The Vampire Diaries – Every End Has A Start von Asu91 ================================================================================ Kapitel 27: Dancing In The Dark ------------------------------- Ich habs doch tatsächlich geschafft noch ein Kapitel zu schreiben, obwohl mir morgen eine Spanischklausur bevorsteht und ich mit nem Berg an Hausaufgaben zu kämpfen hab. Doch ich hab ab und zu pausen gemacht und dann weitergeschrieben. Das Ergebnis liegt nun vor^^ Katherine taucht endlich auf und ein bisschen Jeremy/Anna ist auch drin, weil ich die zwei einfach so süß zusammen finde XD Viel Spaß! _________________________________________________________________________________ Can we try again to start a new and lovely story That will shine a ray of light upon our hearts And bring back long lost glory Of how it used to be Baby you and me Convinced we were each others destiny Every time I think of us my eyes are filled with tears To think that I gave in to sweet temptation His words like music to my ears I hope it's not too late That you still await Oh please tell me that you're still having faith My heart cries out to you You must forgive me I've been dancing in the dark I've been searching for a spark I believe we'll make it through If you stand by me Thanks to a midterm exam which he finished early Jeremy was allowed to leave school already around midday. He had just arrived home when the doorbell rang. On his way to the door he briefly wondered who was visiting at a time like this and was surprised to find an old friend on the threshold. "Anna!" "Stalker chick's back," she said grinning shyly at him. Jeremy stared at her, speechless. Frankly she was one of the people he hadn't expected to see anytime soon. Anna's smile disappeared. "Sorry for dropping by so suddenly. I thought you'd be psyched." "I am psyched," Jeremy said quickly. "I just didn't expect to see you so soon again. Didn't you tell me you were going to leave town with your mother?" "We did. I'm just passing by and felt like saying hi. Thought you'd be happy to see me." "I am happy," Jeremy emphasized. "Come on in." Anna smiled and entered the house. Jeremy closed the door after her, then turned around and followed her into the living room, feeling a little uneasy. "I was just going to make a sandwich. You hungry?" he asked but quickly dismissed that thought. "Oh, sorry, I forgot, vampires don't eat, right?" Anna turned around and stared at him, shocked. "Oops," Jeremy said and scratched his head in a shy way. "The costume rental?" Elena read aloud when they stopped in front of the shop. "You've got to be kidding me!" "I can't think under pressure," Damon said and handed her his golden MasterCard. "Here. Change your looks. Your hair. Take blond and not curls!" "I'm not dumb!" "Good," he said and ushered her into the shop. Once she was inside Damon started scanning the area, all his senses on alert. He wanted to be prepared if Katherine chose to come along this way. Inside the costume rental Elena didn't really know what to look for. A little lost she walked around, tripping twice over stuff that was placed in the middle of the room. The shop was stuffed. "Can I help you, Miss?" "Uah!" Elena jumped at the sudden voice behind her. She'd watched Damon through the window and not noticed the shop assistant sneaking up on her. "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss. I didn't want to startle you." "It's okay," Elena breathed and turned around to the shop assistant. She hadn't realized how on edge she was. "What can I do for you?" the woman asked friendly. "Um, I'm looking for something like a wig… in blond," Elena explained. "Do you have something like that in here?" "Yes," of course the woman said. "Follow me, please." "Excuse me?" Anna said, shocked. "It's okay. I found it out on my own," Jeremy replied soothingly but it didn't work. Anna was still taken aback by the news. "How?" she inquired. "I had a friend," he began. "Vicky. She started acting all weird like she was on drugs but I didn't think she was. She tried to bite me to the neck. At first I didn't think much about it but then I met you and you told me about vampires. I figured that there might be such a thing like vampires. At some point I started doing research on vampires and my sister caught me off guard which was good because she and Damon told me that Vicky had really been a vampire." "And how did you find out I am one, too?" Anna asked. "I don't really know. I'd forgotten all about Vicky but when you gave me those articles I started to believe in vampires and I thought maybe they aren't as creepy as everyone imagines them. Maybe they're just misunderstood. Maybe they're almost like us and good. And then I saw your face and how it changed after that