A/N - I think this is the longest flashback chapter I have written. I hope you enjoy it.

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March 5th 1895 (1)

As Katherine approached the house where Klaus had been living for the past 6 years, she couldn't help but run the plan through over and over again in her head. She and her sister had been planning this for years. They had done their research. They had manipulated, planned, and plotted. Well, to be fair, Katherine had done most of the manipulation, but it was a genuine Pierce plan all the same.

The first thing the girls had done was hit the books. They looked everywhere they could for information on the original vampire family and how to kill them. In the process, they had practically learned the family's whole story.

Once they had been normal. Then one of their brothers had died brutally by the hands of the native people, most of which were werewolves. So their mother decided that she would make her family indestructible. She made them fast, and agile, but there were consequences, such as the sun working against them, and the constant bloodlust. And thus, the race of vampires was created.

It was said that there was a tree that gave them immortality, leaving it as the only tree that could kill them, so they burned it down. But someone had gathered the ashes, and now, if you took a certain dagger and dipped it in the ash from the tree, you would be able to kill an Original, if only for as long as you left the dagger in.

Katherine and Elena had searched for the daggers and ashes, but the only real lead they had on their whereabouts was Klaus himself. After gathering information from various sources, and sending in people to spy on Klaus for them, the sisters figured out that Klaus had most of the members of his family daggered in boxes. That is how they developed their plan. Klaus's strange love and hatred for his family meant that he kept them close, and that is what they were going to use to their advantage.

If Katherine could get close enough to undagger Elijah, she was sure she could convince him to help them. All Elena needed to do was get the ashes, which were probably hidden somewhere secure in the house. They could then use the dagger against Klaus, and they would be free from his torment, as long as they kept the dagger in.

They had waited for the right time. Klaus had let his guard down in the past few months, getting settled in his new home, and that was his mistake. When they were finally ready, Elena and Katherine watched till Klaus left the house and then made their move. They snuck up as close to the house as they could get without one of Klaus's lackeys seeing them.

Katherine peeked around the corner, scanning to see how many vampires stood around the perimeter, guarding the house. She turned back toward her sister. "There are only two that I can see on this side. If we are going to do this, we need to do it fast. I don't know how long it will be before others come running from the other side." Elena nodded and got ready to use her vampire speed.

Katherine glanced around the corner and held up three fingers. Then two. Then one. Then the Pierce sisters were off, Katherine headed toward one guard, and Elena the other. They snapped their necks as quickly and quietly as they could before flashing up to the door. Elena rattled the door handle, but it was locked. They glanced at each other, and Katherine gave a small nod. Elena nodded back, signaling she understood. She stepped back and then kicked the door down with her vampire strength.

The inside of the house opened up into a large entry way. There was a grand staircase leading up to the second floor and a beautiful ornate chandelier hanging from the ceiling. They each knew where to go. Klaus had hidden his family down in the basement, out of sight, but close enough that if he had to make a quick getaway it wouldn't be too much of a hassle. The ashes were most likely somewhere in his room, or in a safe on the main level of the house.

The girls threw another glance at each other before splitting up, Katherine to the basement, and Elena upstairs to look for the ashes.

Katherine ran down the stairs as fast as she could. If everything went right, she would be with her Elijah and free from the threat of his brother by the end of the night.

The coffins were lined up against the far wall. Katherine threw open the first one, checking to see who was housed inside. It was an older face she didn't recognize, so she moved on to the next one. This time the boy staring at her from the coffin was younger, and he looked much more like Klaus and Elijah then the first. That must be Kol. Katherine thought to herself. She wouldn't have minded getting to know him. But he wasn't Elijah, so she closed the lid and moved on to the third coffin.

Katherine gave a triumphant smile as she opened the third coffin and saw the familiar face staring back at her. "Elijah!" she said. She reached in and grabbed the dagger, pulling it out of his torso.

Nothing happened.

"I guess it takes a little time for you to wake back up, huh." Katherine said, half to the dead Elijah and have to herself.

There was a crash from upstairs. Katherine ran back up with the dagger still in her hand. Klaus standing in the hallway with his hand at Elena's throat, holding her up against the wall. Katherine stopped before Klaus saw her and stayed hidden behind the corner, listening.

"Elena Pierce." Klaus was saying. "The last time I saw you, you were a dead body. Just another casualty of Mystic Fall's rather unfortunate vampire roundup. Yes. And I am recalling correctly, that was right after YOU AND YOUR SISTER ATTEMPTED TO KILL ME." Klaus was yelling now. Katherine couldn't help but roll her eyes. He really needed to learn to let some things go. Holding a grudge like that for so many years really wasn't healthy.

Katherine glanced around the room. Elena didn't have the ashes, so Katherine was going to have to find them, and fast. Klaus continued to threaten Elena as Katherine swept the room. She looked under the furniture, in cabinets, and behind paintings. Finally she opened up the china cabinet and there, sitting in the back, was a little glass jar, filled with gray ashes. Katherine grabbed it and unplugged the stopper. She dipped the dagger into the ashes and then turned back to the hallway. It was finally time to get her freedom.

"I will give you a quick death, which is far better then you deserve." Klaus was saying to Elena. "All you have to do, is tell me where your twin sister is."

Katherine laid the dagger down on the table next to her and then stepped out into the hallway so Klaus could see her. "I'm right here." She said with her arms open wide as if to say, come and get me. Klaus dropped Elena and turned toward Katherine.

"You." he said. "You, Katherine Pierce, were the one who orchestrated your entire plot to kill me and poisoned my brother's mind so much that he betrayed his own flesh and blood."

Katherine nodded her head smiling. "That would be me." She was quite proud of the fact that she had gotten to the original vampire.

Klaus was about to rush at her, when he took a deep gasp. He looked down at his chest to see the tip of a dagger protruding from it. He look back up at Katherine, realizing too late that her taunting had just been a distraction.

He fell face first toward the floor, already turning grey and growing stiff.