Thank you everyone for still keeping up with this story! So sorry for the super late update, I am trying to fit writing into my busy schedule. The story is nowhere near over! Please leave comments if you can 😊 enjoy!
Bonnie Bennett – Kat Graham
Damon Salvatore – Ian Somerhalder
Stefan Salvatore – Paul Wesley
Katherine Pierce – Nina Dobrev
Lexi – Arielle Kebel
Hope – Danielle Russell
Caroline Forbes/Salvatore – Candice King
Josie – Kaylee Bryant (older)
Lizzie – Jenny Boyd
Disclaimer: These Characters Belong to LJ Smith/CW Network. No Copyright infringement is intended.
Evelde – Ella Balinska
Adonis - Thomas Doherty
Isolda/Iris - Angela Sarafyan
Bastien Archambeau- Jesse Williams
Sophia/Calista Archambeau – young Tawny Cypress
Emeline Archambeau Bennett- Whitney Peak
Lana Gilbert – Sophie Thatcher
Ash – Ayo Edebiri
Eamon – Trevor Jackson
Emeline woke up in an unfamiliar place dressed in silk golden robes and immediately smelled the amber incense in the air. She looked around the room and noticed the walls were made of stone with intricate artwork carved, painted, and drawn into it, as well as the candles that lit up the space. Emeline slowly got up from the bed and noticed how her curls were waist-length and had pieces of gold woven through her hair.
"Where am I.." Emeline muttered groggily, trying to remember how she got to where she was. Emeline tried to incant a spell but realized her magic was not working. Before she tried again, she heard voices down the hall on the other side of the door and quickly grabbed the sharpest thing she could find, which was a jade hairpin, and stood next to the wall beside the door.
The door swung open, and Emeline immediately jumped out to attack the person who opened the door but was stopped by a witch flinging Emeline back to the bed with the flick of her hand.
Emeline tried to get up and attack the witch again before taking a better look at the witch's face.
"Grandma?" Emeline said softly with wide eyes, which confused the witch.
"Grand-ma?" the blue – green eyed witch repeated back to her in confusion.
"Grandma Soph!" Emeline exclaimed back to her. Before Sophia could respond another witch who looked similar to her with her hair in long braids came running in and brought a finger to her mouth to have Emeline quiet down. The witch said a spell in her native tongue that was unfamiliar to Emeline.
"There, I did a language spell so you can understand us, and we can understand you" The witch stepped closer to Emeline.
"I don't understand, where am I? Who are you?" Emeline questioned, suspiciously feeling too calm and relaxed about the situation, knowing it was probably her grandma manipulating her emotions.
"Well, little moon, I am one of your oldest ancestors, Evelde, and you know Calista, who I assume you know as Sophia, your grandmother" Evelde took Sophia's hand and squeezed it as they looked at each other and the witch in front of them.
"My…granddaughter, wow, can I hug you?" Sophia asked Emeline with tears in her eyes.
Emeline nodded and walked towards Sophia to hug her. They both squeezed each other before they both let go. Sophia placed her hands on Emeline's shoulders and squeezed them.
"Both of our bloodlines, living through this beautiful girl" Sophia said in wonder.
"We don't have a lot of time, Emeline, do you feel that you can trust me" Evelde asked, now holding Emeline's full attention.
"Well I do..but also, my magic, it's gone, if I can trust you I should be able to use my magic" Emeline responded sternly.
Evelde said a spell that illuminated all the carvings and drawings in the room.
"Protection spells, no magic can be used in this room that isn't mine or Calista's, I mean.. Sophia's" Evelde responded as Emeline looked around the illuminated walls.
"Emeline, you're in trouble, and our last hope in stopping Adonis, our bloodline helped connect us, but I need access to your mind and body, to stop him" Evelde explained as she lowered her head slightly.
"What do you mean? Once my mom realizes I have been taken, she'll destroy him without even saying one word, between her and I, we can stop him" Emeline returned as she crossed her arms to stand a little taller.
Evelde shook her head, and looked directly into Emeline's eyes.
"What Adonis lacks in power and strength compared to you and your mother, and even myself, he excels in manipulation and is extremely resourceful. He is motivated by hate, and love, love for me" Evelde said with tears in her eyes.
"Emeline, he killed her entire family because he thought they were keeping her from him when she never met up with him to leave, and he blamed the council for poisoning everyone's mind about him, the only reason your line was able to continue is because her ladies-in-waiting succeeded in keeping them safe" Sophia let out a deep sigh.
"He thought I was dead, this entire time, which is the only reason why he was able to be defeated, our world will never be the same as it was before, he almost wiped out the entire realm, eradicated many types of magical beings, we and a handful of others are almost all that's left, and the humans, they now outnumber us, and won't want the world to go back to what it was, same with some of the witches, they don't want the magical world expanding beyond them anymore, Sophia's coven and the other two coven leaders that are left are too powerful for the witches to go up against, otherwise they'd be dead to. So many of the witches left to believe it should only be them at the top of the food chain, and if they cannot hold or gain the extra power or immortality, no other being should" Evelde stated as she walked closer to Emeline.
