Title: Transference

Rating: M

Genre: AU/Supernatural/Romance

Pairing(s): Bonnie/Tyler, Bonnie/Klaus, Caroline/Matt, Caroline/Tyler (minor), Stefan/Elena, Rebekah/Damon, Alaric/Abby, etc.

Summary: When Tyler asks for Bonnie's help getting rid of his sired bond to Klaus neither of them are prepared for the consequences…

Chapter Ten: Haunted

Bonnie Bennett ran her hands over the journal that Greta had left with her. It didn't tell her anything new about the connection that Greta had revealed to her nor did it tell her how to stop it. It was useless and Bonnie felt as if she were about to implode. No matter what she did, she would not have full control of her actions, her thoughts, or her feelings. There was someone invading, slowly taking over her and she didn't know how to fight it.

Bonnie jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to face Klaus. The others had gone and Bonnie had stayed to get more information on Dahlia, to find anything that could possibly make the spirit vulnerable.

Klaus held out a small stack of books to her. "These should help," he said, "Some books on spirits. Communicating with them, controlling them, and exorcising them."

Klaus had been reluctant to believe before, but after learning of Bonnie's nightmares he had been forced to face reality. Forced to accept the fact that while he had thought that he had finally been able to move on the truth was that the past was still very much a part of his presence.

Bonnie frowned as she looked at him. "Exorcising?" she asked, "Are you sure that's what you want? For me to get rid of her?"

Klaus smiled weakly, shaking his head. "It isn't about what I want, love," he said, "This is about you having your life back. Your control back. This bond between us means that I cannot be happy unless you're happy and you cannot be happy if she remains. Besides, Dahlia and I had our time. You and Tyler cannot say the same thing."

Klaus could see the sympathy that she had for him. The care that she had for him. But it was not love and it likely never would be. He had told his siblings that no one could take Dahlia's place, and that had been true. What he had not counted on was Dahlia being there, really there under the surface. A part of him, a larger part than he wanted to admit, wanted to bring her out. But at what cost?

He had meant what he said. He did care about Bonnie, felt bonded to her. And she did not deserve to lose control of her body for the sake of a love that he had long ago lost.

"Dahlia was kind before," he said, "Loving, caring, and loyal. She had spirit and a stubborn will but she would never harm anyone that did not deserve it. If you can communicate with her then you might be able to reason with her."

"She doesn't just want to share you," Bonnie said, "Or take my body every now and then. She wants it all. She wants Tyler dead so that there is nothing in the way of my connection to you and I don't think that she would stop there. She would want full control over my body. Until there was nothing left and I could no longer fight. If I thought that it could be helped then I would try for your sake but this can't happen Klaus. As much as a part of me doesn't want to see you hurt, a bigger of me needs Tyler. I need him to live. I need to be with him. I love him. I know that you loved her and you want to think of her a certain way but from where I stand she can't be reasoned with. I'll try, because you're willing to give her up for me. Because you're not going to fight me on this. I hope I can find a way to give you some kind of closure and to make sure if her spirit can be removed that she finds peace. But I need you to understand that the Dahlia that you knew, might not be the same as the person that is taking over my body."

Klaus nodded. "That might be true," he said, "But the part of her that will never change is the part of her that loves me. If you cannot reach her, then I will be able to. All I need for you to do is find a way to communicate with her spirit. Then again, since she's inside of you then she is likely conscious of everything that you do. She probably knows we're trying to reach her and if she does, she might just come to me on her own."

Bonnie finally took the books from his hand. "And if she doesn't?" Bonnie asked, "Come to you I mean?"

Klaus leaned down so that he could whisper in Bonnie's ear. "Then I will just have to provoke her into coming out," he murmured, "And it's lucky for us that I know exactly what buttons to push in order to do so."

As he pulled away Bonnie noted the look in his eyes. There was clearly a double meaning to his words that made Bonnie uncomfortable. She stepped away from him. "Let's hope that it won't come to that," she said.

