RE-WRITTEN - 07.31.2021
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They were more of her than she was.
Whatever their souls were made out of, theirs and hers were the same...
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Bonnie was ready.
She was so ready but still, she had to wait. The spell, unfortunately, wasn't all that clear as she would have hoped.
As she sat with her legs crossed not too far from the raging waterfall she wished that she would have brought her book of shadows, but alas all she had was her manga that told the story of her favorite shinobis fighting for peace, love and all that good stuff.
Bonnie entertained herself by re-reading over Itachi's heart-wrenching sacrifice for his brother…she hated how Itachi's familial loyalty didn't extend towards the rest of his clan as much as it did for his baby brother, because honestly Konoha was fucked six ways to hell long before Itachi's compassionate self was born...it had the ability to pull at her heartstrings every time on thoughts of what could have been for her favorite manga characters.
"Oh Itachi..." She mumbled as she put away the manga and went about setting up her candles and drawing the summoning symbols into the earth. "You deserved so much better, instead of being killed by your baby brother who you set up to be a power hungry murderous little asshole…"
She shook her head thinking of another Uchiha who seemed to also have shit for luck and an undeserving ending. "Too bad Danzō was such a greedy bitch and stole Shisui's eye. I'm sure he would have been able to stop the clan's rebellion before everything turned to shit, though the village should not have been treating them like three week old shit in the first place. Masashi Kishimoto you sick bastard, Shisui deserved better...no...the Uchiha clan in general deserved better...Even that asshole Madara wasn't completely bad when you take a deeper look into his character and picture things from his point of view..."
Bonnie stopped herself mumbling and clapped her hands together as she finished the last symbols, her eyes seeming to catch fire themselves as the candle she placed around her in the form of a pentagram ignited.
She looked at her clock on her wrist counting down till the stroke of midnight as she began regulating her breathing, centering herself and calling forth her magic. When her timer flashed the words fell from her lips.
De astrorum custodes mundi voco ut latus meum.
Revelare spiritus animalium meis praesidiis, ducibus et amantes.
Sumat per meae! Erit anima mea? Ostende mihi viam?
Tempus adest communio; Ostende mihi in virtute, pulchritudinis et gratia.
In oculos suffusa facies mea custodem.
Bonnie could feel the magic pulse around her.
Her eyes took in the sight of the flames flaring up to impossible heights, thrashing about provocatively, the winds diving and dancing, whispering among the trees who seemed to sway back and forth, branching shaking as if cheering her on.
Her smile widened as her magic hummed in awareness as she suddenly felt eyes on her, she looked as she spotted the eyes of many animals staring back at her in a rather curious manner.
There were a bunch of foxes scattered about, hundreds of felines many different breeds, a handful of dogs or were they a wolves sat on the ground not far from her...but most of the animals from what she could tell seemed to stare at her hidden in the branches of the trees…thousands of birds of various types with sharp blackened beaks and even sharper eyes staring at her.
She felt rather than saw her magic spread out, washing over the area searching, like she had just cast several magic fishing reels.
Her eyes darted over the eyes she could see as she continued to repeat the spell stretching her magic and trying to find the one that would align the best with her magic, willing them to step forward and claim her as she called to them…only to grow increasingly confused when none of them so much as moved in her direction.
She started to doubt if she had even done the spell right when one by one the animals seemed to bleed back into the surrounding forest…all except for twelve shadowy figures.
She hadn't noticed them at first as most of them were shrouded well into the blackness of the forest but she had been interested when five of them actually left.
The silver dog that seemed to oscillate like a child fearful of riding a bike without training wheels for the first time, had been aggressively guarding over a tiny black kitten with white paws.
A small fox whose coat was a rich brown with paws that seemed dipped in ink and black tipped ears seemed to tither much like the silver toned dog. The fox pawed at the space in front of it but never moved forward as if meeting some invisible resistance, watching the fox reminded Bonnie of watching a caged jungle cat, slightly unnerving.
