Mystic Falls Kingdom - High Castle
Kol waits for Davina by the castle gates to take her on a tour around the main village in Mystic Falls. He had tried to cancel their plans so he could find Rebekah, but Klaus and Elijah insisted that he go. They did not want Richard to second guess their commitment to the engagement. He doesn't mind spending the day in the company of a beautiful maiden, but he would rather try to find his sister. "Stupid girl, acting like a child." He kicks a small rock in frustration sending it miles away.
"Who?" Kol turns around. Flustered, he turns too quickly and falls. He looks up to see Davina trying to suppress her laughter and failing.
Kol sends her a smirk. "Not many people can sneak up on me."
"Sorry." She holds out her hand to help him up. "I didn't mean to scare you."
"You could never scare me love." He starts to see traces of a blush forming on her cheeks. "You were just… unexpected."
"Unexpected? I don't even know what that means."
"Never mind that. We should get going. There are a lot of things to do and see." Kol takes Davina by the hand and leads here to the horses that he has procured for them to ride. "You know how to ride, right?" He asked has he helps her mount the horse.
"Of course, my mother used to take me horse riding when I was supposed be learning music. Father was not happy. He believed riding a horse is unlady-like therefore not suitable for a princess."
"If I may, having met your father only last night, I can say with confidence that he is a bit of a bore."
"He may be my father, and I do love him, but you are not wrong." Davina said with a small smile earning a laugh from Kol. They rode in silence until they left the castle grounds.
"Why did your mother not come? She sounds like a woman who knows how to have fun."
"She suddenly fell ill and passed away a few years ago."
"I'm sorry."
"It's still hard, but I try my best to live life the way she would have wanted me to."
"Sounds like a good way to honor her."
"Thanks. Did you know my mother was actually from Mystic Falls."
"Really?"
"She really wanted to bring me here. Showing me where she grew up."
"Well I guess I will do it in her place."
"What about your mother?"
Kol looked at her with confusion. "What do you mean?"
"How do you honor her?"
"Why would I honor that bitch?"
"She is your mother!"
"She stopped being my mother when she tried to kill me and my siblings."
"She tried to kill you?" Davina whispered.
"You don't know much about vampire history do you?"
She shook her head no. "I do know that your mother was the one that turned you guys into the original vampires, but that is it."
"Well soon you will be apart of this family, so you should know our history. Before we were turned, we had a younger brother named Henrik. When he was twelve, Henrik and Klaus wanted to go see the wolves turn on the full moon. So they snuck off despite our mother's warning, and Henrik was attacked. The wolves tore him apart. Desperate to never lose another child again our mother turned us into the first vampires. Of course she had no idea that with this new found immortality came a hunger for blood. When she realized what she had created, she felt ashamed and tried to kill us. But Klaus killed her first, blah, blah, blah. If you want to know more you can ask Elijah. He will tell you the stories of how Klaus became king."
"But Freya is not a vampire. Why? How is she still alive?"
"Stories for another time my dear. I'm supposed to be showing you around the kingdom."
"Yes. Where are we going first?"
"Well I was thinking we could go see the Falls that Mystic Falls is named after, then I can take you to Freya's witch's garden. She is going to meet us there and she will show you around. After that we can go to the main village where all the shops and street vendors are. Sound good?"
"Sounds lovely, but…" Davina hesitates, nervous to ask this question.
"What is it love?"
"There is a place I really want to go. It wa very important to my mother."
"Of course, what is it?"
"The Bennett Castle."
"Absolutely not. Klaus has forbidden anyone to go near that castle. Besides ever since the Bennett massacre a barrier has formed around it, no one can get in. Not even Freya."
"I don't need to go in, I just want to see it."
"I said no, and never mention this to anyone. If Klaus found out you were interested in that castle who knows what he would try to do to you."
"But why?"
"Don't know, don't care."
"But-"
"Davina, please just drop it so we can carry on with the rest of our day."
"Fine." Davina huffed.
