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All mistakes are my own - I don't have a beta.


"And if we don't?!" Elena raises a brow in question. "There is only one of you and five of us. You're obviously not a human, but neither are we so I would say we have the advantage." She signals to Stefan who uses his vampire speed to lunge at Meili, with her and Caroline following microseconds after. The brunette simply stands there with her arms crossed and smirking. All three of them jerk as if they were struck with lightning, Tyler who had stepped in front of Bonnie to protect her frowned in confusion as all three of his friends suddenly drop to the ground, convulsing. Bonnie gasps as she watches as they struggle to get up, only to find themselves continually being re-pinned to the floor with every twitch they make.

"Are you a witch?!" She demands, her hands raising to try and cast a spell at the other woman, only to find it reflecting back on her and Tyler, dropping them as well to the floor in their knees from the pain. A dark laugh erupts from Meili, causing waves of fear to shiver down their spines. They all look up just in time to see her grow before their very eyes. She rose another half the size of her original self; her eyes glowing brighter, her hair lengthening, thickening, her features sharpening – there was certainly no mistaking now she was clearly not human. She simply looked too beautiful to be one! Her clothing morphed itself into an ankle length cheongsam* in all black with red and gold embossing of snakes and Chinese symbols. The dress clung like a second skin in all the right places, the slit starting from mid-thigh. Her boots changed into a pair of flat ballet-slipper type shoes in dark red with black and gold swirls. They stared at her in awe and fear, it was clear that she is not what they originally anticipated she was and Elena couldn't help but think that maybe, just maybe the woman might be able to take all of them on at once.

"I had hoped that it wouldn't come to this, that we would have been able to talk about this very civilly. But I can clearly see now that you would not be letting this go. You are far too obsessed with my husband. A man who I have been with for more than a hundred years and married to for close to a hundred years! Did you really think you stood a chance? How foolish of you, vampire!" The gang struggled not to be affected by the sensual tone of Meili's voice in this form. Her entire being, from the top of her to the tips of her toes and her voice, even her smell was seduction given form.

"There seems to be a misunderstanding in your part Meili – you obviously do not know your husband well enough. He's the one who has a thing for my girl not the other way around." Stefan scoffs in defence of his girlfriend. The Shen princess looks at him and laughs, loudly, at him it seems.

"Oh! I know they say that love is blind, but you Mr Avery! You sir, take the cake! Your girlfriend may be the doppelganger of Tatia Petrova but their similarities begin and end only in their looks and the magic in their blood! The rest of them is very clearly reminiscent of another Petrova, the niece of Tatia, Thyra. All three of them share the same common illness I guess we can call it – they all want or wanted my husband, even though he wanted, wants nothing to do with them!

You know this to be true, Stefan. Don't play dumb and tell me that you didn't notice her pre-occupation with Damon. Her obsession about 'punishing' him. What for? He didn't cause the accident that killed her parents or have been the one to take her human life away. Tell me, what exactly has my husband and his family for that matter done to deserve the animosity that your gang is throwing their way? If memory serves right, they even saved her when she was still human from vampires who sought to use her as a bargaining tool. I don't recall any of them receiving any expressions of gratitude from any of you. And up until the last couple of days, my family has stayed away from this dreary and prejudiced little town."

Stefan looks at her, confusion evident on his expression as he takes her advice and thinks back to when they did first bump into Damon and the Mikaelsons and finds that Meili is most certainly right. There was never any need for them to react the way they have been towards the Original family. Elena grits her teeth, upset and annoyed that her secret was slowly coming to light and she knew without any doubt that if she didn't act fast, she could possibly lose it all! As quick as she can, she springs once more into action, hoping that with Meili distracted by her boyfriend, she would have a chance to end the woman.

How wrong she is!

She didn't get any further than a few steps before she found herself being raised from the ground with a hand wrapped painfully around her neck. She winces before looking down to the angry darkened eyes of Simone.

"You are clearly very stupid if you thought that my sister was alone!" Simone snarls before she hurls Elena backwards, her body bouncing off the large tree trunk. Soon the rest of the Original family and their guests emerge from the shadows, Damon seeming to simply appear right beside his wife. He quickly looks her over before wrapping an arm around her waist, pulling her flush into his protective embrace.

