On a Boat - Towards Ember Isles
Bonnie tries to fall asleep on the hammock located in the small interior of the sailboat. There is only one hammock so Bonnie and Stefan had decided to take shifts. Stefan is currently on deck steering the boat and being a lookout. While Bonnie is inside with Amani and Keeva trying to get some much needed sleep. They left Crescent Island early in the morning and now it is late night. Bonnie stares at the ceiling, her thoughts running wild. She thinks of the person they will meet on Ember Isles. It could be anyone, the wolf, vampire, witch, or the human. But deep down Bonnie wished it to be the man from her dream, the one the Goddess said was her other half. She wondered what Hecate meant by other half. The image of Damon's arm wrapped around Emily's waist as they waved goodbye popped her head. She blushed at that thought. Is that what she meant by 'other half'.
Bonnie never really thought about love. The one time being when she was very young and had a huge crush on Damon, but thinking back it wasn't really love. Just a little girl who was scared of the vampire and wolf stories her cousins told her, and seeing Damon as the strongest warlock who would protect her. Since then all she cared about was getting stronger, and getting ready to leave the island, but now since her dream and the ceremony she can feel her heart beat faster whenever she thought of the blue-eyed man.
Giving up on getting sleep she gets up and quietly as not to disturb Amani and Keeva sleeping, and leaves the room. On the deck she sees Stefan by the bow of the boat. A soft glowing ball of light above him, writing in his journal. It was a habit that he picked up when they were kids. His mother gave him a journal that she had made herself for his tenth birthday. It was a family tradition, her mother made her a journal that will never run out of pages. She gave Damon one too, but he stopped writing in it after a week. When their mother died in a fire Stefan was devastated, and the only thing that made him feel close to her was writing in the journal.
Their father, Giuseppe has always been a very strict and distant father. It seemed that all he cared about was maintaining the Salvatore pride, which meant Damon got the worst of it. Bonnie doesn't know exactly what happens at their home. All she knows is the snippets that Emily and Stefan tell. Damon refuses to give any information at all. She remembers when she was thirteen, Bonnie tried to sneak out to see the moon doves, a magical bird that passes through Crescent Island every twenty years, but Emily and Damon were in the living room talking.
~5 Years Ago~
"I hate that bastard! Why can't he understand that I have no desire to become head priest at temple." Damon was standing in front of the fireplace.
Emily comes up behind him wrapper her arms around his waist. "I wish I knew how to help."
Damon turns around gently holding her head and kisses her softly on the lips. "You are helping, by being here and letting me complain about him." Emily smiles while he pulls her into his embrace. After a moment he speaks again. "It should have been him who died in that fire. It's his fault she is dead."
"You should be careful where you voice your opinions, there are people in this village that are very loyal to your father. If they hear you say this who knows what he will do to you. I can't bear to lose you. Not after all the family I have already lost." Bonnie doesn't need to see her face to know she has started to cry. Her trembling body gives her away.
Damon soothingly rubs her back. "I'm sorry darling. I didn't mean to worry you. I promise I'll never leave you. You are going to get so sick of me that you will be begging me to leave, but I won't." Emily laughs and kisses him. Damon deepens the kiss and Bonnie knows that is her que to leave. She decides to go back to her room and not add more stress on Emily. She has been through enough.
~Present Time~
Bonnie sits down next to Stefan and for awhile all that can be heard is the sound of a quill scribbling across paper. When the sound stops Stefan closes his journal and puts it back in his bag. "So are you going to tell me what is keeping you from sleep?"
"There is something I have not told you or the others about my blessing. Well two things."
Stefan looks at her concerned. "What are they?"
She takes a deep breath. "When I told you of the visions of the people who are to become my warriors, I never told you about how I saw them." Stefan gave her a confused look, but said nothing. "Hecate showed them to me."
"Hecate?"
"The Goddess."
"So your saying that the Mother Goddess, named Hecate, came to you during the ceremony and told you about the warriors and the darkness?"
"Yes."
"I'm super jealous right now."
"You believe me?"
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"
"Oh I don't know, maybe it has to do with the fact that no one has seen the Goddess in over two thousand years. Some witches doubt she even existed."
"Bonnie you are my best friend. We've know each other our entire lives. That means I know you. You would never lie about something like that. I am actually kind of insulted that you would think I wouldn't believe you." Bonnie sees Stefan going into his famous brooding face that has all the girls back home go crazy. Bonnie has no idea why, she thinks he looks silly.
