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" Nik, Elijah."

Both originals walk out into the courtyard to join the the blonde and see a table in the middle of the courtyard full of breakfast foods and glasses of orange juice. " So did you compel breakfast for us or is a restaurant missing a chef?"

Both Mikaelsons agree that they had nothing to do with this. "So a pile of food just magical appeared in the courtyard."

A silver platter with a lid on it starts Rattling Caroline jumps, Klaus puts a hand on her back and lifts the lid and two starling birds fly out. There is an invitation on the platter and it reads: dinner tonight 8pm " From our mother."

Caroline never met Esther when she was alive in Mystic Falls. " Esther is coming here I need to tell you guys something…Kol is alive but doesn't want to announce he's alive because and I quote 'one of Nik's hobbies is daggering me.' Davina has Kol on a leash like Mikael."

Klaus and Elijah look at each other their mother, father and two of their brothers have been resurrected and they only authorized one resurrection but didn't know how it went. " I'm going to kill Esther and Mikael then I'm going to dagger Kol for being a bloody idiot."

" No your not."

Klaus looks at his girlfriend in one of his Henley's " And why is that sweetheart?"

Caroline pops a grape in her mouth there's no reason this breakfast has to go to waste. " For two reasons. Reason 1 Kol is happy now I'm no Kol expert I only meet him a couple days ago but he and Davina are happy together and if you dagger him there's two outcomes one Davina takes the dagger out or Davina tries to kill you for taking her boyfriend away. Second reason I have no defense for Esther she did try to kill us all after that ball, plus Mikael is terrible."

Klaus laughs " Caroline Forbes condoning murder I like this new you."

" That's not what I meant I mean you can't dagger Kol and can't you come to some sort of understanding with Esther."

Elijah has been watching the blonde couple go back and forth. " Niklaus if mother is alive we have to assume she brought Finn back too you remember how Finn was always Esther's favorite."

Klaus nods and turns to Caroline and takes her hands In his. " My love you need to leave you can't be here tonight when Esther or possibly Finn are here they will kill you because you are important to me."

" I want to help in Mystic Falls nobody ever let me help with the plans I was always the distraction or never let in on the plans."

Elijah remembers something Caroline told him like his brother he cares about the blonde and doesn't want her hurt. " How about this you can set up for dinner I remember you saying you liked planning then you can leave tonight."

" How about this I plan dinner for you guys and tonight I go to dinner with Enzo or Davina we catch up and have fun. I'll be safe and not in danger also Enzo is leaving tomorrow I want him to enjoy as much of the city as he can in a short amount of time."

Klaus just wants Caroline safe and away from Esther and Finn. " Fine."

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Klaus is coming back in his room from being on his balcony and Caroline is laying on the bed on her back in white shorts and a pink tank top with black lace straps and back with the word love on the front and black stilettos. " So why is Esther trying to kill you this time, did she ever love you guys?"

" I have no idea even when Esther dies she does not like to stay dead, my siblings used to tell each other that she didn't hate us she hated herself for what we became, I think they believed that after she tried to kill us."

Elijah joins his brother in his room fixing his cuffs." Esther is a master in the art of possession we know what body she currently inhabits we must figure out her intentions before she switches bodies."

" Her last invitation was assassination attempt on all her children I think we can assume her intentions are foul."

Elijah knows Klaus is right he looks at his watch." Well then it gives us the afternoon to prepare for the worst."

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Caroline is in the compound telling compelled caterers arrangements for tonight when she gets a call from Oliver he tells her that a witch named Vincent just came up to him and told him he was working with Cassie, gave him a moonlight ring and that he should join the witches army." Thank you for telling me and Oliver remember one thing for you it's who do I want to kill me you could have the witches or us."

Caroline hangs up and looks around the dinning room. " Enzo you can't just put place mats down with out a table cloth."

Caroline had called Katherine, Nadia and Enzo after Klaus and Elijah left and they are helping and looking around the compound. " Cinderella I have been locked up for seventy years I'm a little behind on my table setting etiquette."

Before Caroline can retort back a caterer comes up to her with wine and questions about a salad. " Skip the salad this night does not go on forever." "And where's Katherine and Nadia?"

Enzo putting a off white table cloth down raises his eyebrow to Caroline's question who laughs. " Of course I should of guessed Katherine's in Elijah's room and Nadia is walking around. Much better now help me put the place mats, candles, wine glasses and silverware down."

