2010

" So , what are you guys doing ?" Alaric asked as people around him settled down. It was Klaus who was a resident in Alaric's body asked the question. He couldn't get much information on their plans. He had tortured and compelled Katherine but it was no use again. Whatever she knew , she told him but he knew what was she like. He had seen Elijah with the doppelganger's friends and had a warlock family working for him. There were some people from the future arriving that meant they knew what was going to happen.

" Elena is going to surrender to Klaus." Hope said finally. She was leading the plan. Klaus smiled internally but he had to act differently.

" Elena is being dumb. We are talking Klaus here , the fiercest Original. No, I don't allow that. " Alaric looked around to find some new faces. He knew about a blonde vampire who got turned recently and the Bennett witch but didn't know about new arrivals .But surprisingly none of them were here except Stefan. There were three girls and he could head a kid playing in the house somewhere. If anything goes wrong , he can use the kid against them.

" You can't do anything about it." Hope said and strangely it felt eery to him that almost everyone was quiet. Even the younger Salvatore wasn't saying much and Klaus had bigger plans for him .He felt as if he was in a trap.

Suddenly, he felt a migraine. A strong one. He was strong but he didn't knew of a pain he could get through witch. He got on his knees and clutched his head but it didn't relieve him. He realized that it wasn't the Alaric's body in pain but he himself. He looked up to find the girls doing spell. They were strong together but he had to stop it. He vision was getting the best out of him but he saw Stefan filling an injection from a vial. Klaus could see his feet coming towards him but he stopped when someone came through the door.

" Hey ! Stop it." A girl's voice came through and he felt the pain going away and he got up . He was about to attack the witch but a man stopped him.

" Immobilus." Sam spoke through which made him like statue.MJ started to speak. Stefan put down the injection on the sideboard.

" Thank God , we came on time. We have solution for breaking your ...curse. But we have some conditions and if you agree to them and don't try to kill us , only then we can help you." She looked at Hope who nodded back. Sam unfreezed him and he started to speak.

" I don't listen to anyone's conditions I make conditions." He roared.

" Uhh..." MJ looked confused. A minute went by, there was still silence.

" MJ!" Hope spoke up. MJ looked back and spoke up.

" What am I supposed to say? That was a pretty good one liner." Alaric looked at her and then , looked back at everyone who were looking back at her.

" Just tell him. " Sam whispered to her slowly at which she nodded.

" Okay. We have 2 conditions. One you won't kill Elena. Two , you won't take Stefan with you."

Stefan was about to say something but MJ beat him to it.

" Oh wait. I have third and last one. You won't kill people we love if we help you." She nodded after she was done.

"What do you present that doesn't make me kill the doppelganger?" MJ vamped out. After a minute or two, she came back with someone who looked awfully like Stefan.

"This is Tom. He is Stefan's doppelganger." She finally spoke up. Klaus looked back and forth at Stefan. He raised his eyebrows in appreciation. Tom was dazed and clearly compelled. He was surely a human because Klaus could hear his heart beating. He was looked the same like Stefan but clearly he was older.

" You can take him and break the curse."

" And leave his body." A brunette girl spoke up.

" Josie." Hope calmed her down.

"As much as I am impressed , What makes you think that I won't take Elena ? " He smiled wickedly. Sam came forward to touch his shoulder.

" Invisque."

" What the hell! " Hope exclaimed as MJ shrugged her shoulders.

" You didn't tell me that your friend was witch."

" He is not a witch. I will explain later. He's trying to help."

" No , they can't see us. " Sam just looked calmly at him. Deadly calm. He looked at Stefanie who was talking to Hope about something and stopped talking and looked around again.

" You must be stupid to do this if you are challenging Klaus Mikel.."

" Cut the bullshit. I have had my eye on you for a long time." Alaric looked enraged.

" What do you mean?" He asked.

" You know you Originals have a way of killing the Originals.Tatia. Katherine . But not Elena. She is too important."

