"Katherine?"

She smirks and takes his hand off with ease. "Hello, Damon"

"What the hell are you doing here? If it's cause Stefan's traveling the world with your doppelgänger, i'm not gonna be your rebound" Damon crosses his arms.

This causes her to laugh at him before patting his shoulder. "Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? Your doing that with Elena's witchy friend"

No he wasn't. He would never do that to Bonnie. The fact that Katherine had the nerve to say that, pisses him off. So he growls and rushes toward her. He grabs her arms and slams her back into the wall. He hears a crack and doesn't care to know what's broken.

His eyes flash black and are bloodshot. He flashes his fangs at her and squeezes her arms so tight he watches a look of surprise and slight pain flicker. He even sees a hint of fear. But it's as gone as it appears.

"Don't EVER, call Bonnie a rebound. Bad mouth her in any way and I won't show you mercy Kitty Kat. Your undead and kicking now, but that can stop any second" His threat is serious and his strength surprises her.

Katherine tries to get out of his grip discreetly as he spats at her but she finds she can't. "What the hell?" she thinks to herself. Since when did Damon become stronger than her.

Then it hits her, Bonnie.

Swallowing she makes a face of pain and is ready to be free from his grip. "Damon your hurting me. I came to warn you, Bonnie's in danger"

His blue eyes return but he doesn't let her go. "Your, Lying."

Her head shakes quickly. "No, theres a new danger out there. A cult of werewolves, they're called the Silver Dawn."

Letting go of her, he watched the bruises on her skin fade and heal. "What do they have to do with Bonnie?"

"Think about it Damon, somehow a Bennett witch is always involved" She's staring at him with that knowing look and watches as realization dawns on him.

His fangs disappear and he glares at her. "Tell me everything you know about them"

Damon thinks of the night that ruined one of the best things to happen to him. He shouldn't have let Katherine in, simple as that. Yes she provided him with information, but it was useless because he found out all that she knew from Bonnie.

Except that Bonnie was in danger. The story Rebekah told the tiny Bennett witch, had nothing to do with her. Yet Katherine's story did.

Damon didn't know what to believe.

The young witch might not even be in danger. Everything that Bonnie is finding out has nothing to do with her, it has to do with them recruiting werewolves and killing vampires with their new abilities.

He feels like he was played.

But why would Katherine run to him with this knowledge knowing that he was gonna be informed from Bonnie about it? Why distract him specifically on that night? His brain hurts.

He feels stupid. Honestly, he wishes he can wake up with Bonnie in his arms. Her wearing his clothes as pajamas cuddled up against him. Her cheek against his chest hearing her heart thumping softly.

Covering his face with his hands, he groans. Such an idiot.

At that moment he hears Stefan and Elena coming into the boarding house chatting amongst one another. They seem happy and he can tell their smiling as they talk.

"I can't believe it, Stefan. I'm just a few months, i'm gonna be Mrs. Salvatore and going to school for nursing"

He hears Stefan kiss her cheek and the sound of something being poured. "I know, and i'm gonna be the luckiest guy to be marrying you"

A giggle leaves her before she hears kissing sounds.

Barf.

Standing, he heads out his room not wanting to bear such a happy couple. It's sickening.

When he gets downstairs, they break apart and Stefan gives him a calm look. "Damon, we were about to watch a movie wanna-"

He puts a hand up cutting them off and grabs his keys. "-Nope"

With that he exits out the house and slams the door. He shrugs his jacket closer to him even though he barely feels the cold and heads toward his car. It wasn't a full moon and he doesn't have to worry about any wolfs so he goes for a drive.

When Damon finds himself into the woods he wonders if it was the predator in him. As he was walking through the dark woods listening to animals running away from him and the sound of the wind blowing against the leaves of trees, he shrugs his hands in his pockets.

Inhaling the nature scent it makes him think of his witch. He doesn't mean to sound like someone obsessed but he misses her. Wants her in every way possible. If there was a God that existed or a way that wishes came true, he hopes his is granted.

All he asks for is a life with Bonnie.

Suddenly he finds blood pooling out of his nose and feels his limbs become weak. He drops to the ground and shivers against the cool air. He feels something tying against whatever part of his soul he has left and groans out in pain. It was strong, and he felt himself getting weaker. As he clenched his eyes shut, the moon shines on him as suddenly it turns red.