"I've been having…dreams, I always knew Adonis would break out of his prison one day, I just..call me selfish, but I have seen what my bloodline is capable of, I have seen them help bring back so much of our old world, and have seen how every being can live as harmoniously as possible, both humans and magical beings co-existing for the betterment of this world, instead of pitting everyone and every being against each other. But I know if Adonis starts another war, none of us will ever recover or inhabit this planet again, the magical world, nor the humans. All our souls will be forever in limbo with no ties to the baron wasteland that will come after another war started by Adonis. My line has gotten this far, and I will do whatever I can to protect it, protect you, protect our dream" Evelde continued as she made eye contact with Sophia who nodded.
Emeline looked down to the ground and took a deep sigh, recounting what she had seen already up to this point, realizing how bad things could continue to get, realizing how she had already lost her father, and did not want to lose anyone else.
"Give me access to your mind, when you go back to the present time, I'll be with you, in the back of your mind, we will take down Adonis, together," Evelde said as she took Emeline's hand.
Emeline looked at Sophia for reassurance, Sophia smiled at Emeline who smiled back.
"Sophia, protect this room, my physical body will remain while my soul will be connected with Emeline's, once he is defeated, for the final time, I will come back" Evelde ordered, Sophia nodded in agreement.
"Okay Emeline, are you ready?" Evelde asked.
Emeline looked into Eveline's eyes and nodded
"Okay, repeat after me" Evelde ordered.
After they both incanted the foreign spell, Emeline and Evelde both woke up in the shared body. Emeline looked around trying to see if she could recognize where she was, and quickly saw her limbs were chained to a metal pole in the middle of the dark and damp room.
"I think they, I think they drugged me" Emeline said out loud, as she looked to her side, she saw Evelde's apparition next to her.
"Yeah, I can feel it, some sort of nightshade for witches. It won't last, can you tell where we are?" Evelde asked.
"No" Emeline returned, defeated, before the metal door slammed open.
"Now, we can't possibly see Adonis dressed like that, you look….terrible" Isolda said as she looked Emeline up and down.
"What kind of witch is this, I don't recognize the scent," Evelde asked Emeline.
"A desperate excuse for a witch, in order to even feel a drop of what power is, you had to stoop so low to become both a vampire and a witch, still easily beatable as it is my line who even allowed the possibility of a vampire to exist," Emeline said purposely so Evelde could understand that the witch is a heretic.
Isolda laughed.
"And yet it is you who is locked up because my twin sister got the better of you, so easily riled and extremely naïve, if it wasn't for your looks, I'd have no idea you shared blood with a Bennett witch" Isolda motioned for the guards to unlock Emeline's chains.
"Just, do what she says so we can get to Adonis in one piece, I promise you, it will be her on her knees succumbing to a witch from our bloodline, begging to be spared" Evelde stated, Emeline smiled up at Isolda over-dramatically as she was freed from her chains.
"Take her into the second room on the left corridor, make sure she showers" Isolda ordered one of the guards who nodded in agreement.
"You have one hour" Isolda glowered at Emeline. Emeline smiled at her in return.
The guard threw Emeline into the room and locked the door behind her so she couldn't get out.
"This room, it's spelled, your magic can't be used here" Evelde said as she and Emeline looked around the room.
"But mine can, place your hand on the wall and run your fingers across it" Evelde ordered, Emeline complied as she ran her fingers across.
As Emeline ran her fingers across the wall, she tried to decipher what she was looking for.
"Do you feel that the low vibration electrical current, that's how you can tell something is spelled if it's not obvious to your naked eye. Now, you must test if the spell has an alarm system to it that will sense if magic is being used" Evelde continued, Emeline nodded along.
"How do I test it, without using your magic to see if it will go off?" Emeline asked curiously.
"Look around the room so we can both see what's in it" Evelde continued.
As they both looked around the room Evelde quickly exclaimed.
"There, the flowers, there's magic in all things organic and naturally occurring. Grab one and run it lightly over the wall, if the wall lights up, it will alert to magic being used, since it's a flower it won't cause them any concern, but we can tell if it sets up any type of alarm" Evelde stated as Emeline went to grab the flower and glide it across the wall.
"Nothing is happening" Emeline stated.
"Yeah, this is good, when it is time to use magic Emeline, you have to let me take over I'll give you back after, I promise" Evelde said, Emeline could trust her since she could feel her genuine emotions.
After the shower, Emeline got dressed in the clothes that were left for her which was a long gold and turquoise flowy dress that had fabric flowing from the shoulders on the back of the dress.
