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Chapter Two

10 years later

You are cordially invited

to join the Mikaelson Family

for afternoon tea

at 12:00pm tomorrow

"Did you get the same letter I did?" said Caroline as she walked through the back door.

"Yes. Any ideas of what this is about?"

"Not a clue. Are you going to go Elena?"

"I don't want to Caroline but I think it would be best if I did. I'd rather know what's going on instead of guessing," said Elena. She had no desire to be anywhere near any of the Mikaelson's and no one could blame her, considering the fact that most of them had tried to kill her.

"What about you Caroline?"

"I'm curious to know what sort of scheme Klaus is planning sending out these invitations so count me in."

"Are you sure? It could be dangerous."

"I'm sure Elena. Besides I'm a vampire – I'll be safer than you."

As the girls talked in the Gilbert family kitchen they could hear the front door open. "Hey is anyone in here?"

"In the kitchen Bonnie," shouted Caroline to the witch.

"I just got this weird invite to the Mikaelson's…"

"We know we got them too," interrupted Elena.

"Any idea what all this is about?" asked Bonnie.

"Not a clue. It's been a few weeks since Alaric was desiccated, and their mother died so what else could have happened that they know about and we don't." said Caroline as she moved around the kitchen.

"I don't know," said Elena, "But I'm going to find out tomorrow when I go."

"And what makes you think that we'll allow you to go," said Damon from behind the girls surprising them. Not even Caroline had heard the century old vampire sneak up behind them. "For all you know this could be trap so that Klaus could get his hands on more doppelganger blood."

"Damon I am not a princess that needs protection. I can take care of myself and no one tells me what I can and can't do," responded Elena with a glare. She was so tired of people making decisions for her, so tired of people always trying to protect her. She had survived through things that most people couldn't even imagine and yet everyone around her treated her like she was completely helpless.

"I'm just trying to watch out for you Elena."

"When have I ever asked you to take care of me Damon. I can take care of myself."

"Not well," he snarked cruelly. For someone who claimed to love the girl he seemed to enjoy tearing her down.

"Hey," said Caroline, "Elena can do whatever she wants and we will always be there to support her."

"That's right Damon so back off," said Bonnie. The witch was furious, she never liked Damon Salvatore and getting to know him made her hate him even more. Bonnie blamed him for all the pain and death that occurred in Mystic Falls since the day he got there. At least Stefan tried to be a good person. Damon just seemed to revel in being a vampiric asshole and his first instinct – to kill everyone in his way had gotten the Mystic Falls Scooby gang in more trouble then not. Added to that fact his restraint seemed to be even less since Alaric was desiccated meant that the witch hated him even more.

"Well I seem to be the only one concerned with Elena's safety."

"In no way shape or form are you the only one concerned with Elena's safety Damon. It's just that we actually respect Elena's right to make her own decisions with her life," said Caroline. She hated Damon ever since she became a vampire and got all the memories he had compelled away back. The only reason she put up with him was because of Stefan and Elena. If the elder Salvatore brother was set on fire then Caroline would cheerfully roast marshmallows over his corpse.

"Damon…" began Elena before she was interrupted.

"Damon we need to go. We need to find out what the Mikaelson's are up to, so we don't get taken by surprise," said Stefan. The younger Salvatore brother had sneaked in after his brother and began to add his two cents to the situation.

Seeing Stefan again made Elena feel very conflicted. On one hand he was the first person she had ever truly fallen in love with. On the other hand, he had lied to her, nearly terrified her to death threatening to drive off the Wickery Bridge and was willing to sacrifice anyone and everyone if it meant getting revenge on the Mikaelson's. She didn't know if she could ever forgive him for that and like his brother he had the same habit of hiding things from her and making decisions for her like she was a child in need of protection instead of a strong woman in her own right just because she was human. They both say that they love her, but they don't respect her and Elena didn't want to be with someone who didn't give her the respect she deserved.

"Damon, I have to go and I was not asking for your permission," said Elena. She was really starting to get fed up with both Salvatores. It's her life and she was going to live it the way she chose to.

"Elena I'm just trying to look out for you," said Damon while looking at her soulfully, using the charms that had gotten him his way with the last of the Petrova's before.

