The Vampire Diaries (Season 1)

Lost Girls

     I wake up with a groan and I sit up to see I am in a cemetery and I was propped up against a boulder. I look over at Damon and I see he is dragging dead bodies into a pile. He takes a cell phone out of one of the pockets and dials someone.
     I use my vampire hearing to listen in on the conversation.
     "Hello?" I hear Stefan's voice.
     "I want my ring," Damon replied with a simple voice.
     "Where are you?"
     "I'm at the sizzler. I had the buffet. Where's my ring?"
     "I don't have it. Where are you? What have you done?" Stefan asks.
     "No," Damon laughs, "what have you done? You're the one that locked me in the basement and starved me, so whatever I've done, whoever I've sucked dry is on you, buddy."
     "You're being careless. How many more animal attacks is this town gonna believe, huh?" Stefan challenges.
     "I know how to cover my tracks, Stefan. Where's my ring?" Damon asks, clearly wanting to stay on the topic of his beloved ring.
     "I gave it to Zach to hide," Stefan responds and Damon pauses. "Probably shouldn't have killed him."
     "...Ah, you almost got me. Where is it?"
     "I'll get it back, but I need time," Stefan growls.
     "What, did you FedEx it to Rome?!" Damon asks with gritted teeth. "Where is it? I want my ring, Stefan, or I'll rip Adrie's heart out and then my next stop is Elena's."
     "I already want you dead. Don't give me another reason to make it happen."
     "Don't give me another reason to rip you apart," Damon retorts.
     I get up quietly and start to walk way as he and Stefan continued to talk.
     "Yeah? Is that gonna be before or after you get your ring back?" Stefan challenges.
     "Just get it." He slams the phone shut and throws it down. "Adrie, you have three seconds to come back here or I'll bring you back here."
     "To rip my heart out?" I challenge. "You killed me once, Damon. Who's to say you won't do it again?"
     Damon appears next to me and grabs my arm. "I won't. Give me your ring."
    "What? No!" I protest.
    Damon rolls his eyes and grabs my arm forcefully. I couldn't fight him but he was stronger than me, partly because he was an older vampire. He pulls my ring off my right hand, third finger and stuffed it into his pocket.
     "Damon..."
     "You'll get your ring back when I do," he replies.
     He goes over to Vicki, who was lying on the ground, and pours alcohol on her to burn her body but she wakes up.
     "Vicki," I say with concern.
     I go forward but Damon pulls me back and crouches next to her.
     "You just don't wanna die, do you?" Damon asks.
     "Oh, look another hostage. Give me my ring back now and let me go."
     Damon hoists Vicki over his shoulder and catches the bodies on fire. As he walked away, I followed closely behind.
     "Why did you do it?" I ask. "Kill me, I mean. Why did you have to kill me?"
     "I pushed and they pushed back. So I shoved them harder," he responds.
     "So me becoming a vampire was part of the plan?"
     "Unfortunately, yes."
     "You walked me home," I said. "Do you remember that? And then you told me to forget because you didn't want people knowing about you."
     "I remember," he said with a sigh at the end.
     "Why did you kiss me, Damon? Is it because I looked like Katherine?" I ask.
     That struck a nerve because Damon faltered in his step but kept on walking.
     "Just...keep quiet," he mumbles.
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Elena's P.O.V
     "You said you would explain everything," I say as I sit across from Stefan at the patio of the Mystic Grill. "That's why I asked you to meet me here. When you Google 'vampire' you get a world of fiction. What's the reality?"
     "I can tell you whatever you wanna know," Stefan replies softly.
     "I know you eat garlic," I say.
     Stefan nods his head. "Yes."
     "And somehow, sunlight's not an issue," I state.
     Before Stefan could could say anything, a waitress comes and sets our drinks down. I smile and thank her and she leaves.
     "We have rings that protect us," Stefan says as he holds up his ring.
     As I look at the ring, I remember that Adrie has one as well. My stomach churns.
     "Adrie?"
     Stefan sighs and nods his head. The breath got hitched in my that. My own twin sister is a vampire. I bet Damon had something to do with it!
     "Crucifixes?" I continued.
     "Decorative."
     "Holy water?"
     "Drinkable."
     "Mirrors?" I ask
     "Myth," he shrugs his shoulders.
     Every question I threw at him was an easy one to answer. Everything I thought I knew turned out to be a complete and total lie.
     "You said you don't kill to survive," I say.
