Mystic Falls highschool.

'This is nice' Elena thought, as she superglued the drawers on her teacher's desk close, it was senior prank night, and she was happy to finally have some normality in her life, as she looked over the room, she spotted, Matt, Tyler and Bonnie all together, she was happy they were all getting to be normal for once, she couldn't help but feel the hole Caroline had left, whilst she was still speaking to her, and getting sent loads of photos of all the places she was travelling to, she still missed her. It was odd to her, but she didn't really feel anything negative for Hadrian, whilst he and his family had done bad things, it was only because of her friends first, they have made a deal and they had kept their word, they had even saved their lives more than once, and seeing Caroline's bright and smiling face did bring her joy.

"Elena", Hearing her name called she looked over to Matt, "We're going to help in the gym, you coming", she shook her head, "No not yet Matt, I want to glue the staff toilet seats closed first". All three of them gave her a laugh at this, as she walked out of the classroom, she went down the corridor and opened the fire door, as it opened, she turned the next corner, only to stop in her tracks, frozen to the ground, As Hadrian Mickelson was sat on a throne, of gold with red cushions in the middle of the hallway.

"Hello Elena", as he finished, Klaus and Elijah sped around the corner, and stopped with one arm on the top of the chair, before she could move, Klaus was in front of her, "You should be dead".

...

"Hello Seniors, I'm afraid you have been busted, prank night is over", Klaus said, as he strode into the gymnasium, in a truly awful American accent, walking behind him was Elena and Elijah was behind her. As the other students all grumbled and left, leaving only Bonnie, Matt and Tyler left, as they saw them, they all clumped together, preparing to fight, before they could move, Hadrian strode in, causing Bonnie to freeze.

As Hadrian walks in, he surveys the group, and stops when he spots Tyler, "Ahh perfect a werewolf, just what I need", he quickly walked over to Tyler, and before he could get to him, Bonnie stood in front of him protectively. As Hadrian looked at her, his face grew confused, but confusion turned to alarm, "Soul magic" Bonnie was rigid, staring at him, "It requires a very hefty price Bonnie" before she could say more, he sped around her and grabbed Tyler, pulling him over to Elena and his brothers, whilst ignoring the cries from the other two.

As Hadrian pulled Tyler to the others, he looked to Klaus, "I have an idea about what is causing this, but I'm not certain".

Elijah was quick to answer, "What do you think brother".

"Well, we thought that Klaus was having issues creating Hybrids because Elena is alive, right" they both quickly nodded.

"But then I thought more about this if our Mother would curse Niklaus to never access his werewolf side, never to become a hybrid, would she make creating Hybrids any easier, so what's the best way to ensure he could not create more of them".

Both Elijah and Klaus looked confused before Klaus suddenly looked angry, as he was struck with an idea, "By having the only means of creating hybrids, is to use the blood of the Doppelganger".

At this Elena's eyes widened, and Tyler struggled in Hadrian's grasp, but he was too strong. "Exactly brother, think of this as an Experiment"

He quickly gave Tyler off to Klaus, before anyone could move, Klaus was feeding Tyler his blood, and with a snap, Tyler's body hit the floor.

...

It took longer than they expected for Tyler to awake, as he stirred, Hadrian walked over to Elena, he had a smile on his face as he looked at her, "Hello Elena, could I take a small sample" as he finished he held up a syringe, she just nodded, worried what would happen if she said no, he gave her a quiet thanks, and as he held her arm, he held his thumb to the underside of her forearm and it began to slightly glow blue, he quickly removed his thumb and stuck the syringe where his thumb was, Elena was surprised to feel no pain, as he looked at him, "Knumbing charm", This confused Elena even more, but then she thought of Caroline, maybe this was the side of him that Caroline helped bring out, she just gave him a smile. Soon he had collected a sample of blood, he healed the small pin prick this caused and walked over to Tyler, sitting on his Haunches as he did "Look at me Tyler",

Tyler was lying on the floor, hyperventilating, he was fueled by panic, he had just been killed, Bonnie and Matt were surrounding him, trying to bring comfort, hearing his name he looked up, "Now Tyler if you don't drink, you will die, if you drink this, you won't". As he finished, he pushed the small blood sample over to Tyler, who with shaky hands grasped it, looking over to Bonnie and Matt, who just looked on in fear at what was happening.

He quickly drank it, the feeling was intense, as though someone had lit a fire in his stomach, he turned over and began to moan in pain, as his moan reached a crescendo, it stopped, with sweat dripping down her face, he looked back to the room, his eyes golden, with Veins running under them, and Vampiric fangs elongating.

"Now that's a good sign", and before their eyes, Hadrian grabbed Elena, as Klaus grabbed hold of Elijah and Tyler, and soon, they disappeared, leaving a stunned Bonnie and Matt, who could do nothing more than look to the spot they disappeared.

...

