It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJLGF08L39
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBjvteJdMP
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqu8meY4eL
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNJnVp7Whw
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXQLZqSjUc
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SiD9E4TqS
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbu3JPTC4K
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EUrqh2g7Z
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJA9UB5Sfz
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKiJ4WxRm1
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgjyvRBLiy
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs2UqCIYNx
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrkUQkAA1o
"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."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaTeNrUdzT
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5vkHaCqXQ
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HepHkWscR
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMnEgqhREr
I hang up.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31B5Qb2PuP
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqDLZsLqFU
We stop when we stand not far from one another.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYyqGytO8P
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErK5VlQN3K
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsbPIPpFRg
"Damon."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqZZ4WqVKC
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9hz9KcrMj
"I'm here, let's talk."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ271nmBbQJQ
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJxYyabpfT
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXumGI5NF0P
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XIuhnhFRR
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XL0Wceaa1
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvWZr9mk9H
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcWKU6Othl
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFE7QyvUDD0
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITc9QC2CYV
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8rKFGVMVV
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dI155beUg
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jYmgbnbSV
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkEgFLlEB2
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTGKs7kVBE
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SnDJshBGd
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0qtbsyrLM
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK509t3QofH
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrebT6Z4C3
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13dJOZR9eP
"I don't know. Ask Damon."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJNePy6Rez
Klaus laughs.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkKuswabqT
Elijah looks surprised.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDUCLTKhL0
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvvvd31Vft
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqbLWANAV5
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TdKuS2ROD
"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?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD0Wlod9bA
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAHU6o4sP9
"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."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIUzJpC2rA
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjQpTySJEu
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuYZtAF6qp
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbGmen83bP
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj0fE28JvA
"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?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglJJLCr3ZI
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA74x8Fmwq
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJyZDdiYIN
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdboNgkCyw
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuOObu8fnk
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQrIgVFVYO
"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."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEicOqQUcsT
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXffhwvlEz
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFLRejaIs1
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVtWZpmj9H
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjMa8Utwgq
"What do you think?" I reply.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SmJPhjiMY
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gvA303mpC
"I know," I reply to him.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg11zKTCMVs
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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pm1g8O5td
"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."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VEtWcEFcG
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaigq81iPqZ
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH30iLfMlg
"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."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVtNwsfkQm
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W2nuD3Eab
They walk towards each other.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZYRcp3xEn
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3S3C1S14r
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitMnomU3pa
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ344vaPAHnC
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMElH8wKyFp
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn6Lcmojbc
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysBd8jDtjK
Esther walks up to Klaus.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRio6xs3ZIy
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WrEslpIlF
"To kill me," Klaus replies.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqldVfBYk37
"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.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCFTjoVdv3
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFwZ5NvBAB
"I didn't do it on your account."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80sBtRg8Of
"I love her, Damon."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtJMgWSnai
"So do I."400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHDrfKnOR9
I look at him and then walk away.