Mystic Falls Kingdom - High Castle, Klaus's War Room
Klaus leans against his desk staring at the spot where the mysterious woman from last night stood. At first he thought it was just a dream, but he knew no matter how hard he tried he could never imagine those captivating-vibrant eyes. He could paint her, but he could never truly re-create the hypnotizing green color. He had to know who she was, and all he had was a name, Bonnie. Klaus also knew she was a witch, or how else could she have magically appeared before him and then disappear just as fast.
"Someone seems lost in thought." Klaus looks up to see Marcel, his most trusted general. Klaus had raised him as his own son and turned him on his twenty-fifth birthday. "I thought you would be going crazy trying to find Rebekah. There are rumors going around that you got so angry Greta Martin ran out of your room naked and screaming bloody murder."
"The naked part is right, but not the screaming. Why do people insist on making things sound worse than they are?"
"That's how gossip works. You have to add a little spice to make it more interesting."
"Running around the castle naked, is not interesting enough?" Marcel laughs at that making Klaus chuckle. "Why are you here?"
"I heard Rebekah ran away and wanted to help find her."
"She is of no concern to you."
"I may longer be with her, thanks to you, but I still care for her."
"I heard a rumor of my own, that you are sleeping with a witch, Sophie Deveraux. You should be thinking of her not Rebekah.
"How come you are not worried about her?"
"I'm sure that Freya helped her runaway. That means Freya has a way to track and keep an eye on her. If Rebekah gets into real trouble Freya will tell me."
"When did you come to this conclusion? Sometime after Greta ran out butt naked?"
"Yes. In fact I now have a new problem and I believe you will be the perfect one to help me."
"What is it?"
"I'm looking for a witch." Klaus hands Marcel a sketch he made of her in the early hours of the morning. "Her name is Bonnie. Find her."
"Bonnie? Does she have a last name?"
"Most likely, but I don't know it."
"And what do I do once I find her?"
"Learn everything you can about her and report back to me."
"Why is she so important?"
"You know better then to ask those questions. Now go." Marcel takes on last look at Klaus and leaves the room. Klaus smiled to himself knowing soon he will know everything about this Bonnie woman. Marcel is an excellent hunter and tracker. He will find Bonnie and no time. The only thing was, he had no idea why she was important. Yes she did appear in front of him out of nowhere. Which is not an easy feat to do considering the strong protection spells around the castle, so that did make her dangerous if she tried again. But something in the back of his mind told him that was not the reason. He has no idea why, but he needs to find her.
Crescent Island - Docks
Bonnie stood at the end of the docks looking at the ocean. She was about to embark on the adventure of lifetime. Her quest is going to be dangerous, but all that mattered right now was the fact she was finally going to leave this island. Don't get her wrong, she loves this place, but she has always yearned for more, to see the world. The first stop Ember Isles, according to Stefan. That's what he had told her last night after the blessing.
~Last night~
Bonnie looked around confused. Just a few seconds ago she had been standing in front of the man from her dream. He saw her, and talked to her. She was able to give her name, but before she could ask for his, she was back home. Bonnie got up feeling a little dizzy. She would have fallen if Stefan had not caught her. Emily came to her and put a hand to her forehead checking her temperature. "Are you okay? You were in the trance for too long. I was not sure if you were ever going to come back to us. What happened?"
"Geez Em, let her breath." Bonnie looked up to see Damon pulling Emily back to give her some space. "You okay Bon?"
"Yeah, just thirsty." Lucy came over and handed her a glass of water. "Thanks."
"Ahem." The group looked up to at Giuseppe. "The blessing has failed. There is no familiar." Just as Bonnie was about to protest the fire that Bonnie was sitting in front of shoots up almost touching the high ceiling. Than disappeared just as fast. Left in its place was a giant, blue and silver egg.
"Oh my Goddess, is that what I think it is?" Lucy asked.
Bonnie moved closer and gently touched the egg. It started to shake startling her. She moved back a little starting to see cracks form. "It's about to hatch." Everyone in the temple watched as the egg slowly cracked open to reveal a bluish-silver baby dragon. It's claws were almost paw like, the wings still small. It would probably still have to grow a litter more before it could fly. But all Bonnie could see were the green eyes that matched hers.
She slowly moved closer and bent down. "High little one." She reached out and softly touched the scales on its head. The dragon leaned in to her touch enjoying the warmth it gave. "I'm going to name you Amani." Amani gave her a small sound reminded her of a purr. "I think he likes it." Bonnie giggles.
