Angelica's hands were wrapped around Damon's throat as the light suddenly vanished. They were in the woods. Damon glared at the younger vampire before he grabbed her wrists and yanked them away from him. Angelica bared her fangs at him

"Guys, can we not fight?" Bonnie asked. Angelica scoffed

"Are you serious?! He killed me! He fucking killed me!" Angelica declared

"It was months ago, and it was for your own good" Damon said. Angelica scoffed once more and rolled her eyes. She crossed her arms

"No, it was for Elena" Angelica said. Damon sighed

"You were gonna kill her brother!" Damon said

"Because he killed my boyfriend!" Angelica yelled

"A boyfriend that you don't even love because you were compelled!" Damon yelled back. Angelica groaned

"Will you stop saying that?! Kol would never compel me! What we have is real! I know it is! I feel it!" Angelica yelled. Bonnie couldn't help but look at the Lawson woman, sadly, knowing that what she felt wasn't real

"This is why I killed you!" Damon yelled. Angelica felt like her head was gonna explode from pure anger

"Okay, can we do this later? Have you noticed that we're not dead?" Bonnie asked

"No, I haven't noticed because I've been dead for the last couple months!" Angelica yelled. Damon rolled his eyes

"So dramatic" Damon whined

"Where is everyone?" Bonnie asked. Angelica looked around noticing that everyone was gone. They were at a cemetery. Bonnie began walking off

"Where you going?" Damon asked

"Probably getting away from you. Who knows? You might decide to stab her in the back too" Angelica said

"Well when she basically becomes a servant to the enemy, I will gladly do it" Damon said with a sarcastic smile. Angelica tackled Damon to the ground and began punching him

"Guys! Stop! Come here!" Bonnie yelled. Damon practically threw Angelica off of him. The older Salvatore had over 100 years on her, so it was to be expected. Damon got up and went after Bonnie. Angelica groaned before following him. She wanted to kill Damon more than anything, but she'd wait until she knew what was going on. They were walking in the street of Mystic Falls. It was completely silent. There was no one around

"Funny, we're either dead or Mystic Falls is no longer magic free" Damon spoke

"Look" Bonnie said. The trio turned to the Grill. The lights were on

"I definitely blew that up about an hour ago" Damon said

"You blew up the Grill?" Angelica asked

"Yes, I did" Damon said giving her a look

"Why don't we see any people? If we're still on the Other Side- we should at least be able to see the living" Bonnie said

"Well I thought the Other Side was collapsing?" Angelica asked

"Better question is where the hell are we? And I don't mean geographically" Damon said

"I have no idea" Bonnie said. Angelica nodded

"Well, I'm going home!" Angelica said

"Wait, we should stay together. We don't know what's going on" Bonnie said

"I'm not sleeping under the same roof as him" Angelica said pointing at Damon

"We were besties once" Damon pointed out

"That was before you put a wooden stake through my chest and killed me" Angelica said

"It had to be done. We couldn't get rid of your compulsion" Damon said

"I'm not under compulsion. Stop telling me I am" Angelica said. Damon threw his hands up

"Whatever you wanna believe. Be delusional for all I care, because by the way, I don't" Damon said

"She can't help it, and you know that" Bonnie told Damon

"I'm aware but it doesn't make her any less annoying" Damon said

"I heard that" Angelica said

"Good" Damon said rolling his eyes

"Let's just keep looking around to see if we can find any clues" Bonnie said. The trio began walking, for hours they walked. Until, it was eventually day time. Angelica had noticed two things since she had arrived. One, she hated Damon, and two, the cars all looked brand new despite being decades old

"How many more streets are we gonna wander?" Damon asked

"How many more times do I have to listen to you talk?" Angelica asked

"How many more times are you both gonna ask me questions I don't have answers to?" Bonnie asked, causing the vampire pair to roll their eyes. "There's something weird about these cars"

"I was actually thinking the same thing" Angelica said

"Yeah, they're almost all 20 years old or more and yet they look brand-new" Damon spoke before he made eye contact with Elena's house. The one that wasn't burnt down. The one that was standing. "And that is Elena's not-so-burnt-to-a-crisp house"

