It was a beautiful day in New Orleans, as Katherine Pierce sat in the bar on a bar stool, drinking a shot glass of Bourbon, not having a care in the world. Her humanity was off and it felt great not to feel anything. Abandoning her emotions meant that she didn’t have to feel the pain of Nadia’s death.

        A guy came up to her, just as she finished her shot glass.

        “What’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?”

        “The same as everyone else around here. Sort of,” she replied, as she looked at him.

        “Why don’t you and I go somewhere private?” he suggested.

        “Not interested. Now go away,” she said without emotion, sounding bored.

        He put an arm around her, which was a bad idea, because she pushed him off and got to her feet.

        They faced each other and he attacked her.

        She fought back and they ended up on the floor, as a crowd of his friends gathered around and cheered, in a tussle of enemies. He was a werewolf, after all. She kicked him off and he got back on his feet, standing over her for a couple minutes, before leaving with his friends.

        She layed there in silent agony and wished, for once since she’d turned it off, that Elijah would come to her rescue, knowing she was weak from being bitten.





        When Elijah entered the empty bar for a drink, it was quite early the next day and it was still dark outside.

        He stopped at the entrance, seeing his ex, shocked for a moment, before recovering a moment later.

        “Katerina?”

        He was instantly knelt at her side where she lay on her back on the floor, eyes closed, pale and sweaty. He could tell that she didn’t have much time left.

        He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, as he looked down at her.

        “Katerina,” he said, hoping to wake her, but she didn’t.

        He gently pulled her into his arms and got to his feet.

        As he blurred home with her in his arms, he listened to her shallow breathing with vamp hearing.

        “Stay with me, Katerina,” he begged, but wasn’t sure if she could hear him or not.





        Once home, he entered the parlor and gently layed her down on the couch.

        “Niklaus!” he called.

        Klaus came from upstairs.

        “What is so important enough that you have to call upon me?”

        He entered the parlor and saw his former doppelganger.

        “You want me to cure her,” he stated.

        “Yes, brother. I do.”

        “And why should I? She’s the bane of my existence.”

        “Because I care about her. You have taken every happiness I ever had. Don’t refuse to help her. Cure her and I’ll keep her in line at the best of my abilities.”

        Klaus growled, before going to the couch to cure her, just as purple veins began to show on her skin.

        Elijah watched, as he cured her.





        When she was cured, Klaus left the parlor.

        Elijah sat on the corner of the couch and waited for her to awaken, but when she did, he noticed a change in her. That made him realize that she’d turned it off.

        He got to his feet, as she sat up.

        “Now that I’m cured, am I free to go? I have things to do, and they don’t involve your or your family.”

        “And where will you go? You don’t have anywhere to go, Katerina, and you’ve clearly turned off your humanity. Let me help you.”

        “If you wanted to help me, you would’ve been there for me in my time of need,” she growled.

        He gave her a confused look.

        “I didn’t know you needed me. You didn’t call or come to me. How was I to know that I was needed elsewhere?”

        “You should’ve been there.”

        She told him everything, as she looked at him.





        When she had finished, everything came to the surface and he comforted her, wrapping his arms around her and letting her cry into his shoulder.

        In the end, they got back together and Klaus let them be.

Heart beats fast

Colors and promises

How to be brave

How can I love when I’m afraid to fall?

But watching you stand alone

All of my doubt

Suddenly goes away somehow



        It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Katherine walked, needing help after Damon had broken his promise to her to protect her from Silas, heading for the Mikaelson compound. Despite the fact that Elijah had broken up with her so he could follow and help Klaus here, choosing family over love again, she didn’t have any doubt about whether he would help or not. She knew that he would do everything in his power to save her life, no matter the cost.



One step closer

I have died everyday

Waiting for you

Darling don’t be afraid

I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I’ll love you for a

Thousand more



        Once at the door, she knocked, hoping it wouldn’t be Klaus who would answer it. Elijah would always love her for eternity, but Klaus had no love for her. He would rather see her dead. She knew it was because he held 500 years of hatred and vengeance against her for succeeding in escaping from him and being able to always stay one step or more ahead of him. Something others had failed to do in previous years before herself. She didn’t blame him because, just as she had admitted once, she and Klaus were the same. They were both great at vengeance, torture, grudges, surviving, and killing. More so than that, they were afraid of ending up alone.

        A few minutes later, there stood her love of 500 years. Elijah Mikaelson.

        “Katerina?” he questioned, surprised to see her human.

        “Elijah,” she greeted, before informing him, “I need your help. I screwed up. I’m human now. I need protection and I need a witch. I’m dying of old age.”

        They were both silent, but he did step aside to let her in. No matter what, he still loved her and would never wish death upon his Katerina, no matter what name she was going by these days or how much she had changed.



Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything take away

What’s standing in front of me

Every breath

Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday

Waiting for you

Darling don’t be afraid

I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I’ll love you for a

Thousand more

All along I believed

I would find you

Time has brought you to me



        When he had closed the door, he finally spoke.

        “How did this happen?” he questioned, but figured it had something to do with the cure for vampirism. It was the only thing he knew that could make her human again and more.

        “I was angry and upset that you left and I thought Elena had said something to you that made you leave, so I took it out on her and tried to kill her and she shoved the cure down my throat. Now I’m human and dying of old age at a rapid pace. Time is catching up with me,” she truthfully summarized.

        He gave a sigh, realizing why she had said that she had screwed up. He still didn’t want her to die, though. It would break him into a million pieces if she died.

        “We can go see Davina Claire tomorrow and see if it can be reversed. Tonight you can sleep where you wish,” he said to her.

        “Thank you, Elijah,” she said.

        “You’re welcome, Katerina.”



I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I’ll love you for a

Thousand more

One step closer

One step closer

All along I believed

I would find you

Time has brought you to me

I have died everyday

Waiting for you

Darling don’t be afraid

I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I’ll love you for a

Thousand more



        The next day, they did as Elijah said they would and the teenage witch said she would see what she could find out. So they left to go back to the compound.





        A few nights later, on her way down the stairs, she had a heart attack. Luckily, Elijah came upon her in time and Davina used some magic, which saved her life. A lot like Genevieve did to save Hayley and Hope’s lives.

        In the end, they found a magical way to reverse the aging and though she couldn’t become a vampire again, she lived, which Elijah was more than happy about. She and Elijah even got back together.

        It was a dark night, as Katherine Pierce arrived in New Orleans. She had recently been dying of old age, but had found a way to turn back into a vampiress. Now she was a new vampires, arriving in New Orleans to try and win Elijah Mikaelson back. A year ago, he had broken up with her, before leaving to go help Klaus with a witch. 

        Shortly after, Rebekah had left. She was more than happy to be a vampire again, but she wasn’t 500 years old anymore. She was a newborn. Also, a year ago, she had lost her daughter forever. She hated herself for not asking for the cure, because she couldn’t show her New Orleans. 





        Half an hour later, she stood in front of the compound and knocked. 

        A moment later, Elijah Mikaelson opened the door. 

        “Katerina?” he questioned her. 

        “Elijah. It’s been a while. May I come in?”

        “Most certainly, but what are you doing here? This isn’t the best of times.” 

        She walked inside and he closed the door. 

        She looked at him. 

        “I came to win you back, but I also came to help you. I heard what happened and I want to help.”

        “Very well then. You may stay, but be civil. Niklaus and Hayley aren’t in the best place right now. Hayley’s killing vampires every night and my brother’s in a dark place right now.” 

        “I promise I’ll behave myself.”

        She headed upstairs to go find a guest bedroom to stay in.

        Elijah watched her go.



        The next day, she left the house to explore New Orleans on her own, while Elijah dealt with his brother and Hayley. He had filled her in on everything and she couldn’t help but sympathize with Klaus and Hayley. No wonder they were out of character. They just lost their daughter. 





        That night, on her way back, she was ambushed. She tried to overpower them, but she was a new vampire now. She didn’t stand a chance, no matter how much she fought. Then everything went black for her. 





        When she woke up, it was daylight and her Daylight ring was on the table beside the big window. She was tied to a chair with vervain ropes, which made her skin burn, smoke coming from her burnt skin. It hurt like hell, but she told herself that even though she was a young vampire again, she was still Katherine Pierce. Whatever those vampires wanted, they’d never get. She wasn’t one to give information out freely unless she felt generous or they were friends or someone she loved. Like Elijah or Caroline. 

        A guy walked into the room. 

        “Good morning. I’m Marcel. I just want to know who you are and why you’ve suddenly come to New Orleans.”

        “I’m not telling you anything, Marcel, so you might want to let me go.”

        “What’s your name?” he inquired. 

        “Go to hell. You want info? Ask the Originals and leave me out of it.”

        “No can do.”

        She screamed in excruciating pain, when vervain was thrown on her. She growled with hatred towards Marcel. 



        Several hours later, the vamps by the door were killed with their hearts ripped out of their chests and Marcel saw Elijah. 

        “You have something of mine. I need her back. Leave now and no harm will come to you.”

        “Never.”

        “Very well then.”