"Do not make that face." She pinches his cheek laughing when he quickly pulls away, rubbing his cheek. "It's not that I didn't think you would believe me. It's more like if someone else told me that story I would have thought they were crazy."
Stefan shrugs. "Who knows, we could both be crazy." She smiles at that. "What is the second thing?"
"It's about the last warrior. I met him… kind of."
"What do you mean?"
"When Hecate should me the last one I could feel myself being transported. I was in this large room and this man was in front of me. He was kneeling on the floor like he was in some kind of pain. I wanted to help him, but I couldn't move. After a bit he calmed down, looked up, and saw me."
"How do you know he saw you?"
"He looked right at me and asked who I was."
"Did you tell him?"
"Yes-"
"Bonnie! Emily told you not to reveal yourself to-"
"Calm down, I only said my first name."
Stefan lets out a small huff as he calms down. "Does that mean you know who he is."
"No, after I said my name I was back in the temple." Stefan remains quite. "There is more. Before Hecate showed him to me she said something…"
"What?"
"She called him my other half? What do you think that means?"
Stefan thinks for awhile before answering. "I don't know, but Damon sometimes refers to Emily as his other half." He sees Bonnie blush despite the dim light. "He was handsome wasn't he?" He gives her a smirk. Her blush deepens and he starts laughing. "Is little Bonnie Bennett starting to take notice of the opposite sex?"
She lightly punches him in the chest. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"You have no idea how many guys wanted you."
"What? Who?"
"Well there was Zach, David, Luke. Oh, and my personal favorite Jessie."
"What!? We were just friends."
"I know, but remember when he asked you to go to the fire festival with him and you accepted."
"Yeah, but we went as friends."
Stefan bursts out laughing. "For a whole month after that he thought you guys were an official couple, he was bragging to all the guys, but don't worry I put him in his place. He was so embarrassed."
"Is that why he now acts all awkward around me?"
"Yep. Makes me laugh all the time."
"I'm glad I can keep you entertained." She sticks her tounge out at him.
He chuckles at that. "Anyway, I am glad to finally see you show some interest in someone. Makes me excited to meet him." She smiles. They soon fall into a comfortable silence. After awhile Bonnie starts to feel her eyes close. "I think someone is finally tired. I have a couple more hours before we switch. Go back inside and get some sleep."
"Okay. Good night Stefan."
"Good night." As soon as Bonnie gets inside and lies down on the hammock she falls asleep.
Ember Isles - Village Chief's Home
The chief lives on a the largest plot of land in the whole village. He has the best farmlands, livestock , and the most wealth. While most of the villagers live in small mud huts that sometimes house large families of ten or more. The chief and his four advisors live in large homes made of stone. The chief has five homes on his land. One main house which he lives with his first wife and the other four are homes are for each of his other wives. A sixth house, where Caroline will live, is being built, and will be done by the wedding. Which will be held in a couple of days.
The closer it gets the more she feels the need to run. Maybe she can convince her mother to run away with her. She knows there is a very small chance that her mother would agree come. Her mother has lived her entire life here, it is her home, where her husband is buried, and where she feels safe. Caroline has heard stories from the villagers who leave the isles for items that can not be found here. They tell of vampires, wolves, and witches. Everyone seems frighten of them, but Caroline is fascinated. To her the outside world sounds exciting, and that adventure awaits at every turn. But here she is, in the village chief's home having dinner with him and his first wife, forcing herself not to run.
"Your mother tells me you are an excellent singer." The chief is sixty-eight years old, has balding gray hair, and a very heavy set figure. His fingers are stumps and his lips are thin and peeling. The thought of being touched by those hands, and kissed by those lips make Caroline want to set herself on fire.
"Well I cannot judge myself, but I do like to sing."
"I love music, Vanessa here plays the harp. My second wife plays the violin, the third plays the piano, the fourth plays the flute, and the fifth plays the viola, but none of them can sing. When your mother told me you had the voice of an angel I knew I had to make you my next wife."
Caroline looks up with shock. "Are you saying my mother told you before you had decided to marry me?"
"Yes. She knew I have always wanted a wife who could sing, so she told me about you. You must sing for me now. I long to hear your voice." Caroline had stopped listening after the chief said yes. That means her mother had set her up for this marriage. She could feel the anger rising in her. It is a well known fact that the families of the chief's wives are well taken care of. The are provided more land, and livestock. They are also given their wait in gold. Caroline had just realized her mother had sold her.
