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Previously on the Vampire Diaries:

Sophie's POV

I knew that Klaus had to be getting close or maybe in the school already.

I tried not to act nervous or out of the ordinary at any time. I didn't know if I was succeeding but I hoped they would chalk it up to Damon being gone if I seemed a little off.

I was watching Elena. I knew that she would separate from the group and that's when Klaus would come in. She rose off the floor and said something about getting more glue. I followed her and we headed down the hall.

LANA'S POV

"Just so you know you can't roll into Mystic Falls all crazed and on a war path," I said to Klaus as I saw the first sign telling us we were approaching our destination.

"I don't intend to. I just want to kill the doppelganger in front of Stefan."

"That falls into the crazed category so it's not allowed. What we get to do is spend the day hiding out."
"Why would I do that?"

"Because you aren't supposed to run into Elena until tomorrow night, don't worry I know where she'll be and I will take you right to her."

Klaus frowned slightly, "Deal. Where are we going?"

I was driving and since I wanted to avoid town as much as possible I turned onto the back roads and was taking a bit of a longer route.

"Home."

"I told you I wasn't staying at your house again," Klaus said.

"Well to bad there aren't really a lot of options and I am not staying at the hotel in town when I have an entire house to myself not five minutes away."

"What about Rebekah are you willing to invite her in?"

"God no, don't be dumb," I snorted. "She can go stay elsewhere."

Klaus pulled out his phone and called her telling her to find a place to stay and to make sure Stefan didn't wake up and raise the alarm that we were back in town.

I was so happy to see my house come into view that I couldn't help but smile. Klaus carried our bags in and dropped them in the kitchen. Even though I hadn't been gone that long I was so happy to be back and I think it was because I knew I wouldn't have to leave again. Now that the summer was over all that was left was for Klaus to go and create his hybrids and I was not going for that. I was finally home permanently.

The next day it was harder to keep Klaus busy but I finally stumbled onto the perfect solution.

"You said you wanted to buy a house here let's go look at property," I said to him.

"Are you trying to rush me into making a home with you?" Klaus asked smiling.

"Whatever you love the idea of it."

"What's not to love…you sing all the time, you hog the bed, you snore, I catch you dancing at random intervals when there is no music actually playing, you're stubborn and always convinced you know what's best."

"You forgot to mention the part about me being alluring, mysterious, enchanting, lady like, and by far the most interesting person you have met in over a century."

"Those traits must have slipped my mind," Klaus laughed as I tried to shove him out of bed.

"Why do we even have to go look don't you know where I will live anyways?"

"No I don't. You wanting to get a house here is a surprise to me. Do you have any kind of house in mind?"

He paused slightly unsure, "I want one large enough to accommodate my entire family. Do you want anything in particular?"

"Just as long as it's not in town, I grew up on an acreage and I like being able to run around and act dumb without snoopy neighbours peeking at me."

I got dressed and then fished out a pair of runners from my closet. I pulled out my laptop and found a high end real estate agent and made an appointment to view several of their listings. We found the first place with relative ease.

House hunting with Klaus was one of the most bizarre experiences I could have imagined. He was fairly knowledgeable when it came to construction and what to look for in a house and I was quite surprised. The weirdest part was it was the first time we interacted with a person and she wasn't terrified every time she looked at Klaus. I had gotten so used to people being afraid of him. It was strange to have someone treat us like an average couple.

We went from place to place. All of them were large estate homes but none of them felt right. I would try and picture myself living in them but nothing was feeling right. Klaus was less choosy and I could tell he was getting frustrated by my refusals.

"I'm afraid there aren't any more listings in this area," the agent said as we walked out of the last home. "Would you be willing to look at places outside of this district? Because, I do have some other beautiful properties."

We declined and I could tell she was a little mad that she had wasted her entire day on us.

We got in our vehicle and headed for home. We took a different road home when I noticed a for sale sign in a ditch.

"Stop the car," I demanded as we raced past it. "Turn around."

"What?"

"There's a house for sale back there."

"What kind of house?"
"I don't know, I didn't see it."

Klaus turned around and pulled into the long driveway. The house was a gigantic mansion but in severe disrepair. I got out of the car and walked towards the front door.

"Lana, what are you doing?" Klaus asked as he followed me.

