FIVE :

Sinners and Saints

Elijah was standing in Davina's room in the attic. He standing in front of Davina as the two stared at each other.

His skin is gray and mottled still from not feeding during the months he was daggered. He can't help but focus on Davina's pulsing carotid artery as a result of his hunger. Davina seemed unfazed.

"You're the one they call honorable." as Elijah smiled and said "Yes, that's what they call me. And yet, I followed my brother here to New Orleans to engage in a war.  So, I ask you, does that sound honorable to you?"

Davina concerned said "You don't look well."

Elijah said "Well, only this morning, I had a mystical dagger embedded in my chest, so I'd say I'm holding myself together quite well. Davina, I believe that you and I have the power to end a war between witches and vampires before it truly begins. I, by keeping my brother in line, you, by behaving like your true self, not some tool for Marcel or the witches."

"And why should I trust you?" as Elijah said truthfully "Well, for one thing, in spite of a ravenous hunger, I have not tried to take your blood."

Davina shrugged and said "Why not? I'm the only one here." as Elijah said "Even in my present condition, I would not feed from a child."

Davina took a hat pin and pricked her finger. Her blood clinged to the top of it, as she placed a drop on Elijah's lips. He licked the drop of blood off his lower lip and after a couple of moment's Elijah skin turned back to normal and Davina gave a pleased smile at him.

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Klaus was pacing in the back kitchen of Rousseau's, which was empty of employees. Sophie then came in the room with a basket of produce and with that Klaus grabbed her and vamp speed the both of them to the house plantation for a meeting.

He brought Sophie to the living room, where Rebekah was waiting. Klaus then sat Sophie on the couch.

Klaus said angry "We had a deal! You protect my unborn child and Ava. I dismantle Marcel's army. And whilst I've been busy fulfilling my part of the bargain, you allowed Hayley to be attacked and almost killed by a gaggle of lunatic witches."

Sophie frantic said "I had nothing to do with it, I swear. Hayley, Ava and I are linked, remember? She dies, I die."

Rebekah confused said "Then who were they?" as Sophie said "They are a faction of extremists. Sabine stupidly told them about some vision she had about the baby."

Klaus suspicious said "What kind of vision?" as Sophie said "She has them all the time. They are totally open to interpretation. I'm guessing she's wrong on this one."

"Well, how, may I ask, was this particular vision interpreted?" Klaus asked as Sophie said "Pretty much that your baby and Ava would bring death to all witches."

"Ah, well. I grow fonder of this child and Ava by the second." as Rebekah said "Sophie, look, I promised Elijah that I would protect the Mikaelson miracle, babies whilst he tries to win your witch Davina's loyalty. Why don't you tell me just how extreme this faction is?"

Sophie shocked asked "Elijah's talking to Davina?" as Rebekah said " Yeah. As we speak, I imagine."

"I'm guessing she'll have plenty to say about that crowd." as Klaus intrigued said "Do tell." as Sophie said " I... wasn't always an advocate for the witches."

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New Orleans, Eight Months Ago...

In Rousseau's, Sophie danced to music behind the bar as the crowd cheered.

"Woo, drink up everybody! This is how they party in Rio!" Sophie cheered as she poured liquor straight from the bottle into her mouth.

Sophie poured alcohol straight from the bottle into a girl's mouth before she kissed her as she swallowed it.

That's when Jane- Anne entered the bar.

"Oh, Jane-Anne!" Sophie said before she hugged her sister affectionately.

"Welcome home, Soph. Can we go some place to talk?" Jane- Anee asked her sister.

Sophie concerned said "Just tell me."

"The elders called a vote. We're moving forward with the Harvest." Jane- Anne told her sister as Sophie stunned said "What ?"

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Rebekah asked confused "What the bloody h*ll is a Harvest?"

"It's a ritual our coven does every three centuries so that the bond to our ancestral magic is restored. We appease our ancestors, they keep our ancestral power flowing."

"And why haven't I heard of this?" Klaus asked

Sophie said "Because a Harvest always seemed like a myth. A story, passed on through generations like Noah's ark, or the Buddha walking on water. The kind some people take literally, and some people don't."

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The Harvest Ritual Rehearsal, Eight Months Ago...

Close to a dozen young witches where standing and kneeling in a row outside a farmhouse.

An older witch, Bastianna, held a knife as she paces in front of the girls. She stopped in front of the first girl, Monique, and makes a small cut on the palm of her hand.

