What Are You Doing Here?
Damon's POV
When we were back at the boarding house, Kiara was resting and Kayleigh was sitting by her bed watching our sister sleep. I knocked on the door and Kayleigh smiled at me, "Hey Damon."
I smiled back, "Hey Kayls. Can I speak to you alone for a few minutes please?" Kayleigh nodded and I led her to the library and shut the door behind us. We sat on the chairs opposite each other.
"What's up Damon?" Kayleigh asked and I took a deep breath and started asking questions of why she's here and I need answers.
"What are you doing here? We haven't seen or spoken to you in over a century. We haven't got any calls or letters from you. Why are you here?"
Kayleigh looked down and took a deep breath and looked back into my eyes, "I came back because I wanted to see you, Stefan and Kiara again. I know how difficult for the three of you after Father tortured you Damon and hell even Kiara. I wanted to help but I was afraid of Father. He tormented you and Kiara and hated your guts because you both look exactly like Mother. Stefan and I had been struggling because we wanted to help the both of you, really we did. Father had no right to do that to our family, Mother wouldn't allow that. I'm just glad that Stefan actually killed him. He was a dick. I came here so that I could reunite with my siblings again. After I heard that Klaus was here to kill Elena, I was angry. I was in the woods in the clearing where all of you were and Kiara killed him and she killed herself to protect you. I would've done the exact same thing, and I still would."
That was one heck of a speech Kayleigh had told me about, "Why didn't you show yourself in the clearing?"
"I didn't know how you lot would react Damon. I understand that you don't believe me but that's what happened. I'm sorry for showing up here unexpected. I just wanted to come home and stay with my siblings and catch up. Get to know about Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Alaric, Tyler, Matt, Caroline, Melanie and Nate. That's all I want."
I sighed and nodded, "Okay. That's all I wanted to hear. You should go up and stay with Kiara for a bit, she's looking for you." We both got up and embraced each other.
"Thank you Damon." Kayleigh said and I kissed the top of her head and we both walked out of the library and went back to our places.
Kiara's POV
I was lying on my bed with my eyes closed. My head was pounding and the pain in my head and stomach hurts like hell. I called for Kayleigh, "Kayleigh?" I felt a hand resting on mine.
"I'm here Kiara. I'm not going anywhere." Kayleigh said whilst soothing me.
"Kayleigh, everything hurts. The pain in my head and stomach. I can't take it!" I admitted and coughed, "Get Damon!" I whispered and Kayleigh blurred out of sight.
Kayleigh's POV
I blurred out of Kiara's room and went to fetch Damon, "Damon!"
"What?" Damon replied with worry and concern.
"It's Kiara! She's in a lot of pain and she wants you to help her." We both blurred back into Kiara's room and she was screaming and rolling around on her bed in agony.
"Kiara, hey it's okay. I'm here." said Damon as he cradled her in his arms.
"Damon, it hurts! Everything hurts!" Kiara shouted and was panting for breath.
Damon looked at me, "Kayleigh go down and get Jake and Judgy here now." I nodded and blurred out of the room again.
Damon's POV
I was trying to help Kiara to keep her still but she is one strong vampire. I heard a few footsteps entering the room. Judgy, Jake, and the whole gang were there. I looked over at Stefan, Kayleigh, Caroline, Melanie and Nate, "Guys help me keep her down." They came and held Kiara down one on each side of her body. Stefan and Nate both held her arms and Caroline and Melanie held her legs. I looked over at Jake and Judgy, "Do something! Make the pain go away."
Both of them nodded and set up candles and grimoires in front of them. They held each others hands and started chanting in a foreign language that most of us really don't understand what they were saying, "It's done." said Bonnie. We all looked at Kiara who was laying still and sound asleep. We all let go of her and got out of the room to let her rest.
I looked at Jake, "What did Katherine make you do when we were all tied up in the tomb?"
Jake turned and looked back at me, "Katherine wanted me to do a spell that cause her a lot of pain. I had to do it. Katherine would've killed me in front of my friend. I couldn't risk it."
"So you tortured our sister so that you would've been kept alive?" said Stefan as he walked beside me and entered the conversation. Jake nodded and looked down, "At least she's safe and the others. That's all that matters."
Kiara's POV
I woke up and rubbed my head. I looked at my clock on my nightstand and it read 4:18am. God! I really need to wake up later rather than sooner, I thought to myself. I sighed and walked out of my room and headed downstairs and went into the kitchen to get a couple of blood bags out of the fridge. When I closed the fridge door, I jumped as I saw Elena standing beside me, "God! Elena, what are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to be with Jeremy and Ric?"
"Sorry Kiara. I couldn't sleep and I was worried about you, are you okay?" replied Elena.
I nodded and gave her a small smile, "Of course I am, Elena. I'm just having a really rough week that's all. You?"
Elena smiled and nodded, "Same here. We've all been going through a rough patch here. Kayleigh's back to be with you guys. Tell me about her."
I was about to reply when Kayleigh had spoken behind us, "I can do that." We both smiled and led Elena into the parlour as we both started telling a story about us, "What would you like to know Elena?"
"I would like to know all of your history and stuff, if you don't mind of course?" she replied as she watched Kayleigh and I exchange a glance at each other.
"Okay. Well you know about Damon and Stefan, so it's our turn. Well as you can tell that Kiara and I are identical twins except for a few things we don't have in common with each other like our hair and eyes for example. My eyes and hair are the same colour as Stefan's and the same that goes with Kiara and Damon. I like playing sports and Kiara likes music and stuff. See we are completely different on the inside but..."