" Goldilocks why is this dinner important?"

" When Klaus first came to Mystic Falls he had one mission to unleash his hybrid side to do that he had to kill Elena, he did. When he left he took Stefan with him, when they came back three months later they had Rebekah with them. Skip a couple weeks and Elena daggered Rebekah, Stefan stole all Klaus siblings who were daggered in coffins to get back at him. Skip a couple more weeks Klaus has all but one of his coffins back. Elijah is un daggered and both Klaus and Elijah have dinner with Damon and Stefan. At the end of dinner Elijah comes into the room and reveals he un daggered everyone. Then the shock of a lifetime when their mother Esther walks through the door very much alive. She throws a ball for the community to introduce her family to the community but it was a diversion to what she was really planning linking all her children so if one dies they all die."

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Gia is a new vampire Marcel made but has put on Elijah to train her. She is trying to get to know Elijah who is just trying to figure out what his mother is up to. Gia is supposed to lead Elijah to a witch friend of Marcel's." Marcel has mentioned Caroline is that your girlfriend or something?"

" She's my sister."

Gia thought Elijah was alone like Marcel. " Oh your going the wrong way?"

Elijah knows he has to put up with Gia because Marcel is trying to get him to join him and be on his side of vampires deserve to be in the quarter but he hates this baby vampire being pawned off on him. " Marcel believes I can instruct you lesson one do your best not to waste my time."

They enter a convenience store and see a woman grinding herbs in a bowl. " Go away I'm busy."

" Yes blatantly practicing magic I see."

" Herbal remedy for a neighbor who lost their insurance but as an original I'm guessing your not here for neighborhood gossip."

" I have a favor to ask of you?"

Lenore not even paying attention to Elijah she just grinds up the herbs. " There are witches all over the quarter go ask one of them."

Elijah sighs impatiently and is looking around the store. " I don't ask favors of enemy's you know tax incentives on local business have been stalling for months but someone persuasive enough could get rid of that red tape."

Lenore after hearing that is interested " I'm listening."

" A certain someone lets say a witch has a troublesome tenancy to jump into other bodies so when she does I need to know whose body she jumped into."

" Soul branding is a sacrificial spell I'm going to need a item spelled by the witch and a python."

Elijah is happy this witch is helping now he will know when Esther switches bodies again. " I will get the spelled item and my associate here will get the Python."

He is halfway out the door when he turns to Gia. " Second lesson acquisition through mind compulsion."

Gia doesn't know how to compel people yet. " How the hell do I compel someone."

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Katherine upon returning to the compound had one mission find out if Elijah had moved on from her. She's his Christmas present she doesn't want him to be not excited to see her and have already moved on. Nadia was going to look around the house but got bored and joined her mom in Elijah's room.

When she entered she found her mom in Elijah's closet looking though his suits and dress shirts. " What are you doing?"

" Checking to see if they smell of werewolf and looking for his journals. Elijah has written down his life up until mystic falls so to see if he's still into me we have to dig though his room and see if it smells like werewolf."

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" This witch you brought me Lenore she seems quite stubborn."

When Finn was turned into a vampire he didn't like to torture people like his siblings but ever since he was brought back as a witch he enjoys it. " Mother I would be happy to open her to new possibilities."

" No let Oliver do it I need your persuasion for dinner tonight have we received any response from our invitation."

" I imagine your message had quite the effect both of them have been running around all day."

Esther smiles her plan is working splendidly. "Clever boys now what of the blonde that's been living with them?"

" She hasn't been seen today but I'm sure we will meet her tonight at dinner."

Esther and Finn stop in front of a crypt and Esther caress Finn's cheek. " Be ready for them tonight."

Finn walks in and Lenore is chained up and bruised and bloodied. Finn looks over at Oliver and tells him that he wants him to find out what Elijah asked Lenore to do.

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Caroline hears a Car pull into the garage she doesn't know who it is but knows she needs to get her friends out of the house. " Enzo get Katherine and Nadia get them out of here." Caroline pushing Enzo to the stairs to get Katherine and Nadia. " Either Klaus or Elijah are home and if they see Katherine there will be blood or love so you need to get them out of the house and I will distract who ever is in the garage."

Enzo is on the stairs and turns around " And how do I do that blondie?"

Caroline sighs she has to think of everything. " There's a back door in the kitchen once your outside vamp back to Davina's I will see you guys tonight for dinner now go."

