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THE ADDERS NEST – Two days passed since the odd attack to Hayley in the kitchen. Harry and Draco casted a tracking spell and found out that Hayley has been magically linked to a witch, after Hermione added an identification spell to the tracking spell they found out Hayley was linked to Sophie Deveraux with a spell. They insisted Hayley stay at The Nest, that way the link to Sophie would be radically reduced, had she been outside the link would be stronger and more dangerous.
Hermione and Draco were in the library with Davina, they were getting to know what she knew and what she needed to learn.
Caleb was in the courtyard with Harry, Rebekah and Elijah. He looked at the three vampires. "I think you three should move back to your penthouse suite, at the Grand Oak Hotel."
"What?" asked Harry.
"Here me out. It's not for good." said Caleb. "But I think it's best you all hang out more at your penthouse hotel. The witches know that Hayley never leaves the Mikaelson side, if you all hang out here all the time they will think she is here too. By going there you will draw attention away from this house and people will assume she is somewhere else, therefore protecting her." He looked at the vampires. "You can come in at night, when it's dark." He looked at Harry. "That way we can also help hide Davina whereabouts as well."
"It's a good plan." said Harry. He turned to Klaus, as if asking his opinion which Klaus was grateful for.
"I agree." said Klaus.
Elijah looked at Harry. "If you need anything, call me right away."
Harry leaned up and kissed Elijah, it was soft and gentle, which the vampire gladly returned. "Be careful out there."
"Always." smiled Elijah.
The Potter brothers said their goodbyes to the Mikaelson siblings before they snuck out the back door, down an abandoned ally which opened up into the main French Quarter streets.
PENTHOUSE SUITE, GRAND OAK HOTEL, FRENCH QUARTER – It had been a week since the Mikaelsons returned to their penthouse suite. Klaus knew he was in hot water due to his recent actions so he let Elijah take control, that left him time to re read some old classic poetry books, novels and catch up on his painting.
At the moment they were lounging in the penthouse living, Elijah came in with their mothers three Grimoires and began leafed through them. "What are you doing with mothers spell books?"
"In exchange from my freedom, I promised Davina that I would share a few pages from mothers Grimoire. To help her learn about muggle magic, after all mother wrote this book two decades after we were banished here." He took a page out of the book and showed it to them. "I thought I'd begin with a little unlinking spell."
"…So we can unlink Hayley from Sophie Deveraux." added Rebekah.
Elijah nodded. "Sophie brought us to this town under false pretenses. She doesn't just want us to defeat Marcel and his minions, she wants Davina. So she yoked her own cause to ours, with magic threats and half truths. Well no more. As of now our deal with Sophie Deveraux is null and void." Klaus grinned, he had to give it to his brother, he knew how to plan things out. "Niklaus I need you to come with me. After we deliver this to Davina, we are going to go have a talk with the Deveraux witch."
LIBRARY, THE ADDERS NEST – That afternoon, Elijah walked into the library. Harry, Neville, Hermione and Draco were there with Davina. "Good afternoon Elijah." greeted Hermione.
"Hi." Smiled Harry. He greeted his mate with a hug and a kiss.
"Good afternoon." said Elijah. "How is she doing?"
"Good, she's surprisingly advanced for a wizarding witch raised in the muggle world." said Hermione.
"I brought you something for Davina." said Elijah. "Maybe you can help her with it." He put the page on the table.
"The spell of Unknotting?" asked Davina. Hermione started reading it over with Harry and Draco.
Elijah took out a black rope, which was perfectly tied together in a perfectly round ball. "This is a sanguinem knot."
"What is that?" asked Davina.
"Witches, muggle and wizarding witches, use it as representational magic." said Hermione.
"We learned it in out sixth year charms class." said Draco.
"This is one of my mothers laters spells, it requires much more power and concentration than you realize." said Elijah. "If you can unknot this rope using that spell, you'll have taken an important step towards control."
"Draco?" asked Davina.
"It's a good challenge for you. We can try, you're already at a third year level in strength and power." said Draco. "It can also work to practice your levitation charm on it as well."
"What do you say Davina?" asked Elijah.
Davina looked at the spell. "I'll do it."
