Sophia's POV

"You's looked surprised to see me?" Elijah pointed out taking his handkerchief out of his breast pocket and wiped the blood off his hands like he always did. "So it wasn't either of you that removed the dagger from my chest"

"You look like you could do with a drink and we have lots to discuss, so shall we?" Nik replied gesturing him towards the kitchen but I knew what was coming before Elijah had even moved and watched as he punched Nik before sending him flying through the glass doors separating the two rooms and I frowned.

"Elijah, we just finished renovating" I whined protesting as I rolled my eyes but they both ignored me as Nik stood up and flew at Elijah with vampire speed tossing him into the coffee table with broke under the weight.

"Okay, okay that's enough!" I exclaimed before even more things got broken, it was inevitable in this family but didn't mean I wanted stuff breaking because I was the one always left to pick up the mess.

"You know you have every right to be mad at me but I kept my word, I reunited you with our family" Nik argued ignoring me as he stood but Elijah wasn't finished and he stood punching into Nik as they moved back into the room where the other coffins were with vampire speed but it all ceased when Nik threw open Kol's coffin and pulled the dagger out of his chest to threaten Elijah with it. "Don't make me do this to you again Elijah" Nik roared at him as I stopped watching their fight and looked down at Kol as I made my way towards him smiling since this is the first time seeing him in over 90 years.

"Kol" I reached out and ran my hand over his face.

"Come on use it, I dare you you'll have Kol to deal with" Elijah spat up at him and I looked up seeing Nik's hand holding the dagger ready to plunge it into Elijah's heart.

"That's enough" I warned fed up with the fighting and stood up moving towards Nik grabbing his arm and he turned to me. "Enough Nik!" I pushed his arm back.

"Mikael is dead" Nik suddenly said looking down at Elijah.

"What did you say?" Elijah asked him the murderous look fading from his eyes.

"I killed him with his own weapon, he's gone Elijah forever" Nik said again and hearing that Elijah's angry look came back.

"Why do our family remain in these coffins, Finn for over 900 years, Kol for over a century" I turned back to Kol with a sad look.

"Because of Stefan Salvatore" Nik replied seriously and Elijah's eyes turned to me before quickly returning his eyes back to Nik. "He holds the one thing keeping me from freeing them, there are things that you do not know about our past Elijah" he added and I frowned confused on what he was talking about. "Our mothers death, things I never wanted to tell you" he went on my confusion turned to shock that he was actually going to tell Elijah the one secret he has kept from his siblings. "But I'm ready to tell you now, I only ask that you remember the oath of loyalty you once swore to me"

"What are you doing?" Elijah demanded as Nik turned back to Kol.

"Nik please" I begged but he avoided looking at me and pushed the dagger back into his heart after dipping it into the ash again.

"Always and Forever" Nik said turning back to Elijah. "I need you to stand by my side, be my brother…help us destroy Stefan and I promise you our family will be whole again" he added before turning to close the lid of Kol's coffin once again leaving him daggered and asleep or whatever they were when daggered and I frowned staring down at it before finally moving my eyes back up to Nik with a glare.

"We'll I'll leave you two to catch up, good to have you back 'Lijah" I spat annoyed at Nik but I moved towards Elijah and moved in for a hug. "It's good to have one of my favorite brothers-in-law back"

"Nice to see you too Sophia" I smiled a little before I left and headed up the stairs leaving them to catch up.

I headed into our room passing through straight into our bathroom and poured a bath since I needed to relax, after everything that happened tonight I needed it so I added my favorite bath salts to the water before pulling my hair up into a bun securing it with a clip before stripping and slipped into the bath closing my eyes as I enjoyed the hot water soothing any tight muscles or stress from my body.

"I'm sorry love" I looked up into the mirror over the sink and saw Nik standing in the doorway behind me in the reflection.

"What sin are you apologizing for this time?" I asked him with a small smile as he walked over pulling a stool over and sat beside the bath looking down at me.

"I know you want Kol back but until I get that coffin back I can't let that happen" I frowned at him since it always seemed like there was one more thing, one more thing before I get to see my best friend.

"I understand Nik" I replied even if I didn't like it and he frowned clearly seeing it in my eyes.

"You know your eyebrow's furrow and crinkle into a 'v' when you lie" he pointed out leaning in and running his finger between the space of my eyebrows.

"I didn't lie" I argued but he smile and leaned even further in.

"Crinkle" he whispered close to my lips.

