It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeTCTeptDQ
"Morning," she greeted him.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQPoXcawMa
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh20m1WK5uI
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjCeKAps6M
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdnizAS0ct
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJE4SsIaKR
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45U7DpcfSl
"No you didn't."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGEimvp9Ff
"Yes I did."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj83nmfem9
"Oh, was she cool about that?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO8vpAApgh
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo8NmRePwY
Just then, the doorbell rang.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz7byTIG1N
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OnFkVNkbc
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf2gUcTf0K
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FALPkzAzi
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihZcFhuTBb
"Of course," Alaric responded.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8swmuz92rU
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW71Ew6YB3
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnVVyw6XiR
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyivw6Rf8e
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzzNm4r6wM
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdaJOwbnd2
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Wzlgsr8Yo
"Yours."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj0JHC78uy
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5isBR0eppO
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI82QgcHcGI
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0PkrRBAJs
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dNpWnH8ng
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpxJP7YRyP
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyUkAOrshg
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrBOZQuExU
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNX6uoErBP
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkqz8jED9W
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6n6fAlymC
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyshUcuXmpz
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc33rwqe7DL
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPaYngioag
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwNNYAGZFr
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec7liorSzh
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iZPyX2lqt
Damon hung up.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L7yq0GFmw
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC9z4c014N
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LJf0svTGs
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecGsUw38cE
"Damon."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtvbl5zEcS
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCO7fj4S61
"I'm here, let's talk."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPyEuPsqCp
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYsaD5ORWc
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrR5q9VWgn
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMatDlsUrOs
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewKqrhWdgl
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bElF9tkT1
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1LgpTTDKN
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHkJoeVUhx
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyp098X88k
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQxHwoeJl5
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3jDCg8Q6y
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW2f398dY3
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXI2h24g9M
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kSWma3GR7
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGqDB39DzB
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyMxMad8s2
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vjMDBB8oO
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFfSIGiwfF
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwzBtsb3Bf
"I don't know ask Damon."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NTZpckRAC
Klaus laughed.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrU0xjlZSE
Elijah looked surprised.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSsTaZW6EU
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mEGSTWqnZ
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhl9B3X9smB
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRlClqCjHO
"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?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRam9YdZd4S
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu3y71Bygi
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlZh0S909t
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2vfPqZSqx
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQSeKVNkUP
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVoOlGJzcu
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrLJLGzui2
"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?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvuyAbOCl3
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMDR9Xszlk
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQkJQV7ZFe
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3G7GUVWth
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5liYlOb8TT
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VqGzyjslf
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZZS6C6kJJ
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75qFTP9BxI
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NO1Q1xnc5
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrcGZLIgUA
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7cPWuNq7r
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vfrzt5Uu3
"Delicious," Klaus commented.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1ThTYjq8T
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0SPb8B0Xm
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2O7hKNFvh
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4im2lmx2P
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5cGeJ3JY0
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpShHZzuonT
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyezbx8dPy
"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.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SPXms7xTF
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ3jCA6L5R
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zvmh6mx2h
They walked towards each other.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTihJH2ypv
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eKi3PYHJe
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWdAxOroIP
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO1Ldr1iuc
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjisjJdHK0T
Damon rushed over and through him away.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLBuJMHcSm
Stefan got to his feet.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwyUkkWXMo
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBtbn7sh2T
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhLQ1Il0x3
"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."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEPaR1wp79
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJqSye1YBG
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yqNp9Vz1M
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr5fVsGbtx
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs6j1xYyuh
"This is for mother."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgiRcPtHMf
Elijah had a dagger too.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mADrxsYcb
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFrK8Qivk8
"Do you know why I'm here?"655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28Ve4zlPEt
"To kill me."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOVnh1lfcu
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoeqHXYVTo
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKH7EpREAF
Elijah stabbed his brother.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyRcEhJPXs
"See you in the next century or two."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4jOIWpjnL
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnPPaO8lrG
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqLmkSLVoZ
"I didn't do it on your account."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3T7h2jKpC
"I love her, Damon."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBvjTIfMWe
"So do I."655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2siw2mtAa3
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
