"So you and Mattie blue-blue?" I asked as Caroline let out another dreamy sigh, while eating her chips.

"Sorry I didn't tell you." Caroline apologized. "It's just, I figured you knew and I wasn't sure how to bring it up."

"Oh, I knew way before both you did." I simply replied, smirking. "But why did you feel awkward about bringing it up with me?"

"Because you always said Matt was dull and I..." She explained, awkwardly.

"That's because he is, he's the perfect blond and blue eyed jock with a heart of gold that will forever be stuck in this town." I said truthfully. "That doesn't mean he isn't boyfriend material."

"But he's still in love with Elena, It's always about her." The blonde ranted, sighing.

"To be truthful I'm not sure Mattie will ever not be in love with Elena, that doesn't mean he can't love someone else too." I said, stealing a sip from her coke. "It's up to you mostly. You have to figure out if you can make the relationship work or not."

"What if I can't deal with his love for her?" Caroline asked, confused.

"Then you move on." I replied, because obviously - Karoline. "Even if you get heartbroken you'll still have the memories Mattie's awesome abs and cute blue eyes to moan to during your dreams."

"Seriously, just when I though we were having a good heart to heart here, you had to ruin it?" Caroline, letting out a chuckle.

"It was starting to get to mushy for me, sorry not sorry." I replied with a smirk. "Plus how coulsd the image of Matt's abs ever ruin anything?"

"Not the point." The blonde replied, sticking out her tongue at me.

"Real mature." I said, rolling my eyes at her childish behavior but chuckling none the less.

"So, what about you?" Caroline inquired. "Any boy toy in sight?"

"Ben, you know Ben the Bartender?" I said, pointing at the man in question. "He's been pestering me non stop, but it's not happening in this century for sure."

"Why not?" The blonde asked, as she glanced at the bartender. "He's cute."

"He's also a vampire, and I'm pretty sure he's planning on kidnapping me." I replied dryly, glaring slightly at Ben.

"Fangs and kidnappings, sure sounds kind of kinky to me." The blonde replied in a flirty tone, giving me a wink. She wasn't worried, she knew better than anybody I could take care of myself.

"The kinkiest part will be when he bursts into flames." I replied with a grin, and Caroline let out a loud laugh.

--

I did get kidnapped by Ben the newbie vampire the next day.

"Bonnie, oh my god Bonnie." I woke up to Elena's panicked voice calling my name.

"Ouch my head, fuck." I grumbled as I woke up stuck in a damned bathtub.

"Are you okay?" The doppelganger asked, worried.

"I'm five by five." I replied, getting up rather quickly. "Now let's get out of here."

"They're vampires, they can hear us." Elena whispered, and I rolled my eyes. I'm a witch, a locker wooden motel door isn't going to stop me from getting out of this stinky bathroom.

Before Elena could say anything else, I put my hand up and used a bit of telekinesis to send the door flying out of my way. Ben vamped out at me all of a sudden, but before he could I used telekinesis again to break his neck.

I walked into the room like I owned it and smirked at the female vampire that was baring her fangs in my direction. "Put the teeth away darling, we're here to do business after all."

"What are you talking about?" Annabelle asked frowning at me. Elena too had the same expression on her face.

"Fine." I rolled my eyes and took a seat in a chair in the corner. "Let's start by, why did you kidnap me?"

"And me." Elena added, looking at the vampire.

"You're going to open the tomb." The vampire said nodding towards me, before turning to Elena. "And you're here to make sure the Salvatores behave."

"Is this about Emily's spell book?" Elena asked. "Damon said it could open the tomb."

"Yes It can, and your witch friend here is going to do it." Anna said, looking at me.

"Do I look like a trained monkey?" I asked sarcastically. "You say 'Jump' and I say 'Fuck you', capisce?"

"Oh I think you do." Anna smirked at me, and before I could say anything Elena started having a heart to heart with the enemy, about Pearl and what a bitch Katherine was. I just stayed quiet and waited for things so heat up.

Anna finally had it with Elena and dialed Stefan's number.

