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I don't own the song. The lyrics are from .
This takes place after they find the cure and do the spell on Elena.
The main POV's are from Damon, Elena and Stefan. Sometimes you will see it from Jeremy or Caroline.
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This chapter will be from 2 POV's. Damon and Elena. The song will act as a guide kind of to know who's point of view it is. Let me know what you think! :)
-Gravity-
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do, I'll still feel you here til the moment I'm gone.
You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your reign.
Damon Salvatore didn't fall in love, not anymore. He'd been hurt too many times. He was broken and beyond repair. Yet something about the Gilbert boy had him re-thinking things, maybe he was wrong. The boy had said he was in love with a girl, Elena. That hadn't been a surprise he'd been with many girls, but he never knew their families. The boy had his mothers ring, how the hell did he get it? He said I told him to give it to the one girl who I knew was worthy of it, no one ever would be. No one knew the real Damon. He'd never let anyone that close. But all this isn't what had him confused, it was the simple fact that he had choked the boy and the boy showed no fear, only sadness but it wasn't for him, the boy was sad for Damon. "Why do I feel sorry for yelling at the Gilbert kid and choking him? I'm not supposed to care. I'm not supposed to want to go back to the house and tell him I'm sorry." He hadn't expected anyone to answer his musings but someone did and it stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Damon. Let me help you my little boy."
She was gone. He would never be able to be her little boy again. She shouldn't be talking to him. He shook his head and kept walking, he didn't really know where he was going. He knew there was something he should remember. He knew Katherine wasn't in a fucking tomb and that she never loved him. So why had he stuck around this little fucking town for so long?
"Come with me son. I'm here. I want to help you."
He was going crazy. He ignored the voice again. He stopped at the bridge, why had he come here? He had no memories here, did he? He ran his hands through his head. If anyone would know if he was really in love it would be his annoying, in touch with his humanity brother Stefan. He pulled out his phone and unlocked it and had it not been for his vampire reflexes he would have dropped it. The background, it was him and a girl. She was beautiful. Something stirred in his head, a memory that he tried desperately to come to him. He couldn't. They were both smiling, he had his arm around her and she was laying on his chest. He quickly went to his photo album and was shocked again. They all had her in them. He'd never taken pictures before, but apparently he did now. "Who is she? She looks like she loves me."
"She does. You love her too. She saved you baby boy."
This time he spun around just to prove to himself that no one would be there but he was wrong. He saw her. "Mamma." He sat against the rail on the bridge. "You died, how are you here?"
"I'm here to help you son. I'm here because you need me. Let me show you something. Take my hand."
He looks at her outstretched hand and hesitated. He took her hand and pictures came to him. It was the girl, she was asleep while a man, Elijah the name came to him, was fighting another man who he didn't recognize at all, but could sense that he was a witch. Just then he saw two blonde girls and another man fly down the stairs to help the fight. Names came to him, Caroline was the girl who effortlessly went to the girl in the pictures from his phone and picked her up. Rebekah was the other blonde who was grabbing every weapon from the small room. Klaus was the man who had knocked out the witch. They all were out of the room within seconds. He blinked and was still on the bridge. He looked at his mom and asked the question that he needed answered. "She was just asleep right? She'll wake up right?"
"I don't know son. Lets see some more shall we?"
He didn't know why but he was crying. He had to know if she was hurt or if she would be okay. She had seemed so still, like she was dieing.
You loved me cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.
Set me free, leave me be, I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But your on to me and all over me.
I remember falling asleep. I remember Elijah telling me he would do whatever it takes to protect Damon and I. I felt like I should have woken up by now though. I tried to open my eyes but they felt so heavy. I tried to move my arms, my legs, nothing was working. Something is wrong. I felt arms pick me up but I couldn't tell whose they were. Was I going to die now? Was I already dead? I felt wind as the person who carried me ran, where were they taking me? I picked up sounds, there was more than one person with me.
"What happened to her Elijah?" This is a voice I would know anywhere, Caroline Forbes. She had to be the one carrying me, her voice was the closest.
