Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 6

MayBeth's POV

Niklaus and I were walking to go find out why Marcel did what he did when I started to not feel good. I stopped Nik. "Nik, I don't feel the best I'm going to go back to the house" I said going on my tip toes to kiss him. "Ok love, be safe". He keeps on walking while I start to walk back to the house. I only make it halfway before someone grabs me from behind and knocks me out.

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"Well, well, well, what have we here? I gotta tell you Soph, this street corner is not proving the luckiest spot for your family tonight. Not half an hour ago, we had to teach your sister a little lesson." Marcel said to the witch. "We're putting her to rest Marcel." She spits angrily. "Leave us alone." He looks amused "I never said you could move the body. Matter of fact, I left her here for a reason: to send a message. If anybody is thinking of joining some kind of rebellion, my rules state that witches can't practice magic in the Quarter and yet a little birdy informed me that Jane-Anne was cooking up something magically delicious. Oh, yeah. While I have you, quick Q&A. My old friend – the hybrid, Klaus – he just happened to show up out of the blue asking for, of all people, Jane-Anne. Any idea why?" He questioned her. "I don't know. Witches don't get involved in vampire business." she states. "Hmm. That would be pretty stupid, that's for sure. Tell you what, go back to the restaurant, cook up some of that famous gumbo, and keep those tourists happy." He said. He turns to the rest of the vampires that are with im. "Take the body." he goes to leave but stops as Sophie starts to panic. "What? No! Stop! Stop! Marcel!" He smiles smugly. "I'm gonna hold on to your sister's body in case maybe you remember why Klaus is here." he states. "Marcel please. Her body won't be at peace." He turns to walk away. "Not my problem." Marcel and the rest of the vampires walk away with Jane-Anne's body. Elijah is still standing on the balcony, watching them. Elijah takes out his phone and calls Rebekah. "Consider this me calling take-backs." "You mean to tell me, after all these years, Marcel is alive and well?" Rebekah stated. "Quite. Our brother seems to have wandered into a war zone. And I haven't been able to find him. Marcel, who Klaus sired and brought up beneath his own wing, now rules a menagerie of savage vampires running wild, killing in public for any human to come upon. Witches are held in subjugation. I doubt Niklaus had any idea what he was walking into." He said. "Sorry, what was that? I stopped paying attention at "our brother". Rebekah said spitefully. "Rebekah." Elijah said warningly. "Our hateful, traitorous bastard of a brother, who's negated any sympathy I once had for him by his repeated efforts to ensure neither you nor I know happiness outside of his own selfish universe." She states. He sighs. "Always and forever, Rebekah, that is what we once swore to each other." He said. "Consider this me calling take-backs." She replies smugly. "Well, you've called take-backs dozens of times over the centuries and yet when our father found us and chased us from this very city..." He gets cut off. "I may be old, Elijah, but I'm hardly senile. I know very well I stuck with Klaus, and not three years later he stuck a silver dagger in my chest and sent me into a magical slumber for ninety years. Do you know why? Because I had the audacity to try and live my life on my own without him." She says. "Enough. I believe our brother's in trouble, so whatever is going on between Marcel and the witches, it's dire enough that they'd risk bringing an Original back to town. The witches have lured him here, I'd like to know why." He ends the call with her.

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Elijah is standing in front of "Rousseau's. Sophie Deveraux leaves the restaurant through a backdoor. She goes to a little table with burning candles on it. A dog barks anywhere. Sophie starts crying and talking to her dead sister. "Oh, you got me into this, Jane. Give me the strength to finish it." She stated. The door snaps shut. Sophie turns around. Suddenly, two vampires jump into the alley. "The doors work, you know." She states angrily. "You're doing magic?" Vamp 1 said. "I'm praying to my dead sister. Go ahead, pay your respects." She says, raising her voice. "Don't make this a thing, Sophie. The hybrid was looking for Jane-Anne. Marcel wants to know why." Vamp 2 states. "I'd say ask her yourself, but I guess you can't, seeing as Marcel killed her." She says. One of the vampires speeds up and grabs Sophie. But suddenly, he disappears. Sophie looks around, afraid; the second Vampire is confused. Something falls to the ground. It's the heart of the other vampire. The second vampire looks up and then turns around to attack Sophie, but before he reaches her, he is also grabbed by a dark shadow. The vampire gets thrown at the wall, a dagger stuck in his chest. Elijah stands near Sophie, looking at the dead vampire. "I'm Elijah. You heard of me?" She states as he cleans the blood of his hands. "Yes." She said nodding. "So, why don't you tell me what business your family has with my brother?" He said. 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. "This is sacred ground, which means vampires have to be invited in. But, since I'm desperate... Come on in." Elijah is enters the cemetery. "We can talk freely here." she says. "Then I suggest you start talking. What did your sister want with Niklaus?" Elijah states pointedly. "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. We haven't had much luck, until my sister Jane-Anne knew of a girl, a Heretic passing through the quarter from a small plantation house. She has a special connection to all of you but mostly your brother. She said shocking him. "What do you know of her?" He asked angrily. "Apparently, you all live together and love each other, Klaus a little more but same thing. One thing led to another and now this special half witch, half vampire girl – she's pregnant. And the father of the child she's carrying so happens to be your brother Klaus." She states smugly at Elijah. "That's impossible." He says starting to get irritated. "Nothing's impossible, especially 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 MayBeth. Elijah watches her with worry, while MayBeth seems a bit confused and really irritated. "Lijah, what's going on? "Give us a moment, please." He says.