"I appreciate it Damon but no matter what you say I'm still going. And don't even think about trying to compel me to change my mind Caroline and Bonnie will be staying with me. Right girls."

"Absolutely," said the witch. She was hoping that Damon was going to try something. There were quite a few spells that she was dreaming to have an excuse to try on the vampire.

"Definitely," said the vampire. Damon might be able to heal from a broken neck but it would still hurt and he'd be knocked out so he would no longer be their problem.

Damon was not pleased. He had always been able to get Elena to do what he wished before and he didn't like the change. Though in his own way Damon did care for Elena it wasn't a healthy feeling. He merely transferred his obsessive feelings toward Katherine to Elena. That made him very dangerous and more unstable than the Mystic Falls gang realized.

"Why is everyone in our kitchen?" asked Jeremy as he walked in through the door with Matt following him. Matt was carrying the same invitation that was on the kitchen tablet.

"Matt don't tell me that you got an invite as well," said Caroline.

"Yeah I found it in the mailbox when I got home from work."

"I don't get it," said Damon. "I can understand why they want us there but why invite the quarterback?"

"I don't know Damon but that's not important. Right now we have to decide if we're going or not," said Stefan from where he was brooding in the corner.

"Well I don't know about any of you guys but I'm going. They only way to find out what's going on is to confront them directly," said Jeremy.

"Jeremy there is no possible way that I'm going to let you go."

"Elena there's no way you can stop me. If you're going then I'm going."

"Jeremy it's too dangerous. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Elena don't be a hypocrite. If it's too dangerous for me it's too dangerous for you. You're just as human as I am."

"Yes, but Klaus needs living human doppelganger blood so that gives me a bit of an edge. He needs me alive"

"Yes, Elena he needs you alive but that really isn't much of a restraint if you think about everything else he can do to you before he kills you."

Elena knew in her heart that Jeremy was right. She knew that she was being hypocritical by trying to keep him away from the supernatural. That it was too late and that he was as deeply involved as she was, but she didn't care. He was her little brother and she wanted to protect him. She wanted him to be able to live a normal life, go to college, get married, have kids and move on with his life away from all the chaos caused by her doppelganger status. That was her true dream, for her brother to have a happy ending. But she knew that would never happen, not unless she got Damon to compel all knowledge of the supernatural from her brother and even that may not work because of his power to see ghosts. Compulsion wouldn't be able to take that ability from him.

"Elena, I know that you're trying to protect me, but this is our lives now. The supernatural is not going to go away – no matter how much you want it to."

"But your life shouldn't be like this Jeremy. You should be worried about passing your classes, what college you're going to go to, who you're going to ask to the prom. Not what crazy thing is going to happen in Mystic Falls this week."

"Elena if our lives were the way they were supposed to be Mom, Dad, Aunt Jenna, Jon, Bonnie's mom and grandmother and Caroline's dad would still be alive. You can't live your life wishing it was different. You have to deal with it how it is," said Jeremy with a sigh. As much as he loved his sister he was getting fed up with her idea that she knew what was best. The Salvatore's indulging and catering to her every whim didn't help the situation. Luckily no one knew Elena better than he did and he could tell that she was getting tired of their high handedness. Jeremy may consider the Salvatores to be sort-of-friends but he never forgot how unstable they both were.

"Elena you really can't stop Jeremy from coming if that's what he wants. Any argument you use to keep him out of it can be used on you as well. He has had plenty of experience with the supernatural and every time you have tried to keep him out of it has only put him in more danger," said Stefan.

Elena knew that Stefan was right even though she didn't want to admit it. Was it so much to ask for to want a normal life where that most important problem that she had to face was bad grades and not getting into the college of her choice.

"Elena," said Bonnie as she reached out to hold Elena's clenched fist. "You know that they're right."

Elena really did not want to admit that.

"And you know that we are all safest if we go together."

"So, it's agreed. Tomorrow we all go to the Mikaelson mansion and find out what's going on. Speculating will get us nowhere," said Caroline with a smile.

"I still don't like this idea," said Damon.

