"Why are you in such a hurry?" Bonnie asked Tamara as the older spirit ushered Bonnie down into the caves. "The moon doesn't reach its apex for at least another four hours."

"They like everyone to be down in the cave hours in advanced for caution," Tamara replied. "Some of the younger wolves begin their transformation before the moon reaches its apex."

"I don't understand why you can't just put a barrier around the village to prevent the wolves from entering," she commented as she looked around the dank and dreary cave with a frown. Spending time down here during the day was fine but sleeping down here? Bonnie was not exactly thrilled about that.

"Not everybody understands and accepts magic," she replied. "It is just better for all this way."

"But they have no trouble believing in werewolves?" Bonnie questioned with a raised brow.

"Bonnie," Tamara sighed. "It is just the way things are."

"Alright, I get it," Bonnie responded, knowing that Tamara did not want to continue with conversation. "No more magic talk."

Out the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the two people she had been waiting to see, Niklaus and Henrik.. She excused herself from Tamara and went over to them.

"Where are you two running off to?" Bonnie questioned Henrik and Nik even though she knew very well what they were about to do.

"Nik is taking me to see the wolves," Henrik replied happily.

"Is that safe?" she asked and turned to Klaus who nodded his head.

"I have found a safe area, it is up high and surrounded by wolfs bane so that should disguise our scent," he answered her.

Bonnie was not exactly familiar with wolfs bane but she did know that it was a werewolf's version of vervain.

"'Should' does not sound very convincing," she said with a frown and she could practically hear Tamara yelling at her in her head about trying to 'change history' by stopping them from going.

"Everything will be fine," Nik assured her with a smile. "We shall return first thing in the morning," he added and threw a quick look around their immediate area before leaning down and giving her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Be careful," she said when Nik pulled away and she gave Henrik a final hug and placed a kiss to his forehead and giggled when she saw a blush rise to his cheeks.

Nik chuckled at his little brother and ruffled his hair before sending Bonnie a lasting smile as he and Henrik left the safety of the cave.

"It has to happen this way," she heard Tamara's voice next to her ear. "I know it is hard and unfair but it has to be this way."

Bonnie turned to face Tamara and shook her head, ignoring her comment. "I'm going to go find Rebekah," she said, and walked away from Tamara without another word.

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Bonnie spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with Rebekah and Kol in their 'secret' part of the cave with an occasional visit from Elijah and Finn (who Bonnie had met for the first time two days ago).

She was having a great time with them…but then the howling started. It was not the howling that frightened Bonnie (after all she's seen and gone through, a little howling isn't going to frighten her) but rather to burden of knowing what was about to happen.

All she could picture was Henrik being viciously mauled by some beast and Klaus watching on helpless.

She should have stopped them from going, consequences be damned. But she didn't and now it's too late.

"The howling is a little frightening at first, but you do get used to it," Rebekah spoke up, mistaking her fear for Henrik and Niklaus for the howling of the wolves.

"Just startled me is all," Bonnie replied with a forced smile.

"If you are worried about Nik and Henrik, you should not be. Nik has chosen a very well hidden spot. He has watched them from there before and he was perfectly safe," she told Bonnie with a reassuring smile.

Bonnie wished that she had the luxury of being as calm as Rebekah.

Needless to say, Bonnie did not get any sleep that night. She couldn't close her eyes without seeing a horrible image of sweet little Henrik being mauled to death.

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After leaving the caves the next morning, Bonnie had been spending her time with Kol when they heard someone screaming and yelling out hysterically.

"What is that?" Kol questioned as both of them went over to where the commotion was coming from.

"Oh, my God," she gasped when she saw Niklaus running and screaming for Esther with a bleeding Henrik in his arms.

Bonnie looked to Kol who had frozen at the sight as his brother laid Henrik on the ground and Rebekah and Esther ran out, Elijah not too far behind.

The witch watched as Esther lent over the small boys body as she desperately spoke to Ayanna, pleading with her to find a way to bring her son back to her.

But most of her attention was on Nik who was sitting beside Henrik's body with Rebekah holding him.

Bonnie felt Kol grab onto her arm, forcing her to look at him. "Take Nik, and get him away from here," he told her, his eyes never leaving the scene in front of them.

"What? Why?" Bonnie questioned him and he met her eyes.

