The Aftershock
(Summer Solstice)
6
Elena stood in the clearing, looking around and thinking about how sacred the Francher place actually was. Here, only around a week ago, Stefan had almost died – Damon too. Klaus had been swept away by the spirits and she had been brought back to life, brought back to Stefan.
If there were anything she could do to save Damon now, she'd do it. She no longer hated him – he'd saved their lives too many times. Damon wasn't evil; he was just a bit bad.
She held her arms out, just as Tyler had done when trying to bring Klaus back. It didn't make sense to find out that Klaus had died, if he'd died when killing Damon then why did he just disappear like that? And how could that have killed him anyway? It was as if it had all ended too soon. She'd thought that Klaus would've wanted to go out with a bang, not just disappear. The night of the Solstice? That had been a major exit, but poof and he's gone? It just didn't make sense!
"Damon…" she whispered, feeling the breeze against her face. It was cold but she pretended not to feel it. She tried to focus all her energy on one thing – to bring her brother-in-law back (or rather, future brother-in-law). Stefan was at her side, holding his breath and looking around for his only surviving family, desperate. Bonnie was behind them, her fists clenched and tears flowing freely down her cheeks.
Stefan and Elena had arrived as soon as possible, but only Stefan believed that this would actually work – he was so upset that he was willing to believe anything, to pray for anything. Matt, Caroline and Meredith were standing in amongst the trees, fingers crossed. They may have been terrified of Damon once, but now they were all like one happy family.
Elena shut her eyes and thought of all the times Damon had been with them, of all the times he'd let them down but also the times he'd made up for it. Bonnie was behind and thought of the times they'd been so intimate… in her bedroom and the time they were locating Stefan. Stefan could only think about how his older brother had walked around the house looking completely lost, back in the Renaissance, and had always ended up in front of their mother's picture in the ballroom. Stefan had always pretended not to see Damon cry, because his brother would always be furious with him afterwards and would strike at him. But then, when they were little and Damon didn't understand how Mother had died, he'd hugged his little Stefan and told him that everything would be okay, when it was him that was hurting.
"I… I can't feel him…" Elena sighed, feeling a headache coming on. She still left her mind open but she knew it was hopeless. Even if Damon did come back, he would be born a human again. Unlike Elena, who came back six months after being a vampire, who would have only aged slightly as a human, Damon would be over five hundred. He'd be dead if he were brought back to life. Unless…
A tall figure was standing by the farmhouse, silent as a mouse, staring at the group of teenagers as if they amused him. No one noticed him - they were too busy thinking. He couldn't help but laugh. He smiled, slightly, and his eyes flashed. No one had heard, nobody knew he was there.
Slightly, slowly, Bonnie turned her face to the right and saw the boy standing by the collapsing building. He looked so calm and casual, eyes narrowed, a sneer across his face. He looked so suave… so exotic. The breath caught in Bonnie's throat and she walked forwards, terrified that if she got so close he'd disappear.
He nodded at her, very slowly as if telling her it was all right and he understood. He stopped smiling and held a hand out to her, beckoning her to come closer.
Bonnie, still stood behind Elena and Stefan, frozen, watched her body walk. She blinked a couple of times, looked down at herself and found she was still cemented to the ground, unmoving. She tilted her head to the ghost looming in the shadows, and her soul walking over to him, arms outstretched. Elena and Stefan didn't se, didn't notice and Stefan was slowly giving up. His head was down and he was taking deep breaths, scolding himself for actually believing Damon was going to come back. Bonnie tried to open her mouth and say that he was there, that he was stood a little over to the right watching them, but her throat was locked up.
She watched her other self move over to Damon and wished with all her might that it were actually her (even though, scientifically it was her).
Bonnie stood up next to Damon and smiled. He smiled back and they locked their hands together, intertwining their fingers and weaving them together. "Damon," she sighed, resting her head on his chest. He stroked the side of her face and let out a deep breath.
"Come with me…" he whispered, tilting her head up to his with his index finger. Bonnie looked up at him and they kissed, wrapping their arms around each other.
"Stefan, I'm sorry… I- Bonnie?" Elena turned around to see the smaller girl standing stock still, paralysed behind them. "Bonnie!" she screamed. The girl's face was pale and her lips were blue. She wasn't breathing. "Bonnie no!" Suddenly there was a great surge of bodies as everyone ran to Bonnie's side and they were shaking her, panicking. Slowly, she fell backwards and landed in Matt's arms.
