It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOrY51sZax
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi2Gr33IoI
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzIXSIwLhX
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4E4INid7p
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthyDfmcSUA
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvGmnSafaR
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGSURjZ0Zy
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkwi5NzXGs
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO9ewYXdN8
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuLjGOPZb6
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNN0yjzyJgD
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Yr1jrz3DK
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyfuDuMoh9
"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."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGoPXjS1NO
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRqc8sN0kp
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuZFCpBuL7
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5FBYJ13pf
I hang up.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGNrEUQEjF
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmgQl5h8cH
We stop when we stand not far from one another.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhn9miE6F3
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8FWAx7APd
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU5GTVYqKh
"Damon."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QZRRVifvF
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOl7lNmbzT
"I'm here, let's talk."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTxyahCgak
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEuApJnS5s
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVEKjpJzhM
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgW3kGh8Ex
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikDyGKLqoT
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVYGyiOqHU
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6fP0FeNuI
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2H7TaqB5b
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNWODC11o8
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlp8tdTAZo
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPdoobUgci
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLuTcsIJmM
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjQGZPPIlc
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50vTmlReba
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKP1VWCftr
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy9mymVlsw
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKTLnb5Xsc
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7elj1CDAA
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKBU7HhW42
"I don't know. Ask Damon."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4gJDszAoo
Klaus laughs.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBYiKKK75a
Elijah looks surprised.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt5bvCaYIc
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYKpgQaHBA
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82tVEOkiUK
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7M09LdY2c
"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?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8l60BAonl
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttlE6a4pgL
"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."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRQODWLn9R
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxZ9SCAT3E
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8RgsH0teO
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XIwjjyjUk
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KOpuKdMtI
"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?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91hGAYfbBS
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNn9dbu0Qk
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk6n0FpVEe
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5isLKmxtI5
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc4S4W832E
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNsDdvGc7u
"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."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWpX8wtxl8
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw2QhDhWVg
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn2fWrTvAB
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILRlvTSsPD
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReQzQLNUPO
"What do you think?" I reply.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gdiVoAfu0
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFpKYoFqG2
"I know," I reply to him.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01XKup8Aiv
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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO9AFVuvHx
"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."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEOiS6KQyd
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5ISnvrnug
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwmfAI1ScA
"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."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jNaUBq6wZ
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6YmIBIN3R
They walk towards each other.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhkg16NRBz
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn7vz6yU0H
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2zBUSeTgV
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtk37REjMq
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLOujSedy8
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXy2NfmUFjs
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFbGD8AWlX
Esther walks up to Klaus.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG4SzGmdRD
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yqt1XzAq8
"To kill me," Klaus replies.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrcE3H24az
"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.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ8p23BNwe
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ujmdcYGUu
"I didn't do it on your account."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY9uBR3vxG
"I love her, Damon."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9a6BTXD88
"So do I."375Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3fRyD0Mys
I look at him and then walk away.