"Did they steal this directly from the Game of Thrones set? I could've sworn this is something Daenerys wore in the original version, and the third reboot" Emeline said as she scoffed at the dress.
"Game of Thrones?" Evelde asked
"It's a fictional show with dragons, prophecies, white walker zombie things, the whole 9" Emeline explained.
"Huh, well, it sounds like something from my world before the first war, and the dress is definitely something I would have worn" Evelde stated.
"What like dragons? Fire-breathing dragons? I know Hope had encountered one that shapeshifted from humans to dragons, was it the same thing?" Emeline asked.
"Uhm no, they were huge flying predators, some could be tamed, and some could not, they were often misused because their fire can take down anything, immortal or not. There were also some dragons that did not breathe fire, we called those Wyverns, just as powerful. I've noticed though, that different spells from different bloodlines helped to create beings inspired by a lot of the beings from the old world. Like vampires, they are completely different in so many ways compared to what we would have called one in the old world. Something my bloodline had perfected to make them almost more dangerous, which I'm not mad at, everything evolves, magic included" Evelde smiled as she recounted things from her old world.
"Oh, wow, well, I guess I'll put it on if it is authentic to what you both knew" Emeline smiled at the dress, wishing she could have seen what the old world looked like.
Emeline tried on the dress and fluffed the curls around her face, admiring how she would fit right into the world of Westeros, or their world before the first war.
It had been almost an hour before Isolda came back to take Emeline to Adonis.
"Wow, the enchantress look of a Bennett lives on" Isolda looked Emeline up and down, not wanting to admit how beautiful Emeline did look.
"Follow me, and again, don't try anything" Isolda ordered as Emeline trailed behind her. Once they made it in front of a hall with two large doors, Emeline took a deep breath.
"He's in there, I can sense it but don't worry, I'm right here Emeline," Evelde said to Emeline which made her feel strong.
As soon as the doors opened, Emeline first made eye contact with Sabre who looked genuinely shocked before turning her eyes at Adonis who looked at her and grinned.
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"Caroline, we need you to recount what you have told Sabre, as smart as Sabre is, she was never included in any of the planning with the event at the Archambeau Chateau, I barely was"
Hope stated once she finally had time to sit down with Caroline, Stefan, and Lexi.
"I swear, I didn't know much more than you, and that would not have been enough for her to orchestrate an attack like that, it would be almost impossible for her to know who was where and why and….oh" Caroline said as her eyes grew wide and she fell silent.
"Oh? Oh what Caroline?!" Hope exclaimed.
Caroline placed her hand over her mouth and looked at Stefan with pleading eyes.
"What is it, it's okay," Stefan asked as he placed a hand on Caroline's thigh and squeezed it to comfort her.
"You don't want me to force it out of you, it will hurt as my magic pries through your brain" Hope stated which made Lexi shoot her a warning look.
Caroline closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I did not tell her anything, I did tell her that I briefly saw the plans for security and seating arrangements but could not recount them from memory, just to reassure her she would be safe, since there had been recent attacks… that I see now, were conveniently around the places she was visiting," Caroline stated.
"Okay, so if you didn't tell her, how did she find the plans?" Hope pressed.
"We..we always had long talks about however since Stefan died, it had been hard for me to open up, no one could get in my mind, nor manipulate me anymore, I made sure of it, I have trained myself for years. Unless I was super relaxed, and distracted, which I was when we.." Caroline began to say before Stefan cleared his throat.
"Oh," Lexi stated.
"What," Hope asked, annoyed at everyone's tone shifting.
"We would occasionally hook up," Caroline said after another deep breath.
"Caroline, she is an extremely powerful, centuries-old witch, you did not stop to think that she would want to dig into your brain for your resources?!" Hope exclaimed as she stood up.
"I thought, I thought we truly had a bond, it was the first time I felt anything that remotely related to feelings for Stefan, and..your father, and I won't be shamed for it" Caroline retorted as she stood up to challenge Hope.
Stefan and Lexi both looked at each other not knowing what to do or say.
"Caroline it's okay, I would have never expected you to live out the rest of forever without me," Stefan said cooly, not wanting Caroline to feel embarrassed or stressed.
"Yeah well, I guess it was pretty dumb of me to trust her and trust that she genuinely liked me," Caroline said in a soft tone.
Hope scoffed.
"Do you know what this means Caroline, She knows all the inner workings of anything related to this school, and Bonnie and her alliances and her home. For once it would be helpful if you didn't give everything away because they think the blonde cheerleader is pretty" Hope's words sliced through Caroline's core.
"Hey witch, I would stop if you know what's best for you, tri-brid or not, I've gone up against way more powerful beings than you" Lexi hissed as she vamp sped by Stefan's side as he stood up as well.
