It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOBEpGQPql
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj62eiyfbe4
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz8JOxR0pO
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gtEhruHri
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pMbMpCqHk
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLNQQdZ77H
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsprg3sH5FV
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdOMyYiATj
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmH3rHPZzaY
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtC3uadajf
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmjrl1FwoA
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx62QHhQXuf
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFOYiWyYB1
"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."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q798IzV8D
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqUKbWsQqc
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31Xpt8vvlN
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLo7R8Q54Y
I hang up.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lQ2YjlguS
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyZdU8ljVD
We stop when we stand not far from one another.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmouCPQDWX
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡau3Cq31E9U
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaaPvvDREi
"Damon."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9QzEbYS0z
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoOUteirNl
"I'm here, let's talk."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7baMgoFPv
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiyUA2jRxZ
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDrcPT3xhb
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAjiLH2GQl
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxnCAP1DJb
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqE3LUxhFp
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEVu1r5GWV
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGqENDeZGi
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnvIkYgaXq
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TNkQ7G2Kd
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YJfNVFShT
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJcqglwY9d
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0EFtDvddU
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWWkBq5Om2
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26jI1bdjtv
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND3ovQ9o34
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakV7EHNCNb
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleDVu2mmNS
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVACZmNVxE
"I don't know. Ask Damon."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6hUxvqSHP
Klaus laughs.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrNj7gF6qI
Elijah looks surprised.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU4U5vWJAw
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrDVfPM7eR
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznDNQNSSZY
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbIEIjqhCj
"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?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT2ouQ08pD
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc14TY2Qq6z
"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."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaLqMzUdyy
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLajVhqTcW2
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHA1NtYERB
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZ6h2qQvpy
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1K6abQX2o
"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?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBk2v6zzEN
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZYl7dBDZQ
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPpmZvrDRz
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLICKDkdN4e
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1nJtmzAGe
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY301mqZiq
"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."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozLgVsh0Vd
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooLtPf7FKR
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgygEDpF0rR
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdqyDf0uij
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG8YVMibM8
"What do you think?" I reply.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerS768FrSB
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA86xKjNHec
"I know," I reply to him.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUd73gkUQg
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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWrtMSwKAH
"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."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHd8kgoikP
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtfwvhH0QP
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHonsiAxQKn
"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."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXW2uXCPaf
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJrf7CaGh4
They walk towards each other.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrZyNnYV7u
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgNKPVrcHK
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nVs2rnOOy
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctKDUqrtZw
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrv888UKb4
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ysQjDbwB0
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WYxJr30Fm
Esther walks up to Klaus.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZdX1ywrpd
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oAzmsgGfY
"To kill me," Klaus replies.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoMcihh2ng
"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.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVYZazMlox
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilAELvPfuQ
"I didn't do it on your account."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYX6VsztQW
"I love her, Damon."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvIlxPoGNE
"So do I."332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KIWWJKa3D
I look at him and then walk away.
