Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 17

MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Klaus, Bella and Elijah are still reeling from the body they found in their home. Klaus is rereading the letter while Elijah examines the woman's body to make sure she's really dead.]
Klaus: [scowls] I remember her a better poet.
Bella: Oh, I wouldn't say that this is lacking in poetry.
Klaus: She wants us to find her. [Klaus throws the letter back on the body.]
Klaus: So let's. [Klaus claps Elijah and Bella on the shoulders and heads for the front door, but Elijah stops him.]
Elijah: Are you so eager, Niklaus? Last time you even said her name was a thousand years ago, when you told me to never speak it again in your presence.
Klaus: [annoyed] So, am I to wait as she leaves her little calling-cards all over my home?
Bella: Trust me, Killing someone you once loved so much isn't as easy as it seems.
People look at her sympatheticaly.
[Elijah looks uncomfortable, and at first, he is unable to look Klaus in the eyes.]
Elijah: There's something you should know. [Klaus' eyes widen in horror at the idea that Elijah has kept a secret from him, and Elijah finally looks up to meet his gaze.]
Elijah: When Mother seized control of my mind, unleashing those monstrosities that lurk behind the red door... [Elijah is so worried that his voice drops to a whisper.]
Elijah: I saw something. [Klaus seems torn between wanting to know the truth and remaining blissfully ignorant as Elijah stands to his feet and walks toward him. Bella looks curious.]
Elijah: Aurora was there. [Bella looks surprised.]
Klaus: [annoyed] If you mean to confess a thousand-year-old secret that will divide us after our hard-won reconciliation, then te absolvo, brother-- there is nothing you could have done involving her that would be worse than what she did to me.
Elijah: Please do not dismiss this, Niklaus--
Klaus: [cuts him off] --Whatever it is, it can wait! We have a plate of here-and-now problems, and I mean to clear it. [Klaus claps Elijah on the shoulder affectionately.]
Klaus: If it makes you feel any better, we can kill Aurora together! Then neither of us need play her little mind-games ever again, hmm? [Elijah looks as though he still wants to confess, but after a moment, Klaus turns and walks away, leaving a silent Elijah behind with the body Aurora left them.]
FLASHBACK-- COURT OF MARSEILLES, 1002 AD
[In flashback, Klaus and Aurora are laying naked in Aurora's bed after having just finished making love. Klaus is still braced on top of her as he smiles happily.]
Aurora: Oh... Oh...!
Klaus: Well, that was fun! [Klaus starts to kiss up Aurora's arm toward her shoulder as he chuckles happily.]
Bella holds Klaus's hand.
Klaus: Delightful... delirious... delicious fun. [Klaus kisses her on the cheek, and Aurora hums happily.]
Aurora: Mmm... And yet, you would appear to want more. I fear I've not satisfied you. [Klaus smiles and leans closer to her face.]
Klaus: Your fears are absurd. [Klaus kisses her on the lips and they both giggle as Aurora suddenly flips them over so Klaus is on his back against the pillows while she straddles him.]
Aurora: I'm not fragile, you know. You do not have to treat me so gently.
Klaus: I do not wish to hurt you.
Aurora: Well, then make me like you! Do to me what you did to Lucien. [Klaus is stunned by Aurora's request and frowns before quietly replying.]
Klaus: You know not what you ask.
Aurora: Well, I know we'd no longer have to hide our love-- not from my father, my brother. Not from anyone. If I were like you, I would be beholden to no one, and we could be together, truly, with no boundaries. [Klaus sits up so his torso is pressed against Aurora's, and he reaches up to card his fingers through her waist-length red curls.]
Klaus: You are perfect just the way you are. Take, for example, these lovely long locks, hmm? Now, how did you manage to capture the scent of a summer's day in the tresses of your hair? [Aurora looks at him intensely for a moment before pressing him back against the bed and kissing him.]
People look at Klaus sadly.
PRESENT DAY-- AXEMAN JAZZ FESTIVAL
[Klaus, who has just picked up a clear bottle of pink perfume with a red squeeze-bulb at the top from the nearby stall, as though he recognizes it. When he flips it upside down, he sees a label which reads "de Beaucage No. 9 parfum." After a moment, he sets it back on the counter. Meanwhile, Elijah and Bella, who are several feet away, looks around boredly before calling out to Klaus.]
Elijah: This mark that you speak of... I see nothing, brother. [Elijah turns to look at Klaus and is shocked to see that he has completely vanished.]
"Rude by the way." Said Bella.
[He and Bella look around to try to find him, to no avail.]
DE BEAUCAGE NO. 9 PARFUMERIE
[Klaus has just arrived at the boutique where they make the perfume in Aurora's clue. He walks slowly through the front door and into the shop, and after a moment, Aurora, having heard him enter, walks out in a short red dress and knee-length boots, smiling widely at him while Klaus scowls.]
Aurora: I knew you would find me. Hello, my sweet love. [Klaus and Aurora are standing several feet apart, both staring intensely at the other.]
People look at him sympathetically.
Aurora: A thousand years. Can it really have been so long? Looking at you now, it feels like yesterday.
