Elena woke up early on the day of the Founder's Day parade. She taken a long warm shower and she was about to put on her makeup in the bathroom mirror when she froze. In the valley between her breasts there was two dark tattoo like marks.

Elena took off her bra so she could see the marks better and leaned closer to the mirror. One of the marks looked almost like the Viking rune YR which meant death, end or war except the lines were more flowing. The second mark almost looked like the Viking rune ALGIZ which meant life, beginning and protection, this mark was also more flowing than the original.

"What the fuck is going on?" Elena muttered to herself. She decided to talk to Damon and Stefan at a later date, she just wanted the Founders' Day parade out of the way first.

Around an hour later, Jenna was helping Elena with her Founders' Day parade dress. She had refused to use the one Elena had used in the show, mustard-ish yellow really wasn't her color. Instead she had chosen a dress in almost the same design except it was red and black.

"Did woman in the 1800s learn not to breath?" Elena gasped as Jenna tightened the corset of the dress.

"Suck it in, baby." Jenna laughed.

After the torture device...eh...corset was tied and Elena had put on a choker, which she had borrowed from Anna, that matched the dress, she made her way down the stairs.

"You look radiant, Lena." Jeremy, who was dressed as soldier, kissed her on the cheek.

"Thank you, kind sir." Elena curtsied with a giggle. "You look very handsome."

"Thanks." Jeremy blushed a little, then he turned around to open the door when someone knocked.

"Hey Anna, you look beautiful." Jeremy said wide eyed as he looked at Anna who was on the other side of the door.

"Thank you, Jeremy." Anna smiled brightly. "Never thought I would get a chance to wear my old clothes again."

"Is it true that you learned how not to breath?" Elena asked as she tried to take a deep breath.

"The trick isn't not to breath," Anna smirked. "It's to learn how to breath in the right way."

"And the right way being?" Elena wondered.

"Instead of breathing with your entire ribcage you just breath with your upper chest." Anna explained as she demonstrated. "Just breath normally as you use the upper chest and you'll be fine."

Elena tried to breath as Anna instructed and noticed that it became easier the longer she did it, "Thank you, Anna, you're a life saver."

"No problem." Anna giggled. "Are you two ready to go?"

"Yeah, we're just waiting for aunt Jenna." Jeremy kissed Anna softly. "She's our chauffer for today."

"And here I am." Jenna walked in from the kitchen with a camera. "I need pictures!"

"Aunt Jenna." Elena chuckled but went to stand beside Jeremy while Anna was on his other side.

After a lot of pictures had been taken, they finally arrived at the high school and split up so they could go find their respective places.

Elena saw Damon and Stefan standing talking some paces away and started to make her way over to them, Stefan was wearing regular clothes, not having to be in the parade, but Damon was dressed as an 1800s gentlemen in a dark charcoal grey suit whit a brown tie thing and a red waistcoat to match her dress.

She smiled and curtsied at them when they saw her approaching them.

"You look absolutely stunning." Damon murmured as he kissed the back of her hand.

"He's right, you look beautiful." Stefan smiled as he kissed her other hand.

"And you both look very dashing." Elena complimented with a giggle.

They walked around while Damon and Stefan told her what they had found out about John and his connection to Isobel and her.

"Huh." Elena hummed when they were done.

Damon laughed and smirkingly held out a hand towards Stefan, "Told you it wouldn't face her, pay up."

"Damn." Stefan grumbled and gave Damon a twenty, then he mock glared at Elena. "Couldn't you have reacted like a normal person for once?"

"Stefan, sweetie, normal people freak me out." Elena patted his cheek.

"Understandable." Damon nodded seriously. Then all three of them started to laugh.

"What am I supposed to do now?" Elena giggled. "Give John a cake that says 'Congratulations, it's a teenaged girl!'?"

"Can I be there when you do?" Damon looked delighted at the prospect, "Maybe he'll have a heart attack."

"Damon!" Stefan laughed.

"What?" Damon smirked.

"You two should make your way over to the Miss Mystic float." Stefan smirked, happy that he could just be in the crowed.

"Do we have to?" Elena groaned, not looking forward to standing up on a float and have everyone staring at her.

"Come on, you'll do fine." Damon reassured her and led her away towards the right float.

As the floats started to parade Elena could hear Carol Lockwood commenting. "Let's give a big hand to the Mystic Fall's Marching Band!" The crowd applauded and whistled.

"And for a little local history, Mr. Saltzman's students have recreated Virginia's Battle of Willow Creek." Carol's voiced sounded.

"I hope Stefan or Jenna takes pictures of Jeremy on that float." Elena whispered to Damon with giggle.

