The Originals & The Legacies

Chapter 20: An Unblinking Death

*The Compound, Klaus's Bedroom-Morning*

Klaus is painting at his easel and Geneviève wakes up and sees him and smiles and says, "Your up early, after the night we had, I expected you to sleep in?" He responds and says, "Yes, well morning sun, offers the best light." He looks over to her and says, "Hold still, I'm almost finished!" She smiles and admits, "In my last life I was far too modest to pose in the nude?" Klaus responds and says, "Well then consider urself much more improved..." He pauses and puts his paintbrush in his can and looks over to her and says with a smile, "Modest is for the weak!" She gets up and wraps the sheets around her and walks over to him and he grabs the painting and moves it to the side and she asks with a smile, "Well are you going to show me?" He responds and says, "The painting is a gift..." He pauses and walks over to her and says, "It's a token to honor our pact!" She looks at him confused and sad and says, "Our pact? We had such a lovely night and now I see it was all a means to an end!" He takes a step forward to her and says, "A rather delicious means to a mutual beneficial end!" He smiles and cups her face with his rite hand and she turns from him and sits at the edge of the bed and says, "Tell me, beyond the pleasures of last night and the promise of what I'm sure is an exquisite painting; what exactly would a French Quarter Witch gain in line from working with you?!" He responds with a smile and says, "Well the treaty, my dear brother negotiated with the fractions of the city, the one you urself signed..." He pauses and shakes his head and says, "No doubt everyone means well, but this is still after all..." She cuts him and says, "Still the French Quarter?" He laughs and continues and says, "A barrel of knifes and natural enemies, what you and your witches need is the protection only I can provide, no one, not the vampires, not the werewolves, not even my brother will dare trivial with you if I'm on your side!" She smiles and gets up and wraps her arms around his neck and asks, "And in exchange I am to offer you what exactly?" He smiles and says, "All I ask is for the promise of your allegiance, one never knows when a powerful witch can come in handy?!" She smiles and considers it and says, "Well then!"

*Lafayette Cemetery- Mausoleum*

Davina and Abigail are leaning up against the wall and Monique is laying on the floor and they're all chanting, "Vie dans des ancêtres, renforcer noblesse. Comme des ancêtres, de coeur noblesse. Décider on de ancêtres, garder noblesse!" Monique screams and Davina and Abigail rush over to her as she continues chanting and then gasps and Davina says worried and concerned, "Monique are you k? It sounded like you were possessed!" Monique shakes her head and says with a smile, "I wasn't possessed, I was channeling the Ancestors! They say it's time to complete the Reaping, to do that the fourth Harvest girl must be resurrected, which means it's time for Geneviève to die!!!"

*The Compound*

Elijah is downstairs and watching as the gentlemen's work on renovating the place and Klaus groans annoyed and agitated, "Enough with all the damn racket!!!" and comes out of his room and Geneviève follows him as he walks down the stairs and Elijah smiles at him and says, "Is their a problem brother?!Gentleman please?!" They stop working and Klaus responds coming down the stairs, "I agreed to a sprucing up not a bloody three ring circus!" Elijah responds and says, "Marcel and his derelicts abused our home for the better part of a century! You may be in content to live in squalor, I'm not!" Geneviève responds and says, "I agree it's a new era in the French Quarter, this place could use a makeover!" Klaus walks over to Elijah and warns him, "Careful Elijah, when this one agrees with you, it's a sure sign she wants something!" Geneviève smiles and walks over to Elijah and Klaus walks over to the table and pours himself and drink and watch from a far as they talk. "Actually I do have a request! I'm told that our coven hasn't been able to celebrate Feast Days in the Quarter since Marcel restricted the use of magic, now with the new peace, I'd like that to change!" Elijah responds and Klaus takes a sip of his drink and says, "Am I to assume that you have a certain Feast Day in mind?" She responds with a smile and says, "La Fête des Bénédictions! Feast of Blessings!" Klaus laughs and she continues, "In the past members in the community often gives us gifts in exchange for blessings! We would like to use it as a form to introducing our young Harvest Girls to society!" Elijah crosses his arms and says, "So your Coven attempted to destroy my family and you urself held my siblings in unspeakable torment and you would like a party for the Witches?!" Klaus laughs and she turns to him with a smile and then back to Elijah and says, "I made my amends with your brother, Why don't you think it over!" She leaves the compound and Klaus sits his drink down and walks over to Elijah with a smile and says, "Now don't be such a stiff Elijah, the tourists love a good festival, besides what better way to suspense solidary in faith to a one time enemy?!" Elijah responds and says, "A one time enemy with whom you've had grown rather nauseating intimate!" Klaus responds and says, "Who says making alliances can't be fun?" Elijah responds disappointed with him, "One would think you would be little bit interested in attending to the needs of the mother of your child!" Klaus remarks and says, "So she's the reason of this oh so thoughtful, renovation?! Elijah the truth is, the mother of my child is werewolf royalty, she's far safer in the Bayou with her pack then she'd ever be here with us! Don't worry, I'll bring her home before the birth, no child of mine will be born in a damn swamp!!!" He leaves the compound.