"Why do we fall?" Elena heard Gillian whisper. She opened her heavy eyes and saw him kneeling before her body. His medium length dark brown hair was hanging before his dark brown eyes as he looked at her. She was laying on the cold hard floor, a throbbing pain in her head that made her see black spots.

"Gillian?" Elena muttered and tried to get up. She failed, it felt like she was tied down to the floor but she didn't see any ropes.

"So we can learn how to get back up." Gillian continued, his usual smile playing on his lips as he was extending his hand for her to take. She took it and let him pull her up, the weight on her body was suddenly gone as he got her back on her feet.

"No matter how difficult he makes it."

Elena gasped for air and sat up immediately, looking around to see what just happened. The pain in her head became unbearable and her vision foggy yet she didn't lay back down.

"Gillian?" Elena tried to see clearly, hoping to see her friend again. He wasn't there though where he stood before she woke up. She let out a deep sigh and let her head fall in her hands. How could she even have thought that he was back?

"Elena!" Steve stormed towards her. Then she saw what was happening around her; the tent she had been inside before with Robb was on fire, it looked like it had exploded from the inside.

"Thank the gods you're all right." Steven sighed, clearly relieved. He pulled her back on her feet and steadied her when she almost fell back down.

"I've got you." Steve smiled and held her tightly. Elena looked up at him, thinking how Gillian did the exact same thing back in the dream she just had.

"Where's Robb?" She asked immediately.

"He's passed out. He's all right though, he had been putting up quite a fight I heard. Most of the normal people die before their mind gets taken over due to the power." Steve smiled at her when she frowned.

"Why is he doing this?" Elena said weakly, black spots covering her vision.

"I was going to ask the same question." Steve said and looked down.

"Captain!" Louis suddenly appeared beside them in quite a rush. "I've scouted the 10 miles around the camp, he's nowhere to be found."

"Of course he isn't" Steve sighed and walked towards Robb's tent, letting Elena hold his arm to remain steady. "He's just playing with us, trying to discover our limits and weaknesses. This is just the beginning."

"Well, how do we stop him?" Louis asked when they entered the tent. When Elena saw Robb lying on his bed, she immediately stormed towards him and sat down beside his unconscious body, taking his hand in hers.

"I got him out of his head." Damon said, he was sitting on the other side of the bed. Apparently he had carried Robb here.

"Thank you." Elena smiled at him while stroking Robb's curls off of his forehead. She now knew Damon was never the one people called the Dark One, it was his brother that did all these things. It explained a lot of things about Damon now that she knew one of his secrets. She still felt like there were a lot more to explore.

"I can't protect him from any further attacks though." Damon stood up. "He's weak. His mind is a mess full of loss and pain. If he doesn't control his grief any time soon he will lose himself in it."

"But how can we stop the other from manipulating him?" Louis asked, he was leaning against one of Robb's desks.

"We can't." Damon sighed and looked back at Robb. "He can manipulate us when our mind is weak, when we're angry or afraid. He infiltrates your mind when you're at your weakest."

"And since our little princess here has lost a lot I don't think we can protect him." Damon looked at Elena.

"But we can learn him to shut of his mind, right?" Elena asked desperately.

"Maybe." Damon frowned and looked at Robb's unmoving body. Maybe he could learn the northern king some of the tricks Damon used to protect his mind from his brother.

"Stay with him for tonight." Damon ordered Steve. Steven may be the actual leader but he couldn't ignore Damon. When it came to The Dark One, Damon's brother, he was the one who knew the most.

"I won't let him out of my sight." Steve confirmed. Damon left the tent, leaving the others behind.

"Louis." Steve looked at the boy. "Can I talk to Elena in private for a second?"

"Sure thing." Louis smiled and ran away in a dash.

"Why is he doing this?" Elena asked while still looking at Robb. "Why would Damon's brother attack him?"

"Why are they even fighting in the first place? They're brothers, are they not?" Elena looked up at Steve when he sat down on the other end of the bed.

"It's a long story." Steve said and looked at Robb. Grey Wind was laying on the end of the bed, watching over his owner.

"Please, Just tell me, I think I deserve to know." Elena urged.

"There was a time, years ago, when Damon and his mother were walking in King's Landing. He was only 15, just a boy." Steve said, exhaling deeply when he continued. "Suddenly a group of men walks up to them, grasps his mother and drags her to the back of an ally."

Elena looked down, she knew what Steve meant without having him to say it.

"Damon just stood there, he was just a boy. He watched as they raped her, tortured her and eventually killed her in cold blood. When they asked him if there was a problem he didn't say anything and walked away." Steve looked up at Elena.

"When his brother heard about this, he freaked out. His mother was the only thing he had ever truly cared for since their father, Aegon, was never there. He hated Damon for doing nothing and pledged his life to seeking revenge for his mother's death. He knew he had to learn more powers than he already knew." Steve sighed and looked away. "Damon kept on trying to speak to him, he Always failed. His brother had shut off his mind and soul only to seek revenge."

"After a few years he started with fire, where you have to let the darkness inside before you can control it. Since he was weak after his mother's death, Damon's brother lost himself in the darkness and eventually turned into the darkness itself." Steve looked back up at Elena and paused, taking in a deep breath. "After he had taken his revenge by killing all of the men that tortured his mother, he started to crave for more power. He was King's blood after all."

