When Klaus finally broke his curse, he knew that it would hurt.
He had prepared for it, for the pain of his transformation. After all the time he had waited, he knew he could handle it.
The pain of the wolf breaking free from his skin was nothing compared to the pain of keeping it trapped within his ribcage for a thousand years. It was a constant dull ache, a desperate animal slamming itself against his bones as if they were steel bars but never being able to break through.
With the doppelgängers blood still fresh on his tongue and the full moon hanging high overhead, he felt the first bone snap. And it felt like finally cracking something open that had been sealed for a millennia.
After a thousand years, Klaus had reached the apex.
After a thousand years, he had set something free in his blood and behind his eyes and now he was being remade into the most powerful creature to walk the earth.
After all his preparation. After all the centuries of waiting, the pain of his bones breaking wasn’t pain at all.
But he was not prepared for the burn.
Klaus felt her before he saw her.
The pain she caused was separate from the turning of the wolf. It was not the sharp snap or the dull ache. It was a burn that washed through his flesh and blood like scalding water. The force of it knocked him off his feet and blistered beneath his skin. It left him writhing on the forest floor when he finally saw her emerging from the tree line, lighting his bonfires in her wake.
The sound of her chanting rose above the howling of the wind and the blazing of the flames.
It wasn’t a spell. It was a sentencing.
He had shattered through the cage mother nature had trapped him in and now she had sent one of her acolytes back from the grave to drag him back down.
His judge, jury and executioner all wrapped in a five foot two frame.
“No,” he hissed through the pain. The wolf was still trying to break out, but the witch wouldn’t relent. The burn of her magic in his flesh and the transformation fracturing his bones melded together into a single horrific agony. “You were dead.”
She was. He had seen to it himself. He had made certain her heart was no longer beating when he left her corpse on that linoleum floor.
He should have done more to make sure she stayed that way. He should have taken her pretty head as a trophy.
The witch had her hand outstretched as she continued to chant and twist her magic through him like a cauterizing blade.
He couldn’t stop the screams that were ripped from his throat.
Shadows slashed across her face in the glow of the fires and her hair whipped around her like a dark halo.
She looked vengeful. She looked breathtaking. She looked ancient and terrifying in her bearing but younger than he expected in her features.
Had she always been that young?
And she would have killed him, he was certain of that much. If it weren’t for Elijah’s malleable heart, if it weren’t for the siblings he had locked in cold storage as a contingency, he would have been dead that night.
Klaus Mikaelson lived through a thousand years of being hunted and hated only to be killed by a girl who couldn’t legally drink. An upstart witchling who had barely come into her power. A young woman with a spine of steel and an iron conviction to die for her cause.
It would have been funny if it weren’t so infuriating.
Here are some quick colors. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did with this comic journey! I've decided to call it good here, as the engagement is not enough to continue coloring-no hard feelings, just gotta move on to other projects:) I did manage to get two pages to look decent enough :) Now it's time to pour all my energy back into original comic story ideas (Limbus) and pitches to grow my portfolio, toodles! It's been real:)
The worst feeling as a writer is staying up all night writing a chapter, being completely possessed by it, feeling every emotion perfectly, hitting every line exactly how you wanted, then waking up the next day and staring at your own document like:
what the fuck is this.
And somehow it’s GOOD. Like genuinely good. Maybe even some of the best writing you’ve ever done. Which honestly makes it worse.
Because now I’m sitting here 11 chapters into a fic that’s supposed to be 25 chapters long thinking:
1. when the fuck did I write this
2. who wrote this
3. how am I ever supposed to emotionally reconnect to this exact level of insanity again
Like I can read the words and recognize they came from me, but mentally I feel like I found an ancient manuscript left behind by a version of myself that no longer exists.
Love being a writer. Truly a beautiful and stable experience.
So so so…let’s get into ONE of the ways I’d do Klonnie in s3. I picked this song because the lyrics remind me of Klaus so much. It’s as if he is speaking to Bonnie herself.
“This is your chance, revolt, resist/Open your chest, look down, reach in”
The beginning of season 3 Klaus should’ve tried to get Bonnie on his side. She tried to kill him twice and that would impress him. He just lost the witch he was having a sexual relationship with (Greta), and who better to join him than Bonnie Bennett? The witch descended from the line of Ayana—the one who created the spell to turn his family into vampires. Klaus would know Bonnie has darkness inside of her and would try to cultivate it to his needs.
