Sometimes you need to walk away. Not to make someone realize how worthy you are, but for you to understand and acknowledge your own self worth~Author Unknown
With Damon and Elena back with his mom Bonnie began chanting the spell to leave the 1903 prison world.
"Bonnie!" Kai was leaning against a tree for support.
She looks at him with a triumphant smile on her face as he soon realizes that she's leaving him behind. She was then engulfed by bright white light.
When they got back Damon and Elena took his mother upstairs to Stefan's room. Bonnie heard him muttering to Elena to stay with her he then took Bonnie by the arm to the kitchen and started running water.
"Don't want them to overhear?"
"Exactly, this is why we're friends Bonnie." He edged a little closer. "By the way thanks for helping me with my mother. You didn't have to but you did it anyway."
She put her hand on top of his and squeezed it. "No Damon thank you. You gave me closure with him and I really needed that." Bonnie dug her hand into her coat pocket pulling a vial of liquid.
"Bonnie, is that what I think that is?"
"If you mean the cure then the answer is yes."
"Where did you get this?"
"Nova Scotia. It's for you and Elena."
"I-I don't know what to do with this." He stared at it in wonder.
"Well it's yours, so do whatever you feel like with it."
Bonnie, feeling relieved to finally being free of Kai, decided to head to the dorm for some long overdue studying. She had chose Earth Science on a whim and was slowly starting to regret that decision; It was the math, whoever invented the accursed subject definitely went to Hell. She was going to get her Calculus work done first and foremost.
As soon as she arrived Bonnie made herself some hot chocolate with marshmallows, changed into a tank top and sweatpants and got to work on her Calculus work. About a hour later, tired of looking at numbers, she laid on her bed intent on watching tv but swiftly jumped up when she felt something brush against her backside. When she pulled the covers away she saw a small envelope in the middle of her bed. Before she could even begin to think one of her friends sent it to her she felt little tendrils of magic. Kai's magic.
"When did he have time to send this?"
With a degree of caution Bonnie carefully picked it up, turning it every which way. Even though it looked perfectly harmless she wasn't taking any chances, she turned and threw it in the trash. She laid back down on the bed and turned the tv on, as she flipped through channels she heard a little voice in the back on her mind telling her to read it. After a few minutes she threw the remote down in frustration, dug in the trash and pulled out the envelope. Ripping it open her eyes scanned the note quickly, they came to a complete stop at the mention of Damon and Stefan's mother.
"I should've known." She threw the note on the bed, running a hand threw her hair. "This is what I get for not following my instincts."
Bonnie sat on the bed and put her head in her hands. "He always does this." She let out a deep sigh. "I'm starting to question why I even call him my friend."
Suddenly a burst of anger hit her, "Why am I being told this information by him?!" She picked up her Calculus book and hurled it at the wall. "The Gemini Coven, no matter how messed up they are, doesn't just lock up innocent people. He was proof of that."
She began pacing around the room. "Did Elena know too? What else did they keep from me?" She then turned to her math book and in a fit of rage set it on fire.
"Is this everything? Do I need to gather anything else?"
"No this will suffice."
A young woman begins chanting in an another language while staring at a lit candle, her eyes turn white and she speaks with a deep voice. "In a few days she'll arrive. You must do your job boy, make sure that area is protected at all costs; For a few days later the other one will arrive as well, he's your main problem."
"I understand. I'll protect it with my life."
"Good." The young woman then comes to clutching her head in pain. "Ugh. I've been doing this for years but it's still so draining."
"When you had your dream did you see what they look like?"
She shook her head. "I only see the young woman, the man is a blur."
"Well I guess we wait to see what happens."
"It's all we can do."
Bonnie stared intently at the flames. She had just read the note that Kai had sent her because he actually planned on leaving after the incident at the rave. Her stomach churned at the contents of the note.
