The Originals: Rewritten

Ch.17: Moon Over Bourbon Street

At the summit, after Elijah had made a meeting and had told them that they each represented their own factions and that any problems would come to him, everyone began arguing.

"This is our city, too! We should be able to go wherever the hell we want!" Diego yelled.

Genevieve yelled over Diego. "We would consider it an act of war!"

Kieran was agitated. "We're getting nowhere. You vile creatures cannot agree."

Elijah yelled at them to be quiet, before asking Kieran, "Father, calm yourself, please." He then lowered his voice. "Thank you. Now returning to the issue of boundaries, you will all heed to the following--," he began, but were interrupted when Katherine entered, having heard that Elijah was making the decision of who got what in the city.

"I'm sorry. Am I interrupting something?" she greeted. Then she said to Elijah, "Are you serious? You're dividing up the city and the werewolves don't even get a say?"

"We are not dividing the city. We're establishing boundaries--," he began.

"No, Elijah! There is not gonna be peace if the werewolves are excluded. They want a seat at the table. And if they don't get one, I can guarantee that you will all regret it," she warned, knowing the wolves didn't like being excluded or still banished to the Bayou.

"Do you have any idea what it took just to get those people in one room together?" he questioned, once he pulled her aside to talk to her privately.

"No, actually, I don't! Because I didn't even know what you were doing out here until someone else told me. Tell me something, Elijah. Why did you leave the werewolves out of it?"

"I excluded them because they no longer reside in the French Quarter. My immediate concern is to end the mourning conflict here. Now, I can assure you once this treaty is solidified, it will expand to include the wolves," he replied.

"And until then, what do I ask them to do? Sit? Stay? Roll over?"

Elijah shouted a little, saying, "I would prefer that you remove yourself from the process all together." She glared at him and he became softer. "Katerina, are you certain about this?"

"The wolves deserve a voice. Give them one. You know it's the right thing to do," she said, before leaving.

Klaus continued to paint in his room while Genevieve updated him on the events of the day, wearing only a robe and her underwear.

"You should have seen your brother's face when Katherine walked in."

"Is the Crescent curse broken then?" he asked.

"Do you believe this will actually work? That we can finally have some semblance of peace in this city?" she questioned.

Cami walked in unannounced.

"I saw the light from the courtyard and took a chance that... You weren't with a half-naked psycho-witch. Seems I gambled and lost."

Genevieve smiled. "Ten minutes ago, I was fully naked."

"Oh! Then you served your purpose. Don't let me hold you up," Cami replied sarcastically.

"You O'Connells sure do love to peeve off witches."