It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ423aRZpNHi
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXfT92mcKa
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrhnaNj3zh
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Sq7OFKDUq
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbeiSrohGB
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGIIpqNEtR
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QGknGUY2i
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPejrwRfo5A
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjihUoId0d3
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5AZfG837a
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu4y9OMpjf
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuNFOBiETX
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6y6V0kOuv
"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."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4v0vHRcO5
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx7jUFFvTc
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BeaSghEGr
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucWXRJJRjk
I hang up.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi0tZ9zgNI
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaNAV8rCLB
We stop when we stand not far from one another.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOnJD92szU
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMG7t7GJBa
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbotWvBXfVq
"Damon."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLw9x0gKG6
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZASt8SYG5
"I'm here, let's talk."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZONvxfNK7
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtMSJfSaU3
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoY3X8z3PO
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiXcNZLLiz
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQNPyhl8GQ
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08kjFkub4o
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hDADgqlYk
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIslKE1lZMG
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3f3cBrsxI
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbN5luY7lV
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7z3HSXeIH
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTd3Qga4lE
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoezd4bc6Z
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHI3zKYS8r
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KmsLiWXwb
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTUJq2vDUq
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVChOXgaqmO
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3EnNcSfPn
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBlAD9b1ne
"I don't know. Ask Damon."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR7Y4SQebL
Klaus laughs.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaYqksMBDo
Elijah looks surprised.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlvPlBFdA7
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zIb9bQOHp
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAGkNVsf7Z
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtTxTEOeSJ
"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?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT72trXqeH
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAgWlVdsUL
"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."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nivxruemb
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNXTZ7UKST
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY6JlpAtyR
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolPFy4cL8I
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PdGViFWFU
"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?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfIH0T0xov
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSCExQst4n
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbV5lN1stDP
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbC7Ez9DZ7
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlaz7p9OVd
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EjPQP8amW
"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."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK3wT3iBXl
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqqTrnef3x
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxsvaAscQn
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5aGVttow7
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFBjKO76kg
"What do you think?" I reply.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3vco6bT4j
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbUMfvaX0L
"I know," I reply to him.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c5So9kZQ9
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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFczNNLG5a
"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."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO0apy6ZcG
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFPkXCr70Y
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYXN9VYOVb
"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."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyAZhbGlgW
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQbIcVCmyl
They walk towards each other.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡom93CCn3rM
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj37vxxlgC5
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwkZFHsCRM
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9o3DznaLN
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDVTwjFEIa
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlKR9HZkeq
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMEUtLD3fN
Esther walks up to Klaus.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerBTHE1JZ9
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvcuURZwb3
"To kill me," Klaus replies.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VFWQbElCB
"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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7kQ5BstKa
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsgVvbYbG0
"I didn't do it on your account."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNJ0E5zl5x
"I love her, Damon."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdBoK8CFN3
"So do I."370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dEHKbIDua
I look at him and then walk away.
