Bonnie lay awake that night thinking about how strangely Damon had acted earlier. What was so bad about her dreaming about that girl from his memory? Of course she looked a lot like Bonnie, but she'd thought that was all because of the fact that Bonnie was dreaming of her. She didn't have Bonnies fiery curls or her personality, she simply looked a lot like herself.

She wouldn't let herself think about that anymore, Damon didn't want her for more the shelter and probably food, but he wasn't going to get one drop of it from her. And that was all he was getting from her if she had any say.

Which she didn't.

She turned to the school trip she was about to go on. It was a big surprise to her, but one that, after she'd read the booklet they give out when you sign up, she realized she should have known all about and have been ready a long time before now.

Her, Joe-Anne and Lisa were going to Italy next week to study some of the paintings and live in one of the old Castles for three weeks, the name of the castle was something like 'Lil Angel'. She'd found that Joe-Anne was in her Italian class, and that Lisa and Meredith were in the same class only at a different time of day. (They were both too lazy to take early morning lessons every other day.)

And of course Damon was coming. The teacher thought he was an extraordinarily fast learner and that he would enjoy Italy very much. And it was true, he would enjoy Italy, what the teacher didn't know was Damon was actually Italian. (And not French as he's been telling everyone)

Of course he would know the language and enjoy the country. Meredith and Matt had been talking to Stefan about it, and he said that Elena and himself would come up a couple days after them, and find a place to settle down, most likely the Villa that he and Damon shared if Damon wasn't there. That way they could have some kind of house warming party.

Bonnie laughed at the idea, but said she'd love to do it too, though she didn't know when they would have a chance to have the party because their Italian teacher is such a workaholic that all they'd be doing is studying this or studying that.

They would be leaving Monday, and be there early Tuesday morning, really early. Bonnie groaned. She couldn't wake up that early, it wasn't in her book of things she was able to do. And even if she did she'd be unbearable till she got enough sleep to make up for it. Waking up early for class was one thing, that as only seven in the morning, waking up from a plane trip at four-thirty was unspeakable.

She couldn't wait.

She still had to do some packing and get some other things. But she had Tomorrow to get the things she needed and Sunday to pack. That was plenty of time for her to find just what she wanted and what she would miss or need. So everything was going all right.

Except for how Damon was acting lately. She still couldn't believe he ran out on her after he kissed her. It was like she had some disease or something, and she didn't know what it was she did to make him turn away so quickly. It wasn't as if she were an inexperienced kisser, far from it and still a virgin was great seeing as she'd already graduated and made it a couple months into College.

'Fine' she thought, pushing those questions from her already full mind. 'if he doesn't want to be with me then he doesn't have to be. I don't need or want him either.' She told herself. Looking outside into the dark night. It was really late, but she could still see how bright the full moon was, and the stars that were sparkling like diamonds.

She drifted off to sleep dreaming about the mystery figure again.

*~~*~~*

"Bonnie!" her mother called shrilly, breaking into the warm happy dreams from the night before. "Wake up honey we have a long day ahead of us!" Mrs. McCullough called upstairs to Bonnie. "You still need to get a few things before your trip!"

Bonnie groaned, trying in vain to play out the dream from where it had ended. They were cuddling under a tree, talking about everything under the stars when he began to lean over to her. Angry that she couldn't see it out and had to live with what her imagination could give, she rolled over in bed. Then, curiosity winning over, she looked at her clock.

Eleven O-clock?

She scrambled out of bed and went over to her closet to look for something to wear that day.

Thinking of khaki jeans and something white over it she was startled when she looked inside and saw a pure black dress and a pure white dress. Both made with medieval decorations, billowing out widely and very beautiful. But beauty wasn't all that was with them.

Memories came over her so fast, but they weren't her own, she knew this like she knew her own name. They were of a past life or from the dreams she'd been having as of late. A girl, giggling at a guy. Again the guy was in shadows. But it was like it was really happening…

*~~*~~*

"Which dress should I wear for tonight?" she asked him playfully, first holding one, then the other up to her slender body as she looked into the mirror. "They both look so beautiful!"

"Which ever one you want to wear for tonight," he told her softly, awe make its appearance in his voice. She turned to him and she saw his eyes transfixed on the black as it didn't flare as much as the other.

