"What are you doing here, Caroline?" Bonnie asked with an annoyed sigh as soon as she caught sight of the blonde sitting on the steps of her porch as she left the house and about to leave for school. "I thought I told you to leave me alone?" she muttered and locked the front door.
"No you said to leave it alone, not leave you alone," Caroline countered and stood up to follow Bonnie to her car, hoping into the passenger seat much to the other girl's dismay. "And I will leave it alone –whatever the hell it is- but I'm not going to leave you alone because you need me and I know you won't admit it because you're stubborn as hell, but you do," she with a smile but frowned again when Bonnie refused to smile back or look the least bit happy.
Bonnie didn't say a word as she pulled out of her drive way and drove down the street, heading for the school.
The drive to school was awkward to say the least, for the first time it felt like being in the car with a stranger. Klaus coming to see her yesterday opened her eyes to how Bonnie had really been acting lately. She began to remember how angry and frustrated she would seem for no reason, how she began to isolate herself, even at school. Bonnie was usually an independent girl and liked to spend time on her own, but this was different.
It worried Caroline and thanks to Klaus, she now knew why.
She was being used, manipulated and twisted by the father of the Originals. How he even managed to sink his paws into Bonnie, she'd never know. And why her? Why Bonnie? He couldn't have found another witch to do his bidding? What was so special that it had to be Bonnie?
There were so many questions that Caroline wanted to be answered and hopefully by the end of the day they would be - even if she had to speak to the king of psychos to get those answers.
"Thanks for the ride," Caroline chirped with a smile as soon as they arrived at the school.
"You didn't exactly give me much of a choice, did you?" Bonnie replied with a scowl and got out of the car without sparing a single glance in the blonde's direction.
"Considering that I promise not to mention the unspeakable topic can we just go back to normal?" Caroline asked as she caught up to the witch. "You know…you not ignoring me and making me feel like I've just murdered your favourite pet in cold blood?"
Bonnie stopped dead in her tracks. "Do you really want to know why I want to be left alone, Caroline?" she asked but did not give the blonde vampire a chance to answer. "I am sick to death of being surrounded by vampires and in case you've forgotten Caroline, you are a vampire," Bonnie snapped and turned to face Caroline, green eyes meeting blue.
"It's not my fault I'm a vampire. I didn't ask to be turned," Caroline defended herself.
"But you're still a vampire."
"Only because you didn't disable that Gilbert device," Caroline hit back. She knew all about the device, Bonnie had told her when they made up. Bonnie had also confessed all the guilt she felt that her actions led to Caroline becoming a vampire. She also knew her comment was a low blow, but she couldn't help it.
"No it wasn't that," Bonnie's eyes narrowed. "It was Damon giving you his blood and you know what?" she took a step towards Caroline. "I wish I never let him heal you."
"Bonnie!" Elena's voice gasped, breaking the vampire and the witch apart.
Elena had seen her two friends when she arrived at the school and hoping to make some amends with them she had headed in their direction. She was left completely shocked by what she heard come from Bonnie's mouth.
Caroline remained silent as Bonnie's eyes flickered over to Elena before back to Caroline. "Whatever," the witch uttered. "I'm done with this," she said and looked between the two girls again. "With both of you," she added before she turned on her heel and continued her way into the school, leaving her two friends completely dumbfounded by her words.
"What is wrong with her?" Elena asked Caroline, placing a hand on her friend's arm.
"I don't know," she replied in a small voice and Elena could tell she was struggling to hold back tears.
Not that she could blame her; Bonnie just basically admitted that she wished Caroline had died in the hospital instead of living as a vampire.
"I'm sure she didn't mean it," she said, trying to comfort Caroline.
"I know," Caroline shook of Elena and forcing a smile. "She's just going through a lot right now and I guess I've been a little pushy and we both know how Bonnie likes to deal with things on her own."
"She'll come around," Elena smiled
Caroline noticed something get her attention from the corner of her eyes, carefully looking over she caught sight of Klaus walking behind one of the buildings, sending her a look just before he disappeared.