        At vamp speed, Marcel was temporarily killed, when Elijah snapped his neck. 
        A moment later, the Original was in front of Katerina who had burnt skin all over, head down, eyes closed, and smoke still coming from the ropes. Wounds were all over her and she looked beyond weak and was very pale. Ignoring the pain from the ropes, he snapped them off her wrists, legs, and middle. He then gently put her Daylight ring back on her finger and gently picked her up in his arms, before vanishing. 



        Once in his room, he gently layed her down on his bed. He then sat on her bedside and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to save and heal her. 



        After a few minutes, her wounds and his wrist healed once he took it away. 
        He put his hand in hers and rested a gentle hand on the left side of her face. 
        “I’m so sorry, Katerina. Forgive me. I should have been looking out for you.” 
        He looked down at her and waited for her to come to. 





        When she came to, she was on Elijah’s bed with him seated on her bedside, hand in hers, which made her realize that he had saved her from Marcel’s torture. 

        “Thank you,” she said, looking up at him. 

        “You’re welcome, Katerina. Forgive me. I should’ve made sure you weren’t in danger.”

        “It’s okay. It’s not your fault. I was the one spending a whole day in New Orleans. So, where’s Hayley? I did say I wanted to help.”

        “She’s out on a killing spree again.”

        “I’m going to go find her and help her. Don’t worry. I’ll be careful.”

        She got to her feet as did he and he helped her to her feet. 

        “Don’t be gone too long,” he said. 

        “I promise I’ll be back by sunrise if not sooner.”

        She kissed him on the cheek, before leaving.





        Half an hour later, she found the new hybrid. Bodies of vampires surrounded her. She reminded the vampiress of Elena when her humanity had been off. 

        She came into view and Hayley gave a growl. 

        “Katherine.”

        “Before you do anything you’ll regret, I came to help you both. I heard. I know how it feels to get your daughter taken from you one way or another, but you don’t need to go on a feast, killing vampires because of it. Even if they do deserve it. In 1490, Nadia was torn from my arms by my father just moments after she was born for being Illegitimate. I never saw her again until a year ago. Then she was taken from me for the last time when Tyler bit her. I felt so helpless, watching Nadia die, but I was scared of Klaus; too scared to ask him for the cure.” 

        Hayley realized she was telling the truth. 

        “You think you can help me?”

        “Both of you. Yes. The pain never goes away, but there are less violent ways to get it out of your system.” 




        Half an hour later, they had arrived back at the compound. 

        Hayley went to her room, while Kat located Klaus.

        Kat soon found Klaus in his room painting. 

        “Klaus?” she called to him, as she walked into the room. 

        “Katerina. What an unpleasant surprise,” he said, looking at her, as she walked in. 
        “I came to help you,” she informed him. “I know how much you hate me, Klaus, but I want to help you. I heard what happened. Let me help you. Please.”

        “Why would I let you help me? You are the bane of my existence.”

        “Because you need my help. I know you don’t want to admit that you need help or that you’re hurt one way or another, but I know what you’re going through. I once had a daughter too, but you never knew it because I didn’t want anyone to know about her, since it was such a painful time. She was torn from my arms just moments before I was born, because she was illegitimate. My father took her from my arms and I never got to see her. I don’t want that same thing to happen to anyone else. I’m sorry that you had to send her away with Rebekah. It’s painful losing your own child.”

        “You had a daughter?” he questioned her. 

        “Yes. Nadia Petrova back in 1490 in Bulgaria before I even met you and Elijah. She found me a year ago, though. We rekindled our mother-daughter relationship, but Tyler bit her and I was too scared of what your answer would be to ask you to cure her. I had to watch her die, because I was too afraid of what you would do.”

        “I’m sorry for your loss. You’ve suffered enough throughout the centuries.”

        “Yes. Now you know what it’s like to lose your daughter, though I would never wish it upon anyone; not even you yourself.”

        “Tell me then, Katerina. How do you cope with it? Live with it?”

        “By taking one step at a time. It gets better as time goes on.”





        Later that night, Kat joined Elijah in their room. By now, they had decided to finally get back together, no matter what Klaus would say. So, Kat had succeeded in winning him back in the end. She was happy now, because of it. So, right now, they were on his bed having the time of their lives. Something they hadn’t had in centuries.

        It was a dark night in New Orleans as Katherine Pierce fed from a human guy viciously in an alley. She had no care in the world. She’d turned it off. She didn’t feel anything anymore. It felt great to her.

        She felt someone watching her, but she kept feeding.

        Elijah Mikaelson watched the girl feed who he’d been tracking down. It wasn’t hard due to the bodies she left in her wake.

        He stepped out of the shadows.

        “I think you’ve had quite enough,” he said nicely, but with warning in his voice.

        The female kept feeding and growled at him, so he through her off him enough so he wouldn’t hurt her and then compelled the human to forget everything that had happened and the human then left.

        When Elijah turned to face the girl who was on her feet, he was met with surprise. He was surprised that it was Katerina. She’d always kept a low profile, so he figured that, for some reason, she’d turned it off recently. He knew something drastic had happened to her for her to turn it off. He had to do something. He needed; wanted to help her. He owed her that much.

        She glared at him, unhappy at him.

        He slowly walked towards her. He knew she could be unpredictable with her humanity on, but he’d never seen her like this. He didn’t know what to expect from her.

        “Katerina,” he greeted.

        “I don’t want your help, Elijah,” she growled darkly at him.

        “I know. I’m sorry. Whatever happened, I should’ve been there.”

        “You never had a daughter, so you wouldn’t understand,” she growled.

        She went to leave at vamp speed, but he was faster and pinned her to a wall. He wasn’t letting her go so easy.

        “Not so fast, Katerina.”

        With vamp reflexes, he snapped her neck and then caught her from hitting the ground and picked her up in his arms.

        “I’m so sorry, Katerina.”

        A moment later, he vanished, heading home.





        “Elijah, what’s going on?” Hayley asked, seeing him with Katherine in his arms.

        “She’s the reason for the bodies. I don’t know why, but she’s abandoned her humanity. I’m going to get her to turn it back on,” he replied to the newly made hybrid, as he passed her and headed upstairs to his room. Then, once in his room, he gently layed her down in his bed.

        A moment later, she started to come to.

        “Tell me what happened. Let me help you. Just let me in. Just feel something; anything,” he said, before she could say anything.

        “Leave me alone,” she growled, this time snarling, almost vamping out at him.

        “I’m not leaving. Not again. I left you and found you like this. You’re my responsibility. I need you, Katerina.”

        “Get the hell away from me,” she growled. “You can’t force me to do anything.”

        “Maybe not with this approach, but maybe with another approach. I never wanted to hurt you. I’m sorry.”

        She growled at him.

        “You left. You didn’t care. Why now? You left me to die. I died in torment because of Damon and I never saw Nadia afterward. You didn’t even care to say goodbye. I waited for you to show up any minute and you never did. Then it was too late. Luckily, I found a way to turn back into a vampire, but Nadia’s death was too much for me. She was the only one in this world that didn’t second guess my intentions or hate me or despise me. For once I was loved unconditionally. I hope you’re happy with yourself,” she summarized in a growl.

        “Believe me when I tell you I didn’t know. Forgive me.”

        “Really? Because your brother sure knew. The only thing that kept him from watching me die was Caroline.”

        “I’m really sorry, Katerina.”

        He chained her to a wooden chair and had Hayley watch her, while he went to confront Klaus.

        Katherine glared at the new hybrid with dark eyes and growled, but Hayley ignored her actions.





        Klaus was painting in his room, when Elijah found him. Though he was angry, he kept it in.

        Elijah leaned against the door frame.

        “I’d like to know why you didn’t tell me about Katerina. You know how much I care about her.”

        “Because she would’ve distracted you from helping me get this city back to being ours. Besides, she was only human. I gather someone from Mystic Falls told you?”

        “Actually, Katerina did. She’s a vampire now and she’s turned it off. She’s responsible for the bodies. She needs help and I intend to do just that. But please. Do carry on.”

        With that, Elijah left Klaus’ room and headed back to his.





        Hayley and Elijah met in the hall.

        “I have an idea,” he told her. “You both lost a daughter. Not in the same way, but you can relate. Maybe you can get her to turn it back on.”

        “Are you sure it’ll work?” Hayley questioned.

        “A mother’s love is always the strongest,” he replied.

        “I’ll try,” Hayley said, before going into his room and sitting on the foot of Elijah’s bed, looking at Katherine, thinking of where to start. Elijah was right. This was good for them both. A mother’s love was the strongest.

        “I may not know what happened to your daughter, but I lost my daughter too. You’re not alone. She was pretty much torn from my arms,” Hayley began.

        This struck home with Katherine, remembering in 1490, when Nadia had been torn from her arms by her father. Losing Nadia for the second and final time had shattered her completely.

        After six months of not feeling anything, Katherine began to feel something. She didn’t even growl or glare at Hayley anymore. She just looked at her, feeling something familiar. Sorrow.

        “You’re not alone either. What happened?” Katherine replied.