"I merely bought them for you, you're the one who's got to chose which one you want to wear." The shadow figure whispered softly in her ear, causing her to giggle again. "The white one shows off your soft tan skin and chocolate eyes, but the black one shows off your body, making your hair look like a bright gold flame."

"Then I guess I'll wear the black one, you'll be wearing your black suit won't you?" she asked, smiling flirtatiously at him.

"Yes, I will. Seeing as the red one is being washed." he joked, laughter filling the air between them.

"But are you sure you want to be with me? Of all people that can't give you anything good?" he asked her for what seemed like he millionth time…

*~~*~~*

"Bonnie! Hurry up sweety! You've got company!" Her mother called up, snapping Bonnie out of her reverie.

"Weird." she mumbled to herself, pulling on a pair of black shorts and a white tank top quickly. When she looked back in her closet, the dresses were gone. "Great, now I'm hallucinating" she muttered to herself. Then hurried down stairs to see who it was.

"Hey! Are you finally ready?" Meredith asked getting up. She glared at her friend, but only for a second. If Meredith wanted to be normal today, then she wasn't going to stop her.

"Yep, sorry about that." She said to her, Lisa, Caroline, and Joe- Anne. She wondered why Caroline was there, but if she wanted to come shopping then Bonnie wouldn't argue. "What else do you guys have to get?" she asked, to open up the conversation after a couple minutes of silence.

"I need the Bathroom supplies." Meredith said.

"Me too." Lisa said. "And some hair ties, I'll go crazy if I don't have enough to keep my hair up and out of my face." Bonnie laughed. Lisa had long blond hair, and she meant long. That girl had hair down to her knees. But it was very pretty, waving softly. No curls like Bonnie used to have, nor was it straight, it was perfect for her.

"Well I have to get a new dress. I heard that while were there we'll be having a ball of some sort." Caroline said, smiling.

"Whoa, wait. You're going?" Bonnie asked, startled. She thought that it was just the four of them.

"Of course. Scott and I have it in the evening, didn't Meredith tell you?" she asked, looking at Meredith who looked down slightly nervously.

"It's been kind of busy." she said, grinning at Bonnie for emphasis on 'busy'. "I haven't had time to mention it." she paused. "Hey! Bonnie, did you know Caroline's coming too?" she asked, turning to Bonnie with mock joy.

Bonnie gave her a look, and turned to Joe-Anne because she was speaking.

"Really? Then maybe I should get a new dress too." Joe-Anne said wistfully. "Maybe I'll meet a guy that doesn't step all over my feet." She said laughing. Joe-Anne was a dancer, and was very coordinated. So all the guys felt and acted clumsy around her. But then again she always had guys around her, she had red hair like Bonnie, only it was shorter, and straight, and with Blue eyes. People said she looked like a witch, more so then Bonnie acted like one.

"Well all I need is some shoes, I can't wear sandals there, what if we have to run or something?!" Lisa said. Even though she had plenty of shoes, she always wanted another pair, just in case or to go with something. She was a great athlete, she's in everything they let girls in at our school she even played football with her brothers at home. Of course she looked the part, brown hair and green eyes with slightly squared shoulders. She was even giving Bonnie private weight training sessions on Mondays.

"Then get your credit cards ladies! And let's finish this up." Bonnie said, getting a couple laughs at what she was serious about.

They left and went to the Mall and strait to the dollar store to get the bath room supplies cheap, no need spending big bucks on something that they probably supplied there. They found little bottles of toothpaste and shampoo, they even found some extra wash clothes and little bags to keep them in, even though they had bags at home.

When they had what they needed with the bath room supplies, they went off to Sears to look for a dress, that being the closest store. Immediately the found cute, short dresses and long evening gowns saved over from the formal dances of the schools around the area.

"How about this one?" Joe-Anne asked, holding up a blue silk dress with white sleeves and hemming, even a white belt. It was very pretty, and so long that it went down to her toes and dragged a little.

"That one looks nice." Caroline said, nodding in approval, looking as if she wanted it herself. "I don't think I'll wear it though, if you're going to get it. We don't want to look alike do we?" she laughed with Joe-Anne.

"How about you guys? Does this look good?" it was the hundredth dress she'd held up, and this one actually looked nice.

"I love it!" Bonnie cried. "And with your red hair, it makes you look great." She laughed. "Maybe I should find a blue dress to wear." everyone laughed at that, they all knew Bonnie had dresses she could just pick from.

