A/N update: just letting you all know that I have made a character building RP account on Twitter for Evie. Follow her at 'EternallyEvelyn'. There, you can ask me anything you want to know about the character, or anything you want to know about the story. Thanks!
SO THE HORRIBLE 4 WEEK HIATUS RETURNS AGAIN! :( On the bright side, it gives me time to work on 'Expectations' and 'My Drug'. But have no fear, I have split this episode in to two once more so there will be another update some time next week!
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Elena wants to forget about Damon sleeping with Rebekah.
Right now, she has more important matters to focus on – like the fact that she has metaphorically thrown Elijah to the wolves after giving Esther her blood, last night. She has not felt this guilty in a while, and she knows that, if Elijah dies, she will never forgive herself. He found a way to save her, once, and although they didn't use the witches elixir, he still tried – and there is also Evelyn. She is probably the only one keeping Stefan and Damon alive now, and she is just going to let Esther kill Klaus? Yes, she wants Klaus dead, but Evelyn will never forgive her for this... She stares at Damon with saddened eyes, realising that he does not seem to care that she looks so upset. Why is he is treating her so badly – yes; she upset him, but was all of this really necessary? The doppelganger watches Damon take a drink from a glass of blood as she speaks her mind.
"You should know..." She gazes at the floor, replaying the prick of her finger and the droplets of blood disappearing in to the champagne glass last night, "That Esther is planning on killing her entire family. She's linked them all together with a spell – whatever happens to one happens to all of them."
"That's great!" Damon raises his glass as if to toast this, "Klaus will finally be dead – we win!" He studies her whilst taking another sip, then gives her a bemused look. "Why do you look like someone just shot a panda bear?"
"Because to kill Klaus she has to kill all of them!" Elena replies, a lump threatens to rise in her throat as weight of the guilt grows heavier ever second on her conscience. "Including Elijah, and he doesn't deserve this!"
"I'm supposed to care about Elijah?" Damon scoffs.
"Shouldn't you at least care about Rebekah?" Elena asks through gritted teeth, glaring at him angrily.
"Two seconds ago you were pissed that she tried to kill you – it's a win/win!" Damon's too-happy attitude has Elena feeling angry as well as guilty, she shakes her head and then turns away, making a bee-line for the front door. With a rush of wind, she turns to be met by Damon's piercing blue eyes. She gasps, startled and disorientated by his movements.
"Don't do anything to screw this up, Elena," Damon warns her, seriously now.
"Why're you doing this?" She asks, the lump reaches her throat, now. He is being almost emotionless, and it hurts to watch him act like that...
"He's right you know," Stefan's voice backs up Damon as it floats in to the room. He leans against the doorway, watching the pair emotionlessly, "Klaus has to die – they all do."
"See," Damon grins whilst raising his glass, "Here's to the death of the Originals!"
Elena storms out, after that, deciding that she needs to find her friends and tell them about this.
...
"Aww," Evelyn coos as she tilts her head from where it is in Klaus' lap to at the picture he is drawing of her, "I feel complimented, being your muse and all."
"Stop flattering yourself, sweetheart," The hybrid chuckles, sighing as he frowns at the drawing and closes his sketch book, "I can't think of anything... I just want to draw something beautiful."
"We could take a page out of the titanic," Evelyn winks suggestively, making Klaus' eyes widen and a sly smirk cross his lips.
"You two are going to make me puke," Kol scoffs from where he is sat on the steps that rise on to a platform.
"Oh no," Evelyn pouts at the glaring vampire for a moment before moving at the speed of a vampire, straddling Klaus as she weaves her fingers in to his hair and presses a heated kiss to his lips. Both Evie and Klaus laugh as a pillow hits them both – Evie climbs off of him, picks the fluffy object up, and then turns to Kol with raised eyebrows.
"Is that..." She turns to the pillow and bursts in to laughter, "Is that all you've got?"
"Pillows can be dangerous when I want them to be," Kol winks, and suddenly he is in front of her, swinging one of the other pillows in to her side. Evie ducks the movement swiftly, and then goes to hit Kol, but he easily moves aside. Klaus cannot help but chuckle as he watches his brother and girlfriend chase one another around the room, laughing as they try to hit the other with their cushioned weapon.
"It's nice to see that, after one thousand years of living, you're still as childish as you used to be," Klaus smirks at his brother, who dodges another swing from Evelyn's pillow and laughs.
