Elena's POV
Stephanie's at school, Damon's helping Alaric, and the office is closed today. It's just me in the house. To be honest, it's normally just me. I lost most of my friends after Stefan died. Jeremy stays far away from me as possible. He says that everyone who comes near me dies. Bonnie travels the world and barely comes home. She doesn't call or send postcards. Bonnie said that she always put her own happiness aside for me. Matt is busy being sheriff and raising his kids to be normal. He doesn't care that I am no longer a vampire, he only cares that his kids will never have to experience the horrors he did. And then there is Caroline. I can't even tell you the last time I spoke to or even saw Caroline. She was the never the same after Stefan's death. Everyone may think she got over it, but she never did. Care tried so hard to but she just couldn't. She blames me and Damon for his death. "If everyone wasn't so obsessed with keeping you alive and giving you your happy ending then he would be here," is what she says. I can't even blame any of them for not wanting to talk to me. But I feel useless and alone. Damon won't even tell me what he is doing with Ric. But I know how I can find out. Damon thinks he knows how to hide things (who hides a moonstone in a soap dish?) but he really doesn't. I go into the study and open up a bottle of bourbon stashed away in the bottom left drawer. I pop open the top and dump out a roll of paper. When I open it up to read it I am horrified. It's a list of all the possible ways to kill a tribrid. Are they trying to kill Hope? Alaric treats that girl like his own daughter! He would never hurt her. Or has she begun to embrace her Mikaelson heritage? Either way I need to go get Stephanie out of that school right now.
Bonnie's POV
Brazil was fun but I am missing home. I like to go back to Mystic Falls every once and awhile because it's comforting. Well it's comforting once you get over the fact that half of your friends died there before they even turned thirty. As I drive past the old high school I can't help but smile. I remember the carefree days of Caroline yelling at us because we couldn't get the cheer routine right while Tyler and Matt threw the football. Viki would sit in the stoner pit with all her friends and Jeremy would tag along like a lost puppy. But of course, Tyler and Viki aren't here to reminisce about high school because they are dead. I can feel the anger coming on but I control it. I am almost home. I pull into my driveway and I smile when I see who is waiting for me at the front porch. I get out of the car and run up to give him a big hug. Jeremy hugs me back and I can tell he missed me. He lifts up my chin and gives me a kiss and hands me a cup of coffee that he had already prepared. "How was Brazil?" he eagerly asks. "Amazing! I brought home a bunch of recipes to make and gifts." "I love gifts and food. Let's get inside so I can help you unpack." "Actually I wanted to stop by Matt's really quickly. I brought Tori and Milo gifts." Jeremy just nods and kisses my forehead and I get back into my car and drive away. I wonder if he can tell that I'm lying. If we are being honest, I don't even remember how old Milo is. I know if I were to tell him where I was actually going he would understand, but I would be plagued by guilt. I pull into the abandoned Lockwood house. Damon won't let anyone move in or convert it into anything. He feels horrible about what he did to Tyler and it took Elena a long time to forgive him for it. But because it is empty it makes for a great place to set up shop. I open the door using the spare key I've had since I was seventeen. I wonder if it has been cleaned as of recently because it smells nice and there is no dust in sight. I walk over to the fireplace and set up shop. I place the candles on the floor and grab the necklace from my pocket. "Incendia." The candles light and I begin concentrating. I've done this so many times that I no longer have to chant or put much effort into it. I feel a slight gust of wind and I know it worked. I look behind me to see Enzo smiling. I want to hug him but this isn't how this works. I just get to see him and talk to him. "Back from Brazil already love?" he asks. "Yup! I would have came sooner but I knew that..." I can't say his name out loud. I feel like I am betraying Jeremy by being here and betraying Enzo by mentioning him. "You can say his name love. I understand that you can't be sad forever and that you want to live your life. I'm dead and I'm not coming back. You deserve to be happy." "I just feel..." before I can say anything the candles are blown out and Enzo is gone. I look around and I see no one, but here in Mystic Falls that is not really comforting. I'm preparing to make a beeline for the door when someone beats me to it. Her light brown hair is in a long ponytail and the short emerald green dress makes her eyes shine. I go to grab the door knob and my hand brushes up against hers and I feel it. She definitely isn't human, but not just a vampire either. I can't quite figure it out but she's figured out enough about me. I didn't realize that when she brushed her hand against mine it was to get in my head. "Bonnie Bennett. A favorite around here. Dating Jeremy Gilbert, the guy I almost killed two days ago. But if you are dating Jeremy than why are you talking to this Enzo guy? Are you cheating on Jeremy with a ghost? Don't answer that because I really don't care. You are coming with me." I get ready to fight back but I'm to late. "Somnum" she whispers in my ear and everything goes black.
Caroline's POV
I know that I should get home and see the girls. I missed there last two birthdays so I really shouldn't miss there eighteenth. But walking into that school somedays is really hard. I look around and all I see is Stefan. It's like his ghost is walking through those halls. And then I look at Hope and I see Klaus. She has his hair and his eyes. Whenever I see a football being thrown I think of Tyler. Or when I hear about a new wolf transitioning for the first time I think of him as well. The people that I loved the most in my life are all gone. So now I am damned to an eternity alone. It's not like the girls live forever, hell even Ric doesn't live forever! I'm going to be alone forever. I can see the sun beginning to rise and I think about how if I was to just rip off my daylight ring it would all be over. I would see Stefan and my parents again. I step towards the curtains when I see a notification about a new deal on Postmates pop up. But it wasn't that notification that caught my attention, it was my lock screen. It was a picture taken at our wedding, with me, Stefan, Lizzie, and Josie. We all look so happy. It was that picture that reminded me that I can't give up on life because I'm miserable. I have two beautiful daughters who need their mom. So in a split second I decide to go back home to Mystic Falls and to stop throwing the Caroline Salvatore pity party. I grab my phone and place my wedding ring on my finger and leave. I can compel myself a flight back home or I could even run there if I truly had to.
Bonnie's POV
My head is pounding. I look around and I am inside the gym at the high school. Shit. Only bad things happen here. I look around to see that I am shackled to the bleachers. I go to do a spell that can get me out of here when her voice interrupts me. "I wouldn't try that if I were you," she smirks. "It's a talisman that prevents you from being able to do magic." I ignore her and try to jerk my way out and she laughs. "Your a feisty one now aren't you?" "Who are you?" I see a slight smile and I know I'm in for a story. "Katherine deVos. The actual original tribrid." I know that name. In freshman history class we learned about the queen of France who mysteriously died in a stable fire. Her death was ruled as an assassination and caused a ten year war between France and England that ended when her husband King Henry was too ill to continue fighting. The queen's name was Katherine deVos. "How is that possible? I remember learning about you. You died in a stable fire." "I did die in stable fire. But I Esther did her little voodoo magic and I survived, just like she intended. The first child born of both witch and werewolf blood would survive the transition into vampirism and will forever be known as the tribrid. My father was werewolf and my mother dabbled in witchcraft." While she drowns on about Esther's prophecy and how Hope stole her title, I begin to feel my way around the chains. I notice that one is loser than the other. If I can just get that hand free I might be able to bust myself out of here. I begin to wiggle my hand out and I hear the ring Jeremy gave me sliding across the metal. I know I wasn't the only one who heard it because Katherine came rushing over and looked very angry. "Seems like someone is having some bright ideas. You know what that means. Somnum."