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Damon sat on the tall stool at the bar sipping his bourbon with an annoyed expression on his face. He had previously argued with his brother earlier on in the morning about teaching Elena to feed properly the exact same way that he taught Claire only for him to refuse repeatedly.

"That sit is taken." He said automatically when he felt a hand reach out for the stool on his right.

"Oh i'm sure Ric wouldn't mind."

He then turned around to stare in the green orbs of the girl that had spoken only to sigh in annoyance when he didn't get the response he was expecting. Claire wasn't easy to scare.

"What are you doing here?" Damon asked as he turned his gaze to the glass he was holding. "Shouldn't you be discouraging your sister to ignore Stefan's idiotic plan of feeding on bambi."

The girl in question only scoffed at that remark. "What we need to do is supply all the herbivores in the forest with vervain to repel Edward and Bella's vegetarian diet. Perhaps that will finally discourage them, i mean honestly…."

Damon turned around slowly to face her fighting a laugh.

"Those two are an embarrassment to our kind Damon." Claire said with a serious expression as she held a mug of tea in her hands. "They make us look bad… you know, one of these days those creatures will band together and hunt us down, i mean surely they can talk"

Damon couldn't take it anymore and began to laugh uproariously not caring about the disapproving looks the other occupants in the gave him. It was almost a direct quote of what he told Stefan when Pearl was still alive.

"I'm glad i could amuse you."

Before he could reply, a newspaper was placed in front of him by Sheriff Forbes.

"Faulty gas pipe leads to an explosion at the young farm." Damon read the headline and tossed it aside uninterestedly before turning to look at Liz

"The police have no suspects unless the perpetrator is sitting right next me."

"Perhaps it was Rebekah." Claire said cutting off what she correctly suspected to be a snarking remark that Damon was about to give. "We left her there…"

"No it wasn't Rebekah." She said turning to look at her. "She was the only survivor of that explosion."

Claire only blinked in amusement. "So Klaus left her own sister to be blown up? What are they, the Addams Family."

"He knew that she probably wouldn't die…" Damon said

"Oh i know, i'm just amused by the way he treats his siblings and then has the nerve to call them treacherous when they abandon him."

"In any case." Claire said looking at Liz. "blowing people up isn't his style."

"She is right." Damon nodded. "I would rather have them for dinner party…..who is the new guy?"

Claire and the Sheriff turned to look behind them only to see an attractive, tall and physically fit dark skinned man.

"Excuse me sheriff, i was wondering if i could speak with you for a moment…. It's about the explosion at the young farm" The man said.

"My name is Connor Jordan" he introduced himself raising his gloved hand to shake with the sheriff.

"Can we speak in private?"

The Sheriff nodded and then left with Connor leaving the two at the bar.

##

"Did you do it?!"

Damon and Elena turned around to face the doppelganger who had spoken. After Liz and Conner had left the bar they drank their drinks in silence.

"Did you blow up the council?"

"Am i wearing my i blew up the council t-shirt, why does everyone keep asking me that?" Damon asked in annoyance whilst Claire fought off a chuckle that was threatening to come out at the t-shirt joke.

"Well did you?" Elena pressed

"Noo." Damon replied rolling his eyes. "Anything else?"

Elena looked at them trying to come up with a suitable response. "Yes… something is wrong."

"Would you care to elaborate sister?" Claire asked hoping that it wasn't the animal diet.

"I can't keep any of the animal blood down.."

"You know." Claire said as she turned to glare at her sister. "For someone who is over 150 years, your boyfriend sure likes to act like a retard."

Damon snorted at that remark.

"Any sensible eleven year old can tell you that drinking animal blood as a vampire is not only repulsive but also flat out stupid."

"I can't feed on human blood, he is right…"

"I swear, it's like speaking to a brick wall." Claire said before turning to give Damon a mischievous look. "Perhaps i should annoy your brother."

He raised a brow wondering what she was up to.

"Damon, if my sister doesn't want to drink human blood perhaps yours will suffice?" Claire asked giving him an innocent look.

Damon smirked understanding the subtle message.

"Fine…. If this works, you must tell Stefan…" He said getting off the stool before grabbing Elena's hand and dragging her off to the mens room.

##

"It's official, you need fresh warm blood from the vein or a blood bag." Claire said as she stood in the Gilbert kitchen staring at the blood on the floor that Elena just puked.

"I am not…"

"Look at yourself." Claire said cutting her off. "You are pale and pasty….if i didn't know any better i would mistake you for one of the zombies from that TV show, The walking dead.

