Okay, so I'm really bad at remembering things but I don't own The Vampire Diaries or any of these characters, blah blah blah. Cause if I did, my babies Elena and Elijah would have been canon.

-Ace

Elena awoke the next morning to a banging on her door. Groaning she got out of bed and dragged herself to the door. Upon opening it she was greeted by a bubbly blonde. Caroline.

"Morning, Elena!" Caroline smiled.

"Good morning." Elena spoke through a yawn. "What time is it?"

"7:30." Caroline replied.

"Are you always this cheerful in the morning?" Elena asked.

"I don't remember." Caroline said with a wry smile. "Are you always this grumpy in the morning?"

"Hey," Elena chided. "I'm not grumpy, I just wasn't expecting a wake-up call this early."

"Sure, sure." Caroline replied. "Come join us for breakfast once you've turned that frown upside down." Caroline poked her cheeks and giggled as she walked away.

"I'm not grumpy!" Elena called after her retreating form.

She blushed when she noticed she had an audience. Elijah, Kol and Bonnie were standing behind her trying to contain their laughter, and failing miserably. She raised an eyebrow as they stood there. Kol and Bonnie scurried off to join the others for breakfast.

"Good morning, Elena." Elijah greeted.

"Oh, morning Elijah." Elena tugged on the hem of her shirt realising she'd ran into the hall half dressed.

Elijah admired the bare expanse of golden skin, eyes travelling up long legs. Catching himself, he coughed and left the area.

Elena returned to her room and quickly pulled on the jeans and top she had been wearing yesterday, before laying Elijah's t-shirt on the bed. She left the room and descended the stairs, her nose leading her to the kitchen where she found Bonnie frying some food. The others in the house hadn't joined them yet, so Elena and Bonnie gathered some plates and took their food to the table and began eating.

Stefan and Damon walked in.

"What is that delightful smell?" Stefan asked.

"Bonnie made breakfast." Elena smiled and motioned for the brothers to join them.

"No, there's something else." Stefan continued.

He heard gasps from the girls.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" Bonnie asked.

"Are you okay?" Elena asked softly.

Suddenly Stefan disappeared before their eyes.

"Where did he go?" Bonnie gasped.

Elena felt his strong hands on her shoulders.

"You smell delicious." He drawled as he ripped her from her chair and pinned her to the wall.

"What are you doing?" Damon glared.

"Let go of her!" Bonnie yelled. She tried to pull him off Elena but he flung her across the room, crashing into Damon.

Stefan growled as his fangs sprung from his mouth and Elena screamed as he lunged at her neck. Only the pain never came. She opened her eyes and saw Stefan half way across the room, Elijah holding him by the throat.

"Don't you ever touch her again." Elijah spoke deadly calm, but his eyes were obsidian black and his body was shaking with silent rage.

Stefan flung Elijah away from him and tried to attack Elena again but Elijah was quick and tackled him to the ground. It didn't last long though as he and Stefan were on foot again, sizing each other up. Everyone else had heard the ruckus and came in to find Stefan and Elijah glaring at each other, Bonnie and Elena looking terrified.

"What's going on here?" Klaus demanded.

Stefan tried to strike Elijah, but he dodged and held Stefan by the throat, lifting his feet off the ground.

"Stefan went nuts and tried to attack Elena!" Bonnie exclaimed.

"Big mistake." Elijah growled.

"Yeah, you're right." Damon said as he appears behind Elijah and snapped his neck. He fell to the ground, releasing Stefan.

"NO!" Elena screamed as Elijah's lifeless body dropped in front of her.

"What did you do?" Kol roared as he sped across the room and tackled Damon, both of them crashing into the wall, leaving a large dent.

"You killed him." Elena whispered. "He's dead."

"I couldn't let him kill my brother!" Damon sneered, trying to escape Kol's hold on him.

Klaus and Rebekah charged forward and gripped Stefan, each holding an arm and glaring at him.

"I'm sorry," Stefan apologised. "I couldn't think, my mind kept screaming at me to bite Elena."

