As soon as Elena left Klaus' mansion, she headed straight to her house. She knew it was empty, Jeremy was with Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline. The blonde vampire agreed to cover for Elena during her absence.
Once Elena arrived home, she went straight for Alarics things, she knew there where a few witchy materials in there courtesy of Bonnie from when he went to the darkside. She was hoping he had one particular thing.
She rummaged quickly through his stuff, ignoring the weapons and personal items until she came across a secret pocket on the inside of the duffel bag. She unzipped it and found a white oak stake and a small jar of white oak ash. She smiled to herself and removed them both from the pocket and placed them on the table. She sat down on the sofa and took out Finn's cellphone from her pocket, hitting the speed dial, she pressed the phone to her ear.
"Finn, is that you? I thought you where dead. Thank the spirits you're still here." Said Esther, her voice strong and proud with a hint of poshness.
"This isn't Finn, I'm sorry Esther." Elena responded after a moments pause. Esther really did seem sad about his death.
"Elena," She cleared her throat. "What do you want?"
"I'm sorry about Finn, I really am. I didn't want any of this too happen, all this pain and death, I want it too end. I want my loved ones safe. I want to help kill your children."
"Why the sudden change of heart, Elena?" Esther asked, the confusion consumed her. But right now, she had nothing. Nothing she could use to kill her sons and daughter, with Finn's death, the only other weapon she had was Elena.
"Klaus took Damon and he threatened my best friends family. Stefan is ready to break and everyone is scared. This is all my fault, I need to end this. Once and for all."
-w-
Esther agreed to Elena's deal. She offered her blood for another ritual and in return, the originals would be killed and every monster that has ever threatened her family.
She was waiting in her car outside a small house on the outskirts of Mystic Falls, it belonged to Esther, it was soaked with protective magic, she didn't expect anything less. Elena made a few stops along the way to ensure this plan would work but all-in-all, she was ready.
She sat there for another long moment, contemplating her plan of action. The only thing that was stopping her from entering that home was doubt. She didn't know which plan to follow through on. Sure, Esthers plan would lead to Damon and Stefan's death, along with Caroline but the world be rid of vampires and there may finally be peace. Was she willing to sacrifice her friends? She wasn't sure.
The Originals couldn't very well come after her if she followed through with Esther, they'd be dead. But that's another betrayal that she would have to live with. She didn't know what to do or who to kill.
Elena shook off her thoughts and exited her car, she walked towards the front door of the house slowly, taking in all off her surroundings. She stopped when she came to the door and knocked several times. Esther soon answered and smiled as she saw Elena.
"Elena, I'm so glad you decided to help me. The world is evil enough without my children on this earth, we need to restore balance and bring peace back to the earth. Come." Esther spoke before leading her into her home.
They came to the main room of the house and inside there was a small table with a silver bowl in the center, with 5 candles spread out around it in a perfect circle.
"The spell is very simple but very strong. Your blood will not only link my children but after we spoke on the phone, I contacted the spirits, they made me aware of a spell that will burn your blood and theres. This spell will kill me but as long as it works, I can return to the other side knowing I had fulfilled my wish. Your bloodline is ancient, Elena. The spell will basically turn your blood into white oak, once my children are linked by your blood, your blood will kill them with white oak."
It seemed like it would actually work, now she doubted herself even more.
"I'm ready." Elena took her jacket off and placed it on the chair near her, she hesitantly lifted her arm towards Esther and revealed her wrist. Esther grabbed a dagger off the table and looked at Elena.
"Thank you." She spoke, Elena just nodded her head.
Just as Esther raised the dagger to align with her arm, Elena quickly pulled out a dagger that was tucked into her jeans and plunged it into her heart. Esther gasped loudly, trying to find any air she could to fill her lungs. The dagger fell from her hand and landed on the ground with a loud bang.
"How..." Esther croaked, her voice cracking and airless.
"This is a special dagger, soaked with white oak ash and a very strong spell." Elena pushed the dagger further and Esther grabbed onto it, trying to pull it out to no success.
"Where did you get that?"
"I had help." One of her stops along the way included visiting the Bennett residence. She knew Bonnie wouldn't be home but her mother was. Her mother was more than helpful in spelling the dagger with ancient magic that was strong enough to kill a witch like Esther. She knew by doing this, she would be saving Bonnie and her friends.
"You don't know what you've done." Esther spoke her final words before her body went limp and fell to the floor. Elena just stared at her body, several tears escaped her eyes at the scene. She actually killed somebody, ended a life.
Next minute, the front door burst open and Elena didn't even flinch, she just stared. She heard footsteps approaching and eventually grabbing her arm.
"Elena, come with me quickly." The voice spoke. Elena finally broke her view from Esther and turned to see Elijah standing beside her. "We have to go."
"Why are you here?" She asked, her voice somewhat uneven.
"My brother doubted you would kill her, so he sent me to watch you. I was the safer option, she would sense Klaus a mile away."
"You didn't trust me?" She sounded shocked but most of all, hurt. She thought her and Elijah shared some kind of connection, mainly because they where both older siblings and tended to be on the same page about everything.