Enzo goes up the stairs and Caroline vamps to the garage. " Hey Nik did you get what you wanted?"

Klaus had to get a necklace he gave Marcel when he was eleven. He looks at the beautiful blonde blocking the doorway. " Yeah Marcel had it."

Caroline stalling " Can I see it."

Klaus loves that Caroline wants to help him and the family he just wants to keep her safe he pulls out a starling bird necklace." What's it's story and was this a popular necklace a thousand years ago?"

" Love why don't we go inside and I will tell you the story and answer any question you have."

Caroline is still blocking the entrance into the house. "You know we haven't had hot hybrid sex in here yet we have had it in every room except here."

" You want to have sex in the garage."

Caroline walks over and runs her hands down his chest ending at his waist and lifting his shirt a little so she can run her fingers over his abs. " Remember my birthday that was fun."

Klaus smiles that is one of the best days of his entire existence." I finally convinced you to pose naked for me all you had on we're diamonds."

Caroline smiles up at him and peppers his neck with kisses. " Best birthday ever we spent the whole day in bed and with very little on. Besides Elijah's not here, were alone and everything is ready for the dinner."

" As much as I would love to make passionate love to you we need to get ready for hell tonight."

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Enzo found Katherine laying on Elijah's bed reading one of his journals while Nadia is looking threw his draws they already looked through his closet. "We need to leave someone just came home."

Katherine and Nadia look at each other and are right behind him. Klaus is in the garage and thought he heard something he goes in the house and turns around to the blonde who followed him inside. " Did you hear that?"

Caroline is a little worried right now. " No what did you hear?"

" It sounded like a door closing."

Caroline looks around and doesn't see her friends, Klaus is looking around she grabs his head and starts kissing him. Klaus vamps them to the wall and deepens the kiss. When Caroline is positive they are not in the house she stops the kiss and goes to walk upstairs. "Come on I laid out a suit for you to wear for this dinner." Klaus is speechless.

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As they are going up the stairs Elijah comes through the front door as Caroline gets a text from Oliver. " We have a problem?"

" What now?"

Caroline looks up from her phone at the two originals. " Esther and a witch named Vincent have a witch named Lenore and have her tied up in the cemetery."

" Esther is one step ahead of us."

" Oliver's with her why don't I go nobody knows me I will bring Enzo and Davina as back up I will unchain her and let her do the spell."

" I don't know your only back up would be a vampire with ptsd and a newly resurrected harvest girl."

Caroline looks him in the eye and cups his cheek. " Hey I'm not some fragile thing you need to lock up, I'm a vampire dating the original hybrid, my best friend is a ripper, and I was best friends with Katherine Pierce not to forget I'm queen of the French quarter. Plus Finn and Esther are going to be here so the cemetery will be empty. All I need is the necklace."

Klaus looks at Elijah who gives him a she has you there look. Klaus looks down at Caroline who is smiling up at him with so much hope. "Promise me you will be safe."

Caroline is happy she throws her arms around his neck and and kisses him. " I promise I will be super careful."

Elijah looks at the happy blonde " Before you go a disciple of Marcel's was instructed to get another ingredient ask for Gia."

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" Are you sure you want to do this sweetheart I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you."

Caroline gets off the bed and goes over to straighten his tie, he's in a black suit. " Yes and I'm the only one who can, you and Elijah will be in this dinner and I'm not going to be a queen who just sits back and does nothing when push comes to shove I will fight back I will be by your side in a fight."

Klaus leans down and kisses her. " Thank you for everything you seen me at my weakest and have helped me get back to being myself."

Caroline puts her arms around his neck his arms immediately go around her waist." That's what couples do they support each other I help you get back to being your paranoid, murderous alpha male self and you help me embrace my vampirism and teach me how to be a queen."

" You always were a queen that town was holding you back from your true potential."

Caroline smiles and leans up to kiss him. They walk down to the dinning room where she and Enzo set up and see Elijah waiting. " Caroline were you in my room?"

Caroline has to hide the smile that is trying to sneak out. " No why?"

" There's a familiar scent in my room."

Klaus is leaning behind his chair with a scowl on his face." I don't get why I had to wear this ridiculous outfit I look like a bloody lawyer."

Caroline is going over everything one last time " Appearances are a way to show respect and you look like a very sexy lawyer."