pathetic kiss in the woods," Jeremy finished. "It wasn't pathetic," Anna replied to cheer him up. "So I kinda pushed you into that direction, huh?" "Did you?" "Well, not intentionally," Anna admitted. "So you're not afraid?" "No." Jeremy smiled at her. "So far you didn't hurt me." "How much do you actually know?" Anna demanded, feeling suddenly uneasy since she had originally planned to hurt him. "Do you want to discuss it all standing?" Jeremy said. "Let's sit down and I'll tell you everything I know." They sat down on the couch and Jeremy started to tell. Outside in front of the shop Damon tensed up. He felt a familiar presence approach. He looked over his shoulder through the window into the costume rental but couldn't see Elena. So he turned around again and then he inhaled sharply. Katherine was standing right in front of him. "Hello, Mr Salvatore," she greeted him politely, giving him her sweetest smile. "Katherine? What are you doing here?" Damon asked, trying to sound as authentic as possible. "I felt like coming to Mystic Falls and pay a visit to some old friends," she told him in her childish tone. So that hadn't changed about her. Neither had her irresistible gaze she captured him with or her delicate smile. Damon violently shook his head and Katherine laughed. What was happening to him? Elena was just paying for her wig – she'd chosen a short, blond one that she had already put on. She glanced outside and gasped when she saw Katherine talking to Damon. "There she is, that bitch," she growled. The shop assistant followed her gaze and smiled knowingly. Elena was too stunned by Katherine's presence to notice it. What was Katherine doing here? Hadn't Damon expected her to go to the Salvatore manor first? Katherine was smiling at Damon in a childish way. Her eyes seemed to sparkle. How did she do that? Elena turned her gaze to Damon's face and slammed his credit cared onto the counter to pay with it. Was that a dreamy expression she found there plastered on his face? Dreaming like he was in paradise because the love of his life is back? Just you wait… "Elena and Damon told me a couple of things. Like that as a vampire you're free to make the choice." "What choice?" "The choice whether you fed on human or animal blood," Jeremy answered. Anna laughed darkly. "Let me guess. She told you the good vampires feed on animals and the bad ones on humans?" she mocked. "Well, it's not that easy." "Then tell me how it really is," Jeremy encouraged her. "Well, it is true that you can make the choice but not every vampire has the discipline to stick to it. What about the vampires who don't kill anyone but feed on donated blood from the blood bank? Would you call them evil?" "No, as long as they not kill anyone…" "See. That's me for example. I got the blood bank once a week and grab a couple of blood bags. I am completely under control." Jeremy nodded. "So only the ones who attack people and feed from them are evil." "Right." She gave him a small smile. "What else did they tell you?" Did they tell you anything about me?" "Well, I asked them what you were. Good or evil," Jeremy explained. "And Elena said you were gonna make a midnight snack out of me? But Damon said you were good but had been different back then because you wanted to get your mother back. I didn't really get it though." Anna sighed. "I'm gonna be honest with you, Jeremy. I'll tell you why I met you by the old Fell's Church that night." She took a deep breath and filled him in on everything. That her vampire mother had been locked up in a tomb underneath the church and that she had planned to give his blood to her mother to reawaken her but had ended up feeding her Elena's blood instead. "When I met you, you were just a part of my plan to get my mother back but then things changed. I would never do anything to hurt you. Not now after all the time we spent together. And…" Anna hesitated for a moment. "And I like you." "Jeremy's face lit up and he smiled. "You do?" "Yeah." If she had been human now Anna would have blushed. "That's great," Jeremy said. "Because I like you, too." Anna smiled and met him halfway when he leaned in closer. Their lips met for a gently caressing. "So, do vampires eat human food now?" Jeremy asked. "Because I'm actually pretty hungry." Anna laughed. "Well then. I can't let you starve. Go ahead and eat, boy," she said, got up, pulling him with her and gently pushed him toward the kitchen. Katherine smiled innocently at Damon who couldn't help but smile, too. Her smile made him smile. "And what are you doing here, Damon?" Katherine asked now. "Me? Oh, I'm waiting for someone," Damon answered airily. "A certain someone?" "He's waiting for me," a cold voice pointed out. Elena had stepped out of the shop and glared at Katherine. "And I don't like other girls hitting on my boyfriend. Who are you?" Damon grinned. He had almost not recognized Elena with her new looks. He smirked at the fact that blond didn't suit her at all but that wasn't the reason she was wearing the wig, wasn't it? And he smirked at Elena's claim that she was her boyfriend and the jealously he could clearly hear in her voice. