Damon had stayed by his niece's side the whole night he left only once and that was to get a blood bag but that was it, he or Stefan didn't drink their blood bags when Grace was around or awake. Once he was finished he went back to check on his niece but just as he was going up the steps his brother had stopped him.

"Damon she'll be ok go to your room. Rest, I'm sure Gracie will be alright. Besides we'll hear her if she needs us". Stefan tells his brother.

"I was going to my room". Damon lied.

"No you weren't, you were gonna go back and stay with Gracie who is fine".

Before Damon could reply they heard Grace scream. "You were saying brother".

Grace was screaming in her sleep soon after she woke with a start, she was drenched in cold sweat, the nightmare she had felt more like a vision. She had seen Damon getting bit by a wolf and dying she shot up out of her bed then ran for her door swinging it open to see her uncles standing there.

"Uncle Damon! You're alright!" Grace exclaimed.

"Of course I am Gracie why wouldn't I be". Damon replies confused.

"I saw you getting bit by a wolf and dying".

The brothers look at each other while Grace held onto Damon for a few minutes. "It'll be alright Gracie no wolf is gonna get anywhere near me". He assured her.

"I want my mom and dad".

It sadden both brothers they wish that they could bring back their relatives for the sake of their niece but they couldn't.

"Alright Gracie back to bed". Stefan said gently.

"Uncle Damon stay with me. Please". She said giving him the puppy dog eyes.

"Alright sweetheart". Damon said to calm her.

"Damon I need to talk to you for a second". Stefan tells his brother. "Gracie we'll be right in the hallway". He said to their niece.

"Alright".

Grace went back to her bed and picked up her book while the brothers went in the hallway as they became confused and concerned.

"Ok that was weird, I thought for witches to have visions they had to touch something or someone. I was nowhere near Gracie so how'd she get that vision?" Damon asked.

"Your guess is as good as mine but I'll talk to Bonnie tomorrow about what's going on with Gracie maybe she'll know something". Stefan replies.

The elder Salvatore sighed as he looked at his younger brother sadly. "I thought it be different this time Stefan, I figured we get her back because it was safe but it's not. I mean look at all what happened since she came back, Katherine has been eyeing her, her bitch birth mother came back, she's been grabbed more times than either of us".

"What are you thinking Damon?"

Damon couldn't say the words without feeling his heart aching. "W-what if we give her back to Lexi? Clearly she's not safe with us".

"How could you say that Damon? She's safer with us than with anyone".

"Really? Do you honestly believe that? Stefan look at all about what happened to her if you think she's safe here then you're delusional".

"You wanted Gracie to come back to us after being apart from her for 8 years and now that she's here you wanna give her back".

"It's for her safety, I have always looked out for Gracie more than I look after myself. More than I looked after you. She's everything to me, the second I saw her I turned my humanity back on something I didn't think I would ever do. I love her more than I love anybody else".

When Stefan looked at his brother he saw the fear and worry in his eyes, for the first time that he knows of in his life Damon was scared.

"It's alright to be scared you know".

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Damon I know you better than anyone and right now you're scared".

"No I'm not, I don't get scared. I never get scared".

"I see it in your eyes you can fool everyone else but your not fooling me, you're scared. And it's alright because I'm scared too".

Damon looked at his brother in shock. "What do you have to be scared of?"

"The same thing you're scared of; Losing Gracie. The night that Mason was in his wolf form and I had to lure him away from Grace and Matt, I was scared when he went back I thought for a second that we would lose her that night and we almost did not from Mason but from her powers. You remember how she was after the funeral then we sent her to be with Lexi?"

Damon remembered that day as if it were yesterday.

*Flashback*

Damon had carried Grace who was only 2 and a half at the time inside the house, she had cried herself to sleep soaking his suit jacket. He knew that explaining death to a toddler was gonna be hard, when he brought her up to his room to lay her down for a nap just as he was about to put her down on the bed she gripped his jacket. Grace had opened her eyes, her crystal blue eyes were still teary as she sniffed she looked up at Damon as her bottom lip still trembled.

"Unca DaDa". Grace said in a small voice.

