AN: Okaayy, here's chapter 3! Hope you guys enjoy it! I can't believe how many followers, favs, and comments i've gotten! You guys are awesome :)

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Chapter 3 (Stefan POV)

Two days after I talked to Damon, I got a call from Matt. Talking to Matt was rare, mostly because we had never been friends nor had we talked very much before I left Mystic Falls. It didn't really help that Matt wasn't a fan of vampires at all. He seemed to dislike them the older he grew, so he and Caroline also hardly talked.

"Hey, Matt,"

"You need to get to Mystic Falls. Preferably with Damon."

Oddly enough, He'd hung up with me after that sentence.

(Damon POV)

"Jesus, Stefan. What do you want now? It's hardly been two days!"

"Damon, get to Mystic Falls. Matt called. Don't know what about. All he said was to get there with you."

"I swear he just gets more crotchety every year. You'd think he'd given up on hating vampires."

"Really not important right now, Damon. Are you going to get there on your ow or do you wat me to come and get you?"

"I'm not a baby Stefan. I have a car, I can drive." I rolled my eyes. I don't need Stefan to do anything or go anywhere. As if I haven't already proved that.

Huh. He hung up.

I really don't feel like going back there right now. I'll leave tomorrow... or the next day. Whenever I feel like it.

(Stefan POV)

I put the phone down after talking to Damon.

"Stefan, do you know what's going on? Why do we need to get to Mystic Falls? I'm worried.." Caroline looked at me and I didn't really know how to make her feel any better. If I was right, Bonnie would be gone and Elena was awake.

"I really don't know, Care." I grabbed her hand in mine. "I don't. But I have a feeling that Elena may be awake.." I looked at her worriedly.

"What? Why would you think that?" She looked confused, excited, and sad all at the same time.

"Well, Matt was pretty vague. Guess he's gotten even more like that with age. Why else would he ask for us to bring Damon?"

(Elena POV)

I had been dreaming, or, having a nightmare, about the car crash with my parents, of all things. I don't really know what happened but suddenly the nightmare, or memory, really, stopped. Then I was staring up at white satin, or was it silk? I don't know. I've never really been a fabric knowing person or whatever.

It took me a minute to really realize what I was actually staring at. I'd never seen a coffin up close, let alone been in one, but I'm pretty sure that I'm in a coffin. Why the hell am I dreaming about being in a coffin?

And why do I feel like I can't breathe anymore? What the hell is going on?

(Matt POV)

It took me a minute after finding out Bonnie had passed to realize that I needed to get to the Salvatore Crypt immediately. I knew I needed to get there pretty quick. I didn't want Elena to wake up scared, trapped in a coffin, of all places.

I went and picked up my grandson, Nathan, he knew about all the supernatural things that tended to occur in Mystic Falls because he has been training to be a Police Man and his father, my son, had also been told when he'd taken my place as Sheriff. I knew I needed Nathan to get to the Crypt because I was, well, old. I can't move nearly as quickly as I could in my 40's let alone my 20's. He could get there fast enough to open the coffin and let Elena out.

I had a feeling that if Elena figured out she was in a coffin she couldn't open she may begin to panic and hyperventilate. I didn't want that to happen.

(Elena POV)

After realizing I was in a coffin I settled down a little. I figured it was a dream! Why should I just let myself freak out? I had dreamt that I'd been stuck in many places before; I didn't think that this was any different. Though it was very weird.

Then someone opened the lid of the coffin.

I stared up at him curiously. Did I know this person? He looked a lot like Matt, but different. He had the same blue eyes and his face was the same shape but that was where the similarities ended.

"Elena?"

"Do I know you?"

"No... but you know my Grandpa Matt."

"What?"

I felt my throat tighten. This is Matts grandson? Why would Matts grandson be in my dream? I didn't even know Matt was married, let alone that he'd had a child who had given him a grandson!

The only way that'd even partially make sense would be if I was finally awake..

"What's going on?"

"You're awake. My grandpa sent me up here to help you and get you out of the coffin."

"Coffin." So, I was in a coffin. "Where am I?

