Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).
Elena looked at Damon in utter disbelief. Had she heard him right? He had just stated her boyfriend was his brother. It wasn't possible. Stefan had always maintained he had no other family.
"Stefan didn't tell me he had a brother." Elena looked at him in confusion.
"Well, Stefan's not one to brag." Damon smiled.
"Stefan said he had no other family." Elena insisted.
Damon smirked. "I'm sure he did."
Elena looked at him with annoyance, wanting to wipe that smirk off his handsome face. "Why would he lie to me?" she asked.
"Did he tell you he was a vampire?" Damon asked.
Elena scoffed. "How can Stefan be a vampire? He's been around Bonnie, he'd have triggered her magic." she said pointing to the still unconscious Bonnie on the couch, who was being attended to by Caroline, a very concerned looking Enzo and Klaus, who seemed more enraptured with Caroline than anything else.
"I'm guessing Stefan is still munching bunnies." Damon frowned. "He wouldn't trigger Bonnie's magic if he wasn't feeding from human blood. A surprise, I may add as I thought he was still with Katherine. But clearly my spies mistook you for Katherine." he shrugged.
Elena still didn't believe him. Stefan wasn't a common name, but she wondered if he was getting him confused with someone else.
"What is your last name?" Elena asked.
"Salvatore." Damon replied. "Stefan and I come from Mystic Falls." he added for clarity.
Elena was stunned. "He can't be a vampire." she whispered. "He wouldn't lie to me like that."
"Clearly he did." Damon sighed. "Maybe he didn't want you to find out he had a much more handsome older brother." he smirked.
"Seriously?" came Caroline's voice from behind. "Don't you think Bonnie should be more important than boyfriend drama right now?" she asked. "Have you got Nandi's number?"
"I'll call her." Klaus smiled before looking over towards Damon and Elena. "By all means, continue, I'll call her from the loo, I need to go anyway." he added as he walked through a door into what appeared to probably be a bathroom, leaving Elena confused.
"Why would you need a bathroom in here?" Elena asked Damon.
"So the ladies can make themselves look presentable after they've spent a some time in here with Damon." Enzo piped up from behind Elena, earning him a glare from Damon.
"A vampire who has a healthy diet of human blood, functions pretty normally." Damon corrected Enzo. "We can still eat human food, and it has to go somewhere. And we still like to drink. In fact, we need to drink coffee to keep our body temperatures warm, and we drink alcohol to curb the cravings..." he started.
"And to get drunk." Enzo added.
"Our bodies work similar to yours, except for supernatural strengths and our healing abilities. However, we can't procreate." Damon admitted. "Although we love to try." he added slyly when suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Come in Thierry." Damon called out as Thierry walked in with Elena, Caroline and Bonnie's belongings.
"Here boss!" Thierry smiled as he handed over their purses to Damon.
"You're off duty now." Damon smiled back at Thierry. "The accidental tourists should be arriving soon, have fun." he grinned.
"Thanks Damon." Thierry smiled back and walked out of the door.
"Is Thierry a vampire too?" Caroline asked.
"Yup!" Damon replied.
"I wonder if that's why Bonnie was coughing whenever he was around." she continued. "Although he didn't have such a profound effect on her as Enzo."
"Well, I do have a reputation to uphold." Enzo smirked. "But admittedly, she was very quick to react to me. Never seen a witch transition so quickly." he frowned as he looked down at Bonnie with a look of concern, and what appeared to Elena to be almost akin to affection, although she suspected that was impossible. They hardly knew each other. However, he then crouched down and much to Elena's surprise, took Bonnie's hand in his.
At that moment, Klaus returned from the bathroom and walked directly over to Caroline. "Nandi should be here in a few minutes." he told them. "She's going to take Bonnie to her apartment to watch over her for the night. Enzo, she said you're fine to join them as long as you take some supplies for yourself with you." he said.
"I've got some in the freezer." Damon said. "You can take a few bags. That should keep you going until morning when she wakes." he added.
"Why can he go and not us?" Caroline protested.
"Bonnie's transition happened too quickly." Klaus explained. "She wasn't coughing in Enzo's presence, which means her body didn't determine him as a threat, however she transitioned within minutes of being close to him. Something that normally takes hours." he said.
"And?" Elena asked.
"She didn't transition because she needed to be protected from him." Klaus went on. "She transitioned because she felt she needed to protect him."
"Why would she need to do that?" Caroline asked.
"Because he's her mate." Damon explained. "It's really rare for it to happen between a witch and a vampire, although Klaus's brother Kol, his mate is also a witch." he went on. "All supernatural creatures have mates, and fate will always attempt to bring them together. He will be the first person she wants to see when she wakes."
This information stunned Elena. None of them had truly believed any of the stories about Bonnie being a potential powerful witch. Now, to make things worse, it was going to affect her relationship with Jeremy, because she was always destined to be with Enzo. Elena was devastated for her brother.
"And what are we supposed to do?" Caroline asked.
"Go back to your apartment and get some rest. Nandi will call you tomorrow." Klaus told them.
"I could drive you home." Damon offered.
"We'll wait for Nandi and get a cab." Caroline huffed.
