31/09/11
A few weeks ago i met a man, a beautiful, charming, mysterious man, and i fell for him instantly. We had our first kiss at a Lockwood party, oh those Lockwood parties, always a memorable night. Ever since i have been dating Damon Salvatore. We've been on 6 dates and counting. He took me on a road trip to Georgia, watched the notebook, made out on a ferris wheel and many more. I've been considering taking our relationship to the next level, but i haven't found the right time. Today's a friday, which means date night tonight, but first, school, the worst part of my week, i wish i could just head over to Damon's and lie in bed with him all day but no i can't, i have to attend school. I closed the car door behind me and walked to the schools large gates with Bonnie by my side. I had known Bonnie and Caroline my whole life and they were my best friends, they meant everything to me.
"So how's that new hottie boyfriend of yours?" Bonnie teased.
"He's smoking." I joked. We walked through the halls and Bonnie stopped me.
"Who's that?" She asked pointing to an unfamiliar back in the enrollment office.
"New guy? All i see is back." I replied.
"That's one hot back." She smirked and i gave her an eye roll. I said goodbye to Bonnie and turned around and headed toward my locker. I opened my locker door and pulled my Chemistry book out, the bell had gone and i was the only one in the hall, i closed my locker door and turned around to move to class, i let out a loud scream as i bumped into some guy.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you" He said as he helped me pick up my books.
"No it's ok, i just, i thought i was the only one in the hall." I replied.
"I'm Stefan, Salvatore, i just started here." He smiled.
"Salvatore? As in Damon Salvatore?" I asked curiously.
"Ahh so you've met my brother?" Damon had never mentioned having a brother, what was he hiding from me?
"Yeah i'm dating your brother, actually." I held my guard up, something wasn't right, something felt familiar i just couldn't tell what. "I should probably get to class... it was nice meeting you Stefan."
"Where you going? i have so many more questions to ask you Elena." He shouted after me.
I turned around slowly. "I never told you my name." I stated.
"Lucky guess?" He replied.
"How did you know my name?" I demanded.
"You're popular around here, how about we go get a drink tonight? We can finish our little talk." He suggested. I remembered where i got this feeling, a couple of weeks ago, when i heard a noise coming from the gym, i had the very same feeling in my gut, like something bad was about to happen.
"I can't, i'm um, busy, goodbye Stefan." I concluded, ending the conversation as i ran to class.
I sat down at a desk in Chemistry next to Bonnie.
"Thank you for joining us, Miss Gilbert." Mr. Tanner said. "Up here at the front is the desk for late comers." He gestured his hand to an empty desk at the front of the room. I grabbed my stuff, rolled my eyes and moved to the front desk. Shortly afterwards the door opened and Stefan walked in. I let out a sigh and turned away trying to hide my face.
"Class this is our new student, Stefan Salvatore, Stefan you can take a seat up the front here next to Elena." Tanner suggested.
"No!" I screeched suddenly, not thinking before i spoke.
"Come on Elena, i don't bite." Stefan mocked as he sat down next to me. "Hey there." He leaned in and whispered. I flinched and ignored his attempt to contact with me.
The day was finally over and i was finally going home, i could get away from Stefan and i could go on my date with Damon. Although now, there was a talk we needed to have. Damon hadn't told me he had a brother, he hadn't told me much about him at all really. He was picking me up at 8 but wouldn't tell me where we were going, he said he wanted it to be a surprise, i hate surprises. You got me, i love them, but i'm too nervous to be excited about the surprise of where we're going. I pulled on some jeans and a cute shirt. I was running late, i got caught up in wondering what i was going to wear that i didn't realize it was already 8pm, i ran downstairs and sat on the couch next to the door and waited eagerly for Damon to arrive. I waited and i waited and then it hit 9 and i started to worry. Where was he?
Damon was dripping wet when he heard someone approach, he quickly got dressed and walked over to his dresser and pulled out a wooden stake, he stood still listening to his surroundings. He turned quickly and pushed hard against the strong body standing behind him. Stefan flung into the wall. Damon sped after him and grabbed him by the collar.
"What are you doing here, brother?" He asked bitterly.
