Author's Note- Hey you guys! I know it's been more than a month that I've updated but I have had to do deal with my mom's funeral, traveling to a different country, people in general. It's just been a really tough month and I couldn't have the time to write but I finally finished! Your reviews helped me so much and it suprised me how many people liked it because it was really just a thought that came to my head. Anyways, I'm going to try to do my best with this story and I hope you guys like it to. I actually spent a really large amount thinking about this character I created and lets just say he now has a really interesting life story. This story came out too long so I had to cut it in half so this is the first part and maybe that's why it has a boring ending because it technically wasn't supposed to end there. I'll probably post the second half tomorrow and if not than definitely the day after. I'm so excited for this story! Anyways, please please please review and favorite because it helps me so much! Leave feedback, suggestions, your thoughts, whatever. I think I'm going to start answering back to the reviews too so there's that. I know I talk a lot so let's just get on with the story!
Stefan was pacing around the living room when he heard the front door close. As soon as he sensed who it was he speeded toward him and pinned him to the wall.
"Where were you? You know what I had to do when I went to Klaus' house to get you? I had to give him nine of the white oak stakes and he's waiting for the other two that are left." Stefan angrily said at the man. Damon Salvatore. Damon gave a smirk and easily pushed Stefan off him. It made him feel strong again after the numerous times Darren pinned him and Damon couldn't do anything about it. Damon ignored his brother and went over to pour himself some scotch. Stefan stared at his brother if he were insane.
"Are you even listening to me? We only have two stakes left." Stefan continued but Damon only had the smirk planted on his face while staring at Stefan.
"What is wrong with you? Why are you so happy after everything I just told you." Stefan asked, still full of anger.
"I'm happy, because of that, brother." Damon said and pointed behind Stefan. Stefan got a confused look and slowly turned around before he realized that he was thrown across the room.
Stefan was in shock as he opened his eyes from his fall but felt a pain in his neck when suddenly someone was pinning him onto the wall. His eyes were still dizzy so he couldn't concentrate on who the person doing this to him was.
Although he felt his body sting in pain, Stefan was quick enough to kick the man when he wasn't paying attention. Stefan got free and pinned the man to the floor who he still couldn't recognize due to his vision.
"Wow. I must say I'm impressed of how better you've gotten since the last time I saw you, baby brother." Stefan heard the man say and that's when he froze.
"Darren?" The name had barely left his mouth when he felt Darren take advantage of Stefan's shock as he quickly freed himself and twisted Stefan's hand around his back.
"But your not that good." Darren smirked before he twisted Stefan's arm more until Stefan couldn't take it any longer and let out a tiny whimper.
"I think you should let our baby brother go before he starts crying of pain." Damon said with a smirk. He was enjoying his older brother hurting Stefan without getting in trouble but Damon knew how weak Stefan is and knows he can't handle it.
Stefan could only faintly hear Damon and actually had to hold back his tears. Stefan felt like he was dreaming or imagining everything. Is my brother actually here? Stefan kept on asking himself, not believing anything. Stefan was in deep thought that he didn't even realize Darren let him go until he lost his balance and hit the floor.
"I think you should take yourself out of that 'us' Damon. Your as weak as him." Darren defended as he helped Stefan up. Damon only stayed quiet and took another sip of his drink. Even if he spoke a word of saying otherwise, Darren would mention of what happened in the woods.
Stefan was still in shock and only stared at Darren. His memories of all the times he pleaded for his brother were starting to come back. It has been more than 25 years since he saw him, spoke to him, that he even started to believe he was dead. Darren would always check up on him every year until the day he suddenly disappeared, after the fight between the brothers. From then on Stefan had no idea what he was doing or where he was, until now.
"Darren?" Stefan choked out again but this time with a tear escaping his eye. Darren walked over to him and pulled Stefan into a tight hug and gladly returned it.
"Your actually here? I didn't think I would ever see you again after- what happened." Stefan couldn't even get the words to come out and continued crying into his brother's shoulder, not caring if Damon would make fun of him. But surprisingly Damon only stood there drinking his scotch, remembering the last time he heard Stefan cry was when he passed by his room, Stefan pleading that Darren is alive and can come to Mystic Falls to make everything right.
"I'm sorry Stef, but I can't tell you how much I've been trying to see you two. I've been…busy, for these past 25 years." Darren said while stroking Stefan's blondish-brown hair. Darren wanted to tell his brothers what had happened but he knew it would only cause more problems than what they're dealing with already.
After a while they finally broke their hug and Darren gave a smirk.
"I thought you said he didn't have his humanity fully back. This seems like our usual, full of emotion, baby brother." Darren said over to Damon.
"He didn't. You have the power to do anything, brother." Damon dramatically answered with a smirk. Damon was about to take another sip of his drink when it suddenly vanished out of his hands.
