Twisted Love
Season Two
Klaus
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
Grace was sat in the cellar with Elijah early that next morning when suddenly his eyes burst open, she rushed over to him and his eyes were wide with shock as they fixed on her.
"Elijah." Grace breathed.
"Fay!" He spat.
It was England, 1492 and Katerina and Fay were standing in a large mansion with Katerina, they were dressed in beautiful dresses, their hair long, loose flowing curls.
"Ah, good evening, Trevor. I am pleased you could join us." Elijah nodded as he joined Trevor in the room, he had a thick British accent with the rest of them.
"I could not miss the birthday celebration." Trevor smiled.
"No, considering the gift you claim to bear. Where are these mystery girls of which you speak of?" Elijah asked.
"Right this way." Trevor led the Original through the crowd towards Katerina and Fay, his mouth fell slightly ajar when he saw them.
"My dear." Trevor smiled at Katerina.
"Hello." Fay and Katerina curtsied politely.
Back at the Salvatore House Elijah re-closed his eyes, Grace took a step towards him when his body suddenly spasmed and he stands "I can't... I can't breathe!" He rasped "What's happening to me?" Suddenly the Original ran into the door frame hard almost making the house shake "I can't... I can't be in this house."
"You're not invited in." Grace remembered.
"Get me out of here." Elijah begged, Grace directed him towards the door and he flew straight through it into another wall, Grace winced at the pain she imagined he would be feeling as he rushed through the house, Graced followed, but as he stepped outside, unable to enter again, Grace stayed put.
"What happened?" Elijah growled.
"Shh!" Grace hissed tapping her ear twice and then pointing up to symbolise that Damon and Stefan would be able to hear them "I'll tell you. Not here. Can I trust you?" She lowered her voice.
"Can I trust you?" Elijah countered, Grace held out the dagger to him and he quickly took it from her hand.
Damon wakes up with a small yawn to roll over and feel no skin beneath him, he opened his eyes to see that Grace's side of the bed was empty "Grace?" Damon jumped up running downstairs to see Elena and Stefan, the doppelgänger was just getting ready to go out "Hey."
"Hey." Elena gave him a small smile.
"Have you seen Grace?" Damon asked Elena.
"No, why?" Elena asked passing Stefan his coffee.
"Thank you, sweetie." Stefan smiled as Elena kissing her lips gently.
"Good morning." Elena purred.
"Hey, where's Grace?" Damon asked.
"I don't know, Damon. She's your girlfriend, aren't you meant to be always keep Grace alive, no matter who or what gets in the way?" Stefan countered using the words Damon had used the night before.
Damon growled as he walked from the room grabbing his phone "Hey, it's me. Where are you? Call me." he turned around to see Elena and Stefan kissing "Can you just please try and call her?"
"Damon, I'm sure Grace is fine." Elena pulled back "I mean, you know what Grace is like... With Klaus in town she probably just wanted to go clear her head."
"With Klaus in town that's a dangerous idea." Damon spat.
"I have to get going..." Elena kissed him.
"Bye." Stefan called turning around to see a door open at the end of the hall, he walked towards it suspiciously when Damon followed him. As soon as they saw the basement door open they bolted down the stairs to see that Elijah was gone, and so was the dagger.
"No, she didn't." Damon growled.
Klaus was still possessing Alaric's body, he was standing at the door to seeing the powerful warlock Maddox off, Katherine and Fayth were stood in the kitchen making some morning coffee.
"I'll be back as soon as I can." Maddox informed Klaus.
"Yes, do hurry." Klaus told him "I'm anxious to get out of this body. And if you get hung up, call me. You know how impatient I get." He warned before the warlock turned and left letting Klaus close the door.
"Where is he going?" Fayth asked.
"To retrieve me." Klaus replied to her "So I can get out of this bad hair-do." he looked at himself in the mirror.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Klaus?" Katherine asked.
"Well, the full moon is almost upon us." Klaus smirked as he pulled the moonstone out of his pocket placing it on the dinning table "I've killed the witch, I have the moonstone, and the doppelgänger is waiting in the wings. Oh, I am ready to break this curse and take Grace with me on my leave."
"You and your obsessions." Fayth muttered.
"Mmm, she is much pretty that you... My obsession with you was purely curse breaking as much as Elijah thought I was softening to you, with Grace it's different." He mused.
"How romantic." Fayth sneered "You realise she has a boyfriend? One that would die for her..."
"I would happy take that arrogant young vampire up on his offer." Klaus purred "You should have seen the way he was holding her, 'I'm not impressed'." Klaus mimicked Damon's voice.
"Why would you do that here?" Katherine asked "There's so many people that would try and stop you."
"You're precious Grace included." Fayth added.
"Because I have to. It's the birthplace of the doppelgänger." He explained.
"I didn't realise that was a requirement..." Katherine mused.
"Well, how could you? You betrayed me and fled England with your sister before I could give you the details, Katerina. But I did find your birth place and I slaughtered your family. So I guess we're cool. Let's just hope that Elena isn't as stupid as you both were."
"You only wanted one of us." Fayth noted "Which of us would it have been?"
