Emily, Elena, and Caroline were walking towards Mystic Falls High School when she turned to her best friend in wonder. "Have you talked to Bonnie?" Emily questioned her blonde best friend.
"No, I'm mad at her," Caroline stated. "She needs to make the first move."
"Be the bigger person," Elena told Caroline.
"Impossible in her presence," Caroline mumbled.
Emily rolled her eyes. Caroline could be so stubborn sometimes. She always has to make things more complicated than they should be. "Stop being petty, Caroline Forbes," Emily scolded the blonde.
Elena looked over at Caroline confused, "why are you pissed at her anyway?"
"She's a thief, that's why." Caroline began explaining, "I gave her my necklace, and she refuses to give it back. It's a matter of principle."
"I am so not getting in the middle of this," Emily chuckled.
Elena nodded her head in agreement, "I'm officially out of it."
Caroline smiled, "good." Caroline looked over at Elena, "your turn. Where's Stefan? Have you talked to him?"
Elena glanced over at her sister before mumbling, "he's avoiding me."
Caroline looked over at Emily, "have you talked to him?"
Emily shrugged, "all I get is his voicemail."
Caroline looked back to Elena confused, "why?"
Elena looked over at Emily in worry before she mumbled to Caroline, "it's complicated." before Elena could continue, the bell for class rang. Elena sighed thankfully, so she didn't have to continued to be questioned by Caroline. Elena grabbed onto Emily's arm before telling Caroline, "we'll see you later," and the two sisters quickly made their way from the blonde.
"That was close," Emily mumbled to her sister. Elena nodded in agreement before the two girls made their way into history class. While Elena sat in the front, Emily sat in the back. Suddenly the bell rang and that was in Bonnie came zooming into the classroom and took a seat across from Emily.
While the new teacher was busy writing on the chalkboard, Emily quickly looked over at Bonnie and mouthed, "are you okay?" but all Emily got was a small shrug before Bonnie looked to the front of the class. Emily sighed, deciding that she would find out what was wrong with Bonnie later and turned back to the front of the class when the teacher began talking.
"Alaric Saltzman," the teacher read from the chalkboard. "It's a mouthful, I know. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue." The teacher began to explain, "Saltzman is of German origins. My family emigrated here in 1755 to Texas. I, however, was born and raised in Boston. Now, the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather I will never be able to thank enough. You'll probably want to pronounce it 'Ala-ric' but it's A-lar-ric,' okay?" The teacher paused, "so, you can call me Ric. i'm your new history teacher." He seems nice, not a jackass like Mr. Tanner was, Emily thought. Maybe she would actually enjoy history class now.
Emily had finally convinced Bonnie to tell her and Elena why she was acting so weirdly this morning. So the three girls were seated outside while Bonnie tried to explain what freaked her out. "And then, I ended up at the remains of the old Fell's church before I woke up back in the woods."
"And you always see your ancestor, Emily?" Elena questioned.
Bonnie didn't say anything for a long moment before asking seriously, "do you believe in ghosts?"
Emily glanced over at Elena before responding, "nothing can surprise me anymore."
"I think I'm being haunted," Bonnie stated.
Elena shook her head, "I don't get it. Why Emily?"
Grams said she was a powerful witch back in the Civil War days, and that this medallion was hers." Bonnie picked up the amber necklace around her neck, "a witch's talisman."
"So it started once you started wearing the necklace?" Emily questioned. Wanting to get all the information, so she can at least try to help Bonnie.
Bonnie nodded, "I think she's using it to communicate with me."
"Okay, what does Grams say about it?" Elena asked.
Bonnie shook her head, "I can't call her. She's gonna tell me to embrace it. I don't to embrace it, I want it to stop."
Emily grabbed Bonnie's hand with a small smile, "maybe you should embrace it, or at least talk to Grams. I mean, she only wants to protect you." Bonnie sighed but nodded, knowing the older Gilbert might be right.
Emily and Elena were in Bonnie's car when the young witch began to explain what Damon did when he came up to her. Emily didn't like that Damon came up to Bonnie and basically threatened her about her ancestor. Another person Emily had to protect from the oldest Salvatore. She didn't trust him and she as hell hated the man with a passion, especially since what he did to Lexi.
