It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnlcdQMZ4V
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncfTb2XcBt
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj075WP1t0
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0aP9Bnwv9
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJHTCEzxvr
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9Dwz0WEXK
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOZePhXlKJ
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKouww26D73
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnwRMc7K3j
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqlq5U7JQ6
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky76zWN1fs
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMhIP22d0t
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjJzG84EGo
"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."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bzbDqwJaf
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2DVKqQTUW
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjjANzIhlk
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X1B1xBOlm
I hang up.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vQ64gRHs6
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLzNhe64mH
We stop when we stand not far from one another.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPtTeOZCQb
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU3boaaLd3
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBemEPMGPy
"Damon."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvYoKY1lZX
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZAlenPqnL
"I'm here, let's talk."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJGR3EWfCL
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfxKwGDT5K
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CXk0lf24B
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxon6h3o9OK
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFJL3nrvJZ
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH4Cyn9LjK
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrN05tEzIB
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWWGlmezqj
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4EgrrcqVy
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOmIjMgp9i
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8SF89dNwe
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr53iYT9Liz
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A6WQ8qI0q
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML3vhdBzJ5
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlpJJzaDxB
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5gMOPWQjv
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AZ1GqTl5W
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM47DsM3A3N
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrof6A6Mpv
"I don't know. Ask Damon."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwdjbhcyS5
Klaus laughs.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK0CbO4TTE
Elijah looks surprised.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSpdkdiFkY
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLi8zXI7dF
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwdjz6hJb9
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0gl4npfrn
"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?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwF3YkioJY8
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtNhO3tmPy
"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."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiM4xNrSO2
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0GIDv7oUb
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFb3cnfbJW
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KFXLmfTfB
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6D9tGU403H
"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?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM5w2z1GXd
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlTuMnHJD6
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3obGZOama
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1XAYAmJhZ
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6h9MVT5oc
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfVyg6vybp
"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."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUQocn1vNm
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye881fCxMQ
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aQhrzkdEU
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuaf13lRw7
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQGALFZoOR
"What do you think?" I reply.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxreEXtljGC
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDVr2FFPfY
"I know," I reply to him.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipyGd9osE2
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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhdOwPfy76
"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."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcgdkjGaM7
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4hC01YaGz
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjkHJ8p4u6
"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."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf48y9VvW42
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4atCnjWXna
They walk towards each other.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5VwMSDLHN
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxju2C3rnQ
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxU8ACr84u
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFcOntb2fL
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUUAc6sco6
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZ4KmPHqjD
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQiJb1kaj7
Esther walks up to Klaus.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYzv4HowbT
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46WavZcwOF
"To kill me," Klaus replies.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9gH245vdG
"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.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE3Kpmtg4M
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthstlSNyhQ
"I didn't do it on your account."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvXOsePpFz
"I love her, Damon."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzFQaIqvNA
"So do I."376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnBR31Nh8T
I look at him and then walk away.
