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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 will be from Damon's POV.
There will be twists and turns and heartfelt confessions.
~Meg
Damon's POV
-Wherever you will go-
So lately, I've been wonderin
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
And between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go
"Damon! No!" I tried my hardest to fight back but I wasn't strong enough. I felt the wood in my heart and I knew I was dying. I felt Elena's arms around me and I saw the tears in her eyes, I'd broken my promise. I was leaving her. "I love you Elena." It was all I could say, it was the reason I had died. I was doing what I'd always done, protect Elena. I was taken over by the light and saw every moment I'd spent with Elena flash before my eyes, my heart broke a million times over. 4 months, that's how long we'd shared the love and happiness that we both had always wanted, and now it was over. The light disappeared and I saw Elena again, this time she was crying while still clinging my body. I tried to hold her but I couldn't, we were in two different worlds now and we wouldn't be able to exist together again. That's when I saw it happen.
"No Elena!" I'd tried to scream to her but I was too late, she'd flipped the switch. I saw the look in her eyes and it was too much to bear. I heard Stefan's words that he'd spoken after Elena killed Conner come back to me, "She's not supposed to be this person Damon. I don't want her to be.". I had disagreed with him then but now I agreed with him, she wasn't supposed to be this person, she was supposed to remember what it was like to be human. I took chase after her and I was trying desperately to think of something I could do. I saw her throw Bonnie, I jumped to catch her and luckily I was able to soften her blow against the tree just a little bit. I took off after my love again, this time I noticed I wasn't alone.
"Damon."
Jeremy. "You can see me Gilbert?" He just nodded. We were at the street now. "Elena. Love please, not like this." I quickly went to her and tried again to wrap my arms around her but I went through her like air.
"Elena. Damon's here."
My heart broke when I saw her look at Jeremy, the mention of my name had been enough to turn the switch back on. My love was in trouble and I knew I had to try again to protect her. "I love you Elena. You aren't meant to be this person. Keep your feelings for me close to heart and know I'm keeping mine close to mine." I knelt down beside her and cried with her. After she had yelled to him that I was dead he relayed my message to her. "This is for Damon." With those words my love had avenged my death and broke down in her brothers arms. I walk with Jeremy as he carries her back to my body and I lay next to her, I won't leave her not now, not ever.
I see her grab the stake from his pocket and position it on her heart, I leap up and grab the opposite end. "Damn you Elena! You won't be a fucking martyr! You've got too much to keep living for!" I pull with all my might and FINALLY I feel like I'm actually doing something. I pull back but I know I can't hold it for much longer. "Jeremy get your newly vampire ass over here and stop your fucking sister!" I glare at him and he takes the hint. The stake goes flying across the road and he pins her to the ground beneath him. Good boy.
"Lena stop! Damon's still here! I know what you're feeling Lena! I feel it too okay! I didn't want him to die either. He was like my brother but I won't let you kill yourself. I need you Lena. Let me be here for you."
"Yes! For fucks sake Elena live for your brother at least!" His words take me a few moments to comprehend. He thought of me as a brother, family? I know we'd gotten close and I know he'd given me his okay to marry her but he'd never told me I meant that much to him. "Jeremy, I'm sorry." He doesn't make any move to let me know he'd heard the words. "Jeremy?...Gilbert?...Jeremy!" Shit! He can't hear me anymore. I pace back and forth pushing with all might to try and break back through this invisible wall between our worlds. It's no use. Bonnie has joined them now but I can't hear what she's telling them, why the hell do they looked so fucking shocked?
"Damon." The voice, Asher. I turn around and he's standing there behind me.
"Asher. You died too I guess?"
"Actually, no. I'm not who you think I am, you haven't figured it out?" He gives me this curious look and I can't help but laugh. He's fucking hilarious. He had to be dead to be talking to me I was a ghost.
"Uh, figured what out? That you're a freak of nature who can apparently come and go between both worlds?"
"Damon. Think about it. You're a doppelganger, I told you I was one, for that to be true you would have had to have a sibling who DIDN'T turn into a vampire. Someone to keep the Salvatore bloodline, well keep it 100%, you didn't did you?" Now that he mentioned it no, not 100%. There had been that maid that dad knocked up but her kids had always lived in the boardinghouse and their line ended with Zach. None of them ever looked like me and they were only 50% Salvatore blood. "I'm not your doppelganger. I'm not even a doppelganger." What the hell is he getting at? Why did he lie to me? That fucking look on his face, it's as if I've seen it before, not on his face but someone else's.
"No fucking way. It's impossible!" I start to back away and I run into someone. "Stefan." I turn around and see my brother looking from me to Asher, or if I'm giving in to believing what he's told me, my fucking father!