The rest of the gang minus Stefan converge on the fallen Elena with Caroline helping her to her feet. They all rallied protectively in front of her, crouching low as if readying themselves to pounce.

"This is truly tragic! I had thought this would be fun but honestly I am starting to think that suggesting this was a big mistake! I mean come on?! None of them even noticed our presence and we were not even masking it!" Niklaus sighs as he languidly strolls to stand next to his tensed nephew.

"Elena?" Stefan's quiet voice rings loudly in the forest, stilling all noise and movement. Her answering silence answers his unvoiced question and he closes his eyes resignedly, pain and anger coursing through him as the realisation that every girl he seems to fall for has fallen for someone else! A specific someone! With that thought, he switches off his emotions, wanting to bury the feelings of betrayal and hurt deep where he doesn't have to think about it, let alone feel it.

The change in him was visible – he stood up straighter, a dark smirk appearing on his face and his already dark eyes darkening even more, the shine dulling until they looked frighteningly empty.

"St-Stef?" Elena tentatively reaches out for her boyfriend only to gasp in shock and fear when she finds herself being pinned once more to the tree, by him this time.

"I'm sorry, Steffy isn't in at the moment. He's currently away dealing with his feelings about all the heinous bitches who have used and abused him all in the name of love. The love of Damon Salvatore, who couldn't even give two shits about any of you because he has a very gorgeous, jaw-dropping, triple-taking, deliciously sexy wife who is probably more adventurous in the sack than your pitiful missionary and yawn-inducing blow-job skills that leave everything to be desired! My name is Stefan and I'm the fun one." Stefan sneers as he takes a step back from her, disgust easily read in his expression as he vigorously rubs his forearm against his jeans. He turns and leers at Meili which has Damon growling at him, clearly incensed that the bunny-muncher had the balls to behave that way towards his wife.

"Oh! The big bad Original Son is baring his pearly white fangs at me. Get used to it bud! It's one of the cons in being in a relationship with a sex-on-legs. Everyone's going to want a piece of that delectable little morsel!"

"Stefan!" Caroline and Bonnie exclaim as they both stepped forward, not happy with the current turn of events.

"Ooh! Watch out it's the plastic vampire and her judgy little bitch, I mean, witch sidekick! Do stop right there and spare me your boring hypocritical lectures! Especially since plastic over there has a thing for doggy-style." He tosses winks towards both wolves. "And like her doppelganger little friend, she was so sure that the world fell at her feet and worshiped the ground she walked on that she broke up with teen wolf over there so she can be free for the big bad and fangy wolf! How's that for a kick in the snout, Tyler? Then again, you'd probably be more broken up if it weren't for the fact that you were banging a couple of pieces on the side and even had a quick taste of her bitch-witch friend. Tell me, is it considered doing the nasty if the only thing he penetrated her with is his tongue?!" Bonnie gasps whilst Tyler growls at Stefan before launching himself at the vampire who simply twisted away before kicking the werewolf dead on the small of his back, the sickening crack of Tyler's spine causing all those present to twitch in empathised pain.

"Wh-WHAT?!" Caroline shrieks as she turns to her supposed best friend who very smartly gives the blonde an aneurism to give herself time to escape as far from the vampire as possible. She ends up standing in front of Finn.

"Come now, Caroline. There's no need for you to react that way, you are not so innocent yourself! You've lusted after every male that's been after Elena or Bonnie, and whilst it's true that you hadn't considered it since you got together with Tyler, you had to admit that you did deliberately go out and seduce all the boys who had a thing for your friends! You even allowed Matt a quick dip in your honey pot when you were comforting him after his and Elena's break up do you remember?!"

"This is far more entertaining than what we had originally planned, Little Dove!" Niklaus chuckles. The rest of their group laughs as the turn of events have rounded a corner they didn't anticipate, not that they would stop it anytime soon – it is far more enjoyable than what they had in mind; seems like the gang was not as close or as put together as they would have liked everyone to believe.

"Anyone thought to bring any popcorn?" Rebekah piped in as she seated herself on a particularly high raised root. A bag appears on her lap and she gives a laugh and a wink Simone's way as she knew it was her doing.

"I for one did not anticipate for this to go so easily! They are basically tearing themselves apart and we barely did anything!" The red-headed girl who was dancing with Meili before at the Mystic Grill laughed.

