Present Day - Months Earlier
Bonnie hastily walked into the Salvatore boarding house, desperate to get under cover (Klaus still believed her to be dead, it was dangerous for her to be out and about) with her grimoire tucked tightly in her arm as Stefan led her to the main room where Elena sat with an older, regal looking man who Bonnie had never seen before in her life and Damon too who looked as sour as ever.
He was obviously not pleased with whatever is going on.
"Bonnie," Elena smiled softly and stood up, walking over to her friend. "Thank you for coming."
"Of course," Bonnie replied. "You said it was urgent."
Bonnie's eyes drifted back over to the man. Her green eyes locked with his charcoal ones and Bonnie sensed a strange feeling wash over her, a feeling of familiarity. There was no doubt in her mind that she didn't know who this man was, she'd never seem him before but there was just something about him.
"Oh, Bonnie, this is Elijah," Elena introduced and Elijah stood once his name was spoken. "Elijah, this is my best friend Bonnie," she added, turning to Elijah.
Bonnie gave Elijah a friendly smile, one that he returned before holding out his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Bonnie," he said and brought the hand that she placed in his to his lips, repeating their first meeting all those years ago.
Aside from the sudden feeling of death that filled her up, Bonnie was feeling a bit of déjà vu, like this had happened before. This was all so crazy; she had never met this man before in her life so why did she feel like she knew him?
Her hand ripped from his grip, her friendly smile disappearing from her face as she concentrated of the death-like sensation she felt when she touched him.
"You're a vampire," she said, a hint of distrust and caution in her tone.
"And you are a witch," he replied smoothly, seemingly unfazed by her sudden case of rudeness. He understood the disgust that witches felt towards him and his kind; he joined them in that feeling on a regular basis.
"Bonnie, Elijah is an Original vampire, just like Klaus," Elena spoke, breaking the Original and the witch from their staring match. "But he wants to take out Klaus, just like us," she told her and Bonnie looked at her like she was insane.
"And you actually trust him?" Bonnie questioned her friend.
"Finally, someone who sees reason," Damon spoke for the first time since she arrived. The elder Salvatore stood next to Bonnie. The two of them were clearly on the same page in this situation. Damon turned to Bonnie. "Not only is he an Original but he is Klaus' brother as well," he told her and Bonnie's eyes widened before she snapped back to Elena.
"Are you insane?" the volume of her voice increased just a bit. Taking just a moment to calm herself, she turned her attention to Elijah. "How can we trust you when the person -no, when the thing," she corrected herself. Niklaus was far from a person. He was a monster. "We want to kill is your brother?"
Elijah frowned, but not the question but how she addressed Niklaus. He completely understood her resentment towards him and his assistance, she was a cautious one – she always has been and though he and Niklaus are not on the best of terms any more, the love Bonnie and Klaus once shared was a beautiful thing and hearing her talk ill of Niklaus made him feel bad for his younger brother.
He wondered what his brother felt, knowing Bonnie was alive in another time. Jonas Martin helped Elijah put the pieces he didn't already have together. Some spell that has yet to take place that will send Bonnie back to when they were human.
The only detail they had not been able to figure out was why she was sent back. He guessed that he would just have to wait for the answer to that.
"I understand your concerns but I assure you that I want my brother gone just as much as you do. I am a man of my word and I always remain true," he said to them.
Damon and Bonnie were still unconvinced while Elena trusted what he was saying and Stefan was just going on with whatever Elena wanted.
"Our plan has a one hundred per cent success rate," Damon said with a sneer directed to the Original.
"That may be so but if I recall correctly, that amount of magic will take Bonnie's life too," Elijah replied coolly as he straightened up with suit jacket.
"A sacrifice that I am willing to make," Bonnie said, her voice without waver.
"But not one I am," Elena said and took a step closer to Bonnie. "I am not going to let you do this and Elijah has a plan that will work without having to sacrifice your life!"
"What is it?" Bonnie asked Elijah, arms folded over her chest, challenging him.
"After the ritual, Niklaus will be vulnerable during his first transformation into the wolf. You will use your magic to bring him to the brink of death and then I shall finish him off," he explained to her. "You will remain alive and Niklaus will be dead."
