DAMON'S POV (2 HOURS BEFORE)

Damon found it hard to believe Stefan didn't have any idea where Madeline was, seeing as he was probably the last person to have talked to her within the last half hour.

But he said he had no idea, so either he really didn't know where she was, or he was going to keep her location secret. Damon searched the house back to front for about half an hour, no sign of Madeline. She was probably not even inside. Probably not even on the property.

Damon took a guess as to say she was with Zachary. He didn't blame her. As soon as she'd been married off to there fathers man of choice it would be even harder for her to defy him.

And defying was oddly enough, one of Madeline's favourite things to do. Damon stopped looking when he walked past Stefan's room and heard the definite sounds of Stefan and Miss Pierce's voices.

Stefan had already stopped looking, meaning he probably wasn't worried. Damon tried to listen in on their conversation but their voices were to hushed for him to hear. He quickly walked away though, when he heard them walking towards the door. Damon rushed into his room, closing the door quietly. He pressed his ear to the frame, listening to them as they walked past his door.

"Let's just look for her outside Stefan, this is your last chance to stop her" Damon heard Katherine say.

"I don't know Katherine, i think i should let her do this. She isn't happy here" Stefan said. They stopped, a couple of paces down the hall.

"Stefan, come with me to find your sister in the forest" Katherine said. Her voice sounded odd, like she was ordering him to do as she said.

"Of course" said Stefan, his voice flat and emotionless. Damon frowned, so Stefan was still looking for her.

Damon sighed and walked away from the door flopping down on his bed. They were probably just going to go outside and make love in the forest, suing Madeline as an excuse to be outside and alone together.

The thought made Damon angry for two reasons, firstly, Stefan wasn't bothering looking for Madeline and secondly, because he was using her as and excuse to get with Katherine.

Damon cursed and tried to forget about Katherine with Stefan.

STEFAN POV

Stefan followed Katherine through the forest. She seemed to have an oddly defined path, like she knew where she was going. Every now and then she'd stop and they'd just stay still for a while.

When every Stefan asked why they'd stopped she'd just say they were moving to fast, like she was planning on getting somewhere at a certain time. Finally they arrived at the edge of a clearing. Stefan immediately spotted Madeline sitting crossed legged opposite Zach. Her hands were cupped and Stefan peered closer.

There was a small multi coloured flame flickering in her palms. Stefan froze. How was she doing that. He heard Katherine gasp quietly under her breath.

"Stefan, Oh my goodness. How is she doing that."

The seemed to involuntarily tumble from his mouth "She's a witch." Stefan just stared at his sister, who was now giggling. The flame suddenly vanished from her hands.

Katherine grabbed either side of Stefan's face, a wicked smile on her lips. Stefan gave her a bewildered look.

Katherine's pupils seemed to get bigger for a moment as she stared intently into his eyes.

"Stefan, we're going to rush back to the house and you're going to tell your father what you just saw and that Madeline is a witch. You will tell him you were out here alone looking for her when you saw her make fire out of thin air. Then you will take him straight here and gladly help him kill Madeline. From now on you will not think of Madeline Salvatore as your sister, but as a monster, do you understand?"

Stefan stared at her. At the mention of Madeline a new found disgust settled over him. He understood, he understood perfectly. Madeline was a monster and should be killed. He needed to go tell his father immediately.

"I understand" he said. He grabbed Katherine's hand, sprinting off towards the house.

DAMON POV

Damon heard frantic voices down stairs which awoke him. He moaned, rolling over. Downstairs he could already hear the sounds of the party. Three pairs of footsteps stomped past his room and Damon only just made out his father's voice.

"Stefan, calm down. We need you to tell us everything" Giuseppe said, in his usual gruff and permanently agitated tone.

Damon sat up straight. He couldn't hear what Stefan said as they walked further away, but he sounded increasingly worried. Damon got and proceeded to make himself more presentable.

He quietly walked from the room and down the hall. He carefully walked into the library, which was right besides his fathers study. Damon leaned against the wall, listening intently to the conversation taking place in the other room.

He could only make out snippets of conversation.

Giuseppe: "Where did you see them?"

Stefan: "Out in the woods, a couple of meters from the horse track."

Mr Lockwood: "And what exactly did she do to make you think she-" Mr Lockwood's words were muffled and Damon pressed himself harder against the wall.

Stefan:"Flames, she made flames in her palms."

Damon frowned. What on earth was Stefan going on about?

Giuseppe: "Are you certain?"

Stefan: "Yes, she's a monster."

Mr Lockwood: "Can you take us to where they are?"

Giuseppe:" Will they even be there still?"

Stefan:" Yes and Yes sir's."

Giuseppe:"Then we mustn't waste time, Stefan, wait outside my office, Mr Lockwood and i need to discuss something first."

Stefan:" Yes father."

Damon heard the sound of Stefan leaving the room and the even louder sound of the door closing as he exited.

Mr Lockwood:"How are we going to deal with this Giuseppe?"

Giuseppe:"We'll go out there, kill it, and tell everyone we found Madeline's dead body in the forest, that it was a murder."

