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Bonnie's heart was still pounding long after the dark lord had vanished. Something horrible was going to come of this, she knew it.
Elijah walked back in and his expression was grave. "I see your are still in one piece."
"I am," Bonnie crossed her arms. "It seems like he wants me alive."
"Yes, I agree however, I have seen him act rashly in the past in a fit of rage. As I am well aware of how truly infuriating you can be, I thought perhaps he changed his mind."
Bonnie glowered at him. "You are the worst principal ever."
She stalked out of the room.
The Weird Sisters were waiting for her outside of their class. It was an introductory course to potion brewing and herbology. The teacher was a stylish woman, Meredith, who was also a healer. She talked in a fast paced and assigned more reading for that one class than Bonnie got in a week at Mystic Falls high for all her subjects.
After class, they had four more classes. By the time it was done, Bonnie had a mountain of homework and her brain was fried. She went to dinner with the Weird Sisters where they cooked up a plan to get even with her roommates. Unsurprising, it was Katherine, who did most of the scheming with some help from Rebekah. Lucy kept suggesting they simply kill them and be done with it.
"No, no killing," Bonnie said when the suggestion came up for the hundredth time.
"Wimp," Lucy rolled her eyes. "Sometimes it's hard to believe we are related."
"We aren't murdering anyone."
"She's half-mortal," Rebekah stated with exasperation. "Honestly, Lucy she's bound to be a little squeamish."
"All I'm saying is, they won't be able to haze her if they're dead."
"That idea does hold appeal," Katherine agreed. Her eyes twinkled mischievously. "But Elijah does tend to frown upon murdering other students."
"Not to mention what the dark lord would do to us if we harmed our own coven," Rebekah added. "Does the name Damon Salvatore ring any bells?"
That effectively shut Lucy up about murder. None of them wanted to end up like Damon. A withered husk of a warlock, who could not cast a single spell without a coven.
They hammered out the rest of the details. Then Bonnie went to bed, but she only pretended to be asleep. She knew the Weird Sisters were waiting outside. When Hayley, Cami and Davina went to bed she cast a sleeping spell. She knew they were probably like her, staying awake to get ready for their next haze, but tonight they were going to get a nasty surprise. Bonnie felt it in the air, the instant the spell took effect.
She got out of bed and smoothed out her outfit. She was still dressed in the outfit the Weird Sisters had spelled for her earlier in the day. She opened the door to let the Weird Sisters in. Rebekah pushed the others inside and entered with a dazzling smile. Katherine and Lucy were right behind her.
"Let's do this," Lucy said with an excited smile.
The Weird Sisters snapped their feelings and each of the sleeping girls hovered in the air. Bonnie with mixed feelings of fear and excitement. If Elijah found out they had tried to haze seniors, he might explode with rage. As Katherine had stated earlier, Freshman weren't supposed to haze their upperclassmen, but since hazing had largely gone out of fashion, revenge was in order.
They levitated the three girls out of the school and all the way into the forest behind the school grounds. There was a clearing at the center of which there was a tall tree with leafless branches. There was an ominous feeling that hung over the clearing. It made Bonnie want to turn around and leave now.
"This is where the villagers strung up our ancestors," Lucy explained. "Right there," she pointed to a place in front of the tree. "That's where they built the pyre to burn them. Several gruesome deaths took place here."
"No, need to be dramatic, Lucy," Rebekah said with an affectionate smile. "We can all feel it in the air."
"Yeah, no kidding," Bonnie wrapped her arms around herself, shivering.
"Knock it off, we need to get this ready before they wake up," Katherine said.
She tossed her hand into the air. It was a sweeping, dramatic gesture that showed off her perfectly manicured black fingernails. In an instant, three nooses fell from the trees. She tossed her hand again and Davina appeared in the noose, her feet were still on the ground.
Bonnie cast a second spell, a failsafe that would ensure even if they pushed things too far, the girls wouldn't die. Rebekah and Katherine followed suit. Within minutes, Camille and Hayley were also hanging from the tree.
Bonnie conjured a ring of fire round them. She took her friends hands, linked together they summoned the spirits of the dead. What the other girls didn't know was that Lucy was a gifted medium, she could not only communicate with spirits at will, she could also call on them to help her when needed. Now, she summoned them with the intent to terrorize the other three girls.