"What is it sweetheart". Damon replies gently, as he brushed some hair out of her face.

"I want mama and dada to come back".

"I know baby I know". When she started crying again Damon did the best to sooth her, soon she was asleep again.

Damon had held his niece close to him as she slept soundly on his chest, he kissed her head and whispered to himself. "Don't worry Gracie, I'll always protect you. From everything and everyone".

Stefan had quietly walked in the house with Lexi behind him they were quiet as they heard Grace's soft snoring coming from Damon's room.

"Do you think Gracie will be alright?" Lexi asked.

"In time she will, Max and Jess gave custody of her to me and Damon". Stefan replies.

"That poor girl, did Zach say what happened?".

"He said that their car crashed into a tree it, apparently a deer or something ran out in the middle of the road and Max lost control at the wheel. They both died on impact, when he told Damon and myself we got to the hospital as fast as we could but it was too late".

"Was Grace with them?"

"No, Zach was watching her for them while they went out. I just don't know how we can explain it to her when she's older all she knows is that they went to heaven and are now angels".

"That poor little girl".

Damon had looked down at his niece and saw she was fast asleep so he gently and quietly put her on the bed covering her with the blanket then kised her head.

"Sleep tight princess".

He then left the room and went to go get a drink he went down the stairs to see his brother and Lexi there talking.

"I thought I heard you two". Damon tells the pair.

"How's Gracie?" Stefan asked.

"Not good, she keeps asking for Max and Jess".

"I just wanna go and hold her forever". Lexi said.

Damon had a thought and his brother knew it. "What are you thinking Damon?" Stefan asked.

"What if bare with me here, we find a witch and see if they can bring back Max and Jess".

"What? Have you completely gone mad?" Lexi asked.

"Damon you know that won't end very well besides we don't know any witches".

"Actually brother we do the only problem is-"

"They all hate you".

"Pretty much".

"Damon she'll be safe with us".

"I know she will but Lexi would you mind keeping Grace just until she's old enough to understand. We know you can keep her safe".

"What are you doing?" Stefan was starting to get angry at his brother's words.

"Calm yourself Stefan, look right now it's not a good idea to keep Gracie with either of us right now because I'm pretty sure that you don't want her to see us feeding. Plus you don't know if we have enemies out there and if we do they aren't getting anywhere near Gracie. We'll still visit and everything it's just until she's old enough to understand and once it's safe we can take her back".

"If I do this you two will come around to see her, I don't want her to think that you guys abandoned her not now especially not after she lost her parents". Lexi said.

"I promise we will always visit". Damon said.

"As much as I don't want to admit it you're right". Stefan said.

"Of course I'm right".

*Back to reality*

"I know you're scared Damon but you don't have to give her back to Lexi". Stefan tells his brother.

After that being said Stefan went back to his room while Damon went to go check on their niece, when he entered the room he saw that she went back to sleep with her book laying on her chest so he quietly went over to her and slowly slid the book putting it on the nightstand he then laid next to her. Grace felt Damon's presence so she adjusted herself as her head laid on his chest.

"You'll always be safe with me Gracie I promise". He whispered.

The next day

Damon had woken up to see Grace who was still asleep so he quietly and gently loosened her grip on his shirt then laid her back down, just as he gotten up she pulled the pillow closer to her chest, he smiled when he realized that it was his pillow.

"Little thief". He chuckled.

He then left the room quietly as he went down and started making breakfast for Grace. Once he was finished cooking, Damon hears someone knocking on the door, and he answers it. It's Jeremy.

"I need to talk to you". Jeremy said.

"And why do I need to talk to you?" Damon replies.

Damon tries to close the door on him. Jeremy pushes it back open.

"Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone to activate his curse. He's not a werewolf yet".

"Wow, fascinating. Not enough. And keep your voice down Grace is still asleep and I don't want her waking up and getting any ideas".

"Wait why would she get any ideas unless she's...is she a werewolf?"

"No I mean we don't know yet and until we know we don't want to be giving her any ideas".

Damon attempts to close the door again, but Jeremy pushes back.

