Author's Note: Hi everyone! I want to thank you guys for the awesome reviews and I am super happy to know that you guys are enjoying it. I would like to take some time to answers some of the questions that some of you guys might have. First off as you read this chapter you will see that Klaus has no idea that him and Bonnie are destined to be together. That is all I will say about that because it is plot related. This story will be more like a medium burn, Bonnie and Klaus will not meet face to face for another four to five chapters. This story takes place in a fantasy world and there is no electricity or modern technology. It is a world that relies heavily on magic. Here are the ages of some of the characters:
Bonnie: 18 yrs
Emily: 33 yrs
Lucy: 22 yrs
Damon: 34 yrs
Stefan: 18 yrs
Klaus: 726 yrs
Elijah: 727 yrs
Hope you guys enjoy the next chapter.
~The Darkening Heart
18 Years Later
Crescent Island - Ancestral home of witches
Bonnie stands on the highest point of the Moon-ridge cliffs overlooking the wide ocean. She longs to see beyond the borders of the island. It's as if there is a call, a pull, to faraway place, begging her to come. Crescent Island may be where she is from, but it is not her home. She knows this, despite what Emily tells her.
Bonnie smiles as she thinks to herself. Soon I'll leave the land of the ancestors and find my true home.
"Bonnie! Emily has been looking all over for you." Bonnie turns to see Lucy a few feet below her. "We need to prepare for the Blessing of the Goddess."
"Sorry, I must have lost track of the time." She smiled sheepishly as she starts her descent. When Bonnie stands next to Lucy, she pinches her arm. "Owe! What was that for?"
"For making me climb all the way up here. You know I hate it." Lucy gives her a big smile.
Bonnie starts to giggle. "You could have sent Serilda to fetch me instead." Serilda is a falcon that has become Lucy's familiar. When a witch turns eighteen she receives blessings from the Goddess and is given a familiar. It is a right of passage for all witches and one that Bonnie has been waiting for. Once she gets her blessings she will receive a quest which she must complete within one year or her she will be deemed unworthy and her magic will be stripped from her.
Bonnie was only three when Emily had her blessing ceremony therefore she doesn't remember her quest, but she was 14 when Lucy went through hers. Bonnie remembers the high praise Lucy got for receiving a falcon as a familiar. Falcons represent freedom and victory. It's the mark of a powerful warrior. Lucy's quest was to find a white stag and give it as an offering to the Goddess. With in seven months Lucy completed her quest. The pelt of the stag now proudly hangs on the wall of their home and Lucy carries a dagger with the hilt made from the antlers. In order to find the stag Lucy had to leave the island, and that was what Bonnie was most excited about.
"Serilda is helping me prepare for the ceremony, like you should have been."
"I have done everything asked of me. What else can I do?"
"It's time for you to get ready for the blessing. Emily had prepared a bath with rose and lavender to help relax you."
"I don't need help relaxing."
"You are not nervous?"
"Why would I be nervous? I am excited. I had a dream last night. In this dream I saw a man with the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. I do not know who he is, but I feel like he is related to my quest."
"He very well could be. Before my blessing I dreamt of field full of white tulips. When I went on my quest the field in which I found the white stag was the same one from dream."
"You never told me that. Did Emily also have a dream relating to her quest?"
"Most likely, but she has not told me what it was. I know for sure Damon had one." Damon is the eldest of the Salvator siblings. Their family has been on Crescent Island for over a thousand years, and are the caretakers of the ancestral home. When Damon turns thirty-five he will take over as high priest at the Temple of the Goddess, and Emily has been chosen to be his high priestess.
They walked in silence until they reached the edge of the village. Lucy turned to Bonnie. "I must go to the temple to complete the preparations. The next time I see you will be at the blessing." Lucy smiles and wraps her arms around her. "Good luck, my future queen."
"You know I hate being called that. Being the future queen of the Bennett coven is too much responsibility for me. The role is more suited for Emily."
Lucy gently puts her hand on Bonnie's shoulder. "Your mother was the last queen, before that your grandmother was queen. It must be you."
"You've told me many stories of their bravery and kindness, but I never met them. I have no idea what it is like to be queen and no one to teach me."
"Emily and I are always with you, even when we are not together. We will help guide you, and your mother and grandmother are with us in spirit. When you are lost they will show you the way."
"But-"
"No more buts. Everything will be okay. Now go, Emily is waiting for you at home. I'll see you at the witching hour." Bonnie watches Lucy run off towards the temple. When she can no longer see her she looks up to the darkening sky as night starts to set in, making a silent prayer to the ancestors. Please let Lucy be right.
