A/N: Hey guys! So here is chapter 2 of RM:Z. It was written by Princess976 (Author of I Did It for Elena). We decided that the chapters 2-7 would be about the Bennett witches getting the call to Mystic Falls.
My sister and I think that the two chapters flow well together. The first chapter is a basic omnipresent voice where as 2-7 is an omnipresent view with a POV voice. If that makes sense.
Please be sure to reread chapter 1. Fanfiction and I had a mishap on the upload and I had to repost it. The chapter is almost completely different in part so please be sure to check that out.
Also, Rescue Mission: Zavrina Bennett came to life because of one of my most loyal readers; zeejack. She said something about it being cool Bonnie being the leader of a coven. Then BOOM! This was born. So thank you so much for the spark and thank you so much for Trace.
Alright guys, enjoy this one and let us know what you think.
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WARNING:
In the beginning of this chapter there is some Jamie but it is short lived.
Disclaimer on previous chapter.
Translation on previous chapter.
THIS FANFICTION IS UNBETA'D BUT PROOFREAD. ALL REMAINING MISTAKES ARE UNINTENTIONAL. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
Abby Bennett-Wilson sat on her kitchen with her adopted son, Jamie, listening to him tell her about a girl in one of his classes. Abby was proud that Jamie was in his second semester at UNC. They were laughing at something he had said when Abby felt a strong surge.
A magical surge that settled into a steady pulse. Abby put her hand to her chest and felt nothing but stillness. Abby didn't know what was happening. She could feel magic pulsating in her body and she had the urge to go home; to Mystic Falls.
"Impossible," Abby thought to herself.
"Abby, are you ok?" Jamie Wilson asked.
"Um, I think so. Why?" she asked.
"You like like you've seen a ghost," Jamie said concerned.
"Oh. It's nothing you need to worry about," Abby told him.
"Are you sure? You'd tell me if something was wrong, right?" he asked worried.
"Jamie, everything is fine," Abby said rising to her feet and to going to her bedroom. She sat on her bed and closed her eyes. She could still feel the pulse. She hadn't felt this kind of magic since before Damon turned her. No, since before she desiccated Mikael. She didn't realize how much she had missed the feeling.
Taking out her phone, she called a friend of hers from California. Violet belonged to a coven of vampires who were former witches. They had interested Abby because they had been searching for a way to reconnect with nature. Abby thought that maybe they had and they were sharing the wealth with her.
"Hello," the voice said.
"Violet, it's Abby," she said.
"Abby, how are you?" Violet asked surprised to hear from her friend out of the blue.
"Good, have you made any progress in regaining your magic," Abby asked.
"No. As you know the other side collasped and the spirits of our ancestors went with it. There is no magic to get," Violet explained.
'Ok. I'm sorry. I know how much being a witch meant to you," Abby said sorry for her friend but even more confused.
"Don't be sorry. We are not magic through no fault of our own. Fault lies with the vampires who changed us," Violet said bitterly. Abby didn't mention that she could feel magic; if that's what was happening.
"I have to go. It was nice talking to you," Abby said before hanging up. She didn't even wait for Violet to respond.
Abby reached under her bed and pulled out an old box. She removed the lid and placed it to the side. She reached into the box and pulled out some old photos.
One was of herself, Miranda, Liz and Kelly at the Falls when they were in high school. The next was Bonnie, Caroline, Elena and Matt, when they were at Caroline's first birthday. There were pictures of Shelia and Bonnie and Abby with Bonnie. There were letters from Shelia about Bonnie. There were letters she had written to Bonnie that Rudy had sent back to her unopened. There was also the brief letter that accompanied the divorce papers requesting or more like demanding that Abby not contact Bonnie again. She regretted complying to Rudy's request but she had thought she was doing what was best for bonnie. In the bottom of the box was what she was looking for; her grimoire. She hadn't seen it in years. She put it way for safekeeping to one day give to Bonnie; if she would have it.
