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Aribella sighed as she entered the Mikaelson house. Katherine and Elijah walked into the sitting room whilst Kol ran off to dump the stake somewhere, hopefully better than what he done the last time and Rebekah went to sit in the back garden. Klaus slammed the door to the drawing room. Aribella made her way upstairs as she knew better than to speak to Klaus when he was in this mood, she knew he'd calm down eventually when he realised that she had to do it, if she didn't Elijah would have been dead and so would she. She changed into a black pair of shorts and a grey tank top. She quickly made her way into the ensuite and began to take off her makeup, she was hoping to be asleep by the time Klaus came upstairs as she didn't have the energy to fight with him tonight.

She walked out of the ensuite to find Klaus sitting on the edge of the bed with his elbows rested on his knees and his head in his hands. He looked up as she closed the ensuite door. She tried not to look at him as she made her way over to the dresser that sat in the corner of the room. She slowly opened the drawer and pulled out a small blue box. She reached up and unclipped her necklace before placing it slowly into the box, she slid the engagement ring off of the middle finger on her right hand before placing it next to the necklace. She could feel Klaus glare on her back as she placed the box back into the drawer and closed it. She made her way over to the bed and sat down slowly. Klaus turned round to glare at her

''You're not even going to say sorry for what you did?'' Klaus growled. She sighed as she looked up at him returning his glare

''I have nothing to say sorry for. I saved your brother and myself. Not to mention I saved you. Once Elijah was dead you were the hunters next target'' Aribella sighed refusing to turn this into an argument.

''Saved me! Far from it love, you've destroyed the only thing that allows me to make more hybrids, you've ruined my life'' Klaus snarled down at her

''Keep believing that all you want but I saw the fear on your face when you saw Alaric ready to kill Elijah, if Elijah died then I died. You should have known I wasn't going to let that happen. Besides Elena was going to become a vampire anyway, better sooner rather than later'' Aribella grinned. Klaus growled as he wrestled her to the floor. He straddled her with his hand clutching her throat tightly. His eyes grew dark with a yellow iris as he growled down at her. Aribella snarled and threw him off of her. She jumped up into a defensive position as Klaus got ready to lunge towards her again.

''Enough Niklaus!'' Elijah barked as he and Katherine appeared in the doorway. ''She's right, would you rather have your family or your hybrids?'' Elijah narrowed his eyes towards Klaus

''I think we all know that answer'' Katherine sneered towards Klaus. Klaus growled and went to lunge towards her but was knocked back by Elijah. Klaus stood to his full height growling towards the three

''I think you need to go and take some time to cool off Niklaus, I will not have this behaviour in this house'' Elijah shouted a warning and dangerous edge to his voice, an edge Klaus obviously heard loud and clear as he pushed past all three of them and made his way outside. Elijah and Katherine left the room shortly afterwards. Aribella quickly bundled a load of her stuff together before leaving a note on the bed for Klaus when he came back.

Aribella rushed over to caroline's and knocked on the door twice. Liz made her way towards the door looking confused

''Can I help you?'' Liz asked in a confused tone. Aribella winced slightly, she should have known they wouldn't be best pleased to see her after what she done

''I know I'm possibly thee last person you want to see right now but I just had to come and say goodbye'' Aribella said. Liz looked up towards her alarmed.

''What goodbye, where are you going?'' Liz asked looking up towards Aribella

''I don't know yet anywhere away from here. There's too many people upset with me now Liz, I want to stay but I can't.'' Aribella said before hugging the sheriff tightly. Liz pulled away from the hug with tears in her eyes. ''Give this to Caroline please, tell her I'm sorry and that I'll always be around to protect both of you'' Aribella smiled. Liz felt a gush of wind fly towards her as Aribella flashed off out of sight.

Klaus closed the door as he made his way into the house. He immediately spied Kol sitting on the staircase with a note in his hand. Kol looked up as he saw Klaus enter and quickly shoved the note into his pocket. Klaus looked down at him suspiciously as Elijah stood in the doorway of the dinning room while Rebekah stood at the top of the stairs looking down at her brother in pity and sorrow. Klaus glanced at all three of them confused

''What's happened?'' Klaus asked looking round at his siblings in concern. Kol took a deep breath and went to answer the question but Rebekah beat him to it.