"Good." Said Elijah. "I'll leave you to it. Niklaus and I have some business to attend to." He kissed Harry. "I shall be back for dinner." He gave Harry a quick goodbye kiss and headed out with Klaus who was waiting downstairs.
ROUSSEAU'S BAR, FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS – Half an hour later Klaus and Elijah walked into Rousseau's Bar and found Sabine half unconscious in the back kitchen. Klaus poured a glass of cold water over her face, waking her up. Elijah helped her up. "What happened?"
"It was Agnes." said Sabine. She leaned on the counter. "Her men took Sophie."
"Where are they?" asked Elijah.
"If I tell you where Agnes is, you'll just kill her." said Sophie.
"Isn't that obvious?" asked Klaus, sarcastically.
"Look, I know she's a littler cuckoo, but she's our last living elder." said Sabine. "That might not mean a lot to you but it means plenty to us. The elders are the only ones who can do important spells."
"…Like completing the Harvest ritual." added Elijah.
"You know about that?" asked Sabine. "How?"
"Oh you'd be astounded by the things we know." said Elijah
"Allow me to entertain you with todays list priorities." started Klaus. "One, unlink your friend Sophie so she no longer controls the fate of the woman carrying my child. Two, convince my brother to accept my heartfelt apologies for come recently dodgy behavior."
"I believe what my brother is attempting to communicate here is that neither the life of this elder, nor the Harvest ritual, nor your coven's connection to magic are of any relevance to him whatsoever." Sabine hesitated to answer. "Now talk."
THE ADDERS NEST – Later that afternoon, after sunset, Rebekah arrived at The Nest to see Hayley, with a basket full of red apples. Hayley was down in the inner courtyard, on the couch next to he fountain. "I brought you some apples." She offered the basket. "How are you?"
"I'm good." said Hayley. "Still getting used to the idea that Harry is pregnant and as far along as me."
"Yeah." said Rebekah. "The perks of magic."
Hayley took an apple from the basket, she was about to take a bite when she felt lightheaded. Neville came downstairs to make tea.
"What's wrong?" asked Rebekah.
Neville walked over. "Hayley?"
"I don't know…" said Hayley, trying to shake it off. "Probably morning sickness."
Rebekah felt Hayleys forehead. "You're burning up, actually."
Neville felt Hayleys forehead. "She is." He took out his wand and sent a patronus upstairs to Hermione and Harry.
MAUSOLEUM, CEMETARY – Caleb met Elijah and Klaus on their way to the cemetery and offered to help. They accepted and the three walked into the cemetery and into the mausoleum where they found Sophie chained up to a wall. Klaus and Elijah ripped the chains from the walls and broke the shackles off Sophie's wrists.
Sophie groaned, feeling the relief of being unchained. She saw the handsome young man in his late twenties with long straight blue hair tied in a half ponytail, in a black deep V neck sweater and jeans under a long floor length dark blue leather trench coat. "Who is he?"
"A friend of the family." said Klaus.
"Agnes stuck me with a needle." groaned Sophie. "Cursed objects were created a long time ago. We use them so we don't get busted by Marcel for doing magic. The one she used is called the Needle of Sorrows."
"The Needle of Sorrows?" asked Caleb. "Where do these muggles get these names?" Klaus grinned at his words.
"It was created in 1861…" Sophie continues.
"Spare us the history lesson dear, and jump ahead to the now and tell us what is it used for?" asked Caleb.
"It has only one purpose." said Sophie. "To kill a child in utero by raising her blood temperature."
"It's for a miscarriage." said Elijah. "How much time do we have to fix this?"
"It will do what it's meant to by tonight's high tide." said Sophie. "And believe me it will work. I saw her use a similar object on a kid who went mad and killed a bunch of priests."
"Cami's brother Sean…" gasped Caleb.
"I'd like to have a little chat with this Agnes." Klaus' eyes hardened. "Where can I find her?"
"You won't." said Sophie. "There are a thousand places she could hole up to wait it out."
"That's precisely why we need to unlink you from Hayley." said Caleb. "No more danger towards her or the child."
"No. What?!" asked Sophie. "If I am not linked to Hayley I lose my leverage on you. We had a deal."
"We are not on the same side Sophie Deveraux." said Elijah. "Our deal no longer stands."
Klaus walked out of the mausoleum to make a call to Draco.
