Klaus and Elijah sit across from Jonas Martin and his two children.
"You have your daughter back, Jonas. I held up my end." Elijah reminds the eldest warlock.
"No. Your end was killing the hybrid. She's not helping." Jonas says with a glare as his daughter rolls her eyes.
"It's funny. Isn't it, Elijah? The way he's acting as though he has choice." Klaus says with an smug grin.
"We will not help you. It's wrong. He's a crime against nature." Jonas states making Klaus's jaw clench.
"Brother, if you could." Elijah says as Klaus stands and rushes the youngest witch, holding him up by his neck.
"We aren't asking. Greta, be a dear and test that." Klaus says setting Luka down but still keeping a grip on his neck as he points to the elixir.
Greta nods and picks up the elixir as Elijah puts his hand out.
"Is there anyway to test it's effectiveness without calling upon the ancestors? informed me that the original witch may be actively sabotaging the ritual." Elijah says as the witch nods and Klaus scoffs.
"You rip someone's heart out one time and they make their afterlife's mission to destroy you." Klaus says with and eye roll as Elijah shoots him a disbelievingly glare.
"Yes, she's horrible." Elijah deadpans as Greta chants over the elixir.
"It should work. But this is some dark magic. I wouldn't be surprised if it had some pretty major consequences." She informs as the two original nod.
"That's enough. We will help with the ritual, but after that, lose my information." Jonas says angrily as he grabs his kid's arms.
"Of course, let me walk you out." Elijah says as politely as ever while gesturing to the door.
"What is it?" Klaus asks when Elijah walks back into the room while staring at piece of paper with furrowed brows and an open mouth.
"An invitation, it would seem. From , made out to the two of us." Says clearing his throat with a small smile.
"What is my little doppelganger up to?" Klaus asks with narrowed eyes.
"Paranoid as ever, Niklaus." Elijah sighs.
"No one could possibly care this little about their own life." Klaus declares suspiciously as Elijah raises a brow.
"So little about her own or so much about yours?" He counters making Klaus roll his eyes.
"Do not waist your time trying to find hidden meaning in my words, Elijah. Just because you can't see past her face-" Elijah interrupts with a scoff.
"Of course I can. I'm not fond of the girl because of her ancestors."
"Right. You hang on her every word and in her presence smile more in a few hours than I have seen you smile for entire decades, because she doesn't remind you of Tatia. Or is it Katerina you see?" Klaus mocks.
"I see Elena Gilbert. A girl who introduced herself with a ridiculous pick up line and even though she's not only aware of, but seen many of my despicable deeds, called me out on my deal with Rose-Marie as though complimenting me on my deceitfulness. She is far from Tatia or the Katerina we knew. Honestly, would either of them ever send this?" Elijah asks handing his brother the invitation who begins to read it aloud.
"Dearest non-daggered Mikael sons,
you are cordially invited to my "Murder Mystery" dinner party, where I will reveal Klaus to be the killer and myself as his soon-to-be victim.
Text for deets.
With lust, ya boi.
P.S. This is Ellie, if that wasn't obvious.
P.P.S. Tell Klaus to wear something cute. *wink* *wink*"
Klaus finishes before shutting his eyes with a sigh.
"No. I doubt either of her ancestors would have sent that." Klaus admits with a small smile
"She is quite strange." Elijah agrees with a chuckle.
"As endearing as I find her madness, we mustn't let our guard down. This girl holds more power over us than anyone we have ever faced. It would be foolish to trust her. She is a Petrova after all." Klaus raises his glass with a smirk.
"Niklaus, if she isn't to be trusted, why would she contact us at all? Like you said, she holds a significant amount of power over our entire family. Why not use her knowledge to run? She mentioned that in the alternate timeline she saw, I died. If she knows how to kill an original, why offer herself up at all? If this girl is as conniving as you claim to believe, why is she helping you? Tying her life to yours. Effectively ending any chance at a normal future?" Elijah argues as Klaus stands.
"That, my noble brother, is what we are going to find out." Klaus says with a smirk as he pushes the invitation into Elijah's chest as he walks out of the room.
"They're gonna hate it!" Caroline cries as Elena tries to stifle her laughter.
"They're not gonna hate it, Care bear. In fact, they're gonna love it." She assures as Caroline shakes her head.
"No. No, they lived through the renaissance era! They know what a good party is supposed to be. I'm a fraud!" She says dropping on to the couch and Elena lays on the floor next to her.
"Care, they were vikings. They slept on the ground and didn't have showers. They are not gonna care." She comforts, petting Caroline's hair.
"Doesn't matter." Caroline says with a sigh.
"No, it does. Care bear, but let me remind you that I don't give flying fuck, what the originals think of me or you or any one of us. We're kids. Literally, like not even legal adults. They have no place to judge us. So if we want to throw trashy, tacky, or down right stupid parties, then we will. But seeing as how you, my dear, are the party planner, that's just not possible." Elena says softly before standing back up and putting her hands on her hips.
"So stand your happy ass up and get back to work." She says sternly making Caroline giggle and stand up.
"Okay! Thank you, Ellie. You're the best!" She says bringing Elena into a very tight hug.
"I know. It's honestly exhausting." Elena says teasingly as Caroline runs away.
"Ellie, I can't get the shading right." Jeremy whines childishly as Elena groans.
"My God, are you all collectively having a crisis today?" She asks before taking her brothers sketch pad.
"What are you talking about? This is perfect." She says making him smile.
"Yeah?" He asks hopefully while she rolls her eyes.
"Yes. And you know it is." She says before kissing his head and walking away.
"Hey-" Elena interrupts Stefan.
"What? You back to ripping people? Damon renew his promise of eternal misery? What?" She asks as he raises a brow.
"Just checking to see if you're sure this is how you want to tell them." He says softly.
"Oh. Totally. They'll be tipsy, stuffed with amazing food, and distracted by your striking good looks." She she says laying a hand on his cheek as he rolls his eyes with a smile.
"Hmm hm. This is gonna turn out terribly." He warns making her pout.
"Ye of little faith. I've got this, Stef. Now get in the kitchen where you belong. Mama's hungry." She says pushing him away making him laugh.
"I'll get it." Elena calls out to the room of her friends when the boarding house's doorbell rings.
"Sorry, 'lijah. We're not interested in purchasing a bible." Elena says looking his suit up and down.
"Kidding, I'm glad you guys could make it." Elena greets the two originals with a smile.
"Of course, we received your invitation." Elijah says with heavy eye contact laced with judgment.
"Not sure why you have that look in your eye, but I'm gonna assume it has nothing to do with me." Elena says with a raised brow.
"Hello, Love." Klaus greets with an amused smirk.
"Well, hello there." Elena flirts leaning against the door.
"Okay. That's enough. Come in." Damon says shortly pulling Elena away from the brothers.
"Let me introduce you to everyone." Elena says as she grabs their arms, pulling them into the living room.
"Hey, guys. The guests of honor have arrived. You met Klaus, but this Elijah." She says gesturing to the noble brother as the others wave.
"Jen, this is the other 1000 year old dude I hit on. Can't you understand why?" Elena asks with an impressed tone making Jenna sigh.
