Summary: After Damon and Stefan rescue Elena from Elijah, they forget to also rescue Maddison Bennett, also known as Maddie. Elijah ends up finding her and as time passes they grown an instant connection with one another. Maddie knows that it's wrong and she ultimately shouldn't be with Elijah, but she doesn't care. This is her story.
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Before the Sun Sets
CHAPTER 29 ~ Dinner for Five
I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Maddie woke up with a frown on her face. She felt something bouncing by her feet. Sitting up slightly she couldn't help but crack a smile. Lucy. She was turning in circles near the edge of the bed, slightly jumping on Maddie's feet as she went. "You're so cute." Lucy, who looked to be asleep, didn't even move. She moved slightly, stretching her arms and yawning. Looking at her phone which was perched on her in table she made a grab for it. From the way the light was going off, she could see that she had a text message waiting.
Damon- ;)
Cordelia- How was the Halloween party?
Maddie- Fun.
Cordelia- Just fun?
Maddie- Wild?
Cordelia- Maddie Bennett had a wild night? Give me details!
Maddie- Well, I went to this party, dressed as an angel gone bad you can say (I still don't know how to describe it). Hung out with good people. A lot of alcohol was served, but I'm such a good girl that I didn't have any, and then spent some of my night with a certain someone before I came home.
Cordelia- That is not wild, first of all. Second of all, what kind of alcohol? Third, I remember you being so hung over after my birthday party and fourth, who?
Maddie- We have different definitions of wild obviously.
Cordelia- No, obviously you have the wrong definition of wild. Don't avoid my other questions.
Maddie- Not avoiding, just taking my time.
Maddie- And the usual beer, tequila, vodka, whiskey, the stuff you take from your parents. And your birthday was different, I was home!
Cordelia- Yeah yeah yeah. Who were you hanging out with, Damon?
Maddie- No.
Cordelia- Matt?
Maddie- Why would I say certain if it were Damon or Matt?!
Not even a minute after that message sent Cordelia was calling. Maddie answered on the second ring. "Good morning sunshine."
"Morning, now stop playing games and the tell me whose back!" Cordelia demanded.
"You're bossy in the morning."
"TELL ME!"
"Well we happens to be Klaus' brother and-," she wasn't able to finish that sentence before Cordelia was shrieking. She had to pull the phone away from her ear.
"Elijah's back?"
"Sure is."
"How did that happen?"
"Believe it or not," Maddie spoke readjusting herself, "Damon undaggered him."
"And what does Damon want in return?" Maddie didn't say anything. "Oh, c'mon Maddie, Damon obviously did it for a reason. Elijah probably has something he needs or he can do something he wants."
"Your sister is very perceptive." Maddie jumped at the sound of Elijah's voice. She looked over to where he stood in front of her door.
She tried to keep the smile on her face at bay. Seeing him again was nice. She didn't even bother listening to whatever Cordelia was saying. After a few minutes of just smirking at him and listening to her sister going off about Damon she spoke, "Cord, I'm gonna call you back later."
"You haven't said anything for five minutes, what's wrong with you?"
"It hasn't been five minutes."
"Just about. We were having a good conversation and then you just stopped responding to what I was saying. Is someone there?" She kept quiet. "Wait, is he there?" Cordelia laughed. "He is, isn't he? He can hear me too, can't he? Oh my god Maddie, this is hilarious."
"I can't stand you."
"Don't hang up on me!"
"Goodbye Cordelia."
"Maddison Lynn Bennett, I'm still talking to you."
"Gotta go." With that, she hung up, before getting out of her bed. Lucy was now wide awake and had jumped off of her bed, running straight for Elijah's bed. "LUCY!" Maddie yelled, running up to Elijah before bending down and trying to stop Lucy from sniffing Elijah's pant leg. She picked up Lucy in her arms, "This is Lucy."
"I see."
"She's Cordelia's."
"When did you get her?"
"My parents got her before," she paused, "before you were daggered."
"I see."
She looked around, feeling the air between them become awkward. She didn't know what to say now. Mentally, she was screaming at herself for bringing up Elijah's time with a stake in his heart. She was sure if she didn't like the subject, he loathed it. "Sorry."
"It's going to come up."
Her lips turned up a bit, she smiled at Lucy putting her back on the ground. Lucy sniffed Elijah some more causing Maddie to sigh, but she eventually stopped before padding out of Maddie's room. "I guess she likes you since she's leaving you alone with me."
