JACKSON SQUARE

The next day, Vincent sits on a bench. Christy slowly walks up to her best friend and sits down next to him.

{Christy Outfit}

"Hey, Vince." Christy greeted him with a small smile.

"Hi back at you." Vincent greeted her back with a small smile. "How've you been lately?"

"I've been good." Christy replied. "So, how are you and Ivy? Things are good between the two of you?"

"Things are good between myself and Ivy, nothing romantic if that is what you're hinting at." Vincent said.

Vincent and Christy exchange chuckles with each other.

"Christy? I'm gonna miss you when you leave New Orleans." Vincent said.

"I'm gonna miss you too, Vince." Christy said. "But don't worry, we still have some time before I leave New Orleans."

Vincent and Christy exchange chuckles with each other. Christy's phone buzzes in her jacket pocket. She takes her phone out and looks at it.

Klaus

Christy answers her phone. "Hey, Honey."

"Hello, Love. I just thought you should know that my art exhibition is being held." Klaus tells her on the phone.

"I'm coming." Christy said, and hangs up her phone, and glances at Vincent. "Vincent? I have to go. I'll see you later."

"Alright." Vincent said.

Christy puts her phone back inside her jacket pocket and gets up and walks away, golden dust teleports.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- MUSEUM OF ART

Later that day, a crowd of visitors are admiring the canvas paintings on display, along with art critics.

Christy slowly walks into the art exhibition. She spots her husband, Klaus, speaking to the visitors, showing them his art.

Most visitors have Klaus's art book entitled, "FRUITS OF MY LABOR."

As Klaus speaks to the visitors, he spots Christy standing next to the pillar. She gently nods at him with a small smile and he gently nods back at her and continues his art exhibition.

Christy puts her hands in her jacket pocket and slowly walks over, looking at her husband's art work, signature by him. She becomes amazed.

After Klaus's art gallery, he slowly walks up next to Christy, who looks at a canvas painting of a sunset with a beachside.

"You've been staring at that sunset painting for a while now." Klaus said.

"I recognized this sunset beachside. It's on the outskirts of New Orleans next to the Temple of the Elder Gods and Goddess." Christy said and looks at Klaus. "You painted it?"

And Klaus looks at Christy. "I did. The sunset beachside is a peaceful place. It's calming."

Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

"We're still on for our date, right?" Klaus asked.

Christy chuckles and Klaus does too.

"Yeah, we're still on for our date." Christy said. "I'm proud of you and your art work. You did it. You're sharing your passion for art."

"Well, I had some convincing." Klaus said.

Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other. Her phone buzzes in her jacket pocket. She takes out her phone and looks at it.

Theseus

Christy answers her phone. "Theseus?"

"Hello, Christiana. You are being requested at the gymnasium for a special event." Theseus said.

"Okay, what event?" Christy asked.

"A demonstration of your fighting style of kickboxing." Theseus said. "I will explain further when we encounter each other."

"Okay, I'll meet you in the atrium." Christy said.

"Alright, then, I'll see you then." Theseus said and hangs up his phone.

"What was that about?" Klaus asked.

"Theseus said I'm being requested to the gymnasium for an event. A demonstration of my fighting style of kickboxing." Christy told him.

"That sounds interesting." Klaus said.

"Yeah, I'll see you later." Christy said.

"Of course, I'll see you at the gymnasium." Klaus said.

"Okay." Christy said.

Klaus and Christy shares a kiss and she walks away. He goes back to his art exhibition.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- ATRIUM

That afternoon, Theseus and Christy are sitting on the bench.

"So, what exactly am I doing with this demonstration?" Christy asked Theseus.

"This evening, you will be demonstrating your swift movements in your fighting style of kickboxing." Theseus said. "Your kickboxing records will be saved in the Guinness book of orasanian records."

"Okay." Christy said.

"Alright, then." Theseus said.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- GYMNASIUM

That evening, a crowd of people sits in the bleachers, watching Christy's kickboxing demonstration.

{Christy Outfit}

In the bleachers, Klaus and Theseus sits next to each other, watching Christy demonstrate.

