Chapter 11
A/N: Once again, thank you to all of the amazing reviews on the last chapter! Ok, more responses for anonymous reviewers:
meli2010: I'm so glad you like my stories! And due to a lot of requests, I am attempting a Damon POV in this chapter.
Mrs. Salvatore: The slaves do eventually find a way to escape but…it's kind of complicated, and I can't really say much without spoiling something. And the danger Fells Church is in is revealed more clearly in a future chapter. Thanks for the support!
Meredith's POV
Luckily, Derek hadn't gone too far from the room when he left, and now he was sitting on the floor only a few feet from the door, his body hunched over.
I walked over and sat down beside him, and put my hand on his arm to let him know that I was there. Like before, he stiffened at first, but after he got used to the feeling, relaxed.
"Derek, we have to go back in. We'll be punished if they catch us out of the room this late."
He didn't say anything, so I tugged on his arm some more. After that, he finally looked up at me.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
He nodded, and sighed. "I guess I should go apologize to Bonnie."
I nodded, and finally got him to stand up. "What was that anyway?"
"I don't know. I guess when…she tried to defend that leech, the one that has been holding us as slaves and braded us…I got a little mad."
After the way he stormed out of the room, I knew that "a little mad" was an understatement, but I didn't say that out load.
"I understand", I said softly.
He looked up at me in shock, as if he wasn't expecting me to be so sympathetic.
I sighed. "I know from what you've told me that you've been through a lot because of the vampires. You lost your childhood, and possibly your brother because of it. And you probably feel betrayed that Bonnie is so accepting of one of the most powerful ones out there."
Derek grinned at me.
"What?"
"You don't have to seem so deep Mere. This isn't some kind of chick flick."
I glared at him, and turned around to walk away, but he grabbed my arm. I turned to face him, and when I saw that his expression was confused, as if he didn't know what he did wrong, my anger flared.
"I was trying to be nice, and you threw it right back in my face", I said flatly, hoping he didn't hear the hurt in my tone.
He sighed, and in his distraction, I yanked my arm out of his grasp, but didn't try to walk away again.
"Look, I'm sorry ok? I even know that I can be a jerk sometimes, and I can't help it. It's in my nature."
I couldn't help but laugh a little at that. "I guess I'm used to it."
He smirked, but then his smirk actually changed to a genuine smile that I could look at without wanting to smack him.
"Well, we should probably get back inside", I said, trying to ignore that fact that he was actually quite cute when he smiled like that.
I headed back towards the door, and was instantly annoyed all over again when I didn't hear him following.
"Mere…"
I reluctantly turned towards him. "What?"
"Thank you", he said, and it almost sounded like he had to force myself to say it.
I couldn't help but give a small smile. "You're welcome jerk. Now come on, we need to get back inside."
For once, he actually listened to me, and we both walked back through the door, and were surprised when we found Bonnie sitting in her cot, crying her eyes out.
"Bonnie, what's wrong?" I asked, coming over to sit beside her.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Derek looking at her too looking a little…guilty?
"Bonnie, if this is about what I said, I'm sorry…" Derek started, but Bonnie interrupted him.
"No, it's not about that it's just…it's too much."
Bonnie's POV
I knew that I was being irrational, and probably confusing them with my sudden sobs, but for some reason, it just all became too much.
I found myself thinking about everything that had happened in the past week. I would never see my family or friends again, and I had pretty much just been taken out of the life I always knew.
But now I was wondering why it had all just came to me now, when I've been here for almost a week already, I guess now I just finally…cracked.
Meredith came down to sit beside me, and I suddenly pulled her into a hug, not even sure myself exactly why I was doing it.
I turned my head and Heather, and she had silent tears running down her cheeks.
"Come here sweetie", I said, and she crawled over and joined in on the hug. Now the only one missing was Derek.
Meredith looked over at him. "Come on Derek, you're part of the group too."
Derek rolled his eyes and mumbled "women" in an annoyed tone. But he did eventually come down and join in on the group hug.
