Chapter 3

Bonnie's POV

I still couldn't believe it, but here I was, standing outside Elena's door, waiting to tell her that I was ready to cast the spell, whenever she wanted to do it. But after I knocked a couple of times, it wasn't Elena who answered, but Jeremy. "Hey Jere, is Elena home?" I asked, and he didn't say anything, just walked back into the house to get her. I frowned at that. For the past couple of days, Jeremy has been acting strange, and not really talking to anyone, not even Elena, but he usually always greeted people at the door with at least a friendly "hello". I wonder what was up with him.

A few seconds later, Elena showed up, smiling before she closed the door behind her. I could tell she was anxious. "Alright Elena, I can do the spell at any time, its ready", I said, and her eyes widened. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around me, and I made myself hug her back. After we broke apart, she continued to smile. "Thanks Bonnie. Do you think we can do it tonight?" she asked, and I frowned. "What's so important about tonight?" I asked, genuinely curious.

She looked a little guilty when she answered. "Well Stefan told me that Damon was planning on leaving Mystic Falls tomorrow morning, and I thought it would be easier if we could get it done before he left", she blurted, a little too quickly. I tried to hide my exasperation. I really didn't want to deal with it tonight, but I had just told her any time. "Listen Bonnie, like I said, you…" she started, but I cut her off.

"Shut up Elena. I want to help you. I just didn't expect you to want it done tonight, but I'm cool with it", I lied, and she bought it. She smiled and she motioned for me to follow her to a spot a little further away from the house, so we wouldn't be overheard by Jeremy or Jenna. "Ok so how do we exactly do it?" she asked, looking unsure. I quickly scanned my mind to remember what exactly the book had said, and it came back to me.

"I'm not really sure how to tell you this, but we need some of his hair", I said, and her eyes widened. "Why?' she nearly yelped. "Well we need it if you want to do it secretly, because I doubt he'll let me cast any spell on him willingly", I explained. Elena thought about it for a moment, and then nodded. "Alright, I'll ask Stefan to try and get some hair for us. Damon's bound to have used a comb or something somewhere around the boarding house", she said, wearing her signature determined expression.

I knew that Stefan would at least try to get some of Damon's hair if Elena asked him too. I swear she has him wrapped around her finger. With that, we departed her going back inside to call Stefan, and I went back home, to mentally prepare myself. If I really did this, it would definitely take out most of my power for at least a couple of weeks, but for some reason, I was willing to still go through with it. I think it was because I didn't want to damage my friendship with Elena further then it already was.

A few hours later

I heard Elena knock at the door, and was glad that my dad had left for work, and we would have the house to ourselves for at least a couple of hours. I quickly ran down the stairs to answer it, and immediately ushered her in. Looking triumphed; she pulled out a plastic baggy and inside it, was a small amount of dark hair. "Stefan managed to get a hold of some this morning", she said, handing the bag to me. "It turns out that Damon leaves a lot of hair in the shower."

I looked at her in disbelief. "So you're telling me that Stefan just gave you his brother's hair without even asking what you were up to." I asked my voice lacing with disbelief. She shook her head. "No he asked, and I told him the truth. He actually supports the idea", she said happily. After that, I just took the baggy, and motioned for her to follow me up to my room. "Are you sure this is Damon's hair? I don't want to accidentally erase some of Stefan's memory", I said sharply.

Elena nodded reassuringly. "Stefan is positive that it's Damon's, because he's the only one who took a shower so today", she answered flatly. After we got into my room, I began to assemble the candles I had gathered earlier this morning, which were just ordinary ones that I had found around the house, and the spell book. Elena frowned at the sight. "What are you exactly planning on doing?" she asked, looking a little hesitant.

I smiled reassuringly at her. "It's going to be easy, you'll see", I said, while I set the candles in a circle around me, and placed the book in my lap. The only part I wasn't looking forward to was that I had to be touching the hair while I recited the spell. "This did come from his head right?" I asked, and she nodded, obviously holding back a laugh. Ok that made it a little better. Carefully, I dumped the hair into the glass bowl that I had set in front of me, and gestured at Elena to turn off the lights.

Hesitantly, I put a finger against the hair, and looked down at the book, trying to not think about the fact that I was performing a spell that could either work, or end very badly. Elena was silent as I read the spell from the book out loud. I couldn't see her reaction, since all my focus was on the book, but I was pretty sure she didn't understand a word I was saying. I barely understood it.

But after only about a minute it was over, and Elena turned the lights back on. "Did it work?" she asked, starting to help me pick everything up. I nodded. "I think so. When Damon wakes up tomorrow morning, he won't remember a thing about Katherine", I assured her and she smiled. After that, we hung out for a few minutes, but eventually, she had to go home, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

Stefan's POV

The next morning, I sat at the table with Elena. It was early in the morning, and Damon wasn't up yet, as usual. I'll admit was a little anxious about what was going to happen when he woke up. According to Elena, if Bonnie's spell worked, Damon was supposed to have forgotten all about Katherine by now, and honestly, I was hoping that it worked. Elena gave me a reassuring smile.

"Bonnie looked like she knew what she was doing Stefan. I'm sure it worked", she answered, but I could hear a hint of hopefulness in her voice too. Sure enough, after about ten more minutes, I heard him coming down the stairs, and turned to see him standing there, looking confused. "Stefan, do you know where father is?" he asked, looking around in confusion. I frowned at that. "Uh no", I said, not knowing what else to say.

Then he saw Elena and gave her a small smile. "And you are?" he asked politely, and she gasped. "Damon, can you excuse us for a moment?" I asked, grabbing Elena's arm. He nodded, and I pulled Elena outside, and shut the door behind us. "How much of Damon's memory exactly?' I asked urgently. She looked just as anxious as I was as she answered. "I thought only the memory about Katherine was erased", she nearly shouted.

I closed my eyes and frustration, and she put a comforting arm on mine. "Stefan, what's wrong?' she asked, sounding worried. I opened my eyes and looked straight at her. "He still thinks father is around", I stated through gritted teeth. Her eyebrows rose. "So?" she asked, not getting it. I sighed, and answered her. "It means that he probably doesn't even remember becoming a vampire."

A/N: Thanks for reading!