Little Witch

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Caroline and I walk down campus as I held my phone to my ear, "Please tell me I wasn't out of my mind leaving Damon in charge of Vampire Amnesia 101." Elena says and I chuckled, "What did he say exactly?" I asked, "One text – "So far, so good." Which, in Damon speak..." Caroline says, "Means that they probably devoured a troop of Girls Scouts by now." Elena and I both called out, "Caroline!"

"I'm kidding...kind of. Although it's not uncommon for patients with retrograde amnesia or other traumatic brain injuries to turn volatile." Caroline explained and Elena then asked, "Okay, Dr. Forbes. Since when do you know so much about amnesia?" Caroline then says, "It's possible I studied up on my chem, biochem, applied microbio, molecular bio, and Aaliyah and I binged Grey's Anatomy—the real one and the television show." I nodded sighing, "Yes, She kept me up, I insisted we watch McDreamy and McSteamy" I tell her smiling.

"You did all that for Stefan?" Elena asked, "Of course I did. I'm also trying to impress Dr. Maxfield. I figured if I could get closer to him, i.e. into his biology class, maybe I could figure out why he covered up our roommate's murder by vampire, and it's also possible that I have a study buddy." Caroline says as we enter Dr. Maxfield's lab. Inside there are Dr. Maxfield and Jesse. "Hi, Dr. Maxfield. Are you ready to go study, Jesse?" Caroline asks, "Jesse? Dr. Maxfield's incredibly hot, funny, and miraculously single lab assistant?" Elena asked

"We're dragging him to our hometown graveyard bell-ringing ceremony." I tell Elena"As in creepy first date?" Elena asked, "For them? Maybe, but As in a study date." I tell her, "While I'm there, I might as well ring a bell for Tyler and me considering our relationship is on its death bed." Caroline chimed in, "See you Monday, Doc." Jesse calls out. "Stay out of trouble." He calls out after us."Will I see you there? You could bring Stefan. I mean, it is ironically called "Remembrance Day"." I asked Elena, "I hope so, I really do. It just depends on how Stefan's handling the whole download of his dark and stormy past." Caroline and Jesse walk ahead of me as I chuckled, "All right. Well, I'll talk to you later." I tell her and hand up as I catch up with them.

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I left Caroline and Jesse behind as I walk down the tombstones until I find them.

Carol and Richard Lockwood

I rubbed my baby bump as I kneel down dusting off the big shared grave. "I know it's been a while since I last visited mom, but I missed you guys. Dad, you'd be so mad at me for getting pregnant, but mom you'd be so excited." I whispered as I quickly wiped my tears sighing. I stood back up quickly as I turned and saw Damon, Stefan, and Elena, as Stefan notices a tombstone with the name Honoria Fell.

"What kind of name is "Honoria Fell"?" Stefan asks as I walked up. "Shh. You're kind of the one that killed her." Damon says, "Oh." I smile as Elena hugs me and Damon eyed me before squeezing me into a hug. "Stefan." I say and he turned to me confused, "Aaliyah." I say holding my hand out. He shook it slightly as Damon then nudged me towards the Salvatore mausoleum.

"Hindsight being 20/20, way too much temptation at the bar, so if this Ripper gene is biological, then we need to minimize human contact until we get your brain all witchy-wooed back to normal, so here it is." Damon says, "So, this is the family crypt, huh?" Stefan asks, "Mmhmm."

"Anybody here I didn't kill?" Stefan asks making me chuckle, "Well, we've covered our father, who art in hell." Damon says as He rings a bell. "Uncle Zach, my bad." He Rings the bell, "On the bright side, our mother died of consumption." Rings the bell."Oh, good." Stefan says, and on que mine and Damon's phone vibrates. I look down to see a text from Jeremy that reads: "I need to talk to you and Damon ALONE.""I got to go see a man about a witch. Party on without me. Brother—for you." He puts a bottle of liquor down. "And this is for you." Hands the bell to Elena, who was lighting up some candles. Damon takes my hand and we leave.
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Jeremy is sitting, waiting for Damon and I, as we walk in. "Okay. Where is she? Call her. Get her here." Damon says, "That's the problem. I can't actually call her. No one can." Jeremy says, as Damon looks confused, I'm concerned. "I've been lying to everyone for months, and I can't keep lying knowing that everyone's waiting for her to swoop in and save the day." Jeremy says and I raised an eyebrow, "Jer? You okay?" I asked, "I don't speak "crazy-person," Jer. You're gonna have to translate that for me." Damon snaps. "Think about it, Damon. I was dead. I wasn't supposed to come back." Jeremy says, "Yes, exactly. The beauty of Bonnie magic, which is what we need right now." Damon tells him. "You're not hearing him Damon. Magic finds a balance. He's not supposed to be here." I explain finally realizing what Jeremy means. Damons understands what Jeremy means and it sinks in.

"No." He breathed, "You can't just bring sombody back from the dead. There is always a price to pay for it." I tell him, "Don't say it, Aaliyah. Don't you dare." Damon snaps, "She didn't show up to her dad's funeral, Damon. Nobody has spoken to her all summer." Jeremy says. "Do not say it, Jeremy. Don't.""Bonnie's dead." I say outloud and Jeremy stayed silent. "Damn it, Aaliyah! You realize what you just did?!" He starts walking away from Jeremy and I, "Why would you say that?!""I'm sorry. People need to know." Jeremy speaks up, and Damon looks very upset. He starts walking towards Jeremy and it looks like he's going to punch him, but he gives him a hug. Damon exhales and he looks very sad. I walk over and join as I bury my head into Jeremy's arm.
--I took Jeremy to the Lockwood Estate, which I told him i'd help him lessen the blow to Matt. Jeremy knocks on the door and Matt goes to open it. "I've been knocking." Jeremy says, "Yeah, I noticed. So, you're not gonna believe this, but–" Matt tries but I cut him off, "Matt, wait. There's something we need to tell you. It's about Bonnie." Matt turned to us shocked, "What? Is she back?" Jeremy doesn't respond and just stares at Matt, "What, Jer?" Jeremy and I shared a look and I sighed. "Bonnie's dead."--

Damon, Elena, Caroline, Matt, and I dressed in funeral attire, walk towards a stump of a tree, where Jeremy, wearing a black suit, places a picture frame on top. Caroline approaches the stump and places black and red cheerleading pom poms on top. Matt, who's wearing a bandage around his cut hand, then places a his lifeguard whistle on the stump. Elena scatters white feathers over the stump and all the other items, then she backs out crying and Caroline hugs her. Damon places Bonnie's grimoire on the stump. Jeremy grabs a bell that was sitting on the stump.

"We ring this bell in honor of Bonnie, in remembrance for her." He rings the bell and places it back on the stump. I'm not sure what else to say." Jeremy paused for a moment, "She says that she's not going anywhere, that she has been here all along. Bonnie has watched you have the summer of your life. Everyone will find their way, so you are gonna repack your things, you're gonna go back to college, and you're gonna live it up. You didn't do anything wrong, Matt. You know I would have sent you three hundred e-mails back if I could. I miss you. Aaliyah, You're going to have a beautiful baby and she's so sorry she can't be awesome Aunt Bonnie, who shows them the tricks and tips the Bennett magic, Caroline... She watched you decorate that dorm room like your life depended on it. [They laugh.] And I know that college isn't everything you expected and that you feel like something's missing, but...Tyler...

Tyler appears behind everyone, walking and holding a single white rose. Caroline runs to hug him. Tyler places the rose among the other items. I then turned and hugged him also burying my head into his chest.