"Father is coming and Nik defied his orders and took Henrik to watch the wolves. He'll be furious with Nik so please take him," he said and she looked over to see Mikael approaching. Kol took her hand and the two of them quickly ran over to the family, Kol took a hold of Rebekah while Bonnie knelt beside Klaus, hand resting on his back.

"Come with me," she whispered to him and pulled him up to his feet with some help from Finn.

Nik looked from Henrik to Bonnie and then to his nearing father. "Go, Niklaus," Finn pushed and the younger brother gripped tightly onto Bonnie's hand, letting her lead him off quickly.

They got out of sight just as Mikael joined the rest of his family, his booming voice demanding to know what had happened to Henrik.

Bonnie led Nik down to the caves, sat him down on the ground and knelt down in front of him, taking his face between her hands and using her thumb to wipe away one of his falling tears as he whispered over and over again how Henrik was dead and it was all his fault.

"It's not your fault," she said to him gently. "None of this is your fault," she finished and held him to her, wrapping her arms around him tightly.

"I thought I had hidden us well, but one of the wolves sensed us," he continued to sob and rested him head on her shoulder. "It went straight for Henrik; it did not even attempt to attack me."

When he finished telling her what happened, Bonnie remembered something Caroline had told her when she was attacked by Mason. Even in wolf form, Mason recognized Tyler even though the younger Lockwood hadn't even triggered his curse. The same thing must have happened with Nik. The wolf recognized him as one of them and left him, Henrik however was not so lucky.

"Why did it not attack me too?"

Bonnie did not answer him, she couldn't exactly tell him why so instead she just continued to hold him to her while whispering soothing and comforting things to him.

She didn't know how long they stayed like that, eventually his tears stopped but kept a tight hold on her to let her know that he wasn't ready for her to let go.

When Rebekah found them, Nik was still seated on the ground with his legs out straight while Bonnie sat sideways on his lap. Her head was on his shoulder while his rested against hers, his fingers tracing mindless patterns on her hand and the other was draped around her back.

Rebekah sat down next to them and placed a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"How is mother?" he asked her.

"She would like to see you," her soft voice replied. "She is not angry with you Niklaus."

"And what off father?" he questioned with a light scoff. No doubt he would be livid with him.

"He is not here right now. He has gone to see the wolves," she answered.

"Alone?"

"No. Finn and Elijah went with him. Kol and Ayanna are with mother right now but she would like to see you," she said and Bonnie felt him nod his head.

The Bennett witch stood up to allow him to do the same and Nik's fingers laced with hers as they trailed behind Rebekah.

"I should get back to Tamara," Bonnie said as the three of them exited the cave. "Will you be okay?" she turned to him and asked.

He nodded his head yes even though both of them knew he wouldn't be. Bonnie gave the two siblings a small smile and watched as Rebekah put her hand on his arm to lead him to their mother.

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"How is he doing?" Godric asked her once she returned to them.

"Not good," she replied with a frown. "He is going to see Esther now."

"Esther is already trying to come up with a solution to protect her family from further harm. It should not be long now," Tamara spoke with a grim look.

"Why has Mikael gone to the wolves?" Bonnie questioned them.

"Why else? Revenge," Godric answered. "He is only going to make the situation worse by doing that. He will be making powerful enemies."

"A feud that will last forever," Bonnie added and Godric nodded. "Let me guess…the first thing Mikael does when he turns is slaughter the entire werewolf village."

"Basically," he said and Tamara slapped him on the shoulder and muttered something about 'too much information'.

"I already know that Mikael attempts to kill the wolf that is Nik's real father so it's not that much of a stretch to figure out that he tries to kill of them," Bonnie said to Tamara.

"Speaking of Niklaus, I think you should start to keep your distance," Tamara said and Bonnie furrowed her brow at the spirit.

"Why?"

"You are nearing the end of your time here and I think it is best for you if you keep your distance from them, Niklaus especially," she answered.

"You are the one that said there was no issue with getting to know them and now you're telling me to back away?" she questioned the older woman.

"Have you even thought about what's going to happen once you return home? When you face Niklaus or Rebekah back in the present time?"

She hadn't. The thought of her relationship changing with the present day Originals hadn't even crossed her mind but now that it was there she couldn't shake it.

What would happen when she returned home? Would everything be different? Bonnie could not even begin to imagine what would happen the next time she would have to face modern day Klaus.

