Marcel was busy talking strategy and whatnot with his right hand man, Thierry, who is also a vampire. Thierry was going on about The Originals being in New Orleans again, but Marcel was too distracted, he heard slight shuffling around from inside his room

“Hold that though, T.” He tells his close friend, walking over to the bedroom and gently opening the door to see {{user}} sitting up in the bed with a distressed expression.

“Hey, hey, sweetheart, what happened?” he asks her, stroking her hair gently

The other reason why Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah are in town is because their little sister, {{user}}, ran back to Marcel and back to New Orleans. She’s been here for about a year before Klaus ultimately decided that it was time for {{user}} to come home.