Red veins began to slither around Elena's eyes. She could feel the rush surging through her face and a jolt of energy flying through her body. Elena could already sense the strength and the agility. It was exactly as Rebekah had once described to her. It was euphoric. She wanted more blood.

Everyone stared at her in shock. They didn't know how to react next. Elena looked at them and shame washed over her. She realized that she wished everyone was not there to see her like this. She looked at her brother, and her eyes seemed to scream, "I'm sorry." But as she looked at him a sudden craving swam through her. She realized that she had acted rashly. She didn't have much planned out for how she would handle this. But she had to act rashly; she was worried that she might change her own mind.

Stefan finally stepped out. He looked at Elena intensely and asked, "Are you ok? How do you feel?"

Elena looked at him and she wanted to cry. She was sad and angry because she was now truly a vampire. But in the back of her mind there was a part of her that was excited and wanted to relish in her strength. This internal struggle only made her feel more shame and she was suddenly thankful that nobody could read her mind.

She finally spoke, looking at Stefan earnestly and saying, "I… I need to go. I can't be here right now."

Stefan nodded and he put his arm around her as they began to walk to the car. Stefan gently escorted Elena into the car. Though she was now less fragile, Stefan was instinctively gentle with her and her emotional state made her seem more fragile than she actually was. Stefan closed Elena's door and turned to see Damon standing a few feet away.

"Where are you taking her?" Damon asked.

"To the boarding house for now."

Damon looked at him intensely and said, "Are you sure you can handle this?"

Stefan replied with great confidence, saying, "I'm sure." He knew that Damon was referring to his own issues with handling his craving for blood. Although he had finally learned to accept his bloodlust, the question now was how Elena would handle it. There was still a bit of worry in Stefan's head regarding how Elena would decide to handle everything.

Damon nodded and turned around to walk away. A second later, Stefan's hand was gently on Damon's arm.

Stefan looked at his brother and said, "Damon, come with us."

Damon looked at him. He could see the sincerity in Stefan's eyes and though he was still very angry with him, for a split second he felt a bit of gratitude towards him. But he also wanted to punch him. In his mind, Damon began rolling his eyes.

Stefan, always the honorable one.

Damon finally responded and said, "I can't". This was somewhat true. As much as he wanted to go and be with Elena during this time, he also had plans to still try to and figure out a way to reverse this. But Damon was experiencing an internal struggle of his own. Deep down, he didn't want to reverse this. He wanted Elena to stay alive forever.

"I am going with Bonnie to see if we can figure something out." Stefan finally let go of him and nodded. He watched as his brother started to walk away and then he finally turned around to get into the car.

Everyone watched as the car drove off. Matt was trying to comfort Jeremy who was still in shock and Damon began walking up to Bonnie. But Caroline got to her first.

"Bonnie I need to talk to you," she said.

Damon was suddenly hovering over them. "Sorry Caroline but we are leaving now," he said.

Bonnie shot him a nasty look as he grabbed her arm. She yanked her arm away aggressively and said, "Damon I am going to talk to her, at least really quickly." Damon tilted his head angrily but did not protest any longer.

Caroline suddenly realized that Damon might as well hear too and she began to talk before he decided to walk away.

"The council knows about me," she blurted out.

Bonnie's face dropped and Damon was suddenly in her face.

"What," he said angrily.

"Alaric came and told everyone about me and Tyler, and I think everybody else. I'm not sure but I know for sure they know about me and Tyler. We were about to leave town before everything happened…"

"What are you guys going to do?" Bonnie asked.

Caroline's eyes were tearing. "I don't know," she murmured.

Bonnie looked at her friend with the greatest sympathy and spoke.

"Caroline, we will figure something out. Maybe you should stay here for now. You can hide out until we figure something out I'll ask Jeremy if he can cover for you in case anybody shows up."

Damon was quiet the whole time. He was so angry he didn't know how to proceed. After everything he had done to keep their vampirism from the council, he had to do it all over again, only this time it may be more difficult. He couldn't think about that right now though.

"Alright Bonnie let's go," he demanded.

She hugged Caroline and began to walk out the door as Damon followed. He opened the car door for her and as she climbed in the passenger seat she spoke.

"So what are you going to do, Damon?"

He closed the door and in a second he was already in the drivers' seat, starting the engine.

"I don't know, figure a way to compel them all…or just kill them," he said coyly.

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Are you stupid?" she said sharply.

"Well, little witch; do you have any better ideas?" he said as he smirked at her and began to drive.

"Why don't you stop expecting me to solve all your problems?" she said with an annoyed expression on her face.

"Don't start getting all judgy on me again," he said.

"But I never stopped," she replied with her eyebrows raised.

Stefan and Elena walked into the house. It was quiet and empty.

"Elena," he said, turning to her. "Elena do you need anything? I can get you anything you want?"

She looked at him and he could tell right away that she was about to cry.

He sat her down on the couch and kneeled in front of her, holding her face in both hands.

"Elena, please just tell me," he said earnestly.

She was crying again. "Stefan I….I want more blood."

"Elena, we haven't talked about this yet…I can get you a blood bag downstairs right now but if you want…you can try the animal blood too."

"Have you been drinking that again?" she asked.

Stefan put his head down for a few seconds and then looked back up at her to reply.

