Love's Last Battle

By: 2 Good 2 B True

Elena watched in horror as Stefan and Damon battled it out against another vampire in the school parking lot. It was two against one but Stefan and Damon were losing. Stefan was down and not getting up very fast blood was gushing from a gash on his chest and his face was almost unrecognizable due to tons of cuts and all the blood. Damon was worse off but he was still standing. But Elena understood why, Damon fed on humans and that made him stronger. Out of the corner of her eye Elena saw the other vampire reaching in his jacket for something. She saw it was a stack, she tried to warn Damon but it was to late. The other vampire plunged the stack into Damon's stomach. Elena let out a scream, as Damon fell. The stack hadn't been close to his heart but he wasn't moving. Stefan had made it to his feet and charged the other vampire but he was ready for it, moving out of the way and grabbing Stefan as he passed, he threw him against one of the gyms outer walls. Stefan fell to the ground unconscious. Then the vampire turned on Elena his original prey. He started walking toward her closing the gap between them, but he stopped about half way to her and a look of agony crossed his face, He started screaming and fire shot out of his mouth, almost like he was burning from the inside out. Elena looked around and saw a girl standing by Damon, her arm stretched out palm facing the vampire. Elena looked back to him and realization dawned. The girl was doing that to him, she was burning him alive. She looked back to the girl, she was closing her hand like grabbing something. She saw the vampire fall out of the corner of her eye, all that was left of him was ashes and bones. "How did you do that?" She asked the girl.

"Never mind that, I'll explain later." The girl answered pulling a knife from her pocket.

Elena watched as she cut herself on the wrist. She threw the knife to Elena. "Go help Stefan." The girl yelled at her. Elena did as she was told but watched the girl as she put her slit wrist to Damon's mouth. It took awhile for him to respond, but soon enough he did. Elena stopped watching and did the same thing for Stefan, although she didn't cut herself as deep as the other girl had.

Damon woke in pain, he couldn't see anything at first, his vision was blurred. But he knew someone had their arm to his mouth, and he knew it was a female he could feel her hair on his skin. She had the sweetest taste, visions of ecstasy swam through his head. A image of him having sex with a beautiful girl, her on top, him digging his nails into her hips. Then an image of him laying with the same girl, naked, holding her close, her long dark hair cascading down her bare back. The last image in his head before she pulled her arm away was one of his hands in her hair, his teeth in her throat. He was left reeling, it had all felt so real, he had felt the warmth of being inside her, smelled sweat and felt it on her skin. He had even felt her hair in his hands, soft and wavy. He opened his eyes not even realizing he had closed them. He could see now and what he saw hovering above him made his heart skip a beat. There above him was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. It was the girl he'd seen in his mind, but she was more beautiful now. She had long, wavy hair the color of burnt rubies, olive toned skin, eyes that looked like warm honey, and in those eyes there was fire. The fire of life, but in her eyes it burned brighter then he'd ever seen. She was fussing over his wounds and when she touched then they tingled momentarily the disappeared. She met his eyes.

"Hey, there. This is gonna hurt, a lot." She said right before she yanked the stack out of him. He gasped in pain, but then felt that tingling again and then noting. She stood up and held out her hand for him to take. He took it and she helped him to his feet. He stumbled into her, a little dizzy. She wrapped her arms around him, steading him. She was so close he could smell her, she smelled like the beach, it reminded him of the white sand beaches of Italy. It also made his head spin. She lead him toward one of the school walls, thats when he noticed Elena hovering over his little brother. He tried to pick up the pace so she let him go. As soon as her hands left his body, it went cold. But he had to get to Stefan. When he got there he saw Stefan wasn't in good shape. He lifted him up so he was propped against the wall.

"Watch out." The girl said as she pushed him out of the way. Damon watched in awe as she did the same thing she had done to him to his brother, only he had a better view this time. She was a witch and a powerful one at that. He'd never seen a witch who could heal someone just by touching them. Stefan came to when she healed the gash on his chest. When she was done there she turned and healed Elena's wrist.

Elena flung her arms around the girl, "Thank you, we owe you big time."

