Author's Note: Some of this is au. For example, Damon and Bonnie spent a year in the prison world. You'll be able to figure it out.

Chapter One:

I woke up on the ground. "What the hell?" I muttered under my breath as I sat up to take a look at my surroundings. All it took was the sight of a headstone that read "Bonnie Sheila Bennett" for me to figure out where I was, the cemetery, right outside the border. I couldn't believe it. I finally made it home.

I slowly got up from the ground and made my way into Mystic Falls. I didn't die or anything so the ani-magic spell must've gone away somehow. I'm not sure how I got back. The last thing I remember is standing in Damon's bathroom at the boarding house in the 1994 prison world trying to stop the bleeding from where Kai stabbed me again and ran off to god knows where. And all of a sudden I see a bright light and the next thing I know, I'm back.

I head straight for the boarding house. I don't know why, but seeing Damon is high on my priority list. I mean, I was stuck with him for a whole year in the prison world before I sacrificed myself to get him back home. We were doing the spell and I felt a sharp piercing in my abdomen. I looked down to see an arrow and the person who shot me, Kai. Of course he wouldn't let us leave without him. I fell to the ground, the ascendant went clattering across the floor. Damon was about to reach for it but Kai stopped him, "I don't think so. You reach for that and the next arrow goes in her heart." Damon sped over to me in a flash and was about to give me his blood when I saw Kai reaching for the ascendant. I used my magic to throw Kai across the room. Damon got ahold of the ascendant. I heard him yell "No!" before he was sucked back into the real world.

I saw the boarding house come into sight and I started running towards it. As I neared the driveway, I realized that Damon's car wasn't there, which ultimately meant he wasn't there. "Damon!" I called out as I entered the house but there was no sign of him. I made my way to his bedroom. The door was closed so I knocked and waited a few seconds before opening the door. "Damon, are you here?" No reply. Well he wasn't in here. I went back downstairs and checked the whole house. I even went to Stefan's room just to make sure but I came up empty-handed.

I walked back towards the kitchen because let's face it. Coming back from the dead and walking about four miles can work up an appetite. I seen a calendar hanging on the wall and immediately went over to it. "Let's see what the infamous Salvatore brothers have planned for today." But there was nothing written on the calendar at all. Except for February 5th, it was circled and written inside the little square were the words, "Bon-Bon's Birthday", in Damon's perfect handwriting. I smiled at it and made my way to the fridge.

Oddly enough, Stefan and Damon actually had human food in the fridge. I pulled out the ingredients I needed and got to work. I walked over to the stereo, turned it on and started flipping pancakes.

About fifteen minutes later, I heard a car pull up outside. I shut off the stereo and peeked out the window, it was Damon's car. I went back to eating my pancakes. As soon as I swallowed the last bite on my plate, I heard the kitchen door open.

" Bonnie?" I looked up an realized the whisper had come from Damon. "The one and only." I replied and gave him a small smile. His face lit up with the biggest smile I had ever seen. I threw down the fork I had in my hand, ran and jumped into his arms. He caught me, no-thanks to his vampire strength, and we started laughing. We stayed there like that. Me, with my legs wrapped around his waist and Damon, with his arms wrapped tightly around my back. It felt like minutes, hours before he let me down.

"How did you get back?" He asked, his hands still holding my arms as if I could blink out of existence. We went into the living room and sat on one of the sofas.

"Honestly I don't know. I was standing in your bathroom trying to stop the bleeding from when Kai stabbed me again and I .."

"He stabbed you again? Where?" Damon interrupted me. I pointed towards my stomach. He scooted closer to me and very slowly lifted my shirt high enough to see the scars. He rubbed his thumb gently over each one. "God, I'm so sorry." He whispered with a pained look on his face.

I tugged my shirt down and put my hand on his face to make him look me in the eye. "Hey, I'm okay. Really."

He nodded but the pained look remained on his face. "So what were you saying?"

"Oh. So I was standing in your bathroom and I seen this light and next thing I know, I'm waking up beside my headstone."

"Cause that's not weird or anything."

"I know right. I mean I was thinking maybe Grams had something to do with it somehow but I'm not sure. I do want to find out though." I looked at him and realized that he was wearing a tux. "Hey. What happened today? I mean there were hardly any people in town and you're wearing a suit."