"I would have found it romantic to see you die up on that alter with me." Klaus smirked at her "Your sister could have run free, but you were selfish..."
"Elena wouldn't run." Katherine noted ignoring Klaus "She'll die before she lets anyone that she loves get hurt."
"And that's exactly what I'm counting on." Klaus grinned as he walked over compelling them both "You can't leave until I tell you to."
Grace parks her car where Elijah had told her to, he was sitting in the passenger seat draining a blood bag "You look better." Grace noted.
"Where did you get the dagger?" Elijah finally asked.
"I'll tell you everything. But we have to work together, Elijah. I need your word." Grace looked at him.
"You ability to make demands has long passed." Elijah told her firmly.
"No demands." Grace answered "I'm offering you my help. And in return, I want yours."
"And why should I even consider this?"
"The same reason you haven't killed me. You need my help to kill Klaus. And I need you." She looked over at him.
"What about Elena?"
"I need to protect her, Elijah. No matter what." Grace whispered.
"I can't promise that she won't be involved in the killing..." Elijah explained as Grace's phone began to ring, she answered it.
"Where are you? Are you ok?" Damon demanded.
"Yes, I'm fine." Grace answered.
"Where? I'm on my way-"
"No, Damon, Elijah and I need some time alone." Grace replied to him.
"Listen to me. He can't be trusted he'll use you to get to Klaus." Damon told her.
"Elijah is a noble man, Damon. He lives by a code of honour. I can trust him. He knows that I'd be incredibly stupid to betray him again. By removing the dagger, I have proven myself."
"You can't do this alone." Damon growled.
"It's my decision to be here, Damon. Please respect it. And make sure that Stefan doesn't do anything stupid. I'll be in touch." She quickly hung up handing her phone over to Elijah's waiting hand.
Both brothers sat in the parlour room of the Salvatore Boarding House, the older brother looking down at his phone in shock "Did she just hang up on you?" Stefan asked.
"She did." Damon confirmed his voice calmer than it should be "She's lost it." Damon mused.
"Damon, let's be honest, if anyone can get him to help us kill Klaus, it's her." Stefan looked at his brother.
"Bonnie's the way to kill Klaus, Stefan. He thinks she's dead. We have a chance with her." Damon lowered his voice.
"She'll kill herself in the process. Grace is looking for another way, to keep everyone alive." Stefan explained.
"Her way's going to get her killed." Damon shuddered "So we need to find her and stop her." he stood up heading for the door when Stefan stopped him.
"No, you need to back off." Stefan hissed.
"What?" Damon growled.
"Look, Id on't like this anymore than you do. But we need to trust her. We gotta just let her do her thing." Stefan replied.
"That might be you place. But she's my girlfriend, this is my decision, and my plan is much better." The raven haired vampire went to walk around him but Stefan caught his arm.
"I said back off."
"He's here." Grace informed Elijah as they continued to sit in Grace's car.
"Klaus is here?" Elijah looked over at her.
"He's taken over Alaric's body." Grace explained shivering gently.
"Of course he has." Elijah shook his head from side to side "One of his favourite tricks."
"Well, what are his other tricks? What is he going to do next? You're the only one who knows him." Grace noted.
"Yes, I do." Elijah mused.
Back at the mansion in 1492, England Elijah was standing with Katerina and Fay as they awaited the arrival of the mysterious host of the Birthday Party.
"So where is this mysterious host we've heard so much about?" Fay asked Elijah.
"Fashionably late. He likes to make an entrance." Elijah informed her scanning Katerina's body for the second time before seeing a presence enter the room, he owned every step he took with such a passion and force "Here he is."
He made his way through the crowd before approach the three, his eyes stopped on Fay as he smiled down at her, his curled long locks of blonde hair reached his shoulders, but was brushed back off his perfect face.
"Katerina, Fay, may I introduce to you Lord Niklaus." Elijah nodded towards the smirking man as he reached over and placed a small kiss on Fay's cheek then a small kiss on Katerina's hand.
"Niklaus is the name my father gave me. Please. Call me Klaus." The corner of his lip turned up to give him a dashing smile aimed at Fay.
Elijah approached the Lockwood manor knocking the door with Grace standing by his side as he rang the doorbell twice, Carol Lockwood opened the door giving them both a pleasant smile.
"Elijah, Grace! What are you doing here? What happened?" she noted the state of Elijah's tattered and burnt clothes.
"I've have a bit of an incident, Carol. I'm hoping you can help." Elijah informed her.
"Well, I'm on my way to a meeting-"
He began to compel the woman "It won't take but a minute of your time."
"Of course." Carol smiled moving to let them in "Anything you need."
"Thank you." Elijah walked in Grace following behind "Well, first things first. I'm going to need a change of clothing."
"Well, we can try one of my husband's suits. I haven't boxed them up yet." She explained and Grace gave her a sad smile.
"Wonderful." Elijah nodded as she walked up the stairs.
"How did you know she's not on vervain?" Grace asked tucking a stray piece of her chocolate brown hair behind her ear.
"Cause I'm the one who got her off it. Right before you and your friends killed me. Twice. If you'll excuse me. I'll be down in a moment." He nodded respectfully as he followed Carol.
