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Why Oh Why Did I Choose Here!
SUMMARY: Once Buffy has returned from the dead, she has realized that the Hell-Mouth is eating away at her soul. She contacts the Council, and they finally do something right. Please read for more info. Rating is because of language and possible future scenes.
PREVIOUSLY ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: "You do realize that that was during one of his Ripper phases. He is not the same Stefan Salvatore anymore. He is all about feeling more human right now. He is even on the Bambi blood diet and everything. He is even dating Elena Gilbert right now, well I guess was, but since that was not really Elena that broke up with him then I guess that they are still together." Damon ended with his little babble.
"If you will excuse me, I must lie down for a bit." Rebekah stated, as she turned around and headed into the house muttering, "All of the doppelganger trollops are nothing but home wrecking harlots." being the last thing heard from Rebekah.
'What to do? What to do?' Buffy kept asking herself, before Damon Salvatore spoke up.
"What is the plan to get the real Elena back?" Damon asked the group of powerful beings that were in front of him.
"That is the question for us to come up with. However," Niklaus started, as he quickly stood in front of Damon and used his compulsion. "You are to return home and forget about anything that you have seen or heard today. You will leave Elizabeth Summers alone and in peace."
Niklaus was pleased when he heard Damon repeat everything that was told to him to prove that it took to him as he turned around and sped home.
"Now that that is taken care of, let us go and find Rebekah." Niklaus stated, as he began to walk into the house.
"What are we to do with Katerina's body? She should be waking soon, and I for one do not want her fleeing. For how tiny she is, she sure does pack quite a punch." Buffy asked the group that was familiar with her.
"Let's just bring her inside, and we will compel her to talk once she awakens." Niklaus stated, as Sage bent over to pick her up.
"Katerina may come inside of the house." Buffy said as an invitation, to allow entrance to her home.
A/N: I would like to thank everyone for the reviews. I would like to tell Justine, one of my reviewers that I like her idea and I will try to work it in, I would like to thank everyone of my readers for their feedback though as well. I am not used to writing chapters that are as long as readers may be used to. I am working in it. I would like to state that Buffy series is set just after she was resurrected, and Vampire Diaries will be set before Klaus's ritual. There are going to be many changes to the story line, and I hope that it is well liked. This is only my second story, and I am still trying to find my niche.
A/N II: I would like to state that the year that is stated will actually be different from the actual year of Buffy's revival due to the fact that I can not remember the actual year of the season. I will be making this the year of 2015.
Chapter 20
"If you would excuse me, I am going to make sure that Rebekah is alright." Niklaus said, as he began to walk towards the Parlor.
"Let me go with you Niklaus. It may be better if we are together." Elijah stated calmly.
"How about all of us go. This includes you as well Elizabeth. Rebekah seems to like you, so it would be nice if you were there as well." Niklaus stated, as the entire awakened Original Family plus Elizabeth carrying Katerina's body, finished the trek to the Parlor.
Once everyone was inside the house making their way through the hallways, the group had just entered the Parlor to find Rebekah sitting in a chair next to Kol's coffin.
"I miss him brothers." Rebekah said, as she began to cry.
"Since we have sent the elder Salvatore away for now, why don't we go ahead and finish with the un-daggering of Kol? What do you say? Than we can try to figure out this whole mess as a family." Niklaus asked his younger sister.
"Really Nik?" Rebekah asked Niklaus.
"Of course Rebekah. As soon as he is awake, I will finish the explanations of everything to the two of you. While I pull out the dagger, would you like to heat up a blood bag for Kol?" Niklaus asked Rebekah.
"Of course Nik. I am not sure as to what caused this turn around of yours, but I am pleased nonetheless. I do not want to give Katerina a chance to mess up the new you brother." Rebekah stated, just as she left towards the kitchen to get the blood bags ready.
"That will not be a problem dear sister. Now that we know that it is her thanks to Elizabeth, we can plan accordingly. I will just use her as the Vampire Sacrifice instead of the doppelganger. The witches already have their eyes on the Werewolf I want to use, as well as putting the final touches on the potion to bring the recent doppelganger back to life as a human." Niklaus began to tell his sister as she left the room some of his plans.
