Madness Too

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed (Kol and Elena, nightfallsupernova, Yson, Maverick37, Hazel08, and XHush-HushX) and those who favored this story and put it on their alerts. Special shout out to Nightfallsupernova, Yson, Maverick37, Hazel08, and XHush-HushX. These guys have reviewed from beginning to end and for that I am thankful. I can't believe that this is last chapter to my sequel. I have had a good journey with this series and I hope you all enjoy it.

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"…I feel i can finally be free

I saw you cry finally

You only cried cause you knew i was gone for good

As they state the last words

Part of me goes into the wind with song lyrics

A tiny bit of the ashes of me remain in this locket

I saved it just for you

Keep it close to you forever"

-Salina Is Beautiful Gebhardt

The Funeral

Katherine Pierce wasn't afraid of many things. When she was a human the only thing she had worried about was being married off to a good and very rich husband that had not gotten wind of her having a child of out wedlock. After she had turned herself into a vampire, the only thing she had worried about was Klaus finding her and torturing the living daylight out of her ass for running away from him. Learning about the Scooby Gang defeating Klaus had settled her into a life of tranquility and fearlessness. Yet she was walking up the steps to the Lockwood Mansion and dreading to have the pleasure of informing Bonnie that they threw her offer in her face.

Sucking what courage she was known for, Katherine calmly walked inside of the Mansion and headed towards the study where she knew Bonnie had gathered. The hallway was cold, even for a vampire such as herself. It was also unnatural dark but she knew it to be Bonnie's doing. She swung open the double oak doors and was greeted with a familiar sight. Katherine watched as the Founder's Council huddled around the room. They looked haggard as they sat next to one another still in their formal wear. She looked around and grew worried when she didn't spot Bonnie or Stefan in the room but she did see Alaric with Liz.

Out of the council members, they looked to be in the worst shape. Liz's short cropped hair was unkempt and Alaric looked as if he was a newly recovering alcoholic...again. Pathetic, Katherine thought as she made her way to the desk. None of the humans gave her any attention until she cleared her throat, giving them her attention.

"Where is the Goddess?" Katherine asked. "Where are the Mayor and her son?"

The room was quiet once more. Everyone glanced towards each other before the bald headed man stood up and trembled. "She…she is…" He trailed off before a thunderous boom startled everyone in the room.

They all followed the sound and watched as the double doors opened revealing the four missing people. Bonnie had changed out of her formal dress and into a sleek black halter top with an ankle length black skirt. Stefan was now wearing an all-black ensemble complete with a leather jacket. He ghosted his arm around her waist leading her into the room. Tyler and Mayor Lockwood walked behind her, looking as though both of them would rather be somewhere else. The hybrid was wearing a black outfit looking as though he was ready to do battle.

The council member's rose to their feet as Bonnie walked in, none of them said a word as Stefan led her to the desk chair. She sat down and looked giddy as child waiting for their piece of candy.

"So minion," Bonnie started as everyone sat back down in their seats. "What was their response to my most humble offer?"

Katherine nervously smoothed out imaginary wrinkles in her ball gown before she spoke. "Well, Damon basically said to go fuck yourself."

Bonnie's eyes flickered from emerald to obsidian as she took in Katherine's message. A crackle of dark energy flowed throughout the room indicating her anger. "Fine if that's the way Damon wants to play, then we'll play." She stood up out of the seat and directed her attention to the measly Founder's Council.

"Council members, I am truly sick of looking at all of you. You are all pathetic human beings with no real talent and frankly a waste of space. Marcus Gillman is the only one I actually want to stay. The rest of you, you have to the count of three to leave my sight. But if you try to leave town or rally up against me, be warned I will bestow indescribable pain onto you with a smile. One...Two…"

At her words, everyone except for the man named Marcus scrambled up and headed out the door in a rush. In a matter of seconds, the room was void except for the six. Marcus, who stood in a seated position, swatted his sweating head and looked up towards the woman who requested his presence.

"You are not like the others, Marcus. You do me great justice and as a reward you will come with us. Understood?"

The man got up and bowed before Bonnie. "I do, Goddess."

A wicked smile appeared on Bonnie's face and her eyes returned to their natural green. "Good." She turned back to Stefan and gave him a seductive smile before she raised her arms up above her. The room shook manically as Bonnie cackled wickedly.

"Come. It is time to show what happens to those who rebel against a Goddess."

Taking a deep breath, Bonnie waved her hands and the five who were present in Bonnie's entourage, felt a burning sensation flow through their entire beings before they felt themselves fade into thin air along with Bonnie. All that was left behind was a girlish cackle that seemed to resonate in the air behind them.

