Days of Darkness
The Vampire Diaries Fanfiction
By Carla Krushnic
Author's Notes: This story begins at the first season but Elena's parents were still alive too in early chapters. Elena also have got a younger sister, who is Jeremy's twin-sister, named Alexandra Gilbert. She has a long brown hair, and has got almost similar facial features to her older sister although she is actually Elena's cousin. I will stick fairly close to the original storyline, but please bear me when I added or changed something (I did that on a purpose though). I used to post this story with a different title, but I can't put Alexandra as Elena's twin-sister (I don't know why), so please forgive me if you find any mistakes and errors. Although this story includes slowly building romance between Alexandra/Damon & Stefan/Elena, I will be adding plenty of characters especially in later chapters. Lastly, cheers and happy reading, don't forget to leave reviews and follows/favs the story (it will encourage me alot)!
Main Characters/Cast: Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), Alexandra Gilbert (Victoria Justice), Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder), Jeremy Gilbert (Steven McQueen), Tyler Lockwood (Michael Trevino), Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola), Bonnie Bennett (Kat Graham), and Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan).
Genre: Supernatural, Mystery, Romance, Teen Drama
Originally Posted: Sep 29 (Under title of Almost Is Never Enough)
Edited & Reposted: Nov 16
Re-edited: Nov 23
Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries and all of the characters therein do not belong to me.
Days of Darkness
Season 1
Chapter 1: Pilot
It was an early morning on monday when summer had officially ended. Alex slowly woke from another relieving sleep because of a bright light that went in through the window. There was a familiar figure standing near the window with arms crossed, it was her mother; and she was definitely waking her and her sister. Still sleepy, Alex decided to go back to sleep and turned around to her sister who was also sleeping tightly. Both spent the night watching movies last night, and ended up sleeping late.
"Honey, wake up, you're gonna go back to school." Miranda whispered while shaking her shoulder. She mumbled quietly while trying to stop her mother from waking her up. It was annoying to wake up as her body were desperate for more rest. "Alex, Elena," Miranda called out once again in a low tone and shook the sisters feet. "Come on, wake up, sweetie. You know you don't wanna be late."
Seemed like her mother won again this time, Alex finally gave up and stiffly sat up and grimacing, squeezing her eyes as she saw her mother was busy waking Elena. "Wake up huggles." Alex said to her sister while getting off the bed, immediately tied her hair before going to shower, and then she saw her sister finally woke up when their mother made her way out from the room.
"No wonder why summer break ended so fast." Elena sighed while sitting up on the bed watching her sister walking away for the door. "I know. But let's hop on. Matt is definitely looking for you," Alex teased her.
"You little Tyler girl." Elena replied forming her lips into a smile as Alex left. She giggled at the fact that Alex was still there for her while her relationship with her brother wasn't as good as her and her younger sister.
After a few minutes, Alex walked downstairs heading to the kitchen followed by her sister, seeing her father was reading a newspaper on the dining area, her mother was cleaning the counter and there was their aunt Jenna making toast. "Hey there girls. Enjoy your coffees." She greeted tersely while still busy making the toast. "Hey, Jenna." Alex greeted back with a half smile and then sat beside her father and held the mug that was served on the table.
"Where is your brother?" Grayson asked, closing the newspaper and turned to both of his children before Jeremy walked joining them right after the question was asked. "Well, he's here," Alex tilted her head gesturing at her twin brother who rolled his eyes. "Coffee." Jeremy stated tersely while coming over and grabbed Alex's mug, drinking the contents.
"Excuse you." Alex glared deathly at her younger brother but he responded only with a light shrug like he has done nothing. "Jeremy, you have your own." Grayson demanded at Jeremy with a low voice and ended up sighing before he turned to his beloved daughter Alex. "Well then, you can have Jeremy's."
"Fine." Alex groaned rolling her eyes sarcastically and grabbed Jeremy's mug, drinking the contents and once again glared at her brother but this time was somewhat a normal glare. "Here are your toasts." Jenna came over the table and served the toasts for Grayson and the children. "Mom said we're going to be late? And why are having this?" Alex frowned in total confusion, holding her hands up, looking at both her mother and her aunt near the kitchen counter. "Actually, your mom lied." Her aunt spoke softly with a slight chuckle and looked at her sister.
"It's still 6am, Alex." Jeremy helped his aunt explaining while giving his sister a glare and started to eat the toast that Jenna made. "Mom, that's funny." Alex grinned at her mom and faded a while later. "I know. But we should have check the clock." Jeremy replied as he finished his toast quickly before them, kissing both of his parents cheeks, hugging Jenna and then ruffled Alex's hair. "Bye mom, dad, aunt Jenna, Alex. And, Elena." Jeremy gave out a halfass goodbye greeting as he grabbed his bag, making his way leaving the room. Elena only sighed when she knew her brother didn't do the same like he did to Alex, she wondered what made him avoiding her almost all the time. "Hey, you'll be ok, right?" Elena whispered, grabbing his brother by his arm before he left the room. "Don't start." He replied, rolling his eyes while walking out of the room and left the house immediately.
"He'll be fine, Elena. Don't worry." Alex convinced her sister with a gentle tone while finishing her toast and drank her cup of coffee, watching her sister worrying about Jeremy. "I have no idea why he hate me so much." Elena replied with a quite sigh.
