A.N- My second multi-chapter story. :) This one is going to be longer than my last one. I can't help myself, Roman is just too awesome not to write for lol. I will tell you now, that the Roman development won't happen right away, but it will happen. There is no need to rush things that are already epic. Pairings will be D/R (obviously) S/E, J/A, C/T, and some other minor pairings, but they won't be focused on.

Disclaimer; I do not own The Vampire Diaries. If I did, Rose, Anna, and Lexi wouldn't be dead, Damon wouldn't mope over Elena, and Tyler and Caroline would be together already.

Things in italics are flashbacks.


Elena sat beside Stefan gently squeezing his hand and she looked around the room. Jenna and Alaric sat on the other couch with Alaric trying to comfort Jenna by saying it would be alright. Though, nobody knew for sure how this was going to end. Although Elena had a pain in her gut telling her that it wasn't going to end well. Her eyes trailed to Caroline who stood beside Damon making small talk about the Original who had agreed to meet them at the Salvatore Place 3:00pm. Sure, he did use Alaric's body in order to send the message and Alaric had no account on what happened, but none the less he was coming. Elena turned to her brother and Bonnie. Bonnie was trying to convince him that no matter what happened this evening she would always put Elena's safety before hers. Jeremy looked so crush that Elena just wanted to convince Bonnie otherwise, even though she knew she couldn't. If she were in Bonnie's shoes, she would do the same. Damon coughed loudly as he poured himself some bourbon.

"Obviously, this guy doesn't know how to tell time or he lacks manners," Damon scoffed as he gulped his drink. He had been feeling restless about Klaus coming. He thought through all the options and none seemed fault-proof. It frustrated him more than anything that something bad was going to happen, and he knew it.

"He's Klaus," purred Katherine as she walked into the living room, "He makes the rules."

"Who invited you?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't need to be invited, this affects me almost just as much as it affects her," Katherine pointed to Elena. Elena rolled her eyes and Katherine smirked as she took the seat open next to Stefan.

"What exactly is the plan here?" Caroline asked as she leaned against the wall.

"He said he wants to talk and that's what we're going to do," Elena replied as she looked up to Stefan who nodded.

"Just try not to piss him off," he added in as he looked to Katherine who just rolled her eyes and then to Damon who shrugged his shoulders.

"If I have to," Bonnie began but Jeremy cut her off,

"We're not going to mention this again." He grabbed her shoulders and shook her, "That's the absolute last resort."

"I don't have a problem with it," Damon chimed in as he downed the rest of his bourbon. He immediately got glares and decided to clarify himself, "It being last resort."

"You are an ass," Caroline spoke harshly. Damon just smirked at the blonde. Elena breathed in deeply trying not to show how scared she was in the moment. She was close to tears and she wouldn't show Klaus that when he came. Suddenly Stefan raised his hand up,

"Shush," he ordered to the group. He pointed to the door and everyone turned to hear someone walking up the steps. The group stared patiently as the knob slowly turned and opened the door to reveal the blonde Original.

"Hello," he drawled. Elena stood up and replied,

"Hello, Klaus."

"Let's discuss shall we?" Klaus moved swiftly to a rocking chair by the fireplace and waited for someone to say something. Nobody did. He crossed his hand and began rubbing his knuckles. "Maybe I should start?" Elena sat back down and nodded. Words couldn't roll off her tongue. Jeremy eyes grew wide as he looked at Klaus' fingers. "What are you looking at?"

"Uhm," Jeremy choked out, "Your ring."

"Ah, I see." Klaus rubbed the ring. "Looks familiar?"

"Ya." Bonnie looked at Jeremy suspiciously along with Damon who gave him a what-the-hell-you-talking-about look. Jeremy tried to examine the ring as closely as he could from this distance. It was obviously Lapis Lazuli. There was something about it though. It looked exactly like Anna's. His eyebrows rose up and Klaus caught that action.

"Got it?" Klaus asked tauntingly and laughed when Jeremy's expression didn't change. "It's nothing, really."


Klaus' feet made an echo as he walked down the halls of the castle. It was storming out and Klaus could hear the thunder crash and he could feel it vibrate his home. His portraits were softly shaking. He reached the door he was heading for. Maddox, his main witch, stood guard. "They are lucid."

