Damon and Stefan were still talking in the library.
"Who does this guy think he is telling Gracie that Klaus is her father?" Damon asked.
"Maybe Elijah is trying to help protect Gracie I mean for all we know Klaus could be some psychopath".
"And that is why Grace isn't going anywhere near him".
"Why is it ok that she can be near you but not him?"
"I'm not a crazy psychopath anymore he on the other hand could be I mean he's been running after crazy Katherine for 500 years. Plus we don't know anything about him except he's an Original and his name his Klaus".
"And that he wants to break the curse".
Grace was at the top of the stairs listening to her uncles talk. 'I need to know more about Klaus and the only way to do that is go to the source'. She then ran back to her room before she was caught. There was a knock at her door and she went to open it to see Rose.
"Hi you must be Grace I'm Rose". Rose says introducing herself to the young girl.
"Hi". Grace said.
"So you know about Klaus".
"Yeah he's my father".
"I heard rumors about Klaus having a kid I didn't know if it was true or not".
"What could you tell me about him?"
"About Klaus?"
"Yeah. Katherine said he was dangerous".
"Anything she says is a lie but she is right about that Klaus is dangerous".
"Do you think he'd hurt me?"
"No one thing I know for sure about him, Klaus would never hurt a child especially his child".
"If I tell you something do you promise not to tell my uncles".
"Depends what is it".
"I need more information on Klaus and to do that I need to talk to someone".
Rose knew where the ten year old was going with this. "Grace you don't mean".
"I need to talk to...Katherine".
The next morning
Grace was going to the kitchen where Stefan was making her breakfast.
"Morning Uncle Stefan". Grace greeted her uncle.
"Morning sweetheart". He replied.
He put a few pancakes on a plate sliding them to her. "Eat up kiddo".
"Uncle Stefan do you think I could walk to school by myself today".
"It's ok with me you gotta tell Damon though".
"Tell Damon what". Damon said coming in the room.
"I'm gonna walk to school by myself today". Grace said.
"I don't think-" Damon was cut off by his brother.
"It's fine Gracie when you finish go get ready". Stefan says.
"Ok". The ten year old went back to eating her pancakes.
"Can I talk to you for a minute Stef?" Damon asked his brother.
"Yeah".
The brothers went out to the study to talk quietly.
"You wanna tell me what the hell that was Stefan?" Damon quietly hissed at his brother.
"Damon it's one time she will be fine, if Gracie wants to walk to school by herself let her". Stefan replied.
"We don't know if Klaus is gonna go after her hell we don't even know where he is and you want to send Gracie out on her own? No way in hell that's happening".
"You can't be like this with her forever".
"Watch me".
"She's walking by herself Damon if you like it or not".
Grace was still in the kitchen she was finished her breakfast she had put her bowl in the sink then had a canister and poured one of Damon's blood bag in it, the ten year old threw the bag away before she got caught then quickly put the top on before Damon or Stefan could smell it. She put the canister in her backpack putting it on and leaving the kitchen and going towards her uncles.
"I'm going now before I'm late". Grace said.
"Bye Grace have a good day at school". Stefan said, then kissing her head.
"You go straight there no stops, understand me". Damon said firmly.
"Yes Uncle Damon". Grace had rolled her eyes.
He then kissed her head and she left out the door. Damon heard Elena knocking on the door. He went to open it.
"Hello, Elena". Damon greeted.
"Is Stefan here? He called. He said it was important". Elena replied.
"Right this way".
She enters the house. Stefan arrives.
"Hey". Stefan greets her.
"What is this about?" Elena asked.
Rose arrives.
"You".
They go in the living room. Elena is sitting on the couch.
"Okay, you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. It's the problem with all this vampire crap but Klaus, I know he's real". Rose said.
"Who is he?" Elena asked.
"He's one of the originals, he's a legend". Damon answered.
"From the first generation of vampires". Stefan added.
"Like Elijah?" Elena asked.
"No. Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal". Rose says.
"Klaus is known to be the oldest". Stefan said.
"Okay, so you're saying that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after me?"
"Yes".
"No".
"What they're saying is, I mean if what she's saying is true..." Damon started but cut off by Rose.
"Which it is".
"And you're not saying it so I don't kill you".
"Which I'm not".
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe".
"Look, Elijah's dead, right? So no one else even knows that you exist". Stefan said.
"Not that you know of". Rose says.
"That's not helping". Damon chimes in.
"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bedtime story". Stefan said.
"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot".
"Alright, we're shaking. You made your point".
Elena gets up.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked.
