Elena and Bonnie were sitting in her room as Bonnie studied the moonstone. Elena looked at Bonnie with a frown, "What are you going to do with it now that you've got it?"

"I'm trying to figure out what is binding the Sun and the Moon Curse." Bonnie explained. "If I can do that then I can start to figure out a way to remove the spell from the stone and the stone becomes useless."

"And, according to Kathrine, Klaus becomes vengeful." Elena added with a sigh.

"If he finds out." Bonnie looked at her.

"Can't this wait?" Elena asked. "We've got to help Stefan out from the tomb."

"Stefan wants me to focus on this." Bonnie said to her.

"And you're listening to him instead of me because you guys think you are protecting me." Elena groaned.

"We're not going to let you get used in some creepy sacrifice ritual." Bonnie told her firmly.

"What are you guys arguing about?" Jeremy asked as he walked in.

"We are not arguing about anything." Bonnie said as she stood up and left.

"What?" Elena sked as she saw Jeremy looking at her.

"Why are you so determined to die?" Jeremy asked quietly with pain in his eyes.

"Because if I die that's one death." Elena looked at him and smiled gently. "But if we try to prevent the sacrifice then who knows how many of you guys will die."

"I don't want to lose you, Lena." Jeremy murmured and left.

Elena sat there for a while and thought about what to do, she could take the moonstone from Bonnies purse but if she remembered correctly that would result in her being trapped in her house all day.

Elena got dressed in a white flowy dress and her black combat boots and then she made her way down the stairs. She had her bike keys in her hand when Bonnie stopped her.

"Where are you going?" Bonnie asked.

"I was going to the boarding house to call Mason." Elena said. "Apparently some woman named Jules came to the Lockwood mansion looking for him and I need to call before the puppy can chain himself up for the night."

"I'm surprised." Jeremy asked as he came down the stairs. "You didn't take the moonstone."

"I thought about it." Elena admitted. "Did you know that Klaus killed Kathrine's entire family just because she crossed him? I don't want that to be you guys."

"If you can spend most the day here and not leave then we will include you in the planning of how to prevent as many deaths as possible, deal?" Bonnie held out her hand to Elena to shake.

"Fine, it's a deal." Elena sighed and shook her hand, then she gave her keys to Jeremy. "This way you'll know I can't take my bike at least."

"I'm also placing a spell on the house keyed to you," Bonnie explained. "So, it will notify me if you leave."

"Okay, I guess I'll call Mason from here and then I'll do...something." Elena sighed as she watched Bonnie and Jeremy leave.

About three hours later Elena stepped back form her masterpiece. The cake was three stories high and looked like a galaxy had exploded into existence on it. She had started her baking marathon after she had talked to Mason and then called to warn everyone else in their pack about Jules.

Apparently, Mason was not a part of hers and Brady's pack and never had been. While they had wanted Mason to join their pack he had refused when he noticed that they all liked to torture vampires for their own amusement and actually made sure to be close to people on the full moon so they could kill as many as possible.

Elena decided to have a long warm shower to unstress and wash away the flour and other baking ingredients. As she stepped out of the shower forty-five minutes later a cloud of steam accompanied her from the bathroom.

After putting on a pair of black booty shorts, thigh high sock and a crop top, she bounded down the stairs so she could make something to eat.

"What's going on?" Elena asked as she saw Jenna halfway inside the closet under the stairs. "Searching for Harry Potter?"

"Funny, but no." Jenna chuckled and gave Elena a box.

"What is this stuff?" Elena looked at the box and the put it down on the floor with a shudder as she saw a spider crawling inside it.

"You're mom's files from the Historical Society." Jenna explained. "I got roped into helping Mrs. Lockwood and by roped, I mean very excited to participate."

Elena turned wide eyed at Elijah as he became visible when Jenna closed the closet door.

"Hello, I'm Elijah." Elijah walked over to her and grabbed her hand so he could kiss the back of it. "It's a pleasure."

"Elijah's in town doing research on Mystic Falls." Jenna smiled and made her way over to the stairs as she looked at Elijah. "I have another box upstairs; I'll be right back."

"A researcher?" Elena raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well, I had to say something." Elijah smirked.

"You could have told her the truth." Elena smiled at him.

"And have her call the nice young men in the clean white coats?" Elijah chuckled. "I think I'll pass."

"Oh, she wouldn't have done that." Elena told him. "She knows about the supernatural."

"Well, maybe I don't want her to know." Elijah hummed. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't tell her just yet."

