"Light."

All around the living room of the Salvatore boarding house flames burst to life on various candles in a single instant. Jeremy blinked in surprise at the sudden change in lighting and couldn't help but marvel at the fact that she could do this at all. Bonnie was sitting across from him where they were both seated at a small table in the middle of the room.

There was nothing on the small table except two thick candles and a ring between them. Stefan had found him a ring with lapis lazuli, and it turned out he had made it a habit of collecting the few he had found down the years. It wasn't as ornate as the one Stefan and Damon always wore. Instead, it was a plain iron band with a thinner band of the blue stone inset in the iron and running the length of it. Jeremy decided he kind of liked it.

He was brought back to reality when Bonnie cleared her throat.

"I'm going to need to hold your hands for this to work." Jeremy nodded and laid his hands in Bonnie's outstretched palms. He immediately felt something. It was a strange feeling; it seemed to come from within and all around them, and yet it all focused down into a connection between him and Bonnie. She had closed her eyes then, and while still holding Jeremy's hands tightly she began to mutter words in Latin.

Suddenly power gripped his arms, and Bonnie's eyes flew open as her chanting grew louder, her voice deeper. Jeremy couldn't move as he gritted his teeth against the immense pressure holding his hands to Bonnie's. His eyes flicked down to the ring as it smoothly lifted from the table. The candle flames on the table and all around the room flared higher than before as Bonnie's chanting turned to thunderous words echoing through the rafters of the boarding house.

Jeremy looked to the right where he could see Stefan was on his feet near the fireplace, his eyebrows furrowed as the spell continued to grow power. He turned to look back at Bonnie just as the last of her words echoed into the air. Just as the words faded away the stone in the ring glowed brilliant blue before Bonnie released Jeremy's hands to catch it in her palm.

Bonnie held her hand up with a satisfied smile on her face, looking hardly the worst for wear as she said, "Here, it's done."

Jeremy took the ring slowly, noticed it felt slightly warm to the touch as he slipped onto the ring finger of his right hand. Looking up he gave Bonnie a warm smile.

"Thanks."

Bonnie gave a soft smile in return, but her expression quickly sobered up as she reached out to grip his wrist. "I'm serious, Jeremy. There will be no more death."

Jeremy gave her a grave nod before looking around, not quite sure what he was supposed to do now. He looked to Stefan before asking, "What now?"

Stefan gave him a sad smile before looking down at his feet for a moment and walking slowly over to the table. "Now, we have to talk to Elena."

Jeremy groaned before dropping his forehead to the table. Great. That was going to go well.

A/N: So yeah…I'm really sorry about not continuing this for like ever... But I really want to keep going with this. Here's to hoping I keep the motivation to continue. Reviews certainly help.