"No. It didn't sound like he hate you. Not at all. Probably because you didn't approve his closeness with Matt's sister." She muttered quietly, not wanting her father to concerned about the conversation. "So you're blaming me about it?" Elena glared at her sister, her face twisted between anger and expectations of hearing her sister defending her.
"Stop with all the fuss. Grayson, it's time to get to work." Miranda suggested with a slight smile, walking over her husband's seat and rubbed his shoulder gently. "Ok, honey. You two, I will take you to school. Agree?" Grayson turned to his daughters with a loving smile. After thinking and looking at each other, both Gilbert sisters eventually nodded at the offer their father gave. "Alright." Alex agreed, slinging her bag on her shoulder and grabbed a bottle of freshwater from the fridge before leaving with Grayson and Elena.
In the car, the sisters waved at Miranda and Jenna before leaving as Grayson started to drove down the road; heading to their school immediately. Alex was sitting on the front seat next to her father as Elena sat on the back, leaning on the window glass while looking at the road. "Hey, Elena." Alex called out softly and looked at her through the small mirror. "I didn't blame you."
"Shh. Don't bring these all over again." Elena mouthed with a playful smirk as if she have forgotten the whole conversation she had with Alex at the kitchen. "Ok." Alex smiled, started to looked outside through the window, wondering about her future life being with Tyler having children... That was all playing inside her mind.
Suddenly, her thoughts were cut off when a black crow hit the car, causing Grayson to hit the brakes as the tires screeched loudly and stopped by the edge of the street. The three of them were breathing heavily as he checked on both his daughters to make sure if they were all fine. "Are you ok, girls?" Grayson questioned, panicking about the occurrence that just happened. "Yeah, dad. How about you?" Elena swiped the question back to her father and then looked at Alex. "I'm fine." He replied tersely.
"What the hell was that?" Alex gulped and almost freaked out at the moment; it was like her heart was no longer beating regularly. "I think that's a bird. It came out of nowhere, but it's gone now." Grayson informed the two, trying to calm them down especially Alex.
"Sir, are you alright?" Someone who witnessed suddenly knocked on Grayson's window and mouthed, asking if they are ok. He immediately opened the window to reply, "Yeah, I am. We're all fine. Thank you."
"Be careful next time, mister." The person smiled softly and left them, continued walking down the street. Grayson breathed out while closing the window, leaning his head onto the seat's small pillow and restarted the car's engine and immediately continued heading to Alex and Elena's school.
Alex got out of the car, grabbing her bag while sliding it on her shoulder as the sisters linked their arms and walked into the school building after saying goodbye with their father and waved at him. It was actually good to be back to school after a long summer break. Gossips, parties and events were going to be held regularly again as usual─and that's the part that Alex actually loved about the school.
When the two were walking down the hall, an athletic guy came behind them and covered both of Alex's eyes with his hands. Elena turned around and was about to inform her sister but the guy mouthed her to not telling Alex. "Who's this?" Alex asked, palpating the guy's hand which was covering her eyes, and she could only hear Elena's playful giggle next to her. "Tyler?" She guessed as finally Tyler got his hands off her face and laughed softly at how cute his girlfriend was. He placed a hand on her cheek while rubbing it and led his lips onto hers while Elena turned around. "I've missed you." He spoke softly at her after both of them kissed. "Eh, guys, I will be with Bonnie. Ok? See ya." Elena excused with a smile, walking to Bonnie who was approaching her.
"Ok. See ya, Elena!" Alex shouted to her sister as she saw Bonnie was waving at her. She managed to waved back as she brought Elena away from her and Tyler. "They are such cuties I usually saw in movies." Bonnie commented over the couple she just met earlier a while ago.
"Yeah, they're." Elena giggled and walked along the way with her dearest best friend. "Elena, Bonnie." Caroline's voice came from behind them. She was pretty; with a wide grin, natural make up and modern blue blouse that completed her perfect appearance. "Hey." Elena greeted back, hugging the blonde together with Bonnie.
"How's your summer?" Caroline asked practically, blinking her eyes a couple of times and smiled confidently at her both besties. "It was cool at least. Yours?" Elena answered tersely with a half-smile as Caroline's smile suddenly faded slowly. "Cool? How? And mine's amazing."
"It's just, cool. You know, all the holiday stuffs." Elena said rolling her eyes and ended up chuckling together with Bonnie. The three walking together passing the reception office and found out there was someone was signing up. "Whoa. Who's this guy." Bonnie exclaimed as her eyebrows rose. Elena and Caroline followed her line of sight into the office, the back of a tall, dashing and masculine boy was standing near the administrator's table. "He's hot, isn't he?" She added without looking at her bestfriends yet as Elena led her eyes scanning the guy with black jacket; but she was distracted when she saw her brother was sneaking into the bathroom strangely like he was hiding something. "I'll be right back." She informed, looking disappointed as she walked into the boy bathroom to get to her brother. "Please be hot." Bonnie chanted, still looking at the back of the guy in the office while Caroline was doing the same.
Elena immediately entered the bathroom as several guys were surprised to see her there, but she ignored them all as she caught Jeremy using eye drops. She grabbed his face by pinching his cheeks together in one hand and looked directly into his eyes, "What have you done?" She asked protectively while still looking at his eyes. "Jer, it's the first day of school! You're already stoned!"
