~ This story is greatly influenced by the idea that Dark G0ddess gave me through messages. We've been talking and have sort of planned most of the story. I will be writing it but I don't want to take all the credit since the idea was given to me (even though I was thinking about a Silas/OC story before the season started).

~ The story is about my OC Dani, who is an immortal like Silas. She was never turned to stone like Amara or Silas, but she's been traveling the world looking for Silas. Over two thousand years, she has done many things and met many people (some of the people she has met are in the next chapter). There is so much of her past that many people don't know about, which will lead to secrets and other things that I'll talk about later in the story.

~ The chapters for this story are going to be a bit shorter than I normally make my chapters, but that way I can update quicker and do more with the story (in my mind).

~ The title of the story is slightly influenced by the song 'Dark Paradise'... which I've gotten slightly addicted to.

ENJOY!

Danielle's POV

I was in the woods, running to my best friend. After what I heard happened, I knew she was in trouble.
"Amara." I shouted, hoping that she could hear me. "Amara!" I hurried as fast as I could until I got to where she was. "No." I hurried to her and saw that she was basically a statue. "No." I put my hand on her, but nothing happened.
"Silas chose her." I turned to see Qetsiyah behind me. "Not you or me, he chose her."
"That's only because he thought I was dead and you know it." I said, trying to contain my anger. "Where is he?"
"Not here." I wanted to attack her for what I knew she did to Amara, but I knew she would do the same to me. "He's somewhere away from here."
"I'm going to find him." I said before running away, hoping to find him.

~2000 yrs later~

I opened my eyes and looked up at the ceiling. The dream was a memory, something that has plagued my mind for months. 'Why am I thinking of them?' I asked myself before forcing myself out of the bed.

I walked to the window and looked outside. It was amazing how so many things could change over two thousand years. Most of the nature still looked the same, but I knew none of it was. I've seen things grow, die, be reborn, and be destroyed. 'All because of the human race' I thought. I had nothing against the humans, but if they let nature be...then the world would be a more beautiful place.

I quickly started to get ready for my day. I took a shower, using my favorite lavender shampoo. When I was done I went to my closet and looked at my job uniform. A job wasn't something I needed, but it helped me meet people and do good. 'My last day' I thought as I took it out. After the dreams started it made me want to start another search for Silas. After thinking about it, I finally decided to start looking again. I gave a notice for my job so they wouldn't think I mysteriously disappeared.

When I got to work, everything was already in full swing. I worked pretty fast because it was a busy morning. When I got a break, I sat down and yawned.
"Tired already?" My co-worker Isabella asked.
"Yeah." I said as she handed me a coffee.
"Was it the dream again?" She asked as she sat next to me.
"Yep." I took a sip from the coffee. "The same thing for months."
"Do you think it means anything?"
"From my experience, it does. I just want to figure out why I'm having them."
"Stop sitting around, we need your help." Our boss said, which made me stop thinking about my dreams.
"We better get back to work." I gave Isabella a nod before taking a final sip of my coffee.

At the end of the day, I was exhausted. I was two thousand years old and almost never felt like that. 'Wow' I thought with a sigh.
"Dani...what are you doing?" Isabella asked.
"Resting." I said because I wanted to rest before I got ready to go home.
"No, you're coming with me." Isabella said before taking my hand and dragging me away.
"Where are we going?" I asked, not wanting to read her mind.
"I just want to show you something." I continued to follow her, not that I had too much of a choice.

Isabella led me to the cafeteria.
"SURPRISE!" People shouted when she opened the door.
"What is all this?" I asked before looking around, trying not to read their minds.
"You're good-bye party." Isabella said from my side. She got be a glass and I knew it had tequila in it.
"This is to Danelle." Our boss said from in front of the group. "She came into this job with not a lot of experience, but she blew us all away. Dani has not only become a valued part of our team, but a good friend. She will be missed."
"You make it sound like I'm dying." I said, which got some laughs.
"You never know." Isabella said from beside me. I gave her a small smile, even though I did know. Although there was times when I thought I was going to die, from being attacked by supernatural, I always got through it.

After the party, everyone went to their houses. When I got to my house, I packed a few things that needed to be packed away before I would start my search again. As I closed a box with tape, I let out a sigh. I walked over to the window and looked out. The moon had set and the city lights were lit. Although I didn't like all the modern housing, I did like how the lights looked at night.

~Flashback~

Silas and I walked hand in hand in the woods.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked, not wanting to wait much longer.
"It's just a little bit farther." He said as he looked at me with a smile. Silas continued to lead me to a little opening. "Look up." I looked up at the sky and saw that it was clear, with only stars in the sky. "I remember you saying you loved the night sky."
"I do." I said as I continued to look up, memorized by the sky. "It's so beautiful."
"Not as much as you." I looked to Silas and smiled. He leaned in and kissed me on the lips.

~End of Flashback~

I brought my hand to my lips as I remembered the kiss. It's been two thousand years and I could still feel his kiss. The feeling amazed me, but that's what kept me going in my search for him. 'Silas'. I couldn't help but think about him. I knew that he was out there somewhere, but I didn't know where. Whenever I would close to finding where he was, it was never true. 'It'll be different this time' I thought because I had a good feeling that I would find him.

~ I know the first chapter isn't the best, but it's a basic intro to Danielle 'Dani's' character. There will be more flashbacks/dreams in future chapters (as I post this... there are only two other flashbacks, but I'll be writing more). There is a lot of the Silas/Dani relationship to explore, but past and what will happen in the future when they finally see each other again.

~ Most of the chapters will be about the same length, if you don't like these shorter chapters... then you can read my other stories because they have longer chapters. I thought it was one way to make it different than my other stories, that and the rest of the things I want to add into the story.

~ Tessa will be in this story (not counting flashbacks) and (of course) Silas, Katherine, Damon, Stefan and some other characters. If there anything you'd like to see... please share and I might be able to infuse it with chapters that I haven't written yet. There will be some Dani/Stefan moments later on but most of them won't happen until around Chapters 7 and 8. Silas/Dani scenes will happen in both flashbacks and some in present time.

~ I started writing this story between my work breaks on my Ipod and almost wrote one chapter a day for a week... but I only have 6 currently complete chapters written. Chapter 7 sort of starts when it'll start to go away from what has happened in the season (for obvious reasons).

~ Please check out my other stories, the two that I'll be focusing on the most are 'Love Changes Things' (TVD season 4) and my other new story 'Down The Rabbit Hole' (The Originals season 1)
~ I might be making a new cover just so the words are easier to see. (depends on what you think of it)

R&R 'till the next update