-Disclaimer- I don't own TVD or any of its characters. All rights belong to their true owners and I'm sadly not part of them! AN: Basically I started this story out of boredom and thought (at least in my head) that it actually seemed kind of cool… In this story Matt and Elena obviously share a bigger secret and no one knows of it. P.S. This won't be a romance story about Matt and Elena! (Not that I don't like them together (they're cute), but yeah… I didn't want to mix a human with a Vampire.) So… I hope you'll like this story and please review to let me know what you thought!

Elena's P.O.V.

I was wandering around in the woods, with no real goal as I heard the cries. It weren't cries of one person, but rather two and not adults but much rather children.

The cries were the ones of extreme fear, they were far away probably near the bridge, but with my heightened senses it was as if they were just right next to me.

Not wasting any more time, I took off at Vampire speed to where the cries were coming from. I was about twenty meters away from the scene, when I saw the most horrifying sight in front of me.

On the bridge, where my parents and I had died, was a man with two children of about two or three years. He was holding them by their feet and was dangling them over the merciless water. I couldn't make out his face, as it was covered by a black hoodie and the shadows, which the clouds were casting on the man's face didn't help either.

I was about to take a step towards him, when a branch cracked under my weight and instantly the man's head shot to my location and with a big smile to me, he let the two children, a boy and a girl, fall into the water.

Instantly I shot forward and jumped into that cold water, which had brought so much suffering to me. I was able to reach the boy in less than perhaps two seconds and quickly swam to the borders. I put him near a tree; to be sure he wouldn't fall in the water and jumped in again to search for the little girl.

The current was strong and I felt myself drifting away from the original spot, at first I was about to fight against it, but then I realized that the girl wouldn't have been able to fight against it. So I quickly turned around and used the force of the current to make me faster.

I was about to give up, but then I saw a flash of blonde hair. I took a deep unnecessary breath and dived deeper, swimming to her rescue.

The water was dark and agitated, as if it was trying to block me from the little girl, but I fought with everything I had and soon after I got another glimpse of an unmoving body. With one last push, I dived under her and secured her in my arms before swimming to the border of the river I hated so much.

Once on land I quickly sped to the little boy, with the girl in my arms and laid her on the ground next to him. "Come on, sweetie! Don't die on me!" I shouted, while laying her on her side. There was a pulse, but it was faint and I could hear that there was a lot of water in her lungs.

I started to recall all the things we had once learned in school and did it to her. What seemed like an eternity, but was probably only a minute or two, the young girl started coughing. "Thank god!" I stated with a lot of relieve and held her close to me, as she started crying.

Her brother, I suppose it was her brother, had been crying during the entire time and now that he saw that his sister was alive, he stretched out his little, tiny arms, as if he wanted to either hug me or hug his sister.

I had always had a soft spot for little children and took him quickly in my arms. Hugging them I realized that the temperature was quite cold and that they were soaked from head to toe. I knew that I had to get them quickly into new, warm clothes or else they could get really sick.

I knew that the girl was going to survive and probably be alright in a day or two, but I really wanted to have a checkup in the hospital, but before I needed some new clothes for them.

I couldn't go to me, as the Salvatore's were there and I really didn't want to see them, besides we had thrown away all the baby clothes a long time ago. Then came the thought of Caroline, but she wasn't at home so there was no point in going there.

Bonnie was really not an option, as we weren't in the best speaking terms at the moment. So that really only left one single person. A person I trusted with my life and the person that I was sharing a big secret with, Matt.

"It's all going to be alright…" I whispered to the two little children and held them a bit more to me, as I started to run to where Matt was living. I had never been one to pray for anything, but this time I really prayed that Matt was home.

Not long afterwards I was standing in front of the house I used to spend a lot of my free time in, when I was still a bit younger. I heard the TV was on some kind of comedy show and I heard Matt laugh to one of the sketches.

The seconds it took for Matt to get up and to walk to the front door after hearing the bell, felt like the longest in my life. "Elena?" He asked in astonishment and opened the door a bit wider. It was clear that he had already been prepared to go to sleep, as he was wearing some pajama pants and an old t-shirt from the school's football team.

"Hi, Matt… Can we come in?" I asked shyly, looking down at the two obviously tired children in my arms. "Sure… But… Who are they?" He asked with raised eyebrows and I was sure that I could detect some sadness in his eyes. "I… can we perhaps talk inside?" I asked and was relieved, when he opened the door and stepped to the side to let me in.

