A/N: I want to say thank you to all of you that have read my story. It gave me an extra boost everyday to see the views and comments. Here is the final chapter.
"Stop, I'm fine," Bonnie shouted from inside the house. Kol bounced back against the extended boundary set up to prevent any supernatural being from within a hundred feet of the house without permission. Everyone in the house looked at Bonnie with piercing glares. Bonnie finally began to realize how unsafe she really was.
Everything seems to move in slow motion when you get into an accident, she heard a long time ago. Her life that she thought had slipped away from her. With a few words, she had destroyed her life. Kol clutched the transparent barrier that she had put up earlier that day. She used the skills that she had learned under his guidance, her own custom spell she had added to her family's spell book, becoming her own witch.
His face was more concerned than shocked. It was the first moment she really saw him frozen in time, his short hair absent of any product clung to his face. The disheveled clothing that was littered with stains, made him seem almost as human as her. His squinting eyes kept widening as he screamed for her to come out, but she couldn't hear anything. Her mind had shut out all sounds and all she could hear was her heartbeat, beating loud and fast. She looked at him from the corner of her eye unable to look away from the scene happening in front of her.
Bonnie turned around to see her friends' faces slowly turn from shock to disgust. Caroline rushed to window to see her dark secret waiting without a care in the world. She pulled her friend away from the window as if she was in danger. She barely exchanged any looks before she heard the quick steps of Elena. The room was filled with silent exchanges as they digested the knowledge.
Elena's eyes widened and blonde hair whipped around as she turned to Bonnie. Her eyes had signs of the tears to come. Her mouth slightly agape as she ran forward and Stefan grabbed her before she could reach her. Stefan's face and demeanor was the same as she first walked through the door, so uncaring and yet so hostile.
She couldn't move as the lips of the inhabitants began to move at her angrily. She could only give an empty stare at her friends shrieking at each other. The touch upon her shoulder finally removed her from the state, throwing her back to reality, the reality that had been changed forever. The sound rushed back so fast it hurt her like a punch in the face. The swirl of raised voices jarred her brain as it tried to figure which one to listen to. She looked to see who the hand that somehow kept her stable belonged to and saw the face of Damon Salvatore looking back at her.
Damon had done his share of evil for the sake of love. Always running the gauntlet for the women that would never love him the same way and he had gotten used to the sadness. Seeing the brown skin girl who had always been a beacon of purity shut down in front of him filled him with a different ache. Her thousand yard stare reminded him of every time the woman he loved walked away from him. She clutched her hand so tight that he swore he smelled the scent of blood emanate from the closed fist. He moved quickly to take her to his side, lifting the immobile girl further away from the window. All he could do was reassure her because once the truth came out, he couldn't imagine what she would feel.
Kol tried repeatedly to break the barrier with brute force. He had seen Damon move her further away from his view. The rage that filled him began to mix with the possibility of Bonnie's life being taken from as he waited outside. Klaus tried to drag his brother away from the barrier with no avail. Kol just placed his hand on the only thing keeping him from touching his brown hair girl. He just wanted her to come out and be in his arms again.
Bonnie felt nothing as her friends finally turned the attention to her. The accusations were so ridiculous that she would have laughed if it wasn't her. Damon's voice boomed through the room as he called for silence. He gave Bonnie a slight push indicated the shaking girl to speak.
"I don't remember even how it started, but we are something more than friends. I really…I really…love him," Bonnie spoke with her voice cracking.
"So you are one of his whores now?" Caroline asked venomously staring daggers into Bonnie. It had awoken a fire that had long been pushed down under the weight of her soul. The slap resounded in the room as silence took over. Bonnie didn't flinch as Caroline's veins revealed her growing lust for her head. She finally stopped wearing her teenage shell and showed who she had become.
"You want to call me whore when you were sneaking in and out Klaus's house like a snake? We asked you to spy on him, not sleep with him!" Bonnie seethed
"I was young and…"
"Don't you dare! Don't you fucking dare! I know who you send a postcard to every time you move to a new city!"
Caroline began to breathe heavily as Bonnie threw back all the knowledge she thought was just between her and Klaus while Bonnie continued to make fun of her gifts and intimate details that could have only been found out by Kol. Her mind racked against the compulsion that showed Klaus so beastly to her, but it made so much more sense. Kol was the one, the same one who was waiting inside and destroys them all. There were very few times she was scared, but she had never been so frightened in her life. She looked over to Kol whose eyes were red but without any veins. She slumped against the wall not caring about the broken glass as she prayed Klaus would save her.
