Bonnie stood off to the side with Rebekah and Henrik as she watched the stare down that was taking place between the two brothers, both standing tall, fierce and proud and neither brother willing to back down.

Apparently there was some truth to what Rebekah had told her about both Klaus and Elijah having some sort of crush on her (which she found incredibly weird right now) and if the young witch's assumption is correct, they have both just confronted each other about it.

Bonnie turned to look at Rebekah and was a little shocked to see the amused smile on her face, turning to Bonnie her smile widened. "I told you they liked you, did I not?"

How could she be happy that her brothers looked like they wanted to murder each other? Is entertainment that hard to come by around here?

As Bonnie watched to two warriors with a frown, she thought back to what lead to this moment and it could all be traced back to one person…

Mikael.

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"Mikael, you cannot do this. Bonnie is not from this time and what happens when she has to leave? She will leave our son heartbroken," Esther tried to reason with her stubborn husband once he returned home with his sons early that morning and told her of his and Elijah's conversation the day before.

"But what if she does not leave? What if she chooses to stay," he responded.

"It does not work that way, Mikael. Bonnie has no say in the matter. When the spirits want her back they will take her without warning and how will we explain her sudden disappearance to Elijah?"

How would they explain it to any of their children? Out of all of them, Esther knew that Rebekah would be the most heartbroken by Bonnie's absence.

"I do not want them to know that she is a witch, it would raise too many questions that we cannot answer. For the sake of our son, Mikael please let this go," she pleaded.

"I am not going to tell Elijah to give up on this, Esther."

One thing that Mikael had never taught his sons was to give up and he was not about to start now.

Esther let out an exasperated sigh at her husband's extreme stubbornness but she could see straight through that. It really had nothing to do with giving up. "Do not lie to me, Mikael it has nothing to do with that. It has to do with Niklaus; we both know that you do not like the thought of your perfect son losing out to him."

The look that her husband gave her let her know that she was right. This only had to do with the favourite son being bested by Niklaus and nothing else.

"Why can you not just accept Niklaus? He has done nothing to deserve how you are treating him," Esther said softly. She knew that her husband's treatment should have been directed at her and not her son but she did not have the courage to tell him the truth.

After a period of silence, Esther had had enough. The witch shook her head in disappointment before she walked away from Mikael and left their home in search for Ayanna – the only other person who knew of her troubles and her secrets.

But before she found Ayanna, she found Niklaus tending to his weapons but most of his attention was on the beautiful green eyed girl who sat over near the White Oak tree with Rebekah and Henrik.

Esther watched as a smile appeared on his face when a soft laugh escaped Bonnie's lips at something Henrik had said.

"It will be quite a shame to see her leave," Ayanna said as she appeared next to Esther who nodded her agreement, eyes not leaving the scene. "Something troubles you."

"Every day it gets harder and harder to keep the secret of my betrayal to myself but if I tell him I fear that it will not be me that he takes his anger out on but Niklaus," Esther confided in her oldest friend.

"And what if Niklaus triggers his curse?" Ayanna asked and spoke up again when she knew Esther would say that he never will. "You know that it is possible, Esther. All it takes is one second - one mistake for that curse to be triggered."

"I do not know what I would do if that was to ever happen but if it were to happen… I would try my best to protect him because he is my son and I love him," Esther said and turned back to look at her son.

Out of the two of them, Esther was not the only one who doubted her words.

"I would love to spend some time with Bonnie but it seems that I can never get her alone," Ayanna said in a light hearted tone which made Esther smile.

"I may be able to keep Rebekah busy for an hour or two but you may have to wait in line," she said and frowned when she noticed Elijah making his way over to the small group.

Esther silently prayed that Elijah had not followed his father's advice as she and Ayanna watched the scene but it seems her prayers went unheard when Bonnie stood up and followed Elijah. She then turned to Niklaus and saw he looked just a displeased as she did.

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Bonnie, Rebekah and Henrik sat by the old white oak tree and Henrik watched in amusement as Rebekah tried to teach Bonnie how to weave together the long blades of grass found near the tree.

