Chapter 1

Damon and Elena were standing in front of the fireplace. The wood crackled as the flames grew higher, sending it's warmth throughout the great room. Elena sipped her iced coffee, getting ready to go into town. Damon just smiled at her, finally it seemed, that everything was going good in his life.

Katherine was sitting on the sofa, admiring Elena with a touch of envy. She did what she could not. She obtained the love of both Salvatore brothers. Without powers, without compulsion. It was pure, innocent. Something she could of never done on her own. But in her own right, she had her part in it all. After all, if it was not for Katherine, Stefan probably would of showed no interest in the mortal Elena. Damon's gaze caught hers.

"So why are you here any way?" Damon said smugly. Katherine did her usual smirk, then readjusted her self. The cushions were way to plush for her liking.

"Damon, please for once, can we be civil with each other. I am just visiting, that is all. Is that a problem.?"

"Katherine, when it comes to you, there is always a problem." He retorted, downing the rest of his bourbon, his family ring gleaming in the firelight. Elena placed her hand on his arm in a silent attempt to ask for him to be calm.

"Katherine, I am actually glad that you stopped by. I have something you may be able to help me with." Elena stated nicely, walking over to her doppelganger.

"Sure why not," She answered brightly, wile cutting her eyes at Damon. "since there is nothing important going on over here."

"Oh I love you to." Damon smirked, while refilling his glass.

"I know." Katherine smiled.

"Ok, you two. Can you play nice, just for a little while anyways?"

"She started it." Damon sighed.

"I'll be right back." Elena said, making her way up stairs.

"So what is this all bout anyway?" Katherine asked. Damon slowly sipped his bourbon while taking a seat.

"Your guess, is good as mine. You know her, she is always trying to save the world. Fix everyone's problems."

"I heard that." Elena shouted loudly from somewhere upstairs.

"Oops, still getting used to her new condition." He whispered. The doorbell rang.

Elena was moving the books that she had the ancient grimwar hid behind. Her left butt cheek began to vibrate. She grabbed her phone, it was Stefan.

"Hey Stefan, I am kind of busy right now." She huffed while grabbing the spell book and knocking over three more books along with it. Damon and his reading, she thought of making a big pile of them and setting it ablaze. There was just not enough room for everything, and now that she lived here, there really wasn't enough. The line went dead.

"Hello…hello." Oh well, she thought, tossing the phone on the end table. The antique pages crackled as she opened the book. It looked like the book has literally been through hell and back. It had annoying odor that smelled of burnt flesh. Come to think of it the cover looked like it was some kind skin that had been dried out and stitched together. Yuk, she thought to herself as she continued to flip through the pages. Oh how she wished Bonnie was here to help her. The script was Aramaic, the same as the symbols on Klaus's sword. There would be no way she would ask him to decipher the pages, there was something really powerful about this book, she could sense it. It would be a bad idea for Klaus to even know she has it, much less let him look at it. She was taking a big risk for Katherine to know about it.

The doorbell rang. Elena stood up and grabbed her phone. It immediately started vibrating in her hand, startling her. It was a text from Stefan. One word. RUN.

Damon was about four steps away from the door as it burst open. A searing pain gripped his whole body as an unseen force picked him up and flung him back crashing into the couch. A great wind was howling throughout the whole room, sending loose papers swirling around, pictures hanging on the wall were rattling. The fire exploded in a flurry of embers and smoke. The flame then roared, it's color a deep blue.

Katherine blurred over to the hallway and was stopped dead in her tracks. She began screaming in intense pain as the unknown man walked up to her. A force picked her up off her feet. She hovered in the air, desperately trying to fight her way out of it. Damon saw this, but could not move. He was paralyzed.

"Know that I have your attention, I need to speak to the one called Elena." He spoke, his voice deep and calm. The man was dressed nicely in a black pinstriped suit with shiny black wing tipped dress shoes.

"What do you want with her?" Damon asked, struggling to get the words out.

"She has something of mine. Once I have it, I will let you go."

"Release them. NOW!" Elena yelled, blurring down the stairs. Immediately she was at Damon's side. Whoever the man was released them. Then casually walked over to the fire.

"Releasing them was proof of my intentions on this visit being peaceful. Forgive my entrance, but one can never be too careful nowadays." He stated confidently.

"I really appreciate that!" Damon smirked, wiping his self off, Katherine was doing the same.

"You seem to have us at a disadvantage. You know who we are, but we do not know who you are." Katherine stated politely. Her eyes obviously flirting. It was his power, she was addicted to power.

"I apologize, please forgive my rudeness," He turned from the fire to look at them. "My name is Argon. I am Klaus's older brother."