"I'm very sorry about her, I'd say we dropped her on her head as a baby, but she's just like that." Jenna apologizes as the other laugh and Elena scoffs.
"It's quite alright, Mrs…" Elijah trails off.
"Oh, Ms. Sommers, not Mrs." Jenna offers as he brings her hand to his lips.
"Uh, no. Absolutely not. This is not happening. You'll become related to their family over my rotting corpse." Elena states making Jenna blush and scold her.
"Elena Marie." She says sternly.
"Sorry, Jen. But they have a 1000 years worth of enemies. You'd be killed in like a week! Do you know easy it is to kill humans? I could kill you all, right now." Elena stresses making Jenna smile.
"Ellie, calm down. Deep breath." She says putting her hands on Elena's shoulders as Elena breathing evens.
"I'm calm. If you'll excuse me, I need to go clean up the stuff I'm about to break. Talk amongst yourselves." Elena says with a nod before walking away.
"Is she alright?" Elijah asks with concern as her friends nod.
"Yeah, it's just how she processes her emotions. I'm Tyler, it's nice to meet you." Tyler says holding out his hand to Elijah.
"Ah, yes. Ellie's werewolf friend." Klaus speaks up with a particularly creepy smile.
"Oh no, are you going to kill me? Ellie said vampires sometimes kill werewolves because we can kill them on the full moon. I swear I have no intention of triggering my curse and I promise I would never bite you. And if you kill me, Ellie would make it life's mission to kill you. So beware." Tyler ramble nervously.
"I have no intention of killing any of Ellie's friends." Klaus says calming the boy.
"What are you're intentions? Ellie hasn't really mentioned why you're in town." Jenna says suspiciously as the Salvatore brothers look to each other.
"Well-" Klaus is interrupted by a loud scream and the sound of breaking glass.
"Should someone check on her?" He asks with an amused expression.
"Naw, she's good. Probably halfway done." Jeremy says and introduces himself.
"Elena speaks very highly of you." Elijah comments making Jeremy smile.
"Yeah, everyone says that when I introduce myself. She likes to exaggerate." He says as Elijah nods.
"Yes. I figured as much when she called you 'the greatest artist the world has ever known." He says as Jeremy face turns pink.
"Hey, I'm Matt and this is my sister Vicki." Matt says gesturing to his sister as Elijah nods.
"Okay. That's over. I broke a whole lotta shit. I will not be paying you back, seeing as how I have no money. Thank you." She say to the Salvatores.
"You're good. It's Zach's stuff anyway." Damon shrugs.
"Where is Zach? Why didn't he have to invite them in?" Bonnie asks nods towards the originals.
"He's away." Damon says innocently making the others narrow their eyes.
"You kill him?" Jeremy asks.
"No." He denies as they still stare at him.
"I didn't. He's away finding his daughter, who was placed up for adoption 18 years ago." He explains as Elena grimaces knowing exactly where line of questioning is headed.
"Why did-" Elena interrupts.
"Who's hungry?" She says loudly pulling Bonnie to the dining room as the others follow.
"Stefan is a wonderful chef!" Elena says pulling out Jenna's seat and and pouring her a glass of wine with a heavy hand.
"Uh, no." Jenna says as Elena pours everyone a drink.
"You are all underage." She says as Elena widens her doe eyes.
"But-" Jenna interrupts.
"No. Turn those off." She says pointing to Elena's eyes making her pout.
"Why don't they work on you? I can usually get anyone to do anything." Elena says.
"Years ago, you used those things to get me to stay up all night and play dress up with you and Jer. You fell asleep in your pancakes the next morning and your mom scolded me for like an hour. Never again." Jenna says making the Gilbert siblings smile and the others laugh.
"Sound like mom." Jeremy says with a sad smile.
"Fine. But for the record, the coming events of this evening will go a lot smoother if everyone is at least tipsy." Elena says setting down the bottle and taking her seat.
"Did you invite us here to tell us why Klaus is in town?" Bonnie asks surprising Elena.
"How did you-"
"You are not subtle." Bonnie says matter of factly.
"Right. Okay, yeah. That is why I threw this party." She says making Caroline clear her throat as Elena smiles.
"Sorry. That's why Caroline threw this party." Elena corrects as Damon enters the dining room with a glass of suspiciously red juice.
"What is this?" She asked with an amused smile.
"Just, you know. Something to drink." He says as she rolls her eyes.
"Can I talk to you real quick. We'll be right back." Elena says pulling Damon out of the room.
"Damon, stop trying to feed me your blood." Elena says with a laugh as she shakes her head.
"I didn't-" she cuts him off.
"Klaus will kill you. Actually, he'll kill everyone and probably torture Stefan in front of you. And as awesome, ah horrible as that is, I really don't feel like watching anyone I love die." She says.
"Is it happening tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? Do you even know when he's going to show up and literally kill you? You might not come back, Ellie. What are we gonna do without you. You can't die." He says frantically before Elena brings him into a hug.
"I'm not going anywhere. You really think you can get rid of me that easily? I'm Ellie fucking Gilbert. It's gonna take a lot more than some smoking hot hybrid with daddy issues to kill me. Maybe a 2000 year old philandering witch, but that's a bridge we'll cross if we get to it." She says pulling away.
"I'll be fine. So stop trying to dose me." She says leaning forward and kissing his cheek.
"Sorry everyone, he's real needy." Elena says as they reenter the dining room.
"Rude." He mutters taking a seat.
"You gonna tell us why he's here?" Matt asks.
"Yes. Klaus could you come with me." Elena says pulling Klaus out if the room.
"Look, I'm gonna have to really play up how sad the situation is for them to get on board. Okay? Just ignore it." Elena says as he nods.
"Alright guys, this story starts a thousand years ago…" Elena proceeds to tell the tale of the infamous Klaus Mikaelson.
"Well, on the night his mother cursed him, she used a doppelganger named Tatia's blood. So to break the curse, Klaus needs to sacrifice a wolf, a vampire, and a human doppelganger." Elena says wait for them to process the information.
"What the hell."
"Are you kidding me."
"That's not happening."
"I'll cut a bitch!" Caroline, Bonnie, Tyler, and Vicki yell at the same time as Jenna stands abruptly.
"You're gonna kill my niece!" She shouts angrily at Klaus as Elena grimaces.
"Technically, but then-" Jenna interrupts Elena.
"He's going to kill you and we're eating dinner with him!" She shouts tuning her anger on Ellie.
"You were completely right. This was a terrible idea." Elena says to Stefan before turning to her aunt.
"Jen, please sit down. I'm not finished. He wants to break his curse to make hybrids and he can't make hybrids without my human doppelganger blood. So, he has to bring me back. Which he will do with an elixir Elijah had made 500 years ago. I'm gonna be totally fine." She explains in one breath trying to calm everyone.
"Why in the world did you think this whole thing was a good idea?" Jenna asks rhetorically.
"Rem thought we should do it will clue cards and actors like a real murder mystery dinner." Elena says childishly pointing a finger at her brother.
"No. I'm the one who talked her out of doing that." He defends.
"And now he's lying. Where will his delinquentness end?" Elena asked horrified.
"Elena, stop deflecting." Jenna scolds as Jeremy snickers.
"Couldn't take one for the team?" Elena asked as Jeremy just smiles at her.
