TVD - The Originals

Brining Out The Dead - 3

"Thank you, love." Damon compliments the waitress when she finishes pouring his wine.

"You lost your appetite." Klaus commented on the fact that Stefan was sitting motionless and not eating.

"Eat." Damon ordered. "I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home."

"That's the spirit. Isn't it nice? Five of us dining together? Such a treat. Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother?" Klaus questioned.

I smirked, "Well to be honest I thought we could bond over how much we hate and want you dead."

Klaus chuckled, "Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the century. But we always make it through."

"Kind of like you and Rebekah, right? Where is she, by the way?" Stefan questioned. "Last I checked she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her."

"If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah." Klaus informed as he looked at Elijah.

"Hey, Stef, remember when you killed dad?" Damon questioned his little brother. I took my wine and took a swig, "I remember when you killed my sister, and my father figure, and were this close to sleeping with my aunt although you did sleep with my sister."

Damon sent me a glare and I sent back a smile, "Might want to dial down the judgment until dessert."

"We're here to make a deal, Damon. Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses." Stefan argued.

"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us. Pace yourself."

"He's unlikely to."

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"Where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.

"I don't know. Ask Damon."

I almost choked on my food and Klaus just laughed as Elijah raised his hands in confusion.

"I'm sorry, you've missed so much. Ah, trouble in paradise, plus the lovely Ariel here and Stefan happened."

"One more word about Elena and this dinner's over." Stefan thretahedn.

Klaus smiles and puts a finger to his lips as a promise to keep quiet about Elena.

"And for the record, we did not happen." I told Elijah as I sent Klaus a glare.

Damon nodded, "You know what, probably best just to keep Elena in the do-not-discuss pile."

Klaus agreed, "You're probably right. It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelgänger, still so strong. What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?"

Elijah chuckled nervously, "Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"

"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."

"Well now I'm intrigued." I said with curiosity. "Do tell."

Elijah started to explain, "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."

"I'd say there was one who loved her at least as much." Klaus countered.

"Wait, you both loved the same girl?" Stefan questioned as he pointed between them.

Elijah nodded, "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?"

Klaus nodded, "But in the end we realized the sacred bond of family."

"Family above all."

Elijah and Klaus raise their glasses.

"Family above all."

We all raised our glasses and clinked cups.

"Getting closer. Need more time." I sighed at Bonnie's text and texted her back before going back to this little dinner.

"So, why don't we move this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal?" Elijah suggested.

I nodded, "Well it's very simple. Klaus gets his mysterious coffin back provided he and the rest of your not so dead family members leave Mystic Falls as well. Me, Stefan, Damon and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges."

Elijah nods slightly and looks to Klaus, "The deal sounds fair, brother."

"I don't think you understand." Klaus argued. "Elena's doppelgänger blood ensures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me. I will never leave her behind."

Klaus gets up and starts to pace in the room, "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? 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."

Damon gives a weak smile, then looks at Stefan and me,

"I'm gonna get some air." he says as he crumbles up his napkin and tossed it on the table.

"Let me deal with this." I said as I stood as well and went after Damon. "I'll watch them."

As soon as the three of us were out, and far enough away I twirled around to Elijah with a smile. "That wasn't so hard."

Damon nodded coming up from behind, "Now- where are they?"

"Follow me." 

Damon and I followed Elijah all the way through the mansion and down to the basement, finding three coffins.

"Hell the rest of the originals." I mused as I approached the first coffin and opened it up. It was one of his brothers, brown hair, can't tell his eye color but we wore a suit ironically enough.

"He's cute."

"This is Kol." Elijah said as he came up next to me. "Daggered for a century."

"What about Shaggy hair over here?" Damon called out. We walked over to the coffin he opened to see another brother with almost pirate looking clothes and the shaggiest hair ever.

"Finn. Daggered almost 900 years." Damon let out a low impressed whistle, "That's almost how long you've been alive." I said in pure shock.

"Indeed."

I heaved out a breath as Elijah opened up Rebekahs coffin and I went back to Kols, "Well let's welcome back to the land of the living." I said before removing the dagger.

"It will take them a while." Elijah said as he pulled out Rebekahs dagger and Damon pulled out finns. "Let's leave before Klaus gets suspicious." He left Rebekahs dagger with her but I took the other two daggers and slipped them in my boot and we went back up.