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Prologue

Water flooded her lungs as she inhaled making her eyes pop open to see that she was submerged under water inside of a truck. She blinked rapidly confused by her surroundings. Holding her breath she turned to left and saw an unconscious Alaric in the driver seat. She tried to shake him awake but received no response. She reached over him to open the truck door but it wouldn't budge. The drowning witch turned to look for another possible escape, instead found her best friend in the seat next to her unconscious. She grasped the doppelganger and gave her a firm shake but again received no response. The burning sensation of her lungs became more intense by the second; she couldn't hold her breath any longer. The witch snatched her unconscious friends' hands and held on tight as she let the water fill her lungs.

Chapter 1

Bonnie Bennett launched forward gasping for air, coming to from the realm of her dream. What the hell was that, she questioned herself immediately. The sound of her phone stopped her from processing the dream any farther. She seized her phone before the sound went off again.

Time to go -Damon

"This is it," Bonnie whispered while staring at the text. She had prepared herself for this spell that would keep the people she cared about alive. There was no time to dwell on the consequences that would proceed when the spell is complete. She knew for a fact that the witches on the other side would not be happy with her but she was done listening to their constant commentary when they choose how and when they would help her on their own accord.

With a sigh the young witch rose from the couch, placed her shoes on her feet and made her way to yet again save the people of her town with the dream still lingering in her mind.

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"You know, I'm not half way out of Virginia and Elena sells our souls to the Originals?" Damon said as they exited the elevator making their way through the storage unit.

Bonnie glanced at the blue eyed vampire with amusement. "It's her call."

"You know what else is her call? Everything bad ever," Damon exclaimed.

Bonnie shook her head having no time for the Damon's anger over Elena that she was sure would disappear as soon as he saw her, the young witch had more important things to attend to. "Where's the body?"

Bonnie drowned out Damon babbling, absently following him as she centered herself for the spell. The whispers of the witches tickled her ears but she refused to acknowledge their ghostly presence.

Damon stopped in front of a storage unit before opening it. "…one beef jerkified Original," he said finishing whatever sentence he had started.

Bonnie moved past Damon and opened the casket without hesitation, bringing Klaus' body into view.

The Original's eyes suddenly opened. "Oh, Creepy," Damon commented.

"I need a minute," Bonnie demanded softly to Damon but her eyes focused of Klaus.

"Just jam the witch locator, bat signal or whatever and get on with it, Bonnie," Damon said impatiently.

"Elena and Jeremy lost Jenna and Alaric because of him. Tyler's a hybrid, my mother's a vampire. Could you give me a minute to just appreciate the sight of him like this?" Bonnie stated knowing it was the right thing to say for him to leave.

And sure enough Damon leaves without another word.

Hearing the storage door close Bonnie leans over Klaus's body and spoke.

"You should burn in hell," she said in a fierce whisper before cupping her hand over his left cheek, feeling the veins that protruded from his body. "But if you die, so do my friends and so does my mother. What am I supposed to do about that?" she asked rhetorically, staring into his eyes. She wanted to hurt him the way he hurt her. She still remembered the pain and conflict he caused when he force her to unlink him from his siblings. The threats and promises he threw at her. She wanted to watch him suffer, to rejoice in his pain. If only, she whispered in her head.

But instead she stroked one of his projecting veins lightly before placing her left hand on his forehead and the right on his neck and spoke the words of the spell.

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The spell was complete, there was nothing left to do but leave and wait for Klaus to jump from Tyler's body to someone else's. Bonnie closed the storage door that held Klaus, send a text to Damon telling him she was done, and headed toward the elevator.

The elevator was harder to find than she thought. She mildly cursed herself for not paying attention to her surroundings when they first entered the building. Bonnie made a left turn and frozen in her tracks seeing the back Alaric before her.

She stopped breathing and inched backwards but she knew it was useless, he had already sensed her.

"Ah, ah, ah," Alaric said turning to face the witch. "So we finally meet."

Bonnie remained silent, thinking of a way to escape.

Alaric tilted his head to the side. "What no words for the new me? I mean it was your blood finished Esther's goal, I should be thanking you actually."

Bonnie's heart hammered in her chest as he took a step forward and immediately pictured his brain blood vessels popping. The new age vampire groaned feeling the pain radiated in his head. Before she could do any more damage he sped to Bonnie putting his arm across her chest, under her chin holding her in place.

"See I would have let you leave if you would have just told me where Klaus is being held." Alaric shook his head in a disapproving manner. "But when you result to violence, you make me rethink my initial thoughts."

"We both know that's not the case. You will kill me whether I tell you where he is or not," Bonnie said harshly, holding her head high. Bonnie knew there was no hope in changing his mind so there no need to plead her case. She's a Bennett and a Bennett does not beg for their life.

Alaric smiled. "Aren't you going to ask me how I found out where you were?"