"To be reborn, we must sacrifice." as Monique said "To be reborn, we must sacrifice." though a hint of nervously was in her voice.

Bastianna then cut the palm of the next girl Cassie as she said "To be reborn, we must have faith."

She cut the hand of the third girl Abigail as she asked "Do you have faith in the Harvest?"

Sophie then came and said "Not for a second!" as Monique surprised said "Sophie !" as Sophie looked at Bastianna and said "What are you doing ?"

Bastianna said "Saving the community you renounced." as Sophie said "You're all ridiculous. Monique, seriously?" as Monique reluctantly said "My mom told me I had to."

"Yeah. Well, your mom and I are gonna have words." as Sophie stormed off as Davina was the last girl in the row as she watched worry...

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"They had the girls of our community preparing for months. Four would be chosen for the Harvest. They said that it was an honor, that they were special. I thought it was a myth." as Rebekah asked "Was it ?"

Sophie looked guiltily but before she could say anything. Klaus's phone ringed as he looked to see it was Marcel and he answered it.

"Marcel. Bit early in the day for you, isn't it? "

"I know, I make this look easy, but I still have an empire to run." as Klaus gave a fake smile and said"Rather you than me. All that responsibility seems like such a bore."

"Well, this might spice things up, I just heard about a bunch of dead witches out in the Bayou. The kinda damage a werewolf might do, only there was no full moon. I have an informant out there I need to meet, and I would love for you to go with me."

"Dead witches in the Bayou. Sounds like less of a problem, and more like a cause for celebration."

"Well, something killed them. And may still be out there. And with your blood the only cure for a werewolf bite, I would love for you to accompany me."

"Oh, why not? Haven't been to the Bayou in ages. I'm on my way" as Marcel said "Peace out brother." as he hanged up.

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Sophie heard the end of the conversation Klaus was having as she looked at him concerned.

"You can't go out there now. I need to gather the witches' remains and consecrate them. If I don't get to them before sundown, we'll lose the link to their magic."

"Those witches tried to kill Hayley. I'd prefer for Marcel's informant not to find anything that would lead him back to us, to her, or to... you know" as he pointed to Hayley's stomach and said "That."

Hayley rolled her eyes and said "You are all class."

Klaus pointed at Sophie as he said "Stay put. And save the rest of your story 'til I return."

Klaus left which is when Ava walked downstairs about to say something him. She was in her fancy outfit she made weeks ago.

"Klaus-" as Klaus left out the door not without saying "Have a good day tiniest wolf." as the door closed as Ava gave a look as she grumbled to herself "Why do I always miss family meetings."

She then said going back upstairs "You look nice Ava." as she mocked Klaus's accent before she added "Oh thank you Klaus, very much love that comment." before she huffed.

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Sophie was in the cemetery, packing various bottles of magical ingredients into her backpack, when Hayley and Ava entered the mausoleum.

"Hey. What the h*ll?" Sophie asked as Ava said "Where coming with you." as Hayley said " You're going out there anyway, aren't you? We wanna go with you."

"No, thanks. Already got assaulted by Klaus this morning. Don't need a repeat." Sophie told them.

Hayley added "What if whatever is responsible for all those dead witches is still out there? We've already established that it likes me and hates witches, so you'll be safer with me."

"Plus I want to get out this house." Ava said with a smile leaning against Hayley's shoulder.

"Sorry if I'm not buying your sudden concern for my safety." as Hayley blocked the doorway to stop Sophie and so she could listen to her.

"Listen. The whole reason I came to this stupid town in the first place was to learn more about my family. Your sister's the one that told me Marcel ran the werewolves out of the Quarter into the Bayou. And last night, I'm pretty sure that some guardian-angel-wolf saved my life. So, I'm coming with you."

"Yeah what Hayley said, decides if I am some magical miracle child that will bring death to witches, may as well make sure I'm on your side." as Ava gave a smirk.

Rebekah walked in to the mausoleum and joined the girls. "Aunt Bex." Ava said.

Rebekah said "Could you two be more idiotic?" with a roll of her eyes as she turned to Ava and said "And you know your father would not be happy of you leaving."

"Two can play the follow-game, you know! You heard Klaus, he and Marcel are headed right where you're going."

