"Another body has been found in the woods of Mystic Falls. As the body was drained of blood, it appears to be another animal attack. Searches-"
Elena turned off the TV.
"Is there really nothing we can do? This is the 4th attack this week, and it's only Tuesday. Where did we go wrong?" Elena looked at Damon , frightened.
Last week, they found a way of killing the Originals without every vampire ever created ending up dead. They thought that, since the Originals were all gone, Stefan and Damon were the only vampires left in town. But after just one day, the murdering started again, and Elena found a note, saying : "So you think all the Originals are dead? Think again ! – Frederik"
Damon turned to face Elena, and smiled gently. Elena's heart instantly started to beat faster.
"We didn't do anything wrong, we had no idea this Frederik-guy existed. If there is something we can do, then I'm sure we will figure it out. And by we, I mean Stefan and I. I don't want you to get hurt again."
It was true. Every time Elena tried to help, she always got hurt. Her clumsiness always got in their way.
Just when she was about to ask Damon something she wanted to have asked him for a long time, Stefan entered the room.
"Well hello there, little brother. How did you research trip go? Find anything interesting ?" Damon asked, with slight arrogance in his tone.
Stefan left almost a week ago, after Elena found that note, to find out who Frederik is.
"Well, Damon, I did find out a thing or two about this guy, but it seems to me as if you're not really as interested in hearing this as you are in Elena. So why exactly should I say what I know?" Stefan answered, with the same arrogance in his voice, accompanied by a lot of hatred.
Elena hated these situations, in which they looked like they were going the kill each other.
"Because he threatened to kill Jeremy!" She called out loud, to break the tension.
It startled Stefan for a moment, and Elena could see the old him again, from before Elena met Damon.
She handed him the note she found in her locker at school that morning.
"I know you, Elena, and how precious your loved ones are to you. Make a mistake, and I will kill them, starting with that little brother of yours! –Frederik"
After reading the note, Stefan calmed down, and gave in.
"Fine," he said, "But only for you ! Frederik was the oldest sibling of the Originals. He has been killing people from before he was a vampire. These people were supposedly werewolves, and he wanted to protect his siblings from them. He didn't get along with his parents, though. So when his mother turned all of them into vampires, he left home. He couldn't forgive his mother for what she had done. They never saw each other again. Finally, he accepted what he had become and slowly started feeding off people."
"Boooooring!" Damon said, followed by a theatrical yawn.
"How can we make him stop? Did she tell you that?" Elena asked.
'She' was Luna, a vampire turned by Frederik when she was only 18 years old.
"There is no way to stop him. You have to do what he says or someone will get hurt. But, I guess, we can always try to track him down." Stefan answered.
They were all quiet for a while, not knowing what to do or say, until Elena's phone rang.
"I've got to go," Elena explained, "I'm meeting Bonnie at the Grill, maybe she can help."