Ara'Manth land of the Vampires

Meredith was chained up in a chamber. Elena seated on a chair infront of her.

"To think I almost trusted you. My own blood turning against me." Elena said deadly calm.

A soldier came in and said. "Excuse me your Empress but I could not find master Damon in his room.

"Did you search for him on the castle grounds?" Elena asked with fuming eyes.

"Just in his room, your Empress."

"Go look for him and don't come back until you find him." Elena screamed.

-X-

Midgard land of the Humans

Out of breath from chasing Amarog, she found him leaned against a tree. Amarog shook his head wildly from left to right.

"Amarog let me help you." Bonnie said with unshed tears.

He turned his head to look at her. His silver grey eyes fuming. Spit was starting to form at the corners of his mouth. He pushed Bonnie roughly away from him and said harshly. "Get away from me Aldolpha!"

Amarog held his head in his hands and fell to the ground on his knees. Screaming. Fur sprouted from his body. "No!" he screamed in agony.

Bonnie kneeled in front of him. She was about to touch him when he back handed her. She landed a few feet away from him. He was about to attack her again, but stopped and slammed his body hard against the nearest tree. Breaking the tree in half.

"No, no not him. Please not him." Bonnie said hard. "Fight it Amarog! You can fight it!"

Amarog turned back and glared at Bonnie with eyes black as coal. "I'm not myself. You better run witch." He spat out in an inhuman voice.

Bonnie stood up slowly and said. "No." She closed her eyes and begin to chant in the old language of the witches.

Amarog fought against an invisible force to get to Bonnie. The beast was furious that something blocked him from killing its prey.

So much sadness and fear of losing or killing Amarog made Bonnie weak. In tears and exhausted she dropped to her knees. In agony Amarog slowly break the barrier.

It was Rudolph who arrived first just in time to push Amarog away before he could slash Bonnie's throat open.

Rudolph looked in the soulless eyes of the beast and said. "This is not you brother." Amarog grabbed him by the throat and threw him hard against a tree.

The others came and was momentarily stunned by the scene in front of them.

Damon saw a weak looking Bonnie on the ground and the werewolf advancing on her. "No! Stay away from her!" Damon vamp speed to Amarog and the two grab each other. Furiously and viciously the two fought against each other in their battle to kill one another. The beast got the upper hand and threw Damon hard against a tree.

"The vampire is trying to kill our brother." Ruelle screamed and he, Wolfgang, Vilks, Ulf, Sandalio, Ulmar and Rudolph transformed into their werewolf form and jumped to attack Damon, but Stephen vamp speed in front of his brother. His fangs out. "There is something wrong with your brother. He will never attack Bonnie." Stephen said.

The beast was now in its full werewolf form. Saliva dripping from the beasts mouth. He snarled in their direction with black eyes.

"Stephen is right. Hold him off, I need to help Bonnie." Caroline said and rushed to Bonnie.

"Bonnie! I need to help her!" Damon said, but Caroline stopped him. Surrounded by a white light he found himself unable to move.

Caroline placed her hand on Bonnie's shoulder and said softly. "We can save him but we must do it as quickly as possible."

Bonnie nodded her head and together they begin to chant.

The brothers looked at Amarog with heavy hearts. Never in their life would they have imagined them fighting against their ruler. Their own brother.

"What now Brother?" Rudolph asked Wolfgang, who was second in command.

Wolfgang's heart was ripped apart. It deeply hurt him to see Amarog like this and now the pack looks up to him for guidance. "He is still in there brothers. Do not kill him." He said to them.

Stephen who was next to Wolfgang nodded his head.

The beast was fighting against the pack and Stephen. The dark magic in him controlling his body. Steven was safely behind Caroline and Bonnie.

The beast ripped a piece of flesh from Ulf's arm. With a hard cry Ulf landed on the ground.

"Kill me. Please!" The Beast screamed.

"You are our brother. Our leader. Brother we will see Armagh again. Together all of us." Rudolph said as tears welled up in his eyes.

"No!" The beast screamed and hit Rudolph hard on the jaw sending him flying through the air.

It was the sound of Adlerauge that made the beast look up to the sky. The majestic bird came soaring down from the heavens and with his powerful wings he flapped in font of the beast.

