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Two days after the fiasco with the werewolves, Sofia finds herself sitting at the Grill, alone at a table. She stares at her phone with a frown on her face. She hadn't seen Elijah since the previous day before he left for a dinner party at the boarding house. When he'd never returned, she's sent him text messages asking him if he's okay, and voice mails due to his unanswered phone calls. She's in the middle of sending him another text message when someone sits down opposite her. She glances up and is surprised to see who's there.
"Hello Jonas, Luka," she says, pleasantly. Luka returns her smile, but Jonas just looks at her, gravely. "Can I help you?"
"Stefan Salvatore and Bonnie Bennett just told us some news that we think you'd be interested in knowing," Jonas says, and Sofia puts her phone in her jacket pocket.
"What's that?" she asks, and the two warlocks look at each other.
"Elijah's… Dead," Jonas says, and Sofia's eyes widen. She shakes her head rapidly.
"No…. He can't be. There's no way," Sofia says, her hands slowly curling into fists.
"Damon Salvatore somehow got his hands on a dagger and a vial of white oak ash… They daggered him," Luka tells her, and her eyes fill with tears.
"Where is he?" Sofia demands, blinking the tears away.
"We don't know. We're going to find out tonight," Jonas says, and Sofia nods.
"Well…. If you two will excuse me…. Damon and I need to have a little chat," Sofia says, her facial expression going blank, but her eyes holding all the hurt and anger that she's feeling. She rises from the table and exits the restaurant, blurring away the second that she's outside, and in seconds, she arrives at the boarding house. She storms to the door and pushes it open roughly, letting it slam against the wall. She turns to the living room and sees Stefan, Damon, and Katherine standing there, looking at her with surprised eyes. Her eyes zero in on Katherine, and her calm expression breaks, morphing into one of anger and deep sadness. "So it's true?" she whispers, looking at the Salvatore brothers.
"Sofia," Stefan starts, calmly approaching her. She shakes her head and backs up quickly.
"Where did you put his body?" she growls, narrowing her eyes at Damon. "How did you get the dagger?"
"Sofia, you have to listen to me," Stefan says.
"No! I want answers, now!" she shouts. "Tell me what happened!"
"Sofia, there's things you have to know about what Elijah was planning," Stefan says, but she ignores him.
"Tell me where you put his body," she says, storming over to Damon.
"So you can take the dagger out and he can have Elena killed? I don't think so," Damon says, standing from where he was sitting on the couch. This makes Sofia pause her steps, looking at him frowning. "Oh, what? Upset that we found out your little plan?"
"Elijah was never going to kill Elena. He was just going to use her to lure Klaus here so that he could kill him," Sofia says, exasperated. "I've told you that before."
"If that's what you really think, then he's obviously been keeping things from you," Damon says, glaring at her.
"You're lying," she says, backing away from him, shaking her head.
"He's not. Bonnie, Jeremy, and Caroline found out Elijah's plan from Luka," Stefan says, gently. "He was going to let Klaus go through with the sacrifice, and kill Elena. That's when Klaus would be vulnerable enough to kill."
Sofia shakes her head, her eyes filling with tears, and Stefan stands directly in front of her. He takes her face in his hands and forces her to look at him.
"I'm sorry, Sofia, but you have to believe me," he says.
"I can't," she says through a choked sob. "He wouldn't lie to me like that, Stefan. He wouldn't."
"He knew that you care about Elena. He knew you wouldn't want her to die, so he didn't tell you that part of his plan," Stefan says, gently to her, and Sofia shakes her head.
"Stop," she cries. "He wouldn't."
"He did," Stefan says, and she closes her eyes tightly, tears escaping from both eyes. "I know that it hurts… But you need to believe me. We're still going to try to kill Klaus, and I know that you want him dead."
"You won't be able to," she whispers, opening her eyes, looking directly into Stefan's. "Elijah was the only one strong enough to kill him."
"We will. We have Bonnie and the Martin warlocks on our side," Stefan says, and Sofia shakes her head.
"No you don't," she says, stepping away from Stefan. He and Damon look at her confused, and she sees that Katherine has left the room. "Jonas was loyal to Elijah because he was going to help them get his daughter back from Klaus. They're not on your side."
