c_j_clark's Stories Article: Delena Part 14

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I shook my head.
“Damon, I think this is something I need to do, for me AND Katherine. I don’t know how to explain it really, it’s just that being around Katherine’s made me feel as though there has been a part of me missing. I never noticed it before. And part of me knows that I won’t lose myself. I can do this, Damon,” I replied.
“Please, Elena,” he pleaded. “I can’t risk losing you! It’s too dangerous. You could be lost forever and just become a part of Katherine.” He looked close to tears. I stroked his face.
“Damon. Humanity over-rules any other part of the soul. I’ve seen that in you and in Stefan. You’ve proved that love conquers all. And I’ll be with you again as one with Katherine. It’s what she wants. I can’t bear to see her like that. I feel her pain. I LITERALLY feel her pain. It hurts me, Damon.” I looked at the floor. He placed his hand on my shoulder.
“Elena…If this is what you want…Then you’re on your own. I can’t bear the thought of losing you. But if it’s your choice to leave me…then I guess I have to accept that.” A solemn tear rolled down his cheek.
“Damon…please…I don’t want to leave you, I want what’s right. A soul shouldn’t be split apart, it’s not natural!” I reasoned desperately, but he shook his head and stepped away.
“I can’t bear the thought of you destroying yourself Elena, no matter what you think about humanity being dominant of the soul. You’ll be a part of Katherine, you won’t be completely Elena. And it’s the complete Elena that I love.” And with that, he disappeared. Stefan raised himself from Katherine’s side as she sat up. Alaric walked over to me and put his arm over my shoulder.
“He’ll see that you’re right in the end, Elena. I think you’re right. So what do we do?” he asked Katherine and Stefan.
“We need a witch,” said Katherine, with a smile spread across her face. She threw her arms around me and hugged me.
“Thank you. Thank you so much,” she whispered in my ear. “I owe everything to you, Elena.” She pulled herself away and smiled at me even more.

Delena Part 14

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I shook my head.
“Damon, I think this is something I need to do, for me AND Katherine. I don’t know how to explain it really, it’s just that being around Katherine’s made me feel as though there has been a part of me missing. I never noticed it before. And part of me knows that I won’t lose myself. I can do this, Damon,” I replied.
“Please, Elena,” he pleaded. “I can’t risk losing you! It’s too dangerous. You could be lost forever and just become a part of Katherine.” He looked close to tears. I stroked his face.
“Damon. Humanity over-rules any other part of the soul. I’ve seen that in you and in Stefan. You’ve proved that love conquers all. And I’ll be with you again as one with Katherine. It’s what she wants. I can’t bear to see her like that. I feel her pain. I LITERALLY feel her pain. It hurts me, Damon.” I looked at the floor. He placed his hand on my shoulder.
“Elena…If this is what you want…Then you’re on your own. I can’t bear the thought of losing you. But if it’s your choice to leave me…then I guess I have to accept that.” A solemn tear rolled down his cheek.
“Damon…please…I don’t want to leave you, I want what’s right. A soul shouldn’t be split apart, it’s not natural!” I reasoned desperately, but he shook his head and stepped away.
“I can’t bear the thought of you destroying yourself Elena, no matter what you think about humanity being dominant of the soul. You’ll be a part of Katherine, you won’t be completely Elena. And it’s the complete Elena that I love.” And with that, he disappeared. Stefan raised himself from Katherine’s side as she sat up. Alaric walked over to me and put his arm over my shoulder.
“He’ll see that you’re right in the end, Elena. I think you’re right. So what do we do?” he asked Katherine and Stefan.
“We need a witch,” said Katherine, with a smile spread across her face. She threw her arms around me and hugged me.
“Thank you. Thank you so much,” she whispered in my ear. “I owe everything to you, Elena.” She pulled herself away and smiled at me even more.

Delena Part 13

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Alaric Saltzman looked up from his desk and watched as Damon, Stefan and I walked into the room. Katherine stood outside.
“What do you guys want now?” he asked, putting his eyes back to the papers he was marking.
“We need your help with a little “vampire extermination”” Damon said, crossing his arms and sitting on a desk. Alaric looked from Damon to Stefan to me and shook his head.
“No way. I can’t keep getting involved in all your vampire problems. I have papers to grade so if you excuse me…” But Katherine stepped through the door.
“No, excuse me. This is bigger than just...

Delena Part 12

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Katherine sat opposite me with a confused look on her face. She glanced up and stared hard at my face.
“Those vampires won’t find us straight away, but when they do…” I shuddered along with the other three. “What can we do?” she said as she buried her face in her knees.
“I think I know someone who can help us,” Damon said wonderingly. “Katherine, I think it would be much easier if you…stayed here, rather than come with us,” he added. She stood up angrily.
“Why? I have every right to walk outside!” she said as she clenched her fists.
“Katherine, you look exactly like...

Delena Part 11

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“What do you mean? What’s happened?” Damon urged. Katherine hung her head solemnly.
“The new vampires in town are the same ones that were obsessed with me back in the 1850’s. The exact same ones.” My jaw dropped and I gasped.
“Why are they here? Why now?” said Damon as he tensed up and clenched his fists.
“My guess is that it’s because I’m close to my…humanity, which is, FOR NOW, Elena,” she said, accentuating the words ‘for now’ and staring maliciously at me. I took a step back. Damon placed himself as if he was ready to protect me from anything. His eyes were wide....

Delena Part 10

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“Every time. Every bloody time…” Damon muttered angrily as he yanked on a new pair of tracksuit trousers he had pulled out of a drawer. He glared at Stefan who gave him a guilty look. Damon threw me one of his shirts. I tugged it on and fumblingly did up the buttons. Stefan was pacing impatiently as we hurriedly got dressed.
“So what is it then?” Damon snapped. Stefan stopped pacing.
“There are new vampires in town. Three males,” he said worriedly. Damon tensed.
“How do you know?” Damon asked, suddenly not as mad at his brother.
“I saw them hunting in the woods. They’re vicious...