Bonnie looked down at her without a single bit of sympathy. Stefan took to opportunity try to take Bonnie to the door when she felt the eerie feeling again. The touch made her see flashes a cup with something sprinkled in it. She ripped away her arm from him, looking at him for the first time in a different light. Her heart threatened to leave her chest as the realization poured over her. All of her feelings, all of her fear, and everything that she had felt when she was with them made sense. She looked over to Kol outside of the bubble her magic helped put up. How long had Kol known? she thought to herself.
"Elena, I just wanted to say goodbye. I loved you like a sister," Bonnie said softly
"I don't anymore. I don't ever want to see your face again."
"After everything you have put me through, it's nice to see you are as heartless as your husband," Bonnie snapped back
She looked at all of her former friends, trying to memorize the faces she would never see again. She had no heavy heart for the decision she made for herself. She gave her arm back to Stefan who walked her out to the lawn only a few feet from the door.
"I wish it didn't have to end this way," Stefan said morosely
"Me either" Bonnie said before sending paralyzing pain to his brain. With a flick of her wrist she broke the barrier letting in the barreling Kol. He swept her off her feet with small tears in his eyes.
His arms enveloped her, threatening to break her concentration. She never thought she would be so at home in the arms of her once enemy, yet it was the only thing keeping her from breaking into a million pieces. She looked into his darkening eyes that receded to show the soft brown eyes she had awakened to so many mornings. Even with her hair so tussled, she looked like a goddess in his eyes. Tears began to build in her eyes as she thought of all they had been through. He leaned in and kissed her. His hands tangled in her hair as he kissed the soft lips he fought for all morning. She could taste the copper of blood that lingered in his mouth as she kissed him even deeper, wanting to be closer. She clutched the back of his shirt, causing dried blood to flake to the ground. As he turned her head away from his kiss to look at the source of her pain, one arm encircled her protectively as he looked back with his reddened eyes again.
Damon held back the screaming Elena who tried her best to reach her husband. Nothing could be done and he knew it in his very soul. Bonnie kissed Kol with love that he had always wished for. He hoped for a miracle to save him, but he had seen that look of love on a face before. He often found himself wearing it for the many years he tried to free Katherine. It didn't make it less difficult to see his brother fight against the magic that was weakening him. In the old days, a distracted Bonnie equaled no magic, but she managed to have a hold on him even as she whispered "I love yous" to Kol.
Klaus walked over to Stefan and broke his spine with a well-placed hit with a rock. Elena's screams became shrieks for anybody to help and stop this. The blonde thought to save herself, but she could not ignore her friend's pleas. Caroline ran out of the house to talk to Klaus, hoping to appeal to his softer side.
"Stop this! I'll do anything, if you just stop this right now!" Caroline pleaded.
"Sorry, love, this is their show," Klaus said, shoving Caroline hard against the side of the house. Caroline looked up in disbelief at how uncaring he was. He had always told her how much she meant to him, how she was so special and how he wanted the best for her.
"You can't treat me like this!" She yelled, charging at him with a log that lay near her. The heavy stick broke across Klaus's face, bloodying it. Klaus snatched it out of her hands as she raised it again. He broke it apart over his knee and looked up to see Caroline still staring. She started backing away as he touched his nose that was running with blood. He quickly snatched her up with his hand around her throat lifting her high, staring at her as if she was nothing more than prey before throwing her through another window in the house.
"Stay put and maybe I let you live," Klaus yelled.
"Are you okay? If they hurt you again, I'll kill them all," Kol repeated over again as she kissed him. Bonnie kissed him harder than she ever did before and squeezed him with all of her might. She wanted to know if she was crazy, that she was wrong, and that he was evil again.
"How did you know? Tell me the truth!" she asked softly, looking him in the eyes to make sure he couldn't run away from it again.
"The moment you said where you had been. Klaus overestimated how much they cared for Elena. I don't know who gave it to you exactly."
Kol kicked Stefan in his stomach, causing blood to spit out of his mouth. He turned to Bonnie apologetically. "Look away, I don't want you to see this."
