Elena walked into the boarding house wearing an outfit that made her feel kick ass and dark. Mat black high heeled shoes with studs, short leather skirt, a top with the words 'Normal is Boring' and a black leather jacket. Jenna had helped her fix her nails so they basically looked like mat black claws earlier this morning and just before she left the house with Rebekah, she had painted her lips black.

She had let Rebekah look through her closet to find an outfit to wear for the day and Rebekah didn't disappoint. Short, tight, long-sleeved dress with studs on the arms and shoulders, mat black high heeled shoes and a brown leather jacket. Her nails had been painted in a mat red and where also looking like claws.

"Well, don't you two look ready to take on the newest big bad." Damon smiled at them as they entered the parlor.

"Have you been watching Buffy again?" Elena asked with a smirk.

"It makes me laugh!" Damon defended himself with a chuckled.

"You look good, Elena." Stef walked in from the kitchen. "No hard feelings about the whole' me almost killing you' thing, right?"

Elena smiled pleasantly at him and walked up to him. As she stood in front of him, she suddenly shoved a stake into the right side of his chest, still smiling pleasantly. "No hard feelings about the whole 'me stabbing in the chest with a stake' thing, right?"

"You are much different from the other doppelgängers that have been over the years." A male voice remarked from behind them.

"So they tell me." Elena turned around to look at him. "Mikael, I presume?"

"And you must be Elena." Mikael nodded at her.

Elena studied him and did her best not to test her newly painted nails against his face. While Mikael did look like Sebastian Roché, the man that played him on the tv-show, there was something cold and cruel that made a man who should be handsome look almost grotesque in some ways.

"You gonna help us kill Klaus or what?" Damon asked and Elena could have kissed him for taking Mikael's focus off her.

"Yes, but first we need to get him back here." Mikael said.

"What's the plan?" Elena looked around at the gathered people.

Enzo was standing by the fire place, not having moved or said anything in the whole time Elena had been there. Damon was standing by the alcohol table, drinking like it was going to make all his problems disappear. Stef was leaning against the back of the couch, still healing the last of the wound from the stake Elena had shoved into his chest.

And, last but not least, Rebekah who had vamp-sped away the second she heard Mikael's voice to avoid her father and Elena could completely understand why. This was the man that had hunted her and her brothers for a thousand years with the intent to kill them all for something he himself was the cause of.

For fuck sake, he was the one who killed his own children and turned them into vampires and when that didn't turn out the way he wanted it, he hunted them. Elena had to bite down as not to scream at him and rip him a new one.

"Eh, let's say that Mikael followed Elena in here." Stef spoke up. "He tried to grab her, so he could use her as bait. We all know that Klaus needs her..."

"And you what?" Elena scoffed. "You vervained him? A vampire who has hunted vampires since before your grandparents where born? Oh, please."

"She's right." Damon piped up. "To make it realistic, we vervained him."

"Okay, fine." Stef groaned. "We vervained him and in the process, we discovered that he had a dagger."

"Which he planned to use on Rebekah, but instead..." Elena thought out loud.

"We drove it through his heart." Stef interrupted.

"And what, pray tell, happens when he wants to see Mikael's body?" Elena sneered at him.

"Good point!" Damon said loudly. "Klaus knows that your life mission is to kill him."

"Fine, Elena should call to ask him what to do with Mikael's body." Stef glared, hating that Damon was right.

"He'll want proof of Mikael being dead." Elena pointed out.

"Then I shall be dead." Mikael said simply.

"What if he wants to see you in person?" Elena hated having to plan Nik's death, even though she was only pretending to make sure Nik could kill Mikael.

"Well that means our plan is working. Klaus will absolutely want to see my body." Mikael told her. "You lure him here and I will kill him."

"With what?" Stef glared at Mikael. "Those daggers won't work on him."

"Well, I'm in possession of a stake fashioned from the wood of the ancient white oak tree." Mikael stated calmly. "The one that left these ashes when it burned."

"Where is it?" Stef asked eagerly as they watched Mikael dip a dagger in the ashes of the white oak tree.

"Not here." Mikael didn't even look up. "The knowing of its location is my insurance policy."

"Against what?" Stef growled, trying to act tough.

"You leaving this in my heart. You see, a vampire can't dagger an Original without dying. So... it falls to you." Mikael handed the dagger to Elena with a nod.