"Dear Bonnie,
Uh hey, I know I'm the last person you probably want to hear from right now but...I couldn't stop thinking about you. Again I wanted to apologize for imposing on you, I just really wanted to see you and tell you how sorry I am for what I did to you. I wound up making the situation worse, go figure. Anyhoo I plan on leaving Mystic Falls, I promised my sister and you don't want me around soo...yeah. Ha I should get to the point; Okay so as you probably didn't know Damon's mom is a ripper. My coven locked her up in 1903 because she killed like 3000 or more people. I know you'll toss this out before reading or maybe you won't, who knows, you're a smart woman Bonnie. If I were you I would get out of Mystic Falls just to have peace of mind, or to just avoid the coming storm.
Sincerely,
Kai
She wrapped her arms around herself. As much as she wanted to throw the note out her intution was gnawing away at her. There was more both men weren't telling her and she was going to find out what exactly that was. She got dressed, grabbed the note and headed out the door; Her and Damon were due for a long talk.
Bonnie stormed the house only to find Damon and Elena sitting on the couch wrapped up in each other. They didn't even hear her come in. She threw the note between them on Damon's lap.
"Want to explain what this is?"
He withdrew his arm from around Elena and picked up the letter. "Aww Bon Bon is someone sending love letters? When you going to introduce him to the crew?"
"How about you open it and find out?" She folded her arms over her chest.
The sarcastic smile left Damon's face as he read the letter. "Bonnie-"
"So were you ever planning on telling me what she was or were you going to let the mayhem happen first?"
Elena removed her legs from his lap and stood up. "Wait a minute Bonnie, what's going on?"
"Momma Salvatore is a ripper."
Elena looked sheepish. "I figured they wouldn't have locked her up for nothing."
"Oh of course not. The Gemini Coven locked her up for killing over 3000 people."
Her eyes was cast downward. "Oh. I didn't know she killed that many."
Bonnie's eyes turned back to Damon. "So, do you have anything to say?"
He didn't even move from his spot on the couch. "I'm sorry I lied to you Bon but it was necessary. Kai wouldn't release her."
"And with good reason." Her eyes searched his face. "Is there anything else you're keeping from me?"
He looked directly into her eyes. "No Bon Bon that was the only thing."
"Okay." She dropped her arms, turned on her heel and left.
"He's lying to me. I can feel it." She sighed to herself. "I'm just going to have to take matters into my own hands like always."
Arriving at the college Bonnie headed straight to the dorm to look for a mirror. After finding a nice floor length one she took out the knife with Kai's blood on it and began chanting a spell that allowed her to see into Kai's new prison world. The image was foggy at first but then gradually grew clearer. The room was dark but Bonnie could see various amounts of old furniture messily placed. She focused harder and found who she was looking for. Kai was leaning against one of the dusty dressers holding on to his neck, breathing harshly.
"Hmph, serves him right." She could see and hear everything that was going on but Kai couldn't see or hear her.
There was a banging on the door of the room Kai had barricaded himself in. A male voice could be heard through the door. "Come on out here, I will not bite."
Bonnie raised an eyebrow, "Someone else is there with him?"
Kai didn't say anything but just concentrated on closing his neck wound. After it finally healed he slumped to the floor in relief.
The banging on the door had gotten worse. "Now I am trying to be cordial with you boy, but if I have to siphon this magic you are using to block the door it will not be pretty for you. My family will make a human blood bag out of you."
Bonnie reeled back in disbelief, "Siphon? I thought Kai was the only one."
Kai quickly looked at the door and then he hung his head in defeat. "Jo, Liv, I'm so sorry. I'm going to die here and drag the four of you with me." His eyes were glistening. "Damn coven rules." He mumbled the last part with barely concealed contempt and a slam of his fist against the dresser.
"The four of you?" In an attempt to make sure she heard him correctly Bonnie put her hand on the mirror. That wasn't a good idea.