"Okay fine, I'm a little bummed about my reunion with my best friend once again being postponed but I get it Nik, we need to deal with my brothers before we un-dagger yours" I smiled at him as I moved my hand to the front of his shirt and tugged him towards me. "Now get out and leave me to my bath" I smirked at him before I lent down in the water as he laughed a little.

"Alright my love" he stood up but lent down and pressed a kiss to my forehead before he left allowing me to soak and enjoy some peace and quiet for the first time in what felt like months that by the time I got out the water had turned cold although I didn't care since we didn't really feel the cold anyway so I got out drying myself off before wrapping my body in a black silk robe and went into our bedroom sitting at my vanity mirror to put my usual amount of make-up on.

I kept my eyes light and natural tones with mascara and eyeliner to make my natural blue eyes pop just the right amount before powering my cheeks giving me a contoured my cheeks just a little and right as I was finishing with a bit of lip gloss Nik walked in looking annoyed to say the least.

"Put something nice on, Elijah has organized for you brothers to make peace"

"Excuse me?" I spat turning around in my seat. "No way in hell am I sitting through a meal with my backstabbing brothers" I argued shaking my head as I turned back to the mirror grabbing my blood necklace and put it back around my neck since Nik had re-filled it the morning after I'd healed Caroline with it.

"If I have to sit through a dinner with them then so are you" Nik argued right back and I glared at him in the mirror.

"No Nik, I don't want anything-"

"Don't leave me alone with your brothers love" he cut me off and when I looked up he was giving me the ultimate pleading stare down and I glared at him hating that damn look, he always had me doing exactly what he wanted with that look.

"I hate you so much when you look at me with that look" I sighed and he smirked knowing he'd won before I stood and went into our closet but he followed me in and I felt his presence before I was suddenly pushed into the walled mirror hearing it crack. "Nik!" I exclaimed.

"I love you in silk" he breathed out in my ear before he started kissing my neck and I felt my anger slipping away.

"You told me to get ready" I protested weakly as I bit my lower lip to avoid letting out a moan and giving him the satisfaction that he could get to me.

"We still have time" he argued and I pulled away grabbing the bottom of his jaw forcibly speeding across the room pushing him down on the small ottoman lounge we had in the center of our closet before I straddled his hips feeling the veins moving beneath my eyes as I showed him my fangs watching him smile at the sight before he reached up and pulled the knot in my sash so my robe fell open right before our positions were reversed and I let my fangs retract before his lips met mine and I gave in to him since we both could do with the release of frustration before being forced to sit through a dinner with my brothers.

Both of us calmed down and stated our needs for one another I finally was able to dress as he threw on the first thing he grabbed being a black shirt and a black jacket clearly going for the devil in disguise look while I pulled on a strapless white corset top zipping it up the front smiling a little as it pushed up my breasts just the right amount adding a black skirt and some black heels before I went downstairs moving into the dining room seemingly just in time as the doorbell rang and Elijah rushed to answer it.

"Niklaus, our guests have arrived" he announced and let my brothers inside.

"Damon, Stefan" Nik called out faking pleasantries as we stood in the dining room side by side and I watched as Damon's eyes raked over me with a frown and I saw an almost disappointed look making me glare knowing it had to be with the way I was dressed, either that or the fact I was still on Nik's side of this war between Stefan and Nik. "Elijah tells me you seek an audience, very bold...let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?" Nik pointed to the dining table set up for five.

"And what am I my darling husband?" I asked trying my best to pull off a southern bell accent smiling as he turned to me with his own smile. .

"You are my darling wife, lady of the household" Nik replied wrapping his arm around my waist making my smile widen even further at the look on my brothers faces, both recoiling at our antics and us reminding them that Nik was actually their brother-in-law technically.

"It's better to indulge him" Elijah added walking past my brothers towards the table.

"I didn't come here to eat Klaus, in fact I didn't want to come here at all but I was told I had to cause you would hear us out" Stefan argued looking back at Damon meaning he'd forced Stefan here which meant it wasn't really to make peace and that put me on edge already not trusting my brothers one bit and I showed as much by narrowing my eyes towards my twin who was back to looking at me.

"Well we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides, the choice is yours" Nik replied taking a seat at the table and I smiled taking one on his left in-between him and Elijah.

"Now Nik let's be civilized" I reminded him with a smirk so he knew I was kidding and he smiled dropping his hand to my thigh as the rest finally took their seats before a few women who Nik had clearly compelled arrived and served the food and wine.

"Thank you love" Damon said to one of the girls as she re-filled his glass of wine.

