Summary:

Damon heads to NYC, in search of a witch who can help him unlock the tomb in which his beloved Katherine is imprisoned. He stumbles across Alex Russo, who falls for his dashing good looks and charismatic smile, but Damon only has eyes for one girl.

Chapter 1 – The Power of Darkness

"One-two-three-four-five-six-seven-Alex!" A tall slim blonde girl dressed in a blue and yellow cheerleaders outfit cried out in a harsh voice to eighteen year old Alex Russo, who looked up lazily at Gigi from the bench she was sprawled out across. Alex was a troublesome girl who took pride in her discard for the rules and was beyond lazy. She hated hard work, and wouldn't think twice about taking the easy way out of any situation. Alex especially hated cheerleading and most of all Gigi. A highly obnoxious girl with long perfect golden locks and watery blue eyes, She was head cheerleader and Queen Bee of TriBeCa Prep. Alex glared up at Gigi at the sound of her name, her large warm dark brown eyes narrowed slightly, as she stared back into Gigi's cold blue ones. "Alex, what a surprise you're ruining the formation yet again! Looks like we'll have to kick you off the squad if you don't start doing your bit," Gigi stated coldly in a highly superior tone and giving Alex an icy cold glare. Alex let out a small chuckle sitting up straight and looking up at Gigi.
"Oh please do." Alex replied nonchalantly rolling her eyes. She couldn't care less if she was kicked off the squad.
"But Alex!" A red headed girl protested apprehensively. This was Harper Finkle, Alex's best friend in the entire world, she was of a slightly bigger build than Alex and usually acted as the base in cheer routines. She was like Alex's walking, talking conscience, helping Alex distinguish between right and wrong and always persuading her to listen to reason. "Alex, if you get kicked off the squad you'll have no extra circulars and you won't graduate." Harper whispered to her best friend nervously, glancing at Gigi as she spoke. Alex let out a tiresome groan looking from Harper to Gigi.
"Ugh fine!" Alex exclaimed reluctantly rising from the bench and smoothing out the creases in her cheerleader's uniform.
"Ready?" Gigi called out to the entire squad, a wide fake smile etched across her face. Harper and all of the other cheer squad members answered enthusiastically, while Alex gave a disgruntled grunt in response.

Later that day Alex was walking home from school, scuffing her new white trainers across the pavement as she walked, kicking stray stones and watching them as they rolled across the sidewalk. Alex was oblivious to all that was happening around her with her earphones pressed into her ears, blasting out the latest tunes and her concentration solely on the small rocks that she aimlessly kicked. But today was different. She couldn't help noticing as her shadow disappeared from view and the air unexpectedly became significantly colder, causing Alex to shiver slightly. She glanced up at the sky watching as a monstrous looking grey cloud rolled in, obliterating the suns rays of light and causing the city around her to become dark and gloomy. She pulled her earphones from her ears listening carefully, the streets had become eerily quiet and nothing seemed to stir. Alex jumped slightly, caught by surprise at the sight of a coal black crow perched on a wall a few feet away. Alex stared at it for a few moments. She was sure it was staring back at her and yet how could it? It was just a bird. Alex felt an icy breeze sweep past her and watched as the leaves on the trees began to dance, it seemed the wind was becoming stronger then large rain drops started falling. Obscurely at first, and then more rapidly, bouncing slightly as the drops collided with the pavement. Alex covered her head as best she could with her arms running as fast as she could through the rain, back to her families' sandwich shop. Shivering she entered the sub-station completely drenched from head to toe. Her older brother Justin smirked at the sight of his little sister, looking like a drowned rat, her long brown hair plastered to her milky white face. She did not look amused.
"What happened to you, Gigi didn't think it would be funny to push you in the pool again did she?" Justin asked, trying to restrain himself from laughing but with great difficultly.
"No." Alex replied bitterly. "That storm came out of nowhere." She said taking a few steps into the sub-station, a trail of water dripping from her uniform forming a lingering trail of puddles behind her. "And that happened like once when I was about eleven!" Alex retorted in retaliation to Justin's joke about Gigi pushing Alex into her pool. Justin said nothing simply chuckling at the memory of his sister returning home, soaked down to the skin.
"Oh, Alex!" He cried out suddenly holding his hands up in the air at the sight of the trail of water Alex had brought in "I just mopped the floors, now we're going to have to put up 'careful wet floor' signs so that nobody tries to sue us if they slip and break their leg!" Justin exclaimed quickly scratching the back of his head. Alex stared at her brother for a few moments and cocked her dark eyebrow slightly.
"Justin, there's nobody here!" Alex pointed out looking around the empty restaurant. "Anyway I'm going to get out if this ugly uniform." Alex grumbled making her way up the iron staircase that led to the Russo household.
"Alex, honey is that you?" Theresa, Alex's mother called from inside the kitchen. Her mother was of Mexican descendant and was where Alex had inherited her dark features from. The warm delicious smell of home made Fajitas wafting through the air into Alex's nostrils, causing her mouth to instantly water. She licked her lips hungrily striding into the kitchen where her mother was busy cooking. As she reached to take a piece of the tender looking chicken simmering in the pan, her hand was immediately slapped away causing her to wince slightly. "It'll be ready in a minute Mija." Theresa told her daughter quickly. "Now, go wash up before dinner and tell your brothers and your father it'll be ready soon." Alex nodded her head, swiftly reaching into the pan and grabbing a piece of chicken and popping it into her mouth quickly as she raced off to avoid her mothers scolding.

