~ Chapter Three ~

They say time heal all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite - Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Prince).

Saturday, 2nd January 2010

Bonnie closed her eyes and took a deep breath in and out of the fresh Light Haven air. Seated on the edge of the walkway she looked down to the almost iced spring water below. She loved visiting her family's home in Light Haven, Georgia and now she was going to live here. Today begins her first day of her new life. A new life without her Grams and her dad. She wiped away the tears that fell from her thought.

"Out of all the places in the Bennett house, their backyard is my favorite too."

Bonnie looked up to the tall, green-eyed eighteen-year-old blonde haired boy. Marcus O'Donnell. She had met him during the week she spent in Light Haven with her father. At first, it was awkward meeting him cause he had looked at her strangely, then soon after that he would come around often and was just always around her. Michael had explained it wasn't unusual for Marcus to overstay his stay at their place but since he had lost his parents he had avoided the house at all cost, only seeing him at coven meetings and texts now and then.

He had lost his family a year ago on 15th January. A car accident. He survived, but his parents died instantly from the crash.

After finding that out, she began to make the effort to talk to him while she was staying with her family. Maybe it was because of the loss of her Grams at that time, that she felt tethered towards him. Yes, Michael too lost his Grams, but their relationship wasn't as close as she had with her Grams. To have someone you rely on to be taken away so quickly makes you feel lost in the world. Alone.

Seeing him again this morning along with all the other coven members made her a little happy. Besides everyone with pity in their eyes for her losses he had a different look. A look of understanding and strangely she was comforted by the fact that someone knew what she was feeling.

Marcus sat beside her and stared out at the water. He didn't want to ask her if she was okay. He knew what her automatic answer would be. It didn't mean you weren't hurting inside.

"Does the pain ever stop?" she softly asked.

He hums in thought "The pain becomes scars."

"That's vague."

He smiled weakly "It still hurts even after a year, knowing they are not coming back. My mom would always say that the physical scars tell a story to the world that you went through something that you have survived. Visible scars can appeal to make you look like a survivor, but mom always believed it was the emotional scars that made you stronger."

Bonnie stared at him curiously "Why?"

"Nobody sees them. It is only you that felt that pain but over time the wound will heal and become a scar. The memories that haunt you will be healed by the memories that made you feel loved. That hurt will become a scar and only then you can move forward knowing yourself you are a survivor. You will tell yourself, and you'll believe it."

"Without others telling you," she said.

He nodded in agreement to her words.

"You're going to be okay," he tells her then puts out his hand towards her.

Bonnie looked down to Marcus's hand. Tears well up causing her to look away, and stare at the water. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want a stranger to see her cry. She couldn't help herself and without looking to him, she placed her hand on his. Her eyes widened at the feeling of the constriction in her chest loosening, almost as if fresh air was instilled in her the moment she touched his hand. She looked to him wondering if it was all in her head.

He smiled a little and said looking out to the water "I don't know why either. Being around you that week; made me feel what you're inside feeling now."

She looked back to their linked hands then back out to Light Haven's spring. She didn't want to know why either because right now she wanted to hold onto this weightless feeling.

Gabriel walked into the kitchen to find his wife Rosario leaning against the frame of the back door staring out to their backyard in deep thought. Curious about what has his wife's attention he stands behind her, surprising her when he wraps his arms around her waist.

He leaned down and whispered, "What has captured your attention?"

The woman calmed to the sound of her husband's voice and leaned back against his chest looking out to the scene unfolding in front of her.

"Marcus and Bonnie, " she says.

Gabriel looked up to see the two teen sitting on the edge of the walkway leading to the Light Haven water springs. No words exchanged between the two at the moment. For a while, he stared at them and then began to see what caught his wife's attention. Their connection.

"You can see it too, yeah?" she asked, "I thought I had imagined it that week Zachariah and Bonnie stayed with us."

With his arms still around her waist, he stood up straighter and stared at the two "Yeah. I never thought I would be able to witness this" he said amazed now focusing his eyes on the two making sure he didn't see things. Their elemental auras were connecting. Bonnie must be feeling a little weight off her shoulder from Marcus absorbing the negative emotion she was feeling.

An elemental sync. Something that was very rare in covens, not rare just rarely seen if you didn't have the ability of aura sight.

Witches learned to work together, but every once in a decade two witches' elemental powers would quickly mold together making them in sync and very dangerous to their enemies. The elemental sync allowed them to work as one. The only problem with an elemental sync was that not all coven knew if it happened within their coven. The only way to have this knowledge was to have a witch that have the sight of aura. All witches have the sight of aura but to master it was a rare ability. Not many witches could hone such a gift without years of training [and patience] like his wife. Gabriel was lucky to have met Rosario and she helped him learn to read auras. He wasn't a pro like her, but enough to witness Marcus's aura wrapping around Bonnie's aura in a comforting manner.