"When Damon tried to stop him from taking the throne his brother killed his entire family and turned into the man we now call The Dark one. At least, that's what I think. Damon never really told me what happened that day." Steve finished and looked at Robb.

"Then why would he want the doll?" Elena frowned and took it out of her pocket.

"I don't know." Steve sighed.

~

Damon landed it the midst of the forest a few miles away from the camp. It was silent except for the sound of his footsteps and breath, it was still night.

"I know you're there." Damon sighed when he heard a twig snap somewhere behind him. He turned around slowly, he knew he wouldn't attack him.

"It's not safe for little boys like you to walk alone in the forest at night." The Dark One stepped out of the shadows, he had taken a body of a local farmer as his host for tonight.

"You know that I am 9 minutes older than you?" Damon said and raised one of his eyebrows, trying to disguise the fact that he was terrified.

"Yet I'm ten times as strong as you." The Dark One said. "You thought you had killed me, didn't you? Did you really think you could defeat me? It was only my body you destroyed that day, my mind however, survived."

"What do you want?" Damon balled his fists, trying to control his anger. He thought he had killed him that day. He had buried his brother's body and mourned for the man he once was. There was no night that Damon didn't feel regret for murdering his own brother even after all the things he'd done. He still believed that maybe he could save him from the darkness that had taken over his mind. Now that he saw him though, he didn't believe it at all anymore.

"I want the doll." The Dark One said simply and took a threatening step towards Damon with a smirk on his face.

"I will not give it to you." Damon refused and turned to walk away again. He couldn't stand watching his brother standing there, seeing the thing he had become.

"Don't turn your back on me!" The Dark One yelled. "Or do you want me to kill our sister just like I killed your beloved Evelyn?"

"Don't you dare bring her up." Damon growled, his fists covered in flames immediately.

"Or should we talk about your little girl? Do you want Elena to die like Felicity?" A mad grin covered Damon's brother's face. "You know, she cried for you that night. Kept on screaming for her daddy when her mother tried to protect her."

"Shut up." Damon was practically seething, the flames licking his skin but he didn't feel anything of it.

"You should've seen the look in her eyes when I told them you weren't coming anymore. Poor Evelyn thought that you were dead before I killed her." The Dark One chuckled. "You know, it's kind of a pity that Santana died. I thought that maybe you could manage to save your wife's sister but well... You just can't protect anyone, can you?"

"Shut up!!" Damon yelled and jumped at him, causing them both to tumble down the hill. Their fists connected with each other's bodies, trying to knock each other down in a mad scramble for power.

When they arrived at the bottom of the hill, The Dark One lifted an huge rock with his powers and threw it towards Damon. Before it could hit him Damon flew away, unwrapping his wings from behind his back. He flew towards his brother and send him tumbling down further off the hill with him on top.

"They kept on yelling their father's name." The Dark One growled when he had thrown Damon of off him. "But you weren't there to save them. Just like you weren't there for our mother. You're a coward, Damon, you always have been."

"I said shut up!" Damon yelled and flew back towards him, transforming into the enormous black dragon. The Dark One smirked before doing the same, only he was black with green instead of Damon's red.

The two dragons clawed at each other, their growls and screeches filling the air while the forest around them burned down. They flew up, battling in the air whilst trying to make the other fall.

Suddenly The Dark one smashed his tail against Damon's head, sending him tumbling down in the air. When he hit the ground he transformed back into his usual form, several scratches and gashes covering his body.

"Just give up. You know I'm stronger than you, I control every power there is!" The Dark One landed a few metres away, pieces of rock flying everywhere while lightning struck around him.

Mustering up all the strength he had left Damon charged at his brother again, trying to knock him down with his fire powers. But his brother hit him with his super strength before he could do anything, sending him flying towards the rocks behind him.

Damon coughed blood, his whole body aching after he had been thrown against rock in an unbelievable force. He got on his knees and tried to pull himself back up on his feet but failed.

"Your youngest daughter, Abigail, she was a fighter that one." The Dark One chuckled after he had kicked his brother in the stomach, causing him to fall back down on the ground. "I killed her though, just like I killed the rest of your dear little family."

Damon tried to get back up but the Dark One forced him back down with his powers, the tree's roots wrapping around Damon's wrists and legs.

"I burned your beautiful two daughters but your dear Evelyn, she was too beautiful to give to the flames. Her eyes, that beautiful green colour, they looked so much like mother's."

"Now, dear brother, give me what I want before I murder Elena and that little king of hers. Maybe I will add Steve to the list if you don't do it fast enough." The Dark One kneeled down before his brother's body.

"You're not my brother, not anymore." Damon mustered out. Almost all of his ribs were broken he discovered, along with his legs and arm.

"Still in denial I see." The Dark One smirked and petted Damon's head.

"My brother would've never killed anyone. He couldn't even hurt a fly." Damon remembered. He could still remember the way his brother used to be before this all happened, he had always been the kindest person in the family, always taking care of his little sister.

"Well, he's gone. Get over it." The Dark One stood up and with a swing of his hands the roots unwrapped itself from Damon's body.

"Get me the doll before sunrise tomorrow morning. Otherwise you'll lose the last part of what is left of our family." The Dark One said and walked away.

Author's note.

Helloo there my little guardians,

Howwww are you doing? :P

So there was a lot of information about Damon in this one. Yet not everything has been told! So I expect more theories from you guys :P Comment your thoughts!

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