"Hey, Emmie," the voice of the Lockwood teenager voiced through the human Petrova doppelganger's cell phone as she silently sat crisscross on top of her white comforter while she listened to the voicemail her best friend had left her late last night, "it's Ty." There was then a sound of Tyler awkwardly chuckling before he mumbled, "you obviously know that. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a call and tell you about what's been going on with my transition thing or whatever." The voicemail cracked a second later as if the Lockwood teenager was moving around before Tyler continued, "I know Caroline called you. She told me you were busy with something, but, I, uh, I need my best friend." There was then a short pause on Tyler's side before he explained and said his final goodbye, "Mason isn't answering any of my calls, so I just need you. So, please give me a call later. Love you."

The human girl let out a heavy sigh once the voicemail ended and she could only hear silence as the message was finished. Emily then tossed her cell phone down onto her bed before she brought her knees to her chest and laid her head onto them. The brunette girl couldn't help but feel like a bad best friend for still not being there for Tyler during this difficult time. She didn't even give him a call like she told Caroline she would do when she finally got home from the tomb. It had totally slipped her mind as she was so concerned about Stefan being stuck with Katherine.

Emily mentally made a promise to herself as she closed her green eyes that she would stop by the Lockwood mansion to see how Tyler was doing on his big day; the full moon. She just needed to get dressed and go see Stefan at the tomb first as their phone call that they shared last night didn't really help her worrying.

"Hey," the soft voice of the Bennett witch uttered as she interrupted the calm and silent moment that the Gilbert girl was having as she tried to relax her mind before taking on the day. "How are you doing?" Bonnie gently questioned.

Emily slowly and tiredly lifted her head up at the familiar voice and that's when she saw that Elena and Bonnie were gradually walking into her bedroom with a concerned expression shining on both of their faces. The brunette girl hated when they would do that. She didn't like when people were worried about her, but Emily knew they had a reason to as if they were worried she would do something crazy again like yesterday - even though it was't crazy in Emily's opinion, it was the safe option. "I'm fine," Emily finally answered after a short pause as she gave them a small smile before she silently got out of bed and made her way towards her closet.

While the human girl was busy looking through her closet for an outfit, the Bennett witch and the Gilbert vampire stared at one another before Bonnie handed Elena the milky stone. The vampire nodded her head before she jumped onto her twin sister's bed. "So, now that we got the moonstone back, what are you gonna do with it?" Elena questioned loudly while she kept glancing over to Emily before she focused onto the Bennett witch.

"Right now," Bonnie began as she took a seat across from the brown eyed vampire on the large bed before she explained in an unusually loud voice, "it's what is binding the sun and the moon curse or the hybrid curse that you told me about. If I can figure out a way to remove the spell from the stone, then the stone becomes useless."

"And according to Katherine, Klaus becomes vengeful," Elena mumbled loudly as she remembered the story her doppelganger had told her about Klaus killing her family while she also tried to get her twin sister involved with hers and Bonnie's trap.

The Bennett witch stared across at Elena for a moment but when the vampire nodded her head in Emily's direction, Bonnie silently agreed as they both knew they were seconds away to setting off the human girl. "Maybe," the Bennett witch uttered loudly, once again, before she commented, "if he finds out."

"Which he will," Emily stated as she joined the conversation like the Bennett witch and the Gilbert vampire knew she would as she finally walked out of her closet with an annoyed expression after she had changed into a dark pair of jeans and a burgundy off the shoulder sweater. Emily couldn't help but become annoyed as they still didn't believe her when she told them how dangerous it was to try to get rid of the curse. But, of course, no one cared what she thought. "And shouldn't we be more focused on getting Stef out of the tomb?" Emily confusingly questioned as she thought that would be top propriety since he's stuck in there.

"Nope," Bonnie muttered as she shook her head. She then turned her body around, so she was fully facing the standing human girl before she elaborated, "Stefan wants me to focus on unbinding the moonstone."

Of course he does, Emily thought irritatingly. The Gilbert girl felt like they were all purposely trying to intercept her plan, which they probably were. However, that definitely wasn't going to stop the human doppelganger. Emily then focused onto the Bennett witch and gave her a charming grin instead of her resting scowl before she tried to persuade Bonnie, "I think you should get Stef out first, so there can be more eyes to help you get rid of the moonstone as soon as possible."

Bonnie shook her head, once again, along with a soft chuckle as she knew what the human girl was trying to do before she stated, "I'm taking Stefan's side on this one." She then shot the Gilbert girl a light glare before she added, "and we're not just gonna let you get used in some creepy sacrifice."

"It's not that creepy," Emily mumbled as she defended the sacrifice after she had walked over to her bed and grabbed the moonstone from her sister's hands before she began to twirl it through her fingers. The Gilbert girl, however, did find the sacrifice completely crazy and weird, but she was hoping that if she down played it then they would focus on getting Stefan out of the tomb while she tried to focus on her own plan to save everyone.

"It's not happening, Nicole," Bonnie stated as she called the human girl by her middle name before the Bennett witch quickly swiped the milky stone out of her hands as she could see Emily's mind was roaming with active thoughts like they all knew she would.

The Gilbert girl frowned before she quickly shook her head and went to open her mouth to try to convince her twin sister and best friend to forget about the moonstone like she had been trying to do. However, before Emily could utter a single word, she was soon interrupted by her youngest sibling walking into her bedroom. "What's going on in here?" Jeremy wondered as he noticed just how tense the air was.

"Oh, you know, just girl talk," Bonnie told the younger teenager with a small shrug before she made her way over to her brown purse that sat on Emily's white vanity table while she made sure to make as much noise as she could so she would get the human girl's attention. Bonnie then glanced over to Jeremy, who was standing by the table, before she slipped the moonstone into the front pocket of her purse.

The Gilbert vampire glanced over to her twin sister, who was watching Bonnie set their trap with the moonstone, just like they wanted. Their plan was going perfectly, so Elena decided to continue to the next step as she stood up from Emily's large bed and announced to the room, "I think I'm going to go see if we have anything for breakfast."

The Bennett witch nodded her head in agreement as she headed to the door while she commented, "I could really go for some blueberry pancakes." Bonnie then turned her gaze to the human girl, who wasn't following after them, before she questioned with a raised eyebrow, "you coming?"

Emily gave her twin sister and best friend a small smile before she told them, "I'll be down in a couple of minutes." She ran her fingers through her messy brown hair as she gave them the perfect excuse to give her some time to just think about her next move to keep everyone alive, "I just need to deal with this mess first."

Elena nodded her head and told her sister with an unusually bright smile, "I'll make you some coffee," before she and Bonnie quietly exited the human girl's bedroom.

Emily closed her green eyes and let out a loud sigh once she couldn't hear anyone in her bedroom anymore as she just needed a couple of minutes to herself to relax her mind. However, when Emily opened her eyes back up, she was surprised when she saw that her brother was staring down at her as she thought he had left. The human girl lifted an eyebrow as she questioned with a smirk, "do I have something on my face?"

Jeremy ignored his older sister's playful attitude like they both would usually have in the morning. He instead crossed his arms over his chest while he glared down at the human girl before he interrogated in the strongest voice he could muster, "why are you on some suicide mission?"

The brunette girl didn't want to have this conversation with her baby brother as she knew it would upset him. So, Emily decided to do what all the Gilbert's have done when they want to avoid talking about their problems and that is to just joke around them. The human girl then began to carelessly play with her red fingernails before she uttered dismissively as she ignored her brother's stern tone, "I think of it more like a suicide squad."

"Emily," Jeremy growled as he left no room for games. He didn't think any of this was funny like the green eyed girl was obviously joking about. Jeremy just wanted his sisters to be okay, but he couldn't know that for sure anymore as his older sister keeps putting herself in these dangerous situations.

The human girl heavily sighed when she realized that Jeremy wasn't going to start laughing any time soon as she saw zero humor in his brown eyes. Emily hated that her baby brother was worrying about her as that was her job. But she knew he wasn't going to stop until she told him something that could help him understand why she was doing all this, so she did just that like she had been repeating to everyone else. "I'm just trying to protect you guys from being harmed," Emily finally told her brother as she answered his original question.