"Bite her?" Caroline asked.

"She smells so good." Stefan elaborated.

"He does have a point." Klaus miserably agreed.

"And Bonnie too." Rebekah added.

"Why do you both smell so tasty?" Kol added letting go of Damon and licking his lips.

Elena and Bonnie gasped as their faces transformed into the same visage Stefan's had earlier.

"Stay back!" Bonnie held her hand out and they all went down to their knees, clutching their heads in pain.

"What's happening?" Elena asked curious as to how they were all now incapacitated.

"I don't know." Bonnie replied, just as confused.

"What the bloody hell did you do that for?" Rebekah gasped.

"Me?" Bonnie asked. "I didn't do anything!"

"Yes, you did, I can feel the power radiating off you." Kol elaborated. "I don't know how, but you just managed to make it feel like a thousand suns were exploding in my head."

"Well," Bonnie started. "That's what you get!"

"We didn't do anything!" Caroline yelled.

"You kept going on about how 'tasty' we were. That coupled with the creepy eye veins and I think I was right to defend us." Bonnie said confidently.

"Sorry, love." Klaus said, his face reverting back to normal. "But something does smell nice."

He walked over to a door in the kitchen and pushed it open, an intoxicating scent washed over everyone as Elena and Bonnie looked confused. Klaus brought out several bags of red liquid.

"Is that blood?" Bonnie asked covering her mouth.

Klaus attached his mouth to the bag and began drinking, moaning in his delight. Soon, the others had also grabbed several bags and were gulping it down appreciatively. After they were done, Kol walked over to Bonnie and sheepishly smiled at her.

"Forgive me?" He asked. "I'm not sure what is happening, but I would never hurt you."

Bonnie smiled weakly.

"Think you can do that mind trick again?" Kol asked cautiously. "Those Salvatore boys killed my brother."

"Okay, I'll try." Bonnie acquiesced, standing further away from him.

She concentrated her power on only Stefan and Damon and soon they dropped to the floor.

"Tie them up." Kol instructed.

Elena crouched down to the ground where Elijah lay dead. Her eyes traced over his body, as she rolled him over and gasped at the broken angle of his neck. Tears welled in her eyes as she stroked some of the hair back from his face. He was dead. She jumped as a hand landed on her shoulder, calming down when she saw the sorrowful face of Rebekah.

"I'm sorry." She said as she wiped away the tears that cascaded down her cheeks. "He was your brother."

Rebekah looked at the fallen body of her brother. Maybe when she regained her memories she could mourn him properly. Right now, the only positive thing that came from their amnesia was that she could not remember the man in front of her. She couldn't remember his life or their childhood, she had no memories to cry over and that was the only thing keeping her together. She took hold of Elena's hand softly and gave her a sad smile.

"Come on." She pulled Elena into the other room where Stefan and Damon were tied to chairs, Bonnie inflicting them with pain every time they tried to escape their bindings.

"I'm sorry." Damon said through gritted teeth. "I had to protect him, he's my family."

"Yes, well now I'm protecting mine." Klaus said without an ounce of regret in his eyes.

"You killed my brother." Rebekah spat from the doorway an arm supporting Elena.

Damon howled when Bonnie shot another round of pain in their direction. His eyes landing on Elena's tear filled cheeks.

"Get over it. It's not like you even remember him." He said viciously.

Elena closed her eyes as images of Elijah's death flooded her mind. Then why does my heart feel like it's broken in half.

"Be quiet!" Kol yelled at him. Damon growled.

Suddenly, they heard a loud gasp from the other room. They all raced in to find Elijah still lying on the floor, but his eyes were open and his chest was heaving up and down.

"But…" Caroline started.

"That's not possible." Klaus continued.

"Elijah." Elena said with relief as she rushed over to him. "You're alive." She leaned down, eyes wide and mouth open.

"What happened?" Elijah rolled his neck until it clicked.

"You died, brother." Klaus said still shocked that Elijah had risen from the dead.

Elena took Elijah's hand as he rose to his feet.

Caroline walked over and gave him a bag of blood.