Kai felt a tingle go up his spine; He got up slowly, eyes darting all over the room, searching for the source of magic he feels in the room. His eyes land on the mirror, a look of incredulity on his face. "Bonnie?" Kai took a hestiant step forward and then another until he reached the mirror. "Am I hallucinating?" He desperately grabbed the mirror as if he was trying to touch her physically.
Bonnie immediately pulled her hand away. She looked down at it, Kai was calling out for her, but she was blocking him out. Her stomach lurched just looking at him, all the things he did to her came racing back to the forefront of her mind.
"He deserves to die for what he did, but if he dies so does Jo and Liv apparently." Her hand clenched into a fist. "Why did he have to win the merge? Why couldn't it have been Luke who won instead?"
She saw him drop to his knees still gripping the mirror. "Bonnie please. I'm so sorry for what I did to you and I know that I deserve this but please don't let Jo, her babies, and Liv suffer because of me."
Bonnie slowly raised her hand and put it back on the mirror. "Is it true Kai? That if you die they will too?"
Kai looked back at her, "Yes. It's always been a thing with my coven, if the leader dies so does the coven. Call it a failsafe."
Bonnie pulled her hand away from the mirror again, grabbed her hair and screamed, "Why?!" She then slumped to the floor and slammed her fist on her thighs. "Why can't something go right for me just once!?" Her nails were digging into her palms. "I can't even have my revenge on Kai because others will die! It's not fair! It hasn't even been a full day!"
She sat there for a few moments letting her tears of anger fall. Afterwards she wiped them away and saw that Kai's position matched hers, she put her hand back on the mirror. "Try not to die before I get there."
Kai nodded his head eagerly. "Will do!"
Bonnie didn't immediately pursue getting Kai out of 1903, she was too busy having a battle with herself. It was like she had an angel and a devil on her shoulders as she paced around the dorm room endlessly.
"You're going to save him because his sisters, who've never done anything for you and in one's case lied to you, are going to die?"
"But they don't deserve to die because of some archaic coven rules."
"The only person benefiting from this is Alaric and what has he ever done for you?"
"But he's my friend."
"Again, what exactly has he ever done for you?"
"I should put myself first this time."
"Yeah because that worked out well the last time you did that. Your "friend" attacked and manipulated you to make you cooperate with him."
She stopped pacing abruptly after that, "No this really is it. I'm getting him out of there and then leaving Mystic Falls for good. I'm tired of being the one that does everything in this town, for once they're going to save themselves."
She was supposed to have closure after leaving Kai behind in 1903. She should've seen it coming that it wasn't going to go that way, at least not for her. In the end Bonnie was too good of a person to sacrifice other people for herself. She got up grabbed the ascendant and prepared to go to the 1903 prison world to get Kai.
Kai stood up facing the blocked door with renewed determination. "I'm not dying here. Bonnie's coming to get me." He took off his still soaked jacket, preparing himself for the vampire about to burst through the door at any minute. "I only have one shot at this."
One of the wooden dressers split in half, flying in different directions as he got closer. As soon as the door blasted open fully Kai flung the jacket on the vampire.
"Phasmatos Incendia."
The vampire screamed and was too busy trying to put out the fire he didn't notice Kai motusing a piece from the wooden dresser into his chest, killing him instantly.
Kai wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Alright that's one problem solved."
Left with just his hoodie Kai ran out of the estate and into the clearing. He was freezing and possibly catching cold but with his adrenaline running he barely felt anything. The hairs on the back of his neck began to stand when he heard footsteps approaching, he silently prayed the person coming was Bonnie and not another vampire. Or witch, which of course shouldn't be possible.
Kai cloaked himself and darted behind a tree. "I was siphoned. When he grabbed me I definitely felt my magic being ripped from me. Papa Parker and I need to have a talk when I get back."
The footsteps in the snow got louder but Kai slowly relaxed as he felt Bonnie's magic getting closer. He uncloaked himself and stepped out to face her.