The spirits all appeared. They were the same ones she had been stuck in the dungeon with only last night. The sight of them brought the fear back to her in vivid detail.
Lucy commanded them to follow Bonnie's orders.
"This one?" one of the witches hissed. "We almost killed her last night."
"Still the power, can you smell it?" another witch showed up next to her and sniffed. "Oh, such raw power."
"Ahhh," a second witch agreed, also sniffing Bonnie.
"Get away from me," Bonnie growled.
She called off the sleeping spell. Cami, Hayley and Davina woke slowly and with confused moans.
"Where are we?"
"What happened?"
"What the hell?"
"Welcome to hell, bitches," Katherine whispered.
Bonnie threw her hand out and the nooses tugged. The flew into the hair, hanging there and suspended from the noose. Another quick spell and flames burst up underneath them. The three girls screamed.
"Go," Bonnie ordered the spirits.
The spirits rushed forward, drawing closer and hissing whispered threats at the girls hanging from the trees.
"Kill," they chanted.
"Murder."
"Make them like us."
Bonnie stepped forward. The Weird Sisters flanked her. Their arms crossed and they looked both beautiful and terrifying.
"You have messed with the wrong witch," Bonnie said. To her surprise her voice was high and strong. "I have friends here and I'm powerful than you thought. Tonight, you will learn why you don't cross me and if you ever come after me again, you'll meet a messy end."
"In the meantime, we will leave you here to think about what you've done," Lucy said with an evil smirk. "Never mess with a Bennett."
They turned around to leave. Cries of fear and rage broke out from the three girls.
"Night girls," Rebekah smirked over her shoulder.
"Sleep tight," Katherine curled her fingers in a mocking little wave.
Lucy gave one last command to the spirits. "If they escape, kill them."
"Lucy, no killing!" Bonnie hissed.
"Fine, don't kill them. Just maim them or something," Lucy agreed with an exasperated wave.
The spirits wailed in disappointment before they turned to face the three witches again.
With gleeful laughter, Bonnie ran into the school with the three girls. She hoped the spirits wouldn't be able to do more than scare the three girls. Hopefully, they knew enough about ghosts to know they could only hurt them if they believed it.
"Did you see their faces?"
"They'll think twice before bullying one of us again!"
"Hayley looked as if she'd swallowed a fly!"
"Davina looked near tears!"
"That's what they get for hazing my cousin!" Lucy cried and threw her arm around Bonnie. She mussed up her hair and Bonnie pushed her off her.
Katherine shushed them once they were inside the building. "Come on, Bon. You can sleep in our room."
XXX
"Now for Elijah," Rebekah whispered and woke Bonnie before dawn.
"What?"
"Time to teach Elijah how unfair hazing is," Lucy agreed already wide awake.
Bonnie had barely gotten any sleep and she had greatly enjoyed the time in the bed that would be hers as soon as they talked Elijah into switching her dormitories. What she hadn't thought they were going to do was teach him a lesson at the crack of dawn.
"I'm not so sure this is a good idea," Katherine mumbled and went back to sleep.
"Coward," Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Just because you fancy my silly brother."
"We are taking things slow," Katherine sniffed. "And I don't want to ruin things before they even start."
"We can do this without Katherine," Lucy said.
"Thank you!" Katherine announced. She rolled over and went right back to sleep, snoring away loudly.
Bonnie covered her ears. "Has she been doing that all night? How did I not hear?"
"I have no idea, cuz."
Bonnie went to get up and saw a shiny black box on her nightstand. She groaned and opened it slowly. There was an envelope on top. She ignored that and decided to rip off the bandage to see what was in the package first. It turned out to be a noose with a ridiculously long rope. What the hell? She thought. Deciding this definitely required an explanation, she opened the envelope.
Dear Bonnie,
Meeting you was an interesting experience and I want to take you on a real date soon, remember you can't refuse me forever. You are as beautiful in person as you are in my visions. I conjured you a little something to help you with your enemies at school.
See you soon!
Yours,
Malachai.
