Klaus

*AGE CHANGE FROM 12 to 14; Birthday no longer on Founder's Day*

Emma sat with her back against the stone wall, playing with the dagger in her hand. It had been 10 minutes and Elijah was not awake yet. She had no idea how long it would take for him to come back to life, so all she could do was wait. She kept thinking about her decision. What if Elijah doesn't help them? It could be a huge possibility considering Elena had driven the dagger in his chest. But that was why she didn't involve anyone else. He wouldn't trust them, but he could trust her, since she had no part in killing him.

Another minute had gone by and still nothing. Emma let out a sigh, getting up from her spot on the ground. She still wore the 60s outfit she had on the night before. She thought it would have been to risky to go change, in case Elijah woke up while she was gone. Emma got closer to Elijah's body and knelt beside it, trying to see if there was any difference in his appearance to indicate if he was waking up.

Just then, Elijah let out a gasp, making Emma stumble back in surprise. Elijah's back lurched upward with a sickening crack of his bones. He looked up and saw the young girl, a pained expression on his face.

"Elijah," she whispered, placing a finger on her lips, shushing him.

He had passed out for a second, which worried Emma. But then he woke up again and got up from the floor, his joints cracking with each movement.

"I can't- I can't breathe!" he said, gasping for air as he looked out around confused. He fell to his knees. "What's happening to me?" he asked, looking at Emma.

Emma stammered over her words, not exactly sure what was going on. How was she supposed to know this was going to happen?

Elijah stood up and moved to vamp out of the cell, but he was stopped by an invisible barrier. Emma quickly got up and tried her best to help in stand straight.

"I can't- I can't be in this house." Elijah said, breathing hard.

Emma's eyes widened. "You weren't invited in." she concluded.

"You need to get me out of here." Elijah strained before he pushed himself off of Emma and slammed into the wall outside of the cell.

He took a moment to breath before he vamped upstairs, out of Emma's eyesight. Emma ran after him, the best she could in the gogo boots she wore. As she ran, she made sure to look around, hoping no one was around. When she made it to the main hallway, she turned to see Elijah kneeling by the front door, outside. She slowed her pace and hesitantly walked closer to the door. Elijah narrowed his eyes at her. He vamped after her, only to be stopped by the barrier.

"What happened?" Elijah asked, resting his arms on either side of the door frame.

Emma shushed him, pointing upstairs. "I'll tell you, but not here." she whispered. "Can I trust you?"

Elijah moved closer the best he could. "Can I trust you?" he whispered back.

Emma looked down at the dagger, tightening her grip on in before holding it out to the original vampire. He observed her as he careful took the dagger from her hands. Emma nodded, satisfied with his move.

"I'll be right back." she whispered, turning around and tiptoeing her way upstairs.

Entering the room she sometimes stayed in, she pulled off the boots and opened the duffel bag she had her clothes in. She bragged the easiest things she could slip on in, jeans and a graphic t-shirt, anything to get out of the dress. Once she finished tying her shoe laces, she quietly ran back downstairs and grabbed a blood bag from the fridge. Heading back to the hallway, she felt a wave of relief to see Elijah still standing there. She grabbed Elena's car key on the side table and stepped outside with Elijah. She handed him the blood and the keys.

"Here," Emma whispered, "to get you back in good shape and because I can't drive." She walked up to Elena's Ford Explorer, pointing at it to Elijah so he knew what car to unlock.

They got in the car and Elijah pulled out of the lot, driving away from the boarding house. It would have been a lie if Emma said she still wasn't nervous about the situation. But she believes that the two have an understanding now and he really could help them. Elijah, his eyes still on the road, tore the top of the blood bag open and gulped the blood down. Almost immediately, his face turned back into it's original color. Emma watched with curiosity as he squeezed the bag, getting every last drop of the blood. Once the bag was empty, he tossed the bag in the back seat.

Emma cleared her throat and glanced down at her lap. "You look better."

Elijah ignored her comment. "Where did you get the dagger."

