MIKAELSON COMPOUND

The next day, Christy gets her backpack and puts her laptop inside of it. She then, notices a canvas painting of her wearing her red gown with her red masquerade mask from last night's charity gala party.

{Christy's Outfit}

Small smiling to herself, Christy walks away, walking out of Klaus's and hers bedroom. She gently walks down the stairs and into the courtyard.

Luna, Trinity and Marion are sitting at the table, playing UNO.

"Hey, you guys." Christy greeted them.

Luna, Trinity and Marion glances up at Christy with a small smiles.

"Hey, Mom." Trinity greeted her back.

"Hi, Auntie Christy." Marion greeted her back.

"Playing UNO?" Christy said.

"Yeah." Luna said. "I know we always visits Camp Orasani, but maybe, we can do fun activities here at home, like, board games, draw and paint, and sleepovers."

"By the way, can Lu and I can sleepover at Uncle Max's and Auntie Gia's penthouse this evening, Mom?" Trinity asked.

"Yeah, sure." Christy replied. "And plus, Luna? Trinity? Do you guys remember what I told about when I got back from my training that I was gonna make it up?"

Luna and Trinity both nodded.

"Well, about dinner and cake this evening? And then, you guys ready yourselves for Marion's sleepover?" Christy asked.

"Sure, Mom." Trinity replied.

"Where did your father go to?" Christy asked.

"With Elijah and Auntie Freya at the St. Louis Cathedral." Trinity told her.

"Okay." Christy said.

And then, Ana walks inside the courtyard. "Hey, you guys."

"Hey, Ana." Christy greeted her best friend with a small smile.

"What are you guys up to?" Ana asked, sitting at the table with Luna, Trinity and Marion.

"A card game." Marion told her.

"Alright then, I'll see you guys later." Christy said and walks away, teleporting away in golden dust.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI / CAFÉ

Later that day, Christy sits at a round table with her laptop and a mug of Meiji coffee. She types on her laptop, while taking swigs of her Meiji coffee.

Christy's wrist comm buzzes in her hoodie jacket pocket.

She takes out her wrist comm and presses the button.

Theseus, the major-domo to the Elder Gods and Goddess, shows up on the wrist comm screen.

"Theseus?" Christy said.

"Hello, Milady Advisor, I need to speak with you in the Grand Hall." Theseus said to her.

"Okay, I'm on my way." Christy said, and hangs up her wrist comm.

She gently closes her laptop and puts it in her backpack. Finishing up her mug of Meiji coffee, Christy pays the café waitress and gets up and walks away.

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THE GRAND HALL

Christy met up with Theseus. Theseus is showing her a hologram of herself as her dark alter ego, Dark Enchantress, on his wrist comm.

"When our enemy, Takeshi's Ninja henchmen and hench-women invaded our home island, they managed to copy a file." Theseus said.

"I can assume that they will use this as leverage." Christy guessed.

"Your assumption is correct." Theseus said and turns off his wrist comm. "Does The Great Neighbors know about this?"

"I do not think so." Theseus replied.

And then, the holographic generator flickers, implying an incoming holographic call.

Theseus walks over to the holographic generator and presses a button.

A hologram of Takeshi appears. "Hello, Christiana. I can assume that you are aware of the leverage that my wife and I have against you."

"I do." Christy said, gently folds her arms. "Do you really think that having leverage over me will do you anything?"

"Not if your dark secret is exposed to the Great Neighbors." Takeshi told her with a serious expression on his face. "You will relinquish your chief advisor status. But if you do not, your dark secret will be exposed to the Great Neighbors of Mount Orasani and your reputation as the Greatest Legendary Orasanian Warrior Heroine will be destroyed. The decision is yours, Christiana."

And then, Takeshi's hologram disappears and the hologram generator shuts off.

Theseus looks at Christy. "Should I inform the Elders of this, Milady Advisor?"

Christy looks at Theseus. "I'll tell them myself."

Theseus bows at Christy and walks away. And she gently leans backwards against the table.

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THRONE ROOM

Christy walks inside the throne room where her parents, Ames and Nadia, are.

