Klaus and Elijah sit across from Jonas Martin and his two children.

"You have your daughter back, Jonas. I held up my end." Elijah reminds the eldest warlock.

"No. Your end was killing the hybrid. She's not helping." Jonas says with a glare as his daughter rolls her eyes.

"It's funny. Isn't it, Elijah? The way he's acting as though he has choice." Klaus says with an smug grin.

"We will not help you. It's wrong. He's a crime against nature." Jonas states making Klaus's jaw clench.

"Brother, if you could." Elijah says as Klaus stands and rushes the youngest witch, holding him up by his neck.

"We aren't asking. Greta, be a dear and test that." Klaus says setting Luka down but still keeping a grip on his neck as he points to the elixir.

Greta nods and picks up the elixir as Elijah puts his hand out.

"Is there anyway to test it's effectiveness without calling upon the ancestors? Ms.Gilbert informed me that the original witch may be actively sabotaging the ritual." Elijah says as the witch nods and Klaus scoffs.

"You rip someone's heart out one time and they make their afterlife's mission to destroy you." Klaus says with and eye roll as Elijah shoots him a disbelievingly glare.

"Yes, she's horrible." Elijah deadpans as Greta chants over the elixir.

"It should work. But this is some dark magic. I wouldn't be surprised if it had some pretty major consequences." She informs as the two original nod.

"That's enough. We will help with the ritual, but after that, lose my information." Jonas says angrily as he grabs his kid's arms.

"Of course, let me walk you out." Elijah says as politely as ever while gesturing to the door.

"What is it?" Klaus asks when Elijah walks back into the room while staring at piece of paper with furrowed brows and an open mouth.

"An invitation, it would seem. From Ms.Gilbert, made out to the two of us." Says clearing his throat with a small smile.

"What is my little doppelganger up to?" Klaus asks with narrowed eyes.

"Paranoid as ever, Niklaus." Elijah sighs.

"No one could possibly care this little about their own life." Klaus declares suspiciously as Elijah raises a brow.

"So little about her own or so much about yours?" He counters making Klaus roll his eyes.

"Do not waist your time trying to find hidden meaning in my words, Elijah. Just because you can't see past her face-" Elijah interrupts with a scoff.

"Of course I can. I'm not fond of the girl because of her ancestors."

"Right. You hang on her every word and in her presence smile more in a few hours than I have seen you smile for entire decades, because she doesn't remind you of Tatia. Or is it Katerina you see?" Klaus mocks.

"I see Elena Gilbert. A girl who introduced herself with a ridiculous pick up line and even though she's not only aware of, but seen many of my despicable deeds, called me out on my deal with Rose-Marie as though complimenting me on my deceitfulness. She is far from Tatia or the Katerina we knew. Honestly, would either of them ever send this?" Elijah asks handing his brother the invitation who begins to read it aloud.

"Dearest non-daggered Mikael sons,

you are cordially invited to my "Murder Mystery" dinner party, where I will reveal Klaus to be the killer and myself as his soon-to-be victim.

Text for deets.

With lust, ya boi.

P.S. This is Ellie, if that wasn't obvious.

P.P.S. Tell Klaus to wear something cute. *wink* *wink*"

Klaus finishes before shutting his eyes with a sigh.

"No. I doubt either of her ancestors would have sent that." Klaus admits with a small smile

"She is quite strange." Elijah agrees with a chuckle.

"As endearing as I find her madness, we mustn't let our guard down. This girl holds more power over us than anyone we have ever faced. It would be foolish to trust her. She is a Petrova after all." Klaus raises his glass with a smirk.

"Niklaus, if she isn't to be trusted, why would she contact us at all? Like you said, she holds a significant amount of power over our entire family. Why not use her knowledge to run? She mentioned that in the alternate timeline she saw, I died. If she knows how to kill an original, why offer herself up at all? If this girl is as conniving as you claim to believe, why is she helping you? Tying her life to yours. Effectively ending any chance at a normal future?" Elijah argues as Klaus stands.

"That, my noble brother, is what we are going to find out." Klaus says with a smirk as he pushes the invitation into Elijah's chest as he walks out of the room.


"They're gonna hate it!" Caroline cries as Elena tries to stifle her laughter.

"They're not gonna hate it, Care bear. In fact, they're gonna love it." She assures as Caroline shakes her head.

"No. No, they lived through the renaissance era! They know what a good party is supposed to be. I'm a fraud!" She says dropping on to the couch and Elena lays on the floor next to her.

"Care, they were vikings. They slept on the ground and didn't have showers. They are not gonna care." She comforts, petting Caroline's hair.

"Doesn't matter." Caroline says with a sigh.