"Thank You for sharing." Darren said from across the room while raising the glass and took a sip. Damon rolled his eyes in annoyance and Stefan looked down trying not to grin. Stefan was glad the only person who was able to boss Damon around was here and that person happens to be his brother because now he had a less chance of getting killed by Damon.
"So. What's the current drama you two have started here?" Darren asked. The three brothers were sitting in the living room having a drink discussing what they need to do.
"This time it wasn't entirely our fault. The Originals started the mess were in." Damon pointed out but both brothers ignored him.
"We had eleven white oak stakes so we were planning to kill all of the Originals but it turns out if one original dies their whole bloodline does too. But yesterday when I was going to give Klaus nine of the stakes in order to get Damon back, he found out about all eleven of them. Fortunately he let me go but he's expecting the two stakes we still have left. We just need to find out which Original were from so we can kill the rest of them." Stefan explained and then took a long drink of his scotch.
Darren tensed when Stefan said that last sentence. They are planning on killing the whole Mikaelson Family, Darren thought. I can't let them do that.
"Darren? Are you listening?" Damon asked after a few seconds. Darren looked up and saw his brothers staring at him in concern.
"Yeah I'm listening. So what are you two planning to do to find out who's bloodline were from. I don't think your going to be able to ask any stranger off the street." Darren joked although he could feel how tense he was being. The eldest Salvatore perfectly knew well who it was. Klaus Mikaelson. Darren needs to know what they're going to do so he can stop them from finding out.
"Damon is going to go with Elena on a road trip to get her brother so they can talk to a ghost, Rose, to find out who turned her. When they find out we'll kill the rest of the family and only keep the person were sired to. Hopefully it isn't Klaus." Stefan said and Darren tried not to let out a scoff. My brothers have the worst luck. Darren was going to ask a question when he felt a cold rush run through his body. Darren remembered what Stefan had said before.
"Wait. How do you know if one original dies they're bloodline does too?" Darren asked alarmed. There is no way they could know that unless…
"Easy. We killed one." Damon answered proudly and took a sip of his scotch. Darren completely froze and slowly turned to look at Damon.
"You what?" He finally asked. Damon wasn't noticing his brother's panicked voice and answered easily,
"We killed one. We should be glad it wasn't our bloodline though or that would have suck."
"Which one?"
"Does it matter?" Damon asked now noticing how his brother was acting.
"I just want to know. Which one did you kill, Damon?" Darren asked with a stern voice as his green eyes stared right into Damon's blue. Damon saw that his brother was giving him the stare, the look he did when he needed something from him.
"Finn Mikaelson. We killed Finn." Stefan answered for him as he to was starting to notice Darren's sudden behavior.
Darren's eyes relaxed and so did his whole body. Finn. He had never met Finn because he had been daggered for more than 900 years which made Darren quietly sigh in relief. If it had been any other one Darren was sure he would have gone mad.
"So a road trip?" Darren finally said when he was fine. He gave a smirk.
"When are we leaving?"
"Okay so your going to let Damon go on a road trip to Denver with your ex girlfriend who he happens to be in love with while you stay here watching over Damon's best friend. Can I ask, Why?" Darren asked confused. The two Salvatore Brothers were discussing the plan for the day but Darren wasn't getting the concept on why Damon was going instead of Stefan. Stefan gave a sigh and crossed his arms.
"I need to find out if Elena has feelings for him like he does. And since he's going, someone has to look after Alaric until his other side or whatever comes. But I still don't know why you want to go to Denver with them. You don't even like Denver" Stefan questioned his brother. Darren gave a grin with a nod.
"I'm surprised you still remember that. I do hate Denver but I actually need to do-an errand over there." Darren said, trying to find the right word for killing a vampire he didn't really want to but had to. Stefan noticed Darren did that tone to not ask anymore questions. He was going to ask anyway when he remembered that Damon even told him to not annoy Darren so he kept his mouth shut.
"Well Damon and Elena aren't leaving any time soon and I know how much you hate being bored so all I'm telling you there's a bar in the Mystic Grill." Stefan said and Darren gave a smirk.
"Oh baby brother you know me so well." He said before he ruffled his hair knowing Stefan hated that and ran off. Stefan rolled his eyes and finally gave a smile. I'm glad your back.
"So I'm off the hook in organizing the decade dance this time. I can't believe I'm going to see Tyler again! I'm actually going to have a date for the dance!" The blonde baby vampire squealed. Caroline Forbes has been waiting for this day since the second Tyler left and now he's finally back. She was telling her excitement to her best friend Bonnie Bennett in the Mystic Grill with her just nodding at everything Caroline said.
"I'm so glad your happy Caroline. But guess what, your not the only one who has a date." Bonnie said with a grin. Caroline squealed again and she thought this was one of her best days she's had in forever.
"Your going to the dance with Jamie? Bonnie this is probably one of the best days we've had in a really long time. Can it get any better?" As if on cue, someone entered the restaurant and for some reason Caroline felt the need to turn towards it. When she saw what she was staring at, her mouth hung open not believing her eyes.