        Hayley explained to her how the witches, apart from Davina, had tried to kill Hope, and that she had to send Hope away to Rebekah, because of the danger in New Orleans.

        “I’m sorry for your loss.”

        “Thanks. What happened to yours?” Hayley replied.

        Kat told her of Nadia. How she’d been torn from her arms in 1490. How she’d died in Mystic Falls because of Tyler and because of Klaus.

        “I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

        Hayley, hearing Katherine’s story, felt sorry for her. She knew what it was like to lose your daughter once, and it was unbearable for her. She couldn’t imagine losing her daughter twice.

        Elijah listened to them from where he was leaning against the door frame.

        Hayley got a call on her phone, so she left.

        Elijah walked in, closing the door behind himself, and went up to her, unchaining her from the chair.

        After six months, she actually felt the pain of losing Nadia. And as she let her humanity back in and sobbed for the loss of Nadia, Elijah was there for her. He knew that she needed him now more than ever.

        She wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder.





        That night, after she had finished as they’d layed on his bed beside each other, and after she’d told him everything, she didn’t push him away, which meant that she had let him in again. That gave him hope that she could be saved from herself and that she trusted him, even after he’d left her.

        It was a dark, cold night in New Orleans, as Elijah headed home after having a drink at the only bar in town.

        When he saw a girl on the sidewalk on her side, he was instantly knelt at her side. He could easily see that she had been bitten and fed on, but was still alive.

        He gently rolled her onto her back and was shocked.

        “Katerina?”

        He brushed some hair out of her face and looked down at her, making sure he wasn’t seeing things. She was pale from blood loss and the cold, and there were scratches and injuries elsewhere. When he touched her, her skin was warm, as if she was burning up. He could tell that she was human. No matter what, he had to help her. Although he had broken up with her, he still cared about and loved her. He hadn’t given up on her. He had just hadn’t had time to hear her side of the situation. Now she was human. That meant that she had taken the cure, or it had been shoved down her throat. No wonder she was in New Orleans. She must’ve come for help. His help.

        He gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat. He hoped it would work, since no one had taken it before. They didn’t know of any side effects to it.

        A moment later, he took his wrist away, which instantly healed.

        As he gently pulled her into his arms and got ready to pick her up, her still out cold, her body began to reject his blood.





        Half an hour later, he had her lying on her back on his bed in his room, at his family home. He had bandaged her wounds, but she was still under and burning up with a high fever. He hadn’t known what to do, so he had gotten a nurse to come in.

        Soon enough, she informed him that she had given her some medication for the fever and that she would be okay. He thanked her and then compelled her to forget everything since being called on, before she left the compound.





        A few days later, the fever went away and she began to wake up.

        Elijah was seated on her bedside where he had not left since, except to eat.

        He looked down at her, his left hand in her right one, as she came to.

        “Katerina?” he called to her.

        She opened her eyes to see a very relieved Elijah.

        She smiled.

        “You saved me. Thanks.”

        “What has happened to you? Why are you human? What did you need to come to me for?” he questioned her.

        “I was angry after you left me, so I was stupid enough to take it out on Elena and try to kill her. I didn’t know she had the cure in her pocket, and she shoved it down my throat. I’ve had a terrible summer. I wanted to ask you for your protection. I’m human, and I have many enemies. If word gets out that I’m human, I’m dead. Please, Elijah.”

        He knew she had gotten herself into this mess, but it was an accident. Besides, he wanted to help her. So, being the noble man he was, he promised to protect her.

        A moment later, they were kissing.

        It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Elijah Mikaelson walked home from the bar after a couple drinks.

        Suddenly, on a desolate street, he smelled the familiar scent of human blood mixed with Katerina’s scent. So, he followed the scents to investigate.

        A few minutes later, a street over, he saw her seated against a wall of a building.

        He was instantly knelt in front of her. He then looked her over, assessing her condition. He could tell, even in the darkness, that she was pale from blood loss. When he heard a heartbeat, he realized that she was human again. She was out cold too with her head to the left. He rested a gentle hand on her forehead to find her skin luke cold. He listened to her heartbeat and breathing and realized that she was barely breathing and her heart was weak. He saw that her lower stomach was heavily bleeding as well as her right side and she had lost too much blood for his liking. There was also blood on either side of her hand.

        He gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to save and heal her.

        A few minutes later, after her wounds healed, he took his wrist away, which instantly healed. He then got to his feet with her in his arms, and blurred home.





        When she woke up, she was alive and healed, as well as in Elijah’s bed in his room. So, in the end, she lived.

        It was a beautiful day, as Katherine Pierce stood in a corner and watched who she could only guess was a witch. She looked to be just a teenager. There was a guy she could see was a vampire, considering that it looked like he had been bitten. She guessed that either a hybrid or Klaus himself had done it to him. The way the girl was trying to save his life the best she could, Katherine figured that they were in love. She had known that feeling way too many times.

        When Marcel came in, he informed her about the fight he and Klaus had.

        “Did he bleed?” she asked him.

        “I got him pretty good, yeah.”

        “Show me.”

        With that, Katherine followed them to the spot where the fight had taken place. Then, when Marcel had left, she watched Davina magically put his blood in a cup and then give the blood to Josh who had followed her outside.

        After Josh was cured and had gone, Davina went back inside where she finally saw Katherine by the table.

        Davina looked at her, not knowing who she was, but guessing she was a ghost.

        “Who are you?” she questioned.

        “Katherine Pierce these days, though I used to be known as Katerina Petrova. What’s your name?”

        “Davina.”

        “Okay, Davina. I need you to bring me back to life.”

        “Why would I do that?”

        “Because I’m not exactly the friendliest person and I can tell that you aren’t either. Or I can always find another witch to bring me back to life, along with my daughter. It’s a little hard to be with someone you love if you’re dead.”

        “Does everyone bend over backwards to help you when you threaten them?”

        “Not everyone. Look, whatever revenge you want with Klaus, I can help you. I know the one thing that can kill him and I have a lot of experience in being several steps ahead of him. I ran from him for 500 years, but I don’t hate him anymore. I’ll help you with your revenge if you bring me back to life. Trust me, Davina,” she said.

        Davina looked at her, trying to figure out whether she should do what was asked of her or not. She didn’t know Katherine, but judging from what she told her, she knew how to get revenge when it came to Klaus.

        “I’ll help you,” she finally decided.

        “I have one condition. You need to bring my daughter, Nadia, back to life too.”

        At that, Nadia came through from the Other Side.

        “So, she’ll do it then?”

        “Yes, Nadia.”

        A few minutes later, Katherine and Nadia were alive again, back to what they were before they had died, but without Katherine dying of old age.

        “Thank you, Davina. I’ll be around when you’re ready to get a plan to revenge Klaus for whatever it is,” she said, before she and Nadia left.





        “Where are we going?” Nadia asked her mother, as they walked through New Orleans.

        “To find out what has become of Klaus and Elijah.”

        “I thought you hated Klaus.”

        “I did, but I’ve forgiven him for the dastardly deeds he’s done to me.”

        Suddenly, they both heard screaming.

        “Hayley,” Katherine said.

        “Nadia, I want you to find Hayley and help her and the child. Hayley and the child don’t deserve to be killed. They deserve better than that. Go. I’ll go find Klaus,” she said hurriedly, before looking for a bar. She knew Klaus well enough that if he wasn’t with Hayley and the child and if he wasn’t at home, he was more likely drinking or killing. That or he could be in deep trouble, since he was so good at peeving the wrong people off.

        As she searched for Klaus, Nadia followed the sounds of the girl’s screams, not knowing who this Hayley was. All she knew was that if Katherine wanted Hayley to live, it was beneficial for it to happen. There were very few people she would keep alive, knowing her mother.





        When Katherine walked into the bar, she saw a witch and Klaus. There was a body of a guy that Katherine figured Klaus had recently killed for a snack. That was off, since she knew that Klaus didn’t normally kill people these days. He thought twice about killing, unless the person was a complete threat.

        “Face it. In trying to become king of New Orleans, you’ve lost everything. Your sister Rebekah, Marcel your best friend. Even Hayley and the child will suffer.”

        “I will kill you for this!” he growled at her and tried to get to her, but was so weak that she got out of the way before he could even touch her.

        “You’re not in the position to be threatening me, Klaus, much less killing anyone. You’re absolutely pathetic now.”

        She held a hand out, giving him a headache.

        “Leave him alone. You’re just as bad as Mikael,” Katherine interceded, stepping between Genevieve and Klaus, facing Genevieve.

        “And you are?”

        “Katherine Pierce. You think you’ve won, don’t you? You haven’t and you won’t. He may be weak right now due to whatever the hell you did to him, but he’ll be back to himself soon and when he does, I’ll be on his side aiding him in killing you for what you’ve done to him. Now get lost before I change my mind and decide to kill you myself.”

        He watched their exchange, as everything started to go black from the headache Genevieve had just given him.

        Genevieve left the bar, as if nothing had happened between either of them.

        When she had left, Katherine turned around to look at Klaus. She could almost call him helpless, but she knew he wasn’t. He was just weak due to whatever she had done to him.

        She knelt down beside him.