Bonnie groaned. She held the card and waved it at her two awake friends. She was too exasperated to speak. Without hesitation, Lucy snatched it from her and read it aloud.
"Did you see how he signed it?" Bonnie demanded.
"The dark lord," Lucy said.
"What's wrong with that?" Rebekah asked.
"No, he signed it with his name! Can't you see?" Bonnie took it back and she could see plain as day that it read 'Malachai'.
"No, it says dark lord," Lucy said.
Rebekah gaped at her. "You know his name? That is such an honor!"
"What is his name?" Katherine mumbled.
It occurred to her then that Malachai had probably spelled it into invisibility to the rest of the coven. That asshole.
"It's – it's –" she tried to say the name Malchai, but she felt her throat constrict as if there was a stranglehold on her. Only when she stopped trying to say his name could she speak again. "Oh, that bastard!" Bonnie hissed. "He must have cast a spell on me so I can't reveal his name."
Bonnie remembered his hand on her throat and the touch of magic she had felt. It had been equal parts seduction and equal parts casting. What an asshole, she thought.
"Sneaky," Rebekah said with approval.
The blonde was poking around in the box. She pulled out the noose. Her eyes shone with approval.
"That's an excellent gift," Katherine said. She sat up on the bed and her eyes gleamed with excitement.
Rebekah threw it around her neck playfully. Then it constricted and she started to choke. She fell forward, gasping for air and trying to pull it off. Bonnie ran to her side and pulled it off her. When Bonnie touched the noose it magically obeyed her touch and fell from Rebekah's neck. It landed back in the box, coiling itself around magically.
"He means business," Rebekah said staring wide-eyed at it. "Wonderful hex."
"He's a total psycho!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Mortals," Lucy snorted with an eye roll.
Bonnie, Rebekah and Lucy got dressed. They styled their hair and did their makeup. Rebekah bullied Bonnie into a little red velvet dress with a sweetheart neckline. She wore one in purple that brought out the green in her eyes and Lucy wore the same dress in green. Bonnie was amazed that for the second time in two days she was matching with the Weird Sisters, but it was touching.
She straightened her hair and applied neutral lip gloss. She was about to apply some mascara when Lucy pounced. She shoved Bonnie into a chair and put on sparkly black eyeshadow.
"Why are you always putting black eyeshadow on me?" Bonnie grumbled.
Lucy was now assaulting her with liquid eyeliner.
"Because it suits you," Lucy replied in distracted tones.
"Come off it, Bon. Everyone can use a little drama," Rebekah chimed in.
Half an hour later and they were ready to go. Rebekah and Lucy were wearing lipstick in the same shade as their dresses. It was over the top dramatic and very much them, Bonnie thought smiling at her friends.
"Let's get this over with," Rebekah said. "I can't wait to see the look on Elijah's face when we best him."
"Let's just hope he doesn't expel us."
"Oh, I hope he does," Bonnie said brightly to Lucy, who glowered.
Elijah's room was warded, but the defenses were easily dismantled by Rebekah. She sliced her hand open and the magic barrier to keep them out evaporated.
"Shared blood. Silly of Elijah to think I wouldn't break into his office at some point."
Rebekah's smile was pure evil.
"This should be fun," Lucy said mirroring her smile.
Bonnie felt a flutter of hope. This might be bad enough to get her thrown out. If she was expelled, she would be forced to live a mortal life. Witches and wizards, who did not graduate from the Academy of the Unseen Arts were stripped of their powers, forced into the mortal world.
The girls set up in his room. They cloaked themselves and waited. According to Rebekah, Elijah was in his office at 7 am sharp every morning. Today was no different. He unlocked the door, stopped in the doorway, frowning at the lack of wards.
Bonnie attacked with her magic first. Elijah was conjuring a protective spell and she reached out with her mind and shattered it. Elijah took a step back, he raised his arms in the air and conjured balls of fire in either arm.
"I don't know, who you are, but if you think you can beat me. You are mistaken."
Lucy uncloaked her voice. She let out a high, cold cackle that sent chills down Bonnie's spine.
Bonnie sent out an invisible spell that caught Elijah by surprise. He hung from the ceiling. Rebekah giggled and cast a full body bind that paralyzed everything except his head.
