ROUSSEAU'S

{Christy's Outfit}

The next morning, Christy walks inside and looks around for Sophie.

"Sophie?" Christy says. "Sophie?"

"Christy, Hi." Camille says, and slowly walks up to her.

"Hey, Cami. Have you seen Sophie?" Christy asks her best friend, Camille.

"No, I haven't." Camille says. "She's usually in the kitchen, cooking some gumbo."

"Christy?" Davina says, slowly walks up to her.

Christy looks at Davina. "Davina? What is it?"

"It's Sophie." Davina says, glumly.

Camille, Christy and Davina exchange worried looks at each other.

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LAFAYETTE CEMETERY

Christy walks inside and looks at her dead body best friend, Sophie Devereaux, laying on the altar.

Christy becomes overwhelmed with glumness and walks up to the altar. "What the fuck happened?"

"It was Monique Devereaux." Davina says.

"Sophie's niece." Christy says. "Why would she kill her aunt?"

"She lacked faith." Monique says, and slowly walks up beside Davina.

Davina looks at Monique. "Christy and Sophie were best friends, Monique. You and I were best friends."

"Yeah. We were." Monique says to Davina. "But you're just a weakling."

"A weakling? You don't know me, Monique. I'm a powerful witch. But unlike you, I have best friends that I care about, and they care about me as well." Davina says.

Davina and Monique exchange intense looks at each other.

Christy gently puts her thumb on Sophie's forehead and makes her eyes glow blue, and uses her sorceress magic. And closes her eyes.

Yesterday evening, after Monique magically killed her aunt Sophie, Monique Devereaux glances at Lenore/Esther.

Christy slowly opens her eyes and makes her eyes back to normal. "It was Esther."

Davina looks at Christy. "Esther?"

Yeah. Klaus's mommy bitchy dearest." Christy says. "Davina, you're a witch, can you consecrate her?"

"Okay." Davina says.

"I'll see you around." Christy says, and walks away.

        At the Mikaelson Compound . . . .

Christy walks inside Klaus's and hers bedroom, and walks up to her dresser and opens the top shelf and looks through her clothes.

Klaus slowly walks up to the doorway. "Looking for something, Little Sorceress?"

Christy looks at Klaus, who's shows her the small wooden box. "Klaus."

"I heard about your best friend, Sophie Devereaux. And I also know that Monique killed her with her witchy magic." Klaus says. "And I assume that you want to take the small vial of vampire blood to exact your revenge."

"Maybe." says Christy, and closes the top shelf. "Or maybe, I want to make your mother vomit her stomach intestines."

"Now, you sound like me." Klaus says with a sly grin.

"I've been around you long while, and we're married, so, yeah." Christy says, and slowly walks up to Klaus.

"I'm gonna keep the small vial vampire blood for safekeeping. You may use it to upgrade yourself." Klaus says.

"I can just take it from you." Christy says.

"I would very much love to see you try." Klaus says with a grin.

Christy grins at Klaus and walks away from him.

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ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL

Christy slowly walks inside and sees Freya sitting at the table with some unlit candles and a map.

"So, St. Louis Cathedral is your hangout spot." Christy says to Freya.

"Yeah. It is." Freya says, and glances at Christy. "Do you need something?"

"Nope, I'm just checking on you." Christy says to Freya. "What are you working on?"

"It's a complicated spell." says Freya.

"Your mother, Esther, is here in the French Quarter." Christy says.

"I know." Freya says.

"And you don't give a shit." Christy says, gently sitting atop of the table.

"You don't talk about your parents that much, but I get it." Freya says to Christy. "But you're my family, Christy."

Freya and Christy exchange smiles at each other. And Christy pulls out her phone and dials Klaus's phone number.

"Christy." Klaus says on the phone.

"Do you still have that small wooden box that contains the small vial of vampire blood?" Christy asks him.

"I do. What of it?" Klaus asks.

"Maybe, we can give it to your mother, Esther, this evening at a dinner at our family home." Christy says.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

That evening, Klaus and Christy are in the dinning room. And Christy has made some food.

"You know, I've could've compelled the caterers to make some food." Klaus says, and picks up a crescent roll and takes a bite out of it. "This is really good."

"Klaus." Christy says.