Meanwhile, Damon and Elena sat in the living room of his ancestral home while Morgana paced back and forth in front of them. She looked weary as she explained their so called strategy over and over again.

"For the last time Vampyre, the demon that is currently holding the Bennett witch will not be weakened by crosses or other likes of that. On its own maybe, but is has a flesh and blood host which makes it impervious to those items. Only the blade that I have given you will destroy it."

Damon ran a hand through his hair. It had been over an hour since Katherine left and he had no doubts that the demon was on his way to plow right though them. He glanced at Elena whose perfectly coiffed hairdo was already gone and back to her causal pin straight look. She looked defeated, something he didn't want to see right now.

"Do you think Bonnie is bringing her A game?" Damon asked though he already knew the answer.

Morgana eyed his pop cultural reference with a raised eyebrow. "The demon will bring all at its command. The barrier will hold for a while but it is the blade that will save us."

"Why Damon?" Elena questioned. "Why must it be him that destroys the demon?"

"He is the one who can shake the witch's soul. It calls to him, sings to him even. That is why he can use the blade against the Darkness and no one else."

Elena was about to speak when a thunderous boom drowned out the sound of her voice. It pulsated throughout the room earning a small shriek of fright from the human in the room. Damon stood up and held his stance as the room shook tremendously. He reached out and grabbed Morgana, straightening her as she began to lose her footing.

"What's going on?" Elena asked, fear pouring into her voice. Mystic Falls was not known for having earthquakes only for a tornado or hurricane passing through Virginia once or twice. "An earthquake?"

"This is no ordinary earthquake." Morgana shouted.

The room suddenly stopped shaking and Damon moved Morgana out of the way and headed towards the door. Morgana quickly ran towards him and grabbed him by the arm halting his movements. "Vampyre, are you sure you want to look outside that door? If you do, then your fate is sealed and you cannot falter from the path that you've chosen."

Ice blue eyes glanced from Morgana's deep blue ones to the chocolate orbs of Elena. She had moved from her place on the couch and stood just a few feet from them.

"I'm sure."

Morgana set her stone gaze on the vampyre in front of her and released his arm. She took a step back and walked over to Elena's side. "Then this is the path that you've chosen. Heed cautiously."

The century and a half vampire stared at the door for a second before yanking the red oak door open and was met by a blackened sky. There was no moon as before but the darkness seemed to be thicker. Even with his enhanced vision and his instinctual predatory sight, the cloak of night was not one of his likings. It seemed too ominous and too suffocating.

The air around him reeked of charcoal and of burned flesh and he had to cover his nose just to stop the stench from entering his lungs. It enveloped him and for a second, it reminded him of the dream Bonnie had contacted him before he was shoved back by a powerful gust of wind.

"Fuck!" He shouted before he got back up to his feet and saw the person he was equally dreading and longing for.

Not five feet from him stood Bonnie flanked by Stefan and Katherine. Behind them and off to the side stood Carol and Tyler Lockwood along with Gillman, a person he recognized from the Founder's Council. The bald headed man wiped the sweat that had gathered on his head as he made eye contact with Damon.

"Damon, still alive?" Bonnie asked. He looked her up and down, eyeing her black ensemble. He made a mental note about how sinful Bonnie looked in black but it was green that he loved her in.

The vampire chuckled. "Still alive, Bon."

"Not for long." Stefan said. He snarled at his older brother, the traitor of his Goddess. "I smell that whore on you. Still playing with my leftovers, Damon?"

The old Damon would've balled his fists and charged at Stefan for that comment but this Damon didn't give a rat's ass about Elena's dignity. She forked that over when she seduced him but he was protecting her even if that reason was that Bonnie wouldn't lose her soul.

"Bonnie, can you hear me?" Damon shouted. He knew that he needed to get through to her no matter what.

"I hear you loud and clear."

"Not you, asshole. I want to talk to my Bonnie. I want to talk to the one whose body you're possessing not the piece of shit that has to do its dirty work by occupying someone else. That makes you a dick and I fucking hate dicks."

Bonnie balled her fists at his words and her green eyes quickly bled black. She clenched her jaw in anger as she glanced towards Tyler. "ABONINATION, KILL THAT VAMPIRE."

Tyler nodded towards Bonnie and changed, shifting his form into that of a large wolf. Growling, he ran towards Damon only to plunge into an invisible barrier. The unseen wall vibrated and burned his nose forcing him back with a pitiful whine. He limped back and changed, shifting back into his human form once more.

"Goddmanit!" Tyler shouted rubbing his nose. His healing abilities kicked in, healing the skin that had been scorched off.

