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Freya told us everything. She knew Aurora, Tristan and Lucien were working together. She knew what and where the weapon is. She knew how her siblings where going to fall. So, she knew how to stop it all.
Klaus wasn't happy, of course. He trusted Aurora to be sincere and had trouble believing she was actually plotting against him.
"So, how do we stop it all?" I ask.
"We need to get rid of the Strix first" Elijah says. "It won't be easy"
"Dibs on Aya" I say.
"Then how do we do that without raising any suspicions?" Kol asks.
"We don't attacked them as a group" Elijah says. "We kill them one by one and we don't leave any trace of it."
Kol, Rebekah, Elijah, Klaus and Marcel had killed over twenty members of the Strix in one day only.
"Tomorrow I'll take you to kill Aya if you want" Elijah sighs, after I was complaining about how useless I had been today.
Vincent became regent of the witches and Davina was spending some time with Freya who was teaching her magic and some spells to get her ready for the next part of the plan.
Klaus was worried about Cami who wasn't answering her phone.
"All I know is that the cop she was helping is missing too" Marcel tells Klaus.
"Well we're going to have to find him too, then" the hybrid sighs.
Turned out, Elijah didn't need to take me to kill Aya, she came to us on her own.
"Elijah" she smiles at him. "I'm here because I'm worried."
"Worried?" he fakes innocence.
"Some of my strongest friends are missing since yesterday" she says "You wouldn't know what happened to them?" she asks and some other Strix members appears behind her. I look up at Elijah who smiles at me and then nods.
I turn to look at Aya "It's gonna…sting a bit" I tell her before I set her and her friends on fire.
"That was fun" I laugh and I think I saw fear in Elijah's eyes for a moment. "What?" I ask.
He sighs "You used to be pissed at me for killing people"
I don't answer right away. "You know I was going to kill Elena that night" I tell him and he looks down on me. "The night she almost killed you, the night we came back to Mystic Falls…She tried to kill you and I was going to kill her for it. You stopped me" I tell him. "The Strix need to go. I will help kill every single one of them if it means you're safe"
He looks at me for a while then he puts his hands on my waist and pulls me closer to him before he kisses me.
A week had passed and most of the Strix present in the French quarter were gone. Tristan stopped by one afternoon with four vampires at his sides. I was in the courtyard with Hope and Jackson, babysitting.
"Mrs Jonhson. What a delight it is to see you again" he says to me.
I smile at myself and look at Jackson but don't say a thing. Jackson sighs and gets up.
"I'm Jackson, and you are?"
"Tristan De Martel" he says "I'm looking for my sire, I suppose you know where you're husband to be is, Julie" he asks me.
"Elijah!" I call his name but not too loud, I know he's listening.
"What is it, now?" I hear his voice as he climbs down the stairs.
"There he is." Tristan says. "Is it too much for you, Elijah? To watch the woman you love play with a child that is not hers knowing that she will never have any of her own and that it's entirely your fault? Is that why you're leaving her with this…werewolf, unprotected?" Tristan asks.
I groan and get up "Who says I need protection, you son of a…"
Elijah gestures me not to finish my sentence. Tristan is laughing "Did I say something?" he asks.
I look up at Elijah "Please" I ask him if I can kill him even though I know I can't, it's not part of the plan. He shakes his head no and I sigh giving my attention back to Hope.
Tristan, obviously confused, sighs. "Anyway…I'm looking for Aya, you wouldn't know where she is, would you?" he asks.
I smile at myself once again as Elijah says he hadn't. "Sorry, no"
"Funny enough…I don't believe you" he says, taking a step forward and Elijah did the same.
"Well…There's nothing I can do about that, is there? But now that you're here, I can give you this invitation myself" Elijah says "Thanksgiving" he says "To start a new alliance against those who are plotting against my family. It is, after all, why you are here, isn't it?"
Tristan and Elijah stare at each other for a while.
"I'll see you then" Tristan says "You too, Mrs Johnson" I look up at him and watch him leave. Once he's gone I get up and go to Elijah.
"Don't pay attention to what he said" I tell him and he looks down on me.
"Did you want children?" he asks me after a moment of silence.