"School. I'm late". Elena replied.
"Let me grab my stuff, I'll go with you".
"It's okay, I know where it is".
She leaves.
Damon to Rose, "She's in denial".
"Shut up, Damon". Stefan snapped at his brother.
"Do you know if Klaus knows about Grace?" Damon asked.
"I'm not sure Elijah knows for sure". Rose replied.
Damon raised an eyebrow. "How does Elijah know but not Klaus?"
"Elijah knows everything he could have found out after Klaus left, in my opinion Grace would be safer with Elijah".
The brothers then got worried for a moment.
"Klaus wouldn't do anything to hurt or harm Grace would he?" Stefan asked, his voice concerned and worried.
"As far as I know he doesn't hurt a child that's one thing about Klaus that has never changed, he wouldn't hurt a child especially if it's his child".
Meanwhile
Grace was heading in the woods to where the tomb was because she knew that's where Katherine is she just hopes that her uncles or anyone catches her, as she was walking through the woods she started to see visions of Elijah and that he wasn't dead. The visions were quick but they still gave her one hell of a headache. They showed Elijah somewhere standing across from something and him holding something, Grace screamed in pain till they finished. The young girl had let it go and continued her way through the woods.
'She's gonna tell me what she knows about Klaus one way or another'. The young girl kept walking through the woods still she tripped and scraped her knees.
"Ah!" She cried in pain. She looked at her now bloody knees, she knew they would slowly heal but it hurt like hell. 'Great now someone's gonna know I was here'. Grace tried to quickly hide it for the time and went on her way through the woods. Her wounds began to slowly heal.
Mystic Falls High School
Bonnie arrives at school. One of her books fall on the ground. Jeremy arrives.
"Here, I got it". Jeremy said.
"Thanks. Where's Elena?" Bonnie replied.
"She's actually running late today. What are you doing later? You want to hang out at the grill, shoot some pool? The winner owns the table".
"Uh, why?"
"Why what?"
"Well, you never asked me to play a game of pool before so why now?"
"Uh, I don't know, I thought it'd be fun, never mind".
"No, hey, okay. Sure. It's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just you're Elena's brother and...sure. It's just, I'm really bad at pool".
"Yeah, yeah. I thought you might be".
A boy arrives.
"Excuse me! Do you guys know which way is the office?" Luka asked.
"Yeah, yeah. Through the double doors then straight ahead, quick left and then your first right. You must be new here". Jeremy responded.
"Yeah, I am. It's kind of hard to hide it. My name's Luka".
"I'm Jeremy, this is Bonnie".
"Hi, Bonnie". Luka says to Bonnie.
They look at each other. Jeremy looks at them.
"Anyway, Luka. I'm actually heading in that direction. Why you don't follow me? It can get confusing".
"Thanks man. It's nice to meet you Bonnie".
He looks at her and leaves with Jeremy.
Woods
Elena is with Caroline. Elena is carrying a bag.
"Tell everyone I wasn't feeling well and I went home from school". Elena said.
"I can't believe I'm agreeing to this. I'm a terrible liar". Caroline replied.
"And keep Stefan busy. I don't want him to know what I'm up to".
"I'm even worse at duplicity and you know this".
"You managed to keep me occupied when Katherine paid Stefan a visit".
"Yeah, because she threatened me. Not that I'm saying that you should use that as a tactic, it's...Stefan's gonna see right through me".
"Caroline, as my friend, do you promise or not?"
"You had to break out the girlfriend code. Okay. I promise".
As they were walking the blonde vampire stopped and smelled something.
"What is it?"
"I smell blood it's kinda fresh".
"Who else would be out here?"
"I don't know but it smells familiar".
"Okay".
"Why don't you want Stefan to know?"
"Because he would never be okay with me doing this".
The girls continue their way till they saw Grace heading to the ruins.
"Is that Grace?" Elena asked.
"Yeah she must have gotten hurt because that's her blood I smell, why is she out here?" Caroline responded.
"I don't know but I think I should call Damon or Stefan, I don't think they know she's here".
Grace heard talking coming from behind her so she turned to see Elena and Caroline. 'Busted. Now I'm in trouble'. She then made her way over to the teen girls.
"Grace what are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"I could ask you the same thing". Grace said.
"Do Damon and Stefan know you're here?" Caroline asked.
"As long as you two don't tell they won't".
"Why are you here?"
"For answers".
"About?"
"My father, Katherine knows him. She's been running from him for the past 500 years".
"Who's your father?" Elena asked.
