97 parts Ongoing What if Damon hadn't met Elena the night of her parents' death? What if along the way he ran into someone else? What if he fell in love with someone else?
Mallorie Dupuis is your typical high school student. If you forget the fact that her parents died, and she's bounced from foster home to foster home for the past fifteen years of her life. She finds herself back in Mystic Falls when a mysterious stranger runs into her in the cemetery. Despite his weird behavior, Mallorie can't forget about this man. When he shows up with her best friend Caroline, he's different. Mallorie begins asking the right questions and discovers the truth about the Salvatore brothers.
Damon comes back to Mystic Falls to find Katherine. When he lets his hunger and desire for fun to interfere with his hunt, Damon becomes ensnared in Mallorie's life. Confused by the girl he can't compel, he pushes her to the back of his mind in search of the woman who burned him. When Mallorie resurfaces and begins to badger him, Damon can't seem to let go. His feelings reemerge, and he wants nothing more than to protect this girl at all costs.