Second.
Caroline had rejoined her in the hallway but since she couldn't talk to Bonnie while she tried to figure out how to get me out Caroline wandered back down the hall. I heard her boots moving through the rooms as I lay back on the bed with my hands over my eyes. After a few minutes I realized that I didn't hear her anymore. I sat back up in the bed.
"Hey Norrah," I heard her call as she stomped back down the hallway and stepped around Bonnie, "is this yours?" She held out my bag as she stepped into the room.
"Caroline, no!" I cried as I jumped up but it was too late, she had crossed into the room. She tossed my bag onto the bed and sat on the edge, crossing her legs.
"No worries," she tells me as she pulls a compact out of her purse and proceeds to touch-up her flawless face, "this seal only applies to you. I overheard Katherine taunting Damon about it a few days ago." At the mention of Damon's name my heart squeezed and I buried my face in my bag in case anyone noticed the color creeping up my neck. I pulled out the clothes I had on the night I was abducted and put them on, thankful to finally escape the large white nightshirt I had been in for at least a week. I fished around in the bag taking inventory. I was missing $40 from my wallet but otherwise everything was there.
"Cheapskate bitch," I muttered under my breath as my fingertips brushed across a chain. I pulled it out of the bag astonished. Reaching up to my neck I could hardly believe that I hadn't noticed it was gone until now. I guess I could forgive myself since I had only been semi-mobile for most of my stay in this hell-hole. The bottles of blood that Katherine had left for me had only lasted a day and a half, I was starving and there was no way to ration them out for longer. I saw that the clasp on my chain was broken, as if it had been ripped from my neck. I didn't doubt that it was. I was able to rig it to stay around my neck; I'd get a new one later.
With Caroline still lounging on the bed I walked over to the doorway to see if Bonnie was making any progress on getting me out. I hovered close to the door watching as Bonnie chanted, I felt a warmth on my chest. I reflexively reached up for my ring but it slid through my hand. I looked down to see the ring and chain glowing and rising away from my shirt and towards the doorway. "Um, Bonnie," I said to her, "You might want to see this."
I watched as her eyes flicked up to my ring which was no longer resting on my shirt, but was now hanging parallel to my chin pointed towards the doorway. I reached around to the back of my neck and undid the clasp. Caroline was next to me now staring at the ring. I felt a slight tug on the chain and I allowed my arms to extend and watched as the ring and chain passed through the doorway, my hands still holding the two ends of the chain. I felt another tug and watched in awe as my hands passed through the door without hitting the barrier.
"Bonnie, what are you doing?" I asked never taking my eyes off of the chain.
"I'm not doing anything," she replied, "whatever is happening, it's not me." I dropped one end of the chain, but it didn't fall, just remained suspended in air, glowing. I put my free hand up to the door, but it hit the invisible seal. I looked over at Caroline who was speechless and slack jawed just as Bonnie and I were. I clasped the free end of the chain again and stepped forward. Hitting no resistance I stepped right through the door and stood next to Bonnie. I turned back to the room and the chain went slack, the ring no longer glowed.
I raised my hands up to the door but now couldn't get back in. Caroline grabbed my bag off the bed and walked out of the room. None of us knew what had just happened but I wanted to get out of that house as fast as possible. We all rushed down the hall, past the kitchen and a small breakfast nook. The living/dining room was as barren as the rest of the home, I quickly looked in as we passed, a wooden table and chairs and a rocker in front of a large stone fireplace. The hearth had been swept clean and a neat pile of ash sat in the center. I slowed as we came to the front door, holding my hands in front of me, the chain still dangling from them. I watched as once again it glowed and extended out towards the doorway.
"Wow, she had all of her bases covered," Bonnie commented as we stepped through the door. "I never would have been able to take down both of those seals alone." I turned back towards the cabin but it was gone. "I told you it was heavily spelled," Bonnie said as my eyes darted around searching for the cabin. "It's gone; the spell only lasted as long as you remained in the house, as soon as you stepped out the house was gone." We all took one last look at the spot where the cabin had stood and then turned tail and headed out of the woods.