Elena walks into her house and see's Jenna sat up at the table, she looks upstairs to see Jeremy's door wide open, he was still down in the basement at the abandoned witch house with Bonnie.
"Hi." Elena's voice was small as she walked into the kitchen.
"Why weren't you answering your phone?" Jenna asked her voice was low "Jeremy's not answering his and he's not home. What is going on?"
"I'm sorry Jenna." Elena sighed.
"And to top it all off I just got a weird message from Ric telling me to meet him at the Grill."
"What?" Elena's eyes grew wide.
"Ric, he told me to meet him at the Grill, I wanted to make sure you got in ok before I head off to his grovelling fest." Jenna sighed as she got up and grabbed her bag.
"No." Elena stood in her way "Just... Just stay put, please. I need to talk with you."
"Fine." Jenna sighed heavily as she took a seat.
"Give me one minute." Elena begged grabbing her phone texting Stefan.
Elena – SOS! Need you at my place immediately! Bring Grace if you can. X
Stefan was fingering through a book trying to keep his mind off not going out there to drag Grace away from Elijah and out of Klaus' way when his phone began to vibrate in his pocket, it was from Elena with SOS written.
"Damon, I need to go see Elena, she really needs my help." Stefan told his older brother as he was pouring himself a drink "She wants to know where Grace is."
"Gee, I'd love to help, but you wouldn't want me doing anything stupid." Damon swigged at his scotch as he looked at the watch that lay on his wrist.
"It's seriously going to be like that?" Stefan growled.
"You and your girlfriend are calling the shots. Grace has run off playing idiot. I'm just backing off, Stefan." Damon held his hands up defensively Stefan through Damon a deathly look as he walked from the boarding house. Within minutes the door was knocked again and Damon answered it, Andie was standing there smiling.
"Hi." She smiled.
"Hi." Damon returned the false smile.
"So you said you wanted help finding some information out about Mystic Falls?" Andie asked like a preppy school girl getting ready for a study date.
"Yeah, but first I need to tell you a few things..." Damon nodded.
"Sure, go ahead." Andie nodded looking up into his bright blue eyes as she suddenly turned a intense blood red colour, a scream fell from her lips but no one heard it.
Elijah and Grace were sitting down in the dinning room of an Empty Lockwood mansion, the Original was now wearing one of Richard Lockwood's suits from before he died "So I assume that the Martin witches are no longer with us..." Elijah nodded.
"No. I'm sorry." Grace told him her voice full of sorrow.
"And Katerina? Fay? They would have been released from my compulsion when I died." Elijah noted.
"Klaus took them. We think that they might be head." Grace explained.
"I doubt that." the Original scoffed "Not Klaus' style. Death would be too easy for them after what they did."
"I don't understand." Grace whispered "You say that you want Klaus dead, but you still made Katherine and Fayth pay for betraying him."
"I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina and Fay to pay. There was a time... I'd have done anything for Klaus." He told her.
Klaus was staring down at Fay with a kind smile planted on his lips, she was much smaller than him looking up into his bright liquid blue eyes mixed with a beautiful green.
"From where have you come, Fay?" Klaus asked the girl who had been originally Bulgarian.
"My sister and I are new to town, my Lord." Fay informed him as Klaus looked over at Elijah with a smirk.
"Katerina and Fay are from Bulgaria."Elijah explained.
"Zradevie, Fay." Klaus smiled at her.
The beautiful brunette giggled excitedly covering her mouth as she did with her hand "Very good." her eyes lit up.
"Do you mind, brother? I would like to have a moment alone with the lovely Fay." Klaus explained.
"Not at all." Elijah nodded "Katerina, can I escort you around the estate?"
"Of course." Katerina smiled accepting the offer.
"Happy birthday, brother." Elijah smiled at him before he turned and left with Katerina and Klaus turned the other way leaving with Fay.
"Yes." Elijah nodded at a shocked Grace "Klaus is my brother."
"I heard that." Grace whispered her eyes fixed on a wall across the room "I'm still processing."
"Yes, I'm a little behind on the times, but I believe the term you're searching for is 'O.M.G.'" Elijah told her sipping his tea making Grace give him a exasperated look.
"I really don't think this a good idea." Andie told Damon as they approached the room.
"Listen." Damon tightened the scarf around her neck "This is just investigative journalism... we're investigating." he pushed her towards the door.
"Alaric, are you home? Andie Starr, Jenna's friend." She informed him knocking the door.
Inside Fayth places her bourbon down on the side before walking over to the door about to open it, but she couldn't even get near the doorknob, she grimaced as the door flew open.
"Thank God." Fayth breathed.
"Wow! You were right. They look exactly like Grace and Elena." Andie noted.
"Yep." Damon nodded as he couldn't enter he looks over at Katherine and Fayth "Thought you might be dead."
"Unfortunately not." Katherine hissed.
Elena ran to the door as it rang to reveal Stefan standing there "Thank God."
"What's wrong?" Stefan asked.
"Jenna got a text from Alaric saying to meet her at the Grill. I said I'd explain everything." Elena told him.
"Good." Stefan nodded kissing her forehead "Hey, Jenna, thanks for not going to the Grill."