"I need to go find Tyler and see how he's doing," Caroline announced and hoped she sounded convincing. She sucked at lying. "So I'll see you later," she said and gave her friend a quick hug before turning away from Elena, her whole façade dropping as soon as her back was to her.
Caroline walked towards where she saw the hybrid head. It wasn't exactly out of sight but they could only been seen if someone were searching for them. Caroline didn't exactly feel comfortable being alone with Klaus so she was glad she was in area where all she had to do was stand a few paces to the left to get seen if something went wrong.
"I take it she's getting worse," Klaus commented as he saw the look on Caroline's face when she stopped in front of him.
"You could say that," she replied with some spite. "She just said that she wished I died instead of turning," she said and dug her nails into her palm in attempts to keep herself from crying. There was no way in hell she was going to allow herself to shed tears in front of Klaus.
"That would have been Mikael talking, not her," Klaus responded with a frown.
If Bonnie had said something like that to Caroline it meant Mikael had gotten to her far worse than what he had already believed. He had already managed to poison her against her best friend.
"I need to know everything," she said and although her voice seemed strong, he could see the sadness in her eyes. "I need to know what he's doing to her or plans on doing."
"It's not what he's doing to her, it's what he wants her to do and what will happen to her because of it," Klaus explained to her.
"He wants her to kill you and your siblings," she said and he nodded.
"But there is more to it than that. We did not know this until we did some research on the spell out mother used to turn us but we discovered that the vampire species was essentially a bloodline with my family and I being the originators and all having our own bloodline. If one of us happens to get killed, every vampire from our bloodline will die along with us," he revealed to her and her eyes widened.
"So if one of you dies, every vampire you turned will die with you?" she questioned.
"And every vampire turned by the ones I turned and then the ones they turned and so on."
"If Mikael and Bonnie manage to kill you and your family…" she trailed off, putting together the pieces in her mind.
"The entire vampire species dies along with us," he finished for her with voice so serious that usually would have made Caroline laugh and tell him to stop being so dramatic but this was no laughing matter.
All of their lives were now at stake, and the only one standing between them and death was a volatile witch with a hatred for vampires being manipulated by a vampire hating vampire.
"But why did he choose Bonnie?" Caroline asked when she finally got her head around what Mikael planned to do. "There are a ton of witches out there, most more experienced then Bonnie so why her?"
"Because she is a Bennett," he answered simply. "And we knew a Bennett back when we were human. She was a powerful witch and my mother's mentor."
"So what; he was feeling sentimental when he decided to use Bonnie for his plan to commit genocide?"
"It's not just because we knew one – we've known plenty of Bennett's over the years but for some reason he's chosen Bonnie. He's waited for her."
Caroline could tell that Klaus was still trying to figure a lot of these questions out for himself and the answers he came up with only confused him further.
"Now that we know more, Elijah will call some contacts who knew Mikael and we'll see where that takes us," Klaus told her. "And Elijah is aware that I have instructed you to keep an eye on Bonnie and try to keep her grounded."
Caroline glared at him. "You have not instructed me to do anything. I am not one of your sired hybrids. You asked me to and I said yes because she is my best friend and I'm going to look out for her. Don't ever confuse that for some forced loyalty that your hybrids feel. I feel nothing but hatred for you but I love Bonnie and I hate seeing her like this," she growled at him and placed her hands on her hips.
"I need to know if you are able to handle this, Caroline or if I have made a mistake asking for your help," he said and studied her with an accusatory gaze which made Caroline cock her head and narrow her eyes at him.
Klaus was able to see that what Bonnie had said had hurt Caroline, and it would only get worse from there. He needed to be sure that she could handle it.
"I can handle a few insults."
"But can you handle them coming from Bonnie?" he questioned and watched as he face fell. "And can you handle whatever else she may end up doing and under Mikael's guide that could be anything?"
"I can," she replied in a small but strong voice.
Caroline knew she could. She just needed to keep reminding herself that whatever Bonnie said or did, she didn't truly mean.
"If Elijah finds anything will you tell me?" Caroline asked. "You can't just leave me in the dark about this, if I'm going to put myself right in the middle of Mikael and Bonnie I need to know everything you do," she added.