"You guys, let's just promise, that whatever happens, that we'll stay together", I whispered, and was glad when I realized that I had stopped crying.
Meredith and Heather nodded and smiled, while Derek only muttered a "whatever". But I thought I could see a spark of appreciation in his eyes.
After we all broke apart, I gave a small smile. "Sorry about that little break down guys. I'm not really sure what that was."
They all simply nodded, telling me that it was ok, before we turned out the lights, and went to sleep.
A few hours later
Our morning sleeping time was cut short when Maria woke us all up again, and I almost wanted to groan when she mentioned that Katherine was here to visit again.
But luckily, I wouldn't have to actually see her until later tonight and for now, we were all to work in the garden, but only because Maria couldn't find anything else for us to do at the moment.
So mostly we all just sat in the garden, with nothing to do. But then I got the idea that I could practice my trances, so I would be at least a little more prepared when Damon called me up to another one of his meetings.
The others were too busy having a small water fight with the hose to notice what I was doing.
I closed my eyes, and thought up a passionate moment, and I wanted to smack myself when I started to think about the kiss that happened between Damon and me.
But it worked, and soon I was seeing a room that looked a little bit like Damon's quarters, but Katherine and an unknown blond man was there instead, and they both looked a little anxious.
"You remember the plan?" the man asked, and Katherine smiled wickedly and nodded.
Smiling back at her in a way that would have made me shiver, he handed her a packet.
"Make sure you get this in his system during your visit. The vervain is strong enough that it will surely kill him."
Katherine smiled again, and then she the least thing I expected. She leaned towards the blond man and…kissed him.
After they broke apart, Katherine looked at him with loving eyes. "And after he's gone, you and I will rule it together right?"
The man smiled again. "Of course my love, now go."
The vision blurred, and now I was suddenly back in the garden, shocked at what I saw and gasping. The others were looking at me in concern.
"Bonnie, what's wrong?" Meredith asked, coming over to stand beside me.
Normally, I didn't like sharing my visions, but these people were my friends, practically my family now.
"I…I had a vision", I said, and now had even Derek's attention.
"What about?"
I closed my eyes as I answered. "Katherine, Damon's fiancée, is planning on poisoning him. Ahe wants to share the throne with another guy instead."
I opened my eyes, and looked at all of their reactions. Meredith looked a little concerned, little Heather confused, and Derek unfazed.
"Well, what should we do about it?" I asked.
"Nothing", Derek answered flatly, looking serious. "We shouldn't get involved with this. It's the leech's business, not ours."
I glared at him as he walked away, spraying Heather with the hose and making her laugh. I turned towards Meredith once he was out of earshot.
"I know that he's been through a lot, but couldn't be at least a little more sympathetic", I snapped, completely annoyed.
Meredith sighed and shook her head. "Bonnie, Derek thinks Damon is trying to use you."
I looked at her in confusion. "How?"
She almost looked a little apologetic when she answered. "You need a passionate memory to be able to trance right? Well, Derek thinks that he wants to give you a passionate memory to help you trance better."
I couldn't help but feel a little shocked at the news, and even thought about it for a bit, but eventually, I shook my head.
"Meredith, I don't think Damon has any special plans for me. Besides, he's engaged." Maybe not for long now, considering that I just discovered that his so called fiancée is actually planning on murdering him.
I could tell Meredith was still not convinced. "Bonnie, just please promise me that you'll be careful around him."
I nodded. "I promise"
But for the rest of the time we worked in the garden, I knew that I had to somehow warn Damon about what I saw.
A few Hours Later
My anxiety went up even higher when Maria brought all of us back into the kitchen, so that we could serve Katherine, Damon, and Stefan during their "dinner".
I had tried multiple times to somehow get Damon's attention, but he seemed too distracted by Katherine, and I didn't know it was just me being paranoid, but I could've sworn that it seemed like he was avoiding me.
But when Katherine offered to go and get the "drinks", and it took her a moment too long to come back out with them, I knew she had poisoned Damon's, just as my vision said.