"Um, Stefan-"
"No, listen. I can explain..." His sentence was cut off when she looked over his shoulder.
"So you're just letting yourself in now?" Jenna sneered.
"I apologise for bursting in... but you didn't meet with me and I got worried." Klaus smirked "Oh, hey Stefan, Elena. How's it going?"
"Wait. There's a whole family of Originals?" Grace asked.
"My father was a wealthy land owner in a village in Eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children." Elijah explained.
"So your parents were human?" Grace questioned.
"Our whole family was. Our origin as vampires is a very long story, Grace. Just know. We're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the Original family, and from us you and all other vampires were created." He smiled.
"Right, but Klaus is your brother. And you want him dead?" Grace creased her eye brows.
"What are you doing here?" Fayth asked crossing her arms over her chest as she leaned against the door frame, unable to go through it.
"We are here to rescue you." Andie shrugged.
"No, I meant where's Grace?" Fayth countered "You traded her in for a human already?"
"She's not here right now..." Damon answered in a low voice
"So why is this human here?" Katherine eyed her mysteriously.
"She is a journalist, she knows a lot of information... helped me find this place." Damon explained.
"You're here to rescue us?" Katherine scoffed.
"No, we are here to see if you deserve to be rescued." Damon smirked "I figured you still might be kicking. Alaric-Klaus was blending way too easily. Figured he probably had some coaching..." He pulled out a phial of clear liquid.
"Is that...?"
"Vervain? Your salvation." Damon smiled triumphantly.
"It's not going to do anything." Fayth crossed her arms over her chest.
"There's always a loophole. Did he tell you to say in his apartment until he said it was ok to leave?" Damon questioned, Fayth went to answer but the words got stuck in her throat "You can't say. Did he tell you to do absolutely everything he says until the end of time?"
"No." Fayth replied.
"There's you loophole. Drink this and it'll prevent any further compulsion." He held it up.
She went to grab it but the barrier prevented her hand from going through "Give it to me."
"Answer one question first. You double-crossed us with Isobel, why?" He looked between the twins.
"I didn't think you could stand a chance again Klaus, so I was looking out for my sister and I." Fayth explained.
"And where did that get you." Damon countered "Here." He threw her the phial and she caught it "Be careful with that. If he finds out you two have that, you're never getting out of here." Fayth drunk a little swig first and then handed some to her sister "You owe me. And I will collect." he looked over at Andie "Come on."
"Nice to meet you both." Andie told them sincerely as she walked from the room closing the door.
Klaus was preparing dinner for the three, chopping some vegetables with a large knife, Elena and Stefan glance over at each other "You know, I find chopping... Calming." Klaus noted gaining a odd look from Jenna "The feel of the blade in the hand... Will Grace not be joining us this evening?"
"She's busy." Stefan answered vaguely.
"Shame." Klaus muttered and Jenna narrowed her eyes.
"I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what the hell's going on." Jenna growled.
"Well, would you like yo tell her, Elena, or should I?" Klaus asked.
"Tell me what?" Jenna looked at the three confused.
"Do you believe in vampires, Jenna? No?" He chuckles as she gives him a look "Well, who does, right? But believe it or not, they do have a place in our history. And as a history teacher, I find them fascinating..."
"Why are we talking about this?" Jenna knotted her fingers in her light brown hair.
"Well, you've been angry with me for keeping secrets, and this is one of my secrets. I'm obsessed with vampires. There. I said it." Klaus smirked over at a gawping Stefan and Elena.
"Are you joking?" Jenna narrowed her eyes.
"Not at all. How about yo, Stefan? Are you a fan of vampires?" Klaus asked.
"In literature. Bram Stoker. It's dense, but I appreciate it." Stefan explained.
"Hmm. Did you know that vampires are the oldest creatures of the night? Except for werewolves, of course." Klaus mused.
"Werewolves. Werewolves." Jenna scoffed "Now I know you're joking."
"You know, I've read that there's an Aztec curse on both species that keeps werwolves slaves to the moon and vampires bound by the sun. Isn't that right, Stefan? You know, they say these creatures would do anything to have this curse broken and that they wouldn't care who they had to kill to do it." Klaus looked over at Elena as Stefan stepped out protectively in front of her.
Grace and Elijah were taking a walk around the Lockwood estate lazily still talking about the Originals and Klaus "So as you've seen, nothing can kill an Original. Not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite. Only the wood from one tree. A tree my family made sure burned." Elijah noted scornfully.
"That's where the white ash for the dagger came from." Grace noted.
"Yes. The witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth. Every creature needs a weakness in order to maintain the balance."
"So the sun can't kill an Original. Why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the Sun and Moon curse?" Grace asked.
"Right. The curse of the Sun and the Moon. It's all so... Biblical-sounding, don't you think?" Elijah chuckled darkly to himself.
"What's so funny?" Grace asked creasing her eyes brows in confusion.
The year was 1492 and the large manor had fallen silent whilst the two brother, Elijah and Klaus were up in a bedroom reflecting on their day. A maid swiftly moved through the room whilst the Original Klaus sat in a chair and Elijah was holding a parchment.