"Hey, you're soaked! What happened?" He asked as soon once the door was closed. "I… I was walking around in the woods to clear my mind… And I heard them cry and when I came out of the forest near… Wickery Bridge, there was this man and he saw me and he let them fall into the river…

The only thing I could think of was saving them, so I jumped in and saved them… Unfortunately I couldn't see much of this guy and so he was able to escape… I had some problems with the little girl here and I would like to bring her to the hospital…

That's why I'm here actually… Do you perhaps have some old clothes that could fit them and some that could fit me perhaps?" I asked shyly and started to feel uncomfortable. 'I hope he has still some left… But at the same time why would he? It's not like they're the best memories we ever had…'

"Well I have some clothes you could wear… but… I'm not sure about the other ones." He said and scratched his head, a habit he had when he was thinking of something that made him uncomfortable or when he was nervous.

"Come upstairs, I'll give you a towel to dry them off and one for you as well, while I'll search for the… clothes." He said and gulped heavily, before starting to walk towards the stairs. He led me to his room and I couldn't help but get lost in memories of times where we had been together.

Of times when we hadn't been conscious of the supernatural world around us, a world where we hadn't suffered of the loss of our beloved family, a time where our common goal had been to stay together, finish school, perhaps go to college and then … marry.

This path had been the one my parents and his parents had hoped for, since kindergarten. Already then they had secretly started to plan a wedding or to daydream about our future, when Matt and I had been making mud pies in our garden.

"Earth to Elena, you hear me?" He asked chuckling and handed me some towels. I must've been really lost in my thoughts, as I didn't even notice that we had entered his room. "Oh, thanks… I was a bit lost in some old… memories." I explained and put down onto the bed the sleeping girl as well as the yawning boy.

'They look so cute, so innocent…' I thought, while I observed the two. "Memories?... Where you thinking of… you know what?" He asked with this sadness laced in his voice. "Yeah and of our parents…" I said and started to rub the little girl softly with the towel.

After some minutes Matt came back into the room with some tiny hats, shoes, a small dress, a t-shirt and some blue pants. Silently Matt handed me the cloths and my eyes widened in surprise as I recognized them. "You've kept them?" I asked and felt the tears gather in my eyes, which were threatening to fall.

"Yeah… I thought I could keep them and perhaps use them someday, but I didn't think it would be in such a situation." He joked trying to lift the heavy mood. "I can totally understand you." I laughed silently and sat up the girl.

Her hair was already drying and only now did I remark that she had blond hair, which was about the same color as Matts. The little boy too had blonde hair, but his was slightly darker. "Could you perhaps… dress him?" I asked fearing Matt would say no.

"Sure, it's no problem." He said and quickly started to take off the soaked clothes as I started to do the same with the little girl. I kept glancing in his direction as he dressed the boy, but when Matt gave me a questioning glance I quickly turned away and concentrated on the task.

Two minutes later I was just putting the dress over the girl, when I noticed a little bracelet around her wrist. Taking a closer look to it, I was able to read the letter 'M' and what looked like a 'B'. "Hey look what the little one here has around his wrist." Matt said, just as I was about to tell him about the bracelet.

"It looks exactly the same… She has one too, what is written on his?" I asked and finished dressing her, before putting another dry towel around her. "N and M…" Matt answered after taking a closer look to it.

We had both finished dressing them, when Matt handed me some of his clothes. "Here taken them, you can change in here. I'll take the two down and give them some warm milk. If you want I can drive you to the hospital." He said kindly, while taking the boy into his arms and moving over to the girl.

"Thanks a lot, Matt. And I would very much like that." I answered with a grateful smile and gave him a quick hug, before he walked out of the room with the two kids in his arms. I heard him talking softly too them and once he was in the kitchen starting to warm the milk, I quickly dressed into the oversized clothes.

Usually I do everything at Vampire speed, but I was feeling kind of exhausted and at the same time I also needed time to think. I thought about the past, about the time I had spent with Matt and couldn't help but being sad. We had broken it off, quite soon after… After what happened.

Sighting deeply I fasten the trunks a bit tighter and opened the door of his room. Instantly I was greeted by the smell of the special tea Matt's mom used to make for us. "Hey, I made you some tea. I know you usually prefer to drink coffee, but I didn't have any…" He said smiling and handing me the cup of tea, as soon as I entered the kitchen.

"Thank you, Matt. I remember this one… I loved this tea when we were younger." I said and took a sip from it. "Yeah, I remember that." He said chuckling and took a sip as well, keeping an eye on the two sleeping children on the couch.

