Dark Horizon

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Chapter1: It begins

Mystic Falls was a welcome mat for danger. Vampires, witches, werewolves and even Hybrids roamed the land. It should have come as no surprise at all that a new evil was well on its way. This evil was of my own shame and dishonor. He came to Mystic falls and changed all the rules.

It was a warm spring afternoon at the Salvatore mansion and Stefan still was trying to break through to Elena. Her humanity was still off and Stefan continued to feel great guilt.

"Elena, this needs to be discussed." Elena walked passed Stefan grabbing a drink. "Bore someone else with your worries." Elena sat down taking a small sip from her glass. Before Stefan could protest there was a knock at the door. "Better get that Stefan." The gloomy Salvatore walked to the door and opened it up. Outside stood a young man in black attire, black dress pants with a black buttoned up shirt that exposed his chest as the top of the shirt was unbuttoned. His sleeves were rolled up and showed two black bracelets, one on each wrist. As Stefan continued to take in the site before him he noticed the young man had on a black choker with an Egyptian Ankh as the clasp that held the chocker together, in the center was a sapphire jewel. The young man had deep blue eyes and golden blonde hair.

"Hello, is this the Salvatore mansion?" Stefan opened his mouth a little.

(Elsewhere)

"I am getting annoyed Rebekah. This is the third time you have claimed to know where Silas is." Klaus ever the impatient one scolded his sister as they searched the woods of Mystic Falls. "Please Nik, complain more. You know how much it thrills me."

"Believe me sister, I wish that I didn't have to complain but an incompetent sibling usually causes complaints!" Rebekah turned quickly and smacked Klaus in the face. He only smiled at his sisters temper. "Predictable Rebekah."

"If you want to finally be rid of Silas then you will be nice or you can fight him on your own." Klaus only smiled again. "Yes, well, Forgive me for wanting him dead. After all the only weapon that can kill us has gone missing. If he has it we could all be dead." Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Remind me some more Nik." The two siblings would have continued to argue had there not been a visitor.

"Both of you shut up and follow me." Klaus looked at the familiar Salvatore. "Damon . . . don't recall ever giving you authority to order me around." Damon smirked. "Guess you don't want to see a witness who was bitten by an ancient scary vampire. I guess I'll put him out of his misery." Klaus chuckled.

"Naturally Damon finds evidence before us. We're older, stronger, and faster, all around better really but he beats us to the punch. Show me Damon." Damon led the two originals to the man he found. "Here you go." Klaus bent down to the man and looked him in the eyes.

"Tell me what happened to you." Klaus used his compulsion to get him to talk.

"I was attacked by a mountain lion." Klaus looked up at Damon. The Salvatore held his hands up in innocence. "He told me a vampire attacked him." Klaus tried again. "Tell me what really happened to you. How did you get that bite on your neck?" The man looked afraid. "I told you, a mountain lion." Klaus was getting angry. "Damon why don't you try."

Klaus stepped out of the way and Damon bent down to ask the man what happened.

"I'm not sure, some guy was walking through the woods and he came up to me and bit me on the neck. Then he looked at me and said something. I don't remember what." Damon looked back. "He must have been compelled to not tell you the truth Klaus." Damon looked back at the man. "What did the guy look like?" The man stood up and began walking away from Damon. He started muttering. "If a Salvatore asks you what I look like, kill yourself. Do not tell any originals who you were attacked by." The man kept saying it over and over as he walked to the edge of the cliff. Damon ran to stop the man but it was too late, he jumped from the cliff and fell to his death.

"Well there is another lead down the drain or cliff in this case. Whoever this was didn't want me or my siblings knowing his identity. Silas doesn't need to hide. It begs the question, who was it?"

(Salvatore boarding house)

"Hello, is this the Salvatore mansion?" Stefan opened his mouth a little.

"Yea, who are you?" The young man extended his hand. "I'm sorry, how rude of me. My name is Asher Valerian." Stefan almost thought he recognized him but passed it off as deja vou.

"How can I help you Asher?" The blonde smiled. "Well actually I was looking for Elena Gilbert. I'm new to school and the principal insisted I meet Elena. He said as a founding family member she would know the town best and could show me around." Stefan wanted to protest but Elena having heard everything beat him to the punch.

"Hello Asher, I'm Elena. Please come in. I would love to show you around." Stefan decided to speak up. "Elena, don't you remember? Damon wanted us to meet up with the others in a few minutes?"

"Stefan I am surprised by you. Helping this guy out is far more important but I insist you go help Damon while I take care of Asher." Stefan shook his head. "Elena . . . please behave." Elena waved him off and grabbed Asher by the hand. "Let me show you around the boarding house." Stefan left the house while Elena took Asher around the house.

"As you can see this place is awesome. It's kind of old but still fun." Asher looked around at everything. He was enjoying the house.

"Stefan seemed worried. What was that about?" Elena rolled her eyes as she sat Asher down in the lounge and got him a drink.

