Hey everyone, so so sorry for the late update, I've been in the process of moving so it has been so chaotic! A few things, the language Adonis spoke thousands of years ago is a dialect similar to Latin among high-ranking witches called "Lux". Please continue to leave reviews, I love hearing what you all think 😊!
The Characters and whom I envision playing them:
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.
Adonis – Thomas Doherty
Evelde – Ella Balinska
Emeline Archambeau Bennett- Whitney Peak
Lana Gilbert – Sophie Thatcher
Ash – Ayo Edebiri
Eamon – Trevor Jackson
Thousands of years ago:
"I want this, forever" Adonis kissed Evelde's forehead as he pulled her into him, both legs and arms intertwined with each other.
"Forever is a long time" Evelde rubbed Adonis' cheek and rubbed the pad of her thumb over his lips which he kissed in return.
"Marry me, share my blood" Adonis held her chin up with his hand and brought her lips closer to him so he could kiss her.
"Mmm you and I both know that would be forbidden" Evelde placed another kiss on his lips and pulled away to smile before sitting herself up on the bed.
"No don't go" Adonis grabbed her arm and looked up at her with his pleading blue eyes.
"I must, I've already been gone for too long, he'll,, they'll begin to worry" Evelde let out a big sigh before getting off the bed and stepping back into her dress.
"They want to control you Eve, I wouldn't control you, you and I, together, we can build our perfect world" Adonis finally sat back up on the bed watching her put her cloak on.
"Maybe this is our perfect world, we find these small moments until I grow old and grey, and you find another naïve, gullible enchantress" Evelde smiled and walked closer to Adonis who was still on the bed.
"I'd want you even then, I'd mourn you for the rest of this long life knowing that nothing would compare to the time I spent with you. I'd braid your hair when you grow too tired, I'd tend to your gardens in the sweltering heat just so you can always have something bloom for you in the morning, til your last breath I'd be here, right next to you" Adonis took Evelde's hand and kissed the top of it.
"It's a beautiful dream Adonis, I – " Before Evelde could finish Adonis stood up from the bed to grab Evelde's face and look into her eyes.
"Do you trust me" Adonis asked, Evelde nodded in return.
"Yes" Evelde said out loud.
"Do you love me" Adonis rubbed his thumbs on her cheeks.
"More than anything" Evelde sighed.
"We'll run away, with your daughters, to the other sides of the earth, I'll give up my magic so the council can't track me, you have enough for both of us combined." Adonis pulled her face into his for another kiss which Evelde returned.
"He's going hunting with the high court tomorrow he'll be gone until the next moon phase, let me pack what I need to, I'll send the girls with my ladies in waiting, they're loyal to me, they'll keep them safe until we're ready, now let me go before I change my mind" Evelde and Adonis both laughed and smiled at each other as he lifted her up and spun her around.
"Go my love, I'll see you when the sun's up" Adonis placed another kiss onto Evelde's lips. When Evelde pulled away they took one more look at each other before Evelde left through the bedroom door.
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As he walked toward the large arched windows, Adonis touched his lip at one of the many memories he would replay of him and Evelde as he looked out the window.
"Adonis" Sabre stated, as if she were ordering him to turn around.
"Yes" Adonis sighed before turning back around to face Sabre.
"If what you say is true, what makes you think Bastien hasn't told Bonnie, my brother was pure, and the love he had for his family..and her, was also pure," Sabre asked as she arched a brow.
"If he had, you and everyone would know about it already, Bonnie would never have agreed to keep it in your mother's tomb, she would foolishly think she'd keep it safe, never to be used, never to be accessed even with her back up against a wall" Adonis explained looking intently at Sabre.
"And how would you know, you've never met her" Sabre cocked her head to the side, not one to defend Bonnie, but was annoyed at how cocky he was being as if he knew her better.
"I knew her ancestors… intimately, they all have the same fire, some more than others, I know that when they think they're on the right side of history, nothing will stop them, and everyone in their path will get burned by their fire, burn or get burned. They thrive off love, +hate, or both, and with Bonnie's raw power…I can sense it in the atmosphere, she'd do what she had to do, to win. So maybe it was her late husband's way of keeping her safe. Safe from herself." Adonis stepped closer to Sabre, both of them sensing the power they held.
"My King" Isolda stepped into the room with a worried expression on her face.
Sabre scoffed at the title. Adonis nodded for Isolda to come closer.
"Our planned work" Isolda said with a smile as an undead OWIA soldier walked into the room.
Adonis walked to the soldier and placed his hand on the soldier's head to gather the information the soldier had. Sabre kept her distance, internally horrified at what she was seeing but externally trying not to show her emotion.
After Adonis was done, he gestured for Isolda to take the soldier out of the room.
"The plan for the magic will wait, for now…she'll sense it, we take her allies away from her first, turn the OWIA against her, and then the other coven leaders, does her daughter trust you?" Adonis asked.
"Not enough to just accept me with open arms, I won't involve her with this, what did you see" Sabre stood tall, ready to defend herself if need be.
Adonis raised his hand and magically brought Sabre to him so he could clasp onto her throat. Sabre felt powerless against him and was straining for air.
"What you will and won't do is no longer up to you" Adonis let her go and walked her over to the window as she was coughing and gasping for air.
When she looked out the window, she gasped in horror at the undead army he had gathered outside.
"We don't have as many as I'd like to have, we are nowhere close to being ready….I'm your best bet at keeping that gorgeous head of yours intact" Adonis turned his head to look at Sabre who was still looking out at what she was seeing.
"So, when you think about betraying me to protect your blood, think twice about that decision – I'll keep her alive if you can get her on our side, I promise you that." Adonis grabbed onto her chin with his hand and lifted her face up to look at him.
"If you can't she'll die with her mother" Adonis dropped his hand before looking back out at the window with Sabre.
