Battling my Demons (Book 1 of Trilogy of War)

by naleysocute23

A prophecy foretold years ago of a witch hybrid to being the end of the original hybrid. Stories told to witches that were just learning of their powers. A witch hybrid to be a savior or a threat to their world. There was just one problem. They failed to inform Bonnie Bennett that she to become the prophesized witch hybrid. (Bonnie-centric)

11. Way Back Home

~ Chapter Ten ~

"The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."
- Maya Angelou ("All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes")

Thursday, 25th February 2010

One month. She was only away for one month, and now she was back here. Back home.

Bonnie Bennett looked at the front entrance of Mystic Fall's hospital in anger of the situation that brought her back.

"How did we get here?" she wondered sadly.

Matt explained that Tyler had been driving until he started screaming in pain and ended up crashing the car. Caroline at that time was okay but while the paramedics were dealing with the unconscious Tyler. Matt watched his eyes flash yellow and then he woke up and sat up as if the accident never affected him at all. Soon following Caroline collapsed.

Meaning, Tyler Lockwood wasn't human. John Gilbert activated the device, and now Caroline was paying the price. The coven should have gotten the device, then dealt with taking down the tomb vampires. She knew they were strong enough to stop them; they were trained to be. She shouldn't have entrusted the Salvatore brothers to keep the Gilbert device safe.

After what felt like forever, Matt called her and updated her on Caroline's condition. Her best friend was in a coma, and the doctors weren't so sure that she would make it through the night.

With the granted permission from her uncle, she was now standing in front of Mystic Falls hospital at 11 o'clock at night.

Remembering the room number messaged from Matt, Bonnie vampire sped to Caroline's room and easily sneaked into the room without alerting any of the night nurses. Closing the door, she sighed in relief to see the blinds shut so none of the nurses would see movement in Caroline's private hospital room.

The beeping of the monitor drummed in Bonnie's ears causing the witch hybrid to look at her fragile best friend.

Walking towards Caroline's bed, Bonnie pulled back her black hood and pulled down her black mouth mask to hang loosely around her neck.

"I'm sorry, Care-bear," Bonnie whispered sadly.

Closing her eyes, Bonnie placed her forehead against the unconscious girl then pulled back a little, her eyes filling with tears. Wiping them away; she looked away from Caroline fighting the urge to break the promise she made to her uncle.

"Do not use magic or try to give your blood to heal Caroline" his words echoed in her mind.

Bonnie looked back helplessly at Caroline. She had never tried giving her blood to an injured human let alone have been put in a situation to give it a chance. Bonnie didn't want to take the risk with Caroline in fear of what her blood would do to her. With a shaky hand, Bonnie brushed away the loose strands of Caroline's blonde hair behind her ear.

"I never expected to see you back here little witch?"

Bonnie's hand stilled at the recognizable voice. She mentally reprimanded herself for not being more aware of her surroundings, but then again he probably used his vampire speed to sneak in. She stood up straighter and looked to the other side of the bed to the blue-eyed vampire.

"What are you doing here Damon?"

Damon tilted his head to the side, analyzing the little witch he hadn't seen for more than a month. Well technically three weeks ago, but Bonnie didn't need to know that he knew of her visit to Mystic Falls. She still looked the same, yet there was something different about her. This thought about Bonnie just added to Damon's curiosity of her.

"Did she kill Sebastian?" is all he can think of at this moment.

"Damon. Why are you here?" Bonnie repeats to the quiet Damon.

Damon shook his head briefly out of his thoughts and answered her question, "I'm just donating some blood to Blondie here. Help speed up the healing process so Liz can have her daughter back."

Bonnie crossed her arms over her chest. It was a good idea, but it couldn't have been Damon's plan to offer his blood.

The vampire groaned thinking she was going to go against the idea "Look before you go on your moral lect-"

Bonnie cuts him off "Elena asked you," she said with a knowing smirk.

Damon's silence was all the answer Bonnie needed. Uncrossing her arms, she motioned with her hand for him to continue what he came here to do.

"You're not going to stop me?" Damon questioned surprised.

Bonnie shook her head and watched Damon bite into his wrist. Bonnie tilted Caroline's head back a bit and opened the girl's mouth for Damon to get as much blood into her system. Bonnie clenched her jaw at the sharp scent of Damon's blood filling her nose. She winced a little feeling the pressure of her fangs wanting to push out and the urge to drink Damon's blood was building.

Damon pulled back when he felt it was enough and sees his bloody wrist healing. Bonnie quickly and carefully wiped away the spare drops of blood from Caroline's lip with the sleeve of her black jacket.

He looked up to frown at the sight of Bonnie's back now facing him, "Didn't know blood would make you queasy."

Taking a deep breath in then out, Bonnie feels her fangs retreat and feels the urge simmer down a little.

Clearing her throat, "Yeah well you learned something new about me" she mumbled while pulling her black mask to cover her mouth.

Turning her head to the side, Damon hears Bonnie's slightly muffled voice say "Take care of Caroline. Goodbye."

Before Damon could reply back, he is stooped to silence when he sees Bonnie vampire speeds out of the room.

"What the hell?!" he said in a loud whisper.

"When did the Bennett witch become a…vampire?"

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Friday 26th February 2010

Bonnie picked up her black leather jacket and put it over her top and ran her hands lazily through her wavy medium length hair. She might need to take her aunt on that offer to get her haircut especially now that she's going to go on more coven missions.

Bonnie looked around her small motel room in Grove Hill that she was going to be spending the night. Bonnie asked Scott to drop her off here for her to feed. He had wanted to stay, but Bonnie had worried about how much bodies she was going leave behind that she didn't want an audience. Ever since being near Damon, her bloodlust seemed to have multiplied, and it kept her up throughout the night. She had already fed a day before arriving, yet why did it feel like months she hadn't fed.

"Can we just go back and take Damon's blood? It's not like anyone would miss him."

"Yeah, Stefan and Elena," Bonnie thought back. Her tongue consciously wets her bottom lips as if the drops of his blood was on her bottom lip.

"Look we survive on vampire blood. We need to get stronger, and it seems Damon's blood will make us stronger."

"That's why we're feeding tonight."

"How do you even know vampires would even be in this bar of this small town?"

"That's why Scott left the car here so we can drive to Redwater."

"Why are you creating such nuisance of traveling? Can we at least make Damon our last solution if both towns have no vampires."

Bonnie chuckled "I highly doubt it will come to that," she thinks back.

She feels her phone vibrate and pulls it out to see Joshua's caller ID.

Bonnie smiles a small smile and swipes to answer "Hey."

"Hey, how's your friend?" she hears Joshua ask.

"She'll be okay."

Joshua sighs in relief "That's good to hear. Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just going to get something to eat" Bonnie said excluding the fact that her hunger for vampire blood was stronger since being around Damon.

Bonnie is met with silence, that she wonders if he hanged up "Josh, are you still there?"

"Yeah, yeah" he stutters then sighs that sigh that Bonnie knows so well.

"Say it" is all she says.

Not wanting to deny it, Joshua straight out asked, "Have you thought of sharing blood?"

Now Joshua was met with silence "Bonnie?"

"Uhh, I don't know what to say," Bonnie answers truthfully.

"You know I like you and the idea of you feeding on other vampires it-" he paused to let out a frustrated sigh

"It makes you jealous" Bonnie finished taking a seat on the bed.

"Yeah I would say sorry, but that's just how I feel."

"I know," Bonnie said chuckling "It's how I felt when you would flirt with girls. I know you just wanted their blood, but I don't know I felt territorial. Is that normal for vampires?"

Joshua chortled "Maybe, or it's just us."

She rolls her eyes to his teasing. Bonnie ponders on his question. Only feeding on Joshua is a good idea but also meant dependence. Could Bonnie depend on him? To always be there? Sure if they broke up she could just easily feed off another vampire, but Bonnie knew herself. Drinking blood from someone she cares about, someone she could love was a daunting emotional idea. If they got to the point of sharing blood, it would be extremely passionate and shedding of her walls. She would be giving herself, her heart to him. Was she ready for that? Or was she overthinking it right now?

"Okay," she replies with a smile

"Yeah?" he says with a wide grin.

"I still have to go out tonight and eat."

"Ugh, you're killing me here. Fine, can you at least try not to enjoy it?"

Bonnie laughs amused "Try not to enjoy drinking blood."

"Okay, that was stupid of me to say. Just come home quickly-" Joshua paused "I miss you." he says mentally hoping she would respond back with those three words.

"Me too-" she hesitates unsure if she should have said those three words but she does miss him, and he knows, that, right? "Bye."

"Bye." she finishes.

"Bye," Joshua says solemnly, and they end their call.

Bonnie stares dazedly at her phone thinking of her conversation with Joshua. Since that evening, in front of her house, they both agreed, to be honest with each other, and see where this relationship went. Joshua was already sure of his feelings for Bonnie, but he was willing to be patient for her knowing of her trust issues. Joshua told her that he would never ask about her coven mission. All he wanted was a call from her when she was away on assignments to let him know she was safe. Bonnie's free hand goes to her beating heart and feels her face warm to the thought of Joshua.

"Joshua Carter, what am I going to do with you?" she giggles and puts her phone back in her pants pocket. Standing up, Bonnie opened the door and locked it, ready for her vampire feast.

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Bonnie tapped her fingers along the bar top in tune with the beat of the song echoing inside Hill's Bar, attuning her senses from the loud, bustling rowdy sounds of the crowd. Looking into the mirror reflection behind the bar, she was surprised by the number of people here that she almost wished they were all vampires that she could choose for the night.

"Bourbon on the rocks for the lady," the rough voice said placing requested drink in front of her.

"Thanks," she said to the long-white-bearded biker looking, bartender

Bonnie wrapped her hand around the glass, but a voice stopped her "Don't you even dare."

She looked to the side and smiled at the familiar man sat beside her by the bar "Ray."

"Miss Bonnie Bennett," Ray said teasingly grabbing her drink and sculling it causing her to pout

"Not fair" she mumbled.

He smirked placing the glass back down "Life is not fair. Hunting?" he asked.

She nods.

"Heard about your friend's car accident. Is she okay?"

Bonnie turned her head away from him "Yeah" she thinks of Damon giving his blood to her "She'll be okay" she turns to him asking "What are you doing here?"

He leans towards her "I have a lead on Domenic" he whispered to her.

