Bonnie ran as fast as she could through the woods. She fell multiple times and tripped on branches, but she kept going. She was on her way to freedom, only if she knew exactly where she was so her plan was to run until she found signs of civilization or a town, but parts of her wondered if this was all a trick, if her escaping was just a way for Klaus to get a laugh in because she swears she's passed some of these trees before.

Stopping to catch her breath, Bonnie looked around wanting to scream out for help, but didn't want to give away where she was just in case they were looking for her. She listened closely and a smile was brought to her face when she heard water and made her way towards it.

Tears streamed down her face, her not really knowing the reason, as she walked over to the small stream cupping water in her hands before drinking. Her throat was very dry and the first gulp hurt going down, but she continued to drink and when she was done, splash some water on her face rubbing her eyes so she could see clearer.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out, Bonnie decided to stick to her original plan so she looked around for a tree that was climbable and made her way up it.

Hope was out of the picture when she saw nothing but endless amounts of trees and she was ready to break down until she spotted smoke coming from about two miles North. She had no idea who she was heading towards, but she prayed that it was someone who could help her out of this place or at least point her in the right direction.

Two days ago

Stefan didn't want to let go of his hope, but as the weeks passed he started to wonder if they would ever find her.

They searched and walked on private properties, broke into homes, contacted witches only to be turned down since Klaus was involved. They swore that they would protect them from Klaus, but the witches weren't stupid enough to know that it wouldn't be possible since almost everyone works for Klaus.

Damon tried seducing them but his efforts failed since he's a vampire and vampires are most hated by witches. He was going to let his brother keep looking when inwardly he knew that since Klaus didn't want her to be found, she wouldn't be found. He probably had her someplace on the other side of the world for all they knew.

Damon watched his brother spiral day after day, and he figured that he should place a close eye on his brother before he does something that he will regret.

"Damon?"

"What?"

Stefan turned, "I didn't say anything."

"Damon,"

The elder Salvatore stood from his place on the couch looking around. Stefan eyes his brother wondering if he was going insane. He listened closely but couldn't hear a single voice.

"Damon, it's me."

He stopping his wondering eyes realizing that the voice was coming from in his head. "Bonnie?"

"Bonnie?" Stefan's eyes widened and walked over to his brother.

"Damon,"

He heard her break down in tears but and he wanted so badly to hold her on his arms. "Hey, you're alright, just tell me where you are."

"I don't know," she spoke through tears, "no one will tell me anything."

"Calm down, we'll get you, just look outside and tell me what you see."

Bonnie sniffed in and did as she was told, "Woods. I see nothing but the woods." She sniffed in again. "Damon,"

His heart broke hearing her cry and he could cry himself, but he needed to remain strong for her. "Shh, you're okay, we're going to get you."

Stefan looked at his brother hating that he couldn't hear what Bonnie was saying. He needed to hear her voice, he needed to know that she was okay. He repeatedly played their last conversation that they had over the phone over and over again in his head because her voice was the only thing that kept him going.

"Magic," Damon suddenly said, "I know you don't have a lot of experience, but-"

"I can't, Damon. Klaus had a witch drain most of my powers, I wasn't sure if this spell was going to work but it did and I'm already weak. I've been trying this for days, I'm not sure what's different but I can't hang on much longer."

"Alright, I'll let you go then, but just tell me, do you think you're in Mystic Falls?"

"I think so. Hayley, the wolf that Klaus got pregnant, is pretty stubborn so I don't think she would've been up for a-"

"Bonnie?" Damon waited but heard nothing, "Shit!"

"What, what happened? Is she okay?" Stefan quickly asked.

"She's fine, she says she's someplace with a lot of woods in Mystic Falls somewhere but that's all I got before she ran out of juice."

"What do you mean?"

"Klaus had some witch drain most of her magic, she could barely pull this one off."

Stefan sighed then as an idea popped in his head, he grabbed his jacket and left. Damon stood there confused but decided to let him handle whatever it was.