"Mom? Dad?" I said.

Ames and Nadia looks at their daughter and notices something's wrong.

"What is it?" Ames asked.

"Takeshi contacted me from the hologram generator. When his Ninja henchmen and hench-women invaded our home island, they managed to take a file of my dark secret and they have it as leverage against me." Christy told her parents.

"Your archive file containing your dark secret is sealed away in the Orasanian archives with a passcode that is known to us Elder Gods and Goddess." said Nadia.

"Mom? Dad? Do the Great Neighbors knows about my dark secret?" Christy asked.

"No, they do not." Ames told her.

Christy sits on a chaise lounge. "I suspected that this would happen."

"What do you mean?" Nadia asked.

"You both know that I didn't want to pass the Oracles test because I knew it would put a bullseye on me." Christy said.

Nadia slowly walks up to her daughter and sits next to her. "Christiana? Your father and I will always protect you. Everyone here at Mount Orasani knows of your dark alter ego, but they do not care because they respect you."

"But Christiana? If you relinquish your chief advisor status, you will lose everything." Ames said to her.

Christy looks at both her parents. "That's a sacrifice I'm willing to risk."

"Christiana?" Ames said.

Christy gets up to her feet and looks at both of her parents, gloomily. "With your permission, I would like to relinquish my position as Chief Advisor."

Ames and Nadia both exchange worried looks at each other and looks at their daughter.

"Permission granted." Ames said.

Christy bows at both of her parents and walks away, glumly.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

That late afternoon, in the courtyard, Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity are sitting at the table, eating their plates of lasagna and with a silver platter of cake.

Klaus sits at the head of the table, as usual, but he senses something off about his wife.

"So, how is everything at Mount Orasani? Klaus asked.

"Everything's good." Christy replied.

But Klaus isn't quite convinced, and doesn't talk about it further.

"Has there been anything on Genevieve and The Strix?" Christy asked.

"Not as of yet." Klaus replied.

"I don't get it, what is Genevieve waiting for? She has nothing to do. No allies to help her, unless she allies herself with The Strix." Christy said to him.

"Maybe, she cloaked herself with her magic." Klaus said to her and looks at Luna and Trinity. "Why are you two so quiet?"

"Nothing much." Luna said.

"The food's good as always, Mom." Trinity complimented.

"Thanks." Christy thanked her youngest daughter.

Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity exchange small smiles at each other and continues eating.

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In the kitchen, after Luna and Trinity left for the sleepover with Marion, Klaus is gently leaning backwards against the kitchen countertop. And Christy is eating a slice of cake.

"It's just me now, Chris, so, what's really going on with you?" Klaus asked.

"I found out that while Takeshi's Ninja henchmen and hench-women intruded Mount Orasani, that they managed to take a copy of my archive file." Christy told him.

"What's on the archive file?" Klaus asked.

"My dark secret, my dark alter ego." Christy told him. "Takeshi is using it as leverage against me. If I don't give up my position as Chief Advisor, he will expose my secret to the Great Neighbors."

Klaus becomes bewildered. "Please, tell me that you're not gonna give up your position to this leverage nonsense?"

"I don't have a choice, Hon." Christy said to him. "It's a risk that I'm willing to take."

"You can't do this, you love being the Chief Advisor. You were appointed and earned that position, it wasn't handed to you." Klaus said.

"I know." Christy said. "But knowing my parents, they won't take this lightly."

"Of course, they won't." Klaus said. "Is there anything I could do to convince Takeshi?"

"Klaus? You can't compel him nor you can't torture him or threaten his wife, this is on me." Christy said.

"I know." Klaus said, and slowly walks up to her. "But there has to be a way for you to keep your position as the Chief Advisor. Knowing my parents-in-law, they're not gonna let you do this."

"I'm gonna sign a demission form tomorrow morning." Christy said.

"Christy? You can't do this." Klaus said. "I'm not gonna let you do this, nor Ames and Nadia."

"I don't have any other choice." Christy said. "As long as Takeshi knows about my dark secret, he's gonna use it against me."

Klaus and Christy exchange worried looks at each other.

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