Chapter 3:
Damon paced back and forth. It had been three days since Bonnie had been drained and she was still struggling to stay awake for longer than an hour.
"How is she?" Damon asked as Stefan walked into the kitchen he had just come down from checking on Bonnie.
"She seems better today." Stefan replied.
Damon shook his head. Last time he had felt this guilty, was when he found out Bonnie was dead. It had taken months for any of them to figure out something was wrong. He had still been with Elena then and it wasn't long after then that things began to change between then. She had become engrossed in living a normal life and he had become determined to bring her back. He remembered the day she had been brought back as the anchor he had never felt such relief.
FLASHBACK:
She had been different since the moment she had been brought back. It was her party but she was hiding outside.
"Not enjoying yourself judgy?" He asked a smirk plastered on his face.
She had been back about a week and hadn't had a chance to talk to her, the need was becoming suffocating and he really didn't understand it.
"Bonnie?" he called annoyed that she was ignoring him.
He walked slowly over to her, her eyes staring off into the darkness as if she was seeing something that wasn't there. But that wasn't possible she was no longer a witch.
"Bonnie?" he called again this time gently.
She never moved, never even registered her name. He gently put his hand on her arm and she jumped.
"Damon." She whispered breathless.
"You ok?" He asked softly.
"I had a vision." She mumbled in disbelief.
"What did you see?" he asked.
Bonnie looked up at him her eyes wide and full of joy.
"My powers." She whispered.
Damon smiled at her.
"You got your powers back?" He asked.
She shook her head.
"Not yet." She muttered.
"But you will." He said as if he already knew it was a fact.
She nodded.
"With some hard training they should come back." Bonnie said determinedly.
Damon nodded and looked away.
"I could help you." He said.
He felt her eyes on her.
"And why would you do that?" she asked.
"You hate me." She added.
Damon felt her eyes on him.
"It's handy having a witch around." He lied, he loved watching Bonnie use her powers.
She looked away almost disappointed but she couldn't be could she?
"I suppose you'll need me to help keep Elena safe." She muttered almost harshly.
"For Elena." He said in agreement.
She nodded before turning and walking away. Damon watched her walk away. She stopped as she got to the door.
"Thank you." She said over her shoulder.
Damon looked at her confused no idea what she was thank him for.
"For bringing me back." She said.
Damon nodded and she turned back around and continued walking.
"And for helping me get my powers back." She whispered as if she already knew she would.
END OF FLASHBACK
It was another few months before she got her back but he helped her every step of the way. It was probably the first time he did something for Bonnie instead of just for Elena's sake. He learnt a lot about her during that time and by the end of it he found himself wanting to know more.
"She's still really weak though." Damon pointed out.
Stefan nodded.
"I was think of doing some research into draining." Stefan said out loud more to himself.
Damon nodded.
"Who's with her now?" Damon asked.
"Elena." Stefan replied looking at him surprised.
"You think that's a good idea?" Damon asked her words about never wanting to see Elena again echoing through his mind.
"There best friends, there sort things out." Stefan said hopeful.
Damon didn't disagree with his brother he just didn't think that Bonnie was going to be a forgiven mood just yet and he wasn't completely sure he blamed her.
"Tell me where the necklace is?" Malcolm's monotone voice asked.
"I don't know." Bonnie whimpered, waiting for the pain to hit.
She looked up surprised when it didn't come.
"You really don't know do you?" The voice asked from the shadow.
Bonnie shook her head and wince at the pain in her head.
"What's so special about this necklace?" Bonnie couldn't help herself asking.
The voice laughed and Bonnie felt a sharp pain through her again and she screamed again before the world went black.
Bonnie shot up in bed.
"It's ok Bon." A soft voice said from behind her.
Bonnie groaned as she found Elena gently holding her hand and rubbing her palm with her finger. She knew Elena didn't mean what she said but being in this bed unable to move just proved her point, she had gone to that house because Elena had asked her too and again she had got hurt because of it.
Bonnie took her hand away from Elena.
"Bon?" Elena asked looking up at her with concern eyes.
"Please leave." Bonnie whispered but she knew Elena's ears would pick it up.
"Bonnie, I never meant what I said you have to know that." Elena said begging Bonnie to believe her.
Bonnie nodded.
"I know." She said softly.
"But that doesn't change the fact that I still got hurt doing something you asked me. Again." Bonnie added tears in her eyes.
"Bonnie I'm sorry." Elena said, now in full blown tears.
Bonnie nodded slowly.
"I know you are but right now I need you to leave because I can't." Bonnie said.
"Bonnie I…" Elena started but Bonnie stopped her.
"Please Elena I can't move and I really don't want to see you right now." Bonnie begged.
