Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).
I'm getting back into the swing of things with this story and I'm hoping to update it every couple of days, unless my wrist says otherwise.
I hope you enjoy this chapter.
The next morning Damon and Elena made their way downstairs to the kitchen for some coffee. After Elena had pulled Damon into her magical hug, they spent the following hour at the club with Damon proving the girl was no threat to Elena, a task he found thoroughly enjoyable. He also noticed while he was in her magical embrace, his love for her and the baby was almost overwhelming him, making him feel even more protective. Afterwards, Damon suspected this must have been a small glimpse of what Elena had felt when she saw red and attacked the girl, which was worrying him. Something needed to be done about the baby's powers, as it threatened to consume Elena, and possibly even him. Therefore when after a very long, hot, sexy shower with Elena, he was glad Bonnie and Jeremy were already up and making coffee.
"Good morning." Damon grinned as he and Elena walked into the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools around the island. "Is the coffee drinkable?" he asked.
"Bonnie made it, so yeah." Jeremy replied as Bonnie poured some into two mugs and handed them one each."
"How was your night?" Elena asked innocently.
"It was nice and quiet." Bonnie replied, looking furtively at Jeremy, although she didn't smile too much.
Damon glanced between the two of them and deduced the evening might not have gone as planned, especially as the look on Bonnie's face suggested it had been a bit of a disappointment. Maybe the younger Gilbert just wasn't up to what Bonnie was expecting, and as sad as it may be, it was the least of his concerns right now.
"We might have a little problem." Damon frowned as he and Elena exchanged glances.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.
"I sorta performed magic last night." Elena admitted sheepishly. "Twice." she added.
"How?" Jeremy asked.
"It was triggered by her emotional reactions." Damon explained.
"I got jealous?" Elena admitted.
"What do you mean triggered by emotional reactions?" Jeremy asked. "Jealous? What did you do to my sister?" he said angrily turning to Damon.
"Calm down Jer." Elena told him. "Damon did nothing wrong." she insisted.
"I was hunting." Damon explained. "Elena thought my prey was too pretty and she felt threatened." he shrugged.
"I got a red mist." Elena continued. "When I started to feed, I nearly killed her, but Damon pulled me away before I could. Then I blasted her across the room." she frowned. "Luckily Damon saved her." she sighed.
"I got a little more selective with the prey after that." Damon nodded. "Made sure Elena wouldn't feel threatened. Plus I didn't hunt in front of her."
"Did that work?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah." Elena smiled.
"I thought you said twice?" Jeremy frowned.
"I tried more times than that." Elena shrugged. "But nothing worked because I didn't really feel the emotions which were guiding me."
"So what changed?" Bonnie asked.
"I thought about my love for Damon." Elena smiled.
"And then it felt like someone had wrapped their arms around me and dragged me across the room until we were practically touching." Damon explained. "I had no control over it."
"Anything else?" Bonnie asked standing up and walking over to the coffee machine.
"I had an overwhelming feeling of love and protectiveness." Damon told them.
"You never said anything about that?" Elena narrowed her eyes.
"You didn't give me chance." Damon smirked.
"Oh please, we don't need the details." Bonnie rolled her eyes and poured herself another mug of coffee and sitting back down at the island.
"It's okay, we've got it all recorded on a memory stick." Damon smiled mischievously.
"Pervert!" Bonnie coughed, nearly spitting her coffee everywhere.
"For mine and Elena's eyes only." Damon scoffed. "Although I'd suggest it could be very educational for those of lesser abilities in that department." his eyes examining the body language of both Jeremy and Bonnie, which was becoming decidedly uncomfortable.
"So Bonnie." Elena interrupted, dragging their attention away from the elephant in the room of Bonnie and Jeremy's previous night's escapades. "Have you got any ideas about what we can do?" she asked.
"I need to go through the book Emily gave me." Bonnie told them. "I think there might be a section of what to expect from the little one." she said, getting up. "I'll go get it." she said as she left the kitchen.
