A/N: This is a post season 6 story, therefore none of the characters can really be that ooc since we don't know what direction the writers will take any of them. That's the beauty of it, agree don't agree I don't really care we all have a right to our opinions.
Also at this point in the story only three days have past. It picks up from there.
Hopefully it's not too hard to follow, Enjoy.
Chapter 3
Six weeks later, Bonnie is still suspended in a protective bubble of light. Her heartbeat was strong and steady, but she has yet to wake up. Everyone wondered if she had somehow traded places with Elena. Was she now in a magic induced comma until Elena's life ended? Damon was unconvinced. The sensation in his chest was still strong. It felt like a weight, or pull of some sort. But whenever he was near Bonnie, it became more of a gentle humming. He knew her life was not tied to Elena's because it felt more like she was tied to him, better yet him to her. He needed answers, and he knew just where to get them.
As he approached the porch, all the lights of the renovated old witch's house illuminated. The door swung open with a loud creak.
"Even though all the witches were sucked into oblivion when the other side imploded, this still somehow manages to be the creepiest house in Mystic Falls."
"That's funny because most residents of this town say the exact same thing about your house." Lily Salvatore said as she came to stand near her son in the foyer.
She offered him a seat, he declined. "What brings you here? It must be pretty important considering I haven't seen you, Stefan, or Enzo in nearly eighteen months."
They all pretty much cut ties with Lily when a truce was finally agreed upon between them and her witchpire family. She made it clear who her family was when she freed them from 1903, helped them almost destroy the town, and let them in on the secret that Elena had taken the cure before Kai linked her life to Bonnie's. Lily Salvatore flat out couldn't be trusted. Enzo, Damon, and Stefan all chose to keep their distance even though she orchestrated the truce. Still she was a witch once upon a time, and Damon needed answers.
"It's about Bonnie." Damon started. Lily gave a knowing smirk. "She died then suddenly three days later some weird light engulfed her, and now her heart is beating again but she has yet to wake up. "
Lily arched her brow, and crossed her arms over her chest. "How did she die?"
"Klaus." Damon answered vaguely.
"Is the light still circling her?"
"Yes."
"How long has she been in the light?"
"A little over a month."
"She will be fine." Lily said, "Magic has plans for her."
"Plans? What kind of plans?" Damon asked.
"That I can not tell you because I do not know." Damon rolled his eyes. Lily continued. "What I do know is that there is nothing you or anyone else can do now. You just have to wait."
"Wait for what?"
"For magic to release her. Something very powerful is happening to your friend, something far greater than any of us. The light is called a phosphorescent vortex, and I have only ever heard of it. I have never seen one before. It is said to be just a rumor among witches." Lily sat down, but continued talking. "It is said that when the most powerful beings life's journey officially ends, they are chosen for a greater purpose. The phosphorescent vortex is magic's way of preparing that being for its new journey." No one I know of has ever witnessed this."
"Why not?" Damon asked.
"Because no being I have ever come across has been that powerful."
"And you're saying Bonnie is?"
Lily nodded. "I always said that girl had no idea how much magic she possessed, nor what to do with it." Lily gave Damon a devilish smirk. "What are you going to do about Klaus?"
Damon rolled his eyes. "Enzo and Stefan have eyes on him. He's been stalking wolf packs. My guess is he killed Bonnie, so he can try to create his hybrid army again."
"Do you want us to handle it? We have not been to war in ages."
Damon cringed, and backed out of the house. "We got it." He said with finality.
Lily stood to see her son out. "Say hello to Elena for me." She said sarcastically before closing the door.
Elena woke to an empty bed again. Damon was nowhere to be found. She rolled her eyes, and stood to shower and get dressed for the day. At least Damon was thoughtful enough to move Bonnie's belongings to a guestroom in order to make room for Elena's. After showering, she made her way to the kitchen where she spotted Damon drinking coffee, infused with a little O negative no doubt.