" Well , Tatiana was killed by my mother , Katherine was responsible for her own fate and Elena is a mean , a leverage as now I see it."

" You won't do anything about it. Take the other doppelganger and leave. Raise a finger at them and you will pay." Sam said , calmly.

" You are nothing in front of me. Just a simple witch. "

" As much as I love to show you how beneath you are to me , I can't kill you sadly because it will hurt certain someone's friend. But I can give a parting gift." He came forward quickly and grabbed Alaric head to spell something. He tried to pull but failed.

" You are nothing but an abomination. I should have killed you the minute you were born." Mikeal's voice came in his head with a flashback of a past where Mikeal was beating him as if he was a stray dog.

" You are monster. Even I can't love you." Aurora's harsh words echoed in his head this time. He could feel the hate on her face as if she was in front of him.

" You always do it. You don't love anyone. Why do you this to me?" Je could feel Rebekah's pain as he felt tears coming out of his own eyes.

This was worse he ever felt about himself. All the feelings and flashbacks seemed to be amplified . This felt real or maybe it was real. He felt as if he had no control over Alaric's body but it wasn't true. He heard a faint voice of spell.

" Well? I guess you got the message. So , finally." Again Sam came forward looked him into the eye and started to speak.

" You will take the Stefan's doppelganger and use it break your curse. You are not going to hurt anyone because you know then that I am going to come after you. Now ,leave."

He spelled something again and Hope looked at both of them and sighed with relief. Klaus as was compelled , came forward for Stefan's doppelganger but MJ stopped him.

" Wait!" She went towards him and lightly hugged him. She whispered something slowly only vampires could hear it.

" I am sorry. I had no choice." She broke the hug and clearly showed no sign of change.

" You can take him." She moved aside and Alaric came forward. He compelled Tom to follow him and left the boarding house.

Everyone remained silent for sometime. MJ broke off the silence.

" Hey Josie! " She came in front of her and held her hand. Josie started to siphon off again and left her hand immediately.

" Hope told me. I am really sorry." Josie smiled sadly at her and shook her head.

"We can talk about it later. But first , Let's meet your friend. Is he the one?" She whispered slowly and earning a blush from Stefanie. Sam heard it and suppressed a smile . He acted like he didn't hear a word of their conversation.

" Lizzie, Josie . This is Sam. Sam , this is Lizzie and Josie." She introduced them to each other. Josie held out her which Sam shaked gladly but something changed. As soon as Josie touched his hand , magic started to siphon. She looked at him , surprised and broke off the handshake. Before she could say something , Lizzie came forward.

" She's a kid. Take care of her." She gave a stern look to him causing MJ to blush more. She grabbed Lizzie by her arm and took her to some corner.

Hope came towards Sam and looked at him. She asked.

" What did you while you were alone with him?''

He just smirked and put his hands in his pockets. He heard MJ telling Lizzie to not intimidate him. She cared about him.

"Nothing much. Just talking." Hope raised her eyebrow and was about to ask something else but he simply shook his head.

" Let's do this some other time. There is some stuff I need to take care about." As soon as he said , MJ looked at him and smiled. He smiled back and waved a goodbye. As soon as he left the room, Lizzie started to laugh and Josie just smiled.

" Oh My ! My ! My! You like him. Tell me everything!" Lizzie exclaimed and took her to another room to hear more about her adventures.

Only people left in the room were Josie and Hope. They looked at each other.

" I don't think I trust MJ's new friend." Hope stated and Josie looked at her for a moment and nodded.

" I think I agree."

" Explain."

" As soon as I touched him , same same thing happened what happens with MJ. I think we should tell my dad and her dad."

" I agree. He is not an ordinary witch."

" Quick question . Where is the injection? " Josie asked as she had seen Stefan putting it on sideboard but it wasn't there now.

" I don't see it. What if he took it?"

" Sam ? " Hope nodded at this.

" We have look for ourselves then. ''