"I'll help." Jeremy added before running after Bonnie.
Elena frowned. "What was that all about?" she asked turning to Damon.
"Let's just say I think Sabrina had slightly higher expectations from last night." Damon sighed, wrapping his arms around Elena's waist. "I suspect she's seen how we are after we've been indulging in some private moments and thought what we had was normal. Sex is usually great, but we are exceptionally good together. Something you only get with your soulmate." he smiled. "Besides, I thought it was normal when you first lose your virginity." he shrugged as he kissed her.
"Maybe I should talk to her." Elena sighed.
"Do you want to know exactly what went on between her and your brother?" Damon asked as Elena pulled a face. "Trust me it's not nice. I've had it thrown in my face too many times. Let Blondie talk to her." he nodded.
"How did you know there were problems so quickly?" Elena frowned. "Bonnie was smiling." she said.
Damon smiled. "I've been around a hundred and seventy something years. You tend to learn a thing or two about body language." he explained. "Plus I could tell with her heartbeat. Just before she I told them about our little home movie, her heart rate sped up and she looked upset."
"Is that how you knew I had feelings for you?" Elena frowned. "You seemed convinced so much earlier. How did you know?" she asked.
"After the pageant, your heart sped up every time I walked into the room." Damon told her. "Even after I killed Jeremy nothing changed. You forgave me in just a week. Once that happened, I figured us being together was inevitable." he grinned.
"Ass!" Elena slapped him.
"I know, my ass is hot." Damon smirked. "And I know how much you like it." his eyes lowered and his face turned seductive. "So is yours, and I like that a helluva lot." he added as he ran his hand over Elena's behind and kissed her.
Elena lifted her leg up to his hip and pulled him in tight until they were both so engrossed in each other they didn't notice Bonnie and Jeremy come back into the kitchen.
"Ew...gross." Bonnie complained as Damon and Elena stopped kissing and turned to look at the intruders, both their faces vamped out in anger at being interrupted.
"Woah." Jeremy said holding his hands up in fear. "We're here with the book." he said slowly, which Bonnie lifted up for proof, as Damon and Elena's faces returned to normal and Elena lowered her leg.
"What just happened?" Bonnie looked at them in confusion.
"We thought you were threatening us." Elena said speaking on behalf of her and Damon, who simply nodded in agreement.
"But you don't normally react like that just by kissing." Jeremy frowned.
"It's the baby, it has to be." Bonnie said, a hint of fear in her voice. "The baby is having a hold on both of your emotions. There needs to be a way of lowering the baby's magic so it doesn't overwhelm you both." she said.
"How come it is affecting me?" Damon asked.
"I don't know." Bonnie answered honestly. "Hopefully it's somewhere in here." she added putting her hand on top of the book. "There's something else you need to know. Caroline called last night. A strange woman was asking questions about Elena."
"And you thought it was best to leave it until now to bring this up?" Damon asked raising an eyebrow.
"It's fine." Bonnie smiled. "Caroline told the woman Katherine moved back to Seattle with her dad Mikael." she said. "The woman bought it, so she obviously doesn't know where you are right now."
"And she needs to never know where Elena is." Damon said angrily.
"Calm down Damon." Elena said as Damon's eyes flashed. "You know um.. Bonnie, I think we need to do something about the baby affecting mine and Damon's emotions really soon." she told her.
"I agree." Bonnie nodded her head in fear. "Look, call Caroline. She can reassure you everything is fine. She got a lock of the woman's hair like I asked. If she's a traveler, we can keep an eye on them and be one step ahead at all times." she said.
Caroline had just gotten out of the shower. The first thing she did was to check her phone to see if she'd received any calls as she was expecting Damon or Elena to call her as soon as they got up, unless they were still in bed doing grotesque disgusting things which Caroline really didn't want to consider, but there was no missed calls. However as she sat down and began to comb her hair, her cell rang and Damon's name lit up, informing her of the caller. She pressed the screen to answer the call.