On the gym floor, Christy is with Lisabeth, a Handmaiden Assistant, who wears a black seamless jumpsuit with kickboxing armor.

Christy and Lisbeth circles each other in their fighting poses.

Christy and Lisabeth engages in a melee fight with Christy ends it with a swift roundhouse kick. Lisabeth falls on the floor.

Everyone applauds.

From the bleachers, Theseus and Klaus becomes astonished.

"Damn." Klaus said with an astonished. "She's fast."

"Yeah, we know." Theseus said.

"That's my girl." Klaus said with a smirk.

Lisabeth gets back up to her feet and gives Christy a thumbs up, letting her know she's okay.

Everyone stops applauding.

Christy and Lisabeth exchange small friendly smiles at each other, getting into their fight poses again.

Lisabeth swings to punch Christy, but she dodges, swiftly punches Lisabeth in her stomach three times and kicks her in her stomach, making Lisabeth falls backwards on the floor.

Everyone applauds, including Klaus and Theseus.

Christy walks up to Lisabeth and helps her up to her feet. The two ladies bows at each other.

Everyone continues applauding. Christy smiles at everyone and bows. She looks up at Klaus and Theseus. They both nod at her with small smiles. She small smiles back at them with a nod.

Everyone stops applauding.

Christy and Lisabeth shares a friendly hug and Lisabeth walks back over to her Handmaiden Assistants best friends.

Iliana walks up to Christy with a free-standing punching bag, putting two inches between them.

Christy readies herself to do her super-kick and she super-kicks the free-standing punching bag, in which the punching bag falls four feet away from Christy onto the floor.

Everyone becomes astonished, already knowing how swift Christy is, but still is astonished and applauds.

Everyone applauds for Christy.

Iliana and Christy bows at each other and shares a one arm hug.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- HALLWAY

Afterwards, in the half-crowded hallway, Christy is with both Lisabeth and Iliana.

"Are you sure you ladies are okay? I didn't hurt you?" I asked.

"We're fine, Christiana." Iliana reassured her with a small smile.

"Yeah, we're okay." Lisabeth reassured her.

"Okay. I'll see you ladies around." Christy said.

"Yes, Milady." Lisabeth said.

Lisabeth and Iliana bows their heads at Christy. Christy bows her head back at them. Lisabeth and Iliana walks away.

Christy continues walking away.

"Christiana?" Theseus said, walking up to her.

Christy stopped walking and looks at Theseus. "Theseus?"

"Your beloved Sire Klaus asked me to give you this." Theseus said, handing her a garment bag.

Christy gently takes the garment bag. "Thanks, Theseus."

"You are welcome." Theseus said and walks away.

Christy looks at the note attached to the garment bag.

Meet me at the restaurant named The Olive. Our date awaits. -Klaus

Christy small smiles and walks away, heading to her room.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- THE OLIVE RESTAURANT

Later that night, Christy slowly walks into the half-empty restaurant.

{Christy Dress Outfit}

Christy slowly walks into the restaurant and looks around for her husband.

"Chris?" Klaus said from the counter, wearing a usual dark tieless suit with a small wave.

Christy walks over to him. They share a hug and they both sits at the counter across from each other.

"You've already ordered a charcuterie board of food and a bottle of red wine." Christy said, looking at the food itself.

"I did." Klaus said. "What do you think?"

"I think I love it." Christy said.

Klaus glances at her blue dress. "You look amazing by the way, Little Enchantress."

Christy chuckles with a smile. "Thanks." And she glances at his dark tieless suit. "You look handsome yourself, Klaus."

Klaus small smiles at her and she small smiles back at him.

Shortly after . . .

Klaus and Christy are eating their food and dessert pastries with forks.

"So, how many of your artwork have you sold?" Christy asked, eating a forkful bite of her food. "Last time, you mentioned your artwork, you sold 20 of your paintings."

"Make that 44." Klaus said with a smile, taking a swig of his red wine.

Christy smiles, proudly, at her husband. "Klaus, oh my gosh, congratulations. I'm so proud of you."