"Caroline! Bonnie! Stefan! That's enough! Don't you see?! We're giving them exactly what they want! Pull yourselves together!" Elena cries out before gasping as a snapped off tree branch buries itself into her stomach. She looks up in disbelief at Bonnie who had been the one to magically throw the limb at her.

"In all honesty, all of this can be laid at your feet, so I'd shut up if I were you! We don't need to hear your hypocritical sanctimonious bullshit! If you only got over yourself and accepted sooner that Damon could, would never be yours, we wouldn't have been as involved with them as we are!"

"This is so much better than daytime TV!" Simone squeals as she plants herself next to Rebekah before reaching in to grab a handful of popcorn for herself.

"I don't know what you're talking about Bonnie! It's common knowledge that Damon is the one who's been after me for a while now!" Elena shrieks, her slow beating heart thundering loudly for all the supernatural beings present to hear, her clear tell for lying.

"You know as blind as Steffy was to your faults, even he noticed that your one plus one definitely did not add up to two but since he loved you s-o much, he was willing to believe just about everything you say." Stefan snorts.

"You're not making any sense man, why the hell are you speaking in third person?" Tyler dumbly questions. Everyone turned and looked at him, shocked at his density or perhaps it was stupidity?

"Four-one-one on Rippers, teen wolf. Rippers are vampires who as humans would have been diagnosed as Schizophrenic or those suffering from multi-personality disorder. Steffy is a version of myself who managed to find his balls when we met that no-good nosy, bossy, hypocritically self-righteous little bitch, Alexia. I am actually the real deal and I plan to be the only one left standing, so get used to being in the presence of my gracious self!" The werewolf looks at him still looking confused, weary and frustrated.

"Not the brightest tool in the shed, that one." Bai Hu comments in a whisper to Niklaus who smirks in agreement.

"Well this is going off to parts unknown. I'm still waiting for an answer. Are you all going to leave us, all of us alone or are you going to continue as you are? Not that I would allow it, if I know what you're going to do or are already doing, I wouldn't hesitate to make you beg for death!" The gang looked at her in disbelief and horror, well except for Stefan who looked almost eager for it. Couldn't blame the poor vampire – both women he had fallen for, had fallen for his extremely distantly related ancestor who wanted nothing to do with them because he had been lucky enough to have the patience to wait and land the love of his existence; who seems to be in every way his goddamn match in every way!

"You wouldn't dare!"

"As if you could!"

"I'd like to see you try!"

"You wouldn't be allowed to! The Spirits won't allow you!"

Stefan was the only one who had not protested, simply smirking instead. From the get go, he had a gut feeling that there was something different about Meili and his gut was right. Stefan being Stefan and not like Steffy knew that complying with this chick's demands was going to end up with heads rolling and he was rather attached to his.

"SHUT UP!" Silence rang through the air and once again all attention was on Meili as it was when this whole thing began. "I do not make such declarations lightly! For one such as I, it is not possible!" The gang's eyes widened even further as she seemed to grow a third more than her already considerable size. She raised her arm and this time jaws drop as a very long sword dove through the canopy of the large tree and snapped into her hand. It was sleek, thin and all black. Stefan's eyes narrowed at the sight of the thing, a hazy picture swimming at the back of his head – this was not the first time he had seen this sword but for the life of him he cannot remember when or how! But he knew enough to know that it was not a normal sword and one that he should rightly fear. Meili brings the masterpiece in front of her face and clicks the guard open, slowly sliding the blade out. The other three are shocked to see that the black was just as black as it's sheath. The tip clears and with a swift swish and a short ring, the sword sings as Meili swung it down to point towards the earth. Drops of something landed across the faces and hands of the gang and as they looked to see what it was they were horrified to realise it was blood!

"Let's make something clear." Shivers waved down everyone's spines at her words, even Damon though for him the effect was entirely different – he was turned on. "I am very obviously not human. What I am is for me to know and for you to never find out. All you need to know is that I am a being beyond any of your wildest painfully small imagination and that I am not bound by any Earthly rule! Your so-called-Spirits have no hold over me! I can and will kill you in a very slow and painful manner if you do not take what I had said into very careful consideration. I do not make idle threats. You have already been warned by my husband and his family to that going down this path will earn you nothing. Warnings are given for a reason and do not for a moment disillusion yourselves into thinking that you are getting another! I have given you your choice. You will either concede to the conditions I have set forth or I will not hesitate in torturously and painfully ending your very existence!" Protests rang through the trees only to be abruptly silenced when Meili raised her hand and slashed it across the air. Mouths still moved but sound could not be heard.