"You're in the Salvatore Crypt in Mystic Falls Cemetery." I nodded and looked at one of the windows.

"Elena?" I was still in the coffin but I was sitting up. Matts supposed Grandson looked a little worried.

"Yes?"

"Are you ready to leave? Grandpa Matt's waiting for us." I nodded and he helped me out. We started to walk out of the crypt to where I assumed Matt was waiting.

Matt. Matt was safe. I was awake. How long had I even been asleep? Where was everyone else?

Oh, God. Bonnie's gone.

(Matt POV)

I had started to get nervous after about 15 minutes. What if Kai lied? What if Bonnie passed away for nothing? What if Elena never did wake up?

Then I saw her.

She was walking by Nathans side; god knows she looked exactly the same as she did 60 years ago. She was looking around, almost as if she was in a new place and had never seen anything in it before.

Then she looked at me and I held my breath. Would she even recognize me, as old as I am now?

Elena stopped in front of me, observing me.

"Matt?"

"Hey, 'Lena" I gave her a smile.

(Elena POV)

"Hey, 'Lena." Matt smiled at me, he even looked a little nervous. Granted, he was 60 years older now. His blonde hair and 'young-ness' as I'm choosing to call it, was gone, but he still had that same smile and those bright blue eyes.

I smiled at him, "Matt!" I think I surprised him when I hugged him, but he responded immediately.

I pulled back and looked at him. "I don't know about you but I'm hungry. Plus, I'd really like to get out of this dress. Sixty years is more than long enough!" I gave him a grin.

We started to get in the car and I noticed Matts Grandson, Nathan, had to help Matt a bit to get into the car. It made me upset. I didn't like knowing that Matt had grown so old. Even if it had been sixty years since I'd seen him.

"Matt?"

He turned a bit to look at me "Yeah?"

"Bonnie...was she happy? She wasn't in pain or anything... right?" I was conflicted. I felt horrible because one of my best friends was gone. I'd never see her again, in this lifetime at least.

"Bonnie was very happy, Elena. She was married, she had kids, and she even had a few grand kids. She was never in pain that I know of. She was just tired, Elena, that's all. She told me it was what she imagined her Gran had felt right before she died.

"Oh...?" I felt guilt. Bonnie had all that and she had died. She didn't deserve that.

"I promise she was okay, Elena. She didn't die because of you and she didn't die for you. She was just ready. You don't have or need to feel guilty.

I was always going to feel bad, even if Bonnie herself had told me she was okay. I wouldn't let it bring me down, though. Bonnie would be mad at me if I did. I wondered where Stefan and Caroline were right now..

"Elena?" Matt was holding something and he turned a little more in the front seat towards me.

"Yeah?" He held a book out to me. It wasn't very big. The book, or journal, was a dark purple color. It had leaves and 2 birds on the front of it with a silver button on the left holding it closed. It was pretty and instantly reminded me of something both Bonnie and I would choose.

"Bonnie gave me this a day ago. She told me that it was the journal she had wrote in for you."

I took it in my hands and turned it around. "It's so small.."

"Yeah... Everyone went and bought their own the day after we said goodbye. Bonnie put a spell on each that would create however many pages we wanted or need. The spell only infected the inside, so the outside looks the same."

I smiled and opened it. Then the book almost got heavier but didn't look like there were anymore pages. I could see Bonnie's pretty, bubbly cursive handwriting on the first page.

"Once you get past what was supposed to be the last page, more should appear. Or I think that's how it works." Matt laughed, "I don't really know but if I'm remembering correctly then I think that's what she said."

I hadn't started to read the first page yet, but I was sort of staring at it. The first word, or, name, I noticed was Damon.

"Matt…where's Damon?"

AN: Alright, there's chapter three. Hope you liked it! Any question you may have you can either PM me or leave in the comments. BTW Matt called Stefan after Elena had already waken up. The next chapter will be mostly Elena possibly with Stefan and Caroline. Damon will probably show up at the very end but i'm not sure if it'll stay that way because I haven't started writing chapter four yet. )

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