Chapter One

'Bonnie! I'm here, what was so urgent that I had to rush right over?' I said, letting herself into the Bennett residence with ease seeing as they only locked the door when they were sleeping.

'In here!' Bonnie yelled back.

I wondered why she needed me in her bedroom but didn't question it and headed in that direction. I pushed open the door and cocked my brow in question, not really surprised by what I was seeing in front of me—Bonnie was sat in the centre of her bed surrounded by open grimoire's and looking like she'd had about two hours sleep in the past three days.

'You look wrecked.' I told her honestly.

'Thanks,' she snorted, shuffling off her bed and walking to stand by a small circular table I hadn't noticed by the window. There was various things scattered on the hardwood; salt, water, soil, what looked like an empty jar and a ring that looked vaguely familiar. I went to touch it but Bonnie slapped my hand away.

'Ouch, okay I get it, no touching. What's going on?' I asked, shrugging off my leather jacket and hanging it off the back of her desk chair.

'I know how to fix everything, to make it so that Klaus never comes into our lives.' Bonnie told me, her expression lighting up with relief as well as exhaustion.

'Well I'm all ears.' I said dryly, crossing my arms over my chest and waiting for an explanation.

'I found a spell that can take one of us back in time to way before Klaus was here.' She said as if that was enough of an explanation.

'Okay…' I drawled, frowning in confusion, 'gonna need more than that, Bon.'

'Right, sorry. So, if we can go back to a time when he wasn't a hybrid, he'll be easier to subdue. We can dagger him and stash him somewhere that he won't be found.'

'But the daggers don't work on Klaus.' I felt idiotic saying that, because I was sure she had already realised that.

'This one will.' She grinned, holding up a golden dagger, that looked exactly like the one Elijah had been subdued with, the only difference was the metal.

'How did you get this?' I gasped, taking it from her and admiring it in amazement.

'My cousin, Emma, called after she heard what happened with Klaus and told me about the stories she heard of one of Klaus' enemies trying to use a coven in New Orleans to construct a dagger that could work on him. Rumour is that it was never finished, but I went to see them last week when I was there with my dad. When I explained what I planned to do with it, they were more than happy to help.' She grinned and I couldn't help but smile too, my happiness mirroring hers.

'Wait, if we have it now, why do we need to go back in time to use it on him?'

'Because if we dagger him now, it won't undo everything else he has already done.' Bonnie explained, 'If you go back in time and do it, Jenna and John would still be alive, he would never have come here to break the curse—' she broke off when I held my hand up, conceiting she had a point.

'Okay, I get it. But when are we going back to?' I asked her, still playing with the dagger in my hand, I paused when she didn't immediately answer me and frowned at the guilt on her face.

'What?'

'Well… that's the thing; it would have to be just you. I'm only strong enough to send one person, I can't go because I'm the one who has to cast the spell, Elena can't because he'll recognise her and Caroline… she's on vacation until we go back to school with her dad.' She said sheepishly.

I sat down at her desk, processing the information for a moment. Could I do it by myself? I would still be a vampire, but unless I went back as far to when he was just created, I wouldn't stand a chance against his strength. There would need to be at least two, one to distract and try to hold down while the other daggered.

'Bonnie, I don't know if—,' I started to deny the chance but she interrupted me.

'I know you're worried, but you don't need to be stronger, you just need to catch him by surprise.' She assured me, her hands holding my free one, 'it's the only way, Ev.'

I sighed, knowing she was right—if this was our one shot at bringing back our loved ones and bringing back Stefan, she had to do it. For John, Jenna, Stefan, and Elena… for everyone affected by the grief he had inflicted. I felt my eyes harden in determination.

'How does it work? Do you know exactly what time you're sending me to? How do I get back? Will time move here at the same rate it does there?' I couldn't help the questions tumbling out of my mouth.

'I'll cast the spell and spill your blood over this,' she held up the ring I'd noticed earlier, 'Katherine got wind of my subdue Klaus mission and said she wanted in. I told her I needed something of Klaus' from before she was a vampire. Apparently this was his, she stole it from him before she knew about the ritual when Klaus' interest in her seemed to wane—she was planning to sell it. So, you'll be sent back to 1492, if it's before the ritual you need to do it after Katherine runs, or she won't go on to turn Damon and Stefan.' Her voice was grave as she explained this to me, 'you'll come back when you die, so after you've stashed Klaus somewhere he won't be found...'

'I kill myself. Got it.' I breathed, trying not to panic.

'I don't know about time moving, if you change enough, you might just wake up back at home in your own bed as if it were a dream. You'll remember what really happened, but I don't know if I will, if whatever you change results in me never needing to do the spell in the first place.' She shrugged a little apologetically.

'Okay,' I nodded, feeling determination brewing in my stomach, 'I'll do it.'

'That's great.' Bonnie grinned, relieved, 'well we should get started.'

I was pulled over to the table she had originally been standing by, and honestly there wasn't that much to be prepared because she had already done it before I got there. All she did was place the ring in the centre of the small pentagram marked with salt and placed water, fire, air, soil and spirit at the five points. She read over the spell one more time before nodding, satisfied she was ready. I took a deep breath, feeling reassured by her confidence.

'By the way, I assume we're not telling Elena because she would inherently disapprove?' Bonnie said, her question startling me.

'Yes. She has enough on her plate already and besides, if I change it she has no reason to worry.' I shrugged, ignoring the pang of guilt in my gut—I needed to keep her out of this, she was close to breaking with everything that had been going on.

Bonnie nodded in understanding, accepting my answer and trusting my judgement. I tucked the dagger into the waistband of my black skinny jeans and pulled my flowy white vest top over it. I was ready.

'You sure about this?' Bonnie asked and I appreciated that despite her eagerness over this, she was willing not to do it if I objected.

'I'm sure.'

'Give me your hand.' She said and I did, ignoring the sting of pain from her slicing my palm open.

Bonnie started to chant words that I didn't understand and when she started the second verse, her voice became louder and she held my dripping hand over the ring, allowing my blood to fall onto it. I watched in fascination as my blood completely coated the ring before flowing out, following the lines of salt that made the pentagram and encasing all of the tokens the rested at the ends of each point. When it was covered, Bonnie released my hand and offered me a nod as she continued with the spell. I didn't notice the gold ball growing at the centre of the table until it exploded, encasing me and blinding me with light.

I groaned, briefly registering that I was no longer standing but lying down, on a very uncomfortable floor. When I sat up, blinking to get used to the sudden brightness, I realised that I was in the middle of nowhere. At least that's what it looked like—trees and flowers surrounded me. It was truly beautiful but I didn't get to admire it for long as I heard twigs breaking, alerting me to someone's presence. I quickly pushed up off the forest floor, wincing a little as the lose twigs and gravel dug into my palm, releasing the blood from underneath. Before I could do more than get to my feet, there was a whoosh of air and I was face to face with just the person I was looking for.

'Well hello, love, aren't you a sight for soar eyes.' Klaus smiled, his eyes shining with both hunger and curiosity as he took in my clothing.

Shit.

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