Elena gave her sister a weak glare not appreciating being compared to a zombie.

"This is how rippers are born Elena, they starve themselves off of their natural food source and prey on weaker beings until the thirst becomes too much." Claire said coldly not caring about her feelings.

"That's how your boyfriend lived in his past, you literally read his journals and instead of learning from his mistakes...you are copying him…"

"I will be fine.." Elena said trying to control her voice as not to appear weak but Claire wasn't buying it.

"Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately or you simply couldn't muster the courage to do so because you are afraid of what you will see. I have noticed the way you kept staring at random people passing you by at the grill...your veins would pop up around your eyes and disappear which indicates your desire to suppress your instincts something which i strongly discourage. You need to learn control or else you might hurt someone you care about unintentionally."

Claire saw the stubborn look on Elena's face and sighed in frustration before turning to leave her headed upstairs for her room.

##

"We are here." Damon said on his phone as walked on the pavement with Claire in tow headed for the town church which was hosting a memorial service for the people who had died on the Young Farm. It seemed that Elena had threw up yet again but this time inside the church's bathroom. "Where are you?"

"In the basement bathroom."

When they reached the bathroom ten minutes later they saw Conner standing outside and Claire just assumed that he was waiting in line.

"You again." Damon said. "Stalking town funerals."

Claire just shook her head and gave the man an apologetic look. "Sorry about him...he isn't feeling well."

The bathroom door opened and Elena's head protruded out to observe them. "Sorry, i spilled coffee all over my dress." She said apologetically facing Conner as Damon handed her a garment bag which contained a fresh clean formal dress before stepping back inside and closing the door.

"We have not met i'm Conner Jordan."

Claire who had been observing her sister trying to formulate a plan on how to convince her to stop the madness of feeding on bunnies turned to look at Conner's offered hand and took it without a second thought before pulling it back roughly from his grasp emitting a loud hiss at the stinging pain she felt. She looked inside her palm and saw blisters quickly healing only for three shots to be fired in her stomach before she dropped to her knees.

"Claire!"

Damon shouted before two shots were fired at him.

Claire's shock at their predicament turned to a dark glare which she gave Conner who had the sense to turn around the corner and run from the scene.

"What's going on!..."

"The shots came from down from the basement…"

"Elena we have to leave now!" Claire shouted when she heard rushed footsteps of people headed down to investigate. She could see that Damon was groaning in pain and quickly realised that he was a normal young vampire which meant that he had less skill to mask away his pain.

When Elena stepped out, Claire picked Damon up from the floor and blurred away with him headed for the boarding house.

##

"Its official, we have a new vampire hunter in town and judging by their length and width, i'd say that they were meant to kill vampires and not to incapacitate." Claire declared as she stared down at the wooden bullets that Elena had pulled out from her and Damon's stomach and placed inside a tray on the table.

"You are right Claire"

Everyone turned their heads to face Stefan who had entered the sitting room.

"He used the same bullets on Tyler."

"Well Tyler is a hybrid, mere wooden bullets won't get the job done." Elena said.

"Hmm." Claire nodded in agreement before turning her gaze at Damon. "Your blood didn't help Elena…. She threw up."

"Hang on, what do you mean Damon gave her his blood?" Stefan asked Claire his eyes narrowing a little.

"Wow." Claire said adopting a serious look. "I thought Elena told you that she couldn't stomach the animal blood."

Elena suddenly looked guilty.

"She refuses to feed from blood bags at your request and as a result she sought another alternative and asked Damon if he could feed her his blood."

Stefan glared at Damon who gave him a cheesy grin.

"She's starving Stefan and if you continue to force her to see things your way we will have another ripper on our hands and if that happens... You will have me to deal with"

"If she kills someone she will deeply regret it Claire… Elena is not like you"

The girl in question only smiled slightly hiding her anger for a few seconds before she blurred quickly at Stefan and snapped his neck.

"What did you do?" Elena demanded appalled while Damon only looked at her in shock.

"Sorry Damon." Claire said before she blurred out of the room.

"Where did she go?"

"Not far Damon." Elena and Damon turned to stare at the girl holding a few blood bags in her hands.

"Here...catch." Claire said tossing the bloodbag in her sister's line of sight before could say anything.

Elena caught it with the intention of putting it down but froze when she caught the scent of a few blood drops that were dripping. Her instincts took over and she brought it to her mouth and sucked it hungrily moaning at the sweet taste. She finished it in a manner of seconds but she was still hungry and stared at the other bags in Claire's hands hungrily

"More?" Claire said tossing another one.