Here's chapter four. Thanks for the sweet reviews and every who added this story to their favorites! I absolutely loved last Thursday's episode! I am so glad they killed Mikael, and not Klaus. I felt so bad for him when he was crying! Part of me really wants to skip season 1 and season 2 of this fanfiction and go right into season 3. But I won't, I'll have to wait to write season 3, if I do end up continuing to write this and make it that far.

I tried to put up a picture of what her dress for the founder's party would look like and what Zoey looks like but it wouldn't work, sorry!

Anyways this chapter is twice as long as the others ones, so I hope you like it. Review !

"Jeremy? Elena? Aunt Jenna?" I called as I walked down the stairs. I see something flash by. "Who's there?"

I go into the kitchen and grab a knife. I see movement to my left and walk into the living room. "You know if you… AH!" I trip over something, tumbling to the ground. "Elena…ELENA!" I rush forward after seeing that I had tripped over Elena. Her neck is bloody, her face pale. "Elena!" I shake her but she doesn't move. Leaning over I check her pulse. Nothing. She doesn't have one. A choked sob escapes my lips. I feel the tears in my eyes and brush them away so that they won't cloud my vision.

Clutching tightly to my knife, I shakily stand up. "Whoever you are, you are so dead!" I growl out, trying to sound menacing but my voice cracks and my throat closes up.

"ZOEY!" My brother's scared voice calls to me.

"JEREMY!" I yell as I run up the stairs to my brother's room. I burst through his door to find someone who looks to be biting his neck. I go to rush forward with my knife held up high but stop dead in my tracks. The man drops my brother's dead body on the floor and looks at me grinning, with Jeremy's blood all around his mouth and on his teeth. Stefan.

I shake in fear and anger and disbelief. He licks the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Hello Zoey. Nice of you to join me."

I stumble backwards. Running down the stairs, I can barely see. I make it to the door, swing it open to find Stefan on the other side.

He looks normal one second, and then the next he has deep, dark veins around his eyes and long canine teeth. He grabs me by the arms and sinks his teeth into the skin of my neck.

I give out a strangled cry.

I don't feel the teeth on my neck anymore and look around wildly. I am in my room, on my bed with my sheets tangled around my lower body. I give a sigh of relief. It was just a nightmare.

I look at my clock. 4:18. Great.

I hear a noise and look towards my window to see a black crow starring right at me.

…

"Scumball. Scumbucket." I look towards Aunt Jenna as I pour my cereal.

"Who are you talking to?" Elena asks as she walks into the kitchen.

"Him." She says, nodding toward the TV where Logan Fell was reporting on the animal that has been killing everyone being caught.

"The news guy?"

"Also known as Logan Scumfell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?"
"Ah, no way. You and him?" Elena laughed. "He's cute."

"He is not cute. There is nothing cute about him."

"Sure there is. So what'd he do?" I asked, stopping momentarily from shoving my cereal down my throat.

"Let's just say that his nickname fits him perfectly." Aunt Jenna replied with a bitter look on her face. She turned off the TV and went over to Elena who was cleaning up some of our old family heirlooms.

I rinsed my bowl out and head upstairs to take a shower, passing Jeremy on my way up.

…

"Zoey, come join us!" Mrs. Lockwood said, as I walked into the grill.

I smiled at her and glance at Tyler out of the corner of my eye. "Maybe some other time, Mrs. Lockwood. I'm just here to work on a school project. See you all around." I lied as I nodded goodbye to Mrs. and Mr. Lockwood, ignoring Tyler.

"I'll be right back." I hear Tyler tell his parents. "Are you mad at me?"

"You actually have to ask?" I glare at him as I sit down at a table. "You beat up my brother. Then when Stefan tried to stop you, you tried to beat up on him too."

"I'm sorry, okay." He said, not seeming sorry at all, just annoyed. "I understand why you are pissed because of the Jeremy thing, even though he's been trying to get me to fight him since school started. But Stefan? Why do you care?"

"Stefan is my friend." I reply, but all I can think of is my dream, the animal attacks, and the cut on his hand that just disappeared.

