Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you
Won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you,
Except in my dreams tonight.
Damon.
What is happening? This all feels real…
Where is she!
She pushes him off in confusion, afraid it is some crazy psychopath like Alaric was. She won't be fooled again with a loved one coming back.
"Who are you?" Her voice quivers.
"Elena…. It's me… Damon…" He sounds afraid.
"But-But your dead!" She yells. "So answer me, who are you!"
"Elena. I don't have much time. But baby…I need you to listen to me." He pleads grabbing her face in his hands.
"What." She breathes out almost forgetting everything she thought prior.
"This is a dream. Me and Bonnie are here temporarily until we can open up the other side again or walk through into your world. I am real, this is really me but we are in my world right now. Do you understand." His voice breaks.
She nods vigorously still unsure what to say and in shock she is seeing him again.
"There is a witch. A very powerful one. She is in Venice Italy, her name is Zarah….I need you guys to go there. She will know what to do."
"I…But…" Elena rambles, still lost.
"Elena….I need you to trust me okay? I can come back, it is possible but you guys need to trust me." He pleads once again.
"I love you so much…And I trust you with my life but Damon…How the hell am I supposed to believe something like this when I wake up and you are still gone?" Her voice breaks.
He sighs leaning his head against hers. "I know. I can't even imagine what you have been through the past couple months…Bonnie and I have only just figured out how to get inside dreams… and it takes a lot of power and time that I am running out of. Elena. When you wake up I need you to go to Venice Italy and ask for a witch that goes by 'Zarah'.We don't know where she lives except in that city but I am sure you can find her…" He grips her face extra hard with an intense expression on his. "I love you so much. And I am so sorry I broke my promise."
He kisses her lips hard with a lot of force before there is a blinding light.
And he is gone.
Elena gasps a lungful full of air, sitting upright in bed. After a while she steadies her breathing. Rubbing her hands over her face she groans at that dream. Was it real? She can't tell. I mean she wants it to be but what are the chances…. Maybe it is just her subconscious wanting him back because lord knows she does.
But what if for some reason it all was real. She couldn't live with herself any more than she is now if she didn't do something to bring him back.
She said to trust him, even in her dreams she does.
Without hesitation she rips off her covers and flies throughout the room packing a bag in seconds. She packs many shorts but regretfully she packs some of his stuff. Just in case. She feels weird touching his clothes and shoes almost like she is ruining them but she ignores those thoughts and puts them in the bag with her things.
She decides when she is walking down the stairs to fly down there and check it out for herself without telling them. I mean, imagine after a crazy drunk filled night she woke up at 4 am to tell them Damon talked to her in her dream and he can come back if they all flew to Italy because there is a witch that lives there.
Yeah.
She will go by herself first and see if this witch even exists.
She is just about to open the door when she hears the familiar 'whoosh'. Groaning she turns around and comes to face with everyone crossing their arms.
"Oh god." Elena starts. "Okay, I know this looks bad…."
"Looks bad? Elena it is 4am you have a suitcase in your hand while trying to walk out the door…." Alaric raises his eyebrow.
"Look if I told you, you wouldn't believe me and wouldn't let me go. I can't risk it." She begs.
"Elena a lot of us in this room are dead and have come back to life multiple times. Sit and tell us." Alaric almost orders.
She groans putting her bag down to go sit on the couch. Everyone is staring at her waiting for her to tell them. Caroline and Stefan have worried looks on their faces almost like she is going to deliver bad news. Alaric and Jeremy looked pretty pissed like they thought she was moving out and never coming back.
She sighs putting her head in her hands trying to think how to word to them that someone they are all close to in a way talked to her in her sleep and could very well come back.
"Damon talked to me last night." She puts it bluntly. "In my dreams."
Everyone perks up and suddenly all very alert and awake.
"What?!" Caroline shrieks.
"How? What did he say?" Stefan asks quickly.
"That bastard." Alaric mutters.
"Wait…Was Bonnie there too? Elena!" Jeremy yells over everyone.
"I didn't see her but Damon mentioned her…." She assures him. "Do you guys believe me? Because I am not even sure I believe myself… but I can't let it go…" She looks to everyone else.
"I do." Alaric says without missing a beat. "I have been waiting for something like this to happen. I expected him to pop his head out of the fire or something but this … is something else."
"I want to believe it…" Stefan whispers.
"I get it." Elena nods. "I was and am still the same… I want it to be real so bad…"
"Where did he say to go? Where were you going?" Jeremy speaks up.
"Damon said there is a witch in Italy. A very powerful one that can help us. I know we all searched for a while after… his death." Elena coughs out. "for witches around the world but I want to find her. Her name is Zarah and she is in Venice Italy somewhere. If she doesn't exist I will drop it but… I need to know."
Elena feels a sense of comfort talking to them again. She would normally speak a few words to them a day or a week but talking to them this much again really feels nice. If this doesn't work out she will try harder at speaking to everyone she tells herself.
"Wait." Caroline stops anyone else from saying anything. "How in the hell are we supposed to believe this?!"
"…Because…" Alaric began. "We have nothing else to believe in."
We all nod in agreement.
This is really their last chance and basically a needle in a haystack. Elena could have been hallucinating and this is all for nothing but, they had to try.
Caroline sighs in defeat. "Fine we will go… I mean I guess she did have dreams about Stefan that turned out to be right…" Caroline says hesitantly but Elena could tell she was cautious.
"Damon said to hurry so…. Everyone pack or I will leave in 20 minutes without you." Elena warns.