Carol's voice came over the speakers again. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our stunning Miss Mystic Falls Court and their handsome escorts."

"Are you going to frame them to?" Damon asked out of the corner of his mouth even as they both started to smile and wave at the crowd.

"This is Caroline Forbes, Miss Mystic Falls." You could hear the smile in Carol's voice.

"Of course, I'm going to frame it." Elena smiled brightly, then she saw Bonnie and Stefan standing in the crowd so she waved at them with a smile.

"Let's cheer for the Mystic Fall's high school football team." Carol called out. "Alright! Let's show them our support, everybody!"

XOXOXOX

A few hours later Elena, Damon, Stefan and Jeremy walked around the town, waiting for the firework display, all off them back in modern clothes.

"Where is Anna?" Elena looked around.

"She went home to change and said she would meet us here when she was done." Jeremy told her.

"Okay, I hope she gets here before the fireworks." Elena smiled.

"What's with the look?" Damon asked Elena after a while, seeing her frown.

"I was thinking about liquid vervain and tattoos." Elena hummed. "Would a tattoo made with ink mixed with vervain work against vampires?"

"That is a really genius idea, at least if it works." Stefan muttered. "Sadly, I can't answer with certainty. Do you know, Damon?"

"I don't know but if it did that would be great." Damon looked thoughtful.

"But what if you have a tattoo like that made when you're human but then get turned into a vampire?" Elena wondered slowly. "Would that be like having a spot on your body constantly burning or would you get used to it?"

"Planning something?" Jeremy asked with a smirk.

"Huh?" Elena looked at him and shrugged. "No, I wasn't thinking about turning, I'm only seventeen, maybe in the future though. I was thinking more along the lines if Damon or Stefan had given me their blood to heal something and then later I, I don't know, fell down the stair and died."

"Guys, we have a problem!" Anna came running up to them.

"Are you okay?" Jeremy asked, instantly worried.

"Yeah I'm fine but the vampires from the tomb are planning an attack tonight." Anna looked at them.

"How do you know?" Stefan asked.

"I heard two of them talking so I went to their meeting." Anna explained. "They think I'm with them but I'm not. They want the Founding Families dead."

"When is the attack supposed to happen?" Damon asked, already planning and calculating.

"When the fireworks start." Anna told him.

"John Gilbert wants to use the device on them." Damon groaned.

"Then we can't be here!" Anna sounded scared.

"We don't know if the device will work." Elena said softly. "Bonnie was supposed to deactivate it but her hate for vampires is very deep so I don't think she actually did."

"Elena." Jeremy walked over to his sister when he saw the tears in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry, I thought I would have more time to get the device from uncle John." Elena said heavily, worried about her friends.

"Hey, we don't blame you, Elena." Damon pulled her into a hug.

"We'll just have to plan for both scenarios." Stefan hummed in thought.

"Anna and Jeremy, I want you two to go to the Gilbert cabin and be on standby with Harper and Pearl to come to the rescue if the device is deactivated." Damon ordered as he quickly came up with a plan. "We will arm the ones in the know with vervain and stakes just in case."

"Sound good." Anna agreed and pulled Jeremy with her as she left to go to the Gilbert cabin.

"Stefan, Elena, I want you two to walk around and help protect people if they get attacked. I would love to tell you to go home Elena but I know you would laugh in my face for that." Damon sighed. "I'll go talk to Ric and Jenna and tell them what's going on."

"But what if Bonnie didn't deactivate it?" Elena asked. "Then you and Stefan will be in danger."

"We'll be fine." Damon smirked at her.

"If either of you get killed because of this, I'm going to bring you back just so I can kill you myself for being a reckless idiot." Elena glared at the Salvatore brothers before she walked off with a huff, Stefan following behind her with a chuckle.

Elena and Stefan had been walking around for a while when Stefan suddenly fell to his knees holding his head.

"Stefan!" Elena ran up to him. "What's going on? What's happening?"

"My head!" Stefan groaned in pain.

Elena sat down on the ground and pulled Stefans head into her lap, trying to help him ease the pain all the while feeling the betrayal welling up in her chest.

"Thank you for derailing that deputy." Elena looked up at Alaric as he came over to them.

"No problem." Alaric said as he helped Stefan up and led them towards the stairs. "Vampires are going down all over town. The cops inject anyone who goes down with vervain."

"Where's Damon?" Elena asked worried about her friend.

"I don't know." Alaric tells her slowly. "He gave me instructions and then he rushed off."

"I'm just glad that Jeremy brought Anna home to Pearl and Harper." Elena sounded relived. "Hopefully that's far enough out of town for the device not to reach."