"No, it does. Care bear, but let me remind you that I don't give flying fuck, what the originals think of me or you or any one of us. We're kids. Literally, like not even legal adults. They have no place to judge us. So if we want to throw trashy, tacky, or down right stupid parties, then we will. But seeing as how you, my dear, are the party planner, that's just not possible." Elena says softly before standing back up and putting her hands on her hips.

"So stand your happy ass up and get back to work." She says sternly making Caroline giggle and stand up.

"Okay! Thank you, Ellie. You're the best!" She says bringing Elena into a very tight hug.

"I know. It's honestly exhausting." Elena says teasingly as Caroline runs away.

"Ellie, I can't get the shading right." Jeremy whines childishly as Elena groans.

"My God, are you all collectively having a crisis today?" She asks before taking her brothers sketch pad.

"What are you talking about? This is perfect." She says making him smile.

"Yeah?" He asks hopefully while she rolls her eyes.

"Yes. And you know it is." She says before kissing his head and walking away.

"Hey-" Elena interrupts Stefan.

"What? You back to ripping people? Damon renew his promise of eternal misery? What?" She asks as he raises a brow.

"Just checking to see if you're sure this is how you want to tell them." He says softly.

"Oh. Totally. They'll be tipsy, stuffed with amazing food, and distracted by your striking good looks." She she says laying a hand on his cheek as he rolls his eyes with a smile.

"Hmm hm. This is gonna turn out terribly." He warns making her pout.

"Ye of little faith. I've got this, Stef. Now get in the kitchen where you belong. Mama's hungry." She says pushing him away making him laugh.


"I'll get it." Elena calls out to the room of her friends when the boarding house's doorbell rings.

"Sorry, 'lijah. We're not interested in purchasing a bible." Elena says looking his suit up and down.

"Kidding, I'm glad you guys could make it." Elena greets the two originals with a smile.

"Of course, we received your invitation." Elijah says with heavy eye contact laced with judgment.

"Not sure why you have that look in your eye, but I'm gonna assume it has nothing to do with me." Elena says with a raised brow.

"Hello, Love." Klaus greets with an amused smirk.

"Well, hello there." Elena flirts leaning against the door.

"Okay. That's enough. Come in." Damon says shortly pulling Elena away from the brothers.

"Let me introduce you to everyone." Elena says as she grabs their arms, pulling them into the living room.

"Hey, guys. The guests of honor have arrived. You met Klaus, but this Elijah." She says gesturing to the noble brother as the others wave.

"Jen, this is the other 1000 year old dude I hit on. Can't you understand why?" Elena asks with an impressed tone making Jenna sigh.

"I'm very sorry about her, I'd say we dropped her on her head as a baby, but she's just like that." Jenna apologizes as the other laugh and Elena scoffs.

"It's quite alright, Mrs…" Elijah trails off.

"Oh, Ms. Sommers, not Mrs." Jenna offers as he brings her hand to his lips.

"Uh, no. Absolutely not. This is not happening. You'll become related to their family over my rotting corpse." Elena states making Jenna blush and scold her.

"Elena Marie." She says sternly.

"Sorry, Jen. But they have a 1000 years worth of enemies. You'd be killed in like a week! Do you know easy it is to kill humans? I could kill you all, right now." Elena stresses making Jenna smile.

"Ellie, calm down. Deep breath." She says putting her hands on Elena's shoulders as Elena breathing evens.

"I'm calm. If you'll excuse me, I need to go clean up the stuff I'm about to break. Talk amongst yourselves." Elena says with a nod before walking away.

"Is she alright?" Elijah asks with concern as her friends nod.

"Yeah, it's just how she processes her emotions. I'm Tyler, it's nice to meet you." Tyler says holding out his hand to Elijah.

"Ah, yes. Ellie's werewolf friend." Klaus speaks up with a particularly creepy smile.

"Oh no, are you going to kill me? Ellie said vampires sometimes kill werewolves because we can kill them on the full moon. I swear I have no intention of triggering my curse and I promise I would never bite you. And if you kill me, Ellie would make it life's mission to kill you. So beware." Tyler ramble nervously.

"I have no intention of killing any of Ellie's friends." Klaus says calming the boy.

"What are you're intentions? Ellie hasn't really mentioned why you're in town." Jenna says suspiciously as the Salvatore brothers look to each other.

"Well-" Klaus is interrupted by a loud scream and the sound of breaking glass.

"Should someone check on her?" He asks with an amused expression.

"Naw, she's good. Probably halfway done." Jeremy says and introduces himself.

"Elena speaks very highly of you." Elijah comments making Jeremy smile.

"Yeah, everyone says that when I introduce myself. She likes to exaggerate." He says as Elijah nods.