"Caroline!?" She looks up to see the chief with a questioning look on his face.
"I'm sorry, what was the question?"
"Can you sing for me?"
"Sorry, but I need time to prepare. If you wait till our wedding night I promise it will be magical."
The chief pleased with her answer, gave her the most disgusting simile that made her skin crawl. "I shall wait with bated breath till then."
Caroline gave him a smile. They continued to eat while the chief told stories of his youth having no idea that Caroline had no intention to sing for him. For she is making plans to escape this wretched place. If her mother has no problem with selling her daughter, then Caroline has no problem with leaving her to clean up the mess that will most certainly be caused by her running away.
Mystic Falls - Freya's Witches Room
After Davina had asked Kol to take her to the Bennett Castle, Kol had become very cold towards her. As soon as they got to Freya's garden he told her that he remembered something he had to do and left. So she spent the rest of the with Freya. She was an amazing witch and just by spending one day with her Davina had learned so many new things about witchcraft.
Currently she is sitting with Freya, while she shows her some of the medicines that she created to help the ill citizens of the kingdom. Not only did people seek out Freya for help with magic, but she was a great healer. "How did you learn all of this?" Davina asked.
"The Bennetts taught me everything I know about healing spells and potions. I only got the title of the 'Great Witch' because of them."
"But I thought the Mikaelson's hated the Bennetts."
"A common misconception. Before the attack the Bennett's were great friends to us. One of their ancestor's Annya helped raised my siblings, and taught our mother magic. Klaus always sought their advice when ever any problem in the kingdom came up having to do with magic."
"Then why did he turn against them?"
"I'm not sure. One night Jonas Martin, a witch advisor to Lord Martel and father of Greta Martin, came to have an urgent meeting with Klaus. At first Klaus refused, Jonas insisted saying what he had to tell Klaus was a matter of life and death. When Lord Martel told Klaus to hear him out, he relented. The next day Klaus sent some of his hybrids to kill all the Bennetts."
"What did Jonas Martin tell him?"
"I have no idea. Kol told me recently that Klaus was told about a prophecy that the Bennetts would be our downfall."
"Do you believe that?"
"No. The Bennetts were friends, no they were family. They would never try to hurt us. But Klaus, even though he is my brother and I love him, is very paranoid. Years of being hunted by our parents turned him that way."
"Kol told me that after your mother turned them, she tried to kill them."
"Yes, she is the definition of a bad mother."
"How come you are not a vampire?"
"You know the story of how my mother had an affair that resulted in the birth of Klaus?"
"Yes, his biological father was a wolf, making Klaus the original hybrid."
"Well, not many people know that Ansel was not the first man my mother had an affair with. Her first affair started when I was two. My father had gone off to war leaving my mother, Finn, and I. My mother was so lonely she started seeing this man from the next village over. The man was also married, to a witch. When his wife found out about the affair she was so enraged that she killed her husband. The witch also wanted to punish my mother for taking away her husband so she kidnapped me. My mother ashamed of what she had done, did not want to tell my father of her affair so she told him I fell ill and died. For the next two hundred years I become that witch's slave."
"Two hundred years? How?"
"This witch, Matilda, created a potion that allows one to never age. The only catch is that one must take it every year and it is very difficult to make. When I broke free of Matilda and found my siblings. They helped me kill her and find the recipe for the potion. I tweaked the potion so instead of taking it every year I take every ten years."
"You are amazing."
"Thank you. And you are just like your mother."
Davina looked at her with shock. "You knew my mother?"
"Of course. Like I said, I was good friends with the Bennetts and your mom was best friends with Abby Bennett. Those two gave Sheila Bennett the worst headaches with all the stunts they would pull."
"My mom would tell me of the, as she put it, mischief she and Abby got into."
"Mischief is under selling it. Let me tell you of the time Abby and your mother set fire to Lord Martel's hair." For the rest of the night Freya told her of all the misadventures of Abby and Ingrid.
High Castle, Dining Room
Klaus sat at the table bored out of his mind as Tristan de Martel, sitting to his left, recanted the details of a new brothel he had visited in the red light district. He was describing the twins he had bedded and how they have become his new favorite toys. His sister Aurora was on Klaus's right telling her brother how disgusting he was for telling this story over dinner. "Klaus you must come with me one day. This brohtel has the most exotic women in the whole kingdom."
