Part Witch, Full Bitch! (Vampire diaries Fanfic)

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Damon (POV)

I laid in bed not sleeping the whole night because I was too worried about Zia and to be honest I kind of felt guilty that I wasn't there to help her out when she needed it but I'd be there for her tomorrow! I would do anything and everything she asked and needed of me, I owe her that at least. As I lay there I silently vowed that I would protect her from now on and I would never let anything hurt her like that again. I know that was taking a lot on but rally what else did I have to do? I was immortal and had nothing that interesting going on so why not? At least that's what I told myself.

When the sun came up I showered and changed as quickly as I could because I was still in last night's outfit and raced over to Zia's house in record time.

"Ah Damon!" her father opened the door before I even knocked, "I was wondering when you would get here!" he smiled, "Seth has already left for school and the maids have tidied the entire house and the chefs have left food in the fridge. I'm about to go to work right now so you better look after my daughter or there shall be hell to pay do you understand?" he frowned as he explained to me.

"Yes sir" I said quietly.

"Good" he smiled "she upstairs in her room, I'm sure you can figure out which one that is on your own. I shall see you later!" he walked past me and got into his car. I went into the house and closed the door behind me; I lifted my nose to smell the air and found Zia's scent then followed it to her room. I saw someone under the covers and from the smell of it I could tell it was Zia, I quietly walked over and sat on the edge, I placed my hand on her side.

"Zia" I whispered, she grumbled something about unicorns and popsicles making me chuckle "Zia" I replied, all of a sudden she screamed.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"ZIA! ZIA!" I shook her, trying to wake her up, finally she stopped screaming and tears were running down her face as she clutched my shirt, slowly her eyes fluttered open.

"Damon?" she raised her eyebrow as her voice croaked.

"Yeah, it's me. You were just having a bad dream, its ok now...I'm here now" I soothed her as she started sobbing, I encircled her in my arms stroked her back as I let her cry.

"I'm sorry" she mumbled pulling away from me "I didn't mean to get all emotional on you, I just got a little freaked out."

"It's ok" I said wiping her tears away "You can cry, I don't care" I smiled at her.

"What are you doing here? Where is everyone?"

"Dan's at work, your brother is at school and it's just us here. Your dad said that I can come keep you company, so I'm your guardian for the day!"

"Oh cool" she shrugged "I'm so tired" she sighed "but I don't want to go to sleep because I'm scared I'll have a nightmare again" she said quietly, she sighed "oh well" she shrugged and laid down on her back staring up the ceiling. I sat there awkwardly at first but then shrugged it off and took my shoes off, I climbed under the covers with her and laid on my back looking up at the ceiling too.

"So what do you wanna do?" I asked.

"Just lie here and cuddle with you" she said as she turned onto her side and wrapped an arm around me, placing her head on my chest, at first I stayed still but then relaxed into her hold and pulled her closer and into a more comfortable position and we just stayed like that. Soon I realised that her breathing was steady and even and I just stayed there and listened to her heart beat and her breathing and before I knew it I was asleep too.

It felt like my eyes had only been closed a second before I was awoken, my eyes snapped open, my breathing heavy, ready to attack at an attack. My sudden movement woke Zia as well, we slowly sat up.

"What's wrong?" she asked with a confused look and I heard the same noise that had woken me up again "What was that?!" she asked as she jumped a little and wrapped her arms around my arm.

"I don't know" I whispered "is anyone meant to home now?" she shook her head, I frowned "then what is that?" I lifted my nose and smelt the most disgust thing in the world it was like rotting flesh but times by 100, it made me want to puke. I closed my eyes and listened carefully, I could hear heavy breathing and clumsy footsteps coming up the stairs. I snapped my eyes open and pulled Zia out of bed "I need you to hold on to me as tightly as you can" she nodded and wrapped her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist.

I went over to the window accidently dropping a lamp to the ground and I could hear the footfalls getting faster and closer and without another look back I jumped out of the window, holding onto Zia with all my strength. Once I landed I started to run towards the woods but a scaly claw grabbed my ankle and pulled my feet from under me making me drop Zia and fall face first to the ground. My face hit the ground and I could feel my broken nose healing again, I looked at where Zia had landed on her back, a little bit away from me. At first she was motionless but soon I saw her little body twitch a little and she began to get up so I let out my breath of relief.

I snapped my head towards the growling sound to see the ugliest beast I had ever seen in my life, it looked like it was a cross between a werewolf and a lizard, it was shaped like a werewolf but had a long green, scaly tail and a forked tongue that flicked out of its mouth every now and then to taste the air.

It walked towards Zia and stood in front of her, looking into her eyes at first for a second and then roaring in her face pushing her hair out of her face from the force of the roar. She screamed and I became unfrozen, I lifted myself off the ground and threw myself at the beast, wrestling it to the ground. I went to punch it but it was stronger than I was and it flipped me over, getting even angrier and it slashed its claws across my face but unlike normally the three claw marks didn't heal right away but I didn't dwell on it.

I lifted my fist and hit it with all my strength and it went flying into a tree and collapsed against it for a second, Zia ran over to me and crouched next to me.

"Are you ok?" she fused as she tried to look for any injuries, I looked at her and then turned my head back towards the beats but it was gone.

"Damn it" I listened to see if it was nearby but it wasn't so I relaxed a little and saw black spots blur my vision and suddenly a wave of fatigue hit me and my breath came heavy.

"Damon, you don't look so good. You've turned a funny shade of green" she said as she tried to stops me from standing, which seemed so tiring, I took a step forward and collapsed, falling face first to the ground. I tried my hardest to keep my eyes open, I could hear Zia screaming and calling my name, but I couldn't reply, I couldn't move a single part of my body. Suddenly I felt something burn through my veins and I screamed with the last of my strength before I passed out.