To Change or Not To Change: Time Traveling AU

Chapter 11: What Have You Done?

Elena stood frozen against the tree, her blood covering her hand, shoulder and most of her shirt and the ends of her hair. Her eyes couldn't stray from Damon whom was on the ground, mumbling about weakness or something. Her whole body was shaking and she couldn't form words. Damon didn't seem like he understood completely what had happened either.

He knows that I know! Elena finally realized and she swallowed the lump in her throat. She needed to help him, and it was obvious that Damon needed blood. She had to stop freaking out and being in shock. She felt her feet move but it didn't mean her brain understood what was going on, because the next thing Elena knew was that she was kneeling before Damon and pulled his head onto her lap.

"Damon?" She started uneasily.

He groaned in reply.

"I know it hurts and I'm so sorry…I never meant for this to happen!" Elena tried to explain. But she knew her words were confusing. Damon looked up at her.

"H-how…"

Elena bowed her head a little and closed her eyes. "I can't explain how I know right now Damon. You're hurt."

The vampire knew that Elena was bleeding out from her neck wound, and he could see her fear in her eyes. He swallowed and the burning filled him. He swore he was never going to take vervain again. But…to be able to take it and not feel pain would be nice. Elena swallowed again and winced. Damon knew he was about to kill her, moments before.

He hadn't realized who she was.

She stood up and helped him to his feet, having him lean against her. "Where can we go? To let you sleep?" She asked him softly.

"I…my ring…"

Elena looked down and noticed his daylight ring was missing. She cursed her luck. A hurt vampire who needed blood and he couldn't be out in the sun! She noticed he was staring weakly at her. "We need to get you blood," She stated. She swore he would have rolled his eyes at her for her stupidity if she wasn't helping him. "Do you have blood bags at the boarding house yet?"

Yet…? Damon wondered.

"No…" he croaked.

Once more, Elena cursed her luck. When did Damon and Stefan start storing blood in their home? Wait…wasn't their cousin still alive? Zach was it? Oh what did she know!

"Then we need to get you some blood, maybe the blood bank? Mhm…" Elena trailed off, thinking about every possible way to find Damon blood. She didn't realize just how the vampire was staring at her or how shocked he was to find out Elena knew about vampires.

Damon held up his arm weakly, bit it and held out his wrist to her. "You're bleeding out…" He mumbled weakly.

Elena looked at him. "If I take your blood, it'll weaken you more. I didn't realize you'd… attack me." She swallowed. Then, she took his wrist and drank some of his blood. But only enough to stop the bleeding and heal her wound. Damon looked at her and she noticed how much tired he appeared. "What did I tell you?"

Damon winced. "Elena…."

"Blood, right," Elena spoke. "Sorry."

She led the vampire towards the Salvatore tomb, unknowingly bringing him towards a party for druggies and teens. Once Elena set her eyes on them, she wanted to pull him away but Damon needed blood. She let him go and turned her back to the group.

With Elena there, Damon drank just enough from the humans to keep himself alive but fed them a little bit of blood to keep them alive. He would have never done this if it weren't for his precious Elena. He drained most of their bodies but kept them alive just enough before erasing their minds. Now that he had most of his strength back, he went back to Elena.

He cursed his weakness because he was still trembling. "Elena?"

She turned. She looked at his bloody clothes and stained skin. "Are they dead?"

Damon blinked, "What-"

"Are they dead?" Elena repeated. "Did you kill them?"

"No I didn't kill them." Damon stated.

"Good." Elena said much calmer now. They started walking again, Damon having troubles but hiding because vampires didn't have weaknesses. Elena knew that he was going to say something to her and she hoped he'd understand that she couldn't talk about how she knew things about him. She expected him to bite her head off for not telling him. She swallowed nervously.

"So how did you figure it out?" Damon asked calmly.

"Huh-"

"Don't lie Elena," Damon said firmly. "Who gave you the vervain?"

Elena sighed. "Nobody gave me the vervain," She stated awkwardly. "I….I'm not sure how to explain this all to you. And I don't think I should right now. You're weak and you need to rest."

"I need for you to explain to me how you knew and why you are wearing vervain and have it in your system." Damon stated.

She sighed once more and looked at the ground, watching her feet. She shook her head. "I can't tell you!"

Damon growled, "Like hell you can't! Elena, I thought I meant more to you-"

"You mean the world to me!" It appeared like the cat was outta the bag now. Elena shook her head and stopped walking, Damon staring at her like she was half crazy. Before he could ask another question, she held up her hand. "What do you want me to say? I can't tell you. I-"

"I just need to know," Damon tried to explain. "How do you know so much about me? How did you know what I was? And how long have you known?"