''She's gone Nik. Aribella left'' Rebekah sniffed. Anger flashed through Klaus' eyes, only to be replaced by sorrow and guilt as he remember how he had acted. He rushed past the two younger siblings on the stairs and into his bedroom. Aribella's drawers were open and empty, his wardrobe was open and looked half full. Klaus looked around trying to find any sign of her clothing but there was none. He rushed over towards the dresser and forced opened the drawer. He pulled out the blue box and opened it. The necklace was gone but the ring was still where she left it.

Klaus looked up into the mirror slowly as his breathing grew shallow. There was a note sitting on the bed. He placed the box down gently as he turned to make his way over to the bed. He picked up the note slowly and carefully as if it were a very expensive and easily breakable glass item. My One True Love. Klaus gasped slightly as he read the front of the note. He quickly tore open the envelope and began to read the letter inside.

My Dearest Niklaus

I'm deeply sorry for my actions tonight, but know that it was only to protect my family and myself. I know that you are angry with me and I do not blame you but I hope that someday you can find it in your heart (if you have one) to forgive me for what I did, but remember this. With or without hybrids, you are still the same Niklaus that I fell in love with almost a thousand years ago, you just never let people see the real you, instead you hide behind the fake tough guy act, the mask.

I'm truly sorry I had to leave this way, without a proper goodbye but our temper both got the better of us, as they normally do. I've chosen to leave the ring for you to maybe give to the girl that can see the side of you that I see every time I look at you, the human side.

I hope our paths will cross again and that you can forgive me for turning the doppelganger into a vampire, for the latter I am sorry, I honestly never meant for it to go that far but I had to protect you all. I will always protect my family, no matter who else gets hurt.

Love always

Aribella

xxxxx

P.S: Please protect Caroline and Liz, I hate myself for having to leave them unprotected.

Klaus glared to the dark night sky outside of the window. She was gone, and it was all his fault. Klaus hung his head low as tears began to drip slowly down his cheeks. He didn't want anyone else to see that side of him, only her, it was only ever her.

Klaus spun round as he heard the front door get forced open. He heard Elijah start to speak but an angry female voice cut him off. Before he knew it his bedroom door was forced from it's hinges and threw across the room. Klaus looked towards the doorway to see Caroline standing there with her hands on her hips. Her eyes were dark as he fangs were bared. She rushed towards him and pinned him against the wall by his throat. Klaus was surprised at the young vampires strength.

''Where is she?'' Caroline towards Klaus. Klaus noticed a note in her pocket, similar to the one he had received from Aribella.

''I don't know, she ran'' Klaus said finally freeing himself from the young vampires grip. Caroline groaned in frustration.

''Come on we're going to find her'' Caroline snapped heading for the door. Klaus watched as she walk. Caroline turned back round to find him. ''I can't find her on my own, you'll be able to pick up her scent easier, with you being part dog and all. Hurry up'' Caroline barked towards him.

Klaus grudgingly picked himself up off of the wall and began to follow the blonde. His three siblings were standing at the bottom of the stairs staring at their brother in surprise.

''We're going to find her, we shouldn't be long'' Klaus said grabbing his car keys from the table next to the door and following Caroline outside to where the cars were parked. She walked straight over to the SUV. He smirked as he clicked the button which caused the door on the brand new red Ferrari to slide open. Caroline looked over at him confused

''It will get us there quicker'' Klaus explained as he tossed the keys to Caroling before climbing into the Ferrari. Caroline huffed as she slid into the black leather seat. Klaus taught her how to close the doors before she placed the key in the ignition. With one hand on the wheel she spun the car round and sped out of the Mikaelson driveway.

''Tell me when you catch her scent'' Caroline said keeping her eyes on the road at all times as she dodged in and out of cars and sped off out of Mystic Falls.

Rebekah and Kol had run off to find the stake and hopefully destroy it while Katherine had gone to help Elena with her transition after receiving a call from a slightly worried Damon.

