A/N: Aww Im loving the review and hi to the ppl who are just now finding this story! I will be introducing more characters. Enjoy : )
Summary: In a world where vampires own witches as their slaves, one witch refuses to give into the stereotype giving one Damon Salvatore a run for his reputation of destruction. Bamon.
Bonnie was up early, looking across the room to see her friend Elena still sleeping soundly. She turned to look behind her and found that Damon was no longer next to her. She wasn't exactly forced to share a couch with the vampire but he kept insisting she did and she was in no mood to argue with him. She made sure there was a lot of pillows and blankets between them until she was finally satisfied. Elena had decided to take the couch across from them just in case anything happened.
Bonnie sat up on the couch and looked around the dimly lit room. The curtains were open and the sun was shining through the blinds but Damon was no where in sight. As much as she would pray that he would leave, she figured that was not the case right now. There was no way he could just leave her without so much as a good bye.
"Hmm..."
"Morning!" The witch nearly jumped out of her skin as Damon greeted her with a grin. He was sudden next to her on the couch. "Wow...I can hear your heart thumping...have I finally scared you?" She could tell he was amused and proud of himself.
"No. I just thought you left that's all."
"I saw you looking around the room like a lost puppy. You were looking for me."
"Was not."
"Was to." He laughed, "It's like you were a little worried I was gone. Don't worry, Bonnie, I just went to get a little blood to wake myself up since I have a meeting to be at in a few."
"Meeting?" She asked. "You actually attend those things? Never thought you were the type."
He shrugged, "Well I have to now. Especially since I have a witch living with me." He got up and glanced over at Elena who was still passed out. "Did you know your friend snores and talks in her sleep? It's really annoying."
Bonnie smirked, "She only does that when she's really worried. As kids on the night before I was to be sold she would talk the most weirdest gibberish in her sleep. Scared me more than being given to a vampire."
Damon frowned. He knew she meant it as a sweet and simple story about her and Elena but he could tell there was more to it. Being sold as a child to a creature you hated? She must have been terrified.
Soon the front door opened causing Elena to stir awake. Both Bonnie and Damon looked to see who was entering the house and to their surprise and dismay it was Stefan. He was dressed in a dark tee with jeans, his head down and hands shoved into his front pockets.
"Umm...I came to inform you that Klaus wants Bonnie to be at the meeting too." He said, still not looking up at them. To Bonnie he looked like a sad little puppy with his tail between his legs. Maybe he did feel bad for what he put her through but she was not going to forgive him.
"For what?" Damon snapped, "Didn't he do enough the first night?"
Stefan shrugged and sighed, "I don't know, Damon, he just wants her there ok?" He looked over to Elena who was now staring at him with wide eyes. "I'll be in the car." He finished before turning to walk out the door.
Bonnie and Damon stared at each other. The both of them wondering what Klaus was up to now. Elena frowned then looked over to her friend, seeing the expression on her face.
Bonnie could tell Elena wanted to cry already. "Elena...don't you worry, ok?"
"Why can't he just leave you alone? You're with Damon now and you haven't done anything bad for them to keep doing this to you!" Elena blurted angrily, tears stinging her eyes.
The witch quickly got up and joined her friend on the other couch, pulling her into a tight embrace. "I swear you cry enough for the both of us." Bonnie joked sadly. "Don't you worry about me. I've survived this long and I can take whatever Klaus dishes out at me. Even death..."
Elena gasped, "Bonnie Bennett, don't you ever say that to me. Ever again!" she yelled. "You're my sister. You're my best friend...if you die...I die."
Bonnie sighed then glanced over at Damon who was watching the scene quietly. His face was expressionless so it was hard to see what he was thinking. Not like Bonnie could read him before anyways.
"Hand me that pen, will ya?"
Elena blinked in confusion at her request but did as she said. She turned around to grab an ink pen off the table next to her and handed it over to the witch. "Is it some kind of magical pen? Will it protect you?" she asked hopefully.
