Here's my next chapter! I decided to publish it before Smallville 'cause I had extra time on my hands. I hope you like it!

Chapter five

The Answers in the Lies

Elena looked down at Miranda's sleeping form. She was so peaceful like this. Contrary to popular belief she was quite the little devil and she talked (more like babbled) a mile a minute. But when she was around strangers she became very quiet. Slowly, as dawn crept in, Miranda began to stir beside her, she turned around to look at Elena. Her blue eyes were staring back at her mother's; she rubbed her eyes slowly, yawned and then said: "Hi Momma. I hungwy."

"Okay, we'll go ask Aunt Bonnie if she has any cereal." The girl nods excitedly and jumps off the bed.

"Let's go!" she says impatiently. Elena chuckles and goes downstairs with her pyjamas still on. Bonnie was already up and watching TV.

"Hey, you two. What" her concentration turns to the wall. Her eyes are unseeing; she was in a trance. Miranda looks at her worriedly.

"Do not trust the ones nearest to you for they are the ones that will betray you." Her voice sounded deeper. Miranda pulled on her mother's pyjama pants. Her lower lip was trembling indicating that she was going to cry. Elena picks her up soundlessly. As quickly as the trance began it ended. Bonnie looked up at Miranda confused. The little girl was on the verge of tears.

"Oh no, don't tell me it happened in front of her." She says her eyes huge as saucers. Elena nods.

"What did I say?" she asks worriedly glancing at Miranda.

"Not to trust those that are close to us because they'll betray us." Bonnie looks at her quizzically.

"It's fine Bon, don't worry about it. Do you have any cereal?" Bonnie nods and shows her the cupboard of cereal. After eating there breakfast Miranda got over the fiasco of earlier and went to chatting with Bonnie.

"Do you like my toes?" she says grabbing her foot and shoving it in Bonnie's face. Elena and Bonnie burst out laughing; forgetting there earlier worries.

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Damon went down the stairs to see his brother, unfortunately he was out hunting. Damon grabbed a cereal box and put milk into it, he swirled it together and grabbed a spoon and started eating it. Of course, it wasn't a full box of cereal. When he was done he waited for his brother on the sofa. He didn't have to work for another day. Mrs. Flowers entered the living room with some tea.

"Hello Damon. Tea?" she says sweetly. He nods and thanks her as he grabs the cup of tea.

"You should talk to Elena." She says. He scowls at her.

"What's the point? I don't matter to her. I'm yesterday's garbage." The older lady shakes her head.

"You would be surprised. Open your eyes boy. Talk to her." She gets up and takes the cups of tea with her, disappearing into the kitchen. Damon waited for Stefan for a little longer. When he didn't arrive he decided to go drive into town.

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"Bonnie, do you have anything for lunch?" Elena asks from the kitchen.

"Oh no! I forgot to go shopping. I can go now if you want." She says, getting up from the couch.

"Bonnie, you've done enough for us. I'll go."

"Elena, it's no problem, really."

"It's fine. Miranda's getting restles anyway." They look over at Miranda who's throwing Bonnie's books on the ground.

"Okay. I'll pay you back though."

"No. It's fine. We're staying here for free. Don't even protest." She grabs Miranda and puts on her coat. They leave soon after, leaving Bonnie to clean her house.

Elena was driving to the supermarket. She had decided to take a short cut so that she could get there faster. Unfortunately fate had other plans for her. Her car started stalling and finally came to a stop on the side of the road.

"Crap." She said loudly, forgetting about her daughter in the back seat until she heard tiny giggles.

"You said a bad word." She points out, covering her mouth as she snickers away.

"Yes, mommy did and I'm sorry. Do you want to wash my mouth out with soap?" she asks looking back at her daughter. She nods giggling. Elena turned back around and pulled out her cell phone, but there was no reception. She got out of the car and walked around with her cell above her head. There was still no reception.

"Momma!" she hears Miranda cry out. Elena hadn't realized how far she had gotten away from the car. In the car she saw her daughter flailing in a pair of large hands that belonged to an even larger man.

"Oh God." She cried out running to her daughter.

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Damon was driving aimlessly down different roads. All of which were relatively deserted. He liked the quietness and peace of driving around. Sometimes he missed the days where he would never get tired and never be bored. But being a mundane again made him appreciate life more and finally accept that one day he would grow old and die. He sighed heavily. He thought he had seen movement in the bushes, from the corner of his eye, but when he looked over nothing was there. He looked back at the road and slammed on his brakes. He swerved to the left almost hitting a tree. When his car comes to a stop he gets out of the car to help the people on the side of the road. As soon as he opens his door his ears are hit with a loud scream. He runs to the car to find a man hitting and kicking a blonde woman. The woman was on the ground face down. She looked unconscious.

"Momma." He heard a soft whimper.

He turns around to be face to face with a little girl. His breath catches in his throat and he feels light-headed. Elena's eyes, he thought, those were Elena's eyes. He whipped his body around and lunged into the man kicking Elena. His revelation had only taken five seconds, but those had been five seconds that the man was still beating her. The large man stumbled back and then concentrated his punches on Damon. Later Damon would realize that the man had been Tank, the one he had met at the bar. Damon fought back with as much vehemence as he could muster. He kicked the guy in the jaw and then the nose. His kicks were strong enough to break the guys bones. Damon realized too late that the man wasn't human. He glanced quickly in Elena's direction; she was still unconscious. He fought back as much he could, but he was getting beaten pretty badly. Consciousness was soon escaping and he did the last thing he could think of. With all the energy he had left he sent out one thought hoping it would work. Stefan. He thought as the world melted away in complete darkness.

So that's it for now. Next update will be Sunday. Don't forget to review!