"Is that so?" Elijah raised an eyebrow before moving closer to Maddie. Before she could say anything he leaned down catching her lips in a kiss. Moving forward and grabbing his shoulders, Maddie shut her eyes and leaned up slightly, kissing him back. At first it began slowly, their lips just touching and soft kisses being exchanged. It was nice, just the feel of Elijah's soft lips against hers, but moving a tad closer to him she began to want more. It was like the hunger that had been submerged inside of her was ready to come out. Not really caring she slipped her tongue out and ran it against his bottom lip. Not one to deny her, Elijah opened up, pulling Maddie against him so that her feet came off of the ground a tad and she let her tongue entwine with his. Their kiss was slow and passionate. The both of them yearned for one another at that moment. Pulling away for a breath of air Maddie let her nose rest against his before she pecked his legs again and opened her eyes.
"I like being able to do that again," Maddie smiled. She was still in his grasp, her feet not touching the floor. "So, was my sister right?" she wondered. "About Damon?"
"Your sister is perceptive."
"You said that before and you aren't answering my question."
"Damon had his own reasons for wanting me back."
"And those reasons were?"
Elijah only smirked, "That's between Damon and I. The less you know the better."
"I don't really like the sound of that."
Elijah continued smirking at her, he opened his mouth to say something before stopping, "Your parents are home."
"So I guess that means you're leaving."
"Correct."
"When will I see you again?"
"Soon." With that he placed a kiss on her head before he was gone.
"Yeah?" Maddie spoke answering her phone. She had been in the middle of a good episode of Pretty Little Liars. She was thankful to Netflix for always coming in hand as a good distraction. She had a bowl full of popcorn next to her.
"Get dressed."
"Huh?" She had been in the middle of watching Mona, sneaky little thing she was.
"What am I parrot? I said get dressed."
"But I'm watching Pretty Little Liars."
"Too bad, we have a dinner to go to."
"Dinner?" She exclaimed, her mouth full of popcorn.
"Didn't Janette teach you not to talk with your mouth full?"
Maddie sighed, chewing and swallowing. "What dinner Damon?"
"We're having dinner at Klaus' mansion tonight."
"Who is we?"
"Oh just Stefan, Klaus, Elijah and my sexy self," she knew he was making googly eyes as he talked about himself, "and you."
"Why do I have to go?"
"Because I need you to be there."
"But why?"
"Because you're little boyfriend and I have a plan set in motion and I need you to be there to make sure Klaus doesn't get suspicious."
"Suspicious of what?" Maddie wondered. She was going to inform him that Klaus was always suspicious, but she left it alone.
"Be ready by six thirty. I'll drive." He hung up on her after that.
Maddie just stared blankly at her popcorn before looking back at the screen, "Aria you always slaying," she thought aloud looking at Lucy Hale who played Aria Montgomery. Her outfits were always on point, at least to Maddie.
"Who are you talking to?" Janette wondered coming into the living room. Maddie had resided in there, deciding to watch TV. Her dad was outside with Lucy working on the yard and her mom had been doing, well she wasn't sure what she was doing.
"I was talking to Damon and then I was telling Aria," she gestured to the TV, "that her outfits are always on point."
"What did Damon want?"
"To go out tonight."
"Fun fun fun."
"I'm in the middle of a Pretty Little Liars binge though."
"Maddie you barley go out."
She frowned, "I went out last night, remember Halloween."
"Yeah, but you don't really go out. Your sister went out all the time, you're always home or with Damon."
Maddie shrugged, not really seeing her mom's point. "So you want me to go out and get into trouble."
"No smart ass! I'm just saying it's your senior year, live a little."
"I'll take that into consideration."
"So, I want to ask you something."
"Okay," she didn't look away from the TV screen.
"Are you and Damon together?"
Maddie felt her cheeks heat up as she tried not to laugh, however the moment she looked her mom in the eyes she began cracking up. "Like dating?" Her mom nodded, causing her to laugh louder.
"Bye mom!"
"What do you mean bye?"
"Conversation over."
"No it isn't," Janette got up, following Maddie into the kitchen. "Maddie! Maddison!"
Maddie glanced up from the bowl of popcorn that was practically finished. She ate a couple more pieces, but moving the bowl to the sink, ignoring her mom's persistence. "Mom!" She finally snapped, turning her head over her shoulder to look at her mom, "I am in no way, shape or form romantically interested in Damon Salvatore."
"But is there someone?" Maddie didn't know how to respond. She didn't want to lie to her mom, but she didn't want to tell her about Elijah either. That just wasn't a good idea. Not right now. "I'll take your silence as a yes." Maddie continued to keep her mouth shut. She really had no idea what to say. "Oh c'mon Maddie, tell me. It's just us."