     "Animal blood keeps me alive, but not as strong as Damon. He can be very powerful," Stefan responds.
     "And yet you let him get involved with my sister and with Caroline?" I ask with anger.
     "Forcing Damon not to do something is much more dangerous, believe me," Stefan retorts with a calm voice.
     "He killed my sister and he was hurting Caroline!" To be honest, I fought myself just to keep my voice civilized so people wouldn't look.
     "He was feeding on Caroline," Stefan says. "He was able to take away her memories of being bitten using a form of mind compulsion."
     "And what about Adrie?" I ask. "He didn't hurt my sister, he killed my sister."
     "Caroline never knew what was happening to her. If he wanted to kill her, he would have," he says and adds, "and as for Adrie, well... I think he's in love with her."
     "Is that supposed to make it okay?"
     "No. No, none of this is okay, Elena. I know that," Stefan replies.
     "Are there any others, aside from you and Damon," I took a breath. "...and Adrie?"
     "Not in Mystic Falls; not anymore."
     "Not anymore?" I repeated
     "There was a time when this town was...very much aware of vampires, and it didn't end well for anybody," Stefan explains. "That's why it's important that you don't tell anyone."
     I shake my head. "I can't promise that."
     "Elena...Give me today," he begs. "I will answer any questions that you have, and when it's over, you can decide for yourself what you wanna do with what you know. It'll be your choice."
     I looked into his hopeful eyes and leaned back in the chair with a sigh. I then reluctantly agreed.
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Adrie's P.O.V
     I sat on the sofa at the boarding house trying to stop the bleeding on Vickie's neck. Damon won't let me heal her and I'm afraid I'll wind up eating her myself.
     "Where are you, Stefan?" I hear Damon ask as he comes in.
     I glace over and see he's on his phone, leaving a voice mail for Stefan.
     "I'm trapped at the house, and I'm getting really bored and really impatient, and I don't do bored and impatient," he says and steps to miss a patch of sunlight. "Bring me my ring. Damn it."
     He stops by the liquor table and growls.
     "She's bleeding all over your sofa," I sate with a bored tone.
     "Aw, don't get blood on the couch. Please?" Damon mocks as he walks to us and removes the rag at her neck to look at the wound. "I got you good, didn't I?"
     "Well, you're not gonna be any fun today. I'm so gonna regret this."
     Damon bites his wrist and puts it to her mouth. She struggles but eventually gives in, drinking the blood.
     "Drink up. Drink it up. Don't drip. There you go. Good girl. That's it," he comments.
     I scoff and roll my eyes. Getting up, I walk over to a chair and sit in it. I hope Elena and Stefan is having more luck than me!
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Elena's P.O.V
      Stefan and I went driving on an old dirt path in the woods. He said that this is part of the answers I want.
     "Stop here," he instructs.
     "What are we doing here?" I ask, but put the car in park.
     Shutting off the engine, we unbuckle and get out of the. He walks around to the front of the car and stops.
     "I want to show you something."
     "In the middle of nowhere?"
     "This...Didn't used to be nowhere," he responds with calmness. "This used to be my home."
     "It looks so..." I trail off as I touch to half columns, unable to finish.
     "Old? It's because they are."
     I look at him with surprise. "Wait. How long have you...?"
     "I've been 17 years old since 1864."
     "Oh, my god." I whisper with surprise.
     "You said you wanted to know," he reminds me. "I'm not gonna hold anything back. Half a century before the boarding house was even built, this was my family's home. Damon and I...We were both born here. The Salvatore brothers, best friends."
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Salvatore Estate 1864
No one's P.O.V
     Damon runs out of the house with a ball and Stefan trails closely behind. Not far behind, looking out the window are the Pierce twins, Katherine and Elizabeth.
     "Wait," Stefan says with a laugh. "Where did you learn this game?"
     "Camp outside Atlanta," Damon responds. "One of the officers picked it up at Harvard. Catch."
     Damon throws the ball to Stefan and he catches it. Damon then readies himself to chase Stefan and Stefan knew this.
     "Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are the rules? What are the rules?"
     Stefan and Damon playfully struggle for the ball when Katherine and Elizabeth walks outside and stands on the porch with Emily Bennett.
     "Who needs rules?" Katherine asks with a smile. "Mind if Elizabeth and I join you?"
     "Uh, well, you two could, uh...you two could get hurt." Stefan answers. "My brother likes to play rough."
     Damon looks at Elizabeth and he smiles at her. She looks away with a blush. Katherine walks up to Stefan with a seductive smile.
