Summary- instead of Damon force-feeding Elena his blood for the sacrifice, what if Elena drank Elijah's elixir? Will it change her? Would she impact her friends and family and could it hurt her? Could Elijah save her? Could anyone? Starts at 2x19:)
Chapter 1:
The Elixir
After Elena pulls the dagger out of Elijah, she waits and waits and waits, waiting for him to awaken. She lets out a sigh when she realizes it's only been 10 minutes. She bangs her head on the wall on frustration. Suddenly, she she's Elijah stir and she cautiously looks at him. He starts to jerk around and she rushes to help him. He struggles to breath as she ponders what to do.
"Katarina." he breathes out in a haze. He lifts his head up to look at her.
"no, Elijah. It's me, Elena." she tells him as his head hits the floor. He suddenly stills, as if he was dead, and Elena scoots slightly closer to him. After a couple of seconds, she leans over him. He jerks in her direction and she jumps backward, somewhat out of reach. Before he had waken up, she thought to herself, please don't let Damon and Stefan find me here. Now she's thinking, please don't kill me, Elijah, Please. Elijah struggles to stand up.
"I-I can't breath." he wheezes. Elijah tries to leave the cell, but he hits a wall in his attempt. Elena rushes over and places a hand over his shoulder to help him up. She gasps when she comes in contact with him. He turns a little in her grasp. "I-I can't be in this house." he looks at her. Realization strikes her.
"your not invited in." she says out loud.
"get me out of here." he gulps as he rushes out of the cellar and hits another wall. Finally he regains his balance and speeds outside with Elena running after him. She makes it to the door and stops, seeing him gaze up at her from his crouched position. He tries to bolt into the house, but the invisible barrier stops him. She still flinches, though."what happened." Elena cuts him off.
"we need to whisper or Damon and Stefan will hear." she whispers as he nods. "I'll tell you, but not here. Can I trust you?"
"can I trust you?" Elijah argues in a hushed voice. Elena checks to see if the brothers are behind her and gives him the dagger with a smug look. Elijah, who is a little shocked, takes the dagger. "shall we be off then?"
"yeah," she picks up her jacket and a blood bag. "lets go." and they head to her car.
Elena pulls her car up in front of her house. "feeling better?" she asks Elijah.
"yes, a lot better." he answers.
"Elijah, we need your help. None of us can do this alone." Elena states.
"your ability to make demands is long past." he reminds her.
"I'm making no demands. I will help and in return, I want yours."
"why should I help you?" Elijah questions her while raising an eyebrow. His eyes harden.
"for the same reason you haven't killed me yet. You need my help and I need you." he starts to thinks about what she said to him when Elena's phone rings. She hesitantly picks it up to answer. "hello, Stefan."
"where's Elijah?" Stefan asks. Elena sighs heavily.
"he's right here with me. Were fine." she reassures him. Or at least tries to.
"where are you? I'll come get you." he says.
"no, Stefan. Elijah and I need some time alone." Elijah picks his head up when he hears this.
"he can't be trusted." Stefan comments.
"he's a nobble man, Stefan. I can trust him." she contends. Elijah's eyes soften from hearing her words.
"you can't do this." all Elena can think about when he says those words is, do they really think I can't do anything on my own?
"it's my decision, Stefan please respect it." she hangs up and turns to Elijah who's looking back at her. He holds out his hand, gesturing for her to hand the phone over and she does. "Elijah, Klaus is here." she tells him.
"he's here?" he tries to make sure he heard right.
"yes, he's taken over Alaric's body." Elijah sighs.
"of course, that's one of his favorite tricks."
"well, what are the others? What will he do next? Your the only one who knows him." Elena informs.
"yes, I do."
They arrive at the Lockwood mansion.
"what are we doing here?" Elena questions as she exits the car, along with Elijah.
"well, I'm gonna need some new clothes. Hopefully, she can lend me some." they walk to the front door and Mrs. Lockwood opens it up. "good morning, Carol." he smiles at the major.
"oh, hello Elijah, Elena. What happened?" she asks when she sees his clothes.
"I was wondering if I could come in." he replies. Carol looks down at her watch.
"sorry, but I'm kind of late to a meeting so..."
"please" his eyes boar into hers, compelling her. "this will only take a minute of your time."
"ok, come in." Elijah walks in with Elena. "so, what can I do for you?"
"well first things first, I'm going to need a change in clothing." Carol closes the door.
"well, we can try one of my husbands suits. They haven't been boxed up yet." she suggests.
"that would be great, thank you." Carol nods to them and goes.
"how did you know she's off vervain?" Elena questions.
"because I'm the one who got her off. Right before you and your friends killed me, twice." Carol comes back in the room.
"well, I hope this will do." she hands him the clothes. "I really must go now, though."
"yes. Thank you, Carol." she smiles at both of them and leaves. He goes to change and comes back, holding his burnt ones. "well, there's something you need to know about Klaus." he addresses to Elena.
"what is it?" she asks.