In about twenty minutes, Stefan was in Sheriff Forbes' office asking her to scan the town to find areas with a lot of woods and possibly some sign of architecture. He wasn't sure if Klaus had the house built or just so happened to find the house where it is, but whatever the case, he hoped that it would show up on the satellite.

-::-

Bonnie sat on her bed curled up and only moved when Klaus called her down for dinner. She wished that she was treated like a prisoner when they would just slide the food under the door because the last thing she wanted to do was make conversation with the people that trapped her here against her own will.

She opened the door and stopped her eye roll seeing him smirk. She moved her head away when his hand reaches to touch the side of her face.

Klaus smiled then his face changed as he pushed her against the wall with his hand around her neck. Bonnie tried to calm her breathing not wanting him to know that she was afraid of him when on the inside she was terrified of what he could do. Her eyes narrowed as his head moved closer to hers and she felt his hold loosen and those once narrowed eyes turned wide as he kissed her. His lips were soft reminding her of Stefan's and she's guesses that's why she kissed him back allowing her eyes to close.

"Klaus!"

Bonnie gasped pulling away now realizing what she was doing and quickly got out of his hold speeding down the stairs. Klaus let out a breath looking over at his baby mama rubbing her stomach. He didn't even know why she was so upset, he thought that he made it clear that they would never going to happen and starts regretting having her live under the same roof as him but then he remembered the baby and turned to go downstairs.

Bonnie felt weird under Hayley's stare but she tried not to act affected by it. Dinner was more quiet than usual but Klaus still tried to act like he was interested in her life but Bonnie tried to keep her answers to a minim not wanting to upset the pregnant lady.

After dinner, Bonnie made her way upstairs and was only in her room for about a minute when there was a knock on the door. She thought that it would be Klaus looking for a follow up, but instead Hayley walked in.

"You need to leave." She came right out and said.

"Excuse me?"

"Not the reaction I'd thought I get. I figured you be more happy."

"I mean I am, this just surprised me, that's all. I uh, how?"

"Tomorrow around noon, I'll go for a walk and have Ann lift the spell so I can wander more freely. When I see that everything's clear, I'll nod and that's when you make a run for it."

"Do you know how I get home? Is there some sort of path to take?"

"Running straight would be your best bet. We're still in Mystic Falls but at the far end of it. I'm sure you'll run into a street or something sooner or later."

Bonnie nodded. "Thank you, Hayley."

"I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for my family."

She nodded again and only sat back down when she walked out. She felt lighter, her whole being felt lighter and she just wanted to float around the room. Bonnie tried to tell Damon or Stefan about the plan and she's tried a few times, but in the end couldn't make the connection strong enough. Sighing, she decided to get some rest so she'll be energized for tomorrow.

-::-

Stefan walked through the doors after getting the information he hoped he needed about Bonnie's location.

"I think I know where she is."

Damon sat up hearing the words that he so desperately wanted to hear as so as she was gone. "Where?"

"Here's the map, I talked to Liz to see if she could use the satellite to look up some place surrounded by woods and this was our best bet. I say we head over there tomorrow."

"Why not now? We can just snatch her and leave."

"If we do that Damon, Klaus will get her again. We have to work out some sort of plan or deal to insure that this won't happen again."

"…Fine." Damon said out of frustration but he knew that his brother was right.

Stefan nodded once then headed upstairs. He hoped that tomorrow will work out well and just hoped that Klaus didn't want to swap Bonnie for himself but even if he did, he'd agree just so that the love of his life can be free.

Bonnie watched Hayley as she walked outside looking around to see if anymore was spying on her. She was a little scared that the plan would go wrong and if she did get caught trying to escape, she knew that Hayley would pretend that she didn't set everything up and she'd be alone probably back in the chamber downstairs.

She saw her nod and she doesn't know why she hesitated a little but she forced her legs to move. She didn't look back, and if she could go back in time she would've because if she did, she would've saw Stefan and Damon making their way up the pathway.

Stefan knocked and they waited a little before it opened.

"Where's Bonnie?"

"Straight to the point, I see."

"Where is she, Klaus?"

"Calm down, she's here. Upstairs. What can I do for you boys?"