"He's bad news, guys. He really scared me," Bonnie exclaimed.
"Trust me, I know," Emily mumbled. "He's dangerous. You need to stay away from him."
"I'm trying!" Bonnie yelped, "he just keeps showing up."
Emily shook her head, "I don't like the idea of Damon threatening you. You're going to stay with us tonight." Emily noticed Bonnie's sad face and quickly added, "we can make it a slumber party like we used to!"
Bonnie didn't say anything before she suddenly pulled over on the side of the road and quickly jump out of the car. Elena looked up at her sister, who was in the passenger seat, shocked. Emily didn't know what to say either. What the hell was Bonnie doing?
Emily watched Bonnie carefully and saw her rip the necklace off and throw it towards the grass field. Bonnie quickly jumped back in the car when Elena asked from the backseat, "are you okay?"
"Now I am," Bonnie stated. "All my problems were because of that thing." Bonnie sighed with relief, "I can't believe I didn't do that sooner."
Emily looked over at her friend in worry, "didn't Grams tell you to keep it with you always?"
"Grams isn't the one being haunted by a hundred and fifty-year-old ghost, is she?" Bonnie asked theoretically.
"Okay, then," Elena chuckled before Bonnie started up her white car and made their way to the Gilbert house.
Even though Bonnie didn't have the necklace anymore, Emily was worried about what Damon would do. Thinking of a plan, Emily pulled out her cell phone from her red purse and texted Stefan to meet her out the Gilbert house.
Once they made it to the Gilbert house, Bonnie and Emily started looking for movies to watch while Elena was placing blankets on the couch. Suddenly the front door rang and Emily quickly said, "we'll be right back," before grabbing Elena's hand and went to open the door. "Thank you for coming," Emily told Stefan before walking out to the porch with her sister.
"What's wrong?" Stefan questioned Emily with a tint of worry.
Emily folded her arms over her chest and stated seriously, "Damon threatened Bonnie."
"What would Damon want with Bonnie?" Stefan questioned confused.
"She has this necklace," Elena began from beside her sister. "Caroline got it from Damon, and she gave it to Bonnie, and now Damon wants it back. He's tormenting her."
"Over a necklace?" Stefan asked once again confused over what his brother wanted with Bonnie.
Emily shook her head, "it's not just a normal necklace. It belongs to Bonnie's ancestor, from back in the Civil War days."
Elena looked at Stefan shocked, "when you and Damon lived here."
"Her name was Emily," Stefan began, "she was Katherine's handmaiden, and a witch."
"So you know Bonnie is a witch?" Emily questioned Stefan shocked.
Stefan nodded, "the first night that you invited me over for dinner, I made the connection."
Elena sighed, "and now Damon knows, and for some reason he wants that necklace."
"What does it look like?" Stefan asked in wonder.
Emily thought for a moment and tried to explain the old necklace, "it's an antique iron setting with a -"
But before Emily could continue, Stefan interrupted the older Gilbert, "with an amber crystal." noticing Emily's confused facial expression, he explained, "I know it. It belonged to Katherine. Emily gave it to her which means…" Stefan trailed off.
When Stefan didn't continue, Elena questioned confused, "what?"
Stefan shook his head, "I don't know, but I'm gonna find out." Stefan turned around to walk off the porch when he called out, "let me talk to Damon."
"Do you think Damon will tell you?" Emily questioned.
Stefan sighed, "I'll get it out of him."
Emily had called Caroline to join her, Bonnie, and Elena to sleep over. Caroline needed to makeup with Bonnie anyway, so this way, Emily could help if she needed to. Emily and Caroline were quietly taking the food Caroline had bought from the Grill but the blonde felt eyes on her and saw Elena looking at her with a meaningful expression.
Caroline sighed and turned towards Bonnie who was looking down at the kitchen counter. "I'm sorry. There. I said it. If you want the ugly ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."