Bonnie burst out into laughter at her friend's naive questions. "Just because I'm a witch does not mean everything has to be magical, Elena." She replied, pulling the brunette into another embrace. "Just...trust me on this. Whatever I do is for my benefit." She got off the couch and looked over to Damon, "I don't know if I'm appropriately dressed for a vamp meeting."
Damon grinned, "Well anything is better than being naked. That will really piss them off...and turn them on. I've done that once. Elijah was not happy."
Elena and Bonnie stared at him in astonishment.
"Wow. I'm beginning to think you're trying to make a career on pissing them off."
The vampire shrugged then got up. "Either way...me and you are stuck with those dicks...and my brother. I'm pretty sure Klaus wants to do something 'amazing' and have the other vampires wanting to kiss his ass. He'll probably use you to do that." When Bonnie didn't react he continued, "Look I'm just going to go without you and tell them that I refuse to bring you."
"They'll punish you, won't they?"
"Yep."
"No...I'll go. I'm not gonna let Klaus think I'm afraid of him. And I don't need you protecting me. I'm a big girl."
Damon refrained from rolling his eyes at her. For once can't she see that he's trying to do her a favor? So what if Klaus gets angry and punishes him? He can take it, Bonnie has been through way too much.
"Fine. Let's get going."
Vampire meetings usually consisted of the elder vampires, the ones who have been around the longest and knew Mystic Falls and its history like the back of their hands. But today Klaus demanded all vampires in the area attended, including the newly turned.
Stefan stood in the chattering crowd as Elijah and Klaus took time to have a little chat onstage before the meeting began. He could tell they were arguing about something but since the rest of the vampires were being annoyingly loud he couldn't hear them.
"Stefan!" Fuck, he mentally cussed as he heard someone angrily yell out his name. He knew she would be mad and he knew she would be there. He turned to look at a young girl who looked around his age. "Hey there, Anna..."
"Don't you 'hey there' me!" She yelled, poking him in the chest hard. "You killed my newly turned vampire!"
Stefan sighed as she extracted her fangs at him. She was beyond mad and it took a lot to get Anna this way. She was usually the nice and calm one, along with her mother Pearl. That was until someone interfered with their plans or bothered them.
"Was he useful to you or something? Because from what I saw he was a complete waste of afterlife. The kid didn't know who or who not to mess with."
Anna blinked at him. "I...he...I liked him as human and he seemed like he'd make a good companion!"
"Of all humans to make a companion you went after a high school dropout jock?" He tsked at her. "Does Pearl know about this?"
"I'm over 200 years old I don't need to tell my mom everything!" Anna replied angrily, stomping her foot. "Look, all I ask is you don't go around killing MY vampires! Is that too much to ask?"
"Next time stop making douchebags then."
"He was not a-"
"Hey, Stefan!" They turned to see the blond vampire Caroline walking up to them with a grin plastered on her face. "This is my first time at one of these things and OMG is it crowded with vampires talking about how great they are! Are all of them this narcissistic? I mean, I was like that as a human but I have a reason! I was a 17 year old girl!" She looked over to the other young looking vampire, "Hey, Anna...you don't look too happy."
Anna bit her lower lip in frustration then turned to Stefan, "Wait till I tell Klaus about this."
"Believe me, Klaus has way more on his plate then hearing you complain about me killing your play thing." He watched in amusement as Anna stomped her foot then stormed away. "That went way better than I thought it would."
Caroline shook her head, "I thought Damon was the one with enemies. I thought everyone here loved you, Stefan!" She watched him laugh but stop when he watched a couple make their way over to them.
"Not everyone." He replied finally as Damon and Bonnie stopped in front of him and Caroline. "I'm surprise you showed."
"And miss this amazing meeting with excellent music and fantastic snacks? Never that, brother!" Stefan could hear the sarcasm. "Plus I wanted to see if I recognized anyone and yep about 98% of the vampires here want me dead."
"I would make that 100%." Caroline replied as she glared at the rebel vampire." Because you were a complete and utter dick to me yesterday."