"Hello Damon, I take it you've spoken to Bonnie?" Caroline asked, deciding to skip the unpleasantries.
"You're on speakerphone Blondie." Damon told her.
"Morning all." Caroline said in a much brighter voice.
"Hi!" Elena replied.
"Morning." Jeremy grumbled.
"Good morning." Bonnie said.
"So you got the woman's hair?" Damon asked.
"I didn't touch it like Bonnie asked." Caroline told him.
"Good, we need you to come up here to Richmond." Damon told her. "We've got you a shopping list, so I hope you have a pen and paper ready." he said.
"Wait a minute." Caroline said as she opened her drawers and found a pen and some paper. "Go on." she said.
"So we need the locket." Bonnie told her. "It's so we can do a locator spell on the Travelers, see if they bought your story." she said.
"Got it." Caroline scribbled down Bonnie's instructions.
"Next we need an item from everyone we're intending to protect." Bonnie told her.
"Who are we protecting?" Caroline asked.
"You, Matt, Tyler." Elena said.
"Your mom." Damon added. "And do you by any chance have anything belonging to Klaus. I mean he did give you a couple of gifts." he sneered.
Caroline sighed. "Why Klaus?" she asked.
"Klaus is on the endangered species list." Damon explained. "If he dies, we all die and thus unable to save the world. I'm sure you get it." he said snarkily.
"Fine!" Caroline snapped. "Anyone else."
"Stefan and Ric." Elena added.
"Go to the boarding house and grab some of their stuff." Damon told her. "Try one of Stefan's journal's, it'll make fun reading." he joked. "And while you're there, grab all of the blood bags and a few bottles of boubon. I have no idea how long we're going to be living here." he said.
"And what am I supposed to use in the meantime?" Caroline asked.
"Bunnies?" Damon offered sarcastically.
"You'll have to stay here." Elena explained. "Nobody can know where we are." she said.
"Seriously?" Caroline asked. "I mean, no offense but I don't like the idea of staying with two couples." she started.
"Oh I don't think you've got too much to worry about there." Damon told her, which pricked up Caroline's ears. She knew Damon and Elena were completely inseparable and supposedly soulmates, so the problem wasn't with them. Damon's tone told her Bonnie's seduction might not have gone entirely to plan. A fact which meant her friend needed her as on this occasion, Elena would be of no help. However there was one last pressing issue.
"What about graduation?" Caroline asked. "I'm on the committee and everything will go wrong if I'm not in charge." she said.
"Conference call." Damon offered.
"Get Matt to take your place. With instructions." Elena suggested.
"Hopefully we won't be staying here too long." Bonnie told her.
"Okay." Caroline sighed. "Anything else?" she asked.
"I want you to take the van from the boarding house instead of your car." Damon told her. "It has a large refrigerator in the back. That way you can store all of the blood bags. It also means you can raid a few hospitals along the way." he said. "Elena's appetite is...growing." he explained.
"Oh." Caroline simply said. It hadn't occurred to her how Elena's pregnancy would affect her cravings for blood. "No problem." she said softly. "I'll get on it. Is that it?" she asked.
"I think that's covered everything." Bonnie told her.
"So what's the address?" Caroline asked.
"Just fill the van and call us from the hospital." Damon instructed. "Then I'll give you the address." he said.
Caroline frowned. She hated the secrecy, but she understood it.
"Okay, I'm going, I need to pack." she told them.
After she finished her call with Bonnie, Damon, Elena and Jeremy, Caroline packed her things, including one of Tyler's jacket's he'd once left at her house. She also included the drawing Klaus had made of her at the Mikaelson ball. Although she'd officially thrown it away, in truth she'd retrieved it and put it in a safe hiding place where nobody would look in her underwear drawer. Damon had been adamant he'd wanted Liz protecting at all costs, and as much as Caroline disliked Damon, she appreciated his protectiveness over her mom. Therefore she took one of her mom's books leaving a note promising to bring it back.