"I was not finished!

Your threats do not work with me! Warnings are given for a reason and you have all been warned before. But like the entitled, selfish narcissistic brats that you lot are, you thought that everything you see if yours for the taking and damn all to hell with the consequences! Well the consequences have arrived and as your generation's saying goes – you're screwed!

So, for the very last time I will ask you – are you going to leave my family alone?" She released her hold on the sounds. All present waited for the gang's response. This time the silence felt like the type were some really hard thinking was going on and there really were.

Caroline is arguing with herself whether it's worth all the trouble to continue to pursue Niklaus – especially given who she would be facing off with. For the first time in her entire life – living or otherwise – she realises that she wasn't going to get what she wants, not even if she were to make certain sacrifices. And then there's also the thing she had with Tyler. She had essentially ruined all of her chances with him, especially now that Stefan had chosen to blurt out all of their dirty laundry. She was fucked and she had no one to blame but herself.

Tyler was seething, he couldn't believe that Stefan would out him like that! Not to mention learning that Caroline had pretty much dumped him for an older but apparently better model! Isn't it supposed to be the newer or younger the better? Top that off, his ex now knows that he had had (well technically speaking) her best friend on the side. Sure, they didn't have sex-sex but wasn't it like some big girl rule that it's a no-no to be going after each other's man, regardless of whether they still were or were not in a relationship with said man? True he had a hand in it but it was Bonnie who had started the sexual part of that incident. His eyes roamed up Meili's figure, despite his fear of what she is capable of doing, Tyler can't seem to help himself with the chick. Ever since she stepped out of the car, even despite her practically living within that bastard Original Son's arms, he wanted her! She is just so fucking gorgeous! Great body, sexy voice, beautiful face, fuck-tastic rack – even as she is now, pissed and ready to take his head off, Tyler can't help himself from fantasising what it would be like to bend her over against the tree and have his way with her ten ways to Sunday! The other females in the group did star often in his fantasies but not as often as Damon's wife nor were any of his other fantasies played out as vividly and intense as the ones that starred her – not even Caroline and she's his supposed soul mate or whatever!

Bonnie was panicking. She feels practically helpless in this situation and she doesn't know what to do! Her grimoires had not given her an information about what in the world Meili could possibly be and the Spirits were just as clueless! Being the only real mortal present, she knows that anything that happens to her, right there and then would be the end of her; permanently. And if somehow miraculously they survive this encounter (which she highly doubts they will), she will then have to face Caroline's wrath about almost sleeping with Tyler, deal with Elena (she couldn't help throwing that branch, Bonnie thought Elena should consider herself lucky but had she been really trying – Elena would be nothing but a desiccated corpse) and somehow find a way to incapacitate an emotionless Stefan.

Stefan's mind was a battleground between his two alter egos. For the longest time, the one who he had named 'Steffy' had been the one in control, no thanks to Alexia – a vampire that Steffy had met whilst he was still human and malleable. Stefan had always known about Steffy's existence, even during their human days. His multiple personality as a human was not as very obvious as it is now in his vampirism. Steffy started encroaching a lot more after they were turned but it wasn't until they had met Alexia that he started becoming bolder and assertive. Alexia had noticed straight away what Stefan is and she had thought she was doing him a favour by helping to lock up his more primal self.

"Why in the world did you do that for, Stefan?! We had an agreement!"

"Fuck that agreement! I've had enough of your foolishness! I'm Stefan Avery and Stefan Avery does not get made a fool out of! Especially not by a two-bit slut that's panting like a bitch in heat for another man! She used us, Steffy! Or did you not realise her true reasoning behind wanting to transition?! It so obviously wasn't to be with us for eter-fuc king-nity! She turned for him you idiot! Sure she's a great lay and all but at the end of the day I'd rather have a bad lay who isn't fantasising about another man's dick whilst ours is in her. You have had control long enough and if I had had my say and you and that other slut-pire, Alexia hadn't done all your voodoo shit, I would have still been in control! I don't want to die, fuck you very much and most especially not because of that whore you have the audacity to call our girlfriend!"