"I'm 20, Elijah. I never thought about it…But no. I don't" he looks at me like he doesn't believe me. I tiptoe to kiss him "Don't worry about it" I tell him and kiss his cheek before I go back to Hope.
Freya knew that Lucien, Tristan and Aurora were planning on gathering Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah to use a secret weapon against them, secret weapon that will not kill them but put them away so they will never die.
"What is this weapon?" Klaus asks.
We were in the living room and we were planning the last part of our plan.
"It's called a Serratura. It's a dark object that was cursed by an unknown witch at some point in history. It's a medallion. It produces an unbreakable boundary that can trap any being living or dead. Marina told me Lucien has it."
"So that's it?" Kol asks "We take this weapon, destroy it and no more prophecy?"
"Yes, you will give it to me and I will destroy it" she says. "While you, Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah and Julie are having Thanksgiving dinner with them, Marcel, Davina, Hayley and I will go to Lucien's apartment to take the medallion."
"And we will kill them for dessert" Kol says, smiling.
I could hear Lucien pouring himself a glass of alcohol from my bedroom.
"Elijah…" I ask my fiancé to help me with the dress he bought me for the occasion. He takes a few steps to zip it but when he doesn't I look up at his reflect in the mirror.
"You're gorgeous" he tells me, his fingers grazing the skin of my back, his lips on my neck.
"I have you to thank for it" I whisper as I close my eyes and enjoy the feeling of his hands on me. He moves his hand to my lower back and starts removing my dress. "We're going to be late" I stop him.
"My siblings will be fine, we just need to be there for dessert" he mumbles against my neck.
I giggle and stop him "That would be rude" I tell him and he sighs, disappointed. I kiss him before I say "After dessert…or for dessert, your choice" I tell him and he chuckles. I hear other footsteps from the courtyard as Elijah zips my dress up.
"Let's go" I tell him, kissing him once again before we leave the room.
"Oh" I hear Lucien say "Flowers for me, you shouldn't have"
"They're for the lady of the house" Tristan says "It's well-mannered to bring a gift when invited to dinner, I assume you bought…nothing?"
"Nothing but my deepest respects for you" he says a second before Klaus joins them.
"Lovely, we're all getting along"
"Like a fuse in a match" Lucien replies.
"I take it Aurora is on her way?" he asks as he doesn't see her in the room.
"I'm sorry I'm late" she says, entering the room. "Just freshening up, I did want to look pretty" she says, looking at Klaus who was faking it. He wanted to "rip her head off" for betraying him, yet once again. "Well, well, if it isn't my old friend, Lucien" she says, approaching the vampire.
"Hello, Aurora, it's been ages…you look…"
"You look ravishing" Klaus says, taking her hands and kissing the back of it. He wanted to piss Lucien off and he was succeeding.
"I think I'm prettier" I hear Rebekah say when she enters the room.
"Don't start insulting our guests, sister" Kol says, following her.
"Welcome to our home" Elijah says, as we're joining them. "I do wish it was under better circumstances, we all face a common threat, a prophecy warning that my siblings and I will all fall within the year"
"Mrs Johnson, aren't you stunning tonight" Tristan says and I don't reply.
"Now, since any alliances are impossible without honesty…" he says, looking at Klaus before looking back at our guest "let us begin this evening proceedings by formally acknowledging your clandestine alliance" we all smile as he says that, watching our guests' faces drop.
"No, uh, gentlemen, before…"
Elijah shushes Lucien up "Lucien, please, let's not ruin the dinner before it begins"
"And do try to keep in mind we expect an honest and productive negotiation this evening" Klaus says.
"Mmhmm" Tristan mumbles, a little nervous.
Elijah smiles at him "Shall we begin?"
We all sit down around the large table with our guests who had no idea they weren't going to leave our home alive tonight.
As food was being brought to us Lucien started talking. "It's a bit odd, isn't it? Celebrating an American holiday?"
"Well, you know Lucien I rather enjoy Thanksgiving, the Turkey, the cranberry sauce…the lies, the deceit, the betrayal…" Elijah says and Kol and I laugh a little at that. "Perhaps we should begin this evening's proceedings with a little confession? And do help yourself…" he says, mentioning the food.