"Oh my God," Emily mumbled. Caroline sure knew how to apologize to someone. She definitely has no filter when she opens her mouth. But at least she apologized. At least it's a step, a small one, but still progress.
Bonnie avoided Caroline's eyes with a guilty expression, "will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?"
"You threw it away?" Caroline huffed in annoyance.
"I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares," Bonnie explained to the blonde. "I had to get rid of it."
"You could have just given it back to me," Caroline yelped.
Emily rolled her eyes at her blonde best friend. "You were just going to get it to Damon."
Caroline shook her head, "screw Damon." Caroline suddenly changed the conversation, "are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?"
"Mines in my bag," Bonnie commented.
Caroline nodded before walking towards the dining room table and looking through Bonnie's bag. While Caroline did that, she also called out to Elena, "so… how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last? Is it a permanent thing?"
Elena shrugged, "I don't know, Caroline."
Caroline huffed, "why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?"
"Caroline!" Emily scolded the blonde.
"What?" Bonnie asked confused.
Caroline held out the amber crystal necklace in front of the three girls and looked at Bonnie in question. But the three girls all had similar facial expressions. Elena and Bonnie were shocked to see the necklace while Emily was worried about the Bennett witch. What the hell was going on? She had seen the necklace being thrown into the grass field. What did her ancestor want with Bonnie?
"I'm not lying to you, Caroline. I swear," Bonnie stressed.
Elena glanced over at her sister before turning to Caroline, "it's true. I watched her throw it into a field!"
Caroline huffed and pointed towards the necklace on the counter, "then explain it."
Bonnie looked over at Emily and Elena scaredly, "Emily."
Caroline looked over at the oldest Gilbert, "what did you do?"
Emily rolled her eyes, "not me. Bonnie's ancestor."
"The ghost," Bonnie clarified.
"Oh, the ghost has a name now?" Caroline mocked.
"Caroline, please," Elena mumbled before turning back to Bonnie, wanting her to continue.
"I wonder why she won't leave me alone," Bonnie told the two Gilbert sisters.
"What is going on?" Caroline yelled. "Why am I not apart of this conversation?" Caroline huffed while staring at Bonnie and Elena, "you guys do this to me all the time."
"Oh come on, Care," Emily groaned.
Caroline shook her head at Emily, "I thought we were best friends, you're supposed to tell me everything!"
Emily sighed and glanced over at Bonnie before exclaiming, "it wasn't my story to tell, Care. maybe if you would listen to her, you would be in the loop."
Bonnie nodded in agreement, "I can't talk to you. You don't listen."
Caroline shook her head at Bonnie, "that's not true."
Bonnie stared at Caroline for a moment before stating, "I'm a witch."
"And don't we all know it?" Caroline huffed, not believing that Bonnie is a witch.
"See?" Bonnie yelped. "That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to tell you something. You don't even hear it." Bonnie exclaimed before storming out of the kitchen.
Caroline glanced between the twins confused, "I listen. When do I not listen?"
Emily rolled her eyes at her blonde best friend. Caroline doesn't even think half the time. She is suppose to listen even if she thinks what Bonnie is saying sounds crazy, that's what best friends do. It's in the job description. Emily turned towards Caroline and tried again, "you need hear her out. Even if you think what she has to say is stupid or weird, you stick by her. She's your best friend so please just listen to what she has to say."
Caroline sighed and rolled her eyes, "fine," before leaving the kitchen and going towards the direction Bonnie left, which happened to be the living room.
"How do you do that?" Elena questioned her sister in surprise.
"Do what?" Emily rose an eyebrow at Elena.
"Get people to listen to you," Elena explained.
Emily shrugged with a smirk, "I guess I just got that Emily Gilbert charm."
Elena rolled her eyes at her twin sister but before she could say anything, Caroline suddenly yelled from the other room, "Elena! Emily! You guys can come in now. We're done."
The two twins walked into the room with two bright smiles on their faces. Emily sat between Bonnie and Caroline and asked, "are we all friends again?"