"Look what I found. The Roman parchment." Elijah passed it carefully to his brother.
"I remember etching this scroll. Well, I was quite blistered from drink." Klaus smirked at the memory.
"Your finest work remains your Aztec drawings." Elijah complimented.
"Not the African carvings? 'Cause I was quite proud of those." Klaus smiled.
"The Aztec. Who can resist a shaman?" Elijah smirked and Klaus laughed loudly.
"Yes." A proud grin spread across his face.
"I don't understand. So Klaus drew the Aztec sketches about the curse?" Grace asked confused.
"Roman scrolls, African tribal etchings, and any other culture or continent we felt like planting it in." Elijah reminisced.
"But why?" Grace asked.
"Easiest way to discover the existence of a doppelgänger or to get your hands on some long, lost moonstone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout." Elijah explained.
"So it's not Aztec at all?" Grace tilted her head to the side slightly.
"The curse of the Sun and the Moon... is fake. It doesn't exist." Elijah smiled.
"What?" Grace gawped.
"So, can I asked." Klaus spoke up "If Grace can not be here when where is she?"
"Why do you keep asking about Grace?" Jenna asked staring down at her plate.
"She fascinates me." Klaus mused "Her devilish smile, delicious eyes, feisty personality..."
Jenna's anger grew inside and Elena glared at Klaus from across the table, Stefan narrowed his eyes too at the Original "Oh, I know this all sounds so crazy, Jenna, but... vampires are real." Klaus suddenly announced "Would you care for some more wine?" he offered the bottle.
"Get out." Jenna growled.
"Excuse me?" Klaus turned to her.
"I don't know what is it you're trying to do or why you're saying these things about Grace, or about these vampires, but-"
"Jenna-"
"I said get out!" Jenna hissed.
"You heard her." Stefan rose from his seat.
"I'm afraid I don't want to." Klaus stood where he was.
"Fine! I'll go." Jenna growled but when the man she thought was Alaric grabbed the sharp knife he was using before off the side and held it towards her she stopped.
"You're not going anywhere." Klaus growled.
Stefan quickly caught the man in his arms and shoved him against the wall pinning him there with the knife held against his throat "Stefan!" Jenna screamed.
"Elena get Jenna out of her now!" Stefan ordered.
"You can't kill me, Stefan." Klaus smirked.
"Watch me!" Stefan pushed the knife closer.
"Stefan!" Elena looked at him intensely.
"I may not have a witch protecting me today, but if you kill this body, what's to stop me from choosing Jenna as my next one?" Klaus threatened.
"Elena, go!" Stefan yelled looking over his shoulder with his demonic evil-looking face showing.
"But you're... you..." Jenna stuttered before Elena grabbed her arm pulling her from the house.
"Kill me. Just remind Elena how easy it will be to get my revenge if she tries to stop me from breaking this curse." Klaus taunted "And then for me to just take Grace away from all this."
Stefan growled as he punched him in the face, Klaus fell to the ground weaker being in Alaric's body as the vampire kicked him in the gut making him cough as Stefan ran from the house.
"Klaus and I faked the Sun and the Moon curse dating back over a thousand years." Elijah mused to the young girl.
"But if there's no curse-"
"There's a curse. Just not that one. The real one's much worse. It's a curse placed on Klaus." Elijah sighed a little.
"What are you talking about?" Grace asked confused.
"Klaus has been trying to break it for the last thousand years. And your sister is his only hope." Elijah informed her as her phone started vibrating in his pocket.
"What is this curse?" Grace ignored it, but Elijah couldn't.
"Your phone will not stop its incessant buzzing. Answer it, please." Elijah passed the girl her phone and she answered it.
"Elena, what's wrong? Slow down... slow down... What? Alright, I'll be right there." Grace hung up and looked up at the Original "Klaus went after Jenna. I have to go to her... I need to help Elena."
"I'm afraid that wasn't part of today's arrangement." Elijah commented.
"She's my family, Elijah. I have to. I'll be back. You have my word." Grace promised.
"That doesn't mean anything to me until you live up to it." Elijah countered.
"Thank you." Grace gave him a sweet smile before zipping back to her car, Elijah watches her run back, her hair blowing in the soft, tranquil wind.
Elijah and Fay were messing around outside of the large manor in 1492, England. She was giggling and laughing "You have to chase me!" Fay instructed him, he runs for a little bit but when he got closer he stopped "You're meant to catch me."
"What does Klaus do when he catches you?" Elijah questioned.
"Your brother showers me with kisses, it is very romantic." Fay noted a small smile spreading over her face "Elijah, I do not expect you to do that, but thank you for entertaining me."
"You looked lonely inside, so I took pity on you." Elijah smiled as she sat down on a wooden bench.
"Dear Katerina is sick but recovering well and Klaus promised to spend the day with me, but he never returned home from the night." Fay informed him.
"Yes, Klaus does not live by any rules but his own." Elijah nodded as he took a seat next to her.
"He is a very charming man." Fay noted "Hard for any woman to resist, I suppose."
"And yet..." Elijah sensed that something was playing on her mind.
"I know not why he courts me. He seems to not care about me at all." Fay sighed "He's romantic and sweet, but I sense he wants more."