"Damon!" they hear Katherine shout from the basement. Damon curiously leaves the room, and soon Stefan and Sofia hear a struggle downstairs, and they blur to the basement.
"What are you doing?!" Stefan shouts when they see Damon shooting fire around the room.
"Some kind of crazy ass psychic witch attack! Get over there and do something about it. Go!" Damon shouts, and Sofia knows that he's shouting about the Martin warlocks. Stefan gestures for her to follow him, which she nods to, and blurs out of the house after him. In minutes, they arrive at the Martin's apartment complex and enter the building, quickly finding the correct apartment. As soon as they reach the apartment, they see Jonas standing over Luka's terribly burned, still body.
"Oh my God," Sofia whispers.
"You killed him," Jonas says, in a broken voice. He looks at Stefan and Stefan immediately clutches his head, dropping to his knees, groaning in pain. Sofia rushes to Jonas when he steps out of the apartment, but before she can reach him, she drops to the ground, holding her head in excruciating pain, screaming in pain.
"He's dead and I have no one. And now you're about to find out exactly what that feels like," Jonas says to Stefan, and leaves. Once Jonas exits the apartment complex, the pain for both vampires stops. The two vampires look inside the apartment, and they see a picture of Elena on the floor, along with a hairbrush and a lock of hair.
"Call her," Sofia says to Stefan. "He's going after her, call her!"
Stefan breaks out of his shocked state and takes his phone out of his pocket, and quickly calls Elena.
"Hey, Stefan," Elena answers.
"Elena, where are you?" Stefan demands.
"I'm at the Grill," she says, and Stefan gestures for Sofia to go. She nods and uses her vampire speed to leave the apartment complex and arrives at the Grill in record time. She enters the crowded restaurant and spots Elena by the bathrooms. Elena sees Sofia and quickly walks over to her. "What's going on? I could barely hear Stefan, but he sounded so panicked."
"Luka Martin is dead, and Jonas is coming to find you," she says, and sees Jonas enter the Grill. Sofia immediately puts a hand on Elena's back, and leads her out of Jonas' line of sight. "With Elijah being dead, you're his only hope at getting his daughter back."
"Sofia… I'm sorry about Elijah. I know that-," Elena starts, but Sofia stops her.
"It's… I understand why it had to be done. I'm not okay with it, and I'm furious about it, but I understand," Sofia says, shortly, and Elena nods. "Just know that I had no idea what Elijah was planning."
"I know. He told me that he wouldn't tell you," Elena says, and Sofia nods angrily. Before Sofia can say anything else, Stefan arrives and finds them immediately. Sofia looks over and sees Jonas talking angrily with Bonnie.
"Sofia, come on, we're going to find Caroline," Stefan says.
"You go," she says, keeping her eyes on the angry warlock. Stefan and Elena follow her line of sight.
"We have to get her away from him," Elena says, her eyes wide. She starts to make her way over there but Stefan stops her.
"I'll watch them. You get out of here," Sofia says, and Elena nods after a few moments, and walks away with Stefan.
"No one's getting out of here until I have her," Jonas nearly shouts.
"Don't do this. Please don't do this," Bonnie pleads.
Jonas uses his powers to break all the bottles on the bar, and sets the liquid on fire. Bonnie attempts to stop him, but Jonas puts a hand on her forehead, and Bonnie slumps to the floor, unconscious. Sofia hurries over to her as Jonas walks away, and she kneels next to her.
"Bonnie? Come on, sweetheart, wake up," Sofia says to her, slapping her cheek lightly.
"Bonnie! Hey, Bonnie!" Matt shouts, rushing to the two girls. "What happened to her?"
"Just help me get her out of here," Sofia shouts over the noise, and Matt nods. Sofia and Matt quickly lift Bonnie from the floor, and begin taking her out of the restaurant. They're nearly to the door when they hear Caroline screaming.
