I'm sorry it's been so long. I had a busy week with lots of tests and assignments that got in the way of everything. I also had a big weekend that means I got very drunk a couple of times and couldn't think straight the next day.

Before I begin, I want to remind everyone that today is the 20th October and this means that everybody should take the time out to think about the six gay students who were so horribly bullied that they committed suicide and for those of you still in high school, whoever you may be, remember that It Gets Better.

It really, really does.

Disclaimer: Just checked my bank account. Four dollars. Guess I don't own TVD.

Tyler could do nothing but stare at the shivering girl lying in front of him. A few hours ago he didn't even think something like this was possible. And yet, here she was. He realised that he didn't even know her name or why Bonnie brought her back. Remembering Bonnie he turned to her.
"That was insane. Are you OK?" he asked as he checked her for injuries, though he didn't know why. He just knew he had to check for something.
"I'm fine, just a little weak. You need to help her. Get the blanket."
Tyler did as he was told and wrapped the blanket around the girl who looked at them startled.
"What is this? Who are you people?" Her pupils were dilated and her breathing was laboured as her newly formed body adjusted to the world. She reminded Tyler of a newborn. Bonnie moved forward and gently lay her hand on the girl's forehead trying to calm her down.
"It's OK. You're OK. We're friends, Veronica you don't have to be scared." So that was her name.
"How do you know who I am? How can I call you friends when I have never seen you before?"
"Because I know about you. And what happened to you." Bonnie leaned in closer to whisper in Veronica's ear, but Tyler's ears picked up. Werewolf genes come in handy sometimes. "What Katherine did to you."

Veronica's eyes widened and she looked sharply at Bonnie. "How...?"
"Tyler, help her to your car." Tyler gently reached for Veronica all the while maintaining eye contact so she could see that she could trust him. She kept his stare and slowly reached her hand out to him as he hoisted her up into his arms and began carrying her back to his truck, making sure to look back to make sure that Bonnie was following him. Slowly but surely, Bonnie got up and started to follow.

Veronica's grip tightened around Tyler's neck as they neared his truck.
"What is that thing?"
"A car. We use it to get around here."
"Like a horse and carriage?"
"Well...it has horsepower." Veronica only looked only more confused as Tyler set her down in order to open the car door only to have her legs give out on her. "Woah, careful."
"I'm sorry I don't know what's wrong. Please do not think I'm some kind of imbecile who never learnt how to walk." She looked at him with a worried expression, obviously confused by why her legs weren't working properly.
"It'll take a while to get used to your body again, Veronica." Bonnie said as she came up next to them. "Tyler will help you into the car." They both looked at Tyler expectantly. He nodded and lifted her up and into his truck and then helped Bonnie in as she was still weak. Tyler took a moment to compose himself before getting into his car and driving off.

The whole way back to Tyler's, Veronica was silent as she took in the world around her. Bonnie was watching her intently, amazed that she had pulled off such a powerful and dangerous spell. At the same time she wondered how she and Tyler would teach Veronica about the modern world and, more importantly, how they would explain why she's there and how they brought her back.

Bonnie noticed that Tyler just stared straight ahead without saying a word. She didn't know how she was going to make this up to him. But, to be fair, he was the once that insisted he come along. Still...
"Hey Tyler." She said quietly. He didn't move and instead gave a grunt of recognition. "Thanks." At this Tyler did turn his head briefly looking at her and smiling before refocusing on the road.
"What is this place?" Veronica's soft voice startled both teens as she gazed at Bonnie looking for an answer.
"This is Mystic Falls."
"No. If you knew so much about me you would have known that Mystic Falls was my home. This is not Mystic Falls."
"It's change in the past few years, Veronica. A lot has, in fact."
"What do you mean? What yea r is this?" Tyler opened his mouth in order to tell her but Bonnie beat him to it.
"This may come as a shock but...it's 2010." Veronica didn't say anything and just sat there staring straight ahead. Tyler soon interrupted the uncomfortable silence by announcing that they had arrived at his. Bonnie was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't even notice that they were in front of his house. They had thought about where to bring her and Tyler reasoned that his house is bigger and since his uncle and mother were gone most of the day that that would be the better alternative.

