-DAMON'S POV-
"We have been to every hotel. She obviously went back home," I said. Spending my Saturday looking for my little sister was definitely not what I had planned.
"I know you'd much rather be out getting drunk, Damon," Stefan replied. "But this is our sister. And we have one hotel left."
I walked into the Nomad hotel with Stefan trailing behind me and went up to the front desk. With a little compulsion we were now outside of Stella's room. I noticed the unlocked door and chuckled.
"See," I taunted and pointed at the door. "The door is open, meaning she's not here. Once again I'm right."
Stefan glared at me and pushed me out of the way to make room to walk in.
"Ooo, feisty," I smirked.
He stopped so suddenly that I almost collided with him. It was almost as of time froze when I realized what made my brother stop so abruptly. In front of Stefan lay Stella's body, covered in grey veins and a wooden stake sticking out of her chest.
I frantically ran up to her and took the stake out of her chest. "NO!" I yelled as I picked up her body. Not Stella. "Please, Stella, wake up." I pleaded although I knew it was pointless. I almost forgot about Stefan until he was kneeling down beside me.
"Damon..." he started but I cut him off immediately.
"Stop, Stefan. There has to be a way to bring her back. Bonnie can help. There has to be a spell. It can't end like this, it's Stella."
"But-"
I didn't even bother to wait for my brother's reply. I picked Stella's lifeless body up and ran all the way back to Mystic Falls.
-STELLA'S POV-
The conversation with Sebastian had left me so uneasy. There was something about him now that made me want to run the other way. I was laying on the grass thinking about all that had happened in just a couple of hours. Apparently, Sebastian had the power to be able to travel to the Other Side and back at will. That was another thing that made me doubt everything he was saying. He had never mentioned this "evil brother" of his. He also said he compelled me, meaning he was part of the Original family.
I couldn't help but wonder if Klaus was the evil brother Sebastian was talking about. But then, why would he save me from Ryan?
"Probably because he wanted the satisfaction to kill you himself." The voice inside my head replied.
I sighed. I couldn't be human I needed to figure out a way to let Damon and Stefan know where I was. I closed my eyes and thought about Damon's smirk and Stefan's face whenever he actually gave us a real smile, which was rare. I missed them so much. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to see that I was no longer in the forest. I was face to face with Damon.
His usual icy blue eyes were blood shot red and you could tell he'd been crying. The only explanation that came to my mind was that he had found my body. I looked around the room and sure enough my body was on the couch by the fireplace. Bonnie was kneeling beside it chanting some sort of spell.
I wanted to tell Damon I was okay. I wasn't really dead, but he couldn't hear me. I screamed and screamed and even tried to push him but my hands just went straight through. I ran my hands through my hair and paced back and forth. I was here, but how did I let them know I was here.
I walked up to Bonnie and placed my hand on her shoulder and closed my eyes. I was back in the forest, but now so was Bonnie.
-DAMON'S POV-
There were a million thoughts racing through my mind. I couldn't live without Stella, and living for a vampire is a very long time. Bonnie had been trying spell after spell to try something, anything that might awaken her but she had no luck so far. She stopped chanting and I turned around. Bonnie was still kneeling down beside Stella but it was as if she was frozen.
"Bonnie?" I called out.
She didn't even flinch or react at me calling out her name. I walked up to her and waved my hands in front of her face but it seemed like she was in a deep trance.
I ringed Stefan and seconds later he was at the door with Elena right beside him.
"What's going on?" Stefan asked.
"I don't know. She was just trying spells out to see if they worked and now she just won't move."
Elena walked up to Bonnie and shook her soldier, but there was no response. She looked at Damon and then back at Stefan.
"It's like; she's in a trance or something..."
"Do you think she might have gotten something to work?" Stefan asked. "With trying to get Stella back?"
"Let's hope so." I replied and sat down.
-STELLA'S POV-
"Bonnie!" I screamed. I expected her not to be able to hear me, but when she jumped at the sound of my voice I was proven wrong.
"You can see me and hear me, right? Oh my gosh." I said.
"I, uh, where am I?" she asked.
"The Other Side. Well, kind of. I'm not really sure exactly where we are." I said tilting my head to the side.
"What happened? You're supposed to be dead, Stella."
"Thanks for your concern," I said and rolled my eyes at her. "Sebastian killed me. He was someone I knew back in the 80s. Look, I don't know if this is going to last much longer. I don't have time to tell you everything. You need to tell Damon and Stefan to look for Klaus and Sebastian. Tell them Sebastian killed me, but somehow only my vampire side is dead. That's why I'm here, in this forest. I think... Okay please, you have to tell them, Bonnie."
Bonnie crossed her arms and glared at me. "And why would I do that? You threatened to kill me and now you want my help?"
I glared right back at her. "I don't like this any more than you do. I'm the one who's dead here. You better tell them, Bonnie. I have a lot of spare time here and I will haunt you and make your life miserable if you don't."
"Fine," she said. "Take me back."
"I'm not even sure how I brought you here," I said. "Just close your eyes. Think about what you were doing before I brought you here. It should work."
Bonnie nodded and closed her eyes.
"Please do this for me, Bonnie." I whispered. I got no reply but I knew she had heard me. A couple of seconds later she was gone and I was alone once again.
-BONNIE'S POV-
I shuddered and opened my eyes and I was back at the boarding house. I looked up and saw Elena, Stefan, and Damon all together talking.
"Guys," I said. They all turned to look at me at the same time. Damon was the first to speak.
"What happened? Did you talk to her? Are you going to bring her back?" he asked desperately.
I hesitated for a couple of seconds. I thought about not telling them about seeing Stella, but decided against it. Her last pleading words to me sounded so sincere and she sounded scared.
"I saw her," I finally replied. I looked at Damon and his eyes were full of hope something I had never seen him show before.
"What did she say?" he asked walking towards me.
"She said this guy Sebastian killed her and we needed to find him and Klaus. She also said only her vampire side is dead."
"What does that mean?" Stefan asked.
"I'm not sure. She said she thinks that's why she's trapped in a forest."
Damon's eyes lit up. "So we can bring her back."
I bit my lip and looked down. "I'll try, Damon. I don't know if I'll be able to."
Stefan started talking before Damon could open his mouth again.
"She said we need to find this Sebastian guy and Klaus. So that's what we will do. At least we now know she can contact us."
I nodded. I had a bad feeling about all of this. But something told me it was only going to get worse in time.