"Fine but when she does find out and is trying to strangle me for keeping secrets from her, I'll just send her your way." Elena smirked at him.

"Would you like to stay here and rummage through this stuff or would you like me and Elena to help you load it into your car." Jenna asked as she came back from upstairs.

"Or I can have someone pick it up tomorrow." Elijah started to make his way to the door.

"Also a good plan." Jenna nodded.

"Thank you so much for inviting me into your home, Jenna." Elijah nodded at her, then he turned towards Elena and smiled. "Elena, I hope to see you again sometime soon."

"Likewise." Elena smiled with a slight blush. What the heck was going on with her? Why did her insides feel all tingly?

Elena slowly made her way upstairs to tell Jeremy about Elijah but just as Jeremy opened the door to his room, Elijah grabbed her wrist and placed a finger against his lips.

"What is it?" Jeremy asked as he looked at her.

"I was just thinking about going to the boarding house and talking to Rose." Elena lied quickly. "Is that okay?"

"Yeah, I'll call Bonnie and tell her to lower the spell." Jeremy chuckled. "Love you, sister-mine."

"I love you to, Jere-Bear." Elena called out as he closed his door again.

"A wise choice." Elijah murmured quietly to her.

"You never said that I couldn't tell Jeremy." Elena protested in a whisper.

"You are quite the crafty one." Elijah looked slightly impressed. "I think it's time for you and I to have a little chat."

"Come on." Elena led him over to her room and closed and locked the door, then she turned and smirked at Elijah. "Welcome to the inner sanctum."

"Forgive the intrusion," Elijah bowed his head at her. "I mean your family no harm."

"Why did you kill those vampires when they came to take me to Klaus." Elena looked at him.

"Because I didn't want you to be taken. Klaus is the most feared and hated of the Originals, but those who fear him are desperate fir his approval." Elijah explained as he looked around her room. "If word got out that the doppelgänger exists, there'll be a line of vampires eager to take you to him and I can't have that."

"What is it with everyone trying to make my decisions for me?" Elena groaned and threw her hand up. "Aren't you supposed to be helping him or something?"

"Let's just say that my goal is not to break the curse." Elijah smiled at her.

"So, what is your goal?" Elena wondered.

"Klaus's obsession had made him paranoid, he's a recluse." Elijah told her softly. "He trusts only those in his immediate circle."

"And from the sound of it you are not part of that circle." Elena hummed and when Elijah nodded in agreement she continued. "You're trying to use me to draw him out."

"Yes, but to do that I need you to stay put and stop trying to get yourself killed." Elijah insisted with a serious look.

"And what makes me able to believe that you are telling me the truth?" Elena asked slowly.

"If I wasn't being truthful, all your family would be dead and I'd be taking you to Klaus right now." Elijah informed her with a raised eye brow. "Instead, I'm here and I'm prepared to offer you a deal."

"What did you have in mind?" Elena wanted to know.

"Do nothing. Do nothing, live your life, stop fighting and then, when the time is right, you and I shall draw out Klaus together and I shall make sure your friends remain unharmed." Elijah promised with determination.

"I'll write you a list of people I want safe. If someone isn't on that list I don't really care if they live, die or get tortured into insanity." Elena walked up to Elijah and started him straight in the eyes. "But if someone on my list gets hurt? I don't give a flying monkeys ass who the fuck you are, I'll find you and then I will finally find out how long it takes a flayed vampire to regrow their skin. Are we clear?!"

"I'm a man of my word, Elena." Elijah shifted in an odd way and did his eyes look slightly darker? "I make a deal; I keep a deal."

"So, how are you going to be able to keep everyone safe?" Elena backed away from him and sat down on her bed.

"I notice you have a friend; Bonnie, is it?" Elijah started to look around her room again. "She seems to possess the gift of magic. I have friends with similar gifts."

"Luka." Elena hummed. "And his father."

"How did you know?" Elijah asked intrigued.

"Luka just so happens to show up, show an interest in Bonnie, have magic and then you show up a while later and you just happen to know witches?" Elena rolled her eyes. "It's almost as obvious as a bright, neon colored, elephant in the middle of the town."

"You are a very insightful young woman." Elijah sounded impressed.

"Thank you." Elena smiled.

"So, do we have a deal?" Elijah asked softly.

"I need you to do one more thing for me." Elena said slowly.

"We're negotiating now?" Elijah chuckled.

"Yes, because as you said, I'm insightful, which means that I did notice that while you promised to keep my friends and family safe, you never mentioned me." Elena smirked. "And that's completely fine with me if you help me get one of my best friends out of the tomb under Fell's church."