"Brother. It's true."
I shake my head and keep backing away. They've fucking lost it! I look back to where Asher stood only to see none other than Giuseppe Salvatore staring back at me. We are still on the road but Elena and Jeremy have vanished.
"Damon. Listen, I didn't believe it at first but he had help to come back. Emily helped him Damon!"
"Emily Bennett? Per l'amor di Stefan Gods! He was one of the reasons she died Stefan! Why the fuck would she help him come back? Oh wait I know! TO KILL ME! Hell he probably helped Tatia and that's why no one saw him the whole time we were fighting for our fucking lives!" I can't believe Stefan believed his crap. Emily would never help our father, hell she wouldn't even help us or help Bonnie help us.
"I know Damon. She did it for Elena! Let her tell you herself!" He points a finger behind me but before I turn around I hear her voice.
"It's true Damon Salvatore. Now I want to help you. I can send you back."
She can fucking what? I turn to face her and it's not just her. It's every fucking Bennett witch that's ever lived all the way down to Sheila, Bonnie's grandmother.
And maybe, I'll find out
The way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you
Through the darkest of your days
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
Well I hope there's someone out there
Who can bring me back to you
I must be losing my mind. I shake my head, "I want to see Elena. I have to go to Elena." I push with all my might and find myself standing in my room at the boardinghouse.
"Leave me alone Jeremy. Just go home."
My love. She seems so broken, just like me. She lays down on my bed and starts to sob again. I lay down next to her and sob quietly myself. "I'm so sorry Elena. I'm here sweetheart. You're not alone. You'll never be alone." After hours of crying out my name she falls asleep. She's restless, I can tell she's having nightmares but I can't do anything to help her. It's fucking killing me all over again! I get up and sit on the edge of my bed, "God why did I have to be so fucking crazy and impulsive and get myself killed!"
"Because you finally found out what it meant to love someone Damon Salvatore." Emily Bennett. Again, seriously?
"Well, if you're not going to leave me alone then tell me why the hell you are here Emily." I shake my head and put it in my hands. I refuse to let this bitch of a witch see me cry.
"To make you an offer Damon. It's an offer most people never get and it's only a one shot offer."
An offer? I peak up at her and shit she's fucking serious. "And what is that Emily? If I stay away from all your witches over here you won't pop up anymore?" Please say yes, I really don't want to have witchy karma.
"A do over. Well 3 actually." I lean back on my hands. Okay I'll hear her out. I motion for her to continue. "You love Elena that much is clear. I told you Damon that one day you'd find your humanity and I promised to let you keep it, I make good on my promises. But for Elena's sake I'm going to offer you a chance to go back to 3 different times, times in Elena's life where you could have done things differently. You can fix things Damon, then I'll give you the one thing you want to give Elena most. A chance to have a family, a human family."
My mouth falls open. I must be hearing her wrong. She wants to give me a chance to change 3 different times in Elena's life and then what, make me human? Why the hell would she do that? "I...Emily why...Are you...Seriously?" For the second time in my life, I'm struck speechless.
She smiles. "Yes Damon. Would you like to know what you have the chance to change before you agree to anything?"
She wants to tell me what I can change. I try to think myself before I answer her. What are the 3 times she could be thinking about? I come up blank. "Uh, sure. I'm at a loss of what they could possibly be."
"Take my hand Damon. I'll show you the first." She holds her hand out to me.
I look back towards Elena. Emily said these chances will affect Elena. I know if I take her hand, I'm accepting her offer. Am I willing to do that? I lay down next to her and reach my hand to touch her face. I can feel her. "Baby. I love you. I never wanted this for you, I never wanted to hurt you this much. I love you Elena. I promise no matter what happens I'm going to try to come back to you. I'll never stop trying sweetheart." I let my tears fall again and I pull her close to me. Her arms lock around me, "Damon. I miss you." My heart sinks. I know she's sleeping but the words are enough to make the decision for me. "I miss you too Elena." I kiss her forehead and slide off my bed.
I take a deep breath and turn to face Emily. "I'll do it. I love her. I'll do whatever it takes to get back to her." I step forward and take Emily's hand. The rooms blurs around me and I can see everything moving in reverse. We aren't in my room anywhere when the blurring stops, we're on a street. I'm laying on the ground and Emily is standing next to me. I want to ask her why we're here but I'm cut off when I hear Elena's voice.
"I know Bonnie, you're right. You and my mom both are I just can't bring myself to tell him, at least not tonight. I'll call you later."
Holy mother of Jesus. It's the night we met. I look around waiting for the next line, it was me who said it. I had thought she was Katherine. I don't hear anything. I look over and she's stopped walking. She has her cell phone out and is sending a text message, this is different.
