Chapter 19

"Bonnie, your phone is ringing!"

Groaning, Bonnie really didn't want to be disturbed right now because she was working on a new spell from her grimoire, which was basically a spell book. Bonnie came from an ancient lineage of powerful witches from the Salem sorcerers and inherited most of their gifts. The Bennett bloodline was one of the most powerful lineages known, though Bonnie had been forced to do some things she didn't want to do because of her ancestors. They had the ability to send her dreams and possess her through them, sometimes making her sleepwalk to fulfill what they wanted done.

The ancestor that channeled –the act of drawing and/or summoning extra forms of energy by focusing on celestial events- her the most was Emily, who was Katherine Pierce's handmaiden during the nineteenth century. Katherine took Emily under her wing, showing her ways of life she couldn't imagine and they became very close friends. That was until the city counsel of Mystic Falls found out about what they were.

Emily feared for her family's safety and knew they were coming for Katherine, so she struck a deal with Damon. If he kept her family safe from harm, she would cast a spell in the church the council had rounded all the vampires up in, including Katherine, which would protect her from death. However, in order to spare Katherine's life, she had to cast the spell on all the vampires that were in the church, which was burnt to the ground by the city council. The Founding Families ended up burning Emily at the stake, but Damon kept his promise in protecting her family, saving them.

Bonnie began experiencing weird things happening a year ago, when she was a junior in high school. At first it started with candles lighting on their own, but then Bonnie was at a school carwash fundraiser when the real magic began. A girl named Tiki had a bad attitude and Bonnie ended up making the hose run with her powers, soaking her.

Tiki got her revenge later that day by forcing Bonnie to sweep the pavement, making the excuse it had to be dry. Her anger consumed her and Bonnie ended up lighting the pavement on fire, making it travel up along the water until it engulfed Tiki's car. Luckily, Stefan was there, noticed what was happening and stopped it by shaking Bonnie physically out of it.

After that, Bonnie went to her grandmother Sheila, and began her witch training instantly, learning more and more about witchcraft. Damon ended up finding a small amber stone that was in an iron setting design, but lost it to Caroline when he and Stefan were at odds. Stefan had tried vervaining Damon and locked him up, wanting to desiccate him because he was terrorizing the people of Mystic Falls. Caroline ended up finding the stone and gave it to Bonnie for Halloween, along with a witch costume, because she thought it was ugly.

Come to find out, the amber stone was actually a witch's talisman, Emily's to be exact, who was Bonnie's great-great-great-great grandmother. The talisman was passed down through the Bennett generations and somehow found its way back into the Bennett family. Deciding to give it back to Caroline, Sheila told Bonnie she couldn't because the talisman had found its way back to her for a reason. Of course Bonnie agreed with her grandmother.

Sadly, Sheila passed away soon after Bonnie discovered she was a witch because of a spell they did together for the Salvatore brothers. They had to break the magical seal that Emily casted to open the tomb Emily protected Katherine in…or so Damon thought. When the witches opened the tomb, Damon went in to find Katherine, but she wasn't in there. Come to find out, Katherine had been released by the guard because she promised to turn him into a vampire in return.

So Bonnie's grandmother died for nothing in her eyes.

Sighing, Bonnie walked out of her room to grab her cell phone and tilted her head when Matt's name flashed on the caller ID. "Matt? What's going on?" She answered, walking back into her room for privacy.

Matt didn't know how to go about asking for Bonnie's help, feeling awful he was being forced into this. "I need your help, Bonnie. Something happened to Jessenia."

That instantly got Bonnie's attention, her new spell the furthest thing from her mind now. "What happened, Matt?" She demanded, eyebrows furrowing as he explained, closing her eyes. "So it's really Elena who needs my help."

"No, I need your help too because Jessenia is our friend. We can't let her down. You can help her, Bonnie. Don't let the past change who you are. Please, help us find her." Matt pleaded, walking out of the grill toward his truck. "I'll pick you up so you don't have to drive."

"Matt, I don't know…"

"Bonnie, all we need from you is a locator spell. That's it. We have no idea where she's being held at." Matt stated, slipping behind the wheel and started his truck up, pulling out of the parking lot with one hand. "You're the only one who can help us."