He looks up at it and feels heat shining down on him. Flashes go behind his mind and he feels his skin start to burn. His eyes leave the bright red moon and he looks at his skin turning pink and burning.

A shocked sound leaves him and he grits his teeth together, shit this hurt.

The wind blows violently around him and he feels the tugging get stronger making his insides feel like their stretching. He wants to know the cause of it, wants to know why is there a red moon?

Eventually everything stops. He looks down at his skin and it looks like he was lit on fire by the irritation and redness, but he wasn't. He's alive, and for the first time in over a century- feels tired.

Damon falls on his side collapsing, and everything goes black.

A sound comes low from Bonnie's throat as she stirs. Immediately as she begins to wake up she feels pain in her body like she got hit by a semi truck. Her eyes open and her vision blurs before it isn't anymore.

Sitting up, she wipes her nose and sees blood and sighs. Her eyes look around and she notices she's in a car laying in the back of a trunk. Suddenly she realizes she's still in the woods and recognizes the car as Masons.

"If you weren't gonna wake up soon I would've taken you to the hospital" Mason appears beside the truck with his shirt off.

She looks down and feels warmth spread through her face and quickly looks away. His tanned skin made his abs have almost a glow to them. As he looked at her in concern, his eyes sparkled and she feels her skin start to warm up thinking of why he was shirtless.

Bonnie thinks she has her answer as she notices his hair is wet. "Thanks for not doing it, can't have my dad knowing i'm doing magic." She looks at her clothes and they look like she wore them since yesterday. "What happened?"

Mason joins her on the back of his truck and has a seat. "I think the spell was too much even with the red moon. The good news is I think it worked, I feel...different"

"Good, we're one step closer" Bonnie holds her head and closes her eyes for a second. She feels, different. As she opens her eyes she notices concern in Masons eyes.

Smiling, she feels his hand reach for her forehead. "Your warm, let's go. I know a place to eat"

She can't find herself to turn down some food. Plus in that moment, her stomach growls making her skin heat up with embarrassment.

When they get to a diner a exit off somewhere, Bonnie immediately orders. She gets eggs, toast, hot cakes, bacon, a muffin, some apple juice AND water, an a bagel and cream cheese. Mason gets sausage and waffles along with some coffee.

As she eats her food, she doesn't even think about why she's so hungry. She blames the spell draining her. Blames not getting enough sleep so she has to get energy another way.

As Mason watches her dip her bacon in egg yolk, he finds himself letting out a chuckle. For such a tiny thing she was eating a lot and most guys may get disgusted or dislike a women with a large appetite, but he wasn't. If anything it made him see more and more that Bonnie was different, even as a witch.

Her now hazel eyes look up at him and she feels embarrassed. Looking down, she looks at all the plates infront of her and grabs her orange juice taking a sip.

"What?"

Mouth twitching, Mason sips his coffee. "Nothing, it's just you got a little something... right here." Sitting up across from her on the booth, he wipes the corner of her mouth and licks his finger clean. "Had yolk on your face"

That was... hot. It made Bonnie's heart start to race and it didn't help that he held eye contact with her as he licked his digit.

Bad thoughts,Bennett. "Oh, thanks." Clearing her throat, she feels she had enough food in her belly. "So I was thinking that if it shouldn't be too long for them to reach out to you now, maybe it'll be good if we could convince them that Tyler is the wrong choice."

Intrigued, Mason leans forward. "What did you have in mind?"

"Well, since Tyler is a hybrid who also happens to be the first successful hybrid directly from Klaus- maybe we can get Klaus to believe that the cult is trying to overpower him and make him and his hybrids extinct"

That way they'll have the Originals on their side and this should help them get even closer to taking the Silver Dawn down. Yes Klaus is hunting down the cult already because they're killing werewolves, but this should give him more motivation and be keen to help her and her friends.

Plus they'll need all the help they can get, even from the enemy.