"Klaus. I need to know what she knows about him, I want to know more about my father. I'll make you guys a deal neither of you tell Damon or Stefan I was here I won't tell them you were".
"You really are Damon's niece aren't you?" Caroline responded.
"I have my moments. So do we have a deal".
"Deal". Elena said.
"Elena". Caroline said in shock.
"She wants to know about her father and who better to tell her than Katherine".
"Thanks Elena now we should go I only have till school let's out".
"How are you gonna explain how you didn't go to school?" The blonde asked.
"Haven't gotten that far ahead yet". The ten year old then had an idea. She pulled her backpack off pulling out a spell book she found, she looked through the pages till she found the spell she needed.
"Grace what are you doing?" Elena asked.
"I have an idea now i need absolute silence". She replied.
The young girl began chanting the spell after a couple minutes she had some blood oozing out of her nose once she was finished a replica of Grace stood next to her. Caroline backed away some just as she started to smell the sweet blood.
"I thought you weren't allowed to use your powers". Caroline said.
"Every now and then I'm allowed to". Grace lied. She then turned to her replica. "Go to school and pretend to be me".
The replica nodded and Grace handed her the backpack of school stuff after she had taken the canister of blood out. Once the replica Grace had left the real Grace had turned to face the teen girls. "There problem solved". She then had pain in her head as she fell to her knees.
"Grace!" They cried in fear. The two got down to help the young girl.
"I'm fine it happens sometimes". Grace said.
"How long does that spell last?" Caroline asked.
"I'm not sure hopefully it'll last for the day". The young girl wiped the blood from her nose. "I'm good now we should go".
They go under the church ruins. They stop in front of the tomb's door.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Caroline asked.
"I know I'm sure". Grace said.
"Yes, I'm sure. She's the only one who knows the truth about Klaus. The only one who can tell me how to stop him". Elena responded.
"But you're asking for the truth from someone who's probably never giving it. Are you sure about this?"
"Yes Caroline we are". Grace said a bit impatiently.
"Yeah. I can't just sit back and wait. I have to know, Caroline. Please".
Caroline goes towards the door and opens it.
"Katherine?" Elena called out.
"Hey evil witch". Grace called.
She looks at Caroline.
"We'll be okay from here".
They hear a noise. Elena turns her head and looks at the door entrance. Katherine arrives and stops at the entrance.
"Hello Elena. You come to watch me wither away? Goodbye Caroline. I see you brought little Gracie with you". Katherine said.
"Do not call me that I'm still pissed at you for killing my parents". Grace snapped at her.
"Oh boo hoo get over it".
Grace then narrowed her eyes wanting to inflict pain on her but she was still in pain from her spell.
"As long as we stay on this side of the door, she can't hurt us. Please".
Caroline looks at them and leaves.
"Stefan know you two are here?" Katherine asked.
"Were not here on a social visit we want answers". Grace said
"You sure do have your daddy's temper".
"I brought you some things". Elena said.
"You came to bribe me? What is it that you want?"
"I want you to tell us about Klaus".
"Hmm, you've been busy".
"I also brought you this.
She takes an old book from the bag.
"It's your family history. It says in here that the family line ended with you. Obviously that's not true".
"You think that if you brought me some family keepsake that I'd open up?"
"I know a few ways of making you talk". Grace said.
"I also brought you this".
She takes a bottle of blood from the bag and shows it to Katherine. Katherine rushes over towards Elena but she can't get out because of the spell.
"You don't look so good. How long before your body shuts down? 10, 20 years? It must be painful to desiccate and mummify. I can't even imagine".
Katherine sits down on the floor. Elena puts some blood in a glass on the ground and pushes it towards her with a stick. Katherine takes the glass and drinks. Her skin regains some of its color.
"You have the Petrova fire". She then turned towards Grace. "You have your father's temper there's no doubt about that".
"What do you know about him?" Grace asked.
"I know a lot about Klaus".
"More blood?" Elena asked.
Katherine puts the glass on the floor. Elena takes it.
"It's a long story, Klaus and I. It goes all the way back to England, 1492, after I left Bulgaria. Or was thrown out".
Elena gives Katherine more blood.
"Thrown out?"
"My family, your true ancestors, they disowned me. My indiscretions were not tolerated at that time. I had a baby out of wedlock. The shame".
"It was kept secret?"
"Mhmm. My baby was given away. I was banished to England and I had to learn to adjust. So I quickly became English. It was there that I caught the eye of a nobleman named Klaus. I was taken with him at first, til I found out what he was and what he wanted from me. And then I ran like hell".