"Little shit." Elena mutters.
"Look guys, I'm sorry. You know I'm not great with the whole having emotions thing. I thought this would lighten the mood." Elena admits as they smile fondly at her.
"How certain are you that you're gonna come back?" Jenna asks skeptically.
"100 percent. And even if the elixir doesn't work, I'm sure Klaus could threaten to kill off a bunch of witch bloodlines until someone brings be back." Elena guarantees causing Bonnie to raise a brow.
"But not yours. Never yours. And grams could kick his ass." Elena says making Bonnie giggle with a nod.
"I don't just have to do this. I want to. I want to help him." Elena says.
"No offense, but why?" Tyler asks.
"Because, look at him. His eyes are so so heartbreaking. He's a sad husk of a man." Elena exaggerates as Klaus holds out a hand.
"Alright. That's-" Elena cuts him off.
"Look into those sad, sad eyes. Can't you see why I want to help him? So broken." Elena whispers while shaking her head.
"She's right guys, look at him." Caroline says sadly making Elena bite her lip to contain a laugh as Klaus glares daggers at her.
"What a coincidence. I too, have no idea why Ellie would be so willing to help me. Do enlighten us." Klaus says making Elena's eye widen with a gasp.
"You think I'm tricking you." She accuses with an amused smile.
"I didn't say that." He defends.
"You didn't have to. You think I'm lying and what? Trying to kill you?"
"Or perhaps I'm not sure your resurrection is as peril as you've led me to believe." He admits as she puts hand on her chest.
"Never in all my years, have I been so insulted." She states dramatically as he rolls his eyes.
"You want proof? Proof that I wanted you to make your hybrids even if I couldn't be brought back?" She asks with a challenging expression.
"We'll be back, guys. Make Elijah feel welcome. Come on." She says pulling the hybrid out of the house.
"I don't see how bringing me here helps your case." Klaus says as Elena unlocks her storage unit.
"God, would you shut up?" Elena snaps making him push her against the metal door.
"This again?" She asks irritated.
"You really should start fearing me. Even if I can't kill you, you have a pretty long list of people you care about. And what is it you said to the ripper's brother? Ah, yes "I don't feel like watching anyone I love die." He mocks with a grin as she rolls her eyes.
"I don't fear you, because I don't have a reason to, because I'm not planning to ever go against you." She tries to make him understand.
"I don't believe you." He says angrily as she shrugs.
"I don't care." She says simply as he smirks.
"Maybe you are afraid, your heart is beating faster than a hummingbird." He comments smugly.
"It's not from fear." She whisper back with a smirk casting her eyes down towards his hand, loosely placed around her neck.
His smirk falters and his replaced with confusion making her laugh and push him away.
"Come on. Can you stop being you, for like a minute. I have a surprise." She says as he collects himself.
"What is all this?" He asks looking around at her weapons with an impressed expression.
"Just my toys. That's not why we're here." She says walking to the back and opening up a cabinet, retrieving the moonstone.
"Here." She tosses it to him.
"Isn't much of a surprise seeing as how you already said you had it." He comments putting the glorified rock in his pocket.
"That's not what I wanted to show you." She says opening up her freezer and waving him over.
"Blood? What does-"
"My blood, Klaus." She says stunning him as he looks around.
"How long-"
"4 times a year since I was ten. Around 30 pints." She answers.
"How much-"
"About an ounce. If you do the math, its about-"
"450 hybrids." He interrupts with a disbelievingly laugh.
"You did this for me?" He asks staring at her intently.
"It's whatever. Don't flatter yourself." She replies shifting slightly under his intense gaze.
"Why would you- Why?" Is all he can bring himself to ask.
"I don't know. You're kind of important to me. Look, I can't control who I care about." She says getting embarrassed.
"So you believe me now? Because no one would go through all this trouble for now reason. I mean, they made me drink an orange juice everytime I gave blood and I hate orange juice." She says making him laugh.
"Why didn't you just ask for apple?" He asks with a smile making her look to him with wide eyes.
"You can do that?" She asks shocked making him laugh again as he looks around.
"Yeah. You can." He says with a smile
Elena is curled up on the Salvatore's couch reading a book when she feels someone's gaze.
"Hell-"
"Ahhh!" She cuts the voice off with a scream as she chucks her book at the offender.
"O." Klaus finishes with an amused tone as he catches the book.
"You're not a killer clown." Elena says with a relieved sigh as her eyes travel his body.
"No, just the original hybrid trying to sacrifice you." Damon says from from behind Klaus with an unimpressed tone.
"Speaking of, you ready to go, Love?" Klaus asks Elena with a small smile as she nods.
"Yep, let's get me dead." She claps her hands and stands as Damon groans.
"Seriously, Ellie? Could you be a little less psyched? He's literally going to kill you." Damon says as she puts on her shoes.
"You are purposely leaving out the part where I'm resurrected." Elena scolds as Klaus watches the two with amusement.
"Where's the rippah?" Klaus asks looking around as Elena smirks.
"He went with Elijah to get the other sacrifices, don't worry you'll see your BFF later." She says sympathetically as he rolls his eyes with a smile.
"Come on." Klaus says with a huff grabbing her hand.
"Ugh, I walked through a spider web, kill me now." Elena says dramatically as she wipes the web off her.
"Patients, Love." Klaus replies as they come upon the sacrifice site making her send him an smile.
"Hey, 'lijah." Elena flirts as she swings around with her hands behind her back her head tilted as they come upon Elijah, the Martin witches, and Stefan.
"Hello, Elena." He responds with a small amused smile.
"El, you okay?" Stefan asks walking towards her with a worried expression making her smile fondly.
"Yes. I'm fine, Stef. Everything is gonna be fine. I promise." She says while squeezing his hand.
"You guys don't have to stay." Elena says to the Salvatores.
"What? Of course we do." Damon says offended as Stefan nods.
"I don't want you guys to watch me die." Elena tell them sadly.
"Hey, we're here for everything. Even the bad." Stefan says as she lays her head on his shoulder.
Elena watches as the werewolf groans in pain and the vampire looks around frantically.
"What the hell is this?" The soon to be sacrificed vampire yells.
"Hello, there." Elena says cheerfully as she makes her way over to the vampire.
"I'm Ellie, doppelganger sacrifice. And you're Rob? Bobby? Robert? Craig? The vampire sacrifice. I'd say it's nice to meet you, but it's really not." She says as he glares with a look of realization.
"Oh, good. You remember me. I was worried the amount of vervain we've pumped you with would scramble your brain a bit." She says with a teasing smile.
"What did you do to me." He asks angrily.
"Killed you. Well, turned you. But it's all the same, considering you're going to be dead soon, anyway." Elena says as she makes and L with her finger and squints her eye.
"You crazy bitch-" Elena cuts him off as she takes a running start, kicking him the face.
"Whoo! Yes! I knew those kick off lessons would come in handy. Thank you, Ty." She cheers happily as the vampire groans with blood flowing down his face.
"Ms. Gilbert." Elijah says, reprimanding lightly as Klaus and the Salvatores look on amused.
"No, it's all good, Eli. He deserves it. Promise." She says before turning to the vampire.
"Do you want to tell the nice man why you're here, or should I?" She asks sweetly as he continues to glare.