"Unlike you brother, he has no need to pay for sex, he has me."
"And countless other women, like Greta and Genevieve." He teases her. They start to bicker as Klaus wonders what their father would do if he killed his children.
"Enough!" Klaus gets up. "I do not have time for your idiotic fights. Why did the two of you come?"
Aurora was the first to speak. "Our father heard rumors that an alliance will be made between Mystic Falls and Mountain Rose Kingdom through marriage. He wants to know if it is true."
Klaus sighs making a fist with his hand trying to hold back his anger. Maybe he should just kill the entire Martel family. "It is true. An official announcement will be made at the ball that will be held at the end of the month."
Aurora grabs his hand. "Klaus! How can you marry this princess Davina!? We are supposed to get married!"
"First stop shouting, you are giving me a headache. Second, Kol is marrying Davina, not me. And third, I have never agreed to marry you."
"But-"
Klaus turns to Tristan. "How long do you plan to stay?"
"We plan to head back home tomorrow."
"I am staying!"
"Aurora-"
"It's fine she can stay, as long as she doesn't bother me."
"Very well."
Just as everyone sits back down to continue dinner and butler comes in. "Your majesty, Sir Marcel is here to see you." Klaus's excited reaction did not go unnoticed by Aurora.
"Excellent. Send him to the war room. I'll be there soon." Klaus excused himself from dinner and headed upstairs.
"Brother what could Marcel have that Klaus is desperate to hear?"
"No idea, maybe the whereabouts of Rebekah. You have heard that she has run away?"
"I have and I say good riddance. She was an annoying little brat that always tried to get in the way of me and Klaus. But something is telling me that whatever they are meeting about has nothing to do with Rebekah."
High Castle, War Room
Marcel waited on the balcony for Klaus to come from dinner. From here, he could see the entire castle grounds. It was a beautiful view with mountains, lakes, and open fields. This is his favorite spot in the entire castle. He remembers one time when Klaus was away on some diplomatic mission he and Rebekah snuck into the room and had a picnic on this balcony. It was the day he realized he loved her.
"Marcel, I hope you bring good news." Marcel, pulled out of his memory, turned to see Klaus stepping onto the balcony to stand beside him.
"I'm sorry, I do not. My people and I scoured the entire kingdom and could not find a witch named Bonnie."
Klaus grabbed Marcel by the throat and slammed him against the wall. "I am already in a foul mood and you came here to report nothing?" Marcel could sense the rage that Klaus was trying so hard to control.
"There is something I found." He says quickly. Klaus lets him go but his eyes flash yellow letting Marcel know that his anger was still there. "I was able to find a reference to a baby witch, named Bonnie."
"I gave you a drawing. Did that look like a baby to you?"
"I'm not finished. This baby was supposed to have died eighteen years ago, but her body was never found."
"What do you mean?"
"Her full name is Bonnie Bennett."
"You must be joking. All the Bennetts are dead."
"I checked with the witches who buried them. Three of them were missing. Since all three were young girls the witches assumed the hybrids had fun with them. Chasing them into the woods and ripping them apart, their bodies never to be found. The girls were Emily, Lucy, and Bonnie Bennett."
"And what, you believe that the witches are wrong, and that somehow two little girls and a baby survived for eighteen years on their own."
"They are Bennetts. It does not surprise me if that is true."
"That is the most ridiculous thing I heard, and I am including the time you told me of your intentions to marry Rebekah."
"Klaus-"
"Shut up! I do not want to hear about the Bennetts. They are dead. If there is no living Bonnie in Mystic Falls than send your spies to other kingdoms and find her. Now!" Marcel knew when to quit while he was ahead and left the room.
Klaus thought about what Marcel had said about the three missing Bennetts. It was a ridiculous idea to think that they were still alive. He had sent his strongest pack of hybrids to kill them. But something was nagging him in the back of his mind. He remembers that one of the traits of a Bennett queen, besides their powerful magic, was their green eyes. He needed to talk to leader of the pack he sent to kill them. He calls for a maid. "Tell Matt Donovan I need to speak with him right away."
Author's Note: That's right I made Matt a hybrid. Why, cause I think its fun to see Matt not human.
Next Chapter: Matt's biggest secret is going to revealed, Elena will finally enter the story (FYI I find Elena's character in Vampire Diaries super annoying so she will be ooc. Also Bonnie and Stefan arrive on Ember Isles.
Thanks for reading,
~The Darkening Heart