"You'll know everything, soon. But we need to work together, Elijah. I need your word." Emma explained, looking up at the vampire.

Elijah chuckled. "You seem to be under the impression that you can make the demands."

Emma shook her head. "No demands. You need our help, and we need yours."

"And why should I even consider this?" he asked, glance at the young girl.

She shrugged. "The same reason you haven't killed me yet." Emma said. "We both want the same thing- to kill Klaus. So we need each other." Just then, her phone rang. She pulled it out of her jacket pocket and saw Elena's name on the screen. "H-"

"Where are you, Emma? Are you safe?" Elena asked, not letting Emma even greet her.

Emma sighed. "Yeah, Elena. I'm fine."

"What about Elijah?" Stefan said. Emma assumed she was on speaker.

"He's right here. Everything's alright."

"Tell us where you are. We'll get you." Elena ordered, the sound of anger evident in her voice.

Emma shook her head, knowing they couldn't see her. "No. I'm the only one Elijah trusts at the moment. Let me talk to him. He's a noble man, guys. He lives by a code of honor. I can trust him. We can trust him. I'll be in touch." she said, hanging up on them. She held out her phone to Elijah. "I'm assuming you want this."

Elijah smiled. "Smart girl." With one hand on the wheel, he took the cellphone and placed it in his coat pocket. "Now, what is with this sudden rebellion? Why are you so convinced that I will live up to the 'code of honor'?"

"I saw you." she said, looking out the car window. "I saw you about to kill Klaus. That's all the evidence I need."

"Then it seems his arrival is close at hand." Elijah noted, which made Emma suck in a breath.

"Um, well, he's kind of already. . . here." Emma announced.

Elijah slammed on the car brakes, making it come to a screeching halt. Emma grabbed onto the emergency handle as the car behind them nearly crashed into them. The car honked as it drove by. Emma looked up to see the horror in Elijah's eyes. "Kl-Klaus is here?" he asked, his knuckles turned white on the steering wheel.

Emma nodded. "He's taken control over Alaric's body."

Elijah scoffed, continuing to drive down the road. "Of course he has. It's one of his favorite tricks."

"What are his other tricks? Do you have any idea what he's going to do next?" Emma pressed, sensing she could obtain some answers. "He's your brother, you're the one who knows him."

Elijah looked out, lost in thought. "Yes, I do." He didn't say anything else after that, leaving the rest of the car ride in silence.

As they drove, Emma noticed that they were heading in the direction of the Lockwood's house. The original pulled up to the front of the house and turned it off. They got out of the vehicle and went up the patio steps, Elijah ringing the doorbell.

Carol opened the door, dressed with her coat and hand bag. "Elijah, Emma. What are you doing here? What happened?" she asked, gesturing to Elijah's torn clothing.

"I had a bit of an accident, Carol. I'm hoping you could help." Elijah said.

Carol began to shake her head. "Well, I'm on my way to a meeting, so I-"

Elijah stepped forward. "I won't take but a minute of your time."

Carol's face went expressionless until she smiled brightly at the two. "Of course, anything you need." she said, moving aside to let them in.

Elijah thanked her and entered the home, Emma behind him. "First things first. I'm going to need a change of clothing." he said.

Carol closed the door after they were inside. "Well, we can try one of my husband's suits." she offered. "I haven't boxed them up yet."

"Wonderful." Elijah said and Carol went upstairs.

Emma looked over at Elijah. "How'd you know she's not on vervain?" she asked.

"Because I'm the one who got her off it." he explained, glancing around. "Right before you and your friends killed me. Twice."

"Hey, I told them it wasn't a good idea. But as always, they hardly listen to me." Emma said, crossing her arms in annoyance.

Elijah smiled. "Of course. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be down in a moment." he said, leaving Emma downstairs.

She walked into the den and sat on one of the love seats, waiting for him to return. Which didn't take long, he was back after 3 minutes. He made his way over to the sofa across from her and took a seat.

"So, I assume that the Martin witches are no longer with us." he concluded, flattening out the blazer.