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH – An hour later, there was a meeting with the Human Faction regarding Marcel at St. Anne's Church. "So a few tourist go missing…" said the Mayor. "No problem, we can spin it. But do you know how hard it is to sell a gas leak story to the City Council when a bunch of church windows magically explode?"
"Come on Mr. Mayor what is this, an electoral debate?" asked Father Kieran. "Marcel overstepped, I will handle it."
"Easier said than done." They all turned to see a very handsome young man in his twenties with chilling grey eyes long platinum blond hair tied in a high ponytail walk in and down the aisle dressed in an absurdly expensive looking black suit and black shoes with a diamond snake brooch on the left lapel of his jacket and a large 32 carat emerald ring in white gold on his right hand ring finger. Draco had his fathers snake head cane on his right hand, and just like his fathers the snakehead was the handle of his wand, which was hidden inside the cane. "Mr. Gerard is quite the little warrior."
One of the cops got up to grab him. He took out his wand from the cane and chanted. "REDUCTO!" magically blasting the cop over and smash into the benches on the far corner of the church.
"Who the hell are you?" asked the Mayor.
Draco slipped his wand back into the cane. "My name is Lord Draco Malfoy, and I imagine you lot are the faction I have heard so much about." He walked up to Kieran, who looked at him in shock, Draco was the living image of Lucius. "Pillars of the community who maintain the city's supernatural balance."
"What do you want?" asked Kieran.
"I've come to ask this group to utilize its considerable resources to find a witch elder named Agnes." said Draco. "All I need is an address."
"And Why would we want to help you?" asked Kieran.
"Is that any way to talk to your nephew Uncle Kieran?" asked Draco. Many of the people of the faction were in shock that Kieran had magical family members. "Tsk Tsk." he scolded his uncle priest. "It's because of you I have come. It concerns something that involves our family."
"What are you talking about?" said Kieran. He knew this young man was Lucius Malfoys son, but he saw total honesty in the blonds eyes. He knew Draco wouldn't lie if he dares present himself to the human faction of the city.
"What if I told you that Agnes was the answer to a question you've been asking since you ran screaming from this town?" asked Draco. He stepped up to his uncle. "That she is the witch who hexed your nephew, and my cousin, Sean?"
Kierans blood boiled, this was a woman who attended mass every Sunday, this was a woman he gave the holy communion to. "We need time to discuss…" started Kieran.
"We don't have time!" said Draco. "Nor do I like being told to wait."
Kieran chuckled. "Just like your father…Now you Malfoys and Deatheaters may be feared back in England but this is New Orleans and America. You are nothing here." He took a breath. "I'm politely asking you to do as I say and give us time to discuss it."
Draco smiled. "You know that I like about you Uncle Kieran. Is that you're aware of my reputation and still you stand up to me. It's admirable." He offered his hand. Kieran looked at it and shook it politely. "You have one hour. Don't waste it." With that he waved his wand over his heads and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Track down that witch." said Kieran. "Cel phone records, our guys in the Ninth."
LIBRARY, THE ADDERS NEST – Draco had left rather suddenly a while before leaving Davina with Hermione. Neville, Harry and Rebekah were with Hayley in her room. Davina had been on the Unknotting Spell for hours with no success and she was getting frustrated.
"Try again." said Hermione.
"FESMEROS OMNIO LEGOR COLDEIT SENGORIUM." chanted Davina. She sighed.
"Again." said Hermione.
"We've been at it for hours." said Davina. "Hours and nothing!"
"Davina, this is advanced magic." said Hermione. "But with your power I'm sure you can do it, but the more frustrated you get the more you will block the magic from happening. Clear your mind."
HAYLEY'S ROOM, THE ADDERS NEST – Hayley was in bed. Harry was casting cooling charms around the room, Neville was placing cold compresses on Hayleys forehead and chest. "I feel like I've been microwaved." said Hayley.
"Hey, just because you're carrying a baby doesn't mean you get to act like one." said Rebekah. "I'm sure my little niece is healing you up as we speak." Elijah walked in with Sophie and Klaus. "What the hell is she doing here?"
"I'm here to help." said Sophie.
"Help?!" snapped Rebekah.
"You're the reason we are in this bloody mess!" argued Harry. "Why isn't Hayley unlinked from this witch Elijah?"
"Harry let her do what she can." said Elijah.
