Chapter 25:
When Bonnie opened her eyes she was surrounded by white. She slowly stood up. There were no walls, no ceiling and no floor that Bonnie's eyes could see it was just white a room of nothingness.
"It will take for your eyes a while to adjust to the in-between." A voice said from behind her.
Bonnie turned towards the voice.
"Emily." Bonnie breathed.
Bonnie recognized her from the pictures her grams had showed her.
"I need your help." Bonnie said.
Emily smiled knowingly.
"You wish to know how to defeat Klaus?" Emily asked.
Bonnie nodded.
"He wasn't always like he is now you know." Emily said pacing back and forth.
"You're trying to ask me not to kill Klaus because he was once I nice guy?" Bonnie asked disbelief in her voice.
"No." Emily shouted she stopped pacing and looked over at Bonnie.
"He has done too much wrong to be forgive it's time for him to be stopped." Emily said before going back to pacing.
"Then what was the point in telling me he used to be different?" Bonnie asked.
"Everyone has a weakness Bonnie even Klaus." Emily added.
"I don't understand." Bonnie shouted in frustration.
Emily looked over at Bonnie and her eyes widened before a sad smile fell upon her face.
"I do." A voice said from next to her.
Bonnie turned round and found Anastasia next to her. Anastasia looked back at her before turning to face her mother.
"So that's why I'm here?" Anastasia asked.
"Ana, when the time comes it has to be you who will be able to get close enough to Klaus to get what is needed for the spell." Emily replied.
Anastasia nodded.
"Will someone please explain to me what the hell is going on? How the hell can I stop Klaus?" Bonnie shouted in annoyance.
"I cannot give you the answers Bonnie; you have to figure it out yourself. Just remember sometimes it's the simple spell that can do the most damage." Emily said cryptically.
Bonnie frowned in frustration.
"It's time for you to wake up Bonnie, Ana will return shortly." Emily said.
Bonnie wanted to argue and demanded answers but as soon as the words left Emily's mouth, Bonnie eyes began to close and she felt the world go black once again.
"Bonnie?" Damon's voice boomed above her.
Bonnie head was pounding her eyes and her body hurt all over.
"I'm fine." Bonnie replied slowly and reluctantly opening her eyes.
She felt the others eyes on her as she slowly sat up.
"You ok?" Damon asked.
Bonnie slowly lifted her head to meet his eyes; she ached too much to move any quicker. Damon was standing just outside of the circle; Matthew had his arms on his shoulders stopping him from breaking the circle to get to her.
"Yeah, just tried." Bonnie replied honestly.
Damon looked at her doubtful.
"Where's Ana?" Matthew asked.
Bonnie glanced over at him.
"Emily wish to talk to her alone, I can't leave the circle till she returns." Bonnie answered.
Matthew nodded as Damon looked pissed.
Bonnie put her head in her hands tiredness trying to take over.
"What did Emily say?" Damon asked.
"Nothing helpful." Bonnie replied in frustration.
"She must have said something. There is no way the Emily I know would have let you return without giving you some help." Matthew added annoyance in his voice.
"All she said was sometimes it's the simple spells that do the most damage." Bonnie argued.
Matthew looked at her like she was missing something.
Damon was getting worried his little witch could barely keep her eyes open and the longer Anastasia stayed in the in-between the more she would become tired.
Matthew was making her think and although it seemed to make her more agitated but it was also keeping her awake something Damon was glad for.
His little witch opened her mouth to speak when Anastasia appear back in the circle.
"You ok?" she asked Bonnie who looked up at her.
His little witch nodded and the candles in the circles went out. Damon moved to his witch's side quickly to check her over.
"I'm ok." She whispered too him.
Damon looked at her; he could tell she was lying. She squinted as she looked at him as if it was painful to keep her eyes open.
"Here." Stefan said from behind him.
Damon turned round and looked at his brother who hand him a glass of water and some tablets.
"They should help with the headache." Stefan said looking at Bonnie.
Damon turned back to his little witch and handed her the tablets she took two out before putting them in her mouth and swallowing them with the water he handed her.
"Thank you." She said looking from Stefan then back to him.
"What happened between you and Klaus?" his little witch demanded looking over at Anastasia.
"I loved him and he loved me." Anastasia replied avoiding her father's now very intense gaze.
"You were with Klaus?" Barbie asked in disbelief.
Anastasia looked over at Barbie.
"No." she replied.
"But you just said that you loved each other." Barbie argued.
"We did, but I was under no delusions about who he was and he knew I would never sacrifice my humanity just so we could be together." Anastasia explained.
The room fell silent. Damon looked over at his little witch who was watching Anastasia just as intently as Matthew was. Matthew walked out the room.
"The binding spell." She whispered.
Anastasia looked over at Bonnie and nodded.
"Will something that simple really work?" His little witch asked and again Anastasia nodded.
"So if I bind my life to Klaus that could really kill him?" His witch asked.
Anastasia froze for a second before nodding and smiling sadly at his witch before leaving to room to follow her father.
It took Damon a moment to realise what she meant. She wanted to bind her life to Klaus then kill herself and in turn kill Klaus.
"No." Damon roared.
"We have no other choice." His witch said pleading with him to believe her.
"There has to be another way." Damon replied almost begging.
His little witch shook her head, tears fell from her face.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered wrapping her arms round his waist.
Damon shook his head.
"Don't," Damon whispered pushing her away.
"I will not watch you die." He added.
"What are you talking about?" Elena demanded.
Damon had forgotten that they weren't the only ones in the room and by the looks of his little witch's face so had she.
"Nothing." His witch replied.
"No tell them." Damon demanded.
"Please don't do this." She cried.
"Tell them Bonnie or I will." Damon replied forcefully.
It was killing him watching her cry but there was no way he was going to let her do this.
"She wants to bind her life to Klaus before taking her own life." Damon told them when his witch remanded silent.
Elena, Barbie, his brother and the Mutt started talking at once.
"You can't do that." The Mutt said.
"I will not let you die." Barbie added determination in her voice.
"Not happening Bonnie." His brother said.
"Bonnie please don't do this." Elena pleaded.
His little witch shook her head.
"There is no other way." she said tears falling from her eyes.
Damon watched as she closed her eyes then heading upstairs. Damon punched the wall in frustration as someone put their hand on his shoulder. Damon looked round and found Stefan looking at him determination on his face.
"We will find a way to stop this." His brother promised.
Damon nodded but not really believing him. Damon went to the kitchen to get himself a coffee and needing to be alone.
"How much do you love her?" a voice asked.
Damon turned round and found himself looking at Matthew.
"What does it matter she is determine to take Klaus life regardless of the consequences." Damon replied.
Matthew sighed in annoyance.
"Answer the question." Matthew ordered.
Damon shook his head.
"More than I would ever admit." Damon confessed truthfully.
Matthew looked at him as if deciding whether or not to believe him.
"Then I have a way to make sure she makes it out of this alive are you interested?" Matthew asked with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Damon nodded. Whatever it takes, one way or another he was going to keep his little witch alive.
Note: I am considering writing a little bit about Klaus and Anastasia's relationship what do you think?
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