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It has been a while since Willow saw Stefan, the vampire hasn't been in school, probably still morning the lost of Lexi.
It has been about an month since then and that night still haunts Willow.
Damon...he's more then a monster. He something Willow can't describe. The Damon she remembers was kind and sweet, we'll before Katherine came to town, and now, Willow can't see why she fell for the man in the first place.
Today, Willow was sitting in history class, sketching a flower, when she hears a new voice speak up.
"Good Morning everyone." Willow looks up to see a man entering their classroom and placing a few things onto the desk.
'He's our new teacher?' Willow thought as she watches the man rubbing his hands together and then grabbing the chalk.
"Alrighty."
The man writes his name on the chalkboard as Elena mouths "Are you okay?" to Bonnie. Bonnie shrugs and Elena turns away, a worried look appearing on her face.
"Alaric Saltzman. It's a mouthful, I know." This guy says as he turns to face the class, "Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Saltzman is of German origins. My family emigrated here in 1755 to Texas. I, however, was born and raised in Boston. Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I will never be able to thank enough. You'll probably want to pronounce "Ala-ric" but it's "A-la-ric," okay? So, you can call me Rick. I'm your new history teacher."
Willow had a small smile on her face as she finishes her sketch.
She's going to like this guy.
So, Willow sat next to Elena as they listened to Bonnie talking about her weird dreams.
" And then, I ended up at the remains of the old Fell's church before I woke up back in the woods."
Willow raises a brow, "Then you see Emily?"
Bonnie humming answers Willow's question, she then looks at the siblings, "Do you two believe in ghosts?"
Willow nodded her head, if vampires and witches exists, then ghosts must exists as well.
"Two weeks ago I'd say no, but now..."
Bonnie cuts off Elena with her admission "Because i think I'm being haunted."
Willow cocks her head to the side, "Why would Emily be haunting you?"
"Grams said she was a powerful witch back in the Civil War days, and that this medallion was hers." Willow's eyes fell onto the necklace. She met Emily a few times back then and she never saw Emily wearing that. "A witch's talisman."
"And it all started when you got the necklace?"
"I think she's using it to communicate with me."
"Okay, what does Grams say about it?"
"I can't call her. She's gonna tell me to embrace it. I don't want to embrace it, I want it to stop."
"So Damon keeps trying to get this necklace from me! He even showed up saying things like, "I know that she's using it to creep inside of you ." how does he know that?!" Bonnie explained as she drove Elena, Willow, and herself down the road after school.
"He's bad news, Will and Elena. He really scared me."
Willow shakes her head from the back seat, "Stay the hell away from him Bonnie. Don't trust him." Willow warns the witch as Elena nodded her head, "I agree with Willow, stay as far away from Damon as possible."
"I'm trying! He just keeps showing up."
"Are you busy tonight Bonnie?" Willow asks her friend who shook her head, "Then you're sleeping at our place tonight. Aunt Jenna won't mind."
Abruptly, Bonnie pulls over to the side of the road.
"Whoa!" Willow exclaims as she slid to the other side of the back seat and looks at Bonnie in shock as the witch hopped out of the car.
"Where the hell is she doing?" Willow asks her sister as she watches Bonnie fling the necklace away from her and into the field.
Bonnie returns to the car and got back inside and sat down and Elena turns to her friend with concern eyes, "Are you okay?"
The Witch nodded her head, "Now I am. All my problems were because of that thing. I can't believe I didn't do that sooner."
"What's your Grams gonna say?" Willow voiced and Bonnie turned to face the youngest, "Grams isn't the one being haunted by a hundred and fifty-year-old ghost, is she?"
The eldest Gilbert sighs as Bonnie puts on her seatbelt, "Okay, then."
And with that, Bonnie was driving away from the necklace.
Willow, Bonnie, Caroline, and Elena are preparing dinner at Willow's and Elena's home. It was silent, no one talked. Caroline and Bonnie were still angry and annoyed at one another because of that stupid necklace.
So to get this resolved, Elena gives Caroline a stern look.