Emma shook her head, remembering how Luka was burned alive and Stefan snapping the Jonas's neck in her bathroom. "No, I'm sorry."

"And Katerina. She would have been released from my compulsion when I died." he said.

"Klaus has her. When I saw her with him, it seemed like she was alive, but we don't know."

"It's not Klaus' style. Death would be too easy for her after what she did." Elijah said, looking down at the coffee table.

Emma furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "I don't understand. You say that you want Klaus dead, but you still made Katherine pay for betraying him."

Elijah stared blankly at Emma. "I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina to pay. There' was a time I'd have done anything for Klaus. Klaus is my brother."

Emma nodded along, which surprised Elijah, not expecting that to be her reaction. "Oh, um, in my vision, you said 'hello, brother.'. I just assumed it was Klaus."

"A very good assumption indeed." Elijah said, getting up to walk over to a mirror that hung over the grand fireplace.

"So, if there more people in your family?" Emma asked, crossing her legs.

Elijah fixed the collar with the help of the mirror. "My father was a wealthy land owner in a village in eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children."

"Wait, so your whole family were humans?"

"Correct. Our origin as vampires, though, is a very long story." Elijah explained, watching as Emma processed the information. "Just know, we're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the original family and from us all, vampires were created."

"What I'm having trouble is figuring out why you want Klaus dead. I mean, he's your brother."

"I need some air." Elijah said, avoiding her question. "I'm still feeling a tad. . . dead. Come." He walked out of the living room, motioning for Emma to follow him.

She quickly got up after him as he went out the backward door and descended down the stairs outside.

"As you know, nothing can kill an original. Not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite." They began to cross the open field behind the Lockwood house. "Only the wood form one tree; a tree my family made sure burned."

"That's where the white ash for the dagger comes from." Emma deduced, remembering the mini vial of ashes that sat in the Salvatore house.

"Yes. The witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth." Elijah said. "Every creature needs to have a weakness in order to maintain the balance."

Emma crossed her arms as they walked. "I don't get it. If the sun doesn't kill you guys, then why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the curse?"

Elijah chuckled. "Right. The curse of the of the sun and moon. It's all so. . . biblical-sounding, don't you think?" They stopped at small wooden bridge.

"What do you mean?"

Elijah then proceeded to tell Emma a memory of him and Klaus, having a laugh over having written the curse.

"So, you made up the curse?" Emma asked, still completely lost. "Why?"

"The easiest way of discovering the existence of a doppelganger or to get your hands on some long, lost moonstone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout for it." he explained.

"Then, what does a doppelganger and moonstone have anything to do with, you know, anything?" Emma asked as they crossed the bridge.

"Well, there is a curse. The real one is much worse. It's a curse placed on Klaus." Elijah said, making Emma's eyes widen.

"That's why he's so obsessed. He wants to break it." Emma said, just as her phone just started to vibrate in Elijah's blazer pocket.

Elijah sighed, taking it out and handing it out to her. "Here, the phone's buzzing is getting on my nerves."

She answered the phone and was met with Elena's frantic voice. "Whoa, Elena. Calm down. What happened?" Elena's next words left the young girl in shock. "What?! I'll be right there." she said, hanging up after. "Klaus went after Jenna. I need to get home."

"I'm afraid that wasn't part of today's arrangement."

"I'll be back. You know I will. I just need to go." Emma assured. "Please." When Elijah nodded, she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. "Thank you." she said, turning around and running off.

She dialed Stefan's number and asked him if he could get her, though before she told him her location, she made sure she was far from the Lockwood's so that he didn't know where Elijah was. Let's just say she was out of breath when he showed up. He vamped over where she was, a lot more easier than driving in his car. When he brought her back to the boarding house and she entered the library, Elena and Jenna were in a tight embrace.

"Jenna!" Emma cried, running over and hugging the woman. She could feel Jenna shaking around her, obviously the news of vampires left her in total shock.

The Gilbert sisters spent the rest of the time trying to explain as much as they could, without scaring the poor woman anymore than she already was. After some time, Jenna had gotten too tired, so Elena and Emma left her alone and met up with Stefan who was waiting near by.