Klaus: [still scowling] If yesterday were the apocalypse.
Aurora: [smiles] Are you saying that leaving me felt like the end of the world?
"You got yourself into that one." Said Bella.
Klaus: Leaving you alive. [Aurora snickers at his joke before changing the subject as Klaus walks toward her.]
Aurora: I notice Elijah's not with you. Was he reluctant to tag along? [Klaus smiles snidely at her.]
Klaus: On the contrary, he's been calling me incessantly since I ditched him to find you, raving about some ancient secret and the possibility of using your head as a footstool. [They both chuckle weakly as they continue to stare at each other with only a table standing between them.]
Aurora: Well, I'm sure he would rather have his footstool that have me share that little secret.
Elijah scrowls.
[As they continue their conversation, they circle around the table full of large bottles of perfume.]
Klaus: Let me guess-- in the time between being with me and seeking refuge in the arms of your brother, you slept with mine?
"Honestly? I would think same." Said Bella.
Aurora: [rolls her eyes] Oh, your accusations are so banal. The truth is, I've never been with your brother. At least, not in the way that you think. [Klaus, tired of their game, cuts to the point.]
Klaus: Why are you here, Aurora?
Aurora: The witches here, they celebrate Fête de Cadeau-- Feast of Gifts. It made me remember that very intimate gift we gave each other so long ago. [The two are suddenly transported back to another flashback ]
FLASHBACK-- COURT OF MARSEILLES, 1002 AD
[Aurora is sitting on in the chapel, sobbing loudly and sniffling into the sleeves of her dress. After a moment, Klaus walks in with a large bouquet of wild flowers.]
Klaus: [worried] I always thought the day of one's birth was an event to be celebrated?[Aurora quickly wipes the tears from her cheeks.]
Aurora: [sniffles] And yet, I wish I'd not been born. [Klaus sits down next to her on the bench and looks at her with concern.]
Klaus: What saddens you so? [Aurora continues to cry, which only worries Klaus more.]
Klaus: Aurora, what is it? Tell me. [Aurora tries to catch her breath.]
Aurora: The day of my birth is no occasion for joy. My mother died giving birth to me. That's my first act on this earth, was to kill the one who gave me life. It makes me cursed and broken, an abomination. I..
Layla looks sad and sympathetic. Bella is looking at Layla worried.
[Aurora breaks into sobs once again, and Klaus, feeling badly for her, leans forward to comfort her.]
Klaus: You believe that you are cursed, but you are not alone. There is a thing that I have done that I never told anybody. It will make Kol rage, Finn would disown me, and Elijah... would never forgive me. [Klaus takes a deep breath before continuing.]
Klaus: I killed my mother. [Aurora gasps in shock from this confession, and Klaus' voice gets quieter and quieter as he continues talking until it becomes only a whisper.]
Klaus: Not in childbirth, but in a fit of rage. Twice she birthed me-- once as a bastard, and then once as this thing I am now. She crippled me from becoming who I was meant to be, and then she turned her back on me in shame... And so, I killed her, and I blamed it on my father, and we've been running ever since. Until now. Until you. So, you see, however broken you think you are, you are not as broken as me.
Bella hugged Klaus.
[Aurora is stunned by Klaus' confession, but not in the way he thinks.]
Aurora: You see? Once again, you seek to repel me with our differences, but all I can see is how you and I are the same.
Aurora: Well, then, let us share this gift with each other! You will forever hold my deepest shame, and... [Aurora caresses Klaus' face with her hand, wiping away a tear that had fallen.]
Aurora: I... I will hold yours. Never again shall we speak them to another soul, and never again will they have any power over us. [Klaus seems sincerely touched by Aurora's proclamation, and she pauses for a moment before continuing.]
Aurora: Would you think it base of me to ask one more gift on my birthday? [Klaus stares at her intensely.]
Klaus: I would give you anything.
Aurora: [smiles weakly] Oh, then please Niklaus... Make me like you. [Klaus pauses, clearly torn about what to do.]
PRESENT DAY-- DE BEAUCAGE NO.9 PARFUMERIE
[In the present day, Klaus smirks snidely at Aurora.]
Klaus: You've had a thousand birthdays since. If I forgot to send a card, it's because I forgot about you. Is that why you're here? To remind me?
Aurora: [annoyed] I am here for the same reason Lucien and Tristan are-- to protect my sire. Now, if you'd turned me that night like I'd asked, I would be here to protect you. But, since you didn't, I need to know... Where is Bella?
Klaus: You came all this way to protect Bella? Bit of a wasted trip, really. [Klaus moves around the table and heads for the door.]
Klaus: She doesn't need your protection.
"Exactly." Said Bella smugly.
[Aurora, annoyed, shouts after her, and Klaus stops in the doorway.]
Aurora: My fate is bound to hers! I should be allowed to protect her. [Klaus turns to face her.]
Klaus: Like i said you needn't concern yourself with Bella. Besides, I doubt she'd make the same mistake twice.
Aurora: [curiously] The first mistake being...?
Klaus: Ever trusting you.