𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 10

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It had been roughly a month since Annalise had spoken with Klaus or Rebekah. She also hadn't been involved in any supernatural drama for that month.

The girl just lived her life like any normal human with the exception that she compelled the people from the hotel to let her stay until she wished.

Anna was taking a stroll through the park, she took a seat on the bench and admired the scenery.

Her phone suddenly began to ring, without checking who was calling, the girl picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"It's good to hear your voice little one."

"Nik?" Anna said surprised to hear the hybrid.

"How's life with no supernatural duties been?"

"I'll be honest a bit boring but it's been enjoyable, I imagine you didn't call me just to catch up."

"I wish I could say that's why I called, I didn't want to bother you but I need you. Damon has a coffin that I need returned to me immediately."

Anna sighed, "I'll be at your house in a bit."

The girl looked at the sky and stood.

Back in action she goes.

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Anna walked through the front door of Klaus' place. She walked into the living room where Klaus was talking with one of his hybrids she presumed.

The heretic cleared her throat and the two turned their attention towards her.

"It's wonderful to see you again Anna." Klaus smiled as he embraced his friend in a hug.

Daniel gaped at the scene, Klaus was being nice to someone?

"Now what's this about a coffin missing?" Anna asked the hybrid.

"Most of them have been returned to me, all except the locked one." Klaus told her.

"Of course." Anna sighed.

A gagging sound was suddenly heard and the two turned, Daniel was dead.

His body dropped to the floor and behind him stood Elijah with his heart in his palm.

"So Niklaus..." Elijah trailed off.

"Elijah?" Klaus stupidly asked.

Anna felt her breath get caught in her throat, not this again. She couldn't help how she felt around him, and it was driving her insane.

"What did I miss?" Elijah spoke keeping his attention on his brother knowing he would loose sight of what he had to do if he even glanced at Annalise.

"You look surprised to see me. So it wasn't you that removed the dagger from my chest?" Elijah asked his brother.

"You look like you could do with a drink. And we have a lot to discuss, so shall we?" Klaus chuckled nervously.

Elijah attacked him and sent the hybrid flying through a window.

"Easy. I just finished renovating. You know you have every right to be mad at me. But I kept my word, I reunited you with our family." Klaus defended himself making Anna want to smack the hybrid.

Elijah went to attack his brother again but this time Anna interfered. She sent the two brothers flying away from each other using her magic.

"Now can't anyone discuss things in a civil manner?" she asked, annoyed.

Elijah stood again and this time his eyes met Anna's. It was like an instant connection between the two, a pulling sensation that was hard to resist.

"Mikael is dead." Klaus suddenly said interrupting the moment between them.

Elijah hesitantly looked away from Anna, "What did you say?" he asked the hybrid.

"I killed him. With his own weapon. He's gone Elijah. Forever." Klaus told his brother.

"Why do our family remain in these coffins? Finn for over 900 years, Kol for over a century." Elijah scoffed.

"Because of Stefan Salvatore. He holds the one thing keeping me from freeing them. There are things that you do not know about our past, Elijah. Our mother's death. Things I never wanted you to know but I'm ready to tell you now. I only ask that you remember the oath of loyalty you once swore to me." Klaus told the vampire.

"What are you trying to do?" Elijah narrowed his eyes.

"Always and forever. I need you to stand by my side. Be my brother. Help me destroy Stefan and I promise you our family will be whole again."

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Anna sighed as she went in search for blood around the house. "Looking for something?" Elijah asked as he held a blood bag in his hand.

Anna sighed and took the bag, drinking from it.

"How have you been, Annalise." Elijah questioned, wanting to know more about the mysterious girl who had his mind in a whirl.

"I've been alright. Don't you have things to do?" she asked the Mikaelson.

"Yes I do, but they can wait a bit." he said to her.

"Whatever your trying to do please stop." Anna told him.

"I don't follow." Elijah furrowed his brows.

"If your trying to get close to me to find something out or use me against Klaus, just stop."

Elijah frowned, "Why would I ever do that?"

"Well there has to be a reason your interested in me." Anna scoffed.

