A/N - I really didn't want to start another story, but once I saw this idea thrown out on tumblr. I couldn't get the idea of it out of my mind which made it hard for me to update my other stories. I'm still not watching the show, so some things might not link up with canon. Also I know Qetsiyah is going by Tessa on the show, but I will still be calling her Qetsiyah because I think changing her name was stupid and I feel like she would be proud of her name.


The smell of sage fills air and candles brighten up the living room of the boardinghouse.

Damon folds his arms across his chest impatiently as he leans against the wall. At the moment he is waiting for Qetsiyah to begin the spell to bring Bonnie back to life.

Bring Bonnie back to life.

He has to admit he had been surprised when Jeremy broke down and admitted that Bonnie had died resurrecting him. He'd been trying to contact Bonnie in order to find a way to fix Stefan's memory problem, but he'd had no luck getting the witch to respond to his attempts. Initially he assumed it was just Bonnie being her usual self-righteous self, but after finding out she hadn't been responding to Elena or Caroline either, he realized that something might have actually been wrong.

So naturally Damon had gone to the last person to see Bonnie before her disappearance and that was when Jeremy revealed the truth.

After that revelation, suddenly everything about Jeremy's behavior the last several months made sense. It explained why Jeremy seemed kind of down during the summer and why he had seemed as though he was struggling with something.

Once the younger Gilbert revealed that he and Bonnie had been keeping it a secret the last three months, his surprise turned into fury.

Elena already had to deal with Jeremy's death this year and despite him being resurrected, the last thing she needs to deal with is the hurt and guilt that would come with finding out about Bonnie. And finding out her best friend had been dead for over three months would certainly bring out those emotions.

Why would they keep this a secret, knowing what delaying the news would do to everyone? Why not tell everyone so they could find a way to bring her back.

Not wanting to upset Elena if he didn't have to, he'd opted not to say anything to her or Caroline (he's knows Caroline wouldn't be able to keep it a secret from his girlfriend) until he could figure whether or not the witch could be brought back to life. So he'd met with Qetsiyah and she agreed to bring back her descendant if he helped with Silas. She agreed to meet him at the boardinghouse and he managed to get Jeremy and Elena out of the house for a while. He only hopes Jeremy manages to keep his mouth shut while they are away.

Qetsiyah exhales as the flames from the candle flicker. She'd been somewhat surprised when Damon requested she bring Bonnie back. She had been half expecting Jeremy to ask about it since he had been the only one aware of her death.

She'd seen the look on Damon's face when she only agreed to bring Bonnie back if he helped with Silas. He looked at her like she was terrible for not putting her family before her need for revenge. He never realized that this had been a part of her plan.

Unbeknownst to him, resurrecting her descendant had been in her plans all along, but she'd wanted to wait until Bonnie finally came to realization that she should be living for herself and reveal her death to others.

So far that hasn't happened and now that Damon knows, Qetsiyah knows the news of her death will eventually leak. This means she no longer has the time to wait for Bonnie to come to this realization on her own. Now Qetsiyah will have to take matters and her own hands. And she'll start by resurrecting Bonnie.

Finally finished going over her spell, Qetsiyah moves to the circle she's setup in order for the spell to be successful.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Qetsiyah turns to Damon as she settles herself in the circle. She has no intention of stopping this resurrection, but Damon doesn't have to know that. "Silas aside, don't you think you would have more of advantage with Elena if Stefan's memory is gone?"

"Stefan is my brother." Damon glares at her with annoyance. "No matter what issues we have, I want him back to normal." Damon decides not mention the fact that he's also hoping that once Stefan gets his memory back, Elena will no longer be so focused on him.

"That's all I needed to hear." Qetsiyah nods before she closes her eyes.

She feels the power flow through her and suddenly the room grows dark. After a few moments of darkness the candles flicker back on, brightening the room once again. She kneels down on the ground, reciting the words to spell with ease.

Damon looks on, nerves fluttering around in his gut. He doesn't know what he'll do if this doesn't work. Deciding having a drink will help, he begins makes his way over to the bar area. But his effort is stopped when the door bangs open and a distraught Elena walks in.