"No. I'm not! What have I done? I have done nothing!" Jeremy denied the accusations while staring at his sister weirdly. Only Elena would do this, being extremely protective of him and managing him like she was his mother. "Where is it? Jer! Tell me. Is it on you?" She continued sending out questions while scanning him in details and patted him down. "Chill yourself, Elena! I don't do anything! Alright?" Jeremy yelled sarcastically.
"Chill myself? Dude, you're so cool with the stoner talk, huh?" She hissed while patting him down again. It was the most part her brother dislike, but to be honest she was just helping him out, because she knew it wasn't right.
"Stop it! I don't have anything on me! Ok? I'm good!" He hollered bluntly at Elena after the patting part set him off.
"Good what? You're denying the facts that you're getting worse! Listen, if I know you have done something bad, I'll call dad and mom, tell Alex about you, and that's it." Elena warned irritably and released her hand off his cheeks, glaring at her brother like he was going to die in her arms.
"Told you I'm ok." Jeremy growled angrily while making his way leaving the bathroom. Elena sighed, rubbing her arms, and began to walk away from the bathroom but she bumped onto someone; the guy she and her best friends saw at the administrator room. "Whoa." She whispered before he'd even spoke as she was blushing.
"Uh, pardon me. Is this the men's room?" The guy asked with a charming friendly smile while staring into her eyes; it was clearly looked like someone he knew, but somehow different and he didn't regret coming here. "Yeah. Uh, I was just, Um—it's a long story." She replied nervously, hanging on every words while smiling back at the guy but she had to go; so she tried to pass but failed as Stefan was also going to pass in her way accidentally. "Thank you." She said as he made a way for her to pass and looked at him once again before she turned to the other hall.
"Hey." Matt greeted her as she turned to him who was already in front of her with the dashing look as always. "Hey, Matt." She breathed out, forming a smile at him. "How's your summer break? Is it fun? How about Jeremy, is he good?" He asked like he was a reporter.
"My summer break was cool. But nothing else interesting rather than hanging out with my family. And Jeremy.. He's all good, but he was still acting like I'm an enemy." She sighed quietly, not looking at Matt but at somewhere else. He chuckled softly and stroked her hair gently, started to walk into the class together. "He'll be fine, Elena. I know he will." He calmed her.
"Yeah." She nodded slowly. "How about Vicki?"
Matt shook his head slowly and took a deep breathe before he could answer. "She had been through rough times. I thought I'd just give her some time."
"Ok." Elena smiled, placing her head on his shoulder and cassually entered their classroom together, waiting for Mr. Tanner to start the class. "Um, are you going to the grill this evening? Your friends were already planning to. I overheard them." He laughed softly and looked at his girlfriend—expecting a yes answer.
"No, I don't think so... I'm going to the cemetery to visit my grandparents' graveyard. Forgive me?" She sent out a smile, hoping he would actually understand her reason that she couldn't go to the grill. "That's ok." Matt smiled.
Local Cemetery
At the cemetery, Elena walked to her grandparents graves while holding four pieces of flowers. Her gaze turned to their grave stones where her grandparents name were written on there. "Hey, grandma, grandpa. I'm back." She smiled but it wasn't a happy smile, she was sad that two of her family members had been gone from her life, forever. She placed two pieces of flowers on each graves of her grandfather and grandmother's. "I've missed you guys." She spoke softly, "Jeremy had changed.. I don't get why he hated me that much. I just missed the old times when the two of you were alive. Everytime people asked if we're okay, you know... We don't really want to answer because we only lied."
After talking to her grandparents and wrote her diary book, she saw a crow was hanging on her grandparents grave stones and fog started to ascend around the cemetery. She stood up, looking around and suddenly saw a figure was standing behind a tomb when she started to ran until she tripped and fell, her leg was injured and when she got up, she saw the new guy was standing in front of her.
"You okay?" He asked while tilting his head slightly. Her face turned into a happy expression or blush; when she saw the new guy. "Were you following me?" She asked breathless.
"No. I, uh, I just—I saw you fall." He stuttered, still looking at Elena. "Uh-huh, and you just happened to be hanging out in a cemetery." Elena stated suspiciously about his statement.
"Well, I'm visiting, I have a family here." He informed her with a gentle voice tone.
"Woah, uh—I'm sorry." She gulped before continued talking, "It's the fog, it was creepy and there was this-this bird, and it was all very Hitchcock for a second. That is the bird movie, right, the Hitchcock?"
There was a long pause, the moment where her eyes locked with his, but she broke the silence when she started to introduce herself, being slightly nervous when her eyes met his. "I'm Elena." She introduced with a shy smile.
"I'm Stefan." He countered with a small chuckle, his hand was lifted up to her hair, pulling out a leaf out of Elena's hair. Her eyes flickered to his fingers where a big silver and blue ring with an S in the middle was wore on his finger. "Thanks... Nice ring." She said smiling.
"Oh. Um, it's a family ring. I'm kinda stuck with it. It's weird, huh?" Stefan chuckled while rubbing his ring.
"No, no. It's just, I mean, there are rings and then there's that." She explained tersely as he decided to ask something to change the subjects. "Did you hurt yourself?"
"Hmm?" She asked confusedly, "Did you hurt yourself?"
