Rebekah got out of the car as soon as Elijah stopped  in front of the Mikaelson mansion in the Falls. She looked back to see why he was not was not following. It struck her somewhat strange that he was busy writing a message on his phone. 

"Are you coming?"- she asked slightly annoyed. 

He got out now for a second and replied - "I will be back shortly.."- and he stepped back into the car and drove off. 

Rebekah just walked into the mansion.

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At the edge of the woods Alicia Olafson waited for the Original vampire at the designated place.  

"Your word does carry some weight"- Alicia said to Elijah as he appeared in front of her. 

Elijah kept quiet for the moment letting her continue - "I know you are in the possession of the Cure as you call it"  

"Why did you not come to claim it earlier- I could have given it away...?- " 

Alicia smirked at him:" You could have done whatever you wanted-but you also know as I had told you that the distortion of the balance would fall onto you if you decided not to bring the Cure to me- could you carry that burden, knowing very well it would ultimately lead to the demise of us all and your entire family and not just one brother who sided with the Dark witches - and the Dark witches have cost us so dearly. " 

"How sure are you that the Cure was designed for her?"- Elijah asked, still holding the sample tube with the magical liquid safe in his jacket pocket.  

"The prophecy says that she is the one and the blood sample proves it- so now let me add the last ingredient "- Alicia held her hand out to him for him to pass the sample tube to her. As an obedient servant Elijah passed the case to the Original witch, who now took out of her pocket a small bottle with blood. She poured the small dark red liquid into the bottle uttering words in Old Norse, which Elijah understood very well. As the spell was done she gave the tube back to him and simply said - 

"You know what you have to do now- We are holding you to your word- it would not be wise to cross us- it's a path we are not willing to take, yet we would not hesitate. With this you will redeem yourself somewhat." 

Her words burnt him yet he knew it would be foolish to oppose her, as she was an ordinary Original witch, but an Elder. It was thought to be a myth, but when she found him and approached him several months prior to this meeting he quickly realized that some myths and prophecies were indeed very real. 

They each went their separate ways for the time being.  

As he was driving back to the Falls his thoughts were with Elena, their first meeting and their last in Willoughby, and all the unfortunate things that had happened to her thus far. Again her faith was 

Sealed, and she would not be asked whether she wanted it or not. 

The incisive buzzing of his phone made him crazy. He quickly looked at it and seen that it was Klaus. 

"Sorry brother, but I have a more pressing matter to attend to."- he uttered pressing the red button. 

As soon as he was in the Falls he found his informant, who told him where to find Elena. She had returned with the Salvatores, but soon after they arrived she went her own way. 

"To feed?! "- Elijah concluded as he looked at the compelled vampire, who added- "there is a concert in the neighbouring town- at the old Roadhouse." 

"Thank you" -Elijah replied and released the creature- "you can go now!" 

There was no time to be wasted as he knew Damon and Stefan would be looking for her as well. But before he gets her he needed to make one stop and soon he found himself on the Wickery Bridge evoking memories of himself standing on the bridge not long after she turned into a vampire. Matt, who went for a walk that evening confronted him boldly and spoke his mind- 

"She was the most decent person, full of life, goodness, nice to people, she never wanted to harm anyone- till you vampires came and took everything from her-"-  

He remembered saying back to Matt as his looked moved from the water to Elena's friend- "Yes, we changed her life"- Now he looked at the water again giving another minute of silence to mark respect to the girl she once was. 

"It's time" - he then said and with those words he left the doomed place.  

The Roadhouse near the Falls 

"Elijah? she said as she saw him standing in front of her. "If you are looking for Katherine, I don't think this is her scene, maybe a minuet- I thought we said all we had to say to one anothe in Will-place-" 

"Would you please come with me?"-he said not being offended by what she had said. 

"And if I say I won't -what will do? Descend on me?" 

"No- but I will ask you once again very politely to accompany me, please!"- he now looked straight in the eyes compelling her to do as he wished. He knew that nothing else would have made her come with him. 

As they got in the car she just asked where they were going and he replied -"New Orleans." 

It didn't really matter to her if they went to the Antarctica. She puffed because she felt bored so she put the radio on, which he didn't object to.

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Stefan met up with Damon at the Old church yard. "I can't find her anywhere!"- he said worryingly to his Brother. 

"We should have locked her up straight away- that is the only plan that would have worked. She is not playing nice. Neither are we. She is after all a Petrova!" 

"I will go and see Bonnie- you?"- 

"Look at some joints- she went to have a good time"- Damon said. 

In the other side of the Falls, Rebekah complained about Elijah's manipulation to Klaus. 

"Listen, sister dear, I am sure he will put the Cure to good use. It would be wasted on you and your whim of the moment. He never does anything that would jeopardize this family" 

"No, but you do!"- and she ran out before she enraged her brother even more. 

Now he lamented to himself-" I sincerely hope brother you are putting it to good use " - thoughts of ripping Elijah's heart out eased as he looked at a drawing of Caroline he took out of the desk drawer. 

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In New Orleans Elena waited with annoyed look for Elijah to unlock the doors of the house in the French quarter. As he opened the door- he said to her in a calm tone-"Please". She entered unenthusiastically. 

"This house is so you"- she said looking around while following him to the Salon - " I guess now you will tell me why we are here- what do you need from me now-? I haven't got the Cure- " 

He interrupted her - "No, you don't... I do." he looked at her for her reaction- she coldly responded - "and?" 

"I would tell you why it is essential for you to take it but in your present state you do not care- so I will have to simply ask you to take it." 

He took the bottle out of his pocket and put it in front of Elena on the table. He knew at this very moment that he was severing any connection he had with her and after this was done she would most probably despise him for good, as once again someone from the Mikaelson family was moulding her destiny. 

Being compelled she could not refuse it. The first rays of the sun were probing through the window as Elena reached for the bottle. 

"Forgive me"- he was about to utter as she took the tube and drank the potion. 

Immediately as she drank it up her body slammed down to the sofa- he swiftly moved over to her laying her down comfortably checking for her heartbeat, when suddenly her whole body cramped up, but fortunately it lasted only for a few seconds. He was slightly frantic as he was focusing or her heartbeat again. Then very faint beats appeared. "Elena-" he uttered moving a streak of her hair from her face - "Come on.... it has to work!" 

She opened her eyes slowly and looked around the room and then at him as someone who just got woken up from a deep sleep.  

"Elijah?.... What?... Where- am I? Then the realization of what went on and the rush of all the memory and emotions overwhelmed her and she grasped his arms as he helped her sit up-  

"Look at me Elena!"- he put his hands on her face gently. 

"I feel sick"- she said and got up. As she didn't know her way around the house, he grabbed her and took her to the bathroom. There was no way of knowing what effect the potion would actually produce, which he was aware of. Seeing her pale and sickly, he wished he refused to give it to her. He asked politely if she needed any assistance. She replied that she felt fine. 

When she got out it she looked her usual self, as if nothing ever happened. He could clearly hear the heartbeat sounding regular . It seemed that the Cure worked. Elena was human again. 

"I am hungry!"- she said- I guess you have some food in the house?!"  

He nodded. She followed him to the kitchen. 

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Stefan wasn't happy that Bonnie could not locate Elena, same as Damon who also failed in his search for her. 

"Look, we have a far bigger problem on our hands"- Bonnie said- "Silas is soon going to become our worst nightmare if he doesn't get the Cure- but even with it - things are not looking good!"...- "Elena must be having a good time somewhere - she'll be back" 

"Something is not right"- Stefan said- "no one has seen her " 

"Face it Stefan - a good party can get you thousands of miles away- and our girl has just found freedom"