Author's Note: Short introspective piece centered around Bonnie. Apologies if anything is off; I don't know this fandom as well as I might. (It's something I'm working on.) Unbeta'd. Cheers!
Prompt: Bonnie - grace is a gift for the fallen, dear, you're an angry blade; you're brave but you're all alone
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Alone
by, Bether

They fall away from her slowly. Elena first, bonded to Stefan (and Damon to a lesser extent) and pulled into his world. Grams is next in a heartbreaking loss that consumes her. Caroline follows after turning. Tyler goes when his family curse coming to fruition.

Jeremy is the last and, in some ways, he hurts the most. She'd tried so hard to separate him from it, to protect him from this world. (He had that damn ring and everything!) In the end, though, it's her who drags him into it. She just couldn't let him go and that, in an ironic twist, is how she loses him.

Now she is really and truly alone.

There's an argument that she, too, belongs to their world. Because she's a witch and witches are supernatural. But it's not that simple. Part of her wishes it were but it just isn't. It might be her own doing that keeps her from them but she can't forgive, and she'll never forget. Couldn't if she wanted to.

For so long her anger has been the only thing she's had to hold on to. It's what keeps her strong—focused. It's what fuels her powers and gives her purpose. It's what keeps her from forgetting her grandmother even for an instant. It's what separates her from the rest.

It's what keeps her alone.