may and stefan finally meet up like she promised him she would.
they were going to a safe house that valerie was leading them to.
stefan went into a gas station to buy a phone charger and may saw rayna cruz pull up on her motorcycle. she parked in the back and ran inside.
may quickly got out of the car and stefan ran out. he shut the door and rayna threw her sword at him. may vamped in front of stefan to protect him.
the sword landed in the door and it was trapped by the glass that was now shattered.
"oh, my god." may said looking rayna in the eyes.
stefan pushed the ice machine in front of the door and he grabbed may's hand.
"we have to go." stefan said as the two of them hopped in the car and wasted no time driving away.
may looked at stefan and she could see the angry look on his face.
"just say it." may said letting out a sigh.
"that was stupid. why would you put yourself in front of that sword? she's after me, not you." stefan said.
"look, rayna and i have a history. she's already taken someone i love before, she's not going to take another." may explained.
"you've met her before?" stefan asked me.
"i have. in 1862. she killed my first love." may said before she began telling the story.
mabel and clara had their relationship kept secret from the other citizens of england.
the two of them were in the park, enjoying the sun together. mabel smiled at clara and brushed her hair back behind her ear.
"mabel, we can't. not here." clara said with a giggle.
"your first love was a woman." stefan said as may nodded her head.
"don't act so surprised, stefan." may said with a laugh.
"half of the kingdom wants you dead, already. can you imagine if they found out about us?" clara said making mabel laugh.
"wow, a month ago it was the whole kingdom, things are looking up." mabel replied before looking into clara's eyes.
she could see the look in clara's eyes change and she turned around and that's when they saw a woman yielding a sword.
she looked at mabel and clara with disgust. at first mabel thought she was disgusted by their looks of affection but it didn't take her long to realize, she hated them because they were vampires.
"mabel, don't." clara warned her.
rayna charged after mabel and she was able to grab the huntress, throwing her down on her back.
"screw you." rayna said before getting back up.
"if you insist." mabel replied getting ready to fight her.
rayna threw her sword and mabel's eyes went wide. seconds passed but it was enough time for clara to vamp in front of mabel.
when clara turned to face mabel, she saw the sword in her chest.
"no! clara. no, no, no, no. clara, please." mabel said as she laid the girl down in her lap.
"rayna killed her." stefan concluded while may nodded her head.
"she saved my life. to honor her, i gave her a funeral but not many people went." may said, continuing her story.
"no amount of wishes and prayers could bring you back. you are gone. six feet under the ground in a box with no way of understanding how you leaving us felt for us. it felt like as soon as we had you, you managed to slip away again." mabel said as tears fell down her face.
it was after that night, mabel turned off her humanity.
"i had no idea, may. i'm sorry." stefan said placing his hand on top of hers.
"it's not something i'm proud of, losing clara made me a terrible person. i know we only spent so little time together but we truly loved each other." may said as stefan nodded his head.
he was glad that may had opened up to him about her past, in all the years he'd known her, she was never that open.
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stefan drove up to new orleans and they parked beside a bar.
they walked inside and took a seat at the counter. a few moments after, someone was sliding both of them a shot.
they looked up and beside stefan, klaus was sitting there.
"welcome to new orleans, old friends." klaus said with a smile.
"klaus. as i live and breathe." stefan said.
"stefan salvatore and mabel wilkins in the crescent city. this ought to be very good or entertainingly bad." klaus said.
"we're just in town for a little r & r. hate to disappoint. so... how are elijah and, uh, whoever else you've brought back from the dead?" stefan asked him.
"oh, you know the mikaelsons. never a dull moment." klaus said before taking a shot.
"i think that's the truest thing i've ever heard you say." may said before taking a shot of her own.
damon started calling stefan but he declined the call.
"so, of all the gin joints, you pick ours... four walls invulnerable to the magic of those pesky locator spells. bit of a coincidence, isn't it?" klaus asked him, putting the pieces together.
"damon's looking for me, and i don't want to be found. i figure you, of all people, can relate to family drama." stefan said, him and klaus exchanging a smile.
"sylvia, these are old friends. please keep their cups brimming." klaus called over to the bartender.
"mmm. cute old friends. where have you been hiding them?" sylvia asked.
"quaint little place called mystic falls. home of the mining fires that prompted a town wide evacuation. it was very noble of you to stand up for that human faction as you did, in such uncharacteristically sweeping, dramatic fashion." klaus said as stefan chuckled.
"i did have some help." stefan said.
it didn't take rocket science for klaus to figure out who he was talking about.
"how is caroline?" klaus asked him.
"sylvia, i think we're gonna need another round." stefan told her.
"took the words right out of my mouth." may said.
