This is the story of how it all began back in 1864.
The storyline is similar in this chapter to the TV show but I will change it up for the next chapter to fit my other story History Repeating Itself.
I started that story trying to fit history to it, but I had to see how Emily/Damon/Stefan/Katherine would have been. I am glad I did it too, since so far I like this.
Way to toot my own horn huh? LOL
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story. To those of you who are waiting for an update on my other stories… you'll have to wait.
I hope this will hold you over until then.

Emily's POV

The joyful laughter of Miss Pierce was heard coming from the outside where she and the Salvatore Brothers were playing some 'catch and chase' game. It was the day after the Founder's Ball, and Miss Katherine was infatuated with both brothers'. Emily made sure to have kept both her children in her sleeping quarters where they wouldn't get in the way of Miss Katherine or the Salvatore family. Damon and Stefan came running in behind Miss Katherine only Damon ran upstairs while Katherine turned to Stefan and compelled him to stay and eat.

"Emily, can you see to it that Stefan has his mid-day appetizer? He is just famished," Katherine said and then turned to Stefan. "Aren't you Stefan?" she asked the young Salvatore.

"Famished," Stefan replied automatically.

Katherine giggled and leaned over to peck him on the lips.

Emily stood aside and smirked at the display of power Miss Katherine always displayed. She was glad she was the vampire's friend and that said vampire appreciated her friendship. She lost her husband because of her loyalty to Katherine, but she knew that the vampire would keep her and her children safe.

Go have fun with Damon Miss Katherine. I'll make sure Stefan doesn't get in your way, Emily communicated to Katherine using telepathy she learned to master with the years she surrounded herself among being such as Katherine. Such ability, among others, were bestowed upon her due to her being a descendant of Salem witches.

What would I ever do with you my lovely Emily? Katherine asked her as she made her way up the stairs.

"Is there anything you crave Mr. Salvatore?" Emily asked him as she made her way around the kichen's center island ready to cook for the younger Salvatore. When he didn't answer her she looked over at him to find him staring at her intently. "Master Stefan?" she asked again as a blush made its way to her cheeks. She knew that Stefan Salvatore, unlike Damon, had a pure heart. And his part in this was the only thing she regretted. She wished she could spare him the hurt that was about to come.

"Call me Stefan Emily," he asked with his shy charming smile.

"You know I cannot do that Master Stefan," she whispered as she made her way to the oven and began to make him the easiest thing she could do.

"Are you enjoying your stay here Emily?" he asked as he was suddenly at her side. "How are your kids? I don't see them much," he told her making her catch her breath.

"They are well and are kept out of Miss Katherine's and your family's way. I would hate to become a nuisance to your family after you opened your home to Miss Katherine," she answered the man she grew to be smitten with. She gathered his plate and when she looked over at him she saw his eyes trained on her face and she couldn't help herself but duck out of his gaze and place his meal on the table. Stefan quietly took a seat and began to eat while Emily attempted to walk away from him only to have him reach out and take hold of her hand.

"What is Katherine doing to me?" came a low whisper from the man who tortured her heart and loyalties.

"Master Stefan, I don't comprehend what you are saying. But all I see… is love when I see you with Miss Katherine," she lied to him as he rubbed small circles on the top of her hand. When she managed to look him in the eye she saw tears and conflict there.

"When I'm with her, I feel that. That love that you speak of. But when she is away…" he paused as he shook his head. "I feel like there are parts of me, gaps of time missing when she is not around."

Emily felt torn, but she knew where her loyalties laid. So she smiled and patted the young man's cheek.

"That's love Master Stefan," she told him as she slipped her hand out of his and walked over to the sink right when Master Damon walked in.

"Emily, Katherine needs you upstairs," Damon told her and she excused herself to go upstairs. She looked over her shoulder to find Stefan's eyes on her back and guilt overwhelmed her. She shook that feeling away; she was loyal only to Katherine and would not betray her.

She knocked gently on Miss Katherine's door and said "Miss Katherine? Master Damon said you needed assistance?" A sudden feeling of dread filled her and torched and visions of cages filled her mind.

"Come in Emily," Katherine's voice called and she stepped in to where she was. "Can you lace me up Emily?" Katherine asked and she didn't hesitate in making her way over to Katherine and began to do what she was asked. "Thank you, for what you told Stefan. I see I need to be more … persuasive with that one," Katherine pondered out loud.

"There is no need to thank me Miss Katherine, but I must warn you. I had this… feeling. I saw torches and cages in a recent vision. We may need to leave Mystic Falls soon," Emily told her as she finished lacing up the corset.

"We have no need to worry Emily, we're safe. I told you didn't I? I would always protect you…" Miss Katherine told her and Emily for the first time, didn't feel comforted with her words.

"Yes Miss Katherine," she told her as Katherine smiled at her.