He stood in Klaus drawing room examining his brothers paintings and sketches, he had to admit, he was a little jealous of his brothers talent in art. A noise at the study door made him turn round slightly to face an all too familiar face

''Hello Elena, what brings you here. You know how risky it is'' Elijah smiled pouring himself another drink as Elena moved towards him. She said nothing and kept her eyes upon his face. Elijah looked up confused as she moved closer and closer. He left the whiskey glass on the table and began to move backwards

''Elena what are you doing?'' Elijah asked as his back reached the far wall but she stay silent and continued up to him then something clicked in his head, Elena would never act like this, which meant it wasn't Elena.

''Katrina what are you doing, you know my siblings could be back any second. I thought you were helping Elena? Katrina'' Elijah asked as she never answered any of his questions, she just pressed herself up against him. She leaned up so her lips were centimetres from his own. Her looked into her brown eyes confused as she placed a soft kiss on his lips

''Guess again lover'' she purred as she placed her lips on his once more. A final name clicked into his head. He spun her round and pinned her against the wall with his hand clutched tightly around her throat

''Hello Tatia'' he snarled

''About time Elijah, I knew you were always rough but this is a bit much don't you think'' she chuckled. A Katherine like fire in her brown eyes

''What are you doing here, how are you still alive?'' he growled his grip getting tighter

''I had a clever witch on the other side link me to Elena when she was human and now she's a vampire, I'm a vampire but I'm still technically linked, if you kill me then you kill Elena. So I suggest you let me go'' she snarled back. His grip loosened but he didn't remove it

''Enough with the games Tatia'' He growled

''Tatia? Elijah what the hell are you doing?'' a familiar voice signalled from behind him. He spun round to face Katherine with the Salvatore brothers behind her. In between then was Elena who was looking at Tatia in the same horror that Katherine was.

''Stefan, Damon. I'd like you to meet Tatia. Katrina, Elena, meet your ancestor'' Elijah said glaring at Tatia

''Pleasure I'm sure'' Tatia smirked at the total look of shock on all four faces before her ''So these are my two doppelgangers. Got to say they don't have much going for them do they''

''Speak for yourself, you're the one we're cloned after'' Katherine snarled in response to Tatia's jibe. Tatia smirked towards Katherine

''You must be Katrina, I've heard a lot about you, you're the one I like. That's means you're Elena, the newbie vamp, thanks for the life source by the way'' Tatia grinned towards Elena.

''So Elijah could you please inform me on you obsession with me and my doppelgangers, I mean you've fallen for every single one of us'' Tatia grinned turning back round to face Elijah who glared at her darkly. Elena's eyes widen as she saw Elijah's eyes turned dark as his fangs erupted, she had never seen his vampire face but now she had it scared her to death.

''Wait until Rebekah gets her hands on you. It's your fault our family was destroyed, the reason we became like this. She'll tear you apart before you can even scream'' Elijah snarled down towards Tatia. Katherine and Elena appeared quite shocked at the new dangerous side to Elijah, Stefan and Damon seemed amused. Tatia just smirked up at him.

''Did I ever tell, you're sexy when you're mean'' Tatia said playing with Elijah's tie. Katherine snarled and lunged at Tatia knocking her into one of the arm chairs causing it to topple over onto the floor

''Paws off bitch'' Katherine growled over towards Tatia. Tatia laughed as she picked herself up from the floor brushing off her leather jacket.

''Why don't you just tell us why you're here Tatia? I mean you obviously came here for a reason'' Elena snapped towards Tatia who looked up at Elena in amusement.

''You're right I did. I'm here to warn you that, it's not over'' Tatia sighed suddenly becoming serious.

''What exactly isn't over?'' Damon asked making his way into the room. Tatia sighed glancing around at all of them.

''Remember what I told you when you asked how I got here, that I was connected to Elena's human life. Well look at me now, she died and I'm still here. Who else do you all know that was connected to Elena's human life?'' Tatia asked looking round at all of them. Damon, Stefan, Elijah and Katherine all looked at Tatia in confusion.

''Alaric'' Elena gasped.

