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Rick POV
They stare at me for a Split second as if what I said wasn't registered yet. Then I see Rebekah, Klaus, Kol, Finn and even Elijah break their shot glasses on their hands. Damon looks at me wondering if I am insane to irritate them all so much and Corina, well… She is the one surprising, she doesn't react at all, in fact all she does is look at me intensively.
"Niklaus killed Jenna. I do understand your point and your anger." She says finally breaking the silence.
"Do not talk about Jenna!" I say in a low angry voice.
"Why not? You are more than willing to kill the ones and even now shows no regret on doing so. In fact you just called them all monsters while I haven't said a bad thing about Jenna." She says serious.
"It is different." I say making her laugh coldly.
"You and your friends are so… Funny! You actually think you all are better and more important than the rest of us!" She says.
"You are the ones that think that! Not us!" I say wrathful.
"No we aren't. And if you at least have the capacity of being polite and letting me finish like I allowed you to finish saying what you wanted, than this is will be simpler and quicker." She says sounding annoyed.
"Fine." I say serious.
"You all wanted Nik dead because he was after poor Elena 'cause he needed to break his curse. You daggered Elijah when he was so nice to you all, because believe me when I say that Elijah was being nice. If it was so important for Elena to live than you could have just fed her vampire blood! If you weren't trying to stop and/or irritate Nik than Jenna would be alive. So after she dies and Nik takes Stefan with him while having him turn off his emotions you all go on a rampage of anger and revenge wanting him dead. You went after Mikael for gods sake! And you all keep looking for ways to kill them!" She says serious.
"They deserve!" I say angry.
"Why? Because Nik wanted to get rid of a curse? Because he responded with violence and anger when all you lot could do is stand in his way? When the family was back together hoping to live in peace you got together with their mother to kill them!" She says exasperate.
"Even they mother knows they are monsters!" I say in a winning tone.
"Their mother is not the best example of a mother. She cursed Nik because she was to ashamed to face the fact the she betrayed their father, she putted on Nik as if the son could really be blamed by the mother mistakes! She thinks they should die because they killed a lot of people!" She says angry at me.
"And they did kill a lot of people!" I say.
"Do you eat meat? Do you? 'Cause if you do than you have no right to judge them! Judge us!"
"It's different!" I say exasperate.
"Why? Please tell me why are humans more important than anything else! Because from where I stand, it's just the circle of life! Humans kill animals to feed and or for sport all the time! Why can't vampires do the same to them? Why are humans so important? These animals have families too, they feel pain too, they love too! People say that humans are rationales and other animals irrationals but that is just a thing said to make humans feel better when killing them, or destroying their habitat, their home! You see dogs running into a building on fire to save their owner because they care! You see birds and other animals mating for life and when their mate dies grieving intensively! You see groups of animals defending each other and helping each other! They do all that but you still kill them, because humans are on the top of the food chain. But you are not on top of ours! We are! It's natural for us to do to you what is natural for you to do to them! Humans could not eat meat but you still do because you like it best this way! We could only drink from bags but we still don't 'cause we like it best this way!" She says serious.
And I stay silent. I don't know what to say because the truth is that what she said has a point.
"But I didn't want to talk about the circle of life and whatever. I wanted to say to you that even though in your eyes you feel like the right thing to do is to kill us, because we killed someone you love and because poor Elena is incapable of giving blood to Nik, when it is as simple as it is for the other humans that are always donating blood. You all keep on locking for ways to kill us, the monsters. But these monsters are here, after you tried to kill them, giving you a choice, a way to live in peace even though they could be going around town hunting and killing you all. They are not doing this even though you lot never had the same courtesy to us." She says and I feel like I was punched in the stomach. She was right, the truth is that they were being the bigger person, the monsters were being better than us.
"Why we are doing this? Because we really want to try and be together in peace, and that does include my brothers because to me The Originals are my family just as much as my brothers are. They understand the importance of family to me and both sides are willing to give each other a try. You may not want to believe that, but it is not my problem. The only part that you and your friends have to grasp is that we are giving one chance! Only one! Because of my brothers! Because the truth is that killing you all would be much simpler. One chance. If you keep on trying to pick a fight with us even when we tried to reach a certain level of peace than it is at your risk." She says leaving me to think for a while in silence.
The truth is that if we want to live we have to take this chance, even if they can't be trusted. She had a really good point in her arguments and that irritates me, 'cause I shouldn't be finding logical what she says to defend them. But I know there were mistakes on both sides, and they were actually being better persons than we, because even after almost killing them all they still give us a chance.
"What are the rules?" I ask tired and she smiles.
"We won't kill you and your friends, at least not in a definitive way. Elena will give Nik her blood when he needs but Nik won't take more than what is usually the amount of blood took in a normal blood donation. You lot will stop trying to kill us and/or interfere with our plans, although if you are all behaving yourselves than we might discuss a plan with you lot, but only a plan that affects you lot. That's it for now, if there is anything else you will be told later. Oh! And you are the spokesperson for your little group, since you are the one we dislike less."
"And if don't accept this and/or break the rules?" I ask serious.
