Bellatrix Mikaelson(Tvd)

Chapter 32

Klaus' Mansion
[It's evening. Cars are pulling up the driveway in front of the mansion. Inside there are lots of people talking. A live band is playing classical music. Damon walks over to Carol Lockwood and hands her a glass of champagne.]
Damon: Hello Carol.
Carol: Hello. [They clink glasses.]
Damon: Hanging out with your new besties?
Carol: I'm the mayor, Damon. When the oldest, deadliest, family of vampires moves into your town, you welcome them with a smile.
"Smart woman" Complimented Bella.
Damon: Hmm, Well at least you know who you're borrowing that cup of sugar from.
Carol: I'm trying to protect this town. They've assured me they want peace, and I've assured them that I'd enforce it. [Kol and Bella walk over and Kol kisses Carol's hand as they greet her.]
Bella: Hello, Mayor Lockwood.
Kol: We haven't formally met. Kol Mikaelson. I hope your lovely town embraces us just as much as we plan to embrace it. [Damon holds out his hand to shake Kol's hand.]
Damon: Damon Salvatore. Have we met? [Kol doesn't shake his hand.]
Kol: I've met a lot of people. And you don't particularly stand out. [Kol walks away. Bella followed with a chuckle.]
Some chuckle.
[Damon sees Elena enter wearing an exquisite dress. He stares at her.]
Damon: Excuse me, Carol. [Stefan and Damon walk up to meet Elena.]
Elena: What are you doing here?
Stefan: I could ask you the same thing.
Damon: Surprise, surprise. Nice tux. You're not supposed to be here.
Elena: Well, I am. And I'm not leaving until I find out what Esther wants. So, shall we? [Stefan offers Elena his arm and she wraps hers in it. She looks at Damon and he does the same, and she takes his arm with her other arm. Both Salvatores escort her into the party.]
"Nothing like Kathrine." Snorted Hayley.
Forbes Residence
[Caroline is searching through her closet looking for something to wear. She finally chooses the dress Klaus gave her.]
Klaus' Mansion
[Caroline enters in her dress. Klaus notices her from across the room and walks over to meet her.]
Klaus: Good evening.
Caroline: I need a drink. [She walks away.]
Everyone laughed.
[Meanwhile, at the drinks bar Finn walks up to Elena.]
Finn: Elena Gilbert, I presume? I'm Finn Mikaelson. You're here to see my mother.
Elena: Is she here?
Finn: Her request did not include your friends.
"Lapdogs." corrected Bella.
Elena: They're protecting me. You may not know but your mother's already tried to kill me once.
Finn: If you want to see my mother, you'll need to be alone. [Elijah makes an announcement.]
Elijah: Uh, if everyone could gather, please.
Finn: Excuse me. [All the Originals as Elijah addresses the company. Esther walks down the staircase from upstairs.]
"We looks so hot." Said Bella. Kol nodded.
Elijah: Welcome, thank you for joining us. You know, whenever my mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance. [Damon and Stefan notice Esther.]
Damon: Do you see who I see?
Stefan: Oh, yeah.
Elijah: Tonight's pick is a centuries-old waltz, so if all of you could please find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom. [Esther retreats silently back upstairs. Elena moves to go upstairs, but Damon blocks her way.]
Damon: Don't even think about it.
Elena: She wants to see me alone, Damon.
Damon: Well sucks to be her then. Was I not clear this morning?
Elena: I was invited.
"Unlike Salvatores." Said Bella.
Damon: You have to tell me before you walk into a lion's den.
Elena: Why so that you can stop me?
Damon: Uhh...Yes! [Damon extends his hand towards her.]
Damon: It would be rude not to dance, you know. [Elena relents, takes his hand and curtsies.]
Elena: It is tradition. [Damon and Elena walk out to the ballroom as Stefan watches them with a depressed look on his face.]
"I kind of feel bad for Stefan." Said Davina.
[In the ballroom, everyone is dancing the waltz.]
Damon: You look stunning, if it isn't obvious.
Elena: Thank you. [Kol and Bella are dancing together.]
Bella: Did you see how Elena came with Salvatores?
Kol: How couldn't i? I had flashbacks. (Chuckle) Reminded me of Tatia, Elijah
and Nik.
Bella: What is with doppelgangers and brothers? Do they have some kind of brother kink or something? [Kol snickered.]
Everyone laughed.
Kol: Do you see how Klaus looks at blond vampire?
Bella: Even blind person could see that.
Kol: I don't see it happening.
Bella: I don't know. They could be cute.
"We pretty much gossiped everyone." Said Bella. Mikaelsons looked at them amused.
[Meanwhile, Caroline and Klaus are dancing together.]
Klaus: I'm glad you came.
Caroline: Well, it was either caviar or sympathy casseroles.
Klaus: I heard about your father.
Caroline: Don't. Seriously.
Klaus: Very well. On to more mannered subjects then, like how ravishing you look in that dress.
Caroline: I didn't really have time to shop.
Klaus: And the bracelet I gave you, what's your excuse for wearing that? You know, you're quite the dancer.
Caroline: Well, I've had training. I happen to be Miss Mystic Falls.
Klaus: I know.
"Creepy." Said Hayley.
[Elena and Damon are still dancing. Damon twirls her around and she's suddenly in Stefan's arms. They dance together.]
Elena: Hmm. He dances, and I didn't even have to beg.
"Yeah, because he's jaelous." Said Layla.
Stefan: Well Mayor Lockwood dragged me out here. Couldn't exactly say no. [They both look like they don't want to show how overjoyed they both are to be in each others arms once again after Stefan left. Meanwhile, Klaus and Bella are dancing together.]
Stefan: Took you about thirty seconds to put Damon in a mood.