"You see, Damon, Stefan, and I, were out cruise'n for pervs to turn for Klaus, when we heard the unmistakable sound of a tiny dicked asshole, beating on some poor, helpless woman." Elena says glaring at the sad excuse of a man.
"Would you like to tell him who the woman was? No? Okay." Elena says with another kick making him groan again.
"So we run over, pull him off her, and compel her to explain the situation. Lo and behold, we find that the woman's not only his wife, but his pregnant one." Elena says looking to Elijah as he furrows his brows.
"Yeah, so you cool with this?" She asks as he nods.
"Baby's fine, much to your dissmay, I assume." Elena says coolly to the dick as she walks back over to the Salvatore brothers.
"You get it all out?" Damon asks her in an amused tone.
"No." She sighs sadly.
"Well at least you get to watch him die." Stefan tries to cheer her up, but she only shrugs.
"I guess."
"How about we go kill some assholes when you wake up?" Damon offers as she looks to him, hopefully.
"Really?" She asks making them both nod.
"You guys are the best." Elena says with a smile.
After Klaus killed the Werewolf and the dickhead. He walks over to Elena.
"It's time." He says sighing slightly when she smiles brightly at him.
"Okay, one second. Turn around." She says spinning her finger around as he looks to her confused, but complies.
"Okay, now I'm ready." She says making him turn back around.
"Really?" He asks with a amused expression as she laughs, flapping the cape to her red hood.
"I thought it was fitting, my lord." She curtseys teasingly as he chuckles lightly.
"Thank you, Ellie." He says genuinely, making her smile.
"Don't mention it." She says as her smile turns teasing.
"Alright, enough chit chat. Let's get this show on the road, I made plans after." She says making him bark out a surprised laugh and look to her baffled.
"You're very strange human, Ellie." He says with furrowed brows making her laugh.
"Are you just figuring that out now?" She asks as they make their way to the alter.
"Hey, just incase I don't come back." Elena says before bringing him into a passionate kiss as he stiffens before kissing her back while Elijah looks away and Stefan clears his throat.
"Seriously, Ellie. He's about to kill you. Like literally this very moment." Damon calls out as he throws his hands up.
"Okay. Proceed." Elena says breathlessly after pulling away.
Klaus smiles sadly at her before tilting her head, exposing her neck and gently bites making her gasp.
The last thing Ellie remembers is Klaus holding her up as her knees buckle underneath her and her vision blurs.
Elena sits up with a gasp bringing her hand to her throat only to feel nothing.
She looks down and sees her now transparent body.
Remembering the last time she looked like this, she looks around frantically.
"Calm down, Elena." A familiar loud voice says, not aiding in calming her.
"I remember you. What's going on? Why am I here?" Elena asks with fear in her voice.
"You're dead." The voice says casually making Elena's nearly invisible jaw drop.
"Like, dead dead?" She asks hoping for a 'psych, just kidding.'
"Yes, exactly like, dead dead."
"That sucks a fat one." Elena says with a dejected sigh.
"Do you remember what happened?" The loud voice asks making Elena recount her last memories.
"Umm… I was with Klaus. Yeah, Klaus. I was with Klaus. We kissed. Oooh, there was tongue. That was awesome! Go me!" Elena cheers happily trying to high five herself only for her hands to go through each other.
"What else?" The voice ask in an impatient tone.
"He drained me. But, I took the elixir. Shit! It didn't work, did it?" Elena asks with a groan.
"No, it did." The voice assures calming Elena.
"Sick! Thank… you, I guess." Elena says in a confused tone.
"You're welcome. And, I'm impressed. You know, I've been watching you, you've proven to be very… entertaining." The loud voice says after a pause.
"Yeah…" Elena trails off with a strange tone.
"What?" The loud voice asks.
"Nothing." Elena says quickly.
"Say it." The loud voice says annoyed.
"I don't know what-"
"Just say it." The voice demands.
"Doppelganger? Seriously? And Elena Gilbert. Not even Kat? Really? I have no powers. I can't turn into an animal. I can't even compel people. A baby, you dropped me into a actual new born baby!" Elena complains in one breath.
"…" The loud voice remains silent.
"It just wasn't very cool." Elena says in a quieter tone than before.
"You are the most well informed being in your universe. What more could you possibly want?" The voice asks with disbelief.
"I don't know, all I'm saying is some magic would have been nice." Elena tries to shrug.
"Seriously? You got to save all your friends, you're gonna get Katerina Petrova's freedom, plus you got to play out your little hybrid fantasy. And you want magic? So what? So you can-"
"So I can light my joints with a flame coming out of the tip of my finger, yes. Okay. Is that what you wanted me to admit?" Elena asks accusatorily.
"You ungrateful little shit! The loud voice yells.
"Hey!" Elena yells back, offended.
"I saved you from an afterlife you would have hated! A boring, peaceful, lonely place that would've driven you mad. I put you in a world you loved and gave you a real family, one like you never had before and you're mad because I didn't give you pyrokinesis?" The voice says with a disbelieving scoff.
"I can't protect them!" Elena yells.
"I'm human. I have to rely on everyone else to protect me and I hate it. I can't protect my friends." Elena admits quietly.
"I'm sorry you feel I cheated you, but I put you in a position to fix things to your liking. Also, I like that Jeremy kid, I thought he needed someone."
"That's pretty nice, I guess. Look, I'm sorry for being ungrateful. I'm really happy with my afterlife and I'm thankful to you for giving me another chance." Elena says honestly.
"So, what are you gonna do now?" The voice asks.
"Not sure. Maybe college? I'll probably never be able to turn. So, who knows? Maybe I'll try to recreate Tessa's immortality spell." Elena shrugs.
"Speaking of, what have you got planned for Silas?"
"No clue. If I leave things be, hunters will eventually wake him, bringing hell on earth. And if I wake him myself and tell him about Amara, he'll just kill her and bring down the otherside to be with her."
"Well, you've got some time to figure it out. In the meantime, we have a problem."
"What?" Elena asks with wide eyes.
"The elixir was created with dark magic that comes with very serious consequences." The voice informs.
"Like what?"
"You're probably gonna be haunted by the otherside until you're driven to madness, most likely resulting in your suicide." The voice tells her in a less than comforting tone.
"Fuuu-uuck, that doesn't sound good." Elena whines.
"Certainly not."
"Uh, if you have a solution, feel free to share with the class." Elena says panicky.
"Well, I do like watching you." The voice admits.
"Creepy." Elena mutters.
"I'd probably be bored if you died."
"Real nice." Elena mutters sarcastically.
"Alright, I think I got it." The voice says after a moment.
"Really? Cool, whatcha got?" Elena asks hopefully.
"Sorry, you're about to wake up."
"What? No, do not-"
"Goodbye." The voice interrupts before Elena's world goes black.
"Her heart has started." Elena hears Elijah as she tries to open her eyes.
"Hey. You're okay. Oh, my God. I thought you were really dead." She sees her little brother standing over her with relieved eyes.
"How long?" Elena rasps out, bringing a hand to her neck as she looks around, finding herself in her living room
"Since last night. It's noon now." Elijah says as his eyes trail over her completely healed neck.