"I just want to look around." I smiled. I knocked on the front door.

"Does anyone live here?"
"It's completely quiet it's just me and you."
I tried opening the door but it was locked. I walked over to the window. It was a simple sliding window I jimmied the latch on it and pulled it upwards until it stuck.

"Really Lana this is ridiculous," Klaus sighed.

"Shut up, I don't judge when you kill people, so I expect you not to judge when I pull a break and enter."

I clambered through the window. The house had been empty for a while and I was no construction guru but I could see it would need a lot of work.

Klaus ducked under the window and followed me in. I started wandering from room to room. The place was dusty and dirty but there was something about it that appealed to me.

"What do you think?" I asked as we covered the ground floor.

"I think this place would need a lot of work before it was fit for habitation," Klaus grumbled.

"Think of it as potential for greatness," I replied as I walked into a huge room with floor to ceiling windows.

I found the stairs and went to the second floor. I discovered the master bedroom; it was huge with a fireplace at one end, a full bathroom, a walk in closet and French doors leading onto a balcony. I continued touring around the house it was all going well until I went into another bedroom and a rat ran across the floor in front of me. I had a fear of rodents and had a few bad encounters with them. I screamed and tried racing from the room only to run into Klaus. Since he was blocking my escape I just clambered up him. The rat scurried out of sight but in my mind that put an end to the tour.

"Are you alright?" Klaus asked as I took a few deep breaths and tried to calm myself down. I glanced at him and saw he was doing his best to hide a smile.

"This is not funny at all," I said angrily as he set me down.

Klaus laughed at me, "Come on it was a little funny. You should have seen your face," he kept laughing.

"I need to go home and have a shower so I don't get the plague," I said. Klaus was still chuckling as we left the house.

I did a quick tour of the outside loving everything I saw.

"This is my favorite house so far," I said.

"You have to be kidding," Klaus said. "We saw so many nice houses today and this is the one you want."

I nodded, "What did you think of it?"
"I thought we saw nicer houses today."

"Just imagine when this house is finished though. It's big enough for your family. And it's in the country. Those were the two specifications it had to meet."

"Do we really need a house with a ball room?" Klaus asked sceptically. He looked at my expression then smiled, "I guess you do love to dance."

"Is that a yes?" I asked hopefully.

Klaus smiled and nodded.

I jumped into his arms and kissed him.

"Are you happy?" Klaus asked as I let him go.

"How could I not be?"

"Well I will have some contractors come look at this place and start the renovations."

"Excellent, but I am not coming back until the vermin is gone."

We headed back to my house. It was getting dark by the time I got out of the shower. I went through my closet selecting a billowy floor length bohemian style dress I grabbed the wedding magazines and headed downstairs.

"Are you ready to go?" I asked Klaus as I came down the stairs.

"Do I finally get to know where we are going?"
"Tell Rebekah to meet us at the high school."

"The high school?"

"Yes its senior prank night. That's where Elena will be."
"What about Damon and Sophie do you think they might have warned her?"
"No Damon is supposed to be gone and chances are Sophie will probably be with Elena."

I grabbed my bag and put all the wedding magazines in it and we took off for the school. Rebekah was waiting for us in the parking lot, Stefan was still unconscious.

They had a quick group meeting I didn't really listen as I was closely watching the school for signs of life.

I followed Klaus in through a side entrance we were walking down a hallway and I could tell he was listening intently. He paused for a moment and then turned down a side hall. The door we were headed for swung open and Elena and Sophie walked through. Elena's eyes grew wide as she saw Klaus in front of her.

"There's my girl," Klaus said as he saw her.

Sophie clearly had been prepared because she didn't look the least bit surprised.

Elena reached for Sophie's hand and tried to pull her back down the way they had come in a feeble escape attempt. Klaus blocked them instantly, "You're supposed to be dead, what are we going to do about that?" he asked her. Elena glanced at Sophie for help. Klaus finally noticed she was there, "Sophie it's lovely to see you again," he said.

"Klaus," she replied coldly.

I smiled at Sophie and she just stared at me as if I was crazy for smiling at a time like this, but I was so happy to see her. Klaus grabbed Elena and began leading her down the hall, me and Sophie followed closely behind.