"You actually came." His voice was breathless and he gave her a shy smile.
She leveled him with a glare. "I only came because others would die if you did."
Kai deflated immediately. "So if I didn't tell you that and was killed by the other vamps here-"
"Which I didn't know about."
"-I would've died. Wow there's a lot your bestie doesn't tell you huh."
Bonnie's eyebrows drew together in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"How you got out of-you know what it doesn't matter, let's just go out of here. I am freezing."
He went to walk past her but she pushed him back. "No tell me now or I leave your ass here coven be damned."
He bit his lip, "Meandyourboyfriend-waitnoex-boyfriendandyourshittybuddyDamon-somewhat-workedtogethertogetyououtof1994." He spoke rather quickly.
Bonnie still managed to catch every word he said; Her glower worsened, "Bullshit."
"I'm not lying to you. You think Damon suddenly gained magic and made the map appear in 1994? He wrote down the notes on the map but apparently his relationship with your good pal Elena was more important. Me and Jeremy, but mostly me, did all of the work. I nearly died doing that damn spell."
She shook her head. "No, you have to be lying. There's no way you-"
"I saw you drinking the bourbon Bonnie." He took a step forward but saw her flinch so he stood still. "Look I know you want what I'm saying to you to be a lie but it's not."
Bonnie didn't say anything but her eyes were becoming full with tears. "He saw everything, he saw me about to...about to-" She took a few deep breaths and closed her eyes. "Let's just get out of here." She held her hands out with the ascendant.
"Gladly!" He gets ready to perform the spell with Bonnie but pats his pockets. "Oh wait, I don't have my gloves. They were in my coat pocket and I turned that to ash." After standing there awkwardly for a few moments he opted to pull his hoodie sleeves over his hands and together they began chanting.
Moments later they appeared in front of the Salvatore Boarding house. Kai dramatically dropped to his knees, "Warm air! Oh how I missed this!"
Bonnie ignored him and stalked into the boarding house. Damon was inside talking with his mother. Elena was nowhere to be found.
"Damon!"
Both he and Lily turned to face Bonnie, he had a look of annoyance while Lily's face showed hope. Though it turned into anger upon seeing Kai walk through the door alone.
"Where's my family?"
"One's in front of you and the other is out killing people." She stopped in front of Damon. "Damon, you have some explaining to do."
"Bonnie why is he here?"
"Oh I don't know Damon, maybe because if I left him in 1903 with some other vampires, which I wasn't told about, he would've died and took Jo and Liv with him."
"Bonnie whatever happened to Kai is what he deserved for what he did to you."
"So you did keep something else from me. I'm so glad you have my best interests at heart. Exploiting my anger for your own benefit definitely worked in my favor. I wound up releasing someone way worse!"
Kai shrugged his shoulders, looking at Bonnie. "Well to be fair y'all two didn't ask."
"Shut up Kai. I though you were going to be stuck there by yourself." She murmured.
"Okay Bon Bon I admit I didn't know about dying thing but you looked so relieved after you left him and I really needed to see my mother. It was a win-win for both of us."
"I don't care about that! Damon you manipulated me! What kind of friend does that? You brought Kai to me even though you knew what it would cause! You do this all the damn time! Using people so it benefits you and if it doesn't there's threats and murder until it goes your way!"
"It was the only way to help Stefan!"
Kai rested himself on the couch making a snort of amusement. "Riigghhhtttt."
"That's bullshit and you know it! You exercised no other options before this one! He loves you! You and Elena should've been enough to help him get his humanity back!"
"I-"
"No Damon that's not the only thing I'm pissed off about either." She gritted her teeth. "Did Kai-did he actually help you get the map to 1994?"
Kai was lounging on the couch now, "Actually Jeremy left the map. I did the spell, while those two were upstairs doing God knows what-"
"Stop, I heard enough." She was still focused on Damon. "Did he?"
