Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 19

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

"Your brother Klaus handed you to Marcel in a box, yet you still don't give up on him?" Davina questions. "Well, I've given up on giving up. It's an affliction. I will fight for my family until my last breath." Elijah said. "And I'll fight the witches until mine." Davina states.

ST. ANNE'S CHURCH

"Now what? You just gonna leave her up there for anybody to find?" Father Kieran says. "I'm not in the mood, Kieran." Marcel said. "You were supposed to get her out of New Orleans after the Harvest. We failed those other three girls, we didn't fail her. That is why I came to you for help. That was the plan." Father Kieran said. "Plans change." Marcel says. "Especially after you found out how powerful she was." Father Kieran states. "Let's get something straight. For eight months since you left, I've been running this town just fine. I don't need you coming back and gettin' in my business. I will do what I want, where I want. Got it?" Marcel says. "You wanna be the boss? You wanna call the shots? Fine. But I call the shots with the humans. And you don't wanna make an enemy of me. So, I would suggest one thing-stay away from my niece." Father Kieran demands. "Fine. Who the hell's your niece?" Marcel asks. "Cami." Father Kieran states. Marcel stops in his tracks and considers this news for a moment, before huffing in frustration and leaving.

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It's night now, and MayBeth and Sophie are returning to Sophie's truck. "Those people, all this, because of a vision about mine and Klaus's baby you don't think is true?" MayBeth asks. "Look, I love Sabine, but she's the witch equivalent of a drama queen. I've learned to take little stock in whatever she says or sees. Just kinda wish she'd kept her mouth shut." Sophie said. "The Harvest ritual. You said you didn't believe in it. Were you right?" MayBeth asks. "No. I saw it with my own eyes. It was working. It was real." Sophie says. "So, how can you be so sure Sabine's vision isn't?" MayBeth said. Sophie doesn't have an answer.

OUTSIDE THE ABATTOIR

Marcel walks into the courtyard where Klaus is waiting for him up on the top of a cement barrier. "Taking me on a field trip to distract me. Pathetic. And obvious-I taught you better than that." Klaus says. "You taught me to protect what's mine. You will not take Davina from me-end of story." Marcel said back. "An immutable law of nature, Marcel, is the strong always take from the weak." Klaus says. "Oh, if you were so strong, you wouldn't have run away from New Orleans like a little bitch, all those years ago." Marcel said. Klaus jumps down from where he was standing and punches down on Marcel. "You've been playing king with a bunch of children for too long. Don't mistake me for one of your nightwalker lackeys, Marcel. I can take Davina anytime I like." Klaus says. Marcel lunges for Klaus, but he's knocked back down by Elijah, who has appeared out of nowhere. "Do forgive me, Marcel. If anyone is to teach my brother a lesson... it's me." Elijah said. Klaus stares in shock at his brother, and doesn't seem too pleased to see him.

MIKAELSON MANSION

Rebekah pours several drinks as she talks to MayBeth. "I don't care if we have to get you a leash, that was your last trip to the bayou. What is it with you and those wolves, anyway?" Rebekah said. "I feel like we're connected somehow. I don't know. Maybe it's just some pipe dream that I have. But sometimes, when I feel like it's me against the world, it keeps me going." MayBeth said. Rebekah gives MayBeth a look and hands her a drink. MayBeth side-eyes her. "Really Bekah?" MayBeth says and Rebekah suddenly remembers that MayBeth is pregnant and can't drink, so she drinks MayBeth's glass in one gulp, and then drinks her own. "Oh, right. Well, family is a pain in the behind." MayBeth rolls her eyes at her sister. "And as for being in it alone, how dare you? I don't ruin a perfectly fabulous pair of boots traipsing through the bayou for just anyone dear sister. MayBeth smiles, and Rebekah downs her second drink. Their conversation is interrupted by Klaus walking through the front door. "Nik, finally. What-" Rebekah starts. Elijah walks through the door after his brother with a huge smile. Rebekah runs to Elijah and hugs him tight. Elijah sees MayBeth over Rebekah's shoulder, and they smile at each other, though MayBeth leaves the room right after. "Elijah! You're safe! Now that you're home, is your first plan to kill Niklaus?" Rebekah says. "Excuse me, just a moment." Elijah says. "Where's he going?Bekah asked. Elijah walks out the back door to find MayBeth, who is standing on the back patio. "You're back." MayBeth said. "I'm back Young Beth." The two look at each other for a moment, and then MayBeth smiles at the name but slaps him in the face. "Don't make promises you can't keep. Welcome home dear brother." MayBeth says. Elijah touches his face where she slapped him, and smiles to himself.

MIKAELSON MANSION

The Mikaelson siblings and MayBeth sit in the study, where Elijah stands behind the desk and explains everything that he has learned from Davina that day. "Everything that brought us here to New Orleans was a lie. This story that Sophie Deveraux fabricated, this struggle for control of the French Quarter, this war between vampires and witches, wasn't over territory at all, this was over Davina." He says.

FLASHBACK

In the back room of Rousseau's, Jane-Anne and Sophie are both sobbing and arguing. "I swear, I had no idea that the Harvest could possibly be real!" Sophie says. "But the one thing that you were sure of is that I was wrong, and that I would risk Monique's life on a maybe. And now my daughter is dead." Jane-Anne says. "Please tell me how to fix this." Sophie asks. "Now that Marcel has Davina, how we are even supposed to find her? If we don't finish the Harvest, Monique and those two other girls are dead for real." Jane-Anne states. Sophie steps toward her sister and grabs her hands. "Look at me. You and I are gonna find a way to get Monique back. It'll be our little secret. We'll do it together. I'll seal off the cemetery from the vampires, find Davina, stop Marcel and finish the ritual once and for all. Even if I have to slit Davina's throat myself." Sophie says.

PRESENT DAY

"Eight months ago, Sophie Deveraux and her sister Jane-Anne lost everything. Now, four months after that, a young pregnant girl wanders into their restaurant. Suddenly, all hope is renewed. Jane-Anne actually sacrificed her life so that her sister can use you to find Davina. If Sophie Deveraux is successful in capturing Davina, she can return Jane-Anne's daughter back to life. We thought we'd come here to wage a war for power. This is about family. In order to return her niece to life, Sophie Deveraux will fight to the death. That makes her more dangerous than anyone." As they speak, Sophie kneels in front of Jane-Anne's grave at Lafayette Cemetery in the pouring rain, crying.