She kisses his cheek and picks up a black jacket and a purse. " I'm off play nice boys."

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" If I could elaborate on what Caroline said mother will be more likely to surrender her true intentions if we're dressed like this."

Klaus is worried about this dinner and Caroline going to cemetery he doesn't trust Enzo or Davina. " I doubt she will will surrender just because I'm dressed like this."

Elijah looking at everything Caroline has done and is impressed " Niklaus we need all the advantages we can get."

" You always did exceed in diplomacy but know if she tries anything I will rip her new body to pieces."

Finn walks into the room laughing at his brothers " You two haven't changed a bit, linens and silks to cover up your pathetic self loathing and you despite your arrogant facade your still the same paranoid full of hate and fear little boy."

Klaus looks offended and Elijah is confused he walks closer to Finn. " Excuse me I don't believe I have had the pleasure."

" You mean you don't recognize me so much for the Unbreakable bond always and forever."

Klaus figures it out Elijah is still confused "Always and forever is for family and you never wanted to be apart of our family Finn."

Finn holds his arms out in the typical Mikaelson stance. " Now that introductions are out of way lets eat."

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Caroline walks in to Davina's house and sees Kol on the couch. " Kol just the Mikaelson brother I was looking for."

" Darling I'm flattered you finally came to your senses who the best Mikaelson brother is but your to late I'm already taken."

Caroline smiles and sits next to him." The best Mikaelson brother for me is Klaus but I need you to do something for me."

" No."

Caroline guessed she will have to beg Kol she really didn't want to. " Please Kol I will do anything."

Kol gets a devious smirk on his face " Anything"

Caroline shoves him " Not like that and with in reason."

" Get Nik to not dagger me and I want my stuff from Mystic Falls my clothes, my baseball bats, I also want a new iPod mine burned when I did and I want my car."

Caroline didn't think this was going to be easy. " Fine but getting your stuff might be a little hard."

" Why you just have to go to the mansion go to my room and get them put them in my car and drive them to me."

Caroline bites her lip." It might be hard because there is a anti magic border around Mystic Falls so If I enter I just become a girl who got suffocated if you go in you become a guy who got stabbed in the heart by his father but I can ask my mom to drive your car with your things in it to the border of Mystic Falls."

Kol thinks about it he didn't know this was going on. He should maybe take a trip to Mystic Falls he could probably fix the border. " Deal what do I have to do for you?"

Caroline takes a breath she knows Kol won't like this. " I need you to go to the compound Klaus and Elijah are having dinner with Esther and possibly Finn I can't be there because Klaus wants me to be safe and I have to go rescue a witch but can you go and be like my eyes and ears tell me what's going."

" Really I have been avoiding my brothers for months and now you want me to walk in to a dinner with my brothers and my mother the last time we were all together our mother tried to kill us."

Caroline looks at the stunned original she knows that was lot to drop on him all at once. " I know and I will get you an iPhone instead of an iPod iPhones are better."

" I want all the daggers so I know Nik or Elijah won't use any of them against me."

" I thought you might say that so I brought you these."

Caroline pulled out the daggers from her purse and hands them over to him. Kol smiles " When is this dinner."

Caroline bites her lip again " Right now oh do you have a suit."

" Your making me go to this dinner your buying me an outfit."

"Right now Elijah's my favorite original."

Kol laughs and puts his arm around Caroline's shoulders. " Darling I think this is beginning of a beautiful friendship."

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" Don't pout brother it makes you look older than you already are, immorality is supposed to make you look young and yet on you it makes you look old. Plus tonight is a happy occasion so smile."

Elijah is sitting between Klaus and Finn." What exactly are we celebrating?"

" My return of course, remember I spend nine hundred years in a coffin with a dagger in my chest. I'm enjoying this new body strolling down the lovely city you made your home but do fill me in what have I missed tell me your contribution to society: medicine, philosophy, art."

Klaus rolls his eyes he's done with this conversation and done with family members coming back from the dead." Last time we saw each other you were helping our mother try to annihilate the lot of us somethings never change."

Compelled caterers are refilling their glasses when Finn motions for one of the caterers to fill up the glass at the head of table and put a plate across from his."Are we expecting someone else?"

Finn gestures next to him the head of the table. " Mother will sit here and across from I will just let mother explain that one but like myself and mother changing is inevitable."

" You dare face us as a mortal the only thing inevitable is your death."