"You'll probably want this." She said casually.

"Hey, what's going on in there?" Damon shouted from the other room.

Everyone bar Elena and Elijah walked through to were Stefan and Damon were strapped to chairs.

"Elijah's alive." Rebekah revealed, gloating that they couldn't kill her brother.

"How? Damon snapped his neck?" Stefan asked confused if slightly relieved.

"Well apparently, that's not enough to kill us." Kol smiled as he flashed over and snapped both of their necks. "Let's see if the same can be said for you two."

"Why would I want blood?" Elijah asked confused as he and Elena sat down on a nearby bench.

"Just drink it." Elena urged him.

Elijah did as she said and hesitantly sipped from the bag.

"How does it taste?" Elena asked him curiously.

"It tastes…delicious." Elijah admitted, the substance repairing his body. "Do you drink blood?"

"No. It's just me and Bonnie that don't." Elena said to him. "Although she does seem to have magic powers."

Elijah finished the bag and took Elena's hand.

"I'm glad you are okay." He admitted.

"Thanks to you." Elena blushed. "You saved me."

"I couldn't let him hurt you." Elijah said sincerely. "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

Elena cocked her head slightly. "Should I be?"

"I drink blood." He stated. "I'm incredibly fast and strong and apparently can't be killed."

"You wouldn't hurt me. I know you wouldn't." Elena said in a confident manner.

"How do you know?" He countered.

"Everything in my body tells me I can trust you." She said as she brought her hand up and cupped his cheek. "So I'm listening."

Elijah stared into her eyes. They displayed only trust and honesty.

Elijah inclined his head forward slightly to see if she would stop him. She didn't so he continued until their faces were mere inches apart. She moved the rest of the way and joined their lips together.

An electric shock ran through her as their mouths connected. He brought both of his hands up to cradle her face as their lips moved in perfect synchronicity.

Elijah's head was spinning as he opened his mouth and his tongue entered Elena's mouth, gliding against each other as if they were dancing.

They broke apart when the need to breath became too much for Elena and Elijah placed a soft, solitary kiss on her lips as they both opened their eyes.

"Ahem." Rebekah and Caroline coughed from the doorway.

The couple shot apart.

"Thought you'd want to know we found something." Rebekah motioned for them to follow her.

They both headed in the direction the blondes had retreated in, Elena with a shy smile and Elijah's lips quirking upwards slightly as his hand rested at the bottom of her back.

"Glad you could join us." Klaus started. "We have made a discovery!"

"What is it?" Elijah asked curiously.

"This." Klaus held up an ancient looking book.

"Funny looking words." Kol commented.

"Seems someone here is a witch, my bet is on young Bonnie over there." Klaus pointed.

"A witch? Seriously?" Bonnie scoffed.

"How else do you explain your little mind magic earlier?" Klaus retorted.

She was silent. Klaus smirked.

"Here you go." Klaus shoved the book into Bonnie's hands. "Find a spell to bring back our memories."

"What do we do in the meantime?" Caroline asked.

"I think we should go out and explore." Kol commented from his sprawled-out position on the sofa.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Elijah worried.

"Oh, come on. It's the best way to find out more about ourselves until Bonnie finds a spell that can help us." Rebekah really wanted to get outside.

Elijah sighed.

"Fine" He relented. "But we stick together."

Kol cheered as everyone got ready.

"What and I'm just supposed to stay here all day?" Bonnie asked, upset at being left behind.

"Fine, you can come, but you've got to focus on the book." Klaus told her.

"What about those two?" Rebekah asked of the Salvatore brothers.

"Leave them here, until we return." Klaus replied.

"What if they leave?" Elena asked worriedly.

"Then at least we'll be rid of them." Kol remarked not caring for either of them.

"Everything should be fine, Elena." Elijah comforted her. She smiled at his sincerity and nodded her agreement.

They all left the house and found multiple cars parked outside.

"I don't remember how to work one of those things!" Caroline said as everyone scratched their heads.

"Looks like we're walking then." Elena said as they all started the journey to the town centre.