AN: Hey! First off I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter (for those who celebrate) and if you don't, I hope you still had a wonderful day. Thank you so much for the reviews, to say that last chapter I had definitely stepped out of my comfort zone would definitely be an understatement. So just to clear things up… yes, Klaus has Damon and Bonnie in another city, and as for motive? Well I have used this chapter to clear that up, and hope that this will answer your questions. Feel free to ask me anything if you get confused =)
Warning: The characters in this story may be OOC and this is an Au fic, meaning it doesn't follow the exact story line of the show. I also apologize in advance for any and all mistakes that you may find, since this is a beta free story.
Disclaimer: I do not own TVD or its characters.
*Third person POV*
Charlottesville, Virginia.
She stood surrounded by a circle of flames- No not quite a circle, but a pentagram.
She looked up and saw him through the flames, his cold blue eyes staring intently into hers, almost as if he was daring her to make her next move.
She met his gaze steadily, and though his gaze should have made her skin crawl, it didn't.
She felt herself smirk at him, and his eyes became wild in fury as she prepared to throw the crystal into the air and destroy it.
She wasn't in control of her body, as if some force had taken over her and no matter how much she tried to fight it and regain control, the force fought back with ten times the strength leaving her helpless.
Her head snapped up to where the crystal was suspended in the air a foot above her.
Suddenly the crystal burst, sparks of the magic it had once held rained down around her and she felt herself smile in satisfaction.
Her smile faltered then as she was snapped back into control over her body.
She looked around in confusion; the stench of charred earth was overwhelming as it seeped into her nostrils, burning them.
As she looked around her surroundings she nearly missed the dark vampire that glared coldly at her.
Her heart pounded hard against her chest as she watched his face change from that of a handsome man into that of a monster.
A monster that wanted her dead.
In a movement too fast for her to see he had lunged at her, trapping her in his vise like grip as he tore into the flesh of her neck painfully until blackness was all she saw.
Bonnie's eyes snapped open as she woke from the terrible nightmare.
She was drenched in sweat; her heart was still pounding with adrenaline and fear.
Her breath was shaky and she couldn't seem to tame it as it came in quick short bursts that did nothing to satisfy her burning lungs.
The dream had been so realistic that she had to check her surroundings to make sure that she in fact wasn't in the clearing that lay deep in the heart of the woods.
She let her gaze fall to the sleeping man beside her; her loving husband and the monster that had attacked her in her dream.
Looking at him now, she could only see the man that she loved, but her dream had been so vivid that she couldn't suppress the shutter that shot through her body.
She hoped with all of her heart that it had just been a dream and not a glance into her dark future.
As if he had sensed her unease he pulled her closer against him.
She felt herself tense unintentionally, but as she looked at her husband's sleeping face she slowly began to relax and snuggled into his side.
It had to be just a dream.
There was no way that this man would ever intentionally harm her.
She repeated this to herself until any of the remaining doubt that had poisoned her mind dissipated until there was nothing left but her love for her husband.
She drifted back to sleep to the sound of Damon's comforting shallow breaths as he slept soundly.
Mystic falls, Virginia ...
It had been days since Elena had received the upsetting call from Bonnie, telling her that Klaus had Damon and was torturing him.
Stefan had not hesitated when she relayed this disturbing news to him, and he had wordlessly walked out of the boarding house with the duffle bag full of white ash stakes; leaving Elena to wait in anticipation for him to return with a weakened Damon.
She had seen the look of hurt flash in Stefan's eyes when she had begged him to save his brother, too shaken up to control the desperation in her voice and the anguish in her eyes.
She knew that Stefan was no fool, that he had sensed her growing feelings for his brother long before she had even realized them for herself; and when he had returned to the boarding house free of the duffle bag without Damon she couldn't control the tears that had traitorously fallen from her eyes.
To make matters worse Stefan had pulled her into his strong arms and let her cry on his shoulder, trying to comfort her even though she knew deep down that she had broken his heart.