"Is there something on your mind?" Katherine asked her.

Emily raised her eyebrow and cast her gaze to the ground, "The Salvatore brothers Miss Katherine. Perhaps… we should not bring them along. They can jeopardize your future stays when we go to other towns."

"I have plans for them. You know I hate rules Emily. What you need to worry about is making rings for them. They will be joining us in our journey," Miss Katherine told her with her eyes turning black and fangs descended making Emily's eyes widen.

"Yes Miss Katherine, forgive me for overstepping my boundaries," Emily pleaded as she looked to the floor.

"All is forgiven my lovely Emily. Can you call Stefan up here please?" Katherine asked with her sunny smile. No sign of her fangs or darken eyes. Emily gave a small nod and made her way down the stairs to the kitchen where both Salvatore's were still.

"Master Stefan? Miss Katherine wishes to have a word with you," Emily told the young Salvatore without looking at him. He made his way out and she thought Damon would walk away as well but when she looked up he was still in the kitchen.

"Are you feeling ill Emily?" he asked her as he made his way to her side.

"I am fine Master Damon, I just…" she started but a chocked sob escaped her lips at the image of Katherine's eyes and fangs directed at her. She had seen her feed various times in the past, but this time it had been directed at her. She looked possessed.

"You saw her… didn't you?" he asked with a smug smile on his lips.

"It was horrifying," she whispered as he came closer to her side and rubbed her arm up and down and it surprisingly comforting.

Katherine's POV

Befriending the witch was easier than she had thought all those years ago but as Katherine looked at the witch leave her room she wondered how much longer Emily would remain loyal to her. Katherine made sure to get rid of every person the witch loved, except for her children. She used them as leverage to hold against the witch. What she wasn't expecting was Stefan Salvatore to have feelings for her handmaid. She compelled him to notice her, to desire her, to do as she asked. She knew now that she had to compel him to not pay attention to her handmaid, to ignore her. Compulsion worked beautifully, but when you threw in a witch, she didn't know what to expect. Katherine couldn't compel Emily. A witch was immune to compulsion which was a shame. Keeping the witch in line better not become a chore. She would hate to have to kill such a powerful witch.

"You wanted to speak to me Katherine?" Stefan asked as he came in to her room. She truly loved Stefan, he had such a kind heart and she only wished she had done things differently. Had him fall in love with her without the use of compulsion. What's done is done, she gleefully told herself as she came behind Stefan startling him with her speed. She turned him around and looked into his eyes intently.

"You love Katherine. You have eyes for no one else. Your heart belongs to Katherine," she chanted and Stefan's whole body stilled.

"I love Katherine. I have eyes for no one else. My heart belongs to Katherine," he recited making her smile.

"Good, now go along… I have to pack my things. Seems like I have to be leaving soon," she told him taking Emily's warning seriously.

"You're leaving us?" Stefan asked confused and heartbroken.

"Of course not. I'm going to kill you then find you someone to feed on and you, Damon and I will move on to the next town," she smiled a thrilling feeling overwhelming her. "Now go on downstairs Stefan," she told him compelling him to do what she said. Stefan turned on his heel and walked out of her room. Damon willingly took her blood, wanting to be with her forever and she wanted him too. But she wanted Stefan on her other arm as well so she compelled him to drink her blood and soon she'd kill them both.

"I always get what I want," she said as she looked around for her luggage and began to get her things together.

A few weeks later she was undressing for the night when Emily slipped a necklace on her neck.

"This will protect you Miss Katherine. The feeling I had that afternoon haunts me… I'll make sure nothing happens to you as long as I can help it," Emily told her when a knock came to her door.

"You can go now Emily, Stefan will help me with the rest of my garments" and she saw Emily smile. Katherine, the deep rooted human Katherine, appreciated such loyalty. Emily left her room and when she passed Stefan he didn't even give Emily a side glance, he only had eyes for her now. Stefan found his way to her while Emily walked out of her room. "I love you," he whispered and began to kiss her neck. She smiled loving hearing those words coming from his lips.

"I love you too my dear Stefan," she told him as she allowed her true self to show and bit down on his shoulder. Suddenly she couldn't swallow his blood, and she knew, vervain. She fell back and away from him and she suddenly found herself on the floor.

"What? What…" came Stefan's faint words.

"Vervain…" she managed to choke out and when Stefan was over her calling her name when the door to her bedroom was opened to show Stefan's deceiving father.

"Get the sheriff, tell him we have a vampire," the old man told her love.

"What … no…" Stefan, her dear naïve Stefan said torn between his love for her and loyalty to his father.

"She's a vampire Stefan! A MONSTER!" the old man screamed and she wished she would have killed him when she had the chance. "I fed you vervain hoping it would expose her."