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't introduce myself," Katherine replied politely. "My name's Katherine Pierce." She offered her hand to Elena who shook it hesitantly. I know Damon from the past. And you are?" "I'm… Sarah." It was the first name that came to her mind. "Sarah Gilbert." Elena knew she should have thought of a different surname as well but her hesitation would have been suspicious. Katherine's eye widened in surprise. "Gilbert, you say? I actually knew a Gilbert once." "Oh really?" Elena didn't hide her lacking interest. She wanted to leave now. She couldn't stand to be any longer with Katherine in one place. She might blow her cover sooner or later. So she turned to Damon, gazing at him with puppy eyes. "Can we leave, please? We're gonna be late, you know? Honey, I'm talking to you!" It took Damon a second to catch her request. He had yet again lost himself in Katherine's eyes but the 'honey' which sounded like music in his ears he did not miss and snapped out of it. "Uh, sure. Well, goodbye, Katherine," he said to Elena's doppelganger. "Goodbye, Damon," Katherine replied smiling sweetly. "I might stay a little while in Mystic Falls and pay a visit to you and Stefan." "Uh, yeah, sure, " Damon said while being dragged away by Elena. "Bye." He faced forward, glanced at Elena and grinned at her. Elena caught his grin and glared at him. "Jealous, much?" Damon asked her smirking. "No, that's not it," Elena snarled. "You're such an idiot." She let go of him. "I want to go home," she told him icily. "Since I don't have any verveine on me I can at least expect you to take me there, can't I?" "I would have done it anyway," Damon let her know, wondering why she was mad at him. Was she still mad at him for the same old story and had just put on an act in front of Katherine? For some reason he didn't want to believe that. They didn't speak a word on their way to the Gilbert residence and when they arrived there Elena didn't even say goodbye to Damon and entered the house without looking back and missed his disappointed face. Jenna wasn't home. She was still at work which was good because Elena didn't want her to know that she was cutting again. She would have to explain why and the reason was such a bombshell that she thought her head was going to burst. Jeremy wasn't home either so Elena had some time for herself which she urgently needed. She went upstairs and slumped on her bed. She sent Stefan a text that she was fine and didn't want him to come over and then the grabbed her diary and began writing down everything that had happened during the last couple of hours. Only to be more upset in the end. At some point she put her diary aside, got up and walked over to the mirror. She looked terrible. A large frown was on her forehead. She sighed and closed her eyes for a second. And when she opened them again she wasn't surprised to see Damon's reflection in the mirror. Elena turned around to face him who was standing by the window. "What do you want?" "Don't," Damon said pained. "Not in that tone." She stared at him in disbelief and opened her mouth to snap at him but then she closed it again. "What do you want?" she asked calmer now. "I got you something," Damon told her, took something out of his jacket pocket and held it in front of her so she could take a look at it. It was a necklace. "Another reminder of Katherine?" "No," Damon answered. "I just bought it." Elena walked over to him to take a closer look at the object. It was a silver locket in the shape of a circle and a piece of jewel – a ruby – was engraved in it. "It's beautiful," Elena said. "For me?" she added incredulously. Damon nodded. "Come, I'll help you with it." He put on the necklace and they admired it in the mirror. "It's really beautiful, Damon. Thank you." She didn't know why he had gotten her this necklace but she took it as an apology for being a jerk earlier and her anger toward him started to subside. A shiver ran through her body when Damon put his hands on her shoulders, leaned in from behind and whispered into her ear. "Something to remember me by and of course it's for protection as well." "Verveine," Elena figured. "I wondered how to get in on again so I just ended up getting you another necklace." "Smart." "Not really," Damon admitted. "But I didn't want to leave your unprotected with Katherine around. Her powers