A/N: Alright all, it's been a while – I know. I've spent the past few days re-reading this story, so I could finish it. There aren't too many chapters left in this story. Also, please see the important author's note at the end of this! Thanks!

I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE CHARACTERS.
Music Credit: "Awake and Alive" – Skillet

Chapter Twenty-Four:

~*.*~
'I'm awake – I'm alive.
Now, I know what I believe inside.
Now, it's my time.
I'll do what I want, 'cause this is my life.

(Right here, right now!)
Stand my ground and never back down…
I know what I believe inside.
I'm awake and I'm alive.'
~*.*~

"Bonnie, there isn't much time, I need you to listen." A woman in old clothes said to me. I sat up in bed and inched away from her.

"Who are you?!" I asked her, afraid.

"My name is Emily. I'm your ancestor." She explained. As soon as she said her name, I made the connection.

"Grams told me about you." I told her.

"Good, listen child." She urged me. I nodded and forced myself to focus on her. "I've sent you this vision as a warning." She revealed. I looked at her, confused.

"What vision?" I asked her.

"What you've been living the few months, since before you left Mystic Falls, hasn't come to pass yet. I know that you have had a difficult life, child, but you are destined to be with the Salvatores."

"I don't know a lot about destiny, but I can't put much faith in it. I refuse to believe that everything happens for a reason. Stefan flew off the rails before I even left town. He hadn't even flipped his switch and as soon as Katherine came to town, he couldn't cope with a relationship. No one is going to tell me who I should be with."

"If you make the same choices as before, this is where you end up. Everything that you have foreseen will come to pass. Can you live with that?" She asked me. I bit my lip and stared at her. Did I really want everything that has happened to happen?

"I love Damon." I told her.

"Do you share that same love with Stefan?" She pressed. I thought back on everything.

I feel something for Stefan. Because of everything that has happened, I need someone who will be there for me through thick and thin. Damon has more than proved his chance. Maybe Klaus was right when he said that you can really only love one person. But, why would I feel so strongly for him, if that was true? Yeah, he freaked out when it came to Katherine. But, that doesn't mean that he isn't worth loving. Everyone has skeletons in their closet. It took me a long time to deal with mine; I don't know why I expected Stefan to just be okay with him.

"I do. I love him." I confessed. Emily nodded – she looks proud.

"No one can force you to be with anyone that you don't want, Bonnie." She told me, keeping things vague.

Elijah was… he was convenient. I couldn't deal with losing Stefan, so I leeched onto him. I'm not that woman and I don't want to become her. I don't need a man and I certainly don't need two. I like being friends with Elijah, but I don't think that we're meant to be together. It doesn't feel right.

With Damon and Stefan, they make me feel like better versions of myself. It feels like what love should be. I know that I don't have a lot of experience in the subject, but if the past few months have taught me anything, it's that I shouldn't doubt myself.

"Is that all you came to tell me?" I asked her. She nodded and placed a hand on top of mine.

"Be careful, child. There are many people in this world that will hurt you and more that would love to see you fail. You're a Bennett and you come from Bennett blood. You will flourish – there is no doubt about that. Without the trials in your past, you would not have become the woman that you are now. Don't give up on humanity. It may surprise you."

"I'll do my best." I assured her.

"Wake up, child. It's time for you to wake up." She commanded me. I fell backwards and everything went black. I opened my eyes to my room at the Salvatore boarding house. I looked around at everything and saw Damon sitting on my bed.

"You're finally awake." He breathed, before kissing my forehead.

"How long was I out? What day is it?" I asked him.

"You've been sleeping for a week." Damon told me. "When you didn't wake up after that first night, we called Sheila. She said that it was something witchy and we should let you be. I wasn't sure if you were ever waking up."

I sat up and moved next to him. He put an arm around my shoulders and I leaned against him.

"I had a vision and it felt so real, Damon. I want to tell you about it, but Stefan needs to hear it, too. Is Katherine in town, yet?"

"The cat dragged her in just over a week ago."

"Okay," I replied, nodding. That tells me what's happened so far and what hasn't. She just turned Caroline. "Would you mind getting Stefan?" I asked him. He nodded.

"I'll be right back. So help me, if you go back to sleep for another week, I'll Katherine come inside and annoy you until you wake up." He threatened me. I laughed.

"I'll be here, waiting and awake." I promised.

"I'm holding you to that, Judgy." He told me, eying me, before he walked away. How am I even going to begin explaining this?

Soon enough, Damon came back into my room, followed by Stefan.

"You might want to take a seat and get comfortable. I have a lot to tell you." I suggested. They both sat down on my bed and started talking. I started explaining everything that happened as soon as Katherine got to town. I told them about Stefan flying off the handle, leaving with the Mikaelsons, Stefan breaking up with me, hooking up with Elijah, and solving Klaus' hybrid problem. When I finished talking, we sat in a pregnant silence.

"All of that happened while you were sleeping for a week?" Stefan asked me, to clarify. I nodded.

"And I thought I had intense dreams." Damon mused. I laughed, causing him to smirk at me.

"I'm sorry, Bonnie." Stefan apologized, as he took both of my hands into his. "I know that I didn't actually do it, but I am so sorry. You deserve so much better."

"Stefan, it didn't actually happen." I told him, trying to brush away his apology.

"I know that, but to you, it felt like it did. You have to live through that." He argued.

"Look, I know who I want to be with. Just because I dreamt that you freaked the fuck out, doesn't mean that I don't want you, anymore. I love both of you. That hasn't changed. Now, that I know how to help Klaus, we don't have to go through the motions… I don't have to leave town with him. I know what to do about Katherine." I realized. "I just need to find Klaus and Elijah and explain things. If I can do the spell here, and take of Katherine, things will finally work out in my favor."

"I don't want you going alone." They both said, in unison.

"I'll be fine. They need me alive and Katherine is no exception." I refused to change my mind. I opened my mouth to speak, when my stomach growled.

"Maybe you should eat something." Stefan suggested. I considered it.

"Let me shower first. I should probably wash my bedding, too." I added.

"I can help you get clean." Damon winked. I rolled my eyes.

"I stink and I guarantee that's not all we'd be doing, if we showered together. I'm showering alone." I told them, both. I got off of my bed and walked over to the bathroom. My legs wobbled a bit. I haven't used them in a while. I didn't have to turn around to know that Damon was behind me. "Don't even."

"You don't even know what I was going to say."

"There is nothing that you can say that will change my mind." I shut the door behind me, before he could say anything else. I took off my clothes and turned on the hot water. Now I just have to convince Klaus that I'm telling the truth. Easier said than done.

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'I'm at war with the world, 'cause I ain't never gonna sell my soul.
I've already made up my mind.
No matter what, I can't be bought or sold.
When my faith is getting weak and I feel like giving in, you breathe into me again.

I'm awake – I'm alive.
Now, I know what I believe inside.
Now, it's my time.
I'll do what I want, 'cause this is my life.

(Here, right now!)
Stand my ground and never back down…
I know what I believe inside.
I'm awake and I'm alive.'
~*.*~

A/N: Alright, I got the idea for the premonition from another fanfiction story that I read forever ago. I tried to find again, so I could credit the author for the idea, and no luck. SO, if anyone has any ideas as to which story it is, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm pretty sure that it's a Bamon story – if that helps.

I've already posted this on my profile, but I've been working on a book of my own. It's been taking the majority of my writing time. I'll still be posting one-shots and focusing on one story at a time. I won't guarantee regular updates, but I want this story wrapped up. It will most likely be finished within the next couple of weeks.

Thank you, for hanging in there with me!

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-Anneryn