Elena: He's just looking out for me.
Stefan: I think he needs to figure out that you can look out for yourself.
Elena: I need to talk to you.
Stefan: Okay, so talk.
Elena: Not here. [Stefan and Elena leave together.]
[Outside, Elena and Stefan are walking onto the lawn alone.]
Elena: If Esther is secretly on our side, we need to know. But I can't get to her with two bodyguards.
Stefan: Why are you telling me this?
Elena: Because Damon won't let me anywhere near her without protection. And you care about killing Klaus more than you care about anything, so... [Stefan reacts and looks down. Elena notices.]
Elena: What? Am I wrong?
Stefan: No, you're not wrong. What do you need me to do?
Elena: Make sure that I can get into that room with Esther. Alone.
Stefan: You sure you can do this?
Elena: I can do this. [Elena starts to walk away but stops and turns around.]
Elena: When we were together you used to let me make my own decisions. You trusted me. After all this at least that hasn't changed. [In the library, Elena is alone by the window. Damon walks in.]
Damon: Got your text. What are we doing in here? [Stefan comes out of nowhere and breaks Damon's back. Damon collapses on the floor unconscious.]
Stefan: Well, better hurry up. He won't be down for long. [She walks to the door, looks at Stefan, then exits. Later, Elena is walking down a hallway when Elijah walks up from behind.]
Elijah: Elena. I understand my mother requested to see you.
Elena: Uh, yeah. Why, is something wrong?
Elijah: Well, her ability to forgive my brother after everything he's done to destroy this family strikes me as a little strange to say the least.
Elena: Do you think that it's an act?
Elijah: It has me asking questions I never thought I'd ask. Can I depend on you to tell me what she says?
"Of course not. She's your enemy." Said Bella.
Elena: Of course. I'll find you later, okay?
[In Esther's study Finn is sharpening a knife while Esther is burning some sage. There's a knock on the door.]
Esther: That'd be the girl. [Finn walks over to the door and opens it, revealing Elena standing there alone.]
Finn: You're alone. Wise choice. [Elena walks in and notices Esther holding the sage.]
Esther: It's only sage. I've spelled it so we can speak freely without fear of being overheard. That'll be all Finn, thank you. [Finn leaves.] You must have a million questions for me Elena. Please. [Esther gestures towards the sofa and they sit on it.]
Elena: How are you alive? Are you a ghost? Or...
Esther: Not exactly. When I died the witch Ayana preserved my body with a spell. She was a close friend of mine, an ancestor of your friend Bonnie.
Elena: So that's why only Bonnie and her mother could open up the casket.
Esther: They complete the Bennett bloodline. I drew power from them and their ancestors who were with me on the other side.
Elena: So you've been on the other side for a thousand years?
Esther: Nature's way of punishing me for turning my family into vampires. But there is a way for me to undo the evil I created.
"What punishing? Every supernatural who dies goes to other side." Said Bella.
Elena: You're gonna help us kill Klaus, aren't you?
Esther: One thing at a time Elena. For now, I simply need your help.
[Caroline is outside, admiring the horses. Klaus approaches her.]
Klaus: You like horses?
Caroline: I'm not talking to you until you tell me why you invited me here.
Klaus: I fancy you. Is that so hard to believe?
Caroline: Yes!
Klaus: Why? You're beautiful, you're strong, you're full of light. I enjoy you.
Caroline: Well I'm spoken for. By Tyler.
Klaus: But I thought you two ended things.
Caroline: Yeah, because of you and your freaky sire bond with him.
Klaus: So you aren't spoken for. You know, horses are the opposite of people. They're loyal. My father hunted me for a thousand years and the closest he ever came was the day he killed my favorite horse. He severed its neck with a sword as a warning.
Caroline: Did you ever consider sitting down with your father and talking it out?
Mikaelsons laughed.
"Talk? With Mikael?" Laughed Bella.
Klaus: Well, I'm afraid my relationship with my father was a little bit more complex than yours.
Caroline: Maybe so. But I let my father go with no regrets. And to answer your question, yes, I like horses. But I also like people and they actually like me so I'll be inside. [Caroline leaves.]
"Ooh, she rejected you." Said Kol.
[In Esther's study, she's lighting some candles.]
Esther: I understand Bellatrix shared the story of my family. How I upset the balance of nature by turning my children into vampires.
Elena: She said you did it to protect them from the werewolves.
Esther: It's true. But in no time at all, they began to feed on human blood. They ravaged the town with no remorse. Eventually, Niklaus turned against me.
"After the things she did, is she really surprised Nik turned against her?" Said Bella.
Elena: How are you gonna kill him? He's immortal.
Esther: It will take time, magic, and your assistance.
Elena: What do I have to do with it?
Esther: My children believe I'm holding this ball to celebrate our reunion. But in truth I've gathered them together to perform a ritual. The first step requires blood from the doppelgänger. Only a drop. Its essence will be in the champagne toast later on this evening. Will you do it or shall I?
Mikaelsons eyes shine with pain.
[Esther is holding a long thin knife in her hands. Elena looks taken aback, but after a moment's consideration she removes her glove and gives her finger to Esther to prick. Esther pricks it and squeezes the blood into a glass chalice that's filled with liquid.]
Esther: Elijah is more suspicious than the others, so he may need more persuasion. But they must all drink at the toast in order to be linked as one.
"I was suspicious, too. I was just busy teaching Kol about modern world." Said Bella.
Elena: What do you mean "linked as one"?
Esther: You said yourself Klaus can't be killed. But tonight's spell links all my children together, so that if one goes, they all go.
Elena: What?
Esther: I love my family, Elena, but they are an abomination. I betrayed nature when I created them. It's my duty to kill them.
Mikaelsons glared at her.