Gabriel lays his chin upon her shoulder, "An O'Donnell and a Bennett to be in sync. Who knew?" he states.

She looked to her husband asking "I wonder if it's because they both were tainted with death at such young ages?"

"Maybe, " he said and looked to his wife "What I do know is that those two are going to be a dangerous team to put together. They are both grieving and if Bonnie is anything like Marcus. Her anger is going to fuel her powers" he sighed worriedly, "We're going have to find a way for those two to have a tighter control of their emotions and powers."

Rosario hummed in agreement "Maybe Bonnie may be the answer to help Marcus control his powers."

He unwrapped his arms around her waist and turned her around.

With his hands on her hip, he said "Let's focus on Bonnie first. Mom and Zach had pacified the demonic spirit to awaken when it's time for the Prophecy to be answered. Meaning this may be happening soon."

Rosario placed her hand on his chest and said "Let her rest. We can begin training when she is ready. In the meantime, we do need to keep an eye on her. I remember Zach telling us that this spirit will take on the vampire traits, yet she doesn't crave human blood to complete the transition."

Looking over her shoulder to Bonnie and Marcus he looked back to Rosario "I wondered that too. She told me she didn't crave human blood, and she assured me it wasn't because she would feel guilty. I don't want to force her to drink human blood when she doesn't even crave it."

"So your niece is the witch-hybrid."

Gabriel rolled his eyes to the interruption while Rosario looked over her shoulder to see Ray Sutton walking into the kitchen with a file in his hands. A loner werewolf in his late twenties worked with the assassin coven helping out when he can after they had saved him years ago from a group of vampires. He had paid his debt to them [though he didn't have to] and soon enough they grew attached to the wolf.

"What brings you back to Light Haven?" Gabriel asked letting go his wife and turned to face the scruffy bearded man.

Placing the file on the kitchen counter Ray explained "Something weird is going on, I thought you might make better sense of it. I met up with a couple of wolves in Florida. They seemed a little on edge and a little rowdier-"

"Then they usually are, " Rosario said teasingly.

"Ha. Ha," Ray said in a deadpanned tone and leaned against the counter "They are on edge because rumors were going around that a couple of vampires were seeking out an object known as the Moonstone. A stone used to break the sun and moon curse."

"Sun and the Moon curse?" Gabriel questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Ray smiled impressed and proud of himself for taking the initiative of researching this curse.

With a prideful smirk, he slides the file to Gabriel "I'd never heard of this sun and moon curse as well, so after a little more drinking and getting them to trust me I got a bit more information out of them. It wasn't much, but it got me to do some solo research, Now I don't have the many connections as much as you do, but I thought what I knew so far could be your starting point."

Gabriel opened the file while Rosario moved to stand in between Gabriel and Ray to read.

Skimming through the information, Gabriel summed up out loud "This sun and moon curse are stated to be an Aztec curse-"

Rosario continued "Placed on vampires and werewolves limiting their movement. So if vampires broke this curse-"

"They can roam in the sunlight but if werewolves broke this curse-"

"They can shift into their wolf form any time they wish," Gabriel and Rosario said at the same time looking at each other.

Ray looked at the duo stating, "It's a little creepy that you two can do that."

Rosario rolled her eyes looking to him "So the wolves are on edge because of this curse. They want to break it, but they don't have the moonstone."

The wolf nods in confirmation.

Closing the file Gabriel turns to him, to sum up, "Vampires and werewolves racing to find that moonstone" he tilts his head to the side when he spots a certain glint in the wolf's eye "There's more to it isn't there?"

With a smirk, Ray revealed the last information he was lucky to come across "A certain vampire in that race goes by the name of Klaus. There are a couple of vampires and werewolves out there that are willing to get rid of their death debt to this guy. Searching heaven and hell for this moonstone."

"Klaus wants to break the curse?" Bonnie said surprising everybody.

Gabriel and Rosario turned around to face their niece now in the kitchen with Marcus standing behind her. Ray looked over Rosario's shoulder to get a better look at the new girl he had yet to meet.

"Bonnie-" Gabriel started but stopped when she looked at him with pleading eyes

"Don't treat me like a child, uncle. I deserve to know."

Rosario walked to Bonnie throwing an arm around her shoulder "She's right Gabe. She does deserve to know" she looks to Bonnie with a knowing smile "So, how much do you know?"

She looks to her aunt in surprise "How did you know?"

"Ten minutes is not a long enough break outside. Trust me, I know. Which means you would have used that very useful super-hearing skill to eavesdrop on our conversation" Rosario finished with a smile.

Bonnie looked away embarrassed for being caught out then looked back to her aunt "I didn't mean to. I looked back to see you and uncle gone, and then my hearing picked up on a new voice in the house."

Gabriel motioned to Bonnie "Ray this is our niece Bonnie Bennett," he looked to Bonnie "Bonnie this is one of our werewolf sources, Ray Sutton."

