This story continues after Elena goes into the Sleeping Beauty curse-with Bonnie trying to find a way to stay in communication with Elena. She does not want to keep Elena hidden and does not agree with letting her sleep for the rest of her life. . . A Stelena re kindling.. and possibly an old familiar face...
"I'm not going to let you just keep Elena from me. Why can't we just keep her nearby and visit and tell her about our lives when we feel like it. If she's really still here and not gone why do we have to send her away?" Bonnie screams to Damon and Stefan as they are telling Tyler to hide her coffin.
"Because Bon Bon we can't risk her life for our selfish reasons! Think about it ! what if every time something bad happened, we would have to make sure that we have a gurney ready to take Elena with us. You know I am all for keeping Elena in our life, in MY life , but i could not live if something happened to her for my selfish reasons. I can't be selfish when it comes to her Bonnie. I just can't.." Damon lets out under his breath
"We wouldn't have to . I am strong enough to protect her and if you aren't going to fight to keep her in your life then I will. I am not going to sit here and let her sleep for the rest of my life knowing I am never going to see my best friend ever again. But of course you don't care, You're immortal so you will be there for her in 70 years. You forget I have to die for her to come forget .." Bonnie screams, tears streaming down her face, " You, you forget this is my fault. Elena has to be alone and miss a whole life time because I wasn't strong enough to stop Kai. To save her or Jo or Liv or anyone. I will not let her lay there and miss out on everything and everyone. She's safer with me than in some warehouse along some random marina" Bonnie says in painful tears. " Even if i have to learn to astral project to communicate with her, she will know my life as it goes on, whether you agree on it or not. Besides Caroline and me together are strong enough- I would just hide her in a protected room. Nobody would be able to touch her."
"Bonnie , what if something happens and you need us there" Stefan asks. " What if someone comes to attack you to get the cure from Elena's body and you cant help her or yourself. And you both die. What then? You know we all love Elena and if we could we would bring her back no matter what it takes but not at the expense of losing you. " Stefan says with a frustration in his tone. Losing Elena is breaking his heart more than he is letting on. At the end of the day, no matter how much he says he is fine on the inside, he misses Elena more than he thought possible. He doesn't know what it is or what is going on, but he feels drawn to Elena now more than ever. He hasn't told anyone about his dreams or about feeling her presence, but he can feel her heartbeat from across the room.
"It's different now Bonnie exclaims. When Kai died , something happened. I may not be able to break the spell, but I know I can make it better. When Kai died, something happened. A surge went thru me, as if i felt some of his energy go thru me as he passed. I felt how I would imagine he felt taking the energy and magic from other witches. I know how he draws his power. If I could just learn to control it-to master it, I could be as strong as he was. Without hurting anyone." Bonnie explains.
" Well Bonnie, why didn't you start with that. What exactly do you think you could do to harvest this 'new found super witchy magic vudu' to save Elena exactly?" Damon asks sarcastically. Bonnie continues, " I can't explain it, but the other side, its not completely gone... It was destroyed, but even supernatural beings have souls. They have to go somewhere. And it may not be purgatory or on our plane, but they do go somewhere. And when he died, when Jo died, I felt something. Like even though they died, I felt something else. Someone else. Something I haven't felt in a long time. And I can't explain in, but something tells me even though the other side is gone, They are a lot closer than we think."
Stefan stands from the couch , confused look on his face trying to piece together the information Bonnie just spewed out. His eyes darting from one conclusion to another. The feeling he's getting from Elena, is it actually from her? Could it be Katherine? Could it be the draw to the doppelganger? Or is it Elena's subconscious trying to tell him something. Either way he has to find out."Bonnie what do you mean? What did you feel? I don't really know what you are trying to say." Stefan's eyes dart from Caroline to Bonnie . "Bonnie, what did you feel " Caroline asks blantly.
"I felt a feeling of family. The way I felt when I was around my Grams. But as happy as I was when I felt it, I saw a glimpse in my peripheral vision. And I thought it was Elena. But it wasn't her. At first I thought I was going crazy. But then I felt Kais' magic and I think that maybe, just maybe...Katherine isn't as dead as we think she is. I think , being a doppelganger linked to Elena..and dying as a human. and with being linked.. that Katherine is somehow linked to Elena right now. And I think my Grams found a way to try and warn me.." Bonnie trails off .