A very pissed off Bonnie walked carefully towards the imperceptible barricade and ran her fingers along it hissing in displeasure as the tips of her fingers sizzled. She forced her hand back and Stefan came to her side offering up his blood as amends.

"Drink my Goddess. It will heal you."

He bit into his wrist producing blood and she skimmed her pouty lips along the wound, licking the blood that had welled up there. A pleasurable groan escaped Stefan's lips and Damon turned his head away from the scene. It was bad enough that he had to see them together but seeing them sharing blood angered him.

He turned back around to see a malicious smile from Bonnie as she ran a hand through her curly locks.

"Well played Morgana. This is credible to slow me down from wreaking havoc against you!"

Morgana walked up from behind Damon and looked in despair as she saw the demon smiling at her. "I take no pleasure in this game you have created, Darkness. Its ruin echoes in the people you play with."

Bonnie sighed and threw a ball of energy at the wall but it dissipated upon impact. Frustrated, Bonnie created another one, bigger than the last, and threw it at the wall but gained the same result. Morgana sighed and then ushered Elena back into the house. Bonnie kept her obsidian eyes on the doppelgänger and smiled unnaturally.

"You will pay my dear doppelgänger." Bonnie whispered to herself.

Morgana led Elena back to the sofa and she watched as the doppelgänger slumped ungracefully in the sofa, her plum dress wrinkled from the night's many activities. She watched as the red headed witch gave her a look over.

"Stay here child. The demon wants your head and will do anything to get to you." Morgana said as she made her way back to the front door where Damon was standing.

The brunette sighed and put her head in her hands, closing her eyes as she took in what was happening around her. The night wasn't supposed to happen like this. She was supposed to go to the Lockwood Ball and dance a dance with Damon and be normal. Sure, she had wanted to get Stefan back but thanks to Bonnie, she couldn't do that. The witch was hell-bent on seeing her head on a pike for all the things that she had done to her.

"Elena…" A voice whispered.

Elena's eyes opened snapped open and she looked around trying to find the source of the voice.

"Hello?"

"Elena…." The voice whispered again. This time Elena knew she wasn't crazy. She obviously heard the voice again and it was beckoning her to it.

"Hello? Who are you?"

"Elena…" The brunette got up and ignoring the standoff outside, she followed the sound of the voice as she made her way towards the kitchen. She got to the barely used kitchen and looked around seeing no one there. Dejected, Elena moved to leave when she heard the voice again.

"Elena…"

She whipped her head around again to see a shadow move just out of the corner of her eye.

"Please tell me what you want!" She shouted, a little frightened. At her words, the walls and the floor pooled with blood. The white surface stained red as it continued to flow from an unknown source. She watched with horror as it puddled around her, disenabling her to escape. Fear racked her body as a figure rose up from the blood in front of her.

She looked on as the figure stood in front of her still covered in blood. The blood receded from the person and she gazed on as she came face to face with herself. Her twin had a nasty smile on her face as she eyed Elena.

"….Damon! Morgana! Help!" Elena screamed. The splitting image of her walked menacingly towards her still wearing that smile on her face. In her hand appeared a sharp kitchen knife and Elena tried to get away from her only to realize she was frozen to the spot.

"Damon!" Elena called but no one came. The doppelgänger sobbed immensely as her twin came within arm's reach of her and raised the knife in the air. Elena watched as her evil twin's brunette hair darkened to black before her eyes. Her olive skin darkened just a shade or two and she shrunk about half a foot. Her facial features began to shift while her chocolate doe eyes faded into emerald green. The brunette cried even harder when she realized she was standing face to face with the woman that currently wanted her head.

"Bonnie! Why are you doing this?" Elena sobbed. "This isn't you, none of it is!"

"This is a taste dear Elena for I soon will have your still beating heart in my hands." Bonnie laughed manically as she plunged the knife straight into Elena's heart. Elena could only look on as she gurgled on the blood that had collected in her throat and collapsed to the floor dead.

Damon looked on as they held their standoff. Something was off, Damon thought as he watched the creature that inhabited Bonnie's body. It had started pacing back and forth just before the barrier and something akin to curiosity was plastered on its face. A gut wrenching scream from inside the house broke Damon away from his thoughts and he raced towards the sound leaving Morgana to follow behind him.

Damon raced towards the living room only to find Elena holding her head in anguish as she screamed relentlessly. He kneeled down to her level and grabbed her by the shoulders preventing her from moving around. He grabbed her head forcing the brunette to look at him.

"Elena, what's wrong?"

"In my head, get her out!" Elena bawled.

"Who is in your head?" Damon asked before he was unceremoniously scooted to the side by Morgana. She took Elena's face in her hands and breathed deeply.

