It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJloSx7GuV
"Morning," she greeted him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQXDVLkZ0a
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ex260YfNo
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKefu5joc07
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pBXfvOAan
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstMrXdoohz
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEGzMx8SLc
"No you didn't."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YMhjy3f5e
"Yes I did."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq5W964UGp
"Oh, was she cool about that?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnCyok0Ma4
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkltInTSIr
Just then, the doorbell rang.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k7zc7K0ei
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdKwybl3SC
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDdB7G2Bvc
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxTmQMKnzw
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CJYm2Cnnx
"Of course," Alaric responded.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrxJBZwqZj
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYzrEYRt7A
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zBmOj8Z3J
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l446A3lYn
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuonm7qpC20
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UwSFbP0NM
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulpDJT4lcp
"Yours."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHkddQkyER
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzu6ybm0BPU
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiV9gwHFEQn
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjALHoRY0d
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFbIpUr78v
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi59sasEiG
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQaDCP6s8V
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlko4bmIhZ6
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxtZu4Dvhr
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8FYZzrI6B
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xClXV5ACp
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefUbjJiM5A
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6Lu9Cboro
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRKGcPg2ox
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSSvp6Rk9A
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnW2o62zUp
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIGcsmRXXg
Damon hung up.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc85f4EnEfa
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAROB8B80VF
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN72TXPbTZ
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOagxUHd2En
"Damon."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlQYigH9r3
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD3F2GllG7
"I'm here, let's talk."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhtmcZz0ne
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOGQpTr7N2
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkHXP2MzgB
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv6KzaBJHW
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4f1grDt9D
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD2Nun8DeV
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbs9RFi1qhm
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlAuQko4Fz
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFawW5NDrv
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtLhK35GXd
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhgdWyG8dB
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbJPk7uR55
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAyYmZh7l2
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lWLpWn38g
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejJsZ3LLq5
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua06py2bIM
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT6EUotZ2W
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP9HBo705l
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUM421ATI5
"I don't know ask Damon."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN5rdt8f8D
Klaus laughed.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ3JmUHkTk
Elijah looked surprised.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppAaOnVxiK
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWggCHBFEH
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbqsI7z8vp
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwQBaHiYUA
"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?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevX8RjXg1v
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgZDFWoIPa
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZK98ZUMXg
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sMa3JMXqq
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pKGQdoajZ
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9N8v7QIZT
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4zdpFEPNr
"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?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ffoI16wOn
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55Z7OHzDpa
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzEDV7X0Go
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2x71IMKq0
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD91l0jr4s
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDVDyKKWtM
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd45Alyg1nE
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMewb2Qiiku
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1iy0RHkGE
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMv2XThNuS
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5ScTryH51
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx94udHZrv
"Delicious," Klaus commented.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl68xkpHuL
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75TRnXwPk3
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgOyHkSGot
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ItvGd9OOw
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W0ENg7xfs
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCNL5esuyl
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefn3WfQ0Wd
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp0cQv5Qar
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBDLA6xAB6
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQ6xuXKWg5
They walked towards each other.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyj8qOjuex
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TR3m1kRQT
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoy7lqvgfS
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprRpBTMg8n
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Jjs2II8w
Damon rushed over and through him away.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTUnvrIfcD
Stefan got to his feet.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnYMuHJ0bx
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt7NaNWAU8
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGxCtTMpaB
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGEN3ZfCUD
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNVRpbNOji
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN6zxLXqpk
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa0y2muB1u
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcl17SYmdT
"This is for mother."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PjWvdzzk9
Elijah had a dagger too.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcryZxEhn7d
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoGdUXxMA2
"Do you know why I'm here?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkcSXSVrnI
"To kill me."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hKeX8tiCX
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTNtkhBIJm
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7ZdIhncZe
Elijah stabbed his brother.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBSikbNt5d
"See you in the next century or two."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkj1OX5E2A
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHnSXp7uGS
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0xvFEAzJM
"I didn't do it on your account."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xeq5NhQJO
"I love her, Damon."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPGjEcJ3e2
"So do I."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsCOK0RaZ4
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