Klaus throws his knife at Finn who uses magic to make the knife go into Esther's chair, he pulls it out. " I suppose the carving should go to the oldest we have much to discuss."

" Long time brothers."

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Caroline, Katherine and Davina enter the crypt while Nadia and Enzo check to see if anyone's coming they see a hourglass 3/4 full. " Oliver what do you have for me?"

" They worked her over pretty good."

Katherine breaks Lenore's chains. While Lenore rubs her wrists Oliver speaks up. "I can't just let her go they will know it's me look you told me to infiltrate the witches I did but I'm not blowing my cover for some has been."

" Well we can make it look like you got jumped and you can tell Cassie that Lenore's people got her."

Oliver doesn't like this plan so he sarcastically says " Let me guess you want to beat the hell out of me to make it look realistic."

"If Lenore doesn't do this spell the person were trying to find will take us down and if I'm going down I'm taking you with me."

Oliver sighs in defeat and braces himself. " Just not the face."

" Enzo you have been locked up for seventy years and now your living with three women you need to take out any anger."

" Always."

Caroline puts her arms in front of her. " Not the face."

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Klaus and Elijah knew Kol was alive but they were still shocked to see Kol enter the dinning room, Finn was speechless he thought his brother was still dead. " Kol your alive."

Kol taking a seat next to Klaus who is at one of the heads of the table across from Elijah. " I am so are you but unlike you I got to keep my handsome body. I expect when mother graces us with her appearance she will be in a different body too."

" I'm was rather enjoying my evening."

Klaus knows he has Elijah and Kol on his side when things go wrong but there are other things he would like to be doing right now. " I would enjoy you getting to the point unlike you we have lives."

Kol sees the frustration on his brothers face he knows Klaus would rather be anywhere right now so would he, he told Caroline he would come and from what he saw on the other side he knows Caroline will be around for a long time.

Finn is letting out some of his anger on his brothers. " I had nine hundred years to be patient though I am curious why you kept me daggered for so long?"

" You were daggered for acting better then everyone and being annoying. Did mother bring You back so you could dote on her like you used to."

Kol laughs at his brothers. " Finn we all have been daggered some of us longer and some of us get out and have some fun."

" She brought me back because I was treated unfairly I was cheated on the smallest portion of my life. I had found love which is more I can say for any of you three before I was unfairly daggered then when I was undaggered I only got to spend one day with Sage then I was killed."

Klaus, Elijah and Kol share a look because they have found love Klaus with Caroline, Elijah had Katherine, and Kol and Davina. Kol is enjoying this dinner more than he thought. " I have been awake for portions of the last nine hundred years Nik did you a favor you didn't miss much."

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Lenore is checking on a unconscious Oliver laying in the corner. " He will be fine Enzo didn't use any vampire strength."

" What's are your dogs in this fight your not Mikaelsons."

Caroline looks over at Katherine and smirks " Have you been hearing rumors about a blonde vampire living with the Mikaelsons."

Lenore has heard about it you hear a lot of town gossip running a store. She nods.

" Have you ever heard of Katherine Pierce?"

Lenore has heard of it Katherine Pierce is almost as famous as the Mikaelsons she backs up scared Katherine smiles." Now you know who we are and your scared of us we need you to do a spell for us."

" After what they did to me I will do any spell want."

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" Elijah I can understand such cruelty from Niklaus even Kol but you I though you were the compassionate one what did I do to deserve you turning your back on me were you afraid of Niklaus are you and Kol still afraid."

Elijah is unamused by Finn's words Kol laughs again. " It was not Niklaus I was afraid of."

Finn continues ignoring the murderous looks or Kol's words." Or maybe it was jealously that kept me in my coffin you wanted the duties of the oldest you had nearly a millennium to fix this families problems and yet you produced nine centuries of failure."

Kol laughs he can't help it this time the accusations his oldest brother is making are just so laughable. " Your right Finn, Elijah from inside the womb made sure our older sister got the plague died, still inside the womb convinced Esther and Mikael to move their son and unborn son to Mystic Falls. Got Nik obsessed with werewolves nudged Henrik to follow Nik when he left, one of his domino's was the death of youngest brother. When we became vampires he made sure the witches made the daggers just so you were daggered. So he could be in charge of us because that sounds so much like Elijah."

