Disclaimer: The storyline and the characters are based on the book written by L.J. Smith. I do not own the characters and the world of Vampire Diaries. Furthermore, I have no intentions of having my work published as my own original work.

Vampire Diaries: Angel's Fury (#1 Dawn of the Past)

Damon came back for Elena after years of separation. Everything is peaceful and fine until a new and darker evil threatened their peaceful days. Elena is determined to keep the life she fought for, the life she chose that cost her part of her heart. After everything she did, after she sacrificed her supposed life, she won't let anyone to destroy this life. But what if the enemy she is about to face is someone her heart can't fight? Will she be able to keep her determination to protect this life?

Chapter 1

-Elena-

Dear Diary,

It's been a month since Damon and I met again. Ever since he came back to my life, I felt the same excitement and love I felt when I was with him. It's like I was again brought back to life. He is still as beautiful of a man as he was when he and Stefan left. He still has this dark aura around him but it isn't evil, not anymore. He's not even stained with the slightest evil. He changed, just like how I changed but he remained untouched by time. He's still as young and as beautiful as before while I grew and aged a little. I wonder what he and Stefan did in Italy together. The Salvatore brothers' relationship made a huge improvement, they no longer hate or resent each other and that makes me glad. It's worthy of what I gave up in that other life. Everything's peaceful and free from supernatural threats now. At last I can love him the way I always wanted to, for now. I don't want to overly think but Damon being back also opened the question I always had. Will I stay human and die of old age, or will I choose the path of being an immortal like him? Just thinking of it gives me a jolt in my chest but for now I want to enjoy this moment with him.

The soft knocks caught Elena's attention. An excited smile tugged the corners of her lips knowing that it was Damon. They agreed to go out for tonight and spend time together. They've been doing that like ordinary couples. She quickly left her bed and went downstairs to open the door. When she opened the door she was greeted by his devilish smile that made her heart flutter.

"Ready to go, princess? We can't let them wait for the stars". He said while smiling at her.

"It depends on whether you will accompany me Mr. Salvatore". Playfully she replied before wrapping her arms around his neck and softly brushing her lips against his. Damon instantly snaked his right arm around her waist and pulled her closer as he deepened their kiss. It was almost hard to separate from him. When their lips parted Damon lovingly brushed his thumb across her lips and smiled at her.

"Let's go"

Damon laid a hand which Elena immediately took while smiling back at him. This is it, the life she always dreamed of. Her destiny made it and caught up to her despite the obstacles they faced. Her Damon is here, holding her hand like he will never let her go. Knowing this makes her incredibly happy despite that sometimes her thoughts wander to another place, to a far and distant life, her life with Stefan. She can't help but wonder where Stefan is. Damon told her that Stefan agreed to come with him but suddenly changed his mind and instead he told him he will stay in Italy for a little longer. Elena shook her head discretely; not letting Damon sense whatever is in her mind. Tonight is Damon and her night, it's not right to think of someone else while she is with him.

-Stefan-

Hidden in the shadows, a pair of sharp eyes was fixed on the couple walking away from the house. Silently, while hiding its presence from Damon and Elena, the dark and solid figure of a man kept watching them with pain and longing in its eyes. Despite the serene leafy green eyes it has, the gaze it's been giving is full of dark intent and hatred.

"We have to go, Stefan."

He turned his head to look at the owner of that soft but firm voice. Tightly he clenched his fists, his fangs pricking as he turned to look at Damon and Elena. The woman who came next to him took his hand and pulled him away from that place.

"You can't expose yourself yet, Stefan. You know that"

"I know that, Myrtle. I just wanted to see it for myself"

"See what? You want to see how much they enjoy their sweet haven with your absence?"

Stefan caught the mocking tone in her voice. He dropped his gaze to the ground. After he met Myrtle, he learned and discovered a lot of things. He learned a lot including the life he should've had. He came to realize the reason of that stabbing pain in his chest, like his soul crumbling whenever he looks at Elena. Even if this isn't that life, he felt the connection between them. He felt that a part of him was lost when Elena went after Damon. He tried to ignore it and left with his brother but days, weeks, months, and years passed and it only grew bigger inside him. The feeling of having half of your heart hollow and void kept tormenting him, and his thirst became insatiable. Like an endless torture he kept stopping himself from feeding on humans but the hunger only gets worse. Nothing could satiate him; no one can quench his thirst. He felt lost and hopeless inside while hiding it from his brother. It was during that time, a week before he and Damon were supposed to leave Italy that he met Myrtle, a fallen guardian. At first he was repulsive and suspicious of her, but she made him realize the reason for his agony. It is all because of his lost fate, his lost life with Elena.

Myrtle's soft hand touched the side of his face with her gaze filled with compassion towards him. He looked back at her and held her hand as if finding peace under her touch. She always has that calming aura and it helps lessen the weight he carries in his heart.

"My poor Stefan, you are suffering because of what you feel for her. Just like how I suffered when Andrei was taken away from me." Tenderly she caressed his face like it will lessen his miseries. "I can take away your pain, Stefan."

With confused eyes he stared at her, narrowing his eyes as if he wants to read what she is thinking.

"Yes, I can make the pain gone. Just tell me you want it gone"

"I…" He isn't sure what Myrtle will or can do to help him, but he's desperate. He needs to be free from the pain he is suffering. He needs to find his escape before he completely shatters to pieces. He shut his eyes tightly before nodding to her. "Take away the pain. I don't want it".

A meaningful smile curved Myrtle's lips as she held Stefan's face between her hands. A surge of power rushed from her body and she channeled it to Stefan. Stefan felt the warm and calming sensation Myrtle brought him and then he saw himself standing at the center of a room filled with mirrors. When he looked around he saw not his reflection but pieces of his life in this lifetime as well as the life he lost that awakened strong emotions inside him. From each mirror he felt it, pain, guilt, fears, love, joy, passion, and everything he felt since he was born. He stepped closer to one that has the strongest emotion. It shows him the night Elena chose to be with him for all eternity, the night she chose to spend forever with him. When he raised a hand and tried to touch it, it shattered to tiny pieces then all the other mirrors shattered and every time a mirror shatters, he felt something in him was leaving his soul. It's like the emotions were being erased together with the mirrors. Soon almost all of the mirrors are shattered, and the pain is gone. When he raised his gaze he saw seven mirrors were untouched and the emotions he felt from them pulled him into the darkest of his soul before everything went black and he fell to Myrtle's embrace.

"When you wake up, everything will change my dear Stefan. You will see the world in a different light…..or should I say in a darker light?"