N/A Hey guys! This is my second fanfiction- ever! Hope you guys like! Please review!

Chapter 1

They were driving down the winding road- Bonnie, Elena and Meredith. Elena turned the music up and squinted out the windshield- her blond hair whipping around her gorgeous face. Sometimes Bonnie was jealous of Elena's beauty, but she knew she was pretty. She had red hair and big brown eyes that made hearts melt. But Elena got all the guys! Stefan, Matt ... and Damon. Bonnie sighed as she thought of Damon. He was completely unattainable and in love with Elena ...

Meredith didn't miss Bonnie's sigh. "What is it, now?"

Bonnie's cheeks flushed, "Nothing- I was just wondering when we were going to get back to Fells Church; we've been driving for a while."

"We'll be to Fells Church soon enough," Meredith said.

Elena kept her eyes on the road, but waved a hand in the air. "We haven't been driving for that long. It's only been a few hours."

"Why did we have to drive to Annandale anyways?" Bonnie complained, sweeping strands of red hair out of her eyes and looking out the window.

"Settle down, Bonnie." Meredith said in her calm voice. "Only another half hour- right, Elena?"

Elena glanced at the GPS, then looked back at the road- the lights making a cone-like shape, surrounded with blackness. "Yes- just be patient, Bonnie."

"But you guys- I have a bad feeling!"

She saw Elena and Meredith exchange looks in the rear-view mirror. "I'm serious!" Bonnie said.

Meredith leaned forward and put a hand on Bonnie's shoulder, "It will be alright, Bonnie. Elena and I are here."

"I'm not afraid like that!" She said, exasperated. "I-I-"

Bonnie didn't know how to explain it- it was like an overwhelming rush and suddenly you just knew. Bonnie wasn't the type of girl to believe in demon's or witches of vampires, but ever since Stefan Salvatore had moved to town and her grandmother got all preachy with their Salem heritage- Bonnie was beginning to believe a lot more. Adding a mysterious and darkly handsome brother to the mix was just a confirmation of Bonnie's hypothesis'. Bonnie also began to believe about what her grandmother was telling her- about the Salem Witches- and some of it she couldn't deny. Like her premonitions- right now, Bonnie was getting a tingly feeling all over her skin and her intuition was telling her to send out a Calling to Stefan- or Damon. And get Elena to pull over to car.

"Elena- pull over!"

Elena brought wide lapis lazuli eyes down on Bonnie, "What? Why?"

"Please- just listen to me!"

"I thought you wanted to get home?" Meredith said.

"I do- just pull over!" Elena glanced at Meredith. "Just listen to me, Elena!"

Elena slowly drifted to the side of the road, as soon as the car stopped Bonnie jamp out and leaned against the door. Looking along the dark spear of black. She frantically walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk- pulling out the flashlight she somehow knew would be there. She heard two doors slam and Meredith and Elena were beside her. Meredith's eyes were dark.

"What is it, Bonnie?"

Bonnie shone the beam of light over the darkness, waiting for the thing that had struck her premonition. Then- it was there, in the darkness. A darker shadow in the night, moving along the trees. Bonnie doubted Elena and Meredith could see it. It was something dangerous and-it wanted them. Bonnie was breathing loudly and backing away.

"Bonnie, what is it?" Elena asked, reaching out to the other girl.

Bonnie's wide brown eyes swung around to them, and she felt words coming out of her mouth, "Something ... in the darkness- RUN!!"

Bonnie didn't know what it was that overcame her, but suddenly she dashed of the side of the road into the Old Wood- so we were almost home, she thought wildly. She heard leaves and twigs crunching beside her and knew Elena and Meredith was following her.

"What-was that?" Elena was gasping.

"I don't know!" Meredith, who was always so calm, was now shouting.

"Just keep running!" Bonnie heard herself shout.

They stopped talking and were running and dodging the trees in the Old Wood, the trees seemed to be morphing and pulling tighter together. Bonnie screamed and turned, bumping into Elena. They found themselves in a tight circle of trees- black surrounding them. They were all screaming and tearing at the trees vines. Meredith was the one to settle down first.

