It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TH8D160l1
"Morning," she greeted him.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuOhwvVpxq
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqyAkZR2wn
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL1rSLll2g
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CvalxXSvu
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbVODYEnwh
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITEY2Ta8Z8
"No you didn't."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYnpDAwG2m
"Yes I did."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu0YzvtiYK
"Oh, was she cool about that?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpjTMiPJE1
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEPMWzr8S3
Just then, the doorbell rang.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm8iK0meLo
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnKqrQVCLy
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OyhKjtWEK
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnATNaTA48I
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoekiDZAChi
"Of course," Alaric responded.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh2Vs4IdNg
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTWtaBvfG5
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcASOfQ48Hl
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmiTtEQdUv
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BwxnbKXme
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbO5g7XOdd
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1ec2ELlYJ
"Yours."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CXygtN9rx
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULGwzdEQmo
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS1mGqB3Y4
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhSpMpAl3J
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkh6Aec5BJ
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg50QljE5Q
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErCcXgEpEy
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKIbmigKBo
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q8xVjlAgR
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhYB2uI7Ke
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8psHGsdqhD
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡer7lzmGb1y
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSWVB7PrAT
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpJ3W9tadG
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf0gAZZLdc
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3mBJLoe7o
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6QdcRdIq5
Damon hung up.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5pZMWqcex
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MbM5eVesR
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06rpXDjJGQ
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSzh532Ehp
"Damon."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72ol0LJTc0
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G7zS8iiy5
"I'm here, let's talk."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y1gUjQQSi
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubcIXT8uCV
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdX2iKlQYr
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxKhKTgXJW
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlvxOiEkqx
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrxJbCZVPx
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pioakNtxV
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUnlWZyce0
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZgoSNivex
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEqI4TSEke
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5BWLQhL7F
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU4T9PpweX
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu23R2ZBBlC
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN1RdRILB0
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoZX1XYiGE
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5urq39lzz
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhSFylnDnt
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yXsEq90k7
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScccjEzE6N
"I don't know ask Damon."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkRsV2vone
Klaus laughed.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUkWf0LevE
Elijah looked surprised.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaOqheq0eP
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxqgflLlHT
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYABP3TETA
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgJhEjr60F
"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?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaOvPxhs8i
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8NHarqjjn
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSUABwWsiL
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7epQuOETB4
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO02BlBGzoZ
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj93PruGey
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP9dbrlume
"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?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO13UCRHUb
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvWSuWxku9
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gqguBDw8p
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweMOt1vhcB
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjzlASIBkh
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LYyj50EyO
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwhSXnSLeB
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG4i7uibtE
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs5f7of03b
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhASgDj69N
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR9kOj1FLc
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkVIaMszZV
"Delicious," Klaus commented.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w0lxmxI7b
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMS75G6SCf
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFwpmK1uC2
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyWYq57yHL
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4HkETNDa2
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7s3YMKxvk
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ9RZJyFut
"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.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPz6wgO2UK
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVDtp7kzcD
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxJnUkaHoU
They walked towards each other.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nVimOxWBE
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aQFEq9HSW
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5haVBKhSS
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOczITIxvpU
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTHfOTiWZZ
Damon rushed over and through him away.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecuuGHVCcW
Stefan got to his feet.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oeVjZ1DX5
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWD8iuxvHR
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldJdYgidEE
"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."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFvXYnUugK
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIZozCuy7T
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0t8y6eWW8
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQRax2W4Ce
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2aicnM1og
"This is for mother."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG203scoKH
Elijah had a dagger too.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h0m2JsjuX
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP8jTh7DVj
"Do you know why I'm here?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2yEkTnPjc
"To kill me."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaNcJ6dcgN
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xTgqlHEbh
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniBK3K7p4B
Elijah stabbed his brother.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJCrB7Gq2q
"See you in the next century or two."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHc4Qmiutg
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGanwi9qIgU
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsOMZdSf8g
"I didn't do it on your account."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ3pbqmpIm
"I love her, Damon."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfwCOMyEzy
"So do I."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41sMijEerU
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
