It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JMGrE98wY
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuTh0Ww4dJ
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch1jUHLzFT
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLFnaTQWlL
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUFabZ1gyF
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zQ9ZIQ6aw
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFdgYY9YFk
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUBgn5gUiH
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHPpE2T4hP
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfPVBKBD32
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSEMYNAHyh
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkT1BiR9TC
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41WReeZDgv
"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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qdwsyotES
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwRmuNKaPO
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED6Y34m9Ap
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXtwnt1DqK
I hang up.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkAiQorukc
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28SqRDvMsc
We stop when we stand not far from one another.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KNhv1eugO
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2otAMJQBs0
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcyeSAZyT4
"Damon."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwetDdtboWT
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinft6ENxBN
"I'm here, let's talk."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3cNl112WW
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjGolVxCCM
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9Vqwzbafy
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NYHCIiqo7
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv2ZXiN7EW
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4AmTb4qAB
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCEoFHsnXw
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEcdL0yk6o
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwl1lMX9KP
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKP5BEZU0bO
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqqKCTxUkQ
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mrRpg3BbR
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXpdJeb46B
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX7poKe4pd
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgydtys3GA3
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNN8SAVDcH
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNftlRlwNdm
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXVQ4804Uq
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQBrMZiETs
"I don't know. Ask Damon."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRlm7X4J6J
Klaus laughs.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrgeKIsgum
Elijah looks surprised.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdR4iDUviDD
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dZTyKlf51
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡby1ZRYau6U
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFocqOgP2lk
"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?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbDb6b0GAJ
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqqG1zfVZ8
"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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2RxLoA0fR
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYf2GSktqb
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4wfdDyrWi
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG57dkJjG0c
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPa6uqtFXe
"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?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiO1IvyAsSo
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe9G00z6ZP
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gcZUrUobQ
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGwUX4fDEq
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry9AbdPVt0
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlo5uSalIa
"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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GqNHaoFZv
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A17La3DMQ
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcWEkw9mjp
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIusyatZ33Y
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOuFE07cR2
"What do you think?" I reply.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjgxCgFDz6
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz7MS5ZwIu
"I know," I reply to him.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTDfBojpWa
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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU2wUpLXaX
"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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYWn9BLkkD
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWAbBpbfxV
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6n09GG8E1
"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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PsJtrYPUx
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ahpGrjEHp
They walk towards each other.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vImQTTh5F
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcWqcBmOSl
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjHYPKAFAT
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSJVMrYeZI
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOLv2L5Sli
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YIhefRWyS
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI0rL4Z0pX
Esther walks up to Klaus.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnbrpFWLXW
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0RuwGeyo0
"To kill me," Klaus replies.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf5CcOcloF
"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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGbVrb5trn
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGHosd502T
"I didn't do it on your account."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZBFEi0VPY
"I love her, Damon."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtTGvECMuN
"So do I."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvDkXPZx6J
I look at him and then walk away.
