It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq96j7kgnQY
"Morning," she greeted him.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0KzAS0hQa
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWzCFJ37MH
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwvywqPVXX
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmie7PJWuFm
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvEPcsvjtw
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MoZlL9pl8
"No you didn't."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA0i2iy0tW
"Yes I did."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPsuJtgtwo
"Oh, was she cool about that?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPpZUGSvwI
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI4kARfvLg
Just then, the doorbell rang.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6tk3WwhYc
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPbmSqurH2
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmAWJGugV7
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP7yQHINoe
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW7aalmnWv
"Of course," Alaric responded.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdMVWwc5rd
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ91xpwOv3i
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8hJkfEkD7
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1y8bDOJm0
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Kw8L9UwDy
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1oqjQ2OwK
"That's why i'm here. I haven't told anyone but forensics scrutinized it for prints and found only one set."
Liz looked at Elena.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCR6myZGjv
"Yours."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HDtwkVl5p
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyy9QJV3cD
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnjVnwaM9p
"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 replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFuDBU9EaZ
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RVvftt6xC
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSYTdO2E6m
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLq7T1Mm5nc
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDuOdZsLK8
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WsbsPUMQF
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTheddPpsm
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hpJS8v2oo
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFnKMxdqv2
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Id71bC2QK
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgI7JIGQq8
"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."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8c9YJu8Wk
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaAyc86nup
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOTYvk0BhV
Damon hung up.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniv6wFrQbQ
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRmMoNH4PV
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtnsYFGRIh
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbE02vul5v
"Damon."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvBHyGBlZk
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp8lvLAFCC
"I'm here, let's talk."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28i6tOWHfz
"I'll start with an easy question, any idea why Klaus' killing weapon would be magically sealed in a mystery coffin."
Elijah opened the door to Klaus' house, Stefan and Damon with him.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAR09JQfVc
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVFIMU7QDl
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6kL9f1FyS
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARbRlc1dJO
"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 told Klaus.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5eCWJePIs
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpFnRFygsF
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttqLsuj8LR
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhR6plNLhN
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCQ6c3RS8y
"Isn't it nice? The four of us dining together? Is it that was you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother," Klaus said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki9u7TkHHF
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpxBU8OkvT
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3lmLHBTiu
"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 retorted.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkTATCkNJ2
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96rv73d6DD
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIRUUkkcW3
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsX3BjkVaV
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQL1OYJLSO
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3wQzZvZcc
"I don't know ask Damon."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oUFkHFD4o
Klaus laughed.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7ETAhATz4
Elijah looked surprised.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnziNbI6vFy
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg1IfiFnwq
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYjsA6OYPT
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7Z89gYhP5
"You're probably right," Klaus agreed. "It's just the lure of the Petrova doppelgänger is still so strong. What do you say brother? Should we tell them about Tartia?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQZujfPkwK
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0hUw7Ce3i
"Oh, give them both a shared attraction for Elena and Katerina I think they must be curious to learn about the originated of the Petrova line."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAPkWwiaoN
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVrsBO29SD
"When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tartia. 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 explained.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNenrP5f8h
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV0GLzEkSf
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAgMyNRgtz
"Our mother was a very powerful witch," Elijah explained. "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?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFHqiHXYHk
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcQv0dtUos
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fXYAwGNS0
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCCribB7UQ
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b1hgBagrl
"That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back and exchange he and the original extended family leave mystic falls forever. Me, Stefan and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges," Damon replied.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66Vky612wP
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlddL7PMYN
"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."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kh3Q5k6uL
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzogsCQwGAN
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UkXVwVwQI
"And this talk has made me thirsty. What do you say Stefan? Can I interest you with my love to do a drink?" Klaus asked, as Damon and Elijah stepped out.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nw9tJHyR0
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPrbSoDnHe
"Delicious," Klaus commented.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9rhJm99TO
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8VM2SBAI6
"I know you didn't have well enough for your own. Because of Elena you're going to lose your brother and you only have yourself to blame."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlvz5u7Ylw
"What do you say, Klaus. I'm here to put something on the table. We've made our offer. Now you count on," Damon said, coming back in with Elijah.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUNYV7U3gv
"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."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKNKu1FRld
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9QGnQU8UC
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYFvMSuHfz
"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 said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHvDYxyRS3
"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."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtTsXex7iB
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CjtNk01Ax
They walked towards each other.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkpz6YDmHQ
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zy7UNJ9CM
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh2IHgdzit
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy0arUBieZ
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjcW22TQcn
Damon rushed over and through him away.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdl7ZvkXWV
Stefan got to his feet.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpGTCn54BO
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahYyH3zSnl
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4OEdJ1jGx
"Why don't you go ahead and kill me now? We both know you'll do it anyway once you have your coffin."
"Because that would take all the fun out of it."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJlh168yR2
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgpZ3joKNg
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcDzIFUeK6
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW6tXBuop8
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2uKiDjP28
"This is for mother."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPKILF3jMj
Elijah had a dagger too.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviynOuwUQQ
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoqYTHjv3k
"Do you know why I'm here?"657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoqBPuyZia
"To kill me."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76AIEkSDjm
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ0gCvFCV0
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkbeRJlJDA
Elijah stabbed his brother.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUmW4maK4K
"See you in the next century or two."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgQPBhSiXG
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u1qVuJqvv
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimESM2SpFh
"I didn't do it on your account."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbkxxwHB9b
"I love her, Damon."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9lRy0sqka
"So do I."657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRlCetgJgQ
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
