A/N: I know I drew out this whole Kaia thing a little, I did it because Damon had turned her for Elijah but she knew if she killed her for good it wouldn't end well. Also, please don't worry about the Delijah stuff. I am dragging a little right now, my mind is kind of leaping from idea to idea a lot and with college starting my brain is a little taxed. I do have a rough plotline for the rest of the story and I have figured it out.

So, bear with the Kaia stuff, part of her role is to help annoy/persuade Elijah into talking to Damon with Klaus' and Stefan's help. I know you're probably sick of her at this point but she does have a purpose here, mainly getting a certain little Judgy witch to give a helping hand and yelling at an Original we all know and love. I know OC's can get annoying but I'm sorry, I need her for the plotline to work out.

"Just go talk to her!" Kaia snapped, glaring at her friend. "I'm not taking no for an answer."

Elijah sighed deeply, shaking his head as he pointed out, "I was not going to miss that look. I will talk to Damon when I'm ready, not before."

Klaus was watching them with amusement before commenting, "I like this one Elijah. She's feisty but more importantly, she's right. You need to talk to the Salvatore."

The newborn vampire shot him a look that was a mixture of shut up and thank you before turning back to the eldest, pointing out, "You promised you would. You do remember that right? I was dying at the time."

He glared, noticing her flinch but not attempting to make things right. That was a low blow and everyone in the room knew it. "Kaia, I will talk to her. First, let's get the spell reversed. I don't think I want to see Damon like that anymore."

"You're never going to be happy when you push everyone away," she pointed out softly, eyes softening. "I just want you to have a chance."

Elijah leant back in his chair, rubbing his forehead as part of him felt like a scolded child. Damon had lied to him for however long and helped dagger him once, not to mention the staking incident. All of that was meant to mean nothing now that Kaia had cast a spell. Admittedly, she hadn't known about all of that when she'd done it but it still made for a bad idea.

Klaus shifted slightly, probably planning on leaving, before muttering, "Damon wants to be with you. It's clear; she had the hurt painted all across her face when she said you made her forget how to get here."

"Forgive me Niklaus, but you've never been reliable in matters of the heart," Elijah retaliated, trying not to be harsh. "Didn't your current boyfriend originally date Rebekah?"

His brother frowned, sniping, "He never cared for her. Stefan was a cocky ripper, he liked having two Originals paying attention to him, but that's not the point. You need someone. She needs someone and you care for each other." At Elijah's incredulous look Klaus sheepishly admitted, "Stefan might have asked me to talk to you about it. He told me how to explain it but it's true."

Kaia's laugh interrupted the staring match between the two Original's and they looked at her as she giggled, "Elijah always said you couldn't talk about feelings without sounding like an idiot."

"That was a topic of conversation?" the hybrid asked incredulously, eyes surprised but amused.

"More of a passing mention," she corrected before turning back to the subject at hand. "But, idiot or not, Klaus is right. You should give Damon another chance."

"I need to get a ring made for you," Elijah interrupted, not in the mood for a lecture on all sides from the people he considered family. "I'll see if the Bennett witch will oblige, I already told the others not to come to the house." He glanced at Kaia apologetically, standing and straightening his already-neat jacket. "I know you couldn't live with hurting them but the hunger is strongest when you're young. Nik, could you stay with her?"

Klaus nodded, ignoring Kaia's protest that she'd be fine, and Elijah left the room, heading straight into Mystic Falls. Once the hybrid was content with the fact that his brother was out of hearing range he turned to the former witch, eyes playful but determined.

"Now, you seem to be an expert at meddling in my brother's love life," he started, noticing the way her green eyes widened in fear. "My Stefan is willing to help, and is more than willing to drag me into it. So, Miss Expert, where do we start?" At the grin that reminded him far too much of his teenage drama queen of a baby sister he knew immediately that he'd regret this but he'd do anything for family.

"I'm not doing this," Bonnie snapping, folding her arms as she glared darkly at the lapis lazuli ring Elijah was holding. "Last time I trusted you, you stopped us from killing Klaus."

The Original barely held in a growl, tired of trying to explain this to her, but settled for a terse, "He said he could give me back my family. If you had lost someone that important to you and thought you could get them back, wouldn't you?"

She nodded reluctantly, looking at the ring. He'd tried to explain all of it to her, excluding some more private details about Damon and the spell, and the Bennett witch had accepted it but she still refused to let him inside. Elijah couldn't blame her for mistrusting him but that didn't make it any less irritating.

"Did you at least reverse the spell on Damon?" he asked with a sigh, not sure what he really wanted her to say. He hadn't been thinking straight when he'd compelled her.

Bonnie answered, "No, I don't have the ingredients. Elijah, if I do this for you, you should know that I have the power to remove the spell on this ring at any time. If your vampire makes one mistake I'll do it and let her burn."

The Original nodded, offering her the ring again and feeling a surge of relief when she snatched it, stalking inside. She was going to do it. Kaia wouldn't have to suffer because of one of his mistakes, of which there were many. He could hear her chanting and waited patiently, knowing that rushing witches never ended well.

"You can have this ring tonight," she told him, walking back to the door and being careful to stay inside the barrier. "I want to meet Kaia first. I need to know she can be trusted."

Elijah nodded, eyes dark, before turning and walking away. He should have realised there'd be some sort of condition. Bonnie turned back to the house, clutching the spelled ring in her hand tightly as she walked to the table where the grimoire Damon had given her was sitting. Kaia was the name of Elijah's witch who had cast the spell on the vampire. Bonnie couldn't bring herself to reverse the spell without knowing if she would accept it first. It wasn't her place.

~Klefan-Lover