"Yeah, well I'm your best friend. And what about Matt? You don't care that he's hurting because of your new friend."

How the hell has this gotten turned on me? I'm the one that should be mad, not him. "Matt is hurting because Elena is moving on, it wouldn't matter who the guy was. Besides, this isn't about Matt and Elena. This is about you starting a fight with my brother and beating the shit out of him. So yes Tyler, I am mad. And right now you are just making me so much more pissed then I was before. So why don't you just go be a good little boy and go back to your mommy and daddy." With that I stood up and walked away. Unfortunately, I only made it a few steps before I was stopped by Caroline.

"Zoey, how are you?" I glared at her as she fidgeted.

"Go away Caroline. I don't want to do this right now."

"Look, I'm really, really sorry. It just sort of came out, you know? I didn't mean it. Please forgive me."

"Whatever, Caroline."

…

"Hi, Logan Fell?"

"Yes. What can I do for you?"

"My name is Zoey Gilbert. Jenna Sommer's niece."

"Oh, it's nice to meet you." He smiled kindly. His eyes brighten at the mention of Jenna.

"You too." I give my sweetest smile. "I have a school project I have to do and I need old newspaper articles and things."

He nods. "We have them all on computer."

"Perfect. I was wondering if I could use it."

"Sure, why not. With one condition. You put a good word in with Jenna for me."

"Of course." I smile and he takes me to a room, logging in to a computer. "Thank you."

"No problem. I'll be back in an hour or two."

I take a seat and search for animal attacks similar to the ones from this month. I don't know why but I think that Bonnie's predictions, Stefan's cut disappearing, and the animal attacks all are connected somehow.

I search for over an hour and come up with a string of animal attacks, periodically, in and around this town for the past seventy-five years. I print them off and leave.

…

My car broke down the night before, so I walk back. My mind is full of the things that happened in the last few weeks. I don't know what animals attacking for over seventy-five years prove, but I know I'm close to something. Ideas of what could be happening come and go in my mind, the next more absurd then the last.

"ZOEY!" I look up, startled, to find Damon Salvatore in his blue mustang, smirking at me. "Lost in thought?" I glare at him and keep walking. "Need a ride."

"No, I'm good."

"It'll take you forty minutes to walk to your house from here."

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, I know that. I want the exercise."

"Don't be ridiculous. Get in."

"No." My legs are sore from walking all the way here, but I don't give in. I'd rather walk an hour more then have to be in the same car with him.

My phone rings and I answer it. "Hello."

"Hey, guess what!" Vicki asked excitedly. I looked over at Damon who was still driving his car slowly beside me. "Tyler asked me to the founders party!"

I frown as my stomach tightens. "That's great." Tyler's mom is going to be ecstatic.

"Really? Because you don't sound so excited for me." That's because I'm not.

"I just didn't think you guys were really the type to go to boring parties at his parent's house."

"You mean you thought we just have sex and that our relationship isn't serious." Yes.

"Vicki…"

"Well, Tyler and I will see you at the party tonight." She said in an angry tone and hung up on me.

My frown deepened. Why didn't I like the idea of Tyler and Vicki going to a party with his parent's. I should be glad that Tyler stopped being an ass and invited her. But I'm not. I have a bad feeling. One that I would get whenever I would see Jake flirting with our girls. Jealousy. I can't be jealous. Tyler's my best friend, nothing more.

I wasn't jealous because I liked him more than a friend, it was because if he and Vicki started to get serious I wouldn't see him as much. At least that's what I tell myself.

Damon cleared his throat, bringing me out of my thoughts. He had a knowing smirk on his face. "Last chance."

My first instinct is to tell him to shove off, but something has me go around to the other side of the car and get in. He smirks triumphantly. "Well are you going to drive or just sit there looking at me?" I snap.

He raises his hands up in mock surrender, still smirking, and then presses the gas petal. "So where were you coming from anyways?"

"None of your business."

"You know, you could try to be a little bit friendlier. Like Elena."

"Or I could not, since I am nothing like Elena."

"I can see that."