Elena knew he should get to know all of these answers but the words died on her lips. If she explained this all to him, would it ruin any chances she had of returning home? Not that she wanted to, but things changed. And the fates seemed to have it for her… She swallowed, her throat suddenly becoming dry. "I…" I'm gonna tell him. I love him and I can't keep this from him. Elena thought. Damon stood there, his arms crossed across his chest and he did not look pleased. "Damon, I know so much about you because…"

"Are you some sort of vampire? A vampire that can handle vervain?" Damon asked, interrupting her.

She slightly glared. "No, I am not a vampire, nor any sort of vampire. I…However, I did use to be."

Damon was a very hard person to read, but in that moment, Elena could see all of his emotions in his eyes. She had figured out earlier that he always showed his emotions through his eyes. He could seem cold and mean but on the inside, he was dying and crying. "You can't become a vampire and then not be a vampire. It doesn't work like that. If it did, Stefan-"

"Stefan would have become a human a long time ago, I know." Elena waved her hand in response to this. He narrowed his dreamy eyes. "Well, what I am about to tell you, you can't repeat to anyone. Okay?"

"Fine, whatever," Damon said just needing to know. Did he fall for some sort of freak? Did those labs become something much more than they were before?

Elena gulped softly. "I know a lot of things about you Damon, but, you have to understand you told me all about you. You… you don't remember any of this because…because it hasn't happened yet."

"Huh?"

"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Elena asked, feeling annoyed, "I'm from the future!"

~x~

Somewhere furtherer away from the arguing not-really-but-are-so-into-each-other 'couple', Miranda Gilbert was in the kitchen of her home making some cookies. She checked on the time, and she frowned when she seen just how late it was. Grayson was still at work so she couldn't vent to him. Jeremy was already up in bed and Jenna…well, Miranda felt she couldn't talk to her sister much anymore.

She shook her head as she frowned. She checked her phone for any missed phone calls or texts from Elena. Where is that girl? She wondered.

Miranda pulled out the finished cookies and set them on the counter, taking in a breath of the fresh smell. She smiled though she was worried. Elena should have been home by now.

In that moment, Jenna walked inside of the house with Jason, whom she had gone to the party with and Miranda could tell Jenna liked him. She walked out to the front of the house, and smiled at the sight. Jenna was smiling and blushing. Miranda figured things were going to happen that night for the other woman.

Jenna noticed Miranda. "Oh Miranda-"

"Go rent a room," Miranda winked before heading back into the kitchen. Jenna did just that.

Once more, Miranda checked the clock. It read 11:37pm. It worried the mother. Where was her daughter? She wrote a quick note for Jeremy and Grayson (just in case) before grabbing the car keys to go find her daughter. It was too late for a young lady to be out and about. Did Jenna and I push her too much? I just wanted her to reconnect with her friends…and now she's missing. WITH a killer on the loose! Oh Elena… please be safe. Miranda thought.

~x~

It was dark outside and it was foggy. As Miranda was riding over the bridge, looking for Elena with worry in her eyes and she was shaking from it. "Elena!" She yelled out from the window looking for her daughter. What she didn't see was a deer running across the road when….

CRASH!

Miranda couldn't even utter a single noise as her car fell from the bridge. She hit her head off the window, deer blood and guts over her window and now her blood mixing on the glass. Glass was all over the car window and her body was limp. She didn't make a sound nor did it hurt as she passed on. Her only feeling was utter worry for her only daughter- a child whom had no family and was her daughter through and through- and her son. And now how Miranda had failed…she failed Elena, Jeremy, Grayson and even Jenna. But, death was peaceful.

~x~

Back in the Gilbert home, Grayson was just entering the house. He was sleepy from his long day and just wanted to crawl into bed, cuddle and spoon his wife before sleeping. Instead, he found a note explaining that Miranda had gone out looking for Elena, that Jenna was at an inn with her new flame Jason and that Jeremy was upstairs sleeping.

He assumed that everything would be alright so he went up the stairs, checking on Jeremy before going to his room. He never thought that this morning would be the last time he saw his wife…alive and smiling.

So chapter 11! Whoa!

We all knew the fates had it in for Elena. Do you think it had to do with Elena telling Damon about how she is from the future…? Ooh!

I feel like drama is making its way to us, don't you? Grayson is the only alive parent, but for how long? And how are Jeremy and Elena going to cope without Miranda? Tell me what you all think! And tell me how you think Damon is going to react to it all! Love you babes

Nerdy~

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