"You lost your appetite?" Nik asked looking a Stefan who hadn't touched his food at all.

"Eat, I thought we agreed that we would leave grumpy Stefan at home" Damon added smirking at Stefan who just suddenly smiled towards Nik picking up his utensils.

"That's the spirit, isn't this nice the five of us dining together" Nik responded once again rubbing his hand up my thigh like he had been all night and I grabbed his hand sending him a look. "Such a treat, is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger out of my brother?" Nik went on looking at Damon.

"Well I know how he felt about you so I figured the more, the merrier" Damon replied and I scoffed.

"Well Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through" Nik replied and I smiled squeezing his hand.

"Kind of like you and Rebekah right?" Stefan suddenly cut in making me look up with a glare since I still held a grudge for that doppelganger bitch for telling Bekah the truth about how their mother actually died and which is the reason we've had to leave her daggered. "Where is she, by the way?" Stefan continued on and I knew he was trying to rile Nik up so I rubbed my thumb over his knuckles to keep him calm even if I was barely controlling my own anger towards my youngest brother. "Last I checked she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her"

"If your referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother…I've already come clean to Elijah" Nik told him putting a kink in Stefan's clear plan to pit Elijah against Nik.

"Hey Stef, remember when you killed Dad?" Damon cut in and my eyes widened and I nearly choked on the sip of wine I'd just drank. "Might want to dial down the judgement till desert"

"You did what?" I suddenly yelled looking back and forth between my brothers in shock since I hadn't known that, I knew he had died as I'd read the paper and his obituary.

"Oops" Damon said as I glared at them.

"How could you not tell me that you killed Dad?!" I asked looking over at Stefan.

"Well sister, you haven't really been a high priory on our list of things to care about since your sleeping with the enemy" Stefan spat and I turned my glare to him gripping my knife tighter in my hand.

"Please neither of you have cared a damn about me since you both put your dicks in that doppelganger-"

"Okay!" Nik suddenly said and covered my mouth before I could finish. "Calm down love, plenty of time for that later" he told me in our specialty known language and I glared one last time at my brothers before put the knife down and fell back in my seat huffing out in annoyance that he didn't let me finish.

"We're here to make a deal Damon, doesn't mean we have to kiss his ass for seven courses" I rolled my eyes at Stefan's reply.

"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, pace yourself" Damon told him and I rolled my eyes since this really was going to be a long night.

"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah suddenly asked him and I huffed since word on the street was that Elena was turning out to be just like Katherine, like I knew she would since it was the doppelgangers way to prey brothers against brothers.

"I don't know, ask Damon" Stefan replied snarkily and Nik laughed.

"I'm sorry you missed so much, uh…trouble in paradise" Nik informed Elijah.

"One more word about Elena and this uh…this dinner is over" Stefan cut in glaring at Nik.

"Hey you know what, probably best to keep Elena in the do-not-discuss pile" Damon added.

"You're probably right" Nik agreed still smiling before he dropped his knife and fork. "It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelganger is still so strong" Nik said and my mood soured further even more. "What do you say brother, shall we tell them about Tatia?"

"Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?" Elijah asked back throwing his napkin onto the table from his lap.

"Well given their shared affection for both Elena and Katerina I think our guests might be curious to learn about the originator of the Petrova line" Nik argued making me tense up even more since I knew about Tatia, he'd told me about her during our friends period just after I was turned after I had told him about my betrothal to George Lockwood.

"Well were not going anywhere Elijah, please do tell" Damon replied and I sighed looking up at Nik briefly sharing a look after he squeezed my hand.

"Back when our family first settled here there was a girl named Tatia, she was an exquisite beauty…every boy of age desired to be her suitor even though she'd had a child by another man and none loved her more than Niklaus" Elijah said and I glared at the floor with the last part sensing both Damon and Stefan looking at me to which I just glared at them.

"I'd say there was one who loved her at least as much" Nik argued with Elijah and I felt him try to take my hand but I moved it since I wasn't in the mood for affection while we're on this topic.

"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked chuckling to himself.

"Our mother was a very powerful witch, she sought to end our feud over Tatia and so she took her, Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine on the night where our mother performed the spell which turned us into vampires, Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us so for a time Niklaus and I...grew estranged, harsh words were traded, we even came to blows, didn't we, brother?"

"But in the end we realized the sacred bond of family" Nik smiled at him.

"Family above all" Elijah replied raising his glass.

"Family above all" Nik added before the two clinked their glasses together.

"So, why don't we move this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal?" Elijah speaks up once the women take our plates away.

