The wind whipped around her causing her hair to go flying in all directions. The necklace hung weightlessly around her neck as the magic flowed through her and around her. It made her feel so complete having all this power. She had never admitted it to anyone, but having all that power flowing through her was the most amazing thing she had ever felt, and when they took it back from her she felt empty again.

But now she had it back and she never wanted to let it go again.

Thunder clapped loudly in the sky and the lightening lit up the sky as she manipulated the weather – one of her favourite things to do. It had gone from a beautiful warm and sunny day one second before the temperature dropped suddenly to a cold, dark and windy storm.

Even with her eyes closed she could sense Mikael's presence around her. He stood off to the side, watching her use her magic, watching her enjoy it.

It was the first time she he saw her that she looked truly happy. Her love for using magic would certainly make this easier. He could tell that she enjoyed the feeling of being powerful and loved to use magic the most when it was on her own terms and not for the expense of others.

That would work very well for him.

"Ease up now, darling," he voiced and soon enough the storm began to ease up around them.

Bonnie's eyes opened but the smile remained glued to her face. "I've missed being able to do that," she giggled and got to her feet.

"Don't limit yourself to simple weather manipulation, there is so much more you can do with your power," he said and walked closer to her.

Your power; were the only words that she really held onto.

"And I don't feel drained," she added. The felt completely fine, like all she did was float some feathers instead of changing the weather.

"I told you, the magic being in the necklace will stop it from pushing back if you use too much," he explained. "You can use as much as you like and you won't feel the pushback."

"This is amazing, being able to do magic without having to worry about the consequences or hurting myself," she beamed.

It was like she was on a magic high. She's been doing magic all afternoon and she had never felt better or stronger. It really was amazing and she just wanted to keep using it.

"What?" she questioned when she noticed Mikael staring at her, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Nothing, darling," he shook his head and began to lead her out of the wood, heading in the direction where her car was parked.

For just a split second, Mikael saw Bonnie in a different light. She looked so happy, so liberated that she was practically glowing. It was the first time that he noticed just how beautiful the young witch was.

They soon reached her car and Mikael opened the door for her. "We will meet again tomorrow evening for the full moon," he reminded her and she nodded. "Get home safely, darling," he said softly before placing a kiss to her forehead.

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The next day Bonnie was enjoying a walk through the town. Since yesterday it felt like her connection to nature had been heightened. She could feel it all. But it only lasted as long as she had contact with the necklace, so to avoid questions about her wearing it; she opted for keeping in her pocket.

But her peace was soon interrupted.

"Bonnie!" the witch heard Caroline's voice call out as she went out of a walk later that afternoon. Caroline jogged to her side, a bright smile on her face as she caught up with her. "Hey, what are you up to?"

"Just out for a walk," Bonnie replied with a hint of awkwardness in her voice. "You?"

"Same," Caroline responded and they walked side by side in an awkward silence, the tension still in the air from their last blow out - Caroline not really being too sure on how to approach Bonnie after that.

So she did what she usually did when she felt like that. She went straight in.

"I think we should talk about the other day," she started and Bonnie sighed, really not wanting her to bring this up. "I just don't get what is going on with you right now," she said and stopped Bonnie from walking. "If I'm being honest, ever since that night at the hospital, it's like you're a completely different person."

"I don't want to talk about this right now, Caroline," Bonnie nearly pleaded with the blonde to drop it.

"Well too bad because we are going to," Caroline shot back, folding her arms across her chest. 'I want to know what the hell has been going on with your lately," she started. "First you blow up at Elena and given she deserved it but that's not something you'd usually do and now your avoiding me too?" she paused, waiting for Bonnie to jump in at any moment but she didn't. "I get why you are avoiding Elena, she hasn't exactly been the world's greatest friend lately but I've always been there for you and now you're giving me the same treatment as her?"

Bonnie looked away from Caroline and down to the ground in guilt. "I'm sorry, Caroline but like I've told you there is some stuff going on in my life right now and I need to handle it on my own," she told her oldest friend.

"What stuff?" she questioned. "And why do you need to do it alone?" her tone changed from annoyed and frustrated to concerned.

"I can't explain this to you, Caroline," Bonnie tried to tell her but her friend wasn't having any of it.

"Why the hell not?" she demanded, her voice rising slightly before she calmed herself by taking a deep breath. "I'm just trying to understand why you are shutting me out and why you are being so secretive," she said, her voice dropping back to normal. "Obviously whatever is going on is pretty serious so just let me help."