"After the ritual? Meaning after he kills my best friend?"
"Elijah has an Elixir that will keep me alive," Elena told Bonnie with a comforting smile.
Damon scoffed from beside Bonnie. "You mean that five hundred year old potion that we have no guarantee that it will work?"
"It will work," Elijah replied firmly.
"It's never been used before, you have no proof," Damon glared and just by looking at the Original, Bonnie could tell that he was holding back from inflicting some serious pain on the blue eyed vampire. "We do it our way," he said and motioned between himself and Bonnie.
"You mean your way," Elena glared at Damon. "You might not care about Bonnie but I do and I won't be able to live with myself if she goes through with this!" the doppelganger yelled in Damon's face, her eyes glassing over with tears.
"I just want to keep you alive," Bonnie said gently.
"And I just want to keep you alive," Elena replied. "Please, don't do it this way," she pleaded and took Bonnie's hands.
Bonnie let out a sigh before looking to Elijah. "Even though it's not going to mean much, I want your word that you will come through with this and won't back out at the last minute."
Their eyes met in an intense gaze, he wanted to show her his sincerity. "You have my word, Bonnie."
"Why do you want him dead so much?" she asked him, tilting her head to the side slightly as she studied him.
"He killed our family and it is time he pays for his actions," he answered with a dangerous edge to his tone.
Part of her wanted to trust him but most of her didn't. He was still a vampire and at the end of the day, none of them could be trusted. No matter how much Elijah claimed to despise his brother, family always ends up sides with family.
"Now you're siding with them too?" Damon asked her; frustrated that no one was listening to him.
"For now," she replied. "We can always go back to the original plan if this one fails," she said, eyes on Elijah. She hoped that this would work and Elijah would stay true to his word.
She was willing to die for Elena, that much she was sure of, but did that mean she wanted to? No. Bonnie didn't want to die, not yet anyway.
"It will not fail," Elijah replied. "This will work and both you and Elena will remain alive."
"This is ridiculous," Damon muttered from beside her.
"Shut it, Damon, this isn't your decision to make. It's Bonnie's and Elena's. They are the ones with their lives on the line and there is a way to keep both of them alive then we should take it," Stefan spoke up, staring down his brother.
"Fine," Damon spat, looking between all of them. "But if this fails –and it will- don't come crying to me when Elena's dead," he finished and stormed out of the room in a fashion similar to that of a bratty child.
Elena and Stefan shared a look of disproval towards Damon and his behaviour while Elijah looked slightly amused at the temper tantrum the elder Salvatore had just thrown.
"I should get back to the witch house," Bonnie said, looking down at her watch. She didn't want to risk being seen by Klaus or one of his cronies by sticking around too long.
"I wish you could stay here," Elena said with a frown. "I hate that you're alone in that place."
"Odds of Klaus coming here at same point before the ritual are pretty high," Bonnie and to her friend. "And besides, it's only for another few days," she added with a reassuring smile.
Bonnie knew that Klaus needed to do the ritual on the full moon and there was in a few days' time. Now that he finally found the doppelganger, Bonnie doubted that he would wait another month to perform it; he'd want to do it right away.
"Do you want me and Stefan to go back with you? In case something happens."
"'Lena, I have the power of over one hundred witches inside of me. I will be fine," Bonnie giggled and Elena cracked a smile at her friend. "Besides, it might be best if you stay with Damon, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid," she added with a frown.
Elena gave Bonnie a hug and Stefan placed a friendly hand on her shoulder before the two followed after Damon, leaving Bonnie alone with the Original vampire.
"I don't understand," Bonnie said and Elijah looked at her. "Mine and Damon's plan is the easiest and the one most likely to work so why do you not want to do it our way?"
"My brother's death has been a long time coming, Miss Bennett, but he is my family and if he were to die I would rather it be by my hands," he replied.
"What did he do for you to hate him this much?"
Bonnie could understand everyone else hating him but his own brother? She needed more information.
"He killed our family," he told her and Bonnie was surprised that he was honest with her, especially about something so personal but she couldn't help but wonder just how messed up Klaus was to be able to murder your own family.