Elijah looks at his two younger brothers one is laughing and the other looks like he could kill at any moment. " You might reside somewhat parasitically I might add in another body but you see Finn in nine hundred years your tedious sentiments remain the same you like father always despised our supernatural existence, unlike father who slaughtered and consumed his own you became pretentious and dull like this dinner. Now I will not ask again where is mother?"

" Oh my darling sons I've missed you too."

Finn stands up to greet her. Kol, Klaus and Elijah see their mother and Kol under the table sends Caroline a text Finn is here and Esther just arrived.

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Caroline, Katherine, Nadia and Davina are in Lenore's shop when Enzo Comes through the door with the Python. Caroline looks over at Lenore while Enzo hands her the snake. " Will this take long?"

" You want me to soul brand a resurrected spirit of a thousand year old witch its best I take my time why ask me when you have a witch with you?"

"She's still young we need an older witch for this."

Lenore lights a bunch of sage around the room and wafts the smoke around. " You have the talisman."

Caroline reaches into her purse and pulls out the necklace. Katherine is curious about how this is going to go down because if Esther is trying to kill her children again she's also going down with them. "So how does this work you brand Esther with the bird and then what?"

Lenore takes the necklace and lays it on top of the cauldron so it's laying across the diameter and the wings are hanging off the side. "The next time she jumps into a body she will have a distinctive symbol on the back of her hand this way you will always know who she is."

" We still don't know why she's here. She probably wants to kill her children or try again. When she held you captive did she say anything about why she's back?"

Lenore puts the python around her neck " Love."

" Seriously how hard did they hit you, you seriously want us to believe that Esther came back from the grave because she loves her children and there's no arterial motive."

" What besides love can inspire so much pain and cruelty and Esther-" Lenore slices down the length of the snake and disembowels it in her hands and squeezes the blood into the cauldron " Her love is very very strong."

Caroline gets a text and whispers to the others so only they can hear. " Esther has joined the guys."

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" Why don't you say what you wanted to say so this wretched night can end."

" Where is the blonde vampire that's been living here I was hoping to meet her tonight."

Klaus curls his hands into fists and Elijah puts a hand on Klaus fist to try to calm him down, Elijah decides to answer their mother because Klaus is a ticking bomb and he's ready to explode. The only reason he's hasn't exploded this whole summer was because he had Caroline with him helping him stay calm and sane. " She left."

Esther sees that hit a nerve with her middle child. " It pains me that you and Elijah and now Kol look at me with such disdain I wish you could see that every action I have done was to protect you."

Klaus wishes he could just snap Esther's neck and be done with her but she would just switch bodies. " You actually believe that, I knew you were a liar but now I see you utterly delusional."

" Just forget the hatred you cling to and remember all the times I mended and healed you. Elijah, Kol do you remember the day Niklaus challenged your father to a duel did I leave your brother to die alone, what did I say when you two came to me and asked me to help."

Elijah and Kol look at each other across from the table then they look at Klaus. " You said you would rather die than see any of your children suffer."

Flashback 10th century:

Klaus pained screams can be heard though out the forest, Esther is running up to her son he's pinned to a tree with Mikael's sword impaled in his shoulder and a lot of dry blood on his chin and his shirt." Tell me what happened?"

Klaus gasps out in pain " I challenged him."

Esther begins applying pressure to Klaus' shoulder. " What were you thinking?"

" I thought that if I could best him just once he could see that I'm worthy."

Esther grabs the handle of the sword she struggles at first but eventually revokes the sword from his shoulder. Klaus drops to the ground and is leaning against the tree while Esther grabs some moss and puts its over his wound as a rudimentary bandage, Klaus is screaming its hurts so much. " Niklaus calm down everything is going to be fine."

" He laughed at my challenge said he would take this from me." He holds up his starling bird necklace. " A prize for defeating me."

Esther gulps anxiously wanting to know what happened next. " We began to fight he knocked me down and cut the bird from my neck I grew so angry I hit him again and again then I cut him."

Esther's terrified now " Then what happened."

Klaus is weak and close to tears. " The look on his face I never seen it before and I was so proud mother I held this up." He holds up his necklace. " To show him I kept my prize then he?"

Esther is horrified that her secret was almost revealed. " Your father in his anger struck you with his sword."

Klaus pulling all the bravery he has inside him. " I wouldn't let him take this from me this was your gift to me."

Esther whispers " Your a good boy Niklaus you did the right thing."

