Hi guys! We get some back round on Evangeline in this chapter and some caveman like Damon! Please read and review if you feel like : )
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Bonnie knew it was coming for her, death was chasing her demanding it's payment...And sooner or later it would catch her so she decided it was best if she left Mystic falls to prevent putting anyone she cared about in danger, she didn't have the strength to have to say goodbye to them, it was just too hard and they would find a way to stop her from leaving and she would have to explain why she was leaving. She packed everything as fast as she could as her father was coming home soon and she wanted to be gone before he was home.
She was taking things out of a drawer when she noticed an old photo of a breathtaking woman, in the bottom left corner it said Evangeline Bennett. She reached to pick it up as soon as her fingers made contact with it she suddenly had a vision.
It was Evangeline, she was crying, a young man lay on the ground covered in his own blood police surrounding the area. She also noticed a large crow flying high above the scene seemingly leaving. Evangeline seemed to being in hysterics, she barged past police and held the boys head in her arms cradling it. "LOGAN...OHH! LOGAN! Come back to me!" She cried her clothes now stained with his blood.
The vision abruptly ended, leaving Bonnie horrified. 'Who was this woman?' She thought to herself. She packed the photo. Pulled on a pair of white short shorts that were for cheerleading practice, and a purple jacket. She grabbed her backpack and climbed out of her window to avoid being seen as her father's car was coming up the driveway, she had been practicing a levitation spell she hoped it work now she leapt off the balcony and just before hitting the ground used the spell she now hovered just above the ground.
'Thank god!' She thought quite relieved. She now sped off into the forest running as fast as her legs allowed her she didn't know where she was going but she hoped it was away from Mystic falls.
She could feel something following her, she began running faster her breathing laboured. When suddenly she tripped on a tree root and was caught in pale strong arms. Damon did not look pleased.
"Bonnie what the hell are you doing out here?" He exclaimed, as he had at first thought she was a lost tourist and an easy meal.
"I'm just going to visit a friend" She said shakily hoping he would believe her.
"Look I wasn't born yesterday, I know when you're lying to me Bonnie Bennett, so you better start giving me some answers" He said looking toward her sternly, still shaken he nearly made her his dinner.
"I'm sorry" Was all she said before she could no longer hold her tears and they came cascading down her cheek.
She looked down not wanting him to see her cry. Damon was immediately holding her, he lifted her chin level to face him, and their noses were almost touching. He stroked a strand of hair from her face.
"Bonnie, please tell me" He said softly stroking a tear from her cheek.
She leaned her forehead against his cupping his cheeks in her hands, her lips softly touching his, she looked up into his stunning blue eyes.
"I'm leaving, Damon" She said fighting back fresh tears swelling up in her eyes.
He let go of her suddenly, and grasped her shoulders. "What do you mean you're leaving!" He roared, struggling to hold the monster within at bay.
"It's what's best for both of us...goodbye Damon, I will never forget you" She said reaching up and putting her hand to his heart, before dissipating in the air leaving Damon standing alone.
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Damon ran everywhere possible looking for Bonnie, Gram's, the school, Elena's, Caroline's, even the manor, nothing.. She was gone. He made himself a promise he would not feed on another human, their blood was nothing in comparison to Bonnie's he would wait until he found her. He was going on a "Stefan Diet" you could say, not that he needed to he was already extremely fit.
He also made the decision to leave Mystic falls, A) He would probably be blamed for Bonnie's disappearance, B) That would mean a lot of boring conversations with Stefan and Elena, C) Bonnie was longer here...
He didn't want to face society anymore he decided to live in the forest, like the animal he really was. Embrace his true nature and hunt for his soul mate, Bonnie Bennett.
Bonnie cried herself to sleep that first night after leaving, her heart ached more than when she lost Gram's, because this time she lost more than one, Elena, Dad, Stefan, Caroline, Matt, and Damon. As much as she didn't want to believe it she'd had grown to love him he was her dark knight, soul protector, soul mate...
She was staying in North Carolina, with an old friend, Sarah. She told her everything on the phone, even about Damon and what he really was, she understood as she was a Physic. They had known each other since they were little but lost most contact when Bonnie moved to Virginia.
She got a job as a singer, in a local bar. Everything was finally becoming normal, what she imagined her life to be...But in the back of her mind she knew she would never be just normal.
Sarah ran into Bonnie's room, "Bonnie!" She yelled running towards her.
"What is it Sarah? Are you ok?" Bonnie asked looking worried.
"I just had a vision, there's a beast it's looking for you, and it want stop until it finds you. By the aurora I was getting it isn't friendly. You were running but it was much faster, and gave you the most carnal smile I've ever seen...Bonnie you're not safe.."
