CHAPTER 9

THE DARK WOODS OF ARMAGH

Bonnie and the guys have been walking and camping out near rivers and waterfalls for days and in this time she learned a lot from them. That trees have names. What fruits to eat and what is poisonous. Ulmar taught her how to defend herself with a hunting knife. Vilks showed Bonnie how to skin a dead animal. She almost fainted. On weak knees she excused herself and ran for the river.

She also learned how the six realms interconnect with each other. ANVARD don't have many trees and they value trees too much. The trees are part of their life force. They get trees from THE DARK WOODS OF ARMAGH, and in return the werewolves are allowed to hunt during their winter season on the outskirts of ANVARD. Vampires don't drink the blood of their own, they drink from humans and pay them with gold. Humans use gold as a method of payment in their realm and pay goblins to make them weapons, the goblins wants livestock and silly shiny objects from the humans in return. Elves keep to themselves they do not venture into other worlds.

ARMAGH, Bonnie thought to herself. She had a nice view of Armagh from where she was sitting on a low hanging branch in a Guk tree.

Here nature was still beautifully untouched and wild. Rivers sparkled in the morning and in the evening they glittered beautifully as the moon's reflection shined on it. Trees stood tall and proud next to the many leaves covered pathways.

It amazes her every time to see the animals so comfortably in their surroundings. You didn't see this in Ara'Manth. Just the other day she saw a lion for the first time. She was terrified and captivated. Its massive structure and muscular body give it an intimidating look. Bonnie learned that the males have a most majestic mane, a bright, lustrous and gratified golden coat, and have a distinct prowess of leadership and charisma. The females however was the real hunters. Stalking their prey with flawless patience, only waiting for the right time to strike for the kill. Bonnie wanted to know if lions can also transform into humans. Rudolph is still laughing whenever he sees her.

Bonnie looked up at the sky. She saw a bird with its wings spread out wide and gracefully. Flapping its wings very slowly and deeply. It was gliding fast and silently through the air. It was clear that this bird was built to master the skies. From afar the head looked smaller than the rest of the body parts.

To get a better a look, she jumped out of the tree.

Miles high above the sky, with the help of its very sharp eyes, the bird spot's its prey on the ground and with a speed of lightning the bird dropped down.

Oh no! Bonnie thought to herself. Its coming for me. Unable to move, Bonnie watched ... mesmerized by this magnificent sight. She closed her eyes and waited ...

Bonnie felt wind on her face as the bird swooped down and seized the snake behind the head. The snake turned on it and the bird flapped its strong powerful wings before going in for the kill. It crushed the spine of the snake with its talons and beak.

Bonnie watched the gruesome scene infront of her with wide eyes and a fast beating heart.

The size and shape of the bird is amazing, beautiful and majestic. It looked very large and powerful. The bird had brown eyes and a slightly smaller black beak. On top of its head and at the back of its neck it has a lighter golden – brown plumage. The bird had powerful feet with razor sharp talons.

It looked at Bonnie with its calm and peaceful brown eyes. Bonnie looked at the dead snake and a horrible thought came over her. That snake was going to bit me and I didn't even hear it behind me.

"You ... you saved my life ... thank you." Bonnie said to the bird.

The bird flapped its powerful wings causing air to flow faster over the top of the wings, and it raised up slowly and gracefully in the air.

Bonnie watched in awe as the bird took to the heavens.

"Adlerauge." A voice said behind her.

Bonnie turned around only to see Amarog who looked up at the sky where the bird could still be seen soaring through the air.

He looked down at Bonnie and said. "Far into the distance its eyes keep looking."

Amarog then kicked the remains of the snake away and Bonnie visibly flinched at the sight of him doing that.

"You are not in your realm anymore Little Girl." Amarog said with cold blue eyes.

"I know. You keep reminding me." Bonnie said with sarcasm.

"Come with me." He said and turned around and walked, but stopped midway when he noticed she didn't follow him.

