Trouble in Paradise

Damon, Elena and Bonnie were headed back to the Boarding House along with the Bartons. They needed to discuss more about what role Evelyn was to play in this whole scenario…

Damon looked at Evelyn through his rearview mirror-she was so…'human'! He felt it was wrong that she had been dragged into this, but this…was the only way to save Stefan! Stefan-who had sacrificed EVERYTHING for him. He owed it to his brother to save him from whatever Klaus had in mind.

Still, Damon couldn't help but feel very protective for Evelyn. He knew he would try his best to keep her safe in all this…she mattered to him-a LOT more than he was ready to accept! Damon looked at Elena who was sitting next to him. Hadn't he been in love with her all this while? He was baffled as to how no one seemed to matter to him when Evelyn was around! He felt his morals were on such a slippery ground! What would Elena be thinking of him right now? He had told her only a few days back that he loved her! God! This was so…weird!

Elena looked at Damon whose face clearly showed he was distressed about something. She wished she knew what was going on in his mind right now-worry for Evelyn…or what to do about the Klaus situation! She hated herself for the way she had been feeling lately…but, Damon had changed! His world didn't revolve around her anymore…why did that sting?

Elena knew she had always been the one to make the "choice". Was she feeling like this because for the first time, she felt she was just a second option? Did Damon not care for her anymore? Why had Damon's actions started bothering her so much? He had always been the flirt! So, it shouldn't matter! But, Elena knew this was different… She saw the way Damon looked at Evelyn! It was obvious to everyone!

They reached the Boarding House and Damon parked the car while everyone went in.

The first person Evelyn saw when she entered the house looked like Elena's twin! She couldn't believe her eyes! She looked at Elena…and then at the other girl-completely clueless as to what was going on! As the other girl started approaching her, she took a step back and bumped right into Damon!

"Uh…I- I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking." She stammered.

He just shrugged and smiled. For the briefest moment, their bodies had touched…and he had felt an electric jolt pass through him! One look at her confirmed that she had felt the same…

"Are we done?" Evelyn blushed as she realized they had been staring at each other as she heard a voice behind her…It was Elena's look alike. She took an involuntary step back and clutched Damon's hand.

"What? Are you crazy? Who are you anyway?" The girl said again.

"Shut up Katherine! And just back off!" Damon said, hissing. He held on to Evelyn's hand protectively…not wanting to leave it!

"I see you've got yourself a new toy Damon." Katherine smirked.

Before Damon could retort Bonnie felt herself giving Katherine a killer aneurysm! Katherine fell forward on her knees, holding her head and writhing in pain. Suddenly, Bonnie stopped.

Everyone was staring at Bonnie who was usually supposed to be really pissed to do something like this.

"I didn't do anything!" Bonnie said, defensively.

"Oh come on Witch! That, right there, was the best thing you've ever done in your life!" Damon said with a smirk.

"But I didn't do it Damon! Trust me!" Bonnie said, utterly confused.

"Oh I wish you were up for dinner!" Katherine hissed. Bonnie raised her eye and looked at Katherine, ready to give her an aneurysm willingly now.

"Well, that was just a display of a Fate's powers!" Mrs. Barton spoke up, a look of understanding on her face.

"What do you mean?" Elena looked at Mrs. Barton and then at Evelyn…

"I didn't do anything!" Evelyn said, surprised.

"Oh Darling! You don't know how potent your powers are! What were you thinking right before this happened?" Mrs. Barton asked her daughter.

"I don't know! I was just scared! Scared of h-her!" Evelyn said pointing a finger at Katherine… "And..."

"And?" Damon asked her softly.

"And I just thought that she was being mean to everyone and wished I could give her a taste of her own medicine!" Evelyn said, slightly more confident now.

Everyone except Katherine couldn't help but smile at this… Especially Damon! He just looked at her in awe! "And you managed to make the Witch give her an aneurysm just like that?"

