A/N: Hey guys! I got such a positive response to my first chapter it made me really happy. I honestly was not expecting what I got and I thank everyone who reviewed! I have some things planned for this story so I hope I can carry out for you so you can enjoy! Just a pre-warning, I'm going to be introducing a lot of new characters in this chapter and I'm hoping it'll be big one. Also as a side note, Elena and Jeremy are not related in this story just to make it easier. Favorite, Follow, and most of all Review telling me what you thought, what I need to improve on, what you liked about the chapter, what you disliked, and any other questions!
Bonnie tucked the sheets around the small cot as she hummed softly. It was two in the afternoon and the mystery servant has yet to come. Bonnie hoped she would be someone around her age; someone she could befriend and confine in. While she cared for Matt and Jeremy with all her heart they were not good with girly and personal conversations and Bonnie yearned for a female friend.
There was a huff of air as the heavy metal door swung open and the clatter of a small duffle being sat down. Bonnie looked behind her to see a tall and lean girl. She had beautiful brown hair that was straight and stopped at her elbows with almond colored eyes and a fresh face. Bonnie could tell she was a peasant girl, like herself, by the way she dressed but she carried herself with an air of regency.
"You wouldn't be the new girl would?" Bonnie asked politely as she smoothed down the sheets while facing her. The new female nodded slowly as she looked around. "Great! Welcome to your new home away from home this is your new bed."
Bonnie tried to be nice and bring lightness to the situation but obviously she used the wrong wording because at the mention of home the brunette broke out into sobs. Bonnie had very to no experience with making people feel better. She was taken from her village at a young age and had never had another servant cry in her presence. Sure, she had seen Rebekah's fair share of meltdowns and water works but she never tried to get into it. Matt, her personal servant, was the only one who was good with words and could calm her down.
"Please don't cry," Bonnie said quickly pulling herself from her spot on the floor to guide the female to her bed, sitting her down. "I'm so sorry I never met to upset you." Bonnie tried to apologize as the brunette latched on to her and cried onto her shoulder sleeve. Bonnie patted her back awkwardly as she hoped the girl would recover soon.
They sat like that for a few minutes as the brunette mumbled random names before she sniffled and silenced her tears. She looked up at Bonnie with a very sad smile on her face. "I am so sorry to have done that to you. What a horrible first meeting." The brunette tried to laugh but it was shaky. "I'm Elena."
Bonnie gave her a kind hearted smile, "I'm Bonnie."
The girls talked for twenty minutes. Bonnie informed her of the strict rules and how it worked around here but left out her history with the originals. Elena told her all about her family and friends back in her home village and how she was personally picked to be Elijah's assistant but she didn't know why.
Bonnie knew why.
A sixteen year old Bonnie was in the kitchens fetching Klaus his alcoholic drink he requested. Bonnie was in a bad mood and to top it all off it was Klaus's human birthday and therefore all servants had to serve him not just his own.
She made her way down the narrow hallway towards the dining as a tall, leggy, brunette caught her eye. She was leaning against the wall in a lush dress that was a shade of blue that reminded her of the morning sky. It had a daring neckline that no other classy lady who try to pull off and she had an air to herself that was almost annoying.
"What are you looking at?" The girl sneered a prominent smirk on her thin lips. "Do you know who you're even gawking at?"
Bonnie gripped the glass tightly as she tried to keep her cool. She had already got 'punished' for "disrespecting" Kol by calling him by his first name instead of his royal name. It was ridiculous and sudden considering she always called him by his first name. She was in no mood to get in trouble more. "I'm sorry Miss, but I do not know who you are. May I help you?"
The girl tossed some curly brown hair off her shoulder as she arched an eyebrow. "Lady Katherine Pierce – trust me, you won't forget my name anytime soon." She took a few steps closer her eyes darkening. "Actually there is something you can help me with."
Bonnie opened her mouth but nothing came out. She didn't know what to do in a situation like this.
"Katherine – control yourself."
