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Chapter 1: No Turning Back Now

The sun was just barely peaking over the trees as the Tahoe glided swiftly along the back roads of northern Pennsylvania. Twenty-two year old Elena Gilbert nervously checked her phone for the hundredth time.

"Worrying isn't going to do any good," said her fiancé, Damon Salvatore, with a sigh as he guided the SUV into the turning lane.

Elena turned away from Damon and gazed out the window. So much had changed since they had met five years ago in Mystic Falls, Virginia. Elena had been a care free teenager and Damon had been the worried over anxious twenty year old. My how their roles have their roles reversed.

Six short months ago Elena's parents had died in a tragic accident when their car had plunged off of Wickery Bridge. They had been on their way back from Elena's graduation from college. Damon had discovered that the accident had actually been caused by Klaus, an original vampire, who had been trying to kill Elena as a way of getting back at Damon. Klaus' sister had had a love affair with Damon in the 1800s, but a few decades later, she had been killed by a hunter, who wanted revenge against Damon.

The night of Elena's graduation, more than 200 years later, Klaus decided to seek his revenge against Damon, by killing the most important thing to him. But his plan had backfired. Elena had lived.

Jeremy (Elena's 15 year old brother) and Katie (Elena's 7 year old sister) had been sent to separate family members to be taken are of while Elena recuperated after the accident. Now she and Damon were traveling to the gather both Jeremy and Katie, so that the three siblings would be reunited and so that they could be protected from Klaus. They had been able to convince Katherine to replace Elena in the hospital bed so that Klaus would not suspect their motives.

Elena had called her Aunt Megan, Katie's current caregiver, to let her know that she and Damon would be coming to collect Katie that weekend. Her Aunt had declared that Katie would be much better off if Elena would leave her in peace. Now her Aunt wouldn't even pick up the phone.

"What if we get there and she won't even let us see Katie?" said Elena.

"Then I will resort to some old ways and make her easily persuaded," said Damon, giving Elena a meaningful look.

"I didn't want it to come to compulsion, Damon," said Elena as she turned to gaze out the window at the rolling countryside.

"I know," said Damon as he reached for her hand. "But we might not have any other choice."

Elena silently nodded and Damon gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

Damon turned up the long winding driveway that led to the home of Elena's Aunt Megan. They had purchased clothes, toys, and some other necessities for Katie so that they wouldn't have to waste time gathering her belongs. He was thankful that Elena had thought of this because something told him that they weren't going to have a lot of time to pack once they reached the house.

"You're going to let me try to talk some sense into her first…right?" questioned Elena.

Damon nodded silently and gave her a grim smile. "But we have to be prepared to move," he countered. "It isn't going to take Klaus long to figure out that the girl in the hospital bed isn't you."

"I know, " said a resigned Elena. "I would just like to make this as calm as possible for Katie….there's no telling what kind of stories Megan has told her about us. I know it has only been months, but she's so young I –"

"Look at me," said Damon after he had put the vehicle in park. He took Elena's face between his hands gently. "They are going to be fine. I'm not going to let anything happen to you all. You know that, right?"

In response she kissed his lips softly and turned to open her car door.

They reached the front door together and before Elena could knock it opened to reveal a very angry Aunt Megan.

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