"We're prepared to make some sort of deal. Something you want in trade for Bonnie and your word on not taking her again."

Klaus narrowed his eyes looking back and forth between the brothers and let them inside. He offered them something to drink but they both turned it down not wanting to mingle but to do business.

"How about-"

"Wait," Damon said cutting Klaus off, "we want to see her first before we discuss anything."

"Fair enough. Ann!" Klaus called and a woman descended down the stairs. "Go fetch Bonnie for me, tell her I have people that she would like to see." He kept his attention to the boys.

Ann nodded then did as she was told walking up to Bonnie's room knocking on the door and when she didn't get an answer, she opened the door and spotted that she wasn't there. Worried eyes searched the room and other rooms after that in the house but the witch was no where insight.

"Excuse me, Sir," Ann started, "we have a bit of a problem."

He turned to face her. "What type of problem?"

"Bonnie is… not here."

"What?" The three men said.

"She's not in her room or any other room in the house. She may have escaped."

"How could she have escaped when there's a barrier–wait, how did you two get in here?" He turned to face the Salvatores.

"We just walked in, why?"

Klaus closed his eyes letting out a breath through his nose and turned back to Ann. "Ann. Love. Why is the barrier spell broken?"

"Hayley told me that she wanted to go for a walk to visit her wolf family and I-"

"Didn't think." Klaus finished. "You didn't think."

"I'm sorry, I had no idea that Bonnie even knew. She usually stays in the room all day."

"I hate to break this up," Damon started, "but there's a witch on the loose that we would very much love to see so how about whoever catches her first, keeps her. No questions asked, no trying to get her back. If you get her, we'll leave you and her alone, but if we find her, you'll leave her and us alone. Deal?"

"Fine. Deal."

Klaus was out the house in a flash and the brothers cursed before going after him. Klaus was a hybrid which meant his senses were heightened more and with the head start that he had, they feared that he would find her first.

*Somewhere in the woods

As the smell of smoke got closer, Bonnie started to walk slower trying to see if she could spot someone or something. She heard no one but as she kept walking, a camouflaged tent came to view. She looked back and when she returned her eyes forward, she gasped when there was a man standing in front of her. He had a smile on his face and Bonnie didn't know if it was a friendly one or a wicked one.

"You look so familiar." He said then circled her.

"I'm not sure if you know me," Bonnie said when their eyes locked again, "I've been pretty much isolated for a while now."

"So you're like that princess or whatever the one with the long hair? Did you escape the castle?"

"I guess you can say that. I'm just trying to find my way home."

He studied her a little longer then tilted his head to the side signaling her to follow. Bonnie hesitated a little but there was a chance that he knew the way out of here and she wasn't going to leave just yet.

"How about you get something to eat?"

Bonnie didn't say anything just sat down where he extended his hand and took the tin can in her hand that was filled with soup. She knew that she shouldn't eat and just turn it down, but it smelt too good and her stomach started to growl remembering that she skipped breakfast and lunch because she was too agitated to even think about food.

"I'm Lu by the way." He said as she started eating.

"Bonnie."

He nodded then took a seat beside her eating some soup of his own. Things were pretty much silent between them and Bonnie suddenly felt hopeful when he asked her the question that she wanted him to.

"So where is home, Bonnie? With eyes like yours I'd say someplace ancient like Egypt."

She chuckled. "I wish. I'm actually from Mystic Falls."

She saw his eyes light up, "Well lucky for you, that's where we are. Where at the farthest end of Mystic Falls though, but I can point you in the right direction."

"Thank you." He nodded. "Hey, I just have a question, why are you camped out here?"

As soon as she asked the question, her head started to spin and her vision became blurred and Lu's words faded in and out.

"Bonnie? Are you alright?" We're the last words she heard before she saw black.

Bonnie woke up she doesn't know how long after she passed out. Her eyes blinked and she tried to move but she was tied up in the back of some wooden wagon being pulled by a horse. Her eyes narrowed some more trying to see for it has gotten dark and when she noticed that Lu was the one riding, she grew confused.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Ah, my Rapunzel is up. You're stronger than I thought you were otherwise I would've gave you an extra dose."