        “Katerina?” he questioned.

        “I know. I should be dead. Well, technically I was, but I made a deal with a teenage witch to bring me and someone else back to life. She’s helping Hayley out so the witches don’t do what I believe they were getting ready to do.”

        “You’re helping me. Why?”

        “Because I forgave you for what you did when I was on my deathbed. That, and no matter what you’ve done, you don’t deserve to be tortured like that. What did that witch do?”

        “I gave her some of my blood for the Moonlight rings for the wolves. I didn’t know that this would happen on every full moon.”

        “I’ll resolve this. Right now, we need to get you home.”

        As she put an arm around him and helped him to his feet, his vision cleared and his headache vanished, but he was still weak.





        Halfway down one of the streets, Katherine saw Nadia with Hayley and the child.

        Katherine walked herself and Klaus towards them.

        “We have a problem,” Kat told Hayley.

        “What?”

        “Something needs to be fixed with the Moonlight rings, or he’s going to be like this every full moon. Nadia, I want you to make sure that Klaus, Hayley, and the child get home safely. I’m going to see if I can find Elijah. I need you to let Nadia help you. She’s my daughter. If any harm comes to her, you won’t like what will be in store for you,” she said, adding that last part to Klaus.





        Half an hour later, Katherine found Elijah walking down a street, looking like he had just been in a blood battle. She figured he was probably looking for Klaus and Hayley. He was staggering too though, which made her think that he had been bitten.

        “Elijah,” she said, as she walked towards him.

        He stopped.

        “Katerina?”

        She rested gentle hands on either side of his face and looked up at him.

        “I promise, it’s me, but right now Klaus needs you more than I do. I stopped the red-headed witch from doing further harm for now, but he’s weak now. It’ll pass when the full moon is over with, but we have to figure something out before the next full moon, or this will happen to him every full moon. It’s because the Moonlight rings are linked to his blood. He, Hayley, and the child are safely home with the protection of my daughter. She recently found me after 500 years of looking for me.”

        “Then let’s go,” he said without hesitation.





        When Kat entered the compound with the love of her life, she saw the aftermath of a battle, which she figured was where Elijah had come from. She figured she’d ask what happened later when she knew that there wasn’t immediate danger on either the Mikaelsons nor Hayley or herself or her daughter.

        “Nadia?” she called.

        Nadia appeared on the top of the stairs.

        “That’s him?”

        “Yes. I think you and I should take care of this mess, while he spends some time with Klaus and the others,” Kat said.

        “We’ll talk later. Thank you, Katerina,” he said, before kissing her on the forehead and then heading upstairs to Klaus.

        Nadia went to stand by her mother.





        The next day, while Hayley stayed with the child which she and Klaus had decided to name Hope, Elijah and Kat and Nadia worked together to find out how they would get back at Genevieve and the Guerra wolves and Monique for what they had done. It seemed like Klaus had fallen, but he hadn’t, because it wasn’t long before Klaus got back to being himself again with his full strength.





        That night, since Klaus was himself again and they had taken down the wolves and witches by making the witches pay and banishing the Guerra wolves from the French Quarter, Kat and Elijah found themselves alone in Elijah’s room with the door closed. They were both seated on the bed after she had filed Elijah in as to what he had missed in Mystic Falls while he had been helping Klaus become king of New Orleans.

        “Forgive me, Katerina. If I had known, I would’ve come as soon as I heard.”

        “There’s nothing to forgive. I found peace after I died but I didn’t want to die. That’s why I asked Davina to bring me and Nadia back to life. I didn’t want to be brought back to life without my daughter. We spent 500 years apart, trying to find each other. I couldn’t imagine a world without her. She’s the only family I have left and I plan on spending time with her every chance I get, just like I plan on doing with you.”

        A moment later, they were kissing and ended up on the bed with him on top, but them being careful, since Kat was human and not a vampire anymore.

Kat



        My name is Katherine Pierce, formerly Katerina Petrova, and I am human, formerly a 500 year old vampiress. I have been reunited with my daughter, Nadia Petrova. I have come to New Orleans to get Sophie to reverse and stop the side effects of the cure for vampirism that my doppelganger shoved down my throat. I probably deserve it for everything I’ve done to her loved ones, though. Davina did as I asked half an hour ago, since I found out that Sophie’s dead because of Celeste. Celeste is dead because of Elijah. Now I’m on my way to see Hayley and the Originals, excluding Rebekah. Davina told me what I missed, which is a lot. I should’ve come here sooner.

        As I walk down streets in search of them, I hear Hayley screaming. I follow her screams to Father Kieran’s church and walk inside.

        “Get away from her,” I say, realizing what these witches are planning to do.

        They look at me.

        I use my Traveler magic to throw them away from her. Klaus may have done horrible things, but his child and Hayley don’t deserve to be killed. Hayley’s suffered enough and the baby is innocent. Besides, I’ve been pregnant and I know what it’s like to have your child taken from you.

        I look at the wolf.

        “Hayley, push.”

        I look at the witches.

        “I really should kill you right here and right now, but I’m going to leave that to Klaus and Hayley, since it’s their child. Now get out while you still can.”

        I watch them leave, knowing who I am and what I’m capable of. I then turn to Hayley and kneel beside her where she’d lying on the floor, before instructing her on what to do.

        When the child was born and cleaned up and wrapped in a blanket, I help Hayley site up.

        “It’s a girl,” I inform her, before giving her the child.

        “Thank you. How did you know?”

        “I was pregnant before I met any of the Originals. I too had a daughter. We were recently reunited. She’s a vampire. Her name’s Nadia. I left her in Mystic Falls to help everyone there and keep her safe. If anyone found out, my enemies would use her to get to me. I can’t let that happen. Come on. We need to get you two somewhere safe.”

        I help her to her feet and Hayley follows me at my side.

        “Where are we going?” she asks me.

        “To Davina. She’ll protect you two. She owes me one. I’m going to make sure nothing happens to Elijah or Klaus.”





        When they’re with Davina, I go in search of Klaus and Elijah. It doesn’t take long to find the hybrid I ran from for 500 years, since he’s staggering through the street. He looks weak, which makes me think that a witch weakened him somehow.

        I slowly approach, knowing what he’s capable of. And as I get closer, I see that he’s hurt and not healing. This makes me wary, knowing he’s most likely hungry and I’m human.



Klaus



        I stagger through the street after finding out what Genevieve did to me without my knowledge. Now, in my weakened state, I’m hungry. And as the minutes pass, I feel even more weak. Then my vision blurs and I find myself on the ground. I realize that no matter how much I want to save Hayley and our daughter, I can’t. Genevieve was right. I’m too weak to be of use to anyone right now. As I lay on the ground, I hear someone running, but I don’t care. I then close my eyes, hoping to stop the blurriness. I’m too weak to fight anymore.



Kat



        When he collapses to the ground, I race towards and kneel beside him.

        “Klaus?” I call.

        “Katerina?” he whispers.

        He looks up at me.

        “It’s me. Who did this?”

        “Genevieve.”

        “Okay. Let’s get you home.”

        “Hayley.”

        “Don’t worry. Hayley and the child are safe. No harm will come to them.”

        I help him to his feet and put my arm around him, going slow for him, since he’s so weak.





        Once at the compound, I see the mess, but choose to ignore it for the moment. I need to get Klaus to bed before I can deal with anything else.





        Once in his bedroom, I help him lay down in his bed.

        “Rest. I’ll get that spell reversed and link the Moonlight rings to something else. We can’t have you like this every full moon.”

        “Thank you,” he says.

        “You’re welcome,” I reply, before leaving the room and going downstairs to check out the mess, which is the aftermath of the battle. Most vamps are dead, while the rest have been bitten. Francesca is still here with her family.

        I walk towards them.

        “How could you do this? You’ve disrupted the order of things.”

        “All we did was taken back what is ours. Who are you?”

        “Katherine. Now get out, because when Klaus regains his strength, you don’t want to be here. Plus, I would love nothing more than to kill you for this, but I’m refraining from it for Klaus and Elijah.”

        I watch the Guerra werewolves leave, before looking around at the vamps to see if I recognize any of them. I see that one of the bitten is Diego, Marcel’s best friend.

        I walk up to him.

        “Where’s Marcel? I haven’t seen him.”

        “I don’t know. Marcel and Klaus left the compound during the battle to fight.”

        “You and the others better stay here. I’ll get you guys Klaus’ blood, but I need to see where Marcel is. Try not to kill each other if I don’t get back before the hallucinations start,” I say, before leaving to go find Marcel. He’s an old friend of mine, since he helped me on occasion when I needed an ally to help me back when I was a vampire.





        When I find him, he’s seated on the ground with his back against a car, clearly having been bitten. Most likely by Klaus himself. After all, Klaus does have a temper.

        I kneel down in front of him.

        “Well, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes,” he greets me.

        “You need to get back to the compound. The battle’s over and the Guerra wolves have taken back the city, as I’ve been told. They bit your guys. I’ll get them the cure while Klaus is out, though I hate doing it when he’s not in the best of shape after what Genevieve did to him. He may be my enemy, but I’d side with Klaus any day over witches like Genevieve and Monique.”