"Well no one cares about what you like," said Caroline with a sneer. No matter how much time passed she would never stop hating Damon Salvatore.

"Hey here's a good idea, why don't you be useful and go seduce Klaus. After all being the blond distraction is the only thing you'll ever be good at."

"Damon!" yelled everyone else in the kitchen. Even Jeremy yelled at Damon even though he wasn't very close to Caroline. After all there were lines and Damon, like always, seemed to delight and trampling all over them.

"What? I was just saying what everyone was thinking," said Damon with a sneer. After all he couldn't let his little chew toy think that she had the upper hand.

"Damon, shut up," said Stefan angrily. "No one thinks that about Caroline and besides you shouldn't talk. After all the only thing you're good at is compelling girls not seducing them."

"You really want to go there brother."

Before the two Salvatores could start Elena said, "Enough! Both of you stop it. You're not helping anyone acting like idiots. Just leave, we'll meet up here tomorrow and go to the Mikaelson's together alright."

"Alright."

"If I can't convince you that this is a stupid idea."

"No you can't Damon, go home," said Elena with a glare.

As the Salvatore brothers left the Gilbert family home Matt asked, "Caroline are you ok?" Even though they weren't dating anymore Matt stilled cared about his ex-girlfriend and knew her quite well. So, he could see how much what Damon said hurt her.

"Yeah Matt, I'm fine. I know better than to listen to anything that comes out of Damon Salvatore's mouth," said Caroline with a fake smile. Everyone could see that even though she was trying not to let him Damon's words had attacked her on insecurities about herself.

"Caroline ignore what Damon says. Anything that comes out of his mouth is just another attempt to manipulate you," said Bonnie. She hated how much Damon had hurt her best friend. If it wasn't for the fact that Elena cared for him the Bennet witch would have set him on fire years ago. As time passed it got harder and harder to restrain herself from acting on the impulse to remove Damon Salvatore from their lives, permanently. She still didn't understand why Elena cared about Damon. Bonnie Bennet saw no redeeming qualities in the eldest Salvatore.

"You know what, you too are going to stay here tonight," said Elena. "Its been a long time since we had some girl time and we need it so go home pack clothes and PJs for tonight and tomorrow and come back."

"Elena shouldn't we prepare for tomorrow," asked Caroline.

"No. What happens tomorrow will happen, nothing we do will change that so for tonight we're just going to be normal high school girls having a sleepover, maybe a mani-pedi, watching a movie and relaxing. Matt do you mind Jeremy staying at your house and Jeremy can you stay at Matt's house tonight?" asked Elena.

"Sure Elena," said Matt with a smile, happy that Caroline wouldn't be alone tonight. He knew that if she was she could constantly think about what Damon said and all that he did and never get any sleep. Sometimes it was hard, stopping himself from getting revenge on Damon for killing his sister and hurting Caroline.

"Yeah that's fine with me, the last thing I want to do is smell all that nail polish you guys are going to use," said Jeremy as he went upstairs to pack an overnight bag.

"So, what's the plan guys," said Caroline with a bright smile, happy to try and put what happened behind her. "A marathon of our favorite movies, eating food we know is bad for us and mani-pedis."

"Just like we did before all this craziness started," said Bonnie. "You're right Elena it's just what the doctor ordered."

"OK then girls get home and get a change of clothes and come back ASAP. We have hours of movies to go through and we have to pick which ones to watch and what colors to paint our nails."

"Aye Aye Sir," said Bonnie and Caroline big smiles on their faces. Smiles that Elena had not seen in far too long. I should have done this earlier. We need a moment of normality after the past few years of insanity.

"That's Captain to you land lubbers," said Elena as she pretended to take off a pirate captain's hat and bowed to her audience. She already knew what movie was going to be her choice. No one did a swashbuckling adventure better than Captain Jack Sparrow. And an adventure where the good guys win, the bad guys get vanquished and the hero gets the girl is just what the doctor ordered.

As the girls got ready for their sleepover on the other side of town someone else was having quite the night himself.

"Nik why the hell would you invite the doppelganger bitch and her sycophants to our house," yelled Rebekah.