Caroline rolled her eyes with a chuckle and wrapped her arms around Emily's shoulder, "yes, we are." Caroline sighed, "there is just too much drama in this room." Caroline looked at the three girls, "so, what do you guys wanna do?" when the three girls shrugged, Caroline suddenly gasped and stood up, "i have an idea. Why don't we have a seance?"
While Elena and Emily both groaned at that, Bonnie quickly shook her head, "I don't think that's a good idea."
"Come on," Caroline begged. "Let's summon some spirits," Caroline cheered. "This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do."
For some reason, that Emily didn't understand, the four girls moved to Elena's room to contact Bonnie's ancestor. Emily felt that this way a bad idea, this is just another way for Damon to get his way and Emily didn't like it. But Emily knew she couldn't say anything about Damon to her two best friends, so she decided to get on with the seance.
Caroline placed four white candles in the middle of Elena's bedroom floor and quickly turned off all the lights. The four girls sat in a small circle and held each other's hands. They sat there for a moment before Bonnie asked confused, "what are we doing?"
"I don't know," Elena mumbled.
"Shh. be quiet and concentrate," Caroline scolded. "Close your eyes," Caroline commanded. After a moment Caroline continued with a calm voice, "now take a deep breath." Once everyone did, Caroline called out, "Bonnie. Call to her."
"Emily… you there?" Bonnie spoke plainly.
Caroline peaked one of her eyes open and when she saw nothing was happening, she opened her other eye and looked over at Bonnie annoyed, "really? 'Emily, you there?' that's all you got?" Caroline begged, "come on."
"Fine, jeez," Bonnie mumbled before the four girls closed their eyes again. Bonnie took a deep breath and began, "Emily. I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
As soon as Bonnie finished speaking, the flames from the candles flared stronger than they should be, causing the girls to let go of each other's hands and jump back in shock.
"Did that just -" Elena began.
"Yeah, it just happened," Caroline continued for Elena.
It was quiet for a moment, before the room suddenly got colder. Caroline gasped from the coldness and Bonnie tried to explain, "it's just the air conditioning." But as soon as the last word slipped from Bonnie's lips, the flame went even higher.
"Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her," Caroline commanded. When Bonnie didn't say anything, Caroline sighed and began, "Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign." The four girls stared hard at the high flames, but nothing else happened.
"See? It's not working," Bonnie exclaimed while staring at the flames deeply, waiting for a sign. And Bonnie got that sign, because suddenly Elena's bedroom window slammed open, scaring the girls to death. Bonnie quickly tore the necklace from her neck and threw it towards the candles in fright, "I can't, I'm done." But as soon as she threw the necklace to the ground, the candles went out. "Get the light. Please, get the light!" Bonnie yelled.
"I got it," Emily exclaimed and quickly made her way to the wall the best she could in the dark. She felt around the wall and finally found the light switch and flipped it on.
Bonnie glanced down at the blown out candles and looked up in confusion, "you guys, the necklace, it's gone."
Once the shock wore off, the four girls began looking all through Elena's bedroom, trying to find the antique necklace. The girls looked through every spot in Elena's room before Elena huffed, "okay, fun's over, Caroline. You made your point, and I get it. Now give it back."
"What?" Caroline yelped. "Well, I didn't take it."
Emily rolled her eyes. She wanted to believe Caroline, she really did but who else would have taken the necklace. She didn't believe in any of this witch stuff, she thought it was joke. Emily was about to speak but she saw a shadow pass by Elena's bedroom door. Emily quickly walked to the doorway and looked around the hallway but couldn't see anyone.
"What? What is it?" Caroline asked Emily.
Emily shook her head but didn't say anything to the blonde. Emily left the doorway and began looking through the hallway, "Jer? Jenna? You guys home?" It looked like no one was home, so who did Emily see?
Suddenly Emily heard Bonnie yell out, "you guys open the door! Help me!" Emily quickly ran back to Elena's room and saw Elena and Caroline beating on the bathroom door. Emily jogged towards the door and tried to rattle the door handle, but nothing would work. "Lena! Go try the other door!" Emily commanded to her sister. Elena nodded and quickly did what her sister said.