Mason feels hesitant to go along with this. "I don't think Klaus takes dishonesty and being used well"

"But we aren't using him, kinda" She runs a hand through her hair and ends up finding a leaf that was stuck in her braids. "And who's to say they aren't trying to kill him next. He's one of the most powerful beings ever, and if I was them I would see him as a huge obstacle in the way of my plan"

Rubbing his teeth together, the young werewolves gap is visible. "So how are we gonna do this, tell him to help us and we'll help make sure he doesn't get killed? I mean like you said he's a hybrid and an original vampire. He probably has plenty of witches and vampires that he knows that would be more help than us"

"Not all of them are a Bennett witch, and not all of them have the magic and access to spells like me" Being at the witches house and being able to be granted the power of a hundred witches is something not many receive. Being apart of a strong and really powerful bloodline isn't where many witches come from either.

Klaus will know it would be better to have Bonnie on his side than any other witch. Especially when she's getting stronger.

"Okay." Mason gives in. "Do we tell your friends about, us?"

Us.

Used to refer one or more people.

As she opens her mouth to answer, her phone rings. It was Stefan, She slides her phone to answer. "Hey, Stefan" She looks at Mason and puts a finger up.

"Bonnie, we need you at the boarding house. It's about Damon"

At this she feels her heart start to race. "What's wrong?"

The other line is quiet for a second. "No idea, but I found him and he doesn't look so good. He's unconscious a-and isn't moving"

Oh my god, she thinks to herself. Her breathing starts to get heavy and she feels like her food may be coming back up. "I'm on my way" With that she hangs up and looks at Mason. "I'm sorry but I-"

Nodding he puts a hand up. "It's fine, i'll give you a ride"

Smiling as a thanks, she gathers her things and Mason waves down their waitress for the check.

Bonnie runs down the driveway toward the boarding house. She had Mason drop her off the property to avoid any questions and problems.

As she rushes inside, everyone was in the living room looking nervous. Stefan was sitting next to Damon's body on the couch and Elena was in his lap. She looks up as she closes the door and stands.

"Hey, i'm sorry if we woke you" As Elena tells her this, she wants to tell her she shouldn't feel like she bothered her at all. That she doesn't hate Damon anymore and that she's happy to help.

But she doesn't. "It's fine I was up, what all do we know so far?"

Stefan stands. "I heard him leave and went looking for him. I knew he was in a bad mood and thought he needed me to talk to him. By the time I found him in the woods his skin looked burned and his nose was bleeding."

Bonnie swallows and walks over to his body. Now he looks weak and his skin is shining like he was sweating. There's red marks on his skin like he was sun burned but that's impossible. It was at night and he had on his ring.

Touching his forehead, she suddenly gasps feeling a hot burning feeling shoot to her fingers and travel through her body. It feels like it's going through her veins and she quickly falls on her knees.

"Bonnie!"

"Oh my god,Bonnie"

"What just happened?!"

Is all she hears as she's in pain. Her mouth opens but no pained scream comes out. She feels arms around her but she clenched her eyes due to the pain. As she struggles to breath, she opens her eyes slowly and her vision blurs.

Catching her, Stefan gets concerned seeing the same marks on Damon appear on Bonnie. His eyebrows furrow as she opens her eyes and one is blue and the other is silver. Her eyes close again and Stefan realized he's the only one who saw.

"Get a towel and some water." He wasn't really talking to anyone specifically, but they need to make sure she's okay.

A groan leaves the witch and she feels the pain subside. These past few days have been rough, she faintly wonders why all this had to happen to her.

After a beat she opens her eyes and sees Stefan looking at her in concern. "Are you alright?" Elena crouches down by her head and puts a damp towel on it.

She nods and looks around. Her eyes land on her arm and she sees red marks fading, This has her sitting up. "These are the same marks on Damon" Biting her lip she frowns. "W-what time did you follow him?"

"Around two or three, why?"

This makes her breath hitch. "There was a red moon last night. I think that has something to do with what happened with Damon." She suddenly stands up and finds it was a little too quick causing her to get dizzy.

Elena grabs her arm and Caroline finally speaks up. "What does it have to do with Damon?"

"I think someone used the red moon to cast a spell on him, possibly a curse" This wasn't good. Everything was just piling up.

Stefan looks at Damon and then Bonnie. "If there's a solution you have to have the answer"

Nodding she bites her lip. "I think I do, but you might not like it"

"Can't be too bad" He shrugs.

She licks her lips. "Actually-" Bonnie sighs, "He's going to need blood"

"Okay" Stefan moves to get a blood bag from the basement.

