Disclaimer: I do not own TVD! If I did…well… 3x14 would have been a bit different. And Ian would have been naked :D
The Enemy
By: MsBigBad
Chapter 1 Tell Me Not of Heartbreak
Give me hope in silence
It's easier, it's kinder
Tell me not of heartbreak
It plagues my soul, it plagues my soul
The Enemy- Mumford and Sons
This had been a night from hell. Elena's emotions had been all over the board and she had both done and said so many stupid things that she just wanted to hit the rewind button on the whole evening and rip up that ball invitation the second it landed on her doorstep, unfortunately, she could not do that. She had to suck it up and deal with the consequences. Like the fact that she had willingly lent her blood to Esther so, that she could kill her own children. Sure, that meant that if Esther aka mama original did succeed Klaus would be dead, forever dead, but then again so would the whole original family. This included the one original who she did not mind so much Elijah, especially since he had saved her life mere hours before she made the deal with his mother. She had looked Elijah right in the eyes and flat out lied to him. His doom was now sealed with that glass of champagne. Who was she becoming that she would sacrifice an entire family just to get rid of Klaus? Add mass genocide to her resume of awesome Doppelganger abilities. She was just trying to keep everyone safe, which seemed to be her mantra lately.
Amongst other unpleasant thoughts, the vision of Katherine came to mind. Was she becoming a true Patrova after all? Was she really keeping everyone safe or pushing them away and saving her own skin because she was so scared? The idea of being Klaus' human blood bag for the rest of her life was not the ideal future she'd had in mind while growing up. Though nothing in her life had turned out quite as she had imagined it when she was a child, or even as she had imagined it a few years ago.
Everything in her life was slowly falling apart, leaving her raw and tired. Every person that she had ever loved has been taken from her. First her mom and dad that night on Wickery Bridge, John, Jenna, even Isobel. Too many people she had buried and cried for in her short life.
Stefan had left her only to come back as someone else. He was not even a shadow of the caring person that she had fallen in love with and she was beginning to see that he could never be that person again as hard as he might try. Too much had happened to ignore and all hope of reconciliation had also faded tonight. She'd found herself desperate to make Stefan feel something for her again, but she could see the deadness in his eyes when he admitted that he could, that deep down he did, yet he didn't want to care. The last thing she wanted to bring Stefan was pain and every step she took toward him the more she realized that the more humane thing would be to just finally give up.
Her house was eerily quiet with Ric still recovering at the hospital. The absence of her brother hit her hard at times like these. The house of her childhood, which used to harbor laughter and the constant noise of a family, was now silent. Jeremy was gone, living a new life. Living a life devoid of the supernatural, without threat or violence, a life it seemed she would never have.
And now the final nail in the proverbial coffin. The one person she had taken for granted, who she knew would always be there, Damon, she had broken him beyond repair tonight, in true Katherine Pierce style.
She had betrayed his trust. She had plotted against him with Stefan; my God, she had asked Stefan to break his own brother's neck! All of this Damon was angry about, but she knew, she knew going into her plan that he would forgive her. He always did, but what she did next she was almost certain was unforgivable. He'd told her, practically shouted at her what she'd known all along, that he loved her, and what had she done but throw that love back in his face, just like Katherine. The second the words were out of her mouth, she wanted to take them back. She could see the hurt register in Damon's icy blue eyes and then the defensive reflex he'd had to rely on for so long kicked in. The instinct to brush her off, to shut everything down, and just forget how to feel. She had been pushing him for two and a half years to care, to show her that he was capable of feeling, and as soon as he had learnt to let her in she had crushed all that progress with her stupid fears.
He had gone back to random acts of violence for kicks apparently if Kol's broken neck was any proof. He'd reverted to his old self on the outside, but inside she knew that he was still there, had always been there. A man who felt with all his being and had received nothing but hurt and criticism for his efforts. She had felt it when he'd kissed her those few weeks ago. The passion that he had poured into that moment was like seeing his soul, feeling the goodness that was there and that was being brought out more day by day and yet the darkness was there as well. The desperate need to be accepted, to be loved in return. That kiss had kept her up all night wondering just why she hadn't noticed any of these things before.
She'd hurt too many people tonight. It was too late to fix Stefan and she still was not entirely sure what to do about the Original family now that her blood had been spilt and surely the binding spell cast. There was one person though that she needed to make amends with tonight. Damon. She needed to apologize. If she let the sun come up on what she'd said it would make this night real, and how she wished to just forget it completely!
She grabbed her car keys from the kitchen counter top and made her way to the front door, closing it slowly, shutting the silent house up for the moment and vowing that it would not always be this way. One day there would be laughter again, there would be life. She would not become Katherine, pushing everyone who could mean something away from her. She was starting with Damon.
This long night was about to get even longer, but she owed at least this much to the brother who would always choose her, who would never leave, or at least she hoped that was still the case.
AN: I will be continuing this regardless of what happens on the new Episode tomorrow night! This will deal with the aftermath of Damon/Rebekah and also with the bond of the Original family. Probably going to be at least 10 chappies long. Please let me know what You think! Reviews make my day!