"The one where Katerina and the moonstone are?" Elijah wanted to know.

"Both yes and no." Elena murmured and at Elijahs look she continued. "Yes, Kathrine is it the tomb, no the moonstone is not there anymore."

Elijah looked at her with a small smile, "Write your list and I'll see what I can do about your friend stuck in the tomb."

Elena grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and started to write down all of the people in her family and pack. As she wrote she started to wonder why she felt that tingle in her stomach when Elijah smiled at her. She decided to push it out of her mind, it was probably not important anyway...

XOXOXOX

The next morning Elena woke up after a not so restful rest. She had been plagued by nightmares of what would have happened if she hadn't been able to save Rose.

After she had given the list of names to Elijah yesterday Elena had made her way to the boarding house to explain to Damon and Rose and later Stefan about the deal she had made with Elijah.

During her explanation Jules had jumped through the window in wolf from and attacked Damon and Rose, just like she had done in the tv show. Elena had taken a fire poker and swung it at hard as she could at the wolf before it could bite Rose and then Damon had stabbed it with a sword.

She had then spent the night at the boarding house, not wanting to leave Rose and Damon, she must have fallen asleep and either Damon or Rose must have carried her to Stefans bed because that's where she woke up.

After having taken a shower and put on a flowy dark blue dress and her combat boots, that she had left at the boarding house at an earlier date, she walked back out into Stefans room.

"Stefan?" Elena called out as she walked into Stefan's room. "You're standing behind me, aren't you?"

"Yep." Stefan chuckled.

"Rude." Elena laughed and hugged him. "I'm glad that you're out of the tomb."

"Me too, but..." Stefan pulled back.

"You're gonna ruin my happy morning, aren't you?" Elena sighed.

"I'm totally ruining it." Stefan nodded. "Look, I can't just pretend like everything is okay."

"But Kathrine is looked away in the tomb, the sun is shining and I'm feeling pretty good, why do you have to poop on my day." Elena pouted even as she mocked glared at him.

"I know but we still have this pressing little issue of you being Klaus's human sacrifice." Stefan looked at her.

Elena walked over to one of Stefan's drawers and removed a vial of liquid vervain. "Yes, but Elijah promised to keep the pack safe as long as we play by his rules." Elena had some how gotten into the habit of calling her friends and family 'The Pack'.

"Right," Stefan hummed in annoyance. "As long as we play by his rules."

"Please don't go after Isobel." Elena pleaded as she put the vervain in a glass.

"Kathrine said Isobel could have some answers and just have a couple of questions, that's all." Stefan shrugged.

Elena poured water in the glass and mixed the vervain out with it. "Stefan, I made a deal with Elijah."

"You made a deal with him, not me." Stefan told her. "You should keep your deal."

"Stefan, I don't want anyone else to get hurt." Elena looked at him seriously.

"When have I ever wanted to get somebody hurt?" Stefan asked.

"Intentionally? Never." Elena pointed out. "But what about unintentionally?"

"Elena..." Stefan sighed.

"Vervain. I made it light but are you sure?" Elena held out the glass to him. "Just because Kathrine built up a tolerance..."

"Bottoms up." Stefan took the glass and downed it, then he fell to the floor coughing before he recovered and stood up.

"You okay?" Elena asked softly.

"Yeah." Stefan coughed a little again. "It's a necessary thing to do because Elijah can compel vampires. He's an original and I don't think anybody knows what that means, except maybe Isobel, which is why I'm going to ask her."

"Can't we just stake her and forget that she's ever existed?" Elena grumbled as Stefan left.

Elena made her way down to the parlor where she saw Damon and Rose cuddling on the couch, she so shipped it.

"Good morning my dear vampire friends." Elena beamed as she hugged them both.

"Good morning." Rose smiled at her.

"Morning, Spitfire." Damon smirked at her.

"Spitfire?" Elena hummed in question.

"Your new nickname." Damon told her. "Where is Stefan?"

"The little numb nut is convinced that he has to find Isobel." Elena groaned. "But I'm convinced that it will upset Elijah."

"That's not a bad idea, actually. "Damon smirked and got up from the couch.

"Seriously, you too?" Elena grumbled at him.

"See you later." Damon waved at them as he left.

"Wanna go to Georgia with me and visit a witch?" Elena asked after a while.

"Sure." Rose smirked and got up. "We taking Damon's car, right?"

"Absolutely." Elena laughed.