"Oh. I don't know. Uh," she rolled up her jeans and found a wound with blood pouring out when Stefan turned around as his face started to change. No, he can't be like this in front of her—it's a secret he needed to keep or his kind will be extinct. "Oh god. That is not pretty." She said but was confused looking at Stefan turning around in a sudden. "Are you ok?" She asked. His eyes started to change, he was still trying to calm himself down and resist his blood craving at the moment. "You should go, and take care of that." He commanded.
She looked at her leg again and rechecked the wound before she looked up and saw Stefan wasn't there any longer. "Really, it's noth—"
"Stefan?" She called out but no answer. Knowing that he left, she sighed and decided to go home and healed her wound.
Arriving home, she was welcomed by her mother and aunt with questions about her leg that was wounded. "Honey, what happened?" Miranda questioned as Jenna grabbed a bowl of hot water and a piece of cloth. "I tripped and fell when I visited grandma and grandpa's graveyard. Where's Alex?"
"I thought you were going to the grill with her." Jenna commented, dipping the cloth into the bowl of water and rub it onto Elena's wounded leg. "She's at the grill?" She nodded slowly and winced when the cloth touched her wound. "No. No, I wasn't with anyone.. I'm at the cemetery. Matt asked me to come to the grill but I refused. Shall I come?"
"You're wounded." Miranda reminded while watching her sister helping her daughter. "It's ok. I just want to check on Alex. Mom, please?"
"Alright. Is your leg getting better?" Miranda asked calmly, sitting on the opposite couch as Jenna was done. "Yup, it is. It's not—"
She was cut off when she heard the door was knocked. Jenna immediately drop the bowl on the table and checked who was coming. "I'll go check on it." She declared while opening the door only to see a masculine young guy standing in front of her. "Excuse me, is Elena Gilbert here?"
Jenna made no reply but smirking and immediately called out her niece to come over. "Elena," she called when Elena started to stood up on her own, walking to Jenna's side. "What?"
"Sorry. I wanted to apologise for my disappearing act earlier. I know it was...strange." He explained calmly and replied with her smile. "No worries. I get it, blood makes you squeamish."
"Um, something like that. How's your leg?" He gestured about her leg that was injured a while ago.
"It's fine. Just a scratch, barely. How did you know where I lived?" She asked suspicious, narrowing her eyes at him. "It's a small town. I asked the first person I saw. Um, I thought you might want this back." He said, handing Elena her diary.
"Oh, I must have dropped it. Thank you." She smiled shyly while brushing a piece of her hair behind her ear. He could read that she was also worried if he read the contents of her diary, although she didn't really show the expression towards him. "Don't worry, I didn't...read it." Stefan assured her with an amusing smile.
"No? Why not? Most people would have." Elena asked with a teasing grin. "Well, I wouldn't want anyone to read mine."
"You keep a journal?" She asked another question with a flat expression waiting for him to response. "Yeah, if I don't write it down, I forget it. Memories are too important."
"Yeah. I'm just gonna...umm, you don't have to stay out there." Elena told him while running upstairs to her room sharply as Stefan was scanning the door, somewhat he couldn't enter the house. "I'm fine. Sorry, were you going somewhere?"
"Yeah, I'm going to check on my sister and probably meeting some friends. Do you wanna come?"
Both of their eyes met and locked again, her brown eyes were staring at his very carefully and unknowingly, a smile rose on both of their lips. "Sure." Stefan let out a chuckle as she smiled. "Okay."
At The Grill
Alex leaned back on a chair at the grill, beside her boyfriend's seat and around her friends seats, they were all discussing about random topics that came out of their minds that time. At the same time, Alex caught herself looking at a man in black entered the place and walked to the bar table. "Alex?" Tyler asked, making sure she was actually fine because he was aware she didn't focused on the discussion. "Sorry." Alex gulped looking at him. "Why wouldn't Elena come?" Bonnie asked Matt to change the subject. Alex could see his face was twisted in disappointment and worry, but at the same time she knew he would understand that her sister needed time. "She said she was going to visit her grandparents at the cemetary. I couldn't force." That was his only reply.
"You should force, I did whenever my girlfriend refused my offers." Tyler said teasing his girlfriend as chuckled onto her head, ended up giving it a gentle kiss. Alex responded smiling shyly and then began to look up at the athletic guy before her attention was distracted when she saw Elena walked in together with Stefan, looking around like lost puppies. "Warning. A jealous Donovan alerts." Tyler smirked, hitting Matt's arm, laughing slightly at Matt who was scowling.
Alex raised her brows, looking around again and accidentally spotted the bar where a guy she saw earlier was there; but this time the guy was gone without she even aware. "Hey, Matt, I'm sorry.. I was in the cemetery and I tripped, but lucky I met Stefan. I thought I'd come here though to check on you and Alex, and he drove me here, so it didn't took too long." Elena explained tersely, taking a seat next to her boyfriend as Stefan sat next to Caroline's.
"Hey, I'm Matt, thanks for taking her here." He said, introducing himself to Stefan and gave his girlfriend a look. "Hey. Stefan. And that's not a problem, man." Stefan nodded with a slight smile appearing on his lips, watching Elena staring at Matt sweetly. She's a total different person, he thought in his mind being more interested into the girl. But now his attention moved to the younger female who looked familiar to him. Isn't she—
"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?" Caroline asked distracting his thoughts. Stefan immediately turned to her and gave out an answer, "Mm-hmm. And moved when I was still young."