"But Mason Lockwood is and he's looking for a moonstone, a special rock connected to the werewolf legend. That's why he's here".

"A moonstone?"

"And I know where it is".

"And you're bringing me this why?"

"Do I need a reason? Look, I just want to help, okay?"

"What's your sister say about this little discovery?"

Jeremy doesn't answer.

"Oh, you haven't told her, have you?"

"Well, Elena doesn't want me getting involved in all this".

Jeremy tries to walk into the house. Damon pushes him out.

"And you're a Gilbert and you just can't help yourself. Wow. Your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic".

"You going to let me in or not?"

Damon steps aside. Jeremy walks in and Damon closes the door.

"Just keep your voice down I want Grace to sleep a little longer".

"Rough night?"

"You can say that".

"So what happened?"

"Look your hear to talk about the moonstone nothing more nothing less, my niece isn't a topic discussion".

"Alright sorry man". Jeremy put his hands up in self defense.

Grace was in a light sleep but she was having a dream.

*Dream*

Grace looked around and sighed she knew it was Katherine's doing so she looked around till she spotted her.

"Now what do you want? I thought I told you to beat it". Grace told Katherine.

"If you help me get what I want I'll do something in return for you". Katherine replies.

"And what would you do for me?"

"I might tell you a secret, I could keep your daddy off your tail, whatever you want".

"You want me to do what?"

"I want you to go and see if a moonstone has been found".

"Moonstone? What's a moonstone? Besides isn't that what Mason's for?"

"That's not for you to know and how do you know about me and Mason?"

"I maybe 10 but I'm not stupid beside I didn't know about you and Mason until you just told me it was a guess. And I have a right to know what I'm looking for. What is the moonstone for?"

"Fine if you really must know it's to break the curse to both vampires and werewolves, for example if I got it your uncles wouldn't need to use their daylight rings during the day. As for werewolves they wouldn't turn every full moon".

"Does this have something to do with my father?"

"In words yes this is why he's coming to Mystic Falls, I don't know if he knows you exist if he does then you'll have your real daddy".

"But why would I help you? After everything you've done just why".

"Because I'll tell you a little secret".

"What secret".

'She was gonna found out eventually might as well be now'. "Do you remember what happened to your adoptive parents?"

"They died in a car crash when I was a baby. Why".

"Well I may or may not have been the cause of that".

Grace was surprised, she was hurt, she felt tears pooling in her eyes but she wiped them away and narrowed her eyes inflicting pain on the vampire, Katherine began holding her head in pain she tried to get up but the magic was too strong for her.

"Tell me the truth did you kill my parents?"

"Y-yes I needed them out of the way".

"Why".

"Because I know what you really are they didn't, soon enough you'll be mine and I'll finally be free of your father once and for all".

"You killed the two people who gave me a life for your own selfish gain?!"

By this time Grace had blood oozing out of her nose rapidly and she felt dizzy soon she stopped.

"I'm not gonna kill you as much as I want too I'm not, one thing I will never become is a killer. But why kill the people who were gonna give me a life".

"Because I knew once you got older only I knew what you were gonna be capable of, only I know what you are. I knew that if they kept you they wouldn't know anything so I figured I can help them by eliminating them from the problem then once you got older you'll be all mine".

"You killed them just to get to me?"

"Yes".

Everything then began fading away till everything went dark.

*Back to reality*

Grace awoke with a start she felt something on her face so she put her fingers to her nose and saw the blood, she went to the bathroom and washed her face. The ten year old had looked at herself in the mirror she saw the blood drying up so she ran the water and got a rag and began cleaning her face, her mind kept going back to what Katherine had told her, when she heard the truth about her parents it was like her heart was ripped straight from her chest and she watched Katherine holding it in her hand. When she was finished she stayed quiet the whole time, she then quickly changed and went downstairs to hear her uncle talking with Jeremy. The young girl went to the kitchen and saw the food on the cabinet and began eating, she was mentally planning Katherine's death. 'She'll get what's coming to her very soon'.

Lockwood Mansion

There are people everyone helping to set up for the Masquerade Ball. Inside, Jenna and Carol are talking.