"That's very simple, Klaus gets his coffin back in exchange he and the Original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever, me, Stefan and Elena live happily ever after, no grudges" I roll my eyes slightly since of course he'd ask for that, just so they can live happily ever after with their precious Elena.

"The deal sounds fair, brother" Elijah nodded but I turned to him since that did not sound fair, it was selfish just like my brothers were when it came to the damn doppelganger bitches.

"I don't think you understand, Elena's doppelgänger blood insures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me, I will never leave her behind" Nik protests as he gets up and starts to pace. "Let's say I do leave her here, under your protection, what then how long before one of you turns her into a vampire or worse how long before she dies caught between your feuding?" Nik went on before he came back and leant on the back of my chair. "You see, each one of you truly believes that you're the one that can protect her, and that is simply a delusion, gentlemen the worst thing for Elena Gilbert is...the two of you"

It was bound to happen since it was inevitable and Elena being just like Katherine was probably enjoying having both my brothers at her disposal pinning them against each other which actually made her worse than Katherine since at least she compelled them to keep the secret and didn't let them both vie for her attention at the same time knowingly which honestly just made me want to rip her head off and if it wasn't for Nik needing her alive I would have done so already.

"I'm gonna get some air" Damon suddenly states after a few seconds of silence while I watch my brothers faces and knew they weren't gonna accept this and he gets up walking out.

"Let me deal with this" Elijah say as he gets up and follows Damon, leaving Nik and I with Stefan alone.

"All this talk has made me thirsty" Nik speaks up once their gone and a blonde girl comes up immediately compelled to react to those words and stands next to Nik. "What do you say Stefan, can I interest you in a little after dinner drink?" he asks Stefan before he bites her neck and starts to drain her.

Stefan's eyes suddenly drifted to me as if asking me if I was going to do anything but I remained still slowly glaring at him since he was always so bloody saint like and I could tell he had his humanity back, we seemed to keep eye contact blatantly avoiding what was going on right behind me before the body dropped to the ground.

"Mm delicious, aged to perfection" I rolled my eyes at Nik's words.

"Well I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening Klaus is to drive a wedge between me and my brother" Stefan replied standing up with his hands behind his back making me raise an eyebrow at him.

"Oh no you're doing that well enough on your own, because of Elena you're gonna lose your brother and you only have yourself to blame" Nik argued.

"What do you say Klaus?" Damon asked walking back into the room with Elijah behind him. "Time for you to put something on the table, we've made our offer now you counter"

"Okay" Nik replied grabbing a napkin off the table to wipe the blood from his lips and took the chair Elijah had previously vacated. "I offer Elena's future happiness, you see what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot and to fall in love with a human, maybe that nice football player you know the blond one"

"Matt Donovan?" Damon asked seemingly repulsed by that. "Really?"

"Yeah, why not?" Nik shot back and I sniggered under my breath. "They'll marry, live a long fruitful life and pop out a perfect family" I frowned a little as I kept my eyes lowered towards the table so that none of them saw the flash of longing in my eyes, I'd always wanted kids when I was alive and dreamed of the day when I would find the man I loved and we'd marry, settle down and have kids but I lost the last step the moment I became a vampire and it was the only thing I regretted and never spoke about it to anyone.

"And continue the Petrova bloodline, every few hundred years you'll have a new doppelganger to drain and never run out of hybrids, right Klaus?" Stefan said snapping me out of my thoughts and looked up seeing Nik looking at me as if he knew where my mind had went which made me frown and avoid his eyes.

"Consider it a small return on my investment in her wellbeing" Nik replied turning to look back to Stefan. "See after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her so…what do you say Stefan?" he stood up and started walking towards him. "Huh, do we have a deal?"

"What are you doing?" Damon asked Stefan as he walked to meet Nik in front of the fireplace where hopefully they were going to shake and agree, Nik held his hand out and Stefan took it.

"Nice try Klaus but no deal" Stefan replied and I sighed deeply because I knew this was pointless and time wasting and Nik's anger boiled to breaking point as he grabbed Stefan's arm breaking it followed by the back of his knee then sped over to the fireplace still holding onto Stefan and held his arm over the flame with Stefan screaming out straight away, Damon moved to intervene but I moved countering his attack slamming him against the wall holding his neck glaring at him. .

"What are you doing?" Damon asked me as Stefan's screams continued. "He's you brother" he snapped and I frowned looking down as I tried to ignore the feeling in my chest, the small part buried deep inside my heart that still cared about them. "Stop!" he yelled towards Nik seeing as I wasn't going to help him

"Now bring me my coffin or I burn him alive" Nik argued smugly.

