"There's a whole Family of Originals?"Emily asked questionably in surprise after listening closely to Elijah's past.
Elijah stood up and walked over to the mirror above the chimney."My Father was a Wealthy Landowner in a Village in Eastern Europe."Elijah said, fixing his tie"Our"Elijah said referring to himself and Klaus."Mother bore eight children."Elijah said as he looked in the mirror, fixing his tie.
"So your parents were Human?"Emily asked as she stood up.
"Our whole Family was."Elijah stated and Emily looked at him questionably, wanting answers."Our Origin as Vampires is a very long story, Emily."Elijah said as he held his hand out to Elena and she took his hand gently, allowing him to help her up."Just know, we're the oldest Vampires in the world."Emily nodded slowly as Elijah continued talking."We are the Original Family, and from us all, Vampires were created."
"Right."Emily said, as if she understood what Elijah was saying.."But Klaus is your Brother."Emily stated, stressing the word Brother."And you want him dead?"Emily asked warily."And you believe him?"Emily added questionably to Elena, who scoffed.
"Since when does it matter to you what I believe because last time I checked, you never cared about me or my thoughts and feelings on anything."Elena said drily and Emily flinched.
"I need some air."Elijah suddenly said."I'm still feeling a tad... dead."Elijah said with a slight shrug of his shoulders."Come."Elijah added before Emily could say anything. He placed a hand on the small of Elena's back and guided her out of the room and house entirely while leaving Emily to grab her jacket and quickly followed after them outside and down the steps to the gardens."As you've see, nothing can kill an Original. Not sun, not fire, not even a Werewolf Bite."They continued walking and listened as Elijah spoke."Only the wood from one tree. A tree my Family made sure burned."Elijah explained and Emily realised where the White Ash came from.
"That's where the White Ash for the Dagger comes from."Emily stated questionably.
"Yes."Elena and Elijah said in unison as Elijah laced their hands together.
"The Witches won't allow anything truly Immortal to walk the Earth."Elijah added while looking down at Elena."Every Creature needs to have a Weakness in order to maintain balance."
"So if the sun can't kill an Original"Emily said, making small gestures of frustration behind them."why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the Sun ad Moon Curse?"
Elijah smirked in amusement while Elena hid her laughter behind a cough."Right."Elijah mumbled, looking as though he was remembering a fond memory."The Curse of the Sun and the Moon. It's all so biblical sounding, don't you think?"Elijah asked as they came to a stop at the small bridge and he glanced at between them, sharing an amused look with Elena as they looked at Emily, who shrugged, confused.
"What's so funny?"She asked, sounding annoyed.
Elijah started to explain his and Elena's amusement to Emily, shocking the younger Gilbert."I don't understand."Emily said, looking baffled."So Klaus drew the Aztec sketches about the Curse?"
"Roman scrolls, African Tribal etchings"Elijah shook his head."And any other Culture or continent we felt like planting it in."
"But why?"Emily questioned him.
"The easiest way to discover the existence of a Doppelganger or to get your hands on some long lost Moonstone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout for it."Elijah stated calmly.
"So it' not Aztec at all?"Emily questioned them, glancing between them.
"No, it's not."Elena grumbled, looking annoyed with her Sister's stupid questions.
"The Curse of the Sun and the Moon is fake."Emily looked between them, surprised."It doesn't exist."
"What?"Emily gasped out in shock as Elijah and Elena walked over the bridge and she quickly followed.
"Klaus and I faked the Sun and Moon Curse dating back over a thousand years."Elijah stated.
"But if there's no Curse-There is a Curse."Elena cut her Sister off.
"Just not that one."Elijah added."The real one's much worse. It's a Curse placed on Klaus."
"And there are no Loopholes to breaking it."Elena added, frowning while inwardly enjoying fear radiating from her Sister, who looked at her in confusion as her phone started vibrating.
"What are you two talking about?"Emily grumbled, tired of their cryptic answers and she, along with Elena and Elijah ignored her phone.
"Klaus has been trying to break it that last thousand years and you are his hope."Elijah said as he came to a stop and turned to face Emily, along with Elena.
"Well, what is this Curse?"Emily asked, wanting an actual answer.
However, Elijah didn't answer her. He did, however, take her phone out from the inside pocket of the suit jacket. Elena raised an eyebrow at him, wondering why he took Emily's phone but realised that he probable didn't want Emily calling the Salvatore Brothers while he was getting changed.