Bonnie's eyes widened as Ray continued "His girl, Chiara was in Georgia, and I may have gotten word of her sending out vampires towards Mystic Falls, on the orders of Domenic Maestri. Your uncle told me of the troubles in Mystic Falls last night so it made sense that they would lay low first in Grove Hill."

"Mystic Falls? Does that mean the moonstone is really in Mystic Falls" she wondered.

Ray shrugged his shoulders "It's quite lucky you're here especially in a bar that is full of humans."

Bonnie looked over Ray's shoulders and smirked at the sight of three new visitors entering the bar her senses heightening and her fangs pushing to extend a little "Seems like your friends are here."

Ray smiled "How about I help you end their trip to Mystic Falls?"

"A feast for me? Yes please."

"Leader?" he asked

Spotting the leading vampire with the two vampires standing behind him she nodded "One and two minions."

Ray leaned back raising his hand he motions to the barkeep for a drink, "Beer. This lady will have another bourbon on the rocks, thanks."

The man nodded getting to the drinks while Ray asked quiet enough for Bonnie to hear "Drink to ease the nerves. Are you going to be okay with the leader?"

"Perfect" she whispered as the group walked past them not before the leading vampire looking her way.

The barman placed their ordered drinks in front of them. Ray chuckles seeing from the corner of his eyes the main vampire tossing a look towards Bonnie. Ray watches the group sit at a booth that would give the said vampire a perfect view of the bar and Bonnie.

Taking a sip from his beer bottle "Ahh. Just hit the spot" he said after swallowing his drink and the codeword for when the target was good to pursue.

Bonnie smiled and took off her jacket knowing that it would catch the vampire's attention. She moved her hair to the side to reveal the curvature of her neck. Ray held back a laugh at how quickly Bonnie captured the vampire's attention when he coyly looked her way then back to his drink.

"Hook. Line and Sinker" he thought as he saw the leading vampire standing up and make his way towards Bonnie.

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Following the stairs from the back room to the roof of Hill's bar, Bonnie let out an exaggerated sigh of pleasure as the vampire who goes by the name of Jordan was placing kisses along the crook of her neck. Half an hour was all she needed to get them from chatting to flirting to Jordan thinking he was about to lucky tonight.

Bonnie leans her head back against the door waiting for the perfect timing to attack Jordan. Bonnie hears him whisper huskily the words she has heard many times, "You don't know how tempting your blood is."

Bonnie feels his fangs bite into her skin causing her to breathe slowly as he sucked her blood. Her eyes flashed red as heard him swallow the blood and pull back in surprise she sees the euphoric look she has seen on many vampires that have drank from her.

Bonnie hears him whisper huskily the words she has heard many times, "You don't know how tempting your blood is" she feels his fangs bite into her skin causing her to breathe slowly as he sucked her blood. Bonnie smiles ready to strike. Her eyes flashed red as heard him swallow the blood and pull back in surprise she sees the euphoric look she has seen on many vampires that have drank from her.

"Witch demon" he whispered seeing her red eyes causing Bonnie to smirk and in one quick motion she grabbed him by the neck and turned them over. Pushing him against the wall, she slid her thumb down his neck with a smile on her face. Bonnie reveals her fangs and sinks them into his neck to drinks her fill. Jordan's breathing gets slower, indicating for Bonnie to release her hold on him. Bonnie watched him fall to the ground and closed her eyes to allow Jordan's memories to sort itself in her mind. Besides the enjoyment of drinking vampire blood, it was 'blood memories' that were only the troubles of feeding.

The amount of blood that Bonnie drank from a vampire allowed her to see their recent memories; so far she has been able to see as far as two weeks ago of memories and to train her mind to search for the relevant events. When she had the first taste from Derek they were just flashes of images in her mind but she was too engrossed on the primal need of wanting more blood then to pay attention to her mind. Then slowly the blinding images weren't just headaches to her; instead, they became blurred images. Soon the images become clear, and it was like watching a movie in her mind of moments from the vampire's blood she drank. She had only mastered seeing memories from blood about a month ago that Bonnie often wondered if she had continued drinking the blood bags containing Derek's blood instead of hunting vampires would she have made the connection earlier of Derek and Klaus.

Licking her bottom lips to catch the reminiscent of the blood she watched the images play before her mind causing her to chuckle pleased with what she saw and looked to Jordan sensing he was slowly getting his strength back. In one swift motion, she lifts Jordan and holds him against the wall. Bonnie watches Jordan's vampire face get replaced with fear at the sight of Bonnie's vampire face. Veins now prominent under Bonnie's red eyes after having her feed along with a cocky smirk to reveal her blood-stained fangs.

Bonnie looks to her bite marks healing on the boy's neck then back at Jordan "Thank you for your help" she says releasing her hold and sticks her hand into his chest ripping his heart out.

Bonnie turns to the door when she hears approaching footsteps and then the voices of Jordan's two minions "Trust Jordan to get distracted. Chiara is going to get Domenic to kill us if we take too long finding this moonstone."

"Well she was hot, would you say no for a drink of her," the female voice says.

"True" Bonnie hears and casually drops Jordan's heart awaiting the door to open.

The door opens and out stumbles the two vampires. One olive skinned, tall, lanky browned haired, brown eyed male followed by a shorter black-haired, brown-eyed white female staring at Jordan's dead body then back at the red-eyed Bonnie.

Their eyes bled black and moved to attack Bonnie, but the unknown female vampire was stopped in her track when Ray appeared in front of her while Bonnie fought the male vampire. Blocking the incoming punch, gave enough leeway for Ray to speed behind her and twist her neck. Ray watched her fall to the ground then looked up in time to see Bonnie sitting on top of the vampire and drinking from his neck. Pulling back she sighed satisfied and before the vampire could comprehend what just happened had his heart ripped out by her.

Blocking the incoming punch, gave enough leeway for Ray to speed behind her twist her neck and watch her fall to the ground. Ray looked at him in time to see Bonnie sitting on top of the vampire. Bending over Bonnie drank from his neck. Having her fill, she pulled back and sighed contentedly. Before the vampire underneath her could comprehend what just happened, Bonnie ripped his heart out.

"Done," she said dropping the heart on top of the body and stood up.

"What did you find out?" Ray asked walking towards Bonnie who met him halfway. They now stood in the middle of the two fallen bodies.

Ray watched the veins disappear along with her red eyes shifting back to their normal green eyes while she explained: "It seems the moment they got their hands on the moonstone they were to make their way to New Orleans to Domenic."

He smiled impressed wiping away the spots of blood on the corner of her lips. Ray looked down to the bloody hands and couldn't help but think back when she got put into the situation the first time to kill a vampire in such a gruesome way.

"What?" Bonnie questioned Ray's stare at her hand.

"You've gotten stronger-" he looks to her "-I'm a little sad about it."

"Why?" she questioned intrigued

"You deserve a normal human lifestyle, but life has given you this. I am proud of you, and how tough you've become and your perseverance is one to be admired."

Bonnie smiled bashfully turning away from her mentor "Thanks" she mumbled causing Ray to laugh at her shy nature when she got complimented. That was something that wouldn't change. Bonnie went back to the dead body and crouched to wipe the blood off her hands with the bottom of the dead vampire's shirt.

Getting as much blood off she stood up and looked to Ray "I should burn the two bodies we don't need the media to know about these deaths," she motions to the currently unconscious vampire behind Ray "Should I kill her too?"

"Yeah, no loose ends running to Domenic. Just need him to keep thinking these guys are on their way to Mystic Falls then you and the coven can make the attack at New Orleans without him being a step ahead."

"Okay," she said and sped past Ray. Seconds later, Bonnie had a bottle of Jack Daniels in her hands

"Are we celebrating?" he asked looking questionably to the bottle of JD.

She laughs "I need to rid the evidence" motioning the bodies "Burning is the only way."

"Ah," Ray said getting the drift and together with Bonnie they grabbed the dead Jordan and Jane Doe vampire bodies and piled them on top of the John Doe vampire. Opening the top of the bottle she poured it on top of the bodies and handed the rest of the bottle to Ray to drink from- in which he did.

Staring at the pile of bodies her eyes flashed red "Incendia" she said and watched the bodies ignite into flames.

Ray placed an arm around her "You're going to get Domenic and finally Klaus."

Bonnie leaned against him as they watched the fire burn the bodies then die down when the bodies were finally ashes.

Tugging her closer from the cold air "Let's get you home," he said as they walked away from the now pile of ashes.

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Saturday, 27th February 2010

Late in the evening, the teens of the assassin coven finally had a night to rest back home in Light Haven at the Bennett residence. Laying on the long couch, Bonnie stretched her legs over Marcus's lap as he put his arms lazily over her ankles watching Inception with Alexis seated beside Marcus. Robbie seated crossed leg on the floor in front of Bonnie while Michael sat next to him on the floor in between Marcus and Alexis, with his legs stretched out under the coffee table. Too engrossed in the film they were thrown off by the vibration of Bonnie's phone on the table.

"What the hell?" Michael exclaimed. He leans forward to see Matt's Caller ID.

Picking up Bonnie's phone he handed it to her "It's Matt" he said.

Sitting up straighter, Robbie paused the movie while Bonnie answered "Hey Matt, did you get our birthday video? Sorry, it was late."

Matt chuckled "That's alright. Thank you for it" he paused "I called for another reason. It's Caroline"

"Is she alright?" Bonnie asked causing everyone to look at her in question.

"She's a vampire, Bonnie."

"What?! How?!"

"Katherine."

"Katherine?!" she repeated turning her body as her legs accidentally hit Robbie's shoulder

"Ow," Robbie shouted shifting to his right to allow Bonnie to place her feet on the ground.

"Hold on, everyone is here," she said putting her phone on speaker and placing it on the coffee table explaining to everyone "Caroline's a vampire. What happened, Matt?"

"I found out tonight during the Carnival today. In the school hallways, she had pushed Damon across the hall and went on about remembering all he did to her and ended it with a message from Katherine to him."

"What was the message?" she asked trying to stay calm.

"Game on."

Bonnie stood up but couldn't move any further from Marcus grabbing her wrist and Robbie wrapping his arms around her legs. She would laugh at this moment but right now she just wanted to her hands on Katherine.

"Let go," she demanded.

Marcus's thumb brushed over her wrist causing her to look down to him "You don't know Katherine or what she's planning. You know we never attack blindly."