"Caroline!" Matt shouts. "Can you get her out of here? Please?" Matt shouts, desperately, and Sofia is torn between getting Bonnie out of the Grill, and helping Caroline. Sofia knows that the only way to help Caroline would be to expose their secret to Matt, and that Caroline would be furious with Sofia if that happens. Sofia reluctantly nods to Matt, and Matt leaves Bonnie and Sofia to help Caroline. Sofia looks around a bit to see if anyone is watching her, and easily lifts Bonnie into her arms when she's satisfied. She quickly exits the restaurant and sets Bonnie down on her feet, holding her steady when she takes deep breaths of the clean fresh air.
"Thank you," Bonnie says to Sofia, who nods with a small smile.
"You should go. Elena will be at her house soon, and I'm sure she'd appreciate you being there," Sofia says, and Bonnie nods, taking off to her car.
-TNOF-
Two hours after the scene at the Grill, Sofia sits on her couch in silence. Trenton left an hour before to see how Bonnie is doing, and Sofia didn't acknowledge him when he left. She feels a tear slip down her face, and she stands, walking to the guest room where all of Elijah's things still happened to be in. She reaches out to grasp the doorknob, and pauses when there's a knock at her door. She slowly walks to her front door and opens it, revealing Stefan standing on her front porch with his hands in his jacket pockets. He smiles slightly at her.
"Can we talk?" he asks, and she nods slightly. She steps outside and takes a seat on the porch railing.
"Trenton's not here to invite you inside, so we'll have to talk out here," she says, and he nods.
"That's fine," he says, and looks at her silently for a few moments. "Look… I'm sorry about what we had to do with Elijah."
"No you aren't," she says, shaking her head. "And if I was in your position, I wouldn't be sorry either. The only reconciliation I have is that Elijah isn't actually dead. I just won't be seeing him for a while."
"That's partially why I'm here," Stefan says, and Sofia raises an eyebrow. "I want to make a deal with you."
"A deal?" she asks, with a slight laugh. "Go on."
"We want your help with killing Klaus. If you help us, as soon as he's dead, you can take Elijah's body and un-dagger him," Stefan says, and Sofia simply looks at him.
"And what does Damon have to say about this?" she asks.
"He doesn't know. And I'd appreciate it if he didn't find out about this because he'd probably hide Elijah's body if he knew," Stefan says.
"And Elena?" Sofia asks.
"She's the one who came up with the idea," Stefan says, and Sofia smiles slightly.
"Why are you going along with it?" she asks, looking at him curiously.
"Because you're one of my best friends, Sofia, and I hate to see you hurting like this," he says, and she nods.
"You know that when I pull that dagger out, Elijah's gonna be pissed. What makes you think that he won't come after you guys for doing this do him?" she asks, shaking her head slightly at him.
"We were kind of hoping that you could help out with that. Elena told me that he takes your opinions into deep consideration, which is why he didn't want to tell you his complete plan with killing Klaus because he knew you would have never went along with it if Elena had to die," Stefan says.
"Of course he did," Sofia mutters. She nods, and looks at Stefan, smiling. "You really picked a winner with Elena. I really mean that."
"I know," he says, smiling as well.
"You have a deal. As soon as Klaus is dead, you give me Elijah's body," Sofia says, and Stefan nods.
"Thank you," he says.
"If I'm helping you that means no more keeping me out of the loop. I need to be told everything that's going on, because killing Klaus is not going to be easy," she says, and Stefan nods.
"Got it."
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"Sofia, I have a problem," Caroline calls frantically, walking into her house the next afternoon. Sofia comes out of her bedroom, still in her pajamas, and looks curiously at Caroline.
"What's going on?" Sofia asks, frowning at Caroline's panicked state.
"I can't find Matt," she nearly shouts, running a hand through her hair.
"Okay, just relax. I'm sure he's fine. He's probably just freaked out by yesterday. I know that it's difficult, but you need to give him time," Sofia says, and Caroline sighs, frustrated, but nods. "Is there anywhere you haven't looked yet?"
"No," she shakes her head, frowning. "I've looked at his house, the Grill, and I've called him probably 36 times since last night. He has a catering shift at the Lockwood's today, so I'm gonna try there in a little bit," she says, going into the kitchen and grabbing a bag of blood.
"Well, when you find him, make sure you don't come on too strong. Keep your distance, and stay calm," Sofia advises, and Caroline nods sadly. "Everything will be fine. If it comes down to it, you can make him forget."