"Jenna, thanks for helping wrangle the volunteers". Carol said.

"Of course, it's for a good cause. Plus, I have always been a sucker for the Masquerade Ball".

"So was Richard. This was always his favorite party of the year".

Matt and Tyler carry a table into the room and almost drop it.

"Wait, wait, wait, Tyler!" Matt calls out.

Carol looks over at them.

"Boys! Be careful with that! It's from the 1800s". She then turned to Jenna. "Excuse me. Tyler!"

"Mom, we got it". Tyler says.

Tyler and Matt continue to carefully move the table. Carol walks over to them. Jenna walks into another room and sees Stefan.

"Stefan, hey!" Jenna greets Stefan.

"Hey". Stefan says.

"I'm cooking dinner tonight. Ric will be there, you should come".

"You know, Elena and I, we're kind of taking a - a pause".

"Really?"

"Yeah".

"Because that's not what it sounded like this morning".

Stefan tries to muster a face of confusion, but fails to fool her.

"Light sleeper. You know what? I heard nothing".

She smiles and leaves.

Bonnie is outside, carrying a box. Elena sees her and walks over to her.

"You're here". Elena says to her friend.

"I'm here". Bonnie replies.

Elena takes some candles out of the box Bonnie us carrying. Bonnie glances around the yard.

"Caroline's not coming. I told you".

"Just making sure".

"You know, eventually, you're gonna have to talk to her".

"Could you make it a little less obvious you're on her side?"

"There are no sides, Bonnie".

"Come on! Since Caroline became a vampire, we barely see each other. Losing Caroline was bad enough; I didn't think I'd lose you too".

"Come with me".

"Where?"

"Not here. Some place quiet. We have to talk".

She holds her hand out. Bonnie takes it and they walk away.

Stefan had heard them and thought this was the only way to talk to Bonnie so once he was finished what he was doing he quickly caught up with the girls.

"Bonnie hey I need to talk to you". Stefan tells the teen witch.

"What's up Stefan". Bonnie replies.

"It's about Gracie".

"Is she alright?"

"I'm not a hundred percent sure".

"Ok start from the beginning what the problem is".

"It happened last night, Damon and I were talking then we heard Grace scream. She told us she saw Damon being bit by a wolf and dying".

Bonnie turned to face Stefan. "I maybe wrong but that sounds like a vision".

"That's the thing I thought for witches to have visions they have to touch something or someone".

"It's usually how it's done but since I don't know anything about her history I can't say for sure".

"Can you at least make a guess".

"Stefan I just said I can't say anything until I know more on her history once I know more I can tell you something. Grace and I maybe witches but we comes from different blood lines so they're going to be different, find me what you can on her birth mother and we can go from there".

Salvatore Boarding House

Damon went into the kitchen and saw Grace finishing her food, he noticed the icy cold expression on her face.

"Hey Gracie I didn't know you were up". Damon says.

"Hi Uncle Damon". She replies in a soft voice.

"You alright sweetheart?"

'I have to tell to tell him now'. "I need to tell you something Uncle Damon".

"What is it".

"Katherine came to me again in a dream, she wants me to help her find a moonstone she said if I helped her she'd give me something in return. She told me a secret".

"What was the secret". Damon was afraid to know what Katherine had told his niece.

"Katherine told me that she...she's the one who killed my mom and dad. She did it Uncle Damon, she killed my mom and dad".

Damon was then lit up with anger and rage but he noticed there was a single tear in Grace's eyes but they were glistening, he also noticed that her blue eyes are changing colors, everything began shaking frantically.

"Gracie I need you to calm down sweetheart alright, I know you're upset-" Damon was cut off by his niece.

"I'm more than upset Uncle Damon, she killed my parents and for that I want her to suffer. I want her to suffer very badly".

Damon never once had heard Grace talk in such a cold icy tone before and to actually hear it for the first time was shocking to him.

Liz is lying on her cot in the Salvatore basement. Caroline comes in. Liz sits up. Caroline walks over to her and looks down at her tray of food.

