Sorry for the cliff hanger, I should be updating sooner than I did last time now that finals are over. Please let me know what you think! And please don't forget to vote on the stories ratings, T or M?
So I still haven't decided whether or not to change the rating, I'd like some more votes if possible please. But I promise by the next chapter there will be a decision, ok.
Previously:
Elena walked through the dark alley's trying to find her way through, she had lost the shadows a few turnings earlier. "guys? Bonnie? Jeremy?" nothing, she heard something creeping behind her and she froze with fear. Omg I'm going to die? After all this, I'm going to die here….. She closed her eyes ready to except her fate when a hand grabbed her shoulder and turned her around.
"AHHHHH!"
Chapter 10 Déjà vu
"Sorry didn't mean to scare you." Stefan stood before her with a mischievous smile.
Elena stared wide eyes at him out of breath waiting to see what his next move would be. She didn't trust him, and the fact that Damon didn't even trust him and they're brothers made her that much more uneasy about his presence. "It's fine, I was just a bit lost." She held her ground and tried to retract her fear and put on her brave façade.
Stefan gave a short chuckle and looked around at their surroundings.
"Oh, I just thought you made a habit of walking around dark and dangerous alleys in a town full of vampires." His sarcasm brought Elena's sour mood to a higher irritation.
"Yes well it is every girls dream to be swept off her feet by a dark mysterious hero, did you hear my calls of distress and decide to rush to my rescue or do you have another reason for being here?" Any sign of fear that had once shown had completely disappeared by now as she stood before him with a stone stubborn expression waiting for a comeback.
Stefan began to laugh uncontrollably at this point, confusing Elena, she looked around and back at Stefan not knowing how to react. Once Stefan regained his composure he looked back to Elena.
"Oh, I think I might have finally discovered why my brother is keeping you around, you're just so damn cute." He went to pinch her cheeks only to have her slap his hands away and then go for his face.
He grabbed her arm before she could make contact with his face. "Or is it the fire in your eyes when you're angry?" His grip was dangerously tight, and Elena felt a twinge of fear in her heart, she could have sworn that his eyes glowed red for a second.
"There you are Elena, I've been looking all over for you!" Rose appeared out of the darkness just in time. She walked up to Stefan and took Elena's hand out of his grasp.
"See you around Stefan." Her friendly voice didn't go with her threatening glare as they walked back towards the crowded market leaving Stefan in the dark alley.
Bonnie and Jeremy stood in front of the door, hesitant. Each looked to the other as if daring them to make the first move. Jeremy shook his frantically with wide eyes refusing to step any further.
"fine" Bonnie then took one quick step giving two loud knocks before moving back to Jeremy as if the door had stung her. Despite her obvious fear, she took a deep breath and prepared herself for the coming face to face with her cousin, blinked a few times and held her head up ready for whatever may come.
They stood there for what seemed a minute unmoving, staring at the door.
"Well, looks like she isn't home, let's come back later." With that Jeremy began to walk away but Bonnie pulled him back by his arm just as the front door was thrown open with a giant gust of wind.
Nobody was there to greet them, just an empty hallway. They both stayed where they stood and looked into the house, wondering what had thrown the door open.
"Hello?" Bonnie called out lifting her eyebrow as she examined what little of the house she could see. She could feel Jeremy's arm shaking in her grasp and she felt herself tremble just a bit.
"BOO!" Jeremy let out a scream as both he and Bonnie involuntarily jumped from the sudden fright. Bonnie quickly turned to reveal the intruder only to come face to face with the very person they had come to see.
"Hello little cousin" the witch said with a crooked smile revealing her rotting teeth.
Elena and Rose continued their ventures in the market with no further mention of the previous events. Elena knew that Rose was upset and she felt that trying to talk to her would cause Rose to voice her displeasures.
Elena looked to Rose as she followed her around the market and began to wonder what would have happened if she had escaped. What would have happened to Rose?
Rose has grown to be her only friend in this prison, the only one to make her forget that she was there against her will, at least for a little while. If she had escaped when Rose was in charge of keeping watch on her, what would Damon do to her?
Images began flashing through Elena's mind of Rose being tortured and killed in various ways, screaming as her eternal life came to an end.
"Elena?" Roses voice came from behind and brought Elena back to reality. Blinking a few time to regain her composure she finally realized that tears had started to flow down her face. She quickly wiped her face dry and turned to face Rose.
"Yes?"
"I was saying we should head back soon, it's getting late and you must be tired." Rose seemed ignorant of the internal distress Elena was pulling herself from. If there was anything Elena prided herself with it was her ability to hide her emotions.
"Right whatever you say." Elena had lost all desire to escape, all she wanted to do now was get back to her room and forget about her previous thoughts.
They walked to the end of the market and Rose began to get all of her things together to get ready for her super speed run. While standing there waiting for Rose, Elena began to look around at the old houses. All seemed to be ancient, broken down, ready to crumble.