After helping Veronica inside Bonnie, having regained some of her strength, went and got her duffel bag out of the van. Tyler eyed her as he tried to get Veronica to stand on her own two feet. She was gaining balance which meant that most of her motor functions were returning at full strength.
"What's the bag for?" Tyler asked as he kept a steady arm around Veronica.
"She'll need clothes, unless you want her running around Mystic Falls naked. DON'T answer that." She interrupted him as he opened his mouth no doubt to say something only a guy would say. He smirked at her as Veronica finally regained full balance. "Good work. Now, you need a shower."
Veronica looked up from her feet.
"Shower?"

Stefan, Damon and Elena sat in the drawing room Salvatore boarding house trying to figure out what had happened earlier.
"I don't understand. I didn't feel anything." Said Elena as she tried to comprehend what the brothers were saying.
"Well, are you a vampire? I didn't think so. No, this is something supernatural." As he said that last word, Damon waved his hands in front of his face. Elena simply rolled her eyes.
"No he's right it was definitely something supernatural and powerful. If it shook the ground like that then that must mean-"

"That it's a violation of the laws of nature yaddi-yadda-yadda. " Damon interrupted. "Tell us something we don't know Stefan like WHO DID IT. I have a theory." He looks to Elena. "Your little witch friend was experimenting."
"Bonnie's careful and you know it. Stop looking for excuses Damon."
"Who's looking for excuses? Me? Come on Elena how long have you known me?" He sent his signature smirk her way only to have her scoff at him in disgust. Stefan once again stepped in.
"OK let's focus. Damon stop being a jackass for one second. Elena, Damon's right we can't rule Bonnie out. Who knows she might have been performing a spell and it went bad."
"Then that means she could be in trouble!" Elena exclaimed.
"Let's not jump to conclusions. Why don't you just call her?"
"Right that's a good idea. I'll be back." As she headed off to get her phone Damon appreciated her from behind.
"You know she'll never choose you Damon." Stefan crossed his arms and looked like he pitied his brother. Damon got up and made his way to the front door.
"Doesn't mean I can't look."
"Where are you going?"
Damon stopped and turned to face his brother. "If Bon-Bon really did do this do you think she's gonna answer a call from the friend that just happens to be involved with vampires?"
"A vampire." His brother corrected.
"Right, whatever. I'm going to look for her."
"Be careful Damon, you know how Bonnie feels about you."
"She loves me!" Damon yelled back as he walked out the door. Stefan sighed. This wouldn't end well.

Tyler knocked before entering his room where Bonnie was currently in there with Veronica after helping her take her first shower.
"Come in." Came Bonnie's voice through the door. Tyler opened the door slowly to see them sitting on his bed, Bonnie having just finished fixing Veronica's hair. Veronica, on the other hand just stared curiously around Tyler's room, paying particular attention to his laptop, TV and exercise bike.
"How you guys doing?" He asked Bonnie.
"It took a while to get her into the shower but other than that she's pretty normal. Just very, very curious."
"Well that's understandable. Why are we whispering?"
"I don't want her to get freaked out."
"Umm, we just brought her back from the dead. I think she's already pretty freaked out!" Bonnie motioned for him to be quiet as they made their way over to Veronica who was looking out the window.
"These clothes are very strange." She said as she fiddled with the bubble hem of the green dress and stared at the plain flat shoes on her feet. "Do women here usually show so much?"
"Yeah. Is this uncomfortable for you?" Bonnie asked, worried.
"No just strange. Also, quite liberating." She turned to face Tyler. "This is your home?" Tyler nodded as she shifted her gaze to Bonnie. "Are you his slave?"
"Woah! That is so not appropriate." Tyler said shocked that this came out of a girl who looked like she could fall apart at any second. Bonnie put a hand on his shoulder so that he would face her.
"Tyler it's ok. She doesn't know any differently of course she'd think I'm a slave that's what she was raised around." Bonnie turned to Veronica and smiled. "No sweetie, black people aren't slaves anymore. They were freed after the Civil War." The fair girl looked taken aback.
"The war? So the North saw victory?" Bonnie nodded.
"Does that...upset you?" Tyler interjected. Bonnie shot him a glare.
"No I never cared for war. I avoided such matters wholeheartedly." She glanced outside briefly before moving closer to them. "If it's not too much trouble, I'd like for you to take me into town."