Bonnie woke up in her other body, the one being held by Damon, and she stared up at him. "H-How?" she murmured, light headed and dizzy. Damon kissed her forehead and held onto her wrist, making her follow him as he led her out into the clearing, in full view of the others.
"Bonnie? Oh Bonnie, please! Please, wake up!" The others were screeching, even Stefan was crying out at the top of his lungs.
"What's going on?" Bonnie asked, feeling on a high. She felt so calm… just like Meredith… Damon shook his head. "Nothing," he replied. Suddenly the two of them starting shining with a golden light and it ebbed and flowed about them like they were caught in a whirlpool of sun.
"Damon…" Bonnie whispered, too relaxed to feel anything else but an overwhelming love. Damon's eyes swam before her, his face sympathetic and he hugged her close. "Don't be afraid," he told her. Bonnie swooned in his arms and she noticed that five faces were facing in their direction, eyes wide with tears rolling down their cheeks.
They didn't speak, they were too sad, too lost, to say anything. All they could see was the couple glowing as if they were in the middle of a sandstorm, and they held on to each other. It was Stefan who crawled forward on his hands and knees, trying to reach out for his brother. "Don't go…" he whispered, his voice high-pitched and squeaky. He was so scared to lose Damon again, terrified of losing Bonnie too.
Damon looked at his brother, looked around at them all, and simultaneously the vampire and the witch smiled. "I love you… all of you," and their heads snapped to look at each other in surprise. Bonnie just smiled and it took Damon a second to calm down again. Stefan let out a sob and held his head in his hands.
"Ready?" Damon asked, tightening his grip around Bonnie's waist. The younger girl nodded and looked at her friends for one last time. "Goodbye guys," she waved. A power that came from the heavens, shot downwards in a great chasm of electricity and sparked around them, pulling the two upwards – towards heaven.
The others waved and watched the two disappear into the sky, crying with both grief and happiness. At least they were together… Soon the two were just golden spots of light in the sky, which turned out to be two new stars that had formed in the sky. Elena sighed and looked down to find Bonnie's body was gone. She wasn't surprised, even though she had no idea where it was.
"Do you think they went to the same place?" Meredith asked, Caroline hugging onto her. Stefan stood up and looked up at the sky, smiling, his hands in his pockets. "I think so. After all, Bonnie is a witch… and a vampire. Right, Meredith?"
Elena's mouth dropped open but Meredith nodded. "It's true. Somewhere along the lines of my family, Bonnie's family tree crossed with mine. She's a distant cousin of mine, meaning she has some vampire blood in her – not a lot, but still."
"But I thought you said that after so many years, the blood would drain away…" Elena began, staring at Stefan, confused. Stefan smiled and sat down next to his girlfriend, brushing her hair through with his fingers.
"Damon and Bonnie exchanged blood,"
"And do you remember the day we made the blood swear? When Bonnie and I promised to do anything in connection with Stefan? Our blood mixed and some of my blood flowed into her." Elena blushed slightly at the mention of the swear they'd made, but Stefan didn't seem to notice.
"I've never seen my brother look so happy," Stefan smiled. Elena nodded and hugged him tightly. "We'll see them again," he nodded, as if it were a definite promise. "Soon…"
Elena fidgeted happily in her arms, getting into a comfier position. Matt was the next to speak. He looked up at the two new stars in the sky, the ones burning the brightest and made a silent wish. Afterwards, he sat up and looked around at everyone, grinning like a maniac. "What's more, Damon wasn't evil – and that was proof."
"What was proof?" Caroline asked, confused. No imagination, thought Meredith. Stefan nodded, happily. "Because he went to heaven,"
"Oh," and the five friends sat there for about an hour, just staring up at the sky and thinking about what a perfect couple Damon and Bonnie were.
I've finished it! Yes! I know that was a really horrible chapter but remember what Bonnie said? I want to die young and beautiful in my coffin? She got her wish! I know this is really, really mean but I wanted a story on here that made me cry – because VD always made me cry. VD 4, TR, made me cry so much – especially when Damon said 'Get away from my brother'and when Stefan cried out Elena. I ended up beaming at the end, so this one is kind of the same – you have to end up smiling. (Well, I hope you do)! R & R! I want reviews otherwise I'll never write another VD story again! LOL just kidding, but everyone loves reviews. Hope you liked this! Bye!