Following my youngest brother Stefan as he and Caroline led me to the place where they were keeping Damon. Caroline had kindly let me in on why they had to keep him chained up, restrained and in the cellar. My blood boiled at the thought of him hungry, suffering and feeling trapped like a caged animal. Suddenly Caroline swung her head around, her blonde curls swaying as she looked at me. I offered her a meek smile as she seemed concerned and I wondered why she was still here and why and how Stefan really trusted her this much but I trusted my brother and if Stefan really put this much trust in her maybe I could grow to trust her too. We' ll see. "Sorry I am coming" I finally said, realizing that I was trailing behind and Caroline was probably checking that I was close behind and still following her and my younger brother.
As we drew closer I couldn't help but feel the panic that was stirring inside me. I had known that this was what I was coming out of hiding for and I was completely willing to for Damon, there isn't much I wouldn't do but as we grew closer to where he was being kept I heard the cries and sounds of metal scraping the walls and I shivered inwardly. I hadn't even noticed that I had stopped moving either until I felt a hand touch my left shoulder. Looking up I saw Stefan's sweet, compassionate expression and I nodded, realizing what his face was telling me. He was saying it would be okay - that this wasn't an impossible situation and as bad as demon might seem right now he would definitely not be like this forever and we'd save him, somehow we would save our older brother.
Stefan had swung the hard door open, leaving it open for me, I turned to him questioning his motives and he smiled at me for a slight second. "go ahead" Stefan said lightly as he stepped away and looked over at Caroline who watched him and then back at me and offered me a sorry smile. I could only assume the pair had decided that I would need a few minutes alone with my twin-brother so I nodded at them and stepped inside.
Taking in my new surroundings I was almost enraged at what I was seeing. He was chained to the wall. His body hung forward, his face was downwards towards the hard ground floor and his clothing dirty and the floor itself was blood stained and she took in a deep breath as she ignored the disgusting smell around her. She heard a loud clicking behind her and had realized that the door had closed behind her. She turned immediately to see the young blonde vampires smile, I vaguely heard her gasp but it turned into a sweet smile, letting me know that she was not trapping me inside or locking me away like Damon was but it was for privacy and I assumed it was for myself and Damon.
Bringing my shaking hands together I fiddled with my fingers trying to calm myself of the racing thoughts and anger within me. I knew of all their fighting over the years that Stefan would never actually want any harm to come to Damon, not now. Not after everything they had been through together. " D-Damon" I let out shallowly as I tried to force my body to relax. This was my twin brother and he was at least alive, whatever that meant. I wanted to shake all negative feelings for right now, in this moment because all of my attention should have been on Damon but as I opened my mouth to speak I heard the shallow voice of Caroline whispering to my brother Stefan outside. 'but what about out other problem' I narrowed my eyes as my eyebrows rose. Hmm. This was intriguing apparently they had multiple problems on their hands and for some strange reason Caroline seemed to think whatever their other problem might be that it was either of equal importance or was more important. I shook my head. No way would Stefan considering anything more important than family.
I had once again been distracted because when I looked up, over to where my brothers form was I was faced with piercing blue eyes. He had lifted his head and mumbled something to me. I cleared my throat. "hmm?" I said in a questioning tone as he seemed to just be taking in my appearance. Instead of the shock or disbelieving look similar to what Stefan had given me upon first seeing me, in the flesh; Damon seemed unsurprised, could it be he knew that I had been turned into a vampire all that time ago - but surely he would have sought me out if that was the case. "hallucinations already - i guess that time has come quickly" Damon said in more of a whisper in an unloving tone, he seemed to as if it hurt his throat to speak and I had barely even heard him. " oh Damon" I whispered as I took everything in.