"Come on! Bonnie! Try to open the door!" Emily yelled out to Bonnie. All you could hear was each four girls yelling either at Bonnie or Bonnie yelling to help her out of the bathroom. But suddenly, the lights began to flicker and Bonnie yelled out in pain. The three other girls stopped yelling, to listen for anything but then Bonnie stopped yelling and the bathroom door slowly opened up.
When the bathroom door opened all the way, Bonnie held her head in her hands. Elena carefully walked into the bathroom and questioned, "what happened? Are you okay?"
It was silent for a moment before Bonnie lifted up her hand slowly and stated emotionlessly, "I'm fine."
Caroline shook her head and scoffed, "unbelievable. You were totally faking it."
"She couldn't have faked that, Care," Emily tried.
"No! You scared the hell out of me," Caroline yelled before walking out of the bathroom.
"Bonnie?" Elena questioned carefully.
Bonnie stared at Elena, "I'm fine. Everything's fine." Bonnie squeezed through the two Gilbert girls and quickly made her way out of Elena's bedroom.
"I can't believe I fell for it," Caroline mumbled.
Emily looked at Bonnie weirdly, she wasn't acting like herself. Emily watched Bonnie try to rush down the stairs before Emily called out to her carefully, "are you sure you're okay, Bon Bon?"
"I must go," Bonnie plainly told Emily and continued her way to the stairs.
"She's leaving. I'm leaving," Caroline exclaimed, following after Bonnie.
"You guys can't leave," Elena called out, looking over at her sister for help.
"I can. I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night," Caroline huffed.
Bonnie looked over to the two Gilbert girls, "thank you for having me. I'll take it from here."
Emily looked at Bonnie confused. What did she mean? That didn't sound like Bonnie at all. Emily asked carefully, "where are you going?"
Bonnie walked slowly down the stairs and stated, "back to where it all began."
"Bonnie! Bonnie!" Elena yelled out to try to stop the witch but she never did stop. Elena gasped, "oh my God! Emily!"
The Bennett witch suddenly stopped at the end of the stairs and turned to the group of girls at the top of the stairs, "I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed."
Emily couldn't let the witch leave in her best friend's body. Damon would find out and hurt Bonnie to get what he wants. "Wait!" Emily yelled. But the Bennett witch didn't stop, she quickly rushed out of the house and slammed the door behind her.
Emily quickly ran down the stairs and tried to open the door but it wouldn't even budge. Emily guessed that the witch had spelled the door, so they wouldn't try to stop her. "What's happening?" Caroline asked once she got to the front door.
"I don't know," Emily mumbled. "The door is stuck," Emily lied. Suddenly the front door opened quickly and there was a shadow out in front. The three girls jumped in fright, but it was only Jeremy.
"What the hell?" Jeremy questioned confused before walking upstairs.
"I'm outta here," Caroline rushed before quickly leaving the Gilbert house.
Emily was going to try to stop her blonde best friend, but knew she would be safe. She was worried about if Bonnie would be alright. Emily looked over at her sister, who had the same worried expression. Emily quickly pulled out her cell phone from her back pocket and quickly dialed a familiar number.
"What's wrong?" Stefan answered after the second ring.
"It's Bonnie," Emily quickly spoke.
"What happened?" Stefan questioned.
Emily sighed, "her ancestor was possessing her." Emily paused, "she said something before she left."
"What did she say?" Stefan questioned again.
Emily thought for a moment, "she said 'I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed.'"
"Do you know where she would have gone?" Stefan asked.
Emily thought back to the conversation Bonnie had told her about her ancestor before Emily gasped in realization, "Fell's church. That's where she took Bonnie in her dreams. Elena and I are on our way."
"No no no," Stefan quickly spoke. "You both need stay home, where you'll safe. I'm gonna go find her," Stefan didn't even wait for a reply before hanging up the phone.
Emily wasn't just going sit around and wait for Stefan to bring Bonnie home. If she could help in anyway, she was going to do it. Bonnie's her best friend, it's her job to protect her. Emily quickly grabbed her car keys and called out to Elena, "come on." Before the duo quickly jumped into the car and made their way to Fell's church.
