It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtZaGLR0qOn
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"401Please respect copyright.PENANA1E4zk6bJ5F
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAVb7SRyAuPv
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.401Please respect copyright.PENANAkF8C4NpSM8
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.401Please respect copyright.PENANAS7CRLuYZzi
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.401Please respect copyright.PENANAEitEGQRbE0
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.401Please respect copyright.PENANALB3teeq9dB
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.401Please respect copyright.PENANAqBDhlt1mNa
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.401Please respect copyright.PENANAEPV0u44vPX
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.401Please respect copyright.PENANAFXkcSNk5gq
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.401Please respect copyright.PENANAEOOlhmRUt5
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."401Please respect copyright.PENANA5USWj1NPDN
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.401Please respect copyright.PENANAwMkEwHwIYJ
"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."401Please respect copyright.PENANAyXYmXOJtUc
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."401Please respect copyright.PENANAFHKHQKsY37
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.401Please respect copyright.PENANAa32hWs7acY
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.401Please respect copyright.PENANAhnkFf64QfT
I hang up.401Please respect copyright.PENANAiPsZr5hNFE
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtnLspJi6PH
We stop when we stand not far from one another.401Please respect copyright.PENANA5fCZ1fN9i4
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.401Please respect copyright.PENANA0SWTOy6Nr8
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."401Please respect copyright.PENANAWLHoSr031U
"Damon."401Please respect copyright.PENANAe17LLEQItd
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAvhQAYlGRi8
"I'm here, let's talk."401Please respect copyright.PENANAIYvDkBWBD8
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAcqpGyO2wWJ
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.401Please respect copyright.PENANA9mq0nAnD6H
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAgevLylqmwj
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.401Please respect copyright.PENANAEE9qyf2NTb
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAT8Pb4pBO9H
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtE7BjgXyDH
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.401Please respect copyright.PENANA2Owd9tgK2d
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.401Please respect copyright.PENANAqgVXAavcBf
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.401Please respect copyright.PENANAbnN3dbQ0MR
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAowsL3vxGRT
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.401Please respect copyright.PENANAIpanQWc1v9
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."401Please respect copyright.PENANAE4szKbSXVE
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAr1FljXW14h
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."401Please respect copyright.PENANAutQR449PpA
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.401Please respect copyright.PENANAoQAfhsAPyg
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."401Please respect copyright.PENANAiqIEIn10Ny
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.401Please respect copyright.PENANAiY552vTxai
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.401Please respect copyright.PENANAmI7cDn6ckc
"I don't know. Ask Damon."401Please respect copyright.PENANAxb77F8Fvub
Klaus laughs.401Please respect copyright.PENANAu2Tx7YU6pg
Elijah looks surprised.401Please respect copyright.PENANARUFuVLJ7W3
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."401Please respect copyright.PENANAiYwBfuSvlW
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.401Please respect copyright.PENANAFZdMTdYxvC
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.401Please respect copyright.PENANAtAHuRYMXF2
"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?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAhBpNUiXftJ
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAK7AeIsUVnY
"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."401Please respect copyright.PENANAcgS66doyB6
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.401Please respect copyright.PENANAC5LUHt7LPm
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAbvK0HgGJHS
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."401Please respect copyright.PENANArgHXIEU6Mj
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.401Please respect copyright.PENANA45aRvOJJsM
"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?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAuF7BXY8YZi
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.401Please respect copyright.PENANAJv2wc7T5sG
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.401Please respect copyright.PENANAjPKTatjiNL
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.401Please respect copyright.PENANAnbLXR31kkv
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAlMYWVUW620
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.401Please respect copyright.PENANADg0VcJa2jX
"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."401Please respect copyright.PENANAwEAHBDCxyZ
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.401Please respect copyright.PENANAUBsregcw6L
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.401Please respect copyright.PENANAYuKfxPCQtl
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANABAe91truCd
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.401Please respect copyright.PENANAKQaSxrBCht
"What do you think?" I reply.401Please respect copyright.PENANAOTG5RPfiQp
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.401Please respect copyright.PENANA6zqa1mjwjk
"I know," I reply to him.401Please respect copyright.PENANA4MjeetgZDd
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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAicYGDM8n4P
"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."401Please respect copyright.PENANAv2rAWOP5m4
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."401Please respect copyright.PENANA0RDCIG2Jun
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAu1CxjvB5lz
"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."401Please respect copyright.PENANAW33nL44o8N
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"401Please respect copyright.PENANAFWgoELeRtu
They walk towards each other.401Please respect copyright.PENANA36LiJnZK9s
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.401Please respect copyright.PENANAZHe9T32NfW
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."401Please respect copyright.PENANAKqxwO4StWG
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.401Please respect copyright.PENANANvM9dvPp5u
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.401Please respect copyright.PENANAf2E6VmtrEl
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."401Please respect copyright.PENANAcdPwrehjW7
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.401Please respect copyright.PENANAyFq1Yt1IDJ
Esther walks up to Klaus.401Please respect copyright.PENANAuGNjb2NONj
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.401Please respect copyright.PENANAAdepSvKICN
"To kill me," Klaus replies.401Please respect copyright.PENANAz5NLeFIWbz
"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.401Please respect copyright.PENANAGMuE85kO5i
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.401Please respect copyright.PENANAVBhRZUDghx
"I didn't do it on your account."401Please respect copyright.PENANAPabuqxadYV
"I love her, Damon."401Please respect copyright.PENANAWCuQBbK37S
"So do I."401Please respect copyright.PENANAzcTkKYFxTz
I look at him and then walk away.