Elena was sitting in the family room reading Scarlet O'Hara, when there was a knock on the door. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she opened the door and gasped. "Elena." He flashed his cocky smirk. "Elijah." She couldn't face him now, not when she had lied to him. "I don't mean to intrude, I was hoping you could accompany me, I want to show you something?" She smiled and grabbed her coat.
"I can't tell you how much I miss this land." He looked at her, then back at the scene before them. "I can't even imagine what it must have looked like a thousand years ago." She said curiously. "You're school was built over an Indian village, where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would go to worship and a matter of fact, near that was a field where wild horses used to graze." He smiled as he remembered his home. "That's incredible." She was filled with awe and happiness.
"Come." He walked farther into the woods and came upon a huge rock. "Do you know this place to?" He knelt down and touched it. "I do. Below us is a cavern I used to play in as a boy. It connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. It was nature's way of providing us shelter against the savagery of the full moon. And mother said there must be a balance." Elena swept some hair behind her ear and looked at Elijah.
"Elijah. I should probably go home." He got up and looked at her. "I admire you Elena. You remind me of qualities I once valued before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet, when I asked you about meeting my mother the other night, you lied to my face." She looked at him wide-eyed and he smiled at her. "It's not true; I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start..." He cut her off. "I can hear your heart beat. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball, your lying to me now, tell me the truth." He came to stand right in front of her. He wanted to reach out and caress her cheek.
"I never wanted this to happen." Her eyes welled up. "What Elena?" He stood there watching her fight the tears, but waited patiently for her to tell him what she knew.
"We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin could help us kill Klaus. When we found out that it was your mother, we didn't know what to think." The truth was finally coming out.
"Since her return, she said that she only wants this family to be whole again." Elena looked at him.
"When she asked to see me, I thought maybe she could help, that she found a way to kill Klaus. It's not...It's not just Klaus she wants to kill." He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He was shocked and pissed at the same time. "She wants to kill us all doesn't she? She wants to undo the evil that she created." She smiled softly at him.
"I'm so sorry Elijah. I wish there was something I could do to help." She wanted to find a way to comfort him. "You know, one thing I did learn my time on this earth; be careful what you wish for." He brought his leg down and made a huge whole in the ground. He grabbed Elena and jumped down, leaving her there.
"Bastard." She knew he could hear her, that's why she said it. She pulled her phone out, only to notice that she got no service. "Ugh." She kicked the rock wall; she sat on the floor and waited for her fate to come.