"It won't be you getting in the middle of them; you'll just be Bonnie's anchor. Keep her remembering who she really is," he said to her and watched her face fill with confusion.
"You," Caroline nearly gasped when she realised what he meant about her not being in the middle of them. "You're going to put yourself in the middle of them?"
Why would he risk so much for Bonnie? Caroline was aware of Klaus' 'tense' relationship with Mikael so why would he want to put himself in the middle of them like that.
Klaus didn't answer her. He didn't feel the need to.
"If Elijah can find something out I will let you know," he told her and she nodded her thanks, accepting that that was all she was going to get out of his today so she took it.
But neither Caroline nor Klaus noticed or sensed Elena hiding around the corner, listening to their every word and quickly making her way back towards the school entrance before they parted ways.
Elena could not even begin to believe what she had just seen or heard. It was weird enough arriving at school and witnessing a blowout between her two closest friends but then to see one of the conversing and planning with Klaus about how the other was in leagues with Mikael and planning to kill them all was far too much for Elena to believe.
How could Bonnie do that?
What was wrong with her?
"Hey," Stefan's voice broke her from her thoughts. Elena turned to look up at her former boyfriend. "You okay? Your heart is beating like crazy," he said with a voice full of concern.
It nearly made Elena forget about everything she had just heard.
"No, I'm not," she replied and wanted nothing more than to be wrapped up in Stefan's arms for comfort but she couldn't. They were not together anymore.
"What's going on?"
"I come to school and hear Bonnie tell Caroline that she wishes she never let Damon give Caroline his blood and then I hear Caroline talking to Klaus about how Bonnie is working with Mikael and how they plan to kill off the entire vampire race,"
"What?" Stefan gaped, stunned by what Elena had just told him. It was his understanding that Mikael was working with them to kill of only Klaus. "What else did they say?"
"A lot," she sighed. "I think we should go back to your place and include Damon in this, there are things both of you need to know," she said and Stefan nodded in agreement.
"Alright, I'll go let Ric know and I'll meet you there," he said and on instinct his hand raised to her face, gently cupping her cheek. "Try not to worry, okay? I'm sure everything is fine," he tried to make her feel better but even he didn't believe his words.
If what Elena heard was right and Mikael was working with Bonnie instead of them like he led them to believe and had managed to turn Bonnie against them – they were all screwed.
xxx
"What the hell is going on?" Damon questioned Elena as soon as she stepped foot inside the boarding house. "Stefan just called and told me that Witchy is in cahoots with Mikael and Blondie's got her own freaky alliance going on with Klaus."
"I don't know, Damon. I'm still trying to process what I heard," she said and tried to get the blue eyed Salvatore to back up and let her breathe so she could try to figure out what was going on and what she heard.
Elena dropped her bag on the couch and sat down with a heavy sigh, running a hand through her hair. "I just can't believe Bonnie could ever work against us. We're her friends!"
"You're her friend," Damon corrected and frowned when he saw just how upset Elena was. "Not me or Stefan. She doesn't like us," he added. "Can't really blame her," he muttered to himself.
"But that doesn't mean she should try to kill you all," Elena frowned.
She didn't want her best friend to try and kill them and she couldn't understand why she would want to. Elena understood that Bonnie had her issues with vampires, but she found it hard to believe that killing them all would fix it.
Stefan soon arrived and Elena sent him a small smile as he entered the room.
"So what did you hear Klaus and Caroline talking about?" Stefan asked as he sat next to Elena.
"I knew something was up with Caroline so I followed her and I saw her meet with Klaus and they were talking about Bonnie and how they could see it was getting worse," she began but was interrupted.
"It?" Damon questioned.
"I didn't know either at that point but then they started to talk about Mikael and what he had planned for Bonnie to do," she continued.
"Destroy the vampire race," Stefan added, finding it difficult to hide his worry.
"And how exactly do they plan to do that?" Damon jumped in. "Round every vampire up in a room and set it alight?" he questioned with an incredulous look.
"Klaus told Caroline that each vampire comes from a bloodline and each bloodline is originated by one of the Originals and if you kill an Original every vampire from that bloodline dies along with them,"
"So if they kill all the Originals…" Stefan started.