"Oh, so bringing Klaus the moonstone so you can get yourself killed is okay?" Jeremy growled angrily. He just didn't know why his older sister would just turn herself over. He didn't want anything to happen to her, so it made him equally mad and upset that she was trying to get Klaus' attention so he could kill her.

"Jer..." Emily began in a soft mumble as she tried to console her brother, but before she could utter another word, the brown eyed teenager swiftly turned around and rushed out of her bedroom. The Gilbert girl let out another sigh once she was alone. She knew this was going to happen. That is why she wanted to finish her plan all in one day but, of course, that didn't really pan out. Emily knew no one was going to understand why she was so willing to turn herself over because they aren't in her position, but she was still going to try to get them to get why she was doing this; to keep them alive and safe.

Emily decided after a moment that since Jeremy was too pissed at her right now along with the fact that Elena and Bonnie were so focused on getting rid of the curse from unbinding the moonstone, that she would go see how Stefan was doing before going to see Tyler about his werewolf identity. However, after Emily grabbed her cell phone from her bed and went to pass her vanity table, a thought suddenly popped into her head. They can't focus on the moonstone if they don't have it, the human girl realized as she quickly stuck the milky stone into the front pocket of her jeans before she slowly made her way out of her bedroom in a calm demeanor.

Emily knew that she needed to act normal like nothing was wrong and she wasn't actually stealing the moonstone or she would be caught. So the Gilbert girl slowly began her journey down the stairs like she usually would before she silently slipped into her combat boots once she was in the foyer and grabbed her keys from the small table by the door.

But before Emily could make her final escape, she was soon stopped by the sound of her twin sister's voice coming up from behind her. "Hey, where are you going?" Elena questioned in confusion before she informed the human girl, "Bonnie made pancakes and I made coffee."

The human girl quickly swirled her body around and saw that her twin sister and best friend were standing only a couple of feet away from her. Emily hurriedly placed assuring smile on her face before she explained, "I was just going to visit Stef at the tomb before stopping by the Lockwood mansion."

Bonnie rose an eyebrow at the brunette girl in amusement as she didn't believe her. She then took a small and slow sip of the warm coffee from the pale orange cup as she wanted to see if Emily would crack before she finally spoke as she questioned, "you wanna try that again?"

"Seriously?" Emily asked. She then rolled her green eyes in fake annoyance as if she was really just leaving the house like she normally would instead of hiding something from them. "If you don't believe me, then go through my phone," Emily told the Bennett witch. She then pulled her device out of her back pocket and stated, "Stefan knows I'm coming and Tyler left me a voicemail."

The Gilbert vampire and the Bennett witch glanced at each other for a couple of silent seconds as they spoke with their eyes before Elena slowly and cautiously grabbed her sister's cell phone. Elena then began to look through Emily's text messages along with her last calls and saw that she was telling the truth. The Gilbert vampire handed the cell phone back to her sister once she got her proof before she stood beside Bonnie again and mumbled confusingly, "she's not lying." They thought their plan would have worked, but it seemed like Emily was really going to see Stefan and Tyler.

"Thank you," the human girl muttered sarcastically before she asked in the very same tone, "can I go now?" Emily knew she had to keep up this defensive attitude for them to actually believe that she was doing what she said she was. But reality, she was taking a certain item with her to keep her family and friends safe.

Bonnie quickly nodded her head as she apologized for hers and Elena's assumptions to the human girl, "yeah, we're sorry." She bit down on her bottom lip before she told Emily softly, "we're just worried about you, Emmie. That's all."

Emily silently nodded her head as if she was accepting their apology, even though she was starting to feel guilty for lying to her best friend and twin sister. But Emily knew she was doing the right thing. She was protecting them from what Klaus could do to them. "I'll be back in a couple of hours," the human doppelganger promised before she turned around and went to finally walk out of the front door.

However, before she could even lift one of her black combat boots off of the hardwood floors of the foyer, she was abruptly halted by her brother yelling, "stop!" The younger teenager showed up out of nowhere and quickly blocked Emily's exit while he tried to control his fast breathing from sprinting down the stairs. "Sh-She took the moonstone," Jeremy panted as he explained to the two very confused supernatural beings.

"What?" The Gilbert girl questioned in fake shock, "what are you talking about?" Emily furrowed her brows as she looked at Jeremy to keep up her feigned innocence before she pointed to her twin sister and exclaimed, "will you tell him, Lena? I'm just going to see Stef and Tyler, nothing else. You saw it for yourself."

The Gilbert vampire's brown eyes squinted as she didn't know who to believe. She did look through her sister's phone and saw that everything Emily said checked out. However, there was just one last thing to do to make sure her sister wasn't actually hiding anything. Elena then silently walked back up to the human girl before she stuck her hands into Emily's front pockets of her jeans, which caused Elena to immediately sigh when she felt that she was holding the moonstone.

Emily lifted both of her arms up as she quickly uttered, "I have no idea how that got there," as she continued to play the innocent card.

"Stop lying, Emily," the youngest of the Gilbert siblings commanded as he angrily glared at his older sister before he stomped over to stand between his other sister and the Bennett witch.

"We tested you," Bonnie told the human girl as she grabbed the moonstone from Elena's hand before she shrugged her shoulders and mumbled, "and you failed."

Emily huffed out a sigh as she ran her fingers through her brown hair. She knew her act was up now that she was caught, so she decided to tell them what she had been repeating to everyone so they could understand why she was doing this. "I'm just trying to keep you guys from getting hurt," Emily uttered softly before she explained, "Klaus killed the entire Petrova family because Maria tried to ruin the sacrifice along with Katherine, who turned herself and ran." The human doppelganger shook her head and murmured, "I'm not going to give him the chance to hurt everyone I love."

The two younger Gilbert siblings and the Bennett witch then began to silently have a conversation between each other while the human girl stood there in confusion after she gave a heartfelt speech. It was about another minute or so before their conversation ended and Jeremy walked over to the door before he opened it for his older sister.

Emily stood there in complete confusion as she stared at her exit and the three people watching her. She didn't understand, were they just going to let her walk out after all that? Emily then shrugged her shoulders as she guessed since she didn't have the moonstone anymore then they thought she wouldn't try to turn herself over to Klaus. The Gilbert girl gave her siblings and best friend one last look before she went to step through the door so she could finally go see Stefan and Tyler, but she was soon stopped as her body wouldn't go over the threshold.

"What the hell," Emily mumbled bewilderingly as she tried to push her hand through the entrance of the Gilbert residence, but couldn't as her hand kept only hitting something invisible. The brunette girl quickly realized that it was like the spell that keeps Katherine stuck in the tomb as she remembered her doppelganger's sister doing these exact same movements. "Seriously?" Emily growled once she turned around and faced the three grinning teenagers. "You were never going to let me leave, were you?" The human doppelganger questioned as she crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance.

"Nope," Elena told her twin sister as she patted Emily's shoulder with an amused smile before she made her way back into the kitchen with a laughing Jeremy following behind her as the vampire knew they were probably burning the pancakes that Bonnie had started to make a few minutes ago.

"Bon Bon," Emily begged as she put on her best puppy dog face as she knew Bonnie was the only person that could help her since she was the one with the witch abilities and along with the fact that Emily knew with complete certainty that Elena and Jeremy were going to enjoy teasing her now that she was stuck inside of the Gilbert house.

The Bennett witch quickly shook her head as she avoided looking into the doppelganger's bright green eyes. "No, no, no," Bonnie hurriedly uttered, "I am not falling for that." She then focused her eyes on the tan ceiling as she pointed in Emily's direction while she told the human girl, "this is for the best, Emmie. We're going to get you out of this," before Bonnie swiftly turned around and made her way back into the kitchen as she knew she would fall under Emily's charm like everyone else does if she stayed any longer.

Emily let out a loud huff once she was left alone in front of the spelled door that was basically teasing her as she couldn't exit it. "You guys are the worse!" The Petrova doppelganger yelled out before she instantly rolled her green eyes when all three of them in the kitchen yelled back, "love you too!"

