Maya had been waiting for Abby, Bonnie, and Stefan to show up in the Lockwood cellar and they were running late.

"It was a choice Bonnie, you made it and now we have to live with it. You told Klaus where the coffins were and he took them. All of them except this one," Stefan said approaching where Maya stood. He stayed put as Abby and Bonnie entered.

"That's the one that's sealed?" Abby asked.

"Yep. Fortunately, it seems to be the one he cares about the most."

"Aren't you coming inside?"

"Vampires can't get in. Damon had to have Maya get it in here with help from Alaric."

"This is a bad idea."

"Look, if you're really the key to opening up that coffin, I think it's a pretty safe bet you're on Klaus's hit list. So I suggest you hideout here and figure out a way to open up the damn thing."

"I told you, I don't have any powers."

"And I don't believe you. But time's ticking. Won't be long before Klaus calls his hybrids to find that coffin and kill all of us. So dig deep, Abby Bennett. Scrape out whatever magic you have left."

"Now that you two are here, I have to go check on Bill Forbes, make sure nothing's happened to him. I will be back as soon as he's discharged," Maya said before leaving right after Stefan had.

She then headed to the hospital and found him packing up. "They discharged you?" Maya asked from the door.

"Yeah, I just have to give them these papers," he said holding up his papers.

"I'll take you home."

He nodded his head in gratitude before leaving to give the nurses his papers. He had been gone awhile before Maya got concerned. She got up and found Caroline and Elena wondering to a closet. They entered and the stench of blood was strong.

"Dad! Dad?" Caroline shouted bending down to her dad.

"Oh my god," Elena said covering her mouth.

"Don't be dead, don't be dead, don't be dead," Caroline said pulling out the knife as it dropped to the floor, "Daddy!"

"Caroline..." Maya said from behind them causing them both to look at her, "he had vampire blood in his system."

"What?!" she shouted before he woke up with a gasp.

They had managed to move him back to the hospital room and clean up the mess with no problem. Caroline compelled the nurse to stay out of the room.

Maya approached the room, she felt horrible, she said she would make sure nothing happened and it did. "Hey, uh, I have to go. Damon and Stefan need my help with an original vampire thing."

"Yeah, um, we'll be fine. Elena's here and my mom is on her way. You should go," Caroline reassured.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Maya nodded and left with an awful feeling in her stomach as she met up with Stefan and Damon.

"I still don't understand why I had to come," Maya said as they walked up the steps.

"The Original vampires seem to like you, we figure if you're here, the deal will go smoother," Damon explains as they approach the door and he knocks.

"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah said looking at Damon and Stefan, Maya unable to be seen, seeing as she stood behind them.

"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?" Klaus said from behind Elijah.

"Oh, we shall," Maya said pushing the two brothers out of the way and entering the house. She seated herself and awaited the others.

The tables were then set and the talking began.

"It's better to indulge him," Elijah pointed out.

"I didn't come here to eat, Klaus. In fact, I didn't want to come here at all. But I was told I had to cause you would hear us out," Stefan said ignoring Elijah's comment.

"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours."

Everyone then began eating and drinking with the exception of Stefan and Maya. Maya couldn't bring herself to eat and Stefan was just being petty. Although, no one seemed to notice Maya wasn't eating because she pushed the food around the plate.

"You lost your appetite?" Klaus said to Stefan.

"Eat," Damon told Stefan as though he were a child, "I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home."

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

"Well, I know how he felt about you, so I figured the more, the merrier," Damon said adding a playful wink directed to Elijah.

"Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the century. But we always make it through."

"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."

"If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah."

"Hey, Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might want to dial down the judgment until dessert."

"We're here to make a deal, Damon. Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses."

"Enough," Maya said sternly growing tired of their bickering.

"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us. Pace yourself," Damon said before continuing to eat.

As the dinner went on, Elijah finally asked the question three out of the five were dreading, "Stefan. Where is the lovely Elena tonight?"

"I don't know. Ask Damon," Stefan remarked causing Klaus to laugh.

"I'm sorry, you've missed so much. Ah, trouble in paradise."

"One more word about Elena and this dinner's over."

"Let's just not talk about her, you guys are old, I'm sure you can think of something to talk about," Maya said before sitting back in her chair.

"Someone's in a mood," Klaus began but she glared at him, resulting in him putting his hands up in mock surrender, "But you're probably right."

"Yeah," Damon agreed.

"It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelgänger, still so strong. What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?" Klaus said opening a door that he would soon regret opening.

"Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?" Elijah said before placing his cup down.

"Well, given their shared affection for both Elena and Katerina, I think our guests might be curious to learn about the originator of the Petrova line."

"Well, we're not going anywhere Elijah. Please, do tell," Damon said as he took a sip of wine.

"When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tatia. She was an exquisite beauty. Every boy of age desired to be her suitor, even though she'd had a child by another man. And none loved her more than Niklaus."

This seemed to peak Maya's interests. She then looked at Klaus raising an eyebrow before he said, "I'd say there was one who loved her at least as much."

"Wait a minute. So you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.

"Our mother was a very powerful witch. She sought to end our feud over Tatia and so she took her. Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine on the night where our mother performed the spell which turned us into vampires. Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us, so for a time Niklaus and I...grew estranged. Harsh words were traded, we even came to blows, didn't we, brother?" Elijah explained.

"But in the end we realized the sacred bond of family."

"Family above all," Elijah raised his glass and Klaus copied the action.

"Family above all," Klaus agreed and clicked his glass with his brother's.

After a few minutes, Damon tapped Maya's leg and showed her a text from Bonnie under the table that read, "Getting closer. Need more time. Send Maya."

She nodded discretely before looking at everyone at the table. She came up with the quickest excuse she could think of before standing, "I should get going, Caroline's dad is going through something and she needs me."

"I'll see you out," Klaus said before following her out.

"I see you're wearing the bracelet," Klaus said looking at her wrist where the bracelet he had gifted her with laid.

"I didn't want it to go to waste," Maya quickly excused as they approached her car.

She turned to him, ready to say a quick goodbye and leave but he stopped her.

"What is tonight really about?"

"I don't know. Damon asked me to come so that you guys didn't kill each other. I really have to go now, I'm sorry," she said as she hopped in the car and drove off leaving Klaus standing alone in the street.

Maya made it the Lockwood Cellar relatively fast but found something she wasn't expecting. Bonnie and Abby were knocked out and the coffin was open. She turned around ready to call Damon but she stopped. She saw an outline of a person and they stepped forward, revealing themself.

"You..." Maya said with a slight gasp before everything went black.