"They kill all of us," Damon finished and shared a look with his brother.
"We need to get her away from him," Elena spoke with conviction. "We can't let her do this."
"If she won't let Caroline near her because of her being a vampire, she's sure as hell not going to let us get within ten feet of her," Stefan said.
"But she'll let me," Elena replied and both brothers snapped to look at her. "I'm not a vampire, she'll let me near her and I can talk some sense into her, tell her what she's doing is insane and she shouldn't do it."
"I don't think that is a god idea," Stefan responded to Elena's suggestion. "Who knows what else Mikael has planted into her head?"
"Maybe we can try and get those thoughts out of her head. I can try to get to her. I've known her our whole lives, she'll listen to me."
"It might take a little longer than a five minute chat," Damon added. "We might have to bring her back here," he said, looking to Stefan who nodded. Understanding right away what his brother meant but so did Elena.
"No," Elena said, her voice firm as she looked between both brothers. "We are not locking her up here. She's my friend, not a prisoner."
"She's a danger, Elena," Stefan said as gently as he could. "To all of us and to herself," he placed a hand on her knee, squeezing comfortingly.
Elena thought over their idea. It would be better if Bonnie be here where they can keep an eye on her and keep her away from Mikael and Elena could wash whatever Mikael put in her head away in a safe environment.
"How do we get her here?" Elena asked with a sigh, her hand covering Stefan's.
xxx
Bonnie left school later that afternoon without any more encounters from Caroline or Elena which she was grateful for. She knew what she had said to Caroline this morning had been beyond harsh and uncalled for and if she were honest, it just slipped out before she could even stop it.
But she knew that it was all for the best. It would be better for her to hate her then for Bonnie to feel like she betrayed Caroline when the time came and she and Mikael completed their task.
Bonnie skipped heading home and instead decided to head over to where Mikael was staying at a luxurious B&B just outside of town. Tonight they were planning for her to harness the power of the full moon, she'd done it before with Luka but she was excited to experience how it would feel without having to worry about her magic pushing back plus with the extra kick of power from the spirits.
"What the hell?" she muttered to herself when she spotted something lying motionless in the middle of the empty road. Getting closer so noticed it was a person. Coming to an eventual stop a little way away from the figure, she jumped out of her car and quickly walked over to the person to check if they were alive or dead.
Bonnie nearly felt herself explode in rage when she got close enough to see that it was Klaus lying on the pavement, playing dead.
"Are you kidding me?" she cried with annoyance as soon as Klaus got to his feet and appeared in front of her.
"Afternoon, love," he greeted with a cheery smile that only managed to piss Bonnie off even more. "What brings you here?"
"You have three seconds to get away from me before I start setting your body parts on fire one by one starting with the one between your legs," she scowled and pushed right passed him to get to her car door.
"You terrify me," he deadpanned and prevented her from opening her car door by placing his hand on it. "You seem to be in a hurry," he noted, moving to stand closer behind her.
"Actually I am," she replied and turned to face him, ever so lightly brushing against his body as she moved. "I'm meeting someone and I'd hate to be late," she said and looked up at him with a sweet and teasing smile.
"And who are you meeting?" he replied back with a question, his other hand coming up to push her hair back from her shoulder, pleased to find that her hair was just as soft as it looked.
"I think you know who, Klaus," she responded, her smile still in place but Klaus' fell from his face.
"So you're finally admitting it," he said and took a step backwards, putting some space between them.
"Why not? You already knew. You've been pestering me for weeks about it," Bonnie shrugged. "So what now?" she questioned him, her gaze meeting his. "Are you going to kill me?" her voice showed no sign of fear; in fact, she found the thought quite humorous.
Bonnie knew there was no reason to fear him anymore. She had the necklace; she could defend herself against him.
"Killing you is not part of my plan, Bonnie," Klaus confessed and Bonnie narrowed her eyes at him.
"And why not?" she challenged him. "I'm planning on killing you."
Klaus chuckled. "No, love, Mikael is planning on killing me. He's just using you to do it."
"You make it sound like I want no part in this and he's forcing my hand, well, I hate to disappoint you, Klaus but I want this just as much as he does," she revealed to the hybrid and gave him another deceivingly sweet smile.