Emily was already growing bored and the day had barely started as it was only nine in the morning. This is going to be hell, the brunette girl thought before she sluggishly made her way back up the stairs and towards her bedroom while she tried to think of what she was suppose to do all day.


FELL'S CHURCH TOMB

Meanwhile in the middle of the woods while the human Petrova doppelganger was trying to think of what to do with her day imprisoned in her home, the oldest Salvatore was currently standing in front of the barrier line that stopped him from being trapped inside of the tomb like his idiotic brother, who just had to be the hero, and Katherine, who was just a bitch devil that deserved to be here. Damon had just finished explaining to Stefan of what has been going on from Emily's suicidal mission yesterday to the plan he, Elena, Jeremy, and Bonnie had came up with to keep the human girl safe from turning herself over.

The stuck Salvatore raised one of his eyebrows in his brother's direction as he tried to understand what Damon was saying; how they basically locked the human girl in so she wouldn't be able to escape. "So, you trapped her..." Stefan began before he mumbled confusingly, "in the house?"

Damon shrugged his left shoulder carelessly as he stated, "trust me, it's for the best." He then rolled his blue eyes in annoyance before he exclaimed, "your girlfriend thinks she has to go get herself killed, but..." Damon shot his brother a smirk before he added, "luckily for you, the witch agreed with our plan, so fret not, brother."

The tomb then grew silent for a moment before Damon lifted up his hand that was carrying a brown backpack and stated, "I brought you this." The blue eyed vampire tossed it over the barrier line as he listed, "care package; candles, lanterns and..." Damon then lifted up his other hand as he added, "lunch," as he held up a bottle full of animal blood just like his brother likes it.

Stefan shook his head as he crossed his arms over his sweaty grey Henley that was clinging to his body from the Virginia heat. "Give that to me and I'm just gonna have to share it with her," Stefan explained as he pointed his head behind him to the nosy Katherine.

Damon glanced over his brother's shoulder before he let out a sigh as he knew Stefan was right. "Yeah," the blue eyed vampire mumbled as he brought the bottle of blood to his side instead of handing it to his brother. Damon definitely wasn't going to hand it over when the bitch devil would just take it for her selfish self.

"You know," Katherine began as she slowly made her way up to stand next to Stefan by the spelled barrier before she stated sarcastically, "you two are surprisingly calm, considering Klaus will hunt you down and kill you if mess with his little plan."

Damon lifted both of his shoulders as he shrugged before he told his ex girlfriend, "I've been dead before, I got over it." He then focused onto his brother as he assured him, "once we deal with the moonstone, we'll figure a way to get you out."

Stefan shook his head as he told Damon, "don't worry about me. I just need you to make sure Emily's safe and she isn't doing anything stupid." The human girl was the only thing Stefan cared about at the moment. He could deal with Katherine, he just needed to make sure that Emily wasn't trying to hand herself over again while he couldn't do anything about it.


The Gilbert girl had decided after an hour of pacing up and down her bedroom's hardwood floors that since she couldn't actually go talk to the Lockwood teenager face to face, thanks to the ever so lovely Bonnie Bennett, then she was at least was going to give him a call and be there for him as best as she could before he would have to go through the full moon for the first time.

Once Emily finally had something to occupy her mind for a while, she grabbed a notebook and unhooked her silver laptop from the charger on her wooden desk before she hopped onto her large queen sized bed. Emily had grabbed a notebook because she wanted to write down anything that Tyler would tell her as she wanted to be there for him at the next full moon since she obviously was trapped in her house for this one. The Gilbert girl then pulled her hair back with a black hair tie once she was settled on her bed as she waited for her Skype call to be answered by her best friend.

It took about three minutes longer than usual before the brunette girl finally saw the Lockwood teenager pop up onto her screen. Emily noticed right away that her best friend wasn't doing that well as Tyler was out of breath and was looking around his room frantically. "Hey, Ty," the Gilbert girl uttered softly, "how are you doing?"

Tyler ran his shaky fingers through his short messy brown hair as he tried to calm down after rushing around his room looking for everything he would need for tonight. "Honestly, I don't even know," Tyler mumbled before he asked irritatedly and confusingly, "where have you been? I thought you would be here like you promised."

Emily let out a heavy sigh as she knew this would be coming up. She felt so guilty that she couldn't help him through everything like she agreed to do. "I am so sorry, Ty," Emily apologized as sincerely as she could while staring into Tyler's brown eyes through her computer screen. "I was up at Duke yesterday looking at the campus, and Jenna told me to be home at a certain time. But I lost track, so now I'm grounded for the weekend," the human girl lied.

Emily knew she had to keep up the lie that Caroline, thankfully, told Tyler yesterday when she was busy with her plan in Richmond. She also added another lie that she was grounded since she couldn't actually leave her house, and it wasn't like she could just tell Tyler; 'no, sorry. I can't come help you because our friend, Bonnie, is a witch and she trapped me with a spell.' Tyler would definitely think she was crazy if she told him that. Plus, Emily didn't need Tyler knowing of another supernatural being after barely finding out that he's a werewolf.

The Lockwood teenager was then silent for a couple of minutes as he messed with his short nails, instead of looking into his best friend's green eyes with disappointment and sadness. He had been counting on Emily to be there with him during all this, so it made him feel conflicted and even more nervous of tonight. Tyler then sighed after another minute or so before he finally looked back up at the Gilbert girl and mumbled, "it's fine. Caroline said she would help me." Caroline definitely wasn't Emily, but Tyler figured she would have to do as he didn't think he could do this all alone.

Emily silently nodded her head while she bit down on her bottom lip. She knew Tyler was upset that she wouldn't be there for him on his first full moon as she was also feeling the same thing. So instead of beating herself over it, Emily decided that she would be there for him now with the best moral support she could offer so he could stay calm. Even though Emily didn't know what happens and what they feel when someone transforms on a full moon, she figured it would be in Tyler's best interest to not start freaking out or something bad might end up happening.

"Caroline told me that you found something of Mason's," Emily began as she decided to start off easy so Tyler wouldn't automatically start losing control about tonight along with the fact that she wanted to write down anything that could be helpful for the future. "Did it tell you anything about what happens during the full moon?" Emily questioned as she sat her notebook onto her lap while she tapped her blue pen against her white comforter.

"Well since Mason wasn't answering any of my calls, I had to look for answers on my own," Tyler stated as he rolled his brown eyes in annoyance that Mason still wouldn't get back to him after he left to Florida before he added, "but we did find something helpful." The Lockwood teenager got up from his desk and moved over to his bed, where a large black duffel bag sat. Tyler then turned towards his webcam as he slowly pulled out a large metal chain and Mason's journal while he shouted towards his laptop, "I found these in the Lockwood cellar."

Emily silently nodded her head as she carefully listened while she wrote down a small note, 'LW cellar. Chains needed.' The Gilbert girl then looked back to her screen and saw that Tyler was sitting back in his leather desk chair before she mentioned something else her blonde best friend had told her about while she was in Richmond, "Caroline also told me something about a USB drive."

"Yeah," Tyler mumbled as a shiver ran down his spine as the memories of watching his uncle slowly transform into a werewolf popped into his mind. "It was bad," he whispered as if he was scared to even talk about it before he explained, "the USB was a log of Mason's first transformation. It was over six hours of Mason screaming and yelling before I had to turn it off." Tyler ran his fingers through his brown hair as he anxiously tapped his foot against the floors of his bedroom before he informed Emily about what else he and Caroline found, "a-and he drank this stuff; wolfsbane. Mason wrote that it was to slow him down and weaken him."

'Wolfsbane = werewolf weakness. Long transformation. Pain,' the human doppelganger quickly added to her list of werewolf notes before she focused back onto her laptop and that is where she saw Tyler holding his head between his hands. She could also see how he was breathing irregularly as she noticed how fast his chest moving. Emily felt so heartbroken while she stared across at her best friend. She didn't know what she was suppose to do. Mason never told her what to do. So, Emily did what she knew best and tried to comfort him as she softly spoke as she could tell he was slowly breaking down, "Ty, you need to calm down and relax. You're going to get through this."

