Klaus had planed to confront his brother and try to dagger him when he over heard the young Rachel speaking with Elijah and getting his word not to work against him. He had no idea why she would do that since she didn't know him that well but it made him think over things and he decided to go home, without trying to dagger his brother. After all, if a human aware of who he was could give him another chance, he surely could give another chance to his big brother... As long as said big brother held on to his word to Rachel.

When he got home, he made sure that his witches had everything under control and would be able to perform the ritual the next night. He made sure to send a message to the doppelganger saying that if she didn't come willingly to him, he would hurt all of her loved ones and he watched as she paled. She wasn't half the fighter Katerina had been and it would be easy to get to her, he knew it.

In the back of his mind, he wondered why Rachel hadn't tried to make a deal so Elena would come out of it alive but he shrugged it off. Maybe she simply didn't care about the girl.

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"I don't understand why you simply don't try to make a deal with Klaus uncle Stefan. If you're upfront with him, he won't get mad that you save Elena's life. But if you go behind his back he will get mad." Rachel told her only uncle as they stood in the living room, waiting for Sage and Finn to walk back down the stairs after giving Finn a new and more modern haircut.

"He will get mad anyway because he's evil Rachel. You can't do anything against that." Stefan replied;

"If he's so evil then why did he free Finn?" Damon asked, deciding he better try and break the argument they were having before one of them lost control and attacked the other.

"Because he didn't want you to work against him. I don't care what you think anymore. I'll be staying with Elena until the ritual." Stefan said before he left the house.

"Do you think Elijah will really stay out of it then? Only so he can see his brother?" Rachel asked her father.

"If Elijah gave you his word, he will hold it." Finn said as he followed Sage in the living room.

He had been introduced to his Love's new family quickly earlier when they got back home and immediately understood that he wouldn't be able to get them out of Sage's life. He didn't want it either. Sage took the time to tell him how Rachel came to be and if he was surprised and shocked, he decided to make an effort so he would be, too, a part of the girl's life.

"Tonight is the full moon…" Sage said quietly.

"It doesn't concerns us anymore. We're not getting involved remember?" Damon said.

"What about the doppelganger? You don't care if she dies?" Finn asked them.

"Well, first of all she was born to do this, it's the only reason she exists. Secondly, Stefan and Elijah made sure she would survive it… They're hiding it from Klaus so I'm sure that will get them in trouble later but I don't specially like the girl so…" Damon replied.

"Yeah, from what I've been told she's been quite a pain in Rachel's ass." Sage said.

"She's just insecure…it's not her fault… She apologised." Rachel protested weakly.

"Yeah well, it's not our concern anymore. Elijah is already so taken with her…We'll see what happens next." Sage replied with a shrug of the shoulders before they ordered pizzas so Finn could try that wonderful food.

"Yeah, well, I'll leave you to it. I promised Mason Lockwood that I would make sure they didn't get out of the cellar they locked themselves in." Damon said as he grabbed his leather jacket and left the house, trusting Sage and Finn with his daughter.

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When the full moon finally arrived, Klaus went and successfully picked up the doppelganger while his witches brought the werewolf and Frederick to the site of the ritual. He first killed the vampire, then the werewolf to finally end with the doppelganger. At some point Stefan arrived to try and stop it but he snapped his neck quickly, thinking he would have plenty of time to deal with everything later.

When Elijah appeared, Klaus knew that his brother would be breaking his word to Rachel. He was barely done processing that thought that he found himself with his heart held in Elijah's hand.

"Why? You gave Rachel your word." Klaus said, in pain.

"You killed all of our siblings Niklaus." Elijah reminded them.

"I freed Finn."

"One is not enough." Elijah yelled, tightening his hold on the heart.

"If you let me finish the ritual, I promise I will reunite you with our family tomorrow." Klaus said.

"Do I have your word?" Elijah asked.

"Yes, you do." Klaus nodded.

Elijah loosened his hold on his brother's heart and while Klaus completed his change, his male witch gave Elijah Klaus' present address so he could join them.

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Damon arrived in front of the Lockwood's cellar just in time to hear Tyler and Mason starting the change. It sounded really painful and he was really thankful that he never had to go through this. He didn't think of checking if the door was really closed. He simply leaned against the opposite wall and waited, hoping he didn't have to get involved.

At some point, the human groans of pain changed into animal growls and he found himself in front of an open door with two wolves growling at him. Damon reacted quickly of course and as they started to charge him, he kicked them both back and closed the door again, locking it this time and pushing against it so they couldn't open it again.

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The rest of the night seemed long to Damon and by morning he was really growing weak. When morning came he stood up as best as he could and when he raised his arm to close the door, he realised that one of the wolves had bitten him a little. He hadn't felt it then but he surely felt it now.

"Damon, what's wrong?" Mason asked.

"You're pale man." Tyler added.

"You almost got out…One of you bit me… Take me home please…" He replied in a whisper.

Immediately the two Lockwood's took a hold of Damon and drove him to his house where they were greeted by a worried looking Rachel.

"Daddy? What's going on? What's wrong with him?" She asked them.

"One of us bit him at some point last night…" Tyler said sadly.

"No, Daddy!" Rachel cried as she let them in and told them to put her father in his room.

"Rachel? Damon… Oh no!" Sage exclaimed, understanding what was going on.

"You stay here and take care of him, I'll go and look for a cure. I'm sure Klaus knows something about this." Rachel ordered before she ran out of the house and to her car.

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Rachel drove as fast as she could and arrived in front of the house Sage told her Klaus had taken possession of for the time being. She parked carelessly and ran to the front door before she rang the doorbell several time.

"Can I help you Miss?" A young man asked her.

"I'm Rachel Salvatore and I need to speak with Klaus, It's urgent." She demanded.

So, what is going to happen? Will Rachel have to pay for the cure? Will ELijah get daggered or will he escape free with his siblings?

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Lorelei Candice Black