New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820

Celeste was in the bathtub again. She looked as perfect as ever with her cafe au lait skin.

"Your brother is again up to no good. He's challenging the gentry to duels as though they have any chance of a fair fight," Celete told Elijah washing herself languidly.

"I do grow weary of sacrificing my joy to temper my brother's mischief. Surely, you can cast a spell to put him in his place," Elijah hoped.

Celeste was a powerful witch. "It would take a hundred witches to put him in his place. Besides, he only ever listens to you," Celeste laughed softly. "

Yes. He certainly needs a little discipline. Spanking of some kind is in order. I think I shall need some rehearsal. Come," Elijah leaned down and kissed her passionately.

Mystic Falls, Virginia 2010

Elijah woke up suddenly. After getting the boys out of the bathtub, he returned to his quarters to rest. He almost never slept in the day, but he supposed traveling had worn him out. Celeste. He hadn't dreamt of that day in years. Bathing the boys must have triggered the memory. Elijah went downstairs and donned his "Kiss the Chef!" apron to begin getting ready for the party. Freya was trying to get Henrik to eat his lunch.

"Elijah, I'm so glad you're home," Freya said hugging him gingerly.

"Sorry, I think I have jelly on me. I can't get him to eat anything."

"Henrik, what's the problem?" Elijah said looking at his plate. Finn was sitting at the counter eating his sandwich.

In the Old Tongue, Henrik said, "I do not like it."

"All we ask is that you try it. If you truly do not like it, we will get you something else. I know it is different," Elijah said to him in Old Norse. Finn's eyes opened wide as Henrik knocked the plate onto the floor.

Elijah gave Freya a knowing look. She just folded her arms in frustration and said, "I'm not cleaning that up."

"He will," Elijah said simply.

Henrik also folded his arms and pouted sticking out his bottom lip. Elijah never recalled him acting like this before. They had eaten what was in front of them. To refuse, was unthinkable. To knock over a plate of food by accident would be grounds for a beating from Mikael. If one of them did on purpose, he would have knocked their teeth out.

"In this time, we don't hunt rabbit and small game anymore to eat. We get food from something called a store. We will have meat tonight at the cookout, but people don't eat it like we used to. There are other foods to try. Freya has taken the time to make you lunch. Now I'm going to give you a chance to clean that up and tell her you are sorry,"

Elijah said bending slightly to look in his eyes. "No, I will not eat this. I want to be back in the village. I want Mother, this is not food. I curse you," Henrik yelled. Finn tried to encourage Henrik to pick up the place, but Elijah held up his hand.

Elijah gently picked him off the chair and led him to the corner. "You will face this wall until you have calmed down enough to clean up this mess," Henrik was struggling and trying to turn around. Elijah smacked him on the bottom and turned him again to face the corner. Although it was not a hard whack, Henrik yelped and clutched his bottom.

"Finn, you can go play unless you want something else," Freya said sighing and taking his plate. Finn looked at Henrik with annoyance and stood there for a moment.

"Thank you for cooperating, Finn. I know this isn't easy for you," Elijah smiled tousling his hair.

"Can I watch tv?" Finn asked eagerly.

"Sure," Elijah said keeping an eye on Henrik. "

You look tired. Are you sure you are up for this cookout tonight?" Freya said cleaning up.

"I think so. I had a terrible nightmare. Freya, those witches in New Orleans are very eager to get their hands on Davina. The one that helped us re-seal the Crescent wolf curse reminded me of someone I used to know, and love. Someone I loved so much that Niklaus had her killed..." Elijah said in a daze. That was it! Brynne Deveraux reminded him of Celeste Dubois. But how could that be? In 1820, Elijah fell in love with Celeste, he ignored his brother. Niklaus sent others to kill all the witches and just like that, he lost her.

Freya gasped, "Killed? Oh Elijah, I'm so sorry."

"Thank you. It was 200 years ago. It was partially my fault. But I dreamt of her and it felt so real, like it was yesterday," Elijah said.

He said as Henrik turned around. "Henrik, are you ready to behave? If not, you can get another spanking and spend the day in your room," Elijah said slowly.

Henrik nodded and turned more. "Sorry, s-sister," he whispered to Freya.

"Go to her," Elijah said tapping his bottom to get him moving.

Freya hugged him and said, "I know this is hard for you. But you have to try new things or this will be harder. And the next time, you act up, you are going to get this wooden spoon on your backside." Freya waved the wooden spoon in front of him sternly, before kissing him on the head.

Henrik gulped and nodded aggressively at the sight of the spoon.

Elijah helped him clean up the sandwich. Freya made him another one and he tried it and ate almost half. It was clear he didn't like it and she gave him some carrots and beef jerky, which was somewhat better.

"Okay, you can go now. Henrik, we love you very much," Elijah said in English. He had to learn the new world, language, customs. The old world was gone. Elijah bit his tongue to not call out 'don't run in the house' as the boy scampered away.

"I see someone told you about that blasted spoon Mother had. I suppose you were too young for it before Dahlia took you," Elijah said getting out trays of food to prep.