"Get away from him Adlerauge! He is possessed." Ulmar screamed.

Adlerauge flapped his powerful wings slowly and it was as if the beast was enchanted by the birds wings.

Bonnie was chanting louder now. Summoning the witch who possessed Amarog.

Hearing Bonnie's voice made the beast snarled. He turned back to her. In its head the voice said "kill the witch."

With its last will power the turned away from her and threw his body against the trees. Repeatedly hitting its head against the hard bark of the tree and ripping the tree apart with its claws. Blood spurting from it's head.

"By Guille! He is trying to kill himself! Brother NO!" Wolfgang cried out and they all jumped on the beast to stop him. The beast threw them off one by one.

"Amarog!" Bonnie said behind him. The guys moved protectively in front of Bonnie. "No let him come to me." Bonnie said.

The beast ran and jumped over the heads of his brothers, but stopped in mid air in front of Bonnie.

-X-

Ara'Manth Land of the Vampires

The witch who is possessing Amarog, the same witch who possessed the witches in Ara'Manth started choking on her own dark spell. She no longer had control of her own voice. The witch chanted louder in the old language of the witches she so long have forgotten and turned her back on, and just like that she vanished in front of a stunned Lucian and Giuseppe.

-X-

Midgard Land of the Humans

The witch landed in front of Bonnie. Bonnie never felt so much hate and disgust for a person.

The old witch held her hands up over her face and pleaded. "Please have mercy on me. The vampires made me do it."

"She is lying Bonnie. Stop her wicked heart." Caroline said in anger.

"Oh please don't. I promise I will not harm anyone again." The old witch pleaded.

"You do not deserve to live." Bonnie said and glared down hard at the witch.

"You can't kill me. Its against your beliefs. Inanna will never forgive you if you kill one of you own." The old witch said and smiled slyly.

"I am not Inanna. You do not deserve your gift. So let us see how useful you will be to your vampires you so loyally served in wickedness, without it." Bonnie placed her hand on the old witches head and begin to chant in the old language of the witches.

"No, No! Please not my magic." The old witch screamed as she felt her magic leaving her. The witch fell back with her eyes open in disbelief.

"I only let you live to give this message to your puppeteers. I'm coming for them. I'm coming for them all and I won't show them any mercy." Bonnie spat out. Her eyes black as coal. With a flick of her wrist the witch was gone.

-X-

Ara'Manth land of the Vampires

The witch was back in front of Lucian and Giuseppe. "What happen?" Where did you go? Is the witch dead?" Lucian was beside himself and he wanted answers.

The witch started to cackle laugh. Lucian slapped her hard in the face. Blood spurting from her nose.

"I have seen her. I have been in her presence and she did what Inanna could not do. What Inanna should have done so many, many moons back." The old witch said in a tired voice. "She took my magic."

"You useless old cow!" Lucian screamed.

"Finally I am free from this cursed gift. I will wait for you Lucian in the pit of hell, for she is coming for you. She is coming for all of you. You have pissed off the wrong witch." The old witch cackled laughed ugly and spit out blood.

Lucian was beside himself with fury. With an inhuman scream he ripped out the heart of the old witch.

Shocked in horror Giuseppe stood still against the wall. Lucian turned around calmly and walk to a terrifying Giuseppe. "Wha ... what ... n ... now?" Giuseppe stuttered out.

Lucian wiped the blood from his hand with Giuseppe's coat and smirked coldly. "I don't need you anymore. Make yourself comfortable in your new home."

"No! You can't leave me here!" Giuseppe screamed. Lucian snapped Giuseppe's neck and walked out locking the door behind him.

-X-

Midgard land of the Humans

When Damon was released from Caroline's white light he rushed to Bonnie. With a sigh she collapse in his arms.

"She took too much dark power. She must rest so that her body can absorb it all." Caroline said and tenderly wiped a curl from Bonnie's head.

"She will live? I can't lose her again." Damon said and kiss Bonnie softly on her head.

"Yes, she will." Caroline answered softly.

"I will carry Aldolpha. I always carry Aldolpha when she's tired or weak. Vilks said behind Damon.

