Author's note: Hello everyone, it is time to give you another one shot of my favorite couple. Had this spinning around my head for a while now, but I couldn't build a proper story around it. And let's be honest, I have enough to do with the stories I am currently writing (promise to get back to that immediately). So, it turned into a one shot. Hope you like it. It is vaguely inspired by the book "The Time Traveler's Wife". Enjoy.

Beware, English is not my first language.

Author's note 2: Hahahahahahaha, I am laughing so hard right now at the things I wrote when I first started writing this story. Trust me, this started out as a one-shot idea, but since I am incapable of getting to the point, it became this whole story. I first started writing it in 2018, so it's been a while. I just recently found this story sitting on my laptop. I had been abandoning the story for so long, that I had no idea how exactly I wanted to end it, so I just did. Maybe it seems rushed but at least it's done. So, enjoy a one-shot turned into a whole different story. Will be updating every now and then, so make sure to come back to this.

Time Is A Curious Thing

Chapter One

It had been a big mistake. A very big mistake, Bonnie thought to herself. How did she ever let herself get talked into working with the one person she hated the most? Sure, Damon had presented her with some undeniable advantages, but he must have been aware of the couple's history. Bonnie wondered when Damon and Kai had actually become something like friends, or maybe not friends but people who actually talk to each other without ripping each other apart. Damon had been the second biggest hater of Kai Parker, right after Bonnie, but now he was running around trusting him to help him get out of his mess and convincing Bonnie to do the same.

Maybe it was the fact that Damon Salvatore, the most stubborn person walking the planet, was willing to see past everything Kai had done in the past and give him another shot, that had Bonnie convinced. Or maybe it had been Bonnie's weakness of not being able to see her friends suffer.

Elena Gilbert, her best friend since childhood, was in danger. Again. Ever since she became human again, vampires from all over the world came searching for her. Either to kidnap her and present her as a gift to the almighty Klaus Mikaelson, or to drain her of her blood and become human themselves. Bonnie couldn't let either thing happen. So, she agreed on working with the only other witch that was left in town.

Kai had promised to help figure out a way to protect Elena and make her disappear from the supernatural radar. Up until now, all Bonnie had come up with was sealing her inside the Salvatore Boarding House. Kai had added a cloaking spell to that idea but they both knew this was only a temporary solution because they couldn't lock Elena inside a house for the rest of her life.

That was why she was spending more and more time with the psychopath that claimed to have changed, so they could discuss new ways of approaching the entire situation. Until now, they had come up with nothing and Elena seemed to get a little impatient. Understandably so, but Bonnie couldn't help her if she was constantly busy arguing with the one person that could help her figure this out.

Bonnie didn't like to admit it, but Kai could be the one to crack this thing. He had endless resources, given that he had an entire coven of witches and lore to his disposal. But it seemed like he wasn't willing to fully use any of that. That was one of the reasons Bonnie was always so mad at him. The other was that he was a constant pain in her ass.

Like right now, when they had met up at the Salvatore Boarding House to look through some of the grimoires Bonnie had finally convinced Kai to bring along. The Gemini had been holding back on his coven's secrets, which only made Bonnie more curious. It seemed like the Gemini were a wary bunch in general. Liv used to be as reserved in sharing her knowledge as Kai now was and from all she had heard, their father had been the one to teach them that move.

Bonnie sighed silently to herself as she realized that all her thinking wasn't going to make this situation any more comfortable for herself. She reached out an arm to grab one of his grimoires that he wasn't reading but he reached out his own hand to keep her from pulling it towards herself.

His eyes were still glued to the open book in front of him and he didn't acknowledge her by looking up when he spoke. "You won't find the answer in this one."

Bonnie rolled her eyes, knowing that he wasn't going to be able to see it. "How do you know? Are you clairvoyant all of a sudden?"

"No, but I know that the answers you are seeking aren't going to be in this book.", Kai stated matter-of-factly, still not looking up.