Abby pulled the well loved and well used book from the box. Holding it, she could feel the magic that lived in the pages. When she had first been turned, she dug out her grimoire and she felt nothing. Now though, she could feel life and magic and she didn't understand. Jamie came into Abby's room seeing her holding her grimoire.
"What's that?" he asked.
"My grimoire," she said.
"That's like a spell book, right?" he asked.
"More a journal that documents my time as a witch. Spells I did and why I did them," she explained.
"What are you doing with it? I thought you couldn't do magic anymore," he said confused.
"I can't," she said rising to her feet, grimoire in hand.
"Then what are you doing with that?" he asked pointing to the grimoire.
"Jamie, please. What's with the three degree?" Abby asked irritated.
"I'm trying to understand what's going on. You got weird downstairs then I find you looking at a book you can't use. Yet you say there is nothing wrong," Jamie said exasperated.
"Ok. Something is happening. I can feel magic. I can feel it everywhere and I shouldn't be able to feel it at all," Abby said confused.
"Why?" he asked.
"Vampires are an affront to nature. So vampires can't feel nature's power. And until a little while ago, I couldn't," Abby explained.
"But aren't things different now with the whatcha call it gone?" Jamie questioned.
"It was called The Other Side and no not that different. No other vampires that I know can feel it," she explained with a slight roll of her eyes.
"Maybe you should asked a witch or the Liberal Arts professor at UNC," he suggested.
"No, this is Bennett business," Abby said quickly, her voice slightly raised.
"Bennett business? What does that mean?" he asked, surprised at her tone.
"It just means that whatever is happening is not something that some professor or another witch is going to figure out," Abby answered.
"That doesn't make sense. The professor studies this stuff and a witch probably feels whatever it is you feel," he reasoned. "You should at least think about it," Jamie said.
"No. whatever this is it's Bennett magic and it's no one's business," Abby said adamantly.
"You have no idea what is happening and you don't want help figuring it out; so what are you going to do now?" he inquired.
"I'm going to get answers," Abby said pulling her suitcase from the closet.
"How do you know where to go?" he asked as he watched her toss things into her bag.
"A feeling," Abby said vaguely.
"What feeling?" he asked confused.
"I feel a pulse. It's pulling me," she said.
"Pulling you where?" Jamie asked.
"Home. Mystic Falls," she said.
"Mystic Falls?" he asked. "Why? What does that place have for you?" he asked skeptical.
"Bonnie for one and I know the answers I need are there," Abby said finishing her packing.
"All I'm saying is that maybe you should sleep on it. Mystic Falls hasn't always been kind to you and neither has Bonnie or her friends," Jamie said with a hard look at Abby.
"You're right, it's late. I'll leave first thing in the morning," Abby said as she flashed her suitcase to the bottom of the stairs.
"That's not what I meant," he clarified, "I meant you should rethink going to Mystic Falls."
"No, I need to be there. I have no choice. Don't worry," Abby said gently, pushing Jamie from her bedroom. She didn't know what was pulling her to Mystic Falls. She hopped it wasn't someone trying to harm Bonnie by using her. No, whatever was happening didn't feel sinister. It felt strong and familial.
What Abby didn't understand was why she felt it. The rules were absolute, she was a vampire, she didn't have access to magic. Those were the rules but she couldn't explain the feeling she had. Abby had told Jamie not worry but in reality she was worried. Nothing made sense. As Abby laid down to sleep she wondered what tomorrow would bring.
Jamie was waiting downstairs when Abby came down the next morning. His bag was waiting beside hers.
"Morning Jamie," Abby said as she fixed her morning coffee mixed with blood, "Going somewhere?" she asked nodding to his suitcase.
"Mystic Falls," he said determined.
"No," she said.
"Yes Abby. I'm coming along," he said adamant.
"No, you're not. I have no idea what is waiting for me there. I can't be concerned with looking out for you. You'll just be a liability if things get dangerous," Abby said not trying to hurt his feelings but not having time to sugar coat thing form him.
