Bonjour! You don't have to say it; I'm bad about uploading already. So so so so sorry! I'm doing my best. (= Just wanted to point out a few things about this chapter. 1) We all know the story with Esther and the Originals so with the meeting scene, I didn't go through the whole explaining. I skipped it. But they DO know everything and next chapter they'll start actually planning what to do about it. 2)I decided to forget about the whole 'Damon sabotage' thing. It just seems like too much for Bon to deal with and I'm not into her being in silly love triangles like a certain doppelganger is. -.- Hope that doesn't disappoint any of you. For me this is Klonnie and Klonnie only. Woot! Enough with the rambling. Enjoy!
All she could manage to think about was the impending danger of this Esther woman. Apparently, she was pissed at Klaus, which really who wasn't right now? It's his area of expertise; pissing everyone off. So it wasn't surprising to Bonnie that someone wanted his head on a platter. What did surprise her was the thought of this witch wanting her own son dead. Even in the worst of situations parents are supposed to cherish their children, support them, be there for them. Bonnie knew that, even though she was never blessed with such parents. Abby had left her as a child and her father was so caught up in work he never made time for his daughter. He had already missed the past three Christmas' and her birthday. She was so used to it, she never even decorated for Christmas last year since there would be no one but her to see it. Bonnie would never wish preoccupied parents on anyone; they're the people who are supposed to always be there no matter what. So that's why it confused her as to why Esther wanted Klaus and his siblings dead. They must have done something so horribly terrible(even worse than draining people) that caused their own mother to have such disdain and hate for them.
Another issue that seemed to perplex the Bennett was how Esther was alive in the first place. She wasn't a vampire. As far as she knew, witches couldn't become vampires and keep their magic, and she had never known any witch to discontinue aging. So how is it that she was still alive after a thousand years, and why hadn't she shown up sooner? Maybe she had been waiting for something. Bonnie maybe? After all, Klaus mentioned something about Esther drawing from the Bennett line. Maybe she had been waiting for the young witch to come into her own to better assure the completion of getting rid of her children. The idea frightened Bonnie; she didn't know anything about drawing power from anything other than nature itself. There are so many possibilities that could occur from Esther drawing; so much could go wrong. 'Stop, Bonnie. Don't get ahead of yourself.' She wasn't going to let herself to be scared away. No, she would face this head on, especially if it meant saving the ones she cared for. She would just have to wait and find out more about this Esther witch. Fortunately she'd be finding out tonight.
To calm her mind of anything supernatural for the day, Bonnie decided to take a walk on a trail close to the falls. She had always loved nature, even before she she found out she was a witch. She enjoyed walking through the golds, reds, and oranges during autumn and now was no exception. The sounds of the leaves skittering and the breeze making the trees sway gave her a sense of peace. She stopped walking and took a moment to close her eyes, and appreciate the calmness. Since everything had started in Mystic Falls, this was her place of solitude. No matter what had happened, good or bad, the beautiful landscape had never failed to better it all. To make it all seem nonexistent.
She opened her eyes to continue walking when a ominous feeling washed over her. Then it was eerily and completely silent. It made the tiny hairs on her neck stand, her fingers shiver; all she could hear was the adrenaline-filled thump in her chest. She had felt this before; she knew exactly what it was and she wasn't about to stick around to risk anything. So she ran like she had never ran before; she knew whoever it was was just waiting to pounce. Waiting to catch up and drain her dry. She made it to her car, but not a second later she was yanked back by the hair and held tight with one arm. At that moment she knew she had to do something; a spell, fighting, anything. But the vampire was too strong and she couldn't bring herself to remember any spell to help. 'Why is this the one time I can't use magic? Dammit why?!' She let a blood-curdling scream leave her mouth as the vamps teeth viciously tore into her. She wiggled and struggled to fight back and soon she found herself let go and falling to the dirt ground. Her vision became blurry and the last things she saw were those ocean eyes and golden curls.