"This is more entertaining than sitting around and doing nothing," He replies, swinging for the doppelganger once more – this time she seemed to be distracted by something from behind him, so he finally connects with her. She yelps and falls to the ground, causing Kol to burst in to a fit of laughter. Klaus rolls his eyes at the pair but says nothing as he picks his sketch book up once more – yes, he can see the developing crush that Kol has on his girlfriend, but he is going to let his brother learn the hard way.
Evelyn is not like the other doppelgangers.
"Well, well, well – there's our girl!" Kol's laughter has turned in to chuckling by the time he notices that his sister, Rebekah, is stood in the doorway, still wearing her green fishtail dress from last night. The vampire quickly drops the pillow and comes to stand in front of his sister; she goes to walk around him, but he blocks her path again. She glares down at her brother with an icy gaze.
"Get out of my way, Kol."
"Out all night – what a scandal," The Original beams, loving how wound up Rebekah is getting. "I trust you did better than that commoner... Matt, was it?"
"If you don't shut your mouth the next thing to come out of it will be your teeth," The blonde Original hisses, glaring down at her bastard of a brother angrily. Kol just smirks provocatively, and Klaus looks up at his two younger siblings, smirks, and then continues to sketch.
"Don't start, Nik!" Rebekah growls, noticing his amusement.
"I didn't say anything," He replies, fighting the urge to laugh. Evelyn just watches them all interact, finding it shocking to see that they act just like siblings would... They are one thousand years old, yet they still wind each other up just like she does Elena. It is surreal.
"I'm bored!" Kol sighs, falling down on the arm chair so his legs hang over the side, "Our sister is a strumpet, but at least she's having fun," Kol grins cheekily, turning to at his older brother expectantly, "I need entertainment."
"Was our duel of the pillows not good enough for you?" Evie asks with a smirk, resting her hands on the armchair's back as she looks down at the cheekiest of the Originals. He rolls his eyes.
"For a few seconds," He shrugs before turning to his brother with a whiney voice, "Nik."
"I am not here to entertain you, Kol. There are some bars in town – go, have at it."
"It's no fun going out alone! Join me, Nik!" He pouts, but Klaus has already begun to sketch, again. His pout falls from his face, and his tone darkens at his next words, "It's the least you could do after sticking a dagger in my heart."
"The brat has a point," Evelyn murmurs, moving out of the way to avoid the elbow that Kol tries to give her – she laughs at that, "Come on, Klaus, I'm bored too!"
Klaus doesn't like how well Evie and Kol seem to be getting on, and how suddenly it's happened, but if he joins in at least he can keep an eye on his brother's wandering gaze. He wants them to be friends, but he is more than certain that Kol's intentions are not that pure... Besides, he is asking him to go. He is either trying to be nice, or trying to shove his suddenly blooming friendship with Evelyn in his face.
Probably the latter, but two can play at that game.
"Ok," Klaus murmurs, closing his sketch book and placing the pencil in between its coils. He stands up after that, taking Evelyn's hand in his own and placing a kiss on it before looking down at his brother, "I didn't have nearly enough to drink last night, what, with you trying to kill Rebekah's date."
"Yes, please go, this house has enough men rolling around in it!" The blonde hisses.
"Just like you, Bekah!" Kol chuckles as his sister throws a high heeled shoe his way – it hits the wall, and he peaks his head back around the door once more once the shoe has fallen to the ground, "At least you didn't have to listen to Evie screaming Klaus' name all night."
"FUCK YOU, KOL!" Evie growls from somewhere down the hall. Kol just laughs before following his brother and the doppelganger.
"Good riddance, all of you!" She yells after them, relieved that her brother's are out of the way. Just as she is about to head to her room, another familiar figure enters the room.
"Rebekah," Elijah calls, keeping his suspicious oak brown eyes on the object in his hand.
"Ugh, not you too, Elijah," She sighs dejectedly and prepares herself for a lecture, but Elijah's eyes are on the far wall and oddly glazed over. She frowns, watching her brother wearily as he speaks.
"I'm worried about mother," He murmurs, "Have you not noticed her strange behaviour?"
"She's been dead for a thousand years, what's strange for her?" She asks, almost rolling her eyes at her brother's concerns. Elijah glances down at the object he is now holding up for his sister to see, and then meets her eyes once more.
"Burned sage," Rebekah takes the sage and admires it, "She was doing a privacy spell."
Rebekah just shakes her head, "You know she fancies such things – why don't you ask Finn, he's being doting on her."
"I don't trust Finn!" He replies, "He hates what we are... He always has."
"That's not true, and as for mother," Rebekah sighs, "She returned for one reason – to make this family whole; she love us – what trouble are you looking to find?"
