Author's Note: I made the Prologue short for a bit of suspense, but I promise the coming chapters will be longer. Please do give me feedback. Thank you and I hope you enjoy my first fanfiction!

Prologue

"Damon, what the hell did you do?" Stefan's annoyingly worried voice asked as I stood there with my eyebrows furrowed deeply. I turned to look at my brother, a realization hitting me as I thought of the question that he had bestowed me. My eyes finally found there way from the floor of the boarding house to Stefan's angry face.

"I let her out." I said plainly although I sounded the slightest bit worried. Stefan caught on.

"How did you even do so without killing her? Her fate was sealed. Kai made sure of that." Stefan asked with disbelief. I rolled my eyes at his ignorance.

"There are witches more powerful than Kai, Stefan. You forget than Silas is walking among the living still? Well, the unliving...and unloving." I retorted nonchalantly. Stefan scoffed at me with seething anger.

"Silas? Evil doppelganger me...Silas? What did you do to make him release Elena? Ask him nicely? You can't be serious if you made a deal with that psychopath, Damon. Of course, you'd do anything for Elena even if it meant serious consequences." Stefan practically sneered. I barely flinched at the sting behind his words. I covered it with a shrug.

"All I had to do was raise a dead vampire for him. A powerful one too. So it was kind of a trade. Raise vampire girlfriend for me so I can raise a vampire for him." I explained, Stefan getting angrier the longer I spoke.

"Where did you even find a witch as powerful as Silas to do this? I thought witches hated you and not because you're a vampire." Stefan countered. I set my jaw before grabbing a glass of bourbon with a hint of vervain.

"You sure are curious." I said to Stefan as he looked at me expectantly for an answer despite my deflection, "Alright, fine. There's a new witch in town. Name's Meridia." Stefan shook his head and looked at the floor for a second before looking at me again. His eyes were serious and his demeanor changed. I looked at him with annoyance, but didn't speak as I waited for him to continue yammering. But none came as Stefan sighed and grabbed a glass of bourbon himself. I frowned. I guess I'd have to speak first. It was unusual for Stefan to be this way. So resigned.

"What's the matter brother? Vampire got your tongue?" I asked sarcastically. Stefan swished the bourbon around in his mouth before swallowing it. We both had created a very immense immunity to vervain, but it still numbed the affected area all the same. I narrowed my eyes as he looked at me, searching my eyes for the missing thing he had always hoped I'd have; humanity. Stefan shook his head again.

"I'm just saying. Wherever you go, death and destruction follow. You may think Elena will fix that because she brings out your humanity, but you're still you, Damon." Stefan said calmly as he set his glass down and left the house, leaving a slightly hurt me standing alone in the living room. I knitted my eyebrows together, looking at where Stefan had left moments earlier and walked over to the couch. I made to sit down, but someone knocked on the door. I grunted. I was mildly annoyed with Stefan, so this interruption was more than displeasing. I grabbed the door handle and swung it open with an angry face set.

"Look I don't want to buy girl scout-" I started but stopped when I saw who it was. For the first time in a long time, my jaw dropped. My eyes widened as I searched for words to say but the person found their voice first.

"Hello, Damon." Said the man as he stood, expectantly waiting for me to say something. Probably expecting me to know who he was, and I did.

"Vance." I said simply. Vance smiled wide and cleared his throat.

"Are you going to let your big brother in?" Vance asked nonchalantly as he twirled a rose in his hands. I shook my head.

"Why would I do that? You're supposed to be dead dead!" I replied with disbelief. Vance chuckled.

"Oh, but don't you remember? You resurrected me for Silas. Now come, brother. Invite your brother in. I've missed you and Stefan."