"Were you worried about me?" Elena asks teasingly making him smile.
"Maybe a little." He responds making her laugh.
"You done flirting?" Damon asks as he walks into the room with a glass of water.
"Never. Did you stay all night?" Elena asks looking behind him, seeing Stefan.
"We both did. We wanted to watch over you. For what it's worth, you make a beautiful corpse." He jokes as he hands her the water.
"Right back at you, ocean eyes." She says with a wink before taking a sip.
"Thank you both for being here, but me and 'lijah gotta go find Klaus." Elena says standing up and losing her balance making Jeremy catch her before she falls.
"Woah, slow down there. You were dead five minutes ago. You need to rest" Damon says walking closer to her.
"Look, I really appreciate the concern. But Klaus is out there, running around on all fours and if you stop me from seeing that, I will resent you for the rest of my life." Elena tells him honestly before regaining her balance.
"Exactly, he's a wolf right now, he could hurt you." Stefan says making her laugh.
"How hilarious would it be if mauls me to death after all this effort to bring me back." Elena says as they all look at her unimpressed.
"Kidding, obviously. Let's go, Eli." Elena says grabbing his hand and pulling him out of the room.
As Elijah and Elena trek through the woods, they hear a loud growl.
Elena immediately runs toward it, ignoring all signs of danger and Elijah's warnings to stop.
"Elena, please me careful." He says walking behind before she stops.
"Oh. My. Gods." Elena says quietly staring at the blood covered wolf.
"He is so fucking cute." She says walking closer with her hand out making the wolf growl and stand in attack position.
"I know you're fully aware, Klaus. If you bite me, I will punch you in the snout." Elena warns as he stops growling.
"Elena, I do not think that is a good idea." Elijah says as Elena kneels in front of wolf Klaus.
"Aww. Who's a good boy? Are you a good boy?" Elena baby talks scratching behind his ear making him growl again.
"Are you covered in the blood of the innocent? Yes, you are." Elena ignores him as he huffs and lays his head in her lap.
"Elijah, please take a picture. Right now." Elena says throwing her phone to him as Klaus looks to her in, what can only be described as betrayal.
Elena throws up a peace sign as Elijah snaps a few photos, because of course.
"So, as much as you're enjoying this whole Marmaduke thing, if you could turn back, that would be much appreciated. We need to talk." She says running her hand through his fur.
"Promise I won't peak." Elena says crossing her fingers behind her back.
"Elijah, could you?" Elena asks as Elena tosses Klaus the bag he's carrying and turns around.
"That was a amazing." Klaus says after shifting back while putting on his clothes.
"I agree. I always knew you you'd be an amazing kisser." Elena says before laughing as he scoops her into a hug.
"Thank you. You have no idea what this feels like. Thank you, Ellie." He says setting her down and smiling at her.
"You're are more than welcome, Klaus. I'm glad you're finally free." She tells him honestly before her face becomes serious.
"Alright. We need to talk." Elena says as he raises a brow.
"I want Katherine's freedom." She states bluntly.
"Absolutely not." Klaus says without hesitation making her rolls her eyes.
"Come on, seriously. What's the point of hunting her? You've moved on to better, brighter things." Elena tries to stroke his ego as he shakes his head.
"It's more about the sentiment at this point. But if it really means that much, make me an offer. What would you give in return? " Klaus asks cockily as she raises a brow.
"Are you propositioning me, if so, I accept." Elena replies eagerly making him roll his eyes.
"No, Ellie, I'm not. But, you are in a very unique position. Maybe if you share some of the secrets you keep in that pretty little head, I might feel inclined to forgive Katerina for her sins against me." Klaus says, giving a fantastic example of his God complex.
"What about your family? " Elena asks surprising him and Elijah.
"What about them?" He asks with confusion etching his face
"I want you to wake them." Elena states.
"I can't, Ellie. As I'm sure you know, it's still not safe." Klaus says as she furrows her brows while bitting her lip.
"Okay, I got it. If you agree to never hunt, seek out, or kill Katerina Petrova, I will not only give you daddy dearest's location, but also a way to kill him." Elena says as he narrows his eyes.
"Why on earth would I be willing to go after Mikael when he's tried to kill me every single time he's seen me over the last 1000 years?" He asks disbelievingly.
"Well, Mr. Big Bad Wolf, because he is currently desiccated and lying in a tomb." She says cheerfully.
"I want something else." Klaus says after a moment of silence as they walk through the woods.
"I knew you were propositioning me." Elena teases.
"Come with me." He says simply making her furrow her brows.
"I'll be leaving to make hybrids and now, kill my father. Come with me."
"Why?" Elena asks with a disbelieving laugh.
"I owe you, Ellie. And I can see how bored you are. I can understand what it feels like to be stuck in monotony. And if the excitement that burns in your eyes when something unexpected happens is anything to go by, you crave spontaneity." He says stunning her completely.
"Damn, I'm just an open book, aren't I?" She says with a disappointed sigh making the brothers smile at her.
"I'd also like to keep an eye on you and possibly pick your brain about any packs you may know of, but mostly the boredom thing." He grins as she laughs.
"So if I come with you? You'll pardon Kat?" Elena asks Klaus.
"Yes." Klaus confirms as a smile stretches across her face.
"I'm in-"
"This doesn't seem appropriate. What about your academics?" Elijah asks with concern.
"Oh no, I'm good. I can test out, I already know everything anyway." Elena shrugs.
"Then why did you stay? What's the point?" Klaus asks.
"Because, handsome, the only thing larger than my intellect is my ego. And always beating Sarah Fell for top of the class gives me an immense pleasure, only once replicated by a red headed women's studies major, who did this thing with her tongue and zucchini-squash hybrid." Elena finishes with wistful smile as Klaus smirks in amusement.
"Okay." Elijah grimaces making Elena sigh.
"You're gonna have to get used to it, Eli. I communicate in dirty jokes, it's my language." Elena tells him sympathetically as he nods.
"So it's a plan? We leave and kill papa OG, make some hybrids, then wake your siblings." Elena says as they nod making her bounce on the heels of her feet.
"Oh, my god, you should build a house here. Oh, I can't wait to meet Kol. And Bex. And I guess Finn, I don't see us clicking, but we should find Sage, she's really hot." Elena rambles with excitement making the brother smile at each other before Elena gasps in horror.
"What?" Klaus asks with concern.
"Jenna's gonna kill me." She says with realization as the brothers both look to her with wide, fearful eyes.
"Hey, it's Ellie. Just calling to say, I told you so. I did it. Step one complete. Time to find Nadia. Congratulations on your freedom, Kat. Hope to see you soon." Elena leaves Katherine a voice mail with a victorious smile playing across her face.
Elena slowing comes to with a groan as she blinks the sleep out of her eyes and looks around, causing confusion to overtake her features.
"What the hell did I do last night?" She mutters as she stands and looks around, finding herself in the middle of a deserted road.
When lying back down, closing her eyes and trying to go back to sleep, while hoping things would resolve themselves was a bust, Elena stands back up and decides to explore a little.
Walking further down the road, Elena comes across what looks to be an abandoned warehouse surrounded by fog.
