While You Were Sleeping

Goodbye...And Hello

March 5th, 2011

Emily quietly placed the candles around the body laying on the ground in front of her and closed her eyes for a moment as the memories flashed in her mind.

"You were never meant to die for me, my dear cousin. You have to protect yourself" she said sincerely and placed a gentle hand on her cheek as tears filled both their eyes

"I can protect us both" Emily insisted, but her cousin shook her head.

Not from her father.

She couldn't ask her to do that. The only way he would stop was if she was gone.

And they both knew that.

"You are so stubborn...I shall miss you for it" she whispered and pulled her cousin's face closer until their foreheads were touching.

She closed her eyes and could hear the crickets sounding in the distance and the cool evening breeze against her cheeks as they stood in the middle of the forest, knowing that this would be the last time they would see each other.

And that was okay...

When she pulled back again she wiped Emily's tears away with the hand still on her cheek before sliding it down her arm to take her other hand, then she glanced at the lone figure standing beside them at a distant.

"You shall take care of them both, shall you not?" She asked already knowing her cousin's answer, but Emily nodded anyway because she couldn't trust herself to speak the words without crumbling in her arms.

"I love you, Emily"

"And I you" she whispered in response, squeezing her hands and her cousin smiled that crooked smile that seemed to bring joy to anyone who was lucky enough to bare witness to it.

And Emily knew...

She wasn't afraid of the end, instead she welcomed it and hoped it would bring her the peace of mind she so desperately longed for.

So she stood taller and cleared her throat so she could speak clearly as she told her, "And as you sleep, I shall live for the both of us".

"I know you will" she responded one last time and closed her eyes.

Emily did the same and the world seemed to spin as the incantation fell from their lips.

"Incendia".

Her eyes snapped open and her brown orbs locked with the blue ones which belonged to the man kneeling in front of her.

His eyes seemed to glow brighter in the candle light and her cousin's body separated them as she layed there in her sleep. A sleep that was supposed to last much longer than this because they thought they could escape her father if she was gone, and they did for a while.

For 500 years to be exact.

But now he was back and they needed her, she just hoped her cousin would forgive her for disturbing her peace.

"She will" he told her, as if he were reading her mind.

And perhaps he was, because if anyone could it would be him.

"We don't exactly have a choice here, Emmy" he said and she knew he was right.

She hated when he was right.

She took a deep calming breath and looked down at her cousin as she let it out. She looked exactly the same as the day they said goodbye, which meant the preservation spell she cast on her body fulfilled it's purpose.

And it would be like no time had passed.

Only it had...

"Do you think she'll adjust to this world alright?" She asked seriously only to have him chuckle saying, "It's certainly going to be entertaining to watch her try".

"Thanks. Thanks for that, it was really helpful" she snapped sarcastically, rolling her eyes while he pouted and reached for her to let her know that he was only kidding.

She let him take her hand and kiss the inside of her palm briefly before she closed her eyes and placed both her hands on her cousin's body.

She took a deep calming breath, letting the magic flow through her entire body while the wind picked up around them and when she felt it at the tips of her fingers she let the incantation spill from her lips chanting,

"Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus. Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus".

She kept chanting as the wind blew harder, the magic flowing around them in the family cript they were in and Emily could feel the spell working.

And she felt the exact moment her cousin's heart started beating again, getting stronger by the second until she could breathe on her own without the magic resurrecting her.

Because she was finally alive...and Emily almost started crying at the thought of what the world was like without her in it.

It was a world she didn't want to live in again.

Damon was already watching her as she opened her eyes again and they both looked down to see her slowly open her eyes for the first time in 500 years.

She blinked a few times, her eyes adjusting to the light in the room.

She'd felt the exact moment she was pulled away from her mother, it was like coming back to herself and it had only been a matter of time because for a while now they'd known that her uncle was back and that Emily would need to bring her back.

They needed to end this...once and for all.

So she slowly turned her head to look at her beautiful cousin and smiled, then she looked at the other person in the room and took in that familiar smirk she often wondered if she'd ever see again.

He looked satisfied with himself like he always did and she wanted to speak, but it only came out as a grunt so she figured she'd try again later.

Then she heard the sound of her voice and felt at home as her cousin softly whispered,

"Hey, Bonnie".

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A/N

A few things to be aware of:
1. Emily and Bonnie are immortal withches/goddesses.

2. The Salvatores aren't vampires, but are Superhuman and are immortal as well.

3. They've all lived for much longer than 1864.