As they were simply playing a waiting game, Elena decided she wanted to know more about Damon and Stefan. "Can we go somewhere a little more private?" she asked.
Damon wiggled his eyebrows. "Thought you'd never ask." he smirked, causing Elena to roll her eyes in annoyance, as he led her to what she had originally thought was the bathroom.
When she walked through the door, they walked up a flight of stairs, but she was shocked to find instead of the room being a bathroom, it was a large bedroom with an en-suite. Again the walls were wooden paneled, just like his office, with a large fireplace and Persian rug. The room was dominated by the largest bed Elena had ever seen. It was a four poster, made of dark wood, so thick she couldn't imagine anything could ever break it. There was a door to what looked like a closet, a chair and a huge mirror propped up against the wall. The bathroom looked to be beautifully decorated with a modern look. The huge shower had slate tiles and there was an enormous bathtub. It also contained two sinks and a toilet which was practically hidden. There were two large open windows with heavy drapes, which appeared to open out onto a balcony.
"You live here?" Elena frowned.
"Only at the weekends." Damon smirked. Don't have a lot of time for much else. The club won't run itself."
Elena looked at Damon carefully, trying to find and family resemblance to Stefan, but apart from the same ring and being unbelievably hot, there was none.
"So, when is Stefan's birthday?" Elena asked, hoping it would catch Damon out.
"Stefan was born on November first, eighteen forty six." Damon replied. "He turned September twenty fifth eighteen sixty four, the same day as I did." he added.
"Who by?" Elena asked, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she knew the answer. "Katherine?" she asked.
Damon nodded. "She sucked us in, made us fall in love with her and used us like she used all of the other blind idiots." Damon sighed. "Then father found out and shot us, which triggered the transition. But I do think she truly loved Stefan, which was why it didn't surprise me when I thought he was with Katherine. We were hoping to find her, Klaus and she aren't on the best of terms." he said uncomfortably. "He wants her dead." Damon admitted.
"So you approached me, thinking I was Katherine, and if I had been, she would be dead by now?" Elena asked, shocked by this revelation.
Damon nodded once more. "Katherine was human when she befriended the Original family. Klaus and Elijah, his brother, were the first sibling victims of her evil charms. She drove a wedge between them, then managed to persuade Klaus's other brother Finn, to turn her, before driving a special stake through his heart, killing him. Klaus has been after Katherine ever since." he told her. "And after all of this time, she has eluded him. Now I thought my spies were reliable when they told me only last week that they had seen Stefan and Katherine together in Mystic Falls. Klaus was here to make plans to go pay a visit and kill Katherine. Now, what I can't understand is how my spies managed to confuse you and Katherine." he frowned.
"You did." Elena reminded him.
"Only until you spoke. Although you are physically identical in almost every way, there are some huge differences which are easy to spot." Damon explained. "You don't walk like her, you don't talk like her, you don't carry yourself in a sleazy manner like she does." he went on. "So either my spies are lying or they confused the two of you, or your boyfriend is cheating on you with your double and using you to keep Katherine from being identified." Damon stopped and frowned for a minute. "They know Katherine, so they couldn't have confused the two of you. Looks like Klaus will need to play a little truth game with them." he smirked. "But if Katherine is dating Stefan and using you to cover her tracks, you being here is likely to expose her and she'll be wanting you and your friends dead. In fact even if she isn't dating Stefan, she'll want you dead as she sees Stefan as hers." he shrugged.
"Are they mates?" Elena asked.
"Good question." Damon sighed. "A vampire can't have sex with anyone else without consent from their mate."
"And other than this situation, why would a vampire consent to something like that?" Elena frowned.
"Threesome, foursome, orgy, who knows." Damon laughed. "Vampires are immortal. I'm guessing if two people are together for hundreds of years, they might want a little sexual variety." he smirked. "I wouldn't know, always had a rule to steer clear of getting into a relationship with a supernatural woman." Damon edged closer to Elena. "I also made sure to never find out what happened when you come into contact with your mate. Unfortunately, Bonnie and Enzo have just enlightened me. It appears you have an instinctive need to protect your mate, and for some reason, you just want to get close to them." he whispered as Elena stepped back nervously. Damon was affecting her and it made her nervous. Although Stefan had lied to her, he was still her boyfriend, and would be until all of this mess was resolved. However, she couldn't escape the undeniable pull Damon seemed to have on her.
"Good job I'm not supernatural." Elena said.
"Why?" Damon raised an eyebrow. "You ready to drop my brother already?" he asked.
"No, it just means I'll never be mated to a vampire." she whispered.
"Problem is Elena, a doppelganger is a supernatural entity." Damon smiled. "And judging by the way you are reacting to me, Stefan isn't your mate."
"Are you saying you are?" Elena asked.
"I'm saying you wouldn't even be able to look at another man that way if he were your mate." Damon continued backing Elena up until her back hit a wall and Damon placed his hand at the side of Elena's head. "If he were your mate, your heart wouldn't be beating so hard and fast like it is now." Damon lowered his voice into a sexual whisper. "And I wouldn't be turning you on like this, just by being near you." he said, biting his bottom lip.