"Come on, Ellie. Turn around. You are not final girl materiel. You've had far too many sexual partners. If you go in there, you will 100 percent be serial killed." Elena tries to talk herself out of it as she continues to walk in the direction of what is sure to be some bad rip off of a 80's torture porn antagonist.
As she walks closer, Elena notices a translucent barrier in front of the warehouse's entrance.
"That's not ominous." Elena mutters sarcastically bringing her hand up to the distorted veil before quickly retracting it and turning around.
"Nope. No thank you." She says while shaking her head before a curious expression takes over her face and she peaks behind her.
"Ah, screw it." She exclaims before thrusting her body through the veil.
"Oh." She says with disappointment when she just comes out the other side of the barrier in the warehouse and not dramatically transported anywhere.
Walking deeper into the building Elena starts to feel a strong pull to the farthest corner.
When she no longer feels it, she assumes she's reached her destination. Looking around, Elena tries to find something to break to lock on the door of the office that the pull lead her to.
After finding a gold vase, that's probably more expensive then her house, she uses it to break the handle off the door.
After dropping the vase, that's she now knows was clay and just painted gold, it shatters on the concrete ground as Elena grimaces with slight remorse, before kicking the door open.
As she walks into the room she notices a large rectangular crate sitting in the middle of the room.
As Elena groans loudly, right before giving up and giving that 'going back to sleep' plan another shot, the crate magically falls apart and reveals a concrete box.
Letting her curiosity outweigh her inherent indifference, Elena makes her way back over to the box and begins prying it open. After using all her strength and most of her mental energy, she finally moves the door and lets it crash to the ground.
This time, Elena does not grimace with slight remorse, too distracted by her desiccated mirror image to care.
"Crazy pants?" She asks out loud with bewilderment lacing her tone and wide doe eyes.
Elena shoots up with a loud gasp as she frantically looks around her room as her heart pounds in her chest.
"The fuck?" She asks out loud to no one in particular with furrowed brows.
"Alrighty, folks. All those for Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy consisting of, House of 1000 corpses, The Devil's rejects and 3 from Hell, say aye." Elena declares to the room filled with her closest friends for their annual Post-Halloween Horror Movie Marathon.
"Aye." Tyler, Vicki, Stefan, and Jeremy shout their reply confidently.
"All those for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Trilogy, say aye."
"Aye." Damon, Bonnie, Matt, and Caroline answer less loudly making Elena nods and look back to the movies they picked.
"No one wants to watch the Halloween series? Shocker." She comments sarcastically.
"Ok, you're the tie breaker. What'll it be?" Tyler asks Elena with his fingers crossed and trying to imitate her puppy eyes.
Elena looks around the room at her friends hopeful faces and feels a flash of guilt causing Jeremy to send her a sympathetic smile.
Ever since Elena told him about her deal with Klaus, he has been strangely supportive, even going as far as helping her pack her bags and organize this get together to tell their friends.
"You know what? Let's just turn this into an all nighter. We'll watch them all." She says not being able to disappoint any of her friends, knowing how sad they'll be about her leaving.
As they cheer Damon finally voices the question that's been on his mind since Elena announced his home would be hosting this little get together.
"Where the hell does 'Post-Halloween Horror Movie Marathon' come from?" He asks making the rest smile or laugh.
"Once upon a moon," Elena starts dramatically, "seven small children pulled all their Halloween candy together and during the sugar rush of a lifetime, created what would soon become the 'Post-Halloween Horror Movie Marathon', the greatest movie viewing experience this world has ever seen." She finishes with a faraway look as the others laugh.
"It's not Halloween anymore." Damon reminds her as she looks to him with pity.
"Aw, ocean eyes. You poor, little dumb dumb. It's called 'Post-Halloween' for a reason. Meaning after Halloween. Eventually our parents caught on, then we were too old to trick or treat, but too young to go to the store for candy." Elena says before Tyler cuts in,
"Then we had the candy flavored booze faze." He says as Elena nods and everyone except Jeremy and the Salvatores grimace with disgust.
"Not our finest years." Caroline says with a shake of her head as the others nod in agreement.
"But then our dark days were over. Now we pick a day that's good for us all, buy the leftover Halloween candy from the grocery store, and pick a movie series." Elena informs as Vicki smirks.
"Except, Chucky." She says making the group laugh as Tyler turns red and rolls his eyes.
"Of course, never Chucky." Elena sends a mock sympathetic look to Tyler as the brothers look to them confused.
"We watched all the Chucky movies on the first movie night. Ty had nighttime so bad he had to stay at our house for a week because he didn't want to leave my side." Elena tells them with a smile at the memory of little Tyler clinging to her like a life raft.
"You're leaving out the best part." Jeremy says with devious smirk as the others try and fail to contain their laughter.
"He was fine after the second night, but the next morning Jeremy placed all of my dolls around the room and and one next to his head, so when he woke up he was staring directly in it's eyes." Elena says as the others laugh and pat Tyler on the back.
"Yeah, he didn't get much sleep for the rest of the week. In hindsight, 8 is probably a little too young for killer dolls." She says with a thoughtful expression.
"But enough about the amazing adventures of the Baby Scooby Gang, would you Mr. Salvatores, like to officially join this post holiday tradition and gorge on candy not technically expired, but should have been eaten a month ago and watch horror movies that range from torture porn, to foreign flicks, to low budget indie films with the most amazing group of people to ever coexist?" Elena asks while on her knee in front of the brothers as they try to keep a straight face.
"You bet you're perfect ass, we do!" Damon exclaims enthusiastically as she jumps up and down will cheering.
"Then let the festivities commence!" She says as they all make themselves comfortable on the couch or floor.
"What's different about you?" Bonnie asks when her arm brushes Elena's as they sit next to each other on the couch.
"I don't know. You tell me, you're the witch." Elena says with amusement as Bonnie shakes her head.
"I don't know, you feel... different." She tries to find the right words to describe Elena's new aura.
"Like?"
"Like you're not here, but also are here?" Bonnie explains confusing Elena and the rest of the group.
"Really?" Elena asks with furrowed brows.
"Yeah, it's weird. Maybe a side effect of the resurrection?" Bonnie offers as Elena's eyes widen, remembering the voice's warning.
"Damn, I knew I was forgetting something important." She mutters as Damon and Stefan's eyes snap to her.
"What do you mean 'you forgot something important?" Damon asks sternly as she bits her lip, nervously.
"Well, when is was... not alive, I may have had a rather important conversation with some kind of deity." She says as they all look to her with shocked expressions.
"And what exactly did you forget?" Jeremy asks warily.
"Umm... just that there was a slight possibility, I would be haunted but the other side, driving me insane, ultimately leading to my suicide." She says quietly without making eye contact.
"But, before I woke up, they said they had a solution and that all would be well. So, whatever Cinnabon's spidey sences are tingling about, must be the result." Elena informs with a definitive nod.
"And when say you 'forgot', do you mean like it was literally wiped from your memory until this very moment? Or 'forgot' like you forget to do the dishes?" Damon asks, confident in the answer.
"I never 'forget' to do the dishes, Ocean Eyes. I just don't do them." She tells him as he shuts his eyes with a sigh and rubs his temples.
"That's not-" Elena interrupts him.
"This really explains my dream from last night." She says with realization as they all look to her with apprehension.
