We waited for hours. Elena fiddled with the dagger whilst I fiddled with my bag. I sat on the ground for so long that my bum when numb. I leapt back in surprise when Elijah gasp for breath and started convulsing. After a second Elena and I rushed forwards.

"Elijah," Elena whispered.

"Katerina," Elijah said quietly.

"What?" I muttered.

"Elijah, it's me, it's Elena," Elena whispered.

"Shh," I hissed.

Elijah then fell unconscious again. Elena reached out curiously and at that moment Elijah rolled over with such sudden movements that I darted backwards. He then stood up.

"I can't- I can't breathe," Elijah choked. "What's happened to me?"

Elena stammered and shook her head in confusion.

"He hasn't been invited in!" I hissed.

Elijah tried to use his vampire speed but went straight into the doorframe.

"I can't- I can't be in this house," Elijah gasped.

Elijah tried to use his speed again but crashed into the wall in the hallway then he disappeared out of sight. I didn't even have to look at Elena before I ran off after him. I ran so fast I wasn't sure whether Elena was keeping up with me or not. I looked back to see that Elena was right behind me with the dagger in her hand.

When I looked back in front of me I saw Elijah crouched on the doorstep. I was going to run out to him but Elena pulled me back and stopped me from going out of the door.

Elijah looked up at Elena before using his super-speed to try and enter the house, he got stuck in the doorway.

"What happened?" Elijah asked.

"Shh," Elena and I both hissed in synchronisation.

"I'll tell you, not here," Elena whispered. "Can I trust you?"

"Can I trust you?" Elijah answered in a whisper.

Reluctantly Elena handed him the dagger. He could easily kill her, even without the dagger. Elijah slowly reached out and took the dagger from Elena's hand. We got in the car quickly before Stephan or Damon noticed what he had done.

I sat in the back whilst Elijah and Elena sat in the front. Elijah drank from a blood bag silently. Elena drove. Nobody said a word until Elena stopped the car.

"You look better," Elena commented.

I looked at Elijah. He did and that made me feel happier.

"Where did you get the dagger?" Elijah asked.

"I'll tell you everything but we have to work together Elijah. I need your word," Elena said.

"Your ability to make demands has long passed," Elijah said as he fiddled with the empty blood bag.

"No demands, I'm offering you my help," Elena said. "And in return I want yours."

I raised an eyebrow, not that they could see it. Elijah never excepted help from those who offered it, he simply recruited it.

"And why should I even consider this?" Elijah asked as he looked out of the window.

"The same reason that you haven't killed me. You need my help to kill Klaus and I need you," Elena replied.

Elena's phone vibrating broke the awkward silence. She answered.

"Yes, I'm fine … He's right here … No, Stephan, Elijah and I need some time alone … Elijah is a noble man, Stephan," Elena said.

"A noble man who kills a lot of people," I smirked.

Elijah turned around and looked at me. I stuck my tongue out and smiled. He smiled and shook his head.

"He lives by a code of honour, I can trust him," Elena continued. "He knows I'd be stupid to betray him again."

"Well that's true," I said quietly.

"By removing the dagger I have proven myself … It's my decision, Stephan. Please respect it and make sure that Damon doesn't do anything stupid. I'll be in touch," Elena said before hanging up.

I was the only person in the car who couldn't hear what Stephan was saying but I guess it was along the lines of 'are you trying to get yourself killed?'

Elijah held out his hand for Elena's phone. Elena looked at him like 'do I have to?' and he gave her a stern 'yes' face. Reluctantly she placed her phone into his hand. He then put it safely in the pocket in the inside of his jacket.

"So what gives you the courage to un-dagger me?" Elijah asked.

"He's here," Elena said.

"Klaus is here?" he asked looking very surprised.

"He's taken over Alaric's body," Elena explained.

"Of course he has. One of his favourite tricks," Elijah replied as he looked out of the window.

"Well, what are his other tricks?" Elena asked. "What is he going to do next? You're the only one who knows him."

"Yes, I do," Elijah replied.