Elena is desperate – her delusions have now become her reality. Now, even she believes the lies she's poisoned her boyfriend's and friends' minds with. She feels this need, this want, this overwhelming urge to be with Damon. Sadly, she has mistaken these feelings as signs that Damon is her soulmate – otherwise why else would it be this strong, right?

"Well I'm speaking for myself and I say your wishes, oh dangerous and sexy one are my command." Stefan replies, sending a wink her way. Damon lifts his lips in a silent snarl at him at his made-up sobriquet for Meili but otherwise ignores him.

"Stefan?!" All four of the others exclaimed.

"I don't know about the three of you but I am s-o done playing Steffy the Bunny Muncher. I am now once more in control of my body as I should have always and I will do anything I need to in order to protect myself! Now is not the time to go all noble and save the not-even-remotely-damsel-in-distress! Believe me when I tell you that she would not think twice in throwing you to the wolves if it saved her bacon!"

Meili looks at Stefan for a moment, reading his thoughts. It amused her to no end to see what he had done to the other Stefan, the one he called 'Steffy'. Seeing his sincerity, the young Shen gestures to Gold who steps forward and grabs hold of Stefan. Startled he started to struggle, fear creeping in when he sees that she seems to possess strength that surpasses his vampiric one.

"Stop your struggling. He's not going to hurt you. He's only holding on to ensure you don't run."

"I thought we had a deal?!" Stefan growls.

"We do, however, before we let you go, we have to ensure you don't go blabbing to every Tom, Dick and Harry you meet what you are about to witness." Meili turns her emerald gaze towards the rest of his companions. "And what about you four? What say you?"

"You can go to hell!" Elena exclaims, stepping forward in front of the others. Whilst Tyler looked like he was having second thoughts, the other two nodded their heads. The Mikaelsons and the Shen were all stunned at the sheer stupidity before them before smirking. Looks like they were going to get their fun after all.

"Been there and back more times than you've been alive in years, doppel-slut." Meili's retort strangles her next words in her throat. The rest of the gang looks at her apprehensively, trying to gauge the truthfulness of her words.

"All of us have." Na Zha snorts, then stops and looks at San Long. "Opps, correction. Nearly all of us have. I had forgotten little San-San has yet to take a trip. Want me to send you down?" He smirks at the dragon as he fingers the sword at his side. The rest of them snicker including San Long himself, knowing that Na Zha was only playing it up. They all look in horror at the amused expressions on the faces of their opponents, as if going to hell was some casual walk in the park.

"They've made their choice." At her words, the younger Shen converged on the three; Alicia and Eve trap Caroline and Bonnie between them, with Caroline trying with all her vampire strength to escape whilst Bonnie cast spell after spell with no effect. Michael and Na Zha ran Tyler down as the were had quicker reflexes than the girls and were actually able to turn and run, even if he didn't get very far. Simone nabbed Elena on her own and for all of Elena's struggles, she couldn't fight her off. Xuan Wu steps forward and all struggles seem to still when he made his presence known. There wasn't a being present who didn't recognise the sheer amount of power he holds.

"You have been given a choice, one that you foolishly refuse to take. Your choices have consequences, not only upon yourselves but also those around you, your families. May the Heavens forgive you as I do not think your family ever will." He stands up straight and before their very eyes grow as Meili had grown. He stood half a metre taller than his daughter – his clothes changing before their very eyes. First the colour turned black, then his suit pants changed to silk trousers and his shirt and jacket into a calf-length changshan with embroidered snake headed turtles and snakes marching all over it in gold. His hair had lengthened with his growth though, still falling to his knees. Another sword crashes through the canopy, his arm snapping up just in time to pluck it out from the air and clip it into place at his side. His dress shoes morphed into black combat books with golden hooks.

"Eve and San Long take Caroline Forbes to her house. There you will wait for her mother to return home. The moment Sheriff Forbes does, Bill Forbes will be carried to you and before her very eyes, you will erase her existence from her parents' memories. You will replace it with the memories of carrying a child and losing it, thus causing for the breakdown of their marriage. You will also erase from their memories those of Bonnie Bennett, Tyler Lockwood, Elena Gilbert and Stefan Avery. However, you will leave them with a feeling as if something was missing, one that will not fade until the day they do from this life. After that you will then take Caroline back to the Peak to await further instructions.

