It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolTD5IlUIC
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbk5Z740xcN
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sjPkWwR7j
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dp8SVElp5
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKa092XFCi
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4UqTaxPIF
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdVl4MwfZ6
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6ZqvSrmu4
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFi1K8YVeh
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPbs65psNx
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5HHyAI5UP
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO8VnoCehE
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJabfnqfyg
"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."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YG2MhEdXf
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB07pGoP84k
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbCRS4W9eH
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd6nT792vw
I hang up.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1vGoXpFPl
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUvgnfJcuN
We stop when we stand not far from one another.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6R8JcvUi1
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7zzMZkWFC
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDWtEuF2ke
"Damon."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qsl279PEi
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf70vteSub
"I'm here, let's talk."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1ljHM2NH9
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljrDE5HOOS
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdtVTT7VUc
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iJRQvIBZ1
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07kqRJz3mP
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpzN7y4qgB
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMDlbZnDwP
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEgteDxfLW
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dv5qXEZ9N
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRejV64j6ms
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79tEC6Ygbl
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKlxB3yAF9
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0wW9CtdyU
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91qVXsPDjR
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoxaUyoxRV
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMzvqVahYz
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqpStRfeNz
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV0FojmpQS
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnXkF0Z3TZ
"I don't know. Ask Damon."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg44Wrt2fSS
Klaus laughs.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIeDZRqbyd
Elijah looks surprised.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1jVtqgKa1
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV7Picu5WR
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCNr8jKwvR
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW5zbAmeHy
"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?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKNRfM41Iw
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtv6xnInT1
"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."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsd3VY56tm
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCPleVfhDZ
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHKv7d0A2e
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuNvERoZgK
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aH1YliFbA
"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?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLNipH461P
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE15dFhKYx2
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunU37YEYcl
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOWltcYvVR
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jmq2aA4CJ
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD2lMJQ9N1
"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."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rMe97Ai3a
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3WdYA8Udr
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfjMegmdCj
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhiYKt5g82
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfNfRM8num
"What do you think?" I reply.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNXo1sciQy
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEVYpr1WBs
"I know," I reply to him.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWfwocZ5Uc
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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56fKn0e1cG
"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."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1OCRnpXO9
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXD5MRs5Dw
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnvwoHNPEl
"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."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKqYxh7GTY
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q9fcW8grd
They walk towards each other.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt21M7q9gz
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt9ssBhEK6
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKOnE4MOr4
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurvHRs0m3b
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKN9QQL2dD
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1UTkdFOEt
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKHz8CIMzN
Esther walks up to Klaus.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJqdpZO7du
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHxUpJ8MZg
"To kill me," Klaus replies.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjYE4hi6fm
"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.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgYJQieQKE
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLDf4HQfB5
"I didn't do it on your account."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6TahfmhYA
"I love her, Damon."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOb9F7kOx2
"So do I."355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GsyHOpvX7
I look at him and then walk away.