"Yes. I figured as much when she called you 'the greatest artist the world has ever known." He says as Jeremy face turns pink.

"Hey, I'm Matt and this is my sister Vicki." Matt says gesturing to his sister as Elijah nods.

"Okay. That's over. I broke a whole lotta shit. I will not be paying you back, seeing as how I have no money. Thank you." She say to the Salvatores.

"You're good. It's Zach's stuff anyway." Damon shrugs.

"Where is Zach? Why didn't he have to invite them in?" Bonnie asks nods towards the originals.

"He's away." Damon says innocently making the others narrow their eyes.

"You kill him?" Jeremy asks.

"No." He denies as they still stare at him.

"I didn't. He's away finding his daughter, who was placed up for adoption 18 years ago." He explains as Elena grimaces knowing exactly where line of questioning is headed.

"Why did-" Elena interrupts.

"Who's hungry?" She says loudly pulling Bonnie to the dining room as the others follow.

"Stefan is a wonderful chef!" Elena says pulling out Jenna's seat and and pouring her a glass of wine with a heavy hand.

"Uh, no." Jenna says as Elena pours everyone a drink.

"You are all underage." She says as Elena widens her doe eyes.

"But-" Jenna interrupts.

"No. Turn those off." She says pointing to Elena's eyes making her pout.

"Why don't they work on you? I can usually get anyone to do anything." Elena says.

"Years ago, you used those things to get me to stay up all night and play dress up with you and Jer. You fell asleep in your pancakes the next morning and your mom scolded me for like an hour. Never again." Jenna says making the Gilbert siblings smile and the others laugh.

"Sound like mom." Jeremy says with a sad smile.

"Fine. But for the record, the coming events of this evening will go a lot smoother if everyone is at least tipsy." Elena says setting down the bottle and taking her seat.

"Did you invite us here to tell us why Klaus is in town?" Bonnie asks surprising Elena.

"How did you-"

"You are not subtle." Bonnie says matter of factly.

"Right. Okay, yeah. That is why I threw this party." She says making Caroline clear her throat as Elena smiles.

"Sorry. That's why Caroline threw this party." Elena corrects as Damon enters the dining room with a glass of suspiciously red juice.

"What is this?" She asked with an amused smile.

"Just, you know. Something to drink." He says as she rolls her eyes.

"Can I talk to you real quick. We'll be right back." Elena says pulling Damon out of the room.

"Damon, stop trying to feed me your blood." Elena says with a laugh as she shakes her head.

"I didn't-" she cuts him off.

"Klaus will kill you. Actually, he'll kill everyone and probably torture Stefan in front of you. And as awesome, ah horrible as that is, I really don't feel like watching anyone I love die." She says.

"Is it happening tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? Do you even know when he's going to show up and literally kill you? You might not come back, Ellie. What are we gonna do without you. You can't die." He says frantically before Elena brings him into a hug.

"I'm not going anywhere. You really think you can get rid of me that easily? I'm Ellie fucking Gilbert. It's gonna take a lot more than some smoking hot hybrid with daddy issues to kill me. Maybe a 2000 year old philandering witch, but that's a bridge we'll cross if we get to it." She says pulling away.

"I'll be fine. So stop trying to dose me." She says leaning forward and kissing his cheek.

"Sorry everyone, he's real needy." Elena says as they reenter the dining room.

"Rude." He mutters taking a seat.

"You gonna tell us why he's here?" Matt asks.

"Yes. Klaus could you come with me." Elena says pulling Klaus out if the room.

"Look, I'm gonna have to really play up how sad the situation is for them to get on board. Okay? Just ignore it." Elena says as he nods.

"Alright guys, this story starts a thousand years ago…" Elena proceeds to tell the tale of the infamous Klaus Mikaelson.

"Well, on the night his mother cursed him, she used a doppelganger named Tatia's blood. So to break the curse, Klaus needs to sacrifice a wolf, a vampire, and a human doppelganger." Elena says wait for them to process the information.

"What the hell."

"Are you kidding me."

"That's not happening."

"I'll cut a bitch!" Caroline, Bonnie, Tyler, and Vicki yell at the same time as Jenna stands abruptly.

"You're gonna kill my niece!" She shouts angrily at Klaus as Elena grimaces.

"Technically, but then-" Jenna interrupts Elena.

"He's going to kill you and we're eating dinner with him!" She shouts tuning her anger on Ellie.

"You were completely right. This was a terrible idea." Elena says to Stefan before turning to her aunt.

"Jen, please sit down. I'm not finished. He wants to break his curse to make hybrids and he can't make hybrids without my human doppelganger blood. So, he has to bring me back. Which he will do with an elixir Elijah had made 500 years ago. I'm gonna be totally fine." She explains in one breath trying to calm everyone.