"I'll get it" Damon said so I let him go and he pushed past me slamming his shoulder against mine.

"Go with him brother" Nik nodded at Elijah. "You keep him honest and when you return I will make good on my promise to you and I will hand over our family" Elijah stared at him for a second before disappearing after Damon again.

"Go ahead kill me, I know you'll do it when he brings the coffin" Stefan growled out and instead of obliging his request Nik stopped grabbing him and pushed him back.

"You really have given up haven't you, where's the fight, where's the ripper?" Nik pushed him but Stefan pushed back. "Elijah?" Nik suddenly said and I turned seeing Elijah had walked back in with Damon and a blonde woman followed with a silver tray. "Why haven't you left?"

"Well where are your manners brother, we forgot desert" Elijah replied confusing even me until he pulled the cloth covering the tray revealing two silver daggers, original daggers that kept his siblings asleep.

"What have you done?" Nik asked fearful.

"What have you done?" Elijah shot back at him. "See I've learned not to trust your vulgar promises Klaus" he added and my eyes widened since Elijah never called Nik, Klaus. "We're doing this on my terms now" Kol suddenly walked out behind him and I froze at the sight of my best friend.

"Kol-" Nik breathed out at the sight of him.

"Long time brother" Kol replied and Nik attempted to flee but a man I didn't know personally was there blocking his path grabbing one of the daggers and I knew this had to be Finn, the only sibling I hadn't met.

"Finn, don't…ahh!" Finn stabbed the dagger through Nik's hand before pulling it out and Nik turned the other way attempting to flee again but Rebekah was there. "Rebekah" she stabbed her dagger into Nik's stomach and he yelled out.

"This is for our mother" she pushed him back and Kol caught him restraining his arms so he couldn't escape.

"You're free to go" Elijah spoke up obviously talking to the Salvatore's and they began to walk out. "This is family business"

"Sophia" Damon called and I turned to him seeing him giving me a look that asked me to leave with them but I glared at him and he frowned before leaving and once they were gone I turned back meeting Nik's eyes and they told me to run but I shook my head turning to look around at all his siblings.

"Hello again Sophia" Kol said smirking at me and I turned towards him, our eyes meeting for the first time in 90 years and I couldn't help the tears that pooled in my eyes at the sight of him.

"Kol...please" I begged him.

"Sorry darling, no can do" he argued walking over and pushed me into a chair so that I was restrained and couldn't help Nik who met my eyes with tears briming them and my heart broke at the sight of him breaking down.

"Like what you've done with the place Nik" Rebekah said before she threw a vase into one of Nik's paintings making it fall off the wall and break.

"I wanted it to be for all of us" Nik replied and I felt sorry for him, he'd wanted to reunite his family but not like this. "A place we could all call home, a place we could all be a family, none of us would ever have to be alone again"

"We'll your right, none of us will be" Elijah said looking around at his siblings.

"You're staying behind" Finn added as they all made a move towards the door.

"We're leaving you Nik right after I kill that doppelganger wench" Rebekah said and Nik stood back on his feet. "Then you will be alone with Sophia, you two deserve each other…Always and Forever" I frowned since what did I do to them.

"If you run…I will hunt all of you down" Nik argued and my head snapped to him because that sounded like Mikael.

"And then you'll become everything you hate, our father" Elijah spoke voicing my thoughts.

"I'm the hybrid!" Nik yelled. "I can't be killed, I have nothing to fear from any of you"

"You will when we have that coffin" Elijah argued and Nik's anger faltered turning to fear once again but before anything else could be said the door opened and we all looked towards it and I frowned when a woman walked in dressed in a very old looking dress.

"Mother" Rebekah said and my eyes widened matching their shock as she walked past her children without even a glance going straight towards Nik and I tensed ready to defend him if she sought revenge but I turned to Nik when he shuddered lowering his head as a single tear rolled down his cheek.

"Look at me" she ordered and Nik raised his eyes. "Do you know why I'm here?"

"You're here to kill me" Nik replied and my heart broke at the tone of his voice.

"Niklaus you are my son and I am here to forgive you" she replied and my eyes hardened watching as she turned to face everyone else. "I want us to be a family again" she stated but something just seemed off to me, something told me not to trust her and I never doubted those feelings as they've never lead me astray so far so I wasn't gonna let my guard down with this woman as everything about her screamed off to me.