Elena knew he was right, she was incredibly turned on, but she couldn't let him know that.
"What if I'm just scared you might hurt me?" Elena whispered back.
Damon lowered his head to Elena's neck and sniffed before whispering into her ear.
"I have heightened senses Elena. I know you're turned on because of your scent. And when I say I want to taste what I can smell, I don't mean your blood." he whispered, blowing hot breath onto Elena's neck, almost causing her to have an orgasm right there.
"I thought you had a rule about supernatural women." Elena whispered back.
"I might be prepared to break it for you." Damon smiled.
"I..I..really need to get back to Caroline and Bonnie." Elena breathed, knowing if she stayed in such close proximity to Damon for much longer, she may end up doing something she might regret.
Damon nodded and reluctantly backed off, adjusting his jeans, alerting Elena to the fact she was having the same effect on him as he was having on her.
"I'll organize protection for you from tomorrow." Damon told her. "Josh is one of my most trusted guys. He'll be your bodyguard until we get the Katherine mess resolved." he sighed. "But he's off duty now. I'll keep an eye on things until then."
"Why?" Elena asked.
Damon frowned as he thought for a minute. "I just don't want you to get hurt as a result of that bitch." he said.
"But how do you know I'm in danger?" she narrowed her eyes.
"Because I have been fed the wrong information about Stefan, which means Katherine is involved. She's the only one with a motive. The minute you are of no use to her, she will kill you." Damon told her. "You coming to New Orleans and meeting me has exposed her. And I wouldn't be surprised if she already knows." he sighed. "I'll drive you and Caroline back to your apartment. Take my car back, hand the keys over to Klaus to take care of the club. I'll come back and watch the apartment until Josh arrives to take over. I'll be gone half an hour at the most. Just don't invite anyone into the apartment, not even me or Klaus, and drink the tea Nandi gave you. It'll keep you safe from compulsion." he added as an afterthought.
"Compulsion?" Elena asked.
"Mind control." Damon explained as his eyes suddenly turned to the door. "Nandi is here. We better get back and tell Caroline what's happening." he said as he led her back downstairs and into the office to rejoin Caroline, Bonnie, Enzo, Klaus and the newly arrived Nandi.
Just as Elena walked through the door, Nandi eyed her and Damon suspiciously before turning her attention to Bonnie, and then to Enzo.
"How long?" she asked Enzo.
"We didn't even get through one song." he told her.
"Give me your hand." Nandi instructed Enzo, who did as he was told. She then took hold of Bonnie's hand, closed her eyes and began to chant. A moment later she opened them and nodded. "You're mates alright." she sighed. "Unusual to happen between a witch and a vampire, especially when there is a need to continue the Bennett line." she frowned. "Maybe it is fated to end with her, or you are fated to break the rules of procreation." she shrugged.
"Can that happen?" Enzo asked.
"When magic is involved, anything is possible." Nandi smiled. "Now help me and carry her to the car." she told Enzo before turning to face Elena and Caroline. "Are you girls fine to get a cab home?" she asked.
"I'll take them back to the apartment." Damon told Nandi. "I think Katherine Pierce might be on the prowl and a danger to Elena, so I'm going to organize protection for them until we know Katherine is out of the picture." he explained.
Nandi nodded, a small smile creeping up on her lips. "Thank you for your help Mr Salvatore. It is much appreciated." she said as Enzo lifted Bonnie up and they disappeared into the night out of a back door.
"Can you mind the club for me? I'll be back shortly." Damon asked Klaus who simply nodded, before taking Caroline's hand and kissing the back of it before returning to the club.
Elena and Caroline gathered up their purses and left through the same door as Nandi. They turned right and walked down some steps to and underground parking lot. Damon led them over to a black SUV with blacked out windows. The flashing lights and a beep indicated the doors were open, prompting Elena and Caroline to climb into the back. Once they'd buckled up, the car roared to life and a garage door opened to the street as Damon set off back to their apartment.
Ten minutes later they were parked on the opposite side of the street to their apartment. As they only had to cross the street, they didn't have too far to go to get inside. Just as they got out, Damon handed a card over to Elena.
"This is my number. If you need anything, call me." he told her. Elena simply nodded and got out of the car to join her friend.
They watched Damon drive of as they crossed the street to their apartment. Caroline was busy trying to find the keys which she'd put in her purse while Elena had already made it to the other side. Caroline stopped to get a better look and finally pulled them out of her purse.
"Found them." she yelled holding them up and dangling them in the air. Unfortunately Caroline had a habit of dropping things, especially her keys. So when she dropped them, Elena simply laughed as her friend bent down to pick them up. It was at that moment Elena heard a screeching of tires. She looked in the direction of the noise and saw a dark sports car approaching Caroline at speed.
What happened next seemed to go in a blur in Elena's eyes.
"Caroline, watch out!" Elena screamed as her friend looked up to see the car coming towards her. She managed to scramble to get up and start to move, but she was wearing a short, tight black dress and wasn't quick enough to get out of the way. The car hit her, throwing her over the roof. After it hit her, the car didn't bother to stop, it simply sped off into the night, leaving Caroline's body laying lifeless in the street. Elena screamed.
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