"Caroline was supposed to be protected! She wasn't meant to be in our world!" she takes a deep breath in and out.

Sensing her calmness, Marcus releases his hold while Robbie unwrapped his arms around Bonnie's legs as she sits back down, "She was supposed to stay human" she wipes away the tears "I should have stayed back after Damon gave his blood. I should have protected her."

Marcus placed a comforting arm around her "How were you to predict that Katherine was going to kill Caroline. You didn't even know she was in Mystic Falls" Bonnie nods to his words "Our profile on Katherine is that she's calculative like Klaus. Everything she does is for a reason."

Michael looked to Bonnie "The moonstone."

Robbie looked across to Michael "Didn't Katherine steal the moonstone from Klaus?"

Alexis sat up straight looking at her brother "Unless she lost it and is looking for it again."

"So it is in Mystic Falls" replied Bonnie but shook her head "I find it hard to believe that a vampire like Katherine would lose an object that is a powerful leverage to Klaus."

"What if she gave it to somebody?" Robbie wondered.

"During her time in Mystic Falls?" Alexis added.

"Would she have given it to a Founding family member to hold onto" Matt inputted "The Council was created in the 1860's, and Bon said that Emily wrote that Katherine and her arrived in '64."

Bonnie frowned trying to remember the names of the families from school "There were five founding families: Gilbert, Forbes, Fell, Lockwood and lastly the Salvatore family."

"We can cross the Salvatore brothers. They have no clue about the moonstone" Michael said

"Same for the Gilbert and Forbes family," Robbie said.

"The only Fell family member that I know of was Logan, and he's dead," Bonnie said.

Marcus spoke up "Hey Matt, anyone new in town besides Katherine?"

Everyone looked at Marcus in confusion.

Marcus quickly explained "We have theorized that Katherine is in town looking for the moonstone. Remember a moonstone that vampires and werewolves are chasing after for themselves or Klaus. You delayed Domenic's minion to Mystic Falls; it doesn't mean that others may be in Mystic Falls with the knowledge of where the moonstone is. It's just a theory."

Matt hummed in thought "Well, not new, but Mason is back in town for Mr. Lockwood's funeral. Tyler said he was to be staying in town for awhile, stated that he wanted to spend time with his family and was looking for family heirloom which has Tyler confused as hell."

Bonnie nodded explaining to everyone "Mason Lockwood, younger brother of the mayor…ex-mayor and a Founding family member."

"Werewolf," Robbie said out loud in remembrance

Bonnie nodded "Only thing that makes sense for Tyler and his dad to be affected by the Gilbert device that night."

Marcus sat up straighter with a smile on his face. A smile of putting together a theory "We said that Katherine would have had to know somebody to be able to escape without being seen during vampire round-up. What if it was Founding family member. Only they would know how to get Katherine out of Mystic Falls secretly. For that to happen Katherine would have to bargain a massive trade."

Bonnie looked to Marcus slightly impressed "The moonstone for her escape."

"Bingo."

"Are you saying Tyler may have the moonstone?" Matt asked confused.

"Possibly or his family or he doesn't know about it. He hasn't triggered his curse yet?" Michael asked.

"Couldn't have since you said the person would have to be killed by his hands and well Caroline's not really…" Matt went quiet knowing everyone got the gist of what he was saying.

"Good. We should dig into Emily's journal during their time in Mystic Falls" Michael said looking to the phone "Lay low and report anything about the Sun and Moon curse, the moonstone and if there is any connection to the Lockwood family. With you and Tyler fixing your friendship it'll be helpful."

"Will do. I got go and get ready for work."

"Alright, later Matt," Bonnie said followed by everyone's saying their goodbyes.

Michael ended the call and asked, "Should we be getting involved in Mystic Falls?"

"It's the moonstone," Alexis said looking to Bonnie "It is what Klaus is after."

Bonnie looked behind her to her uncle who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. Gabriel had a look of deep thinking on his face. He was accessing what he just heard, thinking of the coven's next move. Bonnie had heard of his arrival during their conversation with Matt "Are we going to Mystic Falls?"

Bonnie had heard of his arrival during their conversation with Matt "Are we going to Mystic Falls?"

"No, you still haven't dealt with Domenic Maestri," Gabriel said.

"We have a lead on the moonstone, dad. We should be going to Mystic Falls" Michael inputted in support of his cousin.

"No loose ends, Michael."

Michael clenched his jaw from his father's answer while Marcus spoke up next "No disrespect sir, but wouldn't it make sense for us to go after Katherine and get our hands on the moonstone."

"Yes, but not you guys."

Marcus stared at Gabriel for awhile trying to figure out what his leader was thinking "You're going to use Matt."

Gabriel nodded "I don't want any more attention on our coven not until we know everything. It's bad enough we have Stefan and Elena knowing of us and probably Damon. Matt has been resourceful, and we don't want to blow his cover anymore but it's what we can work with, plus we can't have Domenic sending more vampires towards Mystic Falls."

"No loose ends," Robbie repeats in understanding.

While everyone seemed to be in understanding of her uncle, Bonnie didn't buy it. She knew how much her uncle didn't want her to go to back to Mystic Falls, but she couldn't argue back on the orders of their next mission. Coven rules, and it's courtesy respect.

"We leave tomorrow for New Orleans," Gabriel ordered leaving the room.

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Bonnie look around her dark surroundings shivering from the cold standing in this cave. Soon she hears an anguished cry echoing in the cave. A cry of pain…emotional pain. The crying continues as Bonnie walks further into the cave towards the sound. Maybe she can help them. Soon the cries were loud enough that she was able to call out in warning

"Hello!" she calls out nearing the cries. The crying stops. "It's okay. I'm not going to- oh" she's stopped by someone grabbing her wrist and tugging her slightly back to turn and stumble into the person's chest. A man's chest. She opens her eyes. Blinks a couple of times to comprehend that someone had grabbed, she looks up only to step back. A boy that looked to be around her age. He was quite handsome she had to admit. He towered over her and looked to be of Asian descent. His straight dark brown hair fell just below his earlobe, but it was his eyes that got her attention His dark brown worried eyes staring down at her. Why was he worried?

"Don't go?" he says his hand brushing a strand of hair behind her ear causing her to take a sharp intake of air from his touch "I can't lose you."

"Help!" someone screams causing Bonnie to turn her head and make a move to leave, but the boy grabs her wrist pulling her back.

"Stay, please" he pleads.

"Your choice, Bonnie."

Bonnie looks behind her to see Adara leaning against the rocky walls with a cocky smirk

"Save the strangers or yourself?" Adara asks.

"Please somebody!" the persons cries out again.

Bonnie looks to the boy awaiting her answer "I'm sorry" she says and turns away from him, rushing past Adara who was shaking her head In disappointment. She quickened her pace when she saw the back of a dark-skinned girl seated on the ground crying over an unconscious body. Wings shot out of the girl's back causing Bonnie to pause in her track. Soon it was getting harder to breathe, her vision blurred and then darkness.

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Monday, 1st March 2010

Bonnie sat up quickly on her bed her eyes bright red and a burning sensation on her back. In her pajama attire, that consisted of shorts and a gray singlet she gets out of bed and makes her way to the small bathroom. Moving her hair to the side, Bonnie turned to have her back facing the mirror.

Turning her head to the side, she looked at the mirror. Her eyes widened at the faint glow outlining her tattoo reflecting in the mirror "What the-" she stops mid-sentence when the light fades out.

"Adara what is this?" she voices out loud.

"What?" she hears outside the bathroom.

Tossing her hair back, Bonnie walked out of her bathroom and found Adara sitting up on the bed looking at her nails.

"What was that dream? Why was my tattoo glowing?"'

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"You were in my dream too, Adara. Heck, you've been in all of them."

"Of course I was. I'm your power…your subconscious."

Bonnie sighed aggravated "You're no help. You know that, right."

"And you're looking crazy talking to nobody" she motions her head to the door for Bonnie to see Marcus standing at her door.

Bonnie opened her mouth to start, but Marcus started looking straight at Adara "To others, she may look crazy, but I can see you."

"You can?!"

Adara chuckled getting off the bed and walking to Marcus she stands in front of him "Perks of being of the O'Donnell line, right?" she looks to Bonnie "While most witches can see spirits when they're called upon. The O'Donnell's elemental powers allow them to see spirits clearly."

"Powerful, powerful spirits that are of supernatural being" he quickly explained "If we saw all spirits we would go crazy…I would go crazy."

"Who said you haven't?" Adara retorted causing Marcus to laugh

"Ooo I like you," he said looking down to Adara.

The demon raised an eyebrow and stepped towards him"You too, cowboy" she said smirking.

"Hmm and what do I call you?" he said flirtatiously.

"Really?! In front of me," Bonnie said causing the two to look at her.

"Shame," Adara said and disappeared.

Bonnie placed her hand on her hips not impressed "You do realize that Adara is me?"

"Well…she's the demon spirit that holds your power, and she's your subcons-" he paused "I'm sorry. It's weird now thinking about it. Can you tell her not to be so flirtatious to me? It's my weakness when cute girls flirt with me."

"How can I-"

Marcus cut her off freaking out "Oh my god! Does that mean you were flirting with me?!" he gasps. His hand covers his mouth in shock.

"What?!" she kicks him in the shin.

"Owww!" he bends to grab his leg and crawls into a fetal position on the floor.

"Oh my god, Marcus. Stop being so dramatic!" she said looking down to him.

"Yo Marcus! What's taking so-" Michael's voice paused at the sight of Marcus on the floor holding his shin and Bonnie looking down to him unimpressed.

"What did you do?" he asked.

Marcus's eyes widened in shock standing up quickly "I didn't do anything! She was flirting with me!" he quickly rephrased his words when Bonnie raised an eyebrow challengingly.

"I just said I liked Adara and she may have flirted, and I flirted back and-" Michael raised his hands to stop Marcus from speaking furthermore.

Michael spoke as calmly as he could "Adara is Bonnie. Meaning that you-" he pointed to Marcus "-you were flirting with Bonnie?!" he stepped towards causing the blonde boy to hide behind Bonnie quickly. Holding Bonnie's shoulder, Marcus moves her side to side to block Michael's attempt at grabbing him.

