Bela Salvatore 》The Vampire Diaries

The Last Dance

1900 (New Orleans)

Who would have thought having a friend in Elijah would make this trip more bearable? He became my personal tour guide for the past month and a half. He showed me all the sights, he taught me a few history of New Orleans. How is it that one brother is more sophisticated and polite than the other? Kol is a big pain in my ass, but Elijah's different. Hence the reason why he became one of my closest friends.

He invited me to lunch, which I happily accepted. We ate at Julie Bee's Diner and I was a bit shocked that he wanted to talk about my life.

"Bela, I've spent the past few months talking about myself. I almost know nothing about you."

I sipped my soda. "Because your life is more interesting. You're an Original. The very first vampires ever created. You've seen more history take its course. Hell, you probably even lived through it."

He chuckled. "Indeed. But I want to get to know you better. For example, what of your family? You told me you have two brothers...Stephan and Damien?"

"Stefan and Damon," I corrected. "Yeah, um, Stefan is my twin brother. Damon's the oldest. I would say I was close with both of them, but since we became vampires..." I shrugged my shoulders. "....I don't know. Things have changed."

We sat in silence for a while. I've been staring at my food while I thought about them. Stefan and I haven't talked since I arrived in New Orleans. Damon's still not talking to me because I forgave Stefan.

"What happened?" Elijah asked.

I shook my head. "Don't worry about it."

"Bela, you can tell me. My family has hated each other at one point, but in the end we put each other above all. You can tell me what happened and I'll listen. I won't judge you because of your family or your past because who you were then doesn't effect on who you are now."

Elijah gave me a warm smile and I told him. I told him everything.

Present (Mystic Falls)

"So, you guys are really doing this?" Leonard asked us as we waited outside.

Damon rolled his eyes. "Yes."

"How are we going to keep an eye on her? She's not going to be with us 24/7."

"We'll figure it out."

"Do you really think Bonnie can take on Klaus?"

Damon groaned. "Oh, my god. Will you ever stop talking?"

Stefan gave him a look before looking at Leonard. "She said she'd channel enough witches' power to kill him. Elijah thought that would work and he was an Original, so."

"Yeah, but Bonnie is still new with her powers. Elijah needed both Jonas and Luka to do the spell."

"Well, they're not here right now. Katherine snapped Jonas' neck and Luka, you know, caught on fire," Damon said. Leonard glared at him which caused Damon to smirk. Damon knew that Luka was his best friend. He was just trying to rally him up.

I rolled my eyes at their banter. "Could she do one of those witch tracking spells?" I asked.

Leonard shook his head. "She can't, she needs something that belongs to Klaus. Elijah doesn't have anything that's why he wanted to lure him here when the time was right."

We all sighed, which was weird for me, as we sat down on the ledge. "Do you think he killed her?" Damon wondered.

"Katherine?" Stefan asked. Damon nodded his head. "Probably."