- Third POV -

The next day, out and about in the FRENCH QUARTER, Ana is walking on the sidewalk, talking on the phone with her best friend, Christy.

"A renaissance festival sounds like fun." Ana said.

"Yeah, it is. It's gonna be held at the country club. We're still planning the event." Christy said on the phone.

"Okay, I gotta go, love you, BooBabe." Ana said.

Christy chuckled on the phone. "Love you too, Ana."

Ana hangs up her phone and puts it back in her pants pocket. She continues walking and looks at a window. A Nightshade Vampire woman is stealthy following her.

Ana slowly walks into a nearby alleyway, glancing at the Nightshade Vampire woman.

The Nightshade Vampire woman slowly walks into the same alleyway as Ana.

"Something my gal pal bestie Christy said . . ." Ana trailed off, using her witch magic to uncloak herself. ". . . You shouldn't sneak up on someone."

The Nightshade Vampire woman lunges at Ana and tries to punch her, but Ana dodges Nightshade Vampire woman's fist and catches it with her hand and gently twists her arm, biting her with her werewolf bite.

Ana punches Nightshade Vampire woman in her face, knocking her out onto the ground in the alleyway.

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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH -- FIGHT GYM

Later that day, Marcel arrived at the fighting gym. Ana tied up the Nightshade Vampire woman in a chair with rope across her torso.

"Ana?" Marcel said.

"I'm okay, Marcel." Ana reassured him.

"I called your husband, Elijah and told him what happened. He's on his way." Marcel said and looks at the Nightshade Vampire woman. "Do you know why she was following you?"

"No." Ana told him. "I fought her in an alleyway and knocked her out. When she woke up, she hasn't said anything."

"Who are you?" Marcel asked.

The Nightshade Vampire woman doesn't speak.

Marcel and Ana exchange looks at each other.

"We know that you're apart of the Nightshade Vampire coven." Ana said.

"And we also know that you have knowledge of the white oak as well." Marcel added.

Ana looks at Marcel, a bit bewildered. "They do?"

"Of course we do." The Nightshade Vampire woman finally spoke.

Marcel and Ana both looks at the Nightshade Vampire woman.

"So, you finally talk." Marcel said.

"You have no idea what we have planned for you all. The white oak will destroy the Mikaelsons." The Nightshade Vampire woman said with a sly grin. "And we will destroy anyone who gets in our way."

Ana looks at the daylight ring on the Nightshade Vampire woman's right hand index finger.

"Marcel? Daylight ring." Ana said.

Suddenly, the Nightshade Vampire woman frees herself from the ropes and Ana uses her magic to inflict an aneurysm spell on her.

The Nightshade Vampire woman holds her head with her hands. Ana ceases her magic and Elijah vamp-sped behind the Nightshade Vampire woman and stabs her with a wooden stake.

"They have knowledge of the white oak, Elijah." Ana said to her husband.

"Niklaus, Rebekah and I know of this." Elijah said.

"What do we do now?" Marcel asked.

"We have a vampire of the Nightshade Vampire coven. Perhaps, she can tell us something." Elijah said.

"Well, I bit her with my werewolf bite, so, she has minutes." Ana said.

"Then, we'll make it fast." Elijah said.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

That afternoon, in the study, the Nightshade Vampire woman is tied up in a chair with vervain ropes with a salt boundary spell around the chair. Klaus and Elijah are questioning her.

"My comrades will come for me." The Nightshade Vampire woman, Lin, said.

"Well, as long as you're in our possession, you might live. But with the venom from the werewolf bite coursing through your system, you have minutes." Klaus said.

"Go ahead, torture me, but I will not give you anything." Lin told them.

"Your loyalty to your vampire coven is quite admirable." Elijah said.

Suddenly, a noise is heard downstairs. Klaus and Elijah exchange looks at each other and Ana walks into the study.

"We have a situation downstairs in the courtyard." Ana said.

Lin laughs, maliciously, causing Klaus, Elijah and Ana to look at her.

And Lin stopped laughing and gets a dead serious expression on her face. "Like I said, my comrades will come for me."

Minutes later...

Sage had freed Lin from her vervain ropes while the Nightshade Vampire coven fought with Klaus and the others.

Klaus bit some of them with his hybrid bite and so did Ana. Rebekah, Elijah and Marcel managed to kill some of the Nightshade Vampires -- men and women.

So, now, Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah, Ana and Marcel are sitting in the ballroom.

"Finn and Sage weren't kidding about their Nightshade Vampire coven. There's like twenty of them." said Ana.

"So, how do they know about the white oak?" Marcel asked.