"Parents?" Bonnie questioned tersely, being extremely curious about this new guy. "My parents passed away."
"I'm sorry. Any siblings?" Elena wondered.
"None that I talk to. I live with my uncle." Stefan replied with a dashing smile.
"So, Stefan Salvatore, if you're new then you don't know about the party tomorrow, right?" Caroline asked after glaring at Elena that Stefan was smiling at, she was just insecure about Elena popularity which seemed like it was going to beat her popularity of beauty and cheers.
"It's a back to school thing at the falls." Bonnie explained to Stefan with a smile but he didn't move his gaze from Elena. "Are you going, Elena?" Stefan asked, ignoring the guy beside her, smiling again and over again. "Can't miss it." Elena faked a pout and giggled, Alex could see Elena and Stefan were actually sweeter than when she was with Matt, but she can't make sure if it's Stefan she'll ended up with. Matt made a look, and whispered to Elena if she could come with him, Stefan could hear it clearly but he was still ignoring them.
"I'll be right back." Elena grinned at everyone while walking away following Matt to the bathroom. Alex rolled her eyes, decided to talk with the Salvatore guy, changing the main topic they were talking about. "So, Stefan. Most people said she and I were similar and they couldn't see the difference, now can you?" She asked challenging him with a playful smirk.
"Yeah. I'd remember you aren't using the necklace. But your faces are easy to recognise either," Stefan chuckled quietly. Again this time he looked at the girl very carefully, much like someone he knew, although she was absolutely different.
"Well, I'm using bracelet." Alex lift her hand up and showed the bracelet hanging around her wrist; laughing at the conversation. "This and her necklace are our parents gifts. They said it's a gift and also a protection for us."
At the bathroom, Elena breathed out and looked at Matt, she knew there was something wrong between them. She couldn't tell what, why, and how—because she needed to hear it directly from him. "What is it?" She asked simply.
"What is it? What, is, it? Elena. You and Stefan. Really?" Matt replied with a high-raised voice, it was clear a jealousy was showing inside his eyes, he was jealous and she knew it.
"Matt, he's just a friend." She said convincing him.
"He's obviously admiring you, it was obvious, I looked at how he stared at you." He snapped sarcastically and gave her a look, her eyes were locked with his. "Elena I love you, but this is not right. I can't be like this. You said you can't go to the grill with me, but you're coming here with him. What should I do?"
"You should do nothing because I'm with you. What makes you think this is not right? I love you. That's obvious." Elena assured him, holding his hands, and her eyes were like pleading him to calm down.
"I don't know, Elena. I need some time alone." Matt said, pulling out his hands off hers and leave the bathroom immediately when she was about to stop him but failed. That final decision was desperating, it made Elena sighed loudly, the fight caused by a new friend she just had.
After an hour of getting her make-up and hair done, Alex was trying to decide what to wear tonight as Elena was drying her hair after shower, looking at Alex who was holding a dress out while looking onto the full length mirror. "I can't believe Matt fought with you because of Stefan." Alex said unbelievably, rolling her eyes as she started to get changed into the dress. "Well, that's actually okay... He was just, you know—jealous." Elena answered.
"I know, but he was overreacting, Elena." Alex looked at her sister while adjusting her mini dress. "How are you so excited for the party tonight? You're fighting with your boyfriend."
"Well, do I look like I'm excited?" Elena held her hands up before walking for the closet and looked for her casual outfit. "Yes." Her sister answered honestly and paused to give Elena a serious look.
"Alex, Tyler is here!" The two heard their father shouted from downstairs—Alex glared at her sister before grabbing her bag. "Who are you going with tonight?" She asked in concern.
"Bonnie. I texted her to pick me up and she says okay. So go ahead, I'm fine." Elena nodded slowly with a weak smile, letting her sister go with her boyfriend to the party earlier.
Alex nodded slowly, possibly not noticed by Elena, skipping down the stairs to see Tyler was sitting on the couch across her father's while her mother was with Jenna at the dinning chair. She practically giggled seeing her boyfriend was talking to her father and it seemed like her father enjoyed the conversation. "Well, look at you babe." Tyler's lips played a smirk while hugging her before she turned to her father. "Dad—"
"Ok go." Her dad smiled, closing the newspaper page, standing up to kiss his daughter's forehead before leaving. "Ok. See ya."
Laughing, both Tyler and Alex quickly walked out of the house into his car, heading to the party venue that wasn't far from the area. When the car was getting away from the house, she saw another car stopped in front of her house. "I think that's Bonnie. Elena said she's picking her up." Alex said tersely while looking back at the road.
"Of course Matt won't pick her up after their little fight." Tyler scoffed driving ahead to the venue when she rolled her eyes, hitting him on the arm. "Tyler!"
"Hey. Sorry, okay? I was just kidding, you know me." Tyler explained, making no expression but still pleading for her forgiveness about his joke of her sister's fight with her boyfriend. "You're not cool. Stop with all the scoffs and bad jokes unless I laughed at it."