"Dose of what? Where are you taking me?"

"Back to Klaus, silly." He ignored her first question. "I've always known when I've seen you, Bonnie, but I pretended to act a fool. I work for Klaus, he knew that by someway or how you would get out so I set up camp here and light my fire knowing that you'll follow some sign of civilization."

Bonnie tried not to beat herself up about her decision, she needed to focus on how to get out of the ties and just as she was going to attempt her magic, there was the sound of leaves being stepped on. Lu stopped to look around and Bonnie's eyes widened knowing that it was Klaus. She gasped when the noise got closer and before she knew it, a hand was over her mouth as she screamed being whisked away but soon the screaming subsided and she was soon breathing erratically as she saw Stefan.

"You're okay, I'm getting you out of here."

Damon soon joined his brother's side and their legs kept moving hearing Klaus yell in the distance.

Bonnie felt like crying and she's surprised that she held it all in until they reached home. She clung to Stefan as he held her closer to his body shushing her, running his hand down her hair. Damon knew that his brother was the better comforter so he let the two be but made plans to talk to her in the morning.

"Hey, I got you. I promise he will never touch you again, alright?"

Bonnie nodded and sniffed in. Stefan stood from the couch and carried her upstairs into his room and helped her change. He noticed the anger in her eyes as they laid down so he questioned her about it wanting her to get everything out.

"I hate myself, Stefan."

"Bonnie-"

"I'm so fucking weak, I can't do anything, I'm supposed to be strong, I know that I have it in me, but I'm just a punk."

"Babe-"

"He didn't do anything to me Stefan, nothing bad at least. He didn't abuse me or make me do anything horrible so why was I crying?" She wiped away her tears, "And here I go again, God, I'm so stupid." She sat up.

Stefan followed suit and moved his hand to her back but she pushed it away. He frowned.

"But he was." Stefan started. "Klaus was going to make you do horrible things and hurt you maybe not physically but mentally. He was going to and if anyone knows that, it's me and the thought of you going dark and killing scares you as it should. He may not have done anything right away, Bonnie, but he was. I'm just glad that we got you back before that all happened because I don't want to lose you.

"You are strong, Bonnie, you're very strong, you took out his hybrids by yourself with so little practice and if something demonstrates strength, it's that." He moved his hand back to her back again and was relieved when she didn't push his hand away this time. "Let me teach you. Next week, when we're all calm, we'll spend a full 24 hours together and we can practice magic and talk and just hang out. What d'you say?"

She looked back at him and nodded. "I'd love that."

He smiled and kissed her. "There's a place that I want to show you," he moved his hand to her face, "I've been wanting to show you for a while, but I think now's the perfect time."

She nodded then moved into his arms letting out a breath when his hold tightened. "I love you, Stefan."

"I love you too. So, so damn much."

The next morning, Bonnie made her way to Damon's room as Stefan was showering and crawled into bed with him. He was still asleep or at least his eyes were still closed but as soon as she laid beside him, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his body.

"There's my girl."

She smiled and moved her hand to the side of his face and kissed him. He kissed her sweetly back and ran his hand up her back.

"How are you feeling, babe?"

"Better. Much better."

"That's good, I'm glad. I never want to lose you again. I was going insane, but I kept it all in so I could be strong for you."

"How go you do it, Damon? How do you remain so strong all the time?"

He thought then shrugged. "I guess it's a perk of being a vampire. That and also just believing that whatever you're going through, you'll get through it. It's kind of like being brave. It's a choice. You can't be brave if you never face your demons and you can't be strong if you don't push yourself."

Bonnie soaked in his words then nodded. He was right, just like Stefan had told her last night, she wiped out those hybrids and she knew that the only way she did that was because she believed and pushed herself. She knew that if she doubted her ability then there was a possibility that the spell could've been a fail.

She thanked Damon for his wise words to which he just smiled and kissed her before holding her even close telling her that he loves her and she tells him such back.