It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7XWPWhQmD
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih5yhmYu8T
"She doesn't think that I did it. She's just trying to find out why somebody used one of my family weapons to kill a council member," Elena replies.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf83W41jFeu
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC6DKJYcZK
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7llTq7Rizr
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF946PMfca
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi81C7aSTXb
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47eMaXtVmZ
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3snnxkxA8
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOhFkWP8lv
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMuyVXCO9x
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa4K1Ycz8A
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GDPI8ka9n
"What if it was Stefan?" Elena asked. "He was crazy that night, and you know he was trying to get under Klaus' skin, he was capable of pretty much anything."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4Lzt7DE1a
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXKlXCMInF
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVF1PduaE7
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxksCkuQLc
I hang up.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpx9lDCu4MV
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmf1WgXGMa
We stop when we stand not far from one another.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1UuRi1shI
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnijKzFqMtn
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXWRM27Rw5
"Damon."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53PgDtqQ2x
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh307urk1K
"I'm here, let's talk."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c3Sp1ePNP
"I'll start with an easy question, any idea why Klaus' killing weapon would be magically sealed in a mystery coffin?"
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Elijah opens the door to Klaus' house, me and Stefan with him.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUdWeRvHc8
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiTQ2Y1lic
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NF5iEwISV
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd7c82JcbO
"I didn't come here to eat, Klaus. Fact, I didn't want to come here at all. But I was told, I had to 'cause you would hear our sound," Stefan tells Klaus.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXS0qpMdWs
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4NeFUHLQx
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KXAnQxYUP
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmSeTYnvz7
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBzoIm1Jw7
"Isn't it nice? The four of us dining together? Is that what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother?" Klaus says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVDwK8mWdT
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GdXgsuJDa
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzcWcoQ1rp
"Kinda like you and Rebekah, right? Where is she by the way? Last I checked she was daggered because you were afraid to face her," Stefan retorts.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuRcY1FTEx
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7RYxxzWHi
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDZ7PQq86C
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUHbqqOKeg
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52GMX8sweK
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3P8jKA2f8
"I don't know. Ask Damon."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oBLh0nRTb
Klaus laughs.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4r2ij16Nl
Elijah looks surprised.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHno0jQNDl
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9yR6YhBQm
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOPEEJZ38o
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElOTv27chW
"You're probably right," Klaus agrees. "It's just the lure of the Petrova doppelgänger is still so strong. What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqFPvI3PLJ
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwtC8ADGy0
"Oh, give them both a shared attraction for Elena and Katerina, I think they must be curious to learn about the original of the Petrova line."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcYkuEm8yn
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYx5KCf2xwu
"When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tatia. She was an exquisite beauty. Every boy her age desired to be her suitor; even though she'd had a child by another man. And no one loved her more than Klaus," Elijah explains.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid5lnWNXYp
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3fv1IUYl6
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot3mNUpjQ7
"Our mother was a very powerful witch," Elijah explains. "She saw our love for Tatia and she took her. Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine of the night when our mother performed a spell which turned us into vampires. Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us so for a time Niklaus and I grew estranged harsh truth traded we even came to blows. Didn't we, brother?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaJSKEaRa0
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90RtcS1Nnq
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0Zeb23Bl1
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3ojqZxnbp
"That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back and in exchange he and the original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever. Me, Stefan and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges," I reply.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cZ2WkhN3L
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aW5IW9kI2
"I don't think you understand Elena's doppelgänger blood ensures that I will always have hybrids to fight those that abode me. I will never leave her behind. Well say I do leave her and you protect her and what then? How long until one of you turns her into a vampire? Or worse. How long before she dies? Count between you two. You see each one of you believes that he is the one that can protect her. Nice simply at the illusion. Gentlemen. The worst thing for Elena Gilbert is the two of you."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QrPUERI4L
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cenjgYG2H
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfS3Pp7UC2t
"And this talk has made me thirsty. What do you say Stefan? Can I interest you with my love to do a drink?" Klaus asks, as Elijah and I step out.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoifG0YHJmC
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeCA1Kgp1b
"What do you think?" I reply.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2Qb9yPYUj
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkywGyEthw
"I know," I reply to him.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNAlrNiPra
I sigh, before I walk back inside with him.
"What do you say, Klaus? I'm here to put something on the table. We've made our offer. Now you count on," I say, coming back in with Elijah.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvnDlhLtb4
"Okay. I offer Elena's future happiness, you see what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot, and to fall in love with a human, maybe that football player."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFHXwrk6GS
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOAB2L0oSf
"And continue the Petrova bloodline, every few hundred years you'll have a doppelgänger for you to drain and you never run out of hybrids, right Klaus?" Stefan says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFlJ3RFExi
"Consider it a small return on my investment in her well-being. See after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF2dK4D45S
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKttVMXAyI
They walk towards each other.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs4Kyx09sV
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sd8obmHAo
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UKh7KS4OU
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGerBlKOlT
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxSdK8etn9
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVCCN906Et
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK81LSi0vk
Esther walks up to Klaus.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGhcZEIpml
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFQyqqa7cw
"To kill me," Klaus replies.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUAQJbTZZh
"You are my son, Niklaus. I'm here to forgive you," she answers him.
It's a dark night, as Stefan and I walk through the woods.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKAk4uCSt6
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8Rvk3Pq81
"I didn't do it on your account."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydqfOD5yEI
"I love her, Damon."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGIZybucSV
"So do I."383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbcTXk1aIh
I look at him and then walk away.
