Chapter 1: The journey

As time goes by, it's becoming harder and harder for Jeremy to restrain himself from the intention of killing vampires; it's in his blood, and he knows that it is the only way to end all of these crap over. He wants his sister, Elena, to become the girl who he used to know again; he can't not accept the fact that she is one of the vampires now. Thus, once he has made up his mind, he decided to go on a trip to other places, to kill vampires to complete the tattoo on his arm. He began to pack up and take the Gilbert's pocket watch with him which is helpful for him to trace the vampires. Suddenly, Bonnie comes inside the house and sees the luggage on the floor, without second thought, she grabs Jeremy's arms and asks:

Bonnie: Jeremy, what's going on? Where are you going?

Jeremy: I'm going to kill those vampires in New York. I need the cure for Elena, OK?

Bonnie: What?! No! You know how the consequence would be if you keep killing vampires. You'll totally lose control of your mind again, which also means, you might have hurt your beloved sister, Elena, one day. Listening, there must be another way to find the cure, one way that needs no killing. Damon and I, and the rest of us, we would try to find the cure. I promise, OK? Please, don't do anything stupid.

Jeremy: No, you don't understand, do you? There's no other cure, the only cure for Elena to become normal is the tattoo on my arms. Bonnie, I'm doing this for Elena; she's the only family I got now and I can't see her being self-destruction like this anymore!

Bonnie: I understand, really! But…

Jeremy: There's no but, Bonnie! Vampires are monsters and they deserve to die. You know that, don't you? Think about your Gramms, your mother…. Now, let go of me.

Bonnie agrees in the deepest part of her heart, and she loosens her hand to let Jeremy go.

Bonnie: Please be safe.

Jeremy: I will.

(On the contrary, at Damon & Stefan's house)

Stefan has been upset and drinking after he learned the fact that Elena and Damon had sex. He stares strictly at his brother, Damon, and he grabs Damon's neck, wanting to punch Damon for his betrayal. However, on a second thought, he gives up and returns back to his seat, with his head down, sadly.

Damon: Look, Stev, I'm so sorry but I didn't expect that to happen as well, OK? I…I…I wasn't myself at that time when Elena comes to me….I love her, Stefan. And you knew that! I love Elena, but I will never take her away from you. I promise.

Stefan: You know what? This is just like the situation which we were in 1864, you, me, and Katherine….

Damon: What?! Come on, this is not about Katherine. This is Elena!

(Stefan continues keeping his head down without looking at Damon, more like talking to himself)

Stefan: So that's it? You want to avenge? You want to see me get hurt, don't you?

Damon: What? What the hell are you talking about? Listen, I know I made a ….intolerable mistake, but I will fix it, OK? You have to trust me on this! What happened between me and Elena, that's not intentional. Can't you just get over it for God's sake?

Stefan: Not intentional, huh? You lied to me! You've said you would deal with damn sire thing and ask her to leave you and come back to me. Did you? You just slept with her! You betray me just like you always do!

Damon: …I was! I was about to tell her to leave me, but….Stefan, look, I'm really sorry about what I've done. I promise I'll handle the crap and fix it. I promise you that I'll leave the town forever as long as we find the cure for Elena. You have my word.

Stefan: I hope you will not break your own promise again.

Damon: Of course!

All of sudden, there's a clang sound in the living room.

Damon: What the hell is that?!
Stefan: I don't know.

The Salvatores run to the living room and check what's going on.

(To be continued)

A/N: Hey, guys! First of all, I'd like to say thank you, for reading my story. This is my first attempt on writing fan

fiction. In fact, I'm from Taiwan, but I'm a big fan of this TV show, especially for the Damon and Elena pair! They are

so mean to be! However, my point of view about the storyline, or about love, might be slightly different from yours

in the Western countries. Besides, because I'm a graduate student, I might not be able to update the story very

soon, please try to understand that. Well, to be honest, I'm kind of nervous about joining the fan fiction community,

since English writing is the most challenging part for me, and, I'm using an L2 to write my own story; thus, the

meaning might not be expressed clear enough as I expected. But still, I'll try my best to create a good story! Please

read and give feedback, or comments to my story so that I can make further improvements on writing! Thank you in

advance. :)

POV: Because this is my first fan fiction, I basically write my own fan fiction based on the original storyline of the TV show instead of creating a whole new one. Last time I checked, the Salvatores were looking for the cure to turn Elena into normal life which she used to have. My story is an expansion from the latest episode.