:::

Tyler Lockwood looked up from where he was sitting on the edge of Bonnie's bed as the witch entered her room. He noted the books in her hand and the frown on her face and he sighed.

It some ways the fact that she was being possessed was a relief to him. It meant that her connection to Klaus was not as real as her connection to him. The problem with that was that it also meant that she didn't have complete control over herself or behavior. He had had a taste of that when he was sired to Klaus, losing his free will and his actions no longer being under his control. But the difference between the two situations was that Bonnie couldn't see her puppet master, couldn't kill something that was already dead, and couldn't use their connection to get rid of the one that she had with the spirit that was possessing her.

Bonnie placed the books on the desk that sat on the other side of the room and Tyler held his arms open. "Come here," he said, his eyes on her.

Bonnie walked up to him, climbed into his lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck. She sighed in relief as his arms came her and buried her face in his shoulder.

Tyler held her close to him, rubbing soothing circles on her back. "Are you okay?" He asked.

Bonnie shook her head without lifting it. "I don't know what to do," she whispered, "I feel so helpless. Like I'm not me. I can't trust myself anymore. Can't differentiate my own feelings from…hers. Except….when it comes to you."

"What do you mean?" Tyler asked, "I know she sent you through the wringer with this whole Klaus thing, but what do I have to do with it. I mean we just figured out she was there. You're not thinking she made you feel what you feel for me are you? You're not doubting us?"

"No," Bonnie said, lifting her head, "Of course not. Besides if she had it her way you wouldn't be here." At Tyler's frown, sighed. "There's something that I have to tell you."

"I'm listening," Tyler said, his tone neutral.

"I've been having these nightmares," Bonnie told him, "I…was scared to sleep. I didn't know what they meant. They got worse, when you left. I thought that it was me, that I was going crazy. When Greta told us about the possession, I knew that it was Dahlia."

"What kind of nightmares?" Tyler asked. Bonnie hesitated, looking away from him. "Come on, Bennett," Tyler pressed gently, "No secrets. We promised. Remember?"

Bonnie nodded, as her eyes met his again. "They were about Klaus," she said, "About you. Basically telling me that I had to make Klaus happy and he couldn't happy with you in the picture. Dahlia wants me to kill you so that Klaus won't have any competition. And I think that if she ever gains enough control to accomplish that then she'll come for me next. Fight me for complete control over my body so that she and Klaus can finally be together."

"That isn't going to happen," Tyler said, firmly, "Because we are going to fight this. We're going to stop this. I don't care if it's Klaus or some dead chick he used to be in love with, no one is ever going to take you from me or me from you. Okay?"

Bonnie nodded.

"What's with those books?" Tyler asked, nodding toward the tomes she had placed on her desk upon her arrival.

"Some books Klaus gave me," Bonnie said, "He wants me to see if I can contact her. Communicate her. He thinks that he can talk her down. And if all else fails then there are some spells in there that might be able to exorcise her."

"Why would he want to get rid of her?" Tyler asked.

"For me," Bonnie sighed. Tyler raised a brow and Bonnie shrugged. "I am just as surprised as you are."

"Well then," Tyler said, "I guess we have some reading to do."

"We?" Bonnie asked, grinning, "But you hate reading and you hate reading witchy stuff even more."

"If it means getting you back your free will then it'll get done," he said, "You did the same for me. And even if you hadn't I would still do it. I love you. And you know what they say. The couple that exorcises together, stays together."

Bonnie laughed, rolling her eyes. "I'm pretty sure if anyone ever said that they were referring to working out not imitating priest and Ghostbusters."

"That's just a technicality," he smiled, "Doesn't matter."

"Well either way I say we save the Sixth Sense stuff for tomorrow," she said, "Because I love you and I just want to be with you right now, and not think about anything else for a while."