Ray stuck out his hand in which Bonnie accepted "Nice to finally meet the person involved in the Prophecy."

Her eyes widened in surprise, dropping her hand "You know?"

Dropping his hand, he said "Well of course I know. I am a part of the coven, and I was the one giving as much information as I could find for your dad."

Bonnie's voice cracked "My dad."

"Sorry for the loss. Your dad was a good man."

Biting her bottom lip she nodded in acceptance of his words unable to express her thanks. She feels the tears well up in her eyes, she sniffles a little and looks to the ground to try and hold back her tears. Her eyes widened at the sight of a tear dropping on a kitchen tile. Marcus placed a comforting hand on her back sensing her fallen mood. He looked briefly down to see her long hair shadowing her emotions from the world and looked back to the concerned Ray.

"Sorry, Ray you'll have to excuse us. I haven't shown Bonnie the training area downstairs."

Ray nodded in understanding while Rosario and Gabriel looked thankful to Marcus who guided the quiet Bonnie out of the kitchen not before she whispered to the others "I'm sorry."

Ray scratched the back of his head looking to Rosario and Gabriel "Shit. Sorry about that."

"It's okay Ray," Rosario said.

"How's she doing?" he asked.

Gabriel sighed "She's dealing, Her way."

"You?" he asked Gabriel.

Gabriel smirked to the wolf's concern "Same."

Ray closed the file and picked it up "Are you going to put her through training?"

"We're going to" Gabriel answered.

"Let me help, especially with her vampire nature," he said.

Gabriel leaned against the counter beside Ray "That's the problem."

"What?"

"We don't know much about her vampire nature. She told us the only vampire traits she knows of is her fangs, her speed, and her hyper senses-"

"And her eyes change to red" Rosario imputed.

"Red?" Ray repeated unsure if he heard right.

Gabriel nodded "Red. Complete opposite to a vampire's usual eye color."

Ray frowned confused "Does the Prophecy give us any more information about her vampire side."

"Demon" Rosario stated softly causing both men to look at her.

"We have been saying vampire trait that we forget she is truly a witch-demon hybrid."

"Damn, that's why she hasn't completed transition," Gabriel said looking to his wife.

"Sorry, I'm a little lost right now," Ray said.

Rosario chuckled looking to Ray explaining "A demon doesn't need to transition. It needs to connect to the soul of the vessel. The demon spirit and the soul need to find balance."

"To balance? You mean there's a chance that this demon could overpower Bonnie?" Ray questioned.

"Demons possess. According to ancient writings the more power the vessel gives to the demon within them the more the vessel sheds their humanity unless the soul and the demonic spirit can find a balance within the vessel" Gabriel looked worriedly to his wife "This is going to be too much for her. She has to be mentally ready if she is to meet this demon. We can't let it fully possess her."

"Then let's help her be ready," Rosario said with a determined look "We will grieve and when she is ready we will train her."

The seated Bonnie leaned against the wall of the training area. Her eyes closed trying to tune out the sounds of Michael and Marcus's uncle, Scott O'Donnell sparring in the center of the room. The thirty-three-year-old man struck at Michael with the blue padded stick but gets blocked by Michael's red padded stick.

Scott stepped back "Maybe you should have gone back to college this year, cause your defense sucks."

Michael gasped playfully offended by his words. He moves towards him to strike but misses when Scott takes two steps back in time to miss the strike at him.

"College can wait," grunts Michael quickly taking two steps forward "because I need to fix up your defense skills" and in one swift motion he swipes the stick at Scott's ankles to cause the man to fall back.

Marcus cheers the moment Michael knocks Scott off his feet. Clapping at Michael's success of defeating Scott today he looks down to Bonnie, who had a look of concentration.

"What are they saying?" he asked knowing she was attempting to eavesdrop on the conversation upstairs.

Bonnie sighed in defeat "It just sounds so muffled in my ears" she said tiredly.

"Well I guess we can say this room is soundproof," he said then frowned from her tone asking her "Are you okay?"

"I just feel tired," she said closing her eyes briefly.

He worriedly placed his hand against her forehead "There's no fever" then focuses his attention on her face "Let's get some water in you, your lips are dry, and then you go sleep."

"I'll rest later," she said.

He dropped his hand "Bonnie, you've been busy since your dad's death" she glared at him to stop, but he didn't "Now you're not. You're emotionally and physically drain, and your body is at their point of no longer running on adrenaline or distraction."

She looked away from him not wanting to admit he was right. Bonnie stands up about to walk away but pauses at the sight of a girl and boy standing at the bottom of the stairs. Both of them staring curiously at her.