"You actually want me to dagger you?" Elena asked skeptically.

"Klaus will leave nothing to chance, especially when it comes to trust." Mikael explained.

"Well then, let's get this over with." Elena smirked as she shoved the dagger into Mikael's heart.

"Here, call Klaus." Damon held out his phone towards her.

"Portland is fantastic." Nik said from the other end as soon as he answered the phone. "Once you get over all the whiny music and healthy-looking people, it is literally a breeding ground for werewolves."

"I just daggered you father." Elena said, knowing that she had to keep in character because Stef was in close proximity.

"What?" Nik sounded shocked and if Elena didn't know better, she would have believed it to be genuine.

"Well, not your actual father." Elena amended, then to make sure he wouldn't say anything to give away their rouse to Stef she said, "Stef and Damon vervained him and I daggered him when he came after me to use me as bait. What do you want me to do with the body?"

"Well, first I want you to explain to me exactly what happened." Nik demanded 'angerly'.

"Well, it started when he came after me..." Elena proceeded to tell him about the lie they had fabricated.

"I want to see him." Nik declared. "I want to see his rotting, desiccated body for myself."

"He's in the boarding house." Elena hummed. "Come by whenever."

"I want to talk to Rebekah." Nik said strongly.

"Hello Nik." Rebekah said as she took the phone from Elena, having come back to the room the moment Elena had desiccated her father.

"Rebekah, little sister, what is this I hear about Mikael's tragic run in with a dagger?" Nik asked and the only reason Elena could hear him was because she stood so close to Rebekah.

"It's true. He's finally out of our lives for good." Rebekah 'reassured'. "I miss you. I'm miserable here."

"I'll be home soon." Nik told her softly.

"Good, I'll see you then, brother." Rebekah hung up the phone. "He bought it and is coming back."

"Good, that means he'll be dead soon." Stef smirked and walked out.

"Now, if I remember correctly, I promised you lunch at the grill." Damon kissed Enzo softly before they left hand in hand.

"Let's get this over with." Elena pulled the dagger out of Mikael's chest and then she turned to Rebekah. "Are you okay?"

"I will be if this works." Rebekah looked at her father.

"Want me to stay with you?" Elena asked softly.

"No, but thank you." Rebekah looked happy that Elena had offered. "I want you to take the dagger with you so that he can't use it on me."

"I'll be back in an hour or two so that we can get ready together." Elena smiled.

"Too bad that Caroline had to get ready at school because she's on the committee or something and that Bonnie wanted to get ready with her date." Rebekah looked a little sad but it quickly cleared from her face.

"I'm so happy that a girl actually asked Bonnie to the prom!" Elena squealed as she bounced towards the door. "See you later, Bekah!"

XOXOXOX

Elena was packing her makeup, hair products and accessories when Bonnie ran into her room, crying her eyes out. Elena didn't even have to think about it before she wrapped her arms tightly around Bonnie, letting her cry into her shoulder.

"It was a joke." Bonnie sobbed after crying silently for a few minutes.

"What was?" Elena asked gently.

"The girl that asked me to prom." Bonnie wept. "She only asked because she was dared to by her friends and they laughed at me when I went to her house to get ready."

"They did what?!" Elena growled and looked up as she heard a gasp form the doorway.

"Oh, Bonnie." Jenna walked into the room and wrapped her arms around Bonnie and Elena.

"Me, Caroline and Rebekah will destroy Erin and her friends, don't you worry." Elena stroked a hand through Bonnie's hair. "And if some of them end up dead? Well, it wouldn't be that big of a loss, now would it?"

"Make it hurt." Jenna said lowly with a dangerous glint in her eyes, no one messes with her nieces, no one!

"Oh, they won't know what hit them." Elena had a demented looking smile on her face. "Bonnie, do you still want to go to prom?"

"No, I don't want to go anywhere." Bonnie sniffled.

"How about you stay with me and we'll cuddle on the couch and watch feel good movies or even some Disney movies?" Jenna offered as she smiled at Bonnie. "We can eat Ben&Jerry: Red, White and Blueberry if you want."

"I'd like that." Bonnie pulled away with a wet, fragile, smile.

"Do you want me to stay?" Elena asked softly, ready to give up prom to stay with her friend.