There were times Bonnie hated being a witch and this was definitely one of those. "Fine." She reluctantly agreed, refusing to let an innocent die, which would happen if they didn't find Jessenia. "Come get me and tell Meredith's I'll need some of her blood to do the spell."

Sighing with relief, Matt made a mental note to hug Bonnie when this was all over. "Thank you, Bonnie. I'll be there shortly." He ended the call and then immediately dialed Elena, waiting for her to answer. "Hey, she's going to help us."

"Really?" Everyone turned to stare at Elena, their eyes full of hope. "Oh my god that's incredible, Matt, thank you!"

"We'll be there shortly. Bonnie said she needs some of Meredith's blood for the spell." Matt reiterated, running a hand through his blonde hair.

"Okay, we'll get everything else prepared. Don't bring her here. Take her to my place." Elena stated, knowing Damon and Stefan had to stay here to keep the sisters occupied while Bonnie worked her magic.

"Will do, see you in a few."

Elena turned to face everyone, nodding and felt the room vibrate with sighs of relief. "Meredith, we need some of your blood for the spell." She stated, watching as Damon rushed off to get a syringe.

"Of course." Meredith whispered, willing to do anything to get Jessenia back. "So we have to vacate I'm assuming?"

Stefan nodded, hoping he could pull this off Katherine and already knew Damon would have Kassandra handled. "Damon is making the call right after you two leave."

"You two can come to my place if you want." Elena offered, looking at Alaric and Meredith, watching them both nod. "We'll take off now then because Bonnie and Matt are on their way."

"Are you going to call Caroline?" Stefan asked quietly, pulling Elena gently into his arms. "Bonnie might feel more comfortable having her there."

Nodding, Elena reached up to press her lips against his softly. "No wonder I love you so much." She whispered, pulling back and ran the pad of her thumb across his lips. "I'll call her on the road. Are you going to be okay?"

"Always." Stefan assured her, looking up when Damon came back in with the syringe for Meredith.

"Alright, give me your vein." Damon ordered, sitting down beside Alaric since he still had Meredith in his lap, tying the band around her arm to get it to pop out more. "I was even nice enough to get you a butterfly needle."

"How kind of you." Meredith snorted, not even flinching when the needle went into her skin, the blood filling the small syringe.

Once it was completely filled, Damon took the needle out and placed a cotton ball on the small hole, Meredith bringing her arm up to apply pressure. "Alright, everyone needs to leave now before I make this call. Where's Elena?"

"She left already to go meet Bonnie and Matt." Stefan said, staring at his older brother and wondered what was going to happen once Jessenia was rescued.

Damon nodded, looking pleased. "Good. You two head over to Elena's and text me when Bonnie finds Jessenia's location." He already had two wooden stakes with the sister's names on them.

Alaric nodded along with Meredith, standing up carrying her in his arms and headed out of the house toward his car. He waited for Meredith to be buckled in before leaning over, kissing her lips tenderly, thankful she was alive. When he'd gotten the messages from Damon, Alaric thought the worst, not knowing if he could survive losing another love of his life the way he did Isobel.

"Stefan, if you don't go through with it this time and kill Katherine, I will stake you myself." Damon promised, watching Stefan nod in understanding and poured himself a drink before dialing Katherine's number.

"Well hello there, Damon." Katherine's sultry voice came over the line, smiling over at her sister and put the speakerphone on so Kassandra could hear him. "What can we do for you?"

Good, Kassandra was right by her sister, which is what Damon wanted. "Actually, we were thinking we could do something for you instead, both of you." His voice dropped an octave, smirking.

"We?" Katherine was intrigued, studying her fresh manicured nails. "And just what might that be? You know the only one I want is Stefan and he'll never leave Elena's side."

Damon chuckled, doing thumbs up to his little brother. "As a matter of fact, he and Elena are over. Do you want to talk to him yourself?" He offered, feeling the hesitation from Katherine. "He's right here waiting for you, Katherine."

