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Mandy. xo

I decided that it was time to tell people about my engagement. I wanted to go to Caroline, get some girly advice.

It had been a week since Damon proposed and I spent most of that time making love to my new fiancé. I thought that it was time to actually leave the house for once.

I was at Caroline's doorstep and had just rung the bell when she answered.

"Hey." She said, a little down. "Come in, come in." She pulled me inside and basically threw me on the couch. "Im really worried about Bonnie." She said, seriously. "She called me before and was acting really strange. She said all this stuff about meeting her cousins and a lot of stuff about Damon as well. She said 'Im sorry Caroline, but I have to do what's right for Elena.' What does that even mean?"

I sat there dumfounded. What did that mean? Bonnie was all good with me being with Damon just a while ago. What changed? And cousins? I wasn't aware she even had any.

"I don't know. That's weird."

"Anyway" Caroline sighed. "What did you want to talk about? You called me before and you said you want to talk about something, wait … no, two things really important."

I smiled at her before using my left hand to fix my hair extremely slowly, trying to flaunt it. She continued to stare at me, waiting for me to say something.

"What did you –" She stopped talking abruptly and her eyes almost fell out of her sockets as she eyed my hand. "He didn't!" She squealed.

"He so did!" I replied.

She grabbed my hand and took a hard look at the ring that was sitting on my finger. "Wow! Its beautiful." She breathed.

"It was his mothers." I said, looking at the ring right along with her in awe.

She pulled me in for a tight hug. "Congratulations."

"Thanks Caroline, you're the first person that I have told."

She looked shocked. "Really? Oh my god, this is amazing. What date are you getting married? Where abouts is it going to be? Oh, we are going to have so much fun planning your wedding, Elena!" She gushed out.

I laughed at her. "Slow down, it's not going to be any time soon. Maybe in a decade or two? I really don't know."

She beamed at me and nodded her head. "Of course. Now what was the other thing?"

I smiled and suddenly found my fingers extremely interesting, fiddling with them. "I want to start feeding off of humans. Like, not everyday or anything just sometimes. I want you to come with me and help me for the first few times, because I don't want to kill anyone. I want you to make sure I don't kill anybody."

She smiled at me and laughed slightly. "Of course I will come with you, Elena. You're my best friend. I want to be there to help you through anything." She smirked mischievously. "You want to go now?"

A small smile tugged at the corner of my lips. "Sure." I was actually pretty excited.

She pulled me up off the couch with her and linked her arm through mine. We decided on going to a sleazy little bar just outside of Mystic Falls. Caroline said she always went here and preyed on the men who would target young girls.

We arrived to this bar and she led me to a dark alleyway by the side of it. Down the other side of the alley there was a door, leading inside the bar. She put her finger to her mouth as a gesture telling me to be quiet before tapping her ear and motioning to the bar. I listened in and a conversation stood out to me. I could hear a drunken man, slurring.

"Ya know, everyfing happens for a reason. I fink we met 'cause fate bought us togeva."

I rolled my eyes at the corny line.

A girl replied uncomfortably, trying to sound polite. "Im sorry but I have to go. It was good talking to you."

"No you don't." He growled. The door swung open roughly a second later and a guy, probably in his late 20's, stormed out holding a younger girl by her hair. She was crying at this point trying to pry the mans hands off of her. Caroline and me were hiding in the shadows, laying low until the right moment called for it.

The man threw her against the brick wall roughly and attacked her lips viciously. He was holding her shoulders against the wall so that she couldn't escape. I looked at Caroline and she nodded her head.

"I know you've hunted before." She whispered. "But Im hungry as well. Do you mind…?"

I laughed silently. "Of course not."

We then stepped out of the shadows and walked up the alleyway. The man stopped what he was doing but still held onto the girl with a grip that looked like it was hurting her. He stared at us in awe before giving me a sly smile.

"Come to join the party ladies?" He slurred.

"Hmm" I said, pretending to be considering it. "Nah, but were going to start our own party if that's alright."

"You sure ca—" He didn't get to finish. Caroline had sped up and pushed him against the wall hard, releasing him away from the girl.