I glare at him. "I can be friendly, but only to people who aren't complete douches. Like your brother. He's so much nicer then you. Not to mention hotter." I say, as I give him a once over.

"Liar." I ignore him. "What's in the folder?"

"What is this, twenty questions? This is one of the reasons why I like Stefan so much better. He doesn't have to talk every second and lets you be."

"That's because he's a loner. And broody." True. "See I on the other hand am the dark, handsome, bad-boy type who you pretend to hate but really just want to jump his bones."

I snort. "Yeah, sure. Keep on telling yourself that. But I personally, Iwould never, ever, have sex with you. You know what they say; guys who are cocky have small cocks." I raise my eyebrow and smile at him.

"Well I can assure you, mine is well-endowed."

"Fine then, let's see it." He looked at me, his eyes widened slightly, trying to see if I was joking or not. He smirks.

With one hand on the driver's wheel, he takes his other and unzips his pants.

My eyes widen. Oh, he's actually going to do it.

He pulls out his penis and watches my reaction. Wow.

I shrug, inspecting in carefully so I don't look like an embarrassed, inexperienced little girl. "I've seen better." With that, I turn away, looking straight ahead.

"Liar." He says once again, disbelievingly.

…

Damon pulls up in front of my house. I see Tyler and Jeremy talking at the door. Shit, not again. I get out of the car quickly and see Jeremy close the door on Tyler's face.

"You're welcome!" Damon called after me.

"What are you doing here?" I ask Tyler.

"I just came by to get your family heirlooms for my mom." He said, holding up the box. "And I came to see you."

"But you got sidetracked by fighting with my brother again?" I narrowed my eyes, still angry with him from before.

"We weren't fighting. Listen Zo, you're my best friend. I love you to pieces and I hate when you're mad at me. I'm sorry for being a jerk, okay? The only reason I never got into a fist fight with Jeremy before the other night was because I didn't want to upset you. I was in a bad mood, I took it out on your brother and I'm sorry for that. But I'm not going to apologize for being an ass to Stefan because I don't like him. And I don't trust him. Nor do I trust his brother." He says, giving me a why-were-you-with-the-guy-who-you-keep-going-on-about-is-a-prick look. "And no offence, Zoey, but you don't have the best track record with guys. I don't want you to get hurt again."

I sigh deeply and step into his arms, wrapping my own around his neck. "I know." I whisper, and I know he knows it means I forgive him. After about a minute, I unhook my arms from around his neck. "So, I heard you're going to the Founder's party with Vicki."

He nods. "Yeah, I am." He shrugs.

There is a tense silence for a moment before I break it. "Well, have fun. Tell me how it goes."

"You're not going?"

"I wasn't planning on it. You know I hate those parties. The only reason I ever go is to keep you from going insane with boredom, but I guess that's Vicki's job now." He looks at me intensely, trying to 'see through my soul'. I give him a small, sad smile. "I should go help Elena and Bonnie get ready though. See you tomorrow." I give him a quick kiss on the check and head inside before he can get a word out.

…

I was curling Bonnie's hair, while Elena was putting on her mascara. Bonnie had filled me in on what Damon told Caroline about him, Stefan, and Katherine. Even though I was suspicious of Stefan, I still didn't believe it. It seemed like something Damon would lie about.

Elena and Bonnie had been trying to convince me to come to the party for the last half an hour, but it wasn't working. The phone rang and Elena went to answer it. It was Mrs. Lockwood. Apparently the pocket watch wasn't in the box and Jeremy took it.

"Elena, why don't you just tell Mrs. Lockwood you couldn't find it? It belongs to Jeremy." She sighed and looked down at the pocket watch, considering it. She nodded.

My cell phone then began to ring. It was Matt. "Hey Matt. What's up?"

"Hey Zoey. I know this is last minute but I was just wondering if you wanted to go to the Founder's Party with me. I wasn't planning on going, but I don't have anything else to do tonight. So, what do you say?"

I thought it over for a second. I really didn't want to go but I had nothing else to do either. "Sure, Matt. Pick me up in an hour."