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"No..no more kissing" Bonnie placed a finger up to Damon's mouth as he tried to kiss her in the middle of them trying to get dressed.
Damon sighed and looked down at her with pleading eyes.
"Not until we've actually talked about everything, I haven't even fully comprehended that you're here right now, looking like this, and being…a vampire, I haven't really comprehended much of anything" Bonnie frowned slightly at the realization.
"I'm sorry" Damon looked at Bonnie wishing he could stop time to allow them as much of it as possible to work out what Bonnie needed to.
"No need to be" Bonnie said softly as she looked up at Damon's wildly blue eyes, still feeling as if she were in a dream.
They both stood there and stared at each other, deep breaths filling the silence between them.
"Okay, put on a shirt, and let's go" Bonnie finally broke the silence with her order.
Once they were both dressed Bonnie reached out to hold Damon's hand, almost jumping at the electricity she felt between them after it had been about 30 minutes since they were last touching one another. They both quickly appeared back by the coffee shop.
Katherine was standing out front with a cup of hot coffee annoyed and intrigued at Bonnie and Damon still holding hands. Once Bonnie sensed Katherine's questioning thoughts, she dropped Damon's hand as they walked closer to Katherine, ignoring Damon's deep sigh as she dropped his hand.
"Really..I'm not judging or anything but one of you couldn't leave me with the car keys?" Katherine said in an annoyed tone, Bonnie scrunched up her face in confusion, and Damon scowled.
"Not in the mood, what did you find out" Damon retorted, narrowing his eyes at Katherine.
"Wait, why would you be judging?" Bonnie asked, with her arms folded, slightly blushing as if she were a teenager in high school.
"Really?" Katherine asked with a raised eyebrow, Damon shot Katherine a look of annoyance.
"No, I'll answer because I finally want to get some answers…out of both of you, I know what sex with both of you smells like, and it's the only thing I'm smelling at the moment… besides the shitty coffee" Katherine rolled her eyes and then placed them back on Damon and Bonnie, Damon had a devilish grin on his face.
"Jealous?" Damon asked, earning a less-than-thrilled look from Bonnie.
"Okay, get in the car, both of you, I'm driving us back to the cabin" Bonnie walked past them to the car that she started before they got inside.
Katherine walked to the passenger side to get in the car glaring at Damon, daring him to make her sit in the backseat, Damon shrugged and got in the back seat and sat right in the middle.
Bonnie looked at Damon in the rearview and smiled slightly at Damon who was smiling at her before she reversed the car and put it in drive.
"Back to my question, what did you find out while we we're…occupied" Damon asked Katherine as he widened his eyes and wiggled his eyebrows, Bonnie shook her head slightly.
"He was shocked about me even being alive, he had heard that I was long gone, but I told him, I'm Katherine Pierce, I'm never gone for too long," Katherine said smirking at herself.
"In pest control circles, they call those cockroaches" Damon retorted amused with himself, Katherine rolled her eyes and let out a deep sigh, Bonnie tried to ignore their banter as she played the last few hours back in her head, still feeling as if she were in a dream.
"That joke would be funny if it came from someone else, but from you, pot meet kettle" Katherine smirked in the rearview mirror at Damon.
"I refuse to listen to this the whole way back to the cabin, I'd rather you ask what you want to know Katherine, Let's get it over with so we can all move on and talk about the mission at hand" Bonnie kept her eyes on the road with her hands firm on the steering wheel. Most cars these days were self-driving cars, Bonnie, however, liked the feeling of being in control and opted for the most traditional car she could get.
"Last thing I knew, before I was betrayed by the better half of the Salvatore brothers, Elena was still in a coma, and from the bits and pieces I've put together, Damon married Elena when she woke up, you married Bastien, and somehow in the middle, you guys fell in love?" Katherine inquired noticing Bonnie's expression change slightly at her incorrect re-cap.
"I fell for Bonnie long before that happened," Damon said with a more serious expression and met Bonnie's eyes an additional time in the rearview mirror.
Katherine shook her head trying to understand it.
"Did you feel the same way? Before Elena woke up?" Katherine turned her head to look at Bonnie as she asked, Damon's heart started to beat faster, knowing he knew the answer already, but wondered if Bonnie would admit to it again.
Bonnie took a deep breath, wishing this was a conversation she and Damon could have alone, but she almost felt less exposed and bashful with a mediator in the car.
"Yes, but back then, it would have never worked, not sure if it ever will" Bonnie bit her bottom lip looking straight ahead, ignoring the change in emotion she felt from Damon. Damon's brows furrowed and Katherine looked pensive as she looked ahead.
"What do you mean not sure if it ever will?" Damon questioned with a look of dejection on his face.
Katherine widened her eyes, trying to hide how amused she was.
"Damon, I don't know if I'll even survive what happens next, I have a daughter who needs me, and our history there's just - a lot to unpack and I can't promise that I can just look past it just because you have a second chance to do what you need to do, I've lived a hundred different lives it seems since we first met" Bonnie gulped after admitting to herself that she was attracted to Damon when they first met when she came up with every reason to make him an enemy, instead of someone she'd be attracted to and possibly tolerate.
Katherine looked at Damon through the rearview mirror and saw that his eyes were fixed on Bonnie.
"I don't care if you live a thousand more, however much time all of us have left, the next thirty minutes, I want it with you" Damon responded, wishing Katherine wasn't in the car so Bonnie didn't get to hide behind having a third party with them.
"Sorry to interrupt how heartwarming and true loves kiss this all is, but Damon, if this is how you felt, why didn't you fight for Bonnie once you had these feelings, like you fought for me, for Elena" Katherine raised an eyebrow at Damon as she turned around in her seat to look at him.