"So you want to kill your best friend, then?" Klaus countered, expecting Bonnie to falter or back down but nothing.
"My best friend is already dead," Bonnie replied with no distinguishable emotion in her voice. "She was dead to me the moment she became a vampire."
"Now, you don't really believe that do you?"
"I do," Bonnie responded simply. "It was only a matter of time until I realised it."
"Or until Mikael planted that little thought in your head," Klaus responded and tapped the side of Bonnie's head with his finger, the witch immediate smacking his hand away from her.
"Mikael hasn't told me anything that I wouldn't have eventually figured out for myself," Bonnie glared and Klaus sent her an amused look.
"So you would have eventually discovered that your future calling would be to destroy the entire vampire race?"
"Well; somebodies got to do it," Bonnie remarked and pushed her wind-blown hair away from her face before looking down at her watch. "Hmm," she hummed as she looked at the time then back to Klaus. "I'd love to stay and continue this riveting chat, but I need go."
Before she could even turn away from him he had pushed her against her car, his hands wrapped around her wrists, holding them to her side and his body pressed against hers. "I'm trying to be nice to you, Bonnie but you are testing my patience," he nearly growled to show his seriousness. "Believe it or not, love, I want to protect you," he added, his voice turning softer as he looked into her eyes.
"Huh," Bonnie uttered. "That's very similar to what Damon said to me the day he ripped my throat out."
"I am not Damon Salvatore," he said and unpinned Bonnie from the car. "I honestly want to protect you."
"Protect me from what?" she asked him, her voice small and almost weak like.
"From Mikael," he answered; his fingers coming up to gently brush against her cheek bone. "From the destruction and the pain that he will cause you."
For a moment he really believed that he was beginning to get through to her, but he was wrong. Painfully so.
It had taken only a few seconds for Klaus to drop to his knees and clutch his head as the agonising pain shocked through his head repeatedly.
Bonnie giggled and went to her knees in front of him. "It's not me that needs protecting, love," she mocked him.
Bonnie stayed in front of him the whole time. Her hands rubbed up and down his thighs in a sadistically comforting manner as she watched his face contort in pain and listened to the grunts and groans that came out of his mouth.
"Shh," she cooed and her hands moved to his hair, her fingers running through the softness of hair as she rested her forehead against his. "It won't be much longer."
And it wasn't much longer. A minute or so later, Klaus fell limp against her. He was dead. Or at least he would be for a few minutes. Long enough to give herself a head start to get to Mikael's without him following.
She carelessly pushed his body away from hers and let him fall back to the hard road, casually stepping over him and walked back to her car.
Bonnie hopped back in her car, smiling, she pulled the necklace out from under her shirt and let the pendant hang out on show.
She didn't think she'd ever take it off now.
xxx
Bonnie let herself into Mikael's suite, calling out for him as she removed her jacket and placed it on the back of the couch.
"You're here rather early," his voice flowed from another room. "A nice change if I must say."
"Well I had nothing better to do," she replied and leant on the back of the couch just as Mikael entered the room. "And I'm kind of excited about tonight," she added and Mikael gave a quick smile when he caught the shyness in her tone.
"The full moon is a powerful element," he said and stood in front of her. "And it will be magnified with that necklace," he told her, his hand reaching over and taking the pendant between his fingers. "And I'm pleased to see you wearing the necklace even if you are not using magic, it is yours after all, you should wear it all the time," he said and let the pendant drop back to her chest.
"Not really it isn't," she muttered and looked down at it. She wished it was though, it felt so right hanging from her neck - like it was meant to be there.
"If you want to get technical; Elena received it from Stefan who found it from Rebekah who took it from Esther who it was given to as a gift by Ayanna. So yes, it is yours," he told her and Bonnie stared at him with a blank look.
"I'm not sure if I followed that but okay," she said, her smile coming back to her face.
She found herself smiling more often lately, especially when she was around Mikael or doing magic. It was nice change from her usual doom and gloom.
"Speaking of the necklace and magic," Bonnie started, looking away from Mikael as she spoke. "I kind of did something today that might piss you off," she told him then met his eyes with caution.