"What is it saying?" Morgan asked.

It took Elena a couple of seconds to get control of her voice before she answered. "That my sins are too greatly stained with blood. That I deserve to die; she wants my heart."

Morgana patted Elena's head motherly and she whispered a few words. All of a sudden, the pain Elena felt in her head and her heart was gone and she looked up to see Morgana and Damon clearly. "It was just a dream."

"No child. It is more than a dream. It is Darkness trying to get you to surrender."

Damon grew angry at the words. He raced towards the door and walked out angrily stopping only at the place where the barrier separated them from him.

"Listen, you fucking dick! Give me Bonnie back! She is mine and no one takes what's mine, bastard."

He watched as a smile appeared on Bonnie's face as if she was enjoying an inside joke of some sort. She paced back and forth in front of him before stopping to look him up and down. She snapped her fingers at Marcus beckoning him to come. When he didn't move, Stefan walked over to him and grabbed his arm and threw him to Bonnie's feet.

"Next time you come when she says so the first time." Stefan warned. He gave a curt nod to his Goddess and was rewarded with a smile.

"I see." Bonnie vaguely said. "I see it now."

"Witch!" Damon called to the house. Something was very wrong and it was not a good sign when the demon in Bonnie's body smiled.

Said witch in question walked up to the door, her green and brown cloak flowing behind her as she quickly arrived followed by a quivering and haggard looking Elena. The all watched as the scene in front of them unfolded.

Bonnie bent down towards Marcus and smiled at him, her black eyes faded back to her emerald green. "Stand up Marcus Gillman."

The bald headed man nervously collected himself and stood up on his feet his eyes never leaving the ground. "Yes, Master?" He asked tautly.

"I need your help, Marcus. Would you dutifully help your Goddess, your Master?"

"I…I…wo…would."

She placed her fingers under his chin and made him look at her, his muddy brown eyes tried hard to not make eye contact with her. She graciously put her arms on his shoulders and turned him around making him face the three on the other side of the barrier. She suddenly released him and started to circle around him, her skirt flowing behind her. A large black crown appeared upon her head and her outfit changed before their eyes. It was no longer the two piece but a regal gown that flowed to the ground and behind her. The white gown was cut low showing off her heavy bosom and it clung to her figure. The trim of it was gold encrusted with rubies and onyxes and her smile widen as she moved.

Bonnie stopped circling him and faced the three with a hand around Marcus' shoulders. Nodding to Stefan, he moved behind them, his green eyes alit with passion and obedience.

"Marcus, please…give me your still beating heart."

Marcus' eyes widen as he turned towards Bonnie with fear on his face. He tried to move away from her but was held in place by Stefan.

"No…please!" The man shouted but his pleas fell on deaf ears as Bonnie removed her arm and faced him with an iniquitous smile.

"You have served me well." She said before she created a ball of energy in her hand and forced it into the pleading man's chest. Marcus' screams filled the quiet night as she grabbed ahold of his heart and pulled it clean out from under his ribcage. She chuckled as she watched the life from his eyes go out and Stefan discarded his body to the ground like it was a rag doll he no longer wanted to play with.

The crowd gasped as they watched Bonnie or the thing inside of her pulled out the still beating heart and Carol turned around and emptied the contents of her stomach next to her. Tyler held his mother's hair as she vomited at the gruesome act and he silently cursed to himself.

Katherine flipped her hair back behind her ear and shrugged. She had seen Bonnie do worse to Lucy and her coven and ripping a man's heart out of his chest was nothing new to her. Her blue eyes sadden as she watched Stefan's eyes darkened in lust as he watched Bonnie. Stefan was hers and seeing him fawn over the witch made her mad and sad at the same time. God, she hoped Damon could kill the witch.

Damon's artic blue eyes widen as he saw Bonnie kill a man right before his eyes. Sure, he had done it many times himself but seeing Bonnie do it made him feel all wrong inside. She was pure, a witch connected to nature. She wasn't designed for this and seeing her lick the dripping blood off her hands made him want to heave even though he was a vampire and blood play was his biggest turn on.

Elena gasped in shock and covered her mouth with her hands on instinct. She had seen death too many times but seeing Bonnie kill someone was unreal. Seeing her ex best friend smile in contentment at the heart made her want to vomit just like Mayor Lockwood did. She turned towards Morgana whose face held an unreadable expression.

"What have you done?" She said though her voice carried a hint of fear.

Bonnie stopped admiring the heart and turned towards the three. Above them, lightening lit up the night sky and thunder boomed eerily making the witch laugh.

"What have I done? Oh you already know old one."