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Back at Caroline's house, Bonnie is trying to master the privacy spell, but to no avail. Caroline can still hear everything that is being said by Elena, which is mainly about how Damon was stupid to sleep with Rebekah. Caroline had entered and offered her opinion on 'Damon the vampire juggalo', but had soon been waved out of the room again. Once Caroline has left, and Elena seems to have shut up about Damon, Bonnie decides to tell her friend what she has been keeping from her today.
"Esther came to see me and Abby, this morning."
Elena looks at her friend, who is sat cross-legged on the bed and waving sage around, in shock. That is soon replaced by annoyance.
"And all this time you've let me vent about Damon?" She asks in disbelief; Bonnie just shakes her head like it is nothing.
"I don't want you to worry," She murmurs.
"Okay, well, what did she want?" Elena's voice cracks slightly on the last word; it feels as if her guilt at setting Elijah (and her sister's boyfriend) up for death is threatening to consume her. Bonnie notices Elena's strange behaviour, but says nothing about it.
"She wanted to introduce herself; Abby and I helped bring her back... She's channelling our entire ancestral bloodline for power. I think she thought she was being polite."
"Okay," Elena perches on the edge of the bed and gazes at the candles flame, "Well, is there a way to stop her from channelling you?"
"Even if there was, why would I want that?" Bonnie asks, frowning at Elena suspiciously. The doppelganger inhales sharply, fighting of the need to cry as much as she can whilst she explains her thoughts to Bonnie.
"I just keep thinking... Before the sun and the moon ritual, Elijah found a way to keep me alive... And now I'm in the exact same position, and I'm just going to let him die...? It just doesn't feel right..."
"Okay!" Caroline bursts through the door once more and sets her eyes on Bonnie, "First of all, this privacy spell is totally not working, second – Elena, you are not doing this, Esther is doing this!"
"There's no time to change your mind, Elena," Bonnie snaps, "He'll be dead by the end of the night."
"What?" She asks, shocked at that.
"It's a full moon; Esther needs to harness the energy of a celestial event... She's asked me and Abby to join her."
"No," Elena climbs off of bed and paces the room, "But... I can't let this happen, guys! He tried to save me!"
"Elena, you have no choice – what's done is done!" Caroline sighs, walking over to try and comfort her, but Elena keeps her away.
"But what about Evelyn?" She asks, her chocolate eyes are full of worry as she meets Caroline's, "She is in love with Klaus... If he dies who knows what she'll do?"
"This is Evelyn we're talking about," Bonnie rolls her eyes, "And it doesn't matter – hasn't killing Klaus been the sole agenda from the start? Are you seriously re-considering killing him, after everything he has done to you?" She narrows her eyes at Elena, and then scoffs in disbelief.
"No, I just... I don't know what I want! I want Klaus dead, but I'm worried that she'll flip the switch on her emotions," Elena turns her tear-filled eyes to Bonnie, "Evelyn has lost so much - John, Isobel, Jenna... She has so many reasons to shut out her humanity; the only think that is keeping it on is Klaus!"
"What about you?" Caroline asks, "You're her sister – she's keeping it on for you, too."
"What will I matter if Klaus is dead? I'm sure she wouldn't kill me, but she spends so much time with him... And she never came home, last night."
"You mean-?" Bonnie's eyes widen and her face twist in to one of disgust as Elena nods.
"Ew," Caroline cringes, "Who'd sleep with that?"
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"Oh dear," Kol chimes as the trio enter the grill, "It looks like that rather delicious looking doctor over there thinks we killed people."
"I wonder why," Evie mumbles, earning a half-hearted glare from Klaus and a smirk from Kol, "Don't go antagonizing them – I need to talk to them, and they won't talk to me if you two are being dicks."
"Did you just call him Ric? You're on a nick-name basis with them?" Kol asks curiously, glancing at Klaus as if he expected him to forbid any communication with 'the enemy'. Evie scoffs.
"Of course I am, Ric's my family, Kol," She replies, shoving past the Original as she heads up to the bar. Klaus watches her, and smiles idly as she covers Alaric's eyes with her hands and forces him to guess who it is. Meredith is laughing – she has not met Evelyn yet, but Alaric has told his girlfriend (of sorts) about her. The doctor knows that this is definitely not Elena; she is too carefree, and she dresses a little more provocatively.
"Doesn't she look tasty?" Kol asks admirably, mimicking Klaus' thoughts aloud. Klaus' eyes remain on Evelyn as he replies, in what could be classed as a deadly, possessive tone.