A couple of hours later, Bonnie's eyes shuttered open to a mahogany bed canopy. She looked down to see herself covered in cream colored silk sheets and a room filled with landscape paintings, a dresser, and a clothes-filled closet. 'This is someone's bedroom...wait...I'M IN SOMEONE'S BEDROOM.' She panicked not knowing where she was and not remembering how she got there. Her first instinct was to get the hell out of there, so she jumped out of the bed. 'Noah, big mistake.' It felt like all the blood was rushing to her head and she wobbled. Putting a hand on the bed to balance herself didn't seem to be good enough as she almost tumbled to the floor. Before she hit, she felt strong arms catch her at the waist.
"Whoa there, love. Careful."
Her eyes went wide and she turned to find herself staring at the hybrid himself. She half-expected him to have that smirk again, but he didn't. No, it was a frown, and his eyes? They had...was that worry in them? 'Of course not Bonnie. He doesn't care about you.' She couldn't help but give him a curious look as the thought crossed her mind. 'He did save you though... Scratch that; actually he could be the one who attacked you in the first place!' With that she grabbed his arms and flung them off her waist and opened her mouth to say something, but he spoke before she got the chance.
"No need to thank me, sweetheart. You are forever welcome." For a second she was surprised, but then realized the sarcasm he put behind the words. 'And that damn smug smile, ugh.'
"So what the hell happened? Why am I here? What did you do to me Klaus?" Instead of really thanking him she turned to the only things she ever let him have, accusation and anger.
"Slow down with the questions, will you? To answer the first question, you were attacked by a vampire, brutally I might add. To answer the second question, you're here because I brought you here. And to answer the final question, I didn't do anything, well anything you should be angry about. I found said vampire about to drain your little witchy self and saved you. Again, you're welcome"
"Oh. Well...thanks, I guess."
They stood awkwardly for what felt like an eternity just staring at one another. She found herself in a little bit of shock at the fact that Klaus saved her. He could have easily left her to die or finish her off himself, but he didn't. Then it hit her, the real reason he helped her. 'Probably to use me in the Esther problem. He helped because he cares about my damn power, not me. I'm an idiot.' The previous anger and bitterness came rolling back in.
"I feel fine now and I can go home. So, bye." She turned and made her way to the door and bumped into a hard chest.
"You might as well stay. It's twenty-five minutes until six so your little friends should be heading in soon. Come on, Bonnie. I'll even leave you alone until then. Besides, no matter what you say, I know you've got a splitting head ache and are in no way capable of driving home." He raised his eyebrows as if expecting her to to prove him wrong.
'Ugh. He's right. My head is about to explode. Guess I'll just have to endure the next thirty minutes.' "Fine." She grips the side of her head as a pain shoots through. "Got any Tylenol? Advil? Anything to get rid of this blinding pain?"
"Of course. Though I do have an even better cure that will get rid of the pain quicker." A devious grin came upon his face as he moved closer to her face, noses almost touching. "I'd be more than happy to give you a little taste." He took in her jade eyes with wonderment. 'She's so stunning. Oh I'd love to so much more than give her a taste.'
'God he really needs to stop getting so close to me! Wow, does he have the heat on this house?' Bonnie gulped, inwardly cursing herself for not being able to move. She was usually repulsed by the idea of drinking any blood, be it vampire or not. Though, the way Klaus was looking at her, the way his breath swept over her lips, and the seduction in his eyes made her wonder what it would be like. She had been told by Elena how taking blood was quite erotic to vampires, and right now the arousal Bonnie was feeling made her all the more curious. She shook her head of the thought and managed to break eye contact and clear her throat.
"Uh no, I don't think so. Good old-fashioned human medicine will work fine. Now can you get out of my face so I can fix this before everyone gets here?" She side-stepped past him making her way downstairs. 'Hm. Beautiful house. Almost looks fit for a queen. Like me. Ha! Pfft yeah right, Bennett.' She snickered at the image of her in a crown, having servants(vampires) tend to her every whim. Bonnie could never see herself in that way. Not comfortably, anyways. She liked her modest life, at least the human side. Simple house, simple clothes, simple high school. It was comfortable and fitting just for her.
"Find something funny? Humor me, darling." He was right at her side as she gazed over everything in his home. 'Quite thorough she is. Taking in every single object, every single corner.'