She saw the tortured look in his green eyes as he told her that Damon hadn't been at the mansion, and she couldn't decide which hurt him more; the pain of not knowing what had become of his older brother, or the fact that this news had affected her so much.
She supposed it was a combination of the two, each pained him as if he had taken a stake to the heart and it tore her up to know that she had unintentionally driven one through his wounded heart.
The days had passed by swiftly and she found that she had almost become a permanent visitor at the boarding house.
She and Stefan hadn't made much conversation except for the occasional choppy rounds of small talk here and there.
Both avoiding the current topic of tragedy that would only send them spiraling on the edge of despair, but she knew that it was always on their minds as if all of the unanswered questions had been branded into them.
Mostly they sat in a comfortable silence, he sipping a glass of whiskey and she staring off distantly at nothing in particular.
Both on edge and hoping that today would be the day that they would hear some news on the dark vampires' whereabouts.
They were treading on thin ice and she knew it; carefully avoiding the unimaginable what ifs that had poisoned their minds as another day passed without a word.
The world was crumbling around them and they could do nothing but stand by idly and helplessly watch as it did so.
Today was one of these days; Elena sat in silence staring off into the licking flames of the fire place while Stefan sipped from his third glass of whiskey.
The usually comforting silence however seemed to hang over them like a thick hot blanket of tension, almost as if it were slowly suffocating them.
It was enough to drive her mad.
She tried to think of something-anything to say to him.
How had they gone from two people who could confide in each other, even their deepest darkest secrets, to not being able to speak at all?
Though she asked herself this, she knew the answer, and that was Klaus.
Ever since he had made Stefan leave town with him, turning Stefan back into the monster that he had fought and successfully tamed, and since then things just hadn't been the same.
Don't get her wrong, she still loved him, she would probably love him until her dying breath; but the fact was that she has learned to live his brother as well, and this is what had caused the fracture in their relationship- That and Stefan's endless guilt for leaving her behind.
She knew that in some ways he had blamed his self for her infidelity, that that was just the way he was.
The apocalypse could destroy the world and though he could never be held accountable for it, he would still find some way to blame himself.
She had been unable to come up with anything to say, and just when the silence seemed to grow deafening, it was interrupted by the slamming of the front door.
This had woken them up and sent them looking at each other with unreadable expressions.
Dare they hope that Damon had finally returned home to them?
Dare they hope that at any second he would saunter in the room with that carefree air about him, shooting them that lazy smirk of his as he took in their worried expressions?
Trying to contain a fit of laughter as he filled them in on whatever crazy adventure he had been on, and that he hadn't been missing at all, at least not against his will.
The tiny bubbles of hope that had began to build up with them however burst in an almost painful manner when it had been Rebekah who had sauntered in the room instead of the dark vampire of whom they were worried about.
They gaped at her as a slow smirk spread across her lips.
"Hello Stefan, a pleasure as always to see you; though I can't say the same for your taste in company at the moment."
"What do you want Rebekah?" Stefan said through gritted teeth.
She softened her expression to one of mock hurt and scoffed.
"Can't a girl just drop in to say hi to her friends?" she asked.
Stefan shook his head in frustration.
"You are no friend of mine and you know it. Now what do you want?" he repeated.
She dropped her charade of hurt and her face became serious.
"What I want is the last of the white ash stakes that you were supposed to deliver by now." she answered.
Stefan looked at the blond in disbelief.
"Even if I had the slightest clue as to where it was, what makes you even think that I would give it to you? I have yet to see my brother that you have done who knows what to."
"You will find the stake and hand it over Stefan, because I have not one but two incentives for you to. Hand over the stake and I will gladly hand over your brother and the witch. It's a fair deal Stefan, two for one. Now what will it be?"
Elena gasped.
Stefan was in front of the blond in a flash, fangs bared and his face twisted into that of his true nature.
He grabbed Rebekah roughly by the throat.
"What have you done with my brother and Bonnie?" he roared.
