This chapter is a little weird but hopefully you will like it. Delena will be here soon I promise.
1864, just outside Virginia
"Ah Miss Eleanor...sorry you go by Elena now am I correct?" His eyes looked black in the dim light and his hair was shorter than she last saw him, he looked handsome in a smart black outfit but his smile was not as friendly as she once remember, she nodded and looked away. "Well you look as lovely as ever." Elena looked down to the blue dress, struggling to breath, scared beyond her life and the corset was not helping.
"How did you know it was me Elijah?" Elena asked, she straightened her posture and placed her hands on the front of her dress, her eyes moving rapidly trying to find an escape route but there was none she could see, she was trapped.
"Do not try and run Eleanor, I only ask for your assistance, I am not here to kill you nor is Niklaus." That's when she saw him as he stepped out from nowhere, evil smile on his face, shorter hair so she could see his bright blue eyes in all their terrifying glory, he stopped beside Elijah who gave him a look before they both turned to look at Elena.
"Where is Rebekah?" Elena asked, her voice timid. Elijah looked at Klaus, his eyebrow raised in question but Klaus just smiled and stepped closer to Elena.
"She did not listen and went against my interest, she now lays in a box until I am able to prove that she is worth my while again. Now Miss Elena, we are not here to discuss my sister but yours, I am guessing that you have no idea where she is and how slips through fingers she can get away easily that you will not have heard the news I did from New Orleans, now this is where you come in, deliver her to me and I shall free you of your wrong doings for all those years ago. Do we have a deal?" Klaus asked as he held out his hand to Elena who looked to Elijah before she grabbed his hand and said the one word that changed her life.
"Deal."
"What are you doing here?" It was a snap towards the girl in front of Katherine, the girl with wider brown eyes and longer curly hair, the girl smirked and ran her hands over the flowers of the Salvatore house. Katherine looked back towards the house and then to Elena who smiled not seeming bothered that she could ruin Katherine's whole façade.
"Well I heard Miss Katherine that the council are already curious of vampires after only a couple of days of your arrival. How long before they start using vervain? Tryabva da bŭdem po-vnimatelni, Katerina, Klaus e blizo. (You have to be more careful, Katerina. Klaus is near)." At the mention of Klaus, Katherine looked up fear in her big eyes before she stepped closer to Elena who watched her.
"Let me help sister. You need me now."
Elena walked across the gardens, smiling as she heard the brothers voices and the faint smell of a pigskin ball they were throwing between them, she stood and watched with a frown as she saw Katherine watching from the doors inside with Emily, she saw Damon look over to her and smile slightly making her blink in confusion before she smiled softly back.
"Wait. Where did you learn this game?" Stefan, the youngest asked, making Damon turn back to back to his brother as he caught ball and smiled. Elena watched before she noticed how similar the brothers could be to Klaus and Elijah before gasping softly and shaking her head, before looking back to her sister.
"Camp outside Atlanta. One of the officers picked it up at Harvard. Catch." Damon told Stefan before throwing the ball, his blue eyes flickering back over to Elena as she blinked away the memories and feelings that she should have forgotten years and years ago. He noticed how everything about her were slightly lighter than Katherine though there was something about her that made her push people away.
"Wait a minute. What are the rules?" Stefan asked as Damon ran to him and they began struggling playfully for the ball, they were so focused on that, that they didnt notice how the sisters joined and stood in front confused and laughing.
"Who needs rules? Mind if I join you?" Katherine asked as she walked down the stairs, Elena watched as Stefan pushed Damon away and stood up straighter, a smile on his handsome face as he pushed back his hair while Elena and Damon watched the two with small smiles on their faces.
"Uh, well, you could, uh- you could get hurt. My brother likes to play rough." Stefan mumbled, stuttering over his words making Damon chuckle and Elena frown, remembering when Elijah used to do the same before she looked to Katherine who smiled softly much like she used to so many years ago before she had to worry about running to survive.
"Somehow, I think that you play rougher." Katherine whispered, her nose gently touching Stefan's cheek before she chuckled and grabbed the ball and running away leaving Stefan staring and then turning to Elena who placed her hand on his arm and laughed before she pushed him slightly.
"Why are you just standing there? Chase her." Elena laughed loudly as Stefan stumbled over his feet before he ran after Katherine who was laughing and waiting for him before she was running again. Elena smiled and turned away moving back to the house, she held her dress preparing the go up the first step when a cough stopped her and made her turn round to see Damon watching her.