Marcus looked over to see the twins arrival. Robbie and Alexis Johnson. Twins. Fifteen years old. Their parents are a part of the coven but since they were not of age yet they hadn't officially joined the coven. They only had two more months left till they turned sixteen and would be allowed to join the coven officially. Marcus motioned with his head for the twins to come over to meet Bonnie. Briefly glancing at each other they carefully made their way towards them trying to avoid getting hit by Michael or Scott during their sparring and stood in front of Bonnie and the still seated Marcus.

"So you're the witch hybrid," Alexis said eying Bonnie up and down, sounding a tad disappointed.

This coven and her parents made a huge deal about this Prophecy and a so-called witch-hybrid to be strong enough to stop the Original hybrid. She imagined this witch-hybrid to be a little older and powerful looking.

"Alexis!" Robbie exclaimed slapping his sister's shoulder then looked to Bonnie "I'm sorry for my sister's rudeness. She has a tendency not to think before speaking. I'm Robbie Johnson, and this is my younger twin sister, Alexis Johnson."

"Bonnie Bennett," she said with as much effort as she could.

"So what are you two doing here? Besides wanting to see what the chosen one for the Prophecy looks like" Marcus stated looking at the twins with a smirk for catching on to their intention.

Alexis chuckled and said to Marcus "You shouldn't be surprised. We grew up listening about the Prophecy, so we had to know how the chosen one" she motioned to Bonnie "looked like."

"Well now you do," Bonnie remarked back catching Alexis by surprise.

She smiled a little that the young girl had the decency to look ashamed for being rude to her.

"Sorry," Alexis said.

Bonnie was going to assure her that it was alright when she felt her senses heightened. She took a deep intake of breath and quickly placed her hand on Marcus' shoulder to balance herself.

"Bonnie?" Marcus said standing up and placing both hands on her shoulders to steady her "What's going on?"

Bonnie takes a sharp intake of air feeling woozy from the sudden awareness of her senses. Someone was coming towards the stairs leading to this room. Someone she wanted to attack…no. Someone she wanted to feed on. She gulped in fear of the euphoria she felt inside. The tip of her tongue wetting her bottom lip from the delicious smell filling her nose connecting with her anticipation of this arrival. The closer this person got was when the pull got stronger. The urge to have her fill of what she has been starved of all along. Starved?

"Starved of what?!" she wondered in panic. The last time she felt this way was only a faint feeling in the hospital those months ago. The day her father died.

Closing her eyes, she sits back down.

"Bonnie!"

She doesn't respond.

Marcus exclamation halts Scott and Michael's sparring and turns to see Alexis and Robbie looking down worriedly to Bonnie who was holding onto Marcus's hands tightly.

Michael rushes to his cousin's side crouching down to her level. He looked to see her shutting her eyes, almost as if she was restraining herself. From what?

"What happened?" Michael demanded.

"I…do not know,.." Marcus said in a panic, letting go of Bonnie and stepping aside to let Michael take his place.

Michael placed both hands on both sides of her face "Bon, talk to me! What's going on?"

He pulls away his hands scarcely when Bonnie's heavy breathing suddenly becomes calm.

"Bonnie" he whispers scared of her quietness.

She smirks and opens her eyes to reveal her bright red eyes shocking everyone. Robbie and Alexis immediately take a step back in fear while Marcus helps Michael stand up and step back as they look down to the quiet red-eyed Bonnie.

She smirks at them revealing her fangs. She revels at the sight of fear on everyone's face. Except for one person. Scott O'Donnell standing in the center of the training mat analyzing Bonnie and what her next move would be.

Catching a glimpse of Bonnie looking to the stairs, caused the older witch to rush to the stairs and use his powers to throw Bonnie away when she sped towards it. Everyone else watches Bonnie go flying across the room, her back hitting the wall.

"Marcus! Michael! Hold her back!" Scott ordered then looked up the stairs to see Derek halfway down the stairs "Derek, get out now!" Scott demanded.

Derek Connor paused in his steps looking down to Scott "What's going on? I heard a crash!"

"We'll explain later, but right now you need to leave!" he quickly said.

Scott looked briefly to see Bonnie standing against the wall restricted from movement thanks to Michael and Marcus using their magic to hold her up against the wall.

Before Derek could question again, Scott cuts him off before he began "If you ask me again why I will throw you out myself!"

Derek gritted his teeth to hold back to his anger of impulsively attacking Scott and sped out of the house. Leaning against the closed front door, he uses his vampire hearing to listen in on the commotion downstairs.

He rolls his eyes in frustration hearing the muddled voices "Stupid soundproof room" he mutters and makes himself comfortable in the Bennett living room area knowing that Alexis would explain the situation.

Scott rushed to stand in between the two boys "You guys got her?" he asked.

"Yeah," they said.

Scott stepped closer to the still quiet Bonnie, but he could see the anger in her eyes. He got in the way of her hunt and the moment Marcus and Michael let go of her she would attack with him, no doubt. Kill him? That, he didn't know.

"So you're the demon hiding within Bonnie," Scott said.