"What did you do?" he asked her.
"Well I've told you how Klaus has been following me around like an annoying lost puppy lately," Mikael nodded. "On the way over here I ran into him – sort of. I mean, he was lying on the road waiting for me and he wouldn't let me leave until he said whatever it was he wanted to say."
"What did he say?" His voice was calm and Bonnie wasn't able to tell if he was pissed or not.
"That's not really important – I wasn't really listening to him," she dismissed and continued on. "Anyway he always had his suspicions that you and I were working together so I though what was the harm in telling him the truth – that and I wanted to see the look on his face," she shrugged.
Mikael remained silent and expressionless and Bonnie wasn't sure if that were a good thing or not. She hoped that Mikael wouldn't care much about her little slip. It's not like Klaus could stop them or anything.
"And he just let you come here?" he finally spoke and Bonnie bit her lip as she thought back to what she did to Klaus.
"He didn't exactly have a choice," she grinned. "I used magic on him. He was lying dead in the middle of the road when I left him."
"You killed him?" he questioned with a bit of shock, taken back by what she told him. He certainly was no expecting something like that so soon. He thought they would have to work up something to that extreme.
"Well…only temporarily," she answered. "I'm sure he's alive and kicking again as we speak." There was more silence and Bonnie frowned. "Are you mad?"
"I'm shocked," he told her with honesty. "But I am very impressed," he finished with a proud smile. "You are doing so well with this, darling," he commended. "I have never seen a witch as young as yourself grow so much in such a short period of time."
Bonnie smiled shyly and looked to the ground. She wasn't exactly used to compliments. She was used to doing whatever needed to be done then leaving, coming back when her help was once again needed.
"Oh, isn't this just lovely?" They heard Klaus' voice full of sarcasm sound from the now opened doorway.
Both Bonnie and Mikael were shocked by his sudden appearance. Mikael thought Niklaus to be too much of a coward to show his face. He thought he would have gone into hiding, having hoards of hybrids protecting him.
"Shame you didn't stay dead for longer," Bonnie quipped and placed her hands on her hips. "I should have run you over with my car for good measure," she remarked with an icy glare and Klaus smirked at her.
"Now that would have caused a great deal of pain upon awakening," he responded with amusement.
"I'll keep that in mind for next time," she snapped back and Mikael raised his hand – signalling her to calm down and let him speak.
"I have to admit, Niklaus, I was not expecting to see you so soon."
"I'm just full of surprises," Klaus responded and Mikael smirked. Although Klaus hid it well, Mikael could see the underlining fear the hybrid felt.
Klaus turned his attention back to Bonnie. "Did you know that Mikael attempted this exact same plan with another witch some time back?"
Mikael was surprised when Bonnie let out a laugh. "You're trying to turn me again him? Really?" she gave another laugh. "I don't care if he's tried this with a hundred witches, I'm happy to be the plan that words out because I want you all dead!"
"It's amazing how quickly he's gotten to you, warped you into thinking what you are doing is right," Klaus replied and Bonnie scoffed.
"You and the rest of your species, Klaus, are wrong. Me ridding the world of your toxic presence is right," she retorted and took a step forward.
"And what do you think will happen to you after you do that?" he didn't give her a chance to answer. "You will never be the same again, Bonnie. You'll destroy yourself. You'll destroy your humanity," he tried to tell her. His eyes flickering back and forth from Bonnie to Mikael to make sure Mikael didn't try to sneak up on him.
"You're one to talk about humanity. You haven't got any," she spat.
"But you do and I want to protect it," he countered and Bonnie's face fell. "Bonnie, you are a beautiful person and the last thing I want to see is Mikael poisoning you and destroying who you truly are."
Klaus didn't get to finish as Mikael sped forward and took Klaus' head in his hands and with one quick snap, Klaus fell limp to the floor for the second time today.
"He just got killed for the second time in under an hour," Bonnie commented – pushing away what Klaus had said to her. "And he's supposed to be the most fearsome being in the world?" She answered her own question with a laugh.