"Bonnie-"
"DID HE OR DID HE NOT HELP YOU AND JEREMY?" Her eyes were blazing, if Damon made any sudden moves she would've flayed him.
"Yes but-"
Bonnie's shoulders slumped, the blaze in her eyes died out and her face was crestfallen. "I'm done. I'm tired of everything, the lying, the constant sacrificing, the mess cleaning, all of it. Any and all problems that happen in this town is going to be on your shoulders from now on. I made a promise to myself to put me first and that's what I'm going to do."
Lily stepped forward. "But what about my-"
"That's Kai's problem not mine. I'm leaving this town for good." The door closed behind her with a resounding bang.
Kai's eyes darted between the both of them. "Well that's my queue to leave then."
Lily vamp-sped over to him, slamming his head into the arm of the couch. "You're not going anywhere unless it's to get my family back."
He looked over at Damon, "Um could you grab her? This is really uncomfortable."
"I should let her kill you so Bonnie could really be free of you."
"Cool except both Alaric and the puppy will want to kill you for getting their girlfriends killed. Not to mention you'll undo all of Bonnie's hard work, I mean she did get me out so people wouldn't die. And let's be real you want me dead not because of what I did to Bonnie but to your precious Elena." He knocked Lily away with a motus and stood up wiping himself off. "Since I promised my sister not to be around her-which is hanging around here-I'm leaving, I have coven business to attend to in Portland."
Kai looked down at Lily's crumpled form getting up off the floor. "I'm not releasing your family, they're staying right where they are minus one member."
She went to attack him again and he magically snapped her neck. He didn't even bother to glance at Damon. "I wouldn't if I were you, just sit there and tend to your mother."
Kai then tied his hoodie around his waist and walked out of the door. He was in search of a certain former coven leader.
Instead of going to the dorm she just transported her things to Grams house to avoid dealing with certain people. Bonnie was packing her things into a large suitcase seeing as there wasn't much she wanted to take with her. She made sure she had Grams and Emily's grimoires as well as Ms Cuddles and the money Grams had in the back of her closet for emergencies. In moment of spontaneity Bonnie used her magic to make a notice board pin mark a spot on the map sitting on the bed.
"Wow I did not see that coming. I guess I'm head to Maine huh?" She picked up her suitcase and her backpack with Ms Cuddles; Bonnie was deciding on renting a car or just getting a cab when there was a banging on her door.
"Bonnie! It's Elena, open up!"
Bonnie rolled her eyes, finshed packing and set the map on fire. She decided on taking a cab to the airport; Taking her sweet time with her suitcase in hand she finally opened the door.
"What is it? I have a flight to catch." She just stared at Elena with a blank expression. "She was there, she was there and kept things from me too."
"I figured if you weren't at the dorms you would be here. Bonnie please don't do this. Don't leave."
"Elena I'm tired. I want out of this. I don't want to hurt anymore, just some peace and quiet."
She grabbed Bonnie's hands. "Bon, your my friend and we'll get through this together. All we have to do is get Caroline back."
Bonnie pulled her hands away. "That's the thing Elena, Caroline willingly turned her humanity off because she couldn't cope and then she forced Stefan to turn his off and went on a killing spree. I don't have time for that anymore."
"But she's our friend and we need to help her."
"Like I said, she did that of her own free will. I'm not getting involved."
"You've changed."
"Of course I have. That's what being stuck alone in a prison world for five months and nearly commiting suicide will do to you." She picked her bags back up. "I'm going now. My flight leaves in a hour."
"At least tell me where you're going."
"To the west coast."
"The west coast! But that's so far away!"
"That's the point."
"There's no changing your mind, is there?"
Her cab pulled up. "No Elena there isn't." She turned to give Elena a brief hug. "Hopefully you, Damon and his mom can get their humanity turned back on. Goodbye Elena."
"Let me help put your things in the cab."
