Sarah McCullough wanted few things out of life. One of them was being able to protect her family. She wanted to protect them from the dark legacy that had been passed down for many generations. She wanted to escape her so called 'destiny' and live life normally. She had succeeded in that until yesterday when she received the phone call that pulled her back to the life she desperately tried to escape.

"Hello?" Sarah said as she answered the phone.

"Sarah?" A weak voice relied back.

"M-mom?" She asked surprised, "Is everything okay?"

"I need to see you."

"What's wrong?"

"Emily McCullough came to me."

Sarah froze as she took in her mother's words. "Emily? The witch that died?"

"She came to me in a dream," Her words were interrupted by her coughing. After a while, she spoke again. "She gave me a message."

"What kind of message?"

"A warning. She told me there was evil coming to Fell's Church, and that they're going to wipe out the McCullough line."

She snapped out of her memory when she heard her mother summon her. She made her way toward her mother. She entered the room and was met with the sight of her sickly mother laying weakly in bed. "Can I get you anything?"

"Did you consider what we talked about?"

"No," She said, firmly. "Bonnie will have no part in this."

"She's the only one." Her face twisted in disappointment. "You had your powers bound."

"I was a teenager, what was I suppose to do?" She said, raising her voice slightly.

"You take the gift you were meant to have."

"Gift?" She asked, dramatically. "It's a curse to everyone who accepts it. Look what it has done to you, Mom." She shook her head. "I can't - won't do that to my daughter."

"What other choice is there?"

"Her powers," She whispered, "I'll bind them."

"If you take her powers away, then she's doomed."

Sarah made a move to leave. "And if I don't she's doomed."

Bonnie's P.O.V

"Emily. Emily McCullough."

Before I could ask anything else…my eyes shot open as I woke up. I quickly sat up and realized heart was beating rapidly. I was shocked at how one dream could make me this disturbed. I took slow breaths in an attempt to calm my heartbeat. When I finally calmed down, the ringing of my phone startled me. I let out a frustrated sigh before reaching for my phone.

"Hello?" I said, weary.

"Why haven't you answered the phone?" My mothers half relieved, half strict voice asked.

"I'm sorry," I breathed, "I went out with my friends last night, after I got back I went to sleep."

"Just how late were you out?"

I would've laughed at my mom's tone if I wasn't on the verge of being grounded. "Not late at all, I just wanted to sleep when I got back."

I could tell she didn't believe me for a second, but she didn't press the issue. "Is everything okay there?"

I sighed at the loaded question. "Yeah, everything's fine. How is Grams doing?"

She sighed, "Her condition has gotten worse, but you know she's a fighter."

I frowned at the news. "But she's going to be okay, right."

"Yeah, we're all going to be fine." I couldn't place it but I knew something was wrong. I just assumed that she was just worried about Grams.

I found myself starring back at the book fifteen minutes after talking with my mom. I had turned to the same page as before and I stared at one name. Emily. My dream briefly flashed in my mind as I stared at her name. The dream felt so real, I could practically still smell the fresh air.

I was being ridiculous, there was no way that the dream was real. There was no way I met one of my dead ancestors. I looked at the incantation in the book. Powers. Witches. Seeing dead people in my dreams. It just wasn't real. I probably just scared myself yesterday reading this thing. I then realized I should have never read it in the first place. I shook my head and slammed the book closed before placing the book back where I found it.

I headed out of my parents' room and made my way toward the stairs. "Bonnie," A voice whispered behind me. I whipped my head around upon hearing the voice. My breathing started to speed up as I quickly remember I was alone. "Bonnie." I gasped as the voice was now came from in front of me.

I let out a surprise scream as my cell started to ring. I cautiously glanced around again, still finding no one around. I hesitantly brought my phone to my ear as I said, "Hello,"

"Bonnie," Caroline's voice answered back. "You sound freaked."

I sighed in relief hearing her voice. "I-it's nothing," I said, trying to steady my voice. "I'm fine."

"Good, because I still have to kill you for leaving last night."

"I told you I wasn't feeling well." I replied innocently.

"Liar," She said, bluntly. "I know you were faking."

I rolled my eyes, I secretly loved how talking to Caroline instantly cheered me up. "Well, how did things go with Matt?"

"Great!" She exclaimed, "We're totally a couple now."

"Oh, you made it official?"

"Well…no." She said, then quickly added, "But we will be."

"Sure," I said, sarcastically. "I think Tyler asked me out on a date."

She let out an audible gasp. "I knew it, he's so into you."

I blushed at her statement. "I don't know."

"Do you like him?"

I thought about the question. "Maybe."

"Maybe?" She asked sarcastically. "All you can say is 'maybe'?"

"Yeah, I never really dated before." I never got the chance to.

"Can I give you some advice?"

"No."

She ignored me and said, "Decide soon, Tyler doesn't like to stick to one girl for long."

I sighed, thinking her statement over. "Are you going to the Grill?" I asked, changing the subject. I just really needed out of this house.

"No, I'm home-bound today." She sighed, "I gotta go, see you later."

"Bye." I said before hanging up.

An hour later, I found myself entering the Grill. I just couldn't stay in that house by myself. I made my way up to the counter to order. After ordering, I turned around to go find a seat, but found myself crashing into Stefan Salvatore. "Sorry." I said

"It's okay."

"Hi Bonnie." Elena said, stepping beside Stefan.

"Hi."

"Are you here with Caroline again?" She asked looking around.

"No, I'm here alone."

Her eyes brightened, "Do you want to sit with us?" She inclined her head to where Damon, Meredith, and Sage were waiting.

"I don't want to intrude-"

"You won't be," Stefan said, calmly. "Besides we would love to get to know you better."

