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A/N/: First of all I want to apologize to you all for taking so long to update this story. I really appreciate the love this story has received so far and I'm hoping you all continue to love it!
"In early 1973, I approached a coven of witches for help on how to get Katherine out of the tomb ahead of schedule and they agreed to help only if I helped them capture Bonnie..."
"I'm surprised they agreed to help you. Witches don't usually concern themselves with the personal agendas of vampires unless it affects the balance." Stefan rudely interrupted.
Damon did not appreciate the interruption but decided to humour his brother.
"You never cease to amaze me Stef and unless you spent your entire vampire existence in a coffin then you should know that not every witch or warlock cares about maintaining the balance. Besides, you should also know that I wouldn't be stupid enough to tell them why I wanted the tomb opened. I just told them I needed help opening a magically sealed tomb and that I was willing to pay for their service."
Stefan nodded to show his understanding. "Good. No more stupid question until I finish the story. Okay?" Damon said condescendingly and everyone glared at him but remained quiet.
"Now where was I? Yes. They told me to capture her alive and they would help to unseal the tomb. First time I saw her, I immediately thought it was going to be a piece of cake. She looked so young and innocent and I immediately equated that with inexperience. Needless to say, it was one of the worst mistakes of my life." Damon chuckled remembering how stupid it was of him to underestimate her.
"I followed her to an abandoned house and I remember thinking she just made my job a whole lot easier when all of a sudden she attacked me. Turns out she had lured me to her own personal torture home -"
"She tortured you?! How are you now friends?!" this came from Elena who had a befuddled expression on her face.
Damon sighed. "What did I say about stupid questions Elena?"
"It's not a stupid question, I'm just -"
"If you would just chill until I finished the story then all your stupid questions will be answered. Unless you prefer to fill in the gaps with your imagination." Damon retorted.
Elena was taken aback with his response and briefly wondered if he was angry with her, he was being unnecessarily mean but before she could question it, Caroline intervened.
"There's no need for that Damon. Just keep on telling us how she kicked your ass, I bet this is the best part of the story. She said and everyone, except Elena, shared a laugh at Damon's expense.
Damon scoffed good-naturedly. "Trust me, it wasn't fun at all. She had attacked me with an aneurysm which knocked me out cold." At their surprised expression, he added. "Yeah. It was that potent."
"By the time I came to, I was shackled to a wall and feeling weaker than a newborn. She was sitting in front of me, a glass of scotch in one hand and in the other she held a spray bottle which I learned the hard way had vervain in it. She told me the reason I felt so weak was because I had vervain in my system and then she asked me why I was following her. When I tried to be my usual charming sarcastic self, she sprayed my face with vervain –"
Alaric, Jeremy and Caroline laughed.
"Damn, she sounds crazy." Jeremy said and when Damon glared at him, he added. "What? You said no stupid questions, I don't remember asking a question."
"Why did the witches want her though? Stefan asked and at Damon's annoyed look, "I don't think that qualifies as a stupid question."
"Yeah. Why did they want her?" Caroline reiterated.
"Why are you guys so impatient?" Damon bemoaned but then sighed. "I'll only answer that because Bonnie asked me the same question during my...interrogation."
That's one way of putting it, Elena thought to herself.
"So, at the time, I didn't know why they wanted her and frankly I didn't care because I thought it was going to be a simple snatch and grab. Anyways, when the vervain spray wasn't helping in making me talk, she decided to boil my blood from the inside." At Caroline and Elena's horrified expression, he said:
"Yeah. It was terrible and when I couldn't take feeling like a volcano, I told her it was the coven that wanted her and as you can imagine, at this stage, I was curious enough to ask why they wanted her."
Their expressions urged him to continue and he couldn't help being amused.
"She told me the witches had asked her to share the secret behind her youthful looks. They were intrigued because as far as they knew, dark magic was what granted youthful looks and they could not sense any from Bonnie and whatever magic she was using also kept her strong and healthy. They wanted the same for themselves. However when Bonnie refused, they decided that harvesting her blood and performing a blood ritual would get them the same result."
"Wow." This came from Alaric and Damon could see that his inner geek was already processing the information.
"Then she asked me why I was helping the coven. I tried to be vague but when she started to heat my blood again, I told her it was because I wanted to free the woman I loved from misery." They could still detect a hint of bitterness in his tone.
"By the time I told her all about Katherine, she began to laugh. She told me I had been conned, that Katherine wasn't in some tomb. I still remember the look of pity she gave me when I denied her allegations."
"She told me she was going to let me go and see for myself that I've been played for a fool. She thought it was ample punishment for trying to abduct her. She unshackled my hands, held them and told me to think of Katherine. After a while, she told me to go to some restaurant in Memphis around midday in a fortnight and act normal. She spelled my ring and instructed me to repeat some words before I enter the restaurant as it would alter my appearance. Then she unshackled my legs and told me to leave." His voice had gone sombre and they could see that he was reliving the moment so they didn't say anything and waited for him to continue.
"As you can imagine, I didn't know what to make of her behaviour especially when I believed she was wrong and I was right. When I asked her why she was doing it, she said that the truth will hurt more than any punishment she could think of for my actions."
"In a fortnight, at midday, I had recited the words she instructed and was sitting in the restaurant looking like every other Tom, Dick and Harry. I even ordered a drink and food and whilst I was enjoying my drink, she walked in. Katherine walked in like she owned the place and sat with some guy and they began chit chatting like old friends." Damon sneered.
"At first, I thought it was some magic trick Bonnie had done but her mannerisms were still the same, she smiled the same way and she sounded the same and I knew it was no magic trick. My poor little heart broke into a million pieces and I didn't know what to do with myself so I just ate my food when it was brought, paid when I was done eating and left."
"That's why you were not surprised when she eventually showed up here." Stefan said.
"Yeah. I went back to look for Bonnie and ended up helping her to neutralize the last of the witches. When I asked her how she knew about Katherine, she told me they share a common past and that she keeps track of everything that has to do with that past."
"Klaus." Stefan says.
"I suppose so. Anyways, since then, we got to know each other and became close friends, I'll even go as far as to say we're best friends and we've kept in touch ever since. I found out that she was born in 1929, she was 18 when she performed the spell that keeps her looking like she does, she said she did it because she thought she had found someone to spend forever with and before you interrupt me, the reason she doesn't look 18 is because she's aged every 12 years since she cast the spell and that folks is the end of my story." Damon said dropping the proverbial mic and smirked when he saw the look on their faces.
A/N: I was going to continue this chapter by writing about Bonnie's back-story with Klaus and Elijah but I decided to do that in the next chapter. I had promised in my other story that I would update this story before the end of the month so here it is! Hope you enjoy reading this, let me know what you think!