"Many a union has been built on much less." Elijah informed her "He treats you better than very many woman, he does not even notice your sister... In all honesty, Fay. I have not seen him act this way in a very long time."
"Is it wrong to want more?" Fay looked at him.
"Explain, Fay." Elijah asked curiously.
"True love is not real unless it's returned. Do you agree?" Fay asked.
"I do not believe in love, Fay." Elijah answered.
"That is too sad for me to accept, my Lord. Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live? That is how I have brought my sister and I up... and I will stand by it and I will make her stand by it."
"What do I interrupt?" A low, sensual British voice came from behind them.
"He's returned." Elijah noted as Fay skipped towards him noticing the blood the covered his shirt "Long night."
"What has happened?" A thick concerned level was evident in Fay's voice.
"The wrong village had picked a fight at the tavern." Klaus explained as Fay walked towards the manor with him, both looked at Elijah as they left. Fay had a said smile, Klaus a almost arrogant smile before placing his hand on Fay's tiny waist.
"Grace there you are." Elena ran in the room "Where have you been?"
"With Elijah." Grace replied and Elena's jaw dropped "Later, where is Jenna?"
Elena took Grace's hand and lead her into the parlour room to reveal their guardian sobbing into her hands.
"I'm so sorry." Grace whispered as they both took a seat in front of Jenna on the coffee table.
"We never meant for any of this to happen." Elena admitted.
"When I was little, your mom used to tell me bedtime stories. Stories about vampires. I never thought that what she said could be true." Jenna whispered.
"It is true, Jenna." Grace nodded "We should have told you. We thought that if you didn't know, you've be safe. But then things got so out of control and everything we had done to keep you out of it, it just blew up in our faces."
"So it's true... it's really true?" Jenna whispered Grace's face changed slowly to reveal her true colours, Jenna flinched in her seat as she saw her "You're one of them."
"You don't need to be scared." She retracted her fangs "I can control what I am..."
"Who else knows?" Jenna asked "Jeremy?" Elena nodded "John?"
"We were just trying to protect you?" Grace's eyes returned to their softer, tranquil colour.
"Protect me?" Jenna spat.
"I'm so sorry." Elena whispered "I will tell you everything. We both will."
"No, Elena... I am the one who's supposed to protect you three. You, Jeremy and Grace. I promised Heidi when she left town that I would and you died under my watch and now look at you."
"It wasn't your fault." Grace soothed her "There was nothing that you could have done. There's so much more to it than me dying-" The sound of Jenna's sobs made her stop talking.
"I know, hey." Elena shhed her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jenna demanded her "I"m scared."
"Me too." Grace whispered as Elena took a seat next the sobbing guardian embracing her tightly.
"I know. I know. Hey. I'm sorry. Jenna. I am so, so sorry." Elena apologised.
Grace walked out of the bedroom closing the door behind her leaving Elena and Jenna inside, Stefan was waiting "Is she gonna be ok?" The older vampire asked.
"She's in shock. We tried to tell her as much as we could, but we barely scratched the surface... Elena's still going." Grace explained.
"I'm so sorry, Graced. I hate this." Stefan whispered.
"It's not your fault Stefan..." Grace assured him "I have to get back to Elijah."
"Wait, what? No, no." he told her firmly.
"Stefan, I promised him that I would return. I can't break that promise." She replied.
"Oh." He sighed nodding gently.
"Hey. I'll be ok." Grace assured him rubbing his arm as she walked past him to be cut off by Damon and Andie.
"Where do you think you're going?" Damon demanded.
"What is she doing here?" Grace eyed Andie jealously a growl rumbling deep in her throat.
"Where are you going, Grace?" Damon lowered his voice putting Andie to the side to be staring straight down at her.
"Back to Elijah." Grace answered.
"No." Damon shook his head.
"What do you mean, no? It's my choice, my decision." Grace hissed "my life." she went to walk past him but he caught her arm tightly.
"Grace Gilbert, If you so much as try and take a step out of this house..."
"Damon, easy." Andie soothed him.
"Yeah, Damon, listen to Andie..." Grace growled at him jealously was just pouring off her.
"Stay out of this." Damon growled at the news reporter.
"Let her go." Stefan approached them.
"You don't get a say in this, she's my girlfriend, she's mine." Damon growled at his brother.
"Damon." Grace looked up at him "Please. I need to do this. You don't understand."
"Just let her go, Damon." Stefan caught his arm "Now."
"That's twice today you've stood in my way. I wouldn't try a third." Damon threatened his younger brother.
Katherine and Fayth were dancing around Alaric's apartment drinking and laughing as they spun around each other when Klaus entered looking at them "You mind turning that down?" He winced at the defencing pop music.
Katherine turned it down "Why do grumpy?" She pouted.
"Well, this body has outlived its usefulness." Klaus explained looking down at the history teacher he was inside of.
"Do you want a drink?" Fay held a bottle in front of him.
"No, Fay, I don't want a drink." He growled.
"C'mon, it might loosen you up." She giggled when he snatched the bottle from her hand launching it against the wall he began to compel them both "What I want if for you to sit down and shut up."