"Finally allowing yourself a break?" She said voice full of spite.
Damon smiled pulling her into a hug. "Aww is someone jealous?"
Elena pouted. "I was gone for four years Damon… four years, and when I wake up the so called love of my life was too focused on another woman to pay me any attention. It's been three months, and I can count on one hand the number of times we've made love."
"I'm sorry." He said seriously. "I have been neglecting you, but I feel like I let her down. I should have never left her with Klaus… I just need her to be okay."
"Didn't your mother say she was fine?"
"She did." Damon paused. "It's just… I need her to be okay."
"I get it Damon, I really do. You and Bonnie are best friends, and while I was gone you got… closer." Elena kissed him on the lips softly. "She'll be fine. And we can't put our lives on hold waiting for that to happen."
Damon studied her for several seconds. He wasn't quite sure he liked what was coming out of her mouth. She sounded an awful lot like Katherine.
"She's your best friend too." He said.
"I know, and I want her to be okay too. I just also want you to be okay. I want us to be okay."
Damon kissed her neck. "We are."
Just then they heard a commotion coming from the living room. The couple rushed in and saw Bonnie's body convulsing violently. Though still sleeping, she let out an ear piercing scream. The phosphorescent vortex was swirling around her, and the outer glow of the light kept changing color.
"As if a resurrected witch magically suspended in your living room wasn't strange enough." Enzo said dryly.
Caroline hit his arm. "Shut up Enzo."
"What?" He asked.
Damon sighed pinching the bridge of his nose. The Scooby gang always hanging around his house was becoming real taxing. They barely helped, and have yet to come up with any useful information.
"What's happening to her?" Jeremy asked.
Damon rolled his eyes dramatically. "We're dealing with magic beyond our understanding." Stefan offered. "None of us know what's happening to h- … do you smell blood?"
"Yeah." Damon said moving closer to Bonnie. "It's Bonnie's."
Just then an unseen force ripped Bonnie's dress from her body, slit her back open, and two fleshy featherless wings sprouted from her back. They were huge, bloody with thousands of blue veins visible, and ran nearly the entire length of her body. They quickly retreated back into her tiny frame like they never made an appearance.
"That's an understatement." Enzo said in reference to Stefan's earlier statement.
"What the hell was that?" Tyler asked wide eyed.
"Looked like wings to me." Damon answered.
"Wings?" Caroline said not believing what they'd just witnessed.
Damon nodded as the wings sprouted again. This time they were full, white and fluffy. They grew feathers in the manner of minutes. The entire room was silent, everyone too bewildered to speak. The wings once again retracted, the phosphorescent vortex disappeared dropping Bonnie's sleeping form gently to the floor. Caroline was the quickest to react grabbing the knit throw that rested on the back of the sofa, and covering Bonnie's naked body with it. She scooped her up, and headed for the stairs.
The crowd heard Bonnie speak weakly in a language that was far from English, before passing out again as Caroline carried her up the stairs.
"What did she say?" Caroline asked Stefan knowing he and Damon spoke several languages.
"It's Arabic." Damon said finally coming out of his daze. "She said, 'where is my sentinel'."
"Sentinel?" Enzo said. "Seriously?"
"What's a sentinel?" Elena asked.
"It's a guard of sorts, a caretaker or watchman." Stefan said.
"Should we be worried?" Elena asked.
"Your best friend was killed so Klaus could steal your doppelganger blood to make hybrids." Enzo said. "You should have been worried sweetheart."
"Enzo!" Caroline chastised.
Enzo shrugged. "What it's true."
Once again Damon dressed Bonnie, and the group of unlikely friends decided to take turns sitting with her in the guestroom until she woke up. Damon didn't like the idea at first, but he really wanted to honor his promise to Elena to be a more attentive boyfriend.
Twenty-two hours later, Caroline and Elena found themselves on the morning watch.
"I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same." Elena joked trying to lighten the mood.