"Say another word and I'll tear out your liver..." After a moment, Klaus smiles, "Now, let's go get a drink."
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"I forgot how much I miss this land," Elijah murmurs, smiling slightly as he looks around the forest. This used to be his old home, back in the Viking Era... He had loved it, back then, when life was so simple... When Tatia was still alive.
"I can't imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago," Elena tries to picture this place free of trees and filled with huts that were once classed as homes, animals grazing whilst tied to wooden poles and the elder teens playfully sword fighting, but she cannot. It was a different time and place, one that was abandoned and forgotten about centuries ago. She has never really considered how foreign this time must be to the Originals, considering that they grew up in completely different living conditions... Do they miss it? What do they think of people these days compared to the ones in theirs?
"You know, your school was built over an Indian village... That's where I saw my first werewolf," He explains, "The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. As a matter of fact, near that was, uh, there was a field - where wild horses used to graze." Elena can see it, now. She remembers Rebekah telling her that the white oak tree was in the centre of the village – was that what they prayed around? And Indians – how exciting! Despite the stabbing guilt that has been threatening to overtake her all day, she smiles.
"That's incredible," She breathes, awestruck by his description of his old home.
"Come," He gestures for her to walk with him, and she doesn't hesitate to follow. She is so caught up in Elijah's story that she feels as if there is no choice.
"Do you know this place, too?" She asks, watching as he strokes his hand across a set of rocks.
"I do – below us is a cavern I used to play in as a boy. It connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area..." Elijah kneels down, now, picking up some pieces of dead grass and rolling them around in between his fingers. "That was nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savages of the full moon... My mother said; 'there must be a balance.'"
Upon Esther being mentioned, the shooting sensation of guilt returns with a new found vengeance. Here she is, listening to Elijah's story, walking with him as if she is his friend... She nervously tucks some hair behind her ear and sighs.
"Elijah, I should probably go home."
"I admire you, Elena." He ignores what she said beforehand as he rises to his feet. "You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us..." He wets his lips with his tongue and points to her as he speaks, but gazes off in to the forest, "It is against your nature to be deceitful and, yet, when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face." When Elijah's oak brown eyes turn to hers, she has to look down. Her breath catches in her throat, and the guilt increases immensely... Along with her fear. He watches her expectantly, but Elena does not notice – she just stares at the ground and shakes her head.
"That's not true," She lies, "I told you, all your mother wanted was a new start-"
"I can hear your heart beat," Elijah snaps, "It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball, you are lying to me now(!)" Elijah walks over to stand in front of Elena, and her whole body stiffens as his angry eyes keep hers trapped on his. Like a predator would its prey, she thinks. "Tell me the truth."
"I never wanted this to happen," She almost whispers, the lump in her throat that guilt brings with it has her lower lip trembling ever-so-slightly. No, I will not cry... I don't deserve to cry.
"What, Elena!" He does not ask, he orders her to tell him. He cannot compel her due to the fact that she consumes vervain, but it feels like he has as she finally tells him what she has secretly wanted to tell him since that meeting with Esther.
"We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin was going to kill Klaus, when we found out it was your mother..." She shakes her head and pauses, trying to regain her composure as some of her guilt becomes evident in her voice, "We didn't know what to think."
"Since her return she's said that she only wants this family whole again," He murmurs.
"When she asked to see me I... thought that maybe she could help; that she would find a way to kill Klaus. I..." She cannot stop the tears that are slowly beginning to fill her eyes – not whilst she says this, "It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill..."
The realization hits Elijah with the force of a tidal wave, but he does not show it.
"She wants to kill us all, doesn't she?" The Original presses his lips in to a tight line, finally putting all of the puzzle pieces together, "She wants to undo the evil she created."
"I'm so sorry, Elijah. I wish that there was something I could do to help!" She is so sincere in what she is saying – the idea Elijah receives forms too quickly, and despite being the most thoughtful of the Original siblings, he acts impulsively.
"You know, one thing I've learnt in my time on this earth..." He looks down in to her sad, doe-like eyes as he speaks, "Be careful what you wish for."
Elena gives him a confused look, but that is soon replaced by shock as he shoves his foot in to the ground, causing the roof of the cave underneath them to give way. Elena gasps and goes to jump back, but Elijah already has her in his arms. He jumps down in to the cave, leaving her human self trapped.
And then he's gone.
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"Evelyn," Alaric chuckles as the doppelganger finally allows him to see, again. She smiles sweetly at him.