"You didn't eat much". Caroline says. There is awkward silence between the mother and daughter. "Good news: Doctor Damon said the vervain is almost out of your system. So with any luck, you'll be freshly compelled and back in your own bed by tonight".

Liz doesn't answer or look at Caroline.

"Are you really just gonna pretend like I don't exist?"

"Yes. So please, go".

Caroline takes the tray and starts to walk away. "As usual, you don't care. Got it. Just like before I was a vampire. It's not like I died or anything".

Caroline opens the door and is about to walk out.

"Are you...Are you really dead?"

"Yes and no".

"How is it possible?"

Caroline walks back into the room and shuts the door.

Back upstairs, Alaric arrives with a box of Isobel's research. Grace was on the couch with the same expression on her face. Alaric saw the expression on the young girl's face but his thoughts were broken by Damon.

"Ric!" Damon says happily.

"Hi Ric". Grace said from the couch.

"Hey Grace". He greets the ten year old.

Alaric sees Jeremy.

"What are you doing here?" Alaric asked the teen boy.

"Helping Damon. I'm the one who found out about the moonstone". Jeremy answered.

Alaric looks at Damon. Damon shrugs. He looks back at Jeremy.

"Does Elena know you're here?"

"Not exactly".

"What you got?" Damon asked, changing the subject.

Damon starts to dig through the box and takes out a book.

"This is Isobel research's from Duke. Her assistant sent it to me". Ric says.

"Mmm, Vanessa. The hottie".

"Ew Uncle Damon sitting right here". Grace said disgusted a bit.

"Sorry Gracie".

Alaric takes the book out of Damon's hands.

"Vanessa, yes. Now, do you remember the old Aztec curse she told us about?"

"Sun and the moon, blah blah blah blah blah".

Jeremy walks over to them.

"An Aztec curse? Cool". Jeremy said.

"Yeah, supposedly vampires and werewolves used to roam freely until a shaman put a curse on them to limit their power. Since then, werewolves can only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun". Ric explained.

Damon wiggles his fingers, showing his daylight ring.

"Most of them, anyway". Damon chimes in.

"According to the legend, the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with the moonstone".

Alaric shows him a map. Jeremy takes it and looks at it. It has pictures showing the story of the Sun and the Moon curse.

"What do you mean sealed?" Jeremy asked.

"It's a witch thing, whatever seals the curse is usually the key to unsealing the curse" Damon answers.

"Maybe Mason Lockwood believes he can use the moonstone to break the curse". Ric said.

"I can do it since I'm a witch". Grace pipes in.

"If we start believing in some supernatural witchy-woo legend from a picture book, we're idiots. Who has the stone now?" Damon says, he then turned to his niece. "Not happening Gracie".

"Tyler". Jeremy answered.

"Can you get it?"

"Yeah".

"See, now your life has purpose".

"So, you do believe it?"

"It's the same book that says a werewolf bite kills a vampire. Ignoring it would make me an even bigger idiot. Let's go".

"Wait I know something if it'll help". Grace piped in.

"What do you know Grace?" Ric asked.

"Katherine told me in a dream that the moonstone, it's to break the curse to both vampires and werewolves, for example Uncle Damon and Stefan won't need their daylight rings anymore. As for werewolves they wouldn't turn every full moon. She also said my father is coming to Mystic falls possibly looking for it".

"Gracie you didn't tell me that part". Damon said.

"Uncle Damon I'm more mad at what she told me, besides she said that she wants me to help her get it then I made her spill about her and Mason. I'm not helping her not after what she did and said, I want in to help".

"What did she do?" Jeremy asked.

"I don't wanna talk about it right now". She then turned to her uncle. "Uncle Damon please let me help, I'll stay beside you the whole time and do everything you tell me. I wanna make Katherine suffer and if she doesn't have the moon stone that works for me".

"You do everything I tell you to do, no questions asked. You stay by either me or Ric, And most of all no using your powers on anybody no matter what. Do you understand me".

"Yes sir".

Damon finishes his drink and walks past Alaric and Jeremy.

"Let's go". Damon had a thought in his mind, 'Could Katherine be feeding information to Mason about Grace?'