England 1492
Katherine is running in the woods. She falls and hides behind a tree. Elijah and his men are looking for her.
"She's here. Katerina! I know you're near, I can smell your blood. It's pointless to run, Klaus will find you wherever you are". Elijah called out.
Trevor arrives and indicates a false direction.
"This way. There is more blood over there". Trevor said.
They leave. Katherine gets up. She tries to leave but Trevor arrives, puts a finger on her mouth and pushes her against the tree.
"Head east. I can't lead them astray anymore".
"I can't run anymore".
"Never mind. There's a cottage. You'll be safe there. Go now. Go!"
She leaves.
Fell's Church Ruins
"So, what did Klaus want?" Elena asked.
"The same thing that he'll want from you. He wants to break the curse". Katherine answered.
"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelgänger".
"He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body".
"Am I needed to break the curse?" Grace asked.
"No but you are very powerful".
"Does he want to kill me?"
"Maybe, maybe not".
Salvatore Boarding House
Rose is crying. Damon arrives and she wipes away her tears.
"All right Rosebud. I need some answers. Oh please don't tell me you're crying 'cause your buddy Trevor lost his head". Damon said.
"You've always been this sensitive?" Rose asked.
"Full vampire switch for this very reason. Takes the emotion out of it".
"Yeah, you switch yours, I'll switch mine".
"Is that a dig? I keep mine on for my niece".
"It's an observation. Being in love with your brother's girlfriend must be difficult".
"I'm not in love with anyone".
"You want to try that again?"
"Don't get on my bad side".
"Then show me your good side".
"How do I find Klaus?"
"You don't find Klaus, he finds you".
"Come on. Somebody's got to know somebody who knows where he is, right?"
"Add another two hundred somebodies to that and you're still not even close".
"Humor me. You got in touch with Elijah, how did you do it?"
"Through a very low somebody on the totem pole. A guy named Slater in Richmond".
"Perfect. I'll drive".
"No. You forget not all of us can do sun. Besides what about Grace?"
"Then you drive. Come on. Besides my brother can handle her she's ten what trouble could she get into?"
Mystic Falls High School
"Stefan!" Caroline called out.
"Hey". Stefan replied.
"Hey. Uh, I need to talk to you. Where are you going?"
"Well, Elena went home sick; I just want to go check up on her before I have to get Grace from school".
"Ditch her".
"I'm kind of worried about her".
"You know what? Of course you are. Go ahead, I'd...you know what? We can talk later".
"Uh, talk about what?"
"I might have done something".
"What did you do?"
"Told Tyler I'm a vampire".
Fell's Church Ruins
Elena gives another glass of blood to Katherine.
"What does the Petrova blood line have to do with Klaus?" Elena asked.
"It's really tedious but..." Katherine started.
She drinks and crushes the cup. She has regained more of her color. Grace was slowly starting to get more pain in her head but she ignored it for the time.
"The curse was bound by the sacrifice of Petrova blood. Witches are crafty with their spells. The doppelgänger was created as a way to be able to undo the spell. Once the doppelgänger reappeared, the curse can be broken".
"So you ran before he killed you?"
"Something like that".
England 1492
Katherine runs through the woods to a cottage. She knocks on the door.
"Help, please help me". Katherine cried.
An old woman opens the door.
"Please, help me".
"I don't invite strangers into my home".
"No, Trevor. He said that you'd help me".
Rose is inside and overhears the conversation.
"Damn him. Always making promises I don't want to keep". Rose said.
She looks at Katherine.
"Let the girl in".
Katherine enters. Rose goes over to the woman and compels her.
"Bring her water and something to eat".
"You must be Rose. Thank you. Trevor said to show you this".
She shows her the moonstone.
"To prove I am who I say and that you'd help me to freedom".
"You stole this from Klaus?"
"It was to be part of the sacrifice ritual, so I grabbed it and made my escape".
"People do not escape from Klaus. Everyone who tries ends up back in his grasp and anyone who helps them dies".
"I know the risk you bring on yourself by giving me aid".
"I'm risking nothing. At nightfall, I'll bring you back to Klaus and beg him to show us both mercy".
She catches Katherine and pushes her in an empty room.
"No! No!"
Rose closes the door.
Coffee Shop
Rose and Damon are parking the car in a underground parking lot in Richmond.
"Back entrance. How convenient". Damon said.
"That's the point. We can't all have little daylight rings". Rose replies.
"How do you know this Slater guy is even here?"
"I called him. He's here. He's always here".
"Good".
