Chapter 4

Damon's POV

I had been bored all day sitting at the boarding house with Stefan. His brooding had become too much, it's so annoying. Getting out of the house and wandering the woods seemed like a good idea until the strong smell of human blood hit my senses as the wind blew lightly.

My jaw clenched as I raced towards the smell. What stupid human would be out here at this time of night? I got to the source of the smell and came into view of a teenage girl, maybe 17 or 18, lying on the ground with a bite mark in her neck. She was out cold and extremely pale, but I went ahead and felt her pulse. It was almost ready to stop beating.

Damnit I can't just let this girl die here. I thought as I growled in irritation. I just bite into my own wrist and then held it to her mouth to let my blood go down her throat.

After about five minutes a pulled my wrist away and it healed before I reach down and felt the girls pulse again. It finally slowed more and more until it stopped beating.

I carried the girl to the boarding house to find Stefan wasn't home as I took her up to the guest room and laid her down on the bed. She would wake soon to find herself craving blood and with several new abilities…

Emily's POV

I opened my eyes to find myself alive and in a dark mysterious room. I jumped out of the bed and went to run I practically flew to the door with speed. This wasn't normal… How did I move so fast?

As my breathing calmed I walked out of the room and down the hallway "Hello? Is anyone here?" I called out softly but as I got down the hallway a delicious scent hit me… I was nothing I had ever smelt before but I craved it.

As if by instinct and ran to the smell and opened a refrigerator to see it full of blood pouches. I grabbed one and found myself sinking my teeth into the bag and sucking it dry before grabbing another bag and another. Doing the same every time. I ran my tongue over my teeth after several bags and felt my tongue hit sharp fangs. I felt my teeth with my fingers and started to panic.

"What the hell are you doing?" a man who appeared in the door way asked me as I panicked

"What is wrong with me? Why did I just drink blood?" I screamed at him as I freaked out and was shaking in the corner of the kitchen.

He chuckled and smirked "Your fine...Your just a vampire now." He said almost casually.

"What are you talking about? They don't exist!" I screamed back at him again and all of a sudden another man came into the room.

"Damon what the fuck is wrong with you? She is scared." The other guy said to the vicious looking guy whose name was apparently Damon. "I'm Stefan. Emily your okay…I promise. We know your name because we checked your id. Another vampire bit you outside of that Gay treatment center you were staying at and left you for dead but Damon gave you some of his blood before you died and now you're one of us." He said as he sat down next to me and rubbed his hand over my back soothingly

I was still shaking as it all sunk in of what he had told me "So what happens to me now?" I asked as I slowly started to calm down.

Stefan who was still sitting next to me shrugged a little "Well you can't go home for awhile since you might hurt someone and we already compelled the people at that center to tell your parents your there and doing great." He said and I jumped up

"I can't just stay here forever… I need to get home to my friends and my girlfriend." I said as I ran my fingers through my hair. "Can I at least call my girlfriend back home and tell her I'm not at the center anymore but I'm okay?" I asked them

Damon was the first to react "No. You can't go telling your little girlfriend that you're a vampire and that we are to, you will just cause problems for us all." He said harshly

"Damon calm down a little. Emily can you keep from telling your girlfriend about all of this?" Stefan asked me seriously and raised a brow

I nodded "Yes, I promise I will… but I'm going to have to tell her eventually I just could never do that over the phone." I said. All I wanted was to talk to Maya; the sound of her voice would calm me.

"Okay go ahead and call. My cell phone is in the living room, your welcomed to use it and we will give you some privacy." He said and smiled to try to calm me down before him and Damon left the room.

Once I was in the living room I grabbed Stefan's cell and dialed Mayas number. "Hello?" a soft voice answered and I felt a shudder run down my spine, the good kind.

"Maya…It's me Emily." I said and bit my lip softly as I waited to see how she would react.

"Emily? Wait your at the center with no way to contact me so how are you calling me?" she asked in shock and I sunk in a chair to sit down and tell her I wasn't there.

I sighed and relaxed "I'm not at the center anymore, I kind of escaped. Please don't tell anyone." I whispered the last part in fear.

I heard her laugh a little and I immediately smiled "You know I won't tell anyone but how did you get out? God I've missed you so much." She said and I just wished I could be there to snuggle in bed with her.

"I know some people…I can't really tell you anything right now but I will when I get home. I've missed you to, I love you." I said gently grasped the heart pendant she gave me

She chuckled and I could feel her smile through the phone. "I love you to baby. When will you be home?" she asked and I bit my lip

"I honestly don't know yet. But I will be back as soon as possible and I will explain everything when I get there." I said and curled up in the chair just as Stefan came in the room and I could tell by the apologetic look on his face that I had to get off the phone. "I don't want to stop talking to you right now but I have to go for right now. My friend needs his cell phone back. I love you" I said through the phone

"I understand baby just call me again sometime soon please. I love you to." She said in a loving voice that made me smiled

"I will I promise. Goodbye." I whispered

"Goodbye baby." She whispered back and we both hung up and I gave Stefan his phone back.

"I know this is new and scary but there's more to it than what Damon and I explained to you earlier. You can't go into the sun without a special ring but luckily we have an extra one our friend Bonnie be spelled for us. Here" He said and handed me a silver ring that looked just like his and Damon's only a smaller size and with a deep red stone on it.

I slipped it onto my right middle finger. It was a gorgeous ring and you could tell it was many years old. "Thank you... But what do I do about clothes and anything else I might need?" I asked as I remembered my stuff was at the center.

Just as I finished my sentence Damon walked in with my suitcase and sat it by the stairs "Hmmm isn't it fun to be ironic?" he said sarcastically

"Thank you Damon and thank you for saving me..." I said honestly

"You're welcome but trust me I didn't exactly save you. Being a vampire isn't really a step up from death." He said before walking out of the room

Stefan sighed and ran his hand over his face "I'm sorry about my brother; he tends to be an ass." He said before looking at the clock "How about in a little bit I take you out to test your control? Everyone's is different." He said

"Okay that sounds good just let me go shower and change clothes." I said as I got up and grabbed my suitcase

"Sure take as much time as you need we have no rush." He said before leaving the room as I headed up stairs and back to my room where I opened the curtains to see the sun slowly going down.

I went into my bathroom and locked the door before I hurried to take a shower and then went to change clothes.

Once I had on my clothes I put on the scarf Maya gave me and headed down stairs where Stefan and Damon were both waiting for me. "Here drink these before we leave." Damon said and threw a few blood bags to me. I caught them with ease before drinking all of them slowly.

I finished and threw the empty bags away "Okay I'm ready…" I said and Stefan opened the door for me as I walked outside with Damon and him into the now dark night…

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