SANA

MOAZZAM
1826

He was running for life, running as fast as his

legs would take him, he doesnt even know how
many times he tripped and stood up again to
keep his pace but they were coming, they were
close enough that he could sense them. His
stupid heart was thumping so hard that he was
worried it would give him away. He couldnt stop
to gather his breathe. He was in the woods, the
woods which was his second home. He had
never imagined that one day he will have to run
for life, that he will have to seek shelter in these
trees. And worst of all was that every tree, every
bird that sung in those trees reminded him of
Katherine, his Katherine.
Lost in her thoughts he tripped once again and
sprained his ankle O God! Dammit! He sweared
hard and got up again.
Come on, he went this way, he heard Stefans
voice, which made him get up and start running
again. If only Katherine was here to see all this,
she would have come up with an idea by now,

she would have gotten him out of this mess. But

then it dawned on him, and it hit him hard No,
this is not happening, This cant be happening
to me. He lost it, the moment he remembered
the reason of his running away he lost it and
started crying as if he was five. He kept running
and crying until he couldnt breathe and his legs
wouldnt move and the police was right behind
him.
There he is, said the policeman, go get him
Be careful he could be armed he has already
killed once. A policeman approached him with
his gun ready. He was trapped. There was
nowhere to go. He was at a dead end.
Damon Salowski, You are under arrest for the
murder of Katherine Powell. You have the right
to remain silent. Anything you say can and will
be used against you in a court of law."
EARLIER THAT YEAR
Damon woke up because of the sunlight pouring
through the window piercing his eyes. Why
cant you just leave me alone, and let me sleep
he grumbled and turned his back to the window.

But in the very next second he was out of bed

into the shower because he had accidently seen
the time and he was going to be late again!
Grabbing his bag he went down the stairs.
Whistling merrily until John stopped him.
Damon, you are late again, you really need to
be punctual, man. Or the school is gonna kick
you out.
Dont worry, uncle, Ill be alright!, replied
Damon.
In the parking lot, he was looking for a place to
park his bike and then he saw it, that guy from
the history class, Stefan was standing there
talking to a group of students and he halted
when he saw Damon looking towards them,
Hey, Damon, what are you looking at mate ?
Want a place to park your baby? he turned
toward the group again and started telling them,
this is Damon Salowski, he lives with his uncle
in the Salowski Mansion downtown. Everybody
knew where the Salowski Mansion was, it was
such a grand place in that relatively small town
no one could actually miss it.His uncle loves
him with all his heart and after his parents death

he has brought him up, But, for the record, he is

a jerk, he cant even win a single game of
basketball, can you ?
With that all of them laughed but Damon
ignored them because he was already late for
class and secondly he didnt want to get into a
fight on his first day back to high school. When
he looked back at the place where Stefan and
his friends were standing he saw the addition of
another girl in the group who wasnt there a
moment ago. He hadnt seen her before, not in
school, not in the town either.
Stefan, by now had lost interest in talking about
Damon and his failures instead he was now
making a fun of that girl with curly brown hair,
and tall lean body. Why dont ya come with me,
Ill give you a tour around the school hon!
Stefan was saying, before the girl had a chance
to say something to that Damon walked in and
told Stefan to back off, oh, Im terrorized for
what will happen to me if I dont back off
Damon! Stefan laughed.

If you dont back off Stefan then you will regret

it, so get the hell out of here and leave her
alone!
Otherwise you will hit me, I guess?
Dont tempt me.
Stefan replied with a blow at his cheek which
made him go blind for a second he could taste
his blood, before he could get up he saw that girl
giving Stefan a kick which landed him to the
ground, thats enough I think she said, and
turned towards Damon giving him her hand to
help him up, By the way thanks for your help, I
am Katherine, Katherine Powell.
He took her hand and replied in a daze Well,
umm , you are welcome, oh I mean I am Damon
Salowski, nice to meet you Katherine.
Here, take this, you are not hurt much, are
you ? she asked looking concerned handing him
a tissue.
No its just a scratch, Im fine, by the way I
havent seen you around before, I mean to say
are you new in town? Damon asked, not
wanting to end the conversation Yeah, we have

just moved in, my dad got retired and he wanted

a quite place to live and Mystic Falls seems like a
good place.
Sure, it is, I have lived my whole life here, and I
still love the place, if you wanna see around
some places, you know I am free tonight, so
may be we can just hang out visit a few places
Do you have any such place on your mind, or
are you just asking me out after just five
minutes of meeting me?
No, I mean yes, I had a really beautiful place in
my mind, but its ok if you dont wanna come.
I didnt say that, may be I will come she gave
him a brilliant smile and walked away.
The rest of the day was a blur he kept dreaming
about his hang out with Katherine, he kept
reminding himself that its not a date, and also
that most probably she wont even show up. But
she did show up at 8.30 outside the school gate
and together the two of them went from shop to
shop eating icecream, talking about life sharing
their past discussing their present both of them
were having a good time. It was almost

