"You look fantastic. The 50's suit you." Stefan compliments Elena as she walks into the gym.
"I agree. But not as well as me." Damon says smugly running his hands over his own chest.
"Well don't you look like a pair of dream boats." She says as her eyes trail over them.
"Dream boats?" Stefan asks with a laugh.
"I may have googled some 50's slang." Elena admits with a shrug.
"Now come on, let's rattle." She says pulling then to the dance floor.
"Ever seen someone twerk to Elvis? 'Cause you're about to." Elena says before Damon spins her with a laugh.
"You gonna tell them about Klaus?" He asks looking at the Scooby gang over her shoulder.
"I don't want them to worry." Elena says shaking her head.
"You know you're coming back, right? Then they have nothing to worry about." He tells her.
"There may be a very small chance I don't actually survive." Elena admits making him stop dancing and look to her with wide eyes.
"What? I thought you said Elijah had a potion or something."
"He does. I'm just not completely certain it will work. Look, forget I said anything. Klaus knows he needs my blood, so I'm sure he'll have his witches look into it." She assures, kicking herself for telling him.
"How'd you survive last time?" He asks with worry on his face.
"I don't wanna give you any ideas." She tells him with a slight laugh.
"You need to tell them. If there's even a slight chance you won't make it, you need to say goodbye." He tells her seriously.
"Okay. Enough with the emotions, please. You hunting wabbits now? When you'd you grow out your hero hair?" She jokes making him laugh.
"Rude!" Stefan shouts as he dances with Caroline making them crack up together.
"Sorry. I just don't wanna lose you." He tells her honestly.
"You're not. I'm sure Klaus will find a way to resurrect me if anything happens." She tells him as he spins her into Stefan.
"I thought the Elmer Fudd jokes died with the ripper?" He asks with a raised brow as she giggled.
"No way. You drank bunny blood. I will never let you live it down." She smirks as he rolls his eyes with a smile and spins her around.
"He's right though. Tell them." He says making her sigh.
"I will. Just not tonight. Tonight, I have something amazing planned." She says with a smirk when she hears someone clearing their throat.
"Mind if I cut it." Says a smug original. Stefan looks to Ellie and she nods.
"Not at all." Stefan says handing her to Klaus.
"You came." Elena says with a smile.
"Yes, well you did threaten me." He says with a dark tone making her roll her eyes.
"God! Does being a drama queen run in your family or something?" She says with a groan.
"We have been known to be rather theatrical." Klaus smirks and pulls her closer.
"As fun as this is, I much perfer the first time we dance together. Although I was high, that could be why." She ponders as he meets her eye.
"What?" He asks confused.
"Yeah, totally rolling. It was great." She says and cuts her off.
"Not the drugs. What do mean we danced to together?"
"I'm offended you don't recognize you. I was Poison Ivy. Here I was thinking you were my Prince Charming." She scoffs with a head shakes and he stills.
"I- we danced..." He trails off with a deadly look in his eye.
"You were right there!" He says loudly as she grabs his arm.
"In your defense, it was a very dark club." She tries to help as he seethes.
"If you had been anyone else, I might never have found you." He says with angry realization.
"If I was anyone else, I would have went home with you." She smirks and making him start dancing again.
"Stop dwelling on what ifs. It doesn't matter. You're here. And you're gonna break your curse. Just enjoy the win." She tells him honestly earning a small smile.
"He knows." Elena states noticing the look Klaus sends Stefan.
"About the 20's." She clarifies.
"How do you-" He cuts himself when she send him amused glance. He huffs and pulls her closer.
"I don't like that." He says making her laugh.
"No one does." She says pulling him from the dance floor.
"Come on. I want you to meet the people you are under no circumstances, allowed to hurt." She finishes as she reaches the refreshments table.
"Guys this is Klaus, Klaus this is Jenna, my aunt, Remy, my baby brother, Tyler, Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, and his sister, Vicki. And of course you know Stefan, and this is his brother, Damon." She introduces as they waves and greet him.
"Wait. Klaus. Like original vampire, Klaus?" Caroline as their eyes snap to her.
"Yup. He'll be in town a awhile for reasons I've yet to explain." She smirks when they all groan.
"He's cute." Caroline assesses with a nod as the other nod.
"Right. Look at that scruff." Jenna agrees.
"Yeah. It's gonna feel amazing against the inside of my thighs." Elena states making the others groan, laugh, or choke on their drinks as Klaus looks to her with wide eyes and dropped jaw.
"Ellie. Stop hitting on 1000 year old men." Jenna scolds as she puts her head in her hand.
"Who told you I hit on Elijah?" Elena asks looks to the Salvatores as Jenna's brows furrow.
"No one- You hit on another 1000 year old man?" She asks incredulously as the other laugh.
"Yes. But in my defense, all the originals are ridiculously attractive." Elena says holding up her hands.
"Can I have a-" Elena says gesturing to the bunch bowl making Tyler nods.
He hands her the drink and she scoffs.
"How dare you." She says in an offended tone making his eyes widen.
