Last chapter: 'The Devil's Demise'

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He stared into her eyes, then let his gaze roam over her hair and to her lips imprinting her in his mind. He knew her, he just did. It all started to make sense now, why he was always so anxious, why he always felt like his life was incomplete.

"Step away from her," Stefan shouted but he couldn't. "Devil, you're my servant, step away from her!" Stefan shouted.

"I refuse to bow to you, darkness, not again."

"Elena, you're breaking your promise," he hissed again but Damon could barely blink. "Return my memories, Elena," he said to her, stepping closer. "I know you did something to me,"

"I don't know what you're talking about me," Elena said, trying to get away.

Before Stefan could do something to tear her apart from him again, Damon turned and zapped him with a spell. Stefan fell back with a wicked cry and before he could regain his power, Damon held Elena closer and transformed them to his castle.

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It seemed like she was in the basement, the place he used to lock her up whenever she would get out of control.

"Damon." She whispered.

"I don't remember you but I know you are mine." He said, stepping closer.

"you need to let me go." She begged. "I promised him that I'll do whatever he says if he heals me. And I can't break my promise."

"But what about our promises." He said, as he punched the wall, making her squeal, "When we were in each other's arm promising each other eternity, one of us was lying," Damon whispered to her, "and it wasn't me,"

"I had no choice." She cried. "you'd died."

"Then you should have let me die," he shouted. "Give me my goddamn memories back." He hissed.

"I can't." She refused.

"Then you'd stay here until you do so." He said, his tone bold.

"If I give you your memories back, what you let me go?" She asked, holding his arm.

"Elena, I barely know you right now, but the connection I have with you, makes me want to rip everything into two, that parts us, how do you expect me to let you go when I get my memories back." He replied, truthfully, staring into her eyes. "The love I feel for you is uncontrollable. I envy the air that touches you, this fabric on your body, (he tore the sleeve) it shouldn't touch you so intimately, do you see what you do to me," He was towering her now, "Does that answer your question. You're not going anywhere. Not now. Not ever."

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"You did wrong by me, Elena." Stefan hissed. "you promised to obey me and you dare to break your promise. You don't know what I'd do to you." He closed his eyes, as he murmured a spell. "But how? How did Damon remember her."

"Love." He heard a female voice.

He turned to see Lexi stand behind him.

"Don't you see, darkness, you can never defeat love,"

"Lexi, my former chief." Stefan bowed mockingly.

"you tricked me." She accused him.

Stefan chuckled. "Well, it wasn't much my fault, you're vain. You call yourself chief of all goodness and yet you could never see my true intentions."

"Well, I admit, I was a fool but now that I have seen your true face, I'll destroy you." She said, raising her hand to cast a spell but before she could even move, Stefan materialized a dagger and aimed right into her heart.

Lexi choked blood as she fell on her knees.

"Did you forget I was your student," Stefan said, in a cold tone, "I know all your tricks, farewell goodness chief, see you in hell."

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She was sitting near the bars, while he looked at her like he had never seen anyone before, like she was the reason he existed, like she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

She didn't look back at him because she was afraid she would break and tell him everything. She needed to stay strong, breaking a promise with the darkness could cost her Damon's life, that she could never bear, ever again.

"Give up, Elena." Damon murmured.

She looked away, hiding her face in her hair

A wisp of air, came, flying her hair away from her face.

She smirked, remembering all the times that Damon had stayed with her, without her knowledge, the wisp of air was just so familiar, she knew he had generated that.

"Damon, you gotta let me go before he comes."

"He can never find us," Damon replied, stubbornly.

"He is the lord of darkness."

"And I'm the king of all evil." He replied, menacingly.

"Damon, I made an oath, you know I can't break it." She pleaded.

"I don't care, I don't care." He shouted. "It's either us or nothing, Elena. I'll die, I'll die gladly but I need you, I need our memories, I need it, please." He pleaded, like a child. His deep-set blue eyes were filled with grief, and the lines on his face spoke of a burning rage.

"I can't bear it. It hurts to be away from you." He said.

She couldn't stand it anymore. She lost.

She moved her hands through the bars and cupped his face, he reached closer and closer for her until their noses touched. Their mouths melded into hot, unending sweetness as he took charge of the kiss, hungrily tasting her lips, teasing her tongue with his own, trying to get his fill but he couldn't. It was impossible.