"Why in the world did you think this whole thing was a good idea?" Jenna asks rhetorically.

"Rem thought we should do it will clue cards and actors like a real murder mystery dinner." Elena says childishly pointing a finger at her brother.

"No. I'm the one who talked her out of doing that." He defends.

"And now he's lying. Where will his delinquentness end?" Elena asked horrified.

"Elena, stop deflecting." Jenna scolds as Jeremy snickers.

"Couldn't take one for the team?" Elena asked as Jeremy just smiles at her.

"Little shit." Elena mutters.

"Look guys, I'm sorry. You know I'm not great with the whole having emotions thing. I thought this would lighten the mood." Elena admits as they smile fondly at her.

"How certain are you that you're gonna come back?" Jenna asks skeptically.

"100 percent. And even if the elixir doesn't work, I'm sure Klaus could threaten to kill off a bunch of witch bloodlines until someone brings be back." Elena guarantees causing Bonnie to raise a brow.

"But not yours. Never yours. And grams could kick his ass." Elena says making Bonnie giggle with a nod.

"I don't just have to do this. I want to. I want to help him." Elena says.

"No offense, but why?" Tyler asks.

"Because, look at him. His eyes are so so heartbreaking. He's a sad husk of a man." Elena exaggerates as Klaus holds out a hand.

"Alright. That's-" Elena cuts him off.

"Look into those sad, sad eyes. Can't you see why I want to help him? So broken." Elena whispers while shaking her head.

"She's right guys, look at him." Caroline says sadly making Elena bite her lip to contain a laugh as Klaus glares daggers at her.

"What a coincidence. I too, have no idea why Ellie would be so willing to help me. Do enlighten us." Klaus says making Elena's eye widen with a gasp.

"You think I'm tricking you." She accuses with an amused smile.

"I didn't say that." He defends.

"You didn't have to. You think I'm lying and what? Trying to kill you?"

"Or perhaps I'm not sure your resurrection is as peril as you've led me to believe." He admits as she puts hand on her chest.

"Never in all my years, have I been so insulted." She states dramatically as he rolls his eyes.

"You want proof? Proof that I wanted you to make your hybrids even if I couldn't be brought back?" She asks with a challenging expression.

"We'll be back, guys. Make Elijah feel welcome. Come on." She says pulling the hybrid out of the house.


"I don't see how bringing me here helps your case." Klaus says as Elena unlocks her storage unit.

"God, would you shut up?" Elena snaps making him push her against the metal door.

"This again?" She asks irritated.

"You really should start fearing me. Even if I can't kill you, you have a pretty long list of people you care about. And what is it you said to the ripper's brother? Ah, yes "I don't feel like watching anyone I love die." He mocks with a grin as she rolls her eyes.

"I don't fear you, because I don't have a reason to, because I'm not planning to ever go against you." She tries to make him understand.

"I don't believe you." He says angrily as she shrugs.

"I don't care." She says simply as he smirks.

"Maybe you are afraid, your heart is beating faster than a hummingbird." He comments smugly.

"It's not from fear." She whisper back with a smirk casting her eyes down towards his hand, loosely placed around her neck.

His smirk falters and his replaced with confusion making her laugh and push him away.

"Come on. Can you stop being you, for like a minute. I have a surprise." She says as he collects himself.

"What is all this?" He asks looking around at her weapons with an impressed expression.

"Just my toys. That's not why we're here." She says walking to the back and opening up a cabinet, retrieving the moonstone.

"Here." She tosses it to him.

"Isn't much of a surprise seeing as how you already said you had it." He comments putting the glorified rock in his pocket.

"That's not what I wanted to show you." She says opening up her freezer and waving him over.

"Blood? What does-"

"My blood, Klaus." She says stunning him as he looks around.

"How long-"

"4 times a year since I was ten. Around 30 pints." She answers.

"How much-"

"About an ounce. If you do the math, its about-"

"450 hybrids." He interrupts with a disbelievingly laugh.

"You did this for me?" He asks staring at her intently.

"It's whatever. Don't flatter yourself." She replies shifting slightly under his intense gaze.

"Why would you- Why?" Is all he can bring himself to ask.

"I don't know. You're kind of important to me. Look, I can't control who I care about." She says getting embarrassed.

"So you believe me now? Because no one would go through all this trouble for now reason. I mean, they made me drink an orange juice everytime I gave blood and I hate orange juice." She says making him laugh.

"Why didn't you just ask for apple?" He asks with a smile making her look to him with wide eyes.

"You can do that?" She asks shocked making him laugh again as he looks around.

"Yeah. You can." He says with a smile