Tribrid Salvatore

The Beginning of the End

When Caroline arrived at the Boarding House it was anarchy. A quiet kind of anarchy but still a bit of a fight. Damon and Stefan were glaring at a confused Katherine and Luna was off to the side, snuggled against another female vampire. Rose if Caroline got the name right. Elena had bitched about her quite a bit... The blonde vampire had been a bit busy with Tyler, Matt and controlling her bloodlust, so she hadn't seen the little Salvatore in a while. She blinked at the scene for a good two seconds before she walked over to Rose "What's going on here? Oh, I'm Caroline, by the way. We haven't officially met yet."

"Rose," the older vampire introduced herself "As for what's going on... I don't really know. Katerina showed up because she thought that Elijah was daggered and they've been fighting ever since... Right, Luna?"

The little girl looked up and that was when Caroline could see the beginning of bags under the child's eyes. There was also a hint of red on her cheek left "Yes," she mumbled and went back to hiding her face in Rose's stomach. She didn't even acknowledge Caroline which made the girl wonder. They got along pretty well the last few times the two had been around each other, so what changed?

"Don't mind her behaviour," Rose sighed, running a hand through the girl's hair "She had a rough couple of days and the Doppelgänger didn't help."

"Elena?" the blonde vampire tilted her head "Why?"

Rose looked up at her "Well, Elena thought it was a good idea to hit Luna yesterday. That and she locked her into a room after seeing Elijah get stabbed."

Caroline gaped. Her friend did that? Actually, it didn't seem that off at all. Elena had changed so much since Stefan and Damon came into town. That was also the reason the blonde kept hanging out with Matt and Tyler, Stefan occasionally instead of Bonnie and Elena. The witch still hated her for getting turned into a vampire, while Elena was just acting weird. She hadn't really been the same "You know, somehow I'm not surprised," Caroline sighed and sat down on Luna's other side "I'm so sorry for not being there recently," she whispered to the four-year-old. Luna smiled lightly and grabbed Caroline's jacket in her hand. The girl had missed the young vampire but there had been so much going on. The nightmares, the bad man... Elena... All of that was a bit too much for the young child. She was tired, just so tired.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Damon shouted and everyone turned to look at the human Doppelgänger "You're not welcome here."

Elena straightened and glared at the oldest Salvatore "Where's Elijah? I need to renegotiate our deal."

Much to everyone's surprise it was Katherine who scoffed "You're kidding, right? I might be on Elijah's bad side but I know better than to think he would consider helping you after what you did."

"Katerina is right," Elijah's voice sounded from behind the Doppelgänger, making Katherine squeak and quickly disappear out of the door "Your ability to make demands has long passed."

"Please, Elijah," Elena pleaded "I was just trying to protect my family."

The Original arched an eyebrow, putting down the blood bags he was holding "By daggering me. While I'm not happy about that I would have understood. Your behaviour toward Luna is unacceptable though. She's just a child."

The human Doppelgänger groaned and rolled her eyes "What is so interesting about a little girl that everyone suddenly freaks out? She's useless..." That was the last thing she could say before Damon was at her throat.

There was a flurry of activity and Rose turned to look at the two young vampires next to her "I need you to take Luna with you for a while. One of us will pick her up once this situation is resolved... I'm trusting you with this, alright? Don't make me regret it."

"You won't," Caroline promised. She glanced at the scene one last time before lifting Luna into her arms. The blonde couldn't resist tickling the little blonde's stomach for one short moment before she took off "Are you okay, little one?"

Luna nodded, climbing into the passenger seat when Caroline opened the car door for her "Tired," she whispered, rubbing at her eyes.

"How about we watch some movies in my room and you can try to sleep some, hm?" the older girl suggested "It will be like having a sleepover."

"I never had one before," the four-year-old mumbled, glancing at Caroline with a smile. The vampire was glad that Luna was acting somewhat normal again. She wasn't completely back to her excited self but at least this was a start.

Back at the Boarding House, the others had finally gotten Elena to leave. There was only so much danger she would put herself in and staying in a room with both Salvatore brothers, Rose and Elijah was testing her luck a bit too much.

"So, what do we do now?" Stefan questioned, sitting back on one of the couches.

Damon sighed and wrapped an arm around Rose's shoulders "I don't know..." He looked at the Original "As much as I'd hate to do that... Can you contact Klaus?"

"You want to tell him about the Doppelgänger?" Elijah raised an eyebrow. When the younger vampire nodded, he sighed "I can try and contact Niklaus but it could be a bit difficult. There's a way, though..."

"And that would be?"

Elijah ran a hand through his hair "My warlocks... The Martins? Jonas has a daughter who is with my brother right now. That's why they asked me to help them... I could ask him to send a message to him."

Stefan tilted his head "Would that work?"

"I certainly hope so," the Original sighed and pulled out his phone "I will ask him right away."

A little while later, Jonas was standing in the Salvatore Boarding House along with his son, the Salvatores and Elijah "Are you sure about this, Elijah?" Jonas questioned, preparing to send his daughter the message the Original was writing. There were specific instruction on what to tell his brother and what not.

Ms Martin,

I am aware that you have no reason to trust me after what my brother undoubtedly told you about me.

Tell my brother to come to Mystic Falls. I am willing to hand over the Doppelgänger to him. The Moonstone is also in my possession. Tell Niklaus that the only thing he needs to find is a vampire...

Elijah Mikaelson

"What now?" Damon questioned when the message disappeared in a cloud of fire.

Elijah sat down on the armchair he claimed as his "Now we wait. If I know Niklaus it won't take long... Longer since he doesn't trust me not to kill him but not long."

Stefan tilted his head "And will you try to kill him?"

"I... Do not know. Not on Ms Gilbert's behalf... But he still killed our siblings," the Original muttered "Maybe?"

"I think you should do what you think is right," Rose shrugged when he looked at her "I might not like your brother much but he is Luna's father..."

Damon made a sound in the back of his throat "If he hurts my niece in any way... I'll kill him myself. All powerful Hybrid or not."

"If Niklaus indeed hurts Luna, I don't think you have to worry yourself about him anymore," Elijah pointed out "If he hurts her... He won't ever see her again. I'll make sure of that myself."

"Then we do have a deal, no?" the oldest Salvatore questioned "We don't do anything against Klaus when he comes. We let him do that ritual of him but if anything happens to Luna we're gone."

The Original regarded the younger vampire carefully "You have yourself a deal."