We got out of the car without Elijah answering any questions. Elijah rang the doorbell of the house. The mayor of the town answered looking like she was ready to go out somewhere.

"Elijah, Elena, what are you doing here? What happened? Who's this?" the woman stuttered as she looked from the two of them to Elijah's tattered suit to me.

"I've had a bit of an incident, Carol. I'm hoping you could help," Elijah explained rather simply.

"Well I'm on my way to a meeting, so I-" she began.

"I won't take but a minuet of your time," Elijah said compelling her.

"Of course," Carol replied as she opened the door wider for us all to come in. "Anything you need."

"Thank you," Elijah said as he stepped inside the house.

Elena followed him inside whilst I stood outside.

"Elijah," I hissed.

Elijah turned to see me standing outside the door like an idiot. He smiled and looked at Carol.

"Invite in my friend Marie," Elijah said to Carol using compulsion.

"Marie, please do come in," Carol said.

"Thank you," I smiled as I walked inside.

"Well first thing's first, I'm going to need a spare change of clothing," Elijah said.

"Well we could try one of my husband's old suits," Carol suggested. "I haven't boxed them up yet."

"Wonderful," Elijah replied as Carol walked off to go and find a suit.

"How did you know she's not on Vervain?" Elena asked.

"Because I'm the one who got her off it. Right before you and your friends killed me … twice," Elijah said casually and I had to smile. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be down in a moment."

"Is he okay with me?" Elena whispered but I was pretty sure Elijah could still hear her.

"You did drive a dagger through his chest, at the moment I don't think he's your biggest fan," I said making it loud enough for Elijah to hear clearly. "But then again, I'm not your biggest fan either."

Elijah came down the stairs about five minutes later. We moved into Carol Lockwood's living room. Carol was nowhere to be seen.

"So I assume that the Martin witches are no longer with us?" Elijah asked.

"No," Elena answered. "I'm sorry."

Martin witches? God, I felt so out of the loop.

"And Katerina, she would have been released from my compulsion when I died," Elijah said.

"Klaus took her," Elena answered.

"Or so we think," I butted in.

"We think that she may be dead," Elena said.

"I doubt that," Elijah answered. "That's not Klaus's style. Death would be too easy for her after what she did."

"I don't understand," Elena said shaking her head slightly.

"What is there to not understand?" I asked but Elijah silenced me with a wave of his finger.

"You say that you want Klaus dead but you still made Katherine pay for betraying him," Elena explained.

"I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina to pay. There was a time … that I'd have done anything for Klaus. Klaus is my brother," Elijah said.

"I heard that, I'm still processing," Elena answered.

"Yes, I'm a little behind on the times but I believe the term you're searching for is 'O.M.G,'" I laughed so hard I nearly fell off the chair.

Elijah gave me a warning glance and I held my breath to try and stop the giggles from escaping. To hear him say such a thing in such a serious voice was just so funny!

"My family were the original vampires," Elijah said

"There's a whole family of originals?" Elena asked.

"My father was a wealthy land owner in a village in Eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children," Elijah said as he sorted out his collar in the mirror on the wall.

"So your parents were human?" Elena asked.

"His whole family was," I said.

I had heard this story many times.

"Our origin as vampires is a very long story, Elena," Elijah said. "Just know that we're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the original family, and from us, all vampires were created."

"Right, but Klaus is your brother. And you want him dead? I wouldn't kill my brother," Elena said.

"I would," I said.

My brother was the stupidest brother that there ever was and I was actually happy that he was gone from my life.

"I need some air," Elijah said. "Still feeling a tad … dead. Come."

We followed Elijah outside.

"That was a hint that he's still pissed that you daggered him," I said quietly but loudly enough for Elijah to hear.

"I gathered that," Elena hissed.

We had to jog to keep up with Elijah's fast pace down the steps outside.

"So as you've seen, 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 burned," Elijah said.

"That's were that white ash for the dagger comes from," Elena guessed.

"Correct," I smiled.