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Present:

" The necklace." Klaus is glaring at Esther now realizing what she did to the necklace she gave him when he was little. " It wasn't spelled to protect me it make me weak."

" I sought to protect you if you had killed your father in that duel or anyone over the course of your life you would have activated your curse."

Klaus slams his hands down on the table Elijah goes to put a calming hand on his brothers but knows that the bomb has exploded. " You ruined me you let me suffer at the hands of a father you only valued strength."

" I kept you from becoming a beast for as long as I could."

Klaus slams his hands against the table again and is now standing and shouting at Esther. " You lied to me to hide your own transgressions because of your own fear my whole life I sought the acceptance of a man who wasn't my father your the reason he hated me."

Elijah is now pacing anxiously, Kol is disappointed in himself he almost missed this he's having fun. Esther looks guilty under Klaus furious glare she won't look him in the eyes. " Look at me you rant and rave about the monster I have become but you are the author of everything I became."

Esther looks flustered and begins to gasp for air Finn looks alarmed Elijah catches her before she faints and hits the table.

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The hourglass is almost empty Lenore is doing the spell. Elijah looks over at his brothers. " She's gone."

Elijah goes to attack Finn who uses his magic to flip Elijah over the table. Klaus gets in Finn's face " Where is she?"

Finn uses his magic and Klaus falls to his knees, Kol is usually up for a fight but the last fight he was in he got killed. Finn leaves.

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Lenore finishes the spell and leans forward to steady herself Enzo looks at the witch. " Are you all right witchy?"

She's a little dazed. " Yes I'm fine just getting my bearings."

" Ok we're going to go."

Lenore looks up at them " Wait I want to meet the women in my sons life."

Caroline and Katherine share a look of scared nervousness. " Sons."

Nadia sees Lenore has the brand on her hand " It's Esther."

" Kat you need to go if you don't want to be caught."

Davina touches her bracelet. Katherine and Nadia vamp out of the store Caroline looks to Enzo. " Go I will handle this."

" I'm not leaving you if I'm going down it might as well be with gorgeous women." Caroline smiles at the compliment.

Xxx

Klaus, Elijah and Kol are questioning Cassie the body Esther was using. "Where is our mother?"

" Where am I what's happening?"

Klaus grabs her neck and is squeezing Cassie is trying to get him to let go Elijah steps in. " Let her go she's a puppet in Esther's game."

Cassie is scared and confused " What are you talking about who are you?"

"Shut up stop talking."

Klaus walks back over to his end of the table frustrated. " Our mother orchestrated this entire evening just to torture us then simply vanishes why?"

Kol hunches over in pain and releases a painful grunt. " Davina."

" Kol what are you talking about?"

Kol feels like his insides are pulling him towards Davina." Davina's in trouble."

Klaus and Elijah look at each other they know who Davina's with. " Caroline."

Xxx

" Why are you doing this you know they're on there way here?"

Esther wiping the python blood off her fingers. " My darlings that's been the plan all along although I expected you to be alone Caroline."

Caroline looks at Enzo and Davina. " How do you know my name?"

Esther grins evilly at them. " I remember you from the ball I threw in Mystic Falls you were Niklaus' date. He couldn't take his eyes off you the whole night. I could give you a new body Caroline you could have children."

Caroline wishes Klaus would get here sooner. " I love being a vampire I would never give it up."

Xxx

" Why would Esther want Davina and Caroline?"

"To punish me."

"To get rid of the most powerful witch in New Orleans. I should also tell you we might run into Mikael either on the way or there when Davina brought me back Mikael tricked his way into the spell now both Mikael and I are controlled by Davina and when I felt her pulling me a few minutes ago I'm guessing he felt it too."

"Well all reasons will be muted when I sent her straight back to hell."

Xxx

Klaus, Elijah and Kol arrive at Lenore's shop and see Caroline, Davina and Enzo being confronted by Esther's new body Lenore. " I assume you three had the misfortune of speaking with our mother."

Esther picks up some powder and throws it at Klaus and when he tries to attack her, he is hit with a barrier who is annoyed at his mother but also angry she has his Caroline. " Hiding behind your magic like a coward."

Esther looking at her children and their company. " I'm not here to wage war."

Esther throws powder on each side of her as Kol and Elijah try to attack her. " Everything you do is an act of war."

"If you so much as touched a hair on her head so help me."

" Caroline and her friends are free to go although there were two others with them."

