Summary: He lived a good life for twenty two years, became a vampire, got staked, became a human again, died again and went back to his first life. How complicated is that?
Author's Notes: Watching Lost and the Vampire Diaries have made me fall in love with Ian Somerhalder even more. Thus, this oneshot was born. Just change the fact that Stefan/Damon have not seen each other for, oh, thirty years, so just double the time where they last saw each other during the pilot, and then it'll all make sense (sorta).
He was born Damon Salvatore on March 16th, 1842 and for twenty years of his life, it was all blissful, all surreal. He was happy, he was proud of himself, he loved everything and everyone and it all seemed less complicated until he met Katherine Pierce, that beautiful brunette that stole his heart away in the night.
He was twenty when he first laid eyes on her, but it was not until he was twenty one when the love triangle between them and his three year younger brother, Stefan began. He was never truly bitter with his brother; in fact, he found this to be quite the challenge. It only made Damon work harder in achieving his goal to win the heart of the beautiful Katherine, that is, until he found out her dark, little secret.
It scared him at first, you know, dating a vampire thing, but he grew accustomed to the idea, and actually enjoyed the thrill of it. Sneaking out, lying, having fun, everything was a rush to Damon. He used to be the total good boy that would do anything to have a good time, but now... now, he felt adventurous and dangerous. Katherine changed him into a risk taker, and for once, he actually didn't feel guilty over breaking the rules.
"I'm going to turn you into a vampire Damon; I swear to you, it'll be the best thing for you," Katherine told him a couple of months after he found out. And she did keep to her word. Even after Stefan betrayed him and got her captured and sent to the church to be burned by their father, she kept to her word. Because the church wasn't set to be burned for another night or two until they captured more vampires, she escaped and appeared in his room. Still bitter and angry over his brother, he very much welcomed Katherine to turn him.
"If that means I can kill my brother after all of this, then so be it," he said darkly before they fed off each other and Katherine snapped his neck.
Thus began his life as Damon Salvatore, vampire. His brother was also turned that night, which thwarted Damon's plans to kill him, since both were powerful, newborn vampires. Before she left them, Katherine made one simple request.
"Don't kill each other while I'm gone, please. Once I get out of that tomb, I want to see both of my vampires alive and well," she asked them. Damon obeyed immediately; after all, why would he disobey the one he actually, deeply cared about? But since then, he deeply resented his brother and chose to keep backstabbing him as a way of fun instead of being nice to him or being super mean to him. Backstabbing was fun for him; he could keep coming back, making Stefan trust him like Damon trusted his own brother and then use it to his advantage to hurt him. Because, after all, if his brother didn't turn Katherine into his father, she would be with him and not in that stupid tomb. He could always use Emily's help, but Emily passed away years ago, but he still withheld the deal.
Damon traveled all around, met exotic women, slept with exotic women, killed the exotic women, and traveled again to repeat the deal. Every once in a while, he stumbled across Stefan, gained Stefan's trust, backstabbed Stefan and then left again. He had the most fun anyone's ever had in these adventures. He wasn't human Damon anymore which meant he didn't care who he hurt anymore; he was a vampire, and he wasn't going to stoop to Stefan's levels and kill an animal. If vampires survived on human blood, then so did he.
It was the beginning of 1981 when his luck changed. He was in Iowa at night, snacking on a human when something startled him. He saw a vampire cornering a poor, innocent kid. He loved torturing people, but killing kids was not right for him; people fifteen and older were acceptable, but this kid was no more than seven. She was so cute, but so scared, so Damon, without thinking, struck the other vampire from behind and sent him flying into a broken tree branch. The other vampire occupied, Damon turned to the kid and bent down.
"What's your name?" he asked softly, as if not wanting to scare her. There was a pause before the brunette mumbled, "Kate." Damon nodded as he looked at the struggling vampire before grabbing Kate's hand.
"Now, I suggest you get out of here Kate; go home to your parents. It's nine o clock, and it's getting late. You won't remember anything that happened tonight; you won't remember me, or the scenes that you saw tonight. You'll go straight home and to bed," Damon said, looking right into her eyes. Kate nodded, entranced before blinking her eyes and taking one last look at Damon, running from the horrific scene. Damon nodded, smirking as he turned to the other vampire, who was out of the mess he created and had a stake in his hand. Without another word, Damon felt the stake plunge into his heart and he let out a little gasp before falling silent.
Darkness quickly overtook him and he was pretty sure he was officially dead; there was a white light and everything. He felt himself starting to walk toward it before he felt a sudden jerk. His mind started spinning so fast, the light disappeared. He felt himself black out. Was it possible to black out when you were already dead? Probably not, because he's never technically died before. Oh yeah, Katherine killed him to turn him, but he felt more unconscious than dead.
It felt like minutes later when he saw the light appear and engulf him. Damon shut his eyes tight before opening them again to see six, ghostly figures around him. Frowning, he turned to look at all of them. They were dressed in white, and clearly had a high authority by the way they were concealing their faces and how they were floating above the ground. This is definitely not heaven, he thought as he looked around again.
"Damon Salvatore, welcome," one of the 'angel' people spoke loudly, his voice booming. Damon winced at how loud his voice was.
"Geez dude, keep it down. What the hell am I doing here? Aren't I dead?" he asked. The woman on the far right spoke next, nodding.
"Yes Damon, you are technically dead. However, we have brought you here for evaluation," she spoke, her voice very angelic. Damon frowned.