Stefan and Alaric just looked down at Mikael, after finding him they had quickly moved him to their home, to keep him close by. This, however, was over 2 days ago, the current issue was he was still incapacitated, they have given him a small amount of blood, and a small portion of colour had returned to his face, they had also managed to remove all the chains from his body. Stefan quickly sped over to the blood fridge they kept, and tried to get Mikale to drink, he accepted a few sips, but refused after any more, he shook his head and angrily moaned "Get it away, get it away from me".

Alaric walked over to them, "You need blood", Mikael shook his head again

"What do you mean no, you need blood".

Mikael opened his eyes, and muttered to them, "I apologise for my outburst, it would have made more sense if you had known, I've been denying myself human blood for as long as I can remember, but I no longer feed from living things, over the centuries I learned to feed from the predator, not the innocent".

Alaric looked over to Stefan, he just nodded and grabbed a small bourbon glass, He bit into his wrist and let the blood flow into it. Once it had enough, he poured it into Miakels mouth, almost immediately he sat up, and gripped the glass, soon the glass was Empty, and Mikael was looking healthier than ever before.

"Thank you" he nodded to Stefan, as he looked around the room, "Why have you awoken me"

Stefan stood up with Alaric, and looked grimly down at Miakel, "We thought you might know of a way to kill Klaus and Hadrian".

Mikael looked at them, "I can kill Klaus, and I will"

...

Elena soon found herself back in Hadrian's home, as soon as they appeared he took her to the lounge and sat her in one of the chairs, it didn't end there, even weirder he made her some coffee to sip. As she sat she looked around the room, she now had the chance to really look, not in the dungeon this time.

As she looked she saw suits of armour, a one-handed war hammer, it had runes surrounding it, artwork adorned the walls, some of them were normal paintings, he even had a starry night by Van Gough hung up, but it was the moving painting that captured her attention, as she looked she saw one of a large hall, it had large tables adorning the floor, and people who were constantly walking around, with plates of food and drink, as she stood and walked over to it, she got a better look, the hall was golden, with weapons and shields adorning the walls, it looked beautiful, as she looked down she saw the name of the piece, 'Valhalla'. before she could think more, someone spoke behind her, "Beautiful isn't it"

Turning around she began to smile, as standing in the doorway was Caroline, as they both looked at each other, they smiled together, and Caroline was quick to speed over to her, and hugged her so tight her ribs began to ache. As she released Elena "I'm soo happy to see you, I know we spoke when I was travelling but it is so good to see you", as Caroline finished Elena could get a proper look at her friend, her skin was tanned, her hair looking even more golden, she was just as perky as before, but she now seemed to have a smile attached to her lips, and her eyes were constantly alight with happiness.

"It's good to see you too Caroline, how was travelling", before Caroline could answer, "It was amazing, getting to see those sights with her", Hadrian answered, walking back in, now wearing a white shirt, with his sleeves rolled up to his elbow, as he walked over to them, he gave Caroline a quick kiss, seeing this made Elena smile, happy for her friend.

"Now Elena, as you know, it's your blood that allows Klaus to create more Hybrids", She nodded, fearful about what was to come next, would they trap her, entomb her as they did Katherine, "Well Klaus would simply place you in a small tomb, as he did to Katherine and use you as and when he was needed", she began to shake at this, before she could think more on it, "But luckily for you, I have a better way". She snapped her head to him, with a hopeful expression on her face, "What we can do, is replicate your blood, it won't be infinite, but enough to last a while", she breathed a sigh of release, she wouldn't ben held here against her will.

As Hadrian walked back to the sofa, he patted the seat next to him, Elena quickly sat next to him, he took her hand and smiled at her, "Now all we need is a little bit of blood, and a small portion of your hair", Elena just nodded at him, with the sample taken, Hadrian quickly cut a small strand of hair from her, "lovely, thank you, Elena, you are free to go, Caroline if you want to go with her and catch up, I'm going to be busy with this", They both nodded, and they walked out of the house, both smiling at each other.

...

"So what is he actually like", Elena asked Caroline, after leaving they went to the Grill, and ordered a couple of drinks, "Amazing, if your someone he considers his friend and Ally, he is one of the best people you could know, he's kind, funny and happy to be around", As Caroline spoke, she became lost in her thoughts, Elena sat there looking at her, slightly sad, since this all happened, Stefan and she had drifted apart.

"It's hard to picture him like that", Caroline smiled, "yea I get that, but once you're his friend, he would do anything for you, I mean look at you, you may not be friends, but he does like you". Elena looked at her incredulously, and Caroline chuckled, "He does, you didn't break your deal, you kept to it, you kept your word, and that's a big thing for him".

Elena just nodded, "So that's why I'm still alive and free, and not trapped in a dungeon somewhere", Carolien shook her head, "Kinda, if he didn't like you, he probably would have drained you, then healed you and repeated this for years". Elena was glad she had kept her word, she was free and happy

"Anyway, enough of that, tell me about the places you have been.