"You do know the guys will hunt you down like an animal if anything happens to me." She said with folded arms.

"You scared Aldolpha? Of the big bad wolf?" he asked with a smirk. Bonnie could hear the laugh in his voice.

She threw her hands up in the air and let out a breath. "Just so you know. I have my hunting knife with me and I do know how to skin an animal." Bonnie said cheekily before she followed Amarog.

-X-

To Bonnie it felt like they were walking in circles. Amarog's water bag that he gave to her was almost empty and her feet were starting to hurt. She was about to complain when Amarog quickly turned back to her and placed his finger on her lips. "We are here." He whispered to her.

Bonnie slapped his finger away.

"Look," he whispered to her and stepped away.

Bonnie gasps when she saw the graceful giant infront of her. A huge, fat, squat shaped tree with a colossal wide hollowing trunk. The tree towered majestically above the forest floor. Its thick branches raised forever upwards as If embracing the heavens. The bark of the tree was thick and its colour, greyish.

Amarog traced the bark of the tree gently with his fingers. "Guille." Amarog softly said.

"Huh?" Bonnie asked startled.

Amarog chuckled. "This is Guille. Ever heard of the great tree of wonders?"

"No."

There came a cold expression over Amarog's handsome features. "Thought so." He said at last. "They burned down our woods so that the beast have no place to hide, as if my people were hiding. Guille here is the oldest tree in all of the six realms. He is our life force. Our protector. Its said that, when they came for him with their swords and fire, his leaves floated to the ground and every leaf that touched the ground, a soldier dropped dead."

Bonnie looked up at the tree and felt feeling of guilt and sadness in her. She closed her eyes and touched Guille. "I am sorry ... I didn't know"

"Good. Well, now you know. It was the witches who came for him."

Bonnie opened her eyes and looked at Amarog with unshed tears in her eyes.

"You want to see Anvard Little Girl? Amarog asked.

"What? How? I would love to."

"Get on my back." Amarog said and crouched down.

Bonnie looked at Guille. "You want to take me up there on your back?"

"I won't let anything happen to you Aldolpha."

-X-

"This is beautiful." Bonnie said breathlessly.

"Look, there is the mountains of Anvard."

"Only the mountains?" Bonnie asked a little disappointed.

Amarog smirked and said. "Use your imagination."

Bonnie closed her eyes. Nothing happened. She was about to open her eyes again when she felt like her body leave Guile and dying towards Anvard's mountains. She could see the mountains clearly. The clear bright rivers, green hills and the funny little wooden cottages. She saw people passing her by, doing their magic. Her feet left the ground again and she floated through the air to a gold encrusted palace. Never in her life have she seen something so beautifully magnificent. The heavy big gates opened by itself and as soon as she was about to enter her eyes opened and she was back with Amarog at the top of Guille. Her hand stretched out to the mountains of Anvard.

"You saw it." Amarog said.

"Yes, yes I did." Bonnie said breathlessly.

"Don't tell me what you saw or else your going to ruin the picture I have of Anvard in my mind." Amarog said with a smirk.

"There are no words to describe it, even if I try." Bonnie said with a soft smile.

"We must go." Amarog said sharply.

-X-

On their way back they heard a scream followed by a cry that sounded like something was in pain.

"What was that?" Bonnie asked and stepped closer to Amarog.

Amarog looked at Bonnie with an unread expression on his face. "That is the sound of a boy in transioning." He folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at her. "You should know this. Afterall, Rudolph did tell you this after you fluttered your eyelashes at him." Amarog said with a mocking smirk.

Bonnie swallowed hard and told herself inwardly just to ignore what he just said. "So he is out there on his own?"

"Yes, and its best that he is out there alone."

More harrowing screams followed and it deeply disturbed her. "What does he eat. Drink? I mean can't you hear he is in pain?"

Amarog gritted his teeth. "Its our cycle of life. He is not the first boy and he won't be the last boy to go through that."

