I walk into the boarding house, flustered and confused about what just happened, however, I push it all to the very back of my mind so that I do not seem suspicious.

As I walk in, I see Elena walking down the stairs to the cellar... The one containing Elijah.

Quickly, he rushes past me and out of the house... Guess he wasn't invited in.

"What happened?" Elijah asks us, to which we both shush him.

She shows him that Stefan and Damon can hear and she whispers

" I'll tell you. Not here. Can I trust you? " Elena whispers, "Can I trust you?" he whispers back.

She gives him the dagger. He takes it, sliding it into his suit pocket.

" Elena! " Stefan shouts, causing me to push her out of the door,

"We can go to my house".

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"You look better."Elena states. "Where did you get the dagger?" Elijah asks her, not in the mood for her small talk. "I'll tell you everything. But we have to work together, Elijah. I need your word." "You should probably spit on it, "I say casually. "Like they do in Peter Pan...It's more official."

"Your ability to make demands has long passed," Elijah says to Elena, rolling his eyes at me.

"No demands. I'm offering you my help. And in return, I want yours." She replies. "And why should I even consider this?" "The same reason that you haven't killed me. You need my help to kill Klaus. And I need you. Plus, it's no secret that you like Evie. At least do it for her..."

I sigh as her phone buzzes, it's probably Stefan. I'm still disappointed that my mate isn't a chill hippy, he's an original vampire that wants to kill all of my friends... Maybe there's still a chance for me to become a nun.

"Yes, I'm fine,"Elena says into the phone.

" He's right here."

Seeing an opportunity for a bit of fun, I snatch the phone out of her hand.

" Where? I'm on my way" Stefan says, and I laugh at his urgency.

"No, Stefan, Elijah and Lena need some time alone. If you get my gist." I say, smirking as Elena makes a grab for the phone.

" Listen to me. He can't be trusted he'll use you to get to Klaus" Stefan tells me, ignoring my previous statement.

"Elijah is a nobleman, Stefan. He lives by a code of honour. I can trust him. He knows that I'd be incredibly stupid to betray him again. By removing the dagger, Elena has proven herself."

I hang up the phone, handing it to Elijah's outstretched hand and he places it in his pocket.

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"He's here," Elena states, vaguely. "Klaus is here?" Elijah asks as I fiddle with my fingers, knowing more about the subject than Elena. "He's taken over Alaric's body." she continues "Of course he has. One of his favourite tricks." "Well, what are his other tricks? What is he going to do next? You're the only one who knows him."Elena blabbers. "Yes, I do." Elijah stops and notices how uncomfortable I am. "Evie? Do you know anything else?"

I sigh and begin to blabber the truth. " He kidnapped me, last night, and-and he let me go this morning and" I whisper the next part so that Elena will not hear, "He's my mate." He looks at me pitifully before pulling me into a much-needed hug.

"You don't seem shocked," I say, looking up at him. He sighs.

"I had a theory,"...

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" There's a whole family of Originals?" I ask, staring curiously at Elijah." My father was a wealthy landowner in a village in Eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children." He states his mind elsewhere.

"So your parents were human?" Elena asks.

" Our whole family was. Our origin as vampires is a very long story, Elena. Just know...We're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the Original family, and from us, all vampires were created."

"Right, but Klaus is your brother. And you want him dead?" Elena asks, staring at him strangely. "I need some air. I'm still feeling a tad...dead. Come." Elijah says, while I decide to stay inside, a certain someone still in my mind.

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I shut the car door behind me, careful not to scratch the paintwork on my beautiful new jeep... Still not a golf buggy, but hey- I'll take what I can get.

Walking into the library, I see Jenna, who stands there teary-eyed.

"Oh, Jenna, thank God." Elena says, trying to hug her." No." she says, holding out her hands to stop Elena from getting any closer." I'm so sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen." Elena says, her eyes also beginning to get teary." When I was little, your mom used to tell me bedtime stories. Stories about vampires. I never thought that what she said could be true." Jenna sobs."It is true, Jenna. I should have told you. I thought that if you didn't know, you'd be safe. But then things got so out of control and everything I had done to keep you out of it, it just blew up in my face." Elena says, trying to make her actions seem justified." Who else knows? Jeremy?""John?" "We were just trying to protect you." Elena adds, pouring salt to an open wound, I give her a look as if to tell her just to leave it but she ignores me." Protect me?" Jenna asks, between sobs." I'm so sorry. I will tell you everything." She continues, a tear trickles out of her eye."No, Elena...I am the one who's supposed to be protecting you and Jeremy.""I know, but there's nothing that you could have done. There's so much more to it..."" No, this is-- this is so...I don't know how...it's..."

Jenna begins to cry, so, slowly, I approach her and wrap my arms around her, pulling her into a famous Evie hug.

"Why didn't you tell me?! I'm scared." Jenna says, as her tears run down my neck.

" I know. I know. I know, hey. Hey. I'm sorry. Jenna, I am so, so sorry." Elena cries as Jenna begins to compose herself.

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"You don't have to be so mad at your brother. You know, he's worried about Elena, and..." Andie starts before I cut her off, for Damon's sake." Just go, please.""I know you're worried about her, too." She says, turning her attention towards me." Andie. Go." Damon snaps at her." Okay." Andie raises her hands in defence.

She leaves just as Stefan enters the room.

" Tired of your little plaything already?" Stefan asks snidely. He's in no position to talk though, he only ever approached Elena because she looked like his ex-girlfriend." Don't start with me, Stefan. She's just my distraction."Dick."She's a person. You're victimising her." I say, speaking the truth."You should be thankful she's here. She keeps me from going for what I really want." Damon says... Twat" You're right. Thank you for being in love with my girlfriend." Stefan says, his voice dripping with sarcasm.""And there it is." Damon says, annoyed.:"There it is. You know, you can be in love with Elena all you want...If it means that you'll protect her. But I have the one thing that you never will." Stefan says. Why can't they just leave it?"Stefan." I say in a warning tone.

"Oh, yeah? What's that?"

" Her respect," Stefan says, smugly.

Damon punches Stefan so hard that he falls into a bookshelf and breaks it. He gets up and rushes over to Damon. They grab each other by the shoulders, trying to harm one another. Elena and Elijah enter the room.

"Stop!" I say angrily, trying to pry the two apart. Of course, that leads to some not so nice things being said to me.

"Oh please Evie, you're not some angel, you and your brother have more family issues than the rest of us put together," Damon says, taking his anger out on me verbally. "You were born monsters, you killed while you were human, you never did tell us who you killed." he snarls as my eyes pool over with water at the part of me being a monster, I leave the room, shrugging my way past Elijah as he tries to stop me, I jog out to my jeep, tears pooling down my face.

I know that Elijah will be giving them some type of speech or scolding but I really don't care. Everyone treats me like I'm invisible,like I don't matter. Everyone but Ty, Katherine and Elijah...

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