Janette walked over so she was standing by Maddie as she washed the popcorn bowl. At first, Maddie ignored her mom, but after it was apparent to her that her mom wasn't going anywhere she sighed, meeting her eyes. "It's complicated."
"Complicated how?"
"Mom, I don't really want to talk about this."
"Does your sister know?" More silence. "I'll take that as a yes. If you can tell her you can tell me."
"Talking to Cordelia is way different then talking to you."
"And why's that?"
"Because there's a line in the sand mom. That's my sister, someone I'm supposed to go to for boy advice and yeah I can go to you too but that's weird."
"I see your point," Janette still wasn't going to let it go though and Maddie could tell. "But there is obviously someone. Is he your boyfriend?"
Maddie didn't know how to answer that. In all actuality she felt like she and Elijah were weird. Whether they were in front of people or alone, they were weird. But they did have feelings for one another. They just had to come to terms with each other. "Sort of."
"Sort of? You don't know if you have a boyfriend or not?"
"It's really complicated mom!"
"Are you having sex?"
Maddie's head snapped straight, "No, god no!"
Janette nodded, "Don't be embarrassed. Cordelia went through this too."
"Well Cordelia had relationships."
"You've had a few."
Maddie could only think about two other guys she had relationships with besides Elijah. There was Cody Pittman. They had dated when Maddie was a Freshman in High School and he was a junior. Their relationship had lasted from December to May. She had even snagged a free ride to Cody's junior prom which also happened to be Cordelia's. Needless to say, Janette was driven crazy that year with getting a dress for both of her daughters, even though Maddie hadn't been the one stressing her out. The second serious relationship she had started August before going into her sophomore year. It had been with Gregory Tate, who was a senior at the time. He was also a star Lacrosse player, who was now playing at Brown University. They had been together for about seven months before ending peacefully, residing with the fact that being just friends was the best way to go.
"I've had two serious relationships, that both lasted about six months."
"That's pretty good for high school," Janette said honestly.
"I guess," Maddie shrugged. "Right now, I'm focused on getting into college and passing A.P. Calc."
Janette chuckled, "Fine, I'll let it go for now. No need to start talking about colleges and classes, but we will continue this discussion at some time."
"Right," Maddie put the washed bowl into the dishwasher. "I'm going to go watch the rest of my show."
"What time are you going out with Damon?"
"Six thirty."
"It's five thirty two."
"Wonderful," Maddie groaned. She turned off the TV in the living room before going upstairs to her room. Since Elijah had stopped by when she first woke up, she hadn't done anything the beginning of her morning and after he left she just relaxed with her parents. Once she was upstairs she went to shower in her bathroom before heading back into her room. Looking through her drawers she didn't see anything she wanted, so she ran across to the hall to her sisters room where she found a denim off the shoulder dress and beige heels to go with it. Going back to her room, she applied some light makeup and combed through her hair, opting to leave it out. She did end up moving it to the left side of her shoulder though.
As he said, Damon pulled up at six thirty. Maddie had been running down the stairs when her mom called for her. She yelled a goodbye to her mom before leaving and getting in the car.
"Don't you look stunning."
"Why am I here Damon?"
"Why not?" He shrugged, "I mean you keep us all civil."
She rolled her eyes, "What are you planning on doing?"
"Why do you have to assume that I'm planning something?"
"Because everyone knows you Damon," Stefan spoke from the backseat. This was the first time Maddie noticed him. "And everyone knows that you're always up to something."
"Whatever Stefan."
"Seriously, what's going on?" Maddie looked between the brothers. "I'm not going to stop asking, so you might as well give me an answer."
"The less you know the better."
"How can you say that, yet you demand I come to this damn dinner."
"Just trust me. You'll catch on."
"I hate you."
"If you really hated me you wouldn't have gotten in this car." He had her there.
The door to Klaus' mansion was opened by Elijah, "Niklaus our guests have arrived." He stepped to the side, allowing the three to walk in.
Maddie frowned, she felt out of place in denim. She wished she would have taken the black dress that was hanging up in Cordelia's closet instead.
"Damon, Stefan, Elijah tells me you seek an audience. Very bold, let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized-," before he could finish he smirked. "Maddison, what are you doing here?"
"I have no idea."
"She keeps me in check," Damon spoke out. Maddie glared at him, that was a lie and judging by the way everyone looked they all knew it was a lie. A bad one.
