AN; Sorry for the shortness of this chapter guys, but I wanted to give you something. I hope you're enjoying it so far. Remember- they found the cure and retrieved it without waking Silas. Just thought I'd let you know. Also, I'm adding some original characters, so I hope you'll enjoy them. Until then, happy reading!
Wolf father, at the door
You don't smile anymore
You're a drifter, shapeshifter
Let me see you run
"Bonnie?" she said.
Bonnie smiled a small smile at her and said; "Hi Caroline."
Caroline's breath caught in her throat before she flashed to her best friend, tackling her in a hug. She hadn't seen Bonnie in over a decade, and sometimes she really missed her witchy best friend. She had often wished for Bonnie to meet Sarah. She knew that Bonnie would love the little girl, and she was the only one Caroline would trust completely with teaching Sarah her magic.
"Bonnie, where am I? How are you alive?" Caroline asked with tears falling down her face.
"Caroline, please, sit. I'll explain everything but I need you to calm down first," Bonnie said.
Caroline's eyes were wide and she said; "Calm down? Calm down! Bonnie, you've been dead for over a decade, and you're telling me to calm down!"
"Yes! You have to be calm and have an open mind before you can accept what I'm about to tell you," she replied.
Caroline took a deep breath before sitting on the bed, next to Sarah. She was still asleep after Caroline's hysterics, so naturally the blonde vamp was worried. "Bonnie, will she be okay? She's not waking up," she said.
"She's younger, and her body is smaller and less developed than yours. Plus, she's not full-blooded vampire, so she doesn't heal as quickly as you do, but she will be fine with time. She should wake up within the hour," Bonnie explained.
"Okay, that's good. So, where am I? Are we dead?" Caroline asked.
"No, you're not dead, and I'm no longer dead," Bonnie said.
"How?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie sighed before sitting in the chair next to the bed. "It's complicated. There are things cooking up that are bigger than all of us, Caroline. I was never meant to die- there were so many people who weren't meant to die. They brought me back with specific instructions," Bonnie said.
"What instructions? What's going to happen?" Caroline asked.
"There is a witch- a very old one- who has been the bane of the spirits' existence for almost 1,800 years. She's mad with power, and she's preparing to rise and overthrow Klaus as the most powerful creature on the planet," Bonnie said.
"So, we have to stop her?" Caroline asked.
"That's just it- there's only one person who can stop her. Only someone with a match of her true power can stop her. Sarah is the only one who even has a chance at ending her," she replied.
"What!? She's just a little girl! She's not going to be caught up in this witchy business- I won't allow it," Caroline said.
"Caroline, she's the only one who can do it. But, she can only do it by fully accepting Klaus and all his… issues," she explained.
Caroline rolled her eyes and said; "She does accept him. He's her father!"
"No, Caroline, she accepts the Klaus that she knows. She doesn't know or understand all the things he's done in the past, and the only way for her to truly accept him is if she knows what he's done. That's why I had to bring you here- she has to see it for herself," Bonnie replied.
"Wait… bring us where? I still don't know where we are, or why you brought me if it's Sarah who must accept him," Caroline said.
Bonnie stood and began pacing as she talked. Caroline finally noticed how she was dressed, and it confused her even more. "I had to bring you along with Sarah, because I couldn't separate a mother and child. That would be an atrocity. You might not be her biological mother, but you stepped up to the plate. You raised her, and loved her more than yourself for the past ten years. The spirits have deemed you her mother in all things, except childbirth. As for where you are: You're in Italy!" she said.
"We're in Italy?" Caroline asked.
"Yep," Bonnie said before she mumbled something that Caroline couldn't understand.
"What was that second part?" she asked.
Bonnie sighed and said, with complete seriousness: "You're in Italy, in the year 1114."
Caroline and Sarah had been gone for less than a day, and already Klaus was losing it. He wanted them back- he didn't care where they were. He just wanted to know that they were safe and alive. He spent most of his time in his art room, where everyone knew to leave him be. Everyone, that is, except his annoying family. His attention was on the tumbler of bourbon in his hand when his brother entered the room.
"What is it Elijah?" Klaus asked,
"Miss Devereaux is awake now," he said.
"And does she know what happened to them?" he asked.
Elijah nodded and said; "Yes, but you're going to want to hear it from her."
The two of them left the art room and went to the den. The fire was blazing in the fireplace, but Klaus couldn't tell if it were giving off warmth or not. He didn't really care. He wanted to hear the news that Sophie Devereaux was bringing. When they entered the room, Klaus noticed Sophie pacing in front of the fireplace, wringing her hands from worry. Her head was bowed, and her eyes closed, as if she were praying; and she should be if the news she brought wasn't good. Klaus noticed Stefan and Rebekah watching her from the sofa; worry was etched into their faces.
"Miss Devereaux," Elijah said, making their presence known.
She stopped her pacing and looked to the Originals. She took a deep breath and waited for someone else to speak.
"Well… what do you know?" Klaus demanded impatiently.
"They're not dead," Sophie replied.
This peaked Klaus' interest, and he said; "Well, if they're not dead, where are they?"
"They were transported as far away from here as they could go," Sophie replied.
"So they're on the other side of the world, then?" Rebekah asked.
Sophie sighed and shook her head. "No, it's a bit more complicated than that," Sophie replied.
"Then why don't you simplify it for us, before I separate your head from your body," Klaus threatened, as he lifted Sophie by her throat. "Well, little witch?"
"Time," she choked out, and he dropped her.
"What?" Elijah asked.
"Time is the longest distance between two places, Klaus. They were sent back in time," Sophie explained.
"Why?" Stefan asked.
Sophie stood and dusted herself off. "There is something brewing with the spirits. There's a very old and powerful witch who has been a thorn in their side for almost 1800 years. She wants the power of the original family for herself, and she's preparing to fight you to get it," Sophie said.
"What does that have to do with Caroline and my daughter?" Klaus shouted.
Sophie didn't even flinch. She simply said; "Sarah is the most powerful creature on this planet. She's the only one who has even a dream of defeating her. She'll need help, but she's the only one who can lead the other witches to help her."
"What does that even mean- and what does Caroline have to do with it?" Rebekah asked.
"To separate a mother from her daughter would be a travesty. The spell would not allow for it, so Caroline was sent along with her. Plus, with Caroline there, it will provide for a balance of opinion," the young witch explained.
"An opinion of what?" Elijah asked.
"Since Klaus is the one the ancient witch wants to defeat, he has to prove himself worthy of Sarah's help. That's what the spirits have decreed. All Sarah knows is the father side of Klaus. She has to learn of everything you've done in the past, and she has to understand it, before she can make an informed decision. That's why she was sent back in time," Sophie explained.
"So basically, she has to learn all of the things that Klaus has done, and then say that they're no big deal, and want to help him anyway," Rebekah said.
"Basically, but that's why it's a good thing that Caroline is there. She'll provide the counter-arguments for helping Klaus. Also, if she does this and defeats the ancient witch, all vampires will be rewarded with something they've been denied since their creation," Sophie said.
That got everyone's attention, and Elijah said; "What will we be awarded?"
"They didn't tell me. All they said was that you had someone on the other side arguing your case, and they brought forth several convincing arguments that showed vampires weren't just abominations of nature. If this works, you'll be left alone by the spirits- you'll no longer be hated based solely on what you are," she explained.
"So what do we do now?" Stefan asked.
"You should find out more about the witch you need to defeat, and to do that you need to find her sisters- Fiametta and Philomena," Sophie said.
"Then get busy with the locator spells, little witch. You have twenty-four hours," Klaus said before leaving to his art room again.