That’s what Tyler Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries, when he suddenly crossed paths with Damon () again after successfully keeping his distance for a while.
At one point, Caroline () and Bonnie () even remarked that as far as Big Bad schemes go, Sybil’s are laughably small-time.
Next thing we knew, Sybil, Bonnie, and Caroline were road-tripping to the high school, where Damon and Enzo had been pre-programmed to DUEL TO THE DEATH.
But in this version of events Elena died right then and there, thus Damon never even met her.