"If you we throw in a batch of Sheila's cookies then you have a deal, Bennett."

"Fine but you are helping me bake," Bonnie laughed, "And you better not even think about eating all of the chocolate chips, Lockwood."

"I'm not making any promises," Tyler said.

Bonnie huffed, but kissed him back when he pressed his lips against hers anyway. She felt strong. If Tyler said that they could win against Dahlia, she believed. This was her body, and Tyler was who she loved. They wouldn't go down, not without a fight.

:::

Klaus frowned as looked around himself at the familiar surroundings. This place had been his home once. So long ago it seemed as if it were someone else's life. Someone else's loss. Someone else's sorrow.

He walked along the dirt path that he had taken many times when he was human. Moving through the trees until he was in a familiar clearing. He had met Dahlia there a countless number of times. It was the only clearing near their home where the flowers that she was named for bloomed.

Memories came to him unbidden. The sound of her laughter. Her scent. The grace she held as she moved. The feel of her hand in here. The promises they had made to one another.

"We said forever," a familiar voice said from behind him, causing him to turn around.'

Dahlia stood there, smiling. Looking as sweet and innocent as she always had. Her brown hair loose and flowing and her hazel eyes, full of love for him.

She was so beautiful. Even more beautiful than he remembered. Her skin seeming to glow and smile bright and full of life. But she was not alive. She was dead. She had been dead for so long now. So long that he could barely recall the time in which she was alive. And it was his love, his love that allowed him to remember as much as he did of their time together.

"That was a long time ago," He said.

"Are you saying that you don't mean it anymore?" Dahlia said, "Because I know you Niklaus, my love. I can see that you still do. That you still love me. Still need me. That I am the key to your happiness."

"You must stop this," Klaus said, fighting the urge to go to her and take her into his arms.

She lifted the skirts of her white dress as she walked forward. "You don't understand," she said, "You don't know what it's like on the other side. It's nothing but regret, loneliness, and sorrow. I have no one, and nothing left to hold onto except for you and our love. You are no longer able to die and join me and so I have found a way that I can live and be with you. I thought that you would be happy."

"How could I when our love is causing someone else to suffer?"

"You are no innocent, Niklaus," she said, "I have watched you over the years. Seen what you have become. The things that you have done. The lives that you have taken. The ways that you have changed. And I forced myself to change too. Knew that I would have to in order to be with you, especially the way that you are now. I knew that I would have to be reckless and selfish. That I could not think about who it would hurt if I went forward with this. If I meant to accomplish what I had set out to accomplish."\

"And what is that?" Klaus asked, "For us to be together? It isn't the same as before, it can never be. And even if it could, our time has passed Dahlia. We had our time."

"And it was ripped away from us," Dahlia said, her eyes welling up with tears.

"So you respond by ripping Bonnie away from her time with Tyler," he said, "By trying to take over her life and end his. If you do this then you are no better than the person who took you from me."

The tears fell finally. "Do not say that," she pled, "I cannot handle those words. Not from you."

Klaus walked up to her, taking her hands in his. "I need you to let Bonnie go," he whispered, "You are better than this."

"The best that I can do is leave the boy alive," Dahlia said, "I will do that for you and because I have seen….their love for one another. But I cannot leave the girl's body. Not when it is the only way that I can see you. Talk to you. Touch you. Feel your lips against mine. Even now I cannot feel your touch. It's as if nothing is there. You cannot ask me to let go of something that is the only thing that can bring me close to feeling, to you."

"What if I can find another way?" Klaus pressed, "Then will you let her go."

"If there was another way," Dahlia sighed, "Another means in which to do this. Don't you think that I would have done it by now?"

"Dahlia," he said, "Please."

"If you find another way then I will let the girl go," Dahlia said, "I promise you that. But I also know that there is no other way."

"I once promised you forever," he told her, "Now I will promise you that I will find a way in which to make good on my promise."

Dahlia smiled, before standing on her toes and pressed her lips against his.

