AN: This chapter is dedicated to Vidaurreta who private messaged me a really sweet message. I'm so glad you like it, Girl! Thanks for following it! She wrote two fanfictions herself. One is on Vampire Diaries, and you should go check it out. If I request it, it has to be good am I right? Or maybe you should ignore the narcissist's opinions. HaHa. Thanks to a guest reviewer on my other Fanfiction As I Lay Dying (Why am I thanking a review on a different fanfic of mine? The World may never know) I loved your review, and trust me, I know. But I had to move on. Disclaimer: I disclaim The Vampire Diaries. That's all I'm going to say. Enjoy this chapter. Warning: I really have no clue where I'm going with this. I'm winging it. I make this stuff up as I type. Except my last chapter. I made it up as I ate my cereal…

Elena's Point of View

"Just tell me where Damon is," Elena said to Katherine after the moments of hesitation.
Katherine looked at her in surprise. "Maybe you're not as predictable as I thought. Giving up your chance to find Stefan? Wow, Elena. You really took me off guard."
"Where is he?" Elena asked again. "Are you keeping Damon with Stefan? When will we get to see him?"
Katherine laughed like it was the funniest thing she'd ever heard. "You really think it was going to be that easy?"
"What are you talking about?" Alaric asked.
"I'm not just going to hand him over. I have better things to do," Katherine said. "You go get him."
"Where is he?" Alaric asked. Katherine walked up to him and handed him a piece of paper. "Here's the directions to his location. I'd hurry if I were you. The person handling him isn't treating him very kindly." With that, Katherine was gone.

Alaric's Point of View

Alaric looked down at the piece of paper in his hands as soon as Katherine handed it to him. He unfolded it and furrowed his brow when he saw it was a map. Elena came running up to him and looked over his shoulder at the map.
"What's that?" Elena asked pointing to a circled area on the map.
"That, I assume, would be where Damon is."

Damon's Point of View

Damon woke up only to wish he hadn't. His head was pounding and when he moved, a sharp pain spread throughout his chest. He looked down only to see the front of his shirt soaked with what he knew to be blood.
"What the hell?" Damon muttered to himself. Whatever had happened to him, his wound wasn't healing. He tried to move forward, but found it caused too much pain. He looked around in confusion. Where was he? It looked like a cave.
"You're awake."
Damon looked up when he heard his voice. "Stefan?"

Alaric's Point of View

"He's in a cave?" Alaric asked, looking at the map.
Elena looked at it. "I've been there before. With my parents. It's an empty cave that people every now and then will visit. But definitely not this time of the year. It's not a bad place to keep a vampire."
"How far is it?" Alaric asked.
Elena sighed. "It's at least a three hour drive."
Alaric shook his head. "Not when I'm driving."
He went outside only to remember he'd given his car to Caroline to take Bonnie and Jeremy home the night he brought Damon home from the Grill.
"First things first. I have to get my car."

Alaric and Elena walked over to the Gilbert house. When he had called Caroline asking for his car, she said she had left it there for him.
When they got to the house, Alaric was about to get in the car when he stopped.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
"We have to tell Jeremy where we're going," he explained. Elena nodded and they both went into the house. Jeremy was sitting on the couch and he looked up instantly when he heard the door open.
"Oh, hey Alaric. Where've you been?" he asked.
"I was with Damon," Alaric explained.
"Oh, is he alright?" he asked. Elena wouldn't tell me. She just rushed out of the house at full speed. It kinda had me thinking he had-"
"No, he got cured. He's fine. Or he was…" Alaric's voice trailed off.
"Was? What did it not work or something?"
Elena sighed. "Klaus took him."
Jeremy looked at them. "What? Are you serious? Wow, that guy can't catch a break. Do you guys know where he is?"
"Yeah, we just came to tell you that we would be gone for awhile," Alaric explained. "You'll be okay here?"
"Oh, yeah, I'll be fine."
Elena nodded. "We'll see you soon."
They left the house and got into Alaric's car. "Alright, so according to the map, the cave is just south from here." Elena said.
Alaric nodded. "Alright," he said. "Let's go get Damon."