"So, this entire dinner is some boorish inquisition?" Aurora asks. "How rude"
"Nonsense, love" Klaus says, taking her hand "My brother merely wishes to make certain we're all on the same page…Who would like to begin?"
"Well, Lucien and I have always loathed each other. Had we arrived as allies with news of a bleak future you would have doubted us. We sought to remove suspicion by maintaining appearances."
I raise an eyebrow. That was the lamest excuse ever. Elijah obviously agreed with me.
"Oh, my dear, these pathetic lies promise to be as difficult to swallow as your stuffing this year, Niklaus."
Klaus, Kol, Rebekah and I laugh at that.
"Walnuts, honestly?"
"The bottom line is, we came to protect you and ourselves. We have never wavered on this point."
"And the bodies on my streets, is that your protection, as well?" Klaus asks.
"It's business as usual for the Strix." Lucien answers
"An old tactic used often and to great success…Jack the Ripper, Son of Sam…. A frightened human populace is that much easier to control." Tristan says and I see Klaus roll his eyes. "If tourism should decline and the local vampires are deprived of fresh blood, well… you saw how quickly Marcel joined our ranks."
"Pedestrian. I would have expected more from such gaudy theatrics." Klaus says.
"Well…If one wanted to obtain a certain item in, say, a private collection but one was not invited to the home where said private collection was located, police investigation could come in very handy to remove these items as evidence." Lucien says.
He was obviously talking about the medallion.
"I take it you re referring to the medallion." Elijah says.
I smile as I see Lucien and Tristan be taken aback by what Elijah just said.
"I suppose it was my sister who shared that bit of information…" Tristan said but she shakes her head no, surprised as well.
"No, Aurora kept her mouth shut." Rebekah says "But we have powerful friends" she smiles at him.
I smile as I see them getting more and more nervous.
"So you know…" Lucien starts talking "It turns out all along that the medallion was in the hands of Nik's friend Camille…" I see Aurora's face drop, getting jealous "the bartender-slash-therapist. Had to get her arrested in order to search her goodies, so to speak, but I would never allow any harm to come to her, knowing the great affection you have for her" he's obviously trying to get to Aurora's feeling.
I look up at Elijah, worried for Cami. We hadn't heard from her for a while.
"A medallion that could lock us away hardly seems like a wise strategy for those come to protect us…"Klaus says "Hand it over" he asks, knowing perfectly he will have it at the end of the night anyway.
"Yes, and let it all be over" Rebekah sighs.
"We're keeping the medallion" Tristan says "For our own safety"
"Or we could just compel you, it'll do the trick all the same" Kol says and Tristan and Aurora start laughing.
"I'm sorry, did Kol say something amusing?" Klaus asks.
"We lost a century to compulsion, my love, and some of us a great deal more" she says the end looking at Elijah and I look up at him, wondering what she meant. "Surely you can't believe we'd allow ourselves to come here vulnerable."
"My dearest Aurora" Elijah says "compulsion is not our only party trick" he looks down on me and I smile, knowing exactly what he meant. Torture was fun, especially when I used my magic to do it.
"I do not like these threats" she says looking at him then at me, curious to what he meant.
Tristan stops his sister "Our continued existence depends on the MIkaelsons. We've known that since Finn and…Kol died" he says looking at Kol. "Unfortunately, so does every other vampire in the world. Given that the sire lines have declared war against one another, you can imagine how many young upstarts have come to the same conclusion…kill an Original, wipe out an entire line of rivals…Heavy burden, isn't it, the lives of thousands of sired vampires resting on your shoulders? In a perfect world, you'd allow us to seal you away forever, thus eliminating the threat."
"Fortunately, the world is far from perfect." Klaus says.
"Yes…bloody far away from it" Rebekah says and Kol chuckles.
Tristan looks around, suspicious, and in a split second his chair is broken and he has one arm on my shoulder and the other threatening to pierce my heart.
"I think we're missing something, here" he says and in another split second Elijah's chair falls back and Tristan facing a wall.
"You shouldn't have done that" Elijah tells Tristan.
"Oh, this all escalated very quickly." Lucian laughs.
"Shut up!" Klaus orders him. "Or I'll tear your tongue from your head."