"I'm sorry," she said to him with a frown and he gave her a small smile. "Hey, how'd you know I was a Bennett?" she asked, only just recalled that he had called her 'Miss Bennett'.
"I'm an Original; I know a lot of things. I knew who you were before Elena told me. The Bennett's are rather well known in the witch and even the vampire community," he told her and her head tilted slightly to the side in wonder. "You come from a very powerful lineage, Bonnie."
"Have you met any of my family?"
"I have," he replied. "The last one I met was Shelia."
"My Grams," she said with a smile.
Elijah had also met Abby, her mother. He was the one that warned her about Mikael searching for the doppelganger. He now felt guilty about it. His warning caused Bonnie's mother to lure Mikael out of Mystic Falls, and she never returned. He did not realise it at the time but only recently that it was their Bonnie whose mother he took away from her.
He wanted to tell Bonnie of her mother and her whereabouts (he kept track of her) but he knew that now would not be the right time but he would, eventually.
But right now he would just follow through on the promise that he made all those years ago, that he was protect Bonnie. Keep her safe and keep her alive.
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Present Day - Klaus
Klaus had been unable to rid his thoughts of Bonnie for the rest of the day. Unlike Rebekah, his mind was focusing on the worst case scenarios of Bonnie returning back to the present time and back to them.
Rebekah believed that as soon as Bonnie returned, everything would go back to how it was. She believed that she and Bonnie would go back to being best friends and that she and Klaus would go back to being lovers.
Klaus knew that it wouldn't be that easy.
Bonnie would be coming back to two very different people and that might be hard for her to accept. Harder knowing what he had done to her friends and to her.
Why would she forgive him? Why would she even want to be around him at all?
As far as she knows, he tried to kill her the night of that decade dance.
Maybe part of that was fuelled by anger. Anger towards her. She made a promise and she broke it, like everyone else in his life she turned her back (it also didn't help that the doppelganger's brother hung all over her. It was painful for him to watch her with him).
She told him that she would always be there when he needed her but when he needed her the most she turned her back on him and he spent a thousand years hating her for it. When he returned to Mystic Fall for the first time in many years, he saw her, sitting behind the doppelganger in that history class, bright smile on her face as she conversed with the Tatia look-a-like.
He thought he was hallucinating the first time he laid eyes on her; he thought his eyes were deceiving him. But they weren't. Then he thought that she was possibly a doppelganger but then her name was Bonnie. What were the odds of a doppelganger having the same name? Having the same face was one thing, but name as well?
He saw her again that same day at the Salvatore boarding house. He learnt that she was a Bennett, just like Ayanna and that she was a witch. That was the part that stumped him. Bonnie was not a witch or a Bennett. Not to his knowledge anyway.
And Bonnie was their plan. She was their weapon against him.
He did not miss the moment of confusion for the witch as the history teacher's meat suit he was wearing looked at her with a hurt expression. She wanted to kill him, and that hurt more than any spell she could throw at him.
So then he called Gloria, he needed to figure it all out. Why she was alive in the present day and why she didn't remember him.
Gloria told him that it was possible that Bonnie was sent back in time by the spirits to do something. What that was, she couldn't say. She didn't know. It was a rare occurrence, only for very special tasks.
It took some figuring out but he realised why she was sent back and as much as he loved her, he couldn't let her complete it. One thousand years of looking after himself had made him selfish. He had stuck his entire family in coffins at one stage. He didn't want to do it, but he had to.
He had to make her overexert herself using her powers, resulting in her death. He wouldn't lay a hand on her.
When she fell to the ground, lifeless, in front of him he nearly lost it. It was his fault; he pushed her to do it for his own selfish reasons. He regretted it as soon as it happened. He didn't have to kill her, he could have turned her. That way she'd still be alive but no longer could be able to access her magic.
But he wasn't sure if he would have been able to do that. This Bonnie hated vampires with a seething passion; she would hate herself if she ever became one.
She might have been in the process of killing him, but when she appeared, alive, in the clearing where he was doing to ritual, apart from the physical agony she was causing him he felt a rush of emotions.