Slowly, slowly, she gave him his memories back, not overwhelming him. But he was shaking, it was euphoric, he had her in his arms, he remembered why he felt incomplete, why he always felt like there was hollowness in his chest, it was because his heart wasn't with him, his heart was away in the clutches of the cruel dark lord.

He pulled away as soon as he remembered Stefan.

"What happened?" Elena questioned him.

He raised his hand and the iron bars melted. He pulled Elena to him.

"I… broke my promise." Elena gasped, remembering what she'd done. "No. No." She tried to pull out of his grip but he held her tightly. "Damon, please let me…"

"No." He said, looking at her.

"Damon, he'll kill you."

"I rather die." He replied.

She felt tears slip out of her eyes, rolling down her cheek. "You don't understand-,"

She knew that breaking an oath always ends up with severe consequences. Especially a deal with the darkness himself.

"Look at me." he said, his voice breaking now, "Elena Gilbert, I was empty, hallow, a dead man without you. You taught me how to live, how to love and if I have to live without you then it's not worth it. I don't care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart."

She took him in her arms, burying her head in his neck. "I can't live without you either."

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Damon hid Elena in the cave where Cade had hidden the raven which held his life. He knew for the fact that no magical entity could ever leave it. He had a brilliant plan mapped up.

He was waiting by the fountain, waiting for Stefan for show up and like he had predicted Stefan did show up.

"Hello brother." Damon smirked as he saw Stefan enter.

Stefan shook his head and chuckled coldly, looking over at Elena. "So here we are, huh, you and I, brother, fighting over one girl that we both want."

"I want her because I love her, you want her because of your selfish purpose." Damon spat.

"Well, whatever you say. I don't have much time. Hand her over to me and I might spare you." Stefan said, stepping toward them.

Elena held Damon's arm tightly, hiding from Stefan's gaze.

"I see you have returned him his memories. You broke the oath, Elena. You know what that means right… I can now take anything from you." Stefan said, his eyes filled with fire.

"Of course, that is, if you ever reach her, and to reach her you have to go through me." Damon said, standing in front of her, hiding her from Stefan's direct gaze. He wouldn't want anyone to even look at her the wrong way.

Stefan shook his head again. "you really think you can beat me, the eternal, the entity that gave you your powers."

"I wouldn't fight you. I use this little thing called brain, that you surely forgot to use in your madness to get to Elena." Damon said gleefully.

Stefan raised a brow as if asking what he meant.

"You're trapped in your trap, Stefan." Damon said, circling his finger. "You're in the cave that no magical being can leave."

Stefan was shocked for a brief time but then he recomposed his face. "Well, if I can't leave then you and Elena can't leave either. I'll just kill you and then sacrifice Elena as soon as the sun sets, I'll be in my full form and then no magic can be parallel to mine."

"You forgot to count in one thing." He said, raising a small tube like thing.

"What is this?"

"The cure. Elena and I are taking cure. We'll no longer be magical entities. We'll be humans." He said, smiling.

"No. No." Stefan stepped toward them but Damon raised a wall of fire between them. He hurriedly passed the tube to Elena. She gulped down a couple of drops and then handed the remaining to Damon.

A beam of light hit them.

They could hear Stefan scream.

It was finally over.

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Stefan was enraged. Not only has Elena broke her promise and returned Damon his memories but Damon also destroyed his chances of returning to his full form, by tricking him and locking him in the cave. Now the one particular day of the year that he needed for the spell, the one day that comes once in decade was gone. He was locked up for good.

No one breaks oath to the lord of darkness.

And he would surely take revenge.

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The devil has died. Yes, he was dead. Damon Salvatore wasn't the devil anymore, he and Elena had drunken the potion to return to their human forms, to live a human life. Because that's what he and Elena wanted all along. They had returned to the falls, and back to their old apartment.

It had been five years to that fateful day that their lives had changed. Everything was normal. They were lying in bed, holding each other with only the sheet over them.

He trailed his hands down her face and neck, his fingertips moved down to the baby bump. She stared into his eyes as he caressed her stomach.

"When is the ultrasound?" He asked.

"Tomorrow," She said as she kissed the corner of his lips.