Then they uncloaked themselves. As one, the three of them moved forward together. For the first time, Bonnie saw the appeal of being in such a close-knit group. She could truly understand why three girls, who either had no siblings like Lucy or had broken relationships to her siblings (Katherine) or like Rebekah never felt at home in their family, would form their own pack of siblings. There was power in it.
Elijah's expression turned from mildly irritated to fury when he saw, who it was.
"Now, really girls if this is in regards to Bonnie's room I won't change my mind. Hazing is a right of passing at the Academy."
"They tried to turn her into a headcase, big brother," Rebekah sneered.
"Yes, well she seems perfectly fine to me."
"Perfectly? I seem perfectly fine to you? Because let me tell you, with all the crazy that's been my life in the past few weeks? I'm starting to feel a little unhinged," Bonnie took another step threateningly forward. "Who knows? Maybe the dark lord has rubbed off on me?"
Acting rashly, almost desperate to be expelled, she cast a spell. Flames roared around Elijah. The dark lord couldn't force her to be his bride, if she was mortal.
"Pitiful," Elijah curled his lip and rolled his eyes.
"Pitiful?" Bonnie hissed.
As she spoke, flames rose with her words. Sweat began to bead on Elijah's forehead.
"It looks to me as if she is going to roast you alive, big brother."
"Yes, well be that as it may, hazing me is not as easy as you might believe."
Elijah blinked. His body shimmered in and out of view. Just like that, he stood behind them. He smirked and straightened his cufflinks.
"I see you girls are one member short, where is Katerina?"
"She didn't want to haze her new boyfriend," Rebekah said with a disgusted expression.
Lucy studied her pointed black nails with an expression of indifference. "Now that's really pitiful."
"Lucy, really," Elijah's exasperation was palpable. "Now go do whatever it is you ordinarily to before classes."
Furiously, Bonnie magically hurled lightning at him. Elijah blocked it and Bonnie had to duck when it ricocheted off his magic shield. Elijah waved his arms and they went flying against the opposite wall.
Something broke inside of Bonnie. Magic exploded from inside of her and rushed at Elijah. It knocked him back. The magic kept pouring out of her in angry torrents. It kept battering at him until he flew through the air and went out the window.
Rebekah screamed and raced to the window. She peered over the ledge.
A sigh escaped her. "Thank the dark lord, he caught himself mid-air."
The next instant, Elijah was back in the office. His face was marred by cuts from the glass shards, his normally unruffled her stood on end and his suit was shredded. His composure was as shattered as his office window.
"THAT IS ENOUGH! IF YOU WERE NOT MY SISTER – THE DARK LORD'S CONSORT – EXPELLED!"
"GO AHEAD AND EXPELL US!" Bonnie shouted back. "I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE!"
"DETENTION FOR A YEAR! AND I WILL REPORT THIS TO THE COVEN!" Elijah screamed a vein pulsed in his forehead. If she wasn't so eager to get expelled, Bonnie might just have been afraid. She had never seen Elijah this angry before. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
"About Bonnie's room…" Lucy ventured in a calm, calculating voice.
Her calm only seemed to make Elijah angrier. "GET OUT! AND NO!"
Exchanging scared looks, the three girls ran from the office.
XXX
Elijah was in the middle of repairing his office. First he had tended to his appearance. There was a knock on his office door. Katherine peaked in, wearing a tentative expression.
"You wanted to see me?"
"Yes, come in Katerina."
Elijah had sent her a text to come to his office. He sat down behind his desk and Katherine sat down on his chair. She tapped her foot nervously.
"Well?" she asked in an impatient voice, but her shoulders revealed her apprehension.
If Elijah had to guess, he assumed she was worried she was in trouble. He groaned, this was precisely why he hadn't wanted to get involved with a student. It was unprofessional and unethical. Thankfully, Katerina had the good sense to stay out of this or he would have had to end things now. As it was, he wasn't certain they should be seeing each other. Relationships with larger age gaps than theirs were common in the coven, but it was frowned upon in the school.
"I wanted to thank you for not participating in those antics."
"No problem. I like trouble, but I don't want to hurt you."
She was studying her shoes, but he could tell she meant the words.