"To be chained up and sealed in a cave like some kind of ... Bonnie said, but stopped when she saw Amarog's fuming blue eyes.

"Some kind of what?" Amarog asked in anger. His eyes changing from ice blue to silver grey. "Say it." He said deadly calm in her face.

Bonnie swallowed hard and said. "Your right. I do not understand."

Amarog wrapped his hand around Bonnie's delicate neck and squeezed a little. "What you don't understand is your place in life Little Girl. I know what I am. Do you know what you are?" he asked her and softly traced her face with his lips. Inhaling her scent.

Just like that he let her go, and he was gone.

-X-

Bonnie walked up and down furiously and this is how Wolfgang found her.

"Aldolpha I'm going to tell you something from Amarog's past maybe that will make you understand him a little."

"I do not care what you have to say about him. He is still a beast." Bonnie said in anger.

"Amarog's mother is a witch." Wolfgang said.

Bonnie quickly looked at Wolfgang. "But he hates witches. He hates me." She said in disbelief.

"He does not hate witches and with you ... I don't think he trust you." The part where he thinks Amarog is feeling more then he let's on for the green eyed beauty beside him he kept to himself.

"His mother was the first and only witch to be accepted into the dark woods."

"I get it." Bonnie said and plopped down on the ground. "Its not my fault I ended up here. I do ..I did have a home."

"I know Aldolpha." Wolfgang said softly and kneeled beside her. "What I'm saying is that these woods could have killed you. Amarog's mother said when she first came here it was like an ancient song calling her to come further and I think you heard that too."

"Yes, yes I've heard it too."

"It was not just Mathew, Amarog's little brother and him. They had an older brother."

"He had?" Bonnie asked softly.

"Yes he had. His name was Fridolf, Lord of wolves. Fridolf could never make peace with what he was destined to be. His only weakness was, he was too good for this world.

"I don't see how that could be a weakness." Bonnie said to him.

"Everything in this world must balance. This is a hard world Aldolpha. Just as much as this realm of us is beautiful and mysterious in its untamed way, just as much it can become your worst nightmare. From a young age Fridolf was groomed to be our leader. The harder our elders were on him the more he showed them the beauty, goodness and kindness of the dark woods. Amarog loved his brother and believed in him. He believed in time Fridolf would rule our realm with all the beautiful qualities he had in him, but that was not to be."

"What happened? " Bonnie softly asked.

"The elders believed Fridolf was not ready to transition. They wanted to send Amarog who was just boy of six, but as the oldest he had to go. Aldolpha, the young man who went in that cave with all the goodness in his heart never came out again."

"How awful." Bonnie said sadly. "Did he .. Did he come to his end in there?"

"No." Wolfgang said with a sad smile. "He came out a beast."

Bonnie gasps.

"The evil in there was too much for him to bare. To transform too excruciating. He couldn't bare to look at himself in his true form, the hunger pains and that all consuming rage to kill and rip everything apart drove him insane." Wolfgang said.

"Where is he now?" Bonnie asked and squeezed Wolfgang's hand.

"They could not kill him Aldolpha. So they set him free. A mindless beast who will never turn human again, who destroyed everything that was once beautiful to him. To us he was still Fridolf trapped in his werewolf form. Amarog believed that in time, the good in his brother will break this curse. For days he tracked his brother. Trying to communicate with him, but in the end the beast won. Fridolf killed four children and a baby. He left their remains for everyone to see. So it was decided that his lifeline must end. The elders of our realm gathered and it was decided on one of ARMAGH's oldest rules. When there is no more good left in one's kind ... one shall then struck down his own kind. "

"No." Bonnie said breathlessly.

"He had no choice, Aldolpha. He had to end his own brother."

"But he was just a boy of six years old." Tears rolled down her cheeks.

"This is a hard world Aldolpha, everything must balance." Wolfgang said and kissed her softly on the head before he walked away.

-X-

There was silence between the group of nine where they walked silently behind each other. Bonnie could sense that the guys was on high alert. They must be close to the great white beast. She was curious to see the beast.