Mikael took no notice of her words. He was far too concerned with what Klaus had said. If his cowardly 'son' was willing to face him to try and lure Bonnie away he knew he had a problem.
Perhaps it was time to strengthen his bond with the young witch?
There were many ways he could do that, it was just the matter of choosing the right way - a way that she would respond to positively.
"What are we going to do with him?" he heard Bonnie as him as she circled Klaus' dead body.
"I will take him to the witch house," he told her. "They will make sure he stays put long enough for us to harness the moon's power tonight."
"But I thought I had their power?"
"You have most of it. There are always one or two that keep theirs to make sure the house remains safe," he explained to her and she nodded her head in understanding. "They are more than capable enough to contain Niklaus for a few hours."
"I'm going to take Niklaus over there now, before he wakes up," he announced to Bonnie who only nodded her head. "I will return soon," he said and picked Klaus up, hoisting him over his shoulder.
"Okay," Bonnie replied and fell back on the couch after Mikael left – reaching for the remote and switching on the TV to pass the time.
xxx
The moon was close to reaching its apex and Bonnie dropped the branch to the ground once she was done tracing a pentagram into the forest floor.
"So what exactly am I going to be doing?" she asked Mikael.
All he told her was they she was going to harness the power; he didn't give explicit details of what exactly that would entail.
"Nothing," he replied and Bonnie looked at him with a confused look. "All you are going to do is feel the power coming from the moon," he told her and moved to stand behind her in the middle of the pentagram, placing his hands on her shoulders. "You are going to let its power course through you."
"That's it?" she questioned over her shoulder, feeling a little let down. She thought she'd be doing something much bigger.
"It may not seem much now but believe me, you won't be disappointed," he sent her a smirk and she grinned back before facing back around. "Now concentrate," he told her in a soothing voice.
Bonnie's eyes closed and she began to focus on the moon and the power it possessed. At first she felt nothing, only the gentle breeze flowing around them and Mikael's hands on her shoulders.
"I feel nothing," she mumbled with a frown but was quickly shushed by Mikael.
She tried again - but still nothing. She was about to make another comment when the win suddenly picked up, blowing all around them and Bonnie let out a gasp when she felt it.
The magic and energy the moon contained.
Her breathing increased as she began to feel the magic run through her body, it just hit so suddenly - like a powerful surge of energy.
She wasn't expecting anything like this. She didn't expect it to feel so intense and feel so incredible, like there was no other feeling in the world that could match how she felt at that moment.
"Oh, my God," Bonnie whispered in a dazed astonishment and slowly opened her eyes, her entire being still buzzing as the power and the magic continued to flow through her.
Never before had she felt so invigorated and alive. She could feel so much power, she could feel everything. It was like the moon's energy had heightened her witch senses to nature.
"How does it feel?" Mikael's voice sounded next to her ear.
Bonnie turned around to face him and Mikael looked down to her. She didn't know what came over her – so she blamed it on the witch high she was experiencing – but she stood on her toes, her hands resting on his face as she placed her lips to his.
This wasn't a sweet kiss or even a romantic one. It was urgent and full of power.
Bonnie let out a groan against Mikael's lips when she felt her back hit one of the trees. Her hands tugged through his hair while he had one arm wrapped around her back – his hand reaching up her back to rest between her shoulder blades while the other threaded through her hair.
The kiss ended when Bonnie pulled her mouth away from his when she became in dire need of oxygen. When she pulled away she could began to feel the effects of the moon slowly draining out of her.
"You will only feel it while you perform magic otherwise it will fade rather quickly," he told her, noticing her disappointed look as she looked up at the moon and knowing what she was thinking.
"How do you know so much about all of this?" she asked him and fixed up his collar that she had crumpled up. "You've never been a witch."
"Niklaus wasn't lying when I said I have attempted this with other witches. I teach them how to access the fullness of their abilities," he explained to her and stepped back to give her some space.
"How did they die?" he looked at her. "Well obviously they did if you here with me now."
"They could not handle the power," he answered truthfully. "Although the magic they used was different from what you are," he said and motioned to her necklace. "You are using real, traditional magic given to you by the spirits of the dead witches. They were not."
"What were they using then?" she questioned, eyes wide with curiosity.
