PROLOGUE
"I'll see you too lovebirds" I teased the happy couple now making their way to0wards the door.
Before leaving, Elena turned back to me and called out, "Bye Damon" she said but hastily added, try not to kill anyone" she then laughed at her own joke and I rolled my eyes.
If anyone needed their control checked, it was the serial killer she was now cosying up to. I watched them disappear out of the room, heading to school like normal puppy-loved up teenagers while leaving me to sort out their mess.
Today's mess included my ex-vampire-girlfriend who was now raking havoc in mystic Falls by leaving me to deal with a particular blonde dealing with 90210 drama and her new fangs. Aside from that, I also had to deal with the mystery of the Lockwood family and search for wolf repellent.
So far, there was no progress on either problem, and having my brother and his girlfriend shacking up didn't exactly speed things along.
We wouldn't even have the first problem if they would have just let me stake her. What's another head cheerleader to the world?
With a sigh, I turned back to the riveting tales of 'Legends of Shape-shifters' while trying hard not to sleep and to try to concentrate. This became increasingly difficult so I even went as far as welcoming the distraction of Sabrina the teen witch walking through the door. "Is Elena here?" she asked, "She asked me to pick her up" she added and glanced around the room, taking another step towards me.
"Well that's gonna be difficult seeing as she left with Stefan" I replied and tied focusing again on the nonsensical words before me.
The quiet was interrupted by the loud ping of her phone and I watched as Bonnie checked her phone. "A little late for that" she murmured, probably having gotten a text from Elena. "Anyway, I'm gonna go" she sighed, most likely irritated and turned to leave.
"See you later Bennett" I called out but the only reply was the slam of the door.
Once she was gone, I looked back to the book and tried to make sense of the symbols now sketched in along with a strange script. It was probably Latin…maybe f-
The travelling thought was disrupted with Bonnie's reappearance. "She's coming" she rasped out with a newly soreness in her throat.
I glanced up to see her stumbling further into the room, her lips now forming strange witchy language as she approached me. I recalled the words she had begun with and I frowned, "Who? Elena?" I asked impatiently, not really caring for the childish tiffs.
However, the little Bennett witch was still shrouded by the darkness and I briefly wondered how I hadn't hear her come in. "She is coming" she repeated and the shadows fell from her with the next step. It was then that I noticed how her usual bright green eyes had darkened to strange moss green. There was something ominous within the blank stare and bizarre with how her pupils dilated as she fell into some kind of trance. "She is coming" she recited again, her voice how deeper and I threw the book down, standing up to brace myself.
"Bonnie…?" I asked, the worry seeping into my voice as I felt something nudge within me, trying to warn me but I couldn't seem to understand what it was…or maybe I just didn't want to.
"She is coming"
I wanted – no, needed to shake her out of it.
I couldn't help but hate the words coming out of her mouth because I suddenly knew what they meant. I didn't want to hear her remind me again but the chant kept leaving her.
As I previously wanted to do, my hands gripped Bonnie's shoulders and shook her fiercely. It didn't take long because her form slumped into my arms after drawing out her last breath.
"Bonnie?" I called out calmly, in spite of how hart my heart thundered and how my breaths had sharpened. "Bonnie?" I asked again and exhaled when I heard her simper.
After a few seconds, her eyelids fluttered open and she blinked up to me. "Damon?" she asked and I was relieved to find her eyes and voice were back to normal. "What happened? What did I say?" she asked, clearly having forgotten the warning.
…but I couldn't – not even if I wanted.
"Nothing" I shook my head and helped her to her feet. "Nothing" I repeated and numbly turned back to the book. This time actually hoping that the words would send me into a soundless sleep.
A/N: What just happened and who is Bonnie talking about?
More importantly, should I carry on…