Both twins sat on the couch, it obviously hadn't worked but they played along so that Klaus wouldn't catch on to them having vervain. Maddox entered the room opening the door wide.
"Maddox, what took you so long?" Klaus questioned.
"You've got a lot of luggage." The warlock replied as two men walked in the room with the luggage and a olive skinned witch enters too.
"Greta. Finally." Klaus looked at the young girl, the was the famous Martin sister that Luka had spoke about before he died at the hands of Damon.
"Hello, love. Nice body. You ready to get out of it?" Greta smiled as two other men arrive pushing a giant, mental box, Katherine and Fayth look at each other worried.
"Welcome back." Elijah greeted Grace as she stepped into the Lockwood mansion.
"Tell me. What is Klaus' curse?" the younger vampire asked as she shrugged off her leather jacket.
"Please." the Original gestured for Grace to take a seat next to him and she did "My family was quite close, but Klaus and my father did not get on too well. When we became vampires we discovered the truth. Klaus was not my father's son. My mother had been unfaithful many years before. This was her darkest secret. Klaus is from a different bloodline." Elijah explained "Of course, when my father discovered this, he hunted down and killed my mother's lover and his entire family. Not realising, of course, that he was igniting a war between species that rages until this day."
"A war between the species?" Grace questioned.
"The vampires... and the werewolves." Elijah replied.
"So Klaus' real father was from a werewolf bloodline? What does that make Klaus? A werewolf? Or a vampire?" Grace creased her eye brows.
"He's both. A hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire. Nature would not stand for such a imbalance of power. Therefore the witches, the servants of nature, saw to it that my brother's werewolf side would become dormant." Elijah informed her.
"That's the curse that Klaus wants to break?" Grace asked.
"He wants to trigger that part of him that's a werewolf. If allowed, Klaus would sire his own bloodline. He's build his own race. Endangering not just vampires, but everyone." Elijah told her.
"But you helped him?" Grace asked.
"I helped him because I loved him. That's changed, now he must die." the Original's voice lowered.
"We have the dagger now. We can stop him." Grace explained.
"When a werewolf is wounded by silver, it heals. An Original can't be killed by anything but white oak ash on a silver dagger. So you see the conundrum. The dagger does not work."
"What, are you saying that Klaus can't be killed?" Grace gawped.
"There's one way to kill any supernatural species... at the hands of the servants of nature themselves." Elijah replied.
"A witch if they can channel that much power." Grace sighed heavily thinking back to Bonnie "But it would kill them."
"The curse must be broken during the full moon. When Klaus is in transition. That's when he'll be at his most vulnerable. A witch with enough power... can kill Klaus." He explained.
"I have to do this for Elena." Grace sighed "What if I told you that I kew a witch that could channel that much power?"
"Then I would tell you there's one more thing that you should know." Elijah looked over at her.
Elijah and Klaus were sat up in one of the bedrooms of the 1492 British manor talking about the upcoming full moon and the breaking of the curse "The full moon is tomorrow, brother." Klaus informed him "After all these centuries, it is finally time."
"I have been to see the witches. They believe they may have found a way to save your Fay." Elijah explained.
"What does it matter if she lives or not?" Klaus scoffed "She's a means to an end that is all... But your doppelgänger can run free if she so wishes."
"Klaus, it is obvious that you have these feelings for the girl, let the witches help you."
"Why are you pushing this? Is it because you care for little Katerina so much you do not want to see her lose someone of importance to her." Klaus scoffed.
"Fay is someone of importance to you, I've seen you lose one that you love, I do not what to see that happen again." Elijah told him.
"Love is a vampire's greatest weakness, you only accept it when it is real, Elijah. We do not feel unless it is necessary but most of all we do not care."
"We did once." Elijah noted.
"Too many lifetimes ago to matter. Tell the witches not to bother. The sacrifice will happen as planned." Klaus brushed him off.
"So if Klaus did not want to save Fayth when he could, why does he want me now?" Grace asked.
"Because Klaus wanted to be able to let his werewolf side out so bad it didn't matter if someone he truly cared about stood in the way." Elijah explained "He did care very deeply for Fayth, although he would never admit it now, but you... he doesn't have to choose or threat losing you, he can simply take you."
Grace sighed heavily "You found a way to save the doppelgänger." she noted changing the subject.
"Yes, Grace. I did. But unfortunately, Katerina and Fay took matters into their own hands first. I believe you already know how that played out." Elijah looked at her.
"You cared about her, didn't you? You cared at Katherine." Grace eyed him suspiciously.
"It's a common mistake, I'm told. And it's one I won't make again." Elijah replied as he passed her her jacket and left.
Damon was sat in the library of the Salvatore Boarding house with Andie, he was hoping that she would had gone home by now, but she wasn't leaving
Andie sighed "You don't have to be so mad at your brother. You know, he's worried about Grace, and-"
"Just go, please." Damon told her firmly.
"I know you're worried about Grace, too-"
"Andie. Go." Damon spat zipping towards her "Forget everything that happened today, you spent the day researching. Go."
"Ok." Andie sighed as she walked from the house.
Stefan walked into the room "Tired of your little play thing already?"
