Twisted Bonds

Chapter 16: Calm Down

Emma's POV

"Caroline?" Bonnie said with shock and hurt written all over her face.

"Bonnie..." Caroline started.

"You're not, no, you can't be..." Bonnie said with an expression that I was surprised to see on her face. Disgust. She grabbed Caroline's arm to confirm what she was seeing.

"Oh God, Bonnie..." Caroline quietly cried as Bonnie walked past her. Tears fell down her face and she left with Stefan to go get cleaned up.

I stayed with Elena and Bonnie. We took a moment to process the new information. "I can't believe this is happening." Bonnie said.

"Come on, don't pout about it. We've got a body to bury." Damon said as he approached us with a shovel. "I thought you were calling the shots. No? Sucks to be you, buddy." Damon quipped before yelling out and clutching his head.

"I told you what would happen if anybody else got hurt." Bonnie said as a faucet turned on its own; creating a river of water.

"Bonnie, it wasn't his fault. This wasn't his doing..." I pleaded with her. I may not like Damon, but I knew he didn't deserve to die over this.

"Everything that happens is his fault, Emma." Bonnie replied. She wasn't letting up on her assault towards Damon. Suddenly, the river of water caught on fire. It was crawling towards Damon. I knew that if I didn't do something she was going to kill Damon.

"Bonnie, calm down! Stop it, you're killing him!" I yelled as flames engulfed Damon. He screamed out in pain and fear. I need to step in with my own power. I extinguished the flames.

Bonnie looked over at me in anger. "Why, why do you do that?! Why did you stop me?!"

"Because this isn't right! Caroline's turning is not his fault! You have to see that!" I yelled out. Elena came over and led Bonnie away. I turned towards Damon and helped him up. "You good?" I asked.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine." He replied. "Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you about something..."

I knew this was coming. He asked about my powers. I explained all that I knew about my powers to him. Turns out, he also didn't know what I was. I made him promise to never tell anyone about my powers. I also told him who all knew about it already. After all of that, I decided to head home.

A couple days had passed and I was informed that we may have a werewolf problem on our hands. It would explain why the Lockwoods reacted to the Gilbert device. Mr. Saltzman, Elena, and Damon were going to head to Duke to take a look through Isobel's research. Even though I knew it was a long shot, I asked them if they could look to see if there was any research done on any other supernatural creatures other than vampires, werewolves,and witches. It could lead me to finding out what I was. That same day, Bonnie was going to try to make a daylight ring for the newly turned Caroline. Stefan was also going to take her out into the woods to try to teach her to hunt and feed on animals.

Just as I expected, none of Isobel's research was going to help me on my quest to find out what I was. I decided not to let it get me down. I went for a short walk on the trails. I may not be using my powers, but that didn't mean I couldn't spend some time in the woods. If only I knew what was going to happen. I would've stayed home.