"There need to waste time," she said, staring into his eyes.

"True," Alaric sighed. "So let's get this over with shall we?"

He struck Bonnie with a stake in her abdomen making a piercing scream erupt from her month.

"Your time has come to an end, witch," Alaric murmured in her ear before letting her drop to the floor leaving her there to bleed out and die.

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A familiar scream hit his ears and Damon was off before it was complete.

"Damon? Damon?!" the voice on the end of the phone shouted. "Was that Bonnie?"

"No time for chit chat brother, gotta go," Damon rushed out, ending the call.

Damon sped through the storage building looking for Bonnie. The smell of blood hit his nose alerting him that he was close. He made a quick right and there she was on the ground, hands on the stake that was sticking out of her body. He rushed over to the witch gently moving her face to look at him.

Tears filled her eyes. "Alaric," she managed to say through the pain.

"Okay," Damon said softly, glancing around for the culprit. "This is going to hurt."

He placed his hand over her mouth to muffle the scream he knew was coming and yanked the stake from her body. Surprisingly she only let out a small whimper.

The blue eye vampire knew there was no way she will make it home if he didn't take care of her wound. He let his fang descend, tore into the flesh of his wrist and watched as the witch's eyes go wide and start to weakly shake her head.

"No. Damon, no," Bonnie said feebly staring into his eyes.

"There's no time to be stubborn. You will die if you don't take the blood," he told her in his usually hard tone when she didn't want to do something his way.

With labored breathing Bonnie glanced at his wrist then back into his eyes seeing the same emotion swirling in them when she temporally died at the decade dance, when Mason grabbed her, and when he gave her his blood after Alaric's transformation. An emotion she has yet to identify. She nodded her head and Damon brought his wrist to her lips.

As she began to consume his blood Damon heard the opening and closing of storage units. Somehow he was able to ignore the wonderful sensations of her lips around his wrist, of his blood being drained, to notice that Alaric was moving away from them. She pushed away his wrist wiping the remaining blood from her mouth. He took a quick look at her wound and saw that it was completely healed.

"Alright," Damon began, helping her to her feet. "You need to leave," he finished pushing her toward the right direction, still looking out for Alaric.

Bonnie winced feeling a slight pain from her now healed wound. "What about you?" she asked. The question jumped from her lips unintentionally, shocking both Damon and herself with the amount of concern shimmering through her words.

"No, I'll be fine," Damon said. Sensing her hesitation he spoke again more forcefully. "Go!"

Bonnie turned quickly and left the premises, leaving the blued eyed vampire to fend for himself.

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Bonnie drove as fast as she could toward Mystic Falls in her Prius. She forced herself to take deep breaths as she felt herself starting to crumble. The distressed witch slowed her car as she came close to Wickery Bridge seeing a part of the bridge railing missing. She stopped unable to pass without seeing if anyone needed help. Just as she exited her car she saw a familiar face break the surface of the water.

"Stefan!" Bonnie screamed ready to jump in and help him with the unconscious body he was carrying.

Stefan shook his head. "Elena!"

As soon the name left his lips Bonnie jumped into the water with no hesitation.

Swimming as fast as she could as the witch made her way to the wreak truck, completely determined to save her best friend. As soon as she reached the truck she accidentally sucked in water at the scene before her.

Her dream.

But Alaric's not here, she thought in confusion.

Bonnie pushed the thought away and unbuckled the shocked semiconscious doppelganger's seatbelt and pulled her from the truck. When they broke the surface they both gasp for the necessary air they lost while under water.

They shared a sad smile before pulling one another into a hug. Both relieved to see one another was okay.

"Matt," the brunette whispered as they kicked their feet to stay afloat.

Bonnie pulled back taking Elena's face in her shaking hands. Flashes of herself, Elena, and Alaric bombarded her mind making her gasp aloud.

"Bonnie," Elena said confused by her actions.

Bonnie knew what she had to do. Her dream made sense now.

"It's okay Elena," Bonnie said with a tearful smile. "It'll be okay." And without another word Bonnie's lips were on Elena's as she whispered a spell inside her head.

Elena tried to pull back but Bonnie's hold was too strong. Once the spell was complete Bonnie pulled back.

"Bonnie, what," Elena started but was cut off.

"We need to get out the water," Bonnie said firmly before grasping Elena's hand and pulling her toward the bridge where Stefan was trying to save Matt.

"Oh, God," Elena exclaimed seeing Stefan work on Matt. The doppelganger moved past Bonnie and climbed her way up to the bridge on a piece of broken railing.

Bonnie watched from the water as love and relief etch themselves on Stefan's face when Elena came into view but he continued on trying to save Matt. The gargling sound was Bonnie's clue that Matt was alive and it was time for her to head back underwater.

