Good Morning Mystic Falls,
New day, new drama. With tension raging between E and B, who knows what could happen? Will D gather the courage to declare his love to the damsel of his dreams? Stay tuned.
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AN
It was lunchtime and the friends were gathering around the giant oak table in the center of the Academy's patio.
As usual, Stefan and Bonnie were the first ones there.
"How are you holding up?" Stefan asked.
"I'm fine." Bonnie insisted. "It's not like Tyler actually did anything to me."
"He could of."
"But he didn't. Thanks to you." She pressed a kiss to his lips just as Meredith and Matt joined them.
"How's your first day been?" Bonnie asked.
"Great." Meredith grinned. "The school is so beautiful. Though people have been staring at me weird all morning, I wonder why."
Stefan, Bonnie, and Matt exchanged a look. They'd all read AN's post about Meredith.
"I'm sure it's just because you're so good looking." Bonnie laughed. "Did you know there were about five guys in my first period talking about how hot you are?"
Meredith laughed. "Really?"
Elena sat down beside Meredith and pulled out a bowl of Italian cuisine.
"Where's Damon?" Stefan asked.
"I don't know." said Elena evenly, digging a fork into her food.
"That's odd." Bonnie commented. "You two were really hitting it off."
"Yeah, things happened." Elena shrugged.
"There he is." Stefan stated looking up to see Damon walking up to them.
"Hey Meredith, Mutt, Stefan, Bonnie. How are you?" Damon left out Elena and saw the way her fist clenched tighter around her fork. Everyone mumbled 'good' or 'fine', feeling the tension in the air.
"So do you all want to go see a movie tonight?" He asked looking at everyone but Elena. He saw her glance his way out of the corner of his eye. It was working. No one spoke. "Oh come on it would be fun. All five of us!"
Elena's face reddened and she stood up, pulling her bag with her. Just before she could storm away something grabbed her arm. Or rather someone. "Don't leave me."
"Screw you. Let go!" She snapped. When he wouldn't, she added, "What is your problem, Damon?!"
"Wanna know what my problem is?" He paused, "You. You're my problem. I can't get you out of my head. Not since that day you left me. Alone. Waiting for you like an idiot!"
All attention was on them, "You think I wanted to leave, Damon?! You don't even know the half of it."
"Then why push me away?! Damn it, Elena. I love you!" And with that he wrapped an arm around her waist and yanked her in for a long kiss. When he pulled away he rested his forehead against hers, "Please don't leave me again." He whispered for just her ears to hear.
She didn't know what to say. She was tempted to run, but she knew if she did she'd lose Damon forever. She took a deep breath and buried her face in his chest, "I'm sorry."
The sudden click of a camera had everyone turning to glare at a freshman girl holding up a cell phone.
"Do you mind?" Bonnie hissed, knowing that the picture would end up on AN's gossip website.
By the time the group had brought their attention back to Elena, she was gone.
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Damon paced around the Salvatore Mansion living room, contemplating. He finally dialed the number he'd been staring at for the past five minutes.
"I need your help. I want you to look into Elena Gilbert."
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Anything you can find about her regarding the past 24 months."
"Damon."
"Of course. It's always a pleasure doing business with you." Damon hung up and shot a tight lipped smile Stefan's way. "Hello, little brother."
"If Elena finds out about this she's not going to be happy." Stefan warned.
"So she won't find out." Damon snapped. "No one knows about this but you so if it ends up on AN I'll know who it was."
"You can't expect me to keep this a secret from everyone. I tell Bonnie everything."
"I'm sure you'll find a way." Damon slammed the door shut, leaving behind a very conflicted Italian brother.
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Elena ran down the empty halls with tears in her eyes. What had she just done? Before another thought could pass her mind a hand threw her against the lockers and held her by her throat. She recognized his face. "Elijah." She choked out, her eyes growing wide with fear.
"Elena, I'm here to tell you that you need to run. If I can find you, Klaus can find you. If Klaus finds you, someone else will find you dead in a ditch. Run Elena and don't look back." He warned and then released her.
He quickly disappeared, leaving Elena alone in the hall. She didn't know what to do. She'd just gotten back. She had to leave though. Or else everyone was going to be in danger. She took off down the hall to the front of the school to meet her driver. "Get me to the airport now."
Before the door could close someone held onto it, "Do not drive her away. I swear if you don't let me- thank you." It was Bonnie. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" She snapped, sliding into the backseat.
Elena ran a hand through her hair, "I have to leave, Bonnie. I'm in serious danger."