Then there were the two cats.
One was black and the other was a dark brown but they were both the same height, Bonnie shivered as she looked them over...they seemed to resemble living statues.
Bonnie stared hard to make sure that her eyes were not deceiving her but she still struggled to tell, the cats blended way to well with the shadows, as if they were one in the same...the only indication that the cats had been there was when she watched them slink back into the darkness after the brown fox.
She wondered why, and took note to look into it with a frown. She didn't think there could be such a thing as a flight risk familiar, much less more than one...
In the end though Bonnie noted that the silver dog picked up the kitten with its mouth and also left albeit forlornly...
And yet seven shadows remained to where she could know that they were in fact there, but couldn't see what exactly they were unless they revealed themselves to her.
Bonnie raised her eyebrow as one of the creatures made its move.
It came from the trees, one of the birds...An owl spread its wings and swooped closer to her. She was not familiar with birds much less birds of prey beyond what she had seen on youtube, she eyed the sharp curved talons and was one hundred percent not gonna take the risk of sticking her arm out lest the monster owl take her arm with it. It was a large mass of black feathers with oddly colored obsidian colored eyes with a strange frosty white film coating that made her wonder why and just how long the feathered creature had been blind.
Bonnie's eyes were drawn to the screeching sound of one of the shadows when another raptor revealed itself only for the blind owl to give a short yet angry growl back. Bonnie didn't even know birds could growl.
Bonnie blinked her attention moving from the trees back towards the ground when she heard more familiar growling. Cocking her head to the side when a dog…the only other dog that had appeared with the group of twelve animals also revealed itself, whining and pawing at the spot that its much lighter counterpart had been.
Bonnie squatted her eyes locked onto the dog as the raptors continued their squabbling fit…and held her hand out towards the dog. "Here boy…"
It seemed that was all the initiative the mutt needed to take off bounding towards her with a speed that she was sure shouldn't have been possible. It was only when the dog was inches from her face did she recall just how big it was and that she wasn't all that sure if it was even a dog or a wolf, it was too late and Bonnie found herself tackled right outside of her protective circle letting out squeals as her face was attacked by dog saliva.
Bonnie flailed her arms against the giant beast with no success, she sputtered before out right laughing when the dogs tongue rolled over some of her more touch sensitive spots.
"No…s-stop!" Bonnie continued to sputter and tried to gather air to her lungs. "Bad dog, bad!"
The beast of a dog retracted from her in an instant and Bonnie blinked in surprise before slowly sitting up. She didn't bother fixing her hair or shirt, her eyes drawn to the canine that seemed to have shrunken into itself, whimpering and whining like it was suddenly in pain.
Bonnie frowned immediately not liking such pitiful sounds from the playful creature and slowly made her way towards the animal.
She raised her hand stilling the second that she heard a whimper come from it before biting her lip and continuing.
"Easy there…easy…" She whispered as she placed her hand over its head. She let her fingers brush through its thick glossy black coat pushing her jealousy to the back of her mind because really a dog should sooo not have shinier hair than her.
"Calm down already, I'm not going to hurt you." She continued to whisper, and when the dog let out a whimper she chuckled. "You just gave me a bit of a shock that's all, but I can see now that you're good."
She watched as the dog perked up at the word 'good' and her lip twitched as she continued to brush her fingers through the coat.
"Yes, very good…" She said and noticed how the canine's tail began to wag as her hands drifted over the stomach and rubbing. Her eyes flashed lower on the creature, widening a fraction at the size of the package that sat between the beast legs and looked away refusing to get flustered over seeing the private piece of an animal. "A very good boy."
That earned her a bark and another lick to her face making her chuckle.
Bonnie turned her head towards the birds when she noticed the other one that had been screeching had made its appearance. She frowned because despite Bonnie being sure the two birds were two distinctly different breeds of raptors, they still shared the same oddly colored obsidian colored eyes with a strange frosty white film.