"I –" Elijah cleared his throat. "I appreciate that Katerina."
Katherine flashed a confident smile that was all kinds of seductive. Elijah frowned. He was at work and she was a student. Reading his mood, she sulked and studied her nails.
"I know, no fun at school."
Now Elijah was truly uncomfortable for the first time all day. Not even the dark lord's visit yesterday made him this discomfited. Truthfully, nothing had actually happened between him and Katerina yet. They were taking things slowly at his insistence.
"Katerina, please. I'm sure you can appreciate what a difficult situation this is. It's important for us both that we tread carefully."
An eyeroll followed this statement. "You're not the first older man I've dated, well actually yes you are. What I did with them can't really be called dating."
Elijah felt his mood diminish further. This time with jealousy. "You should go to class."
"I have a free period. Self-study."
"Very well. The library perhaps?"
"No, chance 'Lijah."
Katerina rose to her feet, the seductive smile back in place. He could spot trouble a mile away, but in this instance, he felt certain even a blind man would know Katerina was planning something. Thankfully, his office door was closed. He was not looking to flaunt his relationship to the faculty.
Elijah froze when Katerina came around the desk and sat down on his lap. Unlike last time, she didn't straddle him. She just sat down in a way that was almost modest. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek.
Tentatively, not feeling too confident, Elijah put his arms around his waist. He could scarcely recall the last time he had been intimate with a woman or even simply held one. Katerina rested her head on his chest.
"I'm happy to see Bonnie did no permanent damage. The way Lucy and Rebekah were talking, it sounded like she threw you through a window?"
Elijah chuckled. "She did," he twirled a lock of her dark brown hair around his index finger. She was beautiful and sweet, at least when they were alone. "I caught myself before I hit the ground."
"I'm surprised Bonnie pulled that off."
Katerina sat up and he could see the wheels in her head turning. Her brown eyes were narrowed into a serious expression.
"I am as well. There aren't many that can get the better of me."
"I shouldn't think so," Katerina snorted as if that was obvious. "You're like the youngest headmaster ever, that's not for nothing."
That was true. Elijah's life had been consumed by studying magic since he learned to read. Once he attended school, he applied that diligence to become the top of his class. He worked his way through the hierarchy of the coven harnessing both power and favors. It had gained him prestige and made him the youngest head master the Academy had ever had.
It had however, put a damper on his romantic life. Which was why, when Katerina gave him an upturned look full of passion, he felt awkward. He could see it in her eyes that she wanted him to kiss her. But he hesitated.
Katerina however, must not have had any such qualms. She pressed her lips to his in a confident kiss. He was startled for a moment before his instincts took over. He wrapped his hand into the hair at the nape of her neck and kissed her back with a passion that surprised even him.
Katerina let out a soft moan that stirred his passion. Heat flared up inside of him and he felt his pants tighten uncomfortably in response. Without thinking, he picked Katerina up and placed her on the desk. He lowered her onto her back and lay his whole body against hers. He could feel every inch of her body and the short skirt she wore, drove him wild.
They were both breathless by the time they broke apart. Katerina's cheeks were flushed and his own hair was mussed.
"Wow, about time," Katerina said closing her eyes with a dreamy sigh.
Elijah placed a chaste kiss to her lips. "Hm," he sighed. "You're extraordinary."
"But you have work to do and I should study."
Elijah chuckled. "I had actually forgotten everything I need to do today."
"Yeah, but you have to contact the dark lord about the little attack this morning and I should let you work."
Katerina pushed him aside, but not before playfully tugging on his tie. She smoothed out her outfit in a matter of seconds. She tidied her hair and flashed him another wicked smile before leaving, hips swinging.
XXX
Bonnie could barely keep her mind on her first lesson. She sat with Caroline. None of her other friends were in this class. Unfortunately, her roommate Hayley was. She was sitting up front. She looked pale and drawn, with dark circles under her eyes, but every movement she made was furious. She flipped through her notes and there was something about the looks she kept shooting Bonnie that reminded her of an angry alley-cat.
"Why is Hally glaring at you?" Caroline asked.