"I may know of a way to slow the fever down." said Sophie. "Here is the list." She gav the list to Harry.
Harry looked them over. "I'll be back in five minutes." He walked out the door and halfway down the hall he flamed out, vanished in a burst of green flames. He flamed into, appeared in a burst of green flames, the potion lab and went over the herbs on the pantry… "Bugger…"
VOODOO SHOP, NEW ORLEANS – Rebekah arrived 20 minutes later to the abandoned shop to find the herbs Sophie needed. They had the herbs at The Nest but unfortunately they weren't fresh. AS she searched the bags of fresh herbs near the cash register Marcel walked in, he had released Thierry from The Garden prison and the words his friend had told him worried him very much that the Originals had been compelling his people against him. "Isn't this Katie's shop?" he asked. "Did she leave you the keys in her will or is it maybe help yourself Tuesday?"
"You know that I read if you mix mugwort with sage you've got quite the vampire repellant, wards off even the most resilient pest." said Rebekah as she checked the bottles of oils. "What are you doing here?"
"Just keeping my city safe from thieves and vandals, but every time I turn around I catch an Original with their hand in the cookie jar." said Marcel.
"Well luckily for you your cookies are the last thing on my mind." said Rebekah.
"I remember a time when things were different." said Marcel.
"Maybe once, not anymore." said Rebekah. She found the bottle of oil she was looking for. "Camphor. Found it." She took it and ran out the door, leaving Marcel alone in the store.
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH – Kieran received the address for Agnes and was on his way out. "Going somewhere?" looking up he saw Draco standing at the altar.
"You're early." said Kieran.
"It's a good thing I am. You seem help bent on enacting vengeance all alone." said Draco. "Which I respect and applaud. The trouble is, I need something from Agnes before you send her down to hell." He walked over to Kieran. "So Uncle Kieran, I propose we strike a deal. Bring her here. In exchange, I'll even ensure my cousin…" Kieran looked at him. "Cami, remains safe."
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH – Forty five minutes later, the cops brought Agnes to the church with four warlocks who insisted on accompanying her. "This is outrageous!" argued Agnes. "What's the charge?!"
"Please Agnes, you know Marcel runs the vampires in this town." said Kieran. The cops searched her bag and gave Kieran something wrapped in red fabric, he unwrapped it and it was the Needle of Sorrow. "I believe this is what you are looking for?" he called out
Klaus whoosed in and took it. "Hello Agnes."
Agnes looked at Kieran. "You made a deal with them?"
Kierans eyes went hard, he stormed over and got in Agnes face. "After what you did to Sean, I'd deal with the devil himself just to see you suffer."
"You can't hurt me." said Agnes. Getting up. "The entire witch community will turn against you."
"Enough." said Klaus.
"I don't care about witch politics." said Draco. "I don't care about your ridiculous Harvest ritual, what I care about is this trinket." Klaus waved it at Agnes. "Undo it's curse, or I'll show you things worse than death."
"Dark objects don't come with an off switch." said Agnes. "The curse took root in Sophie, she is linked to your devil child. It's just a matter of time."
POOL, THE ADDERS NEST – Harry and Neville led Rebekah and Elijah up to the pool chamber. A huge room with an Olympic size swimming pool. "We need to do this now!" said Harry. "Neville, you're an elf. Get in the water with Elijah." Neville dived jumped in and opened his arms so Elijah could put Hayley into his.
"How is a midnight swim supposed to help?" asked Rebekah.
"Her temperature is sky high, the water will help the herbs…" said Sophie as she finished the potion. "…should cool us down." She stepped into the pool and gave the potion to Hayley. "Drink this."
"We hold her." said Neville. "It's a natural human remedy to slow the heart down."
"This is never gonna work." added Rebekah.
LIBRARY, THE ADDERS NEST – Hermione used her elf powers to ease Davina's stress. "Breathe…" She instructed. "Take the rope in your hand…" Davina did so. "Picture it light, as light as air…Breathe…" Davina was breathing calmly. "Start the spell…"
"FESMEROS OMNIO LEGOR COLDEIT SENGORIUM." chanted Davina.
POOL, THE ADDERS NEST – "Oh my…" panted Hayley. "I…I can't breathe…"
"Try to relax." said Elijah.