Next Caroline headed to the Grill, where Matt gave her one of his t-shirts, meaning she'd gotten all of the items to keep the five of them protected. In exchange, Caroline gave Matt full graduation committee planning instructions with a threat of making him wear Jeremy's ring while Damon snapped his neck if it all went wrong. This was enough of a threat to force Matt to comply to her terms as long as she shut up about him going around the world with Rebekah, to which Caroline reluctantly agreed.
Once she'd left the Grill, Caroline drove over to the Salvatore house. Ric had been staying at the boarding house before he left to go to New Orleans with Stefan. Initially Damon didn't want Ric being seen around town until her mom had confirmed she could come up with a credible story as to why he was no longer dead. Therefore Damon had taken a few of his things from Ric's loft to his new temporary home at the boarding house so all Caroline had to do was grab something from his room. She found a chipped mug with the name Alaric on it, clearly a birthday or Christmas present from someone, and a half drunk bottle of bourbon. Caroline grabbed both and added it to her growing treasure chest.
Finally she entered Stefan's room. The plan was for her to grab one of Stefan's old journals and use one of those for the spell. She looked around the room and saw shelves filled with old journals, bound by leather. Caroline looked through the years, trying to resist the urge to pluck one down and start reading his entries. She saw one marked 2009, and wondered if she figured in any of his entries, although she suspected not. At the time, Stefan only had eyes for Elena, even if it was only because of a curse. He'd brushed Caroline off when she'd flirted with him. Not that Caroline should care now, because her and Stefan were practically best friends, and she was supposedly deeply in love with Tyler. However, deep down there was a part of Caroline who wondered what would have happened if she'd have gotten with Stefan. On the plus side, the chances of her being a vampire would be significantly lower, and unlike most people, Caroline was better at being a vampire than a human. So all in all, it was probably for the best she hadn't dated Stefan.
Caroline finally chose the year 1922. she knew it was when he met Klaus and was at his worst. Even though she knew Klaus wouldn't feature in the journal, it gave her an idea of the kind of life Stefan shared with the Mikaelson's. And if Stefan could come good, then surely there was still hope for Klaus. Caroline took the journal downstairs, threw it into the passenger seat of the van. She collected twenty bottles of bourbon and cleared the blood bags from the basement refrigerator before setting off to Richmond to stay at the temporary Salvatore house.
After the previous night's initial revelation, Stefan and Ric had continued going through Kol's letters and taking down notes. They'd decided not to update Damon, Elena and Bonnie until the next day as they suspected everyone would still be in bed. Plus Elijah was visiting his the extremely rude werewolf Hayley, who they discovered, turned out to be pregnant with what appeared to be Klaus's baby.
Stefan and Ric were sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee and going over their notes when Elijah finally arrived.
"Good morning gentleman." Elijah smiled. "I hope you have found something of interest."
"We have." Stefan nodded.
"But we wanted to pick your brains." Ric told Elijah who frowned.
"Go ahead." Elijah nodded as he picked up a cup and poured himself some coffee.
"Have you ever heard of the Gemini Coven?" Stefan asked.
Elijah looked to the ceiling thoughtfully before taking a sip from the mug and putting it down on the counter.
"I believe their leader is created by a set of twins merging, one survives and inherits their twin's powers whilst the other dies." Elijah told them. "So yes, I have heard...a little about them. What of it?" he asked.
"We need to find them." Ric told him.
"If Kol's letters are to be believed, they are the ones who can help destroy Silas without the cure." Stefan explained. "And as you are hiding Katherine, I would assume you would find that information of some interest." he smirked.
"Indeed." Elijah smiled.
"Is that all you know?" Stefan asked. "Do you know where to find them?"
