Elena
The draped doorway opened and a single gypsy boy walked in, dragging a girl in. I lowered my eyes and pressed my knees closer to my chest. The gypsy boy snickered at me when he locked the shackles around the girl's wrists and ankles.
"So you're the beast everyone was talking about?...I didn't expect you to be so beautiful."
I closed my eyes and rested my chin on my knees. "Go away, boy. I'm in no mood of talking to anyone."
"Oh well don't be so sure about that..Your friend should be waking up any moment now."
He left the tent. I slowly opened my eyes and sat up a little straighter. I gasped when I saw Bonnie's body laying straight on the floor. I crawled to her side as far as the shackles let me. I lifted her head and let it rest on my lap.
I stroked her cheeks and brushed the strands of hair off her face. "Bonnie. Bonnie. Wake up. Oh god stay with me, dear friend...Wake up. Wake up, please."
She breathed in a long breath and blinked her eyes. I sighed in relief as her eyes finally opened. When she looked up at my face, she instantly sat up and embraced me in her arms.
"Where have you been?! You worried me to death!"
A single tear drop fell down my cheek. I rubbed my palms on her back and stroked it in long circles. "Bonnie, you scared me. Oh god thank you for staying alive."
She slowly pulled away from me and slipped her hands to mine. She started to look around, now looking frightened. "Where are we?"
I wiped my wet cheeks with my sleeve. "In the Red Eye...How did you get here anyway?"
"I was caught by a boy. He kidnapped me here...Elena, I fear that man you were talking with suspects something from me. I think he knows."
"Bonnie, we have to get out of here. I have a feeling this damn gypsy's leader is going to force us on another agreement again."
"Agreement? That's right. I saw it from my -"
I placed a finger on her lip and pointed to the doorway. She took my hand and put it down. "It's alright if we whisper, there's two men outside, but they won't be able to hear us. I can sense them from here."
I nodded. "So you saw everything?"
"Not everything. But enough. I'm glad you disagreed to the offer. But Elena, I think now that I'm here, and that things are obviously going off hand, accept the offer."
I frowned and pulled my hands away from her grasp. "Are you mad? You want me to accept his proposal? Bonnie, he's expecting me to betray and kill the most powerful man in this country. I don't understand why you're encouraging this."
"Elena it's the only way for us to escape. Think about it. If Klaus' rebellion succeed and you kill the king before they attack, this country will be taken care of Klaus and his brothers. For the first time, dear friend, let's walk away and live the life we want except dreaming of it in our heads."
"Bonnie."
She folded her fingers with mine. "Elena. I know surviving what you are has tortured you to accept this curse in you...But once this all ends, and you make an exchange with Klaus for Stefan's dead body, our life will change with no concern but happiness and peace...I hate hiding. And I hate what the two of us are in this bloody society. Let's just please..please walk away from everything that has the memories of the past. The past that we regret from happening. The past we can never change. The past that still haunt us and still holds its ground. The past that still scars us today. Let's move on."
~ Klaus came in the room. Bonnie and I held each other's hands, still on the floor.
He bend down and looked straight at my face. "Well, isn't this lovely. A grand friendship reunited to each other's arms How heartwarming."
"Save the sarcasm, Klaus. I have a deal to make with you."
He smirked and nodded for me to proceed. "The deal you presented to me a few hours ago, I just changed my mind. I agree to it. I'll go to the palace and go to the king."
"Wonderful..But since there is more to deal with on the table, I would like another side to the deal involving your friend here."
I gritted my teeth tightly. "Bonnie stays out of this. And if you don't, then the deal is off."
"Oh now, Elena. I never met a witch before. It really poisons one's mind when they have one right in front of them."
"Bonnie is in poor skill with her gift. She will not be able to accomplish whatever you're thinking in that gypsy ginger hair of yours."
"I am not a gypsy, love. And I hardly doubt your friend will have any trouble with this request I ask for." He turned his attention to her. "Since we're all together. Let's have this quick talk before I summon one of my men to take you both back to Damon's castle...Bonnie, do you swear to be honest with me?"
She glanced at me and back at him. "Of course you can. What good is there for me to lie if my life is trapped in your dangerous hands, along with my secret."
"Excellent. Perhaps you can explain to me what Elena really is. Is she really a beast of the devil? Or is she just a remarkable discovery of immortality?"
"She is neither, sir. Just cursed by one of my kind."
"Cursed by another witch? Interesting. And yet you two are friends. How did that become possible?"
I wanted to speak, but I promised Bonnie I'll keep quiet.
"We both are hated by the world. It will be absurd and depressing to hate each other if the two of us are in the same situation here in this brutal world. So why not befriend one another as one and become trusted sisters?"
"Then what curse did one of your kind cast upon this beautiful woman?"
"Just a curse that transforms you inhumanely...She is normal in human form. But she cannot consume the food we human eat nor can she be scarred who injured or ill in any way."
"How about death?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know the answer to that question, sir. But she grows the same as I do every year. When she's hurt by a sharp object or drown in a river of water she always come back to life after..."
He lifted an eyebrow now eagerly curious what she has to say. "After what?"
Bonnie glanced at me and I signaled her to tell him. "After she feeds."
"Feeds? Feeds on what exactly?"
"Well, not exactly what but who."
He frowned. But after a long moment, he realized what she meant and he crawled a few feet backwards. His expression is full of astonishment and disbelief. "...Y-you feed on people?"
"Only on men. So you better not anger me, because when I get hungry I could control it for a while, but I attack when I must."
I can see a slight fear on his face which somehow amuses me a little. "You're lying? You're lying aren't you?"
"I wish I was. I would kill thousands of men if I can to be cured. But that can never happen."
It took a while for Klaus to recover, but he continued with business, keeping distance from me. "Is there anything else I should know about?"
"Yes. After all this ends, I want Stefan's body."
"Stefan's body? What would you want to do with him?"
"No comment. Just give him to me and make sure he's dead. Bonnie and I will leave the very next day. Just give us some money and you will never hear from us again."
"Wait. Are you planning to feed on him? You can get any other man but why does it have to be Stefan?"
"Because he's the last hope I have...If I take his heart and feed on it, I may be able to be cured, its too complicated to explain... I want the day for me to be free to happen as soon as possible. You would never understand what its like to be me. But for now, just help me with this, and I will do the same by following the deal you presented."
"...I do not care for Stefan. You can take him for all I care. I will hand him over to you right after my men and I attack."
"Then, I guess I have a few hours off before going to bed. The king awaits for me."