They all watched as the blood from the heart trickled down Bonnie's outstretched arm to her chest staining the white dress in its wake. The blood seemed to pool everywhere and within seconds turned her once white dress into a deep red. Shocking everyone, the dark witch threw the heart at the invisible wall and watched with glee as the heart caught fire and shattered the barrier to everyone's surprise.

"Game on." Bonnie said and dark tendrils shot out from the ground and headed towards the three. With a wave of her hand, Morgana shot a ball of white light that dissolved the vines. More shot out from the ground and headed towards them again only to be stopped by the white light. Morgana pushed the two back into the house and followed, closing the door behind her.

"What are we going to do?" Elena asked fearfully. She picked up the hem of her dress and ran into the living room.

"Vampyre, get ready to use the blade." Morgana said watching the door.

Without warning, the windows to the Boarding House had shattered and Damon quickly grabbed the two women and forced them down to the floor using his body as a shield. As soon as the rain of glass stopped, Damon quickly got up and sped towards the coffee table where the weathered box lay. Slightly hesitating, Damon licked his lips and gazed on as the Gaelic symbols seemed to glow at his presence. He ran his fingers along the surface and felt the symbols burn. The box opened on its own accord and revealed the blade that hit had held.

Damon picked up the jewel encrusted dagger and it vibrated in his hand before it stopped. He glanced at Morgana who Elena was helping up and she nodded at him. He slipped it in the inside of his jacket before the front door blew open revealing Bonnie and Stefan.

Bonnie's face was pinched back as she looked on at the three. Right before she ordered Katherine and Tyler to stay back should they try to escape, a force shot up through her body and she collapsed to her knees before Stefan rushed to her side. The energy clawed at her soul before it stopped leaving her very pissed off. She eyed them and wondered how his rag tag group of supernaturals had eluded her for so long.

"Nowhere left to run now. Now we play my show." Bonnie said. She eyed Damon and gave him a once over before her attention focused on the two women whose presence left a bitter taste in her mouth.

"Stefan, dear…" Bonnie said as she turned her attention towards her Consort. He nodded and vamped out. He sped towards the women but was momentarily distracted by Damon who had sped towards him and knocked him out of the way only deterring him slightly. The vampire recovered and grabbed Damon by the neck sending him flying across the room. He snarled and moved towards Elena but was once again pushed aside by Damon. The two fought neither one backing down. While the vampires were occupied, Bonnie tried slipping away only to find herself stuck in the spot she was at. She looked down and saw that she stood on an old Gaelic symbol.

"Algiz…pretty smart old one." Bonnie said as she eyed the symbol that resembled a pitchfork. The symbol stopped her movements but it did not completely hinder her, which she made sure of.

She eyed the fight lazily and wondered why Stefan was having a hard time defeating Damon. He was chalk full of power from feeding off of her but it seemed that Damon had leveled up somehow making him stand toe to toe with her consort. Frustrated, she mentally called to Katherine and Tyler and a gleeful smile appeared on her face. She would be free in no time.

Outside, Katherine and Tyler paced around awaiting orders from Bonnie. Tyler was making sure his mom didn't see the corpse when he and Katherine grabbed their heads at the same time. Bonnie's demonic voice rang throughout their head barking orders at them.

"LISTEN TO MY SUMMONS. BOTH OF YOU ARE ORDERED TO KILL ELENA AND THE WTICH MORGANA. NOW!" The voice said, booming.

As soon as the voice disappeared, Tyler looked at Katherine who looked annoyed.

"Tyler, what's happening?" Carol asked. Her peach dress was wrinkled and dirtied as she sat on the ground.

"Bonnie, it, wants us to fight." Tyler said dejected. Carol stood up and wrapped her arms around him. She couldn't tell him to say no because in disobeying Bonnie meant certain death for both of them and for the townspeople.

"Be careful." She said. He nodded at her and turned to the vampire who looked irritated at the scene.

"How touching." Katherine sarcastically said and received nasty looks from the both of them. "If this makes us late for our summons and I end up getting burned because of this, I'm taking it all out on you."

Tyler rolled his eyes and together they sped towards the house. Upon arriving through the hole made by Bonnie, they looked around and saw Bonnie smiling as she watched Damon and Stefan fight. Bonnie beckoned Katherine towards her while she directed Tyler towards Morgana and Elena. Morgana grabbed Elena's hand and tried to run towards another room when she was stopped by Tyler appearing in front of them.

"Tyler, move." Elena said.

"I can't. I'm ordered to kill you and if doing so save my mom and everyone else from dying, then your death is needed, Elena."

Vamping out, Tyler lunged towards them but was propelled back by Morgana. He recovered quickly and sped towards them again only to be propelled away from them once more. The hybrid got back up and changed into his wolf form, snarling at the two. He charged forward only to whine and howl with pain as Morgana sent him an aneurysm to halt him.

