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EPOV.
I finally arrive home after a long day of shopping with Jenna. I walk into the living room and find Damon in his usual spot with a glass of bourbon. I walk over and sit down in his lap, tucking my head under his chin.
"Where's Alex?" I ask.
"Sleeping" He says.
"Hmm, does that mean I have you all to myself?" I whisper, kissing his neck.
"Elena we need to talk" He says, sitting his glass down. I groan and sit up, looking in his eyes.
"I think we should tell Alex" He says. My eyes about pop out of my head.
"No, we're waiting till he's older and he can understand. If we tell him now it'll just confuse him." I say, shaking my head. He sighs and downs his bourbon.
"Fine" He mumbles, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close.
"I'm sorry I hit you the other day. I over reacted. When you told me that you told Alex about Stefan, I just always figured that would be something we did together."
"Apology accepted" He mumbles, leaning down to kiss me.
I run as fast as I can, through the trees and towards the house. He's getting closer, I can feel it. I turn my head around to look behind me and trip over a log. When I stand back up he's in front of me. I scream. He pulls the bodies off his shoulders and throws them to the ground. I tell myself not to look at them but I do.
Alex. Damon.
I scream again and turn to run but he grabs my neck. He laughs. An evil, twisted sound. His veins come out and his head darts down, fangs digging into my neck.
I jump up in bed, covered in sweat, eyes stinging with tears. Damon is sound asleep beside me. I get up and run down the hall to Alex's room. When I see his bed is empty I scream. I hear Damon running down the hall towards me.
"Elena what's wrong?" He asks.
"Alex is gone" I tell him, panicking.
"What?" He looks in Alex's room and then checks the bathroom.
"I lied him down right there." He says, pointing to the bed. We spend the next half hour searching every inch of the boarding house.
"We need to get dressed, then we'll check outside." Damon says pulling clean clothes on.
We search all around the house and up the driveway. Damon pulls his phone out to call Sheriff Forbes when a thought pops into my head.
"Damon the creek" I blurt out.
"What? Why would he go down there?" He asks.
"I don't know. It just appeared in my head like a memory." I tell him.
"Damn it. Elena when you were out at the creek the other day, did anything strange happen?"
"No, I was just trying to find it and then it was like I blanked out. When I opened my eyes the creek was right in front of me." I say.
"That sounds a lot like compulsion to me." Damon says angrily.
"Let's go" He says, walking into the woods.
After what feels like hours, I can finally see moonlight glistening off water up ahead. We step into the clearing. Elijah stands facing the water, with his hand on Alex's shoulder. Neither of them turn around when we approach.
"Alex" I yell towards them, panic consuming me more and more each second. Alex turns his head around to stare at me, a terrified expression on his face. Then he looks up to Elijah who shakes his head slowly. Elijah finally turns to face us, his face void of emotion.
"Alexander and I were just having a chat." He says.
"Get your hand off my son" Damon spits out.
"Your son?" Elijah asks, laughing. "I think you are mistaken Damon."
"Alex come here" Damon says.
"Actually I happen to like this small fellow. I think I might keep him." Elijah says with a smirk.
"Damon do something" I choke out to Damon. He nods and takes a step towards Alex.
"One more step and I snap his fragile neck." Elijah says.
"What do you want?" I ask him.
"Nothing. I'm merely a very bored man." He says, shrugging.
"Mommy, daddy" Alex cries.
"What did I tell you?" Elijah says, turning and bringing the back of his hand across Alex's cheek.
"Alex" Me and Damon both yell.
"Elijah please, he's just a child. Let him go and we can settle this another way." Damon says.
"Hmm maybe when I'm done with him." Elijah says, smirking.
"Elia forse hanno ragione. E 'solo un ragazzo. Possiamo andare a trovare divertimento altrove." A voice says from the darkness.
"Non sfidarmi, ragazzo. Farò ciò che voglio." Elijah replies.
"So che signore. Ma questo è solo un bambino si sta danneggiando. Egli non ha alcuna conoscenza del soprannaturale." The voice says.
Elijah sighs, dropping his hand from Alex's shoulder.
"Fine" He mumbles. "Take the stupid child. I have better things to do anyways." He says, pushing Alex towards us. He walks towards us hesitantly. I reach for him and pull him into my arms.
"Are you ok, baby?" I ask and he nods, holding onto me for dear life.
"Possiamo andare adesso?" The voice asks again.
"Yes, I suppose so." Elijah groans. He walks towards the shadows on the other side of the creek. Then he disappears into the darkness.
"Thank you" I say into the darkness, hoping the stranger heard me.
"Don't thank me for doing what was right." He says, stepping out of the darkness. I take a step back, studying him.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"My name is Dante. And you are Ms. Elena Gilbert." He says.
"Actually it's Elena Salvatore now." I tell him.
"Oh my apologies Miss Salvatore." He says.
"Do you work for Elijah?" I ask.
"I was traveling with him." He replies.
"Goodbye Miss Salvatore" He says bowing.
"Mr. Salvatore." He says, looking at Damon. Damon nods and picks up Alex. Dante disappears just as suddenly as he appeared. I turn and wrap my arms around Damon and Alex.
"It's ok" Damon tells us both. "They're gone now."
But I hear the unspoken words. They're gone for now.