"How did you know?" Stefan asked his father while she remained on the ground. She heard Emily gathering her children downstairs and packing her things. Leave Emily, hide for now Katherine attempted to communicate with her witch. You will be safe Katherine, I'll think of something Emily sent back to her.

Back to the conversation in her bedroom father Salvatore was telling Stefan that he didn't raise his son's to be so weak. He sent Stefan for the Sheriff and Stefan did it. He left, staking her in the heart with his actions.

Damon's POV

"Master Damon!" came Emily's voice with the soft sobs of her kids. "They know, your father knows!" Emily shrieked and dread filled him. Katherine was in danger.

"Emily, please… you have to save her! I'll do anything!" he pleaded with the witch.

"When the time comes… they'll come for me… I need you to protect my children Master Damon. Please…" she negotiated and he could deny her nothing. To save Katherine he would give his life.

"I will protect your lineage if you make sure she is unharmed," he vowed as he looked down at her children.

"I will do that Mr. Salvatore, right now I must go warn Miss Pearl and her daughter," Emily told him and walked away leaving him with this fear and void in his heart. He ran up to Katherine's room to see father and two men chaining Katherine up.

"FATHER! NO!" Damon pleaded as the two men carried his love out of the room and his father restrained him.

"You will be killed for being a vampire sympathizer!" his father told him making him angry.

"Then let me die!" Damon demanded. Without Katherine life wasn't worth living but his pact with Emily gave him hope. His anger towards his father, towards Stefan, especially Stefan fueled him to do anything to make sure Katherine wasn't harmed.

After letting Stefan know that he blamed him he went to find Emily, and when he did he saw her holding Anna, while the town's people captured Pearl. "Come with me!" he whispered as he heard Emily whisper into Anna's ear that it would be okay. That she was going to protect them.

"They're taking them to the church Emily," Anna told the witch and that caught his attention.

"Fells Church?" he asked and Anna looked over at him.

"Yeah," she told him with curiosity and pain in her eyes. He knew they had a kinship when it came to the loss they were feeling.

"There is a tomb underneath it that not a lot of people know about," Damon informed them and Emily's eyes lit up.

"Perfect, I can seal them in the tomb to protect them, to shield them from the fire," the witch told the two of them.

"I need to try one more thing Emily, to save her…" Damon told the witch as she and Anna made their way to the church and he made his way to where the carriages with the cages where. As he ran to where he knew the carriages would be he saw Stefan.

"Haven't you done enough Stefan?" he asked him.

"I want to help Damon," Stefan told him.

So they devised a plan, Stefan would distract the men and he would go and get Katherine out. One guard alone and it was easy for him to take him out. Only when he went to open the cage door he heard a gunshot and then the searing pain to his chest. He looked over and saw that Stefan was also down but looking towards the opening on the cage door where Katherine was leaning over looking down at his younger brother. She didn't even look over at him, she kept her eyes on Stefan when he read her lips tell Stefan I love you. She didn't even once look over at him and then the world went black.

Emily's POV

"I will kill you and every person in this town you bastard!" she heard Katherine's voice shriek at the guards who were throwing her in the church. The guards went around again and gave them vervain making Emily block away the agonizing screams the vampires let out.

A guard she noted, the youngest one, was looking at Katherine with lust in his eyes. Emily knew a weak point when she saw one.

"If you let Miss Katherine out, I will assure you she will turn you and you will come with us as we flee this town. Just please… let her go," Emily pleaded and she saw his eyes falter and his gaze rake over to Katherine who stilled and a pleased smile shot her way. I told you Miss Katherine. I owe you my life. You will get out of here, Emily told her with a smile of her own.

"Okay, once I get a chance I will let her go, but can you… will you make sure she does change me?" the young guard asked. Emily smiled at him and nodded.

"You will die and join us," Emily told him knowing that wouldn't be happening.

A few hours later Emily and her brother were waiting for Miss Katherine to come running out of the church. The young guard was helping her run towards them along with Pearl and when they reached them Katherine and Pearl feed off the young man and left his body on the ground.

"Miss Katherine? Would you like me to go and save the others?" Emily asked. She was surprised when the vampire told her no, that they were just a burden to her now.

"It is best that everyone, including the Salvatore brothers, assume we are all dead. So you will go back and keep an eye on them Emily and meet up with us later a few towns over," Katherine ordered her as they made their way out of the town. Once Katherine, Pearl and Anna had effectively left town Emily and her brother went in search of the Salvatore brothers.

Emily preformed a locator spell and the location of the brother's whereabouts came to her with the feeling of death.

"They're transitioning," she whispered with dread as her brother and her set off to find the brother and help them with the transition.

A/N:

Well…. What do you think?

I know… short, but I tried to add as much as possible. I want to have this as a base before I continue with my other story.

Review please.