Bonnie looked back greatly at Elijah who had came to her rescue. She must be who the other's were talking about. Elijah's estranged lover that played with his heart as if he was a toy.
"Of course, my darling." She said with a small smile. "Well, off to dinner now aren't we?"
That was the last time Bonnie ever saw Katherine Pierce before she fled from Elijah once discovered for going against the monarch.
"That's odd, I wonder why he picked you especially." Bonnie said with faux confusion. Not all secrets were meant to be told.
"What's that, Jeremy?" Elena asked politely after we all situated ourselves and the boys got to talk more to Elena. There was a thin piece of paper slid under our heavy door. Jeremy looked over at it and heaved himself off the cot to achieve it and read it.
He grunted before answering, "It's a letter of notice. All personal servants are required to serve the royal family and their guests for a dinner."
"Since when do we serve dinner?" Matt asked with a bewildered expression. "That's ridiculous – that's someone else's job."
"Knowing them they probably just want to show off how they get to use us to do their every request." Jeremy said with a shrug.
Bonnie offered to help Elena get ready considering it was her first ever service. She went to the changing room towards the back of the closet. "You're working attire isn't here yet but you can borrow one of my dresses. We need to wear them for more proper events like this to impress their guests I suppose." Bonnie said with a roll of the eye as she pulled out two dresses.
They weren't anything special but rather handy downs and old but they were beautiful in a subtle way. Elena smiled softly, "They are so lush. I've never been around a dress this expensive." She said trailing her fingers down the big skirt and pulled at the string of the corset. "Can you lace these?"
Bonnie nodded with a small smile, "You get used to it. I can't lace my own but I taught Matt how to do it so I'm all good."
The girls began to start getting ready. Bonnie pinned back some of Elena's dark hair with some of her spare bobby pins while Elena French braided Bonnie's hair all down to her back. She often didn't cut it so it came to just above her hips but she didn't mind.
"Which dress do you want? You're picking." Bonnie said with a smile which made Elena squeal slightly. Elena was still happy and full of light which Bonnie lacked a lot of the time. When you've been serving someone as less than an equal for so many years your lightness just dims.
Elena decided on the lavender dress. It had long sleeves that flared at her wrists with a fitted bodice and full skirt. The corset had flower details that trailed down onto the tops of the skirt. It fit Elena like a glove and looked beautiful.
Bonnie put on one of the new dresses that they gave her this year. It was an olive green color which brought out her eye color and looked beautiful against her milky skin complexion. It had a square neckline with a short sleeve and full skirt. Matt finished lacing up Bonnie just in time for the bell to signal for their arrival.
"We're going to be late." Jeremy said at the five minute bell. "We're no near close and we still have to clean up." He said looking at the mess we created. If we left our area a mess it could result in more trouble.
Elena looked around worried not wanting to get in trouble on her first day. Bonnie played with the tips of hair sticking out from her braid, "You guys go ahead, I'll clean up. You guys stayed back last time." Bonnie said as she began to pick items up.
"You sure Bon?" Matt asked with an arched eyebrow. Bonnie reassured them before waving them off not wanting them to be too late and to tell the royals that Bonnie would be there soon. It took Bonnie all of five minutes to clean up which really wasn't a large amount of time but she had another five minute walk to the dining area. She knew she would get her ass handed to her but she tried not to think too much about it as she began to walk down the hallway.
"So late…" Bonnie mumbled to herself, tucking a piece of stray hair behind her ear.
"Excuse me my lady," Bonnie stumbled backwards as a man blurred in front of her as insane speed. Vampire. He was tall with a lean but muscular build. He was slightly tanned with dark messy hair and mysterious eyes with an edge to him. "You wouldn't happen to know your way around this monstrosity of a castle would you?"
Bonnie gaped at the man; He must be one of the guests the letter was talking about. He was handsome like any other vampire and he had an air of confidence to him. The fact that he called her lady was something that made Bonnie very pleased. Being called lady was a title that most people didn't think Bonnie deserved.