"Kol told me, he said Finn was quite the tattletale," Freya replied, making room for him on the counter.

Elijah lowered his voice,"I'm telling you every damn thrashing I ever got with that thing was from Finn telling on us. When he looked at me and asked if he could watch television..."

"He's forgetting, isn't he?" Freya went on.

"Yes, it's like that look of judgment is gone. He's just the boy he was, not the man he became," Elijah said starting to marinade the meat.

"I think it's better this way. He can't be a 1000 year old vampire in a 12 year old body. He's talking differently and seeming to enjoy himself like a normal kid, not that I totally know what that means these days yet. Though, I think he gets impatient with Henrik's behavior," Freya mused, starting to cut fruit for a fruit salad.

"I think Henrik needs to mourn the loss of his old life, old world.I wonder if he will start to forget some also. Maybe we can take him out tomorrow in the car? Slowly just him used to it. Add some new experiences slowly. I need to only talk to him in English. Did you see him? He understands it. I wonder if our youngest brother is just stubborn. He's testing all of us to see how far he can push it," Elijah imparted.

"You were very patient with him. Maybe too patient," Freya said as they heard screaming from the other room.

Elijah worked while Freya took Henrik upstairs to spank him with the spoon she had threatened him with earlier. She only smacked him five times over his shorts with her hand and twice with the spoon and then patted his back as he cried himself to sleep. He had hit Finn for trying to touch 'his' remote control again.

"Finn, are you alright? Did he hurt you?" Elijah asked checking his face as Finn sat at the kitchen counter.

Finn's face was red and it was clear that he had been hit and scratched several times before Elijah vamped over.

"No, I'm fine. I should have just let him have it," Finn began.

"No, brother. If he keeps getting his way, he shall turn into an insufferable brat," Elijah smiled.

"Like Kol was?" Finn asked curiously.

"Oh, Kol was always full of tricks and mischief, but he never threw fits or attacked anyone," Elijah responded.

"Oh, didn't he? I can't seem to recall all that well anymore," Finn said troubled.

"Finn, you can let it go. We had some good times, like the Yule that Father was away, but we had so many bad times, too. Sometimes I think that if I could, I would just start over again too," Elijah said setting down his knife.

"You would?" Finn said looking up. "I would. You have been given the greatest gift: to be born again, human, within your family that loves you. There is no need to hold on to the past that we can never change and only suffer from," Elijah contended. Freya came back down to the kitchen with the wooden spoon in her hand.

"So I could forget how many times I lied to see you all get a hiding for hating me, with a spoon just like that," Finn asked. "We never hated you, brother. We hated that damn spoon, but we never hated you," Elijah swore. Finn nodded his thanks and went up to see how Henrik was. He was done clinging to his past self. That Finn was dead. He had never been happy, except the years he had been with his woman. He couldn't quite recall her name. An herb? Yes, Sage. After her, there was nothing left for him after he lost her. He was ready to let it go. -

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Matt had called Abby and asked her to come to the cook out tonight. Elijah had helped him with his school work and after getting the vampire blood, he felt great. Jeremy asked his family and they said they would come. Alaric had a hunter's meeting and then would be there after. Elena would bring Stefan and Bonnie. Tyler did ask Caroline and she said she would try to make it if her mom went to work. Sheriff Forbes wasn't crazy about her daughter going out with Tyler after everything that happened. Marcel was not thrilled by the length of Davina's shorts. Rebekah did let him know that all the girls wore them like that now and it was impossible to buy longer ones. Her outfit tonight was 100% better than last night, but Rebekah didn't want to bring that up. Klaus had been busy getting the drinks and some lights up in the back yard. He had a security team on site and all cars had to be checked in. No one wanted a repeat of the night the hunters attacked. He had even talked to Mikael on the phone earlier. Things seemed quiet at Cern. Tristan and Aya were focused on developing armor and serums to become stronger, but Mikael didn't think they were up to anything new. Freya went to wake up Henrik from his nap and found Finn sleeping right next to him.

"Boys, it's time for the party. Come on. Time to wake up," she shook them gently.

"Henrik, you need to tell Finn you're sorry for attacking him," Freya continued.

"Sorry. It is my toy," Henrik blurted.

"No, sweetheart, it's not your toy. It's for everyone. And the next time, you make such a fuss, you will not be allowed to watch tv for a week," Freya said trying to sit him up.

Henrik looked at her glumly.

"Now, let's hurry up and get you guys changed. The guests will be here soon," Freya said undressing him. He started to resist her a little.

"Are you angry because I spanked you? I didn't want to hurt you, but you attacked your brother and that is never allowed. Now, are you going to behave or do you want me to smack your behind again?" Freya went on. He let her continue, she was relieved because she was starting to feel like he listened to her brothers better, although she had spent more time with him. Calling one of them would have seemed like a cop out.