Tyler chuckled softly at her statement and began to pinch her cheeks while his other hand was driving the wheel. "Don't pinch me! Tyler! Tyler!" Alex laughed softly but her happy face was faded when she saw a man in black was standing in front of the car, "Tyler, watch out!"
He stopped the car immediately by hitting the brakes, lucky that they didn't hit on something or crashed on anything, so they didn't get hurt after all. "Are you okay?" Tyler concerned. "Who's that? Where is he? Did we actually crash him?"
"I have no idea. Yeah I'm okay. Are you?" Alex breathed out uncomfortably, rubbing his shoulder gently. "Yeah, let's get back to the road." Tyler stated while driving away onto the road.
When the two were arrived at the venue, they got out of the car, seeing a few teenagers were already crowding the area which was already decorated with bright lights and several drinks served on the tables. "I'm gonna go for our drinks, okay? Wait here," Tyler smiled while walking away, grabbing two glasses of drinks far from where she stood.
"Hey." Someone came beside her with a simple masculine look as always, and the charming friendly and kind smile most women would fall in love of. Alex let out a heavy breath where he had scared her with his silent and quick approach. "Next time, don't do that, ever again." She told him.
He looked down onto his shoes and then immediately looked up with another charming smile. "Yeah, sorry." He chuckled quietly. "Have you seen Elena?"
"She's on the way. I came way too earlier," The girl shrugged off her shoulder lightly and smiled at Stefan. "You know, she have been fighting with her boyfriend, she'll be all late because she think about it."
"Yeah, I've been overhearing the gossip they were fighting. She seemed a little bit down, I think I can share something to make her happier." He said nodding lightly. "Look I'm going to get myself a drink. Have fun."
"Okay." Alex smiled watching him walking away from her as Tyler approached. She was really amused at the fact that Stefan was all the good guy, and he'd never been the bad guy in this case. "You're talking to that guy who was actually the reason your sister fought with Matt?" Tyler protested.
"Don't start." She sighed looking deeply into his eyes.
"Let's just get out of the crowd. I'm bored here," he told her while handing her the cup of drink and pulled her hand into the woods; and both stopped near the big tree. "You're a cheerleader, I'm a football player. You're smart and I'm a brat. You're weird and I'm cool. Let's say, I'm in love with you for being all that," He teased her while drinking his drink together with her. "Excuse you, did you just call me weird? Mr. Lockwood. So unpolite. Did you not know who my parents are?" She said, giving out a teasing gesture back at him, looking at the sky while finishing the drink. The gesture had turned him on, and so he drop the plastic glass before he pushed her softly onto the tree. "You, Mrs. Gilbert, so courageous, huh? You think you can beat me." He smirked, started to kiss her softly but slowly turned into a playful and passionate kiss—but both stopped when they heard a voice of a crow, including all the fog surrounding them. They looked around only to see nothing, "What the hell?" Tyler frowned.
"Someone help!" Both of them heard the same voice like Alex's hollered and the crowded were noisy talking about something. "That's my sister's voice, come on, Ty." She declared, holding his hand and made their way exited the woods, back into the crowded party venue. They saw Jeremy was carrying Vicki back to the main part of the party, as Matt rushed to them to join Jeremy and Elena on carrying Vicki. "Hey babe, I think I gotta help. Wait a minute." Tyler excused, joining the group on carrying Vicki to the table. "What happened to her?" He asked Jeremy.
"What the— Somebody, call an ambulance!" Matt yelled as if being extremely panic about his sister as Alex ran bursting between the crowds to see Vicki. "Oh my god. It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood." She gasped in shock.
"Damn it, Vicki, come on. Open your eyes, look at me." Matt alarmed, upset about his sister.
Stefan could feel the blood of Vicki's pouring from her open wound and he saw the bite marks, he took note of it, the mark. His mouth fell open as he ran from the party, heading to the boarding house, seeing Zach sitting at his desk.
"What's going on?" Zach asked casually looking at his uncle. "Someone else was attacked tonight, Zach, and it wasn't by me." He clarified frustratedly and running upstairs to his room quickly, slamming the door shut behind him. There was obviously another vampire in town, but he hadn't encounter the vampire yet, his mind was all about the bite mark on the girls neck. Suddenly he was cut off when a crow appears, landed on one of the beams on his ceiling and when he turned around, he was shocked to see a figure standing there on the other side of the doorway, a playful smirk was playing on his lips. "Damon." He announced.
"Hello, brother." Damon purred with the smirk signature on, walking into the room as the crow disappeared when Stefan and Damon stared at each other. "Crow's a bit much, don't you think?" Stefan asked.
"Wait until you see what I can do with the fog." He wiggled his eye brows but ended up glaring at his little brother in front of him.
"When did you get here?" Stefan asked bluntly.
"Well, I couldn't miss your first day of school." Damon joked while started to explore the room and stopped near a shelf, running a hand on each contents. "Your hair's different, I like it."
"It's been 15 years, Damon." Stefan replied tilting his head when Damon rolled his eyes as in sarcasm.
"Thank God, I couldn't take another day of the 90s." Damon smirked playfully and raised his brows before continued talking to his brother. "That horrible grunge look, did not suit you." He scoffed while walking around the room. "Remember, Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads."
"Why are you here?" Stefan made the question more clear by raising his voice like he was retorting. Damon looked at him with a playful look and replied Stefan's question like it was so simple. "I missed my little brother."