"I never thought I stood a chance, not one bit, it wasn't until Bonnie told me she loved Enzo, right after I threatened him about the pills he was having her take, that I realized how badly I misjudged Bonnie and her capability to love someone like Enzo, someone like me. If anything, it made me upset that she would lower her moral compass for Enzo who was as equally if not more evil than me" Damon's expression softened as he stated this confession. Bonnie gave her best poker face, not wanting to admit the real reason she clung to Enzo when Damon desiccated himself.
"I did fight for Katherine, and Elena, fought like hell, I didn't know the difference between an obsessive world-ending, co-dependent love and a love that's filled with respect, trust, affection, and fire. The love I had for you, regrettably, is the same love I had for Elena, the difference was…Elena loved me back, the way I needed her to. When I fell in love with Bonnie, I thought maybe this is a love like what I have for Stefan…no, that wasn't it, and then I thought, this is a love like I had for Enzo and Alaric, that wasn't it either. This love was special, and one I specifically hold for Bonnie, nothing ever measured to it" Damon's eyes began to well up, and Bonnie's eyes filled with tears as well. Katherine was speechless for the first time in her second attempt at life at how vulnerable Damon was being.
"If Bonnie were to tell you back then, while you were with Elena, that she had feelings for you, what would you have done?" Katherine asked, knowing she could be snarky but for some reason, she felt a mutual understanding of the love Damon was talking about.
"You don't have to answer that Damon" Bonnie responded before clearing her throat.
"It's a hypothetical that would have never happened, Bonnie was and is too good for us all and would never put any of her feelings above her friends' feelings, and I fucked up way too many times with Bonnie before she even considered me a friend, but if it did somehow come up, in another life, it would have eventually caused me to let Elena go like Stefan and I should have done, a long time ago" Damon tapped his legs nervously, waiting for Bonnie's response or reaction.
"So after, Damon, in Kyoto, why didn't you fight for me then," Bonnie asked holding back tears, remembering the night vividly now.
"When I got home, even after everything Sophia told me, I was going to tell Elena and that's when I found out she was pregnant, and I- "Before Damon could finish his sentence, Bonnie interjected.
"I would have never forgiven you for leaving a pregnant Elena for me, you don't need to explain" Bonnie wiped a tear that fell from her eye.
"I tried to do the right thing, for me and for you, and for your ancestors who I am still terrified of" Damon lifted his mouth into a slight smile, and Bonnie let out a short laugh at his response.
"So why stay married to Elena?" Katherine asked, still more curious than ever.
"We didn't get married until after Bonnie got married, and we had.. a lot of bumps in the road, I loved Elena, I wouldn't have gone through with our courthouse wedding if I didn't, she was one of my best friends so it wasn't the worst ending for my human life." Damon winced at how that may have sounded, but it was the truth.
"Wow, so in the end, you settled for Elena, because you were in love with her best friend that you could never have" Katherine chuckled to herself thinking about how she tried to tell them all there were much better options than Elena. Bonnie let out a deep sigh, not wanting to contribute to discrediting or discounting the bond and love Elena and Damon had for each other.
"How about some music instead we're almost there, I think we've all said enough for the night" Bonnie stated, not wanting to speak about the muddy past any longer. When she put her music on shuffle, Invisible String came on, which caused Bonnie to smile at the significance of it.
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Once Hope arrived at the front of the school, she immediately frowned at the destruction. Hope walked around the debris and could smell the blood in the air, even though there were no bodies.
"Hmm" Hope sighed to herself before incanting a spell to put the house back together as if it were never destroyed.
Once the house was put back together, she heard a faint noise down one of the corridors, it sounded like a man gasping for air. Hope closed her eyes and smelled the air again to track down what she was hearing, and it led her to one of the classrooms. In the classroom, she saw an injured OWIA soldier holding onto a wound in their shoulder to stop the bleeding. She immediately went toward him and crouched down to meet him at eye level.
"It wasn't our fault, you have to warn Bonnie" the soldier gasped as he looked at Hope.
Hope bit her wrist and gave the soldier her blood which he gladly took.
"Warn Bonnie about what?" Hope asked as the soldier was regaining his strength.
"Sabre and Adonis, they have spies everywhere, they've infiltrated the OWIA and parts of the world governments, they sent us here, under a spell to attack and take over the school, to make it look like to the world leaders that you guys were going back on your promises to keep humans safe" The soldier explained.
"What? That makes no sense, if you attacked us with no reasoning as to why, we would be defending ourselves like what happened here, there's no bodies here either so there's something bigger happening here" Hope said to the soldier who was confused at her statement.
"Luna, show me the footage from the battle, I want to know what happened to the bodies" Hope called out to the magical AI version of an Alexa that Ash helped to create.
"As you wish Hope" the AI responded before showing a holographic screen that came out of nowhere in front of Hope.
Hope gasped when she saw Emeline and her friends, in addition to Stefan and Damon. Before Hope could take in what she was seeing it showed the soldiers coming back to life after they were defeated and then they all apparated.
"What the fuck is this" the soldier said in horror.
"How did you break the spell" Hope ordered as she turned to place her eyes on the soldier.
"I didn't I don't – " The soldier responded before Hope incanted a spell to bind his arms and legs as the soldier was yelling asking what she was doing.
"Luna, place him in isolation, in the basement, he's being tracked..this is purposeful, activate protocol 213" Hope ordered to the magical AI.
"As you wish Hope, should I alert Caroline, Bonnie, and Bastien, Bastien's comms are offline" Luna responded.
Hope closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh.
"Just Caroline Luna, tell her it's an emergency and to turn on her beacon so I can bring her here" Hope responded, not wanting to alert Bonnie just yet.
"As you wish Hope, this request has been completed" Luna the AI responded.
Hope watched as the soldier was placed in a magical soundproof tube before apparating down into the basement.
