For The Heart I Once Had   von Asu91
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                      Kapitel 1: For The Heart I Once Had
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Mir kam die Idee zu diesem OS, als ich die neueste Promo fürs Finale gesehen
hab. Die, die in Australien ausgestrahlt wurde und die jemand
(un)glücklicherweise hochgeladen hat. Mir juckte es sofort in den Fingern und
ich musste meine Tagträumerei auf Papier festhalten. Ich hoffe euch gefällts!

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Fire. Everywhere. And he couldn't move.
His body convulsed and he cried out in agony.
He looked frantically around. The fire was creeping closer second by second.
And Damon felt a strange emotion flash through him.
Fear.
Verveine, wood and fire were the only things that could harm a vampire. And he
couldn't escape. Every move hurt like hell. He lay back flat on the ground,
breathing hard.
And he realized that he wouldn't survive. He would painfully burn to death.
"Why now?" he groaned, partly in pain, partly in frustration. "Why now that I
turned to this different road?" He had changed. Damon Salvatore had actually
changed. Changed because of one particular girl which, as he realized now, would
never see again.
"No!" he said through gritted teeth. He couldn't die now. There was still so
much he had to do, so much he had to tell her, so much he wanted… "Elena…"
She was the girl who had made him change. She was the one he cared about most.
She was the one, as Isabol figured out correctly, she was the one he was in love
with…
"Damon!"
Damon pricked his ears. Elena? What was she doing in here? In the fire? "Damon!"
He heard her voice more fiercely now.
"Elena," he croaked hoarsely, knowing that she wouldn't be able to hear him.
Besides, she couldn't be here. It was too dangerous for her. She would pass out
from the smoke before he would die in the flames.
"Damon!" But still he could hear her voice clearer with every time he heard her
calling her name. "Damon!" Her voice was so close. Like she was right beside
him. "Damon, it's me, Elena. Can you hear me?"
Damon opened his eyes and looked into the beautiful face of Elena Gilbert. He
smiled. How he welcomed this hallucination now… With Elena by his side dying
wouldn't be so horrible. It was actually the opposite. If Elena was with him he
felt like he was in heaven, not in hell.
"Damon, can you hear me? Can you move?" Elena demanded.
She looked so troubled, so terrified. He didn't want to see her like this. She
should smile and encourage him on his way through this. Death.
"They are on their way. They're gonna get you out of here, Damon. You won't die,
you understand?"
As much as he wanted to believe this Dream-Elena Damon knew better. No one would
come to save him. He would die. But he still had to do something before he went.
Now was the last the chance…
Slowly not caring about how he got the strength he straightened himself up and
leaned in. Closer and closer to Elena. He closed his eyes, anticipating and went
even closer.
And then it happened. Their lips touched. Very gently his lips were brushing
hers carefully at first but soon the kiss became more fiercely as their lips met
a second and a third time. And he was happy when the Dream-Elena responded just
like he wanted her to.
"I love you," he whispered before he kissed her again.
And then darkness started to surround him. And he welcomed it. Dying couldn't be
any sweeter… He still felt the touch of her lips on his before all his senses
turned off and he passed out.
He couldn't know that his Dream-Elena was actually the real Elena. She was
holding his unconscious form in her arms and she was crying hard. Not because
she was afraid of him dying but because of him revealing his deepest feelings to
her with a sincerity and vulnerability that made her heart break.
She was still crying when Stefan and Alaric arrived at the scene, took Damon
from her and led her outside. Stefan took her into his arms and hugged her
tightly but Elena withdrew herself and asked "Will he be okay?"
That was the moment that both Stefan and Elena realized that something essential
had changed. Without realizing it Damon had crept into her heart and kicked
Stefan out. It was Damon who she wanted to hug, not Stefan.
It was Damon who she had grown to love.

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