"This Means War." She declares seriously as a smile plays at the corner of his mouth before he narrows his eyes.
"Prepare to fall by my hand." He says loudly, storming away from a smiling Elena and three confused vampires.
"Seriously?" Matt asks with an exited smile when she nods.
"Come on." He says pulling Jeremy away from a groaning Jenna.
"That game is a danger to society." Jenna says shaking her head as Elena brings a hand to her heart.
"That hurts, Jenna. That "Game' is my baby." Elena says making her scoff.
"You broke your ankle, Jeremy broke his arm, and Bonnie fell out of a tree!" She says earning surprised faces from the brothers who look at the small girl.
"No one made her climb that tree. She was playing to win." Elena defends, high fiving the witch.
"Fine. But, no drinking. You guys are way too irresponsible at it is." Jenna says making Elena nod.
"Fine." She agrees as Jenna narrows her eyes.
"Or drugs." She says sternly as Elena's smirk fall.
"You're really killing this guardian thing, Jen." Elena says honestly making Jenna smile with glistening eyes.
"I'll be right back." Elena says before walking to the music both and requesting a song.
Elena runs back to the table and pulls Klaus to the dance floor before Elvis Presley's 'Hound Dog' plays through the gymnasium.
"You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Crying all the time
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Crying all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine."
Elena sings as she spins around an unamused Klaus.
"Oh, come on. That was funny." She says with a smile as he shakes his head.
"No it wasn't." He denies as she nods her head.
"Yes it was. You can admit it. I'm growing on you." Elena says matter of factly.
"What is this game your aunt is talking about?" He changes the subject.
"Whenever one of us is feeling down we go out on the Lockwood property and shoot each other with Nerf guns. We used to play with water guns but Care Bear joined the green club and made us switch to conserve water." Elena says making him raise a brow.
"What? That's it? How did you get injured?" He asks.
"We- well, you see- sometimes, like we- um" she stutters out.
"We get pretty into it." She says with a nonchalant shrug.
"Arm yourselves and remember that tonight, there is no family and there is no love! Be prepared to betray those who trust you and prepare to be betrayed! Tonight, is every man for themselves! This is war!" Elena declares with a loud yell before dropping her serious face.
"I just said that for the game. I love you guys more than life itself." She says sweetly making the others laugh before resuming her battle face.
"I'm so confused. Ellie, what the hell is going on?" Damon asks for the third time since being dragged out into the woods.
"Did you not hear my speech? War, Damon. That's what's going on. Now, pick your weapon, you have five minutes to get in position. Remember that this treehouse is Switzerland and when this air horn goes off, the game has begun. You're allowed to team up, but last one standing wins." She explains making the Salvatores grin.
"Why am I not surprised you invented this?" Stefan asks rhetorically.
"Because I'm awesome-" Tyler cuts her off.
"She didn't invent this. Suzanne Collins invented it." He sends her a teasing smile as she rolls her eyes.
"Yes, I may have used the Hunger Games as inspiration, but the execution is all me. Now, go get your weapons and hide." She tells them before turning to a bored looking Klaus.
"Why am I here?" He asks her as she straps on her gun holsters.
"I wanted to win and you have super hearing. The view's just an added bonus." She says winking at him and loading her real weapon holsters with fake plastic guns.
"This is ridiculous. I'm a thousand years old. I'm not playing this game with you." He says making her groan.
"Ugh, why are you being so lame? Look, if you stay, I'll answer any questions you have, okay?" She asks as he narrows his eyes.
"Fine." He reluctantly agrees.
"Good, come along." She says pulling his arm as she walks though the woods.
"Why is your aunt your guardian?" He asks as she looks between the trees, trying to find the right one to hide behind.
"Dead parents. Shouldn't you know that? How long have you been stalking me?" She asks.
"Not long. I may have been little over enthusiastic and jumped into your teacher before doing any real research." He admits making her snort.
"You know, that happened last time. Why did you use him? Last time it was because he was apart of the Scooby gang and had his own place." Elena says.
"My witches over heard him talking to someone about being new in town and they found out he's a teacher. I thought I would go unnoticed." He shrugs.
"Well considering he only came into town to kill Damon, we've been keeping a pretty close eye on him." Elena says as he looks to her confused.
"Why-" She cuts him off.
"He witnessed Damon draining his wife."
"Oh."
"Who happens to be my birth mother."
"Woah."
"But then we explained to Ric that Damon fed her his blood before killing her, by her request." She finishes with a nod.
"Wow, that is-" she interrupts again.
"A whole lot of uncomfortable coincidence? I agree." She says as he nods.
"Which one of your friends is feeling down?" He asks.
"Hold that thought." Elena says before blowing the extremely loud air horn.
"Alright. Listen for any foot steps. And Ty. He's an untriggered wolf and the full moon always messes with him." She explained as a thoughtful look crosses his face.
"No. Absolutely not. If Ty, someday, wants to trigger it and become a hybrid that will be his choice. You leave him alone." She says sternly to a smirking Klaus.
