Chapter 3: When Bonnie Loves...

Abby Bennett and Liz Forbes were part of the law enforcements in Mystic Falls, the two women were partners and were to the scene of the crime by their boss Jackson. The leader of the werewolves. Abby stepped out the car and grabbed her camera while Liz talked to the couple who were frantic, Abby looked at the young woman's body and her hollow eyes, her blue skin and how perfectly fitted in the flower bed. She frowned but took pictures, she put on gloves and turned the girl's neck "No fang marks? How?" Abby whispered. Liz rubbed her forehead she sent the couple away "Those two are a walking headache...ugh"

"What kind of fucked up shit is this?" Abby said staring in horror at the body.

"Worst thing I've seen since my sister's doppelgänger. Vampire?" Liz asked.

"Maybe but no fang marks but vampires have become creative..some of them can fly". Liz laughed "Maybe it's a witch..the flowers..could be offerings to their Gods, the removal of the eyes some of cannibal offering"

"What kind of God would want this?"

"Could be a Satanic Cult. Robbie and Ali are coming for the body" Liz said checking her phone "Get ready for the small-town panics"

Bonnie hummed as she swept and organised her shop for its opening, she packed out the gothic themed stuff. She packed the hand painted Tropical Decor that was ordered from a client in Oregon. She heard the door opened "Sorry we aren't opened yet" she yelled from the back.

"I know but we need to talk" she heard Damon voice.

"What do you want?" Bonnie said moving boxes.

"What was that shit you pulled last night? With your creepy Southern voodoo gothic shit, whatever you're up to its not going to work" he snapped. Bonnie laughed pushed his out of her way "I'm just becoming comfortable with myself lately it seems like everyone is allowed to express themselves except me. I'm the good boring girl"

"Look Bon I'm sorry for saying that. It was cruel but hanging around Klaus Mikaelson is not the company you want. You don't know him like I do. He doesn't do anything without a reason or some leverage. He's only hanging around you because he wants something from you". Bonnie laughed and folded her arms "Oh wow Damon. More insults. So, some charming high council vampire can't enjoy my company unless he wants something". Damon exhaled watching Bonnie flipped the 'Open' sign. "You don't know him, he's ancient and filled with tricks"

"NO DAMON DON'T KNOW ME, LEAVE!" Bonnie said opening the door. He exhaled and walked out. Bonnie blew a red dust substance behind his head "mele kò yo mele lespri" she whispered and smiled wickedly.

At home Hayley was packing away the dishes she washed and tidying the table, she placed the flowers from the greenhouse in a vase of water on the kitchen table. She fixed her and her sweater dress, Elijah suddenly walked through the back door bidding her 'hellos' while watching her pacing around the kitchen "You're dressed up"

"Yeah I'm..going out for coffee and a bite ...with Declan" Hayley said smiling. He smiled at her "That's...different"

"Cami thinks it could be healthy to social with people outside my circle...helps to build my trust again. It could be nice". Caroline walked into the kitchen in her robe and leaking avocado facemask "Morning losers". She grabbed a piece of bacon and took a bite.

"Are you even comfortable with ...that? You don't even know him" Elijah said. Hayley pressed her lips together "I think I know what's best for me. I'm not a child!". A silence fell in the room and Caroline sipped her honey lemon tea looking between the two "Well that is my cue to go". Hayley checked her phone and exhaled "I should go, you can see yourself out"

At the station things got busy with the shocking and gruesome murder, Jackson was making phone calls while Liz Forbes was writing up reports. Abby grabbed herself a cup of coffee while rubbing her head. Abby Bennett was quite a peculiar magic, she rarely to never practice magic. She had a great distain for the magic grew up around: there was always death, creepy occurrences in her mother's house, shadow figures, strange smells and nightmares. She struggled to accept this side of her, she had gaps she couldn't remember which often bothered her. She and her sister craved normalcy, she blamed the magic for driving her sister to depression and eventually ending her life. Some days were worse than others but over the years she had grown used to seeing her dead father lurking around her mirrors, sometimes her bloody gruesome sister's face silently begging for help. At nights Abby was travel to another time in her dreams, she would sit in a bar or cafe and listen to the same trumpet player play his jazz tunes. In the mornings she didn't remember.

[LOVERS IN JAPAN BY COLDPLAY]

Caroline sat opposite Stefan on the sidewalk at an Italian restaurant, Stefan ordered their food and drinks while Caroline flipped through her phone ordering her dress for the wedding and decorations for the house. She hummed "So what do you think about Elena? Her living there must be weird?"