"And what about you, Damon?" Katherine demanded, standing up from the couch she'd been occupying. "What is your game?"

"No game. We just realized the error of our ways. I could never feel the way I do for Kassandra with a human blood bag and Stefan is tired of Elena. He misses you, Katherine just like I miss Kassandra." Damon was a master of deception and downed half his tumbler of whiskey. "You miss him too, you even told me it would always be him you wanted, remember?"

"Of course I do." Katherine somewhat snapped, beginning to pace back and forth while chewing on her thumbnail lightly. "Damon, if you're trying to trick us…"

"Katherine." Stefan's deep voice filtered through the line and Katherine openly shivered. "We're not trying to trick you. I told Elena I'm still in love with you." This killed him to say those words, but if it meant saving Jessenia's life, Stefan would do it. "I'll prove it to you."

Now Katherine was intrigued, though she was still being cautious. "Why the sudden change of heart?" She demanded, not about to walk into a trap. "You almost killed me, so why do you suddenly want me again?"

"Elena doesn't do it for me anymore." Stefan was going to kill Damon if he didn't get the smirk off his face, glaring. "I think we need to sit down and…talk. We have a lot of time to make up for. I'm sure Kassandra wouldn't mind doing the same with Damon."

"No I wouldn't!" Kassandra shouted into the phone excitedly, already picking out what she was going to wear.

"No she wouldn't." Katherine sighed; sounding amused and knew their plan was working perfectly. "Isn't Damon even the least bit curious about his human blood bag?"

Kassandra glared at her sister, not believing she actually brought Jessenia up in the conversation. "Hmph, she can't satisfy him the way I can." She purred in the phone, taking over from Katherine, grey eyes flashing. "Where's my darling Damon?"

"He's currently getting ready for tonight." Stefan answered without hesitation, refusing to tell them that Damon was sharpening the wooden stake that would be embedded into Kassandra's heart before long. "So what time should we expect you lovely ladies?"

"How does seven o'clock sound?" That was an hour away, which would give the sisters plenty of time to get ready.

"Sounds good, see you then. Tell Katherine to wear something…enticing." Stefan smirked when Kassandra said she would, the call ending. "It's done."

"Good." Damon cracked his neck as he finished the sharpening before standing up to go put it back in his room, where the festivities would be held. "Katherine is all yours, remember that."

"Why are you doing this?" Stefan had to ask, stopping Damon from walking away from him. "I know you pushed her away because of Katherine and Kassandra, but there's another reason. Why are you really doing this?"

"I care about her and don't want to see her hurt because of me." Damon answered, sounding annoyed because Elena had questioned him about his motives earlier. "You and Elena really were made for each other."

Stefan chuckled, knowing what that meant and went to get ready for tonight, already having his stake sharpened. He decided to just change his shirt, black since it wouldn't be that hard to stain along with a pair of pants. There was no way Stefan was going all out for the likes of Katherine, already missing Elena like crazy. He hoped whatever happened tonight with Katherine didn't come back to destroy their relationship because a lot of Damon's plans never turned out exactly right.

Damon knew this was going to be messy and didn't want to destroy one of his favorite shirts. So he decided on a simple short sleeved black shirt with a black long sleeved buttoned up shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He straightened the collar, leaving the top two buttons undone and pulled on a pair of black dress pants. Sitting on the bed, Damon pulled on his black dress shoes, shined to perfection and fixed his hair in the mirror. Damon walked over to the window and looked out of it; the sun slowly starting it's descend on the horizon and pressed his hand against the glass.

"Hang in there, Senia. I'm coming." He whispered, taking a few seconds to get his head in the game. Pulling away and walking out of his room, Damon headed to the stairs, tapping on the banister. "Hey Stefan! I'm going out to get some dinner for tonight!" He called up before heading out the door.

If they were going all out with this plan, Damon and Stefan had to make the sisters think they were savages. So unfortunately, Damon was going to end up having to compel two women to come back with him to the mansion. He wouldn't let them die, but it had to look real so they would end up being fed on. Getting in his car, Damon pulled out of the driveway and headed down the road, not having a lot of time to get this done, heading straight for the grill.