Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 2

The Cemetery
[Sophie and Elijah are at the cemetery. Sophie opens the squeaking gate and enters the cemetery. Elijah stops in front of the entry. Sophie turns around.]
Sophie: This is sacred ground, which means vampires have to be invited in. But, since I'm desperate... Come on in.
[Elijah is able to enter the cemetery now.]
Sophie: We can talk freely here.
Elijah: Then I suggest you start talking. What did your sister want with Niklaus?
Sophie: Isn't it obvious? We have a vampire problem, and we need help. Marcel has an army backing him. The witches have been trying to fight back.
Marcel glares at her.
"So you brought back more vampires and the originals at that and threatened them, because it is such a great idea." Said Layla sarcastically.
Sophia: We haven't had much luck, until my sister Jane-Anne met a girl, a werewolf passing through the quarter from a small town in Virginia. She had a special connection to your brother. 
"Can't she just say sex?" Said Bella.
Elijah: What kind of connection?
Sophie: Apparently, they spent some time together. One thing led to another and now this special werewolf girl – she's pregnant. And the father of the child she's carrying is your brother Klaus.
Elijah: That's impossible.
Sophie: Nothing is impossible, especially not when it comes to your brother. Think about it – they call him the hybrid, right? [She raises her voice and turns her head] Bring her out!
[Three witches come out, standing in formation around Hayley, the pregnant werewolf girl. Elijah watches her with interest, while Hayley seems a bit confused and really irritated.]
Hayley: Who the hell are you? 
Elijah: Give us a moment, please. [Elijah and Hayley are inside a burial vault, lit by numerous candles on the walls around them.]
Elijah: So, have they been holding you here against your will?
"No, she stayed there for fun." Said Layla sarcastically.
Hayley: They lured me out to the bayou and grabbed me. And they did all these... weird witchy tests. Not that I understand how this could happen. I mean, vampires are dead. They can't have children! 
Elijah: Perhaps if you knew my brother's story, it might explain how this is possible. Here, if I may. [Elijah tries to lay his hand on Hayley's temple, but she recoils.]
Hayley: What are you doing? 
Elijah: Relax. If you open your mind to me, I can show you. [Hayley allows Elijah to touch her head. They close their eyes.]
Elijah: In the beginning, our family was human... A thousand years ago, now. 
FLASHBACK
Bella: Come, Henrik. Our brothers are fighting again.
Elijah: Although our mother dabbled in the dark arts, we were actually just a family trying to survive in a time when it was quite difficult to do so. And, for better or worse, we were happy.
PRESENT DAY
Elijah: That is, however, until one night, our youngest brother was killed by our village's greatest threat. 
FLASHBACK
[Klaus comes home, carrying Henrik's body.]
Klaus: Mother! 
Mikaelsons look sad.
PRESENT DAY
Elijah: Men that could transform themselves into wolves during the full moon. Our family was devastated, none more than Niklaus. Desperate to protect the rest of us, our father forced our mother to call upon her black magic in order to make us stronger.
FLASHBACK
[Mikael, their father, holds the bleeding arm of a human in front of Bella.]
Mikael: Drink! [Bella drinks the blood.]
PRESENT DAY
Elijah: Thus, the first vampires were born. But with this speed, this strength, this immortality, came a terrible hunger. No one felt this hunger more than Niklaus.
FLASHBACK
[Klaus attacks a human, feeds, and the person dies.]
Elijah: (present-day voiceover) When he killed for the first time, we knew what he truly was. [Klaus turn into a wolf. He screams, his bones cracking. Mikael and Elijah come running.]
Elijah: Niklaus!
Klaus: What is happening to me? [Elijah wants to run to his brother, but he can't as he is held back by his father.]
Bella looks sadly at that.
Mikael: Don't!
Klaus: Father! It hurts!
Mikael: He's a beast, an abomination.
Everyone glared at Mikael. Bella placed her head on Klaus's shoulder.
PRESENT DAY
Elijah: He wasn't just a vampire. 
Hayley: He was also a werewolf. That's how the werewolf curse works. It isn't activated until you take a life. 
Elijah: Niklaus was the result of an indiscretion our mother had hidden from us all. An affair, with a werewolf like yourself.
FLASHBACK
[Esther, their mother, stands in front of a fire, casting a spell.]
Elijah: (present-day voiceover) Enfuriated by this betrayal, my father forced our mother to cast a spell that would suppress Klaus' werewolf side, denying him any connection with his true self. [Mikael binds Klaus to a wooden cross.]
Mikael: Elijah! Elijah, hold him down!
Klaus: Brother, please! Don't let them do this to me!
Bella hugs Klaus. He tries to shake her off, but Bella doesn't let go and Klaus lets himself sink into hug.
Mikael: Do it now, boy! Now!
Klaus: Help me!
PRESENT DAY
Hayley: Your dad was a dick. [Elijah chuckles.]
Hayley: I'm Hayley, by the way. You should probably know my name if you're gonna tell me your whole life story. I mean, I know yours. Your family is legendary. Your brother is a notorious psycho... who I slept with. Classic me.
Elijah: I cannot excuse his behavior, but you must understand, when our father hunted him – hunted us – for centuries, every time we found a moment of happiness, we were forced to flee. Even here, in New Orleans, where we were happiest of all. Not long after Niklaus broke the spell which prevented him from becoming a hybrid, he defeated our father. I thought this would make him happy.
[He shakes his head] He was angrier than ever. I wonder if perhaps this baby might be a way for my brother to find happiness. A way to save him from himself. [Sophie enters the vault.]
Sophie: I'm glad you feel that way, because we need your help. 
Elijah: What, precisely, is it that you want and what does it have to do with this young woman?
Sophie: We want to run Marcel and his vampires out of town. Klaus is the key. Everything Marcel knows about being a vampire, he learned from Klaus. Marcel trusts him, looks up to him, and he won't see the betrayal coming.
Elijah: Yes, well, as I'm sure you're aware, my brother Niklaus doesn't like to be told what to do.
Sophie: That's why I brought you here. Marcel drove the werewolves out of town decades ago. Do you really think he's going to welcome a hybrid baby to the neighborhood? Convince Klaus to help us, and no one has to know about the newest member of the Original family.
"If i was there..." Said Bella threateningly.
Elijah: That sounds remarkably like blackmail. 
Sophie: Like I said, I'm desperate.
Elijah: Well, then, I have my work cut out for me, don't I?