Elijah walked over to the girl and delicately tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I am interested in you because there is something enchanting me, and it's infuriating not knowing why I feel this way over someone I barely know." he said looking the girl in the eyes.

Anna felt like her dead heart was about to start beating again. This was very confusing.

"I want to know why." Elijah whispered, studying her features.

Anna cleared her throat and stepped away from his reach, "You should go do whatever you have to." she said too scared to look him in the eyes.

Elijah nodded and by the next second, he was gone.

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Later that day, Klaus had told Anna that the Salvatore brothers were coming over. And she was to attend dinner with them.

The girl sat in her seat as she waited for the 'guests' to arrive.

Klaus walked in first followed by Damon, Stefan, and Elijah. Elijah was concerned about the girl being here considering what was going to happen.

Damon raised his brows at the sight of the girl, "Well if it isn't the witch I supposedly killed."

"Hello Damon." Anna crossed her arms.

"Come on, not even a smile?" Damon smirked.

"Unless you want to see my fangs, I don't think so."

Elijah felt uneasy seeing Damon interact with the heretic in that way. It made him want to kill someone.

They all sat around the table except for Stefan.

"Eat. I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home." Damon told his brother.

"That's the spirit. Isn't it nice? Four of us dining together? Such a treat. Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother?" Klaus asked the raven haired Salvatore.

Anna stirred the whiskey in her cup, she was awfully bored.

"Well, I know how he felt about you, so I figured the more, the merrier." Damon grinned.

"Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the century. But we always make it through." Klaus said but Elijah was only paying attention to Anna.

"Kind of like you and Rebekah, right? Where is she, by the way? Last I checked she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her." Stefan rudely said.

Anna's eyes widened and she abruptly stood from the table, "Nik tell me he's lying" the girl said as she looked over to the hybrid who didn't even bother to look at her.

"You bloody bastard." Anna shouted as she kicked the table.

"You daggered her? Again! And you didn't even have the nerve to tell me!" Annalise shouted as she pinned Klaus against the wall by the neck.

Damon stood a little confused as to he was the only one in the room who thought she was just a witch.

Elijah walked over placing his hand on the girls arm, "You can hurt him all you want later, but right now we have other things to do Annalise." he gently told her.

Anna looked at the hybrid with hurt eyes and let him go.

Anna stood away from Klaus and near Elijah.

"So, why don't we move this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal?" Elijah offered.

"That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back, in exchange, he and the Original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever. Me, Stefan, and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges." Damon smiled.

"The deal sounds fair, brother." Elijah turned towards Klaus.

"I don't think you understand, Elena's doppelgänger blood insures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me. I will never leave her behind." Klaus spoke making Anna scoff.

Klaus starts to pace, "Let's say I do leave her here, under your protection, what then? How long before one of you turns her into a vampire? Or worse, how long before she dies caught between your feuding? You see, each one of you truly believes that you're the one that can protect her, and that is simply a delusion. Gentlemen, the worst thing for Elena Gilbert is... the two of you."

Damon gets up, "I'm gonna get some air." he walked out.

Elijah sighed, "Let me deal with this." he followed the vampire.

Leaving Klaus, Anna, and Stefan in the room. A blonde girl comes up and stands next to Klaus.

"What do you say Stefan, can I interest you in a little after dinner drink?" The hybrid grinned as he bit into the girls neck and drank her blood.

Klaus continues until the girl is dead, "Delicious. Aged to perfection."

"Well, I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus, is to drive a wedge between me and my brother." Stefan scoffed.

Anna would have said a snarky comment but she was not in the mood to speak.

"Oh no, you're doing that well enough on your own. Because of Elena, you're gonna lose your brother and you'll only have yourself to blame." Klaus shrugged.

Damon and Elijah re-entered the room, Elijah going back to Anna's side.

"What do you say, Klaus? It's time for you to put something on the table. We've made our offer, now you counter." Damon said.

"Okay. I offer Elena's future happiness. You see, what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot. And to fall in love with a human, maybe that nice football player, you know the blond one?" Klaus suggested making Anna shake her head.

"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon deadpanned.

