Elijah Mikaelson & The Dragon's Quest

Chapter 27

The Mystic Falls, Virginia, home of Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall was arguably the safest place to be on the planet. Under the roof at this very moment stood Original Hybrid Niklaus, the Hybrid Hayley, the Original Vampire Rebekah, the two first-born Mikaelson witches in Hope and Henrik Finn, an experienced tactical and security team in Rafe and Albee Dragonetti, overprotective vampire mom and Head Mistress Caroline Forbes Salvatore with her twin siphon witch daughters, and the newly arrived powerful witch Bonnie Bennett.

Niklaus hugged his daughter, relieved that he arrived home to find that all was well. Niklaus thanked Caroline and Bonnie for meeting him at the house as he wanted to personally speak with them about the Pentadeae Coven and what he had experienced and observed in Salem. The three teenaged witches sat together in the sun room, giggling and whispering about things that girls their age find amusing. Henrik Finn stewed in his room, grounded for the day and deservedly so, having already sent his letters of apology to his father for review and awaiting Elijah's blessing before he was to personally deliver the letters to the aggrieved parties. His father had not responded yet to his email. He was impatient and bored out of his skull lacking his mother's self-discipline to be able to envision and create things to occupy the mind. Rafe told him to try as that was the only way he was going to develop such skills. Henrik Finn stomped over to his bed and flopped down onto it face first in a dramatic display but Rafe and Albee were unmoved. Albee stayed with Henrik Finn while Rafe joined Niklaus and the rest in the study as Niklaus shared all that they knew thus far about the Coven and the threat they imposed. Rafe was impressed because with all of Niklaus' joking about Angelica's briefing he summed it all up rather well.

Elijah and Angelica caught up with Freya in the attic of the old clock tower on the outskirts of Salem. She had already marked the building with her magic and was preparing it to continue the search for Davina's missing magic. Elijah scolded his sister for going out alone and she shot back at him with a venom that revealed her irritation at what she believed was treatment befitting a child. Freya slammed her smart phone down onto a table to emphasize her point with her brother. Angelica excused herself from the attic to give Elijah and Freya some privacy to sort out their sibling difference of opinion. She stepped out onto the front steps of the building and sat down on the steps. She checked her phone then slid it back into her pocket. The noontime sun felt good on her face as the morning marine layer had burned away and the humidity was rising.

In New Orleans, the Regent was working on a spell in the graveyard channeling the Ancestors for answers to the current question of the day. Marcel Gerard looked out from his penthouse window surveying the city that he called home and of which he was a self-proclaimed king. All was calm in his city and had been so since the defeat of The Hollow over five years ago. "Let's hope it stays that way," he thought.

The attacks occurred simultaneously in the three cities, a coordinated effort that revealed the tactical prowess of the Coven's leader and the extent of the Coven's reach. In New Orleans, the graveyard exploded around Vincent Griffith, sending him diving for cover to protect himself from the shrapnel flying from the grave markers. In Virginia, the sunroom windows imploded into the room sending glass shards rocketing through the air toward the three young witches. In Salem, the ground floor of the clock tower erupted from below, destroying the foundation and the rumbling from the collapse of the structure was deafening.