"Tonight is the full moon," Elijah told the group of supernaturals as he paced up and down the parlor. "We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse."
Rose had traveled to her hometown, aware of the imminent danger her life would be in if Klaus were to discover her presence.
"Elena and Isa said that the sun and the moon curse is fake?" Stefan raised an eyebrow. He glanced at the two girls that sat across from him, then back to the Original vampire. "That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus."
"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it— he'll be a true Hybrid."
"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon's voice immediately boomed as he begrudgingly stepped into the room after listening in. "We can kill him today. With Bells."
Stefan cleared his throat in an attempt to defuse the tension. "Yeah. Alright, how do we break this curse?"
"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know."
"The moonstone," Rose answered.
"A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each." Elijah tried his best to explain the general idea of the sacrifice ritual.
Elena furrowed her brows. "And, where do I fit into it?"
"The final part of the ritual. Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger to the point of your death." Elijah told the group as he pulled a small jar from a wooden box. "This is an elixir that I acquired some five hundred years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."
"So, I'll be dead?" The doppelganger nervously trailed off.
"And, then she won't be."
A sudden scoff left Damon's lips. "That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date? Do you want to come back to life? What about John's ring?"
"Those rings only work on humans. The doppelganger's a supernatural occurrence." Elijah rolled his eyes at Damon's suggestion. "Odds are, the ring won't work."
"I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work, Elena?" Damon muttered.
"Then, I guess I'll just be dead." Elena plainly responded with a shrug.
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Alaric had returned to the house, desperately convincing the group that he was truly himself and not Klaus. He assured them that the Original vampire had released him, returning to his own body, which meant that the sacrifice was imminent.