He trailed his fingers from her stomach to her naked hand, holding it, kissing the wedding band that marked she was his. Two years ago after their first born had turned two, they had gotten married. And it hadn't taken them long to make baby number two.

He kissed her shoulder then her neck and then her lips. Taking full possession of her lips, he let his tongue explore in her mouth. He reached down and groped her butt.

"It's also your birthday tomorrow." She murmured. "you'll be old. Thirty." She made a face, making him roll his eyes. "Thirty yes, but swoon worthy."

She let out a chuckle as she ruffled his hair.

"So what should I buy for your birthday."

"Nothing. I have you. I don't need anything else." He said, as kissed her lips over and over again.

"Mommy, Daddy, kissing?" Leo asked as he entered the room, his eyes closed.

"Oh, Leo. Shit." Damon said as he covered him and Elena with a blanket.

"Damon," Elena warned him, reminding him not to say the curse words in front of the children. (Yes, she thought baby number two could hear too.)

"Leo, mommy and I are busy." He said to his son who was always interrupting them.

"but you're only kissing." Leo replied peeking through his eyes.

"Yes, as I said we are busy." Damon replied, as Elena quickly wore her bra and underwear under the blanket to Damon's dismay.

"You're always kishing(kissing) mommy." Leo rolled his eyes. "That's not being beeezy(busy)."

"Little twit." Damon rolled his eyes just like Leo did a second ago. Elena laughed noticing how much they were both alike. "Don't be cheeky with dad," Damon reminded him.

By now Elena had already worn a sweater too.

She jumped down the bed, walking toward their little one.

"What is it, Leo? You okay?"

"I don't wanna sleep in my room, mommy, I see monster under bed." He complained again.

Damon huffed. As if monsters could enter the house of the man who used to be the uncrowned king of the evil. They wouldn't dare.

"Leo sonny. There is no such thing as monsters. You're so brave. You're my son. Even if there are monsters, you'd beat the crap outta them." Damon replied, lovingly. He wasn't like his father, he was kind, he was a loving and unlike typical fathers he didn't hide that under a layer. He picked up his pant from the floor in a quick move and wore it underneath the blanket.

"Do you want to sleep with us?" Elena asked him.

He nodded.

"Come here." Damon motioned him, smirking.

Leo ran toward his father and jumped into his arms. Damon wrapped his arms around his son, pushing him close to his chest and kissed him on top of his head.

"Goodnight, daddy."

"Goodnight sonny."

Elena smiled as she watched the duo interact. She wished with her heart no evil would ever reach her family again. But the evil was coming it was close.

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It's been five years more now. Everything was perfect. Damon and Elena had now slowly begun to forget their past; they had moved on to their normal life.

It was Leo seventh birthday. Damon and Elena had a daughter too now, her name was Alexa, as in named after Lexi, the angel that died for their union.

Elena had completed her studies and she was a working doctor now while Damon owned a pub. Their life was like any ordinary couple, except their extraordinary love and past.

Sometimes, Damon think he didn't deserve such a perfect life. He had ruined so many lives, if there was any God then he would never give Damon such a happy life. But then again, he had suffered so much pain, he earned it. He had earned Elena. He had cried tears for her. He had suffered pain for her. He deserved every bit of it. He would tell this to himself.

He relished every day of his life.

"Daddy," He was lost in his thoughts when he heard Alexa's voice. "Are you awake?" She said, shaking him.

"No." Damon said as he pulled her into bed, and tickled her with his nose.

"Daddy, stop. Please. I'm gonna pee." She said between giggles.

"What's up here?" Elena asked as she entered the room. Her hair was wet, she had just showered. She was as beautiful as the first time he had seen her on the road. What was with him today? Damon thought. Why was he thinking of the past so much?

"Daddy tickling." Alexa could barely speak.

"Damon, let her go, she needs to get ready for school." Elena said as she walked toward the dressing. She picked up compact, trying to hide the huge hickey Damon had given her just last night. Their love making sessions were just as steamy as they used to be. One minute they'd be watching tv and the next minute Damon would have her shirt on the floor, fucking the daylights out of her while she whispered his name in ecstasy.

"Why are you so beautiful!" Damon said, as jumped from the bed to her.

"Daddy flirting with mommy." Alexa said giggling.