     "Somehow, I think that you play rougher," she whispers.
     Katherine snatches the ball from Stefan and runs off. Elizabeth turns to Damon and winks at him before she follows her sister. Stefan stares at longingly and Damon stares at Elizabeth as the run off.
     "Why are you just standing there?" Damon asks when he noticed Stefan didn't even budge. "Those are girls who clearly wants to be chased. If you don't do it, I will."
     Damon takes off after them and Stefan follows behind.
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Present Day
Elena's P.O.V
     "You knew Katherine in 1864?" I asks with surprise. "Damon made it seem like..."
     "Damon was trying to make you think that...I was still heartbroken. He saw that I was happy with you, and he wanted to ruin it. Because of Elizabeth."
     "Her twin?" I ask and he nods his head. "All because you loved the same women 145 years ago?"
     Even saying it out loud still sounded crazy. Thinking about its not any better.
     "They weren't just any girls," Stefan sighs.
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Salvatore Estate 1864
No one's P.O.V
     Stefan is chasing Katherine and Elizabeth through a garden maze. They reach a statue and the three of them stop running.
     "Ha! We win. What's our prize?" Katherine asks.
     "What would you like it to be?" Damon asks as he sits on a bench, watching them.
     Elizabeth smiles with excitement. "Damon! You're home."
     "They extended your leave?" Stefan asks with a smile.
     "I was simply having too much fun to return to battle," Damon says as he eyes Elizabeth.
     "Your commitment to the confederacy is inspiring," Stefan jokes.
     Stefan walks over to his brother and they embrace each other as they let out joyful laughs.
     "Well, this works out wonderfully for us," Elizabeth says and looks at her sister with a smile.
     "How's that, miss Elizabeth?" Damon asks.
     "Now we'll have both of you here to keep Katherine and I entertained," Elizabeth responds. 
     "But first and foremost, We'll need someone to escort us to the founder's ball," Katherine adds
     Stefan and Damon speaks at the same time.
     "With pleasure."
     "I would be honored."
     Katherine and Elizabeth smiles at each other with a small giggle.
     "The smart and kind Salvatore brothers both coming to our rescue," Elizabeth says with delight.
     "How will we ever choose?" Katherine ask with a thoughtful look.
     As they walk away, Stefan and Damon watch them with wonder curiosity
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Present Day
Elena's P.O.V
    As Stefan and I walk about the ruins of the old estate, I let the story run through my head.
    "Damon wanted to take Katherine but she chose me," Stefan explained. "I escorted her to the ball at the original Lockwood mansion."
     "The first founder's party..." I remembered. "Where you signed the registry. But what about Elizabeth?"
    "Damon took her but she left at the door," he replies.
     I scoff. I would leave as well. She was probably mad at him.
     "I didn't care that I had gotten something that my brother wanted," Stefan continues. "I didn't even care if it hurt him. I only knew that I wanted her."
     "So he was upset."
     Stefan chuckled a bit. "That's the thing about Damon. He doesn't get mad. He just gets even."
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Adrie's P.O.V
     Damon was playing music and Vicki was upstairs taking a shower.
     "What do you want from me, Damon?" I ask.
     "Never you mind," he replies.
     I open my mouth to say something really snotty but Vicki started to come down the stairs.
     "Oh, man," she says. "That shower was so great. What did you give me?"
     I stayed sitting in my seat and rolled my eyes. She was seriously coming down in nothing but a tank top and her underwear?
     "Some blood. You loved it," Damon replies.
     "I did? Wait. I'm confused. How did we get here?"
     Damon walked to her and then started to compel her. "We met in the woods. You were drunk. I attacked you. Then I killed all of your friends and brought you here, gave you same blood. You loved it. And now we're gonna party till the sun goes down."
     "Okay," she she shrugs. "Um, but first, can I have another hit? That blood was so good."
     "Only if I can."
     I roll my eyes as I watch Damon bite his wrist and gives it to Vicki to feed while he drinks from her wrist. But the smell of her blood made my fangs protrude out and my eyes changed.
     I don't want to feed off her. I can't hurt no one. Pulling my phone out, I text Stefan.
Me: Please hurry. Damon took my ring last night. He said I'll get my ring back when he does.
Stefan: I'm with Elena. I told her about you being... You know, one of us.
Me: WHAT???? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? I WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL HER!!
Me: Never mind. Just... Hurry up.
Stefan: Okay. Sorry.