The red-eyed Bonnie smiled wickedly at the man and nodded at him in a motion of introducing herself.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Her," she said.

Michael scoffed "You are not my cousin."

The red-eyed demon chuckled lowly "I am her. It seems like you're all going to have trouble comprehending that."

Scott looked at the demon in fascination. She wasn't going to give them straight answers. This demon was a part of Bonnie. Meaning the truth will only be given to Bonnie. Stepping forward he placed a hand on her forehead and recited the sleep spell. Michael and Marcus slowly dropped their hands when they see Bonnie's eyes close and her head droop. The barrier disappears, and Bonnie falls forward into Scott's arms. He shifts her body a bit and with his strength he lifts her up bridal style.

"Uncle Scott what the hell just happened?" Marcus asked looking to the now sleeping Bonnie.

Scott looked back upstairs of where Derek stood then back down at Bonnie "It just got a little more interesting."

Bonnie slowly opened her eyes only to sigh in relief from a cold sensation on her forehead cooling her heated body.

"Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" Rosario asked while dabbing the wet cloth against her niece's forehead to help bring down her fever.

Bonnie looked to her aunt "Tired…thirsty" she said lethargically only to frown a little confused "Hungry."

"It's your transition" she hears her uncle's voice say,

Turning her head to the right to see her uncle seated by her bed explained to her "The demon side of you is finally awake, but it needs to be fed to be kept alive to keep you, the vessel alive."

"Blood?" Bonnie questioned raggedly.

Gabriel nodded "Not human blood, though."

Bonnie took a sharp intake of breath when that euphoric smell of blood entered her room and before she could control herself she had her hand around the throat of the young stranger and against the wall. Her fangs elongated, and her eyes bled red, and her breathing heaved in and out in anticipation of the blood pumping through the veins of this human's throat. No. Not human. Vampire.

Bonnie couldn't help but feel deliriously happy that it was vampire blood she was craving and letting go of all self-control she bit into the vampire's neck and began her fill.

A great fill of blood hit her taste buds, sliding down her throat and into her system. The lethargic state she was in was starting to disappear. The more she drank, the more she felt powerful. She needed more; she needed to drain-

Bonnie felt a hand touch her shoulder and throw her back, away from the body she was feeding on and land on her bed. Lost in the blood-lust state, she was paralyzed in her place angering her furthermore.

"Damn, I know I volunteered but your niece damn near drained me!" the teenage looking vampire exclaimed while holding onto his bloody neck.

Derek Connor. One of the few vampires allowed into their coven. Forever looking seventeen years old, Derek was truly 164 years old. The pale-skinned boy was different from the tiny number of vampires they made an alliance with. While other vampires had their life and would be the source of information to the coven; Derek built a life in Light Haven and within the coven for almost a year now. Slowly Gabriel was beginning to trust the vampire seeing how he was with everyone.

"Toughen up Derek and get some blood in you. You know where the blood bags are" Gabriel said

"Yeah, yeah," he said waving him off and looked to the blood-lust Bonnie who was still was baring her bloody fangs at him.

Derek's blue eyes turn to look at Gabriel "I can donate a bag of blood but you know if she doesn't get control of the blood lust she'll-"

"I know," Gabriel said looking to his wife that was holding Bonnie in her place with her magic despite the girl's rough attempts of trying to bypass the barriers.

He looked to Derek "You're the only one that knows how to step back from that ripper state."

Derek smiled knowing what Gabriel was going to ask "Why, are you asking me to help Bonnie not become a ripper?"

Rolling his eyes to Derek's teasing tone, the older man just said "Yes. Are you going to help or not?"

"I will; I just need a witch by my side in case she wants to rip into my throat again."

"Deal, " he said in which Derek nodded and walked out only to be met with a worried Alexis holding a bag of human blood.

"Oh my god," she said once she caught sight of his bleeding neck.

"It's not as bad as it looks" Derek assured his worried girlfriend as she handed him the blood bag.

"Not as bad as it looks! Are you kidding?!"

Sipping the blood, Derek sighed relieved feeling the healing process hasten. Looking to Alexis, he tells her immediately "Don't get mad at Bonnie. She's exactly like any newborn vampires before their transition. You get lost in the blood-lust of your first taste of blood. Except with Bonnie, it's vampire blood she craves."

Alexis just nodded as they both quietly walk down the hallway, not before throwing one last look to where Bonnie laid.

"Just how powerful will she become?" Alexis wonders.

Gabriel looked to Rosario who was staring at the now peacefully sleeping Bonnie. Gabriel pulled the blanket from underneath her body and covered her.

Staring down at his niece he placed a chaste kiss on her forehead "I'm sorry this is happening to you" he whispered.

Rosario wiped away a tear mentally telling herself not to cry right now "We should let her rest."

"I'll stay with her" they hear their son's voice from the entrance of the room.

"Your father and I decided on shifts of who will stay with her" Rosario explained to her son.