Why was it her luck that she be in the company of not one blind bird but two?
Despite the eeriness of their eyes Bonnie immediately thought that rather grumpy walking feathered ball was adorable, she wasn't too familiar with birds so she was unsure if it was a hawk or a falcon even as it continued to growl at the owl that looked completely unbothered by it.
Bonnie held her breath, her lips twitching in amusement as the unbothered animal seemed to make its way towards her at a rather pretentious pace like the world belonged to it and she was just living in it, as her fingers idly continued to stroke the fur of the dog who had placed its head into her lap.
Bonnie watched the owl and how it moved, and could only see a rather spoiled prince that she saw in movies or read about in books when she was younger, such a haughty expression if she ever did see on an animal... when she heard a caw from behind her and turned just in time to see a black bird flailing wildly as it fell backwards into the Falls.
She paused for a moment before she turned away from the owl and dog, instead choosing to pursue the bird that had free fallen from the sky.
"Shh." She cooed as she used her magic to pull the creature from the water before it could drown.
"Oh, what has happened to you?" Bonnie asked it softly when she took note that the black bird was heavily injured.
The bird cawed, its wings flapping in its way of trying to get away from her, but Bonnie couldn't let it, she ignored the bird holding it close to her even as its talons and beak drew her blood. She continued trying to calm the bird even as her blood unknowingly began to amalgamate with that of the birds…
"Stop flailing, I don't know what happened to you or where you even came from, but you won't be able to survive in the forest on your own, let me help you." She muttered and blinked in shock when the bird let out another indignant caw but stopped flailing its wings about.
"Huh…didn't actually expect that to work." She mused before she idly began stroking the top of the bird's head looking for the owl and dog, only to find that they had moved right in front of her as well as the addition of another bird landing on her shoulder though this one seemingly not as injured as the other at least she hoped.
Bonnie was no Doctor Dolittle but she could have sworn that the owl looked irritated if not mostly concerned as it stared at the bird, hooting softly and even going as far as climbing on top of the dog to get a closer look at the smaller winged creature.
The bird cawed not even the slightest bit concerned with the fact that the larger bird was right across from it, and wasn't that the oddest thing?
And yet…
Bonnie looked down at the owl when she felt it drag its beak across her wrist where the bird's talons had scratched her. She tsked scowling as she noticed that it was still bleeding as the owls beak drug across her bloodied flesh once more.
"Stop it, you could get sick that way…" She huffed without any real fire behind her words, the owl seemingly taking note or simply didn't care what she had to say to which Bonnie was sure was the latter and continued its own mannerisms before plopping itself across her lap while not so subtle kicking the dogs head out.
Bonnie sighed shaking her head as the dog let out a whine but pulled from her lap and curled by her side instead before looking over at the smaller bird who seemed much more relaxed as she continued to stroke the feathers on its head.
She sat content letting this go on before deciding that it was getting late… and stood to her feet. The dog let out another whine but licked her hand when she scratched behind his ears before turning and grabbing her gear preparing for her departure.
She winced but didn't stop the owl that seemed more than content climbing up her arm and resting itself on her left shoulder and had completely forgotten about the other bird that was perched on her right until it shuffled closer to her neck letting out soft caws.
Distracted as she was with her hands and shoulders full she missed the last two birds taking flight in the opposite direction of where she was going as well as the gleaming black eyes that tracked her from a distance.
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"Ah…" She sighed kicking off her shoes as she stepped into her house. "Home sweet home."
She looked down at the bird that still stayed within her arm frowning and gasping in horror as she got a better look at the damage done to the creature under the lights of her house.
"Oh my god!?"
Its eyes had looked like they had been gouged out and there was an array of cuts scattered across its body. It seems it had been in one hell of a fight for its life and its other flighty companion didn't look much better. And that was just the smaller black birds.
The owl she noticed was actually blind, but it's blindness was by no means natural and even her happy go lucky dog that she was still debating about being a small breed of wolf was missing his left eye. Bonnie found herself horrified and disgusted. Just what in the hell had happened to these creatures?
