Winter 1864
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Full summary: Before Katherine, there was another woman in Damons life. His bestfriend and fiance, Kallia Smith but after the events in 1864 the romance ended and Damon thought Kallia was dead. But is she really? And is there a new edition to Kallias family, one that Damon never even Knew exsisted? Drama!
"Damon? Come out, come out wherever you are!"
Kallia Smith pivoted, her large blue eyes wondering the expance of the forest in search of her favourite blue eyed boy with a facinated smile curling her pink lips up at the corners. It was cold out, a light sheet of frost coated the forest floor hazardly, weilding its way up the trees and into the fine stems of some leaves, making the place look even more enchanting and mysterious than usual. Kallia giggled and lifted the long satan skirt of her dress, continuing to twirl around and around aimlessly until the world was nothing but a mere distant blur at the back of her mind. Her father had always frowned upon her actions, told her it was immature childs play to dance, to twirl, to forget the world she lived in for even the smallest amounts of time, but she truely couldnt help it. She was a dreamer at heart, bored and displeased by the dull void of reality and so she took matters into her own hands, twisting life into something outragous, something intresting, something Kallia as Damon would say. She stopped twirling for an instant, dropping the tails of her skirts to the floor and tilting her head back so she could gaze at the greyish blue sky above her. "I imagine it shall rain soon." she murmered softly, knowing he would never stray far and would hear her quiet words.
She kept her eyes cast on the sky, even as she felt his strong arms incircle her waist and pull her small body flush against his own. "Mhm, I think you're right miss Kallia." the chime of his voice was as soft as her own, and she shivered as his cool breath carressed the nape of her neck, exhailing on a sigh. Kallia turned in his arms so they where nose to nose and planted a feather soft kiss on his pale cheek. He's so beautiful, she thought in awe, stroking her index finger along his chisled features with a satisfied grin. Damon and her had been insperable since Kallia was six years old, fordging an almost immidiate bond over there unique outlook on life. She could still remember his blue eyes wide in shock as she clonked him over the head with her favourite teddy bear- mr snuggles- and told her that her best friend pegusis the unicorn would come and yell at him for trying to steal her cookie. There was priceless and then there was the look on Damons face. It was something she frequently teased him about, paticularly the part when he menchened his dradon- fluffy. She found it very amusing as it were, he on the other did not. "Kallia." he sighed, his ice blue eyes exasperated as he shoved a hand through his curly locks in frustration. "Must you keep bringing that up? I was six at the time, Fluffy seemed like a perfectly acceptavle name for a dragon." Kallia let out a delicate snort and smirked, detangling herself from his arms and begining to dance with an invisable partner. "Yes Damon, I must. Because it was one of the few times in my life that ive laughrd so hard, if it wasnt for mother reminding me that it was very unlady like, i probably would have a had a slight accident." she glanced over her shoulder, eyebrows arched in an elegant slant, questioning if he would disagree. Damon was smart enough to reckognise a lost battle when he saw one, and settled for heaving a long suffering sigh and joining the dance, spining her around and dipping her low while she laughed loudly, carelessly and at that very perfect moment, she was living the fairytale.
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Awhile later as Damon walked her home, Kallia remembered a recent piece of news that she had heard from one of the housemaids. "Damon? Have you seen the new girl yet? I belive her name is Katherine. Katherine Pierce?" Damon shook his head in a negative as he grasped her hand in his. "No, but ive heard of her arrivel. It seems she's caused quite a stir in Mystic Falls." Kallia rolled her eyes at Damons amused tone, nodding polietly to one of her fathers friends as he strolled past withhis wife. "I hear she's quite a picture." she drawled, casting a sideway glance at Damon and trying to keep her voice nocholent. She didnt think it worked very well. Damon canteered to a stop, turning to Kallia with eyes that litterally twinkled with mischief. "Do i hear jealousy in your dulcet tones m'lady?" he quipped, one eyebrow quirked and a devistating smile tugging at his lips. Kallia sniffed and began to walk again. "Of course not." she scoffed, "Just seeing if i need to spice up the competion is all." Damon moved so fast, that to Kallia he was only a faint blur of colour, and placed himself in her path and lifting her small hand to his lips. "There is no competition." he murmmered sweetly, eyes downcast as he kissed the small lapsis lazuli stone that was incrusted into the silver engagement ring he had given her. "Katherine Pierce or no Katherine Pierce, you my dearest Kallia, are the only girl i will ever see. I give you my word to love you for the rest of my life." Damons blue eyes where wide and sincere and she felt her heart swell at his unusually tender words. "I love you too Damon." and she did, with her whole heart, body and soul. Yet she couldnt seem to shake the feeling that this would be the one time Damon Salvatore broke his word.
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A/N: Yes, i know Damon is very OC but this was before Katherine became the center of his undead universe, etc, etc, and he was much more of an innocent. So in the next few chapters I plan to bring Katherine into the mix and ruffle poor Kallia's feathers so there will be alot more drama and some twists. :D Oh and the 1864 timeline will only be for a little while, I know its a little boring for some of you and im really sorry but i need the backround for Damons big surprise in the present time! Anyway, i hope you enjoyed and please review if you want the next chapter! :)
-C xx