As soon as Rebekah left the Parlor, Niklaus removed the dagger from Kol's chest, and placed it in the exact same manner as he had done with the others.
Once Rebekah re-entered the room, she looked towards Niklaus to ask him a question, "Why would you spare any descendent of that horrid Tatia? They are all just alike."
"From what our dear Elijah had come up with, and from different people in the town is that the most recent doppelganger is actually nice. At least for the time being." Niklaus stated, but before he could continue on the subject there was an interference.
As the group began to wait for the revival of Kol, and continue on with their conversations, they were interrupted by the movement of Katerina's body.
"Did anyone get the number of that truck?" Katerina's voice carried throughout the the entire house.
Once Katerina had figured out that she was not alone in a room, she used her Vampire speed to try and flee from where she was.
As soon as she made it to the door, Katerina's body collided with another. As soon as Katerina looked up, all of the color in her face had left instantly.
"KLAUS! What are you doing here? You are not supposed to be here yet!" Katerina exclaimed, trying to figure out what her next move should be, or decide if she should just finally give up.
"What can I say Katerina, other than I try to shake things up a titch every now and then. Would you not agree brothers and sisters?" Niklaus asked, all the while turning Katerina's attention to Finnik, Sage, Elijah, and Rebekah.
Once Katerina's face had fallen on the other Originals that were actually awakened and united, she finally had decided that it was time to stop running and use other weapons that were in her arsenal.
"Elijah! It is so good to see you again!" Katerina exclaimed with fake cheeriness.
"Please do not even try it Katerina. There is not a single shred of hope left for the two of us. You destroyed that the second you betrayed my brother." Elijah stated, as he walked towards Elizabeth to double check her stomach wound.
"Are you certain that you are alright Beth?" Elijah asked, once he had approached Elizabeth.
"I am fine Elijah. It is fully healed now. I think it is best to question her now, before we get distracted once Kol is wakened." Buffy said to draw Elijah's attention away from her stomach.
"That sounds like a splendid idea Beth. But, where do we begin?" Elijah stated to the room.
"I have an idea. If this is in fact Katerina or Katherine or whatever she has been calling herself, then we need to find out for how long and why she had been impersonating Elena. We also need to find the location of the real Elena." Buffy stated drawing everyone's attention to herself before continuing on. "We also need to know if there is any blood relatives of Elena that is in the know of the Supernatural here in town?" Buffy asked the Vampire that was trying her damnedest to find an escape route from the house.
"Those are all excellent questions Elizabeth, but why do we need to know about the blood relatives in the know?" Niklaus asked his friend.
"I was thinking that if Katerina would not tell us of Elena's location, than would it be possible for one of Elijah's or your witches to perform a locator spell to find her? My Witchy friend back home always said that it was a lot stronger to use someone of the same family bloodline for those types of spells. It is always about the blood." Buffy replied, hoping she didn't cross any lines with her new friends.
"As far as I know from the Martins, is that her brother/cousin Jeremy is in the know, but her Aunt Jenna has been left unaware of everything. Personally I believe that if I were either of the children that were neck deep in the Supernatural, I would have her aware enough to at least protect herself." Elijah replied, but ended in a hushed tone.
"Well Katerina? Are you going to be sharing the information that we need, or will we have to be doing this the fun way?" Niklaus asked, as he walked in front of her.
"No blood on the floors Nik." Buffy said under her breath knowing that he would here her.
All Katerina did in return was offer everyone that was in front of her an evil looking smirk. "I am not going to tell you a damn thing. You are going to kill me either way, so I see no reason to make this easy on you all." Katerina said firmly.
"You will tell me right now the location of Elena Gilbert!" Niklaus said in the monotone voice of compulsion, only to find that it had not worked.
With the failed attempt of compulsion, Katerina's cackling began to rise throughout the entire house. "Is someone having performance issues?" Katerina asked, causing Niklaus to growl menacingly at the Vampire in front of him.
