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Sorry for the long update again. My grandma was in the hospital, I had to study for two ECDL (which thankfully, I passed from both) and I have another two stories going on. I had sworn that I would keep only one story at a time but God I just can't.

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Haha looong Author's Note, on with the chapter!

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"Jeremy we searched every inch of this place," Alaric was standing idly by Jeremy who was pacing around the Dark Dimension, a look of sadness and pain on his face.

"No. She's alive, do you understand me? She's alive!" He shook Alaric by his shoulders. "You have to help me find Elena, please…"

Alaric's heart ached at the sight of the young teenager. After a good amount of torture, they managed to find out that Elena really was in the dark dimension and the last they saw her she had been punished. This only made Jeremy feel worse because when they searched every inch and there was no sign of Elena they came to the horrifying conclusion that she died.

"Jeremy, calm down," Alaric managed to choke out. "You have to keep calm. Look, maybe she escaped, or maybe you are right…maybe we missed a room." He only said that because of Jeremy, because he knew perfectly well that they had searched the entire place.

Jeremy seemed to calm down a little, and after a little nod the two men took a deep breath.

"So, for how long are we going to stay here?" Elena said as she brushed her silky, long hair.

Damon came from behind her, taking the brush from her and continuing the job, enjoying the smooth touch of the perfumed hair. "Right now it is safe for us here. We don't really know who died or not in the Dark Dimension. And we don't know if Klaus will try to track you yet."

"I wish I could just tell my brother I'm alright," Elena said as she struggled to keep her face normal and hide the sadness. "He's probably in the Dark Dimension now…thinking I'm dead."

Damon stopped brushing her hair and placed a kiss on the top of her head. "How much do you trust your brother?"

"That's a funny question," Elena said honestly, "Because when I...when they brought me to you, I left him as a drug addict. However I knew that my brother is a fighter, and I believe in him."

Damon sighed and slowly walked away from her, and then he grabbed his I-Phone and handed it to her.

"Tell him to come here," Damon explained as Elena stared at him like he was a maniac.

"Why?"

"If your brother claims to be a hunter…Maybe he can tell us something about Klaus."

"Are you willing to trust him?" Elena looked at Damon, trying to read his face. She knew that Damon wasn't stupid. If Jeremy betrayed them, Damon would die.

On the other hand Damon was looking at her with sincerity and love in his eyes. His voice came in a whisper as he rubbed her cheek softly. "Elena, I will do anything to protect you."

They kept their eye contact for a moment or two until Elena pecked him softly and dialed her brother's number.

"One simple task!" Klaus yelled at the Salvatore in front of him. "I told you to keep her away from your brother. And you failed."

"Klaus, we weren't prepared for the attack on the Dark Dimension! I don't even know how my brother and the girl escaped. You made sure of that many years ago when you destroyed the key of letting humans out of the dark dimension."

Klaus took a deep breath. That was true. Many years ago the key to let humans out of the dark dimension was destroyed, leaving it almost impossible to get out of there. The thing about that place was that once you are in, unless you know a way out or you're a vampire, you can't get out."

"The humans brought witches with them," He said with a growl. "Otherwise they couldn't have freed those human slaves. But Elena…she left before the others, didn't she?"

"Damon and Elena weren't there when we lost a big percentage of our kind, Klaus," Stefan confirmed. "They must've found a way out before."

Klaus's hands turned into fists and he stared daggers at Stefan. "You do realize that if you don't bring her back to me, our little truce is over."

"I did everything you asked, Klaus!"

"Well, the girl isn't here," Klaus said as he dramatically looked around him. "I didn't get what I want. So, either you find her and bring her to me, or I'll kill your beloved Katherine Pierce right now."

"You told me that you will free her…"

"No," Klaus corrected, "I told you that Katherine Pierce is my prisoner until I get my precious doppelganger back. The second I get Elena, Katherine is yours. And I do suggest that you hurry up in finding Elena, because the more time you spend the more pain your lover receives. After all, I had promised her that her torture and death will last longer than the years I searched for her if you didn't succeed."

"Don't hurt her," Stefan begged. "Please. I'll bring you the girl…"

"Good," Klaus said with a smile. "I'm glad we agreed. Now that Elijah's out of the way, all I need is you to help me."