Klaus small smiles. "I owe my artwork success to you. If you hadn't persuaded me to share my artwork, I wouldn't be -- as you say 'Klaus Mikaelson the Artist' and my artwork wouldn't thrive on such success."

"You're welcome, but I can't take the credit. You have true potential for art. You're passionate about it." Christy said.

Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

"I saw you, the way you fight. Kickboxing. You're very good at it. You're fast. Your movements. Your punches, your kicks, you really do have swift movements." Klaus said.

"All it takes is training." Christy said.

"Did you train kickboxing at the Orasanian Elite Academy?" Klaus asked.

"I did." Christy replied. "There's other training, like, sword training, hand-to-hand combat training, um, kickboxing, weapons training, archery training, etc, etc., I was in the top 10."

"Really?" Klaus said, surprised.

"Yeah, at first, the trainees, boys and girls, start at the bottom rank, and then, you work your way up towards the top, and the thing is, the mentors points you and grades you." Christy said.

"Wow, that's a lot of training." Klaus said, taking another swig of his red wine.

"Yeah, I know." Christy said, taking another forkful bite of her food. "But Zaharias knew of my friendship with Zhang."

"So, he thought because of your friendship with your former mentor, Zhang, that you were moving up the ranks?" Klaus asked, taking a forkful bite of his food.

"Yeah, something like that." Christy said. "Zhang would give me some advice, and I kept my distance from her. She knew why I was keeping my distance. She was a little hard on me and reprimanded me a little bit. But Zaharias, he was tough and he was a total pain in my ass. But he is a pretty cool guy."

"Did he back off when you moved up to the top ten?" Klaus asked.

"He did, a little." Christy said. "Zhang and I kept our distance from each other, but she continued to be there for me."

Flashback

At the Orasanian Elite Academy, a 23-year old young adult Christy, is looking at the ranking board with her arms folded. The ranking board shows Christy at the top 10.

Zhang Lee slowly walks up next to Christy and looks at the ranking board and folds her arms. But they don't look at each other, just keep looking at the ranking board.

"Congratulations on top ten, Christiana." Zhang congratulated her.

"Thanks." Christy said.

"Zaharias knows about our friendship." Zhang Lee said.

"I know." Christy said. "I'm so sorry, Z."

"You don't have to apologize. But I won't hold back in training." Zhang Lee said.

"I get it." Christy said. "Zaharias is an asshole."

In which, Zhang Lee chuckles. "Yeah, he is. But he's also your mentor as well."

"I know he is." Christy said.

"I'll see you around." Zhang Lee said, unfolds her arms and walks away.

And Christy walks away.

Flashback Ends

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Present Day

Klaus and Christy have finished their charcuterie board of food and dessert pastries.

"Ready to leave?" Klaus asked.

"Sure." Christy replied. "How are you gonna pay?"

Hello there." A chef man greeted them both. "Did you enjoy your charcuterie board dinner?"

"We did, thank you." Christy said with a small smile.

Klaus takes out a $100 dollar euro from inside his suit jacket and hands it to the chef man.

"You can keep the tip." Klaus said.

"Thank you." The chef man said with a smile and walks away.

Christy looks at Klaus. "That was cordial of you."

"Consider me in a cordial mood." Klaus said.

Christy glances at a pastry and takes it and eats it as she gets up and walks away, making Klaus chuckle, getting up and walks after her.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- QUAD COURTYARD

Klaus and Christy are taking a stroll together in the quad courtyard, gently holding each other's hands. With one hand, she finishes eating her dessert pastry.

"I enjoyed our date." Christy said.

"So did too." Klaus said.

"Klaus?" Christy said.

Klaus and Christy stopped their stroll and exchange soft looks at each other.

"I know you don't do romantic dates, but I've noticed that you've become a better man. You and Elijah have mended old wounds and you two have a good brotherly bond." Christy said.

"Why are you saying this?" Klaus asked.

"Because you have become a better man capable of redemption." Christy told him.

Klaus and Christy shares a passionate kiss.

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