Klaus's eyes shot open as he sat up on the couch in one of the many sitting rooms in the manner. He reached up and touched his lips as he stared at the fire that roared in the hearth of the fire place.

While his emotions had been in turmoil in terms of his feelings for Bonnie and his feelings for Dahlia, now they were clear. The bond he had with Bonnie, was nothing in comparison to the love he had for Dahlia. But still he wanted to do the right thing for once in his sad and lonely existence.

Hearing Dahlia say that it had been watching him that had changed her had broken something in him. Seeing the death and destruction he had caused and how selfish and inhuman that he had become, had caused her spirit to morph to fit him. To chance from something kind into something malevolent. He had gotten her killed in life and now even in death he was causing pain.

He looked at the vase that sat on the table before him. Smiled at the dahlias that bloomed there. He reached out his hand and ran his fingers gently over the petals.

She might not have been able to feel him from wherever she was but he could feel her. He could still feel her. And now that he thought about it, he had seen signs of her presence in Bonnie. In the things that had drew him toward Bonnie in the first place.

It hadn't been unleashing his wolf that had triggered his interest in Bonnie but her channeling Dahlia's power and Dahlia's spirit lingering behind. He almost wished that Bonnie had killed him the night of the sacrifice. He would have gone to the other side and Dahlia's spirit would have left Bonnie's body and joined him there.

It was too late for that. For thoughts of regret. He would have to find another means in which to fix things. Another way to make things up to both Bennett witches.

He picked up one of the Dahlia's in the vase and brought it to his nose, inhaling the scent. "I will find a way," he said, to the empty room, hoping that Dahlia could hear him, "I promise you I will find a way. I will not rest until I do."

He looked down and smiled as the flower in his hands opened up before him. The petals stretching and blossoming until the flower was in full bloom.

:::

Alaric Saltzman moved aside to allow Abby Bennett-Wilson to enter his small apartment. He sighed as he shut the door behind her. From the look on her face he could tell that things had only gotten worse on the Bonnie front.

He walked into the scant room that acted as his living room and sat down on the couch, patting the space next to him. As Abby sat down, he watched her and waited for her to speak. When she was silent for longer than he anticipated, he spoke up. "What's going on?" Alaric asked, "Did you figure out this whole double mating thing or what?"

Abby ran a hand through her hair and shook her head. "We did," she said, "And it's worse than we thought." She turned to him and faced more fully before she continued. "The only way that it can be possible is if the witch is possessed by the spirit of the second wolf's mate. Two souls inhabiting one body, one wolf mated to each one."

"Possessed?" Alaric said, looking as confused as Abby felt, "If Bonnie were possessed wouldn't we have noticed something?"

Abby shook her head. "It isn't really that simple," she said, "The spirit isn't in complete control and so the only signs that Bonnie wasn't herself that we had were these nightmares she has been having and her pull toward Klaus. Everyone has been completely blindsided by this and we don't know what to do."

Alaric shrugged. "I wish that I could help," he said, "The best I can do is give you some research I've done on the afterlife and ghost. But you're a witch so you probably have more information on this stuff than me anyway." He thought about the matter for a moment and then asked, "Is there a way that you can make contact with the spirit that possessing Bonnie?"

"I don't know," Abby said, "I don't have much experience with possession. But if there was someone on the other side who had contact with her. Who knew her and could reach out to her, we might be able to contact them through a séance. We would just have to know who to call out to. This person, Dahlia, she was in love with Klaus when he was a human. She was a part of our line as was her mother, Ayanna. Her mother was friends with Esther and that's how she became linked with the powers in our line."

"Maybe you should try communicating with this Ayanna," Alaric suggested, "Reach out to her, mother to mother."

Abby nodded a plan already forming in her mind. "Maybe you're right," she said.

