The Originals: Rewritten

Ch.22: From A Cradle To A Grave

It was still dark outside. Katherine was in the middle of labor and screamed at Genevieve and Monique as they stood around her, between labors.

"Let go of me, you bitch!" she yelled.

Klaus whom had somewhat recovered and had found Katerina gone for far too long, limped into the church. When he did, Katherine was relieved to see him, but the witches weren't too thrilled. Klaus lunged toward one of the witch guards and ripped his head off. Abigail and Genevieve linked hands and pinned Klaus to the wall magically. He tried to fight against the spell pinning him to the wall, but he couldn't get free of it. Monique and Abigail anchored the spell and went back to helping Katherine give birth.

Klaus and Katherine watched fearfully, as Genevieve grabbed the ceremonial knife that was used for the Harvest, as Katherine screamed in agony and Genevieve turned to address both Katherine and Klaus.

"You should know this brings me no joy. I promise I'll make it quick. Let's begin, shall we?"

After Marcel led Davina to where he and Klaus had fought and Klaus had bled, Davina magically made Klaus' blood go in a cup for Josh. When she gave the cup of blood to him, it cured him as it was made to do.

Katherine was still in labor, and the witches, led by Genevieve, assisted her in her birth. Katherine screamed in agony.

As he watched the whole thing, Klaus was clearly angry at the witches, as he yelled at them with a threat. "I will bring hell to your family!"

"One last push! Push! The baby's almost here!" Genevieve said to Katherine.

"I will bathe in rivers of your blood!" Klaus shouted again.

"No! No!" Katherine yelled.

"I can see the baby!" Monique said.

"Push! Gently! Gently!" Genevieve instructed.

Klaus shouted again, saying, "You will die screaming!"

"There!" Genevieve said, the baby now born.

Klaus and Katherine were silent, once the baby was born, looking at their child. One of the witches helped cut the umbilical cord, and Genevieve wrapped the baby in a blanket.

"You have a beautiful baby daughter," Genevieve announced to them. "We must start the sacrifice as soon as the moon sets with the morning sky."

"Please. Please, can I hold her?" Katherine questioned.

Genevieve let her hold the child.

Katherine looked at Klaus with a smile and then, now with at least one hand free, she magically was able to throw all of the witches away from them and stood. By doing so, Klaus was now free. Soon, the church was a bloodbath with dead witches, some with hearts ripped out and others magically killed. That night, the witches learned the hard lesson not to try harming Klaus and Katherine's child, nor Katherine or Klaus themselves, without consequences.

Later, when Klaus found out that Elijah was bitten, he gave Elijah some of his blood to cure him. Then, once they all were home, Katherine layed her down in the nursery.