        I help him to his feet and we head back.





        After I cure them with Klaus’ blood, Marcel informs me that Elijah was in the midst of the battle here. Since he’s not at the compound, I go in search of my ex-boyfriend that I still love. No matter what, I love him all the same. I understand that he left me so he wouldn’t have to return to Mystic Falls after everything’s over with here. Family always comes first. Always and forever.





        When I find him, he’s staggering towards the church; probably looking for Hayley. It looks like he was bitten too. Luckily, I brought a vial of Klaus’ blood with me.

        “Elijah,” I say, which stops him.

        I’m in front of him as soon as he turns around, which is slow considering he’s been bitten. Probably by the Guerra wolves.

        “Katerina?” he questions me, shocked that I’m here. “What are you doing here?”

        “I’ll explain later. Right now, we need to get back to the compound. Genevieve did something to Klaus. If you’re looking for Hayley, she and the child are safe with Davina. Davina owes me one,” I say, before giving him the blood. “Here.”

        When he has taken his brother’s hybrid blood, we head back to the compound.





        After I get the Moonlight rings linked to Tyler Lockwood, I unlink them to Klaus’ blood. I then go get Klaus some blood to get his strength restored. Then, when everything’s said and done with Hayley and the child back at the compound, I meet Elijah in his room and inform him about what happened to me.

        “Forgive me, Katerina,” he says, as he looks down at me. He obviously blames himself for not being there for me when I needed him the most.

        I look up at him and rest and gentle hand on the right side of his cheek.

        “There’s nothing to forgive. You had to help your family find and get rid of the threat. You also had to protect Hayley when she got pregnant, since I doubt Klaus was the one to protect her most of the time. Family comes first no matter what, for the most of us. Always and forever.”

        I give him a smile and we looking into each other’s eyes.

        A moment later, we’re kissing.

*Crescent City- First Version*



Would you dance

If I asked you to dance?

Would you run

And never look back?

Would you cry

If you saw me crying?

Would you save my soul tonight?

Would you tremble

If I touched your lips?

Would you laugh?

Oh, please, tell me this

Now would you die

For the one you love?



        It was a dismal night, as Katherine appeared, having seen what Celeste had done.

        “Leave him alone,” she demanded of Celeste.

        Celeste turned to face her.

        “Now why would I do a thing like that? My plan is already in motion, as we speak.”

        “Because family is everything. You can’t teach someone the errors of putting your family first, above everything else, because there is no error in doing that. Take it from someone that just learned that lesson the hard way. I was reunited with my daughter, only to have to watch her die. All she wanted was for me to be happy, instead of having to give something up to cure her from Tyler Lockwood’s bite. I honored that, even though it hurt, and it still does. Leave Elijah and his family alone. You go after Elijah and you’re coming after me as well. No matter what, whether he’s always leaving to put his family first or not, I will always stand beside him. I always have and always will,” Katherine replied.

        “I’m sorry, but I can’t do that. Who are you?”

        “Well, you’re the first person to not recognize me. I guess you’ve been body jumping too long, Celeste,” she replied, realizing who she may be. “I’m Katherine Pierce. Now leave the Mikaelsons be or you’ll have me to deal with.”

        “I can’t do that, Katherine. Besides, how are you going to stop me? You kill me now and I’ll just body jump into someone else.”

        “You’re right. I can’t kill you, but I can hurt you. Before Nadia died, she told me something that was kept from me all my life. I’m descended from Travelers, which means that I have magic of my own. I may be new at it, but I’m always a quick learner,” Katherine told her.

        She magically through Celeste against a wall hard enough to knock her out. Then she rushed to Elijah, whom lay on the ground after being poisoned with a kiss from Celeste. She knew that he’d recover soon, but until then, she needed to get him home and save his siblings. After that, Celeste was going to have to deal with her wrath.



*Crescent City- Second Version*



Hold me in your arms tonight

I can be your hero, baby

I can kiss away the pain

I will stand by you forever

You can take my breath away

Would you swear

That you’ll always be mine?

Or would you lie?

Would you run and hide?

Am I in too deep?

Have I lost my mind?

I don’t care…

You’re here tonight



        It was a dismal night, as fire swept through the plantation house, the plan put in motion that Celeste had created. Katherine was in there, on the floor, everything going black for her.

        When Elijah awoke from being poisoned by a kiss by Celeste, he recovered and knew who he would save, for once in a long time.

        “Katerina,” he said, and blurred to where the plantation house was to go save her.





        Once he arrived, he jumped through the window and scanned the living room for Katerina. When he saw her, she was on the floor half covered by fallen pieces of wood. He blurred to her and through the wood off her and gently picked her up in his arms, blurring out of the house. Then he gently layed her down on the ground on grass and looked down at her, listening to make sure she was okay.

        When he didn’t hear anything from her, he began to try and revive her.

        “Breathe, Katerina. Come back to me.” He couldn’t lose her. Especially, not like this. Even when he always broke her heart for choosing family over her, time and time again, she would always be and still was, a part of his world. If she died, he didn’t know what pieces of him would be left. She was a part of him, whether he wanted to admit it or not. He couldn’t live without her in his life. She was too important to him for him to lose her for good.

        After a few minutes, she was revived, which relieved him.

        He gently picked her up in his arms and headed home.



*Moon Over Bourbon Street*



I can be your hero, baby

I can kiss away the pain

I will stand by you forever

You can take my breath away

Oh, I just want to hold you

I just want to hold you, oh, yeah

Am I in too deep?

Have I lost my mind?

Well, I don’t care…

You’re here tonight



        It was a dark night, as Elijah and Klaus stood by, watching Genevieve do a spell to try and bring Katherine back.

        “I won’t lose that baby. I’ll tear it out of her myself,” Klaus said, but Elijah stood in front of him to stop him.

        “I won’t lose Katerina.”

        Genevieve continued the spell, and, after about twenty minutes, it was completed.

        Elijah stood by the table that she lay on, waiting for her to come back.

        When she came back, he helped her sit up and seeing him, she hugged him with arms around his neck and head on his shoulder, happy to be alive.

        Elijah hugged back, as Klaus silently watched.





        Later that night, Katherine stood on her balcony at the compound, Elijah next to her. He didn’t know what he’d do if he’d lost her. She was everything to him, next to his family. He couldn’t live in a world without her.



*Car Crash*



I can be your hero, baby

I can kiss away the pain

I will stand by you forever

You can take my breath away

I can be your hero

I can kiss away the pain

And I will stand by you forever

You can take my breath away

You can take my breath away

I can be your hero



        It was a nebulous night, as Katherine stumbled through the New Orleans streets, having been in a crash. She’d driven off and found herself in New Orleans after Damon had tried handing her over to Silas for an unknown reason back in Mystic Falls. She knew she should go to a hospital, but she didn’t think there was any working hospital in New Orleans after Mikael’s raid in 1918. Since she was in New Orleans now, she decided to try and find Elijah. The word was try, since she was so injured. She’d really injured herself in that car crash, but Katherine had always been determined, and right now, she was determined to find him before her injuries stopped her from finding him. She wasn’t being too successful right now, though.





        Elijah was coming from the only bar in town, when he caught the mixed scents of Katerina, human, and blood. It was close by, so he looked around to search for where she was, only to spot her amongst a crowd of passersby, using a hand on a building to guide her. She was very injured and by the looks, she was human. He knew it had to have had something to do with the cure, because that was the only explanation he could come up with. When he’d left, she’d still been a vampire. He knew she loved being a vampire, so he knew she wouldn’t willingly take the cure. That gave him the possibility that someone had shoved it down her throat sometime between him leaving and now.

        He quickly weaved around people to get to her and then stood in front of her. That’s when he saw the extent of her injuries. There was blood on either side of her head, her lower stomach and side were bleeding, and an artery in her thigh had been opened up and was also bleeding. He also could tell that it looked like she may have a concussion, but she was fighting it.

        She stopped when he stood in front of her, and was relieved to see him.

        “Elijah,” she greeted.

        “Katerina, what has happened?” he inquired of her.

        “I thought Elena had some part in you leaving, so I tried to kill her, and she shoved the cure down my throat. I left town but came back once Elena went off to college. I asked Damon for protection, which didn’t last long. I don’t know why and I’m not going to ask, but he tried handing me over to Silas, so I got the hell out of dodge. When I got here, I accidentally crashed the car,” she summarized to him.

        “Can you digest vampire blood?” he questioned. He looked calm, but he was mad at Damon for trying to do that to her and for Elena giving her the cure unwillingly. He knew Katerina had started it, but surely Elena could’ve done something other than giving her the cure.

        “I can’t,” she informed him. Then everything began to go black.

        “Katerina.” He caught her from hitting the ground and then gently picked her up in his arms.

        She rested her head on his shoulder, before everything went black.

        He blurred home to get her some help, knowing Rebekah would know what to do for her. He knew how much Rebekah despised her, but he also knew that she wouldn’t kill her as long as Elijah wanted her alive.