Damon was going to ignore her but figured that Caroline really didn't deserve what he said to her. Sure she was annoying as hell some days but it wasn't her fault her mom was a complete anti-vampires bitch.
"I am so sorry for the little comment I made, Caroline. Will you forgive me and continue to come over and clean our kitchen and redecorate our rooms without our consent?"
The blond vampire beamed, smiling with excitement and forgiveness. "Of course, Damon! What kind of friend would I be if I let you guys continue to live in the dark ages. Now all I ask is that you guys get a pool and jacuzzi in your backyard!"
"No!" Damon and Stefan replied in unison causing her to start pouting.
Bonnie watched the trio converse for awhile before her eyes strained to the two originals onstage. She frowned angrily at the sight of Klaus, she hated him so much. He ordered the kill on her family, he made this stupid law, he branded her...he just made her whole existence a living hell.
She watched as Elijah walked away from his brother while a young witch entered to stand at his side. Greta. There was something she really hated about that girl. It wasn't because she worked happily under Klaus, in more ways than one, but because she would sit there and do his horrible dirty work. Using her powers to hurt other people was not what Bonnie was brought up to do.
"Bonnie? Did you hear me?" She turned to see Damon and Stefan staring at her while Caroling was in front of her holding out her hand for a handshake. "I said I'm Caroline Forbes...we haven't been formally introduced."
The witch stared down at the young vampire's hand like it was diseased. Bonnie knew she was being rude by not accepting it but she still did not like the fact of shaking the hand of the creature she hated. She watched as Caroline's smile faded once again.
"I'm not going to hurt you."
"You couldn't if you tried." Bonnie replied. She could tell Damon was annoyed with the fact that she hated every vampire. "Look...it's nothing personal it's just..."
"I get it." Caroline interrupted, the look on her face reminded her of Elena's every time she was about to cry. It broke Bonnie's heart a little. "My mom is like you. 'Burn every vampire at the stake' right?" She sighed, "Not all of us are bad, Bonnie. Not all of us do what they do. I had no choice in the matter to become this. And I have to survive too don't I?"
Bonnie nodded slowly at her. "How did it happen to you?" She asked suddenly, her throat becoming dry as she watched the vampire look down at the ground with pain in her eyes.
"Her mother is sheriff." Stefan spoke up, not looking at them. His eyes stayed on the stage that Klaus and Greta were on. "She was trying to take down all the vampires in town. So to set an example and send her a warning they had Caroline attacked and turned."
"Did you-" Bonnie was hushed when Damon placed a hand over her mouth quickly. She glared up at him and struggled against his hold but stopped when she heard Klaus begin to speak.
"Ok, I think it's time we got this thing started because I'm starting to get a little hungry." He glanced over at Greta and the vampires began to chuckle. "Since I lost at an amazing game of Wii due to a distraction I am being forced to be in charge of this meeting." He looked around the crowd and spotted Damon who was still holding Bonnie. "Well...Mr. Salvatore has joined us!" He announced happily as the vampires turned to look at him and his witch.
Damon wanted to reply with a 'Yes I did and you're still an overrated asshole who can't do shit himself.' but decided sarcasm was always best in a situation like this. "Of course Stefan came. He's at every meeting. I'm pretty sure he's running for vampire of the month." That got a couple of laughs but most of the vampires sent him death glares, including Klaus.
"Always the comedian, Damon. But this isn't about you." His eyes turned to Bonnie, "There she is. I've missed her already. The smell of her burning flesh is already gone from my memory much to my dismay."
Bonnie didn't reply, instead she looked around at all the vampires looking at her in disgust. Damon must be pretty jealous he is no longer most hated on Mystic Fall's list.
"Bring her on up."
"No." Damon replied coolly. He was trying his hardest to not piss Klaus off too much because with Bonnie there he would just use her to punish him. He really wished she would've stayed home.
"Are we going to do this again?" Klaus asked. "We all see how that ended last time. Fine...Greta." He moved aside as the witch stood next to him, a mischievous smirk on her face.
