~ This chapter has some flashbacks of some of the main events that led to the beginning of this story.
Y0uNMcK33: I can tell you that there is no chance of that happening. Elena will definitely not be a pathetic sap without the Salvatores and Damon will learn this the hard way. I'm glad you like it :)
~ Two chapters within 12 hours... that's pretty much a record for me. Then again, these chapters are shorter than I normally make them.
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General POV
Elena went back to her hotel room. She didn't know how or why Damon had found her in New York. It's not like she cared for him anymore or anyone, so why was she thinking about his presence? The last time she saw him was in Mystic Falls, after she turned.
~Flashback~
Elena was standing in the back, underneath the trees. Tears falling uncontrollably down her face. 'He's gone.' She couldn't help but think. Her brother, Jeremy Gilbert, was dead and it was all her fault. 'If he would have just kept his ring on' She thought as the tears ran down her eyes. Elena slowly stepped closer to the headstone that had her brother's name on it. She dropped down onto her knees, not feeling the strength to stand. The tears started to flow out of her eyes faster, if that was even possible.
"Elena." She heard a voice whisper but she didn't even bother to look up. "Hey." He kneeled down next to her and wrapped her arms around her. "It's not your fault Elena." He whispered.
"But it is Stefan." Elena said through her tears. "I lost control and he wasn't wearing his ring."
"You didn't know." He said, trying to comfort her.
"It happens to the best of us." Damon said, making Elena aware of his presence. "It's going to be okay."
"How can you say that Damon?" Elena asked through the tears as she finally moved her gaze from the headstone. "He's my brother and I killed him." Damon just looked down at Elena with a saddened expression. He knew what Jeremy meant to Elena, especially with him being Elena's last family. She was the one that killed him, but it was his fault that he wasn't wearing his ring. No one knew why he wasn't wearing it, but that's not what they dwelled on. Elena looked down at her hand. She was tightly holding Jeremy's ring. She wanted to keep it as a reminder as her brother. Her tears started to flow down her eyes again as she started to silently cry. Stefan just held Elena tighter, not knowing what else he could say.
"Let's get her inside." Damon quietly suggested to Stefan, who slowly stood, bring Elena with him. The three of them stood there for a moment before slowly walking away. Elena was still crying over the loss of her brother.
~End of Flashback~
Subconsciously Elena's hand went to her neck, to the necklace she was wearing. There were two rings on it. One was Jeremy's and the other was Alaric's. Not long before Jeremy died, Alaric had died in a car crash. It was a rainy night and the other driver was being reckless and Alaric paid the price. Even though Elena didn't care about anything anymore, she still kept the rings with her.
Damon had decided to go back to where he was staying. After Elena left Mystic Falls, everyone did everything they could to try and find her. Bonnie did a locator spell practically everyday. Damon had the sheriff look into any possible vampire attacks within the state and he searched with Stefan for Elena. After a few months, Bonnie started to lose confidence in finding Elena. A few months after Bonnie, the Stefan started to lose confidence. Even the sheriff started to lose hope after a year. Damon, never stopped thinking about Elena. When everyone gave up, he didn't. He got help from some witches, that were willing to help him. The whole time he tried to look for Elena, he kept a few things of hers with him.
Damon put his hand in his pants pocket and pulled out a necklace. It was the necklace that Stefan had given to Elena. He had it with him ever since he left on his own to look for Elena. Anytime he started to think about her, he would pull out the necklace. Damon had also kept her diary with him, even though he never looked in it. He loved her too much to look into it. It was different when he would look into Stefan's diary, because Stefan was his brother, but he loved Elena. Damon also carried a picture of her in his wallet. He could never bring himself to get rid of them, even when he had his bad days. Few witches over the years actually helped them, but he gave up on asking them and decided to find Elena himself. At the moment, he was glad he found Elena but he could tell she wasn't the same Elena he knew.
~Flashback~
Elena slowly opened her eyes to see that she was in her bed with Stefan. She slowly got out of her bed, being careful not to wake him. When she was out, she made her way to the bathroom and ended up peaking into Jeremy's room. Tears started to gather in her eyes again, realizing that she would never see him again. 'It's my fault' she thought. No matter what Stefan and Damon told her, she knew it was her fault. If she could have only controlled it and if only he was wearing his ring, Jeremy would still be alive. She took a deep breath and closed the door to Jeremy's room, doing her best not to make a sound.
Elena slowly walked to her desk, which had two rings on it. Alaric's and Jeremy's. She quietly found a string, put the rings on it and tied it around her neck, making a necklace. Looking into her mirror, she could see the trail of tears that were coming out of her eyes. 'Will I ever stop crying?' She asked herself before looking towards Stefan. He was still sleeping soundly. 'They won't ever stop' Elena thought to herself. Damon, Stefan, and even Bonnie would never stop until they got her believe that it wasn't Elena's fault that Jeremy was dead. She didn't want them to keep bothering her, so she did the one thing she could think of. She ran. Elena ran as fast as she could from Mystic Falls. The only thing she brought with her was the necklace, which had both Alaric's and Jeremy's rings on it.
~End of Flashback~
Elena had taken a shower and ordered some room service. She wasn't hungry for human food, but she didn't have anything to do. She compelled the person that brought her the food and had sex with him with the intention of draining him of his blood before she left the hotel in the morning.
As Damon laid on his bed, he looked up at the ceiling. After five years, he finally knew where Elena was. He internally smiled, despite his worry. The Elena he knew wouldn't take human life the way he saw her do earlier. He told himself that he would find out what happened to her. He wanted to know the reason she left Mystic Falls, the reason she didn't let anyone know where she was, and the reason she was acting the way she was. 'I love you Elena' Damon thought before he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
~ The chapters for this story are going to be shorter, like I've said before, but hopefully you won't mind if I try to update everyday or at least every other day with this story.
~ Any suggestions/ideas you have would be appreciated, especially since I want to make it at least five chapters long... but this is a mini-story... so it won't be as long as most of my other stories.
~ If you like this story, please check out my other stories as well. There are two that are sort of Damon/Elena and the rest of them are pretty much either Damon/OC/Klaus, OC/Klaus, or in one case Tyler/OC/Jeremy. That's not counting the one shots I currently have up.
R&R 'till the next update