        Once in his room, he gently layed her down on his bed. By now, she’d lost a lot of blood and was pale from her injuries. He had to have faith that she’d be okay, though. She was Katerina. A fighter like none he’d seen before. She was the first doppelganger he’d seen, fight like hell and survive it all.





        An hour later, after Rebekah had tended to her, Elijah was seated on her bedside, waiting for her to awaken. Rebekah had done what she could for her and had informed him that she’d be just fine. So now Elijah just had to wait for her to wake up.

A/N: Kat is still in her human body. She never went into Elena’s body.





        It was a dark night, as human Katherine Pierce, formerly Katerina Petrova, limped through the woods and towards the Mikaelson home. She was in search of Elijah, because she knew he was the only one right now that would help her when she was in need. And she needed help from witches. Plus, she knew from word on the New Orleans streets that there was a party being thrown at the Mikaelson place. All supernatural species had been invited. It had been Elijah whom had thrown the party, she had heard, because for some reason, Niklaus Mikaelson was in no mood to do anything, much less stop every supernatural creature from killing each other. He was still the Elijah that she had fallen in love with all those years ago. The one that was always intent on keeping the peace. And he would never let anything happen to her if he could help it. She knew he still loved her, even though he had broken up with her before leaving Mystic Falls. But she knew he had only done it out of loyalty to his family. His family needed him and that is why he had gone to New Orleans. She thought he’d be back as soon as he could get away from New Orleans, but he hadn’t come back. So, since she was dying and he was the only Original that cared if she lived or died, she would come to him for help. And if he couldn’t help her or the witches couldn’t, then she would spend her last days with the only guy that she truly loved to this day.

        As she approached the house, she could see that there was definitely a party being held. And as soon as she entered the compound, there were murmurs of supernatural creatures that saw her, asking each other who she was and why she had come. Then, as soon as she saw Elijah speaking to a witch, she approached him, trying not to limp. She didn’t want to show him in front of all these people how miserable she was and how hurt she was.

        “Elijah,” she said to get his attention.

        He turned around to face her, hearing the all too familiar voice of his love life.

        “Katerina, what are you doing here?” he calmly questioned. Then, seeing the state she was in and realizing she was cured of vampirism, he added, “What happened to you?”

        “I was mad at Bonnie for not giving me the cure and I took it out on Elena. I tried to kill Elena, so Elena shoved the cure down my throat. Apparently, she had it all along. Now I’m human, and since I turned 500 years ago, I’m dying of old age. Literally. Please, Elijah. I need your help. I need a witch. Someone I can trust.”

        “This isn’t a good time right now, but I assure you, I will do everything possible to save you,” he promised her.

        “What are you doing here?” asked a female from behind Katherine.

        Katherine turned around to see Hayley Marshall alongside a guy. She assumed he was also a werewolf.

        “Asking some help from Elijah to find a witch that I can trust to save my life. I’m dying of old age. I didn’t know Elena had the cure for vampirism when I tried to kill her over anger of Bonnie not giving me the cure. Elena shoved the cure down my throat. Since I turned 500 years ago, I’m dying of old age. Apparently, the universe is out to get me whether I like it or not. By the way, congratulations. I heard that you’re going to have Klaus’ child. Maybe, if we’re lucky, it’ll be the key to redeeming him. And who’s he?”

        “Jackson. I guess we were supposed to get married but I’ve been moving around so much, I didn’t know until recently. If you’re looking for a witch that you can trust, you should probably look around for Monique,” she replied, feeling sorry for Katherine.

        “Thank you, Hayley,” she said to the werewolf, grateful for the information.

        Katherine looked at Elijah again.

        “I’m going to go find Monique.”

        Elijah watched, as Katerina half walked half limped away from him. He wished he could fix her, but he knew it was something that only a witch could do for her.

        After a few minutes, Katherine found a couple witches standing by a wall of the compound.

        “Monique, I need to talk to you,” she said to the witch, once in a long time, being kind. She knew she was human and Monique was a witch. She didn’t want to peeve her off, for fear of what she would do to her.

        “And who are you?”

        “Katherine Pierce. I’m human now due to the cure for vampirism getting shoved down my throat. Please. I’m asking for your help. The cure made me human, but it’s also making me die of old age faster than a normal human. It’s because I was turned 500 years ago. Please. I know if it was Sophie, she’d help me. We were allies before she got killed. If you don’t do it for me, then do it for your sister.”

        Realizing that she was telling the truth, she told the newly turned human, “Follow me.”

        Katherine did likewise.





        A few hours later, Katherine was cured of everything the cure had done to her, so Katherine returned to the party and went in search of any familiar faces that she might recognize. And as she did, she looked up at the balcony wondering where Klaus was and why he hadn’t come out to play sort of speak. So, she headed upstairs to find him, hoping he wouldn’t kill her for being in his town.





        When she found him, he was in a room painting. Not sure what to do, but telling herself not to be afraid of him, though she didn’t know what kind of mood he was in, she took a couple steps into the room.

        “Klaus?” she said.

        He set his paintbrush down and turned around to face her. And as soon as he saw her, he used hybrid speed to pin her to a wall of the room, an arm across her throat.

        “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t kill you for being in my town? Especially, in the middle of war. I could just say it was an accident and we could all carry on with our lives.”

        “Well, it was come here to get some help from some witches so I wouldn’t die faster than I should, or let Damon keep breaking his promise to me that he would protect me. I chose to come here for help and I got it thanks to Elijah, Hayley, and Monique. So, if you would be so kind as to let me go, that would great, Klaus. Besides, if you kill me, it’ll be for nothing. I haven’t done anything wrong and Elijah would never forgive you for killing me.”

        Seeing her point, he let her go and went back to painting.

        “So, tell me. Why are you in here painting out your inner feelings, while Elijah’s having all the fun out there? I would’ve thought you’d be ready to win whatever war this is that you want to win.”

        “If you must know, I let my dear sister go. She’s free to do whatever she likes. We’re too broken to carry on being in the same town. We’d most likely kill each other if we stayed in the same town.”

        “So, that’s why you’re here. You’re upset at yourself that you let Rebekah go. Always and Forever, right? Sometimes you have to let people go, Klaus. It’s the only way sometimes to give them happiness that they deserve after so long.”

        “And you would know this, Katerina, how?” he questioned, looking at her.

        “Well, I may pretend not to feel anything, especially when I was a vampire, but things changed when I found out that my daughter is a vampire and found me. Before I met any of you, my family disowned me for having an illegitimate daughter. I never saw her again. I couldn’t find her in 1498, so I left Bulgaria again. But now we’re reunited. She’s in Mystic Falls right now. She’s the only one that knows where I went to and why. I know a little something about love and letting people you care about go, even though you don’t want to. Even after everything you’ve done to me. The pain will never go away, but I’ve forgiven you.”

        He watched, as she left the room and heard her, as she headed back down the stairs. He then went back to painting.

        In the end, Elijah and Katherine got back together and she stayed in New Orleans.

        It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Elijah Mikaelson stood in front of his window in his bedroom, looking into the distance at the night sky. He had just received news from Mystic Falls that Katerina, the girl he would always love, was dead. He wished now that he had asked her to come to New Orleans with him, instead of saying good-bye to her, ultimately breaking up with her. If he had, maybe she wouldn’t be dead. It broke his heart that he would never see her again. He would never get to touch her or kiss her one last time. All because he hadn’t been there for her, when she needed him the most. And the last thing she had said to him was “Please, Elijah,” pleading for him to stay. Worse, his brother hadn’t told him that she was dying. Instead, he had to find out from a call from Caroline Forbes herself that she was dead. He just hoped that she was in peace.

        As he stood there, memories came to him. The first was when he had first met her in England. She had been so full of light back then. He had enjoyed her and then fallen for her. Then he had tracked her down when she had ran, out of loyalty to his brother. He had failed to find her, though. Then came the time in New York a few months ago. She had told him that she loved him, even though she knew he didn’t trust her. She had also said that she had lied and ran for so long, that she didn’t remember who she was when they had first met. She had then given him the cure, saying that she needed him to trust her, just like she was trusting him. The last thing he remembered was when he had said good-bye and had kissed her on the forehead, leaving town to go help his brother, thinking that she’d be okay without him, knowing she had looked out for herself for 500 years. He had been totally and utterly wrong, though. He knew that he should’ve checked on her to make sure she was fine, but he hadn’t. He had just left her there without looking back.

        It was a beautiful day in New Orleans, as a human Katherine Pierce, formerly Katerina Petrova, walked through the streets in search of Elijah Mikaelson, her ex who left her for his brother. She needed him now more than ever before. She was human now and she had many enemies; all of which were supernatural beings.





        When she made herself to the Bayou, she saw what looked to be the aftermath of an explosion that had been mixed with wolfsbane. And amongst the injured and non-injured werewolves were Elijah and Hayley. It looked to her like Hayley had finally found her family.

        She walked towards them.

        “Katerina?” Elijah questioned, seeing her.

        “I need your help,” she told him.

        “This isn’t the time or place, but we’ll discuss this later.”

        “What happened?” she questioned.