"Evaluation? For what? Going to heaven or hell? Seriously, just pick a number or something. I'll do well in both places," Damon said lightly. The six didn't seem so amused though, but did not comment on that.
"Actually, it is an evaluation of bringing you back to life or sending you on to the afterlife. We are the Powers that Be," another spoke coolly. Damon looked at the group, stunned.
"Why is there an evaluation for me to be brought back to life or not?" he wondered. He was really curious about it. The tallest one spoke next.
"You have done much good in your life as a human; however, becoming a vampire clouded your judgement and you did equally bad. Unfortunately, it is too balanced to tell you whether you should be sent to heaven or to hell, so we are willing to give you a chance at a second life. It is a very rare opportunity," the tallest spoke. Damon nodded slowly, not even sure how to react to all of this nonsense.
"So, what's the verdict? Am I going to be sent back or not?" he asked. There was a pause before another woman spoke.
"Our verdict has been reached. You could do much good if given a second chance, so we are going to let you prove yourself. You will be sent back to earth but not as Damon Salvatore. You will be reborn as a human for another chance at life," she spoke. Damon shook his head though, holding up his hand.
"Hold on a minute. I refuse to be sent back as somebody else. I am Damon Salvatore, and always will be. Why send me back as somebody else?" he asked. The last angel spoke next, moving forward slightly.
"You, Damon Salvatore, need to earn your right back to becoming yourself again so we have decided to give you a second chance at life, your memories relinquished. If you do something great enough to be recognized in your lifetime, after your death, then we will see you again. If not, then you will move onto the afterlife," he said. Damon rolled his eyes.
"What's the point of this if I don't have any memories?" he asked. The first angel spoke again, lifting his head and smiling softly.
"It will prove if your heart is good or not. It will show us if you are worthy of a true second chance at being Damon Salvatore. Our decision is final. Good luck Damon, maybe we'll see you again," the angel said. Damon opened his mouth to speak but there was a flash and nothing more.
Thus, he was reborn as Boone Carlyle. Even without his memories, he started sharing some characteristics of his former life. Sarcasm was the main one, plus the good heart he had as Damon, the human. He did prove himself many times by protecting his sister, Shannon when he was older, and only dating the good girls. But nothing big really proved that he deserved to go back to his first life.
He never even suspected who he really was; what he used to be like. He knew he felt different and empty in a way, but he would have never thought he was missing memories; that he had been living longer than he was supposed to. He felt familiarity when he spotted Stefan in Los Angeles once, but other than that, nothing. And for the first time, he got to experience life in the 1900's as a human; no worries, not insecurities, nothing. He got to love, explore, and enjoy life to its fullest.
The plane crash was painful and it triggered his first...memory of sorts. It was when he first laid eyes on Kate, and suddenly, he flashed back to a younger Kate in Iowa, at night. He remembered seeing blood on the ground and a fearful Kate before he was jolted out of the memory. He didn't even process it at first; he thought it was weird and moved on, but during his time on the island, he felt different; like something was going to happen.
The day of his death, when he lay dying in the caves, with a frantic Jack trying to save him, he realized this wouldn't be the end; somehow, he would live again and it would be wonderful. Just before he died, he let out his last dying breath.
"Tell Shannon...tell Shannon...tell..."
He wanted to tell her how much he loved her; he wanted to tell her how proud he was of her, and if she tried, she could make a difference. He wanted her to be open to love, and to not give up if she was stuck on the island forever and to help out and live life to its fullest. But he didn't have the time anymore. He slipped away before he could say anything like that, catching one last look at Jack's face before he felt the darkness overpower him again.
He found himself in the white light with the six angel figures.
"Welcome Boone Carlyle. You have earned yourself the right to become Damon Salvatore again," one of them spoke. Before he could ask what they meant by that, memories started flowing through his mind. He screamed in pain as he held his head, collapsing on the ground as Damon's memories joined Boone's. It was the most painful feeling he ever felt, and he still had a headache once he stopped screaming from immense pain. He looked up to the six weakly, giving the best glare he could.
"Why do I still remember Boone's memories?" he demanded once he got his breath back. The one in the middle answered for him, her voice very light and breathy.
"Unfortunately, you must pay for your actions as Damon Salvatore, vampire, so reliving both set of memories seems like a proper way to remind yourself what you went through to get where you are now; how you got a second chance at being Damon Salvatore. However, you will return human. Becoming a vampire again is entirely up to you," she said. Damon mumbled some curse words as he rose to his feet again.
"Aw, come on! I'm meant to be Damon, not Damon and Boone! I don't want to remember my life as Boone. I'm not that guy anymore!" Damon yelled.
"Our decision is final. Welcome to your old life Damon Salvatore. We hope you bring Boone's life into your own and take your experiences to make you a better person. Good luck Damon; we will not be seeing you again," the Powers that Be spoke together. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and Damon found himself in a forest at night.
He wanted to go back to the way things were twenty three years ago; he didn't want Boone's experiences to change who he was, so in order to do that, he needed to go back to who he was; who he was meant to be. It didn't take long to find a vampire willing to change him. She was gorgeous and so was he. It only took a couple of weeks as a human to become a vampire again. Having all the experiences as a vampire, it was quite easily to readjust.
Pushing Boone's memories away and ignoring them would make everything better, right? Wrong, so totally wrong.
Yes, I am done. What did you guys think? A good explanation on how Boone/Damon could be the same? Ok, maybe it WAS lame after all... I'm sorry guys, I tried my best. Yes, it is a oneshot, and yes the ending is totally stupid. I MIGHT make another chapter, or not.