"C'mon Caroline" Hope said to herself as she looked outside the window for Caroline's beacon.
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Caroline got the message from Luna on her comms, a small chip not seen to the naked eye on her daylight ring as it blinked red. Caroline went down a hallway to pull the holographic message up, stating "Emergency, come to the boarding house". Caroline groaned to herself.
"Not now Hope" Caroline said to herself, she made sure to not look suspicious as she walked past different midnight soldiers and other supernatural guests still at the chateau as she made her way to Sabre's bedroom, magically locked from visitors except for Caroline and Emeline.
Caroline opened the door and breathed in the familiar scent of Sabre. Years ago, Sabre told Caroline if she needed her, no questions asked, to light her white candle in the window. Caroline took a deep breath as she walked over to the candle and lit it with the matches placed in a glass container next to it. She opened the window after lighting the white magical candle.
"Come to me Sabre, I can get you out of this, I won't tell Bonnie, I just need you to tell me what's happening so I can help you" Caroline said to the candle. Caroline waited in her room as daylight fell to night. To not be gone from everyone for too long, she made sure to leave for dinner and meetings before sleeping in Sabre's room overnight and repeated the process the next day.
Once night came again and Sabre hadn't responded to the candle burning, Caroline cried to herself as she walked to the bed and placed the blanket over her making sure to still face the window.
"I don't understand, why would you do this Sabre, to Bonnie, to Bastien, to Emeline, and to me" Caroline wept.
"I've done worse, we've all done worse, but we can get through it I promise, you'll regret this Sabre, please, please don't abandon me" Caroline choked out through the tears.
"If you just tell me, I can help you, please just don't, just don't abandon me, Sabre, I'll never be able to fully give you what you need and I'm sorry, I do love you, just please" Caroline willed Sabre to appear to hear but she never did which caused Caroline to cry herself to sleep. Once Caroline fell asleep, Sabre appeared in the room, walked over to Caroline, and left her a letter on the side table. Sabre bent down to give Caroline a kiss on her forehead before apparating out of the room.
When Caroline woke up she noticed the candle was out and immediately sat up in the bed looking around for any hints of Sabre, that's when she looked at the letter addressed to her on her side table. Caroline opened the letter.
"Caroline,
I heard you, I heard everything you said. I love you too, and because I do, is why I need you to stay out of this. I promise you I will make sure you're protected and will explain everything to you when it's safer. Meet me in Florence this Saturday at 7 pm, at our favorite gallery, I will explain everything then. I'm sorry Caroline, truly, for everything. I'll see you soon.
With love,
Sabre Archambeau"
Caroline scoffed at the letter and folded it back up to keep with her for later. Caroline walked back to her room and stopped by Lizzie and Josie's room to make sure they were safe. Caroline told them she was heading out for a little bit, but to make sure they helped keep watch over the chateau while she was gone, not wanting to let them know she was going back to Mystic Falls, even though Lizzie already knew that's where Hope was.
As she made it back to her room, she closed the door behind her and turned on her beacon with her comms. Hope on the other side of the world was woken up by it and quickly incanted a spell to bring Caroline back to the boarding house.
"You look terrible, Is everything okay?" Hope asked as she took in Caroline's solemn face and unkempt hair.
"Clearly not, what's the emergency, everything looks fine" Caroline responded, eyeing Hope who was clearly getting a good night's rest.
"A few things, I'm glad it wasn't life-threatening since you are days late to respond." Hope snarked, Caroline folded her arms and cocked her head to the side, unamused.
"You're going to want to sit down for this" Hope softened her voice and expression and motioned for Caroline to sit next to her, Caroline hesitantly walked over to sit down.
"Luna, show us the visitors who made their way to the school before the attack" Hope ordered as she grabbed Caroline's hand.
Caroline and Hope watched as Emeline and her friends made it to the boarding house, Caroline heard the dialogue about Bastien's death which caused Caroline to gasp and hold her hand up to her mouth.
"Oh my God, Bonnie" Caroline said to herself in shock.
"Keep watching" Hope said in response with a sympathetic tone.
They both watched as Emeline and her friends went around the boarding house gathering different items and spell books, and watched as they incanted a spell that brought Damon, Stefan, and Lexi back.
Caroline widened her eyes in shock and stood up to see Stefan's face and ran out of Hope's room to where he was brought back.
"STEFAN!" Caroline yelled through the halls as she ran through them and down the stairs, tears falling down her face.
Hope went after her.
"Caroline he's not here!" Hope exclaimed.
"STEFAN, I'M HERE, STEFAN!" Caroline continued to yell before falling to her knees inconsolable.
"Care, he's not here!" Hope grabbed onto Caroline's shoulders as she met Caroline on the floor.
"Stefan.." Caroline wept trying to grip onto the wood floor where Stefan stood.
"Show me again, Luna! Show me again!" Caroline ordered through tears.
"No, Caroline, please I need you to –"Hope realized there was no consoling Caroline at the moment and incanted a spell to help put Caroline to sleep. Hope then incanted a spell to take her to her room where she would watch her until she woke up.
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"I get it, but it's still weird" Lexi said to Stefan taking bites out of a kebob as they were walking the streets of London.
"Outside looking in, I can see how you would think that" Stefan took bites of his kebob as well.
"They hated each other, like actual hate if I remember, he tried to kill her several times, and she would've killed him in a heartbeat had it not been for Elena" Lexi responded, thinking about the dynamics of Bonnie and Damon.
"Hate and love, two emotions of the same coin, it was built in Bonnie's DNA to not trust vampires, especially not a Salvatore, and she was the first pretty girl to not be under Damon's spell, he didn't like that she wasn't easy to crack, it wasn't until he proved himself to not be a complete asshole, that I saw a change in how she treated and responded to him, she made him confront parts of himself that he didn't want to, that he never took seriously when it came from me or Elena or anyone else" Stefan recounted.
