THE NEXT MORNING, the sunlight slowly creeps into the bedroom of the engaged couple, Klaus Mikaelson and his fiancée, Christy Nelson, who are both shirtless, wearing his boxer briefs and her undies, laying in their bed, affectionate, intimacy in the bathtub shower yesterday evening.

Christy's phone buzzes on the nightstand. She tiredly wakes up with the bedcover covering her torso and lower half of her body. She picks up her phone and answers it.

"Hello?" Christy says on her phone.

"Is this Miss. Christy Nelson?" A woman asks on the phone.

"It is." Christy says.

"Miss. Josephine LaRue would like to speak to you." A woman says.

"Okay, I'm on my way." Christy says, and hangs up her phone, and sits on the bedside and puts on Klaus's long sleeve shirt.

"My shirt looks good on you." Klaus says. "And I assume by the phone call that you had, Josephine LaRue wants to speaks to you about something, my guess is the Regent."

"Eavesdropper." Christy says. "You know, you can talk to me about anything. You don't have to keep it all bundled up."

"I know." Klaus says, and redresses himself. "You once asked me what was it like being a vampire. You're not considering it, aren't you?"

"I was just asking, that's all, Klaus." Christy says. "I'll see you around."

"You too." Klaus says.

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JOSEPHINE LARUE'S HOME

{Christy's Outfit}

Christy slowly walks inside the main room and sees Josephine LaRue sitting in her armchair.

"Miss. Josephine LaRue, you wanted me to speak to me about something. And I assume that it's about the Regent." Christy says.

"Of course my dear. Ever since I've heard of you and your sorceress magic, I wanted to meet you." Josephine LaRue says.

"You're the eldest Regent." Christy says, and sits down in a chair. "And you want me to become Regent of the Nine Covens."

Josephine LaRue nods at Christy. "Surely, you have been considering it, my dear."

"I'll do it, Miss. LaRue." Christy says with a small smile.

"Thank you, my dear, Christy." Josephine LaRue says with a small smile.

Christy smiles a little herself.

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3rd POV, ALGIERS

In Marcel's loft, Elijah and Gia are sparring with each other.

Gia tries to punch Elijah, and he catches her fist with his hand.

"As a devout feminist, I refuse to say you hit like a girl." says Elijah.

Gia slowly walks away from Elijah and turns around to look at him. "Tell me again why I don't get to be outside with everybody else. You know, with the nice teacher?"

"Marcel believes that I can instruct you. And therefore, you are my responsibility." Elijah says.

"Say the feminist." Gia says.

"Fighting is rhythm. There is a music, there is a meter, there is a pattern. Let that rhythm beat within you." says Elijah.

Elijah and Gia exchange smiles at each other.

"Let's try again." Elijah says.

Elijah and Gia gets into a fight stance.

She tries to punch him again, he dodges it.

"Legato." Elijah says. They get into another fight stance. Gia sighs to herself, and punches Elijah again, he dodges it. "Ostinato. Crescendo."

Gia sighs to herself and gently runs her hand in her hair, trying not to get frustrated.

"Do not frustrate yourself." Elijah says. "And then, once you've established your cadence--"

Gia vamp-speeds Elijah and gently pins him against a wall with a small smile.
"--You change the key."

Elijah smiles a little, impressed. "Very nice."

"Now . . . ." Elijah says, gently takes her hand and puts it on his chest. "The head or the heart? None of this matters if you cannot make the kill."

Gia becomes worried and gently takes her hand off of his chest. "What if I can't do it?"

"You will." Elijah says. And gently takes her hand and puts it back on his chest. "The head or the heart?"

Gia looks at Elijah, reluctantly, and plunges her hand into his chest, gently gripping his heart.

Elijah and Gia exchange soften looks at each other, affectionately.

"Elijah?" Hayley says, having walked inside Marcel's loft.

Gia gently pulls her hand out of Elijah's chest. Elijah and Gia both looks at Hayley, who's become slightly jealous of their budding relationship, but she brushes it off.

"What is it, Hayley?" Elijah asks her.

"We need to talk." Hayley says, and gently walks downstairs and into the loft.

Aiden slowly walks inside the loft as well.

Elijah, Gia, Hayley, and Aiden exchange looks at each other.

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              Out and about in the French Quarter . . . .

Christy is on the phone with her best friend, Sophie Devereaux.

"So, you're gonna become Regent. Are you sure that you want to do this, Christy?" Sophie asks.

"Yeah. Josephine LaRue asked me, at first, I didn't want to do it, but I'm doing this for Miss. LaRue." Christy says. "Anyhoo, I'm meeting Freya at Rousseau's, I'll see you around, love you, Soph."