"Don't start with me, Stefan. She's just a distraction." Damon growled.
"She's a person. You're victimising her." Stefan spat.
"You should be thankful she's here. She keeps me from ripping your throat out when you try and tell me what to do with my girlfriend." Damon threatened.
"You're right. Thank you for not giving Grace an option, an opinion." Stefan spat.
"No problem, at least my way I won't have to lose the woman that I love, you're just being an idiot." Damon growled.
"And there it is." Stefan hissed.
"There it is." Damon confirmed.
"You know, you can be in love with Grace all you like... and you can tell me that I'm not looking after Elena as much as you want, but at least Elena has options with me, she controls her own life, you're taking that away from Grace and one day she's gonna hate you for it."
"At least she'll be alive." Damon countered and Stefan lashed out punching him, the older brother retaliated and punched him knocking him back into a bookshelf, Stefan propelled himself across the room and they begin to brawl.
"Stop!" Grace ordered as she walked into the room Elijah and Elena by her side.
Back in 1492, England Elijah was sitting on a chair in front of a desk when the door burst open to reveal an incredibly angry Niklaus "What have you done?" Klaus demanded.
"I don't understand." Elijah looked at his brother.
"Fay has gone. She has fled with her sister." the Original spat.
"no." Elijah whispered.
"What did you tell them?" Klaus ordered.
"I told them nothing." Elijah replied when suddenly Klaus grabbed him shoving him against a wall violently.
"Do not lie to me!" Klaus yelled angrily.
"I will find them. You have my word." Elijah promised.
"If you do not, I give you my word you will be dead." Klaus lowered his voice to a deadly threatening tone.
"Now you've invited him in?" Damon growled at Elena.
"Elijah and I have renewed the terms of our deal." Grace explained.
"Really?" Damon scoffed.
"The two of you will come to no harm at my hands. I only ask for one thing in return." Elijah informed the two brothers.
"What?" Damon spat.
"An apology." the Original answered.
"A what?" Damon scoffed.
Elena gave Stefan a pleading look from across the room, she already knew the terms of the deal, it had been her deal to let Elijah in the house, they tell her, he comes in.
"I'm sorry for the part I played in your death. I was protect Elena. I will always protect Elena." Stefan explained.
"I understand." Elijah nodded.
"The sacrifice is going to happen, Damon." Grace moved towards him "Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah know how to save Elena's life and keep me here, with you. I told you I'd find another way. And I did." She looked up at him, her eyes filled with love.
"Is that true?" Damon looked at Elijah who continued to stand with Stefan and Elena.
"It is." Elijah confirmed.
"And you're trusting him?" Damon looked down at his girlfriend.
"I am." Grace nodded "Please, Damon. I need you to support me right now."
"You can all go to hell." Damon growled lethally, Grace stared at him her eyes welling up with tears as he walked from the room.
"He's angry me with right now. But he'll come around." Stefan put his hand on Grace's shoulder whilst talking to Elijah.
"Perhaps." Elijah nodded.
Damon growled as he walked into his room slamming the door shut, he grabbed a large pile of books and launched them to the floor, finding priceless antiques throwing them around the room expressing his anger.
"Damon." Grace walked in the room jolting at the noise.
"Get out of here." Damon told her firmly "I really don't want to see you right now."
"Too bad." She hissed walking towards him "I want to know why you don't trust me at all, I trust you... I don't want this to be a one sided relationship."
"Leave." Damon growled shoving Grace back against a wall pinning her there "Leave before I hurt you."
"You wouldn't hurt me." Grace told firmly "Why are you pushing me away again?"
Damon punched the wall behind her "Because all I've done if cause you nothing but trouble." Damon replied "Since the day I've met you... I don't deserve to be worthy of your trust, I don't deserve you-"
"Don't." Grace hissed cutting him off "Don't say that, alright? You do deserve me, I love you and we're not going to let Klaus come between us. You need to trust me, alright? That's all I want. That's all I'm asking."
"I can't because if I even think for a second there's hope I know we've lost... I can't stand the thought of loosing you or you loosing Elena, it will tear you apart and I can't bear seeing you like that." Damon whispered
"Damon." Grace whispered taking a step towards him she stroked his cheek "I know it's hard for you to express what you're feeling, but when you do..." She pressed a small kiss to his lips "I see the real you, that's the real you, the one that I really love..."
"I don't trust him, Grace." Damon whispered.
"I'm not asking you to, I'm asking you to trust me." Grace replied.
Maddox and Greta were casting a spell, kneeling on the floor in front of the large metal box with candles surrounding them. Klaus was standing watching still through Alaric's body Fayth and Katherine until suddenly the candles flared and Alaric was suddenly Alaric again.
"Elena? Grace?" Alaric hiccuped looking at Katherine and Fayth before he collapsed onto the floor.
Maddox raised from where he was kneeling to open the box allowing a man with short blond hair, a tall but lean body and hypnotizing blue-green eyes to be staring at the two witches and two vampires.
"Now that's more like it." Klaus smiled, it felt good to be back in his own body...
A/N
Klaus is here for real! Damon and Grace are feeling a little tension due to Klaus' visits and Alaric has his body back, ah!
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