:::

The next day found Lucy Bennett and Mason Lockwood lighting candles in the living room of Sheila Bennett's old house in preparation for the séance. Masson eyed Lucy as she lit the candles that sat on the mantle of the fireplace. They hadn't really spoken since the day before when they had learned the truth about Bonnie's connection to Klaus.

He wanted to apologize and to tell he had taken things to far, but for the first time since they got together he wasn't sure how to approach her. His fears seemed eve more invalid than they did before they had discovered the truth. She had been right, he had taken things too far for a possibility.

The thing was that it hadn't just been the double mating that had scared him, it had been his own insecurities. He had never thought himself good enough for her. She had brought him back to life and yet, the things he gave her seemed to pale in comparison. Especially given the fact that she had to watch after him during the times in which his soul departed from his body.

"Just apologize and grovel already," Lucy said, turning to him and breaking into his thoughts, "All of your brooding is giving me a headache and we need to focus so that we can help Tyler and Bonnie."

"Am I that easy to read?" Mason laughed, shaking his head.

"Only to me," she said, smiling at him. He stepped toward her and Lucy didn't hesitate before walking into his arms.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I was scared and stupid. I took things too far and you didn't deserve any of it."

"Thank you for apologizing," Lucy said, "And I forgive." She kissed him, pulling back slowly. "I want you know that I've never wanted to be with anyone else. I need you to believe that."

He nodded. "I do," he said, "To tell you the truth, I never stopped believing that."

They parted just as Abby, Bonnie, and Tyler entered the room. "Is everything ready?" Abby asked, as she looked in between them. At their nod she motioned from Tyler and Mason to move the table aside. "We are all in her line," Abby said, looking at Bonnie and Lucy, "And so she could make contact with any of us. Just be prepared and what questions need to be asked."

Both Lucy and Bonnie nodded as Mason and Tyler finished moving the table and stood upright. The five inhabitants in the room then sat down in a circle, Tyler next to Bonnie, and linked their hands together.

Bonnie swallowed nervously as Abby called out to Ayanna's spirit. She remembered another time when she had been a part of séance and she had been possessed when she had made contact with Emily shortly after discovering what she was. The memory wasn't a pleasant one and it did nothing to hinder her nervousness.

She looked over at Tyler as she felt him squeeze her hand. "It'll be fine," he whispered.

Bonnie nodded and smiled. But as Lucy gave her a pointed look, she closed her eyes and renewed her concentration. She listened as Abby called out to the spirit of Dahlia's mother again.

The candles and the lights flickered around them and things began to fall and shatter about the room. Both Mason and Tyler looked around them in alarm but the witches kept their as closed as Abby continued to call out Ayanna's spirit.

Bonnie began to feel dizzy. She frowned as a voice began to invade her head and a moment later she collapsed.

:::

Greta Martin sighed as she walked into Klaus' study. She had given him the information that he wanted and so she didn't see any point in him requesting to see her. She doubted very much that either of them were keen on reminiscing about their past together.

She eyed Klaus as he sat behind his desk, arms folded. He looked at her more amiably than she imagined that he would, and so she knew that that could only mean that he wanted something.

"Are we just going to stand here and look at each other or are you going to tell me why I'm here?" she asked, "I told you what you wanted to know."

"And I am grateful for that information," Klaus said, "But now I need to ask something else. If you help me I will leave Gabe and his pack alone."

"It isn't just Gabe's pack that you have control over," Greta said, "You know he wants complete freedom for all of them but you won't do that will you. You can't give up the power. That's all you've ever wanted."

"Are you willing to accept my terms or not?" Klaus asked, ignoring her last statement.

Greta stared at him a moment, before she reluctantly nodded. She took the seat behind the desk and crossed her legs. "What do you want?" She asked.

"I made contact with Dahlia's spirit," Klaus revealed, "I promised her that I would find another way for her to live. That I would find another way than to have her invade Bonnie's body. She trusts me to do so and while she originally planned on getting Tyler out of the picture she has promised to spare him if I can make good on my promise."