"Is that a dig at me? I was easy to crack?" Lexi asked only half joking. Stefan laughed.
"I didn't say all of that, I'm just saying I didn't start seeing a positive change in Damon until Bonnie let him in. As much as Elena thinks she had a part in that, she didn't. Bonnie and Damon used Elena as a shield for their real feelings for each other, once Bonnie forgave him for the shitty ways he hurt her, Elena was the one obstacle left." Stefan continued to explain.
"That and the ancestor thing, I just can't imagine, not being able to be my true self and love the person I want to love, having to live up to the expectations of being Bonnie Bennett" Lexi said recounting the past.
"They were able to love each other as best friends, Bonnie was able to be happy for a moment, Damon too, being a dad helped him a lot" Stefan smiled, proud of his brother from the moments he saw when he found peace.
"That wouldn't be enough for me, and maybe that's because if I want something I'll take it. I know what loving a best friend is like, I love you with all my heart Stefan, but if I were in love with you? I wouldn't be able to watch you from the sidelines, I'm not strong enough, nor as honorable." Lexi chuckled to herself, which made Stefan join.
"I get it, I'm the same way, I tried to bury how I felt for Caroline, not wanting to cross that boundary, but once I allowed myself to love her freely, it was the best I felt, ever. It's different than the love I had for Elena, I would never be able to fall out of love with Caroline, a love like that, runs through your bloodstream and makes you feel like you're home" Stefan started to tear up at the thought.
"Wow, now I wish I was in love with you, once we get back to France I'll make sure everyone gives you both space and privacy" Lexi put her arm around Stefan's and smiled at him which made him smile back at her.
"I love you Lexi, thanks for being my best friend, and always being there for me when I've needed you" Stefan said to her as she placed her head on his shoulder briefly as they continued to walk.
"I love you too you dork" Lexi teased.
They both made it to the pub, the meeting place where Ash and Emeline were waiting for them.
Emeline waved over at them as they entered through the doors, Stefan nodded and smiled as he and Lexi made their way to Emeline and Ash.
"Hey guys! Lana and Eamon are tracking one of the Heretic's coven members, about four blocks from here. We're just waiting here until we get the signal" Emeline explained as she handed Stefan and Lexi beer and a bourbon.
"That was a good lead, thank you Stefan" Emeline smiled at Stefan, and Stefan smiled back, happy to help.
"Let's cheers, to finding the bitch and being a bad ass group of hot supernaturals who will be in history books one day" Ash raised her glass, they all giggled as they rose their glasses to join her.
"Any word from Damon or Katherine?" Emeline asked, after taking a gulp of her beer.
"No, but that's probably a good thing" Stefan responded.
"You're right, I sense that they're okay" Emeline placed her head on her hand, trying not to stress.
"Stefan, I don't mean to pry, but your wife is kind of a legend, have you thought about what reuniting with her will be like?" Ash asked curiously, wanting to know the "tea".
Lexi laughed and mouthed "smoothe" to Ash.
"Often, I think about it often" Stefan responded with a smile.
"We'll see her soon Stefan I promise," Emeline said with a smile that was cut short by the sound of her ringtone. Everyone sat up ready to hear what Eamon had to say.
"She's definitely there, I can feel it, like a vampire but not really," Eamon said into the phone.
"Okay, stay put, we're ready, operation "get the bitch" is in full effect," Emeline said as she smiled at Ash, and the name Ash gave for the mission.
Emeline hung up the phone and placed cash on the table to pay for the drinks before motioning for everyone to follow her out.
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Bonnie, Damon, and Katherine finally made it to the cabin, it was raining harder than before, so they all hurried their way inside.
"I'll put on some hot cider," Bonnie said as she made her way inside and into the kitchen.
"I'm taking a hot bath, let me know when something resembling dinner comes" Katherine said as she took off her coat and placed it on a coat rack.
"Upstairs and to your left, there's a guest bedroom with a bath connected to it, I'll put some clothes in there for you to change into, I'm notorious for overpacking," Bonnie said as she was opening the cupboard to bring down the ingredients for her cider.
"Okay! If you need me…don't" Katherine quipped as she looked at the back of Bonnie and Damon who gave her a look of annoyance. Katherine then vamp sped her way upstairs.
Damon sat at the kitchen island and watched as Bonnie grabbed what she needed to make the hot apple cider.
Once Bonnie got the stove going and put the ingredients in the pot, she turned her attention to the fridge, not wanting to look at Damon.
"Bonnie, I know, I know that nothing we did today changes the last however many decades." Damon finally broke the silence and continued to watch Bonnie as she took out the eggs and butter.
"Egg sandwiches, my specialty, Emeline loves them, sometimes on ciabatta bread, sometimes with sourdough, Bastien liked them with croissants" Bonnie responded taking the bread down that the cabin owners provided.
"Sourdough it is" Bonnie said to herself when she looked at what kind of bread it was.
"Bonnie" Damon said softly trying to get her to look at him.
"One time when Elena, and your daughter came to visit, Bastien showed them how to make croissants, Elena's were terrible but Stefanie, she was a baker in the making, if she didn't go into nursing, I swear she could've run a successful bake shop" Bonnie continued as she cracked eggs in a mixing bowl. Damon let out a sigh.
"She still makes them" Damon placed his arms on the island and leaned his head onto his hand.
"I know, she used to leave some at my door when she knew we were in town" Bonnie responded as her voice broke during the sentence.
"Bonnie look at me" Damon ordered.
Bonnie whipped the eggs harder, ignoring Damon. Damon vamp sped next to her, causing her to turn around to put her back towards him so she could grab her seasoning.
"I craved your daughter's croissant's when I was pregnant, Bastien could never make them like hers" Bonnie's voice started to break again.