"Thank you, Henrik. You both look very handsome. Now, let's go downstairs," Freya smiled holding both of their hands. -

The cookout got off to a great start. Marcel showed off his skills on the grill as usual. Kol was really not interested in his techniques, but tried to pretend to be, so he wasn't staring at Davina. Davina hung out with Stefan and Elena. Matt introduced Abby all around. Klaus reminded himself to put some protection into Matt's drawers soon. He had done that to Tyler a few months back already. Jeremy was having a good time with Bonnie. Jenna came alone and Alaric followed in after his meeting. Tyler played d.j. and waited for Caroline, who never showed. Klaus was happy to have his family back together again. He tapped his spoon against his wine glass. Ding. Ding. Ding.

Tyler cut the music. "Friends, family, I want to thank everyone for coming to this little end of the summer cookout. I apologize for the late notice, but we were unsure if Marcel and Elijah would be back from their business trip to New Orleans. New Orleans was once our home, that swamp turned penal colony turned tourist trap. We shall always hold it near and dear to our hearts. Yet, this past year, we have come back to Mystic Falls. This was where many of our siblings, except for Freya and Finn were born. This land is sacred to us. It has given us life and taken life from us. Yet, here we are again. Together. I want to congratulate Alaric and Jenna on their recent marriage. I want to thank Bonnie for her help with some recent issues. I would like to welcome Davina to the family. I would also like to give a toast to our brothers Finn and Henrik. Though we have had a troubled relationship with our father, he taught us the way of his Viking kin who said, 'One's back is vulnerable, unless one has a Brother.' Brothers, I hope our battles are long past us, but if they are not, I know you will someone grow strong and fight with this family. To my sons and my brothers and sisters, you have shown me that always and forever are more than just words spoken, they are a way of life. I love you all," Klaus finished to cheers from his family and friends.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

"That was quite a speech, Niklaus! Elijah, I see your wicked brother hasn't lost his way with words. Do his dear children know how quickly he kills those who get in his way? Sweeps them aside like dust for his own selfish purposes?" Abby said standing up. The glamour that made Celeste look like Abby faded. "Abby?" Matt said confused.

"Matthew, back away. Celeste, it's been a long time," Elijah said stepping up to her.

"Oui, my love. The last I saw you, you went to put your brother in his place. He was dueling nobles and killing them in the streets, sure to draw your father to you. You could have taken me and fled far away. We would have been happy. I promised you I could cloak us, but you promised me you could handle your brother. Yet I was murdered by his word and what did you do? Defend the woman you loved? Struck down the hybrid beast? No! You did nothing, but forgave him like you always did. Pathetic, if this is how you treat those you love..," Celeste scoffed.

"How are you here now, Celeste? This was all in 1820. And yet you come now for revenge?" Klaus asked eyeing his sister Freya and waving the others away. "You body jumped into other witches in your coven, did you not? I should have known it was you in New Orleans with your questions and quick little touches of your hand on mine. But even back in 1820, you must have suspected Niklaus would kill you. I suppose even then, you didn't trust me. Not only is that forbidden by your ancestors, it is a difficult feat to pull off," Elijah conceded. "

I did not trust HIM!" she screamed at Klaus.

"Celeste, I tried to stop him, but it was too late. When I came back for you, you were dead. I am sorry for that. Has not my suffering been enough?" Elijah said. "No, I've come for the Harvest witch now. The ancestors want her power and she must die on New Orlean's soil. If I have to kill your whole mortal and vampire family to do it, I now have the power. You can live with their deaths on your head, as you did with mine," Celeste said raising her hands. Freya rushed Finn and Henrik in the house and told them to go to the safe room. Bonnie and Freya found each other and whispered an incantation over Davina, they also gave her their power to channel.

Marcel stepped forward, "You can have her over my dead body!"

"Marcel, no!" Klaus shouted vamping in front of him and catching the wooden stake that almost impaled him.

"Oh, how you must love this prodigal son of yours? What of your other sons?" Celeste said twisting her hands. Matt and Jeremy twisted to the ground crumpled. Klaus turned hybrid as his siblings also shot out their fangs and went to launch themselves at the witch.

"Tyler, do not move," Klaus shouted at his son as Tyler roared from the other side of the patio and threw himself toward the witch. Elena screamed and ran over to Jeremy. Stefan tried to wake up Matt. Alaric protected Jenna and held her back from going to see Jeremy. Celeste chanted another spell and all the vampire's necks snapped, even the Originals, they collapsed in mid-air. Davina used her Harvest magic to throw Celeste in the air. "I'm not going back with you. You can tell the French Quarter coven that they can go straight to hell and take their ancestors with them! There will be NO REAPING," Davina cursed as she threw her back down in the grass. Something snapped and the witch screamed a curse at her. The broken witch crawled towards Davina chanting something low. Tyler heard Bonnie say,

"It's not working!" He stepped above the witch Celeste on the ground and she asked, "What are you?" Her magic should have worked on humans and vampires. This boy should be unconscious or dead. Right before he snapped her neck Tyler said, "I'm a werewolf, bitch!" Then, he watched her die.