"OK, I'm done here then I guess. Caroline, did you find your dress?" she asked.

"Not yet. But I think I'll go some place other then the mall, till then why don't we just shop a little?" She suggested. When everyone agreed they left for Ladies Footlocker, to find Lisa some shoes.

After hours of looking around and buying things that Bonnie was sure they would never use or see again after they got home she began to realize that her stomach needed nourishment. Lisa checked her watch and listened to her stomach grumble loudly as well.

"Hey, guys? Can we get something to eat? I'm starved!" She said, putting her bags into the trunk of the car along with the other ones. They had a lot of bags, from all over the mall, probably from every store in the mall.

"Yea, I'm getting hungry too." Bonnie agreed.

"Where at though, all we have are credit cards, and I don't know where any ATM's are." Caroline said, checking her watch. "And I have to be home at seven, were having company."

"Well I have twenty dollars extra, I could take us to McDonalds." Joe-Anne said, looking through her purse. "That is, if you guys don't mind value menu cheese burgers and fries." She joked.

"That'll be good. And we can pay you back later or something." Bonnie said, feeling a little bad to have to need someone else to get her food. They were all checking their purses, finding one or two dollars saved over to help pay.

"Oh that's OK, don't worry about it." She smiled warmly.

"OK, everyone else in?"

"Yea." Lisa said, rubbing her stomach. "Lets go!" she said, jumping into her convertible. The rest of the girls climbed in and they were off to get an early dinner.

*~~*~~*

Later that night, Bonnie was at home looking through her closet at the things she would want to bring. She already had a small pile of shorts, T-shirts, tank tops, jeans and a couple skirts. She couldn't find the two dresses though, so she thought they were solely from her imagination.

She threw a couple more shorts that she liked and another pair of jeans before going through her sweaters. The teacher said to bring warm and cool clothes, out side it was pretty warm but inside, at night especially, it got kind of cool.

After she'd picked out all the sweaters she liked she set about going through what she'd picked out for essentials. She had just started going through her shorts when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." she called, still in her closet searching for the pair that she'd accidentally thrown in the wrong direction.

"Honey, someone is on the phone. He said that you would be on the trip with him, but that he was in Italy already." Her mother said.

"Um, OK." She said, thinking it was Damon since she hadn't seen him all day. "Hello?"

"Hi Bonnie." The voice said warmly, thick with an Italian accent and slightly lower then Damon's voice.

"I'm Sir. Ryan Salator. I'm going to be staying in Castle Angel with you." the boy, Ryan, told her. Listening to his voice was like listening to Damon's, only sweeter. Because he was talking to her when Damon wasn't.

"You're going to be there with another school?" she asked, going back to her closet with the cordless phone and looking through her sweaters. She was already doubting this trip, it seemed like to many people were going.

"Not exactly, I'm going there to study how others react to this sort of thing." he told her. "It's a psychology project." She grimaced, sounding like another Alaric, only this guy sounded sexier.

"What sort of thing?" she asked interested in spite of herself.

"How Teenagers act when they are forced to act like they were brought up in the sixteen hundreds." He answered her. "I'll be acting along with everyone else though, so don't think of me as some weirdo professor." He said with a small laugh. She liked his laugh.

"Well OK, do you know your part in this thing?" she asked. "I heard that we'll all be given a part, but I don't know exactly who I'm supposed to be because they haven't told me. In fact, I don't even know what the parts are."

"No, I don't know my part, they tell you when you get there. They have a couple people studying the pictures of the family the castle was named after, and then they have your school, so they'll put you were they think you belong." He said. "I think it's kind of cool, because we'll be put into parts that probably aren't even what we normally do, you know?" he said, sounding excited.

"Yea I know. Well do you know what parts are going to be given?" she asked. "I mean other then the obvious King and Queen, and Princess and Prince."

"Well there will be servants and guards. And there will be more than one Prince. They think it will spice it up a little." He said. "And there will be simple peasants. Or friends to the Princess or Queen or King. Just so that they'll fit everyone in you know?" he said. "I think they'll even have slaves!" he laughed with her at the idea.

"Yea, There's about one hundred and fifty coming from our school, plus you and a couple other girls." she told him. And then something made this conversation seem odd, she played it over in her mind until she realized that this boy was someone she'd never met before. "By the way, how did you get my number?" she asked.