"Same on the outside." I said finishing Kayleigh's sentence. I gave my sister a playful nudge and we both giggled.
"When our mother died, Damon and Kiara were both getting punished about something that they didn't do. Damon gets punched, kicked and abused more to protect Stefan, Kiara and I because we're family and that's what families do to protect your siblings from your abusive parent." Kayleigh sighed and continued, "Damon was getting weak when Father finished punishing him. Kiara hugged him and said to Father..." She paused and looked at me.
I continued from there, "'I will not let you hurt my sibings any longer especially Damon. You better watch your back when the four of us come after you, Father!' I went to check on my siblings in Damon's room and the three of them were sleeping. I walked out and went to my father's room. I grabbed a knife that was lying on the table beside my father's bedside table. I said a few last words to him before I...killed him."
Elena was shocked when I confessed to her, "You killed your own father? Why would you do that?"
I glared at her, "I did it to protect my brothers and sister, Elena. I watched Father torture Damon with my own eyes and I went to try and get the bastard off of him. Of course he stabbed me in the stomach. That's why I still have this scar to prove it." I lifted my shirt up and showed Elena my scar from 1853. Elena gasped as she placed her hand over her mouth.
Flashback
Mystic Falls, 1853
I was with Kayleigh and Stefan in the gardens when we heard a scream coming inside the house. We ran in and saw Damon on the ground with blood on his face and shirt. Father was standing above him, "That's what you get for disobeying me, boy! Don't make that same mistake again!"
I stormed up to Father and slapped his face with so much rage inside my body, "How dare you! You just don't go and hit your own children like that! You know Mother wouldn't do that if she was still here with us!"
"Don't talk about you're mother in front of me young lady! Never mention her again in this household! Do you understand me?"
I shook my head in disagreement, "No! We can talk about our mother all we want! You don't give us orders, we make our own decisions, not you!" Father slapped me and pushed me to the ground. I stood up and squared my shoulders, "Come on, you guys. We're leaving whilst Father can sit in this house with his 'emotions' in this hell hole!" We all walked out of the house and went to fetch our horses. My horse was white, Kayleigh's was light brown, Stefan's was dark brown and Damon's was jet black.
Father shouted on us, "Boys! Girls! You get back here this instant!"
"NO! YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE US DO ANYTHING! YOU MADE OUR LIVES A LIVING HELL AND NOW WE'RE RETURNING THE FAVOUR! I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL FATHER!" I yelled and the four of us disappeared in the night with our horses running through the woods.
End of Flashback
Elena's eyes were wide in shock and surprise, "You disobeyed your father and left town?"
I nodded and smiled, "It had to be done. Father was an asshole and I could be an asshole as well, that's where I get all of my witty and sarcastic remarks from Damon. We both have similar personalities. Goes for Kay and Stef." We all laughed and I felt Damon and Stefan's presence in the room, "You both can join us , you know?"
We turned and looked at my brothers as they both leaned on opposite walls with their arms crossed, "That was really interesting story you both told Elena about. Good thing that you told her." Damon smirked and sat next to me and Stefan sat next to Kayleigh.
"Although you did miss a few bits out of that story." said Stefan and we all turned and stared at him in confusion.
"What are you talking about Stef? They didn't leave anything out." replied Damon and Stefan shook his head.
"Yes, they did. When we were attacked in the woods by the vampires Kiara and Kayleigh both left to go hunting and came back with two girls so that we could feed to complete the transition."
Flashback
I woke up in the middle of the woods with my head banging like a bass drum. I sat up slowly and searched for any cuts or bruises but there was nothing. Not a scratch on me. Except for the blood that stained my dress. I looked over and saw my brothers and my sister all out cold and I went over to Kayleigh, "Kay? Kay wake up!" Kayleigh stirred and opened her eyes.
"What happened? Where are we?"
I helped her up, "I have no idea. I think we got attacked by vampires and we're turning into one. We either feed to complete the transition or die when the sun rises?"
Kayleigh stared at me with wide frightened eyes, "We're dead?"
"Kind of. We need to wake up Damon and Stefan before it's too late." Kayleigh nodded and we went to our brothers, "Damon! Stefan! Wake up!" They both stirred and I looked at Kayleigh, "I'm gonna go and get a few people so that we can feed. We don't need to kill, all we need to do is compel, feed, erase. No bodies left behind and no kills." Again Kayleigh nodded and I ran to get a couple of girls and men so that we could feed.
When I got back and brought our 'presents' with me, both Damon and Stefan were awake and watched in confusion, "Ki, what is this?" asked Stefan.
"We need to feed and get this over and done with before the sun rises. Now come on, eat up." They all fed and the sun had risen and thank god for our daylight jewelery. Kayleigh and I both had lapis lazuli necklaces and both Damon and Stefan both had rings so that we could walk in the daylight, "We stick together as one. Always and Forever. As a family."
End of Flashback
"You made your siblings into vampires?" Elena was definately shocked about the rest of the story.
I nodded and looked down with guilt, "I...I couldn't let them die. I needed my family, Elena. Family is more important. You have a very strong bond with your loved ones and you could never let them go. I know I wouldn't let them go. They mean so much to me." I sighed and had the courage to look up, "They were mad at me and I didn't blame them. I ran and went somewhere else because I thought that they hated me for what I made them do." I shrugged my shoulders.
Damon wrapped an arm around me, "We'd never hate you. Yes, we were mad but when you disappeared from us, we were worried and scared for you."
"Wh-What? You didn't hate me for making you lot turn?" They shook their heads, "I love you guys."
