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

Ch.11: Crescent City

It was a dark night, as Elijah met Celeste, his once upon a time love, alone to talk to her. She had apparently cheated death, when he had thought that Klaus had killed her all those years ago in New Orleans. But then, when she suddenly kissed him, he realized that something was wrong.

"What did you do?" he asked her, as he lay on his side on the sidewalk.

"I poisoned you with a kiss. Don't worry. You'll survive in enough time to save one of them. You could choose to save Klaus, but then that would leave Rebekah and Katherine in peril. Or you could choose to save Rebekah, but then you'd be leaving Klaus and Katherine. And finally, you could choose to save your precious Katherine who you love, even to this very day. I've made arrangements for them, but no matter who you save, there'll be two of them in trouble. Good luck choosing," Celeste said, before walking away from him, leaving him there.

Klaus stood face to face with witches after threatening a kid, wanting to speak to the witches whom didn't come out until now. But they weren't in the talking mood. It made him wish that he hadn't threatened that kid.

Suddenly, he saw that Sophie Deveraux had the magical knife in her hand and was about to stab him with it, so, he stepped back. He knew he shouldn't kill her, so he was trying to see if he could spare her life by doing something else. But if she had that knife and was ready to stab him with it, he figured she wasn't up for talking, either, which meant that she had mostly likely been persuaded by Celeste to go through with whatever it was. So, not wanting to deal with witches that weren't Celeste, he left at hybrid speed.

Katherine lay on the floor of the plantation home where Marcel had grown up in and the Mikaelsons had previously been living in, as fire surrounded her even more and the smoke got so bad that she felt like she couldn't breathe. Everything was blurry for her, too. And she didn't have anywhere to go to, because she was magically trapped inside with no way out. She didn't even know how to tap into her Traveler magic, because she hadn't been taught by Nadia just yet. The only thing she knew of was how to jump into someone else's body with a simple phrase. But she wouldn't do that to them. She wasn't the Katherine that everyone hated and loathed anymore. She was human Katherine with a child on the way that just might be a hybrid. Then everything became dim and distant for her with Klaus and Elijah being the last thing on her mind at the moment.

Rebekah was in search of Celeste, when she ran into a brown werewolf by a desolate street and alley. And before she could figure out what she was going to do, it lunged at her, so she went into action by jumping out of the way and then kicking it away, before it got the upper hand and bit into her shoulder. It caused her pain, but since she was an Original, she knew it wouldn't kill her like it would a normal everyday vampire.

When Klaus saw the plantation home on fire, fear went through him, knowing that Katerina had planned on having a party there tonight with the few people that she knew and that hadn't tried to kill her in past or present days.

"Katerina!" he yelled, before going through a glass window to try and save her if she was still in there.

He searched for her throughout the plantation home, but couldn't find her anywhere, which somewhat relieved him, since he figured she was still alive somewhere. So, with that in mind, he left to go in search of Celeste and his siblings, whichever he found first.

Just as the werewolf was about to attack some more, Elijah arrived, pushing it away from his sister, protecting her.

When it lunged at him, he was quicker and through it against a wall, which hurt it, since it whined in pain and ran off.

He looked at her.

"We must find Katerina and Niklaus. They're in great danger. Celeste made me choose which one of you to save."

"And you chose me over both of them," she commented.

Together, they left in search of them, but couldn't find them, so they went back to their family home to figure out what to do to get them back.