"Of course I did. I only agreed to watch you so I knew you where safe, I didn't want mother turning on you and you had no protection." Elijah's voice was soothing, especially when he was speaking like a normal human being and not an original vampire with 1000 years of honour and nobility in his tone of voice.
"I killed her." A few more tears escaped her eyes at the sight of a dead person on the floor, Elijah followed her gaze to look at his mother. "I actually killed another person."
"I know and it's okay, it had to be done. You know that." Elijah attempted to reassure her to the best of his abilities but he's never been in a situation like this before.
Somewhere deep down, Elena knew that she had no other option but right now, it felt wrong, like she'd committed the worse sin of all. Murder.
Thou shall not kill.
Elena just fell against Elijah, her head resting on his chest, seeking comfort from anywhere. Elijah froze for a moment, unsure what to do in this situation. He followed his best knowledge and wrapped his arms around her, placing his hand on her head and stroking her hair. She did feel some kind of comfort that she never expected from Elijah.
After a few long moments, Elijah released her and placed his hands on the top of her arms, staring into her wet and bloodshot eyes. "We really have to go. Klaus has already arranged for her body to be disposed off."
Elena nodded her head and headed towards the front door with him. "Oh wait, the dagger has to stay in her heart, otherwise the spell on it will break and she'll be able to return to this world again. Warn Klaus, tell him to tell the help to not touch it."
Elijah nodded his head and they both left, immediately heading for Elena's car. Elijah agreed to drive, she was in no state to be behind the wheel. She just stared out of the window, that entire scene just kept replaying over and over again in her head, the look on her face when she plunged the dagger into heart got to her the most.
"Elena, stop thinking about it." Elijah spoke. "You're torturing yourself."
"I can't just stop thinking about it. I killed her." She turned to look at him, her eyes locked onto his. There was some kind of comforting aura about him, he was calm and collect, not a paniced and frenzied state like she was. It was relaxing. He was just a soothing person.
She slid over to the end of the chair towards him, as close as she could get without climbing on his knee and rested her head on his shoulder. She couldn't quite fathom why she was desperate to be near him at this current moment in time. But as soon as she did, she relaxed. Elijah was once again shocked by her actions.
He let go of the steering wheel and drove with one hand whilst his other held onto hers for a minute. "It's going to be okay, I'll help you get through this."
Elijah released his hand and slowly brought it up to her face, catching the tears that fell from her eyes and wiping them away. She lifted her head so it was align with his and caught his gaze.
"Thank you." He nodded his head at his words and she returned her head to his shoulder. He placed both hands back on the steering wheel and just drove, Elena staring out of the front window.
-w-
They eventually made it to Klaus' mansion, Elena wiped away her tears and tried collect herself before she had to face him.
They both sat in the car for a few minutes whilst Elena returned to normal, Elijah helped by just engaging in small meaningless conversation about the weather and the news of the world. Elena laughed a bit and it definitely helped.
"I'm ready, let's just get it over with." Elena stepped out of the car, followed by Elijah and they both walked inside the mansion, returning to the room they where in earlier.
Klaus stood with a drink in hand and two empty glasses next to a bottle of wine that looked older than him on the table.
"You did it, I'm proud, Elena." Klaus spoke as he lifted up the bottle wine and pulled off the top, pouring the liquid into the two glasses and giving Elijah and Elena one.
"This is a special wine I obtained for Paris, many centuries ago, it was only to be drank when I knew our family where safe. I think we have finally reached tha day. So here's to family."
Klaus lifted his glass and both Elijah and Elena smiled, all three of there glasses touching before they took a drink. Elena didn't seem to stop drinking it though, she finished the glass in one. Both brothers looked at each other then stared at Elena, who just gave them both the most innocent of looks before wiping her lips with her sleeve. "This is good wine."
"That's the idea! Drink, be merry, for tomorrow, we start our journey." Klaus spoke before finishing his glass, Elena chuckled slightly and placed her empty glass on the table.
"I have to go home first, I need to get some things." Said Elena.
"So you can runaway and take your blood with you. I think not, Elijah will go with you and make sure you don't betray me." Klaus spat, he really was the most paranoid person she ever did meet.
"I just killed Esther, I haven't had any contact with any of my friends or family and I'm here now, celebrating the fact that I'm now a murderer. I will come with you, I will honour our deal but I will not leave without any of my stuff. I need clothes." Elena argued, she was in no mood to play games with Klaus and she certainly wasn't leaving town unprepared.
"And that is all fine, Elena but Elijah will still go with you." Klaus argued back. "Or I can call Rebekah, if you'd prefer her to accompany you."
Elena just tutted and shook her head. "Fine but I'm going now. Come on." She spoke to Elijah and immediately headed for the door. "Is my company really that terrible, Elena?" Elijah joked, a small chuckle escaping her lips as they left and headed straight for the car. She had to get use to this, spending time with Klaus and Elijah and being able to at least tolerate there company, god knows how long she will have to stay with them. She didn't mind Elijah, she actually enjoyed in his company but Klaus was a whole other story.
Elena had a feeling her and Klaus would never actually get along.