Introduction

Damon was laying in his bed, sweating profusely, weaving between memories, reality, dreams , hopes and fears. Elena was sitting on the edge of his bed looking worriedly at him. She had just kissed him but he didn't react as he was supposed to. His lips had remained cold and unmoving beneath hers. She moved in for another attempt but this time when it didn't work, once again, she pulled a thick wooden stake Alaric had given her and plucked it straight into Damon's heart. She chuckled at his astonished face.

"It's done"

She called out. She turned to look at the raven haired woman entering the bedroom. Katherine. Her look-a-like with the only exception of wavy hair. Katherine chuckled and handed Elena a small vial of a thick red liquid.

"Damon was always a fool for love"

She commented and watched as Elena drank the liquid in one gulp. She sat behind Elena on the bed and snapped her neck. Then she removed her locket and threw it at the fireplace. It was only a few minutes later that Elena woke up as a vampire.

"Welcome back sister. Come on, our men are waiting"

"oooohhhh can I have Elijah?"

"Sure, but Klaus is mine"

Katherine said and the two women hugged enthusiastically and left the large house laughing.

Suddenly a whooshing sound was heard and in the middle of Damon's room stood the hooded figures. The one on the right removed their hood revealing a large African American woman, dressed in a long robe of a midnight blue color.

"This wasn't supposed to happen"

"We need to fix it"

the figure - a man - on the left said mimicking the woman's movement and removing his hood. The figure in the middle however made no such move. They simply weaved their hands in a series of circles that enveloped the room ending with the appearance of the Salvatore brothers.

Stefan jumped immediately and started coughing up blood while Damon tried in vain to remove the stake from his heart. They both stopped their movements realizing that they bared no injuries.

"Relax boys"

"You're safe"

"you're dead"

the three figures said each finishing the other's sentence.

"What are you talking about 'dead'"

Damon took his leader tone and asked the woman. She simply pointed to the bed where the dead Damon was still laying.

"how do we fix this? I don't want to die"

Stefan asked. the male figure on the left responded

"This is not how the sacrifice was supposed to end. it never should have happened."

"where is Elena? What did you do to her?"

he asked enraged noticing the absence of his girlfriend. the man actually laughed out loud before pointing to a large mirror where the events of Damon's death and Elena's actions played like a movie.

"and who are you?"

Damon asked but the figure in the middle ignored him said in a nonsense grave tone.

"you will return in time and fix this. if you fail you will die, if you thrive you will be awarded"

Stefan had tears flowing down his cheeks watching his beloved girlfriend turn on his brother that way. in an uncharacteristic move he and Damon held hands and nodded. all three figures started chanting something in a language that none of the brothers knew and soon they were engulfed in thick smoke.