Chapter ten

The moonstone

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Moonwolflove

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"Yeah…but I don't want you to leave," she said softly.

"Don't worry, sweetheart. I'll be back when you wake up."

"Do you promise?" She asked, her large eyes boring up into his.

"I promise" He found himself whispering back.

He could have sworn that he had heard Steven whisper "thank you" before he was suddenly in the real world again. Nothing had changed. The night remained the same and the moon still shone through the window as brightly as it did before. Wait…there was something that had changed.
The expression on Ally's face, which had first been distorted with grief and pain, was now a happy smile. Somehow, he had known it would work; though he had not expected that ghosts were able to appear in dreams. That had been a total surprise to him. Steven was the living –wrong choice of words- proof. Well…did it matter? He was with her…and it made her happy…it couldn't get any better than that, could it?

"Damy?"

A little tap on his cheek.

"Damy?" The soft, little girl's voice was compelling.

"Damy, you're impossible," she said and Damon's mind was awake enough to find it funny. He opened his eyes and saw how Ally looked at him; big brown doe eyes that bored into his, her mouth transformed into a pout and her arm firmly folded over the other. He really had to do his best not to laugh out loud….she really looked like Elena when she was angry.

"Finally…you looked just like sleeping beauty," she said as she jumped out of the bed and started to pull on his arm.

"A, sleeping beauty is a girl. The last time I checked, I am not a girl… And B, some people simply like to sleep, and I am one of them." He chuckled briefly "Just because you're able to jump like a kangaroo all day long, doesn't mean I can do the same."

"I can teach you," she said as a smile appeared on her oval face.

"Sure you can," he said as he rolled his eyes and turned away.

"Oh, come on, Damy," she begged as she tried to pull him out of bed…without much success. "Please, stand up," she folded her arms under her chin and looked him straight in the eyes, giving him that "I'll convince you anyway" look. "Please?"

He rolled his eyes again, knowing that she would remain there until he took a step out of the bed. "Fine," he said with a small smile, there was no way he could be annoyed by her anymore.
He caught her in his arms, which she had not expected.

"Damy," she giggled, while he swung her around in his arms. When they entered the kitchen, Elena looked up…worried.

"Damon, watch out…You'll make her fall," she said while she tried to take Ally from him. It would be an understatement if you said that she failed in her attempt to do so. He wasn't going to give into Elena's weariness so easily. He was beginning to get good with Ally, he'd prove it.

"Relax, Elena," he said. "I really won't let her fall. What kind of adult do you really take me for? A clumsy fool?"

"Oh, you really don't want to know that," she said as she walked to the cupboard and started to place dishes on the table. He would scare the hell out of here…and it wouldn't even take much to do so.

"Okay, Ally," he whispered. "You and I, we're going to scare the wits out of Elena." Ally chuckled, clearly interested in the plan.

"Good, don't be scared, okay?" She nodded, but the fact he told her not to be scared, didn't put her at ease.

"Hey, Elena. You should really see this."

Elena turned around and her eyes widened with fear when she saw Ally…flying through the air. Damon threw her up in the air and then caught her again, just in time. Then, suddenly, he pretended to miss her. Elena gave a little shriek and shot forward, but Damon caught Ally again, before she even had the chance to hit the ground.
Ally giggled and laughed when she saw the startled look on Elena's face. Apparently she found it very entertaining. Elena, on the other hand, did not find it so amusing. She looked as if she were about to drive a stake through Damon's heart right then and there.
Elena gave him a hard blow to his arm and said: "Don't do that ever again! Otherwise I promise you that…"

"Oh, I love it when you are about to promise something…can I make a proposal for a promise?"

"No, you can't," she snarled as he put Ally down on a kitchen chair. "I really thought that…"

"You think too much…Too much thinking isn't good, Elena. Believe me, it makes you crazy. Look at me…wait…did I just say "me"? God, why did I say that? I'm perfect after all. What I meant was…look at Saint Stefan."

She rolled her eyes in exaggeration as she made a sandwich with peanut butter and nutella for Ally. Damon sat down at the table, on the opposite side of Ally, and Elena sat on the corner just so she was able to keep an eye on both of them and make sure neither of them was up to any more funny business. She wasn't really excited to see the "The toddler is flying through the air" joke again. Damon had found her reaction hilarious. Had she really thought that he would let Ally hit the ground? Seriously?

"Oh, Elena," he suddenly said, planning on pushing her buttons a little bit more. "You do have a great bed. I can get used to it. "

"In your dreams, Damon," she said coldly.

"But he is, Elena," Ally said, who had probably misunderstood. "I dreamt about you." Those last words were directed at Damon.

"Really? Wow, Ally, I'm honored," he said with a fake-surprised tone in his voice. That must have betrayed him, because Elena gave him a look that made it clear that they would have a chat about this later.

"Yes," Ally said. "You and dad were there and then you went away and you promised that you would be there again when I woke up…and you kept your promise." She added those lost words with a small smile. Elena smiled a half devilish-half heartwarming smile.