Ava added "Well it good that I have a really cool aunt, who won't tell him anything ?" as Ava titled her head. Rebekah folded her arms. "Ava." she said as Ava said "Please ?"

"Fine." as Ava smiled at her as Rebekah gave a small grin as Hayley added "So distract them. Because unless you wanna lock a hormonal, pregnant werewolf in a tomb, I'm coming with you. And wouldn't Elijah be mad if he hears that the baby, Ava and I died of asphyxiation?"

Rebekah stared at Hayley, annoyed at her stubbornness. Sophie rolled her eyes again and sighed not happy to have Hayley, Ava and Rebekah tag along.

"Yah girl trip !" Ava said happily.

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Elijah was standing around fiddling around with the violin while Davina packed her suitcase.

"So, enlighten me. What did you mean when you said you had to die?"

Davina said "That's what the Harvest was. They said they'd put us four girls in a state of, like, peaceful limbo as part of the offering. And then later, at the Reaping, we'd awaken and be reborn. I never got as far as the limbo part, which means the Harvest isn't complete."

"That's why the witches are so freaked out. The Reaping is just around the corner, and if they don't finish it before then, it's over. All I have to do is wait it out." as Elijah added "And then what?"

"They're punished, and I'm free." as Elijah asked "From Marcel ?" as Davina said "Of magic. All our power will drain away. I'll be normal."

Davina smiled as Elijah confused asked "Is that what you want? To be normal?" as Davina asked "I just don't wanna be what I am. I can't control it sometimes. Magic. I-" as she started to cry.

"hurt people. Even when I don't mean to." as Elijah patiently asked "Why don't you tell me about your friends? You must miss them."

Davina smiled and said "There's Tim. He doesn't know about any of this witch stuff. He's normal. My best friend, Monique. She was a part of the Harvest too. She's lucky. No one ever fought for me, but someone fought for her. The only one who ever spoke out against the Harvest was Monique's aunt."

"And who is that?" as Davina sighed and said "Sophie Deveraux." as Elijah gasped at her in shock.

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It was hot in the Bayou. Ava may have chose the wrong outfit, but at least she looked good.

Rebekah, her, Hayley and Sophie walked around in the woods in the Bayou and looked around at the dead witches.

"So, this Harvest thingy, tell me more." Rebekah asked as Sophie said "Klaus said to wait."

"Yes. He also said to stay out of the bayou and yet here we are, amongst the crawly, buzzy creatures." as Ava said "Nature is not my thing." as she swatted a mosquito away from her face.

"We're here." Hayley said.

We had reached the place where the witches were killed. There bodies are all bloodied and ripped apart, and dismembered head lied near the bodies.

Sophie looked sick along with myself as Sophie knelled down to dig around her bag for the ingredients she needs to consecrate her fellow witches.

"I think I may have throw up alittle." Ava joked her hand over her stomach with a gag as Hayley said "Whoa." as she saw the huge wolf print in the mud.

In a nearby tree, there where bloody starches on the bark.

"Is that a wolf track?" as they heard the sound of crunching footsteps nearby.

Rebekah said "Who's there ?" as a person approached them, it was male vampire and one of Marcel's man.

He freaked out and said "What the h*ll? An Original?"

He got scared and immediately ran away with vampire speed, leaving the girls standing and gaping in shock.

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Klaus walked outside of Big Auggie's Bayou Bar as he talked to Rebekah on his cell phone.

"Let me understand this, against all logic, you, Ava and Hayley went to the Bayou, where you ran into a man you think may be Marcel's informant, and then you lost him?."

Rebekah said on the other line with a eye roll" Yes, and now that we've established that I am a failure as a sister, and a friend, and an Original, you should probably know he's on his way to Marcel right now to rat me out. Skinny guy in a hurry, looks like he saw a ghost."

Klaus with a smile said "'ll handle it, but I'll need a distraction." as Rebekah said "I'm on my way." as she swatted a mosquito that landed on her arm.

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Davina told her side of the story to Elijah as she said "No one but Sophie ever questioned the Harvest. Not even my own mother. So, neither did I. We thought it was such an honor, we had such faith. We were so stupid."

Elijah asked "So, how did it begin?" as Davina said "We were led out like princesses. My mother was so proud."

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The Harvest Ritual Rehearsal, Eight Months Ago First Attempt...

It was night time and the four girls where led into the Lafayette Cemetery by the elders to start the Harvest. There where birdbaths around them with liquid that are lit on fire.