"Can't a guy come see my big bro without having to have a reason?" Stefan spat out. Damon's grip tightened around Stefan's throat.
"Not when the guy's you they can't. Now come clean before i have to rip your throat out. Why are you here?" Damon demanded.
"Came to bond with you." Stefan was being stubborn. Damon pushed the stake into Stefan's skin right under his heart.
"I'm going to give you one more chance, brother." Damon was insisting in getting answers out of Stefan, Stefan was bad news, he was a ripper.
"Okay fine, let me go and i'll tell you." Stefan agreed. Damon pulled the stake out of Stefan and let go of his throat. Stefan took a second to catch his breath before Damon charged at him and pushed him out the window.
"Now let's talk." Damon said as he walked over to Stefan struggling on the pavement. "Even as the ripper you aren't stronger than me" Damon stated with a slight laugh.
"Do you want to talk or are you just going to keep punching me?" Stefan mocked.
"Spit it out."
"Katherine's alive." Stefan struggled to his feet. "She's in the tomb, with the other vampires, there's a way to get her out."
Damon looked at Stefan with disgust. "Katherine didn't love us, Stefan, she played us, i don't need her in my life, i have a new life now."
"With Elena?" Stefan looked Damon in the eye.
"How did you know about Elena?" Damon demanded as he took a step closer to his bleeding brother.
"You're not the only one who's heard the word of the doppelgänger Damon. That and we're chemistry partners." Stefan smirked.
Damon grabbed Stefan by the throat again. "Stay away from her." He shouted.
"Sure Damon, whatever you say." Stefan grinned. Damon snarled and threw Stefan away before checking his phone.
"Shit." He exclaimed as he saw the time. He brushed Stefan off, ran upstairs and changed into non-blood covered clothes.
I was starting to worry, it was 9pm and Damon was an hour late, Damon was never late. There was finally a nock on the door and on the other side stood Damon with a bunch of flowers and ann apologetic look in his eye.
"Look who decided to finally show." I said, not pleased.
"These are for you, i'm sorry i'm late, my uh, my little brother showed up causing trouble." He confessed, handing me the flowers.
"Did he mention me? He approached me today in the school hall, he started talking about you and then he wanted me to go get a drink with him so we could 'talk'" I explained.
"Hey listen, if he comes near you again, you call me straight away, ok? He's not someone you want to be hanging around. Promise me you'll stay away from him." Damon cupped my face in his hands and looked into my eyes.
"Ok. I promise" I replied as i ended the conversation with a kiss.
The next day i had a meeting with the other hunters. I crept through the Lockwood tunnels till i reached the one cave that was safe from any and all vampires. The others were waiting for me.
"Five deaths in 2 days, all victims were drained completely of blood, covered up as an 'animal attack'" Sherif Forbes explained.
"They must be back. Hiding amongst us. Check up on who has recently come to town, after the attacks started." Mayor Lockwood ordered.
"Have you had a look at the bodies?" I asked.
"All female, all drained of blood with bite marks in different areas. Without a doubt it's a vampire." Alaric replied.
"Elena, we need the compass, do you still have it?" The Sherif asked.
"Yeah i have it." I answered.
"Good, keep it on you, see if you can pick up anything, use it with anyone new you come across, or when you're in a unusual situation, whenever you can, ok?" She replied.
"You got it." I concluded the meeting and headed home. I was driving down the highway when i saw a man suddenly appear in the middle of the road. I slammed the breaks but i was too slow, i hit the body and the car spun and spun and flipped down the hill.
A few hours later i woke up in a cellar. There was a figure standing in front of me. I sat up slowly and cautiously. Stefan. Stefan crouched down beside me and whispered "Finally." in my ear.
"I was thinking i'd done a real number on you." He continued. I carefully put my hand in my pocket and grabbed the compass. It pointed directly at my boyfriends younger brother. I gasped and Stefan smiled.
"Looks like your boyfriends not so honest with you hey." He smirked.
"We can skip the drama and get to the point. Why'd you take me?" I questioned.
"Well if you really want to know, i need your help, well no necessarily your help, more like i need your doppelganger blood for a little ritual." He stated.