"Then why did you bring it in the first place?", Bonnie sounded more annoyed now. Her pulse was getting up already. Kai had a habit of getting under her skin even if he didn't try.

At least now he had the decency to look into her eyes. "I don't have to explain myself to you. I brought the grimoire, end of story. Not everything I do has to be revolving around you, Miss Bennett.", he fired back with spite.

Bonnie was a little taken aback by his undertone. She had yet to believe that he actually changed for the better, but she had to admit that he had been more calm and friendly, at least towards her. Ever since his failed attempt at an apology at the rave, Kai seemed to be very careful not to get on Bonnie's bad side. Which he regularly did, but not because he intended to but because she simply couldn't stand him. It was more her fault than his. But his spiteful undertone right now was a little off-putting and Bonnie's alarm signals went haywire.

"If you want to keep secrets from me, fine. But I was under the impression that you wanted to help me find a way to save Elena. You know Elena? The living, breathing human that we locked up in this ivy tower to safe her from the supernatural world that is out there? Or have you forgotten why we are here? Maybe you haven't even been serious about helping in the first place.", Bonnie spoke and didn't even realized that she had talked herself in a random rant.

"I'm sorry that I am not willing to share thousand years of coven secrets with a witch that wants to see me dead.", Kai tried to defend his actions.

"Oh, that really isn't the point here. If I wanted you dead you would be, I don't need your stupid coven secrets to accomplish that. But you should understand that there is a life on the line here. My friends life is on the line and –", Bonnie interrupted herself as she looked right into Kai's eyes. "Right, who am I telling this? You never cared for a single soul in your life. You were just born without the burden of caring, so you don't even begin to understand what it means to be fighting for the people that you love because you don't know what love is. You don't know what a basic human emotion is."

"Oh good, keep coming up with the 'you're a sociopath'-excuse. That's all you guys can ever do, right? Blame it on the heartless monster. If Elena gets killed, you can all just say that it was my fault since I was never really trying. But let me tell you something, I don't need to care about her to help. I am not the one boycotting this investigation right now.", Kai replied with fury.

"You mean, I am?"

"Seems like it, since you want to waste your time on fighting and looking through grimoires that don't have any useful information in them."

"I know you think you are the almighty coven leader and know everything, but let me tell you something: sometimes two sets of eyes see more. Maybe you missed something before. Teamwork is about actually working together and letting yourself get questioned by the other. Maybe you would have learned how to work with others if your daddy hugged you more often. Maybe you wouldn't be such a screwup if you had tried being a bit more lovable as a kid, so that they actually cared about teaching you any decent human skills.", Bonnie yelled. She knew her words had been hard and if she had told them to anyone else but Kai, she would have regretted them as soon as she spoke them. But Kai was a monster and he didn't deserve her sympathy. If she needed to work with him to safe her friend she would, but no one ever said she needed to be nice to him in the process. Still, she couldn't help but notice the hurt that briefly flashed through Kai's eyes before it turned back to anger.

Kai abruptly stood up and half-bent over the table to Bonnie's side. He had smashed the "forbidden" grimoire on the table in front of her, opening it at some random page. "You have no idea what you are talking about, and frankly you have no right to judge me. If you don't trust me, fine. Waste your time and see for yourself.", Kai said through gritted teeth grabbing Bonnie's hands aggressively and placing them on the opened page. There was a flickering light from a nearby lamp and the wind spiked up noticeably, but Bonnie couldn't pay too much attention to it because Kai turned around after pushing down on her hands again and left the room.

Bonnie felt a prickling feeling where Kai had touched her. His outburst had left her in wonders. There was too much she didn't understand about Kai Parker, and this situation had been one of the many things. Had he been so furious because of what she said about his family? Or had it been her constant mistrust? Bonnie looked to the place where Kai had disappeared to and kept staring at it as if it would give her some answers. After a while she shook herself back to reality and tented to the book in front of her.

