2012

"I think we can found a way to do The Merge and still be together."

Josie and Lizzie told Alaric together. They were going back to Mystic had spent enough time with relatives. Lizzie too was happy to meet them for the first time because she wasn't the type of gal that is into the family reunion idea. The family they had was her dad and Caroline because since Stefan died, she had been focused on raising them and setting up the school which was quite successful but she was traveling too much to find the recruits. Other than the family , they had Damon and Elena who they used to meet mostly on Christmas because of their jobs but Stefanie used to come to the school to meet them since she was 13. Bonnie was usually traveling and teaching so when they all came back in time, they saw her after two years. Jeremy used to come by but it was always late on the nights. Matt, who was a Mayor in their time but they called him Sheriff since he was a kid , was busy himself.

" Girls, you are just stressed. Let's talk about this when we reach home." Alaric kept looking ahead and drove.

" First of all, we don't have a home here because we are back in time and Dad, it's our birthday tomorrow. 22th. Merge Day basically."

" What do you have in mind?" He asked irritated. It had been years since he had been looking for the way, they don't do the Merge except it had been just a dead end.

" It involves the cure."

" I hate that witch." Past Enzo told Damon. Both had some kind of forgave him and Damon was working on their friendship. He had been helping him adjust to this time's technology or new terms. Like asking someone on a date is not called courting someone. Enzo was more than happy this day. He was never hungry or weak. He was not locked in the prison where he had hoped to see the world. He was alive and free.

He used to see his future self with the witch and they looked good. But the Bonnie he had to deal with was not liking him much. She used to glare at him whenever he tried to talk to her. He was fed up.

"Give her some time. She got out of a relationship."

" If you say so. But she is judgy. What if she thinks that I have stopped asking to court her because I am not interested."

" Once again, asking out not courting. She won't think that. " Damon stated. It was all good for him too. He got his friend back. Stefan and he were on speaking terms only. He was in a healthy relationship with Elena and he was going to be a human. But how they were going to get the cure?

2010

"You did a great job, Bambi." MJ clapped a little as Stefan compelled the human girl he fed on. It was almost morning and they were near the cemetery where drug junkies still came. In first tries, he was able to keep whoever he fed on barely alive but he fed successfully and he didn't feel hunger controlling him.

He high fived back to MJ as she offered him. She was smiling and he felt quite successful. As he walked, she took a joint and lit it. She took a puff and offered him. Though he wasn't a smoker, he took one too and gave her back.

" Do you like being a vampire?" He asked her after she was finished. She stopped midway and looked at him. He was one of her friends at this time. She had grown up watching Caroline or Bonnie. But she never knew her uncle but he was sweet to her and Ella. Damon was rude to MJ most of the time but Stefan came to her aide. All she could say was that Stefan was a good friend of hers and she was hoping internally that he didn't have to die.

Sun was coming out and the sky was all orange. It was beautiful.

" Let's go somewhere where we can see the sunrise. " She vamp sped and followed by Stefan. They saw an abandoned house and jumped high. They sat in the roof and saw a perfect view.

" Tell me, do you like being a vampire?" He saw that she was about to say something but she went silent. After a minute or two, she asked him.

" If I tell you, don't tell anyone. Especially Damon or Elena or anyone here. You won't?"

He nodded and looked at her. She started.

" I like the stuff where I can compel people or jump to the roof or run faster but I hate being a vampire. I hate the taste of blood, I hate it how my face changes or super hearing sometimes too. I never wanted to be a vampire. My dad would never want to be a vampire or mom either. I wonder sometimes that if I make him proud or not."

Stefan remained silent and looked away from her sad face. What could he possibly tell a girl about her relationship with her father? He had killed his father to complete his transition. So, he decided to change the topic.

" Describe one of the best days of your life." He looked at her. Sun was coming out, spilling the sunrays and making the sky look orange. After some ruminating, she voiced her memory.

" It was one of those when I went on a school trip when I was 10. We all went to check out fields because we were being taught about them. I was bored most of the time but last, we saw a field full of sunflowers. I was awestruck. Incidentally, I had asked my mother to let me wear my favorite lavender sundress. Since then I love sunflowers. " She spoke mesmerized, reminiscing the memory.

