Six

Elijah stared impatiently at Sophie across from him and then at his watch. He had been standing in the cemetery for almost an hour and Sophie hadn't said a word. Her eyes were closed in deep concentration and she seemed to be chanting.

"Well?" he finally asked. "Did you find something?"

"Yeah," Sophie said finally opening her eyes. "Except not exactly the answer you wanted to hear."

Elijah froze midstep. He knew that Katherine had died as a human, but she was still a doppelganger. She must have crossed over to the Other Side, right? "What do you mean?"

"What I'm trying to say Elijah, is that the woman you're looking for her-Katerina or whatever her name was, isn't dead." Sophie said. "According to the ancestors who not so happily informed me, she is still very much alive. You might want to check your information."

"Where is she?" Elijah demanded. "Sophie, if I find out that you're lying-"

"Don't kill the messenger." Sophie interrupted firmly. "But I can locate her, do you have something of hers that I might be able to use for a locator spell?"

Elijah didn't speak for a moment. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. He had stolen it from Katherine's jewelry box in 1492 when he had attempted to do a locator spell, but at the end hadn't had the heart to give it to Klaus.

"Here." He said as he handed her the necklace. "This should work."

Sophie took the necklace and placed it over a map while spreading salt and herbs all over it. She closed her eyes again and started chanting. A minute later her eyes opened again. "She is in Mystic Falls, Virginia. That is where you will find her."

Klaus put down his paintbrush when he heard his phone beep. He had one new text message. His eyebrows rose a little and a smile crept up on his face. The text message was from Caroline:

Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

You may not know it

But I miss you.

The poem was cute, but it only confused Klaus even more. Why would Caroline send him a text, they hadn't spoken since their unforgettable night in the woods a few months back-his way of celebrating Katherine's impending death.

She had made it clear that she had her own life and that she had college and her friends and had no room in her life right now for Klaus. And Klaus had accepted it, determine to wait for her. So why the sudden text?

The I miss you, caught his eyes. It was so very un-Caroline like. He couldn't imagine the words coming out of her mouth without an I-hate-you following behind. He stared at his newest portrait that he had barely begun. There wasn't a solid picture yet, he had just started the lines, but Klaus knew how it would looked finished-a glorious picture of Caroline on top of a horse, her favorite animal.

"NIKLAUS!"

Elijah was storming through the room, destroying Klaus' good mood. Klaus didn't even bother rolling his eyes. His brother only had four main interests as of late. Hayley. The baby. Their family home. His suits. "Ah, brother to what do I owe this pleasure-"

Whack.

Elijah threw him against the wall as fast as he could, before he picked him up by his collar and pinned him against the wall. "How dare you?" he hissed.

Klaus looked up and raised an eyebrow. "You have three seconds to explain or you will find yourself in a nice coffin."

"You knew!" he hissed. "You knew and you never bothered telling me! You and Rebekah left without saying a word! You betrayed my trust, you knew how it would hurt me, and you knew how I felt about her! How could you? You're my siblings, but sometimes you act as if you're my enemy."

Now Klaus was puzzled. "Who are you talking about? I haven't done anything to Hayley, in fact she's probably singing kumbaya with the rest of the wolves out in the cozy bayou."

"It is not, Hayley I'm worried about." Elijah hissed. "Katerina. Katherine, does that name sound familiar to you?"

Klaus stood up. So that's what this was all about. His brother moping over the fallen Petrova. "I chased her for over 500 years, so I do know who she is. I take it Rebekah squealed about her tragic death," he placed a hand on his shoulder. "Fine, I'll forgive this indiscretion this once-"

"She's not dead." Elijah said flatly. "She's in Mystic Falls."

That caught Klaus' attention. "Are you telling me that conniving, little-"he stopped short. "How do you know she's not dead?"

"Sophie." He said simply. "I will be leaving for Mystic Falls and I warn you if you dare harm Katerina again, I will not simply forgive you this time Niklaus. This time there will be blood. You have my word."

"So noble, Elijah." He replied sarcastically. "And if you think you're going alone, you are mistaken."

"You are not coming." Elijah replied flatly. "Have you forgotten that the wolf carrying your child is still in New Orleans?"

"Hayley is tough she can take care of herself." He said not wanting to admit to his older brother that the reason he wanted to go was because of Caroline. Elijah was so old fashion sometimes that he would probably frown upon it.

Elijah didn't look like he was going to budge.

Feeling annoyed, he said without thinking. "I'll consider pardoning, Katerina-as a way of apologizing, brother." It was killing two birds with one stone, with any luck Katherine and Elijah would leave and he wouldn't have to worry about his future daughter calling him daddy.

"You will pardon her," he said. "And that's final."

"My, don't you look completely ravishing this morning?"

Bonnie opened her eyes slowly though she would prefer never to wake up. Ever. She found herself lying down in the Salvatore's living room floor feeling as if a hundred of supernatural creatures had passed over.

The empty bottles of whisky and vodka around her served as a reminder.

She forced herself to sit up and saw Caroline passed out next to her. Her blond hair was all over the place and there was makeup smeared all over her eyes and cheeks. Katherine was curled up on the couch in only her underwear, holding a bottle of bourbon as if it were a teddy bear.

Only Kol seemed to be the decent person in the room.

"Kol, what happened?" she demanded.

"I think the better question is what didn't happen," he said quickly noticing Bonnie's annoyed expression. "Don't worry I only cached a glimpse here and there, is stopped being fun after I couldn't understand what you were saying, Katherine started singing Celine Dion and cursing Elijah, and Blondie started choking on her own vomit." He picked up a bottle. "My guess your little friends had something to do with it."

"Remind me never to go to a pity party with Katherine and Caroline ever again." She winced. "What time is it?"

"Noon."

"Ok, leave so I can shower and wake up the girls, and stop staring at Katherine you perv,"

He shrugged. "I didn't ask her to take her clothes off. You really need to ask her if she has experience."

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "She's 500 years old believe me she has experience, now go."

"Rude much?" Kol smirked before he disappeared. "Oh, and for your information I don't know how to tango, but I dance a pretty mean waltz."

-End of Chapter Six-