I nodded my head before following them back to their booth. "You guys don't mind if Bonnie joins us, do you?"

"No, we need some fresh blood in this group." Damon said, smirking at everyone. Elena and Stefan fixed him with warning glares. I wondered if they thought Damon was insulting them. "You can sit next to me." He said, moving over.

I moved to the spot, but Elena's voice halted my movements. "Why don't you sit next to me?" She looked over to her boyfriend. "You don't mind?"

Stefan gave her a small smile before nodding and sitting by Damon. Elena and I took our seats next to each other. I looked around the table and noticed everyone had their attention on me. It was a long silence before Meredith spoke. "So," I turned my attention to her. "What brings you here?"

I realized I had to quickly think of a lie. I knew 'I'm here because I kept hearing voices at my house' would definitely land me in the crazy house. I forced a smile to my face. "I was home alone and I got bored. So, I figured I would come here."

"We're glad you did." Sage said, politely.

"Yeah," Elena added, "We don't know much about you."

"That's because Caroline's always around her playing bodyguard." Damon said with a smirk.

"Ask me anything," I said before thinking about the words.

They all exchanged glances before Elena turned back to me. "How old are you?"

"Seventeen," I answered, "Like you guys."

Sage gave a chuckle before Meredith smacked him on his arm. "Sorry," He apologized, "I was just thinking about something." I waited for him to elaborate, but Stefan had started speaking. "You said you moved here from Florida, why did you decide to move."

"My family decided we needed a change." I was surprised on how easily the lie came out.

Stefan nodded his understanding. "I know how that feels."

"What about you guys?" I asked, "How did you all meet?"

"Well, as you know Damon and Stefan are brothers." She gestured to Meredith. "Meredith and I were friends before she started dating Sage. We just sort of stuck together and now," She looked around the table. "We're all like family."

I smiled at her comments. I wanted to have a close bond like the one they shared. "That's nice." I said, softly.

"Well," Sage started, "That's only the cliff note version. Elena didn't mention that we had as many fights as sweet moments."

"Yeah, but what family doesn't."

"This is…nice and all but can we please talk about something else." Damon spoke up for the first time.

"You can always leave if you don't like it, Damon." Meredith nonchalantly stated.

"I would but I think I'll stay, certain new developments are keeping me around." He said, looking at me all the while. I blushed under his intense stare.

We spent the next hour talking and learning more about each other. I think even Meredith cracked a few smiles during our discussion. I had also noticed the many peculiar looks Damon was sending my way as we all talked. As time went on I realized that Caroline was wrong about them, and I was too.

I had excused myself when my phone started to ring. I walked toward the back of the Grill to answer. I briefly noted that I was alone. I looked down to see who was calling, but the number was unidentified. Shrugging, I answered the phone. "Hello?" The only response I got was silence. "Hello, is anyone there?" I frowned as no one responded. I gave up after a few moments and prepared to head back. A heavy breezy that seemed to come out of nowhere halted my steps. I looked around to see any windows or door. "Bonnie." A voice whispered again. I could feel my heart speed up again as I looked around. No, not here, I thought desperately looking around. "Bonnie, the book." It whispered again. I turned to make my way back to everyone. I quickly stopped at the image of Emily standing there, smirking in amusement.

My eyes widened at the sight of her. "Emily?" I whispered stepping back.

"Bonnie?" A new voice cut in, making me jump. I turned to meet the sight of a concerned Elena. "Are you okay?"

I looked around searching the place for any signs of Emily. When I found nothing I forced a smile to my face. "I'm okay." We both headed back to everyone. I smiled apologetically at everyone. "I'm sorry but I have to go."

"Why?" Stefan asked

"Something came up. I got to get home." I waved before leaving without another word.

Still at the Grill, all the others watched as Bonnie quickly exited out of the Grill. Elena turned away from the door first, studying the looks on everyone's faces. The was a long silence before Meredith spoke. "What now?"

"I don't know."

"You heard her," She said, "We all heard her say Emily."

"But it's impossible," Stefan cut in. "Emily's dead."

"You didn't see her Mere, she looked scared out of her mind."

"So what does this mean?" Sage asked, "Do you think she's haunting her?"

"We need to find out what she knows." Elena sighed, "We just spent most of the day with her, do you honestly think she's dangerous?"

"No," Meredith said, "But she could already know what we are."

Elena looked to a silent Damon. "Damon, what do you think?"

His lips curved into a lazy smirk. "I say we let the little bird be, and see how it will play out."

Bonnie's P.O.V

For the second time today, I found myself staring at the book. Earlier, I had doubted magic, witches, ghost, and spells. Now, I think that anything is possible. Obviously, Emily wanted me to read this book. But I didn't know what would happen to me if I did. A million worries were present in my head. I started to get doubtful again.

"Emily," I called out hesitantly. "If you want me to do this I need a real sign. I need to know that this is real." I sighed when nothing happened. I made a move to close the book before a strong wind came and blew it back. I look around the room again and found nothing. My attention quickly turned back to the book. "Okay," I muttered, "I got the point."

I closed my eyes and let out a small breath before speaking.

"Past and present, present and past.

I call upon the powers of the first and last

Hear my plea within this hour

And grant to me this ancient power."

I opened my eyes after completing the words. I stood up feeling no different from before. I then began to wonder if I had been imagining things again. That thought was soon gone as thunder and lightening started outside. I jumped at the loud noise of the thunder. For what felt like the hundredth time today, my heart began to speed up. I felt myself becoming lightheaded and fell to the floor as I loss consciousness.

A/N: Sorry for the lateness. I will immediately get to work on the next chapter. Also, I'm still looking for a beta for this story. So if you're interested don't be shy.