The perceptive blonde looked between the two of them. Bonnie stifled a laugh because Caroline clearly didn't know her name. So obviously Hayley and her squad weren't the baddest witches at school.
"Don't ask."
"You can read from my book until you get your own;" Caroline offered.
The tome she held out was all too familiar to Bonnie. It was the exact same tome the dark lord had given her. The same one she had left on her desk in her bedroom at her Grams' house or did she throw that out with the rat? She was losing track of his 'gifts'.
"Thanks. I'll have to pick it up this weekend."
"Yeah, and you'll have to conjure your own rat –" Caroline looked as if she was going to say more, but she broke off with her eyes wide as she stared at Bonnie's feet. "Your bag."
Bonnie followed her gaze and saw she wasn't looking at her feet. She was staring at her bag. And she could understand why. There was a buzzing sound coming from it. When Bonnie opened she saw her book and rat were there. She swore.
"I swear, he's stalking me."
"Who?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie fished the items out of her bag, thinking thanks to the rat, she now had to throw it out. And she liked this bag.
"Mm-" she couldn't breathe when she tried to say his name. frustrated, she gave up. "The dark lord. He sent me this stuff as a gift and I threw it in the trash and now it's in my bag!"
"Ooh, that's kind of romantic."
Bonnie gaped at her. She was starting to think Caroline was a little cracked in the head. Fortunately, she was spared having to think of a reply because Hayley turned around in her seat.
"What's that, mortal?" Hayley sneered. "Did you just insult our dark lord? Praise his name."
Bonnie gaped at her even more sickened by Hayley than before. "This is a private conversation and here," Bonnie tossed the dead rat at Hayley, who cringed and caught it reluctantly.
"This is from the dark lord himself," Hayley said her brown eyes hardening. "I'll cherish it unlike you. Lowly mortals admitted into the Academy."
"Puh-lease," Caroline huffed and eyed her with a disgusted expression. "Everyone here knows the only spell you can cast is the levitation spell."
"You know," Bonnie said in a nasty tone of voice. "That's the only spell I've ever seen you cast."
"Bet you've never even been in a real witch fight."
Caroline laughed. "You're one to talk. Davina is the only real power in your little squad. And even she doesn't pack a punch compared to Bonnie. She's one badass bitch and if you know what's good for you, you and your little band of losers will stay the hell away from her."
"I'm sure you thought your little prank last night was really cute, but it wasn't. It was lame and I will get you back."
"That reminds me, you should see the gift the dark lord sent me. He said it was for my enemies," Bonnie said flashing a friendly smile at Hayley, whose eyes widened. She turned back around in her seat. Bonnie decided then and there she should take a leaf out of the Weird Sisters' book more often.
The lesson started not long after. Their teacher was dark-haired woman, who only introduced herself as Meredith to Bonnie. She was pretty, but serious.
"Welcome to Potions, Bonnie Bennett," Meredith said with a cold smile. "We are currently studying poisons. And I am sure everyone is aware that you are the dark lord's future consort and what an honor it is to have you in class."
"No, they weren't, but thanks for telling them," Bonnie said sarcastically.
Meredith's answering look was withering. "Honestly, Elijah warned me you might be difficult, but I assumed it was one of his jokes."
"Elijah doesn't make jokes," Katherine said as she entered the room. "Everyone knows that. Sorry, I'm late Meredith."
"Ht's headmaster Mikaelson," Meredith said looking even more disapproving than before. Bonnie wasn't sure what was wound tighter Meredith or the tight bun her hair was in. "And if you are late one more time, I will poison you."
"Terrifying," Katherine muttered.
With obvious relish, Katherine took the seat behind Bonnie. She was wearing an identical dress to Bonnie's just like the rest of the Weird Sisters. Caroline looked between the two of them and then whispered to Bonnie. "Are you one of them now?"
"No."
"Are you sure? Because you look the part."
Bonnie ignored her and instead took notes on Meredith's lecture. She noticed Hayley looked all too interested in the subject of lethal potions.
XXX
Kai looked up when Elijah stepped into the dark lord's inner sanctum. It was a dreary dungeon room. The stone walls were roughhewn and there were cells there as well as benches filled with torture devices and potions. Torches hung from the walls illuminating the dark space.
