The Chronicles of Katerina Petrova and Niklaus Mikaelson: I Will Always...

Ch.4: House of the Rising Son

       It was a dark night, as Klaus stood in a cemetery with Katerina and Sophie. He hadn’t known that Katerina knew any New Orleans witches, but apparently she did, since Sophie immediately recognized her the moment that they had entered the cemetery.

        “What a surprise,” Sophie said to her. “It’s been a long time, Katherine.”

        “Yes. It has. I need a favor from you.”

        “Only if you convince Klaus to do a favor for us.”

        “That depends, Sophie. What do you need Klaus to do for you?"

        “We need Marcel taken down. We can’t do magic without him finding out. He and his vampires are out of control. If we do magic, whatever it is, then we’ll be killed.”

        “We’ll find a way to take down Marcel and make sure that no one kills you. Now, I need a favor from you. I’m human due to something called the cure for vampirism getting shoved down my throat. It’s killing me. I need you to do a spell. There has to be something you can do to stop me from dying faster than I should be.”

        “There is something I could do. It’s in an old book from one of our past elders. You promise you’ll protect me?”

        “I promise,” Katherine replied.

        Katherine followed her into the cave-like place where Sophie got out an old book and set it on a wooden table, before going to work on the spell to help her. Then, a few minutes later, she stopped.

        “It’s done.”

        “Thank you, Sophie. We’ll do what we can to protect you. In fact, maybe you should come stay with us for a while until we find a way. I’m sure they’d think twice entering a house that an Original hybrid and a former 500-year-old vampire live in. If they did, they’d be very stupid vampires.”

        “Thank you, Katherine."

        Sophie and Katherine left to meet Klaus in the cemetery where a few vampires lay, temporarily dead.

        “Let’s get out of here before they wake up,” Katherine said.

        I can’t believe I’m going along with Katerina, protecting a witch. She did Katerina a favor. We don’t need her anymore. We can take care of Marcel ourselves without her, Klaus thought to himself, as he walked alongside them towards the plantation home.

        “Oh. Wonderful,” Katherine said sarcastically, seeing a red convertible in front of the house. “What is she doing here?”

        “I guess we’re about to find out,” Klaus answered her.

        “What is it?” Sophie questioned.

        “Rebekah’s here. You know her, right? She’s Elijah and Klaus’ sister,” Katherine clarified for her.

        “Yes. I’ve heard of her.”

        “Good. Be warned. She’s not very friendly. She can be worse than Klaus some days.”

        “I’ve been warned then,” Sophie replied.

        They walked inside to see Rebekah by the stairs, looking like she had been waiting for Klaus, considering they didn’t think she’d know that Katherine was in New Orleans too.

        “What are you doing here, Little Sister? Shouldn’t you be spending the summer with that football player?” Klaus greeted.

        “Matt is none of your business and I came to see where Elijah’s at. He hasn’t been answering any of my calls and that’s not like him. What the bloody hell is she doing here?” she said to her hybrid brother.