"No, that's okay." Bonnie did her best to dry her face. "You go to prom and meet up with Klaus, I'll stay here with Jenna and eat ice cream and cry."

"If you're sure." Elena stepped back a little hesitate to leave her friend when she knew the heartbreak she was feeling.

"I'm sure." Bonnie hugged Elena again. "Jenna will keep me company."

"Of course I will." Jenna nodded.

"Okay then." Elena nodded and went back to her packing as Jenna and Bonnie walked downstairs to start their movies and ice cream marathon.

As she carried her bag out to Jenna's car, Elena smiled as she saw Bonnie and Jenna sitting cuddled close together on the couch watching 'The Bucket List' with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

After saying goodbye to Jenna and Bonnie, who had answered very absentmindedly, Elena drove to the boarding house to meet up with Rebekah so they could get ready together.

When she arrived, Rebekah was bouncing in excitement with a big bright smile on her face. She quickly grabbed Elena's arm and her bag and dragged her up to Damon's room where she had set up her own things.

"How about I do your hair and makeup and you do mine?" Rebekah asked hesitantly, like she didn't know if that was okay.

"Absolutely." Elena beamed and quickly set up her own makeup and accessories.

Elena helped Rebekah first, curling her hair, making waves fall to the middle of her back while she pulled some of the hair at the top and braided and then twisted it, making it look like Rebekah had a rose at the back of her head. After the hair was done, Elena moved on to Rebekah's makeup and decided to do a silvery smoky eyed look with the winged eyeliner being on fleek, that matched with the hair and the red dress made Rebekah look stunning and Elena was happy with her work.

Rebekah looked at herself in the floor-length mirror and gasped, tears filling her eyes. "I look beautiful."

"You've always been beautiful, Rebekah." Elena pointed out with a soft smile.

"Thank you, Elena." Rebekah hugged Elena tightly. "You have no idea how much this means to me."

"You're welcome." Elena hugged back. "I know this might be hard for you, Bekah, but thank you for helping us stop your father."

"I just hope this works." Rebekah murmured. "I won't mourn Mikael but I will mourn the father that died the day Henrik did."

"We can hold a funeral if you want?" Elena offered hesitantly.

"Thank you, but no." Rebekah shook her head. "Anyway, shouldn't we get on with your hair and makeup?"

"Absolutely." Elena smiled and walked over to sit down on the chair by the window.

"Embarrassing truth? I have never actually gone to a high school dance before." Rebekah gave an embarrassed smile. "So I had to look up YouTube videos with Enzo and Damon's help to find tutorials about the hair and makeup."

"I trust you Rebekah." Elena smiled up at her.

"Here goes nothing." Rebekah muttered and started with Elena's hair.

Rebekah began by curling Elena's hair but in loser curls than Elena had done for Rebekah, then she braided all her hair into a messy braid which she pulled into a bun at the back of Elena's head while she let some strands fall in front of her face. The makeup up she had decided to do was bronze themed with a black winged eyeliner, making Elena's eyes pop and almost glow, that paired with the ombre dress made Elena look stunning

"Rebekah..." Elena gasped as she saw herself in the mirror. "You have done an amazing job."

"I'm glad you are happy with it." Rebekah looked pleased with herself.

"I love it, Bekah." Elena promised. "Now, shall we go down and meet our dates?"

"We shall." Rebekah linked her arm with Elena and together they walked down the stairs to meet Enzo and Damon in the parlor.

Damon and Enzo had offered to be their dates after finding out that neither Rebekah or Elena had enough time to be asked to prom and the girls had agreed with happy smiles. While both Rebekah and Elena knew that neither Damon nor Enzo had eyes for anyone but each other, they were two very good-looking men and it was always fun to go to a dance with a good friend.

"Well, hello there, gorgeous." Enzo spoke up and took Elena's hand to kiss the back of it as her and Rebekah walked into the parlor.

"Hello, beautiful." Damon had done the same thing to Rebekah.

Enzo was wearing a charcoal black suit with a white dress-shirt and a red tie, while Damon was wearing a blue suit with a dark almost black dress-shirt and with no tie. Enzo's red tie and Damon's blue suit was to show that even though Damon was escorting Rebekah and Enzo was escorting Elena the four of them were a package deal.

"You look very handsome in that suit, Enzo." Elena smiled at him.

"This old thing." Enzo smiled at her.