The idiot obviously spilled the beans. And now he'll have to deal with a pissed off Elena. Just what he what he needs when she's already pulling away from him.

He knows Elena wants to say something, but he pulls a finger to his lips before pointing toward Qetsiyah, knowing a distraction could ruin the progress of the spell. She nods at him in acknowledgement and agrees to stay quiet, but he can tell she is upset with him.

Qetsiyah holds her hands out and this time both the candles and regular lights flicker on and off. This continues on for several minutes, until the lights go out completely and they are engulfed in the darkness.

The room stays quiet for several beats and then lights are back on and now beneath Qetsiyah's outstretched palms lay an unconscious Bonnie.

"Is she okay?" Elena blurts out, unable to hold out any longer. She needs to know her best friend is okay. She had been hysterical when she Jeremy told her about Bonnie and that he'd told Damon about it. Once she found that out she'd been furious and rushed to the boardinghouse to confront him.

Their confrontation had been put on hold when she walked in and realized that Qetsiyah was in the process of bringing Bonnie back. Now her only thought is about her friend who is currently lying on the ground, completely still.

"She should regain consciousness in an hour or so."Qetsiyah stands up and begins walking over to the door. "In the meantime, you should get her to a more comfortable place."

"You're not going to stay and wait for her to wake up?" Damon turns his attention to Qetsiyah as Elena lifts Bonnie in her arms and places her on the couch. He gets that the woman wants to get rid of Silas, but he would have figured she would want to at least meet Bonnie.

"We'll meet when the time is right." She shrugs cryptically before strutting out the door.

As soon as the door closes, she smiles wickedly. "I so wish I could see the look on their faces when they realize what I've done."

They definitely won't know what hit them.

-X-

An hour later, Elena and Damon are still waiting for Bonnie to wake up when they hear her groan. Then she sits up and begins stretching, causing a smile to appear on Elena's face

"Bonnie, I'm so glad you're okay" Elena happily rushes over to hug Bonnie not noticing the witch's reluctance to return the hug.

"I never thought I'd say this, but it's good to have you back." Damon smirks at Bonnie before continuing on. "I really hate to cut this little reunion short, but Stefan's in trouble and we need your witchy magic to help him." He looks at her expectantly waiting for her to react the way she normally does whenever one of them is in trouble.

When Bonnie only gives him a blank look, he assumes that she's angry for some reason. Though as far he's concerned he and Elena should be the ones that are angry.

"Maybe we should wait until Bonnie's rested awhile before we talk about Stefan." She glares at Damon before turning back to Bonnie. She wants Stefan to get his memories back, but she also wants to know why Bonnie decided to keep this a secret from them in the first place.

"Why?" Damon snorts. "Helping is what she does and considering the secret she's kept from us, I'll doubt she'll have a problem helping Stefan." He looks at Bonnie. "Right Witchy?"

"I just have one question." Bonnie finally speaks, her voice slightly husky.

"And what's that?" Damon prepares to be hit with a sarcastic barb and he has to admit he's actually kind of missed them.

"Who the hell are you people?" Bonnie looks back and forth between Damon and Elena blankly, not recognizing either of the people staring at her.

"Bonnie that isn't funny." After dealing with Stefan's memory loss, the last thing she wants to deal with is joke from Bonnie.

"Seriously, Judgey. Not cool."

"I'm not trying to be funny." Bonnie raises her voice slightly, not understanding why they would think she'd joke about something like that. She'd woken up on a couch that she didn't recognize and a dark-haired couple she also didn't recognize started talking to her as though they knew her.

"What are you saying?" Elena stiffens, a mixture of fear, worry, and anger flowing through her all at once.

Damon swears under his breath, he knew he shouldn't have trusted that bitch Qetsiyah, considering Stefan's predicament. She helped him and his memory is gone. And now it looks as though Bonnie will be going through the same thing.

"I know my name, but I don't who any of you are." Bonnie looks around the room and notices the candles as well the scent of sage in the air. For some reason it makes her think of witchcraft and she has no idea why.

"Great!" Damon rolls his eyes, the sarcasm dripping from his voice. "Just what we need, another amnesiac walking around."