"How do you know its a boy?" Lucy asked.
"I have no idea how I know, but I do."
"Still think the blessing failed, father?" Damon asked. His father just huffed annoyed at Damon's question and looked at Bonnie.
"The blessing has been passed. Tomorrow you shall leave to start your quest. You may all go home." The other witches of the village came to Bonnie congratulating her and trying to get a closer look at the dragon before they left.
When Bonnie, Stefan, Damon, and Lucy were the only ones left she told them about her quest.
"Did she give you any details on this darkness? Like who or what it is? Or how to defeat it?" Lucy asked.
"How are you going to find the other warriors? All you saw was there face not where they are." Damon said.
"The first one is on Ember Isles." Everyone turned to Stefan.
"How do you know that?" Bonnie asked.
"There is a reason I waited for you. My quest is to help you find the remaining warriors. I was told the first one was on Ember Isles and once we find whoever is there I will receive the next location."
"Sounds like you are going on a treasure hunt, except instead of treasure you find people. Kind of a lame treasure hunt if you ask me." Damon said. Emily slaps him on the arm. "Ow! what was that for?"
"Can you be serious for at least five minutes."
"Why, you're serious enough for the both us?"
"Since I'm so serious than I guess I won't be coming over tonight."
Damon grabs her hand, a pleading look in his eyes. "You can't do that! It's been like a three days since we had-"
"Can you guys not has this conversation in front of us, especially me. I really do not need to know about your sex life." Bonnie says as she cringes.
"At least you don't have to witness it. I can never look at the kitchen table the same way again." Stefan replies.
"No! When? I had lunch there with you last week."
"Did you notice how I ate on the counter and not the table." Lucy breaks down laughing.
"What!? Why did you not tell me!?" Bonnie clutches her stomach. "I think I'm going to be sick."
"Bonnie please, you're eighteen now about to start your quest, be mature. I cleaned the table, it is fine." Emily says.
Suddenly they hear a loud crash and turn to see Amani trying to eat the food offerings. "Amani no! You can't eat those!" Bonnie grabs the food and puts it back on the altar.
"It is getting late." Emily says as she herself starts to feel tired. "Bonnie, you need to feed Amani and then go to bed. You and Stefan need rest, for tomorrow morning you two will start your quests."
~Present~
"Are you ready?" Bonnie turns to see Emily and Lucy behind her. Both doing their best to hold back the tears.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She says quietly.
"Remember, when you leave this island never let anyone know you are a Bennett. If the hybrid king found out you are still alive he will stop at nothing to hunt you down and kill you."
"You still haven't told me why he wants me dead. I've never met him."
"It's a long story, one I'll tell you after your quest."
"Also do your best to hide Amani. Only one witch has had a dragon familiar, Qetsiyah. And since we are her descendants people could figure out-"
"I'm a Bennett. I know, don't worry. I'll keep Amani hidden."
"Bonnie! We need to get going!" She looks over Lucy's shoulder to see Stefan standing next to Damon ready to get on the small sailboat. She could see Amani and Keeva, Stefan's panther familiar, already on the boat.
She looks back at Emily and Lucy. "It's time for me to go."
Lucy pulls her into a hug. "Be safe and good luck. Emily, Damon, and I will do our best to find out more about the darkness. While you gather the people who are going to help you." Lucy lets Bonnie go only to be pulled into hug with Emily.
"Be careful out there, and I love you." They move apart.
"I love you too." Bonnie walks to Damon and gives him a big hug. "Make sure to take care of them. Especially Emily, you know how she gets when she worries too much." She lets him go.
"I promise, and you make sure to watch out for Stefan."
"I will, and when I come back and defeat this darkness to celebrate you two…" She points to Damon and Emily. "Will get married."
Emily laughs. "Sounds like a splendid idea."
Author's Note: As always thanks for all the reviews, I'm glad people are enjoying the story.
Next Chapter: Bonnie and Stefan are on the way to Ember Isles, Davina learns more vampire history, and Aurora arrives in Mystic Falls.
Thanks for reading.
~The Darkening Heart