OK, so I hope you enjoyed that last chapter :) I decided it was about time Elena remembered something and stopped being all confused. But now that she's remembered, she's going to be pretty freaked out. There's a bit of action in this chapter, so I hope it sounds good :) here it is, chapter 10!

"No. I-it wasn't a d-dream. It was a memory", she said, sobs still rocking her gentle frame, "It was Peter."

"What was Peter, Elena?"

"It was Peter that stole my necklace and compelled me", she cried, "It was Peter that almost killed me."

Stefan stared at her. He was too dumb-founded to say anything, but he reached over and grabbed her hand. "Are you sure?" was all that he could say.

"Y-yes. I saw him. He drugged me and made Jeremy and Jenna fall asleep. W-when I woke up, I remembered that I had seen him, so I ran to call you, and…and he grabbed me and threatened to kill them", she said, tears beginning to run down her face again. "Th-then he and bit me..and…and—"

"Hey, it's okay Elena, I'll make sure you're safe. Let me just go call Damon for him to come over here at…2 in the morning", he said, standing up and beginning to walk towards the door. But Elena stopped him.

"NO!" she cried, "D-don't leave me! What If he comes back while you're gone?"

"I'm just stepping outside the door, I'll be right there", he comforted, pointing to her bedroom door.

"You can call him from in here. You don't need to leave." Of course, no matter how scared she was, Elena still managed to exert her authority over anybody in any situation.

"Okay, I'll call him from right here", Stefan assured her as he took out his phone. Quickly, he dialed the number and put the phone up to his ear.

"Hello, little brother. What is it that you and Elena need at this lovely time of day?" Damon said, and Stefan knew that he had a smirk spread across his face without even seeing him.

"Elena remembered why she was so scared of the new guy. You're going to want to get over here. NOW", Stefan emphasized the last word, knowing that he didn't need since Damon would come anyways.

"Okay. I'll be over in ten."

Elena sat on the window seat watching Damon get out of his car. She was going to tell Stefan he was here but she guessed he already knew, since the minute Damon was out he was in her room looking concerned.

She jumped when he appeared in the room, and he noticed. 'That was weird, she never jumps when I appear out of nowhere', he thought, confused for her sudden jumpiness.

"So what's up? And what was so important that you had to call me at two in the morning for me to come?" Damon asked. But when he turned to look at Elena, he realized just how scared she was from the tears that she had cried after he left.

"Elena had a dream—well, a memory—of the new kid, Peter, when she went to sleep. It turns out, he's not much of a kid anymore."

"I don't understand. What the hell are you talking about? " Damon asked, still completely bewildered by Elena's expression and Stefan's cryptic statement.

"He's a vampire, Damon. And he attacked me last night. Do you understand now?" Elena questioned, obviously pretty pissed off that she had to explain herself. Now it was Damon's turn to stare. He did for a good minute or so, before a very important question popped into his head.

"Has he been invited in?"

"What do you think? He attacked me in my bedroom, so you figure out whether he's been invited in", Elena dared.

"Snippy, much?"

"After what I've been through I'm pretty sure I've earned snippy."

"Okay you two, let's just calm down and think about this", Stefan said, trying to be the mediator.

"Fine. Did he say why he came after you?"

"Yeah, he said I was the doppelganger, and that he had plenty of things he needed me for", she whispered.

"Well I say you stay at our place for a while, until this guy's out of the picture", Damon suggested. But the minute he said it, he wanted to take it back. Elena already had a look of rejection on her face, and he knew that she was not going to make it easy on him for telling her to put her family in danger.

"Are you insane? There is no way I am leaving my family here when there is some sadistic vampire on the loose! What if he came here and didn't find me? He could kill them before they ever blinked!" she raged, hoping he got the message loud and clear.

"Okay, okay! I get it Elena! No leaving this house! " Damon exclaimed, "You know what, you go back to sleep and Stefan and I will go talk downstairs. You look like you haven't slept in days."

"I haven't. He came after me last night, so no sleep then; and look where we are now. So no sleep tonight, either. But there is no way in hell I am going to sleep when this guy is threatening me and my family."

Damon just glared at her and said, "Yes. You are. Get some sleep, Elena. You're going to need it tomorrow."

Elena sighed, defeated. Stefan and Damon walked out into the hallway and closed the door. Stefan shot Damon and angry look and was about to yell at him, when he heard a scream from inside Elena's room. They threw open the door and ran inside, and saw Peter holding her up against the wall trying to bite her again.

Elena was petrified. She had managed to scream as soon as she saw him, but suddenly his hand was on her throat. She could see him moving his face towards her neck as his fangs elongated and veins appeared around his eyes. Tears were streaming down her face, when the door flew open and Stefan and Damon ran in. Stefan ripped Peter off of Elena, and she stumbled to the floor.

Normally, fighting was Damon's forte, but when she looked up, he was just staring at Peter as if he'd seen a ghost. Stefan was strong, but Peter was stronger, throwing Stefan out the window and onto the lawn. She screamed again when Peter ripped into her neck, but this time it was Damon who threw Peter out the window.

She fell to the ground grasping her neck, trying to control the bleeding to no avail. She thought she heard Stefan curse, and then both he and Damon were at her side. As she began to slump over from the blood loss, she could barely feel an arm being brought up to her mouth. At first, she tried to move her mouth away, but it was persistent. She felt the blood running down her throat just before she lost consciousness.

I hope you all like this chapter :) action scenes aren't really my forte, so if it sounded bad, tell me how to fix it and I'll try to do better next time! Anyway, remember! Feedback is love, people, so read and review! :D

-kiki :)

btw: who saw last night's episode? pretty freaking awesome! I feel so bad for Caroline and Matt, but I'm glad that Jonas and Luka are gone. They were annoying. I have to say, if I were Elena, I would have been a bit more bitchy about Katherine expecting a thankyou after everything she did to Elena! Maybe "thank" her for almost killing her aunt, uncle/dad, and Elena, then "thank" her for actually killing Caroline-but oh well :) anyways, we have 42 freaking days until the next episode, so I might update some more due to the removal of the show for that long :)