"My doppelganger blood? What is that supposed to mean?" I snapped.
"Wow you don't even know your own history." He replied. "Katherine Pierce, also known as Katerina Petrova, she was a beautiful young vampire that i met back in the late 1800s when i was still human, Damon and i, we fell for her tricks, and we fell for her."
"How does this have anything to do with me?" I asked angrily. Hearing Damon's name in this story confirmed what i was thinking but dreading. Damon was one of them, Damon was everything i stood against. I had fallen in love with a vampire.
"I'm getting to it, be patient. You my dear Elena, are Katherine's doppelganger. A doppelganger is an exact replica of somebody hundreds of years after their bloodline is continued, you are Katherine's." He informed me. What did he mean i was her doppelganger? Just as i was about to continue questioning him the door slammed open and Damon barged in.
"I told you to stay away from her, brother." Damon shouted as he grabbed Stefan's throat and held him up against the wall. I scattered into the corner, Damon turned to face me, he could see the fear in my eyes, the betrayal. He threw Stefan into the corner, picked me up and sped out with me. He stopped when we reached his house. I had very high blood pressure and Damon had laid me down on his bed to rest. I awoke and sat up quickly, staring at the one man that i love, and that betrayed me. He stared at me, ashamed.
"Get away from me." I demanded as i got out of the bed and grabbed a wooden stake that was sitting on his bedside dresser.
"Elena, let me explain." He said calmly, walking slowly toward me.
"There is nothing to explain! You lied to me! You're a murderer! You stand for everything i'm against!" I shouted, gripping the stake tightly in my hand.
"I was going to tell you, ok, let me explain everything, just put the stake down, ok, come here, let me help you." He stepped closer and i raised the stake and stabbed him in the stomach with it.
"There's nothing to talk about, i'm going home, stay away from me and stay out of my way." I pushed him to the ground and ran out, tears streaming down my face.
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing, unwillingly i grabbed my phone off my bedside table and answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Elena, we know who the vampire is, or should i say, vampires, theres two of them, brothers, i hate to tell you this, but your boyfriends got a secret." Sheriff Forbes informed me. Tell me something i don't know. "They've gone into hiding, can't find them anywhere, but if i were you i'd stay away from Damon, and his brother." She continued.
"Yeah, yeah i know, i broke up with him last night, i'll keep an eye out for you." I told sheriff, but really i wouldn't rat out my ex boyfriend to the council. Whatever i felt for Damon was still there and i wasn't going to let him die. Even though he was a monster, i wouldn't let him die.
31/12/11
It was New Years Eve and it had been 3 months since my break up with Damon. I hadn't handled it well. I missed him. I tried to find him, but i couldn't find him anywhere. He was protecting me. Shoving himself out of my life to protect me. Well i didn't need to be protected and i was going to find him. I've had enough of being the depressed teenager who found out her boyfriend was a killer. I was going to find Damon, tonight. There was one place i hadn't looked, one place i should have looked straight away. On one of our first dates we went to the amusement park and rid the ferris wheel. Underneath the amusement park was a storage room that Damon took me to. He gave me a necklace in that room. As i walked through the amusement park i made sure i wasn't followed. I walked into the arcade and through the door at the back. I jumped through the dusty door on the floor and landed safely in the storage room. There was a dark figure in the corner.
"How'd you find me?" Damon asked.
"I didn't think of it before but this is where you gave me my necklace, remember?" I replied, slowly walking towards him.
"Were you followed?" He was worried about the secrecy of his new home.
"Not that i could tell."
"What are you doing here? It isn't safe." He turned to face me.
"I came for you, i can't do this anymore, i don't care what you are, i just care who you are" I stated.
"And who am i?" He replied.
"You're Damon, and i love you." I walked closer to him. He stood still for a moment, then he walked over to me, cupped my face and kissed me. He backed out of the kiss and whispered "I love you too, warrior princess." Then a large smirk appeared on his face before he kissed me again. The moment was perfect, nothing mattered now that i had Damon, we could be happy. Suddenly the ceiling door slammed open and three large men jumped in. Damon stepped in front of me.
"Klaus." He said.