And I didn't know how to warn Damon without Katherine getting suspicious. What was I supposed to do?
For a moment, I watched in desperation as Damon lifted the glass of blood, but suddenly…the glass shattered, and the blood spilled onto the table, resulting in quite the mess.
I quickly looked away from Damon and the mess. Had I done that? My entire concentration was on the glass right before it shattered.
"Slave, pick it up!" Maria said, pointing to me. I nodded, and hurried over to grab a washcloth, and dust pan to clean up the glass and blood mess.
"What happened?" Stefan asked, as I cleaned up the mess.
"I guess I just gripped it too hard", Damon answered, but I could tell he didn't actually believe that answer.
"No, something weird is going on here", Katherine said, gritting her teeth. I knew she was mad that her plan had failed.
Damon's POV
After the witch had cleaned up the mess, I ordered Maria to take all of the slaves back to their quarters.
I knew that the witch had been responsible for the glass breaking, but now the question was…why?
It was definitely something I would have to question her about later.
"I'm so sorry about the way things turned out", Katherine purred, coming closer to me.
I sighed and shook my head. "The meeting was almost over anyway."
Katherine smiled, and leaned forward, pressing her lips to mine. But shockingly, I broke the kiss faster then I normally did, and she looked up at me, looking confused.
"I…have a head ache", I lied. "I need to go up to my quarters."
After that, I simply turned away and headed in the direction of my quarters, ignoring the fact that my brother was yelling at me to come back.
I made my way through the door, and slammed it behind me, sinking into the chair beside my desk.
My thoughts were a mixed up mess lately, and I hated it. I hated the fact that since that little witch got here, my life has been more complicated than ever before.
I knew since that first meeting I had with her when I wanted her to trance that she amused me, and I at least cared about her well being a little, but I didn't think much of it.
But then came that day of her punishment, and I had felt a sense of great fury of having to watch he get hurt, and hear her cries of pain.
And when I healed her, and had my hands on her back, I had felt a sense of pride at the fact that I was helping her.
And lastly, earlier this morning when I had kissed her. I had originally done it strictly to prove to myself and her that I didn't care for her in that way, but all it ended up doing was enhance the confusing feelings that were always there when I thought about her.
Katherine…she was everything I could possibly want. Beautiful, powerful, and she would make a good queen to have standing by my side.
But lately, I've been finding that I could care less about what happens to the blond vampire, and more and more about what happens to my little witch, Bonnie.
After just sitting there for a while, I sat up and finally knew one thing for sure: I had to end it with Katherine.
Bonnie's POV
I was surprised when Stefan pulled me away from the others while we were all on our way to the slave quarters. I simply smiled, and motioned for the others to go on without me.
"Bonnie, I was in Fells Church yesterday", Stefan whispered, once the others were out of sight.
I suddenly remembered the vision I had of him and Elena. "Stefan, you met a blond girl while you were there didn't you?"
Stefan nodded, and looked a little confused. "How did you…"
"I had a vision about it", I interrupted.
Stefan nodded. "Anyway Bonnie, the girl, Elena, is trying to figure out how you disappeared, and from what I've seen, she's determined."
My alert instantly went up. "Stefan, you have to keep her off the trail. Please?"
The last thing I wanted was Elena getting involved and getting stuck here too.
Stefan nodded. "I'll keep a look out for her during my visits."
God, I had barely known this guy for a week, and he was already risking a lot, just for the well being of a town that holds no importance to him.
"Stefan, thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this", I said, and took him by surprise when I hugged him.
Elena's POV
I sat in my room, and couldn't help but think about Stefan. He seemed like a nice guy from the way he comforted me, a complete stranger when I had been crying, and from the way he walked me home.
But I couldn't help but think there was something strange about him, and from the way he did like to avoid the subject of how Bonnie went missing, I had a feeling that he knew more than he was letting on.
And I was going to find out what it was.
A/N: To be honest, I'm actually very nervous with this chapter.
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