"I remember that when you were sick, you used to sneak out of your house to come here and get some tea." He continued and I gasped in shock. "You knew about that?" I asked astonished and felt lightly embarrassed that he knew of it.

"Sure I knew about it! Why do you think my mom was keeping this tea around?" He laughed and I wished a hole would appear in the ground, so I could hide myself in it.

"I can't believe it…" I whispered and shook my head in embarrassment. 'Great… He must think I'm incredibly pathetic'

"What are we going to tell them, Elena?" Matt asked, just as we stepped out of the car with each a child in our arms. "I can simply compel them… That'll make things easier." I answered and was about to walk towards the entrance, but Matt made me stop.

"Why don't you want to report this to the police? I mean you can simply tell them you saw a man, you don't need to say it was a Vampire." He tried to convince me once again to go to the police, but I only shook my head.

"It's just a feeling… but I don't think these two kids are entirely human. They seem to be humans, but… perhaps their parents weren't…" I explained and took a closer look at the little girl in my arms. "Okay… So we'll simply walk in there, you're going to compel everyone and that's it?" He asked clearly uncomfortable. "Yep, that's the plan."

"Can you help us please?" I asked a doctor as soon as we entered the emergency. It was not very busy, but the doctors passed in front of us without noticing us. Matt seemingly started to get impatient and walked up to one of the doctors, stopping him before he could walk away.

"Please, my children need help." He said and gave me a quick nod, before turning back to the doctor. "I… I don't have time, sorry." The doctor said, without really looking up. "Please… my children. They need help!" I said and was faking it good enough to actually start crying.

This time the doctor seemed to notice us and put down the files he had been reading. "If you would please follow me." He said and started walking towards a more secluded area.

While we were walking to the room, Matt gave me a smirk and held the door open for me. "Never knew you were such a good actress." He whispered to me and I only smiled in response.

"So, why are you here?" The doctor asked once the door to the room was closed, while walking back to his desk where we were sitting in front of. "They both fell into the river… We were able to get them out soon enough, but my little girl… Blair… She stayed longer in the water and she then coughed a lot of water." I said and thinking of the pale girl, I had rescued from the water brought tears to my eyes.

Matt put a warm hand on my shoulder and softly squeezed it, before giving me a light kiss on my forehead. It was not a kiss of a lover, but one of a friend that told you he was there for you. One of a friend who shared a past with you and one who shared many little and sometimes bigger secrets.

"Okay, then if you would please put her over there, so I can examine her." The doctor said and motioned to his right. I quickly stood up and put 'Blair' on the table, just as she was slowly waking up. You could see it in her eyes, that she seemed to be confused and that she was still really tired.

"Good… They both seem healthy, but for the next few days keep them warm and observe them. If there should be any changes, like they get fever or they start coughing… Come back here and we'll give them the best possible treatment." The doctor said and smiled reassuringly to Matt and me.

"Thanks a lot, doc." Matt said and picked them both up, before walking to the door. I quickly sped to him, to open the door and closed it once they got out. Of course I didn't miss to notice the gasp I heard from the doctor, when he witnessed my speed.

After checking that all the curtains were closed, I slowly stalked to the more than frightened doctor. "What are you? Who are you?" He asked with a voice full of fear and kept glancing between me and the door.

"Seeing that you won't be able to tell anybody… I'm a Vampire." I said and couldn't help but admire his throat that suddenly seemed so appealing to me.

I hadn't realized that I had been so hungry, apparently the little effort had taken away a lot of energy and the hunger was by now greater than any other need. "I… I… Don't kill me! Please!" He stuttered and pressed himself against the wall in an effort to get away from me.

"I don't know… I'm feeling really, really, really hungry…" I said and to make my point even clearer I let my face change, to show him my true nature and to cause a little more of fear.

Fresh blood, blood from the source, was undeniably delicious… But fresh blood, from the source, with this spike of fear in it… There was nothing greater.

In a last attempt the doctor raced to the wall and held the wooden cross to his chest, which was previously hanging on the wall. "Don't move! I-… I've got a cross!" He stammered fearfully and stretched it out as if it was some kind of protection shield.

I raced right up to him and gave him a sadistic smile, before taking the cross from his hands and throwing it at the wall behind me. The cross hit it with full force and instantly broke into little pieces. "Oh, please!" I said annoyed, before attacking his neck hungrily.

So…. What did you think of this first chapter? As I said before I was quite bored when I started this story and yeah, I just wanted to try something new. Hope you liked it and please review to let me know what you thought!