"Okay, then this is your mess Caroline, fix it, until then, I need to protect this school and you three need to leave" Hope ordered.
Caroline laughed in return.
"Funny because the check your father wrote was addressed..to me, and I can guarantee if he was here right now, who he would be standing with and newsflash Hope, it wouldn't be you" Caroline snarked as her veins showed on her face.
"Motus" Hope effortlessly voiced which shot Stefan and Lexi out of the front door, but Caroline stayed.
"Fine, we will do this the hard way," Hope said as she cocked her head to the side as Caroline stood there smiling.
As Hope lunged towards Caroline's throat, there was a barrier that protected Caroline from harm that flung Hope to the other side of the wall.
"You know, one thing about being a pretty blonde cheerleader, is that I make a pretty good best friend to a Bennett witch, and certain Archambeau witches think I'm pretty. Do you think that they would both allow me to walk around unprotected? While I co-own a school with a tri-brid? Which let's be honest Hope, one who has a short fuse and refuses to accept when she's been challenged by someone other than a Mikaelson. I always had a contingency plan….Luna, activate the Sparrow protocol" Caroline said as she walked up to an angry Hope.
"What is the Sparrow protocol" Hope angrily asked. Before Caroline could answer, a spell that was placed in case of emergency trapped Hope in a human-sized crystal and transported her to a magical prison on the other side of the world.
Stefan and Lexi ran back inside and saw Caroline standing unharmed without Hope being present.
"What happened?" Stefan questioned, concerned.
"We are taking this school back Stefan, Hope never respected me truly, in fact she always resented me even though she would never admit it, she's taken it out on my girls, and me in different ways. At the end of the day, I can't trust she'd be as loyal to Bonnie or me as she would be for herself. I noticed the way she looked at you and Lexi, she wonders why you both get to come back but not her family. If you think she wouldn't last minute find a way to use us to get them back, you'd be just as naïve as me." Caroline said to a pensive Lexi and Stefan.
"Now, we find a way to help Bonnie, and we will deal with Hope later, she'll be happy with what she finds with where she's going, it's part of the contingency plan to soften the blow" Caroline muttered as she looked down in thought.
"Caroline.." Stefan began to say before Caroline stopped him with a kiss.
"Just trust me, okay? As much as everyone likes to reduce me as the dumb blonde who slept her way through Mystic Falls, I've grown, mentally at least, and at the end of the day, my life and my choices brought me to you, so I'd do it all over again if I had to" Caroline said as Stefan brought her in for another kiss.
"Okay you two, let's wrap it up and get started" Lexi stated as she clapped her hands and had them follow on behind her.
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Once Bonnie, Katherine, and Damon made it back to the cabin, they all sat in the living room, still in the outfits from the speakeasy.
"So, Qetsiyah showing her face so freely, will that be a problem? Do we know where her alliances lie?" Katherine asked as she placed her fallen hair strands behind her ear.
"No" Bonnie stated, matter-of-factly.
"Bonnie, I don't want to overstep.."Katherine began to say,
"Too late, you've also overstayed your welcome" Damon snarked in response.
"What Katherine?" Bonnie asked as she crossed her legs and looked at Katherine.
"I just, I've been around a lot of powerful beings, humans and supernatural beings, and something that they all have in common, including myself…unfortunately, is that they have all been played, I'm just saying, don't get too cocky, her being here and not in direct alliance with you will be a problem," Katherine said in a serious tone.
Bonnie sat and took in what Katherine was saying.
"She can handle Qetsiyah, she did it before with not even a fraction of the power she has now" Damon interjected as he turned slightly to look at Bonnie.
"Okay, whatever, then there's the next problem, the OWIA, we need to get our alliances out of there now before they're corrupted and used as a part of Adonis' army, I overheard people talking, and the human sector of the OWIA are convinced that key players in Adonis' crew want to help them get rid of the other supernatural beings from this planet." Katherine continued.
"Why would they want to go against their own kind, do they think that somehow humans would spare their lives?" Bonnie asked out loud, no longer in her own thoughts,
"Humans are stupid, they don't care to understand the why of things, they blindly make alliances that serve their own self-interests and are surprised when they are suddenly not on the winning side of things" Damon stated which made Katherine laugh.
Damon shot her a scowl with furrowed brows.
"Says the man who fought in the Confederate army," Katherine said with a raised brow.
"And? I was a stupid human trying to please my father, you're only proving my point" Damon continued.
"Okay this isn't helping, I'm getting a headache, Katherine, go to New York, and track down Qetsiyah, you have your comms device to summon me if you get yourself in danger, be resourceful, and survive, I need you in this fight" Bonnie said as she watched and felt Katherine's emotion as she felt gratitude for Bonnie saying that and recognizing how useful she can be.
"Damon.." Bonnie began to say.
