The Bennett Witches
Chapter one
Bonnie opened Emily Bennett's spell book and read, just like she had almost every night since her Grams' death, she wanted to know everything about witches, especially the ones from her family tree and she had just found a spell to help her, so she decided to meet with Elena, Stefan and Damon.
"I want to find out what really happened to the Salem Witches" she began, they all sat around the living room/library of the Salvatore Boarding House
"And you want us to tell you?" asked Damon
"You're my primary source, yes"
"Big mistake" Damon said without hesitation
"Then why did you bring all that stuff if you just want them to tell you?" asked Elena, the 'stuff' she was referring to was her duffel bag full of ingredients for the spell; numerous herbs, oil and water. Bonnie paused, they had her.
"Ok I don't want you to just tell me, I want you to show me"
"How?" Stefan asked
"I found a spell in Emily's spell book that lets you go back to the time that you wish using visions and memories"
"Our memories? Trust me you do not want to see our memories" Damon stated
"Please Damon? Without Grams I cant find out what happened to my family, plus I'm really interested in what exactly happened on Black Friday"
"You're making a big mistake" Damon said again, "emphasis on the big" he stood up and was about to walk away when Elena shot him a warning glare.
"Damon" and he sat back down, he still wasn't happy about all this.
"We'll do it" Stefan told Bonnie and she smiled and opened her duffel bag.
"Ok for this to work we have to all hold hands" Bonnie told them.
"Not Elena" Stefan said immediately
"What? why?" Elena protested.
"Because its far too dangerous" he gave her a fierce glare, making him really look like a vampire. Elena shivered.
"Plus we need someone back in the real world to watch us" Bonnie told her, Stefan smiled as if agreeing.
"Ok fine" Elena sat back on the couch.
Bonnie took out all the items in her duffel bag and laid them on the floor, Stefan and Damon watched closely. There were three chalices and a mortar and pestle for grinding herbs. She took out containers of different herbs and salt, and then a bunch of what looked like grass to Elena.
"Is that grass?"
"Its sweet grass, you light it, blow out the flame and wave the smoke around us, it helps the transition from body to spirit world, but we're not going to the spirit world, our minds are just going on a little trip back in time" Bonnie told everyone, as she handed Elena the sweet grass.
"I want you to do this"
"Ok, if I'm going to be involved in any way it might as well be this".
Bonnie took white masking tape out of her bag and made a circle on the carpet.
"Ok Stefan, Damon, come and sit around the circle like me"
"Ooh its like a slumber party" Damon remarked as they sat down on the rug.
"Will you behave yourself for one night?"
"What are talking about? I always behave myself Stefan"
"Ok guys concentrate" she told the brothers as she mixed the herbs in the mortar and pestle.
"I add a drop of oil for a pure mind for the journey" Bonnie dropped oil in the mortar and pestle. Damon mumbled something about his mind not being pure enough, Elena shushed him.
"And a drop of water for cleansing of the mind" she added the water and then lit three candles inside the circle. "Ok i need one last ingredient"
"And what's that?" Elena asked
"I need a drop of blood from each of the participants"
"This is sounding scarier by the minute" Damon mocked. Bonnie ignored him and told the brothers to prick their fingers and place a drop of blood into the herbal mixture, they did so, and then Bonnie pricked her own finger and did the same. It made Elena cringe.
"Now take my hands" she told the brothers and put out her hands palm up, Stefan took one, and Damon took the other with an eye roll.
"Elena light the sweet grass and blow it out" Bonnie told her
"Ok" and she lights the grass and it lit up quickly, burning with intensity, she quickly blows it out.
"Let the smoke move through out the room, breath it in, close your eyes, and relax" Bonnie tells them in a relaxed tone, Elena watches as Stefan and Damon do as she says. The smell of sweet grass smoke was like the name said; sweet and it reminded Elena of freshly mown grass on a spring day. Then Bonnie said.
"Take us to 1869"