"Oh, so cute Damy," she said.

"Don't make fun of my nickname, Gilbert." She turned around, agitated, and walked out of the kitchen…and suddenly the bell rang. Damon concentrated on the noise and the voices that came from the hall. Saint Stefan had arrived, along with Ric, the traitor. Elena came into the kitchen, followed by both of them.

"Damon," Stefan greeted.

"Brother," he replied and then his eyes slid to Ric.

"Hey, Ric. Did you know that treason was an unforgivable crime in my time? If you did you were severely punished. Hadn't I asked you to shut your mouth against...you know who."

"Yes, and hadn't I asked you to let me know something if you had found Ally?" His eyes narrowed a bit together. He had forgotten all about that but still, damn… a friend didn't betray his friend. Okay, maybe he was a bit unreasonable and maybe he was overreacting a little too much. Ric always had something to throw back. So it wouldn't help anything further.

"I forgot it, okay! What would you've done in my place?"

"I would have simply called like I was supposed to" Ric said with a simply voice.

"Guys," Elena interrupted them. "I've called you together here to talk, not to see you two quarrel with one another."

"Men don't quarrel, Elena," Damon grinned. "Ric and I are carrying on a pleasant chat and simply talking over our disagreements. Isn't that right, Ric?"

"Yeah, what he said." Ric mumbled.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Damon asked then. "Remember that we have a little girl here." He gave a nod in the direction of Ally, who was still busy with her breakfast.

"Katherine has the moonstone and I think we all agree that we need to get it back. So, Bonnie knows how to open the tomb….long enough that Stefan can grab the stone but short enough to keep Katherine inside of it. Rose and I are going to search for Slater, maybe he can give us some more information about Klaus."

"Aka, Mr. Creepy," Damon added with a smirk.

Ric sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Damy, what's a moonstone?" Ally asked while tugging at the sleeve of his sweater.

"Oh, sweetheart, that's very hard to explain, but I'm sure uncle Steffy will explain everything to you if you ask him very sweetly. Just be your usual cute self and he should tell you in the blink of an eye". Ally jumped from her chair and then jumped into Stefan's arms, who hadn't expected that.

"Steffy…what's a moonstone?" Damon covered his laugh with a cough. He had promised his brother an eternity of misery…but this was a lot better.

"Uh," Stefan clearly had no idea how to explain something like that to a four year old child. "It's a very special stone, which has the color of the moon."

"Really?"

"Of course." Ally's eyes widened in disbelief and amazement. I wouldn't be her if she wasn't eager now to see such a stone. She leaned towards Damon and held her arms out to him; a sign that she wanted to be in his arms again. He took her over from Stefan, with a huge smile.

"Well, Steffy, it seems like you aren't made for kids."

"Oh and I suppose you are?" He replied with a tone that said he doubt that amazingly.

"Of course, they love me. Don't you see?" He said as he threw a half-grin to Ally.

Stefan sighed and shook his head slightly. "What will you do with Ally? You can't take her to the tomb." He said as he glanced towards Elena, who opened her mouth to help him on this part.

"Damon, don't get it in your mind to take her to the tomb."

"What's a tomb?" Ally said in between, but her question faded into the discussion.

"You don't take her with you. I don't want Katherine to see her"

"It's not like she can do much though." he threw back. "There is something like an invisible wall that stops vampires from coming out."

"It doesn't matter…I find it a bad idea."

"Worse than leaving her here on her own?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

Elena looked at him with a doubting look, but she was about to give in. "Fine…but you don't leave her alone…not even for one second. Do you understand me? I'm serious Damon."

"Yes, boss," he grinned and then he looked at Ally, who patted him on his shoulder, while her big eyes were looking for his.

"What's a tomb?" Damon remained silent for a few seconds before saying:

"It's a kind of room under the ground." It was all he could say, he was unable to explain it otherwise.

"Oh…what's so special about it?"

"You ask way too many questions," he said laughing, as he put her on the floor.

"How is it even possible that she likes you so much?" Elena asked while pushing a strand of her long, chocolate brown hair behind her ear. He wished he could do that in her place.

"Because, Elena…all girls, "he sent her his thousand kilo-watt smile "including little girls, love me."

She shook her head and turned to Ally. "Ally, you're going with the boys, but promise me that you'll stay with Damon. Don't leave his side, okay?"
Ally clearly didn't understand anything of it, but still nodded obediently, while her hand grabbed Damon's.

"Okay, I'll see you soon again, sweetie," she said as she stroked Ally's head. "Watch her. I wasn't kidding when I said that." It was directed at Damon.

"I know, you're incapable of any form of humor."

She threw him a quasi-evil look. Then she turned to say goodbye to everyone, gave Stefan a kiss (why Stefan?) and then she walked out of the house.

Ric looked in her direction and when he heard the door close, he said: "So, who wants to get that moonstone back?"

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