"Your phone will not stop its incessant buzzing."Elijah said, sounding annoyed as he held out her phone to her."Answer it, please."Emily sighed, making Elena look at her curiously, because was sure that was one of her twin's sighs of annoyance.
"Stefan-"Emily was cut off by Stefan talking over her and the duo watched as Emily's eyes went wide, seeing as she must not have expected her boyfriend to talk over her."What's wrong?"Emily asked and listened closely to whatever Stefan was saying and seeing the look in her eyes, Elijah stepped forward slightly, his eyes narrowed and Elena pursed her lips."No."Emily breathed out in a gasp, looking horrified."No, no, no, I-Ok, I'll be right there."Elena raised an eyebrow at her Sister as Elijah watched her with narrowed, cold, and hard eyes as she ended the call and put her phone away."Klaus went after Jenna."Emily explained, looking between Elena and Elijah, but looked at Elena mostly as she said that."I have to go to her."Now she was looking at Elijah when she said that.
"I'm afraid that wasn't apart of the day's arrangement."Elijah stated coldly.
"She's my Family, Elijah. I have to."Emily said through gritted teeth."I'll be back. You have my word."She added.
Elena was surprised that she'd talk to Elijah like that and made her wonder where her Sister's sudden backbone came from, seeing as she never used on the Salvatore Brothers, yet she'd use it on an Original, one of the most strongest Vampires in history. She must be mad.
"That doesn't mean anything to me until you live up to it."Elijah retorted, knowing that he couldn't trust a thing Emily says when she gives her word, not after she Daggered him.
And it looked like she understood that."Thank you."Emily said after a moment before looking at Elena, who just looked at her emotionlessly like she couldn't care less what happens to her Sister or their Aunt.
Frowning, Emily turned on her heels and took off, knowing that Jenna needed her. Once she was gone, the duo turned to each other and Elijah looked at her questionably, wondering why she wasn't going with Emily to check up on their Aunt.
"You're not going with her to see if your Aunt is ok?"Elijah asked, wondering what had happened since he had been, for lack of better terms, asleep.
"If Klaus came after her and told her what I think he told her, then I don't have to worry."Elijah raised an eyebrow."I already told her everything, and she's most likely just playing her part as confused, naive, and terrified Jenna."
"I see."Was all that Elijah could say to that."You said that you saw Katerina?"Elijah asked Elena, his tone telling her that he wasn't pleased.
"I did."Elena said seriously."Elijah, I need you to do something for me."Elijah's eyes narrowed but he silently told her to go on."Please don't hurt or hunt Katherine, please."Elena pleaded at seeing Elijah give her a stoic look."Please, Elijah, she's the only one, before you that is, that has ever actually cared about me and I know you think that's not true, but it is."
Elijah stared at her with his stoic mask on. He was reluctant to do as Elena asked. He had been hunting Katerina for five hundred years and he had her, or rather Klaus now had her, and was most likely making her suffer like they had planned.
"I give you my word that I won't hurt her or go after her, but I can not speak for my Brother."Elijah said and Elena sighed in relief.
"Thank you!"Elena said gratefully and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug. This surprised Elijah but none the less, he hugged her back."And you don't need to worry about Klaus. I already helped Katherine by giving her some Vervain."Elena explained as she pulled away and looked up at him, smiling happily and giggled at Elijah's flabbergasted look."We should head back inside."Elena said and Elijah nodded in agreement, still flabbergasted at the fact that Elena was able to sneak her own Ancestor some Vervain, and followed her back inside the Lockwood's Estate.
Elena had sat back down on the couch while Elijah stood by the fireplace again, only this time, he had a glass of champagne. Elena, out of boredom, was talking about the Universities she was interested in and Elijah was making some suggestions.
He noticed that some of the Universities that she had chosen had something to do with Art. This was how Emily found them when she came back. She frowned at hearing some of the Universities, as they were out of Mystic Falls, out of Virginia.
"Welcome back."Elijah greeted Emily while Elena just nodded to her.
"Tell me."Emily said as she took off her jacket."What is Klaus's Curse?"She threw her jacket on the coffee table and crossed her arms, looking between them.