"They're only to ways that you can do that," Greta said, "The first being that you could restore her back to her body but that's probably decomposed by now right?"

Klaus winced. "What is the second way?" He asked, trying to reign in his temper.

"You could take her spirit out of Bonnie and put it into someone else," she said, "I'm assuming it's the fact that she is inside Bonnie that's the problem. Since you have a certain soft spot for the Bennett witch now."

"That's the only way?" Klaus asked, "Going from ruining Bonnie's life and taking away her choice to doing the same thing to someone else."

Great rolled her eyes. "Let me guess," she said, "Your Grinch heart has grown three sizes and now you care about man kind enough to spare an innocent girl the misfortune of being mated to you. Because that would be the real problem, not the possession."

Klaus clasped his hands together and counted to ten in his head. "Is there no other way?" He pressed, his voice full of a false calm.

"We could always figure out a way to kill you and then you could join her on the other side," Greta suggested, "But if you are not game for that then I got nothing."

Sighing Klaus looked away from her. It was better someone else being harmed by his past than Bonnie he supposed. "You can leave now," he said.

"You're welcome," Greta said sweetly, as she stood.

Klaus could barely resist the urge to kill her. "Thank you," he said, sarcastically, "No if you would please leave before I decide to do what I really want and end you existence."

"I might be scared if you were getting so soft," Greta laughed, "Good luck with your ghostly lady love. Just make sure the next person that she possesses doesn't have a boyfriend already."

With those last words, Greta left and Klaus gave a sigh of relief when the door shut behind her. A moment later, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and called Bonnie. It rang and rang but there was no answer.

:::

The surroundings around Bonnie were familiar and yet different. She knew this place to be where the ruins of Fell's Church were but there was no sign of the old building in any form. Instead there were just endless trees and foliage.

Frowning Bonnie looked around her for any sign that she was not alone.

"Hello young one," a voice said from behind her. As she turned her eyes landed on a beautiful woman with dark skin and deep brown eyes.

Bonnie studied her a moment before she spoke. "Are you," she asked quietly, "Ayanna?"

The woman nodded. "Yes," she said, "I am. And you are Bonnie. The one that is playing unwilling host to my daughter's spirit. I can help you. But first there are some things about the past that you need to know."

"About Dahlia?" Bonnie asked, "About Klaus? About your friendship with Esther?"

Ayanna smiled. "I see you have been paying attention to what you have learned about our history," she said, "That is good. The more that you know the less that I will need to explain to you. There is much to tell and not much time in which to do it in."

"I'm listening," Bonnie nodded, her tone and demeanor serious.

"Like you and your Tyler," Ayanna began, "Niklaus and Dahlia were drawn to each other at a young age. They were inseparable. She was close to all of Esther's children in fact, but none more so than Niklaus. It did not take long for me to discover that their care for and interest had grown to love. Esther and Mikael discovered as well and Mikael did not approve of the match. That is when Tatia entered the picture."

Bonnie noted the tension in the woman's frame as she said Mikael's name but she did not comment on it.

"Niklaus struggled with this feelings for both," Ayanna continued, "Pulled in two different direction with his parents pushing him toward one. When he finally chose Dahlia, his father was outraged and with good reason."

Bonnie frowned. "What do you mean with good reason?" Bonnie said, "She was your daughter. Why would you be okay with Mikael not thinking she was good enough for Klaus? Unless it was the other way around and you thought that she was too good for Klaus."

Ayanna shook her head. "If only it were that simple," Ayanna sighed, "The issue was not that Mikael did not think Dahlia good enough, the issue was that Dahlia was his daughter."

"What?" Bonnie asked, eyes widening.