Once underwater Bonnie went to the truck and sat in Matt's truck. Knowing that once they notice her absent they would come to save her, Bonnie performed her last spell, a barrier spell, around the truck with a smile on her face. Alaric was right, her time has come to an end.

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Above ground the trio rejoiced that another life was able to be saved, that they will be able to see at least another a few hours before another tragic event occurred.

Stefan let the two childhood friends embrace when he noticed a very important person missing. He rose to his feet and looked around for the witch.

"Where's Bonnie?" the green eyed vampire asked.

Elena removed herself from Matt, her previous smile melting from her face when she saw Bonnie wasn't present.

"She was right behind me," Elena stated confused.

"She couldn't have gone far. Her car is still here," Matt croaked out regaining his strength.

Stefan shot into the water having a feeling as to where the witch was.

Elena moved to go after Stefan but Matt was able to hold her back.

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Stefan swam toward Matt's truck once more and found Bonnie sitting in the driver seat. He immediately reached in to grab hold of Bonnie but was met with an invisible barrier.

Bonnie saw Stefan trying to get in and shook her head at him. Stefan's eyes narrowed in confusion not knowing what Bonnie was doing.

He placed both hands on the invisible barrier that covered the entire truck and tried with all his vampire strength to break through it.

Bonnie placed her hand on the barrier capturing Stefan's attention.

"It's okay," Bonnie said wordlessly, tears filling her eyes as she stared at her vampire friend.

He stared at her as he placed his hand against hers on the barrier. Stefan felt his throat close up somehow knowing this was her good-bye, but he couldn't understand why. His tears began to mix with the water as he started to bang to the barrier but it wouldn't give.

Bonnie just smiled a sad smile before facing forward. She finally let the water rush in her throat, clogging her lungs and awaited her and Alaric's death, hoping that her Grams will be there to greet her once she was gone.

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Back at the storage building the vigorous fight between Damon and Alaric continued. Just as Damon grab's Alaric's wrist making the stake drop to the ground, the day old vampire started to feel weak.

"What's happening?" Alaric asked, slightly swaying on his feet.

"Oh no," Damon whispered in realization of what was occurring.

"What's happening?!" Alaric asked again unknowing that he was seconds away from his death.

Damon and Alaric both fell to the ground.

"No, no, no, no. Ric, Ric!" Damon shouted out. "You are not dead. You are not dead," he protested, not truly believing what was taking place.

Alaric fell silent. It was over. He was dead.

Damon's body began to shake and tears started to fall because he knows that in order for Alaric to be dead Elena has to die.

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At the Gilbert residence, Jeremy waited alone for the return of Matt and Elena.

"Matt, man, where are you guys? You should have been back by now," Jeremy said leaving a voicemail for his only human friend.

As he walks to toward the kitchen he sees Alaric. Confusion mirrored on his face.

"Jeremy," Alaric said softly.

"Haven't you done enough? And how'd you even get in here?" the young Gilbert asked feeling nothing but anger as he spoke to the man he once called family.

Alaric shrugged. "I don't know. I just wanted to say goodbye and it kind of happened."

Jeremy took a step forward trying to comprehend why Alaric was in his house. "Ric?"

"I just wanted you to know that I'll always be here to look after you, Jeremy. That you'll never be alone, okay? I promise," Alaric stated firmly, trying to imprint it into the Jeremy's head.

"I don't understand," Jeremy said slowly.

Silence surrounded them as Jeremy finally understands what Alaric presence means.

Jeremy eyes widen and his heart drops. "Oh my God, you're a ghost. But if you're dead, that means Elena..."

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A tear traveled from his eye, along his nose and drop on the cold floor of the Mystic Falls hospital autopsy room.

Stefan wanted nothing more than to grasp her hand that laid on the cold piece of metal and feel the heat radiate from her skin but he knew it was impossible.

Bonnie Bennett was dead.

He couldn't understand why and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Where is she?" Damon demanded to no one and everyone upon entering the morgue doors.

Meredith, seeing the distraught vampire walks over to him to calm him down.

"No, Damon, wait," Meredith said placing her hands on his chest, trying to stop him confused by reaction to Bonnie's death.

"Where is she!?" Damon shouted completely losing his patience.

"Bonnie, she's-" Meredith started but was cut off by a voice that brought relief and happiness but also confusion.

Elena appeared at the door of the autopsy rooms, eyes red. "She's gone," she said, her voice cracking.

Damon pushed away Meredith hands and made his way toward Elena. He eyes scanned her body, wonder why she still had blood pumping through her veins.

"How?" he asked softly, moving toward her. "Wait, what?" he questioned trying to comprehend her last statement.

Elena shook her head trying to stop herself from crying again. "Bonnie," Elena managed to say before the tears began their show again.

Damon movements stopped. "What?" He breathed out inaudibly, because he knows one thing that no one alive in the room knows.

At that very moment a gasp filled the air of the morgue.

The Bennett's last descendant was awake and in transition.