"Christiana." Klaus says.

Lenore/Esther slowly walks inside the dinning room. "Niklaus. Christy."

"Hi, Esther." Christy says. "You and I, and Klaus, have things to discuss."

Lenore/Esther, Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

After-awhile . . . .

Lenore/Esther, Klaus and Christy are sitting at the dinning table, eating their plates of food. And drinking their glasses of wine.

"The food is incredibly delicious." says Lenore/Esther.

"Christy made the food." Klaus says. "I adore her cooking skills."

"So, Christy, have you considered my proposal?" Lenore/Esther asks Christy.

"I have. And actually, I kept it the small vial." Christy says.

"It's quite amusing to me that you and Niklaus are married." Lenore/Esther says to Christy, and averts her gaze at Klaus. "Although, you wanted to use your precious Christiana, as a weapon."

"That's bygones, Esther." Klaus says. "So, let's not speak of that anymore."

"I know of Sophie Devereaux." Christy says. "You and Monique have an alliance."

"Yes, I have an alliance with the young witch, Monique Devereaux." Lenore/Esther says.

"You want something, don't you?" Klaus asks his mother.

"Perhaps, you want something as well, don't you, Niklaus?" Lenore/Esther says, and averts her gaze at Christy. "Did my son tell you that he killed me, he choked me to death."

"You probably deserved it, Esther." Christy says. "You turned your back on Klaus. Your son. But instead, he was your mistake. How could you do that to Klaus? You're a monster, just like your asshole of a husband, Mikael."

"Pardon my wife's behavior, she's a bit emotional about her best friend, Sophie." Klaus says.

Christy slings a knife at Lenore/Esther's throat. She groans and falls onto the floor, dead.

Klaus and Christy exchange looks at each other. And Christy averts her gaze at Lenore/Esther.

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LAFAYETTE CEMETERY

That night, Lenore/Esther gasps awake and finds herself in a small brick tomb.

"Hi, Esther." Christy says, gently leans sideways on the brick doorway.

Lenore/Esther looks around at her brick tomb. And suddenly, she has urge for blood.

"You must be getting an urge for blood. That's what happens when you're transition." says Christy.

"You said that you've considered my proposal." Lenore/Esther says.

"Did you really think that I would take any of your mischievous proposals, Esther?" Christy says, and crouches down to her and tosses Lenore/Esther a blood bag. "So, you have a choice: you can either drink the blood bag and complete your transition into a vampire? Or you can just sit here and die? It's up to you."

Lenore/Esther and Christy exchange intense looks at each other. Christy slowly gets up to her feet and slowly walks out of the brick tomb.

"Christiana?" Ghost Nadia says.

Christy looks at her mother's ghost. "Mother? What are you doing here?"

Ghost Nadia looks at Lenore/Esther. "Hi, Esther. I'm Nadia. Lovely to meet you."

"And I assume that you're Niklaus's mother-in-law." Lenore/Esther says.

"I am. And Klaus is my son-in-law. And I know, I will always love him. And I will always look after him. Even my husband, Ames." Ghost Nadia says, and averts her gaze at Christy. "Christy, you need to go home to your husband."

"Yes, ma'am." Christy says.

Christy and Ghost Nadia exchange small smiles at each other and ghost Nadia magically fades away.

Christy walks away.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

In the study, Christy is sitting on the sofa, fiddling with her necklace. Elijah slowly walks inside.

"Niklaus has told me about Sophie Devereaux. I know how much you cared about your best friend." Elijah says.

"Yeah. Sophie and I both cared about each other." Christy says to Elijah. "Your mother, Esther, has vampire blood in her, Elijah. She can either die or complete her transition into a vampire."

"Where is she? Esther?" Elijah asks Christy.

"At the Lafayette Cemetery, in a brick tomb." Christy says.

Elijah gently nods and starts to walk away, but pauses, and looks at Christy, sympathetically. "I am sorry about your best friend, Sophie." And Elijah walks away.

The tears slowly swells up within Christy as she sobs softly to herself.

In the doorway of the study, Klaus is there. He's never seen Christy cry before. Klaus slowly walks inside and sits down beside her and gently wraps an arm around her shoulder. Christy leans her head on his shoulder.

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