Years ago when the mysterious tattoo first appeared on his hand, Galen Vaughn visited a seer he had heard of. He wanted to know what the tattoo was and why he was the only one who could see it. She had told him of the Brotherhood of the Five. A group of five hunters with one purpose; to kill as many vampires as possible to complete their mark so they could be led to where the immortal being Silas was buried and destroy him.

Out of any hunter in history, Vaughn had gotten the closest to completing it the mission given to them (at least until Jeremy Gilbert came to the island – but he had no plans to destroy Silas).

But there was also one other thing the seer had told him. She had told him that he would meet a descendant of the witch Questsiya, the one that had entombed Silas with the cure two thousand years ago.

The hunter didn't understand the relevance for that bit of information until he discovered that only a descendant of Questsiya would be able to perform the spell to get to Silas but that descendant had to be using a certain kind of magic called Expression.

When he wasn't killing vampires and trying to complete his mark, he was contacting every witch, seer and prophet he could find to try and learn more about Questsiya and her line of descendants. It took him years to find it (two thousand years' worth of descendants is hard to find and sort through) but he finally found out about the line of Bennett witches and their tie to the two thousand year old witch.

He had only managed to track down three of those Bennett witches.

There was Lucy Bennett, a witch who wanted nothing to do with vampires but became involved when she felt it was necessary. It wasn't her. She was still using traditional magic. He then found another, Abby Bennett but discovered she had been turned into a vampire and had lost all her magic but then he found her daughter, Bonnie Bennett.

The moment he said her name out loud, he knew it was her.

She was the one.

She was the one he needed (in more ways than one he soon found out).

Vaughn found out all he could about the young witch from Mystic Falls, Virginia and knowing she was the only one able to open the passage way to Silas' crypt was not the main reason he wanted her. From the moment she stepped foot on the island, he had been drawn to her like a moth to a flame. The essence of her power nearly drowned him and her beauty enthralled him.

Vaughn hadn't expected to become so taken with the young witch. When he first laid eyes on the witch he found that he could have spent hours imagining how his rough and calloused hands would feel brushing over her smooth brown skin, imagining how her small body would fit against his larger one, how she'd taste when his lips would finally capture hers.

He had gone after Damon Salvatore in hopes that it would draw her out, bring her to him. He'd take her to the cave where Silas was buried, she'd do the spell to open the passage way, he'd complete his mission and destroy Silas and then he'd finally be able to leave the island and he would take her with him.

But Vaughn had apparently misunderstood the nature of the relationship between the vampire and Bonnie. There was no love lost between the two of them. They only worked together for the sake of a mutual loved one.

Vaughn hoped that was enough to draw her out but he didn't have the chance to find out. He found her before she found him. Well, sort of. He had been leading Damon towards the cave where the Wishing Well was along with Silas' crypt when the tattoo on his arm began to fade signalling that Bonnie was already beginning the spell to open the passage way.

The hunter had to pick up the pace to get to the cave before the others got to it and messed up his plans by giving the cure to Elena Gilbert.

When he arrived at the cave he managed to hold off an attack from Damon and the newly arrived Original vampire, Rebekah and incapacitated the both of them before Damon's brother Stefan and Elena arrived. He used the rope already attached to the beams to get down to the bottom of the cavern and through the secret passage way that led to where Silas was buried.

When Vaughn entered Silas' crypt and his eyes immediately fell onto his witch – lying still on the ground, struggling to keep her green eyes open as she tried to ignore the pain coming from bleeding wound.

Her eyes flickered to his; he could see the confusion swimming around in them as she tried to figure out who the stranger who had just entered the crypt was. He saw worry flash across her face -mixing with the pain- and he knew she was concerned if her was another enemy.

He was tempted to ignore the rest of the inhabitants of the crypt and tend to her but this was the moment he had been waiting for; the one where he could finally complete his destiny and destroy Silas and maybe go back to having a normal, supernatural free life (doubtful – he loved killing vampires).

Vaughn gave her a lasting glance before he turned his attention towards a vampire feeding the hunter – his brother – to Silas. The vampire – too concerned with controlling the younger hunter and retrieving the cure - hadn't even noticed his presence which made it the perfect moment for Vaughn to pull out a stake and with speed too quick for an average human he pushed the stake through the vampire's back and placed a hand on her shoulder for leverage as he moved it deeper inside of her and pierced her heart.

Without another thought or care he pushed aside the vampire and let her fall to the hard ground with a thud. He turned back to Silas to see he had moved and his hands now on either side of the boy's head. Vaughn used his strength the pull back the new hunter and pushed him away from Silas and let him fall unconscious to the floor. He was still alive – but had lost a lot of blood.