"Stop with all the cryptic 'I'm in danger stuff'. I'm here to help you!" Bonnie huffed. "You just broke Damon's heart! How could you do that to him? And what was he talking about when he said that you left him waiting for you? What are you thinking Elena? Look at all these people you're hurting by leaving...Especially me. I need my best friend. You're back here, but my best friend isn't. What happened that was so bad that it changed you this much?"
Elena gritted her teeth, "I can't tell you! I just have to go! Please just let me go."
"No. You leave then I come with you." Bonnie crossed her arms stubbornly.
"That defeats the entire purpose of me leaving." Elena huffed.
"Then I guess you have to stay."
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In California a man's fingers flew over the keyboard, "Elena Gilbert... Where did you go...?" He mumbled. He used advanced computer searches and filtered out article after article. That was not the girl he was looking for.
Suddenly, the screen lit up. "Ah ha... Mystic Falls. Gotcha." The man smirked. "You'll pay Gilbert. Oh, you'll pay." He stood up and walked out of the room.
Klaus Mikaelson had just found his next target.
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Meredith was struggling to find her 5th and final period, English Literature. She'd been wandering the hallways for a few minutes now and knew that her time was quickly ticking away. Just as she'd found the classroom a shoulder dug into her back and her books went flying everywhere.
Meredith leaned down to gather her supplies, steadily ignoring her attackers-a trio of girls, most likely in the 9th or 10th grade.
"Meredith Sulez?" An eerily familiar voice was at her ear, handing her her Galaxy s3.
"Elijah." She swallowed, snatching her phone away and straightening. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing." The dark haired man bore a crooked smile. "I had some business to attend to."
"I'm at student here." Meredith said flatly.
"A private school." Elijah quirked an eyebrow and glanced around. "Where did you even get the money to pay for your classes?"
"I'm on a scholarship."
Elijah narrowed his eyes. "Does Mystic Falls Academy even do background checks? Why would they ever award someone like you a scholarship?"
Meredith's jaw tightened. "I worked hard for this."
"I'm sure you did." Elijah leaned closer. "What illegal things did you have to go through with to secure your spot here?"
Meredith gritted her teeth. "I'm not like that anymore. I've changed. And I don't know why you're here but I want absolutely nothing to do with it...or your family." She shoved him away and raced into her classroom a second before the late bell rang.
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Bonnie's forehead was creasing in stubbornness. She wasn't going to change her mind anytime soon.
Elena groaned. "Please, Bonnie."
"To the Bennett Manor!" Bonnie called to the driver and the limo took off.
"I never should have came back." Elena insisted. "He'll be here soon."
"Who, Elena?!" Bonnie exclaimed. "Could you be any more vague? You should try telling the truth once in a while. Maybe you wouldn't be stuck in this situation."
Elena ignored her, gripping the door's handle.
One. two. three..
She pushed the door open and jumped.
"Elena!" Bonnie shrieked. "Are you insane?"
The car came to a screeching halt and Elena took off running, only to be scooped up and thrown into the backseat of a tinted limo.
Bonnie watched in horror as Elena kicked and scratched, trying to break free from her kidnapper. Doing the only thing she could think of, Bonnie took out her phone and snapped a picture of the retreating limo's license plate.
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Damon tapped his foot impatiently staring at his phone. He was hoping that he'd finally know what happened to Elena when she was gone. Finally it rang.
"Hello?!" Damon answered quickly.
"Hey Damon its me Alaric." Alaric was Damon's private investigator, "So I found out about Elena... And I don't think you're going to want to hear it." He said.
"Tell me."
"Damon I really think I'd be best if-"
"I said tell me" Damon snapped.
"Fine." Alaric sighed, "So it took a lot of digging and getting around to some sketchy people... But Elena got involved with the Mikelson Gang. Do you know who they are?"
"No... A gang? Are you sure?"
"The Mikelson gang is headed by one of the most violent and ruthless killers this country has ever seen. Any murder that he has committed is always covered up or someone under him takes the blame and he doesn't get caught. It's almost like he isn't even real." Alaric replied. "Elena got involved with them and I don't really know how, I think it was more of a party thing and thats when things apparently go wrong, but the trail goes dead there."
"So you don't know what the bad thing is that happened?" Damon asked.
"No."
"Okay thanks." Damon hung up and sighed. At least this was a start. Maybe Elena would tell him the rest, maybe this is why Elena was so afraid. He dialed her number and waited.
It rang and rang and then went to Voicemail.
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Elena's phone was held out in front of her, "This your boyfriend?" A familiar voice asked. She saw a blurry picture of Damon flashing in front of her. She groaned and the voice laughed, "Aw is little Elena in too much pain to talk? Guess a couple of broken ribs will do that to you huh?"