"She's quite normal. I'm starting to think she's too good for Damon. I'm still Team Bonnie". Caroline smiled. Her and Stefan had been dating for 2 years now and they've been best friends since she was 18. She was with him during his toxic relationship with an ancient vampire, Valerie before she went away. Caroline sipped her peppermint tea when the waitress brought it while Stefan smiled and sipped his Whiskey sour. "You flinch every time you see Klaus Mikaelson. What's that about? Is he that terrible?" Caroline asked. Stefan smiled "It's complicated. He saved my life, but he can be trouble if he wants to be. I would like to think he changed after joining the council but he's Klaus Mikaelson, he always has tricks up his sleeve". Caroline nodded as the waitress placed their salads.

"When are you going to tell me that we are actually spying on Hayley's and Declan's date?" Stefan chuckled. Caroline tried to hold in her laughter turning her head to the side watching Hayley sipping her coffee and smiling at Declan inside the cafe. Hayley stared at him while he talked and talked about Ireland and his experience with other vampires.

Bonnie sat on the bench across from her trinkets shop biting into her Turkey Sandwich while sketching some new designs. She brushed the curled hair out of her face from the cold air.

"Plotting your next move?" Klaus voice said startling her. He was sitting on the other end of the bench smirking swinging and brown envelope in his hand. Bonnie closed her book and laughed "No...on my lunch break... sketching stuff I may want to make. What's in the mysterious envelope?

Klaus smiled and placed it on his lap "If you have the stomach for it" he slid the photos out of the envelope showing her "Meet Nicole Vigot 16 year old..found this morning out of bounds...eyes removed..blood drained no bite marks. Very neat murder". Bonnie stared at the photos and gasped "OH GOD THATS NIKKI...SHE'S ONE OF THE WITCHES IN CAROLINE'S AUNT COVEN. SHE'S A WICCA!" Bonnie panicked "How? What happened? Fuck"

"They don't know yet...Jackson is on it. I'm sure he has vampires on his list, but she has no marks. Maybe something...magical. What do you think?"

Bonnie stared at the pictures and ran her fingers through her hair "The hollow eyes ...drained blood ...the flowers...could be ritualistic. I...I can't imagine who would do something like this... I don't know. My mom is a cop she'll figure it out"

Klaus slid the photos back into the envelope and smiled "I knew Bennett Witches were chefs, creepy shop owners but never law enforcement"

Bonnie chuckled "My mom is ...different" she gathered her stuff.

Later that evening Hayley came through the back door humming with a small box of Blueberry Cheesecake. She noticed the worried and frightened looks on Bonnie and Caroline faces at the kitchen table infront of their half-done dinners "What's with the long faces?"

"Where the hell were you?" Bonnie asked.

"SOMEONE KILLED NIKKI!" Caroline spat out. Hayley looked between the girls confused "What the fuck?how?when? Why?"Hayley said pulling out her phone looking at the 7 miss calls from Bonnie.

"They found her in the woods , blood drained no marks,neatly dressed and fixed in a bed of flowers with no eyes. Weird fucking shit" Bonnie said gripping her ancestor Thalia's necklace. Caroline was glue to her phone when she say a notification from "Elizabeth Saltzman". She's a 16 year old blogger who always has something to say. Caroline liked her videos for beauty tips and tea. Hayley and Bonnie rolled their eyes at Caroline's excitement for the new video "She's got Theories and Information on the murder shhhhhh listen" Caroline said waving her hands and turning the volume up.

Liz Saltzman is a blonde and bold witch of the Gemini Coven along with her sister. The bubbly blonde fixed her hair and began doing her NightTime Skincare. Her usual script for her vlogs -

So who killed Nicole Vigot? Vampire, witch, God. I barely knew the girl. Think I had Agriculture classes with her. A total outcast like no one at school knew who this dead girl was. But a girl died and I've been digging into it all.

Elizabeth placed her face mask on and sipped her Chai Tea. – My friends from other towns have been telling me about similar pattern murders. Outcast being found in a bed of flowers with no eyes. Maybe we are dealing with ritualistic serial killer. But I know a girl who knows a girl who knows a girl's cousin who got away from the criminal. He dragged her into the forest with his long nails and cold hands, sniffed her hair like a creep and sliced a piece off. She literally started feeling her magic being drained from her body from a touch. Something distracted him and she ran away. We could be dealing with a new powerful creature..not even the Mikaelsons could handle. I'm calling this creep the Shadow Man and maybe now he's visiting our town. Beware Ladies!