"Vervain? You are drinking Vervain are you not?" Niklaus questioned before turning towards his brother Elijah. "I believe that we should implement Elizabeth's plan now." Was all that he said before grabbing his phone to contact Maddox.
"I will give the Martins a call. Beth, why don't you give the Bennett Witch a call as well? That way we can explain everything to her, and begin her training." Elijah stated, as he pulled out his cellular phone from his jacket pocket to call Dr. Martin.
'This is becoming more and more complicated. I guess that having time off is just too much to ask. At least I do not have to continually patrol and stuff. Plus, I get to spend some time with Elijah as well, so it is all good.' Buffy thought to herself, as she went to the stairs to grab her phone fro her room.
"Alright Elijah. I will be back in a few minutes. Rebekah, do you want to come with me and help me pick out a new outfit since this one has gotten kind of ruined?" Buffy asked the Original blonde Vampire.
"Are you sure Elizabeth?" Rebekah asked, trying to hide her excitement at having an actual girlfriend to talk about things like clothes and boys with.
"Of course I am. Is Katerina contained for the moment Elijah?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, we will see that she does not get away from us again Beth. Go on and have some fun while you make the call." Elijah stated, as he waved the two bouncing blondes up the stairs.
While Buffy and Rebekah headed for the stairs, Finnik had just thought of an idea for the containment of Katerina's body.
"Niklaus? Do you still have those chains that you stole from Mikael?" Finnik asked his younger brother with sadness.
"You mean the ones that he used on me to stop my transformation when mother bound the curse?" Niklaus asked back, with a scowl on his face.
At his brothers nod of agreement, Niklaus went upstairs to his bedroom with Vampire speed to gather one of his bags that he had brought with him.
"Of course brother. Just like American Express, I do not leave home without them." Niklaus responded with an evil smirk planted on his face. "What is running throughout the head of yours Finnik?" Niklaus asked back to his eldest brother Finnik.
"I was thinking that we stash Katerina in one of the now empty coffins, and then cover it in the chains to secure it. That way we will not have to waste any manpower in actually having to guard her. We could even find an empty room to store her in the basement." Finnik stated, as everyone was watching him intently.
Katerina's face began to pale extremely quick. "You would not seriously let them do that to me would you Elijah?" Katerina asked Elijah.
The only reply that Katerina received was an evil smirk that was planted on Elijah's face.
That smirk was the giveaway that nobody actually cared about what was to happen to the Vampire doppelganger
Klaus grabbed Katerina's neck and lifted her into Rebekah's now emptied coffin and slammed the lid shut. As soon as it was closed tightly, Niklaus and Finnik worked together to wrap the chains around the outside of the coffin.
Meanwhile, with Buffy and Rebekah going upstairs.
"Elizabeth, are you sure that it is alright for me to go with you? Sage told me that the 3rd floor was off-limits." Rebekah stated.
"It is just fine if you are invited by me or anyone that may be staying here. Other than that it is off-limits. Come on Rebekah, my room is this way." Elizabeth said, as she led Rebekah down the hallway.
"WOW! I thought that my room was the best. This place is magnificent. Can I look inside your closet?" Rebekah asked wanting.
"Of course you can. While you do that, I will wash up in the bathroom a bit." Buffy said, as she grabbed a new shirt from her dresser and walked into the bathroom to clean off the dried blood from her stomach.
After Buffy re-entered the bedroom, she walked over to her bedside table to collect her cell phone to phone Bonnie.
After a couple of rings, Bonnie answered the phone. "Hello."
"Hey Bonnie, this is Elizabeth Summers. I was wondering if there was any way that you could come by my house right now? There is something that I need to speak with you about, and it would be best if we talked face to face. I just want to warn you that I have those new house guests that the Mayor asked me to host, but they have been joined by their siblings as well. I also want you to know that they are informed of the Supernatural as well as you and I." Buffy finished, giving Bonnie a chance to respond.
"Will I be safe there? I was supposed to go by the Salvatore Boarding House with Jeremy because Elena is kind of missing." Bonnie said in reply.