"You really are terrible at that," Henrik laughed and Bonnie looked up to send him a playful glare.

Bonnie really liked Henrik. He was completely adorable and his personality had a nice blend of both Rebekah and Klaus so she could tell they were who he spent most of his time with but she couldn't help but wonder about the other two Original, Finn and Kol she believed their names to be. Rebekah had briefly told her about those two, she had said that Finn was very similar to Elijah and that Kol sometimes acted younger than Henrik.

Overall, she was very interested in meeting Kol and Finn.

"My brother cannot keep his eyes off you," Rebekah whispered into her ear so Henrik wouldn't hear.

Bonnie rolled her eyes at her friend's persistence but let out a laugh. "You are never going to give up on this are you?"

"Never," the blonde confirmed with a sneaky grin.

"If he likes me as much as you say he does, why does he seem to be avoiding me today?"

"Nik can be really shy and especially now with father and Elijah, he may just stand back all together," Rebekah told her with a sad sigh.

"What is going on?"

"My father and Nik do not get on very well… truth be told he frightens Nik," she paused. "Father knows that both Nik and Elijah are attracted to you and he is pushing for Elijah to make a move so I believe that Nik is backing down out of fear," she told Bonnie which caused the other girl to frown.

Bonnie's eyes moved from Rebekah and fell onto Klaus and she felt a wave of sympathy wash over her when she thought back to what Rebekah had just said. Bonnie didn't want Klaus to avoid her, she enjoyed his company. And when Klaus turned to her, Bonnie felt the heat rush to her face when he caught her staring at him and sent her one of his most dashing smiles.

He really does need to do that more often.

Bonnie finally looked away from Klaus when she felt Rebekah pat her arm to get her attention.

"What is it?" she asked the blonde who said nothing but pointed to Bonnie's left.

Bonnie looked over to where her friend was pointing and saw Elijah coming towards them.

"Rebekah, Henrik, would you mind if I spoke with Bonnie for a moment?" he asked when he reached them.

"Hello to you too, brother," Rebekah replied sarcastically. "And I do believe that it is up to Bonnie to decide if she would like to speak with you or not."

"My apologies," Elijah smiled at his sister before he looked to Bonnie. "Bonnie, might I have a moment with you?" he asked politely and paired with a charming smile.

Bonnie nodded her head and rose from her seated position to follow Elijah.

Rebekah watched her brother and her friend leave and she felt she had to do something. She excused herself from her brother and hastily made her way over to Niklaus who had no doubt seen Bonnie and Elijah leave.

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Elijah had led Bonnie over to the edge of the woods, far enough for them to have some privacy but close enough for someone to see if they had been looking for them.

"What did you need to speak about, Elijah?" Bonnie questioned curiously as they came to a stop.

"I apologise if this comes across as blunt, but I find myself needing to know," Elijah began, trying to find appropriate words to use.

"What is it, Elijah?" Bonnie asked, but she had the faintest clue that she already knew what he wanted to know.

"I do believe that you know of the feelings that my brother and I harbour for you. I'm sure my sister has brought them to your attention many times," he said but before he could say anything else, she jumped in.

"You do not know me well enough to have feelings for me," Bonnie couldn't help but say. This whole thing was insane to her.

Elijah nodded his head. "That is what I would like to change. I would very much like to get to know you," he said and gently took her hand.

Bonnie looked down at their hands and couldn't shake the feeling of how wrong this felt.

"Ahem," someone cleared their throat from behind them and she nearly sighed in relief for the interruption.

Bonnie looked around Elijah and smiled when she saw Klaus standing there. "Hello, Nik," she greeted.

Klaus smiled back at Bonnie before he turned his attention to his brother who was less than pleased at his presence. "Mother is asking for your assistance, Elijah," he said.

There was a short stare down between the brothers before Elijah looked back to Bonnie. "May I speak with you later today?" he asked and Bonnie nodded her head with a forced smile as he left her alone with Klaus.

"Does your mother really need help?" she asked Klaus with a doubtful look when she saw the cheeky grin on his face.