"Nonetheless," Klaus spoke regaining everyone's attention, "shall we discuss."
"It's better to indulge him," commented Elijah walking past the Salvatore brothers before stopping short. He held his hand out for Maddie who felt her face heat up. Nonetheless she took it and let him escort her to a seat.
They all took a step forward, but it was Stefan who spoke up, "I didn't ugh come here to eat Klaus. In fact I didn't want to come here at all, but I was told I had to cause you would hear us out."
"Well we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides, the choice is yours." Klaus spoke sitting down.
Damon gave Stefan a warning glance, which Maddie saw as, take a fucking seat, which they both did. Maddie didn't really say much as Damon and Stefan sat down, she just observed. Klaus had women there to serve them dinner. They brought out plates full of food before bringing out wine. Maddie was given a soda.
"Thank you love," Damon spoke eyes trailing behind one of the girls asses after she poured him wine.
"Lost your appetite?" Klaus asked Stefan who had barely touched his place.
Damon interjected, "Eat, I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home." Stefan put on a fake sort of smile and sat up slightly, grabbing his utensils.
"That's the spirit," Klaus went on giving a full smirk. "Isn't this nice? The five of us dining in together just a treat. Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger out of my brother?"
Maddie, wondered the same as Klaus, what exactly did Damon have in mind when he pulled the dagger out of Elijah? She was pretty sure it wasn't for the five of them to come together and have dinner.
"Well I know how he felt about you, so I figured the more the merrier." She didn't like the wink Damon gave Elijah. It made her uneasy. Elijah, always unreadable kept the same face he had since the dinner started.
"Well Elijah and I have had our fair share of quarrels over the centuries," Klaus spoke glancing towards his brother, "but we always make it through."
Not missing a chance to take a jab at Klaus, Stefan said, "Kind of like you and Rebekah, right? Where is she by the way? The last I checked she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her." Damon gave Stefan a murderous side glance.
Klaus didn't seem bothered at all though, "If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."
Elijah now had his chin perched on his hand, he glanced at Klaus before he went back to look between Damon and Stefan. Maddie did see him glance her way though. She bit the inside of her lip, trying to hide her smile. This was the first time that Maddie fully turned her head to look at him, before she had just taken quick glances before looking away.
"Hey Stef," Damon cut in, "remember when you killed dad?" He gave Stefan a side glance, "Might want to dial down the judgment 'til dessert."
"We're here to make a deal, Damon doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses."
Maddie chuckled slightly, causing everyone to look her way. She shrugged slightly not caring.
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, pace yourself." Maddie sent a glare Damon's way, he shrugged at her, "What?" There was absolutely no way she was going to be there all night. Not only did she have a long weekend with Halloween and Elijah's return, but she had school the next day and she was almost positive she had a homework assignment due that she hadn't even touched yet.
"What do you mean what? I have school tomorrow!"
"Oh relax, from what I hear you're never on time anyways."
Had she been sitting closer to him, she would've kicked him. "I see you've been talking to Ric."
"I have and you should be ashamed of yourself, coming into class when there's five minutes left."
"If she's really lacking, I'm sure my brother over here could give her tons of history lessons," Klaus added. Maddie was tempted to flip him off.
"I'm sure he could, but why do that when Ric gets paid to teach, of course when he isn't out killing or hunting vampires."
Damon shot her a look, "You being a little late to class won't be the end of the world."
"You're right, because you're taking me home by a decent time so I won't have to worry about being late."
"Maddison is quite right Damon, she has a class rank to uphold," Klaus commented. "Very impressive grades you have. The rate you're going, you'll be at the top of your class."
"She already is." Damon could never miss a chance to tell how smart Maddie was.
"Actually, she isn't. She's number four in her class."
Maddie frowned, "And you know that how?" Before he could actually tell her, she spoke again, "Oh right, I forgot you possessed Ric's body for a little bit. I see you used your time wisely spying on me."
"It wasn't spying?"
"So what do you call it? Checking in?"
"Don't sound so mad love."
She went to respond but she could hear her phone buzzing. She looked down at her lap to check it. She could hear light chatter continue between Damon and Klaus.
Cordelia- Biatch.
Maddie- What?
Cordelia- Thanks for never calling or texting me back.
Maddie- Got busy.
Cordelia- You should never be too busy for me.
Maddie- I promise to do better.
Cordelia- That's what I like to hear.
Cordelia- So I'm bored, enlighten me on what's going on.
Maddie- Currently having dinner with Elijah, Klaus, Damon and Stefan.
