~ The next chapter is here :) Five chapters and still going strong.
~ I was going to post this chapter tomorrow morning, but I decided on today instead.
~ Elena gains a memory in this chapter and there is a little hint on what Klaus's plans are.

storylover3: The main reason they reacted the way they did is because they were woken up and they weren't fully tired. You'll see more of a reaction from them in this chapter.

ENJOY!

~The Salvatore boarding house~

Damon laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling. He couldn't get Elena out of his mind. It was like she was an entirely different person. He was the one to give her vampire blood and he was the one to kill her. The thought kept floating around in his head. 'I should have stayed.' He thought.

Footsteps approached his bedroom door and stopped. Damon didn't budge. He didn't even acknowledge whoever was at the door.
"Damon." Stefan said to him. "Bonnie, Jeremy, and Alaric are coming soon." Damon still didn't move. He heard his brother, but his mind was on Elena. How she looked with human blood dripping off her fangs. He didn't think he would ever see her like that without being there next to her, teaching her. "We are going to get her back."
"I know." Damon said, still staring at the ceiling. Stefan took a deep breath as he stared at his brother. He knew Damon cared for Elena, but he was taking the news hard. It was harder than Stefan himself was taking it. Stefan knew that somehow, they would get Elena back. He didn't know when, he didn't know where, but he knew that she would be back with them. Stefan turned away and walked downstairs, leaving Damon alone. A thought started to float around Damon's head. Could he make a deal with Klaus to get Elena away from him? Or could he do something to at least ensure her safety? The first thing he'll want to do is kill Klaus. Making a deal with him is only the back-up plan.

Damon slowly got out of his bed. He knew that he couldn't do anything for Elena if he spent all day in bed.

~In the Salvatore's living room~

Stefan had cleared off a table to they could spread everything over it. He stood, staring into the fire place, thinking about Elena. She attacked him the night before, but why? Did Klaus compel her? Was she just hungry for blood? The front door started to open. Stefan took a deep breath before turning to see Bonnie walking in with a few Grimoires.
"I grabbed the ones that might have the most useful spells." She said as she carried them to table.
"Thank you Bonnie." Bonnie gave Stefan a nod as she put the Girmoires on the table.
"Do you have any idea on how it happened?" Bonnie asked Stefan as she turned to him.
"No." He looked down. "But we need to find out before Klaus gets too much of a hold on her."
"And that's why we need to stop talking and get to work." Damon said as he entered the room. "So, come on witchy, chop chop." Bonnie just rolled her eyes and started to look at the Girmoires. "We need to get Elena back as soon as possible." Jeremy and Alaric walked into the boarding house carrying boxes filled with information.

"I grabbed all the stuff that I thought might help." Alaric said as he put the box down on the table.
"All that?" Damon asked as he stepped up to the table. "Couldn't you have narrowed it down?"
"We could spend time debating that, or we could look through it." Alaric said to Damon before taking a deep breath.
"Where's blondie?"
"Helping Tyler." Jeremy said before setting his box down.
"She should be here."
"It's a full moon tonight Damon." Damon looked at Bonnie. "We have to make sure that he doesn't get lose and somehow finds Elena."
"Then we'll lock him in the basement."
"Then that puts you in danger." Alaric said. "Finding Elena is OUR priority right now Damon. We can't worry about any of us getting bit by a werewolf." He looked straight at Damon. "It won't help us if any of us are out of commission."
"Caroline said her mom would call if they find anything out." Bonnie started to say to Damon. "Right now, the five of us need to find out what happened to Elena and how to get her back." Damon just started at Bonnie for a moment before looking between everybody else in the room. He started to make his way to the door.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked him as Damon picked up his leather jacket off a chair.
"I'm going to get Elena my own way." Damon stepped up to the door. "I'll let you know if I find anything. He opened the door and closed it. Stefan stared at the door. He couldn't help but worry about his brother.

~Damon~

Damon was walking, but he wasn't sure to where. There was no way he could tell them that he was the one to turn Elena. They would assume that it was his fault and they wouldn't focus on getting her from Klaus. All of them would be focused on Damon, full of anger towards him. He couldn't have that if we wanted to get Elena back, which he wanted more than anything at the moment. Damon was angry at himself though. If he didn't leave her, if he didn't turn her, if he rejected her offer, she would still be with them. She would still be human. Damon couldn't help but beat himself up over it.

He knew where she was and he knew who she was with. Thoughts about Elena being with him clouded his mind. He started, at full vampire speed, running off towards Richmond. If he told the others, they would try and stop them. Damon thought that since he was the last one to see Elena, the one that turned her, he had to be the one to bring her back. He didn't care if he put himself in harm's way. He would do anything for Elena.

~With Elena and Klaus~

As Elena fed on a human, something started to form in her mind.