Rebekah only laughed and easily shook off his attack as if he were merely an annoying flee that had dared to land on her.
"Don't worry that pretty little head of yours. We haven't done anything to them yet. In fact you might say that they are happily distracted at the moment, but mark my words if you don't get me the stake and soon, I will make sure that things will be very unpleasant for the both of them."
Stefan fought to control the rage that had overcome him.
"I'll get you the stake." he spat out.
Rebekah smiled.
"Good. I am so glad that we had this nice little chat, unfortunately I have other engagements to attend to, but I can promise you that I will be back."
She sauntered out of the room leaving them speechless for a moment.
Stefan grabbed his discarded jacket from the love seat and turned to leave only to be stopped by Elena.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"I am going to find Alaric." he answered.
"Not without me." she said stubbornly.
He was much too exhausted to argue with her so he stiffly nodded, turning to look her in the eyes before she could move an inch more.
"As long as you do not get in my way, I mean it Elena." he said.
The warning in his voice was so intense that a chill ran down her spine.
"I won't." she reassured.
He walked swiftly to his car with Elena on his heals jogging to keep up with his long graceful strides.
He knew that if Alaric's alter ego refused to play nice, that things would have to become unpleasant and most likely messy, and when they did he could only hope that Elena would stay true to her word and let him do what he needed to do.
Charlottesville, Virginia…
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty." Damon said as he gently shook his wife.
He chuckled when she groaned, rolled over, and pulled the sheet up over her head.
He wasn't going to let her win that easily.
He easily tugged the sheet off of her and smirked when she shot him a dirty look stretching as she let out a long yawn.
She hadn't had much sleep due to the haunting nightmare she had.
"Do I have to?" she asked.
"You do."
"Five more minutes..." she mumbled as she drifted back to sleep.
Damon chuckled darkly.
He picked her up and hefted her over her shoulder as she begged him to put her down.
He ignored her pleas and instead carried her into the bathroom only setting her down when he had stepped into the shower fully clothed.
She screamed when he turned the faucet on to the coldest temperature letting the icy water soak them both.
"Okay! I'm up! C-can you please t-turn the wattter t-to a w-warmerrr t-temperattture?" she asked her teeth chattering from the cold.
He laughed but obeyed her request.
"That was cruel." she stated once her shivering subsided.
"Hey it worked." he chuckled.
He brought his face down to hers to place a kiss on her lips but she stubbornly turned her head so the kiss landed on her cheek instead.
"Aw come on Bonnie, you can't really be mad at me."
She remained silent and kept her eyes averted away from him.
Though he knew that her anger and annoyance was only temporary, it still made him want to do everything in his power to erase it right away.
He turned her head and tilted it to face him with a gentle finger under her chin, trying to force her to look at him only to find that she stubbornly had closed her eyes.
"Open your eyes Bonnie." he said.
When she didn't he decided to change tactics.
"You know I can make you open your eyes."
She still didn't listen and a smirk spread across his lips.
He gently pressed her body against the shower wall and crushed his lips against her tightly shut ones.
When this didn't work he slipped his hands down her water soaked shorts and teased her in the wickedest way he knew how.
A moan escaped her lips and he took advantage of that slipping his tongue into her mouth in a heated kiss until she could no longer resist and returned the kiss slipping her arms around his neck.
He released her lips and trailed soft tingly kisses from her jaw line down to her neck.
"I hate you." she said breathlessly, though her words were more playful than full of malice.
He looked down at her his eyes shining in amusement.
"You adore me and you know It." he teased.
She laughed.
"Okay so now that you have affectively woke me up, what are we going to do today?" she asked.
He wrapped his arms around her.
"Well, I am going to spoil my wife all day long." he said.
"You never told me you were married." she teased.
"I am, and to the most amazing woman in the world." he said playing along.
She gave him one last lingering kiss and they got ready to spend the day together.
AN: So what did you think of this chapter? Did it answer some of your questions or no? R&R and tell me what you thought. Thanks for reading. =)