"Well…I don't really know how that worked…" Evelyn said innocently. Everyone looked at Mrs. Barton hoping she could explain.

"Well, I told you guys! She's new! But, lethal!" Mrs. Barton laughed. "She can make someone do ANYTHING by just thinking about it! It's not exactly mind control…because Evelyn could have only made Bonnie do it if Bonnie herself was willing to do so!" She winked at Bonnie… "You were just waiting to get pissed off 'enough' Bonnie!"

"Well…guilty as charged!" Bonnie said and smirked at Katherine.

"Awww…So, now you know not to mess around, Miss Katherine?" Damon asked with a puppy dog face.

"You know she's still human. I can kill her anytime I want!"

Damon was about to lung for her but again she fell down because of an aneurysm. "Wow! I'm really new to this…I didn't think a sub-conscious thought would make that happen again! Sorry!" Evelyn smiled sweetly at Katherine who was getting up now.

Everyone burst out laughing… "This is so cool!" Tyler said. "Welcome to the gang!" He grinned at Evelyn.

"Even you're a vampire?" Evelyn asked, surprised.

"No! I'm a werewolf." He replied matter-of-factly.

"And I'm a vampire." Caroline said

"Any other 'super naturals' I need to remember?" She looked at everyone and then said to Katherine, "Who are you? Elena's twin?"

"Oh no! No No No!" Elena said, "She's Katherine."

"Yeah! She's the bitch at work behind our screwed up lives!" Damon said, turning to smile at Katherine.

"I'm a vampire. 500 year old at that! So, you better watch out Miss Oh-so-powerful! I can rip you to pieces in less than a minute."

Before Damon or anyone else could say anything, Alaric spoke up, "Look guys! We have to stop this. There are more important 'issues' at hand! For instance, Anna and Vicki paid another visit."

"WHAT?" Elena turned to look at her brother. "Why didn't you tell me? Are you okay?" She said, moving to hold him by his shoulders. He was the ONLY family she had left. She dreaded losing him too…

"I'm fine Elena. Really. What's important is that they wanted to help us again! They gave me another clue." He went on to tell everyone what had happened the night before.

"Someone who knows Klaus more than Katherine huh?" Damon repeated his words. "Interesting."

"Well, I did figure out who they were talking about…" everyone looked at him expectantly. "I think it's Elijah!" He said finally… "After all, who can know Klaus better than him."

"You are right on the mark Jeremy. It can only be Elijah!" Caroline piped in.

"But how do we trust Elijah again? And, we don't even know where he is!" Alaric said, frustrated.

"There's no point looking for Elijah. He can't help you!" Katherine told them.

"And why, may I ask, do you say so?" Damon said, tired of her games.

"Well…" She didn't speak further.

"What have you done this time Bitch?" Damon's control was slipping by now.

"I haven't done anything, Damon!" She looked at him defensively. "But, I did witness something." She muttered finally.

"WHAT IS IT KATHERINE? Stop testing my patience!" Damon was very angry.

"Umm…Elijah is dead! Klaus killed him." Katherine said, trying not to meet anyone's eyes.

Damon's control snapped. He pinned her against the wall, the veins in his face becoming prominent.

"Damon! Stop!" Elena screamed.

"No! Not this time Elena! I've had enough of this psychotic Bitch!" Damon said in a steel voice.

Katherine was gasping because of Damon's strong hold on her neck.

"Damon! Please…don't! This is not the way!" He heard Evelyn speak. As if under compulsion, Damon followed what the voice said and threw Katherine on the floor. Everyone was stunned! It wasn't like Damon to listen to someone when in rage!

"Is this one of your powers too?" Alaric asked

Evelyn looked confused but Mrs. Barton replied. "No. It's not!"

No one could come up with anything to say. So, they all just kept quiet. Finally, it was Evelyn who spoke… "W-What happened to your face that time?" She looked at Damon.

"A characteristic of being a vampire." He said blankly.