are unimaginable." "I know. I just witnessed them," Elena replied and didn't even try to keep her pain out of her voice. "So you are jealous!" Damon said triumphantly. "Am not." "Yes, you are but that's fine. It's cute," he told her softly. "But there's no need to worry." "So you're not gonna fall for her again and hand me over to her?" Damon chuckled but quickly stopped when he realized that Elena was serious. "No, Elena. I am finally over her." He smiled at her encouragingly and Elena smiled shyly back. For some reason she couldn't believe him. Not after she had seen how he had acted in front of Katherine. It was obvious that she still had him under her spell. "Elena?" Damon's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Yes?" "Hear me out. You don't have to believe me. In fact I doubt that you will. But just let me tell you what happened. Please." Elena sighed and turned around, looking into his eyes. They were pleading in the most sincere way. "Okay." A trace of relief flashed across Damon's face. "Thanks. I promise I'll make it short." He put his arm around her waist and led her to the bed. They took a seat. Damon cleared his throat and began to tell. "I met your mother two years ago. She somehow recognized me as a vampire and that's why she approached me. Later she told me she'd been doing research on vampires and their real existence. She was so fascinated by vampires. She was obsessed with them. She asked me to tell her everything about us and – you won't like that part very much – she was quite attracted to me." Elena grimaced and looked at him disgustedly. "I'll just skip over to the next part. Anyway, after that she asked me how we turn humans into vampires and I told her. And then she did the unexpected: she asked me turn her, she practically begged me to turn her." Damon paused, waiting for a reaction from Elena and when none came he continued. "I agreed on one condition. I wanted her blood of course. She didn't mind. So we had a little blood exchange. I fed her some of my blood first and then I took what she'd offered me. That was the moment Saltzman walked in on us. He thinks I was so busy draining her that I didn't acknowledge his presence but I did. And the moment he left I stopped drinking from her and left, too. I just left without keeping me promise to turn her. That's who I was back then, Elena. A total jerk who didn't care about anyone but himself. I don't know what happened to your mother. I never saw her again." Damon had finished his story and now looked expectantly at Elena whose face was blank. "You don't believe me." It wasn't a question but a statement. "No, I believe you," Elena contradicted and surprised him with that. "Actually, it makes sense. All of it." "Really? Not for me…" "Look," Elena started to explain. "My mom knew about Katherine and her goal. That's why she gave me up for adoption so that Katherine wouldn't find me." Damon nodded. "And later she asked you to turn her into a vampire because she knew vampires can't get pregnant. She didn't want to fear losing her child to Katherine again that's why she wanted you to turn her." "There are other ways," Damon began. "I know but you said she was obsessed with vampires. Maybe she just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when she met you." "You mean, use me." "It was a fair trade. You fed from her," Elena reminded him sternly. "True. But that still doesn't explain what happened to her after I left. She's missing for two years now," Damon said. "Maybe someone else turned her," Elena mused. "Or maybe she committed suicide in order to complete the transition…" "Wouldn't surprise me. She was probably devastated after you left her with nothing. Or maybe she just ran away and started a new life somewhere else where she didn't have to explain to her husband." "So is Saltzman your father?" Damon asked. "No, he isn't. He did a test," Elena told him. "But he promised to help me find out who my father is." Damon nodded. Elena lay back on the bed and closed her eyes. "So you forgive me now?" Damon asked. "I'm not the one who's to decide whether to forgive you or not." "You know what I mean." "Well, you didn't kill her. You say you didn't and I believe you. So we're cool," Elena said. Even though her eyes were closed she believed to see Damon smile. "Will you stay here a little longer?" "Actually, I better go home and tell Stefan what happened. He might come barging in if I don't." Elena giggled. "Barge in on what?" she asked laughing. "I don't know. Maybe on me doing this," he whispered and placed kiss on her forehead. Elena stopped breathing when she felt his lips on her skin and lingering there for a few seconds. Unfortunately the touch ended as soon as it started. And when Elena opened her eyes