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Although Elena had never seen a vampire personally, she automatically knew what had attacked her as soon as she and the offender locked eyes. Her whole body tensed into a crouch instinctively, her muzzle pulling back to show her lethal white canines. She growled maliciously, her gold eyes, watching the vampire.

Usually, her hawk-like eyes could scan the darkness easily, but, the nights in Mystic Falls were the blackest in all of the colonies. The pitch black night allowed Elena to sight the glowing red eyes and very few facial features of the vampire before her.

It was clearly a male. He had a strong jawline and full lips. The lips that were pulled out in reaction to hers, revealing his small fangs. He snarled violently, his stance almost intimidating to Elena.

Almost.

Elena and the vampire stayed in their postions for a short while. Both had their teeth bared, making animalistic noises to each other threateningly. Both of them had the overwhelming natural instinct to rip each other apart.

Too soon for Elena to comprehend, the vampire lunged at her, tackling her to the ground. She quickly recovered, and bit the arm that was pinning her to the ground, hard. It was enough to make him yell in pain and back away, clutching his injured arm. Elena went to attack one of his legs, pulling them out from underneath him. He fell on his back. She sunk her teeth into his calf and started to drag him, growling loudly. The sound of bones breaking in his leg gave her great joy

The vampire lifted his other leg and kicked Elena straight in the face. She yelped and released him, shaking her furry head from side to side. Before Elena could make her next attack, a stone hard force slammed into her side, throwing her body into a large boulder. She felt her shoulder shatter on impact and let out a series of yelps and whimpers. Suddenly, she heard a light woosh of air, and the vampire was gone.

Elena looked around frantically, snarling out of fear and anger. She tried desperately to pick herself up, but it only resulted in her hurting herself more. She laid there, listenly intently for any sign of the vampire returning. To say she was relieved to be meet with slience was an understatement.

Elena knew she couldn't get up. Even though it greatly wounded her pride, Elena threw back her chocolate head and howled. It was long, throaty, and beautiful. She was howling for help. It wasn't long until Jeremy came sprinting toward her, Terrance right on his heels. Jeremy skidded to a stop in front of his sister, sniffing her for any blood on her body.

What the hell happened?, he thought to Elena, nuzzling the side of her face with his muzzle. Terrance had left to fetch the others. Elena let out a low whine.

A goddamnned vampire is what happened to me!, she growled, starting to bared her teeth again. I was hunting this moose and failed to notice the vampire hunting me. Elena tried to get up again, but Jeremy quickly put his paw on her shoulder, keeping her down gently.

Do not keep trying. You will only hurt yourself more.

It wasn't long until the Armistead wolves came racing toward Jeremy and Elena. Daphne came over to her, letting out shrill whines.

Elena, her voice was panicky, are you alright? Where are you hurt? Who did this to you? Her sleek body was a shadow, pacing rapidly against the dark abyss of the forest, big yellow eyes glowing brightly. Daphne's question were being thrown at Elena like stones.

I'm fine Aunt Daphne. It is just my shoulder, it is completely broken. As for who did this to me, all I know, it was a vampire.

Daphne eyes went livid and her whines were replaced by terrifying snarls. She quickly composed herself and turned to her children.

Both of you, help me get Elena on Jeremy's back. With that shoulder, she will not be walking anytime soon.

Jeremy knelt his wolf body down on its knees next to his sister while Amanda and Terrance went to stand on either side of Elena. The red wolves leaned down and stuck their muzzles under Elena's furry chest. Together, they pushed the top part of her body up and Terrance put most of his body under hers as Elena cried out in agony and almost fell to the ground again. With Terrance's help, he and Elena awkwardly walked toward Jeremy, putting her brown body on top of his. Ever so gently, Jeremy rose from the ground, steadying himself as Elena's dead weight nearly sent him staggering to the side.

The sun is almost up. We need to hurry, said Jeremy, his brown body already getting faster.

The pack of wolves went running into the fading night, the forest becoming oddly quiet and still.

Kol groaned in pain as Rebekah set him down on their couch, after running at vampire speed to the Mikaelson Manor. His arm was bleeding crimson, and his leg was twisted slightly and bleeding just as worse. He moaned as Rebekah lifted his the leg trousers to inspect the bite.

"That wolf really got you didn't it?" She got up to get a wet cloth to clean the blood. A mintue later, Elijah came walking to the door.

"I thought I told you two-," he broke off, seeing his brother's injuries. "What in the name of hell happened to you?"

"Oh, nothing unusual really," Kol started, his tone sarcastic, "I was hunting a wolf and when I got it, the dammned thing got angry and attacked me. It most likely would have suceeded in ripping me to shreds if Rebekah had not helped me." He finished his sentence bitterly, loathing the idea of his baby sister saving him. Rebekah returned with the cloth and started to wipe at her brother's wounds.

"Well, some of the bones have already healed and the bleeding slowed," she stated. She then looked at Kol and Elijah seriously. "You don't think the... werewolves have returned, do you?"

"No," said Elijah immediately," we know every home, every family in Mystic Falls. All of the werewolves had left seventy years ago. It is simply not possible that one could have slipped in right under our noses."

"Think about it Elijah, it was a full moon. The wolf was in the forest and powerful enough to fight Kol, an Original vampire. What other supernatural creature could possibly do that?" Rebekah stressed.

"Well, if werewolves are in Mystic Falls, where are they. We would have known if a person was one just by standing next to it?"

"Our senses have dulled brother," Kol chimed mockingly, "Our poor choice of diet have weakened us immensely. It is why I am taking so long to heal, and the reason that we have not been able to detect any wolves. Now, if we had been feeding properly...," he trailed off, looking pointedly at Eljiah, who glared at him in return.

