No One's POV
Lucas dropped the car he was twirling mid-air at Davina's revelation, the old car crashing to the ground with a loud bang behind Kol in the training area.
"Celeste." Kol growls, his gaze darkening immediately upon Davina's admittance that Celeste had been plotting against his family.
"Celeste?" Lucas butts into the conversation, his sister shooting him a look for having lost concentration on his levitation spell.
"You know her-" Olivia asks or tries to, not completely understanding the reaction her brother or Kol had, having not known the history Elijah had with Celeste or the suspicion the Originals had about her at the ball; Olivia had a lot to catch up on the last few days, interrupted by the spell cast on Elijah and Alexis, and the issues with the witches practicing dark magic as a whole was generally concerning to the Gemini siblings prompting them to practice their own magic and boost defenses around the Mikaelson plantation, one couldn't necessarily fault her for not being caught up with the drama of New Orleans and the Quarter.
"Luke, Liv, tell my brothers." Kol jerks his head towards the mansion. "Davina and I are going to have a little chat."
"I- I don't-" Davina worries, biting her lip.
"Sit, little witch." Kol points to a chair, Kol sitting across from her. "Now, here's how it's going to go. You are going to tell me everything you have heard about Celeste's plans. And then I'll decide if I want to help you. And if I think you are lying. About anything… Well, off you go. And you'll be lucky if that's all."
"I- I don't- I really don't know anything. I- promise. Marcel- he- he likes to keep me out of that kind of stuff. He- he says that- that I shouldn't be involved. All- all I know is that- that Celeste has been discussing a spell the last few days, but- but she seemed upset. And- and she's working on- on something new. Today, however, I- I heard her say she was getting Artemisia vulgaris, Capsicum species, and Vanilla planifolia. I- I don't know what for. Maybe the spell she was working on? Or maybe it's something completely different… She- she was frustrated at Marcel, because his vampires were incompetent and- and didn't get them all." Davina stumbles out, looking fearful at Kol.
"Humph." Kol harrumphs unhappily, starring at Davina a moment. "Are you lying?" This is said with Kol practically nose to nose with Davina.
"No!" Davina shakes her head, looking ready to cry. "I- I'm not! I promise! I'm not!"
"Okay, I believe you. Now… You ready to learn something, little witch?" Kol asks, leaning back in his chair.
"No, no, no." Kol dolls out, throwing random pebbles and sticks across the yard as Davina tries to form a ball of light between her hands.
"No. Definitely not that. Nope." Kol continues to drone on, shaking his head. "Try again."
"Ugh! Why am I not-" Davina cries, getting frustrated. "I don't understand!? With the stuff I was doing before-"
"No!" Kol growls. "What you were doing before was ancestral magic and/or dark magic little witch. Now listen to me good, little witch. Not all ancestral magic is bad. But a good share of it is bad. Abuse it as you have been and the ancestors will punish you. And the dark magic you also have been doing most definitely is bad. You mess with things you do not understand."
"All witches and warlocks have inherent magic within themselves. Harness that and work with nature. That is natural and powerful." Kol continues. "So unless you'd like to make it easier for someone to push you unknowingly closer into the Harvest ritual? Which is dark ancestral magic… Oh wait, that's why you're here…"
Davina looked properly chastised by the mention of what Celeste was trying to push her into doing by "helping" grow her magic.
"Then keep working."
Davina left another hour or so later, left to work on controlling the small ball of light she had finally managed to form, Thierry none the wiser, having been compelled by Elijah to believe he had been by Davina's side shopping the whole time, and both dropped just inside the Quarter's limits to walk back to Marcel's mansion.