"No, I'm not going where you aren't, and we will not have a discussion about it" Damon said as he got up from the chair, he was sitting in.
Bonnie sighed as she held out her hand for Damon to take, which surprised Damon.
"Okay" Bonnie said with a soft smile as Damon took her hand.
"Just..okay?" Damon questioned in return, Katherine sat up surprised at how easy that was.
"I'm not going to pretend like I don't need you or want you by my side, if that's what you think is best, I'll agree, this time, don't get cocky" Bonnie teased as the corner of her lips turned up in a smile.
"Wow, Elena would have pretended like you were inconveniencing her and made an alliance with your enemy behind your back to spite you for not trusting her, huh," Katherine said to herself as Bonnie and Damon both turned to look at her.
Before Damon could say something back, Bonnie squeezed his hand and shook her head.
"When will you be leaving?" Bonnie asked as Damon helped pull her up from the couch.
"Now, I want to try out the new bullet train, I have all my devices and my new ID and your bank account, I'll be set, I'll get my bags and I'll be on my way," Katherine said before she vamp-sped up the stairs to change and pack.
"Now where were we, oh yeah, you left me to beg for you in a neon light-lit bathroom, very high school of you," Damon said as he pulled Bonnie close to him.
"How would you know? You must have me confused with one of your other girlfriends" Bonnie teased.
Damon let his hand trail to her butt and then squeezed it.
"No, just you in a fantasy I have had once or twice," Damon said as he raised his eyebrows.
"Speaking of, have you had any of me?" Damon asked, genuinely curious.
"Ahh, you've asked me this before or something similar, I'm beginning to think you just get off on the idea of me pining for you, touching myself after interactions with you, begging for you to be in my bed next to me instead of Jeremy or Enzo" Bonnie said in a sultry tone as Damon slowly picked her up with her legs wrapped around him.
Damon brought his lips down to Bonnie's as he kissed her with hunger and lust before vamp-speeding them both up to her bedroom.
Damon carefully placed Bonnie on the bed before pulling back to unbutton his shirt. Bonnie sat up to watch him, admiring the figure she had longed for, for so long to be in her view. Feeling drunk on lust and love Bonnie decided that giving him something from her memory may make it worthwhile for the night, even though each time had brought Bonnie and Damon as close to nirvana as they would ever get anyway.
"There was one night, I had come over, to pick up something I had left, and I heard you and Elena from down the stairs, I don't know how you both didn't pick up on me being there, but it was the same night you and I had hung out and I felt something, probably one of the memories that were kept from me, but I felt so attracted to you in that moment. So when I heard you, I instantly had the urge to scratch an itch I didn't realize I had for you" Bonnie said as she looked up at Damon who was now standing in between her legs.
"And so I slept with Jeremy, without anyone knowing, and for moments during I imagined it was you, and had like two orgasms that way" Bonnie admitted while smiling as she blushed.
Damon laughed and brought his hand to her face and rubbed her cheek with his finger as she placed a hand on his sculpted abdomen.
"I remember that night" Damon smiled, and Bonnie gave him a confused look.
"You think I didn't notice your heartbeat the moment you walked into the house, or even pulled up? I can spot your scent and your heartbeat from a mile away, in a crowded room even, Elena never paid any attention to anything other than me, but me, your presence fed so many of my hungers, I slept with Elena that night because your scent was on her from when she saw you before coming over. The way your heartbeat had sped up when we were together earlier that day tested every single thread of patience I had left" Damon hungrily said as he recalled the memory.
Bonnie laughed.
"Wait? What?" Bonnie asked as Damon placed his hands under her arms to raise her arms up so he could slide off her top.
"Knowing you heard me, and smelling your scent one more time almost had me saying your name while I was with your best friend, I could go on if you want me to" Damon devilishly smiled as he slid Bonnie's top off.
"We're terrible people," Bonnie said as Damon laid her back down to slide off her long skirt and take off her shoes.
"The worst" Damon grinned before getting on his knees and placing kisses down her legs to her feet.
"Damon" Bonnie said.
"Yes, my little witch," Damon responded as he rubbed her soft brown legs and took off the last shoe.
"I want to taste you, if you're mine, I need to know every part of you," Bonnie said as she sat up so she could look at Damon. Damon closed his eyes and bit his lip before opening them again and looking at Bonnie, his beautiful Bonnie.
"Get over here Bon-Bon" Damon growled as Bonnie hopped off the bed and got on her knees.
Bonnie gave him a sultry side smile and complied. She kissed along the skin above his pants before unbuttoning his pants and unzipping them slowly. She slowly pulled down his pants as he stepped out of them, and then slowly slid down his briefs exposing his awaiting erection. Bonnie kissed and licked up the sides of his shaft before placing her mouth over him which caused him to groan. She continued to move up and down, taking in the taste of him and taking her time while enjoying his deep moans.