The blonde hair girl sighs as she looks in Bonnie's direction, "I'm sorry. There. I said it. If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."
But instead of looking pleased liked Caroline would have expected, Care saw guilt, "Will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?"
Willow puts down her knife as she watches the scene before her, "You threw it away?" Willow hears the annoyance in Caroline's voice.
"Not again." Willow mumbles to Elena as Bonnie tries to get Caroline to understand, "I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it."
"You could have just given it back to me." Willow noticed that Caroline was pissed as hell, but tried to keep her anger under control.
"Why? So you could give it back to Damon?" Elena shot out, and Willow made an "O" shape with her mouth as she stayed out of the conservation.
"Screw Damon. Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?" Caroline said as she tries to change the topic for the night.
Bonnie sighs as she waves towards her bag, "Mine's in my bag."
Willow continues to chop chicken as Caroline rifles through Bonnie's purse for the manicure kit, "So, Elena...how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last? Is it...like a permanent thing?" She asks her friend as she kept digging around.
Elena hesitated to respond, I don't know, Caroline." she spoke with annoyance as she chewed on a fry.
Caroline quietly scoffs, "Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?"
"What?" Replied Bonnie and Elena gasp out "Caroline!" astonished by Caroline's attitude at the moment.
Willow's jaw dropped when she saw the exact same crystal that Bonnie threw into the field being held by Caroline.
"What the hell?" Willow whispers in shock as she kept looking at the necklace.
'It's not possible.' She thought with a soft voice.
Caroline places the necklace onto the island counter and Bonnie held her hands up, "I'm not lying to you, Caroline. I swear."
Elena and Willow nodded their head, confirming what Bonnie was saying, "It's true. We watched her throw it into a field!" Elena admits the truth as Caroline rolls her eyes, frustrated with what she was hearing, "Then explain it." she asks the three of them and Willow looks at Bonnie with knitted brows,
"It has to be Emily."
Bonnie nodded her head, "Yeah, Emily."
Caroline, who was so confused, asks "Who's Emily?"
Bonnie looks at Caroline with a straight face,"The ghost." The blonde hair girl shook her head in a mocking manner "Oh, the ghost has a name now?"
"Caroline, please." Elena shushes Caroline as Bonnie turns to the Gilbert Sisters, "I wonder why she won't leave me alone."
"What is going on?" Caroline raises her voice, catching the three of the other girls attention, " Why am I not a part of this conversation? You guys do this to me all the time."
Willow sighs, shoulders slumping, "Care, you know it's not true. We love you."
Bonnie didn't hold back, she told the truth, "Yes it is. I can't talk to you. You don't listen."
"That's not true."
Bonnie inhales deeply before confessing, "I'm a witch."
"And don't we all know it?"
"See? That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to tell you something. You don't even hear it."
Willow shoulders slumps as she watches Bonnie exit the room with an annoyed look upon her face.
"Caroline, she's telling the truth. You don't listen." Willow tries to explain but once again it was like Caroline didn't listen.
"I listen. When do I not listen?"
Willow found herself sitting in a circle along with her friends and sister in the middle of Elena's bedroom.
The lights were off and there were at least four candles sitting in the middle of the circle, light and giving the only light to the room.
"What are we doing?" Bonnie questions Caroline as the blonde closes her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I don't know." Elena replies as looks at her blonde friend.
"Be quiet and concentrate. Close your eyes." Willow does what Caroline says and closes her eyes and took a deep breath, "Now take a deep breath. Bonnie. Call to her."
"Emily, you there?"
Caroline, Elena and Willow peaked, opening their eyes up.
"Really? "Emily, you there?" That's all you got? Come on." Caroline complains as Bonnie sighs "Fine, geez." Everyone closes their eyes once more, and spoke once again, this time more properly, "Emily. I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
The room remained slightly, no one said a word but they all reopened their eyes and gasp when the candles immediately flare stronger.
"Did that just..." Willow trials off, shocked and kinda scared.
"Yeah, it just happened." Caroline nodded, scared herself.
