It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsFhWfc75Y
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGki1Zr7ai1
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qstlm95y9
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmvEPhk5QB
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeo8jaL20m
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWFvm1hVRF
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBrhvSjb0C
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d0TvYKXkF
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBekRwh2lyj
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJKRV1uv25
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQPjdXvmzD
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIE8BoQXvT
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7DLeCfXsy
"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."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnLzyP1Uuo
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkjFiA3kjR
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91yNjbDZwP
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl0K49mmCO
I hang up.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhum9SJJUP
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJByQE802k
We stop when we stand not far from one another.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwj1ERn4e9
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL4RrVeuHJ
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXIbUn4qem
"Damon."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4VEJVVs2k
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KMzNu4Bny
"I'm here, let's talk."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JwVZF9E8G
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBN9wcBHQO
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0zv8b4ZTf
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQN2Vm5TWh
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLOEJzV2CG
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptW5e8Fogr
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMaK1TQBsX
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOI6IoTf30
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHV1fuCMdw
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9igQYMd7zb
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafpYhYnw8r
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxvp7pQBAR
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8XLhQgtue
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqt4RWPosn
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnWcqaPgzm
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8o8a8XfAX
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxLu3IN1kq
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC26fVj7BoT
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4jEhwppmD
"I don't know. Ask Damon."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQfMXfh46S
Klaus laughs.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEyMLw7rJT
Elijah looks surprised.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytSOcxAKQc
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3gBqHbXJv
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq3peHme9d
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXNzHFHrKY
"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?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9Zl5ZZEdg
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gx1dqbtao
"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."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTuZkfKe1e
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3D65QpTMQv
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxteGmEeM4z
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoctXHZjCW
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3YYo9Pj23
"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?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggQl8hCZIJ
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyfrawDmDA
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZCwPnlzgb
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9uVXSHxHc
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrOPED7DkS
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2G7o0DZ0F
"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."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoRPH7XzQy
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26LjLe8B8P
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmpMUi4ciX
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFZYvOV0A2
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfVLq7yJa2
"What do you think?" I reply.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwRshtCJnk
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnCh0Zmkvy
"I know," I reply to him.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnH1X2dL5f
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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡermOj4WGSF
"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."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg2U4zgvzN
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ecxx1GlXA
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFEQ7ZFebt
"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."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NmssOou1a
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNScx8g4iL
They walk towards each other.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPFfzvVabH
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGPw966Qd0
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFE4vzQ0SJ
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmZW1hlGOS
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2DveVZ6tg
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o4WFdwsg8
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFECK0gLVwn
Esther walks up to Klaus.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg6e8IYvwe
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx1a5XVPox
"To kill me," Klaus replies.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9qUmaFpXD
"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.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynHbva03go
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg92s5FqCrd
"I didn't do it on your account."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0XlfDnixn
"I love her, Damon."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLec1fxrMwj
"So do I."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30pybYJ3eq
I look at him and then walk away.