she saw Damon standing by the window, winking at her. "I'll be back," he promised and then he left. Elena sighed. Unconsciously she grabbed her new locket and looked at it. Her fingers were on the lock, ready to open it. But then she shook her head, smiling, kissed the locket and closed her eyes again. And her hand never let go of the locket. Elena had fallen asleep later in the afternoon while waiting for Damon to return and woke up in the evening to find that Damon was back. He was sitting beside her on the bed, watching her. She smiled and straightened up. "You're back." "Yeah. I need to talk to you," he told her. "Let me in when I ring. I guess Jenna and Jeremy won't." He disappeared leaving Elena confused. Then the doorbell rang and she understood. She quickly got up and ran downstairs where Jeremy just opened the front door. "You again. Didn't I tell you to leave her alone?" Jeremy snarled. "It's okay, Jer," Elena said, appearing at his side. "We talked today. It's just a misunderstanding." "A misunderstanding? I don't think so. Alaric said–" "He just saw me with his wife and jumped to conclusions," Damon cut him off. "Can I come in now? I'm freezing my butt off out here." "Come on in," Elena said and pulled him inside. Jeremy was still not content with Damon's presence. "I'll talk to Alaric tomorrow. They'll sort it out," she assured her him. He shrugged and walked back into the living room to play video games. Damon took Elena's hand and dragged her into the kitchen. There he put on the mixer first and positioned it by the window before turning to face Elena. "She's here," he informed her. "Katherine?" "She must have followed us here. I could feel her presence outside. I think she has a hunch." He sighed. "I talked to Stefan about it and we agreed that I'll stay here tonight. Stefan would have rather come himself but I think it's better if Katherine doesn't know that you're close to him as well. Since you so believably pretended to be my girlfriend we should stick to it." Elena nodded. "Why are you staying tonight?" "Jenna hasn't returned home yet, right? But I'll feel her coming. I'm staying to make sure that Katherine doesn't compel her to let her inside." "Jenna's wearing verveine." "It's a bracelet, right?" "Yeah–" "How long do you think does it take a vampire to remove it from her?" "Okay, you win," Elena gave in. "Did Stefan say anything else?" "He wants you to call him," Damon said under his breath. "I'll send him a text," Elena replied. "I'll get Jeremy to fill him in so that he won't mistake her for me." Elena and Damon quickly brought Jeremy up to date. He was surprised to learn that there was a woman who could be his sister's twin. "So you're a descendent from a vampire?" "From her twin sister who was human," Elena corrected. "And now she's after me." "But how can I tell who's you?" Jeremy asked. "That's a good question," Elena said and looked at Damon for an answer. "Can you tell whether it's me or Katherine just by the looks?" Damon thought about it. "Yes, I can," he finally said. "Smile." "Huh?" "Smile at me." Although it seemed stupid to her Elena curled her lips into a smile. "There," Damon said. "Katherine's smile is childish but yours is different. Shy." "My smile is shy?" Elena repeated, raising a brow. "Not only your smile. Your whole personality. You're a much calmer and shyer person than Katherine. I could never mistake her for you." Elena smiled. She felt safer now. Her conscience allowed her to trust Damon again and the certainty that she could trust him made her extremely happy. "Okay, I'm outta here," Jeremy announced and turned around to go. "Huh?" "I can't stand it. You two are so obvious," he told them. "Obvious about what?" Elena inquired. "Jeremy grinned and walked into the living room. Elena turned the mixer off and followed him with Damon to keep asking him. He wouldn't tell her though. So she turned the situation around and interrogated him about Anna, making him feel embarrassed for a change. _________________________________________________________________________________ Damon's Idee war echt nen Schuss in den Ofen. Als wenn Katherine so dumm wäre... Aber das Schönste ist doch, dass sich Damon und Elena wieder vertragen haben. War das nicht süß? Damon gerät ein wenig OOC aber, wen interessiert es, solange wir uns an Delena Momenten erfreuen können XD Und wie angekündigt, ein wenig Janna. Ich bin ein großer Fan dieser Teenagerromanze. Ich hoffe wir kriegen noch mehr davon. Obwohl Gerüchte sagen, dass Anna nicht mehr lange unter den lebenden Toten weilen wird. ;__________; Jetzt grade schieb ich all diese depressiven Gedanken weg und erfreue mich an der Gegenwart. Wünscht mir morgen viel Glück! 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