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Chapter 2
It had been three days since they buried him. Elena sat in her room, alone. The only sound that could be heard was the humming of the lights.
Inside and out she was numb. No matter what he had done, she could never hate him. No matter how bad he had been, she would always forgive him. But now, its too late. He will never know that she loved him.
Stefan had tried to console her, but no matter what he said or did, nothing seemed to fill the void. The Damon sized void.
It was on this third day that Bonnie came, her usual bouncy positive, fun loving self; was masked with sadness and despair. Even when Elena's parents died Bonnie had never seen her friend look so lost.
"Elena?" Bonnie said poking her head into the room. The room smelled stale, like nobody had moved in days. Elena was lay still, she was wearing the same clothes she had the day of the memorial. She was clutching Damon's famous leather jacket in her arms. Bonnie could tell Elena hadn't been eating, she looked like a hollow shell.
"Oh, Elena." Bonnie said opening the dark blinds of the room and opening a much-needed window.
Elena's eyes were more bloodshot than Bonnie had ever seen before, "Elena, honey, you need to eat, and we need to get you out of these clothes." Bonnie said slowly trying to pry the jacket from Elena's hands.
"No, no please Bonnie its all I have of him, when I hold it, I feel safe." Elena whimpered.
"Shh, it will only be for a minute come on Elena, we need to get you cleaned up." The mocha girl softly said, as she lovingly helped Elena out of her clothes.
Bonnie gasped, even though it had only been three days since the memorial it had been almost a week since Damon died. Elena's body looked like a skeleton, slowly deteriorating.
"Elena when did you last eat?" Bonnie was terrified for her friend.
"I don't remember." Elena mumbled. The truth was she hadn't eaten since that day, the thought of food made her sick, the thought of doing anything that could keep her alive was pointless.
"Oh El, come on let's get you all cleaned up and then we will get you some food okay?" Bonnie smiled weakly, as she poured Elena a much-needed bath.
"What is the point Bonnie?" Elena sighed, as she slipped into the water.
"Elena, please think of Stefan, Jeremy, Caroline and me. Please we love you, we are here for you." Bonnie said, taking a pouf, and soaking it with soap, rubbing the abrasive material against Elena's skin.
"Bonnie, every time I let it sink in, for just a moment. I feel like I am going to die." Elena sobbed.
"Elena, I realize that you feel like you failed him. That because you didn't get to tell him the truth, but he died knowing you cared Elena." Bonnie sighed, rinsing the soap off of her friends back.
"What does that say about me? I am no better than Kathrine! Stefan won't even look at me anymore Bonnie." Elena's sobs became louder, as Bonnie washed her matted hair.
"You're nothing like Kathrine, Elena, and Stefan is grieving. He just lost his brother." Bonnie softly said, rinsing the shampoo out of Elena's hair, and lathering it with conditioner.
"I know… I know. I just wish I could understand why I feel this way. It feels like every molecule in my body is dying. Like somehow my soul was connected with Damon's and now that he is gone, I feel like I am dying Bonnie." Elena began to cry again, her tears washed away as Bonnie rinsed the conditioner from her hair.
Bonnie sat in wonder, it is possible for soul connections she had read about it in Emily's grimoire. But if this is the case, Elena did not have much time left.
"How long have you felt this way Elena? The connection?" Bonnie questioned, helping her friend into a plush towel.
"For a while I suppose, I thought it was just him getting under my skin. You know a crush, someone I could never have. But it just kept getting stronger, ever since we went to Georgia." Elena sniffled, the soft towel felt good on her raw skin. "Then after what happened with Kathrine, the kiss, then Damon breaking Jeremy's neck. I thought that it had gone away, that everything I felt blooming had died. But then when I saw him laying there… Oh Bonnie, it was horrible. He looked so vulnerable, so innocent. It broke every part of my heart to sit there and watch him wither in pain. Knowing he thought that… that I didn't love him." Elena broke down. Bonnie held her as they slowly lowered to the floor.
Bonnie was seriously concerned for Elena's health, she knew that something had to be done.
"Elena, I think there is a way I can get him back." Bonnie said, a lightbulb had gone off in her brain. Nights earlier she had come across a time travel spell, one that could send you back a few weeks, maybe even months. But it would buy Elena enough time to tell Damon how she felt, to change or at least warn him of what is to come.
Elena looked up at her friend, her warm brown eyes staring up at equally warm brown eyes.
"Bonnie please, don't give me false hope." Elena begged.
"No, I would never do that Elena. I have to look into some things first, to make sure that I have all the ingredients, and that I know the words. But I can send you back, back as far as possibly a few months." Bonnie said pulling Elena into a hug.