"I brought some bridal magazines for us to go through," I whispered tapping the large bag that I was carrying.

"Is this really the time for it?" Sophie asked smirking slightly.

"Please, it beats watching tonight's events unfold."

"Good point."

We walked into the gym to see a large group of the senior class setting up pranks.

"Attention seniors you have officially been busted. Prank night is over head on home," Klaus announced loudly. People began to file out of the gym without question. "You two," Klaus said as a boy and girl walked past him, "I remember you."

The girl paused, "I'm sorry who are you?"

"Don't worry I wasn't in my right head last time we met. Lift your foot up and stay there if she drops her foot I want you to beat her to death understood," Klaus talked to the boy as if he was discussing the weather.

"Don't Klaus, you don't have to hurt anybody," Elena cried out.

"Oh come on love, of course I do," he smiled at her.

"You really don't," Sophie cut in.

"Are you going to tell me how to make my hybrids?"

I could see Sophie weighing the pros and cons.

"We need to have an emergency meeting," I interjected, "Just keep going with the plan you have now and we'll get back to you."

Sophie and I quickly left the gym we were walking down the hall when I heard Bonnie and Matt coming towards us. We quickly ducked into a classroom to avoid them. We ended up on the bleachers by the football field.

"Should we just tell Klaus how to create the hybrids?" Sophie asked.

"I think we need to let things play out the way they are supposed to. If we change stuff or jump a step it could cause trouble in the future."

"Well, have you said anything to him about what needs to happen?"

"Nope I just told him that Elena was here. Did you get Damon out of town?" I asked.

"He didn't want to leave but I told him to go."

We stayed out there chatting until I saw Rebekah going into the school. I waited knowing that Stefan should follow her in fairly soon.

"Did you see Stefan go past?" I asked Sophie.

She shook her head no. We got off the bleachers and walked to the parking lot. Even from a distance I could see Stefan crumpled on the ground we ran over to him and I rolled him over. There was a large metal crowbar lodged in his stomach and it looked like Rebekah had snapped his neck again. I yanked the crowbar out and we waited. Stefan sat up gasping for air.

"Lana what happened?" he asked.

"We're in Mystic Falls."
"Elena. You told Klaus she was alive," he said angrily.

"He would have found out but at least I was able to calm him down enough that he didn't just kill her."
"Where are they?"
"In the gym," I answered.

Stefan took off towards the doors.

"Should we go and keep an eye on what's happening?" I asked Sophie, she just shrugged so I started walking back to the school. When we got back to the gym Stefan had killed the two teenagers that Klaus had compelled to stay and Elena was crying and trying to talk to Stefan who looked completely out of it. Klaus walked over, "Can I talk to you for a moment in private?" he asked me. I nodded and we turned to leave.

"I'm just going to check on Tyler and Caroline," Sophie said.

I could see in her face she didn't want to get stuck alone with Stefan and Elena. Sophie took off down a hallway and I followed Klaus into an empty classroom. I sat down on a desk, "What's up?"

"Will the witch figure out a way to save my hybrids?"

"I don't know if I can tell you that."

"I won't interfere I just want to know."

I smiled at him, "Well if you give it some time you will find out. Don't worry though Bonnie is doing her best."

I realized that if all went to plan Klaus would be leaving again. I knew he would have to be able to move quickly and efficiently as he created his hybrids and for that I would have to stay behind. I had been okay with it earlier but now I was having a different reaction.

"Are you alright?" he asked, apparently my face gave away my feelings.

"I'm fine but we should get back in the gym before Rebekah tries to kill Elena."

We walked back in just before Rebekah made her dramatic entrance, "Where is it! Where is my necklace?" she screamed at Elena.

"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked.

"She has my necklace. Where is it?"

"I-I don't have it anymore," Elena stuttered.

"You're lying," Rebekah said.

It happened so fast I didn't even see Rebekah move but I felt Klaus brush past me as he intercepted her before she could attack Elena.

"Knock it off," he said to Rebekah. "Where's the necklace?"

"Katherine has it," I said when Elena didn't say anything.

"Katerina of course, that's unfortunate if we had the necklace that would make things so much easier for your witch but since were doing it the hard way let's put a clock on it shall we." Klaus walked over to the scoreboard console the red lights flashed as he set the time. "Twenty minutes if Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then I want you to feed again only this time I want you to feed on Elena you know you want to."