Damon's Point of View

"Stefan?" Damon asked. That's when he came out of the shadows of the cave. Stefan walked over to Damon and nodded.
"You're looking better than the last time I saw you," Stefan said. It wasn't an insulting thing to say, and maybe it was even suppose to be friendly, but just the way he said it… Stefan had always been too serious for Damon, but his voice was never this cold sounding. Where it used to be kind and warm, it now sounded completely dead.
"Why are you doing this, Stefan?" Damon asked. "What about Elena? When she sees-"
"Forget about Elena. She's not important anymore," Stefan said.
"Oh, sure she is," Damon said, not believing a single word. "And the only reason you're saying otherwise is because Klaus has officially turned you into a mindless idiot."
"I'm stronger now, Damon," Stefan taunted. "Isn't that what you wanted? To me to feed on human blood and become this? Ever since you returned to Mystic Falls you've been telling me that I need to start a new diet. I've finally done that." He kicked Damon hard in the side, causing Damon to yell in agony.
"This isn't what I wanted, Stefan," Damon said, holding his side. "I never wanted this for you. Well maybe before, but not now." Damon made a move to get up but Stefan was already a step ahead of him. Before he knew it, a wooden stake was going through his chest just an inch from his chest.
"I wouldn't if I were you," Stefan warned. He pulled out a syringe, and empted its contents in Damon's neck. The burning sensation that went through his body was excruciating. He was almost relieved when everything went black.

Stefan's Point of View

It felt good. He felt good-alive in fact. He wasn't the weak one anymore. As he empted a syringe full of vervain into Damon's neck, he almost laughed at how weak his older brother was now. A part of it he knew was because he still hadn't fully healed from the bite, and another part was because without a doubt, Damon was shocked at who Stefan was becoming. It's not for him to say who I am, Stefan thought.
"There you are," Katherine said. "I'm back from the Boarding House."
Stefan turned around. "And?"
"And, you're not going to like this. Elena chose Damon over you."
Stefan looked at her. "What?"
Katherine smiled. "Oh yeah, she didn't even have to think about it."
Stefan looked away from her. What Elena did didn't matter… did it? "I don't care," Stefan lied.
"Don't you? Well I just thought you should know that Elena clearly loves Damon."
Stefan looked back at her. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The same words went through his head. It didn't matter. He knew that. So why did he feel the hurt of Katherine's words?

Katherine's Point of View

Katherine walked into the cave and saw Stefan standing over what appeared to be an unconscious Damon. She had expected to see worse when she walked into the cave. She expected to see Damon on the edge of death. She was disappointed. No matter what, she knew Stefan would always have a hint of humanity. She knew the only thing to do was to get Damon on Stefan's bad side. But how exactly would she do that? Of course! It was so obvious it almost killed her. Who was the one person Stefan loved more than anyone? Elena
""There you are," Katherine said. "I'm back from the Boarding House."
Stefan turned around from looking over Damon.
"And, you're not going to like this. Elena chose Damon over you." That part was the truth.
Stefan looked at her. "What?"
Katherine smiled. "Oh yeah, she didn't even have to think about it." There was where the lie came it. Elena definitely thought about it. She thought about it for what seemed like an hour.
Stefan looked away from her. She was getting to him! "I don't care," he said. But Katherine saw right through it.
"Don't you? Well I just thought you should know that Elena clearly loves Damon." The funny thing about that, was that Katherine honestly couldn't tell if it was a lie or the truth.

AN: I know it looks like this is going to be all romantic, but it really isn't. I promise you that. It's still revolved around Alaric and Damon just…. Not yet… Haha. Every story needs it's rising action though, am I right? Don't worry, this boring stuff will be over soon. So what do you think? I don't have a lot of practice with writing in Katherine's point of view so sorry if she seems a little OOC here and in the last chapter. Same with evil Stefan. I actually can't believe I posted two chapters in one night. And this chapter is pretty decent sized. Over 1,600 words! I need a life…