Her body was on fire. Hot flames licking and rising like a conflagration all over her body. She kicked off the covers and tossed over to her other side. She felt like she could barely breathe...something, she desperately needed something that was just at the tip of her brain but she just couldn't grasp it. Groaning, Bonnie sat up, futilely wiping at the fine sheen of sweat covering her face. she needed! Her tears of frustration fell and blended with the sweat now coming in rivers on her body. She rocked herself for comfort but it didn't help. She was on fire..she was burning up. She jumped out of bed no longer able to stand being still. She just needed this to go away. Crying out loud now, Bonnie rushed to open all the windows. The breeze swept through the room yet did nothing to alleviate the terrible need. Falling to the floor she let out a scream of pure frustration.

"Bonnie! Bonnie, kweena, what's wrong?" Klaus burst into her room prepared to kill whatever monster held his witch captive. He froze when he finally got a whiff of the room. Eyes changing, Klaus let out a huff of breath.

"Shit baby, I think we've got ourselves a problem."

Bonnie looked up at Klaus pleadingly, if she weren't so far gone she would think to be embarrassed at the look, "I need..Please, I need Jeremy."

Klaus's eyes went flat and cold, "Get ahold of yourself, Bonnie. What you need is far beyond what that boy can give you."

"Just...for once don't be an ass, Klaus! I need Jeremy. I've done everything you've asked of me for the past month I just...I can't take this!" Bonnie buried her face in her hands. what was happening to her? The room glowed with barely suppressed fire all throughout the room, inside the walls.

Klaus took a deep breath. She clearly didn't understand what was happening to her body, and her first instinct was to turn toward familiarity. He had to remember that the kid was her boyfriend, as juvenile as the term was to Klaus, And she would think of him first in a time like this. It didnt stop him from seething in anger and jealousy that she would choose him when Klaus was able to provide all she needed.

"Do you know what tonight is, my love?" he asked, though he knew the answer.

She finally looked up at him imploringly. Brows knit in confusion, Bonnie shook her head.

Bracing himself, Klaus stepped further into the room, into the scent of her desire, and shut the door against the rest of the world.

"It's called a lunar Eclipse. It occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle."

Bonnie shivered continually, but he knew she heard him. He knew she took it all in.

"So what does that have to do with the way I feel now?" She hated how whiney her voice sounded, but she was so far over the edge it was beginning to feel like she had lost herself in this terrible need.

Klaus came over to her side and crouched down in front of her, "The Lunar Eclipse affects witches in a special way. As you know, witches are forces designed almost exclusively for the balance of the universe, only when there is complete and total unity between the earth, sun and moon is the witch totally free from all duty. It is during this time ritual passages are done. The becoming of a woman from a girl, the expansion of power, the unity of your kind. Bonnie, how old are you?"

"I just turned 18...today."

Klaus couldn't contain his own groan of need, "Then not only are your powers going through a change, but you are becoming a woman. You are at a crucial point, this is your most important Lunar Eclipse."

And she was here, with him. Klaus couldn't quite stop the surge of pleasure that thought gave him. Tonight she would finally be his...