"The witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth. Every creature needs to have a weakness in order to maintain the balance," Elijah explained.

"So if the sun can't kill an original, why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the sun and moon curse?" Elena asked.

I didn't answer this time. Would Elijah tell her? Would he lie? Would he just remain silent? I had no idea.

"Right, the curse of the sun and the moon. It's all so … biblical sounding, don't you think?" Elijah asked as he gave her a smile.

He was going to tell her. I gave a smile as well.

"What's so funny?" Elena asked looking highly confused.

Elijah then explained how Klaus drew the Aztec scroll about the sun and moon curse. That left Elena looking completely dumbfounded.

"So Klaus drew the Aztec sketches about the curse?" Elena asked.

"Roman scrolls, African tribal etchings, and any other culture or continent we felt like planting it in," Elijah said.

"But why?" Elena asked.

"Easiest way to discover the existence of a doppelganger or to get your hands on some long, lost moonstone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout for it," Elijah explained.

He still wasn't being overly clear about it though.

"So it's not Aztec at all?" Elena asked.

"Nope," I smiled.

"The curse of the sun and moon … is fake," Elijah said quietly. "It doesn't exist."

With that Elijah crossed over the small bridge. I followed, leaving Elena utterly confused. After a couple of seconds there was a 'what?' and I heard her crossing the small bridge over the stream too.

"Klaus and I faked the sun and moon curse dating back over a thousand years," Elijah said once Elena had caught up.

"But if there's no curse-" Elena began but was interrupted.

"There is a curse, just not that one," Elijah said. "The real one is much worse, and it's placed on Klaus."

I heard a phone buzzing in Elijah's pocket.

"What are you talking about?" Elena asked clearly not hearing the phone.

"Klaus has been trying to break it for the last thousand years and you are his only hope," Elijah said.

The phone vibrated again.

"What is this curse?" Elena asked.

The vibrating continued a tiny growl of annoyance escaped my throat.

"Your phone will not stop its incessant buzzing," Elijah said as he handed Elena her phone. "Answer it, please."

"Stephan-" Elena began but she stopped. "What's wrong?" The look on Elena's face went from worry to horror. "No. No, no, no, no, no. Ok, I'll be right there," Elena said she then hung up.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Klaus went after Jenna. I have to go to her," Elena said.

"I'm afraid that wasn't part of today's arrangement," Elijah answered.

"She's my family Elijah, I have to," Elena said.

"Elijah, have you seen Jenna? She is like the nicest person in the world, she is not going to be able to deal with knowing about vampires," I said.

Elijah frowned at me.

"And no, I'm not taking sides," I said answering his unspoken question.

"I'll be back, you have my word," Elena said.

"That doesn't mean anything to me until you live up to it," Elijah said hinting at her to go.

"Thank you," Elena sighed before running off.

"Aren't you going?" Elijah asked.

"Nope," I answered. "I can't deal with traumatised people, I usually make it worse," I explained.

"You've been around vampires for too long," Elijah said.

"The only vampire I've been around is you," I said.

"Exactly," he smiled.

Elijah went silent for a few minutes and we just stood there. I watched the blades of grass move slightly in the wind. I knew Elijah was thinking about memories. He often went off like that; I was used to it now.

Elijah and I walked slowly inside the mansion after a couple of minutes. I sat down and began to sketch Elijah who was standing fiddling with the little ornaments on the mantelpiece. Three hours later I was adding the final touches when the front door opened and in came Elena.

"Welcome back," Elijah said.

"Tell me, what is Klaus's curse," Elena asked as she took off her jacket.

"Somebody's eager," I smiled looking up from my drawing.

"Please," Elijah said making a gesture for her so sit down next to me. Elena sat down and sighed.

"My family was quite close but Klaus and my father did not get on too well. When we became vampire we discovered the truth. Klaus was not my father's son," Elijah said. "My mother had been unfaithful many years before. This was her darkest secret. Klaus is from a different bloodline."

Elena looked puzzled. I kept on drawing but listened closely to the story. I had heard it many times before but it was one of my favourites.