"Our magic fades as our ties to our ancestors weaken over time. We beseech them, accept this offering as a sign of our faith."

The girl knelled down in a row in the middle of the crowd of people.

Davina {present day} "Bastiana, one of the elders, called upon the four elements to bind our past and future magic together. Earth, to connect us to our ancestors. Water, to heal the community."

"Wind, to carry us to our ancestors and back. Fire, to purify. After all our preparation, we knew exactly what to expect. For weeks, they told us that the magic in the knife they used to cut our palms would put us to sleep, and that later at the Reaping, we would all be resurrected. They said we'd awaken, and all be together and more powerful than ever."

"And it was just like we rehearsed it. All that was left was a little cut on our palms for the blood sacrifice."

The first girl Abigail, stood up to begin the Harvest, but they're interrupted when Sophie ran into the cemetery.

"No! Stop! Bastianna, stop! You have to stop, Bastianna! Please don't do this!"

A male witch wrapped his arms around Sophie to restrain her, and covered her mouth with his hand so she can't intervene or scream anymore.

"Even after Sophie tried to stop it, we didn't suspect anything."

"To be born, you must sacrifice. Do you have faith?" as the girl nodded in response and held out her hand for the blood sacrifice. Instead, Bastianna slits the Abigail's throat, and the young witch falls to the ground.

The other three girls started to scream in terror, but where also restrained by fellow witches so that they can't run away. Davina's mother stares straight ahead as her daughter screams, ignoring how terrified she is.

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Elijah was looking at Davina in shock, clearly appalled with how she was treated.

"Everyone involved in the ritual knew that this would happen." as Davina said "Except the four of us. They weren't putting us to sleep, they were slaughtering us!"

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The Harvest Ritual Rehearsal, Eight Months Ago First Attempt...

The next witch, Cassie, is pushed forward, and Bastianna slashes her throat with the knife as well, despite her protests.

Davina terrified shouted "No ! No !" as Bastianna said "Monique Deveraux."

A man forced Monique foward to be scarified next.

Davina {present day} "I begged for someone to help. My own mother turned away from me. Sophie screamed and screamed for her sister, anyone, to do something."

"What is wrong with you!?" Sophie said worried as Jane-Anne shared worried look but did nothing.

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"But no one did." Davina told Elijah as Elijah asked "And yet, you survived. Therefore, someone or something intervened." as Davina nodded eyes filled with tears "Yes. Someone finally did."

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The Harvest Ritual Rehearsal, Eight Months Ago First Attempt...

Sophie desperate and terrified said "Monique, run away! Run away!"

A shrill whistle could be heard, and a group of vampires, led by Marcel, infiltrates the cemetery. They immediately start killing the witches.

The vampires where still attacking the elders. A vampire bites Bastianna and feeds on her until she died, and when her body falls to the ground, so does the athame in her hand.

Another vampire bites and killed Davina's mom. Agnes picksed up the knife from the ground, grabbed Monique, and slits her throat with it. Davina screamed, hysterically trying to break free.

"No, Monique! Nooo! Let go of me! Stop it! Stop it! Let go of me! Stop it!"

Davina fights against the witch holding her. Marcel watches her fight against him as she headbutts the guy in the face and breaks out of his grip. Marcel quickly rushes over to the man and snaps his neck before he grabbed Davina protectively.

Marcel whispered and said "I got you."

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Marcel was still holding Davina, while Sophie kneels on the ground, holding Monique's body in her lap.

Sophie looked up at Marcel and Davina, and Davina held her hand out toward Monique.

A light inside Monique leaked out of her body, and into Davina's outstretched hand, and Sophie and Marcel stare at her in amazement.

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"Every girl who died released her power on to the next. When I was the last one, I suddenly had all of it, all the power that was supposed to be released back into the earth to appease our ancestors."

"So... the Harvest was actually working?" as Davina said "Something was working. And I knew that I was supposed to be killed so the Harvest could be completed and we would all be resurrected."

"But, they lied to us about how they were killing us. How do I know they weren't lying to us about coming back?" as she paused for a second before adding "But mostly, I just didn't want to die. So, I let him save me. Marcel saved my life."

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The Harvest Ritual Rehearsal, Eight Months Ago First Attempt..

Marcel sees the surprised looked on Sophie's face, and vamp-speed himself and Davina away before she can get hurt.