Angelica saw a newspaper and picked it up. She took off the rubber band so she could open it up. The date on it said May 10th, 1994. Suddenly a piercing pain arose in her head. It felt like the blood vessels in her brain were popping. She let out a groan as she dropped the newspaper and grabbed at her head

"Angie?!" Damon asked. Angelica turned to Bonnie as she kept gripping her head

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Angelica yelled at her

"I'm not doing anything!" Bonnie replied as Angelica fell to her knees. The pain so excruciating, and it wouldn't stop

"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Angelica cried out. Damon walked over and snapped her neck

"Damon!" Bonnie yelled. Damon turned to her and raised his hands in defense

"What?! I made it stop" Damon defended. Bonnie shook her head before picking up the newspaper that Angelica dropped. She looked at the newspaper

"'May 10, 1994' Is that-? Are we-? That's impossible" Bonnie said. Damon grabbed the newspaper and looked it at

"I've got a pretty good idea of what just happened to Angie" Damon said knowing that date was significant to her

"What do you mean?" Bonnie asked as Damon handed her the newspaper back

"Seems like Kol really wanted to make sure she wouldn't remember" Damon said

"Can you be any more vague?" Bonnie asked annoyed

"It's not my place to talk about what happened exactly. I met Angie the day after. May 11th, 1994. She was at her worst, I mean you thought she was bad when Jer killed Kol, ooh, yeah she was ten times worse when I met her. This little witch wanted to watch the world burn, and I mean" Damon said

"Witch? You mean, Angie was a witch? How come she never told me?" Bonnie asked. A look of pain and sadness appeared on Damon's face

"She, uh.. she trie- never mind.. it's not important. You know how Kol was with her. He wanted her undivided attention, that's why he compelled her to love him in the first place. He couldn't get her attention naturally because she was hung up on someone else. It's clear now that Kol didn't just compel her to love him, but to completely forget whoever she was hung up on. As an extra precaution I'm guessing in case she went digging, that would happen" Damon said pointing at the currently dead Angelica

"Kol would go that far?" Bonnie asked feeling pity for the Lawson woman

"He was a fucking psycho who was obsessed with her. I'm not all that shocked" Damon said before he picked up the currently dead Angelica, bridal style. Suddenly the sky started to darken. Damon and Bonnie looked up to see the eclipse. Bonnie suddenly had an idea

"It's possible to break the compulsion isn't it?" Bonnie asked suddenly feeling hopeful

"I don't think so" Damon said

"But think it about. Kol died, Angie died.. we're in some weird place. Don't you think it's possible that the compulsion could be weaker?" Bonnie asked

"I don't know, but I'm sure if we try anything Angie's gonna be in a lot of fucking pain" Damon said

"So what?! It'll be worth the pain. For her to be free" Bonnie said

"I don't know about this" Damon said

"We don't have to decide right now. It's just a thought" Bonnie said

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Angelica awoke to a comfy surface beneath her. She was in a bedroom. She could hear music playing downstairs. She sat up from the bed she was sleeping in and walked out of the room. She walked down the stairs of the Salvatore Boarding House. She recognized it. How did she even get here?

"Screaming beauty's awake!" Damon yelled playfully. Angelica rolled her eyes as she walked into the kitchen. Damon was playing some loud ass music while he cooked pancakes and drank bourbon

"What the hell happened?" Angelica asked

"You looked at a newspaper and then started screaming your lungs out. Seems Kol was thorough with that compulsion" Damon said with a smirk. Angelica groaned

"I was not compelled!" Angelica replied

"Oh, please don't start this again!" Bonnie whined, entering the room with a stuffed bear and a Grimoire

"It gets annoying" Angelica said

"Delulu is the solulu" Damon teased leading Angelica to roll her eyes. "Why are you carrying a stuffed animal?"

