It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEGN2pF2jy
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaZjfLppVY
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzLG0ibaDC
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rY9UwJh8T
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHQ2Qjy6Wm
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpctsj6iEgd
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tebnQLeMo
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gCNMngdTq
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kLRP8IfoR
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRzfQnXrJ2
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3KU6MKojL
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xLjc3YbbS
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuh3cSvXZ7
"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."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93fGzfXOLu
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZV7tYvJep
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ4qTkBeCE
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aXbdYEJAX
I hang up.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYpMHdVqq9
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDdWTYTT6P
We stop when we stand not far from one another.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPXxI5vrQD
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmDrtrWfmJ
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IrWg7PwJM
"Damon."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTLSrImwUS
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8vTvoBm1F
"I'm here, let's talk."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMDfietxA2
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9xE5IBIsS
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dboCjq5wk
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt2tH9uJXF
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEenG2uFU0n
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuXVeQ1Vta
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bpSr9j11w
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0HHCKQAq2
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0ie2v1u5j
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMCgAfyI9
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt2LSrXeKh
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ofP67pPfk
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGT0AvoETv
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpavt2v0sT
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsX8fsgiFn
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjpnrUyXJT
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe92Z6SvSX8
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDscFKESHcm
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj44AyfvmL
"I don't know. Ask Damon."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH7oSRydIA
Klaus laughs.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz7FLAJt9h
Elijah looks surprised.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaCXfjMfKq
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fm38qGF6D
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyc9dE1A1X
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQnMDICA5w
"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?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xSghV7291
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKp3vQCYb6
"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."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tOs2BmaXo
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPy8ptc5mL
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkq9tR22yAw
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndfpkzp0O5
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDrmxziMrQ
"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?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDtzQax1iU
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOgzffC19a
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeHx4SluBL
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuscAwOvU3
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e7o4Ok32s
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCQrnDMVtz
"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."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr5QuO3m9b
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczvBaX3Zvz
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w2qdQr505
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BrF59epeP
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjCJc5HSND
"What do you think?" I reply.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL349wCUno
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EJ5DKurHd
"I know," I reply to him.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObQ7AID4hS
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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqspZtfie24
"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."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uZxUcyvXi
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg4H6030QF
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMREOZyrKfa
"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."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVELWgZqdG
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsPdFjUGjf
They walk towards each other.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoXLFxfmK5
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21C0Z81tmi
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf1s39OKKI
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw6olvnPKU
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshzxTCJEq6
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZMYSGdzfy
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK2w1I7xtR
Esther walks up to Klaus.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfDdM8PSF2
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSsS4mHvPu
"To kill me," Klaus replies.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qg5qFEGij
"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.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSdNuEXLSF
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRXbI3EJvn
"I didn't do it on your account."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mBe5Hvvke
"I love her, Damon."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbwh3qC927
"So do I."389Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJa20ngPvT
I look at him and then walk away.