midnight when they reached the woods we will

go hunting someday he promised to her.
on their way back home she told him how much
she hated her father sometimes, this stunned
him, and then she told him that he was on drugs
and he didnt give a damn about his daughter,
and also that This is the actual reason of our
moving here, because I wanted to get him into a
rehab but he wouldnt agree, in this small town
nobody knows him and he has promised to give
up on drugs so I wish that he may keep his
promise.
Damon was out of words, he didnt know how to
respond to this, he debated telling her the truth,
but then decided against it she is never gonna
know anyway, why do I need to tell her that Im
involved with the drug mafia downtown, she
doesnt need to know, I will never let her know,
like no one else knows satisfied with himself he
told her that its really bad, drugs should be
checked upon.
With this he left her and went straight to Marcel,
the man who gave him orders, Damon worked
as a supplier for them. Time passed slowly and

he got close to Katherine, they started spending

quite a lot of time together the woods become
their hideout every weekend they would go
there and cuddle in the warm sunlight. They
were perfectly happy for months.
Until a day came when she called him at 2 in the
morning he picked up with a sleepy hello. He
didnt know that after this one call nothing is
gonna be the same for him.
You bastard, you lying ass, all you ever said
was a lie and I trusted you with everything, how
dare you, how could you do this to me, all this
time I thought we had something real between
us she screamed through the phone and burst
into tears crying silently.
What have I done Kath, what are you talking
about? his heart jumped into his throat, he
could see his life falling apart. He never wanted
this to happen.
Dont you know what am I talking about
Damon?
Kathy look I have no idea who told you, but
believe me I am winding it all up, I was planning

to leave it all just give me two weeks and I will

finish it all, we will start fresh Kathy just give me
another chance.
She hanged up without replying, and his world
had fallen apart, he was driven to hell in the
past five minutes. Katherine Powell had no idea
how much she meant to him.
The next two weeks were not less than hell for
him. He went through everything he had never
imagined will ever happen to him. He payed all
his debts to Marcel and his people. He kept
trying to contact Katherine but she never
returned his calls and he went to her place she
shut the door at his face. After telling him that
she once loved him and that was willing to give
him a chance only if he completely leaves this
business behind, to which he readily agreed.
But when he cleared every debt they werent
willing to let him go alive. They wanted to kill
him. So he decided to leave town and run away.
But he went to meet Katherine for the last time
to tell her that he has left all that because of
her, to tell her that he loved her.

But when he reached the Powells house he was

torn to pieces by the scene he saw, he saw them
into each others arms kissing passionately,
Katherine and Stefan.
He quietly went back to his home packed his
bags and took a last look at the house before
leaving it forever. He hadnt gone far when he
was woken up by the noise in the train people
were looking at him as if he was gonna kill them,
he was perplexed. Then one of them shouted he
is the girls murderer, the one from the news.
He didnt know what was happening all he knew
was that Katherine was hurt, he just knew it. He
left the train and went running back to the town
hospital there was police everywhere. He asked
for Katherine and no one told him where she
was. And then he saw her, her body was
mercilessly literally torn to pieces, he was told
that the murder weapon was an axe!
This couldnt be happening he was numb and in
a daze nothing seemed real until he found
himself in a situation which waked him up.
Stefan was also in the hospital quite hurt but not

dead as soon as he gained consciousness he

started screaming that Damon is a murderer!
Damon couldnt believe Stefans hatred towards
him. How could he accuse Damon of murder but
even the police believed Stefan. When no one
listened to him he was scared and he ran for the
hills.
He was running for life, running as fast as his
legs would take him, he doesnt even know how
many times he tripped and stood up again to
keep his pace but they were coming, they were
close enough that he could sense them. His
stupid heart was thumping so hard that he was
worried it would give him away.
Afterwards when he was arrested by the police
the courts proved him innocent because at the
end of the day truth wins and he walked out of
the court free but without the will to live.
He went back home and his uncle told him to
never come back as he had disgraced the family
and his uncle had also brought home his son
who was 5 and lived with her mother before.

He was about to leave when the 5 years old

Tyler came running towards his father and
Damon grabbed the child and kicked his uncle
out of reach. He himself didnt quite understand
his weird actions and just left without saying a
word.
A WEEK LATER
Mysterious Deaths By The Serial Killer
The Body Count Has Turned To Three
Was the headline news in every newspaper of
Mystic Falls.
Damon was sitting in the woods with his hands
full of blood writing in his journal.
Now I remember everything, how he had
turned me into a psychopath, now I remembered
how I had killed Katherine Powell, Stefan
Salvatore and my uncle John Salowski.
The moment I saw Tyler running towards him I
was terrified because I remembered myself
running towards John as a kid and then
remembered what an animal he was, a child
molester, a peadophile, he had ruined me, he

had created in me a double personality, another

person who couldnt stand betrayal. A murderer
That murderer in me killed Katherine and
Stefan. But, I confess, I myself killed John in all
my senses, and now m gonna turn myself in.