Elijah, Klaus and Marcel were sitting in the work room when Ron came up. None of them paid much attention. When he didn't come back down Davina went after him. When she entered first she saw was Marcel's nervous face. She tried to ignore it, so she turned to Ron.
"When is that guy coming?" she asked.
"I am sorry, Davina." Elijah began, standing up from behind his desk. "It has come to the change. You will be going there with Niklaus."
"What? Are you people insane? I am not going anywhere. Especially not with him." She went ballistic.
"Look D. we talked a lot and it makes sense. You can do more there. You said you wanted to help. And it will be safer there for you." Marcel tried to explain.
"Marcel, you can't be serious. You want me to go with Klaus? How is anything safe with him?"
"Think about it. You don't have to go if you don't want to. But it is for the best. Just think about it. They are leaving tonight after the party."
"I don't want to go with him. I can help them from here." She stormed out and Ron wanted to go after her but Elijah didn't let him.
"What now? She said she doesn't want to go." Ron turned to Klaus.
"She will. By tonight she will change her mind. Trust me." Marcel said and Klaus confirmed by nodding. "You know she won't let Freya be a Regent while she is gone."
"I know. Freya is here so she can help Elijah. We need to have enough people everywhere." He explained. "Davina will choose Vincent."
"I don't think she'll change her mind. Did you see her? She is furious." Ron stated falling into a big chair next to the window.
"Don't you worry about that Ronald. Davina is not your concern." Elijah explained and then left the room leaving three guys behind. He walked towards the stairs when he caught the glimpse of Katherine. She was inside Klaus's room staring at something. In his usual gallant steps he walked over to her. And of course she heard him. He was now close enough to see what she was looking at. It was a painting. Niklaus's painting. The painting of the beautiful redhead he once loved.
"How many people did Klaus drive insane?" she asked quietly unable to move her eyes from a beautiful girl's smile.
"I can not really put a finger on it, but I would say quite a lot." He was calm and his voice was just as always.
"She looks really happy here."
"Don't be fooled by the exterior, Katerina. You know better than that. The most beautiful things in the world are the deadliest. She may seem perfectly happy there, but Aurora was always broken. Twisted. Manipulative. It was all concealed."
She smiled at his words. Ever since she found out what happened to Aurora she couldn't help but relate to her. Another victim of the Mikaelsons.
"I can see that. She is a crazy-pants. But some of the others weren't."
He didn't say anything. There was nothing he could say. She had every right to hate their guts. She turned around and looked at him. After giving him a gentle smile she started to walk away, but she stopped when she reached the door.
"Do you know she found me?"
"I don't understand, who found you?" Elijah was confused.
"He took her from me when she was born and she still managed to find me." She spat the first part but saying the end made her feel like she was falling apart.
"Your child?" he asked in surprise.
"Her name is Nadia. Was. Her name was Nadia. She came to look for me and that got her killed. She died in my arms." She talked like her emotions were going to overwhelm her but she still looked so strong.
"I had no idea... Katerina..."
"I am here in the name of one person who believed there is redemption for me. And I do sympathies with crazy one back there. I just have to." she cut him off.
Her relationship with Elijah was always complicated. She loved him once. And he loved her. Now it was just so far away. It left some kind of closeness between them. She just had to tell him about Nadia. She trusts him.
"I know better than to think about redemption at all, and so do you, Elijah. But I'm going to do it for her. And for a girl that I killed running away from Klaus. They deserve it." She continued.
"I am sorry for your loss." He said looking at her eyes. There was no reason for him to say anything else. They had this beautiful chemistry that spoke for itself. In few glimpses they exchanged a thousand words. They understood each other.
Night was already over New Orleans. Mikaelson household, all dressed up for the big evening, received guests from all around the city. Beautiful gowns mixed with black suits with just a drop of music. Klaus danced with Luna who looked really great. Blue really is her color.
"Are you Ok with coming back now that you spent some time here with your family?" she asked him as they moved away from the dance floor.
"Sure I am, Rebekah is coming with me and Kol is waiting for us there."
"But Elijah and Freya are here."
"That's just how it has to be. You are away from your family, too. Everyone there is."
"I guess you're right. I can't wait to see my friends there again."
"Was I that boring to you?" Ron approached them with a smile.
"No. But I do wish to see Hermione, Ginny and Harry and Blaise."
"Turns out Blaise is a ok dude. After a while."
He gazed around looking for a familiar face. He saw Elijah and Katherine dancing. They looked so close. And they stayed together the whole night. Her head on his chest and they were just dancing it all away. It looked like the whole world was shut down and they didn't hear or see anything, but themselves.
