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"I don't want to wait until tomorrow, to tell you how I'd feel the rest of my life. You don't want to waste another minute to realize. Walking on the dark side of the evening, baby it is you, that opened my eyes. Burning like a fire on the water. The city of black and white. Won't you just stay?"~City of Black and White-Mat Kearney

Elena

I was sitting at the boarding house with Damon, Katherine, and Elijah waiting for Stefan to call. This whole plan freaked me out and my stomach was in knots, and Damon could tell. He was sitting on the couch beside me holding my hand as I slowly drank the strong alcoholic drink he had given me to take the edge off. Katherine and Elijah were talking closely on the other side of the room.

I jumped as my phone rang in my lap. I put the drink down and let go of Damon's hand. "Sure you want to do this?" He asked.

"Yes." I answered. "It's Stefan." I called out to Katherine and Elijah. They both came over. I held the phone out and put it on speaker. "Stefan." I answered.

"Elena." Hearing him say my name sent an ache through me. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, actually." Katherine purred.

"Is that?"

"Yeah. You're on speaker. It's me, Damon, Katherine, and Elijah."

"I knew Katherine was the one that found him."

Katherine leaned forward. "Wait, you know? Does that mean Klaus knows too?"

"No. I saw that the lid on the coffin had been moved, but Klaus didn't seem to notice."

"Ah. We get to see his pissy face when he finds out in person now. That's always fun."

"So, why did you need me to call?" Stefan asked.

"Right." I said. "Stefan, we have a plan to take down Klaus. But we're going to need your help."

Stefan sighed. "Elena, I don't know if I—"

Damon cut him off. "You don't have to do much brother. You just have to get him here."

"And how I am supposed to do that?"

"That's where Katherine and Elijah come in." I answered. I handed the phone to Katherine.

"As I'm sure you've guessed Stefan, there's an original Petrova doppelganger." Katherine said.

"Right."

"Well, Elena and I each make up a half of her. I'm the half that Elijah loved, and Elena is the half that Klaus loved. They were meant to fall in love with us so that it would be harder for them to perform the ritual. We need to get Klaus back here, so that he can fall in love with Elena."

"And why would I want Klaus to fall in love with my girlfriend?" I saw Damon look over at me. Stefan was still considering me his girlfriend?

Katherine rolled her eyes. "So that he'll have a weakness."

"Charlotte was a big weakness for Klaus, and the only woman he's ever loved. If he spends a little bit of time with Elena he'll fall for her, and she'll be his greatest weakness." Elijah said.

"And if we can work out something with Bonnie, and use Jeremy's new talent for talking to ghosts, we can use his love for Elena to take him down." Katherine added.

Stefan still sounded unsure. "So what do you want me to do?"

"You have to plant a dream in Klaus' head about Charlotte and Elena. That's what will bring him back to Mystic Falls. Elijah will explain that." Katherine handed the phone to Elijah and he walked to a different room. "You know that it'll be in your nature to fall for him too, right?" Katherine said to me.

"What?"

"You'll want to fall for him too. But at least you'll have Damon and Stefan to keep you distracted." She smirked.

Katherine walked off, and Damon took my hand again. I took a large gulp of the drink and grimaced as it burned in my throat. There was no way in hell that I would fall in love with Klaus.

Stefan

Klaus and Rebekah were back now and after a detailed explanation from Elijah, I knew what I needed to do. I had the dream in my head and I was prepared to put it in Klaus'. But I wasn't prepared for what would happen after I did. If Katherine's plan did work, could I really just stand there and watch another guy fall in love with Elena? Just competing with Damon was enough.

"So where am I sleeping?" Rebekah said.

"You can have my room." I offered. "And I'll stay on the couch in the other room, and Klaus can have the bed." I had to get as close to Klaus as possible without it being suspicious.

"Are you sure you don't want to sleep with me Stefan?" Rebekah smiled. I just shook my head and laughed a little. She shrugged. "Well, you know where I'll be if you change your mind. Goodnight boys."

"I don't blame you mate." Klaus said once we were inside the room. "I spent two hours with her and I'm ready to put that stake back in."

I laughed. "She's not that bad."

"Whatever you say mate. Better get some rest though. We're going to start working on my hybrids again tomorrow."

I shut the light off and waited for Klaus to fall asleep. This plan had to work.

Charlotte was running through the dark woods. Her long, dark hair flying behind her. She stopped by a tree to take a breath, and Klaus popped up from the side. "Boo!" He said.

She jumped. "You caught me." She frowned.

"I know." He wrapped his arms around her waist. "And now that I have I'm not letting you go again."

Charlotte tried to wriggle out of his grasp and giggled when he only pulled her tighter. "Fine. I give up. You win."

Klaus smiled. "May I claim my prize?" Charlotte nodded. He pulled her closer and brought his lips to hers. He gave her several slow kisses and then pulled away. But when he opened his eyes Charlotte was gone, and he was holding Elena in his arms. "Elena?" He said breathlessly.

Charlotte appeared again beside him. "I'm gone Klaus." She said sadly. "But she's not. We both know you don't find love easily."

"But Elena's dead."

"No, she's not. But you knew that, didn't you?" Charlotte looked at him. "You can almost sense her can't you?"

Klaus swallowed.

Charlotte turned him toward her. "Listen to me Klaus. Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Be vulnerable. Love someone. What's the point in living forever if you're alone?" Charlotte let go of him and disappeared.

"Charlotte!" Klaus yelled out.

"Klaus." He heard from in front of him. He turned to face Elena. She lightly touched his arm. "Come find me." She whispered.

"I will." Klaus promised.

Klaus sat up in his bed. He was quiet for a minute, and then, "Which one of you did that?" He yelled. He stood and looked down at me. "Did you do that?" He asked quietly.

"What?"

He walked out of the room. "Rebekah!"

I came in the room at the same time she did. "What the hell are you yelling about Nick?"

"Did you try to get inside my head last night?"

She shook her head. "No. Why would I do that?"

Now Klaus was standing in front of me. "Stefan." He looked directly in my eyes. "All summer I've never resorted to using compulsion on you, but I'll do it now if I have to. I'm going to ask you a question, and you're going to answer it honestly, ok?"

I nodded.

"Is Elena Gilbert still alive?"

"Yes." I answered honestly. I was waiting for what Klaus would do next. I knew he had a temper, and I just hoped that the dream had worked.

Klaus stepped away and nodded. "Pack your bags little sister, ripper. We're going back to Mystic Falls."

"What are you going to do?" I asked.

"I'm going to go see the lovely Elena of course."

"Are you going to hurt her?"

He smiled. "Doubtful. But, we'll see."

Rebekah glanced over at Klaus and then me. "Well this should be fun."

When I went in my room to pack, I quickly pulled out my phone and texted Elena. It worked. We're leaving for Mystic Falls now.

I just hoped that Katherine's plan would actually hold up when we got there.

Klaus and Stefan are going back to Mystic Falls. Plenty of Klaus/Elena and Damon/Katherine/Stefan in the next chapter. :) Thanks for reading, and reviews are always greatly appreciated! :)