" The Battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted from this battle? Ms. Bennet?" The history teacher asked Bonnie. " Uhm.... a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." she responds, and the others laugh. " Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms.Bennet. Mr.Donovan? Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?" He asked Matt. " It's okay, Mr.Tanner. I'm cool with it." He says that, and the others start laughing again. Alec just smiled. " Hmm, Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significant historical events." He asked Elena.
" I'm sorry I- I- don't know," she says, shaking her head. " I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons Elena. But the personal excuses ended with the summer break." Mr.Tanner says. " There were three hundred and forty-six casualties in this battle," Alec said, making the others look at him. " That's correct Mr? ." " Alec Wadsworth." " Ahh Mr. Wadsworth. But there were no civilian casualties in this battle." Mr. Tanner says.
At this point, Alec didn't pay any attention to the class as he played his rings. A habit he developed whenever he was in deep thought. Before coming here, Alec always worked while studying. Not to be narcissistic, but Alec never failed any exam, even though he barely had time to study. 'All the hard work paid off at least ' Alec thought to himself. He bought his own house here, and though it's small, Alec didn't mind that. The car was given to him by one of the caretakers in the orphanage where he lived before since Alec passed all the exams.
She's such a sweet person, but she died while protecting Alec. Both of them are on the run from someone on their way to the orphanage. She never explained to Alec what was going on, Alec recalled that she whispered something, and Alec became temporarily blind and his hearing was disabled. ' She a witch? Wait, witches, are real!' That was all Alec thought at that moment. Weirdly, he didn't freak out. All he felt at that time was awe and curiosity. Maybe it was because he's a weirdo too, due to he healed faster than normal when hurting and never got sick.
When Alec got his vision and hearing back, he saw Ms. Nancy on the floor with a lot of blood around her. Running to her side, Alec wanted to call for help, but she held Alec's hand and whispered something in Alec's ear: "Hide.. run... use your ring always... Cough... Never take off." With that, Ms. Nancy took her last breath on Alec's lap.
Alec's train of thought was cut off when the bells rang. Packing up his backpack, Alec goes to his locker and accidentally cuts his finger. Suddenly his locker door was being closed by someone, and Alec was startled when he saw Stefan standing close to him. " What do you want, dude," Alec inquired. " Uh, what? No, I'm sorry. Nothing. Gotta go." Stefan quickly walked away before Alec could raise a question. Alec swears he saw Stefan's eye go black, but he's unsure because it only happened for a brief moment. Shrugging his shoulders, he went to his next class.
STEFAN POV
I was talking with Elena when I caught a whiff of an intoxicating smell. The scent almost made me lose control in front of Elena. I excused myself from Elena before scurrying off. He followed the scent, and Stefan felt confused when he couldn't smell it. Going further, he stopped in front of someone's locker, where the scent smelled stronger. Stefan took a deep breath to control himself before closing the locker to see who was behind it.
Stefan swears he almost changed, but fortunately, he managed to control himself. He saw the blue-eyed kid; Alec. Stefan was unsure if he had found the right person. " What do you want, dude," he heard Alec say, slightly irritated. Stefan then realises he's been staring at Alec. " Uh, what? No, I'm sorry. Nothing. Gotta go." I said this quickly before walking away, leaving a confused Alec behind.
End of Stefan's pov~
Alec was at the party in the woods that Caroline invited him to. He sat near the firewood while drinking alcohol. Bonnie and I were talking about something when Stefan came our way. " Hey, do you guys see Elena?" he asked, smiling, but Alec felt like Stefan avoided eye contact with him. " Ohhh maybe she went to find Jeremy over there," Bonnie said. " Ahh, thanks," smiling Stefan walks away to find Elena. " So Alec, tell me about yourself, man. We knew so little about you," Bonnie said, urging him and pouting her mouth.
Alec laughed at her. "Alright, fair enough. I was an orphan, as you already knew. Uh, parents were murdered. " What! Sorry to hear that." Bonnie said. " Nah it's fine. Anyway, I lived in an orphanage for 16 years and recently moved here," " and I practised martial arts too." Alec smirked when he saw Bonnie looking bored. " That's all you going to say? Seriously." Bonnie said she was unsatisfied. Alec was about to say something when Caroline called Bonnie over. " Welp gotta go see ya later," Bonnie said before walking over to Caroline.
" Well, it's just me then," said Alec before walking around the woods. He was wandering slightly away from the party when he heard a scream. Startled, Alec ran into the source of the sound and saw a girl drop to the floor, bleeding on the side of her neck. Alec saw a shadow of a man, and then it was gone. As if it was just Alec's imagination. He picked up the girl and saw Elena and a boy coming his way. " Elena helped me, I heard a scream and saw her already in this state." Elena looked shocked " I- o-okay c'mon this way," she said, trying to calm herself and the other boy.
