Trixie smiled as she sat on the seat made of stone she had conjured from the earth and as she waited for Katherine to talk to her she kept blowing the breeze into the cave with her, carrying the scent of her fresh-cut blood.

"You are one kind of evil I don't want to mess with Trixie, please leave."

"Talk and I will. Nothing is going to happen to you. Let me know where I can find Elijah and I will go." Katherine walked slowly towards the cave entrance and smiled to Trixie.

"You want Elijah? Thought you would be a Klaus fan. Huh never was one for pegging the right type of man to a girl."

"Stow it Katherine. Wherever Elijah is, his brother will be. I only want Klaus's death to be on my hands and if you know where I can start to hunt for him, you will spill it."

"Or what? You'll come in here and make me? Living this long you must be a vampire now too so you'd be trapped in her with me."

"You're right. I am a vampire now, half vampire actually, but being I never had my powers from the spirits like most witches I can still control the elements. If you dont tell me what I want to know, I can not only make you, but I will have fun doing it too." Trixie smiled as her clear ocean blue yes light up and a flame burst from the palm of her hand. Katherine frowned as she held her breath and anticipated Trixie throwing that flame ball at her. As Trixie smiled to her though she yawned as if she was getting bored and soon Katherine felt a gust of wind blowing again throughout the cave. She picked up quickly that Trixie meant business and if she wanted she would and could bar-b-que her in the cave without even moving from her seat.

"Fine! There is a guy in town named Damon. He is going to try to take Elijah out either tomorrow or the following night and if you..."

"There is no way to kill him." Katherine sighed as she was interrupted by Trixie. When Trixie stared her down she nodded and continued.

"If you want to see him before the silver dipped dagger puts him down for god knows how long you might want to find him. He lives at the Salvatore house. Remember them?" Trixie hissed as she glared at Katherine and was suddenly right in front of her and growling to her as Katherine tried to keep her composer.

"I do. In fact, if I am correct those men would be the reason you decided to kill me?" Katherine grimaced as she nodded and turned her head but Trixie made sure a flash of flame from her hand got her attention again before she sighed and threw her hands out to her side in exhaustion.

"Look! Im sorry ok! You dont have to show up about every fifty years or so to remind me about that night. I remember it all to well" Katherine frowned as Trixie shook her head and growled to Katherine as she turned and left her in the cave by herself to wonder if she would interfere with her plans of escape or not. Surely Trixie had to be smarter than that but as she thought about it for a few more moments she started to think...if it was Katherine, she would leave her enemy there to rot. She sighed as she leaned against the cave and slide to the floor putting her head in her hands as she recalled the last night she had ever saw her so called friend.

"Katherine! Look! I found some!" Trixie waved to her friend as she bounded over to her through the wild flowers and tall grass to see Trixie pointing at some vervain that grew in wild patches all around the lake they were at. Katherine smiled as she nodded and pointed out some good stalks of it and as Trixie picked it in a hurry she smiled to Katherine, being as friendly as the young, sweet girl could be.

"This is perfect Trixie! thank you so much!"

"So this will keep Niklaus off of your back for the time being right?"

"this might keep him off my back for a long time if I can get the local witch to change it into a liquid." Trixie eyed her cautiously as she approached the sensitive subject of the brothers that hunted her down and the whole vampire thing.

"So, liquid vervain will hurt them but the flower itself will not? Why?"

"I dont know what the mechanics of it are to be exact but the flower does hurt too. Just getting the liquid into their system puts a vampire down for a longer time."

"So this witch you are going to...could she teach me how to do this?"

"You dont need to know. After I take Klaus down, me and Elijah will leave and nothing will ever become of you. I told you I would keep you safe didnt I?" Trixie nodded as she grabbed a few more stalks for her friend and as they turned and headed back to the village they lived in Trixie saw the youngest Salvatore walking their way and smiling. She curtsied as Stefan stopped right in front of them and smiled to her. When he glanced to Katherine Trixie nodded to her and left them be as she went to Katherine's house to leave her the vervain she had just picked. Trixie's father himself would be waiting on her when she got home and as she placed the basket of vervain on Katherine's bed she exited the Salvatore's house but not before hearing Stefan's father fusing to someone in his study.

"My son lacks the discipline of a solider. I just dont know what to do with him anymore." Trixie smiled as she listened closer as Stefan's father was talking about Damon. She smiled but when she heard another man in there she about had a heart attack.

"Im not sure sir, but if your oldest does abandon his post, and Miss Katherine doesn't take his hand in marriage I will offer up my daughter."

"Are you sure Mr. Knight? Im sure your daughter could get the attention of some other man in the village."

"Mr. Salvatore, if you hadn't noticed, my daughter is what you would call a free child. She doesnt act that much of a woman but she can do everything a wife does. She has her own way about her and none of the other available men in the village have taken a liking to her. Being grown up around your sons, I believe that Damon might be the only hope she has to get married. That or I sell her to a trader that comes through next month."

"Well, I will talk to my son Stefan and Miss Katherine. If she agrees to Stefan's proposal than Damon is free to take your daughter's hand. I hope this will not cause a big disturbance in our families?"

"You have my word. I just need someone to make an honest woman out of her." Trixie frowned as she rushed back outside and found Katherine and Stefan in Stefan's courtyard behind some of the shrubbery. She rushed to her friend and as she got to her side and was about to explain to her what she had overheard someone came trampling through the bushes from behind them. Both Katherine and Trixie were surprised to see Damon coming towards them smiling. Trixie smiled back but when he stopped and hugged Katherine first she sighed and knew that her question had been answered. Stefan was a bit younger than her and being closer to Katherine's age she would be more suitable for Damon. He was her friend after all but if Katherine took Damon's hand instead of Stefan's she would be sold to the next reader coming through town and would ever be able to see her friends again. Katherine was talking happily with Damon for a bit before Trixie grabbed her arm and pulled her to the side, excusing them, and as Katherine asked her what was up she could feel the wind whipping around them.

"Trixie, talk to me friend."

"Father...he wants to sell me."

"What! Never! Why would he say such a thing!"

"Katherine, you know what I am and you know that me and the Salvatore's are friends but my father says if you dont take Stefan's hand and Damon can't take mine he will sell me to the next trader that comes through town! He swears that because I am a free child as he calls me that no one else will want to marry me and if he cant force Damon into doing it then I am sold!"

"Never!"

"I wouldn't Katherine! I swear they are only my friends...but what can I do?"

"Nothing, let me handle it. I need you to come for dinner tonight. Here. I will get Damon to ask you himself in front of your father. I have an idea, its a long shot, but who knows."

"But Katherine!"

"NO! You are a friend of mine, and even after finding out my secret you have helped me from day one. I will not abandon you now." Katherine hugged Trixie as she turned and called the guys to them. Stefan took one of Katherine's hands and as Damon took the other he held his arm out for Trixie to loop hers through. Katherine was talking to them about the dinner she had planned for Trixie that night but when she asked if Damon would get her from her house he was a bit suspicious but agreed none the less. Katherine smiled to Trixie as she trusted her friend fully and whole heartily. Smiling together they walked around to the front of the house before the time came to go their separate ways to prepare for dinner. For Trixie's and the Salvatore's last dinner to be exact.