"You're coming?" Elena asked, smiling excitedly at me.

"Yeah, well I couldn't say no. Seeing how much work you went through for me to go."

"What are you talking about?" Elena asked, innocently.

"Well, it was either one of you two or Tyler who got Matt to ask me."

"Well it wasn't me. Asking my ex-boyfriend to take my sister to a party? Awkward."

…

"Okay, I'm not going. I have nothing to wear."

"What about something in Elena's closet?" Bonnie asks, going to Elena's room and looking through her dresses. Elena and I follow. "What about this?" Bonnie holds up a peach colored dress.

"Not my color."

Elena goes forward and helps Bonnie find something. We settle on a white dress with purple straps, a purple empire waist band, and different kinds of designs. It isn't my style, but it will have to do.

I curl my black hair so that it falls just below my chin. My red highlights stand out against my black hair and light colored dress. I lastly put on some purple pumps.

I look in the mirror and frown. I look good, but not myself.

Jenna walks in. "Wow. You look great."

"I look like Elena." She sighs, shakes her head, and gives a small laugh.

"And what's so wrong with that?" Elena asks, walking into the room.

I smile. "Well, I wouldn't want your boyfriend to… look elsewhere." Elena frowns as I smirk at her. "Kidding."

…

"I'm going to get some drinks." Matt says, I nod and walk over to look at the original guest registry.

"Don't you look lovely, Elena. Oh, I'm sorry I didn't even recognize you Zoey."

I glare at him. "Yes you did, Damon."

"It's just you usually look less… girly. More sexy." He raises his eyebrow at me.

"It's Elena's dress."

"That would explain it."

"Good. Now that we got that out of the way, leave."

Damon laughs. "Obviously wearing Elena's clothes doesn't change your attitude. Good. I like your fire."

"And I would love if you burst into flame at this very moment."

He chuckles amusedly. "So, what were you doing look up on animal attacks in Mystic Falls?"

"What?"

"You left your folder in my car. I just noticed it on my way to pick up Caroline."

"Oh, school project." I knew he didn't buy it but I went back to looking at the Guest registry anyways. There are familiar last names on it. Like Lockwood, Forbes, and Gilbert. I stop scanning the list when I catch sight of two very familiar names. Stefan Salvatore. Damon Salvatore.

I look up to see Damon watching me intently. "So you were here in 1864, huh?" I say sarcastically, but my suspicions can't help but increase.

He laughs charmingly. "The original Salvatore brothers were. They are our ancestors. Tragic story."

"Really, what happened?"

"Well let's just say the Salvatore men have been cursed with sibling rivalry, and it all started with the original Salvatore brothers." He says, pointing to the list. "There was a battle here. The Battle of Willow creek. Confederate soldiers fired at a church with civilians inside. The people who were killed, weren't there by accident. They were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive. Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." Damon explained. He seemed to be in his own world, almost like he was reliving the memories.

"Who did they want to save?"

"A women, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a women?"

I nod. "I suppose so. But I wonder if this women, who they were both so in love with, was really worth dying over." He gives a small sad smile and looks to his feet before meeting my eyes again. There is something in his eyes, something genuine, that makes me think Damon might not be as bad as a guy as I thought he was.

"Sorry it took me so long." Matt interrupts, handing me a drink.

"Thanks. It was no problem."

"I think I'll leave you to your date. Thanks for the chat, Zoey."

…

I'm dancing with Matt when I see Caroline and Stefan step out onto the dance floor.

"What is Stefan doing with Caroline?" I ask, narrowing my eyes. "Can't she stick to one boy for the night?"

Matt shrugs.

I watch as they go over and get drinks. Stefan nods his head at me and smiles. I smile back.

A few minutes later, Elena and Damon come outside. As they walk towards Stefan and Caroline, my eyes connect with Damon's for a few moments before I look away and he talks with his brother.

Elena and Stefan go and dance, with Damon watching jealousy. Uh oh. Seems like history is going to repeat itself.

I continue to dance with Matt, until Damon taps him on the shoulder.

"May I cut in?" Matt looks at me questionly. I nod.