"It's gonna be ok." said Neville.
The clock started chiming 9:00pm, the hour of high tide. As it did Haryley began screaming in the pool.
Harry pointed his wand at the water of the pool and chanted. "AQUA COOLMAGIA" magically lowering the water temperature even more, making it even colder than it was.
LIBRARY, THE ADDERS NEST – "FESMEROS OMNIO LEGOR COLDEIT SENGORIUM." chanted Davina.
"Good…" said Hermione. "Now picture it untangling…" Davina did and opened her eyes as the rope was magically floating and magically untangling until it was a just a straight rope flowing horizontally in mid air. "You did it Davina!" cheered Hermione. Davina smiled and giggled with happiness. "You did it!" She kissed Davina on the cheek as the last chime ended.
"I just felt it lift." said Sophie. Hayley's panting and heavy breathing lessened slowly returning to normal. She took off her earring and pricked the palm of her hand.
Elijah and Neville checked Hayleys palm, there was nothing there.
"It worked." said Neville.
"Come on." said Neville "Lets go." As he and Elijah helped Hayley over to the staircase of the pool Sophie walked over to Elijah.
"Elijah." said Sophie. "As soon as your brother finds out that the link is broken, he'll kill Agnes. I know you don't owe me anything, but please, don't let him kill her." Elijah whooshed out of the pool. "Elijah, she's our only access to the power we need to survive." Elijah grabbed his phone. "Promise me that you will stop him." Elijah dialed Klaus number. "It's me where are you? … No don't hurt her. I'll be there shortly." He looked at Sophie. "I promise I won't let my brother kill Agnes, neither he nor I will hurt her." He took his jacket and walked out, he texted Draco on the way –Davina broke the curse. Hayley is fine. Meet me at the church.–
Hayley grabbed Sophies arm. "I know you were just using me to save your people, but try it again and I'll kill you."
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH – "You know you are quite a piece of work Agnes, you know I contemplated leaving bits of you artfully arranged outside your family's tomb." Said Klaus. "I thought it would leave a fitting message." He whooshed down from the alter and grabbed Agnes by the throat. "Don't touch my family."
"Leave her." said Elijah as he walked in. "I gave my word."
"You tend to give your word at the most inopportune times, brother." Said Klaus. "We've been doing things your way all week and all day. Come on! Just one little snap and it's toodle-oo Agnes. She deserves it!"
"Niklaus do not make another move." said Elijah. He walked down the aisle towards Klaus, Agnes, Kieran and four warlocks who came in with Agnes. "You have asked for my forgiveness. I will give you my forgiveness, but do not make me break my word."
After two minutes of the two vampires staring at each other, Klaus let Agnes go. "My noble brother. How is that for personal growth? Still it is just like you to spoil my fin."
"Oh not necessarily." said Elijah. In a whoosh he ripped out the hearts of all four warlocks, he dropped the hearts to the floor from his bloody hands as the four bodys dropped down from the ceiling to the hard stone floor. Agnes was petrified, Klaus was in shock but happily shocked. He took out his handkerchief from his jacket pocket to clean his bloody hands. He looked at Agnes. "You know I swore you would not die by my brothers hand, or mine, I said nothing about another." He stepped aside and in walked Draco, walking down the aisle to stand next to Elijah.
Draco looked at Agnes, his grey eyes turned liquid mercury, his veela canine fangs slid down from his gums and his 20 foot long white wings burst from his back, they were stretched out and opened wide. "This is for my cousin, Sean O'Connell Malfoy." He took out his wand from the cane, pointed it at Agnes and chanted. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" a beam of bright green light shot out of his wand like a knife hit the witch hard on the chest. Her body fell, flopping on the floor lifeless and dead. Kieran seemed to finally have a chance to breath in peace, justice had been done, no matter how horrible it was. "No one hurts my family and lives." He turned and walked down the aisle towards the exit.
"No one." said Elijah as he turned and followed the blond.
Klaus stood there with a wicked smile on his face. He had to admit his brother was a genius.
***Ding dong 1 witch down and so many to go! I loved how Elijah and Draco formed the plan so Draco would be the one to kill Agnes. Smart! I love bad ass Draco so much fun to write! Up next Tyler Lockwood kidnaps Hayley. PLEASE REVIEW! ***