The snow was stinging Damon's eyes as he walked through the forest. If the animals were smart enough to take shelter, then why wasn't he? He'd feed on a small critter if he could, but none were to be found. Neither did any form of shelter from the storm. Yes, he was a vampire and couldn't feel the cold, but this storm completely changed his mind. The flakes were the size of his index finger and the winds were stronger than anything he ever seen before in his life.

Shivering, he stumbled through the six feet of snow before finally collapsing near a small well. A well...that normally meant that there was house nearby. Sure enough, the storm cleared off just enough for Damon to see a small cabin with smoke coming from the chimney. He struggled to stand, and with great perseverence, he made it to the front door. Raising a hand to knock, the door opened before he even got a chance to pound on it. A young woman, around 18 or 19, gasped as she saw Damon's stone white face.

" Good god! What are you doing out here in this awful storm? Please, come in! You must be freezing cold!" She ushered Damon to come inside and as he did, he slyly grinned to himself as the woman took a boiling pot from over the fire and poured him a steaming cup of tea

" Thank you ever so much. I was walking for days, lost and hungry, and I've lost my horse to the belly of the storm..." Damon let a shiver rack his body, and the woman shook her head in worry.

" That's awful! People and animals alike should stay inside during times like these, no matter what. Mother Nature may nurture us, but she can also punish as well. Tea?" Damon nodded, and wrapped his hands around the hot mug, unaware that the skin on the palms of his hands were peeling away due to the boiling heat.

" May I ask who else lives here? Seems like a lot of space for just one lovely looking young woman like yourself..." He was well aware that he was charming, due to the fact that her face turned pink as he spoke to her. " What is your name?"

" Um...Lily. Lily Ford. And what is yours, sir?"

" Damon Salvatore, ma'am."

Lily smiled. "This cabin belongs to my father, who is gone on a hunting trip. My mother is gravely ill back home, so she stayed there with the maid. I only came along because there's nothing else better to do at home. Father appreciates my company..." Her voice fell to a whisper and she began to cry.

Damon watched, feeling no sympathy or compassion for her at all. He was watching the blood flow from the rest of her body straight to her face, and his stomach growled much louder than it should have. Lilly looked up into his piercing blue eyes and managed a giggle.

" Someone's hungry! I have some freshly baked bread and meat here, if you would like some-" She stopped speaking and a hand flew to her throat as she turned to face Damon again.

" What? What's wrong?" Damon growled. He took his hands from the mug and felt his face. The veins were forming under his eyes once again, and when his fingers traced his upper teeth, they felt the sharp prick of fangs. Damon snarled and turned on Lily, who never even saw Damon as he moved at almost invisible speeds towards her.

" Are you afraid, little girl?" He snarled, sniffing her neck in pure hunger. " You should be afraid. I'm straight from your worst nightmares..."

Lily swallowed hard and a small whimper escaped her lips. " I am. I am very afraid. But if you wanted to kill me all along, you would've done it as soon as I invited you in, wouldn't you, vampire?"

Damon's eyes widened in surprise. This one wasn't stupid like most of the girls he fed from. In fact, she was right. He had every intention of draining her dry the moment he walked through the door, but something about her made him hesitate. She had a grace, some sort of presence about her that almost made him bite himself. What it was exactly, he couldn't tell, but it was driving him stark mad.

" You're right. You're familiar with vampires, I presume?"

" I've only met one. She let me go because she thought I was pretty. She liked my tea, she told me."

" Did this one have a name?"

" None that she told me. She was beautiful, though. And very powerful. I shot her in fear, and she didn't even flinch."

Damon scoffed. " I'm stronger. This storm just caught me a little off guard because I was hungry. Now that I found my dinner, it's time to feed!" He opened his mouth to bite her, but the most surprising thing happened.

She laughed.

" What in God's name are you laughing for? I'm about to kill you!" Fury filled Damon's body.

" Go ahead! Kill me, if you wish! You will only be putting me out of my misery, just so I'll have you know. I'll gladly die with a smile on my face, and by god I'll gladly die and be more than happy to go to hell..."

Damon was confused. " Why would you go to hell? What could you have possibly done to let yourself even say such a thing?"

Lily smirked and shook her head. " Lately, my father only brings me here so he can have alone time with me...and not in the way that you're thinking of, Mr. Salvatore. Yes, I am his daughter but he treats me as a wife. I let him have his way with me, and I never say a word when we're in bed together, for the fear that he'll twist my words if I told someone, and make it look like this was all my doing and not his own. Do you see what I mean now?"

Damon fell back against the wood wall and leaned his head back against it. " I see. So by doing what I was about to do, I would've been...saving you?"

" Yes. You'd be my prince in shining armor."

Damon grumbled and his fangs ached under his gums. " Can I still eat you?"

Lily smirked. " Of course...if you change me. I no longer wish to be in this life and I long for adventure. Would you do that for me, Damon Salvatore? Would you make me like you?"

Damon pushed the hair out of his eyes. " I'm...still new to this life myself. I really don't know how to change someone yet."

" Well, do what you must. Either dead or like you, I'll be happy just to be away from my abusive father."

Damon felt an impulsive growl escape his throat. Leaning forward, he carefully kissed Lily on the lips, and felt her fingers trace the back of his neck. They were soon on the bed, tangled in the sheets for the next hour or so. Lily smiled as Damon took of his shirt, to avoid himself the hassle of washing the blood form his clothes, and looked deeply into Lily's eyes.

" I don't know how to do this...what if something goes wrong?"

" As I said before..." Lily closed her eyes and waited patiently.

Damon hesitated, and wrapped his hands around her neck. A loud snap filled the air as Lily's neck detached like a twig. Damon filled his stomach with her blood, and biting himself, he allowed the leaking blood to fall into her mouth. He massaged her throat with gentle fingers to get the blood flowing down into her body, and waited. After several hours of nothing, he panicked, picking up his clothes and leaving. The storm had passed and the sun was glaring down on him. Making sure he had his ring on, he raced through the forest, faster than anyone could see.

-The Vampire Diaries-

Lily's eyes lifted as her prison door opened, and Damon stood by it, arms crossed over his chest.

" You come to torture me some more?" Her voice cracked and she laughed wickedly.

" I'm the one who had a gaping hole in my shoulder, not you. Why did you come here, Lily? Why did you come to Mystic Falls?"

" What, I can't miss my vampire daddy?"

" Shut up. I don't want to play any games, Lily. Tell me now or I'll kill for real this time. And the final time."

Lily snarled a chuckle. " I missed you! What can I say, really. I missed you like a toothache, Damon Salvatore."

Damon snarled and slammed the door to her small confinement and punched the brick wall as he charged upstairs. Small bit of brick flew everyone, and Lily's laugh echoed and followed him up the stairs.