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Elijah was disgusted at how Davina was treated and gave her a sympathetic look.

"You were quite the knight in shining armor. Though Davina must realize you owe her as much as she owes you. You never could have banned the witches from using magic without her."

"She's not exactly besties with them. I'm protecting her. A lot of them would like to get their hands on her and kill her to finish the Harvest. If they don't, the other girls stay dead, and they lose their power." Marcel told her as Klaus said "And if they do, you lose yours."

"And Davina loses her life."

Rebekah then showed up along with Ava. Klaus wasn't happy at the site of Ava in the midst of a battle filed.

"Isn't this like old times? Just how drunk are you two?" Rebekah asked them as Ava said "Very."

Klaus feigned drunkenness and slurring his words said "Skating on the razor's edge. I'm gonna use the loo. Back in a tick." as he grabbed Ava by her arm dragging her outside as Ava gave him a look.

Klaus left with Ava and Rebekah stood next to Marcel at the bar.

"I haven't seen him this lushy since the '20s."

"So, you came to take him home?"

"Why else would I be here?"

"I don't know. Maybe to make sure I didn't get too drunk and spill secrets better left unspilled about you and me. I know better." Marcel said as Rebekah said " I hope so, because you don't wanna end up on the wrong side of me."

"Oh, Rebekah Mikaelson. You do not wanna be on the wrong side of me." Marcel said as the two looked at each other intently.

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Klaus walked outside and saw the vampire who's name was Tomas, who has just returned from the Bayou.

"Klaus-" Ava said to him as Klaus said "Tomas, I presume? Marcel asked me to find out what you know about the dead witches."

"I heard they were going after some pregnant werewolf and some kid. They where stupid, being out there all alone."

Ava grew a look titling her head "Oh." as Klaus and her chuckled fakely "Yeah, they was, wasn't them, yes? It's amazing how gullible some people can be."

Klaus smiled before snapping the vampire neck as Ava unplugged her ear not wanting to hear the cracking bones. "He did not just call me stupid did he ?" as Klaus told her "It doesn't matter anymore he's dead." as Ava flipped her hair before pouting arms folded.

"You look nice by the way." as Ava said hand over chest happy again "Awe thank you." with a tiny smile.

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In Davina's room in the attic, Elijah proudly held up Tim's fully-repaired violin and handed it to Davina.

"You may return this now to its rightful owner. It's restored." as Davina took the instrument and looked at it sadly.

"I don't even know if I'll see him again." as her emotions started to overwhelm her and the room started to shake as if there was a earthquake.

Elijah and Davina looked around the room worried as the window shuttered burst open and the shaking stopped.

Elijah then said "Davina, this power that you contain, drawn from your fallen friend, it's too much for you. You need control, which requires study and practice. Now, my mother was a very powerful witch. She left behind her grimoires, a legacy of books filled with spells."

"These books contain all of the tools that you might need to control your magic. If you free me from here, I can share them with you. However, if you leave now with Marcel, we'll never see each other again, and I cannot find you, and I can't help you."

"The witches manipulated me. You know how that ended." Davina said as Elijah said "This is not manipulation. This is one thing in exchange for another.  I'm offering you a deal."

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Klaus and Ava returned to the bar again. Rebekah joins them where they were sitting after she exited the bathroom, but Marcel is nowhere to be seen.

"That was fast work, Rebekah. Where's Marcel? In there, touching up his lipstick?" as Ava slapped her forehead and rolled her eyes.

"Credit me with some taste, it's filthy in there. Where'd he go?" as Klaus confused said "He didn't tell you he was leaving?" as Rebekah worried said "No. Do you think he realized we were stalling him?"

"No. Unless... he was stalling us." Klaus said brainstorming.

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Marcel busted into Davina's room. Elijah was hiding in his coffin quielty.

"Okay, now's our shot. You ready to blow this joint?" as Davina smiled said "Can't wait."

Marcel grabbed Davina's suitcase and the two get ready to leave the room.

"We'll leave Elijah behind as a parting gift. Might buy me a little forgiveness for pulling one over on his siblings. Let's go."

The two leave the attic, though Davina gives her room a final parting glance before she goes.

When the two of them are out of earshot, Elijah pulled himself out of his coffin.

Downstairs, Marcel walks ahead of Davina. She stops suddenly in the middle of the church's main room, and he turned to look at her.

