Thank you to all who reviewed the first chapter! :'')

So, here is chapter two :) I apologize for it being short, but I plan on making the chapters much longer later on. I'm kind of just building up some momentum (at least, I'm trying) before it catapults into the action. Nevertheless, I hope it doesn't disappoint!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing besides Adelina, this plot, and any other OCs that come about.

CHAPTER 2

Damon pulled the stake out of his gut with a painful grunt and rose from the ground.

"What did you just say?" he asked the girl, dropping the stake. He would rip her throat out later for stabbing him. Until then, Damon wanted an explanation.

"You heard me," she replied, speaking with a slight accent. "And I highly doubt that you'll hurt me. I am your only daughter, after all."

The girl's clothing, sweater and jeans, was all black and she was wearing a pair of sneakers of the same color. An average person wouldn't look at her and automatically think "danger".

Damon stared the girl down, trying to see if he could find a resemblance between himself and her. Yes, she had black hair and black eyes – and she wasn't very tall. But what did that prove?

"Yes, there's a strong resemblance between us." The girl smirked as she said this. Damon purposely ignored the fact that she could read his mind, even when he was using Power to keep it shielded. He would get to that later.

"What makes you think that you're my daughter? You obviously know what I am, so you should know that for me to impregnate a woman is impossible."

"You were a human when you were at University, during the Renaissance, weren't you?"

"Of course."

"Remember Gemma Pelosini?" Damon raised his eyebrows. He remembered the gorgeous woman well.

"That was my mother. Apparently, you two got to know each other molto bene for a night."

"Where is she now?"

"Her bones are in the ground. She died centuries ago – as a human."

"You're a vampire?"

"Yep."

"Why'd you stake me?"

"What's a first impression if it does not last?"

More and more, Damon was seeing the similarities between himself and the one who claimed to be his daughter. Despite the likeness between the two, he decided to keep pressing for more information.

"What's your name?"

"Adelina Salvatore. My mother gave me your last name in case we ever met."

"And how did you become a vampire, Miss Adelina Salvatore?"

"As much as I enjoy hanging out in the forest, there's more important things to be done."

"Like what?"

"I want to meet my uncle. St. Stefan, I've heard you call him."

"How do you know about my brother? In fact, how did you know where to find me?" Damon took a step closer to Adelina, who stood her ground firmly.

"I thought we were done playing 20 questions," Adelina replied. "Now, will you take me to meet the family, or do I have to go by myself? Who knows the trouble I'll cause if I do…"

Adelina picked up the stake that Damon had chucked to the ground. Damon snatched it from her and broke it half.

"Come with me," Damon replied as he tossed the remains of the stake into a bush.

He still wasn't sure about this girl, but he would just go with it for now. For reasons he couldn't pinpoint, Adelina's presence held his interest. Her aura was drawn in tight, much like the way Damon hides his when he's hunting, but there was still something about it. Something Damon had never seen before, even in his 500 years of unlife.

At the boarding house, Stefan sat in his attic room with Elena by his side. It had been a lazy day for them, and they were enjoying the night together as they gazed at the stars through an open window. That's when they saw Damon approaching with a girl by his side.

"Oh no," Elena whispered, fearing that Damon had lured some innocent girl back to the house for her blood. She and Stefan would have to help her somehow.

"Mrs. Flowers," Damon smiled once the old lady had opened the door.

"Hello, Damon. Hello, young lady."

"Adelina Salvatore," Adelina said as she stepped over the threshold without receiving an invite. Damon frowned as he followed her in. How was she able to enter without an invite? Had she been here before?

"Ahh," Mrs. Flowers began. "You must be Damon's girl." Adelina smiled at her.

"How did you know?" she asked.

"I've got the Sight, sweetheart."

"Excuse me, but did I hear you say that your last name was Salvatore?" Stefan asked. He and Elena had appeared at the bottom of the steps and came to the front room where the others were standing.

"Uncle St. Stefan!" Adelina stood on tip-toe and threw her arms around Stefan's neck, hugging him tightly. Elena stared on with wide eyes.

"Uncle?" she squeaked.

"This is Adelina." Damon spoke up. "My...daughter." Something inside Damon was able to believe that this was true. He had his doubts before, but he would just accept it – for now.

Adelina stepped back as both Stefan and Elena stood there gaping. Elena opened her mouth to breathe out a stream of questions, but Damon put up a finger to stop her.

"It's a long story and, to be quite frank, I'm tired. We'll talk about this in the morning," he said.

"But it's not that simple," Adelina spoke as she turned toward Damon. "I could've revealed myself at any time in the past, but I chose not to until now."

"Why?" Stefan asked. Adelina looked at him.

"Danger, of course. All of you are in it, which is nothing new. The difference is that I'm the only one that can help."

"What makes you so sure of this?" Damon narrowed his eyes.

"Oh, father. You have so much to learn."

It seems that every answer just brings more questions.

As always, I hope you enjoyed. Be sure to review and tell me what you think. Criticism is appreciated.

In the next chapter, we'll see how the rest of the gang reacts to Adelina and the danger that she speaks of. (Danger in Fell's Church? Who knew?)

Thank you :)

Btw, right before uploading this, I looked up Pelosini as an Italian last name and it seems to be more common than I thought. That was highly unintentional on my part, I just thought it went well with the first name "Gemma".

Enough with my rambling...