"I know. I just hope I won't have to. I hate lying," Caroline says, and Sofia nods.
"I know. But everything will turn out fine," Sofia says, with a reassuring smile.
"I hope so," Caroline says, tossing the empty blood bag into the garbage can. "I'll come back and let you know what happens after I find him," she says, and heads to the door.
"Alright, be careful," Sofia calls, heading back to her bedroom to get dressed in her day clothes.
A few hours later, Sofia enters the Salvatore boarding house, and takes a quick step back when she sees John Gilbert, dead on the floor. She blinks, but steps over his body
"Damn it!" she hears Damon shout, and she finds him in a bathroom, with bars of soap all over the floor.
"What's going on?" she asks, frowning.
"That bitch Katherine took the moonstone," he growls, and Sofia's eyes widen.
"Son of a bitch," she hisses, and runs a hand through her hair. "I'm gonna go see if Trenton can do anything. There has to be a spell to find it in one of his family's old grimories."
"Let me know," Damon says, and Sofia nods, turning on her heel and walking out of the house. As she walks back to her house, she gets the feeling that she's being followed by somebody. She turns her head slightly, but finds nobody behind her. She blinks, and continues her walk, but can't shake off the feeling that she's being watched and followed. She turns around sharply when she hears somebody walking behind her, and grits her teeth in frustration when she finds no one there. She turns back around, and takes a large step back when she sees a very familiar person standing directly in front of her.
"You've got to be kidding me," she whispers to herself, and the man in front of her smirks.
"You haven't seen me in decades, and that's how you greet me?" he asks, amused.
"What are you doing here, Marcello?" she growls, stepping closer to her younger brother.
"Wonderful to see you as well, sister," Marcello chuckles, and Sofia grabs him, and blurs him into a nearby alleyway, slamming him against the wall, holding him by the neck. She flashes her fangs at him.
"Answer my question, Marcello," she snarls, and he bares his fangs at her, pushing her off of him. Her back slams against the opposite wall, and he rushes forward to pin her to the wall, but she quickly steps to the side and kicks his feet out from under him. "I've been a vampire longer than you have been, brother. You don't stand a chance against me."
"I'm aware. That's why I didn't come alone," he says, rising to his feet and smirking. She frowns at him, and opens her mouth to say something when she feels the unfortunately familiar excruciating pain in her head. She screams out in agony, clutching her head and falling to the ground. Marcello quickly steps forward and breaks Sofia's neck, and catches her body before she collapses completely to the ground. "So sorry, big sister."
"So, this is your sister?" Maddox asks, looking over the smaller vampire.
"Sure is," Marcello answers as they walk to the van.
"I don't see the resemblance," he says. "Except for the fact that you both have the same nose."
"That's because Sofie got our mother's looks, while I got our father's," he answers, putting Sofia in the back of the van, before climbing into the passenger side. The ride to Alaric's apartment is silent, and when they arrive, Marcello lifts Sofia into his arms and takes her to the apartment. Marcello easily takes Sofia into the apartment, the barrier not blocking them since Maddox cast a spell, allowing them inside. Marcello gently lies Sofia down on the couch and Katherine looks at her, confused.
"Why did you bring her here?" she asks Marcello, curiously.
"Because I want her here," Alaric's voice says, and Katherine stiffens. She looks at the body of Alaric that Klaus is possessing with fearful eyes. She watches as Alaric/Klaus approaches Sofia's body, making Marcello and Maddox move away. Alaric/Klaus reaches out his hand, and gently caresses Sofia's cheek. "It's so good to see her again. Though, she won't be happy to see me. She's probably furious at me."
"Sofie's always had a temper," Marcello says, smirking a bit at his sister's unconscious form.
"That she has," Alaric/Klaus says.
Half an hour passes when Sofia groans, slowly prying her eyes open.
"Ah, there she is," she hears a familiar voice say. She winces a bit at the light in the room, and sees Alaric standing over her.
"Alaric? Ugh, what the hell am I doing here?" Sofia asks, rubbing her sore neck. She sits up on the couch and sees Katherine tied to a chair, glancing between her and Alaric, a scared expression on her face. Sofia frowns and looks at Alaric, who is looking at her with a smirk. "What's going on?"