Caroline seemed really worried, and tense. She hadn't been her same bubbly self since Elena woke up. Elena knew Caroline was worried about Bonnie, still she couldn't help feeling annoyed that her friend was acting like the world ended even though Bonnie was going to be okay. She knew with her gone Caroline and Bonnie would get closer, but she didn't anticipate having to feel like the third wheel.
Caroline smiled but it didn't reach her eyes. "Bonnie wouldn't want me to worry but I can't help it."
Elena inwardly rolled her eyes. "So you guys got even closer in the last four years?"
Caroline nodded. "I never had a sister, but Bonnie is the closest thing to it."
Elena didn't really know how to go about the next question, but she really wanted to know. "So why do you think Bonnie slept with Klaus?"
Caroline studied her friends face for several seconds before giving her the most honest answer she could think of. "The same reason I did… because he's hot! Plus Bonnie was kind of going thru a dry spell. Everyone thinks Bonnie is some sort of nun or something, but she is a woman with urges… a beautiful woman at that." Caroline shrugged her shoulders. "She had an itch that needed to be scratched."
Elena giggled "So her and Damon…"
"Oh God no." Caroline answered quickly. "I mean yes he's freakishly protective of her, and they had some weird fixation with sleeping in the same bed, and they fought like an old married couple, but Bonnie would never do that to you. She knows how much you love Damon."
"And Damon?" Elena asked reluctantly.
"That's something you're gonna have to take up with him."
The two fell into a comfortable silence for a while until they heard Bonnie groan. Caroline jumped to her feet, and was by her side in a flash.
"Bonnie are you okay?" Caroline yelled catching the attention of the other supernaturals in the house.
Bonnie cracked her eyes open as the rest of the gang rushed into the room.
"Where's Damon?" Elena asked.
"Blood run." Enzo answered.
Bonnie scanned all the faces in the room, seemingly not recognizing them. Her eyes were wide and fretful. They appeared to be a different shade of green, jade almost. Her hair was pin straight, and her copper-brown skin was now amber. She was beautiful, ethereal even. It was almost hard to look at her. Caroline got real close to her face, causing Bonnie to back up defensively.
"Do you know where you are Bonnie? Do you know what happened? Do you know who I am?'
Bonnie looked at her quizzically like she was studying her. She cocked her head to the side, put her palm on Caroline's forehead, and again spoke in Arabic. "MOVE!"
Caroline's feet grew a mind of their own, and begin moving backward until Caroline was standing across the room.
"What did she say Stefan?" Elena asked.
"She said move." He answered.
The gang watched in amazement as Bonnie regally stood to her feet, and divested herself of her dress. She unguardedly stood before them in only the underwear Damon dressed her in the morning before. Her wings spread out with a windy swoosh, wrapped around her body, and retracted again, almost like she was stretching them.
"Where is my sentinel?" She asked again in Arabic.
Everyone looked to Stefan. Bonnie took noticed, and moved toward Stefan. She walked across the room sensually, nearly catlike. When she stopped before him, she asked again. This time she used his native tongue.
"Dove è la mia sentinella?"
"What is she talking about?" Caroline asked as Damon walked in.
Bonnie's full attention went to the doorway. She smiled brightly and spoke in Italian again. "Damiano ci siete. Ero così preoccupato." She said seemingly relieved.
Everyone looked to Stefan again. "She said, 'There you are. I was worried'."
The crowd watched quietly as Bonnie made her way to Damon, and wrapped her arms around his neck bringing him into an eager hug. Damon's hands wrapped tightly around her waist were equally eager.
"Damiano." Bonnie said. "Chi e 'questa gente?"
Before being prompted, Stefan translated. "She doesn't know who we are, well except Damon. She seems to know him."
"So Damon's her..." Jeremy said but was cut off by Stefan.
"Sentinel! Yes! It would appear so."
A/N: What the heck is going on with Bonnie? Why is Damon all she knows? Let me know what you think.
