It had been a week since the grill incident and Damon was beyond thankful that neither Bonnie, Caroline, or Stefan made mention of his abrupt exit. Although he couldn't be sure about blondie and broody because he had caught them multiple times whispering and snickering only for them to quiet down when he enters the room. That had been the only good thing about the week. Bonnie was clearly determined to give him the vampire version of an ulcer. Her outfits all week had been eye catching. Even her simplest outfits caught his attention like never before. It was like her aura was screaming seductress, and he couldn't put his finger on why.

"Maybe she was seeing someone new," he thought sitting in great room of the boarding house alone sipping on his fourth glass of Johnny walker.

"It couldn't be a new guy, I would have caught that... but she has been walking around like the cat who ate the canary," he pondered

"Maybe it is a new guy and she's just gotten better at hiding it from me, I did ruin her last few attempts at dating," standing to refill his glass he hears the front door open. Listening to the their steps he ID's them as Bonnie's.

"Damon? Anyone home?" she calls out..

"Great room!" He yells in response.

"Hey," she says entering the room.

"Bon Bon." he says letting his gaze linger over her as she strides over to the bar toward him. Today she's wearing a black and white dress that looked like an oversized baseball jersey that hits mid thigh paired with a pair of knee high gladiators sandals. Per usual she wore the lightest amount of makeup giving her an ethereal glow. She was beyond gorgeous.

Regaining his composure and clearing his throat he asks "What brings you by Bons?"

"I actually came to borrow this space. I wanted to practice a spell I've been working on. But I need an ample amount of private space to do it,"

"Well the space is all yours. Hermione your little heart out witchy,"

"Thanks, she said turning on her heel and walking toward the center of the room.

Once there in the middle she surveys the room before using her magic to move the surrounding tables, chairs and couch back a few feet giving her more open space.

"Are you going to stand there or..." she asks gesturing her hand toward the entrance of the room.

"You don't mind if I watch Bon Bon do you?" he asks with smirk on his face still standing next to the bar drink in hand.

Smirking back at him, she responds "Not at all,"

Nodding at her he leans back to watch whatever she was preparing to do.

She closes her eyes, hands down to her sides, with her palms faced out. He watches her in silence for a long few moments thinking that whatever she was trying to do must not be working since she hadn't utter a word or moved since she closed her eyes. He was just about to make a comment when he sees a purple light surround her; It looked as if it was outlining her body. He'd even go as far as to call it her aura. She opened her eyes and the purple light/aura pulsed out further.

Eyes coming into focus she looks over at Damon to see him staring at her, eyes wild.

"Now to see if it worked completely," she said sending him a soft smile

Confused at her comment he continue to watch her quietly as she moves fluently to her left and multiple Bonnie's appeared in her wake. They were complete copies of her, however they didn't move or mimic her movements. Just standing forward, as if they were awaiting a command.

His eyes were practically bulging out of his head as he walked over to her in awe as she continues to move creating more "Bonnies". He reaches out to touch one of the clones only for his hand to phase right through "her" cause her to fade.

Pulling his hand back he spoke "they look solid..."

"Shadow step," she says

"Shadow step?"

"Yeah, although this is only part of spell. The second part allows the caster to move at an accelerated speed while creating shadows of themselves. Their solid look with the speed is meant confuse the enemy," she explains circling around him.

"According to Emily's grimoire she recommends that you master the spell in parts. First learning to hold your aura for longs period of times, which can be taxing," she adds .

"It doesn't seem to be taking it's toll on you…" he points out.

"I've been working on my aura for while so I wanted to try the shadows out."

By the end of her explanation there were at least 20 Bonnie's in the room. Damon was amazed.

"Ok time to step it up a bit," she says snapping Damon out his daze.

"What do you mean?" He asks

"Well…" she says closing her eyes and pulling in all her doubles.

"I'm going to see if I can, one have my shadows mimic my movements," she counted off.

"And two do it while in a somewhat distracting environment,"

"Distracting huh..."

"Don't get excited I've come prepared with my own distraction," she says reaching into the pocket of her dress to retrieve her phone.

Walking over toward the entrainment center, she connects her phone to the speakers.

"Please tell me you're not about to use one of those fake sounds apps," he snarks at her.

She only rolls her eyes at him telling him to hush as she walks back over to the middle of the room.

"Didn't you forget to hit play on your little app?" He asks not hearing any rustling leaves, beach waves, or the oscillating fan sounds.

"Shhh," she says one again closing her eyes with her palms out.

Huffing quietly he goes to leans back again against the bar to watch. As he does so, he hears the music beginning to play.

"Music huh..." he silently thinks watching Bonnie's aura come to life again.

-"Six inch heels, she walks in the club like nobodies business...-Bonnie's eyes open. -"Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness"- she faces him

-"Stacking money, money everywhere she goes"-she dances towards him.

-"She works for the money, she work for the money from the start to the finish and she worth every dollar, she worth every dollar and she worth every minute"- He stands up straight swallowing hard. She lifts her hands above her head closing her eyes losing herself in the song as she sways her hips to the beat creating her shadows in their wake, who match her movements.

They dip slightly to rock their hips faster as the beats pickups.

-"Work for the money, she work for the, she work for the money, she works for the money"- Damon watches snuck in place as she and her shadows dance sensually to the song.

-"She stack her money, money everywhere she goes, she got that Sake, her Yamazaki straight from Tokyo"-He watches their hips sway, hands moving from above their head to run along their bodies.

-"Stars in her eyes she fights for the power, keeping time, she grinds day and night, she grinds from Monday to Friday, works from Friday to Sunday"-Damon can't wrap his brain around what he's seeing. His tongue is thick and his mouth is drying leaving him unable to speak. His whole body feels desiccated as every ounce of his blood rushes to one particular area.

-"Six inch heels, she walked in the club like nobody's business Goddamn, she murdered everybody and I was her witness"-They slow their temping dance down once more when the song slows.

-"come back...come back...come back"- as the song ends they opens their eyes and she begins pull her aura in, and her clones dispersed.

"Bonnie..." He croaks out.

She smiles wickedly at him

"Thanks for the practice space Damon," she says before turning to grab up her phone and walking out the boarding house, leaving him stunned in place.

"Stage 2 complete."

Song:Beyoncé-Six Inch, Album: Lemondade

For a look at the outfits and my inspiration for the "shadow step" you can check out my tumblr ElaindeeWrites

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