"How may I help you Mr Salvatore?" Elena asked and Damon chuckled before he stepped closer, ignoring the laughter and cries from the two playing together. He bit his lip and looked at her with his bright blue eyes, coughing again and then holding out his hand towards her, she took it and waited before she allowed his to bring his to the gardens. "You know Mr Salvatore, most gentlemen tell a girl where they are going before the take me hand." He chuckled again before she realised he'd brought her to the flower garden, the place she went everyday.
"I saw you like it here and thought maybe we could sit and enjoy the day. This where I come when things get stressful with father, my mother planted them before she died." Damon explained before he sat beside her, the long stems of flowers covering them from the public eye, Elena smiled sadly at him and laid back placing her long tan hands onto her stomach, Damon copying. "Tell me about when you were younger." Damon asked her gently and she turned to look at him.
"I remember once me and Katherine were playing in the garden, and there were big trees and we decided one to go and climb them, Katherine dared me to go to the top only I couldn't and I slipped on a branch and landed into my mother flowers and herbs, I think I broke a toe or something but I was more worried about the flowers and how I killed them that I did not care, but she did and she picked me up and took me to the bedroom, wiped my tears away and said "my sweet girl, your heart is so kind, the man who you choose will be lucky to have you." Elena stopped and turned to look at Damon who smiled and touched her face softly before he moved closer to her and placed a single kiss beside her lips.
"I agree with your mother." Elena grinned and allowed him to play with her curls while they continued to share more childhood stories.
"Elijah." Elena said softly to the back of a man who turned around raised his eyebrow before he stepped closer, his hands turning over an object softly before he smiled.
"It has been two Eleanor, what progress have you made?" Elijah asked, Elena closed her eyes and watched as he turned away before she looked around the forest in which they stood, listening but not hearing anything.
"It is hard Elijah, she does not trust, I am unsure." Suddenly she was back against a tree, a strong hand around her throat, branches cutting through her dress and into her skin but what scared her the most was the scared and angry eyes of Elijah.
"Katerina is like a child, you must take one of her toys, get her angry then bring her here to me where I will be in two weeks for a week, is that clear, if you do not show he will kill you and every last person you care about including your little friend Damon." With that she was dropped onto the ground and alone, she gripped her throat and coughed until she could finally talk again before she took off back to the Salvatore house.
Elena made her way up the stairs slowly, she could hear the fuzzy talking from Katherine's room. It was Damon and Katherine, whispering softly to each other, she stopped at the open door and blinked, the feeling of hurt and jealousy ripped through her body as she took in Damon stood behind Katherine, who wore nothing but her undergarments. Elena stopped and stared as Katherine open her brown eyes and saw Elena before she looked away and turned around making Damon do the same, his face going from confusion, to apologetic, to scared in two seconds but Elena had hidden the hurt from her face and remained cold.
"I would think Stefan should be company enough." Katherine flinched at her sisters cold words before she moved away from Damon and went around her room trying to make herself busy, well Damon gulped and looked away. "Mr Salvatore your father wished for me to tell you that your carriage is ready to go." With that she turned and left, making her way down the hallway towards her own room, she finally reach the door and someone caught her arm and spun her around. She was then face to face with the bright blue eyes and beautiful face of Damon.
"Were you not going to say goodbye? Why are your clothes dirty?" He asked softly with an air of sadness, Elena snatched her arm from his and placed it on the handle of her door before shaking her head and opening her door before standing and looking him dead in the eyes.
"You took your pick, you can not have both." With that she slammed the door into his face and made her way to the bed, her eyes watering up as she listened to Damon's footsteps walk away and down the stairs. Slowly she stood up and looked out of the window, eyes trained onto the figure climbing into the carriage not even looking back.
"We need to discuss Klaus." Elena said as she stood in front of Katherine in the back entrance to the house. Katherine rolled her eyes and began walking away from her sister only to stop when Elena appeared right in front of her with a glare.
"I do not see why you are here anyway Elena, why are you trying to help me?" Katherine asked, her eyes bright with curiosity and confusion. Elena looked away deciding whether or not to tell the truth before she sighed and looked back at her sister.
"If Klaus finds you and you tell him I am still alive then I am doomed." Elena told her sister who nodded her head not even seeming angry before she shrugged and continued walking to where Elena saw Stefan stood waiting.