"You've always been smart, Sofia. I'm sure you'll figure it out. But I'd like to speed up the process, so why don't you give her a little hint, Katerina?" Alaric says, looking at Katherine, and Sofia frowns at Alaric, hearing him call Katherine, Katerina.
"He's not Alaric," Katherine says, softly. Sofia stares at Alaric for a few moments, and a growl rumbles deep in her throat when she puts all the pieces together.
"Of course he isn't. I wasn't expecting you so soon, Klaus," Sofia says, snidely, glaring at Alaric/Klaus with hate filled eyes.
"Why so angry, sweetheart?" Alaric/Klaus asks, watching her stand up and cross the room.
"You know exactly why, Niklaus! You took Kol away from me, and have kept him from me for over a century!" Sofia shouts, her eyes blazing furiously.
"Mind how you speak to me, Sofia," Alaric/Klaus warns, the smirk dropping from his face.
"How could you do that to me? We were friends, and you knew how much I loved Kol," Sofia asks, tears filling her eyes.
"I had my reasons," he answers, simply, and Sofia shakes her head at him, disbelievingly.
"That's the only explanation I get? 'I had my reasons'? Did our friendship mean that little to you?" Sofia asks, a tear falling from her eye.
"Of course not, love. But the reasons for daggering my brother are no concern to you. I'll awaken Kol again eventually, but before so, I have lots to do," Alaric/Klaus says, smiling at her. "Now, I have some business to take care of, but before I go," he says, approaching Sofia. She quickly takes two steps back, but Alaric/Klaus reaches forward, and grabs her forearm and jerks her forward. He looks into her eyes, and smirks at her.
"Now, you won't leave this apartment until I say you can do so," Alaric/Klaus compels her, and steps back when he's sure the compulsion took affect. She stares at him glaring harshly at him.
"You bastard," she hisses to him, and he softly presses a kiss to her forehead.
"I'll return soon, ladies," Alaric/Klaus says before exiting the apartment. Sofia sighs and sits back down on the couch.
"That looks uncomfortable," Sofia says, looking at Katherine.
"Wanna help me out?" she asks, and Sofia snorts.
"Even I'm not that stupid," Sofia says, and Katherine shrugs.
"Betrayed by your own brother… Harsh," Katherine says, and Sofia glares at her, before the glare drops off of her face in agreement.
"He's always been kind of a brat," Sofia says, looking around the apartment from her place on the couch.
"He's pretty cute," Katherine says, and Sofia scrunches up her face.
"He needs a hair cut," Sofia says, choosing not to comment on Katherine's observation.
"You're the older sibling, right?" Katherine asks, and Sofia nods. "He didn't look younger than you."
"That's because I changed him when he was twenty. I left with Kol when I was nineteen, and Marcello was eighteen. Kol allowed me to come back two years later to visit my family, and I changed him," Sofia says.
"The smartest thing my big sister has ever done, in regards to me," Marcello says, entering the apartment, smirking at the two female vampires. Sofia raises an eyebrow at him.
"That's not what you thought in the beginning. I clearly recall you expressing your hate for me," Sofia says.
"I had every right to hate you. You took me away from my son," he says, sitting down next to her. Sofia glances at the floor.
"I've always been remorseful of my actions. I missed you, and I didn't want to lose my little brother," Sofia says, and Marcello glances at her.
"I forgave you centuries ago, Sofie," Marcello says.
"What are you doing here…With Klaus?" Sofia asks, abruptly changing the subject.
"He found me in the early 1910's, and we've been traveling together ever since," he says.
"What a touching love story," Katherine quips from the chair, making Sofia smirk amused.
"Joke all you want, Katerina. You'll be dead soon enough," Marcello says, glaring at Katherine.
"Shut up, Marcello," Sofia says, rolling her eyes. Marcello turns his glare onto his sister, and gets up, storming out of the apartment. Sofia looks at Katherine who is looking at her in confusion. "See? Told you he was a brat."
-TNOF-
A/N: And there's chapter 13! Klaus and Marcello are back!
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