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CHAPTER 10.

She was still shaking in the morning what she had found out hadn't made her feel any better. As far as she could see the Salvatore brothers had been around since the Civil War, had she not had that dream she would have put it down to an odd coincidence and simply families passing on names down through the generations. But that dream had her second guessing everything looking for the more out of the ordinary answers.

They had disappeared after the attack on the church and had resurfaced years later, their arrival always seemed to be preceded by a spate of 'animal attacks' in the area. A vampire attack would be hard to explain to the public, an animal attack could be explained away by a mountain lion or a wild dog. From what she could get access to it seemed as though the town had been covering up and cleaning after them for years.

The mythology had been more of a challenge there were so many varying takes on what a vampire could actually do and how to fight one. However the main point was that they drank blood and were dangerous. Well except maybe for the ones that sparkled but she doubted Damon would be the sparkly kind. He could go out in the sun so that got rid of that theory. The wooden stake seemed to be a core trait as well, although how you were meant to even get close enough to stake someone she had no idea.

The next question she had was what she was suppose to do with this information. She couldn't confront him as he would be likely to rip her throat out. She knew she had to warn Elena though, she couldn't let her best friend get herself involved with a vampire.

She kept the necklace on she felt better wearing it and hoped that it would offer some kind of protection against anything that might attack her. She also dug deep into her jewellery box and pulled out an old necklace with a cross pendant attached. She wasn't sure how true that myth was either but she was not about to take any chances. She laughed to herself the craziness of the situation was truly too crazy to contemplate. She picked up her phone and dialled Elena's number.

"Hey Bonnie." She answered. She sounded upset.

"Hey Elena, I need to talk to you about something before school?"

"Okay sure I, I'm worried about Stefan."

"Oddly enough so am I. I just got to take care of something at home first, then I'll be over."

"Okay." Elena hung up the phone and Bonnie was more worried now then she was before. What of Stefan was controlling her some how. There had been a few theories on vampires having mind control, the ability to control mortals. She had thought about whether Damon had been controlling her when he had been with her. However she could fully remember the situations and the choices that she had made being hers and hers alone. However bad those decisions had been she had made them of her own free will. She guessed that her powers prevented him from controlling her, but maybe Elena would be immune to their, compulsion.

***

She found Elena waiting for her in front of the school. She looked worried and anxious. Bonnie wondered if she did know something, or had at least thought something was a little off about the brothers. She approached her friend unsure of what she was about to say.

"You don't look well Bonnie."

"I didn't sleep much last night." She said rubbing her eyes.

"Me neither." She had been and still was worried about Stefan. Damon deserved it she knew that, but she knew it would tear Stefan up inside he was just too human.

"We make a right pair then. Elena I need to tell you something but you need to promise me that you will hear it all the way through and that you will trust me when I say I think it is true."

"Okay, now you have me even more worried then I was before."

"Sorry. Okay here goes." She took a deep breath knowing that if she didn't get it out now she never would. "I had a strange dream last night. There was this woman I think she was part of my family, but she was from another time. Anyway she knew things about my powers, that I was natural." Elena nodded following Bonnie's story. "Then she warned me that I had to be careful. That there was something in this town that even my powers wouldn't save me from. I think she meant the Salvatores, well more specifically Damon."

"Bonnie I..." Elena started to speak.

"She said they were vampires, Elena." Bonnie said cutting her friend off in her urgency to get rid of that last piece of information the part that seemed to her to be the craziest of the whole lot. "I thought it was crazy, but I believe her. Something just tells me she is telling me the truth, trying to protect me." She waited for her firend's response, she wouldn't blame Elena for thinking she was crazy. What proof did she have a dream, some newspaper articles that had no pictures it could all be just coincidence to a sane person.

"I know Bonnie."

"Know what?" Bonnie asked not sure what her friend had met. Surely she couldn't know what they were.

"What they are."

"Excuse me?! You know?! And you're not freaking out? I've done my research the amount of supposed animal attacks in this town is ridiculous and it's always only for a certain length of time. I've never even seen a wild animal around here." She was speaking fast now trying to process in her head that her friend already knew vampires existed.

"Bonnie you need to calm down."