Usually Elena would have brushed off his advances and told him to help her get the kids ready but today she had something to ask from him. She turned toward him and looped her arms around his neck. "why are you so handsome!"

"someone is in good mood." Damon murmured as he pulled her closer.

"Damon, can you do something for me."

"I'll give my life for you." He replied.

"I don't need your life, I just need your signature." She pouted.

"Oh no. No. NO!" He said as he pulled back. "Wicked witch, you really know your way with me."

"Damon, Leo really wants to go on this trip."

"Well, he's not going. I don't think it's safe." Damon replied, back to his strict father mode.

"It's a school trip."

"They can be careless, they can lose him, you know how devious he is."

"Says the devil." Elena muttered under her breath.

"Don't say that word inside my house." Damon replied.

"Please." Elena made a face.

"N-O."

"Please with sugar on top."

"No."

"Please with me on top." Elena said as she looped her arms around him again. She wouldn't be bribing her husband like that but Leo had begged her to appeal his case to Damon. In his words, 'Daddy would never say no to you, you're his favorite person in the world'.

"Elena, you know how uncomfortable I get whenever they're not within my eyesight range."

"Damon, stop being so over protective, let them live their life." She said.

Damon took a minute, then with a deep cold sigh, he nodded in defeat.

"Yeah." Elena shouted as she quickly pecked him, picked Alexa up and walked down the stairs.

Damon smiled seeing her happy but then an uncomfortable feeling took over him. Why did he feel like he had made a mistake?

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"I cannot believe we are doing this." Elena made a straight face.

So Damon had decided that, he, Elena and Alexa will be tailing the school bus, to the trip destination so they could make sure he was safe. Of course, Leo was unaware of he would have flipped.

The bus stopped at a certain picnic point. While all other kids roamed around, Damon and Elena stayed close to Leo, of course, he didn't know.

"I am just making sure, he is safe."

"When he is 18 he will have to move out, what would-,"

"La-La-I'm not listening." Damon said, loudly. "Wait, this place seems familiar." Damon said looking around. "Elena." He signaled to the cave. The very cave that Stefan was trapped in.

Leo was slowly walking toward it.

"LEO! Stop!" Damon shouted.

Leo halted immediately, looking back to see his parents close by. Damon rushed to him, and picked him up.

"Dad, what the-,"

"Keep quiet. Leo. Not a word." Damon said, for the first time in years, angry.

Leo hadn't ever seen his father so fierce. He quickly looked down, obediently.

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When Leo was eighteen, Damon and Elena told him all about their history, about how they met, what obstacles they had to face to be with each other, and all about Stefan. It was unbelievable for

"Is there no way to completely destroy him?" He asked, a little worried. Now he understood why his father was always paranoid whenever Leo had gone a bit far.

"Darkness is trapped but he can never be truly gone. Not so long as the world exist." Damon replied. "But you have to understand that there is a certain allure to darkness that we all will have, it will travel in our blood line,"

"The only way to defeat it, is love." Elena added. "Damon turned wicked when he was unloved. Darkness can never win from love."

Leo nodded. "I understand now."

"You'll be going to college this year, we thought it's finaly time you knew why we were always so protective." Damon said. "I know we were annoying folks but-,"

Leo embraced his father. "you care, I know."

Damon wrapped his arm around him. It was so hard to let him go, knowing how dark the world could be.

When he pulled back, Elena held his hand, whispering. "It's okay. You'll always have me."

"Like I would ever let you go." He whispered back.

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He had been reading a book when he fell asleep. Someone softly ruffled his hair, and took the book out of his hand. He opened his eyes to see Elena looking at him, so softly, her eyes filled with pure love.

"You were watching me sleep."

"Nah, I was watching you drool over Lexa's book."

"I so don't drool." Damon said, wiping the corner of his mouth.

A light wisp of wind passed, and so came in the light drizzle.

"It's raining," Elena said as she looked outside.

Before Damon could say anything she walked toward the balcony and twirled, spreading her arms.

Damon watched her awe struck. All these years and he still couldn't get over how beautiful she was.

"Wanna dance, Mr. Salvatore?" She said seductively.

He offered his hand.

As soon as she took it, he pulled her inside. "Nope. Too cold. You'll get sick."

"No fair. Damon you're no fun." She muttered but he held her in his arms tightly until she submitted and surrendered in his being.

