A Dangerous Desire- Elijah x OC

Unexpected Encounters

A/N: a want to give a summary of where we are in this timeline before the chapter starts bc I have changed so much around just want us to all be on the same page:

-Vee has seen how this has originally all played out watching the Vampire Diaries and has replaced Vicki here while Vicki has taken over her life

-Lexi is alive and off somewhere with Harper and Lee

-Lexi still hates Damon because in this version he still killed Bree

-Katherine has arrived and has already taken possession of the Moonstone

-Stefan and Elena are still together, Elena knows she is adopted and about Isobel but hasn't met her and doesn't know about John(other than he's her uncle)

-No originals have shown up yet, with the exception of Esther's ghost to warn Vee if she keeps interfering in a way that leads to her not being resurrected she will send more than just the Martins after her so she is sidelined

-Damon and Stefan have slowly started to repair their relationship after Damon turned his dimmer a little further on after being banished

-Damon and Vee had a brief, casual friends with benefits arrangement but are now just friends

-Jeremy cheated on Ana with Bonnie resulting in Bonnie's Grams dying and Ana and Pearl leaving town, he still has feelings for her but she is keeping her distance

-We are now in the late summer before Elena, Matt, Caroline, Tyler, and Bonnie's senior year (Tyler is the only one not in the know)

*deep breath* okay... now let's start the chapter-

3rd Person POV:

Katherine had the moonstone, the doppelganger's location, a werewolf and plenty of vampires to choose from now came the scary part... time to send up a smoke flair and get in touch with Elijah or Klaus to hand over all the ingredients in exchange for her freedom.

Elijah was the more reasonable one but only truly getting Klaus' approval could mean her freedom.

Still, he was almost more paranoid than she was and impossible to locate or get a message to. Elijah, on the other hand, was slightly more accessible.

After one of her descendants had proved her worth she used her to negotiate on her behalf after successfully sending out a message. 

Elijah POV:

I had received an unexpected message from Katarina apparently, she had not perished in a fire and wished to meet to discuss recent developments that she believed might earn her a pardon from Niklaus. 

I didn't plan on sharing the status of my brother and mine's deteriorating relationship and how I no longer spoke for him however I was intrigued after not hearing from her for nearly 500 years what she could have possibly obtained to try and negotiate her freedom with. 

The meeting was set at a foreclosed mansion about an hour away from Mystic Falls, a town that stood over what was once my home.

Arriving I heard 4 slow heartbeats... vampires.

If Katarina thought to set a trap for me I was not impressed, no one she could have possibly recruited or seduced to stand between us as fodder would do me any harm.

As I passed over the threshold I announce my presence and warn any vampires foolish enough to stand against me to go before it's too late. 

"No one here wishes you any harm,"

I turn and notice a dark-haired woman,

"While that is very comforting Ms..."

"You can call me Isobel, I am a descendant of Katherine's and here to negotiate on her behalf."