"My answer is still no. We will deal with these wolves another way." Elijah ran a hand through his hair. "For now, we will just have to watch our backs and keep a close eye on everyone in town." With that, Elijah left the roon hastily.

Kol remained slient, annoyed at his brother's morals. Rebekah finished cleaning his leg and his arm and went to a desk. She opened a wooden drawer and pulled out a piece of parchment,a cotainer of ink and a feather quill. She dipped the quill in the ink and quickly wrote something. She blurred to sit next to Kol and handed him the note.

Kol looked at her curiously. She gesture quietly to her note. He looked down at it. In her beautiful, cursive writing, she had written ' I say we go on our own little hunting trip this evening, just the two of us'.

Kol stared at Rebekah, a wide smirk forming on his face.

It was morning when Elena finally finished healing. Her shoulder was still sore, but bearable. Her and the wolves had made it back to the celler just in time for the sun to shine and force them back into their human forms. Jenna and Duke had left clothes in their cells so they quickly got dressed. Jeremy told Jenna what happened to Elena when her and Duke came for them. Duke had carried Elena into the house where Jenna, Daphne and Amanda tended to her.

Elena was perched on a loveseat near the window, gazing at the surrounding woods, when Jenna walked into the room.

"Sweetie, I know you just finished recovering, but would you mind going into town and buying some vegetables? The boys are out chopping wood, Amanda and your Aunt are asleep and one of the cows is about to go into labor," Jenna asked hurriedly, gathings clothes and gloves.

"Oh sure Aunt Jenna. Not a problem, I miss the town anyways," Elena said smiling. She rose from the loveseat, stretching her arms above her head. Jenna put her hand in her dress pocket and a couple of silver coins. She placed them in Elena's hand and kissed her on the cheek. She picked up her dress and skurried outside.

Elena put the coins in a leather pouch and put the strap over her head so the pouch cling to her hip. She then grabbed a worn, brown cloak and tied the strings in front of her throat. Reaching for a woven basket, Elena opened the door to the cottage and made her way to town.

After walking for twenty minutes, Elena came to the market. The market was full of stands and shops and people. The loud chattering of people and animals filled her ears, the smell of wiskey and fresh bread wafted to her nose and her eyes saw the merchants trading, mother's holding to their children, and men talking about.

As Elena wondered through the market, she kept her guard high and her eyes sharp. Since last night, she decided that everyone but her family was a suspect to the vampire. When she arrived at the gardener's stand, she bought as many vegetables as her money would get her, placed them in her basket, and started to walk straight home.

Suddenly, a cat came out of nowhere sprinting straight in front of Elena with three big dogs bounding after it, barking madly. Surprised, Elena gasped and jumped back, dropping all of the contents in her basket. Placing a hand over her racing heart, she calmed herself down. Bending over, she began to pick up the vegetables.

Out of nowhere, a hand appeared, joining her in gathering the vegetables.

Elena looked up to stare out a pair of warm brown eyes staring back at her.

Kol was tired of being in the house, so he decided to take a walk in the town.

Humans are much more social nowadays, he mused to himself, walking around the edges of the Mystic Falls market. He watched them, the burn in his throat slowly came back, teaseing him. A frightened gasp freed him of his pain, and he turned to face the noise. He saw a the side of a brown haired girl, with her hand over her heart, a basket was on the ground at her feet with vegetable surrounding it. After a moment, the girl, moved to pick them up. The gentleman inside told him to go and help her, seeing as no one else barely spared her a glance.

With a sigh, Kol strode toward her and picked up a fallen carrot. She head snapped up to him and they both stilled.

She was beautiful. She had a small, heartshaped face that was frame with lucious chocolate hair that cascaded in waves down to her waist. Large doe eyes looked up at him through long, thick lashes. As she stood, he saw that she had a slim, lithe body with a narrow waist and wide hips, full breasts covered by a light green dress that went to the floor. Her skin was tanned and smooth and her full lips parted in a smile, revealing pearly white teeth.

Her small hand took the carrot from his large one. It brushed up against his and felt smooth and soft.

"Thank you," the girl's voice was sweet and slight throaty. There was a ring of innoce to it and it made Kol's mouth water. Biting that back, he smiled charmingly back at her.

"It's is never a problem to help a lady like yourself. I believe we haven't met. Kol, Kol Mikaelson."

The man, Kol, grabbed Elena's right hand and kissed it, lingering for a moment. She blushed slightly, but kept her composure.

"Elena," she replied, keeping her smile friendly.

"Elena," Kol repeated," such a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." His voice oozed with charm. It made her want to stay and chat. She gained ahold of herself quickly. Though this handsome man seemed charming and sweet, he was a stranger. And at the moment, Elena did not trust anybody that was not her family.

"Uh, thank you, Kol, for aiding me with," she guestured with her hands to the now empty ground, "but I really must be going home." Elena hastily walked away, disappering into the crowd too quickly for even Kol to see. He searched for her, but she had already been swallowed into the sea of townspeople. Elean glanced back, thankful to see that she could no longer see him.

She shook her head, and walked back to her home.

Huh. Strange Kol thought as he realized that Elena was gone. She left an impact, though, he wasn't sure if it was a good or bad one. He felt oddly drawn toward her but at the same time, he wanted to stay as far away from her a possible. It was almost, instinct. As though his body automaticly demand he stay away from her.

He did not dwell on the thought though. He soon became bored again and continued his wondering. He looked back at the place where he and Elena had met, thinking back to her anaylzing chocolate eyes and thinking to himself,

Oh Elena, what are you hiding?

Yay! They finally met properly! Wonder what it is that Elena's hiding (wink wink). Don't forget to review! :D