"Bonnie, what are you not saying" Damon asked as Bonnie wiped her tears away. She regained her composer and turned around to look up at Damon.
"It took me loving Enzo, for you to realize I could be in love with you?" Bonnie asked looking up at his blue eyes.
Damon gave a strained expression before relaxing his face as if he were finding a way to carefully respond to Bonnie's question.
"It…it was solidifying evidence, that in another life, yes, but at that point, everything was shitty and there was no room nor time to even unpack that with you like I wanted to, I thought you hated me and would never forgive me after leaving you for those years I was desiccated - we just didn't have the time that would be necessary for that kind of conversation" Damon responded, wishing he knew if he could hold onto her or not.
"It's not fair for me to hold that whole situation against you because I've forgiven you for it, and it's not like I was allowed to admit the feelings I had for you then too, I know I had them, but I see where the spell prevented me from remembering them or feeling them like I do now. A part of me tried to find you in places and things, and I tried to find you, love you, hold onto you through Enzo, and he's just another person that died from loving me because I wasn't allowed to love you, and Damon I did, I did love them, I was in love with Enzo and Bastien, I know I was, but if we both fought hard enough for each other they would both be alive right now, and I.. I can't.. it's-" Bonnie began to cry and couldn't finish her sentence, Damon brought her into him to hold her as she cried into his black shirt.
"It's not your fault Bonnie, I'm sorry, if I knew better, I would've done so many things different…so many things" Damon kissed the top of her head, wishing he could go back in time, and erase every time he was somewhat responsible for Bonnie being sad or angry.
"Me too" Bonnie responded in between crying. Damon held her tighter until he felt and heard her heartbeat return to its normal heart rate. Once Bonnie stopped crying, she pulled away from Damon.
"I feel like a terrible person" Bonnie said to Damon. Damon furrowed his brows in confusion.
"You're the least terrible person I know, why" Damon inquired.
"Because I don't feel bad, about the moments we shared…I don't feel bad" Bonnie said to Damon looking up at him.
"Do you?" Bonnie whispered up at him. Damon grabbed her face and placed his fingers in her hair.
"No" Damon responded. Bonnie wrapped her arms around his waist and placed her body even closer to Damon's.
They both stood there for a moment, hearing the rain hit the windows and the aroma of apple cider fill the air.
"I'm never going to give you up Bonnie, now that I'm here, I don't care what happens, I don't care what anyone has to say, I am in love with you, and never want to love, touch, nor kiss, nor fuck anyone but you my little witch, I want to find a way to make beautiful babies with you, enough to re-populate a baron burned down world" Damon said with intensity causing Bonnie's heart rate to beat faster.
"Damon" Bonnie whispered.
"I need to cook the eggs" Bonnie continued, still looking into Damon's eyes. Bonnie let go of Damon's waist, trying to mask how her body was betraying her rationality. Damon dropped his hands from Bonnie's face in response.
Damon stepped aside and watched Bonnie the whole time she poured the eggs into the hot pan and then proceeded to toast the bread.
"Can you plate these, I have to give Katherine some clothes, I'll be back in a minute" Bonnie said to Damon noticing how intently he was looking at her, causing her to blush.
Damon nodded in agreement and Bonnie quickly turned around to head up the stairs.
Once Bonnie placed the clothes in Katherine's room, she told her the food was ready before heading back downstairs.
Damon set the table with the hot cider and egg sandwiches, as he waited for Katherine and Bonnie to come back downstairs. Bonnie headed to the bathroom and splashed water on her face to help de-puff her face from the crying.
"What am I even doing, what is even happening" Bonnie said to herself in the mirror, wishing she could call Caroline, or even Elena, and then realized the last thought of calling Elena would be a little ridiculous, which caused Bonnie to laugh at the ridiculousness of the thought and realization.
Bonnie placed her hair in a top bun, and quickly changed out of her clothes and into a sports bra and leggings with a cropped zip-up hoody. She rolled her eyes at her wanting to spray a fresh spray of perfume on her. She felt as if she were a teenager again, which was annoying and exciting to her.
She heard Katherine and Damon talking below, which was her reminder to come down the stairs. Damon immediately stopped mid-sentence to look at Bonnie, he would never get over how beautiful she was, whether she was dressed up or dressed down.
"We waited for you" Damon said with a smile as Bonnie sat down.
"Thanks, you didn't have to" Bonnie responded with a quick smile, trying to seem unbothered at the way Damon was looking at her.
"As I was saying, tomorrow, we need to head back into the city, because shocker, there's a hidden speakeasy of supernaturals, who are loyal to you and have been keeping tabs on the groups of supernaturals who aren't. They have information on the OWIA and who's been plotting against you" Katherine explained.
"Fun" Bonnie said sarcastically with a deep sigh.
Damon took a bite of his sandwich and dramatically groaned at the taste of it.
"Stop it, it's not that good" Bonnie said in response.
"No, it's better" Damon responded, after swallowing his bite.
Katherine took a bite of hers and agreed.
"Well I guess, we're going out tomorrow, we can pick up your bags once we get back in the city" Bonnie stated before frowning at her next realization.
"Damon, I don't have a change of clothes for you to wear I'm sorry, I can wash your clothes tonight" Bonnie said without thinking.
Katherine groaned and rolled her eyes before Damon could say something that would disgust her.
"Okay, I'm taking this up to my room, thanks for the dinner," Katherine said before grabbing her plate and drink.
"Wait!" Bonnie exclaimed, catching Katherine and Damon's attention.
Bonnie grabbed Katherine's drink and looked at the palm of her hand as a cut opened up and poured blood into Katherine's cup causing Damon and Katherine to both jump at the intoxicating smell of it.
"That should be enough," Bonnie said as she healed her cut.