When the whole thing was over, Stefan rubbed his head. "It was like needles where piercing my skull and then it just stopped."

"I saw at least five vampires go down." Alaric told them. "They're taking them to your family's old building, Elena."

"It's the Gilbert device." Stefan muttered. "It has to be."

"How could Bonnie do this?" Elena looked both sad and betrayed.

"We asked her to deactivate a device that could protect people against vampires." Stefan noted with a shrug.

"But not all vampires deserve to die." Elena murmured feeling equally as pissed as she did sad.

"A vampire is a vampire to her." Stefan rubbed Elenas back.

"You said they brought all vampires to my family's old building, right?" Elena looked at Alaric and at his nod she continued. "Then Damon is probably there. Let's go."

Elena started to jog towards the building where the vampires were supposed to be when Stefan gasped when they got close.

"Wait, wait, wait, I can hear them." Stefan looked wide eyed at Elena. "The building is on fire."

"What?!" Elena called out in shock even as she sped up.

"The building is on fire." Stefan repeated.

She saw John close to the building and ran up to him, "Where is Damon?"

"With the rest of them, where he should be." John declared, almost sounding proud. "It's over for Damon."

"You're crazy!" Elena sneered and it took everything in her not to punch him.

"Why? Because I'm doing what should have been done a hundred and forty five years ago?" John asked with a glare. "This is the right thing, Elena."

Stefan looked at the building, wanting to go in there and save his brother.

"Go ahead, you won't make it out." John smirked at him. "It'll save me the trouble of killing you myself."

At that Elena had had enough and punched John in the face hard enough to break his nose, "You are a despicable person and Stefan and Damon are ten times the men you will ever be!"

"You know the building well, is there another way in?" Stefan asked Elena desperately.

"Utility door, there's one around the side." Elena informed him and goes to follow him when he goes towards the building but John caught her arm.

"You take one more step and I'll alert those deputies that they missed a vampire." John threatened her.

"You do that and I'll never talk to you ever again and sure as hell won't forgive you." Elena glared at him.

"Why should that matter to me?" John asked with a raised eyebrow.

"As my father it should matter, but I guess your hate for vampires are more important." Elena looked at him.

"You know." John said.

"Obviously." Elena sneered and walked away to where Stefan had disappeared.

"Stefan!" Elena called out as she saw Bonnie stand outside the burning building and tried to go in after Stefan.

"Elena, you can't go in there!" Bonnie told her.

"My friends are in there Bonnie!" Elena glared at her.

"I'm sorry I lied to you." Bonnie grabbed Elenas arm and started to recite a spell. "Ex spiritum intacullum, in terrum incendium, fes matos salvis adisdum!"

"Bonnie, I have to go in there so let go off me!" Elena tried to pry her arm free but Bonnies grip didn't budge as she kept reciting the spell.

"Oh my god!" Elena finally managed to get lose as Stefan came out of the building with Damon.

"Elena." Damon mumbled.

Elena fell to her knees beside Damon and Stefan and took out a pocket knife to cut her wrist and gave it to Damon. "Here, you need it."

"You would trust him with that?" Bonnie asked shocked.

"Yes." Elena answered without hesitation.

"I need to talk to you both." Elena looked at Damon and Stefan as they made their way towards the cars a few minutes later. "Can I come over to the boarding house tomorrow?"

"Absolutely." Damon nodded. "As I said the first time we met, you are always welcome."

"Thank you." Elena smiled and kissed first Damon and then Stefan on the cheek. "I'll see you both tomorrow.

"Good night, Elena." Damon and Stefan said at the same time and Stefan nudged his brother with a laugh.

Elena called Jeremy as she got out of the car at the Gilbert house three hours later, it had taken time to get home as it seems like someone had stolen some of her stuff. "I'm glad that you are all okay. Did the device affect Anna, Pearl or Harper at all?"

"Not even a little bit." Jeremy told her softly. "I'm relieved that you managed to save Damon, I would miss the sarcastic dick head."

"Are you staying with Anna tonight?" Elena asked with a laugh.

"Yeah, I think it's too late to ask Anna to drive me home." Jeremy said. "I already informed aunt Jenna."

"Okay, that's good." Elena opened the front door slowly. "Will you come to the hospital tomorrow? To visit Caroline?"

"Yeah, sure. I'll even bring her favorite pastries." Jeremy chuckled.

"I think she would like that." Elena smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow, little brother, love you lots."

"Bye Lena and I love you too." Jeremy sounded happy.

"Tell Pearl, Anna and Harper good night from me." Elena chuckled as she hung up her phone and made her way to the kitchen.

A/N: And there we have the conclusion of season 1!