Chapter Ten

They saw love can drive a man to do crazy things. He believed in this saying the moment he met Katherine – so charming, so beautiful, so innocent. He had loved her the moment she introduced herself, long after his brother had fallen for her. But he didn't care, he knew that they had a connection together. He didn't care then, and he didn't care when he would smell his brother's cologne all over her outfit. He was in love with her. He wasn't worried that she was sleeping around, as long as he had at least one part of her.

You wouldn't even begin to imagine the pain he felt, even if he explained it to you – there was no way anyone would ever know how he felt the moment he learned she'd been free all these years after him spending his entire life searching for her and never giving up hope. He had dreams for the two of them, he had plans for their future. He thought she wanted to be a part of those dreams and plans, but apparently he was wrong. To hear those words, was like a knife cutting through his soul. She knew where you were Damon. She didn't care.

It hit him like a pile of bricks – no, it hit him harder. He felt his heart break into at least a thousand pieces every time he'd see Elena. It had nothing to do with Elena, Elena was just Elena at that time, but her appearance – her appearance screamed of Katherine. Every time she'd pounce into the boarding house, with Stefan at her side, he was ready to end it all. Ripping her tiny little throat out crossed his mind at least a dozen times. He didn't care that Stefan would have had him staked and burned the second after Elena would lay limp in his hands, her blood smeared among his face. He wasn't worried, as far as he was concerned he had died as soon as he learned Katherine didn't want him. There really was no point for him to live anymore. But something kept him from hurting her. To see the fear in her eyes as she pleaded for his forgiveness, his love, and his trust, he had no intentions of ever hurting her. She was the one person to bring out the humanity he had long ago buried deep inside of him.

She was a powerful little thing, with enough spunk to knock out a tribe of vampires. He had to give it to her, she never backed down from a challenge. And he liked that, more than anything about her. She wasn't afraid of him like most people were. Even if he would have been in attack mode with his fangs touching the point of her skin, threatening to break the flesh and have his way with her blood, she'd simply say, You won't hurt me. I trust you. You're better than that. She wasn't fazed by the things a normal human being would be fazed by. She was a soldier until the end of the time. And most importantly, she understood him. She knew where he was coming from when he said he literally had no one but himself. She felt his pain one two many times. She knew how it felt to have something missing from your life, just as he had once felt. Until she came into his life and filled the emptiness with warmth.

He could hear her, the faint heart beat pounding throughout his head, threatening to blow his mind away. He knew she was alive, and that was enough for him for now, as long as he had that heart beat going off and on in his mind. She would be okay, as long as Katherine continued to stay away from her blood, which would give him enough time to kill Katherine and rescue Elena.

Damon snapped out of his thoughts as he entered a room larger than the previous one. He stopped suddenly, allowing himself to take in the view of the newly discovered room. It recently occupied by at least three people, judging by the small mounds of blankets and pillows as well as blood wrenched clothing. He assumed it belonged to the vampires they had recently staked, along with the one vampire that had attacked Matt and managed to escape.

"Where do you think he-" Stefan started as he turned around quickly, just in time as a vampire jumped at him, knocking him off of his feet.

Stefan used his strength to send the vampire flying across the room. She looked at Stefan with pure hate in her eyes before speeding quickly at him and using her long nails to scratch at his face, leaving a small cut in the process. Damon ran at her as she tried to attack his brother. Within in moments, the small female vampire sank to the ground with the wooden stake sticking out through her back. Damon dusted off his brother's jacket as he made sure there was no harm done besides the small cut.

"Damn, she would have made a good vampire," Damon sighed as he looked down at the wrinkled young blonde. She looked to be no older than twenty-two years old.

Stefan chuckled to himself at Damon's cocky attitude. Even in a time like this, Damon was still finding the time to look positive and crack jokes about the sickest things, like the death of a vampire. They waited for the others to catch up before starting their exploration of the room. They split up, giving each member a certain part of the room to search, hoping to find any clues to as where Katherine may have been.

"Hey guys, I found something!" Bonnie called as she removed a small document from a red folder.

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"You sure you're okay?" Caroline asked as she remained at Matt's side as he walked with a tiny limp.

"Caroline, I'm fine. Just a bruise, that's it. Stop worrying," he reassured her.

"I never want to feel like that again," she sighed as she thought of the recent pain she had felt.

"How did you think I felt when the doctors informed us that there was internal bleeding after the accident?" Matt asked as he grabbed his girlfriend's hand and squeezed tightly.

"Let's promise each other to never get that close with death, ever again," giggled Caroline.

"Hey guys," Tyler called, "I hate to break up the love scene, but take a look at this."

Caroline screamed as Tyler raised his hand up slowly, allowing the others to see the large claws slowly protruding from his finger tips. Slowly, his eyes flashed a bright yellow as his pupil dilate larger, then smaller, than back large. Suddenly, Tyler crashed to the ground with a loud boom echoing throughout the surrounding area.

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"What the hell was that?" Damon asked as he suddenly stopped running, stopping quickly in his tracks, followed by the others. They listened quietly for any hope of clues as to what the loud noise may have been. Suddenly, they heard a small feminine scream fill the areas around them.

"Caroline," Bonnie whispered with fear in her voice.

"Damn it!" roared Damon as he punched the stone wall before turning back to the group, "Okay, Stefan, Isobel, Alaric, you come with me. We'll battle Katherine on our own. Anna and Bonnie, go figure out what the hell's happening with them."

"I can't carry her," Anna started to say.

"You can, and you will. Or I'll drive the stake through you myself," Damon breathed violently.

"Damon," Stefan warned as he turned back to the shaken young vampire, "He won't hurt you. He's just afraid right now, and worried. If you can't carry her, then she can stay with us. But you still go. Here, take my phone. Call Damon as soon as you reach them and report the damage to us.