"Jeremy Gilbert is with you right now?" Buffy asked right back.
"Yeah, Stefan called him, and he came to get me. Why?" Bonnie asked.
"Could you bring him with you? This whole thing has to do with Elena. I promise that I will explain when you get here. Please?" Buffy added on the end.
"Alright, we will be there soon. I will give you a call if the gate is closed. See you soon Buffy. Sorry, I mean Elizabeth. After I got those flashes, that name kind of stuck out." Bonnie said, just before she hung up quickly.
"Who or what is a Buffy?" Rebekah asked, the second that I ended the call on my line.
"Buffy was my nickname growing up. All of my friends and family back home called me that. It was something that my mother called me and it stuck. It was also the name that the Supernatural world knows me as. With them, I am known as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Do not worry though. I am not like my predecessors. I only go for the really really bad ones that show no sign of being good. But right now, I am supposed to be on leave so to speak. I am supposed to be starting over, but I move into a town that is crawling with the Supernatural yet again. I do not think that I am meant to leave it all behind. At least the Active Slayer is on the Hell-Mouth though. I am most assuredly not up for that since I have been back.." Buffy rambled on, almost forgetting that she was not alone.
Rebekah was rather shocked at the admission that Elizabeth was a Vampire Slayer, but even rather more shocked that there seemed to be two of them.
'I thought that there was only one until the other dies? Oh my goodness! She did say that she was brought back. By the haunted look on her face I am correct on my thoughts. I wonder if Nik, Finnik, Sage, and Elijah knows? That poor girl!' Rebekah was thinking to herself.
"Do you mind if I call you Buffy? It is more unique, and you can call me Bekah." Rebekah asked her new friend, as she gave Buffy a tight hug.
"That is fine. I kind of miss being called Buffy every now and then." Buffy replied, as she returned the hug.
'Why do I feel so at home with these people, rather than my own family?' Buffy thought to herself.
"Come along Buffy, we should head back downstairs now. Kol should be awake at any time, and your guest will be arriving shortly as well." Rebekah said, as the two blondes made their way back downstairs to join the others.
As they entered the room before the Parlor, Rebekah instantly recognized her youngest brother standing next to a chained coffin.
"KOL!" Rebekah shouted, as she used her Vampire speed to leave Buffy with Elijah so she was able to enter the Parlor and hug her brother.
Meanwhile, while the girls were upstairs.
As soon as Katerina's body was taken care of, the remaining Originals were seated around the Parlor once their calls were taken care of.
All of the sudden, the silence in the room was broken when there was an intake of breath was heard in the last coffin.
Very slowly the last Original sat up inside the coffin, trying to gather his barrings.
"Here is some blood for you brother. If your anything like Rebekah or myself, you must be famished." Finnik stated, as he stood next to Kol, showing him how to drink from the blood bags.
"Finnik? What is going on? What year is it? What on earth are you doing here with Niklaus? What were you saying about Rebekah?" Kol began to ask question after question, just the same as his siblings had previously done.
As soon as Kol was finished with his questions, Niklaus began to laugh along with Sage.
"You, Rebekah, and Finnik had asked almost the exact same questions upon your awakening. The only difference was that Finnik at least had a slight advantage of having inside information from our mother." Niklaus stated while still laughing.
"Finnik, What has happened to our brother?" Kol asked his brother while standing up out of the coffin.
"He has changed brother. As for your questions, I will answer what I have been told I can. It will be best for Niklaus and Elijah to tell the majority of the tale." Finnik stated firmly.
All Kol did as a response was nod his head at his eldest brother.
All of the sudden, there was a loud squeal followed by Rebekah shouting her brother's name. "KOL!"
The next thing that Kol realized was that he was encased in his sister's arms.
"Rebekah! I am glad to see you too sister. Maybe I can get you to tell me what is going on here?" Kol asked his baby sister.
"I am not sure of the specifics either brother. Nik was going to tell me, but he was cut off by Elijah's girlfriend barging into the house. Do not tell Elijah that I called Elizabeth his girlfriend Kol, because they are both completely daft to see the signs. They are perfect for each other, but they keep telling everyone that they are "Just Friends"." Rebekah said with a laugh, that caused Niklaus, Finnik, Sage, and Kol to join in laughing as well.