*~~*~~*

"I called the castle attendants and got your teachers number, and then I called him and asked for some of the students numbers so that I could maybe make a friend or two before you all came. I'm not very good with my social skills." He lied, smiling as she giggled.

"Well don't worry, I'll be your friend. I'm sort of the same way but I have some friends coming along too so I'll at least have that much to work with." She told him.

He smiled, licking the blood off his lips as he thought of this beautiful girl going out alone with him, easy and tasty prey. This schools assistant principle tasted pretty good, but only because he hadn't fed in a little over a day. It was still bitter with age. And now he was talking to what seemed like the millionth girl, and looking at her picture.

Yes, this one looked like Angel, maybe she is the reincarnation of her, maybe she isn't, either way he had to try. He wanted so badly to be in that court again, to be one of the nobles in high demand instead of hunted like a filthy animal. He needed to become King so that he could rule her world and then later the entire world.

This was his only ticket.

He laughed slightly remembering how upset he got last time he had a chance. Damon had gotten there only after he'd found her and made his way into her life, but Damon, like himself, was a smooth talker. She started to turn to him again, and he became so angry that he was failing that he simply snapped her neck. Damon had been so furiously heartbroken, Brian actually believes that Damon loved this girl.

"What's so funny?" she asked, knocking him back to reality.

"Nothing," he said. "Just something I saw outside. I hope to see you soon. Such a long wait, it must be driving you crazy."

"A little, but it's OK. This will be the best time. I've never been to Italy, I've heard it's very beautiful." She told him wistfully.

He began hiding the body somewhere where she'll be found on Monday, as to scare this little town. He knew of all the troubles it had been through previously, and knew Damon was part of it. A little more trouble wouldn't kill this poor town.

"It is." He said softly, seductively. Smiling at how she giggled, flirting back like an expert. "Especially were the castle is located. Surrounded by trees so there's no car noise, planes aren't even allowed near it to keep with the Renaissance theme. The gardens are magnificent, white roses and violets and a sort of maze, though it won't confuse you to walk through." he chuckled then as he realized he'd held her long enough.

"But I guess I'll let you go, I'm sure you have a lot of packing to do."

"Yea, I'll see you there." She said.

"Bye." And he hung up. He smiled, she was nicer than most of the other girls.

That other girl, he thought, was rather rude to him earlier when he'd called. She didn't wish to speak to him and wouldn't even let him call her back later when she wasn't busy. He figured he could drop in and have a nice little chat with her.

He ran off into the night, after getting her address from the computer that he left on. He felt like running off some steam that had slowly accumulated from all the various girls and sometimes boys with girl names he'd talked to. He shifted into a Cougar and ran off towards her house, keeping to the shadows of the forest as to not scare the town more than already done. He loved being a cat, it was such a relief to only be thinking about how fast he was running and whether or not to catch a mouse.

It was better than thinking about how he was going to rule the world, and about how his failures so far made him look like an idiot. But at least they gave his reputation a large jump in the vampire world. Known for killing the girl he wanted because she didn't want him in return.

He smiled.

He was going to get her this time. That Salvatore kid can't stop him, not again, not this time. His plan was so fool proof. He'd talked to some of the kids around this horrible hick town and found that both Salvatore brothers (something he was finding out still) had left over a year ago because of some girl's death.

He had heard a lot about Miss Bonnie, but he bet that this girl didn't even have the dreams that she'd had before about her past lives.

Now that he was at this girl's house he changed back and went up and knocked on the door. He would return to thinking about her and his plan after tonight.

"Hi!" an older woman said, answering the door. "You must be Mr. Salator. Were so glad to have you with us. I apologize about my daughter's behavior."

"I thank you for having me, and it's quite all right, she must be really excited." He said smiling politely.

"Where are my manners? Come in, come in! Honey!" she called as he walked in. "Mr. Salator's here. Come and meet him." even he could hear the firmness in the older woman's voice as she called up to her daughter. Obviously she didn't like that her little girl was rude to others.

He noticed that there were only two minds present in the house, maybe the girl didn't live here. But just as he thought that a girl walked down stairs and wiped away his doubts. She looked just like she did in the picture. All he could think was 'This is going to be such a good feed.' As he stared at the girl and what looked to be her mother.

"Hi, I'm Caroline." She said.

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