"Look it all happened so quickly! Can we just forget it happened" he moves his head back from Michael grabbing the collar of his shirt "Besides why were you talking about a glowing tattoo."

Michael stops while Bonnie mutters "Shit" and nudges an elbow back into Marcus's stomach causing the boy to release his hold on her.

"Ow! Bonnie!" he whined.

"What is Marcus talking about?" Michael asked.

"Uhhh" Bonnie rubs the back of her neck nervously "I've been having these dreams lately…"

"How lately?"

"Usually once or twice a week since my birthday."

"What?!" she winces from both Michael and Marcus' exclamation.

"About?" Michael asked.

Bonnie sighed and moved to sit on her bed as the boys stood in front of her waiting for an explanation.

"They are different dreams. Always in places, I can't recognize, but four things are the same in all of them. Somebody is in danger, and it is up to me to choose, me or them and there's a boy."

"A boy?" Michael questioned crossing his arms over his chest.

Ignoring his protective nature she continued "He's always trying to save me, but I can't remember how he looks like when I wake up just the feeling of being protected by him."

"And the fourth?" Marcus asked sitting next to her.

She looks between the two unsure as Michael takes a seat beside her "You may as well tell us everything since we know Marcus is going to start coming up with crazy theories of the dreams."

"My tattoo glows every time I wake up from a dream."

Michael and Marcus looked at each other than at Bonnie.

"What? Guys, you're scaring me."

"Show me your tattoo, again" Michael ordered.

Bonnie turned to have her back facing him and moved her hair to lay over her left shoulder, "Why did you choose to do a yin-yang tattoo?" he asked.

She frowned chuckling "You already know the answer to that Mike. I wanted a reminder that I accomplished the balance between myself and Adara."

"Is that the truth?" Michael asked "Think back. When you first saw the tattoo was that exactly the first thing you thought of or a reason made up to assure yourself to get the tattoo."

Bonnie gulped and looked to Marcus when he held her hands "What did you feel?"

"I felt drawn to it. I would've looked past it, but I kept getting drawn to it. I could feel the imprint of the tattoo on my back."

Marcus looked over Bonnie's shoulder to Michael "Trust the connection to happen to the Chosen one."

"Connection? What connection" she stands up "Explain."

"Do you want mom and dad to about the glowing tattoo, now?"

Bonnie bit her bottom lip unsure "Is it dangerous what you two are thinking of to be the cause of the glowing tattoo?"

Marcus and Michael laughed shaking their head.

"No." Michael said, "Tell them as soon as we're done with Klaus especially if the dreams begin to connect to the Prophecy."

"Okay. So what's happening?"

"In our coven, we call it Kindred. Two people being brought together by fate."

"Like soul mate?" her eyes widened "I have a soul mate?! Now?"

Michael stood up grabbing her arms "No. Kindred here just means that fate is bringing you and this other person together for a reason. To complete an objective fated to you two."

"Like what?"

Marcus scratched his head trying to remember from his studies on Kindred moments "The Kindred cases we've heard about are usually for battles. The kindred witches are the ones that can only defeat an enemy at that time."

"So this kindred is rare?"

"Very! Oh! Another one was that the other witch had something that their kindred witch required. Although your Kindred is strange."

"How?"

"Usually when it comes to Kindred it's usually a half broken piece of jewelry, then when the two pieces are joined they make the object they have been searching for. Oh and they glow when the kindred witches are near each other."

Letting the information process, Bonnie started carefully "So my tattoo is the object. It still doesn't explain the dreams, though?"

Michael sat back down on the bed "Kindred witches are said to have visions of what their other half can see, hence the witch gets clues of where the other witch is. Now you're being introduced to your other half through dreams. Dreams that you barely remember."

"It's a lesson," Marcus said standing up causing Bonnie and Michael not to say anything once they saw the look on Marcus's face. The look of piecing together a theory.

"A dream is to either warn us or teach us a lesson. Something that our subconscious is trying to tell us something" Marcus finished, but seeing Michael and Bonnie still staring blankly at him he repeated, "Something that-" he pointed to Bonnie "-your subconscious is telling you."

"Adara" she chuckles in remembrance "A few weeks after Gram's death, I kept having dreams of being Adara. I didn't know what they were until I turned. Adara said the visions were warnings."

"Warnings about your hybrid nature?" Michael queried.

"Yeah" she laments "A warning to be careful with my powers," said answered not wanting to tell him of the killings she did in those visions.
Hearing Bonnie's word caused Marcus to speak up "What if this is all connected to the Prophecy. What if you're meant to find something? What if you and this other are the ones that are expected to defeat the Original hybrid?"

"That's a lot of what ifs Marcus" Marcus opened his mouth "but it's a good start," Michael finished assuringly.

"It is?" Marcus said with a smirk.

Bonnie chuckled to Marcus's proud smile and said in agreement "It is. I'll try to pay more attention to the details in my dream."

"Especially the boy," Marcus said

"He seems to be a little tricky for more information. I see him as clear as I see you guys but when trying to remember him when I'm awake it's blurred in my mind."

"What about the locations?"

Bonnie chuckled "I can't pinpoint the exact locations. The one just now, I'm pretty sure I was in a cave. In another dream I was in an abandoned factory then another I was in a cellar. It's never outside. There's not enough time to look around because someone is crying or in danger and I rush to their safety, but the boy stops me and then-" she pauses shutting her eyes to try and remember her dream but only lets out a frustrated sigh "Then my memory goes blurry. The one thing I remember before waking up is seeing Adara."

"Then your tattoo glows when you wake up" Michael finishes.

Bonnie nods as Michael stands up "Tells us every time you have a dream and all the details. Marcus and I can start putting together outcomes of these visions and hopefully find a connection to the Prophecy" Michael turned to look at the alarm clock on her bedside table to read 05:10 am.

"Mom and dad should be done with the packing of the weapons" looking to Bonnie "Go get ready, you're going to be riding with Marcus and I. Scott will be with mom and dad and of course the Johnson family will be driving together."

"Okay," Bonnie said.

Marcus stood up spotting Bonnie's duffel bag placed near her dresser "You all packed?" he points to the bag.

"Yeah."

"Alright have a quick shower and meet us at the car say in an hour. We'll pick up breakfast during our drive" Marcus said walking past her and picking up her bag "Don't stress about your weird dreams right now or the fact that you're a kindred witch. Today we worry about ending Domenic Maestri today."

Before Bonnie could say a word, both Marcus and Michael were walking out of the room as she hears Michael say once out of her room "One hour, Bonnie-bear."

She rolled her eyes to hearing her nickname and went about to get ready quickly.

---

Monday, 1st March 2010

Bonnie closed her eyes breathing in the New Orleans' night air. She smiles as her ears pick up on the hustle and bustle of the people moving below her balcony of the French Quarter. The waves of laughter, the drunken cheers, the sounds of the beautiful jazz music playing in the club near where they stayed.

"Should I be worried that you look right at home here?"

Bonnie chuckled opening her eyes she looked to her aunt "No, but if you and uncle decide to move here, I wouldn't be mad."

"You should be mad since-" Rosario lowers her voice "the use of magic isn't allowed."

"What!" Bonnie exclaimed in an equally quiet voice "How are we even allowed here?!"

Rosario placed her arms on the railings of the balcony "Witches are allowed here, but if caught performing magic it means a death sentence."

"How is that possible?"

"Under the ruling of one vampire named Marcel Gerard. How he gained his power to rid werewolves and control the witches is a mystery" she pauses "Actually most of the New Orleans history is a mystery to our coven. None of our families ever lived here. As far as Gabriel and I know the covens here practice ancestral magic."

"So all their ancestors lived here?"

"Correct."

Bonnie hummed in understanding and looked at the fairy lights hanging along the balconies that lit up Bourbon Street "The coven don't involve themselves unless asked. Was the situation assessed?" Bonnie asked.

Rosario nods "It's why we must not get caught by anyone let alone use magic. We're going to leave a lot of dead vampires in our trail, and we can't have it traced back to us, understood?"

"Yeah," a chuckle is followed "I can't believe we're getting to be closer to finding Klaus."

"Patience, Bonnie-bear."

Bonnie turns around leans back on the railing "I know, I know" she looks knowingly to her aunt stating the words spoken to her many times during training "One step at a time."

Rosario motioned with her head "Come on. I think your uncle would want us to go over the plan with the intel we gathered"

---

Brown eyes scanned the room below within the Abattoir. With the loud music playing, he watched his vampires and the humans enjoying themselves. Placing his hands on the railing, Marcel Gerard smiled to himself of what would be another successful Sunday night when the clock strikes midnight.

"Thank you for letting Domenic, and I lay low here," a female voice said

Marcel smiled and looked behind him to watch the short, slim woman now stand beside him. She had warm beige skin and leaned forward placing her arms on the railing and watching the party scene below.

"Are you sure it's safe for you to be here, Chiara? I won't have to deal with Domenic's jealousy, will I?"

Putting a loose braid behind her ear, she chuckled. "Aggression was more Sebastian style and look where that got him. Domenic knows my loyalty will always be to him" she looks to him "Very much like that witch you hold close in that loft of yours."

Marcel's gaze narrowed, standing up to face the witch.

Chiara laughed at the man's sudden change in demeanor "Don't worry Marcel, your secret is safe with me. Your little war with the witches here have got nothing to do with Domenic or with me. They are of little interest to us."

The vampire placed his hands on the white railing calming a little "Domenic won't be joining the buffet?"

"You know he doesn't like to feed in public. I better go" Chiara says up straighter "We'll be gone within a week once Domenic gets what he wants."

"And what is that exactly" he looks to her "I welcome you to my town. My home, My family, yet you and your lover stay hidden below waiting for the paranoia to kick in" he stands up and towers over her causing her to raise her hand "Uh ah. My rules. No magic or I will kill you."

Sensing vampire eyes from Marcel's army Chiara closes her hand and lowers it "What Domenic wants is none of your concern."

"It is when I hear that Sebastian got killed by the witch demon. So I hope that you and your lover didn't drag in unnecessary trouble for me to deal with" he finished with a smile.

"No. The witch demon doesn't even know of our location."

"I hope not" he turns away from her and looks down to the party "because I don't want to be forced to not only kill the witch demon but you and Domenic."

Marcel eyes widened at a sight of a beautiful woman walking through the crowd with an air of confidence he could already sense she was a vampire. Not one of his. She was new in town.