"Somebody helped! " Elena shouted as Matt and the others came over, surrounding us. " Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?!," Matt asked, scared, as I laid the girl on the floor and put pressure on her neck, trying to stop the bleeding. " What happened to her?" Lockwood asked. " Somebody called an ambulance!" Matt yelled, and Tyler started pushing people back. " Everybody back up, give her some space!" Tyler shouted. " It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood." Elena repeat what Alec said to her. " She needs an ambulance. Like NOW. " Alec said feelings irritated with the noise while applying more pressure on her wound. " Vicki, Vicki, come on. Open your eyes, look at me," Matt said.
I just finished talking with the police after the paramedics picked up Vicki, Matt's younger sister, in the ambulance, and Animal Control is next to it. Elena handed me a wet wipe as I walked over to her and Jeremiah or Jeremy, who were Elena's younger brothers, to wipe Vicki's blood on me. " Thanks. Anyway, you two should head home. It's dangerous right now. " Alec said, then walked away, leaving the two behind quarrelling. " Not my business," Alec whispered to himself. Kind of dick, but Alec saw that they needed to settle whatever conflict they had without strangers around.
Alec was in Mr. Tanner's class right now as he talked about a comet that is happening tomorrow night. "Originally discovered nearly five centuries ago, it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over a hundred and forty-five years. Now the comet will be at its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration. Are we bothering you, Mr.Salvatore? Ms.Gilbert?" Tanner says, looking between them. Alec is just trapped in his thoughts as he keeps thinking about what happened in the woods.
'Is it a vampire?' Alec felt that was impossible, but he has witnessed and experienced supernatural things too. 'Maybe vampires exist too' He should feel fear, but he doesn't. Alec flinched when he felt his shoulders touching. Looking up, he saw Stefan say, "Class is over. He looked around, seeing both of them left in the class. Alec quickly got up and tried to leave after saying thanks to Stefan, but Stefan beat him at that. "Wait! Are you okay? You know, after what happened?" he asked, looking genuinely worried and slightly uncomfortable.
Alec stared at Stefan and said, "Come on, what am I? A frail little girl? Dude, I'm fine. No worries." Alec replies while smirking at Stefan. "Well, alright, come on then," Stefan said, grinning as they walked out of the class.
"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow. They said she only survived because of Alec. So thanks." Matt says as he smiles at me. They're at the hospital right now, visiting Matt's sisters. "No problem, I got you, bro." said Alec. "That's good news," Elena says. "Yeah," Matt says. "Did you get in touch with your mom?" Alec heard Elena ask Matt. "I called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so... we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home." He says.
"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" Alec asked to intervene in their conversation before it got too personal for Alec's liking. "She said it was a vampire." He is unsure. "What!?" Elena asked. 'Maybe my assumption is true then' Alec thought to himself. "Yeah, she woke up last night and muttered 'vampire' and passed out." "Ok, that's weird," Elena says. "Maybe she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guys?" Matt asked. Alec takes that as a sign to get his ass away from their conversation.
Alec is right now with Elena at Stefan's house, where Elena forced him to and make sad faces. Alec had no choice but to agree with the girl, as she said she had no one to accompany her. Feeling pity, Alec just went along with her. "Anyway, why do I need to enter with you? I could just wait in the car, you know," Alec sighed, feeling uneasy as he looked at the big house. Mansion maybe.
"Because you're as much a friend to him as he is to me," Elena said while grinning. "I doubt you two are 'friends' huh," Alec said, smirking when he saw Elena getting red and smiling at Alec before pulling on the bell with her right hand and the door creaking open. Elena wants to walk in, but Alec holds her wrist "Don't you think we should wait for him to welcome us, Elena?" Alec said he felt uneasy. "It's fine, the door is opened. Come on." Elena walk in before Alec could say anything.
"Bloody hell," Alec cursed before following Elena. "Stefan?" Elena asked as we walked around, looking for Stefan. I looked at the huge living room he was not there, and we heard a creaking sound from behind us. We walked over to the door that is now open all there, and a crow comes flying in, Elena screeched as we turned around, being met with a guy with black hair and blue eyes and roughly 6'0" tall. Alec immediately put Elena behind her and got into a fighting stance.
We're still in the Salvatore Boarding House with the stranger in front of us. "We're sorry for barging in," Elena says. " Yeah, the door was..." I said this and looked behind me to see that the door was now closed. "open." I say this and quickly look at him warily, still in front of Elena. "Ah, you must be Elena Gilbert. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother. He said this as he looked at us, Elena in particular. Then he looked back at me, eyeing me up and down. "And who would you be?" He asked, smirking.
" Alec, friends," Alec says curtly. The man nodded, completely ignoring Alec's rude remarks. Alec felt uncomfortable with the man's vibe. "He doesn't tell us he had a brother," Elena says. "Well, Stefan is not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second." He says this and leads us to his living room. "Wow. This is your living room?" Elena asks as we notice how huge the room is. "Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auctions. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why my brothers are so smitten." He said this as we looked at him. "It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he would get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him." Damon says. Alec didn't know if he should hear about this, but it would be rude if he excused himself. Hell,he doesn't know where to go.