Bonnie grabs his wrist. "Blood from his sire"

Caroline gasps. "Katherine, but she isn't here"

"Yeah and I don't think she'll give it to him" Elena speaks up.

This makes Bonnie wince because of her other solution. "No, but it may still work with blood from a descendant."

Everyone's silent before Elena's eyes widen. "You mean- oh my god."

Jeremy frowns. "You think Elena's blood will be good enough because she's not only Katherine's doppelgänger but part of her bloodline"

Stefan's brooding face comes on. It's not that he's still worried about Damon taking Elena from him and maybe even going to enjoy and talk about drinking her blood- but he can't help but worry. Drinking someone's blood can be very personal and create feelings. He doesn't want Damon to get obsessed with Elena again.

"We can try Katherine first but I don't know how much time we have left-" Bonnie is cut off when Caroline lets out a small scream.

"What's happening to him?!"

They all look to see Damon's body start to get more and more pale. Next thing they know, his body starts to look like an ashy gray as it spreads.

Jeremy looks down and speaks aloud. "I guess we got our answer"

"I'll do it" Elena says looking at Stefan.

They silently look at each other before he grabs her wrist. "This may hurt, Damon's been without blood for over twelve hours maybe even longer"

She nods and cups his face. "I'll be fine."

Bonnie looks between them and Damon. The gray discoloring is spreading fast and veins are starting to appear. It's like he's decaying. "Guys, now would be good"

If he dies then she doesn't know how she would feel. Yes she's mad at him for choosing Katherine over them and yes she ended their agreement with one another, but she can't deny their connection.

Elena slices her wrist and quickly puts it to Damon's mouth. Everyone watches as her blood touches his mouth and wait. As it touches his tongue, suddenly his eyes open. The graying stops and the veins fade. A small smile of relief makes its way on Elena's face before she lets out a small cry. She feels his sharp fangs piece through her skin.

He feeds and it's over quicker than she expects. Clearly he took enough to be okay but not fully healed. Bonnie watches and feels something twist in her gut watching him feed from Elena and looks away. She clears her throat softly and that's when his eyes drift to her and her form.

There's a look in his eyes that's gone as soon as he blinks. He sits up and forces himself to look away from Bonnie. Stefan notices.

"It worked." Caroline says clueless to everyone's thoughts.

Bonnie gets up from her spot on the ground and thinks she's not needed here anymore. Too much planning to do. "I'll see you guys later."

Stefan steps infront of her. "Bonnie, thank you" He says sincerely.

His eyes pierced through her and Bonnie gives him a small smile. "No problem"

She hears everyone say their goodbyes to her as she leaves. Walking off the porch, she's about to head off property to walk home, before she feels a gust of wind. Damon's in her personal space and he looks better. His skin is back to the normal pale and his eyes are staring deep into her soul.

"You saved my ass, little witch"

Shifting, Bonnie crosses her arms. "It's my job"

"Still" Carelessly, he grabs one of her braids and twists it. His eyes flicker to her lips and it makes her swallow. "Your always there for me"

"That's because whether we like it or not in some way we're friends." Partners.

Damon licks his lips. "I miss you" He whispers. Knowing there were vampire ears near.

This makes her feel warm. She hates it. "Damon." She warns him.

His face gets closer and she feels her eyes closing. "Please, Bon. Let me back in."

His lips brush against her own as he speaks and she holds her breath. "I can't-"

Damon cuts her off. "Nothing happened. Between me and Katherine. She came to speak to me like I said." His nose gives her own a eskimo kiss and he breathes in her scent. She doesn't push him away as he whispers to her and he takes this as a win.

Bonnie sighs and feels his other hand move to hold her hip. "Regardless you could've called or something."

"I wasn't thinking. She left and I was distracted by what she told me. I was a dumbass"

Gripping his shirt as he talks she tenses. Damon speaks again. "I can't lose you"

At this, Damon opens his eyes and stares down at her. Her eyes are closed and her breathing is picking up. Caressing her hip, he pulls her close. She grips his shirt tighter. Without another word, he kisses her. His other hand holds her head in place and he feels her relax against him.

Her lips move slowly against his and he feels her tongue coax him to open his mouth. He welcomes her tongue instantly. He lets her dominate the kiss, almost moans when she bites his lip as she pours all her hurt and anger into it.

