A/N Hey guys, here's the final episode of season one. I hope you guys enjoy it. Also, I just put up a little one-shot that's canon to this, featuring a much younger Elisabeth and Damon. Not really needed to understand this story, just something I thought up that you guys might like. The title is His Little Sister: 1857 if you guys want to go check it out. You can also find it in My Stories on my profile, of course. I will also be starting season two and it should be up soon under the title of The Vampire Diaries Season Two. I promise you that it gets much more exciting and Beth does get her boyfriend (won't tell you who though! You have to read it to find out!). Now, without further ado, I present to you: Founders Day.

Everyone was busy with the Founder's Day parade. Tyler ran over to me as I looked around for Jeremy. He looked at my jeans and tank top.

"You're not going to be on the MissMysticFalls float?" He asked.

"Um, no… You were right. I didn't like being in the spotlight." I told him. To be honest, I'd completely forgotten about that. He nodded.

"Look, can we talk about our…relationship?"

"Sure…" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"It's just not working for me. I mean, you're never around and when you are, you're looking for Gilbert. Can we just call it off and be friends?" He asked.

"How long did you practice that in the mirror?" I asked.

"It's just-."

"I understand…. I don't blame you either. Thanks for not doing it over some crappy text or something." I told him. In reality, a sense of being unwanted was filling me. Sure, I loved Jeremy… But it still stung that he didn't want me.Tyler nodded again.

"Thanks for understanding." He mumbled before he hurried off. I looked around and then I finally spotted Jeremy. He almost smirked before he saw my face. I sighed and ran a hand under my eyes to make sure no tears had escaped. Then I hurried over.

"Jeremy-."

"Don't! You're a vampire, right? I read it in Elena's diary… You never told me. And you let Damon erase my memory!" Jeremy snapped.

"But-."

"Just leave me alone." He stomped off. I watched him for a minute before I felt a hand on my shoulder. I spun around. Damon stood there.

"He being mean to you? I can fix that."

"Just leave him alone, Damon." I told him. He held up his hands.

"Fine… Fine… Come on, the parade's about to start."

Later, after the parade had ended, I saw Damon and Jeremy talking. More like arguing. I started to head through the crowd as Damon grabbed Jeremy's arm.

"Let me go because I cause a scene!" Jeremy told him.

"You'd be unconscious before you even got a word out." Damon returned.

"Damon, enough!" I told him, finally reaching them. He looked at me and then he let go of Jeremy's arm without hesitation. Jeremy looked at me.

"Didn't need you're help. Didn't want you're help. You can run back into the crowd and let Damon compel me again if you'd like and then pretend like you didn't so I'll be a good little boy and stay you're friend!" He told me. Damon grabbed his arm again to spin him around as he was about to walk off.

"I already told you once and I'll tell you again so that you're little brain can remember it: don't talk to your sister like that. And now I'm telling you this once and once only: especially don't talk to my sister like that. I've done a lot of bad things to vampires that did less to her, Gilbert. Do it again and I'll do worse then compel you to forget one of the worst days of your life, got it?" Damon asked in a low voice. Jeremy nodded, trying to hide the fact that he was scared. Damon let him go and he walked off. Damon turned to me again.

"You like him… Why?"

"You didn't have to threaten him!" I told him.

"Yes, yes I did. He does that to you again, I'll have to make good on my word." He walked off. I watched him disappear into the crowd.

That night the Mayor stepped on stage to give his speech. Damon ran over to me and grabbed me, pulling me away from the crowd.

"Good, I found you."

"What?" I asked.

"Tomb vampires. Planning an attack. Let's go." He said. The fireworks started above us. Damon cussed and stopped walking.

"New plan: I need to do something. You get little Gilbert. They're targeting the Founding Families. Make sure he's safe if you care about him so much." He ran off. I went to the Grill, knowing that Jeremy could only be in a few places, this being one of them. I only got to the middle of the restaurant before my head started pounding. It was like when that witch, Bree, hurt me in the bar. I dropped to the ground, screaming. A cop ran over to me and stuck a needle into my arm. Fire raced through my veins. Vervain… The cop started dragging me out of the restaurant. I was too weak to fight. I saw another cop dragging Anna out. In the distance I heard Jeremy screaming.

"Anna! Beth!" Then I finally gave into the Vervain and passed out.

I woke up on the floor in a room I didn't recognize. I weakly turned my head to look at Damon.

"What…?"

"They caught… us." He said weakly. His hand reached over for mine. I let him take it. A fire was already burning around us. Damon looked over at me.

"They… staked Anna…" He informed me. Anna? She… She was my best friend in 1864… She may have been a pain the butt, but she was still my friend. He looked around.

"Mayor? Is that you?" I turned to look where Damon was looking. The mayor was just sitting up, seemingly unaffected by the Vervain.

"What are doing here?" The Mayor asked.

"I'm a vampire. What's your excuse?" The mayor's eyes widened.

"Seriously… The Vervain didn't affect you… If you're not a vampire, what are you?" Damon asked. The Mayor scooted back, bumping into one of the other vampires.

"Mayor Lockwood!" The vampire snapped his neck.

"Oops." Damon said.

"We're going to die, aren't we?" I asked, coughing from the smoke.

"Not on my watch…" He tried to get up but a flaming beam fell down in front of him. He fell back down beside me and took my hand again.

"Don't worry… You don't even have a watch." I told him. He gave a weak laugh.

"Ha… Thanks." Suddenly we heard Stefan.

"Damon! Beth!" He ran down to us. He grabbed me and vamp-sped up the stairs. He set me down at the top and right back for Damon. I crawled out of the building into the ally. Elena ran over to me.

"Beth!" She hugged me around the shoulders, kneeling down to get to my level. Stefan and Damon came out and Elena ran to them. Damon went over to me as she hugged Stefan.

"You okay, little sis?" I nodded. He hugged me, pulling me to my feet as he did so.

"You need to go home. Sleep it off." He whispered. I nodded.

"Go. I'll check on Jeremy… Tell him what happened." He told me. I nodded again. I darted back to the house, though I was slower than usual. I went to my bed and collapsed on it. I closed my eyes and then relived all my moments with Anna in 1864…