Hayley stared at the video and gulped as Liz described the creature. Her mind wandered to a memory of her past. She sipped her wine with trembles running through her body. Caroline and Bonnie frowned but shrugged. "You, okay?" Bonnie asked startling Hayley. She nodded and smiled.

The following day Caroline's Aunt Lysa was called done to Mystic Falls Precinct. The Wicca Witch Leader tapped her fingers on the table in the interrogation room. She ran her fingers through her blonde and black streaked hair. Abby entered with a notepad smiling. She was aware Lysa was Liz Forbes younger feisty sister.

"Abigail Bennett the witch who forbids magic" Lysa laughed sitting up. Abby smiled tightly "Nicole Vigot. One your students" Abby said sitting opposite her.

"She was more than just a student, she was family. Her grandmother sent her to us when she was 13. Her grandmother knew she was withering. Nikki parents were killed by wolves when she was 6. I love all my girls. I let them have a life outside of those mansion walls. We aren't strict like Salem. It's good to have a balance" Lysa said staring at Abby with her thick eyeliner eyes. Abby swallowed "Anything strange about Nikki recently?"

"No, she isn't a social butterfly like the other girls. She has been a target for bullying by the Salem girls. She isn't trendy, she quite introverted but has a love for learning magic. She could've run her own Coven one day"

"You think Salem could've done this?"

Lysa laughed heartedly "This is way too advance for Madam Purity and her gang of perfect porcelain dolls. We've got new players in town. I'm not sure you can handle it". Abby frowned. Lysa popped a gum from her pocket in her mouth, she picked up her shoulder bag "Look Abby..not practising magic is one thing but one day your mother is going to wither, and you've got two girls that needs you. I hope you get over your fears. Now I got a Rites of Passage ritual to prepare for"

On the night of Damon's bachelor party; Stefan, Damon and Enzo started their drinking at 'BloodThirst' along with other vampires in town. Damon refused strippers but Lucien insisted. Meanwhile Bonnie was on the couch under the lamp in her robe reading The Eagle Unbowed; a book about Poland during World War 2. Hayley jogged down the stairs stuffing her phone in her purse, she paused and looked at Bonnie busy with her eyes in the book "Are you really going to stay in this house alone?"

Bonnie smiled "I'll be fine. I'm having me time. I'll probably have popcorn and watch a show on Netflix"

Hayley pondered "I can stay...I feel bad enough going to Elena's Bachelorette Party...Serena needs me"

"Its fine. I'm not mad...Besides you can see what she's like...and we can have a laugh about her later" Bonnie chuckled. Hayley bid her goodbye and left the house. Bonnie smirked picking up her phone and texting to someone 'Come around back'. Bonnie leaped off the couch, took off her robe revealing her silk white dress. She ran to the kitchen and swung open the back door, she jumped into the arms of Arlene Bourdeaux; a witch from New Orleans running her own coven. She is also Bonnie's grandmother's cousin daughter. Behind her was Mary Elizabeth Rue, a Creole Freshman in College that is apart of Arlene's coven. Bonnie hugged the girl tightly. She hadn't seen her since she was 14. Honey Bennett came in with snacks and big smile. Bonnie grabbed glasses and bottle of wine.

"I love this little place you got with the European witches" Arlene said touching the wooden cabinets. Bonnie chuckled "It's not bad"

"You know my belief...a Bennett witch should have her own Manor"

The girls moved to the living room with their glasses of wine. Honey Bennett popped her Cherry Coke and sat down next to Mary Elizabeth.

Bonnie stood in the middle of the living clasping her hands and smiling "Tonight I shall perform posesyon yon vanpir". Arlene laughed "I've done alot crazy shit after a breakup...make his hair fall out for a few days, make his thing can't work for a week but possessing a vampire? That's abit dark Bon"

Honey sipped her Coke "I don't know...sounds kinda dark and interesting. But wait ? How will we see if it actually works?"

Bonnie smiled widely, she grabbed an oval glass ornament and placed it onto the coffee table "Caroline got it at a Witch Fair in Oregon. You can see anything if you ask it". Honey touched to the glass and particles began to move. Bonnie sat on the floor near the Oval glass and touched it "Damon is at Blood Thirst...having his Bachelor Party...he says I'm boring..let's see how boring I can be"

Meanwhile Hayley was sitting on a couch at Serena's place opposite two old Italian ladies who were healers from Pickling. Elena was sitting in another chair looking at her nails and yawning. Serena was in the kitchen with Camille and Evie freaking out over the snacks and wine. The silence was awkward.