"What's wrong? What's happening?" Marcel asked her as the crunch started to shake and Davina's body tensed up and her body started to spam.

"I don't know. Something's wrong." Davina said afraid. Marcel ran over to help Davina.

"Marcel. There's something dangerous out there. Take me back!" as Davina passed out and Marcel catch her in her arms before he hit the ground. " D*mn it."

He picked her up and carries her back to her room. Upstairs, Elijah waits in the doorway and smiles.

He has hidden by the time Marcel brings her back up to her room and puts her into her bed.

He tucks her in under her blankets, and after looking at her for a moment, he left.

Once he was gone, Davina opened her eyes and lifts her head.

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Eight Months Ago, St. Anne's Crunch...

Marcel and Davina entered the attic room for the first time immediately after the failed attempt at the Harvest ritual.

"No one's gonna look for you here. It's only for a little while, 'til I get you out of town and some place safe. For now I can get you whatever you want. What do you like to do?" Marcel asked.

Davina whispered nervously "Draw."

"An artist, huh? That's cool. Okay, I can buy out Vincent's for you tomorrow. Maybe get you some curtains, or,"

Davina interrupted him and said "Marcel? You know what I really want? I wanna make them pay." as Marcel said nothing but nodded in agreement.

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Davina sat up in bed after Marcel left the room. "Elijah ?" she called out.

Elijah coming out of hiding said "I'm pleased you stayed."

"You'll keep your promise about your mother's spell book?"

"I will. You know, difficulties aside, I value my family above everything. I am sorry that yours failed you."

"Your brother Klaus handed you to Marcel in a box, yet you still don't give up on him?" as Elijah smiled and said "Well, I've given up on giving up. It's an affliction. I will fight for my family until my last breath."

"And I'll fight the witches until mine." Davina said with a smile.

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Marcel was on his way out of the church when Father Kieran stopped him.

"Now what? You just gonna leave her up there for anybody to find?" as Marcel frustrated said " I'm not in the mood, Kieran."

"You were supposed to get her out of New Orleans after the Harvest. We failed those other three girls, we didn't fail her! That is why I came to you for help. That was the plan."

Marcel sighed and said "Plans change."

"Especially after you found out how powerful she was." as Marcel said " Let's get something straight, for eight months since you left, I've been running this town just fine. I don't need you coming back and gettin' in my business. I will do what I want, where I want. Got it?"

"You wanna be the boss? You wanna call the shots? Fine. But I call the shots with the humans. And you don't wanna make an enemy of me. So, I would suggest one thing, stay away from my niece."

Marcel scoffed and said "Fine. Who the h*ll's your niece?"

Marcel turned to leave without waiting for an answer, but Kieran shouted after him. "Cami."

Marcel stopped in his tracks and considers this news for a moment, before huffing in frustration and leaving.

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It was night time now. Hayley, Sophie where returning to Sophie's truck.

"Those people, all this, because of a vision about my baby and Ava, you don't think is true?"

"Look, I love Sabine, but she's the witch equivalent of a drama queen. I've learned to take little stock in whatever she says or sees. Just kinda wish she'd kept her mouth shut."

"The Harvest ritual, you said you didn't believe in it. Were you right?"

"No. I saw it with my own eyes. It was working. It was real." Sophie said as Hayley said " So, how can you be so sure Sabine's vision isn't?"

Sophie didn't have a answer for the question.

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Marcel walked into the courtyard where Klaus and Ava is waiting for him up on the top of a cement barrier. Ava didn't know why but she had a habit of following him around, really because he wouldn't let her go anywhere else.

"Taking me on a field trip to distract me? Pathetic. And obvious. I taught you better than that." as Ava said "He didn't mean that, I don't think."

"You taught me to protect what's mine. You will not take Davina from me, end of story."

"An immutable law of nature, Marcel, is the strong always take from the weak."

Ava grew a confused look as she turned to Klaus. "Wait, Wait back track. Davina, you mean that girl I saw in the bar, you want to take her ?"

"Now's not the time tiniest wolf, me and your brother has matter's to talk about."

"Oh, if you were so strong, you wouldn't have run away from New Orleans like a little b*tch all those years ago." as Ava muttered "Oh god."

Klaus jumped down from where he was standing and punched Marcel in the face.

"You've been playing king with a bunch of children for too long. Don't mistake me for one of your nightwalker lackeys, Marcel. I can take Davina anytime I like."