"Great," the Original smiled. He opened the door slowly.

"I should warn you," Maddox cautioned, "The blonde one is crazy. She's frustrated and it's taking its toll."

"Thank-you. She's Alexia, she will be just fine. Nothing to get to excited about." Klaus entered the chamber gracefully. Eyes met him with fear, surprise, anger, hurt, and confusion. They slowly melted and everyone bowed. "No need to be formal," he laughed, "I should be addressing you. You guys are going to very important for the next while." He rolled his shoulder back as he crossed the room. "Alexia," he took her hand, "It's a pleasure to meet again."

"It's Lexi."

"Ah, more modern." Lexi just smirked cautiously. "It fits."

"Thank-you, Sir Klaus."

"Just Klaus. We will be getting pretty comfy in the next few days, might as well skip the formalities." He let her hand go. "I will be right back." He sped out of the room. Lexi looked around and spotted a figure lying on the ground. She approached with caution, the closer she got she realized the figure's shoulder was practically destroyed. Skin torn, bulges and bubbles, it was infected greatly. It wasn't just a figure either, it was Rose. Lexi shook the older vampire until her green eyes opened.

"Rose?" She breathlessly asked.

"Lexi?" Rose's voice was drowsy. Lexi hugged her lost friend and quickly spoke,

"We are with Klaus."

"Oh god," Rose gasped as she quickly got to her feet but stumbled down again. Lexi caught her just in time.

"Rose, relax," she cooed, "I don't know what's going on."
"How am I supposed to relax then?" Her accent becoming more vivid as she became more upset. Lexi just looked at her with sorry eyes.

"Well, we will figure it out." She simply stated.

"You're just so," Rose started, "Just so….you." She laughed.

"I'm going to take that as a compliment," Lexi laughed as she hugged Rose again. "You cut your hair."

"Very observant, Lexi." Their small talk was interrupted by the door opening.

"Rosemarie, you are awake." Rose froze while looking at the man she feared most. "I brought you these." Klaus tossed the ladies blood bags. "I didn't know if you would have preferred to kill, but I assumed not." He sat down as the girls slowly started drinking away.

"Ow," Rose groaned as she looked down at her shoulder.

"We will talk about that later. Right now, let's get to the basics." Klaus tossed them daylight rings, "You will need them." Before one of them could ask why the chamber door opened revealing a young lady. Her dark hair was in perfect curls and she looked at everyone sadly. Lexi mouth fell open. Anna.

"Maddox let me in. He said it was important," she said as she walked into the room. A chain attached to her ankle so she couldn't leave the premise. Klaus extended his hand to her,

"Annabelle." Anna ignored his hand and sat beside Lexi. Klaus' smile faltered and he brought his hand back in. "You don't understand how important you all are. You're my secret weapons." The girls looked at each other confused. "I need that curse broken, and you all know which group of people are my only obstacle in this."

"Why?" Lexi asked, "Why us?"

"Because, we all know that emotions flare high when people from the past come back. When emotions are high, that's when they are weakest. Easier to manipulate. Easier to break," Klaus growled the last word, "That's why I need you. Why you need to do exactly as I say, understand?" His pupils dilated as he stared each girl in the eye; compelling them. Lexi's eyes widened as she nodded uncontrollably.

"I understand."

"I understand." Anna's voice echoed slowly after.

"I understand." Rose spoke last as her pupils returned to their normal form.

"Great, let's start." Klaus smirked.


Klaus looked away from the younger Gilbert boy and back to Elena. She breathed in deeply as his eyes penetrated hers. She gripped Stefan's hand harder and he rubbed her knuckles softly. Klaus laughed at the affection. He stood up and ran a hand through his hair. "Let's start," he smirked.

A.N- So, mostly an introduction and flashback into the mind of Klaus. Well, we didn't really completely see his plan, but we did see a part of it. I'm just going to say that Lexi and Anna knew each other because it seems likely since they were both in Mystic Falls around the same time. And in the episode 'Rose' when Rose said that her friend wanted to set her up with Stefan, that was a reference to Lexi. I don't care what anyone says, it was lol.