Alicia and Jade you are to do the same with Bonnie Bennett with her parents. They will both be carried to her house to wait for you. Her cousin Lucy will also be there.

Michael and Na Zha, the same with Tyler Lockwood with his mother and uncle.

Meili and Simone will escort Elena to hers and do the same for the hunter slash history teacher, Alaric Saltzmann, her aunt and her brother.

Bai Hu, Zhu Que and Qin Long you will come with me to surround this little town and perform the same service – link with the younger ones so that the memories all corroborate. Erect a barrier around the town to protect it against any supernatural with any ill intent and for any and all who cross its borders, if they had any memories of these five will be wiped from their minds. By the break of the new day, I want it that these five will be as if they were never born!"

The horror of Xuan Wu's words sank down onto the five of them began to struggle, their protests loud and fearful. To be erased from the memories of their loved ones – it was something they feared more than death! One by one the groups disappeared save for Stefan and Alicia who had remained in the forest – Stefan didn't have any family or other loved ones whose memories needed erasing, his have all been dead for a good few decades. The Shen carrying their charges with them. A Mikaelson tagged along, guarding the perimeters of the properties whilst the Shen performed their tasks. Anguished screams from the gang echoed through the night as they watched their loved ones forget about them.

For Elena, Simone made it extra painful, broadcasting her family's thoughts as they explained to them what they were about to do. To have Jeremy actually respond positively, tore at her very being. When it was time to go, Meili waved a hand and all of the physical memories of Elena disappeared from the home – pictures were altered to remove her presence, her bedroom changed to remove her personal effects and make the room look not-lived-in, even her very scent was erased. Not a single trace of her could now be found within the Gilbert home. With a heavy heart and hung head, Elena allowed herself to be carried off, tears falling down her cheeks as she takes one last look at her home before it faded away and the darkness engulfed her.


The town of Mystic Falls woke as the rooster crowed. Sheriff Forbes walked into her kitchen feeling as if there was something she had forgotten. She reaches out and grabs a mug and fills it with coffee, only to turn and grab another though she doesn't understand why. She and Bill had long since divorced due to the loss of their unborn baby and Bill had actually come out and told her that this was the chance he was waiting for to let her know that he was actually gay!

Carol Lockwood wondered down her mansion, instructing the numerous workers to pack up and clean up all the traces of the ball she had held previously. She reached her kitchen to accept a cup of coffee from her maid and turned to instruct the young woman to make up a breakfast that she had no idea why she was thinking of having made when there was only her left in this home, her husband Richard long passed away and her brother-in-law was probably passed out in a hotel or motel somewhere around town.

Rudy Hopkins woke up to find himself in bed with his ex-wife Abby Bennett Wilson. He quickly but quietly extricated himself from the bed, taking care not to wake her up before gathering up his clothes and exiting the home, thankful that it was early enough that none saw him leaving. As he got into his car, he shook his head and vowed to never imbibe in alcohol again – no need to make the same mistake a third time. Abby herself rose from her bed, having woken up mid-Rudy's flight from her side. Her heart heavy and painful as she watched him leave without even a backwards glance. She also vowed to herself that this was the last time she was coming back to this town. She gets up and makes her way down the hall to her niece's room and opens it. She shakes the young woman awake and instructs her to pack up. By mid-morning the two Bennett witches had their cars packed with their personal items and drove away from their home and the town.

Jenna Sommers woke with a start as the alarm sounded, signalling for her and her boyfriend Alaric Saltzmann to start their day. She got up and got ready for work, waking up her boyfriend as she exited their room. She banged loudly on her nephew's door before making her way to the kitchen. By the time the two males appeared, she had made enough to feed an army though stops and looks at the extra spot she had laid on the table, unsure of why she had even done so in the first place. Her companions also looked at the extra setting with confusion before shrugging their shoulders and proceeding to help her put the crockery and utensils away and tuck into the breakfast she set out.

The residents of Mystic Falls slowly woke to the new day, some more than others feeling a certain sense of something missing, however, just a fleeting as it came, they shrugged it off and went about their day.