As Tyler changed back, he fell to his knees and gripped his head in pain as she popped his blood vessels over and over again until he emitted one last cry of agony as he succumbed to the numbness of unconsciousness. Pleased with her work, Morgana grabbed Elena and headed to the next room which was empty. She let go of Elena's hand and the brunette ran a hand throughout her hair.

"What do we do now?" She asked. She couldn't believe that Tyler would actually try to kill her.

"You are going to stay here." Morgana said. She waved her hands in the air and the noise of the vampires fighting was drowned out. The red headed witch looked once more at Elena and sighed. "The seal won't last for very long. I need to distract her."

Elena protested but the Gaelic witch paid no heed to her. She had a responsibility and she intended to do just that. Morgana moved to walk out of the room when she was suddenly thrown into the far wall behind her. She landed on the floor in a crumbled heap and Elena hurriedly went to check up on her. She was bleeding from a wound on her temple and she helped the witch to her feet only to be thrown away from her as well.

"Old one, you are getting too old for these games. Surrender." Bonnie spat as she strolled casually into the room followed by Katherine who obviously didn't want to be there.

Elena groaned and tried to stand on her feet but she couldn't move them at all. Bonnie flicked her wrist and invisible strings wrapped around her wrist and the brunette winced as they dug into her flesh. They wrapped themselves together above her head, leaving her no chance to escape.

"I will not." Morgana said. She stared intensely at the blonde behind Bonnie. Katherine felt her head exploding with horrific pain as she fell to her knees. A terrible scream left past her lips as she crumbled to the floor unconscious. Bonnie glanced back at Katherine and smirked at Morgana.

"Nice. You may have your uses. Join me."

Morgana laughed as she got to her feet. "You are the unclean one, one who is supposed to be under the Earth in hell. I would never join you."

"Fine, be like that." Bonnie said angrily as she snapped her fingers. Elena let out a terrible scream as a circle of black fire surrounded her. The flames licked her flesh, searing the olive skin. Morgana moved towards her but was thrown forcefully into the wall behind her rendering her unconscious. Inside her soul, Elena was burning. The fire peeled through her skin sinking through flesh and bone and she could do nothing except scream.

"Damon!" Elena cried as the burning got worse.

Bonnie became angry at the mention of Damon's name from Elena's lips. She was the reason for everything and she had the audacity to cry for his help? "You dare call his name out while I'm here? After all the shit you've done to me, you intend to do more as I stand in front of you? Burn, you fucking whore!"

Elena's screams grew worse as the fire continued to sear her body. Bonnie looked on in glee as the brunette cried out bloody murder from the inferno coursing throughout her. There was almost nothing in comparison to what she was feeling from the doppelgänger's painful torture.

"Bonnie, stop it now!" Damon called from the doorway. He stepped over Katherine's still body and he wondered if she was dead. If she was then he would be glad beyond words.

The dark witch spun on her heel to face the vampire that had caused her world to turn upside down. She gazed on at his torn tuxedo and his windswept midnight black hair. "Hmm, it seems that my Consort lost. Figures. I guess nothing really doesn't compare to the original. Have you come to witness Elena's demise?"

"Release Elena." He said calmly even though her piercing screams were hard to ignore.

"And why should I do that? She deserves this even though this is merciful compared to what she inflicted to me. She ruined my life and I am repaying the favor!" She yelled. The echo of it bounced off the walls and had an eerily demonic undertone to it. "Like my handiwork, Damon? That fire burns her soul. Don't you care about that?"

Damon moved further into the room and stared into her green eyes that had madness etched into them. "I don't care about her. I only care about your soul. I know for a fact that it glows pure white. I don't want her blood dirtying up yours. You're all I care about."

After a second or two, Damon watched as Bonnie silently waved her hand and the fire that was around Elena died out leaving a heavily sobbing Elena behind her. Damon stared at Bonnie and cautiously walked over to Bonnie. When she didn't respond, he wrapped his arms around her embracing her in a tight hug.

"Goddamnit, Bonnie. Fight this, now! After all we've been through, you're not going to lose to some otherworld dick." Damon said.

Something snapped inside Bonnie and he felt himself being thrown forcefully into the wall behind him. The impact was so hard that Damon went clearly through the wall and landed on the floor in the study. Recovering quickly, he stood on his feet only to be brought to his knees by a powerful aneurysm.

Through blurry eyes, he watched as the demon in Bonnie's body walked through the hole. Her black eyes stared angrily at him as she relentlessly popped all of his blood vessels over and over again. "You don't get to tell me anything. I AM MADNESS, the personification of evil and destruction! People bow to me and I am worshipped. You don't me anything to me, not at all!"

