Isabella Mikaelson POV Present day

I leant against the wooden rail surrounding the porch while Elena sat on the swing, telling me everything. Elijah was stood next to me, his arm around my shoulders, head resting on me. I waited in silence until Elena had finished. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I really felt like freaking out and killing someone but I reigned it in by controlling my breathing and holding tight onto Elijah's arm. "And we are the only ones who know this?" I asked through clenched teeth. Elena watched me warily and nodded quickly. They both looked at me for a reaction but as crazy as my emotions were, my face stayed blank, a trick I prided myself in. I could completely hide my emotions from people. It's something Elijah and I had been able to do since we were little. Eventually I sighed. "This is not good." Above all else I felt hurt, hurt and betrayal. Our mother turned us into these creatures and now she wants to kill us? This was her mistake not ours. We and the rest of the vampire kind should not have to pay the price for our mother's mistake. Then I realised Elena and her friends didn't know about the Blood Line. Of course they wouldn't. It's not like they would go looking for it like I did. Does Elijah know? I met his gaze for a moment then looked at Elena. No, neither of them knew. Let's keep it that way, for now. No need to give them more problems. Besides, it shouldn't be too hard to stop Esther. A witch has done it before; a witch can do it again. "And what do you propose I do about this?" I said, looking at Elijah. He shook his head and shrugged. "We're not even sure what we're going to do about it. All we have is that facts. The question at the moment is 'Do we tell anyone else?'"

Elena looked at him quickly. "No! If you do and Esther finds out then my family is dead."

I scoffed. "Well, if we don't tell anyone and Esther succeeds then our family is dead! And to be honest I would rather yours die than mine! If you hadn't noticed, I don't really like you."

Elijah intervened. "There has to be a way to handle this where none of our families are killed."

"There is. We need Ayanna." I said. "She put our mother into the coffin; she can put her in again."

Elena frowned. "Who's Ayanna and how did she put Esther into the coffin? I thought Klaus did."

I looked at her. "Ayanna is the First Witch, our mother was her apprentice. She taught her everything she knows. Obviously too much, it seems. Anyway, Ayanna helped out parents travel to the New World where they could raise a family in peace, away from sickness and death. After Esther turned us into vampires, Ayanna gave her a chance to fix her mistake, but Nik killed her before Ayanna could tell her how."

Elijah took over. "After Ayanna was killed, she and our mother met on the Other Side and watched as we killed and tormented and destroyed. Of course, we didn't know any better. We didn't have mentors or helpers, we had our instincts. Ayanna and our mother made a deal. She will send our mother back if she uses her time to right the wrong she did centuries ago, kill us."

"Ayanna warned our mother not to do the spell to change us in the first place but she did not listen." I added. Elena frowned. "If she didn't want you to change in the first place then why would she help you stop the one person who can kill you?"

I sighed. "That's the problem. The only person powerful enough to stop Esther is on her side and dead. So we will have to use Ayanna's descendants, a Bennett witch."

Elijah nodded. "And luckily we have on at hand."

Elena cut in. "Who hates your family and vampires all together. She will never help you, no matter who asks her and if you start threatening people she love she'll tell you to go to hell."

I looked at Elijah. "Which is exactly where we're going unless we do something and soon!"

"Even Esther is not powerful enough to take down an Original. She would have to channel Ayanna's power somehow and to do that she would need a witch from Ayanna's blood line. I believe her next target will be Bonnie." Elijah said, worried. I knew who Bonnie was, the witch who uses dark magic a bit too much for my liking. Bringing a boy back from the dead, ill using her powers. She sounds like someone who would help Esther in a heartbeat. "Ok, fine." I said. "We go find Bonnie, make sure Esther hasn't gotten to her first, go stab our mother in the back and put her in a coffin for another thousand years. It's happened before, it can happen again."

Elijah shook his head. "And again Ayanna will bring her back. They will not stop, they will not watch for another thousand years as we terrorise this earth. If someone doesn't open the coffin, then Ayanna will find someone else who will no matter how well we guard it."

"Then you destroy it." Elena said, calmly. I looked at her, shocked. She looked right back at me. "If nobody can be trusted to look after the coffin and make sure she doesn't rise again then destroy it."

"Elena, it is not that simple I" I cut Elijah off. "Damn right it isn't that simple. She may be plotting to kill us but she is still and always will be our mother. Even Niklaus would never dare lay a hand on her that way unless he knew that she could come back. If she destroying her means her never coming back and her being out of our lives forever then she will not be ended by any of our hands. You had better have another idea, doppelganger, because that is not going to happen." With that, I walked back to the car, walked right past it and disappeared into the town.

Elijah Mikaelson POV

I watched my twin go with sadness in my heart. No, none of us will forever destroy our mother, but somebody else probably will. I'm surprised Elena is even helping us; we could be out of her lives forever. As soon as her friends find out they will all want to help Esther. I looked back at Elena, who looked ashamed at her idea that we would kill our own mother. "Do not worry, we will think of something. I believe your friend Bonnie is quite safe for now. I don't think Esther will try anything until after the ball my family is holding to celebrate our reuniting."

Elena looked surprised. "A ball? Really?" I nodded. "It was Esther's idea. Something to bring us all together, I'm sure. But do not worry, I don't believe she will try and harm any of your friends who are invited to this ball. Its tomorrow evening. Each Mikaelson is allowed to invite another, allow me the pleasure of inviting you."

Elena smiled and nodded. "I would love you go. It sounds nice. Of course, Damon and Stefan will insist on coming with me."

I nodded slowly. "Consider them your plus 1s. They are also welcome as long as they do not cause trouble. This is probably the last family event we do together and I would like it to go as smoothly as possible. Maybe I can kid myself that we really are a family again and it is all real." I felt sad again but I quickly pushed it away. I bowed my head slightly at Elena. "Until tomorrow evening then, Miss Gilbert." With that, I took my leave.

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