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Chapter One: Welcome To Mystic Falls

"Katerina. It's rather chilly in this new house. Do you mind fetching me a blanket?" Klaus asked looking over at her with a slight smirk, almost challenging her to defy him.

"Of course not." Katerina Petrova, now known as Katherine Pierce, responded, making sure to keep her tone civil. She slowly stood up from her spot on the couch next to Elijah and sped upstairs.

From a distance, she could hear Klaus turning on the radio. She rolled her eyes, knowing that the whole 'fetch me a blanket' thing had been nothing more than an excuse to get her out of the room so that he would be able to speak with Elijah in private.

Katherine opened the closet in the hallway and grabbed the first blanket she saw. However, she held on to it knowing that Klaus was still talking with Elijah, and if she were to go downstairs right now she would be greeted with a very annoyed Klaus.

Over the centuries she tried to keep her thoughts to herself, and do her best to not anger him. It seemed to work most of the time. After five hundred years she'd definitely gotten to know Klaus better. She knew when she needed to keep her mouth shut and when she needed to stay longer than she needed to upstairs, pretending she couldn't find a blanket, just so Klaus could speak alone to her boyfriend.

Klaus smirked at Elijah's eye roll. "What? Something to say, Elijah?" He asked raising an eyebrow at him.

Elijah sighed softly and shook his head. "Nothing at all brother." He said leaning forward towards the coffee table and pouring himself a glass of whiskey. He knew it was better to ignore Klaus' poor attempts to annoy him.

"So, clearly there is something on your mind, seeing as Katerina is currently...fetching you a blanket." He said mumbling that last part in a sarcastic tone as he took a sip of his drink.

Klaus grinned and nodded slightly. "As a matter of fact, yes." He said looking over at his brother. "The doppelgänger. Until we find her, I believe it's best to keep Katerina here. I don't want to risk anyone ruining my plans."

Elijah raised an eyebrow at his brother. "We can't exactly keep her locked up in the house until we find her doppelgänger." He said in an obvious tone. He then noticed Klaus' amused expression. "Niklaus, please tell me you are not actually planning to keep her locked up in the house until we find her doppelgänger." Elijah said narrowing his eyes at him.

"I'm not. You are." Klaus responded with a satisfied smirk.

Elijah set his finished glass of whiskey down on the coffee table and looked at his brother confused.

"Well I could order her to stay in the house of course, but we both know you'd coddle her and let her sneak out from time to time." Klaus said with a knowing look.

"One time, Niklaus, one time." Elijah muttered putting a hand to his forehead clearly annoyed that his brother was mentioning something from so long ago. How was he supposed to know that Katerina would go off on a killing spree?

"The point still stands. Therefore it is now your job to make sure she does not leave the house. Congratulations Elijah, you've been demoted to house guard." Klaus said, an amused smile playing on his lips.

When Katherine heard the radio volume decrease she knew that was her cue to return downstairs. "Here you go." She said handing Klaus a blanket.

"Finally. You know if I was human I would've frozen to death." Klaus said not even making an effort to unwrap the blanket. He simply kept it on his lap, still neatly folded.

Katherine fought the urge to roll her eyes and instead sat back down next to Elijah. "Sorry. I couldn't find one." She said softly as she rested her head on Elijah's chest. Elijah in return, wrapped an arm around her holding her close to him.

Klaus watched the couple, a smirk written on his face. "Well, I'm afraid I have business to attend to." He said setting the blanket aside and standing up from the couch. "You two enjoy the house for a couple of hours." He looked at Elijah, almost like they were having a secret conversation in their heads.

As soon as Klaus walked out the door Katherine breathed a sigh of relief. "What was that about? What did you two talk about?" She asked getting out of his embrace a little bit to look up at his face.

Elijah hesitated for a moment. "Nothing you need to worry about my darling." He reassured her. But Katherine always knew when something was wrong.

"Elijah. What is it?" She insisted as she gently placed a hand on his cheek.

