Maria was sitting at the Grill with Damon, Stefan, and Elena. They never really had a chance to celebrate since they defeated Klaus for good, so they decided to go on a double date. "I am just glad that disaster's behind us." Elena said.

"I'll say." Maria said. "You had us all worried for a while there."

"You're back-up plan was what ended up saving us, though." Stefan pointed out.

"Well, not all of us." She said. She had gotten there after the ritual, so she was unable to save Jenna.

"It happens like that sometimes." Damon said, putting his arm around her. "At least we're all still alive."

"Thanks to her quick thinking." Elena said. "I'll bet you two have been on some interesting double dates before."

"Apart from with Matt and Caroline, not really." Stefan told her.

"That is so not true, brother." Damon said. "Are you forgetting that disaster in the early…"

"Hey, don't embarrass him." Maria said.

"Hey, we're brothers. It's what we do."

"So, how's Bonnie doing lately?" Elena asked. She hadn't seen much of her in the past few weeks, though she knew she and Jeremy were still going strong.

"She seems a lot happier these days." Maria told her. "Some of the advanced stuff we've been practicing is getting easier. Still, I wouldn't tick her off if I were you." That last part she spoke to Damon.

"Relax, the witch and I are barely speaking to each other."

"Maybe you should give her a chance." Maria said. "You don't have to like her, but it'd be nice if you'd try not to kill each other."

"Well, I wasn't expecting this." A new voice said. The group looked around. When they didn't see anyone, they all stood up.

"Maria?"

"I think someone's trying to…" Maria began.

"It's too bad you think your safe in here. I can always find you." The voice said.

"Elena, get out of here." Maria said. Elena tried to run, when the bar suddenly caught fire.

"How do I…" Elena began to ask.

"Just wake up, Elena. We'll meet later." Maria told her. "And put your necklace back on."

"Are we gonna try to fight whoever it is?" Stefan asked.

"I don't know if we can." Maria told him.

"You can try all you want, but you won't be able to stop me." They looked around, but they didn't see anyone. All three of them ran to where they thought the voice was coming from.

Suddenly, the group had found themselves split up from each other. The entire place was burning now. Maria looked around and didn't see any sign of Stefan or Damon. Suddenly, she felt a force push her back and she went flying through the window.

Maria opened her eyes and gasped. She looked around, wondering where she was for a moment. She felt her hand touch some kind of fabric. She looked over and saw what she had her hand against…Damon's shirt.

She realized that she'd fallen asleep next to him in his room. She felt herself blushing, thankful that she was still wearing a T-shirt and sweatpants. She immediately let go of the shirt he was wearing. A few seconds later, he woke up. "Hey."

"Hey."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, that was just really weird." Maria told him.

"At least we made it out in one piece."

"I know." She sighed. "Sorry about cutting our dream date short. It was the only way to break the connection between us and whoever got in there."

"I understand." Damon told her. "Besides, around you, it always feels like I'm in a dream."

"Please, I'll bet you tell that to all the girls." Maria said. She turned away from him.

"Why would you…" He cut off when he realized Maria was laughing. "You're kidding."

"You actually believed that?"

"You're in for it now."

"Don't make me zap you, Damon." Maria warned. "I still have my witch powers in addition to being a vampire."

"You don't have to remind me every other day, you know."

"I know, though it's a little unusual for me to be both, but it happened."

"Yeah, but if you hadn't changed, I don't know if…" They both looked at each other.

"Hey, if it means anything, I'm glad that it happened." Maria told him. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be here now."

"I'm glad it happened, too." Maria looked at him, feeling a little confused. "I mean, not that turning's ever easy, but…I guess what I'm trying to say is…" She understood what he was trying to say.

She put her hand up to his cheek. "It's okay. You don't have to be so nervous. I understand."

"I love you, Maria." She leaned closer and kissed him. Still, she couldn't shake the thoughts of the dream off. Who came after them and why?

"Maria?" She heard someone ask using her hearing. Reluctantly, they both pulled apart.

"I better go now." She left the room. She went into the hallway and found Stefan.

"Hey. You okay?"

"Yeah. You felt that, didn't you?"

"Yeah, I think someone got in there, but who it is, why, and which one of us is something we don't know." Maria told him. "How's Elena?"

"She called and said she was fine, though she sounded pretty scared."

"Maybe you should go check on her. I'll call the others so we can see if anything like this has happened to them, too." Maria said. "If it's another supernatural or another vampire, we've got to figure out why they're doing this."

She headed into her room, got dressed, then called the others to meet at the park in fifteen minutes.

Dear Diary,

It's been a couple weeks since things have gone back to normal. However, it seems like we might have a new enemy in town. We don't know all the details yet, but we're going to investigate so we can figure out why they're threatening us in our sleep.

A/N: I wonder if it's really Katherine or someone else that's haunting them right now. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out. Let me know what you think and please review.