The page that was opened was about time travel. Or some sort of it. It wasn't a physical time travel, where someone was going to be sent back in time to change history and interact with anyone. It was more like a mind-travel. A spell that allowed the caster to enter a certain person's mind and relive special memories but like they were participating. That was the difference between real time travel and this spell. It was only limited to one person's memories. Maybe only parts of them. And you had to have an emotional connection to the person you wanted to interact with in the past, otherwise it wouldn't work.

As interesting as this sounded, Bonnie had to admit that this was certainly not going to help with their Elena problematic. Bonnie sighed and shut the book, annoyed and frustrated. Her gaze wandered to the windows and she realized that it had already turned dark outside. With a quick look to her phone she saw that it was way past midnight.

Bonnie had planned on spending the night at the Boarding House anyways and now it seemed like she had reached her breaking point for today. Without a second thought she left the mess Kai and her had made on the table be and went upstairs to find a room and get some sleep.

Even though she was still emotionally upset because of her dispute with Kai earlier, she felt her eyelids getting heavy. She quickly got ready for bed and as soon as she lay underneath the warm blanket she was already drifting off to sleep.

The dream she was having that night was as vivid as real life. She found herself standing in back yard of some big house. The property was framed with trees, the outskirts of a dark forest that lay behind. Bonnie was standing by the tree line, observing the silent back yard. She was curious as to whom this property might belong, but something told her to stay in the shadows for a while.

Suddenly, a few small heads appeared at the clearing. Four children came running towards the woods, seemingly playing catch. Three of them were boys, with red and dark hair and one of them was a girl with bright blond hair. The dark-haired boy who seemed to be the youngest of the group was being chased by the others. The kids' laughter and screams were incomprehensible but Bonnie could still make it out. Suddenly the dark-haired boy turned around to the others and reached out his hands. Something about that gesture made the other kids hesitate and Bonnie watched them talk to the small boy before they went running the other direction. Soon, Bonnie couldn't see them anymore.

The young boy was now alone on the big lawn, heading towards a small bush near where Bonnie was hiding. He hadn't noticed her yet and now Bonnie's gut told her to come out of hiding.

The boy had taken an interest in watching some beetles on a rock nearby and Bonnie was drawn to him. With every step she took, she could see him more clearly. He couldn't be older than 6, maybe 7. His hair was short and tousled, probably from playing with his friends. His face was cute, he still had the big eyes of a little kid, which made him look adorable. He wore blue jeans which had a cut right above his right knee and a plain green t-shirt.

Bonnie didn't know why but she was drawn to the young boy. So, she kept on walking towards him. When she accidentally stepped on a stick the boy finally noticed her. He turned around, being startled form the sound and watched her with his big eyes. They were only surprised for a second though before something in them turned curious. Other kids might have been scared by seeing a stranger walk through their back yard, but this kid seemed to be different.

"Hello.", the kid said with a steady and curious voice.

"Hey there.", Bonnie answered stopping in her tracks a few steps away from him so she wouldn't scare him.

"What are you doing by the trees?", the boy asked.

"I- this might sound crazy, but I actually don't know.", Bonnie admitted and scratched her head. She had no idea what was happening right now.

"Are you a vampire?", the voice of the little boy brought her back to reality.

"Do you know something about vampires?", Bonnie asked, surprised about his question and curious if he was talking about real vampires or if it was just his imagination.

"I know that they aren't nice and that you are supposed to stay away from them. They dink your blood and manipulate you into doing bad things."

The kid was actually not wrong, and it seemed like he wasn't dumb either. Even though she had the slight feeling that he might still engage with a vampire if he ever saw one. He seemed like the curious type.

"Well, good for you because I am not a vampire.", Bonnie said with a smile.

"That's what I would say. Prove it." The little human was one of the sharp ones, Bonnie realized. His big eyes were resting on her while he was waiting patiently for her prove. She now realized that his eyes had the color of a stormy ocean, not the dark brown she had anticipated. He reminded her of someone, but she let it slip because she realized she was dreaming and figured that her subconscious must be projecting people she knew onto this little boy.