"First, there is no 'no accepting'. These are rules not suggestions. You all have to get it through your head that we are already being extra nice because usually when someone tries to kill one of us, they don't live to tell the tail. You live by them, and if you don't want to do so than it is at your own risk, because these will be the only time we are merciful. Now, to show to you that we are still a bit fair, if one of you don't accept or break the rules it will be seen as an individual mistake, we won't punish everyone because one can accept these rules." She says serious.
I know everything she said has a point and she seems very honest about how it is going to work. I will have to try hard to explain to everyone the rules 'cause if they don't accept we all will die trying to protect and/or avenge the ones that broke the rules.
"What do you say?" She asks smiling.
"That we don't actually have a choice, not if we want to live." I say annoyed.
"True, but I wouldn't still like to hear your thoughts." She says smirking.
I sigh. "I think is better than I could hope for because I honestly thought we were going to die. I can obey the rules but could you reconsider getting Elena's blood?"
"No." I turn shocked because who answered was Damon. "It will be like donating blood, simple and not dangerous. The only reason for Elena not do it would be being a spoiled brat and that is not acceptable."
"You changed Damon…" I say shocked thinking how Damon before the ball would never accept this.
"I woke up Rick… Finally. Elena never loved me, she never will! She loves the attention! She said she loved me in the instant she thought she would lose me but when Stefan showed up, she said she was lying and only loved him and that she lied to me to get me to stay. She uses my feeling for her and after what she did to my sister because she was too self-centered to think that it was possible for me to have someone that I care for more than I do for her." He says hurt and angry.
"I'm sorry Damon…" I say feeling his pain on what happened.
"Don't. Just don't let Elena ruin the best deal you could get just because she is to selfish to make a simple blood donation to Klaus from time to time." He says serious and I know he is somewhat right.
"For me this is more than accepted." I say serious turning back to Corina and she smiles at that. "I hope and I believe I will be able to convince the others too."
"Well… When you finish talking to everyone all you have to do is tell Damon what they said!" She says smiling.
"I better get going now… I have a lot of things to do." I say awkwardly.
"Ok then! It was… uhn… interesting meeting you. I do hope we can leave in peace." She says smiling.
"I hope so too." I say standing up. "Damon…"
"See you soon for a drink Rick." He says smirking and I smile.
"Soon." I say.
I look at the others unsure of what to say. "Uhn… Bye." I say shortly and Elijah and Finn are the only ones to respond, and they do that with a nod.
Now I am on my way back to the house unsure of what will happen next. Caroline and Jeremy are with Bonnie that probably does not want to hear a word about peace after what happened to her mother. Whether they want or not I probably don't have much of a choice, because telling them later will only make it worse.
I will have to call Tyler and his mom, and also Sheriff Forbes to meet me later where Bonnie, Caroline and Jeremy are with her mother. I will take Elena with me. Hopefully everyone will understand that this is the only option if we want to survive.
Corina Salvatore POV
"Well… That was annoying although your speech about circle of life and Hakuna Matata was interesting." Says Nik smirking at me and making Damon and Elijah laugh.
"I was not… Oh! You sush!" I say trying to be serious without success.
"Hakuna Matata?" Rebekah says raising an eyebrow.
"It's something from a very famous kid's movie… The Lion King." I say explaining.
"Never heard of…" Kol says simply.
"That's because you were on a casket." Damon says smirking.
"Oh My! We so have to do a movie marathon!" I say excited.
"Please don't…" Damon says.
"Come on! Someone has to show them the blockbusters movies! The ones everyone watched at least once even if doesn't like!" I say smiling.
"You want to show us movies that you don't like?" Finn asks confused.
"Yes! Because there are films that have to be seen! Like a new age American tradition!" I say smiling gently at him.
"I am not American." Kol says smirking.
"And I already watched the movies…" Damon says.
"I have some plans already…" Nik says trailing off.
"I do to…" Elijah says.
"You guys don't even know when it will be! Don't be like that! A movie marathon is a fantastic way to bond and we all need some bonding right now! Movies, chatting, junk food and warm blood! What could be best?" I ask smiling hopefully.
"Almost everything else!" Damon says smirking.
I start to pout. "Please pretty please!"
"Oh no! She is using the pouting look! Don't look or you are going to get hooked!" Kol says closing his eyes.
"I just wanted to spend some time with my family… But if you guys don't want to… I understand…" I say sad.
"Oh no! She got me!" Rebekah says giving up.
"I… Ok…" Finn says. "Just please don't be sad."
"She got him too!" Kol says exasperate.
"She got me too brother." Elijah says sighing.
"I…" Nik doesn't seem to know what to say.
"Don't cave Nik!" Kol says desperate.
I turn to Nik with a hurt puppy dog look on my face.
"I just caved." He says serious.
"It's just you and me now Kol!" Damon says serious. "Stay strong!"
"You too!" Kol says serious.
"Don't you two love me anymore?" I say sniffing.
"Don't you guys have a heart?" Rebekah says pleading.
They sigh and say at the same time. "I cave…"
"Yeah!" I say happily. "Now all I have to do is convince Stefan!"
"Uhn…" Damon says awkwardly.
"Where is Stefan?" I ask serious looking at him.