"Klaus don't do this to him," Elena said.

Klaus looked at her and Stefan then smiled, "No one leaves. If she tries to run fracture her spine."

Klaus grabbed my hand and motioned for Rebekah to follow us out of the gym.

"Tyler will be waking up soon," I said quietly. Klaus told Rebekah to go watch him.

"How much longer will Bonnie take?"
"About twenty minutes," I replied.

I figured I should go find Sophie but I just wanted some peace and quiet and I knew I wouldn't get that in a room containing Caroline and Rebekah. I started aimlessly walking the halls and Klaus just followed me. I ended up leading us towards the pool. I peeked through the door and saw Bonnie trying to resuscitate Matt. I took us around the corner and sat down on the floor. The time slowly ticked away as we sat there. Eventually I heard the pool door open and Matt telling Bonnie that Elena has to die for the hybrids to work.

"Go interrupt," I whispered to Klaus. I heard them talking and a moment later Klaus came back around the corner.

"So the original witch says that Elena needs to be dead for me to create hybrids."

"That's the message."

Klaus paused, "She's lying isn't she."

I heard the sound of the buzzer ringing through the school as the twenty minutes ran out.

"I would go and save Elena," I said.

In a blink he was gone. I walked back out into the main hallway and Bonnie and Matt were still there.

"You guys should go home."
"No not until we know that Elena and Tyler are alright," Matt replied.

"Tyler needs Elena's blood. Klaus will get it for him and they will both be fine. Just go home, Stefan is going crazy and you won't be safe if you stay here."

I left them standing there and I headed towards the classroom where Sophie was.

She was sitting at a table with Caroline and Tyler, who was already looking a little sick.

"Where's Klaus?" Sophie asked as I sat down.

"With Stefan and Elena."

Caroline was trying to soothe Tyler by telling him he was going to be fine and Rebekah just sat in the corner looking disdainful.

"The verdicts in," Klaus said as he walked in a few minutes later, he pulled out a vial of blood and passed it to Tyler.

"What is that?" Caroline asked.

"Elena's blood," Sophie answered,

"No, no, no Tyler don't drink that," Caroline said quickly.

"He will die without it Caroline," Sophie reasoned.

Tyler looked unsure but then he took it and drank it down quickly. He hit the floor the next moment and began shaking and jerking uncontrollably. Klaus nonchalantly moved so he was blocking me and Sophie. Tyler slowly came to and got to his feet. I could tell Klaus was elated but we needed to get Elena to the hospital so I told Caroline to take Tyler home and then me and Sophie got in the SUV and Klaus put Elena in the back seat and we took off. Klaus and Rebekah followed behind. Klaus took Elena in to the hospital and he didn't return until he knew that they were bagging her blood for him.

SOPHIE'S POV

This was not where I expected to be. I was in the parking lot with Lana, Klaus and Rebekah sitting in the back of the transport truck with the rest of the sleeping originals. I wanted to just go and wait in the hospital with Elena but Lana reminded me that Damon would show up here.

"So are you ready to go back out on the road?" Klaus asked Lana.

"You're on your own this time."

I could see he was surprised by her answer and I kind of was also.

"You need to move fast I will just slow you down, besides me and Sophie need to plan a wedding."

I was beginning to regret telling her about that. Damon and I hadn't had another conversation about what our future would be but I didn't really want her springing all of this on him randomly.

"Maybe we should just let things calm down a bit before we talk about the wedding," I said.

"Hey Rebekah you should go and make sure they are getting the blood ready to go," Lana suddenly blurted.

Rebekah rolled her eyes and ignored her until Klaus told her to go.

"She is miserable," Lana commented sourly.

"What did you need to get rid of Rebekah for?" I asked.

"Because she has super hearing and I don't want her around," Lana replied as she jumped off the back of the truck.

"What's going on?" I was getting slightly suspicious.

"Klaus and I have private matters to discuss," Lana said as she reached for Klaus' hand flashing him a bright smile.

I could see in her face what she was after

"Really Lana right now you have to do this, can you control yourself for a minute woman?" I said with disbelief.

Klaus was watching us obviously confused by our exchange.