"Thanks" Katherine responded before eyeing Damon and Bonnie, still in awe at this being their dynamic now. Katherine took her stuff upstairs, so it was just her and Damon at the table.
"If you're going to wash my clothes I need to shower, and I'm not using Katherines" Damon teased. Bonnie rolled her eyes, finally realizing what she had suggested earlier.
"You can use mine Damon, we have robes here you can wear in the meantime" Bonnie responded after taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Damn, this is good isn't it" Bonnie said smiling to herself.
"It is" Damon responded as he continued to watch Bonnie as she took bites of her sandwich.
Bonnie could barely concentrate with just her and Damon in the room and almost felt overstimulated by everything as the rain continued to come down.
"Did you ever think about me, when you were fucking Enzo" Damon asked as he looked intently at Bonnie who almost choked on her cider.
"Sometimes" Bonnie responded honestly which made Damon excited to press the subject further.
"Did you ever think about me when fucking Elena?" Bonnie asked in return, half curious at the answer.
"Sometimes" Damon responded, which made Bonnie scoff.
"Is that supposed to make me feel good? Because it doesn't" Bonnie said with an accusatory tone.
"Are we getting all judgey again? It may not make you feel good, but I know you like it" Damon said with a devilish smile.
"I don't Damon" Bonnie said, knowing she was lying. Damon shrugged knowing she was lying too.
"I'm getting in the shower, so you can wash my clothes, I'll keep the water warm for you," Damon said in a husky tone.
"Wow, and what makes you think I want to join you?" Bonnie responded in an annoyed tone, trying to hide her blushing.
"Your scent is taking up the entire room, and I either need to take a cold shower, or a warm one if you join me," Damon said as he got up from the table and took his dish and then Bonnie's to the sink. Bonnie sat there and was trying to keep her breathing steady. Damon smiled as he looked at Bonnie before heading upstairs.
Bonnie rolled her eyes and shortly after went upstairs as well and slowly walked into her doorway as she heard the water turn on. Bonnie saw the pile of his clothes in the hamper, she grabbed it and slowly brought it down to the laundry room. She put the clothes in the washer, turned it on, took a deep breath, and headed back upstairs.
Once she made it back into her bedroom, she closed the door behind her and turned on the TV, she put it on the oldie movie station which was playing Pride and Prejudice.
"Am I taking a cold shower or a warm one Bon-Bon" Damon asked loudly from the bathroom. Bonnie smiled at how much she missed hearing his voice call her that.
"Warm" Bonnie yelled back.
Bonnie slowly unzipped her hoody and took down her hair. She then lifted her sports bra over her head and then pulled down her underwear and leggings. She looked at herself in the full-length mirror before heading back into the bathroom, admiring her full breasts and perfectly perky ass she thanked all the years of cheerleading and fighting supernaturals for. She ran her hand along her stomach and placed it over the wounds she had gotten from Kai, which reminded her of the prison world. She thought about moments like this more often than she should have when they were stuck in the prison world together, what would happen if she asked Damon to join her in one of her showers or vice versa. The memories of this caused her to become excited as she was still running her hands over her body in the mirror.
She didn't want to keep Damon waiting and finally turned to walk into the bathroom, which was filled with the smell of her body wash and conditioner. She pulled back the shower curtain and stepped inside the shower with him, taking in his wet raven hair and eyelashes that hovered above his deep blue eyes.
Damon looked down at her, not believing that this was his life now, he had thought about this moment many times before. Sure, they had kissed each other before and slept with each other earlier that day, however, he knew he would never get over seeing her like this, all of her, and having the permission to do so.
Damon grabbed onto her face and bent down to kiss her, Bonnie responded hungrily to the kiss and grabbed onto his hair and sides to pull his lips deeper into hers. Damon then picked her up and pinned her against the bathroom wall as she wrapped her legs around him, feeling his erection close to her. Damon, with Bonnie pinned to the wall, moved his mouth down to her neck, Bonnie grabbed onto his head as she opened her neck up more to him by tilting her head. Damon sunk his teeth into her causing them both to moan in pleasure as her blood poured into his mouth. He then placed kisses over the bites before sinking his teeth in again, making Bonnie moan due to the pleasure and pain she was feeling.
Damon then moved his kisses down her neck before moving back to her lips so she could taste her own blood. Bonnie moaned again at the taste of copper and Damon as their tongues met each other in their kiss. Bonnie then broke from the kiss and smiled at him.
"I love you Bonnie," Damon said returning Bonnie's smile. Bonnie placed another kiss on Damon's lips, before hopping down.
"I need to actually shower too Damon, can you give me some soap" Bonnie giggled as Damon rolled his eyes teasingly.
"Let me" Damon responded as he gave her a devilish grin. Bonnie nodded and raised her eyebrows pretending to be impatient.
Damon squeezed the body wash into his hand and started to rub the soap into her shoulders before working his way down each arm.
"I had a lot of forbidden thoughts about this, in the prison world" Bonnie admitted shyly.
"Oh?" Damon asked curiously as he started to rub the soap over and under her breasts causing her to close her eyes and bite her bottom lip.
"Yeah, those long showers were long for a reason, I thought about what I would do if you ever came in with me or..whatever" Bonnie blushed at the confession, Damon now working on lathering up her bottom half.
"Or whatever?" Damon asked teasingly.
"Damon" Bonnie said in an annoyed tone. Damon responded with a wink as he looked up at Bonnie while he was rubbing the soap on her legs.
"I know you would do certain things to tease me, I'm not dumb, were you testing me?" Bonnie asked.
Damon sighed and stood up to grab the shower head to wash the soap off Bonnie's body.
"I wouldn't consider it testing you, it was more, hey if you wanted to, I wouldn't blame you" Damon said as he continued to wash the soap off Bonnie.
