I don't own TVD or any of the characters.

Guys, I just want to warn you that English isn't my native language, so I'm really sorry if there are any mistakes and I hope that won't ruin your reading experience too much. I know I'm shit at writing but I just had this Bonkai AU idea and felt like I need to at least try to put it into words, otherwise it will torment me to death.

I didn't know if I should include a prologue, but decided that it's actually a good idea and a way for you to decide whether or not this sounds promising at all and if you want to see more of it.

Bonnie and Kai will interact in the next/first chapter.

Prologue

Kai looked at the man standing in front him, completely unmoving, like a statue, only his thin, gray mouth showing from under the black hood over his head. It's been already over thirty minutes since he completely zoned out into some kind of a liminal state and Kai has already lost his patience, tempted to throw something at the old creature and get his information the easy way that required zero waiting and a lot of violence.

Oracles weren't exactly witches, but they were their ancestors and the closest thing to witches that existed at that time. They were so ancient and believed themselves to be so wise that for them time didn't exist and they refused to speak in nothing but riddles, giving only subtle hints here and there, messing with your head and making your life as hard as possible.

For the past eight months, he had to continuously come to this god-forsaken place more times than he wished to count and try to pry out of this old bag's mouth at least the first name of each one of the chosen ones. Now he was here again, driven by his desperation and sick ambition, standing inside the same temple that was so old he expected it to crumble under time's pressure faster than he could say his name, getting tired of having to put up with the ugly creature's antics once again, just so he can get another portion of useless, lacking details information that served him more bad than good. He needed at least one full name to add to his "hunt and kill" list and number "eight" was his last chance.

Suddenly, Kai heard the cracking of old bones, a sign that the alien-like creature was finally awake.

"Oh, hello," he said sarcastically and clapped his hands. "Did you die or just decided to take a nap in the middle of nowhere?"

The creature just spat on the ground, which Kai suspected was his polite way of showing him that he disapproved of his behavior, and looked at him with disgust. "Ever so impatient. When will you learn your lesson, Kai?"

But Kai just ignored his incessant nagging and cut straight to the important part.

"So, I'm all ears, what did you see?" He said as he slid his hands into his pockets, trying to hold his ground and not lose the little that was left of his manners.

"A scar." Finally came out from the hooded man after what seemed to Kai a few very long seconds.

"That's it, a scar? He frowned. "Do you know how many people in the world are marked with a scar? I need something more precise than what you're telling me now and what you've been feeding me with for the past few months."

The old man threw him a warning glare as if telling him that he was in no position to make demands and that putting pressure on him will take him nowhere, before he calmly spoke up again.

"Number eight is a bird that does not fly." He added, completing his prophecy and sighed, perfectly aware that the ruthless sorcerer wasn't going to be happy. "That's all I can tell you."

"What does this even mean? Tell me at least if it's a man or a woman I'm dealing with?"

"What does it matter." Said the old man, his weak and low voice indicating that he was tired and the young, ambitious idiot in front of him was really starting to get on his nerves.

Kai cursed under his breath, remembering that the oracles considered themselves genderless, thus when they talked about the people they saw in their prophecies, they never gave away if it's a man or a woman they were talking about, making everything that much more complicated.

"Maybe if you tried to get laid once in a while, you would have known that it actually does matter." He spat out, letting his anger speak for him, completely ruining his last chance of getting a full name out of the old rat.

"You're not getting any more help from me, you arrogant boy." He said as if reading his mind and totally unaffected he lazily turned around about to walk away.

Kai screamed after him and let out a long string of expletives, which only earned him another ridiculous, frustrating riddle to keep him awake in the middle of the night.

"Be careful, Kai. Number eight symbolizes eternity, but it can also mean self-destruction." Was the last thing he murmured before disappearing into the shadows.

###########

When Kai returned back to his coven he was welcomed with a bunch of questioning and demanding stares that he easily ignored, too focused on his own thoughts. Instead, he poured himself a drink and went out on the balcony, leaning on the railings and glared at the full moon which reminded him of the important time he was wasting away.

The merge with the chosen ones was only possible during a full moon, and he doubted that any of the other leaders had managed to hunt down all eight of them for such a short time, not to mention that until the next full moon there was enough time for him to do something about his bad luck and change the course of events to his advantage, but the sight of it still made him feel anxious and like he was already losing this battle.

He heard approaching steps from behind and turned his head to look at the man who other less paranoid people than him would label as his right-hand man, but the truth was that he never really trusted anyone but his own self.

"Are they curious?" He asked, referring to the members of his coven.

"Yes, but they wouldn't dare ask or interfere after having taken a peek of your furious expression from earlier."

"Good." Is all he said, before taking another sip from his glass and returning his gaze back towards the moon.

After a long pause, he heard him saying again,"Why don't we go out for a real drink?"

Kai just smiled mischievously, embracing the good idea, determined to push his luck one last time for today.