        “Someone sent a suicide bomber out here,” Hayley informed her.

        “Why would someone want to kill werewolves?”

        “I don’t think they planned it like this. Whoever it was, had to be targeting me and my unborn child.”

        “You’re pregnant?”

        “I guess you haven’t heard. I’m carrying Klaus’ “miracle” child, as the wolves call it.”

        “No. I didn’t hear. I’ve been trying to survive any humanly way, but someone broke his promise to protect me from Silas so, as usual, I ran for my life and decided to try my luck in New Orleans. Let’s help your wolves first, though,” she explained.

        They watched, as Katherine went over to where Eve was trying to comfort a small family of a little boy and girl and their parents.

        Eve stood up and looked at her.

        “Katherine. Nice to see you again. I wish it was under better circumstances, though,” she greeted.

        “It’s nice to see you, too. What can I do to help?”

        “Well, I need to go and make the cure for wolfsbane and someone needs to tend to the wounded and be of comfort to the others.”

        “I’ll do both with help from Hayley and Elijah, but there had to be some place you can go until we can fix the damage.”

        “We’ve been banished. We can’t enter the French Quarter.”

        “I’m sure the Originals will have something to say about that. Go make the cure. I’ll do what I can.”

        “Thanks, Katherine.”

        While Eve walked off to go make the cure, she knelt on the ground and looked at the kids whose parents were trying to comfort them.

        “Don’t be afraid. It was just an explosion. Everything will be okay. What’s your name?”

        “Sydney.”

        “William.”

        “Well, I know you’re afraid right now, but you don’t need to be. When I was your age, I used to be afraid too, but you know what?”

        “What?” they asked.

        “My ma’ma told me to look to the stars and listen to the birds. The stars are our ancestors watching over you and if you listen to the birds with your heart, they’ll guide you home and you’re never really alone.”

        The children listened to her and then Sydney had to ask, “Where’s your ma’ma?”

        “She’s one of the stars now.”

        Katherine gave them a smile and then went to comfort and tend to others.

        As Elijah tended to the others and watched Katerina, it made him wonder if she had once had a child, as calm and nurturing as she was with the children.

        Soon, Eve returned with the cure in which Elijah, Hayley, and Katherine gave to the wolves.





        When the wolves were heading out of the Bayou with Hayley and Elijah leading, heading for Father Kieran’s church, another explosion happened.

        “Get them out of here. I need to help her,” he told Hayley.

        She knew who he was referring to.

        “I’ll meet you at the church.”

        Elijah left the wolves to find the love of his life, though she was his ex.

        “Katerina!” he yelled, as he raced towards where she lay.

        He knelt at her side and looked down at her. She lay on her side with her lower left side bleeding, eyes closed, but alive.

        He gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.

        “Stay with me, Katerina. I’m right here. I’ll protect you. Just stay with me,” he said, not wanting to lose her.

        He took his wrist away, which instantly healed, as did her wound.





        A few hours later, when she woke up, she saw that she was in Elijah’s room with him seated on her bedside.

        She smiled and slowly sat up in bed.

        “You saved me. Thanks.”

        “Always and forever, Katerina,” he replied with a smile.

        She smiled back.

        A moment later, they were kissing.

        It was a beautiful day in the Bayou, as explosions went off. Then, when they stopped, they knew the explosions were filled with wolfsbane. A few wolves were dead and a few had been wolfsbaned.

        When Elijah was helping Eve away from the trailer home that had been flipped during one of the explosions, he smelled an all too familiar scent mixed with the smell of blood.

        “Katerina.”

        He was instantly by the trailer home door, trying to get it to open to help her.

        “I’ll take care of Katherine. Go help Eve with the wolves. I’ll let you know if I need you to help with her,” Hayley told him, standing in front of him, looking at him.

        He did as she said to do, while Hayley found a gap big enough for her to go inside to help her.





        Once inside, it wasn’t hard to find her.

        She knelt by her head and felt for a pulse. Amazingly, she was still alive.

        She took her fingers away from the right side of her neck.

        She looked at her and around the area. She had to be careful so that the whole thing didn’t collapse on them both. There was wood barely holding up what was now the roof, but had been the floor before all the explosions. To top it off, Katherine was human injured. A long piece of wood was protruding from her left side, not far from her abdomen. Her right side had a long, deep gash. There was blood on either side of her head and a heavy pile of wood was weighing down on the lower half of the human.

        Hayley got to her feet and used her werewolf strength to get the pile off her.

        Afterward, she put her arms under hers and carefully drug her out of there.





        Once she had gently layed her down a ways away from it, she saw how much blood she had lost.

        “Jackson,” she called.

        Jackson came and knelt by Hayley.

        She took her Jacket off.

        “I need you to use this to apply pressure. I’m going to pull the woods out.”

        She did just that and he used Hayley’s jacket to apply pressure to both wounds. She could let her lose any more blood.

        “Elijah,” Hayley called.

        He was instantly knelt at his Katerina’s left side. He knew why he was needed, so he bit his wrist. He put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her and save her life.

        After her wounds had healed, he took his wrist away, which instantly healed.

        Jackson set the jacket on the ground and went to help the wolves.

        “I’ll take her to the compound,” Elijah informed her.

        “Let me,” she replied

        “Very well then.”

           



        When she parked outside the compound, Klaus was there.

        She got out and opened the passenger’s side door where the human was still out.

        “What is the meaning of this, Little Wolf? What is she doing here?” Klaus growled, as he stood in front of her.

        She explained everything to him and then added, “Don’t kill her yet. Elijah had to give her his blood and I don’t think you want her to be a vampire again. Besides, Elijah would probably hate you if you killed her.”

        Klaus didn’t say anything about that, but he did say, “I’ll take her to her room.” He then gently picked her up and vanished upstairs, carrying her to Elijah’s room. He figured that that was where Elijah would want her to be.





        Once in his elder brother’s room, he gently layed her down on the bed.





        When she woke up, she saw where she was and who was seated on her bedside.

        She smiled.

        “It’s good to see you again.”

        “Why are you here, Katerina? You could’ve been killed,” Elijah replied.

        She sat up and then told him all that had happened to her, before assuring him that she was cured of dying of old age. She then told him, “I came back for you. You were right that day. I’ve lost everything good I ever had. I’ve decided to prove you right. I can be saved. I’m the same girl you have always loved, but I’m broken. I know that you alone can help me.”

        They smiled at each other.

        “Then I’ll save you,” he promised her. “No matter what the cost you’ll always be my precious, beautiful, Katerina.”

        A moment later, they were kissing.

        It was a dark night, as a very human Katherine arrived in New Orleans, only to hear about what she had missed in the past month. She had come to New Orleans for help from Elijah, knowing that no matter what, he would protect her and save her, even after he had broken up with her a month ago. She found out not long after coming to New Orleans, that Klaus and Rebekah were missing. They had possibly been taken by a witch. She knew it wasn’t her friend Sophie, because Sophie would never hurt anyone. Even an Original of a thousand years. So, she figured that she would go out on her own to find out where they were being kept and see if she could help. She was descended from Travelers, so she figured that she could use that to her advantage. The Originals and Sophie were the only ones that knew who she was by just looking at her. Others didn’t know who she was unless she told them.





        A few hours later, she found herself in an old abandoned hospital that hadn’t been used since 1918. She was in search of them, when she heard from a room that had the door open, a girl talking.

        When she came into the room, she saw that the girl was a redhead and was talking to Niklaus Mikaelson.

        “I don’t believe you,” he told her.

        “Then maybe if I dig deeper, you’ll see what your little sister has been doing. She deceived you for 300 years, Klaus.”

        “Nothing you say will make me turn against my own sister.”

        He growled at her.

        Even though she knew he wasn’t happy with the red-head who she realized was a witch, she saw that he was in pain and fighting against both her and fighting to stay awake.

        She decided that this would be the time to step in, so she did just that by summoning what she could of her Traveler magic by using some bottled up anger she had from the hell she’d been through in the last month to throw the witch against a wall.

        “I think you should leave Klaus alone. You’ve done enough. Even someone like Klaus doesn’t deserve whatever you’ve been doing to him,” she said, stepping towards them.

        Genevieve landed against a wall from her Traveler magic, but got back up.

        “Who the hell are you?” Genevieve questioned.

        “Katerina?” Klaus questioned softly.

        “I’m here,” she assured Klaus. “Let’s just say I was looking for Elijah, when I heard that you two were missing because of a witch, so I thought I’d help him out. I recently found out that I’m descended from Travelers and this is my first time of actually using my Traveler magic. I’m here to help you,” she said to him.

        She looked at Genevieve again, as she stood between where Klaus lay on a cement slab and where Genevieve stood by the window.

        “Now, I’m going to be nice enough to ask you to leave him be, before I make you leave. I may be new but I have a lot of anger just from this past month that I can release on you. I suggest that you take my advice.”

        “I’m not going anywhere,” she replied to her.

        “Then so be it.”

        As Kat and Genevieve through magic at each other, Klaus’ vision started to go black again.

        Finally, after half an hour, the fight finally ended when Kat magically through her out the window. Genevieve was fine though and finally left. Kat then turned to where Klaus lay.

