A house; one I've never seen before. Childrens' toys littered the front yard alongside tricycles that were on their sides, as if they were just in use before the rider had leaped from them in a hurry. Acres of green surrounded the house, where by the looks of it, had been guarded by thickets of trees in the surrounding area without a neighbor in sight.

The front door was wide open, and I could have sworn I saw a figure walking through it before he disappeared into the darkness of the house. Tall, wearing a hint of familiarity.

"Mi casa es su casa," The voice of the male chimed, cutting through the whining cicadas in the nearby trees. Where had I heard this voice before? It sounded so familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Things blurred from then on, until the haze cleared and brief flashes fluttered before my vision; blood along the railings of a staircase, decorating the walls and windows. It all looked so freshly done, as if only by a few hours that stretched to a mere couple of days.

"My magic is gone, Kai." I heard my voice leave me suddenly, whereas now I was sitting in what looked like a kitchen, at the table where the person from before had been just a few feet away. A moment of clarity hit me when I realized who the voice had been from before; it was Kai.

"Which means we will be stuck here, forever. Why don't we just divide the world in half and go our separate ways?" I reasoned, as if by chance it would waver Kai's need to leave this place. A joke that was.

"Look, I get it. I knocked you out, brought you here against your will. You're upset. Can't you see I'm trying to apologize?" Narrowing his eyes he gave a tilt of his head, the obvious indent of his tongue rolling against his inner cheek causing his lips to purse.

I looked at him as if he'd lost a few loose screws while he was stuck in this prison world. As if an apology would suffice for all that he had done. "I will never trust you, or like you or enjoy company for so much as one second, so quit trying. Just let me leave here; unharmed."

The silence that followed was unnerving. Like a beating heart being ripped from someone's chest; one second beating, the next silent and still. Kai's eyeline tore from mine to the wall adjacent from the kitchen table. Vexation took his visage, the slightest tick of his jaw jutting out from his face as if he were holding back something.

Things shift. I'm outside - we're outside; both Kai and I, surrounded by all the acres of green like once before. His back was to me, making a beeline for a tree stump just off to the side of the home.

Kai turns to me, hand shifting through a mixture of rotten leaves and twigs only to pull out a large hunting knife. I felt panic rise within me; panic I tried to block from reflecting back onto my face. Kai however looked relaxed. He didn't say a word, he merely turned the blade by its handle in one hand, those cold gray eyes lifting from the object to fixate on me. He fashioned a sinister smile before his eyes shut, that red glow that reminded her of a burning fire lapping at his palm emerged. He began to siphon the knife to my surprise. How could there be magic in it? It didn't make sense. Had it been here all along? A look of pure ecstasy took his expression, lips parting for a sigh content. When he looked at me again, his eyes were different. As if he had had a revelation. He'd known something I hadn't. As he slowly made his way into my direction, the urge to flee tugged at the back of my mind, but another part of me told me to stand my ground despite how roughly my heart drummed against my sternum.

"I don't need you anymore. All I need.. Is-" His voice was cut short, the tail-end of his sentence becoming silenced. His lips moved and formed words she couldn't interpret. Before I could ask what he had meant, I felt his unforgetful grip on my arm just as the knife that he held was thrusted into my stomach.

X-X-X

Bonnie wakes with a gasp, shooting upright with her hands plastered to her midsection. A rush of fear tingled down her spine as she moved to frantically pull her shirt up, only to see her bandaged abdomen as before and intact. 'A dream,' she processed in her head, even though her heart hadn't calmed from the scare. However the dream wasn't what she could focus on at this very moment. It hadn't taken her long to take in her surroundings, eyes darting across the circular like space that she immediately recognized. It had been the cave; dark and cold as before, the idle sound of water dripping filling the silence to mix with her uneven breathing. How had she gotten here? The last she had recalled, she had been in the Salvatore Boarding house with Kai.

.. Kai.

Kai had spiked her drink with something potent enough to knock her out. For how long, she wasn't sure. Her memory was hazy, only recalling the muffled music, Kai's arms around her, and feeling weightless for a beat before she was gone.

"Rise and shine," A voice broke through the silence. Bonnie's head whipped in the direction of the sound of origin. A silhouetted figure stepped into view before he was backlit by the only ray of light that shined down from above into the cave. Tilting his head up brought his face into view. It was Kai ofcourse, one strap of a book bag he sported hanging off his shoulder loosely.

"You slept a lot longer than I thought you would. Guess those sleeping pills were more powerful than I anticipated." He beamed, allowing his backpack to slide off his shoulder and hit the ground with a thud. Kai leaned down onto one knee, unzipping his bag and began to rifle through its contents. With determination Bonnie brought herself to stand, using the cold and jagged wall behind her as a support to stand. The thought of being at a disadvantage from Kai even if that involved sitting hadn't sat right with her. She felt the rough grooves of the wall dig into her palm as she held onto it, wincing. To her surprise, her previous wound caused her little to no pain; but that hadn't not made her aware of the fact that she still had a hole in her stomach.

"So you patch me up only to put me in harms way again? You could have killed me, Kai! I could have overdosed, then how would you get out of here?"