"You still there, sweetheart?" The man asked again with a smirk when Bonnie failed to respond.
Bonnie blushed a soft shade of pink before responding, "Um, my bad, Sir. Yes, I know my way around the castle if you'd like me to show you. Are you dining with the royal family this evening?"
"Damon Salvatore, not Sir." He said before nodding. "I am and that would be a huge help. My little brother is the only person that usually comes here. I somehow got conned into coming to this dinner because my brother is friends with Nik."
Bonnie nodded as they began to walk down the hallway, "It is nice to meet you Damon Salvatore; I'm Bonnie Bennett." She arched an eyebrow in surprise. "Not to sound rude, but I was unaware that Niklaus had any friends."
Damon laughed loudly with a small but prominent grin on his face. "Funny and gorgeous, what better company could I ask for?" He said with a wink making Bonnie smile slightly. It was so very unlike her to swoon like this for someone like him. "I know it is hard to believe but Nik and Stefan go way back. So, do you work here?"
Bonnie nodded. "I'm Kol's personal servant."
Damon crinkled his nose up slightly, "I get the whole idea of having human help but it sounds quiet ridiculous in my opinion to have hundreds of people to serve a family of seven."
"There is probably a thousand of us."
"Really now?"
She nodded again. "Yeah, they each have their own personal assistant that they pick and then there are kitchen help, cleaning help, feedng help, ect."
"Ah," He said with a small nod as he ran his hand over the rich texture of his jacket. "You must be even more special than I presumed to be picked by Kol as his personal, don't you think?"
Bonnie bit her lip but shrugged once again. "Not very special but rather ordinary. We just have some history I guess." She turned a corner and caught sight of the doors leading to the dining room. Her heartbeat began to quicken at remembering the punishment she would get for now being nearly twenty minutes late.
She knew Damon heard the change of her heartbeat and he cocked his head to the side. "Something wrong?"
"I'm late and I'll get in trouble. Esther is psycho about being on time." Bonnie said without thinking. She was so stupid. She knew they could all hear her from the other side of the room and she mentally wanted to shake herself for being so foolish.
Damon didn't seem to think it was foolish but instead burst into another fit of laughter, "You are quiet a funny girl." He said before opening the door and holding it open for her. "You first, my lady."
Bonnie walked in quickly with her head down trying to avoid making eye contact with any of the other events though she knew they caused a scene while entering during a vivid story being told. Bonnie tried to make a beeline to the waiting room but didn't make it barely a few steps.
"Miss. Bennett you are quite late, don't you agree?" Esther said with a fake smile on her lips. She knew deep down Esther was pissed off with her for making a comment about her no doubt.
"I'm sorry Queen," Bonnie said facing her and doing a small bow.
"Care to explain yourself?" Mikael asked and he wasn't even bothering to cover up his angered face. He scared Bonnie the most and upsetting him was not a good thing.
Bonnie opened her mouth to explain herself but Damon interrupted her.
"Sorry my King and Queen but Miss. Bennett's late appearance would be my fault." Damon said in a casual demeanor as he pulled out his seat and took his spot next to who Bonnie assumed was his brother. "I didn't know my way around your home and she was so very kind to assist me." He said sending a smirk Bonnie's way.
"You know Damon he's always been attracted to pretty things." Stefan Salvatore mumbled to Niklaus who he was sitting next too much to low for anyone besides a Vampire to hear. "Especially pretty and fragile things."
From across the table Kol sent a menacing look towards his brother and his friend. He was aware that Bonnie was missing and had spent the last twenty minutes listening intently for her voice. When he heard her speaking with that foul excuse of man he couldn't help but be mad. Damon and him had nothing but bad history together.
"As you say, Mr. Salvatore, we can understand your trouble navigating around the castle. We will address this matter later Miss. Bennett, I believe your assistance is needed else where." Esther said while not making contact with the brunette.
Bonnie scurried off into the direction of her friends unaware of the many eyes following her.