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HOUSE OF THE RISING SON

"Thank you so much." Nat told the cab driver with a smile as she handed him the money. He nodded and smiled at her, closing the trunk and getting inside the car. Soon enough, he was driving away and Nat looked up at the white mansion standing in front of her. She exhaled loudly and grabbed her suitcase and purse before walking over to the front door. She remembered Bekah telling her that there would be a key under the matt for her, so she crouched on the floor and patted the floor until she felt the metal object.

Once she had it in her hands, she opened the front door and entered the house. Closing the door behind her, Nat looked around, amazed at how big the mansion really was, as well as how... antique everything seemed. Her gaze landed on a letter standing on the table in the middle of the foyer. Looking more carefully, she realized her name was written on the outside, so she left her suitcase on the floor and grabbed the letter.

Welcome home, sweetheart. Your room is the first on the right upstairs, right across of Hayley's. Your things are already set up, along with a very generous gift on your bed.

Klaus

She smiled at that and left the letter in the table before picking up her suitcase and walking upstairs. She found the first room on the right and opened the door, finding everything clean and set up. Her gaze landed first on her nightstand, but instead of finding her usual picture of her with Ric, Jeremy and Elena, she found one of Klaus' drawings. Nat left the suitcase on the floor and walked over to her wardrobe, relieved to find her clothes already inside.

Once she had taken a quick shower and changed her clothes, she walked around the mansion, trying to see if anyone was there, but to no luck. The house was empty, everyone was out it seemed. Sighing loudly, she took her phone out and saw she had one message from Rebekah telling her to get to the cemetery as soon as she could. She quickly went back to her room and grabbed the car keys sitting on her bed and went downstairs, opening the front door and looking at the lone parked car.

She smiled at the sight of the black convertible and quickly walked over, unlocking it and getting in immediately. Starting the engine, Nat drove away from the Plantation, trying to remember the streets the cab driver had driven through just an hour ago. After some wrong turns, she finally found the cemetery and got out, heading inside and walking through the various graves. Suddenly, she heard two voices near her.

"Marcel has a way to tell whenever there's magic done in the Quarter. The 'how' isn't relevant." Sophie Deveraux said out loud, her words probably directed at Rebekah.

"I'll tell you what's not bloody relevant - a coven of witches who can't do magic." Rebekah retorted and Nat shook her head amused. "Here's an idea: move away."

"They practice ancestral magic." Nat said out loud as she finally got to the two girls. Rebekah looked at her and her lips curved up immediately, while Sophie looked at her in surprise. "Sophie Deveraux. We meet again."

"Natalia Gilbert." Sophie acknowledged before turning back to the Original. "But she's right. We practice ancestral magic. This cemetery is filled with the remains of our witch ancestors. Without access to them, we're powerless. If we run, we're leaving our legacy behind - our home, our family." Sophie explained and Rebekah sighed before sitting down on one of the steps.

"Well, family's overrated. Look at me. I'm back in a city that's given me nothing but heartache, looking for a brother's who's hell-bent on protecting a baby I don't care about." The blonde muttered and Nat looked at her pointedly.

"I find that hard to believe. You're here, aren't you?" Sophie told her and Rebekah glared at her.

"I'm here for Elijah. The instant I find him, I'm gone. He was the one who idiotically believe this baby would be Niklaus' redemption. And now he's missing, probably at the hands of Klaus himself." Nat frowned at her words, realizing that she was probably right. If Rebekah was seeking out Sophie, then that meant that he was nowhere to be found, and knowing Elijah, this was probably one of Klaus' dirty little schemes. "And you were foolish enough to believe that Elijah could convince Klaus to go against Marcel, when everyone knows that they have history."