The new day dawned differently for those in the Chen apartments in the Peak Towers in Hong Kong. While the rest of the Mikaelsons and Shen were peacefully ensconced in their respective rooms, their prisoners were all placed in one room, guarded by two men and three women who did not react to anything they said or did. Their pleas went unheard as they struggled with the invisible binds on their person. They were comfortable as far as comfort goes, the room held couches and daybeds enough for all of them. There were two bathrooms connected to the room. The only thing that was odd about it was the fact that there were no windows and that there were no other doors leading out of it, neither in the main room itself or the connecting bathrooms.


"So, that did not go as I thought it would." Kol comments before stuffing a large piece of his toast in his mouth. It was now mid-morning of the following day after the ball and their confrontation and both families were seated in the dining room, enjoying a breakfast feast fit for an emperor. Some heads turned his way, acknowledging his words before they tucked back into their own plates of food.

"Yeah, me too. I was thinking something a bit more, bloody." Na Zha smirks. The rest of them chuckle at his comment.

"I think that was actually more fitting. These five thrived and lived for the attention of that tiny little town who dished it to them in spades and that's with both the mortal and supernatural communities there. To have been collectively forgotten, to witness the erasing of their memories from their loved ones, that's got to hurt!" Simone pipes in as she pours more tea for her and her sister.

"But what do we do with them five now?" Niklaus asks. All eyes fall on Meili who was perched on her husband's lap, quietly munching on a piece of toast. She brings her hand down, accepts her husband's proffered fork filled with egg and chews with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"I was thinking of having them take a trip down through the courts, doing the rounds through all ten and in each and every session, they are provided with the day-to-day playback of their loved ones' lives continuing on without them." The rest of her party shudder with the shiver that rolls down their spines at the sickly-sweet undertone her voice had taken and each and every one of them makes a silent vow to never get on her bad side. Ever.

After breakfast, Meili, Damon, Xuan Wu, Bai Hu, Simone, Michael and the Mikaelsons carried themselves to where their prisoners were housed while the rest carried themselves back to Mystic Falls to pack up the house and get ready for their move to New Orleans.

Once their prisoners were fed, Xuan Wu and Bai Hu work on Stefan to alter his memories, removing all traces of the other four and everything that has happened since his return to his ancestral home town. They made it so that he does not recall ever travelling there and plants emotions of never wanting to return. They made it look like he spent all this time travelling all over the world, looking for something he doesn't know what. They also made him stay on the vegetarian diet – reinforcing their previous conditions on him. They then sent him on his way, with a bag of clothes and some money, IDs and a passport that stated he has been in Hong Kong for a good few weeks and a ticket for mainland China in a couple of days' time. Elena watches, devastated that she has now not only lost the love of her life but was also losing the only man who came close to being Damon's replacement.

With Stefan set, they then turned their attention on the other four.

"You four will be sent to hell, I thought I'd share the experience. There you will go through all ten courts – you have all actually committed enough sins to warrant you actually going through all ten anyways. There you will suffer the consequences of your actions and for each and every session, you will be treated to the play-by-play of your loved ones' lives, going about their day, having forgotten you existed. You will get to witness just how much better off they all are without you lot causing them grief, stress, heartache and trouble. And after you have gone through all ten, you will start again and again and again until the mortal lives of your families are gone. And only then will I come back and see what to do with you then.

Do hope that when the time comes I might be in a happy mood and simply grant you the death that you would surely be begging for by then. If I'm not…" Meili shrugs as her implication sinks in, waves and waves of fear shivering down the gang's backs.

"You are a monster and one that doesn't deserve Damon!" Elena cries out, tears tracking their way down over the previous paths that others have taken.

"I may well be all of those things or perhaps even something worse but that is not for you to decide. You have played God with the lives of those closest to you, all for the sake of attempting to take someone who does not even acknowledge your presence! I hope you enjoy the extra reels I'll be sending you – they'll be of Damon happily living his life with this monster." Meili sneers before her father waves his hand and sends all four of them down to the ten courts of Hell.


A/N: Hi all, sorry this was delayed. Unfortunate circumstances and everything.

Further, I want to announce that due to certain work and personal commitments, I will be moving my update schedule to every Sunday afternoon, Australian Eastern Standard Time.

New Orleans is next! See you then!

~TMDS