How could she even look at him after everything he has done? Sacrificing Elena, killing Jenna, ruining Tyler's life with the sire bond and destroying Stefan…

Nik and Klaus are two very different people.

"Nothing will change," Bonnie answered with a hint of confidence on her voice.

"Don't be sure, Bonnie," Tamara answered with a doubtful look. "Just trust us when we say that it is for the best."

Bonnie looked to Godric who just shook his head at what Tamara was saying, indicated that he did not particularly agree with her words and it caused the female spirit to leave in a huff.

Godric sighed and turned to Bonnie. "Don't let what she said bother you, it's nothing, she's just being her usual over concerned self," he said with a small smile. "I'm going to go talk to her so why don't you go see how Niklaus is holding up?" he suggested and placed a hand on her shoulder as he walked passed her and left out the door after Tamara.

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Bonnie found Klaus sharpening one of his knives by the small fire and she went and sat down next to him. She placed her hand on his leg and he turned to give her a small smile before looking back down to his knife.

"How is your mother?" she asked him after a moment of silence passed.

"Distraught," he answered "as is everyone else," he mumbled and threw his knife down beside him on the ground. "Mother could not even bare to look at me. I cannot even to begin to think what father will do when he returns." he added quietly.

Bonnie moved her hand from his leg and placed it on top of his. "You are not to blame for what happened."

"I am. I should never have taken him out there to begin with. It was too dangerous… you even said so yourself," he replied with a broken voice. "I am the reason Henrik is now dead."

Bonnie squeezed his head and shook her head at him. "No, you are not the reason he is dead. The wolf that attacked him is to blame," she said to him and he looked over to her and tightened his grip on her hand.

"Does it get easier to deal with?" he asked her softly, and referred to her own experience on the matter with the cover story that Tamara had told people, about her parent's dying.

But she knew what it was like to lose someone you loved dearly, especially when your decisions and actions contributed. Although, Bonnie mostly blamed Katherine, Damon and Stefan (and even Elena to some degree) for her Gram's death, she also blamed herself. She pushed for Grams to break the seal to let Stefan out and not a day goes passed that Bonnie wonders what would have happened had she just left Damon and Stefan to rot in that tomb for good.

Bonnie gave Nik a small nod of the head. "It takes time but yes, it does."

"Will you be here for me? And help me?" his voice was so soft and vulnerable that it made her heart clench.

She leaned over and placed a kiss on his cheek before whispering to him. "I will always be here for you."

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"So, changing the past you are completely against but the future you are fine with?" Godric questioned Tamara once they were alone.

Tamara threw a glance to Godric. "You know what will happen and we can't let it."

"Then why even tell Bonnie in the first place that she could get to know them?"

Tamara scoffed at her lifelong friend and folded her arms across her chest. "And defy their orders? I'd be struck down for sure," she uttered and turned away from him, defeated.

"Then why bring it up now? Why risk it?"

"We have seen it play out with our own eyes; we both know that it doesn't end well. It needs to be stopped."

Godric went to stand in front of her and placed his hands on her shoulders, "This is meant to happen, Tamara, no matter how much you try to interfere it will find a way to be."

The male spirit had faith that everything would be different this time round. He believed that Bonnie and Niklaus would overcome the obstacles that lie ahead. They just needed the right push, one that he would give to them when the time was right.

Tamara looked up at Godric and he could see the determination that her dark chocolate eyes now held. "We may not be able to stop it but we can change it. We take it."

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This did not turn out how I planned…so I'm sorry if it sucked.

I am so awful when it comes to this story and for that I am really sorry. It's just my muse for Kennett has been hitting pretty hard lately so it has sort of turned into my main focus and in all honesty I do have a bit of trouble writing this story (I spent weeks on this chapter, trying to get it right).

I love what I have planned for this story, it's just getting to that point that I am having a bit of difficult with so once again I am sorry!

But now with As We Were, we are getting to the interesting part so hopefully I will update it more regularly. I am however looking forward for Bonnie to reunite with the Originals in the present time. :)

There are a few ideas that I have that fit in with the last bit of this chapter, I just have to decide which one to go with (it's going to be a hard choice!).

Would you guys like an insight into modern day Klaus' mind next chapter? And we also have more Klonnie along with a more in depth look into the relationship that Bonnie has with each of the Originals and Bonnie/Esther/Ayanna and more!

Godric totally ships Klonnie btw!

Any mistakes that are in this I apologise from and pretty please review!

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