know," Damon says as he cups my face. I look up into his wide crystal blue eyes. If Damon hadn't said what he did last night, then I wouldn't be able to look at him the same. All of the pain that I felt from his betrayal was overridden by his confession.

"What do we do?" Caroline asks as she slowly steps forward. "People are going to come for her, Damon."

"I know that, Caroline. But I made a promise to her. I won't leave her." Damon snaps.

"But Damon-"

"Look, I understand that you don't want to risk your life, Caroline. I get it. Believe me, I do, so if you want to get out of here while you still can, then go." Damon snaps. "Stefan, feel free to join her-"

"I'm staying." Stefan says and I watch him come over to stand by me.

All three of us look back at Caroline, who swallows.

"Me, too," she nods, and I look at her in surprise.

"What did Katherine say to you last night?" Stefan asks.

"I-There's so much that she said," I sigh.

"Wait," Caroline says. "She's a fully functioning Pureblood vampire now. Her entire pallet of abilities are developed."

"What?" Stefan asks.

"When you drink the blood of a transitioned Pureblood, their memories can transfer through blood exchange." Caroline explains. "Damon, drink from her."

I look up at Damon, who's mouth is open. He turns to me, glances down at my wrist, and then back at me.

"Here," I say, holding it out to him. "Drink."

I watch Damon look at me hesitantly, and he nods. Damon's hands grip my wrist, and I close my eyes as his fangs sink into my wrist.

I focus all of my energy on the information that Katherine shared last night. Suddenly, Katherine's voice is playing in my head.

"Hello, there. We haven't officially met. I'm Katherine."

"Once that coven of vampires attacked the Salvatore's the other week, they failed and I was called in to finish the job."

"I found your ass of a boyfriend the late Mason Lockwood-thanks to you- and I offered him a deal. Next think he tells me after I go to visit him is that he bit you. And that was a bit of a problem."

"The group of vampires I work for went to tell that little wolf Tyler, his brother, that a cure existed. They pissed that he screwed up their plan, so they told him that the cure was to kill Mason, and it sounded more believable if they said that you had to kill him. And kill him, you did."

"So here we are now, you're human, and therefore you can die. Oh, and don't hold out hope for a cure. There's no cure for us Purebloods. So sorry to spoil your hope,"

"You don't deserve to live, even as a vampire. However, I can't kill you, unfortunately. It'd screw up their plan and I'd be dead myself."

"Say goodbye to your human life, Elena. We'll be expecting your arrival."

One minute later, I feel Damon's hands release my wrist. I look up at him, and his eyes are wide.

"What did you see?" Caroline asks softly.

"Katherine was the one who told Tyler about the cure. She lied to him because they were pissed off about Mason turning Elena into a werewolf, so they killed him by telling Tyler that that was the cure." Damon says, and I watch as Caroline and Stefan's faces widen with their gasps.

"What?" Caroline says. "So, Tyler was lied to. And Mason was killed because they were mad at him?"

"Who's 'they?'" I ask. Damon swallows.

"Katherine must've found them. They're the vampires who she works for. Who we work for."

"Who are they?" I ask, more urgent.

Damon sighs.

"The Original Senate,"

Rebekah glanced out the window at the rain. As a little girl, she had hated the rain. Her brothers had loved it. However, once she became a vampire, she had learned to warm up to the rain. Just like everything else. She was invincible. In the last one-thousand years, she had learned to be feared than to fear. That was her family's motto.

She was waiting for Katherine to call. It would be any second now. Rebekah heard the vibration of her phone, and in a flash, she raced over to catch it before it slid off of the marble table.

"Hello?" she answered.

"It's done," Katherine's voice said. Rebekah let out a sigh of relief.

One step closer.

"Excellent," She smiled.

"There's one more thing." Katherine said, and Rebekah frowned.

"What?" She asked, prepared to kill. For once, Katherine was silent.

"Katherine, either tell me what is wrong, or you can forget about your money," Rebekah hissed.

"The girl. She looks exactly like me." Katherine said.

"What?" Rebekah frowned as she gasped. How the hell did the girl look exactly like Katherine? Surely, Katherine was pulling her leg.

"Well, that explains the Salvatore's fascination and reluctance to turn her in," Rebekah sighed.

"You're not surprised," Katherine said.

"I'm fascinated," Rebekah corrected. "You may come by and get your reward,"

Rebekah pulled the phone from her ear as she pressed the "END" button.

Smiling, she walked down the hall toward the living room.

"It's done," she said, holding her phone up. "The girl's a vampire now, and she's the last one, Elijah." Elijah turned around. He stood in front of the fireplace. A smile spread across his face. Elijah sped over to stand in front of her.

"She's transitioned."

Rebekah nodded.

"Who did you enlist to do the deed?"

"Katherine." she said.

"Ah, Katerina." Elijah sighed as he glanced back toward the flames. "Such a powerful vampire."

"She is," Rebekah smirked. "And speaking of," Rebekah braced herself for Elijah's reaction. "Katherine discovered something about the girl that might be of interest to you,"

"What is it, sister?" Elijah asked, frowning down into Rebekah's blue orbs.

"Katherine said that the girl looks exactly like her."

Elijah's mouth fell open, and Rebekah held herself.

"What?" he gasped. "But, that's impossible-"

"I know," Rebekah nodded. "But Katherine wouldn't dare lie to us." It was true. The girl would want to save her skin before lying to them. Anyone would.

"Well, we'll figure out why," Elijah sighed. "I'm still skeptic to believe such absurdity until I've laid my own eyes on the girl."

"As am I," Rebekah smiled softly.

"Elijah," Rebekah breathed. "We found all of them," she laughed in disbelief. She couldn't believe it. They were ready to continue with their plan. But they couldn't yet.

"Indeed," Elijah said softly, looking at fire still. He turned back to Rebekah. "Are you ready to go find our brothers?"

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