Delena Part 9

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I backed away slightly.
“Damon…what? You want to turn me…?” I was in shock. He grabbed my arms.
“I NEED to turn you, Elena. There’s a difference. Once you’re a vampire you’ll be safer from Katherine. And also, it means that you and I can be together…forever,” he said as he smiled gently.
“Damon, being a vampire won’t keep me safer from Katherine. She can still take my humanity and then I’ll be exactly like her,” I told him anxiously. “But to be with you forever is something I want dearly, but I don’t know if I can leave my family and friends behind. Give me time.”...

Delena Part 7

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“How….” I said slowly, trying to get my head around what Katherine was telling me. I was her humanity? I was her SOUL? “How…” I said pathetically again. She sat down on the sofa and held her empty glass tightly. She looked up at me.
“When Emily removed my humanity, she locked it away. She told me that the only way I could ever get it back was if it was…born again. Then she would chant a spell and my souls would be united.” She stared sadly at the floor. “But Emily has gone. Her spell has gone. There’s no way I can get my humanity back…” Damon’s mouth stopped hanging...

Delena Part 6

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“What?” Stefan said when words failed to leave both Damon and my mouths. She was still staring at me.
“I can’t believe it. How is this possible?” she said to herself. I was at loss. What was she TALKING about? Stefan slowly walked towards her and knelt beside her.
“Katherine, we need you to tell us. What are you talking about? How is Elena…you?” he asked gently. She seemed to calm down and she walked over to the bar. She shakily poured herself a large neat vodka and downed it. She slammed the glass down and stared at the fire.
“A few years before I came to Mystic Falls in 1864,...

Delena Part 5

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Damon spun round and looked at me with a hint of fear in his eyes.
“Katherine looks like you Elena. All she has to do is knock on your door and ask to come in. Although Jenna will think it’s strange, she’ll do it.” I gasped. He was right. I could imagine Jenna’s confused look as she let the apparent “me” into the house. “But,” Damon reassured, “I don’t know if Katherine knows where you live. But she’s out there right now, probably lurking outside the house. If you go home she’ll follow you and try to learn everything about you.” He stared into the fire. “She’ll...

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A Twilight Diary Part 1

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Edward sped through the trees swiftly, the wind cool and pleasant on his face. Soon he was in Mt. Rainier National Park. He brought himself to an abrupt halt and crouched when he heard a mountain lion prowling nearby. He heard the sound of the soil beneath its paws as it lumbered through the undergrowth. It was close, and he knew if it got any closer it would sense him too. He began slowly stalking his prey. Closer and closer…he could see it now. It had climbed up a tree and was sitting alertly on a low branch. It was going to be all too easy. As he prepared himself for the huge pounce, something...

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'Never Been Surfing Before' - Poem

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Never Been Surfing Before

Thunderous waves all around me, crashing hard onto the shore,
I lay on my blue and white surfboard. I’d never been surfing before.
A few moments ago, on the sandy beach, that seemed many miles away,
Instructors demonstrated the surfing technique, which seemed, at the time, quite ok.

As I made my way to the water, blue and white surfboard in hand,
I looked at the raging blue ocean, and down at the golden-brown sand.
I began to wade in, and very soon, I was waist deep in frothing sea,
And when I looked up, my eyes widened with shock, a huge wave was heading for me!

And then,...

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Delena Part 4

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I heard a cough from the doorway and both I and Damon spun around. Stefan stood awkwardly in front of us, with a sympathetic smile on his face.
“Hey man. Look, I’m so sorry about that thing earlier…You know, the fight…” he said, looking at the floor. Damon walked toward him.
“It’s ok. But we’ve got bigger problems than ourselves at the moment. Katherine is back. She needs to be…disposed of…” Damon said the last to words with malice and it sent a shiver down my spine.
“But how? She’s older than us, therefore stronger. We can’t take her on alone, Damon.” Stefan reasoned....

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Delena Part 3

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All three of our jaws dropped. Damon automatically let go of Stefan who dropped suddenly and he held a hand to his throat, rubbing it tenderly. All of our widened eyes were all fixed on the spitting image of me that stood casually opposite us.
“K-k…Katherine?” Damon choked out in bewilderment. She moved faster than I could see and was suddenly standing right in front of me. I could hardly comprehend the likeness between us. It was like looking in the mirror. She looked me up and down and then stared hard at my face. She looked confused.
“Well this is interesting…” she mused as she...

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Delena Part 2

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We drove swiftly and smoothly back to Mystic Falls. I kept looking across at Damon and his face was still pained. I knew he was angry and upset with himself. We didn’t talk for most of the journey. It wasn’t until we were nearly back that he sighed.
“Elena, I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have taken you out today.” He stared at the road.
“Damon, don’t say that. I loved it…until the near-attack that is. But it didn’t happen. Which just goes to show that you are able to resist the blood if you try.” He smiled weakly and looked at me.
“Why were you so angry with Stefan about killing...

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Damon And Elena

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The doorbell rang. Sighing, I pushed myself up from the sofa and placed my diary on the table. On my way to the door, it rang again.
“Ok ok, I’m coming!” I said angrily, and wrenched open the oak door. It was Damon.
“Damon, what do you want,” I said, exasperated. I really didn’t want to deal with whatever crap he was intending to say right now.
“I was coming to see if you were ok,” he said calmly.
“Pfft. Like you really care,” I tried to shut the door in his face, but his strong hand stopped me easily. “I really don’t feel like talking to you.” I let go of the door and...