The Lockwood teenager swiftly lifted his head up from his hands before he looked at the brunette girl as a snarl escaped his mouth. "But I'm not!" Tyler shouted emotionally, "you didn't see the pain that Mason had to go through with just one transformation. It just got worse and worse. I-I-I can't do it. I just can't."

The Gilbert girl swallowed thickly at the tone of Tyler's voice as she knew he was just feeling different things from the full moon and that he didn't really mean to snap at her. He was right, though, she didn't see what Mason went through, but she did know who Tyler was. She knew he could do it. "You are going to get through this," Emily stated, once again, in a strong voice as she voiced her thoughts.

The human girl knew she needed to give Tyler the confidence he needs to feel like he can survive the pain or it would just hurt him even more. "Why don't you think everyone is a werewolf?" Emily questioned before she told her best friend, "because not everyone can handle it." She pointed towards the emotional Lockwood as she continued, "but you? I know you get through it. You are brave and you don't give up." Emily gave Tyler a small assuring smile as she told him, "you just have to believe in yourself, Ty. Yeah, you're going to feel pain, but this is just going to make you even stronger. This is your family heritage, so you were born a Lockwood werewolf for a reason. You got this."

The Lockwood teenager bowed his head for a couple of silent minutes as he absorbed the brunette girl's words before he finally looked up with tears clouding his brown eyes. "I'm scared," Tyler confessed in a mumble as his anger left him and he could only feel anxiousness and nervousness to what he would experience tonight.

"I know," Emily uttered softly. She could tell by just looking at her best friend's body that he was slowly freaking out and she hated it. This was not how she wanted to help Tyler when she promised to keep him safe for Mason. She felt helpless that she couldn't do much more than comfort him. "Listen, you're going to be okay," Emily told Tyler, "besides, Caroline is going to right there with you and I taught her everything she knows." She then shot the Lockwood teenager a smirk as she wanted to at least make him laugh once, "and if she doesn't do good, then I'll kick her ass for you."

The Lockwood teenager couldn't help but let out a small chuckle, just like the Gilbert girl wanted, as he shook his head in amusement at Emily's protectiveness. It was nice to feel something other than anger and nerves for the first time all day. Tyler knew he could count on the brunette girl like he always does to make him feel calm and relaxed. "Thanks, Emmie," the Lockwood teenager praised.

Emily looked across at her best friend with a content smile making its way onto her face. She was glad that she could make Tyler laugh and give him a moment to actually breathe and not to worry about what he'll be going through. Emily could tell he just needed to take a step back to calm down. "You'll get through this," the Gilbert girl stated as she further showed her support for the werewolf as she wanted to help keep his confidence up, "I believe in you."

Tyler silently nodded his head even though he didn't really know if he could actually do this, but he didn't really have a choice when it's a curse. He just tried to absorb all of the brunette girl's positive and good energy. He definitely didn't have much as Mason's transformation kept repeating in his head.

"I should probably get going," the Lockwood teenager muttered after a couple of calm minutes of silence had passed between them once he glanced down to the time at the bottom right corner of his laptop. "Caroline and I still need to set everything up in the cellar," Tyler explained as he, once again, began to anxiously bounce his leg up and down.

"Alright," Emily commented as she knew Tyler needed to go back into the real world and focus on tonight. She hated that she couldn't be there for him through all of his transformation but she was glad that she finally got to talk to him. "If you need anything or if you need some assurance, just give me a call," Emily told her best friend as she wanted to make sure he was okay before she uttered her farewell and ended the Skype call, "good luck and you got this, Ty."

The human girl let out a loud sigh and rested her head into her hands once the call ended and she couldn't see her best friend's face anymore. Emily knew she was going to be extremely worried tonight. She didn't want Tyler to have to go through the pain that comes with the transformation. It was times like this that Emily wished Mason was still around. He would definitely know what to do. The only thing Emily could do was hope and pray that Tyler could survive his first full moon.

It took a couple of seconds of the human doppelganger sitting before she jumped out of her bed as she knew she would just drive herself insane if she stayed there as she only thought of how Tyler was going to be doing. Emily knew she needed to distract herself from what was going to happen tonight, so Emily exited her bedroom and headed down the stairs as she decided to find something to eat since she skipped the breakfast that Elena and Bonnie had made.

Emily was about two steps away from reaching the bottom of the stairs and the small foyer before the front door was thrown open. The Gilbert girl immediately let out a groan when she saw it was the oldest Salvatore. "Leave," Emily commanded. She was not going to be stuck in a house that she couldn't even leave with the very annoying Damon in her presence. It would be hundred percent worse than her siblings teasing her all day.

"Aw, don't be like that," the blue eyed vampire cooed with a smirk. He then closed the exit that the human girl couldn't leave from before he continued to taunt the human girl, "you really should of locked your doors if you didn't want to see this sexy face."

"I'll keep that in mind for next time," Emily mumbled sarcastically as she rolled her green eyes before she pushed passed the vampire and made her way towards the living room and kitchen, where she saw her twin sister watching TV. "Can you get your boy toy off my back?" Emily asked Elena as she huffed out a sigh once she threw herself down onto the leather couch next to her sister.

Elena shook her head with a small chuckle at her sister's crankiness but she knew it was best to not engage with Emily along with the fact that she was enjoying watching her twin sister and boyfriend go back and forth. It was just as good as the reality show she was currently watching.

"I would love to, Emily," Damon exclaimed as he sat down on the arm of the leather couch by his girlfriend. He laid a quick kiss to her brown hair as he threw his arm over Elena's shoulder before he focused his blue eyes back onto the human girl and continued,. "but my brother doesn't trust you to not go on another suicide mission."

The human girl immediately frowned as she didn't know Damon had informed Stefan about what she had tried to do yesterday. She knew that was another person she had to explain her reasoning to, once again, and she knew it wasn't going to be that simple to explain to Stefan that she had tried to turn herself over as she cared a lot about what the younger Salvatore thought. He was definitely going to be pissed at her.

"So, he knows about the stupid stunt you guys pulled by trapping me in my own house?" Emily wondered in annoyance as she rose an eyebrow at the vampire. She was so tired and irked that they all kept interrupting her plan when she's trying to save them.

Damon shot the human girl a wide smirk before he told her something that would obviously make her mad, "he thought it was the perfect idea."

"Did you tell him about Elijah being alive?" The Gilbert vampire interrupted the showdown between Emily and Damon as she curiously asked her vampire boyfriend. Elena was still confused about the whole Elijah situation that took place last night. She didn't understand why the original just let them all go after he wanted to take her twin sister away just a few days ago. It just didn't make sense.

The Salvatore vampire shook his head as he slowly ran his long fingers down the right side of Elena's arm. "Yeah, no," Damon muttered, "I didn't tell him."

The human girl lifted an eyebrow in Damon's direction as she turned her body to the side on the couch. "And why didn't you?" Emily wondered as she didn't see why Damon didn't tell Stefan when it was a big deal. Elijah basically came back from the dead... again.

Damon looked towards the ceiling at the human girl's question as if he was lost in deep thought before he looked over at the green eyed girl. "Well, A; he can't do anything about it... and B," the Salvatore vampire responded before he paused for a dramatic effect. He then pointed towards Emily as he concluded with a wide smirk, "what I just said."

Emily rolled her eyes in annoyance at the older vampire. It was like Damon just had to make a joke out of everything and Emily was definitely not in any joking mood when she couldn't even leave her house. However, before the human girl could say anything sarcastically, they were all interrupted as her brother walked into the living room, which caused Damon to speak before Emily could even utter a single syllable.

"Where's Bonnie?" The Salvatore vampire questioned as soon as he saw the youngest Gilbert sibling walking into the living room alone. He had thought the Bennett witch would of been somewhere in the house since she had spelled the front door.

The brown eyed human furrowed his brows in confusion as he stared across at the Salvatore vampire before he mumbled, "I thought she was meeting you." Jeremy swore Bonnie told him that she was going to meet up with Damon when she left the Gilbert house an hour ago.