"This is the first thing you can change Damon." Emily finally speaks.
I'm getting a second chance. I don't have to compel her to forget this time. That's not all I realize I have the power to change. Her parents, can I save them? Can I keep their death from happening? I look at Emily and she nods. I get up and head towards the Elena who just finished her text message, it's now or never.
"Hi. I'm Damon." She looks at me in surprise, she can hear me.
"I'm Elena." Oh my love. "It's kind of creepy Damon that you're out here in the middle of nowhere." If only you knew my love.
We continue our conversation about love and what we both want. This time I'm not going to compel her.
"I want you to get everything you want. But right now Elena, I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner?" Please say yes my love, it might save your parents.
"I don't...I don't know. My parents will be here soon to get me."
Oh no no no! "I could always give you a ride home. Come on Elena. One dinner. What could it hurt?" I give her the smile that I know she can't resist. I can hear her parents car almost across the bridge and she pulls out her phone.
"Mom? Yeah I don't need a ride after all...Well a friend of mine offered to take me to dinner and give me a ride home...Okay I'll see you later." She hangs up. I listen close and I can hear them turn around and get safely off the bridge. I smile inside, I saved them.
I see Emily behind Elena and she smiles. She grabs my hand again and I see the time go by as it changes. I drop Elena off at home and she invites me in. Over time we start dating, she meets Stefan but she doesn't fall for him. Her parents don't die. She finds out what I am and she doesn't run away. Stefan was the one who wanted in the tomb, Anna still came to town, people still died but some things had changed. I see Katherine return to town, this time Stefan embraces her with open arms.
The fight over the moonstone still happens. Stefan and I still get shot by Sheriff Forbes. Caroline and Elena still rescue us. Before I know it I see something that my last decision must have changed. It's the night of the sacrifice. The night Elena went with Klaus, the night I got bit by Tyler, but now it's not me heading to rescue Tyler and Caroline, it's Stefan. He gets them out but he manages not to get bit by Tyler. I don't know what Emily thinks I can change, everything on this night happened for a reason.
That's when I find myself in Elena's house with Jenna. Her parents had gone out for the night and I was keeping an eye on Jenna. Her cell phone starts to ring and it hits me like a ten ton trailer truck. Jenna! I look at Emily and she speaks again, "This moment will count as the 2nd and 3rd." I look at her dumbfounded. Okay, yeah last time made more sense I could have saved Elena's parents but I didn't have another vampire to give to Klaus. As if the world is granting me a fucking miracle I hear a jogger run by. I grab Jenna's phone to keep her from answering just yet and burst out the front door. I grab the girl and come back in, I have to find a way for Klaus to take this woman instead. Jenna's phone rings again, "Damon please give me my phone." She snatches it away from me and I can hear Katherine on the other end, pretending to be Elena. Before Jenna can leave the house I push the other woman out the front door.
I'm met again by blurring changes and I see the sacrifice. Jenna lives, Elena wakes up, Klaus is still a hybrid. Not much changes except Stefan doesn't go with Klaus. The blurring stops and I hear Emily's voice again. "The last decision you made was an important one Damon." I see Klaus get a dagger in his heart by Ric, too bad I couldn't keep him from changing, but that's when things change. Rebekah leaves but Ric doesn't try to kill me, and he doesn't die. Instead, this time we both drive back to Mystic Falls and Elena runs into my arms when I get to her house.
"She never got in the truck. She never turned. Jeremy?" I smile, she stayed human. Did her brother?
I see Emily nod, "Yes. She is human. Sadly, Tatia still turned Jeremy. There was nothing you could have done to change that. Now I promised you one more thing Damon. I will send you back."
"How Emily?"
I see Stefan walk up and he smiles. "Brother. I made the sacrifice. A life for a life. I saw you die for Elena and that's when I sought out Emily. You and Elena both deserve this Damon. Don't blow it." He hugs me and then Emily starts chanting her spell. We're in the living room of the boardinghouse, no one else is here but the 3 of us. I feel myself changing. Everything goes black and then I open my eyes.
I'm back. I'm in my house and I can breathe. I stand up. I push myself to run and that's when I understand what Stefan meant. I can't run as fast as I used to. I stop and fall to my knees on the stairs. "I'm human?" I shake my head and try my hardest to hear like a vampire. I can't. I stand again and make my way to my room. I'm at the door and I can hear Elena's sobs through the door, I don't need vampire hearing for that. Nervously I open the door, "Elena?"
She jumps when she hears me. "Damon!?"
"Oh Elena!" I run to her and grab her. She's human, I'm human. We're together!
I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart and your mind
I'll stay with you for all of time
This may seem like the happy ever after moment but the story is not over yet. In fact, they still have some major surprises in store for them.
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