"Fine," Jamie said slamming the front door on his way out of the house. Abby used her vampire speed to catch him before he drove away. She hated compelling him but she needed to make sure he didn't follow her. She turned him to face her and stared into his eyes.
"You understand why you can't come to Mystic Falls," she said.
"I understand," Jamie repeated.
"You will not follow me or tell anyone where I went," she said.
"I won't follow or tell where you are," Jamie said.
Abby hugged him tight and watched him drive away. She grabbed her suitcase and at the last minute grabbed her grimoire and set out to Mystic Falls.
Six hours later she crossed Wickery Bridge and the pulse was getting stronger. To her dismay, it lead her to the Salvatore boarding house. She exited the card and walked right in.
"Bonnie!" she called to the seemingly empty house. "Bonnie!" she called again.
"What the hell is going on?" Abby asked, her eyes wide, voice frantic.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Bonnie said.
"Other than the fact that you came downstairs with him, I felt something yesterday," she told her daughter.
"Um, ok," Bonnie said slowly.
"It was magic Bonnie," she told her. "So, tell me. What the hell is going on because I haven't felt an ounce of magic since I was turned."
"Do you still feel it?" her daughter questioned.
"Yes. It's like a pulse," Abby informed her. "But that's not telling me why I can feel it, Bonnie. What is going on?"
"Damon, will you go get that letter please?" Bonnie asked turning to him. He nodded and was gone. He was back handing Abby the letter from Shelia just as quickly as he had left. Abby read it then looked into Bonnie's eyes.
"You have it?" she asked.
"I do," Bonnie smiled, tears forming. She grabbed Bonnie's hand as tears began to form in her eyes as well. "I know that this is dangerous. I know but I don't feel out of control. This is the most in control I've ever felt."
"That's good. It must be strong if I felt it," Abby said.
"What is that about?" Damon chimed in, breaking the rare mother/daughter moment. "How did you feel it?"
?I don't know," Abby said, cutting her eyes at him. "I was in the kitchen when suddenly I felt this...this jolt. It just hit me and then it started to pulsate. Like a beacon. I just knew that I had to come here. Has Lucy called you?"
"No," Bonnie said. "Why would she?" Abby furrowed her brow as Bonnie led her and Damon into the living room. She didn't understand why Lucy hadn't contacted Bonnie. If she felt the magic she knew that Lucy must have. As the three of them sat down there was a knock on the door. Damon got up and went to the door. When Damon left the room to get the door, Abby turned to Bonnie, her eyebrow arched.
"We can talk about the Bennett stuff after the rest get here. What I want to know is what you're doing with Damon," Abby said.
"It's a long story," Bonnie said.
"I have time," Abby said.
"Abby, you don't know him," Bonnie started.
"Don't know who?" Lucy Bennett interrupted.
"No one," Bonnie said quickly going to hug her cousin.
"Bonnie, this is my mother Joanna and my Aunt Pauline," Lucy introduced the two ladies.
"It nice to finally meet you," Joanna said to Bonnie her arms open.
"You too," Bonnie said hugging the older woman.
"Come here, girl," Pauline said to Bonnie.
"Yes ma'am,' Bonnie said standing before Pauline's seat on the couch. Pauline crooked her finger at Bonnie beckoning her to lean forward.
"Don't you let your mama make you feel bad about you and that Salvatore boy," Pauline said feigning a whisper with a wink and a smile at Abby.
"Yes ma'am," Bonnie said retuning her smile.
"Now Bonnie, tell us what is going on?" Lucy said sitting.
"I'd rather wait until we're all here," bonnie started.
"All who?" Lucy asked confused.
"Hi ya'll. I'm Mary Bennett and this is my daughter, Arissa," Mary introduced herself and her daughter. Abby looked to Lucy who shrugged and shook her head.
"It's nice to meet you in, I'm Abby Bennett-Wilson," Abby said extending her hand to Mary. Mary shook Abby's hand and smiled. Arissa only glared at Abby. Abby remembered when the world was simple like that. Witches were good and vampires were bad and there was no in between. Abby hand learned that life wasn't so simple ans she knew Arissa would learn as well or she would struggle to be in a coven surrounded by vampires.
