A.N. - Caroline is a vampire in this.
CHAPTER 3
Next morning Violet went hopping in Damon's room. He was sleepy and holding some of her papers in his hand. She startled him by saying, "So did you read them all?" He woke up suddenly, "Huh? Ah.. this? No. I couldn't finish all. They are too many!" She pouted in anger. He said, "I will finish it tonight and tell you next morning. Now please go! I need sleep..." and he dozed off.
At 2 A.M. that night, Damon had gone through all of her poems and noticed something strange. There was a pattern in the poems. Starting ones were written in Old English and then the poems changed words and style as the time came to present. Most of them were based on subjects like nostalgia and memory loss. A few of them were based on love and pain or that having an immense power is a curse. He couldn't understand what made her write about such topics. Overall these poems were of a good level, having a depth in them.
After reading all of them, he thought of returning these poems and check on her too. He went to her room barely making any noise and opened the door. On the other hand, Violet had woken up too and didn't seem to be getting any sleep. She was turning and tossing in her bed. When Damon entered, she lay in bed straight, as still as she could. Even she didn't know why she was acting like this. She could hear and partly see from her eye slits in the dimly lighted room, that Damon put the papers on her desk and turned around to leave but stopped to stare at her for a moment. He came closer and removed bangs from her forehead. He bent down to place a small kiss on her forehead and spoke softly, "Who are you Violet? Why do I always feel like stealing a kiss from those lips of yours? What have you done to me?" He then quietly got out of her room. As he closed the door behind, Violet's eyes snapped open. Her breath became fast and she became nervous. She didn't know why she was all red and flushed hot in her face. She kept a hand on her chest to slow down her heart from bursting out. Why was she feeling like this? Did she fall in love with him?
After a few days of avoiding Damon, Violet one day asked Damon, "Hey! I got a very secret information about some oak tree still standing at the outskirts of city in the woods. Are you coming with me?" Damon answered shocked, "What do you mean by 'coming with you'? I am going there, ALONE ! You are not coming. It can get very dangerous." "What? Of course I am going. Try to stop me if you can." She answered rather angrily. "Okay. Okay." He said with hands up, "But then don't come running my way when something scary comes your way." He laughingly made claws with his hands. "Shut up!" She giggled , "Let's go." She pulled at his arm.
Elena, Caroline, Violet and Damon were trekking all day in the woods to find that white oak tree. At dark they set up a camp. They had set two tents. Damon said, "One vampire in each tent for safety. Caroline and Elena you both go in that one and Violet and I will go in this one." Elena looked at Damon with shock and while stomping her feet in anger went inside the tent. Caroline said, "I think it's one of her mood swings. She's been getting a lot lately." She mouthed the last words and went into the tent. "Weird", Violet whispered and went with Damon in the other tent.
When they all were sleeping, two hybrids came towards their tent with a witch who cast a spell on all of them, making them unable to come out of their sleep. They took Violet and left. When Violet opened her eyes, she saw she was tied to a pole in a small cabin. Two hybrids and a male witch came in. They were laughing when the witch said, "Hey, she's awake. Let's take her." The hybrids were drunk. One of them said, "Yeah, but let me have some fun with her first." He smiled maniacally and took out a knife. He came close to her and made a small cut on her cheek. Blood trickled down and drops fell on the floor. She resisted but the ropes were tight and she felt her body was heavy and weak. One hybrid took few drops of her blood and put the finger in his mouth. He smiled and said, "You are very tasty." Then suddenly something started happening to him. He put his hands around his neck as his body started writhing in pain and his neck burnt. He fell on the floor and in few moments his face became purple and blue as he died.
Violet's eyes sparkled with light, she smiled maniacally. The other hybrid standing there shouted, "What did you do to him?" As he was about to sink his teeth in her neck, the door of the cabin flew open and an angry Damon was standing there. He threw the uprooted door away and said to Violet, "I told you not to leave my side." He charged forward and easily ripped the hearts of both hybrids. He cut her ropes. She leaned on him. There was no sparkle in her eyes or smile on her face. She changed back like she was before, weak. He asked, "Are you all right?" "Yes", she barely said and became unconscious.
Next afternoon she woke up in her bed, all cozy. Damon was sitting near her. She smiled at him and said, "Thank you, for everything." "Don't mention it.", he said with a warm, heart melting smile. She asked,"Did you kill the witch?" He said,"No, he ran away." Her expression softened as she asked again, "Did you wait here all night?" "Hmm..", he said and turned to look out the window. Maybe he more than just cared for her and didn't want to show.
After few days when everything was normal, Violet was cooking in the kitchen. Damon went to her and said, "Your poems are really good. You should definitely publish them." "You think so?", Violet said with eyes lit in hope. She was cooking some sauce for a pork dish. She took some of it with a spoon and gave Damon to taste it. He said, "It's perfect. " He then slid his hands to wrap around Violet's waist. Her body became stiff. Her heartbeat became fast and her mind became blank. He hugged her from back and whispered in her ear, "So tell me, how come you are still a unicorn bait?" Violet's eyes widened in shock. The spoon she held fell on the floor. She nervously shouted, "WHAT? Who...Who told you that? No... Of course nooooo... Ha ha ha ha..." she laughed nervously and tried to shake off the topic. Damon turned her around in his grip and when she did, he pulled her face towards him and kissed her till she was out of breath. He pushed some bangs out of her face and said, "I love you Violet." She was first surprised by his sudden confession but after looking in his eyes, she just hugged him back in response. Damon's smile expanded into a grin, an honest to God, cheek puffing, eye squinching grin. He said, "You still shouldn't lie to me about some things." Violet just punched him on his arm in response and he started laughing loudly.