"Please."Elijah gestured to the couch. Emily sighed but sat down."You know, my Family was quite close."Elijah stated as he sat down opposite Emily while Elena stood up, not wanting to be near her twin and as she went to go stand behind Elijah's chair, the Vampire grabbed her by wrapping his arm around her waist."But Klaus and my Father did not get on too well."Elena nearly let out a squeal when Elijah pulled her into his lap."When we became Vampires, we discovered the truth. Klaus was not my Father's son. My Mother had been unfaithful many years before. This was her darkest secret. Klaus was from a different Bloodline."Emily glanced away, thinking over Elijah's cryptic wording and Elena could practically see the gears in her twin's head trying to work out what Elijah was trying to tell her."Because when my Father discovered this, he hunted down and he killed my Mother's Lover and his entire Family, not realising, of course, that he was igniting a war between species that rages until this day."
"A war between the species?"Emily echoed, speaking for the first time since Elijah explained his cryptic story.
"The Vampires and the Werewolves."Elena and Elijah said in unison, causing Emily to look at her, eyes wide.
"So Klaus' real Father was from a Werewolf Bloodline?"Emily asked slowly, as if she wasn't sure of herself."So what does that make Klaus? A Werewolf or Vampire?"
"He's both."Elijah said while Elena watched her twin's reaction and wasn't surprised by the dumbfounded look that appeared on Emily's face."A Hybrid would be deadlier then any Werewolf or Vampire."Elijah stated, taking no notice of the look on Emily's face as he looked at down at Elena."Nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power. Therefore the Witches, the Servants of Nature, saw to it"Elijah looked back up at Emily."that my Brother's Werewolf side would become dormant."
"That's the Curse Klaus wants to break?"Emily asked, looking at Elena for confirmation and Elena, seeing the look on Emily's face, nodded.
"He wants to trigger that part of that's Werewolf. If allowed, Klaus would sire his own bloodline. He'd build his own race, endangering not just Vampires but everyone."Elijah explained.
"But you helped him."Emily stated.
"I helped him because I loved him, just like Elena helped you because she loved you."Elijah retorted and Emily visibly flinched."That's changed now. He must die."
"We have the Dagger."Emily said eagerly."We can stop him."
"When a Werewolf is wounded by silver, it heals."Elijah was quick to shoot down Emily's idea."An Original can't be killed by anything but White Oak Ash on a silver Dagger."Any sort of hope that had filled Emily's eyes had disappeared at Elijah's truthful words."So you see the conundrum? That Dagger does not work."
"What are you saying? Klaus can't be killed?"Emily exclaimed, eyes wide.
"That exactly what he's saying, but..."Elena said with a roll of her eyes as she trailed off.
"There's one way to kill any Supernatural Species."Elijah finished off Elena's sentence."At the hands of the Servants of Nature themselves."
Emily looked between them."A Witch."Emily stated knowingly."If they can Channel that much power."Emily sighed softly."But it would kill them."
"The Curse must be broken during the Full Moon, when Klaus is in transition. That's when he'll be at his most vulnerable."Elijah stated."A Witch with enough power can kill Klaus."Elijah looked back down at Elena as he said this and she looked up at him, knowing that she was powerful, but not that powerful, not until Emily dies.
"What if I told you that I knew a Witch that could Channel that much power?"Emily asked and Elijah tensed, his hold on Elena tightening but Emily didn't notice.
"Then I would tell you there's one more thing that you should know."Elijah said and told Emily about the potion he had a Witch make for Katherine five hundred years ago.
"So it's true."Emily said, eyes wide as she looked at Elena."You found a way to save the life of the Doppelganger?"Emily's words were directed to Elijah but she was still looking at her twin, who glared when she realised that Emily and everyone else thought that she had been lying to get Elijah back.
"Yes, Emily. I did."Elijah said as Elena continued glaring at her twin."Unfortunately, Katerina took matters into her own hands first."He said as he picked up Emily's jacket and handed it over to her."I believe you already know how that played out."He stated.
"You cared about her, didn't you?"Emily asked, suddenly worried for Elena and Elijah noticed it right away.
"Yes, I cared about her, but I didn't love her."Elijah said as he let go of Elena, who got off his lap and he stood, causing Emily to do the same. Emily watched as Elijah took Elena's hand in his and walked out of the room and the Estate altogether, frowning slightly.