"Fuck Bonnie" Damon groaned as Bonnie moaned and hummed with him in her mouth before he finally came.
Damon picked her up, threw her on the bed, and immediately kissed her wildly before placing kisses down her body, worshipping every part of her as her moans filled the room like music composed by Chopin.
Once Damon made it to her inner thighs, he softly spread her legs before kissing her left inner thigh and sinking his teeth into her which made Bonnie yell Damon's name.
Damon then made it to her wet sweet center which caused Bonnie to wrap her legs around his head. He took his time as he savored the taste of her and then placed two fingers to keep her coming and wanting more.
"Damon!" Bonnie exclaimed before she came to the point of her legs shaking. Damon brought himself up to her to kiss her jawline and then her lips as they frantically grabbed at each other, forever making up for lost time.
"I'm ready, I need you Damon" Bonnie said breathily as she felt him have another erection. Damon happily obliged and slid into her, making them both groan together. Bonnie with her magic illuminated the room with sparks to light up their faces so they could watch each other as they both desperately got as close to each other as possible.
"I love you Bonnie," Damon said breathily before placing his lips back to hers in between thrusts.
"I love you too Damon," Bonnie said breathily back before they both came again.
Once they were both done, they rolled over to their side to look at each other. Damon rubbed his thumb over her lips as she smiled.
"I'm never going to want anything else or anyone else, the fact you have made missionary my favorite position so I can look at you looking at me while we're fucking each other.."Damon started to say as Bonnie laughed.
"Fucking? Babe, we were making love" Bonnie said teasingly.
"Babe?" Damon asked as he felt like he was on top of the world having Bonnie say that.
Bonnie rolled over to her back as she bit her lip and stared at the ceiling.
"If we make it through this Damon, I promise I'll be fully yours, I may have accepted Bastien's death but me being with you publicly to a world that doesn't realize he's gone, is only going to put us both in danger, which in turn would put my daughter in danger, more than we already are," Bonnie said still staring up at the ceiling.
"I get it, I have family that's still alive too, when it's safe I'd like to see them and explain to them why I'm here and who I had to protect," Damon said as he also turned to lay on his back and stare at the ceiling, grabbing Bonnie's hand so he could still feel connected to her.
"I think somehow they know, they've always known, about me and you," Bonnie said, remembering the last conversation she had with Damon and Elena's daughter and son after Damon and Elena's deaths.
"Stefanie has always adored you, and Dante has always wanted to be you" Damon smirked to himself as he squeezed Bonnie's hand.
"Which is why when I introduced him to his future husband, he asked for my opinion first before yours and Elena's" Bonnie laughed at the memory.
"It's cruel you know, how we were always half in love with each other but still gave our hearts to other people. Even with the equally cruel interference from my ancestors, a part of me was always tied to you, always, I felt it like a constant buzzing in my ear. Bastien would quiet the noise for a time, but I was always tied to you, haunting you like you were haunting me." Bonnie's smile left her face thinking about what she said.
"You did haunt me, ever since that decade's dance, I didn't want to admit it then, because you definitely would have rejected me, and my ego at the time would never recover, much like it barely did when you rejected my friendship" Damon stated with a smirk as he turned his head to look at his Bonnie.
"Well, maybe things happened the way they did for what we did get to experience" Bonnie smiled to herself as her free hand rested on her stomach, as she remembered her pregnancy.
"I remember when you finally told us you were pregnant by bringing down the camera to show your belly, Elena immediately booked our flights, and I remember thinking of what could have been," Damon said to Bonnie as she turned her head to look at him.
Bonnie moved closer to Damon to place one of her legs over him and her head on his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Thank you for loving her, and taking care of her, then and now Damon" Bonnie said as Damon ran his hands down her side.
Bonnie and Damon had fallen asleep, both wrapped up in each other with an understanding that they would love each other in private until it was safe to do otherwise in public. As Bonnie drifted to sleep, she instantly woke up and grabbed her chest.
"Damon!" Bonnie exclaimed which caused Damon to immediately wake up and sit up next to Bonnie.
"What, what happened!" Damon exclaimed back.
"Something is wrong, get dressed, hurry!" Bonnie yelled as they both got up to throw clothes on.
Bonnie grabbed her phone to see if she had gotten any missed calls and there were several from Eamon, Lizzie, and Lana.
Bonnie tried calling back but didn't get through.
"My comms it's downstairs!" Bonnie yelled as Damon quickly vamp sped to grab it.
Bonnie instinctively tried to connect with Emeline's energy but was being blocked.
"We're going to France, now, the OWIA has to wait" Damon ordered grabbing Bonnie's hand. Bonnie, without asking, apparated them to the chateau which was under attack.