"And what did you dream about?" Stefan asks.
"This super hot chick." She shrugs with a smirk and somehow literally everyone knew exactly who she was talking about.
"So, to recap, a god told you that you would be haunted by the other side, and now you're having dreams about the anchor to said other side?" Caroline asks as Elena nods in conformation.
"What does this mean?" Caroline asks turning to Bonnie who only shrugs with a worried expression mirroring her's.
"Hey, everything's fine. And, I was gonna wait till we were all sugar high, but seeing as how the moods already ruined, I need to tell you all something important." Elena states as the all nod.
"Okay, you know how I think Katherine got dealt some really shit cards and that her life story is one of the most tragic things I've ever heard?" She starts with a pleading tone.
"Oh no, what did you do?" Damon asks with concern.
"Nothing crazy, I just have to leave with Klaus in a few day to make hybrids." She shrugs nonchalantly as all but the Gilbert's jaws drop.
"How long?" Tyler asks as he tries to mask the anger he feels.
"I don't know, maybe a couple months, maybe longer." She tells him as he sketches his jaw and stands.
"Absolutely not."
"Ty's right. You're not leaving." Vicki says sternly as she smiles sadly at them.
"Guys, deal's made. But look, Kat's free and all I have to do is hang out with Klaus for a little while. And he's not a complete monster, I'm sure if you need me, he wouldn't stop me from coming home."
"I think you guys are being dicks." Caroline says surprising everyone as Elena smiles.
"You know how hard it is for her here, she's always bored and making plans to get away. I'm pretty sure the only reason she has stayed in this town as long as she has is for all of us. Ellie loves to travel, see new things, and she's got that weird respect thing for Klaus. She'll have fun. So, stop being selfish and congratulate her on accomplishing another one of her goals." Caroline finishes her rant by bring Elena into a hug and whispering her goodbyes.
"Care's right. This is the kind of thing she loves." Matt tells his sister and best friend before bringing Elena into a hug.
Everyone congratulates her and makes her promise to call daily, Elena notices the silent looks the vampire brothers are sending each other.
"Hey, you good?" She asks them both as they nod and smile.
"Yep, just fine. Let's get this movie marathon started." Damon says with and obviously fake smile while patting his brothers shoulder.
"Who's go the licorice?" He asks the room as Matt tosses him the bag.
"Just so we're clear, nobody here is gross enough to like those, we only have them because Ellie requested them for you." Bonnie says as Damon looks to Elena with a smile that's much more real this time.
As Elena sits back down on the couch she lets out a relieved breath, happy she has such amazing friends.
"When are gonna tell Jenna?" Bonnie asks making Elena groan and lay her head back.
"Dammit, why'd you have to remind me?" She whines making them all laugh.
"Okay be respectful, make eye contact, but not too much, and don't do that really intense staring thing you do, and for the love of god, do not smirk at her." Elena instructs as she meets Klaus on her front porch before he knocks.
"I can handle your guardian, Ellie. You're being dramatic." He responds with an eye roll.
"First, hello pot, it's nice to meet you, I'm kettle. Second, I'm not being dramatic, you didn't see her face when I told her about this trip. She went all blank and said to invite you for dinner. If you were human, I have no doubt she would be putting rat poison in your pad thai." Elena whispers back while looking behind her.
"Okay, Ellie. Any more advice you'd like to share?" He panders.
"This is not advice, these are rules. And lastly and most importantly, you are in no way, shape, or form allowed to hurt her. Even if she slaps you, just apologize for your face being in the way and move on." Elena demands as he looks at her like she's completely lost it.
"You can't be serious."
"Deadly." She responds as he sighs.
"Fine, but you need to relax. I'm very old, and I have lots of experience meeting the parents." He smirks before turning towards the the door and gesturing for her to walk ahead.
"She's gonna eat him alive." She mutters while shaking her head and invites him inside.
"Hello, Jenna. It's good see you again. Thank you for having me over for dinner." Klaus immediately turns on the charm as he takes her hand and kisses the back of it.
"Hmm hm." She says unimpressed while staring blankly at him.
"Sit." She demands as she pulls out a chair and points tot he seat while Elena giggles and whispers to Jeremy,
"Good boy." While Jeremy smiles at her and Klaus sends her a look.
"First thing's first, I don't like you." Jenna states surprising Klaus.
"Ooh, coming in hot, Jen." Elena comments.
"I think that you're immature, especially for someone you're age. I think you use fear to control those around you and I think you have a complex that could rival Zeus himself." Jenna says before Klaus tries to defend himself.
"I don't-" Jenna cuts him off.
"That being said, Ellie really cares for you. She thinks that you only do the things you do, to get power so you can protect yourfamily. She says that you weren't always like this, that years of betrayal and heartbreak have made you a cold and callous person, who only sees others as pawns. From a future therapist's point of view, I can understand this. But from a current guardian's, you can probably see why I might have some concerns about my 17 year old niece going away with you, alone and unprotected, for an indefinite amount of time." Jenna finishes with as deep breath as she leans back in her seat and raises a brow at him.
"Yes, I can. I doubt anything I say will put you at ease, but I should tell you, I have had every opportunity to kill, not only everyone in this house, but every single one of her friends. There was no one to stop me. I could have killed you all, brought her back, and kept her as a walking, talking, blood blood for the rest of her life." Jenna interrupts with a deadly glare.
"You're right, that doesn't put me at ease."
"But I didn't. I could have and I didn't. I wasn't even tempted. I don't want to hurt Ellie, and by extension, the people she loves. Your niece has given me a chance to have everything I have ever wanted for the last thousand years. There is a very short list of people I hold in high regard, and Ellie made the top of it the moment she showed me her storage. And ending the life of a girl who spent a very large amount of time uncomfortable, all for the sake of someone she's never met, not even I would be that cruel. As for unprotected, let me assure you that there has never been and never will be another person more guarded than your niece." Klaus tells her honestly as her glare subsides but her eyes stay narrowed.
"Fine. But that doesn't change the fact that you're making her leave with you. I understand that she's paying a price and I wont be able to talk you out of it. But I can sure as hell lay some ground rules. One, I do not have control over my niece's body and she has every right to do with it whatever pleases, but if you touch in her anyway she is not comfortable with, I will destroy you. I'm a psychology major, I will get to the root of of your deepest insecurities , and use them against you." Jenna promises him.
"Mommy issues." Elena says through a cough as Jeremy laughs beside her and Klaus glares.
"Two, you will feed her three times a day, everyday. You will have to remind her, she gets distracted and forgets. Three, this is for you Ellie, you will call every single day and give me your exact location and the name of the hotel you're staying in. And if you don't, I will call the police and have you reported missing." Jenna says turning to Elena as she smile and nods.
"Of course. Anything else?" Elena asks teasingly as Jenna brings a finger to her chin.
"Yes. Number four, have fun and take lots of pictures." She tells her with a smile as Elena jumps up and down cheering.
"Yes! You know, I was kinda excepting Ms. Bennett to jump out and try to kill him." Elena admits as she hugs her aunt.
"I tried, she wouldn't take my call." Jenna jokes making Elena giggle.
"Thank you, Jen. You're the best! I promise to call." Elena says before turning to Klaus.