Before she knew it she found herself walking towards one of the old houses as if drawn to it somehow. She was no longer in control of her body, it moved on its own. The old building she found herself approaching looked almost torn down. There was little left of it except for some of the walls, the ceiling was gone and the interior was exposed to the harsh outside world. The doorway stood but there was no door, above where the door would be seemed to be an old store sign.
Elena stopped right before she could walk through the doorway. She couldn't figure out why she had come over there but before she could ponder any longer she felt a rush of nausea run through body, she began to feel dizzy as she looked around. Everything began to spin, things began to blur, her mind felt fuzzy, and and ….and ….
She blinked a few times and found that she had regained her composure pressing her hand to her head. She looked back at the store and briefly forgot why she had been there in the first place. She grabbed her basket from the ground and walked towards the door.
"You don't want to go in there!" She gasped and turned to the stranger leaning against the corner of the store. She was taken aback at first by his handsome looks. His deep black hair fell just above his eyes, he wore a loose white tunic with black pants and black riding boots. She looked into his deep blue eyes and for a moment thought she was looking into the eyes of an angel…
"The store." He motioned to the door she had been about to open with his eyes and hand then went back to his previous composure with his arms crossed leaning against the corner. He gave her a smirk which made her melt. This feeling seemed foreign to her and it angered her that such a stranger made her feel like that and even more that he had the audacity to address her in such a manner.
"Excuse me?" Her posture appeared annoyed when she looked at the stranger with daring eyes, clenched jaw, and the hand not holding the basket on her hip.
"I said, you shouldn't go in there." Once again he pointed towards the door. She felt her stubbornness well up as she looked at the stranger with suspicious eyes.
She gave him one look up and down and then decided to just dismiss him as a crazy loon trying to get her attention and perhaps her money. She looked away from those intriguing blue eyes and continued to walk into the store.
As she was opening the door she forced herself not to look back at the strange man, but she could not stop her mind from wandering who he was and why he seemed to intrigue so much.
She looked back up as she shut the door ready to ask Elijah for her usual but what she found brought her eyes wide with surprise, and fear.
Elijah lay on the floor blood pouring from his neck, cold dead eyes staring back at her with the fear of his last moments frozen on his face. She wanted to scream but nothing came out as her mouth gaped open. She was frozen in her spot, not knowing what to do or where to go she just kept staring at Elijah's body.
A sound from the other side of the room made her jump and look towards the commotion.
"Well, Well, look what we have here lads! Looks like we're getting two for one today." She looked towards the intruders, only three were visible, she didn't know if there were more she just knew she was in trouble.
She looked for a way out but found herself trapped, then suddenly remembered the door was just behind her. She made a run for it.
In a blink the main guy was in front of her blocking her only exit. Her eyes grew wide in fear, he had moved in with inhuman speed. He began to laugh and his colleagues followed his lead, each blocking her from every direction, no matter where she turned there was one of the goons.
She turned back to look at the one who had blocked to door, waiting to see what would happen. He seemed to be his leader, he was surely the one to call the shots, to determine her fate.
She looked down and realized that Elijah's body was at her feet, his face facing away from her but his neck exposed, she could see the blood stains on his shirt where it had poured onto the floor. But the thing that got her attention the most were the two puncture wounds on his neck
She then looked back towards the intruder in front of her, and saw him smile dangerously revealing his deadly fangs. VAMPIRES!
The reality of her situation hit her then and she knew she was going to die, she felt tears weld up but refused to expose her fear to these demonic creatures. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she held her head high waiting for her untimely death.
She held her eyes shut tightly trying not to flinch when she heard swift movement and a few bumps. She waited to be hit or bit but nothing game. She opened one eye to see why they were delaying it for so long but opened both in surprise as she saw all of the intruders on the floor grey as a stone with a stake in each of their chests.
"I told you not to come in here." She turned to find herself face to face with the stranger from before. She didn't know what to say, she was in shock from everything that had happened, but she found herself calm while looking into his eyes. The eyes of an angel?
"wha?" she tried to speak but still nothing would come. He gave her the same devilish smirk which had made her melt just minute before and found that now it made her almost loose all of her composure.
"My name is Damon, It's an honor to meet you, miss…?" he took her hand and bent his head as if to kiss it but stopped when his lips were inches away looking to her waiting for her to speak.
It took her a moment but she finally regained her composure
"Katerina, my name is Katerina."
Everything became fuzzy again and she saw everything around her spinning, She tried to stay up but found herself falling.
"Elena!" She heard his voice and opened her hazy eyes trying to protect her eyes from the light of the shining sunset.
He was there holding her in his arms looking down at her with worry in his eyes.
"Damon?" and then everything went black again.
AU: alright that's all I got right now, hope you like it, please review! Happy Holidays!