Sandalio stopped, and Amarog turned to them and said. "I don't want to hear a sound. We are here." He looked directly at Bonnie when he said this.

-X-

The great white bear was a magnificent creature.

"He is beautiful." She said in wonder.

"She, not a He." Rudolph whispered to Bonnie. "And yes she is."

"Why kill something so beautiful?" Bonnie asked a little hard.

Amarog looked back at Bonnie. "Keep quiet or I will cut your tongue out myself. Do you want her to know that we are here?" he whispered harshly.

Bonnie stuck out her tongue at him the minute Amarog turned his back.

Ulf chuckled. Amarog looked back and narrowed his eyes at Ulf who went bright red.

"This will be a bit hard. She is in another time." Wolfgang whispered beside Amarog.

"I know. I can hear the faint heartbeats of her young inside of her." Amarog said. He then looked back at the guys and said. "Get your knifes ready. Vilks, you and Ulf go from the back. Drive her in the direction of the river. They are afraid of water. Wolfgang, Ulmar and Rudolph flank her left. Sandalio and Ruelle her right. Leave the front to me. Now go." Amarog whispered quickly.

"Wait, what about me?" Bonnie asked.

Amarog gritted his teeth. "Stay here and keep quiet," and with that he was gone.

"Stay here and keep quiet." Bonnie repeated in a mock voice.

Bonnie looked curiously at the beautiful beast. She had rich white fur and eyes the colour of the ocean on a beautiful summers day. She looked cuddly and adorable where she lay on her back struggling to get up. This is where she belongs, no other place but here. Bonnie thought to herself. She shifted a bit and that's when she noticed the bear starring directly at her.

Oh no, better keep quiet. She can't possibly be looking at me. Bonnie said softly said to herself.

"Inanna" ... Bonnie heard the voice loud and clear.

"Who said that?" Bonnie asked and looked wildly around her.

"Inanna" ... The voice echoed.

"Who are you? Where are you?" She asked out loud and stood up.

Amarog and the others heard Bonnie. Is she deliberately trying to get herself slaughtered? Amarog thought in anger. "If we live through this I'm going to snap her pretty little delicate neck myself." He said softly.

Bonnie slowly and cautiously walked to the white bear. "Did you ... were you the one talking to me?" Bonnie asked the bear who just looked at her.

She lost her fucking mind. That was the only thing Amarog could come up with as he looked on stunned.

Bonnie reached out her hand slowly and with the tip of her fingers touched the white fur. "You are truly beautiful. " she said breathlessly.

"Thank you my Goddess"

Bonnie looked deep into the ancient eyes of wisdom. Sadness came over her. "You know their here and what their purpose is?"

"Its the cycle of life. I have been expecting them." The white bear placed its paw on its big round belly. "I have to defend my unborn even if I have to kill one or all of them."

Bonnie closed her eyes for a brief moment. "Is there another way?"

"I'm afraid not my Goddess. It has been done since the beginning of time. The Great White Bear bowed its head to Bonnie. "It has been an honour to have met you My Goddess. Now you must go. They are behind you."

"Get away from the beast Bonnie!" Amarog said hard behind her.

Bonnie turned around and glared at him. "No!" Is this what you came here for? This manly quest just to slaughter something so beautiful and pure to prove your worth in this world." Bonnie walked to them with eyes glowing.

The guys stood there unable to move. Never in their life have they heard about a man let alone a girl get that close and touched a Great White Beast without getting ripped apart.

"When will we stop destroying everything pure and beautiful? Look at her? She could be the last of her kind. She belongs here just like you do." Bonnie looked back at the bear. "She deserves to live free without fearing for her young." Bonnie looked back at the young men. "No one is touching her. You want to cut off her head, start with my head first.

Rudolph was the first one to throw down his knife. Then Ulf. Vilks and Ruelle was next to drop theirs. Ulmar, Sandalio and Wolfgang dropped theirs also. The guys turned around and walked away.