"Not exactly." Elijah frowned. "But I do know a few witches who might be able to be of some assistance. The witches in New Orleans are unable to practice magic." he told them. "Marcel Gerard has some kind of supernatural alert. And if they do perform magic without his authorization, then he kills them." he said nonchalantly. "They might be able to be...persuaded to help." he said.
"I don't think it's a good idea to alert people to the fact we're searching for the Gemini Coven." Ric warned them. "If what Kol has written is true, people will suspect the prophesy is coming to pass. We don't know who would be with us and who against us." he shrugged.
"I can say with utmost certainty that my family will do everything to help you." Elijah told them.
"Why?" Stefan asked. "Why should you care?"
"Because Silas is a threat to all of us." Elijah told them. "I remember the stories Kol would tell us. At the time we believed they were false, however they have been proven to be somewhat correct. My brother died to protect this world from Silas, my other brother had his mind confused to the extent he thought he was dying. This... Silas person needs to die without unleashing hell on earth. Not just for myself, but for the future of our family. I simply cannot allow that to go on without being of some assistance." he explained. Now please excuse me whilst I make some calls to inquire about the coven's whereabouts." he said as he pulled his phone from his pocket and left the room to call whoever he felt was trustworthy enough to help.
All day Damon and Elena had been trying to keep out of Bonnie and Jeremy's way. The air was thick with tension and neither of them knew how to deal with it. Clearly something had not quite gone to plan the evening before and had caused things to become awkward between the couple. For the first time, Elena felt like a completely useless friend and a terrible sister. Damon had offered to talk to Jeremy about what had happened, but Elena had stopped him. She wanted to wait until Caroline arrived for them to have a man to man conversation, although she had some reservations about Damon being the one to have this conversation with her brother. Unfortunately Damon was probably the most qualified person she knew so he was the best option.
Elena had been resting while Damon, Bonnie and Jeremy went through the book Emily had given them to see what information they could find out about the powers of the baby. They discovered it would be possible for Bonnie to do two things to help. The first was to channel the excess magic from the baby, and the second was to place it's magic in objects.
Normally when a witch place their magic in objects for later retrieval, they would put all of it into whatever item they'd chosen. However with the baby, the situation was completely different. As soon as the baby was stripped of it's magic, more would grow in it's place, meaning another object was needed. Bonnie figured the magic would need removing every other day. The book told them this would be uncomfortable and draining for the mother, which meant Damon was initially not on board with the plan. However once he realized the situation would be ten times worse if they didn't do it, then he agreed. It would just need a few blood bags and a trip to a club to help keep Elena's strength up.
It was late afternoon when Caroline called to say the van was filled with blood bags, the items for the protection spell, the locket and the bourbon. When she told them she was at St. Mary's hospital in Richmond, Damon gave Caroline the address for the house as they waited for the next guest to arrive.
Fifteen minutes after leaving to make his call, Elijah returned to the kitchen to join Ric and Stefan with a piece of paper in his hand.
"There." he said handing the piece of paper over to Stefan.
"What's this?" Ric asked as Stefan looked down at what Elijah had written.
"It's an address." Stefan frowned.
"You will find the leader of the Gemini Coven at that address." Elijah told them. "But I should warn you, the property is cloaked, and their leader is not very hospitable to strangers. He is constantly suspicious" he said.
"Why?" Ric asked.
"Back in 1994 his eldest son, massacred his almost all of his family." Elijah told them. "The Gemini Coven sought revenge in their own way and dealt with the matter internally. However, the Travelers would love to get their hands on this son of theirs and make him the leader of the coven."
"How, you said they needed to be twins." Ric frowned.
"He is a twin. He didn't kill his sister so he could still merge with her. Malachai Parker is an extremely dangerous individual." Elijah explained. "He has absolutely no feelings whatsoever. He is also a siphon."
"What's a siphon?" Stefan asked.
"According to witches, an abomination." Elijah told them. "Instead of having his own magic, he touches magical objects or people and draws the power this way, thus being able to temporarily perform magic. Should he have merged with his sister, he would have simply taken her power and easily won the merge." he said.