"She's fine. For now. Tell me you have the grimoire and she'll stay fine." I heard Anna say, before she continued. "Which means your brother has it. And I have the witch."

"Actually..." I interrupted, grinning, before she could say anything else. "Damon doesn't have the Grimoire, I do. So where were we?

"I guess I have nothing to negotiate with you Salvatore's after all. It seems Bennett witches these days are smarter than in 1864." Anna said, before ending the call and sitting in front of me. "What do you want ?"

"Right down to business, I like it." I replied waggling my eyebrows. "It's simple, you want me to do an ancient and most-probably-dangerous-to-my-health spell then you're going to have to pay."

"What?" Anna and Elena both asked stupefied.

"I'm not above extorting ancient vampires that have more money than they can count." I replied, rolling my eyes. I was already opening the tomb for Damon, I might as well get something out of it. "I'm mostly human, I want to have a nice retirement when I'm old you known."

"Seriously, money?" Anna inquired, still surprised.

"Yes, money ... you known money makes the world spin in this day and age." I replied, serious. "You're a vampire, you can compel yourself a few bank accounts so a few thousand dollars for me saving you mother from eternal misery isn't much to ask."

"Bonnie what are you doing?" Elena asked, shocked. "You can't let all of those vampires out."

"Who said anything about letting vampires out?" I said with a good Mona Lisa smile on my face. "I said I would open the tomb and get Pearl out, the other one's I'm just going to burn."

"I don't care, I just want my mother." Anna replied, shrugging. "Is a 150 million ok?"

"200 million and it's a deal, here's my account number." I replied, writing it down on a piece of paper that had been left on the table.

"It will be done in a few hours, you should get notified when the money's in." Anna said, grabbing her phone.

"Good, I need to go get a few things but I'll open the tomb tonight." I replied, before leaving the motel room. Elena ran behind me, and even though Anna probably didn't want to let me leave her sight she complied, I needed to get the grimoire after all.

--

I dumped Elena at the Salvatore's and drove towards the witch house for a quick talk with Emily. I lit the candles with my mind and chanted "Phasmatos Manex, Un Domo Hax, Fero Adiuvex."

"So you came again." Emily's voice said from behind me, suddenly.

I turned around and gave her a small smile. "I need your help, I'm opening the tomb tonight."

"Yes, I heard you're into extortion now." The other woman replied with a smirk.

"You're just jealous you didn't think about it while you were alive." I snarked back, enjoying the verbal spat.

The nineteenth century ghost rolled her eyes, but maintained a small smirk on her lips. "Now the tomb, what's the problem?"

"Do you suggest I use the Talisman?" I asked, unsure about how to do it. Do it with Grams and Grams dies, do it with the Talisman and I might be able to do it alone.

"Indeed, but Bonnie whatever it is you're trying to change from happening..." Emily said attentively, with a small frown. "Time as a way of fighting back, somethings are meant to be."

"And here I though I was in a teen vampire show not in a bloody Stephen King novel about JFK." I groaned, massaging my temples.

"Try your best child, but beware there are no guarantees." The Bennett Ghost said, before waving goodbye and disappearing.

--

I texted Damon and Anna and started to prepare for the spell. I had the talisman and the grimoire, I had the pentagram drawn on the ground and I had already spilled the bottle of water when Damon showed up with a blood bag in his hand.

"You're almost late." I replied, with my back turned towards him, while I lit the five torches that represented the five elements. "A few minutes longer and I would have opened and closed this tomb without you."

"I'm never late witchy, everybody is just early." Damon replied, with a smirk.

"Did you just quote the princess's diary at me?" I asked,looking over my shoulder with an arched brow.

"No." He sarcastically replied, but I obviously didn't believe him. "Now let's get this show on the road."

I nodded. I opened the grimoire on the right page and grabbed the talisman, before I started chanting. "Phasmatos Salves Nas Ex Malon, Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, Et Vasa Quo Ero Signos."

I felt the torches flare up when I started pulling on the magical energy contained in the talisman, and continued. "Phasmatos Salves Nas Ex Malon, Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, Et Vasa Quo Ero Signos."