They all nod and quickly head up to their rooms to pack. Elena sighs leaning back into the couch. This could all go completely wrong. All their hope could be taken away and he still might not ever come back. It breaks her heart to think like that but that dream really woke things up inside of her.
Just hearing his voice and seeing him…feeling him made her realize she doesn't ever have to move on from him, because she won't but she can't keep living her life like the way she was. It wasn't her. And she knew deep down she never liked doing those things. And killing that man…..
She made a huge mistake but at least now she is stopping so she won't make anymore. Hopefully.
Within fifteen minutes everyone was downstairs with a bag and ready to go. They are all chasing something so small that had a chance of blowing up in their faces but they were doing it. For him.
"Well…Let's go." Alaric sighs.
Everyone nods. They load up the car with their bags before heading to the airport. They aren't really worried about getting airplane tickets this late because at this point they will compel their way through anything.
On the way there Elena feels a building up in her chest that she tries to push back down. It is hope. She doesn't want hope. Because the chance of this not working is very high and she will be devastated enough as it is. She feels someone grab her hand and her predator instincts kick in and want to snatch it away but when she looks over she sees Jeremy squeezing her hand.
He nods.
Her heart breaks because he totally gets it. He is in the same place. He lost Bonnie that night as well and sort of in the same way. Both of them lied. And now here Elena and Jeremy are without them. Elena is pretty sure if Bonnie or Damon ever came back they would both ream them out.
Everyone is silent though. Trying not to speak the elephant too much which is they woke up at 3am to listen to Elena's dream about talking to Damon and how there is a way for him to come back. It seems crazy but after living in this town they all know to listen to crazy.
They arrive at the airport. Everyone is still silent as they grab their bags and make their way through the airport. As they knew they had to compel tickets. Stefan did it for them. They all had a pang of pain knowing normally Damon would be the one to do it.
Finally once on the airplane Elena finds a seat near the window and takes a seat. She hears someone next to hear sit down but she doesn't look to see who it is because she can smell them.
"Stefan you can sit with Caroline." Elena sighs turning back to the window.
She feels him take her hand and squeeze it. "I hope we get him back Elena….I am so sorry this all happened because of me-"
"Stefan stop." Elena snaps. "I am tired of hearing that. You can say sorry after this is all over." She leans against the headrest. Tired.
"I want you to know I was really happy for you two. And that in my whole life I have known Damon I have never seen him happier than the couple years he knew you." He shrugs before getting up and leaving.
She feels some tears prickle her eyes but shake them away. She can't go there. Elena looks out the window again as they are about to take off and wondering if next time she is here she will have him by her side…. How he would probably swagger his way through the airport as if he didn't just die for 3 months. She bites her lip fighting the smile trying to break through and tries to stall time by taking a nap. Cause god knows she won't be able to sleep there. Elena brings her knees up to her chest and rests her head on them before she is deep asleep.
….
She groans rubbing her eyes before opening them. She almost jumps when she realizes it is the same meadow. She quickly stands up and darts her eyes around looking for him, wasting no time.
"Damon!" She calls out.
Nothing.
Elena decides to run in the same direction she saw him last time but comes up short. She can feel the fear building up. What if something went wrong? What if they had to leave this place? She runs her hand through her hair, inwardly cursing.
But she remembers Damon telling her he has to work her to get her here….So he must be looking for her too…..Smiling at the thought she runs faster heading nowhere while calling his name. Elena keeps trying heading in meaningless directions but doesn't give up hope because she knows this is the one place she can find him.
Damn though. She really wouldn't mind living here with him…It is so serene and peaceful like…heaven. She swallows painfully at that thought and continues searching.
"Elena!" She turns to the sound and her heart stops. Elena sees Damon running towards her with the biggest grin on his face before his body crashes into hers holding her impossibly tight. "Thank god! I thought I missed you…"
She kisses his shoulder blade and shakes her head. "Nope. You will have to do a lot more to get rid of me." She smiles against him.
He rubs her back in small patterns and kisses her head. "All going good?" He whispers.
She nods. "I…I didn't believe it at first because I woke up and you weren't there…" She chokes out. "But I knew I couldn't live with myself if it all turned out to be true…And I knew I couldn't live without you." Elena confesses.
His shoulders slump almost in awe before he crashes his lips to hers. Elena wraps her arms around his neck and holds on tight. Afraid he will disappear. She feels his hand roam around her waist and she loves feeling him all over again and feeling the passion. She missed it.
He groans pulling away. "As much as I would love to spend countless hours kissing and doing other things we are on a time limit." He sighs leaning his head against mine. "We don't get a lot of time. The most Bonnie has ever gotten was 10 minutes. But Elena I promise you that I am trying my damn freaking hardest to make it back to you. I won't promise that I will make it back because I won't go there again and put you in that situation but I love you Elena Gilbert. And I hope to see you soon." He kisses her head before everything goes white.
Elena gasps sitting upright. She looks around and sees everyone is fast asleep as well as it is early morning. She rubs her hands over her face groaning in protest. She didn't want it to end. That kiss…. Was the best thing she has felt in months. It sparked some life inside of her even though technically it wasn't real. She feels like she is going insane but she doesn't care. Because she feels close to him and that is all that matters.
She will get Damon back.
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Thanks so much to the response last chapter! Wow. *hugs*
I have been super duper busy and can hardly write but I managed to write this. I wanted to do a longer chapter but I also wanted to ensure you guys that it would continue and the path it was going on. Won't be super long. But I know for a fact you will like how I play it out ;D
Again thanks for the kind responses, Until next time. Xo.