Cordelia- DETAILS, DETAILS!
"Maddison love, you're being quite rude." Maddie looked up from her phone at Klaus.
"What?"
"I said-,"
Maddie cut him off, "I heard what you said. Were you discussing something of actual importance or just bullshitting as usual?" She gave him a smile.
Klaus chuckled looking towards Elijah, "This one's got a mouth on her. How do you plan to control her brother?"
"The same way you'd like to control Caroline, oh wait, it's not happening." Maddie said, giving Klaus an even bigger smile. His shock was quickly concealed, but that was all it took to prove to her that he was in fact interested in Caroline Forbes.
"I don't know Elijah, I think this one's gonna give you a run for your money."
"I'm not a dog!" She snapped, "And stop talking about me as if I'm not here."
Damon threw her a look of happiness.
"Niklaus," Elijah finally said, sitting back slightly, "leave her alone." Maddie's phone buzzed again.
Cordelia- YOU DON'T JUST TELL ME YOU'RE HAVING DINNER WITH ELIJAH, KLAUS AND STEFAN AND NOT GIVE ME DETAILS!
Cordelia- MADDIE!
Cordelia- Maddison Lynn Bennett!
Maddie had went to respond to Cordelia and Klaus, being his annoying self went and grabbed Maddie's phone from her, but not before she accidentally hit the call button.
"What are you doing?!" She stood slightly, trying to make a grab for her phone that he refused to give to her.
"Hello?" Cordelia's voice could be heard through the phone. "Maddie?"
"Cordelia is it," Klaus spoke, putting the phone to his ear. Maddie's mouth dropped open, what the fuck was he doing? "Your sister is quite busy right now. I'm sure she can give you the details that you're looking for later."
"Who is this?" Cordelia asked curiously. Maddie could hear the defensive tone.
"Klaus, give me my phone!" She snapped, still standing.
"This is Klaus Mikaelson, you must be the lovely Cordelia that I've heard so much about. Your sister Maddison is currently in the middle of a very important dinner, she will tell you all about it later. So if you wouldn't mind not texting her that would be greatly appreciated."
"Why are you talking like that? There is no need to be all proper." Maddie chuckled at her sister's question. She had never really been around the originals so she didn't realize how proper they spoke, most of the time.
"I see where Maddison gets her rudeness from."
"I'm not rude," Cordelia spoke defensively, "I'm just honest which you obviously can't seem to handle."
Damon who had been in the middle of drinking coughed, not holding back his smile. Klaus raised an eyebrow at him, "You'll get used to her."
"MADDIE," Cordelia yelled through the phone, which caused Klaus to move it away from his ear. Maddie was actually impressed with the volume of her phone since she could hear from across from Klaus and it wasn't on speaker. "Are you breathing?"
"Yeah."
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
There was a short pause, "Call me later when you aren't around the original hybrid with a stick up his ass." With that she hung up.
"Can I have my phone back now?" Maddie questioned. Klaus handed it over.
"Your sister doesn't seem quite fond of me."
"Get used to it."
"Cordelia doesn't really like anybody," Damon noted.
Maddie rolled her eyes, "No, she just doesn't particularly like anyone in this room, besides Elijah and myself."
"What's her problem with me?" Stefan asked, as if he actually cared.
"Besides the fact that you outed me in Chicago."
"Ah yes," Klaus sat back slightly, "protecting Elena." Elijah frowned. "Oh sorry brother, while you were taking a little nap in a box Damon over here came to Chicago to find Stefan and brought Elena and Maddison. They happened to be hiding in Stefan's old apartment and Stefan revealed Maddison to me, of course he left Elena where she was, not wanting me to know she was alive," he gave Stefan a look, "but I always find out everything."
"Right," Elijah said, "Stefan where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Maddie had never wanted to punch Elijah so much. She tried to conceal her anger though. She didn't want to appear jealous because she wasn't, but she wasn't fond of whatever friendship Elijah had with Elena either.
Klaus began to chuckle, "I'm sorry you missed so much, ugh trouble in paradise."
"One more word about Elena," Stefan sounded pissed, "and ugh this dinner is over."
"You know it's probably better to keep Elena in the do not discuss pile," Damon added.
Klaus took a bite of his food before continuing, "You're probably right. It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelganger still so strong. What do you say brother?" He looked to Elijah, "Should we tell them about Tatia?"
"Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?" Maddie couldn't help but wonder who Tatia was and why Elijah didn't want to talk about her.
"Well given their shared affection for both Elena and Katerina I think our guess might be curious to learn about the originator of the Petrova line."