"How is she?" he asked, hands on his hips.

"She's in shock. I tried to tell her as much as I could, but we barely scratched the surface." Elena explained.

Stefan shook his head. "I'm so sorry guys. I hate this."

"Stefan, it's not. It's mine." Elena said, resting a comforting hand on his forearm.

Emma tried to come up with an excuse to leave but nothing made sense to her in her mind. "Guys, I have to go back to Elijah." she said, heading towards the front door.

"What? No, Em. You can't." Elena said and reached out and grabbed Emma's arm before she could get farther.

"Elena, I have to. I promised him. This is the only way he will help us. So, please, let me go." she said, her eyes begging Elena.

Elena looked over at Stefan, who only sighed. She sighed as well and let go of Emma's arm. "Fine. Just, be careful."

Emma smiled. "Aren't I always?" She started walking to the door again when she stopped and faced Stefan. "Um, do you think you can take me back to where you picked me up earlier?"

Stefan nodded and followed her, only to be stopped by Damon and Andie.

"Where do you think you're going?" Damon asked, making his way to the three.

"To Elijah." Emma responded.

Damon vamped forward, blocking Emma's way. "No."

"Damon, back awa-" She tried to walk past him, but Damon's hand snatched her arm in a tight grip.

"If you so much as try and take a step out of this house-"

"Take it easy, Damon." Andie said behind him.

"Stay out of this, Andie."

"Let her go." Stefan said, narrowing his eyes at his brother.

"Are you kidding me? We just got her back?" Damon protested.

Stefan grabbed onto the arm Damon used to hold Emma. "You heard me. I said 'let her go'."

Damon glared at Stefan. "That's twice today you've stood in my way. I wouldn't try a third." He released his hand from Emma and backed away, allowing Stefan and Emma to walk out the door.

Emma held onto Stefan tightly as he vamped both of them to where he picked her up. Before Emma made her way to the Lockwood's, she waited for Stefan to leave, who did so reluctantly. When she knew he left, she ran back to the Lockwood's, arriving there completely out of breath. She opened the front door and stepped inside to see Elijah standing next to the fireplace like before.

"Welcome back." he greeted, lifting his glass in the air.

"So," she began, walking into the den and plopping down on the sofa. "what's Klaus' curse?"

Elijah set his glass down on the coffee table. "My family was quite close, but Klaus and my father did not get on too well. When we became vampires, we discovered the truth. Klaus was not my father's son. My mother had been unfaithful many years before. This was her darkest secret. Klaus is from a different bloodline. Of course, when my father discovered this, he hunted down and he killed my mother's lover and his entire family." he said, getting up again with his glass. "Not realizing, of course, that he was igniting a war between species that rages until this day."

"A war between the species?" Emma repeated, trying to make sense of his words. "Wait, do you- do you mean vampires and werewolves? Klaus' real father was a werewolf? But what does that make Klaus? Is he a werewolf or a vampire?"

Elijah paused for a moment. "He's both." He continued when Emma sat there on the sofa, speechless. "A hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire. Nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power. Therefore the witches, the servants of nature, saw to it that my brother's werewolf side would become dormant."

Emma let out a shaky laugh. "So that's the curse he wants to break."

"He wants to trigger that part of him that's a werewolf. If allowed, Klaus would sire his own bloodline. He'd build his own race. Endangering not just vampires, but everyone."

"Yo-you helped him, though." Emma pointed out, adjusting her position to face Elijah.

"I helped because I loved him. That's changed, now he must die."

"Well, we have the dagger now. Problem solved."

"When a werewolf is wounded by silver, it heals. An original can't be killed by anything but white oak ash on a silver dagger. So you see the conundrum. The dagger does not work." Elijah said, leaning against the door frame of the den.

"So, what? He can't be killed?"

Elijah nodded. "There's one way to kill any supernatural species- at the hands of the servants of nature themselves."

"A witch with enough power." Emma finished, finally understanding. "But it would kill them."