The room suddenly dipped in temperature and Willow and Caroline both shivered and tried to warm themselves.
"It's just the air conditioning." Bonnie tries to play it off but Elena shook her head.
"We don't have AC in the room." The eldest Gilbert explains.
The candles flared again, scaring the girls once again.
"Ask her to show you a sign." Bonnie slightly shook her head, "Ask her." Caroline pushed and when Bonnie didn't say anything, Caroline took it into her hand, "Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign."
They wait a moment, breaths held in, but nothing happens.
"See? It's not working." after Bonnie said that, the windows burst open, scaring all four of them. Care, Elena and Willow movs away from the window, scared as hell as Bonnie stood up, ripping her necklace off "I can't, I'm done." and throws it on the ground next to the candles, which blow out, scaring her more "Get the light. Please, get the light!" Bonnie exclaims, "Hold on. I got it." Willow and Elena both got up, and ran towards the light switch. Elena reaches it first and switched the light on.
"You guys, the necklace. It's gone."
Willow moves back into the room and indeed, the necklace was gone.
The girls are standing in the aftermath of their séance, shocked. Bonnie searched under the bed, while Elena looked at Caroline with a disappointed look on her face, "Okay, fun's over, Caroline. You made a point, and I get it. Now give it back."
Caroline, who had her arms crossed, looked offended, "What? Well, I didn't take it."
Willow jumped back when she saw a figure walking past Elena's door, Caroline looked to where Willow was staring and saw nothing, "What? What happened?"
"Jeremy! Are you home?" Willow walks into the hall to check for her brother, but saw no one. At this moment, Bonnie sees the crystal on the floor in the bathroom and she walks to go get it. "Guys..." Willow walks back into the room an watches Bonnie slowly enter the bathroom. Willow, Elena, and Care walks towards the bathroom and Willow looks at Bonnie's face after the witch picks up the crystal then out of nowhere, The door slams shut as soon as she's inside the room. "You guys open the door!" All three girls ran towards the door, trying to open in and banging on the wood, hearing Bonnie screaming "Help me!" Willow, Caroline and Elena pound on the door as Bonnie screams for help.
"Try the other door." Elena screams out to Bonnie, before telling Caroline and Willow, "I'll check the hallway." Elena rushes away and Willow and Caroline continue to bang on door.
"Bonnie!" Willow cries out as she tries to open the locked door. The lights flicked on and off and it was scaring the hell out of Willow. "Bonnie!" she screams out once again, and after a few seconds of horror, Elena returned to her bedroom and then Bonnie's screams stops and the door unlocked. . The door opens. Bonnie stands with her head in her hands.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Elena asks Bonnie as the sisters took a few steps closer to the bathroom. Bonnie kept her head in her hands for a few more seconds before looking up, and Willow knew something was wrong, Bonnie's face was voided of any emotions. "I'm fine. Caroline scoffs and shook her head, looking pissed off, "Unbelievable. You were totally faking it."
"Caroline, come on." Elena stated but Caroline cut the woman off, "No! You scared the hell out of me." Willow closes her eyes as she hears Caroline leaving the room.
"Bonnie?" Elena asks as she also notice a change with the other woman. The woman looks back at the sister, "I'm fine. Everything's fine."
But as Bonnie was leaving the bathroom, the reflection in the mirror showed someone other than Bonnie.
It showed Emily.
"I can't believe I fell for it."
Caroline was outside the bedroom, pacing around in the hallway as she complained about what had just happened.
"Elena spoke to Bonnie, "Are you okay?" Bonnie rushes out of the bedroom, saying such things as she must be going.
"She's leaving. I'm leaving." Caroline spoke up as Bonnie took a few steps down the stairs.
Elena sighs and spoke softly, "You guys can't leave."
"I can. I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night."
Bonnie looks at Willow, "It's nice to see you again."
'Again?' Willow thought as Bonnie inhales deeply, "thank you for having me. I'll take it from here."
"Where are you going?" Elena asks Bonnie as the witch turns around to have her back to the girls, "Back to where it all began."