"I'm seeing a god." Caroline slowly said and Bonnie wasn't understanding what she was talking about until she turned around and saw him.
"Oh my god" Bonnie said out loud without thinking. They were staring at the hottest man in the room. He was young, had black smooth hair, a leather jacket, and some shades covering his eyes.
"Take it off. Take it off." Caroline was praying for the shades to come off and when it finally did, she felt her heart melt. Now where the shades once were, it revealed one of the most beautiful dark green eyes they've ever seen.
Before Bonnie or even Caroline noticed, the baby vampire started heading to the man who was now at the bar.
"Hi! Are you new to Mystic Falls? I'm Caroline Forbes and this is my friend Bonnie Bennett." Caroline introduced themselves. He turned around to face the beautiful young ladies.
"Hi. Caroline Forbes and Bonnie Bennett? I've heard the things you've done around here." He answered and took a shot of his drink. Bonnie and Caroline immediately froze. Did he know the stuff they've done to stay alive?
"Excuse me?" Bonnie asked when she realized no one had said anything.
"Well I've heard you two always help around here by volunteering. Aren't you Miss Mystic Falls?" He asked while turning towards Caroline. Caroline felt compelled to his beautiful green eyes that Bonnie had to nudge her to answer.
"Oh! Yes I am Miss Mystic Falls. How did you know?" She asked him. Darren gave a smirk that reminded them of someone but couldn't lay their finger on.
"I've done my study around this town." He simply answered with taking another shot. Bonnie noticed he hadn't told them his name and was about to ask for it when they heard another man's voice coming towards them.
"Darren!" It was Damon Salvatore. The two girls rolled their eyes at the vampire's presence.
"Come on we need to go already. It's going to take a few hours to reach Denver so we should leave now." Damon told him, ignoring the girls. Caroline was about to tell him to go away when she processes what he said. Darren? Is that his name? But then another thought crossed his mind.
"Wait. You know him?" She asked the man- Darren- with a confused face. Darren got up from his seat, his eyes never leaving the girls.
"Well it would be pretty stupid for my older brother not knowing me. Now if you'll excuse us, Blondie, Witchy, we need to go save our lives." Damon answered before he left out the door. The two girls eyes were widened not believing what Damon had just said. Darren gave a smirk at the girl's faces.
"Well I should be going then. Little brothers are annoying. And if you haven't catched on, My name is Darren Salvatore. See you girls later." He said and followed his brother out the door leaving Caroline and Bonnie shocked.
"He's a- Salvatore?" Caroline said, not even believing her words.
"More importantly, Stefan and Damon have an older brother." Bonnie said, not believing Damon having a brother that bothers him like he does to Stefan.
Both best friends just stood there staring at the door. Remembering what had just happened.
"So- Caroline. Don't you need to meet up with Tyler?" Bonnie said finally snapping out of it.
"Who? Right! Tyler! See you later Bonnie." Caroline quickly answered before she almost crashed into someone and went out the door. Bonnie continued standing there and surprisingly gave a small smile, Darren Salvatore.
"Who are you?" Elena Gilbert blurted out. She didn't mean to sound rude but when a mysterious man she's never met answers the Salvatores' door, it might have startled her.
Darren gave a smirk at the appearance. The resemblance is uncanny.
"I'm Darren. Come on in, I have heard so much about you Miss Elena Gilbert." Darren gestured to come in by opening the door wider. Elena gave a look of unsure. She was having a serious case of Déjà vu.
"You act like it's your house. And not wanting to sound rude but, who are you Darren?" Elena asked, turning around to face him. She was a little scared that she didn't sense Stefan or even Damon around except for a handsome stranger inviting her into their house. Darren stood forward and his eyes examined Elena. It's not like he was falling in love with her like his brothers did. No, Darren hated Katherine when they were human and when they were vampires. She never caught his eye.
"Technically, it is my house. I'm Darren Salvatore. But I got to say, I'm a little upset that neither of my younger brothers have mentioned me. Was I not important to share, Damon, Stefan?" Darren asked while never leaving Elena's gaze. She didn't understand until she turned around and saw both Salvatore brothers entering the room.
"Well brother it never really came up. But in my defense you never tell us what you've been doing either. Care to share?" Damon slyly asked while walking towards them. Darren rolled his eyes and shoved his brother towards the door while Elena walked out.
"Nope. And I never will. See you Stef, we'll call you when we save our bloodline from our ultimate doom." Darren called out and slammed the door shut. Stefan stared at the close door for a minute. It's going to be a long trip for those three.
A/N- Did you like it? I tried really hard on this story so please review and favorite. Again, sorry for the boring ending but remember the second half I will probably post tomorrow so stay tuned. And also, do you think Darren should stay a single man, go with Bonnie, or Caroline? You guys choose on that one and tell me in the reviews or PM. The one with the most votes, I can make that happen. Anyways, Thank you and I hope you will stay through with me in this journey. Bye!