Caroline sped down the road after switching places with Klaus so he could focus on keeping track of Aribella's scent. It was getting stronger and stronger so they knew she must be close by. Caroline turned the car down an old country road until they came face to face with this run down motel. The sign above the door was hanging off and the lights in reception were constantly flickering.

''She must be here. Do you want to go first or shall I?'' Klaus whispered looking towards Caroline. Caroline pointed at herself then pointed at Klaus

''You come in after me, wait for my signal'' Caroline mouthed. Klaus nodded as they both climbed out the car. They trailed Aribella's scent to a room. Caroline knocked twice before pushing Klaus round the corner and out of Aribella's view. The door opened and Aribella gasped. Her bright blue eyes went wide. ''Hi''

''Caroline what the hell are you doing here? I told you mom to warn you not to come looking for me, I didn't want to be found'' Aribella groaned as she lay her forehead against the door

''Well what did you expect that you could just run off without saying goodbye. You're family Aribella, I could never let you leave like that'' Caroline snapped in reply

''But I'm not welcome in Mystic Falls anymore, not after what I did. Klaus hates me now, there's no point'' Aribella sighed looking down towards the ground.

''Really?'' Caroline said looking to her left and nodding. Aribella looked up in shock as Klaus walked around the corner to stand beside Caroline.

''Come to torture me some more cause if you have you can save it, I'm already doing it to myself'' She snapped glaring up towards Klaus who looked down towards her in amusement but slight hurt from what Caroline could make out in his eyes.

''No actually, I've come to take you home. If you'll come back'' Klaus smiled down towards her. Caroline spun round to face him, the look on her face was slightly disapproving causing him to frown in confusion

''You're the big bad hybrid, you don't give her a choice. You just throw her over your shoulder and drag her ass back to mystic falls while I clear out her stuff and pay for the room'' Caroline smirked grabbing Aribella wrist and throwing her into Klaus's embrace. Klaus chuckled as he bent down and knocked her over his shoulder

''Klaus put me done. Caroline I'm going to get you for this'' Aribella groaned as she thrashed about but Klaus' hybrid grip was like steel keeping her to his shoulder as he chuckled and rarely flinched from her attacks.

''Got it in one Elena. Except he won't just be a normal vampire, he'll be just as strong and as fast as the originals, able to kill one with swipe of his hand. Now he's deadlier than ever. He's the ultimate destruction'' Tatia said looking precisely towards Elijah. Elena looked in horror as Elijah's mask drifted from his face as a look of fear and slight nerves appeared in his brown eyes

''How do we stop him?'' Stefan asked finally finding the courage to walk further into the room. Tatia turned to face the youngest Salvatore with an apologetic look in her eyes.

''On the other side there was rumours of a weapon that could be used to destroy the ultimate destruction but the problem is only two people knew what it was and those two people have been dead for a thousand years'' Tatia sighed. Damon sighed in frustration as Elena and Stefan began to fidget becoming more and more nervous

''Who were the two people maybe we know one of their ancestors?'' Katherine asked putting on a stone face like Elijah and Damon to hide her fear.

''Ester Mikaelson, your mother and Mark Williamson'' Tatia said looking precisely towards Elijah. For the second time that night Elijah's mask slipped from his face as his shock became more transparent.

''Who's Mark Williamson'' Elena asked glancing between Tatia and Elijah slightly confused

''Niklaus' father'' Kol's voice called from the door where he stood with his arms folded over his chest. There was a smug grin on his face but a slight look of surprise in his eyes as they flicked round at all three Petrova women in the room. ''Tatia, how wonderful to see you again'' Kol said with a slight snarl as a blur appeared from beside him. Before anyone could blink Tatia was sent across the room by a pissed off looking Rebekah.

''Rebekah enough, she's trying to help, for a change. Now tell me Tatia, where is this weapon'' Elijah asked. Tatia picked herself up off the floor and brushed down her jacket

''I don't know, only those two people knew what it was and where it was, you'll have to ask them'' Tatia sighed.

''How exactly do we do that, incase you haven't noticed Niklaus' father is very much dead'' Kol sighed standing off the wall and making hi way into the room to stand over beside Elijah with Rebekah behind him.

