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  I thought I was the best thing that ever happened to you
I thought you loved me the most  

SONG FOR THIS CHAPTER: USED TO LOVE YOU - GWEN STEFANI

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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to a sleeping Marie, curled up and drooling over the 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton quilt, Elijah was kidnapped by his lunatic mother in the Lafayette Cemetery under a series of cloaking spells, Elijah was suffering horribly, as a nightmare began to surface in his head. A girl with long, wavy blonde hair who is wearing a long, white dress frantically runs for safety toward a red door at the end of a hall. Elijah, shirtless and covered in blood from head to toe, slowly stalks her as she whimpers in fear and desperately tries to open the door. When the girl turns around, it is revealed that the girl is Marie, who looks back at Elijah in sheer terror and continues pounding on the door to no avail. Elijah finally grabs her by the arm and turns her toward him, but it's no longer Marie, it's Tatia, the original doppelgänger. He grabs her by the hair and turns her neck toward him before vamping-out and feeding on her as she cries in protest.

Flashback - 11th Century Mystic Falls, Virginia

A celebration is underway in the Mikaelsons' village, where meat is being cooked over bonfires and villagers are dancing around together, wearing festive masks. Nearby, Elijah and Esther, in her original body, watch as Tatia, wearing a forest green dress and matching mask, dance around the fire.

"It was Samhain, when we danced and killed the best of our livestock to appease the gods for a new season." Esther narrated.

Tatia lifts up her mask so she can smile at Elijah before Klaus grabs her by the arm and spins her around toward him.

"All women envied her. All men wanted her. But, she only had eyes for one."

Klaus kisses Tatia passionately, while Elijah watches sadly from the sidelines. Klaus and Tatia begin to dance, but Tatia stops when she sees that Elijah is no longer watching her. Meanwhile, Elijah walks over to a nearby pig pen, where he affectionately pets and feeds one of the pigs. After a moment, Tatia joins him.

" Do not tell me you came to save Loki the pig from his fate?" Tatia joked.

Elijah rises to his feet and turns to face her, his expression somber. "No. I'm afraid Loki the pig's fate is to be food." Tatia looks at him sympathetically, and Elijah smiles sadly. "Just as you are fated to love another."

"And you? Fated to watch from the shadows? The noble martyr?" Elijah just stares at her in disappointment. " Fate does not dictate my heart, Elijah. I was fated to throw myself on a pyre after my husband died in battle, but I did not. I chose to live. And, I chose to give my heart once more. To someone strong, protective, fierce, and yet noble, and gentle."

She caresses his face with her hand, and Elijah takes it in his own. "I choose you, Elijah."

Present

 Marie arrives at the apartment to visit Marcel, who she finds pouring himself a drink at his bar. "So, Hayley tells me that those werewolf kids you helped get out of the Quarter made it to the safe house up north. "