A/N: So, big shout out to 'Jess', who caught my mistake about me posting the very first chapter of this story as last chapter. I apologize, it's has been fixed. For those who haven't, I would read that chapter first before reading this one. So, yes, thank you Jess, I would reply to you via PM, but this shout out will have to do. :)

Last time I checked, I still own nothing besides Ellie and my plot.

Summary: A spell gone haywire, Bonnie accidentally resurrects a long since dead woman, who has no idea who she is other than she woke up in a grave and Caroline has her necklace. But, as it turns out, she has a connection with Damon and Stefan.


Not The Person You Used To Be.

Chapter VIII

Ellie's eyes popped open at the sound of the door to the bedroom being shut. She took in a breath, remembering she crashed in Damon's room to wait out the party. After her and Stefan's little visit, she was still very unsure about what happened.

She looked up at Damon, who threw his jacket onto the bed beside her. She wondered what time it was, but she didn't hear anything going on downstairs.

"Is the party over?" she asked, sitting up as her brother stood in front of her. There was something eating at him, Ellie taking a good guess that it was something to do with Stefan.

"Yeah, a few hours ago," he replied, "this night turned into a complete disaster."

"What happened?" Ellie asked, watching Damon as he paced slightly.

"Well, Elena, being the little snoop she is, knows about me keeping track of Stefan," he explained, "so, after being chewed out about that, I went to go pick up Andie."

He paused slightly, Ellie still sitting on the bed and looking up at him. He sighed, just deciding to tell her.

"And Stefan showed up, told me to stop following him. And to make that point clear, he killed Andie."

Ellie blinked, her gut twisting slightly, "he...killed Andie."

Damon raised an eyebrow at her, "yeah, well I also let it slip that you were back in the living," he paused, reading her expression. There was much less shock there than he imagined there would be, which meant one thing.

"He visited you, didn't he?"

Ellie nodded her head, running a hand through her hair, "we had a one minute conversation. More or less."

"What did he tell you? Anything about Klaus?"

Ellie shook her head, "no, he was more shaken up that I was alive, but apparently he's heading back to Tennessee."

Damon nodded, letting out a sigh. "So, why the crash on my bed? Is your room wreaked? I swear, I told Caroline and Elena that the bedrooms were off limits-"

"No, my room isn't wreaked," Ellie said, "at least, I hope it isn't. I just didn't want to be down there in the first place, and then there was Stefan..."

"Let me guess," Damon said, his voice a little bitter and mocking, "he wasn't what you pictured."

Ellie narrowed her eyes at him, "yeah, he wasn't. I know you lost Andie and got Elena mad at you, but you don't have to take it out on me. I have enough...shit to deal with, thank you very much."

"I'm not taking anything out on you." Damon said, furrowing his eyebrows, "maybe if you actually talked to me, you wouldn't have so much shit to deal with."

"I talked to you during the party, didn't I?" Ellie asked, "besides, why do you want the sibling bonding time? Don't you have better things to do, like hunting down Stefan in Tennessee without telling anybody?"

"How, may I ask, you found out about that?" Damon demanded, crossing his arms.

"I took a guess, seeing as Stefan came to send you a message about following him." Ellie said with a slight shrug.

"Well, I had to do something," Damon said, "I'm not collecting those road maps and newspaper clippings for nothing."

"I want to come with you next time," Ellie said, "Stefan already knows I am alive, so why would you keep hiding me?"

"Because, I don't know," Damon said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "you could lose your life? Be turned into a vampire? Ripped apart? Need I go on?"

"The spell could also correct itself tomorrow, and I could drop dead," Ellie said, giving him another shrug, "I've been in this house for days, and I know who Stefan is. I want to help my brother as much as you do, he's obviously not doing good. Hell, the both of you aren't doing well at all. If becoming a vampire means this much sadness and frustration, I don't even want to think about becoming one."

"That's good," Damon said, "because as long as you are human, you aren't going with me to hunt down Stefan."

"He came to see me," Ellie said, "I should be able to look for him too. Elena isn't probably just going to sit down and let you do this on your own."

"Well, she's going to have to," Damon said, "the both of you are."

Ellie shook her head, "I just want to-"

"I know you want to look for Stefan," Damon said, "and besides, it's not like you aren't going to see him again. I'm going to get him, and bring him back here."

"What if you die out there?" Ellie asked, "then what?"

"I'm not going to die," Damon said, "just trust me. It's too dangerous. Stefan is not himself and Klaus is way too dangerous."

Ellie sighed, "alright, fine. I'm not winning this argument tonight. I'm too tired and upset to try and talk this out with you right now."

Damon nodded his head, "fine. It's late, I'm going to sleep, so, unless you want to sleep on the floor, you better get to your own bed."

"You wouldn't share a bed with your little sister?" Ellie asked, smirking slightly. Damon gave her a look.

"No," he said, giving her a slight smile in return, "you're not five anymore."

"I used to sleep in the same bed with you when I was five?" Ellie asked, trying to recall that.

"Only during storms." Damon muttered, Ellie taking that as an answer and turned towards the door to head back into the hall. She shut Damon's door behind her, walking down the hall. The main floor looked like a mess, but she was too tired to care.

She found her way into her own bed, turning off the lights beforehand. She pulled the covers over herself, laying on her side. She reflected on the conversation with Damon, and then the one with Stefan.

Elena knows, Ellie told herself, she's looking for Stefan too, which means that she will eventually go on her own. If that's the case, she's taking me with her. I'm not taking no as an answer anymore.