"Don't worry about it. We should probably get out of here." She said in response.

"Yeah, we should head to our place." Stefan said. With that they headed to the parking lot. The girl fallowed till they reached the parking lot but then headed for one of the back rows where a white Camaro was parked. They all stopped to watch her. When she was half way there she turned around. "What no ones going to ride with me." she laughed and continued to walk to her car. Damon looked at his brother. "Go."

"See you guys in a bit." He said then jobbed after her. He stopped when he got close and admired the car, it was snow white with a gold eagle on the hood. It was an awesome car.

"Well are you gonna get in?" She said through the passenger window.

He got in the interior was black. And he noticed as he rolled the window up that they were illegally tinted. They were so dark he was sure you couldn't see in at all from the outside. It made the inside so dark that if he didn't have a predator's eyes he wouldn't of been able to see her at all, which meant she couldn't see him, so he could watch her all the way to the house. She turned the key in the ignition and the car roared to life, he could hear power in it's roar. She put it in first and they were out of there, but she turned the wrong way coming off the road the school was on.

"I have to stop at my house first and get something." She said, like she knew what he was thinking. They sped down the road going almost thirty over the speed limit. He didn't mind though. Five minutes later they were pulling into the dooryard of a little white house, in which the lights were on.

"Is someone here?" Damon asked.

"My little sister, I'll be right back." With that she got out of the car and ran into the house leaving the door open. She was back out five minutes later carrying a bag and what looked like a cheeseburger. Instead of going to the drivers side she went to his side and opened th door.

"Will you drive so I can eat?" She asked.

"Sure." He got out and walked around the car, getting in. She was already in digging into her cheeseburger. The steering wheel felt good under her hands.

**

They walked into the living room to find Elena and Stefan sitting on the couch cuddling. They pulled away from one another as Damon walked in fallowed by the girl. The girl was rooting around in her bag when he looked back to her. He watched as she pulled out another cheeseburger in a plastic bag. She walked over to Elena and handed it to her. "I thought you might be hungry."

Elena took it out of the bag and took a bite. "This is amazing did you make this?"

"No, my little sister did, I can't cook to save my life." The girl said smiling. Damon felt his heart pounding to get out of his chest. Her smile was brilliant, like a ray of sun that warmed him to the core. He just stood there and watched her for what seemed like an eternity, studying her every feature. She truly was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. He was so caught up in her beauty he didn't even hear what they were saying. Then she was saying his name. "Damon, hello, are you gonna listen to me?"

"Yeah, sorry I was thinking." He answered. So he went and sat down beside her.

"So as I was saying, my names Varacella La Monte. I'm a witch, I'm eighteen, and I knew I had to be there tonight, because I can see the future and I saw you all die and I had to stop it. I mean if I hadn't my future would of never come true. Anyway any questions."

"You said it would of changed your future that means we're part of your future?" Elena asked.

"Yes, a big part." Varacella answered as she looked over at Damon. "Anyway anything else?"

"How big of a part?" Stefan asked.

"Thats not important now. I think we should celebrate. How about something to drink, maybe some vodka?" Varacella asked.

"Sure thing." Damon said as he got up and walked over to a cabinet by the entrance to the living room. He came back with four shot glasses and a bottle of fancy vodka. He poured four shots passing them out. He gave Varacella hers last making sure he didn't touch in the process. She might be driving him crazy but he wasn't about to let anyone else see how she effects him.

"To life." Varacella said raising her glass.

"No, to you, for saving ours." Elena said tapping her glass on Varacella's.

"To Varacella." Stefan and Damon in unison. They all took their shots.

"How about another, oh, and my friends call me Vara or Ella. I prefer Vara." Vara said. Holding out her glass for Damon to pour another.

**

Half hour later and nine shots, Elena and Vara were giggling on the couch, holding hands and talking about girl stuff. Stefan sat across from them watching Damon watch Vara. It worried him, it was never good when Damon took an interest in someone, they usually ended up dead. Then he noticed the girls getting up, so he stood up. The girls hugged and then turned to him and Damon.

"Well, I should get home I've got to go to school in the morning." Said Elena.

