It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDV6p3QAXy
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr9byVfZbu
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxsu1SMdEM
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBwEBjRoLM
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpxheE4sXD
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejrjprTQzG
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbHQSeyAdo
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVR7RSMqJgz
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONsdgZN8EX
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KUJffTUE9
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwxQZbc3hl
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UMFzBkTum
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u6p70iM3h
"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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGLfSz83Ra
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcIKiNFxOB
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n9GPsm66S
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lFB3lfLC9
I hang up.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzszwrHVJTm
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wMchfI4EZ
We stop when we stand not far from one another.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3WIDB731g
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9M1Yczu7W
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkTs1SgzxB
"Damon."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDVVmIrqX5
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu2cu8cdg8
"I'm here, let's talk."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdIa0j594n
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz7mfKIDnb
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQjIDYUTwe
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJvmLzN9lh
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3USGoxaFC
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbzGPmi6Qw
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAg9YwsXqW
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3dVlwREXt
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qaWgzjcAy
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDPZ3FYvPM
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jxo8UnXOO
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBaCT69ZCe
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz8B2OJFHg
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5yizrZpRV
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDZbi5mvd8
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIVVOya4GF
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRXCYLw2eR
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfLSMD5YMl
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmfdRbUtRc
"I don't know. Ask Damon."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb9jcWqcHB
Klaus laughs.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue3TksLnPI
Elijah looks surprised.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk2GNsmLsh
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCsBQbQBt2
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUalJHFrYCH
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EZzfiNzOS
"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?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7X1Y6WBCE
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAl29azPso
"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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrwyxNm6Oq
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakm5ozbADm
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAp0TUaAI4
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR7p7WxYcW
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIyl7xQ1KC
"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?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXlaOc0V32
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfynoVW2pV
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSYWNXV7GB
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn94wk3w8N
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwUkLBgA1z
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbaRmTjzyG
"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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc1EP13tjt
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc2QFL9pZJ
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR0bBCNCy6
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyiu0lqjMe
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCbAPbdc3d
"What do you think?" I reply.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDvic1KsCi
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CGLrZsATO
"I know," I reply to him.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmv5EeJGumF
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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mq0ermiYM
"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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OT6EovJVX
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawjU6o2Ikp
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMi6Z9GaOm
"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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7GLyPF1Qg
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3j0BJ0pDA
They walk towards each other.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6toicbTOBZ
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJjw9YqwkM
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7LeeI2H96
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Oz9kfKePi
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE8c57mJwY
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8w0bfLAD9
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWTfILAsXJ
Esther walks up to Klaus.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzuy8gjAzh
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZefkabPeAL
"To kill me," Klaus replies.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCAqX8v5oB
"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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKMDiRQIn1
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI71Pz8Zaxu
"I didn't do it on your account."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGjKPkekZL
"I love her, Damon."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcxvPmFQds
"So do I."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaRuhX28Mr
I look at him and then walk away.