"Klaus, he's my brother." he bluntly states. Elena becomes shocked.
"that's kinda hard to process."
"I might be a little behind on times, but I believe the term your looking for is omg."( one of my favorite phrases of his.) She just stares at him, blankly. "there's actually a family of us."
"wait, so there's a whole family of originals?" Elena asks.
"our father was a wealthy land owner in Eastern Europe and our mother had 7 children." Elena thinks about that.
"so, your family was human?"
"our whole family was." he agrees. "our origin of vampires is a long story, Elena. Just know that were the oldest vampires alive."
"wait, go back to Klaus. You guys are brothers and you want him dead?" Elijah just glances at her.
"I need some air, I still feel a tad bit... dead. Come on." Elena and Elijah walk outside.
"nothing can kill an original, not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite. Only the wood from one tree, a tree my family made sure to burn." Elijah explains.
"so that's where the ash for the dagger comes from." she assumes.
"yes, no creature is truly immortal that walks this earth. Every creature must have a weakness in order to maintain balance." confusion runs through Elena.
"so if sun can't kill an original, why is Klaus so obsessed with the sun and moon curse?" Elena questions. They stop at a small bridge.
"the curse of the sun and the moon, is fake." shock appears on Elena's face. "it doesn't exist." he walks over the bridge.
"what?" she chases after him.
"Klaus and I faked the sun and moon curse dating back over a thousand years."
"but if there's no curse..." Elijah interjects her.
"oh, there is one. Just not that. It's much worse. It's a curse placed on Klaus." Elena's phone starts buzzing in Elijah's pocket.
"what are you talking about?" the phone keeps buzzing.
"Klaus is tried to break it for the last thousand years." it buzzes, again.
"so what's this curse?" she asks. Elijah finally pulls out her phone and hands it to her.
"your phone won't stop buzzing, answer it." she takes it and sees Stefan's name on the screen.
"Stefan, what?" she looks at Elijah. "Oh- ok I'll be right there." the panic was heard in her voice. She hangs up. "Elijah, Klaus attacked Jenna, I promise I'll return." he nods as she runs off.
Elijah is inside the Lockwood residence when Elena returns. He leans off the wall and smiles at her.
"welcome back." he greets. She walks up to him.
"tell me." she demands as she takes off her jacket. "what's the curse?" He gestures for her to sit as he explains.
"are family was very close, except for my father and Klaus. Later we soon discovered the truth, Klaus was not my father's son. My mother cheated many years ago, this was her darkest secret. He has a different blood line. After my father heard the secret, he hunted down and killed my mother's lover and his family. He never knew he would ignite a war between species."
"what war?" she inquires.
"the vampires... and the werewolves." he answers.
"wait, so Klaus' father is from a werewolf blood line? So, does that make Klaus a werewolf, or a vampire?" Elijah hesitates on the answer.
"he's both." Elena's eyes widen. "a hybrid will be more powerful then both species. It's too much of an unbalance of nature. So witches made his werewolf side dormant." Elena turns to him.
"that's the curse he wants to break?"
"he wants to be a werewolf, so he can create a new blood line."
"well we have the dagger, we can stop him." she muses.
"when a werewolf is hurt by silver it heals, the only way to kill an original is white oak ash on a silver dagger, so you see the issue." Elijah reminds her.
"so Klaus can't die?"
"there is on way to kill any supernatural creature, with witches." he mentions.
"if they can channel enough power." she tells herself. "what if I know a witch who can?" she says.
"then you should know one more thing. Many years ago when I knew Katarina, I asked a witch to find a way to save the doppelganger. I was going to help her, but she already left. I never got to use it."
"you found a way to save the life of the doppelganger?"
"yes, Elena. I did." he goes to get her jacket. Relief washed over her as she hears she might live. "unfortunately, Katarina took matters into her own hands and we all know what happened next." he gives her her jacket back.
"you really did care about her." Elena states.
"yes, it's a common mistake I'm told. One that I'll never make again." he tells her as he leaves the room. She follows suit.
Elijah and Elena head back to the Salvatore house to see the brothers waiting for her.
"oh my god, Elena are you ok?" Stefan asks.
"why did you invite him in?" Damon practically yells at her.
"Elijah and I have come to a new deal." she responds.
"oh really?" he says, sarcastically.
"yes, and Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save my life. See, Damon, I told you I'd find another way."
"is this true?" the boys question Elijah.
"yes." she watches as the two brothers discuss if they should trust Elijah or not.
"fine, but if she gets hurt by you in any way, don't expect us to cooperate." Stefan concludes. Elijah nods.
"I understand." they look at Damon. "do you agree with Stefan, Damon?" Elijah asks.
"no, but I will go along with it as long as she's safe." Damon answers.
"then I think were all good for now." Elena announces with a smile on her face.
I wanted to write this 'cause I've always wondered what would happen if Elena did drink it. If you like the idea, great. If not, I'm not against you in any way. Please review:)\/