He felt relieved that she wasn't dead. Her death was not something he wanted to live with the rest of his immortal life.
He was impressed that she managed to fool him into thinking she had killed herself in their previous battle. He did not get tricked easily. But she managed to do so, twice. The second time fooling him and making him believe that the doppelganger was dead when in fact Bonnie had performed a spell to keep her alive.
He reunited with Elijah the night of the ritual; he discovered that the change in plan was his idea. He was keeping his promise of protecting her and Klaus was glad to hear it. Of course that did not stop the hybrid from putting a dagger in his brother's heart for deceiving him and working against him.
When he discovered that little detail of Elena still being alive even after he had sacrificed her on an altar of fire, he returned to Mystic Falls with Stefan and Rebekah. The entire time he spoke face to face with her, his heart was pounding. He had never been so close to her since a thousand years ago.
He practically had to restrain Rebekah from pouncing on Bonnie and suffocating her with hugs the first time Bekah saw her. Bonnie probably would have misinterpreted Bekah's reaction to something more horrible.
Klaus had to convince Rebekah to keep her distance from Bonnie, at least until she had done what she had to in the past. So to past the time, Bekah developed a rivalry with one of Bonnie's friends, the baby vampire. Caroline something or other, he didn't really care to be honest. It kept his sister busy and kept her out of his hair so he was fine with it but he knew the real reason behind Bekah's choice in competition.
Bonnie.
Though she would never admit it, Bekah was jealous and didn't like that Bonnie considered Caroline and Elena her best friends and when Bonnie did return and their reunion goes at hoped, Bekah probably would not leave Bonnie's side and honestly, neither would he.
Even if Bonnie did not want them around, they would be. They would never leave her side. She meant far too much to them to let her go.
If all went well, he would never let her go again. He will protect her, love her, and cherish her but above all, he just needed her back with him, he just needed her and by the end of the day she would be back and would remember them and what they went through together and hopefully she'll stay.
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Past
Bonnie waited on the outskirts of the woods for Niklaus to return. He had gone to face Mikael. That worried her, but he had his brothers with him and she hoped that if something were to happen, they would step in to protect him.
The young witch heard her name being called from a few paces behind her, she immediately recognised the voice. It was Nik. When he finally appeared in front of her, Bonnie smiled and sighed in relief when she couldn't see any visible wounds.
She threw her arms around him when he was close enough. The two of them remain silent for a few moments, wanting to enjoy the feeling of having the other so close. But the silence gave Bonnie a moment to think.
And all she could think about was that she was with Klaus. This sweet and sensitive man was the same psychotic hybrid that tried to kill them all. As much as she tried to deny it most of the time, they were the same person. The man in her arms would eventually turn into a vengeful monster.
"I was worried," she mumbled into his shoulder, breaking their silence and ending her train of thought.
She could feel him smile into her hair. "It went better than expected," he told her and she pulled back to look at his face.
"He was not angry?" Bonnie asked, slightly stunned.
"Furious," he replied. "It did not go well, but better than I originally believed," he said with a small smile, hand coming up to push a strand of Bonnie's hair behind her ear and Bonnie knew that was a subtle way of asking for a change of topic.
"As long as you are okay," she smiled softly and stood on her toes to press her lips to his in a sweet kiss that only lasted a few seconds, both of them pulling back with a smile.
"I am now," he whispered, hand cupping her cheek as they leant back in for another kiss.
This one was longer, deeper. Bonnie's hands rested on Nik's shoulders and looping around his neck while his other hand snaked around her waist, pulling her closer to him.
She let out a surprised gasp when he lightly bit down on her lower lip. Her back was gently pushed back against one of the trees as his tongue slid through her parted lips. Their tongues swirled together and Bonnie's hands tangles in Nik's blonde hair and his slid down her body to rest on her hips, keeping her firmly pressed between him and the tree.
Bonnie had never felt anything like this before, not with anyone. This kiss made every kiss she shared with Jeremy seem empty and meaningless. Niklaus kissed her with such passion and emotion that it made her knees go weak and stomach tighten as she pulled him closer.
They broke apart, both in dire need of oxygen. He leant down, his forehead resting against hers as their eyes remained closed, both breathing heavily and hearts pounding in their chests.