"Bonnie, turn on that flashlight. Okay," she said when the flashlight beam clicked on- facing up so it cast shadows on all of their faces. "We just need to call Stefan."

Elena was already shaking her head, "There's no service in the Old Wood- you know that!"

"I didn't mean call," Meredith whispered.

Bonnie clued in, "You want me to Call Stefan?"

Meredith nodded.

Bonnie swallowed, "Okay, okay, I'll try. But ... do you think Stefan is strong enough?"

Elena answered, "Yes- maybe. I ... I gave him some of my blood last night. And I'm sure he's fed ..." Meredith nodded. But they all knew the truth; no amount of feeding could make Stefan strong enough to fight through this, not even a drop of human blood could. But Damon could. Just as Bonnie thought this there was a terrible sound from the other side of the trees- something like a slashing and swaying of whips. The girls exchanged frantic glanced. Then, in a heartbeat, Meredith was pulled -almost thrown- into the trees. Bonnie gasped and caught one of Meredith's hands. Meredith was screaming. Elena grabbed one of Meredith's legs, and looked up at Bonnie. "Do it! Call him!"

Bonnie was already Calling, and she couldn't control the words that were flowing from her mind, layered with Power. Oh, Damon, help! We're in the Old Wood surrounded with trees and their evil! Damon the trees are evil! Please, Damon, please save us! Elena screamed suddenly and Bonnie saw that a tree had moved and was now pulling at her hair and cutting her with sharp vines and branches. The trees are hurting Elena! And Meredith is suffocating! Please, Damon, please, please.

Suddenly Bonnie felt a sharp pain in her ribs and looked down to see that a branch had made her bleed terribly. She gasped and almost let go of Meredith's leg in pain. Meredith had stopped screaming but was still putting up a fight. Elena was pulling harder on Meredith's leg and grunting.

Then, Bonnie felt the ground dissapear from below her and she was flying. She started to scream, then saw that Damon was behind her, supporting her weight.

"Damon! You came!" Damon brought her down and she felt pavement beneath her. "Go, hurry help Elena and Meredith!"

Damon was off, then back with Meredith, then off again.

Meredith was gasping for breath and curling over on herself. Bonnie was hundreds of little pricks in her skin, but blood wasn't coming out. Bonnie knelt beside her and pulled her hair out of her face. Meredith eventually stopped coughing and searched Bonnie's face with grim eyes.

"You called Damon?" She asked, sounding throaty.

Bonnie smiled weakly, "I doubt Stefan can fly."

Then they heard air move around them and Damon had an unconscious Elena in his arms. Bonnie jamp up and hurried to his side, looking frantically over Elena.

"What happened? Why is she unconscious?"

Damon shrugged, "She's not a fighter."

Bonnie let out a stuttered breath then went to help Meredith up. "Thank you, Damon." She said. "Would you mind bringing her to the Boarding house?"

Damon was searching her face, tracing every detail- and it made her feel uncomfortable. Then he shrugged, "Don't have anything better to do." Then he tipped his head formally and half-smiled. "Night, ladies." He seemed to have dissapeared, but a moment after he vanished he whispered in Bonnie's ear. "Watch the dark-" Bonnie gasped. "-you never know." Then he was gone.

Bonnie helped Meredith walked, they found the car a few paces away on the other side of the brush. "There's no way;" Meredith said, "we went farther."

"Stranger things have happened," said Bonnie, helping Meredith into the car. Then getting into the front seat herself. They drove to the boarding house, in time that seemed to pass smoothly. The car was quiet and when they pulled up to the boarding house Meredith got out of the car herself. They both only saw Damon when they were a few paces away from the door. He looked at Bonnie pointedly.

Meredith brushed past him. "I'll be with Elena," she called.

Damon spoke as soon as the door closed behind Meredith, "So, little red-head, it seems we're in need of a deal."

"Are we?" She asked, her voice shaking slightly.

"Oh, yes."

He didn't say anything more.

"And what might that deal be?" She asked him, not looking into his night-black eyes.

"I've saved you three times, correct?"

Bonnie nodded slowly.

"Then ... all you have to do- is save me, once." He smiled slowly- it was that dangerous dark smile, and he had a dark glimmer in his eyes.