Finally he spotted his familiar face. She looked different than usual. She had a long white dress on and some make-up. Not that she wasn't beautiful before, it's that now, she made Ron stare at her with his chin falling to ground. When he got to his senses again he walked over to her. Her face was emotionless. He politely offered his hand and she took it. There was some slow song playing and they walked to the dance floor without saying a word. She placed her hands on his shoulders. They moved slowly not looking at each other.
"So... how was your day?" he asked after a long silence.
"Perfect. I was almost kidnapped." Davina said. Ron didn't know what to say. He still didn't look at her. "So your part was to bring me here? Was it Klaus's idea?"
"What?" he really was surprised. He had no idea they were planning on recruiting her. "I had no-"
"Was it maybe Marcel? Maybe I should have explained him that the fact that I like won't be enough for you to manipulate me. I am not stupid and I am far away from trusting you." She looked over his shoulder.
"I never tried to manipulate you. I had... Wait? What? You like me?" In shock he stroked her with a look.
"I did. You seemed like a nice person. Turns out I was wrong." She was so convinced and proud of her words. She looked directly in his green eyes. So cold.
He didn't speak. He was more than confused by this all to find any words. She didn't have any problems with saying something like that. And it freaked him out. It took him some time to gather himself together.
"I didn't know they were going to ask you to go there. And it's not fair to accuse me like that." He wasn't sure what words were coming out of his mouth. He just had to say something.
"And why do you expect me to believe you? What have you done to earn my trust?"
"What have I done to not earn it? Because you see, if you really think about it, this is just you assuming that I betrayed you, but you haven't heard my side of the story. And I didn't betray you, which means I still have a chance to earn your trust." They stopped dancing. He talked with his eyes wide open staring at her. Still pretty lost in their conversation the more he talked the more he confused her. Suddenly she started laughing. Ron was pale and felt funny in the stomach.
"What the hell are you trying to say? Does anyone even understand you?" Davina said after she was done laughing.
"Well I did once try to explain to Harry that Hagrid was looking for him and-" he stopped to stare at her smile. She really was beautiful. "Let's just say it took a lot of explanation for him to understand what I was trying to say."
"I can't imagine why. So you really didn't know?" she turned serious.
"I really didn't know." He said slowly and clearly.
They got close and they were dancing again. Atmosphere around them changed. They danced for a while and they laughed and talked and just had fun. It was getting closer to midnight. It was time to leave. Rebekah, Luna and Klaus were waiting in Klaus's room. And soon after Katherine was there. She said her goodbye before she came. Elijah and Marcel got there shortly after her. Everyone was waiting now. Davina and Ron kept dancing until the clock rang midnight. As the clock stopped ticking they walked towards the stairs.
"Have you decided?" he asked.
"Yes."
They entered the room to find Klaus drawing, Rebekah packing liquor into a quite big bag, Katherine looking at the street and Luna lying over the bed looking at the ceiling. As soon as they came in Marcel ran over to her and hugged her.
"I'm sorry D. You don't have to go if you don't want to."
She smiled and hugged him back.
"It's Ok. I did overreact." She glanced at Ron. After she broke her hug with Marcel she walked over to Klaus who was sitting at his desk and drawing something. They gave them some alone space. He waited for her to start, raising his eyebrows.
"I have decided to come with you."
"Good for you."
"I'm not going to apologize for what I've said about you."
"The last think I want and need is your understanding and apology." Klaus was calm and it really looked like he didn't care at all. "You just make sure you do the right things when we get there. Also you need to know that from time to time you will have to do what I say. Not just I, but the rest of them there. You don't get to do stuff like you used to do them here."
"If you got used to it I will have no problem with it." She smiled.
"You sure will." He finally looked at her and he smiled back. "Let's go then little witch. Unpleasant trip is ahead of you." He just finished his drawing and was looking at it pleased. Davina glanced over to see this beautiful, to her unknown, woman.
"Who is that?" she asked. Klaus smirked and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"This is Caroline." he signed his name at the right bottom corner of the paper.
"The Caroline?" She was surprised. Klaus never talked about Caroline. Before and after Cami he never even mentioned her. It was Rebekah who once told her about this girl that made him abandon his revenge. No one ever managed to do that.
"Consider yourself lucky, you are about to meet her." He smiled and folded his drawing before putting it in his pocket. They went out to meet the others who were waiting in the hall.
"I am not going with him again." Rebekah stated pointing at Ron.
"You can go with me." Luna said. Rebekah walked over to her. Klaus followed. They were ready to go. Luna nodded at Ron and three of them disappeared. Katherine was already at Ron's side. Davina gave one more hug to Marcel before she joined them. She took Ron's arm and just the moment before they apparited she heard him speak.
"Now you can go back to liking me."