"Hey, Ric!" The vampire turns to the woman besides Alaric and holds out her hand, "And you must be Meredith – I'm Evelyn, but you can call me Evie."
"Oh, hey, Evie," Meredith gives the vampire a smile before reaching out to shake her hand.
"So, what brings you here?" Ric glances around the room, his face drops in to a scowl as he spots Klaus and Kol walking towards them, "You brought them?"
"Actually, they brought me," Evelyn sighs, "But what brings me to you is Elena – she hasn't been picking up her phone all day, and she wasn't at home when I went to, uh..." Get some clothes, "Pick up some stuff."
"I've been wondering the same thing-"
"If it isn't my old friend, Alaric!" Klaus smirks devilishly as he and Kol take two seats at the bar, "Nice to see you, mate."
"Seriously?" Evie scoffs – she had been filled in about Klaus possessing Ric's body a while ago, now. She still thinks that something like that is creepy as hell, "Can't you behave for once?"
"Hmm," Klaus pretends to ponder the thought, and then smiles, "Nope."
"Dick," Evie scoffs, almost stopping Meredith's heart cold as she speaks the word to an Original vampire/werewolf... She forgets how to breathe as the hybrid pulls her in to his arms, laughing as she slaps his arms away from her waist.
"Don't mind us," Kol speaks up now, watching Evelyn as he speaks to Alaric, "My brother and I are just here to let off some steam, isn't that right, Nik?"
"Right," Klaus smiles, "So – why don't you order us some scotch?"
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"I can't find her anywhere" Stefan storms in to the parlour, obviously irritated by Elena's disappearance. He is taken aback to see that Elijah is sat in one of the armchairs.
"Hello Stefan," He murmurs in a bored tone.
"He has Elena," Damon growls through clenched teeth.
"Actually, she's with Rebekah," Elijah corrects him, "As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out," A ghost of a smirk dances across his lips as he speaks, "So, if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help me stop my mother."
"I'm a little embarrassed to admit that when it comes to killing one thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty," Damon mumbles sarcastically.
"Yes, unfortunately even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead – not with the spirits of nature at her side."
"What're we supposed to do?" Stefan asks, stepping in to the room as he watches Elijah curiously.
"The witches that released my mother, she is drawing her power from their bloodline. That needs to be broken."
"Broken?" Stefan frowns, waiting for Elijah to elaborate. He glances at Damon, who draws his finger across his throat in a slitting motion. Realization dawns upon Stefan, and he turns back to Elijah. "You want us to kill them."
"You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they would immediately know my intent – they wouldn't expect to be harmed by the likes of you," The Original sucks in a quick breath and stands from his seat, "In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them."
"Oh, how super specific of you," Damon scoffs bitterly.
"By that time the moon will be full, and my mother will have the power to kill me and my family – if you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena... So, we all have our timeline. I suggest you get started."
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"So, what's the plan?" Alaric asks Damon quietly as he watches Meredith and Evelyn play pool, thanking his lucky stars that the Grill is pretty full, tonight.
"Divide and conquer – I'm hoping Evelyn will eventually do that on her own," Damon replies through the phone.
"Shall I make something up to get her pissed at Klaus? Maybe that'll do the trick," He offers, glancing at Klaus and Kol who have their lips plastered to their glasses. They have drank so much alcohol through the day that he is more than sure that they are drunk.
"Sure, won't hurt to try it out."
"Right – I'll call you later."
Ric hangs up at that, and then turns from the banister to the vampire and doctor. Meredith has just taken a shot and potted, so whilst she takes another, Ric gestures for Evie to come over. A bemused expression crosses Evelyn's face as she heads over.
"What's wrong?" She asks.
"Actually, it's... Well, it's something you kind of need to know... About Klaus," Ric glances around the room as he tries to come up with a reasonable lie. Evelyn watches him carefully.
"Well, what is it?" She asks.
"He..." The history teacher's eyes land on Caroline, who is sat eating a meal with her mother, and the lie leaves his lips before he even has to think, "He's been flirting with Caroline."
Evelyn's eyes widen in shock, and then narrow angrily as she turns to look at Klaus, who is in the middle of a conversation with Kol.
"When?" She asks, not looking away from the hybrid as she speaks.
"I saw them at the ball, and then I saw him staring at her, earlier on... I don't know it if means anything, but I just thought you might like to know about it," He explains, surprised at how easily the lie seems to come to him. Evelyn nods, gnawing on her lower lip sadly.
"Ok... Thanks for letting me know, Ric," She murmurs, narrowing her eyes at Klaus once more, "I may just need to talk to him about that."