"I'll drive you home." Stefan replied.

"Wait, before you leave do you mind if I talk to Stefan for a minute, Elena?" Vara asked.

"Go ahead I have to get my jacket on and stuff." Elena answered.

Stefan let Vara lead him into the next room. Once they were out of earshot she turned to him and started to whisper, "Don't worry he won't hurt me, plus I can take care of myself. I read your thoughts in there, he's not interested in me as something to eat, he's the reason your all a big part of my future..." but she was cut my by Elena who walked into the room.

"Are you ready to go hun?" Elena said opening the door.

"Yeah, do u want me to give you a ride Vara?"

"No, I need my car to get to school tomorrow, I'll ask Damon if he'll drive me home." Vara replied and Stefan watched as she went back into the next room. He really didn't trust Damon alone with her, but she trusted him, so that would have to be enough. Stefan helped Elena to the car she could barely walk in a strait line.

Vara walked up behind Damon, who was putting the bottle of vodka away. She reached around him grabbing the bottle putting her hand on top of his. "Who said I was done with that." She couldn't believe the warmth that passed between them there where they touched. Even though he was dead his skin felt like hot embers to her. He turned his head so he was looking at her. She met his eyes, they were black, she searched his mind lightly. "Your hungry." It was statement not a question. She let go of his hand and the bottle and pulled her hair back so her bare neck was exposed. She pulled him to her and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Take as much as you need."

"You've already given me enough blood tonight, it's to dangerous for me to take anymore." He said as he leaned down and inhaled the sweet, irony scent of her blood.

"I'll be fine if I take some of your blood in return, plus I can do a spell to make my body produce blood cells faster. My blood will make you more powerful then if you drank from a normal human and it will last longer."

"It's not a good idea." He said, but brought his mouth to her neck. He kissed her first lightly, then sunk his teeth into her soft neck.

Vara felt the connection instantly. She could touch his mind with hers, it was bliss. She searched his mind for what his feelings were for her. She couldn't see them but she could feel them, confusion, lust, the feeling of going crazy, and then she felt the burning, it was the same burning she felt when they touched. Then she withdrew her self as much as she could, she hadn't thought about him being able to reach into her mind. She didn't think it was best for him to see certain parts of the future. She searched his again she couldn't she that he'd seen anything other then what he had already seen earlier. Then she noticed she was getting a little dizzy. She felt her body sag in his arms, felt him lay her on the couch, and him laying beside her, his body pressed to hers. Every thing went cold when he removed his mouth from her neck. She moved her arm slowly to her pants pocket, found her hunting knife and fumbled with it, finally getting it open. He took it from her and made a cut on his throat. Seconds later her mouth was there, taking in the his taste, it was bitter like him. The connection was back almost instantly, and almost instantly she felt the dizziness fading. She was just starting to feel normal again when she sensed someone in the room with them. She pulled away and looked over Damon to see Stefan. She hurried and wiped the blood from her mouth. Stefan didn't look happy, and his mind told her he wasn't.

"Don't worry I'm fine, I already told you that he won't hurt me." As she said it Damon got up and moved to one of the chairs. She wished he hadn't.

"I think it's time you went home, I'll drive you. Let's go." Stefan stated with a little more venom then necessary. Then turned toward the door.

Vara fallowed but as she passed Damon she ran her hand along his arm, and pushed a thought into his mind. See you there. He smiled at her to let her know he got the message. He was devastatingly handsome. As she walked out the door she looked back, he was already gone. She held her keys out to Stefan, and climbed into the passenger side.

**

Vara stood on her porch and watched Stefan disappear into the darkness. She'd been standing there for a couple minutes when Damon came around the corner of the house. He moved so smoothly like the agile black panther. Just seeing him made her skin tingle. She quivered with anticipation as he climbed the stairs. "What took you so long?" She asked in a teasing way.

"Miss me did you." He said as he brushed a bit of hair out of her face. She sighed when his fingers lingered there.

"Come on." She turned and opened the door, but before walking through she grabbed him and pulled him with her. In the living room her sister was watching T.V.