The fury of her words shook the whole house. Books fell off their shelves and objects crashed to the ground while Bonnie balled her fists in rage. Damon growled as the pain became almost too much to bear and he was losing consciousness quickly. "I mean a lot to you than you realize. I know you can't forgive me but I don't want your soul to suffer because of me. I will always love you, Bon. Even if you destroy me, I'll never stop loving you, little witch."

Damon felt his world fade into black before the pain suddenly stopped. He shook his head in order to wave off the blurriness and was greeted with a sobbing, green eyed Bonnie. She sunk to her knees and held Damon's face with her own trembling fingers.

"Damon…" Bonnie began but was cut short with a feverish kiss from Damon. She leaned into the kiss and pulled back staring into his crystal blue eyes. "Damon, I don't have much time. I can only contain it for so long."

"Fight, Bon." Damon urged, kissing her chastely on her temple.

"I'm trying! But he's so strong, powerful even for me. It's inside of me, a part of me. Do you have the blade Morgana gave you?"

Damon reached into his torn tuxedo jacket and pulled out the jewel encrusted dagger. The blade was blood stained and Damon could see runes craved into the blade. The second it was pulled out of his pocket, the same force from before shot though her body and vibrated across her, making her scream.

"Bonnie, what's wrong?" He asked seeing her in pain. He reached out to hold her but she pushed his hand away.

"The pure magic of the blade is hurting the demon. It can't stand the purity, he wants to destroy it." She said panting as the pain died down. She stared at him, her green eyes boring into his blue ones. "Damon, please, get rid of it. It'll kill you all."

"How?"

"Kill me. Stab me with that dagger. It'll drive out the demon and send it back to hell."

Damon pushed away from her and stood up on his feet. "It'll kill you. I thought Morgana said, it'll free you?"

"It will free me. Free me from its clutches. When I embraced Madness, I signed my own death ticket. When it fuses with you, it becomes you. You can only be freed of it in death."

Damon shook his head. "I just got you back. I can't, won't lose you again."

Bonnie got up and grabbed Damon by the arm. "Damon, you have to. It's the only way."

"No its not. We always find some way to do the impossible. We can find the answer to this too but I won't kill you, I can't." Damon stroked her cheek with his free hand, reveling in the familiar feel of her. She was asking him to do the impossible and he couldn't do it. She meant too much to him, the love of his immortal life. "I can't do this without you." He said near tears.

"Damon…" Bonnie started but grabbed her head in pain. He reached out to embrace her but she threw him away from her with sheer power. He groaned as he flew into the bookshelf making the shelf tumble over him. He punched through the wood and straightened out only to see Bonnie with black eyes glare at him.

"Did you think that you could contain me, the embodiment of Darkness and Madness? How little you think of me, vampyre! I'll crush you bit by bit, you who has only spent two centuries walking this realm. I am forever!" Damon felt the bones in his left arm shatter and he roared in pain. The dagger he was holding dropped out of his hand and fell to the floor in front of him.

In front of his eyes, Damon watched as Bonnie's eyes changed back to green and her face was clinched in pain as she grabbed her head as she sunk to her knees. "Back, Demon! This is my body and I control you. I am the keeper of the balance and I say it is time to go back to the hell you crawled out of! Damon, please do it." Bonnie pleaded as she looked into Damon's eyes.

He didn't want to do this, it wasn't fair. He had achieved happiness and then he fucked it all up in one night. It wasn't fair! Slowly, he reached down and grabbed the dagger with his good arm and kneeled down in front of Bonnie. She stared at him with tear filled eyes as he raised the dagger.

"I'm sorry." He whispered.

"Don't be."

With strength he didn't wish he had, Damon plunged the dagger into Bonnie's stomach. A gasp passed Bonnie's lips as she felt the cool blade impale her. Tears formed in both of their eyes as blood pooled from the wound coating Damon's hand with it. Around them, a dark shadow formed around Bonnie's body as she collapsed backwards. He hurriedly moved and caught her in his lap before she hit the ground. The shadow let out a horrendous wailing screech as it poured out of her body and dissipated into thin air. The black crown that sat atop of her head disappeared along with the shadow making a hissing noise as it faded.

"It's gone. I'm free." She said breathlessly.

"I'm going to fix this babe." Damon said as bit into his wrist. Blood pooled from the wound but as he brought it to Bonnie's lips, the wound healed and the blood disappeared.

"You can't heal me Damon. As long as I am alive, it can claim me again. Besides, the spirits won't allow it. Stefan gave me his blood earlier but it is rendered useless now. My permanent death is my punishment. I went against the laws of nature and I must pay the price."