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Damon bathed in the stream, letting his worries slip away all but one, Bonnie plagued his thoughts like a disease. She wasn't safe and she didn't even know it. He had disposed of anything that reminded him of civilisation, mobiles, all technology and even clothes he only wore his pants which were now shorts which made it easier to manoeuvre around the forest and hunt his prey. He stopped shaving, and now used his instincts above all other senses, including common sense, he had become a savage.
It had been a fortnight since Bonnie's disappearance and he had her purple jacket in which he used the scent to track her, his search had led him to North Carolina. He could almost taste her now...
He was currently feeding on a cat. It didn't taste good but it kept him alive. Well not 'alive' but strong. An elderly lady was out in the woods searching for the cat, "Lawrence!" She shouted.
Damon stalked towards her blood smeared all over his face, holding the cat's body in his arms. "Here you go" He said chirpily and handed her the cat. She looked as though she was about to have a heart failure.
"You will forget about the cat and me, and go back into your house, buy a new cat and watch 'Antiques Roadshow' like a normal old fart!"
He commanded. She obeyed and walked back towards civilisation. He was still not satisfied so he continued hunting with such finesse if you blinked you'd miss him. Each day that passed the more he forgot about himself, and the more animal was seeping into his soul.
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Elena cried and Stefan held her tightly, "Don't worry we'll find her" He cooed into her ear softly.
"It's been nearly 3 weeks Stefan, she's not alive!" Elena exclaimed sobbing harder still.
"I know Bonnie, she's stronger than you think I'm sure she's safe wherever she is."
"If Damon hurt her, I swear to god I'll stake him!" She shouted her eyes blazing.
"Not if I get to him first.." Stefan smiled and Elena couldn't help but chuckle.
"They're out there somewhere Elena, we just have to look in the right place" Stefan said wisely. He knew they were just couldn't tell where.
Bonnie knew who the beast was, and knew he really wasn't a beast, just misunderstood much like herself. She would find him and tell him to leave. Yeah, that's what she'd do and if didn't comply we'll that's when being a witch came in handy. She wore a long flowing gold gown, as she had come straight from a shift at the bar. She knew he would be in the wood, that's where they always met. She walked confidently knowing he was watching her, but something didn't feel right like there was something not right with him. The moonlight shone on her skin, illuminating her and the dress in the darkness.
That's when she saw it, ripped clothes, sunken cheeks, long unruly hair, blood smeared across his face, and those blue eyes now dark, he looked ferocious like he would tear her apart limb by limb. He had a glint in his eyes, which said he didn't know who he was anymore, that he was all animal... He was now directly in front of her, he tilted his head to the side and gave her a malicious smile his fangs fully visible.
What had he become.. Her instincts told her to run so she did, she hoped he would slower now that he had been living from the forest, yet he seemed stronger, as he was already holding her the neck up against a tree. "Damon!" She rasped, struggling to breathe properly.
"Don't make me hurt you!" She warned. Looking him in the eyes defiantly, trying to show no fear. He seemed laughed harshly it sounded more like a growl than anything. Enough was enough she raised her hand and he went flying backwards and his head hit a rock leaving him unconscious on the forest floor.
She couldn't bring herself to leave him so she sat with his head on her lap, similar to when he was staked, geez he caused a lot of trouble! She thought to herself. She decided to talk to him about her early life hoping somewhere inside him was listening and he would remember who she was and who he was. She finally saw just how hard it was for Damon to resist being an animal all the time and how easily and simply he lived as a monster of the night.
She laid a soft kiss on his lips which was.. returned and strongly too, he pulled her tightly towards him, he began kissing her neck and she quickly pulled back, and looked deep into his eyes they were crystal blue once more. "Damon?" She asked.
"Do you know how absolutely breathtaking you look tonight" He said a smile on his rugged face.
"DAMON!" She kissed him roughly on the lips running her hands down his chest.
"Well, looks like your happy to see me!" He gave her his trademark smirk.
For once she was too tired to argue, and she thought it was finally time to admit her feelings for him.. Little by little.
"You know what Damon, I actually am" She said smiling proudly down at him.
For the first time in a long time Damon was left physically speechless (If that's possible..)
He simply held her tighter whispering in her ear "You have no idea what I had to do while looking for you, and you will definitely have to pay for what you did" He teased wriggling his eyebrows at her.
"And how much would I have to pay?" She responded huskily. Surprising Damon.
"Well, firstly, your over dressed - He started
"Damon..." She interrupted giving him the "Not gonna happen" look.
"I could do with a good massage, after all this hunting" He said still half expecting a "NO!".
"Fine, I have been known to have 'magic fingers'" She said smiling.
"We'll see about that" He said lying on his stomach.
She straddled him, "I already like this massage!" He said roughly.
She leaned forwards and kneaded her fingers in his well-muscled back enjoying the way he felt under her fingers.
Damon groaned in pleasure. She was good, actually those fingers, WOW.. He could get used to this.