Fire & Flame | Klaus Mikaelson

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11. Après Moi, le Deluge

"The Italians call them Strega" Elijah explained to Lily, "The Yoruba of west Africa call them Aje, meaning mother, where my mother was from, they called them hexa, and here we call them witch, over the centuries, vampires have fought them and fought beside them, bedded them and burned them, whether adversary or ally, they have been a force to be reckoned with, their ancestral magic anchors this city, there's never been one all powerful witch until Davina".

"Who is now tucked in safe and sound down the hall under my protection" Klaus informed, as he walked into the room, he looked at the drawing of Celeste Elijah had assembled using various drawings of Davina's, "Your Celeste was quite beautiful and a portent of evil according to our volatile artist in residence".

"Yes, perhaps Davina's mistaken what she calls evil for power" Elijah defended, "Celeste was certainly very powerful in her day, but she's been dead for over two hundred years, I don't understand why all these sketches now".

Klaus sat down, "Why does any witch do anything?" he asked, while Lily sat there wondering how to tell the two brothers that she might have caused something horrible by telling Sophie where Celeste was buried.

***

"Well, that's going well" Klaus commented once he, Elijah and Lily heard something smash in Davina's room.

"If you were trying to win the girl's trust, perhaps poisoning her one true love was not the most splendid idea" Elijah said.

"Agreed" Lily said.

"Oh, are there any more inopportune deaths you two would like to wave in my face?" Klaus asked his girlfriend and brother.

"Give me a month" Elijah said, "I'll get you a list".

Klaus let out a laugh but that laugh quickly died when he heard another crash come from Davina's room, "Young, old, dead, or alive, witches are a pain in the ass" he said, before standing up and walking towards Davina's room.

***

Davina used her magic to smash another vase on the wall behind Marcel, she smirked at Marcel but before she could do anything else, she suddenly started violently coughing.

"Davina, Davina!" a concerned Marcel called out, quickly rushing to Davina's side.

Klaus walked into Davina's room, "What's with all the racket?" he asked, both him and Marcel were shocked when Davina started vomiting out dirt, "Bloody hell".

***

Lily took a deep breath before looking at the oldest Mikaelson, "Elijah?".

"Hmm?" Elijah asked, not lifting his eyes off of Celeste's drawing.

"I did something" Lily admitted, making Elijah look at her in confusion, "I can't defend myself, it was stupid, I know but I thought I was helping my family, I didn't think I was putting us in danger".

"What is it?" a curious Elijah asked.

Lily opened her mouth to tell Elijah what she did, but before she could, the walls around them started to rattle and rumble, the books started to fall to the ground and all the glass around them started shattering.