"What is so funny?" Buffy said, as she and Elijah entered the Parlor.
"Nothing!" Rebekah and Niklaus exclaimed at the same time, causing everyone to laugh yet again.
"As I was saying before Bekah interrupted, the year that Sage had told me was 2015. and as for Rebekah, you can clearly see that Niklaus has freed her as well Kol. Niklaus freed me first. I was completely shocked to say the least. As of yet, your awakening has been the easiest. You should have seen Bekah's. She actually stabbed Niklaus with the dagger that was used on her before beating him to a bloody pulp almost." Finnik stated with a chuckle at the memory.
"What can I say brother, but once I heard his voice, something inside me just snapped. I wanted him to feel my pain, but once I heard Finnik's voice, that brought my attack to a speedy halt." Rebekah stated, while still hugging Kol.
"Thank you for the blood. Is there by chance a room with my name on it so I can clean myself up? Speaking of which, are there any clean clothes that happen to be more modern like all of yours?" Kol asked his siblings.
"Of course there are. Elizabeth had put an outfit a piece together for the three of you. I plan on taking you all shopping as soon as we figure out this whole Katerina and missing doppelganger mess." Niklaus stated, as he handed the sack of clothes to Kol.
"Come along brother, and I will show you the empty rooms that you can choose from on the 2nd floor." Rebekah stated, as she grabbed Kol's hand to drag him from the Parlor to the stairs.
As soon as Rebekah and Kol exoted the Parlor, Niklaus's phone began to ring.
"Yes." Was all that Niklaus said, as he answered the phone
"It's Maddox. I am at the gate with the Martins." Maddox said in reply.
"One moment and I will open the gate." Niklaus said as he hung up his phone.
"Elizabeth? Where are the remotes to open and close the gate?" Niklaus asked Buffy.
"Hold on and I will get them for you." Buffy said, as she walked back towards the foyer with the others following her.
Once near the front door, Buffy bent down to grab the bag from the Hardware Store that held the remotes.
"Here you go Nik." Buffy said, as she handed one of the remotes to Niklaus.
"Thank you Elizabeth. I want to let you know that the Martins and Maddox is here now. That is the only reason that I would be opening the gate." Niklaus said, as he pushed the button to open the front gate to allow entrance to the property.
"You do not need to explain anything to me Nik. That was the main reason that I wanted you guys to have a way to open the gate. That way you all would not need to ask me each time you all had some visitors. Just leave it open because Bonnie Bennett and Jeremy Gilbert are on their way as well." Buffy said, as she headed towards the kitchen.
As Buffy made her way to the kitchen, she bumped into Rebekah and Kol.
"You getting all settled guys?" Buffy asked.
"Yes we are. Thank you for all of your hospitality Elizabeth." Kol said, as he grabbed Buffy's hand to place a small kiss on the back of her hand.
"Seriously Kol!" Elijah growled out. "You have not been free for even 30 minutes, and you are already flirting with our hostess!" Elijah exclaimed.
"Elijah, I am sure that he did not mean anything buy it. Do not worry so much. How about while I am making snacks for everyone and our guest, you and Kol begin to find an empty room downstairs in the basement for the coffins? That way there will be plenty of seating in the Parlor." Buffy asked, trying to end the tension between the brothers.
"Could I help you with the snacks Buffy?" Rebekah asked.
"Of course you can Bekah. Your help would be highly appreciated." Buffy replied, as she hooked her arm through Rebekah's and left the brothers standing in the dining room.
"Well that was new. How long has it been since Bekah had actually had a real girlfriend?" Kol asked his elder brother.
"I do not think that she has ever had one. Not even as a human. When we were human, Rebekah had access to magic, and all of the girls in the village kept hounding her for favors and such. Then, once we turned immortal, every one of her so called friends begged for immortality. I do not think she has ever had a true friend." Elijah replied to his brother's quarry.