"Bella ragazza" one of the old ladies said. Hayley smiled "Thank you"

"Unmarried witch...triste" the other healer said. Hayley chuckled trying not to be offended "It's not bad. I'm quite content with my friends and garden"

"Sound like my granddaughter..pretty girl...lots of male friends...nobody is getting married. Its a strange era"

"You know my grandson...he is handsome and very funny...and very single"

Serena came with tray of drinks "Calm down,Nonna nobody wants man whore Rafa"

Elena and Hayley laughed. Evie placed the snacks down, Hayley laid her head on Camille shoulder when she sat down next to her

"Nonna what do you think about marriage? You were married forever" Serena said Healer No. 1 while popping a cheeseball in her mouth.

"Well I don't know any functional marriage between the damned but I was married for centuries. It can be beautiful and difficult but the beauty the should out weigh the difficult"

Elena smiled "Did you have to give up something important?"

"I love that man so much I moved from Sicilia to Pickling for him. Giving up things sometimes comes with the package...hopefully you won't loose yourself in it all".

Back at the Manor, the girls were laughing and sitting around the floor with their wines. Bonnie was bending her fingers back while the girls watched Damon in agony in the Oval Glass Ornament unable to control the movement of his fingers.

Bonnie pierced her heart and Damon held his chest and screamed "That bitch!"

Enzo and Stefan stared. Enzo tried not to laugh. Damon gained his composure "DID YOU KNOW SHE WOULD DO THIS?"

"No way! BonBon surprises me too"Enzo smiled holding in his giggles. Damon began to slam his head on the table uncontrollably. His body leaped up from the table, grabbed a knife and began stabbing himself all over his body. Lucien came out of his office in panic "Get out my pub!Take him out!..no magic is allowed in here"

Honey sat infront of Bonnie stitching lips. Damon was ranting and suddenly stopped talking. His lips were stuck together, he began humming in panic. Enzo picked up his phone and called the landline. The girls were giggling "Hiiii" Honey answered.

"Honey? What are you doing at Bonnie's?" Enzo asked.

"Nothing ...just hanging"

"Hanging?..I know she's mad at Damon but torturing isn't the way to handle this. Bonnie pulled the red thread from the side of her mouth while her skin healed. She grabbed the phone from Honey "Is he enjoying his not so boring night?"

"I get it Bon...he's not worth it. Hayley and Caroline love you...I love you...you are beyond boring..you are fucking fantastic"

"I want to rip his heart out" Bonnie hissed on the phone.

"Bonnie I know but if you do..you will have to answer to the High Council and they are ruthless and not merciful to killing their own. You're gonna love again..trust me" Enzo whispered. Bonnie put the phone down. The girls stared at her.

"Making his lose his hair for a week would've been better" Arlene said chuckling. The girls began laughing. Arlene got up and hugged a crying Bonnie "You'll be fine. I've survived this.. you will too"

After another hour of talking and dancing around the room to Neo-Soul & Jazz and indulging in junk food, Bonnie kissed Arlene and Mary Elizabeth on cheeks goodbye. She stood on the porch waving at them driving away. She exhaled, she could see Honey from the window switching to Horror movies and face timing Claudia.

"And I thought I was the terrifying one"Klaus voice said behind her. Bonnie smiled awkwardly and faced him "Spying on me?"

"No particularly. I can hear you from the balcony. It's my Art Room"

"Only if you're listen" she smiled. There was a silent pause. She noticed the book in his hand.

"I was bringing this book over to you but you had company" he said handing her the small green book.

"Un amour éternel...a romance novel" Bonnie chuckled "I didn't think you like Romance books"

He chuckled "A bit of Romance but alot tragedy"

Bonnie flip through the pages and held the book to her chest and exhaled "What's it like to kill someone?"

Klaus laughed "You keep surprising me Bennett". Bonnie smiled. He swallowed "I don't think you can live with the guilt of killing someone. Ripping Damon's heart out sounds tempting but a dead vampire can never love you. I think it would painful to sentence you to the stake"

Bonnie smiled and nodded "How's the case? Maybe I can help? I think I need something to distract me"

Klaus nodded "Then I'll see you tomorrow...partner".