"I hope scotch is fine." Asher chimed in and said it was. "As for Stefan, Don't worry. He is a royal gloomy dude." Asher chuckled at her words. She gave him his drink walked around the room as he talked. Elena's blood lust was unquenchable. Asher kept talking until Elena put her hands on his shoulders.

"I'm truly sorry Asher." The blonde looked back slightly. "About what?" Elena smiled. "This!" She bit down on his neck hard and began to drain blood from him.

(Klaus and the others)

Stefan met up with Damon and the others. They were waiting in the town square to speak over what they found out. It was Klaus who first noticed the Salvatore.

"Stefan, right on time."

"What's up? I don't want to leave Elena alone too long." Damon chuckled. "Well she can wait. We have a bigger problem." Stefan looked interested. "Which is?" Rebekah decided to be the one to break the news.

"As usual this town has a new visitor. One who doesn't want us to know who he is. He compelled a man to lie to all originals and kill himself if a Salvatore asked what he looked like." Stefan shook his head.

"Any thoughts on who it could be?" Klaus decided to talk this time. "No and to ensure there are no surprises I have gotten Elijah and Katarina to come join us." Stefan nodded. "Well this is a dead end. I'm heading back to make sure Elena didn't kill the new guy in town."

"Really brother? You left Elena the danger magnet with someone we have never met?"

"She's a vampire, what could he really do?" Rebekah put her arms around the Salvatore's. "I know, let's all go see this new guest."

(Salvatore boarding house, 20 minutes later)

The four went back to the house and walked in. The site they saw worried them. There was a pool of blood in the living room. They followed the little drops of blood to the lounge where they found Elena held against the wall with several stakes in her. She was alive and the four walked over to her. They began pulling the stakes out and laid her on the floor. Damon held her up in his lap.

"Damon! It hurts so much. Please help me." Elena was crying.

"I guess her humanity is back. Wonder how that happened." Damon looked at Elena.

"What happened here? Where is the guy who was with you?" Elena looked confused. "Guy?" Damon looked at Stefan and then back at Elena. "Yes, Stefan said you were with a guy."

"I killed all those people Damon . . . how could I have done that?" Klaus grabbed her face. "Sorry love, no time for that. What happened?"

"Don't tell the originals anything . . . Salvatore's may know everything." Klaus stood up. "Get her to talk!" Klaus and Rebekah left the three. Damon tried again. "Elena what happened?"

"I was going to kill him . . ."

"For what?" Elena smiled. "This!" Elena bit down hard and began to drain his blood. In a few seconds she began to cough up the blood. She fell to her knees and Asher stood up. The wound on his neck healed. He wiped the blood from his neck and walked to Elena.

"Vampires today have no respect for the art of sodality. Neither do you bother to listen for my heart beat to see if I'm human. I guess that blood lust is all you care about." Elena looked up in anger. "Screw you!" Asher chuckled. "Yes, try and piss off the one who could rip your heart from your chest. You need to be more respectful and even afraid. I'll have to turn on that humanity for you." Asher bent down and grabbed her face. "Turn on your humanity." Elena could feel a rush of emotions hit her at once. The people she killed, the things she did and the fear she now felt.

"How did you do this? I was on vervain." Asher chuckled. "I am unique in my nature. Magic helps too."

"You're a vampire . . . you can't use magic." Asher chuckled again.

"Indeed magic belongs to witches who are servants of nature and as a Vampire I am an abomination of nature. Yet, I don't use magic from nature. I use dark magic using the dead." Elena was frightened.

"What do you want?" Asher grabbed Elena by the throat and drug her across the floor. He concentrated and one of the tables broke into sharp pieces. The pieces all flew and lodged themselves into her body.

"I want to kill the one responsible for Kol's death. Sadly he is already dead so instead I want to know where his body is." Elena groaned. "Why?" Asher cocked his head and Elena screamed in pain as he made the blood vessels start to pop in her head. "I asked you a question. Answer me and I might tell you." Elena screamed. "I don't know! Klaus took his body! Only he knows." Asher chuckled. "Where did he keep his other siblings when they were incapacitated?" Elena told him of the mansion and the room where they all used to be.

"There is a good girl. As a reward I will let you know what I intend to do. I am going to bring back Kol and slaughter the original family so I and he can be together again. It's been almost a hundred years since I last saw him. If you tell the Originals anything about me or what I intend to do, rip out your own heart. Feel free to tell the Salvatore's." Asher left the house in a flash.

"Kol . . . coming back? Is that even possible?" Damon, Stefan and Elena looked at one another in fright.

(Klaus)

"Rebekah . . . someone was here." Klaus could feel that someone uninvited entered into his house. Rebekah was in the other room. "Nik!" Klaus ran to her. "What is it?" Rebekah moved out of the way. "Where is Kol?" Klaus looked at the empty coffin of his dead brother.

"Impossible."

End of chapter one! Please review and be kind.