I was right, Elena undaggered my father the day after the dance. Somehow she had managed to get my number from Damon and had called me to clue me in on her plan, without alerting Damon or Stefan. She asked meet up with them directly after she undaggered Elijah, so I slipped out while Niklaus was meeting with his witches to make preparations to be returned to his body. She had me meet her outside the Boarding House.
"Hello Elena. Hi Dad," I greeted the pair as I walked up to where they were standing.
"Hi Stella, glad you could make it." Elena said giving me a little smile.
"Estelle, are you alright?" My father asked concerned.
It felt kind of nice that my father who had just got undaggered was more concerned about me than he was about himself. I assured him I was fine, and suggested we move on before one of the brothers came out and saw us. We got in Elena's car where she gave my father a blood bag.
"You look better," Elena said casually. She pulled over to the side of the road.
"Where did you get the dagger?" My father demanded.
"Good question," I murmured. My father sent a glare at me and I shrugged at him.
Elena was quick to try and make a deal, "I'll tell you everything. But we have to work together, Elijah. I need your word."
"Your ability to make demands has long passed," my father growled.
Elena put up her hands rotating them at the wrists from side to side, as if to say 'no!' " No demands. I'm offering you my help. And in return, I want yours."
"And why should I even consider this?" Elijah asked carelessly.
"The same reason that you haven't killed me. You need my help to kill Klaus. And I need you."
"Technically we don't need you willingly to help us," I muttered too low for her to hear me.
My father sent me a warning glance and I huffed silently but didn't say anything else. I crossed my arms and sat back in my seat, pouting a little. My father rolled his eyes at me, turning his attention back to Elena.
Elena's phone rang at that moment and she answered; Stefan was on the other side. Elijah and I, we could hear both sides of the conversation. Stefan wasn't keen on Elena being with Elijah, although he seemed to relax a little when she told him that I was present as well. He still tried to talk her out of it but she shut him down telling him that it was her decision. She hung up right after that and handed the phone to Elijah when he held out his hand for it.
"He's here," Elena told Elijah grimly.
"Klaus is here?" asked my father, looking to me for confirmation. I gave a little nod confirming Elena's words.
Elena nodded, "He's taken over Alaric's body."
Elijah nodded sagely, "Of course he has. One of his favorite tricks." I smirked a little at his words. My father noticed and quirked an eyebrow at me. I pretended not to notice.
"Well, what are his other tricks? What is he going to do next? You're the only one who knows him." Elena was desperate to find out what Niklaus would do next.
"Yes, I do." Elijah shared a smirk with me.
Elijah decided we needed to go to Lockwood's where he compelled the mayor to invite us in and give Elijah some new clothes. We were now sitting in the Lockwood's living room with Elena catching my father up on all that happened. Elena didn't know it but she was also catching me up.
Apparently the Martins were dead, I had kind of assumed they were since I hadn't seen or heard anything of them. It had all happened while I was being held by Jules so I didn't know for sure, until now. Of course as far as Elena knew Katerina was missing, and assumed dead, so she said as much when my father asked after her. I made a metal note to fill him in later, on what had happened with me.
Elijah explained how they had first met Katerina and shared that Niklaus was his brother. Elena was having a hard time believing this and kept staring at him. She didn't seem to notice that I wasn't surprised by the news, and I kind of hoped she didn't pick up on that.
"Yes. Klaus is my brother." My father told Elena calmly again.
"I heard that. I'm still processing." Elena told him still gaping in surprise.
My father smirked, "Yes, I'm a little behind on the times, but I believe the term you're searching for is "O.M.G.""
I outright laughed at that comment, catching my father's attention. "I expect you to fill me in on what you've been up to after Elena and I finish our business," he told me raising an eyebrow.
"Of course," I acknowledged calmly, thought inside I was apprehensive, I was not looking forward to filling my father in.
"I need some air. I'm still feel a tad...dead. Come." Elijah led us out side to walk around the Lockwood's lake. He started filling Elena in on their history -the origins of vampires, his and Niklaus', the rest of the family.
"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."
Elena commented, "That's where the white ash for the dagger comes from."
"Yes. The witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth. Every creature needs to have 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?" Elena asked curiously.
"Right. The curse of the sun and the moon. It's all so...biblical-sounding, don't you think?" He and I shared a smirk, and I giggled.
"What's so funny?" Elena asked.
I merely smirked at her while my father exactly pained that he and Niklaus made up the curse.
Elena stared at my father, "I don't understand. So Klaus drew the Aztec sketches about the curse?"
"Roman scrolls, African tribal etchings, and any other culture or continent we felt like planting in it." My father explained gently.
"But why?" Elena asked.
"It's simple really," I stated calmly. "The..." I was interrupted by my father.
"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." My father finished.
"So it's not Aztec at all?" Elena asked, still trying to wrap her head around everything.
"The curse of the Sun and the Moon...is fake. It doesn't exist." Elijah told her, he took my arm and started to lead me around the lake.
"What?!" Elena exclaimed hurrying after us. "Wait you knew this, Stella?"
I smirked back as her, "I did."
"You lied to me!?"
I shook my head, "No I didn't. None of you asked me what I knew about the curse."
Elena glared at me, "That's the same thing!" I ignored her rolling my eyes, no it wasn't.
Elijah sighed and continued, "Klaus and I faked the sun and moon curse dating back over a thousand years."
"But if there's no curse..." Elena protested
"There's a curse. Just not that one. The real one's much worse. It's a curse placed on Klaus." Elijah replied.
"What are you talking about?" Elena asked confused.
"Klaus has been trying to break it for the last thousand years. And you are his only hope."
"What is this curse?" Elena queried
"Your phone will not stop its incessant buzzing. Answer it, please." Elijah told her handing her the phone.
Elena did as he asked, it was Stefan. Apparently Niklaus had attacked her aunt. Elena quickly left promising to return, leaving my father and I there.
"Well then," Elijah turned to me. "Why don't you fill me in on what you've been up too while I've been out of commission."
I sighed and nodded, "Let's sit down for this."