"We were talking, she had woken up and we were talking. Then all of a sudden she couldn't talk anymore. It was like her voice had left her, then she just passed out. I tried everything I could to wake her but I could her heart slow even more than usual. I knew I was losing her, I had to do something. I overpowered Arthur, found a cell phone and made a desperate call to Niklaus for help."
Had Klaus come to help them? Who else was here? I had passed out? My heart beat would be slow now, I was a vampire but if he said it was slower than a vampires, could I be dieing?
"I called the witch. She said to bring her to her house." Why would Rebekah help them find out what is wrong with her?
They had stopped talking and even though her eyes were closed she could tell the vampires that were with her were worried about her. I heard the door being kicked open and I felt being laid on a couch. Elijah went into his explanation again, this time to Bonnie. He says something that he hadn't told Caroline. "I've only seen this once before, when a witch broke a blood bond between myself and a girl I once loved. Bonnie, did you break a bond like that?" No, Bonnie please say no. Damon! What was happening to him, was he okay?
"I had to. Damon was feeling the pain she was going through but it was worse for him. I didn't think the spell would affect Elena. Elijah what's happening to her?"
Bonnie had broken it because Damon was in pain. Good, that's what I would have wanted her to do.
"There is consequences Bonnie! Damon won't remember Elena and Elena she'll..." He takes a deep breath. "She'll die Bonnie. She was bound to Damon, once you broke that, because it was Damon's blood that changed her you took away the one thing that kept her from dieing when she drowned in the river."
I'm dieing. Damon doesn't remember me. No, we had to have more time than this. It was never right before but now it was. I'm not ready to let go of that.
"There is a way we can reverse it though." He was talking again. He knew how to reverse it, if I was able to move I'd probably jump up and hug him. "A sacrifice. A life for a life."
No! I tried to hard to scream. I knew what he'd do. He'd sacrifice himself. I couldn't let him do that, he was too good of a person to die.
"I'll do it." Was I hallucinating? Rebekah is willing to die just so I'll be alive? "I've lived a long time, been in love more times than I can remember but I never found my Damon. She deserves to be able to hold on to that love, so I'm ready. Do it now Bonnie." I never thought I'd feel anything but hate for Rebekah but in this moment I felt like her friend.
I don't know how long it took but I was eventually able to open my eyes. I eased myself up and looked around. Bonnie, Elijah, Caroline, and Klaus were all there. Rebekah was there. I got up and walked to the other couch in the living room. "Thank you Rebekah. I'm sorry for everything. I wish we could have been real friends." That's when I made my decision. I wouldn't have let her die for nothing. I would go after Damon. I would help him remember.
"Damon doesn't remember me does he Bonnie?" I turn to look at her and I can see it in her eyes.
"No. He left about half an hour ago. Jeremy and Stefan went after him."
I nodded. I walked out the door, I knew none of them would follow me. They all knew what I myself knew. Damon didn't need Jeremy or Stefan, he needed me. He told me that I made him care again, I was the reason that he wanted to be a better man. I would find him and I would remind him. I wouldn't give up on him. I owed him that. I set off to the one place I knew that he'd be.
Wickery Bridge.
I live here on my knees,
I try to make you see that you're everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down.
He couldn't believe what he just saw. It had to all be true. She had almost died because of a bond he had told the witch to break. He needed to find her. Wait, "Mom?", he looked around. No one was here. His mom had vanished just as easily as she had shown up. She had helped him though. He knew one thing for sure now, he felt for the girl. He may not remember her, or falling in love with her, or the days and nights they'd spent together but he knew that what he was feeling now wasn't a lie. It wasn't something that could just vanish with a spell. It was love. He was in love and it was with the girl that used to be bound to him. He was in love with Elena, and he had to find her.