"Well, let us not think to much on it right now. We have a few coffins to move brother." Kol said, as the two walked back into the Parlor.
"What are the two of you doing?" Niklaus asked, as Finnik, Sage, Maddox, the Martins, and himself walked into the Parlor room.
"Beth had asked us to remove the coffins from the Parlor room. That way we would have plenty of room for everyone to sit comfortably while we talk about everything." Elijah said in response.
"What is with this Beth, Buffy, and Elizabeth nonsense? Does she have that many personalities inside her head?" Kol asked the group offhandedly.
"Who has been calling her Buffy?" Niklaus asked, sounding rather angry.
"Bekah had." Was all that Kol said in reply, while Rebekah herself had responded walking in with Buffy.
"I had." Rebekah had answered at the exact same time as her brother Kol.
"Do not worry Nik. I told her that she could. I know what I said earlier, but I realized that I can not really ever leave that life behind me permanently. Plus, I actually kind of miss being called that from time to time." Buffy said with a smile, before placing her tray down on the coffee table in the room.
Before anyone could speak about the topic anymore, there was a knock at the door.
Buffy went to answer the door once she had deposited her tray securely.
As soon as the door was open, Buffy noticed that it was Bonnie Bennett and the teenage boy that she had seen at the masquerade ball that was standing with the evil Elena's group.
'This must be Jeremy Gilbert' Buffy thought to herself, just before Bonnie confirmed her thoughts.
"Hey Miss. Summers. This is Jeremy Gilbert, Elena's little brother." Bonnie Bennett said, as she moved to give Buffy a small hug.
"Welcome to my home Jeremy. It is wonderful to meet you, however, I wish it was under better circumstances." Buffy said, as she opened the door wide, signaling for the two teens to enter the house without actually saying come in.
'No more invites for now. There is enough Vampires with access for my liking." Buffy thought.
"Hey guys! Bonnie Bennett and Jeremy Gilbert are here now. We can get the show on the road." Buffy said, as she led the two teens into the Parlor.
As soon as Bonnie and Jeremy entered the Parlor, the quickly recognized the Martins that were sitting on one of the couches.
"Dr. Martin." The two teens said at the exact same time, causing several of the people to laugh.
"Miss. Bennett. Mr. Gilbert. How are the two of you doing today?" The eldest Martin asked the two, as they both sat on the furthest love seat.
"We have been better actually. Worried about my sister actually. She has been missing since after the ball. No one has seen her since she had broken up with Stefan. At first we thought that this Klaus guy has finally made his move, but we think that Elena had just left. She has been acting weird lately." Jeremy Gilbert stated, as he lowered his head into his hands.
"Let us get the introductions out of the way before we begin. I would like it if the two of you would allow us to explain everything before you judge anything. You have seen my past Bonnie, and I know that you know that I will not let anything happen to either of you. Deal?" Buffy asked the two teens that were sitting on the love seat.
"Deal." The two stated in unison yet again.
"Alright. As you know I am Elizabeth Summers, and you are already knowledgeable of the Martins. However, you do not know the female Martin yet. This is Greta Martin, Dr. Martins' daughter. Next we have Maddox. He is a witch as well as the Martins and yourself Bonnie. Last but not least, we have the Mikelson's. The eldest Finnik with his mate Sage. Then we have Elijah. Then we have Niklaus." Buffy began, but needed to pause at the gasping of the recollection of Niklaus's name.
Bonnie was about to interrupt, but thought differently of it at the look that Buffy was giving her.
"Now, after Niklaus here we have Kol. And last but not least, we have the youngest of the group Rebekah." Buffy finished with the introductions.
Before anyone could say anything, there was a loud bang from something that was under a sheet in the corner of the room.
"What in the HELL was that?" Jeremy Gilbert shouted, as he stood up from where he was sitting.
"That my dear children, would be the one and only Katerina. It appears that she has been impersonating your lovely sister for the past week or so." Niklaus stated, like it was no big deal.
"Then where in the world is Elena at then?" Jeremy and Bonnie asked at the same time, once again causing a few chuckles.