"Love you too, Christy." Sophie says.

Christy hangs up her phone and puts it back in her jeans pocket.

"Two besties that loves each other so dearly." Klaus says.

Christy looks at him and smiles softly. "Klaus."

"So, you've considered becoming Regent." Klaus says, and slowly walks up to her. "Just don't let go to your head."

"Klaus, I'm doing this for Josephine LaRue." Christy says.

"How sentimental of you." Klaus says with a small smile. "But are you sure that you want to become Regent? You don't have to if you want to?"

"It's temporary, unless Davina, Vincent, Sophie, or Freya?" Christy says.

"My older sister, Freya, Regent?" Klaus says with a sly grin.

"Klaus?" Christy says.

Klaus looks at Christy with a soften look. "I know my family has enemies in the French Quarter, especially, me, and before, you and I become husband and wife, there are some skeletons in my closet that I need to tell you about."

"Okay." Christy says.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

In the study, Klaus is behind the desk. He opens a drawer and pulls out a fabric pouch bag, and pulls out a White Oak Dagger.

"What is that?" Christy asks Klaus, confused.

"Something that I've used on my siblings many times over." Klaus says, and slowly walks over to Christy. "I was a vicious man capable of doing monstrous things. And so, I would dagger Elijah, Rebekah, Kol and Finn, because I wanted to. But Elijah never gave up on me. He spent his entire life trying to redeem me. To save me from myself. But you've changed me, Christiana, and I want to be the man that you love."

Christy gently takes the dagger from Klaus's hand and sets it down on the desk.

"Klaus, you have a darkness. And so do I." Christy says, and gently cups his face with her hands. "And like I said to you, no one is unicorns and rainbows."

Klaus and Christy exchange smiles at each other.

"I love you, Klaus." Christy says.

"I love you too. Always and Forever." Klaus says.

Klaus and Christy gently leans their foreheads on each other's.

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ROUSSEAU'S

That evening, Freya and Christy are sitting at the bar counter with their drinks of wine.

"Rebekah has been doing some wedding preparations. So, everything's good." says Freya.

"Thanks, Freya. And I assure you that I can handle Mikaelson family drama." Christy says.

Freya smiles a little. "I'm pretty sure that you can. You know, when I first met Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah, I was estranged from them. Our mother, Esther, had me taken away with our aunt Dahlia when I was a child. She used me for magic."

"I'm sorry." Christy says, sorrowfully. "Your aunt Dahlia was a bitch."

Freya snicker. "Indeed she was. And with you marrying my brother, Niklaus, you're my family now, Christy."

Freya and Christy smiles at each other. And drinks their wine.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

In Klaus's and Christy's bedroom, Christy slowly walks inside and sits down on the bed. She fiddles with her necklace as she reminisces about her mother, Nadia.

Then —— Primordial A.D

Young Christy Nelson 12 years old.

A twelve year old Christy is wearing her mother's necklace, fiddling with it in her hands while outside of her parent's hut.

Ames is building a tomb with his carpentering tools. He and Christy exchange smiles at each other as he proceeds to build.

"Christy?" Nadia says from her bedroom window.

"Coming Mommy." Christy says, and walks inside the hut.

Christy slowly walks inside her parent's bedroom and sees Nadia gently brushing her hair with her hairbrush.

Nadia turns around in her stool and notices her necklace that's around Christy's neck. "You really like my necklace, don't you, sweetheart?"

"It's really pretty." Christy says with a smile.

Nadia gently sets down her hairbrush on the table and gets up and slowly walks up to Christy and crouches down to her. "You know, someday, my necklace will become yours. And you will become a great sorceress." says Nadia.

"I wanna be like you, Mommy." Christy says.

Nadia gently brushes Christy's hair with her hand. "I know, sweetheart. You, Christiana, and the most important person in my and your father's heart."

Nadia kisses Christy's forehead. And they gently hugs each other.

"I love you, Christiana." Nadia says.

"I love you too, Mommy." Christy says.

Now

Coming out of the reminisce about her mother, Christy sighs to herself and glances at Klaus, who has just walked inside their bedroom.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Klaus asks, and slowly walks up to her and sits down beside Christy.

"I miss my mother." Christy says, and looks at Klaus. "I know she's with my Dad in the Ghola de Chasse, but I still miss my parents. And the thing is, they won't be at our wedding."

"Your parents will be there at our wedding." Klaus says with a small smile.

Christy smiles a little, knowing Klaus meant by her parents as ghola spirits. Klaus gently wraps his arm around her shoulder and she leans her head on his shoulder.

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