Chapter 4:

Elijah was wandering the gardens again. He'd been wandering a lot the past week wondering how everything had gone so wrong. Having Kol out in Mystic Falls had been a tricky proposition at the outset but he had been doing surprisingly well. Rebekah was usually responsible for the mishaps as she egged him along but Kol had been managing rather well. In fact Elijah was proud of him. He had been glad when Kol showed an interest in Elena given how Elijah felt about her. It would be a good thing if the two of them could get along. Everything seemed to be going along better than expected until word of the cure got out and then in the blink of an eye Kol was dead by Elena's own hand! With a frustrated sigh Elijah glanced up to the twinkling night sky.

I miss you little brother

Meanwhile Elena stared at the North Star from her seat on the compound's roof. It was a beautifully clear night but Elena's thoughts were still jumbled. How could he believe so whole-heartedly that she would kill his brother! She knew how important family was to him. It was important to her too! She thought that they had built something between them – mutual trust and respect at the very least – but he had been so quick to condemn her without even speaking to her about it. He had never even considered the possibility that it might be Katherine. Did he think so little of her?

Moving to stand up, she flashed herself back into her room. Once she had grabbed her phone and dialed the familiar number of Elijah's cell phone before putting it to her ear, she started hoping that he'd at least listen to her side of this.

Her prayers went unanswered as Rebekah answered it. "Hello wench."

"Rebekah."She wanted to say more but Rebekah decided to talk.

"My brother's fortunately unavailable as he's too busy with his new girlfriend." Elena felt the tears in her eyes well but she could imagine the smug grin on Rebekah's face. "Yes, I prefer his new girlfriend Hayley over you any day of the week."

Apparently, the girl was with Rebekah and began to giggle and make some gasping sounds of Elijah's name, causing Elena's already shattered heart to shatter more. Elena hung up and threw her phone at the wall before falling down to her knees, heart shattering into pieces like her phone and then some.

Her tears coating her cheeks and the selfish need to be alone filled her. She needed to be strong for Caroline and not cry over men who were never attracted to her in the first place but no one gave the memo to her heart. Each tear she shed, every last one, was her feelings for Elijah washing away from her.

As much as she wanted to forgive him for believing that she was at fault, she was going to stop. If she did bestow forgiveness on someone then it would only be on Marcel, his vampires, Caroline, Jeremy, Bonnie, Kol, Matt and Stefan. Everyone else, who pleads and begs her, she'll kill them or incapacitate them in any way that she can before killing them.

There was no more forgiveness in her heart for anyone but those that she named. Every last bit of her humanity she clung to was gone. What was good about it anyway? It just means that you get hurt over and over again and she was tired of it. She wasn't going to shut it off, but she didn't want to be with it either so she kept it in between-like a light switch that was stuck in the middle.

Never on or off.

Marcel and Caroline, who overheard that, instantly hated Rebekah Mikaelson in that second. Caroline went in there and sat beside her, giving Elena that same comfort that was given to her by the brunette who fell into her arms and cried.

Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, Rebekah and Hayley smirked at each other when Elijah walked into his room.

"Did my phone go off?" he asked as he was wondering why they were in there in the first place.

"It did." Rebekah looked sorrowful at him. "Elena called to basically shove it in your face that Kol's dead because of her." Elijah's eyes hardened and though both girls were sorrowful looking, they were happy on the inside. At least one of them was going to be out for blood much more than they anticipated. Once they were gone, he decided to call her but the phone went straight to voicemail.

"Hey this is Elena Gilbert! Sorry I can't answer the phone now but if you leave a name and number-I'll call you back! Love ya!" He hung up and felt his heart turn to stone. Clenching his hand in a fist, he ended up crushing his phone. Opening it, he saw all the pieces that once had been his phone. He may be a gentleman but the things he wanted to say to her-as well as threaten her with-shouldn't be said over the phone. No, the next time he sees her, he'll threaten her then but until that time comes to pass, he'll kill anyone who will dare hurt his family.

He'll start with Jeremy Gilbert.

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The rocks broke down the door but as Elijah walked up to where said door was, he found that he hit the threshold. This was confusing until he saw Tyler and Stefan in there, after hearing the door break down. Stefan sneered at him.

"You're not allowed in and I'm pretty sure that Jeremy wouldn't want you even a hundred meters near any of his properties."

Elijah raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm pretty sure that I do not care for what he thinks as it was him and his sister who killed my brother."

"You should start caring." Jeremy appeared on the steps, a stake in the crossbow and aimed directly at his heart. "I won't miss and trust me," his eyes were colder. "I didn't miss when I shot this at Kol."

It was a bluff but as Elijah's anger made him a bit sloppy, he thought he could take him but what he hadn't counted on was Bonnie appearing behind Tyler and Stefan and Elijah's two siblings-Klaus and Rebekah-appearing behind him.

Inspiration struck him. "I want to make a deal. Leave Mystic Falls for a hundred years and when you come back, do whatever the hell you want as I'll be long gone by then."

"Why? I like it here." Klaus smirked and as he tried to enter, he was blocked. He looked up and growled, "Allow me entrance Hunter."

"Hmmm…never in a million years." Jeremy shot at him. "Either take my deal or that thing you call a sister will meet the very pointy end of this stake."

Stefan looked at them and nodded. "I'd take the deal if I were you unless you want Bonnie to kill you…"

Bonnie, knowing now was when she needed to threaten them, gave them a cold smile. "I've killed 36 people already, you want me to add more?" she asked coldly as she lifted up her hand in a way to give them an aneurysm.

"Deal." Elijah didn't want to lose his remaining siblings so he agreed. Turning to look at them, they knew why.

"We will leave in a month." Klaus said as he looked at them. "New Orleans has been calling me as of late."

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Three witches were trying to hide the fact that they were using magic when two girls entered their shop. One was a pretty brunette with cascade waves going down to her lower back while her friend was a blonde with ringlets.

Both were in something that made all the males in the shop stare at them.

The brunette had on a body hugging little black dress that was strapless whereas the blonde had on the same body hugging little dress but hers was in a deep red color.

"Leave." The brunette's voice was ice cold and as the men all left, the blonde looked at the three witches. "You do know that playing with magic is a crime, right?"

"Who the hell are you?" the middle one sneered at her. The blonde smirked.

"Caroline and Elena Sommers. Marcel's friends."

Each one turned white until the brunette-Elena-grabbed the middle one and ripped out her heart. Letting it slide out of her hands, she snapped the neck of the one on the left and the one on the right was decapitated by a swing of Elena's hand.

Every witch knew that day, that the Sommers girls were brutal and Marcel had told Caroline that Elena was her 'second in command'.

"Why?" Caroline questioned and Marcel grinned.

"Every French Quarter Queen needs a second in command." He told her and she kissed him, for the first time.

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