Damon shook his head as he corrected the teenager, "no, she's on moonstone duty." The Salvatore vampire then turned his gaze to his girlfriend's sister with a smirk as he stated teasingly, "I have the best job. I'm on Emily patrol."

Emily rolled her green eyes in annoyance, once again, as she told the older vampire, "I don't need you." She then leaned her head onto Elena's shoulder before she added with her own smirk, "I have my sister, so you can go." The human girl would rather deal with Elena and her teasing than having to deal with Damon all day or whenever this stupid barrier spell would end.

"It can be just like old times," Elena grinned as she linked her arm with her twin sisters. Now that Emily was stuck in their house and the fact that she didn't have anything to do, Elena could finally just relax with her two siblings.

"And who's on Tyler Lockwood and the full moon?" The youngest Gilbert wondered after he squished his older sister in the middle of him and Elena as he took a seat on the leather couch.

"Oh!" The human girl yelped as she raised her hand up towards the ceiling, "I volunteer!" It was finally her chance to escape the Gilbert house along with the fact that she could actually help her best friend get through the full moon, so she definitely was going to take it.

"Yeah, fat chance, Katniss," Damon uttered as he rolled his eyes at the brunette girl. There was no way he was going to let Emily keep an eye on the werewolf when he promised his brother he wouldn't let the human girl get into anything stupid and werewolf watching was at the top of that list right underneath turning herself over to Klaus. "Besides, vampire barbie asked me if she could handle it, and I said, why not?" Damon stated as he shrugged his shoulders before he added, "figured if she screwed up, he'll bite her and then I'll be rid of two of my problems."

"You're an ass," Emily muttered irritatedly as soon as she heard what the vampire said about her two best friends. She couldn't wait for Damon to just leave her house. Every second he stayed, it just made her more annoyed with the fact that she was trapped.

It seemed like the Gods were listening to the human girl, because not even a second later, the Salvatore vampire's cell phone began to ring in the pocket of his leather jacket. "You're too sweet," Damon told Emily sarcastically before he got off the arm of the couch as he answered his device and walked into the kitchen.

"Could you please get rid of your boyfriend?" Emily pleaded as she turned her puppy dog face towards her twin sister. She was gradually going insane with being in the same small space with Damon, especially without Stefan to keep her calm from the mindlessness words that comes out his brother's mouth.

The Gilbert vampire shook her head with a chuckle before she pulled her sister's arm close to her, which caused Emily to lean her head further onto Elena's shoulder. The vampire listened for a moment to Damon and Alaric's conversation before she told her sister, "he should be leaving soon."

"Thank God," the youngest Gilbert sibling uttered as he still didn't like the older Salvatore vampire after Damon snapped his neck a few months ago. Damon just bothered him every time he would even look at him, especially now that he was dating Elena.

Elena rolled her brown eyes at her two siblings before she mumbled as she defended her boyfriend, "he's not that bad."

The two human Gilberts both chuckled at their vampire sister as they were just messing around with her, but they were soon interrupted before they could tease her anymore, thankfully for Elena, by the Salvatore vampire walking back into the living room. "Change of plans," Damon announced before he looked over to his girlfriend and the baby Gilbert as he added, "you babysit."

The twin sisters immediately turned to each other with a grin as they both said in unison, "chick flick time." It was what they would always do when they had time together. It was usually with Jenna, but since she was busy down at the Town Square, their brother would have to do.

Jeremy instantly groaned as soon as he heard his sisters as he knew exactly what they meant. "Kill me now," the youngest sibling moaned as he laid his head into Emily's lap as he hoped he would just fall asleep before they pulled out the movies and ice cream.

"Hey, you know," the Salvatore vampire began as if he was going to say something nice while he slowly walked backwards to the front door of the Gilbert house. He turned his soft expression to a smirk as he stared at the human girl before he stated, "you should get out, enjoy the sun." Damon then placed his hand on his chin as if he was thinking before he exclaimed, "oh wait, you can't!"

Emily growled as she glared over at the smirking blue eyed vampire before she grabbed the pillow that was leaning against her brother's side before she threw it as hard as she could, which sadly didn't hit her target as the older vampire dodged it before he exited the house. Emily then turned her glare to her brother, who was full on belly-laughing at her. The human girl gave her brother a condescending grin before she pushed Jeremy off the couch. "Go get the ice cream, loser," Emily commanded her brother with a chuckle before she stepped over his body and went to find the movies they would be watching.

The human doppelganger was sad and upset that she couldn't just walk out of her own home and either complete her plan or make sure Tyler was doing okay, but she was glad that she got rid of Damon and that she gets to spend at least a couple of hours with her two siblings. Emily couldn't even remember the last time that they all just hung out with each other with nothing in the way.

Everything wasn't all good in Mystic Falls, but at least they had each other and they were all alive and healthy. That was a good day in Emily's book and she was going to savor it as long as she could.


Emily huffed out a sigh as she dropped her blue pen onto her AP Chemistry notebook along with letting out a loud yawn. The Gilbert girl had been in her bedroom and catching up on her homework for a couple of hours after she, Elena, and Jeremy had ate all of the chocolate ice cream and watched two chick flick movies and one action. Emily was starting to get exhausted while trying to keep her mind off of everything like Stefan being stuck in the tomb and Tyler feeling the pain of the full moon. It had been working for most of the day, but now that it was getting late, she was starting to get more anxious as there wasn't much to do.

The human girl decided after another yawn escaped her mouth that she was going to take a break from studying and get some water or maybe she'll even take a quick drink from Alaric's alcohol cabinet since Jeremy was in his room playing video games and Elena went to the Grill after Damon called about needing her help. Emily just needed something to occupy her mind until she could finally fall asleep and end this weird day - so hopefully that could help her.

Emily pushed her chair away from her desk after she reached towards the ceiling and stretched her tired body before she silently began to trot her way down the staircase while she hummed some tune that her mother used to sing to her and Elena when they couldn't fall asleep. It used to always calm her and it surprisingly still worked as she was feeling in content as she made her way towards the kitchen.

However, before Emily could make the short reach to the kitchen, she soon stopped when she saw that the hallway door was wide open with her aunt's head peeking inside. Emily was confused to why Jenna would be going through all those boxes when it was only full of old things that her parents use to hoard. "Hey, if it isn't my favorite aunt," Emily exclaimed with a smile once she made the walk to the new face in her jailed home before she wondered, "what are you looking for?"

The strawberry blonde sighed thankfully when she caught sight of her oldest niece before she rolled her eyes at what Emily had said. "I'm your only aunt," Jenna muttered in amusement before she added, "but thank God you're here." She then quickly pushed a heavy box into the brunette girl's arms and stated, "I need your help."

"Oof," Emily mumbled as she felt her knees buckle on their own thanks to the extra weight she was holding. The Gilbert girl then glanced inside of the box once she could stand straight and noticed that the box only contained a bunch of old leather bound journals and bundles of stapled printed papers. "What's all this?" Emily curiously wondered as she didn't recognize the items.

"Your mom's files from Historical Society," Jenna answered her niece's question as she glanced down to the box that was in front of her while she leaned over it. "I got roped into helping Mrs. Lockwood," the strawberry blonde stated before she rolled her hazel eyes and added, "and by roped, I mean very excited to participate."

"Sounds super exciting," Emily sarcastically told her aunt as she gave the strawberry blonde a large smirk while she settled the heavy box onto her hip. The human girl couldn't help but chuckle at the annoyed look on Jenna's face as she knew how much Jenna just loves to help Mrs. Lockwood.

Jenna rolled her eyes at her niece before she placed a bright smile onto her face, picked up her box, and slammed the hallway door shut. The strawberry blonde then turned around as the smile was for the man in the nice black coat as she was trying to show that she really was excited to help, instead of how she just showed her niece that she hated doing things for the mayor.

Emily let out a loud gasp and took a step back as soon as she saw who her aunt had been smiling towards. She couldn't believe it. The person that was standing in her house was the original; Elijah. The Gilbert girl honestly didn't know how she was suppose to act or what she was suppose to do as she couldn't show that she knew who Elijah was since her aunt obviously didn't know that. Emily was just more concerned about having the vampire so close to her aunt, even though Emily weirdly enough trusted that Elijah wouldn't harm her. It was just that she never wanted Jenna to be involved in all of this mess, but here was one of the oldest vampires in the world chatting along with her aunt.

