Chapter 2: A Dark Shadow In The Closet

When Elena woke up she was alone in her bed. She was totally confused about what happened last night.

Damon came to see her. He was worried. They discussed about their relationship. And they made out again.

Elena got furious when she realised that Damon still believed she wasn't really in love with him.

Why was he too stubborned to admit Elena was really in love with him. She grab her shirt and went into her bathroom. She needed a warm shower to calm her nerves. This last days have been pretty rough for her.

She fell in love with Damon, She heard she was sired to him. She broke up with Damon and finally had sex with him again. She remembered talking with Damon about wanting her to have a normal life. Normal was the last word that could describe her life that day. This shower cleared everything. Damon wasn't ready to have a relationship with her yet. She decided to let him some time apart. She knew his feelings were too strong for him to ignore them. Suddenly the water got cold. She screamed and tried to grab a towel when she heard a weird noise. It was the sound of rushed footsteps coming from her livingroom. Elena thought it was Jeremy at first but she remembered that he was dating Bonnie this morning.

She jumped on her two feet, catched her bathrobe and put it on. When she turned into a vampire, Elena's emotions amplified as much as her bravery. She came downstairs to see what was going on there. The more she was getting close to her livingroom the less she was feeling safe. When she got there everything seemed to be normal. The livingroom was empty and every furniture was at the same place than there was last night.

"Come on. What the freak is happenning here" She thought before to stare at the TV screen. Jeremy must have forget to turn it off. A bad horror movie was on. It was explaining the noise she heard. "Ok Elena, you're starting to become crazy" she whipered to herself before grabing the TV's remote and to turn the TV off.

She laughed at herself. The brunette was feeling ridiculous. Obviously she was alone in her house.

She headed toward her kitchen, her turbulent night made her hungry. Given the fact that she was a vampire food wouldn't help her. But she enjoyed eating human food. She was in a good mood this morning. Speaking with Damon helped her a lot. She didn't want to stay at home anymore. Elena sat on her kitchen and ate her cereals. When she stood up to leave she felt a huge pain in her neck. The pain got worse and worse. Her whole body was hurting and she tried to walk toward her frontdoor. Elena was struggling to go on. Her feet were heavy. It was harder to see anything. It was harder to hear anything else than that ear-piercing sound.

She fell on her knees. Elena started to crawl before she collapsed in the middle of her livingroom.

After his date with Bonnie, Jeremy came back home. He was so happy. Bonnie and him were getting back together. When he entered in. He saw her sister laying on the floor. He ran toward her to help her.

"Oh my God. Elena!" He shouted out of his mind. He tied to wake her up but she was not answering. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know if she was dead or still alive. He started to cry.

"Elena wake up" he shouted shaking his sister's body. "Elena". He grabed his phone without knowing who to call. Calling 911 was not an option with a vampire.

Damon was still confused about this night. He had the best night for days. Of course he was in love with Elena. Of course he was happy to see her again and of course he missed her to death. But this sire bond thing was ruining everything. His happiness was incomplete. This doubt was still threatening their future together.

When his phone rang, he wasn't expecting to see Jeremy's number on the screen.

"What's up hunter." He said amused.

"I think Elena is dead" Jeremy struggled to say. He was still crying.

Damon let his phone fall into the floor. His blue eyes filled with tears. Out of his mind, he rushed into his car. He drove as fast as he could. It couldn't be possible. Elena couldn't be dead. He thought. Seconds were like hours. Damon wasn't himself in his car anymore. When he finally got there. He jumped out of his car and ran into Elena's. Jeremy was still trying to save his sister but she wasn't reacting.

"Elena wake up" he keeped screaming.

Damon was standing near them and he could feel the ground falling appart. During a minut he was like paralysed. The sight of Elena in that state killed him.

"What happened?" He asked with a strange voice.

Jeremy turned back to see Damon. "I don't know, I just found her". He was pale and his eyes revealed that he cried a lot "She's dead isn't she?"

Damon stepped toward her body. "You can't be dead". Something was wrong. Elena's body was normal. It was like she was just asleep. He tried to find any injuries to explain her state but he didn't. If she'd dead her body would have been grey. But it's not. She was as beautiful as she was when he left her this morning. "She's not dead" he said relieved.

"You're sure?" Her brother asked confused. "So why isn't she waking up?"

"Ask Bonnie, it's a spell." He stroke Elena's hair. "I'm goint to take care of you Elena. I promise"

"Wait what Bonnie has to do with that."Jeremy asked completely lost.

"Elena is a vampire. The only thing that can kill her is a stake in her heart." He carried Elena on the couch and kissed her forehead. "You're going to be okay".

"But she's not injured"

"Exactly, this is why it's witchcraft. Call Bonnie we need her." He demanded sitting by Elena's side.

"I already did. She must be on her way."

They heard Bonnie's footsteps rushing into the house. "What happened?" Bonnie shouted desperately when she entered in the livingroom.

"I don't know what's wrong with Elena." Jeremy claimed with a pretty worried voice.

Bonnie wasn't feeling well. She stared around her. "You don't feel that"

"Feel what?"

"Something dark was here. Damon. I can feel it." She came near Elena and touched her head. The brunette was still inconscious. "It's dark magic! Elena is in a mental cage." Bonnie affirmed.

"A mental what? Come on? What kind of stupid joke is that?"

"Damon listen to me. Who did this to Elena is powerful. This magic is really dangerous."

"What's the point of doing this?"

"This spell is crual. Elena seems to be asleep but her consciousness is being tortured. If we don't wake her up soon. She won't survive.

Elena was tied to a chair. She didn't understand what was happening. The last thing she remembered is that she collapsed at her's. A dark shadow appeared in the same room she was. She tried to break the rope that attached her but she couldn't. Elena didn't have enough strenght to break it. The shadow was coming right in front of her. She started to panic. She screamed but no voice was coming out of her mouth. The same pain she felt in her kitchen took her again.

Damon stroke Elena's hair again before asking "What can you do?"

"I can't help her. This kind of magic is too powerful." Bonnie answered.

"You'd better find a way." He added like to threaten her.

"Losing her isn't an option Bonnie"

"You don't understand. This magic is nearly impossible to break."

"I just found her, I can't lose her again" Jeremy told her as to convince her to do her best.

"Jer I promise you to do everything I can to save her. We need to call professor Shane."