"I've killed myself plenty times before, Bonnie. You don't think I know how big of a dosage can kill and what can't? I've perfected that." Kai scoffed as if offended, finding whatever he had been looking for in his backpack. The rounded object in hand had been the ascendant, intact as if it never took damages in the first place. He held it up for her to view, shaking it lightly.

"I'm flattered to know that you care so much about my leaving though, Bon. Looks like we're taking small steps in the right direction. Lucky for you though, we're both here and the eclipse should be starting," Kai glanced down at the watch on his wrist. "In just a few minutes."

Bonnie looked perplexed. How could the sun be eclipsing already? Had she been out for longer than she thought? Now that she had thought about it, when she first woke at the Salvatore boarding house she had never asked how long she was out for, considering the only thought that was on her mind at the time was getting as far away from Kai as possible.

"When you passed out-" Kai paused, before continuing again. "The first time? You were out like a light for a couple of days. From the blood loss, of course. Actually the blood might still be over there somewhere.." He angled his head off and into the direction to where he assumed it had been, a look of feigned curiosity taking his features.

She had lost time. Even if it had only been a mere couple of days, it mattered. Damon was gone for two days now. He was back in the present, reuniting with Elena and his brother Stefan. She suddenly began to wonder what they were up to- What Jeremy was up to. She had missed Jeremy so much. Their departing hadn't been the smoothest. She had lied, and that after all there was no way to reverse the fact that she had been the anchor to the otherside. She hadn't told him her plans of never coming back, that through the several people who had passed through her would ultimately kill her. She couldn't imagine how he was dealing with her death, and despite knowing the truth before Jeremy ever had, she appreciated the days that they were together, even if she knew that eventually it would have all come to an end.

With some of her strength regained, Bonnie brought herself to push off from the wall, taking a cautious step towards Kai in such a manner to keep her distance as well. The cave was dark, and the exit was blocked by Kai who watched her with the eyes of a predator stalking its prey. He looked as if he could read her mind; or that he desperately wished he could to guess her every move. He must have assumed she thought about running, because Kai was quick to step into her field of view as she looked past him and to the cave's exit from before.

"Don't you want to go home, Bonnie? See your friends, your family? Whoever this 'Elena' character is that everyone seems so bent out of shape about. What was the guys name.. Jerome.. Jeremy?"

The sound of his name leaving Kai's lips had bile rising within her. Bonnie's gaze shot up to meet his own. Her gaze was poisonous.

"You keep his name out of your filthy mouth." Bonnie seethed, feeling an anger rise within her that seemed to accumulate almost instantly. Kai must have known he'd hit a sensitive spot, because he kept picking at it like a scab that was trying to heal.

"Ooh.." Kai trailed, pursing his lips to further define the sound. "Did I hit a trigger? I wonder what Jeremy is doing right now. I wonder if he thinks you're dead still; because you and I both know that Damon most likely only cares about himself. Probably hasn't told poor Jer that he left you here, alone." Kai took a few steps in her direction, the sound of gravel crunching beneath his sneakers could be heard. Soon after he lifted a hand to press the pads of his fingers against his chests, gesturing to himself. "With me. But you see, there's a good side to this. I have the ascendant, you have your magic and the spell. We could be out of here in a heartbeat." His gaze shifted away from her and over his shoulder to glance up through the circular opening in the cave's ceiling where light from the outside spilled in. The eclipse would begin any minute now. From the way the light shined on his face Bonnie could see his well-defined jawline tick in irritation that he was obviously trying so hard to hide. However he flashed a grimace once his eyes found hers again, a heavy exhale leaving his nostrils, shoulders dropping to expel whatever built up anger within him.

"Bonnie," Kai's voice was different now, and for a brief moment it had snapped her out of her previous fit of indignation. It was a tone she'd never heard from him, one she wanted to pinpoint as desperation.

"We could be out of here, Bonnie. Right now. Don't you want to go home? Aren't you tired of putting others interest above your own? I've heard the conversations that you've had with Damon while he was here- How you've lost so much for the so called people you call 'friends' out there. You died trying to bring them all back. Don't you think it's time to put yourself, first?"

Bonnie wasn't a fan of being proved wrong; especially by Kai Parker. She didn't like that despite having the tendency of acting like a child he also had the capability of acting mature, given the situation. He was right, something she would never outwardly admit out of fear of boosting his already huge ego. Bonnie was always one to place herself on the back burner when it came to the ones she loved. She would willingly sacrifice her life in a heartbeat if it meant their happiness and safety. She was her friends go-to no matter the situation; dire or not. Rarely had Bonnie ever been one to consider her own needs or wants, and so she was always more than likely dealt the short end of the stick.

However the urgency in Kai's voice had swayed her thoughts and whatever persuasion he may have had on her, even if it were just for a moment. It was wiped clean, because now she could see clearly by his body language; how his hands were at his sides in fists, holding the ascendant in one so tightly it dared to break the skin. How stiffly Kai stood.

"Let me tell you what I think," Bonnie finally responded after several moments of silence, beginning to pace the space between them.