"This is Miss Cuddles. I lost her when I was 9. But I went into my house last night and there she was. I also found this at my Grams' house. Her old Grimoire" Bonnie explained

"Yeah, well, I found this. I drank it last year when Ric died" Damon explained

"So we're in this snapshot of another time or something. Everything that existed in 1994.. still exists" Bonnie said

"Ugh, why couldn't they pick a better year?" Angelica whined

"Maybe I can re-teach myself magic" Bonnie said

"If you're still a witch, which, with our luck and your skill.. probably ain't the case" Damon replied

"Would a little support kill you?" Bonnie asked. Damon started yapping which led to Angelica tuning him out

"Thanks. Breakfast with my least favorite person and a crossword puzzle from 1994" Bonnie spoke before she began working on it

"All right. What's a seven-letter word for..?" Bonnie trailed off. The sky got dark all of a sudden. Angelica raised an eyebrow in confusion

"You've gotta be kidding me" Damon said as Angelica watched the eclipse through the window

"What's wrong?" Angelica asked

"Bonnie, look at the date on that paper" Damon said. Bonnie did as told

"It says May 10th, 1994" Bonnie spoke, and just like that a piercing pain shot through Angelica's skull

"Fuck!" She groaned out as she grabbed at her head. The date felt so familiar and yet she couldn't remember. She couldn't even think about why due to the severity of the pain she was feeling

"New rule, no more saying May 10th, 1994 around her!" Damon declared before he walked over and snapped Angelica's neck. She fell to the ground, limp

"I think we need to force her to go through with the pain. She could break the compulsion, I'm sure of it" Bonnie said

"Okay that's great, but I don't have all the information. We know that May 10th, 1994 is significant. That's sure as hell not gonna be enough to jump start some memories, and unfortunately I don't remember too much considering it was 18 fucking years ago" Damon said

"Well where did you meet her?" Bonnie asked

"Portland, Oregon" Damon replied

"Well, then we start there. Maybe there will be some clues" Bonnie said

"Well we can't take her with us. She'll probably end up having an aneurysm thanks to Kol" Damon said

"Then I'll go by myself" Bonnie said

"That's stupid. We have no idea where to even begin" Damon said

"Do you know what coven she was apart of?" Bonnie asked. Damon put a hand up to his chin

"Um.. Jesus.. no, Jehova.. no.. Gem.." Damon trailed off

"Gemini?" Bonnie asked. Damon's eyes widened

"Yes!" He said with a grin

"Look, I'll do some research. You just stay here with her. I'll be back soon" Bonnie said

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Four months had passed since the trio had entered this strange world. Bonnie hadn't been very successful in her attempts to find stuff about Angelica's past other than some old year book photos from high school. Angelica groaned against her restraints. She had been tied up for the last month. Damon and Bonnie had been struggling to remove the compulsion

"Come on, guys! It's clearly not working, let me go!" Angelica stated

"Portland, Oregon" Damon teased which led to Angelica groaning in pain as her head began thrombin

"Ugh, you do this every fucking day!" Angelica cried out in pain

"May 10th, 1994" Damon sang. The pain in Angelica's head only getting worse. It felt like her head would pop from the pressure

"Damon!" She screamed out

"Gemini coven! Ooh can't forget Portland High" Damon said cheerily. The pain only doubled. Angelica's jaw was clenched so hard, she was sure her teeth would break. Angelica couldn't even think due to the pain. Saliva dripped down the side of her mouth as she kept groaning in pain. She wanted to die. It hurt so bad she wanted to die

"Damon! Make it stop! Please! Please!" Angelica begged

"No, can do Angie. We are gonna remove that compulsion, one way or another" Damon said

"It's gone! It's gone! I swear! Just make it stop!" Angelica cried out

"I know you're lying. You do this everyday" Damon said

"Hey, Damon!" Bonnie yelled causing Damon to stop focusing on the crying vampire

"What?" He asked

"Did you leave a box on the porch?" Bonnie asked. Damon scoffed as Bonnie brought the box into the living room

"No, why?" Damon asked. Bonnie set it down on the table before opening it. Her eyes went wide. Damon walked over to see before his own eyes went wide. Bonnie picked up a photograph from inside the box and stared at it. Both of the ignoring Angelica's cries for help. Then they looked at her and back at the photo

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04/02/24

Yall gonna love chapter 3 istg