"What we're passionate people and he is leaving this is our last opportunity."

"So you are just going to leave me here." I gesticulated to the coffins behind me.

"If you get lonely wake up Elijah I know you secretly love him," she called as her and Klaus took off towards where we had left the SUV parked. I was ready to kill her as she walked away leaving me alone. My anger increased tenfold when Stefan showed up.

"What are you doing here?" I said sharply.

He just smiled and sat down next to me.

"Go away Stefan."

"Klaus told me to meet him here."
"Well as you can see he is gone so vamoose," I crossed my arms and thought of all the ways I could kill Lana.

"Come on Sophie we are going to be family soon and we get to spend an eternity together so we really need to bury the hatchet," Stefan said seriously.

"You threw me off a roof that's not really something I can just get over."

"Don't worry eventually time will win out and you will move on," Stefan smiled arrogantly and I wished I had the ability to take him down a peg.

We sat in silence until Lana and Klaus came back, both of them smiling.

"Stefan you finally arrived," Klaus said. "Lana is staying in town and I want you to keep an eye on her make sure Rebekah doesn't try anything funny. Also keep tabs on Elena if something bad happens to her I will kill you," Klaus glanced at me. "Sophie is also a person of interest so keep her safe as well."

"Is that really what you called me here for to put me on nanny duty?" Stefan asked clearly unimpressed.

"Come on Stefan it will be fun. You and I will get into all sort of shenanigans," Lana said.

"If that's all you needed Klaus am I free to go?" Stefan asked. Klaus nodded and Stefan took off. Lana was leaning against Klaus and he had his arms around her. At first seeing Klaus show affection made me uncomfortable but then it just made me miss Damon. He hadn't been gone that long but I felt like it had been forever.

"Well look who finally showed up for the party," Klaus remarked.

"Where is she?" Damon replied.

I jumped out of the back of the truck and went running for him. He grabbed me in a hug and we just held each other for a moment.

"Are you okay?" Damon whispered in my ear.

"I'm fine."

Damon pulled back and looked at Klaus, "Where's Elena?"

"She is making a donation to a greater cause. I can't let you interfere mate," Klaus said as Damon tried to lead me past him.

"Klaus it's time for you to go," Lana said stopping the fight before it started. "Call Rebekah and she will bring the blood and then you need to leave."

Klaus looked at her for a moment then phoned his sister. Damon grabbed my hand and we went into the hospital. We found Elena's room and she woke up when we came in. Damon scooped her up and carried her to his car and we went back to the boarding house.

LANA'S POV

Klaus and I only had a few minutes together before Rebekah showed up. He sent her away and I could see she was furious with both of us. Klaus closed the back of the truck once he finished loading it. He pulled me into a hug I wrapped my arms around him and held him as tightly as I could.

"You can just come with me you know," Klaus said.

"I need to stay here," I sighed and I could feel some tears escaping. This was a new experience for us. I had never been left behind on purpose. I knew he wouldn't be gone long and that he would be fine but I still didn't want to let go of him. I knew he had to go so I stepped back and tried to brush my tears away before he could see them.

"Go before I force you to stay here," I tried smiling but it was shaky at best.

"I love you and if anything happens you just need to call and I will come back and get you," Klaus said. I nodded and he gave me a quick kiss and then let go of me and went to get in the truck. I realized this was a terrible way to say good bye to someone and that I need to fix it. Klaus was reaching for the door when I ran up to him and kissed him with as much passion and fire as I could. I pulled away and whispered, "Come home soon."

Klaus smiled at me then got in the truck and left. I smiled and waved but as soon as I couldn't see him I just started crying. I don't know how long I stood there but I was suddenly aware that Stefan was next to me. I quickly tried to regain my composure.

"Stefan what are you doing here?" I sobbed.

"Klaus called me and said I should come and check on you."
Obviously my smile and wave hadn't fooled him.

"This might sound weird but can you hug me right now?" I asked him.

Stefan scoffed at me.

"Shut up I know you're all soulless and mean right now but I need a hug."

Stefan reluctantly hugged me until I stopped crying.

"Are you feeling better?" Stefan asked and I could see he was trying not to laugh.

"Can you take me for ice cream and then drive me home?" I said as I took a deep breath

"Why not," Stefan replied.