"Klaus !" Ava yelled to him. Marcel lunged for Klaus, but was then knocked back down by Elijah, who has appeared out of nowhere.

"Uncle Elijah ?" Ava said shocked as Elijah said "Hello Ava, I'm happy to know your alright, do it looks like matters are a bit complicated." as he turned back to Marcel and Klaus.

"Do forgive me, Marcel. If anyone is to teach my brother a lesson... it's me."

Klaus stared in shock at his brother, and doesn't seem too pleased to see him.

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Rebekah poured several drinks as she talked to Hayley. "I don't care if we have to get you and Ava a leash, that was both of you two's last trip to the Bayou. What is it with you and those wolves, anyway? "

"I feel like we're connected somehow. I don't know. Maybe it's just some pipe dream that I have of finding any real family out there. But sometimes, when I feel like it's me against the world, it keeps me going."

Rebekah gives Hayley a sympathetic look and hands her a drink.

Hayley side-eyes her, and Rebekah suddenly remembered that Hayley is pregnant and can't drink, so she drinks Hayley's glass of bourbon in one gulp before pouring her own.

"Oh, right. Well, if you ask me, family is a pain in the behind." as Hayley rolled her eyes.

"And as for being in it alone, how dare you? I don't ruin a perfectly fabulous pair of boots traipsing through the Bayou for just anyone." as Hayley smiled and Rebekah downed another drink.

There conversation is interrupted by Klaus walking through the front door with Ava.

"Nik, Ava finally! What" Rebekah said relived which is when Elijah walked down the door after his brother and niece.

Rebekah ran to Elijah and hugged him tight. Elijah saw Hayley over Rebekah's shoulder, and they smile at each other, though Hayley left the room right afterward.

"Elijah! You're safe! Now that you're home, is your first plan to kill Niklaus?" as Elijah smiled and said "Excuse me just a moment.'

He walked through the living room toward the back yard. Rebekah confused asked "Where's he going ?"

Elijah walked out the back door, where he found Hayley standing on the patio. Hayley smiled awkwardly and said "You're back." as Elijah grined and said "I'm back."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then Hayley slapped him in the face.

"Don't make promises you can't keep." as she turned to leave. "Welcome home." she said.

Elijah touched his face where she slapped him, and smiled to himself as Hayley headed inside.

Later, the Mikaelson siblings Ava and Hayley sit in the study, where Elijah stands behind the desk and explains everything that he has learned from Davina that day.

"Everything that brought us here to New Orleans was a lie. This story that Sophie Deveraux fabricated, this struggle for control of the French Quarter, this war between vampires and witches, wasn't over territory at all, this was over Davina." Elijah told them.

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Flash Back, Rousseau's Eight Months Ago...

In the back room of Rousseau's, Jane-Anne and Sophie are both sobbing and arguing shortly after the failed attempt at the Harvest ritual

"I swear, I had no idea that the Harvest could possibly be real!" Sophie said hysterical.

"But the one thing that you were sure of is that I was wrong, and that I would risk Monique's life on a maybe. And now my daughter is dead." Jane- Anne sobbed.

"Please tell me how to fix this." Sophie asked as Jane- Anne said "Now that Marcel has Davina, how we are even supposed to find her? If we don't finish the Harvest, Monique and those two other girls are dead for real."

Sophie stepped toward her sister and grabbed her hands in determination.

"Look at me. You and I are gonna find a way to get Monique back. It'll be our little secret. We'll do it together. I'll seal off the cemetery from the vampires, find Davina, stop Marcel and finish the ritual once and for all. Even if I have to slit Davina's throat myself. "

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Elijah said "Eight months ago, Sophie Deveraux and her sister Jane-Anne lost everything. Now, four months after that, a young pregnant girl wanders into their restaurant and a girl who holds the power to possibly end all magic as we know. Suddenly, all hope is renewed. Jane-Anne actually sacrificed her life so that her sister can use you to find Davina."

"If Sophie Deveraux is successful in capturing Davina, she can return Jane-Anne's daughter back to life. We thought we'd come here to wage a war for power. This is about family. In order to return her niece to life, Sophie Deveraux will fight to the death. That makes her more dangerous than anyone."

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Sophie knelled in front of Jane-Anne's grave at Lafayette Cemetery in the pouring rain, where she cried silently and stared at her family's gravestone.

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