Chapter 2 – Mystic Falls
Damon Pov – (going to try at least)
I have been trying to get the tomb open for 145 years so I can get Katherine, my mate out from imprisonment. See I am a traditional vampire that was turned in 1864. My brother Stefan and I were both in love with the same woman, Katherine Pierce but she always told me that I was her mate. I love her so much.
Our town back then was very aware of vampires and had created a council dedicated to hunting vampires. When our father learned of what Katherine was, she was captured and my brother and I were shot by our father for attempting to save Katherine. Thankfully we had her blood in our system, but I had thought that Katherine was dead, so I was just going to not feed and die. My brother had gone off to go and find our father.
While I was contemplating my death, one of our maids came by and sat next to me. Her name was Susan. She was always very nice to me, and trying to help me when my father and I would have an argument. I always got a sense that she had some big secret.
"Damon..." she whispered softly, "you are not meant to die tonight. You need to live for your mate." She said. I looked back at her shocked about what she was telling me. "You need to live. You are different than normal vampires Damon. You are meant for so much more. I can't tell you how and what path to follow. I am breaking the rules by even telling you to live, but I can't let you make the decision to die over a death that didn't actually happen."
Wait, didn't actually happen? I thought. "Are you talking about Katherine? Do you mean that Katherine is alive?" I asked with hope in my voice.
"Well, yes, I made a deal with her and Emily to save her, but in order to save her, we had to save all the others. See, I am a witch too. But I practice differently than Emily. But anyway, they are trapped underneath the church. Sealed in a tomb that can't be opened. Emily has the reverse spell, and during the vampire round up I am not sure what happened to Katherine." She looked confused of why I asked about Katherine.
"Yes, I have to be strong for my mate. So, I can unlock her from the tomb, and then we can have eternity together!" I whispered to myself. Yes, this will be my reason for living. I have to go find Stefan and feed so that I can start on my journey of saving Katherine.
"Wait, No Damon. That's not what I…." Susan started, but I cut her off. I gave her a hug and said thank you then ran off. I could hear Susan yelling, "Damon no that's not who…" but I didn't hear what else she was talking about. I was already off finding my brother.
Susan pov –
I sighed. He will just have to figure it out on his own. I turned and looked out at the lake we had been standing next too. While I was staring, a ghostly figure appeared in front of me.
"thank you, Susan, for trying to help set him on his path, but you know that is against the rules. He must find me when the time is right." The voice whispered. It was a young girl with dark long brown hair.
"I am sorry Isabella, but I had to do something. Or he would have died, and then both of your souls would have been wondering the earth for who knows how long again." I told her. "I had to try, but he is still so infatuated with that vial Katherine. I can't believe he thinks I was talking about her!"
Isabella laughed, "Yes she has been getting on my nerves, but it will all work out. It gives him something to work for, and when we are ready to be reunited, he will be strong and ready. I feel that my return to earth will be the hardest one yet." She said sadly. "Susan, my young light witch, you have been such help. I hope to meet some of your descendants when I am back on earth. Take care." Isabella smiled at me then disappeared.
I looked down and smiled to myself. My family had been around for a long time. We were given the task of helping the young elementals when they were upon the earth. But it had been so long that we had lost faith of one returning. But when I started working with the Salvatore's, Isabella had come to me in my dreams and asked me to look over the older brother, Damon. She said he was important, but I was not to interfere. He must make his own choices.
Then when Katherine had shown up and began causing trouble between the brothers, I grew worried. But Isabella would come to me and tell me that everything will work out how it is supposed to. So, I would help Damon when I needed too, but otherwise would let him make his own decisions.
I reached down in my bag for my journal that I had kept since I started working here. I had written down everything that I had learned from Isabella and what I had been learning from my mother as well. She was a witch too, but I was told that I was the light witch that would help the elemental if she had come during my time.
"Uh Oh, where is it?" I muttered to myself. Shoot, that had important information. I turned back toward the house to try and find my journal.
Damon pov again.
I was thinking back to that day that I turned into a vampire. Our maid, Susan I think her name was, had told me that Katherine was my mate and that I had to save her from the tomb. I have been gaining power since that day. I found out that I am stronger than other vampires that are even older than I am. I don't need to feed as often, though I tend to just for the fun of it.
I have also found out that I can shape shift, but only to a couple animals. I turn into a Raven and a black cat. Both are very useful for spying on people and listening in when I need too. I can also control the weather. Creating fog is useful for hiding myself when I am out hunting for someone to eat.
I am getting so much closer to opening the tomb. I have been feeling this tugging feeling in my chest for a while, which makes me think that I am that much closer to getting my Katherine back. Emily has already come back and foiled my original plan. Stupid witch. She should have stayed dead.
My brother and his girlfriend Elena, who by the way looks just like Katherine, are here at the tomb with Bonnie and her grandmother. Bonnie recently found out that she is a witch and her grandmother is one as well. They have agreed to help me open up the tomb with the promise that I take myself and my mate away from Mystic Falls.
The other vampire that is here is Anna. Her mother, Pearl, is also trapped in the tomb and they were around helping Katherine back when I was human.
"Alright everyone, are we ready to do this?" I said, clapping then rubbing my hands together. "Let's get this show on the road witchy." I am getting so close to my goal.
I looked over at Anna to see if she was ready, and she had looked up to me at the same time. She looked like she wanted to tell me something as she kept opening and closing her mouth. I raised one eyebrow in question, and she just shook her head and then looked at the opening of the tomb. "I am ready too. Let's do this." Anna whispered.