"We will speak about it later Elena, for now we have a part to play." Katherine said before she ran over to Stefan and began tickling him, he tried to get her back but she dodged and then thats how the game of chase began, Elena followed around the edge of the maze towards the stone statue with the bench in front of it just as Katherine reached.
"Ha! I win. What's my prize?" Katherine asked Stefan as she grabbed the statue and then let go, biting her lip and moving closer, Elena looked away feeling uncomfortable until she saw a person with the jet black hair and bright blue eyes walking towards them with a huge smile on his face, his eyes moved to hers before they looked away from the cold stare they got in return.
"What would you like it to be?" Katherine and Stefan turned around to look at Damon before he ran over and hugged him.
"They extended your leave?" Stefan asked wide and child like, he was taller than his brother but the air around him was very immature, he turned to Katherine and gave her a look of pure happiness only to get a small smile in return. Elena began to walk away her ears still listening though, she made sure to walk slow towards Emily as though to ask her a question.
"I was simply having too much fun to return to battle." Damon joked and all three laughed. Elena stood beside Emily, who gave her a understanding look as the two watched the three of them spoke.
"Which do you think is her favourite Emily?" Elena asked as she watched Katherine smirk and turn away but she knew in her head which toy she was gonna take away, a certain man with jet black hair and stunning blue eyes
Elena stood watching at the Founders Ball, her eyes trained on the Founders all stood around eachother laughing and drinking unaware of the amount of vampires in the room, her eyes flickered to Stefan and Damon who stood talking to some of the younger founders, while Katherine was speaking to Henry and George. She used this as her time to make her way through the crowd thankful for the music playing and the people chatting as it would give her cover.
"Ah Miss Pierce, does she not look beautiful?" Giuseppe Salvatore grinned as he pulled her closer and showed the founders who all admired the green dress, Elena smiled and thanked them all before she took a deep breath.
"Actually I was wondering if I could have a word with you all." Elena asked softly and watched as they all frowned and nodded before Mayor Lockwood led them into his study, everyone taking a seat except Elena who gave them all a look before she opened her mouth. "I have a deal to make with you all, you want the town rid of vampires, yet you stand in a room full of them and do nothing. I will help tell you who the vampires are providing one thing, that I get to leave by the end of this week and two days later you must kill them please."
Elena stood in front of Elijah, the carriage behind her hold all her stuff as she looked him in the eyes.
"It is done, the round up the vampires today." Elena told Elijah who nodded and stepped closer his eyes sad. "He is not ready to grant my freedom yet is he." Elijah sighed and shook his head as Elena felt herself begin to cry, she did not want to run anymore.
"Eleanor, I am sorry, but we will help Damon, you are probably right that Katerina had given them blood." Elena nodded and accepted the hug Elijah offered before she moved away. "If we go now we'll reach them by tomorrow night." Elijah told Elena as he helped her into the carriage as they headed back towards Mystic Falls.
It wasn't even dark yet but both vampires were able to make out the smoke in the distance, something seemed to have been burning for a day, they stopped as they pulled up on a dirt road the smell of blood in the air, both hoping out to find two small pools of it.
"Miss Elena?" Elena spun around to see Emily there a frown on her face. "They are down by the quarry...but Miss..." Emily shouted after her but it was too late, Elena had sped off Elijah by her side to where they found the two boys arguing. Elijah rushed in pushed Stefan back against a tree, slamming his head against it and knocking himself out.
"Elena? I'm like you and Katherine now...I am vampire" Damon called as he saw her walked towards him, his eyes filled with tears at his brother.
"Damon. Elijah please do it, with both." Elena said as Stefan bean to rise, Elijah nodded and took Stefan into the woods while Elena sat down beside Damon, a small smile on her face. "Is this what you wanted?" Elena asked as she turned to look at Damon who nodded his head and leaned back.
"Is this not what you wanted?" Damon asked Elena who looked towards the water with sad eyes.
"No, I would never wish this on anyone." Damon nodded and turned as Elijah made his way out of the woods without Stefan before he stood in front of Damon.
"Damon look at me please. Katherine Pierce and the 27 other vampires in the church, Elena Pierce is not to be looked for, she does not want to see you, do not search, you will not remember being compelled by me nor will you remember my face." Elena began to move away as Elijah slowly let go of Damon's face before she closed her eyes and blinked away the tears turning her back on the man she loved until it was safe.
So not every memory from 1864 was in there because I have plans for them, now next chapter is a big jump and it will follow the shows story line but also it will be different.