He pushes her against the wall at super speed.
"Just one thing. If you're setting me up in any way, I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. It's something I'm very good at".
Rose grabs him and pushes him against the car at super speed, twisting his arm behind his back.
"I'm older than you and stronger. Don't get on my bad side".
She releases him.
"You can trust me".
They enter the coffee shop.
"Whoa. What about the sunlight?"
"Double paned and tempered. UV rays can't penetrate. You see the appeal now?"
Slater rejoins them.
"That and the free Wi-Fi". Slater said.
She embraces him.
"Hey, how are you?"
"Good. I saw you come, what are you doing here?"
"Mmm, it's a long story but I want you to meet..."
"Damon Salvatore. Turned 1864 in Mystic Falls by Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova. Uncle to Klaus' child. So I take it I was right, what I told you about the tomb under the church was true?"
"Yes. It was right. Thank you for the tip".
He looks at Damon.
"It's nice to meet you, maybe. What's going on Rose? Where's Trevor?"
Fell's Church Ruins
"Rose never ended up taking you back to Klaus, did she?" Elena asked.
"No, but not because she had a change of heart". Katherine replied.
England 1492
Rose enters the room in which she is holding Katherine. Katherine is on a bed.
"It's nightfall. Time to go". Rose said.
She sees that Katherine is hurt. She's there's blood on her stomach.
"When did this happen?"
"In the woods, I tripped".
"It's a lie, I would have smelled it".
She finds a knife in Katherine's hand and takes it.
"I'd rather die than go back to Klaus. Please, just let me die".
"If you die then Trevor dies with you".
She bites her wrist and puts it in Katherine's mouth, forcing her to drink the blood. Her wounds heal. Trevor arrives.
"No. No!"
"Where is she?" Trevor asked.
Rose rushes over to him and leaves Katherine alone. She pushes him against the wall.
"You have set us both on the path of death. I only hope Klaus sees the honor in returning that girl to him".
"He will sacrifice her".
"Then so be it!"
"I love her, Rose".
"He'll kill you. He won't stop until he has all of our heads".
"Then we shall run until we die".
They hear a noise in the room. They rush in to see what's happened and find Katherine hanging from the ceiling by a rope. She's dead.
Fell's Church Ruins
"You killed yourself?!" Elena exclaimed.
"Klaus needed a human doppelgänger. As a vampire, I was no longer any use to him". Katherine replied.
"But it didn't work. You didn't really escape, you've been running from Klaus ever since".
"I underestimated his spirit for vengeance but living in a suitcase is better than dying so you can have your blood spilled over some silly little rock".
Elena looks ill at ease.
"What's wrong? Afraid I'm right? You don't want to die? There's another way out".
She cuts her wrist with her nail. She bleeds.
"Better hurry. Your opportunity is going, going, going and gone. I made the other choice".
England 1492
Katherine wakes up in the cottage.
"What did you do, Katerina? I would have helped you live". Trevor said.
"You would have helped me run. That was never going to be enough". Katherine answered.
"It was enough for me".
"Do you not see, Trevor? She used you to help her escape and me to turn her. Klaus will see our role in this". Rose said.
"And for that I'm sorry".
"As am I...for this".
She rushes over to Katherine with a stake but Katherine grabs the old lady and pulls her in front of herself for protection. Rose stakes the old lady on the shoulder. Katherine drinks the old lady's blood.
"Please understand".
"You have just signed our death sentence".
"Better you die than I".
She throws the old lady into Trevor's arms and leaves with her new super speed.
Fell's Church Ruins
"Rose and Trevor spent the last 500 years running because you used them. Trevor just got killed". Elena said.
"I never thought he would last that long". Katherine responded.
"You don't even care that you ruined their lives".
"I was looking out for myself, Elena. I will always look out for myself. If you're smart, you'll do the same".
"I bet you don't even care about ruining my life, you killed my parents who were gonna give me a life and for what? To get at Damon? Stefan? Klaus?" Grace says.
"Actually I did it to get you I told you Grace, your powerful and I can use that to my advantage".
She turns away and opens the Petrova book. Grace was beginning to have another vision causing more pain in her head, the flashes came quick. She saw Elijah throwing something into a shop of some sort and he destroyed it Damon was in the shop, the next one was Elijah standing with a couple of people. The young girl screamed in pain she fell to the floor holding her head. Elena then went to the young girl.
"Grace what's wrong?" Elena asked, her voice worried and concerned.
"I...think...Uncle Damon's...in...trouble".
A/N: Part 2 in the works! should be up tomorrow.