It's a beautiful day, as I walk through a meadow talking on my phone with Elena and Ric.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2zoYSgp6w
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBPooTBh6C
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbhusn0oIC
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," I say.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0D8SByRbW
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjects.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVHQS5kqd2
"I'm just saying first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," I explain.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1ttwo1KWK
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric says.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR13hl99sHt
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena says.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57uEd1r4LO
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replies.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ3I1tDaTk
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responds.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QsRUYUVRS
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" I ask.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMf6DFR3hz
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Oc0iE80LX
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," I reply.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cz0w7gVXI
"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."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ3vW8CnzR
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM95tOzydM
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asks me.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXd3yL7f28
"Tea with an old friend," I reply.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bSJNPaiJu
I hang up.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDN1nliglih
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice," I greet him, as he walks towards me.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWMb2zD3OV
We stop when we stand not far from one another.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4raZtvwqwC
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah says, a piece of paper in hand.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cNid8jFYd
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHJWWjMrZz
"Damon."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvq9Mn9FzL
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs2U9v1p3I
"I'm here, let's talk."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeQODUxPpi
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUD4juWDmk
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announces.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19LSU5Ts59
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuqj9y3biF
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah tells us.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jV58BXQnP
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEbKEZmAPd
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replies.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB0bdj3JeR
Everyone except Stefan eat at the table.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62u4p7CObm
"You lost your appetite," Klaus says.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L7d4rMp09
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," I say.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IjcWjxj7N
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRICufjYwd
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" I rejoindered.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MU3xc0ITA
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi1oqnwC7n
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfNIylpg0j
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa3xN724JU
"Hey Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," I tell my brother.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe7Gw3AooB
"We're here to make a deal, Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfRc33jHdn
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," I answer.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDlJpNWZ7n
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asks.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZJjIW7ZH6
"I don't know. Ask Damon."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYg37Nzypx
Klaus laughs.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidRMp1wvxK
Elijah looks surprised.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKdhmoqUTP
"I'm sorry. You missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmeObelodk
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan comments.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5OTkQZIIJ
"You know what? Probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," I interject.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpIZn2xLA4
"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?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BnqvEFvxi
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvshqiGZ6f
"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."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn46azKtMd
"We're not going anywhere, Elijah. Please! Do tell," I rebut.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVrQegSkgc
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NAaoU7dNP
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDfZbGd0hJ
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asks.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VbWjHTqa2
"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?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla64KkF9OW
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."
"Family of paver," Elijah says, raising a glass.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmcQ5nK8Bp
"Family of paver," Klaus echoes.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRespSCg4rH
"So what do we look at this evening along, and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announces.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m6WKYZUJV
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3rrC7o0WM
"Sounds fair," Elijah comments.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1l8o1Mqt7
"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."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElRnmimRZx
"I'm gonna get some air," I say.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVod3DQLjA
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responds.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEN43sqoX4
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nnvFhEQIA
"What's wrong?" Elijah asks.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCYh8AFE3v
"What do you think?" I reply.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay5blY9rdi
"The sooner we resolve this, the sooner you two can leave here," he assures me.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzHAW0Oier
"I know," I reply to him.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1fIf219ur
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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxGfSquWtc
"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."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLV4N1DbLa
"Matt Donovan? Really?" I say.
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF1fipwBqw
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjKqsT5QP9
"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."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7Ufa3qg7l
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AbG04uUEI
They walk towards each other.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCOB7wWkyR
Klaus holds his hand out and Stefan takes it.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVE0C1Wxos
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzUPwg5vTx
Klaus grabs Stefan's arm and holds his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand starts to burn.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAwHLjgizs
"What are you doing?" I ask Klaus.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRf9VPi0iP
"Bring me the coffin, or he dies."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5nVwxGrAZ
Just then, Elijah comes back in the room with an undaggered Esther, Rebekah, and Kol.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVeJJudsvV
Esther walks up to Klaus.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYnbqqc9d9
"Do you know why I'm here?" she asks him.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy9pRqjoB2
"To kill me," Klaus replies.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4ytH02vI4
"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.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WlWZZEA83
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan says.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKb9Jm35SS
"I didn't do it on your account."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79D2qJvvJB
"I love her, Damon."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn9zVgO32z
"So do I."432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrPAPJ5Fjh
I look at him and then walk away.