Damon turned around confused. "Aldolpha? No wolf will set its paws on Bonnie." Damon said in anger.

"How dare you!" Rudolph seethed. The pack moved in on Damon but Wolfgang stopped them. "Now is not the time brothers. Let us get Aldolpha and Amarog safe so that the Elf Princess can heal them. Our brother Ulf is also wounded. See to him and the others help me with Amarog." Wolfgang said calmly to his angry brothers. He then turned to Damon and glared at him and said. "Let the vampire carry Aldolpha."

"Follow me." Stephen said.

-X-

Stephen had a little house at the outskirts of Midgard. A small kitchen, a sitting room and one bedroom.

"And here I always thought your homeless Stephen. Talking about homeless think I can be you're new roomie?" Steven asked and smiled sweetly.

"Not a chance." Stephen said with a smirk.

Damon lay Bonnie carefully on the bed and the brothers Amarog beside her. Ruelle smirked and placed Amarog's hand on Bonnie's hand. "Now they are with each other." He said.

Damon glared at Ruelle and took Amarog's hand of Bonnie.

"You touch my brother again and I'll bite your arm off vampire." Sandalio said and Umar's hand rested on his knife. Waiting for Damon's next move.

"I need you all to leave me alone with Bonnie and Amarog." Caroline said softly behind them.

It was a glaring contest between the wolves and Damon and neither moved.

"You heard the elf Princess. Out! Now!" Wolfgang said behind them.

The pack nodded their heads and walked out silently. "That means you too, Vampire." Wolfgang said.

Damon gave Bonnie one last longing look and kissed her softly on the cheek before walking out. He found Stephen outside standing by what looks to be a small grave.

"Brother?" Damon said softly.

"You don't have a brother." Stephen said with his back turned to Damon.

"You will always be my bother Stephen. No matter what." Damon said with hurt in his voice.

"You killed our mother Damon. The only woman who brought us up with love. Who showed compassion when that man who calls us his children wanted to turn us into him. Evil monsters."

"I didn't kill her Stephen and you know that."

"You were there when she took off her ring and walked out into the sunlight. I saw you Damon. You just stood there and did nothing. You knew she was not a day walker like us.

"She did it willingly! She wanted to end it all Stephen and she made me promise not to tell you! Do you really think mother was truly ever happy after Giuseppe turned us? Turned her? Do you think it made her happy to see what her sons have become? She never felt so happy when she took that fucking ring off. She never looked so sad when she walked out. I still remember my human life and so did she. She knew things will never be like it was before. She never wanted to hurt you, but she choose that for herself Stephen." Damon said with unshed tears. "So go ahead Stephen hate me for eternity, but don't you ever blame me for mothers death. I loved her too." Damon walked away. He needed to be alone, he can't face Bonnie like this.

"He is right Stephen. Give your brother a chance. He carried this secret with him for so long and it was eating him up inside." Caroline said softly next to him.

"Maybe I'm the coward. I saw how unhappy mother was and I did nothing." Stephen said and looked down at the little grave.

"Let us not dwell on the past. Let us look to the future Stephen. Your a good man. You are not your father." Caroline said and tenderly touched his cheek.

Stephen placed his hand on Caroline's hand and said. "The man who will own your heart one day will be the luckiest man in all the realms Princess."

Caroline smiled sadly and said. "If you say so."

...

Bonnie opened her eyes slowly. She turned to Amarog who was next to her on the bed unconscious. "Amarog." She whispered. Bonnie kissed him softly on the cheek.

She got up from the bed and walked out of the room and find no one in the sitting room or in the house.

She could sense him now stronger then ever. She walked to the back of the house and followed the mud covered path. She found Damon sitting on a flat stone. He had a far away look in his eyes.

Damon turned around and saw Bonnie. Time stood still for the two of them. Slowly they walked to each other with tears in their eyes.

Standing infront of one another the two gazed at each other with so much raw emotion in their eyes. Bonnie softly touched his face with trembling fingers. Her tears rolling down her cheeks as was Damon's. She softly traced his face with her fingers. Feeling the familiar contours under her fingers. Damon closed his eyes and inhaled Bonnie's scent. How cruel of life to rip them apart. Her fingers stopped on his lips.