"Yeah sure, except that there are two people in this town who are killing people and getting away with it. Oh, God Stefan hasn't, hasn't made your mind forget things or made you do things that you didn't want to?" That had to be the reason, the mind control was real.

"No. And Stefan hasn't killed anyone. In fact he's been protecting me against Damon."

"Right well this is not a normal reaction Elena. And why didn't you tell me, we're best friends we are meant to tell each other everything."

"It would have sounded crazy."

"I thought I sounded crazy today but I still came and told you cause I thought you might be in danger." She was a little hurt that Elena hadn't trusted her and wondered for how long her best friend would have kept the truth from her. And then she was angry. It didn't take much to trigger that reaction. Her emotions seemed to be so interchangeable at the moment, from scared, to angry to anxious and they felt so strong.

"I'm sorry Bonnie. I didn't think you would be in any danger." Elena motioned to touch Bonnie's arm to comfort her, but she pulled away sharply.

"Well apparently I am." She said angrily.

"Bonnie please, I'm sorry. It wasn't my secret to tell."

"Elena, when someone tells you they have a crush on someone or your brother is sneaking a girl home, that is a secret you can keep, but your boyfriend and his brother being some supernatural creatures that drink blood to survive that's something you tell your best friend." Her temper was flaring now. She would usually have put herself in Elena's shoes by now and thought about how it must have felt for her holding on to this secret, what a terrible burden it must of been. However she simply couldn't, she also ignored the fact that she had been seeing the homicidal bloodsucker behind her best friend's back.

"Bonnie." Bonnie could feel her blood begin to boil, she tried to keep it calm taking deep breaths. Trying to think rationally, trying to block her emotions out. She realised she couldn't do it, it was too strong she had to escape the situation. She had to leave.

"No. I need to go."

"We need to talk." Elena grabbed Bonnie's arm as she turned to leave. Bonnie pulled her arm and when Elena did not let go she turned to face her.

"I am about 10 seconds away to losing control." She warned her. " I need to go before something starts to burn." Her eyes told Elena that she was serious and for the first time in her life Elena actually felt scared of her best friend. She simply nodded and let go of Bonnie's arm, watching her walk away.

Bonnie walked around the corner before stopping against the wall. She breathed deep and hard. She felt alone again she had told her best friend and it hadn't eased her mind, she still felt as though the truth rested heavy on her shoulders. She felt betrayed, telling Elena hadn't made her feel any better just worse.

She thought about telling her Grams but she wasn't sure how she would react. What if her Grams went after him herself and it got her killed? She wouldn't be able to live with that guilt. She peeked around the corner watching Stefan approach Elena she tried to work out what they were talking about. Elena hugged Stefan and held his hand. Bonnie was frustrated with herself, all this witch power and she couldn't even hear a conversation a few metres away. She watched as they walked away together still holding hands.

Guess they're back on then, she thought to herself.

She leaned back up against the wall and noticed she was crying. She rubbed her eyes with her sleeves and took deep breaths to get her emotions under control.

She slumped against the wall, sliding down it she tucked her face into her knees and tried to work out what she would do next.

***

"Stefan, I think Bonnie's in trouble." Elena said. She had been relieved when Stefan had told her that he did not kill his brother. But now she felt worried for her friend. Hwat she had said to her had scared her. "She has these powers, well her Grams says that she is a witch."

"I thought she might be." Stefan stated calm as always.

"You did?"

"The fire at the car wash." Elena nodded. "That was her."

"Well I think it's getting worse. There was just something in her eyes that worried me. She said that she couldn't control herself. It wasn't Bonnie." She was afraid that she might do something, hurt someone.

"She is going to be going through a lot, the coming of age is very difficult for a witch. She will need support through it. You said her Grams knew?" Stefan had remembered Bonnie talking about her family history at Elena's house. It was likely that her relatives would know about what was happening to her or at least know how to help.

"Yeah she teaches about the occult at the university, I guess that probably means she's a witch too."

"Maybe we should go to her let her know what is going on." Stefan suggested. The last thing that this town needed was a out of control witch. He was also worried about Damon getting wind of a witch being in town, if he didn't know already. His brother has always been fond of witches.

Sorry for the lack of Damon/Bonnie interaction but theres some coming up in the next chapter, promise :).