Alec heard the names Kathrine, ex-girlfriend, and whatever. Yuppp he shouldn't hear this right now. Alec sighed, waiting for this conversation to be over. "Except you. You've never dated anyone, did you?" Damon said, pointing at me. Being pointed at so suddenly, Alec just shakes his head and keeps a bitch face as he hears Elena say "You made it sound like every relationship is doomed to end." "I'm a Fatalist. Hello, Stefan." Damon says as his eyes linger on me before looking away. We turned around and saw Stefan. "Elena, Alec. I didn't know you two were coming over." He says this as Elena starts walking towards him. "I know. I should have called, I just -," She says that, and Damon stands beside me, interrupting her as we look at him.
"Oh, don't be silly. You two are welcome here at any time. Aren't they, Stefan?" Damon asks, walking over to him. "You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some home movies. But... I have to warn you. He wasn't always such a looker." Damon said, and Elena smiled at him. "Thank you for stopping by, Elena, Alec. Nice to see you both." Stefan said. "Yeah, we should probably go now," Alec said as he eyed the other black-haired Salvatore, who was just smiling. "It was nice to meet you, Damon," Elena says.
"Great meeting you too, Elena," says Damon as he kisses the back of her hand and lets go while narrowing his eyes at Alec, who stares back at Damon. I broke eye contact and saw him smirking as we both prepared to go out. Stefan stood in front of us. "Stefan?" Elena asked. "Dude, come on," Alec said in a slightly irritated tone. He finally moved to the left side to let us live.
After dropping Elena off at her house, Alec showered before doing some exercise in his backyard. Unfortunately, he can't exercise in the house anymore since it takes up a lot of space. So he just uses his backyard as a training ground. Taking his shirt off, there is a small tattoo on his spine; a snake wrapped around a sword with wings.
He gets with it when he's fifteen. secretly, but was found out eventually. Alec was panting as he was doing his exercise and stopped to get ready for the comet. The other begged him to go okay. It's not like he's got another choice with Caroline's personality.
Alec was driving as Elena and Bonnie talked to each other. Alec agreed to pick up the two of them. Now, they're walking and passing out flyers for the event; handing them out to various people walking past us. Well, Bonnie forced him to help. Rolling his eyes, again, Alec heard both of them talking. " He didn't call, huh?" Bonnie asked. "Or texted. But I realised we never even exchanged that stuff," said Elena with a sigh. At that point, I just hand over the flyers to give them some privacy and ditch them off.
Alec was on his way to go back to the crowded place when he was pulled unprepared, and his back hit the walls hard. Alec grunted before looking up at the attacker. He saw Damon smirking down at him. Alec struggled to get out of his grasp, but Damon was stronger. "Now, now. Why don't you calm down, huh, doll?" Damon says this while grinning. "What the fuck doll?! My name is Alec." Alec yelled at Damon, who still had his shit-eating grin. "I'm curious," Damon started as he traced Alec's face with his eyes.
"Why can't I smell any emotion out of you? There's no fear, nervousness, anger, or nothing." Damon stared at Alec's blue-eyed face, which had the same colour as Damon's but was brighter. "What are you? You're not normal, are you?" Damon asks, but it comes more as a statement than a question. Alec wanted to answer back when Damon's face suddenly changed—black eyes with veins bulging on the eyes and a pair of fangs. Damon bit down on the side of Alec's neck, his right hand covering Alec's muffled scream due to the pain as a comet passed over. Alec could feel the teeth pierce his skin as Damon sucked his blood.
It's been 2 minutes, and Damon is still sucking his blood while moaning and whispering some incoherent words. He grasps Alec in tight grips as he feels Alec thrashing around. Alec feels overwhelmed right now. Damon wouldn't budge, and he kept a dead grip on Alec. It's already been almost 4 minutes, but Damon still didn't back down as Alec started to feel dizzy.
Then, Damon was suddenly thrown over. Alec looked up, seeing Stefan trying to snap Damon...neck. But before he could, Damon punched his gut, making Stefan fly a couple of feet away. Shocking Alec. Abruptly, Damon was in front of Alec, who clutched his neck, but Stefan came in between them, snapping Damon's neck before he could do anything else. Alec stood frozen and looked directly at Stefan's dark, black eyes before Stefan brought Damon's body and ran away from there.
Alec went to his knees, feeling all his emotions at once. Then he quickly got up, went to his car, and drove off from there to his house. Once inside the house, Alec quickly locked all the doors and got to the shower. While showering, Alec took a deep breath to calm himself down. It'll be a lie if he says he's not afraid. Damon would literally just devour him if Stefan didn't step in. But Stefan was no worse than Damon. His eyes looked so much darker, and his spine felt cold seeing the look in his eyes. "I guess it answered my question.
"The vampire is indeed real, and it was a friend too." Alec muttered. He touched his neck where it was bitten but frowned when he didn't feel anything, not even scars. 'It must have been healing.' Alec thought as he remembered his weird attributes. As soon as he hit the bed, Alec immediately fell asleep, forgetting all the problems he had to face this morning.