Abby turned when two more women entered the living room.
"Hi. I'm Selena and this is my younger sister, Mariah," she said smiling prettily.
"It's three minutes, Selena," Mariah said, "and hi everybody." she said waving.
Abby looked around the room. She hadn't known about these other Bennetts. She'd known of her mother's cousins and Lucy but that was all. She had assumed that Shelia had known of more Bennetts but it wasn't information that she had shared with her. She hadn't told her or the magic that was being guarded either. She didn't know why except maybe her mother had known it was meant for Bonnie.
Abby was pulled from thoughts when an elderly woman and her granddaughter entered the room.
"Where's Zavrina?" the beautiful plus size girl, Emily asked as she helped the elderly Amelia sit down.
"Who is that?" Bonnie asked.
"Another one of your thousands of cousins," Joanna joked.
"I'm sure she'll be here soon," Bonnie reassured everyone. She stood up in front of the group and cleared her throat. "So, I'm Bonnie Bennett. I'm Shelia's granddaughter and Abby's daughter," she said pointing to her. "I recently, like yesterday, acquired the Bennett magic from the Gemini Coven. They had been guarding it for centuries. But they abused that fact so, here we are."
"So? Why are we here?" Arissa questioned, irritated, her arms folded across her chest. Abby looked at the rude teenage girl and shook her head. She could tell that Mary was embarrassed by the girl's rude outburst.
"I don't really want to get into that until Zavrina gets here," Bonnie said sternly. "Abby, there is a...gift I want to give you but there's some stuff I need to get first." Abby nodded and the group began to talk amongst themselves. She had no idea what gift Bonnie wanted to give her.
"Damon, can you get everyone back here? I think it's probably best that I introduce the whole gang first," she heard Bonnie said to Damon. She watched Damon kiss her daughter and exit the room she didn't approve and when she got a moment alone with Bonnie, they were going to talk about it no matter what Pauline said. Abby watched as Bonnie's friends filtered into the boarding house. Abby recognized a few a them. She couldn't believe that little Matt and Tyler had grown up to be so handsome. And Caroline and Elena were so beautiful. It saddened Abby that so much tragedy had befallen them in their short lives. All she and Miranda had done to ensure that kids were safe had ended up not being enough. Abby waited while Bonnie introduced her friends to her family.
Abby knew Bonnie was trying to gauge everyone's reactions to the vampires but only Arissa's face held the story of how she felt. When Bonnie introduced Trace, Abby had a flicker of recognition. She'd never met her but she'd seen her picture. It was in her mother's things. Shelia had told her that trace was s good friend from her wild days. Abby looked at Luke and Liv Parker and realized they were a part of famous Gemini Coven. She noticed Selena and Mariah beam with excitement at the idea of other witch twins. Abby couldn't believe that Miranda's baby was one of The Five; it was amazing. She noticed that the humans of the group were wearing vervain. Abby wondered if it was to protect them for vampires they didn't know or the ones they did.
"Ok. These guys are my family too. I want everyone to know what's going on," Bonnie said, her eyes roving the entire group. Arissa rolled her eyes and Bonnie continued. "I'm going to reform the Bennett Coven," she announced. Everyone was all smiles as she laid an open grimoire in front of her. Abby was so proud of Bonnie. She looked so confident and beautiful.
"Why does it get to be you?" Arissa spat. "I'm the most powerful witch here," she said as Elena fell to her knees clutching her head. Arissa smirked at her handiwork. Abby was surprised at the sudden scream from Elena as Arissa declared herself the most powerful witch.
