Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 14

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

"The child you're carrying is part vampire, part werewolf and part witch. You and Klaus made something special." Sabine said. "You sound like Elijah. He thinks this baby is going to make us one big, happy family, but now he's gone and I don't even know what... 'it' is." MayBeth points to her growing baby bump. "You know, I can do something about that, if you want. I mean, found out if it's a boy or girl." Sabine said. "I thought Marcel said you couldn't do witchy stuff around here." MayBeth points out. "It's not magic, just an old trick my grandmother taught me. Come on. You have to be a little curious." Sabine said, walking back into the house.

THE ABATTOIR – MASQUERADE GALA

Cami and Marcel dance. Rebekah and Klaus watch them. "I thought you said you were in community work." Cami says. "Community fundraising. Throw a party, folks open their wallets. It's kinda my thing. Guess I'm what you call a necessary evil." Marcel said. "And Rebekah, she's one of your donors?" Cami asks. "She's an old friend." Marcel says. "Can't be that old. She looks younger than me." Cami said. "You'd be surprised. I was a kid when I met her. Enough about her. I just want to be right here with you." Marcel said. Across the courtyard, Klaus and Rebekah have their own conversation. "You really are a hideously evil little thing, aren't you?" Klaus asks. "Nonsense. They're perfect for each other. You wanted Marcel distracted—voilà." Rebekah says smiling. Diego enters the courtyard, and sees Marcel dancing with Cami, their faces nearing each other. Diego interrupts them and whispers in Marcel's ear. Rebekah turns to Klaus. "My cue to leave." She says. Marcel sees Thierry; he looks like he's barely containing his anger. Marcel turns to Cami. "Excuse me." Marcel walks over to Thierry and grabs him by the throat, pushing him away from the main party. Cami watches, her eyebrows knitting together. "What the hell did you do?" Marcel says. Diego intercedes. "Whoa, not here. No, not here." He says. Marcel backs off; Klaus smiles; Cami watches, disquiet paralyzing her features.

THE CEMETERY

Katie and Sophie talk inside a candlelit burial chamber. Katie is crying. "I know you think he's a monster." Katie says. "It doesn't matter what I think. Thierry killed another vampire. He broke Marcel's biggest rule. You'll never see him again... unless we do something." Sophie says. ""We"?" Katie asks. "I want to save our people. You want to save Thierry? There's only one way we can do both."Sophie says. A little while later, Katie and Sophie sit out in the cemetery, arranging items for a ritual. "You ready?" Sophie asks. Katie begins by sprinkling sand over their tableau. Meanwhile in Davina's attic room, whispering voices growing louder. Davina thrashes, asleep in her bed but disturbed by the magic she can sense. "Marcel. Something's coming." Davina rises from her bed and goes to her easel. She draws on the paper madly for several seconds, then stops. "Magic." She says.

THE ABATTOIR — MASQUERADE GALA

Marcel talks to Thierry on a balcony above the party. "I want to hear your side of it." Marcel says. "Hey, Marcel, come on—" Thierry starts. "Your version. Go." Marcel says, angrily. "We were tossing the Cauldron. This guy, some nightwalker, he attacked Katie for no reason." Thierry says. "His name was Max. I turned him, and as far as reasons go, he doesn't need one. She was a witch. He was a vampire. Now he's dead." Marcel said shaking his head. From below, Cami watches them. "I didn't mean for it to happen." Thierry said. "You broke my most important rule. Damn it, T. How long we been friends, 70 years? I turned you into something that would never die. I gave you a gift." Marcel said getting angrier. "And I have been loyal to you all this time, and I still am. I'm still your friend, Marcel. I swear, that hasn't changed." Thierry says. Cami's look of apprehension remains. Klaus joins her. "Are you alright?" Klaus says. "He's got a temper, doesn't he? I guess this is the moment I remember I know better." Cami walks away. Joshua walks up to Klaus, standing slightly behind him. Klaus reaches into his coat inner pocket, withdraws a folded piece of paper and hands it to Joshua, who pockets it and walks away. Klaus watches the balcony as Joshua appears next to Marcel and hands him the paper. "We found this at his girl's place." Josh says. Marcel looks at it; it appears to be a spell written out. Marcel turns back to Thierry. "Still my friend, huh? That's funny because it looks to me like that little witch of yours got her hands on a spell that I keep locked away." Marcel says angrily. "Marcel, I have never seen that." Thierry says. "Shut up. I see on your hand, you still have the daylight ring I gave you. So what would you need with the recipe for making new ones? Unless maybe you and Katie were gonna go off and start a little kingdom of your own?" Marcel starts. "Marcel, no." Thierry tries to reason. "Here's a lesson in friendship. Friends don't lie to me, they don't break my rules, and they do not steal what is mine." Marcel turns to take a moment and breathe, then returns to Thierry. "Ohh... For the crime of murdering one of his own, I sentence Thierry Vanchure to 100 years in the Garden." Marcel says. Below, Klaus smiles. "And it begins..." He states.