Kai sat on the throne. His feet dangled over the armrest.
"Elijah! Just the man I wanted to see."
"Good morning, Malachai. I have an urgent matter to discuss with you regarding Bonnie Bennett and a couple of her friends."
"Oh? What has my blushing bride done now?" he asked excitement coursing through him.
If she was causing trouble at school, she was still rebelling against his proposal. But if she was getting into trouble with her friends, she couldn't possibly be as ready to walk away from the coven as she pretended. That thought made him grin brightly. He swung his feet down and sat up, he cocked his head to the side and listened attentively.
Elijah's explained their antics this morning.
"I knew she was being hazed, but I didn't think she would be this wrathful," Kai said slowly. "Well there's only one thing to do because Bonnie obviously wants to be expelled."
"Obviously?" Elijah asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Totes obvs," Kai said scoffing and waving it aside. "I tried to offer her my help, but she didn't want it. She's stunning when she's being pigheaded and stubborn, have you noticed? Her lips do this cute thing that's all tense and makes me want to just – well you know," he chuckled.
Elijah studied him for a moment. "I haven't noticed. She's a student."
Kai laughed. "Like you aren't knocking boots with Katherine Petrova," Elijah stared at him in surprise. "Didn't think I knew about that did'ya? Don't worry, I really don't care. She's a hottie and I bet she's crazy in bed, but I'm off topic. The solution is simple, pick one of her little co-conspirators to be punished in her place. That'll teach her because if there's one thing Bonster likes it's her friends."
"That's evil. Bonnie won't fight her place in the coven if it hurts those close to her," Elijah said straightening his cufflinks.
"Yes, well I am the lord of the dark coven for a reason. Evil is kinda my thing," Kai said bouncing to his feet, cheerily. "So who are her little co-conspirators?"
"My sisters and her cousin, Lucy."
Kai paused trying to decide, which one would take the punishment in Bonnie's place. Ordinarily, this was Elijah's decision alone. But Kai had asked Elijah to keep him informed about any incidents at school with Bonnie. Otherwise, Kai was never bothered with events at the Academy. Elijah handled most of it admirably.
Now the only question remained, Lucy or Rebekah?
XXX
After class Bonnie raced off to meet up with the rest of her friends in the cafeteria. She ran into Tyler in the hallway. He greeted her with a cheery smile.
"Hey, Bon. How's your first day of classes coming?"
"Not great," Bonnie said honestly. "I'm pretty sure Hayley is planning to poison me, the dark lord showed up yesterday and I think Elijah might want to help Hayley poison me after this morning."
Bonnie didn't care that she was rambling, if there was any of her friends she could count on to have some sympathy for her current situation, it was him.
"Woah, that's rough. What if I poison Elijah before he can poison you, if you poison Klaus for me?"
"Why? What'd Klaus do now aside from being obsessed with Caroline?"
"He sent her a present."
"Oh," Bonnie said raising eyebrows. It was sort of comforting to know she wasn't the only girl at school receiving unwelcome gifts. "That sucks. So what was with you in the auditorium yesterday? You looked majorly stressed."
"I am. My mom's on my case to get top marks and do my part to make my family more powerful, but I'm not exactly a powerful warlock."
"Ty, you're awesome and whatever career you pick, you're going to be awesome at it."
"Thanks," Tyler flashed a bright smile. "And don't worry about Hayley, she's not so bad."
For the first time since they had started walking Bonnie stopped walking. She stared at Tyler fury and disbelief fighting to be the dominant emotion she experienced in that moment. Fury won.
"Are you kidding me? That bitch almost killed me."
Bonnie stalked off, leaving a sputtering and confused Tyler behind.
The Weird Sisters were in the cafeteria with Elena. She sat down with them too angry with Tyler to even think about eating. Seeing that she hadn't got any food, Lucy passed her the apple from her tray.
"It's not poisoned, I promise," she said with a sly smile. "I ran into Caroline, she seems to think Hayley wants to poison you. Any idea why"?
"Maybe because she looked really into poisons and she kept turning to stare at me every time the teacher mentioned a new type of poison?" Bonnie suggested in a dejected mumble.
