It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9GcybaBt9
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4rHYKqRtg
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN22TOeugf
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaldmXm6iu
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xyXKkoJMx
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogsS2jsoMs
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWAVBD99gO
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLish0HMFPb
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHODXbJtoX
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3MiwElTJM
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ0l6M38VX
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qGf089EWY
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAnz68kE6c
"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."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFFPCeZxnT
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujXDvLNMXS
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bh4Olxi3n
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgJT5i4gkg
I hang up.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCcNmMhnO2
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2Op1aX2A8
We stop when we stand not far from one another.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPI19H68tj
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wASlSYhth
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhFwR9Tr2t
"Damon."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9N8MPgwIR
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CbzzE63Fg
"I'm here, let's talk."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6paj4otJc
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaj2vJexYU
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwv23D1W4x
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZsCrRf8VF
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4Zgo5dYSg
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhH9ZzUFE14
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fAch2eTKe
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtUZ1mr2jz
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjh9RiSLu4
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwydcpKXJiE
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV09t154Usj
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFCH4eEc4G
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm7c3WcQM0
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhJlDszUSa
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl6ycRVsAY
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72J1FOc5nZ
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwg2MyQPAI
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JhdRgtFiU
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqgV5w8mop
"I don't know. Ask Damon."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQL011apTo
Klaus laughs.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR2JLkleYH
Elijah looks surprised.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiikVET5UdC
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQrrqj4RVB
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAsxCXvgod
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS8zXOAuR3
"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?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAIIApBUWV
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEKSOMLVwC
"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."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15NTzUSU6P
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6sq6OB5iu
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC9uQaeCvA
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXwedqeffR
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2zoef5Zn3
"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?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE9LvZKRTP
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vl6ku160Y
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTEM2radoT
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8gdzQ87LP
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPZxQDlXWT
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ECTlYofHI
"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."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7At5S7jHh1
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvtUlph8r5
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z9IeeMRud
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6DWn7Ctfv
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVBuiobtsR
"What do you think?" I reply.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIuhITRMgp
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOF45JhR55
"I know," I reply to him.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpqXFXhxmj
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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFLjuWi3QT
"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."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNZhjBoTa8
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyu1Lx74UQ
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2VCgcWLBp
"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."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9njQGxWagh
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrLNtuGGRh
They walk towards each other.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1GGVysHT4
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWLMYWlbwo
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX8aEPKbPu
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkkFBVBWuL
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7mtDTdNQh
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMko9X4do2
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDnMzCJwCb
Esther walks up to Klaus.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoaiy96ZtK
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfhwsP7HxV
"To kill me," Klaus replies.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ldlCaGuBP
"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.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2FRRedxZV
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX9ZXhV4nj
"I didn't do it on your account."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkueEhIXe4
"I love her, Damon."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8kyA4dGSr
"So do I."386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YFeOlMR86
I look at him and then walk away.
