She's a little panicked when she gets the text: The coffin is open. My sister found witches who could open it.

Who's in the coffin? What's going on? Are you okay? Elijah?

He doesn't respond to her texts for an hour and she has to keep herself occupied by helping Alaric make dinner, she needs to keep her mind and hands busy. When her phone rings as they're cleaning up, Jenna waves her out of the kitchen.

"We've got this." Jenna tells her and Elena nods as she answers the phone as she walks up the stairs and to her room.

"Elijah?" She looked at the name on the screen before she accepted the call.

"Can you meet me where we usually do about an hour from now?" He knows he's asking a lot it's not a planned meeting and she might be with her family but this is important.

"I can be there in ten." Elena says and he agrees to that before they both hang up. She tells Jenna she'll be out for a while and she'll be safe before she walks out the front door, keys in hand. The drive seems too long, she's too worried about the news Elijah has. She parks away from his house and walks quickly to his front door. He opens the door and she's in the house and the door shut in record time.

"My mother was in that coffin. Rebekah said Niklaus saw Mikael kill her, but Niklaus killed her. She is awake and alive." Elijah is kind of a mess, Elena observes. She's a safe person for him to spill his secrets to, she remembers.

"What does that mean for you?" Elena wonders.

"It gets worse." Elijah tells her and disappears for a moment. He's back with a bottle of wine and two glasses.

"I don't think either of us can be entirely sober for this." Elijah says and pours wine. Not a good sign.

"My father was turned into a vampire by my mother after were created, so he could kill us. She said he was dead and despite that she wanted to be a family again, but he's not dead. He can't be killed except with the same things that can kill my siblings and I and we are the only people in the world in possession of those weapons. I think she wants to kill us." Elijah says after a large swallow of blood red wine. Elena takes a quick gulp before he speaks again. He's right, she cannot handle this completely sober.

"And to add to that horrible note, my mother wants to throw a ball to celebrate us being a family and introduce us to Mystic Falls as such. She's planning on inviting all of the Founding Families and anyone she deems important. She already knows you're the doppelganger. You're going to be invited and dragged into this mess." At that, Elena shakes her head as she takes a sip of wine.

"Tatia's blood was used to turn us into vampires. My mother might try to enlist you to help destroy all vampires." Elijah says and she takes a long drink before she answers.

"What would happen, aside from the obvious if the Original vampires die?" There has to be something else, Elijah looks too worried for it to just be them on the line.

"All vampires die. Thousands if not millions of people will die if my siblings and I perish." Elijah says and she swears.

"Okay, but once this is all over and the summer is over, nobody is dragging me into this supernatural drama. Not you, not Klaus, not some random witch, I want out after this. Let's make a plan." Elena says before they both finish their glasses.

"Do you by chance know your dress measurements?" Elijah asks and she has to think for a moment before she recites them.

"Anything but red." She requests and he can agree to that.

"So we make a code and prevent her from killing you. Are any of your siblings on board?" Elena wonders.

"No, not yet. I think Finn will side with my mother, Rebekah might not want to admit I'm right, but Niklaus and Kol will side with me. Mikael will want to go for Niklaus first and he's always been very good about saving his own skin." They all had to be to survive the centuries running from their father but Klaus was always the most paranoid of them all, even if he was being reckless. Elijah was more logical about it. Elena swears again.

"I forgot about Mikael." She admits.

"We have a week until the ball." Elijah warns and she groans.

They stay for a little while longer to plan.