With that, he sent Stefan off and with his smirk still in place, Klaus made his way to the tomb he was holding Katherine in. He had used her to torment Stefan when he learnt of the existence of the doppelganger, and she had been his prisoner for a year now. But, using her as a bargaining chip wasn't really a bad idea because Stefan immediately complied.

Katherine looked at him with pain in her eyes since he kept her alive, however he didn't give her much blood. He liked to torture her with vervain and what hurt Katherine was that usually she was the one who was one step ahead, and she was the one that called the shots. However, for the past year, Katherine had been tortured, played with, tossed around and treated like rubbish by a man she once felt feelings for in the 1400s when she was just an innocent human girl that was raped in the village and got pregnant with a baby daughter, the daughter she loved even though they had took her away. The daughter she dreamt to know and love.

When Klaus had found her in Mystic Falls a year before, when she came for Stefan, she didn't know what hit her. Klaus had finally got her and she knew that it wasn't going to be a pleasurable first meeting. However she hardly thought that he would use Stefan's love for her to get his hands on the doppelganger that Katherine had only seen once, when she was younger.

"Drink up," Klaus whispered giving her a very small amount of blood and putting it to her lips. "Stefan would really give everything up to get you back again, does he?"

When Katherine finished drinking, Klaus patted her head. "Good girl."

He trailed his finger down her arm, keeping eye contact with her. "You screwed too much relationships making guys fall for you, Katerina. You were always the one that commanded. It sucks being the weak one, doesn't it?"

He moved to brush his lips against hers. "Don't worry, my sweet Katerina. The fun is just beginning."

"It is very important that you come alone," Elena insisted for the tenth time as she turned to look at Damon. "It is very important, Jeremy. Please."

Her brother had broken her heart. The minute he answered her he let out a loud cry, at first thinking that it was just a sweet dream that he would wake up from and then thinking he was somehow compelled.

Somehow Damon had uneasy feelings about this, however it was worth the risk.

"You okay?" He asked as Elena handed him the I-phone.

"I honestly don't know," Elena said, wiping a small tear away. "I haven't seen my brother in so long. I never thought I could meet him again."

She sighed. "I can't believe how much has changed since I last saw him."

Damon shrugged. He knew perfectly well that it was a little less than a year before that they had brought Elena to him, that he was so drawn to her because of what she looked like. His brows furrowed as he remembered that at first he was the one that hurt her and intimidated her so much, but it turned out that all of that was just the road that lead them to where they were now. Sure, they had their ups and downs and now with everything going on with Klaus, Damon was more scared that something would happen to her. But at least, she was his and he was hers-no one could separate them now.

He was brought back to reality as he saw Elena suddenly grab a chair to stand with for support, and before she could even blink Damon was next to her.

"What's going on, Elena? Are you sick?"

"Nothing Damon, I'm fine," Elena said trying to assure him, however she was everything except fine. She was feeling incredible pain in her head and she felt like it was about to explode.

"No, you are not fine," Damon replied in a worried tone of voice, and his hand shot out to feel her forehead. "Oh my God, Elena, you are burning up…"

Before she even knew Damon had carried her to the main bedroom again, laying her down on their canopy bed.

"I think it's because of yesterday…" She tried to assure herself. "I got sick…"

"No, this isn't a fever," Damon said as he continued to touch her body feeling the temperature change. "A fever isn't like this, trust me, do you…"

However he was interrupted by a shriek of pain from Elena.

"Oh my God! Make it stop, please help me Damon!" She was twisting in agony now, her hands holding her head tightly as she screamed in pain.

"What's going on Elena? What are you feeling?" Damon struggled to keep calm as he shook the girl who was drifting away.

"H-Head, h-hurts!" She yelled. "Fire. There's fire, Damon. Blood…"

Before Damon could react, Elena screamed out again, and Damon fell to the floor, choking like the vampire that Elena killed in the Dark Dimension.

"E-Elena," was all that he managed to say as Elena's attention focused on Damon, like she was hypnotized.

And then suddenly, everything stopped. Damon sucked in air and Elena's face stared blankly at the wall, completely in a trance.

And then her little voice spoke.

"Powers," Elena managed to say. "Damon, I have powers."

A\N The choking Damon part was mostly inspired by Secret Circle Cassie choking Adam ;P It is creepy yet nice lol. As for Klaus and curse, there is a lot more about that and it will not follow the show exactly since this is NOT a season 2 fic.

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