Amarog looked down at his trembling hand that clamped the knife tight, before slowly releasing his fingers one by one. His knife dropped to the floor. He turned around and walked.

"Amarog?" Bonnie called after him, but he kept walking.

"I will forever be grateful to you My Goddess for saving my life and that of my unborn. Thank you."

Bonnie softly touched the face of the Great White Bear and said to her with a soft smile. "Go in peace my sister."

And with that the white bear turned around and disappeared into the woods.

-X-

Bonnie came back to the wolf site where the guys was sitting in silence. She looked around and she didn't see Amarog.

"Where is he?" she asked.

"He went in that direction." Ruelle answered.

She was about to walk when Rudolph put his hand on her arm. "Aldolpha, maybe its best to let him be."

"No Rudolph. Let her go to him." Wolfgang said.

Bonnie smiled at Wolfgang and then touched Rudolph's cheek. "I will be fine." She turned around and walked in the direction Amarog went.

Thunder could be heard. Wolfgang looked up as the first raindrops started to fall. A storm was coming.

-X-

Bonnie found Amarog where he was leaning his head against a tree. Eyes closed. A soft rain was falling. She was about to touch his arm when his cold voice stopped her.

"Do. Not. Touch. Me."

"Why don't you trust me? I know I don't belong in this realm, but it was not by my doing that I got sent here." Bonnie said softly.

Amarog turned back to her. "You smell." He said in her face with anger.

Bonnie blushed. "We have been walking since the light of day. So excuse me for my personal smell your Majesty, but its not like you smell any better." Bonnie spat out.

"You smell of him!" Amarog said. Glaring down hard at her.

"Of him?" Bonnie asked confused.

Amarog leaned back and narrowed his eyes and said. "Your vampire lover." For a fleeting moment he could see pain in her eyes, but then it was gone. "I'm not surprised." Amarog said in a mock voice looking Bonnie up and down. "Witches tend to open their pretty little legs very easily for bloodsuckers. Your goddess Inanna was Vladimire's mistress. Bet you didn't know that too. Must be a thing that runs in the witches, right?"

Bonnie slapped Amarog hard across the face. "How dare you ... you animal!" she said in a raw angry voice.

The rain came down from the heavens. Pouring hard on them as the two kept glaring at each other.

Bonnie breathing hard. Her eyes glowing like the precious green jewels in ANVARD.

-and-

Amarog's handsome features in a cold smirk. His left cheek red where Bonnie had slapped him. He turned around and walked.

"Stop. Walking." Bonnie said furiously.

Thunder roared hard above them.

She flicked her wrist on instinct surprising herself, but what surprised her more was when a big tree felled down infront of Amarog and blocked his path.

Amarog stopped. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. When he opened them they were silver grey. He slowly turned around.

Full-on fur sprouted from every inch of his body. What was once his normal hands got mangled and his skin started to peel away. They were replaced with large, hairy, dangerously clawed hands of a beast. Slimy, dog saliva-like substance oozed out along with blood from snapping joints.

Amarog's entire body started to mould itself into its werewolf shape, which is a lot taller and broader than a human. Capable of walking on two legs. He slowly made his way to Bonnie, snarling.

-X-

He pushed Bonnie and she landed hard on her back. She glared at him. Bonnie got up slowly and asked him. "Is that all you got?"

"Do. Not. Temp. Me." Amarog said in a low voice.

"Oh it can speak?" Bonnie said mockingly.

"Witch." Amarog snapped at her.

"Beast." Bonnie snapped back.

Amarog growled and made a move to grab her neck, but Bonnie expected that move and ducted away.

"Run to the tree Bonnie." The voice said clearly in her head. Bonnie turned around and ran for the nearest tree. She could feel Amarog's hot breath on her neck. The tree branches was too high. I won't make it. Bonnie thought franticly.

Amarog's big hairy paw with razor sharp claws went for her neck again, but as soon as Bonnie touched the tree. The tree came alive. One of its thick branches slapped Amarog hard on the chest and with a loud scream of pain the werewolf went flying backwards. He landed hard on the forest floor.