Elena yells out Bonnie's name "Bonnie! Bonnie!" then realisation hit Willow like a truck, her eyes went wide "Oh My God! Emily!"
Once she reaches the bottom of the steps, Bonnie/Emily turns around and raises her head to look up the stairs, "I'm sorry Willow. For everything Katherine had done to you. I know Damon wants revenge, but I can't let him release them all. It must be destroyed."
"Wait!" Willow rushes down the stairs, but Bonnie/Emily manages to leave the house before Willow reaches the ground floor.
"Emily!" Willow reaches for the knob of the closed door, but the door wouldn't budge open. "EMILY!" She cries out as she hears thuds against the stairs.
"Willow, what did she mean?" Elena asks as she descends down the stairs along with Caroline, "What's happening?"
Willow looks back, a look of alarm on her face, as she tries to opened the door once again, "I don't know. The door, it's not..."The door finally opens, and Jeremy walks in. The girls scream, and Jeremy is really confused.
"What the hell?!" Jeremy exclaims as he enters the house and walks into the kitchen.
Caroline shakes her head, tired and scared, "I'm outta here." Willow tried to speak as Caroline shakes her head still and wonders out of the house and down the stairs of the porch.
"Willow, what was Emily talking about?" Elena asks as Willow waves her sister off as she pulls out her phone and dialled up Stefan's number as she furious ran her hand through the ends of her hair.
"Stefan." She breathed out as she gulped.
"Willow? What's up?"
"Emily is Bonnie, she possessing her. She knew about me, said that that she was sorry for what Katherine had done to me and that Damon wants revenge, but she can't let him release them all. It must be destroyed." Willow pants as she walks onto the porch.
"Where do you think she went?" Stefan asks the human, sounding a bit out of breath from the other line. Willow stutters slightly as she spoke, "I don't know." but then her eyes widen, "the Fell's church, by the old cemetery that's where she took Bonnie in her dreams. We have to help her, Stefan."
"You and Elena just stay there. I'm gonna go find her."
Stefan hangs up and Willow then closed her phone.
"Willow, what the heck is going on?"
Willow looks to her sister, and sighed, "I'll explain everything, but we have to go."
Then Willow and Elena took off, running out of the house and running to the car.
Stefan had arrived at the ruins first, and noticed something on the tree, as he grew closer, he saw it was his brother. He pulls Damon off of the tree branch.
Damon, was was in pain, lets out some groans as he fell onto the ground, groaning out, "It hurts. This is why I feed on people."
Bonnie/Emily took a break from drawing the pentagram on the ground. "Stefan."
The green eyed man turns around to face the witch "Hello, Emily."
"I made a mistake, these people don't deserve this. They should never have to know such evil."
Stefan's thick brows knitted together, "What do you mean evil?"
" Emily. I swear to God, I'll make you regret this." Damon growls as he tries to stand up, the pain in his stomach still caused him to groan out.
"I won't let you unleash them into this world."
"Them?" Stefan looks back at Damon, a look of disbelief washing upon his face. "What part of the story did you leave out, Damon?"
"What does it matter?"
Stefan turns back to face his former friend, "Emily, tell me what you did."
"To save her, I had to save them."
"You saved everyone in the church?"
"With one, comes all."
Damon found the strength to stand up and stumbled to his brother, who stood up, "I don't care about them. I just want Katherine."
Stefan gripped his brother's arms, shaking his head, " I knew I shouldn't have believed a single word that comes out of your mouth. This isn't about love, is it? This is about revenge."
"The two aren't mutually exclusive."
"Damon, you can't do this."
Damon pushes back against his brother, "Why not?! They killed 27 people, and they called it a war battle. They deserve whatever they get."
"27 vampires, Damon. They were vampires. You can't just bring them back."
"This town deserves this."
"You're blaming innocent people for something that happened 145 years ago."
"There is nothing innocent about these people, and don't think for a second it won't happen again. They already know too much," Damon looks towards Emily, "and they'll burn your little grandwitch right next to us when they find out. Trust me."