"Hey Bells, I want you to meet someone." Vara said walking over to the couch and offering her little sister a hand. Bell took her hand and got up, then turned to Damon.

"Bells this is Damon, Damon this is Isabelle my younger sister." As Vara introduced them Damon came forward and shook Bell's hand.

"It's nice to meet you Isabelle." Damon said, giving her his most dangerous smile.

"Well we're going to bed and I suggest you do the same." Vara said to her sister and started to walk away down the hall. She didn't look back she knew he was fallowing her. She entered the first room she came to, the master bedroom, her bedroom. She waited beside the door till he was inside and shut it behind him. Then she walked to her dresser and took out her favorite pair of silky pj's, a white tank top with black lace trim and very short black shorts with white lace. She set them on the top of the dresser and started undressing with her back to Damon. She took everything off except her purple sheer thong, then put her pj's on. When she turned to him he had an odd look on his face. "What is it?"

"Somebodies not shy."

"Life's to short to be shy." She stated as she walked to the bed and climbed under the the blankets. "Come on."

Damon walked over and took off his shirt before he climbed under the covers with her. Vara moved closer to him and ran her hands down the plains on his chest. He put his arm around her and brought her closer so her head was on his shoulder.

"So what I saw when you saved me earlier, what was that?" He asked.

"That was a glimpse of the future. Images of the first time we.." she trailed off.

"Good to know, when will it happen?"

"It depends on what choices you make."

"How could my choices change the future?"

"The future isn't set in stone, like if you chose not to stay with me tonight, even though your not getting anything out of it, it might change things. It really doesn't take much to change the future, the smallest of things could do it." She answered with a frown.

"Well, I am going to stay with, I doubt I could leave if I tried. And your wrong I am getting something out of it, I'm getting the chance to get to know you. I've already learned a lot about you, seeing you interact with your sister, seeing your room, even your choice in pj's tells me something."

"What do you mean you doubt you could leave if you tried?" She asked through a yawn, cuddling closer to him.

"There's just something about you, that gets to me. But you should go to bed, you have to get up early tomorrow." He explained as he kissed her forehead.

"Oh! Your probably right." She looked up and kissed him softly on the lips, they were cold. Then she laid her head back on his shoulder and drifted off.

She sat in the sunlight on a grassy lawn, watching an adorable little girl with dark hair and dark eyes play in the dirt. Vara thought she looked just like her father. The little girls laughter filled the air, it was music to Vara's ears. The girls turned and smiled at her with dirt smears on her face."Come play with me momma" the girl said in a sweet musical voice.

Vara got up and went to the child, sitting down next to her on the dirt mound. "What are you making, mud pies?" she asked.

"Nope a triple layered mud cake." the girl answered.

"Amazing your so talented just like your father."

Just then they heard someone calling them from inside the house. "Vara, Farrys where are you two?"

"We're out back darling." Vara called back.

Farrys got up and ran toward the house, her father met her when she was half way there. "Daddy!" She squealed as she jumped into his arms.

Vara watched as the two people she loved the most embraced. The site was heart warming. She marveled at how much they looked alike. Both had dark hair and dark eyes and both of their faces shined with love. She got up and walked over to them and gave him a passionate kiss.

"Yuck." Farrys exclaimed.

"I have a surprise for you." He said as he set Farrys back down on the ground.

"I love surprises Daddy, what is it?"

"You'll have to wait and see, it's inside."

Farrys ran onto the porch and waited there. "Come on Momma, Daddy."

Vara fallowed her inside, her husband behind her. As soon as she was through the door she saw the surprise.

"Uncle Stefan, aunt Elena."

The alarm woke her from her dream at six o'clock. She sighed and lifted her head of Damon's chest. "Good morning." She said kissing him.

"How did you sleep?" He asked.

"Good, you?"

"I didn't sleep, I just watched you, and listened to your heartbeat and breathing." He said with a shattering smile. "You better get ready for school."

"Yeah, I should." But she didn't, she rolled on top of him, and ran kisses across his shoulders and chest, then kissed his lips. The feeling of his lips on hers made her melt.