"Leave," he tells Chiara.

She walks past him only to stop when he calls out her name "Tell Domenic if he wants to feed to come here. I don't want him opening up one of his blood parties in my town." Chiara hastily leaves not wanting to deal another minute with Marcel.

---

"Eyes on Chiara?" Bonnie asks lowly into her earpiece as she walked through the dancing crowd in the Abbatoir towards the bar.

"Yep on the roof" Alexis only to wince when her knee hit the ground of the roof a little too hard. She sees Robbie ahead of her. He looks briefly at the ground to see the top of Chiara's head walking through the crowded street.

"Eyes on the ground too" Marcus responded tailing Chiara.

Marcus walks past Eric and Amerie acting like tourists. Eric was snapping a shot of Chiara over Amerie's shoulders "She's heading in the direction of Marcus's loft just like you predicted, Gab. You want to tell me how you came to that conclusion, again?"

Gabriel stepped out to the balcony with his camera posing as a tourist took pictures of the streets below. Hearing the clicks of the camera, he looks to the screen to see Chiara just appearing in his views "Werewolves got driven out of this town. I would understand how easy it is to rid them, but witches. Witches own this city and their ancestors too. New Orleans witches would never be put into such a weak position unless another witch was helping them" he lifts the camera again and takes shots of Chiara further down the street.

"Why go after something of Marcel? The man that is providing them a place to lay low" Amerie asked standing beside her husband as they pretended to look a the pictures on his phone.

"Leverage," Rosario says in the hotel room overlooking the floor plans of Marcel's loft "Marcel is powerful in New Orleans. To stay that powerful you must know everything. Know your enemies but your allies as well that come into this town."

Marcus leans back against the pole letting the crowd hide him when Chiara looks back.

Marcus looks down at his phone, "Meaning Marcel could find out about the moonstone. Then he'll learn about the Sun and Moon curse," he states.

Robbie and Alexis take a breather when they are forced to halt their free run when Chiara pauses in her walk again to look around her for anyone following her.

"Are you okay, Rob?" Alexis asks

Breathing in and out Robbie nods "Yeah. So if Marcel finds out, then he would want to pursue the search of breaking the Sun and Moon curse-"

"He'll have complete power in New Orleans with his vampire army then," Alexis said finishing Robbie's thought.

"Exactly," Gabriel said impressed with the twins. Maybe Bonnie was right in recruiting them early despite their age.

He monitors outside making sure none of Marcel's vampires were following Chiara "If Domenic and Chiara succeed in pinpointing Marcel's weakness and gaining their leverage then they can stop the vampire in his track of pursuing the search for the moonstone."

"So we're stopping Domenic and Chiara from getting hold over Marcel," Michael said looking at the streets below as he sat on the edge of the building's roof next to Marcel's loft

"And Marcel from finding out about the moonstone and the curse" Bonnie concluded finally reaching the bar.

Michael and Scott seated beside him hear footsteps behind them and look to their right to see the twins all dressed in black with their black masks covering their mouths.

"Twins are here."

Bonnie scoffed looking around the room of the partying tourists "Looks like I have to miss out on all the fun" she mumbled

"And why is that gorgeous?"

Bonnie looked to see the handsome Marcel Gerard looking at her with that seductive boyish smile. Mmmm the photos did not do him justice.

She turns to face him "I meant that I might have to leave before" she leans towards him, her hand naturally falling to his chest "the midnight feast" she smirks a little to show her fangs.

Marcel smiles and leans to whisper "Why don't we start a private party of our own a little early?"

Bonnie takes a sharp intake of air from the sudden smell of his blood. Such old blood. Older than the Salvatore brothers.

"Now we can have fun," Adara says giddily, and Bonnie can't help but agree with her when Marcel grabbed her hand guiding her towards the stairs leading to a private room away from the party.

"Put us on mute, honey. We don't want to be scaring the men here. Unmute when it's done." Rosario said laughing from the guy's objection of Bonnie now taking a step further of being a distraction to Marcel.

Bonnie hears between the exclamation her uncle stating "When I said distraction I meant talk! Bonnie Marie Bennett! Don't you-" with her free hand she taps the mute button on her ear-comm and casually fixed her hair to cover it.

---

Marcel orders the guarding vampires to be left alone in the room with Bonnie. Talks led to flirting which resulted to Marcel making a move towards her, but she stops him by placing a finger against his lips.

'Only Joshua can kiss her lips.' she chuckles at her thought realizing that being with Joshua might change some things when she's on her covert assassin missions.

Marcel moves back and asks with a smile "Are you sure you're a vampire?"

Bonnie smiles leaning down towards him "Why do you ask?" she questions looking into the twinkle of his mischievous eyes.

His gaze falls to the crook of her neck "Your blood smells different" he looks to her "Very tempting to a vampire as old as me almost like witch's blood but more alluring"

Bonnie chuckles to his words, her hand reaches out, her fingernails graze the crook of his neck causing the dark-skinned man to shiver from her touch. The tension amplified in the room. Bonnie smiles at the sight of Marcel closing his eyes. Her eyes shift to their blazing red color, and the veins become prominent under her eyes.

"Your blood is also tempting to me," she whispered.

Before Marcel could react, Bonnie bit into his neck and began to drink his blood. She swallows then pulls back in time to see him bordering passing out while she closes her eyes letting the images hit her head. Welcoming the images to become more knowledgeable of this vampire. Like her uncle always said, "Knowledge is power."

Bonnie opens her eyes looking down to the passed out Marcel. She gets off the couch and unmutes her comm "Davina. The witch's name is Davina. Located in the attic of Marcel's loft" she looks briefly to him remembering the emotions she felt from the blood memories.

"He's protective of her, and she is of him as well. I'm going to get him to help us."

"Bonnie! No!"Gabriel says.

"I don't like the idea of it too, but we can't fight off Domenic while worrying about Marcel's army. We have the same objective, to save Davina. We need to corner Domenic and Chiara."

"Better make a choice quickly too cause Domenic is here," Michael said spotting Domenic approaching Chiara in front of Marcel's loft.

"And he's not alone," Scott said watching a group of vampires following Domenic.

"How many in the house?" Rosario asked

"From what we saw only four vampires. Two guarding a room and two just in the house" Scott muttered watching Domenic split up the group quickly counting the other vampires "twelve including Domenic and Chiara."

Rosario looks to the window seeing her husband still on the balcony "Gabriel-"

"I know," he says "Scott. Michael. Twins and Marcus getting inside and protect Davina. Eric and Amerie make your way to them monitor the streets make sure no humans get involved" he hears replies of yes sir

"Bonnie."

"Yes?"

"Get Marcel, and only you two make your way to save Davina. Capture Domenic and you and Marcus can do the interrogation."

Bonnie smirks "It would be my pleasure" and proceeds to wake up Marcel.

She taps the man's cheek "Marcel! Wake up! Come on…Shit, I took too much of his blood" she said in a panicked tone.

In aggravation, Bonnie bites into her wrist and holds her bleeding wrist against his mouth "Looks like you'll be one of the very few vampires to have a taste of my blood and live. Congratulation Marcel."

That seemed to prompt him because Marcel was sitting up and holding a tighter grip to Bonnie's wrist as he drinks from her.

"Okay, that's enough" Bonnie states when Marcel pulls back. She waits a while and sighs in relief to see her wrist healing.

Marcel lets go of the wrist and with his vampire speed has Bonnie against the wall with his hands around her throat "Who are you?!"

Not wanting to waste any more time Bonnie cuts to the chase "Domenic is after Davina."

She senses Marcel's hold loosen for a split second but giving her enough time to get out of the grip and reverse the situation "I'll explain everything later, but we need to get to the loft right now and protect her. You're not going to attack me when I let you go?"

With no response, Bonnie assumes that he understands her and lets him go.

"Let's go" is all he says as speeds out of the room.

Bonnie soon follows rushing out of the room and making her way towards Marcel's loft.

---

Bonnie spots Eric and Amerie standing by the entrance of Marcel's loft "Everyone inside?"

Amerie nods "Once you enter you can't come out until I release the spell okay?

"Perfect," Bonnie said speeding inside.

"Should we all be worrying that she enjoys this a little too much?" Eric asked.

Gabriel chuckled "No. If anything she reminds me of her father."

---

Bonnie sped up to the attic only to pout at the sight of Chiara passed out on the floor with a young girl standing by her and the great Domenic Maestri being held back by Marcel. The twins seated cross-legged on the floor covered in blood while Scott, Michael, and Marcus were putting away their weapons.

"Are you kidding?!" Bonnie whined "Not even one vampire for-" she uses her powers to freeze Marcel from ripping Domenic's heart while Scott magically held Domenic back "Sorry Marcel. I need that one alive" Bonnie said.

The young girl standing near Chiara lifted her white-skinned hands but froze mid-action when she started coughing violently from the lack of air she was getting.

Marcus and Michael stood in front of her "You dare hurt Bonnie, you die."

"Let her go, Marcus. We don't want Marcel as an enemy" watching Marcel vampire face appear.

Marcus lets go of her hold while Bonnie lets go of Marcel to rush to girl's side "I guess you're Davina" Bonnie said walking further into the room.

Davina nods slowly, strands of her long brown hair falling slightly in front of her face. The young witch lifts her head to get a better look at Bonnie, only to shudder from what she felt from Bonnie.

"You're not a witch are you?"

Bonnie smiles crouching to be knee leveled "Correct. Bonnie Bennett. The witch hybrid."

Davina gasped "Witch demon."

Bonnie rolled her eyes "I don't know why the witches or anyone say it in that tone. I'm not going to kill you-" she looks to Marcel with a teasing smile "trust me witch blood aren't my type."

Marcel looked to Domenic then back at Bonnie "That's why you want Domenic. For your blood thirst?"

Bonnie laughed "I'm not that desperate for blood" she stands up watching Scott place a sleeping spell on Domenic "My issue with Domenic is much more personal so don't worry he'll suffer not quite sure if it'll be more than his brother."

"Sebastian" Marcel stands up shocked along with Davina "You were the one that killed Sebastian?"

Bonnie nods "Yeah" and points to Marcus now standing beside her "And him. We both did after our interrogation on him."

"You shouldn't be proudly telling that to everyone you meet, Bonnie," Gabriel says in ear comm

"He asked" Bonnie stated.