Michael walked into the room "Please let me stay with her" he looked to his cousin "I need to be here when she wakes up."

Gabriel walked over to his son and placed a comforting hand on his shoulders "She's going to be okay, but it needs to be either your mother or me here when she wakes up because we don't know what her state of mind will be."

Looking at his father "The demon won't attack me," he looked to Bonnie "or us" correcting himself.

Rosario moved to stand near her son "What do you mean won't attack."

"The moment Marcus and I held her back from attacking Derek she stopped."

"Stopped?"

"She wasn't trying to break the hold we had on her with our powers. Any first-time vampires would be lost in their blood-lust and have no self-control."

"Are you saying Bonnie was aware? Trying to fight the demon?"

Michael rubbed the top of his buzzed haircut in frustration "I don't know. It's just that the moment Scott spoke to her she-" he paused looking briefly at Bonnie "she listened. She wasn't fighting to escape."

The trio now looked to Bonnie as Michael stated softly "I now understand Gram's words."

Gabriel and Rosario now looked to Michael confused.

The young teen explained, "It was the day Bonnie found out she was a witch and called us to yell at me for keeping it a secret mainly."

Rosario chuckled in remembrance of that phone call as her son continued his story "Later that night I called Grams to find out that it was because of the Salvatore brother's arrival that leads to Bonnie discovering her powers. I asked Grams if it was the best time to tell her about the assassin coven and for her to train with us."

"I'm going to say that my mom said no" Gabriel said.

Michael nodded "Yeah. She said Bonnie wasn't ready to join until she had reached the peak of her powers that is when she'll need us to learn control. At that moment I didn't get what she meant by Bonnie reaching the peak of her powers until you guys told me about Bonnie being the witch hybrid. I think Grams knew that Bonnie would need us to help control this demon, but I think she also knew that Bonnie would be able to monitor it."

"How?"

He turns to look at his cousin remembering his Gram's words "She said Bonnie's will is a lot stronger than any witch she has known. That she would continue to become powerful, but she would need us by her side to keep her strong. Keep us strong. Keep the coven strong"

Rosario looked to Gabriel than to her son "Okay. We'll leave but if anything happens-"

Michael looks to his mom and finishes her sentence "-I'll just seal her in this room and get you guys."

"Okay" she kissed him on the forehead "Goodnight," she murmurs.

"Night" he whispered back.

"Night son," Gabriel said hugging his son briefly.

"Night dad," Michael said as he pulled away and watched his parents walk out of the room.

Michael walked to where his mother was seated and sat down on the chair near the edge of the bed looking at his now sleeping cousin.

"We're going to get through this Bon. You're not alone anymore. When you wake up, we'll be by your side."

Rosario stepped out of the bathroom in her pajamas only to lean against the door frame at the sight of the back of her seated husband on their queen size bed. Pushing off the wall, she walked around the bed to see him holding a framed photo in his hands. Rosario sat down beside her husband looking at one of her favorite photo of the Bennett family.

Rosario leaned her head against his shoulder "It seemed like another lifetime" she said.

It was towards the end of September 1989. They had all gathered to celebrate Henry and Sheila Bennett's 29th wedding anniversary in Mystic Falls. She and Gabriel were recently married and living in Light Haven where the Bennett once lived in the same house they still live in today. She smiled a little in remembrance that she had also just found out that weekend she was three weeks pregnant. Zachariah, on the other hand, was engaged to Abby, and they were planning a winter ceremony the year after. A year later Henry passed away. This photo was the last photo of everyone together.

Rosario tilted her head to look at her husband "Talk to me."

He shook his head still staring at the picture "They are all gone, now" he whispers, running his thumb over the faces of his mother, little brother and lastly his father. A tear fell hitting the glass, soon followed by more.

Without a word, Rosario wrapped her arms around him as he leaned into her hold and sobbed for his losses. She shut her eyes to hold back the tears from her husband's heart-wrenching sobs and just tightened her grip on him hoping her touch would bring him comfort.

Bonnie opened her eyes only. Her eyebrows furrow together confused about her surroundings. Her room. She was sitting on top of her bed. Commotions downstairs caught her attention alerting Bonnie to get on her feet and make her way downstairs.

Now standing in the middle of the foyer she chuckled in disbelief. Almost deliriously at the sight in front of her. She walked cautiously towards her father and grandmother in the living room in time to hear her father say"She's too young for you to be doing this spell on her."

Bonnie frowned to her father's words only to be further confused by her Gram's words "I would never perform this spell if I knew it would put my granddaughter in danger."

"What?" Bonnie said out loud now knowing that they couldn't hear her when they didn't look her way.

Was she dreaming? A vision?

Zachariah walked away from his mother to the couch where a sleeping six-year-old Bonnie Bennett laid.

A vision of the past. Bonnie shook her head in confusion. She didn't remember this. Yes, the younger version of her asleep but shouldn't she be feeling some sense of deja vu right now?