Damon wrapped his arms around Vara and kissed her back. Her lips were soft and supple under his. He could feel her lush body against his and everywhere their bodies touched burned, like white hot fire. When she pulled away to breath he rolled them over so they were both on their sides and looked into her eyes, they were so beautiful. "You need to get ready." He pulled away from her, got up and put his shirt back on. He watched as she climbed out of the bed. He noticed she looked pale, "Are you okay, you look pale?"

"Yeah I'm fine I always look pale in the morning." She said as she walked to the dresser. He watched her as she took out her clothes for the day. She took out a pair of skinny jean, a black tank top, a black lace thong, and a pair of plain black socks. He noticed she didn't take out a bra, not that she needed one but he really didn't want to think about the guys who would be checking her out, he'd rip their throats out. She headed toward what he figured was the master bath and he made for the door.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"I was going to go home and take a shower." He answered.

"Okay, well you could take one with me if you were interested, but if you don't want to I'll see you later." She replied then walked into the bathroom, he fallowed. He shut the door behind him and then turned to her. She was taking towels out of a closet, then she set them on the toilet, and walked over to him. She pulled his shirt over his head and unbuttoned his pants. He helped her and pulled his pants off. He slid her shorts down over her thighs and then pulled her tank top over her head. He held her away at an arms length and looked her up and down. Her breast were the perfect shape and size, 34 C, he guessed. She had a slim waist, curvy hips, and thick thighs. She was the definition of sexy. Now she was working his boxers off. He let her then took his socks off, when he looked back up she already had her underwear off and was turning the shower on. She had the cutest ass he'd ever seen. He couldn't find anything wrong with her, she had everything he looked for in a girl and more. She was smart, funny, cute, sexy, and most of all she was powerful. Her powers were unparalleled. They would make a formidable pair.

"Come on." She said as she got in the shower.

He did as he was told. The water hit him as soon as he got in, it was scolding hot. It was nothing compared to the heat he felt when their bare skin touch. He pulled her toward him and took the washcloth she had in her hand from her. He washed her chest, shoulders, neck back, and thighs, kissing them as he did so. Then he massaged shampoo into her hair that smelled like lilacs. After she rinsed her hair out he kissed her long and hard. He didn't want to let her go, but her sister was knocking on the bathroom door.

**

Vara got out of the car and spotted Elena immediately. She waited for Damon and Bell to get out of the car. They both walked up beside her, "I'll meet you back here after school." she said to Bell and Bell walked off. Damon took her hand, she squeezed his. "I better get to class can't be late on my first day."

"I'll walk you." He said not letting go of her hand.

They reached Elena quickly, she looked at their clasped hands but didn't say anything about it. "What's your first class?" Elena asked.

"Anatomy, you?"

"Same, I'm not looking forward to it I suck at science."

"I'll help you, I'm good at it."

Elena looked at her watch. "We better go now the bell rings in like tow minutes."

"Okay, lead the way." Vara said and fallowed Elena through the the halls, Damon still holding her hand. They reached the science wing and Elena went into a classroom. Vara stopped and turned to face Damon. She noticed that most of the people in the hall around them were staring. So she decided she'd give them something to stare at. She wrapped her arms around Damon and kissed him with a fierceness thats was almost violent. He responded to her like fire to gas, he kissed her back just as hard, grabbed her ass and lifted her off the tiled floor. She grabbed handfuls of his hair and let out a little moan. Then they parted gasping, he set her back on the floor and let her go.

"I'll see you later." Vara said.

"Yes you will."

Vara turned and walked into the classroom and took the empty seat on the left hand side of Elena. The bell rang and the teacher shut the door. He started right in and Vara did the same thing she always did, put a spell on her notebook so it would take notes on everything without her having to write anything. She didn't pay much attention she took out a pen and wrote a note to Elena:

Elena,

How was the rest of your night? Lol

She handed it to Elena when the teacher had his back turned to them. Then she let her mind wander to Damon and of the dream of the future she had, with him in it. She couldn't wait to see him after school. She was picturing him naked in the shower, when Elena handed the note back to her.

