It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwQGIhW0fD
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4w2xmV4O6c
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4dsuqsRcu
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSeB2MQgIs
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25g7qI0QQG
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuAPffFhgo
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bVyIwwLtb
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP2nTIVoZS
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwo0b4DUPm
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqobmDl35Ky
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡint4Xuo9bj
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwouueLIeFe
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq8fsFy8tA
"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."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc1fErIa3b
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNg5wEZ6ZL
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0NjxCLcJT
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOknaummSC
I hang up.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aeT8Eor7N
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P2Yrky6Bi
We stop when we stand not far from one another.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIY7J86t9w
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTttTOYgdSq
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh2NVLpQXT
"Damon."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xIL5IQXCa
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsEGFBkDfn
"I'm here, let's talk."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBYhATvjHI
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeK4i2yzeX
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS7985XuQU
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCWX8W4KfP
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4URNXe3iOL
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuidG8Biuu
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwHhqIQl3B
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMuDdcI3lQ
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8jrxsbnrn
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2spC20Twy
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYwGbnllKC
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuh6CxC0UP
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RZ5FfaWgl
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4XnsGAJ2E
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSe6zNH7NM
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwbsvtM9uU
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRqfVmbOo4
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRVLFECIWT
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVIZ35bJKB
"I don't know. Ask Damon."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBK69atHfg
Klaus laughs.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbnNYMRPrk
Elijah looks surprised.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRFP3pNKtO
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsdEtgu0Yb
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Nvxe4C4hm
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG1LyAS4IO
"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?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxH6Aat4K9
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG6uS3Vd64
"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."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2oA5VqVcI
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJFrIusXH4
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4rIJeAqHt
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JPyExNaat
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3qSyd5Vsl
"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?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eS4KpsNlm
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXUlqFS47V
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH9lOmPG05
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1al5DyaiH8
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAtQ7kZT8i
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohlxue9QCQ
"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."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAetP0D2dp
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMcWYWR9FR
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSQlLBFPKY
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBkE9eIaml
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge6Btx1xjs
"What do you think?" I reply.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdliA5uJBT
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo04M5RtlhM
"I know," I reply to him.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzZ8Rg1PaN
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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMLPWM4DfB
"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."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyehX8h0mZ
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNL6vgcdd6
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZMYcjMboV
"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."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsZkpfOKCj
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VoXOCS2rt
They walk towards each other.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBzQO8Xkbv
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcWNuUupKR
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2mnDzWDth
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ474D1gu3su
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvTNv2n1c7
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOHUsQScUP
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDGIaQ6tIi
Esther walks up to Klaus.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXxb2xv0Mg
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkqyxiyHGx
"To kill me," Klaus replies.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMfReE8EqN
"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.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TaOkLW2am
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlF2sJI9JX
"I didn't do it on your account."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDyDjCevaY
"I love her, Damon."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4d1xjVd7Sf
"So do I."398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGInMbuUjB
I look at him and then walk away.