Scott lays the now passed out Domenic besides the equally knocked out Chiara and asks Marcel "Our coven isn't familiar with New Orleans but is there a place where interrogation can get done. A room with no disturbance from the public."

"You're standing in it."

"Davina's room?" Michael questions and shakes his head "My coven will not do an interrogation in a witch's room."

"It's okay," Davina said.

She looks to the two culprits responsible for the attack "They dared to come and kidnap me they deserve the punishment" she looks to Bonnie "You make sure they get the punishment they deserve."

Bonnie smirked at the young girl standing in front of her "A girl that hold grudges means she has been betrayed."

Davina's eyes flickers to the ground. Bonnie lifts the girl's head to look at her "Do you mind?" she asks.

Knowing what Bonnie was asking the girl shook her head. She didn't know why she shouldn't be so trustful of another witch, but Davina felt like Bonnie would understand her more and why she was helping Marcel keep his reign in New Orleans.

Bonnie places both hands on the either side of Davina's face. Marcel steps forward but Davina raises her hand "It's okay" she tells him.

Seeing Marcel nod, Bonnie places her forehead against Davina's. Memory partition a connection between witches to share memories. While this spell can become useful when interrogating witches it's also quite difficult to perform if the witch is not so willing, share their memory unless drugged by the witch interrogator. The mind is like a wall, to look on the other side you can either break down the wall and force your way and let the witch suffer psychological effects, or you can allow the witch interrogatee drop the wall into their mind slowly. At this moment, due to Davina willingness to tell Bonnie her story, the images easily came through Bonnie's mind. Davina's life from the young happy, naive witch to the night of The Harvest to being saved by Marcel that night to finally her present life.

Bonnie pulls back looking down to the young girl "You've been through a lot haven't you?" she states as she sees the tears well up in her eyes.

"Come here" is all Bonnie says as the girl falls into Bonnie's open arms and sobs into her chest.

Everyone but Marcel looks surprised at the powerful witch they had witnessed to her now breaking down in Bonnie's arms.

---

Seating cross-legged from Bonnie in the middle of Davina's room. After cleaning up the dead vampires and tying up Domenic to the chair with the spelled rope, the coven left the loft while Marcel and Davina went downstairs.

With the ear com off and Domenic still out of it, Marcus asked: "Is the spell up?"

"Yep, no one should be able to hear anything in this room."

"Good. So what was that about?"

"What?" Bonnie questions as she fills up the syringe from the small tube of liquid vervain.

Placing the filled syringe back in its place Marcus looks knowingly to her "You know what? The little five-foot witch was breaking down in your arms when minutes ago she could've brought down this whole house with her powers."

"The harvest" Bonnie says looking to Marcus "The ritual" she states for Marcus to catch on.

His eyes widen as he lowers his voice "She was the sacrifice? How did she-" he pauses in realization "Marcel."

"Yep, Marcel" she scoffs thinking about the harvest ritual "All to become more powerful they willingly sacrifice lives."

"That's sacrifice to practice ancestral magic, Bonnie."

"Are you defending them?!"

"No" he pauses " We are lucky that we are born of the origin line of traditional magic. It's why we're stronger in traditional magic, but for other witches, it's not enough when nature hits back at them. It's why some witches are willing to seek out powers beyond traditional magic. Beyond nature."

Bonnie shook her head "It's not right."

"I know," Marcus said picking up another empty syringe "Sometimes it just is" he looks to Bonnie "Is Marcel a good guy?"

"No-" she stops and Marcus smiles

"You're thinking of him saving Davina."

Bonnie nods "Yeah. He may have saved her and protect her, but he still hosts these midnight feeding parties and have the witches powers on lock down."

"Not so easy to pass judgments is it."

"No."

"This is why your uncle who hates vampires tells the coven to assess the whole situation before making a decision."

Domenic groans beginning to wake up.

"Speaking of assessing the situation," Bonnie says watching the vampire wake up from the haze and begin to take in his surroundings. Feeling the restraints around his wrists and his ankles he begins to shift his wrists only to hiss in pain from the ropes tightening.

"Yeah I wouldn't do that," Bonnie says.

Domenic abruptly looked at her and laughed "You. I should have known" he tosses his head back looking at the chandelier hanging above him "How?"

"Does that matter?" she asks helping Marcus stand up. He picked up the case of the now filled syringes placing them on the table nearby.

Domenic looks to Bonnie "Of course. I must know where I screwed up. I've been alive for almost 200 years and never got caught."

Bonnie smirks leaning forward to be eye-leveled with Domenic "You must be losing your touch."

The vampire smiles at her "My brother must have liked you."

"Oh, he did even when I was torturing him. He was the brutal one in the family wasn't he?"

Domenic shrugs his shoulders only to wince to the rope tightening a little around his wrists.

"Yeah try not to do any arm movements or leg movements it'll just cause the ropes to tighten. Oh, the perks of being a witch."

"A witch hybrid"' he corrects her.

"Oh, not the usual witch demon."

Domenic chuckles "It's the name that has vampires fearing you."

"You don't fear me?"

Domenic shakes his head "You intrigue me."

Bonnie laughs to his words looking to Marcus "I intrigue him" she looks to him "I don't think your girlfriend will like that very much."

Marcus couldn't but laugh when Domenic's eyes widen "He realizes now that Chiara isn't here."

"Where is she?!"

"Don't worry. Our coven is taking excellent care of Chiara; allowing Marcus and myself focus on getting the answers out of you."

Domenic moved aggressively in his chair only groan out in pain when the rope tightened around his wrists and ankles.

Marcus tilted his head to the side to see the rope cutting into the vampire's skin and criticized him "Domenic you keep moving then Bonnie, and I will not have any fun."

Domenic chuckled in disbelief looking at Bonnie and Marcus "It's you two isn't it?"

Bonnie and Marcus looked at each other than at Domenic. Both were raising an eyebrow simultaneously at him to make himself clearer.

"Being around for so long I've had my run-ins with your assassin coven, but these past months you guys seemed to up your game. From having a witch hybrid," he looks to Bonnie then at Marcus "to having two new witches live up to the name of torture. Not that many have lived to tell" he chuckles "You should be proud. You have a lot of vampires, werewolves and even witches shaking in their boots when they get even a whisper of your coven's involvement in anything."

"Does that mean we have Klaus fearing us?" Bonnie asks.

Domenic laughs out loud "Klaus!" he laughs manically "It's that what this is all about! Klaus!" he calms down shaking his head "Oh darling, you should be the one fearing Klaus."

Bonnie places her hand on his shoulder "See that's the problem I don't. He's going to fear my coven and-" her eyes changes red "he's going to fear me, but for now, I'll settle with you answering two questions. Where is Klaus and what is he up to?"

"Like I said, you don't scare me" he whispered to her.

Bonnie smiled sadistically "That's what Marcus and I love to hear"

---

Chiara slowly opened her eyes to find herself lying on floor boarded ground. Sitting up, Chiara realizes she was lying in the center of a painted star pentagram. They trapped her. Shaking herself out of the haze, Chiara looks up to see the culprits seated comfortably, talking to each other.

Chiara's eyes change to black putting her hands out to break the trapping spell "I wouldn't do that" Gabriel says, but the young woman doesn't listen and mutters the words to break the spell only to end up falling back on the ground screaming of the retaliation of her spell.

"Surprisingly learned of this trapping spell from a couple of hunters, of course, I had to tweak it a little to suit us. So any witch trapped within the circle can't cast a spell or it'll reflect and affect them" he motions to her "Case and point."

Chiara stands up angrily her the veins creeping along her neck as her eyes changes to black "Chiara Cortez" the girl's eyes widened to the sound of her family name as Rosario stood up and walked towards the shocked girl.

"I wondered why nobody knew your last name or that you hid it from everyone" she crouches down to be eye-leveled with Chiara "The Cortez family. The family line is known to only practice Expression, but a family line that has paid the consequences over and over. I know your mother saw to the end of using Expression."

Chiara scoffed "My mother was weak."

Shaking her head, Rosario said "No, your mom was brave. So imagine my surprise when I read about the Cortez family murdered, and that the blame was all going to Mariella. That's not true is it?"

Chiara could deny it right now. Has been for the past ten years but where was the fun in that. Besides it has been awhile since anyone has connected her to her family.

"You killed them all didn't you?" Rosario accused her "Your father. Your grandmother. Your five-year brother"'

"The Cortez family have practiced Expression for years! Then my mother decides that we're not powerful enough to practice it but to stick with traditional magic! Why should I obey spirits that mean nothing to me! I was born with the powers to become stronger so we should all be allowed to push the boundaries."

Rosario hummed "Sometimes pushing the boundaries means going against our morals."

The young witch laughed out loud standing up "Morals. What good are morals when another witch comes into your house and kills your best friend and their family in front of you and your mother couldn't do anything because that same witch was stronger than her traditional magic? What morals of obeying the spirits and balance of nature should I follow that will allow me to protect everyone! The magic we are born with only restricts us from being our greatest."

"I can see you're willing to go far to be the greatest."

"Why shouldn't we," she asked challengingly

"Because we are not gods" Rosario bit back and with a flick of her wrist vines shout out from both sides of the circle and shot into the barrier wrapping themselves around Chiara's wrist.

Taken by surprise, she tried to break free from the vine's grip looking to Gabriel "You said no witch could cast a spell."

Gabriel nodded "Yes within the circle, but the one that cast the spell has free reign to use their powers on the person trapped. Like I said I had to tweak the trap a bit."

Chiara looked to Rosario and Gabriel "You're going to regret capturing me. When Domenic breaks free he is going to kill you all and I will gladly help him!"

Gabriel stood up "If he succeeds in surviving from what my niece has planned for him then I will honorably admit defeat."

The witch laughs giddily "Oh he'll paint the walls with her blood and your coven's blood for even touching me."

"We'll see," Gabriel says with a smirk a hitch in Chiara's throat. Why was he calm? Why did he not fear Domenic? Was the witch demon that powerful?

Almost as if he could hear her questions from facial expressions, Gabriel said "Yes, she is strong. For now, I just want some answers from you."

"You won't get anything out of me," Chiara said with such determination.

