AN: I do not own TVD or TO. I just enjoy writing about the characters.

I do not own Charmed either. It was recently brought to my attention that this one qualifies as a distinct crossover because of the last few chapters so to be safe I'm adding a note here and will be re-classifying this as a crossover.

This is going to be a soulmate AU with a twist that I don't think has been done before. Once soulmates have sealed their bonds they share each others greatest strengths or attributes. I don't want to go into too much detail here as it will give away the story. I have the first 10 chapters planned out, and I am thinking right now that it will likely be around 20 chapters long; maybe more.

Elena linked a finger under the chain of her necklace and fiddled with the locket. She chewed on her bottom lip and stared out through her windshield at the sprawling mansion. Every time she thought about what she planned to do Elena felt a ball of fire unfurl in her chest. She jumped bit down hard on her lip when someone knocked on the car door.

Warm copper flooded her mouth as she pushed open the door.

"Elena?"

She tilted her head to look up at Elijah. As usual he was wearing a suit. Tonight his normally impassive face was furrowed in confusion.

"Elijah," she managed a small smile for her favorite Original.

"What brings you here this evening?" Elijah had never been one to beat around the bush. It was one of the many things that Elena loved about him; he always got right to the point.

"I need to speak to Klaus," Elena closed the car door and tucked her hands into the pockets of her jacket. "Is he here?"

"I believe so," Elijah motioned for her to follow and lead her inside the house. "What do you need to discuss with my brother?"

Had Elena not been so wrapped up in her own thoughts she might have caught the hint of jealousy in his voice.

"I want him out of town," Elena ran her tongue along the wound on her lip. She blinked slowly and snuck a look at him through the corner of her eye.

"You know he'll never leave without you," he came to a stop outside of a closed door.

"That's not necessarily true," Elena stared at the impassive door: her final obstacle. "He only needs my blood," she mumbled and twisted the handle to open the door, "not me."

"I see you are without your bodyguards this evening," Klaus smirked when Elena entered his art studio. "Where are the Salvatores tonight?"

"I don't know," Elena shut the door and took a seat on one of the many couches in the room. "I haven't spoken to them since this morning." She stared at a sketch that sat on the table; she thought the woman in the picture looked an awful lot like Caroline. "They wouldn't approve of what I came here to do."

"What exactly have you come here to do, love?"

"I have a proposition for you," Elena looked up when he sat down across from her.

"What would that be, love?"

"I'm tired of all the fighting," Elena leant back against the couch with a sigh. She clasped her hands tightly in front of her before continuing, "I want it to end. I-I want you to leave."

"That's unlikely to happen, sweetheart," Klaus placed his elbows on his knees and leaned across the space between them. "I'm not going anywhere without my doppelgänger."

"I thought you might say that," Elena pulled a cell phone from her pocket. "I want to make a deal," she tossed him the mobile.

"I'm not Elijah, love."

"I'm trusting you'll know a good deal when you hear it," she watched him eye the phone.

"Go on."

"You leave town – "

"Yes, love, I got that part."

"You leave," Elena glared at the hybrid for interrupting her, "and I will come to you once every six months, and you can take my blood."

"Why only six months?" Klaus found that he was intrigued. In that moment he could see why Elijah found this girl so compelling. Katerina would have found an opportunity to run by now. Elena had come forward to broker a deal to stop a war being waged on her friends and loved ones.

"I'd come more often," Elena stood up to pace the room, "but Damon and Stefan may get suspicious if I just disappear more than twice a year. Every six months can be excused as a vacation."

"I see."

"That cell phone has my number programmed inside," she fixed him with a steady determined stare. "Make your decision, and let me know. You can text me the location to meet you in six months." She walked towards the stop before she stopped to face him again. "Klaus, this only works if you all leave town and never come back."

Klaus flashed in front of her to slam the door shut.

"I accept your terms love," he smirked. Something dangerous flashed in his eyes, "but if you fail to honour your end of the bargain I will return and hunt you down."

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