"You, poor things." Bonnie's voice cracked feeling immense sorrow for the pain that these creatures undoubtedly went through.
She gathered them, putting them close together before immediately concentrating her magic weaving and wrapping it around each of them where they waited, muttering a healing spell until the blood seemed to fade from the bird and the cuts disappeared completely but held the spell a few seconds more to be on the safe side.
She watched the lot, the birds fluttering their wings, her canine friend sitting up a bit straighter, his tail wagging happily.
…still Bonnie was by no means appeased, there was the matter of the eyes of the creatures that were missing…
"There are potions and spells for many things…but I have yet to come across one for the regeneration of body parts for animals…" Bonnie said to herself. "Though I suppose if all else fails I could just create one…"
"I wonder if the one my Grams has for people will work…" Her brows scrunched together as she looked at the crow who seemed to almost rest against its counterpart. "I wonder if vampire blood will work…"
Bonnie grimaced even as the words left her mouth. "No, like I would ever volunteer anyone to digest that filth." After all the last time she did, one of her good friends was turned into a monster. And even if she had accepted it and Caroline relished her vampirism...that didn't mean Bonnie was going to jump back into subjecting people or animals to it ever again.
"Either way it's going to have to wait until tomorrow." She muttered before a tired yawn escaped her lips as she scooped both birds into her arms and began walking towards her room, the canine following after her. "I think I've done enough magic for one night."
"I'm not exactly sure how birds sleep and I don't like the idea of putting either of you in a cage, but hopefully this will be ok." Bonnie said as she made an imitation of a nest out of one of her extra blankets before placing the birds in there, after making a similar sleeping place for the dog she was also housing.
"Hopefully you'll be comfortable and go right to sleep instead of flying away while I take a shower and get some shut eye." She said towards the birds, knowing already that dog would stay…they were after all shamelessly loyal creatures.
The black birds let out a restless chain of caws in response before stopping when it received a seemingly irritated growl from the dog while the owl itself just watched with slitted eyes.
Bonnie frowned at the thought of having to return the birds to the wilderness in its current state. "If you want to leave that badly I'll let you go, but I would rather you do so when I'm sure that you can look out for yourself. There are many other animals that could easily prey on a blind and defenseless little black birds."
She was met by what she deemed an angry caw, the bird's feathers rising almost in defense and she chuckled as she watched the bird's talons scratch tears into her blanket as if to say 'I'm not defenseless', ignoring the growl that dog sent in its direction.
"Well perhaps not completely defenseless, but still your current condition is not ideal, let me heal your eyes and then you can be on your way I suppose." Bonnie said before disappearing into her bathroom to shower not at all surprised when the dog seemed more than content to follow her.
Her lips curved into a smile as she began undressing the dog immediately turning its back to her placing its paws over its eye. How cute.
"You are such a good boy." She cooed rubbing behind its ears before hopped under the hot spray of the shower.
If Bonnie was surprised that both the black birds were still alive and in the same place that she had left them when she showered that early morning, then she was down right shocked when she awoke later that day to find the birds still there in the same spot seemingly waiting for her as the dog slept at the end of her bed, more accurately across her legs. It was a wonder how she even managed to sleep at all without noticing it there.
She was surprised to see the owl wide awake, she was sure she had read that owls were nocturnal creatures by nature but then again, maybe because it was familiar it didn't always follow regular animal habits.
"Good morning dog and birds, I hope you've all slept well…" She said softly stretching her muscles and jumping slightly when she was greeted with caws, hoots and a good morning lick to the face.
"Yeah, I slept well too…" She said slowly petting the dog because it seemed to have no intentions of moving until she gave it attention before getting out of bed and beginning her morning routine.
"Ok, I suppose the first thing I should do is find out what kind of animals you are, so that I can study your body structure as well as know what I need to feed you and how to clean you, then we'll get to finding a spell for your eyes." Bonnie muttered as she grabbed the birds and her laptop and walked down towards her kitchen with the dog barking and following closely on her heels.