He was still watching her with wary eyes and then Bonnie decided to show him a little secret. "Can a vampire do this?", she asked and whirled her hand around in the air, making the leaves on the ground fly up and around the boy until Bonnie dropped her hand and the leaves dropped along with it. The boy was smiling brightly at her.

"You're a witch!", he exclaimed.

"Yes, I am. But shhhh, you can't tell anyone." Bonnie bent down to him and put her fingers on her lips.

"Don't worry, I can keep your secret.", the boy waved her off. "Are you here for the convention then?"

"What convention?", Bonnie asked.

"The convention of the covens. They are here to discuss important witch things and decide who gets what territory."

Bonnie blinked, a little confused. It seemed like the boy really knew something about witchcraft. Where the hell did she go? This dream seemed more and more like one of her visions. She hadn't had one in a long time, but she remembered that they also felt so real, just like this.

"I'm not sure actually. I think I might've come here by accident. Can you tell me where we are?", Bonnie asked while taking another look at her surroundings.

"New Orleans. Are you sure you are a witch? You don't seem to know a lot of things about it.", the curious boy asked.

"Well, trust me I know a lot of things. I am just a little confused at the moment, that's all.", Bonnie admitted and looked back at the boy. "So, are you here for the convention then?"

"Yes, my family dragged me here. I don't know why. I feel like I am one of the topics they came here to discuss but no one really talks to me. It's quite boring here."

Bonnie frowned at his comment. Why would a bunch of witch covens discuss about a little boy? What was going on here? And why the hell was she in New Orleans?

"If you are bored, why don't you go back to playing with your friends?", Bonnie tried to redirect the conversation since she realized the kid had become a little sad.

"They are not my friends. They are my sister's friends, but they don't like me. They tease me and call me names and I can't do anything about it because they are bigger than me." The boy was watching the ground now, looking sadder than before. Something about this view made Bonnie's heart break a little. She realized that the kids hadn't played catch with each other but had been chasing the poor child against his will. But he didn't seem to be helpless either. He had managed to get them to stop.

"You know, you don't need to be afraid of them just because they are bigger than you. Bullies are always going to try to intimidate you, but you can't let that get to you. You must fight back, otherwise this will never end.", Bonnie tried to encourage him.

The boy looked up at her and after a while he smiled brightly at her. "You're kind of odd.", he said while giggling.

Bonnie had to chuckle herself. Something about this boy seemed so familiar and she had to admit she liked him. "Me? Why is that?"

"I don't know. You're just different then everyone else.", he admitted.

"Is that good or bad?", Bonnie wanted to know. Something inside her wanted him to like her, she felt like he could use a friend.

"Good, I guess. I don't know yet."

"Well, maybe it helps if I introduce myself first.", Bonnie reached out her hand. "Hi, my name is Bonnie."

The boy smiled and took her hand. He was about to reply to her when they heard a voice shout in the distance. They boy's head turned into the direction of the voice and he breathed in audibly.

"I have to go. My dad is calling for me. It was nice meeting you, Bonnie." He had let go of her hand and was running backwards now. Bonnie wanted to stop him and ask him for his name, but he had already turned around and was halfway at the house. Again, something in her gut told her to stay right where she was and not go after the boy. She kept looking after the small figure getting smaller and smaller in the distance and then her vision got blurry.

Bonnie awoke with a heavy heartbeat. She was coated in sweat and her blanket was wrapped around her legs in a crumpled way. Bonnie had to breath heavily and it took her a minute to realize where she was. The dream had been so weird and so real. She had a feeling that it might really have been a vision, that it had to do with the little boy, but she couldn't be sure. If it was a vision, she had no idea what to do with it. Was she supposed to safe the kid? Or was it about the coven meeting? Nothing in this dream had made sense to her. She had just talked to a freaking kid, what the hell was she supposed to do now?

Bonnie decided not to pay too much attention to the dream, since she had more important stuff to take care of. She climbed out of bed and into the shower. Getting ready, she braced herself for yet another day of butting heads with Kai.