Anna nodded as she reached out and took Stefan's phone before running off into the darkness.

"You know," Stefan started, "She's just trying to help, Damon. You don't need to go around threatening her."

Damon ignored Stefan as he became lost in his memories once again.

He ran back to Elena's house as quickly as possible. He knew he had recognized her once before, but he wasn't able to place his finger on it until now. His mind flashed back to the memories of himself, Pearl, Katherine, and Anna all sitting outside, laughing and enjoying themselves while they discussed the possible future of Damon and Katherine.

He stopped suddenly as she saw Stefan standing on Elena's front porch as he ran his hands through his hair, obviously distressed by something. Damon hid behind the large bush as he listened in carefully.

"Come on Elena, pick up, pick up," he whispered to himself as he held on tightly to his cell phone which was now pressed up against his hear.

"Shit," Stefan cursed to himself as he slammed the phone shut.

He looked around quickly, making sure the area was free of any lurkers before speeding off into the night to rescue his girlfriend from Anna.

"She won't hurt her," Stefan whispered as he tried to reassure his worried brother.

"Won't hurt her? Stefan, it's Katherine we're talking about! She's doesn't care, she never cared, she doesn't care," Damon sighed as his voice broke as the last few words escaped his mouth. He leaned his head against the stone before placing his hands in front of his face, and for the first time in a hundred years, allowing himself to sob silently to himself as Stefan and the others just stared hopelessly.

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Anna found herself running faster than she had ever ran in her young life as a vampire. She never had the desire to run any faster than the average speed, but now, now was different. Jeremy's life was at risk now, and she wasn't losing the only person she had left in her life.

After her mother's death, Anna had decided she was packing and leaving. She couldn't stay here any longer – the memories were way to fresh and the pain was too new to her. She had gone years searching for her mother and a Gilbert to bring back her mother, and she finally found it. But, she never expected to get close to any of the Gilberts. Her whole life, she was brought up to believe that all Gilberts were back stabbers and untrustworthy. But then she met Jeremy.

At first, she had planned on using him for nothing more than his blood. But he opened up to her, showed her she could trust him with every secret she ever had, and he wouldn't judge her or run from her. He showed her that he didn't think as every other Gilbert had. He showed her the other side of the human world. Watching him cradle her like a small child any time something went wrong in her life, made her feel like for once, she belonged somewhere. And that somewhere was with Jeremy.

As soon as she walked into the house to find her mother lying on the ground dead, she planned to run without telling anyone goodbye. She needed to leave, and fast. However, she found herself in front of the Gilbert house, and then eventually inside Jeremy's room, sobbing uncontrollably. And he walked right over to her, pulled her close, and offered his safe embrace and love to her when she had no one else. Even after she had informed him that the murderer was his uncle, he still failed to leave her. He stuck by her side the entire time, and she wasn't leaving him now.

She stopped as soon as she saw the scene. Never before had she witnessed something like this. There, before her eyes, laid the Lockwood boy as his body grew incredibly large, and rather quickly. His eyes shined bright yellow as he clenched his fist at his side. He allowed a low growl to escape between his lips, before the real screaming began.

She quickly picked up Stefan's cell phone and was greeted by the soft voice belonging to Stefan Salvatore. "What's the damage?"

"Werewolf," she whispered as Tyler's clothes tore apart, leaving him covered by nothing by fur.

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Stefan dropped Damon's phone the moment the words had escaped Anna's mouth. Werewolf. He should have known, he should he realized the moment Mayor Lockwood was thrown into the old building during the Founder's Day Parade. He should have seen it the moment Tyler clenched his head, sending the car into a nearby gate, nearly killing himself as well as Caroline.

"What is it?" Alaric asked as he walked closer to Stefan, noticing the unusual ghostly white appearance.

"Tyler's a werewolf," he managed to say as he gulped down the fear that was bubbling through his body.

"What?" Damon asked with raised eye brows as he regained his strength.

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"What's happening to me?" groaned Tyler as he remained on the ground and brought his hand to his face, revealing the large amounts of fur.

"Stay calm, it'll be over within two seconds," promised Anna as she rushed to his side, followed by Jeremy.

"What's happening to him Anna?" Jeremy whispered as he pleaded silently that Tyler would survive.

"What day is it?" she asked suddenly, ignoring Jeremy's question.

"September 12th, why?" Jeremy asked with confusion in his voice.

"Full moon," she whispered.

"Anna, what the hell are you talking about?" roared Tyler as large carnivore teeth appeared in his mouth, followed by a snout, causing Caroline to scream once again.

"Tyler, listen to me," Anna shouted above his cries of pain, "You're turning. Something must have activation the lupus in your body. The pain's going to be over soon. You're a werewolf."

Slowly, Jeremy watched as Anna held on to Tyler's large wrist with all her might as his body began to shake violently. The small girl bounced as his body sent of spasms in all directions; however, she refused to let go. Jeremy rushed to the other side and grabbed a hold of Tyler's other arm and did exactly as Anna instructed him to. Soon, the shaking stopped, as well as Tyler's crying. Slowly, he placed one large hand down and pushed himself up forcefully.

"I can smell her," he said between grinding teeth, "She's near."

The group nodded as they allowed Tyler to lead the way to the young girl.

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okay, thought I'd give more story time to Tyler.

I know I said there'd be two more chapters, but I changed my mind. They'll be two more after this one. I had to incorporate more of tyler and anna because Matt and Caroline got a bunch of time already. Also, in the next chapters I plan to make Jeremy, Alaric, Bonnie, and Isobel's parts larger.

Anyway, two updates within an hour, haha go me. I thought I should make up for the lack of updating, ;D enjoy and review!