The original turned his gaze onto the young brunette girl after he had gave Jenna a small thankful nod. Elijah then began to stare at Emily with a smile that was confident and amused. He couldn't help but chuckle silently at the frantic girl. "Hey, I'm Elijah," the original politely introduced himself to the woman's niece, who he was currently working with, as if he didn't know her.

"Elijah's in town doing research on Mystic Falls," Jenna explained to her eldest niece after she had placed her box onto the dining room table and had also grabbed the box that was in Emily's hands.

The original slowly walked the couple of steps towards the human doppelganger once the strawberry blonde had walked away. "It's a pleasure," Elijah uttered in his sweet as honey voice as he gave Emily a charming smile. He then gently grabbed ahold of Emily's right hand before he slowly and softly brought it to his lips and left a small kiss to her warm skin.

Emily immediately swallowed thickly at their close proximity and the intimate action. "Hi," the Gilbert girl uttered barely above a whisper before she quickly pulled her hand away and took a step back when she noticed that her aunt was walking towards them.

"So, you know," Jenna began as she stood in front of her niece and the new comer in Mystic Falls, "you're welcome to stay here and rummage through this stuff." The strawberry blonde then glanced over over to her niece, who she had noticed has been acting weirdly, before she suggested, "or Emily and I could help you load it into your car."

Elijah kept his brown eyes glued to Emily's nervous green ones for a minute longer than he probably should before he finally moved his gaze over to the strawberry blonde. "Or I can get someone to pick them up tomorrow," Elijah recommended as he gave his own suggestion.

The strawberry blonde pointed towards the nicely dressed man as she nodded her head. "Also a good plan," Jenna agreed. She would rather that happen as she was too exhausted to dig through her sister's closet for all that information that Mrs. Lockwood happily volunteered for her.

Elijah gave the woman a small smile before he gracefully shook her hand as he praised, "thank you so much for inviting me into your home, Jenna." The original then moved as if he was going to follow Jenna to the front door before he paused and turned around so he was only inches away from the human girl. "I hope to you again sometime soon, Emily," Elijah whispered as his point finger grazed the brunette girl's palm before he silently continued his journey to the exit of the Gilbert house.

Emily waited until she saw the original step over the threshold and begin to talk with her aunt before she bolted out of the hallway and up the staircase as fast she could as she ran towards her bedroom. Emily definitely didn't want to be downstairs when Jenna came back as she knew her aunt could tell that something was up and Emily didn't have an answer. It wasn't like Emily could say, 'oh, Jenna. It's nothing. It's just that your new friend tried to kidnap me once and ever since then I've felt this connection to him.' The human girl knew that was definitely not going to work. Jenna would have called her crazy before teasing her. So, as soon as Emily made it up the stairs, she rushed to her bedroom and slammed the door behind her before she closed her green eyes and took a deep breath. Emily didn't know what it was. Elijah just made her so nervous when she was around him. It was ridiculous.

The Gilbert girl stood there for a couple of minutes until she got control of her breathing before she opened her eyes back up after she calmed down from the fact that Elijah was just inside of her house, has been invited in, and was also friendly with her aunt. However, Emily's heart rate immediately went back up as she saw the tall and elegant body of Elijah staring at her as he stood in front of her window with her white curtains blowing in the wind.

Emily swallowed thickly, once again, as she stared into the original's brown eyes. "What do you want with me?" The brunette girl whispered as she didn't want her aunt or brother to hear her speaking to anyone and also because she was alone with Elijah for the first time. It was definitely causing her to be more nervous than she was downstairs with Jenna.

"I thought it was time we had a little chat with just the two of us," Elijah stated in his honey-like voice as he stared into the human girl's eyes. The original then looked away and slowing began to look around Emily's things on her desk like her notebook and the picture of her and Elena. It was silent for another minute or so as the original studied the small items before Elijah continued, "you must understand, I mean your family no harm. I just wanted to talk without your body guards."

Emily silently nodded her head as she understood what Elijah meant. They would definitely not be having this conversation if her sister or the Salvatore's were around as they are extremely protective. The Gilbert girl then anxiously crossed her arms over her sweater before she decided to ask one of the questions that had been running through her mind. "Why did you kill Cody and his men and why did you let me go?" Emily interrogated as she was confused with what was Elijah's plan. She had always thought that he was going to take her to Klaus ever since she was kidnapped by Rose and Trevor, but now she wasn't so sure.

"Because I didn't want you to be taken," Elijah answered the human girl's question like it was the simplest thing in the world before he continued to silently move around Emily's bedroom as he looked at each picture. "Klaus is the most feared and hated of the originals," Elijah continued once he took a seat on the edge of the large bed as he explained to Emily about why he killed the young vampires in Richmond, "but those that fear him are desperate for his approval. So if word gets out that the doppelganger exists, then there'll be a line of vampires eager to take you to him." Elijah shook his head as he stared directly into Emily's green eyes before he stated, "and I can't have that."

The Gilbert girl's brows instantly furrowed as she got even more confused by the vampire's answer. Emily then slowly made her way to her desk while she kept her eyes glued on the original's before she took a seat in her chair as she knew the answer wasn't that simple. "But isn't that what you were going to do?" Emily inquired as she thought that was the whole point of Elijah being in Mystic Falls.

A small and secret half smile lifted onto the corner of the original's face at the question before he told the human doppelganger, "let's just say... my goal is not to break the curse."

Emily's brain was about a second from exploding from all this information that Elijah was telling her, which contradicted everything she thought she knew. It didn't make sense. If Elijah didn't plan on taking her to Klaus, then what did he want with her? The Gilbert girl then sat there in silence for a couple of seconds while she ran her hands over her jeans as she tried to figure it out before she gave up and asked the question that she couldn't solve, "then what is your goal?"

"Klaus' obsession has made him paranoid," Elijah stated as he avoided the question before he moved his brown eyes to the ground as he remembered a flash of old memories before he continued to describe the feared one, "he's a recluse. He trusts only those in his immediate circle."

"But I'm guessing that doesn't include you," Emily assumed as she lifted an eyebrow at the original. She could tell by how Elijah was talking about Klaus that he either didn't agree with what Klaus was doing or Klaus didn't trust him. It could be both, though, Emily thought.

Elijah shook his head as he reaffirmed the human girl's assumptions, "no. Not anymore." The original then stared across at the doppelganger for a moment before he told her, "that's why I am here talking with you. I need your help."

"You need my help?" Emily questioned in amusement. This was definitely a first. An original asking her, a human girl, for help. The Gilbert girl then frowned as everything began to piece together. "You have no clue where Klaus is," Emily mumbled as she knew exactly why Elijah wanted her help, "you want me to draw him out."

Elijah nodded his head as he crossed his legs at his ankles. He then studied the young girl with a look of remembrance before he told Emily in a strong and serious voice, "but in order for us to do that, I need you to stop trying to get yourself killed."

"But wouldn't that just draw Klaus out?" Emily wondered before she explained her thought process, "if vampires know that the doppelganger is alive, then he'll show up." Emily always figured that was the point of her going on dangerous missions. She's been trying to get people to reach out to him like she tried to do with Cody so she can meet Klaus and turn herself over.

"The time isn't right," Elijah told the human girl as he disagreed with another one of her suicidal plans. "But when the time is right, we shall draw out Klaus," the original explained before he paused to add a lot of meaning in his last word, "together."

Emily sat there in silence for a few minutes before she questioned as she bit down on her bottom lip, "will my family and friends be safe when we do this?" If Elijah could promise that her loved ones would be okay, then she had zero reasons to disagree. There would be no deal with Katherine and her friends and sister wouldn't have to be used in the sacrifice when the time comes. That is what Emily has wanted all along.

Elijah lifted his right hand up as if he was being sworn in to court before he promised, "no harm will come to your family or friends if you agree to my terms."