Damon froze. The air seemed to have been sucked from his lungs-he couldn't breath. Madeline was dead? He didn't understand. Although that would explain why Stefan was so distressed.

Maybe all the stuff about fire in someone's hands was someone burning her? Damon's throat clamped up at the thought. She couldn't be dead. It wasn't possible. She was so alive, just hours ago, as they rode through the paddock.

Damon dropped to his knees, his head hung low. He waited for tears to come, but they wouldn't. He just sat there, feeling as if his whole world was coming apart.

He and Stefan were hardly friends any more, their brotherly bond weakening. Madeline was dead. And Katherine was going to pick Stefan. He was truly alone. Damon let out a low, guttural moan.

Damon would have sat there forever, drowning in his despair. However the sound of Mr Lockwood, Giuseppe and Stefan leaving was enough for him to cover his emotions with a new determination.

He would follow them and find his sisters killers tracks and track him down. Damon didn't know what he'd do when he found the killer. But he was certain he wouldn't give him the mercy of death, or prison.

Damon leapt up and out of the room. He ran outside, hiding in shrubbery out side the front steps. Minutes later Giuseppe, Mr Lockwood and Stefan walked outside, Giuseppe holding a double barrel gun. Damon swallowed. His heart was hammering in his chest.

As the three men walked into the woods Damon leapt up and ran after them, keeping fifteen or so meters behind. As he entered the forest he had to walk more slowly, as to keep his footsteps quieter.

He arrived at the edge of a clearing an for a second he thought he'd lost them. But then he heard voices. Damon walked the last couple of meetings and stepped into the edge of the clearing.

The scene before him was most confusing. Firstly, Madeline was there and very much alive. Damon felt relief wash over him, but it was short lived. Zac was on the ground, Madeline in front of him, her head slumped. Giuseppe, Stefan and Mr Lockwood were facing them.

Damon's eyes widened, the gun was aimed at Madeline!

"That's much better, Madeline, continue to co operate and this will be quick and painless" Mr Lockwood said.
"What is going on here?" Damon demanded.

Everyone turned to face him and Damon walked further into the clearing.

"Damon, don't do anything stupid" Stefan said immediately.

"Damon, this isn't your sister" Mr Lockwood then said.

"What on earth is that supposed to mean? Because that sure as hell looks like my sister, and it looks like my father is pointing a gun at her."

"She isn't human Damon"Giuseppe snapped.

"What?" Damon said, his eyes looking across the space to Madeline.

"She's a witch, boy. She's an abomination." Mr Lockwood said.

"No" Damon said simply.

"Yes she is. Do you think i'd have her at gun point if she wasn't?" Giuseppe growled. Damon stared desperately at Madeline.

"Is this true?"he asked weakly. Madeline nodded. His expression was contorted with confusion, betrayal and anger.

Surely she wasn't, she couldn't. It didn't make sense.

"That's my sister" Damon said desperately. He shot a look at Stefan.

"That's our sister." Stefan just shook his head and looked at the ground.

"Yes it is! Stefan for the love of god, that's your baby sister you're about to watch die!" Damon shouted. Stefan cringed and didn't say anything.

"Enough of this!" Giuseppe shouted."The witch will die. Whether you think she is your sister or not Damon. She must die because she is dangerous and an abomination."

Then Giuseppe pulled the trigger. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion.

Zac shouted and lunged for Madeline, throwing her to the ground. The bullet missed her by seconds. Mr Lockwood swore violently and ran over to Zac, pulling him away from Madeline.

"Let go of me" Zac shouted. Madeline shouted at him to let her go. But he wouldn't and soon he and Mr Lockwood were on the ground, Zac's hand around his throat.

Giuseppe dropped his gun and rushed over to help Mr Lockwood. That left the three Salvatore children. Stefan lunged for Giuseppe's gun at the same time as Damon.

Damon shoulder slammed into Stefan as he hit the ground. But even then Stefan seemed to have snatched the gun first. Damon couldn't believe Stefan, WHAT WAS HE DOING! This was Madeline, why was he trying to kill her, why did he think she was a witch?

Stefan jumped up, gun in hand, and spun around to face Madeline, who had Leapt onto Giuseppe, and who appeared to be burning him with her hands.

Damon frowned, maybe she was a witch. Even if she was he couldn't just let her die. But it looked like he was about to because Stefan in two strides had moved over to Madeline, gun pressed against her temple.

"NO!" Damon screeched, stumbling towards them. But he was too late.

Let go of my father you monster" Stefan shouted. Madeline spun around, looking Stefan in the eye as he pulled the trigger, and blew her brains out.

Hey there! Hope you enjoyed, i've tried keeping everything from the 1st chapter as accurate as possible. I've been making this up as i go along, hense the large amounts of time between chapters :P However, i did get a review asking if Damon and Stefan know Katherine's a vampire. The answer is no they don't.

The idea is that Katherine plans Madeline's death, gaining all of the two boys attention and then tells them her big secret.
Madeline on the other hand does know, which i did mention earlier. And thats one of the reasons she hate Katherine so much.

Anyways, i hope thats all been cleared up for y'all.

Cheers!