A soft sigh escaped his lips. "My brother suggested that until we find your doppelgänger, he thought it best if you-" He paused trying to find the correct words to say while Katherine looked at him expectantly. "Remained here." He finished watching as Katherine's face went from worried, to shocked, to angry in a matter of seconds.

"You're joking right?" She asked in disbelief. When Elijah's expression didn't change, except to give her a look of sympathy, she knew he was in fact serious. "Elijah! I can't just stay trapped in this house! Finding the doppelgänger could take months!" She exclaimed standing up from the couch and running her fingers through her brown curls, clearly frustrated.

"I know Katerina, and I apologize, but there is nothing I can do." Elijah said trying to calm her down.

"Yeah right." She scoffed rolling her eyes at him. "You could talk to Klaus. Convince him that this is an unnecessary not to mention stupid plan." She said crossing her arms over her chest.

"You know how he can be. Once he sets his mind on something, it's quite difficult to convince him otherwise." Elijah said, making sure to maintain his calm tone, as to not alarm his girlfriend any more than she already was.

"I am not staying trapped in this house." She said firmly. Mystic Falls wasn't exactly the most exciting town she'd ever seen, but it definitely beats being a prisoner in the house for months.

"Look. The town is small, people in small towns tend to talk, I am certain that we will find the doppelgänger sooner rather than later." Elijah said walking over to her and gently placing a hand on her shoulder.

Katherine however, didn't want to hear it, or even be near him she thought as she angrily shook his hand off her shoulder. "Katerina." She heard his pleading voice but she didn't give in and instead kept glaring at a spot on the wall, with her arms firmly crossed over her chest.

"I will keep you company. You won't have to feel alone. I promise I will be here the whole time. Niklaus can handle the doppelgänger business." Elijah said looking at her. He didn't like lying to her, but he didn't have another choice. If Katherine believed that he was sacrificing his loyalty to his brother for her, then perhaps he could convince her to not defy Klaus on this.

Elijah almost breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed the small smile forming on Katherine's lips.

"Really?" She asked, doubt clear in her voice. She didn't think Elijah would ever do something like going against Klaus, even if it was for her. "You'd do that for me?"

Elijah felt a tiny speck of guilt already beginning to invade his heart but he pushed it to the back of his mind. "I would do anything for you, Katerina. I love you."

Katherine felt her smile widening. "I love you too Elijah."

Katherine smiled happily as she snuggled closer to Elijah. Taking advantage of the fact that Klaus was out, her and Elijah had gone upstairs to their room for some much-needed quality time.

"Now that I will be my brother's prisoner as well, every day will be like this." Elijah murmured placing a soft kiss on Katherine's forehead.

Katherine smiled in return. "Well, I guess that's the only good thing about being stuck in this house." She giggled resting her head on his bare chest.

"Ah, there you two are." Klaus' voice startled both Elijah and Katherine as they immediately pulled the covers closer to them. Klaus however, didn't seem affected by the fact that they had clearly just been in a very intimate moment. "Brother. May I speak with you? You're free to join as well Katerina." He said sending Katherine one of his signature smirks.

"Niklaus would it be possible to knock next time?" Elijah asked through gritted teeth as he held Katherine close to him protectively.

"Relax Elijah. I have no interest in your darling Katerina." Klaus replied with an eye roll. "Downstairs. Now." He ordered before exiting the room and closing the door behind him.

Elijah sighed heavily and pinched the bridge of his nose. "If I could kill him. I would." He muttered shaking his head. "I apologize for that. My brother doesn't seem to understand boundaries."

Katherine shrugged. "He's done worse. Don't worry, I'm fine." She said giving him a small reassuring smile before lightly kissing his cheek.

Once Katherine and Elijah were both dressed, they headed downstairs.

"And here I thought I'd have to drag you two out of bed." Klaus said grinning as he watched them sit on the couch opposite of his. When neither Katherine nor Elijah said anything, Klaus spoke once more. "I have news about the doppelgänger. Her name is Elena Gilbert."