"Bonnie.. There's something you should know about Liz."

"What? What's wrong? Did something happen with her?" I don't understand what's going on. God what happened?!

"She had cancer. We did everything we could but nothing seemed to work and.."

"Wait. Is she dead? Is that what today was? It was her funeral?" Oh my god. I can't believe this.

He nodded. "Before she died, Liz asked me to write a eulogy for her so I spoke and Caroline sang. It was a really nice service." Damon kept his head down the entire time.

"Can you take me to go see Care? I really wanna be there for her. I mean I would drive myself, but I can't remember where I left my car before we got sucked into oblivion." I asked.

"Well there are actually two problems there, Bon."

"What do you mean?"

"Well apparently Jeremy crashed your car in a drunken rage one night." He rolled his eyes. "And there's no way in hell I'm taking you to see Blondie."

"Well damn. There goes my Prius." I chuckled. "But whats wrong with Caroline?"

"I just got off the phone with Elena when I came home and she said that Caroline flipped her switch." He breathed. "She's still at the dorm with Elena but its only a matter of time before shit hits the fan."

"Oh my god. Well I'm definitely not going back to Whittemore tonight."

"You need me to drive you to your Gram's house?" He asked.

"Actually, do you mind if I stay here tonight? After spending months alone, I don't think I can handle it."

"Of course. The room you used in the prison world hasn't been used so you can sleep there and I'll look around to see if Elena left any clothes here." He replied.

"Thanks. I really appreciate it." I gave him a small smile. He winked and nodded his head.

"Well I'm gonna go shower and try to get some sleep. Its been a long day." I got up from the sofa and made my way upstairs.

The room looked exactly the same as it did in 1994. I sighed and entered the bathroom. A long hot shower was exactly what I needed.

After spending way too long under the hot streaming water, I stepped out of the shower. I didn't have any clean clothes so I just wrapped a towel around my body and exited the steamy bathroom. A knock at the bedroom door caught my attention. "Come in."

Damon stepped through the door. "I couldn't find anything of Elena's so I just brought you some sweatpants and a t-shirt of mine. I hope that's okay."

I took the clothes from his hand. "Its fine." I smiled.

He turned and headed for the door. "I'm right next door if you need me." I nodded and he left the room.

I quickly dried off, slipped on my panties and pulled Damon's shirt over my head. It stopped just below my knees so there was no point in wearing the pants. I climbed into the bed and drifted off to sleep.

I was tied to a chair in the livingroom of the boarding house. Kai was leaning over me. I screamed as he drove a knife through my stomach. "You can't hide from me Bonnie. I don't know why you even try." He yanked the knife out.

"Stay away from me!" I cried out as he stabbed me again.

"Bon! Calm down!" A voice called out. It sounded almost like Damon. It can't be. Damon was gone, back in the real world.

I loosened my hand from the ties. "Motus!" I waved my free hand through the air and Kai went flying across the room. I quickly untied my legs and started running.

"Bonnie!" There's that voice again. What the hell's wrong with me?!

Out of nowhere, Kai rounded the corner and plunged the knife into my chest.

"No!" I shot up from the bed.

"Bon! Hey look at me!" I turned my head to see Damon sitting on the edge of the bed. "You're okay. He's not here."

The tears were still streaming down my face and it felt like I couldn't breathe. I looked to the corner of the room where the dresser was completely destroyed and then back at Damon whose face and shirt were covered in blood. Then I remembered my dream. I must've slung Damon across the room when I shouted the spell at Kai.

"Oh god! I'm sorry.." I couldn't stop myself from crying.

Damon immediately wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into a tight hug. "Hey. Its okay. You're safe."

I balled my hands into his shirt as he rubbed my back and whispered comforting words into my ear. After I was finally cried out, he pulled back slightly. "Lay down. I'll stay here with you so you won't have anymore nightmares." He whispered.

I layed down with Damon's arm still around me and my head on his chest. "What if I still have a nightmare even with you here?" I asked him quietly.

"Well then I'll rip Kai's heart out and shove it down his throat." He answered easily.

I laughed a little and snuggled in closer to him. At that moment, I felt safer than I have in my entire life and I know why. It was because Damon Salvatore, someone I used to try and kill on a daily basis but throughout the years had turned into someone I couldn't live a day without, was right there beside me.