"And why would the Travelers want him in charge?" Ric asked.
"Malachai Parker has no interest in keeping the tradition of the Gemini Coven, he would either keep Silas alive for his own gains, or keep the prophesy alive to draw power from. You see the prophesy contains the power of two thousand years worth of Expression, plus the magic of Silas and the bloodlines. The child would never notice a dent in their powers, even if he drains them for a whole human lifetime." Elijah explained. "The Travelers would want him to help destroy the prophesy in exchange for the unlimited they would be able to provide.
"So all of this time we have been here, searching through the records while you knew all of this?" Stefan folded his arms.
"I did a little research of my own." Elijah smiled. "The prophesy child will be too powerful to survive without help. It's power must be kept in check, even whilst it is still in the womb. Magic can be put away, and I suggest your friends find a way to do that, otherwise Elena will die from being overwhelmed by magic." he told them. "I am sure it is in Miss Bennett's little instruction manual." he smiled.
"I think we need to call Bonnie and Damon before we go to Oregon" Ric suggested.
"Good idea." Stefan nodded before turning to Elijah. "Do you have any other pearls of wisdom?" he asked.
"Not yet, but I will endeavor to find out more information." Elijah smiled. "I suggest you call your brother with the news." he said, and with that he left Ric and Stefan to report back to Richmond.
It was another thirty minutes before Caroline arrived at the house in Richmond. Once they'd shown her around and to her room, Caroline quickly unpacked and handed over the goods for the spell while Damon stocked up the refrigerators in the house with blood bags. Bonnie put the locket away as she wanted to juice up with the baby's magic to perform the locator spell. But in order to do that, she needed to be completely blocked from Silas, otherwise he would be able to feed from Bonnie's power. This meant the first part of the spell was simply to block out Silas.
The power the baby had shown the previous night meant Bonnie knew the spell was now possible. All she had to do was have her, Damon and Elena sat in a circle of fire and salt, chant the spell while all three of them placed their hands on Elena's stomach. The baby already had some semblance of trust in Bonnie, but both Damon and Elena needed to tell the child to trust her and to protect Bonnie.
Eventually they were all ready, sat around the island in the kitchen waiting on Bonnie's instructions.
"So we need to do the spell outside." Bonnie told them.
"Why?" Elena frowned.
"Because otherwise Damon will kill me when he sees the scorch marks on his floor." Bonnie sneered at Damon.
"She has a point." Damon agreed.
"Fine. What else?" Elena asked.
"I just need the three of us to go and sit in the circle of salt I have drawn outside." Bonnie told them as they walked over to the window to look outside and see a ring of salt on the patio.
The three of them made their way out of the patio doors and sat inside the circle Bonnie had created.
"What happens now?" Damon asked.
"I'm going to create a wall of fire." Bonnie explained. "Then we all need to put our hands on Elena's stomach. You two need to tell the baby to trust me and to let me perform the spell. You don't need to say it out loud, the baby will feel your request and because it loves and trusts you, it will allow me to do what needs to be done." Damon and Elena simply nodded at this information. "As I perform the spell, the wall of fire will form what is like a roof over our heads. It is symbolic of blocking anyone from getting into our heads. So don't be scared." she warned them.
"So is this our protection spell?" Elena asked.
Bonnie nodded. "The baby is severing my tie to Silas, but allowing me to keep the Expression magic." she explained. "To do that, I have to be tied to the ultimate protection, which is what the baby provides. His or her magic is absolute and not even Silas or the Travelers combined can break through it. They won't be able to track us through locator spells either." she said.
"So what are you waiting for?" Damon asked as he placed his hand on Elena's stomach and closed his eyes.
Elena followed suit, as did Bonnie. Wordlessly Bonnie created a ring of fire around them. Her power so strong she no longer needed to verbally chant Incendia. However the spell to create the wall of mind protection from Silas required something a little stronger, and a verbal chant was required.
