One year had passed. And the French Quarter is calm as usual. Non-ordinary persons are out and about, enjoying themselves with food, freshly baked pastries, drinks, and entertainment in Bourbon Street and the Jackson Square.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

A 10 year old Nikole scurries into her parents, Mathias's and Freya's bedroom, with her teddy bear.

"Daddy." Nikole said to her Dad, gently crawling up onto the bed. "Wake up, wake up."

Mathias tiredly wakes up and looks at his daughter. "Hi, Nik." He greeted with a smile.

"Hi, Daddy. Mommy has breakfast in the downstairs courtyard." Nikole said.

"Alright, I'm coming." Mathias said, slowly sits up straight with the bedcover covering the lower half of his body.

"Yippee." Nikole said, and walks away.

Now, downstairs in the courtyard, Freya, Luna and a 13 year old, Trinity, are sitting at the table with their plates of breakfast food.

"Happy birthday, Squirt." Luna said to her little sister, Trinity, playfully putting her finger in her ear.

Trinity becomes annoyed, and takes Luna's index finger from her right ear. "Quit it, Luna."

"I thought you would've gotten used to my playfully teasing, Trin." Luna said.

"I have." Trinity said. "Is Mom coming?" She asked.

"Of course, she is." Klaus said, slowly walked up to Trinity, and plants a kiss on her forehead. "Happy Birthday, sweetheart."

"Thanks, Dad." Trinity said, glancing up at him and eats her scrambled eggs.

"So, what do you want to do, birthday girl?" Mathias asked.

"My Mom said that she was gonna train me when I turned 13." Trinity said with a small smile. "And so, I'm 13, and Mom hasn't shown up yet. I'm worried about her."

"She's gonna show up, Trinity." Freya said. "Christy wouldn't miss your 13th birthday. And speaking of birthday, I'm going into the French Quarter. I'll be right back."

"Alright." Mathias said.

Mathias and Freya shared a kiss and Freya walks away.

Marcel, Josh and Gia shows up with gift bags.

"Happy birthday, Trinity." Marcel said.

"Hi, Uncle Marcel, Josh, Auntie Gia." Trinity said.

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Out and about in the French Quarter, Freya walks out of the gift shop with a birthday gift bag in hand.

Freya then, notices a Raven bird atop of a street pole. The Raven bird looks at her and it's eyes glow purple.

Becoming worried, Freya walks away, walking back to the Mikaelson Compound.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

In the ballroom, Klaus, Elijah, Freya are talking about the Raven bird that she saw.

"I saw a Raven bird. And according to Christy, she said that the Raven is connected to an vampiric Elder God named Zenith." Freya told her brothers, sitting on the sofa.

"Indeed, you're correct." Elijah said. "So, that must assume that Zenith is in the French Quarter and is using his Ravens to spy."

"The Raven's eyes glow purple." Freya said. "So, is Zenith good or not good?"

"Christy told me that Zenith can be either good or not good depending on his mood." Klaus said.

"Zenith's Raven didn't hurt me, so, I guess that he's in a good mood." Freya said.

Suddenly, the same Raven that Freya saw squawks on the desk with a note in its beak.

Klaus, Elijah and Freya exchange confused looks at each other.

Freya gets up and slowly walks up to the Raven, and gently takes the small note from the Raven's beak.

"What is it?" Elijah asked.

"It's a note from Zenith." Freya said, glancing at both Klaus and Elijah. "He wants to meet at the St. James Infirmary. Alone."

"It's clearly a trap." Klaus said. "You shouldn't go alone, Freya."

"Seems like I have to." Freya said.

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ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Later on that day, Freya slowly walks inside the empty jazz bar. She hears a piano playing and sees Zenith, wearing a dark suit, playing a melody on the piano.

"You must be Freya Mikaelson." Zenith said, not turning around to look at her. "My name's Zenith."

"I know who you are." Freya replied, and folds her arms.

"Of course you do." Zenith said, and stops playing the piano and slowly turns around to look at Freya. "Christiana informed me to her family."

"You asked for me to meet you here. Why?" Freya asked.

"I know you saw my little bird friend, Raven. Hope it didn't startle you." Zenith said.

"No, it didn't." Freya said. "What do you want, Zenith? You didn't request to meet me here at the St. James Infirmary for small talk. Or do you want Christy?"