Bonnie looked with wide eyes at the tree. "I am a witch" she said breathlessly to herself. Bonnie turned around and looked back at the werewolf who was laying there very still.

"Amarog?" Bonnie called out before she ran to him.

Bonnie bent down and carefully placed her ear on his chest. "I can't hear his heartbeat. Please wake up" Bonnie sobbed.

Amarog opened his eyes slowly and looked at the girl with her head on his chest crying.

"I'm a witch Amarog. I know what I am." Bonnie sobbed.

When Bonnie's fingers traced his chest again she felt warm skin. Startled she looked up and into Amarog's amusing face.

"Meine kleine hexe" (My little witch) "He said and wiped her tears away with his thumb.

There was a big red mark on his chest where the branched slapped him. Bonnie traced it lightly with her finger and its then when she noticed it. With a flushed face she turned around and turned her back to him.

"Your naked." Bonnie said with warm cheeks.

Amarog got to his feet. "I'm going back to the wolf site. You coming?" Amarog asked with a smirk.

"Not with you like that." Bonnie said flustered.

Bonnie felt Amarog's lips on the back of her head. He kissed her softly. "Do not wander off," he said before he walked away.

She heard screams again. And this time it sounded closer. She walked in the direction where she heard the screams coming from.

-X-

"Turn around Bonnie, nothing good awaits you there." Bonnie ignored the voice and kept on walking. Suddenly she felt tree branches around her wrists. "Go back Bonnie!"

Bonnie pulled hard, and break free from the branches that was restraining her. Ignoring the pain on her wrists, she kept on walking. "I can not enter in there. I can not protect you in there."

"Protect me?" Bonnie screamed out in anger. "Where was your protection when I needed you in Ara'Manth? When your people were getting tortured and killed in Ara'Manth? Where were you?!"

There was silence and Bonnie scoffed. "I thought so."

"Bonnie ... when you go in there ... do not give in to the evil in there ... and do not forget where you are ..."

-X-

Amarog was almost at the wolf site when he heard a high shriek loud cry from his bird Adlerauge. Amarog felt his heart dropped to his feet. "Take me to her." He said and ran fast behind the bird who lead the way flying in the air.

-X-

She could hear dripping water inside the cave and smell its ancient age. The rugged and weary walls stood surrounding her. Cold air filled every corner and warmth seemed to have never tried to crawl its way in here. She turned around stumbled on jagged rocks. Dirt hit her face and sharp rocks pierced her skin as she hit the ground.

She got up painfully to her feet. She heard a sound close to her and she looked around wildly in the dark cave.

Who are you Bonnie asked hard. Who are you, her voice echoed back to her. Reveal yourself to me. Reveal yourself to me, her voice echoed back to her.

Bonnie? A voice said behind her. Bonnie turned around and there her mother stood surrounded by light, with her arms stretched out to her.

My daughter, come to me. I missed you so much. Bonnie ran into her mother's arms with a sob. "Mother can this be? Oh mother! how long I have dreamed about this moment. You are still alive." When there came no reply from her mother Bonnie lift up her head to look at her mother and what she saw turned her blood cold. In her hands she held the head of a black serpent its cold body coiled around her. Bonnie looked into the soulless dark eyes of the black snake. Why don't you embrace me my daughter. The serpent hissed. When the snake was about to strike her in her face. With a scream Bonnie fell backwards and landed hard on her back. She opened her eyes to find herself in a maze and it was misty around her. She had on a green see through dress and her curls was tied up high on her head. I had this dream before. "Damon? Damon?" She began to ran through the maze. It was getting darker and darker behind her with every step she took forward. Bonnie turned around and with a loud scream she got swallowed up by the darkness.

