Hello all!

Firstly I would like to apologise for leaving it so long between updates but after a certain TVD incident ... I wasn't sure how to continue.

But tonight I have sat awake all night typing and I have finished the story for you all.

Here are the the final three chapters plus and epilogue.


Chapter 9

Demetria ran. She ran so hard and so fast that she had begun to imagine it hurting. She couldn't believe this. After befriending Elena like that and opening up to her, she sat there, playing her. Kol, was going to die. And the others too. She may have never liked Rebekah, always been a little scared of Elijah and deflected Klaus' flirty comments but she didn't want them dead. They were the closest thing she had to family now.

They weren't going to die. Not if she could help it.

She ran until she burst through the huge doors of the Mikealson house and didn't stop until she reached the lounge, where Elijah and Klaus were reading and sketching. Her abrupt entrance startled Elijah and Klaus peered up from his drawing.

"Where's Esther?! Is she here?!"she exclaimed. Elijah put his book down on the coffee table and just looked her confused.

"What? No, her and Finn went out." Elijah spoke so softly in comparison.

"Finn! I bet he's in on it too!" She was fuming with rage and shaking. Klaus joined Elijah in bewilderment and put his sketches down.

"Demi sweetheart, calm down." Demetria stopped, closed her eyes and took a breath. "Okay, good. Now will you please explain this outrageous display?" Klaus laughed and Elijah gave a small smile along with him.

"Esther's planning to kill you all. I don't know how but Elena's helping her and probably Finn too." Both the hybrid and the vampire's face fell. "Elena seemed pretty certain whatever's planned is going to work."

Demetria collapsed on the couch, overwhelmed with mental exhaustion while Elijah jumped up, maintaining his usual air of elegance. His face was unreadable, his mind clearly swimming, trying to decide what to do with the information that had been presented.

"I'll take care of this. Speak of this to no one, not even Kol." It was all he said before speeding off.

"Elijah will sort it out, don't worry Demi. Why don't you go take a nap or something, just chill out." He smiled at her, it was obvious he was just trying to be reassuring. Being pleasant and helpful was never really his this thing, was he trying to comfort Demetria or himself?


Klaus was drawing and painting a lot these days. Between the boredom of not killing people and falling short of ways to get Caroline to stop hating him, his art was all he really had. Although right now he needed the distraction. He felt like he should be doing something more to stop his mother from destroying them all but it seemed like Elijah had a plan. Elijah was nothing less than meticulous when it came to schemes and Klaus getting involved would most likely make things worse. Besides, he had no idea what he could no, short of killing Esther for the second time. He also wanted to stay and make sure Demetria's anger didn't get the best of her and make her go and do something stupid.

He heard Demetria coming down from her the staircase and he snapped out of his thoughts. She walked in, towel drying her long dark hair, wet from a shower. She walked past him and began to look at his artwork. He tried to keep his eyes down but he couldn't help himself. She stood barefoot in a pair of black skin tight jeans and a dark purple shirt of Kol's, rolled up at the sleeves and tied in a knot at the waist. Was that a tattoo just below the waistband of her jeans?

He smiled at this thinking about that little girl she was a thousand years ago. What would his life have been like if he had loved her instead of Tatia all those years ago? Would he have died an old human with children and grandchildren, or would it have been her blood that changed his family into vampires? He and Kol would have had a more deadly feud over her than he and Elijah ever did.

"These are really something." Her voice stopped his thoughts in his tracks. He smiled at the compliment. "I loved your piece in The Hermitage by the way." She told him, smiling softly.

"You knew it was mine?" He was genuinely surprised, it was unsigned and was on display 'by Annoymous'.

"Of course I did. I've spent the last 100 years hunting you down. I know everything about you, I probably know you better than you know yourself." She laughed. It was an uplifting sound after they day they'd had and it was infectious. Klaus laughed too.

"Oh really? Well, I have to say, I'm flattered."

"You shouldn't be." She laughed for another second before her face flooded with sadness. "Could she really do it?" He knew exactly what she was talking about, he hadn't gotten out of his mind all day.

"Course she could. I'm sure there are plenty of witches past and present who are more than willing to get rid of me alone, never mind the others." He let out a small chuckle. He was trying to lighten the mood but neither of them were feeling it.

"Klaus." The way she spoke his name said it all, it was the first time in a very long time that she hadn't said his name in a spiteful, judgmental or hateful tone. It was getting to him. "Could she really do it ... to her own children?" The pity in her eyes made Klaus take a breath.

"In her eyes, we've been allowed to roam and kill for too long. She turned us into vampires and we are her children, her responsibility ... her fault."

The tension was harsh and unbearable but thankfully broken by Kol returning home late-afternoon. Klaus had no idea where he'd been all and if he was being honest, he couldn't remember if Kol hadn't told him where he was going or if he had and didn't listen. He bounded through the hallway and into the lounge.

"Woo! What a great day! I forgot how great it was to run!" He laughed. Klaus raised an eyebrow at him.

"Run dear brother?"

"Run, chase – what's the difference?" Kol chuckled again and walked over to Demetria, bent down and kissed her before settling down with his arm around her. "Hey beautiful, have you been here long?" Demetria gave him a forced smile in return.

"Hey. Just a few hours."

"Woah, if I had known you were here looking like this I would have came home a lot sooner." He laughed and kissed her again. She managed the smallest laugh. Kol frowned and held her facing him. "What's up? Everything okay?" Klaus, who had gone back to sketching, looked over and locked eyes with the beautiful vampire. She smiled.

"Nothing. Everything's great ... now you're home."


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