"Not good," Rebekah said elegantly popping a French fry into her mouth. "Hayley is rather proficient in poisons and other murderous spells."
"Oooh scary," Katherine said making joking gestures with her hands. "That's easy enough, poison her first."
"That would definitely get me expelled," Bonnie said thoughtfully. "And the dark lord would have to banish me to mortally. Without my powers I'd be pretty useless to him."
Katherine snorted and rolled her eye perfectly lined eyes. "Bonnie, think would you?" she tapped the side of her head. "The dark lord himself wants you at the Academy so there is nothing you can do that will get you expelled or lose your powers."
"I'm sure killing or at least severely poisoning another student will be enough."
"Ha! Think again!" Katherine exclaimed. "I spoke to Elijah this morning after your little prank. Your cute little butt is safe, I mean he didn't say it outright, but he didn't have too. Some of us are just naturally smarter than others."
Katherine fluttered her lashes annoying at Bonnie, who swiped at her face teasingly. Katherine leaned back, giggling prettily and tossing her curly hair.
"Don't look so smug Katherine, it'll give you wrinkles."
Katherine scowled at her and sniffed.
"What's with the ring on your hand, Bon?" Lucy asked. "Thought you were cloaking it?"
"Oh, this?" she held her hand up and looked at it in disgust. "This is just a token of affection from the dark lord himself. He has spelled it into my hand and if I try to cloak it, it burns me."
"He sounds psycho," Rebekah said green eyes glinting with approval and a smirk on her lips. "I find that quality extremely hot in a man."
"That's why you're dating Stefan the Ripper Salvatore," Bonnie said. "But pyschos aren't really a big turn on for me."
"Boring," Rebekah stated matter of fact.
"Did you see him at the assembly?" Elena fanned herself.
"Hottie," Lucy agreed.
"Careful, 'Lena," Katherine scolded, wagging her finger at Elena. "If Damon hears you're drooling over another guy that's it for you."
"Speaking of psychos," Bonnie muttered.
Of course, Katherine's comment about Damon started another classic Katherine vs. Elena squabble. It was exhausting and Bonnie decided to tune them out as she ate the apple. On the bright side, it was Wednesday, which meant two days from now she would be back at home. She could see her mortal friends, she could see Matt.
Katherine and Elena kept arguing all the way to their next class. It was one of the only classes Bonnie had with the Weird Sisters, but when they arrived in the auditorium, she saw Hayley, Cami and Davina were all three in this class as well.
Bonnie took a seat at the back of the class with the Weird Sisters. They liked to sit at the back when attending classes at the Academy because they didn't want to get hexed when they had their backs turned.
"Who's the teacher?" Bonnie asked Rebekah, who was shopping for clothes on her phone.
Rebekah looked up with an absent-minded smile. "Oh, it's Nik."
"Your brother?"
"Yes," Rebekah said disinterestedly.
Bonnie waited on the edge of her seat. This was the only class she was actually excited about even if she would never admit it. It was the class for battle magic. It wasn't something Bonnie used to be interested in, but after what happened with Hayley and the others as well as the trouble she was having with the dark lord, it seemed like something she would probably need.
A cloud of black smoke appeared and several of the students on the first row burst into coughing fits. Bonnie was pleased to see it Hayley, Cami and Davina were among them. Her pleasure died almost instantly when she saw, who had appeared in her classroom.
Malachai.
Wow, I am so grateful for all the love and support this fic has received! I am as excited as you are! Thank you for all the reviews, they give me the energy to write even when I am too tired from work. What did you think of Kai's little "gift" for Bonnie? And I know the cliffhanger is cruel, but I couldn't help myself *hides*! Are we leaving the kalijah and the revenge hazing? Oh, and I can't remember if I've said this before or not, but don't date your principal or wayyyy older men if you are teenagers! Seriously, though don't do that, they are creepy. I'm just having some trouble making all of my ships line up with the CAOS plot etc. so I'm rolling with it since witches are basically immortal.
Izzy
Aveena: I am not going to say why Kai wants Bonnie specifically as his consort, but it was hinted at in this chapter and will be talked about more in the next one.
Chahrazed: I am going to try to update every Wednesday or every other if work gets too hectic.