Bonnie could not see anything infront of her so dark was it. She touched her face with her cold hands just to make sure they were still there. Slowly, very slowly she moved forward. She heard something hissed on the ground and she quickly bit her lip not to scream again. "No evil shall harm me." Bonnie said out loud. Let evil harm me. Her voice echoed back to me. "There is still good in this world." Bonnie said with a strong voice. There is no good in this world, let us despair, despair. Her voice echoed back. "Reveal yourself! Foul creature!" Bonnie screamed.

Gradually it became lighter. Bonnie had to blink twice to make sure what she saw infront of her was real. A small boy with his back to her was standing there looking down. Blood dripped from the knife he held in his small hand. The boy said. "I had to do it." Bonnie stepped closer behind the boy and that's when she saw it too. On the ground lay a werewolf with blood dripping from where its throat had been slit. The boy bent down and with the knife he started to cut the werewolf's head off.

Bonnie screamed in horror. "Stop! Don't do it." The boy turned to her with tears in his eyes and said in a soft lost voice. "I cant go back to the elders without his head. They want to see it. I must strike down my own kind." The werewolf's eyes rolled to the back of his head and in a dry inhuman voice it pleaded. "P ... please brother, let me live. "No you are not my brother. I will set my brother free." The boy sobbed and wiped his tears with his bloodied hand. Leaving a blood stain on his cheek. Bonnie screamed for the boy to stop and bent down to grab his arm that was viciously cutting through the thick meat of the werewolf's neck. Bonnie screamed out loud. She grabbed her hair and screamed louder and louder. She ended in a sob on the ground. She stopped when she felt a comforting hand on her back. "Bonnie?" This is not real, Bonnie thought to herself. He is not here. She slowly looked up and through her tears she saw Damon kneeled beside her with a comforting smile on his handsome face. "Take my hand Bonnie let us go home." "Damon," she said breathlessly and threw herself in his arms. When she looked back in his eyes he looked at her with all the love in his heart. "How long have I searched for you. I built our big house and now I'm here to take you there." He said and kissed her softly. Giving herself over. Bonnie took Damon's hand and together they walked.

"Aldolpha No! Amarog screamed." He was unable to move to stop Bonnie where she was walking alone with closed eyes to the dark bottomless pit infront of her.

"Stoppen Sie sie! Gehen!" (Stop her! Go!) Amarog franticly screamed at the bird

Bonnie saw the bird again who saved her life and she was so glad to see him. The bird flapped its powerful wings infront of Damon and that momentarily stopped him.

"Fuck off," Damon hissed at the bird, but this time the bird pushed Damon back with its powerful feet, its talons digging deep into his flesh. "I said fuck off!" Damon screamed. Spit flying out of his mouth.

Bonnie stopped and looked at Damon. "Our house ... what did you say about it?

"I built us a big house. Now let's go. We don't have much time." He said and pulled Bonnie behind him, but Bonnie pulled back.

Damon looked at her and asked. "Don't you want to come with me?"

"I will go with you if you answer me this. Why a big house? Why not a small one? Bonnie asked.

"I want only the best for you. Come with me. We can be together for eternity."

"You are not Damon."

The thing that pretended to be Damon gave her a hideous laugh. "Let's get naked and I will show you I'm the real Damon."

Bonnie stepped closer and said. "The real Damon wanted to build me a small house not a big one.

This time when the bird came back again it slapped one of its powerful wings in the eye of the thing pretending to be Damon. A hissed sound could be heard.

"You can't harm the bird because he can see you for what you really are. I too see you for what you really are. I'm Bonnie Anvardiya Bennet, only daughter of Altheya Bennet. Descendent of the High Witch Goddess Inanna. Protector of all six realms and YOU CAN NOT HARM ME! I know where I am. ...

The creature's hand that held Bonnie's hand started to burn and the flesh fell from it. Its face consorted and deformed into something hideous.

The bird came back and with one powerful slap of its wings it send the creature into the dark bottomless pit.

"Aldolpha?" Amarog said softly behind her. "It is over."

Bonnie turned around to face him. "No its not. Its only just the beginning."