Bonnie would reject him every time he does this because she is still loyal to her friends. She is also with Jeremy at the time and is very loyal to him and there is no reason for her not to be! Well, until…
Jeremy cheats on Bonnie with (the ghost) Anna. This will cause a shift in Bonnie and she’s now in a vulnerable position.
“Shedding your skin, showing your texture/Time to let everything inside show”
Bonnie ends up being in the same place as Klaus. He tries to provide some comfort, she tries to resist him but in the moment she thinks of the perfect way to say “fuck you” to Jeremy: Sleeping with the man who killed his aunt. She finally gives into temptation and revenge and sleeps with Klaus.
“You're cutting all ties now and forever/Time to let everything outside you”
She loves it, but is not ready to admit that to herself yet, so the morning after she regrets it and says that can’t happen again. But, Klaus being who he is loves that he has this over her head to tease her with. The next couple episodes will have tension and teasing from Klaus but Bonnie still doesn’t have any reason to leave her friends for Klaus, yet.
“This is your test, come forth, confess/Extend your tongue, speak out, go on”
When they find Abby in 3x12, she reveals that she abandoned Bonnie due to losing her magic by protecting Elena and wanting to live life outside of being a witch. We needed to see more of how this impacts Bonnie. Later in this episode (or the next) Klaus and Bonnie should share a moment. Bonnie and Klaus will bond over their mother issues and even their father issues. Both have a fear of abandonment, though show it differently, and this moment would show a softer side to both of them.
Also, Bonnie has been having dreams of the coffins and opening them this whole time! She should feel conflicted about it due to the softer side Klaus has shown but she would still end up working with Abby to open it due to loyalty to the gang. Even after opening it Esther should have Bonnie and Abby there to link the originals at the Mikaelson ball. Bonnie has no reason to betray the gang at all until….
Damon turns Abby.
“Shedding your skin, showing your texture/ Time to let everything Inside show/ You're cutting all ties, now and forever time to let/ Everything outside you”
This should honestly be her breaking point. This should be where she allows herself to put blame on Elena (whether justified or not because that is human) and the Salvatores. With every emotion bubbling inside of her, she goes to Klaus’ mansion and doesn’t say anything. Klaus is confused then Bonnie kisses him and they sleep together. This would be her cutting all ties with the gang but especially Elena. This would be the chance to explore the darkness in Bonnie AND (depending on what you want from Bonnie in season 4) give the gang a chance to earn her friendship back.
“Shed your casing and show your lines and shapes/Wear your insides on the outside/Show your enemy what you look like/What you look like/What you look like from the inside”
Bonnie being on Team Klaus would terrify everyone. Them becoming her enemy with The Great Evil himself that encourages the absolute darkness in her? Whether she ends the season at Klaus side or not Bonnie should not forgive them at all. The era of “I belong to myself” should start here, whether it be choosing Klaus or doing her own thing solo!
I just read your bonnie/mikealsons soulmate fic and I love it. Your writing is phenomenal 😍. I wonder if bonnie is going to break the curse without the sacrifice. How is she going to explain her deal to her friends? I belive in bonlena so I think elena is going to trust bonnie knows what she's doing. Damon on the other hand and stefan to a lesser degree are definitely not going to be on board. I'm low-key toxic cause I want them to have to do the sacrifice cause of the drama it will bring.
Sidenote- with the way things are going it changes so many things, john doesn't get the dagger for elijah so they don't know about that. Luka might live, isobel might live. Things might be different with katherine. So many avenues to explore. Thanks for writing and i cant wait for the next update🤗.
Ahh!! You're so sweet 🥹💞💞. Honestly...you brought up a good point about the sacrifice because that really would be messy, but I fear my original draft took a different direction 😭😭. And yess!! Elena's gonna have Bonnie's back, and at the end of the day, she doesn't really need anyone's permission when it comes to the fact that she's saving lives LMAOO.
But also omg, I think you're the first person to talk with me about how much canon stuff has changed because of the AU of this fanfic 👀👀. Mind you, I didn't even THINK about the fact that Isobel isn't gonna immediately be offed, or that John doesn't get the dagger, omg. You just gave me some stuff to think about when it comes to my draft for this story.
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