"I agree Nik – what possible reason would they come here. If you want to kill them just kill them. Stop playing this stupid game," said Kol. "Though I don't deny watching them try so hard to kill us and fail miserably every time is entertaining. Even though they aren't very bright since they haven't realized that the only reason we let them live is because we see them as entertainment."

Even though the rest of his siblings agreed with him none of them were a crass as Kol to say it out loud.

"They do have a point Niklaus, what is this really about," said Elijah as he stared at his brother.

There is very little about Niklaus Mikaelson that Elijah did not know. They only time Nik was ever truly off Elijah's radar was in the last 10 years and still the head of the Mikaelson family didn't know what happened then. The only information he truly had was that his brother spent most of his time in England but other than that it's a mystery.

"If you all truly want to know what's going on you'll join me tomorrow and greet our guests."

"Why would I want to waste my afternoon being in the same company as the Mystic Falls Scooby Gang," asked Rebekah with a sneer. No matter how much time passed she would never forgive Elena for pretending to be her friend only to stab her in the back.

"Because it's important to me, because you're all curious and nosey, because you're bored? Just pick a reason and be there Rebekah. You know that you will anyway so why bother trying to fight it?" said Klaus with a smirk.

Klaus turned around with a glass of whiskey in his hand and as he was walking away he said, "And make sure that Finn will be there as well, trust me it'll be an unforgettable little get together."

"Now I'm even more curious about what he's planning," said Kol. In his eyes his siblings could see the intelligence that the youngest living Mikaelson brother usually hid. Kol may be ruthless, selfish and violent but no one could deny that he was smart. When they were alive Kol had been a magical prodigy, there was no one on the planet who know more about magic. The loss of his magic was a big part of the reason why he was so unstable – he never forgave their parents for what they had stolen from him. Over the centuries he got close to many a witch and even though he couldn't use magic anymore he couldn't stop himself from learning more and more magic. Many witches throughout history remembered him as a teacher and because of that many covens were devoted to him.

"Agreed," said Elijah, his eyes narrowed in concentration trying to guess what his brother was planning.

"It doesn't matter either way," said Rebekah, "One way or another whatever Nik is planning will be our problem so if only to defend ourselves from what he's planning we'll have to go to his tea."

"I'll contact Finn and tell him to come home. I rather doubt he'll be pleased to stop his trip with Sage."

"Well what do you expect Elijah? Finn's been in a coffin for 900 years because Nik panicked over his suicidal tendencies and didn't think that his girlfriend would be enough of a reason for him to keep going," said Kol as he lounged on the couch.

"True enough and he isn't pleased with us leaving him in the coffin either," said Rebekah to her brothers as she sipped on a glass of wine.

"It doesn't matter, I'd rather that all of us are together – something is going on with Niklaus and I rather doubt that I'll be able to let my guard down until I know what. He's been planning for something for weeks," said Elijah as he straightened his suite getting up from his seat to call his elder brother. As he walked to the phone Elijah passed the staircase he looked up to where he could hear his brother moving around in his art studio. He hoped that whatever happened tomorrow wouldn't ruin the fragile peace that they were living. It had been centuries since they were all together and Elijah didn't want it to end yet.

In his art studio Klaus was moving through his paintings to get to one hidden in the back, safe from where anyone could see it. It was a painting of a young boy with black hair, emerald green eyes and a big smile. Just looking at the painting could make the ruthless Original smile in a way no one, not even his own family, thought he was capable of. We'll see each other soon Hadrian. I'll make sure that you'll be safe in our new home. As he sipped his drink he thought about what would happen tomorrow. When he adopted Hadrian 10 years ago he never expected that he would change so much. Of course, Klaus was still a ruthless bastard who had no problem killing anyone who got in his way but in some situations there was a slight change in attitude. A focus on things that would be better for the child in his care rather than his own selfishness. That was a big part of the reason he wanted an army of hybrids and making sure that his parents were dead, Klaus was aware of how little his parents cared about the collateral damage of their actions and would never let another child in his care be harmed by someone after him.

Notes: This is my first time ever publishing something. I would really appreciate it anyone reading this would review my story – tell me what you think but please no flames, I'm still trying to figure out my writing style.