"Nothing; it wasn't important. You have a gorgeous home." She noticed all the paintings in the room had his signature at the bottom. 'Knew he was an artist, but damn, those are really great.'
"Thank you. I picked everything out myself. Rebekah says it's a bit on the 'royal' side. Said I should have a throne to rule. I actually quite like the idea."
'Did he really just say that? King...and queen... Hm.' She nodded, looked down to her watch and noticed it was ten til six. "Everyone's gonna be here soon, so can those pills or what?" She always managed to keep up the sass with the hybrid.
"Of course. Be right back." He vamp sped his way to the kitchen and he door bell rang.
Out of habit, she said "I'll get it." She knew he had heard her with his vamp hearing and made her way to the front door.
She opened and saw Elena and the Salvatore's standing on the other side. Elena looked slightly surprised, Damon had that smirk on his face, and Stefan looked indifferent. It's as if he knew she'd already be there.
"Bonnie, what are you doing here?" the doppelganger spoke.
"Well Klaus told us all to be here, so here I am. Should I not be?" Bonnie knew she should be. Hell, she was the first person he told about it. Plus, they need her magic, so of course she would be there. Nothing new there.
"Oh, no, I just- You look like you've been here for awhile. I mean, your shoes are off...and you just casually answered the door, so..." Elena trailed off hoping Bonnie would get that it was odd for her to be there so early.
The young witch never even noticed her shoes had been taken off. 'He must have done it. Kind of nice I guess.' "Oh yeah I have been here for a couple of hours. I had an unpleasant run in with a vamp today and Klaus helped." She pulled her hair back to show the marks.
"Oh my goodness, are you alright? What happened?" By that time, they had all rushed in and were bombarding her with questions about the attack.
"Guys, I'm okay, really. Like I said, Klaus helped, no biggie. I'm fine now. Okay?" They all nodded.
"Here you go. Sorry that took so long. See we don't exactly need things like this in the house, so it took me a while to find them. Ah, I see some of the other guests have arrived." They all had wide eyes; curious as to why he acting so...human. But nonetheless they followed into the living room.
A few minutes late, everyone was assembled at the mansion, except for Caroline. "Seriously, when is barbie ever on time? It's not like we need her, let's start without her." Damon was always the impatient one.
"She'll be here." Immediately after Bonnie said that, the door bell rang. "I'll get it" Opening the door she saw an excited Caroline. "Hey. Care what are you so happy about?" They made their way to the group.
"Oh my gosh, Bon, I met the cutest guy. He was so so sweet and we talked about everything. Girl, I when say cute, I mean smoking. Sorry I'm late, though."
Bonnie chuckled, "It's fine; tell me about it later."
"So...any luck on operation-" She cut the blonde off.
"Shhh. Not here." She motioned to her ears and mouthed 'they can hear you.'
"Crap. That's right. Later." Care winked.
Once they got back to the group, Klaus explained everything he had told Bonnie. He told them he didn't want to go into details that were irrelevant, only what was important. He dodged questions about his family that seemed too personal. The dodging made Bonnie curious as to what happened with him and his family. She felt like asking, but decided to wait until it was just him and her. Plus, she felt he would lash out on one of them if he was pushed too far. 'If anyone knows about family problems it's me. Maybe he'll talk to me.'
After everything was said and done for the meeting everyone was making their way out when Caroline spotted a painting on the wall. Her eyes grew large and she almost choked on the gum she'd been chewing. Bonnie started patting her back asking if she were alright and Caroline just nodded her head to the painting. The witch turned to see what the fuss was about and her stomach dropped. There hanging above the mantle of the fire place was a painting of a tree. Not just any tree, no. The same exact tree she had on the parchment given to her by Grams. Nothing out of place about it either; every detail the same. And in the bottom right hand corner? His signature.
Ah, so the plot thickens! Sorry for the semi-cliffhanger. Hope you all enjoyed it! (=
For the Kennett fans who are waiting for an update to 'She Couldn't, She Wouldn't' it is coming probably Thursday since we're all so excited for their scenes this week. ( ;
-T