''Don't you lot know a Bennett witch, I'm pretty sure one of those would have enough power'' Tatia smirked.

''Or we could use Jeremy get him to at least get Klaus' dad onto this world then use Bonnie to make him visible like she did with all the other ghosts'' Damon smirked from the back

''We can't it's too risky. What if Klaus' father uses Jeremy as a life source to get to this world? Plus what if it also brings back the other ghosts?'' Elena asked

''It won't'' Bonnie's voice called from the doorway behind Tatia. ''I didn't know what I was doing then but I know now and if that's what I need to do to keep my friends and family safe, than I'll do it''

Everyone spun to face the front entrance as the door was forced open, almost falling off it's hinges. Rebekah and Katherine looked over in shock as they saw Aribella dragging in an unconscious Klaus.

''Elijah, Kol, Rebekah. Anyone home, I need your help'' She shouted looking towards the staircase. She turned her head when Elijah moved towards her. He looked down at Klaus in horror. '' At what point were you planning on giving us the heads up that Alaric Saltzman is still alive'' She snapped towards Elijah

''Sorry I honestly didn't know until…''' Elijah said looking over his shoulder towards Tatia. Aribella's jaw dropped as her eyes scanned round all three Petrova's.

''Well if it isn't little Aribella Vilitiano. Gosh last time I saw you, you were plating your sisters hair whilst drooling all over Niklaus like a little puppy'' Tatia smirked towards Aribella. Aribella's breathing grew deeper as she tried to contain her anger. Kol rushed forward and rolled Klaus onto his side before looping his arm underneath him and picking him up. Elijah rushed forward to grab his legs. Kol joined his hands together at Klaus' chest and made sure the back of Klaus' head was on his shoulder. They made their way into the sitting room and lay him down gently on the sofa. Rebekah immediately rushed through with a blood bag. She tore it open and forced it to his lips. Aribella felt a weight on her upper arm as Eliah dragged her through the hall into the dining room.

''What happened?'' Elijah barked towards her. Aribella frowned slightly, Elijah was never one to lose his temper or patience easily, everything going on here must have really wound him up.

''We just got into Mystic Falls when Alaric jumped out infront of the car. He grabbed Klaus from the drivers seat and started beating him. Klaus told me to run so I did, when I got back Alaric had ran off with the car and Niklaus was in a shallow grave. I phoned Caroline warning her just to go straight home and to phone her mother as well'' She explained. Elijah nodded slowly. ''What the hell is Tatia doing here, isn't she supposed to be…''

''Dead, yes. She used Elena as a life source so when Elena became a vampire so did she, we guess that's what happened to Alaric as well, only he's a lot stronger than he should be, he's the ultimate destruction'' Elijah explained. Aribella felt her blood run cold as she remembered what the town folk had written in the ancient scripts about the ultimate destruction. ''We're currently trying to find out how to get the weapon to defeat him''

''I heard about that centuries ago but I didn't think it was true. There was rumoured to be only two people who knew where it was'' Aribella said as she glanced round at each of the Mikaelsons. Klaus slowly began to stir behind her with the help of Rebekah

''We know who they are and we know how to contact them, or one of them at least. We're going to need your help Niklaus'' Elijah said as Kol and Rebekah help Klaus sit up. Klaus narrowed his eyes up towards Elijah

''And why should I help?'' Klaus asked in a mocking tone towards Elijah causing a slight snarl to escape the older brothers throat at his siblings cockiness

''If you want to keep Aribella safe then you shall help, plus without you we cannot kill Alaric. We need you to work with young Jeremy Gilbert to help him reach the other side'' Elijah explained keeping his eyes on his younger brother

''What exactly do I need to do, I won't help until I know the full details'' Klaus snarled up towards Elijah. Aribella could see Elijah's inner struggle wither to tell Niklaus the truth or not, would he help if they knew what they were planning on doing?

''We need you to help resurrect your father, your biological father'' Elijah explained, his eyes softening slightly as he saw the shock and slight hurt in Klaus' eyes.

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