"Wipe that stupid hot look off your face. Ty is too young to decide something like this. Plus his parents are head of the vampire council in this town, the last thing he needs is to be invited into his own home."
"Fine. Consider the subject dropped. Someone is walking towards us at 6 o'clock." He warns before she dives behind the neighboring tree and fires her gun, hitting who ever was coming towards them.
"Dammit! Every time!" Jeremy shouts as Elena stands up, laughing at him.
"Sorry, Rem. Every man for themselves. Even if you are too adorable to shoot." She says pinching his cheeks as he swipes her hands away.
"How is it always you that gets me?" He asks frustrated.
"Because you always seek me out. No go to the treehouse and play some video games, this could take awhile." She says patting his face and turning around as he mutters about stupid games and walks away.
"You have a history of shooting your brother?" He asks with a raised brow.
"Well, it's not a dagger but it gets the job done." She says with a smirk, blowing on her gun as he glares.
"Who did I kill last time?" He asks making her stiffen.
"Jenna." She answers shortly before continuing.
"Then you made Stef kill a bunch of people, then you turned Tyler, then you almost had Rem killed, but Alaric took his place. After that it was kinda a constant stream of threatening and blood-napping." She says making him stop walking next to her.
"Well, as long as you cooperate none of that will happen." He says causing her to snort.
"OG Elena did cooperate. It was her love stick guard dogs that fucked everything up." Elena says before walking forward.
"Should I be worried about Stefan then?" He asks making her turn to him with a puzzled expression.
"What?" She asks.
"Your boyfriend. Will he get in the way of our plans? Because if he does, I can't guarantee he will survive." Klaus says darkly before she laughs.
"Stefan is not my boyfriend." Corrects with an eye roll.
"Forgive me for my assumption, you did kiss him and say I love you this morning."
"On the cheek and I do love him, just not like that. You don't have to worry about any boy toys coming to my rescue." Elena says.
"So, you're unattached?" He asks with a raised brow as she turns to him suspiciously.
"Are you hitting in me? Because I should warn you, I only want you for your body." She states as he huffs.
"No, I'm not hitting on you. I'm just curious if you have any plans to continue the Petrova line." He says making her stop again.
"Umm, I can donate my eggs." She says.
"So, no little Lockwoods running around?" He asks with a teasing smirk.
"One, gross. He's like my brother. And two, definitely no kids. I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm a little crazy and also 17. My only hard plans for the future involve you. So unless you plan to impregnate me. I think I'm good." She says with a smile that says 'I know something you don't know' and turning around.
"On the subject of the future, care to share mine?" He asks with suspicion.
"Not particularly." She answers without turning around, before he grabs her arm and pulls her back.
"That wasn't really a question-" she cuts him off by shoving him into a tree as a orange dart flies past where would have been. She winks as he rolls his eyes at her theatrics.
"I could have caught the thing." He says walking ahead of her.
"I just saved your life. You could at least thank me." She says teasingly.
"Thank you, Ms. Gilbert for saving be from that deadly piece of styrofoam. You're my hero." He says dryly making her giggle and grab his hand.
"You are very welcome, little lady. Try to stay out of trouble, you hear." She says in southern accent as he unlinks their hands with a glare, although she can see the corners of his mouth turn up slightly.
"See. I'm growing on you. And why shouldn't I be? I'm amazing." She says confidently.
"I suppose, I feel less inclined to murder all your friends. That could have something to do with you." He admits.
"Exactly. Amazing."
"Very confident. Though I guess walking around with all that knowledge, may do that." He ponders as she nods her head.
"Yep. It has it's perks. Though I am constantly bored." She admits before turning to him.
"But that's over now. You're here." She says excitedly bouncing on her feet.
"No one should be this excited about meeting their soon to be murder. Are you sure you're right in the head?" He ask making her laugh.
"Nope. But is anyone?" She asks as he stares at her puzzled.
After winning the game by climbing a tree and using Klaus as bait he silently drives Elena to the boarding house.
"I don't want to hurt your friends." He says after stopping the car.
"But if this is a trap or a ploy to kill me, I will not hesitate." He promises gravely as she nods.
"I know. I'm resigned to my fate Klaus. I'm actually kinda cool with it. I mean, there are way worse psychos I could be spending the rest of my life tied to. Look, you're gonna break your curse and become the most powerful being on the planet. I just want to warn you that making the hybrids won't give you what you're searching for." She tells him as he sighs.
"Elijah's gonna make me wake our family. They are gonna hate me." He admits with a shrug, trying to downplay his hurt.
"That's a real tough nut to bust." She repeats sympathetically and doesn't bother to contain her laughter as he makes the same horrified, albeit less judgmental expression.
"Oh my god, you really are brothers." She says through heavy laughter.
"I bet Kol will appreciate it more." She muses as Klaus stares at her like he has been all day, completely baffled.
"Don't worry so much, Klaus. I've got your back." Elena says leaning forward and kissing his cheek before jumping out of his car.
"And don't dagger Elijah!" She shouts as she backs away, leaving a very confused and slightly hopeful, soon to be hybrid in her wake.
