Chapter 13

Damon changed his body into his human form and slammed his body into the vampire's. He saw the vampire's sandy blonde hair with dark blue eye and blood flowing down his lips and around his jaw line. He went flying backwards surprised at this unexpected attack. Damon jumped to his feet gracefully then fell to his knees beside the body, her eyes were staring into space half closed, there was a savage rip at the side of her pale neck and her long hair sprawled out around her on the ground, her breathing was barely audible. Damon looked down thinking his eyes were deceiving him, but he was assured by the smell of the blood, this wasn't Elena the beautiful, intelligent, strong girl he loved, it was Caroline Forbes. The vampire with the dark blue eyes was back on his feet and was running to tackle Damon. Stefan blocked his path and back-fisted him, sending him stumbling backwards. Damon rose slowly to his feet, "Where is she?" he demanded his body shaking with anger.

"Can you not read? I said she was mine"

"And you are?" Stefan asked his posture prepared for fight.

"Silvestro, it means wild, from the forest, quite ironic really", he said his eyes dancing between the two brothers, amused.

"I'm only going to ask you one more time, where is she?" Damon's voice was hysteric, Stefan didn't understand what was going on but he knew that Damon wasn't going to repeat himself; he didn't have any patience left.

"She is a very pretty little creature, isn't she Damon?" his voice rang with enjoyment.

"You know each other?"

"I've known you two for a long time" he said casually, "I have to admit yours both have good taste, Katherine she was a keeper, it's too bad yours couldn't keep her alive" his voice was momentarily exposed to show his bitter feelings. Damon and Stefan glowered at him.

"How did you know Katherine," Stefan voice sounded strangled "and how do you know us?" he added.

"You think you two were the only two she seduced? Ha, I knew her first, she was in love with me before she even became a vampire, then she came to me one night, when everyone thought she only had hours to live, she told me what happened, we shared blood together, everything was perfect, we were happy, until her father made her go live with your family, to "recover". While she was away, her father informed me "she was in love and that she had no need to lower herself to people of my class", it drove me crazy thinking of her exchanging blood with someone else, sharing another's bed, that's why I killed myself, I guess Katherine never got around to telling me that I could become a vampire if her blood still flowed through my veins", he looked away, caught up in his story, then suddenly his head whipped back to face Damon and Stefan. "By the time I got to her I was too late, she was dead, it was all your faults. I've been waiting for years to cause yours as much pain as yours caused me, even if I can only make one of you pay for what you done. She looks just like her, her strong mind, she has enormous potential, even more if her life was eternal", he looked straight at Damon with a smile stretched across his face, "Wouldn't you agree?"

"If you even look at her again, I will hurt you until you beg me for death" Damon's voice had a sound of finality that spread through the whole clearing.

"Who are you talking about?" Stefan ordered he had enough of hearing that Katherine's death was his fault; he told himself that everyday already.

"Elena, but you wouldn't know her as your brother was keeping her to himself, very selfish" he commented, "I had I feeling you would come after me so I picked up an energy snack on the way" he said to Damon indicating Caroline's still unmoving body. "Now if you don't mind, I'll be taking what's rightfully mine", he turned and started to walk deeper into the forest, Damon pushed him to the ground from behind, he turned so he was facing him, as Damon pinned him down and started swiping his face with his fists. Silvestro hit back using all his force, Damon's grip loosened only slightly but it was enough for Silvestro as he pushed himself forward to get onto his feet. Stefan grabbed him by the throat before he attempted to escape, Silvestro gripped Stefan's neck in return, and even with Stefan's new strength he wasn't as strong as him. Silvestro grip continued to tighten, Stefan gathered his strength but his knees were going to fail him any second. Abruptly, Silvestro's grip loosened like he was only resting his hands on Stefan's shoulders, he let out a stifled cry as he crumpled to his knees, only then did Stefan see the sharp stake of wood that was wedged through his chest, Stefan looked up to see Damon standing behind Silvestro, eyes blazing. "Take care of his body, and the girl needs to be hospitalized." Before Stefan could reply Damon had already disappeared into the forest. One thing was on his mind as he bolted through the forest; please don't be dead Elena, Please…