"Yes," she said, "Before Esther…Mikael and I…but our match was not accepted and so he married Esther. We carried on our love for a while, until I befriended Esther and my conscious got the better of me, but Dahlia had been born by then. And since Mikael believed Niklaus to be his son-"

"He didn't want Klaus and Dahlia together," Bonnie finished, understanding finally. With all the secrets, lies, and infidelity, it was a wonder to Bonnie that the originals were even still considering themselves to be a family. Their family issues reminded her of a really bad soap opera.

"I wanted Dahlia to be happy," Ayanna said, "And so I told Mikael the truth about Niklaus' paternity so that there would be no other reason for him to disapprove of the match. But then Tatia discovered that Niklaus had chosen Dahlia and she killed her in a jealous rage. I had planned to bring her back, I had preserved her body but Esther she, was angered at me for revealing her unfaithfulness and even more angry for what Mikael and I had kept from her about our relationship and so she took Dahlia's body and hid it from me. She offered to tell me the location of it if I used my power to link her to my line, but as soon as the deed was done she turned on me instead. Stripped me of my power as she only grew more powerful and sustained herself through the power of our line. But the thing I need you to take away from all of this is the fact that Dahlia's body is still out there somewhere being sustained by my magic."

"If that's true then why didn't she just take over her own body instead of mine?" Bonnie asked.

"She does not know," Ayanna said, "She has not been able to find peace as I have and so she remains either lost and alone here on the other side, or lingering on earth and watching those she loves live their lives as the years pass. Or at least she had been before you channeled her power along with the others."

"Even if what you are saying is true," Bonnie sighed, "Esther isn't just going to tell us where Dahlia's body is. She would sooner go to wherever she is keeping it and destroy it just to see Klaus unhappy. And besides if she thinks we want to do anything to help Klaus she'll drop her alliance with us and we will lose or in to get information."

"You do not need Esther to find Dahlia," Ayanna told her, "You are our family. Our blood is your blood and her spirit is in your body. Use that, use that connection and you will be able to find her own your own. When you restore her to her body, she will leave you and take the bond that you formed with Niklaus with her." Ayanna looked around, and frowned. "I must go now, but remember what I said."

Bonnie nodded and watched as the woman disappeared.

Bonnie eyes snapped open and she looked up at Tyler who was hovering over her. "Bonnie?" He asked, his voice concerned.

"I'm alright," Bonnie said, as Tyler helped her to the seated position. She looked around and noted that she was still in her grandmother's living room, the other's still circled around her.

"You scared me," Tyler said, wrapping his arms around her. Be hugged her and she hugged him back just as tightly. "Are you sure that you are okay?" he asked, as he pulled away from her and studied her face.

Bonnie nodded. "I'm fine," she said, smiling, "Better than fine actually."

Abby looked at her then, her eyes full of home. "Does that mean that you made contact with Ayanna?" Abby asked.

"Yes," Bonnie said, "I did. And there a way that we can end this. That we can stop this. I can get rid of Dahlia and my bond with Klaus; and I know exactly how I am going to do it."

:::

Rebekah Mikaelson looked up from the book she was reading as she heard her mother and brother passing her room, going through the hall. She frowned as she listened to Finn speak.

"You've made contact with this Bonnie's mother then?" he asked.

"Yes," Esther said, "Not consistent contact but contact just the same. I had hoped to convince her to restore the link to their line by now but it is taking longer than I had hoped. She had been distracted by something lately. I am not sure what it is, but whatever it is it needs to be taken care of so that we can proceed with our plans."

"Then should I have her followed?" Finn asked.

"It would be best if we went a step further," Esther said, "She has been mentioning spending time with the girl's teacher as of late. I want you to kidnap him. Compel him to give us the information that we need. If he cannot be compelled then we will use force if necessary. We can leave nothing to chance."

Rebekah sighed. Klaus had been too distracted by whatever was going on with him and the Bennett witch and in doing so he had left his plans neglected but had neglected to keep track of their mother's plans as well.

That meant that Rebekah would have to take matters into her own hands. She would have to get to Alaric Saltzman before Finn did. Then she would have to get Klaus back into focus.