I then looked back at my brother and Elena and smiled. I was finally getting my mate back. I couldn't be happier. I probably looked demented to them, as my brother has not seen me smile in a really long time. Stefan nodded at me then turned around to wait outside. Elena walked up to me and placed her hand on my arm. "I am glad that you are finally getting what you want Damon." I smiled slightly, but that didn't last long when she continued, "and I am glad that you will finally be gone. So, you can stop tormenting me and my friends." She said then walked over to Bonnie.
I know that I haven't been the nicest guy around, but living this long and trying to gain the power that I have, it has made me a little cocky. I know that I am powerful and I know what I want. I rolled my shoulders back then walked over to Anna. I turned back to Elena and asked her to come over to me for a moment.
"What Damon?" she said. I then grabbed her arm and said that she was going in with me. Bonnie and her grandmother yelled out to me, but I turned and told them that she was my insurance policy that they wouldn't lock me in the tomb as well. Stefan must have heard the shouting and came running back in.
"Damon, what the hell are you doing? Let her go now!" he shouted at me. I smirked and said no and repeated what I told the witches. Elena said that it was okay, trying to reassure Stefan. "Stefan, it's okay. I get why he is doing it. Just let him do what he needs to do and then he will leave."
"See brother, she understands me." I said with a smirk.
The witches started chanting and I could feel the magic in the air. Anna shot off and was able to get through so I looked down at Elena and said "Ready?" she nodded and I began dragging her through the underground tunnels with me.
I was muttering to myself, "where is she? Where is she?" I let go of Elena and shot off quicker. "Hey you asshole! Don't leave me by myself!" she shouted after me. I just focused on finding Katherine. I was checking all the tunnels and rooms, and I couldn't find her anywhere. What the hell?
I stopped when I heard Elena scream out, but I was so focus on finding Katherine that I didn't care. I heard Stefan shout for Elena and heard his footsteps come running in. Good, he can come save her.
I turned a corner again and found myself at the end of all the tunnels. I had looked everywhere. I dropped down to my knees realizing that she was not in here. That I was lied too. I punched a wall and threw the blood bag that I had stashed in my jacket for Katherine, then turned around to slowly walk out.
I ran into Elena, well she ran into me, and she grabbed my arm trying to get me to move faster. "Damon, come on. Bonnie and her grandmother can't keep the tomb entrance open much longer. Now if you don't want to be stuck down here for another…who knows how many years, you need to come with me now." I looked around one last time, then followed Elena out.
I kept walking out, leaving everyone inside. I walked over to a log laying on the ground and just sat down. I had no idea where my life was going now. Katherine was never in the tomb. How could Susan lie to me like that. I thought she wanted to help me.
I placed my hands over my face and just curled over and sat there. I don't know how long I sat there until I felt a presence around me. I looked up to see Anna walking toward me. She looked like she had done something horribly wrong.
"Damon..." She whispered. I just looked into her eyes waiting for her to continue. She walked closer and sat down next to me. "I have something that belonged to a maid of yours back when you were human. I have kept this very close to me, knowing that It would be important one day, but I have acted selfishly. The item I am about to give to you tells you much of what you need to know." She said and turned around to pull something out of her backpack.
"I don't want to hear what you have to say…" I said angrily, getting ready to get up. She grabbed my arm and said, "Wait, you will want this." Then she handed me a journal. I looked at her confused.
"Damon, I was there listening to your conversation with your maid back then. I overheard her telling you about how you are meant for greater things. And… and then I heard you mention your mate. Damon, Katherine is not your mate. You and her are not meant to be together. The power that your maid was talking about was because you are supposed to be able to help protect your mate that you will meet later." she said in a rush. "I only let you keep thinking Katherine was your mate, so that you would help me open up the tomb to get my mother back. I feel horrible. I feel like I have done the worst thing in the world by keeping you from the truth. I mean, I messed with mates." She said, almost crying.
I just looked at her like she was crazy. "If you don't believe me, this is the journal from you maid. She was a light witch. I don't know if you are aware of the legends, but light witches are the ones that help with the elementals, or also known as earth witches. I guess the soul of the elemental had been speaking to her, and she told her that you are to be the new earth witches mate." She said. I just kept looking at her like she was crazy. She held out the journal to me and I slowly took it from her. "Actually your soul and the earth witches soul have always been meant to be together. Yours souls have been wondering the universe for a very long time. Just read it, and if you still don't believe me…well… then at least I tried. But Damon, your mate is out there. It was written in there, that Isabella believes that she was to return to earth during this decade."
I grabbed the journal from her, "Isabella?" I said quietly? That name caused a shudder to run through me and the ache in my chest to strengthen. "That is what Susan, your maid, called her. I assume that the earth witches name is going to be Isabella." She mentioned lightly. "Thank you, Damon, for still sticking with opening up the tomb. I am sorry that I deceived you. But Susan didn't tell you that Katherine was your mate. You just assumed that. I hope this helps you, and you can start trying to live for your mate." Anna whispered, then disappeared through the woods.
I was left holding the journal, looking at it. I was almost afraid to open it. Thinking back to that day I turned into a vampire, I realized that Susan didn't actually tell me that Katherine was my mate. She just told me that I needed to live for my mate. I just assumed that was what she was meaning because that was what Katherine had kept telling me. But now thinking about it, she wouldn't have been leading Stefan along at the same time if that were true. Could I have really been this stupid, thinking that bitch was my mate this whole time.
I have heard the legends of the earth witches, but I never paid too much attention to it. I looked back down at the journal, then raced home. I went up to my room and sat on my bed. I opened up the journal and started reading.
***that was chapter 2. I am already think about the next chapter. Let me know what you think so far***
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