Elena woke up on the cold hard floor to the sound of chirping birds. She sneezed as the dust from the floor went into her nose. She had been in this shack for two days now, and she was getting restless. She thought back to when she was locked in the trunk and what had happened when the car stopped.

Elena heard John's footsteps approaching the car, and then the click of the lock went off, and all Elena could see was the blinding light of the sun that clouded her entire vision and made her see purple spots after. John grabbed Elena by the arms and hauled her out of the trunk. He said he wasn't going to untie her until they were inside, so he had to drag her squirming body through the gravel.

When he opened the door to the shack, a few birds flew out along with a cloud of dust. Elena coughed against the duct tape. Inside the shack, John yanked aside a makeshift door and thrust Elena into an empty room after untying her.

She stumbled into the room and looked around at the destroyed walls and the dirty floor. She then turned around to look through the doorway when John was standing. She started towards him and was then shoved back. She tried to run towards him again, but as soon as she reached to doorway, she was pushed back by an invisible spell. A woman then appeared next to John.

"How are you doing this?" Elena asked scared.

"I got a witch to put a spell on the door; you can't leave, that way you won't try to escape when I'm not here. I also got her to put a spell on you so that Bonnie couldn't try and track you."

"Why are you helping him?" Elena asked the witch.

"Even though Klaus is dead, the doppelganger is a powerful being. He said that if I could spell the room, I could have some of your blood," the witch said.

"The doppelganger curse was broken," Elena said.

"Yes, but your blood is still cursed," the witch explained, "and I need it for a spell."

The witch then walked into the room and tried to grab Elena's arm. Elena tried to shove the witch off, and was reaching her arm back to punch her when the most excruciating pain exploded in her head. She winced and then cried out in pain as she held her head with both hands and started lowering her body to the floor.

"Don't try and resist me Elena, just give me your arm and the pain will go away," the witch said impatiently.

Elena held out her arm and the witch pulled out a needle which she stabbed into Elena's arm and forcefully pulled up on the lever to pull out a vial of blood.

"Pleasure doing business with you," the witch told John and then left.

"Why did you kidnap me?" Elena asked John, crying.

"Your parents are gone, Isobel is gone, Klaus is gone, your doppelganger curse is gone and now even Jenna is gone. I'm the only one you have left, and now I finally have you all to myself," John said seriously, "when you're older, you'll understand why I did what I did, and eventually you will love me, like I love you."

"No, I'll never understand! And I'll never trust you, yet alone love you after what you've done!" Elena screamed venomously.

"You will respect me, I'm your father so don't raise you voice at me!" John yelled angrily as his face grew pink.

"You're not my father, you never were! I'm not staying here, Stephan will come save me! And I'll never treat you with respect; you're a lowlife and a criminal!" Elena screamed hysterically through tears.

"That's it! You're not getting any food or water until you speak to me respectfully!"

"I'd rather starve than ever see you again!" Elena screamed then collapsed onto the floor.

Why was this happening to her, she was so happy that they had defeated Klaus, and she thought the drama was past her, but now here it was again. She was fed up of being kidnapped and she was tired of being dragged around like a pawn by everyone. She was just plain tired, so she turned on her side on the floor of the moldy room and tried to calm her angry breathing.

And then she realized, Stephan couldn't save her this time, because he was in another state with Elijah and Katherine. He probably didn't even know she was gone. And then she was crying, silently at first. As the sounds of her sobs grew louder and louder they bounced off the walls of her prison room, reminding her of just how alone she really was.

But then she remembered something, and her revelation had her crying stopped in an instant. Damon would come and save her. Damon wouldn't of forgotten about her. He was probably trying to find her right now. So now she was crying for an entirely new reason, because she knew there was someone else who loved her and who could save her. Damon himself had said her would always choose her, and this is how he could prove it.


And so after two days, Elena's stomach had been growling nonstop and her tongue felt like sandpaper inside her dusty mouth. John had kept his word and didn't bring her anything until she could speak to him in a calm voice. John also wasn't going anywhere. He had spent a good half of the day on the couch watching his fantasy team, and now he was in the bathroom whittling a stake.

Elena didn't know what to do with herself, she was stuck in an empty room with nothing to do, and she couldn't get out. Was just supposed to sit here until Damon could rescue her? She didn't think so. So, she stood up and paced around the room trying to think of what to do.

She stopped walking in a circle and stood facing the window. She looked through it at the beautiful spring morning. A bush was budding right underneath the sill, and the branches beat against the glass with the moving of the wind. The wind was making gentle swoosh noises, and a bird was chirping. Oh how she wished she could be outside. And as she starred at the window, she dreamed that Damon would come through it, like he would back in Mystic Falls, and tell her good night, or play with her teddy bear.

She was now sitting with her back leaning against the wall that faced the window, for she had been day dreaming about her Damon fantasy for an hour, and the she thought of something.

The witch had put a spell on the door, but had she remembered to spell the window as well?

Elena took one look at the rusty window and decided she should wait until John had left the house, in fear that it would groan against the pane and John would realize what she was doing.

And Elena knew just the way to get John out of the house.


Did you like the thought back to when part, or was it confusing?