:::

Klaus Mikaelson knocked on the door to Bonnie's house and waited. After a moment, Tyler Lockwood opened the door. He nodded at the young hybrid stiffly, as he moved aside and allowed Tyler him to enter.

"Where's Bonnie?" Klaus asked.

"She's upstairs," Tyler said, as he closed the door, "It's a good thing that you called. Saved her the trouble of calling you."

Klaus frowned at Tyler's demeanor. While it was clear that he still didn't want Klaus around and his hatred of him was firmly in place, he seemed less threatened. His wolf was almost calm which was odd. "What is going on?" Klaus asked, "What is this about?"

Tyler grinned as he walked into Bonnie's living room and sat down on the couch. "You'll know once Bonnie gets down here," he said.

A moment later Bonnie was bounding down the stairs. Klaus turned just a she reached the bottom of them. "Good," she said, "You're here. I have a lot to tell you."

"I have a lot to tell you too," Klaus said, "I made contact with Dahlia. She promised to leave you and Tyler alone if I could find another way for us to be together. I talked to Greta and she said that it should be possible for us to move Dahlia's spirit into another body."

Bonnie smiled. "That's good to know," she said, "Because pretty soon if everything goes as planned we'll have the perfect body for you."

"What do you mean?" Klaus asked, thinking that Bonnie seemed too excited to be thinking of taking advantage of an innocent. But what other choice would they have but to find some unsuspecting witch and place Dahlia's spirit in her body.

"I made contact with Ayanna," she said, "And she told me some rather interesting things."

"What kinds of things?" Klaus asked, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked down at her. It had been a while since he had thought about Ayanna, but he had trusted her in life and so he was sure that he could trust her in death. "What did she tell you?"

Bonnie glanced over at Tyler who grinned at her. She turned back to Klaus and gave him a hesitant sort of smile. "You might want to sit down," she said, wringing her hands together.

"That bad?" Klaus asked, as he sat down.

"Well," Bonnie said, "It depends on how you look at." Klaus nodded for Bonnie to continue and she revealed to him everything that Ayanna had told her.

It was odd, telling Klaus about his own family. People that he knew much better than her and that he had a history with. She was surprised to find that while the revelation that Esther had betrayed Ayanna had upset him, the revelation that Mikael was Dahlia's father did not.

"It makes sense," Klaus said, "She wasn't just loved by me but the others as well. Especially Rebekah. It would also explain why Mikael was so against the match. I thought it was because he hated me and didn't want to see me happy. But if he had thought…well it doesn't matter now."

Klaus stood and Bonnie grabbed his arm to stop him. "Where are you going?"

"To confront my bother and to find out where she has Dahlia's body hidden," he said, as if it were obvious.

"You can't," Bonnie said, shaking her head, "If you confront Esther there is a chance that she'll move the body again before we can get to it and there's a chance she discover that we're in league with you at least in this. Then she might look further and figure out about the bond. We can't chance that."

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Klaus asked.

"We can use me," Bonnie said, "Ayanna said as much. We'll do a locator spell and then this will all be over. We can bring her back. You'll be free to be with Dahlia and I'll be free to be with Tyler."

"You would go through all this trouble for me?" Klaus asked.

"Not just for you," Tyler said, standing up and sidling up next to Bonnie, "For all of us. No matter how you felt before you found out the truth about Dahlia's spirit still being present, it's clear that none of us want you bound to Bonnie now. The sooner this is over the better."

"Still," Klaus said, ignoring Tyler and looking at Bonnie, "I want you to know that I am grateful that you are going through with this and that I will find a way to repay you."

Bonnie and Tyler shared a look that made Klaus slightly suspicious. "I plan on holding you to that," she said once she looked back at Klaus.

He wasn't sure what he had inadvertently agreed to but the prospect of having Dahlia back made it all worth it.