        She knelt beside him and looked down at him to assess his condition to see what she needed to do for him. Then she saw something moving inside him, which she realized was the source of his torment and pain he was suffering from.

        “What did you get yourself into?” she questioned softly, before using magic to get whatever it was, out of him. And when she had, she recognized what it was. “Papa Tunde’s knife,” she said.

        An instant later, Klaus’ wound healed.

        A moment later, she heard Rebekah from one of the hallways, calling for her brother. It sounded weak to her, which made her think the worse. She didn’t want anything to happen to Rebekah. She might despise Katherine, but Kat didn’t despise her. She felt bad for her, because like herself, all her happiness had been taken away by Klaus himself and she would never be free. No one was ever good enough for her in Klaus’ eyes. She understood Rebekah too well.

        With a dagger of her own, she gently made a cut on his wrist and poured some of his blood into a vial she always carried with her. She then let his wound heal and closed the vial up, in case Rebekah needed the cure. She then left the room to go find the Original sister.





        When she saw her, she went to her where she was in a corner and looked pretty weak and was fighting to stay awake.

        She approached her.

        “Katherine?” Rebekah questioned quietly.

        “It’s me.”

        She arrived next to her and gave her the vial.

        “Here. I figured you might need it.”

        “Thanks,” she said, before taking it and starting to drink the blood in the vial.

        “When you’re done, get out of here. I’ll take care of Klaus. You get Elijah to come,” Kat said, before leaving Rebekah to her own and going back into the room to be with Klaus. She wasn’t going to leave him like that. He was hurt. She had enough morals not to leave Klaus when he was hurt.

        Soon, she saw someone else enter and knew immediately who it was. She had met her before, but in a different body than she was in right now.

        “Katherine,” the girl greeted.

        “Celeste. I wish I could say that it’s nice to see you, but it’s not. Let me just say that you look better in your previous body back in the 1900’s than you do now. So, what’s your plan? Cause Klaus and Rebekah pain and misery? They’ve had enough already.”

        “That’s not my reason in doing this to them. I made Elijah choose between the girl carrying Klaus’ child or to save one of his siblings. He chose the wolf girl. Hayley. I’m teaching him a lesson about always being on his side, instead of being on someone else’s side.”

        “Elijah will stop you. You’ll see. If you make him angry enough, which I suppose you have, he’ll stop you. He’ll have his revenge on you.”

        “Yes, but he won’t be killing me. Just the girl I’m inhabiting.”

        “It’s Elijah. He’s one step ahead of you. I’m sure of it.”

        “Are you sure? Why have so much faith in an Original that’s always on your enemy’s side?”

        “Klaus isn’t my enemy. I made peace with what he did to me. If I have to, I’ll help Elijah protect Klaus. I’ll die if I have to stop you and protect those you have endangered.”

        “Then so be it,” she replied, before throwing magic at Kat.

        Kat through magic at Celeste and then continued for a while longer.





        When Elijah and Rebekah came in, he saw the scene, so he had Rebekah to get Klaus home, while he dealt with Celeste. She did so, while Elijah went with the plan he made to kill his former love of his life. Celeste.

        As she blurrily saw the fight between Elijah and Celeste, and Rebekah getting her brother to safety, everything started to go black for her. She’d gotten the bad end of the fight with Celeste, but she didn’t care as long as Klaus and Rebekah were okay and Elijah didn’t get hurt. Then she saw him use something to kill Celeste, as everything continued to go black for her.

        A moment later, she saw him at her side.

        “Katerina,” he said, looking at her.

        “Elijah,” she said, as he gently pulled her into his arms.

        As he gently picked her up in his arms, everything went black for her.





        Half an hour later, he had a very human Katerina lying on his bedside, looking down at her, hoping that she’d be okay. He didn’t know if she had taken the cure or what, but she was human and she had just fought a very powerful witch. He wanted to know if she would be okay. He had missed a month of knowing what was happening to her, but she didn’t look the way she had a month ago when he had left here to help Klaus out in New Orleans. Now he wished that he had checked up on her. If she was in New Orleans, he knew what that meant. She had looked for him, wanting something; maybe help from him. They all knew that if she asked Klaus, he would never give anything to her. If she asked Rebekah, she’d get a million questions. But if she asked Elijah, he wouldn’t ask too many questions. He was very well known as the moral brother. If you couldn’t get anyone else to help you, you’d be able to come to Elijah for help, which he would most likely give.





        An hour later, she finally came to, which relieved Elijah. It meant that she would be okay and she would live.

        “Welcome back, Katerina.”

        “Thanks. Did we win?”

        “Yes. We won.”

        “Good,” she replied.

        “What happened to you, Katerina?”

        “I’m human. Elena shoved the cure down my throat a month ago. I was mad, so I tried to kill her. Because I tried to kill her, she shoved it down my throat. Now I’m human and Silas is thankfully dead. I’m dying of old age though, since I turned 500 years ago and if I wasn’t a vampire, we all know that I’d be long dead.”

        “Then I will find a way to stop it,” he replied. “There’s a powerful witch here in New Orleans. I’m sure she can help you.”

        “Thank you,” she replied.





        A few days later, Davina’s spell worked, so Kat was no longer dying of old age and she and Elijah got back together again. She even moved with the Originals and helped Hayley out.

The sun is filling up the room

And I can hear you dreaming

Do you feel the way I do right now?

I wish we would just give up

‘Cause the best part of falling

Call it anything but love



        It was a dark night in New Orleans, as a human Katherine Pierce knocked on the door to the compound, hoping Elijah would answer.

        A moment later, when the door opened, it was him. Now she just needed to convince him to help her. She was human and she had many enemies, so she needed protection. She had to do a lot of convincing because he had left her a few months ago, once again, for his family.

        “Katherine,” he said, not really greeting her.

        “Elijah, she greeted. “I need your help. I’m human ow and if my enemies find out, I’m dead. I need protection.” Against her “Katherine façade,” she added, “Please.”

        He looked at her, hating that he was about to do something he promised a long time ago that he wouldn’t do. Shut her out. He had no time right now to deal with her though, so he had no other choice. He would find her when he had the chance and time to help her, though.

        “Goodbye, Katerina,” he said, before closing the door and walking away from it and her.

        She stood there silently for a few minutes, before walking away. And as she did, memories surfaced.



And I will make sure to keep my distance

Say “I love you,” when you’re not listening

And how long can we keep this up, up, up?



*Pennsylvania*



        It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other, her hand gently on the side of his face, as she looked up at him.

        “Of course, you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now when no one else will. I love you. Elijah.” He turned his face away and she dropped her hand. “You don’t believe me.”

        “I want to. It’s my disease. I just keep on wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you?” he replied.

        He turned around and began to walk away.

        “Wait,” she called to him.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”



*Mystic Falls- Mikaelson Mansion*



Please don’t stand so close to me

I’m having trouble breathing

I’m afraid of what you might see right now

I give you everything I am

All my broken heart beats

Until I know you’ll understand



        It was a dark night, as he stood in front of her. He had just told her that he was choosing family over her again. He was going to New Orleans to help his family with a witch problem.

        “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she said, wanting him to reconsider.

        “Goodbye, Katerina.”

        He kissed her lightly on the forehead. Then he was gone.

        As she stood there, alone, feeling abandoned, her heart broke into a million pieces.



*Mikaelson Estate- 1492*



And I will make sure to keep my distance

Say “I love you” when you’re not listening

And how long can we keep this up, up, up?

And I keep waiting

For you to take me

You keep waiting

To save what we have



        It was a beautiful day, as they sat on a cement bench, after playing chase, discussing love.

        “I do not believe in love, Katerina,” he lied, trying not to fall for the human Klaus needed to kill to become the hybrid he was meant to be.

        “That is too sad for me to believe, my Lord. If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?”



*England- 1492*



So I’ll make sure to keep my distance

Say “I love you” when you’re not listening

And how long can we keep this up, up, up?

I’ll make sure to keep my distance

Say “I love you” when you’re not listening

How long ‘til we call this love, love, love?



        It was a beautiful day, as Katerina, having just found out what existed and what Klaus wanted her for, ran through the woods. Then she tripped on a twig and when she saw Elijah, she got to her feet.

        He gave the moonstone to her.

        “Take this. There’s a cabin not far from here.” He pointed in the direction of it. “That’s a woman there. Show this to her and tell her I sent you. Go. I can’t hold them off for much longer.”

        She took it.

        “Thank you.”

        She ran until she reached the cabin and shown it to Rose and did as told. Rose let her in, but in the end, after Rose had fed her her blood to heal her, Katerina killed herself, woke up in transition, and fed on the old woman who owned the cabin which completed it. She apologized for her actions and then fled at vamp speed.



*Present*



        Katherine, human and alone, found herself in the woods and sat against a tree. She closed her eyes, trying to figure out what to do now. Elijah had turned her away. He was her only hope and he had left her all alone and abandoned. She might as well give up.

        She sighed and then stayed silent.

        In the end, he went after her and granted her protection and a place to stay.