"We're not going anywhere Elijah, please do tell," Damon lifted his glass slightly.
Elijah sat back slightly, "When our family first settled here there was a girl named Tatia, she was an exquisite beauty. Every boy of age desired to be her suitor, even though she had a child by another man and none loved her more than Niklaus."
Maddie, observant as ever noticed a slight look come over Klaus' face. She wasn't sure if it was irritation, but when he spoke she could tell it was something unpleasant, "No, I'd say there was one who loved her at least just as much."
"Wait a minute," Stefan pointed between Klaus and Elijah, "so you both loved the same girl."
Elijah went on, "Our mother was a very powerful witch. She sought to end our feud over Tatia and so she took her. Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the night our mother performed a spell which turned us into vampires." Elijah took a slight drink before going on, "Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us so for time Niklaus and I grew estranged, harsh words were traded we even came to blows, didn't we brother?"
"But in the end we recognized the sacred bond of family."
"Family above all."
"Family above all," Klaus repeated before they clinked glasses.
Damon glanced at Stefan and at that moment Maddie felt pity for those two. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to fight with her sister over a guy. And here were Damon and Stefan, fighting for the affection of Elena instead of just letting her go. She was also slightly irritated with Elijah and wished she would have stayed home. She didn't know how to feel about this story. It didn't matter that it had been a thousand years ago.
She said nothing as they finished their dinner quietly. She was lost in thought, thinking about Elijah and Klaus fighting over Tatia and now Damon and Stefan fighting for Elena's love and affection.
Elijah piped up, "So why don't we move this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal."
Damon piped up, "That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back in exchange he and the original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever." Maddie's head snapped towards him. "Me, Stefan and Elena live happily ever after no grudges." He pointed his class towards Stefan before adding, "And Maddie goes along to some great University, gets her degree to be a Pediatrician, finds a human man, has kids and grows old."She didn't miss the way he said human.
"It's my life Damon," she told him pointedly. "You don't decide what I do."
Elijah glanced towards Klaus, "Deal sounds fair brother."
Is he really considering leaving forever? Maddie wondered. She didn't care that she was still in high school and had time to find love. She had Elijah back and she didn't want to look for love in other places. She wanted to be with him.
"I don't think you understand, Elena's blood doppelganger blood ensures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me." Klaus sat up slightly, "I will never leave her behind."She wished at that moment, Elijah vowed to never leave Maddie behind like Klaus did for Elena. Even though they were different circumstances, she thought as she watched Klaus and Stefan glare at each other. Klaus stood up, drink in hand, saying, "Well say I do leave her here under your protection, what then? How long before one of you turns her into a vampire? Or worse, how long before she dies caught between your feuding, you see, each one of you truly believes that you're the one that can protect her and that is simply a delusion, gentlemen. The worst thing for Elena Gilbert is the two of you."
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon spoke leaving. Maddie frowned following. She could hear Elijah say something before following the two of them out of the room.
Maddie had expected Damon to go outside, but instead he entered a different part of the house. She opened her mouth and said, "Damon, where are you-," before she could continue Damon was by her, his hand around her mouth. Seconds later his hand was forcefully removed.
"Easy," he muttered, "we're on the same side."
Maddie looked up to see Elijah standing beside her, she gave him a thanks. Damon, who was now standing and by them, showed Elijah something on his phone. "We don't have much time."
"Time for what?!"
"Could you be quiet?"
"Could you tell me what's going on?"
Damon gave Elijah a look before he stepped into a room. Maddie followed, Elijah by her side. She noticed the coffins laying around. Damon went and opened one, revealing a grey faced Rebekah. Maddie had to look away after awhile. She looked beside her to see Elijah gone, instead he was opening another coffin, which revealed a young boy. She watched as he pulled out the dagger before moving onto another coffin. She now understood the reasons for this dinner. They had planned to undagger the original family in hopes that they would retaliate against Klaus for what he had done to them. She could see that Damon had let the dagger out of Rebekah.
"How long will it take?" Damon asked Elijah.
"Depends, everyone goes at their own pace."
"This isn't a track meet Elijah!" He snapped.
"Lower you voice!" Elijah snapped back, in front of Damon now. "We have to go back downstairs."
Without another glance he walked past Damon, grasping Maddie's hand so that she walked with him. The three of them entered the dining room, or whatever room it was to Klaus to see he and Stefan both standing.
"What do you say Klaus?" Damon asked, "Time for you to put something on the table. We've made our offer, now you counter."