Elena slowly got up and left the room. Bonnie waited until the door closed before she let everything go. She cried for everything she had lost; her mother, her grandmother, her father. She cried for the pain she always felt and she cried for how pitiful she felt. She cried herself into sleep promising herself that she would make tomorrow a better day.
Damon heard Elena before he saw her, he heard her sobs before she entered the kitchen.
"What happened?" Damon asked as Stefan hugged her.
"She asked me to leave." Elena sobbed.
Damon looked over at his brother who nodded before Damon slowly made his way up the stairs.
If there was one thing Damon new about Bonnie it was she hated people to see her cry, she believed it was a weakness.
He remembered the first time he had seen her cry, it had been shortly after she had been back and they had been training for a few weeks.
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"Come on Judgy you can do better than that." Damon teased.
Bonnie squared her shoulders and muttered another spell but nothing happened. She had been off all day.
"Dam it." She screamed in frustration.
Damon studied her, her eyes were glassed over in a way that reminded Damon of Elena just before she cried.
"What's going on with you?" Damon asked as he approached her slowly.
She turned away from him.
"Nothing." She lied, even he could tell.
"Bonnie whatever it is its effecting your powers." Damon pointed out.
She glared at him a turned away quickly not before Damon caught sight of her a tear strolling down her face.
"What's the point of all this anyway?" she spat angrily.
Damon opened his mouth to reply sarcastically when she spoke again.
"My grams is dead, my mums gone, Jeremy and I aren't together and my dad…" her voice drifted off.
He saw her shoulders move as she tried to get control of her tears that were undoubtable falling. She and Jeremy had split up because of their difference but she had been the one who had been hurt the most by it.
"He didn't deserve any of this." She whispered through her tears.
Damon lifted his hand and slowly, afraid that he would just make it worse she placed her hand on her shoulder. Bonnie turned round and looked at him her eyes full of tears and it broke his heart in ways he never imagined.
"He never wanted to be part of this world and he got hurt because he tried to protect the people of this town." She cried.
Damon understood why she was upset, she had watched her father die and she couldn't do a thing to stop it.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
She looked at him surprised before her walls came tumbling down and a sob broke from her throat.
Damon did something he never thought he would do again and hugged her. She was stiff at first but as he whispered sorry over and over again she begun to relax.
END OF FLASHBACK
Damon stopped just outside of her bedroom door he could hear her crying inside. Did he go in?
"I'm ok." She whispered.
He knew she meant it for him, but he couldn't bring himself to leave. He sat on the floor and he waited until she finished crying and he heard her even breathing telling him she was a sleep before he left.
When he returned downstairs Stefan was still on the bottom step.
"How is she?" the asked at the same time.
Damon smiled at his brother before taking a seat next to him.
"She cried herself to sleep." Damon said.
Stefan nodded understanding just like he did how much Bonnie hated them to see her tears.
"I talked Elena into staying with Caroline until Bonnie's ready to see her again." Stefan informed him.
Damon nodded.
If you would of asked him a year ago who he would rather of had in the house Elena or Bonnie her would off without thinking said Elena but now he wasn't sure, all he knew was Bonnie needed their help right now and that is exactly what he was going to give her.
He looked off into the distance as Malcolm left. It was taking longer than he hoped for the witch to get better.
He wanted to the necklace now but since neither of them new where it was he would have to wait until the witch was well enough to find out for herself.
"What's so special about this necklace?" She had asked him.
He thought back to the day he met Arabella he needed a witch and there was no such strength like that of the Bennett witch line.
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"Are you sure about this?" he asked his wife Cora.
His wife was beautiful. Her short red hair hung loosely around her shoulders, her green eyes shown with amusement.
"Trust me my love, there is no power like that of a Bennett witch," Cora replied.
He loved the light in her eyes.
"My Lord, Arabella Bennett is here." A serving boy announced.
He glanced at the boy.
"Send her in." he ordered.
A few minutes later the boy returned with a women and a little girl who was no more than three or four.
"Arabella, I presume?" he asked.
Arabella nodded and bowed down the chid did the same.
"You are a great and powerful witch?" he asked in disbelief.
The women was beautiful he would be blind if he didn't see it. She was petit with long dark curly hair and warm dark eyes.
"Hush my dear, Arabella show him." Cora said gently caressing his check before standing up and walking towards Arabella.
"Emily, wait outside." Arabella ordered the girl softly.
"Yes, mama." Emily whispered before running outside.
Arabella nodded she pulled a necklace out from around her neck and she closed her eyes and muttered a spell.
"Thomas King." Cora whispered her father's name.
Arabella opened her eyes.
"My darling," she said in a voice that reminded him of his father in law.
"Father?" Cora asked hopefully.
"Yes my darling." Arabella said gently caressing Cora's cheek.
END OF FLASHBACK
The necklace allowed the wearer to speak to the dead but only a powerful witch could do bring the dead back to life. And there was no power as strong as that of a Bennett witch.
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