'Elena walked out of her bathroom wearing pajama shorts and a tank top. Damon was sitting on the seat by her window, holding a necklace.
"Cute PJ's." He said. She stopped and looked at him.
"I'm tired, Damon." Elena said, trying to avoid looking at him.
"I brought you this." She looked at saw that he was holding the necklace that Stefan had given her.
"I thought that was gone." Elena looked up at Damon. "Thank you." She reached out to grab it but he pulled it away from her. "Please give it back." She said to him.
"I just have to say something." Damon said with slight un-sureness in his voice. There was sadness in his eyes that Elena couldn't see at the moment.
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?" She asked, taking a small step backwards from Damon. Elena slightly feared what he could tell her. She didn't have her necklace, which meant he could compel her.
"Well, because what I'm about to say is…" Damon looked at Elena ", probably the most selfish thing I have ever said in my life."
"Damon, don't go there." She said, trying to look away from Damon. Her eyes wouldn't move from his face.
"No, I just have to say it once." Damon took a step closer to Elena, still holding her necklace. "You just need to hear it. I love you, Elena," She let out a breath. This was the first time she heard those words from him. She heard that he loved her from Isobel, but never straight from Damon's mouth. She never really expected to hear those words from Damon ", and it's because I love you that… I can't be selfish with you." Elena noticed tears that were starting to form in his eyes. "Why you can't know this." Elena knew what he was going to do. Tears were starting to form in her eyes. "I don't deserve you but my brother does." She wanted to step backwards, so she could try and let him know. Damon stepped towards her and gently kissed her on the forehead.
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this," Damon quietly said and he looked into her eyes ", but you do." A tear escaped from Damon's eyes. Damon felt like it was the right thing to do. He didn't want Elena to come between him and his brother, not like Katherine did.'

Elena lifted her head from the person she was feeding from. The way that it felt, made her think it was a memory. She remembered where she was after a moment of thinking. Klaus lifted his head from another human, his fangs still showing.
"Are you full love?" He asked Elena, leaving his fangs out. Elena nodded her head as she let the body that she was feeding on fall to the ground. Her fangs retracted as she stood looking at Klaus. "You should clean up." He said, seeing the blood around her mouth. "I'll get this mess." Elena gave him another nod before walking towards the stairs.

Elena didn't know if she should say anything about what she saw. It felt so real, that it had to be a memory. 'Is that why?' She thought as she remembered how he looked at her the night before. There was something about him. 'Damon.' She thought his name as she walked into the room that Klaus had given her. It didn't look like what she remembered. The room that she was in was bigger than what she saw. She walked to the bathroom, which was also different. Elena grabbed a washcloth and got it wet before wiping blood from around her mouth before looking into the mirror. There were tears in her eyes and she didn't know why. 'Why do I feel sad?' She asked herself in her head. Elena took deep breaths as a couple of tears fell from her eyes. She wiped them away with the back of her hand and looked at her reflection in the mirror. There was still a small speck of blood on the corner of her mouth, but she left it there before turning towards the bedroom.

"Elena." A voice said. Elena turned to see Greta standing at her doorway, holding a book. "Klaus wants me to help you prepare for tonight." Greta walked into the room. "Please, sit." Elena walked over to the bed and sat down.
"What does he have planned?" Elena asked.
"He will tell you." Greta said before sitting next to Elena. "This is a Grimoire." Greta started to explain to Elena. "It contains a list of spells that belong to a certain witch or to the witch's bloodline." Greta opened the Grimoire to a page and pointed to a spell. "Klaus wants me to do this spell."
"What does it do?"
"It will make your body more durable, so it will take more to damage you than normal. He only wants to do it on the safe side, to protect you." Elena nodded her head. Greta held Elena's hand and muttered the spell. "There you go." Greta said after finishing the spell. "He should be up here as soon as he's done downstairs." Elena gave a nod as Greta picked up the Grimoire and started towards the door.

After Greta left the room Elena stood up and walked towards the window. She sat down on the window seat and looked out the window. The looks on Stefan and Damon's faces were still in her mind. She only had one memory and that's of the first time Damon said 'I love you' to her. The sadness, worry, and confusion of Damon's eyes stayed in her mind, no matter how much she tried to get them out. However, the look in Stefan's eyes was different than Damon's. There was surprise, fear, and sadness. Elena didn't know if she had cared for either of them before she had turned. She knew that Damon cared for her, even if she didn't know why. Elena took a deep breath and just stared out the window.

~ Damon is going rogue, Elena gained a memory, and it's a full moon.
~ What's Klaus's plan? What will Damon do when he catches up to Elena and Klaus? How will the other's react when they find out what Damon's done? Will Elena tell Klaus that she remembers something?
~ I can say that within the next two chapters, a character dies. Who do you think it is?

~ Don't forget to share your thoughts of the chapter, your theories, and ideas.

R&R 'till the next update.