"I am sure she will find something for him to do," he replied with a chuckle. "Rebekah wanted me to interrupt you two," he confessed.

"Just Rebekah?" she asked and her green eyes sparkled flirtatiously.

"Perhaps part of me wanted to interrupt you as well," he admitted.

"Well then, maybe you wouldn't mind interrupting again later today?" she asked with a hopeful voice.

"I take it you do not return his interest?" he questioned as they started to walk back.

"He seems nice but I am not really interested in him," she answered him. "He reminds me too much of someone back home, someone I have a bit of a grudge with," she added with a tiny laugh as she thought back to present day Elijah.

"What a shame for my brother, and I would be happy to provide a little interruption for you," he replied with a very present day Klaus like smirk.

And later that day when Elijah came to finish his conversation with Bonnie, Niklaus wasn't too far behind which lead to what very well could be considered the stair down of the century. Bonnie just thanked God that they weren't vampires at this moment.

"How on earth can you be smiling about this?" Bonnie questioned Rebekah. "They look like they are about to attack on another."

Oh, God… I'm turning into Elena, she thought to herself.

"That is not why I am happy about this. I am happy because Nik is finally standing up for himself and fighting for what he wants," Rebekah explained to Bonnie with a proud smile. "Usually when anything has to do with our father he backs down right away."

"Please do not tell me that I am going to make them hate each other." The last thing Bonnie wanted to do was to come between two brothers.

"Of course not, those two may argue and fight like no others but they have an unbreakable bond," she said, not taking her eyes of her two brothers.

Bonnie could not help the loud sigh of relief that escaped her lips when Esther came over and broke up the two brothers before any harm could be done. The powerful witch sent Elijah in one direction and Klaus in the other – telling them to calm down and to stop acting like children.

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Bonnie stood behind Tamara's hut and watched as the sun set in the distance. To Bonnie, it seemed to be the only thing that remained constant and unchanged right now.

"You seem to have quite the effect on my sons," a strong voice said from behind her.

Bonnie turned around and faced who she assumed was Mikael. She'd only seen him from a distance before. "I assure you that was not my intention," she replied honestly.

From up close, Bonnie was able to see why everyone found him so intimidating but that doesn't mean she was afraid of him. He was just a man and she was a witch.

"And before you say anything, I do plan on telling Elijah that while I am flattered, I do not return his interest."

"And what of Niklaus, do you return his feelings?" he asked and Bonnie couldn't help the anger that she felt when the older man sneered at his sons name.

How could anyone treat their son like that? No wonder Klaus is so messed up, having to be raised by a monster.

"While I do believe that it is a little early for feelings, I do not however believe that it is any of your business if I feel something for Nik or not," she boldly told him before she turned and walked away with her head high.

After the events of today, Bonnie found herself wanting to return home more than ever but apart from the real reason she was here (that was still unknown to her) there was something else that was keeping her here. There was something she had here, something she wasn't prepared to lose along with someone that she couldn't help but want to know more about.

Does anyone else wish that they didn't kill Henrik off? He was such a cutie pie! I'm going to add a lot more of him in this story!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

I was asked if Tatia (the original Petrova/Doppelganger) was going to make an appearance and short answer, yes but not a very big one and maybe not for a while. If you haven't noticed already, I've taken away the Klaus/Tatia/Elijah love triangle and replaced it with Klaus/Bonnie/Elijah but not as bad because Bonnie won't be torn between the two as Bonnie/Elijah will be strictly one sided.

Next chapter I plan to have some Bonnie/Ayanna family bonding moments, I kind of want to do another Bonnie/Mikael scene along with a few other things along with a brotherly moment between Klaus/Elijah.

If you couldn't tell, I kind of burnt out near the end. I planned on having a little bit more but my brain wouldn't let me get it out and I didn't want to make you guys wait for this chapter and I want to get a move on with it so I'm very sorry about that.

To make up for that I plan on having a very special Klonnie moment next chapter. At the moment, Rebekah is the main person that is keeping Bonnie sane and I want to add Klaus to that list so I'm hoping that what I have planned with do that.

Sorry for any mistakes and please review!