"Petere auxilium conteram in vobis est spiritibus magicis nexu ab eo ad Silam. se prohibere ab animo legere. Falso prophetæ vaticinantur in praesidio patitur magia mea, et faciam." Bonnie cried as the wall of fire grew higher. "Petere auxilium conteram in vobis est spiritibus magicis nexu ab eo ad Silam. se prohibere ab animo legere. Falso prophetæ vaticinantur in praesidio patitur magia mea, et faciam." she said again as the flames completely surrounded them. "Petere auxilium conteram in vobis est spiritibus magicis nexu ab eo ad Silam. se prohibere ab animo legere. Falso prophetæ vaticinantur in praesidio patitur magia mea, et faciam." Bonnie called out one last time as the wall of fire came together at the top, enclosing them in a tent like structure. It stayed like that for a few seconds, and then disappeared.
"It's done." Bonnie simply said.
Silas was sat inside a coffee shop in Willoughby, where he had arranged to meet a woman who claimed to know where Katherine Pierce was. He was tapping his fingers as the woman who called herself Joanna was slightly late. As a result, Silas had gotten bored and killed everyone in the shop and drank their blood. Not that he needed as much as when he first came out, but for some reason, he'd noticed his powers occasionally feeling a little more drained than he'd expected.
The bell on the door tinkled as in walked a small woman with dark hair flecked with gray entered. She glanced around the room and laid her eyes on Silas. Unperturbed by what she saw, she walked straight over to the table Silas was at and sat down.
"Joanna?" Silas asked as the woman nodded.
"Pity you killed the wait staff. I would've loved a cup of coffee." she said sarcastically. Silas looked her up and down frowning, he couldn't read her mind. Joanna smiled at him knowingly. "Something wrong?" she asked.
"You have my attention. What do you want? And how can you find my cure?" he asked. "I wish to be with my one true love."
"I'm afraid you'll have to wait for that now." Joanna sighed.
"Why?" Silas frowned.
"Bonnie Bennett will no longer be of any use to you to lower the veil." she said. "You see I'm a Traveler, and after you were entombed with the cure, a lot of things happened, meaning it is no longer as simple as finding a Bennett witch to lower the veil. A feud erupted between the families of the Travelers and then came the great divide. In the process, a prophesy was created to bring about yours and our downfall. And it seems Miss Bennett is in the thick of it." she told him.
"It doesn't matter, I have full control over her." he said.
"Do you feel that?" Joanna asked as the air momentarily turned cold.
Silas nodded. "What is it?" he asked.
"The prophesy. Right now yours and our magic is slowly being stripped from us. Once it has gone, we will be powerless and you can be destroyed using a weapon created by Qetsiyah's blood." Joanna explained. "Right now, you are losing the power you have over her, and as soon as she performs the protection ritual, you can kiss any connection to her goodbye."
"I need to stop her." Silas said slowly, but Joanna shook her head.
"I have a much better idea." Joanna told him. "We simply wait until the time is right to destroy the prophesy." she smiled.
"And when is that?" Silas asked.
"In seven moons time." Joanna explained. "That way we can fuel our powers through Expression and channel the energy into destroying the prophesy. Once we've done that, you can find your peace." she said.
Suddenly Silas clutched his head in agony. "What's going on?" he cried.
"Bonnie just severed her tie to you." Joanna winced as the headache began to creep up on her, but not to the same extent as it was affecting Silas. "Now you have no choice but for us to help you, because if you don't come with me, we're all screwed. You'll end up on the other side with Qetsiyah for all eternity and the Travelers will disappear forever." she said.
"Well, I hope you have plenty of things to keep me occupied for these next seven moons." Silas sighed as the pain in his head eased. "Because I get bored very easily." he warned.
"Oh don't worry." Joanna smiled. "I'm sure we can occupy your time." she said standing up as Silas got up and followed her out of the little coffee shop.
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