"Finn must've told them." Klaus spoke up. "They must have it."

"Or Marcalos provided them with the weapon to destroy us." Elijah said.

"Both Finn and Sage have their reasons to despise us." Rebekah said.

"Finn, Sage and their Nightshade Vampire coven will be coming for us now." Ana said.

"We'll be ready for them." Klaus said.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- PALACE GRAND FOYER

That late afternoon, Christy is with Vek and Bassea and the Six Handmaiden Assistants sitting on the staircase. Christy has a tablet and is looking over the preparations for the renaissance festival.

[Christy Outfit]

"Okay, according to Theseus and Andriani, this will be a renaissance festival at the country club." Christy said. "Many guests will be there, along with caterers. And maybe, Stella Patel and her press journalists."

"There's also gonna be a best dressed as well." Vek said.

"Really?" A surprised Christy said.

"Yeah." Bassea said.

"That's interesting." Christy said.

Christy, Vek and Bassea and the Six Handmaiden Assistants exchange lightly chuckles with each other.

"Alright, then, I'll see you guys around." Christy said.

Vek and Bassea gets up along with the Six Handmaiden Assistants and walks away.

Christy's wrist comm buzzes in her pants pocket. She takes out her wrist comm and looks at it.

Wrist comm caller ID: Majordomo Theseus

Christy answers her wrist comm. Theseus appears on the wrist comm screen.

"Theseus?" Christy said.

"Your grandmother, Celia, is asking for you. She awaits you in the kitchen." Theseus said.

"Okay, I'm on my way." Christy said.

"I will let her know now, Lady Christiana." Theseus said and hangs up his wrist comm.

With her tablet, Christy gets up and walks away.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- PALACE KITCHEN

Elder Goddess Celia and Christy sits at the kitchen table, eating their small plates of oven-baked cinnamon rolls with forks.

"When Theseus told me that you asked for me to come here in the kitchen, I thought you would talk about business." Christy said.

"Speaking of business, is everything prepared for the renaissance festival?" Celia asked.

"It is. Everything is okay, Grandma." Christy replied. "Or maybe, you summoned me to the kitchen to spend some time together."

Celia lightly chuckles. "You got me."

Celia and Christy exchange lightly chuckles with each other.

"Do you remember baking cookies for your grandfather when you were a teenage girl?" Celia asked.

"Yeah, I do." Christy tells her. "Chocolate chip cookies. They were so good."

"They were." Celia said.

Celia and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

"Heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies." Celia and Christy said in unison with small smiles.

Celia small smiles at her granddaughter, Christy. Ana Christy looks a bit confused.

"What?" Christy said.

"My granddaughter. The Greatest Orasanian Warrior Heroine." Celia said.

"Yeah." Christy said.

Celia and Christy exchange small smiles at each other and continues eating their cinnamon rolls.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- THE FRENCH CHATEAU

Later that evening, in the main living room. Christy sits on the U-shaped sofa, eating a bucket of spoonfuls of ice cream.

An astral projection of Klaus magically appears next to her with the crystal prism, gently reclining with his feet propped up on the coffee table.

"Hey, Klaus." Christy greeted her husband with a small smile.

"Hello." Klaus greeted her back. "Isn't it late for ice cream?"

"I love ice cream." Christy said.

"I'm sure you do." Klaus said with a small smirk, but has a somewhat look on his face.

In which Christy notices. "What's that look for?"

"What look?" Klaus asked.

"That look on your face." Christy pointed out. "What's going on?"

"You're not gonna psychoanalyze me, are you?" Klaus asked.

"Why would I do that?" Christy asked.

And Klaus gives her a 'really' look, in which Christy lightly chuckles.

"Don't change the subject, answer the question, what's going on with you?" Christy asked.

"Nothing." Klaus replied.

"Klaus? This is me you're talking to, you know." Christy said.

"Yeah, I do know." Klaus said. "Christy? I appreciate your concern, but I'm fine. I am, really."

"Okay." Christy said.

"So, how are things going with you?" Klaus asked.

"There's a renaissance festival at the country club." Christy said.

"Really? Sounds like fun." Klaus said.

"Yeah, I told Ana about it when we spoke on the phone this morning." Christy said.

"Yeah, well, I have to go." Klaus said.

"What's been going on with you guys?" Christy asked.

"Elijah and I encountered Finn, Sage and their Nightshade Vampires." Klaus said. "When we captured one of them, they came to the compound."

"And I assumed that The Nightshade Vampires are more capable than they are." Christy said.

"Exactly." Klaus said. "I have to go."

"Okay." Christy said.

And Klaus magically vanished. And Christy goes eating her ice cream.

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