"Of course when my father discovered this, he hunted down and he killed my mother's lover and his entire family. Not realising of course that he was igniting a war between species that rages until this day," Elijah continued.

"'A war between the species?'" Elena repeated.

"The vampires … and the werewolves," Elijah explained.

"So Klaus's real father was from a werewolf bloodline?" Elena asked but she then paused realising that she should be asking a much more important question. "What does that make Klaus? A werewolf? Or a vampire?"

"He's both," Elijah said.

Elena stared open-mouthed at Elijah.

"A hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or any vampire. Nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power. Therefore the witches, the servants of nature, saw to it that my brother's werewolf side would become dormant," Elijah explained.

"That's the curse Klaus want's to break?" Elena asked.

"Yep," I said as I moved on to adding some more detail to Elijah's hair.

"He wants to trigger that part of him that's a werewolf," Elijah said. "If allowed, Klaus would sire his own bloodline. He'd build his own race, endangering not just vampires but everyone," Elijah continued.

"But you helped him," Elena accused.

"I helped him because I loved him. That's changes, now he must die," Elijah said.

"We have the dagger now, we can stop him," Elena said smiling.

Novice mistake!

"When a werewolf is wounded by silver, it heals. An original can't be killed by anything but white oak ash of a silver dagger, so you see the conundrum? The dagger will not work," Elijah explained.

"What, are you saying that Klaus can't be killed?" Elena asked.

"There's one way to kill any supernatural species, at the hands of the servants of nature themselves," Elijah said.

"A witch," Elena muttered, "If they can channel that much power."

"Now we're getting there," I said as I finished Elijah's hair and moved on to his eyes.

"But it would kill them," Elena sighed.

"The curse must be broken during the full moon," Elijah said. "That's when Klaus is in transition. That's when he'll be at his most vulnerable. A witch with enough power … can kill Klaus."

Elena was silent for a moment.

"What if I told you that I knew a witch who could channel that much power?" Elena asked.

"Then I would tell you there's one more thing you should know."

Elijah went on to say about the night before they were prepared to break the curse for Klaus.

"You found a way to save the doppelganger?" Elena asked.

"Yes, Elena," Elijah said. "I did. But unfortunately Katerina took matters into her own hands first. I believe you already know how that played out."

Elijah took Elena's jacket off the sofa and handed it to her.

"You cared about her didn't you?" Elena asked.

"It's a common mistake, I'm told," Elijah answered. "And it's one I won't make again."

Well didn't that make me feel special? Or maybe he was just talking about Katerina.

Elena drove us back to the boarding house. We entered the living room to find Stephan and Damon wrestling each other. I was immediately in my wolf form without even realising it. I shifted back into my human form.

"Stop!" Elena shouted and obediently the two brothers let go of each other.

"You and I are going to have to work on your shifting control," Elijah said quietly and I nodded.

"Now you invited him in?" Damon asked like Elena was insane.

"Elijah and I have renewed the terms of our deal," Elena explained.

I had obviously missed that part of their conversation.

"Really?" Damon asked.

"The two of you will come to no harm at my hands," Elijah said before walking forwards. "I only ask for one thing in return."

"What?" Damon asked.

"An apology," Elijah replied.

"A what?" Damon asked like Elijah couldn't possibly be serious. I don't think Damon even knew the meaning of the word. The two brothers looked at each other and then back at Elijah.

"I'm sorry for that part that I played in your death." Stephan said as he came forwards. "I was protecting Elena. I will always protect Elena."

"I understand," Elijah answered and then everybody looked to Damon.

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"The sacrifice is going to happen Damon. Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save my life. I told you I'd find another way and I did," Elena said.

"Is that true?" Damon asked.

"It is," Elijah replied.

"And you're trusting him?" Damon asked.

"I am," Elena answered.

"You can all go to hell," Damon said before stalking off.

"He's angry with me right now," Stephan said. "But he'll come around."

"Perhaps," Elijah said.

I could tell that underneath he was actually a little bit offended.