Elena finally hit Damon in the groin, gaining freedom from his grip. She bolted as quickly as she could to Stefan. Klaus was distracted from the now free Elena who darted across the yard screaming her beloved's name. Kol moved with the quickness of a cat, grabbing her up in his arms and there was no escape. Bonnie wanted to feel for her friend who looked at her with contempt.
It was in that moment, she realized that she knew at a glance there would always be a chance for her, a chance for the love she always craved. Kol looked at Bonnie who, even in the turmoil, did not move to save her friends but stared at him with concern. He would never do anything without her approval regarding Elena. Just one beat of her heart made eternity worth living and that was stranger than fantasy. He had finally found someone that he would die for and there was no way he could ever risk her leaving.
Stefan reached out his hand, trying to crawl to Elena who was still being held by Kol. The veins that appeared on his face were larger than she expected. She had never seen him feed, only hearing stories. His eyes became onyx globes, replacing the soft brown eyes. His veins were different than the rest of his family, spreading more and almost encompassing his face, but the most shocking feature was how large his fangs were. There was no delicateness in his feedings she could tell. They were built for damage and it was his nature to damage.
He looked down to bite Elena who tried to hold back the tears as she stared at her broken husband who was attempting to crawl towards her with no avail. The teeth bit into her neck and she waited for darkness, praying for her children's safety. Bonnie's voice pierced her concentration, making her eyes fly open as the mouth left her skin. She was pushed roughly to the ground, feeling her wrist break in the process. She looked back at her attacker who was more focused on Bonnie who still had her hand up. His face did not change as his lover touched the fangs that were once in her. Elena begged to wake from this nightmare as she looked around to the incapacitated Caroline, the stoic Damon, and amused Klaus.
Immense guilt slipped into his heart as Bonnie touched his blood stained teeth. Bonnie ripped a piece of her clothing to make a rag to wipe his lips of Elena's blood. He was about to apologized until Bonnie put a finger over his lips.
"Originals do not feed from animals," She said coldly.
He kissed her once again for the infinite surprises she put into his life. The taste of her friend's blood did nothing to discourage her enthusiasm of the kiss. After today, Elena would be just somebody she used to know, but he would be hers. He broke the kiss and kissed her on her forehead, turning back to the embracing couple. Elena tried desperately to feed Stefan blood to heal him quicker. She begged him to do something as Kol turned back to his victim.
"Bonnie, after everything, you are throwing it away for a man who is using you! We are sisters, don't let him do this! For the love of God, don't take away the father of my children!" Elena wept as she stroked Stefan's head.
"I've lost everything. I have no family. My mother was a vampire for a year before she was staked. My grandmother died because of you. My father disappeared and to this day I have no idea what happened. All for you. I did it with a smile on my face, but you showed me what you really are," she said with the grace of a queen. "My life is more important than Elena Gilbert and it's time you knew that."
Kol grabbed Stefan with Elena still clinging on, trying to fight back violently. Bonnie used her magic to push her away back into the safety of her house. Damon stood morose as she fell into his arms. Bonnie glanced over in silent agreement of what he was to do with her after this day.
"No, I need to see this," she said, shaking her head with her arms folded. If she was going to choose this path, then she needed to see this. She needed to know if her heart had let go of the love she felt for them. Kol nodded his head slowly as she walked next to him.
"Who did it?" Kol shouted again to the broken body underneath him.
"It was only me. They knew nothing," Stefan admitted.
Kol ripped out his heart and crushed it between his fingers flinging it to the ground. Caroline got up to run after Kol, but was pushed back by Bonnie.
"Try again and it will be the last thing you'll do," Bonnie threatened.
The sound of clapping came from Klaus, admiring his brother's handy work. He looked like a child in a candy shop as he approached Bonnie. "With such a powerful witch on my side, maybe I don't need Elena after all," he spoke slowly, daring her to object.
"I guess not," Bonnie responded just as slowly. "The children may come useful some other time."
"I've always wanted to adopt," he said as he turned back to the house. Bonnie grabbed his hand before he move.
"But not today."
Klaus laughed, kicking over Stefan's body before looking back at her and putting his arm around her shoulder. "Consider this an early wedding gift," He teased as they walked back to the car. Klaus drove as the couple laid in the back tired from their ordeal. She smiled weakly at him. He still bore the stains of his actions. He looked back with adoration, tempted to touch her with his bloodied hand. She grasped it herself and held it over her heart. Bonnie Bennett's and Kol Mikaelson's futures were now entwined and damn with anyone who dared to step in their path