"The curse must be broken during the full moon, when Klaus is in transition. That's when he'll be at his most vulnerable. A witch with enough power can kill Klaus."

Emma got up and stood in front of Elijah. "What if I told you we know a witch that can use that power?"

"Then I would tell you there's one more thing that you should know." he said. He told her the memory of the preparation of the last ritual with Katherine and how the witches they had at the time had found a way to keep her alive.

"You found a way to save the life of the doppelganger?" Emma asked, already knowing the answer.

Elijah shook his head yes. "Yes, young one. I did. But unfortunately, Katerina took matters into her own hands first. I believe you already know how that played out."

Emma looked up at the man. "You cared about her, didn't you?"

"It's a common mistake, I'm told." Emma nodded, agreeing with him. "And it's one I won't make again." he said, leaving the house through the front door.

Emma went after him and could tell it was time to take him back to the boarding house, not just to come up with a plan with Elijah, but to also return Elena's car. The car ride was silent, but not one of those awkward ones, thank god. She took the time to text Elena to meet her at the front door, preferably without Damon and Stefan. Once they got there, Elena already had the door open and gestured inside, indirectly inviting the original in. Though, when they entered the library, they were met with two fighting brothers.

"Stop!" Emma shouted, the Salvatores stringing apart from each other.

Damon looked over and saw Elijah standing with Emma and Elena. "Now you've invited him in?"

"Elijah and I have made our own deal that I hope none of you break." Emma explained, her arms crossed.

"The two of you will come to no harm at my hands." Elijah said behind Emma. Damon looked at Elijah as if he were speaking in a language he couldn't understand. "I only ask for one thing in return."

"What?" Damon asked, annoyance written all over his face.

"An apology."

Damon and Stefan glanced at each other, not sure what to make of the situation. Though, it was no surprise when Stefan stepped forward.

"I am sorry for the part I played in your death. I was protecting Elena. I will always protect Elena." Stefan said, looking in Elena's eyes as he did.

Emma looked over at Elijah. "How was that?" she asked.

The original vampire nodded. "I understand."

The rest looked back at Damon to see him shaking his head no to the deal. Emma let out a frustrated sigh. They were so close. Why won't he just do it?

"Sacrifice is going to happen, Damon." Elena said.

Emma nodded and faced Damon. "Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save. . . how to save Elena's life." she revealed, surprising the others.

"Is that true?" Damon asked Elijah.

"It is."

"I am." Emma confirmed.

Damon shook his head again. "You can all go to hell." And with that, he left the room.

Emma didn't realize it before, but tears had been forming in her eyes. She really thought that for once, Damon would understand. She sniffed and quickly wiped the tears with her jacket sleeve.

"He's angry with me right now." Stefan clarified, watching after his brother. "But he'll come around."

"Perhaps." Elijah replied.

Emma beckoned for Elijah to follow her. "Here, I'll show you to your room." she said, already walking away.

As they walked, an almost naked Andie ran past them with her clothing in her hands, a frightened look plastered on her face. This worried Emma a bit, though, when they walked past Damon's door, she didn't stop to see him. . . at first. After she presented Elijah's room to him, which was across from hers, she retraced her steps back to Damon's. The door was already slightly open, so all she had to do was push. Damon's back was to her as she saw him sitting in front of his fireplace.

"Damon." she said, though he didn't respond. "Damon."

"Get out." he said, in a strained voice.

"R-really, Damon? You're acting like a litt-"

Damon vamped to her, slamming her against the wall next to the door and his hand around her throat. "I said. Get. Out." he growled, blood running down his chin.

Emma whimpered, looking up at Damon's terrifying face. She shoved him back and he let her, stumbling back from her not so strong push. She touched her neck, breathing heavily.

"Fine." she said, glaring at the vampire. "Be that way." She stomped out of his room and into hers, slamming the door shut behind her.

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A/N: Be prepared for the next episode because guess what. KLAUS IS FINALLY REALLY HERE!! I do hope you enjoyed this chapter and be ready for the season finale in THREE CHAPTERS!

See you in the next update!!!