The only sound that Veronika could hear was the sound of the heels of her boots as she walked through Mystic Falls cemetery; she recognized the irony of her being here given that she was a vampire and such the walking dead. However irony aside, this wasn't a place Veronika regularly hung out at but today she had been 'summoned' and normally she wasn't one who respond well to demands but Veronika came out of interest. As she continued to walk Veronika noticed the person who she had come in the distance and walked for a further five meters before stopping and propping herself onto a headstone. "So you wanted to talk…"

"I wasn't sure you would come." Elena said as she turned around and took a couple of steps towards Veronika.

"Normally I wouldn't given that I have this little issue with being told what to do so don't think you call send messages to me demanding that I come me you. But I was interested in what you urgently needed to talk to me about so I decided to disregard my rule for today Elena. So it had better be worth my time…" Veronika quipped.

"It's about what happened the other day with Alaric and Jeremy, why'd you do it Veronika? Why did you target Jeremy?"

"This had already been explained to both Damon and Caroline, but I will repeat this for the last and final time; Stefan took something that didn't belong to him and we want those coffins back and you don't seem to want to help, in fact Damon seemed rather intent on preventing us from getting the coffins back. So Klaus and I decided to force your hand as we find that fear is a great motivator. But how to get Damon to help?" Veronika began feigning ignorance at the last part at her statement.

"Me." Elena figured.

"Half correct, we can't do anything to you because your blood allows Klaus' to create his hybrids. However we can target the people you love in order to get you to convince Damon to help which is where Jeremy came in or rather Alaric as he's the one Tony hit with the car. Both of them were those magical rings so no one was killed but either way it scared you enough which is why you're here." Veronika coolly replied.

"But Jeremy's my brother…"

"And?"

"I-I'm related to you Veronika, technically your family." Elena uttered as if it was the hardest thing that she ever had to say.

Veronika pursed her lips and took a minute to ponder her answer before speaking. "You are a descendant of mine through my sister Elena, you are a Petrova whereas Jeremy isn't therefore he isn't any concern of mine either is Alaric."

"Why are you doing this?" Elena demanded

"Klaus wants his coffins back and I want to help him with that or have you ignorantly blind to everything that I've done with and for him since I first arrived in this town. Helping Klaus is my only concern."

"Did you know that Klaus killed his own mother? All this time he's been lying and saying that it was Mikael, he lied to Rebekah and no doubt to you Veronika." Elena questioned

"I am perfectly aware of that fact." Veronika replied, not letting Elena know that it was only after the whole Mikael affair that Klaus had informed her that it wasn't Mikael who had killed his mother like he told her but rather himself. It was apparently because of the fact that his mother who happened to be the 'Original Witch' was the one who placed the curse on him to make his werewolf side dormant. "And before you ask why I'm not shocked at that apparent startling revelation, consider this Elena... Why would I have a problem that Klaus killed his mother and his father given that he massacred my entire family? I've been with him for five hundred years, I've seen him at his best and his worst so there's nothing you can saw that can possibly shock me Elena. I love him, and as you know when you're in love with someone you accept the good and the bad."

"He killed your entire family Veronika how can you love him?" Elena demanded.

"I don't have to explain anything to you but as I'm feeling in a rather chatty mood I'll entertain to you. So I'll tell you the story of how I fell in love with Klaus, it started the day he killed my family. I stumbled into my parents house and there he was standing over their freshly dead bodies after he killed them because Katerina became a vampire in order to get out of the sacrifice. But before I explain all the details ask me why I went to my parents house that night."

"Why did you go to your parents house?" Elena slowly asked.

"Good question! I went to my parents house that night because my husband - the man who Katerina was supposed to marry if she hadn't gotten pregnant and kicked out of Bulgaria - beat me to an each of my life to the point I was actually dying. I ran to my parents house as best I could and when I went into their room I saw my dead parents and there was Klaus and two minutes later he fed me his blood and snapped my neck thus starting my transition." Veronika idly said.

"You fell in love with him because he saved your life?" Elena skeptically asked.

"It wasn't just that he saved me, but he also fixed me… From the abusive hands of my former husband who used to beat me and rape me on a frequent basis because he could. I pray to god you never go through what I had to go through at the hands of a man who sees you only as his possession and nothing else. But Klaus? He saw something and decided to save me. But I was broken, an empty shell of a person and I needed help and that's what Klaus did, he helped and fixed me!" Veronika said half in annoyance and weariness.

"Veronika…"

"Klaus was so patient with me, never pushed me or got mad with me once about anything. It took decades before I stopped flinching when he so much as moved his hand and then it was two hundred and twenty nine years before I was finally ready for him to kiss me. Klaus saved me in more ways than one and not once since I've known him has he treated me as if I'm his possession. You want to know how I can love Klaus despite everything he's done? It's easy. How could I not fall in love with him after he did something like that?"

"That doesn't change anything Veronika." Elena pointed out.

"Coming from the girl whose in love with two brothers and we both know that neither Stefan or Damon are perfect so you cannot give me advice on falling in love with people so drop the holier than thou attitude, so now that I've answered all your question, you can go get a start on convincing Damon to help find the coffins otherwise more people you'll know will get into accidents." Veronika said making it clear she was dismissing Elena and moments later the teenager walked off and Veronika waited until Elena was before looking over her shoulder. "You didn't have to follow me…"

Out of nowhere Klaus made his way over to Veronika and stood beside her. "I know but I wanted to… you didn't have to tell Elena our story Nica."

"I know but I'm glad I did, it reminds me why I love you so much." Veronika wearily replied.

"Think your little talk with Elena has convinced her to help us?" Klaus questioned in an obvious attempt to move things along and get Veronika's mind of all the gory details she relived whilst telling Elena their story.

"Probably not but I knew that already, however it's safe to assume that Elena along with Damon will try and find out where the coffins are from Stefan when he returns, no now we just wait…"