She wasn't going to let anything stop her. She would find Damon and somehow she would make him remember. They had a bond that not even a spell could break. They had loved each other even before they had met each other. They were the same in so many ways. They were both the oldest siblings, they had both lost their parents too young and had to grow up too fast, they both would do anything to protect their family, but most of all they both had wanted the same thing in life. To find that one person that was worth living for. She stopped suddenly when she was Jeremy sitting on the hood of his car. He explained that he was going after Damon but his car had gotten a flat tire and he sprained his ankle while trying to change it. He gave her a book, her diary, he told her to go find Damon and that Stefan was on his way to help him out with the tire. She ran as fast as she could towards the bridge, her diary was the key. She would let Damon read it and he would remember.
"Damon." I stood there confident that he would remember. I wouldn't give up on him. I'd save him just like he's always saved me.
"Elena?" I turned to look at her determined to remember everything. I wouldn't give up on her. I wouldn't give up hope.
I took a cautious step toward him and he came to meet me. "I know you don't remember Damon. I want to help you remember." I hold my diary out to him. Every memory is in here. Every time we talked, every touch, every emotion I've ever felt for him is in the book he now holds. "Read it. It's all there. It hasn't always been easy, but it's been worth it. You're my best friend Damon and I love you. I'll wait as long as I have to for you to remember." I form a plan in my head and take a few steps back. "When you're done I want you meet me where it all began." He looks at me but before he can answer I leave. He'll come to me. I know he will. I walk to the road where we first met and I sit on the ground and wait for him.
Her diary? She wants me to read her diary and then meet her where it all began. I sit down and slowly open the book. She was right, it wasn't always easy. I've done so many things to hurt her. I lashed out at her so many times. I've hurt people that she loves. She should fucking hate me, but she doesn't. She loves me. The more I read the more I start to remember. She's never given up on me, she's never left me. Suddenly it all comes back to me. I haven't finished reading the diary but I don't need to. I haven't really read much at all except that I wreaked havoc on this town, turned someone that was her brothers boyfriend, rescued her from a car crash and took her to Georgia. But I remember now. She helped me get into the tomb, and she was there for the fallout. She was there when Katherine came back to town and she was there when I was dieing from a werewolf bite. She's never left me. I know where I have to meet her. I get up and start the walk to the road where I had told her everything I'd wanted out of life and what I would find out later was everything she'd also wanted out of life.
It wasn't a long walk but it felt like forever. I saw her sitting there waiting for me, right in the spot where I'd once told her to forget meeting me. I smile as I step towards her, I know exactly what to say to her.
I didn't know how long I'd been sitting there but it hadn't been long. I was prepared to wait the whole night if that's what it took but I heard him walking towards me.
"You want a love that consumes you. Passion, adventure and even a little danger." I turn around as I hear him say the words that he had said the first night we met. He's smiling that smile that only I know. He's here and he remembers.
"And what do you want Damon?" I raise my eyebrows at him and suddenly I'm swept off my feet when he rushes to me and picks me up.
"You. Only you Elena." His lips meet mine with the same passion and love that they always have. No spell can take him away from me.
"Lets go home Damon. I'm sure everyone is still worried that you're lost in some twilight zone or something."
He laughs and we start the walk back towards my house.
You're keeping me down.
You're on to me, and all over...
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
As we get closer to the house I can hear the voices inside, they're yelling. I turn to look at Damon and he shrugs his shoulders, "I don't know Lena, I've been gone a while. Lets go find out whats up now." I allow him to drag me inside and everyone turns to look at me. I scan the room and the same look is in everyone's eyes, fear and anger. I do a double scan of the room and realize Jeremy isn't there. Elijah, Caroline, Bonnie, Klaus, Stefan and even Asher are all there but Jeremy isn't. I look at Stefan, "Where's Jeremy? He said you were going to help him with his car."
He walks slowly towards me and grabs my shoulders. "We're going to find him Elena. I promise. Just don't freak out okay?"
I can feel Damon hold on even tighter to my hand as I take the piece of paper that Stefan holds out to me. It was written quickly but there is no denying who it was from.
THATS TWICE NOW ELENA.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME.
THIS IS WAR.
MAKE YOUR MOVE, I'VE MADE MINE.
Tatia. She was right. This is war.