Emily drove as quickly as she could before she finally pulled up to the Fell's church. The two sisters quickly jumped out of the car and ran as fast as they could. When they finally got closer they saw Bonnie surrounded by fire. Emily gasped and yelled, "Bonnie!"
But before Emily could get any closer, Stefan quickly grabbed the oldest Gilbert around her waist and held her in place and did the same with Elena. Not wanting them to get hurt by the fire or by Damon.
Emily watched in shock from behind Stefan's shoulder. The Bennett witch threw the important amber crystal into the sky and it blew up into tiny pieces. Once the sparks were all gone, the fire around Bonnie disappeared. Emily knew that wasn't good thing for Bonnie. Damon suddenly rushed towards Bonnie, gripped onto her tightly, and took a huge bite from the side of her neck.
The two girls gasped in shock. Emily was in emotional pain watching her best friend getting bit by the angry vampire and she couldn't do anything except watch. Stefan quickly rushed towards Damon and pushed him away from Bonnie. Stefan bent down towards the Bennett witch and checked her pulse. Stefan looked up at the two worried Gilbert sisters and stated, "she's alive, but barely." Stefan quickly bit his wrist, "I can save her."
Elena held on her sister, afraid she would fall from how scared she was feeling. Elena gasped when she saw Bonnie's wound close up, "her neck, it's healing." Emily looked closely and sure enough, Bonnie's wound was slowly closing. Another perk of being a vampire, Emily thought.
While Stefan went to talk to Damon, Emily and Elena helped Bonnie up from the woody ground and moved her towards Emily's car. Bonnie held onto the oldest Gilbert, "I don't understand, Emily. What happened to me?" Bonnie glanced between Emily and Elena before mumbling, "he attacked me, and his face was like…" Bonnie trailed off, not knowing how to explain what she just experienced.
Elena grabbed Bonnie's hand carefully, "how do you feel? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Bonnie gripped her neck, "it's just this blood. I don't…" Bonnie trailed off when she saw Stefan behind Emily.
Emily turned around and saw the youngest Salvatore slowly walking towards them. Emily looked over to Bonnie when she grabbed onto Emily like her life depended on it. Stefan realized this, so he quickly spoke, "I'm not gonna hurt you."
Bonnie looked at Emily scared, "what is going on?"
Emily looked at Bonnie with an apologetic smile. She never wanted Bonnie involved in this life, but since everyone knows that she is a witch, never isn't much Emily can do to keep her from this life. Emily gripped Bonnie's hands, "I'll explain everything to you. We'll go to our house, and I'll explain every last detail." Emily saw that Bonnie was still staring at Stefan like he would hurt her so Emily quickly spoke up, "Stefan's a good guy. He would never hurt you." Emily gave Stefan a small smile before pulling Bonnie to her car. Knowing that Stefan and her sister needed a moment alone.
Emily slowly walked Bonnie towards her car and opened the passenger door for her. Once Bonnie got in, Emily grabbed Bonnie's hands, "everything will be okay, I promise." When Bonnie nodded slowly and stated seriously, "I will protect you."
Emily moved towards the driver's seat and not even a few moments later, Elena jumped into the car and slammed the door. Emily looked at her sister through the rear view mirror and saw that her sister had tears in her eyes. Emily sighed, she looked out front and saw Stefan staring at the car sadly. Emily gave the younger Salvatore a sad smile before leaving the Fell's church and made her way home.
Once Emily finally arrived at the Gilbert house, she made her way to her bedroom with Elena and Bonnie in tow. The three girls settled onto Emily's bed before she tried to explain everything that has happened with Elena's help. It was hard to explain everything, but a few hours later, Bonnie had gotten all there was to know. About vampires, about what happened to Vicki, about the Halloween party while Elena explained everything that happened with her and Stefan. By the end of the night, Bonnie and Elena were both crying. Emily's heart broke at the sight, so she pulled the two girls down and laid between them and held the two girls closely while they cried. Emily wanted to take away their pain, but she knew that wasn't possible. Emily couldn't protect her loved ones from everything. But she would try her hardest and no one was going to stop her.