"No it's fine, I got it." She put her suitcase in the trunk but kept her backpack with her getting in the back seat. "Tell Caroline I said bye."
Elena just nodded and waved at her sadly as the vehicle pulled off. Inside Bonnie clutched the bag to her chest in both anticipation and dread. She was leaving Mystic Falls, her home for all her life, for good. All by herself going to a new place with none of her friends by her side. She gripped the bag tighter.
"I survived dying twice, being in the prison world alone and dealt with the likes of Klaus and Silas, this is nothing. I'll make it through this too."
Two hours later~
A young man walks into an animal shelter, immediately heading straight to the section with the puppies. He gently picks up a chow chow, "You still causing trouble for people huh little guy? You have to cut that out or no one will adopt you."
He takes the puppy out of its cage and proceeds to walk around the place inspecting the rest of the animals.
A soft femimine sigh comes from behind the counter. "I really wish you wouldn't do that."
"I can't help it he's so adorable, even if he is a little troublemaker."
The patrons milling about the place all started heading to the windows. A cab was pulling up into the town square. The puppy in the man's arms began to squirm and then broke free, darting out the door as someone walked out.
Since leaving the Bangor airport Bonnie told the driver to keep driving until she told him to stop. After passing what she felt was definitely a magical barrier she motioned for the driver to stop. Something was calling to her in this town. Havencrest, such a quaint little town.
Bonnie took a few deep breaths to calm herself before stepping out of the cab. Ignoring the stares of the townsfolk she went to the trunk to grab her stuff. She handed the cab driver two one hundred dollar bills and prepared herself to face the town.
"Hello. Does anyone know where the closest bed and breakfast is?"
No one said anything but just continued staring until a young woman with dip dyed hair came to the forefront of the crowd. "Hi, I'm Noelle. My friends' parents owns the local bed and breakfast around here, I can show you where it is."
"Ah thank you. I'm Bonnie."
A male voice rang out. "No! Get back here!"
Bonnie looked up to see a dark haired guy chasing after a moving ball of brown and black fluff headed right in her direction. She took a step back but it jumped at her legs if it was happy to see her.
"Stop that!" The guy finally caught up to the energetic little thing scooping the puppy in his arms. "I'm so sorry about that. He usually causes trouble but not like anything like this."
The puppy was squirming to get out of his arms again. Out of curiousity Bonnie slung her bag on her shoulder and reached her hands out. "Can I hold him?"
"Uh yeah sure." The guy adjusted the puppy accordingly and handed him to her.
As soon as the puppy was in Bonnie's clutches he stopped squirming but instead kept trying to lick her face. When he let out a whine and leaned closer Bonnie froze, gazing at the little ball of fluff she felt a bond. Magic was emitting from him and the lights in the area were flickering in response to her's. There were murmurs and the crowd began to disperse rather quickly.
She glanced at the guy. "I'll take him with me."
"What?"
"I said I'll take him with me."
He was frantically looking between Bonnie and the puppy. "No I got that what I meant was why?"
"He feels...special to me." Bonnie was rubbing him behind the ears.
Noelle's eyes widened, "Oh. He's hers Caleb."
He looked confused. "Wait what?"
"Like me and Flash." Her eyes were dancing with mirth. "He's her familiar."
Caleb's face looked panicked and he took a step back. "Are you telling me she's a witch?"
Bonnie stopped petting him eyeing Caleb warily. "I was hoping to just be incognito but yes I am. Will that be a problem?"
Noelle smiled at her warmly. "Nope, not at all. Welcome to Havencrest Bonnie, I think you'll be just fine here."
A.N: Okay so I had the idea for this story for a while now (and too many others as well) so I decided to finally do something about it.It will be multi-chapter and a slow burn.Ngl I don't know how long these chapters will be but do know it will update rather slowly until I have some freedom. Btw don't worry I'm still working on the final chapter of Sins of the Past. Please comment and review! :D