"No," he said. "But I have been able to control my thirst. I'm ok now Elena, but…I'm not sure if I will be able to go back to the animal blood again and be stable."

Elena nodded. She could see the glint of shame in his eyes. She knew these were not the words he wanted to say to her. But she also knew that it was important that he was being very honest with her.

"Everyone is different though, Elena. You can try whatever you want."

She had a fearful look in her eye and then began to speak again.

"I'm not sure what I should try, I just …I don't want to be tempted by blood later. But I feel like I need it right now…it's a scary feeling. I think I want to try the animal blood later. But Stefan, I'm so scared that I might hurt someone. What about Jeremy? I can't just leave him there alone and I don't know when I should go back."

He grabbed her hand. "Elena, I won't let you hurt anyone. And I won't let anything happen to you." Sadness washed over him again as he said this. Elena could see the guilt rising in him again. "Never again," he said after a few seconds.

Elena looked at him. She wanted to go on again about everything being her own fault. Realization washed over her again as she remembered that this was all due to her own decisions and that she had also decided she would be strong about it. She held him and then looked back at him and said, "I know I'll be ok….I guess I'm just still in shock." She leaned her head down and closed her eyes for a few seconds, exhaling.

"Maybe you should get some rest," Stefan said with a concerned expression. She nodded and he whispered "I'll be right back." Elena closed her eyes for a little and about a minute later she felt him next to her again. He had a cup in his hand and she knew what it was. She gently took it from him and slowly began to sip the blood. She really wanted to snatch it and gulp it down but she was testing her own control. She finished in less than a minute and Stefan took the cup and placed it on the table.

He put his arm around her as they walked upstairs. He led her to his room and once they were inside she stopped for a second. It was strange to be in there. The last time she was in there she felt strange…almost unwelcomed. But then Stefan told her he love her…

She felt nostalgia wash over her as she stood there. It was not long after the last time she was in there but it felt so different. She felt comfort again.

Stefan couldn't quite understand why she paused or the expression on her face.

"You can rest wherever you want," he said.

It still felt strange to even smile at all but she turned to him with a tiny hint of a smile and said, "I'm fine here."

Stefan just nodded. He starred at her. She could see the stress in his face, how everything was overwhelming him, but she could also see a glimmer of light in his eyes.

"Let me know if you need anything," he said. She nodded gently with a smile in her eyes and he turned to walk out. He wanted to go up to her. To kiss her again. But now did not feel like the time. Still, the way she looked at him before he walked out was enough for the time being. He felt comfort and was able to resist his urge to stay there with her while she slept. He could sense that she still needed a bit of time to herself.

Damon and Bonnie got out of the car and walked up to the old witch house.

"Am I allowed in this time?" Damon said sarcastically.

"I guess we'll find out," she replied.

They stepped inside and everything seemed fine.

"Hmmm," Damon murmured.

They went into the main room and Bonnie pulled out some matches.

"What are you going to try and do exactly?" Damon asked.

"I am going to try and communicate with them…but I told you, I don't think I can."

"Of course," he said in a snarky tone.

She handed him a match signaling him to help her light all the candles in the room.

"Why can't you just light them with your brain?" he said.

"I told you, this is already a long shot and I don't want to waste any of my energy," she shot back.

After lighting all the candles Damon stood off in the corner while Bonnie stood in the center with her eyes closed.

She started chanting in whispers. About a minute later she could hear Damon humming. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He was staring up at the ceiling, tapping his hand against the wall as he hummed.

"Seriously, Damon?" she said glaring at him.

"What? Nothing is even happening."

"Ugh! I already told you, Damon." She walked over by the door and grabbed a grimoire from out of her bag. She opened a page quickly and stared at it for a few seconds and then finally got up with the grimoire and her bag and started storming out.

"Wait, where the hell are you going?" he said as he suddenly appeared right in front of her.

"I have to try something else. I need to go find some of these herbs to help me with a communication spell. They aren't budging so I have to try harder."

"Well, where the hell are you getting these magical herbs?" he said in a mocking tone.

"If you don't believe in this stuff, then why are you here?" she said as she moved around him and began to storm out.

They were outside now.

"Well seriously, Bonnie are we even really going to find something?"

She looked at him with a confused expression on her face.

"Damon, you are the one who came bugging me about this and now you are naysaying my attempts. Look, I need to worry about helping my friend…I don't know if I am going to find anything alright? But I am trying. Get out of my way if you are just going to slow me down."

She took off towards the road and Damon just stood there watching her.

"What, are you going to walk there, wherever the hell 'there' is?" he shouted.

She looked back at him angrily and then kept walking.

Damon finally rolled his eyes and yelled, "Damn it Bonnie! Get in the car."

Notes from the author:

Hey guys if you are wondering why I re-posted these last two chapters it is because I needed to make a few correction that nobody might even notice. I am strange that way. Anyways I know it has been long since i updated. Sorry I have been busy with school exams and now with family functions almost everyday. But I am working on the next chapter it should be up within a day. I am trying to paint this out as realistically as possible while also putting in some things that i simply wish to happen. In other words, if characters do things in my story it is not necessarily something I approve of. I am just trying to make sense of how they have been previously portrayed in the series. Hope you guys enjoy. :)