"And what are your terms?" Emily questioned. The human girl was feeling much better now that the original told her that her family and friends would be safe from Klaus once she agreed. She doubt it could be that hard to follow as she only cared about protecting them from the feared one. That was the reason why she even tried to hand herself over to Klaus in the first place.

The original slowly stood up from the soft bed at the question before he made his way to stand in front of the human girl. "Do nothing," Elijah uttered simply as he stared into Emily's bright green eyes, "I just need you to continue to live your life and stop fighting until the time is right and we can end this for once and for all."

"What will happen when the time is right?" Emily wondered as she curiously lifted and twitched her head to the side. She was eager to know what Elijah's plan was once they got Klaus to Mystic Falls and how he planned to stop the sacrifice that has been in order for centuries.

"Then I kill him," Elijah responded as if he was talking about how water is wet. He made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Emily's green eyes immediately lifted up in surprise. She didn't really know what she thought what Elijah's plan was to do with Klaus, but the thought of killing him never crossed her mind. Emily was definitely kicking herself now for not thinking about that when that is what they always do with the bad guys that come to Mystic Falls. However, as Emily thought of Elijah killing Klaus, she figured it wouldn't be that easy since Klaus is the most feared one. "So, that's it?" Emily inquired as she didn't think it would be that simple.

The original vampire nodded his head as he repeated what the human girl had said while also assuring her that it really was that simple, "that's it."

"How do you plan to keep everyone that I love safe?" Emily questioned as she moved away from the details of Klaus' death. She instead focused onto the present and how Elijah was going to keep everyone safe from here to the end of his plan.

Elijah didn't respond right away. He instead walked around the chair that Emily was sitting in and stood behind her as he continued to look around her things before he asked his own question, "I notice that you have a friend, Bonnie; it it?" Once the original heard the sound of Emily agreeing with a small mumble, Elijah continued as he finally told her how exactly he plans to keep her loved ones safe, "she seems to possess the gift of magic. I happen to have friends with similar gifts."

"Witches," Emily stated as she realized what Elijah was trying to say about her best friend while she also tried to calm her fast heart rate with having the original stand behind her.

Elijah nodded his head once he was finally back in front of the human girl before he assured Emily about the safety of her family and friends, "with my witches, we can protect everyone that matters to you." The original then lifted one of his eyebrows as he questioned, "so, do you accept my terms?"

However, the Gilbert girl didn't give Elijah an answer right away like she originally had planned to do. Emily figured since she had the original willing to compromise with her to help catch Klaus, then maybe he'll grant her the request she needed. Emily was just nervous to ask because she didn't know Elijah well enough to know how he would react. But thanks to whatever connection she felt with Elijah, she decided to just ask as Emily felt like he wouldn't hurt her. "I just need two things from you and I'll agree," the brunette girl anxiously uttered as she began to mess with her fingers.

"We're negotiating now?" Elijah amusingly questioned as he stared at the human girl with a small smile playing on his lips.

"Please, Elijah. It's important," Emily begged. The Gilbert girl didn't know why but she immediately felt confident after hearing the teasing tone come out of the original's mouth. It was like if she was joking around with Elena or Caroline.

The original smirked at the human girl as a small chuckle escaped his mouth. It was like he was looking right at Darina. The doppelganger reminded Elijah so much of his one true love, so he couldn't help but want to help her like he always did with Darina. "You name it and we have a deal," Elijah told Emily as he continued to look at her in amusement as he was curious to what she needed from him.

Emily instantly sighed thankfully when she got the agreement from the original. She was so nervous he would have said no. Emily knew she was definitely going to feel much better if Elijah came through with her first request. "Well, since you have witch friends," Emily began before she told Elijah what she needed from him, "I need their help with getting someone out of the tomb."

"The tomb?" Elijah questioned as his brows furrowed in confusion. The original wasn't familiar with any special tomb in town as he hasn't visited in centuries. He hadn't been here since it wasn't even called Mystic Falls.

Emily nodded her head before she explained, "there's an underground tomb in the center of the town's forest. It's where the old Fell's church used to be." The brunette girl then paused for a moment before she muttered, "and it's where Katherine is located." Emily didn't really want to out her doppelganger's sister to the original as she knew Katherine had some type of history with Elijah, but she had to do it to get Stefan out of the tomb.

"Interesting," Elijah muttered to himself. He hadn't heard that name in quite a long time. Well, not since he agreed to do something for Maria about forty years after Darina's death and Katherine's turning. Elijah mentally shook his head as he focused back onto the human girl when he realized he was lost in thought. "I'll have your friend released," the original promised before he wondered, "now what is your other issue?"

"Well..." Emily trailed off as she tried to think of the best way she could word her question. She already knew it was going to be awkward as she couldn't even comprehend it. So, instead of flat out saying it, Emily decided to slowly walk into it, "I, uh, I need to know something that only you can give me the answer to."

"Yes?" Elijah probed as he was intrigued to what the brunette girl was so nervous to ask him about. It was definitely not like her from what he had learnt about Emily from the town people and her aunt.

The Gilbert girl quickly glanced away from the original's brown eyes when he tried to get her to talk before she awkwardly cleared her throat as she tried to just man up. Finally, Emily looked back up at Elijah after a couple of seconds before she questioned in a mumble, "uh, why do I feel like I can trust you and feel some type of connection when I barely know you?" God, this is weird, Emily thought as she nervously tapped her bare foot against the floor of her bedroom while she waited for her answer to the very awkward question.

The original smirked at the human girl's nervousness while he kept his eyes glued to hers that tried to avoid his. Elijah then softly grabbed ahold of her hand and pulled the brunette girl out of the desk chair. He released her hand after a moment but kept on grazing the inside of her palm with his fingers. "That's a story for another time," Elijah whispered as he stepped closely in her personal space before he swiftly vamp sped away as soon as the last syllable was out of his mouth and only left the cold breeze in his wake.

Emily groaned loudly once she blinked and realized that she was standing alone and the fact that she still didn't know why she felt that way when she's in the original's presence. It was weird. She didn't even trust Damon this soon and he's Elena's boyfriend. But Emily knew she couldn't start worrying about some stupid connection when she had so much more going on with the sacrifice and with the deal to draw Klaus out. Emily just figured the connection with Elijah had something to do with Darina since she remembered how her doppelganger mentioned in her journal that she feels protective over people because of the blood they share, so maybe that is also connected.

The Gilbert girl decided after a moment of standing around that she would rest while she waited for Elijah to fulfill his part of the deal, so she made her way over to her bed and laid back. She, of course, trusted Elijah to come through for her. She trusted that he would also keep her family and friends safe. Stupid doppelganger blood, Emily thought as she tried to relax her mind and calm her heart beat after having that chat with the original. She didn't like how Elijah made her feel when it could be dangerous. And it wasn't even sexual or romantic as those feelings were only reserved for Stefan. It was like she could trust Elijah with anything. It was as if they had been friends their entire life. Emily didn't understand it at all, so she decided to close her eyes as she can only hope Elijah and his witches can get Stefan out of the tomb.


FELL'S CHURCH TOMB

It had been over five hours since the two vampires had their last visitor, which wasn't even that entertaining for Katherine as it had only been Damon. The Petrova vampire was getting quite bored now as Stefan wouldn't even look her way neither would he sleep, so she couldn't mess with his mind again.

Katherine finally couldn't stand it anymore, so she broke the silence just as it reached the half way mark to six hours of quietness. "Are we seriously not going to talk at all?" Katherine interrogated as she stared directly at her ex lover while she leaned her body against the rough wall.

The younger Salvatore vampire didn't even bother looking over at Katherine as he kept his head titled up while he sat against the wall. He only answered her question in a small mumble while he tried to keep himself awake, "we could talk about how you regret all you've done to make my life miserable."

Katherine rolled her brown eyes before she wondered, "what do you want me to say, Stefan?" She then slowly moved off of the wall as she slowly walked towards Stefan as she continued, "that I'm sorry for everything that I've done?" Katherine placed the small lantern she was holding down onto a small hole in the wall before she told the younger vampire, "well I'm not, okay. It's called self-preservation. I've been looking out for myself for 500 years."

