It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4auI3d7paP
"Morning," she greeted him.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxFXzF52vy
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCf2q9pQ6D
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wUcHXOKuk
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOCl2DN4md
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3q1KEtqkd
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyGu4LnCML
"No you didn't."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANzClnAwss
"Yes I did."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tw84J2JKH
"Oh, was she cool about that?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8FLD0UqLR
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyxhxUN52G
Just then, the doorbell rang.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXpcz4Xhvg
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3sVDkeykC
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHZR4d1o9r
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX41TKQfpwy
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaanC2jJNw2
"Of course," Alaric responded.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHbLUIw0Xe
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWsuwqYkcf
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuS0BHAGFR
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZGGd9WCFh
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKYEzgJDaD
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtuQt1H1So
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUc5OJjtfa
"Yours."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjrfnDJ3aH
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSnB2t43mD
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhsy0fz0i0
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxclFINgpk
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXv4OLMMQD6
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ6o6uPQww
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1zncdQbgR
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHxpJd5Ajk
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHUtU1e3WZ
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqx8WdS2lD
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOYU7CsY1B
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07W3LRVPKt
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTPtzRULB6
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a9DPPHwVo
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxQzMphoCK
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlEDdoG12D
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAD0GtA3Mtx
Damon hung up.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnR4ycYhQpd
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2gtk4fAR2
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXEgPNGR4Y
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMwbqNhHtX
"Damon."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLY8LdCIXw
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pO3ydIZ5K
"I'm here, let's talk."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiMkfFo0hB
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoaTFfmETC
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqCEKVSL7O
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJmV1cLZNm
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT589Lsfpq
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gECUTS7rx
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lux58jHWz
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs8ZY9pisT
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoJgQo454Q
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoFsYycZMY
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDFC5RByLW
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxD1iroKK0
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tifmgdAzI
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRdQnrJjOQ
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZue1bTObuJ
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E3Ou6uZTU
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbcIrRmmGN
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1kKjOuSLH
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEhJRHgtim
"I don't know ask Damon."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12WXy0K2iw
Klaus laughed.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9aViLrQyo
Elijah looked surprised.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcCgGxrsNR
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrqbjyPv47
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4g7gbooqY
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPr6Yf4EEbY
"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?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELPwndnFLt
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkrkPqc6BH
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrr95aLFtM
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bJt94p6XO
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlCgBEEz1K
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaC4B4hJHWY
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD0poVo8WD
"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?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExXsQrV1Yk
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs1MnGz21X
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvvPyTdsNM
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLRVPrP2bX
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzoebKWD7a
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiFTXRfN7S
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxHgKzrlHo
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq0xQaUsI9
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtPEhThH3j
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1hQrdo7W2
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyacFRCk32
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtan0Vy6cKs
"Delicious," Klaus commented.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRD9iDcTFW
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIHItkcGR1
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl7TnyQX5q
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Nhafwleou
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUuogr63mU
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQ04WBPq5w
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lwkrt4Cg3
"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.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVR9YBQkz5
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREhrroOl5K
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRmNOQr5bW
They walked towards each other.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDSHAespWB
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqUGin3Y6p
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONcNohOMl4
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiTaTNQ7Ne
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZKJlAJDXV
Damon rushed over and through him away.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG9Bc6hfDu
Stefan got to his feet.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13zqqfXNXp
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGokcUFshHs
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrI8r73yOR
"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."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBw0y5MWhg
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA8zK96qyB
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaIiAA8DD7
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn4X4VNeOr
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijIbzwVfwZ
"This is for mother."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6G9EDa5Rh
Elijah had a dagger too.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5KYHcvuNj
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49rfTtX07v
"Do you know why I'm here?"636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LUVikYhCA
"To kill me."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr6vxpIIHa
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7dN2POVMR
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ8RkFQWKA
Elijah stabbed his brother.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64urpAKISy
"See you in the next century or two."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5StGvocLh2
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr6VrXdNFi
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpo6Zuyrdv
"I didn't do it on your account."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HWtEMujsX
"I love her, Damon."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84JBkxJOnf
"So do I."636Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Ujj1dFpJ
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
