The Vampire Diaries – Every End Has A Start von Asu91 ================================================================================ Kapitel 1: Goodbye for now -------------------------- Hallo liebe(r) Lese(r), der/die sich bis hierher getraut hat^^ Das ist meine allerste VD FF. Ich hoffe ich hab die Charaktere einigermaßen gut getroffen und auch dass die Storyline nicht allzu abwegig ist. Viel Spaß beim Lesen wünsche dir! _________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Diary, today something really awful happened. More awful than my boyfriend being a vampire. More awful than all the killings. Much more awful than that. As we promised Damon, we opened the tomb in which the dead vampires are buried. It was a terrifying experience. All those dead bodies around me… But that wasn't even the worst. The worst thing is that it was all for nothing. Katherine's body wasn't there and nobody knows why. Damon was so… different when he found out. I lack the words to describe what he looked like and the presence surrounding him. All I know is that seeing him like this made me… "Knock, knock." Startled by the sudden voice Elena stopped writing and looked up from her diary to find Damon standing by the window. "Whoa, Damon, you gave me a scare!" "Still?" he said incredulously. "I thought you'd gotten over that." "I have," Elena emphasized. "But... Nah, forget it. What gives me the pleasure for you invading my home in the middle of the night?" She tried to sound all carefree, to adapt the way he usually talked to her. She hoped she could cheer him up that way and make him forget all his misery for just five minutes. "Oh, I just thought I'd stop by and say hello. Stefan's kinda quiet." Elena smiled, glad he played along in her game of suppressing, and put her diary aside. "You're writing about me in there?" he asked cockily and tried to get a glance at the entry she just wrote but she quickly shut it. "No," she said smugly. "You wish." "Oh, come on. I must have left some impression on you," he insisted. "Mmh… maybe." She grinned. He grinned to and pointed at the space next to her on the bed. "May I?" "Um sure. Have a seat," she offered, feeling a little bit uncomfortable with him being suddenly so close but this feeling vanished when she caught the distressed look on his face. She wanted to say something but he beat her to it. "I… didn't have a chance to say thank you earlier," he started. "Damon…" "So thank you," he cut her off. Obviously it took him a lot of strength to do this and he wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. "Thank you for that I could trust you in this thing and for allowing me to trust me brother in it." He paused for a second like trying to find the right words. "Remember how I said you're not the worst company in the world? It's true you're not and Stefan can be happy to have you." "Oh, Damon!" Elena leapt forward, obviously to hug him but he backed away. "One hug a day is enough, I guess," he said, trying to keep composure. "Just remember one thing," he continued, looking earnest. "No matter how much you'll hear it… but aside from the looks, you're nothing like Katherine." He stressed the last part so coldly that it made Elena shiver. "And I'm glad you are." He left it there. "What are you gonna do now, Damon?" Elena asked carefully. "I'm leaving," Damon told her. "Katherine wasn't in that tomb but she's gotta be somewhere, right?" "But she could be buried anywhere!" Out of the corner of her eye Elena witnessed Damon flinch at the word "buried". "She's not dead," he said slowly. "But she got caught by–" "She didn't!" he corrected her fiercely and startled Elena. "She didn't" he repeated more calmly. "I asked Anna and she told me… she told me everything. She's seen Katherine at Chicago some time ago. I'm gonna find her." Silence fell upon them. Damon seemed to be lost in thoughts while staring at the floor. Elena, feeling extremely uncomfortable, stared at her fingernails. "When… are you gonna leave?" "Tomorrow by noon," he told her without looking up. "So this is goodbye." "So this is goodbye." Noon came sooner than Elena would have preferred. She knew Damon was leaving and she felt like having so much to say to him. She tried to prepare a speech, copying it into her diary but it didn't seem enough. Dear Diary, today Damon left town. I don't know if for good or if he comes back with or without Katherine. I hope he'll find her. I can't stand to see this sad look on his face. It's so not like him! But he also doesn't seem psyched enough to go searching her. There was no hope in his eyes when he told me. It rather looked like he wanted to end it all. Well, I'm probably imagining… Saying goodbye to Damon was harder than I expected. I used to hate him for posing a threat to Stefan, me, my family and friends but now that I know his motives I kinda changed my mind. I don't justify the killings of course… but somehow I can understand him. "I really don't know why you make such fuzz about it," Damon said, half amused. "You were happy to get rid of me, remember?" Stefan was silent. Of course he had been happy about getting rid of Damon before but now that he had seen a human side of Damon, he didn't want him to leave. It was like losing his brother all over again. Elena knew this. She could read it from his face. She felt terrible, too. Against her own will she had started to actually like Damon. "Oh, come on, don't pull such a face. I'm not dying, just leaving," he joked to cheer them up but failed. "Honestly, there's something seriously wrong with you, guys. You should be happy I'm gone." Now Elena found her voice to speak. "Yeah, some people may really be happy you're gone because you're such an arrogant ass without remorse." Damon smiled smugly. "But," she continued, looking straight into his blue eyes. "To me, you're always welcome here. Com back whenever you want with or without Katherine. You can always come back. And keep in touch." It was then when her voice broke. What was wrong with her? In front of her there was the guy who killed so many people she knew and now she actually felt sorry for him and sad for him leaving. And before anyone could expect or prevent it she leapt at him and hugged him tightly. "Oh no, don't shed tears for me. I'm not worth it," Damon joked. "You're such an idiot!" Elena cried fiercely, hugging him even tighter. The smug on his face vanished as Damon hugged her back. "Thank you, Elena," he whispered into her ear. "For everything…" Then he let her go, being a jerk all over again. "You really don't like John Varvatos shirts, do you? Geez…" He pretended to wring his shirt out. The false act made Elena and Stefan laugh slightly. Damon looked at Stefan expectantly. Now it was his turn to say something. "Well, what can I say? Elena already said it all." Elena laughed chokingly. "But," Stefan continued. "I hope that you'll find her so that you'll finally be happy after all these years." "Centuries," corrected Damon but his face lit up. "Come here, little brother," he said. he and Stefan hugged brotherly. Then Damon pushed him away. "Seriously, what are you doing to me?" he said smiling smugly and making the other two laugh. "Stay good," he told Stefan. "And as for the woman…" He turned to Elena and it was like a Deja-vu when he kissed her hand. "It was nice meeting you, Ms Gilbert. And we should definitely go for a road trip together again." Elena laughed again. "It was nice meeting you, too, Damon." He bowed, whispered "Goodbye" and in the blink of an eye he was gone. "Goodbye, Damon." ___________________________________________________________________________ Das war das erste Kapitel. Ich hoffe es hat euch gefallen! LG Asu Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)