"You good with all that?" She asks him a he nods with a small smile.
"Cool. Sooo... wanna help me pack?"
"Alright. That's the last bag." Elena says as she slams the trunk shut and turns to her brother.
"You've been so cool about this, Rem. Thank you. I'm really gonna miss you." She tells him as she brings him into a hug.
When she goes to pull away, he won't let her go.
"Uh, Rem? You know, I can't leave if you don't let go." She says with amusement as he tightens his grip.
"You're not leaving." He says in an emotionless voice as she pries herself out of his arms.
"What?" She asks confused as he stares at her with determination.
"You can't leave me." He says simply before grabbing her hand and trying to pull her back to the house.
"Rem? Remy, let go. What is going on with you? You were totally fine 10 minutes ago." She tells him.
"I changed my mind. Go inside, I'll get your bags." He says with a smile as he walks back towards Klaus's truck.
"Problem, mate?" Klaus asks the teen with concern as Jeremy smiles and pats his shoulder.
"Nope. Everything's cool. But, slight change of plans. She won't be leaving with you." He replies as Elena stands there, shocked.
"Rem, I have to go with him. Remember? I made a deal. Are you okay?"
"Perfectly fine, Ellie. But I think I finally processed the fact that you're leaving and I can't have that. So I'm gonna get your bags and we are gonna go back inside and eat lunch like every other day." He says with a nod as Klaus looks to Elena with a look that reads 'what the fuck do we do?'
"Hey, buddy. I'm really sorry you just realized it, but I have to leave with him. Why don't you go in and talk to Jenna, then you can call me, okay?" She says in a soft tone as he drops the bags he got from the trunk.
"Nope. You're not leaving." He says before walking towards her and throwing her over his shoulder.
"Sorry, Klaus. Find someone else's sister to kidnap." He says as Elena dangles from his shoulder and sends Klaus an apologetic looks.
"Hey, maybe put me down so we can talk about this."
"No thank you."
"Now, Remy." She demands making him stop and set her back down as she looks at him sympathetically.
"You know I have to go." She says softly.
"I promised Jen to call everyday and you can call me whenever you want." She tells him as he shakes his head.
"You won't pick up, you barely remember to charge your phone now." He says as Elena smiles.
"Fine. Klaus let me have your phone." She says making him raise his brow before tossing it to her before she drop calls Jeremy.
"There. Now you have his number and if I don't answer, you can call him. And he doesn't answer then just assume I'm dead." She says as his eyes widen.
"Kidding. But seriously, you can call me anytime and I will pick up immediately. Klaus could be about to make a move and I would stop him just answer you." She mock whisper the last part.
"Really?" He asks shocked making her hug him.
"Really." She whispers.
"I'm gonna miss you." He tells her sadly making her heart clench.
"I'm gonna miss you too. But, I'll be back before you know it. In the mean time, I'll send tons of pictures and have Caroline throw lots of 'we miss Ellie' parties." She says making him laugh and pull her tighter.
"Okay. And Klaus, if anything happens to her, no one will ever find your body." He says serious as Elena smiles proudly and Klaus nods with an amused expression.
"Bye, Remy. And just a little parting advice, don't threaten vampires while I'm gone." She tells him patting his cheek and getting in the car.
"You okay?" Klaus asks her softly as she wipes a tear off her cheek while watching her brother wave through the rear veiw mirror.
"Yeah, let's just hope Damon doesn't get that emotional." She jokes as he grabs her hand, offering her silent comfort.
"What's all this?" Elena asks with confusion as she notices the packed bags sitting next to the Salvatores.
"We're coming with you." Stefan says with a smile as Damon nods and Elena's jaw drops.
"What are you talking about? You can't- you guys have lives here." Elena stutters out as the brother smile at each other.
"El, we have no reason to stay here without you. I only stayed in town to get to know, and now that I have, I'm not letting you go." Stefan tells her with a shrug.
"And we're a package deal nowadays. Plus, I love you, so let hit the road." Damon says nonchalantly making Elena laugh and shake her head.
"You guys know this isn't a road trip right? I'm going to pay a price. I doubt he'll let me bring along friends." Elena says as Damon smirks.
"Really? Because I believe his exact words when we asked were 'whatever makes her happy." He mimics Klaus's accent as she giggles.
"Oh my god, seriously? You guys are coming?" She asks with excitement as they nod making her start bouncing on her heels.
"Holy shit! We are gonna have so much fun!" She says as she tackles them into a group hug.
"Hey, pull over here." Elena says to Klaus, jumping out of the truck when he stops at Wickery bridge.
"Where did you get those" Klaus asks as he follows Elena to the cab of the truck and sees her trying to pick up two gas cans.
"I took them from the Salvatores garage." She says turning to him.
"Why? What are you doing?" He asks.
"Premeditated arson. You know, a little sacrificer/sacrifice-e bonding. Whaddya say?" Elena asks with a crazy look in her eye as Klaus smiles fondly at her.
"Absolutely not!" Stefan shouts from the truck making Elena roll her eyes and Klaus nod.
"I agree with the former ripper. Back in the car." He says gesturing to with his head to the truck.
"Well that's a shame. I was really hoping to get rid of all this white oak, but you know what? You're right. Let's just go." Elena says with a smirk as she walks past him making him grab her arm to stop her.
"What did you just say?" He asks with shock written across his face.
"To make a long story short, there was a white oak sapling, this bridge is made out of it. So, I propose we burn it to a crisp, after you take some to end Mikael, of course." Elena says as Klaus looks to her with frustration.
"What else are you keeping in that pretty little head of yours?" He whispers.
"Mostly inappropriate jokes." She whispers back before turning around and trying to pick up the gas cans.
"No, it's okay, I got it. Gotta love doppelganger strength." She says sarcastically as she glares playfully at Klaus, snapping him out of his daze
After Klaus and the Salvatores pour the gasoline all over the bridge, they step back and Elena pulls out her zippo and throws it on the bridge.
As they all watch it go up in flames, Elena pouts.
"I really liked that lighter." She says as Klaus turns to her with amusement.
"Then why did you throw it?"
"I thought it would be cool." She admits with a shrug as they laugh.
"It was." Damon assures making her smile brightly.
"Awesome. Will you get me a new one?" She asks Klaus who nods with a smile.
"Of course."
"But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what your looking for has been here the whole." Elena, Damon, and Stefan sing/scream along to the radio as Klaus clenches his jaw and tightens his hands around the steering wheel.
"If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me-" Klaus hits a button, turning off the radio.
"I changed my mind, they can't come." He says with irritation while glaring at Elena.
"No take backs, puppy chow. Boop." Elena says bopping his nose before turning the radio back on.
"You belong with me-" They are interrupted again as Elena's phone rings making her smile and turn off the music.
"Miss me already, baby brother?" She asks teasingly as she answers.
"Of course. Hey, I know this is crazy, but you didn't set Wickery bridge on fire before you left town right?" He asks with a laugh.
"Ellie?" He asks with disbelief as she remains silent.
"Wow, I'm not even gone an hour and the town's already on fire? What will you do with out me?" She asks rhetorically before hanging up the phone and turning around to face the brothers.
The three of them bust out laughing as Klaus's lips twitch at the sight of them through the rear view mirror.