Elijah had walked away from Maddie, pulling out a seat for Klaus which he sat down in. "Okay. I offer Elena's future happiness. You see what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot," he gestured towards Damon and Stefan, "and to fall in love with a human, maybe that nice football player, you know the blond one."
"Matt Donovan? Really" Damon questioned, all the while frowning.
"Yeah why not? Seems to be a popular boy. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't he also your date Maddison?"
Maddie frowned, "He's my friend."
"But he was your date also, wasn't he?" She ignored him. He was obviously trying to cause some tension between her and Elijah and she wasn't going to let it work. Klaus seeing this turned back to Damon, "What's the problem? They'll marry, life a long and fruitful live and pop out a perfect family."
"And continue the Petrova bloodline," cut in Stefan. "Every few hundred years you'll have a new doppelganger to drain when you run out of hybrids, right Klaus?"
"Consider it a small return on my investment in her well being. See, after you hand me back the coffin I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her. So," Klaus stood, "what do you say Stefan? Hm. Do we have a deal?"
Stefan walked around Damon causing him to ask, "What are you doing?" Maddie herself was curious as to what Stefan would do.
Klaus held out his hand for Stefan to shake while the others watched. A frown was permanently fixed upon Damon's face.
Stefan grasped Klaus' hand in his. Maddie was shocked, her mouth falling open. She never thought that they would actually accept the deal. "Nice try Klaus, but no deal." She had to admit to herself, she should have known that was coming.
She jumped back slightly as Klaus grasped Stefan's hand so hard that he fell to his knees. Seconds later Klaus was sticking Stefan's hand through the fire. Damon vampire sped over to try and aid his brother, but Elijah went and slammed him against the wall, his hand around his throat.
"What are you doing?" Asked Damon.
Stefan's screams filled the room.
"STOP!" Damon yelled as Elijah released him.
Klaus turned to them, "Now bring me my coffin before I burn him alive."
"I'll get it," Damon said, bumping against Elijah.
"Go with him brother! You keep him honest. And when you return I will make good on my promise to you and I will hand over our family." Elijah said nothing, but went and grabbed Maddie's hand before they left the room together.
Damon was no where to be seen, but a door could be heard slamming, before Stefan's screams sounded some more throughout the house. Elijah stood still for a moment, glancing down at Maddie before he vampire sped them upstairs to where the coffins and Damon were. It appeared that the younger looking boy, who Maddie thought resembled Elijah was waking up. Damon pulled out a blood bag and smacked it onto his chest.
Maddie was standing in front of Rebekah's coffin. She wasn't quite sure what to say. In fact, all she could think about was how much things were bound to change with the arrival of not one, but three new originals. She knew that she and Elijah needed to have a conversation though, and a long one at that. There was no way in hell she was going to be okay with him leaving. She had just gotten him back and the thought of him … "The bloody hell-," a gust of wind went by her as Elijah now stood towering over Rebekah. He had a hand to her lips and his, shushing her.
She sat up quickly, a frown on her face. Elijah offered her a blood bag before walking over to the brother who didn't look at him. Flynn, Maddie thought, no Fynn. Something like that. She tried to give Rebekah a warm smile when their eyes met, however it wasn't returned. Maddie guessed Rebekah probably thought she had something to do with her being daggered even though she didn't. She understood, she was going to trust no one.
When it became apparent that all of the daggered originals were now up to par, so when they weren't gray anymore, Elijah gathered the stakes in his hands. He walked to the front of the room, grabbed Maddie's hand before nodding to the door, signaling that they would be leaving. Damon stood in the front with them.
"Was it it your idea for me to be here?" She asked as they went downstairs.
"I wasn't aware you were coming," Elijah said honestly, squeezing her hand. "This could get quite ugly and Damon allowing you to be here was irresponsible."
"I'd never let her get hurt."
"Is that why she was kidnapped by Rose and Trevor?" Elijah turned to look at Damon. "Not to mention shot in the ankle and I'm sure there were countless more done while I was daggered in a coffin."
"I never meant for her to get hurt."
"Well it still happened, whether you meant for it or not." Maddie could hear the harshness in Elijah's voice. It made her feel good, to know that he cared for her. She also felt bad for Damon when she glanced at his face. She knew he felt guilty about both incidents.
"Who is she?" She heard someone murmur.
Rebekah responded, "Maddison Bennett."
"She's quite a beauty."
"And she's Elijah's," she heard Rebekah respond.
She turned her head, "I'm no ones." She didn't like being talked about like a piece of steak. She was her own person.
