As soon as I walked through the door to the house, I can hear Stefan whining. I was gone for the whole day and I feel tired to deal with this.

"Come on, Stefan. It's bed time." I hear Lexi, sounding tired of arguing with a six year old. I sighed at her words. I knew that as soon as she saw me, she would want to leave as fast as possible. I finally got the energy and entered the living room where they were. Something was different though, Stefan was actually crying, something he had stopped doing for a while. Lexi's back was turned to me while she was kneeling, talking to Stefan who was sitting on the couch. As soon as she heard the door open, she stood up and faced me. Lexi gave me a sigh while nodding towards Stefan, who was looking down, sniffling. He hadn't heard me enter.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I said. I slowly walked over to him until I was right in front of him. Stefan looked up and I could tell by Stefan's red eyes that he had been crying for a long time now. Suprisingly, He jumped on top of me and I had to carry him unless he would fall down. Stefan continued crying into my shoulder and kept his arms tight around my neck. I hadn't carried Stefan in a long time because Stefan is older now.

I looked over to Lexi and she gave me a look to say that she'll be going. I gave her a short nod which she looked reliefed for.

"I have to go Stefan but your brother is going to help you." Lexi said to him. Stefan didn't move so she sighed and left.

"What's wrong?" I asked again while rubbing his back to calm him down.

"The nightmare is going to scare me again." He finally said. I sighed. This week Stefan has been complaining about some nightmare and the only thing he remembers is a vampire, blood, and someone dying.

I stood there until he calmed down and finally when I felt like he was fine, I made my way to his room and stood in front of his bed.

"Stefan it's only a nightmare. You're going to be alright." I whispered to him while trying to put him down but he wouldn't let go of me. I was running out of energy remembering how I haven't had blood.

"I don't want to go to sleep, Damon. The nightmare feels real." He said while sniffling.

"Stefan." I started saying but stopped. I could see that Stefan looked like he was going to start crying again by the tears forming. I sighed.

"Do you want to sleep in my room so you won't feel scared?" I asked tired. I felt him nod.

I walked over to my room now and went straight to bed. I put Stefan down and shockingly he was already asleep. He must have been dead tired since it's late. I layed down next to him with Stefan close to me, remembering how this was how Stefan was when we were human.

Flashback 1800's

I was walking towards my room when I heard the familiar cry. Father had told me to ignore it, that Stefan has to learn how to handle with nightmares on his own but I can't bare to hear my little brother suffer. I quietly entered his room and I could see Stefan hiding under his covers.

"Stefan?" I whispered to him while approaching his bed. Stefan took the covers off revealing his frightened face.

"Don't tell Father I'm crying. He is going to be angry." Stefan said between sniffs. I didn't say anything and sat next to him on his bed.

"Why were you crying?" I asked softly. I perfectly well knew the reason but didn't know what to say.

"I keep on having nightmares. The monsters are going to get me Damon." Stefan said while wiping a tear away. I stared at him, knowing I am unable to help him. Stefan has suffered too long that even I couldn't help.

I stared blankly ahead, deep into my thoughts. It's been a few hours now and I haven't been able to sleep. Stefan was sleeping while hugging me and I stroked his hair to keep him calm. I came out of my thoughts when I heard Stefan make noises.

"Stefan." I whispered down to him. He was probably having his bad dream right now. I was about to wake him up when I got an idea. I hesitated for a second but made my choice when Stefan started whimpering. I slowly put my hands on his head and closed my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, I was standing in a room. There were piles of dead bodies surrounding me. There were men and women covered in pools of blood. What is Stefan dreaming of?

I walked around and found a newspaper. It was like any newspaper but what popped out was the year. 1917? Why would Stefan be dreaming of the year 1917?

I walked out of the room and my eyes widened at what I saw outside. The whole village was full of dead bodies covered in blood. I bit my lip and I almost forgot I was in Stefan's dream when I heard someone panting. I turned around when I saw Stefan running towards me.

"Damon! He's going to get me. He wants to kill me." Stefan said and hugged me, scared to death. I was going to tell him he was dreaming but my mouth said something different.

"Who wants to kill you?" I said while kneeling to him. Stefan was covered in dirt and had a few cuts on him. I had to keep on reminding myself that he wasn't actually hurt.

"The vampire. He's hurting someone right now." Stefan said while starting to cry but tried to hide it.

I walked over to the direction Stefan came from but he kept on pulling my arm so I wouldn't go.

"No Damon. He's really scary. Please don't go over there." Stefan pleaded while pulling my arm.

"Stef, he isn't going to hurt you or me. You're going to be fine. I promise." I told him. I could keep him that promise since this was only in Stefan's head.

I continued walking and this whole village was a mess. There were houses on fire and more people dead on the floor.

I started to hear someone as I got closer to the back of a building. Stefan was scared, walking behind me.

"Please! Don't-" I heard someone plead but was cut off. I got closer and saw a vampire feeding off a man. I couldn't tell who it was so I got closer. My eyes widened when I caught a quick glimpse of the vampire's face.

"Stefan." I said really quietly that no one would be able to hear me. It was Stefan, my 17 year old brother feeding off this man. I finally realized where we were. This was when Stefan was the ripper and killed the whole village.

"Damon. Let's go. He's going to hurt us next." Stefan tugged me from behind. This wasn't Stefan's dream, it was only an old memory of the original Stefan that I know he will always feel guilty for.

"He's not going to be able to hurt you." I whispered down to him. I walked closer that now we were about 3 feet away from Stefan feeding off the man.

"Damon!" Stefan whispered from behind me trying to make me leave. Instead I picked him up and he hugged me scared of how close he was to the vampire.

"Stefan look. He can't see us. He isn't going to be able to hurt you." I said while still staring at my 17 year old brother in front of me. I haven't seen him in 6 years and I still have 11 years to go. I could tell that my Stefan that I was carrying finally faced him and knew that I was right.

"You think you're going to be fine from now on?" I said down to him. After a few seconds he finally nodded.

"You're always going to protect me from vampires, right?" He asked while staring at me. I gave him a small smile.

"I will always be here for you little brother." I whispered and I saw his eyes fill with happiness.

I opened my eyes and noticed that I was back in my room. I looked down at Stefan and he was sleeping peacefully, not whimpering anymore.

"I'm always going to protect you little brother. I promise." I whispered down to him and he continued to sleep.

I know it's been months since I've updated and this chapter still might have seem rushed to some of you but I tried my best to make this longer. I was going to wait to update this when I had my other chapters ready but I've made you guys wait too long so I gave you this one for now. The next one will be longer and more interesting because I am already writing it and it already passed the amount of words this chapter had. Please favorite and review and again I am sorry for the long wait. Like I have said before I want to complete this story so however long it takes I will complete it. Anyways, hope you liked it and make sure to come back and check when I upload the next chapter. You can also send me in suggestions for a future chapter and I might be able to make it. Remember reviews let me know people are actually enjoying my stories. Thanks!