"Beautiful," he whispered, his hand coming up to her cheek before running over her hair. He pressed his lips back against her for a chaste kiss, thumb brushing over her cheekbone.
Klaus' other hand laced with hers down by their sides and Bonnie looked down at their entwined hands, a small smile playing on her lips at the way Klaus' thumb brushed back and forth against the top of her hand.
She could no longer shake the feeling that she was falling for him. It was dangerous she knew that, but since being here she had seen a completely different side to Klaus, she'd seen the real Niklaus and she didn't know if she was stupid for thinking that maybe the real Niklaus is still in modern day Klaus, just buried deep down.
She would never excuse what he's done to her friends and that was the main issue at hand. She couldn't fall for someone who had caused so much pain and havoc to those she cares about.
Bonnie just hoped that Niklaus wasn't lost.
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Bonnie met with Ayanna but this time in the middle of the village, next to the big white oak tree, instead of their usual spot in the middle of the woods, shielded from everyone.
They were in the middle of a conversation when Bonnie's head whipped around when she heard a very familiar laugh sound from behind her. Her eye's widened and her breath caught in her throat when she caught site of who it was from.
She looked just like Elena. She must be the Original Petrova.
Meeting Katherine was spooky enough for Bonnie but meeting the origin of the doppelganger, the original one? That was even spookier. It felt so strange to see Elena's face but not see Elena.
Bonnie had always been able to tell Katherine and Elena apart without even having to touch Katherine anymore. They may look the same and sometimes dress the same to fool people but they held different looks in their eyes. Elena's eyes always held a feeling of warmth and friendliness while Katherine's showed deception.
But seeing Tatia did remind her of Elena and Bonnie frowned. Oddly enough, she hadn't thought much about home, but now that she stared at the face of the Elena lookalike, she missed it more than ever.
"Is there something wrong, dear?" Ayanna asked with concern, her hand on Bonnie's shoulder, snapping the younger Bennett from her gaze.
Bonnie nodded at Ayanna, forcing a smile onto her face.
"That is Tatia," Ayanna said, motioning to the girl with Elena's face. "You look at her like you know her," Ayanna noted as they watched Tatia converse with Elijah. "You can tell me," she added when she saw the conflicted look on Bonnie's face. "I am family," she smiled.
"My best friend, back in my time, looks exactly like Tatia," she told her ancestor, the name 'Tatia' feeling unfamiliar and just plain wrong slipping from her lips. That probably wasn't a good sign.
"Do you mean like a doppelganger?" Ayanna asked and Bonnie nodded and the older Bennett witch's brow furrowed as she thought something through. "A doppelganger is quite a rare occurrence, a supernatural one."
"I know more than I'd like to about it," Bonnie uttered under her breath. "I have probably said too much," she added, looking away from Ayanna and back to Tatia.
"You need not worry, dear," she said gently. "I shall not speak of this to anyone," she promised and Bonnie gave her a grateful smile.
What the two Bennett's did not know was that Esther was just around the corner, listening to their every word...
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It's official. I am the worst updater and honestly I'm not sure if it will get any better. I have a lot coming up in my life at the moment (including moving house/state) but I promise that I will try my best to get out updates to all my stories.
Did the Klonnie fluff make up for it thought? lol
I hope you liked this chapter, and I hope you enjoyed the little flash back of when Bonnie first met Elijah in the present time and present day Klaus' thoughts on the whole thing along with the introduction of Tatia who isn't going to have a major role in this but she did need to be brought in at some point.
Thank you for all the feedback, it really does give me inspiration and motive to keep writing so please keep it coming!
I'm currently looking for some more ideas for this so if there is there anything in this story that you guys would like to see, any particular storylines/pairings/characters/even conversations, let me know! I'd love to get some more ideas! I have one major one that I am thinking about doing but I'd just like to compare it to some other ones and see which would fit better :)
Sorry for any mistakes and pretty please review!
Next Chapter:
Bonnie has moments with all the Originals, she meets Tatia, Esther starts looking for a way to protect her children (we all know what that means!) and Tamara and Esther have a heated confrontation.
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