She wakes up alone and confused. She remembers Joe smiling and Kai stabbing her. She remembers something happened, and she got hurt. But how did she get in a coffin?
"Linked to Bonnie…"
"When she dies you wake up..."
Elena suddenly remembered everything with clarity. Her and Bonnie were linked she wouldn't wake up until…But did that mean? Elena started to cry. Her best friend is gone! She sniffled and tried to shift, but couldn't, the box constricting her movement. She frowned as she pushed on the coffin's top trying to open it to no avail.
Its locked. Elena tries to stop herself from hyperventilating. It will be okay, she thinks, Damon will come at any minute and save me. She takes a deep breath and tries to ignore the fact her lunges are burning.
It has been 3 hours, 56 minutes and 23 seconds since Elena Gilbert woke up. She knows because she has counted each second as it goes by. She cannot shout anymore, because when she tries all that comes out of her throat is a pathetic whimper. She has cried and begged for someone to save her. Spots dance in front of her eyes. It hurts to move. Damon has forgotten her.
She will die in this coffin, she realizes. She chokes on her laughter. The irony of the fact that she could have easily broken the coffin lid as a vampire is not lost on her. She would scream but it would probably hurt more than breathing, which at this point is pretty painful. She wonders what her friend's reactions will be when they open the coffin and find her dead body. She won't come back this time.
She realizes will never get everything she wanted as everything starts to fade to black. There will be no life for Elena Gilbert. No Damon. No children. No normal life. Just death…
It has been 3 hours, 56 minutes and 23 seconds since Bonnie Bennett died and came back to life.
It has been 3 hours, 56 minutes and 23 seconds since Elena Gilbert died of asphyxiation.
In 17 hours, 7 minutes and 83 seconds her dead body will be found by Damon Salvatore, Bonnie Bennett Caroline Forbes, Jeremy Gilbert, Alaric Saltzman, Matthew Donovan, and Enzo St. John.