Sheila took a seat on the coffee table to be eye leveled with the crouching Zachariah who was caressing his daughter's forehead almost as if he was lulling her back to sleep.

"You know we must perform this spell. Bonnie hasn't even come into her magic yet. This new power is going to be too much for her to handle."

"That's for sure," the familiar voice said behind her causing Bonnie to turn and see her red-eyes replicated self.

"You," Bonnie said.

"Me," the demon said in a sassy tone with a shrug of her shoulders.

Bonnie opened her mouth to speak, but the demon hushed her "Shh shh you're missing out on the juicy details."

"Mom, you started training us when we were five! If we start training Bonnie now, we can teach her to control the power inside her. We know she has to fulfill the Prophecy one day why not start now" Zachariah said trying to compromise with his mother.

"If Bonnie starts training now with that power she will become more reliant on that power than her magic. The more reliant she becomes on that demon, the more she will lose her humanity."

"Not when she has us," he said in a slightly raised voice careful to not wake up his sleeping daughter.

Sheila cupped her distressed son's face turning him to face her "You saw what happened. She would have killed that boy if we didn't get there in time."

"Boy?" Bonnie said confused out loud "I think I would remember if I almost killed someone."

"Shh you're messing with the ambiance of this scene," the red-eyed individual said disregarding Bonnie's confusion.

"You want to know where you get your unnecessary need to go to the end of the Earth to save your loved ones," she paused and motioned back towards Zachariah and Sheila looking to young sleeping Bonnie on the couch.

"That wasn't Bonnie," Zachariah said in a scarce tone "That was somebody….something else that was possessing her".

"That was the power of the demon in her. It is a part of her, but she's not ready to handle that magnitude of power. Abby just abandoned her. She's angry, and that is what's fuelling the power of the demon to have chances to take control of Bonnie's body."

Zachariah sighed in defeat and with closed eyes, "This spell won't backfire on us."

"We're only putting a blanket over her demon powers. The seal will break when she's ready."

"And how much will she remember?" he asked.

"She won't remember today. She won't remember almost killing Tyler and Tyler won't remember nearly being choked to death."

Bonnie gasped in shock of what her Grams said about her. She staggers back a little faltering out of breath of not believing the words. She watched her father stand up and stand beside her.

Zachariah looked to his mom. He nods in confirmation for her to go on and perform the spell on his daughter.

Bonnie's eyes widened at the scene disappearing before her eyes causing her to scream "No! No!" she falls to her knees.

In the silence of her now empty home, she looks to the empty couch where her younger self-laid "You were inside of me all along" she whispered in realization.

"From birth, sweetheart. I am you."

Closing her eyes, she stated in frustration "I could've become stronger if I knew."

"Don't kid yourself. You weren't strong enough to handle me and you sure as hell are not strong enough to handle me now. You can't even control the blood lust."

Bonnie angrily stood up facing the demon "I can learn! I will become stronger, and I will handle this… power."

"Learn?! You think you're going to be strong enough to face what's coming next?" her demonic self-laughed out loud and grabbed Bonnie by the throat. With her speed, she puts her against the wall causing Bonnie to wince from her back hitting the wall.

The demon tightened their hold around her neck "You're not strong enough. If you were, Grams wouldn't have put me to sleep when I awoke the first time. Grams knew how fast you would fall so quickly down the rabbit hole with me around."

Bonnie's eyes widened in question almost if she was asking "What?"

"You may have been just six years old Bonnie, but you had some dark thoughts for a child. Especially about how much you wanted to hurt mommy dearest. Grams and dad may not have known, but I knew how much you wanted to hurt her. You had everyone thinking sweet little Bonnie just wanted to yell at mom for leaving her. Leaving her dad," the demon paused leaning forward to whisper in her ear "But I knew your real desires. You wanted to hurt her. To feel the exact abandonment you felt. To have her heart ripped out just like yours-"

"No" Bonnie gasped out

"Shhh please don't deny it. You keep forgetting I am you and you, as sure as hell are me. You just don't tap into this power that often and you would've if your Grams and father had trusted you. Then maybe right now you'd have a better chance of stopping me from devouring your weak soul."

"No!" she yelled with her powers blasted the demon away from her.

This demonic beast fell only to stand up laughing "Impressive but not strong enough to defeat the Original hybrid."

"Then make me. Teach me how to control this power. To control you" Bonnie said looking to her red-eyed self.

The demon snickered "Control me? No. Only one person controls your vessel. It's either you or me."

"Why? You said you are me. Why can't we connect like how I do with my magic."

"Like I said before. You have a weak soul. That soul is not strong enough to merge with me."

Bonnie clenched her fist trying to figure out what to do "How do I make my soul strong enough?"

"Defeat me."

"What?"