"I haven't been able to contact her since she lost her sorceress magic." Zenith said. "But if you see her or contact from her, can you let me know, I would like to speak with her?"

"Sure." Freya said.

Zenith disappeared into purple smoke. And Freya becomes worried.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

That evening, in the courtyard, Trinity's birthday had started and family and best friends had came.

"Where's Mom? She hasn't shown up yet?" Trinity asked her Dad, worriedly.

"She's gonna be here, Trinity." Klaus said.

"What if something happens to her at Mount Orasani?" Trinity asked.

"You're more important, Trinity." Gia said to her.

Suddenly, golden dust swirls up in the courtyard. Max and Christy are there.

{Christy's Outfit}

"Hey, guys." Christy greeted with a smile.

"Mom." Trinity said, getting up and running up to her, and hugs her.

Christy hugs her back. "I'm okay, Trinity. I'm fine."

"We were so worried that you weren't gonna make it." Klaus said.

"I would never miss our second daughter's birthday." Christy said.

"Besides, Christy and I have gifts." Max said.

                            shortly after...

Trinity has opened her birthday gifts from everyone. And now, she's opened her mother's, Christy's, birthday gift.

It's two gold flower crown.

"Oh gosh, Mom. I love it." Trinity said, admiring her gold flower crown. "But why two?"

"One for you, and one for Luna." Christy replied with a smile.

"Thanks, Mom." Luna and Trinity said in unison with smiles, and they both puts on their gold flower crowns.

Klaus and Christy exchange smiles at each other.

"Christy?" Freya said.

"Freya?" Christy said.

"Can we talk?" Freya asked.

"Sure." Christy said.

Freya gets up from the sofa and walks away, with Christy getting up and walking after Freya over to the staircase.

"What's going on?" Christy asked, folding her arms.

"I talked to Zenith earlier today at the St. James Infirmary." Freya said.

"What did he want?" Christy asked.

"He just said that he wanted to talk, but he was also wanted to contact you whenever I saw you." Freya said. "And also, he has his Raven spies."

"Thanks for letting me know, I'll talk to him." Christy said.

Freya nodded. "Okay." and slowly walks back over to Mathias and Nikole.

Klaus and Christy exchange looks at each other.

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In the study that night, Christy pours herself a small glass of bourbon. And Klaus slowly walks inside.

"Luna and Trinity are both asleep." Klaus said, slowly walked up beside her.

"Okay, and sorry that I didn't show up right away." Christy said.

"It's fine." Klaus said. "And just out of curiosity, what were you up to?"

"I visited the library at Mount Orasani." Christy said, setting down her green crotchet tote bag on the desk, and pulls out a book. "This book has information on things. Things like Mount Orasani, the Elder Gods and Goddess; Marcalos, Lorena, Thalia, Zenith, and any other magical artifacts."

"Sounds interesting." Klaus said.

"Yeah. I just thought you guys may need it sometimes." Christy said.

"Thanks, Love." Klaus said. "Do you have your magic?"

"Not really no." Christy replied. "My Mom has been asking me to restore my magic, but I wanna see how I do without my it, you know. I wanna use my hand-in-combat and sword skills. And besides, I'm gonna train Trinity in the morning."

"You're a strong woman, Christy." Klaus said with a small smile. "I've underestimated you."

"Yeah, sometimes you have." Christy said.

Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other and they kiss, passionately. She gently cups his face with her hands and he gently wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her close to him, embracing their kiss.

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In Klaus's and Christy's bedroom, Christy is laying in bed, asleep, shirtless, wearing her undies, underneath the bedcover.

Klaus has redressed himself in his clothes; a long sleeve shirt, pants and boots.

He plants a kiss on her cheek and gets up, slowly walking away.

Klaus slowly walks up to the small balcony and gently leans sideways on the balcony wall, gently rolls up his sleeves.

Suddenly, a Raven is on the small balcony railing and it squawks at him.

Klaus is unfazed by the Raven, but the Raven flies by him, biting him on his inner foreman. And the Raven flies back out of the small balcony, flapping its purple wings.

Klaus looks at his inner foreman, which has a puncture bite wound and he recalls what Christy said to him.

Christy (VO) If Zenith or one of his Ravens bites you, you will have a thirst for blood that you can barely suppress.

And Klaus's eyes glows golden with small veins underneath his eyes.

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