The morning after the ball, Elena felt bad about what she had helped Esther do... After all, Elijah had been there for her when she had needed him so why would she help kill him now? She owed him the truth. She was about to go out and find him when he appeared in front of her house, obviously looking for her.

"Elijah! What are you doing here?" She asked nervously, after all, she was about to confess betraying his trust.

"Let's go for a walk." He suggested without saying anything else and she nodded and followed him.

He took her in the woods and started telling her about the caves that were under the entire place and that used to hide them during the full moons before he changed the subject to how her heart missed a beat every time she lied.

Before she knew it, she was down in a dark cave with no cell phone service and an angry Rebekah to guard her.

"Please Rebekah, I need to get back home..." Elena tried to plead with the blond.

"I don't care what you want or need to do Elena... Last night you did something that could kill my entire family! You're staying here until your boyfriend finds a way to fix it." Rebekah snarled.

"But Stefan doesn't even know anything about it!" Elena exclaimed, alarmed.

"He's resourceful, he'll find something." Rebekah snapped back.

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Elijah left Elena to his sister and immediately went to see Stefan and after explaining to him what was going on and what he was expecting, he went back home to finally tell his brothers and Sage what he had found out about their mother's plans and what he had done to fix it. They knew it wouldn't be enough but they didn't know what else they could do.

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After Elijah left him, Stefan jumped in his car and drove to the Boarding House.

"Uncle Stefan, are you joining us for our late breakfast?" Rachel asked him cheerfully as soon as he entered the Boarding house.

His brother, Rachel and Santana were sitting around a well furnished breakfast table.

"No, I came here for help. Elijah is holding Elena prisoner, I need your help getting her back." Stefan said.

"Why would he do that? oesn't he have some kind of crush on her or something?" Damon asked, surprised.

"Apparently, last night, Elena gave Esther some of her blood so the witch could link all of her children. Esther is planning on killing them all tonight with a spell. Elena knew and didn't tell him." Stefan explained quickly, like it was no big deal.

"What? They can't kill them! Klaus is immortal!" Rachel exclaimed.

"Well, Esther found a way around that apparently. Now come on, Bonnie is busy helping Esther with her mother and I need your help locating Elena before anything happens, Rachel." Stefan said.

"You actually think that I'm going to help you with this? You can go to hell!" Rachel replied before she excused herself from the table to her father and walked passed Stefan.

Stefan grabbed Rachel by the arm and stopped her from walking away from him.

"You're not going anywhere until you help me!" Stefan growled at her.

Immediately, Damon and Santana stood up and growled at Stefan:

"Let her go Stefan! Now!" Damon yelled, his voice reverberating through the entire house.

Suddenly, Stefan was on the floor, holding his head while Rachel was staring at him.

"You should do well to remember that I'm half witch and half vampire Uncle Stefan. You're family and I love you because of that but Elena just tried to kill one of my best friends and I'm not helping her with this. I thought you still cared for Rebekah too." Rachel glared at him while Santana sat back down to finish her breakfast and Damon stood by his daughter's side, proudly.

"Please, we both know that this isn't about Rebekah but about Klaus. I saw you with him last night... You care about him! How could you let your own daughter fall for such a monster Damon!" Stefan said.

"Don't even pretend that you care about who Rachel is dating! You're just mad because Rebekah went to the ball with me last night instead of pining away for you. Now leave my house and do whatever you want on your own until you apologise for everything." Damon replied, glaring at his brother who left the house without asking for anything else.

"I'm going to go and see what I can do to help Klaus and his family get rid of Esther. Maybe I can unlink them or something." Rachel suggested after they heard Stefan leave.

"Good idea. I'm only a phone call away if you need anything." Her father replied.

"I'll be with Tyler... We might join you at Klaus' later to help." Santana added.

"I think I'll go see Alaric and Jenna, distract them so they won't notice that Elena is missing." Damon said.

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Rachel parked her car in front of Klaus' house and went to ring the doorbell. The maid let her in without saying anything and Rachel followed the voices of the Mickealson's to the living room.

"Rachel!" Klaus exclaimed as soon as she came in with a happy smile.

"Stefan came by earlier and told us what was going on. He wanted me to help him." Rachel explained after greeting everyone.

She didn't know how to behave with Klaus now. Should she kiss him, hug him or just greet him like everybody else?

"If I know you well you refused." Sage guessed kindly.

"Of course. Then he tried to stop me and I used my powers, reminding him who had the power." Rachel smirked.

"You got that smirk from your father..." Sage smiled.

"Are you okay though?" Klaus asked her, worried.

"Of course. Now, I was thinking that if you gave me a sample of each of your blood, I could do something to unlink you." Rachel explained.

"You can do this? Are you sure?" Finn asked her.

"Of course I can. I just need a sample of blood from each of you...and of Rebekah's of course." Rachel said.

"I'll go and get our sister's blood then. I'll be back soon." Elijah said before he left.

While they waited for Elijah to come back, Klaus installed Rachel in a quiet place in his house and gave her everything she had asked for without questioning her.

"So... Did you sleep well last night?" Klaus asked her as he stood in front of her after giving her his blood.

"Yes, I did. You?" She asked back.

"Yes...for the first time in a long time I had a completely peaceful night." Klaus smiled softly.

"This is a bit awkward..." Rachel said.

"Yes... But it will pass with time." Klaus chuckled before Finn and Kol came in to give them their blood right before Elijah was back.

She started by melting all of their bloods, and while she did a spell she separated them all.

"It's done... Now if you can find some blood or hair of your mother I'll do a locator spell... Although it might take me some time." Rachel said.

"Why don't you rest and get lunch with me at the Grill while Sage and Finn look through mother's room for what you need." Klaus suggested Rachel nodded.

"I'll go and watch for Stefan." Elijah said before he left.

"I think I'll go with the two of you. I'll be too bored here with only Finn and Sage for company." Kol said.

Klaus was about to protest but one look at Rachel reminded him that he wanted to be happy with his family and that he needed to bond with them so he agreed and soon, the three of them were on their way to the grill.

So, what did you think? Who will Esther use? Will someone die?

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Lorelei Candice Black