Caroline quickly " No there wasn't she's insane kill her."

Esther continues " I spoke my peace with her she knows why I'm here the offer still stands to you and the others I'm here to fix our family."

Kol looks at his mother he doesn't want to die again especially by an attempt from his mother." The last time you said that we all got linked and you tried to kill us."

Esther uses her magic and a light bulb explodes. " My intent was never to harm but to heal you like your brother Finn I will undo everything that has been done to you thereby giving you new life." Another lightbulb explodes. " One without the vampire curse I put inflicted on you."

Esther waves her hand over the cauldron and the earth starts to shake Klaus and Kol pull Caroline and Davina to them to protect them. " Ask Caroline to tell you my loving offer."

" Your a fool if you think we will accept anything from you."

" You are wrong Niklaus."

The earth is still shaking light bulbs are exploding. " One day will come a time where you will beg for my help."

The glass windows shatters inwards Klaus and Kol cover their girlfriends Elijah and Enzo cover their faces as thousands of starlings invade the room.

Enzo is looking around the room while Klaus and Kol are checking on the girls. " Um isn't there supposed to be one more of you originals."

They all look up and see Elijah is gone. Klaus looks around and then at his brother. " Esther."

Xxx

Caroline, Klaus and Kol are in the courtyard Davina and Enzo went back to Davina's. " Caroline what did Esther say word for word?"

Caroline sighs and repeats herself again. " Like I said before she wants to put you in human bodies she even offered Enzo and I human bodies she said that I could have children, she also remembers me from Mystic Falls and said that you couldn't take your eyes off me."

Klaus is resisting every impulse to go rip his mother to shreds." Are you considering her offer?"

" Seriously I told her I love being a vampire." Caroline gets off the table she was sitting on and faces the two Mikaelsons. " So when are we rescuing Elijah?"

" First thing tomorrow."

Caroline wants to argue that Esther who wants them all in new bodies has Elijah and could put him in a new body but knows Klaus is in a mood and doesn't have the energy to fight. " I need a drink it's been a long day."

Klaus looks over at his newly resurrected brother. " Little brother you and I used to be close."

" We used to but then you daggered me continuously and always chose Elijah and Rebekah over me."

Klaus rubs the bridge of his nose out of annoyance. " I have had enough dagger talk today I daggered all of you for your own good."

"Why did I get daggered so many times?"

" Kol your reckless behavior almost got us killed eight out of ten times and it wasn't just you sometimes it was my behavior sometimes it was Rebekah's fault and let's not forget about that one time it was Elijah's fault. But you have been back for four months and we haven't heard a word about you."

Kol is getting ready to leave to go back to Davina's. " I changed not much but being dead changes someone."

"Wait."

Kol turns around in the entrance. Klaus goes over to his brother. " I need to know if your on my side for this upcoming war and in all fairness I did mourn you after you died I even kept your ashes and tried to avenge you."

Kol is touched his brother actually cares about him. " I will help but I don't want to die again. I actually have something to live for this time. Thank you Nik your the only one of our siblings who did mourn me, Rebekah only mourned for a day and honestly I don't think Elijah mourned at all." Kol then smirks " It will be fun to get back to my old ways."

Xxx

Klaus walks in and finds Caroline cleaning the dinning room. " Sweetheart there's people for that."

She turns around from clearing off the table. " I'm stressed and when I'm stressed I clean Esther's is in another body and not only is she including me in her children's plan she knows me and Elijah is gone."

Klaus comes over to her and takes the plates out of her hands and pulls her into his chest. " I killed my mother once I will do it again. We will get Elijah back and Esther will not touch a hair on your pretty little head."

" Anyone else would have thought that pep talk was creepy but I find comfort in it thank you."

Klaus kisses her forehead. " Come on let's go bed."

Caroline grabs the half empty bottle of bourbon she was drinking and takes a swig after she hands it to Klaus who finishes the bottle.

Xxx

Elijah wakes up in a tomb and he is suspended in chains by his wrists he looks around and sees Esther sitting in the corner. " What do you want?"

Esther walks over to him and holds his chin " I want us to be a family again."

Elijah tries to get his chin out of Esther's grip but doesn't succeed. "But I'm sorry my son for that to happen you need to be purified."

Xxx

Mikael felt the pull from Davina's bracelet and leaves the church when Hayley and Cami approach him. " You want to kill Klaus we can help."