The demon walked towards her with a challenging smile "First get control of the blood lust. Then your coven will allow us to meet. On that day we will battle. Defeat me and we will merge. Lose and I will take over this vessel and do whatever means necessary to rid the world of the Original hybrid."

"Who is the Original hybrid?"

The demon smirks "In this time, the Original hybrid's vessel is unknown. Do you think you can defeat me?"

Bonnie gulped at the challenge as her mind thought back to her visions. That person that killed her family and friends wasn't her. It was this demon. If this demon had control of her vessel, she would just bring destruction. She couldn't allow that.

"You're thinking about those visions? They are pretty accurate on what will happen if I got control of your body. If it makes you feel any better, the only reasons I kill your family or friends is because they got in my way."

"I will control this blood lust, and I will defeat you."

"We'll see," the demon said with a sly smile and sped to stand in front of Bonnie "My name is Adara by the way."

"Adara" Bonnie repeated

"The name will give your coven a heads up of what type of demon spirit I am" Adara explained with a wink.

She placed her hand upon Bonnie's forehead furthering Bonnie's confusion "I'll await our battle, Bennett."

Before Bonnie could respond, a shrilling sound followed by a bright light surrounded her, causing her to shut her eyes and feel a sharp tug pulling her back.

Then there was silence.

Bonnie could hear the sound of a heart beating nearby. A lulling sound to her ears. She took a deep breath in and out before opening her eyes to realize she was in her room. In Light Haven. Home. She looked to the side to see her cousin fast asleep on the seat near her bed. Smiling a little at the sight she quietly sat up, but it must not have been quietly because Michael quickly opened his eyes almost sensing her movement.

"Bonnie," he said sitting up straighter

"Hey," she croaked out as she leaned against the headboard.

"What do you need? Water? Blood?" he motioned to bedside table that had a glass of water and a blood bag.

Bonnie looked at the blood bag worriedly as Michael quickly assured her "It's vampire blood. You don't crave for human blood. Vampire blood is what you needed."

"So that guy I took a bite out of-" she paused

Michael nodded explaining "Yes he's a vampire. His name is Derek, and he's also Alexis's boyfriend" he picked up the blood bag and connected the tube to the bag.

"Derek…he's okay, right?"

"You may have gone a little ripper vampire on him, but mom was able to stop you. Other than that he's okay."

Bonnie looked away ashamed.

"It's all about restraint," he said before handing the bag to her.

She nodded and again took a deep breath in and out to calm her senses from going on overdrive from the smell of Derek's blood. Placing the tube between her lips, she began to drink.

Michael's eyes widened at how quickly the blood was going down. Halfway through the bag, Bonnie stopped and sighed in the pure bliss of her hunger sedated for now.

"Derek also said he would help you control the blood lust."

Licking her bottom lips "He did" she said surprised "Even after nearly killing him."

Michael chuckled nodding "He has experience of once being a ripper vampire, plus dad asked him, so he said yes."

"Uncle Gabriel, trusts him?" she said surprised. It seemed her uncle wasn't a fan of vampires or maybe he's just not a fan of the Salvatore brothers.

Michael hummed unsure "A little or at least starting to. Derek moved here last year. He had saved Alexis from getting attacked at school. They became friends fast forward to them dating and then introducing him to the coven."

Bonnie raised an eyebrow to his explanation as he paraphrased "What I am saying is that, for dad to ask for Derek's help means he is starting to trust the guy especially if it's going to be concerning you."

"Okay. What do you think of Derek?" Bonnie asked taking a sip of the blood.

"The guys and I have hanged out with him. He's a good man, I mean for a vampire. Our coven doesn't trust vampires much, or actually at all. He's probably the first vampire to be included in the coven."

Looking at the almost empty blood bag, she muttered to herself "She did say I have to control my blood lust first."

"Who?"

"Huh?" she said looking to Michael.

"You said, she"

"The demon inside me or I guess my demon power."

"You met her, " he said amazed.

Bonnie nodded remembering her name "Her name is, Adara."

"Adara?" he questioned getting up he sat on the edge of her bed looking to see if he heard right, "You said Adara, right?"

She chuckled a little to Michael's persistence nodding "Yeah I said, Adara. Why is that name familiar?"

The male witch chuckled of their first connection to Bonnie's hybrid nature "It makes sense of why Adara is a part of you" he said and stood up taking the empty blood bag out of her hand "Why don't you get some sleep now and then we'll explain in the morning."

Bonnie hears her stomach grumble looking up to her cousin "I'm hungry. Food hungry."

Michael smiled a little glad to know that she still has her human nature, meaning she wasn't a full vampire-demon? He got to get that cleared up on what she truly is.

"Okay get up and I'll cook up something. Anything in particular?"

With a reminiscent smile, she answered "Chocolate-chip pancakes."

"It would be my honor," he said with a smile knowing it was his uncle's specialty. Bonnie was starting to deal. Slowly but she was going to be okay.