"Stop it!" Bonnie yelled. Arissa's concentration broke as she looked at Bonnie. Bonnie closed her eyes and the fire in the fireplace swelled, the flames of the candles on the table flickered furiously, all the doors began to slam open and shut, everything that wasn't nailed down began to float. Abby didn't have much time to marvel at Bonnie's power because she was on her knees clutching her head in pain along side Damon, Stefan, Caroline, Elena, Trace, Enzo and Tyler. "You're not the most powerful witch here. Get over yourself," Bonnie said opening her eyes and making eye contact with the teenage girl, who was shocked to say the least at the power that Bonnie had. The pain stopped suddenly as it began and Bonnie continued as if nothing had happened. "But like I was saying," Bonnie said as suddenly everything just stopped. "first, I want to give Abby her gift. Stefan, Elena come here." The duo did as they were told and approached her. She cut each of their wrists and held them over a chalice.
"It's great that magic is being done in something that belonged to Giuseppe," Stefan laughed as she she cut them again, once their wounds healed. Once she had all she needed Bonnie closed her eyes.
"Undo maledictionem. Restitue sanguinem Doppelganger," Bonnie chanted, hands outstretched over the chalice. The blood inside bubbled. "Abby, drink this," she said handing her the goblet. Abby did as she was told as Bonnie began to chant, "Saplaey Aten Cravi Carmossi Estra Nozholi Gesena Zatavit (Aten Cravi Carmossi)."
Abby dropped the cup and looked at Bonnie surprised before falling to the ground. Damon and Stefan picked her up and laid her on the couch emptied by Selena, Mariah and Lucy.
When Abby's eyes snapped open she let out a gasp. She heard Pauline ask how she felt but she didn't answer because she didn't know. She got up and grabbed the grimoire. She had meant to use her vampire speed but she couldn't. Abby ready the words before her once, twice and a third time. Abby looked up at Bonnie and beamed. She finally answered Pauline's question.
"I feel magical," Abby said finally.
"How is that possible?" Arissa spoke up. "We all know you're a vampire. We can feel it."
"Arissa, shut up," Mary reprimanded. "I don't feel that coming from Abby anymore."
"That's because I'm human," Abby explained.
"The Travellers had a spell for this," Bonnie informed them. "It was in Qetsiyah's grimoire; which I already had in my possession."
"How'd you come across that?" Amelia asked as Abby handed her the ancient book.
"Um," Bonnie said making eye contact with Stefan and Elena. "Long story short, I died, Qetsiyah brought me back by making me the Anchor to The Other Side and she was the first person to crossover after my status changed," she told them. "She left the grimoire behind."
"This is," Selena started.
"Awesome," Mariah finished.
"When are we going to form the coven?" they asked at the same time.
"Where is Zavrina?" Emily asked again.
"I don't know," Amelia answered. "Call her daddy." Emily nodded and pulled out her phone.
"Hello?" the man's voice said.
"Uncle Robert, it's Emily," she said.
"Hey, Z's on her way to Mystic Falls. She said something about needing to be there. Actually she should be there already," he informed her.
"What?" Emily asked shocked.
"What's going on, Em?" Robert asked, concern seeping into his voice.
"Nothing, I'm sure she just got lost. All the roads here look the same," she tried to recover. "I'll call you later," she said before abruptly ending the call. "Her dad said she should be here by now."
"Then where is she?" Bonnie asked, her brow furrowed. Before anyone could say anything, Bonnie's phone rang. The number was unknown.
"Hello?" she answered.
"We have the young Bennett witch. This time we want what's ours. Give it to us and we will return her save and sound," the voice on the other end said before Bonnie heard the click.
She looked to Damon for answers. He had none but he put his arm around her.
"What'd they say?" Lucy questioned.
"They have Zavrina and as long as I give them what they want, they'll return her safe," Bonnie repeated. Abby felt like herself for the first time in a very long time. She was ready to help her family rescue her young cousin and repair her broken relationship with Bonnie.
"Who was it?" Mary asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think it was the Gemini Coven," she said. Damon eyes were instantly on Luke and Liv. "They want the power back."
"Well, they can't have it," Joanna said strongly.
"And they damn sure can't have Zavrina," Pauline said sternly.
"We have to find her," Bonnie said. "Now."