Bonnie and Damon immediately went into defense mode and helped fight against the different magical beings attacking their people at the chateau. Once Bonnie spotted Eamon, she quickly apparated herself in front of him.
"Where is my daughter!" Bonnie exclaimed, not sensing Emeline's energy or magic nearby.
"I'm sorry Bonnnie, I told her not to, the heretic, she took her" Eamon responded breathily. Before Eamon could continue Bonnie immediately made time slow down except for her and Eamon.
"What do you mean took her, tell me she's not been hurt, tell me she isn't dead on your watch," Bonnie said seething with anger.
"I..I don't know, but a big explosion in the wing of the prison that held the heretic, released all the other prisoners." Eamon nervously explained.
Bonnie sighed.
"The heretic, what heretic" Bonnie continued
"The one from London, the one connected to the attack Sabre unleashed" Eamon explained.
Bonnie sped time up again and immediately went to finding and killing every single attacker while questioning them, one by one she ripped out hearts, snapped necks, and exploded blood vessels, which shocked some of the people and received cheers from the others.
Once the threat was defeated Bonnie had blood splattered throughout her body from head to toe, as she held the heart from one of the werewolves in her hand.
"Report me to the coven leaders, I don't give a shit, my husband is dead, and my daughter has been taken, and too many of my allies have died for what, because I am a Bennett with too much power? I don't deserve a seat at the magical table? I'm blamed for Sophia's death? For trying to bring peace to both humans and supernaturals? I will show everyone what they get for fucking with the wrong witch, no more, if you don't agree, you can leave, if you want to join my fight, you can stay, if you want to fight against me, you won't survive, it's your choice" Bonnie ordered as she walked through the crowd of people.
"I'm with you" Lana said as she stepped up with her weapon in hand.
"Me too" Ash said as she elbowed Eamon who reluctantly nodded and stepped forward. Many others stepped forward as well, with others shaking their heads and fleeing.
Damon stood behind with his arms crossed as Lizzie and Josie stood next to him.
"I hope she's prepared for what this means," Josie said.
"It's about time Bonnie finally stood up for herself and showed force, Uncle Damon, have you seen my mom?" Lizzie said as she looked up at Damon, who quickly re-introduced himself in the middle of fighting when she was shocked to see him.
"At the manor, I would check in with them, and create a base there, I have a feeling this is just the beginning," Damon said with a scowl. Lizzie and Josie both looked at each other and nodded as they spelled themselves back to the school in Mystic Falls.
Damon walked up to Bonnie after different people expressed their condolences and thanked her for saving them. Bonnie spotted him and excused herself from the conversation to walk up next to Damon.
"What Now" Damon asked quietly.
"I'm going to kill Sabre, it's her people that did this, I just know it, I don't know where Adonis is, but I can focus on Sabre's energy, are you still coming with me? You don't have to" Bonnie asked as she stopped to look at him.
"You'd be crazy to think I wouldn't be, " Damon said as he quickly touched her hand and let go.
"Okay, I'll find Sabre, you hunt down my daughter" Bonnie ordered.
"How do you know they're together?" Damon asked.
"I just.. it's just a feeling I have" Bonnie responded.
Bonnie left the chateau in the hands of Ash, Lana, and Eamon, while Bonnie and Damon left to find Sabre and Emeline.
BBBB
"Come in, Miss Benett-Archambeau" Adonis held out his hand to take Emeline's as she reluctantly held it.
"Take it, it's okay" Evelde said to Emeline.
Emeline grabbed his hand trying to ignore the stares from her aunt.
"Adonis, we agreed I would make contact with my niece my way," Sabre said as she stood up to Adonis.
"She looks just like her mother" Evelde chimed in as Emeline softly nodded.
"Yes, but Isolda's plan worked faster and better" Adonis nodded at Isolda who nodded back.
"So, what now, you're going to dress her like a doll and do what exactly, think that she'll comply without a fight, at the end of the day she has just as much of my blood running through her veins as Bonnie's line" Sabre warned.
"Oh, I'm hoping that's the case," Adonis said with a smile. He nodded quickly to have the guards and Isolda escort Sabre out.
"No, I'm staying" Sabre walked closer to Adonis.
"Emeline, do you want her to stay?" Adonis turned to familiar brown eyes that looked up at him doe-eyed.
Emeline looked at her aunt, confused by the emotions she was feeling.
"My dad died under your care Sabre, I can handle this myself" Emeline returned as she could feel the pang of hurt her words caused.
Sabre reluctantly nodded and smiled as she turned around to walk out with Isolda, before the door closed Sabre turned around to look at Emeline one more time.
Now that the room was empty with just Emeline and Adonis occupying it, Emeline became very aware of the hand she was holding.
"Sorry about that, families can be so…messy, would you like a drink?" Adonis asked.
"No, but I would like to let go of your hand," Emeline said with a smile as she could hear Evelde chuckle.