"What's your name?" Caroline asked.

"S-Stephanie. Whatever you just did … thank you." She mumbled, tears streaming down her face. She was a pretty girl. She had bright red hair and seeing her up close she looked about two years older then us.

"Okay, Stephanie." Caroline sighed, compelling her. "You're going to go home and all you will remember is that you were at this bar and had few to many drinks. You wont come here again, either. Tell your friends."

Stephanie nodded in a trance before stumbling out of the alleyway and out of sight.

The man was now getting off the floor and glaring at both of us.

"You fucking bitch!" He spat at Caroline. He charged at me and grabbed me by the throat. His strength had nothing against mine. I twisted his hand, probably breaking it, and threw him to the floor.

"What are you?" He asked with fear written all over his face.

"Im your worst nightmare." I whispered loud enough for him to hear. I then beared my fangs and attacked his throat. I could distinctively taste the alcohol and cigarette smoke in his blood but it still bet the bagged stuff. I stopped myself and when I stepped back Caroline walked up and drank from his neck until his pulse was just a quiet thrumming.

"You hear that?" She asked. "When you hear their heart is beating like this you know its time to stop."

She bit her wrist and forced it against his mouth. His eyelids were droopy from the blood loss and he was slumped over. She hauled him up and pulled her wrist away. She grabbed his shoulders and stared into his eyes.

"You deserve so much more then this." She shook her head before continuing. "You drank too much, got into a bar fight, lost, got thrown out here, hit your head, lost a bit of blood, went to hospital and then stumbled home. You don't remember us. You will be a gentleman and you wont sexually abuse anyone. You understand?" She pushed.

"I understand." He replied robotically, his eyes glazed over.

"Good." She replied, smiling happily like a kid on Christmas. She released his shoulders and we watched as he sauntered off.

She turned to me and grinned. "You did it! Oh wow, that was perfect! Want to go again?"

I rolled my eyes. "Why not? Just one though, okay?"

"Okay." She replied, we walked off and went to this other bar not too far from here.

This time it was a lot easier. There was this guy sitting in a corner, smoking. We easily drank from him and compelled him to get a job and a better life.

Yes, compelling was wrong. Messing with people's minds? Making them forget stuff? I've never been fond of it. But I really am protecting them and us. If anyone knew vampires existed we would all be dead. I was protecting my friends and family. Why could I never have known this when I as a human? The world really is a different place now.

When we finished our hunt for the night Caroline and I went to her house. I had told Damon I would be staying there tonight and he had no problem with it.

We walked in and Bonnie was sitting on the couch. She heard us and quickly stood up. She looked at me with sympathy in her eyes. "Im sorry." She mumbled. "But Im doing this for you, Elena. You will be happy without him."

She closed her eyes and began chanting. I barley knew what was happening as a few other witches walked into the room chanting as well. Caroline went down to the ground screaming and clutching at her head. I tried to run over to her but I was incapable of moving. I was stuck to the spot, a sitting duck.

"Bonnie, stop!" I pleaded. "Whatever you are doing, just stop! Please!"

She opened her eyes and stopped chanting. The other witches continued. "I really am sorry, Elena. Damon just is no good for you. Why would I sit by and watch this happen if I could do something about it? I know you're a vampire and I can't change that but … you need to forget him and Im going to help you with it."

I had no time to argue as I felt myself being dragged under by the darkness. I went really lightheaded and my legs buckled out from under me. It was like the energy was getting sucked right out of me. I don't know what Bonnie is doing but her words kept ringing through my head. 'Damon just is no good for you. Why would I sit by and watch this happen if I could do something about it? I know you're a vampire and I can't change that but you need to forget him and Im going to help you with it.'

"I love you Damon." I whispered, using any energy I had left before I stopped fighting and let myself get engulfed by the darkness. I didn't even get to tell Jeremy about my engagement…

Wow. Dark Bonnie or just crazy Bonnie? Or are they the same thing? What do you think she is doing or planning on doing? I would like to hear all of your theories and I would love some feedback on how Im doing!

Thanks.

Mandy xo