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Lisolotte

Damon stared at the sleeping Charlotte and had absolutely no idea what to do. There were 200 Sleeping Beauty puns that came to his mind, but they wouldn't wake her up and she certainly couldn't appreciate them. Should he call the Originals in? He didn't even know where to find them right now. He supposed that Rebekah would be his best bet. Should he just call Rachel?

He tried once more to enter her dream. Damon felt cold as he did. If he had to describe the feeling, he would liken it to being in a heavy fog. His reflexes seemed slower and even his thoughts. Then he saw Charlotte. She was sitting in a garden. All around her bloomed beautiful flowers of all different colors. She was dressed in a simply white dress that fanned around her. The dream-like setting was beautiful, but the general fogginess gave it a sinister tone. The somber look on Charlotte's face reinforced this. She seemed to know that things were off, but she had also given up fighting it. She looked like a lost little girl. Forget dreamland, this was the place of nightmares.

Damon had gotten in! He was too caught up trying to figure out what was going on to realize that he had successfully entered the dream. He called out to Charlotte, "Charlie! Look this way, Vampire Princess. I'm your prince here to rescue you."

Charlotte turned towards Damon and a sad smile bloomed on her face. She nodded at him and winked.

Damon felt the dream world become electrified. Suddenly, the sinister world seemed aware of him and it was not happy about his being there. He felt himself being pulled out. Charlotte just calmly looked and him and mouthed the words "I will do my best." He had no idea what that meant, but he trusted her. He found himself back in her room against the far wall.

Charlotte stirred for a moment, but then resumed her heavy slumber. She certainly wasn't going to be much help. He might have been able to get into the dream, but he could not bring her out. He was not going to try and go back in again until he knew that he could live up to the title he had given himself in Charlotte's dream.

Damon wasn't expecting to come here and find her in need of a white knight. Damon certainly didn't fulfill that role. He was here because he saw her as a friend and he wanted to finish their conversation. He had gotten the distinct impression that Charlotte had desperately needed to talk to someone openly and honestly about her history. The whole story had been so complicated and convoluted that he doubted she had ever discussed the whole thing. He was going to be her prince now. Maybe a dark prince though. He was no Disney fairy tale hero, but that didn't mean he couldn't deliver for his Charlie.

He realized he had started to think of her as "his," but didn't dwell on it. First and foremost he had to get her back before he could confront his feelings for the girl. That brought out a whole lot of mess and drama, including her maybe husband Elijah. Damon couldn't imagine fighting Elijah for a girl. What kind of girl would even be interested in the two of them? He and Elijah were two radically different men. Elijah was her past though. Maybe she was ready for something very different. Damon shook himself. He was getting too ahead of himself. He had no idea if Charlotte would be interested in him. He didn't want to go down the same route as he had with Elena. He needed a girl who was emotionally available. First, he needed her to wake up and then he could ponder riding into the sunset with this gorgeous girl.

"Come on, Sleeping Beauty, give me a sign. I don't know what to do." Charlotte stayed silent, but behind Damon, he heard someone.

He turned to see the exact image of Elena and Katherine, but he could see through her.

"Tatia?"

She nodded. "She can't wake up. Esther is holding her there. She is still able to hear you though. Not always or anything, but the words come through the fog every once and a while. She definitely heard you when you came in for her. She says don't try that again. Next time, you might come out in worse shape. You caught Esther by surprise this time. She doesn't know that it is me talking to you for her."

Damon quirked a brow at her. "You just happened to be the one available to help?" Damon knew how Charlotte felt about Tatia. He had seen that whole thing going down in front of him. The anger and sadness she felt had been so bad that he had practically felt it himself.

Tatia blushed. "No," she said quietly. "I go wherever she goes. I meant that when I told her that at the gas station. I have spent 1,000 years watching my sister and seeing what I have done to her, finally seeing all the amazing qualities in her that I missed out on because I was so selfish and stubborn. I know her better than anyone in the world now, but it is worthless. There is nothing I can do to fix what I have done."

"Don't be so dramatic. You stole her husband. You got murdered as a result. Don't act like you ruined her whole life. She is doing just fine without you."

"You don't get it, Damon; I did ruin her whole life. I didn't just steal her husband. I made it impossible for her to ever right that relationship. I can't even begin to make up for that. It's why I am unable to move on. I have un-finish-able unfinished business. This is my punishment which is made all the worse by the fact that my sister is now immortal. I don't want her to die though. She can't, Damon," Tatia began to cry in earnest. "This isn't fair. Esther has done enough. She is lying now to all of you about her motivations. She is going to get my sister killed in her determination.

"Assemble the Originals, get your witch and anyone else you can. It is going to take a lot of strength to save her. If she goes, Esther is in prime position to put an end to the vampire race."

Damon shook his head. "Another day, another threat to kill us all."

"I think this is where my sister would remind you that she bought you 6 months of peace." Damon smiled and looked towards Charlotte while his smile faded.