"Damon." Bonnie whispered breathlessly.

He opened his eyes and so much hurt, love, sadness in them that it took Bonnie's breath away. He softly and tenderly wiped her cheeky curls out of her face.

"Cat eyes." He whispered softly. "Your in my arms again."

He cupped Bonnie's face and softly kissed her. Tasting their tears on her lips. He put his arms around her and deepened the kiss. It was a beautiful heart felt sight to see for those who witnessed it and also sad. Bonnie's arms were around Damon's neck. His hands roaming over every curve of her petite body. He stopped the kiss and closed his eyes. Damon held her tight in his arms.

Caroline and Stephen was standing at the back of the house watching the two lovers. They saw Bonnie walked out earlier and they followed her. The brothers were also there watching Aldolpha with the vampire ... and so was a still weak Amarog.

Rudolph turned back to look at his brother Amarog whose eyes were fixed with so much sadness on Bonnie and Damon. He turned back and stumbled. Rudolph rushed to him and said. "Let me help you brother."

Amarog smiled weakly and said. "I can managed brother. I'm going to take a walk with Adlerauge."

"Be careful brother." Rudolph said. He deeply hurt to see Amarog so weak and vulnerable.

Amarog just nodded. Adlerauge landed on Amarog's shoulder and together the two walked off.

-X-

Ara'Manth land of the Vampires

A furious concern Elena found Lucian in her room. "There you are? Where have you been?" she asked the minute she closed the door behind her.

"Busy with important matters. The old witch is dead. I have called on our army. If we go tonight we will be in Midgard in four days time if we take the old route by the mountains. We should strike while the witch is still in Midgard she will be stronger once she's in Anvard."

"Not without Damon." Elena said.

So that vampire meant a whole lot more to the Empress. Lucian thought to himself. "Damon is not in Ara'Manth. I'm afraid the witch summoned him. Probably keeping him as a bargaining chip. We have her friend and now she has Damon. Poor Damon must be getting tortured as we speak." Lucian said faking concern. He hated to lie to Elena, but he needed her to keep her head steady if they want to win this war. Now is not the time for weakness and failure.

Elena was beside herself from anger. "Is everything ready?" She asked Lucian.

"Just waiting on you, your Empress."

Ara'Manth's army was a sight to behold. Fifty thousand strong vampire soldiers marching through the streets of Ara'Manth ready for war. Lucian had a satisfied smirk on his face. This is the end for the witch and her friends.

-X-

Midgard land of the Humans

"I only got my memory back after the witch who took it from me gave it back to me. If that dreaded day never happened." Damon said in anger. It was night time now, and Damon opened up. He told Bonnie everything he did. Also about him and the Empress.

Bonnie looked up and for the first time she could see the stars in the midnight sky of Midgard. "They are here." Bonnie said softly.

"They? " Damon asked confused.

"The stars. Midgard have stars." Bonnie said in wonder.

"I can hardly believe I'm in Midgard." Damon said and touched her curls. He looked at her and said. "Bonnie, about your mother. I am deeply sorry, I" ..

"Damon I already forgave you." Bonnie said softly.

"The werewolves are very protective over you. They would have killed me but Stephen stopped them." Damon said and he sounded a bit amuse and angry.

Bonnie laughed and said. "They rescued me and took me under their wing in Armagh. They are my guardians Damon." Bonnie said softly.

"You were in Armagh?" Damon asked surprised

There came a soft expression over Bonnie's features. "Yes I was. It is so beautiful there Damon. So beautiful and the wolves are very protective of the land. They have this big old ancient tree Guille. The tallest and biggest tree of all the trees in the realms. Guille the tree of wonder." Bonnie said softly.

"You speak so fondly of them." Damon said and he felt a bit jealous.

"They have guide me safely Damon. They are my brothers."

Damon took her hand and placed a soft kiss on it. "So what happens now?"

Bonnie cleared her throat and said. "We should go inside I think the others are waiting for us."

Damon could sense Bonnie was withholding something from him. He did not want to push her. His got a feeling that the werewolf leader was more to her then just her protector.

Damon took her hand and led her back to the house.

...