"Yeah, why not? They'll marry, live a long and fruitful life, and pop out a perfect family." the hybrid spoke.

"And continue the Petrova bloodline. Every few hundred years, you'll have a new doppelgänger to drain and never run out of hybrids, right Klaus?" Stefan scoffed.

"Consider it a small return on my investment in her well being. See after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her." Klaus said as he got up and walked towards Stefan.

"So, what do you say Stefan, do we have a deal?"

Stefan walks over to Klaus.

"What are you doing?" Damon asked his brother.

Klaus holds his hand out to Stefan. Stefan grabs his hand. "Nice try, Klaus. But no deal."

Klaus breaks Stefan's arm. He kicks his leg and breaks it as well. He pushes his hand into the fireplace, Stefan starts to burn. Damon attempts to rush over to him, but Elijah pushes him against the wall.

"Oh now this is an interesting turn of events." Anna grinned finally enjoying herself.

Klaus continues to hold Stefan in the fire, his arm badly burnt.

"Stop!" Damon shouted

"Now, bring me my coffin before I burn him alive." Klaus said.

"I'll get it." Damon gave in.

"Go with him, brother, you keep him honest. And when you return, I will make good on my promise to you and I will hand over our family."

Klaus is still keeping Stefan in the fire. "Go ahead and kill me, I know you'll do it when he brings the coffin." Stefan grunted.

"You're not wrong there." Anna shrugged.

"You really have given up, haven't you? Where's the fight? Where's the ripper?" Klaus pushed him away.

Suddenly, Elijah and Damon re-enter the room. "Elijah... why haven't you left?" Klaus asked now confused.

"Where are your manners, brother? We forgot dessert." Elijah said as he showed to silver daggers on a plate.

Anna's eyes widened.

"What have you done?" Klaus angrily asked.

"What have you done? You see I've learned not to trust your vulgar promises, Klaus. We're doing this on my terms now." Elijah said and just then Kol entered the room.

"Kol" Klaus said.

"Long time, brother" the vampire grinned.

Klaus starts to back away. Finn suddenly appears, he grabs a dagger and stabs Klaus through the hand.

Anna gasped and Elijah was before her in a second. "If you do anything my family will turn against you especially Finn and Kol, please just stay near me." the Mikaelson said to the girl.

Annalise looked back at Klaus who was now daggered by Rebekah, she looked back at Elijah and nodded.

Elijah looked at the two Salvatore brothers, "You're free to go. This is family business."

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"I like what you've done with the new place, Nik." Rebekah said as she threw a vase at a painting.

"I wanted it to be for all of us. A place we could all call home. A place we could all be a family. None of us would ever have to be alone again." Klaus panted.

"Well you're right, none of us will be." Elijah said as he kept Anna behind him.

"You're staying behind." Finn told his younger half brother.

"We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that doppelgänger wench, then you will be alone. Always and forever." Rebekah spat.

"If you run, I will hunt all of you down." Klaus snapped.

"Then you'll become everything you hate. Our father." Elijah said to the hybrid.

"I'm the hybrid! I can't be killed! I have nothing to fear from any of you." Klaus shouted.

"You will when we have that coffin." Elijah told his brother.

They all hear a door open. They turn around. Esther walks in.

"Mother?" Rebekah whispered.

Esther walked towards Klaus, "Look at me! Do you know why I'm here?"

Klaus had tears filling up in his eyes, "You're here to kill me." he said in a low voice.

"Niklaus, you are my son and I am here to forgive you. I want us to be a family again."

"And Elijah, may I know why you are hiding someone?" The witch asked as she turned towards him.

"I was just making sure she wasn't caught in crossfire of our family feud." Elijah replied.

"Mhm, move aside." Esther told her son.

Anna tapped him, "It's alright." she told him.

Sighing, Elijah moved aside and revealed Anna.

"Anna! I was wondering when you'd come back." Rebekah smiled at her friend.

"Annalise Martin. I haven't heard from you in awhile dear. Your father was a desperate young witch, wasn't he?" Esther questioned.

Anna started breathing quickly, how did she know her father?

Unless she was the witch he contacted for help.

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