"Wouldn't blame me? Ha, you wanted to see if I was as noble and self-righteous as I let on" Bonnie continued earning a laugh from Damon.
"I didn't need to see it, I knew you were, I guess it was more of my way of showing you we could have a secret or two, naively thinking I would be able to keep it just in the prison world, but there was a part of me that thought we'd never leave, and it wouldn't have been the worst thing," Damon said as he put up the shower head.
"That thought crossed my mind, I had only slept with Jeremy at that point and always wondered what it would have been like with you" Bonnie said before letting out a moan as Damon was rubbing her center, feeling how wet she was.
"I'm glad you never took the bait Bonnie, once I had a taste I would have never stopped, I would've never let us leave, you would've been my prisoner," Damon said as he placed two fingers into her, preparing her to let him in.
"Mmm Damon, you would've ruined both of our lives" Bonnie said as she closed her eyes at how good he was making her feel. Damon took his fingers out, placed them into his mouth, and moaned at the taste.
"I still might" he responded with a devilish grin before bending down to kiss her again. Damon pulled and bit her lip as she grabbed onto him and scratched his back.
Bonnie let go and turned around to bend down slightly opening herself up to Damon, Damon grabbed onto her waist in response and rubbed his erection into her wet enterc causing them both to moan before he finally worked his way in. Bonnie moaned at feeling the full length of him and helped him to pick up the pace causing them both to moan in unison. Bonnie pulled away so she could turn around and look at him which caused them both to groan at the quick separation of their body heat. Bonnie felt the water get cool and turned the water off with her magic and then apparated them downstairs with her magic, to the living room on the faux fur rug. Bonnie with a flick of her wrist started a fire in the fireplace.
"Lay down" Bonnie ordered which Damon complied, looking at his magical witch in awe as her green eyes intensified. Bonnie climbed on top of him and bent down to kiss him he grabbed onto her back and hair hungrily, as she slowly started to ride him. Before Damon came, he pulled her off him and brought her up to his face so he could taste her again. Bonnie began to moan loudly, not caring that anyone else was in the two-story cabin with them. Damon gladly lapped up Bonnie's nectar as she rode his face before she came and grabbed onto her own hair moaning. Bonnie took a moment to compose herself before Damon flipped her over and kissed her lips so she could taste herself again as he made his way back inside her. It wasn't too long until Damon came as well. After, Damon rolled onto his side and grabbed Bonnie's face to look at him.
Bonnie smiled at him and kissed his nose and then his lips.
"I'm never going to get over this, and I don't ever want to," Bonnie said to Damon as he pulled her closer to him.
"I don't want to either" Damon rubbed the side of her face and found a curl to play with as he looked at her.
"I love you too Damon, and that fucking scares me, it's easier to think what if and to think that oh, in another life maybe, but the fact that it's happening here, right now, in this one, I'm so scared, I love you so much, I'm so in love with you, I can't comprehend it" Bonnie admitted as tears began to fill her eyes.
Damon brought his lips to her again and kissed her hungrily before letting go.
"I'll keep you safe, like I always have, the world should be terrified of a Damon with upgrades" Damon teased as he looked over Bonnie's expression.
"Keep me safe Damon, no matter what, keep me and my daughter safe" Bonnie said as a tear ran down her face, Damon quickly wiped it away with his thumb.
"I promise, no matter what, I'll always come back to you, I'll always come home to you, I'll fight like hell for you and your daughter. " Damon said in response. Damon placed a kiss on her forehead, making Bonnie smile.
"Bonnie Sheila Judgy Bennett is in love with me" Damon stated, making Bonnie giggle.
"Damon Joseph pain in my ass Salvatore is in love with me" Bonnie returned as she nestled her head into his neck. Damon gave her a loving smile and grabbed the blanket that was by the couch to cover them both. After a while, both Damon and Bonnie finally fell asleep in front of the fire, with the rain and thunder filling the silence of the night.
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After a while, Caroline finally woke up after all the dreams of Stefan and nightmares of Sabre before finally dreaming of her mother who told her to wake up.
"Stefan?" Caroline asked groggily as she woke up in Hope's bed.
"Here" Hope said as she handed Caroline a blood bag.
"He was in London, they're bringing back one of the coven leaders who had a hand in the attack at the Chateau, they wanted to bring her to France" Hope stated as Caroline drank the blood.
"If that's where Stefan is, send me back, I don't care about anything else just please, please let me see him" Caroline responded anxiously.
Hope let out a deep sigh.
"He's here Caroline, he just got on the phone with Damon, he didn't want to wake you –" before Hope could finish Caroline vamp sped out of the room and ran through the halls trying to get a scent of Stefan. She stopped at a window and saw him on the phone outside in the back of the boarding school, she brought her hand up to her mouth and cried. She tried to catch her breath before continuing to run down the stairs and through the first floor to the back of the house, Stefan heard the door open and dropped the phone as he turned around and saw Caroline running towards him.
Stefan immediately started to tear up and lifted his arms to catch Caroline as she ran and crashed into him.
Stefan picked her up and spun her around as they both were crying and laughing.
"Are you real" Caroline whimpered.
"Yes" Stefan responded as he looked at her with tears in his eyes and kissed her, as they were both laughing, crying, and holding onto each other for dear life.
Lexi walked over to Hope as Hope was watching Caroline and Stefan through the window on the second floor.
"Judging by what the coven leader said, we don't have a lot of time" Hope said to Lexi.
"How much does Caroline know?" Lexi asked, turning her head to look at Hope.
"Not enough" Hope responded.
"I'll go get them, we need to know where Damon, Bonnie, and Katherine are at with their progress," Lexi said, Hope gave her a quick nod before turning her attention back to Caroline and Stefan.
"Oh Caroline, what did you do" Hope said to herself as she crossed her arms, recounting the conversation she had with the Heretic witch they captured.