Bonnie was shocked to hear this coming from a girl who just twenty minutes ago had been afraid to step into the shower. "Are you sure? The world isn't how you left it." When Veronica straightened her back and looked them both over, gone was the scared little girl who couldn't move properly and in her place stood a confident and proud young woman more determined than anyone Bonnie had every encountered before.
"Since you both see it fit that I remain unaware of just how I've been...resurrected I am far too impatient to sit here and do nothing."
Tyler took a moment to compose himself. He had never seen a woman assert herself so...eloquently before. It was kinda hot. "You could watch TV." He offered.
"What is that? Tee-Vee?" she sounded it out and Tyler fought the urge to laugh as Bonnie smiled and stood next to her.
"It's OK, we'll take you into town. You deserve to know the place you've woken up in and to see what's become of your town. Tyler will you get the car ready?" Tyler stood dumbfounded that Bonnie had agreed to Veronica's demands.
"OK but after this you're giving me a full explanation of what I got into."
"Promise."

Damon walked through the town square looking for any sign of the witch. He refrained from going to her house because he didn't think that she would appreciate him disturbing her mother and he didn't want any more witchy-headaches. Besides, she was also a teenage girl. She was probably leading some friend around town.

Bonnie and Tyler walked closely behind Veronica as she slowly made her way through Mystic Falls, taking in the roads, shops, cars and the people that surrounded her.
"She looks kinda happy." Tyler pointed out.
"I think she's just amazed by how much the world's changed. When I saw her in my dream, she was reading Darwin. She's very open to new things." Bonnie said without thinking.
"Wait, you saw her in your dream? Is that why you brought her back? Her spirit asked you to in your dream or something?" Bonnie realised that now was as good a time as ever to explain to Tyler why she had brought Veronica back.
"OK you promise not to freak out."
"Bonnie, I just helped you bring someone back from the dead. Also, I'm kinda a werewolf."
"Right. Well, it all started when..."

Veronica could hear them talking behind her but she paid them no mind. She was too engrossed in the world around her. How things had changed in one hundred and forty five years. How many great things now existed in the world because of the minds of men? She had always marvelled at the human brain and its capacity for creating wonders whether they be physical or theoretical.

Looking around she noticed some people her age sitting together at a place labelled "Mystic Grille" laughing at something one of them had said, no doubt. Strangely one of them had a small device to her ear and was talking into it. As she peered closely at it from across the street she noticed a familiar figure standing at the front of the same place. But, it couldn't be...

Damon ignored the yapping of the teenagers behind him as they laughed loudly at some stupid anecdote. Oh the stories he could tell them...probably wouldn't have them in tears of laughter. More like tears of horror. He smirked to himself as he focused his attention back to his task as he scouted the area for any signs of Bonnie when something, or someone, caught his eye.

For the first time in a hundred and forty five years Damon Salvatore couldn't think, couldn't speak. The long blonde hair, the dark blue eyes and the honey-coloured skin. They locked eyes and he knew. He just knew.

Veronica couldn't believe her eyes. There was Damon Salvatore standing across the street from her, clear as day and staring right back at her in disbelief. He was dressed like the others of this town, which mean that she was not hallucinating. She couldn't believe how he could be alive. Then realization struck.
"Damon." She whispered.

Damon's vampire hearing picked up his name on her lips. He knew she had figured out why he was here and what he was but he couldn't figure out how she was here. He kept her gaze and whispered back, knowing she'd read his lips.
"Ronnie."
Her eyes widened as she took in a big breath. Damon made to cross the street when Bonnie and Tyler Lockwood came up to her and started to lead her away. Bonnie looked across the street at him and he glared back, knowing what she'd done. She merely nodded, understanding that he knew and followed after Ronnie (HIS Ronnie) and Tyler. Damon watched them go but didn't run after them. He could only formulate two words at that very moment.

"That witch."

There, done! What a long chapter. I think it's one of my longest! Not that I have many! Not yet...

Next: Damon confronts Bonnie about what she's done as Katherine comes out of temporary hiding.
Also, we find out Tyler's reaction to Bonnie's reasons for bringing Veronica back.
TUNE IN.

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