Stefan stared across at Katherine for a moment before he let out a chuckle and moved his green eyes back to the dark ceiling. "Look where it has gotten you," Stefan mumbled as he let out a tired sigh.

"Yes, I've done terrible things," Katherine deadpanned, "I know that." She then slowly walked towards the sitting Stefan as she spoke softly and truthfully, "but I do love you, Stefan." Katherine stared down to the dirty ground as she mumbled, "even if you don't believe it."

The Salvatore vampire looked at Katherine with squinted eyes as he questioned, "you want me to believe you?" Stefan didn't wait for a response before he swiftly commanded the brunette, "then show me. Do something. Prove to me that there's something inside of you that is actually worth trusting."

"What's the point?" Katherine muttered as she looked down and picked the dirt from her nails before she whispered, "you're still gonna hate me."

Stefan shrugged his shoulders as he stated, "maybe and maybe I'll see that there's still hope for you after all."

Katherine stared into the younger vampire's green eyes for a moment as she tried to see what type of game he was playing at or if he was actually telling the truth about giving her a second chance. "You're playing me," Katherine finally concluded as she shook her head in amusement.

"Am I?" Stefan challenged as he raised an eyebrow at the conflicted and confused Katherine Pierce as he gave her a taste of her own medicine. She had spent decades of playing with him and Damon, so it was intriguing to watch it be turned around on her for once.

Katherine took a shaky deep breath as she swallowed down the hope she had for there ever to be a chance with Stefan again. She knew there was never going to be a real chance once Stefan sat his eyes onto her sister's doppelganger. No one could ever turn down Darina and now it was the same with Emily. So, instead of being turned down again, Katherine decided she would help like she had been trying to do for Emily. "You want to find Klaus?" The Petrova vampire questioned, "kill him so that you can protect Emily?"

Stefan turned his body while he nodded his head so he was facing Katherine as he was interested to what she had to say now that she was bringing up the vampire no one could find. "Do you know where he is?" The Salvatore vampire inquired.

Katherine let out an irritated sigh as she mumbled, "no, I don't." Katherine wished she did know where Klaus was. It was one of the reasons why she came to Mystic Falls. And it wasn't the lie that she had told the Gilbert twins and Stefan a few days ago. She wanted to help Emily like she had promised Darina. She then lifted up her point finger as she stated, "but I could help you find him."

"For a price I'm sure," Stefan muttered as he rolled his eyes. He knew he should of known that Katherine would only give him answers that might not even be real just so she could get out of the tomb.

Katherine didn't say anything for a moment, she just shook her head as she wasn't looking for anything in return. She came to realize that she didn't care if she got stuck here forever. She made a promise to her sister and she wanted to at least do that before she had to fight her hardest to survive Klaus again. "Start with Isobel, the twins' mother," Katherine told Stefan once she finally spoke as she gave him the advice he needed, "she was a research expert. She was the one that found me the second time around."

The tomb then was overcome by only silence as a small smile played on the Salvatore vampire's mouth since Katherine was finally helping someone that wasn't herself. It was a nice change of a pace. However, before either vampire could say anything else about finding Klaus, they were soon interrupted as they heard the heavy door being opened.

Stefan and Katherine quickly glanced at one another in confusion as they didn't know who would be standing outside of the tomb. The Bennett witch couldn't have fixed the moonstone that fast as they both knew it was going to be difficult. But when the two vampires didn't hear anything else, they both decided to see who it was.

It took a couple of minutes of them slowly walking with low blood in their system before they finally reached the entrance of the tomb. But the two vampires were both equally shocked when they saw who was standing there.

"Elijah," Katherine gasped as she slowly dragged her feet back away from the edge. She was surprised to see the original vampire in Mystic Falls. Katherine knew it was definitely not good if he's in town as she now had two originals that would know where she is and who both equally want her dead.

"Good evening, Katerina," the original greeted the vampire with her true name. Elijah nodded his head as he commended her, "thank you for having the good sense to be frightened." The original then looked over to the shocked Salvatore vampire before he explained, "your release has been requested."

Stefan glanced back to Katherine in confusion as they both didn't know who would be speaking to Elijah. He then faced the original as he voiced his confusion, "by who?"

"The charming and beautiful Emily drives a hard bargain," Elijah told the younger vampire with a small smile before he continued, "she and I compromised and reached an agreement." The original then pulled his right hand out of his coat pocket as he gestured for Stefan to exit the tomb as he uttered, "please, come."

"I can't," Stefan muttered as he stared across at the vampire he had thought was dead. It made him even more nervous with the fact that he spoke to Emily and made a deal. Stefan knew nothing good could come out of a deal with the oldest vampire in the world.

"Yes, you can," Elijah argued in an annoyed voice before he explained exactly what he had promised the human girl, "I've had the spell lifted."

Stefan glanced between the original and the barrier line that had kept him stuck for a full day as he didn't really know if Elijah was actually telling the truth or it was some sort of trap. So, to be careful and cautious, Stefan kept his back against the hard wall as he slowly continued to step until he sighed as he felt his foot step over the barrier line.

However, while Stefan was busy catching his breath now that he was out of the tomb, the Petrova vampire decided to try her luck as the spell was currently down. But before Katherine could place her foot out of the barrier, she soon stopped when Elijah quickly moved to stand in front of her and blocked her trail to safety.

"As for you," Elijah spoke in his calm voice as he compelled the vampire doppelganger that he hadn't seen in centuries, "you shall not exit until I say so. When Klaus comes, he'll want to know exactly where you are."

Once he finished compelling Katherine and knew that she couldn't escape, Elijah turned his attention on the still shocked Stefan. "You're free to go," Elijah stated, "Emily will surely explain the arrangement to you. If you all follow our deal, then everything shall stay how it is." The original then gave Katherine one last hard glare before he silently took his exit out of the tomb.

"Stefan, no!" The Petrova vampire quickly shouted when she saw that Stefan was about to follow after Elijah and leave her all alone. "Please don't let him leave me here," Katherine begged desperately. She needed to get out. If Elijah tells Klaus where she is, she might be too late in helping the human girl.

The Salvatore vampire stared across at his ex girlfriend, who was still stuck inside of the tomb unlike him. The part of him that still cared about Katherine wanted to help her, but he knew he couldn't. Katherine would just cause more trouble and he only cared about keeping Emily safe. "I'm sorry," Stefan softly whispered before he said his final farewell, "goodbye, Katherine."


The human Petrova doppelganger was currently pacing her bedroom as she waited for Elijah to fulfill his promise after a full hour since he left. Emily had even taken a shower and she still haven't heard anything from Elijah or Stefan. And it was making her even more nervous than she was when the day started. Emily felt like she was going insane by how many times she had passed her bed and window while waiting for something to happen.

"You really need to get rid of that bad habit of yours," the familiar and amused voice of the youngest Salvatore vampire uttered through the silent room as he stood by the door while he watched the human girl pace up and down.

Emily swiftly stopped her pacing when she heard the voice of the love of her life. The Gilbert girl's green eyes widened in excitement when she saw that she wasn't imagining things. She then quickly rushed towards the now smiling Salvatore with her own before she jumped and wrapped her legs around Stefan's waist. Emily waited no time as soon as Stefan caught her before she crashed her lips against his cracked ones.

The couple then kissed one another for a couple of long and passionate minutes as they had both missed each other. It felt like they hadn't seen each other in years but in reality it was barely over twenty-four hours. However, the loving moment was soon ruined as the Salvatore vampire pulled away with a frown. "We need to talk about what you did yesterday and this deal you made," Stefan muttered as he needed to know what has been going on with Emily.

The Gilbert girl quickly shook her head before she began to kiss all around Stefan's neck until she reached back to his lips. "That can wait," Emily promised before she stated, "I just need to feel you right now."

The Salvatore vampire didn't need much convincing after that before he connected his lips back to the brunette girl's and began to slowly carry her to the large bed. Stefan knew he didn't need the information right now as he also knew Emily was right; it could wait. Stefan just wanted to hold the love of his life while he showed her just how much he cares and wants to keep her safe.