Damon's P.O.V

The rush of wind and the crunch of the leaves echoed through the forest. I felt joy as I rushed between the trees and the wind ran through my hair. My memories ran back to the night I had seen Elena lying there, I remembered the pain, it was different, and nothing I had felt before for anyone else. I tried ignoring the feeling but it seemed to have crushed me inside. I brought my thoughts back to reality. 'Stop feeling, your Damon the heartless', I said aloud. A feeling of sadness overwhelmed me, no one understood my feelings. I still felt, but no one had ever tried to understand me, I was in the world on my own. Seriously, day by day I'm becoming lousy, stop thinking like that.

I stopped moving and stared up at the sky, it was dark with fading stars. All of a sudden I heard the movement of something fast, too quiet for human ears to pick up but with my amazing sense of hearing (if I say so myself) had heard it. The sky ahead thundered, I felt tiny droplets of water on my face. I stood there. The rain now came down faster and heavily, the storm clouds shifted and hid the moon, swearing, I continued to run. But then I heard it again. This time I heard a screaming which seemed to tear my ears apart, I ran in the direction of the scream.

There I saw the body sprawled on the floor with blood oozing from the neck. I knelt down feeling the temptation, lust. Danger seemed to be radiating from everywhere, I'll put up a fight whatever hell is in this forest. The ground beneath me was wet and muddy, and the rain seemed to be crushing me. I stood up battling the rain, than I felt something.

Pain drove up my spine and spread through my body. It felt as though venom was leaking through my body. My heart pounded like thunder and I felt my soul crying for help, the agony and torture echoed throughout my body. I couldn't bear it, my body crippled up in a crouch. My body felt as though it was on fire, my mind screamed. What could I do? I started to gasp for air, the world seemed to be closing in on me. My heart now felt as though someone were dragging it out.

"What's wrong bastard? Having a bit of trouble getting up, want some help?". The person put out their hand to help. My mind wasn't functioning, I grabbed for the hand but felt someone's knee crush into my stomach. I fell back, my body trembled uncontrollably, I felt my whole world ending.

"Goodbye bastard", the person left without a glance back. No one will hear, this is how it's going to end but its my only chance. I breathed as much air as I could suck in. And I screamed.

Elena's P.O.V

It was past midnight and it was raining heavily, could it get any worse. Me, Stefan and Bonnie were out. We had come back to where I had discovered the dead body, to see if there was anything left on the scene. We tried contacting Damon but he didn't seem to answer. Typical Damon, the world revolves around him. I felt a sudden bit of guiltiness from thinking that, but why should I feel guilty when he was always acting as though the world was his.

Then we all heard a scream. The scream was terrifying, as if someone's soul was being torn out. The thought made me shiver. But the I looked around, I saw Stefan's face, then felt all my thoughts shatter. Stefan's face looked as though someone had just stabbed him in the heart.

"Stefan? Stefan? What's wrong? Who was that?". My voice sounded desperate.

One word escaped his lips "Damon". That's when he left, leaving me and Bonnie standing there.

"Come on Bonnie! Lets go find them".

"No, it might be dangerous".

Anger fizzed inside. "I'm going, are you coming or not?"

I started sprinting in the direction Stefan went and which way the scream had come from, along with Bonnie on my side. My mind was telling me it was all a joke and nothing had happened, but in the pit of my heart I knew something was terribly wrong.

We came near to the edge of the forest. That's where I saw. I ran, there the body lay, I stood there motionless in front of the body. Stefan rushed to Bonnie and started speaking quickly, nothing made sense. I ignored everything and looked at the body, there was another unmoving body few metres away, but my eyes didn't leave the body in front of me. My knees gave out and I dropped to the ground. I felt my heart racing, and tears streaming down my cheeks. My heart ached, I held onto his hand and held it close to my chest. I started sobbing and I stroked his hair. His body was shaking and his eyes were half closed, but his beauty was still existent. All the life energy inside him seemed to have been sucked out.

Two words escaped through my lips 'oh Damon'. Then my heart shattered.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Please review, I would really appreciate it.