He nods to Damon and goes to get another drink. Damon puts one hand on my waist and holds my hand with the other. "You know, you do look beautiful tonight, even if you don't look like yourself."

"Tell it to your girlfriend, Damon." I say, giving him a hard look. "But thank you." I look over to Elena and Stefan. "You know, you shouldn't go there."

"Go where exactly?"

"She'll never fall for you. No matter how charming you pretend to be. Stop with the cycle, Damon. End the curse." I take my hand away from his and walk back towards Matt, Damon's eyes on me the whole time.

…

Elena and I walked to the bathroom at the Lockwood Mansion. Caroline was already in there powdering her nose.

"Hey. So how are things with Stefan?" Caroline asks Elena.

"Great. Just Great."

"Really? Well, my radar must be off, 'cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes."

"Knock it off Caroline." I tell her.

"What is that?" Elena asks Caroline as she reaches for her neck. I notice the bruise too.

"Don't." I walk closer towards Caroline.

Elena lifts her scarf up. "Oh my god, Caroline. What is that?"

"Nothing."

"That is not nothing." I say, "Did somebody hurt you?"

"No, okay, nothing. It's just…my mom would kill me." She whispers the last part.

I pull down her shawl, to reveal more bruises. Or are they… bite marks. "Did Damon do this to you?"

"No? Of course not! Just leave me alone, ok, you guys?" She leaves in a rush.

"Caroline!" Elena calls after her. "Do you think it was Damon?"

I shake my head angrily. "I know it was Damon."

…

We go outside, Elena see's Damon first and goes over to him. Me not noticing him until I see Elena shove him. I follow.

Elena leaves and Damon looks after her. "Hey tough guy!" Damon turns to look at me. I raise my fist and punch him in the face as hard as I can. People look towards us. I see Tyler starting to walk over towards us. "If you ever come near her again, I will go to her house, steal her mother's gun, and blow your brains out, you fucking asshole." I go to Tyler and drag him along with me.

…

Tyler and I split up to search for Caroline. Elena and I finally find her.

"There she is." I point and we rush towards her.

"Caroline? There you are. We've been looking everywhere for you. Are you okay?" Elena asks. Her boyfriend is an abusive ass, no she's not okay.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Caroline, what happened?"

"I'm fine." She says, breathing heavily, looking like she is having a panic attack.

"No, you're shaking. Caroline, what…"

"I'm fine!"

"No, Caroline. Come here." I hug her tightly as she cries into my hair. I rub my hand soothingly against her back. Elena rubs her shoulder, as she continues to cry. Why is this happening again? The only thing really different is the last time it was me who they were comforting. Though I had run off to Tyler's house afterwards.

…

I take Caroline home and lay in the bed with her until she goes to sleep. I wait until her mom comes home before I sneak out the window.

I walk to Tyler's house, not getting there until almost 2 pm. He is just lying on his bed not sleeping, waiting for me. I go into the bathroom and change out of my dress, into one of his long shirts. I then climb into bed with him. This is where I always end up.

I don't sleep that night. I think about everything that has happened since the Salvatore's came to Mystic Falls.

Animals attacks.

Stefan making Mr. Tanner look like an idiot because he knows everything in history.

Vicki being attacked.

Stefan's knowing look when she was bleeding to death.

Vicki going crazy on Matt, but not remembering it afterwards.

Vicki thinking Damon looks familiar.

Bonnie freaking out when she touched Stefan.

Tyler almost getting knocked off his feet when Stefan throws him the football.

Damon and Stefan's icy relationship.

Jeremy cutting Stefan's hand, but the wound disappearing seconds later.

The numbers Bonnie kept seeing.

Bonnie sensing death when she touched Stefan.

Mr. Tanner's death.

My dream.

The Original Salvatore brother's.

Damon biting Caroline.

Damon biting Caroline. Stefan and Damon's name being on the original registry. Bonnie's predictions. Stefan healing. The animal attacks going back over seventy-five years. My dream. Vicki saying that a vampire attacked her.

Vampire!

Stefan and Damon Salvatore were vampires.