Vara,

I puked my guts out and then woke up with a killer headache. How about your night with Damon?

She scrawled her response and passed it back. She payed attention for the rest of the class and answered very question the teacher asked. When the class let out a blond girl got her attention at the door. "Hi, I'm Caroline."

"Hey, I'm Varacella, Vara."

"I just wanted to warn you about Damon, he's a bad guy."

"Thanks for the warning Caroline, but I can handle myself, plus he wouldn't hurt me." After saying this Vara walked away, meeting Elena down the hall in front of her locker.

"So nothing happened between you and Damon?" Elena asked.

"Not really we kissed and he took a shower with me this morning but nothing happened other then that." Vara answered blushing. "What class do you have next?"

"I have calculus. Another class I'm horrible at."

"Thats what I have to, I..." Vara didn't finish. She covered her face with her hands.

"What's wrong?" Elena asked.

"We need to go somewhere someone won't here us."

"Fallow me." Elena said taking her hand and leading her to a bathroom no one used because it was to far from all the classrooms. Once they were inside Elena turned to her waiting for an explanation.

"There's another vampire in town and he's here in the school. He's angry. We'll see him for the first time at lunch. I better call for Damon and Stefan, this could be bad."

Elena reached in her pocket and took out her cell phone. "I don't need that. I can call them with my mind." Vara said then focused on calling them. Stefan, Damon we need you. She was pretty sure it worked, but they would know in a couple minutes. "Okay, it's done. We should skip class and look around, make sure he hasn't hurt anyone." They waited in the bathroom till the last bell rang and left the bathroom they headed down the halls. Vara peered into the class rooms as they passed looking for the vampire she saw in her vision. She didn't see him in any of the classrooms. Damon and Stefan came through the front doors just as they reached them.

"What's wrong?" Stefan asked.

"Vara had a vision and in it she saw a new vampire, he's hear at the school."

Damon moved to Vara's side and put his arm around her waist. Vara scooted closer to him, so their sides were touching. Vara noticed Stefan give Damon an untrusting look. So she turned and wrapped her arms around him. Then turned her attention to Elena, "How soon is lunch?" She asked.

Elena looked at the clock above the doors. "Lunch starts in ten minutes, that doesn't give us much time to come up with a plan."

"Thats alright I don't think he'd do anything in front of all those people. I'm not sure what he's here for I couldn't tell in my vision but I think he's looking for someone." Vara said as she unwrapped herself from Damon and headed to the lunch room. Damon was at her side before she knew it. She looked over at him, he was looking down at her.

"Can't you just read his mind?" Damon asked.

"No I've tried, blocking me which means he's powerful." Vara answered. "Very powerful." she added as if an after thought.

"How powerful are we taking here?"

"More powerful then then one you fought last night, I could read him."

"So we're in trouble, last night we were losing two to one. Are you strong enough to fight him? I mean there was nothing left of the other one other then bones and ashes when you got done with him."

"I might be. we'll see. Lets just hope it doesn't come to a fight." As Vara said this she walked through the lunch room doors. One of the lunch ladies was washing tables.

"Your suppose to be in class what are you doing here?" The lunch lady asked.

Vara looked her in the eyes, "Go away, leave us alone. Oh, and we were never here." Vara watched as blank expression crossed the older womans face, and she turned and left the room. Vara went and stood next to the first table she came to, to wait. Damon sat in a chair beside her and pulled her into his lap. She rested her head on his shoulder, and closed her eyes, here visions always made her tired. She felt Damon caressing her cheek and heard Elena and Stefan moving somewhere close by. She kept her eyes closed until she heard the bell. Then she was standing ready for what was to come next. He wasn't in the first wave of people that came through the doors or the second. Then she spotted something out of the corner of her eye, it was him he'd come through the back door. She turned to face him he was walking towards her not looking at anything but her. Then it dawned her that it was her he had been looking for in her vision. When he was less then ten feet away both Damon and Stefan stepped in between them. An expression crossed his face that told her he hadn't even noticed they were there before now, but he showed no fear and advanced further, until he was only two feet away from Damon and Stefan.

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