Vaughn knew Jeremy Gilbert had vampire allies and knew he'd be fine once they got to him. His sister would heal him (he knew it was not Jeremy's sister who attacked him). He wasn't Vaughn's problem. The awakening immortal before him and the dying witch behind him however were.

The hunter snatched the box containing the cure from its place on Silas' stomach – he let go of it when he tried to drain Jeremy- and opened it and took a hold of the small vial inside. He didn't bother to study the ancient liquid inside and tore it open. Thankfully, Silas was still weak so it wasn't very difficult for Vaughn to control him as he forced the cure down the immortal being's throat.

Silas weakly struggled beneath him – trying to gain back control but Vaughn managed to overpower him thanks to his incredibly weakened state. Once the cure was gone the hunter retrieved a large knife from his belt and placed it against the now mortal Silas' throat, pressing down and the knife slowly began to cut through his throat. Vaughn kept pushing until he felt his knife hit the hard rock of Silas' tomb.

Silas' head rolled away from his body but Vaughn got a hold of it before it fell to the ground and placed it back on the rock plate. He pulled out the small bottle of gasoline that he had brought with him in his pack and poured it all over Silas before grabbing his lighter and tossing it onto him and stood back and watched as Silas' body erupted in flames.

As much as he wanted to, Vaughn didn't have time to revel in his accomplishment and instead he headed straight to his witch and knelt down beside her. He found where the bleeding was coming from and placed his hand over it and she winced at the pain from the pressure he was applying as he attempted to slow down the bleeding until he could patch her up properly.

"Wh-who?" was all she could manage to get out but he understood what she was trying to ask.

Who are you?

"All in good time, sweetheart," he said to her and his other hand gently brushed across her cheek. A small smile found its way to his lips at how soft her skin felt against his fingertips. "All you need to know is that you are safe with me and I am going to get you out of here."

Whether she believed him or not, she didn't struggle when he carefully lifted her up in his arms – holding her in such a way to keep some pressure on her wound.

"Jeremy," she weakly murmured.

"Will be fine," he assured her in a soothing tone as he began to make his way out of the crypt – leaving Silas to burn to ash in his wake.

Vaughn had managed to avoid the other two vampires who had gone down to find Silas and had though it took a while and a bit of effort – he also managed to pull both himself and Bonnie up out of the cavern and got her up onto the ledge where Damon Salvatore and the Original, Rebekah lay – still weakened from his attack on them.

"Bonnie?" Damon called as the young witch slumped over as Vaughn let go of her to pull himself up.

The blue eyed vampire slowly got up and tried to get to Bonnie but was stopped by the hunter who unleashed another attack on the vampire but while he was distracted doing that, Rebekah managed to crawl over to Bonnie.

Rebekah bit into her wrist and held it to Bonnie's mouth but by the time Vaughn had pushed Damon off the ledge and sent him flying down to the hard ground below, Bonnie had only consumed a small amount of Rebekah's blood. It was enough to heal up the wound, but not enough to give her strength back.

Vaughn put a stake in Rebekah's back and kicked her away from Bonnie before he knelt down, his hand lifting the back of Bonnie's shirt to inspect the now healed wound and he felt her shiver when he ran his fingertips over the clear skin.

"Well that's one way to heal it," he commented. Using vampire blood was not the preferred method in Vaughn's opinion but it was the most effective. He just had to make sure nothing happened to her within the next twenty four hours. "Can you stand?" he asked her and took her hands and gently pulled her up, his arm wrapping around her waist when she stumbled a little.

"Who are you?" she asked him again – this time able to finish her question.

"There is time for all this later but now we need to get out of here," he replied and reached out to her but she slapped his hand away.

"I'm not going anywhere with you until you tell me who the hell you are and what the hell you did down there," she shot back and took a step away from him.

As much as Vaughn was beginning to love her spark, getting her out of here would have been a lot easier when she was wounded. He let out a heavy sigh, knowing she would not budge until he told her what she wanted to know.

"Can we walk and talk?" he asked her and motioned towards the exit. He knew it wouldn't be long until Damon recovered from his fall and his brother and girlfriend joined him and Vaughn hoped to be long gone by then.

He held his hand out for her to take and watched her as he studied his hand indecisively. Her eyes flickered to him and he gave her a reassuring smile, silently telling her that she can trust him.

Slowly and cautiously her hand reached out and took his hand. His grip tightened on her hand as he began to lead her out of the cave.

"Where are we going?" she asked him, squinted as they exited the dark cave and into the bright sun. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust.

