Damon needed a moment to reel over the fact that Felicity knowingly killed him. Damn, it was clear now how many traits Blair shared with her past lives. It wasn't just Blair that Felicity reminded him of but Andrea. That strong loyalty and being willing to sacrifice something so important to them for someone they loved – that was so very Andrea. In fact…all the lives he had come into contact with reminded him of Andrea. He just didn't realize it until that moment.

With Andrea on his mind he thought that would be the next time he would appear but he didn't. In fact based off his surroundings it was a very long time before he reappeared again. This time though it was extremely familiar. Damon remembered standing in that very spot outside of the women's university in the fifties. He'd been here before when he lived in his life but didn't know the significance of it at the time.

It wasn't until Damon saw a young blonde woman walking across campus that he realized why he the spell sent him there to that spot on the bench outside university. "Maggie," he said aloud. Damon met Maggie in the fifties but had no idea that it was one of Blair's past lives – she never mentioned it. The first time around he felt drawn to her but didn't know why – now he did. There was something in her eyes that he recognized – something that stirred his soul. But the first time around it wasn't Blair he saw in her eyes…it was Andrea.

Damon knew how this life ended and couldn't let it happen – not again. He darted off the bench as fast as humanly possible and ran right over to her. "Maggie!" he called out to get her to stop. What he hoped would be pleasure at seeing him again was heartbreak instead. "Maggie…" he said more softly as he stepped forward, but she held out a hand to stop him.

"Where were you?" Maggie demanded to know. "It was centuries before I saw you as Andrea and it's been centuries since then. I looked for you for centuries!"

Damon stepped closer despite her not wanting him to. "I can't control the spell. I'm so sorry, Maggie. If I had my way I would have been in every life with you. I would have never let you be alone."

"I wasn't alone," Maggie shot back. "I've had lives, husbands." She scoffed a chuckle, "I've had wives. Did you know I saw Klaus in the twenties while I was Prim? I saw Stefan, too. But you – you were nowhere! How could you even start to claim we are soulmates when you were never there!" The angrier she became the more the pain in her head started to throb, which was nothing new in this life.

Damon reached out and held onto Maggie's arm. "Please, don't get upset. You got upset before and it did not end well. I need to get you to a hospital, we can discuss this further there."

Maggie yanked her arm away from him. "I'm not going to the hospital. There's nothing wrong with me." Well, she figured that wasn't true since she'd been having severe pains in her head off and on for a little while now but wasn't going to let that stop her from living her life. If her time was running out she wasn't going to spend it in a hospital.

"I've been through this before!" Damon emotionally shouted back. "When I was me, before this spell to send me back, I lived through this. I saw you, was immediately taken with you, and you wanted nothing to do with me. And just when you were about to crack a smile, you touched your head and collapsed. You died in my arms before and it's not going to happen again."

"I always die before I turn twenty-five, Damon," Maggie simply answered. "Or did you never know that? Dying isn't something I'm afraid of – not anymore." Despite how upset she was with Damon, there was something she felt he should know. "Andrea did something, Damon."

Damon was about to answer to her previous words but hearing that Andrea did something caught his attention and held it. "What did she do?"

"You'll find out when you return to your time – the time when the spell was cast," Maggie answered. "Don't hold it against her, Damon. She thought she was doing the right thing." She felt a sharp pain in her head but didn't let it show on her face. This was something she had to get out. "You were the only one for her. There was no Klaus, no other past love, only you. You've said you and Blair are soulmates, but she didn't believe that. Andrea was the one you felt connected to and, like I said, for her it was only you."

Damon found something odd with what she was saying. "Why are you referring to Andrea as her own person and not a part of you?"

Maggie didn't answer that and took a deep breath. "Remember that she loved no one else but you. You were the only one in her heart." This time when she felt the sharp pain in her head she couldn't hold it in.

Damon couldn't let this happen again. "Maggie, no. I'm taking you to a hospital now."

Maggie grimaced from the pain with tears in her eyes as she looked at him. "Promise me you won't hate her. Promise me." It took everything she had to get the words out.

Damon had no idea what exactly he was promising but he was going to do it if it gave her some sort of peace. He wrapped his arms around Maggie and held her close. "I promise," he whispered, kissing her head, "I promise." When Maggie let out a sharp gasp then silence, he knew she was gone.

When this happened the first time around he turned off his emotions. This did happen again because it was something that was meant to, but thanks to the spell Damon's soul moved onto his next destination. Little did he know, his next destination would be his own time – His next destination would be home.

Damon's time with this life may have been very short but he learned all that he needed to do and did all he was meant to. Sometimes just one small thing can make a world of difference. That's something he'll come to realize soon enough – that even the smallest drop of water can still make ripples.

End Journey 6 – Maggie