"You hate small towns, it's boring, there is nothing for you to do." Stefan announced calmly watching his brother walked near to the shelf again.
"I've kept myself busy." Damon smirked.
Stefan nodded, slipping his hands into his pocket. "You know you left that girl alive tonight, very clumsy."
"That could be a problem... For you." Damon said lowering his voice and glared darkly at his brother before he'd even answer.
Stefan shook his head, irritated at how his brother was calm with all the troubles he made for the past weeks. "Why are you here now?"
"I could ask you the same question, however, I'm fairly certain your answer can be summed up into one little word," Damon paused walking closer to his brother with a dangerous smirk started to appear, "Elena."
Alex and Elena both sat there watching the paramedics carried Vicki into the back of an ambulance van as Matt followed them before the van left and blare the sirens. Tonight's party was distracted, everyone were leaving as they were told to, but not Bonnie, Alex, Jeremy and Tyler—they were still sitting on the part of the wooden cottage set for the party. Caroline was sitting at another part, not wanting to join them in particular, but she can still see and hear them very clearly.
"Hey, we're gonna go to Mainline Coffee and wait for news." Bonnie informed the rest of her friends. They were shaking about what just happened to one of their friend—although Vicki was actually a friend with bad habit, they couldn't forget how she had been their friends for years. "Well, I'm gonna take Jeremy home." Elena replied, started to stand up, looking at everyone.
"Guys, there is no way I'm psychic." Bonnie announced carefully. "But whatever I saw, or I think I saw, I have this feeling..."
"Bonnie, what?" Alex looked at her, Tyler beside her started to looked at Bonnie too while still rubbing his girlfriend shoulder gently. There was a long pause, the group were curious about what Bonnie will answer.
"That it's just the beginning." Bonnie finally replied, but with a scared look on her face, causing Alex and Elena to exchange looks at each other, terrified. Beginning of what?
Back to the Salvatores residence, the argument was still up as Damon paced the room slowly while his brother was busy watching him around. "Elena?" Damon creased his brows. "She's a dead ringer for Katherine."
Stefan walked a little bit closer, still watching his brother's moves. "Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world, does it make you feel alive?" Damon mocked with an evil grin.
"She's not Katherine." Stefan clarified carefully, hanging on each words.
"Well, let's hope not, we all know how that ended. You, me, Katherine and Serene. You gonna need tissues, brother." Damon looked at the ceilings but then turned to Stefan in an instant. There's no reply.
"Tell me, when is the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel." Damon changed the subject, wiggling his eyebrows at him. Stefan responded rolling his eyes, scoffing at his brother was about to leave. "I know what you're doing, Damon, it's not gonna work."
Damon grabbed him immediately turning Stefan to face him. He knew exactly how to provoke the short-haired little guy, or annoy him to be exact. "Yeah? Come on! Don't you crave a little?"
"Stop." Stefan warned, raising an eye brow.
"Let's do it, together." Damon hit him again on the shoulder. "I saw a couple of girls out there."
Stefan gasped as his brother smacked him over again. "Or lets, lets just cut to the chase. Lets go straight for Elena and Alex!"
Impatient and angry, Stefan suddenly shoved him back, exclaiming in anger. "Stop it!"
"Imagine what their blood taste like!" Damon said, half-shouting, watching his brother turned. It was almost there, Damon was almost successful provoking him, and this time he purred playfully. "I can."
"I said stop!" Stefan yelled as his eyes turning a deep crimson, black veins popping around them and his fangs clicking down—he growled while launching himself at his older brother, pushing Damon and both were thrown through a closed window—landing hard on the concrete ground but only Stefan was seemed laying there, as then he pulled himself up with a loud groan escaped his lips.
"I was impressed." Damon said standing near a bush across where Stefan was at. "I give it a six, miss on style, but I was pleasantly surprised." He joked sarcastically. "Very good with the face." He made a goofy growling noise to mock him with a chuckle. "It was good."
"You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go people die." Stefan walked over to him taking his time when Damon shrugged slowly. "That's a given."
"Not here," Stefan shook his head, showing his authority. "I won't allow it."
"I'll take that as an invitation." Damon muttered, wiggling his eye brows and ended with him pressing his lower lips.
Stefan sighed loudly, sounded like he was tired of all these. "Damon, please, after all these years can't we just give it a rest?"
"I promise you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word." He smiled evilly, walking closer and gave out a very playful look over his brother. Now he won, he knew he was. "Just stay away from Elena."
Damon flickered down scanning his brother and suddenly bursted out of laughing. "Elena? Oh baby brother. She isn't the one that I want. I want the cute younger Gilbert. Who's that? Oh, Alexandra. Alex."
"What do you want from her? Stop with all the troubles you made or planned." Stefan's eyes narrowed, pleading his brother to not touch any of the Gilberts—the uncomfortable feelings started to haunt him.
"Why don't you tell Alex you had a brother? Or shall I tell her myself? I would." Damon laughed. "By the way, where is your ring, Stefan?"
Stefan's eyes flickered down to his finger as he rubbed it with another hand; the ring was no longer on his finger, it was missing but he have got the feeling that Damon was playing around with him. "Oh," Damon shook his head, acting as if he was concerned, the fake worried face was shown. "Suns coming up in a couple of hours and, poof! Ashes to ashes."