"If there is anyway we can save him, we have to try Bonnie." Elena moaned, her own life depended on it, there was only so much pain and hurt she could take.
After finally getting Elena to eat, changing the bedsheets, and helping her friend to settle back to sleep, Bonnie got back to research.
She found the spell she came across days before, she skimmed it again, noticing this time there was a note at the bottom of the page.
Dearest Bonnie,
I realize that this will be shocking, as I have never messaged you before in this manner. But I feel it a necessity to communicate to you now. I am aware in the future; Master Damon Salvatore has died. It came to me in a dream, a most horrific dream. This spell is not the one you require, for the spell you need must go much further than a few weeks or even months.
Master Damon and Master Stefan were never intended to be creatures of the night. Nor was your Miss Elena ever intended to be born, not in the year she was that is. Nature calls for balance dear Bonnie. The spell I am about to depict to you must be done on the night when the moon is at full wax. I hope that you have enough magic to preform this spell.
Master Damon and Miss Elena must meet, here in 1864, before Miss Kathrine gets to them. She must kill Miss Kathrine. There is much more she must do, but I will have to explain to her when she gets here. It is imperative that you act quickly, as I fear that Miss Elena will die soon if you do not. You must explain to her that she will no longer exist in the future. She was never meant to exist in your time. I will explain to her everything. Please hurry Bonnie.
Regards Emily
Bonnie was shocked as like magic a new spell took the place of the old one. This spell seemed much more complex, however it only required 3 ingredients, Elena and her blood, Stefan's blood and the full moon.
Bonnie looked at the calendar on her phone, the full moon was tonight.
She quickly phoned Stefan, the phone rang and rang. "Damnit Stefan answer." Bonnie growled finally she heard the line pick up.
"Hello?" Stefan mumbled.
"Stefan, I don't have time to explain you need to get to Elena's quickly." Bonnie blurted out.
Stefan sat up in bed his blood ran cold, was Elena dead? He ran as fast as he could from the boarding house to the Gilbert house.
As he got there he saw Bonnie talking to Elena and Jeremy, tears were streaming down both their faces.
"What is going on Bonnie?" Stefan panted.
"We are saying goodbye." Bonnie replied sadly.
Stefan was confused, as he walked into the house, the sky outside was beginning to change from the sunny day, to the nightly haze of evening.
"What is going on?" Stefan asked again.
"We have to send Elena back in time Stefan, Emily has contacted me." Bonnie replied showing Stefan the grimoire. Stefan was confused, he didn't remember Emily ever saying anything about this, should this not have already happened in the past?
"I don't know how she contacted me Stefan, or why it isn't something that should have already happened. Time travel is generally a very grey area. All I know is that if Elena stays in this time she will die." Bonnie said her voice thick with emotion.
"But it says here that she will never exist in the future, in this time? What does that mean?" Stefan asked glancing over at Jeremy.
"She was never meant to exist in this time, or so Emily says, she didn't have time to explain it to me, I trust her." Bonnie exhaled, the daylight was fading fast, there was not much time. "We have to hurry Stefan, there isn't much time until the moon is at full wax."
Stefan nodded, trying hard to mask his confusion. If all of this is true he would wake up tomorrow in his own bed, in 1864, or well the 17-year-old living him would, and he would never remember these years as a vampire. Years that would seize to exist.
"Will she remember me?" he asked Bonnie, coming to the realization that he didn't fully understand what would happen to Elena.
"I don't know Stefan, I only know that Emily is waiting for her." Bonnie replied weakly.
Stefan swallowed thickly. "Okay, but you said she will die if we don't do this?" he muttered.
"Yes, she will Stefan, Elena has a soul connection to Damon, a bond that when severed condemns the other to death." Bonnie grimaced.
"What?" Stefan was shocked.
"I don't know how it happened Stefan, or why I only know the facts, and the facts are that if Elena stays away from Damon for one more day… she is going to die." Bonnie gritted her teeth.
Stefan gasped, fresh tears appearing in his once dry eyes. "We have to do it then." He stated, as they began to prepare for the spell.
Elena hugged Jeremy and Bonnie one last time before she went and stood in the circle of salt.
Bonnie took a knife and sliced Stefan's palm, muttering a chant under her breath. Bonnie then took Elena's palm and moved the blood coated blade over it. The moons light shone over the circle, encompassing it in a pale light. Bonnie began to recite the words of the text:
To the beginning, of which you roam.
Take her back to her home.
From dusk till dawn,
From deer to fawn.
Take her back to her home.
To the beginning of which you roam.
The words fell from Bonnies lips as a static light enrobed Elena's body. Stefan's eyes went wide watching her disappear into nothingness.
Bonnie turned to talk to Stefan, he was gone.