Mystic Falls Kingdom - High Castle
Niklaus Mikaelson, also known as Klaus the Hybrid King, sits in front of the large marble fireplace a top a couch covered in fur pelts. His right hand holding a goblet of blood and his left is tangled in the hair of some servant woman. Forcing her to swallow all of his seeds as he releases it inside of her mouth. When he is done he lets her go as she struggles to catch her breath. He watches as her naked breasts rise and fall, making him hard again.
"Take off your skirt." The woman looks at Klaus with fear.
"You said I needed to only use my mouth."
"I said if your mouth can satisfy me then the rest of you body is not needed. Clearly I am not satisfied yet." He says looking at his erection. "Take off your skirt."
"My king, I must remain pure so I can marry a good man."
"Once people find out you have been in my bedroom, no man will take you as a wife. Even if you leave with your virginity intact. Now take off your skirt or I'll rip it off!"
"Please I beg of you my king!" She kneels in front him begging to let her go.
Klaus feels the anger inside of him rise. He stands up grabbing her by the neck. "You were the one that wanted to come to my bedroom and yet you deny me." With each word he gets angrier, and the woman struggles to breath.
"Klaus, if you kill another maid Elijah will be disappointed in you."
He turns to see Kol leaning against the door with a smirk plastered on his face. "Elijah has been disappointed in me since I sent hybrids to slaughter the Bennett coven. I'm used to it."
Kol looks at the maid noticing her struggles are weakening. "She is about to pass out brother." Klaus sighs and drops the girl to the floor. While he adjusts his pants and puts on a black tunic Kol calls the guards from the hallway to bring the woman to the servant quarters.
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be getting ready to meet with your future bride?"
"That's why I'm here. Why am I the one that has to marry this Davina Claire?"
"The Claire coven is a very powerful witch family, and this wedding will make them our allies."
"And why are you not marrying her?"
"Because Klaus will marry Aurora de Martel." Both brothers look to see the second eldest of the Mikaelson brothers enter the room.
"I've told you Elijah many times, I will not marry her."
"The Martels are a very influential vampire family. Having them as allies in this upcoming war with the Southern Wolves will be beneficial to us. Besides you have already bedded her many times."
"That's the thing, she is starting to bore me. Make Finn marry her."
"You're going to give Finn one of your whores?" Ask Kol with a playful smirk on his face.
"He has always had a thing for Aurora. He will not mind that I had her first."
Elijah adds more wood the fire as he speaks to Klaus. "Her father wishes for her to marry you. That is why he has turned a blind eye when it comes to your dalliances with her."
"Her father just wants power and if his daughter becomes queen, he gets it. That arrogant vampire needs to be put in his place."
Elijah turns to face Klaus. "I agree, Niklaus, but it does not change the fact that we need him for the inevitable war that you have caused."
"I caused!?"
"If you had not ordered the death of the Bennett coven the Southern Wolves would not be our enemy."
"Why do the Southern Wolves care so much for the Bennett coven anyways?" Kol asked bored as his brothers discussed politics.
"How do you not know this? Mother used to tell us this story all the time." Elijah sighed shaking his head at Kol.
"I never really paid attention to mother's stories."
"Over two thousands years ago the Southern Wolves started to fall ill and die. No one knew why this was happening. They tried to seek help from the witches, but no matter the spells and potions they tried it was not getting better. Soon the son of the alpha fell ill. Then one day a witch named Qetsiyah appeared with her dragon. She told the wolves that she has come from a far away land where the Goddess and the ancestors reside. She gives them a potion and tells them to drink it on the next full moon. They did as she told, and the next day the illness was receding. The alpha was so grateful he pledged to protect and serve Qetsiyah and all of her descendants."
"A dragon, really?" Kol looked skeptical. Klaus chuckled at his brother expression.
"That's all you get from the story."
"Dragons are not real."
"Doesn't matter, the Southern Wolves have been the Bennett protectors for over two thousands years, and when Klaus sent the order to execute them he declared war on them."
"It's really their fault that the Bennetts are dead." Klaus says as he pours himself a glass of wine that was sitting on his desk. "They should have protected them better."
"Or maybe if you had thought things through and not given into your fear the Bennetts would still be alive and we would not be on the brink of war."
Klaus moved at vampire speed dropping the wine and grabbing Elijah by the throat. "I did what I had to do to protect this kingdom and our family. My order was justified." He lets go of Elijah. "Leave before I do something that will make you even more disappointed in me." Elijah turns and walks out of the room. "And you," Klaus looks at Kol. "Get ready, the Claire's will be here soon." Just before Kol steps out of the room he turns to look back at Klaus.
"You never did tell us what kind of threat the Bennetts were to us."
Klaus looks out the window, there will be a full moon in a couple of days. He could already feel his wolf itching to get out. "I was told of a prophecy that foretold the Mikaelson's downfall by the hands of the next Bennett queen."
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