Bonnie glared angrily at her while Damon opened his mouth to say something, only to begin crying out in pain. She quickly turned to him and examined him as he held his head and fell to the floor. "Stop it!" She yelled over at Greta as the vampires began to laugh again, all but Stefan and Caroline who watched Damon in fear. "Stop now!"
"Come up here and she will." Klaus announced, crossing his arms over his chest. "Quickly. It looks as if his head may explode."
Bonnie quickly made her way towards them, the vampires moving at her way as she walked past. They muttered threats and glared daggers at her but she ignored them. She stopped when she reached Greta, the two witches staring each other down.
"That's a good witch." Klaus said with a satisfied smile. "It's odd that you're willing to just jump into a sea of sharks for Damon...it's only been a couple of days and you're already into him?" He looked over at Damon who was on the floor, still holding his head. "What did you do to get her to like you so soon? I'm really impressed."
Greta glanced over at her master then back to Bonnie. She didn't see what Klaus saw in her. She was weak, she didn't even know any spells.
"Pathetic." She said aloud, watching as Bonnie tensed in anger. "You're a poor excuse for a witch. You should just be killed." A bunch of vampires cheered and nodded in agreement.
"I'm sorry, Greta...I...I couldn't understand you. I was too distracted. You see, you have something in your eye."
Greta frowned at Bonnie then glanced over at Klaus who shrugged, "Something in my eye? What?"
"A pen." Bonnie replied before quickly pulling out the pen she had Elena hand to her and stabbing it in Greta's left eye.
The other witch cried out in pain and stumbled back as blood began to run down her face, causing the vampires to stare at her in shock and hunger. Klaus quickly ran to his witch's side and pulled the pen out, causing her to cry out more.
"Don't no one fucking move!" He shouted as he watched some of the vampires faces turn demonic from thirst. "If any of you move I will have your head cut off!" He quickly bit into his wrist and put it to a crying Greta's mouth, forcing her to drink.
Bonnie watched as she began to heal. Her eyeball almost turning back to normal. At first the pen wasn't for her, she was going to use it to write Elena a final good bye in case something happened to her. But this was a way better use of it.
"That was not a good idea." She turned to see Damon beside her now, his hand around her arm as he stared at Klaus and Greta. She could tell that he was ready to run with her if all hell broke loose. "You really should not have done that here."
"You ok?" She asked instead, ignoring his comments. "What was she doing to your head?"
"I don't know but it felt like my brain was exploding. Thank god for healing factors."
"You think you're real cute, huh?" Klaus asked as he finally turned to her leaving Greta on the ground in tears as she healed. "I was being really nice to you today and this is how you treat me?" He shook his head. "Well...I have an idea now."
Damon's face went demonic as he pulled Bonnie behind him. "I don't like your ideas." He replied angrily.
"Bonnie seems to not like vampires, right? I say we give her to the werewolves. Our way of saying 'hey, we're sorry Damon is such a fuck up. Here's something he likes for you to play with'." Klaus continued, his eyes lighting up as Damon's face dropped. "I knew you'd like that. Guys, get the witch."
Bonnie was torn away from Damon's grip as he was quickly stabbed in the neck with vervain. He fell to the floor with a loud thump as she struggled against the two other vampires.
"Damon!" She screamed, but he didn't move. "Damon!" The lights around the room began to flicker on and off as the glass began to crack. She continued to reach out to his unconscious body as Klaus watched the room in amazement. Even with no knowledge on spells or how to use her magic, she was still powerful.
"Knock her out too." He said finally, tired of seeing the other vampires freak out at the change of their surroundings.
"Da-" Everything suddenly went black for her as she laid limply in one of the vampire's arms.
"Ok then...does anyone else have a problem they would like to address at this meeting?" Klaus asked as he turned back to the crowd. He saw a young vampire raise her hand eagerly. "Yes, Anna?"
"Stefan killed Ben!"
