Okay, here is the next chapter as promised. This is sort of a filler chapter or you could say a deep breath before the plunge. As you read this chapter there will be another twist added to the story.

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Caroline leaned on Klaus and sighed.

"Caroline, Caroline" Bonnie hollered out the door.

Caroline sat up, and huffed. "I'm right here, Bonnie." She called back.

Bonnie rushed out the door, and into the garden. "I need you to come with me, now, sorry, Klaus." She replied, quickly to Klaus.

Caroline glanced at Klaus as Bonnie grabbed her hands and pulled her with great strength through the garden and into the house. She continued to pull Caroline through the house until they got to Bonnie and Kol's room.

Bonnie paused and locked the door, though she knew it wouldn't do any good. They lived in a house filled with vampires.

"Bonnie, what's wrong?" Caroline asked, folding her arms across her chest.

Bonnie turned around and pointed to the far wall. Caroline turned around and gasped. Matt was standing there with a smiled on his face.

"Matt," Caroline whispered.

"Hey, Care"

Caroline turned to look at Bonnie, who was smiling.

"How is this possible?" She asked.

Matt walked towards them, and smiled again. "I'm here because I need to be."

"What are you talking about, Matt?" Caroline asked.

"I need to tell you two about what is to come."

"Again, what are you talking about?" Caroline asked.

Matt sighed. "When I…died, I became what Lily calls a protector. I'm not entirely sure what it means, all I know is that I am meant to protect this family."

Bonnie and Caroline looked at him carefully.

Matt sighed, and stepped closer. "Esther has Damon."

"What" Both girls shouted, but then clasped their hands over their mouths.

"Esther's using Damon as bait, and he's not going to last much longer."

"How could this happen?" Caroline asked, looking at Bonnie.

"We just forgot about Damon, didn't we?"

Caroline nodded, sadly.

Damon had his bad qualities, but he had been a friend in some moments. No matter what he had done to her in the past, Caroline knew he did care about her. He just had a hard time showing it.

"You don't have much time." Matt stated.

"How much time do we have?" Bonnie asked, holding Caroline's hand tightly.

"You only have today. I would suggest you two leave tonight. Esther is waiting on both of you, so be careful."

"Why tonight?" Bonnie asked.

"I think you know that already, Bonnie."

Bonnie eyed him curiously, and then looked at the calendar. Her mouth gaped open as she realized the date.

"No, it couldn't be."

Matt nodded with a smile. "Yes, it has been a year since you came back in time. Time flies."

Bonnie smiled.

"How do we save Damon?" Caroline asked Matt.

Matt shook his head. "I can't tell you. All I can tell you is that you have to rescue him soon, or he will die, Esther on the verge of destroying him, and completing her plan. That is why the date is important. It has to be tonight or everything you have done will be reversed."

"What does that mean?" Caroline asked.

Bonnie gulped. "It means, if we don't succeed in saving Damon and destroying Esther, time will reverse and we will go back our past."

Caroline gasped, and shook her head. "No, that can't happen. I won't let it."

Matt smiled, sadly. "That's you have to succeed. No matter if this is the way it was meant to be, if you don't stop Esther, time will revert."

Bonnie nodded. "Then we will succeed."

Caroline nodded.

She had just tamed her beast, and gotten her prince, she was not going to lose him all over again.

~Finn's room~

Finn walked over to his dresser or should he dare, their dresser. He smiled as he reached in the top drawer and pulled out a small object. He smiled as he turned to Sage, who was just then coming out of the bathroom with a towel in her hand, drying her hair.

"What are you doing?" Sage asked, still drying her hair.

Finn smiled. "Nothing, much" he replied, staring at her.

Sage moved her eyes around, and turned her head to look behind her. "What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at you; you're beautiful."

Sage giggled, and blushed. "You're blind."

"I don't think so." Finn replied, approaching his love.

He pulled her into a hug, and kissed her on the temple.

"Come and sit down, there something we need to talk about."

"Uh oh, should I be worried?" Sage joked with a smile.

Finn smiled, and laughed. "No, I have a question to ask."

Sage felt her undead heart beat faster. "What question is that?"

Finn held out his hand and sitting on his palm was simple diamond ring.

Sage gasped at the simplicity and beauty in the ring.

"Will you marry me, Sage?" He whispered, softly.

Sage giggled. "After 900 years, you finally pop the question. I have only one thing to say to you, Finn Mikaelson," She paused.

Finn lifted his brow, waiting.

"What took you so long?" She laughed, holding out her hand.

Finn laughed as he slipped the ring on her finger. Sage fell into his arms, as tears fell down her face.

A battle may come, but they were going steal a little piece of happiness before it got there.

~Outside the Woods~

Bonnie and Caroline approached quietly to the border of the woods. Caroline grasped her friend's hand, and nodded.

Klaus and Kol had been reluctant to let them go, but in the end they knew it was best. After Caroline gave Klaus a long, lingering kiss, she smiled as he told her again that she do everything she could to come back to him. Kol did the same to Bonnie, after they went into a room for Kol to give Bonnie some blood. She smiled as she drank. Bonnie told Kol that she would come back to him, no matter what.

Now, Bonnie and Caroline eased through the woods, and Caroline paused when she heard gasping sounds.

"I think I hear him." She whispered to Bonnie.

Bonnie nodded.

They made their way towards the sound. They stopped when they caught sight of Damon tied up.

Caroline gasped as she saw Damon bleeding from head to toe, and stakes penetrating his sides.

Damon lifted his head and caught a glimpse of two women standing behind the trees. He noticed the blonde hair, and immediately knew who it was.

He looked around to make sure Esther and Abby were not around, before he spoke in a whisper.

"Caroline, what are you doing here?"

Caroline rolled her eyes. "We are here to rescue you."

"You shouldn't have come. She's going to kill you." He whispered weakly, but she still heard.

"I couldn't stand by and let you get killed."

"Ah, Blondie I didn't know you cared." He whispered.

Caroline shook her head. "Shut up, Damon."

She leaned around the tree and listened.

No one was around, so Caroline motioned for Bonnie to follow her.

They slowly approached Damon, and Caroline began to work to free Damon.

"Well, well, well, my trap worked better than I ever thought possible." A voice came from behind.

Caroline turned around, and her mouth dropped, and then she quickly closed it, as she watched Esther and Abby approaching them.

"Esther"

Esther smiled. "Hello, Caroline, Bonnie, welcome to the end of your lives"

Caroline and Bonnie looked at each other, and slowly blinked together.

Damon caught the action and smiled. The girls were about to turn from dainty princesses to warriors, and he was going to enjoy this, if he could only live through the night.


Okay, what did you think?

You might hate for this, but this will be the last chapter for tonight. I will try to get the next chapter up tomorrow if I can.

Coming soon: Caroline and Bonnie fight for their lives and for their family; Matt and Lily make a deadly decision; Bonnie decides her fate.

Until Next Time...