"That's exactly what I love to hear," Gabriel said

---

Domenic foaming at his mouth, gritted his teeth to stop himself from screaming. Blood and vervain were being injected into his system. His senses were on overdrive from the thrill of the blood then crash to the burning of the vervain. It was like the first time of his vampire transformation turned ten times and put on repeat. He was losing control of himself. Didn't know what was up, down, night or day. All Domenic wanted was for the pain to stop.

His tear stained face looks to Bonnie "I don't know where he is! He contacts me!" he screams out.

"Not good enough" grabbing another syringe of vervain to inject in his arm while Marcus grabbed another syringe of blood into his other arm.

"No!" he hissed out when the drop of vervain hits his skin "The moonstone!"

"Already know about that and the sun and moon curse," Marcus said nodding to Bonnie in motion to continue injecting him with another dose of vervain and blood.

Looking to his arms, he screamed out "The doppelganger!" Bonnie and Marcus freeze pulling back the needle as he slowly repeats between his short breaths "Klaus…needs…the Petrova doppelganger."

Bonnie hands Marcus the vervain syringe and grabs Domenic's chin getting him to focus on her "Repeat" she said.

He was fading in and out from shots of vervain and blood in his system. The mixture of pain and pleasure was overbearing for his body to handle. Bonnie taps his cheek repeatedly "Hey! Domenic stay with me! Why does Klaus need the doppelganger."

"The curse…needs blood…of the doppelganger, vamp…ire, werewolf, witch and…moon-"

Stone" Bonnie finishes releasing her hold on Domenic she steps back looking to Marcus "The curse of the sun and moon needs the moonstone, a vampire, werewolf, witch and a doppelganger."

Marcus looks to Bonnie scarcely "Bonnie it needs their blood. A sacrifice."

"Death" she whispers eerily calm.

Marcus looked to Domenic knowing they weren't going to get any more out of him especially if they shot another vervain in his system.

"Are we done with him?" he asked.

"Yeah," Bonnie said turning away she walked to Davina's dresser where her curved saber laid.

Grabbing the handle Bonnie pulled her sword out of its sheath and before Domenic could comprehend the change in the situation with the sudden natural movement of her wrist she cuts off his head.

Marcus watched the head roll across the ground "You know we have to clean this up now?"

"I know," she said grabbing the cloth to wipe the blood off her sword "We have a lead now on what Klaus is after and why Katherine is in Mystic Falls."

Marcus frowns in confusion. Bonnie walks back to the dresser and places her sword back in its sheath and waits for him to catch up.

She smiles when she hears him exclaim "Oh! She's there to break the sun and moon curse. So the moonstone must be in Mystic Falls for her to be there."

Bonnie turns around "We need to find that moonstone and protect Elena" she pauses remembering to take a photo of her job completed "Oh better send this to Uncle Gabriel' she says out her phone from her pocket.

Stepping back she takes a picture of the scene in front of her; a headless Domenic not far from his body.

"And send" she mumbles selecting her uncle's contact she looks to Marcus "Let's clean this up."

"Or?" Marcus stops

"Or what?" she questions.

"We could send a message to Klaus of Domenic's death. We leak another serial murder in New Orleans," he suggested.

Bonnie raised an eyebrow at him "You do know they're calling us the Grim Reapers."

"Kind of a badass name. Don't you think so?" Marcus says with a smile but stops when he sees Bonnie's unimpressed look.

"I already have the nickname, witch demon. I don't need another one. Besides the moment Klaus sees this whose to say he won't rush his timetable and make a move to Mystic Falls before us."

"Catch him in a territory you know."

"You do know we're just poking the beast by doing this," Bonnie said looking to the dead Domenic then looked to Marcus "Let's see what my uncle thinks, once they are done with Chiara."

"Sweet and maybe we'll move the body outside of New Orlean to not completely destroy the tourism for this city," Marcus said in thinking.

---

Feeling the vibration in his pocket, Gabriel pulls out his phone and smiles pleased to see a message from Bonnie. Swiping to read the message he looks to the quiet Chiara.

Wordlessly he showed the picture to Chiara.

She looks at the photo then screamed "No! No!" she falls to her knees weeping "No! It's not Domenic!"

Gabriel puts the phone back into his pocket "Yes the witch demon is stronger than you think."

She looks up to Gabriel who now crouches to be eye-leveled with the girl "Remember the name that ended the Maestri reigns. Bonnie Bennett, the witch hybrid."

The tear stricken Chiara whispered in recognition "The Prophecy is true then."

"You know about it?" Rosario questioned now crouching beside her husband "Not many witches knows about it."

"Those that want to know ways of getting powerful must know just as much. Imagine how powerful I'd become if I killed the witch hybrid."

"What makes you think you're going to come out of this alive?" he asked and with a click of his fingers fire ignited outlining the pentagram. Rosario spelled the vines to release the hold on Chiara allowing the girl to stand up. She smiles as her eyes bleed black only to gasp from the suffocated feeling within herself.

She grasps her neck and falls to her knees trying to breathe. Suddenly something is bubbling inside her, and that nauseous feeling washes over her. She places her palm on the ground and begins to throw up water. Like a barricade that has broken, Chiara continuously throws up water, not giving her time to say anything just seconds to breathe before putting together again.

In the midst of time to breathe, she uses it to cry out "Stop! Please!" suddenly that nausea feeling vanishes and she is left looking at the puddle of water she threw up.

She sits up with tears pouring "I get it! I'm not strong enough to defeat the witch hybrid."

Gabriel chuckles "No I wasn't you teaching that. I wanted you to be on the other side of the suffering. To have an ounce of humanity to see the wrong you did in all the deaths you caused to become powerful."

"What are you doing now?" she questioned.

"Teaching you are a lesson that you apparently can't learn," he said, and with a flick of his wrist he twisted her neck and watched her fall to the ground.

Rosario shook her head looking up to husband "It still astounds me how far a witch will go to become more powerful."

"Should it really?" he asked surprise. The years of growing up in their coven and everyone they have met more than a handful of witches they face that want to go beyond the spirit order of magic.

Rolling her brown eyes "I know it shouldn't surprise me, but the thirst for power gets younger and younger. The ones that just wants to get by are the ones that stuck with such responsibilities of powers."

"Bonnie?" Gabriel says knowingly.

"Yeah. Bonnie was just accepting that she was a witch and then all over a sudden she's the witch hybrid. The Chosen One for the Prophecy, it must be overwhelming for her."

"It is, but there must be a reason of why it's Bonnie."

"I hope we find that out soon," Rosario says.

---

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

"What do you mean, no?!" Bonnie exclaimed.

They had just finished up their trip to New Orleans and was back home just in time to grab dinner together as a coven. With everyone gone home, Bonnie decided to discuss with her uncle of the coven's next move. Now standing in the middle of her Uncle Gabriel's office she stared at him in disbelief of his disagreement to going to Mystic Falls.

Looking up from the file Bonnie had put together and the connections she had made from the information she learned in New Orleans he calmly said "It means what I said. No, you're not going to Mystic Falls."

"Are you kidding?!" she exclaims grabbing the notes she wrote up pointing to it "The requirements for the curse of the sun and moon! Everything Klaus needs is in Mystic Falls! We left the bodies outside of New Orleans for him to find out in the news."

"He has everything but the moonstone."

"Which is in Mystic Falls! Why else would Katherine be there? Unless she's in the wagering mood of getting back with Damon and Stefan."

"You're not going Bonnie, and that's an order."

"With all due with respect," she said as calmly as she could "It's a bullshit order" she storms away angrily opening the door to be greeted by the sight of her aunt.

Placing her hands on Bonnie's shoulders, Rosario questioned the situation "What's with all the yelling in here? We just got back from New Orleans, and we're already arguing."

Bonnie looked back angrily at her uncle then at her aunt "Ask him. He's the one making stupid orders" and brushes past her aunt storming back to her room.

Rosario's shoulders jump a little when she hears Bonnie's door slam shut. Leaning back a little she yells down the hallway knowing Bonnie will hear her "We don't slam doors in this house!"

Few seconds past and Rosario sees Bonnie's door open a little and Bonnie popping her head out of her room to look at her aunt "Sorry" she mouthed.

"Good" Rosario says and watches Bonnie quietly close her door.

Rosario turns to look inside the room to Gabriel who immediately averted his eyes to Bonnie's written notes.

Walking into the chamber, Rosario shut the door "Don't you even dare try to avert your eyes from me" she said.

Standing in front of his desk, Gabriel looked up to Rosario who awaited his explanation "She wanted to go back to Mystic Falls!"

"Figured that part with everything we found out."

"It's too soon!" he exclaimed standing up.

Rosario raises an eyebrow "Too soon for her? Or too soon for you?"

Gabriel sighed deflated pinching the bridge of his nose "Too soon for both of us" he sits back down looking to his wife and rephrases "Fine! Too early for me to let her go back. For generations, our coven has worked in the shadows, and in a span of three months, people of Mystic Falls know who's associated with Bonnie. Our coven. What makes you sure that luring Bonnie back to Mystic Falls is not Klaus's plan?"

"We've always been prepared for that situation" Rosario places her palms on his desk "Something else is bothering you."

He wasn't going to tell her; he thinks stubbornly. She waits patiently staring at him, and each second that passes tinkers at him until he confesses "What if her friends involve her in something dangerous that she hides from us. What if she gets hurt or worse-" he stops unable to finish that thought "I can't lose another family, Rosie."

Her eyes softened to his words and walked around the desk and turned his seat towards her. Taking a seat on his lap, she wrapped her arms around his neck her fingers grazing back and forth on his cheek "You're not going to lose her. We're going to be there for her. You know you need, to be honest with these things, not as the leader of the coven but as her uncle."

He sighs to her touch, laying his head against her shoulders "I know" he says.

Lifting his head up "We have to go to Mystic Falls."

Rosario nodded "We can give it a week to go over everything we discovered. The kids have missed too much of school; they at least need to show their face in classes."

"Yeah and I'll talk to Bonnie" he leans back in his seat tilting his head to the side to look at Rosario "Let's see how long the Salvatore brothers can keep Elena safe."

"Do you think they know that Elena is a must for the breaking of the sun and moon curse."

Gabriel shrugged his shoulders "I have a feeling it won't take them long to make that discovery."

"You think we should get involved?" he asked seeing his wife bite her bottom lips.

She nods as he continues "I don't want to. Not yet. Not until I get confirmation on what Domenic said. I can't just take a word of one vampire on the verge of death."

"A week of research? We should probably get in touch with the outside sources as well."