"A very dark form of magic, it is called Expression," he said. "Most witches cannot handle it and their bodies could not so it killed them."
Bonnie frowned at the thought of magic killing witches. She knew first-hand what it was like to have your life threatened by the gift you were given and she hated that other witches were killed by it.
"We shouldn't have to be punished for using magic. It's our gift and we should be able to use it," Bonnie muttered more to herself than to Mikael. It was the one thing about being a witch that pissed her off the most – well other than constantly being in the middle of vampire drama.
"When do you plan on doing this ritual?" Bonnie asked when she realised that she's never gotten an actual answer out of him for that.
"We have a month before the next full moon," he told her. "And if you believe you are ready, that is when we will perform the ritual."
Bonnie gave him a confident grin. "I'll be ready."
He knew she would be.
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Bonnie pulled into her drive way much later that night, her father's car wasn't there but Elena's was. Bonnie let out a sigh of annoyance when she caught sight of the Doppelganger sitting on the porch swing.
Couldn't they just leave her alone today? Was that really too much to ask?
She reached behind her neck and unclasped the necklace –immediately feeling any remaining effect from the moon leaving her- and put it safely away in her bag – no need for Elena to see it and chuck one of the world's biggest bitch fits - before she stepped out of her car.
"And you are here why?" she questioned without looking at Elena and headed straight to her front door, putting the key in the lock and turning.
"After what I heard this morning, I just needed to come and check on you," Elena answered and got up off the porch swing and made her way to Bonnie.
"Well, I'm fine," Bonnie chirped and opened the door. "Thanks for stopping by," she went to shut the door in Elena's face but the doppelganger pushed her way through. Bonnie rolled her eyes. "By all means, come on in," she said with sarcasm, shutting the door.
"So what's up?" Bonnie asked and dropped her bag on the couch before she turned to Elena. "Need me to risk my life for yours again?"
Elena just gaped at Bonnie. "Why are you doing this? What's wrong with you?"
"I'm tired of your shit, Elena, that's why and that's what's wrong," Bonnie answered her and pushed passed and headed for the kitchen.
"I just don't understand this," Elena breathed, following Bonnie into the kitchen.
"You never understand anything, Elena," Bonnie gibed and opened the refrigerator. "You'd figure by now and after everything, you'd have a clue but you're still as clueless as ever," she said with a laugh and pulled out some of the previous night's take out.
The food fell from Bonnie's hands and dropped onto the floor, the contents spilling everywhere. But Bonnie didn't notice. All she could focus on was the sharp jabbing pain in her neck and the numbness beginning to wash over her.
"What the hell are you doing?" she demanded weakly, her voice beginning to slur and her vision beginning to fade.
"I'm so sorry Bonnie," Elena apologised and gently manoeuvred Bonnie to lie on the floor of the kitchen. "But this is for your own good."
Once Elena was sure Bonnie was out, she grabbed under her arms and as gently as possible dragged Bonnie towards the front door where Damon and Stefan were waiting.
"Be careful with her," she said as she moved Bonnie outside so Stefan could pick her up and they could take her back to the boarding house. "I will meet you there later. I just got to leave a note for Bonnie's father."
The two brothers nodded and left with Bonnie.
Elena let out a heavy sigh and went back inside Bonnie's house. She cleaned up the spilt food and scribbled down a quick note for Bonnie's father, telling him that she was staying at Elena's house for the night.
Picking up Bonnie's bag from the couch, she turned out the lights and locked the door behind her.
Walking back to her car, the only thing Elena could think about was Bonnie how she hoped her friend would forgive her for doing what she did.
Elena only wanted to keep everyone safe.
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And here is chapter 10! I really hope you enjoyed it and I hope it lived up to what I was hoping it to be!
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Next Chapter:
Another big one!
The Salvatore's plan goes to hell and backfires (like usual) and Caroline turns the blame onto Elena
The Originals and the Mystic Falls gang decide to suck it up and work together which kind of puts a damper on Klaus and Caroline's plan
Bonnie is feeling pissed and vengeful so she and Mikael decide to send a message in a form of an unexpected victim (Any guesses?)
Plus more!
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