Okay, so here's chapter two..
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So without further ado, Mr. Stefan Salvatore!
Stefan
"Where is Bonnie?" Elena asked impatiently. "She was supposed to be here an hour ago."
"Elena relax, she probably just fell asleep or got lost in a book or something. I'm sure she'll be here soon." Meredith, always the voice of reason, stood up and placed a hand on Elena's shoulder, effectively stopping her from pacing.
"Elena, love, I'm sure Meredith is right. Just be patient." She turned to me then and smiled that smile that made my heart melt.
"You're right Stefan, and you too Meredith. Thanks. I'm just worried about her. She hasn't been the same since.. well.. you know.." Her face darkened and I knew she was thinking about Damon and the Dark Dimension. It had hit us all pretty hard. We'd all taken it badly me Elena, but especially Bonnie. She blamed herself and the guilt tore her apart. Elena wasn't as bad, she felt guilty for not being able to bring him back, but she claimed that it wasn't so bad because we could mourn for him together. I hated to see her so upset and it tore my heart in two to see how much she actually cared for my brother. I also hated having to leave him there on that moon, and not being able to do anything about it. I hated knowing that the only true companion that I've had for the past 500 years is actually gone, that I am truly alone. What I wouldn't give to have my brother back. Even if it did cost me the love of my life.
A feather-light touch to my face snapped me back to reality. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed when Elena had come and sat on my lap. "Hey," Her voice was that of an angel and my heart melted again as I gazed at her. "I love you. It'll be okay." She smiled even though I could tell that she was hurting too. "I'll always be right here. I'm not going anywhere." She kissed me chastely on the lips and I couldn't help but to smile and pull her closer. How had I come to deserve her?
"She's not answering her cell phone either." Meredith snapped her phone shut as she re-entered the room, and I noticed for the first time that she and Matt had left.
"Where's Matt?" I couldn't help but wonder.
"He's in the kitchen helping Ms. Flowers make tea." Meredith grinned at the thought.
Elena shifted uncomfortably on my lap, causing my attention to return to her. She was looking at Meredith and biting her lip. "Maybe we should go check on Bonnie. I mean, she's over and hour and a half late. What if something happened to her?" Elena became frantic with the thoughts.
Thinking about Bonnie and everything she'd been through, I had to agree. "Elena is right, perhaps we should go get her. We all know how badly all this has effected her."
"Then it's settled we're going to get her." Elena jumped up from my lap just as Matt returned to the room.
"What's going on?" He asked, confused.
"We're going to get Bonnie. Go tell Ms. Flowers and then we'll go." Elena stated. Matt did as he was told and went to the kitchen to tell of our outing.
Ten minutes later we were parked outside Bonnie's house and exiting the car. I looked up at the dark vacant house. Bonnie's parents were away so she was here by herself. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Elena shiver. I pulled her to me and kissed her temple. "Come love."
We walked up the steps of the porch and approached the door. Meredith knocked firmly. There was no answer. She tried again. "Bonnie! It's us!" She called, but there was still no answer. She looked back at the rest of us, a worried look etched on her face. She placed her hand on the handle of the door and twisted. The door opened, unlocked. This sent Elena over the edge and she raced into the house. Upon seeing the faint glow of light from above Elena and Meredith dashed up the stairs, Matt and I following quickly behind. The girls stopped dead in their tracks when they reached Bonnie's bedroom doorway. I caught their wide eyed expressions, and I'm sure mine matched as I reached them in the doorway and took in the scene in front of me.
To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Bonnie was floating, cross-legged above her bed. She was also glowing, a bright green glow. Her hair floated around her, her fiery red curls contrasting to her glowing aura. Her black silk nightdress fluttering around her legs. She looked stunning. I hadn't seen anything so magnificent since Elena had come back from the dead. I could feel my canines lengthening at the thought of the blood that flowed through the veins of the magnificent creature levitating before me. I scolded myself inwardly. Her scent carried across the room to me and I stiffened. Her scent was absolutely mouth-watering. Panting, I clutched the doorframe to hold myself there. To stop myself from speeding into the room and draining the poor girl dry.
Stefan stop it! She's your friend! The sensible part of me demanded, But she smells divine! I bet she tastes even better! The darker part input. No! No! No! No! While having this inner fight with my judgement and my nature, I had caught Elena's attention. She turned to me with a weary expression. "Stefan… Are you okay?" She looked into my eyes and I could tell she got her answer. "Guys, we'll be right back." She said this to our friends before pushing me out the door and closing it behind her. She took my hand and pulled me down the hall and into the bathroom. She shut the door behind her and locked it before turning back to me. I was still panting and trying to control the beast that was ripping its way into my subconscious. I couldn't help but stare at the dark blue veins that I could now see in Elena's neck.
Elena walk towards me and I took a step back. I didn't want to be anywhere near her in my current state. What if I hurt her? She smiled and reached her hand out to me. She stroked my cheek gently before taking my hand in hers and leading me over to the counters where the sink was. She turned to me and hopped backwards onto the counter. She looked up at me and smiled. I was still too nervous of her to be effected by her dazzling smiles. She reached for my hand again and pulled me to her. When she pulled her hair from one shoulder to the other, exposing her neck to me, I finally found my voice. "Elena, I-" My voice shook and she cut me of placing a finger to my lips.
