Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 34

KINNEY'S HOUSE
[Klaus, who has been invited into Will Kinney's house, has just taken off his jacket and set it onto the couch before sitting down on the coffee table in order to look Kinney in the eyes while he talks to him. Cami, standing in the doorway, watches Klaus comfort him and looks both shocked and impressed.]
Klaus: While I can't take away the feelings of worthlessness that haunt you now, I can tell you you will learn to live with them. I certainly have.
People look at him sadly.
Klaus: I have also come to find that the very thing you believe is worth the least matters most of all. [Kinney looks unsure, and Cami is overwhelmed by Klaus' uncharacteristic kindness as he leans forward to look Kinney in the eye.]
Klaus: There is beauty in the courage of the fragile fighter-- those who persevere despite all they've been through. Those who still believe there is good in the world. Us dark things often find we need the light the most.
Bella smiles at him.
[Klaus grabs Kinney by the back of the neck and stares him in the eyes to compel him.]
Klaus: What you do not see in yourself, others see in you. You do matter.
"Good words. Only if you would believe them yourself." Said Bella, giving Klaus a look.
[Kinney, too, looks overwhelmed by Klaus' words, but as the compulsion kicks in, he gasps in relief, seemingly feeling a little better. Klaus pauses for a moment and looks up at Cami, who is near tears, before nodding at her and continuing.]
Klaus: Have you a family?
Kinney: [nods] Yeah, a sister. Baton Rouge. [Klaus squeezes Kinney's shoulder with his hand and continues to compel him.]
Klaus: Go to her. Enjoy Christmas. In the new year, you will return to your captain, and he will welcome you with open arms. [Klaus reaches out and gently takes the gun out of his hands.]
Klaus: And Detective? You will remember today as your darkest day. [Klaus sets the gun out of Kinney's reach before turning back to him.]
Klaus: Tomorrow will be better, the day after better still. You will go on. [Klaus smiles at him kindly.]
People smile at his kindness.
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Downstairs in the courtyard, Elijah, Freya, Klaus, Bella, and Cami are all dressed in their best holiday clothes and standing around the lit Christmas tree. Elijah has just placed a large, beautiful wrapped gift for Hope under the tree and adjusts some of the ornaments on the tree nervously as Freya comes behind him and puts down a gift of her own. They then stand and walk toward Cami, who hands each of them a glass of red wine. Klaus comes out next with two more glasses of wine and smiles as Freya comes over and kisses him affectionately on the cheek. Just then, Jackson leads Hayley, who is holding Hope in her arms, to the top of the staircase, where Hayley immediately stops and stares in awe at the holiday gathering below them.]
"Finally! Happy moment!" Cheered Layla.
[When Klaus sees them, he walks toward the bottom of the steps, and Elijah, Freya, and Cami turn to look up at them with smiles on their faces. Hayley is positively beaming as she walks down the stairs, looking up at Jackson affectionately as she does so.]
Jackson: You said you wanted a happy family Christmas. Well, the family's all here. [Hayley walks over to Elijah, who has eyes only for Hope at this moment.]
Elijah: Merry Christmas, little one. [Elijah bends over to kiss Hope on the head]
Everyone smiles.
[Klaus walks over to Jackson with a smile and hands him a glass of wine.]
Klaus: Thank you for helping Freya.[Jackson looks absolutely surprised by Klaus' uncharacteristic kindness as he takes the glass, and Freya smiles at Jackson gratefully from behind him.]
Klaus: Unfortunately, we're all out of mason-jar moonshine.
Bella, Kol and Layla chuckle. Elijah, Marcel and Hayley look surprised.
[Klaus can't help but chuckle at his own joke, and Jackson smiles in reluctant amusement as well before Bella, in a berry-red holiday cocktail dress, walks toward them to join the party.]
Bella: Well, Nik, you are positively merry tonight! [Bella stops and looks over at Cami with a bemused smile.]
Bella: All that therapy must be paying off.
Kol and Layla chuckled.
[Suddenly, Klaus' face looks horrified as he notices a very large metal bowl full of burning wood has been set up by Bella on the other side of the room.]
Klaus: Oh, no! [Bella looks even more pleased by how terrified Klaus looks at the prospect of their family's holiday bonfire.]
"That's the main reson why it's my favorite." Said Kol.
"Why?" Asked Davina.
"It annoys Nik." Said smirking Kol. Klaus playfully glared at him.
Bella: Yes, I know it's not exactly a bonfire, but I improvised. [Klaus continues to look nervous about it, but Bella just groans in mock frustration.]
Bella: Come on. It's tradition! [Cami looks around them in confusion.]
Cami: ...Tradition?
Klaus: [sighs] We write our wishes and then burn them for luck. Strangely, I don't recall wishing for an influx of enemies, and yet year after year... [Elijah smirks as he sips his wine.]
Elijah: How odd. Forever on Santa's naughty-list.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Elijah is so funny. He's unapprecated." Said Layla.
[The camera pans around the living room, pausing briefly on the painted portrait of Elijah, which has been restored after being splattered by blood in several episodes ago. It then cuts over to the small fire-pit, where Bella, Elijah, and Klaus are standing around together. Bella looks at the wish she's written on the paper one last time before she throws it into the burning flames. She then looks nervously around at her brothers, all of whom look somber despite the festive party around them.]
Bella: One of us is still meant to fall by family.
Klaus: Right now, what concerns me is our enemies. They have the weapon they intend to use against us. They cannot know that we found Elijah. (To Elijah) Our best advantage is if they believe you are lost at sea. [Elijah realizes what this means and frowns sadly.]