"We're leaving the island," he told her and Bonnie's eyes widened.

"What?" she almost shouted and stumbled on the forest floor.

"Careful where you step, Bonnie," he said after he held her upright before she fell. "A lot of traps around here."

"How do you know my name?" she questioned him and he could sense a hint of fear in her voice.

He turned back to her and gave her a smile before speaking. "I know quite a bit about you, Bonnie Bennett. You're eighteen, from Mystic Falls; you're a powerful witch and descendant of Questsiya."

"How the hell do you know that?" she shot at him and tried to yank her hand from his but his grip didn't allow it.

"Later," was all he responded with and heard her let out a frustrated groan.

"No, now," she demanded and pulled back on his arm in an attempt to get him to stop. "Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Galen Vaughn and I'm part of The Five," he said to her. "Well, I used to be," he added and looked down to his arm where his tattoo used to be. After destroying Silas he couldn't help but wonder if that meant the end of The Five. Was he still a hunter?

"And down in the crypt, you…" she trialled off and he nodded his head.

"I destroyed Silas," he finished for her, an undertone of pride in his voice.

"By giving him the cure and setting him on fire?" he nodded again and Bonnie sighed.

"It wasn't meant for your friend, sweetheart," he told her, knowing she planned to hand the cure over to her friend. "Your ancestor created it for Silas, that's why she buried it with him."

Bonnie sighed again. "Yeah I know about all that we just thought it would more than one."

"Were you expecting a fountain?" he asked her with a chuckle and felt her eyes glaring at him. "Only one dose meant for only one being."

"Can you stop walking so fast?" Bonnie said a little out of breath and struggling to keep up with his long strides. Even more difficult with the aching from where Katherine had stabbed her.

Vaughn stopped abruptly and she nearly walked into him. "Does it still hurt?" he asked her with a concerned look.

"A little," she answered. "I guess Rebekah only managed to give me enough blood to heal it, not stop the pain," she finished and rubbed the tender spot.

"As much as I'd like to give you a moment to recover, time is not on our side right now," he said to her before lifting her up in his arms and continued to trek through the forest and towards the shore.

He needed to be long gone by the time her vampire friends recovered.

"What do you want with me?" she asked him, her head resting against his chest.

"I know some people who are rather worried about you, sweetheart," he answered and Bonnie gazed up at him with a curious look.

"So they send some stranger to kidnap me?" Vaughn chuckled. "You're not even going to tell me who it is, are you?" Bonnie questioned with an annoyed look.

Vaughn smirked down at her and shook his head. "Sorry sweetheart, I've been sworn to secrecy." A pout appeared on Bonnie's lips but she remained silent. "You should get some rest. It's a fair way to the shoreline and you look exhausted."

She gave a dry laugh. "Yeah that sounds like a great idea, sleeping in the arms of a stranger."

"These people care deeply about you and there is no way I am going to anger them by bringing any harm to you."

Vaughn makes a point not to anger witches. In fact, he was lucky that Bonnie's wound had temporarily frozen her powers otherwise this would have been very difficult.

"I made a promise to them that I'd keep you safe and that is exactly what I intend to do," he told her.

By the time he reached the shoreline where his boat was hidden, Bonnie had fallen asleep in his arms. He carefully placed her in the boat and got in after her. Thankfully, the sound of the motor didn't even faze the sleeping witch. Between the spell she had to perform and being stabbed by that vampire, he wasn't really surprised that she had passed out.

She never awoke the entire journey to his next destination.

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Next chapter will be much better than this one I promise (I'm not too good with first chapters)

I know the last thing I should be doing right now is starting another story when I have so much trouble actively updating all my others but this is only going to be a mini-series (no more than 10 chapters) so I don't see the harm in it and I couldn't help myself (and honestly, I couldn't even concentrate on my other stories because this one kept popping up in my head). As soon as the casting call for Vaughn came out I knew who I'd be shipping him with. I'm a Bonnie shipper whore after all :D

I hope you liked it and the twist I added to the episode. Sorry Katherine fans, I killed her off but Jeremy is still alive! This chapter was more of an introduction so it wasn't very long. Hopefully the next one will be though.

Any mistakes in this I apologise for and please leave a review and tell me what you think of it :D

I tried to keep most of this in Vaughn's point of view and next chapter will have Bonnie's thoughts on it and will have some background on Vaughn and will explain why Bonnie went with him so easily and acted so comfortable around him. And two surprise visitors for Bonnie ;)

I left a bit out of this chapter intentionally fyi and a bit of a rushed finish because I didn't want to give away too much for the next chapter but everything will be explain and more detail added :D

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