She spent several minutes doing wordless magic to make herself a spinach omelet with toast while she searched the internet on all the types of black owls, black dogs and black birds, pulling up pictures and comparing them to the ones that she saw.
After several days of research, she was pretty sure that the owl was a rare breed of great horned owl and the dog was some sort of hybrid of a Kugsha and an Alaskan Noble which was why it reminded her so much like a wolf...it damn near was.
As for the birds that stood perched in front of her doing away with her bacon and scrambled eggs she was pretty sure they were both crows.
She had taken to calling out different birds and species and had in return earned nothing but angry caws from the birds, whines from her wolf-dog and irritated looks from the owl…because yeah like she could really tell the difference between a raven, crow and magpie at first glance…much less knowing that the raven and the magpie were actually just a different sort of breed of crow. Because really, who just knew these things?
What had shocked but secretly pleased Bonnie was the fact that every time she released the birds and ever loyal dog out to stretch its wings and paws respectively and do their animal duty outside, cause there was no way in hell that she was cleaning bird and dog poop, her feathered friends always came back…always.
She didn't have to wonder or question about the dog but how the blind birds managed to locate her from their position in the skies every time was a mystery to her, but she chalked it up to the bird's intelligence and boy were they intelligent.
Bonnie secretly loathed the bird's previous owner, because why else would the birds, that were wild animals by nature be so privy to hang out with a human if it hadn't already been domesticated? She wondered if it was the previous owner that had gouged out their poor eyes… It was possible, she knew if the bond was weak or broken a familiar could very well be passed around like a common whore and abused however the owner so saw fit, but the idea alone was incomprehensible to most witches.
"Are you three even supposed to eat eggs? Don't you know that they come from a chicken which is like your cousin twice removed?" Bonnie mused and chuckled when she was met with a caw and a snapping of the owl's beak as it continued eating pieces of meat from her fingers like a spoiled prince that he was.
She gasped. "Little crows, how could you continue as you are? What are you some type of cannibal?"
When she was met with another caw she chuckled, then being struck with a thought, maybe, in fact, her little feathered friends were indeed cannibal of sorts.
"Are you in fact a carrion crow?" She asked her eyes widening when the bird stood to attention, seemingly managing to hold her gaze while not even having eyes, she looked down when the owl hoot rubbing its head against her lower stomach before looking up at her.
She was honestly slightly creeped out by the knowing gleam in its blind obsidian eyes.
"Ok, I'll take that as a yes." She said before looking more into the creature and their habitats as she drug her nails through the owl's feathers her lip twitching into a smile as the bird began purring once more burying itself more into her lap. "This is good, though I don't know why one of you would be so far away from your home and in Mystic Falls of all places, this is great I can work with this now all we need to do is figure out what your friend is."
She learned that the quieter of the black birds was a raven took four days, for Bonnie to find out that the bird wasn't just a common raven and was actually a Chihuahuan raven, because there was a huge difference between the two took another two days for Bonnie to decipher.
It took Bonnie another two weeks of studying to gain the confidence of knowing about each of the animal's general makeup and body structure but more importantly their eyes and at the end of it all Bonnie was so fucking sure that she couldn't be a veterinarian and had a new respect for them and all that they did for know all in not most of animal kind.
"Well, perhaps it is time to take a trip to Grams house and see what spells or potions we can find to alleviate your little problem."
With that Bonnie, the owl, wolfdog, raven and the crow hopped in her car and drove over to her Gram's place.
Unbeknownst to Bonnie she was being tailed by a black fox that had been watching over her.
For OG readers, you will notice added animals as well as the type of animal being changed, although several have stayed the same.
When rewriting this I found that I wanted to place the characters with animals that I felt suited their characteristics and personalities for this fic. And when I did that, I ended up with this lol.
Till next time~