"Of course, here sit" Adonis motioned for Emeline to sit which she complied.
"You are…" Adonis stated as he narrowed his eyes at her.
"Emeline?" Emeline responded, uncomfortable with his gaze.
Adonis chuckled.
"I know, I mean to say you are exquisitely beautiful and have the striking appearance of a ghost I once loved long ago" Adonis continued.
"Is that why you kidnapped me in the most violent way? And put me in chains? I'd hate to see what you'd do to someone you did love" Emeline spouted with venom which made Adonis smile.
"You carry that familiar fire" Adonis responded.
"So, what now, am I your personal witch Barbie? Why not kill me for my power or whatever supervillains do" Emeline said as she crossed her arms.
"Barbie?" Adonis asked.
Emeline rolled her eyes.
"You have me kidnapped and then force me to wear this Game of Thrones dress to do what, sit here and talk to you?" Emeline questioned which made Adonis laugh again.
"I like that show, I've seen all versions, it's funny you know, some of the concepts are so similar to how life used to be, and some, the artist has definitely gotten creative, but so much of these kinds of things are sent down from generations of the people who used to live in the old world. Haunting their minds so they must get it out on paper, I can bring the old world back, without the suffocation of the coven overlords making us comply with all their rules, similar to what they are trying to do now" Adonis continued.
"Don't trust him" Evelde said.
"You killed my father, you could say the sky is blue and I wouldn't believe you" Emeline retorted.
"You would trust me should he be alive?" Adonis asked.
"It doesn't matter, I don't deal with hypotheticals, I have too much power to do so" Emeline stated.
"Iris, come" Adonis ordered still staring directly at Emeline, studying her face.
Iris, Isolda's twin, came walking out from the shadows.
"I can still fill her magic coursing through my veins, am I allowed to use it now?" Iris asked as she walked over and sat on Adonis' lap.
Adonis motioned for her ear to come down to his mouth, Emeline sat there in disgust but observed what could be happening.
Iris giggled and nodded before they both held each other's hands and incanted a spell in an unfamiliar language.
Emeline felt a tug at her heart which made her double over.
"I don't know this spell, I can feel it, I can feel the tear" Evelde stated as she could feel what Emeline was feeling.
Emeline looked back up, holding onto her heart as Adonis quickly stabbed into Iris' heart and killed her.
Emeline screamed as it startled her.
"Why..why would you do that" Emeline breathily asked.
"Oh, don't act like you care, plus you'll like this" Adonis returned before saying another spell with Iris' heart.
Before Emeline could say anything, she heard her name and immediately turned around.
"Dad?!" Emeline cried out before jumping off the chair to run into his arms.
"Emeline" Bastien returned while glaring at Adonis over Emeline's shoulder.
"How?!" Emeline frantically asked.
"I don't know" Bastien cautiously returned still staring at Adonis before Emeline let go to face Adonis as well.
"A life for a life, with the help of some powerful witch hybrid magic my siphoner took without asking, it was only right she suffered the consequences," Adonis said calmly as he stood up and wiped the blood from his hand with a handkerchief.
"Emeline, do.. not..trust him" Evelde said, as Emeline shook her head trying to ignore her.
"What's the catch" Bastien sternly asked as Emeline looked between Adonis and her dad.
"No catch, it's a win for everyone, she gets her dad back, you get to come back, and you get to protect me from your ex-widow, I will let all three of you live, you can keep the chateau, I won't bother you, but the other coven leaders and their covens are mine" Adonis stated.
"Emeline, don't" Evelde said sternly.
"No, I don't trust you," Emeline quickly said to Adonis.
"Bastien?" Adonis raised his eyebrow at Bastien.
"No, you should know I would never fall for a deal like that, that easily" Bastien responded.
"You are your mother's son," Adonis said in return.
"Very well, if I die, so does Emeline, and we won't be moving on, we will be stuck in limbo, forever, you see I added something special to the necromancer spell I was able to use with my power along with Emeline's, we will always be tied together" Adonis said as he walked up to Bastien and Emeline.
"No, he's bluffing" Evelde said.
"You're bluffing," Emeline repeated.
Adonis spelled a knife to come to his hand and slit his throat which cause Emeline's to be slit as well.
"NO!" Bastien yelled as both Adonis and Emeline fell to the floor.
Bastien incanted a healing spell for Emeline which also healed Adonis.
"Help me, and I will help you" Adonis stated as he rubbed his neck, taking in Bastien and Emeline's horrified facial expressions.
"We will figure it out, we will break the spell" Evelde said.
Emeline held onto Bastien's hand.
Before anyone could say anything, a guard came running in.
"She's here, with company" the guard yelled.
Emeline and Bastien both looked at each other and then looked at Adonis who had a devilish grin.
"Don't be rude, let them in" Adonis ordered.