Damon squeezes her tighter to him letting her know he likes it, and will let her do whatever she wants to him.

Bonnie puts her hands under his shirt and pinches his nipples. Twists them and feels the vibration of his chest as he groans into her mouth. She feels her heart race and adrenaline rush though her.

She lets him in. Because she misses him. Maybe even needs him. After seeing how his body looked so long ago, she knows she doesn't wanna lose him. Doesn't know how she would feel if one day he was gone.

As she tastes his mouth, she tastes the copper of Elena's blood and her jealousy is back. She pulls away from his mouth and his mouth goes straight to her neck. He breathes her in as he bites and sucks.

One of her hands release one of his nipples to get a grip on his hair. She coax him to his favorite spot on her neck and feels the lust and hunger rising in her. Feels the witch in her wanting to claim his vampire side as hers and hers only. Wants him to only drink from her. And that scares her. But not enough to not make him drink from her. To get the taste of her best friend out of his mouth.

Drink.

It's sent telepathically to his brain. Hits him as he licks her skin and he wastes no time biting. As soon as he tastes her essence on his tongue his eyes change. Bloodshot and black, his mouth clamps down on her and he sips greedily.

Bonnie lets out a silent moan of approval and her eyes flash a familiar blue.

Damon ends up driving her home.

Later that day she wakes up naked and satisfied. Her eyes drift beside her to Damon and she watches his chest rise up and down as he's in a deep sleep. Her green eyes glance to the blanket at his waist and she knows he's naked underneath.

She can't bring herself to think about what's next. If she does, then she'll have to acknowledge her working with Mason and the attraction she felt with him. She isn't ready for that.

Stretching, she climbs out of bed and heads to the bathroom. She moves to wash her face. As she splashes water on her face, her eyes look up and she gasps at the person behind her. They touch her shoulder and then everything goes black.

Bonnie opens her eyes but isn't in her bathroom anymore. It's the same room from the vision she had of those two strangers. Ira and Kara. As she looks at the male, she realizes it was him she saw behind her, in the mirror.

His dark locks are shoulder length like before, and his silver eyes are staring seriously at something in his palm. There's a knock at the door and it breaks his concentration. Quickly, he hides it in his front pocket as soon as the door opens.

The young Bennett's eyes widen when she recognizes the person entering the room.

Elijah. He steps inside the room and his mouth twitches as he stares at Ira. "Did I interrupt something?" He questions as he steps further inside the room.

Ira shakes his head even though his skin is flushed and his heart is probably racing. He meets Elijah halfway. "Not at all." His accent is stronger and much thicker than any of the originals.

Silently studying him, Elijah doesn't say anything for a moment before he moves a strand of Ira's hair behind his ear. The affection in his touch shocks Bonnie. "I was hoping you were alone"

Smiling softly, Ira gazed back at Elijah. "Really?"

Nodding, Elijah steps closer and his hand lifts once more. This time he caresses the cheek of the other male. "To speak with you of course"

"Elijah?" Even Ira seems confused.

Bonnie studies the original and he looks at war with himself. But his body is relaxed as he touches Ira. "Your beautiful you know that?" Then he kisses him.

Ira's eyes blink in shock before the kiss ends almost as soon as it started. They stare at each other before they silently communicate. As their lips move to connect once more, Bonnie feels her body being thrust backward violently. She feels her heart drop to her stomach and feels like all her insides are mixing together.

Water is splashed on her face making her sit up coughing. She wipes it away from her eyes and looks at Damon's concerned face.

"What the hell happened?" He's holding her head and her body is halfway in his lap.

Bonnie blinks and notices their on her tiled bathroom floor. "I had another vision." This time she wasn't high. So the vision must be real.

Damon cups her chin. "Of those siblings again?"

She swallows. "Kinda. Only one of them. But Damon, they knew the originals"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I saw Elijah kissing one of them" This makes Damon raise his eyebrows.

Clearly he's surprised, but who can blame him. The Elijah she's talking about is the same Elijah who talks of family over anything. The same Elijah who mainly fell in love with anyone who was a doppelgänger and had the face of Elena's.

This was big. Damon wants to scream because this means Bonnie is connected in something that the originals are.

And god does he hate it.