"You're right. I do want to get out of here. I want to get out of here badly, Kai. Thing is, I don't think you realize how selfish you sound. You're a sociopath. You know this, I know this. You don't care about my leaving, or my well being." Bonnie took a step towards him daringly, where as upon her movements Kai's hands began to flex at his sides, closing into a fist and opening again. While Kai stood just within the circle of light above their heads, Bonnie stopped just before the ring that illuminated the floor around him. His eyes were hard, maddening even. Though gray the flecks of blue hinted within them seemed much brighter than ever.

"So why don't we just cut the bullshit, and get to the part where you benefit from this. Getting out, terrorizing the rest of your coven and whatever else you need to do to get what you want."

Bonnie could see Kai's nostrils visibly flaring. His once relaxed shoulders built up again with tension. If Kai had magic she could imagine it would be at a frenzy right now, inconspicuous to the eye but the energy would be almost suffocating as if she were being choked If Kai hadn't needed her as badly as he did, she believed she wouldn't even be standing here in this moment, jutting her chin up in defiance, undeterred by his controlling and dominant nature.

"You're looking so self-assured, Bonnie. Why is that?" Kai's voice cut through, cool and collected. The tone was velvety; incompatible with the way his figure stood. Suddenly his shoulders dropped, and he gave a smile as if he had it all figured out, so much so that it threw Bonnie off guard. Kai took a step towards her; every step taken forward Bonnie took one back; steps that turned into slow yet large strides until Bonnie felt the chilly and uneven wall of the cave behind her. Kai was all about ruining personal space; so much it was like he knew how Bonnie reacted whenever he got too close.

Curiosity overtook Kai's once agitated features, his grin so wide that although darkness shrouded them both his teeth still managed to glisten white. He was so close that the low hum that rose from his throat rose the softest of gasps to leave her lips. When he spoke again how low was husky, and Bonnie's heart was sent into a frenzy like before.

"We'll play it your way, then. I've been here for eighteen years, Bonnie. I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry for the way I am; for what they did to me. I told you I would do whatever it took for me to get out of here. To get that sweet, sweet revenge on dear ol' dad after everything he put me through. Denying me of my birthright, treating me like a piece of trash. All of that. I don't regret killing my siblings. I don't regret anything I did, because I've learned to live with myself. I like me." Kai said softly. Bonnie had turned her head away from him to keep her composure, but that only gave Kai the initiative to cock his head to the side to gain her gaze once more in order to have her full attention.

"I wanted this to be easy; simple. But you're making this harder than it needs to be. Its my affairs. I don't plan on hurting any of your precious friends let alone staying in this miserable town. I don't get why you care so much about people you don't even know. I like you, Bonnie."

Bonnie's head suddenly whipped into his direction then, those bright mossy-green eyes of hers honing in on his own, eyebrows creased in confusion.

"I wasn't joking when I said I didn't want to hurt you. But you're leaving me no choice."

Before Bonnie could react she felt Kai's hands roughly seize her biceps just after he'd placed the ascendant into the back of his pants. Her lips parted, eyes shutting tightly, readying for the searing pain to come.

And then, nothing.

Not a pinch of pain, not that familiar tug of her life force being sucked away.

When she opened her eyes again, Kai's gaze was mixed with a flurry of confusion, and astonishment. His hold on her would release only to return again in a second attempt to siphon her, only to receive the same results.

Kai's voice rose in a mixture of anger, and tipped off into panic.

"Why can't I feel anything? Where is your magic?"

Bonnie eyes reflected the same exact look that Kai's eyes held. Tearing her gaze away she looked down at herself, and soon her hands, Kai's hold on her temporarily nonexistent as she tried to work through her thoughts. Where had her magic gone? She had had it last when at the boarding house, and now not even a trace of it lingered. Kai siphoning her of her magic wouldn't have made sense, as he too hadn't understood where it had gone as well.

Bonnie lifted her hand, curving it with a flick of her wrist so that her palm faced upwards, digits curled inward in a claw like motion. Kai must not have known what to expect because he had released her, taking a step back before the latin word Motus left her lips.

Not a gust of wind, not a brutal force to push him back with.

Absolutely, nothing.

The light that once spilled into the cave from above had slowly began to cover, like a hatch being closed inch by inch until the light as a whole was dispelled and they were left in nothing but a brief moment of darkness.

The eclipse had started again.

Bonnie looked up to Kai, and for the first time they both shared an agreed look of dread.

"It's gone."

Hello everyone! Phew. I know its been several weeks since I last updated my first chapter. I've been feeling out of sorts with some personal affairs in my life, and I apologize for the long wait and I hope I haven't upset any of you. Reading all of your reviews have truly made me so much more happier than you can ever imagine. I will be taking into consideration what to look out for and ways to improve myself in the upcoming future. Just so you can get a little insight, I will be trying to stay on the schedule of updating every two weeks at most, and if so earlier depending on my every day life. I promise I will try not to overextend past three weeks as I have done with this chapter.

I apologize again, and I hope you enjoy. The upcoming chapters will be much better, I assure you.