"Yeah," he said only to look as his phone on his desk signaling a text message coming through.

With her arm lazily behind his neck, Rosario grabbed the phone with her free hand to see the message "It's from Lucy" she said surprised.

Gabriel frowned confused that his niece was messaging him "What does it say?"

Swiping the phone she sums up the text, "She wants to talk to you tomorrow. Vampire emergency. Should we be worried?"

He shook his head "She would have called us straight away or drove here if it was an emergency. Let's just go and get some rest and deal with everything tomorrow."

"Sounds like a plan," she said placing a chaste kiss on his lips "I love you."

Gabriel smiled "I love you too."

---

In the darkness of his room, Joshua turns over to the sound of his phone ringing. Stretching out his arm, he blinks his eyes a couple of times until he sees Bonnie's name on the screen. With a small smile he swipes to answer "Hey" he groggily says

"I'm sorry, did I wake you?"

Looking briefly at the alarm clock to see the bright red lights reading 11:11 pm "I'm awake" he says.

Joshua hums amused when he hears her laugh on the other line as he lifts his head a little and lays it back on his pillow while the phone lays on his ear.

"Are you back or have you fallen in love with the nightlife of New Orleans just like I predicted?" he asks.

"It's beautiful. Why? Do you miss me?" Bonnie asks in a teasing tone.

"Of course I miss you. I miss you when I can't see you. I miss you when I wake up. I miss you when I go to sleep, and I miss you leave my dreams. I miss you, Bonnie Bennett."

Joshua doesn't need to see her knowing that his words made her smile. Bonnie's next whispered words makes him sit up in his bed.

"I miss you, too" Bonnie whispers.

Joshua sits up a little in his bed "Say that again?"

"Josh-" she says rolling those lovely green eyes of hers.

"I want to hear you say it again. You've never said those words to me."

"What? Yeah, I have" she says defending herself.

Now sitting against the headboard of his bed, Joshua reminds her "I've always said those words, you've always responded back with 'Me too'" he finishes mockingly in her voice.

"It's the same thing," she said meekly knowing that was a weak response.

"So you don't miss me?"

"Of course I miss you, but maybe you don't have to anymore."

Joshua frowns confused, but Bonnie clears it up when she says "Open the door."

Not bothering to respond back he drops his phone on his bed and speeds towards his door pulling it open to see Bonnie Bennett standing there with a wide grin on her face. She raises an eyebrow not disappointed by the sight of a shirtless Joshua wearing loose gray track pants staring at her as if she was the most precious, amazing thing he had seen in his life.

"I thought you said we wouldn't be able to see each other until tomorrow," he said rubbing his tired eyes still in surprise.

Taking a deep breath in and out "I missed you, Joshua Carter."

The man laughed gleefully grabbing Bonnie by her hips and pulled her towards him causing a loud squeal to leave her lips in surprise from his motion of pulling her into his apartment. Wrapping her arms around his neck, he lowered his head and kissed her passionately. The kind of kiss that leaves you hazy for days. The kind of kiss that causes a shiver down your spine and goosebumps on your arms when you think of the intensity of it. The kind of kiss that your finger lovingly strokes the lips his kissed when you think about the moment he laid his lips on you. This kiss was Bonnie finally letting go and diving. Diving into the unknown. Bonnie was not going to hold back in fear. She didn't know how this was going to end. Was Bonnie going to love him? Was she going to be betrayed by him? Was she going to hurt him? All this wondering held her back, and that wasn't a way to live. From the night Joshua confessed, he was all Bonnie could think about that she honestly couldn't deny her feelings for him. Life was too short not to do what you want. To choose what or who can make you happy.

Joshua stumbles back not breaking the kiss while Bonnie kicks the door shut.

Yeah, she wasn't going to deny herself of the possibility of this happiness.

---

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Stefan Salvatore stood in his brother's room staring in confusions of the many newspaper clippings of murders pinned up on the inside of his brother's wardrobe door.

"Grim Reapers strike again" he read out loud then turns his attention to case notes also pinned up.

While Stefan knows he should at school and not prodding around in Damon Salvatore's room in the middle of the afternoon but Stefan's curiosity was getting the best of him. Damon had been extra secretive these past months, at first, he thought it was because of Katherine's return into town, but everyone in their gang circle knew that. Group circle that included: Elena, Caroline, Alaric and Jeremy. In that case, Damon would have no reason to be extra secretive, but the frequent calls from Liz to picking up files of different cases peaked Stefan interest. While he knew Damon's role of keeping appearance in Mystic Falls of being that helpful stand-up Salvatore, this was a little too much for Damon especially for the many hours he spent alone in his room. Take note on the emphasis of alone. All of that led to Stefan skipping school and come back home while his brother was out. Finding out what Damon was up to didn't take long either. Hiding information in your closest doesn't exactly help with the whole secretive notion, Damon was playing these past weeks.

"What the hell are you up to, Damon?" Stefan muttered eyeing the map of USA pinned up at the top with circled places.

Stefan's attention is steered away from the map to look at Damon leaning against the doorframe.

"Skipping school little brother? Are you rebelling again? Do we need to sit down and that chat again?"

Ignoring Damon, Stefan pointed to the pinned up articles "What is this?"

Damon walks into his room, "That is none of your business" he says slightly closing the closet door

Stefan looks at his older in disbelief "Attacks in Grove Hill, Redwater, New Orleans?" he motions to the case note "Vampires killed not far from here? Is Katherine responsible for all that?"

Damon chuckles "If only it were that simple."

"Then who?" Stefan questioned, "Who committed these crimes and why are you investigating this?"

"How about you just leave this alone and continue helping Blondie with her training or finding out more about this Sun and Moon curse."

From the corner of his eyes, Stefan sees Light Haven written on the edge of some paper pinned up in the closet "Bonnie" he whispered making the connection.

"Bennett" Damon finished humorously.

"That's why you wanted to know where she was living when she sent Caroline the daylight ring. Damon, I told you to stay awa-"

Damon cuts off Stefan's upcoming reprimanding speech "Stay away from the little witch's life, but you didn't see what I saw at the hospital."

Stefan groaned to this again, rolling his eyes "That Bonnie vampire sped out of the hospital room" his mind thinks of the time he saw her red eyes. The memory so long ago that he can't decide if what he saw was real or not.

Stefan clears his throat "So what if she's a vampire, it's not our business."

"Don't you think it's a little strange that she hasn't informed her best friend, Elena about this new change from witch to a vampire."

"Maybe she's not ready to or has been dealing with it. Sheila and Zachariah did die, and if Bonnie is a vampire, then she must be dealing with this."

"My naive little brother. Always trying to see the best in everyone. The day Bonnie left. Murdered vampires started popping up. Of course. They were covered up as a serial killing murder to cover the fact of why they looked liked corpses."

"A coincident Damon. You do not think that Bonnie was responsible for those deaths?"

"Bonnie or the coven she runs with" Damon sighed aggravated that his brother wasn't at least intrigued "You can't tell you haven't been at least curious since the group of witches helped us on Founder's Day."

"They saved you, Damon. If anything they deserve a thank you, not an investigation."

Damon rolled his eyes to his brother's sarcasm looking up to the ceiling for an answer to why his brother wasn't even a tiny bit curious on these killings that could connect to a Miss. Bonnie Bennett if only wait- he looks back to his brother with a smirk.

"Sebastian Maestri"

Stefan shrugged his shoulders "What about him?" he said unsure where this conversation was going.

Damon opened the closet door and pointed to the photocopied case notes "The vampire killed nearby was Sebastian Maestri. This killing had happened the day before I found Bonnie in your room."

"Are you still going on about that? For the last time, Bonnie wasn't here and hasn't been for months."

"But her coven has" Damon turns away from Stefan opening the closet door he lifts the case notes to reveal photos of the crime scene "Either Bonnie did this or someone in her coven did."

Stefan stepped closer to look at the photos his eyes widen to the bloody scenes, but nothing as deadly as Sebastian Maestri's head sitting on his vomit bloodied lap of his headless body. This scene would've given Ripper Stefan a run for his money. Stefan frowned a little to the deja vu feeling he felt looking at the location.

"Ease up, Ripper Stefan."

"No it just looks familiar" Stefan raises his hand to stop his brother "No I know where the house is. I mean it feels familiar like I've-" he stops himself shaking off his thought "Nevermind. Besides the fact that you have created this whacked up theory that Bonnie did this" he motioned to the photo "is crazy enough but for you to think that she or her coven may be involved in the other killings is nuts!" he finished looking at Damon like he was crazy.

"it's possible! All the other attacks had the same M.O's head chopped off or heart ripped out."

"You've been hanging around Liz too long. What you describe is something a vampire can do. Not a witch and not Bonnie" Stefan emphasized furthermore "Drop it, Damon. We should be focusing on finding out why Katherine is back here and I thought you wanted to learn more about Mason Lockwood being a werewolf."

"Fine."

"I mean it, Damon."

"Fine-" he paused scrunching his nose "I can't technically drop it since I did promise Liz I would look into these cases. Not just Sebastian's one but the other two since the M.O's were similar."

Stefan sighs. He really shouldn't be surprised, when Damon was curious about something he won't stop investigating it until he found answers to satisfy his curiosity.

Stefan ran his hand over his face tiredly. Not wanting to discuss this further "Fine you do what you do Damon. Just make sure Elena does not find out about this and don't mention to Liz or anyone on the fact that you're considering Bonnie and her coven to be suspected."

Damon raises his hands in surrender "Don't be surprised if I say 'I told you so'" he said tauntingly.

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AN: Well that was a long chapter to edit, I kept adding more to it, lol! I hope you guys liked this chapter. If anyone watched the Korean Drama "Lucky Romance" then that Josh/Bonnie scene would be familiar. I had recently finished watching the drama, and one of the scenes from there I couldn't stop replaying in my head to be suited for Josh/Bonnie.

"The Originals" will only make the crossover in this chapter. Don't know much about this show other than the 1-2 ep I watched and forced myself to stop because I didn't want to attach like TVD and the rest was me skimming through "The Originals" wiki.

If I'm correct there should be about two more chapters left and I'm finished with this story *cries* but do not fear Part 2 of Trilogy of War is to follow. Part 2 is of course, "Instruments of War."

Thanks for the follows and the favs and the review :D

Apologies for any grammatical errors.