"Interesting, 'Lijah I don't think she's quiet your type. Too much personality for you, but I on the other hand-," he didn't get to finish that sentence as Damon laughed aloud. Kol frowned at him.
"You have them fighting over you Maddie."
"Enough." Elijah's voice rang clear, "Time to reunite with our dear brother." When they were downstairs, he got one of the girls that were there and put two stakes on a tray that she held, before covering it. With no words spoken they followed Elijah back to where Klaus was with Stefan.
"Elijah," Klaus began when he saw his brother, Damon and Maddie and one of the girls Klaus had compelled for the evening, "Why haven't you left?"
"Well where are your manners brother?" Elijah asked, a slight grin forming on his face, "We forgot dessert," with that Elijah uncovered the daggers.
"What have you done?" Klaus looked scared. In a way Maddie felt for him.
"What have you done? You see I've learned not to trust your vulgar promises Klaus. We're doing this on my terms now."
Klaus' eyes widened as Kol entered the room, "Kol."
"Long time brother."
Klaus went to vampire speed to the daggers, but the other brother, Flynn or Finn, Maddie really wasn't sure of his name beat him to it. "Finn don't," Klaus said. It was no use though, as Finn, Maddie now knew his name, stabbed him in the hand. Klaus let out a scream. He sped away trying to leave, but was met with his sister, "Rebekah," she stabbed him in the stomach and had a grin plastered on her face.
"This is for our mother," Rebekah said, pushing him into Kol.
"You're free to go." Elijah said seriously, "This is family business." He then gave Maddie a nod and Damon grasped her arm leading her out of Klaus' mansion with him and Stefan.
"So," Maddie spoke as Damon walked her up to the door, "what did you really bring me along for?"
"You threw Klaus off, he was just expecting Stefan and I. With you in the mix I figured he wouldn't think we'd actually try something."
"Right."
"Don't be mad."
"I don't know what I am right now," she told him honestly. "I'm still trying to digest the fact that all of them are undaggered now."
"Crazy isn't it," Damon gave her a fake smile. "Either way, I'm not dealing with them all, two of them at a time was enough."
"Damon."
"What? I'll help them pick places far away from here if necessary."
"How do you think Klaus is?" Maddie wondered after they stood in silence for awhile.
"Hopefully dead." Maddie sent him a glare, "What? Don't tell me you like the guy."
"I feel kind of bad for him."
Damon gave her a once over before he was in front of her face, "Maddie wake up this is Klaus! The guy who tried to kill Elena, the guy who did kill Jenna, he brought Stefan back to his ripper side-," he wasn't able to finish.
"Stefan always had the ripper side Damon. It never really went away, it was just submerged for the moment." He gave her a look but she didn't let him say anything. "Look, I'm tired and I have homework and I need to call my sister. I'll talk to you tomorrow though."
Damon nodded before giving Maddie a hug, which she returned, "Go do what you got to do. And don't be late to Ric's class."
She let out a chuckle, "I'll try to be on time."
"I'll find out if you aren't."
"Ooh, I'm so scared." She grinned before walking into the house. Damon listened and once he heard a bedroom door open upstairs he went back to his car. Stefan was had moved to the front seat. "You know, I wonder how Elijah feels about your close friendship with his girlfriend."
"Don't start Stefan."
"What?" He shrugged as Damon drove off, "He better watch out before you end up kissing her on her porch. Oh wait, you just do that to Elena." The bitterness was fresh. Damon knew that Stefan was well aware he and Maddie were just friends, he was just trying to get a rise out of him.
Damon stopped the car, "You know what you can hate me for my feelings for Elena, but don't drag Maddie into it." Stefan said nothing, just rolled his eyes looking out of the window.
Maddie finally got to sleep around twelve thirty. She did feel lips press against her forehead though and a hand sweep some hair out of her face. She embraced the feeling, smiling. Elijah smiled as he watched her sleep for a few more seconds before disappearing.
Thank you all so much for adding this story to your follow/alert, favorites and reviewing! I appreciate it! :) Also thank you all for being patient with me with the updates. I have a lot this week with my senior prom and graduation so I'm trying to get this up now.
Also, I honestly have no idea what I'm doing about the whole Esther trying to kill her kids thing. I actually want the originals together, at least Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah and Kol so I might change some things around.
In this chapter ... Elijah goes to see Maddie. Damon tells Maddie she's having dinner with him, Stefan, Klaus and Elijah. Klaus gets a shock for dessert.
Next chapter ... New faces in school