Elena's vision cleared and a younger male with dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes was looking at her. She gasped. "Kol." She scratched out.
"Oh right? I'm dead?" He laughed. "You thought you killed me? Well if it makes you feel better you were pretty damn close. Of course that's why you're here now. I'd love to be the one to kill you, but I don't get that glory. Klaus does. Makes sense. You did manage to elude him for a year. That royally pissed him off." He finished.
"Why can't you just kill me and get it over with." Elena whispered hoarsely.
"No. That would take the fun out of it. And for what you did to me, you deserve a very slow and painful death." His dark eyes flickered with something inhumanly evil. No other person could ever be so joyous over the thought of someone else's death. Only Kol.
"You're psychotic."
Kol's face darkened. "And you're dead."
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As Damon was stepping out of his house his phone began to ring.
"Hey, Bonnie."
"Damon!" Bonnie was breathless. It sounded like she was sobbing.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?"
"Elena.."
"What about her?"
"Someone took her... I don't know who but I got a picture of the license plate. Please. I don't know what to do."
Damon paused, fear thrumming in his chest.
"I think I know who has her." Damon said. "Where are you? I'll call Stefan and pick you up in five."
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"This is insane." Bonnie whispered. "I've heard of the Mikaelson's. We can't go up against them alone! We need to call the police!"
"No." Damon snapped. "That would only make things worse and at this point we can't afford any complications."
"Bonnie's right, Damon." Stefan interjected.
"Bonnie she shouldn't even be here." Damon said, taking a look at Bonnie's frail form. "She's completely traumatized."
"You were the one that picked me up." Bonnie shot back.
"I needed that picture of the license plate." Damon massaged his temples before reaching under the seat of the limo they were riding in.
"Are you serious?" Bonnie cried out when she saw the handguns Damon had pulled out. "This is illegal!"
Damon ignored her and held one out to Stefan. Stefan pushed it away and shook his head.
"Do you want to help save Elena or not?"
"I do but-"
"We don't have time to hesitate Bonnie. You're going to stay here while we go get her." Damon stated.
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Kol left with the few guards that were in the room leaving Elena alone. Her mind drifted to the day that she left.
"Hey Damon. Yeah we're still meeting for drinks" Elena replied as she threw clothes into a suitcase. She was lying straight through her teeth as she spoke to Damon over the phone. "Yeah. That club right outside of town right? Blue?" Elena confirmed.
"Yeah. I really can't wait to see you." He was smiling as he spoke to her. Tonight he was going to tell her how he felt. He had to.
"I'll see you soon." She paused, "Goodbye Damon." She hung up and felt tears slipping down her cheeks, but she couldn't tell him she was leaving. If she did he'd only come after her.
That night Elena boarded a plane to England leaving Mystic Falls behind. Just before she took off she checked her phone and saw that it was 9pm. She was supposed to be with Damon right now. She couldn't even imagine his face as he waited for her.
Damon sat at the bar and ordered a drink looking around for Elena. It got to be 9:30 and Damon grew worried. He called her phone covering his ears to hear better. It went straight to voicemail.
10:00pm he called again. Straight to voicemail. 11:00pm same thing. Where was Elena?
He listened to the music, on his third glass of whiskey. It was a Sam Smith song. 'I'm not the only one.' He shook his head and got up. He paid his bill and left. For the first time ever Damon Salvatore was stood up.
A while later the doors opened again and one man walked in and sat in front of Elena. "Ms. Gilbert. Long time no see" a blonde with clear hazel eyes said brightly. "As you probably guess, I am Klaus and I hope that you do enjoy our time together because I know I will." He smirked.
"What do you want with me?" Elena asked.
"Well revenge for my brother for one, but also... Ive been laying quite low lately and I am craving to see some blood shed. Especially from someone as lovely as you. Now my brother will decide your fate for right now, but mark my words. Your death will be at my hands." Klaus stood and left the room.
A few hours later he returned and handed Elena a glass of water, "So my brother has decided he doesn't want you dead yet. He thinks you may be of use to him. Today is your lucky day. You're not going to die... Yet. But Kol is in charge of you. I dare you to disobey him once Gilbert." Klaus stood behind Elena and pulled her head back by her hair. "As soon as he's finished with you, you are mine and I swear that I will enjoy every second of it since you think that you can hide so well from me." He hissed in her ear. Elena shivered it fear, "Disobey Kol and one by one I'll pick your friends off. Got it." He added.
"I understand" Elena whimpered.
Hey there, Mystic Falls.
Who is the mysterious man that paid E a visit? What is mystery man's relation to new girl M? S, D, and B were spotted fleeing town while E is nowhere to be found.
It seems like all hell has finally broken loose.
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