Damon held her in his arms and felt her skin get colder and colder with each breath. "Fuck them, Bon. I meant what I said. I won't live without you."

"Live Damon. Pro…protect the town in my place. Plea…please live." She whispered. She didn't have much time left and he knew it. Her heart was slowing down and it brought tears to his glass colored eyes.

"I'm so sorry Bonnie. I never meant to hurt you." Damon said as tears began to pour down his pale cheeks.

"Shh..." She breathed. "I know."

He quieted down and smiled, even approaching death she had to be sassy.

"Heart beats fast…colors and promises…." She started. He grabbed her tiny, chilly hands and placed a kiss on each of them before setting down carefully on her chest. He kept holding them, and nuzzled her cheek.

"How to be brave, how can I love when I'm afraid to fall?" He sang quietly.

"Bu...But watching you…stand alone… all of doubts sud…suddenly goes away somehow…"

"I have died everyday waiting for you. Darling don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years."

Bonnie gripped his hands that were embracing hers and brought it to her lips before placing them back on her chest. "And I'll lo…love you for a thou…thousand more."

He felt her grip on his hands slack and heard her heartbeat slow to a stop. She felt cold in his embrace and he shook her gently. "Bonnie?"

When she didn't respond, Damon scared shook her again. "Bonnie?"

Again he got no answer and Damon grew frantic. "No, Bonnie! Please open your eyes! Oh god no!" He shook her cold body." No Bon. You are not dead. You hear me, you are not dead!"

A hand appeared on his shoulder and he turned his head around to see Morgana looking at him with sad blues eyes. "She has passed on."

Damon angrily shoved her hand away from his shoulder. "She is not dead!"

Morgana moved away from him and watched with teary eyes as Damon bit into his wrist and placed the wound in her mouth. "Screw Emily and everyone else. I won't leave you."

He watched as the blood pooled around her mouth. He waited for a few minutes but her body and her heart didn't respond to his vampiric blood. He pulled her closer to him and ran his now healed arm along her cheek feeling the icy skin under his fingertips. Damon openly sobbed and held the witch tighter towards him.

"BONNIE!"

Elena stood in front of the open double doors watching the sun rise. The darkness that had encircled the town had been lifted and revealed a perfectly shining day. Tears ran down her cheek because the day was far from perfect. Her best friend was dead and nothing could bring her back. Caroline was sobbing in the other room trying to be consoled by Tyler who had woken up to a splitting headache and a near destroyed house.

When Elena had gained consciousness after Morgana had freed and healed her, she broke down after seeing Damon holding a lifeless Bonnie in the next room. The two women couldn't get Damon to release her, Damon saying that he promised her he would live. It had been five hours since Damon had retreated with Bonnie to his room and no one had seen him since.

Elena felt a presence and she looked back to see Morgana come up beside her. "How is Damon?" Elena asked.

"He will not come down. He says that he does not want to see any 'fucked up witches' now." The redheaded replied.

"And Katherine?"

"Your mirror image has left as soon as she found out that Bonnie had passed on."

Elena didn't blink an eye to Katherine fleeing. She had blamed them for getting imprisoned and she knew the vampire wanted to disappear as quickly as possible. "I can't believe Bonnie is gone. We grew up together, we were sisters." Elena said as tears began to form.

Morgana patted her back. "Death was the only way Bonnie could be free from the Darkness. As I am told by Damon, she begged him.

"Will he be all right?" She asked.

"Child, I think he will. He just needs time, one of which he had plenty of."

Upstairs, Damon couldn't tear his eyes away from Bonnie as he laid on his bed, her eyes closed and her heart, still. Her heart didn't beat the way it did when she was peacefully slumbering and he craved just even one more minute with her. She was his sun and his moon and without her, he didn't want to live. But he had promised his little witch that he would live for her sake and he didn't want to break anymore promises to her. He did once and he had paid the price for it.

Downstairs, he could hear Caroline sobbing and he could hear Elena and Morgana conversing. He didn't want to see any of them right now. They didn't matter to him like Bonnie did. She could verbally spar with him and didn't take his shit no matter how much he threatened her. He walked over to where she laid and he grabbed her cold hand, placing a kiss on it. He had made up his mind. He would live on and protect the town because that was what his little witch wanted and who was he to deny Bonnie. He would see her one day and when that day came, he didn't want her to chastise him…he only wanted to see her smile.

-The End

A/N: Thank you all for reading my story. I hope it you enjoyed reading it as I have had writing it. As always I would love to hear what everyone thought of it.

Bamon Forever, Infrena.