"You want to help?" Bonnie asked and Caroline nodded. "Then stay out of it and leave it alone," she snapped and walked away from Caroline, leaving her blonde friend alone, mouth a gape in shock.

Bonnie hated how harsh she was being to Caroline, but she couldn't be around her anymore. Not until she figured out a way to spare her from Mikael's plans and it would be easier to be a part from Caroline if the blonde hated her, even though that thought alone nearly killed her.

Caroline was the one person on this earth that Bonnie couldn't stand the thought of her hating her.

"Everything aright, love? You're looking a little down," Bonnie heard Klaus' say as he suddenly appeared next to her as she walked along the sidewalk.

"Is this becoming a regular thing with us?' Bonnie snapped and looked up with the hybrid. "You showing up when the last thing I want is to be pestered least of all by an annoying hybrid such as yourself."

"We are a bit testy today, aren't we?" Klaus smirked, clearly amused and the two of them stopped walking, facing off on the sidewalk.

Her hand slid into her pocket, her fingers gripping onto the necklace inside it. It took her a moment to focus before she unleashed the magic on Klaus, sending him an aneurysm. Not powerful enough to make him scream, but enough for him to grip his head and grit his teeth.

"Don't leave me alone and that will get a lot worse," she spoke clearly before gradually easing up on the magic.

"You shouldn't have the power to do that," he gritted as he looked up at her once the pain had passed.

"Shows how much you know about me," she countered and met the hybrid's eyes, staring him down.

"It's not what I know about you it's what I know about witches and I know a lot more about them then you do, love," he replied and eyed her with an accusatory gaze.

"A lot of things can drive a witch, Klaus," she spat out his name. "A witch's power comes from her emotions and right now, I'm pretty damn pissed off," her voice was nearly a growl.

"Or maybe you're getting a bit of help," he mused and Bonnie glared up at him. "My father, perhaps?"

"I don't have time for this," she muttered and began to turn away from him.

"Bonnie!" Klaus called out as she walked away from him. "Tell Mikael I say hello," his grin fell from his face when the witch left his sight.

Every time he confronted Bonnie he became surer that she was working with Mikael. Each time he saw her she was more emotional and volatile. She was distancing herself from her friends and although he believed the breakdown of her and Elena's friendship was a long time coming, her friendship with Caroline he knew was much stronger and only something as toxic as Mikael would be able to break their bond.

He knew Mikael would be breaking her down. Telling her it is for the best for her to leave her friends behind, have her completely alone and vulnerable to the point that he would be the only one there for her and that would leave her open to his manipulative tendencies.

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Klaus returned back to the mansion and gathered his family in his study, informing them of his latest encounter with Bonnie.

"We should just kill her," Rebekah suggested without any emotion in her voice. "That will really stuff Mikael's plans up."

"We are not going to kill her, Bekah," Klaus responded and ignored the sudden looks he got from the rest of his family.

"Why not?" Kol jumped in. "If everything you say is true it's better off she be dead now before she gets too powerful and kills us instead."

"Killing her is not an option," Klaus growled and Kol glared at him. "Bonnie is more useful alive and I have a different plan."

"What is it?" Finn questioned curiously.

"I'd rather keep it to myself at this point," he replied and although his siblings weren't impressed by his sudden secrecy, they accepted his request.

"Is that all for today?" Rebekah asked with a bored tone.

"I believe so," Elijah replied and before anyone could say anything else Rebekah had sped out of the room, Finn and Kol soon following.

"Not that I do not agree with you but why are you so concerned with keeping Bonnie alive when she is the key to whatever father is planning?" Elijah questioned Klaus once the two of them were alone.

"Because it's Mikael," Klaus replied and poured himself and Elijah a drink. "He'll destroy her with his plans and I guarantee that she is not aware of everything. She's just his weapon."

"You feel pity for her," Elijah said and took the drink from his brother.

"Maybe," Klaus shrugged. "We of all people know how Mikael can be, and Bonnie is a vulnerable person. He will twist her into whatever he wants her to be."

"If he hasn't already," Elijah added but Klaus shook his head.

"No but his is progressing at a fast pace. She's more confused and angry each time I see her."

"What's your plan?" Elijah asked him.

"If I can get her to listen to me, then I'll tell you," Klaus answered Elijah and finished the rest if his drink.

"Her?" Elijah raised his brows.