"I'll help" Kol says.
"Be careful with your threats, Nik. Anything should happen to me, I won't be able to protect your precious Cami."
I get up and look down on what used to be the leg of Tristan's chair and it consumes itself.
If Cami was at his apartment, she would be fine, Freya and the others were there right now. I decide to take my phone to be sure of it.
"Ok. That's the second time I've heard her name. Just who is this Cami?" Aurora asks.
"You have bigger problems" Rebekah says before she snaps her neck.
"Rebekah!" Klaus reprimands her and she shrugs.
"Her voice was irritating me" and I chuckle.
Elijah, who was still holding Tristan by the neck starts walking back to the table. "Which one of these two vulgar parasites would you first like to torture?" he asks, sitting Tristan down on Aurora's chair.
My phone buzzes and I smile.
"Good news, love?" Klaus asks.
"Looks like we can skip the whole torture thing" I say "The medallion is in our possession. So is Cami"
"Time for dessert" Kol says.
Lucien tries to get up but he is stopped by Klaus. "Well I guess we don't need you anymore" he says before he rips his heart out of his chest.
"Julie, do you mind?" Rebekah asks me "I know I said I'd kill her myself but, I don't want to ruin my dress" she smiles at me.
Tristan tries to get up but Elijah holds him still. I look at him then I look down on his sister's body who starts to burn.
"No! Stop it! How are you doing this?" Tristan shouts.
"Just another party trick" I shrug before his heart ends up on the floor and Elijah takes the tissue out of his jacket pocket to clean up the blood off his hand.
"Dessert is always so much fun" Kol chuckles before taking a bite of his meal.
"So, that's it?" Rebekah asks "No more prophecy?"
"If what Marina told Freya is true, that's it" I nod.
Marcel comes back with Davina, Hayley and Cami. They had the medallion but they also had a briefcase with them.
"What's that?" I ask.
"We don't know. But it was well-hidden, so we guess it's important" Marcel says.
"Where's Freya?" Rebekah asks.
"Where's the medallion?" Klaus asks.
"Uh, Freya was just behind us…She had the medallion" Hayley says.
"So, our sister and the weapon that can put us away are missing?" Klaus asks, angry.
I look up at Elijah who looked confused. I was confused too but then a thought crossed my mind and I stepped out.
"Where are you going, love?" Kol asks me.
"I'm just going to take a walk" I say and Elijah turns to look at me. "Alone"
I make my way to the docks where I meet Freya.
"How did you know I would be here?" she asks me.
"Just a hunch" I tell her and she nods. "Did you give the medallion to the descendants?" I ask her.
"That was the price" she tells me.
"What about the prophecy?" I ask her.
"We're going to be fine" she smiles at me. "Nothing can kill them" she assures me.
"Good" I tell her "Let's go home"
/
"Elijah where are we going?" I ask him for the third time in the past 5 minutes.
"You'll see" he gives me the same answers, again, and I sigh, again.
We were walking down a nice street with nice houses. Finally, Elijah opens the small gate and we step in a nice garden of the front of a beautiful house.
"Who are we visiting?" I ask.
"Nobody" he tells me and I frown. "Do you like it?" he asks me, climbing the few steps and opening the front door.
"Hey, you can't get into other people's home like that! Where did you find the key, anyway?"
We enter the hall and I look around. It was beautiful. But it was empty.
"This isn't somebody else's home" he tells me "this is ours…if you want it" he says and I look up at him.
"You…you bought this house?"
"I did"
I laugh, happy. "Oh my God! I love it" I say, looking around. I step in the kitchen, the dining room and I end up in the living room. "It's a bit big for just the two of us but…I love it!" I tell him. I turn around to see him smiling at me.
"I'm glad you like it" he says, taking a few steps towards me. "Even though we're not going to be here a lot" he says.
"Why not?" I ask him.
"Well, I thought… we'd need a place to call home…" he says and I raise an eyebrow "and to come back to after Paris..."
I smile as he says that and he leans to kiss me. "And London, and Tokyo…" I say and we laugh. "Can I decorate first?" I ask and he laughs.
"Yes, of course" he says before he kisses me again.
"I love you" I tell him.
"I love you too, always and forever"