" Now your turn." She eyed as he started to speak.

" Days spent with my best friend Lexi or the bond I had with Damon when I was human." He sighed. She remained silent and decided to change the topic. She moved her hand towards the pocket of her jeans. She held out a paper in front of him.

" You know what I found?" He looked at her and raised his eyebrows in question. She continued. "This is the location of Katherine's daughter, Nadia." Stefan took the piece of paper gently and read the information.

" New Orleans?" He passed the paper to her and she replied back.

" Yes. New Orleans. Hope did her voodoo stuff and maybe, it is one of the reasons I became friends with her."

" How are we going to find her ?'' He asked.

" Not we. You have to stay here and protect your girlfriend from harming herself. Sam and I are going. Hope will be here with you to take care of Ella and some other stuff." Stefan was about to argue but decided against it. He gestured her to leave the roof. So, they did.

" There is something fishy about them. But I can't put my finger on it." Damon said as he clonked his glass with Alaric. They had met one another after a week or so. Maybe he was still sad about his breakup with Jenna and her hooking up with mason. Jenna and Mason were together casually. This meant that mason was on their side ad he won't expose their supernatural status but his bite could be fatal to them Around this time, Katherine too disappeared. It was worrisome because Katherine was trouble but she was found nowhere. the girls were looking for her too and Klaus was coming to mystic falls. Elijah was going to help but he didn't trust them. He had killed Rose's friend Slater and Elena was trying to surrender herself but she was stopped by Vamp girl. It was always weird that she was every time in the right place and the right time. This was making Damon suspicious because he wondered maybe the girls wanted to do something with Elena. What else could be a reason but Witchy was try8ing to reassure them about Sabrina, Vamp Girl, and her sister? The little girl was okay because she was really sweet. Even when she saw Damon's vampire face, she laughed and wanted to touch it ( It horrified Vamp Girl when Ella called His face Haloween face which made Damon feel a little insulted but she was a kid). He was trying not to make her cry or hurt her because she used to get excited around him and jumped. That little girl was giving him a ray of sunshine about himself. Maybe he wasn't that much damaged that he thought himself. Another thing was that Elena was acting weird around him and he quite think a reason for this. She was less mean or less judgy which was weird to him because she had that gene incorporated in her. It was a change but a good kind of change. It meant that she smiled around him a lot. But she was still stubborn about saving people. On the other hand, Stefan and caroline were inmprovi9ng a lot in the hands of Vamp girl. He was impressed when he saw his brother able to drink from a blood bag without any problem. Caroline had broken up with the quarterback as she didn't want to hurt him. Bonnie had made her sunlight ring weeks ago because she was at least strong enough to control her hunger.

Alaric didn't reply but kept drinking his bourbon and left the bar after finishing it which was weird to Damon" or maybe he just imagining things.

2012

" Why are you so nicer to me? These new memories are messing with my head. " HD exclaimed and asked his wife was writing something in her journal. He was wished he could sneak behind her and read it but he couldn't. Since the day he was living here, he felt jealous of himself. Or rather his vampire self. He was faster and stronger but the human Damon found solace in one thing that he was human and he didn't have to drink blood. He had kids and a stable married life with a woman he loved.

Elena raised her eyebrows, clearly questioning Damon, so replied.

" You know what I am asking about. " A realization struck her face and her kind of blushed. He could have smirked at that moment but resisted. he liked the effect he had on her still when they were older now.

" I remembered when you confessed that you love me." He was stumped and was about to ask but she answered for him.

" When I got back, I drank vervain water because I thought that I lost my necklace. Stef kinda exaggerated about Klaus and all. so ...'

He didn't speak and remained silent. Sometimes, it felt like a dream to be too with Elena and having kids with her. The time he made her forget about his love confession, he was depressed because he believed that he could never deserve Elena. But here he was.

Hey guys, I am really sorry because I am not getting much time to write but I am trying. This chapter is small but next will be longer and enough to cover an important part of this whole story. If you wanna give any suggestions for this story or how to improve it, that would be great because your reading pleasure is my service.