The Fall | Elena Gilbert

01.

|I can't be dead

Death in the Gilbert family was something that, unfortunately, they had become far to used to. However with every family member that died, Elena and Jeremy Gilbert still found themselves buried in grief of their loved ones. They were the orphans who's parents car crashed into the lake, Elena being the sole survivor. The siblings who aunt and uncle died under mysterious circumstances, which to the unknown normal person would think they had the worst luck in the world- which they did- the Gilbert's were stuck in the middle of the supernatural.

Now fast forward to Elena Gilbert who currently lay in a distorted position outside the front of the Lockwood Mansion with blood pooling out the back of her head. A scream in the night sent chills down the back of everyone in the towns spines as people at the party rushed to gather around the crime scene wanting a sneak peek at the horror about to unfold. Her face was an eerie washed out colour compared to her normal ivory complexion and her doe brown eyes still open were vacant and dull until someone closed them and then she looked at peace.

The commotion forced the secret council to stop their meeting and rush outside to break up whatever potential situation was unravelling outside. When Sheriff Forbes eyes landed on the victim her heart dropped and her awareness suddenly became distorted as she figured what to do. She pushed past the crowd, not sure what she was shouting in the blur but people where moving away and as more police officers  came to the scene the The sheriff stopped and took a deep breathe as the emotions surfaced slightly overwhelming her. Through teary eyes, she locked eyes with familiar ones that crushed her. Damon Salvatore.

Damon in his 170 plus years had never frozen in shock as much as he did in that moment. The emotions cursing through him made everything else he had been through seem like nothing. That was including how distraught he felt after he spent 145 years loving Katherine Pierce for her to confess she never loved him. He knew how Elena had felt but he chose to fall anyways. He shook himself out of the shock, not caring who saw as he bite into his wrist desperately trying to get his blood into her system.

The blood did nothing but leave a crimson trail down the side of her cheek and he cursed, begging for her survival denying every bone in his body that she was truly dead.

'You can't be dead, you can't be' Damon repeated almost as if she would just inhale a deep breathe and act like nothing had happened. He fell to the floor surprising himself by letting tears fall down his face.

Then came another ear piercing scream startling Damon and he quickly snapped his head back to see Caroline Forbes and Bonnie Bennett clutching each other tightly as they witnessed the scene infront of them.

'Get them out of here'

Caroline found herself being shoved away with Bonnie but quickly turned and compelled the officer to leave them alone. They both promptly fell to the floor, never stopping holding each other as they let themselves cry as they watched Elena Gilbert

Sheriff Forbes saw her daughter Caroline and her heart dropped. She quickly found herself clueless in handling the situation as it destroyed her to think about telling Jeremy who was suddenly more alone than ever. She walked over to her daughter and just crumpled under the weight of the responsibility and just held Caroline.

Damon was just staring at Elena, knowing that he somehow had to find the strength to tell his brother, Stefan, who had taken Jeremy home after he'd gotten into a fight. He shakily took his phone out of his suit pocket and dialled Stefan's number.

'What's wrong Damon?'

Damon could barely get the words out to tell his brother that the love of their life was dead. He just said he needed to come back and quickly.