"Stefan, you have to. I want you to. And besides, you'll never be able to help us help Bonnie if you're in this state." I tried to protest, but she efficiently silenced me by crushing her lips to mine. My body immediately responded, and I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her closer. I began trailing kisses down her neck and kissed the spot over her vein once more before biting into it carefully. It felt great to be connected to Elena this way again. It had been so long since we had shared blood. She began showing me images of us together and thought calming things, and I could feel myself begin to relax.
"Stefan, what do you thing happened to her?" Elena spoke softly in my mind.
"I don't know love. My nature got the best of me back there. I'm so sorry that I lost control like that." I sent back.
"It's not your fault. You can't help it. I'm just glad that I can help you." I could hear the smile in her words.
I only took as much as I needed to quench the thirst. Pulling away, I could hear Elena moan in disappointment. I chuckled as I pulled the pen-knife out of my pocket and made a small gash at the base of my neck. Knowing what to do, Elena quickly latched on and began to drink. After a few minutes she pulled away and smiled, blood staining her lips. I gladly kissed the blood away and looked deeply and happily into her eyes.
"I've missed that.." She sighed, leaning her head on my chest and pulling me closer.
"I know. So have I." I replied, before pulling away. "C'mon, we should probably get back to Matt and Meredith." I held out my hand to her and she took it as she hopped down from the counter. She gave me one more quick peck on the lips before exiting the bathroom.
Returning to the room, we found Meredith searching through the things on Bonnie's bed while Matt stood at the bottom of the bed still staring at Bonnie.
"Sorry about that guys. I-" I was cut off by a squeak and turned to see Elena run towards the bed. I was just fast enough to catch her before she got to Bonnie.
"Stefan let me go, I've got to wake her up!" Elena was struggling in my arms, desperately trying to get to Bonnie.
"Elena, love, you really mustn't touch her. Not until we know what has happened to her. If we try to wake her we could do something wrong. It looks like she's in a mediative trance… I'm not sure that we can wake her. Not without damaging her mind, or losing her altogether." I tried to work the situation out in my head while also trying to convince Elena not to touch her entranced friend.
"Okay, I won't touch her. I promise." I kissed her head before letting her go. "Matt call Ms. Flowers. Tell her what's going on and ask her what she thinks…" When Matt didn't move she continued. "Matt… Matt!" He flinched when she shouted and blinked.
"Yeah, sorry. Um… I'll do that now." He then head for the door trying hard not to look back at Bonnie's floating for fear of being entranced again.
"Mer, you find anything?" Now there's my Elena. I smiled to myself and proceeded to scan the room for clues.
"It looks like she drank tea with some sort of herb in it and then tried to meditate and I think she may have used this incantation." Meredith pointed to the open book on Bonnie's bed and began to read the incantation out loud. "Eiris sazun idisi, sazun hera duoder; suma hapt heptidun, suma heri lezidun, suma clubodun umbi cuoniouuidi: insprinc haptbandun, inuar uigandun."
"Once sat women, They sat here, then there. Some fastened bonds, Some impeded an army, Some unraveled fetters: Leap forth from the fetters, escape from the foes!" I translated the incantation easily. Just then Matt back into the room with his phone in his hand. He held it out towards me. "Ms. Flowers wants to talk to Stefan." I took the phone from him and placed it to my ear.
"Ms. Flowers?"
"Ah, Stefan dear. Tell me what's happening with young Bonnie." It was not a request.
"I'm not quite sure… It looks like she drank some tea with herbs in it and they meditated using an incantation."
"What was the incantation dear?"
"Eiris sazun idisi, sazun hera duoder; suma hapt heptidun, suma heri lezidun, suma clubodun umbi cuoniouuidi: insprinc haptbandun, inuar uigandun. : Once sat women, They sat here, then there. Some fastened bonds, Some impeded an army, Some unraveled fetters: Leap forth from the fetters, escape from the foes!"
"Hmm… And do you know what herbs she used?"
"Does that matter?" I asked curiously.
"Oh yes dear, mixing incantations with herbs makes them stronger. And that spell was obviously one of release. So depending on what herbs she used there could be different outcomes."
"Oh. Well, she put it in her tea, but other than that I'm not really-" I heard the rustle of pages and looked down. I had stepped on a book. I pulled back my foot and bent down picking up the book on the open page. "Umm… … I think Bonnie may have put blue vervain into her tea." Now I'm really glad I didn't try to drink her blood.
"Oh dear… And with Bonnie's heritage… I know… But there's no way to wake her and if we try… Exactly…"
"Umm… Ms. Flowers?"
"Sorry dear, I was talking to Mama. That spell, the vervain and the incantation mixed with Bonnie's druid heritage can have disastrous effects. Mama says that under no circumstances are you to try to wake her. If you do the door back to her conscious could get locked forever."
Dun dun duuuunnnnnn!
Well, there it is! I hope you liked it..
I just kinda made it up as I went along so it turned out very Stelena.
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In the next chapter:
What's happening with Bonnie.. And :What happens when Damon comes back?
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