"Oh." Was all she could say. She was scared of this side of Damon. Though she was sure he would never hurt her, but she was so new to all this. She could hardly understand what they all were talking about.

"So, what do we do now that Elijah is dead?" Jeremy finally asked as Damon gave Katherine another look of PURE hatred.

"We'll have to find Elijah and take out the dagger from his heart." Bonnie answered his question, obviously aware of how impossible the solution sounded.

"And how do we find his body?" Alaric asked.

"I don't know. We'll have to search for it and hope we get the answer soon." She stopped suddenly and looked at Evelyn. Everyone followed her glance and they all knew what she was thinking!

"We have Evelyn!" Bonnie exclaimed. "We can do anything!"

"Oh…so, you want me to help you locate this person?" Evelyn asked, trying to get her facts straight.

"YES! And if you help us, we will be able to do it no matter how impossible it sounds!" Bonnie went ahead and held her hand. "You're a true blessing for us, Evelyn."

"Glad to be of help." She smiled at her new friend.

"Okay, so we find Elijah then. But, not today! I think we all need some rest…and, I want Evelyn to know the WHOLE deal before she is confronted by any other dangers." Damon said.

"Yeah, Damon's right." Bonnie said. "We should all head back home and meet here tomorrow."

"Okay by me." Elena smiled and so did everyone else. They finally felt a ray of hope in this bleak situation.

"Come on. I'll drop you both." Damon said, looking at the Bartons.

"Yeah. That'll be great." Mrs. Barton said.

"And safe too!" Bonnie added.

"Good night everyone!" Evelyn smiled at everyone before leaving.

They left for the Lockwood House. Damon wanted to drive the Bartons back home because he wanted to make sure they reached safely…And also because he knew Wolf boy wanted to spend some time alone with Barbie. He smiled thinking of how they managed to stay together, being "natural" enemies!

On the way, he started filling them in about Klaus... He knew it was important for Evelyn to be aware of the dangers all this entailed. When they reached the Lockwood house, Mrs. Barton wished Damon good night and left, leaving Evelyn and Damon alone.

"Well…umm…" He looked at her, tongue-tied, "I hope you're not scared anymore. You're more powerful than anyone of us!"

"Yeah. I definitely feel more confident. But, I'm still brand new to all this! I hope that doesn't cause trouble." She said, genuinely concerned.

"You definitely have a lot left to learn…but, you seem to be a natural at it!" Damon grinned at her. She smiled back…that smile which would've taken his breath away had he been human.

"I seem to have met a charming vampire." She blushed as she realized what that could imply.

"That would be me!" he smiled again, trying to ease over the situation.

She smiled. "Anyway…" She said reluctantly, not wanting to end their conversation but, not knowing what to say anymore.

"Yeah, I guess we should call it a night. It's been a long day for you!" Damon said, reading her expression.

"Good night Damon!" she smiled at him and went inside. "Good night" He replied. He surveyed the Lockwood property once before he finally left for the Boarding House. It had definitely been a long day.

Bonnie reached home tired and ready to sleep any minute. She changed into her PJs and quickly got into her bed. Then she lay down thinking about the day's events for some time before finally falling off to sleep.

In the middle of the night, she suddenly got up! She looked around but didn't recognize where she was. It was dark all around!

She realized she was dreaming…this was just a dream! But, why was it feeling so real?

Then, suddenly she woke up with a start! She was panting and tried to recollect what she had seen…it all came back to her at once.

She immediately called up Damon. The phone rang for quite some time before he finally picked up… "You better have a good reason for calling right now Witch!" he said in a sleepy voice.

"Evelyn's in danger!"

"WHAT?" He was definitely not sleepy anymore.

"I saw a dream Damon. But, I'm sure it was sort of a warning."

"What do you mean Bonnie?"

"KLAUS! I saw Klaus…"

Hey everyone! So, I'm finally getting closer to the BIG BATTLE! ;) I named this chapter "trouble in paradise" because of the irony of the statement! : D

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