Brave (Damon Salvatore x OC)

History*

At the Salvatore Boarding House Elena is knocking on the door with Ember just behind her. Damon opens it.

"Hello, Elena." He drawls but his eyes are on Ember and the warm look in his eyes has her blushing.

"Is Stefan here? He called. He said it was important." Elena asks.

"Right this way." He waves them in, and Damon stops Ember long enough to steal a quick kiss then she follows Elena to the Library.

"Hey. What is this about?" She hears El ask Stefan. As she enters the room Stefan moves aside to reveal Rose.

"You." Elena breathes but Ember reacts.

Throwing a hand up she sends the vampire sailing into a bookshelf and holds her there.

Damon is suddenly in front of her breaking her line of sight and she hears the heavy thump of the female vampire falling to the floor. "Easy Sweetheart. As hot as that was, you need to hear what she has to say."

He leads her into the living room and sits her on the couch to calm down while Rose recovers her composure. Elena joins her on the couch and the twins glare at Rose in solidarity when she rejoins them.

"Go ahead Rose." Stefan prompts and she paces nervously watching the younger Gilbert twin.

"Okay, you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. It's the problem with all this vampire crap but Klaus, I know he's real." She tells them.

"Who is he?" Elena asks.

"He's one of the originals, he's a legend." Damon offers from where he is standing behind a chair.

"From the first generation of vampires." Stefan clarifies.

"Like Elijah?" Ember asks remembering the cold feeling she had gotten from the powerful vampire.

Rose shakes her head. "No. Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."

"Klaus is known to be the oldest." Stefan adds.

"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after us?" Ember demands of the strange vampire.

"Yes." She nods at the same moment Stefan insists. "No."

Damon rolls his eyes and moves to crouch down in front of Ember. "What they're saying is, I mean if what she's saying is true..."

"Which it is." Rose insists.

"And you're not saying it so I don't kill you." He wonders.

"Which I'm not." She gritYs and glares at him.

"Then we're looking at a solid maybe." Damon shrugs.

"Look, Elijah's dead, right? So, no one else even knows that you two exist." Stefan tries to look on the bright side and moves closer to Elena to take her hand soothingly.

"Not that you know of." Rose admits.

"That's not helping." Damon glares at her.

"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story." Stefan points out.

"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot." Rose tells the twins seriously.

"Alright, we're shaking. You made your point." Damon tells her sarcastically.

Elena and Ember exchange a look then nod and as one they get up and grab their bags.