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He had been sick for a while now. He never knew being human could be so tough. But old age was getting to them. But he still hurried toward the fountain where he had promised to meet her.

Forty years of their marriage and yet they were in love like a teenage couple.

She was holding and umbrella, talking to a neighbor.

"I told Lexi to bring her children for the holidays but I don't think she can make it this time. Leo would be coming by though. Damon is like… I don't want them, his children make too much noise, he even swore to write him off the will if he brought his what he calls devil's spawns, but I told Leo, it's fine, I'll handle that old man." She yapped non stop. "He's late again today."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Damon said as he walked toward her.

"Don't talk to me." Elena said as she walked forward, holding the other woman's arm.

"I was late because I was getting you something."

That stopped her. She turned to face him and saw him holding a white rose. "Excuse me." She said to the woman and walked toward Damon. "You went to the forest."

"To get you this." He said as he offered the flower again.

"Damon. You didn't need to go there." She said taking the flower. "You know it holds… bad memories."

"No. It doesn't." He said, holding her hand and caressing it. "I don't regret it. I am glad all that happened. I wouldn't have met you otherwise, and that would be tragic," he was serious as hell.

She laid her head against his shoulder. "All these years and…"

"and nothing changed." He said, cupping her face. "I love you. I love you like no one can. You're my heart."

She smiled a soft smile, shying from his gaze.

"Let's go home, you romantic old fool."

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He was holding her hand as the pain in his chest increased. The doctor had wanted to give him anesthesia but he refused. He knew this was the end of his human life. He had lived a long happy beautiful life with the woman he loved and this was it.

"Elena. Hold my hand please." Damon said as he took deep breathes.

"Dad, I've called the ambulance. You'll be okay." Leo said, worriedly.

Elena was quiet, her heart was beating as if she had run miles. She was holding his hand tightly, staring into his eyes.

"Smile, my love, your smile is far beautiful than a thousand stars,"

She smiled, leading his hand to her heart.

"My heart. Your heart."

He breathed his last breath as he stared deep in her eyes.

Tears rolled down her face as soon as she realized he had stopped breathing. "Damon." She could barely breath.

A wisp of wind passed, making her hair fly. And she could feel him again. He had never left. He was there.

"I love you." She whispered, feeling her heart break into a million pieces.

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Only after a week, she died too. It was shocking for everyone how she followed after her husband just so immediately but then again she couldn't live much longer without her husband, the man who had waited a thousand years for her, a man who had suffered for her, a man who had sacrificed his life for her.

Her soul walked toward the road she had first saw him. He was right there, arms wide. Young again like he used to be. She ran toward him, while he opened his arms for her, she jumped right into them.

"Damon. Oh. Damon, I missed you."

She seemed to relax and submit at that moment, so he pulled her closer to his chest and kissed her deeply until she moaned. She suddenly put her arms around him with an embrace of passion that told of her desperate need for his love, a love that could never be sated.

Legend says it that travelers can sometimes still see the pair of lovers, arms in arms, with each other, around that spot. Even in death they had found a way to each other. No power in the world could part them.

The story ends but this love story doesn't. Because true love stories don't end.

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So this is the end.

Let me be honest, the original end had a pretty sad ending. Elena was to die and the devil would be lost searching for her in the world, with no memories but I just couldn't do that to them. Damon and Elena should always be together no matter what. DE won me over too.

This is the reason I took so much time in updating.

I hoped you liked the brief life story of theirs after they got married

So this marks the end of another story, the devil's obsession. Please don't forget to review as it would mean the world to me. I really love what you guys have written for me in feedback.

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I have also written a new short story. Here are the details. It's very close to me as it is a very important issue and I relate to it. I'd love if you tell me your opinion about it.

Title: Like A Battered Winged Angel

Summary:

Damon had been in love with his best friend Elena since forever but she never noticed him and dated other guys, breaking his heart every time. Life takes a cruel turn when Elena's latest boyfriend turns out to be a human trafficker, he sells her to another con as a sex slave. It's up to Damon to save Elena before she gives up and it's too late. Dark theme. Angst. 4 episodes only.

This is super angsty. Damon is that one sided lover who always waits for her and Elena never notices him until the scary episode in her life. Please check this out.

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