After Alex had cleaned herself up and dried herself, changing into some warm more comfortable clothing, she was ready to tell the rest of her family that dinner was nearly served, she found Max in his bedroom, playing with his pet frog that looked to Alex as if it had already died.
"Max..." Alex called opening Max's door immediately stopping as the immensely revolting smell hit her, causing her to become dizzy, she steadied herself covering her nose with her entire arm, her eyes streaming. "Max, it smells like something's died in here!" Alex exclaimed grotesquely, her voice muffled by her arm.
"I know I keep telling my frog that he needs to take a bath, but he's almost as lazy as you and won't move!" Max explained, Alex stared at Max for a few moments frowning at her strange little brother. When finally she turned away, making her way back downstairs to the kitchen.
"What went so wrong?" Alex muttered to herself. She went down into the sub-station which had now been abandoned, it lay empty, the tables and chairs laid out neatly. Alex glanced out of the window where the weather had not greatly improved, she frowned at the sight of the black crow, the same crow she was sure she had seen before the storm that seemed to be staring at her through the rain washed window. She only withdrew her attention from it when the sound of Harpers voice invaded her train of thought.
"Alex, your mom says dinner is ready!" Alex, broke the stare with the crow and jerked her head in Harpers direction, she briefly glanced at the crow, while Harper stared at her. "What are you looking at?" Harper asked curiously, approaching Alex and looking in the same direction in hope to see what had fascinated her friend so much.
"That crow..." Alex said slowly. Harper frowned at Alex for a moment.
"What about it?" Harper asked, she couldn't understand the significance of it, it was just a bird.
"I saw it before while walking home." Alex answered.
"Well it's probably looking for shelter it's not a big deal." Harper shrugged, taking hold of her friends shoulder and smiling reassuringly.
"But it stares at me." Alex said thoughtfully. Harper smiled sympathetically at Alex.
"Don't tell me that you think it's Mason, because it was you that broke up with him dear and he takes the form of a wolf not a crow."
"That's not what I was thinking, Harper." Alex replied quietly. She quickly left her best friends side, walking through the doors behind the counter and opening the large heavy freezer door. This in fact was the secret entrance to the Russo's wizard lair. Yes the Russo's were wizards. Jerry Russo their father had been a wizard and all three of his children, Justin, Alex and Max had inherited the gift of magic, which they would one day soon battle it out between each other to become the family wizard. This was the Russo's greatest secret, nobody outside the Russo family in exception of Harper and Zeke Beakerman, Justin's best friend, knew that they were wizards. Alex sighed entering the wizard's lair that was a large room that was cluttered with magical objects from the wizard world and a pile of large dusty old books, filled with a wide array of spells and potions alike. She caught sight of Justin studying a long ancient looking scroll carefully and her father sitting back in his old moth eaten dusty recliner chair watching the Mets game. "Dinners ready!" Alex announced loudly causing Justin to jump at the sudden sound of Alex's voice.
"Alex, not so loud I'm trying to study." Justin growled irritably.
"Shush you two, it's just got good." Jerry called without tearing his eyes away from the screen. Alex rolled her eyes at her father and frowned at Justin approaching him, her hands perched on either side on her hips,
"You'd rather study than eat moms mouth watering Fajitas?" Alex asked curiously.
"Fajitas!" Jerry exclaimed jumping rapidly to his feet from his recliner chair and sprinting out of the wizard's lair.

"If it helps me beat you in the wizard competition, then yes." Justin replied without looking at his sister.

"So…" Alex said narrowing her eyes. "So you think I'm a threat?" Alex asked, a small smile forming across her face.

"Pfft-ha. No!" Justin exclaimed in an uncertain voice. "Whatever makes you think that you might be a threat?" He asked laughing nervously eyeing his sister. Alex smiled.

"Oh, I don't know that I beat you last time." Alex replied casually glancing down at the scroll of parchment Justin was examining.

"You only won because I went easy on you!" Justin protested defensively.

"As if!" Alex argued laughing in disbelief. "What is this anyway?" She asked tearing the parchment from Justin's grasp, her eyes scanning over it quickly.

"Alex, give that back, it's very fragile!" Justin bellowed snatching at the parchment, which Alex jerked away from his reach. "Alex, I'm serious!"

"Hellooo!" A disembodied male voice called. Alex and Justin paused for a moment, inclining their heads to look at one another briefly. Alex then dropped the parchment shoving it viciously into Justin's outstretched hands and running out of the lair into the sub-station, where a pair of brilliant blue eyes were staring at her. The eyes belonged to a tall, dark handsome young man who wore a charismatic smile. Alex took in a sharp breath, smiling weakly at him.

"How…can I help you?" Alex asked, the words she spoke seemed foreign to her, Alex Russo never asked if she could help anyone.

"I was wondering if there are any delicious meals I could feast on around here?" He spoke coolly; his eyes were fixed on Alex as he spoke, as if he was referring to her. Alex stared at the man for a moment and suddenly burst into laughter.

"If you're looking for stale bread and meat that's not actually meat, you've come to the right place." Alex said trying to stifle a laugh as she spoke. The man tilted his head to the side slightly.

"That's a shame, I was hoping for something a little more…fresh." He replied, his eyes glinting as he spoke. Alex gave him a small flirtatious smile before answering.

"Well, I shouldn't really be doing this but I'll be honest I don't really want to serve you and the Late Night Bite just across the street you could say is much more fresh." Alex told him.

"Well I do like a bite." He said raising his eyebrows quickly and flashing his pearly white teeth with another charming smile before he turned away and left without another word.

So this my first attempt at The Vampire Diaries and Wizard of Waverly Place cross-over, so I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter. Just and FYI Damon is going to be a bit of a mixture of TVD book Damon and TVD TV show Damon.