Elijah: Then I can't stay, can I? [Bella gets teary-eyed at the thought of Elijah leaving again, and Elijah looks backward into the courtyard, where Freya, Cami, Jackson, and Hope are doting on Hope, showering her with presents and laughing happily.]
Bella: I can ask Kol if he has place for you. [The three stare in the flames and try not to cry.]
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Everyone has just finished unwrapping their gifts, and Bella rings the bell on the new tricycle Elijah bought for Hope to entertain her. Hope tries her best to ring it as well, to no avail. Hayley giggles affectionately, which makes Jackson smile from nearby. He walks over and hands Hayley another glass of wine, just as Elijah, wearing a coat and carrying a suitcase full of his belongings, enters the room with a somber expression. Freya's face looks sad as she acknowledges that Elijah has to leave once again and stands to her feet to say goodbye.]
Freya: Oh, Elijah. So soon?
Elijah: Take care of our siblings, Freya.[Elijah leans forward to give Freya a hug, which she returns.]
Elijah: They need it.
"Hey!" Protested Bella. Elijah chuckled.
[Elijah pulls away and turns back to Bella, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek before rubbing Hope's back.]
Elijah: Goodbye, little one. [Elijah turns to Hayley with sad look.]
Hayley: It's fine. [Hayley gives Elijah and awkward hug and they seem to relax in hug. Jackson looks jaelous. Klaus walks into the room. Elijah and Hayley part away. Elijah turns to him, noticing his sad expression at the thought of his departure. Klaus gives Elijah a tight hug.]
"It's so sad." Said Layla covered in chocolate.
"Layla! Manners! Wipe your mouth!" Said Bella with mom tone. Layla groaned, but still did. Everyone looked at them amused.
[Once Elijah has left, the party has settled down, and Bella and Freya are standing side-by-side on the balcony as they look down at the courtyard.]
Freya: One hundred years ago, I snuck into a Christmas ball here. [The scene cuts to a quick flashback to the 1914 Mikaelson Christmas ball, when Freya was looking at Mikaelsons standing at staircase. Back in the present, Freya and Bella continue to look down at the courtyard together.]
Freya: I wanted so much to be a part of it, but I thought I was forever fated to be an outsider, always looking in. I know this hasn't been your most elegant family Christmas, but, well, it's already been the best one I've ever had.
"Aww." Said Layla.
[Freya moves closer to Bella and wraps her arm around her right shoulder while resting her chin on her left. Bella smiles and reaches up to squeeze her hand.]
Bella: I suppose some things are worth the wait. [Klaus has just walked out of his bedroom and onto the balcony, where Cami is looking out onto the streets of the French Quarter.]
Klaus: You look... [Cami smiles at him in amusement.]
Cami: Don't say tired. You've lived long enough to know you should never tell a woman she looks tired! [Klaus smiles widely at her.]
Bella chuckled.
Klaus: I was going to say "contemplative."  [Cami rolls her eyes and laughs sarcastically.]
Cami: Ha!
Klaus: A penny for your thoughts?
Cami: I was thinking about you... [Klaus' mouth gapes open in shock, though he isn't expecting what comes next.]
Cami: Do you see me as this fragile thing that needs to be kept behind glass? To protect me from Aurora...? [Klaus' smile falls at the reminder of Cami being taken captive by Aurora.]
Klaus: Don't. Please. When I think of all the ways she could have hurt you...
"Oh my.. Oh my heart... It can't take so much love." Said Layla dramatically, clunching her chest. Klaus rolled his eyes. Kol and Bella look amused.
Cami: She didn't. Klaus, she didn't... Because of you. I've lost count of the amount of times you've been there for me and everyone you care about. But today? You saved someone who doesn't mean a thing to you. Why?
Klaus: Because you wished it. Because what's important to you is important to me. What makes you happy makes me want to keep you so. What scares you I want to tear apart. [Klaus hesitates, and Cami is completely stunned at this declaration of affection from him.]
"So romantic." Fangirled Layla.
Klaus: I do not wish to watch you from behind glass, Camille.
Cami: What do you wish? [Klaus stares her in the eyes for a long moment before quickly leaning in and crashing his lips against hers. Cami wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him back, and the two make out on the balcony as Klaus slides his arms around her waist. Klaus eventually pulls away, and Cami smiles in bliss before giggling happily, which makes Klaus laugh as well. Bella and Freya watch them with smiles. Suddenly, Bella frowns.]
Freya: What is it?
Bella: Nothing. [Freya gives her a look.]
Bella: (sights) It's just... Nik really loves her and she's human. Even if she won't get killed by someone or be in some accident humans die in, she will still die by old age and when she does, it'll break Nik's heart.
Klaus looked down.
Freya: She could turn. [Bella gave her a look.]
Bella: You really think she could be a vampire or want to be one? I have seen people like her who turned, the most of them either shut their humanities off, killed themselves or became rippers. In the end, After few years or centuries every single one of them started self-loathing, become depressed and turned into compeltly different people. Some people aren't born to be vampires.
"No one is born to be a vampire." Said Davina.
"Some Vampires are natural and they like who they are. Ask Marcel or Layla." Said Bella. Marcel nodded.
Freya: Maybe, but even if she dies, they still could enjoy the time they have. Even if she dies, everything he learned with her will stay with him, he will still remember how happy he felt and how much he loved her and it'll make it worth it. She will still be his guide in darkness, because Klaus will think what she would say. She will still make him better person. Even when she dies, she will still live in Niklaus's heart and memories. Isn't it beautiful?
"Maybe." Said Layla.