"I might know of someone who can make Bonnie see sense," he answered and clapped his brother on the back as he walked passed, leaving Elijah alone in the study as he went to go seek out someone he considered to be a key player in his plans to save Bonnie from Mikael.

The one person who he believed could get through to Bonnie no matter the situation.

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Klaus knocked at the front door of the residence, listening to the approaching footsteps. He managed to hide his smirk as she caught sight a just who was knocking at her door.

"What the hell?" he heard her question before she opened to door, a confused but frightened look on her face. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Good evening to you too, Miss Forbes," he replied back with sarcasm.

"What are you doing here?" she asked again, trying her best to be threatening and perhaps she would have succeeded if he were a human or a much younger vampire.

"I assure you I am not here to start trouble."

"Well wherever you go, trouble follows," she glared and resisted the urge to slam the door in the hybrids annoying face. After what he had done to her friends and to Tyler, she wanted nothing more than to see him dead. Unfortunately she did not have that type of power.

Klaus ignored her comment and went straight to business. "I'm sure you've noticed the sudden change in Bonnie as of late…well how could you not? I barely know her and even I have noticed it."

"Of course I have," she replied and folded her arms over her chest in an impatient manner. "She's going through a hard time right now, what of it?"

"Oh, it's a bit more than that and you and I both know it."

"Why do you even care?" Caroline questioned him, her face full of confusion. "You tried to kill her and now here you are wondering about her sudden attitude change?"

"I know who is behind it, that is why it concerns me," he revealed and Caroline looked at him with suspicious eyes.

"Who?"

"Mikael," he told her and he could practically see the wheels turning in her head as she tried to recall who Mikael was.

"You're father?" She questioned with disbelief and furrowed her brows.

"My siblings and I do not know much yet, but we knew he's gotten to her and that's why she has been very strange and distant lately."

"What does he want with her?" her voice was full of concern as she thought about her best friend being manipulated by psycho vampire.

"Assuming it does have to do with my siblings and I, he wants to use her and her powers to kill us," he said and she rolled her eyes.

"Of course," she muttered. "Bonnie suddenly means sometime to all of you because you need her to save your ass. Maybe I should do nothing and let her continue on with it."

"You let her do that and you will all die along with us but I'll leave that bit of the story for another time. All you need to know is your life is in danger but so is Bonnie's. If Mikael succeeds, he will destroy her," he tried to explain to her and thankfully she was beginning to understand.

"But Bonnie doesn't have that type of power," Caroline said.

"That doesn't matter. Mikael has taken care of that already. She has another power source but I don't know what it is."

He had been wracking his brain all afternoon trying to come up with an answer to that question but he came up empty. He had no idea where she was getting her power from.

"What exactly do you want me to do? She's made it quite clear she doesn't want me around."

"She needs you around. If she loses you all she will have is Mikael and believe me when I say that is the last thing you should want for her," he said. "She will continue to push you away but no matter what she does you need to stand by her."

Caroline narrowed her eyes at Klaus, not out of hatred or anger but rather confusion and curiosity. Why did he come to her to tell her this? Obviously he wanted to save his own ass but it felt like there was something else to it - something a little more sincere.

"Why did you come here?" she asked, not being able to contain her curiosity. "Was it to save your own skin or is part of you genuinely concerned for Bonnie?"

Klaus was silent for a moment, thinking of an answer to give the blonde vampire. "I pity her," was his answer. He was about to turn to leave, seeing no reason to stay any longer but there was something else.

"And I ask you to please keep this information to yourself. We don't need Elena and her pets to ruin this as we may only get one shot," he requested before saying a quick goodbye and left the Forbes residence and Caroline to think over the information he had told her.

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This one is just a bit of a filler to get me back in the swing of this story after a bit of a break so the next one will be a long and eventful chapter! A lot will happen and I hope that it will really set the tone of the rest of the story :)

So I hope you enjoyed this one and thank you to everyone who left a review!

And remember when I told you guys about the unexpected friendship? It's a Klaus/Caroline one. Well, not so much friendship but I think you'll get what I mean. Though I hate Klaroline with a passion, I like the idea of them working together to save Bonnie.

Any mistakes I apologise for and please leave a review and let me know what you thought of this chapter! I love reading your feedback!

Next Chapter:

Bonnie harnesses even more power, including the power of the full moon and her relationship with Mikael grows.

Klaus reveals more about Mikael to Caroline and tries an unconventional way of getting to Bonnie and makes a risky move in terms of Bonnie and Mikael.

Plus so much more that I don't want to give away!

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