The Prince of Mystic Falls

51. Rats in the Cellar

Pairing: Klaus/Marcel (M/M) otk, stick

New Orleans, Louisiana

1821

Celeste was dead. Elijah had been too late. She was lying the the bathtub dead. He pressed his forehead against her and screamed. It was his fault

After Celeste had warned him about Klaus and his dueling activities, Elijah had confronted him at the dueling grounds for all the deaths.

"Brother, please, this is high folly!" Elijah cried as his brother killed another local aristocrat, who had no chance against the ancient vampire.

Elijah went on to say that Mikael would hear of this. Klaus told Elijah to relax. He had created a rumor to send word overseas that the bodies were the result of the local witches seeking blood sacrifice for their rituals. Elijah knew then what Klaus had done. He had sent his minions to rouse the witches and kill them. Elijah asked him if he remembered that Celeste was one of them. Klaus smirked and asked who Celeste was feigning ignorance. Then, Klaus acted like he suddenly recalled her.

"Well, fear not. Harlots are like rats in the quarter. You trip over one every step you take," Klaus laughed. Elijah took the revolver and shot Klaus.

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Tyler felt nothing. No change, no remorse, just nothing. The witch was dead, her neck tilted at an odd angle. Then, he noticed the chaos around him. The vampires were stirring and waking up disoriented.

He ran over to Matt and Jeremy. Jeremy's neck looked broken.

Elena was screaming, "Does he have the ring on?" Stefan, himself barely awake, lifted his hand and saw that Jeremy had the Gilbert ring on that would protect him from death at the hands of supernaturals.

"Matt!" Tyler yelled.

Matt was groaning in pain, but alive. How was that possible? Stefan was about to give Matt his blood when Matt's blue eyes opened wide.

"He's healing!" Stefan said in awe.

Kol vamped over to Davina who was in shock.

"Are you okay, luv? Did she hurt you? I'll rip her bleedin' head off," Kol glowered.

"I'm fine. The bitch is dead. T-Tyler snapped her neck," Davina shuddered burying her head in his shoulder.

Kol whispered to her, "If anything happened to you-."

"D., where are you?" Marcel cried, pulling her away from Kol. "I thought for a second she got you."

"Never. She's gone. I just hope she didn't have a chance to body jump again," Davina cautioned.

Klaus woke and surveyed the scene. Elijah was beside him starting at Celeste's corpse- again. They made sure that everyone was okay. Matt was healing quickly from the vampire blood Elijah had given him earlier. Alaric also had a Gilbert ring on that Elena's biological mother, Isobel. Stefan compelled Jenna to forget the whole thing.

"Let's store the body in the tomb for now. Who knows? It could come in handy later," Elijah said. Celeste's dead eyes stared up at him. This was not the woman he had loved, she would never do this. The real Celeste had died in 1821.

"Everyone seems alright. If anyone asks to have another bloody cook-out, I will explode. They never seem to end well, do they? Freya's with the younger boys inside?" Klaus asked.

"I believe so. Celeste must have had the power of the ancestors and the rest of the coven with her to be able to knock us all out like that. Or else she was doing sacrificial magic. She was powerful in life, but in death, she is frightening," Elijah scoffed.