When I heard the door of the tomb creak open, I stopped chanting and looked towards Damon. "You have ten minutes before I close this thing and burn everything inside, do hurry up."

Anna vamp speeded into the tomb and Damon went right after. I let out a sigh and grabbed a bottle of water, taking in a large sip. Opening the door was easy, breaking the seal now that would be troublesome, and I had to do it before they tried to leave the tomb or I would have to deal with pissed off vampires.

I put the talisman in my neck and channeled it, all of it, into breaking the seal. Unlucky for me tonight wasn't a full moon which would have helped a lot. I murmured the chant as I forced it to open, I almost had it when a voice stopped.

"Bonnie stop, now." Grams said, as she shook my shoulders. "That's enough."

I opened my eyes and I saw my grandmother looking tense, and Elena and Stefan in the background. Dammit, why the hell did they have to bring her? I'm trying to be a good person here, I'm trying to save the only family I have left and she ends up here anyway? Are you kidding me?

"What are you doing here?" I asked, shocked by her appearance. "You need to leave."

"Stop, you can't break the seal on your own." Grams warned, trying to break my connection to the talisman.

"Yes I can, you don't know it but I actually can." I said; and without dying too, I added in my head.

"Forget the vampires, let them rot in there." The older witch snarled.

"I'm not going back on my word, I made a deal and I'm sticking to it." I snarled back. "I, unlike you am not a liar."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Sheila asked, frowning.

"Like you don't know." I laughed, sarcastically. "Binding my powers, or maybe for locking up the attic?"

"Who taught you?" She finally asked, after a few second of stunned silence.

"I met a witch in Chicago, she's an old drunk witch lady much like yourself." I quietly replied, before getting out of her gasp and continued with the spell.

"Phasmatos Salves Nas Ex Malon, Terra Mora Vantis Quo Incandis, Et Vasa Quo Ero Signos." I chanted once more, channeling again.

"Stop it Bonnie, if you use too much magic you'll burn." Grams cried out but I ignored her. I knew what I was doing, this time I really knew. That's why I was only channeling Emily's talisman and not my own.

It was my plan from the beginning, I would break the seal using Emily's talisman and then I would use mine to burn the vampires and to close the tomb. I wasn't in risk of burning myself out, I didn't even have a nosebleed, because it was all going according to plan.

At least it was until Grams grabbed my hand and started chanting along.

"What are you doing?" I asked, with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I wasn't that great of a teacher of the craft to you." Grams said, giving me a sad smile. "I'm sorry I let my problems with your mother and your father cloud my judgement. I should have never bound you in the first place."

"I'm sorry I'm such an annoying little shit." I apologized with a shaky smile, as I felt her magic join mine.

"I'm sorry I doubted you too, I can feel your talisman." The older woman said, looking towards my ring. "You really could do it on your own couldn't you?"

"I tried to tell you." I replied, as the magic was starting to get drained from me bones towards the tomb seal.

"She wasn't inside! What the hell is going on?" Damon inquired from the entrance of the tomb, with Anna and Pearl behind him.

"I'm proud of you." Grams whispered as she fell to the ground when her last remaining magic left her.

I didn't even notice Anna zooming out with Pearl, I was too busy crying silently over my Grandmother's body.

"Bonnie are you alright?" Elena's annoying voice asked, as she touched my shoulder.

I quietly put Grams body on the ground before turning towards Elena and Stefan with the most hateful glare I could muster. "This is your fault, why the hell did you bring her here? If she had stayed away I would've been able to open it without her and tomorrow she would be here to lecture me about making deals with goddamn vampires."

"My sorry Bonnie we just thought..." Peaches started, but I growled out.

"The road to hell in paved with good intentions, so next time don't try ... just don't." I hissed, before turning towards the tomb and channeling my talisman. I put my hand up and chanted loudly. "Phasmatos Incendia."

Soon enough soft screams and hisses were heard from inside the tomb, as the vampires were put out of their misery once and for all.

It was all just dust.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If God won't have you, the Devil must.

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