Stefan gulped, and was about to say something but he heard his brother laughed over him. "Relax." He walked over to his younger brother and held his ring out for him to take. "I got your right here."
As soon as Stefan took the ring, he immediately put the ring back on his finger properly before Damon grabbed him by his neck as his face turned into his vampire face like Stefan's earlier before. Growling, Damon threw Stefan accross the yard causing him to land on the ground, and then he stood next to him quickly in seconds.
"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me," Damon warned his younger, weaker brother on the ground. "You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people, I wouldn't try it again." He threatened before he smirked listening to a door opened. "I think we woke Zach up," He scoffed, started to walk away. "Sorry, Zach." He stated whistling an up-beat tune and left.
Back to the party venue, Elena spotted her brother was sitting on the other beam of the small cottage's fence as her sister was still talking with her boyfriend Tyler. "You okay?" Elena asked. "I called Jenna and she's on her way. Alex will go home with Tyler, they might gonna be late, well, you know them. Those people in uniforms, last time I checked, they're the police. People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jer."
"They just don't care anymore. They don't remember that our grandparents are dead, because they've got their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try, too." She suggested with her voice was lowered down as she crossed her arms looking at her messed up brother.
"I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary. Is that─ is that supposed to be you moving on?" He asked sarcastically and turned his dark glare to her. He had lose his grandparents, and now he didn't want to lose the girl she loved, he could tell. "Grandma and grandpa wouldn't have wanted this. They obviously don't want to see you like this.. Jeremy."
"Just leave me alone, can't you?" Jeremy said walking away as he saw Bonnie and Caroline was no longer there while Tyler was leading his sister home.
Mystic Grill
"Are you sober yet?" Bonnie asked Caroline whom sat across her table—she looked like an incredible mess. "Nope." Caroline moaned.
"Keep drinking, I've got to get you home, I've got to get Elena home and I've got to get me home." Bonnie joked.
"Why didn't he go for me?" Caroline snapped looking at Bonnie. "I mean, how come the guys that I want never want me?"
"I'm not touching that." Bonnie whispered.
"I'm inappropriate, I always say the wrong things and.. And Elena always says the right things!" Caroline spoke sarcastically, blaming the friend that was actually popular than she is. "She doesn't even try and he just picks her and she's always the one that everyone picks for everything, and I try so hard and I'm never the one!"
Bonnie shook her head in respond. "It's not a competition, Caroline."
"Yeah it is. Bonnie!" She snapped. "She got picked on everything. Everything!"
"Care." Bonnie shook her head again and looked at the blonde in concern, the insecurity she had about her own self had been driving some of the people crazy. "Maybe if you'd calm yourself, there will be someone to pick you." She commented over her, trying not to sound defending anyone in the case. Caroline widened her eyes, but a minute later, she already had her head on her hand.
Meanwhile at the hospital, Matt was sitting on the couch in Vicki's room where she had been resting after the incident—a minute later he was aware that she woke up, gasping stutteredly. "Vicki, Hey, hey, it's ok. You're gonna be ok." Matt assured her while caressing her hair gently.
"Matt-"
"Hey, don't try to talk, ok? You're fine." He tried to comfort her—and himself, of course. It was irritating to know that his sister was still gasping, terrified about the incident. It's like she wanted to say something about the incident, and so he let her. "Vampire."
Elena sat at her room, writing in her diary whilst sitting on her window seat, thinking about everything that had happened today when she saw Stefan a while ago, and was actually everything that had just happened tonight, but it focuses on her feelings when she walked on the bridge with him. She sighed deeply as she saw her sister rushed into the room, dropping her bag on the bed, and throwing herself onto the bed beside her bag. "Hey." Alex greeted lazily as she let out a deep, loud and heavy sigh. "I've got no idea about today's incidents. It was terrifying yet panicking.." She added to note.
"Yeah. And Jeremy's depressed. About Vicki." Elena informed her sister, rubbing her arm uncomfortably, surrendered about their brother. "Of course he is. But you should leave him alone to deal with it."
Alex glanced up at her sister on the window seat and heard a repeated knock on the door when both of them quickly made their way downstairs before her parents get bothered by the knocks. When the two sisters opened the door, they stared at the guy; Stefan who was looking mainly at Elena. "I'm sorry it's late, and distratcing but I needed to know that you were okay?" Stefan looked at her.
"You know, for months, that's all anyone's ever wondered about me," Elena shrugged her shoulders as Alex looked at both Elena and Stefan. "If I'll be okay."
"And what do you tell them?" Stefan asked when she paused to think about it. "I tell them that I'll be fine." She shrugged again.
Alex started to spoke, helping what Elena was trying to explain after all. "Well, she didn't want too much people worried about her."
"Okay... Do you ever really mean it?"
"Ask me tomorrow." Elena replied tersely with a half-smile. "We're afraid our parents would suspect us about what did we just did."
"Yeah, okay, I understand that." Stefan smiled.
"Okay.. Good night." She said while slowly closing the door. "Night, Elena and Alex."
Author's Notes: And so this is the first chapter! Fyi, I changed some dialogues and skipped some scenes but I hope you guys are enjoying it! Please leave a review, tell me if I should continue or not, I would love to read your reviews. Damon and Stefan are waiting for your follows, favs and reviews! ;)