"Things are different now."
"Don't do this. I've waited years to kill her." Cried Damon as he tried to beg Emily to stop what she was doing.
"Kill who?" Stefan shot out.
"Katherine! Who else!" Damon exclaims as he pants, "It's all her fault that Willa died. I've waited years to kill her, to get my revenge against the bitch. I need this, I need this to make myself feel better. I need this to put my heart at ease."
Stefan was surprised to hear that, he was informed earlier that night that Damon was trying to get Katherine out to be with her again but that was clearly not the case.
"It wasn't Katherine's fault you went to Willa's home, it was your fault! You killed her. You drained her of blood and broke her neck. You cheated on her and broke her heart. You don't deserve to get revenge for her death when it was at your hands."
Damon looks back at Emily, "Please Emily. Let me get revenge for Willa!"
"I'm sorry Damon, but if I free her, I'd free everyone. I can't free them. I won't." The long piece of wood drops fro Emily's hand and she yells out,"Incendia!" Emily raises Bonnie's arms and The pentagram Emily carved into the dirt around her is set ablaze, and flames create a wall between Emily/Bonnie and Stefan and Damon.
"No! No please." Damon begs as Emily removes the necklace and held it so Damon could see it. His eyes were glossy as he begs and begs Emily to think twice.
"Bonnie!" Elena's screams out as Willow and she ran towards the fire. Stefan moves away from Damon and the fire runs towards Elena and Willow, blocking them from going any further. Damon lets out a loud cry of "No!" when Bonnie/Emily throws the necklace into the air, and it explodes above them. The orange/red sparks fell around them, once the spell is complete and the crystal is destroyed, Emily departs from Bonnie's body. Bonnie looks down before she finally reawakens, and looks around in horror, having no idea what had just occurred or how she appeared where she was. At this point, Damon is furious, having lost his chance to get revenge on this town and for Willa, and since his deal with Emily is off, he runs over to Bonnie, and snarls as he bites Bonnie and feeds on her.
Bonnie lets out a piercing scream as Damon continues to feed on the witch. Stefan was there in seconds, pushing Damon away and Bonnie falls backwards onto the ground, eyes closed. Willow and Elena was there a few seconds later, both shocked and scared. They both didn't want to lose their friend.
Stefan kneels next to her and checks her pulse, he looks up to face the sisters, "She's alive, but barely. I can save her." He bites into his wrist and brought it down to Bonnie's mouth. Willow watched how Bonnie started to groan and her eyes fluttered opened. Elena and Willow watches in shock as Bonnie's wound closes up right before her eyes.
"Her neck, it's healing." Elena cries out.
Willow looks back at Damon, her face scrunches up in one of disgust, "Screw you Damon." she spat.
Later that night, Willow and Elena sat on Elena's bed, silently looking at Bonnie, who was silently sleeping.
"Willow...what did Emily mean?"
Willow wipes away a tear and she lets out a shaky sigh.
Today was a lot to process.
"Elena. I never told you this but...there something about me that is different."
"How so?"
Willow inhales deeply, "I knew Damon and Stefan when I was a kid. I grew up with them." Elena tilted her head to the side, "What do you mean?" Elena asks as she scratches her head.
Willow looks down and saw she was playing with her hand, "I was born in 1847 and was reborn in this body when Damon killed me in 1864. Damon and I were in love and he killed me." Her voice cracked towards the end as she spoke, "He was everything to me but Katherine showed up. I don't know how or why I was reborn again. But here I am. Living life. I've been haunted by the night of my death. I'm so sorry I've never told you. But I was so afraid."
"Wait...you knew Stefan was a vampire before I told you?"
Willow nodded her head, confirming what her sister said.
"I'm so sorry. I promised Stefan."
"Leave." Elena's voice was firm as she ordered her sister to leave.
"Elena..."
"Now!"
Bonnie groans as she turns in her sleep.
Willow shoulders sank as she nodded her head and left the room, wiping her tears as she left and closed the bedroom door.
